Romantic weekend in Italy: Michael Fassbender and Madalina gene

<script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* bleu 280 */ google_ad_slot = "8164661108"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Romance <b>Michael Fassbender</b> and ex-lover Gerard Butler <b>Madalina gene</b> finally received confirmation: paparazzi captured the couple during a stay in Italy. </span><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRv0MAiYkq4DhhvLBchFzG1eSpg5ji6ofiHWu1Hj35FEO3S6bAa63W7rQ_9R2vvWKKNpeBeq32z-DFjLCwYyN1z4-V6o_UUsTBeEiummqle5440NkmIU144zEyihsII_4EFc7CVALF/s1600/Michael+Fassbender+and+Madalina+gene.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Michael Fassbender and Madalina gene" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRv0MAiYkq4DhhvLBchFzG1eSpg5ji6ofiHWu1Hj35FEO3S6bAa63W7rQ_9R2vvWKKNpeBeq32z-DFjLCwYyN1z4-V6o_UUsTBeEiummqle5440NkmIU144zEyihsII_4EFc7CVALF/s1600/Michael+Fassbender+and+Madalina+gene.jpg" title="Michael Fassbender and Madalina gene" /></a></div><br />25-year-old Italian model of Romanian origin and a 36-year-old actor caught the eye of the omnipresent photographers when walking through the streets of Milan. Michael Madalina and held hands while talking about something nice. <br /><br />Earlier, Western sources reported that in November, Fassbender went with the Director in New Zealand, and New Year's holidays and all beloved spent at home model - in Romania.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ewJlVJqwADFwJWadJlNEJF0I-FlWWUf2tYW6J1Uw_6fGEckxi3VKpz1D9DShPoemLmhfiNCvYWZzftFGL9UrC3oW3xThhl-vytKoSggRScMVXZZLnA8X8F1tC9Aaomg1lX74KR_k/s1600/Michael+Fassbender+and+Madalina+gene+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Michael Fassbender and Madalina gene " border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ewJlVJqwADFwJWadJlNEJF0I-FlWWUf2tYW6J1Uw_6fGEckxi3VKpz1D9DShPoemLmhfiNCvYWZzftFGL9UrC3oW3xThhl-vytKoSggRScMVXZZLnA8X8F1tC9Aaomg1lX74KR_k/s1600/Michael+Fassbender+and+Madalina+gene+1.jpg" title="Michael Fassbender and Madalina gene " /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9NsrJ232_ht16Cs1TZgfSuJB2ymenSK_JHquIZZoMEEx_q3OBbQbAIfzovL085Q02idk9HecmFSvmWsrEfRge478WjrQYHT4plqlYY7kLQtm7ut0PKOuZIJH-2pP5IgP3yt91br6H/s1600/Michael+Fassbender+and+Madalina+gene+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Michael Fassbender and Madalina gene " border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9NsrJ232_ht16Cs1TZgfSuJB2ymenSK_JHquIZZoMEEx_q3OBbQbAIfzovL085Q02idk9HecmFSvmWsrEfRge478WjrQYHT4plqlYY7kLQtm7ut0PKOuZIJH-2pP5IgP3yt91br6H/s1600/Michael+Fassbender+and+Madalina+gene+2.jpg" title="Michael Fassbender and Madalina gene " /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IIXeOvKlemeb9hKLWlTORpdCA2IsXuyM_OqjZGvcdCaMUjk73XNNKL6RhN18jZ7Chg_FAVW79KrFAlSYeTFYIioz-om8P1ZA_3CZ8paFMLjGhyKILdn9-P6WQuAEBpjVixAjA_k6/s1600/Michael+Fassbender+and+Madalina+gene+3.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Michael Fassbender and Madalina gene " border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IIXeOvKlemeb9hKLWlTORpdCA2IsXuyM_OqjZGvcdCaMUjk73XNNKL6RhN18jZ7Chg_FAVW79KrFAlSYeTFYIioz-om8P1ZA_3CZ8paFMLjGhyKILdn9-P6WQuAEBpjVixAjA_k6/s1600/Michael+Fassbender+and+Madalina+gene+3.jpg" title="Michael Fassbender and Madalina gene " /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJJFFgI7e1O939SyDctyH9GGDymty7RkyLr8U40yHN8dQBaN09b2fbKE3_S-YE6lZ41bNiDpe3iC2LSi6esVyCIH4HPAe7LGcuKfm29W3JB9g6AcDjberGyPFbV49Yz9_Zsj-8ijL/s1600/Michael+Fassbender+and+Madalina+gene+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Michael Fassbender and Madalina gene " border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJJFFgI7e1O939SyDctyH9GGDymty7RkyLr8U40yHN8dQBaN09b2fbKE3_S-YE6lZ41bNiDpe3iC2LSi6esVyCIH4HPAe7LGcuKfm29W3JB9g6AcDjberGyPFbV49Yz9_Zsj-8ijL/s1600/Michael+Fassbender+and+Madalina+gene+4.jpg" title="Michael Fassbender and Madalina gene " /></a></div><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* boton */ google_ad_slot = "4392536701"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 90; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br />

Romantic weekend in Italy: Michael Fassbender and Madalina gene

Romance Michael Fassbender and ex-lover Gerard Butler Madalina gene finally received confirmation: paparazzi captured the couple during a stay in Italy. 25-year-old Italian model of Romanian origin and a 36-year-old actor caught the eye of the omn…

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Around disease Janna Friske scandal

<script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* bleu 280 */ google_ad_slot = "8164661108"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5s026bpfdGeTFrX_puaZcnHj0y8rg2ZwHQskkc5-HJPhnCqxAVvO1y51vOLA6JQxjE-F0_tqYLHVJ8Esp6fXqzAi3NEckBUJFfGwA7iLe1bGBWXrUv8NP7ATwjcYL4f6YCC-rS_O/s1600/Around+disease+Janna+Friske+scandal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5s026bpfdGeTFrX_puaZcnHj0y8rg2ZwHQskkc5-HJPhnCqxAVvO1y51vOLA6JQxjE-F0_tqYLHVJ8Esp6fXqzAi3NEckBUJFfGwA7iLe1bGBWXrUv8NP7ATwjcYL4f6YCC-rS_O/s1600/Around+disease+Janna+Friske+scandal.jpg" /></a></div>Information about the illness of a popular Russian singer Zhanna Friske circled the Internet and the public plunged into shock. Further discusses the fact that the singer does not refute the rumors. Recently tabloid Life News has posted a video in which, if we believe the signature imprinted Zhanna Friske on medical gurney while waiting for a flight to Germany. Among Russian informants stood Andrei Malakhov - he was one of the first told the fans that Jeanne sick. <br /> <br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /> In response to a lot of rumors about a serious illness Friske representatives singer denied rumors claiming that Joan and his family are in Miami. According to rumors, the representatives of Life News made their conditions: if within 3 days Zhanna Friske personally appear in public and to refute the rumors about the disease, tabloid pay her a million dollars.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* boton */ google_ad_slot = "4392536701"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 90; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>

Around disease Janna Friske scandal

Information about the illness of a popular Russian singer Zhanna Friske circled the Internet and the public plunged into shock. Further discusses the fact that the singer does not refute the rumors. Recently tabloid Life News has posted a video in…

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Stars at the ceremony Critics' Choice Movie Awards

<script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* bleu 280 */ google_ad_slot = "8164661108"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br />Kinonagrad season in full swing, and yesterday in Santa Monica, California, once again determined the best names. Ceremony <b>Critics' Choice Movie Awards</b> Been stars like Sandra Bullock, <b>Julia Roberts, Cate Blanchett, Matthew McConaughey and Meryl Streep</b>.<br /> <br /> As for winning films, their list could be easily predicted: "Gravity," "The Sting-American", "12 years of slavery," "Dallas Buyers Club," "Wolf Wall Street. " List of Winners Awards this year pass without any surprises.<br /><br /><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- biner3 --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:468px;height:60px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8441125172513237" data-ad-slot="7346003106"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br />The main triumph of the evening was the film "Gravity" Alfonso Cuaron, who earned seven awards Critics immediately. <br /> <br /> Here is the list of winners in the major categories: <br /> <br /> Best Film - "12 years of slavery" <br /><br /> Best Actor - Matthew McConaughey, "The Dallas Buyers Club" <br /> <br /> Best Actress - Cate Blanchett, "Jasmine" <br /> <br /> Best Actor - Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club" <br /> <br /> Best Actress - Lupita Nyong'o, "12 years of slavery" <br /> <br /> Best aspiring actor / actress - Adele Ekzarkopulos "Life Adele" <br /> <br /> Best Ensemble - "Sting on American "<br /> <br /> Best Director - Alfonso Cuaron," Gravity "<br /> <br /> Best Costume Design -" Sting in the American "<br /> <br /> Best Makeup -" Sting in the American "<br /> <br /> Best Visual Effects - "Gravity" <br /> <br /> Best Animated Film - "Cold Heart" <br /> <br /> Best shooter - "Survivor" <br /> <br /> action Best Actor - Mark Wahlberg, "Survivor" <br /> <br /> action Best Actress - Sandra Bullock, "Gravity" <br /> <br /> Best Comedy - "Sting in the American" <br /> <br /> Best Comedy Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio, "Wolf with Wall Street "<br /> <br /> Best comedienne - Amy Adams," The Sting-American "<br /> <br /> best film in the genre of sci-fi or horror -" Gravity "<br /> <br /> Best Film foreign language - "Life Adele" (France) <br /> <br /> Best Song - Let It Go, Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, "The Cold Heart" <br /> <br /> Best Music - Stephen Price, "Gravity "<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* boton */ google_ad_slot = "4392536701"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 90; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>

Stars at the ceremony Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Kinonagrad season in full swing, and yesterday in Santa Monica, California, once again determined the best names. Ceremony Critics' Choice Movie Awards Been stars like Sandra Bullock, Julia Roberts, Cate Blanchett, Matthew McConaughey and Meryl St…

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G4T is THE YOU TUBE TRUTHER WHISTLEBLOWER

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Thank you G4T for your truth...</b></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Rb-zuvHVSdA?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Can anyone reveal SGTbull07, INFOWARS, and the rest of the TRUTHER and PATRIOT NETWORK?</b> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>This post only makes sense to those in the know.  I feel sorry for the rest of you...</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Anything else G4T should tell us that we don't already know?   </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/awtQKaDuE6w?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Hx2lAjzDqEA?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hshIbv5p7IQ?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>G4T + SGTbull07 = more revelations </b></span></div><br /><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/12/g4t-and-sgtbull07-revelations.html" style="color: red;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/12/g4t-and-sgtbull07-revelations.html</a></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">INFOWARS is next to be revealed... </span></b></div><br /><b>...developing...</b><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b>  </span> </div>

G4T is THE YOU TUBE TRUTHER WHISTLEBLOWER

Thank you G4T for your truth...Can anyone reveal SGTbull07, INFOWARS, and the rest of the TRUTHER and PATRIOT NETWORK? This post only makes sense to those in the know.  I feel sorry for the rest of you...Anything else G4T should tell us that we don't…

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From School of Design to DSM New York

On the northwest corner of Lexington Avenue and East 30th Street sits an impressive temple-like building that may look familiar to some TV watchers. The building is portrayed as <a href="http://personofinterest.wikia.com/wiki/The_Library">the library of Finch</a> on <i>Person of Interest</i>, but well before this fictional existence the building served as the home for the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/realestate/17scap.html">New York School of Applied Design for Women</a>. Designed for the school by one of its professors, Harvey Wiley Corbett, the building was completed in 1908 and designated a NYC landmark in 1977. The school, which eventually became the Pratt-New York Phoenix School of Design, sold the building to Touro College in 1991, who in turned sold the building in 2006. Since last month the building has been home to <a href="http://newyork.doverstreetmarket.com/">DSM New York</a>, a seven-story fashion bazaar curated by Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons fame.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7S-ueX0zE0rie0fp6mACC9u9mpwunuVmJ94dye7Fdl78i3KY5uqGdigQUIZ6fOCrjx-AtxHd51as_HQR8JKgatGXMQMAt3VqVlqDq9PurrrBtccTUhPSdiB7fDmHcnQY7JaP6e2NS6JK/s1600/20140116_153834.jpg" /><br />[All photos by John Hill]<br /><br />Some glimpses of the "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/fashion/Dover-Street-Market-New-York-City.html">high-priced temple of consumerism</a>" can be had from outside, but for the most part what's going on in DSM is hidden behind the substantial walls: <br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJ9KqB2cOi42_Sy0xzSIkVVHQ8Fh65CW75hpwOeEy_KAwW-FZVw3zVJyLmODuc18iTUr1RGRMJD-R0cm4RQ1nQut-ZpTj8sUG57dWhFjdvKWtHfObKp8MkaGuXtu_dZChbyymCUsCikRm/s1600/20140116_153734.jpg" /><br /><br />But once inside the place is anything but subtle. A cafe is found on the ground floor below the high windows at the corner. A yarn-wrapped column stands out in the otherwise brick-and-drywall space, the same column treatment that happens on other floors in the same location. Besides this column and the glass elevator that runs through the seven floors, the rest of the space is a hodgepodge of interior design and fashion, reflecting the diversity of the many occupants crammed into the small building.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4HlVt560V1OG3ihq4zdUp7fq3jQG0Fs_KlcUk-IvNGIxFxH0EQBY0SJV9YvOrpBX6C58sWiut2TJIvZSYgKSqd52uKJaP0vD2COWZ7Y3hb3Hg4YTbN76jUq0DHf4R4-0i2LY0HE89QScA/s1600/20140116_153453.jpg" /><br /><br />I visited the building to check out the "<a href="http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1001275/death-defied-the-architecture-of-madeline-gins">Biotopological Scale-Juggling Escalator</a>" designed by <a href="http://www.reversibledestiny.org/">Madeline Gins</a>, what must have been her last built work; she <a href="http://www.world-architects.com/en/pages/headlines/madeline-gins-1941-2014">died on January 8th</a>. <br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHgVkZrZ3XHaMiCggv6xD24arb9WDrCa3IgFdDlRsttOPIxnIPTr6MWZVAbFW7uPWO-2RWrPLRO10SH1DAcIN1KahrGeaXRMbEa57Ros7PvwehMoCg53h0Ei3MuYtAgfiUoqXsuoe22KO/s1600/20140116_153358.jpg" /><br /><br />Obviously a stair rather than an escalator, the cocoon-like piece connects the third and fourth floors at DSM New York. Even amongst the interior design and fashion clamoring for attention, the sculptural stair stands out.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKIp43ROmTAyX4Nt0tLi7IZ8nf4CPGxUMnrQ7Qb60LvERNYigDwEF3GpZQ5HkU2UcwSB-Jicv2-Kwx10-JeuEJEVoYqQp8IR75KCAAJm7PNtxo39NSUS7YmC6-6tmgQYundq9DdMF9oGs/s1600/20140116_153344.jpg" /><br /><br />For those not familiar with the ideas of Gins and her partner Arakawa (who died in 2010), the duo aimed to overcome death by creating unfamiliar spaces that require the constant reconfiguration of the body. They believed that the body's movements linked with the mind would suspend death, if you will. To put it another way, familiar environments numb us, while their creations elevate our experiences and therefore our lives. <br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvde1FGQ-gvegQirRE3bcGJbVNp2XXW_Iprxcs2IVrfd4Lkeqqpc9UaPvfTDItTN_orbjnFh2g17S1hd5XzEeubdCCLRYrXH0v2G-KwlhL64qSiHDHgFwLFGqR1oUbWxoMixdP2Rbi6sVg/s1600/20140116_153312.jpg" /><br /><br />With a communicating stair that must comply with building and accessibility codes (for stairs, this means a minimum width, a small range for handrail sizes and heights, maximum riser heights, and minimum tread depths) there is not much room for their "<a href="http://www.reversibledestiny.org/">reversible destiny</a>" architecture, but Gins worked within the practical frameworks and small space to create something memorable.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZoQgVgBUbYFSOq-U5uX4lQTlEeH1IOxp0X8ttvQ0mfpSsoLt08c4C3Sjy-px_NFXfQ4hpUhAEBHidenfxPLijjG-Y67Wb0LlzQG5uLFdCYJSkJ129KOLHgWty3IdpcR_SKv8QBrTyoxd/s1600/20140116_153229.jpg" /><br /><br />First, there is the exterior form, a blob that is clearly a handmade sculpture rather than the blobs generated in the computer by architects.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPtWvnCqu1ErdTQKczUxmEHsL4ptoHDwBz7USWgSnM7j_3_srrvfr0zRXDTAjkHt69WM0hVnMocnYeJS-z3D0prhlMgb1mJZubcYOhFE_GFZ2UCWBhPpeY-rt0uuQid6Zni5Vw1Ny-qtF/s1600/20140116_153213.jpg" /><br /><br />Second, there are the "wings" that protrude in and out of the shell – each one is a study of a room at a different scale, each with an appropriately sized wood mannequin.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEl8GxbLGDQ-0Gx_mcOuw2Qna0QPVcqb_jXW6hrJb4rNTpfl-ev9VgdXgXFY8AJ3tlJ-VwKxy5KDxG7Qqp4V_WwLmQ9LkK8MCjkR3w9JMZJ6d4ATVX53GG_0wSfcIRdYU9yr32159CLjO/s1600/20140116_153124.jpg" /><br /><br />Third are the curling and intertwining handrails that veer just enough from the norm to feel different as we run our hands along them.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDK56WBdu859GNIKLIzmnUQRQdCbKu76c9Shq2LQJXIJOq5sGYKfPET5_vNbbcPIBst5HZ7bK4ktztROGhrj3zRi8wogBVLxclH1To0OaSvz3rmAI4jFvTQnwTS9xG4D2WD0LokvxS6UDO/s1600/20140116_153103.jpg" /><br /><br />And finally there are the steps themselves, which feel like they are slightly irregular. They are not too tall nor too shallow to not comply with code, but they feel like they vary from one step to the next, even if only a fraction of an inch. We use stairs so much that we become conditioned to their ADA-mandated sizes and the consistency from step to step, so much so that even the slightest departure from the norm is noticeable.<br /><br />Gins may not have survived long after the opening of DSM New York, but she's left something that hopefully will give shoppers something to think about and feel. Seeing some shoppers taking note of the stair and taking photos of each other inside of it on my visit confirmed that she created something special.

From School of Design to DSM New York

On the northwest corner of Lexington Avenue and East 30th Street sits an impressive temple-like building that may look familiar to some TV watchers. The building is portrayed as the library of Finch on Person of Interest, but well before this fiction…

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Eagles assistant Lazor hired as Miami coordinator (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-5GiqHWfvEebJmzLhjV2CKnLYrjXq9Tb9HxaoPNYfqpSpMq2qy8EsiDNbSoGC8ZFA2bKnOM-GpbqJdiFIYp1HcddkrCM2s76QXIOxN-FIMcARV2yzBbg9x7IDR3Res1cUkjRdfK8dkaY/s1600/201401151044386806109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-5GiqHWfvEebJmzLhjV2CKnLYrjXq9Tb9HxaoPNYfqpSpMq2qy8EsiDNbSoGC8ZFA2bKnOM-GpbqJdiFIYp1HcddkrCM2s76QXIOxN-FIMcARV2yzBbg9x7IDR3Res1cUkjRdfK8dkaY/s1600/201401151044386806109.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389869364854_4233" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">MIAMI (AP) -- New <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="8" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/mia" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Miami Dolphins</a> offensive coordinator Bill Lazor says he can help head coach Joe Philbin win games and some job security.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389869364854_4258" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><span style="font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">''Right now my future and his future are together,'' Lazor said. ''I'm in it with him. I choose to compete and make an impact and to be a difference-maker, and that's why I'm here.''</span>Lazor said he accepted the job Wednesday because of Philbin, even though his new boss' status is shaky after two so-so seasons.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389869364854_4278" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Lazor was hired Wednesday by Philbin after one season as quarterbacks coach with the <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="9" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/phi" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Philadelphia Eagles</a>, where he helped develop second-year pro <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="10" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/25798" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Nick Foles</a> into the NFL's top-rated passer.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Dolphins also had a second-year quarterback in <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="11" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/25718" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Ryan Tannehill</a>. Foles threw 27 touchdown passes and two interceptions, while Tannehill threw 24 and 17.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Lazor said he studied Tannehill on video before accepting the job.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''I'm really excited to work with him,'' Lazor said. ''I see a lot of ability.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Dolphins ranked 27th in the NFL in yards, finished 8-8 and missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. The Eagles ranked second in total yards and offensive points, went 10-6 and won the NFC East.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''A lot of the things that led to that are going to have a great impact in what I believe works going forward,'' Lazor said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Lazor was offensive coordinator at the University of Virginia from 2010 to 2012, and he has also worked for the <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="12" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/was" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Washington Redskins</a>, <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="13" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/sea" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Seattle Seahawks</a> and <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="14" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/atl" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Atlanta Falcons</a>. He replaces Mike Sherman, who was fired last week after two seasons with Miami and was Tannehill's head coach at Texas A&M.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Dolphins are also searching for a general manager to replace Jeff Ireland, who departed last week after six seasons. On Wednesday they announced the completion of an interview with Brian Xanders, senior personnel executive with the <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="15" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/det" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Detroit Lions</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Five candidates interviewed earlier.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Considered along with Lazor for the offensive coordinator job were <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="16" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/gnb" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Green Bay Packers</a> quarterbacks coach Ben McAdoo, who was hired Tuesday as offensive coordinator of the <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="17" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/nyg" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">New York Giants</a>, and former Washington Redskins offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Lazor said he and Philbin hit it off during the interview process. They had known each other casually for years.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''Bill is an accomplished coach and will be a great addition to our coaching staff,'' Philbin said in a statement. ''Bill has been instrumental in helping players reach their full potential, as players and people, at both the college and professional level. He also has a proven track record of success working with a wide variety of offenses.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">In addition to the Eagles' Chip Kelly, Lazor has coached under Dan Reeves, Joe Gibbs and Mike Holmgren.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''The No. 1 thing that was common was that they had a vision of how offensive football should look,'' Lazor said. ''Every day we went out to practice, they made sure what they saw on the field was heading toward that vision. It's the job of the coaches to keep pushing in that direction.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Lazor was noncommittal regarding other possible changes in Philbin's offensive staff.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''He and I have not had all of our conversations about the structure of the staff,'' Lazor said. ''That's something that will be handled going forward.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Some sort of shakeup was inevitable after the Dolphins scored once in their final 24 possessions while losing their final two games to blow a potential playoff berth. Miami allowed a franchise-record 58 sacks, and offseason upgrades will focus on an offensive line depleted by the team's midseason bullying scandal.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Dolphins might be in the market for a running back, too. Lamar Miller scored two touchdowns, the lowest total for a player leading the Dolphins in rushing since 1980.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Miami threw the ball 65 percent of the time, third-highest in the NFL. 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Eagles assistant Lazor hired as Miami coordinator (BLOG)

MIAMI (AP) -- New Miami Dolphins offensive coordinator Bill Lazor says he can help head coach Joe Philbin win games and some job security.''Right now my future and his future are together,'' Lazor said. ''I'm in it with him. I choose to compete and m…

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Vikings pick Mike Zimmer as new head coach (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2zbDNKrOfIQMpWx2X_NLhKS8rDw7RJU26qNeE-DIg7aFs4ft-bS1UbMRnpOYSfxAkHazoODA2378czWN5AsqGqh0OR6vnlZsqS_GSU9iGsL-5uioh3tpUVnrr8b4uRJ86vRDPAT0AoU/s1600/201401151233452246212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2zbDNKrOfIQMpWx2X_NLhKS8rDw7RJU26qNeE-DIg7aFs4ft-bS1UbMRnpOYSfxAkHazoODA2378czWN5AsqGqh0OR6vnlZsqS_GSU9iGsL-5uioh3tpUVnrr8b4uRJ86vRDPAT0AoU/s1600/201401151233452246212.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389869240173_5771" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="8" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/players/179776" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Mike Zimmer</a> is finally a head coach in the NFL. The <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="9" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/min" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Minnesota Vikings</a> think now is the time for the veteran defensive coordinator.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389869240173_5783" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><span style="font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">''I'm extremely excited to bring a championship to the state of Minnesota and to the great fan base of the Vikings,'' Zimmer said in a video posted on the team's Twitter account. ''I can't wait to get to work.''</span>The Vikings announced Wednesday night that they had hired Zimmer for their top coaching position.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389869240173_5803" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Long after reports first surfaced about the hire, the Vikings remained quiet. Their silence was strange, considering a report by ESPN that they had already requested and received permission from Cleveland to interview offensive coordinator Norv Turner for the same position in Minnesota. Finally, the Vikings made the announcement shortly after 9 p.m. local time. Zimmer will be the ninth coach in the franchise's 54 seasons.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''Fans will appreciate Mike's intensity on the field and his down-to-earth attitude off the field,'' Vikings owner Mark Wilf said. ''We strongly believe he will help us compete for division championships each year and lead us to our ultimate goal of bringing a Super Bowl championship to Minnesota.''</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Tight end <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="10" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/24830" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Kyle Rudolph</a>, center <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_player" data-rapid_p="11" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/8964" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">John Sullivan</a> and defensive end Brian Robison were among the players who expressed excitement about the former Bengals assistant via their Twitter accounts.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp portrait onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="12" data-uuid="309ce144-723b-3832-a80d-42f3eb81aaa2" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/reports-vikings-hire-mike-zimmer-photo-200843587--nfl.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Vikings pick Mike Zimmer as new head coach"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 450px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="Vikings pick Mike Zimmer as new head coach" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="450" src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/NVUb5CKd7vbbjfoTfFQ6bQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTQ1MDtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/Sports/ap/201401151235453556224" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 10.909090995788574px; line-height: 16.500001907348633px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">FILE - IN this Sept. 17, 2013 file photo, Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer watch …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''Fired up about Coach Zimmer! As a Cincy kid he's been fun to watch there and can't wait to work with him!'' Rudolph tweeted.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">For the Bengals, the news was bittersweet. Zimmer, who has been an NFL defensive coordinator for the last 14 seasons, spent six of those with Cincinnati.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''Today is one of the happiest and yet saddest days for me. Happy Coach Zimm finally gets to be a head coach and spread all of his knowledge,'' cornerback Terence Newman tweeted.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Bengals were third in the league in yards allowed and fifth in points against this season, though they lost in the first round of the playoffs for the third straight year.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389869240173_5807" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''Gonna miss you coach Zimmer! Wish you nothing but the best in Minnesota. You brought out the best in each of your players! So honored to have been coached by you!'' tweeted linebacker Rey Maualuga.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; position: relative;"><a class="body-related-link body-related-image go-to-slideshow-lightbox rapid-noclick-resp landscape onesize get-lbdata-from-dom" data-rapid_p="13" data-uuid="af76a468-90b1-3367-8b6b-4d61ec5bba71" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/ap-source-vikings-pick-mike-photo-210945381--nfl.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="Vikings pick Mike Zimmer as new head coach"><div class="img-wrap" style="position: relative;"><div class="cta-overlay" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.24s linear; font-size: 13px; height: 200px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: background-color 0.24s linear; width: 300px;"><span class="clearfix title cta-text medium" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; color: white; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; left: 5px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; top: 5px; transition: opacity 0.24s linear; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; zoom: 1;"></span><span class="cta-text xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.24s linear; bottom: 5px; color: white; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; margin-left: 42px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.24s linear;">View gallery</span><span class="icon-slideshow icon-white-slideshow-xsmall" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.16s linear; background-color: #324fe1; background-image: url(data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; bottom: 5px; cursor: pointer; height: 23px; left: 5px; line-height: 0; opacity: 0; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-indent: -1000em; transition: opacity 0.16s linear; width: 32px; z-index: 1;"></span></div><img alt="Vikings pick Mike Zimmer as new head coach" class="body-related-thumb" data-src-2x="" height="200" src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/U3CqgzAcNQoCW3ee9rQiQA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTIwMDtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/Sports/ap/201401151234452916220" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 10.909090995788574px; line-height: 16.500001907348633px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">FILE - This is a 2013 file photo showing Mike Zimmer of the Cincinnati Bengals NFL football team. Th …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Zimmer replaces Leslie Frazier, another former Bengals defensive coordinator who was fired Dec. 30 after the team finished 5-10-1 this season.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">General manager Rick Spielman interviewed at least seven candidates. He and Vikings owners Zygi Wilf and Mark Wilf settled on the one who was widely considered around the league to be the most overdue for a head coaching job. Zimmer has interviewed for several vacancies in recent years, including this month with Tennessee.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The 57-year-old Zimmer played at Illinois State and spent 14 seasons coaching in the college ranks before being hired in 1994 as an assistant with Dallas. He got a Super Bowl ring the following season as defensive backs coach.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Then he became defensive coordinator of the Cowboys in 2000 and spent seven seasons at that post, the last four under coach Bill Parcells. Zimmer led defenses in Dallas that operated in both the 4-3 and 3-4 alignments, including the 2003 group that surrendered the fewest yards in the league.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Wilfs, natives of New Jersey, grew up as <a class="yom-entity-link yom-entity-sports_team" data-rapid_p="14" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/nyg" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">New York Giants</a> fans and are admirers of Parcells from his days coaching that team.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">After one tumultuous year as the defensive coordinator for Atlanta, when Falcons coach Bobby Petrino quit midseason in 2007, Zimmer went to Cincinnati to work for coach Marvin Lewis. In 2009, when his wife, Vikki, unexpectedly died, Zimmer was named the winner of several NFL assistant coach of the year awards.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Zimmer has a fiery personality, as evidenced by his profanity-laced appearances on HBO's ''Hard Knocks,'' which featured the Bengals in 2009 and 2013. That overt intensity is a contrast to Frazier, who went 21-33-1 in three-plus seasons with one appearance in the playoffs.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Frazier was a popular figure in the locker room and throughout the organization, but as a former defensive coach his area of expertise became the team's biggest downfall. Despite a carousel at quarterback, the aged, injury-depleted defense was mostly responsible for the sorry showing this season. The Vikings allowed an average of 30 points per game, the most in the league, and 397.8 yards per game, the second-most.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Five of the seven reported candidates who interviewed for the vacancy had defensive backgrounds: Seattle defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, Cleveland defensive coordinator Ray Horton, Arizona defensive coordinator Todd Bowles, San Francisco defensive line coach Jim Tomsula and Zimmer. The other two were offensive coordinators: Seattle's Darrell Bevell and San Francisco's Greg Roman.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">---</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389869240173_5913" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">AP Sports Writer Jon Krawczynski contributed to this report.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389869240173_5899" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">---</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389869240173_5925" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">AP NFL website: http://www.pro32.ap.org</div></div>

Vikings pick Mike Zimmer as new head coach (BLOG)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Mike Zimmer is finally a head coach in the NFL. The Minnesota Vikings think now is the time for the veteran defensive coordinator.''I'm extremely excited to bring a championship to the state of Minnesota and to the great fan base …

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The Flu: Everything You Need to Know This Season (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQRQ57aPjziOBOXJgWNQmysyUF1-2jmm6JYd7ep1Q9pfN1Od_7DsERdVfi8SF0zpOkeVbuemAAN5B3xYUhHn4oZbvGt4NvEG04oSZiuCk_spIYULlb3PIOblNoKJyw4uuscN0wroqrnE/s1600/GTY_flu_kab_140113_16x9_992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQRQ57aPjziOBOXJgWNQmysyUF1-2jmm6JYd7ep1Q9pfN1Od_7DsERdVfi8SF0zpOkeVbuemAAN5B3xYUhHn4oZbvGt4NvEG04oSZiuCk_spIYULlb3PIOblNoKJyw4uuscN0wroqrnE/s1600/GTY_flu_kab_140113_16x9_992.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"It's just the flu."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">I can't tell you how many times I've heard that expression. Yet each time I hear it, I cringe.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"Just the flu" is responsible every year for hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths. It is a disease that makes those of us who work in public health very nervous.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">The only real certainty is that there will be a flu season each winter. Other than that, there are many unknowns: When will it start? What strains will be circulating? Who will be at greatest risk? How severe will it be? How well will the vaccine work?</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">This year's flu season is now in full swing so we have some of the answers to such questions.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">We know that the number of flu cases started to spike first in the southeastern United States. Visits for flu-like illness started to rise in December and have continued to rise and spread. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/" style="color: #005490; text-decoration: none;">20 states have high levels of flu activity</a> and all regions of the country are now seeing flu cases. The website, Google flu trends, which tends to be more up to date, reports that <a href="http://www.google.org/flutrends/us/#US" style="color: #005490; text-decoration: none;">33 states are seeing high levels of flu</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">More than 90 percent of disease is caused this year by the H1N1 strain of the flu virus. This is the same strain that also caused the so-called swine flu pandemic in 2009. It has been included in all flu vaccines since then.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">H1N1 tends to hit adults between the ages of 18 and 64 harder than other flu strains. But groups traditionally at high risk - the very young, the elderly, those with chronic diseases, pregnant women - haven't been spared.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Although the flu season is in full swing, it often continues into March. It is too soon to know how severe this flu season will be, how long it will last and how well the vaccine will work. We can only tell these sorts of things when the flu season has ended.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">The best flu prevention? Get vaccinated. Flu vaccination is recommended for everyone older than 6 months. Getting vaccinated does two things: It reduces your chance of getting the flu and helps protect those around you from getting it by creating something called "herd immunity." This means that even those who don't get vaccinated are protected because the virus has fewer ways of spreading in a population of mostly vaccinated people.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">There are more vaccine choices this year than ever before. One shot will cover you for four strains of flu, rather than the usual three. There is a high-strength vaccine specially developed for the elderly, a group for whom standard vaccines have typically been insufficiently effective. There is a nasal spray vaccine for people 50 and younger. There is now even a vaccine made without the use of eggs for anyone with egg allergies.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">You can also prevent the spread of the flu by covering your coughs and sneezes with a tissue or with your elbow. Washing your hands frequently with soap and water for a full 20 seconds also helps gets rid of those viruses. If there's no sink around, alcohol-based hand sanitizer is a suitable substitute.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">And if you're sick, stay home. Set an example so maybe others will do the same.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">And please, whatever you do, don't say "it's just the flu."</div><div style="background-color: white; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px;">http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/flu-everything-know-season-110035414--abc-news-wellness.html</span></span></div></div>

The Flu: Everything You Need to Know This Season (BLOG)

"It's just the flu."I can't tell you how many times I've heard that expression. Yet each time I hear it, I cringe."Just the flu" is responsible every year for hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths. It is a disease that mak…

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Ten Questions for 2014

Now that the consumer price index for 2013 is complete, let's look at the long-term trend of the annual percent change in the average annual CPI.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WPccJMAewygyKASi0RkIANl2OdJZzdVF1BcvULzMA-D0TJhvJur5a-6luojKxjfEUVmTMdGDPgOUJ77UxnkwMILsnFD_58JrkxJCn1LnpKS5NuhvqDneR6ghHnO1iLCduGnNPIG7HJo/s1600/The+Hyperinflationary+Trend+Channel.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WPccJMAewygyKASi0RkIANl2OdJZzdVF1BcvULzMA-D0TJhvJur5a-6luojKxjfEUVmTMdGDPgOUJ77UxnkwMILsnFD_58JrkxJCn1LnpKS5NuhvqDneR6ghHnO1iLCduGnNPIG7HJo/s320/The+Hyperinflationary+Trend+Channel.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br /><b>Ten Questions for 2014</b><br /><br />1. How many decades will we be stuck in ZIRP?<br />2. <a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=r2p">Will it be as many decades as Japan</a>?<br />3. Why is the Fed tapering?<br />4. When will the Fed ramp up QE again?<br />5. <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/12/hyperinflation-theories-poned-again.html">How much more poning can the hyperinflationists take?</a><br />6. <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-long-term-death-of-real-yields.html">Why am I so willing to hold long-term TIPS to maturity?</a><br />7. Where have all the "bond vigilantes" gone?<br />8. What are they doing with all their profits?<br />9. <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2014/01/16/sears-announces-1600-layoffs-of.html">Sears?</a> (It's a rhetorical question.)<br />10. Why must I use the sarcasm label in nearly every post?<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=r2o">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

Ten Questions for 2014

Now that the consumer price index for 2013 is complete, let's look at the long-term trend of the annual percent change in the average annual CPI.Click to enlarge.Ten Questions for 20141. How many decades will we be stuck in ZIRP?2. Will it be as many…

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Jay's Imaginary Friend: The Brawl

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal">Holaaaaaaaaaa! Look who just showed up out of nowhere? Yup, it’s my Imaginary Friend, "IF" … <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">IF: Hey, whatcha up to? <br />Jay: Oh crap. You again?<br />IF: I’ve missed you too.<br />Jay: I don’t think you have. <br />IF: Well I have whether you believe it or not. <br />Jay: Whatever. What are you doing here? <br />IF: I just wanted to see you and hang out with you.<br />Jay: Okay, you’ve seen me, now leave. <br />IF: WOW! You’ve gotten really mean lately. <br />Jay: Why do you always show up when I’m sick, in pain, haven’t slept or all three? <br />IF: I just have great timing, I guess. <br />Jay: I guess. <br />IF: Maybe I show up in times of stress because you need me? <br />Jay: I NEEEEEEEED for you to leave me alone. <br />IF: No you don’t. <br />Jay: Yes I do. <br />IF: Oooooo snappy comeback! <br />Jay: Fuck off. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">IF: You have issues. <br />Jay: Doesn’t everybody? <br />IF: Yeah, but I think yours are worse than most. <br />Jay: Pffffft … I know some pretty fucked up people. <br />IF: Do they make you feel better about yourself? <br />Jay: Only for a little while. <br />IF: And then you become concerned for them?<br />Jay: Yup.<br />IF: Well, that’s a good thing. I mean, you’re a good person. <br />Jay: You’re an annoying person. <br />IF: Well, you’re not THAT good of a person. <br />Jay: But, you are very annoying. <br />IF: No I’m not. I’m your friend. <br />Jay: My asshole friend who won’t leave me alone? <br />IF: You need me around. <br />Jay: Wrong again! <br />IF: Have you ever considered moving?<br />Jay: I took a “<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyperez/what-city-should-you-actually-live-in" target="_blank">Where Should You Live</a>” quiz online today. <br />IF: What city did you get? <br />Jay: Portland<br />IF: The Strip Club Capital of America. What a shock! <br />Jay: They didn’t ask any strip club questions. <br />IF: Yet they got it right anyway. Weird. <br />Jay: I guess it was the “what’s your jam” question. <br />IF: What did you answer?<br />Jay: Shakira “Hips Don’t Lie.” <br /><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i.imgur.com/LA60yvZ.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i.imgur.com/LA60yvZ.gif" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">IF: HEY! <br />Jay: What? <br />IF: What’s that on your desk? <br />Jay: My desk has lots of stuff on it. <br />IF: I know, you’re a slob. <br />Jay: It’s pretty organized. <br />IF: Anyway, what’s that blue can? <br />Jay: *SIGH* Its’ a Pepsi. <br />IF: I’m so disappointed in you. <br />Jay: That doesn’t make you unique. <br />IF: I thought you gave it up. <br />Jay: I did. I proved I can do it. <br />IF: So now you’re drinking Pepsi again? <br />Jay: Not regularly. <br />IF: And what happened to walking every day?<br />Jay: What about it? <br />IF: Well, you were walking a lot. Did you walk today?<br />Jay: Yes I did! <br />IF: How far. <br />Jay: To the mailbox. <br />IF: That’s all? <br />Jay: AND BACK! <br />IF: That’s not much. <br />Jay: Well aren’t you judgmental? <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">IF: No, I’m concerned. </div><div class="MsoNormal">Jay: But only for a little while. Then you feel better about yourself. <br />IF: Oh you’re so clever. <br />Jay: Sometimes. <br />IF: Not that often though. <br />Jay: I’m going punch you.<br />IF: Take your best shot. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEhN8pEs6ExQyWx1M3Y-o1I9WmMlEUiaes7Em3liQsI6qFTCglW1XXpA2__prqe8ZWhP7SCpm5trWu2Asce1hxYDWM80e4KgO_3ncTjkZdnLorpIVAqcxrbfKZeYY_kjxiv4s7AMEHUZ9n/s1600/Batman+Fight+Pow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEhN8pEs6ExQyWx1M3Y-o1I9WmMlEUiaes7Em3liQsI6qFTCglW1XXpA2__prqe8ZWhP7SCpm5trWu2Asce1hxYDWM80e4KgO_3ncTjkZdnLorpIVAqcxrbfKZeYY_kjxiv4s7AMEHUZ9n/s1600/Batman+Fight+Pow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />Jay: *Swings*<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">*SMACK*<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">IF: Ow! You hit me! <br />Jay: I told you I was going to. <br />IF: That’s fucked up. <br />Jay: You asked for it. <br />IF: Yeah well <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">*POW*<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Jay: What the fuck was that? <br />IF: I hit you back! <br />Jay: That’s it I’m going to kick your ass. <br />IF: You’ll run out of breathe in two swings <br />Jay: It won’t take more than two. <br />IF: Oooooo you’re such a tough gu… <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">*BANG* *POW* *SMACK*<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">IF: *Nancy Kerrigan Voice* WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?<br />Jay: Shit. I’m sorry. <br />IF: No you’re not. <br />Jay: Well, I kind of am. No really, I am. <br />IF: I can’t believe you did that! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">*POW* *KICK* *SLAP* <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Jay: That was a cheap shot you fucker! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">*AHHHHHHHKICKPUNCHELBOWKNEEBACKHANDSTOMPSCREAMINGCRYING*<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/jayman68" target="_blank">My Facebook</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws" target="_blank">@Jayman_IWS</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>

Jay's Imaginary Friend: The Brawl

Holaaaaaaaaaa! Look who just showed up out of nowhere? Yup, it’s my Imaginary Friend, "IF" … IF: Hey, whatcha up to? Jay: Oh crap. You again?IF: I’ve missed you too.Jay: I don’t think you have. IF: Well I have whether you believe it or not. Jay: What…

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Gwyneth Paltrow's Trainer Says Spinning Bulks Up Thighs (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4Nqr7OqzH0J7cYWQ_I1xGZC4E8lRnDEuZrKu2nBMhNd1a6yX2rAXw33oLifZCXbORAj7yrIVpn6sLlurf498gYE_ukg1S6-i2rm5K__1sZhCfqErYXsuZYI1ulyuKbyT_nnA5AkSUdQ/s1600/d.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4Nqr7OqzH0J7cYWQ_I1xGZC4E8lRnDEuZrKu2nBMhNd1a6yX2rAXw33oLifZCXbORAj7yrIVpn6sLlurf498gYE_ukg1S6-i2rm5K__1sZhCfqErYXsuZYI1ulyuKbyT_nnA5AkSUdQ/s1600/d.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="first" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; padding: 0px;">Celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson recently told <a href="http://www.redbookmag.com/health-wellness/advice/benefits-of-spinning" style="color: #005490; text-decoration: none;">Redbook magazine</a>that exercisers who only spin are likely to wind up with bulkier bodies.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"'Spin may burn calories in the short term, but if that's all you're doing, it'll bulk up your thighs," she said in an interview published in the January issue of the magazine.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Anderson, who is actress Gwyneth Paltrow's business partner for a line of gyms and workout DVDs, added that the idea that spinning is a fast-track to slimming down is a common misconception.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"I have women who come into my office after spinning exclusively for six months, wondering why they can't fit into their jeans," she said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Some people have interpreted Anderson's statements to mean that spinning makes one fatter. But Anderson clarified to ABC News that this is not what she meant.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"I've never said that spinning makes you gain weight," she explained. "What I've said is that spinning creates an imbalance in the muscular system. It bulks the thigh and butt muscles. You develop mass by working these same muscles over and over."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Even with the clarification, some fitness experts still aren't on board with Anderson's statements.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"Unless that person has significant predisposition for laying down muscle mass, it's very unlikely spinning will result in massive quads or change in scale weight," Cedric Bryant, the chief science officer for the American Council on Exercise said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">While Anderson pointed to professional cyclists who have highly developed thigh muscles as proof that cycling blows up the muscles in the legs, Bryant said that idea is actually a tired myth.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"Top cyclists probably got into the sport because they have a natural predisposition to that body type in the first place. The average person doesn't have the genetic capability of developing that kind of mass even if they work out really hard," he said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Other personal trainers in the same Redbook article did say that exercise could cause weight gain, probably because it stimulates appetite. Those people are really off base, according to James O. Hill, an exercise physiologist who is a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"It's so wrong and there is so much data that clearly shows otherwise," he said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Hill said that dozens of studies have found beyond a shadow of a doubt that dieters who add exercise to a weight-loss program lose more weight. Some research finds that a small percentage of exercisers, especially novices, do wind up eating a little more when they first begin working out, but they almost always wind up burning off more calories than they take in, he explained.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"This isn't a case where there's a lack of science to support a theory," Hill said. "This is one time where we clearly know the answer."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Bryant said that spinning burns a respectable 500 calories or so in 45 minutes. As long as the spinning enthusiast mixes it up with some weight training and other cardio workouts to prevent burnout and injuries caused by overusing muscles, it's a great way to get in shape and maintain a healthy body weight.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">He said he also believes it's a little irresponsible for anyone to suggest to someone who enjoys spinning that they are wasting their time.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"It's difficult enough to get people to exercise to begin with," he said. "It makes no sense to discourage someone against doing a workout they love."</div></div>

Gwyneth Paltrow's Trainer Says Spinning Bulks Up Thighs (BLOG)

Celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson recently told Redbook magazinethat exercisers who only spin are likely to wind up with bulkier bodies."'Spin may burn calories in the short term, but if that's all you're doing, it'll bulk up your thighs," she said in…

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Texting and Driving Crash Caught on Camera (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMt-4BHJq7KQh2NUAZxITDlER67E8JWZN4M-feH22xjGEsE1U_UyDcMUdnQ6-Zxys4gVYMQvIBxJV8xsk_AyVXks86126UghpkwS8rO0OosBykJRJyXmk7hBu2xdib1kKaGICjI4bMZrU/s1600/24442048_SA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMt-4BHJq7KQh2NUAZxITDlER67E8JWZN4M-feH22xjGEsE1U_UyDcMUdnQ6-Zxys4gVYMQvIBxJV8xsk_AyVXks86126UghpkwS8rO0OosBykJRJyXmk7hBu2xdib1kKaGICjI4bMZrU/s1600/24442048_SA.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">A video of a violent car crash in Florida has been released as a warning on the dangers of texting while driving.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">The dash-cam video from a trailing police car, released Monday by the Fort Myers Police Department, shows a Pontiac Grand Am swerving outside of its lane before making a turn, suddenly speeding up and cutting across the inside lane.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">The car then drives onto the sidewalk, where it hits a guard rail, a bus stop sign and a tree before rolling over. The video was taken shortly after 1 a.m. Jan. 4.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">The 23-year-old driver of the car crawled from the overturned car without serious injury.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">He admitted to the officer he was texting while behind the wheel and took his eyes off the road, officials said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"Texting and driving is a serious epidemic," police spokesman Lt. Victor Medico <a href="http://www.fmpolice.com/News/ArtMID/1176/ArticleID/1184/FMPD-Catches-Texting-and-Driving-Crash-on-Camera.aspx" style="color: #005490; text-decoration: none;">said in a statement</a>. "We hope the in-car video in this incident is a wake-up call to those that text and drive."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">The driver was cited for careless driving and texting while driving, according to police.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px;">http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/texting-driving-crash-caught-camera-170111877--abc-news-topstories.html</span></span></div></div>

Texting and Driving Crash Caught on Camera (BLOG)

A video of a violent car crash in Florida has been released as a warning on the dangers of texting while driving.The dash-cam video from a trailing police car, released Monday by the Fort Myers Police Department, shows a Pontiac Grand Am swerving out…

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INFOWARS NEWS: Is there truth in this news?

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Alex Jones turns 40 next month</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hey Jones can you tell us if you're telling the truth in the news?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">George Hemminger (a.k.a. "G4T") is telling us that truthers and alternative media is all false.   Maybe everything in America is just fine and Jones is a liar?  G4T was one of his former pals:</div><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2014/01/g4t-exposes-more-truth-on-truth-movement.html" style="color: red;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2014/01/g4t-exposes-more-truth-on-truth-movement.html</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/R2Xgywr7bVI?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe></div><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Rb-zuvHVSdA?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe> <div style="text-align: left;"><br />...developing...</div>

INFOWARS NEWS: Is there truth in this news?

Alex Jones turns 40 next monthHey Jones can you tell us if you're telling the truth in the news?George Hemminger (a.k.a. "G4T") is telling us that truthers and alternative media is all false.   Maybe everything in America is just fine and Jones is a …

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Bruce Springsteen Mocks Chris Christie With 'Traffic Jam' Song (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx61MlA9f3J8VzMc4xEj8vyaz1pWgQOCnB7pU1iFhxBteFCAGx9uvaUXYZUfpEXjbu8zp02YehZ0RMXtfipGAWzgUfDLrj24FGGb2v0ee0Jg5qDa_uIDtrjZNhDOCePRqP9j1WJFXoaVw/s1600/bruce-springsteen-jimmy-fallon-inline.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx61MlA9f3J8VzMc4xEj8vyaz1pWgQOCnB7pU1iFhxBteFCAGx9uvaUXYZUfpEXjbu8zp02YehZ0RMXtfipGAWzgUfDLrj24FGGb2v0ee0Jg5qDa_uIDtrjZNhDOCePRqP9j1WJFXoaVw/s1600/bruce-springsteen-jimmy-fallon-inline.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">The Boss is mocking his biggest fan.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen appeared on Tuesday's episode of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," singing about the bridge scandal engulfing <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/us/chris-christie.htm" style="color: #005490; text-decoration: none;">Gov. Chris Christie</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Springsteen and Fallon - wearing matching shades, bandanas and denim cut-off shirts - sang about the September George Washington Bridge backups in a song called "Gov. Christie's Fort Lee, New Jersey Traffic Jam," set to Springsteen's hit "Born to Run."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">The traffic jams were linked to a top Christie aide in emails released last week, supposedly a dose of political payback against Fort Lee's Democratic mayor. Christie <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/chris-christie-bridge-scandal-21478739" style="color: #005490; text-decoration: none;">apologized for the closures</a> in a two-hour press conference Thursday.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">In "Traffic Jam," Springsteen poked fun at the length of Christie's speech, singing that it was longer than one of his concerts.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.464000701904297px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Christie would know; he has attended plenty of Springsteen's shows. But the two remain politically divergent, a rift reaffirmed by the Boss' song.</div><br />http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/bruce-springsteen-mocks-chris-christie-39-traffic-jam-130634392--abc-news-celebrities.html</div>

Bruce Springsteen Mocks Chris Christie With 'Traffic Jam' Song (BLOG)

The Boss is mocking his biggest fan.New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen appeared on Tuesday's episode of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," singing about the bridge scandal engulfing Gov. Chris Christie.Springsteen and Fallon - wearing matching shades, …

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There is no such thing as MENTAL ILLNESS

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Mental Health Industry is a LIE</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNpe9lJfN12dnHLHCw9bykedz7aHR6fKGJCgurJMBl8j8e3-LmD2Nu6g4Iarkm5RyxoZm_4O2b780Q3nHD58sm3C6gxteX63Sdspa9e6y3WPsETt0wqRNC4wVhdd7zpFbBbbXd-vTIwU/s1600/DSMmanual.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNpe9lJfN12dnHLHCw9bykedz7aHR6fKGJCgurJMBl8j8e3-LmD2Nu6g4Iarkm5RyxoZm_4O2b780Q3nHD58sm3C6gxteX63Sdspa9e6y3WPsETt0wqRNC4wVhdd7zpFbBbbXd-vTIwU/s1600/DSMmanual.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>It's a SPIRITUAL WAR</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9H1pxgjEyY61JOw5qk0J2vDWQffhDK8szFezyuVEEpQRC0L-M2dPcHI84bfhrAAom6vI3ZwK5o8lJ0RECSU7z9Jkr2Y2PGrBKRZBD1mXZRSGKKO1XGU0fe2nSbc9SxnDWBZgfRDVgs4/s1600/HolyBibleTitlepagepic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9H1pxgjEyY61JOw5qk0J2vDWQffhDK8szFezyuVEEpQRC0L-M2dPcHI84bfhrAAom6vI3ZwK5o8lJ0RECSU7z9Jkr2Y2PGrBKRZBD1mXZRSGKKO1XGU0fe2nSbc9SxnDWBZgfRDVgs4/s1600/HolyBibleTitlepagepic.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9w91-uQiIqQ?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe> <br />...developing...</div>

There is no such thing as MENTAL ILLNESS

The Mental Health Industry is a LIEIt's a SPIRITUAL WAR ...developing...…

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What Was The Medium Of Exchange?

Because there had to be some kind of pay off for this to happen.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwG-2-_ZODMifWWpU-cg7Ok8xK_OQI7a5D2-GHF3J5jKdOAva_MSIt-SjUcUiKN5E10jwYuFaUVrXuIAqJw5KRk7hIRGC95sNr7TG07ujkguUrDtA4TpAwha1UQEVG68SNfQofFn9bgtfU/s1600/beautiful-woman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwG-2-_ZODMifWWpU-cg7Ok8xK_OQI7a5D2-GHF3J5jKdOAva_MSIt-SjUcUiKN5E10jwYuFaUVrXuIAqJw5KRk7hIRGC95sNr7TG07ujkguUrDtA4TpAwha1UQEVG68SNfQofFn9bgtfU/s640/beautiful-woman.jpg" /></a></div>

What Was The Medium Of Exchange?

Because there had to be some kind of pay off for this to happen.…

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UN: Mass Executions in N. Syria Could Be War Crime (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_RJMwSK71fRzJSCdB0SGB3Rhdt_spvapJcDafvR1aebIad-ClI_M20MJrB0oweFM0HkD-9W4D-Oy9yvBUeYYrD3DERUG1UF8a7jx-e8abVhKj8IK3bHosm19tlhnfeOs0Ll-BCNRBd8/s1600/911061-UK-Forces-Face-War-Crime-Claims.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_RJMwSK71fRzJSCdB0SGB3Rhdt_spvapJcDafvR1aebIad-ClI_M20MJrB0oweFM0HkD-9W4D-Oy9yvBUeYYrD3DERUG1UF8a7jx-e8abVhKj8IK3bHosm19tlhnfeOs0Ll-BCNRBd8/s1600/911061-UK-Forces-Face-War-Crime-Claims.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Extremist Islamic groups in Syria are committing a "soaring" number of executions in the country's north that could amount to war crimes, the U.N. human rights office said Thursday.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says that over the past two weeks her office has received reports of "a succession of mass executions of civilians and fighters who were no longer participating in hostilities in Aleppo, Idlib and Raqqa by hardline armed opposition groups in Syria, in particular by the" al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">She warned that such executions violate international humanitarian law, and the numbers of such violations are thought to be alarmingly high.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">"While exact numbers are difficult to verify, reliable eyewitness testimony that we have gathered suggests that many civilians and fighters in the custody of extremist armed opposition groups have been executed since the beginning of this year," Pillay said in a statement.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Fighting between the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and other Islamic groups in northern and eastern Syria has killed hundreds of people over the past two weeks. The infighting is the most serious among opponents of President Bashar Assad since the Syrian conflict began in March 2011.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Pilay's office reported that in the first week of January a number of people were executed in Idlib by armed opposition groups. It said that on Jan. 6 in Aleppo three people reportedly held by the al-Qaida linked group at its base in Makhfar al-Saleheen were found dead, handcuffed, with bullet wounds in their heads.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Two days later, also in Aleppo, "numerous bodies, again mostly handcuffed and blindfolded, were found in a Children's Hospital" once used as a base by the group, the U.N. office said, and that at least four local media activists were among the dead, as well as captured fighters from armed opposition groups.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Pillay says there also are "deeply disturbing reports emerging of mass executions" by the al-Qaida linked group, both when it withdrew from Raqqa and after it regained control earlier this week.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">"These reports are particularly alarming, given the large numbers of people, including civilians, that armed opposition groups in Syria are believed to be holding in custody," Pillay said. "The taking of hostages is prohibited under international humanitarian law and may also constitute a war crime."</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mass-executions-syria-war-crime-21552420</span></span></div></div>

UN: Mass Executions in N. Syria Could Be War Crime (BLOG)

Extremist Islamic groups in Syria are committing a "soaring" number of executions in the country's north that could amount to war crimes, the U.N. human rights office said Thursday.U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says that over th…

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Tom Brady misses Patriots practice (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJLalkaelP-JCXSYXwYHA4tkDIC1lllzmzTPgRXWiYW0Z9jdSt-JadAQMHhsLOErazEvVC7sRwmg718BGRmC3tf9vPOo-1I2poefQv4vksKqbrB_IXUWj-GSZX8k8kxESyZZWER_hDEo/s1600/espnapi_dm_140115_nfl_pierce_brunell_brady_manning_wmain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJLalkaelP-JCXSYXwYHA4tkDIC1lllzmzTPgRXWiYW0Z9jdSt-JadAQMHhsLOErazEvVC7sRwmg718BGRmC3tf9vPOo-1I2poefQv4vksKqbrB_IXUWj-GSZX8k8kxESyZZWER_hDEo/s1600/espnapi_dm_140115_nfl_pierce_brunell_brady_manning_wmain.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/ne/new-england-patriots" style="color: #2e538f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">New England Patriots</a> quarterback <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/2330/tom-brady" style="color: #2e538f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Tom Brady</a> missed Wednesday's practice because of an illness.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">A source, however, told ESPNBoston.com that Brady is "good and will be ready for Sunday," when the Patriots play <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/1428/peyton-manning" style="color: #2e538f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Peyton Manning</a> and the <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/den/denver-broncos" style="color: #2e538f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Denver Broncos</a> in the AFC Championship Game.<a class="e_espn_morevideo_link" href="http://espn.go.com/video/sportscenter" style="color: #2e538f; display: inline !important; height: 25px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: -10px; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -9999px; top: 0px; white-space: nowrap; width: 218px;" title="SportCenter ">sc</a></div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;"></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">Brady said last week he was fighting a cold but did not miss a practice and played every snap of Saturday's divisional playoff victory over the </span><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/ind/indianapolis-colts" style="background-color: white; color: #2e538f; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Indianapolis Colts</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">.</span><br /><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;"></div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">The Patriots also listed Brady as having a shoulder injury, a designation that has been relatively typical for the star quarterback.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Wednesday's session was the first of three practices the Patriots will hold this week. In Brady's absence, backup <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/14037/ryan-mallett" style="color: #2e538f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ryan Mallett</a> handled the roles of both first-team and scout-team quarterback, essentially filling both Brady's and Manning's shoes.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">"It was fun," Mallett said of taking first-team reps. "It was a lot of fun. I like getting to play in our offense."</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Mallett, who said he found out Brady would be absent early Wednesday, would not discuss why the two-time Super Bowl MVP wasn't present.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">"You'd have to ask Coach," he said of Brady's absence. "I'm just doing what I'm told, doing my job."</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Asked about Brady in his news conference, Bill Belichick would only say the team would release its first injury report later Wednesday.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">In a lighthearted moment, Belichick, asked when the last time Brady surprised him was, replied, "This morning."</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">What was it that surprised him?</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">"We'll keep that between Tom and I," Belichick said.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Long snapper <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/14581/danny-aiken" style="color: #2e538f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Danny Aiken</a> was also missing from practice with an illness. The Patriots, who canceled Brady's scheduled news conference Wednesday, had additional hand-sanitizing stations set up in the locker room.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Meanwhile, the Patriots did have punter <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/16382/ryan-allen" style="color: #2e538f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Ryan Allen</a>, who left Saturday's game with a shoulder injury, on the practice field. Allen suffered an AC sprain, according to sources, and the team is hopeful he can rehab the injury this week to a point that he is good to go on Sunday.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Wide receiver <a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/15834/aaron-dobson" style="color: #2e538f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Aaron Dobson</a>, who was injured in Week 17 and had not practiced since then, returned to practice as he continues to work through a foot injury.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ESPNBoston.com's Mike Reiss and Field Yates contributed to this report.</em></div></div>

Tom Brady misses Patriots practice (BLOG)

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady missed Wednesday's practice because of an illness.A source, however, told ESPNBoston.com that Brady is "good and will be ready for Sunday," when the Patriots play Peyton Manning and the …

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F1 Boss Ecclestone Faces Bribery Trial in Germany (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnDsHOJWZnccSybO57dTLmN_yh7w4Klbkt3Tb1henYvq7kJeKgOABy3WLhmxyDZkf9nrSWCYneU7b1MxnYHUk-_8avd3cp0GrsxonBtEcRp2OXVxN9vEuctB-HjldUFvqOgjNEGJ2FYk/s1600/article-2063209-0EBEA2C400000578-869_468x350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnDsHOJWZnccSybO57dTLmN_yh7w4Klbkt3Tb1henYvq7kJeKgOABy3WLhmxyDZkf9nrSWCYneU7b1MxnYHUk-_8avd3cp0GrsxonBtEcRp2OXVxN9vEuctB-HjldUFvqOgjNEGJ2FYk/s1600/article-2063209-0EBEA2C400000578-869_468x350.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">A German court says Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone will go on trial on bribery charges.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">The Munich state court says it has decided to send to trial the indictment against the 83-year-old Ecclestone. He faces charges of bribery and incitement to breach of trust connected to the alleged payment of a $45 million bribe to a German banker.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">A court statement says that dates for the trial haven't yet been set but proceedings are currently expected to start at the end of April.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">The banker, Gerhard Gribkowsky, already has been convicted of taking the payment from Ecclestone in connection with the sale of a stake in F1. Ecclestone has insisted that he did "nothing illegal."</div></div>

F1 Boss Ecclestone Faces Bribery Trial in Germany (BLOG)

A German court says Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone will go on trial on bribery charges.The Munich state court says it has decided to send to trial the indictment against the 83-year-old Ecclestone. He faces charges of bribery and incitement to br…

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G4T Exposes more TRUTH on THE TRUTH MOVEMENT

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Everyone in the TRUTH MOVEMENT is faking it</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJmX-Rj0qyXNdZ9jEcz1tXgROkEfk4Tyf3daW2TtiC-LIZwuRLfVRl5l-KYlVWcDalnpbFeBVCSZU7u1xBeB1NR8bVDEObT9msvA5NDohltZ8bxRrggijarmna7JPFpOjaqSDXFn2jqk/s1600/G4T_THENEWMAN.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJmX-Rj0qyXNdZ9jEcz1tXgROkEfk4Tyf3daW2TtiC-LIZwuRLfVRl5l-KYlVWcDalnpbFeBVCSZU7u1xBeB1NR8bVDEObT9msvA5NDohltZ8bxRrggijarmna7JPFpOjaqSDXFn2jqk/s1600/G4T_THENEWMAN.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>It's all a joke! :-)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">George Hemminger says to go after Mark Dice and Alex Jones.  Anyone else faking it George?  The whole country is a joke!<br /><br />Actually I like this report here.  We're finally getting some truth about the TRUTH MOVEMENT and we are even hearing references to other fakers such as Mark Dice and Alex Jones.<br /><br />So who's telling the truth?  The liar below--is he telling the truth?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/vmGkGY0yWqc?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Rb-zuvHVSdA?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />...developing...</div>

G4T Exposes more TRUTH on THE TRUTH MOVEMENT

Everyone in the TRUTH MOVEMENT is faking itIt's all a joke! :-)George Hemminger says to go after Mark Dice and Alex Jones.  Anyone else faking it George?  The whole country is a joke!Actually I like this report here.  We're finally getting some truth…

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