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The line at the cavernous Smokey Row Coffee House in Oskaloosa stretched out the door and down the block, so long that dozens of Iowans waiting to see presidential candidate Barack Obama had to settle for a peek through the windows.
It was July 4, 2007, heady days for Obama in the Hawkeye State, where Democratic caucusgoers would soon launch him as a legitimate national contender, and where state voters would later turn out in record numbers to help put the first-term Illinois senator into the White House.
Five years, a national recession and a divisive health-care battle later, Obama's luster has dimmed in Iowa. He's now locked in a dead-heat battle with a candidate never fully embraced by state Republicans: GOP presidential nominee-in-waiting Mitt Romney.
Both are competing hard for the swing state's crucial six electoral votes. Romney just finished up his fourth Iowa presidential campaign visit, and Obama on Monday begins his fifth — a bus tour that will take him across the drought-stricken state, including a planned stop back in Oskaloosa.
There he can expect to find past supporters who, like Crystal Carman, 30, are warier, more worried and sapped of the new-start energy that fueled Obama's improbable rise here in the heart of the heartland.
"I'm still fairly undecided, and I'll pick based on who has the most common sense to keep things stable or make them better," says Carman, taking a break from working on her computer in a snug booth at Smokey Row.
"Economically it feels like we're not coming up, and we're not going down, but that, at any time, the boat could rock," she says. She works in the human resources department of a local electronic components company that has rebounded from layoffs in 2009 — its first in more than three decades.
"People are aware of what happened and what could still happen," she says.
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Iowa has an economy that never felt the full brunt of the recession. Its unemployment rate stands at just over 5 percent and never rose much north of 6 percent, even when the nation was losing 800,000 jobs a month and reached a 10 percent unemployment rate.
An Iowa Workforce Development report this year found that the state's housing market had stabilized, the agriculture sector was strong and "farmland values in Iowa reached a historical peak in 2011." Those values increased to $6,708 an acre in the midst of the corn-for-ethanol boom driven by federal rules requiring that oil companies create billions of gallons of ethanol blends annually.
That would seem to play in Obama's favor, but, says David Yepsen, the former longtime Des Moines Register political columnist, "there's a difference between the unemployment numbers and how people feel."
"What's important is whether people feel the country is on the right track or the wrong track," says Yepsen, now director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. "Many have a job, but are scared, and they know other people who are scared."
There are also many conservatives who, like Jackie Eastridge, 59, a private practice nurse from Mitchellville, say they are convinced that while the state is stable and Obama is "well-intentioned," he's "ruining the economy."
"He's a socialist," Eastridge said recently as she left the Des Moines weekend farmers market with a bagful of purchases. "He's misguided, and they'll mess up health care just like they messed up Medicare and Medicaid."
Enter The Drought
In Iowa, that right track/wrong track calculation has recently been complicated by a historic heat wave and accompanying drought that has devastated a large swath of the state's corn fields.
"It makes people cranky," says Mike Schirm, 58, a farmer, country road worker and staunch conservative from Peru, Iowa, "but the last I looked, Romney couldn't do anything about rain, and neither can Obama."
And while the drought may put people in a bad mood and could ultimately influence food prices, those seemingly most directly affected — the farmers — are on pace for another year of record revenues.
"I know that there's a psychological downer effect for farmers in Iowa seeing their crops not perform as well as expected," says Bruce Babcock, an economics professor and director of the Biobased Industry Center at Iowa State University. "But $3-to-$5 billion in federally backed crop insurance will go to those farmers, depending on how severe their losses."
"And those checks will start arriving in October and November," Babcock says. In 2011, he says, 90 percent of Iowa's corn and soybean acreage was insured, a level likely equaled or exceeded this year.
Taxpayers fund 62 percent of the cost of crop insurance payments, he says.
"To hear some people talk, there is no role for government in our economy," Babcock says. "But when it comes to agriculture, I guess all politics is local."
Another local issue that has caused controversy in the state is a debate over wind energy tax credits. Romney has opposed credits for the industry, while Obama and leading Iowa Republicans, including Gov. Terry Branstad, support them.
But the big question for Obama in Iowa is likely to be the same as it is in other key states around the country: how and whether he'll get under-30 voters who helped fuel his win in 2008 to the polls this November, says Yepsen.
"If they're sitting on their hands, that's a problem," he says.
Courting Voters
Tom Henderson, Democratic chairman of voter-rich Polk County, which includes Des Moines, says the campaign is keying in on young people and encouraging early voting.
"The Obama people believe that they'll get beat on the air, but will win on the ground," Henderson said recently at a candidate fundraising event.
The most recent poll of Iowa voters, by Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling, found nearly half disapprove of Obama's job performance. The same July poll found Romney with a 55 percent unfavorable rating. Nationally, 40 percent of Americans view Romney favorably, according to a recent ABC News-Washington Post survey, while 53 percent have a favorable view of Obama.
Both campaigns, and the political action committees that support them, have been focusing ad buys in Iowa. An analysis for NBC found that three of the top 10 hottest television markets for presidential ads last week were in the Hawkeye State.
Iowa Republicans, their rolls bolstered by a hard-fought presidential caucus in January, have a voter-registration advantage over Democrats, 620,584 to 598,995. In November 2008, registered Democrats outnumbered Republicans by more than 100,000.
Still, nearly 660,000 Iowans are registered under "no party," according to the secretary of state's August totals.
Striking A Chord
What's resonating with Iowa voters?
For Carole Comstock, 65, a retired elementary teacher from Oskaloosa and an Obama supporter, it's that she believes the president is "looking after women and those of us in the middle."
An Obama ad on heavy rotation in Iowa paints Romney's positions on women's health issues — he supports overturning Roe v. Wade and opposes insurance mandates covering contraception — as straight out of the 1950s. That ad has also resonated with Carman, the undecided voter, who says that Romney can seem "out of touch."
When Obama visits Oskaloosa, Comstock says, "I want to hear him say that [he's] going to work for everyone. I just don't think that things are as bad as they're made out to be."
But Romney's opposition to abortion and his stand against same-sex marriage — which Obama endorsed earlier this year — is attractive to the strong Christian conservative segment of the state's GOP base, people like Amy Valentine, 32, of Oskaloosa.
"A candidate's Christian values and pro-life stance are more important to me than the economy," says Valentine, a stay-at-home mother of three who was taking a break at Smokey Row before picking her children up at Sunday school.
Valentine, who is married to a police officer, says she'd prefer it if Romney were not of the Mormon faith, but his positions on social issues satisfy her.
'It's All Coming Down To Milk And Bread'
Romney's recent line of attack on Obama over changes he's suggested to work requirements for welfare recipients is likely to play well in the conservative areas surrounding the population center of Des Moines.
The Obama administration has said it will allow states to apply for waivers to the welfare law's work requirements if they offer an alternative that works better for their particular needs. A Romney ad charged that Obama wants to "gut" the work requirement — a claim that the independent fact-checking group Politifact concluded was not accurate.
But the theme of hard work versus handouts is one that appeals to voters like Dawn Evenson, 60, who works at the Chamber of Commerce visitors center in Winterset in conservative Madison County, home of covered bridges and the birthplace of John Wayne.
"In order to enrich your life, you have to work, you have to struggle," Evenson said recently near the town's handsome, if parched, central square. "I still think we're on the downturn. These are farmers who live here. They work for a living. They don't want handouts."
Romney's most effective message to Iowans, she says, is his business background and "his smarts" — and that he's not Obama.
"He's got to talk about the economy," she says. "It's all coming down to milk and bread."
Back at the Des Moines farmers market, Obama supporters Alex and Anna Lyznik, both 59 and research scientists with the Pioneer seed company, said they expect a very close race in November.
"We are still very proud of Obama, and he should stick to the message that things are better than when he got to the White House," says Anna, who came with her husband to the U.S. from Poland 28 years ago.
"We really like Lech Walesa," she said, referring to her native country's former president, who recently expressed support for Romney. "But we are not with him on this."
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Regional accents, perhaps?
- May 16, 2011 at 9:32 AM
Yes! Proper use of the apostrophe to indicate that "Jenn is"....marring her intended. Hey, can't win 'em all.
- May 16, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Fun to watch Food Network Challenge last night and have Kerry Vincent refer to one showpiece as "The worst cake wreck we have ever had in Challenge..." Jen, do you have a copy right on that phrase???!!!
- May 16, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Soooo Anonymous(9:42),
You think Jenn really is marring Troy?
WV: Honch: "I have a honch that they meant to say Jenn is marrying Troy" - May 16, 2011 at 9:50 AM
- Wee Tait said...
Nothing worse than messing up the spelling on a cake - particularly these examples!
- May 16, 2011 at 9:55 AM
- Janice Sperry said...
Well they say love hurts.
- May 16, 2011 at 9:56 AM
- Calliope said...
ha ha!!!
I know it is awful, but as someone with southern roots I totally can hear the pronunciation of the 2nd cake. - May 16, 2011 at 10:25 AM
transitive verb
1: detracting from the perfection or wholeness of
2 inflicting serious bodily harm on
Wow! Thank goodness Jenn isn't marrying Troy! - May 16, 2011 at 10:40 AM
- Gary said...
Probably the wreckorators are just reflecting their own experience of marriage here.
- May 16, 2011 at 10:53 AM
Well...maybe these are actually true...different strokes and all....
wv-dibrida: Poor Troy --wait until he sees what dibrida is gonna do to him.... - May 16, 2011 at 10:58 AM
- Caroline B said...
Freudian slips?
- May 16, 2011 at 10:59 AM
And all the married or formerly married folks in the room looked at the cakes and said, "FINALLY! Someone has the guts to be honest!"
- May 16, 2011 at 11:12 AM
Ahh the jokes you could do with this...
- May 16, 2011 at 11:14 AM
- Donna said...
It's about time someone gave the prospective grooms the what-for on how the bride wears the pants in the family! At least they can't say they weren't warned!
Way to go wreckreators!!! - May 16, 2011 at 11:34 AM
- Brooke said...
No, that first cake is clearly a beautiful, frilly, pink boxing cake. I bet Holyfield orders one every match. Clear the ring, the cake's here!
- May 16, 2011 at 11:34 AM
- Hannah B said...
Love is a battlefield.
- May 16, 2011 at 11:36 AM
- Classic Steve said...
It is too a word! Oh, you meant...
- May 16, 2011 at 11:53 AM
Given the non-violent definition of to marr (Sue W's first one), perhaps that cake was ordered by Troy's mother, who does not approve of Jenn and thinks she'll ruin her beloved son's life (and the family photos)? After all, this would be a really sly way to hint at that: "but, dear, the wreckerator clearly got 'marrying' wrong! I would never [outright] insult you, dear"
- May 16, 2011 at 12:15 PM
- Anneke (Mudhooks) said...
If Jenn's marring Troy, that's domestic abuse!
- May 16, 2011 at 12:52 PM
- KatzenMama said...
- May 16, 2011 at 1:14 PM
Is Jenn marring the guy, or the city in New York?
- May 16, 2011 at 1:17 PM
- min said...
Don't call the bakery for help. Got it.
- May 16, 2011 at 1:59 PM
Oh, I thought the first one was a crude reference to what would be going on during the wedding night, if you know what I mean.
And I was thinking along the same line as Aliza with the second. MIL must not care for Jenn! - May 16, 2011 at 2:34 PM
- Rebecca said...
My worst nightmare is spelling something wrong on a cake. Do you think they do it on purpose for the Cake Wreck exposure?
- May 16, 2011 at 2:52 PM
- Jiu Jitsu Los Angeles said...
I really hope that Jenn wasn't marring Troy. And if she was, I'm sure she didn't want it publicized on a cake. That's not a great start to a new life together!
Ava - May 16, 2011 at 2:56 PM
Clearly the 'marring' cake was a way for Troy to subtly alert his family to Jenn's abusive nature...
- May 16, 2011 at 3:45 PM
- Unknown said...
Now it would be perfect if you switched the order of the cakes, that way Troy would be marred AND getting hit at the same time!
- May 16, 2011 at 4:22 PM
Actually, it is a word. Marring, as in "to Mar" 1. to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil. 2. to disfigure, deface, or scar. So, she marred him.
- May 16, 2011 at 5:36 PM
- Craig said...
Perhaps Jenn was Helen's rather unpopular sister, and the inscription on the cake is a translation of ancient graffiti. (No offense, Jen-with-one-n.)
Surely the transitory embarrassment of asking a customer to verify what they want written on a cake is nothing compared to the prospect of producing a wreck. - May 16, 2011 at 5:44 PM
Recently divorced people should not decorate cakes.
-Barbara Anne - May 16, 2011 at 7:14 PM
Actually it is a word. They use it all the time at Epcot.
- May 16, 2011 at 8:58 PM
I'm trying to put a positive spin on these wrecks...
Okay, I think the lettering on both cakes were done in very nice colours. - May 16, 2011 at 9:20 PM
Lol at the first one.. if that was at my wedding boy would someone be chased out the door with a rolling pin in my hand. Well it would make the cake true after all lol. Man I can only imagine what went through Troy's head seeing that cake.
- May 17, 2011 at 12:32 AM
But "to marr" is to make more awful, yes? To uglify or otherwise make unpleasing. Thus, the cake is spot on.
- May 17, 2011 at 12:42 AM
sounds like a cry for help....
but how neatly they pipe while abuse is going on...
wv: "boath." which cake is more disturbing? Boath. - May 17, 2011 at 10:28 AM
Best known line from "Jane Err": "Reader, I marred him."
littlefoot - May 18, 2011 at 12:00 AM
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"We are not crying wolf here," said Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., one of a group of Northeastern lawmakers from both parties who sought House passage of legislation roughly in line with what the Obama administration and governors of the affected states have sought.
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"I just plead with my colleagues not to have a double standard," said Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York. "Not to vote tornado relief to Alabama, to Louisiana, to Mississippi, Missouri, to -- with Ike, Gustav, Katrina, Rita -- but when it comes to the Northeast, with the second worst storm in the history of our country, to delay, delay, delay."
One key vote came on an attempt by Rep. Rodney Freylinghuysen to add $33.7 billion to an original allotment of $17 billion in aid. That vote was 228-192 and included heavy Democratic support.
Earlier, conservatives failed in an attempt to offset a part of the bill's cost with across-the-board federal budget cuts. The vote was 258-162.
Rep. Mark Mulvaney, R-S.C., arguing for the reduction, said he wasn't trying to torpedo the aid package, only to pay for it. "Are there no savings, are there no reductions we can put in place this year so these folks can get their money?" he asked plaintively.
Critics said the proposed cuts would crimp Pentagon spending as well as domestic accounts and said the aid should be approved without reductions elsewhere. "There are times when a disaster simply goes beyond our ability to budget. Hurricane Sandy is one of those times," said Rep. Hal Rogers of Kentucky, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
Sandy roared through several states in late October and has been blamed for 140 deaths and billions of dollars in residential and business property damage, much of it in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. It led to power outages and interruptions to public transportation that made life miserable for millions, and the clamor for federal relief began almost immediately.
The emerging House measure includes about $16 billion to repair transit systems in New York and New Jersey and a similar amount for housing and other needs in the affected area. An additional $5.4 billion would go to the Federal Emergency and Management Agency for disaster relief, and $2 billion is ticketed for restoration of highways damaged or destroyed in the storm.
The Senate approved a $60 billion measure in the final days of the Congress that expired on Jan. 3, and a House vote had been expected quickly.
But House Speaker John Boehner unexpectedly postponed the vote in the final hours of the expiring Congress as he struggled to calm conservatives unhappy that the House had just approved a separate measure raising tax rates on the wealthy.
The delay drew a torrent of criticism, much of it from other Republicans.
"There's only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims, the House majority and their speaker, John Boehner," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on the day after the delay was announced. Rep. Pete King of New York added that campaign donors in the Northeast who give to Republicans "should have their head examined."
Less than two weeks later, the leadership brought legislation to the floor under ground rules designed to satisfy as many Republicans as possible while retaining support from Democrats eager to approve as much in disaster aid as possible.
Across the capitol, majority Democrats indicated they would probably not seek changes.
"While the House bill is not quite as good as the Senate bill, it is certainly close enough," Sen. Charles Schumer of New York said. "We will be urging the Senate to speedily pass the House bill and send it to the president's desk."
Congress has already approved a $9.7 billion increase in a fund to pay federal flood insurance claims, much of it expected to benefit victims of Sandy.
The political veered into the personal at times during hours of debate.
In remarks on the House floor, Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., said one South Carolina lawmaker who has criticized the measure "personally took a small business" disaster loan in the past. While he didn't mention any names, South Carolina Rep. Mulvaney has said he received such a loan.
Mulvaney later told reporters the comparison was a poor one. He said that unlike funds in the Sandy legislation, the loan he received was approved within the budget, and not as an add-on that increased the deficit.
In the weeks since the storm hit, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has spent about $3.1 billion for construction of shelters, restoration of power and other immediate needs after the late-October storm pounded the Atlantic Coast with hurricane-force winds and coastal flooding.
Officials say Sandy is the most costly natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The storm damaged or destroyed 305,000 housing units in New York, and more than 265,000 businesses were disrupted there, officials have said. In New Jersey, more than 346,000 households were destroyed or damaged, and more than 40,000 families remain living out of their homes, according to officials.
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Light Japanese Fruitcake
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Gertrude, you call this spread simple food? I call this the 5 star hotel buffet!!!! ANd you will see me first in line when this type of spread is lying on the table.
I believe you can pack all these in a picnic basket too right? especially when you make your way to bandar sg long! he he he
Gert, this is very decadant finger food spread.the spinach rolls look very yummy.
Oh those meat puffs I must make...hubby would devour those.
You got a Canon too? Awesome! So much to learn with running a new camera. I call it fun learning though.
Wow, that's one good spread of food. Too bad we are living too far away... Your neighbors are lucky... :D
Your brunch is beautiful. I especially like the spinach rolls. Everything else looks delicious too.
That is NOT a simple spread, Gert. Goodness, if I had to churn those plates out of my kitchen for one brunch, I won't be sitting back to relax but on a stretcher on the way to the ER!
Gert, that was a wonderful christmas brunch you had prepared. Haha this christmas we ate out most of the time. Can share your light japanese fruitcake recipe? ^ *
Happy Holidays!!
what a delightful spread you had there..I admire your light japanese fruit cake.Are you using chiffon cake method to make that cake?
Hi Gert,
The Light Japanese fruit cake looks like it has a soft texture like the chiffon cake. Wonder if you mind sharing the recipe... would like to try it for Chinese New year.
Regards Mima
What kind of meat went into the meat puffs? Did you do the puff pastry yourself?
Great variety of finger foods! The seafood tart looks yummy =)
Wiz, nanti I balik kita buat picnic together :) :)
Zue, thank you.
Dawn, ha ha it will be fun learning how to use the new camera :)
Cat, when are you bringing the girls to visit me?
Cathy, thank you.
Rita, how was your Christmas? Its not that difficult. I bake the cakes a day before and for the spinach rolls and meat puffs I just used the store bought pastries.
Elin, how was your Christmas? About the Japanese fruitcake, I don't have the recipe. Someone gave me a small packet of Japanese sponge cake mix and all i have to do is add 2 eggs and melted butter and some dried fruits to it.
Lesley, I didn't bake the cake from scratch :)
Mima, so sorry. I don't have a recipe for that. Someone gave me a small packet of Japanese cake mix and I used that.
Annie, I used 'char siew' and the pastry is just frozen roti canai.
Pigpig, thank you.
hahahahha that can last me till new year! talking about new year, we wanna wish you an awesome new year and a fantastic 2009!
It's really a good idea to have finger food as Christmas brunch! I have yet hosted any Christmas lunch/dinner but I would image how much work it involves!!
I am going to host a New Year's Eve dinner.. and I have exactly the same idea - to prepare finger food/canapes... as it won't take too much of time to prepare!
5 items do not fall under simple category! lol. That light japanese fruitcake looks yummy but id have it w/o the fruits. cant wait for the recipe!
Wow Gert, I want to go to your brunch, look so yummy.
What a lot of yummy food for Christmas! I particularly love the seafood tarts ;D
Hi Gert,
Xmas was good coz for once people cook I eat..haha and needless to say having a wonderful time with my Piggies coz they are off till Jan 4th 2009 :)
I am on leave till Jan 2nd...so you can imagine how nice..get to sleep in for once :)
Guess you too are having a wonderful time with ur family. Hmmm all those nice food being displayed..makes me wanna be your neighbour ^ *
You so clever, use the roti canai as your puffs :) can curi your idea :0
That is really a great ideal! Your finger food looked so delicious! I should learn from you so that I can have a really peaceful and joyful eating session.
Happy New Year!
BBO, Happy New Year to the both of you too!
Leemei, I like fingerfood as I can prepare most of it ahead of time and on the party day you can relax :)
Farina, sorry I tak ada the Jap fruitcake recipe. Its from a mix :)
LCOM, thank you.
Noobcook, thank you.
Elin, its nice to have someone cook for you for a change :)Do try using the frozen roti canai for you baking. It turn out really good. By the way, Happy New Year to you and your family!
Limpepsi, I always prepare this kind of food for Christmas and New Yeara so that I can relax. Thanksgiving is a different story. I will cook the whole day in the kitchen :) Happy New Year to you too!
It all looks delicious, and I'd love to have the spinach roll recipe. In fact since I live in MD, how bout I just come up and we make some!! ;-)
Maureen, thanks for your kind comment. I will post the spinach roll recipe soon. Yea, let me know when you are around this area and we can do this together ;-)
Gert, wah meriahnya your Christmas Celebration..rajinnya masak..every single dish looks tempting!! *drool*
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Utah Directional Drilling Manufacturers | Ditch Witch
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Utah Directional Drilling Manufacturers | Vermeer
Vermeer Directional Drilling Machines
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Vermeer 36 x 50 DR 3 38,000 lbs (169 kN) 6,000 ft-lb (8,135 Nm)
Vermeer 60 x 90 2 60,000 lbs (267 kN) 9,000 ft-lb (12,202 Nm)
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Vermeer 500 x 500 1 500,000 lbs (2,224 kN) 50,000 ft-lb (67,791 Nm)
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Utah Directional Drilling Manufacturers | American Augers
American Augers builds the largest category of horizontal directional drills in the industry and also manufacturers a full range of auger boring machines all in the USA.
Sample American Auger Thrust/Pullback Torque
American Augers 440T 1 440,000 lbs (1,957 kN) 60,000 ft-lb (81,349 Nm)
American Augers Trencors division also manufacturers trenchers. Trencors large-scale trenchers are utilized in the pipeline industry. Trencor is the longest lasting underground equipment line in the world. According to Trencor, many active machines in the field today have logged more than 40,000 hours.
Utah Directional Drilling Manufacturers | Barbco
Utah Directional Drilling Manufacturers | Barbco
Barbco is an international manufacturer of auger boring machines, directional drills and advanced tunneling equipment.
Barbco also creates custom drilling and tunneling equipment to fit specific project needs.
Barbco's 36-500 auger boring machine can produce up to 70,000 feet per pounds of torque.


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Both Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, and Charles Darwin, author of The Origin of Species and creator of the theory of natural selection, were born on February 12, 1809. Modern evolutionary theory, of course, is based on Darwin's theory of natural selection.
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Proper flow of information and instructions transmitted via the nerve system helps ensure health and well-being at the very deepest level. Your genetic advantage is passed on when you're healthy and well. Chiropractic care helps make this happen.
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2Danilova N, Amemiya CT: Going adaptive. The saga of antibodies. Ann NY Acad Sci 1168:130-155, 2009
3Solomons NW: Developmental origins of health and disease. Concepts, caveats, and consequences for public health nutrition. Nutr Rev 67(Suppl 1):S12-S16, 2009
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Many thanks to Diana M., who tells me that "pear tree" is a bronze sculpture in Canada. Of a pear. So get your minds out of the gutter. There's barely enough room in here for mine.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Many thanks to Diana M., who tells me that "pear tree" is a bronze sculpture in Canada. Of a pear. So get your minds out of the gutter. There's barely enough room in here for mine.
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- Nina Suluh said...
That's a rather... uh.... unfortunate! yes that is the word I was looking for - color combination? for the "pear" cake.
word verification: kelen
As in "that cake is kelen me" - October 12, 2010 at 4:33 PM
- Stacy Q said...
I sure HOPE it's a pear, I don't want to know what those two ... bumps are if it's not.
- October 12, 2010 at 4:37 PM
- Katie, Interrobangs Anonymous said...
And...that's where I used to live (shudder). So, so proud.
- October 12, 2010 at 4:37 PM
- Danger Boy said...
Pear tree? I have to admit, I've never heard it called that before. It's appearant that they should have peared up with someone who could pear down their inadvertent double entendre.
- October 12, 2010 at 4:38 PM
- Late said...
Wow. Just...wow. And the coloring...are those Mike & Ikes?
- October 12, 2010 at 4:40 PM
Oh.My....I can barely type for the tears in my eys!
- October 12, 2010 at 4:50 PM
And a very shapely pear it is, also.
~~Di - October 12, 2010 at 4:52 PM
I feel...so dirty now :S
- October 12, 2010 at 5:05 PM
Really like your pears, want to shake your tree.
...Nope, just doesn't have the same ring as the Steve Miller original. - October 12, 2010 at 5:06 PM
Blink. Blink. Blink. Um. Aren't pears usually green or red rather than, um, nicely bronzed and tanned, like they've been hanging out at a nude beach?
- October 12, 2010 at 5:11 PM
- Kate said...
Region of WATERLOO? That's. I mean. SO DIRTY.
http://arguingwithadoughnut.blogspot.com/ - October 12, 2010 at 5:11 PM
@ dangerboy
The original bronze had sever entendres going.
"And the pear represents nourishment", so the art statement says. Riiiight.
Bleh. Waiting for carrot jockeys to come to the rescue.
--link to picture of sculpture--
http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/region.nsf/97dfc347666efede85256e590071a3d4/1f1a9a14ab25405f852570ec0056bfa3/Body/0.84!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif - October 12, 2010 at 5:20 PM
- Allison said...
Oh my. Oh my, oh my.
If not for the unfortunate color choice, that would have been a nice looking cake. And not a look-twice cake. Oy. - October 12, 2010 at 5:32 PM
Oh. My. Gosh. Oh dear. Oh heavens. Did NO ONE notice what that ... apPEARs to be?
Good gravy. Those Canadians are supremely innocent souls. (That, or they just LOVE to play those little games.)
You're gonna get comments on this, you DO know that? "I can't POSSIBLY let my 3 year old LOOK at this!"
Life goes on, and with any luck, Cake Wrecks will long endure to keep us giggling and spitting tea on our keyboards.
Keep up the good work, you two!
hugs, - October 12, 2010 at 5:32 PM
Wow, just.......um...huh?
Even being from Waterloo Region in Canada I still have no idea what the "pear tree" is.
And that cake isn't helping either. - October 12, 2010 at 5:42 PM
- LalaithGilanna said...
I think it needs more Tree... and a lot less bumps in awkward places.
- October 12, 2010 at 5:46 PM
I once worked as a nurse in a GYN office... I know exactly what that is.
*sigh* - October 12, 2010 at 5:56 PM
On the upside - kudos to the decorator for spelling the very difficult "occasion" correctly.
- October 12, 2010 at 6:00 PM
It's so smooth, and shapely, and shiny... mad fondant-covering skills, if there ever is a call for a cake of a different nature, please call this decorator! (no, there won't be such a call, I mean, who would ever want a... ok, stopping now!)
MC from NZ - October 12, 2010 at 6:16 PM
- Jessicasays said...
Ha ha, that's awesome, I live in Waterloo Region! The pear tree in question can be seen here: http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/region.nsf/97dfc347666efede85256e590071a3d4/1f1a9a14ab25405f852570ec0056bfa3!OpenDocument
- October 12, 2010 at 6:19 PM
- newbuffalomom said...
Here's a picture of it:
It's bigger than I thought, and smaller. - October 12, 2010 at 6:29 PM
Has info about the sculpture; looks like the pear the cake was modeled after is by the 3rd story - October 12, 2010 at 6:29 PM
You can see the original sculpture here. It looks like a halved pear, not like... I thought maybe the sculpture itself was vaguely sexual, nope.
- October 12, 2010 at 6:38 PM
"I had the pear dream again."
- October 12, 2010 at 7:26 PM
- dharmamama said...
Wow, brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "facing my Waterloo".
OTOH, I now have a dandy new euphemism! - October 12, 2010 at 7:27 PM
That must be one of those Brazilian pears, which is odd given the whole Canadian dealie.
word verification: chessess
As in "Holy Chessess, that's one curious pear." - October 12, 2010 at 7:35 PM
- Jenna Lynn Cody said...
What a BALLSY choice for a cake design!
But I would have made a deferens...I mean different decision. That decorator was NUTS! He or she really should get a grip. - October 12, 2010 at 8:34 PM
- Jenna Lynn Cody said...
PS - my WV is "PROPER".
Tee hee.
I don't even have to make a joke... - October 12, 2010 at 8:35 PM
Random off-topic fact of the day: the female equivalent of 'phallic' is 'yonic'. Just so y'all know. Totally unrelated to today's cake. Really.
*snortgiggle* My, what a cosy gutter. - October 12, 2010 at 9:05 PM
- Carolyn said...
Where is a fig leaf when you need one?
The sculpture is beautiful. There's a whole lot less pear and a whole lot more tree to it. A stem and leaves would have been so effective in communicating the true nature of the cake.
WV: trynogro. Even though "Pear Tree" try, no gro. - October 12, 2010 at 9:21 PM
- Mary Connealy said...
The cutting the first slice of cake...all I can think of is episiotomy.
- October 12, 2010 at 10:08 PM
As usual, the comments are as funny if not funnier than the post. Go Wreckerators! Norine
- October 12, 2010 at 10:21 PM
What a coincidence! I just happen to have my "Partridge" in a "Pear Tree" as I type! Aren't euphemisms fun!?!
- October 12, 2010 at 10:34 PM
- Daisy said...
Que horror! The too-close-to-flesh-tone color of the cake was rather unfortunate as well, so yes, what I hope it ISN'T is the first thing that came to mind...
- October 12, 2010 at 10:40 PM
- Bloody_destiny3 said...
I live there and well lest just say that if they did not have the occasion this cake was for listed on the cake there might have been many interesting questions raised about the kind of statement this is making.
- October 12, 2010 at 11:28 PM
Uhh... all the pears I eat are green. So yes I see what you see.
- October 12, 2010 at 11:43 PM
Holy awful, Batman!
Stacy Q, I echo your sentiment with gusto. That is fierce. - October 12, 2010 at 11:46 PM
I almost shot a bogey on the laptop when I read "had the pear dream again" I heart you, comments. I heart you.
- October 12, 2010 at 11:51 PM
If that is a pear it is one ugly pear and I sure wouldn't want to eat it! Those two lumps in the middle.. eek. Nope mind is out of gutter and running for the hills lol.
- October 13, 2010 at 12:18 AM
Dear Jen & co.,
Up until a few minutes ago, I would have said that today was the oily green-black mottled icing on the half-burnt, half-raw cupcake cake (patooie!) that this past month has been for me. But then I read this post and the associated comments, and I cannot stop smiling. Thank you for sharing things like this, thank you for the laughs, thank you for being there. - October 13, 2010 at 12:30 AM
- Blessed said...
it's not just you. before the ads had even finished loading, I was absentmindedly thinking, "why do I see labia?"
Which I don't think I have ever thought before when viewing cake. And hopefully will never again. - October 13, 2010 at 1:21 AM
I wasn't going to comment, but my word verification was just too good to pass up, especially considering the subject matter: valatio!
I swear those things aren't computer generated! - October 13, 2010 at 1:32 AM
- Lalis said...
I actually felt dirty looking at this... Wow.
- October 13, 2010 at 2:11 AM
I viewed the 'inspiration' for this cake, thinking that would help make sense of it. Hey, we all have crazy ideas from time to time.
"The oval things at the top, with the long tails? Those are leaves. That's a pear in the middle, and that big oval thing at the bottom is an egg. It's all about nourishment and home and family and raising kids. Yeah, that's it -- that's the ticket!"
It's about making kids, I'd say. Heretofore I thought only American officials fell for stuff like that -- 'nice' to know those of us who have to shell out for these pieces of... art have some company.
What else awaits the unsuspecting;
"The Towering Mushroom" perhaps? I shudder to think where that might be thought appropriate.
As to the cake: At first, I thought it was a giant nose, but that didn't explain the bumps. Then I turned slightly and saw the pear. Still trying to forget what I saw next.
I can see where the 'tree' might tend to lock one in a certain frame of reference, but there must have been some latitude in choice of color. "Settle down, Bevis."
Oy, indeed. - October 13, 2010 at 2:15 AM
- Alex said...
Oh. My. God.
And I LIVE in that region... WHY WASN'T I INFORMED OF THIS SOONER DX! - October 13, 2010 at 3:37 AM
- Sandra said...
I must be a complete innocent because until I started reading the comments I thought it just looked like an over-ripe pear cut in half.... hmmm, I really must get out more....
- October 13, 2010 at 5:24 AM
Ummm.... wow.... thats all I have.
Diane - October 13, 2010 at 6:51 AM
When the baker was done with this cake, did he/she stand back and think, "Yes, this is a gorgeous pear?" Really?
- October 13, 2010 at 7:51 AM
- Rebecca Jane said...
I definitely just squealed and minimized my browser to avoid work discovery...oh pears, why be you so saucy?
- October 13, 2010 at 7:54 AM
Oh. My. God.
...So that's what they're calling it these days.... hmmmm. - October 13, 2010 at 8:12 AM
- Stephanie said...
uh...Wow. Nothing more to say. Wow.
- October 13, 2010 at 8:20 AM
There's another Pear Sculpture in Edward Everett Square in Dorchester, MA. It seems really out of place until you realize that this inner-city neighborhood was once someone's farm and a couple of pear varieties were cultivated there. (I wonder how many pear sculptures are out there?)
Alas, I know of no cake version.... - October 13, 2010 at 8:42 AM
First time commenter, long time Cake Wrecks follower, but had to share the spontaneous reaction of my 3 year old (in light of Deborah from California's comment.) The minute I clicked on today's post I heard "Eeew!" from behind me. I turned to see my daughter pointing at the screen. I said "What?" She replied, "It looks like a [insert 3 year old euphemism for the obvious body part] with seeds in it!" (I'll spare you her elaboration on what kind of seeds she thought they were.) I mean if it's that obvious to a 3 year old . . .
My word verification just about sums it up: OBOEYI! - October 13, 2010 at 9:14 AM
- H.J.D said...
Wow. Okay. A pear? Then why do I feel unclean?
- October 13, 2010 at 9:20 AM
Wow! A pear? Not to my eyes.
If wreckerators would apply the "13 year old boy" rule before making a cake, this sort of thing could be avoided. The "13 year old boy" rule is this: show any plan/idea/design to said boy, and if he snickers, laughs, and immediately texts his friends, discard said idea/design. - October 13, 2010 at 10:12 AM
[CENTER]On the first day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
A cooter on a ball sac[/CENTER]
Never thought I'd see such a peculiar juxtaposition of genitalia.
WV: bamyr
"The only known case of labiascrotal superimposition stems from a coupling of cousins in Tuscaloosa, Bamyr, in the 1980s." - October 13, 2010 at 10:16 AM
- Krantz said...
Definitely live there.
Why does the region get to have a cake just to commemorate "art"? And WHAT a cake! I mean, just look at those... seeds? *sigh* - October 13, 2010 at 10:28 AM
A juicy pear, no doubt.
- October 13, 2010 at 11:05 AM
First the lion shaped like a phallus.. now this.
As a resident of Waterloo Region, I have only one thing to say.
I'm moving! - October 13, 2010 at 11:07 AM
- ~Alissa said...
"Region of Waterloo"??!?! Ha ha I'm going to start using that one in place of "squishy parts" from now on!!
- October 13, 2010 at 12:02 PM
Um...yeah...I'm quite glad my boss wasnt around to walk in while I was checking cakewrecks on my lunch hour today...
wv: indenc
I'm pretty sure my boss would consider this "pear cake" indenc for work. - October 13, 2010 at 1:18 PM
- Midnite Skys said...
OMG I am so glad that I wasn't invited to the unveiling of the "pear tree" because I would have gasp when I saw the cake then laughed..........
pear? Wow I have heard some crazy nicknames but never pear...... - October 13, 2010 at 1:23 PM
I'm glad it's a cake! For a second I was confused and thought it was a picture of the actual bronze thing. At least cake doesn't last forever! I would still eat an edge piece, I think. Cake is cake.
- October 13, 2010 at 2:37 PM
Holy F#$%^!!!!!
Is that a date cake? Talk about inuendo! - October 13, 2010 at 2:40 PM
- Paigealicious! said...
"Anonymous said...
'I had the pear dream again.'"
LOL! Kids in the Hall reference FTW! - October 13, 2010 at 2:47 PM
- Elizabeth C. said...
Caffeinated. I literally snorted/laughed/diet coke choked.... Holy Chesses...
Thanks for that.
And Mary C. Re: Episeotomy .. too funny...
Blessed... Hahaha.. I also hope to never think that again!
ANony 9:14 - TOO funny that even a 3 year old catches it!!
I also have a WV that I think had to have been created just for this page: Sestict. - October 13, 2010 at 5:03 PM
Hahaha! I live in the "Region of Waterloo" and I've never even heard of this before.
Oktoberfest has its phallic lion, and it appears we've found its mate. *sigh*
I'm surprised nobody commented on the paper printout sign for the region/lettering. I think it's actually paper, and not the edible kind.
umm. yikes! - October 13, 2010 at 6:04 PM
- Amanda Bast said...
A pear AND a lion (http://news.therecord.com/article/711014). Waterloo also has nice Blackberries. I mean the phone kind, not...oh dear...
- October 13, 2010 at 9:46 PM
- Cupcakes Lady said...
A pear tree...come on...its quite obviously a... ;)xx
- October 14, 2010 at 12:56 PM
- Patrícia said...
Sometimes I think bakers' ideas should be pear-reviewed before publishing, uuh, baking.
- October 14, 2010 at 3:59 PM
Tha taint what I thought it was at first!! :)
Wow. - October 15, 2010 at 1:03 PM
I'd like to thank all the commenters here for being hilarious and not turning this post all EPCOT-y. :)
- October 16, 2010 at 10:49 AM
Waterloo REPRESENT! woot!!!
- October 16, 2010 at 3:01 PM
- avocadohead said...
Now will he sit under a medlar tree,
And wish his mistress were that kind of fruit
As maids call medlars, when they laugh alone.
O Romeo, that she were, O that she were
An open-arse and thou a pop'rin pear!
Nothing says it like the classics. - October 16, 2010 at 6:06 PM
I took one look and did a double-take.
Oh. MY. GOD.
Obviously this person who decorated it wasn't thinking. - October 16, 2010 at 8:06 PM
- The Sugar Cube said...
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http://yfrog.com/5zr5jdj - October 25, 2010 at 3:15 PM
Trying not to think of ABBA....
Ow! Ow! Ow! WATERLOO! Promise to love me forevermore! EEEEeeeeewww!!! - October 27, 2010 at 9:43 PM
Hello from the Region of Waterloo!!
My god that's awful.....LOL!! - November 11, 2010 at 5:18 AM
Gives a whole new meaning to "a partridge in a pear tree." great. now that song is ruined for me. LOL
- February 1, 2011 at 11:16 AM
is this from a pear shaped woman with a big rump?
- February 1, 2011 at 11:17 AM
The best thing just happened... I look at this page and there's a HUGE ad for Summer's Eve wipes on the sidebar. :gigglesnerk:
- February 4, 2011 at 1:47 PM
i am a 10 YEAR OLD and this cake totally looks like a penis even to ME. i LOVE cake BUTT i wouldn't eat THIS cake.(sorry about the awful joke)
- February 9, 2011 at 8:38 AM
......ummm yah. Ok? Remind me to never eat a pear again.....please
- February 19, 2011 at 8:32 AM
- Lucy said...
Hummm......Very Nice!
- July 4, 2011 at 4:04 PM
- FranceRants said...
This pear cake must be modeled after the Vajay pear variety.
- July 9, 2011 at 5:37 PM
- fuzzandfuzzlet said...
every water dept employee who saw this cake and remained professional deserves a huge raise! (raise in pay!, don`t let your mind go there)
- July 13, 2011 at 2:52 PM
I'm sorry for this but, it looks like a vagina. omg, i wonder what the people thought when they saw this lol remarkable lol cake. HA!
- July 17, 2011 at 10:46 AM
I'm eating choclate chips, and they now don't look good. And did someone actullyeat the cake
- August 3, 2011 at 1:22 PM
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A happy smile is a healthy smile! There are a number of steps you can take to keep your smile healthy by reducing your risk of developing tooth decay. Here are a few suggestions from our team.
Eat a Tooth Friendly Diet
Reduce the amount of sugars and carbohydrates in your diet. Decay-causing bacteria in the mouth feed on these substances.
We suggest you reduce grains, beans, seeds, and nuts in your diet when possible. These foods can lead to demineralization of your teeth and bones due to their acidic content. Consider adding foods high in minerals and vitamins to your diet such as apples, leafy greens, celery, or carrots.
Brush, Floss, Rinse, Repeat
Routine brushing at least twice a day followed by flossing and a mouth rinse is the optimal at home dental care routine. Brush for at least two minutes in the morning and at night. Use a soft bristle toothbrush that is small enough to reach every tooth.
Dental Sealants
Children often get dental sealants to protect the hard-to-reach teeth in the back of their mouths. However, dental sealants can benefit adults and those who have a higher risk of decay. Dental sealants are a layer of plastic-like material that coats the top surface of the tooth. Sealants protect the crevices in the tooth where bacteria reside and minimizes exposure of the tooth to harmful acids and sugars that wear down enamel.
When left untreated, tooth decay can cause discomfort and spread to other healthy teeth. You can combat tooth decay by reducing sugars and acids in your diet and brushing and flossing regularly. For some patients, dental sealants might be a solution.
Don't forget to schedule your next visit to our office. Our team can provide a professional cleaning and check for signs of tooth decay.


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NSN Parts Now, owned and operated by ASAP Semiconductor, uses National Item Identification numbers like 014625012 to track part numbers such as KJR1182JJ, 50F0001A2GXXX BATT, 50F001A2GXXX BATT, KJR1182, 50F001A2GXXX(BATT, sourced from leading manufacturers like Eaton Aerospace Ltd, Drs Power And Control Technologies, Drs Consolidated Controls Inc, Staco Systems Inc. We cross-reference part numbers with CAGE codes such as 02750, 06RP6, 12522 to ensure that the parts we sell are always exactly what the customer needs, and our dedicated account managers can assist in every step of the purchasing process, from the initial bid to the final sale. If you would like to receive a competitive quote for NIIN 014625012 parts, you can fill out and submit the Instant RFQ form on this page right now.
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