text:
Used Truck - 2009 GMC Yukon SLT-1 4WD in Brunswick, Oh
Please Call For Price
About This 2009 GMC Yukon SLT-1 4WD
Vehicle Location:
Brunswick, Oh
Call For Price
Exterior Color:
Stock Number:
Fuel Economy Estimates
City MPG
Highway MPG
Combined MPG: 17
Estimated Monthly Fuel Cost: $130.88*
*Based on $1.78 per gallon and 15k miles per year.
Actual costs may vary.
Actual costs may vary.
Send This Vehicle To Your Smartphone
Seller's Description and Comments:
Located at KDK Auto Brokers Inc. in Brunswick, Oh. Call KDK Auto Brokers Inc. today at 330-460-3700 for more information about this vehicle.
Vehicle Options:
- 4wd/awd
- Abs Brakes
- Air Conditioning
- Alloy Wheels
- Am/fm Radio
- Automatic Headlights
- Cargo Area Cover
- Cd Changer
- Cd Player
- Child Safety Door Locks
- Cruise Control
- Daytime Running Lights
- Deep Tinted Glass
- Driver Airbag
- Driver Multi-adjustable Power Seat
- Electrochromic Interior Rearview Mirror
- Electronic Parking Aid
- Fog Lights
- Front Air Dam
- Full Size Spare Tire
- Heated Exterior Mirror
- Interval Wipers
- Keyless Entry
- Leather Seat
- Leather Steering Wheel
- Locking Differential
- Passenger Airbag
- Passenger Multi-adjustable Power Seat
- Power Adjustable Exterior Mirror
- Power Door Locks
- Power Windows
- Rear Window Defogger
- Rear Wiper
- Remote Ignition
- Running Boards
- Second Row Folding Seat
- Second Row Sound Controls
- Separate Driver/front Passenger Climate Controls
- Side Head Curtain Airbag
- Steering Wheel Mounted Controls
- Subwoofer
- Tachometer
- Telematics System
- Third Row Removable Seat
- Tilt Steering
- Tilt Steering Column
- Tire Pressure Monitor
- Tow Hitch Receiver
- Traction Control
- Trip Computer
- Vehicle Anti-theft
- Vehicle Stability Control System
- Voice Activated Telephone
Carfax Vehicle History Report:
View the CarFax vehicle history report and protect yourself from:
Major Accidents, Lemon History and Odometer Problems
» Get A Free CARFAX Record Check
Major Accidents, Lemon History and Odometer Problems
» Get A Free CARFAX Record Check
Financing Information:
Payment Calculator:
2009 GMC Yukon ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
Towing capacity, comfortable cruising for the whole gang.
Faced with rising gas prices and eco-protests, the market for full-size SUVs has seen better times. GMC answered the call for better fuel economy with the 2008 Yukon Hybrid and XFE models. These deliver among the best in class city and highway EPA ratings respectively.
The entire GMC Yukon lineup was completely redesigned for 2007 and added the Hybrid and XFE in 2008, with 2009 seeing more extensive applications of the six-speed automatic transmission, and integrated trailer brake controller, and minor packaging, cosmetic and electronic updates. The Yukon shares the same basic platform used for Chevy Avalanche, Suburban and Silverado 1500, and Tahoe. Yukon offers power, space, and towing capacity. It can haul large loads of gear, it can survive repeated pounding over rugged terrain, it can pull trailers, all while transporting four in luxurious comfort.
Inside, the Yukon features a simple, elegant dash that hints at aspirations for entry-luxury status. The Yukon has three-row seating standard and can be configured for two to nine occupants. Seating in the first and second rows has plenty of room, but the third row is best left for kids and has to be removed for maximum cargo space.
Engine choices are all V8s. The popular 5.3-liter V8 engines (310-320 hp) provide plenty of power and have a system that shuts down half the cylinders under light loads to improve fuel economy. The Denali model's 6.2-liter V8 generates 403 horsepower, making it one of the more powerful offerings in the class.
The Hybrid powertrain features a 6.0-liter V8 boosted by two electric motors for truck performance and respectable fuel economy.
Maximum tow capacity ranges from 8500 pounds (Denali 2WD) to 6000 (Hybrid Yukon 4WD); subtract roughly 1500 pounds for passengers and cargo.
Ride and handling characteristics are typical of large SUVs. The Yukon leans in turns and is not agile. The ride quality, on the other hand, is commendable, even with the Denali's available 20-inch polished wheels that add a touch of high fashion trendiness.
4WD models use Autotrac, a system that can be engaged on dry pavement and also includes low-range gearing. It comes in handy for rugged terrain, launch ramps, and winter weather but does not repeal the laws of physics as some owners believe.
For those who need a real four-wheel drive with cargo space and towing capacity the Yukon is a competitive choice. Those who don't tow might be better served by a larger crossover like the GMC Acadia.
In addition to the Tahoe, the Yukon is in the same class as the Chrysler Aspen, Dodge Durango, Ford Expedition, Lincoln Navigator, Nissan Armada, and Toyota Sequoia. Those in need of mileage should put the Hybrid on their shopping list alongside the Aspen/Durango Hybrid, Lexus RX hybrid, and the diesel versions of the BMW X5, Jeep Grand Cherokee, VW Touareg and Mercedes ML and GL that provide hybrid-like city economy and superior highway economy.
The 2009 GMC Yukon lineup offers a choice of four V8 engine sizes and four trim levels: SLE, SLT (split into SLT1 and SLT2), Denali, and the Hybrid. All are offered with 2WD or 4WD, except the Denali, which is 2WD or all-wheel drive that lacks low-range gearing. SLE and SLT models are available with an XFE package for eXtra Fuel Economy.
The GMC Yukon SLE 2WD ($37,705) comes with a 295-hp 4.8-liter V8 and a four-speed automatic transmission. The SLE 4WD ($41,765) comes with a 320-hp 5.3-liter V8 with Active Fuel Management and a six-speed automatic; an E85-capable flex-fuel 5.3 is available. Upgrading the base 2WD to a 5.3 costs $1000 and adds both power and highway economy.
The SLE1 comes with cloth upholstery; dual-zone manual climate control with rear controls; split front bench seat; six-way power driver's seat; 60/40 split-folding second-row bench seat; 50/50 split-fold third row; tilt leather-wrapped steering wheel with radio controls; cruise control; intermittent wipers front/rear; power locks, windows and heated mirrors; remote keyless entry; side assist steps; AM/FM/CD stereo with eight speakers; XM satellite radio; Bluetooth; automatic headlights; theft-deterrent system; roof rails; front recovery hooks; trailer hitch platform with seven-wire harness; one year of OnStar service; and P265/70R17 tires on alloy wheels.
SLE 2 ($39,970 2WD/$42,825 4WD) adds a 5.3-liter V8 and six-speed automatic to 2WD; rear headphone jacks and audio controls; power front bucket seats with console; fog lamps; color-matched door handles; 5 power outlets; 18-inch wheels and tires; and roof rail cross bars.
Going to an SLT1 ($43,145/$46,000) adds leather upholstery; three-zone automatic climate control; Bose six-disc audio system; adjustable pedals; rear park assist; remote start; auto-dimming inside mirror; and universal garage door opener.
Atop the standard Yukon trims is SLT2 ($43,930/46,785) which adds further luxuries such as 10-way power front seats, driver memory system, and heated front and second-row seats.
An XFE economy package is available on 2WD SLE and SLT Yukon 310-hp 5.3-liters and adds 1 EPA mile per gallon for about $200 with no loss in rated tow capacity. The package includes a 3.08:1 axle ratio, light alloy wheels with low-rolling resistance high-pressure tires, lowered suspension, aluminum front control arms and spare wheel, locking differential, and trailering package.
Top-line Denali models ($50,135 2WD/$53,130 AWD) are the best-equipped Yukons. Standards include a 403-hp 6.2-liter engine, 12-way power front seats; heated front and second-row seats; driver memory system; power tilt, heated, wood-and-leather steering wheel; Autoride suspension; power liftgate; power-folding reverse-tilt mirrors; auto-dimming inside and driver's side mirrors; chrome trim and unique grilles; Bose Centerpoint audio system; rain-sensing front wipers; and 20-inch polished aluminum wheels with 275/55 tires. Available only on Denali is a Side Blind Zone Alert system ($500).
Hybrid models ($50,920 2WD/$53,730 4WD) are well-equipped, slotting between SLT2 and Denali for features and amenities. However, the Hybrid does come standard with a 6-liter V8 gas engine and electric drive system contained within the transmission that rate 332 hp and 367 lb-ft of torque, navigation system with rearview camera, locking rear differential, and P265/65R18 low-rolling resistance tires on alloy wheels. It does not have roof rails, fog lamps, tow hooks, or a separately-opening glass on the liftgate. Hybrid mechanicals are warranted for 8 years or 100,000 miles.
Options are myriad, dependent on model and other equipment, and frequently cheaper by the package. For 2009 navigation ($2500) is available on SLT1 and it always adds a rearview camera; some models offer a rearview camera with the display in the mirror for Yukons without navigation. Other common upgrades include polished aluminum 20-inch wheels ($1795-1995); three-zone climate control upgrade ($195); and audio system upgrades ($295-500).
More choices include a moonroof ($995); retractable side steps ($1095); trailer brake controller ($200); rear DVD entertainment ($1295); Z71 Off-Road package ($1830); second-row bucket seats ($490 plus $425 for power release) and engine block heater ($75). Yukons that come with second-row buckets may often be ordered with a 60/40 second-row bench at no charge, and larger wheels can often be downsized to standard 17-inch at no cost for rough roads, tire chain clearance, and so on.
Safety features that come standard on all models include dual-stage front airbags; three-row, head-protecting curtain side airbags with rollover sensors; four-wheel antilock brakes with dynamic rear proportioning that balances braking front to rear for optimum stopping force; StabiliTrak stability control system with rollover mitigation; LATCH child safety seat anchors; and a tire pressure monitor. Optional are rearview cameras, rear park assist, and on Denali, Side Blind Zone Alert.
The GMC Yukon and Yukon Denali feature clean lines with quiet, calm surface planes that minimize the sheer bulk. Likewise, the smooth, gently contoured flanks and arrow-straight beltline visually lower the height. Tight tolerances between body panels and a thud closing a door invites comparison with the highest quality imports.
The one-piece front end presents a friendly, welcoming face but without forfeiting the Yukon's presence. Large headlight housings are vertically oriented rather than the Tahoe's horizontal layout. The trademark grille with ruby-red logo and lower air intake ensure plenty of engine cooling.
Door handles bridging deep recesses make for easy gripping in all seasons. Squared-off wheelwells carry forward a Yukon signature styling cue. They suggest trimming up with the available 20-inch wheels and tires, though that's not our choice from a driving and towing perspective.
At the rear, a broad, mostly flat, almost vertical tailgate resides between tall, narrow taillights. The independently hinged rear window is a nice touch, permitting easy loading of grocery bags and such.
The Yukon Hybrid has several styling cues that distinguish it from the other models. To counter added weight (the Hybrid is roughly 250 pounds heavier than standard) and drag, the front end features an aluminum hood and bumper beam, and a more prominent air dam you might scrape on steep driveways, never mind off-road travel. The upper grille is expanded while the lower is smaller and openings that would house fog lights and tow hooks are blocked off. Along the sides, the running boards are reshaped for improved aerodynamics and the wheel flares are slightly reshaped. At the back, the rear pillars, spoiler and center high-mounted stoplight have a unique shape, the tailgate is made of aluminum and has fixed glass, and LED taillights replace the standard bulbs. The wheels are more aero efficient and the tires have a lower rolling resistance. The spare tire and jack have been replaced by a tire inflation kit. The result is a slightly better coefficient of drag to help improve fuel economy, if only by small amounts.
The Yukon interior design is clean and uncluttered. Elegantly simple, the instrument panel and center stack would look right at home in a luxury SUV. The Denali is richer still, with a wood and leather-wrapped steering wheel and darker wood trim than the other models.
We think the Yukon dashboard is a friendlier, slicker and more integrated assemblage of gauges, display screens, touch pads and control panels than those in either a Land Rover or the Mercedes-Benz GL- and ML-Class, all priced higher than a comparable Yukon. The GMC's gauge cluster is very informative, reporting via secondary analog gauges powertrain data others leave to warning lights or bury in scrollable information displays.
Leather surfaces feel expensive, if not luxurious. The fit between panels and coverings is impressive, with tight tolerances. Less impressive is the finish of some of the hard plastic surfaces, which look better than they feel; lighter-color interiors convey the lux look better than the dark colors. The headliner is a woven fabric that looks and feels like mouse fur.
The Hybrid model has a unique gauge cluster with a special tachometer and an economy gauge. The economy gauge can be used for more efficient driving (as can be the mpg data on most models' info display in the tachometer). Note that economy is best with the gauge pointed in the left-to-straight-up range that translates on other gauges to cold engine, low oil pressure, and low fuel level. The tachometer has an Auto Stop reading to indicate when the gasoline engine is shut off. No Yukon tachometer has redline because the scale ends at the engine's maximum speed.
The Hybrid comes standard with a navigation system and a 6.5-inch screen that shows a graphic representation of the hybrid system's power flow. This screen shows if the power is coming from the electric motors, the gasoline engine, or both, plus when regenerative braking is charging the batteries. The system also shows if the vehicle is in two- or four-wheel-drive mode. It's fun to monitor these readouts; they help you learn about how the hybrid system works and show when it is being used for the best fuel economy. But care must be taken by the driver to not be distracted by them.
The design of the Yukon's dash gives the driver an expansive view out the windshield, adding to the feeling of being above it all. Visibility is good all around, though the imposing right side C-pillar (the post between the rear side door and the rear quarter panel) does nothing to reduce the large side mirrors' blind spot. Along the same lines, the third-row seat blocks the lower third of the rear window; folding the third row down eliminates this.
The front seats are refreshingly comfortable and easy to adjust; most models have electric seat cushion adjustment but manual recline adjustment. They offer good thigh support, which is sometimes lacking in GM vehicles. Adjustable pedals on some models take the place of a telescoping steering column, and the tilt wheel is angled slightly toward the centerline of the car.
The available second-row captain's chairs offer good thigh support, as well. We're disappointed with the folding armrests, however; they have one setting, which won't fit every occupant. Some way to adjust the angle of these armrests would be welcome. The Hybrid model has thinner front seats that reduce weight and open up more than an inch in second-row knee room. We found them to be just as comfortable as the standard seats.
Room for people is respectable and competitive with other full-size SUVs. In front room measurements, the GMC Yukon equals of betters the Ford Expedition, Nissan Armada, and Toyota Sequoia but all have plenty of space. Trying them on will show which ergonomic setup and volume suits you best.
In the second row, the Yukon trails the Expedition and Armada in headroom and legroom and betters them in hiproom, but by less than an inch in all regards; it also slightly trails the Sequoia in second-row headroom, but has slightly more hiproom and considerably more legroom. In other words, all large SUVs have a lot of second-row space and the Yukon is no exception. As for second-row access, the Yukon suffers from small-feet syndrome, where the clearance between the base of the second row seat and the doorframe is so cramped, it's impossible to step in or out without turning your foot sideways.
Since the third-row seats sit on the cargo floor third-row legroom is limited in the Yukon, with little space for adult feet and knees up at chest level. The Expedition, Sequoia, and Armada offer considerably more legroom for third-row passengers; the Expedition has more than a foot more third-row legroom and is very close in all other respects. On the upside, it's surprisingly easy to climb in and out of the Yukon's rearmost seat, the walk-through opening notably larger than entering the second row. The second-row seat folds up out of the way with the release of a lever on the outboard pivot, or even better, at the press of a button with the optional power-fold feature. Unfolding the seat is done manually, however. Make sure it's securely latched.
Cargo space behind the third row is limited, with just 17 cubic feet, less than any of the three competitors. With the second- and third-row seats out of the way, the Yukon offers comparable cargo space for the class, squeaking by the Expedition, exceeding the Armada's space by more than 10 cubic feet, but losing to the Sequoia by almost 12 cubic feet. Of course, the extended wheelbase Yukon XL (and Expedition XL/Navigator L) make up for any of the space deficiencies versus the Armada and Sequoia.
One area where the Yukon really falls down is the ease with which cargo room can be optimized. Both the Sequoia and Expedition offer a power-folding third row that folds flat into the floor. For optimum cargo room in the Yukon, the third-row seats must be removed, and they are heavy and bulky and you need someplace to store them.
Cubby storage includes a compact glove box; fixed map pockets with molded-in bottle holders on the front doors; and pouches on the backs of the front seatbacks. A large bin with removable double cup holder is provided between the front seats. In the Yukon Denali, this feature is separated into a storage bin and twin cup holders, both with hinged covers and surrounded in woodgrain. Ordering the front bench seat for three-across seating eliminates the center console, of course.
Driving Impression
When it comes to trucks, numbers matter, arguably more than they do with cars. The most popular engine for the GMC Yukon is the 5.3-liter V8, which produces 320 horsepower and 340 pound-feet of torque. A Yukon 4WD is listed at 5536 pounds, which doesn't include options.
But the most important number on the 2009 Yukon is six, as in six-speed automatic transmission. In recent years the Expedition's minor torque advantage and six-speed automatic (versus the Yukon's four-speed) was enough to accelerate the heavier Expedition better and get better real-world mileage. The even-more powerful Armada and Sequoia drove away from both of them.
Now the Yukon's 5.3 and slightly lower weight have made it competitive again, and this is the primary reason upgrading a base model 2WD to a 5.3 and six-speed is worth the $1000.
For the most power you need a Denali and its 6.2-liter V8: 403 hp and 417 lb-ft of torque. This powerhouse gets the Denali moving with ease, delivering very similar power-to-weight as the Sequoia. The Denali's 8500-pound tow rating is the highest of any standard-length Yukon, but it is not available with a 4WD system that has low-range gearing.
Like Chrysler/Dodge's hemi the 5.3 has a system to shut off half its cylinders when not needed, a condition that exists under power very infrequently in big trucks. A Yukon 1500 5.3 rates EPA 14/20/16 (city/highway/combined) in 2 or 4WD, and the Expedition 2WD is also 14/20/16 (4WD not tested at time of post). A Denali 6.2 rates 12/19/14 and the competitive Sequoia 5.7 (381 hp, 401 lb-ft) rates 13/18/15 and the Armada runs 12/18/14. Recent EPA ratings are less optimistic than they used to be, but any way (or truck) you look at it, you're going to use lots of gas.
The Hybrid Yukon offers big gains in city fuel economy, netting EPA numbers of 20./20 in 4WD. Chrysler's Aspen HEV hybrid that uses the same type of hybrid system and offers higher system output, rates 20/22. Real-world drives show EPA numbers for hybrids remain on the optimistic side. In back-to-back drives between hybrid and standard GM SUV's we found the standard (lighter) truck just edged the hybrid on highway fuel economy while the hybrid was better in urban environs, getting around 17 mpg versus the 5.3 around 13 mpg. EPA diesel numbers on the other hand tend to be pessimistic, and Mercedes' GL320 rates 17/23, VW's Touareg 18/25; the upcoming Audi Q7 and BMW X5 diesel EPA values weren't yet available.
The numbers game continues with tow ratings. Yukon ratings aren't quite as high as Expedition and Armada, and 1500 pounds below the Sequoia's top 10,000-pound rating. To find real towing ability you need to know the trucks' GCWR and subtract the truck (and all passengers/cargo) from it. For example, a Yukon rated to tow 8200 pounds max might pull only 6700 pounds with the truck loaded; VW's Touareg diesel is rated at 7716 pounds, but that is with the vehicle fully loaded.
Driving a Yukon is pleasant. Power comes on smoothly, with no surges or hiccups, and it is accompanied by a pleasant tone that reminds us of classic dual exhaust. Transitions effected by the fuel-management system are invisible, with the only indication a telltale in the information display in the tachometer. The six-speed automatic sorts out gears well. It has a manual shift function managed by a rocker switch in the handgrip on the column shift lever that rev-matches downshifts, but unlike most competitors you must first move the lever to M.
The Hybrid works seamlessly and doesn't require any new driver action, just some familiarity with the different noise and, for maximum efficiency, driving style. At very low speeds propulsion is by electric power only, and you have to watch for people walking out in front of you in parking lots since there is only tire noise and some whirring when you start or stop. The system will do 30 mph on electric alone in ideal circumstances but in most cases the gas engine is on by 10 mph. It usually shuts off the gas engine when the vehicle is stationary and the majority of time your foot is on the gas pedal it is a combination of the gas engine and electric motors powering you.
If you step on the gas hard as you might to get across a busy street there is a moment, some fraction of a second, before the gas engine starts and the system delivers its full 367 lb-ft of torque, so you should try that in the open a couple of times to know exactly how the truck will respond. There's enough power to get the Hybrid (and a 4000-6000 pound trailer) going easily, though it may sound odd at first as the gas engine goes to a certain rpm and stays there while the truck catches up with it. The brakes in a Hybrid will feel touchy at first because they signal regeneration, which adds more retarding without any change in brake pedal pressure.
Driving Yukon models along twisty, two-lane roads on both coasts we found they tracked well through sweeping bends traversed well above the marked 40-mph advisories. Like all large truck-based SUVs, steering is still somewhat slow, but it is precise and offers good feedback and a decent turning circle by truck standards. The handling is also sharper than in the previous generation, due to a stronger and stiffer frame; coil-over-shock independent front suspension; revised, multi-link, live axle rear suspension; and a wider track, by some three inches in front and an inch in the rear. Still, the Yukon is a full-size truck and is prone to body lean in turns and slow reactions in quick changes of direction.
We found the ride to be comfortable and controlled on South Carolina freeways, some of which were glass-smooth while others were buckled from severe winters. With the Denali's available 20-inch wheels, the suspension didn't jolt but you can tell those are heavy truck parts underneath, even on Chicago's notoriously pockmarked streets. The turning circle impressed us. It takes less space to make a U-turn in a Yukon than it does in other SUVs in this class; even some relatively small vehicles such as the Mitsubishi Eclipse need more space to turn around than the Yukon. This is helpful in a world of big SUVs and compact parking spaces. The brake pedal was solid and firm, with a prompt and confident response.
Abundant sound deadening material mutes road noise; you'll hear some from the rear tires only if the stereo is off. That the stereo has to be on for the navigation system to operate is irritating, a strategy shared with expensive Mercedes vehicles. We like that GM vehicles now provide off switches for the daytime running lights and for the inside rearview mirror's auto-dim function.
Added for 2009 is an available brake controller for trailers with electric brakes (it obviously won't work with surge brakes and may not be compatible with electro-hydraulic disc systems). This integrates the brakes on both vehicles for the smoothest, most effective action.
The GMC Yukon has a comfortable interior that pushes upscale for a truck. It offers available power that meets or beats the competition, though it trails in towing capacity. The addition of the Hybrid model answers the urban fuel economy issue that has long plagued large SUVs. With all its strengths, the Yukon is a strong contender in its class.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent G.R. Whale contributed to this report from Los Angeles, with Tom Lankard in Georgia, and Kirk Bell in Chicago.
Model Lineup
GMC Yukon SLE1 2WD ($37,705); Yukon SLE1 4WD ($41,765); Yukon SLE2 2WD ($39,970); Yukon SLE2 4WD ($42,825); Yukon SLT1 2WD ($43,145); Yukon SLT1 4WD ($46,000); Yukon SLT2 2WD ($43,930); Yukon SLT2 4WD ($46,785); Yukon Denali 2WD ($50,135); Yukon Denali AWD ($53,130) Yukon Hybrid 2WD ($50,920); Yukon Hybrid 4WD ($53,730).
Assembled In
Arlington, Texas.
Options As Tested
20-inch chrome clad wheels ($1995); rear seat entertainment ($1295); moonroof ($995).
Model Tested
GMC Yukon SLT1 4WD ($46,000).The GMC Yukon has a fresh and comfortable interior. Building on a recent redesign it carries over for 2009 with a sleek body mounted on a strong, stiff frame with power steering, disc brakes, and a touring suspension. Available in 2WD or 4WD and in three trims, the Yukon seats up to nine passengers and is rated to tow up to 8200 pounds when properly equipped. The SLE and SLT trims have a choice of three V8 engines, one of which is E85 fuel compatible. A 295-hp 4.8-liter V8 is standard on rear-wheel drive models matched with a four-speed automatic transmission. A six-speed auto is standard with all other engines. A 320-hp 5.3-liter V8 is standard on four-wheel drive, available on two-wheel drive. A 403-hp 6.2-liter V8 is exclusive to the Denali trim. Safety features standard on all models include dual-stage front airbags, side curtain airbags, four-wheel anti-lock brakes with dynamic rear proportioning, Stabilitrak stability control system with rollover mitigation, tire pressure monitoring system, and OnStar. The 2009 model is a carryover from 2008.
1633 Pearl Road
Brunswick, Oh. 44212
Email This Seller
Contact: Sales Manager


text:
March 02, 2005
Spicy Chicken Strips
1 1/2 cups flour
1 ½ teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1 cup buttermilk
1- 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
Vegetable oil
Salt and pepper
Heat 1 1/2 inches vegetable oil in a deep skillet over medium high heat. . Mix flour with paprika, poultry seasoning, cayenne, and allspice. Divide seasoned flour between 2 plates. Pour buttermilk into a shallow bowl or pie plate. Line up plates/bowls in the following order: flour, buttermilk, and then flour. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Coat chicken pieces in flour, then buttermilk, then a second coating of flour. Cook chicken about 6 minutes on each side, until deep golden brown.
2 comments:
- AnonymousAugust 18, 2008 3:58 AM
I just wanted to know what would be a good side to go with this recipe or sauce. DO you think a sweet sauce would be good. I love your blog and I've made a few things from your desserts sections. I love all your recipes.ReplyDelete
Tanya- Just about anything would be fine, mashed potatoes, veggies, anything you'd normally want to serve with chicken. Not sure about the sauce, they are pretty flavorful on their own so I've never felt the need for a sauce.ReplyDelete
Thank you for visiting Coconut & Lime! I read and appreciate each one of your comments.
If you have a specific question or want to discuss something unrelated to this post please e-mail me directly.
All recipes, photographs and text are for private, nonprofit use only and may not be reproduced without permission.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
ICD-10 Diagnosis Code S92.521D
Disp fx of middle phalanx of right lesser toe(s), 7thD
Diagnosis Code S92.521D
Short Description: Disp fx of middle phalanx of right lesser toe(s), 7thD
Long Description: Displaced fracture of middle phalanx of right lesser toe(s), subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
This is the 2018 version of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code S92.521D
Valid for Submission
The code S92.521D is valid for submission for HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
Information for Medical Professionals
- V54.16 - Aftrcre traum fx low leg (Approximate Flag)
Present on Admission (POA)
The code S92.521D is exempt from POA reporting.
- Closed fracture middle phalanx, toe
- Closed fracture of middle phalanx of lesser toe of right foot
- Closed fracture of phalanx of right lesser toe
Information for Patients
Also called: Broken bone
A fracture is a break, usually in a bone. If the broken bone punctures the skin, it is called an open or compound fracture. Fractures commonly happen because of car accidents, falls, or sports injuries. Other causes are low bone density and osteoporosis, which cause weakening of the bones. Overuse can cause stress fractures, which are very small cracks in the bone.
Symptoms of a fracture are
- Intense pain
- Deformity - the limb looks out of place
- Swelling, bruising, or tenderness around the injury
- Numbness and tingling
- Problems moving a limb
You need to get medical care right away for any fracture. An x-ray can tell if your bone is broken. You may need to wear a cast or splint. Sometimes you need surgery to put in plates, pins or screws to keep the bone in place.
- Broken bone (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Closed reduction of a fractured bone (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Closed reduction of a fractured bone - aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia)
[Read More]
Toe Injuries and Disorders
Fourteen of the 26 bones in your feet are in your toes. The toes, particularly your big toe, help you move and keep your balance. Playing sports, running, stubbing your toe, and dropping something on your foot can damage your toes. Wearing shoes that are too loose or too tight can also cause toe problems. Certain diseases, such as severe arthritis, can cause toe problems and pain. Gout often causes pain in the big toe.
Common toe problems include
- Corns and bunions
- Ingrown toenails
- Sprains and dislocations
- Fractures
Treatments for toe injuries and disorders vary. They might include shoe inserts or special shoes, padding, taping, medicines, rest, and in severe cases, surgery.
- Broken toe - self care (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Bunion removal (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Bunions (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Clubbing of the fingers or toes (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Hammer toe (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Hammer toe repair (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Hammer toe repair - discharge (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Polydactyly (Medical Encyclopedia)
[Read More]
ICD-10 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.
Present on Admission
The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement.


text:
Notes for the acoming METRO FAQ
i would like to setup also a Metro FAQ. would you please add questions and answers? :-)
-- ferdy
1. what is metro?
Metro is the build system for Funtoo stages. It automates the bootstrapping process.
2. which is the latest version of metro?
As for today, the raccomanded way to use metro is to clone it from git repository (see Quick Installation Guide)
3. how can i get metro? How can i configure it?
See Quick Installation Guide
4. how i choose the best stage3 for my arch 5. can i build 32 from 64? and viceversa?
you can build 32 within 64 but not the other way around
6. can i build any cpu arch from any different cpu arch?
if you use any stage, the CPU of your system needs to support at least all those instruction of the source or target stage's subarch.
6. can i build stable from current? and viceversa?
Doing a standalone FAQ for just a few minor points is not a good idea, I would keep things compact. So I would put those few points at the end of a document itself for the moment.
Point 6 is very delicate, it can be true for some arches but for the others. Metro, as of Feb. '11, does not support cross-compiling AFAK at least and Portage handles x-compilation on many non x86 arches very poorly. Technically, a stage not for the exact same architecture should be cross compiled (general case), the actual behavior of Metro is to put the compiler for the target CPU in a chrooted environment and run it from there. So your CPU must be binary-compatible with the target your are building. With the divergences of some arches, you can, in theory, get very strange errors such as compiler segfaults (if the instructions are renamed from a flavor to another).
Remote builds
I can't imagine that each architecture's stage3 can be used to remote build another architecture (not just for the supported architectures).
Based on the 32-/64-bit split on the table on Funtoo Linux Installation, and that a 32-bit stage cannot make 64-bit stages and vice versa, I made a little graph:
I'm guessing there is no link between amd64 and x86 because the amd64 does not come with {x86,i686}-pc-linux-gnu-gcc (etc.)...
(please note this has been cut&paste'd from the original http://docs.funtoo.org/wiki/Talk:Metro_Quick_Start_Tutorial written by Apple -- ferdy on 2011/02/15)
Need to install dev-python/requests
I had to install dev-python/requests to run Metro from a clean install.


text:
Vladimir Putin's expected return to the presidency next year means stability – and stagnation – for Russians. And neighboring nations, as well as the United States, should prepare for a tough counterpart.
Unflinching understanding of Mr. Putin's – and Russia's – strengths and weaknesses is the necessary condition for a realistic American policy.
With last weekend's announcement that Putin will be the ruling party's nominee for the 2012 elections, he may become the longest-serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin, who ruled for almost 30 years.
Putin has held the reins of power – first as president and now as prime minister – since 2000. Another two-term presidency, totaling 12 years, would keep him in charge until 2024. Putin's protégé, current President Dmitry Medvedev, is heading for the job of prime minister, but were he to later resettle into the presidency – with Putin possibly switching back to prime minister – the "tandem" could conceivably rule until 2036.
With more Putin, however, Russia faces a trade-off of stagnation for stability. Yes, Mr. Medvedev talks about broad modernization. He vocally supports direct elections for the Council of the Federation, the upper house of parliament. He also talks of building up the nation's "knowledge economy." Yet during his presidential term he has accomplished little.
Putin talks about selectively importing Western technologies necessary to strengthen Russia's defense and energy industries. Far from breaking ground, this is a traditional Russian catch-up model for modernization. It has been in place at least since Peter the Great, the stern and westernizing monarch who brought European fashions – and military tactics – to Russia. This founder of St. Petersburg, the home town of Putin and Medvedev, is Putin's hero.
Political modernization, including the return to the cacophonous multi-party democracy of the Yeltsin era, will be tough to pull off in Putin's third term. This is regrettable, but not surprising. For over three centuries, western institutions that were imported to Russia underwent such degradation that they became mere contraptions.
Under the czars, after the 1905 revolution, political parties were tiny and impotent. Parliaments (Dumas) have almost never had a true lawmaking function. In the best case, they became talking clubs. At their worst, the Supreme Soviet rubber stamped the most egregious legislation.
The evolution of the post-communist Duma and presidency is a sad testimony to the same process. As before, the all-powerful executive branch – be it the czar, the secretary general, president, or prime minister – more often than not rules by an ukaz, a fiat.
In fact, Russia's western-sounding pseudo-institutions – such as courts, political parties, and the bicameral parliament – have made Putin's "managed democracy" just another term for autocracy. The power system today is more stagnant than the long rule of cold-war leader Leonid Brezhnev, and is barely capable of deceiving Russians and foreigners alike. The outcomes of upcoming Duma and presidential elections are of course known in advance.
As the late Russian prime minister, Viktor Chernomyrdin, famously quipped, "Whichever party we build, the outcome is always the Communist Party of the Soviet Union."
Russia has been a conundrum for Western policymakers for centuries. Yet the Obama administration claimed great progress in a "reset" policy based on chummy relations between President Obama and Mr. Medvedev. The reset would, they insisted, usher in a new era of cooperation and friendship between the two nations.
As the Heritage Foundation think tank has continuously warned, these policies will be challenged once Putin returns. The administration claims "reset" has already borne fruit. It points to many accomplishments, including Russia's assistance in building a transport network to supply NATO troops in Afghanistan; cooperation on UN sanctions against Iran; and pursuit of arms control agreements.
Yet on other key issues, such as NATO enlargement and missile defense, the chasm remains deep. And Russian cooperation has come at a cost. For example, the administration has considerably toned down its support for Russian neighbors seeking Western orientation and alliances, effectively recognizing the Russian "sphere of privileged interests" in the former Soviet space.
With the geopolitical macho Putin returning to a more internationally prominent role (and Medvedev shunted to the diminished prime ministry, essentially, an economic management slot), Mr. Obama and other Western leaders will have to deal with the longest-serving leader among the G-8. Putin will command the second largest nuclear arsenal in the world. And he will have Russia's massive economic resources, including a $400 billion cash cushion, oil and gas reserves, and a cornucopia of raw materials, at his beck and call.
Most importantly, Putin simply doesn't trust the United States, calling it a "parasite" on the world economic body. He accuses it of bringing about the Arab Spring and "velvet revolutions" by expanding hard-to-control social media. He resents the dollar's role as the world's reserve currency. And he alleges that US foreign policy disregards international law.
Yet Russia's internal ills (such as pervasive corruption, rampant alcoholism, drug use, and the spread of HIV/AIDS) and its miserably low birth rates, coupled with the rise of radical Islam and ongoing terrorism, are likely to breed opposition. Putin's opponents come in many stripes, from the liberal center, to nationalists and leftists. They're weak today, but they predict the regime's eventual collapse as malaise and ennui spread.
The business community, sick of extortion by siloviki – the inner circle of corrupt police and secret service officers – is likely to vote with their feet, taking billions of dollars abroad. Hundreds of thousands of them already populate New York, London, and the Côte d'Azur. The best and the brightest may leave the country, as millions did under the czars and communists.
Without reforms, Putin's Russia is unlikely to be a happy place for anyone not enamored of its natural resources. Nor is it known how Putin is planning to handle the rise of the giant neighbor to the east – China. By turning Russia into Beijing's gas station and supply depot?
Yet one thing is clear: For the US and the West, as well as for Russia's neighbors, the future lengthy Putin rule is going to be a tough challenge – and a rocky ride.
Ariel Cohen is the Heritage Foundation's senior research fellow for Russian and Eurasian studies and international energy policy. A version of this recently appeared on his blog on the Heritage website, The Foundry.
Editor's note: A previous version incorrectly identified the destination of hundreds of thousands of today's emigrating Russians.


text:
L. Neil Smith's
Number 322, June 5, 2005
"We have met the enemy, and he is us."Pogo
Idle Voters
Special to TLE
America has long touted to the rest of the world its democratic process. Some claim that, by voting, Americans retain control of their own government and thus their own liberty. Some foreign countries not yet democratic in nature look on in fear of this process because of the changes it might bring; others look on it with hope for those very same changes. But what many people don't seem to acknowledge is that voting today isn't really the wonderful thing it's said to be, nor is it remotely as effective at its job as it ought to be.
If you're at all politically active, you're all too well aware that your vote is being sought or bought (don't let the fact that cash rarely changes hands sway you from the knowledge that, illegal or not, votes are indeed bought). Activist groups urge you to contact your political representatives and ask them to vote one way or another on a specific issue; politicians beseech you to vote for them, or at least against their opponent, every time an election comes around.
The problems with the voting process are two-fold: First and foremost is the fact that many voters are either lazy or uneducated. These idle voters don't know what the issues or the candidates are, and they don't care to. But yet they head for the polls and they vote anyway. They are the people who make decisions based solely on how cool a commercial is, what party a politician represents, or the way "everyone" they know has "always" voted. Secondary, but also serious, is the tendency of some who do at least attempt to educate themselves to believe whatever it is they want to hear. And finally, there's just plain old-fashioned dishonesty.
Politics is complicated. Everything from backroom deals to outright coercion to quid pro quo can be involved. But there's a fairly simple illustration of how voting can be corruptedeven without evil intentthat's broadly available to us in American right here and right now, and that's the highly rated American Idol television phenomenon.
American Idol, for the three of you who've not heard about it, is essentially a talent contest. Singers from around the country audition for a place. Those who get past the celebrity judges are pitted against one another every week on TV. Once the performances are over, the television audience votes on its favorite contestant. The person with the fewest votes is eliminated. The process is then repeated until there's only one singerthe American Idolleft standing. The only real difference between American Idol and an American political election (well, except for Democrats) is that Idol voters can vote more than once.
This all sounds like it should be marvelously fair, doesn't it? The most popular performer will survive week after week until he or she is crowned the American Idol and wins a lucrative recording contract. But that's not quite how it seems to happen. Although favors certainly aren't a factor here, the way our friends vote and a heaping helping of dishonesty unquestionably play a role.
Two years ago, a young man from Alabama won the American Idol contest despite being in the finals against a more talented man from North Carolina. Did Ruben Studdard beat Clay Aiken because he was black as some have suggested? Probably not. But what did play a big part in his win was the fact that his friends and family set up banks of phones at churches and neighborhood gathering places to vote for him, over and over again. While some of these people may have actually believed Ruben was more talented than Clay, many did it just because "everybody" else wanted their hometown man to take the crown.
We could say that "all's well that ends well" because the skewed results of that contest have been regularized by an entirely different kind of voting system. First runner-up Clay Aiken is now a concert draw with a debut album that outsold not only Studdard's initial offering (by three to one, as a matter of fact), but has gone past every other Idol winner's tallies as well. Studdard, meanwhile, has remained largely invisible (which, coincidentally, is the title of Aiken's popular debut single) with an appearance on a shoddy new sitcom being his only recent media exposure.
This year on American Idol (yes, I'm a fan, but nobody's perfect!), there were several very talented singers who were eliminated earlier than several who were less talented. Scott Savol, who hails from Cleveland Ohio, stayed on the show longer than an incredible singer from Florida (Nadia Turner) and outlasted a terrific stage performer from New York City (Constantine Maroulis). The one thing that Savol did have in his favor was a rabid group of Cleveland residents who voted unfailingly for him every week. While their loyalty to their local man has got to count for something, their dishonesty in voting for Savol instead of the best performance of the week cost several better singers their chance to move on, and took away from the inherent fairness of the voting system at the same time.
Meanwhile, Anthony Federov (a Ukrainian immigrant who would have been a great Idol based purely on the fact that he represents the very essence of the American dream) lasted as long as he did not on talent but on his baby-faced good looks. And while I don't imagine we can chastise 11 year-old girls for voting for "cute" over "talented," such results do still mitigate the credibility of a show where talent and charisma should override pretty any day.
In the case of American Idol, though the problems with votes cast by biased voters are obvious, we can at least trust that the "right" man or woman will win in the end when it comes time to buy a CD or a concert ticket. Unfortunately, the comparison with politicians ends there because once a politician is in office, inertia and then still more wrongfully skewed elections all too often ensure we're stuck with him or her for the long term.
As harmful as dishonesty and bias are in any system where voting determines the outcome, the worst threat to America and Americans has become a voting block made up of those voters who will cast their ballot for anyone or anything that tells them what they most want to hear.
"We'll keep you safer!" and these voters jump at the chance to retain and expand the anti-civil liberties USA PATRIOT Act. "It's for your security!" and these voters applaud their representatives for passing the REAL ID Act and establishing a de facto "your papers, please!" national ID. "Help prevent another terrorist attack!" and voters will line up to stand behind massive interconnected databases no matter the risks to privacy, or the Fourth and Fifth Amendments. "It's for the children!" and voters will instantly suspend disbelief and abandon logic to curtail the Second Amendment.
Just as a Florida columnist has written that we shouldn't let our embarrassment at appearing essentially naked before airline security agents stop us from flying, there are more than a few voters who will justify almost any humiliation or curbs on freedom if they're told that such is what they must endure to be just a little safer. No matter their intent, it's these same people who are misusing their power as voters to do exactly the opposite of what voting was intended to do and who are, in the end, a threat to freedom that even the most ruthless terrorists can't match.
The Founding Fathers believed that votes would be earned only by those politicians who upheld the Constitution and who themselves cast votes for national sovereignty and the preservation of freedom. Our Founders thought that representatives who truly considered their constituencies would only vote for treaties and laws that would enhance liberty while ensuring security. And above all else, those who created our Republic assumed that voters would value freedom enough to know and truly appreciate what they were doing when they cast their ballots. Sadly, they were mistaken on all counts.
There are some few (and growing) numbers of Americans who don't vote because they don't agree to abrogate their own personal responsibility to the oversight of an elected official. I don't disagree with their reasoning, but I've always voted and encouraged others to do so because I've always believed that votes can be the catalyst for real change. It turns out that I was right, but even more mistaken than were our founders. Votes have been a tool for change all right, but not the changes a thinking or responsible citizenship would desire!
It would be a shame if liberty in America should die because our country is attacked from either without or within. But it would be truly heart-breaking if the experiment failed because of the misuse of the very mechanisms that were intended to preserve it. 2005 isn't an election year. That means we've got about 18 months to buck up and accept our own responsibilities to educate ourselves to vote. We've got a year and a half to encourage others to learn and to think before they cast their own ballots. And we've got the next 525 days or so to decide that America isn't about what's easy or safe, but rather what's right and what's free.
If we're too lazy to do more than to cast an idle vote, then I'm sorry to say we deserve what we get. It's just unutterably sad that, while we can all choose which record album to buy or not to buy no matter which CD cover bears the official American Idol title, we're each and every one of us stuck with political election results whether they were achieved honestly and intelligently or not. I would hope that, even if you don't care about politics for yourself, you'd have the fortitude to care about it for your children, your friends and neighbors, and for the rest of us here in America who haven't yet given up on the vision of freedom that once was.
Help Support TLE by patronizing our advertisers and affiliates. We cheerfully accept donations!


text:
The flowering of the organic produce culture during the 1990's never quite spread to my stomach or the dwindling funds available in my pocket book. I have nothing against organic produce. I just do not buy it on the regular basis.
I have great respect for our society's heightened awareness concerning the dangers of pesticides and other toxins used in the farming industry. However, I don't lose any sleep over eating a "conventional" non-organic anjou pear.
Do I care about my diet?
Am I concerned with what goes into my body? Yes, of course I am. Truthfully, I am more worried about my salt intake and sugary food consumption than I am about the pesticide levels in my ginger beer.
For the purposes of full disclosure, recently I have not been happy with my choice of diet. I eat a lot of Kettle Brand Sea Salt and Vinegar potato chips. Burgers and fries make my menu when I can't afford the time to make a real meal. Pizza on Friday nights. Ice cream, cake, lots of carbs. I work and I get too lazy to cook. The microwave is my saving grace when I pop in a Stoufer's Swedish Meatball frozen meal.
I should eat healthier meals, get more grains and fiber in my diet -drink more water. There are times when I actually do decide to work on my eating habits. This past Sunday was one of those times.
I had just made a stop to my local Blockbuster Video and rented Crazy Heart and The Lovely Bones. The Whole Foods store was a hop skip and a jump around the corner from Blockbusters. I thought I would pick up something good for my body. Yesm the Kettle chips were there but I would also get salad fixings, some fiber filled smoothie juices, maybe some smoked salmon.
Brevity marks my strategy to sane, calm, uneventful visits to Whole Foods Market. Let's face it. Whole Foods is a liberal's haven. Hemp muffins, organic cat food, Obama sweat pants, white guys with dreds…Peace, love and liberalism. Afrocity gets a rash when she is in the place for too long. I hit the automatic door, breeze past the floral section, make a bee line for the Naked juice section.
Round the corner past the seafood counter and stock boy who smells like cumin and gluten free cookies, pick up a can of Wellness cat food just in case I am too busy to make it to my regular pet store.
As I near the counter, I grab an evil salt and grease bag of Kettle sea salt chips. Then presto, I am out of there like a happy tea partier.
That is usually how it works. ..How it was supposed to work until Sunday April 25th. This one particular cold rainy Chicago day was full of monkey wrenches. My visit to Whole Foods was one of them.
Everything was proceeding as planned. I got my Naked Juice it was on sale for $4.99. I decided that I needed more fiber. Salads are fun and I could throw in some avocados. Hmmm think I will get some pre-packaged salad and this is where things went terribly wrong for me.
AFROCITY: [Stands looking at refrigerated salad selections. Organic choices, arugula (ugh), Boston Lettuce. Notes that the same bag of Fresh Express pre-cut salad is a whole dollar cheaper at other Chicago markets. Does not really want to pay $3.99 for a bag of salad…Maybe wants spinach but would like something with crunch like iceberg. Sees a bag that costs $2.49 on high shelf . Notices a Whole Foods employee with long dreds wearing a do-rag, stocking bags of salad. Decides to ask him help her get bag of iceberg lettuce salad because she is too short and his cart of boxes is in her way] Excuse, me could you reach that for me? [Points to bag of salad]
PRODUCE GUY: Sure. [He reaches for bag of salad, hands to Afrocity]
AFROCITY: Thank you. [Takes bag of salad. Notices that it is smaller than it appeared on the shelf. Sees that it is organic and realizes why it was $2.49 for a smaller portion. Stands there holding bag of organic salad. Feels like it is not a good bargain. Could use some spinach anyway. Hmmmmm…Sigh…Well Fresh Express is $3.99 but it is a bigger bag and has more varieties like 50/50 (half iceberg/half spinach)…Okay will go with the Fresh Express…Now what to do with this bag of salad that I won't buy. Leave it here on top of the bananas? Will just ask nice produce guy to put salad back]
Can you put this back for me? I have decided that I do not want it. [hands bag of salad back to produce man]
PRODUCE GUY: [looking puzzled takes bag of salad and places it back on shelf]
AFROCITY: [Turns and grabs bag of Fresh Express 50/50 drops in basket turns to leave]
PRODUCE GUY: Oh, no. Wrong move. You put back the organic.
AFROCITY: [startled] Excuse me?
PRODUCE GUY: You just traded that bag of organic salad for a bag that is filled with toxins
AFROCITY: …um…yes I know [and don't care] I know.
PRODUCE GUY: Organic is better for your body that was a wrong move.
AFROCITY: [shugs shoulders]
Yeah, yeah [tries to walk away, realizes that produce guy has come to stand in front of her]
PRODUCE GUY: [looking manic while pointing to bag of salad in Afrocity's basket] Do you know what they do to that salad…They wash it with chemicals-
AFROCITY [irritated] I KNOW okay. [brushes by produce guy]
PRODUCE GUY: That goes into your body and builds up over time-
AFROCITY: [pissed off and feeling judged] Look, I am an adult. I do not drink or smoke. I have never taken drugs in my entire life if I want to eat-
PRODUCE GUY: No! That does not matter. It is not about not smoking or drinking. The toxins build up in your body from eating inorganic and your not smoking is not doing you any good if you continue to poison your system with non-organic products-
AFROCITY: [abruptly walks away knowing this guy obviously has control issues and is some sort of organic junkie freak-a-zoid. rolls eyes. Disperse immediately. Moonbat alert ]
Immediately after this rude encounter, there was little I could do to contain my disgust. I stomped to the snack aisle and grabbed my Kettle chips, slammed them into my basket. Checked out in a huff. How dare he lecture me? It is really not any of his business what I put into my body. I bet he is a liberal and I bet he is pro-choice. How would he feel if a pro-lifer was outside of Planned Parenthood telling women "Don't go in there. Do you know what that will do to your body?"
If I want to eat conventional, non-organic ginger root that is my damn business and I do not need employees of grocery stores looking down their noses at me. I mean WTF is happening to this country? The entire exchange reminded me of the Sylvester Stalone movie Demolition Man (1993). Stalone plays a policeman that is cryogenically frozen in the year 1996 and reawakens to face crime and a new world in the year 2032. One of my favorite scenes in the movie involves Stalone and Sandra Bullock who is his partner. In this YouTube clip at about 4:46, Stalone is at a dinner and wants salt on his meal. Bullock explains to him that salt is not illegal.
In 1993 when I first saw this movie, I really did not believe that our society would ever come to this. Now I am no longer so certain. We have sin tax on everything from bottled water to candy bars. You get taxed for tanning. New York wants to ban salt. Whole Foods baggers look at you like you are Hitler's hairstylist if you request a paper bag. Of course you are a total ugly wasteful American if you do not bring your own bags to the grocery store. So what now? You can't pick up a harmless bag of conventional salad without a pap smear invasive lecture from some produce guy?
Liberals are all about choice when it comes to abortion but what about everything else? They tell us that we should not have guns. We should not be allowed to pray in school, unless you are of course Middle Eastern or some other non-American then it is kewl to let you openly observe your religion. You can't be a Tea Partier without being a racist. You must get government health care. You must pay taxes.
Where has the choice gone? To the dogs? Or should I say jackasses?
Compromised organic lifehood was my judgment. Guilty as charged. Velcro some scarlet letter on my chest. But I am Afrocity and Afrocity does not go down without a fight. This morning I called Whole Foods and asked to speak with a manager. I explained the incident to her and she was quite thoughtful. She agreed that the produce man's behavior was inappropriate. I further pressed the issue by saying if Whole Foods feels that conventional produce is bad for its customers then they should not be selling it. The manager agreed and felt it was wrong for the employee to "bad mouth" a product that was sold in its store. She fully understood my humiliation and apologized.
I appreciated her response and felt satisfied with the outcome of my complaint.
The moral of this true incident is simple. It is not the place of anyone to decide what we should and should not consume, especially the Federal Government. Regulation of drugs, tobacco, and pesticides is one thing but when the government begins to micromanage our food choices, America loses that freedom and liberty luster that makes it shine. If I want salt on my chocolate cake and my blood pressure is as high as a kite that is my business. Food, like sexual partners, is a lifestyle choice. Some eat healthier than others. Some women like other women. It is your business what you do with your life as long as you are not hurting other people. We do not need whistler blowers coming up with a blacklist of people who eat non-organic produce anymore than we need a list of women considering abortions.
Now let There Be Peas and Choice on Earth!!!
Autographed Letter Signed,


text:
Some of them lost their hair and had their breasts partly or fully removed. Others gained weight from the drug regime or experienced radiation burns and rashes on the skin.
Fashion for Compassion fundraiser a luxury escape for breast cancer warriors
Fashion with Compassion
What: Fundraiser for Sorrentino's Compassion House
When: Thursday, Oct. 30; luncheon, 11 a.m.; evening gala, 6 p.m.
Where: Shaw Conference Centre, Hall D
Information: 780-418-6996 or email@example.com or fashioncompassion.ca
Tickets: Luncheon is sold out; evening gala, $275
EDMONTON – Some of them lost their hair and had their breasts partly or fully removed. Others gained weight from the drug regime or experienced radiation burns and rashes on the skin.
But on Oct. 30, a group of special models — women who have stayed at Compassion House while getting treatment for breast cancer — will model their unique beauty and resilience at the 18th annual Fashion for Compassion luncheon and evening gala, complete with a high-end fashion show of silks and cashmeres.
On the one hand, the one-day event is purely escapist fantasy: 1,400 guests watching glitz and glamour on the runway, seeing the Spring 2015 collection of local designer Malorie Urbanovitch before it arrives in stores, as well as the fanciest offerings from Simons, DKNY, Hugo Boss, Derks and Alligator Pie for children.
Sixty-five models will be on hand, some wearing pieces shown on the runways of Milan and Paris. During the evening gala, one guest will walk away with 1.25-karat diamond earrings worth more than $5,000.
"This year we're really trying to focus on bringing it up up up, high fashion, high fashion, expensive price points and amazing clothes," said Michael Meneghetti, agency director for Mode Models who co-ordinates the show.
"We really try to keep it as upscale and luxurious as we can because it is kind of an escape for everyone who goes. You enter into a little bit of a different world for that evening. You want to see things that you can't really see every day. It's not about going to a mall show.
"It's really presenting amazing pieces that are very rare and lots of handiwork and very impressive and showy. That's what I really like to see as a fashion nut. It's really exciting."
The bigger picture? Money raised will go toward the operations of Sorrentino's Compassion House, a 17,000-square-foot home where women from outside Edmonton, undergoing breast cancer treatment at the Cross Cancer Institute, can stay for $25 a night ($35 with a companion, spouse or child) instead of an expensive hotel room.
Since Compassion House doesn't rely on or receive any government funding, the house's board of directors needs $100 in donations for every night a woman stays, since it costs approximately $125 to operate one bed each night.
This year's Fashion for Compassion goal is $200,000, or about half of what the house needs to operate.
Women stay one or two nights, or as long as five or six weeks, which is the average length of a radiation regime, said Melissa Kraft, executive director of Compassion House at 10909 76th Ave. The house has 14 rooms, but during one recent week, was so busy it had to open a small room with a pullout couch.
The women share a kitchen and a wellness centre with a volunteer Reiki practitioner, yoga and relaxation classes. While there is no counselling, women often meet each other over coffee to voice their fear and concerns.
Ten such women will strut their stuff at the annual fashion show, throwing off their trepidation to help raise money for the house that became their refuge during treatments that can be brutal.
"It was from staying at Compassion House I came to accept the cancer I was given," said Tracy Goertzen, one of this year's survivor models from the Edson area who learned in October 2013 she had an aggressive Stage 3 tumour in her right breast. She had a lumpectomy in Hinton hospital followed by chemotherapy. But not until she reached Compassion House, when she was surrounded by other bald women, did reality hit.
"I learned it's OK to cry and carry Kleenex around because I had no nose hair and my nose kept running."
While her body was getting weaker through radiation, Goertzen's spirit healed.
"I opened up," explains Goertzen in a speech she will read at the fashion show. "Each one of us had pieces missing and a variety of tales to share how best to cover or align clothing suitable for situations."
Some women must return to Compassion House if their cancer returns or if they need followup care, Kraft said. Some previous Compassion models have since died.
"The fashion show gives them an opportunity to get dressed up and really focus on what's important and it's not the exterior," Kraft said. "It's that you're alive and you're here and we're celebrating today and we're celebrating life and how far you've come."
Malorie Urbanovitch is using her Spring 2015 clothing line to mirror the spirit of such women. Unlike last year's event, when six local designers showed one statement piece each on the runway, this year will focus on one Edmonton designer. Other designers from Canada will be featured at successive fashion shows.
"For me, (creating a new season) always starts with an attitude, a point of view, a spirit of a woman," said Urbanovitch, who won the 2013 Mercedes-Benz Start-Up Program for Canadian designers.
"There's a lot centring around feminism and fashion right now, so that was something I definitely thought about: a woman who exudes a certain amount of confidence and freedom and spirit and happiness."
Urbanovitch will be showing about 20 looks or 40 pieces at the fashion show, some inspired by the 1920s, 1970s or 1990s, all comfortable, some (such as a matching burgundy top and skirt) made from washable silk that becomes softer in the washing machine.
"I kind of chose eras in which women, I feel, had a particularly strong sense of spirit or individuality," she said. "For a woman who is dressing for herself, she wants to be comfortable. … In the '20s, that ties in because women all of a sudden were dressing for themselves. They lost the corset, they were done with all the Victorian-era restrictive fashion and they were wearing pleated skirts that you could play sports in and drive. The garments had this movement and this softness about them that was so drastically different from the era before."
A classy Urbanovitch tank featured at the show, for instance, is made of cotton and furry, feathery microfibre fringes that flare à la 1920s, but its bright red colour is paired with fuchsia pants in 1970s surprise and fun.
While the spring pieces themselves are refined and classic with simple silhouettes, Urbanovitch said it's the way the clothing is worn — with its looseness, the comfort, the unexpected pairing with shoes inspired by men's Oxfords, plus chokers for jewelry — that nods to the 1990s grunge movement.
"I try to envision a woman who is picking and choosing from these different times of inspiration in fashion and putting them all into one mélange of a look," she said. She designs her clothes in ways that make them work with different body shapes and esthetic preferences.
"It's important not only for the show but in general because these are our customers and a lot of my clientele are older women," Urbanovitch said. "I realize there's a demand for clothes that will actually fit many people and not only a Size 0."
There is also a demand for ethical fashion, she said. Urbanovitch regularly visits her two factories in Italy and another two in Romania to ensure safe working conditions and respectable pay. She sourced yarn from Italy, then had Romanian women hand-knit black silk from which she designed a dress to be shown at Fashion for Compassion. Some of the women, taught by their grandmothers, work from home or knit together in a large garden in Romania.
"There is a real sense of community there that is inspiring," Urbanovitch said. "We're trying to incorporate the craftiness and almost a bygone kind of art that women were highly involved in. We always nod a little bit to the craftiness of these women's art and try to elevate them to a higher fashion type of perspective."
For a two-toned green bomber jacket, with colours that ripple as if they are fur, Urbanovitch used angora sourced from a farm in Nova Scotia.
"Of course it costs more and it's not from China, which is a lot cheaper, but I know the animals are being treated fairly," said Urbanovitch, who will reveal her spring season at Toronto Fashion Week Oct. 23, followed by Edmonton Oct. 30.
"It's the same with all the workers: everyone who has a hand on any of my garments, I like to know they're not being taken advantage of in any way and I do anything I can to make sure that's possible."
She wants her new designs, which will be available online and at retailer Gravity Pope in Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto in March 2015, to be seen with fresh eyes.
"This is a special event and we think it's a great audience for it," she said.
NOTE: This is a corrected version of this story. An earlier version gave the wrong price for the evening gala.


text:
Fairfield NJ Exterior Painting or Staining
(877) 967-1585
Painters in Fairfield, NJ 07004
Expert Painting and Decorating Services in Fairfield, NJ
Are you in need of a professional who can remodel your business or home but you don't know where to start? Well, you have come to the right place! Our painters and decorators can handle any remodeling project you have. We can help you tackle any of your remodeling needs whether it be a simple exterior paint job to a complete interior remodel and more.
Don't delay that dream renovation, call us today and ask for a free quote to get the job done right!
07004 24/7 Painters and Decorating Specialists
Our painters and decorators in Fairfield, NJ are fully licensed, insured and are ready to do a quality work in a timely manner. Whether you need someone for a simple interior or exterior paint job, commercial painting for your business, you can rest assured that you have the right painting professionals for the job! We also offer quality remodeling services to help you achieve that dream house or business appearance. Decorating/remodeling services range from stone ceilings, wood finishing, wallpaper hanging of all types, furniture respraying, graffiti removal, cleaning and more!
Our painting and decorating specialists in Fairfield, NJ are the best around. We make sure you get all of your painting and remodeling needs done right, guaranteed. Call us today for all of your painting and remodeling needs!
Types of Painting and Decorating Services Offered in Fairfield NJ
In Fairfield, NJ our painting specialists offer a wide variety of painting and remodeling services. Do you have a specific color in mind or style? We can easily create the custom color you desire for your home and/or business. For the customers who are environmentally conscious, in Fairfield, NJ we offer a vast array of quality eco paints so that you too can enjoy a beautifully painted home and/or business!
|Exterior painting 07004
|Wall lining and wallpaper stripping
|Wallpaper hanging of all types
|Complete exterior protection and weathering Fairfield, NJ
|Commercial painting and decorating 07004
|Woodcare repairs Fairfield, NJ
|Residential exterior and interior painting and decorating
|Rental property painting and decorating
|Wood staining and varnishing
|Custom colors
|Eco friendly paints 07004
|Kitchen respray service
|Furniture respray service
|Graffiti removal Fairfield, NJ
|Anti-graffiti paint
|Texturing and faux finishing
|Stone ceiling
|Pressure washing and deck treatments
Call us at (877) 967-1585 so we can assist you!
People also ask
Pine Brook-NJ-07058-Wallpapering
Lincoln Park-NJ-07035-Decorators & Designers
Essex Fells-NJ-07021-Wallpapering
Roseland-NJ-07068-Decorators & Designers
Cedar Grove-NJ-07009-Exterior Painting or Staining
Montville-NJ-07045-Special Finishes
Verona-NJ-07044-Paint Preparation
Little Falls-NJ-07424-Exterior Painting or Staining


text:
Architecture for Humanity and AMD recently announced the winners of its 2007 AMD Open Architecture Challenge. Each year the competition addresses architects and designers around the world, seeking "to harness the creativity and energy of the design community to address a different systemic issue facing those living in underserved communities." This year's topic of "Digital Inclusion" generated some incredible projects, with Seattle based Global Studio taking taking top honors for its SIDAREC Technology Hub.
Set in Nairobi, Kenya, the SIDAREC Technology hub was designed by Lucy Mathai and George Onyango to be "the next silicon valley". The Slums Information Development & Resource Centre will combine education with technology to bring out the potential of youth and develop a vital community. The center will provide a technology media lab, library, and recording studio that will empower the youth of Mukuru Kwa Njenga and showcase a variety of sustainable building strategies.
South America's winning project was from the Kallari Association, a stunning sustainable structure that will provide shelter and protection for organic cocoa producers and Amazon artists in Ecuador. Conceived by Heather Worrell, ChunSheh Teo, and Igor Taskov, the structure will act as a fair trade exchange, chocolate production center, and will also provide an Internet connection to rural communities through a series of satellite hubs.
Max Fordham LLP won the Asia Challenge with the Nyaya Health Center, which will provide telemedicine to a remote rural area of Nepal "where there is only one doctor for a population of 250,000." The center will provide the region with access to health care from top physicians around the world via a sustainable, energy-efficient structure.
There are many more exciting proposals at the Open Architecture Challenge website, so be sure to check them out and see how architects and designers are helping to change the world for the better.
+ 2007 AMD Open Architecture Challenge
+ Architecture for Humanity
AMD Open Architecture Challenge Video


text:
Mayor Don Wesely today discussed the city's storm sewer drainage system and encouraged voters to become informed prior to voting on the $7.5 million storm sewer bond issue. The bond issue was placed on the May 1 general election ballot by the City Council. At current interest rates, the bond issue would cost the owner of a $100,000 home about $6.20 per year.
Prior to 1977, storm sewer projects were financed with a combination of general fund revenues and revenue sharing dollars. When this financing was no longer available for major storm sewer projects, the city developed a plan of periodically placing before voters storm sewer and drainage system bond issues. The last storm sewer bond issue was presented to Lincoln voters and passed in 1997 for $8.25 million. (A list of previous bond issues is attached.)
This bond issue would provide funds for the design and construction of 13 storm sewer improvement projects, which are designed to reduce the potential of flooding and property damage from storm water runoff. The projects are identified in the city's Storm Sewer and Drainage Capital Improvement Program and are on a current priority list of storm sewer needs. The anticipated construction time for all of these projects is 18 to 24 months.
These projects are at the following sites:
City of Lincoln - Storm Sewer Bond Issues
|$2.55 million
|$6.815 million
|$5.58 million
|$4 million
|$8.25 million
Media Release


text:
2011-11-17 This N That
** Chats Lobby
Start: 15:32:12
Test: This is a test.
Start: 11:58:29
alt: hey Daviss, you're here early, what's up?
Daviss: Hello, how are you alt lol
alt: for an old grump, pretty good, how bout you?
Daviss: I am just sitting here eating oatmeal lol you are not old oops I mean a grump lol lol
alt: oh yes I am, went to son's b'day party Monday... he's 55, that makes me 'old' LOL
Daviss: lol lol lol I am right behind you I guess my daughter is 46 and everyone told me I started late I didn't think so
alt: I had great-grandbabies at the b'day party coming out of the ying-yang LOL
Daviss: lol lol alt I bet poppy was so proud though
alt: Yes he was.. when we sang happy birthday I noticed a tear forming in the corner of his eyes ... very touching.
Daviss: yes I can imagine alt
alt: you been on the forums today?
Seventies Soulchild: Daviss!! alt!! xoxo
alt: hello Seventies Soulchild, how ya doing?
Daviss: yes in fact that was the second thing I was doing besides eating...reading your answers to the posts
Seventies Soulchild: doing well..
alt: I was busy this morning LOL
Daviss: hi there seventies!
Seventies Soulchild: check this article posted on Sorenson: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2011/11/03/modern-humans-wandered-out-of-africa-via-arabia/ yet this doesn't appear in the Nat'l Geo textbooks. hmmm DAVISS!!! :}
Daviss: yesssss lol
Seventies Soulchild: just responding to your enthusiastic welcome :}
Daviss: just checking the article
Seventies Soulchild: Map makes perfect sense to me. As I mentioned in the FB DNA forum, it also mirrors the language map of the world.
alt: yeah Seventies Soulchild, been reading that 'theory'... IMHO the key is "out of Africa"... who cares in what direction
Seventies Soulchild: I think it is when textbooks continue to teach that the first cities were in Iraq... which I believe is 100% wrong. This is actively taught in textbooks.
Daviss: blame the txtbooks on that Texas group
Seventies Soulchild: No this goes from Middle school through college. It also explains the high numbers of black skinned people in Southern Asia.
alt: well, this is a 'euro/asiancentric' society... nothing positive came out of Africa, 'cept minerals.
Seventies Soulchild: True alt. My opinion is that the reason this is done is to place Europeans in a better light and Africans in an inferior way.
alt: no doubt....
Seventies Soulchild: Anyway, I just got one of those ridiculous holiday safety e-mails.
alt: but 'science' when open and honest keeps kicking eurocentricity in the butt.
Seventies Soulchild: Yep
alt: science & scholarship
Daviss: did you read the comments under the article seventies
Seventies Soulchild: Tip #9: If you hear a baby crying outside your door, don't open it and call the police. My thoughts: It's just a cat in heat.. go back to sleep.. lol No , let me read now.. just laughing at these holiday safety tips... lol
Daviss: I thought you might be Annette in disguise lol
Seventies Soulchild: lol no... come on I mean really a baby crying under your window?? lol
Daviss: lol lol
alt: hello Ms. Selma... how you be's LOL
Seventies Soulchild: Hi Selma
Daviss: hi there Selma!
Seventies Soulchild: At 10pm at night... lol geez Daviss... lol lol lol
Daviss: lol lol
Seventies Soulchild: Annette has some points, but not articulating her view.
Daviss: did you guys see those stupid pics of Obama
Seventies Soulchild: very well Oh god, which ones?????
Daviss: the kissing ones
Seventies Soulchild: Oh yea... Benetton... no suprise coming from THAT company. They ran an add where a brown and white horse were ehh hmmm
Daviss: someone who does not no better will zero in on it
Seventies Soulchild: Well these types of ads run frequently in Europe. Overt and covertly
Selma: On the phone
Daviss: ok Sel
alt: do y'all ever look at the comic stripe from the newspapers from 50-60-70 years ago? this stuff is tame compared to the overt racism of those days.
Daviss: oh yeah alt especially those watermelon and red lip ones sheesh
Seventies Soulchild: Oh heck yes! I've looked at some of the yearbooks here at this college...
Selma: Ok back...
Seventies Soulchild: the ads were just offensive...
alt: wb Selma & hello AYWalton.. g'Day to ya.
AYWalton: Good afternoon, all.
Selma: I am home...drove home this AM..I have one thing to say, the Inner and Outer Beltway around DC, MD and Northern VA...is the BEAR
AYWalton: howdy alt, Daviss, Ms. Selma Hey Soul Hey SoulChile!
Daviss: hi there AYWalton!!
Seventies Soulchild: Hey AYWalton
AYWalton: that traffic is insane for sure, Selma!
alt: I hear ya Selma....
AYWalton: how long did it take you to get out of that nightmare?
Selma: I stopped on the way home and purchased a Sara Lee Cheese cake which I will consume to celebrate my safe arrival home
Seventies Soulchild: Yah, we're all feeling this stupidity today...
Daviss: and the ones alt that advertise nig@@ger clothes
Selma: Actually the traffic was good AY..no problems, but just so much and so fast..
Daviss: lol @ Selma sounds good to me
Seventies Soulchild: The reason for this is the recent incident at the White House. so now we're in a high state of alert or whatever the h3ll they are calling it now.
alt: yep Daviss. these ar the days of PC when it comes to political cartoons and the like.... they are really very tame, but still hurtful.
Daviss: yep!
AYWalton: lol@ Selma and Sara Lee!
Seventies Soulchild: hi bearnut2
AYWalton: howdy bearnut2!
Daviss: hello bearnut2!
bearnut2: Hi Seventies Soulchild AYWalton Daviss Selma and alt
alt: and she's gonna blame eating a cheesecake on the traffic
Selma: I swear they have been working on the Beltway since I married and moved to that area in the 1970's..
Seventies Soulchild: lol
alt: hello cuzzin bearnut2, how are ya?
Selma: Yes, I am alt...I get a Tiramasu bake for Hurricaines and Snow Storms Cake
Daviss: our taxes at work Selma lol
Seventies Soulchild: um um um Selma.. lol
Daviss: what is that Selma
bearnut2: im good cuz'n alt, how are you? been following the fb convos lol
Selma: A wonderful cake Davis. Alt..did you get the info I sent you?
AYWalton: I hear ya Selma.
Selma: Land Patents and Headrights
alt: I see you've got all of the natural and man-made disasters covered Selma
Daviss: new to me I guess ..never heard the name
alt: not yet Selma.
AYWalton: Same thing with 295--I moved here in 1990 and there has always been construction on 295---always!!
Selma: I don't drink (except in EXTREME emergencies) ..so I am entitled to do something.. LOL
bearnut2: im with ya on that Selma lol
Daviss: lol reminds me of one of my silly days in Tx
Selma: My son and daughter in law are on their way to NYC..hope they can get into the city
AYWalton: tiramsu isn't that like heaven in your mouth, Selma?
Selma: Yes, AY...go see if you can find it Daviss
AYWalton: Daviss, type the word into Google, then click Images! divine!
Daviss: ok
Selma: Davis, AY spelled it right Cures what ails you..LOL
AYWalton: I would love to see a show in NYC, but always anxious to leave once I am in the city. Too durn big for me!!
bearnut2: I think its tiramisu...
Selma: See this chat is good for something..expands our culinary knowledge It should come today alt..I mailed Sunday
Daviss: just looked at the image, looks good
AYWalton: lol
Selma: They were selling a huge Tiramisu Cake at Costco..but I contained myself and didn't buy, will buy at Xmas, cause I will have alot of company and won't eat the whole thikng
Seventies Soulchild: Tiramsu is great delicious! Maybe I should make some this weekend.
AYWalton: sounds delicious, SoulChile!
Seventies Soulchild: forgot my &..
Daviss: great delicious lol
Seventies Soulchild: I'm going to need some espresso and some kaluha...
AYWalton: oh wow---a high octaine tiramisu!
bearnut2: lol
Daviss: lol
Selma: LOL
alt: what you been up to bearnut2?
Seventies Soulchild: hey.. that's how I like it :} Willie Holland's story is in the news again.
bearnut2: not much alt--got some more info on Zack Cage--a free woman of color died and left him her house and land--trying to figure out who she was to him
Daviss: bearnut2 has been fiesty on DNA board lol
bearnut2: lol Daviss
Seventies Soulchild: uh oh!
Daviss: hehehehee
alt: yes she's keeping them straight Daviss
Seventies Soulchild: This is what Mr. Holland says about his search. "You have to put together the science and the history to make sense of it," he told me after his latest trips to West Africa. "To be honest, this is not an easy thing to do. You have to understand history, you have to understand migration patterns, you also have to understand culture. Most people would say, 'This is too much, because it's too complicated.' I would say this is a master's degree-level task."
bearnut2: I just got tired of the constant infomercial for FTDNA
Seventies Soulchild: Interesting. My bosses wife keeps trying to 'help me' with my genealogy...lol
bearnut2: who is Willie Holland?
Seventies Soulchild: The man who traced his family to Cameroonian royalty
bearnut2: ah...
Seventies Soulchild: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/04/8639523-genes-tell-a-tale-as-big-as-africa
bearnut2: thanks Seventies Soulchild
Seventies Soulchild: He happened across it through DNA
alt: I think he is litle too ............ Seventies Soulchild
bearnut2: so where did the "master's degree-level" come into it then? lol
Seventies Soulchild: He's done additional research into his family, not just DNA research
AYWalton: Hmm.......was just scanning the article.
alt: he's like the white guys going back to Charlamagne (sp) IMHO.
bearnut2: so I guess he's the "Alex Haley" of the 21st century?
AYWalton: How does one "document" ties of a family to the 7th century? I mean c'mon now!
Seventies Soulchild: This story has been out there for some time
bearnut2: I remember the story just didn't remember the name of the man
Seventies Soulchild: I don't know, but this is his story.
bearnut2: lol AYWalton
AYWalton: kind of like the woman who says she knew her ancestor was from Ghana because somebody was called Morgana in the family.
alt: he may be 'right on' with his claim, but I need to see more than what he has shown heretofore.... The ever 'doubting thomas' LOL
AYWalton: Again----c'mon now!
Seventies Soulchild: I'm not hating on the man. This again is his story.
alt: the confedrate black soldier story with an African Royalty twist.
bearnut2: lol @ 'doubting Thomas' alt hey vkn
Seventies Soulchild: hello vkn
Daviss: hello vkn!!
vkn: Howdy Good and Beautiful Peopl also People
AYWalton: brb Daviss I am on the phone with Ms. Bertha!
Daviss: ohhh ok tell her hi
alt: me neither Seventies Soulchild ...on the hating thing, but .......... hello vkn.. how be's ya?
bearnut2: you're right Seventies Soulchild its his story so he can tell it however he wants
Daviss: You remember Bertha alt lol She is the one that went to Ft Wayne and found eons of her family during our PJ party
vkn: Bees good and U alt
Selma: About his Black Confederate...does he assume this was a Voluntary duty..
bearnut2: wish I coulda joined that pj party
Seventies Soulchild: hmm don't know guess we'll have to wait for the book. :}
alt: yes I do Daviss, sat with her at breakfast one morning and she had tears in her eyes telling me of y'all's discoveries.
Daviss: we had a blast bearnut2
bearnut2: sounds like it Daviss
Daviss: yes many tears
bearnut2: so what exactly did you guys find for her?
Seventies Soulchild: Alright, so now has anyone joined Google +??
bearnut2: nope...I'm doing good to be on facebook lol
Daviss: all kinds of family and now she has USCT's, FPOCs etc
Seventies Soulchild: me too bearnut2 lol
Daviss: not I seventies
bearnut2: wow! Daviss so she knew NONE of this before?
Daviss: nope she was totally new
bearnut2: I've had a facebook page for a couple of years but it took the African Ancestry DNA page to make me active
Selma: I know she was thrilled and totally overwhelmed all atthe same time
Daviss: she actually was just invited to go on the trip by someone
bearnut2: wow! thats awesome
Selma: I am glad that she hooked up with you and AY, Alt, and the others
alt: Google+... haven't gone there yet Seventies Soulchild, can't keep up with the 'flavor of the month" stuff in socail networking.
bearnut2: at least she had some names, dates and places for you guys to go on right
Daviss: for sure Selma
Selma: Not me seventies...I ain't that friendly
alt: bearnut2, as I understand it they took her from scant information ca the 1930's and later all the way back to documenting her family lines as FPOC
bearnut2: whoa! that is awesome--that needs to be told somewhere
Daviss: Iam telling you she was clueless bearnut2. so few names it was amazing
bearnut2: family tree magazine, ancestry, wdytya, somewhere!
AYWalton: hope you are having a good day!
alt: yep, title... 'What a difference a day makes' LOL
vkn: flavor of the day alt
bearnut2: lol
Seventies Soulchild: alright, gotta run. Have a good day all!
Daviss: I sang that song alt
Selma: It is pouring down rain here
alt: yeah vkn... that's what I call all of this "new" stuff
Daviss: glad you were ok yesterday after all that storm activity vkn
vkn: Selma is friendlier than she says she is. Poured here all day yesdiddy, also.
Selma: LOL
Daviss: AYWalton we were just telling bearnut2 about Ms Bertha
vkn: Good response to Derek alt
alt: vkn, I had to tell'em on the DNA tested AA FB about AfriGeneas Forum being around since 2005 with over 6,000 'searchable' postings on DNA research in the AA community.
Selma: Did you invite them to "join" the ongoing conversation alt.. LOL
vkn: Thanx a mil alt. Wondering if there are discussions that we might fold into a 'paper' and post to library
alt: yeah, I was 'hot' this morning vkn also had to remind Derek that Salve research is a different animal and referred him to Mary Jackson Fears book of 1995 LOL
Selma: I will have to go read the posts.. lOL
alt: Subtley(sp) Selma yes I invited them indirectly.
vkn: Yes that is a VERY detailed book by Mary Fears
Selma: Subtle don't work..LOL
alt: not with US Selma LOL
Daviss: I wednt to ABLE Books this morn and the cheapest price for book is 45 dollars wednt = went
Selma: Fears book?
Daviss: yes
vkn: AYW I left a msg on your voice om Monday
bearnut2: was this convo on fb or afrigeneas?
alt: Amazon has used paperbacks for 14.00 Daviss
vkn: daviss I posted plantings on facebook
Daviss: yes I went to your link also alt but I usually order from ABLE so I wanted to try there first
alt: okay Daviss
Daviss: ok vkn Why was I thinking she was a Tx researcher or is that another Fears person
vkn: alt about adding names to TP is there an easuer way or a short cut
alt: Selma, you're right subtle doesn't work on US folks and the stuff has to also be "new" or we don't want it re: AfriGeneas vs all of these "new" hot sites coming up on the Internet. best way for me to add to TP vkn is to keep my databse 'current' and upload a current version of GEDCOM file that has ALL of my changes, additions, etc.
Selma: Folks I have to run...need a nap after my drive and before I eat my cheese cake..see you later
Daviss: lol lol @ Selma
bearnut2: TP? alt
alt: Tribal Pages website bearnut2
vkn: alt maybe one day you will feel up to giving us all a learning
bearnut2: ah...thanks
vkn: AYW I worked last night on learning a new voice program. I speak and it types very cool
alt: anytime vkn.. it is the 'easiest' way I know to put up a site with most of the 'bells & whistles' without a lot of tech knowledge.
bearnut2: I've decided to go back to Family Tree Maker-- I tried Rootsweb and just wasn't "feeling" it...
ProfDru: hello gang
bearnut2: vkn is that the one they keep advertising on tv? Dragon?
AYWalton: ProfDru is in da house!
Daviss: hello ProfDru!
bearnut2: Hi ProfDru
alt: hello ProfDru
vkn: Howdy ProfDru glad to see you
ProfDru: you all too
AYWalton: what was the program, vkn?
vkn: Yes bearnut2 and one called iTalk
alt: bearnut2, for gen software,,, it's whatever you're comfortable with... most of the major programs do the same thing with little variations.
Daviss: wb profdru
vkn: also there is one un named built into the iphone4s
ProfDru: just listened to a voice clip of my grandmother being interviewed--then I went into a deep cry--Lord I miss her so much.
bearnut2: yeah alt, I used to use FTM then switched to Generations (which I LOVED) but they don't make it anymore. Kept hearing great stuff about Roots Magic (not Roots web) so gave it a try. Its just too "stuffy" for me! lol
AYWalton: I understand, ProfDru!
alt: well bearnut2, I'm a walking testimony for Roots Magic.
ProfDru: Thank God for the young people who interviewed her before she passed--at least I can listen to her voice.
Daviss: was this a interview you did profDru? and I can imagine you do miss her Dru
bearnut2: The new FTM can finally sync to Ancestry so now I've come full circle!
ProfDru: The one the young people from her church did.
AYWalton: that is because Ancestry owns FamilyTreeDNA, bearnut2
ProfDru: I only took notes during my interviews with her.
bearnut2: I have tried and tried to "like" RM but...
Daviss: oh ok were these the ones that you did the Church Genealogy with
ProfDru: right
Daviss: ok
bearnut2: I know AYWalton, they have for some time but only just now have the ability to sync with FTM Its about time! lol
alt: wonderful ProfDru, see how all of these things work out.... who would have thought the interview by those young folk would have such a lasting impact on you.... the Lord and the ancestors work in mysterious ways
bearnut2: amen cuz'n alt
ProfDru: right alt
Daviss: actually thanks for mentioning that ProfDru because it reminds me that I need to ask for the umpteenth time for a copy of a video that a cousin has that has all my aunts and uncles in it
bearnut2: Oops--Ancestry owns Family Tree Maker not FTDNA
ProfDru: brb
Daviss: my two s Daviss side
bearnut2: well, I'd better go. Gotta test my setup for a big photo shoot on sunday. Later all!
alt: good luck & best wishes cuz
vkn: best wishes bear
bearnut2: thanks!
Daviss: later
alt: vkn, you got my response on NO CHECK!!!!!! right?
vkn: Dragon AYW is the program
AYWalton: sounds like an interesting program, VKN.
vkn: Alt: Ah cant hear you lol
AYWalton: lol
vkn: AYW you can download from iTunes
alt: you'd better hear me young lady LOL
AYWalton: I see.
Daviss: lol lol lol lol lol
vkn: tee hee hee
Daviss: are you shaking that one finger alt? lol
alt: fo sho Daviss
vkn: eyes rolling hands on hips neck crooked lol
Daviss: hahahahahahahaha
alt: got my early 2012 genealogy conferences lined up ... OGS in April Cleveland & NGS in May Cincinnati.
AYWalton: lol
alt: and foaming at da mouf LOL LOL
vkn: lol
ProfDru: you having a seizure, alt?
AYWalton: I am supposed to do St. Louis in late February, and Samford in June, FGS in August and other local things in between.
vkn: lol
alt: a little one ProfDru
AYWalton: trying to lay low and work on projects more or less.
vkn: get em dru
ProfDru: lol right angela, laying low, hehehe
AYWalton: shuck's tis da truf, ProfDru!
vkn: Dru have you used the app evernote
alt: gonna try and concentrate may efforts toward rebuilding our AAGGMV membership & website in 2012.
ProfDru: no vkn
vkn: Will send you dru and all a link
Daviss: wow that was wierd vkn
vkn: it will make your workload easier AYW
Daviss: I was booted to a page that told me to register my password
vkn: oh dear hmmmmm
ProfDru: gotta run
alt: Mariah in action LOL
AYWalton: I have to run as well, folks. Have a great day.
vkn: a bad girl that Mariah
Daviss: I know lol
alt: well y'all.. it be's skedaddle time ...... later's
Daviss: bye alt
vkn: well yall be good still no matches alt for alonzo
alt: all in due time vkn.. they'll be coming LOL
vkn: OK
Daviss: see ya later then vkn
vkn: Talk soon daviss


text:
The Last Guardian Is Being "Re-Engineered"
In a new interview Sony's head of worldwide studios Shuhei Yoshida reveals some good news: Team Ico's The Last Guardian is still in development, and being "re-engineered", possibly for PlayStation 4.
When asked about the game in an interview with GamesIndustry International, Yoshida said, "So, we're waiting for the right time to re-introduce The Last Guardian in an appropriate way. I can't... Well, the game is in development, and it's well staffed, and [Ico creator Fumito] Ueda-san is here, working - even though he's not a Sony employee, he's dedicated to the product. But we're not ready to update yet."
He also made an interesting comment when asked about which system the game will be released for. After declining to answer specifically, he said, "They're going through the re-engineering of the game, so the team size is smaller, because it's more engineering focused right now."
This is great news, as many in the industry were beginning to wonder if the highly anticipated game would ever seen the light of day.
[Source: GamesIndustry International via Gamespot]
Our Take:
While Yoshida-san didn't come right out and say it, it seems pretty clear that the game is now headed for PlayStation 4. I don't know what else "re-engineering" a game with a smaller staff could possibly mean. If so, it seems like the right move to me. Why squander a great title on a system that's days are numbered? I'm so excited to hear the The Last Guardian is still alive.