Madison’s Back on ‘American Horror Story: Coven’ [ BeritaTerkini ]

<h2>Plus: Queenie strikes a deal with Marie LaVeau</h2> <div class="body"> <p>We learn via flashback that Kyle once scoffed at his friends’ Japanese character and shamrock tattoos – ironic, considering he has both pieces of ink now. You know, since Kyle is made out of body parts taken from his dead bros? Dead-set on ending Kyle’s misery, Zoe brings in Madison’s pearl-handled pistol to kill him. . . only to wrench it out of Kyle’s hands when he tries to shoot himself? Figure out your angle, girl! Instead, Zoe chains Kyle up in her room and tries to re-teach him the most important words in the human language: food, hamburger and bed. She doesn’t have much success.</p> <p></p> <p>Stevie Nicks Will Play Herself on <em>American Horror Story</em></p> <p></p> <p>Unfortunately for Zoe’s <em>Miracle Worker</em>-style crush, Madison is back in action and looking to bone. Following her return to the land of the living, she’s been completely numb. As we find out – via fabulous voice-over monologue – drugs won’t affect her, fire won’t hurt her and not even food can fill her. Luckily, sex with a fellow un-deadite still works! Not so lucky for Zoe of course, who walks in on her mentally-disabled zombie crush porking her undead classmate. Rather than beat them, Zoe decides to join them. I guess we’re supposed to assume (from his outstretched hand) that Kyle, while still unable to talk, is down for three-ways? I guess most of us would be, right?</p> <p></p> <p>Gabourey Sidibe’s <em>American Horror Story</em> Panic Attack</p> <p></p> <p>We’ll have to wait until next week to find out if Zoe’s venomous vag has a homicidal effect on the reanimated; what we do know is that she’s made a lot of progress on the “turning into a total monster” front. After touching Madison and learning the truth about her murder, Cordelia attempts to warn Zoe and recruit her to help murder Fiona. Rather than just believe Cordelia’s plausible story, Zoe goes through the trouble of reanimating Spalding’s enchanted tongue and making him corroborate Cordelia’s tale. His tongue, unable to lie due to enchantment, sells out Fiona, so Zoe. . . stabs him to death? There are worse ways to go then tied to a bed in a chartreuse kimono. While the season started with Zoe as our ostensibly virtuous protagonist, she has quickly turned into a sex and murder monster like virtually everyone else. If she really is the next Supreme, she’ll basically be a a Fiona repeat. #TeamNan!</p> <p></p> <p>Taissa Farmiga Has Special Powers on <em>American Horror Story</em></p> <p></p> <p>Speaking of the Most Boss Bitch other than Nan, Fiona spends the entire episode enjoying a sax-ual encounter with The Axe Man. After their tryst, The Axe Man reveals that he has been watching over her since she was a child at Miss Robichaux’s. We found their tete-a-tete creepy-hot, despite the numerous jazz riffs that kept ripping like cool farts through each and every one of their erotic conversations. While Fiona is momentarily disgusted by what she considers a “mercy lay” (Oh! And Fiona says she doesn’t believe in ghosts. Lol!), she eventually shows up at The Axe Man’s show to continue their love-making. Is it wrong to think that it’s romantic that both of them are so horrible, yet accept each other’s horribleness? What’s a few dead apartment owners in a few disgusting bathtubs between lovers, right?</p> <p></p> <p>Sarah Paulson: <em>American Horror Story</em> Is Too Scary for Me</p> <p></p> <p>At the end of the day, however, the most interesting relationship on the show has seemingly come to an end. Despite her racism and the fact she’s an immortal indentured servant (Madame LaLaurie can technically leave whenever she wants, right? It’s weird how this isn’t discussed), LaLaurie’s relationship with Queenie has become something compelling. Their late-night food run was by far the most genuine intra-witch interaction we’ve seen so far. Seeing as how her only friend is a centuries-old slave owner and there are no classes at anymore, it was only a matter of time before Queenie grew curious enough to meet Marie Laveau. Really, Angela Bassett’s evil smile and immaculate red jumpsuit would convince any woman to join her. Laveau paints a beautiful picture of acceptance and love within the voodoo clan, which Queenie can have just as soon as she delivers LaLaurie. “A voodoo doll belongs in the house of voodoo,” Laveau coos.</p> <p></p> <p>Kathy Bates Brings Hell to <em>American Horror Story</em></p> <p></p> <p>So Queenie just brings her over! Queenie hemmed and hawed a little about the decision, asking LaLaurie, “What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?” In case Queenie wasn’t sure before, LaLaurie’s story about murdering her cook’s infant son (fathered by LaLaurie’s husband) to use his blood in her beauty regimen sealed the deal. “It wasn’t only a different time. It was a different world,” LaLaurie pleads with Queenie. It is a testament to Kathy Bates’ phenomenal acting skills that her statement holds any emotional or narrative water whatsoever, because come on. In the end, their comradery doesn’t stop Queenie from handing LaLaurie over to Laveau, who immediately imprisons her rival in a cage. The episode ends with Marie smearing her face with what we can only assume is LaLaurie’s blood. “Beautiful,” she whispers, which is exactly what though when LaLaurie’s dropped that blinged-out Ed Hardy sweatshirt. Just beautiful.</p> </div> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Madison’s Back on ‘American Horror Story: Coven’ [ BeritaTerkini ]

Plus: Queenie strikes a deal with Marie LaVeau We learn via flashback that Kyle once scoffed at his friends’ Japanese character and sham...

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21-Nov-2013 06:55

US, Afghanistan agree on language for security pact - CBS News :: <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57613257/u.s-afghanistan-agree-on-language-for-security-pact/">http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57613257/u.s-afghanistan-agree-on-language-for-security-pact/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Psychic Sylvia Browne dies in San Jose at 77 - San Jose Mercury News :: <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_24567215/psychic-sylvia-browne-dies-san-jose-at-77">http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_24567215/psychic-sylvia-browne-dies-san-jose-at-77</a><br /><br><br /><br>Florida congressman Radel to take 'leave of absence' after cocaine use - Chicago Tribune :: <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-congress-radel-20131119,0,5430388.story">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-congress-radel-20131119,0,5430388.story</a><br /><br><br /><br>Illinois joins list of states to legalize gay marriage - Washington Post :: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/politics/illinois-joins-list-of-states-to-legalize-gay-marriage/2013/11/20/267c5ffc-524c-11e3-a7f0-b790929232e1_video.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/politics/illinois-joins-list-of-states-to-legalize-gay-marriage/2013/11/20/267c5ffc-524c-11e3-a7f0-b790929232e1_video.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Bill Clinton Receives Nation's Highest Civilian Honor - Wall Street Journal :: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304337404579210612302566626.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304337404579210612302566626.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Rare US Drone Strike Kills 6 in Pakistan - TIME :: <a href="http://world.time.com/2013/11/21/rare-u-s-drone-strike-kills-6-in-pakistan/">http://world.time.com/2013/11/21/rare-u-s-drone-strike-kills-6-in-pakistan/</a><br /><br><br /><br>French police name arrested Paris gun suspect - BBC News :: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25027595">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25027595</a><br /><br><br /><br>US Korean War veteran from California detained in North Korea: son - Reuters :: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/21/us-korea-north-detention-idUSBRE9AK00P20131121">http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/21/us-korea-north-detention-idUSBRE9AK00P20131121</a><br /><br><br /><br>Secret deal was made to allow NSA store personal data on Britons - Irish Times :: <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/secret-deal-was-made-to-allow-nsa-store-personal-data-on-britons-1.1601760">http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/secret-deal-was-made-to-allow-nsa-store-personal-data-on-britons-1.1601760</a><br /><br><br /><br>Missouri executes Joseph Paul Franklin, white supremacist killer who targeted ... - Seattle Post Intelligencer :: <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Missouri-executes-Joseph-Paul-Franklin-white-4995553.php">http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Missouri-executes-Joseph-Paul-Franklin-white-4995553.php</a>

21-Nov-2013 06:55

US, Afghanistan agree on language for security pact - CBS News :: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57613257/u.s-afghanistan-agree-on-l...

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Melbourne Now – in pictures [ BeritaTerkini ]

<p>From November until March 2014, over 400 artists will install work ranging from performance to sound art in two Melbourne venues. The organisers promise that the exhibition will affirm the city’s status as one of the world’s cultural capitals. Here are some highlights</p> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Melbourne Now – in pictures [ BeritaTerkini ]

From November until March 2014, over 400 artists will install work ranging from performance to sound art in two Melbourne venues. The organi...

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I Know Who Killed John F. Kennedy

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal">Holaaaaaaaa conspiracy theorists! We are only a couple of days away from the 50^th anniversary of the day that some emotionally unbalanced dude climbed six flights of stairs on the Texas Schoolbook Depository, set up at a window and waited for President Kennedy’s motorcade. When Kennedy’s car passed the building he took aim and fired a shot from his squirrel hunting rifle. The bullet went through JFK’s neck, through the seat in front him, through John Connally’s chest, arm and leg. Then apparently it jumped out of Connally’s leg, ricocheted off the door of the Presidential Caddy and hit JFK in the head. Or something like that. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1VTJ5SVHOLECROaewvgUtsJwHHzY62tug4xHasZSziP0q7d-CNZPkdullRv5fw1HT6Bw4rRFFTVsOHWQFXiQzN4hri8sbeeTu92koJjQa39caYHw8oJzgLR0QXC0lGxBbtVIetR9EveK/s1600/Lee+Harvey+Oswald+Gun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1VTJ5SVHOLECROaewvgUtsJwHHzY62tug4xHasZSziP0q7d-CNZPkdullRv5fw1HT6Bw4rRFFTVsOHWQFXiQzN4hri8sbeeTu92koJjQa39caYHw8oJzgLR0QXC0lGxBbtVIetR9EveK/s400/Lee+Harvey+Oswald+Gun.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Thus was born one of the truly great conspiracies of all time. Did Lee Harvey Oswald shoot JKF and did he act alone? I threw it out on my Facebook page today to see who believed what. I was a bit disappointed in the results, but it’s possible that most people are really tired of the Kennedy assassination conspiracies. Mostly I got answers like “The One-Armed Man” or “Obama” or “Dick Cheney” jokes. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I did find it a bit humorous that some of the people who believe every single right-wing and/or left-wing “the Illuminati and United Nations (or Masons or New World Order or whothefuckever) have taken over our government” conspiracy say they believe LHO acted alone and totally trust our government to tell us the truth. But, if you really think about it, the idea that Oswald acted alone is pretty much the least plausible of all the major conspiracies and therefore it does make sense that these guys would believe it. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">One interesting suggestion was that Howard Donahue, the Secret Service’s own Barney Fife is the one who actually shot Kennedy in the head. I love this theory only for the idea of an SS guy hearing a gunshot, panicking, pulling his gun from its holster, struggling to put the bullet in it and BLAM! He blows the head off the leader of the free world. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKt-jQhzc6LflQKPF1M128uJFvK5OXXcx6jgJi3zs8ArXc7-idfDTkZFKaIDsnJsckDMj4r-w72YLRu3PFngj7ckMWkTWzW5hItFSYVxcTbU50iwotiWL44QXfjlhV2_7ZPMaH4ai2eIqi/s1600/JFK+in+Limo+in+Dallas.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKt-jQhzc6LflQKPF1M128uJFvK5OXXcx6jgJi3zs8ArXc7-idfDTkZFKaIDsnJsckDMj4r-w72YLRu3PFngj7ckMWkTWzW5hItFSYVxcTbU50iwotiWL44QXfjlhV2_7ZPMaH4ai2eIqi/s400/JFK+in+Limo+in+Dallas.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">The lovely, talented and <a href="http://knightramblings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">OMG SEXYASHELL Mz. Knight</a> suggested Sinatra was in on it. Given his Mafia connections and temper I can actually see this happening. Maybe he did it to help his good friend Ronald Reagan out? Maybe it was for Nixon. Maybe he was mad that Marilyn Monroe preferred JFK to him? Who knows? <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">There were a couple of people who kinda believe it was the Cubans, the Mafia, the CIA or J. Edgar Hoover. These are all fairly plausible ideas. I mean, each of those organizations not only had reason to kill Kennedy, but the resources to do it and keep it secret. Of course, these organizations have never kept anything else a secret or pulled off anything this clever in their existence, but you know, maybe something went at planned once for them? <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The Jaymom has been working on this for many years and might be onto something. She says that J. Edgar Hoover is behind it and that he probably worked with the Mafia to get it done. She believes that Hoover was “owned” by the Mafia and even if he didn’t conceive of the idea of killing Kennedy, he was all in once it was proposed to him. This would make sense given that Hoover denied the existence of the Mafia and butted heads with Attorney General Bobby Kennedy over the prosecution of the non-existent organized crime families. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I would say that I pretty much agree with that. It was the greatest Mafia hit of all time. They recruited Oswald and set him up as their fall guy. Hoover knew of the plan and allowed it to go forward and even protected its secrecy. But, I go a little further than the Jaymom. I also believe that Jack Ruby was the guy on the Grassy Knoll (I once sat on the Grassy Knoll and drank a Budweiser so I’m totally an expert on this) and that Ruby killed Oswald to keep him quiet. I really don’t buy the theory that Ruby was just a distraught night club owner. Dude was as mobbed up as Sinatra! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lQIk32j4ROnks0K9K40biBczCO1mM3dEzV6Wu36AkY3KJdauxYmS_VguMY75N9PxecAW1QJTaBD3OyRidoGL_KFT8GA3YvUVIOoomy4udVwDMTT_7IA80R-XCAp9UaZRKp8TSerNKT1e/s1600/Jack+Ruby+Kills+Lee+Harvey+Oswald.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lQIk32j4ROnks0K9K40biBczCO1mM3dEzV6Wu36AkY3KJdauxYmS_VguMY75N9PxecAW1QJTaBD3OyRidoGL_KFT8GA3YvUVIOoomy4udVwDMTT_7IA80R-XCAp9UaZRKp8TSerNKT1e/s400/Jack+Ruby+Kills+Lee+Harvey+Oswald.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">I guess we’ll never really know. Maybe there’s somebody somewhere in the FBI or another government agency that will release all the evidence and tell us the truth someday. I just hope if they do, it won’t be as disappointing and anti-climactic as finding out that Mark Felt was “Deep Throat.” What a letdown that was! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/jayman68" target="_blank">My Facebook </a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws" target="_blank">@Jayman_IWS</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>

I Know Who Killed John F. Kennedy

Holaaaaaaaa conspiracy theorists! We are only a couple of days away from the 50 th anniversary of the day that some emotionally unbalanced ...

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21-Nov-2013 05:54

Elderly American Detained in North Korea - Voice of America :: <a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/elderly-american-detained-in-north-korea/1794516.html">http://www.voanews.com/content/elderly-american-detained-in-north-korea/1794516.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Renowned psychic, bestselling author Sylvia Browne dies at 77 - CNN :: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/20/showbiz/sylvia-browne-dies/">http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/20/showbiz/sylvia-browne-dies/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Coroner: TSA officer died minutes after being shot - Port Huron Times Herald :: <a href="http://www.thetimesherald.com/usatoday/article/3659363">http://www.thetimesherald.com/usatoday/article/3659363</a><br /><br><br /><br>France says newspaper shooting suspect arrested - Times of India :: <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/France-says-newspaper-shooting-suspect-arrested/articleshow/26116034.cms">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/France-says-newspaper-shooting-suspect-arrested/articleshow/26116034.cms</a><br /><br><br /><br>Charges dropped against 2 girls in Rebecca Sedwick bullying case - CBS News :: <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57613248-504083/charges-dropped-against-2-girls-in-rebecca-sedwick-bullying-case/">http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57613248-504083/charges-dropped-against-2-girls-in-rebecca-sedwick-bullying-case/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Why Iran is all of a sudden so motivated to agree to a nuclear deal - CTV News :: <a href="http://knlive.ctvnews.ca/why-iran-is-all-of-a-sudden-so-motivated-to-agree-to-a-nuclear-deal-1.1553107">http://knlive.ctvnews.ca/why-iran-is-all-of-a-sudden-so-motivated-to-agree-to-a-nuclear-deal-1.1553107</a><br /><br><br /><br>Obama pays tribute to John F. Kennedy - Los Angeles Times :: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-jfk-20131121,0,4387163.story">http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-jfk-20131121,0,4387163.story</a><br /><br><br /><br>Rep. Radel takes leave of absence after cocaine charge - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/20/trey-radel-cocaine-sting-congress/3649619/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/20/trey-radel-cocaine-sting-congress/3649619/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Illinois: Same-Sex Marriage Is Legalized - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/us/illinois-same-sex-marriage-is-legalized.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/us/illinois-same-sex-marriage-is-legalized.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>White House rules out Afghan 'apology' during security talks - Hindustan Times :: <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/white-house-rules-out-afghan-apology-during-security-talks/article1-1153877.aspx">http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/white-house-rules-out-afghan-apology-during-security-talks/article1-1153877.aspx</a>

21-Nov-2013 05:54

Elderly American Detained in North Korea - Voice of America :: http://www.voanews.com/content/elderly-american-detained-in-north-korea/1794...

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21-Nov-2013 04:53

United States Can Spy on Britons Despite Pact, NSA Memo Says - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/us/united-states-can-spy-on-britons-despite-pact-nsa-memo-says.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/us/united-states-can-spy-on-britons-despite-pact-nsa-memo-says.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Renowned psychic, bestselling author Sylvia Browne dies at 77 - CNN :: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/20/showbiz/sylvia-browne-dies/">http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/20/showbiz/sylvia-browne-dies/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Obama, Bill Clinton pay tribute to John F. Kennedy - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/20/obama-clinton-oprah-winfrey-dean-smith-ernie-banks/3650113/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/20/obama-clinton-oprah-winfrey-dean-smith-ernie-banks/3650113/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Representative Meng Is Mugged on Capitol Hill - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/nyregion/new-york-city-legislator-mugged-on-capitol-hill.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/nyregion/new-york-city-legislator-mugged-on-capitol-hill.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Quinn signs gay marriage bill into law - Chicago Tribune :: <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-gay-marriage-illinois-law-met-1121-20131121,0,6667218.story">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-gay-marriage-illinois-law-met-1121-20131121,0,6667218.story</a><br /><br><br /><br>French police name arrested Paris gun suspect - BBC News :: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25027595">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25027595</a><br /><br><br /><br>Charges dropped against 2 girls in Rebecca Sedwick bullying case - CBS News :: <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57613248-504083/charges-dropped-against-2-girls-in-rebecca-sedwick-bullying-case/">http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57613248-504083/charges-dropped-against-2-girls-in-rebecca-sedwick-bullying-case/</a><br /><br><br /><br>California man pulled off plane in North Korea, detained, son says - CNN :: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/20/world/asia/north-korea-detained-american/">http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/20/world/asia/north-korea-detained-american/</a><br /><br><br /><br>White House rules out Afghan 'apology' during security talks - Hindustan Times :: <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/white-house-rules-out-afghan-apology-during-security-talks/article1-1153877.aspx">http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/white-house-rules-out-afghan-apology-during-security-talks/article1-1153877.aspx</a><br /><br><br /><br>Filmmaker gets to the heart of Lance Armstrong - Houston Chronicle :: <a href="http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Filmmaker-gets-to-the-heart-of-Lance-Armstrong-4996499.php">http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Filmmaker-gets-to-the-heart-of-Lance-Armstrong-4996499.php</a>

21-Nov-2013 04:53

United States Can Spy on Britons Despite Pact, NSA Memo Says - New York Times :: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/us/united-states-can-spy...

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Oregon healthcare exchange website never worked, has no subscribers [ BeritaTerkini ]

<div id="yom-ad-LREC" class="yom-ad yom-ad-LREC"> <center> <div id="yom-ad-LREC-iframe" class="yom-ad"></div> </center> </div> <p><br></p> <p>By Jonathan Kaminsky</p> <div class="body-slot-mod"> <div class="yom-remote"> <div class="yom-loading" id="mediacontentrelatedstory_container"></div> </div> </div> <p>(Reuters) – Oregon, a state that fully embraced the Affordable Care Act, is enduring one of the rockiest rollouts of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, with an inoperative online exchange that has yet to enroll a single subscriber, requiring thousands to apply on paper instead.</p> <p>Unlike most other states, Oregon set an ambitious course to make its insurance exchange, dubbed Cover Oregon, an “all-in-one” website for every individual seeking health coverage, including those who are eligible for Medicaid.</p> <p>But instead of serving as a national model, Oregon’s experience has emerged as a cautionary tale, inviting comparisons to technical glitches that have plagued other state-run portals and the federal government’s website for those states lacking exchanges of their own.</p> <p>Oregon’s online exchange has remained inaccessible to the public, requiring the state to sign up applicants the old-fashioned way, using paper forms. This has made comparison shopping more difficult for consumers and severely slowed the enrollment process.</p> <p>“Oregonians have questions,” state Senate President Peter Courtney, a Democrat, said on Tuesday. “What went wrong with the rollout? How are they going to fix it? When are they going to get it right? Is the website contractor doing everything it can? Our people need to know.”</p> <p>Courtney urged state lawmakers to “ask the hard questions” of officials overseeing the state’s healthcare exchange at a pair of legislative hearings on Wednesday.</p> <p>Appearing at one of those hearings, Cover Oregon Executive Director Rocky King told a joint House-Senate committee that goals set for the state’s exchange were overly ambitious given the short time afforded its designers.</p> <p>“We took a four- or five-year project and tried to condense it into two, two-and-a-half years,” King said. “We’re not broken, it’s just not done.”</p> <p>While he remains “laser focused” on getting the exchange fully functional, his staff is proceeding as if the website will remain offline through the open-enrollment period ending March 31, King said.</p> <p>FILLING OUT FORMS</p> <p>In the meantime, the state has resorted to urging would-be subscribers to fill out applications that are between nine and 19 pages long by hand, Cover Oregon spokesman Michael Cox said.</p> <p>The program also has hired about 400 temporary workers to help process those applications before January 1, when the new plans are due to take effect, Cox said.</p> <p>As part of that effort, staff members from his office are fanning out to hotel conference rooms and other venues across the state over the next week to help prospective enrollees complete the forms, he said.</p> <p>Nearly 25,000 individuals and families have so far submitted hard-copy applications, Cox said, with nearly two-thirds of those applicants eligible for Medicaid, a federal-state healthcare plan for the needy.</p> <p>But none of those applicants has actually been enrolled, with manual processing of the paperwork slowing the process dramatically.</p> <p>Separately, about 70,000 residents have signed up for Medicaid by responding to letters sent by the state to more than 200,000 people deemed eligible for the program by virtue of their receiving food stamps, Cox said.</p> <p>By comparison, Oregon’s neighbor to the south, California – with a population 10 times larger – enrolled about 31,000 people in an Affordable Care Act plan last month, and added 29,000 in the first 12 days of November.</p> <p>California has much farther to go, with an estimated 7.3 million adults and children lacking insurance in 2011, compared with 560,000 counted as uninsured that year in Oregon.</p> <p>Jesse Ellis O’Brien, a healthcare advocate with the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group, which pushed for the exchange, said he is “surprised and frustrated” by its ongoing woes but hopeful that they will be resolved within the next month or two.</p> <p>King stressed that while people cannot sign up for insurance online, the Cover Oregon website does allow them to browse information on available health plans.</p> <p>A spokesman for Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber, a Democrat and medical doctor who supported the Affordable Care Act, did not immediately return messages seeking comment.</p> <p>Greg Leo, chairman of Oregon’s Republican Party and an avowed foe of the 2010 healthcare reform law, said its troubled rollout in Oregon underscores his view that patients would be better served by a system managed by the private sector.</p> <p>“I don’t take any joy in this,” he said. “This creates a lot of harm for citizens in Oregon and nationally. It’s a tragedy, and it further erodes people’s confidence in government.”</p> <p>(Editing by Steve Gorman, Doina Chiacu and Sandra Maler)</p> <ul id="topics" class="hidden"> <li>Health Care Policy</li> <li>Politics & Government</li> <li>Oregon</li> <li>Affordable Care Act</li> </ul><p></p> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Oregon healthcare exchange website never worked, has no subscribers [ BeritaTerkini ]

By Jonathan Kaminsky (Reuters) – Oregon, a state that fully embraced the Affordable Care Act, is enduring one of the...

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21-Nov-2013 03:52

Mental health slots are scarce - The Free Lance-Star :: <a href="http://news.fredericksburg.com/newsdesk/2013/11/20/mental-health-slots-are-scarce/">http://news.fredericksburg.com/newsdesk/2013/11/20/mental-health-slots-are-scarce/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Illinois same-sex marriage law: 'An epic victory for equal rights' - Christian Science Monitor :: <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2013/1120/Illinois-same-sex-marriage-law-An-epic-victory-for-equal-rights">http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2013/1120/Illinois-same-sex-marriage-law-An-epic-victory-for-equal-rights</a><br /><br><br /><br>Elderly American detained in North Korea - CBS News :: <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57613280/elderly-american-detained-in-north-korea/">http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57613280/elderly-american-detained-in-north-korea/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Fla. bullying case: Charges dropped against 2 - Seattle Post Intelligencer :: <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/news/crime/article/Fla-bullying-case-Charges-dropped-against-2-4996657.php">http://www.seattlepi.com/news/crime/article/Fla-bullying-case-Charges-dropped-against-2-4996657.php</a><br /><br><br /><br>France: Newspaper Shooting Suspect Arrested - ABC News :: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/france-newspaper-shooting-suspect-arrested-20954052">http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/france-newspaper-shooting-suspect-arrested-20954052</a><br /><br><br /><br>Edward Snowden leaks: UK 'let NSA store email addresses' - BBC News :: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25028495">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25028495</a><br /><br><br /><br>Obama, Bill Clinton pay tribute to John F. Kennedy - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/20/obama-clinton-oprah-winfrey-dean-smith-ernie-banks/3650113/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/20/obama-clinton-oprah-winfrey-dean-smith-ernie-banks/3650113/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Fed Casts About for Endgame on Easy-Money Policy - Wall Street Journal :: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303653004579210143376261748.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303653004579210143376261748.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Missouri executes Joseph Paul Franklin, white supremacist killer who targeted ... - Seattle Post Intelligencer :: <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Missouri-executes-Joseph-Paul-Franklin-white-4995553.php">http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/Missouri-executes-Joseph-Paul-Franklin-white-4995553.php</a><br /><br><br /><br>Lance Armstrong Settles Insurance Lawsuit - Wall Street Journal :: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304607104579210230420923154">http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304607104579210230420923154</a>

21-Nov-2013 03:52

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Insurance commissioners raise concerns about healthcare fix with Obama [ BeritaTerkini ]

<div id="yom-ad-LREC" class="yom-ad yom-ad-LREC"> <center> <div id="yom-ad-LREC-iframe" class="yom-ad"></div> </center> </div> <p><br></p> <p>By Roberta Rampton and Lewis Krauskopf</p> <div class="body-slot-mod"> <div class="yom-remote"> <div class="yom-loading" id="mediacontentrelatedstory_container"></div> </div> </div> <p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) – State insurance commissioners told President Barack Obama on Wednesday that his effort to stem a wave of insurance cancellations caused by his signature healthcare law could lead to higher premiums.</p> <p>Obama met with representatives from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to discuss the “fix” he came up with last week to calm the uproar surrounding millions of cancellation notices sent to holders of individual health insurance policies no longer legal under the healthcare law, known as Obamacare.</p> <p>While taking responsibility for the troubled rollout of his law and apologizing for the promises he made that were not being kept, Obama sought last week to address the problem of canceled plans by giving insurers the option to extend them By one year, even if they did not meet minimum standards under the law.</p> <p>The insurance market in the United States is heavily regulated at the state level. While individual state commissioners have no legal obligation to go along with Obama’s wishes, the White House move effectively put the onus on them for cancellations caused by the administration’s law.</p> <p>Comments after the meeting reflected continued skepticism by some of the commissioners.</p> <p>In a statement, the group “stressed their concern that different rules for different policies would be detrimental to the overall insurance marketplace and could result in higher premiums for consumers, without addressing the underlying concern of gaps in coverage.”</p> <p>Since the passage of Obama’s Affordable Care Act in 2010, “state regulators have been working to ensure that plans are compliant with the new rules. These proposed changes are creating a level of uncertainty that we must work together to alleviate,” Jim Donelon, NAIC president and Louisiana insurance commissioner, said in a statement.</p> <p>“We share the President’s goal of affordable coverage for consumers, and we will work with the insurance companies in our states to implement changes that make sense while following our mandate of consumer protection,” he said.</p> <p>Insurance commissioners from Connecticut and North Carolina also attended the meeting along with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, White House domestic policy adviser Cecilia Munoz, healthcare adviser Chris Jennings, and White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler. The meeting lasted about 50 minutes.</p> <p>Since the messy rollout of the healthcare law last month, the administration has drawn criticism over its glitch-prone website and the revelation that Obama was wrong to promise that those people who liked their plan would be able to keep it if they wished.</p> <p>The troubles have sent Obama’s job approval rating down to 37 percent, according to the latest CBS News poll.</p> <p>STATE BY STATE</p> <p>Several million people stand to have their individual health insurance canceled at some point in 2014 despite a pledge by Obama that those who liked their benefits would be able to keep them under his law.</p> <p>Obama’s decision to allow an extension requires each state to examine whether it can do so under existing laws.</p> <p>Reuters checks have found that at least nine states, including Florida and Ohio, have said they will act on Obama’s offer to allow insurers to extend existing policies. But at least four others, including Washington and Massachusetts, do not plan to not implement the fix.</p> <p>States are concerned the cancellation fix will threaten the financial stability of the new health marketplaces. Insurance companies say unexpected changes in the mix of healthy and sick, or young and old people who choose the existing plans over new Obamacare-compliant policies could mean that some insurers will be forced to raise premiums or lose money.</p> <p>The White House said Obama told the commissioners his administration would work with them closely to ensure consumers are protected and health insurance markets are competitive.</p> <p>“States have different populations with unique needs, and it is up to the insurance commissioner and health insurance companies to decide which insurance products can be offered to existing customers next year,” it said in a statement about the meeting.</p> <p>Representatives from the NAIC told reporters after the White House meeting that they did not think the president was trying to pressure them to go along with his fix and recognized the difference among state insurance markets.</p> <p>“He made it clear to us that he really understands the value of state-based regulation,” said Thomas Leonardi, Connecticut’s insurance commissioner. “It wasn’t the president trying to persuade us or trying to stiff-arm us or anything like that. He was wanting to make the point that he gets what our value is and how can he help.”</p> <p>Donelon told reporters the NAIC would not be advocating for or against Obama’s fix.</p> <p>The Obama administration has been in damage control for weeks because of the website problems and general souring on the law.</p> <p>As part of that process, the White House released a report earlier on Wednesday saying the health law had helped spur stronger economic growth by contributing to slower increases in healthcare prices and spending.</p> <p>(Writing by Jeff Mason and Steve Holland Editing by Fred Barbash and Mohammad Zargham)</p> <ul id="topics" class="hidden"> <li>Politics & Government</li> <li>Insurance</li> <li>Barack Obama</li> <li>White House</li> <li>healthcare law</li> </ul><p></p> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Insurance commissioners raise concerns about healthcare fix with Obama [ BeritaTerkini ]

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21-Nov-2013 02:51

NY congresswoman OK after being robbed - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/20/grace-meng-congress-robbed-capitol-hill/3655735/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/20/grace-meng-congress-robbed-capitol-hill/3655735/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Nearby Hospitals Say No Inquiries Were Made for Gus Deeds - TIME :: <a href="http://nation.time.com/2013/11/20/nearby-hospitals-say-no-inquiries-were-made-for-gus-deeds/">http://nation.time.com/2013/11/20/nearby-hospitals-say-no-inquiries-were-made-for-gus-deeds/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Illinois becomes latest state to approve same-sex marriage - Los Angeles Times :: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-illinois-becomes-latest-state-to-approve-samesex-marriage-20131120,0,4038792.story">http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-illinois-becomes-latest-state-to-approve-samesex-marriage-20131120,0,4038792.story</a><br /><br><br /><br>Beirut Attack Marks Militant Resurgence - Wall Street Journal :: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304607104579210151841138592.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304607104579210151841138592.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Obama: Clinton represents 'very best of America' - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/11/20/barack-obama-bill-clinton-hillary-clinton-presidential-medal-of-freedom/3653329/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/11/20/barack-obama-bill-clinton-hillary-clinton-presidential-medal-of-freedom/3653329/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Paris shooting suspect's DNA matches crime scene samples - AFP :: <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hwzRhK80pUheUg4MtkggVVaV8PBg?docId%3D4faddf59-ffa5-4722-bdf1-9b356bbb650f">http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hwzRhK80pUheUg4MtkggVVaV8PBg?docId%3D4faddf59-ffa5-4722-bdf1-9b356bbb650f</a><br /><br><br /><br>NSA, Under Pres. Bush, Secretly Spied on UK Citizens with Tony Blair's ... - Opposing Views :: <a href="http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/foreign-policy/war-terror/nsa-under-pres-bush-secretly-spied-uk-citizens-tony-blairs">http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/foreign-policy/war-terror/nsa-under-pres-bush-secretly-spied-uk-citizens-tony-blairs</a><br /><br><br /><br>White Supremacist Convicted of Several Murders Is Put to Death in Missouri - New York Times :: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/us/joseph-paul-franklin-executed-in-missouri.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/us/joseph-paul-franklin-executed-in-missouri.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Fed Casts About for Endgame on Easy-Money Policy - Wall Street Journal :: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303653004579210143376261748.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303653004579210143376261748.html</a><br /><br><br /><br>Lance Armstrong Settles $3M Insurance Lawsuit - ABC News :: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/lance-armstrong-settles-3m-insurance-lawsuit-20953836">http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/lance-armstrong-settles-3m-insurance-lawsuit-20953836</a>

21-Nov-2013 02:51

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(500) Days of Cancer [ BeritaTerkini ]

<div class="float_left"> <div class="ad_share_box hidden"> <div id="ad_sharebox_260x60" class="ad_wrapper"></div> </div> </div> <p>One of my favorite movies is <em>(500) Days of Summer</em>. The story follows a guy named Tom as he chronicles all the highs and lows in his relationship with a girl named Summer over the course of a year and a half, or 500 days. Sometimes the story is told backwards, other times it fast-forwards to the present. Even though it’s told out of order, in the end it all makes sense why Tom tells it the way he does.</p> <p>As I’ve been reflecting on my own past 500 days, it’s amazing to think of all that has transpired since Day One. November 24th will be Day 500 in my own ongoing relationship… with cancer.</p> <p>Much like Tom, my memories tend to come back to me all out of chronological order. They seem to come back grouped in sets of emotions or feelings, like confusion, fear, pain, hope, anger, love, and redemption. As I remember every last chemo drip, blood transfusion, and hospital stay, along with every minor and major victory, I realize how strange the concept of time is. When it’s happening, it seems to last forever, yet when you look back it seems like it was just a blink of an eye.</p> <p>I remember all the hours spent staring at ugly hospital walls and ceilings wondering if I was about to die, and those memories make me feel very old. Yet at the same time, as I walk to class for my junior year of college, it dawns on me how much of life still waits ahead for me. I am only 21, even though I joke about feeling like I’m 81. I’m allowed to be young, to feel young, to want the same things other young people want.</p> <p>Yes, this experience has made me older and wiser in ways I never anticipated. But my life is not over yet… it is just beginning, if I will let it. I must stop replaying these last 500 days on loop in my brain. I must start a new Day One.</p> <p>I just don’t quite know how to do that, though. Unlike a romantic love interest, cancer doesn’t let you break up with it and move on. Cancer always sticks around. Maybe it won’t show up physically on the lab reports or scans, but it’s always there, in my hopes, my fears, my uncertain future. Cancer is the ultimate question mark on my life, and I wish I could be certain of a good answer. But I have no answers for the future. I only have answers for right now.</p> <p>Right now, I did not have any traceable evidence of disease show up in my latest bloodwork. I have not relapsed. I am better now than I was this time 500 days ago. That’s all I can say for sure. And I’m learning to come to peace with that.</p> <p>I don’t know if there will ever really be a new Day One for me again, but the best I can do is move forward to Day 501 and take it on full-force with the hopes of a Day 502 in the horizon. One day at a time, that’s all anyone can do.</p> <p></p> <p><br></p> <div class="clear full"> </div> <p></p> <p><b><br> Follow Elise Frame on Twitter:</b></p> <p><b>www.twitter.com/EliseFrame</b></p> <div class="clear"></div> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

(500) Days of Cancer [ BeritaTerkini ]

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The Path to Free Toys!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmTZAKHB0xr0h8gibcHRwKRtNe1q4MnYpBi25LucW2Naf49GUNCofJWaUk1dUkel-nErsFBWChaMsCz1wXZ1RGgPnUAWzIP4RCbIpAH1xj6YEBApZ_cosXv1dEzG-3D8OY69QkZaN-24/s1600/The+Path+to+Free+Toys.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmTZAKHB0xr0h8gibcHRwKRtNe1q4MnYpBi25LucW2Naf49GUNCofJWaUk1dUkel-nErsFBWChaMsCz1wXZ1RGgPnUAWzIP4RCbIpAH1xj6YEBApZ_cosXv1dEzG-3D8OY69QkZaN-24/s320/The+Path+to+Free+Toys.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />I wonder if the financial experts telling us all to <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=000001.SS&t=my&l=off&z=l&q=l&c=">invest in China</a> were factoring in the price of toys.<br /><br /><b>November 20, 2013</b><br /><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/riots-walmart-black-friday-thanksgiving/story?id=20943727">Walmart's Black Friday, Thanksgiving Plans Try to Control Crowds: Will They Work?</a><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666;"><i>Over 100 toys will be a part of the pre-Black Friday deals that begin on Friday. Among the deals are Hot Wheels cars, which are Walmart's biggest unit mover in its toy department, on sale for 60 cents from 97 cents. A game of Monopoly will be available for $5, down from its usual price of $11.77.</i></div><br />For what it is worth, I remember paying $1 per Hot Wheels car in the 1970s.<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://www.bls.gov/data/#prices">BLS: Inflation & Prices</a>

The Path to Free Toys!

Click to enlarge. I wonder if the financial experts telling us all to invest in China were factoring in the price of toys. November 20, 201...

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21-Nov-2013 01:50

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21-Nov-2013 01:50

Illinois becomes 16th state to legalize marriage equality - MSNBC :: http://www.msnbc.com/thomas-roberts/illinois-gay-marriage Mo. may carr...

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VIDEO: Quick and Easy Dinner Idea [ BeritaTerkini ]

<div class="float_left"> <div class="ad_share_box hidden"> <div id="ad_sharebox_260x60" class="ad_wrapper"></div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Simple Supper Recipe Idea" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-29874" height="277" src="http://meghantelpner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/SimpleSupper-YT-668x377.jpg" width="500"></p> <p>Josh and I are having so much fun exploring out here on the West Coast that lately, simple suppers have been the name of the game.</p> <p>This simple supper idea is a guaranteed winner. When we filmed this episode, we shot this segment as the first of the day and the rest of the morning I was counting down until I could devour this creation on our lunch break.</p> <p>What I love so much about this recipe creation is that it is so modifiable (like what I teach in the UnDiet Meal Prep Made Easy Program).</p> <p>This recipe is planti-fully delicious and can easily be modified if you choose to add a little lean protein in place of the beans. Sweet potatoes are considered “safe” carbs on the paleo plan so this is truly a one-size-will-fit-everyone-in-the-family recipe.</p> <p>I also love, for those of us who have the picky eaters in our home, that this recipe invites us to customize our very own potato, choosing our own toppings and sauces.</p> <p></p> <p>Ready to get cooking?</p> <hr><p><span class="h1">Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Beans and Greens</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Simple Supper" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29878" height="227" src="http://meghantelpner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Simple-Supper.jpg" width="500"></p> <p><em> Serves 4</em></p> <p>4 organic sweet potatoes<br> 2 tablespoons olive oil or ghee<br> ½ red onion, diced<br> 1 garlic clove, minced<br> 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes, sambal olek or 1 tsp of your favorite hot sauce<br> 1 can, organic cooked and drained beans of choice or 1 pound lean free-run organic protein of choice<br> 6 cups greens, trimmed and sliced into ribbons<br> Juice of 1/4 lemon<br> Sea salt to taste</p> <p><em>Optional Add-ons:</em></p> <ul> <li>Hemp seeds – protein bonus</li> <li>Toasted sunflower or pumpkin seeds</li> <li>Fresh sprouts</li> <li>Tahini cream dressing</li> </ul><p><span class="h2"> Directions</span></p> <ol> <li>Preheat oven to 400°F.</li> <li>Scrub the sweet potatoes and prick them in a few places with a fork.</li> <li>Place them on a baking sheet and bake until soft all the way through, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.</li> <li>While sweet potato is baking, heat olive oil on a medium pan and add the onion and garlic. Cook until soft.</li> <li>Add the beans and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.</li> <li>Remove from heat and stir in your greens (the heat will wilt them). Add your lemon juice, red pepper flakes and sea salt to taste.</li> <li>Remove sweet potatoes from oven. To serve, slice each sweet potato through the middle, top with beans + greens mix, drizzle with dressing and add any of your extras.</li> </ol><p><span class="h2"><strong>Tahini Dressing</strong></span></p> <p>¼ cup tahini<br> ¼ cup olive oil<br> 2 tbsp tamari<br> 1 clove garlic<br> water as needed</p> <ul> <li><span style="line-height: 24px;">Blend until smooth.</span></li> </ul><p><strong><span class="h2">What are your favorite simple supper ideas? Post your inspiration, recipes or links below!<br></span></strong><em>Special thanks to our favorite farmers at Fresh City Farms for providing all of the organic produce for this episode.</em><strong><span class="h2"><br></span></strong></p> <hr><p></p> <p><br></p> <div class="clear full"> </div> <p><br></p> <p><b><br> Follow Meghan Telpner on Twitter:</b></p> <p><b>www.twitter.com/@meghantelpner</b></p> <div class="clear"></div> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

VIDEO: Quick and Easy Dinner Idea [ BeritaTerkini ]

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Shareholders raise surveillance concerns at AT&T, Verizon [ BeritaTerkini ]

<p><cite class="byline vcard">By <span class="fn">Ross Kerber and Sinead Carew</span> | <span class="provider org">Reuters</span> – </cite></p> <div class="yom-mod yom-art-content" id="mediaarticlebody"> <div class="bd"> <p class="first">By Ross Kerber and Sinead Carew</p> <p>BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shareholders of telecom giants AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Inc are seeking more details related to their sharing of customer information with governments, showing investors starting to push back over the role of communications companies in spying operations.</p> <p>Activists including Trillium Asset Management of Boston and the $ 161 billion (£99.99 billion) New York State Common Retirement Fund have filed proposals for the spring shareholder meetings of AT&T and Verizon, representatives said.</p> <p>Both resolutions call on the companies to report semi-annually on “metrics and discussion regarding requests for customer information by U.S. and foreign governments.”</p> <p>As carriers of massive amounts of voice and data traffic, the telecommunications companies have been at the centre of controversies over the use of their data by U.S. intelligence agencies. Just on Monday the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to a ruling that gave the government access to Verizon records of millions of telephone calls.</p> <p>A worry is the close ties could hurt the companies’ business, said Trillium Senior Vice President Jonas Kron.</p> <p>“From an investor perspective, this is one of those issues where there’s an overlap of interests” among privacy advocates and business groups, Kron said. He cited surveys that spying fears could cut tens of billions of dollars from the sales of cloud computing services.</p> <p>New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, sole trustee of the state retirement fund, the prime sponsor of the resolution at AT&T, said “Customer trust is critical for any business, but nowhere is it more so than for those corporations that handle our personal data and communications.”</p> <p>AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel said that “As standard practice we look carefully at all shareholder proposals but at this point in the process we do not expect to comment on them.”</p> <p>Verizon spokesman Bob Varettoni declined to comment on the shareholder proposal it received except to say the company is evaluating it.</p> <p>Customers in growth markets like China have historically mistrusted U.S. technology corporations. Those fears have been stoked by disclosures from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.</p> <p>For instance, Cisco Systems Inc last week blamed what some analysts call “the Snowden effect” in part for dismal quarterly revenue. Others have questioned the financial impact of the revelations, however.</p> <p>In response many technology companies have pushed for — or at least aimed to be seen pushing for — transparency in their dealings with U.S. intelligence agencies.</p> <p>Companies including Google Inc, Microsoft Corp, Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc, Apple Inc and Yahoo! Inc have published “transparency reports” showing government data requests. Some have in addition gone to court seeking to disclose more details.</p> <p>But the two big telecommunications companies have not responded as aggressively to the data requests, the shareholder activists note in their resolutions.</p> <p>Specifically, the resolutions cite press reports of the intelligence agencies’ involvement with the companies, and the resulting criticism from figures like Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff, who called U.S. monitoring activities “a breach of international law.”</p> <p>The resolutions call on AT&T and Verizon to publish semi-annual reports, subject to current laws, “providing metrics and discussion regarding requests for customer information by U.S. and foreign governments, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information.”</p> <p>Trillium has $ 1.3 billion under management and calls itself the oldest independent investment adviser focused on sustainable and responsible investing. Trillium and other activists have used shareholder proposals in the past to air out arcane issues such as several “network neutrality” measures it brought at AT&T and Verizon since 2012. One at Verizon in the spring won support from 24 percent of shareholders.</p> <p>Even when such measures don’t pass, activists see them as a way to call attention to issues.</p> <p>“Often the utility of such resolutions is to generate conversation with and among management, particularly if the company has refused to engage in other ways,” said Christine Bader, a lecturer on human rights and business at Columbia University. She is also affiliated with the Global Network Initiative, a privacy-advocacy group that counts some of the technology companies as participants.</p> <p>Filers of the AT&T proposal include the New York State fund, Trillium, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, and Arjuna Capital, according to a statement from Open MIC, a non-profit organization in New York that works with investors on media issues and helped organize the resolutions.</p> <p>Filers of the Verizon proposal include Trillium, the ACLU chapter, the Park Foundation, and Clean Yield Asset Management, the activists said.</p> <p>(Reporting By Ross Kerber; editing by Andrew Hay)</p> <p></p> </div> </div> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Shareholders raise surveillance concerns at AT&T, Verizon [ BeritaTerkini ]

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Dentisse Toothpaste review!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e7D48VAYfPU/Uo1GYKjTyQI/AAAAAAAAK-c/Rnp05C_JNrk/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e7D48VAYfPU/Uo1GYKjTyQI/AAAAAAAAK-c/Rnp05C_JNrk/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.dentisse.com/">Dentisse</a> premium oral care products was developed by two scientists that whipped up small batches of their white kaolin clay based formula for their family and friends. Their product was soon a hit and they raved over their concoction that made their teeth noticeably whiter and how it was better than other toothpastes! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Over all the good reviews from friends and family they decided to market their products for all to enjoy for a radiant and  whiter smile!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What I love about this company is that their products are made as natural as possible and doesn't sacrifice dental properties, with that in mind Dentisse premium oral care products were born! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was sent their toothpaste for review to test out myself, and so far I absolutely love it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Didn't have a chalky taste or an overpowering minty taste at all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I only used it once so far, so I'm going to use it for 2 weeks to see if it actually works.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Brushing for 2 weeks:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Longer lasting fresh breath</div><div style="text-align: center;">More radiant smile</div><div style="text-align: center;">Smoother teeth</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cleaner feeling mouth</div><div style="text-align: center;">Less plaque and tartar buildup </div><div style="text-align: center;">Gleaming noticeably whiter teeth</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They also have a mouth rinse and lip balm too!<br /><br />Learn more about their products and connect with them on these sites listed:<br /><br />Website:<br /><a href="https://www.dentisse.com/">https://www.dentisse.com</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Facebook:<br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dentisse-Premium-Oral-Care/150125958367866?ref=ts&fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dentisse-Premium-Oral-Care/150125958367866?ref=ts&fref=ts</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Dentisse Toothpaste review!

  Dentisse  premium oral care products was developed by two scientists that whipped up small batches of their white kaolin clay based formul...

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21-Nov-2013 00:49

Investigator recalls meeting racist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin for first time - WRCB-TV :: <a href="http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/24026541/investigator-recalls-meeting-racist-serial-killer-joseph-paul-franklin-for-first-time">http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/24026541/investigator-recalls-meeting-racist-serial-killer-joseph-paul-franklin-for-first-time</a><br /><br><br /><br>NY congresswoman OK after being robbed - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/20/grace-meng-congress-robbed-capitol-hill/3655735/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/20/grace-meng-congress-robbed-capitol-hill/3655735/</a><br /><br><br /><br>George W. Bush on being president: 'Eight years is plenty' - Washington Post (blog) :: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/11/20/george-w-bush-on-being-president-eight-years-is-plenty/?tid%3DhpModule_ba0d4c2a-86a2-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/11/20/george-w-bush-on-being-president-eight-years-is-plenty/?tid%3DhpModule_ba0d4c2a-86a2-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394</a><br /><br><br /><br>Billy Graham hospitalized for "respiratory congestion" - WTSP 10 News :: <a href="http://www.wtsp.com/news/national/article/345554/81/Rev-Billy-Graham-back-in-the-hospital">http://www.wtsp.com/news/national/article/345554/81/Rev-Billy-Graham-back-in-the-hospital</a><br /><br><br /><br>Defiant Toronto mayor still in 'Desert Storm mode' - AFP :: <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g2WgrZrL_jyKMWU_t4H0Wr_cLa9Q?docId%3Db8ac9a0d-9b57-4ee4-8339-109291840c49">http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g2WgrZrL_jyKMWU_t4H0Wr_cLa9Q?docId%3Db8ac9a0d-9b57-4ee4-8339-109291840c49</a><br /><br><br /><br>Armstrong settles $3 million lawsuit over bonuses - WHTC :: <a href="http://whtc.com/news/articles/2013/nov/20/armstrong-settles-3-million-lawsuit-over-bonuses/">http://whtc.com/news/articles/2013/nov/20/armstrong-settles-3-million-lawsuit-over-bonuses/</a><br /><br><br /><br>Quinn signs Illinois gay marriage bill - Chicago Tribune :: <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-illinois-gay-marriage-bill-signing-20131120,0,4464600.story">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-illinois-gay-marriage-bill-signing-20131120,0,4464600.story</a><br /><br><br /><br>Rep. Trey Radel pleads guilty to cocaine charge - USA TODAY :: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/20/trey-radel-cocaine-sting-congress/3649619/">http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/20/trey-radel-cocaine-sting-congress/3649619/</a><br /><br><br /><br>State Senator's Son Was Talented and Troubled - TIME :: <a href="http://nation.time.com/2013/11/20/state-senators-son-was-talented-and-troubled/">http://nation.time.com/2013/11/20/state-senators-son-was-talented-and-troubled/</a>

21-Nov-2013 00:49

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U.S. Colleges and Universities Deserve an ‘A’ for Going Tobacco-Free [ BeritaTerkini ]

<div class="float_left"> <div class="ad_share_box hidden"> <div id="ad_sharebox_260x60" class="ad_wrapper"></div> </div> </div> <p>Co-authored by<br><strong>Cynthia Hallett, MPH<br> Executive Director<br> American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation</strong></p> <p>The Great American Smokeout (GASO), sponsored by the American Cancer Society, encourages smokers to quit for a day and plan to quit smoking for good. This year, celebrating GASO also involves recognizing the growing leadership of our nation’s colleges and universities in making campuses smoke- or tobacco-free.</p> <p>Our physical environment affects the daily choices we make about life and health. For decades, such environments have promoted a cultural norm glamorizing tobacco use that has led to devastating outcomes. College and university campuses can prevent nicotine addiction among students by implementing tobacco-free campus policies and promoting healthy lifestyle choices.</p> <p>As the 2012 Surgeon General’s Report <em>Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults</em> illustrates, many lifestyle choices that lead to future health risk, including tobacco use, peak between 21 and 25 years of age. The number of smokers who started after age 18 has recently increased from 600,000 (2002) to 1 million (2010). This means that, ultimately, up to 1 million current college students could die prematurely from tobacco use.</p> <p>In September of 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), together with several key partners, launched the Tobacco Free College Campus Initiative (TFCCI) to encourage the voluntary adoption of tobacco-free policies at institutions of higher learning across the nation. It has been a remarkable year since the launch. Colleges and universities everywhere have launched campus conversations that remind their students, faculty and administration that the tobacco epidemic is far from solved. They have initiated inclusive dialogues about possible policy change options, and have considered new policies that could restore their campuses to places where health, not addiction, is the norm.</p> <p>The Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights (ANR) Foundation, a non-lobbying, educational, nonprofit organization (501(c)3), creates comprehensive programs that support smoking prevention, the benefits of smoke-free air, and the right to breathe smoke-free air. The ANR Foundation has tracked, collected, and analyzed tobacco control laws around the country since the early 1980s. Each quarter, the ANR Foundation unveils updated information to communicate the current status of smoke-free air environments. Today, in honor of GASO, ANR Foundation has released the latest list of smoke- and tobacco-free schools.</p> <p>When the TFCCI began in September 2012, 774 colleges and universities were smoke- or tobacco-free. Today, there are more than 1127 100% smoke-free campuses and 758 of those are 100% tobacco-free. We celebrate the dramatic rise in that number, not only because it represents a rapidly growing percentage of the 4,583 colleges and universities in the United States, but also because it reflects the improved health of students today that will reduce risk of illness and death tomorrow.</p> <p>We can offer many resources for user-friendly information about tobacco prevention and cessation. Everyone who is interested in quitting should seek help from a tobacco cessation program such as smokefree.gov, 1-800-QUIT-NOW or through their health insurance plans. As a result of the Affordable Care Act, most private health insurance plans will now cover the cost of cessation interventions for tobacco users. HHS’ website, BeTobaccoFree.gov, represents another valuable resource that includes user-friendly information on the health impact of tobacco use, federal and state laws and policies, and the best guidance on how to quit. Also, January 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the first Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health. A new Report will highlight a half-century of progress in tobacco control and prevention, as well as present new data on the health consequences of tobacco use.</p> <p>Deglamorizing and denormalizing tobacco use for adolescents and young adults can help our country reclaim a social norm of health and wellness. As we encourage our loved ones to quit today, let’s also recognize the leadership of colleges and universities around the country that will make our country stronger and healthier for the future.</p> <p></p> <p><br></p> <div class="clear full"> </div> <p></p> <p><b><br> Follow Dr. Howard K. Koh on Twitter:</b></p> <p><b>www.twitter.com/@HHS_DrKoh</b></p> <div class="clear"></div> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

U.S. Colleges and Universities Deserve an ‘A’ for Going Tobacco-Free [ BeritaTerkini ]

Co-authored by Cynthia Hallett, MPH Executive Director American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation The Great American Smokeout (G...

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20-Nov-2013 23:48

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20-Nov-2013 23:48

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WowButter Review & Giveaway!

<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B28ZnYYWMCM/Uo06-LY0gSI/AAAAAAAAK-E/wTFmqXDYRBc/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B28ZnYYWMCM/Uo06-LY0gSI/AAAAAAAAK-E/wTFmqXDYRBc/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></span></i></a></div><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />You or a loved one suffer from a peanut allergy?</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Wow butter is a creamy and delicious peanut free butter designed for kids and adults that suffer from peanut allergies.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />It's amazing how it tastes exactly like peanut butter ! It's made from toasted soy giving it that sweet and nutty taste just like peanut butter!</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Better than peanut butter because it's healthier and contains all 9 essential amino acids as due eggs and meat!</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ljwZmK8HKXk/Uo06-C0rDKI/AAAAAAAAK-E/DmIDUENK-Cw/s1600/13+-+2" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ljwZmK8HKXk/Uo06-C0rDKI/AAAAAAAAK-E/DmIDUENK-Cw/s320/13+-+2" width="320" /></span></i></a></div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i><i>I don't have any peanut allergies but love this spread,  know I said this before but I just can't believe how much it taste like peanut butter!</i></span><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />You can use this nutty spread on anything your heart desires such as :</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Here's my pb&j smoothie!</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Tasted just like my old time favorite sandwich! </span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-037Y7kd_sZQ/Uo06-CzfCmI/AAAAAAAAK-E/SzhAAGg5WE0/s1600/13+-+3" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-037Y7kd_sZQ/Uo06-CzfCmI/AAAAAAAAK-E/SzhAAGg5WE0/s320/13+-+3" width="320" /></span></i></a></div><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Cakes</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Brownies</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Smoothies</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Toast</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Bagels</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Crackers</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Apples</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Celery</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Cookies</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Energy bars</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Granola bars</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">On some ice cream</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Sandwiches</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">And tons more!</span></i><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t8PUJMCdPys/Up-jxKplhnI/AAAAAAAALQo/s0gOre9S-YY/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t8PUJMCdPys/Up-jxKplhnI/AAAAAAAALQo/s0gOre9S-YY/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i><i>Did you know these facts about WowButter?!</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span><br /><h3 class="green" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #009933; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: -webkit-left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><strong><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.soybutter.com/schooltestimonial.php" style="color: #000066;" target="_blank"></a></span></i></strong></h3><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> contains the health benefits of soy which are vital from childhood through adulthood - helping to prevent heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, obesity, diabetes, menopausal symptoms, helping build, maintain and repair muscles and much much more.</span></i></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Interested in their products? Check them out on their social media sites!</span></i></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Don't forget to enter to win a case of WowButter from my giveaway below! </span></i></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Good luck!</span></i></div><div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Links:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Website:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.soybutter.com/index.html"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">http://www.soybutter.com/index.html</span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Facebook:</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/WOWBUTTERcom/137834539596229?ref=ts&fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/pages/WOWBUTTERcom/137834539596229?ref=ts&fref=ts</a></span></i></div><div class="pgtContainpgt" id="pgt966528615pgt"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://giveawaytools.com/giveaway.php?sk=966528615" rel="nofollow" target="_BLANK2">Entry</a><script src="//giveawaytools.com/wid/embed.php?sk=966528615" type="text/javascript"></script><a href="http://giveawaytools.com/giveaway.php?sk=966528615" rel="nofollow" target="_BLANK2">-Form</a></span></div>

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