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The words “mother” and “father” will be removed from U.S. passport applications and replaced with gender neutral terminology, according to the State Dept. “The words in the old form were ‘mother’ and ‘father’,” said Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Passport Services Brenda Sprague. “They are now ‘parent one’ and ‘parent two.’” A statement on the State Department website [....]
http://radio.foxnews.com/2011/01/07/feds-approve-gender-neutral-passport-apps/comment-page-1/
Only 29% Say Congress Must Fund A Law It’s Unable To Repeal
Friday, January 07, 2011
With opposing political parties controlling the House and Senate, chances for repealing the national health care law appear slim, so some opponents have suggested that Republicans in the House refuse to fund portions of the law. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 29% of Likely U.S. Voters think Congress should be required to fully fund a law if it is unable to repeal the legislation. A plurality (46%) says Congress should not be required to fully fund the measure, but another 25% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.) Forty-seven percent (47%) of voters believe that if the current Congress [....]
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2011/only_29_say_congress_must_fund_a_law_it_s_unable_to_repeal
Trendy fund is ‘Stupid Investment of the Week’
Commentary: Trendpilot ETN does a simple job at a princely price
The investment world is filled with good ideas that, when turned into a mutual fund, deliver bad performance. For proof, look to RBS US Large-Cap Trendpilot (TRND 25.98, -0.07, -0.27%) , an exchange-traded note that began trading early in December and, fresh out of the box, is the Stupid Investment of the Week. Understanding the irrational investorGreg Davies, head of behavioral finance at Barclays Wealth, explains the role of psychology in private banking. WSJ's Mariko Sanchanta reports. Stupid Investment of the Week highlights the flawed thinking and worrisome characteristics that make a security less than ideal for the average investor, and is [....]
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trendy-new-fund-is-stupid-investment-of-the-week-2011-01-07?siteid=nwhpf
The Other New Chicago Crony Chief of Staff
It’s "No Windy City Corporate Lawyer Left Behind" Week in the nation’s capital.
Michelle Malkin, January 7, 2011
Fun fact: Bill Daley isn’t the only new chief of staff in the White House with longtime ties to the Chicago Way. Yep, it’s No Windy City Corporate Lawyer Left Behind Week in the nation’s capital.
On the other side of the White House, deep-pocketed campaign-finance mega-bundler Tina Tchen was named first lady Michelle Obama’s new right-hand woman — or rather, left-hand woman. The self-described “progressive” attorney from Chicago is taking over as chief of staff in the East Wing following the expected departure of Susan Sher. Tchen personally raised more than $200,000 for the Obama presidential campaign while a lawyer at white-shoe Skadden Arps. (No word on whether Mrs. Obama gave her the same anti–corporate lawyer, fat cat–bashing lecture she delivered on the campaign trail.)
Now, stick with me here as we diagram another Chicago shuffle. As usual, all roads lead to the Daley political machine: Sher is Mrs. obama’s old boss at the University of Chicago Medical Center (where they worked together on an infamous “patient-dumping” scheme that benefited Chicago political operative and public-relations guru David Axelrod at the expense of poor [....]
{Blogger's Note: The worst first lady has an 'official' staff of 24; 'unofficial staff: Unknown}
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/256560/other-new-chicago-crony-chief-staff-michelle-malkin
Gene Sperling: Why He Matters
At a Glance
Current Position: Incoming head of the National Economic Council (since January 2011)
A senior adviser to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner during one of the worst economic crises in U.S. history, Sperling is a veteran aide of the Clinton administration and a former National Economic Council director. In January 2011, President Obama tapped Sperling to replace Larry Summers as his second NEC head after Republicans recaptured the House majority and promised to slash government spending.
Known as "Gene the Machine" for his indefatigable work ethicChandler, Clay, "Sperling Named NEC Director; Clinton Selects Loyal, Hard-Working Aide," The Washington Post, Dec. 14, 1996(1)Chandler, Clay, "Sperling Named NEC Director; Clinton Selects Loyal, Hard-Working Aide," The Washington Post, Dec. 14, 1996, it wasn't a given that Sperling would be a part of the Obama administration as he supported Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 presidential contest. But given the 2008-2009 economic crisis, Sperling worked efficiently and quietly to counsel Geithner at a time of crisis [....]
http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Gene_Sperling
Researchers find that eating high levels of fructose impairs memory in rats
Researchers at Georgia State University have found that diets high in fructose — a type of sugar found in most processed foods and beverages — impaired the spatial memory of adult rats. Amy Ross, a graduate student in the lab of Marise Parent, associate professor at Georgia State’s Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, fed a group of Sprague-Dawley rats a diet where fructose represented 60 percent of calories ingested during the day. She placed the rats in a pool of water to test their ability to learn to find a submerged platform, which allowed them to get out of the water. She then returned them to the pool two days later with no platform present to see if the rats could remember to swim to the platform’s location. “What we discovered is that the fructose diet doesn't affect their ability to learn,” Parent said. “But they can't seem to remember as well where the platform was when you take it away. They swam more randomly than rats fed a control diet.” Fructose, unlike another sugar, glucose, is processed almost solely by the liver, and produces an excessive amount of triglycerides — fat which gets [....]
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwexa/news/archive/2009/09_0716-fructose.html
What is HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup)?
High fructose corn syrup is simply a kind of corn sugar that is handled by your body like sugar or honey. Whether it’s corn sugar or cane sugar, your body can’t tell the difference [See above!]. Sugar is sugar. High fructose corn syrup is composed of either 42 percent or 55 percent fructose, with the remaining sugars being primarily glucose and higher sugars. In terms of composition, high fructose corn syrup is nearly identical to table sugar (sucrose), which is composed of 50 percent fructose and 50 percent glucose. Glucose is one of the simplest forms of sugar that serves as a building block for most carbohydrates. Fructose is a simple sugar commonly found in fruits and honey. For the most part, you'll find [....]
http://sweetsurprise.com/learning-center/what-is-hfcs?utm_source=google&utm_medium=content&utm_term=corn%20glucose&utm_campaign=cornsugarcontent_corn&gclid=CLTQ5YS3paYCFQY65QodOT8Oow
New York Deserves Better
Yesterday, New York’s Catholic archbishop Timothy Dolan joined other religious leaders in a press conference to highlight New York’s shamefully high abortion rates. During the conference he renewed an offer to all pregnant women:
{*} A quarter century ago, Cardinal John O’Connor publicly stated: “Any woman who is pregnant and in need can come to the Church and we will help you,” a pledge Cardinal Egan, and now I, reaffirm. Through our Catholic charities, our adoption services, our lobbying on behalf of pregnant women and mothers of infants, our support for life-giving alternatives to the decision all call tragic — abortion, — in our education of youth for healthy, responsible, virtuous sexual behavior, our health care, — we have done our best to keep that promise, … and these haunting statistics only prod us to keep at it.
The Catholic Church, with all our resources, will help you.{*}
For the first time in my happy twenty-one months as a New Yorker, I am embarrassed to be a member of a cherished community I now — usually with a lot of pride — call home.
That 41% of New York babies are aborted — a percentage even higher in the Bronx, and among our African-American babies in the womb — is downright chilling.
This New York community is rightly celebrated for its warm welcome to immigrants, for its hospitality, sense of embrace and inclusion, and gritty sensitivity for those in need.
But we are tragically letting down the tiniest, most fragile and vulnerable: the little baby in the womb.
We have to do more than shiver over these chilling statistics!
I invite all to come together to make abortion rare, a goal even those who work to expand the abortion license tell us they share.
Mother Teresa remarked that the worst poverty was to take the life of a baby so we could live, as we want. New York does not deserve the gravestone, “Abortion capital of the world.” Our boast is the Statue of Liberty, not the “Grim Reaper.” His statement was received [....]
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/256600/new-york-deserves-better-kathryn-jean-lopez
Til Next Sunday....
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