A small item in the Washington Post tells us:
The Obama administration will ask Congress to improve childhood nutrition by ridding school vending machines of sugary snacks and drinks and giving school lunch and breakfast to more kids.
Where to begin?
Once, in the past, children actually packed a lunch box to eat lunch at school.
In […]

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Peer Abuse at work continues to be an underappreciated issue in our nation as we continue to enable this problem in our companies and organizations. However, things “down under” seem to be taking a more serious look at this problem.
A recent court decision in Hawthorn, Australia ordered a company, Café Vamp, to pay $335,000 in […]

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In the latter half of 2009, criminal hackers went from mass SQL injection campaigns to targeted attacks. SQL is abbreviation of Structured Query Language. Pronounced ”Ess Que El” or ”Sequel”. The attackers shift in strategy focused on targeting high-profile websites, concluded Websense’s State of Internet Security report for the third […]

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As the torch for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic games approaches Vancouver after being carried across Canada, the torch for a parallel games arrived yesterday. It was the torch for the 2010 Poverty Olympics, carried from city to city across British Columbia. It’s arrival was cheered by about 500 people packed […]

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Services in many nations will be held to mark the first major disability event in the calendar - Autism Sunday on 14th February. Autism campaigners have used the occasion to lobby and campaign on the issues concerned with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome around the world. They are also set to wear autism awareness ribbons on […]

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LAKE OSPREY VILLAGE CABARET-LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL  2-6-10
THE GLASS ONION BAND IN CONCERT
BEATLE AUCTION PLANNED FOR SPRING
This is a guest article by John Cherry the author of Better Than Lennon, a book that explores who was the better musician John Lennon or Paul McCartney - Simon

From 8-11 on the night of February 6th, Beatle tribute […]

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This weekend we celebrate Ronald Reagan’s 99th birthday.  The 40th President of the United States would no doubt be aghast at the gymnastics in Washington: Democrats stepping over each other to make government bigger. Twenty years after Reagan left office, America has seen diametric reversal of the philosophy he held dear, that smaller […]

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This is a guest post by author Jay Rankin. His debut book Under The Neon Sky takes us behind the glitz and glamor of Las Vegas. You can read my review here - Simon 

By Jay Rankin
To be honest, sex was everywhere. I was surrounded by all its possibilities. There were topless clubs, all […]

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Police believe they may have uncovered an international ATM “skimming” ring responsible for stealing money from hundreds of local accounts. Izaylo Hristov, 28, of Ontario, Canada, a Bulgarian citizen, was arrested at an ATM in the Boston area along with Viadiclav Vladevo and Anton Venkov. Venkov had $99,100 in $20 bills in his car when […]

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The stupid definition of conservatism as “opposition to change” is still something of a reality-defying mantra among Leftists — despite conservatives often being major agents of change — from Benjamin Disraeli to Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. And if George Bush’s movement of American power into two countries of the Middle […]

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The story carries the headline: France: Catholic Church Rejects Ban on Full-Face Veils
Except the “Catholic Church” did no such thing. The Bishop in charge of “interreligious dialogue” in France made a statement, but his opinion is not the opinion of the Catholic church.
“If we want Christian minorities in Muslim majority countries to enjoy […]

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Though Italian composer Andrea Guerra has been composing for 20 years, his work may not be instantly recognizable to American audiences, as up until recently, the majority of his films have been Italian, though his more well-known credits include high-profile awards movies: Hotel Rwanda, The Pursuit of Happyness, and most recently Nine. With the upcoming […]

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Christopher Young is one of the few composers working today that is liable to be recognized by the average moviegoer. Long appreciated for the magic he can work with a horror movie score, Young has expanded his repertoire to include films of all genres, from the comedic The Man Who Knew Too Little to the […]

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We had discussed in the previous articles that Information Security adoption by individual employees may be mapped to five motivational parameters namely,
1. Awareness, 2. Acceptance 3. Availability, 4. Mandate and 5. Inspiration.
Unlike the normal motivational models, the model suggested for visualization of this process for better understanding was a “Pentagon” where each of the five […]

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Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert
The Internet has made our personal and professional lives very transparent. We now live in the fishbowl. Despite what many will argue, your privacy is no longer fully in your control. Your online identity is also something that others can control, and you need to do your best to manage it. […]

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This just in from TJ Hart. We have not had time to analyze the data, but it certainly is revealing. Misty whines about not having any new socks, and why doesn’t either Padilla or Cobra bail her out? We will have a more in-depth article soon, but we promised to publish the information as soon […]

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Part of Gray’s Ferry in Dixie!

Growing up in Gray’s Ferry had its great spiritual benefits. Living within a cluster of 3 parishes, all within walking distance made going to Sunday Mass an easily attainable ritual. With Saint Gabriel Church, King of Peace Church and Saint Aloysius Church all within the boundaries of Saint Gabriel […]

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Part of Gray’s Ferry in Dixie!

Growing up in Gray’s Ferry had its great spiritual benefits. Living within a cluster of 3 parishes, all within walking distance made going to Sunday Mass an easily attainable ritual. With Saint Gabriel Church, King of Peace Church and Saint Aloysius Church all within the boundaries of […]

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Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert

A recent study by Dutch investigation firm Ultrascan shows we are half as smart (or twice as dumb) as we were in 2008 as advanced fee scams doubled in losses to over $9 billion. 419 Advance Fee Fraud Statistics 2009 (PDF)

It is believed that while the scams are known to be […]

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Detroit Police Department cracks down on home invasions across Detroit. There are few crimes as horrific as a home invasion. When a bad guy forces their way into your home and uses violence on your and your family to get what they want, all sense of security is gone. Apparently this […]

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Malicious software designed to gather usernames and passwords has been a boon for the criminal hacking community. Spyware as it’s commonly known records almost everything a user does on their PC. The most damaging spyware records all electronic communications via a web browser. That’s where the most damage can be done […]

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Gary Hart and Warren Rudman headed a bi-partisan Defense Department commission which presented its warning of a major Al Qaeda attack pending in January, 2001, as Bush assumed the presidency.
The report here citing the warning also mentions why it is almost impossible to deter such attacks:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec02/senators_10-31.html

“Among the most vulnerable areas: […]

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This is a very timely book. There are few people today that live in the US and are not concerned about health-care. People are living longer, and costs are soaring. Even if you have a great job, and are earning large sums of money, health-care is still a major concern. For many years I […]

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According to published reports, analysts both overseas and in the U.S. note that President Obama’s State of the Union statement about revoking tax breaks for companies outsourcing jobs could open a ‘Pandora’s box’ full of problems.
A survey by independent analysts in India, Asia Sentinel of industry officials, finds that the nature of outsourcing itself does […]

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One
of the greatest things I remember about growing up in Gray’s Ferry was
how unashamedly Catholic we were in our Saint Gabriel days. Every
school day was in itself an exercise in our Catholic faith starting
with the prerequisite Catholic school uniform that was de rigueur in school.
February 3 always has a particular fondness for me as well. […]

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Democrats carped over the big spending of the Bush administration.  (True conservatives did, too, by the way.)  But when they got the reins, both the White House and Congress, Democrats made Republican spending look positively thrifty.
When they have lots of money, Democrats spend money on all sorts of government programs.  And when we have less […]

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In the past year our use of Twitter has increased dramatically. And so has the criminal hacker’s attention to the opportunity to use it for illicit gain.

Jacked Twitter Accounts: Numerous Twitter (and Facebook) accounts including those of President Obama, Britney Spears, Fox News and others were taken over and […]

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Just about all the news these days is bad:
The Taliban in Afghanistan have figured how to avoid harm from our troops and are gaining strength there.
The job market is unlikely to improve very much because our competitors pay far less to their workers and we have lost jobs overseas to them.
Obama is talking deficits now […]

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There are toxic people in every environment – toxic family, toxic friends, toxic lovers and toxic coworkers.  If you don’t recognize and respond effectively to toxic, bullying coworkers they can make your life miserable, harass you, turn the rest of your team against you, scapegoat you and even get you fired.
For example, Jane is known […]

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The President’s State of the Union (SoU) address last week had a little something for everyone, contradictory policies, and not enough in any single area to make a difference in the economy.
First, there was something for everyone.  Bank bailouts are suddenly distasteful and the taxpayers need recompense for saving them; the […]

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