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			<title>Things 2 Do 2morrow</title>
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			<title>Yes, the sky is falling....</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[No kidding.  The light at the end of the tunnel is a train. 
 
Dollar Will be "Utterly Destroyed": Strategist - General * Asia * News * Story - CNBC.com (http://www.cnbc.com/id/33709379) 
 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>No kidding.  The light at the end of the tunnel is a train.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/33709379" target="_blank">Dollar Will be "Utterly Destroyed": Strategist - General * Asia * News * Story - CNBC.com</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpgZx-9FLbE" target="_blank">YouTube - CNBC - Dollar Will be Utterly Destroyed, Global Currency, New World Order</a><br />
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If you are not taking the economy, debt, spending, the crashing USD and the rush to commodities seriously, you are dead.<br />
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Unfortunately, even if you do... you might still be dead.</div>

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			<title>Who does this...dog in washer</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[My husband called to tell me that our house was broken into this afternoon.  Nothing was taken, we think our dogs scared them off but he couldn't find one of our dogs.  They've been looking for about an hour...my son just found her in the washing machine!:mad: Our guess is that the smaller dog ran...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>My husband called to tell me that our house was broken into this afternoon.  Nothing was taken, we think our dogs scared them off but he couldn't find one of our dogs.  They've been looking for about an hour...my son just found her in the washing machine!:mad: Our guess is that the smaller dog ran into the kitchen when they broke in and they put her in the washer then the big dog started barking and he scared them off.  Nothing was taken...the police said they were probably not professionals.</div>

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			<description>Does any one here know someone who lives in Brandon Manitoba and can give me an idea about the winters there?  Been following the weather and so far its about the same as here on Vancouver island as far as temperature is concerned.</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Does any one here know someone who lives in Brandon Manitoba and can give me an idea about the winters there?  Been following the weather and so far its about the same as here on Vancouver island as far as temperature is concerned.</div>

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			<description>I go back to explain the mystic tan to a tanner today and was going to set it and the freaking tmax is missing! wth? it was there on monday when i worked, gone today! grrrr  
 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I go back to explain the mystic tan to a tanner today and was going to set it and the freaking tmax is missing! wth? it was there on monday when i worked, gone today! grrrr <br />
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			<title>Hdd pvr / dvr</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I'm going to Ohio over the US thanksgiving weekend.  I'm heading down on Thursday night and will be there all weekend for a baptism, cousin's son.<br />
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Since i'm gonna be there for Black Friday and for that weekend, i figured i'd do some shopping.  Especially since the dollar is very close.<br />
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I'm looking for a standalone PVR with a Hard Drive.  I don't want TiVo as it doesn't work in Canada without subscription.  <br />
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I went on Best Buy, Circuit City and they all sell Tivo with subscriptions.  Don't they just sell PVR's with 500Gb Harddrives there?  To record tv shows on a HDD.  I know they come with DVD burners, but i just want to record on harddrive, much faster as it's for daily recording and don't want to keep using DVD-RW.  <br />
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I have one already, but my brother wants one....will make for a good x-mas gift.  <br />
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Any other stores i should be looking at?<br />
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I will be in Warren, OH....so keep in mind they might not have all the stores you will list as it's a small town.  I know they have best buy, circuit city...<br />
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looking for 500Gb !!!!  Not some small 160Gb. Must be a standalone system, not one built in a Cable Receiver Box.  I bought mine like 5 years ago from Best Buy.  Comes with the TV guide thing so sync with cable and load TV guide to schedule recordings etc... or you can do manual recordings.  I can record to a DVD or to the built in 500Gb Hard Drive.  Works amazing for years.<br />
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If anyone was in a best buy and happened to see something like that, please let me know.<br />
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Or what other stores there are down there that i should be googling.<br />
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Thanks</div>

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			<title>This is getting out of hand!</title>
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			<description>Will Anyone in Their Right Mind Actually Buy Into These Three New Vaccines? (http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/11/07/Beware-of-the-New-Useless-and-Dangerous-Vaccines-in-the-Works.aspx) 
  
Will Anyone in Their Right Mind Actually Buy Into These Three New Vaccines?  
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Will Anyone in Their Right Mind Actually Buy Into These Three New Vaccines? <br />
Posted by: <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/members/Dr.-Mercola/default.aspx" target="_blank">Dr. Mercola</a> <br />
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<img src="http://www.tantoday.com/imageserver/public/2009/November/11.7vaccine.jpg" border="0" alt="" />A storm has erupted over the announcement last month that an <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/12/06/merck-unblinds-aids-study.aspx" target="_blank">experimental AIDS vaccine</a> tested in Thailand proved modestly effective. It was billed as a major scientific advance — the long-awaited hard evidence that it is possible to inoculate people against AIDS. But now the trial has been called into question in a way that is overblown and possibly destructive. <br />
But this isn’t the first time the efficacy and safety of a vaccine has been called into question. The government recently announced that $10 million of stimulus money would be used to fund a phase 3 clinical trial of a promising anti-smoking vaccine produced by Nabi Pharmaceuticals of Rockville, Md. However, another company working on a similar vaccine has not been so successful. <br />
Cytos Biotechnology Ltd. said this week that a trial of its nicotine vaccine had failed to reduce smoking behaviors. The study, which is continuing, involved 200 smokers who were motivated to quit. The researchers found that the vaccine, designed to bind nicotine in the blood and prevent it from reaching the brain, was safe and well tolerated. But apparently it did not stimulate high enough levels of antibodies to produce the desired response. <br />
The moment evidence was found that <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/08/23/a-common-virus-may-contribute-to-obesity.aspx" target="_blank">obesity may be linked to a virus</a>, opportunistic drug company researchers dove into developing an “obesity vaccine.” Now researchers say their obesity vaccine could be ready for market in five years. Searching for genetic clues to the obesity epidemic, in the hopes of developing a vaccine against it, is not the answer.<br />
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<img src="http://media.mercola.com/Themes/mercolaArticle/images/bullet.gif" border="0" alt="" />  <a href="http://www.nysun.com/national/obesity-vaccine-may-be-ready-in-five-years/60926/" target="_blank">New York Sun August 21, 2007</a> <br />
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<img src="http://media.mercola.com/Themes/mercolaArticle/images/bullet.gif" border="0" alt="" />  <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2009/10/a-nicotine-vaccine-fails.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles Times October 6, 2009</a> <br />
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<img src="http://media.mercola.com/Themes/mercolaArticle/images/bullet.gif" border="0" alt="" />  <a href="http://preventdisease.com/news/09/092909_h1n1_expert_immune_system_reactions.shtml" target="_blank">PreventDisease.com September 29, 2009</a> <br />
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><blockquote>"This is what honest intelligent vaccine critics have been saying all along," said Dr. Leonard Horowitz, a Harvard-trained emerging diseases expertWell folks, at the rate of vaccine development, it’s just a matter of time before some genius develops an anti-ugly vaccine to fit everyone into some predefined measure of beauty, and market it as something without which we cannot live healthy prosperous lives.<br />
There really should be no doubt in your mind at this point that vaccines are big business. And for good reason – laws are in place that indemnifies vaccine manufacturers from financial ruin should things go wrong. Manufacturers have complete insulation from ANY prosecution for harm or damage from their product.<br />
It’s a near foolproof business venture as far as criminal and financial liability is concerned. And the medical industry and the general public have been thoroughly indoctrinated to believe that the basic premise of vaccinations is wholly sound and beyond debate.<br />
Nothing could be further from the truth.<br />
There are basic differences between naturally acquired immunity and temporary vaccine-induced antibody production. But few are willing to look at this issue – least of all conventional medicine, which in reality is ruled by pharmaceutical companies.<br />
Unfortunately, if we as a society continue down the road they’re paving for us, and they’re wrong about the efficacy, safety, and overall long-term side effects of vaccines, then we’re on extremely dangerous ground.<br />
I hope people will develop some healthy skepticism and make a serious evaluation of the evidence..<br />
It is beyond ludicrous that smoking can be “cured” with a vaccine. This is so blatantly irrational it boggles the mind. <br />
Unfortunately, in the past couple of years, advertisements have already started drilling it into the public subconscious that smoking is a “medical condition,” that needs to be treated with drugs.<br />
Today, if you’re a smoker, you’re considered “ill” – the remedy for which is a drug, because you’re considered incapable of reversing the illness of smoking on your own accord.<br />
Ditto for obesity.<br />
The fallacy that you are helpless is at the core of the current disease-care paradigm!<br />
</blockquote><b><font color="#ff0000">When Will You Say “Enough!”?</font></b><blockquote>It is time to stop the sickness that is the corporate and health agency agenda. <br />
What will it take for you to say “enough already!” <br />
I reached that point a long time ago, but when I saw this next announcement, I said it out loud again.<br />
VeriChip shares tripled after the company <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSTRE58K4BZ20090921" target="_blank">announced</a> it had secured exclusive license to two patents they will use to help them develop implantable virus detection systems in humans.<br />
The biosensor patents are held by Receptors LLC. These biosensors can allegedly detect viruses such as swine flu, bird flu, SARS, and other biological threats such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). This technology will be combined with VeriChip's implantable radio frequency identification devices (RFID) to develop “virus triage detection systems.”<br />
According to a <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/21416080/VeriChip-RFID-Bio-Sensor-Chip-White-Paper-May-07" target="_blank">white paper published by VeriChip</a> on May 7, 2009, this triage system will provide “multiple levels of identification.” The first level will identify the agent as virus or non-virus, the second level will classify the virus and alert the user to the presence of pandemic threat viruses, and the third level will identify the precise pathogen.<br />
To some this may sound like a good idea, but to me this seems like it could be a prescription for massive government intrusion and loss of personal freedom. <br />
Who’s going to be checking you for your “viral load,” and when, for example? And where will your natural immunity, and/or the function of your immune system be taken into account?<br />
Folks, viruses are all around us, all the time, and you may be a carrier of a virus, but that does not mean that you will get sick. Your immune system, if it is in good working order, will address and eliminate the threat of the virus. <br />
And, should you be found to be a carrier, then what? Would you be told to take medication even if you’re not sick?<br />
Personally, this is an area into which I think our health care system should not go. <br />
</blockquote><b><font color="#ff0000">Ask the Right Questions</font></b><blockquote>The question is -- Do you <i>want</i> to be a victim? <br />
Or are you willing to accept that your personal decisions have everything to do with the state of your health, and that of parents, siblings, children, or other friends or relatives that you might be caring for? <br />
Because there are many forces conspiring to paint a picture that is serving the benefit of large multinational corporations, which are benefiting financially from compromising the health of you and your family.<br />
They want you to believe that you’re a victim of your genes, which drive you to self destructive habits like drinking and smoking and having unsafe sex, and makes you pack on excess pounds no matter what, so there’s no reason to make lifestyle changes and boycott processed, denatured, and genetically modified foods.<br />
It’s time to wake up from your indoctrinated slumber and start thinking and informing yourself, because the majority of your education has been little more than industry propaganda, cloaked as ‘facts’ – information that various industries wanted you to know and never dispute.<br />
For example, the Los Angeles Times prints the following paragraph about the, so far, failing anti-smoking vaccine: <blockquote><i>“The researchers found that the vaccine, designed to bind nicotine in the blood and prevent it from reaching the brain, was safe and well-tolerated. But apparently it did not stimulate high enough levels of antibodies to produce the desired response.”</i> <br />
</blockquote>And you’re actually supposed to believe that <i>antibodies to nicotine</i> is a correct and viable solution, because you’ve been told that if you have antibodies against a specific bacteria or virus, you can’t develop the health problem that agent produces. <br />
This is oversimplified scientific theory taken to maddening limits. <br />
</blockquote><b><font color="#ff0000">The Red Pill or the Blue Pill?</font></b><blockquote>Fiction has a way of mirroring reality, and I now see our culture standing on a precipice with the offer of making a choice.<br />
Choosing to see reality for what it is, or choosing to live in a programmed fantasy world where smoking and obesity can be cured with some convenient but mysterious, unproven injection that eliminates your personal responsibility to take control of your health. <br />
I can tell you which choice will have the greatest chances of giving you a long and healthy life, but I can’t make you make that choice…<br />
Still, if you have any faith in science, you should know that researchers have already proven that your <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/09/29/Your-Habits-Are-More-Important-Than-Your-Genes.aspx" target="_blank">lifestyle choices overrule your genetic predispositions</a>. And an ever-growing group of scientists have also started demonstrating that <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/15/The-Science-of-Miracles-and-the-Power-of-Prayer.aspx" target="_blank">your mind directs your genetic expression</a>, a field now known as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iCcnDuY6-4" target="_blank">epigenetics</a>.<br />
</blockquote><b><font color="#ff0000">Why a Plausible Theory Can be Seriously Flawed in Practice</font></b><blockquote><font color="#000000">Interestingly enough, despite the AIDS vaccine proving to be an utter failure, conventional media shows it's possible to spin anything.<br />
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A recent <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_en&amp;sid=a_VExSafuJY4" target="_blank">article in Bloomberg </a>boasting the headline "HIV Vaccine Success May Take Decade to Unravel Why It Works" goes on to state:<br />
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<i>"The unexpected success “tells us that <b>we don’t even know what the correlates of immunity are</b>,” Anthony Fauci [director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease] said, referring to the measurable signs that a person has developed defenses against a virus. “But it does give us now a bit more direction for trying to track down what it is this vaccine did that led to this modest degree of protection.” </i></font><br />
<font color="#000000"><i><font color="#000000">Antibodies</font>, protective proteins developed in the body in response to a virus or vaccine, are the most common signal of immunity. <b>Researchers haven’t identified neutralizing antibodies produced by the experimental vaccine, and previous quests to induce such antibodies have ended in failure</b>, Fauci said. Scientists are also searching for signs of boosted cellular defenses that might be key to the vaccine’s success. </i></font><br />
<font color="#000000"><i>“We’re not even close to being finished,” Fauci said. </i></font><br />
</blockquote><blockquote><font color="#000000"><i>Scientists also <b>don’t understand why the combination vaccine failed to show benefit for people who still got infected</b> with HIV. <b>Other vaccines that aren’t 100 percent effective, such as the seasonal flu shot</b>, typically make symptoms less severe in patients who still get sick."  [Emphasis mine]<br />
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</i><a href="http://preventdisease.com/news/09/092909_h1n1_expert_immune_system_reactions.shtml" target="_blank">PreventDisease.com </a>calls Fauci out in their article "</font><font color="#000000">H1N1 Expert Says Scientists are Clueless About Immune Reactions to Vaccinations." <br />
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</font><font color="#000000"><i>"America's leading promoter of getting vaccinated for the H1N1 flu, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has admitted knowing nil about how human immunity responds to vaccinations. <br />
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"This is what honest intelligent vaccine critics have been saying all along," said Dr. Leonard Horowitz, a Harvard-trained emerging diseases expert. "Dr. Fauci's statement evidences the fraud and ignorance underlying vaccination programs in general," Dr. Horowitz said. "Fauci admits being clueless about the fundamentals of immunity operating bioenergetically or electro-genetically, not chemically, that vaccine proponents criminally neglect to prosper by poisoning people." <br />
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They took the words right out of my mouth. <br />
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</font><font color="#ff0000"><b>Will a Vaccine Cure America's Obesity Epidemic?<br />
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According to <a href="http://www.nysun.com/national/obesity-vaccine-may-be-ready-in-five-years/60926/" target="_blank">the Daily Telegraph</a>, the infectobesity vaccine could be ready for testing within five or 10 years. I recommend you not hold your breath.<br />
</blockquote><blockquote>The relatively new term “<a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/08/23/a-common-virus-may-contribute-to-obesity.aspx" target="_blank">infectobesity</a>” suggests that obesity may be caused by a virus or other disease-causing organism. <br />
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The human adenovirus-36 (Ad-36) -- a cause of respiratory infections and pinkeye -- may be a contributing factor to obesity, as it’s been found to <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/08/23/a-common-virus-may-contribute-to-obesity.aspx" target="_blank">transform adult stem cells into fat cells</a> that are capable of storing additional fat. <br />
In a previous epidemiologic study, researchers found that about 30 percent of obese people were infected with the Ad-36 virus, compared to 11 percent of lean individuals. <br />
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Infectobesity is actually a plausible theory, and it is certainly possible that there could be viral causes underlying many cases of obesity. However, only three out of 10 obese people were found to have the virus, so we’re not talking about it being <b><i>the</i></b> cause for a majority of people. <br />
So please don’t take this to mean that losing weight is out of your control, or something that can only be done using an anti-viral medication or a vaccine. <br />
Because if anything, this theory further supports the importance of <i>balancing out the bacteria in your gut</i>, because what do you need to fight off a viral infection? <br />
Healthy dietary habits and a robust immune system are two important factors that influence your ability to successfully combat viral assaults.<br />
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Experts believe about 70 percent of your immune system is located in or around your digestive system. And if your digestive system is crawling with unhealthy bacteria, there’s a good chance that your immune system will be suppressed as a result.<br />
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So it seems all roads lead back to this one central premise: optimizing your gut bacteria is essential for your good health, and may help optimize your weight as well.<br />
Your gut flora could even, potentially, play a role in HIV infection, as at least one <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/09/10/hiv-gut.aspx" target="_blank">study</a> has found that the HIV virus appears to have an easier time establishing itself in your gut than it does in your circulatory system. Researchers discovered that T-cells in the gut are particularly receptive to HIV and have six times the number of receptors compared with circulating blood cells.<br />
One major facet of <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/01/31/wall-street-gives-big-thumbs-up-to-good-bacteria.aspx" target="_blank">optimizing your ratio of good and bad bacteria</a> is to reduce your intake of grains and sugars, which also means avoiding processed foods as much as possible. <br />
I spent a lot of time and effort putting together what I believe are some of the most comprehensive health strategies, including dietary guidelines that are based on your unique, individual biochemical makeup, and exercise. All of this information is available, for free, on my web site in a clear, concise format that is broken down for beginners, intermediate, and advanced. <br />
I urge you to start looking at your lifestyle for the answers you seek to solve any health problems you may be facing. <br />
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Related Links: <br />
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<img src="http://media.mercola.com/Themes/mercolaArticle/images/bullet.gif" border="0" alt="" />  <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/11/08/waste-from-gut-bacteria-helps-control-your-weight.aspx" target="_blank">Waste From Gut Bacteria Helps Control Your Weight</a> <br />
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<img src="http://media.mercola.com/Themes/mercolaArticle/images/bullet.gif" border="0" alt="" />  <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/17/Doctors-Warned-of-Smoking-Dangers-400-Years-Ago.aspx" target="_blank">Doctors Warned of Smoking Dangers 400 Years Ago</a> <br />
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<img src="http://media.mercola.com/Themes/mercolaArticle/images/bullet.gif" border="0" alt="" />  <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/07/14/hiv-multivitamin.aspx" target="_blank">Multivitamin Slows HIV Onset</a></div>

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*They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery..........if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor." But worse than that were the really poor ...]]></description>
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<b><font color="#E36C09">They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot &amp; then once a day it was taken &amp; sold to the tannery..........if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor." But worse than that were the <i>really poor</i>  folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot...........they "didn't have a pot to piss in" &amp; were the lowest of the low</font></b><br />
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   <b><font color="#004200"><font face="Comic Sans MS">The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:</font></font></b> <br />
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<b><font color="fuchsia"><font face="C omic Sans MS">Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June.. However, since they were starting to smell ... . brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.</font></font></b><br />
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 <b><font color="gray"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!"</font></font></b><b><font color="#820040"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><br />
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Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip an and fall off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."</font></font></b><b><font color="#820040"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><br />
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There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence. </font></font></b><font color="#820040"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><br />
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The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold.</font></font></b><b><font color="#820040"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><br />
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</font></b><i>(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)<font color="#820040"><br />
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In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.</font></b><b><font color="#820040"><br />
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</font></font></b><b><font color="#365F91"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special.. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat.<br />
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</font></font></b><b><font color="red">Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.</font></b><b><font color="#820040"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><br />
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Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.</font></font></b><b><font color="#820040"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><br />
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Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.</font></font></b><b><font color="#820040"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><br />
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England  is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer...</font></font></b><b><font color="#820040"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><br />
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And that's the truth...Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !</font></i></b><br />
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<b><font color="#820040"><font face="Comic Sans MS">So .. . . get out there and educate someone!</font></font></b><b><i><font color="#820040">~~~ </font></i></b><b><font color="#820040"><font face="Comic Sans MS">Share these facts with a friend like I just did! ! !</font></font></b></div>

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So if you had the choice of going to see one of them, which one would it be.]]></description>
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So if you had the choice of going to see one of them, which one would it be.</div>

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			<description>The Yankees win, the Yankees win 
  
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