Woman Shrinks Inoperable Mass and Heals Her Thyroid Disease With Cannabis Oil

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="_5pcd img" src="https://fbexternal-a.akamaihd.net/safe_image.php?d=AQBsCD7Tk80TI2gm&w=398&h=208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnocamels.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F01%2Fbigstock-Marijuana-51330745.jpg&cfs=1" /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'In May 2011, it was discovered through a blood test at a routine Dr. visit that I was pregnant and also displaying signs and symptoms of Hyperthyroidism . Immediately I was placed on medication to control my thyroid and that is when my problems really started. I stayed very sick on the medication and my Dr. felt my concerns of being 'poisoned' were over-exaggerated. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I felt like I was dying, but I was afraid to go against the doctors orders as I was still suffering terribly inside from the loss of my last pregnancy. I had lost my last baby in my 5th month of pregnancy and no one had any answers 'why' or what had went so wrong. That kept me sad and secretly confused - I did everything 'by the book', there was NO REASON for the miscarriage, and no explanation of any kind except the repeated phrase 'Only God knows why'.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://preventdisease.com/news/14/012114_Woman-Shrinks-Inoperable-Mass-Heals-Thyroid-Disease-With-Cannabis-Oil.shtml">more... </a></span>

Woman Shrinks Inoperable Mass and Heals Her Thyroid Disease With Cannabis Oil

'In May 2011, it was discovered through a blood test at a routine Dr. visit that I was pregnant and also displaying signs and symptoms o...

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The Ugly Side of Statins: An Honest Look at the Research of Cholesterol-lowering Drugs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><img alt="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHb43KhTdPeOdwbbR9YPFBsPcK8OJPx6HIvLLqsf1B1iHz6NioZ-zZgTzUxRMP6pebEbIVU9KA_RbynBjieosidlbY2NzOFjIT80btcbuIBbZHW5TU4HpZmZz3TtvFY0T8ARBqABpa2c/s640/Big+Pharma+well+org_crime.JPG" class="decoded" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHb43KhTdPeOdwbbR9YPFBsPcK8OJPx6HIvLLqsf1B1iHz6NioZ-zZgTzUxRMP6pebEbIVU9KA_RbynBjieosidlbY2NzOFjIT80btcbuIBbZHW5TU4HpZmZz3TtvFY0T8ARBqABpa2c/s640/Big+Pharma+well+org_crime.JPG" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'Statin drugs may very well become the largest criminal act ever committed upon the American public.</span> <span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> This study, reviewing the so-called scientific studies backing the rationale for cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, is probably the most comprehensive one to date. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">It is: </span> <span style="font-size: large;">... “a comprehensive review of Pubmed, EMBASE and Cochrane review databases was undertaken for articles relating to cardiovascular primary prevention and statin side effects with the aim of harmonizing their ro<span class="text_exposed_show">les within contemporary clinic practice.”<br /> <br /> And the conclusion of this review of the scientific studies? <br /> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text_exposed_show">“The findings on statin major adverse effects had been under-reported and the way in which they withheld from the public, and even concealed, is a scientific farce.”'</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text_exposed_show">Read <a href="http://coconutoil.com/the-ugly-side-of-statins-an-honest-look-at-the-research-of-cholesterol-lowering-drugs/">more... </a></span></span>

The Ugly Side of Statins: An Honest Look at the Research of Cholesterol-lowering Drugs

  'Statin drugs may very well become the largest criminal act ever committed upon the American public. This study, reviewing the so-ca...

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Nutrition Advocacy Group Makes Headway in Protecting Your Freedom of Choice

<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="248" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/qkuNejVGhTQ" width="440"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'When it comes to nutrition, it is very important that you have the right to freedom of choice and information. Unfortunately, organizations such as the American Dietetic Association (now calling itself the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or AND) are threatening your freedom of choice about health and nutrition.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The AND has pushed state laws to block almost anyone, except their registered dietitians (RDs), from legally giving nutritional advice.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Their mission is to censor the broader nutrition community, which includes many well trained and educated practitioners, such as clinical nutritionists, pharmacists, naturopathic doctors and traditional naturopaths, acupuncturists, herbalists, nurses, mental health professionals, homeopaths, personal trainers, and the like.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Though it may seem incredible that laws have been crafted to create a de facto monopoly for one private group, this is exactly what's happened. Why should you be concerned?'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/01/21/nutrition-dietetics-monopoly.aspx">more... </a></span>

Nutrition Advocacy Group Makes Headway in Protecting Your Freedom of Choice

'When it comes to nutrition, it is very important that you have the right to freedom of choice and information. Unfortunately, organizat...

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Make Your Own All-Natural Sleep Aid

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="spotlight" src="https://scontent-b-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1/1535690_642904032423192_570849131_n.jpg" style="height: 403px; width: 403px;" /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'I am fairly confident that most of us, at some time in our lives, have experienced trouble sleeping.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">For some of us sleeplessness can come during times of transition…like when we move into a new home or travel. This type of disturbance in our sleep pattern will usually only last for a couple of nights.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Then there’s the type of insomnia that carries on for a couple to three weeks and is usually caused by anxiety or stress.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">On the other hand, it’s chronic insomnia — or poor quality of sleep occurring three or more nights a week for months at a time – which can be a real cause for concern and generally requires an investigation to uncover the root cause of the problem.'</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://frugallysustainable.com/2012/08/make-your-own-all-natural-sleep-aid/">more... </a></span>

Make Your Own All-Natural Sleep Aid

'I am fairly confident that most of us, at some time in our lives, have experienced trouble sleeping. For some of us sleeplessness can c...

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2ème édition du concours Envie d’Avenir

<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.planetadam-orleans.org" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzP2R_o87UjRztHcEP5ejQHQvI-PCne-PkEoJAB0D7hdtNUR9Eor_NBwjSyvcihlsu7mvhJ8h6CnFi0lxxAIfFKaXZad0vat3_6GIEkll7wWc_yHYJkp9jNv80xUqZmmaetC9DOrAbVLQW/s400/banner_concours_edition_2.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.planetadam-orleans.org">PlaNet ADAM Orléans</a>, en partenariat avec l’Oréal, organise la deuxième édition du concours « Envie d’avenir ». Ce concours s’adresse aux habitants des quartiers prioritaires de l’agglomération orléanaise, qui ont un projet de création d’entreprise ou qui sont enregistrés au registre du commerce depuis moins d’un an. Il s’adresse également aux personnes intéressées d’entreprendre en ZUS (Zone Urbaine Sensible). <br /><br /><b>Un concours pour sensibiliser à la création d’entreprise</b><br /><br />Trois objectifs sont recherchés au travers de ce concours :<ul> <li>Sensibiliser à la création d’entreprise <li>Promouvoir les valeurs suivantes : créativité, autonomie et solidarité <li>Valoriser le potentiel entrepreneurial des quartiers populaires de l’agglomération orléanaise.</ul> <b>Modalités de participation au concours « Envie d’avenir » </b>:<ul><li>Le concours « Envie d’avenir » s’adresse à tous ceux qui veulent créer ou développer leur entreprise et qui résident dans les quartiers prioritaires de l'agglomération orléanaise. <li>L’entreprise doit être en projet de création ou être créée depuis moins d’un an.</ul>12 000 euros de dotations seront réparties entre les deux catégories (émergence et jeunes créateurs) et les lauréats dans chacune d’entre elles. <br /><br />Pour s’inscrire, se rendre sur <a href="http://www.planetadam-orleans.org">www.planetadam-orleans.org</a>. <br /><br />Les inscriptions au concours sont ouvertes du <b>21 janvier au 30 mars 2014</b>. <br /><br />

2ème édition du concours Envie d’Avenir

PlaNet ADAM Orléans , en partenariat avec l’Oréal, organise la deuxième édition du concours « Envie d’avenir ». Ce concours s’adresse aux h...

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Mount St. Equity

The following chart shows home equity divided by wages and salaries. I have added an exponential decay trend line in red that uses the data points in red.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-kPxa7D58RCvWv0O2kwQWKqqjXZeY-8SN7VkL5jaJeKSHEGJ0RJ09TUVIKEeCPOVFFgU7d2joBxptTuuVo8XVON8fVihA2GOcbcd20_OCbwbUGgIYc0pf9jO51jPpnls1x8xUCbd54o/s1600/Mount+St.+Equity.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-kPxa7D58RCvWv0O2kwQWKqqjXZeY-8SN7VkL5jaJeKSHEGJ0RJ09TUVIKEeCPOVFFgU7d2joBxptTuuVo8XVON8fVihA2GOcbcd20_OCbwbUGgIYc0pf9jO51jPpnls1x8xUCbd54o/s320/Mount+St.+Equity.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bgRnVhbfIKQ" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20091228,00.html">Time Magazine: Person of the Year (2009)</a><br /><br />Congrats to Ben Bernanke for mopping up after the speculative volcano erupted! Price stability! Maximum employment! <a href="http://www.chicagofed.org/webpages/publications/speeches/our_dual_mandate.cfm">The Dual Mandate Man</a> had it all!<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=reL">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

Mount St. Equity

The following chart shows home equity divided by wages and salaries. I have added an exponential decay trend line in red that uses the data ...

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Vayenga sharply commented on the disease Zhanna Friske

<script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- bleu 280 --><br /><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8441125172513237" data-ad-slot="8164661108" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1va65gzZ03zDUxSfaDJN47ec6l2tdtQdr32p8XkW674oEgM_Nz36-DDuqsRQ7R5I2gdpSRMN9CBZ_bOU6xkTnfosDWCGN3APE_4WTvf8psl4vydmPHv_vMzGadjop-A2_d4L8xhWW/s1600/Vayenga..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1va65gzZ03zDUxSfaDJN47ec6l2tdtQdr32p8XkW674oEgM_Nz36-DDuqsRQ7R5I2gdpSRMN9CBZ_bOU6xkTnfosDWCGN3APE_4WTvf8psl4vydmPHv_vMzGadjop-A2_d4L8xhWW/s1600/Vayenga..jpg" /></a></div><br />Singer Helen <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2014/01/stars-support-zhanna-friske.html" target="_blank">Vayenga</a></b> known reluctance to advertise privacy. Elena hid her pregnancy, did not tell reporters about newborn son. Vayenga believes that privacy should not be imposed artists on display. <br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br />Online now actively discussing the disease <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2014/01/treatment-zhanna-friske-russians-have.html" target="_blank">Zhanna Friske</a></b>. Andrei <b>Malakhov</b>, with whom Helena is not the best attitude, dedicated to <b>Zhanna Friske</b> program "Let them talk." Vayenga could not respond. Girl criticized Malakhov, saying that such behavior is unacceptable, because the family of <b>Zhanna Friske</b> asked not to disturb the singer.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* boton */ google_ad_slot = "4392536701"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 90; //--></script><script src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Vayenga sharply commented on the disease Zhanna Friske

Singer Helen Vayenga known reluctance to advertise privacy. Elena hid her pregnancy, did not tell reporters about newborn son. Vayenga be...

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Eugene Feofilaktova opens his clothing store

<script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* bleu 280 */ google_ad_slot = "8164661108"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--></script><script src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><br />Ex-member of the "Dom-2" Eugene Feofilaktova January 26 opens his accouterment store. On what she expects from this business endeavor, Jack told "StarHitu». <br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br />«Last summer, for a photo shoot gave me a admirable dress - says Feofilaktova-Gusev. - I looked at myself in the mirror - sits perfectly! I think: That would attending so all the girls - stylish, fashionable. Go home and abide to ponder: What if you accessible your store? And advertise it alone those apparel that she capital to purchase. Such a mark of quality! Husband Anton anon accustomed the idea. Just added that both men would be acceptable to action jackets, jeans. In the evening, we sat at the table, estimated savings, basic business plan sketched. Some acquaintance we had. After the bearing of her son Daniel created an online children's accouterment abundance and bad things were in it. But in the absolute apple a lot of fresh nuances. For example, area to stay? Close to home in Teply Stan - arcade center, area I get dressed. There and absitively to appraise the situation. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBaaNjllh3sGfU-NPqq-dJLNiZMUy_Jt98x-jTTKpw3YTfDQNcd_OZhIiFr78ZYX201x6cAQrBExRO3Jcn2W2wngsuFHOQDg7SZUPx1IBWm7RloHvsdLIoAEtZmWPxyBYYuIP5wdJ/s1600/Eugene+Feofilaktova+opens+his+clothing+store.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Eugene Feofilaktova" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBaaNjllh3sGfU-NPqq-dJLNiZMUy_Jt98x-jTTKpw3YTfDQNcd_OZhIiFr78ZYX201x6cAQrBExRO3Jcn2W2wngsuFHOQDg7SZUPx1IBWm7RloHvsdLIoAEtZmWPxyBYYuIP5wdJ/s1600/Eugene+Feofilaktova+opens+his+clothing+store.jpeg" title="Eugene Feofilaktova" /></a></div><br /><br />Place for hire - 38 m. m - was about to be appear on the additional attic amid the arcade accoutrements and bed linen. By the way, a little further appearance adornment bazaar Oli Buzovoy! Anon alleged her. She was captivated and gave some advantageous tips. About discounts aboriginal customers, for example. Olya law, in business there is no detail. Buyers charge be accommodating to shop for things from us. <br /><br />Anton and I accept appear up with such an autogenous - do not appetite to leave! Prices are absolutely affordable - from 1 to 15 thousand rubles. Sizes from 40 th to 48 th. Already the aboriginal accumulation came from Turkey back unwind, go to Italy. Maybe put a distinct arbor - "second-hand from Gusevs." The actuality that we are with Anton - shopaholics. Both accept accumulated a lot of abundant things that wore alone once. That avenue came up, how to stop swearing because of amplitude in the closet! " <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcSVmBkiWZGWpmKPBX_J-aQH_YEZM6sxzNHHCATtFIjZDV2fZ7_gDZhHAWWGXd_7RN4UTc7EYw0_RFTClWRxVQtDqjh0ASB7xq7EUhnC3gf35_ziMqp5f0nUuOTx4P7p0ykZggorG/s1600/Eugene+Feofilaktova.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Eugene Feofilaktova" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcSVmBkiWZGWpmKPBX_J-aQH_YEZM6sxzNHHCATtFIjZDV2fZ7_gDZhHAWWGXd_7RN4UTc7EYw0_RFTClWRxVQtDqjh0ASB7xq7EUhnC3gf35_ziMqp5f0nUuOTx4P7p0ykZggorG/s1600/Eugene+Feofilaktova.jpeg" title="Eugene Feofilaktova clothing store" /></a></div><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* boton */ google_ad_slot = "4392536701"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 90; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>

Eugene Feofilaktova opens his clothing store

Ex-member of the "Dom-2" Eugene Feofilaktova January 26 opens his accouterment store. On what she expects from this business end...

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Stepfather of the bride of Prince Harry committed suicide

<script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* bleu 280 */ google_ad_slot = "8164661108"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EEBUMFJatvmlTirL3xc0PwzV9X0lAmZ2yDgXHIQwSCy8jQq175N7M7kaWylNqyjdsO6LFsxtRx8B-uvuwtBJ3exA6GEeJG8VIckd_ociMOKTNFQZlz1olj-ArS_5IwYndvvzZZsf/s1600/Cressida+Bonas+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Cressida Bonas" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4EEBUMFJatvmlTirL3xc0PwzV9X0lAmZ2yDgXHIQwSCy8jQq175N7M7kaWylNqyjdsO6LFsxtRx8B-uvuwtBJ3exA6GEeJG8VIckd_ociMOKTNFQZlz1olj-ArS_5IwYndvvzZZsf/s1600/Cressida+Bonas+1.jpg" title="Cressida Bonas" /></a></div><br /><br />The tragedy occurred in the family <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Cressida%20Bonas" target="_blank">Cressida Bonas</a></b>, <b>Prince Harry</b> bride. Former girl's stepfather, 76-year-old Christopher Shaw, committed suicide. His body was found the housekeeper on Friday, January 17, according to British media. <br /> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /> Christopher Shaw has long suffered from kidney problems. In this regard, he took medication. In addition, doctors told the patient that he has only 18 months to live. Police believe that there are no suspicious circumstances in the death of Shaw's not. However, The Sun writes that his death was probably caused by an overdose of drugs. However, we must await the results of toxicological examination. <br /> <br /> Former banker Christopher Shaw married mother <b>Cressida Bonas</b>, society lady Mary Gay Curzon, in 1996. The couple divorced in 2000.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* boton */ google_ad_slot = "4392536701"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 90; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>

Stepfather of the bride of Prince Harry committed suicide

The tragedy occurred in the family Cressida Bonas , Prince Harry bride. Former girl's stepfather, 76-year-old Christopher Shaw, commit...

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Kate Moss in the new campaign of the fashion brand

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhel_HK7QXnaOwigiQ-TQlw5Akj1B1dHcuM0Z0DBz8W69mQVBatq2-TV4Y7xqXy02mim_8rxWBJmirHmuAAcC_Iep6_Pv6DxSDgV7T_Wq8y7bStdRUO9ABs4zNVbO3ytE79MlxONwfN/s1600/Kate+Moss+in+the+new+campaign+of+the+fashion+brand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhel_HK7QXnaOwigiQ-TQlw5Akj1B1dHcuM0Z0DBz8W69mQVBatq2-TV4Y7xqXy02mim_8rxWBJmirHmuAAcC_Iep6_Pv6DxSDgV7T_Wq8y7bStdRUO9ABs4zNVbO3ytE79MlxONwfN/s1600/Kate+Moss+in+the+new+campaign+of+the+fashion+brand.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Kate%20Moss" target="_blank">Kate Moss</a></b> is the third consecutive year is the face of the Italian fashion brand Liu Jo. Brand is the first shots of a new advertising campaign featuring British supermodel: this time Moss advertises collection spring-summer 2014. <br /><br /><script async src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- style-4y_sidebar4_AdSense1_250x250_as --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:250px;height:250px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8441125172513237" data-ad-slot="2423706304"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>            <script async src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- style-4y_sidebar4_AdSense1_250x250_as --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:250px;height:250px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8441125172513237" data-ad-slot="2423706304"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br />The last time we saw Kate in advertising autumn-winter collection 2013-2014 for which it captures photographer Solvay Sundsbo. <br /><br />Recall that last week the model was 40, and in honor of the holiday she arranged several parties for his friends, according to rumors, the fun's birthday star lasted a full six days.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXtz_SaGiqqT7I9yBdjbsNWziWsCKGss_dU_-8yJSEKe47wiiZaTYDxGWCWiMmDAqf5keeY6ZBtEIzQ7uU5hJ5kjo7rvBoixq7YngF5Ovc762L3BaCu86nmC17EqPjfWO9uQn_TvW_/s1600/Kate+Moss+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kate Moss 2014" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXtz_SaGiqqT7I9yBdjbsNWziWsCKGss_dU_-8yJSEKe47wiiZaTYDxGWCWiMmDAqf5keeY6ZBtEIzQ7uU5hJ5kjo7rvBoixq7YngF5Ovc762L3BaCu86nmC17EqPjfWO9uQn_TvW_/s1600/Kate+Moss+1.jpg" title="Kate Moss" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0Us-NOArzwIxO-7_LbXq98Ndxa0vxI5qHp4GknB-LqIUZhcPBYe3rGAiozEnB8pl-UbHt_ln4nyPTKKq0zR9k8fo7mXLHDNSwfM7I_J02UqTATwKTrTbbBRdzhbvMLtgfcxIlbXB/s1600/Kate+Moss+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kate Moss 2014" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0Us-NOArzwIxO-7_LbXq98Ndxa0vxI5qHp4GknB-LqIUZhcPBYe3rGAiozEnB8pl-UbHt_ln4nyPTKKq0zR9k8fo7mXLHDNSwfM7I_J02UqTATwKTrTbbBRdzhbvMLtgfcxIlbXB/s1600/Kate+Moss+2.jpg" title="Kate Moss" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVvQUm4VrSgBBVAgOrdJZ0ze-Ey-pszw9RiFdm5GYuxzC67QJMvRqv_pPdbtrPexhV3BQAj-o6kshFPJ4qBP_vFZGGF_iBHQsZjxWxHvhRN4j2fPt6qk_xql0eiYev4l5z2AgxqT6f/s1600/Kate+Moss+13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kate Moss 2014" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVvQUm4VrSgBBVAgOrdJZ0ze-Ey-pszw9RiFdm5GYuxzC67QJMvRqv_pPdbtrPexhV3BQAj-o6kshFPJ4qBP_vFZGGF_iBHQsZjxWxHvhRN4j2fPt6qk_xql0eiYev4l5z2AgxqT6f/s1600/Kate+Moss+13.jpg" title="Kate Moss" /></a></div><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* boton */ google_ad_slot = "4392536701"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 90; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>

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Kylie Minogue presented the new single will restore health

<script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* bleu 280 */ google_ad_slot = "8164661108"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvvie_Tts5t5kCCcidj1owUL6xCDEMRsgxOY_E9pW-B93WlV0ToOEYjKemzfFaukrCdC-dcar-TEwxefm7PXc-25KVRpyM4LttfdSihVcVZkpLw5TdVL7jb0ZA5Q61KEJ90SjWmXL/s1600/Kylie+Minogue+presented+the+new+single+will+restore+health.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvvie_Tts5t5kCCcidj1owUL6xCDEMRsgxOY_E9pW-B93WlV0ToOEYjKemzfFaukrCdC-dcar-TEwxefm7PXc-25KVRpyM4LttfdSihVcVZkpLw5TdVL7jb0ZA5Q61KEJ90SjWmXL/s1600/Kylie+Minogue+presented+the+new+single+will+restore+health.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b>Kylie Minogue</b> has always loved revealing outfits and her image on the cover of <b>Into The Blue</b> is also not a very modest. However, having such a figure, as the singer, it can afford. <br /> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /> His fresh track 45-year-old star is very personal calls: <br /> <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> Into The Blue - a special song for me, because it absorbed much of what I felt. I look forward to its release. </blockquote><br /> Recently Kylie was a serious cause for worrying, because she broke up with Andres Valenkoso, which spent five years. <br /> <br /> In professional terms at the same Minogue quite fruitful period: she is busy working on his next album, as well as acting as a judge on two TV show The Voice - Australian and British.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkQsGL7dNeSJbETw8A_BOEzr7iT7jIzCcvPguEnHalAk0Qu5hVadRAXAQ7LGdNFbavkc-MOsdZClYv1MBMundZ9FbxUbhHfwrMki3RYptncfT3rSuMWDnt3m8eZJB0J84Z3l1VYzD/s1600/Kylie+Minogue+new+single+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kylie Minogue new single" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkQsGL7dNeSJbETw8A_BOEzr7iT7jIzCcvPguEnHalAk0Qu5hVadRAXAQ7LGdNFbavkc-MOsdZClYv1MBMundZ9FbxUbhHfwrMki3RYptncfT3rSuMWDnt3m8eZJB0J84Z3l1VYzD/s1600/Kylie+Minogue+new+single+2.jpg" title="Kylie Minogue new single" /></a></div><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/AVvXsEilKG-txyR7jGRxL2Qd0fcRyfaf37Cgr76N5IVVgIA92TLzEcbnSWnAO32dc0HlSXOLqbHbTWkgdfF1UTDxuquFCYLs19HmLXYod38ErviclEFli_x-iDDXJYV1K99BJlsH0ZHN71n-/s1600/Kylie+Minogue+new+single.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kylie Minogue new single" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKG-txyR7jGRxL2Qd0fcRyfaf37Cgr76N5IVVgIA92TLzEcbnSWnAO32dc0HlSXOLqbHbTWkgdfF1UTDxuquFCYLs19HmLXYod38ErviclEFli_x-iDDXJYV1K99BJlsH0ZHN71n-/s1600/Kylie+Minogue+new+single.jpg" title="Kylie Minogue new single" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Cover single Into the Blue</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- boton --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:90px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8441125172513237" data-ad-slot="4392536701"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>

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Kelly Osbourne almost tore show Joan Rivers

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmWpKnnJi-8IeCHFVA0QkIBdt1_FU-RRsaO2nkgdpAMDkOx0gW1Trpw0eRsdUxzTP065f77hS8ZfqkbmesGN7bEoVd0WQZHDqmsvbo1wShyphenhyphenZ4HGgpE29HY2ZY4li20iwh_hsVZ8s2C/s1600/Kelly+Osbourne+almost+tore+show+Joan+Rivers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmWpKnnJi-8IeCHFVA0QkIBdt1_FU-RRsaO2nkgdpAMDkOx0gW1Trpw0eRsdUxzTP065f77hS8ZfqkbmesGN7bEoVd0WQZHDqmsvbo1wShyphenhyphenZ4HGgpE29HY2ZY4li20iwh_hsVZ8s2C/s1600/Kelly+Osbourne+almost+tore+show+Joan+Rivers.jpg" /></a></div><br />The fact that <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search/label/Kelly%20Osbourne" target="_blank">Kelly Osbourne</a></b> considers himself a star of the first magnitude, which allowed all, no one doubted. However, last Friday's incident that surprised even those who are well acquainted with the girl - TV presenter was nearly foiled shooting sitcom <b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/search?q=Joan+Rivers" target="_blank">Joan Rivers</a></b>. <br /> <br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /> Kelly was invited to the program as a spectator, but the daughter of the famous rocker, apparently , did not agree with the role of the second plan in the evening. As eyewitnesses say happened, Osborne came to shooting drunk, behaved noisy and interfere with Joan lead the show. In addition, the TV presenter Kelly interrupted and released quip. <br /> <br /> In this story remarkable is that Osborne and Rivers familiar for many years, they are in close contact and seemingly they can even be called friends. Why Osborne afford such ugly behavior? Some believe that everything that happened was planned in advance and was nothing more than a joke. <br /> <br /> Others believe that the girl who in the past seven times received treatment in rehabilitation clinics, again had problems with alcohol. In addition, Kelly is going through a break with her boyfriend Matthew Moskhartom. Well, let's hope for the best and wait for response Joan.<br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* boton */ google_ad_slot = "4392536701"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 90; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5l8bFLoDykFfBMG6FpGWYNbJTXQ4DlcWAmWinOVnCf1PuMs5kkbL7jV6DGK4y7hDIrS7mxy3AqA9YFkHjSdt815KEW5Jx9lxD4Gtf7Byg4ovdJiQZ097r26O51mMiVOGbbeIgUr8T/s1600/Kelly+Osbourne+and+Joan+Rivers+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kelly Osbourne and Joan Rivers" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5l8bFLoDykFfBMG6FpGWYNbJTXQ4DlcWAmWinOVnCf1PuMs5kkbL7jV6DGK4y7hDIrS7mxy3AqA9YFkHjSdt815KEW5Jx9lxD4Gtf7Byg4ovdJiQZ097r26O51mMiVOGbbeIgUr8T/s1600/Kelly+Osbourne+and+Joan+Rivers+1.jpg" title="Kelly Osbourne and Joan Rivers " /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBrQwjyJ1eQjsRKyy-bGafoZV4OhM4SPT5j_9F_Q_6V-tBe_geS1cyEZu6mJIvcXdLsCJJaMMfvRlf-hCgvOf4qS7EOpOeMkdix-KWHM-IVrK0r73v0KKEwRcqWQhbuhJnhVFvG1_/s1600/Kelly+Osbourne+and+Joan+Rivers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kelly Osbourne and Joan Rivers" border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBrQwjyJ1eQjsRKyy-bGafoZV4OhM4SPT5j_9F_Q_6V-tBe_geS1cyEZu6mJIvcXdLsCJJaMMfvRlf-hCgvOf4qS7EOpOeMkdix-KWHM-IVrK0r73v0KKEwRcqWQhbuhJnhVFvG1_/s1600/Kelly+Osbourne+and+Joan+Rivers.jpg" title="Kelly Osbourne and Joan Rivers" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwY0txhhlCZwprFYfhwfEGuB5fpo246sPiu57yX674DS_6esXtveC17n5OT1JZt6Z7Lm8lIS_p-gcHLUDB7NQj9GAL2lCJId_tt3pG04Tuax4BTMMC_G7-0feJv3FN52Vqkj7JESP/s1600/Kelly+Osbourne+and+Joan+Rivers+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kelly Osbourne and Joan Rivers" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwY0txhhlCZwprFYfhwfEGuB5fpo246sPiu57yX674DS_6esXtveC17n5OT1JZt6Z7Lm8lIS_p-gcHLUDB7NQj9GAL2lCJId_tt3pG04Tuax4BTMMC_G7-0feJv3FN52Vqkj7JESP/s1600/Kelly+Osbourne+and+Joan+Rivers+2.jpg" title="Kelly Osbourne and Joan Rivers" /></a></div><br />

Kelly Osbourne almost tore show Joan Rivers

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Lisa Marie,Elvis Presley's daughter abides seriously affliction

<br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* bleu 280 */ google_ad_slot = "8164661108"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /><b>Health</b> of the daughter of pop king Elvis Presley, <b>Lisa Marie</b> is in poor condition. The press about it close to the singer said the source. Larynx 45-year-old Lisa severely impaired in the future this may lead to esophageal cancer: "She was suffering from acute pain in the throat, at least 10 years and it seems that her condition was getting worse" - commented the <b>coroner</b>.<br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* biner3 */ google_ad_slot = "7346003106"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbcRtpaYcD89kyiUXeKGudNN-FwRJcebMIxA85jr03Hv67OcT68MSeoC1ntvs1xFJ5DCy573qV0At_Sa9i_AxHz66kui11pAak9cHSBmfWeOxeC6QZAkanzdn7sDiFtzBUZ2wd8lB/s1600/Lisa+Marie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lisa Marie" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbcRtpaYcD89kyiUXeKGudNN-FwRJcebMIxA85jr03Hv67OcT68MSeoC1ntvs1xFJ5DCy573qV0At_Sa9i_AxHz66kui11pAak9cHSBmfWeOxeC6QZAkanzdn7sDiFtzBUZ2wd8lB/s1600/Lisa+Marie.jpg" title="Lisa Marie" /></a></div><br /><br />In the past, the accompanist articulate cords "used" aloof actuality on bout or recording fresh songs in the studio, however, recently, the abundant requests of fans, Lisa resumed her concert career and went aback to the tour. Such accomplishments could not affect the health, and alike affronted the situation. On November 23 in Cranston, Rhode Island hosted the show, which was about canceled due to poor bloom Presley. <br /><br />Remarkably, the extra is not austere to his ailment, and does not accede it account the end of the concert action "Lisa Marie wants to be on date for the blow of life» Male singer, guitarist and ambassador Michael Lockwood, admitting adjoin such arduous bout wife, but still keeps it in an accomplishment to accompany a agreeable career. <br /><br />herself <b>Lisa Marie</b> believes his affliction is not added than burnout of the articulate cords, which can not abet the actualization of cancer. Now the accompanist is aggravating to antithesis your life, beneath nervous, absorb added time with his family, and will anon acknowledgment to the stage. <br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-8441125172513237"; /* boton */ google_ad_slot = "4392536701"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 90; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>

Lisa Marie,Elvis Presley's daughter abides seriously affliction

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Book Talk and Review: The Nature of Urban Design

<a href="http://islandpress.org/ip/books/book/islandpress/N/bo8897076.html"><b><i>The Nature of Urban Design: A New York Perspective on Resilience</i></b></a> by Alexandros Washburn<br />Island Press, 2013<br />Hardcover, 264 pages<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJpAd8BeD24VL0_yS5dnJrdQecxWQCPQEJda41hUXqy6fHngsdyf-xjCG773-oxOHkUCCjxp0O1DFNDsCscKwN73wpq5KXqQWFzxycyDJQIEmzUi_DAaZRJpycvI-vwzvHEuHWEQ2ZAlK/s1600/9781610913805.jpg" /><br /><br />On January 13, a couple weeks after he ended his seven-year post as Chief Urban Designer of the NYC Department of City Planning, Alexandros Washburn <a href="http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=6443">spoke at the Center for Architecture</a> about his new book, <i>The Nature of Urban Design</i>. Like many events at the Center, it started a little bit late, prompting members of the audience to ask Rick Bell, AIANY Executive Director, if Washburn was riding his bike to the event on the not-too-cold winter day. Needless to say, the author's reputation preceded his arrival at the podium where he discussed his firsthand experience of Hurricane Sandy in his neighborhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn, his mentors, his definitions of urban design, his ideas on risk and resiliency, and his post-Bloomberg-administration path.<br /><br />Like the book, Washburn started the talk with stories and images of the storm surge in and around his home in Red Hook, one of the mayor's evacuation areas. Washburn stayed home to observe the rising waters, what happened to be the same week he had planned to write the introduction to his book that was years in the making – and more difficult than his work at the city, in his words. More than anybody could imagine, that storm changed how discussions of urban design happen; if anything pushing the word "resiliency" to the forefront of discussions about rebuilding and urban planning, particularly in coastal areas like New York. It's no wonder that Washburn's book is subtitled "a New York perspective on resilience," even though it's clear from Sandy's aftermath that the perspective is about what needs to be done, not what is already in place.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQ5mSYbn93LvRBUNpavvIzKfDqEh02nlcfSb666upaJ5gzHVKiZR36yOZe4THN7yiRO88sNB6YVcXez48I3z84LXt9kHbJBA3wYE9GY0CGnV_I6prg4_J0sMEJdNongX2l9YT8oNu4gyV/s1600/2014-01-13+19.03.15.png" /><br />[Photo by John Hill]<br /><br />Having seen Washburn speak at PlaNYC and other related events in the past, I was familiar with his triumvirate of influences – Jane Jacobs, Robert Moses, and Frederick Law Olmsted. But I had not heard him speak about Daniel Patrick Moynihan, which he did on the 13th, paralleling the preface to his book. Moynihan is known for the way he <a href="http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/136543">guided the principles of Federal architecture</a>, so it's no surprise that he was the only politician on Capitol Hill with an architect on staff. Near the end of Moynihan's four terms, that architect was Washburn, who left to make the <a href="http://www.moynihanstation.org/">eponymous NYC station</a> of his mentor a reality. Washburn took from Moynihan a sense of civic responsibility, something he passed on through his work at City Planning during two of Bloomberg's terms, in this book (while it may not have all the answers, it asks a lot of the right questions), and in the future at Stevens Institute of Technology, where he will be working with two departments (complex systems and Davidson labs) to look closer and more scientifically at the waterways around New York City in this century of "rising tides."<br /><br />In the book Washburn lays out his case for resiliency in urban design in five chapters: Why Should We Care About Urban Design?, The Process of Urban Design, The Products of Urban Design, The Process and Products of the High Line, and Urban Design for Greater Resilience. The first chapter deals with his four mentors, while the next two chapters delve into the nitty gritty of the often misunderstood field of urban design. Given Washburn's statement in the talk that, unlike architecture, urban design "influences everything but controls nothing," the chapter on process is an important one, yet admittedly it is is geared to students and professionals interested in the field. Laypeople will probably find the fourth chapter more interesting, since here the preceding chapters are applied to a case study, and an extremely popular and familiar one at that.<br /><br />Washburn closed his talk, like the book, with some words on risk and resiliency. As in other parts of <i>The Nature of Urban Design</i>, he explains things in a way that make the fairly large and abstract subjects and concepts easy to understand, though I won't go into detail on what that chapter offers in detail here. Needless to say the book and the book talk parallel each other not only in the chapter-by-chapter structure but also in the way Washburn uses words. There is a conversational quality to the way he has written the book, such that reading it is like hearing him in the same room. Add to this the fact many of his own sketches and photographs are found throughout the pages, and the book is a personal yet broadly applicable account of urban design in New York City at a time of great challenges but also great potential.<br /><br /><b>US: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1610913809/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1610913809&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a> CA: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1610913809/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1610913809&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.ca" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-ca.gif" width="90" /></a> UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1610913809/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1610913809&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.co.uk" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-uk.gif" width="90" /></a></b>

Book Talk and Review: The Nature of Urban Design

The Nature of Urban Design: A New York Perspective on Resilience by Alexandros Washburn Island Press, 2013 Hardcover, 264 pages On January ...

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You Won't Believe What Happened at Work Yesterday

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Cheeeeeeeers Chuckleheads, Matt-Man here.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5-Ikd7yywR72B82Fy7hhGx2pdAozxtSqdz1D3D8lapcWvZPwaXOGCIp_VhcsIQ9E6iI3NbH3YWDjfjDQn8BUAQwGVnPh8TAz_oarCmVTVJK06QcpOJmTiNCTULEeUqqHT_v_5oYkoH6Y/s1600/Beer+Mine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5-Ikd7yywR72B82Fy7hhGx2pdAozxtSqdz1D3D8lapcWvZPwaXOGCIp_VhcsIQ9E6iI3NbH3YWDjfjDQn8BUAQwGVnPh8TAz_oarCmVTVJK06QcpOJmTiNCTULEeUqqHT_v_5oYkoH6Y/s1600/Beer+Mine.jpg" width="400" /></a>You are not going to believe what happened to me and the owner of the Beer Mine (conveniently located at the corner of Elmore and Burnett Road in Bagwine, OH.) yesterday.<br /><br />I got there, as I always do, around 2 P.M.  Mike (the owner) and I were making small talk about how cold it has been and how much colder it will be getting, and then?<br /><br /><i>BAM!!  SPLASH!! BAZINGA!! CRASH!!</i><br /><br />We both raced out of the semi-warm office to find what the noise was, and lo and behold, we couldn‘t believe our own sets of paired eyes as we stared at the drive thru floor and cooler doors.<br /><br />I looked at Mike, and asked him…<br /><br /><i>“Holy Cow!!  Can you believe that shit?”</i><br /><br />And Mike responded with much the same disbelief…<br /><br /><i>“Damn, that is fucking crazy!!”</i><br /><br />We stared in disbelief for twenty seconds or so, although it seemed like an hour, and then looked at each other, and spontaneously and simultaneously said to one and other with mouths agape…<br /><br /><i>“This is July 24, 2012 all over again!!”</i><br /><br />Just as we were preparing to fix the catastrophe, our buddy and one of our regulars, Keith, pulls in and says…<br /><br /><i>“Holy Shit…What the hell just happened?  That’s fucked up.”</i><br /><br />Mike told him that maybe he should just take his beer, quit staring, and move along, but shortly afterward, as Mike and I were discussing what to do, Casey pulled in.<br /><br />Ah yes, the affable, adorable, and hot Casey of the long reddish-brown hair, perky personality, and perkier breasts pulled in and said…<br /><br /><i>“Ha!!  You guys have quite the mess on your hands.  Could I get a case of Bud Light, a pack of smokes, and a bottle of wine while you are cleaning up.?”</i><br /><br />After Mike and I argued over who would wait on Casey while the other began to clean up the devastation, I gave Casey her change, collected a well-deserved tip, and Mike said to me…<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXuEwVmT8C4ngUBqO_x3Lz1aUWGoNMLBAbt-LXi7-qfhRGOiGg5RGe1m-SPBkbYYpJo4uzItgeflU9jycC9U8dTRRbGTs75SiNKj6GxpQtKi1L_HyuSnXMeCWNCXLvepd1KOqIiQOromA_/s1600/casey-anthony-HOT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXuEwVmT8C4ngUBqO_x3Lz1aUWGoNMLBAbt-LXi7-qfhRGOiGg5RGe1m-SPBkbYYpJo4uzItgeflU9jycC9U8dTRRbGTs75SiNKj6GxpQtKi1L_HyuSnXMeCWNCXLvepd1KOqIiQOromA_/s1600/casey-anthony-HOT.jpg" width="400" /></a><i>“Matt-Man, come here…You ain't going to believe what this shit left behind.”</i><br /><br />And I didn't…It was supernatural.<br /><br />After the events of July 24, 2012, I never believed that this would have ever happened at the Beer Mine again, and then Mike said to me…<br /><br /><i>“You know? We go to work every day; we do right by the Lord, and yet?  This same shit keeps happening over and over again.”</i><br /><br />I looked upon the catastrophe that had just taken place, and with Mike’s words in my head said unto myself…<br /><br /><i>“Mike speaks the truth, but damn, and in spite of the suffering that took place here today…That Casey chick is hot.”</i><br /><br />And there you go…a story of mayhem, rue, and regret from the Beer Mine.  May your today be better than your yesterday.<br /><br />And let me tell you...if this ever happens again, you will be the first to know!!<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br />Matt-Man<br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com"><span style="color: blue;">mattmaniws@ymail.com</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattmaniws" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattmaniws" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">My Facebook Page</span></a></div>

You Won't Believe What Happened at Work Yesterday

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Man arrested for warning drivers of speed trap (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/AVvXsEixdEbT3Ci0TT-nBXG4FWgvCi5j9glzfIQ-n07KJ9Ust7_L_lL429gmoZVxMadyZcDpyf7vd6ib3_72nH46su6dIqRyYq4bcI6yIc3-6jquYkIuTdwnSE42NsJQvFLDphQa_mWD50_0HIU/s1600/speedzone460273703.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdEbT3Ci0TT-nBXG4FWgvCi5j9glzfIQ-n07KJ9Ust7_L_lL429gmoZVxMadyZcDpyf7vd6ib3_72nH46su6dIqRyYq4bcI6yIc3-6jquYkIuTdwnSE42NsJQvFLDphQa_mWD50_0HIU/s1600/speedzone460273703.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_14523" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">A Frisco, Texas, man now faces trial following an arrest last October for holding up a sign warning drivers they were about to enter a speed trap, <a data-mce-href="http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/Frisco-man-faces-trial-for-speed-trap-warning-240496081.html" data-rapid_p="10" href="http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/Frisco-man-faces-trial-for-speed-trap-warning-240496081.html" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_14537" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">KHOU.com</a> reports.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_14556" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Police say they spotted Ron Martin standing on the center median of a six-lane roadway, holding a sign that read "Police ahead," according to <a data-mce-href="http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/24465916/frisco-man-arrested-for-warning-drivers-about-speed-traps-works-to-clear-name" data-rapid_p="11" href="http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/24465916/frisco-man-arrested-for-warning-drivers-about-speed-traps-works-to-clear-name" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">MyFoxDFW.com</a>.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_14565" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">In the arrest report, police officer Thomas Mrozinski wrote that he became wise to Martin's ruse when he saw drivers "waving at us." This wasn't the first time Martin had held up a sign to warn drivers about the fuzz's presence.</div><div class="yom-figure yom-fig-center" id="ymh-player-swf" style="float: none; left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: left;">Martin, who made his first court appearance on Wednesday, told</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: left;"> </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Frisco-police-arrest-man-for-speed-trap-warning-240394041.html" data-rapid_p="12" href="http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Frisco-police-arrest-man-for-speed-trap-warning-240394041.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">WFAA</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; text-align: left;">he was trying to do the same thing as the police by "reminding people that there is a limit here" and that people should slow down.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">So what exactly was he arrested for? <a data-mce-href="http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2014/01/frisco_traffic_officers_are_no.php" data-rapid_p="13" href="http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2014/01/frisco_traffic_officers_are_no.php" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">The Dallas Observer</a> reports that police cited him for holding a sign on public property.</div><div data-mce-style="padding-left: 30px;" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em; padding-left: 30px;">Martin is a Frisco homeowner with a family. He paints signs for a living. He says he just wants to help make the roads safer, and he argues that his homemade signs are more effective at doing that than speed traps.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Martin has reported the police for what he sees as unsafe practices, including hiding behind signs and not using their lights. "I just feel like it was a little bit unsafe, not only for citizens, but for police officers having to do their job," he told MyFoxDFW.com.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Dallas Observer reports that "most states, Texas included, don't have laws that specifically prohibit people from giving other motorists the heads-up that a cop with a radar gun is hiding behind the bushes."</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_14597" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Putting coins in other people's parking meters? <a data-mce-href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/city-sues-robin-hood-group-over-parking-meter-223952852.html" data-rapid_p="14" href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/city-sues-robin-hood-group-over-parking-meter-223952852.html" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">That's another story</a>.</div><span class="yui-media yui-editorial-embed" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_14569" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px;"></span><br /><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_14573" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><em id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389377114892_1114">Follow Mike Krumboltz on Twitter (<a data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/mikekrumboltz" data-rapid_p="15" href="https://twitter.com/mikekrumboltz" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1389377114892_1113" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">@mikekrumboltz</a>).</em></div></div>

Man arrested for warning drivers of speed trap (BLOG)

A Frisco, Texas, man now faces trial following an arrest last October for holding up a sign warning drivers they were about to enter a speed...

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Drinking linked to faster mental decline in men (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/AVvXsEiEMPi_n9RwXO46hgLYBLHMjEDdE2u7QqxPfWuKZxoaHwfSJc6e9e5XWatacWLSWfZDV7-XV7pubj7lkqzD3peehuTzoZzHmdTHTmIVAYTTA3D5nVRExewiSg4MKh01EhGuEhgSsmj2Hko/s1600/ced376ab21440502490f6a706700ff7b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMPi_n9RwXO46hgLYBLHMjEDdE2u7QqxPfWuKZxoaHwfSJc6e9e5XWatacWLSWfZDV7-XV7pubj7lkqzD3peehuTzoZzHmdTHTmIVAYTTA3D5nVRExewiSg4MKh01EhGuEhgSsmj2Hko/s1600/ced376ab21440502490f6a706700ff7b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_10584" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">NEW YORK (AP) — Middle-aged men risk a faster mental decline as they age if they've been drinking heavily for years, new research suggests.</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: 17.307695388793945px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-width: 300px;"><div class="yom-remote"><div class="" id="mediacontentrelatedstory_container"></div></div></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_10608" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The study of about 5,000 British civil servants found that over a decade, the added decline was the equivalent of about two extra years of aging for a combined measure of mental abilities like reasoning, and about six years for memory. The heavy drinkers' abilities were compared to those of men who drank moderately or abstained.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_10618" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">It's no surprise that heavy alcohol consumption can affect the brain, but the study focuses on an age range that has received much less attention from alcohol researchers than the elderly and college students.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_10628" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The work was published online Wednesday by the journal Neurology. Researchers found no such effect in women, but the study included too few female heavy drinkers to test the effect of drinking the same amount as in men, said Severine Sabia, a study author from University College London.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_10638" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">In an email, she said it was not possible to identify a specific minimum level of consumption at which the risk begins in men.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_10648" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Her study used data from over 20 years. Using questionnaires, researchers calculated the men's average daily intake of alcohol for the decade up to when they were an average of 56 years old. Then, they tracked decline in mental abilities over the following decade from tests administered every five years.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Accelerated decline was seen for the heaviest-drinking group, which included 469 men with a wide range of alcohol intake. The minimum amount was the equivalent of about 13 ounces of wine a day or about 30 ounces of beer. The maximum was about three times that.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Men drinking that minimum amount are not necessarily at risk for accelerated mental decline, since the results pertain to the category overall, said Sara Jo Nixon, a substance abuse researcher at the University of Florida in Gainesville, who did not participate in the work.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">She also said that the study shows a link between drinking and faster mental decline but not proof that alcohol intake was responsible. And she said that because of the sensitive mental tests used in the study, the extra declines in performance may be too subtle to make a difference in daily life. Sabia said she believed the difference would eventually be noticeable.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Still, Nixon said, the study "does suggest that middle-aged to young-old individuals do need to pay attention to what their drinking habits have been, and are."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">___</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_10658" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Online:</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_10668" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Neurology: http://www.neurology.org/</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_10678" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">___</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_10688" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Malcolm Ritter can be followed at http://www.twitter.com/malcolmritter</div></div>

Drinking linked to faster mental decline in men (BLOG)

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China YUAN to become WORLD RESERVE CURRENCY

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The YUAN to replace the U.S. DOLLAR</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HqNjLYPhEii7NnlZJHdubPaiSrTTu7gV1tvUN06hyCuiXdgEuTxn1d4s6kQf-igPHtpiDa1dgtJrRvvSyDS33jBXzAs7vsmjJa3iRgawHXjcY8TzbRpVUiy2JxXBhP-2JtpWiyXB-y4/s1600/CHINAyuanvsdollarsPIC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HqNjLYPhEii7NnlZJHdubPaiSrTTu7gV1tvUN06hyCuiXdgEuTxn1d4s6kQf-igPHtpiDa1dgtJrRvvSyDS33jBXzAs7vsmjJa3iRgawHXjcY8TzbRpVUiy2JxXBhP-2JtpWiyXB-y4/s1600/CHINAyuanvsdollarsPIC.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>China's maneuvers threaten U.S. DOLLAR</b></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-20/china-swap-rate-drops-on-speculation-central-bank-will-add-funds.html" style="color: red;">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-20/china-swap-rate-drops-on-speculation-central-bank-will-add-funds.html</a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/BM1DAhhhqA8?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br />...developing...</div></div>

China YUAN to become WORLD RESERVE CURRENCY

The YUAN to replace the U.S. DOLLAR China's maneuvers threaten U.S. DOLLAR http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-20/china-swap-rate-drop...

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Grave Creek Mound

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rqMst7JC4LLqDPEDSPGvdfLorz9gTQGgB8Z8t9PxixRTmTONsUELwsVkITXvVVjl_AKIErge_m9XUmrYq5RgZGEHDpsGjOtD8QsYJviR1nSIK7wrEdTWmbUHpIOeHH5ngLpajyeAxQk/s1600/Grave+Creek+Mound.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rqMst7JC4LLqDPEDSPGvdfLorz9gTQGgB8Z8t9PxixRTmTONsUELwsVkITXvVVjl_AKIErge_m9XUmrYq5RgZGEHDpsGjOtD8QsYJviR1nSIK7wrEdTWmbUHpIOeHH5ngLpajyeAxQk/s320/Grave+Creek+Mound.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grave_Creek_Mound.jpg">Grave Creek Mound - Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant)</a></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimKMdwn2Q2B14lIzuBpyLeFusjkwJklhJV_7F9rIHvKSF3UZGoja2fXLALwCBSLlPK76h86F-p4z74FwIefRS7MNHHQiBB40f2dp3UrC9H78AjyC_dvBx9rL7S-CIebutsNnMVRo4LZmY/s1600/Employment-Population+Ratio.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimKMdwn2Q2B14lIzuBpyLeFusjkwJklhJV_7F9rIHvKSF3UZGoja2fXLALwCBSLlPK76h86F-p4z74FwIefRS7MNHHQiBB40f2dp3UrC9H78AjyC_dvBx9rL7S-CIebutsNnMVRo4LZmY/s320/Employment-Population+Ratio.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Coincidence?<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_Creek_Mound">Grave Creek Mound</a><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #666666;">At 62 feet (19 m) high and 240 feet (73 m) in diameter, the Grave Creek Mound in the Ohio River Valley in West Virginia is one of the largest conical-type burial mounds in the United States.</span></i><br /><br />This post inspired by <a href="http://dollardeathspiral.blogspot.com/2014/01/that-80s-show.html">That 80s Show</a> at <a href="http://dollardeathspiral.blogspot.com/">Dollar Death $piral</a>.<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=re0">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

Grave Creek Mound

Grave Creek Mound - Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) Click to enlarge. Coincidence? Grave Creek Mound At 62 feet (19 m) high and 240 feet (73...

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Australian scientists microchip bees to map movements, halt diseases (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/AVvXsEjvnunj07IAXtZD8bLpvfuUH6O4I-gmXOkDeBi-6ekBqLOzRqeZVrKDvg0Ke66koFTuSQYr_YhdB3fYeaUC0iB-aNFdxPBwdYjf_8qYwKFmQdBEz_53e4qx4LlctK0ReeF1Tv8VYxdBPm0/s1600/2014-01-15T094230Z_2_CBREA0E0KF300_RTROPTP_2_AUSTRALIA-BEE-SENSOR.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/AVvXsEjvnunj07IAXtZD8bLpvfuUH6O4I-gmXOkDeBi-6ekBqLOzRqeZVrKDvg0Ke66koFTuSQYr_YhdB3fYeaUC0iB-aNFdxPBwdYjf_8qYwKFmQdBEz_53e4qx4LlctK0ReeF1Tv8VYxdBPm0/s1600/2014-01-15T094230Z_2_CBREA0E0KF300_RTROPTP_2_AUSTRALIA-BEE-SENSOR.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_6145" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">By Thuy Ong</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: 17.307695388793945px; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em 10px; max-width: 300px;"><div class="yom-remote"><div class="" id="mediacontentrelatedstory_container"></div></div></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_6121" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists are gluing tiny sensors onto thousands of honey bees to track their movements in a trial aimed at halting the spread of diseases that have wiped out populations in the northern hemisphere.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_6691" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Scientists at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science agency, said the microchips could help tackle so-called colony collapse disorder, a situation where bees mysteriously disappear from hives, and the encroachment of the parasitic varroa mite.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_6700" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Scientists will use tweezers to glue on the sensors, weighing about 5 milligrams and measuring 2.5 millimeters (a little more than 1/16 of an inch) square, after soothing the bees to sleep by refrigeration.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Some young bees, which tend to be hairier than older bees, need to be shaved before the sensor can be glued on.</div><div style="background-color: white; 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cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 300px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title="File photo of a honey bee landing next to the entrance&nbsp;&hellip;"></a><br /><div class="body-related-title photo-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 300px;">A honey bee carrying pollen lands next to the entrance of a beehive in Utting at Lake Ammersee, arou …</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The study will also enable farmers and fruit growers to understand and manage their crops, given the honey bee's crucial role in the pollination of crops globally, the CSIRO said in a statement issued on Wednesday.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"Honey bees play a vital role in the landscape through a free pollination service for agriculture, which various crops rely on to increase yields," the CSIRO's Paulo de Souza, who is leading the project, said in the statement.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"Using this technology, we aim to understand the bee's relationship with its environment."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Scientists plan to fit sensors on 5,000 bees in the southern island state of Tasmania over the Australian summer.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The radio frequency identification sensors work like an electronic tag for cars on a toll road, recording when insects pass a checkpoint. That will allow scientists to build a three-dimensional image of the insects' movements, a process described as "swarm sensing".</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The scientists are working on shrinking the sensor to 1 mm square so they can be attached to smaller insects, including mosquitoes.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390294864076_6716" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">(Editing by Jane Wardell and Ron Popeski)</div></div>

Australian scientists microchip bees to map movements, halt diseases (BLOG)

By Thuy Ong SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists are gluing tiny sensors onto thousands of honey bees to track their movements in a tria...

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