Making Love Out of Nothing at All

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Cheeeeeeeeeers and a Happy Post-Super Bowl Monday to you all!!<br /><br />I bet many of you who are reading this, have a hangover, which is good, because this post only gets worse from here, and so will your hangover!!<br /><br />And you know what?  I find that fucking funny.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikpsBHhK5JjlsgXn3DJKhxmR5MydEv46ZvpZp1YC81QJqZHImgFj1Vaayj0LjaRMhsoydneXq04zIMKCnR4yBW6tE7wCQFre99hGcGplDljWgaiEc_X0oS4wezIg2hyphenhyphenqZHf4xy_aUfq9U7/s1600/Air+Supply+Gay+As+Hell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikpsBHhK5JjlsgXn3DJKhxmR5MydEv46ZvpZp1YC81QJqZHImgFj1Vaayj0LjaRMhsoydneXq04zIMKCnR4yBW6tE7wCQFre99hGcGplDljWgaiEc_X0oS4wezIg2hyphenhyphenqZHf4xy_aUfq9U7/s1600/Air+Supply+Gay+As+Hell.jpg" width="400" /></a>Seriously…<br /><br />Of late, the Monday IWS Radio website post has revolved around a recap of the Sunday IWS radio show broadcast, which of course, we didn't do yesterday because most Americans were watching the Super Bowl.<br /><br />So…<br /><br />I have to think of something else to write about.  Which of course, isn't fair, hmmmmmmm?<br /><br />Y’know?<br /><br />I should still be allowed to write about last night’s IWS Radio show…even though we didn't have one, because…<br /><br />I bet if we had broadcast a show last night, it would have been awesome!!<br /><br />Jay would have opined; I would have pontificated, and the audience would have laugh until they stopped.<br /><br />But alas…<br /><br />We didn't do a show on which to report, so instead…<br /><br />I am left here to type in a manner that merely gets the word count of this essay up to a level which makes it appear as though I put some real thought and effort into this post.<br /><br />And in fact, not including the sentence that you are currently reading, I am up to 203 words, which proves something that I have known all along…<br /><br />I can say nothing as well as anyone…or is it anybody?  Those two words have always confused me. Anyhoo…<br /><br />Jayman and I will be doing a show this coming Sunday, February 9th as we celebrate Valentine’s Day, and how it’s a fucking bullshit holiday that revolves around women demanding a price tag on their love, and if it is not met?<br /><br />Their significant other is a dead man.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38cheGtYTp1ACaVt9UyLYKb0HN_E36tNvTVulG5vH4lL20MqHbdndnqR92JT8yaRwaXHi7qIbwtt4m1jspVUwr40MgUjGVGrj-TKoaY7rqyuQWTniZEvG5pjlhNqUOlF5BKKoiVw1N8P5/s1600/Kick+to+The+Cock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38cheGtYTp1ACaVt9UyLYKb0HN_E36tNvTVulG5vH4lL20MqHbdndnqR92JT8yaRwaXHi7qIbwtt4m1jspVUwr40MgUjGVGrj-TKoaY7rqyuQWTniZEvG5pjlhNqUOlF5BKKoiVw1N8P5/s1600/Kick+to+The+Cock.jpg" width="400" /></a>Yeah…Valentine’s Day is full of love. Full of men getting kicked in the emotional junk and left needing a Viagra just in order to get it up enough to not pee all over their own feet.<br /><br />I remember buying flowers for my wife one Valentine’s Day…They were elegant, well crafted, and the most beautiful shade of red I had ever seen.<br /><br />Unfortunately…<br /><br />I found out post roso facto, that that year she was in to yellow roses, and evidently my red roses were a big “fuck you” to her yellow rose fascination, of which, I knew nothing about.<br /><br />That was years ago, but yeah, you guessed it…she’s still a cunt.<br /><br />Anyway, as I really have nothing to say tonight, I’ll just end it here, and invite you all to listen to Jayman and I next Sunday from 8-10 PM ET…<br /><br />We will have a hilarious, heart-felt Valentine’s Day themed show, which may or may not include midgets with big hearts, along with huge assed wives who have no souls.<br /><br />Until then…<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br /><i>Matt-Man</i><br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@MattMan_IWS</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattmaniws" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">My Facebook Page</span></a> </div>

Making Love Out of Nothing at All

Cheeeeeeeeeers and a Happy Post-Super Bowl Monday to you all!! I bet many of you who are reading this, have a hangover, which is good, becau...

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Today's archidose #731

Here are a few photos of the "Architecture & Human" series by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/irling/">Ilsflo</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/irling/12226543755/" title="[24]/[365] by Ilsflo, on Flickr"><img alt="[24]/[365]" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7409/12226543755_be09b1fbfa_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/irling/12239315274/" title="[25]/[365] by Ilsflo, on Flickr"><img alt="[25]/[365]" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7401/12239315274_3e3dde672d_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/irling/12261287006/" title="[26]/[365] by Ilsflo, on Flickr"><img alt="[26]/[365]" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5525/12261287006_1eb57c7d47_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #731

Here are a few photos of the "Architecture & Human" series by Ilsflo . To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, jus...

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NFL fans collapse at New Jersey train station en route to Super Bowl XLVIII (SPORTS)

<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/AVvXsEjAlzh5Qw1Mzz1dZimNED69KMEjXW3VKDcgMvSI8BIdlTuSx4IIIpQQjUBsnLMaXW5_r5DfK-qEQDvXkIwD269fz7BXXhDO7TztWAlDRuxdwFcHYFEdSHyuZn7ON9YN6qQ3WYiciM2X2Ao/s1600/Bffi_0KCMAA3ZZT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAlzh5Qw1Mzz1dZimNED69KMEjXW3VKDcgMvSI8BIdlTuSx4IIIpQQjUBsnLMaXW5_r5DfK-qEQDvXkIwD269fz7BXXhDO7TztWAlDRuxdwFcHYFEdSHyuZn7ON9YN6qQ3WYiciM2X2Ao/s1600/Bffi_0KCMAA3ZZT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1391387006970_2204" 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 biggest concern most NFL fans who planned to attend Super Bowl XLVIII was possibly freezing while sitting outside in MetLife Stadium.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1391387006970_2263" 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 is hard to fathom their biggest concern was would be trying to stay conscious and breathe in 100-degree temperatures while traveling to the game on Sunday.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1391387006970_2273" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Several people collapsed in an overcrowded and overheated New Jersey train station while waiting on long lines to get to the Super Bowl, <a data-rapid_p="13" href="http://news.yahoo.com/super-bowl-fans-collapse-crowded-nj-junction-203539159--spt.html" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;">according to the Associated Press.</a> </div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1391387006970_2283" 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 people who collapsed were treated by emergency medical workers at Secaucus Junction on Sunday afternoon after being packed into crowds that were reportedly at a standstill. Emergency workers had to push their way through the crowd to treat people affected by the crowd.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1391387006970_2293" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Officials had discouraged fans from driving to the game and the use of cabs or limousines was prohibited because of the security perimeter. The use of public transit was encouraged, but it quickly became apparent that transit stations were not equipped to process the crowds through all the security checkpoints. </div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1391387006970_2303" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Krysten Peek of Yahoo Sports was among the people wedged into that crowd. She reports the reason for the jam is the station could not handle the high amount of people. When the initial flood hit, there was no authority to organize the lines, so it turned into a free for all.</div><span 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_1391387006970_2651" 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 data-rapid_p="31" href="http://www.nj.com/super-bowl/index.ssf/2014/02/super_bowl_train_passengers_furious_with_packed_rail_cars_delays.html" style="color: #324fe1; text-decoration: none;">According to NJ.com, </a>“Security officers at first were checking every bag, but by 2:45 p.m., more than three hours before the game, checkpoints were overwhelmed by the crowds and people they were pouring through with little or no examination of what was on their person or what they were carrying.”</div></div>

NFL fans collapse at New Jersey train station en route to Super Bowl XLVIII (SPORTS)

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Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in NYC apartment (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/AVvXsEh7uhzCRgU4vYgxKr-Ss4QRFaSbs2rDZChXq5JjErhvgEuIDWsYUcufhbhVtv7dugeiFTvDYNGUImcBfap6Y8g1Q3a8I9Yd8QUdQ9DLtwcQtM23DcGDAazqKf7oiu-90Pygbc70I5nsvLI/s1600/848c-US-Obit-Hoffman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uhzCRgU4vYgxKr-Ss4QRFaSbs2rDZChXq5JjErhvgEuIDWsYUcufhbhVtv7dugeiFTvDYNGUImcBfap6Y8g1Q3a8I9Yd8QUdQ9DLtwcQtM23DcGDAazqKf7oiu-90Pygbc70I5nsvLI/s1600/848c-US-Obit-Hoffman.jpg" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">NEW YORK (AP) — Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote and created a gallery of other vivid characters, many of them slovenly and somewhat dissipated, was found dead Sunday in his apartment with what officials said was a needle in his arm. He was 46.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">Two law enforcement officials, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the evidence, said the actor apparently died of a drug overdose. Glassine envelopes containing what was believed to be heroin were found with him, they said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">Hoffman — no matinee idol, with his lumpy build and limp blond hair — made his career mostly as a character actor, and was one of the most prolific in the business, plying his craft with a rumpled naturalism that also made him one of the most admired performers of his generation.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">The stage-trained actor was nominated for Academy Awards four times in all: for "Capote," ''The Master," ''Doubt" and "Charlie Wilson's War." He also received three Tony nominations for his work on Broadway, which included an acclaimed turn as the weary and defeated Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">Hoffman spoke candidly over the years about past struggles with drug addiction. After 23 years sober, he admitted in interviews last year to falling off the wagon and developing a heroin problem that led to a stint in rehab.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">Tributes poured in from other Hollywood figures.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">"One of the greatest actors of a generation and a sweet, funny & humble man," actor Ricky Gervais tweeted. Director Spike Lee said on Twitter: "Damn, We Lost Another Great Artist."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">And Kevin Costner said in an AP interview: "Philip was a very important actor and really takes his place among the real great actors. It's a shame. Who knows what he would have been able to do? But we're left with the legacy of the work he's done and it all speaks for itself."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">"No words for this. He was too great and we're too shattered," said Mike Nichols, who directed Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War" and "Death of a Salesman."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">The law enforcement officials said Hoffman's body was discovered in a bathroom at his Greenwich Village apartment by a friend who made the 911 call and his assistant.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">Late Sunday, a police crime-scene van was parked out front, and technicians carrying brown paper bags went in and out. Police kept a growing crowd of onlookers back. A single red daisy had been placed in front of the lobby door.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">Hoffman's family called the news "tragic and sudden." Hoffman is survived by his partner of 15 years, Mimi O'Donnell, and their three children.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">"We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Phil and appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from everyone," the family said in a statement.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">In one of his earliest screen roles, he played a spoiled prep school student in "Scent of a Woman" in 1992. One of his breakthroughs came as a gay member of a porno film crew in "Boogie Nights," one of several movies directed by Paul Thomas Anderson that he would eventually appear in.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">He often played comic, slightly off-kilter characters in movies like "Along Came Polly," ''The Big Lebowski" and "Almost Famous."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">More recently, he was Plutarch Heavensbee in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" and was reprising that role in the two-part sequel, "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay," which is in the works. And in "Moneyball," he played Art Howe, the grumpy manager of the Oakland Athletics who resisted new thinking about baseball talent.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">Just weeks ago, Showtime announced Hoffman would star in "Happyish," a new comedy series about a middle-aged man's pursuit of happiness.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">He was nominated for the 2013 Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in "The Master" as the charismatic leader of a religious movement. The film, inspired in part by the life of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, reunited the actor with Anderson.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">He also received a 2009 best-supporting nomination for "Doubt," as a priest who comes under suspicion because of his relationship with a boy, and another best-supporting nomination as a CIA officer in "Charlie Wilson's War."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">Born in 1967 in Fairport, N.Y., Hoffman was interested in acting from an early age, mesmerized at 12 by a local production of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons." He studied theater as a teenager with the New York State Summer School of the Arts and the Circle in the Square Theatre. He then majored in drama at New York University.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">In his Oscar acceptance speech for "Capote," he thanked his mother for raising him and his three siblings alone, and for taking him to his first play. Hoffman's parents divorced when he was 9.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">He could seemingly take on any role, large or small, loathsome or sympathetic, and appeared to be utterly lacking in vanity.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">On Broadway, in addition to starring as Willy Loman, he played Jamie in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and both leads in "True West." All three performances were Tony-nominated.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">His 2012 performance in "Death of a Salesman" was praised as "heartbreaking" by AP theater critic Mark Kennedy.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">"Hoffman is only 44, but he nevertheless sags in his brokenness like a man closer to retirement age, lugging about his sample cases filled with his self-denial and disillusionment," Kennedy wrote. "His fraying connection to reality is pronounced in this production, with Hoffman quick to anger and a hard edge emerging from his babbling."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px;">Two films starring Hoffman premiered last month at the Sundance Film Festival: the espionage thriller "A Most Wanted Man" and "God's Pocket."</div></div>

Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in NYC apartment (BLOG)

NEW YORK (AP) — Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote and created a gal...

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SuperBowl Sunday

Being a Raiders fan, I am having a hard time getting too excited about this fucking mess.<br /><br />My wife and her boys on the other hand, have about worked themselves into a frenzy because they are Seattle fans.<br /><br /><br />She is like one step below painting her face blue and green!<br /><br />Me?<br /><br />Meh.<br /><br /><br />I do know one thing, I have hated Denver's ass for many, many years now so I suppose it wouldn't break my heart to see them get their asses whipped.<br /><br />My wife would certainly be happy.<br /><br />This Pre Game hype is getting pretty ridiculous.<br /><br />Do I really give a shit what Bill Murray thinks?<br /><br /> Do you really need to drag a bunch of useless fucking entertainers up there and ask them asinine questions?<br /><br />No.<br /><br />I ain't going to worry about any of it though, I'm going to go to work.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_36PHF3mtIz8uDA_q8GabiSLdFUZVoRfXbJDwHYmiYKLnQeDZ9U5U9PKu0ck_8r9UNEm1_j3GbXlpvYSoQGnd1CieK5a_yYtOgtxiW43O4BkXnxdVQQWfLy4gH4MlymkpnC1BBuIWg5rQ/s1600/g33_display_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_36PHF3mtIz8uDA_q8GabiSLdFUZVoRfXbJDwHYmiYKLnQeDZ9U5U9PKu0ck_8r9UNEm1_j3GbXlpvYSoQGnd1CieK5a_yYtOgtxiW43O4BkXnxdVQQWfLy4gH4MlymkpnC1BBuIWg5rQ/s640/g33_display_image.jpg" /></a></div><br />

SuperBowl Sunday

Being a Raiders fan, I am having a hard time getting too excited about this fucking mess. My wife and her boys on the other hand, have abou...

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The Future of American Baby Manufacturing (Musical Tribute)

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7E1h4tjmn58zhMo1RZelYALb0-9_4xvjnjwRDdErfyIlxagYa7UTrLSMZ15FAuertKMrOYjQb9Lh3O_kpUsEYdaszAnc9WJ24eDYc6ladEX3dVCqR4o53ZMVYy4c8sjewr4ZPrYAKWU/s1600/Civilian+Labor+Force+-+Women+vs.+Men.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7E1h4tjmn58zhMo1RZelYALb0-9_4xvjnjwRDdErfyIlxagYa7UTrLSMZ15FAuertKMrOYjQb9Lh3O_kpUsEYdaszAnc9WJ24eDYc6ladEX3dVCqR4o53ZMVYy4c8sjewr4ZPrYAKWU/s320/Civilian+Labor+Force+-+Women+vs.+Men.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimism">Wikipedia: Optimism</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>Optimism is a mental attitude or world view that interprets situations and events as being best (optimized), meaning that in some way for factors that may not be fully comprehended, the present moment is in an optimum state. The concept is typically extended to include the attitude of hope for future conditions unfolding as optimal as well.</i></div><br />Hey! Look! A parabola! Woo-hoo!<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/sJlu_xo79k8" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><b>See Also:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=rBP">St. Louis Fed: Japan's Working Age Population</a><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2010/06/sarcasm-disclaimer.html">Sarcasm Disclaimer</a><br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=rBM">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

The Future of American Baby Manufacturing (Musical Tribute)

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Macklemore’s Win, A Fail For the Grammy’s?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCytvItuPaIR-DhXxIpn_B4JTKZAnod2o60I2JQRLowLEDjUw0vlOQFbMZDfuSlYhT0T-2GEkmjQK9pjdV0aTVyWk2qEKAVj_MIiePj1i40ped5rjrp7rhuR3XlGjmOECArp1G8bDaUU/s1600/Macklemore+600.png" 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/AVvXsEjDCytvItuPaIR-DhXxIpn_B4JTKZAnod2o60I2JQRLowLEDjUw0vlOQFbMZDfuSlYhT0T-2GEkmjQK9pjdV0aTVyWk2qEKAVj_MIiePj1i40ped5rjrp7rhuR3XlGjmOECArp1G8bDaUU/s1600/Macklemore+600.png" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Sunday’s 56</span><sup style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">annual Grammy award ceremony was controversial</span><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> </i><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">on plethora of levels. From the wedding ceremony of 33 couples by Hip Hop royalty and talk show host Queen Latifah during Macklemore’s performance of their hit song “Same Love”, to the fact that Macklemore was nominated and won four awards including Best Rap Album beating out Kendrick Lamar who was nominated for seven awards himself.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Post awards, folks were in an uproar about their win saying that Lamar was robbed of the award for his album “Good Kid M.A.A.D City”. Even Macklemore himself felt that way sending Lamar a text message, which he later screen shot and posted on Instagram that read, “You got robbed. I wanted you to win. You should have. It’s weird and sucks that I robbed you. I was gonna say that during the speech. Then the music started playing and I froze. “The photo was followed by a caption that read, “My text to Kendrick after the show. He deserved best rap album... I'm honored and completely blown away to win anything much less 4 Grammys. But in that category, he should have won IMO. And that's taking nothing away from The Heist. Just giving GKMC its proper respect.. With that being said, thank you to the fans. You're the reason we were on that stage <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">tonight</a>. And to play Same Love on that platform was a career highlight. The greatest honor of all. That's what this is about. Progress and art. Thank you. #grammys”.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After apologizing to him personally, Macklemore took to the infamous air waves of Hot 97 on Monday morning to elaborate further stating, “"Try being the guy that won that award. It's the blessing and the curse, but a little more of the curse," he said, explaining that he was concerned when the nominations were originally announced. "Kendrick is a friend of mine, I love his music and in my opinion he had the best rap album of the year. And knowing how the Grammys usually go, I knew that there would be a great chance that we'd win that award and in essence rob Kendrick. So that's what happened. It kinda sucks. I think we made a great album, but I think that Kendrick made a better rap album. And that's what it is."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The question that this award ceremony has raised for many is one of not only racial discrimination but the state of hip hop as well. <a href="http://theguardian.com/" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors="true">TheGuardian.com</a> stated, “For the Grammys to then reward a middling white rapper over these heavyweights leaves it very open to accusations of prejudice.”  <i>Justified </i>actor Michael Rapaport took to Twitter to express his feelings about the “travesty” that took place at the Grammy’s. “Macklemore won best Rap record at the Grammys .OMGOODness. Hip Hop is dead & KILL the damn Grammys. Where the hell is RAKIM ? Macklemore ain't Rap. You say that like it's not a travesty a disgrace a complete damn Joke. Macklemore is a damn joke. I'm damn mad & y'all hip hop reporters need to protest this foolishness this is out of hand man. RAKIM, KRS1 & BDK are shaking there damn heads to break beat over the fact that Macklemore won best Rap album at the bullshit ass Grammys.” He ranted.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">During the Hot 97 interview Macklemore also criticized the Grammy’s by saying, "What makes it awkward for me is the fact that you never want to be the person that's robbing somebody else. And I think what people don't understand, is what the Grammys are. It's a bunch of people on the Grammy committee, in the industry, that get a ballot. I got a ballot this year. Now, as I'm filling out the ballot I'm realizing I don't know much outside of the genre of hip-hop. So people are filing out bubbles of genres that they don't know about, and that's the process of it."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Which then poses the question, does the discrepancy lie within the Grammy’s themselves, and if so, what, if anything has to change in order for hip hop to be recognized for the genre that it is versus the assumptions it’s presumed by? </span></div><div style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Follow Brittnye Webb-Earl on Twitter <b>@BeeNoelle</b></span></span></div></div></div>

Macklemore’s Win, A Fail For the Grammy’s?

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New Olympic Events - Even More Awesome Than Before!

<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">Time to get you geared up for some new Olympic events that are sure to impress! Get ready - there are TWELVE this year!</span></span></div><b id="docs-internal-guid-7de1fdb6-f355-a3a6-0647-ace15f702d0a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">An awesome addition is that three of the new events will have men and women competing together on the same team. The Summer Olympics have yet to capitalize on this - as far as I know, the only co-ed event in those Games are equestrian events. That should change! I loved participating in grade school track teams and intramurals in high school with men and women together. </span></span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Biathlon Mixed Relay</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">If you don’t know biathlon, just wait - NBC will air the event way too many times to count in their day coverage. It’s a mix of cross-country skiing and shooting. If you miss a target, you have to ski that many extra laps. The new event mixes men and women together, which automatically makes it way more interesting than any other biathlon event. </span></span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Figure Skating Team Event</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">As if figure skating wasn’t already top priority for many viewers, now it’s got a stranglehold. This combines one female, one male, one pairs couple, and one ice dancing couple from each country. Highest total score wins. Awesome. Awesome awesome awesome!</span></span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">Mixed Luge Relay</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">This sounds absolutely bonkers. Three sleds going down AT THE SAME TIME. It’s much like speedskating pursuit, where the three sleds will all be from the same team. One women’s sled, one doubles, and one men’s sled. The times will count after the LAST sled has crossed the finish line - another similarity to speedskating pursuit. The luge goes down, the luger has to slap a target, and then the next luge goes! It sounds great, and I will watch as much as I can.</span></span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">Ski Halfpipe - Men and Women</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">If you set your DVRs last year for Shaun White (now to always be called Skinny Jeans Shaun White, or SJ Shaun White, because of his current competition attire), now there’s even more halfpipe goodness to go around. This time, be prepared for lots of helis and flips, and hope those pesky ski poles don’t get in the way!</span></span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">Ski Slopestyle/Snowboard Slopestyle - Men and Women</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">I combine these events because they are very similar. It’s like a giant obstacle course, filled with rails and jumps. It’s not scored on time, but on how fancy your tricks are on the course. It’s done one at a time, unlike ski and snowboard cross (one of my favorites), which are run with four at a time.</span></span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">Snowboard Parallel Slalom - Men and Women</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">Snowboarders race down against another racer doing an identical course...but parallel. If I have to explain parallel to you, then you can come to one of my third grade Math classes any time.</span></span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">Women’s Ski Jump</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yup, they’ve never had women’s ski jump before. I couldn’t believe it either when I found out. It seems incredibly ridiculous when you think about it, but even four years ago one of the officials stated that ski jump affected the women’s body in a negative way, and that’s why it shouldn’t be an Olympic event. (source! </span><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/technology/businessinsider/article/The-Outrageous-Reason-Why-Women-s-Ski-Jumping-Was-5127901.php" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.seattlepi.com/technology/businessinsider/article/The-Outrageous-Reason-Why-Women-s-Ski-Jumping-Was-5127901.php</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) I will gladly watch this.</span></span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b><br /><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">For some incredibly over-edited introduction videos to these events, click on the link below:</span></span></div><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><a href="http://www.olympic.org/news/what-s-new-for-sochi/218742" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.olympic.org/news/what-s-new-for-sochi/218742</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>

New Olympic Events - Even More Awesome Than Before!

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Planning de la semaine du 04 au 08 février 2014

<br /><br /><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Permanences</span></strong><br /></h2><ul><li>Le <strong>Conseil Général du Loiret</strong> sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans<br />- le lundi 04 février de 9h à 12h30,<br />- le mardi 05 février de 9h à 12h30 et de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le mercredi 06 février de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le jeudi 07 février de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le vendredi 08 février de 13h30 à 17h.</li><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/11/boutique-de-gestion.html">Boutique de Gestion</a></strong> - lundi 04 février de 13h30 à 17h (sur rendez-vous)</li><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.fr/2007/11/solidarits-nouvelles-face-au-chmage.html">Solidarités Nouvelles face au Chômage</a></strong> - mercredi 06 février de 10h à 12h30</li></ul><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Ateliers</span></strong></h2><ul><li><b>CV</b> - mardi 05 février de 09h à 12h30</li><br /><li><b>Lettre de Motivation</b> - mardi 05 février de 13h30 à 17h</li><br /><li><b>Préparation à l'entretien</b> - jeudi 07 janvier de 13h30 à 17h</li><br /><li><strong>Pôle-emploi.fr</strong> - vendredi 08 février de 10h à 11h30</li><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2009/07/atelier-situtilises-tu-trouves.html">Sit'Utilises tu trouves</a></strong> - vendredi 08 février de 14h à 16h</li></ul><h2><strong><span style="color: #005c9b; line-height: 113%;">Information collective</span></strong></h2><ul><li><b>Boutique de gestion</b> - lundi 04 février à 14h</li><br /><li><b>RSA - Conseil Général</b> - mardi 05 février à 10h</li><br /><li><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.fr/2014/01/semaine-du-microcredit-de-ladie.html">ADIE</a></b> - mardi 05 février à 13h30</li><br /><li><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.fr/p/plan-local-pour-linsertion-et-lemploi.html">PLIE</a></b> - mercredi 06 février à 09h</li></ul>

Planning de la semaine du 04 au 08 février 2014

Permanences Le Conseil Général du Loiret sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans - le lundi 04 fé...

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Super Bowl XLVIII SUPER SECURITY FORCES

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">OPERATION Super Bowl XLVIII</span></span> </b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Keeping America Safe from Americans? </b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More than 70 agencies  </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> Air, Water, Ground, Subterranean, NFL Control Center, Special OPS Command Posts, FEMA, Homeland Security, TSA Agents,...</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/AVvXsEiKrk1538TjRq8G-vQJHSZU-GQ6vNbqP6vV14agOePKVMaJsWcFLxynxeKJRYOZydKRfgCH0wOwKnn6BqOaWuZOpyxGjhqC3E3ujkpfTlz7dpAFiPeqZB0GHw2ksMPGTJpA0i_xldH0JVI/s1600/SuperBowlXLVIII.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKrk1538TjRq8G-vQJHSZU-GQ6vNbqP6vV14agOePKVMaJsWcFLxynxeKJRYOZydKRfgCH0wOwKnn6BqOaWuZOpyxGjhqC3E3ujkpfTlz7dpAFiPeqZB0GHw2ksMPGTJpA0i_xldH0JVI/s1600/SuperBowlXLVIII.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>READY FOR TERROR</b></span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>F16's, Air Traffic Control, US NAVY, USAF, US Army, US Marines, National Guard, FAA, FBI, CIA, NYPD, New Jersey Police, Sheriff's Departments, Aerial Tanker Refueling Operations, AWACS, Police Helicopters, U.S. Coast Guard, NAVY Seals, NYFD, NJFD,....the list goes on... </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Over 4,000 SECURITY FORCES </span></b></div><br /><b>Snipers, HAZMAT TEAMS, SWAT TEAMS, ERT's, Bomb Detection K9's, local, State, Federal agencies, all there to keep the Super Bowl XLVIII safe.  The list of above agencies and operations is even larger than reported as there are also TOP SECRET OPERATIONS going on beside.  That's why the FEDERAL RESERVE creates the money out of thin air to fund what's important to America:</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A game of FOOTBALL </b></span></div></div><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/cy10QOd3X0k?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Super Bowl of SECURITY</b></span></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/xAysw1CIrnA?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>RELATED LINKS:</b></span><br /><b><br /></b><b>Over 4,000 forces deployed for Super Bowl XLVII Security Operation: </b><br /><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2014/01/superbowl-xlviii-security-via-air-land.html" style="color: red;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2014/01/superbowl-xlviii-security-via-air-land.html</a></b><br /><b><br /></b><b>There are concerns of an explosives attack: </b><br /><b><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2014/01/explosives-concerns-rising-for-super.html" style="color: red;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2014/01/explosives-concerns-rising-for-super.html</a></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>It's all about fun and entertainment</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWIcrFqwfYVhXCc_4Ffn_CmvV4iQFN4rUlPcN0-2EUXCZPTlBV9lkNM8kuDjSaQasuwFdxLNlakAEa-GDntpBWITGYUXlW_WpsO1-7X0SsBwz2EazihO_Xft0ZQ0pLUPp2vM6B94tBEM/s1600/nfl-logo-232x300.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWIcrFqwfYVhXCc_4Ffn_CmvV4iQFN4rUlPcN0-2EUXCZPTlBV9lkNM8kuDjSaQasuwFdxLNlakAEa-GDntpBWITGYUXlW_WpsO1-7X0SsBwz2EazihO_Xft0ZQ0pLUPp2vM6B94tBEM/s1600/nfl-logo-232x300.gif" width="154" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">NFL is a TAX EXEMPT organization</span> </b></div><br /><b>Watch the fans react to questions by INFOWARS reporter Jakari Jackson:</b><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Pn-veUunio8?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/SFLU1jw5uEA?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/WsE1sPuP-vE?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>NO FREEDOM TO TRAVEL</b></span> </div><br /><b>TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS:  No vehicular traffic other than MASS TRANSIT BUSES and the TRAIN SYSTEMS allowed.  Any vehicular or personal vehicle travel is BY APPROVED PERMIT ONLY. </b> <br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_4f1_9z90Q0?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe> <b> </b><br /><b>...developing... </b>

Super Bowl XLVIII SUPER SECURITY FORCES

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The CIA can do what they want

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The CIA is under a different set of rules...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJcYYh_hmsh8tyQchLchJzkZ5zuixVvhGVFM1fu0lYeXxfVGEfPn-HDXeeKn82sErQBKdxoQ4N3vzcaTqkM1c-0vWLLcwBb0ql7kjNAhzqioS2RErml0ysz303t1JVtLWkZ3-4tGRgwU/s1600/CIAlogo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJcYYh_hmsh8tyQchLchJzkZ5zuixVvhGVFM1fu0lYeXxfVGEfPn-HDXeeKn82sErQBKdxoQ4N3vzcaTqkM1c-0vWLLcwBb0ql7kjNAhzqioS2RErml0ysz303t1JVtLWkZ3-4tGRgwU/s1600/CIAlogo.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>...the younger kid blows his brains out:</b></span></div><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/3DlbXXk6QWI?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe>

The CIA can do what they want

The CIA is under a different set of rules... ...the younger kid blows his brains out:

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Low Levels of This Mineral Increase Your Risk of Diabetes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Zinc and Diabetes" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18069" height="266" src="http://renegadehealth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Zinc-and-Diabetes.jpg" width="400" /></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'We’re smack in the middle of flu season, which means most of us have a little zinc on hand to help shorten any potential colds. This key mineral has another talent, however, in addition to keeping the immune system strong. Studies now show that it can fight diabetes.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Researchers have been studying this connection for years—so much so that it’s surprising we haven’t heard more about it. We decided to spread the word today. If you have diabetes or are at risk for it, here’s why you may want to eat more oysters.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Studies Link Zinc and Diabetes</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The connection between zinc and diabetes seems to be related to the whole concept of antioxidants. As you probably know, a number of fruits and vegetables are rich in antioxidants, which are thought to help tame “free radicals” in the body that increase risk of disease.' </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2014/01/29/low-levels-of-this-mineral-increase-your-risk-of-diabetes">more... </a></span>

Low Levels of This Mineral Increase Your Risk of Diabetes

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Nature's Flu Shot

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="spotlight" height="400" src="https://scontent-b-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1/1606914_10151909183612499_1596043630_n.png" style="height: 480px; width: 380px;" width="400" /></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'There is no value in a flu vaccine because it does not work with the body to facilitate prevention or healing--it works against it. There is also no evidence of any benefit of flu shots due to the vast majority of industry-funded trials which are highly inadequate. Nature has the ultimate flu shot with pure, ultra immune boosting power that a vaccine can never match. This recipe stimulates the immune system to such an extent, that people often report results within as little as three hours.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://preventdisease.com/news/14/013114_Natures-Flu-Shot.shtml">more... </a></span>

Nature's Flu Shot

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Vaccine Free 2014 with Sallie O. Elkordy, guests Madame Ghis and Dr. Rebecca Carley

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Vaccine Free 2014 with Sallie O. Elkordy, guests Madame Ghis and Dr. Rebecca Carley

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Turmeric Spicy Popcorn

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Spicy Tumeric Popcorn" class="alignright size-full wp-image-4444" height="375" src="http://ybertaud9.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/spicy-tumeric-popcorn1.jpg?w=529" width="400" /></div>Photo Credit: Byzantine Flowers<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'Popcorn has received a bucketful of bad press in recent years—movie popcorn in particular—but a new study confirms that popcorn has some surprisingly good nutritional qualities.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">We’ve known for some time that popcorn is an abundant source of fiber, and that it has some B vitamins and minerals such as manganese, magnesium, iron, zinc and phosphorous. But now we’re learning its major benefits come from popcorn’s antioxidant properties.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">A team of researchers from the University of Scranton (Pa.) ran a lab analysis on several types and brands of popcorn and found that popcorn’s crunchy hull is rich in polyphenols—antioxidants that prevent damage to human cells. Polyphenols are also believed to have disease-fighting properties.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read <a href="http://ybertaud9.wordpress.com/2014/01/30/turmeric-spicy-popcorn/">more... </a></span>

Turmeric Spicy Popcorn

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Dubai is buying LOADS OF SILVER

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>*****IMPORTANT SILVER NEWS***** </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Dubai SILVER RUSH </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1ybtMKezQuLdEt0lDaqju11JCWzogJuOhEl0OkaHf57glX18sUypPqGHZ788BY4Ct5D_rEc_-g3T9RCCyadM_k7wkuCJBUBQjhku4-qLiVo4I6RZK-Eg7KAiWezCSrJNGgAKcF-FC8k/s1600/DubaiPIC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1ybtMKezQuLdEt0lDaqju11JCWzogJuOhEl0OkaHf57glX18sUypPqGHZ788BY4Ct5D_rEc_-g3T9RCCyadM_k7wkuCJBUBQjhku4-qLiVo4I6RZK-Eg7KAiWezCSrJNGgAKcF-FC8k/s1600/DubaiPIC.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Dubai SILVER DEMAND and SALES SOARING</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0l-DqoNDA5_JTnrDNZl-dvl9hc7tCmHIAWsp-ZheKlRnzcVvaliZs9RWZ12b8j3AqiVo2QWr1Txnpa428KetCuApnCB6sff2J2w87tW9MZgrmoI-O1EnM5D7JpBLTWWTTr4c5JrdeB8/s1600/DubaiAERIALpic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0l-DqoNDA5_JTnrDNZl-dvl9hc7tCmHIAWsp-ZheKlRnzcVvaliZs9RWZ12b8j3AqiVo2QWr1Txnpa428KetCuApnCB6sff2J2w87tW9MZgrmoI-O1EnM5D7JpBLTWWTTr4c5JrdeB8/s1600/DubaiAERIALpic.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">SILVER may be graduating from poor man's gold to rich's men's wealth as The News UNIT has learned from a source in Dubai that SILVER is selling for over $40 an ounce in U.S. DOLLARS in Dubai and is seeing an incredible amount of demand compared with gold.  Although GOLD is in large demand there and is sold in incredible amounts daily SILVER sales and demand is literally exploding.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There are also reports from surrounding locations that there is a growing regional demand for SILVER in various locations in portions of the Middle East and Asia.  Stay tuned as more information on this becomes available and further reports on this can be verified.  </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the meantime watch the SILVER CHART signs below:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="199" src="http://www.finviz.com/fut_chart.ashx?t=SI&cot=084691&p=d1" width="400" /><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">...developing...</div>

Dubai is buying LOADS OF SILVER

*****IMPORTANT SILVER NEWS***** The Dubai SILVER RUSH Dubai SILVER DEMAND and SALES SOARING SILVER may be graduating from poor man's gol...

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GEO-ENGINEERING REVEALED: Wake up people! They're killing us!

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>*****THIS IS VERY SERIOUS*****</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A GEO-ENGINEERING WORKSHOP</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;">And you don't believe in the TOXIC SNOW?</span></b><br /><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Here is a CRITICAL UPDATE on CHEMTRAILS, TOXIC RAIN, and SNOW GEO-ENGINEERING, etc.  It is time to put a stop to this madness and all people and religions need to come together to fight against this madness!...more below....</b></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8e_pT3BFAug?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/2TlikuEisr4?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe>

GEO-ENGINEERING REVEALED: Wake up people! They're killing us!

*****THIS IS VERY SERIOUS***** A GEO-ENGINEERING WORKSHOP And you don't believe in the TOXIC SNOW? Here is a CRITICAL UPDATE on CHEMTRAI...

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Examining Lindsey Williams and who he really is

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Who is this Lindsey Williams?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Who is SGTbull07? BrotherJohnF? Chris Duane?  The Truth Never Told?  The Sons of Liberty? Silver Bullet Silver Shield? The National Inflation Association? Future Money Trends? Mike Maloney? David Morgan? Sprott Asset Management?  The Silver Community?  Truthers?  Patriots?  Greg Mannarino?  Greg Hunter?  Dr. Paul Craig Roberts?  INFOWARS?  Joel Skousen?  Jesse Ventura?  David Icke?  Sheriff Mack?  Ron Paul?  Libertarians?  Occupy Wall Street?  Mark Dice? Jsnip4? Pastor Dowell? Alt Investors Hangout? G4T? INFOWARS?  RTTV? Max Keiser?.....and more...?</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Who are all of these and MUCH MORE?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/wVR4jdo8hw0?feature=player_detailpage" width="640"></iframe><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>...developing...</b></div>

Examining Lindsey Williams and who he really is

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Winchester .22LR Ammo Recall

I would like to thank <a href="http://knuckledraggin.com/">Kenny over at Knuckle Draggin' My Life Away </a>for this heads up.<br /><br />I swiped it as a Public Service Repost.<br /><br /><blockquote>Winchester has determined the above lots of 22 Long Rifle rimfire ammunition may contain double powder charges. Ammunition with double powder charges may subject the shooter or bystanders to a risk of serious personal injury and/or death, or cause firearm damage, rendering the firearm inoperable.<br /><br /><b>DO NOT USE WINCHESTER® M*22™ 22 Long Rifle RIMFIRE AMMUNITION WITH LOT NUMBERS GD42L or GD52L.</b> The ammunition Lot Number is imprinted (stamped without ink) on the left tuck flap of the 500-round carton as indicated here. The 1000-round intermediate carton does not have a Lot Number.<br /><br />To determine if your ammunition is subject to this notice, review the Symbol Number and Lot Number. If it is Symbol Number S22LRT with a Lot Number containing GD42L or GD52L immediately discontinue use and contact Winchester toll-free at 866-423-5224 or visit <a href="http://www.winchester.com/Product-Service/Pages/Contact-Us.aspx">http://www.winchester.com/Product-Service/Pages/Contact-Us.aspx </a>for free UPS pick-up of the recalled ammunition.<br />Thanks to Glenn for the tip.<br /><br />This notice applies only to Symbol Number S22LRT with Lot Numbers GD42L and GD52L. Other Symbol Numbers or Lot Numbers are not subject to this recall.<br /><br />If you have any questions concerning this 22 Long Rifle rimfire ammunition recall please call toll-free 866-423-5224, write to Winchester (600 Powder Mill Road, East Alton, IL 62024 Attn: S22LRT Recall), or contact Winchester Customer Support online.<br /></blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypF0L1ytSudcfzRCbiT9xkuqm-KHFgR-yWNER3r9_T_G_mrcuzbXtOqUaD1cRPg1lDrorau4JdvSDBW5PMiuSHKdlLuF13Y6sJhYY9ROFcNI9aoX9-3DJjkMP2hDFAMl1Y3Ulr_slxV9E/s1600/match-recall-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypF0L1ytSudcfzRCbiT9xkuqm-KHFgR-yWNER3r9_T_G_mrcuzbXtOqUaD1cRPg1lDrorau4JdvSDBW5PMiuSHKdlLuF13Y6sJhYY9ROFcNI9aoX9-3DJjkMP2hDFAMl1Y3Ulr_slxV9E/s640/match-recall-2.jpg" /></a></div><br />

Winchester .22LR Ammo Recall

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