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This vegan Cocoa Nut Butter with Christmas Spice is perfect for baking, spreading on toast, stirring into oatmeal, or just eating by the spoonful (you really can't go wrong!). Enjoy!
About this Recipe
When I was a kid, my mum used to buy this hazelnut chocolate spread called Samba. We all liked it so much that we usually didn't even bother to actually spread it on bread. We ate it right out of the jar and it would hardly last a day. Today, Samba is still the only store-bought spread that I like but it's hard to come by. That's why I started making my own nut butter. This particular recipe is my favourite for homemade nut butter during the winter season. By the way, this healthy nut butter makes an awesome (last minute) food gift for Christmas (just saying!).
Ingredients for Cocoa Nut Butter with Christmas Spice
All you need are a nuts, dutch-processed cocoa powder, and a few extra yummies (maple syrup, coconut oil, Christmas Spice, sea salt).
How to make Cocoa Nut Butter with Christmas Spice
It is super quick and super easy to make your own nut butter using a food processor. Simply (1) bake almonds in oven, (2) process almonds in food processor, and then (3) add all other ingredients. That's it. You will be done in under 30 minutes (YES!!!).
How to serve Cocoa Nut Butter with Christmas Spice
This nut butter is perfect for baking, spreading on toast, stirring into oatmeal, or just eating by the spoonful (you really can't go wrong!).
More Cooking Inspiration
If you love this recipe, you might also like my Easy-Peasy Almond Butter.
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Cocoa Nut Butter with Christmas Spice
- 2 cups almonds raw**
- 3 tbsp dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp coconut oil ***
- 1.5 tbsp Christmas Spice
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- Preheat the oven to 325 F (160 C).
- Spread almonds out onto a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Bake for about 10 minutes or until fragrant.
- Let the roasted almonds cool for about 10 minutes.
- Start processing the cooled almonds in a food processor. They will first turn into almond meal and then nut butter. Stir and scrape down the sides as needed. This process will take several minutes (don't give up - it will happen!). You might be tempted to add some water or milk - DON'T!!!
- Add the remaining ingredients and process a few more minutes until the nut butter becomes smooth and creamy.
- Transfer to a mason jar and store in fridge for up to 4 weeks.


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Wait A Sec, The First 'American Horror Story' Season 7 Teaser May Have Just Leaked Online
Take a deep breath because the first 'American Horror Story' teaser may have just leaked online.
As per usual we're still super confused and have no idea what the forthcoming season is about.
The verified Twitter account for FX Latin America released the new clip earlier today.
And FYI, in the past, the same account has shared official promo pics and teasers before they reached the states.
Take a look...
RT si siempre te gustaron los "payasitos".#AHSenFX, nueva temporada.#FxSinLímites pic.twitter.com/FmewTVSfrW
— FX (@CanalFX_la) July 18, 2017
We already know 'Twisty' the clown from Freakshow will appear this season, so the freaky promo makes sense.
Is Colton's red smudged lips a hint he'll be wearing a clown mask?
Show creator Ryan Murphy also shared one last promo image before S7's title reveal.
Clowns... Donald Trump & killer bees? This season should be interesting...
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By Donald Pendergast
You can count on it. Whenever a major financial market struggles for survival in a deep, enduring bear market, undertakers with access to the financial press gleefully pronounce its imminent demise. For Bitcoin, such dire pronouncements have been arriving at a steady pace since summer 2018. Simultaneously, plenty of big names in the financial world envision Bitcoin as an unstoppable, universal digital currency that will benefit every person on Earth. So, who's right? Is anyone right about any of this? Is the Bitcoin future one of widespread acceptance? Or is it one forever relegated to the shadows of the worldwide financial system?
Perhaps the truth lies somewhere in-between these two extremes.
Why Such Bitcoin Pundit Polarization?
Here are recent excerpts demonstrating this black or white, but definitely not gray mindset:
"Crypto is the mother or father of all scams and bubbles."
– Nouriel Roubini, October 11, 2018
"(Bitcoin) is the greatest store of value ever created."
– Lou Kerner of CryptoOracle, November 21, 2018, CNBC interview
"I come to bury Bitcoin, not to praise it."
– Paul Donovan, Chief Economist at UBS, November 2018
"I don't make significant price predictions. But it's (Bitcoin) certainly going to be worth a great deal more than it's worth today. I am long in the market."
– Jeremy Allaire, CEO, Circle.com, CNBC interview, December 14, 2018
"You should outlaw it (crypto). I am personally surprised that regulators haven't stepped in harder."
– Andreas Utermann, CEO, Allianz Global Investors, December 11, 2018
"It (Bitcoin) wasn't tulips. It was a mania built on something that's real. Most bubbles are built around things that are real. The Internet bubble felt like mania, and whoa, did the Internet change our world. When I look ahead, I'm pretty constructive."
– Mike Novogratz, Bloomberg Television interview, December 17, 2018
Without attempting to call anyone out for agenda pushing, might not there be some financial or ideological motivations behind such weighty pontifications?
The Naysayers
Paul Donovan and Andreas Utermann are key figures at a major bank and investment house, respectively. Their firms likely do well in times of central bank financial stimulus (money-printing). That's because of increased financial speculation and more demand for loans. Central banks don't like Bitcoin (and cryptos in general) as they fear competition to their centralized means of planning in the world economy and financial markets. Nouriel Roubini is an economist, professor, and former advisor to the World Bank, the IMF, and the Federal Reserve. None of those monetary superpowers are noted for outbursts of Bitcoin praise and adoration.
The Ever-Hopeful
On the other hand, witness Bitcoin's cheerleaders. Lou Kerner recently said that Bitcoin is the "greatest store of value ever created." Try feeding that line to the poor HODLR who jumped into Bitcoin at $10,000, $15,000, or even $19,000 in 2017. Not much value left in their portfolios now, is there?
How about Mike Novogratz and his recent statement, "It wasn't tulips." Bitcoin's price chart might have a pronounced disagreement with Mr. Novogratz. Its technical chart eerily resembles the famous tulip bubble chart of the 1600s, despite his claim to the contrary.
Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle seems very confident that Bitcoin will be worth "a great deal more" than it is today.
A More Realistic Assessment?
Somewhere in Bitcoin's dull, boring, gray area may reside the best depository for Bitcoin truth. Some of these truths are potentially disturbing. Others are hopeful, while still others suggest a very bright future for Bitcoin.
In early 2018, writer and professor Paul De Grauwe painted a stark picture of Bitcoin's inability to function as a universal currency. He cited Bitcoin's supply limitations as a major stumbling block. For example, in the financial crisis of 2008, central banks added vast amounts of liquidity (currency units) to shore up the banking and economic system. He says Bitcoin, with a fixed supply, would prove useless as a financial crisis panacea.
In his own words,
More generally, the problem of a Bitcoin economy is that in times of financial crisis, which one can be sure will arise again, there is a generalized flight into liquidity. That's when a central bank is needed to provide all the liquidity needed. In its absence, individuals scrambling for liquidity sell assets, leading to asset deflation and insolvency of many. A Bitcoin economy does not have this flexibility and therefore will not withstand financial crises. A Bitcoin economy will not last in a capitalistic system, which regularly generates financial crises.
De Grauwe also claims that Bitcoin's fixed supply would create massive global deflation, rather than the inflation normally seen in times of economic expansion. Finally, he points out the huge demand for electricity needed to support Bitcoin mining operations as wasteful. Most currency today is digital (cash is a small percentage of worldwide transactions) and needs less in the way of natural resources to produce and maintain than either paper money or Bitcoin mining. Therefore, De Grauwe views Bitcoin as a redundant, inefficient, and impractical means of replacing the current, digital incarnation of government-sponsored fiat currency.
More Optimistic Views
Bitcoin continues to obtain favor from merchants willing to accept the coin as payment. Transactions for consumer goods in Bitcoin are lackluster compared to early 2018 but are still significant. Payment processors like Square and Circle (can Triangle be far off?) have fully embraced cryptos as a payment mechanism and may one day become a meaningful percentage of their business.
You know that big money has a big say in what occurs in politics, business, and even in your own life. So consider the fact there are plans for two new Bitcoin futures contracts in 2019. One will trade on the NASDAQ exchange, the other on ICE's Bakkt exchange. The SEC is still toying with the approval of a Bitcoin ETF. Perma-bulls Tom Lee, John McAfee, and other Bitcoin biggies continue to offer rational (usually) reasons for Bitcoin to go on to new all-time highs.
Can you imagine the jolt that a newly-approved Bitcoin ETF might bless Bitcoin's price with? Imagine several billion dollars flowing into that ETF in a space of only thirty days. Do you think that 2019's Bitcoin futures contracts are a random idea? Or are they the carefully thought-out brainchildren of big-money interests seeking to make a ton of cash from Bitcoin speculators?
Bitcoin as Official Currency vs. Pure Speculation
So, let's say that Bitcoin's future as sovereign currency may be doubtful. At least for now. Okay, but so what?
Bitcoin still looks to have a great future as a trading and investment vehicle. Big money will not be denied their perceived due, and if the spigots truly open and institutional cash races into Bitcoin, Bitcoin futures, and the Bitcoin ETF, a new generation may embrace the crypto markets the same way the Baby Boomers once embraced the US stock market.
Think of the US stock market. For a century, mutual funds, brokers, and even the government all promoted the idea of investing in America, or of owning shares in a corporation, etc. Then in the late 90s, the era of day trading arrived. That's when traders realized that owning shares in a company forever wasn't as attractive as flipping stocks for five- or ten-percent weekly gains. Ownership? Who cared? Dividends? Who needs 'em? Bull or bear market? No difference at all for a trader.
Does Bitcoin Have a Future?
Don't get so caught up in the idealism that drives some folks to invest in Bitcoin for the long haul. Sure, put some to work for your retirement goals, but also realize that Bitcoin trading and investing is like putting money on the line in a big casino. You get to make your own odds. You have the opportunity to employ swing trading, trend-following, and dollar-cost-averaging strategies. Like a pro, you can even short Bitcoin when necessary, hedging your long-term holdings. Best of all, you can learn how to profit, regardless of whatever Bitcoin's future is. Learn the essentials of position sizing, risk control, and money management. Find a good Bitcoin trading mentor and learn all you can from them.
Learn to think and invest for yourself and never trust anyone else's view of Bitcoin's future more than your own good opinion. Then, you can enjoy a potentially prosperous future, regardless of what Bitcoin's ultimate destiny may be.
This article was originally posted at CoinCentral.com
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Rwandan manufacturers who relied on imported packaging materials and industrial chemicals from Uganda are now suffering a serious strain on their operations, following an eight-month closure of the border between the two countries.
Take Nshimiyumuremyi Cephas for example. In 2013 he won a Rwf3 million ($3,200) prize in a UNDP-sponsored youth Connekt competition and he formed a company Uburanga, to manufacture beauty products in Musanze district.
He also took a loan in 2014 to boost his business and five years later, his company had gained some stability, selling hair food, shampoo, and body lotions made from natural plants.
He supplied clients around the country and a few outside Rwanda.
Today, with no assurance of packaging materials, prospects are gloomy.
"Since the border with Uganda was closed eight months ago, my business has been bleeding.
I used to buy most of the packaging materials in Kampala because they were cheaper and it is close enough to keep transport costs reasonable.
I have packaging materials worth Rwf8 million($8,630) stuck in Uganda as we speak," said Mr Nshimiyumuremyi.
"At first we resorted to getting supplies from Tanzania or Kenya but this significantly increased production costs, because they are expensive, attract high taxes and have to be transported from far, making the costs untenable.
"It took a day to get supplies from Uganda, now it takes us a week to get them from Tanzania, in addition to transport costs being high, especially for a small company like ours that buys few materials," he said.
Mr Nshimiyumuremyi feared that buyers will move to other brands if his products are off the shelves for a long time.
"Wholesalers and my distributors are making inquiries on supplies and I cannot commit to anything if I don't have packaging materials.
The other tragedy is that, even with the absence of competing products from Uganda like Movit and others because of the closed border, I cannot take a piece of their market share because I am constrained too," he added.
Mr Nshimiyumuremyi is just one of many small scale manufacturers who are struggling since the border was closed.
Nteziryayo Theogene's herbal personal care products company located in Kamonyi district, also depends on packaging materials and chemicals from Uganda.
"I used to buy plastic packaging bottles from Uganda to pack mouth wash, toothpaste and other personal care products, but my business is now dying a slow death,'' he said.
He said since importing the materials from Tanzania and Kenya is untenable for him, he will have to eventually shut down his business.
"I hope our countries normalise their relations, we started these businesses banking on the promise that we are in an East African economic bloc. Now look at where we are, we are trapped," he lamented.
Large-scale manufacturers and other medium-sized companies can afford to import their packaging materials from China in bulk, which makes it even cheaper in transport costs, but the small businesses are trapped between a rock and a hard place.
Textile dealers who used to buy their products from Uganda have joined forces and got assistance from the government to import from China, however small manufactures were not considered.
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Thirty years ago, on April 26, 1976, the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, delivered its final report detailing the lawlessness of U.S. intelligence agencies and the need for Congress to reassert the Constitutional system of checks and balances to order to rein in the cloak-and-dagger excesses of the executive branch of the federal government.
The committee, mercifully referred to by the last name of its chair, U.S. Senator Frank Church, D-Idaho, produced fourteen reports on the formation of U.S. intelligence agencies, the manner in which they had and were continuing to operate, and the abuses of law and of power — up to and including murder — committed by these agencies in Chile, the Congo, Cuba, Vietnam and other nations that experienced the attention of U.S. authorities in the Cold War era.
The committee also made 96 recommendations for how to do that. Some of those recommendations, such as the committee's call for creation of a permanent Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and for a ban on assassinations of foreign leaders, were implemented. But, as the current controversy over President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program illustrates, the potential abuses about which the Church Committee warned were not entirely — nor even adequately — thwarted.
It was not for lack of trying by Senator Church, one of the most courageous legislators in American history, and his colleagues on the committee. As Senator Church said when the committee completed its work: "The United States must not adopt the tactics of the enemy. Means are important, as ends. Crisis makes it tempting to ignore the wise restraints that make men free. But each time we do so, each time the means we use are wrong, our inner strength, the strength which makes us free, is lessened."
The fundamental charge of the Church Committee to the Congress and the American people was not found in the details of the reports specific allegations and recommendations. Rather, it was in the committee's bold reassertion of the founding principle of the Republic — that only by checking and balancing the excesses of the executive branch can basic liberties be defended.
To renew the inner strength of the nation, the Church Committee first recalled the threats that arise when the executive branch is allowed to operate in secrecy and without constraint:
The natural tendency of Government is toward abuse of power. Men entrusted with power, even those aware of its dangers, tend, particularly when pressured, to slight liberty.
Our constitutional system guards against this tendency. It establishes many different checks upon power. It is those wise restraints which 'keep men free. In the field of intelligence those restraints have too often been ignored.
The three main departures in the intelligence field from the constitutional plan for controlling abuse of power have been:
(a) Excessive Executive Power.
In a sense the growth of domestic intelligence activities mirrored the growth of presidential power generally. But more than any other activity, more even than exercise of the war power, intelligence activities have been left to the control of the Executive.
For decades Congress and the courts as well as the press and the public have accepted the notion that the control of intelligence activities was the exclusive prerogative of the Chief Executive and his surrogates. The exercise of this power was not questioned or even inquired into by outsiders. Indeed, at times the power was seen as flowing not from the law, but as inherent, in the Presidency.
Whatever the theory, the fact was that intelligence activities were essentially exempted from the normal system of checks and balances. Such Executive power, not founded in law or checked by Congress or the courts, contained the seeds of abuse and its growth was to be expected.
(b) Excessive Secrecy.
Abuse thrives on secrecy. Obviously, public disclosure, of matters such as the names of intelligence agents or the technological details of collection methods is inappropriate. But in the field of intelligence, secrecy has been extended to inhibit review of the basic programs and practices themselves.
Those within the Executive branch and the Congress who would exercise their responsibilities wisely must be fully informed. The American public, as well, should know enough about intelligence activities to be able to apply its good sense to the underlying issues of policy and morality.
Knowledge is the key to control. Secrecy should no longer be allowed to shield the existence of constitutional, legal and moral problems from the scrutiny of all three branches of government or from the American people themselves.
(c) Avoidance of the Rule of Law.
Lawlessness by Government breeds corrosive cynicism among the people and erodes the trust upon which government depends.
Here, there is no sovereign who stands above the law. Each of us, from presidents to the most disadvantaged citizen, must obey the law. As intelligence operations developed, however, rationalizations were fashioned to immunize them from the restraints of the Bill of Rights and the specific prohibitions of the criminal code. The experience of our investigation leads us to conclude that such rationalizations are a dangerous delusion.
Senator Church was even blunter in his rejection of the "spin" that would have Americans believe their government is protecting them or spreading democracy when it employs secret electronic eavesdropping at home or "covert action" abroad. Covert action, explained the Idaho Democrat, is nothing more than "a semantic disguise for murder, coercion, blackmail, bribery, the spreading of lies, whatever is deemed useful to bending other countries to our will."
The Church Committee's plan to counter the abuses of the executive branch boiled down to a call for Congress to recognize anew that:
The Constitutional amendments protecting speech and assembly and individual privacy seek to preserve values at the core of our heritage, and vital to our future. The Bill of Rights, and the Supreme Court's decisions interpreting it suggest three principles which we have followed:
(1) Governmental action which directly infringes the rights of free speech and association must be prohibited. The First Amendment recognizes that even if useful to a proper end, certain governmental actions are simply too dangerous to permit at all. It commands that "Congress shall make no law" abridging freedom of speech or assembly.
(2) The Supreme Court, in interpreting that command, has required that any governmental action which has a collateral (rather than direct) impact upon the rights of speech and assembly is permissible only if it meets two tests. First, the action must be undertaken only to fulfill a compelling governmental need, and second, the government must use the least restrictive means to meet that need. The effect upon protected interests must be minimized.
(3) Procedural safeguards — "auxiliary precautions" as they were characterized in the Federalist Papers — must be adopted along with substantive restraints. For example, while the Fourth Amendment prohibits only "unreasonable" searches and seizures, it requires a procedural check for reasonableness-the obtaining of a judicial warrant upon probable cause from a neutral magistrate. Our proposed procedural checks range from judicial review of intelligence activity before or after the fact, to formal and high level Executive branch approval, to greater disclosure and more effective Congressional oversight.
It is notable that Senator Church was especially concerned about the threat posed by the National Security Agency if a future president were to abuse those powers.
"I know the capacity that is there to make tyranny total in America, and we must see to it that this agency and all agencies that possess this technology operate within the law and under proper supervision, so that we never cross over that abyss," explained Church. "That is the abyss from which there is no return."
Three decades after the Church Committee submitted its final report, President Bush admits to ordering the NSA to spy on the telephone conversations of Americans on American soil without obtaining warrants.
Most of Congress stands idly by.
Not so the senator who has most aggressively challenged the Bush administration's reckless disregard for the Constitution that provides Americans with both a Bill of Rights and a system of checks and balances to protect them.
Senator Russ Feingold, the Wisconsin Democrat who has asked the Senate to censure Bush for ordering the NSA to launch the warrantless wiretapping program, marked the anniversary of the issuance of the Church Committee's final report by describing the committee's work and the challenge to executive excess that it produced as "a watershed moment that spurred Congress to assume its critical role in overseeing the U.S. intelligence community." In particular, he noted, "The Church Committee's report also led to legislation requiring the executive branch to inform the congressional intelligence committees of all intelligence activities."
"Yet," Feingold added, "for over four years, the Bush Administration has ignored this law, hiding its illegal warrantless surveillance program from the full committees, and continuing to deny the committees critical information. At a time when Congress has failed to assert its constitutional and statutory role in conducting intelligence oversight, we should recall the groundbreaking efforts of the Church Committee, and the responsibilities that came with the establishment of the congressional intelligence committees. The American people have entrusted us to protect them from our enemies while ensuring that our government upholds the law and the Constitution. We must renew our commitment to that charge. As Senator Church said 30 years ago today, 'Our experience as a nation has taught us that we must place our trust in laws, and not solely in men. The founding fathers foresaw excess as the inevitable consequence of granting any part of government unchecked power.'"


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Updated commentary – then the original commentary.
Some very nice shots of you appeared in some of the media shots this aft. & evening. Particularly the one of you & Obama about to shake hands – with a CNN backdrop. THAT suit you have on is perfect…
Now the original:
EVERY female head of a country dresses as out of a poorly run thrift shop – especially you (even though u are not yet head). Dilma Rouseff had some style – and perhaps LaPenne.
But good grief – what is it with all these loud, stupid colors, of horrid material – worse design?
If you began dressing like an executive – shut your mouth about Trump and Russia, have your doctors find a better alternative to the poison they've got you on, get on some good probiotics if nothing else – both your health & public image would rise to the top again…
What is wrong with you and your judgment? Who around you impairs what you should say & do?
You have GOT to change your tack and take back personal control of all around you. You have GOT to regain you health, balance and equilibrium.
People that choose your wardrobe as they do – have no vision or respect for you or themselves – its disgusting.
Start true power dressing & stop puney dressing.
STOP allowing them to dress you like a frump!
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He is no party to his own enslavement,—he is none to his disenthralment.
I execrate the enslavement of the mind of our young children by the ecclesiastics.
But ask the slave what is his condition—what his state of mind—what he thinks of enslavement?
The South had begun by agreeing reluctantly to the enslavement of men.
This enslavement was not to foreign rulers, but to those of their own blood.
Enslavement is part of the deliberate policy of the Germans in France.
We are considering the subject of the enslavement of the African race in this Republic.
His enslavement by it had made him understand it a lot better than they understood it.
The character and habits of the Uganda people seem to forbid their enslavement.
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North Carolina's recent experience with Hurricane Irene focuses attention on the difficult challenge of rebuilding a local economy in the aftermath of a major natural disaster. There has been no shortage of disasters–natural and man-made–to occur around the globe in past couple decades. Indeed, the U.S. has had its share: 9/11 terrorist attacks, numerous hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and wildfires. It is amazing to see how many of the natural disasters taking place in the U.S. since 1980 have exceeded $1 billion individually in terms of economic costs. The National Climatic Data Center, a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce, estimates that the 109 major natural disasters affecting the U.S. since 1980 caused cumulative damage and economic losses totaling more than $750 billion. For a listing and brief summary of these weather-related disasters including their total costs, both in terms of dollars and loss of life, click here.
To assist communities with the daunting process of economic recovery following a major disaster, the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) and the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) have partnered to create a web-site called RestoreYourEconomy.org. The web site is intended to be a centralized clearinghouse for information and resources on pre-disaster planning/preparation and post-disaster economic recovery. The site includes specific information about:
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The Pharmacy Museum in Cluj-Napoca is a unique venue in Romania, as important pharmaceutical collections are housed inside the building of the city's first pharmacy. A place with a special charm and a history of its own, the museum attracts many visitors who want to see this place with a longstanding tradition.
The edifice housing the museum, Hintz House, is a historical building dating from the 16th century. In 1573, the first public pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca opened here. Two centuries later, it turned into a private pharmacy and benefited from an important architectural change. Baroque elements were added, the mural paintings in the Officina hall were realized and the main façade was remodeled. The murals, still visible nowadays, represent a unique painting, presenting symbols such as the tree of life framed by the snakes of Aesculap, the crane holding a stone in its claws and the horns of abundance. Starting with 1863, the pharmacy was property of Hintz family until 1949, when the building was transformed by the Communist regime into a pastry shop.
In 1954, the space became the current museum of pharmacy, which now exhibits a collection of Transylvanian pharmaceutical objects originally displayed in the Transylvanian Museum, subsequently enlarged through donations. Visiting the museum today, you will have the chance to admire over 3.000 items, such as glass and porcelain containers and jars, scales and weighs, laboratory equipments and instruments, old furniture, drugs, prescriptions and pharmacy seals.
Opening Hours:
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Thursday: 12:00 – 18:00
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The Buzz - Feb. 23, 2018
This week has been like 3 weeks long. It's Friday, y'all.
Adam Vinateri will probably break the record for most points scored.
Indianapolis Colts kicker Adam Vinateri signed a one-year deal with the team yesterday, meaning he'll most likely break the record for most points scored in 2018, as long as he doesn't get hurt.
That's equal to about 20 field goals, or one game for Justin Tucker.
I still don't know whether or not indianapolis has happy hours.
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Residential Property - Single Family Residence in Nokomis
Listing Price: $2,800,000 (Mortgage Calculator →)
Description of Property
Live on the beach! This charming direct beachfront residence on the 8-mile barrier island of Casey Key with a rarely available gulf side pool is the perfect spot to unwind and relax with family and friends. The residence, set back from the road, features a split plan with 3 bedrooms, a casual family room with wet bar and opens to the kitchen. The spacious living and dining room are combined with views to the pool and out to the Gulf. There is ample parking for guests as well. Rip rap at the shoreline with a walkover through the dune to the walking beach, along with electronic hurricane roll down shutters, complete the package. Join those who have found paradise on Casey Key and come live the dream. You are minutes from the historic walking town of Venice, fine dining, golf, and cultural amenities of both Venice and Sarasota with easy access to I-75. Paradise awaits you.
Property Details At A Glance
Property Type: Residential
Property Use or Sub Type: Single Family Residence
City: Nokomis
County: Sarasota
Subdivision: Casey Key / Casey Key
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2
Sq. Ft. Gross: 2,510
Sq. Ft. Living Area: 1,753
Cost per (heated) sqare foot: $1,597
Year built: 1969
Annual Tax: $20,941
Homestead: No. This property does not currently have homestead exemption.
HOA Fee: $275 Annually
Association Fee Requirement: Optional
Taxes and fees can change periodically, and other fees may apply. Please check with your Suncoasteam agent for more details.
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Interior Features:
- Ceiling Fans(s)
- Living Room/Dining Room Combo
- Solid Wood Cabinets
- Split Bedroom
- Thermostat
- Walk-In Closet(s)
- Wet Bar
- Window Treatments
- Dishwasher
- Disposal
- Dryer
- Electric Water Heater
- Microwave
- Range
- Refrigerator
- Washer
- Wine Refrigerator
- Granit Counters
Fireplace: No
Window Features: Window Treatments
Additional Rooms: Family Room, Inside Utility
Flooring: Ceramic Tile
- Bedroom 2: 11.6x Ceramic Tile
- Bedroom 3: 11x13 Ceramic Tile
- Dining Room: 11x11 Ceramic Tile
- Family Room: 13x19 Ceramic Tile
- Foyer: 6.6x8 Ceramic Tile
- Kitchen: 11x11 Ceramic Tile
- Living Room: 12x19 Ceramic Tile
- Master Bedroom: 11.5x Ceramic Tile
Elementary School: Laurel Nokomis Elementary
Middle/Junior High School: Laurel Nokomis Middle
High School: Venice Senior High
Pool & Waterfront Info
Private Pool: Yes
Pool Features:
- Gunite
- Heated
- In Ground
- Screen Enclosure
Water Front: Yes
Water Frontage: Gulf/Ocean
Water Access: Yes
Water Access Type:
- Beach - Private
- Gulf/Ocean
- Intracoastal Waterway
Waterfront Feet: 100
Water View: Yes
Water View: Gulf/Ocean - Full
Water Name: GULF OF MEXICO
Exterior & Construction
Architectural Style: Other, Ranch
Rooms: 8
Construction: Block, Stucco
Foundation: Slab
Roof: Metal
Exterior Features: Hurricane Shutters, Irrigation System
Garage: Yes
Garage Spaces: 2
Garage Dimensions: 20x23
Parking Features: Driveway, Garage Door Opener
Floors in Unit: One
Cooling: Zoned
- Central
- Electric
- Heat Pump
- Zoned
Security Features: Security System, Smoke Detector(s)
Vegetation: Trees/Landscaped
View: Water
- BB/HS Internet Available
- Cable Connected
- Electricity Connected
- Propane
- Public
- Sprinkler Well
- Water Available
Sewer: Septic Tank
Water Source: Public
Lot Information
Lot Features:
- CoastalConstruction Control Line
- Flood Zone
- In County
- Irregular Lot
- Street Paved
- Unincorporated
Flood Zone Code: AE
Flood Zone Date: 2016-11-04
Flood Zone Panel: 12115C0236F
Acreage Description: 1/2 to less than 1
Lot Size (acres): 0.56
Lot Size (sq. ft.): 24,320 square feet
Lot Dimensions: 124x193x100x237
Front Exposure: East
Legal Description & Other Information
Financing Available: Cash, Conventional
Pets Allowed/Pet Policies: Yes
Zoning: RE2
Tax Legal Desc.: FROM US GOVT MEANDER COR ON S LINE OF SEC 15 & WLY SHORELINE OF LITTLE SAR BAY TH S 88-15-W 496 FT TH N 32-20 W 2156 FT TO SHORE OF GULF OF MEX TH N 25-10 W ALG SHORE 991.19 FT TO INTRS WITH LINE
Parcel Number: 0158040039
Disclosures: Lead Paint, Seller Property Disclosure
Section: 15
Range: 18
Township: 38
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We did it! We've learned a lot of lessons from this sale. Homeowners, whether you've worked with Vivint Solar or any solar company, please make sure you read your contracts. Vivint is definitely a lien on your home!! The solar panels should be sold with the home, but…what happens when the buyers don't want the solar panel??? Always have a contingency plan if you want to sell and have solar panels. You will be charged a VERY HEFTY FEE if you need to cancel service or transfer the panels to your next home! Just make sure to read the fine print before going with any solar company. Weigh all your pros and cons before going solar, and think about whether you plan to stay in your home forever or only for a short period. Well…after 3 long weeks, we were finally able to get the approval to move the solar panels to my client's new property. I want to thank the buyers' agent, Kanoee Reynolds, for her patience and her clients as we worked through this hurdle. This is my 2nd time working with her, and she is always professional. We both worked together on behalf of our clients to get this done! I'd also like to thank LeeAnne T. Rodriguez and the title company Settle with Pride for assisting withtheir professional service in this deal. Thank you to the lender, Chanin Sharpless Wisler. This was my first deal with you, and you were awesome in getting this quickly approved! Congratulations to the wonderful buyers (my new neighbors) and my amazing sellers, who can now move on to their dream home! #Realtor #RealEstate101 #Alwayslearning #september #realtorlife #Buyersandsellers #SOLD #Thatswhyididmyhappydance #notalldealsareeasy #ohyouthoughtthiswaseasywork #HA


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The interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis
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"The Muslim is in the shade of his Sadaqah (Charity). Allah stated in (Surah At-Talaaq: 2,3): "…and whoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to him, he will make a way for him to get out (from every difficult)" and "…and he will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine. And who ever puts his trust in Allah, then he will suffice him".
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Sophie is off to Melbourne!
After nearly seven years Sophie Hall is leaving Hope and Sons to move to Melbourne!
Sophie was a fresh design graduate when she joined our team in 2010.
After nearly seven years of working with Hope and Sons Sophie has made the life choice to move to Melbourne, Australia.
Sophie is our Print Manager and Graphic Designer.
The team at Hopes made a slideshow for Sophie - displaying many photos taken at work or staff functions, they also surprised Sophie with a farewell dinner and arranged for Chaim Cleavin to design and create a beautiful bracelet as a goodbye gift.
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You can choose between placing the pump unit with an integrated satellite (CB) in the processing area or a pump unit (SB/Multi) outside the processing area.
Each satellite station is comprised of a hose reel with hoses for water, chemical solution, and disinfectant solution. It is extremely easy to switch out chemicals.
The Lagafors DCS is suitable for installations of all sizes. For systems larger than five satellites, however, it would be best to choose a Lagafors CCS or Central Cleaning System.
LogTrace System - LTS
The Lagafors logging system was developed to help their customers manage their cleaning processes, ensure traceability, and provide a system of metrics for critical parameters including alarm features and documentation.
LogTrace is comprised of logging pipes equipped with meters and sensors, as well as a data-gathering unit and wireless internet connection. Using a secure login, the customer can view the status and history of one or more systems. Automatic alarm thresholds can be set for critical parameters.
System features:
The Lagafors Low Water Pressure Mobile, LWP-M II, is a complete mobile cleaning equipment for flushing with pressurised water and application of chemical foam and disinfectant. The unit is built on a stainless steel frame with two rear pivot wheels for smooth and efficient movement. The unit consists of a frequency controlled low pressure pump, a compressor for pressurised air, injector and suction hoses for chemicals. Two 25 litre chemical containers can be placed on the trolley which also provides holders for hose and nozzles.
The LWP-M II is especially appropriate for for cleaning applications in food processing including slaughterhouses, meat processing, dairy plants, breweries and industrial kitchens.
- Working pressure 20-25 bar alternatively 40 bar.
- Mobile unit with a smooth trolley for easy transportation.
- Easy to install: just connect water and electricity.
- 20 meter hose, spray gun and nozzles for rinse, foam and disinfection are included.


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EVERYONE JOIN HANDS. Darn it Kiritsugu, get with the program! Only on this day, on this internet, are we permitted to celebrate the end of the year every hour as the new year spreads over the timezones like a wave. We must be happy, not violent!
I was thinking about whining about how boring this year was for anime, but then I realized how much I liked the shows I ended up picking as my four favorites. Yep. Not bad at all. It was also a joyous moment when I realized that Heartcatch Precure ended in this year so I can totally include it because I make up the rules as I go. My favorite four series from 2011 are, as pictured, Fate/Zero, Mawaru Penguindrum, Heartcatch Precure, and Usagi Drop. As with my 2010 post, a bit of reasoning for my choices along with my favorite openings and endings follow.
Fate/Zero had me pretty hyped by having a ton of Kara no Kyoukai staff behind it, but I was also rather cautious going into it because of how disappointing Fate/stay Night and Unlimited Blade Works were. And if it helps to show exactly how disappointed I was in these, I was never hyped for them to begin with and I did not read the VN or any related material. I thought FSN was a joke and UBW didn't even try to make sense. But enough about those, because this is Fate/Zero and Fate/Zero is awesome. Excepting the first episode and the episode where Rin does stuff nobody cares about, of course. Those were rather boring for me.
The animation is, as expected, really awesome for fight scenes. And the way the Holy Grail War is playing out is done in such a way that it's hard not to get excited about stuff when people talk about stuff. Even if nobody's actually doing anything. No lamers as main characters certainly helps; everyone is pretty awesome in this. Waver is an exception as he is a pretty lame guy but he's lame in a normal, believable way. Plus, his interactions with all the awesome people (especially Rider!) just make the scenes he's in more entertaining. I don't know what else to say so I guess I'll leave it at that.
And I'll open my bit about Mawaru Penguindrum with negativity too. The negativity of the teensiest minority (population: me). I don't think Utena is a masterpiece. I don't even think it's great. I think it's just nice. I have no idea what was happening, if anything, in the Utena movie because I was being bombarded with an amount of symbolism that I have a hard time believing could have possibly been comprehended by human thought, so I basically ended up hating it. I tried to watch Night on the Galactic Railroad (which I hear is referenced constantly in Penguindrum) twice and couldn't bring myself to pay attention to it for more than twenty minutes both times. And I tried pretty hard that second time. And as for my final statement of negativity, I absolutely hate symbolism when it is used to such an extent that it conceals the story and themes of a work rather than supplementing them. This is a thing Ikuhara likes to do. That's what Utena taught me!
But it's okay, because Penguindrum keeps itself just one step away from being at that point. And that's just enough to allow to me to enjoy what I can see without being angry at feeling like I'm making up the story and seeing things that aren't there and having no idea what's really going on. What I understood was an extremely touching story about a very simple thing: love. And a handful of other things but they are secondary as far as I'm concerned. What's important is: it is hilarious, it is depressing, it is heartwarming, and sometimes even beautiful. If you are not watching it you are a mistake!
Next is Heartcatch Precure. I actually looked over my review of it after seeing that a different blog had linked to it, and I was a little surprised by some of the things I said about it. It was a lot more negative than I really feel about it (or maybe I did feel that way at the time and somehow my feelings changed over time without rewatching it). I will probably rewatch and maybe rereview it some day to get all my thoughts sorted out, but this is a magical girl show that I can enjoy, and a magical girl show that I can't really feel any shame for enjoying. Because it's just good. Too long for someone as impatient and easily bored as me, but still good. And it just starts out so good and ends so great (technically I believe the correct word here is epic considering the scale of everything by the time you hit that last episode). I'm not even just talking about first and last episodes, I'm talking more along the lines of the first 10 and last 10. That's at least 20 episodes of great right there, and I know there was more somewhere in the middle; I just don't remember where or how much. Totally give it a chance if you have any interest.
Last but not least is Usagi Drop. I don't have very much to say about this because of the type of show it is, but it was an adorable and warmfuzzyfeelings show that deals with parenthood (and also touches on some aspects of society's silliness a few times in the process). It also has a really nice art style and the main kid character (pictured! isn't she adorable how can you resist watching this now?) is voiced by a kid who is actually really good at acting and doesn't sound irritating, unlike certain other child voice actors I've heard. That's pretty exciting, isn't it? It better be because that's all I've got.
My favorite opening from 2011 was a little difficult to choose. You see, Blood-C's opening is just so good. It was hard to decide between it and the winner… But Sacred Seven's opening was just better. I love the song and I like how all the colors are rainbowy until the awesome chorus starts, and then it's just awesome because hey the chorus is awesome. It also managed to convince me (in part because of the lyrics, but primarily because of something I imagine only music theory could explain — and I'm a cellist who has successfully avoided any knowledge regarding music theory despite having played for about four years now) that there would be a great love story in this anime. There wasn't, but that didn't stop me from getting hyped every time I watched this opening sequence.
Deciding on my favorite ending was much, much easier. I mean, I could just go with Sacred Seven's second ending and be all "hey it's the same song but instead of being played to rainbows it's played to Inomata art isn't that great?" but I don't even want to. Because Mawaru Penguindrum's first ending is the best, no questions asked. Unfortunately I was unable to find a video of it on Youtube, so… You'll just have to be satisfied with this, which has absolutely nothing to do with Penguindrum's first ending sequence, let alone music. Oh well. Maybe I can just say this is a new award: "Favorite thing." It can be a moment, a song, a piece of art, whatever. That video is officially My Favorite Thing of 2011. I guess.
This sure was an awkward post to end the year with. I wonder if this is a sign of things to come.


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It can be incredibly difficult to pinpoint exactly when hip-hop took over the mainstream through underground roots. While it may seem commonplace in 2019, remixing whole tracks by slowing them down, adding a new flair of glimmer and gloss was not such a simple idea. DJ Screw was a major innovator of what would become "Chopped and Screwed" as a genre where innovation came from re-working some of the beauty of Houston's biggest hip-hop hits.
From Lil Ugly Mane to Three 6 Mafia, from Travis Scott to $UICIDEBOY$, sampling is a key factor to these artists' music and between the way that DJ Screw could work in this intricacies that made the music feel more as moving art pieces of abstract ideals rather than just simply slowed-down tracks. It was the 2002 release As The World Turns Slow that introduced Houston artists through a spotlight of originality and ability that could not be found anywhere else in the world.
The Wreckless Entertainment artist knew exactly what tracks would highlight the uplifting hood rap that made infamous Pen & Pixel Graphics mixtape cover arts, lean-sipping hits, and a reflection of Houston itself as DJ Screw spins through the better half of incredible rhyme schemes. The style is definitely not a cup of tea for everyone as the listener must not only enjoy hip-hop and the art of sampling, but also the fine art of mixing and creating new life from old material. In some ways, DJ Screw was able to create new looks at the individual pieces of hip-hop as the sloshed lyrics over the often bouncing percussive snaps are perfect for the foggy ride through sun-ridden streets.
As the curtain closed on DJ Screw's life in November of 2000 after an unfortunate overdose at the age of 29. Screw left a post-human legacy that came shortly after. As The World Turns Slow is not an actual official DJ Screw release and is instead looked at as a collection of tracks that almost always span into the longer runs of five-minutes or more. Regarding in the five, six, even sometimes nine-minute long tracks that will occasionally cross over into 10-minutes. The track "Topsdrop (R.I.P)" is a 10-minute remix set to honor Fat Pat who was shot and killed in 1998 before the release of his only solo album to ever
Through Houston's long legacy of music direction and innovation, DJ Screw hit the hearts and shook the underground worlds through mixtapes and descriptive styling for music that would shape remixes even today. He should not be recognized just for his unique style, but for putting an entire city on his back to represent the hood hero that was DJ Screw.


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Their love never showed itself
in word or touch.
It simply travelled
through a colored atlas
of their own making.
Sunday rides in a battered Buick,
state highways traced in orange.
Twenty-fifth anniversary in Hawaii,
circled in pink
like their matching floral shirts.
Retired early, she insisted,
they sold all their worldly goods.
Left a three bedroom colonial
for a small motor home,
and rambled through forty states.
College towns starred in blue
for the young at heart.
Green highlights for favorite parks
and the Grand Canyon's purple X,
the greatest site of all.
Now, in a pastel assisted living center
map of colors upon her wall,
she gazes out the window
at red and yellow tulips,
his ashes beneath their blooms.
With quaking hand
she touches coffee cup to pane,
then slowly to her lips.
This, their morning kiss, a ritual
now the road is still.


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Republicans accomplished what once seemed impossible, passing the largest federal tax reform package in decades. The landmark legislative victory put sizable tax cuts in the stockings of the middle class and larger wages under the tree of workers.
But to hear Democrats tell it, they were the recipients of a Christmas miracle. In their minds, the Republican tax reform bill will be wildly unpopular with the middle- and working-classes and title the 2018 midterms further in Democrats' favor.
In some ways, Democrats have reason to be hopeful. Polls taken just before passage of the bill suggest that Americans opposition to the bill grew over the last month and that the bill suffers from a widespread perception that it favors the wealthy more than the middle class. Democrats also benefit from an anti-Trump media narrative that has bled over into biased coverage of the bill, one that spent endless time devoted to discerning "winners" and "losers," as though the bill was a zero-sum game, rather than the positive economic effects of the bill.
And that's Democrats' big problem. They're drinking the same Kool-Aid they've been feeding the media. It's as if they believe, as Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi brazenly claimed, the bill "raises taxes on 86 million middle-class households" and "hands a breathtaking 83 percent of the benefits to the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans."
That would be a powerful line of attack if it were remotely true. Pelosi's statement is based completely (and misleadingly) on the year 2027, when the individual tax cuts expire if (IF!) Congress doesn't act to extend them, which they inevitably will. As the National Review's Rick Lowry writes, "If Pelosi were being more scrupulous, she'd say, "If Democrats for some reason don't agree with Republicans to extend the middle-class tax cuts – then they will disappear and shame on us."
Nevertheless, outlets like the Washington Post, Newsweek and the New York Times have all opted to focus their coverage on this unlikely future as opposed to the powerful near-term tax and economic benefits.
The left-leaning Tax Policy Center's analysis found that a mere 4.8 percent of taxpayers will pay more in 2017 while 80.4 percent see a tax reduction averaging $2,140. Their analysis also finds that the middle 60 percent of taxpayers will enjoy a 1.6 percent increase in after-tax income. Meanwhile, the right-leaning Tax Foundation's forecast found that "some of the largest changes in after tax income accruing to moderate-income families with children" and that the bill would boost gross domestic product by 1.7 percent over the long run.
If either of those analyses becomes reality—using either left or right leaning assumptions—then this bill won't just be popular, it will be a springboard to sustained electoral success. There's just no words that can explain away faster economic growth, higher wages and more dollars remaining in the pockets of average Americans.
When it's all said and done Democrats may have wish they'd have supported the tax reform bill. After all, as Michael Graham writes for CBS News, this "bill does quite few thing Democrats usually support":
It nearly doubles the standard deduction (from $6,350 to $12,000 for single filers and from $12,700 to $24,000 for joint filers)—which is what most low-income families use, rather than itemizing.
It also doubles the child tax credit to $2,000, and people who don't pay any net federal taxes to "credit" can still get up to $1,400 in cold-hard cash paid for by their fellow taxpayers, whether they (yes, Ann Coulter, I'm looking at you) like it or not. …
Which brings us back to the real problem: President Trump. More accurately, the Democrats' decision to #Resist.
#Resist means no cooperation, no cutting deals, none of the usual give-and-take of democracy. It also matches the mood of the Democratic base which, according to polling by liberal activist and billionaire Tom Steyer, overwhelmingly supports impeachment (78 percent) and wants Democrats to act against Trump at every turn (90 percent).
But if tax reform works and the economy is energized then Democrats will wish they would have set aside their hashtag and gotten down to the business of legislating.


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Pioneer HDJ-2000MK2 Headphones Unboxing [Video]
Pioneer has recently updated its Flagship DJ Headphones and we now have one in the DJbooth.net lab for the full out review treatment. The Pioneer HDJ-2000MK2 headphones have been upgraded from the original HDJ-2000 headphones with sleeker styling, better sound quality, and better isolation for Professional DJ's who need a good monitoring experience in the DJbooth. The new HDJ-2000MK2 headphones have 50mm drivers for that familiar over-the-ear design that the originals were known for. They have metal hinges in the construction for durability and protein leather with memory foam in the earcups for comfort. The HDJ-2000MK2's have a foldable design, will come with a travel case, a detachable straight woven cable, and a coiled cable. Our full review video is coming soon, but check out the unboxing and first impressions video in the meantime to see all that comes in the package.


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Each year Spin Control sets aside campaign blather and political posturing at Christmas, because, let's face it, who cares about such stuff on Dec. 25? If lions can lie down with lambs, the Democrats and Republicans can at least have a glass of eggnog and offer a seasonal greeting – religious or secular – of their choice. Instead, we offer the annual Holiday Quiz, also known as the 12 Trivias of Christmas, some of which have a government or political overtone and some of which are just trivial.
King John, to get back at the nobles who forced him to sign the Magna Carta.
King Henry VIII, to get back at the pope who excommunicated him for divorcing his first wife.
Oliver Cromwell, to stop drunken revelry and papist overtones.
Winston Churchill, to keep everyone working through "the Blitz."
He always had the biggest Christmas tree in Virginia.
He made a mean eggnog.
He had a great singing voice for carols.
He planted mistletoe all over Mount Vernon.
British law once limited eating it to certain holidays.
Puritans in Boston were only allowed to eat foods soaked in alcohol in December.
President Lincoln liked it so much he made ordered it added to rations for Union troops each Christmas during the Civil War.
American "doughboys" were served fruit cake in London after World War I ended.
Meet Me in St. Louis
"White Christmas"
"Home Alone"
"It's A Wonderful Life"
"Holiday Inn"
1963, when it issued a Hanukah stamp instead.
1975, when it issued a stamp for the upcoming bicentennial instead.
2000, when it was changing the postal rate and had too many stamps leftover from 1999.
2001, when was still honoring victims of 9/11.
Silent Night
Joy to the World
What Child is This?
O Come All Ye Faithful
Grover Cleveland, who tried out a new invention by Thomas Edison.
William McKinley, who got them as a gift from Vice President Roosevelt.
Warren Harding, who thought lights would help Return to Normalcy.
Herbert Hoover who as an engineer was the first one who could figure out how to untangle the strings and change bulbs.
The inn keeper's wife, to show contrition for not having room in the inn.
A shepherd's wife, as a sign that the shepherds had spread the good news.
One of the magis was presented as a woman, the Queen of Sheba.
A midwife, because someone had to deliver the baby.
Calling birds
Gold rings
Geese a-laying
Pipers piping
Because those were the colors available to cartoonist Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly.
Because that's what Clement Moore said in "Twas the Night Before Christmas"
Because Coca-Cola used its logo color in using him in ads in the 1930s.
Because that's the color he wore for his day job, way back when.