The real life Lucy from the Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" has died after a long fight against lupus.
The death of Lucy Vodden at age 46 has been announced by St. Thomas' Hospital in London, where she was treated. The hospital said Monday she died after battling the disease for years.
Vodden came to the attention of John Lennon when the Beatles' young son Julian came home from school one day with a drawing that he said was "Lucy in the sky with diamonds." The elder Lennon turned it into a psychedelic masterpiece long associated with LSD use.
Julian Lennon reached out to Vodden in recent years as she suffered from the disease.
Amid the shiny stripper poles, strobe-lit stages and scantily-clad performers at Rachel's Gentlemen's Club, you'll find Barbara and Sylvia, two old beauties who come for the free food and flu shots -- and stay for the ambiance.
"I love it, I want to know where the girls got those sexy stockings that stop up here. I need some of those," said Sylvia.
Every year around this time, the flesh den in the small town of Cassleberry, north of Orlando, offers the shots in a setting way more exciting than a sterile doctor's office.
And the return of the complimentary lunch buffet has geriatrics coming in droves.
"I hope it's not my last meal...I think Rachel's should be commended for doing this for the seniors, really," Barbara Becker told WESH as she waited for her shot yesterday.
It's Rachel's sixth year of offering the shots, which includes the lunch buffet free for seniors and veterans, as well as all Casselberry residents and city employees.
The gray hairs don't seem to mind the skin show.
"I think it's great. I wish I had some of these figures like these gals do, they're beautiful girls," Becker said.
If you're hoping to get the shot from a stripper in a sexy nurse outfit, no dice. The shots are administered by registered nurses in the club's VIP room.
"A little uncomfortable at first, I actually texted my wife to try to find her and go right to her immediately," Casselberry resident Tom Rogenski said.
Club employees said they just want to help the town.
"At this time with the rising cost of health care, it's a great way to give back to the community," said Rachel's food and beverage manager, Kevin Ruscitti. "We're proud to be a part of this community and it's a chance to give something back."
If you're thinking about getting a flu shot, but a trip to the doctor's office makes you squirm like a six year old, you might want to make the trip up to Cassleberry. The club is scheduled to give the flu shots again on Oct. 6 from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
His hair might be thinning slightly, his voice gets a little raspy at times and his once-bulging frame has shrunk down to more normal proportions, but San Francisco native and fitness icon Jack LaLanne has not lost an ounce of his trademark vigor in his 10th decade on the planet.
"I keep on telling people," said LaLanne, who celebrated his 95th birthday Saturday, "anything in life is possible, as long as you make it happen!"
Although he has become famous for his prodigious feats of strength -- and equally prodigious feats of marketing, as exemplified by his successful lines of fruit juicers, self-help books and guest lecture appearances -- LaLanne actually spent the early part of his life as a sick, bedridden weakling growing up in San Francisco and across the Bay in Berkeley. Okay! Okay! I'm going back to the gym!
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Go,Jack,Go! I should have watched those cheesy exercise shows. I should have done those jumping jacks. I feel better just knowing Jack is still kicking butt.
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LOL. I was a little kid vailiantly trying not to LMAO while my mom "exercised" in front of the TV while Jack was on.
I remember this show every Sunday night at choir practice because our church pianist aggrivates the choir director doing the exact same stuff the show's organist used to pull off. Now THAT was a talent too!
Whotta coincidence! I was wondering last saturday whatever happened to him. Good to hear that he's still going strong.
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Seriously, an increase of fruit juices, with age, can do wonders. As it becomes harder to digest other foods, the nutrients in juices are easier to deliver. Trust me.
The five-year study conducted by Dr. Karen Weatherby, followed 200 men.
Weatherby- "I see you are early again for your experimental breast watching Mr. Smith, glad to have you in the study."
Smith - I am glad not to be in the control group."
Weatherby found that a mere 10-minutes of staring at well-endowed females is roughly the equivalent of a 30-minute aerobics workout, because sexual excitement gets the heart pumping and improves circulation.
"There is no question that gazing at breast makes men healthier," Weatherby said. and yes there is a nice image at the link
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Link no good. How am I going to get my workout?
(and if that hasdn't been reported as a "German study" I would not have said anything.
But if you really want to exercise, try this
http://www.wiezn.de/index.php?id=989&L=1
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Some years ago, I was at one of thee Biloxi (Miss) Casin0s when a waitrss walked up behind me and said "Drink?" I turned around and was about 2 inches from a tremendous well sized set of Boobs, It was all i could do to say "No thank you", what I wanted to say was "Don't offer again unless you Really mean it.
What a set, what a surprise, I decided I'd get slapped if I asked for Milk.
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[Bangla Daily Star] Four alleged muggers were killed in separate incidents of mob beatings in the capital and Magura yesterday. There's times I'm not sure they even need the Rab...
Muggers don't meet at brickyards and other proletarian places in the small hours of the morning to plot nefarious deeds, so they are easier to catch. Mobs always go for the low hanging fruit. That's a well-known law of nature
.Of the four, one was identified as Rubel, 25, of Palashpur at Kadamtali in the capital while the rest in Magura could not be identified as of 5:00pm.
Kadamtali police said Rubel and his two accomplices intercepted a pick-up van in the area and tried to snatch money from its driver. When the victim started screaming, locals surrounded them and caught Rubel.
The mugger died on the spot after a severe mass beating at around 1:30pm, police said adding, two other snatchers managed to escape.
Rubel and his gang had been involved in crime in the area for long, said police.
Our Magura correspondent adds: Three snatchers were beaten to death by agitating locals on Magura-Jessore highway in Magura district headquarters.
Police said two youths hired a ride by motorbike of Wazed Ali at Khajura bazar in Jessore sadar upazila at around 8:00pm yesterday for a ride to Magura.
When the motorcycle reached Gaidghat area on the highway, the muggers snatched Tk 7 thousand from Wazed and escaped the scene leaving him on the highway.
The hijacker s also picked up one of their accomplices on their way to Magura.
Wazed instantly informed one of his relatives at Jagla area in Magura sadar upazila of the incident over cell phone.
The relative along with some other villagers at Jagla intercepted the motorcycle near Jagla high school area on the same highway and beat up the snatchers to death at around 11:30pm.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to Magura sadar hospital morgue for autopsy.
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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The de facto government of Honduras denied entry on Sunday to an Organization of American States delegation and threatened to close Brazil's embassy, where ousted President Manuel Zelaya has taken refuge. The group of OAS officials had hoped to help broker a solution to Honduras' political crisis but was turned back at Tegucigalpa's international airport, a move likely to further isolate the government headed by Roberto Micheletti.
Hours earlier, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he would ignore a 10-day deadline set by Micheletti to decide what to do with Zelaya, who is holed up with his family and some supporters in Brazil's embassy in the capital. "Brazil will not comply with an ultimatum from a government of coup mongers," Lula told reporters at a summit of African and South American leaders in Venezuela.
Lula also demanded an apology from Micheletti, who issued a harsh statement late on Saturday warning that his government would be forced to take action if Brazil does not define Zelaya's status soon.
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The de facto jure government of Honduras..
de jure, by right or according to law
de facto, actually existing esp. when without lawful authority
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Interim government leaders have suspended constitutionally guaranteed civil liberties in a pre-emptive strike against widespread rebellion Monday, three months to the day since they ousted President Manuel Zelaya in a military-backed coup.
Zelaya supporters said they would ignore the decree issued late Sunday and march in the streets as planned. Some already had arrived in the capital, Tegucigalpa, from outlying provinces.
The measures - announced just hours after Zelaya called on his backers to stage mass protest marches in what he called a "final offensive" against the government - are likely to draw harsh criticism from the international community, which has condemned the June 28 coup and urged that Zelaya be reinstated to the presidency and allowed to serve out his term, which ends in January.
Officials also issued an ultimatum to Brazil on Sunday, giving the South American country 10 days to decide whether to turn Zelaya over for arrest or grant him asylum and, presumably, take him out of Honduras. They did not specify what they would do after the 10 days were up.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva responded, saying that his government "doesn't accept ultimatums from coup-plotters."
Interim President Roberto Micheletti has pledged not to raid the Brazilian Embassy building where Zelaya has been holed up with more than 60 supporters since he sneaked back into the country a week ago. The building is surrounded by armed police and soldiers. On Tuesday, the day after Zelaya's return, baton-wielding troops used tear gas and water cannons to chase away thousands of his supporters.
Protesters say at least 10 people have been killed since the coup, while the government puts the toll at three.
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[Iran Press TV Latest] The European Union says the blocs ambassadors are back in Honduras in a show of support for the ousted President Manuel Zelaya who is seeking a return to power.
Announcing the news on Sunday, the Swedish EU presidency warned in a statement that this is not going to mean recognition of the interim government.
"This is an important step in support of the ongoing talks to restore the constitutional order and the democratic process in Honduras, but it does not mean we recognize the de facto government," the statement read, according to RIA Novosti.
The European nations summoned their diplomats from the Central American nation to protest the June 28 military coup that overthrew Zelaya.
Most of the countries, including the US, have asked for the reinstatement of Zelaya as the constitutional President, although there is a wide suspicion that the coup ousting Zelaya was backed and facilitated by the United States.
Zelaya has returned home and has taken refuge at the Brazilian Embassy in the capital Tegucigalpa.
So far no political solution has been found to end the deadlock in the poor country which had been under heavy US influence until Zelaya, the first leftist candidate in decades, was elected president.
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Fidel Castro is renowned in Cuba for his verbosity and longevity. But his long-suffering compatriots know little about another sphere where El Commandante has proved prolific - his private life.
Discussing his womanising ways is strictly taboo on the Caribbean communist outpost, even on an island where the gossip grapevine flourishes in the absence of a free press.
But a long-time Cuba-watcher has now revealed the scale of his philandering and the existence of at least 10 offspring. That is more than previously believed - but very possibly not the full tally.
When journalist Ann Louise Bardach asked Castro how many children he had during an interview with Vanity Fair in 1993, he smiled and answered "almost a tribe".
During the research for Without Fidel, her new book chronicling the lives of Castro and his brother, Raul, to be published by Scribner, she discovered how true that observation was.
Castro, now 83, was a dashing young man whose good looks and rebel swagger clearly leant him a strong sexual allure during the years before and after the 1959 revolution. Indeed, media reports describe female fans swooning after he arrived triumphantly in Havana and during early trips to the US.
He had one child, Fidelito (Little Fidel), with his first wife Myrta Diaz-Balart in 1949 and five boys between 1962 and 1974 with Dalia Soto del Valle, a little-seen companion whom he is said to have secretly married in 1980. Remarkably, she was first shown on Cuban television in 2003 - "so forbidden" was Castro's personal domain, Ms Bardach observes.
But there have been many more paramours and several other children along the way - most notably from the time when the 29-year-year old rebel leader celebrated his release from prison in 1955 for a failed uprising.
For three Castro offspring were born to three women during 1956. Most famously, there was Natalia Revuelta, an aristocratic beauty who became a fierce defender of his revolution - she bore him a daughter, Alina Fernandez.
Ms Bardach, an investigative journalist and a member of the Cuba Study Group at the Brookings Institution think-tank, had previously reported the existence of another illegitimate 1956 child, Panchita Pupo. She was not even known to his other offspring and her mother remains unidentified.
And in this book, she reveals the identity of the mother of Jorge Angel, the third Castro child of 1956 - Maria Laborde, an admirer who Castro met just after was he freed.
She also discloses another apparent addition to the brood - a son known as Ciro, the early 1960s product of another brief fling. He was previously unknown outside the family inner circle, but a close relative of Celia Sanchez, Castro's closest confidante and yet another rumoured lover, revealed his existence to the author.
Ciro, named after a revolutionary martyr and whose mother's name is still secret, is said to have "movie star looks", with green eyes and dark complexion. He went into sports medicine after studying physical education at college, married a minor party official and lives in a Havana suburb where nobody knows his provenance.
And if claims made earlier this year by a Cuban intelligence defector that he sired another son in 1970 are true, that would take the count to 11 children by seven women - and counting.
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The internal social structure of a tribe can vary greatly from case to case, but, due to the small size of tribes, it is always a relatively simple structure, with few (if any) significant social distinctions between individuals. Some tribes are particularly egalitarian, and most tribes have only a vague notion of private property; many have none at all. Tribalism has also sometimes been called "primitive communism" but this is rather misleading since allegiance to a communist state is not based on kin-selective altruism. One thing that is certain is that tribalism is the very first social system that human beings ever lived in, and it has lasted much longer than any other kind of society to date.
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...One thing that is certain is that tribalism is the very first social system that human beings ever lived in, and it has lasted much longer than any other kind of society to date.
...as anyone who's been to a Michigan-Ohio State game can testify.
Manuel Zelaya, the deposed Honduran president, announced that he will launch the final offensive to regain power calling on all his followers to march to Tegucigalpa.
The request was announced from the Brazilian embassy in Honduras, through Radio Globo calling on all towns and villages to go to the capital.
Zelaya said "I ask for a patriotic move from all Honduras, and that everyone who is able come to Tegucigalpa to fight for a final offensive."
The manifestation will take place on Monday, after three months he was ousted. He also said that " actions must focus on the homeland, the reinstatement and the dictatorship's defeat," changing the traditional ending of "homeland, restitution or death. "
Roberto Micheletti gave Brazil "not more than ten days" to "define the situation of the deposed Honduran president." "Otherwise, we'll be forced to use all the protection offered by the Brazilian diplomatic mission to incicte violence in Honduras." And he announced that he will not "receive ambassadors from Spain, Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela."
He added: "For those countries that unilaterally decided to break diplomatic relations with Honduras or keep them at the level of concurrent embassies, namely, Argentina Spain, mexico and Venezuela, we let know that the Government won't receive diplomats from those countries", "unless their respective governments proceed to negotiate with the Republic Chancellery."
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"The Commerce Department has probably crafted an arrangement that reflects what the public comments called for: permanent accountability mechanisms to guide ICANN in the post-transition world," DelBianco said."
BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday won the center-right majority that eluded her four years ago -- nudging Europe's biggest economic power to the right as it claws its way out of a deep recession.
Voters sent the nation's main left-wing party, the Social Democrats of Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, into opposition after 11 years as part of the government. It was the party's worst parliamentary election result since World War II.
"There is no talking around it: this is a bitter defeat," a subdued Steinmeier said, vowing to lead a strong opposition.
The conservative Merkel managed to end her four-year "grand coalition" with the Social Democrats thanks to a very strong showing by her new coalition partner, the pro-business Free Democrats. Her own Christian Democrats produced an underwhelming showing.
"Tonight we can really celebrate," said a beaming Merkel, greeted by chants of "Angie! Angie!" from supporters. "(But) there are many problems in our country to be solved."
Projections by the nation's public broadcasters, based on partial vote counts, put support for Merkel's Christian Democrats at up to 33.8 percent of the vote and for the Social Democrats at about 23 percent. The Free Democrats captured nearly 15 percent, the Left Party had 12 percent or more and the Greens above 10 percent.
The Frees used to get 5 to 6 percent. What happened? And it looks like the Greens and the Left are cannibalizing the Social Democrats.
Just 41% of voters nationwide now favor the health care reform proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That's down two points from a week ago and the lowest level of support yet measured. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 56% are opposed to the plan.
Senior citizens are less supportive of the plan than younger voters. In the latest survey, just 33% of seniors favor the plan while 59% are opposed. The intensity gap among seniors is significant. Only 16% of the over-65 crowd Strongly Favors the legislation while 46% are Strongly Opposed.
For the first time ever, a slight plurality of voters now express doubt that the legislation will become law this year. Forty-six percent (46%) say passage is likely while 47% say it is not. Those figures include 18% who say passage is Very Likely and 15% who say it is Not at All Likely. Sixty percent (60%) are less certain.
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of Democrats say the plan is at least somewhat likely to become law. Sixty-one percent (61%) of Republicans disagree. Among those not affiliated with either major party, 34% say passage is at least somewhat likely while 58% say it is not.
The overall picture remains one of stability. Today's record low support for the plan of 41% is just a point lower than the results found twice before. With the exception of a slight bounce earlier this month following the president's nationally televised speech to Congress to promote the plan, support for it has remained in the low-to-mid 40s since early July. During that same time period, opposition has generally stayed in the low-to-mid 50s.
Intensity has been with the opposition from the beginning of the public debate. Currently, among all voters 23% Strongly Favor the legislative effort and 43% are Strongly Opposed.
Also, from the beginning of the debate, the has been a huge partisan divide. Currently 75% of Democrats favor the plan. Seventy-nine percent (79%) of Republicans are opposed, as are 72% of the unaffiliated.
PHNOM PENH, About 1,500 U.S. military men are expected to join military exercise which is planned to take place in Cambodia in the middle of next year, Cambodian military official said Saturday.
Gen. Chhum Socheat, spokesman of National Defense said that more than 2,000 military men are reserved for the first-ever event in the country and they will come from more than 20 countries, of which 1,500 will be from the United States.
The military exercise which is to be supported by the United States under a program titled Global Peace Operations Initiative or GPOI will take place in June or July next year.
According to the plan, the military exercise will be conducted in Phnom Penh and in Phnom Sruoch district in Kompong Speu province, about 90 kilometers from the capital, the officials added.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh issued a statement saying during a four-day visit to Washington D.C. , Tea Banh, Cambodias Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense had met with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and discussed security cooperation between the United States and Cambodia.
During the meeting, they also highlighted Cambodias ongoing support for international peacekeeping operations and Cambodias commitment to hosting the 2010 Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) regional capstone exercise.
GPOI is a U.S.-funded G-8 program to expand global capacity to train and equip 75,000 peacekeepers by the year 2010, the statement said.
Peace Operations Initiative was established after the 2004 G8 Sea Island Summit to address growing gaps in international peace operations. The goals of GPOI expand upon the goals of the Sea Island Action Plan. GPOI built policy based on previous peace operations capacity-building programs.
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ION TOPIX > AZER EXPERT: US IN TERMINAL PHASE OF SEETING UP CAUCASUS PRESENCE/ US, NATO PLAN TO SET UP PERMANENT MILITARY, MISSLE DEFENSE BASES IN TRANSCAUCAS [Georgia + Azerbaijan = starters].
* IIRC STARS-N-STRIPES OP-ED > REAGAN'S '09 STARWARS MISSLE DEFENSE TRIUMPH. POTUS Bammer is just changing the TACTICS, NOT THE PRINCIPLE(S) OF REAGAN'S 1980's PROPOSED "STAR WARS" BMD???
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Will the Left go on a rampage again when we visit?
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Sorry, I spent a lot of time with the Nards, and the genocide that has been conducted both the Cambodians and the Viet Commies is extreme. Why does no one notice???
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bman... the Nards sided against the comunists and as a result are enemies of the left, so you will continue to hear crickets... inflated cries of what the juice are doing in Gaza are more to their liking as it fits their agenda
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I underdtand that, abu do, but the fact that Cabellos is buying back packs from Vietnam is leverage. Tip of the Day! Manufacturing is moving from China to the Phillipines, Indonesia and you guessed it! Saigon/.,
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
His hair might be thinning slightly, his voice gets a little raspy at times and his once-bulging frame has shrunk down to more normal proportions, but San Francisco native and fitness icon Jack LaLanne has not lost an ounce of his trademark vigor in his 10th decade on the planet.
The five-year study conducted by Dr. Karen Weatherby, followed 200 men. 
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The de facto government of Honduras denied entry on Sunday to an Organization of American States delegation and threatened to close Brazil's embassy, where ousted President Manuel Zelaya has taken refuge. The group of OAS officials had hoped to help broker a solution to Honduras' political crisis but was turned back at Tegucigalpa's international airport, a move likely to further isolate the government headed by Roberto Micheletti.
[Iran Press TV Latest] The European Union says the blocs ambassadors are back in Honduras in a show of support for the ousted President Manuel Zelaya who is seeking a return to power. 
Manuel Zelaya, the deposed Honduran president, announced that he will launch the final offensive to regain power calling on all his followers to march to Tegucigalpa.
Just 41% of voters nationwide now favor the health care reform proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That's down two points from a week ago and the lowest level of support yet measured. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 56% are opposed to the plan. 
