Snookie from “Jersey Shore” on MTV HOTT or NOTT ?
she hott but so fuk*n anoying!! and too short!!!! and way to tan but other than that shes a hottie !!
i totally agree with you. i think she’s gorgeous if she doesn’t look too fake. And plus she can do back handsprings! How cool is that???
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Hot Fox: new sound, album and name
After winning the Record Store Day High School Battle of the Bands this April, the members of Indianapolis-based indie rock band Hot Fox have the summer to figure out their next move. by Leslie Benson Being under 21 has its advantages. Summer vacation, for example. It gives you a free time to pursue those dreams that might be quashed upon joining the workforce. After winning the Record Store Day …
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Ponds exfoliating cleanser?
I just used the ponds exfoliating cleanser clean sweep cucumber towelettes with the little bumpy things on them and have a question that might be a little silly. Do I wet it first? And do I wash it off? The package doesn’t say to, and when I scrub my face with it, there doesn’t seem to be any residue on it. Just thought I’d ask since I didn’t see it on the package. It might be a silly question ask but I’m not sure. Thanks!
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Low vitamin D linked to metabolic syndrome in seniors
According to findings presented at The Endocrine Society’s 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego, of the 1,300 white Dutch men and women ages 65 and older surveyed almost 50 percent were vitamin D deficient, and about 37 percent of the total sample had the metabolic syndrome.
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Olive Oil – Real or Fake – Who Decides?
The evidence is overwhelming – Real extra virgin olive oil not only enhances the taste of food but is good for you, consider the following headlines:
Olive oil ‘acts like painkiller’ – BBC
Mediterranean Diet Adds Years to Your Life (high intake of … olive oil) – MedicalNewsToday.com
Oleic Acid Key to Olive Oil’s Anti-Cancer Effect – Reuters.com
However, there is a dark side – fraud in the olive oil marketplace:
Olive oil’s slippery supply line – denverpost.com
Extra Virgin Olive Oil – Are You Getting What You Pay For? – ABC News 7Online
“A clear case of fraud ….. almost all of the virgin and extra virgin olive oil produced by large commercial Italian olive oil plants” Italianfood.about.com
“of 73 olive oils … in the U.S. Only 4 per cent were pure olive oil. The rest were adulterated” – New York Times
The health benefits of extra virgin olive oil only apply to real extra virgin olive oil and not to fraudulently mislabeled products.
As most olive oil consumers know, the price of real extra virgin olive oil has risen dramatically. At the same time the quality of the products being offered has deteriorated dramatically. Logic would dictate that a significant percentage of olive oil consumers would prefer real extra virgin olive oil instead of the over-priced, mislabeled and adulterated products that have flooded the market.
However the olive oil consumer’s freedom to choose their product is limited to what is actually offered.
Food importers, distributors. brokers and retailers essentially decide between two types of products when it comes to the distribution of olive oil: A) A cheap mixed product or B) Real extra virgin olive oil:
A) Mixed products have no guarantee of quality, the paperwork may say ‘extra virgin olive oil’ but what is in the bottle is pomace, canola or some other cheap refined oil. Mixed products have no quality stated or implied, they are entirely price sensitive. So the distributor, broker, importer or retailer needs to constantly offer either the cheapest product or be very close to it for fear that at some point their supply will disappear and they will be undersold due to the market realities of working with this type of product.
This is where the consumer gets cheated – the labeling does not accurately reflect what is in the bottle. Take for example ‘light olive oil’ – what is ‘light’ olive oil? Olive oil made from ‘light’ olives? Light olive oil is 95% pomace, canola or some other cheap oil mixed in with 5% virgin olive oil. It stretches the imagination to think that olive oil consumers demand this type of product.
B) Real extra virgin olive oil obviously costs more to produce than the cheap, mixed products. But olive oil consumers benefit because they get what they pay for – the product. Real extra virgin olive oil is always that – real extra virgin olive oil – the product, the quality does not vary. Olive oil consumers always get what they want and what they pay for – the flavor enhancing attributes and all of the health benefits of real extra virgin olive oil.
It should be noted that due to current market factors, the price difference between real extra virgin olive oil and the cheap mixes has pretty much closed and in some cases is now inverted. Real extra virgin olive oil being less expensive than the cheap mixes.
So, who gets to decide what olive oil consumers consume?
We believe that this decision belongs to the consumer. Olive oil consumers should demand real extra virgin olive oil.
About the Author
Kelly Martinez
Antonio Celentano Extra Virgin Olive Oil – http://www.antoniocelentano.com.
Managing Partner – B2BDistribut, S.L.
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Acne Face Wash For Pimples And Blemishes
An acne face wash developed to clear pimples and blemishes helps regulate and control facial oil that leads to infection and breakouts. Products rich in Zinc PCA can help clear bacteria and fungal infections and leave skin felling and looking fresh, smooth and blemish-free.
Breakouts are a condition that affects most people at some point in their lives. Although adults also get blemishes (often referred to as rosacea), teenagers are the ones who get affected the most by the pimples and blemishes which are the symptoms. To suffer from acne can have a terribly debilitating affect on a person leading to social awkwardness and overwhelming embarrassment.
Teenagers with pimples have been known to withdraw completely and hide themselves. However, there are ways to handle the situation and make it easier to cope with, but first one needs to understand exactly what acne is all about.
The Causes of Acne
To begin with, fluctuations in hormonal levels and lack of personal hygiene are the primary causes. Breakouts occur when the pores of our skin which hold follicles of hair containing oil glands get clogged with plugs of dirt, oil and bacteria. This happens when the oil glands start producing an excess of oil which attracts the dirt and bacteria. These keep building up until the pores are completely blocked; causing infections and angry eruptions, leading to an outbreak of pimples and blemishes.
How to Cope
Hence, the first priority is to keep your skin scrupulously clean with the use of a good Acne face wash. This will ensure that the production of excess oil by the sebaceous glands slows down enabling you to unclog the pores and keep them clean. This should slow down the rate of infection and will start clearing the pimples and blemishes gradually.
What to look for in a Good Acne Face Wash
When you want to buy an Acne Treatment, do look out for one that says ‘oil free’ and ‘non- comedogenic’ which is basically non-acne aggravating. It should also preferably claim to be mild, non-drying and non-irritating. Certain face washes also contain other medications such as salicylic acid or benzoyl peroxide. However, it may be wiser to use a gentle cleanser to wash your face and then follow it up with topical medication if necessary.
The Process
When you start using a gentle Acne face wash and start keeping the skin clean and oil-free, it starts fighting bacteria. As the skin starts fighting back, it keeps clearing up. Ensure you only wash your face twice a day with cleanser. You can splash water on your face as many times as you want through the day. Do be kind to your skin.
About the Author
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What will happen if I use an “Indoor Tanning Lotion” outdoors?
I was just wondering what would happen if I were to use an indoor tanning lotion to go to the pool, beach or anywhere outside where I would have direct exposure to the sun. Will I tan faster? Will it burn my skin?
Please only answer if you are knowledgeable on the subject.
Thanks in advance.
Be extremely careful if you use indoor tanning lotion outdoors. About all of the indoor lotions have no sunscreen in them at all…there are a few here and there that have an spf of 4 or so, but that’s still really low, and could burn you really fast if you’re outdoors for a prolonged period of time.
If you want to tan outdoors some, the best thing to do would be to get a sunscreen with an spf of at least 10-15. You will still tan, but part of the sun’s rays will be blocked out, so that you aren’t at such a high risk of getting burned.
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best sunless self tanner lotion?
I have tried a bunch of sunless tanners (savage bronze, banana boat, Jergens, whipped chocolate), I have a few fav’s but none last more than 2 days or that do not get all over white sweaters. I would like info from anyone who is hooked on their fav brand. A noticable lasting tan would be great, but I do not want to look like an umpa lumpa. :O Thank you for your help 
If you don’t want to look orange, then you have to spend the money for a good quality tanning lotion. St. Tropez is one of my favourites!
No matter which brand you use it will always rub off onto clothing if you put clothes on straight away. To avoid that you need to wait until it fully dries (try using a hairdryer on your body straight after applying). I sprinkle baby powder onto my hands and rub in it to dry it if I’m going out straight after applying.
A do it yourself spray on tan is quite handy as well (and instant) so go for LeTan which should be at most supermarkets.
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Be Part of it – Create 100,000 New Black Businesses Throughout America by 2010
Small business is responsible for 85 percent of all new jobs in America. With the collaborative efforts of Black Haves and Black Have Nots, small businesses can stand for jobs in our communities that will benefit the interests of both groups.
Several years ago a good friend told me of an incident in which he asked a wealthy white person, “Who will take care take care of the poor whites?” The man answered,” Wealthy white people will take care of poor white people.” My friend then asked, “Who will take care of poor Blacks?” The man said, “God will take care of poor Blacks.” The wealthy white man did not even consider that wealthy Black people would take care of poor Black people. Why is that?
Donations to Black colleges, as noted in numerous recent reports, are almost non-existent among Blacks and Black alumni. For decades corporate and foundation donations have kept our nation’s historically Black colleges off life support. In addition, huge pools of wealthy Blacks have graduated from traditionally white colleges. Without any connections to the historically Black colleges, they have little incentive to donate. [I’d like to think they might have at least some tiny incentive]
I will rephrase the wealthy white man’s statement differently. White “Haves” take care of the white “Have Nots.” Black “Haves” take care of Black “Have Nots.” Black Haves do take care of the Black Have Nots, don’t they?
Prior to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, most Blacks, regardless of their background and other factors such as education, hair texture, or skin tone, were required to sit in the back of the bus, denied seating in many white restaurants, and prohibited from drinking from any fountain marked “White Only.”
The small groups of Black Haves were forced to live in the same neighborhoods with the large group of Have Nots (“Redlining” was the term commonly used to refer to mortgage discrimination) before the Community Reinvesting Act and Equal Housing Laws. One of the most degrading social practices that Black men, regardless of size, age, or financial means, were subjected to being commonly referred to as “boy” by many within the white population.
Job opportunities at companies as General Mills, 3M, Cargill, Sears, investment firms on Wall Street, or any other large corporation did not exist prior to the civil rights disturbances during the 1960s. Arthur Fletcher, a Black Republican who worked in Richard Nixon’s administration, had not yet coined “Set Aside Programs or Affirmative Action.” (Google Arthur Fletcher for more info.)
Corporations and local and federal governments had not yet introduced Black advocacy jobs such as EEO directors, diversity managers, or minority recruiters and purchasing agents. Whitney Young, the great leader of the Urban League, had not yet brokered the deals to open the doors of corporate jobs for Black Americans, or other races.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stated in his “I have a dream” speech in Washington, 28 August 1963: “America has issued the Negro a check marked insufficient funds.” Many of us have not actually grasped this essential point.
“In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the “unalienable rights” of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds.”
Today, in American cities, we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday by paying white caterers to provide meals in the best white-owned banquet centers and hotels, wearing our best attire and paying $40 per plate. Few of these dollars go to Black business owners. Dr. King told White America to ante up economic opportunities for Blacks. That was his mission when he was gunned down in Memphis. He was fighting for economic opportunities for garbage workers.
Meanwhile, don’t forget Malcolm X, the street lobbyist. Malcolm X raised hell in the streets, excited the Have Nots of his era to stand up to be heard, seen, and recognized, by any means necessary. Malcolm X, a grassroots lobbyist, stated in his speech, “The Ballot or the Bullet,” that for Blacks, being republican or democrat is unimportant; we have been equally oppressed by both parties.
Fast forward 40 years, 2008. The 60’s disturbance fires are out. Black communities are still controlled by the same people who controlled those 40 years ago. The Black Haves’ leadership role never took root; the Black Have Nots remain abandoned. The Black Haves more often awake to a life in predominately white neighborhoods, drive to their corporate jobs in luxury vehicles and stand around the water coolers with white co-workers as if the Black Have Nots didn’t exist.
The Black Haves are not without relatives– mothers, fathers, cousins, aunts, etc., in the old neighborhood. These folks are among the 8 out of 10 Blacks who are unemployed, or underemployed, and living paycheck to paycheck. While the Black Have Nots are trapped in the blazing fire of poverty with no door marked “Exit,” the Black Haves spend their corporate paychecks and maximize their credit cards in their newly found communities, along with, for many, a desire and/or attempt to blend.
Many self-employed Blacks and professionals providing services, such as realtors, see very few of the Black Haves’ dollars – the Black Haves buy from white professionals under the illusion they have “arrived.” Arrived? To feel you have arrived by spending your dollars exclusively within white businesses? Black Haves often see the smiling white professional as a trusted friend but do not extend the same trust to Black professionals.
A reporter asked a white voter in a Southern state to explain why he would not vote for Obama. The voter answered, “We take care of our own.” Will Black voters take care of their own?
Pictures of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, that adorn the walls of many of the homes of the Black Haves, are the only vestiges of a connection to the community in which the Black Haves once lived.
In the “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech, Malcolm X stated, “The community in which you spend your money becomes richer and richer; the community out of which you take your money becomes poorer and poorer.”
Is this not still happening in 2008?
The Black Haves rush to patronize businesses outside of the very communities in which they were born, rose, and their relatives still reside. Those left behind struggle to find a corner store.
Business leader, A. G. Gaston of Birmingham, Alabama, was reported to have said that it is far better to say, “I is rich,” than to say, “I am poor.” A. G. Gaston was rich. When Dr. Martin Luther King arrived in Birmingham, he was not greeted by the bellhop at the Hilton. He was greeted by the bellhop of the A. G. Gaston Hotel. Yes, the A. G. Gaston Hotel. A. G. Gaston was a Black millionaire. His wealth was created during the Jim Crow era by providing goods and services to Black Haves and Have Nots who were forced to live in Black-only neighborhoods. Upon his death, he was worth millions. He had created hundreds of jobs and provided training and employment to thousands of unskilled Black Have Nots. Today, the A.G. Gaston Expo is held annually in Birmingham to foster the economic growth of the Black community with emphasis on wealth creation and capacity building that creates businesses that provide jobs in the black community.
Many Black Haves today are more self-centered. Black Haves are, for the most part, leery of risk. They play it safe. Malcolm and Martin took the risks.
We must find the talent pool, those who will take risks to create businesses in Black communities. Where does this talent pool reside? Is this talent predominately found in corporate America? Do the Blacks who arrive at work by 8:00 A.M., the accountants, marketing professionals, lawyers, IT professionals and others, have the skill-set necessary to create businesses?
The “inclusiveness” goals of Corporate America are met by hiring Black Haves. But they rarely hire or create opportunities for the Black Have Nots.
Black leaders of the past would be greatly disappointed to see the complete stratification that exists today. Black Haves, in many instances seem to think that: “I got to where I am, here inside the door of Corporate America on my own accord.” In many instances these folks slam the door shut on creating opportunities for Black Have Nots to gain access in the future.
The trenches during the Civil Rights era were filled with both the Black Haves and Black Have Nots. Laws against denying opportunities purely based on the color of one’s skin had not yet been passed. Even more trenches were filled with the “Ready to Die” brothers and sisters standing arm-locked when legendary Bull Connor (Google if haven’t a clue who Bull Connor is) unleashed the dogs, opened the water hoses and denied the Black Have’s the right to sit at the lunch counter (while reciting “in the name of God and Good Christians” in Birmingham, Alabama). Malcolm X championed the concept of not sitting at the lunch counter, but rather owning the lunch counter. The late President Kennedy stated, “There is little value in Negro’s obtaining the right to be admitted to hotels and restaurants if he has no cash in his pocket and no job.”
Black Haves in 2008 are doing a far better job keeping the doors of opportunity closed than any of the doctrines of the past. The Ku Klux Klan, the bastion of white supremacy that was so strong, especially in the past, cannot compete with the new oppressiveness of gatekeepers who are in positions as EEO directors, directors of affirmative action, minority purchasing agents, etc, who are either unable or unwilling to provide opportunities for the Black Have Nots. Black Haves of today, many of which occupy jobs in advocacy roles for Black Have Nots, are not and may never be advocates of entry for Black Have Nots. Black directors of cities’ EEO departments more often advocate for the mayor who appointed them, rather than the citizens of the cities, in particular the Black Have Nots.
Black Haves climbed the steps of opportunity not just by their own accord. They walked on steps built with stacks of bodies of lynched and slain black men such as Medgar Evers and Emmett Till. These opportunities were created by the late the efforts of the great lobbyist, W.E. Dubois, Booker T. Washington, James Brown, and countless whites and Blacks who advocated for better treatment and opportunities for Blacks in America.
Were these jobs not created by the “Ready to Die” brothers and sisters who filled the streets of Minneapolis, Detroit, Los Angles, Cleveland, Birmingham, Washington D.C. and other cities all across America during the disturbances of the ‘60s? Their legacy was they showed up, fought for justice, cared, and took a risk to make a better way.
Malcolm X stated on the afternoon of April 3, 1964, in Cleveland, Ohio:
“The economic philosophy of Black Nationalism shows our people the importance of setting up these little stores and developing them and expanding them into larger operations. Woolworth didn’t start out big like they are today. They started out with a dime store and expanded and expanded and then expanded until today, they’re are all over the country and all over the world, and they get to some of everybody’s money… — General Motors [is] the same way. They didn’t start out like it is. It started out just a little rat race type operation. And it expanded and it expanded until today it’s where it is right now. And you and I have to make a start and the best place to start is right in the community where we live.
“So our people not only have to be reeducated to the importance of supporting black business, but the black man himself has to be made aware of the importance of going into business. And once you and I go into business, we own and operate at least the businesses in our community. What we will be doing is developing a situation wherein we will actually be able to create employment for the people in the community. “
Again, I will rephrase the wealthy white man’s original statement. The White Haves take care of the White Have Nots. The Black Haves take care of the Black Have Nots. The Black Haves do take care of the Black Have Nots, don’t they?
I submit to you: the Black Haves of today must step up to be the leaders of the small business revolution for the sake of the Black Have Nots. They can create the economic stimulus package for the communities, in which they grew up, in which their relatives reside, the same communities that they have abandoned, in many instances. The Black Have Nots will follow the Black Haves – because they want good jobs and safe communities, too.
I submit to you: entrepreneurs such as Bob Johnson, Magic Johnson, Madame C.J. Walker, Russell Simmons, Reginald Lewis, A.G. Gaston, Earl Graves, and John Johnson are but a few of the many talented creators in our communities. They created jobs, opportunities, and community revitalization. Their religious affiliation is not the important factor, nor is their fraternity, sorority, church, social networking organization, educational achievements, or political affiliation. Both Black Haves and Have Nots are supporters of presidential candidates Obama and McCain. The order of the day is to build economically strong communities in order to achieve parity in America.
Small business is responsible for 85 percent of all new jobs in America. With the collaborative efforts of Black Haves and Black Have Nots, small businesses can stand for jobs in our communities that will benefit the interests of both groups.
The Goal. Our goal. Create 100,000 new Black businesses throughout America by 2010. Be part of it – the economic revolution for parity. Be part of it!
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China Circles the Rare Earth Wagons
China has learned to operate in the world of capitalism, and what goes around, comes around.
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