May 14, 2011 — Interview with Alan Grayson

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Cool Trivia...
May 14, 2011
1787 – Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up U.S. constitution
1796 – First smallpox inoculation administered by Edward Jenner
1804 – Lewis & Clark set out from St Louis for Pacific Coast
1878 – Vaseline is first sold (registered trademark for petroleum jelly)
1908 – First passenger flight in an airplane
1918 – Sunday baseball is made legal in Washington DC
1921 – Florence Allen is the first woman judge to sentence a man to death
1932 – “We Want Beer!” parade in NY
1940 – German breakthrough at Sedan and the Netherlands surrender to Germany
1942 – US Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms
1961 – Bus with first group of freedom riders bombed and burned in Alabama
1969 – Abortion and contraception legalized in Canada
1973 – U.S. Supreme court approves equal rights to females in military
1991 – 42 die in train collision in Japan


Movies...
Top 10 Box Office
May 14, 2011
1. Thor
2. Fast Five
3. Jumping the Broom
4. Something Borrowed
5. Rio
6. Water for Elephants
7. Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family
8. Soul Surfer
9. Prom
10. Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Opening This Week:
Bridesmaids
Priest
Everything Must Go
Got For It!
Hesher
L’Amour fou
Skateland
True Legend (Su Qi-Er)

Movie Review:
Thor — rating: 3.5 STARS
The visuals in “Thor” are really spectacular especially Chris Hemsworth’s performance in the title role. Hemsworth not only has the regal look for this noble God but there’s this cocky smirk he lets slip through every now and then giving the impression that Thor isn’t the most refined of the Asgardians. Plus, he maintains an air of arrogance throughout — combined with his bull-headedness and you have all the elements emoting one thunderous God. Loki played by Tom Hiddleston and Anthony Hopkins who plays Odin are also brilliant. There is one draw back. The film has some difficulties in blending the scenes from Asgard to earth. Overall, Thor is both entertaining and fun!

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Breaking News...
World and Local News
May 14, 2011
Mideast Peace Envoy Resigning
Washington (CNN) — U.S. official told CNN Friday that the former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell is resigning as the Obama administration’s Mideast envoy. His resignation comes at a pivotal moment in the Arab world. The president is scheduled to deliver an address next week on the “Arab Spring” — the uprisings that have shaken long-standing autocratic regimes across North Africa and the broader Middle East.

Suicide attacks in Pakistan kill 80; Taliban claim bin Laden revenge
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for Friday’s suicide attacks on a military training facility in the nation’s northwest, saying they were in retaliation for the killing of terror leader Osama bin Laden which killed 80 people, nearly all of them military recruits who had just completed their 9-month training and about 140 were injured.

Police arrest man suspected of making death threats against Obama
(CNN) — Irish police have arrested a man, Khalid Kelly a converted Muslim who subscribes to the al Qaeda ideology on suspicion of making treats to kill U.S. President Barack Obama when he visits Ireland later this month. Kelly is being held at Dublin’s Store Street Garda (police) station under the Offenses against the State Act. The president is scheduled to visit Ireland during a May23 to May 28 trip to Europe.

Social Security and Medicare to run short sooner than expected
New York (CNNMoney) — The trust funds of Social Security and Medicare — the country’s two biggest entitlement programs — will run dry earlier than expected, according to a report Friday from the programs’ trustees. After expiration, the programs will only be taking in enough money to pay a portion of promised benefits to retirees. Tim Geithner Treasury Secretary said, “Right now Social Security will have sufficient resources to pay 100% of promised benefits through 2036. That’s one year earlier than predicted in August 2010.”

Detective testifies in the Edwin McFarlane case saying he told teen not to apologize to girl
Tavares (Orlando Sentinel) — A detective who interview 15-year-old Edwin McFarlane about allegations the teen sexually battered a girl on a Lake Country school bus repeated told the Minneola youth that the didn’t have to discuss the incident or write the girl an apology. On Tuesday, March 15, 2011 McFarlane will appear in court on charges of sexual assault. McFarlane received national attention when he was accused of abducting a child but those charges have since been dropped.

League of Women Voters (LWV) Unveils High School Voter Registration Training Manual
Washington DC — In a recent press release the League of Women Voters’ President, Elisabeth MacNamara, announced that as Election 2012 begins to heat up in earnest across the country the LWV has released a new training manual geared toward empowering organizations to help eligible high school students register and vote in 2012. Also, that by next year people under 30 will make up nearly 25% of our country’s electorate as they hold enormous power to drive our future energy security, demand policies to bring about sustainable job growth, and determine our place in the long-term global economy. The announcement also indicated that we have one message for candidates running for all levels of office in 2012: young voters are not to be underestimated.


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May 14, 2011
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Viaje Oro Reserva VOR #5
My Father Limited Edition 2011
Camacho Super Limitado
Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2011
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Today’s Highlights...
Interview with Alan Grayson
by Haydee Ayala
May 14, 2011
FL — YSL talk show host Jose Miranda was certainly on top of his game. His passion, rapid fire delivery and ability to zoom pass boundaries have made him a controversial figure on the airwaves. Miranda continues to inject his personality when dealing with the critical issues of politics creating a whole new level of entertainment. While some of his listeners may disagree, they will certainly tune in to his shows every Saturday from Noon to 1 p.m.

Yo Soy Latino’s surprise featured guest was Alan Grayson, former Florida Democratic U.S. Representative who is well known for his pugnacious attacks on the Republican Party. This outspoken firebrand spoke on Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott and his proposals to drug-test state employees and welfare recipients by having them go for testing using King's family-owned healthcare clinics (Solantic’s walk-in clinics), which would only further his own personal gain. Of course, Grayson injecting a little levity telling Miranda he enjoyed his character reference of the governor as “King Scott”.

Grayson continued by saying, “There's a vast majority of Democrats in the state of Florida which outweigh the Republican Party and if everyone got out to voting we can most likely make a difference in our state.”

Florida needs a serious face lift. Too many political officials continue to hold office after pledging so much and delivering so little. It is time to correct the way government handles the affairs of its people. Too many Democratic voters are not getting to the polls to cast their votes. However, if they took those absentee ballots they got in the mail complete them and sent them back their votes would be counted for 2012.

Whether you love him or hate him, Alan Grayson is one refreshingly brutal and passionate Democrat. Who, as we all know, has no problem confronting the local GOP. Will Mr. Grayson re-enter the political arena? Hmm! That remains to be seen given his flamboyant nature. For more of this exchange, go to our archived show and listen to today’s program.

In closing, YSL would like to remind you that November 2012 is just around the corner. Don't wait until Election Day to realize the importance of your vote. Get involved! Show those politicians you mean business; but more importantly, that your voice will not be silenced.


Fashion...
Jewelry – Fun and Whimsical
May 14, 2011
This year's spring and summer jewelry trends have really run the gamut of wearable art. So in light of that, we are highlighting a few amazing options for almost any price-point buyer.

Consider big mixed cabochon-style stones. The use of these fabulous giant stones makes for a great statement necklace and they are organic and elegant. Plus, they fit right in with the vintage trends this year.

You can also bring in the 70s look with the re-imaging of huge, gorgeous tassel or ostrich feather earrings and fringe necklaces. All are perfect for that special event that requires something extraordinary. Besides it will let your free-spirit soar.

Add a few eye-catching dramatic bangle bracelets. When you layer several you can achieve an ultra chic look. Enhance the look further with a very bold cocktail ring. Cocktail rings are big this season and come in a variety of styles from floral to thunder bolts. When choosing that special piece keep in mind the bigger the better but also that you are comfortable and confident with the look.


Sports Box...
May 13, 2011
Baseball
Top Two Teams in Each Division — Standings: W/L
As of Friday, 5.13.11
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East:
Tampa Bay (22-15)
New York Yankees (20-15)
Central:
Cleveland (23-13)
Kansas City (20-17)
West:
Los Angeles (21-17)
Oakland (19-18)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
East:
Philadelphia (24-12)
Florida (21-15)
Central:
St. Louis (22-16)
Cincinnati (20-17)
West:
San Francisco (21-16)
Colorado (19-16)

Basketball
Bulls-Heat Matchup should be Even More Intriguing!
NBA — Boozer’s 23 points and 10 rebounds made the difference in closing out the Hawks so for the moment Boozer has earned a reprieve from fans especially since he understands what Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau wants out of him on the defensive end. Expect the Bulls and Heat to have a large say in who represents the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals in the foreseeable future!

Football
Former Cowboys RB Ron Springs passes away
(NBC) – Cowboys former RB Ron Springs passed away Thursday at the age of 54, almost four years after slipping into a coma that he never recovered from.


Wines...
Top Choices for under $25
May 14, 2011
2008 Honig Sauvignon Blanc
2008 Mount Eden Vineyards Wolff Vineyard Chardonnay
2008 Elk Cove Pinot Gris
2008 Wallace Brook Pinot Noir
2007 Columbia Crest H3 Merlot
2007 Four Vines, Old Vine Cuvee Zinfandel
2008 Red Car, Boxcar Syrah


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Recipe...
May 14, 2011
Pasta with Salmon Caviar
Juicy salmon eggs add a delicate crunch to this luxurious past dish. If you prefer a more subtle fish flavor, substitute trout roe and smoke trout for the salmon roe and smoked salmon. Pair it with a rich, full-bodied mineral Chardonnay.

Serving: 4 Main or 6 First-Course • Time: 30 min

Ingredients:
Salt
½ pound dry tagliarini or fettuccine
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 shallot, minced
¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons crème fraiche or sour cream
1 tablespoon finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
1 teaspoon chopped tarragon
Freshly ground peppers
2 ounces thinly sliced smoked salmon, cut into ½ inch ribbons (1/2 cup)
4 ounces salmon caviar

Directions:
Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add a large pinch of salt. Add the tagliarini and cook until al dente. Drain the pasta, reserving about ½ cup of the cooking water.

In a large, deep skillet, melt the butter over moderate heat. When the foam subsides, add the minced shallot and cook over moderately low heat for 2 minutes, stirring. Add the crème fraiche, parsley and tarragon. Stir in about ¼ cup of the reserved pasta cooking water and season with pepper. Add the pasta and smoked salmon ribbons and toss well. Add up to 2 more tablespoons of the reserved cooking water if the pasta seems too dry. Remove from the heat. Add three-fourths of the caviar and toss gently. Serve in shall bowls, garnished with the remaining caviar.

Source: www.foodandwine.com/recipes, contributed by Grace Parisi.


Health...
May 14, 2011
Natural Skin Tightening Exercises for Your Face
When you look at yourself in the mirror and see that your jaw line isn’t as taut as it was before, it can be a real self-confidence killer. A sagging face, especially given our society for beauty, can make you appear depressed or old to the outside world, even if you don’t feel that way inside. That sad fact is because our society generally doesn’t honor age, but fears it. That’s why your first line of defense against the signs of aging is to not buy into what people think, and not pay attention to the focus on youth you see in the world around you. That will make your life much easier and remove some of the stigma of aging. After all, there’s much more to you than what people can see on the outside. But having said that, most of us still want to look our best, and having youthful-looking, healthy skin is part of that.

To address sagging skin, many people turn to the great abundance of available cosmetic or medical anti-aging treatments, such as anti-aging lotions and creams, cosmetic surgery, Botox injections and laser treatments. Unfortunately, many of these “solutions” waste both time and money. Some of them may even make your skin look even worse than it already was, causing it to lose further firmness, elasticity and tone.

The good news is that just as exercise affects the overall body, natural skin tightening exercises done for the face can improve muscle tone and produce a sleeker look. There are an abundance of special exercises designed for the face that tones the muscles underneath while firming and tightening the facial skin. Implementing these specially designed facial exercises can do you wonders. They’ll stimulate an instant increase in the blood flow along your facial area, significantly cutting down the stress on your forehead, eyes, cheeks and chin. They also create an improvement in blood circulation that produces proper blood oxygenation. This plumps up your facial muscles, giving you a tighter and firmer face.

Here are some samples of the many natural skin tightening exercises that can give you a face life without surgery:

• Place your index fingers on the outer edges of your eyes. Close your eyes and then gently pull the skin by pushing your fingers outwards towards your hairline. Next, open up your eyes as wide as you can, hold them in that position for a few seconds and then relax.

• Place two fingers on the outer edges of your lips. Slowly slide your fingers outwards on opposing directions, slide only for about an inch. Hold that position for a few seconds and then release and relax.

• Smile widely without exposing your teeth. Make your smile as wide as possible to stretch the muscles of your cheeks. Hold that position and then relax.

• Tilt your head back gently. Feel the neck muscles stretch, hold for a few seconds and then relax.

Repeat these as many times in each session as feel comfortable to you, starting slowly at first and then building up the repetitions over time. If you stick with it, you’ll eventually see a firmer face looking back at you when you look in the mirror.

Source: www.myonlinehealtharticles.com


Politics...
May 14, 2011
Rick Scott’s jobs agenda runs into political realities in Legislature
(Orlando Sentinel) TALLAHASSEE — From the start of his administration, Gov. Rick Scott has been clear about how he planned to keep his campaign pledge to create 700,000 jobs in seven years: a direct line of accountability to the governor's office.

To that end, Scott directed state lawmakers to blow up Florida's diffuse constellation of jobs agencies and create a new Department of Commerce, whose director would work two doors down the hall from the governor spearheading Florida's business recruitment efforts.

"When you don't have one person looking over everything, it makes it more difficult to get things done," Scott said in January at his first meeting with the state's economic-development arm, Enterprise Florida. "I'll have a hard time holding somebody accountable for this if I don't have a person responsible for it."

But the product Republican lawmakers delivered last week was a mixed-bag – a reflection of how Scott's private-sector vision of government doesn't always square with the real thing.

There won't be one person in charge, as Scott had wanted. There won't be as much money to work with – $109.8 million in economic incentives, as opposed to the $300 million Scott sought. AND, lawmakers want to see results before they commit future dollars to luring jobs to the state.

"Things don't always go in a straight line where you want them to go, but we made a lot of progress," the governor told the Enterprise Florida board of directors in a Thursday conference call. "We didn't get exactly what we wanted, but what we did get is a very good start."

One fissure during the 60-day session was Scott's insistence that his economic-development chief be compensated like a corporate executive, with bonuses financed by the private sector. The Senate balked at that idea. Lawmakers were also leery of giving Scott a no-strings-attached pot of $300 million to dole out to companies.

Instead, the Legislature placed specific requirements that many of the economic development dollars be devoted to specific places: the Florida Panhandle got $16 million; the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in Orlando got $2 million; and $10 million would have to go to the "Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research," to spin-off state university research.

At the same time, they cut research dollars in other places, re-directing $25 million, for instance, from the medical research trust fund that goes to university-based centers to reducing an ongoing deficit at the Agency for Persons with Disabilities.

"I could either fund research … or take care of people that no one else on this planet is going to take care of," said House health-care budget chief Matt Hudson, R-Naples.

Including the budgets for all the state's economic-development agencies, the Legislature committed $207.3 million to job-creation – down from $220 million this year, and the high of $458 million in 2007 when lawmakers were pouring cash into seven bio-tech projects like Sanford-Burnham, in the hope of creating life-science job clusters.

Lawmakers did give Scott greater freedom to hand out up to $5 million per company without getting legislative approval first. In fact, the government-reorganization also requires Scott's office to make a decision on whether to award the dollars to a company within 10 days of receiving an application from a business.

But they also set a September 1 deadline for the governor to produce a "business plan" for how he would measure success. The plan would have to include benchmarks for business recruitment, business expansion, and the number of jobs created or retained.

"I think a lot of people were hesitant and didn't know what kind of governor he was going to be – even in his own party," said Rep. Scott Randolph, an Orlando Democrat who has blasted Republicans' jobs agenda this spring.

Next year, lawmakers could award Scott $125 million for job-recruitment -- diverted from affordable housing and road-building trust funds – if they like the results so far

"We'll have the opportunity for a year to see how this governor performs in attracting and retaining jobs," said Senate Transportation and Economic Development budget chief Don Gaetz, a Niceville Republican who carried the reorganization effort.

The result, Gaetz and other lawmakers say, is a level of accountability that's been missing in previous years.

The new "Department of Economic Opportunity" that lawmakers created on the last day of session will absorb the assorted duties of three separate agencies, responsible for everything from affordable housing and growth management to community development programs, and unemployment compensation.

It won't be helmed by Scott's jobs guru.

Gray Swoope, plucked from Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour’s staff to serve as Florida’s job-recruiter-in-chief, will stay at Enterprise Florida, the public-private organization that escaped the reorganization unscathed. He earns a base salary of $230,000 and is eligible for bonuses of up to $70,000.

His title will change to “Secretary of Commerce,” although lawmakers did not create a Commerce Department. “We want Mr. Swoope out there bringing business to Florida instead of managing a big bureaucracy,” said House economic development budget chairman Mike Horner, R-Kissimmee.

But the pressure-point was private-sector compensation. Scott had wanted an economic-development coordinator who could accept performance bonuses and incentives provided by the private-sector companies that help finance Enterprise Florida now.

Senators balked at the idea of allowing the person responsible for doling out taxpayer cash to companies to ostensibly be able to turn around and accept bonuses from them.

"There was both a substantive and optical problem," said Gaetz.

"If someone is heading an agency, and that agency has regulatory authority as well as the authority to pick and choose business entities to be given tax breaks, I can't see how that agency head could be compensated by the people he regulates and gives business incentives to."

In the end, Scott's office proposed the current compromise – but it leaves the governor with a network of economic development agencies that aren't all that different from where they started. Appointed members of Enterprise Florida will also serve on Space Florida's board. VISIT Florida would answer now to Enterprise Florida instead of the governor's office of tourism, trade and economic development, which will be dissolved.

But the unnamed executive director at the new department – instead of Swoope at Enterprise Florida – will technically have control over most of the economic incentives. When asked who would answer to whom in the new organizational structure, Gaetz said, "You're going to have to ask the governor that question."

Swoope said Thursday that the changes were "a step in the right direction," and businesses would recognize "that we're all one team."

With that said, the governor had put together a working group that started Thursday to comb through the final legislation to see "how it works, what needs to be changed, and getting to the nuts and bolts of those changes."