Ne-Yo's Ex-Baby Mama Threatens Legal Action ... You Blabbed ...

Ne-Yo's Ex-Baby Mama
Threatens Legal Action ...
You Blabbed, Time to Pay!

EXCLUSIVE

1222_neyo_tmzNe-Yo's former baby mama (we'll explain) is FUMING after the singer went on VH1 and blabbed about their baby drama -- and now she's hired mega attorney Gloria Allred to make him pay.

It's a pretty complicated story ... Ne-Yo used to have a relationship with a woman named Jesseca White. During their time together, Jessica had a baby which Ne-Yo thought was his ... turns out, it wasn't.

The couple reached a settlement agreement in 2009 in which Ne-Yo coughed up $575,000 to Jesseca, who in turn officially said the kid wasn't his. Ne-Yo was originally listed on the birth certificate as the father, but his name was later removed.

As part of the deal, both sides agreed to a confidentiality clause, promising to never go public with the info.?Fast forward to September 2012 ... Ne-Yo did an interview with VH1's "Behind the Music" and spilled the beans on the whole sordid ordeal.

Now, Gloria Allred has fired off a letter to Ne-Yo accusing him of breaking the agreement. Allred claims that because Ne-Yo falsely painted Jesseca as a harlot who lied, broke his heart and then vanished ...?Jesseca has been defamed, ridiculed and harassed.

According to the letter, Jesseca has been unable to work, was forced to file for state aid, suffers from mental anguish and is "beset by nausea, vomiting and hair loss" thanks to Ne-Yo's remarks.

Jesseca is asking Ne-Yo to settle the matter amicably out of court (cough, cough $$$$) ... otherwise she'll be forced to pursue more serious legal options.

We reached out to Ne-Yo's rep -- so far, no word back.

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2012/12/23/ne-yo-baby-mama-gloria-allred-letter/

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Lives remembered at string of Conn. services

The community of Newtown, Conn., is in the thick of funerals and memorial services for the 26 children and adults killed a week ago at an elementary school. A look at services held Friday:

RACHEL D'AVINO

The sun came out just as Rachel D'Avino's sister began delivering her eulogy.

D'Avino, 29, was a behavioral therapist who hadn't worked long at Sandy Hook Elementary. She had just completed her requirements to become a certified behavior analyst, the New Haven Register reported.

"That was Rachel ? a hard worker, a risk taker, a winner," her sister Sarah D'Avino eulogized Friday at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Conn., according to the Register. "She excelled at everything she did, such as her incredible patience and ability to work with those with special needs, adults and children alike."

OLIVIA ENGEL

Monsignor Robert Weiss told at Olivia Engel's funeral that as she lay dying in Sandy Hook Elementary, a Newtown police officer held her in his arms and said, "I love you."

On Friday, a state trooper stood at attention by the 6-year-old's closed white casket, looking down as if watching over it, The Advocate of Stamford reported.

"If we listen really closely, we will hear Olivia speak to us," Weiss said: "'Mom and Dad, it's OK, I'm with Jesus.'"

DYLAN HOCKLEY

Dylan Hockley's mother remembers asking him once why he flapped his arms when he got excited.

Dylan, who had a form of autism that hindered his language development, answered: "Because I am a beautiful butterfly."

Nicole Hockley shared the anecdote Friday at Dylan's funeral at the Walnut Hill Community Church in Bethel, Conn., according to the New Haven Register.

She referenced the so-called "butterfly effect," a theory that the flapping of a butterfly's wings can cause a chain reaction that influences weather a world away.

"If one butterfly can cause a hurricane, then 26 butterflies can change the world," she said.

Dylan's family moved to Sandy Hook two years ago from Hampshire, England. At the end of the ceremony, everyone gathered outside the church and applauded as Dylan's parents and brother released purple and white balloons. Purple was the 6-year-old's favorite color.

GRACE McDONNELL

"Gracie" McDonnell loved the beach, lighthouses and seashells. Her funeral program said, "May you always have a shell in your pocket, and sand in your shoes."

Every night at bedtime, 7-year-old Grace and her mother would do their secret handshake and end it with them both saying, "hot fire," the New Haven Register reported. They called themselves "fashionistas."

When her funeral Mass began at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, it was pouring rain, the newspaper said. But as the service ended with "Amazing Grace," the sun poured through the stained glass windows of pink and purple ? Grace's favorite colors.

MARY SHERLACH

Mary Sherlach, the school psychologist who rushed the gunman, was remembered as a caring professional, a fan of the Miami Dolphins and someone who ultimately put the lives of others ahead of her own.

A standing room-only crowd filled St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church in Trumbull on Friday for the funeral of Sherlach, 56.

The church was adorned with a Christmas tree and several wreaths including one with the teal, white and orange colors of the Dolphins.

The Rev. Stephen Gleason said her love was Christ-like.

"No one has greater love than to give one's life for his friends," he said. "And she did so in an attempt to save others."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/lives-remembered-string-conn-services-221225730.html

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Spaghetti Carbonara, Magic Ice Cream (5 Ways), Food Writers ...

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What was popular in May 2012? Let's see: Pasta carbonara (an authentic recipe!), and 25 food writers' safety drinks to order at bad bars. Plus, flavor variations for magic banana ice cream and why recipe writers lie about caramelizing onions.

Top 10 Posts of May 2012

? 1 15 Fresh, Simple Cocktails for Spring
? 2 14 Simple, Delicious Recipes with Just 6 Ingredients (Plus Salt)
? 3 Sunday Cooking: 10 Meals That Will Last the Entire Week
? 4 What Drink Do You Order at a Bad Bar? - 25 Food Writers Share Their Safety Drinks
? 5 Feeling Hungry? Grab an Orange!
? 6 20 Scrumptious Brunch Recipes
? 7 Magic One-Ingredient Ice Cream 5 Ways: Peanut Butter, Nutella, and More
? 8 Chocolate, Strawberry, Banana & Beyond: 15 Homemade Ice Cream Recipes
? 9 Why Recipe Writers Lie About Caramelizing Onions
? 10 Authentic Spaghetti alla Carbonara

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Welcome to The Kitchn's Best of 2012 roundup!
From December 17 through January 1 we are rounding up some of our favorite (and your favorite) posts from the past year.

(Images: See linked posts for full image credits)

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My Beloved Old Crockpot An Easy Overnight Oatmeal Recipe.


Here's my beloved, very old, made-in-the-USA crockpot in all it's ugly mauve,?well-used glory!? Wow, what a relic, eh?

It was given to me by an elderly lady who had had it for a looong time yet rarely used it. I've since had it nearly 10 years. I keep waiting for the day when I am making an overnight breakfast and wake up to find?a cold, dead crockpot and no breakfast.?A sad day that will be. I haven't been able to find a USA-made crockpot to replace this friend. (If you know of one, do share!!)

But, speaking of overnight breakfast, I want to share with you an easy-peasy, can't get any easier, dirt cheap, nutritious?breakfast that's ready for you when you wake up.? Sound too good to be true?? Well, this time it's not...as long as you like oatmeal, that is!? If you don't, I'm sorry, you're out of luck this time.? But oatmeal lovers and busy mothers with multiple kids everywhere, this is for you!? It shouldn't take you more than THREE minutes to prepare. Yes, really!

Pick one of these upcoming?post-holiday evenings to prepare this breakfast for your family.?Wake up, roll out of bed, eat a hot breakfast in?your pjs and enjoy a lazy morning together as a family.?

Easy-Peasy-Good-And-Cheap-Three-Minute-Breakfast Oatmeal
Serves a family of 5: 2 adults + 3 children.
Total cost: $2.13 for all organic ingredients.

1 crockpot
1 generous cup oat groats ($.40)
2 cups milk ($.81)
4 cups water
1/3 cup sucanat (more or less, according to your preference) ($.29)
1 T cinnamon (optional) ($.19)
1 T butter per adult, 1/2 T per child?($.44)

After you've cleaned up dinner, plug your crockpot in.?Add all ingredients (except the butter) to the crockpot.?Before you?go to bed, turn the crockpot on low.??In the morning, give the oatmeal a stir. Serve it?in bowls and top with a pat of?butter or coconut oil.? If desired add additional toppings (berries,?dried fruit, nuts...).?

Doesn't get easier than that, does it?!? Just roll out of bed in the morning?and breakfast is ready.? It's especially nice on these chilly winter mornings!

*?FOUR QUICK NOTES:
1. Please note that I am using oat groats--the whole oat grain (see link in the recipe).? Not rolled oats.? Rolled oats do not require near as much liquid, nor can they cook for so long.?
2.? I generally turn my crockpot on about 10pm and we're eating around 7-8am.? If you're especially particular about texture, experiment to determine a cooking time that softens the oats to your preferred texture. This makes a typical, soft oatmeal.
3. If you want to soak your?oats first, soak them during the day, drain and add to the crockpot and follow the recipe from there, lessening the water by 1 cup.? (For more info on soaking grains, read the note here under adding dairy to the flour.)
4. The milk is not necessary--you could use just water instead (sub only 1 1/3 cup water for the 2 cups milk).? We like the added milk...makes the oatmeal creamier, almost like a rice pudding.?Yum!

Source: http://www.wholefoodsonabudget.com/2012/12/my-beloved-old-crockpot-easy-overnight.html

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Are You Prepared for Zombies? ? American Anthropological ...

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In light of all the end of the world talk, a repost of this Zombie preppers post from last spring:

Today?s guest blog post is by cultural anthropologist and AAA member, Chad Huddleston. He is an Assistant Professor at St. Louis University in the Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice department.

Recently, a host of new shows, such as Doomsday Preppers on NatGeo and Doomsday Bunkers on Discovery Channel, has focused on people with a wide array of concerns about possible events that may threaten their lives.? Both of these shows focus on what are called ?preppers.? While the people that may have performed these behaviors in the past might have been called ?survivalists,? many ?preppers? have distanced themselves from that term, due to its cultural baggage: stereotypical anti-government, gun-loving, racist, extremists that are most often associated with the fundamentalist (politically and religiously) right side of the spectrum.

I?ve been doing fieldwork with preppers for the past two years, focusing on a group called Zombie Squad. It is ?the nation?s premier non-stationary cadaver suppression task force,? as well as a grassroots, 501(c)3 charity organization.? Zombie Squad?s story is that while the zombie removal business is generally slow, there is no reason to be unprepared.? So, while it is waiting for the ?zombpacolpyse,? it focuses its time on disaster preparedness education for the membership and community.

The group?s position is that being prepared for zombies means that you are prepared for anything, especially those events that are much more likely than a zombie uprising ? tornadoes, an interruption in services, ice storms, flooding, fires, and earthquakes.

For many in this group, Hurricane Katrina was the event that solidified their resolve to prep.? They saw what we all saw ? a natural disaster in which services were not available for most, leading to violence, death and chaos. Their argument is that the more prepared the public is before a disaster occurs, the less resources they will require from first responders and those agencies that come after them.

In fact, instead of being a victim of natural disaster, you can be an active responder yourself, if you are prepared. ?Prepare they do.? Members are active in gaining knowledge of all sorts ? first aid, communications, tactical training, self-defense, first responder disaster training, as well as many outdoor survival skills, like making fire, building shelters, hunting and filtering water.

This education is individual, feeding directly into the online forum they maintain (which has just under 30,000 active members from all over the world), and by monthly local meetings all over the country, as well as annual national gatherings in southern Missouri, where they socialize, learn survival skills and practice sharpshooting.

Sound like those survivalists of the past?? Emphatically no.? Zombie Squad?s message is one of public education and awareness, very successful charity drives for a wide array of organizations, and inclusion of all ethnicities, genders, religions and politics.? Yet, the group is adamant on leaving politics and religion out of discussions on the group and prepping. You will not find exclusive language on their forum or in their media.? That is not to say that the individuals in the group do not have opinions on one side or the other of these issues, but it is a fact that those issues are not to be discussed within the community of Zombie Squad.

Considering the focus on ?future doom? and the types of fears that are being pushed on the shows mentioned above, usually involve protecting yourself from disaster and then other people that have survived the disaster, Zombie Squad is a refreshing twist to the ?prepper? discourse.? After all, if a natural disaster were to befall your region, whom would you rather be knocking at your door: ?raiders? or your neighborhood Zombie Squad member?

And the answer is no: they don?t really believe in zombies.

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Source: http://blog.aaanet.org/2012/12/21/are-you-prepared-for-zombies-2/

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Fine hands, fists of fury

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Men whacked punching bags for a University of Utah study that suggests human hands evolved not only for the manual dexterity needed to use tools, play a violin or paint a work of art, but so men could make fists and fight.

Compared with apes, humans have shorter palms and fingers and longer, stronger, flexible thumbs ? features that have been long thought to have evolved so our ancestors had the manual dexterity to make and use tools.

"The role aggression has played in our evolution has not been adequately appreciated," says University of Utah biology Professor David Carrier, senior author of the study, scheduled for publication Dec. 19 by the Journal of Experimental Biology.

"There are people who do not like this idea, but it is clear that compared with other mammals, great apes are a relatively aggressive group, with lots of fighting and violence, and that includes us," Carrier says. "We're the poster children for violence."

Humans have debated for centuries "about whether we are, by nature, aggressive animals," he adds. "Our anatomy holds clues to that question. If we can understand what our anatomy has evolved to do, we'll have a clearer picture of who we were in the beginning, and whether aggression is part of who we are."

Carrier agrees that human hands evolved for improved manual dexterity, but adds that "the proportions of our hands also allow us to make a fist," protecting delicate hand bones, muscles and ligaments during hand-to-hand combat.

As our ancestors evolved, "an individual who could strike with a clenched fist could hit harder without injuring themselves, so they were better able to fight for mates and thus more likely to reproduce," he says. Fights also were for food, water, land and shelter to support a family, and "over pride, reputation and for revenge," he adds.

"If a fist posture does provide a performance advantage for punching, the proportions of our hands also may have evolved in response to selection for fighting ability, in addition to selection for dexterity," Carrier says.

So Carrier and study co-author Michael H. Morgan ? a University of Utah medical student ? conducted their study to identify any performance advantages a human fist may provide during fighting.

The research was funded by the National Science Foundation.

Three Experiments and the Findings

The first experiment tested the hypothesis that humans can hit harder with a fist. So, Carrier and Morgan had 10 male students and nonstudents ? ages 22 to 50 and all of them with boxing or martial arts experience ? hit a punching bag as hard as they could.

Each subject delivered 18 hits, or three of each for six kinds of hits: overhead hammer fists and slaps, side punches and slaps, and forward punches and palm shoves. The bag was instrumented to allow calculation of the force of the punches and slaps.

To the researchers' surprise, the peak force was the same, whether the bag was punched with a fist or slapped with an open hand. However, a fist delivers the same force with one-third of the surface area as the palm and fingers, and 60 percent of the surface area of the palm alone. So the peak stress delivered to the punching bag ? the force per area ? was 1.7 to three times greater with a fist strike compared with a slap.

"Because you have higher pressure when hitting with a fist, you are more likely to cause injury" to tissue, bones, teeth, eyes and the jaw, Carrier says.

The second and third experiments ? which each also involved 10 male subjects ? tested the hypothesis that a fist provides buttressing to protect the hand during punching.

To do that, the researchers measured the stiffness of the knuckle joint of the first finger, and how force is transferred from the fingers to the thumb. Both measurements were made with normal, buttressed fists or when partial fists were not buttressed.

Humans buttress ? strengthen and stabilize ? fists in two ways that apes cannot: The pads of the four fingertips touch the pads at the top of the palm closest to the fingers. And the thumb wraps in front of the index and middle fingers, and to some extent the ring finger, and those fingers are locked in place by the palm at the base of the thumb.

To measure stiffness of the second knuckle joint, the study's 10 male subjects slowly pushed a pressure transducer, with clenched fists or with fingers bent but the fist unclenched. Researchers measured the force and also how much the index finger flexed.

Force transfer from fingers to the thumb also was measured, but in this case the subjects got in a one-handed pushup position, with their knuckles pushing down on a block placed on a different force transducer.

The second and third experiments found that buttressing provided by the human fist increased the stiffness of the knuckle joint fourfold (or reduced flexing fourfold), and also doubled the ability of the fingers to transmit punching force, mainly due to the force transferred from the fingers to the thumb when the fist is clenched.

"Because the experiments show the proportions of the human hand provide a performance advantage when striking with a fist, we suggest that the proportions of our hands resulted, in part, from selection to improve fighting performance," Carrier says.

Carrier notes that besides dexterity and aggression, a third theory to explain the proportions of human hands also may be true: Natural selection for walking and running among human ancestors led to shorter toes and a longer big toe ? and the responsible genes also led to shorter fingers and longer thumbs.

How Selection Favored Fists and Aggression

Apes' elongated fingers and hands evolved so they could climb trees.

"The standard argument is that once our ancestors came out of the trees, the selection for climbing was gone, so selection for manipulation became dominant, and that's what changed the shape of our ancestors' hands," Carrier says. "Human-like hand proportions appear in the fossil record at the same time our ancestors started walking upright 4 million to 5 million years ago. An alternative possible explanation is that we stood up on two legs and evolved these hand proportions to beat each other."

Carrier says that if manual dexterity was the only driving force, humans could have evolved manual dexterity with longer thumbs without the fingers and palms getting shorter. But, he adds, "there is only one way you can have a buttressed, clenched fist: the palms and fingers got shorter at the same time the thumb got longer."

Morgan and Carrier cite other arguments that fighting helped shape human hands:

  • No ape hits with a clenched fist other than humans. Gorilla hands are closer in proportion to human hands than are other apes' hands ? a paradox since chimps are better known for tool-making and dexterity. So Morgan and Carrier also believe aggression was a factor in the evolution of gorillas' hands.
  • Humans use fists as threat displays. "If you are angry, the reflexive response is to form a fist," Carrier says. "If you want to intimidate somebody, you wave your fist."
  • Sexual dimorphism ? a difference in body size between males and females ? is greater if there is more male-male competition in a primate species. "Look at humans and gorillas. The difference between the sexes is mainly in the upper body and the arms, and especially the hands," Carrier says. "It's consistent with the hand being a weapon."

Carrier and Morgan write that the human hand is paradoxical.

"It is arguably our most important anatomical weapon, used to threaten, beat and sometimes kill to resolve conflict," they say. "Yet it is also the part of our musculoskeletal system that crafts and uses delicate tools, plays musical instruments, produces art, conveys complex intentions and emotions, and nurtures."

"More than any other part of our anatomy, the hand represents the identity of Homo sapiens. Ultimately, the evolutionary significance of the human hand may lie in its remarkable ability to serve two seemingly incompatible but intrinsically human functions."

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David Wygant: This Holiday Season, Love Thy Ex

A word of advice: 'tis the season to love your ex.

How did that make you feel when I said that? Let's explain things in a better way.

All of us are divorced. Most of us have children. And who are holidays about, anyway? It's about the kids.

Whether your child still believes in Santa Claus or your child just really enjoys having the family together because they are coming home from college -- whatever age your kid is -- Christmas is still magical.

The other day I was on Netflix and I realized they don't have "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". Netflix on Demand is kind of a waste of money and a waste of time. So I went over to Amazon and ordered Santa Claus is Coming to Town. And I played it for my two-year-old daughter for the very, very first time.

She was so happy. And after she saw Santa, she looked at me and said, "Daddy, I want a dollhouse for Christmas."

"What else do you want Santa to bring you?"

"I want Santa to bring me lots of things. I can't wait to go see Santa Claus."

It reminded me how beautiful Christmas really is. The magic of Christmas is the belief in the season.

Now, I know that a lot of you celebrate Christmas for the religious aspects, but a lot of us don't. For a lot of us, Christmas is just magic. It's going back to childhood and remembering what it's like to feel Santa for the very, very first time, and to realize that Santa is going to buy you all of these great things.

It's the anticipation. It's the build up. And feuding exes shouldn't ruin it.

This Christmas, make it about the kids. Whatever bone you have to pick with your ex, whether your divorce is final, whether your divorce is still in process, whether you're still battling over money or whatever it might be, put it aside for now and make Christmas about your children.

Kids anticipate this time of year, especially the little ones who still believe in Santa. The older ones are looking forward to Christmas holiday, seeing their aunts, their uncles, and grandparents.

They don't want to hear mom and dad fighting over the Christmas ham again. They don't want to see you miserable and unhappy. It's time to put your children first.

Forgive your ex. The best thing to do this holiday is to put the divorce away for a bit. Put it aside and just co-parent together during this holiday time. It's going to make the kids happy.

I was a child of divorce and I remember my first Christmas without my parents together. I remember the whole "which parent can buy the better present and win you over" game they played. It didn't make me feel good, and I was 19.

So get on the same page with your ex and figure out how you can still keep Christmas magical for your kids, regardless of whether the magic is gone between the two of you.

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