Obama directs new gun background check measures (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/AVvXsEj-tGZuGhvzH-gJVSM248GJA5M4Ir3OFBIChqaZ9-A_VBuVeWMrVH5aJG-dL2hEQW2fop7suRnlFAvL-2bQtobI_g3i9eJ0uAazua1KWvlju-GHPessLL2bu6Gk3HTR5SxY1X9HEcci-mQ/s1600/2014-01-03T232026Z_3_CBREA021EJJ00_RTROPTP_2_USA-OBAMA-NEWSCONFERENCE.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/AVvXsEj-tGZuGhvzH-gJVSM248GJA5M4Ir3OFBIChqaZ9-A_VBuVeWMrVH5aJG-dL2hEQW2fop7suRnlFAvL-2bQtobI_g3i9eJ0uAazua1KWvlju-GHPessLL2bu6Gk3HTR5SxY1X9HEcci-mQ/s320/2014-01-03T232026Z_3_CBREA021EJJ00_RTROPTP_2_USA-OBAMA-NEWSCONFERENCE.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388811998962_4919" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton</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_1388811998962_6711" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">HONOLULU/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday proposed two new gun control regulations aimed at clarifying restrictions on gun ownership for the mentally ill and strengthening a database used for background checks before firearm purchases.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388811998962_6725" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The measures are the latest step in a year-long push by President Barack Obama to tighten U.S. gun laws in the wake of a school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children were killed.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388811998962_6734" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Obama tried last year to bring in sweeping new gun control measures in the aftermath of that shooting, but most of his proposals were defeated in Congress. He has pledged to continue working on the issue despite that setback.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388811998962_6744" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Obama had directed his officials to take steps that do not require approval from Congress, such as Friday's two proposals.</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 first action, proposed by the Department of Justice, would clarify who is prohibited from possessing firearms because of mental illness and would outline for states what information can be shared with the federal database.</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 department will seek public comment over the next 90 days about whether the ban should encompass people under the age of 18 who were either adjudicated by a court to be suffering from a serious mental illness, or who were involuntarily treated for a mental illness.</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 second measure, led by the Department of Health and Human Services, would remove barriers that could prevent states from passing on information to the database.</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 administration's two new executive actions will help ensure that better and more reliable information makes its way into the background check system," the White House said in a statement on Friday.</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 proposals have raised concerns from mental health advocates, who fear that people with mental illnesses will not seek care because of concern that their conditions will be entered into federal records.</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 database, called the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, is used by gun dealers to check whether a potential buyer is prohibited from owning a gun.</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;">States are encouraged to report to the database the names of people who are not allowed to buy guns because they have been involuntarily committed to a mental hospital, or have been found to have serious mental illnesses by courts.</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;">Many states do not participate. So the administration studied changing a health privacy rule - part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - to remove a potential barrier.</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;">HHS said the new regulation would not require routine mental health visits to be logged -- and would apply only to agencies that are not directly involved in treatment.</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;">"Seeking help for mental health problems or getting treatment does not make someone legally prohibited from having a firearm, and nothing in this proposed rule changes that," HHS said in a statement.</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;">"Furthermore, nothing in this proposed rule would require reporting on general mental health visits or other routine mental health care, or exempt providers solely performing these treatment services from existing privacy rules," said the department, which will take comments on the regulation for 60 days before finalizing it.</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 idea of expanding the database comes at a time when the government's collection of citizens' phone and internet data remains in the headlines. Obama is studying recommendations on how to rein in the U.S. National Security Agency in the wake of disclosures about the government surveillance programs from former U.S. spy contractor Edward Snowden.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388811998962_6748" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Mental health advocates worry that somehow, whether intentionally by a hacker or unintentionally through bureaucratic bungling, mental health data could be made public.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388811998962_6763" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">(Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Andrew Hay)</div></div>

Obama directs new gun background check measures (BLOG)

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Rand Paul plans CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT against NSA

<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Why does the media call elected representatives "LAWMAKERS?"</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9drHpq01Z5zLq9tSwrP3LreYiUW0lgorzaoL8R4kKOEYGgR22rz-Jt-Dp39wiulhvXVrox13U95ufw0A-ZVuSm9ISJMfl9ARKR-7zkpuSvz7nbPHSFSJzeqyVitsNpY4ijLwcYD4pSpQ/s1600/court_gavel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9drHpq01Z5zLq9tSwrP3LreYiUW0lgorzaoL8R4kKOEYGgR22rz-Jt-Dp39wiulhvXVrox13U95ufw0A-ZVuSm9ISJMfl9ARKR-7zkpuSvz7nbPHSFSJzeqyVitsNpY4ijLwcYD4pSpQ/s200/court_gavel.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1ppG897e_XmqmYRE10nkg8r3igPxHj906ajU2oDnUpQTB5Y7Ux-7AHQ8uCN0mzuxh04OPigxZjx82LXdmSVVEgjHUJlVwJMZeXopCrp0vZVGebtsLHbeZqT-LXC91l8J1mfsx56uugc/s1600/Bill+Of+Rights_XOUT.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1ppG897e_XmqmYRE10nkg8r3igPxHj906ajU2oDnUpQTB5Y7Ux-7AHQ8uCN0mzuxh04OPigxZjx82LXdmSVVEgjHUJlVwJMZeXopCrp0vZVGebtsLHbeZqT-LXC91l8J1mfsx56uugc/s320/Bill+Of+Rights_XOUT.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">ANSWER:  Many of them are LAWYERS</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>We used to have a constitutional representative form of government here in America.  We used to have the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.  Now we have the bandits and OATH OF OFFICE VIOLATORS called LAWMAKERS which in fact are LAWYERS...</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>What exactly is Rand Paul doing here?  Creating a new list of revolutionaries who will be targeted by the POLICE STATE?</b></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ONl2VWkN-jU?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><b><br /></b><b>...developing...</b>

Rand Paul plans CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT against NSA

Why does the media call elected representatives "LAWMAKERS?" ANSWER:  Many of them are LAWYERS We used to have a constitutional re...

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Hi everybody! Happy New Year!

<div style="text-align: center;"><b>    <span style="font-size: large;">2014 The Year of the American Dream</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>How many years now do we the people have to keep hearing about all these broken promises?  Why can't we just get back to the United States Constitution and Bill Of Rights?</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>ANSWER:  Because we have enemies of America both foreign and domestic that violate their OATH OF OFFICE and will continue to do so as America continues to be transformed into it's new world order.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>"...Republicans should make it their new year's resolution to do the right thing and restore this vital economic security for their constituents right now.  After all our focus as a country this year shouldn't be shrinking our economy but growing it.  Not narrowing opportunity but expanding it.  Not fewer jobs but doing everything we can to help our business create more of the good jobs that a growing middle class requires.  That's my new year's resolution, to do everything I can every single day to help make 2014 a year in which more of our citizens can earn more of their piece of the American Dream..."</b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>--President Barack Hussein Obama</i> </b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/12/marc-faber-explains-dying-american-dream.html" style="color: red;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/12/marc-faber-explains-dying-american-dream.html</a> </b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/12/basic-economics-and-federal-reserve.html" style="color: red;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/12/basic-economics-and-federal-reserve.html</a> </b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/12/capitalism-inflation-and-market.html" style="color: red;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/12/capitalism-inflation-and-market.html</a> </b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2014/01/only-invest-small-amount-in-gold-and.html" style="color: red;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2014/01/only-invest-small-amount-in-gold-and.html</a> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/gT9SB_aY5nA?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tGk5ioEXlIM?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><b>...developing...</b></div>

Hi everybody! Happy New Year!

    2014 The Year of the American Dream How many years now do we the people have to keep hearing about all these broken promises?  Why can&#...

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Watch Your Flank

There is a reason for it.<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pincer_movement">The Pincer maneuver</a> has been around a long time and is still in use to this day.<br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mDExwMU0J7I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Watch Your Flank

There is a reason for it. The Pincer maneuver has been around a long time and is still in use to this day.

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US spy court: NSA to keep collecting phone records (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/AVvXsEgZCj6zO7kK-o6WkovIxj4gViPIn3jIDd8fp4mfWsFBrdXO8I7WJbJ7ozbI72RIGGrUA8YhkFl6EoOMDhOd5RtGbbEz7XBYsZ6qQ4NnKznw_RtGFMYG1CXOS2RcLZCKCyylMnJFqOram-U/s1600/65548e9eeae00028450f6a70670078ea+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCj6zO7kK-o6WkovIxj4gViPIn3jIDd8fp4mfWsFBrdXO8I7WJbJ7ozbI72RIGGrUA8YhkFl6EoOMDhOd5RtGbbEz7XBYsZ6qQ4NnKznw_RtGFMYG1CXOS2RcLZCKCyylMnJFqOram-U/s320/65548e9eeae00028450f6a70670078ea+(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388811998962_2808" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">WASHINGTON (AP) — A secretive U.S. spy court has ruled again that the National Security Agency can keep collecting every American's telephone records every day, in the midst of dueling decisions in two other federal courts about whether the surveillance program is constitutional.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388811998962_2823" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The latest approval was the first since two conflicting court decisions about whether the program is lawful and since a presidential advisory panel recommended that the NSA no longer be allowed to collect and store the phone records and search them without obtaining separate court approval for each search.The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Friday renewed the NSA phone collection program, said Shawn Turner, a spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Such periodic requests are somewhat formulaic but required since the program started in 2006.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388811998962_2842" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">In a statement, Turner said that 15 judges on the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on 36 occasions over the past seven years have approved the NSA's collection of U.S. phone records as lawful.</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;">Also Friday, government lawyers turned to U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to block one federal judge's decision that threatens the NSA phone records program.</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 opposing lawyer who spearheaded the effort that led to the ruling said he hopes to take the issue directly to the Supreme Court.</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 Justice Department filed a one-page notice of appeal asking the appeals court to overturn U.S. District Judge Richard Leon's ruling last month that the program was likely unconstitutional. The government's move had been expected.</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;">Larry Klayman, who filed the class-action suit against President Barack Obama and top administration national security officials, said he intends to petition the federal appeals court next week to send the case directly to the Supreme Court. Klayman said the move was justified because the NSA case was a matter of great public importance.</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;">"There are exigent circumstances here," Klayman said. "We can't allow this situation to continue. The NSA's continuing to spy on everybody."</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;">Turner said U.S. intelligence agencies would be willing to modify the phone records surveillance program to provide additional privacy and civil liberties protections as long as it was still operationally beneficial. He said the Obama administration was carefully evaluating the advisory panel's recent recommendations.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388811998962_2851" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Judges sitting on the secretive spy court have repeatedly approved the program for 90-day periods. They also have repeatedly upheld the constitutionality of the program — a judicial bulwark that held strong until Leon's surprise decision last month.</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;">Leon said the NSA's program was "almost Orwellian," a reference to writer George Orwell's futuristic novel "1984," and that there was little evidence the operation had prevented terrorist attacks. He ruled against the government but agreed to postpone shutting down the program until the government could appeal.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1388811998962_2860" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">In a separate case involving the same NSA phone records program, a district judge in New York last month upheld the government's data collection as lawful. The American Civil Liberties Union, which lost that case, said this week it will appeal to a federal appeals court in New York.</div></div>

US spy court: NSA to keep collecting phone records (BLOG)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A secretive U.S. spy court has ruled again that the National Security Agency can keep collecting every American's tele...

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Swine flu kills Santa Clara County woman, 41 (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/AVvXsEhIIVNr6dXt1K2Y6B1WJJFqDBQo9n6sVf2Ol_JkC9BIUGe0K76p-8FqWo6MBJHGnrZo8zCfzR4zzlxYKzocjWvAUuI97Oe7chyCq6JLXk7yoO2aGPjGyO3pUNPx_LRmGlA8IKH0P9PL75c/s1600/swine_flu.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/AVvXsEhIIVNr6dXt1K2Y6B1WJJFqDBQo9n6sVf2Ol_JkC9BIUGe0K76p-8FqWo6MBJHGnrZo8zCfzR4zzlxYKzocjWvAUuI97Oe7chyCq6JLXk7yoO2aGPjGyO3pUNPx_LRmGlA8IKH0P9PL75c/s320/swine_flu.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="bodytext" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.640625px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">A 41-year-old Santa Clara County woman has died of swine flu, an ominous development that prompted health officials Friday to strongly advise people of all ages to get vaccinated.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.640625px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">Last year, no one in the county younger than 65 died of any flu strain.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.640625px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">Unlike many other flu viruses, swine flu can result in lethal pneumonia even in healthy people. Pregnant women and people who are morbidly obese are particularly vulnerable, said Dr. Sara Cody, Santa Clara County's health officer. In 2009, about 203,000 people died worldwide in the swine flu pandemic.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.640625px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">"It can really be a bad actor,'' Cody said. "Everyone is susceptible.''</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.640625px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">Since flu season began in October, six other cases of severe swine flu and one case of Flu B in people younger than 65 also have been reported in Santa Clara County, the state's sixth largest. No data was immediately available for the rest of the Bay Area.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.640625px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">In Orange County, a 28-year-old San Juan Capistrano woman who had an underlying medical condition died last week of H1N1.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.640625px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">Only flu cases that occur in people younger than 65 and that are severe enough to require hospitalization in an ICU or result in death are closely tracked by public health departments.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.640625px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">The Santa Clara County woman was not identified nor was the city where she lived. But the viruses are widespread, Cody said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.640625px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">"We're getting flu reported from every corner of the county,'' she said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.640625px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">It is not too late to get a flu shot. This year's vaccination protects against H1N1. The shot is no guarantee of avoiding the flu, but it reduces the chances of infection.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.640625px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">"Use the tool we have available,'' Cody said, "and get a shot.''</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.640625px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">Residents also should cover their noses and mouths with tissues when they sneeze or cough, wash their hands often with plain soap and water or alcohol-based hand cleaners, avoid contact with those who are sick and stay home if they are sick themselves.</div><div class="taglinejb" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.640625px; margin-bottom: 11.326px;">Contact Tracey Kaplan at 408-278-3482. Follow her on Twitter at tkaplanreport.</div></div>

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13 killed in clashes as Morsi's supporters rally in Egypt (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/AVvXsEiVPD0EOvMn0QdXTqUG4u35IFUFe11LIYjThLPZV7j2Uf0FV1i5DoYo5-vL558jK4nda1FA0xUXuQpv38bb96j0osJmeXfvRCm63AhqiEd1UgSlhI4XWCSbr-2CbTTLX0mfpcZ2XiSLHrA/s1600/download+(5).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPD0EOvMn0QdXTqUG4u35IFUFe11LIYjThLPZV7j2Uf0FV1i5DoYo5-vL558jK4nda1FA0xUXuQpv38bb96j0osJmeXfvRCm63AhqiEd1UgSlhI4XWCSbr-2CbTTLX0mfpcZ2XiSLHrA/s1600/download+(5).jpg" /></a></div><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_HTStoryPageControl_Para1" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px;">At least 13 people were killed in clashes across Egypt during nationwide protests, demanding the reinstatement of ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi. The deaths of Muslim Brotherhood activists were reported in capital Cairo, Alexandria, the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, Fayoum and</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></span><br /><div class="story_lft_wid" style="background-color: white; float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; margin: 10px 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 200px;"><div id="google_ads_div_ht_story_top_lhs_200x200_ad_wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_div_ht_story_top_lhs_200x200_ad_container" style="display: inline-block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><ins style="border: 0px; display: inline-table; height: 200px; position: relative; width: 200px;"><ins style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 200px; position: relative; width: 200px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="200" id="google_ads_iframe_ht_story_top_lhs_200x200" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_ht_story_top_lhs_200x200" scrolling="no" style="border-width: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px;" width="200"></iframe></ins></ins></div></div></div><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_HTStoryPageControl_Para2" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Minya, Egyptian health ministry said yesterday.</span><br /><div style="padding: 0px;"></div><div style="padding: 0px;">Since Morsi's ouster last year, his supporters have staged near-daily protests, particularly after Friday prayers, calling for his reinstatement.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">But their numbers have dwindled amid a violent government crackdown.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">More than 1,000 people, mostly Islamists, died in street clashes following his overthrow, and thousands have been imprisoned.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">Friday's protests came as a pro-Morsi National Coalition in Support of Legitimacy, which is spearheading the protest movement, called for demonstrations ahead of the resumption of his trial on Wednesday.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">He will also stand trial on January 28 over a jailbreak during the 2011 popular uprising that toppled long-time ruler Hosni Mubarak. And a date for him to be tried on espionage charges has yet to be fixed.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">Egypt's military-installed government declared Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood a "terrorist organisation" last month after accusing it of a suicide car bombing at a police headquarters that killed 15 people.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">Interior ministry officials have warned that anyone taking part in pro-Brotherhood protests will be punished with five years in jail, while protest leaders might face the death penalty.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">The ministry said on Friday it had arrested 120 Brotherhood members nationwide, and said they were armed with explosives, Molotov cocktails, firearms and knives.</div><div style="padding: 0px;">Morsi's supporters have called for the protests ahead of the upcoming constitutional referendum. Muslim Brotherhood and other pro-Morsi groups reject the new constitution, which was amended after his ouster.</div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></span><br /></div>

13 killed in clashes as Morsi's supporters rally in Egypt (BLOG)

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Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers, rock 'n' roll icon, dies at 74 (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/AVvXsEitPvNI4uwQfaKQQ8np9bMoIH5DE-QtZ_p6Q9IpVgVVW_hQ5akpxwSE60-kJ33IaVNpqZh9Q4i4UaSJHHYn46E6ED9MturDjIDzvm3Q5Eq0JsCRZ_P-8cDdxOiCAy72cptIHxIyZwTLQSM/s1600/124479461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPvNI4uwQfaKQQ8np9bMoIH5DE-QtZ_p6Q9IpVgVVW_hQ5akpxwSE60-kJ33IaVNpqZh9Q4i4UaSJHHYn46E6ED9MturDjIDzvm3Q5Eq0JsCRZ_P-8cDdxOiCAy72cptIHxIyZwTLQSM/s320/124479461.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Phil Everly, who with his brother Don set a standard for rock 'n' roll harmony that has not yet been matched, died Friday in Burbank after a long battle against chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 74.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">His wife Patti told the Los Angeles Times he contracted the disease from a lifetime of smoking.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Everly Brothers were the only group among the first inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.</div><div class="story-img" style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 635px;"><img alt="Phil Everly and wife Patti attend the ‘We're All For The Hall’ benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame at the Sommet Center on Oct. 13, 2009, in Nashville, Tenn." src="http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1566044.1388809856!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/91868453.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 635px;" title="Phil Everly and wife Patti attend the ‘We're All For The Hall’ benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame at the Sommet Center on Oct. 13, 2009, in Nashville, Tenn." /><h4 class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 11px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">RICK DIAMOND/GETTY IMAGES</h4><h4 class="caption" itemprop="description" style="border: 0px; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Phil Everly and wife Patti attend the ‘We're All For The Hall’ benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame at the Sommet Center on Oct. 13, 2009, in Nashville, Tenn.</h4></div><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div>

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Mob Wives: Between Breakfast and Pool Bonus Video

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lY2vr5QjgCz6fB-VurLXSJhftXstCU-1UN58iYt_u_uzK-41pLZPLsTegS7GnmVL4-DQX6b4ZyfReUfeVkCC0ccFtOHM0FAkIzSo3O6oEVS98EwzsDRszeLI1X4Nay7VRqTFJHNivlA/s1600/alicia+girls+just+want+to+have+fun.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lY2vr5QjgCz6fB-VurLXSJhftXstCU-1UN58iYt_u_uzK-41pLZPLsTegS7GnmVL4-DQX6b4ZyfReUfeVkCC0ccFtOHM0FAkIzSo3O6oEVS98EwzsDRszeLI1X4Nay7VRqTFJHNivlA/s320/alicia+girls+just+want+to+have+fun.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Girls just want to have fun, that's all I'm sayin!</span></b></div><br /><br />Guess what? VH1 provided a bonus scene from episode 405 that shows us what happened between the fight at breakfast and the get together at the pool. Drita, Ang and Alicia were rehashing Renee and Natalie’s fight and I found it very interesting.<br /><br />The whole breakfast didn’t work out like they planned…what a surprise! This situation with all the fighting has gotten Drita riled up and made her want to jump in and throw someone down too, even though she had no issues with anyone. This is what we call an “anger management relapse.”<br /><br />Big Ang is pretty sure this is the end of the line for Natalie as the face of Mob Candy. Ang knows Renee pretty well and says this isn’t something she is going to just get over. “Renee doesn’t get over anything.” Maybe Ang doesn’t know Renee as well as she thinks, because later we see Renee calling Natalie, at the pool, trying to arrange a one on one sit down.<br /><br />Drita runs down the list of all the “shots” Natalie took at Renee, like a machine gun, but then ends with “Renee should get over it because Natalie didn’t put her hands on her first.” I don’t know about anyone else, but when someone insults me to the degree Natalie insulted Renee, there is no getting over it. Ang thinks that Natalie was able to get out what she had to say…maybe Renee didn’t?<br /><br />Drita, “the peacemaker,” thinks it’s best if they both relax and take their time. She adds that Renee needs to know that her “playing boss, gangster style” isn’t working for anyone. Drita thinks, over time, maybe they will be able to work it out, but not now.<br /><br />And finally Alicia chimes in with her two cents. When Drita says “I don’t come to Vegas everyday…” Alicia jumps in loud and clear! “That’s what I’m trying to say! I’m here for a good time, this isn’t the kind of vacation I’m used to. I just want to forget everything that’s going on back home (embezzlement, knock-off lawsuit, sentencing, etc) and enjoy myself. So can we at least go about our day and let them work it out? Let’s do something, let’s go to the pool.” I think this irks me most of all. Why? First of all, Alicia was the one who insisted on inviting Natalie along with them on the trip. She already knew Renee went ballistic on girl’s night out over the disrespect Natalie showed her. Why would she want to risk her “good time” by inviting her along before Renee and Natalie had a chance to work things out? It was a recipe for disaster from the start, and she knew it. Second of all, Alicia wasn’t even supposed to be there herself. There were travel restrictions placed on her by the judge. The judge did give her permission to go to West Virginia to her son’s dorm, to help him set up, period. The judge had no idea she was going to Vegas for a “good time.” It would seem she lied to the judge about her real travel intentions. So, she is the last person who has a right to complain about the situation in Vegas because either she brought it on herself OR she was given a “script” that said she was going to invite Natalie.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Have a look yourself and see what you think!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="background-color: black; width: 520px;"><div style="padding: 4px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="288" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:uma:video:vh1.com:991314/cp~channelId%3D3%26id%3D1719792%26vid%3D991314%26instance%3Dvh1%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Avh1.com%3A991314" width="512"></iframe></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 4px; padding: 4px; text-align: left;">Get More: <a href="http://www.vh1.com/shows/mob_wives/season_4/series.jhtml" style="color: #439cd8;" target="_blank">Mob Wives (Season 4)</a></div></div></div>

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'Wolf of Wall Street' sets a profane record (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/AVvXsEiSteclDGudhmeE_mrszTSmEMR4Sf0RuQwDeGr1EYArpx-Z38drThDzeRosMDcJ8YFkl2oL4ewXwFeC8O84O0gtz1JCJIVXU0NJtxDgmTpiydTZDFO99NER8ylKGs-UkySKKcZad-AjT4A/s1600/1387904430000-XXX-TWOWS-06309R-60686622.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSteclDGudhmeE_mrszTSmEMR4Sf0RuQwDeGr1EYArpx-Z38drThDzeRosMDcJ8YFkl2oL4ewXwFeC8O84O0gtz1JCJIVXU0NJtxDgmTpiydTZDFO99NER8ylKGs-UkySKKcZad-AjT4A/s320/1387904430000-XXX-TWOWS-06309R-60686622.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Here's another accolade for Martin Scorsese's <i><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/12/22/the-wolf-of-wall-street-review/2941331/" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/12/22/the-wolf-of-wall-street-review/2941331/">The Wolf of Wall Street</a></i>– it appears to have set a record for the most uses of the f-word in a U.S. feature film.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><i>Variety </i><a href="http://variety.com/2014/film/news/wolf-of-wall-street-breaks-f-word-record-1201022655/" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://variety.com/2014/film/news/wolf-of-wall-street-breaks-f-word-record-1201022655/">reports</a> that the profane word appears a staggering 506 times in the space of 180 minutes, besting a record set by Spike Lee's 1999 film<i><khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Summer of Sam" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(104, 217, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Summer of Sam</khlink></i> (435 f-bombs in 142 minutes).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">If you've been to the movies in the past 40 years, you know that Scorsese is no stranger to colorful language. Three other films directed by him -- 1995's <i>Casino</i>(422), 1990's <i><khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Goodfellas" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(104, 217, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Goodfellas</khlink></i> (300) and 2006's <i>The Departed</i> (237) -- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_that_most_frequently_use_the_word_%22fuck%22" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_that_most_frequently_use_the_word_%22fuck%22">appear on a Wikipedia list</a> of movies with the most uses of the curse word.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><i>Wolf of Wall Street</i> might not be the most f-bomb-laden non-documentary movie ever, though. <khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Film School Rejects" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(104, 217, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Film School Rejects</khlink> <a href="http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/7-misguided-claims-leveled-against-the-wolf-of-wall-street.php" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/7-misguided-claims-leveled-against-the-wolf-of-wall-street.php">says that a Canadian horror movie</a>, <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1087853/?ref_=nv_sr_1" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1087853/?ref_=nv_sr_1">Gutterballs</a></i>, uses the profanity 625 times.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">However, the all-time cinematic f-bomb champ is a 2005 documentary that uses the word 857 times in just 93 minutes. (The title of the film? The f-word.)</div></div>

'Wolf of Wall Street' sets a profane record (BLOG)

Here's another accolade for Martin Scorsese's  The Wolf of Wall Street – it appears to have set a record for the most uses of the f-...

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Planning des permanences - Semaine du 07 au 11 janvier 2008

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Planning des permanences - Semaine du 07 au 11 janvier 2008

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The week in health: 5 things you need to know (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/AVvXsEjKKdIUnldQae7Sv42mbAufs9kgcpoKDxgZIUuXQnCZCwhvXeeiysdG9fhsWNWzxWtT5HuUyE8XiiVhtU3nW9tvBQ-XQtJe58XY2Oa-x5ykA8eotp-eKgsJchF1M-Ns0DoCEml_YuPVF38/s1600/1388758604000-AP-Health-Overhaul-Nutrition-Rules-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKdIUnldQae7Sv42mbAufs9kgcpoKDxgZIUuXQnCZCwhvXeeiysdG9fhsWNWzxWtT5HuUyE8XiiVhtU3nW9tvBQ-XQtJe58XY2Oa-x5ykA8eotp-eKgsJchF1M-Ns0DoCEml_YuPVF38/s320/1388758604000-AP-Health-Overhaul-Nutrition-Rules-001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Happy New Year. Here's the health news you may have missed while guzzling champagne or finding your way to the gym:</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">The Affordable Care Act is in full force.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Jan. 1 was the start date for <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/01/health-changes-to-look-for-in-2014/4263765/" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/01/health-changes-to-look-for-in-2014/4263765/">many provisions</a> at the heart of the law. So insurance companies can no longer turn away people with preexisting conditions, charge older people a lot more than younger people or charge women more than men.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Vending machines are about to get preachy – or educational, depending on your point of view.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">One lesser-known provision of the health care law is a rule that will require calorie counts on 5 million vending machines nationwide, the <i><a href="http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20140102/NEWS10/301029975/1005/NEWS10" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20140102/NEWS10/301029975/1005/NEWS10">Associated Press</a></i> reports. The Food and Drug Administration says the information will help consumers make healthier choices, but vending machine companies are not happy about the costs.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Vitamin E might help some people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">But doctors and families will want to read the fine print in this <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/31/alzheimers-vitamin-e/4223415/" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/31/alzheimers-vitamin-e/4223415/">new study</a>: the possible effect was modest and the doses of vitamin E used were large – which is a concern because other studies suggest such high doses might be harmful. And nothing about this study suggests anyone should take vitamin E to try to prevent dementia.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">There's a screening test for lung cancer and many current and former smokers should get it.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">That's the recommendation from the influential U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The group is endorsing CT scans for high-risk people ages 55 to 80, <i><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/health/panel-recommends-screening-millions-risk-lung-cancer-2D11820935" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.nbcnews.com/health/panel-recommends-screening-millions-risk-lung-cancer-2D11820935">NBC News</a></i>reports.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Gym rats hate New Years newbies.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Don't let this discourage you, but if you are trying out the treadmills and weights at your local gym for the first time this week, the old pros may be grumbling about you – on Twitter. <i><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/gym-goers-vent-twitter-years-crowd-takes/story?id=21391432" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/gym-goers-vent-twitter-years-crowd-takes/story?id=21391432">ABC News </a></i>collected a few examples, including gym-goers complaining about people who hog the machines, fail to wipe down the equipment and consume candy bars and Sprite while working out. One guy tweeted: "GONNA GO TO THE GYM AND GRUNT REAL LOUD WHEN I DEADLIFT SO THE RESOLUTION KIDS DONT COME BACK TOMORROW." We hear you, grunting guy, but we're coming back anyway... right?</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">USA Today</div></div>

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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>No news in the truth and no truth in the news </b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxukbeCipLOL8NLoeiaUK28zyqQdy6D-eMr3G_413xWsZXgJzbgPPQFxP3n038cvA4c5BEfqje_UBh0QofNT1DCoYj6sl_Pt2tuEAGhf_GqXGh59IDrqSshAVWYBqgk8rjBBWyTFZAD7w/s1600/G4T01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxukbeCipLOL8NLoeiaUK28zyqQdy6D-eMr3G_413xWsZXgJzbgPPQFxP3n038cvA4c5BEfqje_UBh0QofNT1DCoYj6sl_Pt2tuEAGhf_GqXGh59IDrqSshAVWYBqgk8rjBBWyTFZAD7w/s200/G4T01.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>George Hemminger A.K.A. "G4T" has revealed the lies of the TRUTHER COMMUNITY.  It's nice to know now that the entire YOU TUBE COMMUNITY of TRUTHERS and PATRIOTS is just a bunch of STAGE ACTORS and PLAY ACTORS:<br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search?q=G4T" style="color: red;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search?q=G4T</a><br /><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/12/g4t-gives-truthers-bad-name.html" style="color: red;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/12/g4t-gives-truthers-bad-name.html</a><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jre9OQRNTSQ?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe>

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Settle in for series premiering in the winter TV 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/AVvXsEjmaHPVy3GFwzcGzpzI6hkxxSWxSFMxfy2oK0zGoxPm-z_HNIJnTUNh8FvSeixpvgeVmVEGZrmRMEUWtEATyWGXqfkwMpMMjX31wVNw7xJJfkcoI5BW9VCjYHV-73OJWagPw_wJjAcwgRY/s1600/1388621507000-XXX-103148-D03733b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmaHPVy3GFwzcGzpzI6hkxxSWxSFMxfy2oK0zGoxPm-z_HNIJnTUNh8FvSeixpvgeVmVEGZrmRMEUWtEATyWGXqfkwMpMMjX31wVNw7xJJfkcoI5BW9VCjYHV-73OJWagPw_wJjAcwgRY/s320/1388621507000-XXX-103148-D03733b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Jan 5: </span><i><khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Downton Abbey" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Downton Abbey</khlink></i> (PBS, Sundays at 9 ET/PT). The Crawleys return for Season 4 of the British drama that revolves around life at the family estate.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Jan. 6:</span><i>The Bachelor </i>(ABC, Mondays at 8 ET/PT). It's "Juan-uary" at ABC, as the newest hottie and first Latino bachelor, <khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Juan Pablo Galavis" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Juan Pablo Galavis</khlink>, is wooed by a bevy of beauties; <i>Teen Wolf</i> (MTV, Mondays at 10 ET/PT).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Jan. 7: </span><i>Intelligence</i> (CBS, Mondays at 10 ET/PT after tonight's preview): Josh Holloway (<i>Lost</i>) stars as a man with a chip in his brain (if not on his shoulder) in this crime drama also featuring the return of <khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Marg Helgenberger" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Marg Helgenberger</khlink> (<i>CSI</i>). <i>Killer Women</i>(ABC, Tuesdays at 10 ET/PT) centers on the lone female Texas Ranger (<khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Tricia Helfer" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Tricia Helfer</khlink>). <i>Justified</i> (FX, Tuesdays at 10 ET/PT) returns as marshal <khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Raylan Givens" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Raylan Givens</khlink>(<khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Timothy Olyphant" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Timothy Olyphant</khlink>) battles the Crowes, a Florida crime family bent on infiltrating Harlan. And <i>Being Mary Jane</i> (BET, Tuesdays at 10 ET/PT) follows the life and loves of an Atlanta news anchor (Gabrielle Union).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Jan 8: </span><i>Chicago PD</i> (NBC, Wednesdays at 10 ET/PT). This series from the team behind <i>Chicago Fire</i>, focuses on the detectives and uniformed cops of the Chicago Police Department's District 21.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Jan. 9: </span><i>The Spoils of Babylon</i> (IFC, Thursdays at 10 ET/PT): Will Ferrell is author/producer/director Eric Jonrosh in this parody of 1970s miniseries also starring<khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Tobey Maguire" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Tobey Maguire</khlink>, <khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Kristen Wiig" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Kristen Wiig</khlink> and Tim Robbins.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Jan. 10: </span><i>Enlisted</i> (Fox, Fridays at 8:30 ET/PT): Sitcom about three brothers on a Florida military base; <i>Helix</i> (Syfy, Fridays at 10 ET/PT), a new series from producer Ron Moore (<i><khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Battlestar Galactica" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Battlestar Galactica</khlink></i>) set at an Arctic research facility infected by a rapidly spreading virus; <i>Banshee</i> (Cinemax, Fridays at 10 ET/PT) is back for a third season.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Jan. 12:</span><i>True Detective</i> (HBO. Sundays at 9 ET/PT): <khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Matthew McConaughey" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Matthew McConaughey</khlink> and<khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Woody Harrelson" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Woody Harrelson</khlink> star as Louisiana detectives tracking a cold-case serial killer in this eight-episode series, which shifts between 1995 and 2012; Lena Dunham's <i>Girls</i>(HBO, Sundays at 10 ET/PT) returns for a third season. Also back for more: Showtime's <i>Shameless</i> (Sundays at 9 ET/PT), <i>House of Lies </i>(Sundays at 10 ET/PT) and <i>Episodes</i> (Sundays at 10:30 ET/PT).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Jan. 13: </span><i>Archer</i> (FX, Mondays at 10 ET/PT), the animated spy comedy; and <i>Chozen</i>(FX, Mondays at 10:30 ET/PT), a new animated series about a gay white rapper (Bobby Moynihan) just out of prison.</div><div class="story-asset image-asset" id="module-position-M3c84z1Qi_k" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><aside class="wide single-photo" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 60px; margin-top: 25px;"><img alt="A406_04" itemprop="url" src="http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/1e12691bd0d6b334653eeb9700c7935057cdfbad/c=230-0-1663-1064&r=x383&c=540x380/local/-/media/USATODAY/test/2014/01/01//1388621026000-A406-04.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="540" /><div style="color: #646464; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 6px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px;">The new season of "Archer" (voice of H. Jon Benjamin) premieres Jan. 13 at 10 p.m. ET?PT.<span class="credit" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;">(Photo: FX)</span></div></aside><div class="clearfix"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Jan. 15: </span><i><khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/American Idol" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">American Idol</khlink></i> (Fox, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 ET/PT): The granddaddy of singing competitions returns for a 13th season with another new judges' panel of newcomer Harry Connick Jr., holdover <khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Keith Urban" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Keith Urban</khlink> and the returning Jennifer Lopez. <i>Duck Dynasty</i> (A&E, Wednesdays at 9 ET/PT). This wildly popular reality series following the outspoken Robertson duck-caller clan returns. And<i>Suburgatory </i>(ABC, Wednesdays at 8:30 ET/PT) has its third-season premiere.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Jan. 16: </span><i>Under the Gunn</i> (Lifetime, Thursdays at 9 ET/PT): <i><khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Project Runway" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Project Runway</khlink></i> mentor Tim Gunn hosts over his own fashion-design competition.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Jan. 17: </span><i>Cloud 9 </i>(<khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Disney Channel" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Disney Channel</khlink>, Friday at 8 ET/PT), the tween network's latest original movie, follows a pair of snowboarders who must battle self-doubt to achieve victory.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Jan. 19: </span><i>The Following</i> (Fox, Mondays at 9 ET/PT after a Sunday preview at 10 ET/7 PT); Former FBI agent Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) begins to suspect that serial killer Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) isn't dead after all when a new attack is triggered.<i>Sherlock</i> (PBS, Sundays at 10 ET/PT); <i>Looking</i> (HBO, Sundays at 10:30 ET/PT), a dramedy that follows three gay men in San Francisco at different stages in their relationships.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Jan. 20-22: </span><i>Klondike </i>(Discovery, Mondays 9 ET/PT) The non-fiction channel's first scripted miniseries follows two childhood best friends in the late 1890s as they head for the gold rush capital in the <khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Yukon" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Yukon Territory</khlink>.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Jan. 23: </span><i>Rake</i> (Fox, Thursdays at 9 ET/PT): <khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Greg Kinnear" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Greg Kinnear</khlink> stars as a down-on-his-luck lawyer with a gambling problem in this new drama.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Jan. 25: </span><i>Black Sails </i>(Starz, Saturdays, 9 ET/PT) Captain Flint controls <khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/New Providence" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">New Providence Island</khlink> in 1715, the golden age of piracy.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Feb. 2: </span><khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Super Bowl XLVIII" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Super Bowl XLVIII</khlink> (Fox, 6:20 ET/3:20 PT), from <khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/East Rutherford, New Jersey" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">East Rutherford</khlink>, N.J., followed by special episodes of <i>New Girl</i> and <i><khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Brooklyn Nine-Nine" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Brooklyn Nine-Nine</khlink></i>.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Feb. 7-23: </span>Winter Olympics (NBC and sibling cable networks). The winter games, from <khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Sochi" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Sochi, Russia</khlink>, will dominate TV for more than two weeks.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Feb. 9: </span><i>The Walking Dead</i> (AMC, Sundays at 9 ET/PT): The zombie smash returns for the second half of its fourth season.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Feb. 14:</span><i>House of Cards</i> (Netflix). The 13-episode second season of this Emmy-nominated drama arrives, all at once, as Rep. <khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Frank Underwood" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Frank Underwood</khlink> (<khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Kevin Spacey" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Kevin Spacey</khlink>) continues his quest for political power.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Feb. 17: </span><i>The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon</i> (NBC, weekdays at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT, after Jay Leno leaves Feb. 6); <i>Star-Crossed </i>(CW, Mondays at 8 ET/PT); An alien species called Atrians has arrived on Earth and their teens are integrating with humans at a local high school.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Feb. 24:</span> The third season marks the first since the demise of <khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/J.R. Ewing" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">J.R. Ewing</khlink> (and the death of actor <khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Larry Hagman" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Larry Hagman</khlink>); <i>Late Night With Seth Meyers</i> (NBC, weeknights at 12:35 a.m. ET/PT), replacing Fallon; <i>The Voice</i> (NBC, Mondays at 8 ET/PT, Tuesdays at 9 ET/PT); <i>Dallas</i> (TNT, Mondays at 9 ET/PT).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Feb. 26: </span><i>Mixology</i> (ABC, Wednesdays at 9:30 ET/PT), the latest attempt to find a worthy companion to <i>Modern Family,</i> follows a group of pals and is set entirely at a bar; <i>The Americans</i> (FX, Wednesdays at 10 ET/PT): Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys return as Russian spies living in suburban Washington in the second season of this 1980s drama.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Feb. 27: </span><i>Vikings </i>(History, Thursdays, 10 ET/PT) returns for Season 2; <i>Portlandia</i>(IFC, Thursdays, 10 ET/PT) Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein's quirky satire of Portland, Ore.; <i>The Red Road</i> (Sundance, Thursdays at 9 ET/PT), a thriller about a sheriff policing a small town and a nearby Native American reservation.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Feb. 28: </span><i>Hannibal</i> (NBC, Fridays at 10 ET/PT): A second season of this prequel about <khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Hannibal Lecter" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Hannibal Lecter</khlink> (<khlink class="khlinks" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Hugh Dancy" lang="en" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(102, 204, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;">Hugh Dancy</khlink>) resurfaces on a new night.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Mar. 6:</span><i>Sirens </i>(USA, Thursdays at 10 ET/PT, following the return of <i>Suits</i>) takes viewers on a ride with three Chicago EMTs, produced by Denis Leary.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Mar. 9: </span><i>Resurrection</i> (ABC, Sundays at 9 ET/PT): Deceased loved ones start seemingly returning to their families in Arcadia, Mo.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Mar. 11: </span><i>Mind Games</i> (ABC, Tuesdays at 10 ET/PT): Two brothers run an agency that specializes in using psychological manipulation to solve clients' problems.</div></div>

Settle in for series premiering in the winter TV season (BLOG)

Jan 5:  Downton Abbey  (PBS, Sundays at 9 ET/PT). The Crawleys return for Season 4 of the British drama that revolves around life at the fam...

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The conflict is: Jay Mohr apologized Alyssa Milano

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2ighRjtflOIhgZPZ_jkeDW8BZhq1iQlfaa22afEUnZsumEqFYtkI1KvEV4FxvOpFzSOFLKzygYjwxAsVoGwUDLOmm8_Xokx0gQj9iCwimIq7HAKLaX3s6uu-ALrgqSPOwdEcFkZI/s1600/The+conflict+is+Jay+Mohr+apologized+Alyssa+Milano.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2ighRjtflOIhgZPZ_jkeDW8BZhq1iQlfaa22afEUnZsumEqFYtkI1KvEV4FxvOpFzSOFLKzygYjwxAsVoGwUDLOmm8_Xokx0gQj9iCwimIq7HAKLaX3s6uu-ALrgqSPOwdEcFkZI/s1600/The+conflict+is+Jay+Mohr+apologized+Alyssa+Milano.jpg" /></a></div><br />History with a bad joke comedian Jay Mohr addressed Alyssa Milano ended quite well. Celebrities have turned to each other in blogs and it looks like "buried the hatchet". <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 /> 43-year-old Mora struck criticism of the press and colleagues after in a recent interview he said that Milano waved at her hand after birth of a child and is not in vain slimming underwear. In response to his comment 41-year-old actress wrote in his twitter that really upset him hints on her overweight and "all good wishes" abuser. <br /> <br /> Jay reaction was not long in coming. In his microblog, he spoke about Alyssa: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> She is awesome. I mistakenly thought that the absurdity of my words will perceive it as a joke. # Fail </blockquote><br /> Next Mor Milano dedicated a post on his blog, writing: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> comedians sometimes go too far, and I did. I can not change what has already been said, but I assure you, my heart is broken because I hurt her. I'm very sorry. It was not funny. I was tormented by the thought that she Alyssa, her family, friends, fans, and especially her husband heard these hurtful words. For me it has always been one of the most kind, caring and beautiful people only saw this city. </blockquote><br /> Luckily for Jay, Alyssa was not a man of vindictive. On twitter she left a message: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> Thank You. Apology accepted. (She growled viciously, but diligently tightening themselves from head to toe to waist underwear). # DaytePechenku </blockquote><br /> Apparently, that comes to a sense of humor, Milano may even surpass the famous comedian!<br /><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/AVvXsEiOTKPUsdXOKq2LyFo2DL6zYnBegtDWKV4XzO28jUtohihYX2_Bv6_xSlEIYOA6M_WXB5r6BNDoXIa13OcmBWiJ_fUTblteH-sdg6WnBUsmTiAvbQ5cQaRs5ZbysJRf_QmU3JELK9gM/s1600/Alyssa+Milano+took+apologies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTKPUsdXOKq2LyFo2DL6zYnBegtDWKV4XzO28jUtohihYX2_Bv6_xSlEIYOA6M_WXB5r6BNDoXIa13OcmBWiJ_fUTblteH-sdg6WnBUsmTiAvbQ5cQaRs5ZbysJRf_QmU3JELK9gM/s1600/Alyssa+Milano+took+apologies.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alyssa Milano took apologies </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/AVvXsEjh6ehdSWZmJaCNCDLS0YE1Z5D5yorUyLLqSQ_cxHuBZ0AjPhGxEKnHY-E5tz3VjdZm7cm0OfoWwDgJyZnO0Lf_yv4fdyfgeQsCmdiYEwkeLBBo4Nmk_jAnpmkrcxXlqFf3Y78BQf0L/s1600/Jay+Mohr+admitted+that+too+far.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6ehdSWZmJaCNCDLS0YE1Z5D5yorUyLLqSQ_cxHuBZ0AjPhGxEKnHY-E5tz3VjdZm7cm0OfoWwDgJyZnO0Lf_yv4fdyfgeQsCmdiYEwkeLBBo4Nmk_jAnpmkrcxXlqFf3Y78BQf0L/s1600/Jay+Mohr+admitted+that+too+far.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jay Mohr admitted that "too far" </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- gri 300-600 --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:300px;height:600px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8441125172513237" data-ad-slot="3821859903"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br />

The conflict is: Jay Mohr apologized Alyssa Milano

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Michael Schumacher may remain paralyzed

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgzOvdSocbJntD3xz9rp5dZ3TI5pdFmE_blvZKhHnzfjr1v9TUmkhfVMMwajazeyPA0S2AFMGP9EmCyxI9iwJnmw3Zn_zdUf2w7Yt-UpJupcRCOjJl2FsABrceNGvr1aDs18hMWZv/s1600/Michael+Schumacher+may+remain+paralyzed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgzOvdSocbJntD3xz9rp5dZ3TI5pdFmE_blvZKhHnzfjr1v9TUmkhfVMMwajazeyPA0S2AFMGP9EmCyxI9iwJnmw3Zn_zdUf2w7Yt-UpJupcRCOjJl2FsABrceNGvr1aDs18hMWZv/s1600/Michael+Schumacher+may+remain+paralyzed.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Michael%20Schumacher" target="_blank">Michael Schumacher</a></b> is still in a hospital in Grenoble in a coma. On the state of health of the race driver on duty outside the hospital yesterday told reporters one of the victim, a former racer Shtrayff Philip, who spoke with the head of the Brain Institute and other family Schumacher surgeon Gerard Salyan. <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 /> Shtrayff says: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> I doctor, I'm just passing that said Gerard Salyan. He says that the state is serious, but fortunately, a danger to life was over. </blockquote><br /> Meanwhile, he said, doctors do not rule out that the incident may result in serious consequences for Michael: in particular, the right side body paralysis and loss of voice. <br /> <br /> Recall that Schumacher suffered a head injury while skiing in the Alps. Police has been studying camcorder recordings, which was installed on a helmet while riding a racing driver. Investigators also find out details of what happened at the 14-year-old son <b>Mick Schumacher </b>and his friend - they witnessed the accident. <br /> <br /> Near the hospital where Michael is constantly are his fans. Many of them came from other cities and countries to support the rider - especially since yesterday was his birthday: Schumacher turned 45.<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 />

Michael Schumacher may remain paralyzed

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10 great apps for your new tablet (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/AVvXsEjOw2cM_3NAnWmJd-ixSM2Almg2ndiyD42iCILF7XZcKYoKUaMKtY7zvt_syuKivopVXPM2MccG4v4R2yytvOF1aI-AQtolHBU0QYnYnREoqVSjEiYrTGMwggAhSf3ElANBJRMUwi1Bg2Q/s1600/1385599739000-AFP-524586397.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOw2cM_3NAnWmJd-ixSM2Almg2ndiyD42iCILF7XZcKYoKUaMKtY7zvt_syuKivopVXPM2MccG4v4R2yytvOF1aI-AQtolHBU0QYnYnREoqVSjEiYrTGMwggAhSf3ElANBJRMUwi1Bg2Q/s320/1385599739000-AFP-524586397.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">IIf you're new to the world of tablets, it's not surprising that you might not know where to start. You'll hear a lot of talk about "apps." Apps are applications. Think of them as software programs customized for your tablet.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">They are available through an already installed app you'll find on your tablet. It's the "App Store" on iPads or the "Google Play" on Android tablets. Microsoft calls its the "Windows Store."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">As time goes on, you'll find the apps that get the tablet to do what you want it to do. Right now, here are 10 to get you started. I've tried to balance three considerations — usefulness, the wow factor, and unlocking your tablet's possibilities.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-earth/id293622097" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-earth/id293622097">Google Earth</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">There is perhaps no app with a greater Gee Whiz factor. Google Earth is a massive collection of satellite photos, seamlessly stitched together. The result? You have the ability to zoom all over our Earth, swooping in to see everything from your childhood home to the Taj Mahal.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid">Google Sky View</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">If the earth isn't enough for you, download Sky View, which gives you a dizzying view of the heavens—stars, planets, and constellations, all nicely labeled. Poke around and you can even find the International Space Station, 200 miles up.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flipboard-your-social-news/id358801284?mt=8" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flipboard-your-social-news/id358801284?mt=8">Flipboard</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">One thing you'll quickly discover is that there's a lot of stuff out there to read! What you really need, though, is a way to easily read the news you choose. This is a delightful and easy-to-use app that brings together the news sources you select as well as Facebook posts, Instagram photos, YouTube videos and anything else you'd like, all in a fun and responsive magazine format.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id302584613" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id302584613">Kindle</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">For regular book reading, there's no cleaner reader than the Kindle app. It's available on every platform you can think of, including smartphones. And the Kindle reader keeps your place for you, too, no matter what you're reading it on.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/netflix/id363590051?mt=8" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/netflix/id363590051?mt=8">Netflix</a> or <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hulu-plus/id376510438?l=es&mt=8" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hulu-plus/id376510438?l=es&mt=8">Hulu</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Those beautiful screens are there for a reason. Netflix and Hulu give you great movies and TV shows to watch on them. Netflix requires a streaming subscription; the movie selection is so-so, but the TV back catalog is pretty extensive. Hulu has some free stuff for casual users; its subscription service unlocks a lot of good films and a big array of TV shows too, including recent episodes of Saturday Night Live, the Daily Show, and Law & Order.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8">Evernote</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Evernote takes your notes and puts them in the cloud, so they're accessible from any other device you care to sync to it. Text, photos, and even audio, Evernote can handle it. If you are trying to get organized, this will help you make it happen.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skype-for-iphone/id304878510?mt=8" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skype-for-iphone/id304878510?mt=8">Skype</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">You might have heard about "Skyping," but might not understand exactly what that means. Skype is a quick and easy way to have video chats with friends and family all over the word. Best of all, your calls are free. Download the app and sign up for an account. Then start hunting for friends!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adobe-photoshop-express/id331975235?mt=8" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adobe-photoshop-express/id331975235?mt=8">Photoshop Express</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Tablets are a great place to edit pictures. All you need is a good app to work with. Adobe's Photoshop Express does the job. It's a (very) lite but extremely useful version of its famous high-end product, Photoshop. You'll find it gives you the tools you need to lighten backgrounds, adjust colors and crop photos.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sketchbook-express/id404243625?mt=12" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sketchbook-express/id404243625?mt=12">Sketchbook Express</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Tablets can showcase the artist inside all of us. Right now, it seems many of the most acclaimed drawing and painting apps work on Apple products with one exception. Sketchbook Express, available for both Apple and Android tablets, has a dense palette of brushes, colors and textures to work with, all from the moves of your fingers on the tablet's purchase. It's great for artists of all ages.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/battery-saver-improve-battery/id615987910?mt=8" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/battery-saver-improve-battery/id615987910?mt=8">Battery Saver</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">One of the biggest drains on the battery is your tablet's bright high-definition screen. Keeping the screen slightly dimmed can add hours of battery life. You'll also want to turn off your gadget's wireless communications when you don't need them. That includes cellular, Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth signals, which are constantly roaming and eating into battery life. Use a free app like Battery Saver, to sniff out power-hogging apps and programs.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><i>Kim Komando hosts the nation's largest talk radio show about consumer electronics, computers and the Internet. To get the podcast, watch the show or find the station nearest you, visit <a href="http://www.komando.com/" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.komando.com/">www.komando.com</a>. E-mail her at <a href="mailto:techcomments@usatoday.com" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="mailto:techcomments@usatoday.com/">techcomments@usatoday.com</a>.</i></div></div>

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Fumble in first clash with 49ers changed Eddie Lacy's rookie 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/AVvXsEhf-2OdTi0k5AtKc1oId2CVoaJDz60ThOY8W-GPB4xO0nSV5iL5fKuIpLBq4o2YgEubFlCRAtqNVvhwV7cDXGTdfw06DaYg_GZd64A_RRRTc-xue0C-D-0s-MPW2rWrBHxi7Qi7UPU-Kvc/s1600/1388785816000-USATSI-7623507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-2OdTi0k5AtKc1oId2CVoaJDz60ThOY8W-GPB4xO0nSV5iL5fKuIpLBq4o2YgEubFlCRAtqNVvhwV7cDXGTdfw06DaYg_GZd64A_RRRTc-xue0C-D-0s-MPW2rWrBHxi7Qi7UPU-Kvc/s320/1388785816000-USATSI-7623507.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">GREEN BAY, Wis. — The first time Eddie Lacy faced the 49ers, he got benched after his first career fumble led to a San Francisco touchdown.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">The Green Bay Packers' rookie halfback hasn't fumbled since – and he'll get a chance in Sunday's NFC wild-card playoff game to show the 49ers how far he has come.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"I think I developed a lot," Lacy said Friday. "I'm playing a lot faster, a lot calmer. I think I'm a much better player now than I was then."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PREDICTIONS: </span><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2014/01/03/staff-picks-wild-card-playoffs-2013-awards/4305917/" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2014/01/03/staff-picks-wild-card-playoffs-2013-awards/4305917/">Picks and our season awards</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">PACKERS: </span><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2014/01/03/aaron-rodgers-green-bay-nfc-north-san-francisco-49ers/4304649/" style="color: #1990e5; text-decoration: none;" title="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2014/01/03/aaron-rodgers-green-bay-nfc-north-san-francisco-49ers/4304649/">Rodgers looking like himself</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">A thickly built second-round draft pick out of Alabama, Lacy has run for 1,178 yards and 11 touchdowns, making him a strong candidate for rookie of the year despite an ankle injury that has bothered him the past month.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">He was limited in practice this week but listed as probable on Friday's injury report, along with everyone else on the Packers' injury report except linebacker Clay Matthews, who is out with a broken thumb.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"I definitely feel a lot better," Lacy said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">That's good news for the Packers, who ranked seventh in rushing at 133.5 yards a game this season – up from 20th in 2012 and their highest ranking since they were third in 2003, with Ahman Green at the top of his game.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"He's always been a hard runner. He's just gotten into a groove," offensive coordinator Tom Clements said of Lacy, who's listed at 5-11 and 230 pounds.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"It's unusual for a single tackler to bring him down. He's always fighting and pushing hard and trying to get extra yards, and that motivates (the offensive line) to do what they can to help him get his yards."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Sunday, they'll be going against one of the NFL's top run defenses on what's expected to be a frigid afternoon at Lambeau Field.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">In the first meeting this season, the 49ers held Green Bay to 63 yards on 19 carries, including 41 yards on 14 carries and a touchdown for Lacy, who admitted being nervous.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"He's a totally different back. It's night and day," receiver James Jones said. "Way more comfortable. Way more confident. They'll have to account for him."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">Despite a projected game-time temperature Sunday around zero, Lacy said he'll stick with his custom of not wearing sleeves.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">He's not taking any chances with what that might to do to his ball security, given what happened four months ago in San Francisco.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 60px;">"I like being on the field," Lacy said, "so I try not to make mistakes that'll get you taken off of it."</div><div class="story-asset video-asset" id="module-position-M3c5swBOH5E" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><div class="video" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/VideoObject" style="display: inline-block; height: 304px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 60px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 540px;"><img alt="" class="videoStill" height="304" src="http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/fd7cf0f07db23e04787c44bf5a19473d907ce74d/r=x307&c=540x304/http/videos.usatoday.net/Brightcove2/29906170001/2014/01/29906170001_3001170316001_USATSI-7641550-1.jpg" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; vertical-align: middle; z-index: 0;" width="540" /></div></div><div><div class="video" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/VideoObject" style="display: inline-block; height: 304px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 60px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 540px;"><br /></div></div></div>

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