Saturday, August 14, 2010

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Hair Wars; Aug 15, 2010
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Today's Health/Excercise Tip:
Frozen Dinners: The Fast After-Five Meal 

It's so easy to swing by that frozen-food aisle to select each night's dinner. You're tired after a long day at work, and the idea of going home to chop a bunch of vegetables isn't appealing at all. But are frozen dinners OK for those with diabetes?

They are to a degree, says the American Diabetes Association (ADA). While frozen dinners have, indeed, come a long way health-wise, says the ADA, it recommends that you keep in mind the following tips:

  • Check the nutrition label for the amount of fat and sodium. You want no more than 30% of your calories to come from fat, no more than 10% to come from saturated fat, and no more than 200 mg of sodium for every 100 calories.
  • Most "healthy" frozen dinners are based on small servings. If your meal plan calls for 1,500 calories a day, don't skimp by eating a meal with less than 400-500 calories. You'll find yourself hungry later and may overeat on snacks.
  • Be aware that – although most healthy frozen dinners contain fruits and vegetables – the serving size of these foods is as small as 1 tablespoon in some cases.

Improve your frozen dinner by adding a salad, some steamed vegetables and a piece of fruit. Also, consider making your own (healthier!) frozen dinners by making a little extra at dinner time, then putting the left-overs into small, portioned-out microwave-safe dishes.

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Chicagoans protest Target store

Aug. 14, 2010 / by Tracy Baim / Windy City Times

About 50 people turned out Saturday, Aug. 14 for a protest of the new Target store in Chicago, on Broadway just north of Montrose. They were calling for a boycott of the store because of a recent $150,000 contribution to a fund, Minnesota Forward, that in turn gave that money to right-wing conservative Republican candidate Rep. Tom Emmer in his race for Minnesota governor.

While Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel has apologized to employees for the contribution, and while Target is also meeting with the Human Rights Campaign to mitigate damages, they have not requested the funds back, and Chicago activists are demanding that before they stop boycotting the store.

If Target does get the money back, or even if it does not, activists are calling on the store to give equal or more money to Emmer's Democratic opponent as well as gay organizations and candidates in Minnesota, where the superstore is based.

"We will not be targets" chanted one of the protest's organizers, Rick Heintz, as the group marched in front of the store. Heintz also cut a cake commemorating the victory in the Prop 8 gay marriage case in California. As the Target protest went on in the mid-day sun, dozens of drivers honked their horns in support.

The Chicago protest was initiated by 16-year-old New Trier High School student Zachary Fraum. He came out the week before during the Gay Liberation Network's protest in Arlington Heights against the Americans for Truth About Homosexuality.

"I have known I was gay since I was 10 years old," Fraum said, adding that Rep. Emmert is not just anti-gay, but right-wing on other social issues such as abortion and immigration.

Organizer Andy Thayer of Gay Liberation Network made it clear they were not against the employees of Target, who he said are also victims of an anti-gay CEO who also opposes a unionized workforce. Their CEO "says through his contributions that he hates them, and that has to be a horrible burden" for employees, Thayer said. "To the workers, we say we are on your side."

Transgender activist Dove Paige Anthony asked Target to "stop funding our oppression now!" Anti-war activist Heather Benno from the Answer Coalition connected the dots between those who oppose gay rights and the bigots who get elected and work against gay issues. She said gay rights are the "civil-rights struggle of our generation."

Carrie Maxwell, a former Target employee, said this boycott was a slippery slope, now that the U.S. Supreme Court said corporations can give campaign contributions. "What if Illinois companies like Walgreens and Kraft do this? What are we going to do?" she asked. "So maybe Target, if they can't get the money back, can donate double to gay groups and to the Democratic candidate."

Thayer and GLN's Bob Schwartz said the protesters' demands include Target getting the money back, Target giving that money to a Minnesota gay group, and the Target CEO issuing a "real apology."

Several people at the protest also mentioned that Best Buy is also guilty of similar campaign contributions, and should also be boycotted.

"Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. Survivors always have an obligation to those who will face the same challenges."

 

....Jake

Remember:  Boycott Target and Best Buy for donating money towards anti-gay political candidates/organizations and to Proposition 8 (California) to prevent gay marriage. The Formal Boycott began this weekend. I already stopped shopping these stores. I need a new washer/dryer and new clothes for the fall.  Goodbye to Target and Best Buy!  They won't get my money, ever again! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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