So you’re trying to get healthy and you know you should be eating less meat, but you may not be ready to go “cold turkey” on that steak and become a full-fledged vegetarian.

Turns out you’re not alone.

More and more people are becoming flexitarians.

via ‘Flexitarian’ diet becoming more popular | 9news.com.

When you turn on the TV, it is hard to avoid the major news networks talking about Iran. Although Iran is being accused of bombing Israeli embassies and developing a weapons-grade nuclear program, Iran has been cooperating with many international agencies.The threat to cut oil exports to the UK was seen by the West as a provocation for war. So does the media play a role in convincing Americans to go to war? Christopher Chambers, a journalism professor at Georgetown University, joins to see if the mainstream media is endorsing war with Iran.

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A clay cylinder covered in Akkadian cuneiform script, damaged and broken, the Cyrus Cylinder is a powerful symbol of religious tolerance and multi-culturalism. In this enthralling talk Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, traces 2600 years of Middle Eastern history through this single object.

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You’ve heard of the blockbuster drug Byetta, a daily injection for type 2 diabetes? Byetta’s sister product, Bydureon, which is injected just once a week, has just been approved by the FDA and is available in pharmacies.

Both of these injectable exenatide medications have the same active ingredient. Bear in mind that they are not insulin replacements. They can be used with other type 2 medications, but may cause low blood sugar if the other type 2 doses are not adjusted. If you have ketoacidosis or type 1 diabetes, these medications are not for you, nor are they recommended for children.

You may experience nausea when going on Bydureon. Other possible side effects include constipation, diarrhea, and headache. To read all the safety information for Bydureon, go to www.BYDUREON.com.

Some people qualify for a copayment savings card when purchasing Bydureon. The program is intended to give patients more access to Bydureon by saving them up to $50 a month for a 24-month prescription. Go to www.bydureonreimbursement.com to find out if you qualify.

Islamic wars have brought questionable benefit to the US over the last 20 years, former US presidential advisor Pat Buchanan, author of Suicide of a Superpower, shared with RT. ­

A new war in the Middle East will be a disaster for the US and for the world economy, he says. “I opposed the Desert Storm operation in 1991 cleaning Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait because, I said, ‘This would only be the first Arab-American war.’”

Looking at the number of conflicts in the Islam world that America is taking part in now, one cannot but admit that Buchanan was right 20 years ago.

“You cannot replicate the Middle West in the Middle East,” Pat Buchanan concluded. From the time of the Cold War the US has military bases all over the world. Today, running a budget deficit of 10 per cent of its GDP, America simply cannot afford to continue “to carry this enormous burden, defending 40 or 50 countries around the world,” Buchanan says, “We have to bring troops home.” Getting rid of these bases essentially means dismantling the American Empire to help the US survive beyond 2025. America’s crusade under the banner of ending tyranny in the world is “utterly utopian”.