Cure for Breast Cancer??

Happy Tuesday to all my ANGELS.  Its still hot and humid in the VILLE..but its all good for the kiddos.  Today was their last day of school.  Happy for some..sad for others.  Kelsey will be graduating with her Atherton class tomorrow (Wednesday) at 12:00p.  Will have lots of emotions going through my head.  Its really been fun watching her grow into a lady.  Kelsey..all the love in the world to you.

This past weekend most of us celebrated the Memorial Day thing.  Some had a long weekend.  Some enjoyed the outdoor life.  Most thought of someone special.  I did the visit to the cemetary to show some love to my sis.  I know she knows I still think of her lots.  To you, Carol..my beautiful 'lil sis..I'll see you again one day.

I also called a friend to check up on her.  She has breast cancer.  Just wanted her to know that I was thinking about her and family.

As usual, she, the hubby and I had good conversation.  They are good people..and I love them dearly.  What continues to blow me away is her strength.  To go through this illness and not stress out like I do, over a paper cut, cracks me up.  She knows it..and of course calls me a sissy.  I can live with that..from her.  To sum up our conversation..this basically is her thinking. I'm paraphrasing..

"This Memorial Day weekend is a good time to celebrate surviving. It marks the start of another great summer season that usually involves holidays and fun, and it is already a day off from work and the daily routine."

The daily routine???  HEY YOU..you are my hero.  With that said..I know you're aware of this..but I wanted to post it..thinking of you..and any other person going through this illness.  There may be hope for a cure.  CLICK THE TITLE TO VIEW THE STORY.

Guys..it's catholic picnic season.  I hope to see you guys..drink and laugh..and I'll even let YOU make fun of me.  However..when YOU officially kick this thing...YOU'RE ASS is mine!  :-)

Here's hope to all with this dreaded disease.  God bless.

Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

THEEEE Biggest Loser..

Happy Friday..and end of the week to all my ANGELS.  Hope everyone has a great and safe holiday weekend.  Wishing the kiddos well..as they are with their momma doing the lake thing.  Thinking of you..

Finally getting around to giving a shout out to the winner of one of my guilty pleasures...THE BIGGEST LOSER.

Michael Ventrella, the only "Biggest Loser" contestant to weigh more than 500 pounds, won the season finale this past Tuesday night.  He went from 526 to 262 pounds and got $250,000.

Daris George and Ashley Johnston joined him in the top three.

Michael, the biggest loser on the ranch, decided the order of the final weigh-in. It was Daris, Ashley and then Michael.

Daris went from 346 to 178 pounds. His total percentage of weight loss was 48.55 percent.

Ashley went from 374 to 191 pounds. Her total percentage of weight loss was 48.93 percent.

Fan votes didn't put Koli Palu (one of my favorites) in the final three, but he won the $100,000 prize for the eliminated contestant who loses the most weight. He went from 403 pounds to 188 pounds.

The whole group, making up of family members initially as teams, did great.  My other favorite, Sam..Koli's cousin, lost about 40% of his starting body weight.

What these guys did each week is truly as inspiration to all.  More importantly..its a life saving event for all.



Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

The Rand Paul Show..

Happy Tuesday to all my ANGELS.  Sitting at the house..a little under the weather..enough not to be able to
spend time with the kiddos.  YUCKS..and SUCKS.  I'll see you tomorrow kiddos..

Getting around to catching up and responding to the whole Rand Paul election win..and controversial comments.  Here's my thought..


I question the senility of my fellow Kentucky voters who chose a crackpot over the GOP mainstream candidate, Secretary of State Trey Grayson, in last Tuesday's primary.

By virtue of this win Rand Paul is now the "new sheriff" of the "tea party" movement since the Alaskan hottie Sarah Palin is no longer in office.

Rand lost no time in stirring up a controversy by sticking to his earlier statement made to Courier-Journal that he opposes imposing those rules of the 1964 Civil Rights Act on private businesses. He just made the water muddier by appearing on MSNBC's “The Rachel Maddow Show", and trying to put a spin on his previous statement.

The year is 2010 and I had thought that the 1964 Act had settled those issues long time ago. Obviously, I was wrong.

Last Wednesday Rand said on NPR that he is opposed to racism, and he would have marched with Martin Luther King to overturn institutional racism, if he were there at the time.

When Rachel Maddow asked Paul directly, if lunch counters should have been desegregated, as the activists had campaigned for during the Civil Right movement, he refused to give a clear answer and only rumbled that he did not believe in discrimination.

Bill Clinton dismantled the Glass-Steagal act, and see where we are today with the banking industry. Dick Cheney gave BP waiver from installing a remote switch for shutting down oil wells—the switch would have prevented the gulf oil spill that is gushing out right now.

And Rand, do not shake the hornet’s nest by inciting race issues; we have enough issues to divide us already.

FOR THE RECORD...I'm now going the INDEPENDENT ROUTE.  When it's time to rip on the otherside..I will.

Let me know your thoughts..

Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

TWO AMERICAS..STILL!

Happy Monday to all my ANGELS.  Another hot and humid day in the VILLE.  Hope everyone had a good day.  It's all good here..I think.  This blog is going to talk about how their is TWO AMERICAS.  The one where most people live..and the one where most wish we were living.

Back in the recent past when we were dealing with the recession..there was the select group that didn't know we were in it..or didn't see it.  I'm talking about the upper class..the wealthy.  With those people..I think they live in a "dream land"..and think their suburbs should have their own rules and ways.  And race is always a major player in those rules..

You want Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and The Race Card to go away. You love it when their white-wing soul mates, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, pretend the solution to America’s race problem is for black people to quit talking about race.

OK, read this..

A prosecutor in Carmel, Ind., hid behind the grand-jury process so that misdemeanor charges would be filed against a group of senior Carmel High School basketball players who “hazed” a group of freshmen players by allegedly pulling their pants down and violating them with some type of “anal penetration,” according to a lawyer for one of the alleged victims.

Carmel is a suburb of Indianapolis. It’s a wealthy suburb that in the last decade has received its first real taste of racial diversity.

The Carmel school system, the prosecutor and the parents of the alleged perpetrators have “managed” the investigation of this crime since day one. If they had had their way, the “hazing” would’ve been ignored or handled by school administrators. In 1998, when the Carmel swim team was engulfed in a similar hazing incident, the prosecutor hid behind a grand jury and declined to seek any criminal charges against the swimmers.

This time the prosecutor has been dragged to court by an avalanche of evidence and because of the race of the victims.

The group of seniors consisted of three white players and one black. The group of alleged victims consisted of two black players and one white. The black victims and their parents, according to reporters covering the case, have cooperated with the police. The white victim’s family has denied to reporters that their son is involved.

There is videotape evidence of what transpired at the back of the freshman bus on Jan. 22, when one of the alleged victims was violated. Under the myth of protecting the victim, the prosecutor won’t make the tape available to the media.

What’s missing is a credible, objective media arbitrator applying genuine pressure on the prosecutor and the school to do the right thing. There’s no meaningful outrage.

The prosecutor didn’t need a grand jury to bring felony charges against the players for deviant sexual conduct. Sonia Leerkamp, the prosecutor, went the grand-jury route because the proceedings are secret, and she knew a grand jury would be reluctant to damage rich kids with bright futures.

“The only people she could be trying to protect through a grand jury are the suspects,” a retired Indiana law professor told the Indianapolis Star. “It’s a coverup, pure and simple. It’s obscene.”

No one thinks the Carmel kids should be locked away for years. But a few no-harm-no-foul misdemeanors for allegedly jamming things down a kid’s butt on the back of a bus?

Reverse the races and move the case to the inner city. You think misdemeanors and a giggly field trip to jail would be on the table?

I’m not a Sharpton or Jackson cheerleader. But I understand what motivates them, what gives them credibility.

Those of us who claim to be free of biases, those of us who claim we want everyone treated fairly, too often lose the courage to support our stated convictions. The people manipulating the criminal justice system in this case should be shamed into doing the right thing by the people who actually live in Carmel.

Again..TWO AMERICAS is still alive and kicking..and will always be here.  Somebody in politics needs to take up that mantle. That is one of our fundamental problems...that there are two Americas. 

This past recession has been so uneven. In that top half, that one-half of America...ask the question...why does it not look like there is a recession at the height of it, when we were hearing such horrible numbers. Because the places they drive through, there isn't one. But in this other America, it's like a depression.  And with recession and depression comes actions that the upper half normally don't experience...or have control of.

So what's the answer??  Tell me..


Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

Long Dong Silver...America's Locations (PG13)

Happy Hot and Humid Sunday here in the VILLE.  Hope my ANGELS are doing well today.  I started to search for blog ideas..and this one fell onto my lap (no pun intended).  Once again..it proves that with a little time and effort..no rocks or stones go unturned for a story.  Check this out..

I found this story via the HUFFINGTONPOST.COM site (CLICK TITLE TO GET THE STORY). 

The author has released their own USA top list of 20 cities ordered by the penis size. You surely must be wondering how they tracked these stats.

They recorded the condom store database of condom sizes so they could check what sizes of condoms have been purchased the most.

 Finally, they found the top FIVE "LONG DONG SILVER” cities in the USA:

1. New Orleans 
2. Washington DC
3. San Diego
4. New York City
5. Phoenix

OK..I was a little caught offguard that someone could do this kind of research.  But hey..for some its probably good information...right?

With that said..if you're like me..if your "DONG" is not so "LONG" then start using a penis enlargement device or just move to Dallas or Philadelphia..OR just stay put if you're here in the VILLE..where we can stand out of the crowd.  You know..kind of like being a "big fish in a small pond".  I'm good with that..

OK..this blog was short and sweet.  I really don't know what else to say..

Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

Have you made your December 21, 2012 Reservations?

Happy Hump Day to all my ANGELS.  Hope this week is going good for you.  Going OK on my end.  My Reds are in first place..and thats a good..and not so normal thing.  Anyway..

I have to admit I'm addicted to the HISTORY CHANNEL.  It basically is the late night show I tune in before bedtime.  During the days...I generally will find something to DVR...and watch at my convenience.  With that said...I've been stuck with the whole Mayan prediction.  In case you haven't heard, there's a piece of hysteria going around that the world will end on December 21, 2012, supposedly based on astronomy and an ancient Mayan prediction.

According to Mayan Calendar, December 21, 2012 is the end date for the world. Many of the people in the world have heard the name of Mayan Calendar but do not know how it works and what it means. Yes it is true that the Long Count calendar of the ancient Mayans does end on the winter solstice on December 21, 2012, but the real fact is that the Mayan calendar does not end, it just repeats itself. Here is provided the important details about December 21, 2012 (12/21/2012): End date in Mayan Calendar.

About December 21, 2012..

There is a huge deal of information regarding the date 12/21/2012. December 21, 2012 is a date of incredible historical significance and the end of a complete time cycle. December 21, 2012 is the end of the fifth sun and the birth of a new age. Just as other calendars end on December and goes back to January, the Mayan calendar also does the same thing. Mayan calendar does it every 26,000,000 years and it does not mean that world is going to end, it is just the last day of a very long calendar. All scientific verification shows that the Mayan Long Count astronomical predictions are accurate.

About Mayan Calendar..

Mayan calendar is also called as the Aztec Calendar. On the Aztec "sun stone," this calendar is recorded as a carving and at present it is on exhibit in the National Museum of Anthropology and History located within Chapultepec Park, Mexico City. There are many sayings about the carved stone, but most of them are unrelated to the "end times."

The Mayan calendar fifth world ended in 1987 and the sixth world will start in 2012. So we are at present in the "between worlds". This period is also known as "Apocalypse" or “revealing”. The Mayan sixth world is in reality blank. It means that there will be creation of the new world and civilization we want now.

There will be great changes in the personal life of people during the “Apocalypse” or the time "between worlds". The changes will be countless and diverse like change of residence or location, relationships coming to an end, change of job or work, transfer in attitude or thinking and much more.

The Mayans told that by 2012 we will have gone beyond time and money as well as technology. With the rest of the Universe, Planet Earth and the Solar System will come into galactic synchronization. The plane of our Solar System will line up precisely with the plane of our Galaxy, the Milky Way in 2012. This cycle has taken 26,000 years to finish.

The above mentioned details are of just December 21, 2012: the Mayan Calendar end date and it is not end of the world so do not worry as this all things are predictions only. Let us see what changes will happen on December 21, 2012. We have no other option rather than to wait till 2012.

But you probably have friends and family who are getting nervous that America will crack apart into cookie crumbs, tsunamis will sweep over the Himalayas, Earth's poles will flip, and a secret invisible planet will smack us down like a bowling pin. And they will be turning to you, the astronomy person, to ask about it.

There is zero scientific evidence that anything will happen, but there are numerous things that could easily threaten the human species in the year 2012, such as a geomagnetic reversal, asteroid strike or supernova. Or something more intimate, like a flu pandemic, or a nuclear war.

Although I'd prefer new age enlightenment, I can't help but think something terrible may occur, and that ancient civilizations have left us coded warnings (hint: I'm not talking about Nostradamus).

I have no idea if something bad will happen in 2012 or not. Nobody really knows. Most home owners have fire insurance, even though they do not expect their house to ever burn. They have it because losing their home and contents would be devastating, and insurance is quite cheap.

The human species does not have an insurance policy that covers a global cataclysm in 2012. Until governments, organizations or high-worth individuals make an effort, my intention is to do the best I can, because at least 1 person out of 6 billion people should make an effort.

What do you think?

 
Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

The Rock..I mean The Teach smacking down a 6th Grader

Happy Tuesday.  Happy Election Day here in the Ville and state of Kentucky.  My question..if we all elect not to vote..will they all go away?  Just asking.  The positive side of the day..no school..therefore Mason and Jacqueline stayed with me last night and into today.  Take that anytime..

Most of you may have already heard about..or watched the video of the teacher laying the 'smackdown' on the 6th grader in Houston.  CLICK TITLE TO WATCH VIDEO.  For those who haven't heard..here's the lowdown..

A disturbing cell phone video of a teacher beating a sixth grader in class has been turned over to the local Sheriff’s office. The teacher allegedly attacked the student as other students watched and laughed as a mentally-challenged girl danced. There were reportedly other teachers in the classroom, but did not intervene in the minute long fight.  AGAIN...CLICK TITLE TO WATCH VIDEO.

Here's the update..

School officials said Tuesday that they fired 40-year-old Sheri Lynn Davis after she was caught on a videotape beating a 6th-grader at Jamie's House Charter School in north Harris County, Texas.

Thirteen-year-old Isaiah Johnson was dragged by the legs across the floor, slapped in the face, kicked and had his head slammed against a wall. Another student caught the beating, which lasted almost a minute, on her cell phone video camera.

Officials at the school for at-risk students said this week that that they fired the 40-year-old Davis, who had worked there for about 3 years and never had complaints against her.

''The kids loved her," said spokeswoman Sue Davis, who is not related to the teacher.

During the time Davis taught at the school, a warrant was out for her arrest stemming from an alleged tire slashing incident in January 2009. Davis is scheduled to appear in court on that criminal mischief charge, a misdemeanor, on Tuesday, according to Houston's KRIV-TV.

You know..I don't know all the facts of this event.  I'm hearing the kid laughed at a mentally challenged student during her dance that set off the teacher.  HOWEVER..is it possible that this kid had been pushing the patience of this teacher for longer than this event..and the teacher simply snapped.  Be honest..there are a lot of us who have encountered kids that have just annoyed theeeee hell out of us.  In some cases..this teacher was only doing something that I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING or WISHING UPON a juvenile.  Not siding with the teacher..but can probably understand why or what set her off.

Bottomline..this teacher is just that..a teacher.  Someone who we all trust in..and expect to do the right things..set examples for the young.  The teacher was in the wrong..and should be punished accordingly.  As well as the other teachers who stood by and watched from their RINGSIDE SEATS.  I will be interested to see how this all plays out.

Tell me what you think..


Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

seven year old GIRLS GONE WILD..

Happy Friday night to all my ANGELS.  Hope everyone had a great week..and a good weekend of ahead of you. This blog comes after watching CNN's AC360..Anderson Cooper.  He had Dr. Phil on watching this video (CLICK TITLE TO WATCH) and both were commenting.  Basically, they're comments were everything I was thinking.  Here's the lowdown..

A video of a a group of girls gyrating to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” at the World of Dance tour in Pomona, Calif., (the tour was in Dallas last month) is circulating the web and not in a good way. The dancers, a group of 7-year-olds, in barely there outfits shimmied, shaked and popped it to the hit song as audience members cheered them on. But what some see as a high energy performance others view as exploitation. One YouTube commenter wrote..

“that was definitely a little raunchy for such young girls, but they killed it so more power to ‘em.”

Others were not as impressed..

“these girls do show talent, but in all reality, I’m appalled at the parents who allow their little girls to dance like that. All that’s missing in that routine is a pole.”

So who’s to blame..if there is blame? The parents who sat in the audience with video cameras as their daughter’s danced out suggestive gestures? Or the teacher/coach that thought it was be OK to show little girls how to act sexy for an audience? Or promoters who let second graders display their ability to drop it like it’s hot for publicity’s sake? Or us, the appaled public who seem to be attaching too much sentiment and meaning to what little girls simply see as fun dancing? Maybe it a combination of multiple faults. But what do we expect? These kind of dance moves are all around us..on TV, in commercials, dance competitions etc. Have you been to a college or pro sporting event lately? I’ve seen the dancers 'splay themselves across half court while children watched in the audience. To a child the thing that pretty girl in shorts does with her legs and booty looks funny not seductive, but I feel uncomfortable seeing a woman thrust her pelvis in the air at a freakin’ basketball game. So is it any wonder that little girls who aspire to be dancers would watch an amazing dancer and icon like Beyonce and not want to move like her? I don’t fault the little girls for wanting to wow a crowd and win a dance competition, but I do question the adults who dressed the girls like mini-women in costumes inappropriate for their ages, who showed them how to be sexy and paraded them out in front of video cameras.

The reality is that very not nice people think very bad things when they see little girls in bra tops and makeup. I’m not a parent yet, but I don’t think I could live with the idea that some creep had a video of my little girl on the Internet. Take a look and see if the performance is one you’d be proud of your daughter for?

As a father..not my thing.  My child would not partake in such an event.  I generally say..to each their own.  However..if I were in the audience during this show..those parents would know my feelings. 

As a parent..what are your thoughts?


Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

THE REAL TRUTH about BP/GULF OIL SPILL

Greetings to all my ANGELS.  Hope everyone is having a good week so far.  Been a little silent lately..recovering from allergies and some other misc stuff.  HOWEVER..I always find writing takes my mind off the daily grind..and challenges my open-mindness.  With that said..I thought I blog about the SLICK MESS down in the gulf..and what details need to be discussed.  Here's what I found..

Quite a lot bigger than the estimate being uncritically quoted throughout the media of 210,000 gallons (5,000 barrels) per day. That was the last "official" estimate made by NOAA and accepted by the Coast Guard back on April 29 (see timeline below). Before that, the Coast Guard estimates ranged from 336,000 gallons (8,000 barrels) per day, to zero, to 42,000 gallons (1,000 barrels) per day. None of these estimates has been publicly explained or substantiated. And on May 1, the Coast Guard and NOAA stopped trying to estimate the spill rate, with Admiral Thad Allen saying

"Any exact estimate is probably impossible at this time."

But the media continues to report that oil is leaking into the Gulf at 5,000 barrels per day. At CNN/ANDERSON COOPER, they estimate the spill rate is closer to 1.1 million gallons (26,500 barrels) per day, based on the size of the slick on satellite images and Coast Guard maps, and thickness estimates derived from visual descriptions of the slick. That puts us at a total spill of 21 million gallons so far.

Considering that there are deepwater oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico capable of producing >1.26 million gallons (30,000 barrels) of oil per day under controlled flow rates; and that the oil slick continues to grow in size even though it's been under attack 24/7 by skimmer vessels, burning, chemical dispersants, and natural processes; our estimate seems quite conservative.

Why is it important to get this number right? This is about more than just liability, or PR. You can bet that our future response capacity is going to be overhauled and retooled based on this spill. If we low-ball the spill amount and rate, we run the risk of designing an inadequate new spill-response system that is doomed to fail the next time something this big occurs.

Here's the timeline of spill estimates:

•4/22 - Deepwater Horizon rig sinks; Coast Guard estimates "up to" 8,000 barrels per day (bpd) is leaking - source

•4/23 - Coast Guard reports no leaking at all from the damaged well - source

•4/24 - Coast Guard reports well is leaking, estimates 1,000 bpd - source

•4/25 - BP repeats 1,000 bpd estimate - source

•4/27 - 1,000 bpd still the official Coast Guard and BP estimate - source

•4/27 - SkyTruth and Dr. Ian MacDonald publish first estimate that spill rate is 20,000 bpd - source

•4/28 - NOAA weighs in and raises the official estimate to 5,000 bpd based on aerial surveys "and other factors"; BP disputes this higher estimate - source

•4/29 - Coast Guard and NOAA repeat their estimate of 5,000 bpd - source

•4/29 - BP's Chief Operating Officer admits new estimate of 5,000 bpd may be correct; "He said there was no way to measure the flow at the seabed and estimates have to come from how much oil makes it to the surface" - source

•5/1 - SkyTruth and Dr. Ian MacDonald publish revised estimate of at least 26,500 bpd - source

•5/1 - Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen "acknowledged there was no way really to know the extent of the leak" - source - and stated that "Any exact estimate is probably impossible at this time" - source

•5/1 - Coast Guard and NOAA cease estimating the rate of the spill.

Once again..looks like people are trying to downplay..or save their ass.  There has to be major accountability here.  The hurt that its putting on the Gulf..ocean life, the business' on the shores.  This thing is far from over..


Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

Thoughts on the Arizona Immigration Law..

First off..HAPPY DERBY DAY to all my ANGELS in the VILLE.  Today is the annual KENTUCKY DERBY..and while the weather isn't at its best..it will still be a fun and eventful day in the city.  Hope everyone wins something today.  Now onto the AZ IMMO LAW..

You can dress your opposition to the new Arizona immigration law up any way you want to..but if you're so all fired up or concerned about it..I suggest you move to the border towns that are under virtual siege by drug gangs and do your protesting there. The number of kidnappings and murders related to illegal crossings of the border have skyrocketed and the feds seem powerless to stop it.

It is a tough law for tough times..and under ordinary circumstances..would be seen as "draconian." But given the fact that it is impossible to delineate where the US border ends and where Mexico's begins in many places in that state..the right of sovereignty should rule.

Even the New York Times admits that the law basically calls for enforcement of existing statutes:

While police demands of documents are common on subways, highways and in public places in some countries, including France, Arizona is the first state to demand that immigrants meet federal requirements to carry identity documents legitimizing their presence on American soil.

Ms. Brewer acknowledged critics' concerns, saying she would work to ensure that the police have proper training to carry out the law. But she sided with arguments by the law's sponsors that it provides an indispensable tool for the police in a border state that is a leading magnet of illegal immigration. She said racial profiling would not be tolerated, adding, "We have to trust our law enforcement."

Ms. Brewer and other elected leaders have come under intense political pressure here, made worse by the killing of a rancher in southern Arizona by a suspected smuggler a couple of weeks before the State Legislature voted on the bill. His death was invoked Thursday by Ms. Brewer herself, as she announced a plan urging the federal government to post National Guard troops at the border.

It requires police officers, "when practicable," to detain people they reasonably suspect are in the country without authorization and to verify their status with federal officials, unless doing so would hinder an investigation or emergency medical treatment.

It also makes it a state crime - a misdemeanor - to not carry immigration papers. In addition, it allows people to sue local government or agencies if they believe federal or state immigration law is not being enforced.

President Obama is going to use this common sense law to push his version of immigration reform that won't do anything to stop the flood of illegals from crossing the border and will probably act as a catalyst for increased illegal immigration.

But it is interesting to note that a state law that only asks that existing law be enforced and followed is so violently opposed by the open borders crowd. Once again we have the spectacle of people demanding that the law of the land not be enforced..that we shouldn't be serious about illegal immigration.

Arizonians took care of that notion.


Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

Don't drink THIS water..

If there was ever a time to abide by the words..DON’T DRINK THE WATER..now would be a good time. Pollutants that mimic natural hormones have created a "toxic stew" in the Potomac River..altering the sexual development and the immune systems of fish. OK..the rules of life just went out the window.

In its annual "State of the Nation's River" report..the Potomac Conservancy focused on concerns first raised in 2003..when fish began dying in large numbers in such Potomac tributaries as the Shenandoah River.

As scientists investigated those fish kills..they found that male bass around the Potomac watershed were growing eggs.

The issue..

The term intersex..or intersexual characteristics..describes a range of abnormalities in which both male and female characteristics are present in the same fish. Intersexual characteristics are most commonly described as the presence of female germ cells..which are the precursor to mature eggs..in a male reproductive organ.

The occurrence of intersex fish has been related to chemicals..often termed endocrine disruptors..that affect the reproductive system. Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that interfere with the natural balance of hormones that regulate development, reproduction, metabolism, behavior and the internal state of living organisms. Occasionally these abnormalities can be noted externally but most often the main reproductive organs must be examined under a microscope for diagnosis of intersexual characteristics.

The presence of this abnormality or intersexual characteristic has been used as an indicator of exposure to estrogenic chemicals and has been documented in a variety of wild fish species in a number of rivers and estuaries around the U.S. and several other countries.

It seems likely..the report said..that the cause is not a single chemical but a mixture whose components might be different around the river. Pesticides might dominate in rural areas..for instance and human hormones downstream of a sewage plant.

Hedrick Belin..the conservancy's president..said that the best solution to the problem was to try to keep these chemicals out of the water in the first place. That could entail increased testing to figure out which chemicals have hormone-mimicking properties or installing measures to keep animal waste from washing downstream.

Hormone-mimicking chemicals "don't set our river on fire. They don't wash up onshore. We're not seeing them; we're not able to smell them," Belin said. "But the intersex fish . . . is a clear signal that something is wrong."

This month..the USFS released the final report of a six-year study, titled "Assessment of Endocrine Disruption in Smallmouth Bass and Largemouth Bass in the Potomac River Watershed." The study found a substantial proportion of abnormal fish from sites on the Potomac and Monocacy rivers and the Conococheague Creek in Washington County. Some sites were reported to have between 82 and 100 percent of the male fish with some female characteristics.

Although the risk to humans from fish with intersexual characteristics is currently unknown, the much bigger issue is the quality of the water that the Potomac provides to the millions of people who take their drinking water from it. The river supplies drinking water for Frederick, Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland, Fairfax County in Virginia and the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

If the water in your river makes the male fish grow vaginas..stay thirsty. If I wanted to drink something that makes me grow a vagina..I’d order a wine cooler or a Zima.  Which is why I stopped drinking wine coolers..and Zima's in the first place. 



Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

Keep HOME in our prayers..

I just wanted to take the time to wish all of the tornado victims and families well..and that they are on my mind and prayers.  Specifically the families of Mississippi and Alabama.  With respect..I acknowledge those tragedies away from HOME..i.e., Haiti and all those other countries that endured the acts of God.  However..I think its very important to keep HOME..the US..in mind when our own have fallen victim to such events.  As with Haiti and those other places..lets do whatever we can to help make a difference.  I just hope the media gives this moment the same attention that it did with those events outside the US.  Our people of HOME need our support. 

Don't be confused by the lies of the fools and deceivers..hope and believe in the things that we need to survive.  In a world where no one's alone..trust should come easily.  Just reach out your hand..and I'll give you mine.


Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

HEAVEN HIDE YOUR EYES..

Just got through watching some more news about the Vatican Corporate Office..and how they are handling the continued sex scandal.  I'm still amazed at how much they are still protecting their own.  CNN presented some data to support the facts.  Here is what I got from it..

Everybody has been talking about it..but now we have quantified data proving the point.  Most Americans and most Catholic Americans think the Pope has done a terrible job dealing with the priest pedophilia scandal. CNN/Opinion Research Corp survey results released Friday also indicate that recent revelations about that matter have hurt the pope's standing with the public:

Fifty-nine percent of American Catholics questioned in the poll have a favorable view of the pope, down 19 points from February. Among all Americans, the slippage is even greater: from 59 percent in February to just 35 percent today. "Only a quarter of U.S. Catholics have an unfavorable view of the pope, but they don't seem satisfied with his track record on the growing and persistent scandal within the church," CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said.

Now..does anyone really think the Church or the Pope might re-think how to handle this ongoing tragedy and the public relations disaster it has created for the Church? Of course not!

Some other statistics..

The Catholic figures show that between about 4% of priests and deacons serving in the US between 1950 and 2002 had been accused of sexual abuse of someone under 18.  Four out of five of their victims were male. Most were adolescents..two out of five were 14 or over..15% were under 10.

This is sick..but whether it is more sick than the record of any other profession is not obvious. The concentration on boys makes the Catholic pattern of abuse stand out..what makes it so shocking is that parents trusted their children with priests. They stood in for the parents. But this isn't all that different from the pattern in the wider world..either..where the vast majority of abuse comes from within families. The other point that makes the Catholic abuse is that it is nowadays very widely reported. It may be the best reported crime in the world:..that..too tends to skew perceptions.

This is an institution..governed as it always has been..by fallible and often corrupt human beings. If anyone still believes the Pope has any sort of connection to God..I would like that person to explain how he or she can possibly continue to believe that such a connection exists under current circumstances. Please avoid using excuses for what the Church leadership has done. They provide no insight to those of us outside the church as we try hard to understand what keeps people in the church.

..HEAVEN'S EYES WILL NEVER DRY.


Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

Salt and Peppaa..of a diff'rent flavaa.

Happy Saturday to all HALE'S ANGELS.  Its a beautiful day in the VILLE.  Hope you have a wonderful day doing whatever.  I came across this article..and it caused a simple head shake.  Like what in the hell were they thinking.  You can CLICK THE TITLE to view the article.  Here's a quick bit..

A tiny misprint..but an Australian publisher had to pulp a cookbook after one recipe called for "salt and freshly ground black people" to be added to the dish.

"We're mortified that this has become an issue of any kind, and why anyone would be offended, we don't know," head of publishing Bob Sessions was quoted as saying.

Yeah..right.

Even my non-caucasian friends would have laughed at the "misprint".  Obviously..there were no quality assurance done during the "proofreading".  Regardless of who or what this error falls under..it is of poor taste..no pun intended.  Maybe if we dig deeper into the cookbook..we might have them telling us to sprinkle some "white peeps" instead of salt or crackers. 

So..the next time you pick up the peppaa shakaa..and you hear some voices screaming..or yelling..now you know.  Unbelievable..

Thought it was a good way to laugh at stupidity..as it continues to run wild.



Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

SEX ED..sexting version

If ever there was a "hot button issue"..sexting fits the bill. It has peaked the curiosity..ire and concern of everyone from parents to school administrators to policymakers to law enforcement and understandably..and believe it or not..mobile carriers. As you may know..sexting is generally defined as the act of sending sexually explicit photos via cell phones..or over other electronic devices..including computers.

In and of itself..sexting is eyebrow-raising. Add to the equation a sender or receiver who is under the age of eighteen and suddenly a problem of ever-growing proportions begins to appear. Getting the word out to kids about the possible ramifications of sexting is the key. Child pornography charges..a jail sentence and having to register as a sex offender should deter them from sending a racy photo of themselves or someone else. And..even if these legal repercussions were to disappear..the emotional fallout would remain as would the effects such a decision could have on their future.

The solution..SEXting EDucation.

A new study of teens by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children said that 1 in 5 teens have used the new art of “sexting” in communicating suggestive..nude..or nearly nude photos through cell phone text messages or email.

Sexting by teens is a growing issue for parents.  Most teens who sexted sent the photos to boyfriends or girlfriends..but a startling 11% sent them to complete strangers! Of teens who sexted..80% are under 18.  Nearly all teens..91% are online. 60% have instant messaging..75% have a cell phone..and 72% have profiles on social networking sites like Facebook.

While teens seem to recognize the problems with sexting..they tend to do it anyway. One in four teens know of somebody who has had a problem with sexting..usually the sending of a picture around school. Others have been sexually victimized.  As they say..numbers don't lie.

But..what do you do when companies launch commercials that may be construed as possible sexting?

It's no surprise that some..including Consumer Reports..are concerned about an advertisement for Microsoft's new Kin line of smart phones..targeted at social-network-crazy teens and young adults. At about 40 seconds into the commercial..a guy uses his Kin to snap a photo up his T-shirt and share it with his friends.  The concerns forced Microsoft to pull the ad.  Microsoft said it pulled the commercial after a barrage of complaints. It had appeared prominently on the Kin home page.

Click the TITLE to watch the Microsoft ad.  Do you think this Kin commercial encourages sexting?


Sexting falls under the proverbial phrase..'You can't stop it..you can only hope to contain it.'  Education and communication with the kiddos is very important.  However..we all know..its just not the kids.  THEREFORE..we all should be careful.  No one wants to get their 15 minutes of fame via a website or cell phone.


Give me your thoughts.  Always looking for feedback from my HALE'S ANGELS!

Friday Fumblings..

It's Friday...a beautiful, albeit warm day in the Ville..mid 80s.  Who would be happy to say TGIF??  Its a fun weekend for the Louisville area..as they will be doing Thunder over Louisville tomorrow night.  All is well..until I visit CNN.com and get the latest news.  These items absolutely floored me..got me sick to my stomach..pissed me off..and confirms how stupidity and senselessness run wild around towns..

My first take..and this one angers me the most.

A Michigan man could face life in prison after he allegedly tortured and ultimately killed his girlfriend's 4-year-old son last week for wetting his pants..prosecutors say.  Brandon Joshua-Frederick Hayes..24.."systematically beat" Dominick Calhoun..4.."pummeling [him] with fists and kicking him" on his arms..legs and genitalia..Genesee County prosecutor David Leyton told CNN.

Hayes also apparently burned the boy in the course of the torture. "The knuckles across one hand were charred,"..Argentine Township police chief Dan Allen said.

"I've been doing this a long time, and this is the worst case of child abuse I've ever seen," the police chief said. "In all respects, he was tortured."

Prosecutors arraigned Hayes on Thursday on nine charges..including one count of first-degree premeditated murder..one count of first-degree child abuse and one count of torture..which by itself carries a possible life sentence.

"Little Dominick met his boogeyman, and that was defendant Hayes," Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell said at a news conference Thursday.

Hayes' motivation for his savage multiday attack on the boy was that the child "had wet his pants," Leyton said. "It had happened before."

Dominick's mother..Corrine Baker..was present for at least some of the beating and tried to shield the boy from Hayes' aggression..authorities said.

"She tried to lay on top of the child to guard the child against being beat any further, but she was beat in the process," according to the police chief.

The sequence of events that led to the discovery of the abuse began when Baker's sister and several acquaintances came to the apartment to buy drugs from Hayes..according to Allen. After seeing Dominick's condition..the sister alerted the boy's paternal grandfather..who in turn contacted authorities.

When emergency responders entered the apartment on the afternoon of April 11, Dominick was "barely alive." EMS transferred him to Hurley Hospital in Flint, where he was pronounced brain dead.  The boy was taken off life support the following morning.

Dominick's mother's whereabouts and actions through all portions of the torture session remain somewhat hazy. The county prosecutor said his office is "still investigating her involvement in all this."

"She's also culpable for putting him in the dangerous position in the first place," he added.

Credit:  CNN.com

Without wearing myself out..this is one of the most disgusting things I've read about in a while.  This SICK PRICK better get his.  Actually..he'll probably get life in prison without the possibility of parole.  Truth is..Brandon Joshua-Frederick Hayes is a DEAD MAN WALKING.  Its no secret that even the hardened criminals who reside in prison have a soft heart for children.  It will be a matter of time before Brandon Joshua-Frederick Hayes meets his GRIM REAPER in the big house.  Brandon..its going to be a painful..slow torturing process..on your way to your final destination..HELL.

Proof that stupidity continues to run wild..

Police say a Phillie’s fan vomited on an 11-year-old girl on purpose!  Matthew Clemmens..21..was arrested on Wednesday during the Phillies/Nationals game after he allegedly stuck his finger down his throat and projectile vomited on the girl and her father. His friend was ejected from the stadium earlier for unruly behavior.

WTF?!?!?!?!?  What's funny..the father is a police officer..off-duty at the time. 

This one..I don't know all the details..don't care to know all the details.  Philly fans are the most obnoxious..absured people ever.  They cheer when their own QB gets hurt..because they think they are playing bad.  They cheer when opposing players get carted off the field into an ambulance.  They are cut-throat..and ignorant.  OK..not all of them.  But its safe to say..more than 50% of them.  But in the case of Matthew Clemmens..he just sky rocketed to the top of the stupidity food chain. 

More news about Ben Roethlisberger ..and its not good.  Documents coming out basically confirm the public opinion of him as some type of SICK PRICK.

The Georgia police officer who took the first report from the woman who accused Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault has resigned.  Sgt. Jerry Blash resigned Wednesday..a day before the Georgia Bureau of Investigation made public all documents related to its investigation of a 20-year-old woman's claim that Roethlisberger sexually assaulted her in a nightclub.  Blash is the only officer who interviewed the quarterback. He acknowledged in an interview with investigators that he made some derogatory comments about the accuser to other officers..and that some in Roethlisberger's party may have overheard him.

Photos surfaced online a week later of Roethlisberger smiling alongside Blash at the Milledgeville nightclub where the alleged assault took place. The photos were taken hours before the allegation was made.

The accuser..a college student..said she tried to get away from Roethlisberger while in the bar and told him.."No, this is not OK," according to the police documents released Thursday.

In a statement to police on March 5..the woman said Roethlisberger encouraged her and her friends to take numerous shots of alcohol. Then one of his bodyguards escorted her into a hallway at the nightclub..sat her on a stool and left. She said Roethlisberger walked down the hallway and exposed himself.

"I told him it wasn't OK, no, we don't need to do this and I proceeded to get up and try to leave," she said. "I went to the first door I saw, which happened to be a bathroom."

According to her statement..Roethlisberger then followed her and shut the door.

"I still said no, this is not OK, and he then had sex with me," she wrote. "He said it was OK. He then left without saying anything."

Credit: ESPN.com

Granted..Benny did not get officially charged..but its pretty damn clear..he is guilty in the eyes of public.  The NFL and Pittsburgh Steelers are going to eventually suspend and fine him.  Good for saving the NFL and team's face.  What about the victim here?  Look for her to file a civil suit soon.  It will be the second similiar one in a year for HORNY BEN.  SICK PRICK!!!!

Geez..my Friday started out well..and look where I land.  I'm through venting for now.  I'll get back to you later.


Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

Materialism..the inner monster!

I've always tried to cognizant of those who have low self-esteem.  The last thing I would ever want to do is make people feel inferior..somehow to me..especially if one is already down.  My personality has always allowed me to interact with everyone.  I like being known as being friendly.  I'm a big fan of karma.  However..getting back to low self-esteem.  There is so much out there that helps promote it..and oppose those who are already feeling low.  The sh!t on cable..the reality sh!t on MTV that show off their "gorgeous..albeit dysfunctional" people.  Nonetheless..the young feel like they're competing with those people..trying to measure up to them.  TV and beauty magazines promote low self-esteem..period.  With that said..I wanted to find out more on low self-esteem..and what really triggers it..and what it triggers.  Found some interesting info on how low self-esteem and materialism kinda go hand-in-hand..

Researchers have found that low self-esteem and materialism are not just a correlation..but also a casual relationship where low self esteem increases materialism..and materialism can also create low self-esteem. The also found that as self esteem increases..materialism decreases. The study primarily focused on how this relationship affects children and adolescents. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of Minnesota found that even a simple gesture to raise self-esteem dramatically decreased materialism..which provides a way to cope with insecurity.

"By the time children reach early adolescence, and experience a decline in self-esteem, the stage is set for the use of material possessions as a coping strategy for feelings of low self-worth," they write in the study, which will appear in the Journal of Consumer Research.

The paradox that findings such as these bring up..is that consumerism is good for the economy but bad for the individual. In the short run..it’s good for the economy when young people believe they need to buy an entirely new wardrobe every year. But the hidden cost is much higher than the dollar amount. There are costs in happiness when people believe that their value is non-essential. There are also environmental costs associated with widespread materialism.

In the book “Happiness: Lessons From a New Science”..it exposes a paradox at the heart of our lives. Most of us want more income so we can consume more. Yet as societies become richer..they do not become happier. In fact..the First World has more depression..more alcoholism and more crime than fifty years ago.

Statistically people have more things than they did 50 years ago..but they are actually less happy in several key areas. There is also the considerable cost of what materialism does to the environment. We don’t yet know what final toll that could take in terms of quality of life and overall happiness. What many people don’t understand is that if we want to save the environment then at some level we have to buy and consume less. We don’t need to buy so much bottled water. Studies have shown it’s usually not any purer than city tap water..which doesn’t leave mountains of plastic bottles strewn across the nations landfills. It also wastes energy and resources to make those plastic bottles and the many other unnecessary things that both youth and adults alike believe they need to have in order to enjoy life and feel good about themselves.

Mad Magazine summed it up with the statement..“The only reason a great many American families don't own an elephant is that they have never been offered an elephant for a dollar down and easy weekly payments.”

That funny statement..is only funny because it’s somewhat true. The reason people want whatever is currently “hot” is because they believe it will contribute towards their satisfaction and happiness in life. The word “believe” is the key here. People believe that buying more and more things will make them happy..when in fact research has shown time and time again that this simply isn’t the case. What we do know for sure is that buying more and more unnecessary things is damaging our planet and contributing to global warming.

Sure..one person being less materialistic isn’t going to make a noticeable impact on the environment..but it will make a positive impact in that one life. Once entire nations start to understand the myths about what really makes individuals happy..the world will stand a fighting chance.



Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

Friday Night "Just Saying"..

OK..enough is enough.  Stop calling “The Tea Party” phenomenon a “Movement”. To be a real political movement..you have to move toward some specific legislative goal. The Suffrage Movement gained voting rights for women..the Civil Rights Movement outlawed discrimination against blacks..and the Gay Rights Movement brought us the Winter Olympics.  Just saying..

Regarding GAYS in the military..it’s not going to make the military soft or anything less. They’re still soldiers.  Yea..they’re gay..but we’re not talking Ru Paul..Elton John gay..we’re talking “Brokeback Mountain” gay.  Just saying..

Regarding reform..fundamental reform doesn’t come from bipartisanship. Bipartisanship has become appeasement. Barack Obama won an election based on a set of principles..fight for them.  Just saying..

Next time President Obama addresses America's school children..he has to tell them they're obese and that they should get off drugs..or they'll grow up to be Rush Limbaugh.  Just saying..

And on a closing note..you prevent future torture by prosecuting past acts of torture.





Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

Maybe the DEMs should take the TIGER approach..(PG17)

Its a beautiful Friday here in Louisville, KY.  Temps in the mid to upper 50s..with lots of sunshine.  Spent the day with Mason and Jacqueline..and loved every minute of it.  We had good conversation..watched TV..and really enjoyed each other's company.  Now their off upstairs playing WII..and I'm putting my two-cents in a blog regarding some news info I just view.  Here's my FITTY-CENT on politics today..

Democrats should not listen to the people who are now saying they shouldn't attempt anything else big for a while because health care was such a bruising battle. Wrong..because I learned something watching the lying bullies of the Right lose this one..when they're losing..they squeal like a pig. They kept saying things like..the bill was being "shoved down our throats" or the Democrats were "ramming it through." The bill was so big they couldn't take it all at once!

And I realized listening to this rhetoric that it reminded me of something..Tiger Woods' text messages to his mistress that were recently made public.  He said..and I quote.."I want to treat you rough..throw you around..spank and slap you and make you sore. I want to hold you down and choke you while I f*ck that ass that I own. Then I'm going to tell you to shut the f*ck up while I slap your face and pull your hair for making noise." Unquote.

And this..I believe..perfectly represents the attitude Democrats should now have in their dealings with the Republican Party.."Shut the f*ck up while I slap your face for making noise..now pass a cap-and-trade law..and repeat after me..'Global Warming is fo real!'"

The Democrats need to push the rest of their agenda while their boot is on the neck of the greedy..poisonous old reptile. Who cares if a cap-and-trade bill isn't popular..neither was health care. Your poll numbers may have descended a bit..but so did your testicles.

So don't stop..we need to regulate the banks..we need to overhaul immigration..we need to end corporate welfare including at the Pentagon..we need to bring troops home from everywhere..we need to end the drug war..and we need to put terrorists and other human rights violators on trial in civilian courts..starting with Dick Cheney.

Democrats in America were put on earth to do one thing..drag the ignorant hillbilly half of this country into the next century..which in their case is the 19th..and by passing health care..the Democrats saved their brand. A few months ago..Sarah Palin mockingly asked them.."How's that hopey-changey thing working out for ya?" Great..actually. Thanks for asking. And how's that whole Hooked on Phonics thing working out for you?
 
Peace out my HALEYUNNS!

Wednesday Wrap -- 04/07/2010

Taking some time to recap what I deemed highlights of MY Wednesday.  Here ya go..

Watched my Redsox lose to the Yankees..3-1 in 10 innings.  The Yanks win the season opening series..2-1.  It was a great series for baseball to start the season with.  I feel confident that my Sox will do well this season.  However, I truly believe..the Yanks are the team to beat in the American league.  One knock on this game..and series..the length of these games.  Yesterday's game last over 3.5 hours.  That is crazy for a baseball game.  That kind of timeframe will lose the novice/casual fan.

Saw my Reds lose AGAIN to the St Louis Cardinals..6-2.  Reds have some potential this year..more than they've had for the last 10 plus years.  I look forward to this season with this young talent.  Regarding the National league team to beat..that be the Phillies!

UK athletics made it official that five (5)..yes five players have declared for the NBA Draft..John Wall, Demarcus Cousins, Patrick Patterson, Eric Bledsoe and Daniel Orton.  That's just crazy.  ESPN NBA expert..Chad Ford..projects ALL FIVE to be drafted in the first round.  It would be a first..for a college team..to have that many drafted in the first round..not to mention..4 of the 5 are freshmen.  The education critics are going to have a field day with this..as it does put UK in a negative light regarding the "one and done" player..who is perceived as simply going through the classroom motions just to get to draft day.  Not sure I can argue this point much.  Unfortunately..that's the name of the game these days regarding the NBA and high school all-americans.  Wall, Cousins and Patterson were all potential first round NBA picks if they were allowed to make the jump straight out of high school.  Me personally..I think the rule should be more than one year in college.  How many?  Who knows.  But these kids still need maturing..and time to experience life.  I'm pretty sure there is at least one in this group that is not ready for the NBA daily grind.  Time will tell.  What does this mean for UK?  Simple..RELOAD.  Coach Cal is a master recruiter..and we stand to get a lot of the top players left.  If we pull off what I think we can..we very well may have the top recruiting class for the second year in a row.  Again..time will tell.

The buzz yesterday continued to be about Tiger's return to golf today.  Truth is..the golf world needs him.  I'm not a golfer..so it doesn't faze me either way.  He is great for the name..just not in the game of life.  As I've said in the past..the game of life is his and his family's.  Good luck to Tiger..

Stayed in tune with the mining accident in West Virginia.  Really sad for the families and all involved.  Again, its such a dangerous way of life.  Yet, the families and survivors spoke of those risks and knew of potential consequences.  I just hate that many are having to deal with these consequences. There was one miner who seems to have had a thought about something bad happening.  Joshua Napper died in the West Virginia mine on Monday. On Sunday..he left his mother with letters to his girlfriend and daughter.."If anything happens to me..I'll be looking down from heaven at you all."  WOW!!  God speed to the survivors and families.

I started something yesterday that I had not done since I was under 10 years old..read the Bible.  I got an app for my Blackberry..and now that I'm capable of understanding..and comparing my beliefs with the word..I look forward to revisiting the WORDS. Initially its not to read from a religuous view..but of beliefs and how these words can help me understand and/or challenge those beliefs.  Stay tuned..

On a lighter note..Mohr Keet..96 years old..bungie jumped off a bridge 709 feet high.  Word has it..every time he jumps..he is scared.  But for him..it's all about overcoming fear.  HOLY HELL..709 FEET!!!!  The guy is twice my age..and 100x more fearless.  His jump was submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records.  My kind of jumping is...in the shower...into bed..something along those lines.  Good for him and his heartbeat of life.

Who can tell me what song these lyrics belong too?
"I don't mind you coming here / and wasting all my time / 'cause when you're standing oh so near / I kinda lose my mind / it's not the perfume that you wear / it's not the ribbons in your hair / I don't mind you coming here / and wasting all my time"



Happy Thursday to the Hale's Angels!