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(Reuters) - Amazon.com agreed to begin collecting sales tax in Texas on Friday, forging a deal that promises to bring more jobs to the southern U.S. state and as the online marketer lost another round in a series of state-by-state sales tax battles.
The agreement, to take effect on July 1 for Texas' 6.25-percent sales tax, follows another accord reached with Nevada earlier in the week to begin collecting that state's 8.1 percent sales tax on January 1, 2014.
Amazon rings up an estimated 20 percent of all U.S. online retail sales, making it the country's largest online retailer.
Most online purchases are free of sales tax, which has given the company an edge over traditional, bricks-and-mortar retailers that do collect sales tax.
As online sales have grown, and municipal budgets have tightened, states have been pushing hard to capture more e-tail sales tax revenue.
Under federal law, retailers with physical facilities in a state can be forced by the state to collect sales tax on purchases made by a resident of that state. That includes e-tailers with distribution centers. E-tailers without physical facilities in a state need not collect the tax.
As Amazon has grown, it has needed more distribution facilities, and in the past few years has parlayed the promise of new facilities in exchange for the best tax terms possible with states across the country.
The importance of that advantage was clear when Amazon pulled up stakes in Texas last fall, shutting down its distribution hub at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport after Texas State Comptroller Susan Combs sent Amazon a $269 million bill covering sales taxes it did not collect from 2005 to 2009.
In exchange for Amazon's promise to collect future taxes, create at least 2,500 jobs and make at least $200 million in capital investments in the Lone Star state, Combs is dropping the demand for back taxes.
Texas will bring to six the number of states where Amazon currently collects sales tax.
According to its website, it already collects sales tax in five of the 50 states -- Kansas, Kentucky, New York, North Dakota and Washington -- on purchases made by people who live in those states. Those are the five states where it has physical facilities or affiliated sellers and no agreement with state governments exempting Amazon from collecting sales tax.
A comprehensive federal solution to the question of which companies must collect sales tax on online purchases has yet to reach a vote in Congress.
In announcing the deal with Texas, Amazon's Vice President of Global Public Policy, Paul Misener reiterated the company's support for a national solution.
On Thursday, Amazon reported net sales of $13.18 billion for the first quarter of 2012, up 34 percent from the same quarter last year, with net income of $130 million.
(Reporting By Nanette Byrnes; Editing by Howard Goller and Kevin Drawbaugh)


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I know I've mentioned this before but since the beginning of my business, I've had a tremendous amount of support from my husband, my family and friends. What I haven't mentioned too often is the support I've received from my extended family, which to me, are the people I've built relationships with throughout the years. People that randomly send me messages for no reason at all that they enjoy what I'm doing. Or they can't wait to get married so I can document their love story. Or that when they move back to California, a photoshoot is a must. Most of these emails come from my college relationships - my sorority sisters! I heart these girls so much and I can't thank them enough for following, supporting and encouraged. TFJ!
One of those girls is Stephanie. She is getting married in less than three weeks and although I won't be photographing her wedding, she asked if I'd take some family portraits. Kinda like a last family photo before she starts a new family with her new husband. I hadn't seen her or her family in years and so it was nice to catch up and make them laugh. Although it's not very hard, they're just a giggly family.
Thank you so much Jeanette, Gary, Stephanie and Heather for letting me document these special moments in your life. I can't wait to hear all the aftermath of the wedding that I'm sure is going to be a blast. xoxo
Click here to see more of the Lachman family.
P.S. 1,000 cool points to whoever can finish the lyric first "mm-mm, I wanna linger, mm-mm, a little longer, mm-mm, a little longer here with you..."
I adore the dynamic between siblings. While processing these frames, I called mine and suggested a photoshoot ASAP!
Dear Jeanette, this image should take the place of Heather's old picture you have up in your house, don't you think?
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Lachman Family : Whenever
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17 comments:
- Bea :) said...
I'll take finish the lyrics for 1000 please:
It's such a perfect night, it doesn't seem quite right, that it should my last with you.
Go Deezers! And go Lachmans for rocking the shoot! - August 27, 2009 at 1:24 PM
- Marissa Rodriguez said...
Wow these are beautiful! I love sibling pictures! Great job!!!
- August 27, 2009 at 2:03 PM
- Lauren and Brian said...
and in the future (mm-mm), we will remember (mm-mm)...
these pictures are awesome! and I agree with you about the pic of Heather! ;) haha - August 27, 2009 at 2:04 PM
- TinaMolina Event & Design Services said...
wow! amazing alicia.. just amazing!
- August 27, 2009 at 2:29 PM
- Nins said...
good work bea!
=D - August 27, 2009 at 4:10 PM
- Mary Dunlap said...
I love these photos! They are such a sweet and loving family. I love how casual and simple these photos are. I'm officially one of your blog "stalkers" : )
- August 27, 2009 at 5:52 PM
- Kilipohi said...
boo!! I wanted to finish the lyrics! Oh well. The photos are phabulous!
- August 27, 2009 at 6:13 PM
- Stephanie said...
...the time we shared with Alpha Xi, mmm and as the years go byyyyy... mmm we'll think of you and sigh (haaaaaaah). This is goodnight but not good bye!
And thats why your sisters are here to support you in your artsy endeavors! - August 27, 2009 at 6:45 PM
- Kayleen T. Photography said...
Cute session! I love the late one!
- August 27, 2009 at 7:52 PM
- Lizzi B. said...
Love these pictures! And, for the record, when Paul & I are engaged (next year --- hopefully), expect me to call you. You have great talent and I wish you all the best!
- August 27, 2009 at 9:16 PM
- Rebecca said...
Waaaaa I'm so sad I couldn't finish the song! And it's probably absolutely against the rules, and I should know better as an advisor, but I sing it all the time! Great pictures. Awesome pictures. Love em.
- August 27, 2009 at 10:40 PM
- jenifriend said...
mmmm it's such a perfect night mmmm it doesn't seem quite right mmmm that this should be my last with you...
mmmm and come september mmmm i will remember mmmm our camping days and friendships true...
mmmm and as the years go by mmmm i'll think if you and sigh mmmm this is goodnight and not goodbye...
this is goodnight and not goodbye.... - August 28, 2009 at 9:21 AM
- yinkoon said...
i like your pictures. all the subjects in it were like they were having fun and felt great. =D
- August 29, 2009 at 2:08 AM
- Nicole said...
Love the shot of them lying in the grass. You totally captured their happiness! Beautiful work Ala!
- September 1, 2009 at 5:05 PM
- Megan Welker said...
sooo cute!! what pretty girls!! love the slideshow too :)
- September 2, 2009 at 2:44 PM
- amanda thiessen said...
these are amazing captures!
- September 2, 2009 at 10:57 PM
- Araceli said...
Hey Ala! Where were these taken?
- February 25, 2010 at 5:04 PM


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La Dolce Vita
Life is sweet...even with Diabetes!
32 x 32
Monday, August 22, 2011
Sometimes you just need a CLEAN START.
New blog.
Same author.
Same content.
Check it out...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
5:45am Wake up.
(then eat breakfast).
Get ready for work. (Before getting behind the wheel)
(to make sure my previous amount of insulin worked well). Eat a snack.
(sometimes) (to make sure my previous amount of insulin worked well). Maybe I eat lunch now.
If I wait until noon to eat
(to make sure my previous insulin worked well, my numbers are ok, etc).
3:30pm I'm usually hungry for a snack.
4:30pm Get ready to leave work.
before getting behind the wheel.
Get home anywhere between 4:45pm-6:00pm depending on traffic and picking Derek up from train.
before eating.
to make sure everything is working ok.
Anywhere between 10:00pm-11:00pm
before going to bed.
Occasionally if I wake up in the middle of the night and am interested where my blood sugar is at
That's 12 BLOOD TESTS...and this is on a day I'm
exercising. You can add another
or so as I TEST more frequently as it
gets closer
to my actual workout.
my workout. And, if I'm not feeling well, sometimes
my work out.
What about on days I go
You know the drill:
Glucose, juice, etc. Retest in 15 minutes. Still low.
. Same with a high...Take large dose of insulin. Test in 30-60minutes.
Keep testing until back in range.
My current Rx allows for 700 strips for a 30 day period.
You can see why I was upset when I received a letter saying I would now only be covered for
no more than 200 strips/30 days.
After calling my health insurance company,
the rep confirmed that it was due to the new health care reform.
Insurance companies had to
certain drugs and
cut back.
So, apparently the Food and Drug Administration recommends only testing your blood sugar 6 times a day.
And what does the American Diabetes Association recommend?
What about my endocrinologist who is a Diabetes Specialist, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, Professor and Director of the Kovler Diabetes Center out of the University of Chicago?
What does he recommend?
A LOT MORE THAN 6 times a day!!!!
I'm tired of the FDA approving
chemicals, hormones, and antibiotics
in our food, but
putting limits
on me and not thinking its a good idea to take care of my Diabetes.
I'm not scamming the system. I'm a hard working American who has always had a job, so I could make money, pay my bills, and yes, because I have Diabetes,
unfortunately, health insurance is a big factor in where I work and what I do.
I test a lot, and it's not always fun, but
I'm trying to do the best I can to be the healthiest I can.
The good thing is that
this doesn't go into affect until April
and my doctor can write a letter
stating why he thinks it's necessary for me to test more than 6 times a day.
The letter of medical necessity will be reviewed by the Prescription Research Team and
they will decide
whether or not my full RX will be covered.
The letter that was sent stated I could still order my full RX, but I would then pay out of pocket for anything over 200 strips
....that's $500/month!!!
It was an overwhelming day thinking about all of this and day dreaming about the worst case scenario.
I sent a tweet to the White House before getting into bed.
I know, it's a long shot.
Jen Enger (sunnyside_life) on Twitter
: sunnyside_life Jen Enger
just got denied coverage 4 basic diabetes supplies ive used 4 22yrs due 2 healthcare reform. Thanks a lot!!!
13 hours ago
I started to cry as I lay in bed thinking,
"I'm just so tired of Diabetes".
Derek wrapped his arms around me and said,
"Oh Jenny, it's ok. The Bears might win it next year."
Of course I laughed, and through my snots and tears said,
"I know, but I just figured I'd cry it out for the both of us."
And before he fell asleep, he pulled me in closer and sang,
"Ooooh child, things are gonna get easier, oooh child, things will get brighter."
I woke up to an email from my mom with this quote from Tony Evans:
"When God allows trouble in your life, He has a purpose. Dignify your difficulty by finding meaning in the trial."
I know God is BIGGER than the health care system.
All I can do is pray...and enjoy my husband's bedtime serenades!!!!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
There's a lot to deal with when having Diabetes.
It's there
and you can never just turn it off.
My mind is always thinking of the
next step
, next blood sugar, next meal, amount of carbs, how much insulin to give, how much is already on board, what will my activity level look like today...
To the average on-looker, Diabetes may not make sense, may seem scary,
So it's situations like this that make me throw my hands up in the air and scream:
"As is Diabetes wasn't weird enough..."
My breakfast consisted of a small package of peanut butter crackers and a shot of Kefir.
I didn't plan ahead
, so I just grabbed whatever I could find in the pantry.
As I got closer to work, I could feel my stomach rumbling and attacking my insides. I debated about stopping for coffee or just waiting and grabbing
my favorite tea latte
from the cafe at work.
As I pulled into the parking garage it dawned on me that I could get
an entire breakfast
at the cafeteria for the same price as a Starbucks latte.
So, for
I picked up a deluxe omelet (with onions, tomatoes, green peppers, mushrooms, and cheese), 2 turkey sausage patties, a piece of toast with blackberry jam, and a diet coke.
I settled into my desk to start my day.
Taking a big cheesy bite of omelet with ketchup...
I began to choke.
The bite was just
too big
and all of a sudden I found myself
drowning in cheese
as the room spun.
Trying not to make a big scene I did what I could to swallow it all, with the assistance of some diet coke.
It didn't go as planned
, causing it all to go in the
My breakfast didn't come
, rather, it went
and then
I could feel the ketchup
burning in my nostrils
and my face felt like it was on
My eyes started tearing up but I remained
For the next 30 minutes,
I proceeded to blow ketchup and bits of egg out of my nose.
The weird feeling in my throat just wouldn't go away and I finally mustered up the courage to do a half snort/half clearing of my throat.
Down came the final chunks of my omelet...up my nose...down my throat...and back into my stomach
where it belonged.
I often think I should be exempt from getting
"real people sick"
like with a cold or the flu.
I spend
365 days a year dealing with managing Diabetes
, the least I ask for is to not have to deal with any other kind of health issue.
And today, after spending a half hour
trying to rid my nasal cavities of my breakfast
I thought....could I be exempt from anything weird like this happening again...
Diabetes is weird enough.
Next time I'll opt for the tea latte.
Friday, December 3, 2010
When I was a little girl,
I went to a signing around Christmas time.
He autographed a picture and I gave him a box of sugar-free candy canes.
I was nervous to meet him,
but excited that we had Diabetes in common.
Whenever games were on cable,
Derek and I would listen on the radio
and crack up at his enthusiastic commentary.
Most times when the games were on TV,
we'd still listen on the radio, just to hear him.
And this morning I teared up,
listening to the news reporters
speak so highly of a great legend
who passed away
... Ron Santo.
One of the
greatest 3rd basemen
to play for the Cubs.
greatest Cubs fan
there ever was.
The heart and soul of the Chicago Cubs.
It's always exciting to see or hear about an
athlete with Diabetes.
It's hard enough dealing with wacky blood sugars during a 30 minute run,
or an hour long yoga class.
So, my
respect and admiration
go out to
athletes with Diabetes who put their bodies through
discipline and physical training
year round, for a living.
Ron Santo was
quiet about having Diabetes
during the years he played.
Back in the 70's
he gauged his blood sugar levels based on his moods.
If he felt he was going low, he would eat a candy bar during a game!
He ended up getting both legs amputated due to
Diabetes complications.
We've sure come a long way!
The world definitely knows the
triumphs and struggles
Santo had with Diabetes
as he's played such a big part in raising
money, awareness, & research
with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).
It's been a while since I've done a Ron Santo Diabetes Walk-a-thon.
I think I'll do that this year.
Come on Cubbies,
let's win it this year for Ron Santo...
A great man and legend who will be missed by all!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
I've always been
a little behind.
I didn't really go through
a pink/girly/ballerina/princess stage
until I graduated from college.
(Most girls hit that around 5 years old or so).
Now that I've been out of college for 7 years,
I think I know what I want to do with my life,
and where I'd go to school, what I'd study, etc.
if I had the chance to do it all over again.
The first night my mom met Derek (back in 2001) she went home and prayed
that I'd marry
someone just like him someday
We were just friends at the time.
For 3 years
(when Derek and I lost contact due to life getting busy and his phone getting stolen,
causing him to lose my #)
my mom proceeded to ask me what Derek was up to and why I hadn't called him or hung out with him.
It was 3 years late
but I finally called him to catch up...and we eventually started dating.
A year and 1 week from there, we were
And 11 months from there we were
We spent a
quick weekend
in Lake Geneva right after our wedding,
unable to take a
"real" honeymoon.
And now that it's
2 1/2 years later,
we're jetting off on our
official honeymoon.
A quick trip to Miami (yes, for the Bears game)...and then some time in Sanibel Island.
Hey, better late than never!!!
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
I was
so excited
when Cristy from the
North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission
contacted me.
They are currently reaching out to
diabetic bloggers
in an effort to teach the
diabetic community
the benefits of sweet potatoes in our diet.
perfect timing
with Thanksgiving coming up, my
itch to try new recipes
, my constant quest to live and eat
, and my
new found love for sweet potatoes!
Sweet Potato Package
arrived last week at work.
Was it rude of me to not share my
sweet potato biscotti
with my co-workers?!?!
I took it home, ate some biscotti, looked over the recipes and
ate some more biscotti
and read the material on the
health benefits
of adding Sweet Potatoes to your diet, particularly for those with
stay tuned
for more info, some
delicious recipes
, and good 'ol fun with sweet potatoes!!!
***I may or may have not eaten ALL of the sweet potato biscotti...but I'll never tell***
Friday, November 12, 2010
FRIDAY FAVES: Sweet Potato Fries
There's nothing like a cheeseburger, fries, and diet coke.
I just CRAVE it
(even if it's from the $1 menu at McDonald's!).
Of course it is better from a sit-down restaurant...
with ranch and avocado.
Being on a budget
, we try our best to do all of our cooking at home, so we've been excited to have a weekly burger and fries night at home...
just us and our trusty 'ol George Foreman grill :)
In working on
getting my a1c down, losing weight, and being healthier
in general, I've traded in my cheeseburgers for salmon burgers
(Derek is still sticking with his weekly cheddar bacon burgers)
and instead of french fries,
we enjoy
a healthy side of SWEET POTATO FRIES!!!!
I first experimented with Sweet Potato Fries this summer after reading about them on blogs.
I googled a recipe and got to work:
peeling, chopping,
seasoning (olive oil, salt, cinnamon, paprika...), and baking.
The results were tasty, but
after too many run-ins involving my fingers and the knife
I knew there had to be a better way!
On a random trip to the Jewel, I spotted them...
Sweet Potato Fries,
already chopped, peeled, and seasoned,
in the freezer section!!!
From there,
we branched out
to other variations
found at Whole Foods
(Chipotle Seasoned, Crinkle Cut, Waffle Cut, etc...)
Prices range anywhere from
$1.89 (Aldi) to $4.39 (Waffle Cut, Whole Foods) per 1 pound bag.
just when we thought it couldn't get any better,
they arrived at Costco!!!
For $5.89 for 4 pounds, we've found our best deal yet...and it will last us for a month.
That's right, 1 pound of french fries
shared between the 2 of us each week!
(That's for dinner 1 night and leftovers for lunch the following day).
These delicious sweet potato fries have filled me up at meals,
been gracious to my blood sugar,
are easy to count out,
making carb counting quick and painless,
and have added health benefits,
with wonderful nutrients, and vitamins.
And with Thanksgiving around the corner, sweet potatoes are in season.
Ladies and Gentleman,
please give it up for
my current Friday Fave....Sweet Potato Fries!!!
Happy Friday...
now go enjoy some Sweet Potato Fries!
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(17 Posts)Funny, Lucky , I had amazing service at Evans local to us and ghastly service from the LBS. What did you get?
I've not tried the Claud Butler range, babyheave , but would suggest going for a test ride on everything in your budget and size in the local shop and buying the one that fits you the best!
Have you looked at Decathlon? I've been searching for a new bike and their choice seemed really good and highly recommended.
Just don't buy one from Evans - just got my new one today. It's a fab bike, but shockingly bad service.
I'd go for the lightest weight one.
Hmm, tried out the Viking Keswick at a shop today and totally wrong.
I'm now looking at Claud Butler city / trekking range. Does anyone have any experience of their Windermere, classic, Odyssey or Legends?
Hello and thanks for all of the tips. I've been eyeing this one up
I do have space for two bikes, yes and may well keep my old one for when I don't have smallest heave on the back.
Budget - up to £300 really. I'd love something really lightweight with disk breaks, but its not what I need (and I also want a new bathroom more!)
Haha Thistledew, rule number five indeed!I shan't brag about how I implemented it breaking my foot halfway through a ski week, oh no
Back to the OP - do you have space for two bikes? My hybrid copes well with local commuting, my road bike for training and my mtb for mud and fun at the weekends. Can you not buy a bike which has the function your current one doesn't have and keep this one for either commute or weekend fun.
It is an undisputed fact that the number of bikes a person needs in n+1, when n is the number of bikes currently owned
I love my bike - bought it about a month ago. 'Etienne' £200 in Halfords. I really wanted a step-through design so I can ride it in a skirt and not have to change into sports gear to use it. Also has mudguards and chain guard. Eighteen gears. Hybrid bike. It is perfect!
I like your nickname HotelTangoFoxtrotUniform. Rule number 5, by any chance?
I agree, that Marin is a nice bike for a hybrid.
I rather like yours, overmydeadbody
I wanted a Marin Fairfax but couldn't justify the price when it's going to be killed by London potholes or stolen by London thieves.
Nice bike Hotel!
Whatever you buy can i recommend you register it with Bike Register - it means you have the frame number registered to you should some little toerag relieve you of it. It's free and it's helping me get my bike back!
I bought this saracen as my commute bike. It's my first hybrid - I was commuting on a road bike before I fell off - and I love the stability and comfort I get from it.
I mean, when you say fun at the weekends, how far, how long for, what surfaces?
What cycling will you actually be doing? Is is just a mode of transport or for fun as well? All on road or some off?
I'm guessing you want a hybrid yes?
Well Ijust bought the Mongoose Corssway 200 and love it. Nice hybrid, not pricey, comes with a rack and mudguards.
I bought a Falcon Storm last year when I couldn't drive. Chose it was it was only £150 and I didn't know whether I would cycle lots, so it didn't matter. Fast forward a year on and I cycle into work and back every day and for fun on the weekends and I love it, but I want to upgrade my chunky heavy bike for something a bit lighter.
Only restriction is that I want something I can fit a child seat onto the back of so I can take my DD out with me. I've been thinking of a Claude Butler hybrid as they are lighter weight and not too pricey.
Any other suggestions?
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"As a biologist, I firmly believe that when you're dead, you're dead. Except for what you live behind in history. That's the only afterlife" - J. Craig Venter
AldosteranolI have heard today itself about Aldosteranol which is present in Human males. There r 2 kinds Aldosteranol / aldosteranone.
Aldosteranol gives that nasty odour which women like So if we consider the case related to strength the inference we got is FOR EVERY FEMALE TO FERTILIZE HER EGG A MALE IS REQUIRED (Obviousaly) SO 1 WILL FERTILIZE & OTHER WEAK MALE WILL TAKE CARE OF FAMILY AS STRONG ONE WILL GO TO ANOTHER FENALE WHO IS ON HEAT! SO FAMILY WILL NEED WEAK MALE AS A CARE TAKER! THINK....THINK & TELL ME!
Re: Pheromones pheramones are the external hormones they r actually the sex attracting harmones ex:bombikal is a pheromone secreted by Bombyx Pineal gland also secrets these harmones
pheromone the devil this title is given as they r sex attractig harmone
Were you ever one of those guys that was never liked by girls util you were like 16? I was, and a bio teacher put me on the spot and said this ocurrs because males produce pheromones after puberty.
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Re: Pheromones Pheromone is NOT hormone Pheromone is NOT only for sex attraction. The one for that purpose is called "aphrodisin", a sex pheromone secreted by female
The attraction to opposite sex is the sign of maturity of reproductive organs. Both sexes produce pheromones, and the mechanism of the attraction is like hormone:receptor, receptor:ligand, or lock+key
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Home › Forums › Campfire › Pre-Trip Planning › Routes below/near the snow line for winter backpacking
The options for winter backpacking in the bay area are somewhat lame.
It would be nice to find some trails that were around the snow line …
Anyone have a good route they can propose?
Trouble is that the snow line is constantly changing (well, it is in a normal winter..). what I would be looking at are coast range areas, especially Ventana Wilderness and points south. Unless you want to go soon, in which case there are a lot of areas with little enough snow that you can still get around easily without skis or snowshoes.
I respectfully disagree with your comment "The options for winter backpacking in the bay area are somewhat lame." I think winter is a fabulous time to backpack in the Bay Area. Different strokes for different folks :)
A few Bay Area routes I would propose, in case you haven't already considered them:
SF to Monterey via the coast. Part 1, and Part 2.
Circumambulation of the Point Reyes peninsula.
Many routes in Ventana. Have you already hiked in the Silver Creek Wilderness area? I assume you've spent a night on top of Junipero Serra already? (I have no trip report, as we still weren't carrying a camera the last time we were there.)
A non-standard route to the east side of Coe.
So many routes through Marin, hard to recommend any particular one. This one was our most recent. Or this nice loop from the city has a lot going for it.
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Ours came in Monday.
They had:
Red Pullets
Straight run Buff Brahmas
Cornish Rocks
Their ducks have not arived yet, but should be there anyday.
We got 12 Reds, 4 Buff Brahmas, and 1 Cornish Rock
Probably will get more chicks when we go back for the ducks.
What TSC did you get them from I am going to be going around tomorrow looking for chicks
Punxsutawney. I probably should check others too since I work in Pittsburgh alot. Let me know what you find.
5 White Leghorns, 1 Silkie, 1 Welsummer, 12 Production Reds, 10 Buff Orpingtons, 4 Buff Brahmas, 1 Cornish Rock, 2 Mallards, 4 Yorkshire Pigs, 1 Parakeet, 1 Cat, 1 Rottweiler, 6 Children.
I was just at the Southern States in Manassas, and they have between 75-100 red sex links right now
:( NO chickens right now. Hopefully in the near future I will.
We got ours yesterday from TSC in Heath, Ohio. 9 red pullets and 6 assorted pullets. All are doing well.
My Tractor Supply got chicks yesterday and it took alot for me too walk out with none. All they had was a few white ones with black spots,not sure what kind they was. They had 5 other bins set up and ready just no chicks yet. ): Guess I will wait til they get more .
I'm in SC and our TSC had straight run BO and assorted Bantams, pullet RIR, Dark Brahma, White Rock, and Red Star, CX and straight run ducks. They got them in this morning and received 100 ducklings; only 6 were left at 130 this afternoon. They will get new shipments every week.
Stephanie-Homeschool mom to one, 1 Sheltie, 3 Ragdolls, 1 EE, 1Cochin, 1 Welsummer, 1 Cuckoo Maran, 1 Brahma, 1 Red Star, 1 Barred Rock, 1 GLW.
Mount Pocono TSC had some chicks this week. They had some straight runs and some pullets. They still had 2 empty bins for more chicks.
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Tractor Supply in Roanoke, Virginia has theirs already. I checked them out today....I REALLY,REALLY, REALLY wanted to buy some...but...I have to wait until May...geez!! They had a nice selection of Barred Rock, Ameracauns, Reds, and a mixed batch.
1 WONDERFUL Hubby, 2 Australorps, 2 Barred Rocks, and 2 Buff Orpington's. Oh yeah...thousands of bees too!
I went to the Latrobe TSC and they had Red Pullets, Tetra Tint Pullets and Straight run Light Bramah's marked 50% off
I called the one in Delmont and they had Red Pullets and Black Pullets
TSC here in S. OK got a couple breeds in yesterday, production reds and one other. Said they were from Privett hatchery in N.Mex. Will be
getting more in a few weeks. Min purchase is 6 birds. Orscheln here has had their chicks for a month now and supposed to get another shipment
today. Many breeds and no minimum. Their birds from Estes hatchery in MO.
S.E. OK, retired on 60 acres near Lake Texoma. 1 DW, 4 adult long gone kids, 16 horses, 1 toy poodle, 1 cat, 7 chickens: one each, RIR, SLW, JG, BSL(2), BO, Cx, many deer, raccoon and opposum.


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SC orders compensation for tortured youth[TamilNet, Saturday, 15 December 2001, 04:40 GMT]The Supreme Court Friday upheld the Fundamental Rights (FR) application filed by a Tamil youth of Vavuniya that he was subjected to severe torture when he was in Police custody. A three-member bench of the SC comprising Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva, Justices Shiranee Bandaranaike and Hector S.Yapa after inquiry ordered the State to pay 12,500 rupees as compensation to the petitioner Sivalingam Konesalingam of Koolankulam, Vavuniya. The Court was told that the petitioner was arrested and detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). The petitioner cited the Attorney General, Inspector General of Police, and the Superintendent of Prisons, Officer in Charge of the Vavuniya Police and a Sub Inspector as respondents. The petitioner stated in court that the Police arrested him on July 13 last year in Vavuniya and that he was assaulted and tortured while in police custody. Later he was transferred to Kalutara prison. He was released from the Kalutara prison recently. Meanwhile the Court of Appeal comprised Justices Shiranee Thilakawardene and Nimal Gamini Amaratunge Friday took up the Writ Application filed by the former Justice Minister Mr.Batty Weerakone against the main opposition People's Alliance for inquiry. Mr. Batty Weerakoon is the leader of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, which is a constituent of the Peoples' Alliance till it was ousted from power last week at the 12th parliamentary general election. In the Writ Application the petitioner has prayed court to order the Peoples Alliance to include his name in the National List of parliamentarians according to an understanding reached between his party and the PA before the general election. Mr. Batty Weerakoon has stated in his application that his name was not included in the list of PA National List of parliamentarians submitted to the Commissioner of Elections as agreed. He has further prayed court to order the Commissioner of Elections to reject the national list of parliamentarians submitted by the PA General Secretary. Mr. Batty Weerakoon has cited the General Secretary of the PA, the Commissioner of Elections and eleven national list parliamentarians nominated by the PA as respondents. The Court of Appeal fixed the inquiry for 15th January 2002. |
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However, we'll have great memories of "Fiddler on the Roof," which is on stage through Aug. 11. The production is excellent in every way.
The script is based on Sholem Aleichem's stories of Tevye and his daughters, which were first published in 1894. The script was written by Joseph Stein (book), Jerry Bock (music) and Sheldon Harnick (lyrics).
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John Crawford reproduced the original choreography. This task could be daunting in the hands of someone less talented than Crawford. In a sequence titled "The Dream," Crawford has most of the cast on the Porthouse stage dancing Tevye's nightmare. This stunning number establishes the tone for the wedding scene that follows.
Lissy Gulick creates the gentle busy body Yente and earns the laughs the playwright wrote for the character. Gulick continues to be one of the best mature-lady actors in this area.
Jake Wood as the revolutionary Perchik charms Tevye's family and wins one of the daughters for his wife. Wood is appearing in the Porthouse summer season for the first time this year. He's a talented actor and singer. I hope we get to see him in other Porthouse productions.
The cast is excellent. Van Baars surrounded himself with first-rate performers, without a weak link.
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One of the problems in having theatrical folk compile anthologies is their unwise assumption that what works well on the screen or stage - Stephen Sondheim's rather fey, pseudo-sophisticated lyrics, or Basil Fawlty's "They're Germans, Don't mention the War", or the old-mannish whimsicalities of Stephen Fry (40 entries) and Alan Bennett (85, as many as Waugh and Alexander Pope combined) - can be automatically transferred to the printed page, out of context and without the benefit of actors doing their stuff amid reassuring roars of laughter, canned or live. Genuine wits like Wilde and Shaw and Noel Coward perform as well as ever: but a catchphrase like "I have a cunning plan" (from Blackadder) is hardly funny in itself, and is unlikely to mean a thing in ten years time, when the show is a dim memory. But by then this anthology too may well be forgotten: it is not a work designed to last, aimed as it is at the jocular end of the gift market rather than the shelves of university libraries.
Ned Sherrin has presented his material thematically, from "Actors and Acting" through to "Youth", which will prove helpful to after-dinner speakers and leader writers in search of a quip; scholars in search of sources may well find themselves referred to other anthologies of the "Wit and Wisdom" school. As might be expected, theatrical quotes abound, whereas the office - which looms so large in most of our lives - is overlooked altogether: a pity, since offices have inspired much rueful comedy, from Wodehouse's Psmith in the City to Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt. Lewis's exclusion, incidentally, is almost as baffling as those of James Lees-Milne, Gavin Ewart, Howard Jacobson, DJ Enright and HF Ellis (author of A J Wentworth BA, the only clone of Mr Pooter as funny as the original), all of whom are elbowed aside by such platitudinous figures as P J O'Rourke (a sample entry from his tally of 91 reads "Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly") and the travel-writer Bill Bryson, whose score of 27 includes such sparkling truisms as "I had thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight out of the container".
Despite a brief appearance by Stalin, non-English speakers fail to qualify, and the editor lends practical support to A J P Taylor's observation that "History gets thicker as it approaches recent times." Entries that pre- date Wilde and W S Gilbert are hurried through to leave room for the real wags, for Frank Muir describing Joan Bakewell as "the thinking man's crumpet" or John Prescott on the battle for leadership of the Labour Party ("We're in danger of loving ourselves to death"). Given contributions of such dazzling universality, it's hardly surprising that - Messrs O'Rourke and Bryson excepted - American candidates seem a good deal sharper than their English equivalents: compare, for example, Peter de Vries on the subject of writing ("I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork") with John Mortimer's entry on the same page ("What obsesses a writer starting out on a lifetime's work is the panic-stricken search for a voice": true enough, but humorous?). Sam Goldwyn, Billy Wilder, Dorothy Parker and Woody Allen do their best to enliven these suetty pages: as if to rub salt in the wound, ex-President Gerald Ford ("Ronald Reagan doesn't dye his hair, he's just prematurely orange") is printed under another platitude from the hapless Mr Mortimer - who, as we all know, can be extremely funny ("No power on earth, however, can abolish the merci-less class distinction between those who are physically desirable and the lonely, pallid, spotty, silent, unfancied majority").
From what seems a sharper-witted age, politicians such as F E Smith and Churchill retain their pre-eminence as masters of insulting repartee, and it's good to rediscover Wilkes's nimble riposte to the Earl of Sandwich (Sandwich: " 'Pon my soul, Wilkes, I don't know whether you'll die upon the gallows or of the pox." Wilkes: "That depends, my lord, on whether I first embrace your lordship's principles, or your lordship's mistresses"). Dennis Healey's savaging of Geoffrey Howe has an echo of those sprightlier times, but Kenneth Clark addressing the Royal College of General Practitioners ("I do wish the more suspicious of our GPs would stop feeling nervously for their wallets every time I mention the word reform") is, apparently, all too representative of an up-to-date "humorous quotation". Politicians are not what they were, perhaps; and neither, it seems, is the OUP.
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Gina Torres (born April 25, 1969) in New York City and is youngest of three children in a close-knit Cuban American family. Attended New York City's High School of Music and Art. She is a gifted mezzo soprano and was trained in opera and jazz and also sang in a gospel choir.
- Is a mezzo soprano.
- (February 2001) Engaged to 'Laurence Fishburne' (qv)
- One of four actors from Firefly (2002) who voiced superheroes on Justice League Unlimited (2001). She voiced Vixen while Adam Baldwin voiced Hal Jordan, the Silver Age Green Lantern, Nathan Fillion voiced the Vigilante, and Morena Baccarin voiced Black Canary.
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Education, politics, and anything else that catches my attention.
Sunday, March 01, 2009
The Basis of Conservatism
Respect for the Constitution, respect for life, less government, and personal responsibility.
Who says so? A pretty entertaining 14-year-old kid! And he speaks well, too--take that, Barack Obama!
10 comments:
- Pomoprophet said...
ha! loved it!
I hope he remembers that and can help to steer the conservatives away from their draconian social policy which is quickly becoming out of date. - 2:39 PM
- Darren said...
"Respect for life" means he believes in the abortion plank. I do, too, but I don't think it should be a litmus test for Republicans.
I don't know what the Republican "gay plank" is besides not being for gay marriage, but since the Dem Party isn't either, that shouldn't be a big deal. I'd certainly like the Republicans to rejoin the "get government off the backs of the people" bandwagon, and that includes what consenting adults do in the privacy of their own bedrooms.
Personally, I'd like to get away from "social conservatism" and stick with economic and small-government conservatism. Plenty of room under *that* big tent, without the infighting between the "libertarian" wing and the "religious" wing. - 2:49 PM
Personally, I'd like to get away from "social conservatism" and stick with economic and small-government conservatism.
I couldn't agree more. - 5:59 PM
- mazenko said...
The infighting between the libertarian and social conservative wing is precisely the problem. In fact, I assert that the term "social conservative" is an oxymoron. I don't see the GOP finding its way out the woods until the religious right returns to its apolitical positions of the early 80s and before. And I don't see that happening for a generation or more. Not much hope here when two Colorado GOP legislators are calling for laws to be written based on what the Bible determines as a sin.
Additionally, there is the problem of conservative parts of the country, calling for limited government and then becoming what Arianna Huffington called "pigs at the trough." While some may assert that conservatives need to return to their principles, the reality is that, other than people like Jeff Flake of Arizona, those principles have never truly been practiced. Newt Gingrich didn't stick to his Contract with America for longer than about six months. Clearly, the most conservative parts of the country request and receive the most government aid, paid for by the most liberal parts. While that may be a matter of demographics, voter should still acknowledge it.
The Constitution has been subverted by both social conservatives and neo-conservatives when it has been inconvenient to their agenda. That goes all the way back to the mockery of Ollie North "carrying a copy of the Constitution around in his breast pocket." That's not going to change, and the rhetoric of CPAC is evidence of this.
One of these days there will be a pragmatic conservative leader who likes limited government and believes on low taxes, but also acknowledges that the "floor" of tax rates is every bit as important as the "ceiling," and Americans like their roads and services.
I'll campaign and vote for him. - 9:39 AM
There are lots of different types of conservatives. There are those who think it is conservative to make it illegal for gay people to have sex, there are those who think it is conservative to say the law should not care. How do you decide who is a real conservative?
- Darren said...
How do *I* decide? I would make a big tent, with the foundation as *limited government* with enumerated powers. Lots of people with different views can fit under that tent, but there's a foundational view.
"Limited government" means nothing since everyone believes in it. The question is, what are the limits?
- Darren said...
I notice you skipped the "enumerated powers" part. If only we actually followed our own Constitution....
Trust a lefty to be puzzled by the refusal to decide who is and who isn't in the club.
And right now the Left is telling us that Rush is the leader of the club that's made for you and me. ^_^


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I was answering to the microsoft.public.newsgroups when I got this strange request. We did have numerous solutions posted but there was a solution posted by Steve Kass that stumped me. I thought of posting the solution to my tips and tricks section.
Q: Basically the question is to get the most appropriate address for a person. Every person can have multiple addresses like Home, Billing, Fax, cell etc. Our requirement is to get the Home address first failing which we need to get the business address failing which we need to get the cell else finally get the Fax number. So we need to get just the appropriate number for the person.
For this example take the following script to get a try at the same before taking the solution.
create table Person ( PersonID int ) create table PersonPhoneNumber ( PersonID int ,PhoneNumberID int ,PhoneNumberType varchar (10) ) insert into person values (1) insert into person values (2) insert into person values (3) Insert into PersonPhoneNumber values (1, 1, 'home') Insert into PersonPhoneNumber values (1, 2, 'business') Insert into PersonPhoneNumber values (1, 3, 'cell') Insert into PersonPhoneNumber values (1, 4, 'fax') Insert into PersonPhoneNumber values (2, 5, 'fax') Insert into PersonPhoneNumber values (2, 6, 'business') Insert into PersonPhoneNumber values (3, 7, 'cell') Insert into PersonPhoneNumber values (3, 8, 'fax') Insert into PersonPhoneNumber values (3, 9, 'business')
So we need to get a output as below:
PersonsID PhoneNumber 1 1 2 6 3 9
This is a typical scenario in many of the applications and the possible solutions are interesting:
select a.* from personphonenumber a join (select personid,max( case phonenumbertype when 'home' then 4 when 'business' then 3 when 'cell' then 2 when 'fax' then 1 else 0 end) notype from personphonenumber group by personid) b on a. personid = b.personid and a.phonenumbertype = case b.notype when 4 then 'home' when 3 then 'business' when 2 then 'cell' when 1 then 'fax' end
What we do here is give pseudo numbers to the address types that interest us and use the first one to return the actual address.
SELECT PersonID, 1*right(IDPlus,10) as PhoneNumberID FROM ( select PersonID, min(10000000000*charindex(PhoneNumberType,'home|business|cell|fax') + PhoneNumberID) as IDPlus from PersonPhoneNumber group by PersonID ) Derived
Let me walk you across the pseudo logic. Look we have the actual order in a string to compare. And we compare the string with the available address types for the person. If the value is smaller that is the lowest available address type available for the person. Hence we use that value.


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So my baby linked to a post by a pastor flipping out over guns in general and the Hello Kitty AR-15 in particular. Everything that is to be said about that on the gun front has been said; I am feeling rather puckish tonight, so I am going to take the conversation in a totally different direction.
Because my first thought was That bugs him? Obviously, the dude is not familiar with the Hello Kitty empire.
I'm going to put the worst right up front. And I will apologize in advance for this. (And be nice enough to put the rest of this behind a jump, so as to protect your delicate sensibilities...and 'cause it's about to get NSFW.)
Okay. Coming along for the ride? Great!
Here is the most disturbing thing of all, the Hello Kitty vibrator:
And, of course, that's not all!
Behold, the Hello Kitty wedding (bridesmaid?) dress:
(This is why I have to hide this post from my kids. They wouldn't recognize the vibrator for what it is, but they've been planning my second wedding for about a year now and they would be all over this dress.)
Then there's the Hello Kitty notebook:
(Whether this is a different thing than one of the Hello Kitty laptop skins readily available, I cannot say.)
As a girl who loves her carbs, I find this (particularly the, ah, pattern on the finished product) particularly disturbing:
Once again, this is not the only version available, by far. There's even a Hello Kitty toaster oven. So you can make your pizza.
Carrie Underwood needs one of these:
And, hey, if you don't do acoustic, there's an electric version available as well.
Going back to something really disturbing:
(Guys, how much would it worry you if your inamorata took off her jeans to reveal Hello Kitty panties?)
And how much do you wanna bet the girl with those also has this?
The Hello Kitty Barbie is like the perfect storm of commercialism:
College Candy: The Hello Kitty Epidemic, Side Effects: Nausea and Vomiting
and of course the granddaddy of them all, Hello Kitty Hell, which has even more hellishness than I could think of to Google, including the Hello Kitty Chihuahua.
As a closing thought, is a Hello Kitty rifle really worse than Hello Kitty condoms?
(And, yes, I realize that may well be a hoax, but apparently there's a call for the blasted things.)
**I fixed it. I haz teh dumbz when it comes to varieties of rifles. I stand by my contention that Hello Kitty Assault Rifle is simply funnier, but I don't want to continue to call it the wrong thing when I've been told differently. Mea maxima culpa. I'm now going to go kick my boyfriend's ass for not catching the mistake earlier.


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wikiHow to Drive a Tractor‐Trailer
Three Parts:Knowing the Basics Before You Get Your LicenseAttending Truck Driving SchoolGetting Your Commercial Driver's LicenseCommunity Q&A
Driving a tractor-trailer can be a great way to make a living.—The pay is good, and the job offers a great deal of freedom and flexibility. Before you can get behind the wheel you have to get your commercial driver's license. Once you've passed the required tests, you can work for a company or as an independent driver.
Part 1
Knowing the Basics Before You Get Your License
1Understand how to start a truck. To start the truck you let the gauges reset and the glow plugs warm up by turning the key to the first "click." You'll learn more about starting a truck from an instructor in truck driving school.
2Familiarize yourself with the gear shifting pattern of a tractor. Driving a semi requires shifting gears more often than driving an automatic car does. Each truck is different, so plan to learn how to shift using the type of truck you intend to drive professionally.
3Learn about how to make turns and park. Driving such a large vehicle requires a higher level of mindfulness about making right turns and left turns, backing up, and parking. Again, it's important to take a training course to learn how to properly maneuver and park the specific tractor-trailer combination you intend to drive.
Part 2
Attending Truck Driving School
1Find a truck driving school in your area. Check your local Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) website for listings of reputable truck driving schools near you. Look for programs that have been approved by the Professional Truck Driver Institute (PTDI). Attending truck driving school is the best way to learn how to properly drive a semi truck.
- You can also take CDL classes through a community or technical college in your area.
- Some schools offer several driving courses with only one that has been approved by the PTDI, so do research before deciding which one to sign up for.[1]
2Enroll in a training program. Truck driving schools offer programs designed to prepare you to get your class A or B commercial driver's license. If you want to be a professional truck driver, plan to complete about 350 hours of training over a period of several months.
- You can take training courses with fewer hours, but these are generally meant for people with some experience under their belts who need a refresher course.
- Training programs that have been approved by the PTDI average $4,200, in addition to the cost of books, license fees, and other expenses.[2]
3Gain skills and knowledge during the training program. During the training program you will learn how to inspect a semi truck to ensure that it's safe to drive as well as how to operate a semi truck and handle real-world situations. Skills you will learn include how to:
- make controlled turns without putting cars and other vehicles in danger.
- shift gears.
- stay in your lane or switch lanes.
- manage your speed on the highway.
- deal with traffic congestion.
- handle obstacles in the road.
- navigate narrow city streets.
- back up and reverse the semi truck.
- park the truck.
4Train on how to operate as a truck driver. In addition to learning how to operate the vehicle, you will also learn how to be a responsible driver. Here are examples of specialized knowledge you'll gain to prepare you to get your commercial license:
- How to keep a logbook to record your hours on the road.
- Knowledge about Department of Transportation requirements you must follow.
- How to safely transport hazardous materials.
- How to operate air brakes.
- Other behind-the-wheel instruction.
Part 3
Getting Your Commercial Driver's License
1Meet the physical qualifications. There are federal physical qualifications you have to meet before you can get your CDL license. You must be 21 years of age to drive a semi used for interstate commerce, but you may received a restricted license at age 18 that limits your use of the vehicle to one state. In addition, you must undergo a federal medical test and obtain a federal medical card before applying for your CDL.
2Pass the the knowledge tests. To get a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) you must pass a series of written knowledge tests. The tests you take are determined by what type of vehicle you wish to drive, and what you will be carrying in your truck.[3]
- The General Knowledge Test is taken by all applicants, no matter what type of vehicle they will be driving.
- The Air Brakes Test must be taken if you wish to drive a truck with air brakes.
- The Combination Vehicles Test has to be taken if you want to drive tractor-trailer combinations.
- The Hazardous Materials Test is required if you will be transporting hazardous materials.
- The Tanker Test is required for hauling liquids in a tanker truck.
- The Doubles/Triples Test is required if you want to pull two or three trailers at a time.
3Get an instruction permit. After you pass the knowledge tests, you get a permit - similar to the one you'd get before you're licensed to drive a car - which you can use to practice for the remaining exams you'll need to take to get your CDL for up to 6 months. As with a regular driver's permit, you'll need to have an instructor with a CDL license with you at all times. To get a permit, you must:
- be at least 18 years of age.
- have a valid driver's license.
- pass the knowledge tests.
- have a federal medical card.
4Pass the skills tests. After getting a passing score on the knowledge tests, you can move on to the skills tests, which will draw on the hours of practice you underwent during training. In some cases you can rent a semi truck from your training program and take it to the DMV for the skills test. You'll be tested on the following skills, in addition to others that may be related to the specific type of vehicle you will be driving:
- Pre-trip vehicle inspection - This mandatory tests determines whether you understand how to check to make sure your vehicle is safe to drive. You'll perform a check in front of the examiner.
- Basic vehicle control - For this test you'll get inside the vehicle and operate it in front of the examiner. You'll be asked to move it forward, backward, and to make turns without veering too far from your lane or hitting cones or barriers.
- On-road driving - For this test you'll be asked to drive your vehicle on the road through a variety of traffic situations. You'll make turns, move through railroad crossings, shift to go up and down grades, and navigate city streets and highways.
5Use your license to land a job. Once you have your CDL, you can start applying for jobs with trucking companies or operate as an independent agent. If you want to start driving a different type of truck, you may have to take additional exams.
Community Q&A
How do I work the horn of a tractor?wikiHow ContributorIt depends on the make and age of the tractor. In a Volvo, you press the steering wheel like you would in a car. Freightliner horns are usually a cord right above the driver's door. In my Kenworth, it's a leather rope to the right of the sun visor.
How much for the C.D.L. license once I pass the test/exam?wikiHow ContributorIn Salt Lake City with all the endorsements including Hazmat and TSA check, it is $155.00.
- Continually scan your surroundings, front, side and rear.
- Use all the space afforded to you.
- Watch the end of your trailer using your rear-view mirror to make sure you are not clipping the curb.
- Use common sense, drive more carefully than you would your car.
- Treat a semi with the same respect you would a gun.
- Never go faster than the posted speed around a curve.
- Be mindful of your load shifting while in transit.
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Monsanto buys a food prize
As Lily Tomlin has noted, "No matter how cynical you get, it's almost impossible to keep up."
For example, imagine if a prestigious group announced that this year's "World Environmental Prize" is being awarded to BP, for its unique contribution to the ecology of the Gulf of Mexico. No way, you say? Too absurd?
Right, but try this one: Imagine that an Iowa group announces that its "World Food Prize" will go to Monsanto for pushing its patented, pricey, genetically-tampered Frankenseeds on impoverished lands as an "answer" to global hunger. This would be so morally perverse that the "cyn" in cynical would be spelled s.i.n. Yet, it has actually happened.
Rather than encouraging sustainable farming and self-sufficiency in impoverished communities as a way to alleviate poverty and malnutrition around the world, this year's World Food Prize has been "won" by a profiteering, biotech, seed-and-chemical monopolist that's the freakish opposite of sustainability. Monsanto, which owns 90 percent of the world's genetically modified seeds, is globally infamous for bullying family farmers, bribing and corrupting governments, stiffing independent scientific inquiries into its hokum, running false ads and fraudulent PR campaigns, and going all out to keep consumers from knowing that the crops produced by its seeds contain alien, bioengineered DNA and have not been tested for long-term health and environmental problems.
Why would this avaricious outfit get any sort of award, much less one that can give it a false legitimacy as a corporate "savior" for the world's poor? Perhaps because Monsanto is a major funder of the World Food Prize. Indeed, the foundation that hands out the award is headquartered in downtown Des Moines in a historic building that recently got a spiffy remodeling, thanks to a $5 million donation from – you guessed it – Monsanto. The corporate honoree has also been a steady donor to the food prize foundation, giving some $400,000 to its promotion of industrial agribusiness in the last dozen years.
How cynical is that? Even Lily Tomlin wouldn't have imagined it.
It was my privilege to go to Des Moines last week for Monsanto's World Food Prize extravaganza. Well, I didn't exactly get into the ceremony where the halo was being fitted on this predatory proliferator of proprietary GMO seeds.
Rather, I was down the street at the graceful First United Methodist Church, where more than 500 of us scruffy "outsiders" gathered in protest of the Monsanto absurdity. There, real-life Iowa farmers spoke plainly about the myriad of abuses they have endured at the hands of the genetic manipulator.
One pointed out that if the corporation genuinely gave even one damn about hunger, it could've used its immense lobbying clout in Washington this year to stop Congress from stripping the entire food stamp program from the farm bill. Instead, Monsanto didn't lift a finger to help fend off hunger in our own country. It doesn't care at all about feeding the world, he said with disgust, it cares about profits, period.
Indeed, Monsanto is a pitch-perfect example of what Pope Francis was referring to in May, when he declared: "The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and the dictatorship of an economy which is faceless and lacking any truly humane goal." How ironic, then, that Monsanto bought this food prize for itself in order to masquerade as a world hunger fighter, hoping to persuade the Vatican to bless its demonic effort to force the world's poor farmers to buy and become dependent on its altered seed.
Jim Hightower is national radio commentator, columnist and author.


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Music is part of my soul, loving everything from old school Fleetwood Mac to new favorites like "Move like Jagger". And yet I responded ambivalently with..."Ya, I don't love classical music." It's the typical sentence I give when "lukewarm" about a topic...not my best mother moment.
With the Teenager's music reflections floating around in my head the next day, I searched for the video. Something had impassioned my son and I needed to discover for myself what it was. With amazing Internet sleuthing skills I soon found Benjamin Xander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic who delivers a charismatic passionate charge for classical music.
His piano Chopin prelude so beautifully performed was both moving and exhilarating. Xander gave instruction to listen and understand the Vision of the entire prelude and not just the note-to-note.
What the great conductor expresses with keys of the piano ring true. The similarities between life and Chopin emerge....seeing life as an entire journey and not just the joy or pain of the day.
While definitely inspired by Benjamin Xander, my greatest satisfaction came from simply listening and learning from my son. Admittedly, I still have much to glean from each of my offspring... including the heavenly one.
As I sit down to this post and write under photos of my soon to be concert pianist grand babies, I can assure you there is Mozart, Vivaldi, and especially Chopin in the background accompanying my thoughts.
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Epipactis gigantea
Epipactis gigantea Douglas ex Hook.
Stream orchid, Chatterbox orchid, Giant hellebore
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family)
USDA Symbol: EPGI
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
Leafy stems usually growing in dense patches and in the axils of each upper leaf 1 bilaterally symmetrical greenish-brown and pinkish flower.
The lower lip and tongue move when the flower is touched or shaken; thus giving it the alternate name Chatterbox.
Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Herb
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Size Class: 1-3 ft.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: Pink , Orange , Yellow , Green , Purple , BrownBloom Time: Apr , May , Jun , Jul
USA: AZ , CA , CO , ID , MT , NM , NV , OK , OR , SD , TX , UT , WA , WYCanada: BC
Native Distribution: British Columbia to Mexico; from the Pacific Coast east to the Rocky Mountains and the Black Hills.
Native Habitat: Ledges, Stream, river banks
Growing Conditions
Water Use: MediumLight Requirement: Part Shade , Shade
Soil Moisture: Moist , Wet
Soil pH: Alkaline (pH>7.2)
CaCO3 Tolerance: High
Soil Description: Sandy, Sandy Loam Medium Loam, Clay Loam, Clay, Limestone-based, Calcareous Acid-based
Use Ornamental: Water garden, Bog or pond areaConspicuous Flowers: yes
Fragrant Flowers: yes
Deer Resistant: High
Propagation Material: Root DivisionNational Wetland Indicator Status
Region: | AGCP | AK | AW | CB | EMP | GP | HI | MW | NCNE | WMVE |
Status: | OBL | OBL | OBL | OBL | OBL |
From the National Suppliers Directory
According to the inventory provided by Associate Suppliers, this plant is available at the following locations:Oregon Native Plant Nursery - Woodburn, OR
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According to the species list provided by Affiliate Organizations, this plant is on display at the following locations:Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Austin, TX
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden - Santa Barbara, CA
Bibref 318 - Native Texas Plants: Landscaping Region by Region (2002) Wasowski, S. & A. WasowskiBibref 286 - Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country (1989) Enquist, M.
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Everything as a Part of One Whole
The most profound concept that permeates both Steinbeck and Ricketts's thinking is that everything is part of one whole, and the whole is also reflected in each being. This idea affects how they see the world around them, how they relate the parts to one another, how they do science, and their philosophy of life. The idea is most strongly and directly developed in the "Easter Sunday" passage in chapter fourteen. Here, they present "teleological thinking" as looking for limited cause and effect relationships between just a few objects or actions. "Non-teleological thinking" reflects their point of view, and attempts to look at all things as part of a larger whole. One is constantly asking the question "why?" and "what else might be happening that relates to these events?". This question and the answers to it lead to yet more questions, which...
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The highlight of this years trip to Point Pelee for Spring Migration was the Prothonotary Warbler. Most of the time he was very far away and we needed our binoculars to get a good look, however, luck was on our side when he flew in for a quick look at us!!!
I have never been this close to an American Coot. It was after a long day in the park and we were heading out and decided to have a quick stop at the boardwalk. We were very glad we did.
This Black Billed Cuckoo is a lifer for me. Never ran across one before and would have missed this one if the group in front of us on the trail didn't spot him. He was motionless for a very long time. Lots of cameras captured him that fine day.
One of my favorite photographs is this action shot of two male Red Breasted Mergansers. What is missing from the photograph is the female just to the left of the image and a third male to the right. Spring is wonderful!
Last and least, is this Black Throated Green Warbler. Rather a boring photograph, however it does capture a colorful male.
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Friday, June 5, 2009
Highlights from Point Pelee 2009
2 comments:
- JRandSue said...
Fantastic photography,lovely sharp Images.
John. - July 16, 2009 at 4:31 AM
- Home exchange said...
These photos are really beautiful! Good job well done. I'm thinking of doing a photography course, and this is yet another motivation for me!
- August 10, 2009 at 11:47 AM
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I was vegan for a year and vegetarian for 2 before that then health reasons caught up to me and i got rather sick as i physically cant consume enough protein and calories to maintain my weight ( i dont eat wheat, gluten or rice either or any carbohydrate or un-natural sugars and soy if i can help it) so my doctor has made me start having higher amounts of protein, we compromised and i now eat fresh atlantic salmon everyday (thanks to my very indulgent mother) but i still eat like a full vegan (with the added fish) i love rice milk and almond milk, then oat milk. i use soy as a last resort as it is proven that soy is not as good for you as other alternatives. Today i just discovered this AMAZING seed mix which is fantastic as my body has trouble processing nuts, its packed full of every kind of raw seed (the rawness is important as the enzymes are still active then) and is full of protein Another thing i discovered while trying to gain some weight is when i have my protein shakes to make them taste really good (great if you hate the taste like so many people do) is just have a frozen banana or frozen mixed berries, rice or almond milk and vanilla protein powder, its amazing and tastes better than any dairy smoothie ive ever had!
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