Scott Gration, U.S. Ambassador To Kenya, Resigns Over ‘Differences’ With Washington

NAIROBI, Kenya — President Barack Obama’s ambassador to Kenya announced his resignation on Friday, citing differences with Washington over his leadership style.

A former two-star Air Force general, Ambassador Scott Gration appears to have been forced by Washington to step down because of what Gration said were differences in priorities.

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Linden Schaffer: 5 Reasons Using Your Vacation Days Is Good for Your Health

People who pride themselves on not taking their vacation days ruin it for the rest of us! Taking off for a week long or longer is not only good for your health, but it can improve your work too. Here are five reasons to claim those vacation days.
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Levi Ben-Shmuel: Laugh and Be Strong!

Kabbalah’s Tree of Life consists of 10 energy centers that are emanations of divine energy. Each one, called a sefirah, has many associations and qualities.
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Virgin Mobile to carry iPhone from today, Sir Richard does his best Fonz impression

Virgin Mobile to carry iPhone from today, hopes you've heard of it

Virgin Mobile is offering the iPhone to its prepaid customers as of today. The Sprint-owned subsidiary is using the event to kickstart a new retail strategy that will see the company open branded retail stores in Chicago — with a nationwide rollout dependent upon its success. Since all carriers have to make a minimum commitment to Apple in order to receive the handset, it’s interesting to see that Virgin’s allocation forms part of Sprint’s $15.5 billion gamble on the handset that’s still yet to pay off. The handset will set users back $650 for a 16GB iPhone 4S, while plans begin at $30 for 300 voice minutes, unlimited messages and data, but only if they commit to automatic monthly payments.

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WikiLeaks CD: Group Says It Will Release ‘Beat The Blockade’ Disc To Raise Funds

LONDON — They have a show. They have a social network. Now comes WikiLeaks – the album.

WikiLeaks is branching out into the entertainment industry, announcing a “Beat the Blockade” CD intended to raise money to keep the online transparency advocates afloat.

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Adora Winquist: Aromatherapy as a Positive Life Influence

Aromatherapy is a supportive process to neutralize old patterns of trauma and dysfunctional behavior by gently clearing old emotions and mental associations and creating new positive affirmations and experiences.
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Mathew Tombers: My Own Private Arcadia

I am fortunate in the beauty of the place that is my home. But arcadia is found not just in places such as mine, but wherever it is that the soul comes to rest. We each can have our own private arcadia.
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Tara Sophia Mohr: Is Your Ambition Making You Stressed?

I don’t think our ambitions will save the world, but I do think our collective self-actualization will. As we actualize, we bring forth the incredible love and light within us — and that is just what we need to bring sanity, compassion, and wisdom into the world.
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This Week In Unnecessary Censorship (VIDEO)

It’s that time of week again, when Jimmy Kimmel and his team sift through TV footage and find the clips to bleep and blur and transform from regular boring news items into innuendo-packed jokes.

And with Obamacare being passed and Ann Curry stepping down, the past seven days have had no shortage of news items for the team to draw from.

Watch the full clip above.

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Ulpana, Illegal West Bank Settlement Outpost, Cleared

JERUSALEM — Israel has finished evacuating some 30 settler families from an illegal West Bank outpost, encountering little resistance, police and the military said Friday.

The Ulpana outpost was evacuated in two phases, with the second set of families leaving Thursday night. Police say residents left peacefully, but 15 settlers from outside Ulpana barricaded themselves inside one apartment to protest the eviction.

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