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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Trip to ER
We had a first trip to the ER on Monday night. What a joke of an emergency room that is. After waiting for over two hours, I was ready to scream. Colton had to get 3 stitches in his upper lip. He was brave little guy though. He wasn't even crying until they insisted on "papoosing" him and holding him down so they SLOW doctor could stitch him. We got into the ER at 5:50. Well I guess the doctor was in no hurry. There was only one other person back there with us and she had an EKG so he wasn't even doing anything with her. He decided that he needed to eat his dinner ONE TINY PIECE at a time and then sit and relax for a bit before finally getting around to suturing Colton up. Once they let him up, he was so worn out from bawling. At that point it was 8:00 and he is normally in bed by 7:30. We took him home and gave him some Motrin and some milk and he went right to sleep--without even eating dinner. I felt so bad for the little guy. He looks like a he was in one heck of a fight. His little lip is swollen, but only on one side. It causes him to drool quite a bit. He really doesn't seem to "worse for the wear." He was back to his crazy little self yesterday. The only time he notices the stitches is when he rubs his mouth. I think the whole experience was harder on Daddy than it was on Colton. Steve was very upset when Colton was screaming about being held down and when they inserted the needle. He said he didn't like it when they had the paper draped over his face. That was only the second time I have ever seen him get emotional in the 4 years I have known him.
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I hope it heals up soon. I can only imagine how horrible it must have been to watch him get stitched up...ReplyDelete
So sorry you had to go through this..we recently just had our own E.R. experience with my 6 year old. NOT FUN!!ReplyDelete
Poor kid, I hope he recovers quickly!ReplyDelete
Im sorry. i hate emergency rooms too!!! i hope he is better soon and it heals quickly!!!ReplyDelete
I hope he is feeling better! What a brave little manReplyDelete
Oh my goodness! How did he do that? I'm really glad he's ok and the horrible part is over.ReplyDelete
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On October 31st, 2013, Dr. Detlef Bartel, Head of Section Batch Control and Allergen Analytics, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut in Germany conducted a friendly visit to SIBET and were received cordially by President Yuguo Tang at the office. Firstly, on behalf of SIBET, President Tang welcomed them warmly and gave them a detailed introduction of the history and current development of SIBET. Dr. Detlef Bartel expressed deep gratitude for the warm reception as well as proposed the prospect that the two institutions could exercise extensive international cooperation and exchanges in science research, talents training and other aspects.
In the morning of 1st November, Dr. Bartel gave a presentation about Paul-Ehrlich-Institut introduction and "Genetically engineered hypoallergenic food: potential and limitations". About 30 scientists in SIBET attend the lecture. Dr. Yong Li, the Deputy Chief Engineer of SIBET hosted the presentation.


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Please join me in supporting Bill Adkins!
Geoff Davis' seat is up for grabs in November.
The Republicans want to hold on to that seat, and don't feel any shame in using SuperPAC money from Texas.
I'll be meeting with Bill Adkins and his team next week, and will update then.


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Rick Ross has released a video for his anti-Birdman and Cash Money song, Idols Become Rivals. Watch the video here.
Ross had released the song after Birdman and Sy Ari Da Kid had dissed Ross in a video.
ALSO: VIDEO: Rick Ross – She On My Dick Feat. Gucci Mane [NSFW]
"I used to see you niggas on my TV screen/And wondered what was life like, was it all a dream?/And then I met you out on LiveNation dates/Came to the realization that your watch was fake," Ross raps on the song.
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The Speaker of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Onofiok Luke has stated that he is against casting of aspersions on past leaders in the state.
Hon Luke stated this last Thursday when members of Forum of Former Elected Local Government Chairmen in Akwa Ibom State paid him a courtesy visit at the Assembly Complex.
While appreciating them for their contributions towards the development of the state during their tenure, said he was against a situation were aspersion is cast on former leaders.
"I want to state here today that I'm against a situation were aspersion is cast on former leaders.
"The level of development we are witnessing today is because of the various contributions and sacrifices of our past leaders who did their best".


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New York Dolls
- Miles Fielder
- 9 July 2009
The legendary New York Dolls have reformed and recorded a new album after a 31-year hiatus. Miles Fielder catches up with the pioneering glam-punks
Having burned brightly for just a few short years in the early 1970s, seminal glam-punk band the New York Dolls reformed 27 years later for what was supposedly a one-off gig at the Morrissey-curated 2004 Meltdown festival. A rapturous reception from the fans, however, ensured the London show became a string of gigs, and an album of new material followed in 2006. Only two of the original Dolls are still alive, singer David Johanssen and guitarist Sylvain Sylvain, but the co-founders have been enjoying a new lease of life with a new studio album, 'Cause I Sez So'. The record reunites the Dolls with Todd Rundgren, who produced the band's eponymous debut way back in 1973 and who has helped Johnassen and Sylvain recapture the raw power that defined the Dolls.
In advance of the band's Scottish date on the UK tour to promote the new record, Sylvain is on horn from his home in Georgia. 'We've always been pretty basic in our recording,' he says in his native New York drawl, 'like a live band. The great thing with Todd is, as with the first album and now this last, he let's us go, just be as we are. You know, our stuff is all about the blues. Take away the lipstick and the New York Dolls are a blues band. The new record strips the sound back to that.'
Stripped down and back-to-basic the new record might be, but fans may be surprised to hear a new and radical reworking of the Dolls' classic Trash, which has now been retooled as laid-back reggae tune. It's odd to hear that rocking number recorded this way, but it works, and given 'Cause I Sez So was recorded at Rundgren's studio home in Hawaii it makes complete sense. 'We turned up at Todd's place not having written any songs,' Sylvain laughs. 'So Todd says, "Go away and write some." So me and David spent a week on that lovely island writing and then three weeks recording them, and I think the vibe of the place came through on that track. Besides, I always thought Trash was a love song, anyway.'
From the blistering eponymous opening track, however, the rest of the album gets back to the Dolls' sound of the 70s. Sylvain says the proof positive is how they're able to mix the new material seamlessly with the old when playing live. 'Our show is everything we feel has made the grade and is important to our audience,' he says. 'So there's stuff from the new album mixed in with all the old stuff. It all sounds great to us.'
Things have come full circle for Sylvain in another way. The old doll hospital in Manhattan, which famously inspired the guitarist to come up with the band's name, recently closed down after its owner passed away. 'I got a call a couple of weeks ago from a friend who told me it's going to be torn down,' says Sylvain, 'and that he got a call from the daughter of the owner, who's a fan of the band. She donated the neon sign to me. I'm in the midst of getting it boxed up and sent to my home. I hope one day I'll have it on stage. It's a beautiful thing.'
New York Dolls play the Garage, Glasgow, Mon 20 Jul.


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Okay, so I am waaaaaay behind on reviews, thanks to summer holidays. Kids were in my space 24/7, plus I went on vacation without a computer. While I became wildly unproductive, I did manage to read a bunch of books merely for fun. This was the first of them. I had… Read more »
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Review: Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman
I have to start things off with an admission. I really dreaded reading this book. Which is absolutely ridiculous, based on how much I absolutely loved Seraphina! It was the winner of the prestigious MYRCA award (Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award – well, it's important for us Manitobans anyway). It… Read more »
Review + #Giveaway: The Last Necromancer by C.J. Archer
CJ Archer took me completely by surprise. I read this book on a whim, thinking it would be a fun read, maybe a bit quirky or cute. It's really not any of those though. It's actually quite intense at times, and instead of being cute, it's sexy! It's hard not… Read more »
Review: Of Ocean and Ash by A.R. Draeger
Just… wow. This is not your mother's mermaid story. And DEFINITELY not your daughter's either. This story toed the line to being too dark, but that was also one of the best things about it. Aside from the mermaids, this story was historically accurate (or at least as far as… Read more »
Release Day + Review: Beneath Blood and Bone by Claire C. Riley and Madeline Sheehand
It is the end of the world. They call him Eagle, like the grand and beautiful bird that symbolizes freedom. During these dark times, when humanity is experiencing nothing but suffering, a man with such a powerful name should be a beacon of hope, yet he is anything but…. Read more »
Review: The Witches of Blackbrook by Tish Thawer
Overall, The Witches of Blackbrook is a cute read, but considering the material, I really wanted it to be darker. Don't get me wrong. It's perfect as a teen read. Sex is hinted at, fading to black. Not one single swear. But there's also murder, and a witch being burned… Read more »
Review: Rogue by Julie Kagawa
I can't help but be a little wary when heading into a second book of a series. They are notoriously rough, hard to follow, without a true beginning or end. As is too often the case, there is a large gap of time between books, and readers will find themselves… Read more »
Review: The Shadow Aspect by Melanie Karsak
I have been in love with this series since book one, page one. First came The Harvesting, so completely different from anything in its genre, and then came Cricket in Midway, and yet again, I was blown away by the strength of Melanie's female characters. But then, starting The Shadow… Read more »
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After hearing readers rave about Miranda's books, I first tried out Breathe, Annie, Breathe, even though I figured it wouldn't really be my style. And then I was completely blown away. So when I saw Jesse's Girl, I was skeptical. Rocker romance is so not my thing, but if I… Read more »
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We are having a HUGE yard sale and car wash to raise funds for Youth Camp! If you would like to donate items, please call David Anderson at (559) 303-8372. We also need volunteers to help set up the night before and run the sale the day of— contact Tina Anderson (559) 303-8373 if you can help!
Wednesday Night Dinners in June
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Seriously, spit is everywhere in this house. It's on my shoulder, in my hair, on my pants. It stains our rags, her bibs, her clothes. It's caked around her lips, even crusted under her nose. It's on her sheets, on my hair ties, under her chin, at the nape of her neck.
At first this concerned me. Especially after the episode she had in the hospital. I was worried she would choke, turn blue and I wouldn't be able to revive her. Fortunately that hasn't happened and as she grows stronger every day she learns how to cope with it and so do I.
Senorita Chub Chubs spent the first 7 weeks sleeping in our room. Frequently during the night I would hear this: *grunt* *grunt* *gurgle* *slurp* *gasp* *swallow* *gasp* *swallow* and repeat. To which I would spring out of bed every.single.time. hold her up pat her back, wipe the spit off her chin and set her down again. Now since this happened at least 10 times between feedings you can imagine how much sleep I was getting. At 7 weeks we decided it was time to put her in her own room, especially since she'd proven to us that she could recover from these episodes on her own. The only problem with putting her in her room is that now we were using the monitor and since the monitor picks up every little sound, we were now hearing this: *grunt* *grunt* *gurgle* *slurp* *gasp* *swallow* *gasp* *swallow*, only magnified and I didn't have the option of turning over and taking a peek at her to see if she was ok.
Enter Video Monitor
I heart our video monitor so much. It has given me the gift of sleep. Not only can I just peek over at the monitor to make sure whatever strange noises she's making aren't serious BUT it also isn't as sensitive as our previous monitor. In fact it only picks up noises that are as loud as a casual conversation which is all I really want to hear anyway since it usually indicates she's waking up. This video monitor won't do the laundry for me, or wipe the spit that is running down my arm and pooling at my hair tie, but it will help minimize all the spitty noises and gurgles coming from my darling little baby's mouth at 2am. She doesn't seem to be bothered by the spit and now I don't have to be either!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Living in spit
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Labels: babies, lack of sleep, spit, video monitor
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When we first met I was so enamored. I thought to myself "finally someone who gets me, who understands my whims and moods. Who will help me 'walk my walk' and keep me on track to all my successes." And in the beginning our relationship was great (well, there was a bit of bumpiness as I had to switch from the large to the small bracelet and it took me forever to get the plastic clip to work. And while I've digressed to that, I mean, a plastic widget like a lego piece is all I get for $99? No bling? No sleek uber-hipster style? I mean, as cute as you are, you are just a wee bit clunky. I know, I could have chosen others and chose you, so I'll move on. But plastic? Really? How...80s). And that bit of a mis-step was to be expected, I mean, after all we were getting to know one another, a little awkwardness is understandable.
And, well, here we are. A few weeks in and I must say that when I am in the middle of my run and you start buzzing to let me know that I've reached my step goal, I swear I hear "Eye of the Tiger" playing and I always do a magic high five with you.
Based on my personality and routine I humbly suggest the following activity choices would be better suited to me than the ones you let me choose from on the mobile app (I mean, accordion playing is great, but not something I engage with on a regular basis):
I should be able to choose:
catching arrows in mid-flight
leaping tall buildings in a single bound
jumping to conclusions
wearing my heart on my sleeve
sending out an SOS
activating my wonder twin powers
pulling mussels from a shell
feeling 22
sending in the clowns
providing a shoulder to lean on
bending over backward
dancing with myself
whistling down the wind
seeing the world with rose colored glasses
Now, I recognize these are activities you perhaps want to not always acknowledge or recognize. After all cheering me on while I'm in the middle of a 10k is one thing, but providing support, encouragement, and understanding are perhaps a bit beyond your scope. So really, when I say "it's not you, it's me" I completely and utterly own that fact.
Is the magic gone?
Oh fitbit, you may help me better monitor my insomnia, and even add to it by going off a 3am in Albuquerque because I failed to re-set you and you are still on east coast time. That was totally my bad and I only have myself to blame, so please, accept my apology for cursing you out. I shouldn't have done that. It was just rude.
take you to all the best places. I don't set you aside even when I'm in my fanciest of attire, when quite frankly you look awkward, uncomfortable, and out of place. I mean, I'm constantly explaining just
what you are to all my friends. And while they are amused, I fear their patience is growing thin.
I'm not sure what this means as our relationship continues. But I thought it was important that you know that I appreciate your appreciation of me. I'm hopeful that this will help us regain our footing with one another as we move forward.
But this whole having to attach you to my shoe to get my steps to count when I ride my bike...awkward.
Love, M


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Those yearning to create more healthy treats will learn how to bake without the fats and hydrogenated oils found in common dessert recipes with this lavishly illustrated cookbook. Designed specifically for baking with olive oil, the recipes eliminate key ingredients—butter, hydrogenated oils, margarine, and shortening—that are staples in many traditional desserts. In addition to household favorites such as toll cookies, brownies, and apple pie, the cookbook features instructions for making more than 60 mouth-watering treats, among them chocolate chip buttermilk cake, silky cheesecake with strawberries, lemon sugar cookies, pecan coconut bars, and apple cinnamon rolls. Hints such as using egg substitutes and other ingredients to further lower cholesterol intake, substituting lactose-free options for those suffering from milk sensitivities, and a guide to the many varieties of olive oil are also included.
Olive Oil Desserts: Delicious and Healthy Heart Smart Baking
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- Dewey Decimal Number:
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- 9780980134902
- 0980134900
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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"Healthier, but does it taste good?"
- 2/5,
- Writing:
- 2/5,
- Illustration:
- 4/5,
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- 2/5,
Pros - Sweets made without butter
Cons - Book is poorly organized, recipes were hit or miss.
Written by Sharyn Harding
Olive Oil Desserts is the result of high cholesterol. The author, Mikki Sannar, had elevated levels of LDL cholesterol, so started experimenting with olive oil in her baking. This cookbook is a collection of her discoveries.
From the title, I was expecting something a little different. I had thought that the use of olive oil indicated a substitution for dairy, but that is not the case. Several of the recipes use milk, cream cheese or buttermilk, though she does include instructions for non-dairy substitutions in the back. It seems that the author's goal was simply to replace the butter with a healthier option. However, don't expect completely healthy recipes. She does use instant pudding mix in at least one recipe and often adds butter extract to compensate for the flavor of the olive oil. Now, don't get me wrong, I actually love olive oil, though up to know I have saved it for my savory cooking.
Paging through this cookbook, I appreciate that there are many lovely color photographs of the recipes, but I also notice that the book seems a bit light. The inside flap claims over 60 recipes, but that may be a bit generous. The book seems thin and is fluffed up by pages that carry quotes or stories from her friends and family. Some of these strike me as completely random, such as the story from a friend whose husband went on a weight loss challenge by using only virgin coconut oil (what no olive oil??) to cook with or how someone's sister apparently can't cook pasta properly and serves her kids spaghetti bars. In other books I have truly appreciated the personal touches an author can include to explain the history of a recipe or helpful hints on ingredients, but many of these struck me simply as space fillers.
While looking for my first recipe to try, I did come across a few that didn't seem terribly appealing. I am a great lover of peach cobbler, but when the first ingredient listed is one small can of peaches, I think I will pass. I understand that fresh, ripe peaches are not always available, but flavorless and mushy canned peaches are not my ideal base for a dessert. Frozen peaches would seem a much better alternative, if she were looking for something quicker than fresh.
Another observation I made was just how unhelpful the index was. An index is not something I usually make note of – it is just simply there and seems quite standard. But, I had remembered seeing a picture for a blueberry coffeecake and wanted to look over the ingredients to see if I had them on hand. I first looked up blueberries. There where eight pages listed. For such a small cookbook, that seems like a lot. So, instead of looking up each page number, I looked under coffee cake – nothing. Next I just paged through the Muffins & Sweet Breads section and it was the third recipe in and it was called Blueberry Streusel. Then I went back to the index to look up streusel and there were two pages listed, none of them indicating the recipe titles to show which was the blueberry streusel (the other page number was for Peach Crumble Muffins). Now for a cookbook that seemed to be trying to stretch the content, I had to wonder why not include a longer index with more useful entries. This problem crept up again while writing this review. I wanted to find the brownie recipe that I had already made, but there was no entry under brownies or under the official recipe title, Micki's Simple Brownies. Instead, you could find the page number listed, along with many others, under such general entries as Chocolate, Chocolate Chips and Semi-Sweet. You will, however, find pages listed for such entries as Frost (4), Topping (12), Dust (7), Pain Relief (??) (2), Cancer (5), Cardiovascular Disease (3) and Omega-3 (1). That is truly bordering on useless.
Right before the index are two sections I also found questionable and fell in the category of trying to bulk up the pages. The first was a five-and-a-half page section titled Olive Oil Baking Ingredients Glossary and the second, was a four-and-a-half page section called Baking Definitions. Now these types of inserts can be helpful for beginners that perhaps don't know the difference between a curd and custard. But these entries ranged from a failed attempt at humor to downright inaccurate information. Under the humor category, there are these entries: "EGG What comes first, the chicken or the egg?" or "EGG WHITE The white part on the inside of the egg". Under the category of unnecessary, there are the following: "FRESH LEMON JUICE Juice that is squeezed from a fresh lemon", "FRESH ORANGE JUICE Juice that is squeezed from a fresh orange", or "FROZEN BLACKBERRIES Blackberries that have been frozen". It goes on to define frozen raspberries, frozen blackberries, Orange Zest "The same as Lemon Zest, only it's an orange" and honey as "bee barf". Wow, if someone needs frozen blueberries defined, I don't think they are ready to handle sharp instruments.
But, truly the worst are the misleading or inaccurate entries.
Buttermilk is defined as "what's left over after churning cream into butter". That used to be true many decades ago, but if you buy buttermilk in the store you are getting an entirely different product. Store bought buttermilk is generally a cultured milk product made sour by lactic acid bacteria. It is much thicker than the liquid left behind after making butter, which is somewhat sweet because it retains much of the milk sugar (lactose), where store bought buttermilk is sour and, if cultured, usually has much less lactose.
I also found the entry for almond extract to be misleading. It is defined as "flavoring made from almonds macerated in alcohol." That's not exactly true. If you look on the ingredient list of your basic grocery store pure almond extract (such as McCormick's) the ingredients include oil of bitter almond. Bitter almonds are not the same as the sweet almonds you buy in the store and I wonder if the resulting alcohol could possibly be as strong in flavor as the bottled variety.
For my first recipe, I decided to try Micki's Simple Brownies to see how they would compare to others. The ingredients were fairly basic, just with olive oil substituting for the fat, but the preparation method surprised me a bit. The eggs and sugar are mixed for several minutes before adding the chocolate and flour. In the recipe description, she states that the air whipped in makes the brownie both crunchy and chewy. This method is in direct contrast to other brownie mixing techniques that limit the mixing. Since brownies have a lower ratio of flour than cookies or cake, the intense mixing creates a meringue-like layer on top of the brownie and by baking them at a slightly higher temperature (375°), the outside bakes and leaves the inside fudgy.
This was a very simple recipe to prepare, but my finished product did not look like the one pictured in the cookbook. Perhaps the mixer I have is more powerful than the one used to test the recipe, but my brownies needed an extra ten minutes of cooking before a knife inserted came out clean. Once they were cooled, the meringue-like layer on top was quite pronounced and immediately crumbled and separated from the fudgy interior when I cut them. Upon my first taste, the flavor of the olive oil was the very first thing I noticed, overpowering the chocolate. I had used extra virgin olive oil, but it was an inexpensive brand. Once I got beyond the initial olive oil taste, the brownies were nice and gooey, though not among the best I have made.
For my second recipe I had much better success. I tried the Coconut Pecan Bars, which were again difficult to locate using the index (seven entries under coconut and ten under pecan). The bars were very simple to assemble, but they did need an additional 8 minutes of baking beyond the range of 25-30 minutes listed in the recipe. The recipe had quite a bit of brown sugar (two cups for a 9x9 pan), which gave the bars a very rich flavor and a moist, chewy interior. As with the brownies, the first flavor I tasted when eating these was the olive oil. However, the bars were so good, this didn't bother me, though I do admit to wondering how they would taste made with butter.
The last recipe I sampled was the Blueberry Streusel coffee cake and was perhaps the most disappointing. It was again a very simple, quick recipe to complete and this time baked in less time than stated. However, the end product was unremarkable. The interior of the coffee cake was sufficiently moist, but the combination of the streusel topping and the glaze was by far too sweet. I am a great lover of sweets and don't normally object to large amounts of sugar, but there wasn't anything to balance it and I found myself scraping some of the topping off the following pieces. The flavor of the olive oil was still noticeable, but not as pronounced as in the other two recipes.
This is not a cookbook I would recommend, except in a few instances. I appreciate that people on restrictive diets are probably quite glad to have some dessert options that replace the butter with olive oil. However, the recipes were not that interesting and unless you really need to give up butter and don't want to experiment with making your own replacements; I don't think you will find much use for it.
Pecan Coconut Bars
Serves 9
½ cup pure olive oil
2 cups brown sugar, packed
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 large egg white
1 cup pecans, finely chopped
1 cup shredded coconut
1 ¾ cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Coat one 9x9-inch pan with olive oil cooking spray.
2. In mixer bowl add olive oil, brown sugar, vanilla, eggs, and egg white. Blend on medium speed for 1-2 minutes or until smooth and creamy.
3. Add pecans and coconut. Mix until well blended.
4. Add flour, baking powder, and salt. Blend well.
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I am sorry for missing chapters in between. I come home very late and sometimes miss chapters in between.
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O(Thinking): My family to our family. Gauri, you always surprise me.
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A: Let them sleep.
Everyone walks away and continue with their chores…
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There are many places in the world to fish in saltwater, and most of them are pretty exciting. Over the years we've spent lots of time in Mexico and we love it as much now as when we were just starting out.
While most of our early fishing took place on the Yucatan Peninsula fishing the flats for bonefish and permit, a few years back we discovered Campeche for baby tarpon and we have to say that it's hard to get it out of our heads. Part of the reason is simply that we don't want to! So, we have combined the best of both worlds. We'll start out with 4 days fishing at the lovely Grand Slam Lodge, at the very end of the road (and we mean that literally) in Punta Allen. This fairly new lodge features accommodations like you've never seen at a Mexican fishing lodge! (It's a great tropical destination for non-fishing partners.) At Grand Slam we will fish for bonefish, permit, snook, and the occasional baby tarpon. At the end of four days, we will transfer by boat and comfortable van to Campeche Tarpon Bay for another four days of exciting baby tarpon fishing. In Campeche our group will stay at the Hotel Ocean View, literally a couple minutes from the boat dock. Our days will start early in the dark with amazing sunrises as we ride to the lagoons, edges, and mangroves for baby tarpon. By mid afternoon, we're heading back to the dock and thinking about a cold beer, a snooze, or a swim before going into town later on for dinner.
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Wall Street hired the best and the brightest, paid them handsomely, and gave them unlimited resources and technology. It turns out they were building enormously complicated castles made of sand. A great wave washed them away, astounding all the smart people who devoted their lives to speculation, not production. Their models based on historical data predicted future profits, not collapse.
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Well said… but lets not forget those in government who ignored the calls for regulations to counter the abuses on-going in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Beginning two or more years ago, Barney Frank dismissed any likelihood of danger on the horizon.
Today, Barney and his accomplices control the recovery effort. And, they will investigate everyone in Washington save for themselves and their friends.
Our first line of defense against abuse was politically scuttled long ago.
If you, unlike Tim Wray, are only "concerned", I have grave doubts about your judgement in this matter.
We have had Worldcom,Enron, AIG, Bear/Stearns Lehman Bros. and banks too numerous to mention, followed by "leaders" in virtually every other industry reaping huge rewards even as they drove their companies into the ground.
Huge rewards should be reserved to entreprenurial management, not "professional management". At least the first had it all on the line.
Now the line is getting longer for handouts from the government, the same government that cannot conduct ethical campaigns, seat ethical legislators, bring health care to any but the rich or the very poor, control its own budget. What is not to get very, very angry about?
Dave, my reference to bureaucrats in the first paragraph was, perhaps too generally, to those in Washington 'on both sides of the aisle' (as so many seem to be fond of saying these days) who love big more than smart.
Jim, anger only clouds my judgment, so I try my best to recognize it and put it aside as soon as possible by focusing on what I can control, my own thoughts and actions.
Who is John Galt?
Greg, yes, a tilt toward Mr. Galt would be good.


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One can only marvel that a 1984-style "Newspeak" is alive and well in the rhetoric used by science policy leaders to justify the poor job performance of science graduates (THES, December 29). When the cold war enabled many science graduates to get jobs closely related to their training, the fact that arts graduates were forced to find employment far afield was regarded as evidence of a mismatch of supply to demand.
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Testosterone is a hormone that is present in the male and female body, but the hormone is needed in much larger quantities in the male body. This is because testosterone is responsible for all of the features that are linked to masculinity and also helps boys turn into men during puberty.
At a younger age, testosterone develops the penis, causes facial and pubic hair to grow, and it causes a teenage boy's voice to deepen.
Later in life, the hormone still plays an essential role in the male body and contributes toward the normal functionality of several systems within the body – including the central nervous system, the brain and more.
Normal levels of testosterone vary between 300 ng/dL to 1050 ng/dL. The specific level depends on the man's age, but their testosterone scores should generally be within this range.
If a man's testosterone levels are below 300 ng/dL, then they have a condition known as andropause – some people refer to it simply as low testosterone. This condition can cause numerous symptoms to develop in the male body, including fatigue, a reduction of lean muscle mass, an increase of body fat and a loss of physical strength. Erectile dysfunction is also not uncommon in men who have lower testosterone levels.
When testosterone levels are higher than 1050 ng/dL, a man has high testosterone. While some may see this as a negative health effect, others have gained a lot of benefits from higher levels of the hormone circulating through their bodies.
High levels of testosterone are often associated with the term "alpha male" as well. A strong, defined jawline, a deep voice, wide shoulders are all signs of high testosterone levels.
To change the T-level low to high explore for some supplements like Zyplex it is a testosterone boosting dietary supplement specially designed to be used strictly by men to help them increase their testosterone production and deliver relating benefits.
Craving Spicy Food May Be A Sign Of High Testosterone
A very interesting discovery was recently made after scientists noted that there is a link between spicy food consumption and high testosterone levels. The study found that men who crave spicy food, such as chilly, and men who take the risk of eating some of the hottest foods out there tend to have higher testosterone levels than men who avoid spicy food at all cost.
The study had a total of 114 men participating. All of these men were between the ages of 18 and 44. The men were asked whether or not they prefer spicy food. Each participant was given a plate with mashed potatoes.
In addition, they were also given a pepper sauce that was spicy and table salt – the participant, had the opportunity to choose between the two seasonings.
After the participants consumed the mashed potatoes, a follow-up study was conducted. The testosterone scores in each participant's saliva were tested. The participants that consumed the mashed potatoes with a spicy hot sauce seasoning were also asked how spicy the food was.
They found that the men who consumed the spicy seasoning instead of regular salt had higher levels of testosterone than the men who preferred to consume the mashed potatoes with salt. They also found that men who found the sauce to be less spicy had higher levels of the hormone than men who mentioned it was too hot for them.
This study provided solid evidence that testosterone is a hormone that tends to cause a risk-taking behavior in men. Previous studies have found that men with high levels of the steroid hormone tend to take more risks sexually, financially and with certain behavioral traits.
This specific study proved that men who have an abundance of testosterone in their body are more likely to take risks when it comes to taste.
The fact that men with high testosterone are more likely to consume and crave spicy food isn't the only finding of the study. The researchers behind the study also mentioned that the link might have a reinforcing effect as well.
The spicy food may also contribute towards the higher levels of testosterone in the male body by stimulating the glands that signal the production of the hormone in the body. This causes the man to create a positive link between his own masculine features (high testosterone levels) and the spicy food; thus causing the individual to like spicy food more.
This is only a speculation at the time as the specific effects have only been proven in studies that involved laboratory rats. Further studies are still needed to conclude whether or not spicy food can also raise levels of testosterone in human subjects.
High testosterone is a condition that can make a man more masculine and contribute various features that people associate with the "alpha male" image. New studies suggest that men who are more likely to eat spicy food or add hot sauces to their meals have higher levels of this steroidal hormone than men who do not prefer spicy food.
The study also found that the spicy food may aid in the production of the hormone, but they are still doing research to verify if this fact is true in human beings. Till then you can seek out for some testosterone products like Nugenix which helps to improve the T-levels without causing any side effects.


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Team Leader Training
Last night, I met with 10 potential team leaders for Team Leader training. I'm really sensing an expansion of our small group ministry coming in 2008, and we've got to be prepared for it. Our zone leaders are totally maxed out overseeing all their groups, so we are moving to a new structure of zone leaders, team leaders, and small group leaders. We've had team leaders for over a year now, but in 2008, we are going to move completely to zone leaders overseeing and team leaders overseeing small group leaders. You can read more about that structure here.
I was really excited about the people that we had at the training last night. Really solid, committed people. As I was going around the circle, I was thinking that I would love to have any of them on my zone leader team. That's a great sign! Our zone leaders have really raised up a great group of disciple-makers, and I believe the team leaders we establish in 2008 will move us to the next level.
To read more about what zone leaders and team leaders do, check out the Frequently Asked Questions series.


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We can look forward to a several warm and sunny days in southern Saskatchewan, if everything holds out from Environment Canada.
Daytime highs are expected to reach near 29C on Thursday.
Enjoy that while you can as some unsettled conditions are in the forecast.
Some showers and cooler temperatures are expected by the weekend.
The highest temperature recorded on this day -June 7 – was 39C in 1988.


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I am new to this forum, and for the record I am based in the UK.
My wife is mad on Sudoku. Last Christmas I bought her a Nintendo DS and 'Dr Kawashima's Brain Training- How Old is Your Brain' She has played the Sudoku game almost non stop ever since!
Her birthday is coming up and I was looking for another Sudoku game she can play on the DS. I was hoping that someone out there may have some suggestions for a Sudoku game which is more challenging and has more features than the one she already has.
I really look forward to hearing from you.


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PI presents the new V-52X family of compact high-speed, voice-coil linear motor stages as part of its PIMag series. These stages are equipped with a linear encoder for direct position measurement and choice of cable exit direction, and achieve significantly higher dynamics than stepper or servo motor-driven positioners. They are ideal for industry and research scanning applications such as biotechnology, laser beam control, optics scanning, lens testing, and fiber optics.
With travel ranges of 5mm, 10mm, 20mm, and a maximum velocity of 250mm/s, the frictionless drive of the V-52x series ensures high accuracy and long life. Scanning frequencies up to 10 Hz can be achieved, depending on the load and scanning range. The stages also feature an integrated optical linear encoder and precision crossed roller bearings with anti-creep cage assist, very low moving mass, and no moving cables.
Additional features and advantages include:
For more specifications and features on the V-52X family pages, download the datasheet. Check out the video below for a demonstration of how these stages work.


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In partnership with the popular New York City Reading Series Page Meets Stage, The Crossover is a quarterly event where fellows and writers associated with Cave Canem, CantoMundo, Kundiman, Lambda Literary, Apicha Community Health Center and other like-minded organizations are paired with emerging teen poets from Urban Word NYC to engage in a reading and conversation about their works. Each event will pair voice of young artist with organizations that create space for and support the work of communities underrepresented in American letters.
Rigoberto González is the author four books of poetry, most recently Unpeopled Eden, which won the Lambda Literary Award and the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets. His ten books of prose include two bilingual children's books, the three young adult novels in the Mariposa Club series, the novel Crossing Vines, the story collection Men Without Bliss, and three books of nonfiction, including Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa, which received the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. He also edited Camino del Sol: Fifteen Years of Latina and Latino Writing and Alurista's new and selected volume Xicano Duende: A Select Anthology. The recipient of Guggenheim, NEA and USA Rolón fellowships, a NYFA grant in poetry, the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, The Poetry Center Book Award, and the Barnes & Noble Writer for Writers Award, he is contributing editor for Poets & Writers Magazine and is professor of English at Rutgers-Newark, the State University of New Jersey. In 2015, he received The Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Publishing Triangle. As of 2016, he serves as critic-at-large with the L.A. Times and on the board of trustees of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs.
Khalin Vasquez is a 19 year old Boricua poet from Brooklyn. You can most likely find her at an open mic or battling the forces of gentrification. She's performed at Lincoln Center, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the Apollo Theatre, and several other spots around the city. Khalin is part of the Urban Word Slam Team, and will travel to Washington, DC this summer to represent NYC at the Brave New Voices International Poetry Festival. She is currently studying English at Hunter College


text: I know there's no shortage of bad or weird error dialogs for software these days, but I'm still surprised when I encounter one in real life. Tonight I had to use my daughter's HP Photosmart printer on our main Windows PC, so we dutifully installed the CD first to pick up all the appropriate drivers. Sure enough, about half way through a maze of several different installation wizards, this beauty showed up, trying to warn us of "issues blocking installation". Luckily, it seemed to be a red herring, because clicking Continue let the wizard(s) finish, then we were up and running!


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Buried in the credits for "Quiz Show," this season's highly intelligent and entertaining movie, you can find the comforting assurance that "no animal was harmed in the making of this film." That warrant -- for the portrayal of an incidental chimp -- is offered by the American Humane Association, "with on-the-set supervision" by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Plainly, the guarantee does not cover human animals.
So who will monitor the damage that art -- or mere entertainment -- can do to people?
Charles Van Doren, who starred as a fraudulent know-it-all on the 1950's television show "Twenty One," may or may not have been corrupted, as "Quiz Show" contends, by a desire to outperform his famous father, Mark Van Doren. I studied with Mark, the poet, four decades ago and can testify that Paul Scofield and Robert Redford, his director, brilliantly reproduce the professor's rugged looks, refined diction and sunny classroom. But they cannot know how father and son felt about each other, or what they said in their moving but inferred encounters in the days of Charles's disgrace.
Equally compelling, and puzzling, is the overdrawn portrayal of Herbert Stempel, the lower-class striver who avenges his on-air humiliation by unmasking Van Doren and, as a consequence, all the rigged quiz shows of the time. But was Stempel actually manic? Does the first Mrs. Stempel, a bystander if ever there was one, deserve to be dragged into a national ethics lesson? Did Robert Kintner, the former head of NBC, really conspire at perjury?
Redford and his screenwriter, Paul Attanasio, have acknowledged taking liberties with some facts to propel their drama. Most elaborately, they distort the way the scandal was uncovered; it was not by the door-to-door gumshoe work of the movie's central character, Richard Goodwin, but by a wholly absent figure, Joseph Stone, a former head of the Manhattan District Attorney's complaint bureau and now a retired judge understandably angered by his deletion from the tale.
The creators of docudramas typically defend their distortions as either unimportant or necessary to highlight some "essential" truth. They claim the artistic license enjoyed by novelists and playwrights, and occasionally they use it to good effect. But if license to fictionalize were all that they wanted, they would change the names of their protagonists and color them at will, leaving it to pedants to decipher each clef of the roman. Clearly, they want something more: to harness the power of history, to provoke the thrill that an audience feels when it thinks it's witnessing reality, and when it suspends the knowledge that the words and faces and scenes on screen are the creations of invisible hands.Continue reading the main story
Just as historians and, alas, journalists sometimes seize the license of fiction to invent motives and dialogue, so do dramatists sometimes lust for the tools of history. Steven Spielberg did it brilliantly when he filmed "Schindler's List" in the black and white of World War II newsreels. Not until the very end of his rendering of the Holocaust did he expose his admixture of art and history by appending a dose of reality -- a glimpse, in color, of the actual survivors who lent their names to his actors.
"Quiz Show," by contrast, aims to exploit reality all the way; it ends with factual updates on the real-life fate of its fictionally crafted characters. In a time that has come to tolerate such corruption of individuality, this movie stands out for its essential honesty. But why should we settle for comparative virtue?
IF THERE IS EVER AN EXCUSE FOR THESE manipulations of history and appropriations of personality, it has to flow from a story's redeeming social value. The film about Schindler's rescue of some Jews from Hitler's ovens, though written as fiction, has actually become a validation of truth -- drowning the cant of the deniers of the Holocaust. But generally speaking, isn't it better to let people die before turning them into fictions, to let the copyright on their lives run out before recycling them for fun and profit?
Long dead is best. When Mark Van Doren taught us "Julius Caesar" at Columbia, we weren't much bothered by Shakespeare's falsifying of history. The Roman was well buried and we sort of knew he never spoke in pentameter, or even English. Indeed the professor showed how Shakespeare's artful fictions dug deeper than history, how his abstractions could illuminate reality. And if our generation goes through life thinking that Abe Lincoln looked like Raymond Massey, that seems harmless enough, given the uplifting pride in our past created by that impersonation. But when a new generation is convinced by a movie fantasy posing as documentary that a vast conspiracy killed John F. Kennedy and covered up the deed, then the tools of history and laws of evidence have been dangerously purloined.
Indeed, our tolerance for such theft has produced a crime wave. The film merchants at Fox and NBC are busy this autumn misappropriating not just the biographies of Mia Farrow, Roseanne and Elizabeth Taylor, but their very looks, voices, celebrity. Their television mini-series will not only comment upon the loves and lapses of those actresses -- a right of gossip that the First Amendment grants even to the merchants of soap. They will also project counterfeit images to impersonate superstars who aren't finished creating, and selling, their own personae.
If those stars were in the business of selling words and thoughts, they'd be protected by the laws against plagiarism. But as Liz Taylor is learning in court, she can trademark her perfumes, but not herself, not her face, form or fame. A mountain of copyright law protects the cartoon images of Marge, Homer and Bart Simpson, but O. J., Nicole and Marguerite Simpson can be forged at will.
Congress can make no law to punish this harm to humans; the larcenous dramatists come dressed as artists and biographers and enjoy their constitutional immunity. But not everything legal should be tolerated. The television docudramas are polluting the air just as surely as cigarette smoke, and we can turn them off, not buy their goods. When they beckon with "The O. J. Simpson Story" or "Roseanne: Portrait of a Domestic Goddess," just say No. The life you save may one day be your own.Continue reading the main story


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Last week Blue Nile
As a longtime Motley Fool Rule Breakers pick, Blue Nile has treated shareholders well and I'm sure they'd argue it will continue to treat shareholders well -- the company did guide to double-digit earnings growth in 2011. But what defines the "motley" in Motley Fool is diversity of opinion...and you're about to get a-heaping of it.
Anything you can do, I can do better
Blue Nile's sole advantage over brick-and-mortar mall retailers like Zale
Lately, however, this plan has gone awry, and here's why:
Mark-to-market, diamond-style
Commodity and labor costs are skyrocketing. Sure, you've seen gold and silver prices rising, but did you ever stop to think what might be going on in the diamond market or with labor costs? Diamond prices are at new highs, surpassing the levels we saw in 2008, and labor costs to mine and set diamonds are rising worldwide. This isn't a problem for B&M retailers that have negotiated deals to purchase diamonds outright, but it presents a major problem for Blue Nile.
Blue Nile only purchases a handful of its diamonds, so when a customer decides on a purchase, it's very likely that Blue Nile is going to have to pay the current high market price for that diamond. Blue Nile was built on the assumption that its low overhead would allow it to undercut its rivals, but rapidly rising commodity prices cut into its business plan. Now it seems the playing field is much more level, and Blue Nile now doesn't have the comparative advantage it once possessed.
The same goes for rising gold prices. Blue Nile began carrying diamond mountings a few years ago, and like I mentioned regarding all jewelry retailers, $1500 gold is generally bad news. Higher gold prices mean smaller margins and fewer shoppers. As gold trickles higher, it prices potential consumers out of the market.
Flawless? I think not
It remains to be seen if my opinion will hold water in the coming quarters, but the facts are there and last week's earnings warning was just more fuel for the fire that this stock isn't flawless after all.
Is Blue Nile a diamond in the rough, or does it have cubic zirconia stamped all over it? Share your opinion in the comments section below and consider tracking Blue Nile as well as your own list of companies with My Watchlist.
Fool contributor Sean Williams has no material interest in any companies mentioned in this article. He would like to remind you not to forget about our friends in Japan who could still use a helping hand. You can follow him on CAPS under the screen name TMFUltraLong. Blue Nile is a Motley Fool Rule Breakers pick. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy that's flawless.


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Scripps invests in consumer intelligence startup Cintric
Tue, August 25, 2015 by Carolyn Micheli
CINCINNATI — The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) has invested in Cintric, a consumer intelligence company that helps brands, publishers and retailers analyze rich behavioral data from potential customers and act on those insights with personalized experiences and messaging.
Scripps invested $500,000 as part of a larger seed round of funding.
"Scripps is committed to leveraging consumer insights to deliver best-in-class products for our audiences and advertisers," says Adam Symson, senior vice president and chief digital officer for Scripps. "Cintric's powerful platform is helping us unlock the data that is a business-building differentiator."
Cintric collects and analyzes valuable location data from mobile-device users who have opted into geo-location. With a deeper understanding of their target audiences, companies that partner with Cintric can create more targeted marketing campaigns and measure the effectiveness of this messaging on actual consumer behavior.
"Scripps has long been at the forefront of innovation in the media industry," says Connor Bowlan, co-founder and CEO of Cintric, who has a background in consumer data and startup development. "The company's investment in Cintric will help us bring cutting-edge consumer and location intelligence to the world."
About Scripps The E.W. Scripps Company serves audiences and businesses through a growing portfolio of television, radio and digital media brands. Scripps is one of the nation's largest independent TV station owners, with 33 television stations in 24 markets and a reach of nearly one in five U.S. households. It also owns 34 radio stations in eight markets. Scripps also runs an expanding collection of local and national digital journalism and information businesses, including podcast industry leader Midroll Media, over-the-top video news service Newsy and weather app developer WeatherSphere. Scripps also produces television shows including The List and The Now, runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and serves as the long-time steward of the nation's largest, most successful and longest-running educational program, the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Founded in 1878, Scripps has held for decades to the motto, "Give light and the people will find their own way."
About Cintric Cintric turns existing mobile audiences into location and consumer intelligence. With a powerful intelligence engine, Cintric processes millions of location updates in real time, revealing patterns and transforming raw data into clean, actionable insights. These can be used to compare visitation to brick-and-mortar retailers, target campaigns by demographics and behavior, and even quantify the effect of campaigns on in-store visits. Cintric was founded in 2014.
Investor contact: Carolyn Micheli, The E.W. Scripps Company, 513-977-3732, firstname.lastname@example.com
Media contact: Kari Wethington, The E.W. Scripps Company, 513-977-3763, email@example.com


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Do's and don'ts of writing a business planThere are some basic rules when it comes to writing a business plan, which can save you a lot of wasted time and embarrassment:
- DO write in clear English.
- DO make sure that your Executive Summary is clear and covers all necessary areas.
- DO make sure that your plan is provided in both hard copy and PDF formats.
- DO make sure that you take professional advice where needed.
- DON'T use fancy fonts or overwhelming pictures – the user of the plan wants to get to the point.
- DON'T over engineer the plan – most readers want to get the information they need as quickly as possible.
- DON'T scrimp on the quality of the final document – use decent quality paper, and make sure that the plan is binded in an adequate fashion.
- DON'T abdicate responsibility for your plan, it is essential that you have some input into the document so that you can talk about it credibly, and so that you have reassurance that the plan is realistic.


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What to Pack for Long Trips -- Member Suggestions
Here are some tips from AMC Eagle Nest Members for items you may want to consider taking along on those longer road trips:
Cell phone. regular or prepaid. people are getting less likely to stop any more and I have even been passed by state agencies Water, drinking. 1 gallon per day per person with 2 days worth in reserve. vehical fluids. oil, antifreeze( anymore i just get the premiked makes life easier), brakefluid, 1/2 tank of fuel, as a lot are from the east you know that 1/2 tank of fuel can keep you alive!!!!!! spare tire and tools needed to change a tire.
As I normally do not spend a lot of time off the major highways I do not carry a lot of tools and extra parts but if you are going to be then it is a must to at least cahhy a spare fan belt.
In the tools department Craftsman has some good tool cases that have most all the tools you will need for a emergency repair. A complet set of fanbelts and watterhoses. Duct tape. Radiator sealant. JW Weld Extra starter relay. Clean rags. Watterless soap. Trow blancket to get under the car. Medium First Aid kit 2 jacks one bottle or sccisor type an another one a bumper type preferly a High Lift. Tow Strap and chain. Work gloves and a overalll (something that is loose fiting). If the vehicle is automatic a spare starter. Spare fuses. some electrical wire. Some safety wire. Rope. Cylicone. If posible a spare water pump. Assorted nuts, bolts and screws. Tire hole plugs and a quick flat can. Small air compressor. Battery booster. 2 flash lights and spare batteries for them. Good quality knife (the multy tool knifes are great for this). And best of all if you are going off roading another vehicle. If legal in your area a .22 hand gun with some snake shoot at least. 2 cellphones with spare battery and chargers.
I have found zip ties, duct tape, jumper cables, full size spare (if you can carry it), and hose clamps and extra hose pieces and oil very useful in addition to the other things listed. I also keep a pair of steel toed shoes, coveralls and work gloves in my Eagle at all times.
There is also some caution I would like to give about keeping extra fuel on hand in the vehicle. Isn't that a little dangerous. I always have a 1 gallon gas can EMPTY in all of my cars. I also carry a 117 piece mechanics tool kit and a decent jack with tire chocks on me at all times.
If you are traveling in winter: Thermal coveralls, gloves, hat, washer fluid and the best darn shovel you can find. I also like to have extra bottles of heet and a blanket and those little hand warmers on hand for winter trips.
Lots of good stuff in this thread! I carry most of the stuff mentioned above.
I try to keep the weight down and the volume up by taking out the rear seat and back rest. I put my tool bags, (easier to stow than boxes or cases) in the rear seat wells and gradually build up to the rear deck giving a nice big area for the doggies to supervise the driver.
I carry a 2 gallon gas container filled with water. I can always use the water in case of a rad problem or for cooling or for washing or emergency drinking. If I need to I can dump that container and send it with someone to get gas if need be. I have carried gas in the past but now consider it too risky, especially in case of a collision. Carry the normal fluids: conc coolant, ATF, Brake, and lots of engine oil, hand soap under the rear deck tucked in all around the spare. There are a couple of full sized clean sheets in plastic bags in there too. (nice to rip up to put parts on when removing them.)
I carry a good booster box (without the dumb polarity relay) which has a built-in light, inverter with two 120v receptacles, a dinky air compressor with 3' hose and a cig receptacle. It has bailed me out of embarrassing situations where I leave the lights on etc. About $100 CDN at Can Tire Stores in Canada. Good investment.
My one and only TSM for my 82 SX/4 in case I need it myself or for a mechanic.
CAA Plus (Canadian version of AAA), which has towing priveledges.
Cash, I always stay "topped up" in case of an emergency.
Fire extinguisher and some first aid and some survival stuff, including good firestarter and insect repellent bombs. (Too many years as a firefighter and flying over Northern Canadian real estate, I guess)
Spare belts, vacuum, fuel, heater (both sizes), rad hoses, hose repair tape, gear clamps. JB Weld, Goop, SS wire and snare wire. Spare Lo Beam Headlight with some body screws and a pair of those pink headlight aimers. Spare spark plugs, Spare light bulb set, fuse set, dinky little meter. Some #14 hookup wire with some terminals and a terminal tool (piiers), Little spare tire, jack, spinner, some short 2x6 planks, dielectric grease, WD-40, Liquid wrench, 3 in One, acetone, isopropyl, electrical and duct tape.
I carry a couple of full tool bags, including full set of screwdrivers, wrench sets, ratchet wrenches, flare (or line) wrench set, ignition wrench set, 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 drive sets from 3/16" up to 1-1/4" with all the gizmos, universals, extensions and ratchet types, some heavy tools like a pipe wrench, pry bars, big club hammer, chisel & punch set. Lotsa vise grips, pliers of all types, including big channel locks and little clamp pliers. And lots of little special stuff like battery terminal cleaners, magnifying glass, mirrors, mag pick ups, files, couple of little plastic boxes of screws of various kinds and sizes etc.
I usually don't carry any power tools. Looking for one of those right angled drills/drivers but can't find a good one. Makita used to make one at around 9 volts but I haven't been able to find a good one up here. As the number of my hex based bits and drivers expand I want to be able to power them.
Jeez, I am going back to the above paragraphs and adding and adding and adding!!!!
I probably carry about 100 lbs of car related tools, parts and fluids. Probably too much. The objective is to get to a place where you can buy the stuff if needed!!
I will probably rethink this list if/when I get out to BC via the Northwest Territories this August. Loooooooong stretches there, just like Gil's country. But more mosquitos and black flies!
Probably best thing is to ensure that all consumables are clean and topped up and that all rubber is in prime condition prior to leaving. And that the driver keeps well rested and entertained!!!!! Roll Eyes