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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Snooki Wanted Babies And Marriage At 26
'I'm just warning [Jionni]: two years,' the now engaged and pregnant 'Jersey Shore' star told MTV News in January.
By Christina Garibaldi, with additional reporting by Matt Elias
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Snooki officially has a baby onboard! The "Jersey Shore" star confirmed Wednesday (March 7) that she is expecting her first child and is set to walk down the aisle with fiancé Jionni LaValle.
Snooki and Jionni told Us Weekly that they found out they were expecting right after New Year's. And when MTV News sat down with Snooki on January 4, it was obvious she had babies on the brain.
"I want [babies and marriage] when I'm 26," said Snooki, who is 24 years old. "I'm just warning [Jionni]: two years. I'm just putting it out there, just letting him know."
(Snooki And Jionni's Best Pregnancy Quotes)
Snooki and LaValle, who have been dating for a year and a half, have had their ups and downs play out on "Jersey Shore," including their struggle with a long-distance relationship during season four in Florence, Italy.
"It sucked," Snooki said back in August. "From being with him six months every single day to not being with him, being in another country and not talking to him, it was hard. It was legit like a long-distance relationship."
Despite their hardships, Snooki was certain he was the one. "As of right now, we're together and in love, and we're getting married someday," Snooki said.
Bringing their love back to Jersey for season five, Snooki was thrilled for the fans to see the better side of their blossoming love.
"I'm actually really excited for the fans to see me and Jionni, because they only saw us once and that was in Italy and that was just a horrible time," Snooki said in January. "Just to have us have fun together and just have fun with the roommates, I'm really excited for that."
The couple will now be busy spending the next few months planning for a baby and a wedding, all while filming Snooki's spin-off with "Shore" bestie JWoww.
"I think I'm really most excited about just showing not the party side of us, but just like us being sober and being best friends and showing our relationship in a different light," Snooki said of the upcoming series. "Just doing sh-- that we never really do."
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Don't miss "Jersey Shore" every Thursday at 10 p.m. ET on MTV. For continuing "Shore" coverage, be sure to check in with MTV's Remote Control blog.
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1680673/snooki-engaged.jhtml
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Congress approves punitive tariffs against China
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Congress on Tuesday overturned a court decision and reaffirmed that the government has the right to impose higher tariffs on goods from China and other state-run economies that subsidize their exports to the United States.
The House voted 370-39 to pass the measure and send it to President Barack Obama for his signature. The Senate approved it Monday on a voice vote with no debate.
"By passing this law, Congress has taken a clear stand against the unfair trade practices that have put countless American jobs in jeopardy," Vice President Joe Biden said in a statement.
The speedy and bipartisan congressional action came after a federal appellate court ruled in December that the Commerce Department did not have the authority to levy the punitive tariffs because Congress had never explicitly given the agency that right.
The Commerce Department has been applying these "countervailing" duties since 2007. The legislation ensures that 24 existing higher tariff orders and six pending investigations against imports from China and Vietnam will continue to be valid. Of those 24, 23 are directed at Chinese subsidies.
The duties are allowed under World Trade Organization rules to counteract unfair subsidies used by countries, such as China and Vietnam, with non-market economies. China agreed to abide by countervailing duty laws when it joined the WTO in 2001.
"China distorts the free market by giving enormous subsidies to its producers and exporters," said House Ways and Means Committee chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., said that since 2007 countervailing duties have protected some 80,000 jobs across the country. "China doesn't get a free pass to violate the rules at the expense of American jobs," he said.
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, at a House hearing last week, urged Congress to act quickly to overturn the "flawed decision." He said that "prompt legislative action would clarify the law and avoid harm from injurious, subsidized goods."
The Ways and Means Committee said the existing tariff orders provide relief for more than 80 American companies in 38 states. One of the larger cases involved Chinese tires: in 2009 the government imposed a three-year tariff, starting at 35 percent, on U.S. imports of low-grade Chinese tires. The tariff was approved after imports of those tires rose threefold to about 46 million tires between 2004 and 2008. Last year the World Trade Organization, rejecting an appeal from China, found that the United States acted consistently with its WTO obligations in imposing the duties.
The top Democrat on the Ways and Means panel, Sander Levin of Michigan, said that almost half of the countervailing duty orders in place today involve China, and that abusive trade practices were in part responsible for China's $295 billion trade surplus with the United States last year, "A central element of Chinese industrial policy has been to provide massive subsidies to its producers to help them knock out the competition and dominate the market."
The House vote reflected strong congressional sentiments that China should be confronted over its trade practices. Last October the Senate passed legislation that threatened higher tariffs against China if it continued to artificially undervalue its currency, making Chinese exports cheaper. The House did not take up that bill.
The National Association of Manufacturers welcomed the congressional votes on countervailing duties, saying that failure to act "would leave manufacturers in the U.S. defenseless against rampant deep-pocket Chinese and other government subsidies."
Voicing opposition was the conservative Club for Growth, which said the bill "makes it clear that Congress wants to escalate its trade war rhetoric with China." The group also cited Congressional Budget Office estimates that the legislation would increase revenues by about $160 million over the next decade, saying that amounted to a tax increase.
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Study: Most weight loss supplements are not effective
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Melinda.manore@oregonstate.edu
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CORVALLIS, Ore. An Oregon State University researcher has reviewed the body of evidence around weight loss supplements and has bad news for those trying to find a magic pill to lose weight and keep it off it doesn't exist.
Melinda Manore reviewed the evidence surrounding hundreds of weight loss supplements, a $2.4 billion industry in the United States, and said no research evidence exists that any single product results in significant weight loss and many have detrimental health benefits.
The study is online in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism.
A few products, including green tea, fiber and low-fat dairy supplements, can have a modest weight loss benefit of 3-4 pounds (2 kilos), but it is important to know that most of these supplements were tested as part of a reduced calorie diet.
"For most people, unless you alter your diet and get daily exercise, no supplement is going to have a big impact," Manore said.
Manore looked at supplements that fell into four categories: products such as chitosan that block absorption of fat or carbohydrates, stimulants such as caffeine or ephedra that increase metabolism, products such as conjugated linoleic acid that claim to change the body composition by decreasing fat, and appetite suppressants such as soluble fibers.
She found that many products had no randomized clinical trials examining their effectiveness, and most of the research studies did not include exercise. Most of the products showed less than a two-pound weight loss benefit compared to the placebo groups.
"I don't know how you eliminate exercise from the equation," Manore said. "The data is very strong that exercise is crucial to not only losing weight and preserving muscle mass, but keeping the weight off."
Manore, professor of nutrition and exercise sciences at OSU, is on the Science Board for the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. Her research is focused on the interaction of nutrition and exercise on health and performance.
"What people want is to lose weight and maintain or increase lean tissue mass," Manore said. "There is no evidence that any one supplement does this. And some have side effects ranging from the unpleasant, such as bloating and gas, to very serious issues such as strokes and heart problems."
As a dietician and researcher, Manore said the key to weight loss is to eat whole grains, fruits, vegetables and lean meats, reduce calorie intake of high-fat foods, and to keep moving. Depending on the individual, increasing protein may be beneficial (especially for those trying to not lose lean tissue), but the only way to lose weight is to make a lifestyle change.
"Adding fiber, calcium, protein and drinking green tea can help," Manore said. "But none of these will have much effect unless you exercise and eat fruits and vegetables."
Manore's general guidelines for a healthy lifestyle include:
- Do not leave the house in the morning without having a plan for dinner. Spontaneous eating often results in poorer food choices.
- If you do eat out, start your meal with a large salad with low-calorie dressing or a broth-based soup. You will feel much fuller and are less likely to eat your entire entre. Better yet: split your entre with a dining companion or just order an appetizer in addition to your soup or salad.
- Find ways to keep moving, especially if you have a sedentary job. Manore said she tries to put calls on speaker phone so she can walk around while talking. During long meetings, ask if you can stand or pace for periods so you don't remain seated the entire time
- Put vegetables into every meal possible. Shred vegetables into your pasta sauce, add them into meat or just buy lots of bags of fruits/vegetables for on-the-go eating.
- Increase your fiber. Most Americans don't get nearly enough fiber. When possible, eat "wet" sources of fiber rather than dry cooked oatmeal makes you feel fuller than a fiber cracker.
- Make sure to eat whole fruits and vegetables instead of drinking your calories. Eat an apple rather than drink apple juice. Look at items that seem similar and eat the one that physically takes up more space. For example, eating 100 calories of grapes rather than 100 calories of raisins will make you feel fuller.
- Eliminate processed foods. Manore said research increasingly shows that foods that are harder to digest (such as high fiber foods) have a greater "thermic effect" or the way to boost your metabolism.
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Public release date: 6-Mar-2012[ | E-mail |
Share ] Contact: Melinda Manore
Melinda.manore@oregonstate.edu
541-737-8701
Oregon State University
CORVALLIS, Ore. An Oregon State University researcher has reviewed the body of evidence around weight loss supplements and has bad news for those trying to find a magic pill to lose weight and keep it off it doesn't exist.
Melinda Manore reviewed the evidence surrounding hundreds of weight loss supplements, a $2.4 billion industry in the United States, and said no research evidence exists that any single product results in significant weight loss and many have detrimental health benefits.
The study is online in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism.
A few products, including green tea, fiber and low-fat dairy supplements, can have a modest weight loss benefit of 3-4 pounds (2 kilos), but it is important to know that most of these supplements were tested as part of a reduced calorie diet.
"For most people, unless you alter your diet and get daily exercise, no supplement is going to have a big impact," Manore said.
Manore looked at supplements that fell into four categories: products such as chitosan that block absorption of fat or carbohydrates, stimulants such as caffeine or ephedra that increase metabolism, products such as conjugated linoleic acid that claim to change the body composition by decreasing fat, and appetite suppressants such as soluble fibers.
She found that many products had no randomized clinical trials examining their effectiveness, and most of the research studies did not include exercise. Most of the products showed less than a two-pound weight loss benefit compared to the placebo groups.
"I don't know how you eliminate exercise from the equation," Manore said. "The data is very strong that exercise is crucial to not only losing weight and preserving muscle mass, but keeping the weight off."
Manore, professor of nutrition and exercise sciences at OSU, is on the Science Board for the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. Her research is focused on the interaction of nutrition and exercise on health and performance.
"What people want is to lose weight and maintain or increase lean tissue mass," Manore said. "There is no evidence that any one supplement does this. And some have side effects ranging from the unpleasant, such as bloating and gas, to very serious issues such as strokes and heart problems."
As a dietician and researcher, Manore said the key to weight loss is to eat whole grains, fruits, vegetables and lean meats, reduce calorie intake of high-fat foods, and to keep moving. Depending on the individual, increasing protein may be beneficial (especially for those trying to not lose lean tissue), but the only way to lose weight is to make a lifestyle change.
"Adding fiber, calcium, protein and drinking green tea can help," Manore said. "But none of these will have much effect unless you exercise and eat fruits and vegetables."
Manore's general guidelines for a healthy lifestyle include:
- Do not leave the house in the morning without having a plan for dinner. Spontaneous eating often results in poorer food choices.
- If you do eat out, start your meal with a large salad with low-calorie dressing or a broth-based soup. You will feel much fuller and are less likely to eat your entire entre. Better yet: split your entre with a dining companion or just order an appetizer in addition to your soup or salad.
- Find ways to keep moving, especially if you have a sedentary job. Manore said she tries to put calls on speaker phone so she can walk around while talking. During long meetings, ask if you can stand or pace for periods so you don't remain seated the entire time
- Put vegetables into every meal possible. Shred vegetables into your pasta sauce, add them into meat or just buy lots of bags of fruits/vegetables for on-the-go eating.
- Increase your fiber. Most Americans don't get nearly enough fiber. When possible, eat "wet" sources of fiber rather than dry cooked oatmeal makes you feel fuller than a fiber cracker.
- Make sure to eat whole fruits and vegetables instead of drinking your calories. Eat an apple rather than drink apple juice. Look at items that seem similar and eat the one that physically takes up more space. For example, eating 100 calories of grapes rather than 100 calories of raisins will make you feel fuller.
- Eliminate processed foods. Manore said research increasingly shows that foods that are harder to digest (such as high fiber foods) have a greater "thermic effect" or the way to boost your metabolism.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Vote 4 Me!!
The crime, as Goodstein saw it, was sending unsolicited text messages to voters. Goodstein had been investigating the case ever since he read a press account of a Democrat in upstate New York who received an unwanted appeal on her phone in 2009 from a Republican congressional candidate. Before the 2010 midterms, Goodstein catalogued other examples of similar contact in congressional races. But he was never certain of which of his rival vendors was behind them. Now his co-panelist, the president of the firm ccAdvertising, was explaining how the firm was able to market such services, by using the email addresses the major mobile carriers maintain as an alternative method of sending texts. Software would pair all the various combinations of listed numbers and mobile carrier emails?like 2025551212@txt.att.net or 2025551212@messaging.sprintpcs.com. When a phone number and email address corresponding to a real user was found, a message would go through, arriving in the user?s phone as a text. Using this method, Gabriel S. Joseph III claimed, he was able to send one-third of the people on a California voter file an individually targeted text message. And because ccAdvertising sent the messages through an email gateway, instead of a text-messaging platform, they could be delivered in bulk at almost no cost. Joseph boasted that he had sent ?millions? of such messages. ?As soon as he put that slide up, I said ?that was the same crap I was seeing in all these congressional races,? ? says Goodstein. ?He clearly was the guy.?
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A Liberty League International Business Review | Business Review
? Monday, March 05th, 2012
If you have got done any research concerning making cash on-line or beginning a home primarily based business, you have got in all probability come across advertisements for Liberty League International. Their ads sometimes catch the attention as a result of of how flashy and elaborate they are. This article will reassess a fast review of Liberty League International, what they?re regarding and if the corporate could be right for you. Liberty League International ? The Basic Idea Liberty League International falls into the network marketing or direct selling industry. The corporate uses freelance reps, or advisors as they wish to call them, to push their merchandise and services through several totally different advertising methods. Commissions are earned basically on your ability to recruit new advisors into the corporate, that can be explained later in this article.
A quick point to notice regarding the compensation plan is that recruiting will be an endless task since the commissions are earned based upon an older compensation structure in the network marketing industry. The folks you recruit eventually ?cut loose? from you and not benefit you financially, forcing you to find new recruits. Why corporations still use this recent pay structure confuses me since it is unnecessary to own somebody you?ve got worked onerous with end up ?breaking away? from you and not benefit you. Liberty League International Product Line The product line includes self-facilitate and private improvement services and courses. 1st is a ninety day home study course that helps direct your beliefs and goals towards success. The course retails for $ 1495. The next two are a 3 day and seven day seminar conference. These conferences are an exhaustive study of the house study course. You?ll be trained by guest speakers flown in to show you ways to use the success techniques within the study course. The seminars are $ 7995 and $ twelve,995 respectively and are continuously held in very exclusive exotic locations. The profit you get from these seminars depends solely on your ability to apply the techniques taught by the guest speakers in your everyday life. The ?Two Up? Compensation Arrange The method the ?two up?, ?pass up? or ?aussie 2? compensation set up works is very accurately named as a result of you literally ?pass up? your 1st two sales to your sponsor or mentor. While not going into extreme detail, this plan can be very lucrative for an experienced marketer however is typically terribly troublesome for the newbie rep. Initial off its hard to sell a product with a high retail value of nearly $ thirteen,000 and then having to allow up the profit to you mentor for the primary couple sales. Second, since you are visiting ?break free? from your mentor once your 1st 2 sales do you actually assume your mentor is going to offer you all the information you need to succeed when your going to be his competition soon. He will probably give you just enough information to get your 1st 2 sales (which move to him any method) and then the a lot of needed mentorship and training required by a newbie in this quick paced trade is not available. This does not promote teamwork, and teamwork is needed to reach the network selling industry. Conclusion Thus, if you are a seasoned network marketer and can sell the high priced product Liberty League International Would probably be very lucrative for you. If not, i?d suggest doing a lot of research and finding a corporation that promotes teamwork and synergy in its compensation plan. Examples are when you make a procurement you and your mentor build money inflicting him to need to help you continue creating sales. Also, make certain you never ?cut loose? from your mentor so teamwork can be a staple in your business. This kind of plan promotes what Zig Ziglar said ?you?ll get everything you would like in life, if you just help enough alternative individuals get what they want.?
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Monday, March 5, 2012
661 Helmets Sports Recreation: Relieve Stress and Have Fun ...
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