The Auto Sales to Food Sales Ratio

The following chart shows auto and other motor vehicle sales divided by sales at food and beverage stores and food services and drinking places.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4trlmgRe9DeSIo1GVGzfo6XXE-XSBHqMsStRqBocl9y2faqeYjP4saSDFQ6Y95MPbGwXp9mzQ3SiSl4gkzBZlYkSLEinbh0PKataFk6SfhK4FdtXBYUHhQdtk5MQjtCy3yttTzxyw3Q/s1600/The+Auto+Sales+to+Food+Sales+Ratio.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4trlmgRe9DeSIo1GVGzfo6XXE-XSBHqMsStRqBocl9y2faqeYjP4saSDFQ6Y95MPbGwXp9mzQ3SiSl4gkzBZlYkSLEinbh0PKataFk6SfhK4FdtXBYUHhQdtk5MQjtCy3yttTzxyw3Q/s320/The+Auto+Sales+to+Food+Sales+Ratio.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Since this is an illusion of prosperity blog, you can probably guess which "sure thing" seems more likely to me over the long term.<br /><br />1. When the downward trend in blue failed, it failed to the downside.<br />2. We have fully recovered back to the trend in blue.<br /><br />This is not investment advice.<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=qWS">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

The Auto Sales to Food Sales Ratio

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Pour Some Sugar on Me (Musical Tribute)

The following chart shows the import price index for green coffee, cocoa beans, and sugar.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6Se6kYYtDEwf6mSVyPIO7XFiGWdNzdQ_QiSwn9FB-5LH_g7xRorgamzedPJV26ENApF6IbM9Zg7oc30140nTnsxn0lUzoQK2Nom6acIGbEgse_qwZf-lQWQbr8_DF_G8YT2pN4gzXWA/s1600/Pour+Some+Sugar+on+Me.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6Se6kYYtDEwf6mSVyPIO7XFiGWdNzdQ_QiSwn9FB-5LH_g7xRorgamzedPJV26ENApF6IbM9Zg7oc30140nTnsxn0lUzoQK2Nom6acIGbEgse_qwZf-lQWQbr8_DF_G8YT2pN4gzXWA/s320/Pour+Some+Sugar+on+Me.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Have I mentioned lately that we live in the era of "sure thing" exponential trend failures?<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/0UIB9Y4OFPs" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><b>June 19, 2012</b><br /><a href="http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/06/19/def-leppard-joe-elliott-interview/">Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott Can’t Explain the Lyrics to “Pour Some Sugar on Me”</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i><b>Forget the sugar, let’s just focus on the pouring part. What does a woman pour on you? Even metaphorically?</b><br /><br />It’s not for me to tell you, it’s there for you to interpret.<br /><br /><b>I’m begging you. Give me a hint.</b><br /><br />That ruins the fun of it. It’s like playing hide and seek and telling them where you’re hiding. It’s pointless.<br /><br /><b>You have no idea what “Pour Some Sugar On Me” is about, do you?</b><br /><br />[Long pause.] Not a clue. [Laughs.]</i></div><br />Hahaha! Damn, I love that band. Seriously. :)<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=qWP">St. Louis Fed: Import (End Use): Green Coffee, Cocoa Beans, Sugar</a>

Pour Some Sugar on Me (Musical Tribute)

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Mise à jour au 1er janvier 2014 des "Chiffres sociaux utiles"

<BR><br />Le 1er janvier 2014, le salaire minimum interprofessionnel de croissance (Smic) a été revalorisé de 1,6%.<br /><br /><a title="View MDE chiffres sociaux 012014 on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/46874298/MDE-chiffres-sociaux-012014" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;">MDE chiffres sociaux 012014</a> <object data="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf" height="600" id="doc_998797003906590" name="doc_998797003906590" style="outline:none;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="opaque"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="FlashVars" value="document_id=46874298&access_key=key-1daarvi0wzxsulk0i44g&page=1&viewMode=list"> <embed id="doc_998797003906590" name="doc_998797003906590" src="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=46874298&access_key=key-1daarvi0wzxsulk0i44g&page=1&viewMode=list" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="600" width="100%" wmode="opaque" bgcolor="#ffffff"></embed> </object> <br /><BR>

Mise à jour au 1er janvier 2014 des "Chiffres sociaux utiles"

Le 1er janvier 2014, le salaire minimum interprofessionnel de croissance (Smic) a été revalorisé de 1,6%. MDE chiffres sociaux 012014 ...

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Same Girl: Teaser for the new clip of Jennifer Lopez

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0NjxUJUMezEmYhu2bUpivPoNb5J7D6uQZdLOgL9K4iTwnE4ClnNX-DJbJots2GGOXqK8DbnnCUYa0PCWAOMGpB7QnYjq03UWdyhradwibPGOzciKravhyphenhyphenwTJEbIw7hymRmEVARy8L/s1600/Same+Girl+Teaser+for+the+new+clip+of+Jennifer+Lopez.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0NjxUJUMezEmYhu2bUpivPoNb5J7D6uQZdLOgL9K4iTwnE4ClnNX-DJbJots2GGOXqK8DbnnCUYa0PCWAOMGpB7QnYjq03UWdyhradwibPGOzciKravhyphenhyphenwTJEbIw7hymRmEVARy8L/s1600/Same+Girl+Teaser+for+the+new+clip+of+Jennifer+Lopez.jpg" /></a></div><br />The network has a new teaser clip of <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Jennifer%20Lopez" target="_blank">Jennifer Lopez</a></b>, full version of which appears on the Internet two days later. Composition, which was filmed a video called Same Girl.<br /><br /><center><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* video */ google_ad_slot = "9278264705"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script></center><br /><br />Filming new creations pop diva took place in New York in just a few days before New Year. Moreover, the platform is the singer and her team located not in some trendy area of ​​the city, and the "national" Bronx. It lived there in childhood and adolescence Lopez. <br /><br />The new clip artist decided to show fans how she once lived, show local flavor: the shooting took place at the Metro station, which every day Jen went to Manhattan for dance and vocals, as well as on the streets of the district. <br /><br />tracks created in the style of R'n'B, will be the second single singer in support of her new studio album tenth.<br /><br /><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- biner noir --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:468px;height:60px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8441125172513237" data-ad-slot="2088847501"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPLbmMjrmKX0LT-3nUJDFskKaa7k5W4uahQRtXxaMGhZ1ZA7Urd-Ohy73REyi8pYSQ0ZfjUWVofW4M-7Wm5Ep4wqXTxGY77b4ApUIwZJ6lgY8oT7IAwwtINTw66O1BCGPRSEPQGnXw/s1600/Footage+from+the+teaser-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPLbmMjrmKX0LT-3nUJDFskKaa7k5W4uahQRtXxaMGhZ1ZA7Urd-Ohy73REyi8pYSQ0ZfjUWVofW4M-7Wm5Ep4wqXTxGY77b4ApUIwZJ6lgY8oT7IAwwtINTw66O1BCGPRSEPQGnXw/s1600/Footage+from+the+teaser-1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSHN4vTLEYCXDtyH8AHgD0HgWRxyeklBNGFROY42WaAwznyrXZf5mIW0itOyqOHD9TATS6gYXcxXW_eRjkV2UX2ptVJIn7lPGwZP0ZnHKbceCf2LO1D35J2e7q2T4YxEhrvQKZJ4k/s1600/Footage+from+the+teaser-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSHN4vTLEYCXDtyH8AHgD0HgWRxyeklBNGFROY42WaAwznyrXZf5mIW0itOyqOHD9TATS6gYXcxXW_eRjkV2UX2ptVJIn7lPGwZP0ZnHKbceCf2LO1D35J2e7q2T4YxEhrvQKZJ4k/s1600/Footage+from+the+teaser-2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWtDcTum3Sg6y0EX9OXT7-I_bDAyHNgljq4uWOmDBc3GQXsTa4cW4GGGKXxtiqzOA5Q6No4pePVPtezDPQASXV1-Yw5QGUKci0LRxdYwPTsD62OOIjECtir_1Ip4FFVgln83WNGL3L/s1600/Footage+from+the+teaser-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWtDcTum3Sg6y0EX9OXT7-I_bDAyHNgljq4uWOmDBc3GQXsTa4cW4GGGKXxtiqzOA5Q6No4pePVPtezDPQASXV1-Yw5QGUKci0LRxdYwPTsD62OOIjECtir_1Ip4FFVgln83WNGL3L/s1600/Footage+from+the+teaser-5.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkv1F4LmJkwSpd37477lI3p7ONxqiCCouTYz8uw3OmlkH2T7o3EKTw5sh5kuOk2p3PWO11AD07202ZUjX_VSDQhhUALYx9e28RQoEMQwy3lhzXuZp9b-UFzstj2Y2VX7bkjvEGzL-/s1600/Footage+from+the+teaser-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkv1F4LmJkwSpd37477lI3p7ONxqiCCouTYz8uw3OmlkH2T7o3EKTw5sh5kuOk2p3PWO11AD07202ZUjX_VSDQhhUALYx9e28RQoEMQwy3lhzXuZp9b-UFzstj2Y2VX7bkjvEGzL-/s1600/Footage+from+the+teaser-6.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhPZ3dodGgbMJb0-qgwHXO3ncNTO0uVpTVjXrqhyphenhyphenWFxnpzLWgv1__2UJhPLk1E6_mZkBJ5LdRmBn0-phH9PnOyqW0qe4cQJKW95nqWBVIX4UhrM9hNW-JGWSAFeVx-yMkzDwK6ZVp/s1600/Footage+from+the+teaser.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzhPZ3dodGgbMJb0-qgwHXO3ncNTO0uVpTVjXrqhyphenhyphenWFxnpzLWgv1__2UJhPLk1E6_mZkBJ5LdRmBn0-phH9PnOyqW0qe4cQJKW95nqWBVIX4UhrM9hNW-JGWSAFeVx-yMkzDwK6ZVp/s1600/Footage+from+the+teaser.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/xr7AuMcmCws?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe></div><br /><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- mini text --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:90px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8441125172513237" data-ad-slot="3425979903"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br />

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Bradley Cooper came to the 'Golden Globe' with moms

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFCFYhbHSsBpHQzEzRIdbd6ClobIu675CqJIcBPEWgXQmQH7kmTb2AFgOlzbQM5bqxsRUjqPrnXEZeBcKiGrv411YDUOixB2jXv9ARB1mN8uEzMVDtC7ydC2eqRhRVpxoPympvWxZk/s1600/Leonardo+DiCaprio+and+Bradley+Cooper+came+to+the+Golden+Globe+with+moms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFCFYhbHSsBpHQzEzRIdbd6ClobIu675CqJIcBPEWgXQmQH7kmTb2AFgOlzbQM5bqxsRUjqPrnXEZeBcKiGrv411YDUOixB2jXv9ARB1mN8uEzMVDtC7ydC2eqRhRVpxoPympvWxZk/s1600/Leonardo+DiCaprio+and+Bradley+Cooper+came+to+the+Golden+Globe+with+moms.jpg" /></a></div><br />On presentation of one of the most prestigious film awards "Golden Globe" accepted to come with a couple - someone takes the second half, some of the girls were pregnant (unborn child - not a couple?) And someone took his closest women - mothers. So did award nominees <b>Leonardo DiCaprio</b> and <b>Bradley Cooper</b>. <br /> <br /><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- biner noir --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:468px;height:60px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8441125172513237" data-ad-slot="2088847501"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> I must say that the Hollywood hunk was in whom grow so charming - their mother looked almost like a girlfriend of his sons. Irmelin Indenbirkin - Mama Leo and Gloria compan - Bradley mom were very smiling and literally radiate good cheer.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpLYdxpx1kHL3PQEqQpsHICfNG7M3_oG6oX230nA2o6OSZ6giXWaPDsXIiwsWwWR5naFuoUBJHJ6qD1tWtiJTx5KuMj37GsDrucirNjiIBFpG6gMOv7DzN69wjS1tp4oIcazXXoyT/s1600/Leonardo+DiCaprio+and+his+mother+Irmelin+Indenbirkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpLYdxpx1kHL3PQEqQpsHICfNG7M3_oG6oX230nA2o6OSZ6giXWaPDsXIiwsWwWR5naFuoUBJHJ6qD1tWtiJTx5KuMj37GsDrucirNjiIBFpG6gMOv7DzN69wjS1tp4oIcazXXoyT/s1600/Leonardo+DiCaprio+and+his+mother+Irmelin+Indenbirkin.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Leonardo DiCaprio and his mother Irmelin Indenbirkin </span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLzGcorcqX9tJVSXQ-DjNqgaJC4AagLxQi2OwalndY96SSqewZNnTnD3Wj11lR0Q9jPoVBodT8Pq_k9XqcinAAH_Se042bde0224nFCWKhHF2BoZthdyS4BaUhlTAvoZfgIk4coCE/s1600/Bradley+Cooper+and+his+mother+Gloria+compan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLzGcorcqX9tJVSXQ-DjNqgaJC4AagLxQi2OwalndY96SSqewZNnTnD3Wj11lR0Q9jPoVBodT8Pq_k9XqcinAAH_Se042bde0224nFCWKhHF2BoZthdyS4BaUhlTAvoZfgIk4coCE/s1600/Bradley+Cooper+and+his+mother+Gloria+compan.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Bradley Cooper and his mother Gloria compan</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi12xE65JsdG8m_QmDlm_WIG-nRcXASNBUWmqdcdOcbnaaNDSH1VW00KUtb7oerpW-tNDcqRhSbZ3B3ATHSHSNHVLmxorEtmn6BnuAUyepTAInLUi8CBkbxrOkzr7c6X_wJTi85Nw9/s1600/Idris+Elba,+Nayan+Garcia,+Bradley+Cooper+and+Uloriya+compan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi12xE65JsdG8m_QmDlm_WIG-nRcXASNBUWmqdcdOcbnaaNDSH1VW00KUtb7oerpW-tNDcqRhSbZ3B3ATHSHSNHVLmxorEtmn6BnuAUyepTAInLUi8CBkbxrOkzr7c6X_wJTi85Nw9/s1600/Idris+Elba,+Nayan+Garcia,+Bradley+Cooper+and+Uloriya+compan.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Idris Elba, Nayan Garcia, Bradley Cooper and Uloriya compan</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- mini text --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:90px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8441125172513237" data-ad-slot="3425979903"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br />

Leonardo DiCaprio and Bradley Cooper came to the 'Golden Globe' with moms

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Look At It This Way

It's not just another Tuesday,<br /><br />It's one day closer to Summer!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fH2QEwT5RFufKG6K7Vn0MGfXV0tYu-6Lr9XkkmGRTgiEM7sraKgdVjl96jUPFx8GSMVg1k36djcv3ivgH12tH7ZBQMZ5ooycuwZBbJUYj9XbIoUu4c-BJ2K2QvrhiMQOkCQEJMegftHu/s1600/camo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fH2QEwT5RFufKG6K7Vn0MGfXV0tYu-6Lr9XkkmGRTgiEM7sraKgdVjl96jUPFx8GSMVg1k36djcv3ivgH12tH7ZBQMZ5ooycuwZBbJUYj9XbIoUu4c-BJ2K2QvrhiMQOkCQEJMegftHu/s640/camo.jpg" /></a></div><br />

Look At It This Way

It's not just another Tuesday, It's one day closer to Summer!

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I Did This Once Too

<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/iGfnuQO8KEo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br />Right around the corner from my house, in a 66 Mustang with a built 289. I had only had it a week.<br />The cop was up the street around the corner of a building and I didn't know it.<br /><br />I lit that Mustang up with a good Powerbrake , held it to the floor and then let the brakes off.<br />It completely smoked out for an entire city block.<br /><br />The second I let out of it the cop nosed out in front of me a block down on the other side of the street.<br /><br />He didn't even get to turn his lights on, I just coasted up in front of him and shut it off.<br /><br />I couldn't see anything in my mirrors except white smoke and the rubber marks in the street didn't go away for over a year.<br /><br />That was an expensive burn out, let me tell ya.

I Did This Once Too

Right around the corner from my house, in a 66 Mustang with a built 289. I had only had it a week. The cop was up the street around the corn...

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pointed in the right direction - arrows in design

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I have used my excellent investigative skills to deduce a trend surge hitting the streets. And because of my excellent investigative skills, I'm making a proclamation.<br /><br />2014 is going to be all about the arrow.<br /><br />I know, a bold statement. But everywhere I turn, little arrows are popping up. 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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><h1 class="hypatia" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" height="400" src="http://foodmatters.tv/images/articles/VitaminC-letter.jpg" style="border: 0px solid; height: 520px; width: 420px;" width="400" /></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Over 75 years of medical research and clinical practice reveals, overwhelmingly, that vitamin C has the power to ignite the 'self-healing response'. I know what you're thinking - if vitamin C is so good for us - why haven't you been told about this curative nutrient? Well, the answer will soon become painfully obvious.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Medical students receive little nutritional training - only 2 hours in 4 years! Vitamin C therapy for a host of chronic diseases has been systematically ignored by conventional medicine for decades. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> (...)<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Believe it or not, in the 1940's, Dr. Klenner used vitamin C to cure 60 out of 60 cases of polio and that was back in the days when the polio vaccine didn't even exist. Dr. Klenner even presented his findings - at a large medical conference about his success with high dose vitamin C therapy and it was largely ignored.'</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://foodmatters.tv/articles-1/vitamin-c-natures-most-powerful-vitamin-for-healing">more... </a></span></div>

Vitamin C: Nature's Most Powerful Vitamin For Healing

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Garlic - A Natural Treatment For HPV

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="http://pigeonracingpigeons.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/garlic-cloves.jpg" class="decoded" height="300" src="http://pigeonracingpigeons.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/garlic-cloves.jpg" width="400" /></div>Photo Credit:www.pigeonracingpigeon.com<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'Warts are considered non-cancerous skin growths - different strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV) cause warts to form on different areas of the body. Warts that form on the fingers are typically called "common" warts, while those that appear on the soles of the feet are called plantar warts. To treat common warts, plantar warts, and corns without acid, cryotherapy, or excision, all you need are fresh garlic cloves, a knife, and athletic tape.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://preventdisease.com/news/14/011314_Garlic-Natural-Treatment-HPV.shtml">more... </a></span>

Garlic - A Natural Treatment For HPV

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Federal Law Would Make GMO Labeling Voluntary, Preempt State Laws

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" src="http://www.davidicke.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/organic-gmo1.jpg" title="organic-gmo1" /></div><span style="font-size: large;">‘Claiming they are merely seeking a “national solution,” mega food corporations are pushing a federal GMO labeling law.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The problem is, the law would be voluntary and it would preempt every state in this country from passing legislation that isn’t according to a draft obtained by Politico.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">But the Grocery Manufacturers Association, which represents such food and beverage leaders as ConAgra, PepsiCo and Kraft, isn’t exactly joining the anti-GMO movement. It’s advocating for an industry-friendly, law with a voluntary federal standard — a move that food activists see as a power grab by an industry that has tried to kill GMO labeling initiatives every step of the way.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://www.thedailysheeple.com/federal-law-would-make-gmo-labeling-voluntary-preempt-state-laws_012014">more... </a></span>

Federal Law Would Make GMO Labeling Voluntary, Preempt State Laws

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Decoding Labels: French’s Worcestershire Sauce

<img alt="http://www.foodrenegade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/frenchs-worcestershire-sauce-ingredients.jpg" class="decoded" src="http://www.foodrenegade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/frenchs-worcestershire-sauce-ingredients.jpg" /><br />Photo Credit: Food Renegade<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'Worcestershire sauce is a staple in our home. What would my homemade Caesar Salad Dressing be without it?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">We also use Worcestershire sauce to season hamburger patties, make a homemade barbecue sauce, marinate steaks, and so much more!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And because an authentic Worcestershire sauce is made with a long, slow fermentation process, it’s not the sort of condiment that most of us would make at home. Instead, we buy it at the store.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">So when a reader asked me to decode the label of her FRENCH’s Classic Worcestershire Sauce, I thought it made excellent sense to do so.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://www.foodrenegade.com/decoding-labels-frenchs-worcestershire-sauce/">more... </a></span>

Decoding Labels: French’s Worcestershire Sauce

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The Truth about Vaccinations - H1N1 Flu Propaganda on CNN - Evil Pharmaceutical Giants

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Valentine's Day 2014, Best and Worst Gift Ideas

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hw164DKkjdl1JBogmsitac9Vs2DuNXXO39SfW18M_5wA7WaCSDRjg_qnojfF5vPBSnavK7IWZDM64EvuocwMwT4JEuylXHYSLFQBiF38dH8aMkmT1L_C4C2-4k-h_LrLCqPoLIisBmLu/s1600/Valentine's+Day+Gift+Ideas.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hw164DKkjdl1JBogmsitac9Vs2DuNXXO39SfW18M_5wA7WaCSDRjg_qnojfF5vPBSnavK7IWZDM64EvuocwMwT4JEuylXHYSLFQBiF38dH8aMkmT1L_C4C2-4k-h_LrLCqPoLIisBmLu/s400/Valentine's+Day+Gift+Ideas.png" width="320" /></a>Cheeeeeeeers Bitches and a Happy Tuesday to you all.<br /><br />Not only is today Tuesday, it is January 14th which means not only is it, <i><a href="http://www.cute-calendar.com/event/national-dress-up-your-pet-day/11002-usa.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Dress Up Your Pet Day</span></a></i> for those of you who are so inclined to embarrass your pet by dressing him or her up, but…<br /><br />January 14th is also, <i>One Month Before the Day You Either Get Hot Sex or Smacked in the Face by Your Wife/Girlfriend/Mistress on Valentine’s Day Day.</i><br /><br />That’s right guys, you have thirty days to prepare for the onslaught of sneers, jeers, or cheers that you receive from the woman in your life and her femme friends. So, I am here to make certain that you will hear nothing but cheers.<br /><br />Oh, and you ladies who have been directed to this blog entry?  Disregard it, because well, as well all know, you do nothing on Valentine’s Day other than bitch about what you didn’t get from that special man in your life, so…<br /><br />To wit and heretofore, are my best and worst gift ideas for the guys to buy for Valentine’s Day 2014...<br /><br />Yesterday, I mentioned flowers in a <i>Facebook</i> comment of mine, women seem to dig flowers.  Terrible idea.<br /><br />Flowers are temporary, die quickly, and with their death, so does your relationship.  If you want to give a woman something that temporarily fills them up, yet leaves them satisfied, send them a grilled ham ‘n’ cheese sandwich and some fries.  And?<br /><br />Knowing my buddy Jayman as I do, he would say…<br /><br /><i>“And don’t go on the cheap, send them a fresh, crisp pickle spear along with it!!”</i><br /><br />Some guys <strike>are goaded</strike> <strike>feel like because they are pussy whipped they have to</strike> want to go big time into buying overpriced jewelry for Valentine’s Day…Don’t…Do…It!! Bad gift idea.<br /><br />When a guy buys his honey fancy jewelry, she will at first go nutsy Fagan all over it, but then she will pause, and think…<br /><br /><i>“That lying bastard must be cheating on me in order to buy me something this fancy.”</i><br /><br />If you do want to buy your lady something shiny to wear, buy her a pair of steely, sparkling handcuffs.<br /><br />Along with the cuffs, you could give her a sweet card that reads…<br /><br /><i>“You have made my heart your prisoner, and now, will you please be mine?”  </i>See?  That’s HOT!!<br /><br />And if she doesn’t like them, you can always give them to your mistress, which was your final intention and hope anyway.<br /><br />Speaking of mistresses…If you have a wife and a mistress, be a good guy and gift give equally.  You don’t want to hurt the feelings of either of them, so…<br /><br />Give them the same gift.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05Dcmt6L7pKa9Z_iuk0tIrOSy7fIBuR7oSV5sLmii32bkUOGhctOjHuhVHU47s9q1SAx4WQj_alvsaPIeuZXdLk3fRDQoFgoIpvlbbH-sNEO0a3aHvnkyF12B7xzDmMn8LD5DlCRVNkkL/s1600/Heart+Shaped+Pizza+Valentine's+Day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05Dcmt6L7pKa9Z_iuk0tIrOSy7fIBuR7oSV5sLmii32bkUOGhctOjHuhVHU47s9q1SAx4WQj_alvsaPIeuZXdLk3fRDQoFgoIpvlbbH-sNEO0a3aHvnkyF12B7xzDmMn8LD5DlCRVNkkL/s400/Heart+Shaped+Pizza+Valentine's+Day.jpg" width="400" /></a>Buy each of them a ticket for a seven day Caribbean cruise so while both are asea, you can pick up a new girlfriend in addition to your mistress and wife, thereby completing the hat trick, Holy Trinity, and batting for the cycle of lewd behavior.<br /><br />Just make sure the tickets for the wife and mistress are for different cruises. You wouldn't want your wife and mistress to spontaneously meet, talk nonchalantly, and during their friendly discourse, discover that you were the one who bought both tickets.<br /><br />And?  If all of this advice is too much to digest and seems too complicated for you guys out there, do what my BFF Schmoop and I do on Valentine’s Day.<br /><br />Order a pizza, drink some beer, peruse Facebook, and laugh at all of the posts reflecting the joy and sadness of which ladies got the bonanza, and which ladies got the heartache.<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br /><i>Matt-Man</i><br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattmaniws" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">My Facebook Page</span></a></div>

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With Windows 8 ‘tanking hard,’ Microsoft preps Windows 9 for 2015 (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/AVvXsEi-36HI4pAYgCoEuYP8EA7G9Kd0zgdEYCcCewReLW5K1Xi8XsAnF9Z-QlqUOfo3Y6C4ndDYhu2GF_Mju_eop-d3M9I2lq3X3xJwe2jO4elFdn11EcEx0-nI4FUcKp5tlRJKmxZqAkMVdSs/s1600/win.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/AVvXsEi-36HI4pAYgCoEuYP8EA7G9Kd0zgdEYCcCewReLW5K1Xi8XsAnF9Z-QlqUOfo3Y6C4ndDYhu2GF_Mju_eop-d3M9I2lq3X3xJwe2jO4elFdn11EcEx0-nI4FUcKp5tlRJKmxZqAkMVdSs/s320/win.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_67269" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Whomever <a data-rapid_p="9" href="http://bgr.com/2014/01/09/microsoft-ceo-search-gates-ballmer/" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Microsoft appoints as its new CEO</a>, it looks like they’ll have to start work immediately cleaning up <a data-rapid_p="10" href="http://bgr.com/2013/12/04/windows-8-hatred-explained/" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_67280" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">the mess left by Windows 8</a>. Paul Thurrott writes that <a data-rapid_p="11" href="http://bgr.com/tag/microsoft" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Microsoft</a> is hard at work preparing a major new Windows release for April 2015 that is now codenamed “Threshold.” Thurrott says there’s a great sense of urgency surrounding the new release because “<a data-rapid_p="12" href="http://bgr.com/tag/windows-8" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Windows 8</a> is tanking harder than Microsoft is comfortable discussing in public, and the latest release, Windows 8.1, which is a substantial and free upgrade with major improvements over the original release, is in use on less than 25 million PCs at the moment.”<span id="more-2749765"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">So what can we expect from Threshold? Thurrott says that it will be Microsoft’s attempt to basically airbrush Windows 8 out of the public’s memory, which is why Microsoft will likely brand it as Windows 9. Other than that he says that “maturing and fixing the ‘Metro’ design language used by Windows will be a major focus area of Threshold” although he admits that “it’s not clear what changes are coming, but it’s safe to assume that a windowed mode that works on the desktop is part of that.”</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_67386" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Other than that, though, it sounds as though Microsoft is still working out the details of what the new Windows will look like. Thurrott says it may be a “make or break release” for Microsoft and says that the company wants it to be to Windows 8 what Windows 7 was to Vista.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_67368" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><br /></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_67357" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><strong>This article was <a data-rapid_p="14" href="http://bgr.com/2014/01/13/microsoft-windows-9-release-date/" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" title="Microsoft Windows 9 release date: April 2015">originally published on BGR.com</a></strong></div></div>

With Windows 8 ‘tanking hard,’ Microsoft preps Windows 9 for 2015 (BLOG)

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What's on tap at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show (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/AVvXsEg0qBItIklsDUq7R7s-d56tT-eCXaYB3zs7czm5GpmcQhRDHjrCVlYglxXx5w5PnMbJ5RBax8fRePop08GXHa0iCj3Dljr4JupQLizhCGguVOOTNdhn1Iy8B1yMYVcL5hFjdvGJ4iFnwT0/s1600/nam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qBItIklsDUq7R7s-d56tT-eCXaYB3zs7czm5GpmcQhRDHjrCVlYglxXx5w5PnMbJ5RBax8fRePop08GXHa0iCj3Dljr4JupQLizhCGguVOOTNdhn1Iy8B1yMYVcL5hFjdvGJ4iFnwT0/s320/nam.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_58646" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">There's something new for everyone, from penny-pinched first-time buyers to those for whom, as they say, price is no object, and all in between at the 2014 North American Auto Show in Detroit this week.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_58669" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Brawny but light: Ford takes a radical step, swapping out steel for aluminum in the body of the bedrock F150 pickup to improve gas mileage. Will it still be tough enough for the toughest customers, builders and farmers?Here is where the spotlights will shine brightest:</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_58689" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Italianate-Chrysler: Newly under full ownership of Fiat, Chrysler puts Euro-sleek lines on its midsize 200, taking aim at the more stately competition that the previous Sebring-rooted 200 could not keep up with.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_58699" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Corvette gets more muscle: GM has added horsepower and torque under the hood and an even more aggressive profile in the Corvette high performance Z06</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Jazzed-up Honda Fit: the mini-soccer Mom hatchback gets more energetic lines in a sweeping upgrade that also promises more space, a smoother ride and better mileage</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Rally beast: Subaru has remade the WRX, which does not mean it is any less homely - just more powerful, more agile, and likely to remain the favorite of rally drivers worldwide</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Audi's mini-crossover concept: this could be the coming 2016 Q1, a "shooting brake"-styled crossover with enough lines from the TT - and close to its size - to keep "Transporter" Jason Statham looking cool enough.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Kia carved for speed, with a Stinger: Kia's teaser photos for the GT4 Stinger concept support its description as "sculpted": a hot pocket-rocket for the youth market with a turbocharged 315 horsepower 2 liter engine.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The future of Maxima: Nissan unveils its new sport sedan, expected to be the first taste of a revamped Maxima for 2015.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mercedes C Class gets promoted: For years the entry-level Benz, the brand new C Class is larger and comes with more options once reserved for the S and E classes,while the smaller CLA takes its place on the first step of the Mercedes ladder</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">More speedy choices from BMW: a new 2 series to replace the 1; and a new M3 and M4</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">American luxe: Cadillac shows the ATS Coupe</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Volvo's SUV future: the concept XC Coupe</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_58719" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Also new: IInfiniti's Eau Rouge concept for the Q50; a midsize pickup from GMC, after years of supersizing; Porsche's new 911 Targa; a successor to the Toyota Supra; and Ford re-unveils the all-new Mustang, introduced in December at the Los Angeles auto show.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_58719" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/39-tap-2014-detroit-auto-show-075003632.html">http://news.yahoo.com/39-tap-2014-detroit-auto-show-075003632.html</a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_58719" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><br /></div></div>

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Rodman 'sorry' after controversial North Korea trip (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/AVvXsEifaZzWeB22rqq1UdTxDnipMD3MsBtHH2IN-BsKCJHhC7uXZTtnhjO2mz9BI-2QzZ0bl9t0VDwHSLE6sNaHY6w6IiBP5FUa0DX2EYiJDNujqQz-NbRV5EJJwtg1ZHLHDK9aEOmf9SYYocI/s1600/rod.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/AVvXsEifaZzWeB22rqq1UdTxDnipMD3MsBtHH2IN-BsKCJHhC7uXZTtnhjO2mz9BI-2QzZ0bl9t0VDwHSLE6sNaHY6w6IiBP5FUa0DX2EYiJDNujqQz-NbRV5EJJwtg1ZHLHDK9aEOmf9SYYocI/s320/rod.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_50266" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Beijing (AFP) - An emotional Dennis Rodman appeared to break down Monday as he apologised on his return from a controversial trip to North Korea, where he sang "Happy Birthday" to regime leader Kim Jong-Un.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_50276" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Rodman was also accused of pandering to North Korean authorities during the trip, which featured an exhibition basketball match involving other NBA stars to mark Kim's birthday.The former NBA star was widely criticised for refusing to bring up human rights abuses or the plight of a US missionary detained in North Korea during his week-long visit, but said he would return again next month.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_50296" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"I love my country, America, I love it and I will never trade it for nothing in the world," the pierced and heavily tattooed ex-Chicago Bull told reporters at Beijing airport.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_50306" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has described Rodman's actions as "treason".</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Rodman said he wanted to "show people that no matter what is going on in the world, for one day... not politics, not all this stuff..." before launching into an apology.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; 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="8" data-uuid="63d6e6b3-53bd-3245-b636-85edf0a68519" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/kcna-handout-photo-taken-january-8-2014-shows-photo-062527919.html" style="color: #324fe1; 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visibility: visible !important;" width="300" /></div></a><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (front R) is photographed with former US basketball star Dennis Rodm …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"I am sorry. I am not the president. I am not an ambassador. I am Dennis Rodman. Just an individual, just showing the world the fact that we can actually get along and be happy for one day," Rodman said, before his voice broke and he put his hands to his face.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The player known as "The Worm" was returning from his fourth visit to the reclusive state in 12 months.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"It is amazing that I had the opportunity just to go to North Korea, and for the Marshal (Kim) just to give me an opportunity just to be in his presence and in his city," he said, adding that he would visit the North again next month for "another game". He gave no further details.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Rodman has developed an unlikely relationship with the young North Korean leader since making his first trip there last February, when he declared Kim a "friend for life".</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">He enlisted an eclectic group of ex-NBA players for the exhibition match last Wednesday, before which he serenaded Kim -- in scenes compared to Marilyn Monroe singing to JFK -- and appeared to bow.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; 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="9" data-uuid="b1a62bc8-7775-356f-ad90-5d876cf91d5f" href="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-c-wife-photo-032013553.html" style="color: #324fe1; 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font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Floyd said he believed he would be working with "kids" rather than attending a "birthday celebration" for Kim.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Rodman was Monday ushered through a heavy media presence by security and his entourage, which includes Joseph Terwilliger, a bearded tuba-playing neuroscience professor from Columbia University in New York.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The former power forward, who was wearing dark glasses, a blue tracksuit top and orange scarf, was asked whether he raised the issue of Kenneth Bae, who was detained by North Korean authorities.</div><div class="body-related" style="background-color: white; 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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: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">Former US basketball player Dennis Rodman (C) arrives at Beijing International Airport from North Ko …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">In an interview with CNN last week, Rodman delivered an angry tirade in which he appeared to suggest that the missionary merited his 15-year prison sentence.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"I'm sorry I couldn't do anything," Rodman said, in comments echoing those of his publicist last week.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_50316" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"I’m sorry, it's not my fault. I’m sorry... I just want to do some good stuff, that's all I want to do, basketball, that's all," he added.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Kim, who was educated in Switzerland, is reported to be a huge fan of basketball and especially of the Chicago Bulls, with whom Rodman won three NBA titles alongside Michael Jordan in the 1990s.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Bae was arrested in November 2012 as he entered Rason, a port in the northeast of the hardline Communist state.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_50320" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">North Korea, which bans religious proselytising, says that Bae was a Christian evangelist who brought in "inflammatory" material.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_50320" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/rodman-39-sorry-39-controversial-north-korea-trip-054800662--nba.html">http://news.yahoo.com/rodman-39-sorry-39-controversial-north-korea-trip-054800662--nba.html</a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_50320" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><br /></div></div>

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font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Williams put Australian teenager Ashleigh Barty to the sword but Djokovic, playing his first competitive match under new coach Becker, was surprisingly sloppy as he took nearly two hours to subdue Slovakia's Lukas Lacko.As temperatures soared and big names fell by the wayside, Djokovic and Williams dodged the day-time heat to open their campaigns with wins on a balmy evening at Rod Laver Arena.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"It's my first competitive match this season after a five to six week break and I was rusty in the first two sets," admitted the Serb, seeking a fourth straight Melbourne title.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; 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font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"I think that probably I wanted it too much, and then everything just fell down," said the crestfallen Czech.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">China's Li, last year's runner-up, escaped the 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) heat by racing through her opener against 16-year-old Ana Konjuh 6-2, 6-0.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"I think it was very lucky we played today. 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font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The ice packs were already out on day one with the Netherlands' Kiki Bertens needing attention and having her blood pressure measured during her defeat to former world number one Ana Ivanovic.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Top 10 men's players Stanislas Wawrinka, David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych and Richard Gasquet went through, accompanied by Jerzy Janowicz and Russian veteran Nikolay Davydenko.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">In-form Wawrinka had it easy when Andrey Golubev retired when a set down, while Ferrer and Berdych won in straights against Alejandro Gonzalez and Aleksandr Nedovyesov respectively.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Gasquet shrugged off a rib problem which kept him out of last week's Kooyong Classic final to beat fellow Frenchman David Guez in straight sets.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">And Britain's Heather Watson and Laura Robson both fell at the first hurdle, leaving Wimbledon champion Andy Murray as the country's lone singles representative.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Officials had words of reassurance for the players ahead of Tuesday's expected high temperatures, saying nobody had ever died from extreme heat at a tennis tournament.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"We have had players almost die from drinking too much. So the danger is overdrinking, not underdrinking and becoming dehydrated," said the tournament's chief medical officer, Tim Wood.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"Given the length of time tennis matches generally go for and the sweat rate of most normal, healthy athletes, they won't get to a state where they get too critically dehydrated."</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_42403" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The tournament has a well-earned reputation for extreme heat. In 2009, Djokovic became a high-profile casualty when he pulled out of his title defence in the quarter-finals, complaining of heat exhaustion.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_42388" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Djokovic is bidding to become the first player in the Open era to win the title four times in a row, while Williams can equal Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova's haul of 18 majors.</div></div>

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Real Interest on Government Debt per Capita

<i><a href="http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2014/01/when-will-interest-on-us-national-debt.html">When Will Interest on US National Debt Exceed $1 Trillion?</a></i> - Mish<br /><br />As a holder of long-term government debt, I have three different questions in mind.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivj0mNrfGNkdSeBGBgxPfXpfI5XBVAkLFyro8iF1ohseYkOILMLKX9k4MaHkLZMOpmFJX7i2oNErRTLfGe6Db12U1c2O-g_GQcFyMk7HHaQOxUSf0m3ZP1i-r0-aGA067gNbityHXO4Co/s1600/Interest+Expense+on+Government+Debt.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivj0mNrfGNkdSeBGBgxPfXpfI5XBVAkLFyro8iF1ohseYkOILMLKX9k4MaHkLZMOpmFJX7i2oNErRTLfGe6Db12U1c2O-g_GQcFyMk7HHaQOxUSf0m3ZP1i-r0-aGA067gNbityHXO4Co/s320/Interest+Expense+on+Government+Debt.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />1. When can we expect to break free from the long-term trend channel?<br />2. When can we expect ZIRP to permanently end?<br />3. Of all the things I could worry about in this economy, where should the risk of rising interest rates (and expense) rank on my list?<br /><br />My answers of "not soon", "not soon", and "low" may differ from yours of course. I'll be much more worried when the majority agrees with my answers. And when do I expect that to happen? Not soon.<br /><br />This is not investment advice.<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/ir/ir_expense.htm">Treasury Direct: Interest Expense on the Debt Outstanding</a><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CPIAUCSL">St. Louis Fed: CPI</a><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/POP">St. Louis Fed: Population</a>

Real Interest on Government Debt per Capita

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Madeleine McCann Cops Poised to Make Arrests in Her Disappearance (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/AVvXsEhUbFOlj7cfyK0QWevg8WxNI7qRCdAqSLOiZ0VSqNOcLuuiM792o4bJa7dPutXvyvioH_upTWC1Me_-FunZSFOt5jBY9r0j3hQXiE4T50A6umHFs6iKTanZoZAVemW2C4svwinccLqlT8A/s1600/madd.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/AVvXsEhUbFOlj7cfyK0QWevg8WxNI7qRCdAqSLOiZ0VSqNOcLuuiM792o4bJa7dPutXvyvioH_upTWC1Me_-FunZSFOt5jBY9r0j3hQXiE4T50A6umHFs6iKTanZoZAVemW2C4svwinccLqlT8A/s320/madd.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_29228" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">London police appear poised to make an arrest in the disappearance of <a data-rapid_p="8" href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/madeleine-mccann.htm" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Madeleine McCann</a>, the girl who was 3 when she vanished while on a Portuguese vacation with her family nearly seven years ago.</div><div class="body-slot-mod" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-width: 300px;"><div class="yom-remote"><div class="" id="mediacontentrelatedstory_container"><section class="yom-mod " data-ylk="mid:mediacontentrelatedstory;mpos:1;elm:hdln;elmt:ct;cat:Related Stories;rspns:nav;t1:a3;itc:0;sec:lst-ct;" id="mediacontentrelatedstory" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></section></div></div></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_29253" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The arrests of a trio of <a data-rapid_p="9" href="http://news.yahoo.com/International/maddy-mccann-cops-release-sketches-kidnap-suspects/story?id=20563026" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">alleged burglars</a> who had been active in the neighborhood would be the result of <a data-rapid_p="10" href="http://news.yahoo.com/International/maddy-mccann-tips-pour-televised-appeal-info/story?id=20574576" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Operation Grange</a>, the reopening of the McCann investigation three years ago.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_29263" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"We can confirm that a second International Letter of Request has been sent to the Portuguese authorities by the Crown Prosecution Services this week... in connection with Operation Grange,'' Scotland Yard told ABC News in a statement. The authorities would not discuss any further details.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_29273" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The McCann family spokesman refused to comment about the investigation.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_29283" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"I'm afraid we are saying nothing about any aspect of Operation Grange whilst the police work continues, least of all about any tabloid speculation surrounding it,'' the spokesman told ABC News.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Scotland Yard is reportedly working with Portuguese police to find, detain and question three men believed to be burglars who were operating in the area where Madeleine and her family were on vacation in Portugal.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Last year, Scotland Yard said one of their significant lines of inquiry was the four-fold increase in burglaries in the resort where the McCanns had been staying, peaking in April 2007. Madeleine disappeared in May 2007. Two of the burglaries took place in April in the apartment block where the McCann family was staying. In both of the April burglaries entry was gained via a window.After pouring over records containing hundreds of cell phone numbers used during the time Maddie vanished, police found a high number of calls were made between these men in the hours after her disappearance.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Madeleine was just days away from her fourth birthday when she vanished from her hotel room bed while her parents dined at a nearby restaurant. Her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, were immediately named suspects by Portuguese police, but were eventually cleared.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">For the past seven years since her disappearance, the McCanns have campaigned to keep her name and picture in the news, most recently making a heartfelt plea to anyone who has any information on her disappearance on Britain's version of America's most wanted late last year. The show featured a re-enactment of the most detailed sequence of events the night she went missing, generating more than 300 phone calls and 170 emails with specific lines of inquiry relating to Maddie's case.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Last July, when Scotland Yard decided to move from a review to an investigation, Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood said he believed there is a possibility she is alive.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389638629115_29302" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">''There is no clear, definitive proof that Madeleine McCann is dead, so on that basis I still genuinely believe that there is a possibility that she is alive,'' Redwood said.</div></div>

Madeleine McCann Cops Poised to Make Arrests in Her Disappearance (BLOG)

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