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Grocery Store Mysteries: Cheap Milk
Published on - April 19th, 2008 (by J.D. Roth)
We ran out of milk this evening, so I made an emergency trip to the grocery store to buy more. Generally we purchase a half gallon of one-percent, which lasts us about a week.
When I went to grab the milk from the refrigerator case, however, I was startled by the price: $3.19! Usually we pay between $1.99 and $2.29.
Our of curiosity, I priced the full gallons. They were on sale for $2.99. That's right: The sale price on a gallon of milk made the unit price less than 50% of the unit price for a half gallon. (That is, an ounce of milk from the gallon would cost me 2.34 cents, whereas an ounce from the half gallon would cost me 4.98 cents.)
I bought the gallon, naturally. We probably won't drink it all, but by golly, I just saved twenty cents!
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Hey J.D., do you know that milk can be frozen? It takes a little different if you drink it straight (some people mind, some don't) but you won't notice a difference in cooking and baking.
Freeze in increments that you bake with, e.g. premeasured for your usual recipe for muffins, pancakes, etc.
Here in San Diego, the local supermarket sells a gallon for $3, and says "Least price that we are allowed to sell in the county". A mile away Costco sells 2 Gallon packs for $4.38 -> about 30% cheaper! Go figure!
And don't forget that you probably spent at least 50 cents on gas even if the grocery store was only 2 miles away. (e.g. 4 miles roundtrip / 20 mpg) * $3.40/gallon = 68 cents!
Sorry. Couldn't resist. Hope you made something yummy with the milk…
By coincidence your article was next to another one in my aggregator about how demand for milk in China has led its price in the US to match the price of gasoline:
Congrats! You avoided paying the math tax.
It's always worth double checking the price per ounce on the larger boxes. It's getting more common for the larger boxes to be the worse deal.
It works really well, since people have been trained to think that larger = value. So it's being exploited. Always do the math. When you see this happen it's never for a few cents, it'll be a buck or two.
Avoid the math tax!
Milk prices are killing us — with four growing boys in the house, we go through way (way, way!) more than a half gallon per week. Probably more like a gallon per day.
Ditto on the freezing. Esp for puddings or dutch babies or for soups where you use a larger quantity.
Also 1% milk has a pretty long fridge life. I have never had one go bad before it was used up.
Wow, I pay C$5.79 for a regular 2L (half gallon?) of milk. That's organic, though. Regular milk is C$3.19. However, we don't allow bovine growth hormone in Canada.
You know what's even cheaper? Not drinking so much milk.
It can make a big difference if you pull your gallon of the milk from the back of the row, and find the most distant expiration date. I usually dig around the back of the row until I find the best date, and I get as much as an extra 5-7 days before it expires. I'll even reach WAY back in the cooler. Then your milk probably will last you two weeks. I meticulously check expiration dates on every item that has one, loaves of bread, bags of salad, etc. With grocery prices rising, getting the freshest food is worth the effort.
I discovered that I can freeze milk that will soon go bad into ice cube trays. This cube size is the perfect amount for my coffee in the morning! See post here
No wonder we're marked as a wasteful nation. For us to save a dime, we get the larger size then waste portions of it.
Nthing freezing the excess milk.
Also, if you can train yourself/your family to be able to drink reconstituted milk when necessary, then keeping dried milk powder in the pantry will save you from "emergency" trips to the grocery store when you run out of fresh milk. You just need to lose your attachment to the taste of freh milk.
Definitely try powdered milk! It was a posting on your blog that got us to switch. We don't taste the difference at all. We buy milk maybe once every 2 months now. Even if you're only using it for emergencies, it's a nice way to avoid emergency trips, and save you a little more money.
You should drink more milk! Recently I've replaced soda with milk (skim) and drink about 3 gallons a week. It's filling, full of nutrients and protein, great for you. And I feel a lot better than I did a few weeks ago, I think it plays a part.
Anyways, the "premium" milk runs $4.50 a gallon here, the "cheap" milk is about $3.50, Sam Walton's store sells them for $3.09.
Either way, I'm not going to throw a fit over a couple bucks. Man needs his milk.
At my supermarket near Sacramento, a gallon of milk– NOT on sale– runs about $2.79, but a half-gallon runs $2.99. I won't even try to make sense of that.
I don't pay attention to what milk costs at my regular grocery store, but at the one I can walk to, it's $4.39 now. I'm willing to pay the extra dollar for not having to drive, supporting a local business, and being able to get milk whenever I want it without synchronizing it to my weekly grocery trip.
A couple friends of mine have switched to organic milk because it doesn't go bad as quickly, they say. I wouldn't know, and that's no reason for me– I have *never* had milk go bad on me. I, just me, go through more than a gallon a week. If I haven't done dishes recently, it can be a gallon in three days.
Gallons have been sliding down under the half gallon price for about a year in my area. It started with the gallon being 25 cents more then slipped down to even.
I've found lately the best place for milk is the Pharmacy or the Gas station. I bought a gallon on Monday from the pharmacy for 75 cents less than I saw a gallon on Tuesday at the grocery.
I buy the organic milk – the expiration date is normally 4-5 weeks away.
I know this is get rich slow, but this is ridiculous – perhaps a standard post on how pricing often means that 2 * 500g costs a lot less than 1kg, but an article on saving 20c is just too far.
Is it possible to break your feeds up into different categories – as the finance parts and book reviews are excellent, but stuff like this is an enormous waste of time for a lot of people.
If you don't want to freeze the extra milk for some reason, and it goes sour, don't throw it out! Sour milk is a good substitute for buttermilk in baking.
Here in Pennsylvania the price of milk is regulated by the state, so that sort of thing never happens. Milk is actually NEVER on sale and is pretty much the same exact price everywhere.
Welcome to the recession — eggs are way up too, among other things.
Like Julia, I switched to powder milk after I read about it on your blog. I buy milk maybe once a month now! (1 person household/oatmeal and coffee in the morning).
I discovered Lockmead milk. Living in Corvallis, the milk is from down the road in Junction City. They don't use hormones and the milk lasts longer. Plus the containers are recycled. Yes, we pay more but we also don't use as much. Plus we walk down the road to get the milk at our local co-op.
Apparently organic milk is ultrapasteurized, which extends its life significantly.
I buy milk when it is marked down for being close to its expiration date. If I need it right away, I store it in the coldest part of the fridge. I don't remember ever having to throw any out, and I don't use it up within a week, generally.
If I don't need it right away, I open the container, take a little out to make headspace, and freeze it with the lid off (otherwise the container buckles and it won't want to stand up on its own later). I recap it once it's frozen solid. Never had a problem with taste or spoilage once I thaw it.
Powdered milk has gotten wildly expensive lately, following the cost of fresh milk, but it can still be a deal if you use it instead of buying (and throwing away excess) fresh milk, or if you use it to substitute for expensive canned milk products like sweetened condensed milk. The Tightwad Gazette has a great recipe for sweetened condensed milk using powdered milk. I've found it's just as good leaving out the butter or margarine called for in the recipe.
Don't waste that milk! Prepare recipes which use milk as an ingredient to use the extra. MAKE YOUR OWN YOGURT IF YOU HAVE A DAB OF LEFOVER YOGURT FOR STARTER, SPARE MILK AND A WARM SPOT OR A HEATING PAD. I LOVE the idea above of freezing portions sizes of milk, JUST REMEMBER THAT MILK EXPANDS AS IT FREEZES! If freezing milk changes the milk slighly and you don't like the taste, it can be used in recipes when you need milk as an ingredient. Think macaroni and cheese, made from scratch chocolate (or other flavor) pudding, cream sauce on vegetables, cream soups (great way to use up a dab of leftover vegetables and extra milk). Milk gone sour? MAKE SOUR MILK PANCAKES, DELICIOUS, LIGHT AS A FEATHER! As for James who thinks this is too petty, comment #21, read the first two lines of an article and then skip the rest. That's what I do when I begin reading an article which quickly starts my eyes rolling back in my head and my interest to vaporize! PS. If the milk goes REALLY sour you pour it on the compost heap. Waste not, want not!
Ever notice how a 20 oz. bottle of soda costs 1.25 whereas a 2-liter costs 99 cents? I used to work at a convenience store and sold at those prices for a long time, I found it quite ridiculous. Soda's trash compared to milk in nutritional value, but the principle still matters.
Also, one other thing I learned, is that usually convenience stores will sell milk at comparable or reduced prices over grocery stores. One clever thing convenience stores have to do, nationally, is compete with local milk prices. The reason they do this is because to stay in business and get people in the door, they have to use milk as a draw since it's the most popular item sold. If you really want to save on milk, check your local convenience stores because milk is sometimes sold for much cheaper. I get milk around here for 3.79 or higher at the grocery store (vermont) and I've seen it as low as 2.89 at Maplefields, a convenience store.
It depends on where you live and local economy but next time you're filling up your gas tank go in and check, you might be pleasantly surprised.
Here's an idea…use reconstituted dry milk for recipes, and don't drink milk at all…the only creatures that -need- cow's milk are baby cows.
I too was going to suggest freezing the excess milk. Another thing I do when I have excess milk is to make pudding, or a cream soup, like baked potato soup.
And I second someone's comment to James…skip articles that don't speak to you! I don't read the articles on investing, but I'm certainly not going to suggest that J.D. quit writing them.
I now only drink organic milk which costs $8 a gallon at Whole Foods.
Yep, convenience stores here are cheaper than grocery stores, but Costco beats everyone by $1/gallon.
So we buy a half-dozen gallons of skim milk at a time from there and freeze the excess.
IMHO, powdered milk is for cooking, not drinking.
is it just me or have the articles on this blog gotten extremely useless and boring… so obvious your running out of ideas… why don't you talk about the fact that our economy is about to collapse… the problem with these blogs is that they are written by people who, while have some knowledge of the subject they are covering, are not experts… and therefore when they run out of stuff to talk about, either the blog gets extremely boring, or they go and copy other blog's content and rewrite it –that's why most blogs don't have very much original content… it's getting worse too…
A gallon costs $5.29 here in NYC, so consider yourself lucky.
@Ryan: Gee, where's your blog? We'd love to see it. And yet another defeatist article about how the country's going to hell, sure, that'd benefit all of us. Forget the small positive tips that help us save where we can.
If you don't like it, don't read it. And certainly don't waste your time commenting. Your comment was far less useful and informative than anything JD's written.
Thanks for the post! One of the benefits of this blog is that we hear great ideas from other people as well as getting some good information from the articles.
For this one I will no longer worry if I am using "real milk" for cooking whether or not it smells to funny (only when it turns chunky).
As for powdered milk, an idea that came from here, it has been great for us to have on hand because we go through milk in spurts and now when I decide to bake something that calls for milk I always have it on hand.
(Also, as someone who grew up on "Bessie" milk – yes, I could go pet Bessie the cow if I wanted to at our neighbors – any milk I have tried from the store just doesn't compare in quality.)
I use soy milk. A half gallon is about $3, but it keeps for about 2 months. I can't stand the taste of cow milk, plus I'm intolerant of lactose, so I use Silk for the times I feel like eating cereal or if we have cookies or something.
The taste definitely takes getting used to though.
I'll second (or third, or whatever) the Costco thing – I got milk there this weekend at $2.47 for a gallon for the Kirkland brand (1%). (I like their new containers, too – they're flat on the top, so if I need to slide something flat in on top of the milk it's possible.)
I don't know how old you are, but at 47 I've seen the economy "on the brink of collapse" about six times. Don't worry so much! The economy is like the tide, it ebbs and flows. You need to "unstress," guy! Turn off the news for a couple of days and take a walk or a bike ride.
I scour milk prices like I scour gas prices. Two teenage boys = almost two gallons of milk per day, more than the gas I use to get to work. It's $2.99/gallon for organic/no BGH at the deli here in CT. Gas = $3.65 today
Good reminder to always look at other options to determine the best price. Don't just grab what you always grab, pay attention! Now don't let the gallon go to waste, use it in cooking, pancakes will use a couple of cups, freeze the extras. Homemade mac n cheese will use some too. Any as other commenters pointed out, you can freeze it.
I don't think this was a boring article, and I think its got some useful information even though the "yay I saved 20 cents!" part was a joke.
Its yet another reminder to CHECK UNIT PRICES.
Consumer advocates started reminding people to do this and people realized that, often, the bigger size has the lower unit price. Soon afterwards retailers realized that people started mentally simplifying "buy smallest unit price" to "buy bigger size" so they've started to switch it around to get more money again.
In the end, "hints" like buy bigger don't work – only doing the work yourself, each time, gets you the best deal.
It would be a lot easier to check unit prices if the stores didn't deliberately put them in different units. One product will be price per ounce, another price per pound, yet another some other price per other unit.
I'll second an earlier poster's comment.
This is a great time to consider how you use milk, and how you can use less of it. Milk isn't a necessary food item — it's better used as an ingredient in other things (hence, using less) than for straight consumption. Even for kids.
Babies NEED human mother's milk until they are weaned. Once we are weened, consuming milk isn't necessary. There are other, arguably better, ways to get those nutrients.
I've read recently that yogurt is the best dairy product to consume if you're going to consume dairy. And I do love my cheese.
But I go through 1/2 gallon of milk once every 2-3 weeks.
This is a great motivation to cut down on cereal consumption too. Cereal is skyrocketing.
I too noticed that the price of milk has jumped and inevitably the quart or half-gallon is more expensive than the gallon.
I'm not a milk drinker, so I was always buying the smaller package…that is, until my sister mentioned that she freezes milk when she stocks up while it's on sale.
Now, I buy the gallon and transfer 1/2 of it to a thoroughly washed 1/2 gallon jug and throw one of them in the freezer. I save money and rarely end up running to the store to buy regular price milk because I have the "reserve" in the freezer!
I have no sympathy … we pay $6 a gallon for our organic raw milk. But it is soooo worth it.
You go Jen. Couldn't have said it better myself!!
The thing you can do with the milk that is
going bad is FRESH CHEESE. I simply warm the
milk and add some lemon juice on it. Wait till
it "separates" then I hang it in a piece of fine
cotton. This cheese last a few days but you can
use to make cheese cake and other receipts. You
will find a lot of ideas in the Internet.
Try it!!!!
I had raw milk yesterday and it was good. Then we had butter made with it and ice cream. They have 3 cows and yield about 5 gallons a day.


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Product DescriptionInThe FatTire world,The Surly Pugsley reigns king.The Pugsley standsTall against, sand, mud, wet rocks, roots, ice, and snow.The Pugsley frame has 135mm- spaced horizontal rear- loading dropouts with a derailleur hanger, which means you can run a singlespeed or multi- speed setup. Geometry: Size 16" 18" 20" 22" Seat Tube Length 406.4 457.2 508 558 Top Tube Length 554.3 566.5 581.9 600
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Date Reviewed: February 21, 2014
Strengths: Handles well, nice ride and just an awesome bike! Components work well even in deep snow.
Weaknesses: None that I can see. The bike certainly weighs more than my road bike but because I ride in the snow and on frozen lakes, I welcome the added weight for traction.
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Fatbike.com did a story on me and my Pugsley ice fishingon Ascomet Pond. "Fat-Biking and Ice-Fishing" ....can't wait to take it on the outer beach of Cape Cod.....Enjoy!
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Duration Product Used: Varied
Purchased At: Idle Times Bike Shop
Date Reviewed: December 12, 2013
Strengths: Simple but highly functional design and incredibly fun to ride!
Weaknesses: Heavy
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Date Reviewed: October 7, 2013
Strengths: Unbelievable fun to ride - You won't want to ride anything else once you have one!
Weaknesses: Components - Trashed the original rear wheel in 500 miles - I believe LX hub, Went to a xt hub on next wheel - and it is holding up better after 2000 miles. Big chain rings don't last long and are pricey $60. Starting on my third one at 2500 miles. I am used to XTR component life ranges and sadly the MR whirly components don't come close. Also already replaced the front and rear derailer and bent the rear dropout from a bad chain suck. Upgraded all to XT. Hoping for better wear.upgraded rear tire to 120TPI nate - On my second one already due to severe puncture. Running tubeless with getto setup and orange seal.
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Duration Product Used: 2500 miles - 6 months
Purchased At: LBS
Bike Setup: 2012 Surly Pugsy Black OPs
22" frame
bb7 brakes and discs
Origianl lx derailers - upgraded to XT
Original endomorph rear tire - upgraded to 120 tpi nate
Larry front tire
Tubeless getto setup with orange seal
Rolling darrel wheel sets front and back - upgraded rear to xt hub with cut outs drilled out the front rim 1-1/4"
Mr. whirly crank set
Salsa 17 dregee bar
Date Reviewed: April 7, 2013
Strengths: It's a fat bike
It'sone of the most fun bikes I have ever ridden
At home almost anywhere, trails, town
snow, mud.
Not as cumbersome as it looks
Weaknesses: Price/value for money
Components are cheap
Powder coat
General frame quality
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Let me start off by saying I am in no way knocking this bike and this is an honest, hypeless review based on 26 years experience of mountain bikes.
I'll start off with the frame, the frame quality is what I would expect on a bike costing around $1000, it is a steel frame and let me make this clear, if you do not use frame sealant immediately on purchase you will have surface rust inside the frame, mine had surface rust when I unboxed it inside the seat tube and bottom bracket there is always a little trace of rusty residue around the frame drainage holes. The powder coat is very easily scratched and perhaps enamel would have been a better choice of frame finish. I have tried 9 Zero 7 and Salsa frames and they are imo better quality and finsh for around the same price.
Component choice. With the exception of the shifters MWOD and BB7s (which are now obsolete) crankset the componentry is equal to that found on bikes of $400-500. This isn't to say that it's poor quality, it works well enough. The reasons for choosing BB7s for the brakes i.e. better cold performance are well known but for fast trail rides they just do not cut it and how many people will be riding this bike in temperatures low enough for mineral oil to freeze ? One thing I have noticed as I do a lot of trail and singletrack riding is that with any rotors larger than 160mm and a reasonably good set of brakes (mine are SLXs) there is quote and alarming amount of fork flex even under mild braking loads.
The ride. Ok enough of the negative points, this is one of the most fun bikes I have ridden in years, the riding position is more reminiscent of town bikes rather than mtbsand is very very natural and comfotable. It's surprisingly agile and nowhere near as hard to pedal as it may seem at first glance. The same trails and singletracks which would be a breeze in a cold clinical way on my more modern machines become technical playgrounds. This bike has something that it is rare to fnd in a modern bike and that is character. It will encourage you to go places you wouldn't ordinarily consider on a 'normal' mtb, snow, mud , sand. Ok it won't ride over eveything and the float with the stock 3.7s is only really good enough for groomed trails or snow with a really really good crust but is guaranteed it will put a smile on your face that is hard to wipe off. On trails With decent tyre pressure, around 18-22psi around town and on cycle paths it is a laid back cruiser that is so relaxed to ride that when you ineveitably get passed by faster skinnier bikes you tend to think, hey just slooow down man, or maybe that's just me. On faster smoother fire roads type riding after a bit of experimentaion you can drift that baby like a Nissan Skyline. I can say with my hand on my heart that in the months since getting the Necromancer that my other bikes, all 7 of them have not been ridden.
As you can see my biggest gripes are with the price and quality of the bike not the performance, and if you do buy this bike you will upgrade the brakes at least, so far I've changed, brakes and bars and saddle and for the price point I would expect to upgrade something when it wears out not because it is not good enogh for the intended purpose in the case of the brakes..
Surly/QBP are going to be facing some stiff competition now that some of the big names in the industry are starting to sit up and take notice and better specced better value bikes will be available before long which will take spotlight away from Surly. What once was a niche market is becoming a mass market.
The fat bike is imo going to be the biggest revolution in everyday cycling since the mountain bike and don't be surprised if in 2 or 3 years you see them everywhere.
My excuses for the long review but it's rare that I'm compelled to write one but this bike and fat bikes have really put passion back into my cycling and although there are issues it really is anyone who considers themselves a cyclist shoud try
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Date Reviewed: January 22, 2013
Strengths: Handles sand and packed snow ease. It also works very well on regular mtn bike trails.
Weaknesses: A little heavy. This bike requires a somewhat strong rider to power it.
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The other nice thing about the bike is the components included with the complete build. Overall I have to say they are solid. The bearings on the rear hub can sometimes come loose but this is not an issue as long as they are checked and adjusted. but other than that everything is solid this is one of few bikes that I have bought where the stock wheels are staying true with no adjustments. Overall nothing flashy but they work when in tune.
On the whole I have to say this may be one of the most versatile bikes ever made. aside from downhill and freeride this bike can handle just about anything. I would recommend it to anyone who considers them self a serious cyclist.
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Date Reviewed: June 6, 2012
Strengths: Great value
Uses reasonably common parts
Rolls over most things
Weaknesses: Heavy
Handles a bit like a tractor
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Where the Pugsley really shines, is as a general purpose mountain bike. With a relatively conventional mountain geometry, and the pugsley's huge wheels that roll over obstacles with ease, the pugsley is well suited to bikepacking and general mountain riding. The reliability of matching front and rear wheels gives extra confidence for long rides.
When the trail makes a turn uphill, the pugsley digs in and offers extraordinary traction in the rear without launching the front wheel skyward. The 38 pound weight of the stock pugsley means that long climbs can be difficult, but the big wheels track straight and don't get knocked off track easily.
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Bike Setup: First two years with a derailleur and later with an alfine IGH.
Date Reviewed: May 16, 2012
Strengths: Amazing bike, and more than capable on ANY trail.
Weaknesses: Some of your friends may make fun of you if your tires are positively correlated to your waist size :)
Bottom Line:
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Date Reviewed: April 24, 2012
Strengths: Fit and finish is top notch.
Components are really nice.
Rolls over anything in the way.
Weaknesses: None so far
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Date Reviewed: April 11, 2012
Strengths: It is a Tank..
Weaknesses: Pulls in the turns. Mainly to the right it seems, possibly due to the wheel offset? But you get used to it pretty fast.
Bottom Line:
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Similar Products Used: Similar to the Pugsley? Those bulldozers they use to pull log's off the side of mountains..
Bike Setup: Basically as delivered. Egg beaters.
Date Reviewed: July 25, 2011
Strengths: Predictable handling, grip, flotation, fun
Weaknesses: Heavy, limited parts choices
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $1800.00
Purchased At: Internet
Similar Products Used: None
Bike Setup: Mr Whirly cranks, BB7s, FSA, WTB, Sram x9, gripshift
Date Reviewed: July 16, 2011
Strengths: It is a tank on 2 wheels, rolls over everything... the cat, the kids, the wife's flowers!
Weaknesses: The only thing i could nit pick about is the weight, other than that everything is ideal!
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $1650.00
Purchased At: Universal Cycles
Similar Products Used: Nothing I've owned comes close.
Bike Setup: Stock 2011 Surly spec build, with DMR Loc'd grips, and Specialized Lo-Pro mag pedals
Date Reviewed: January 6, 2011
Strengths: 4" tires!!!!
Need I say more??
Weaknesses: None
Bottom Line:
The single best bike purchase I've ever made!!!
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $2400.00
Purchased At: Bikes On Howard
Similar Products Used: None
Date Reviewed: December 26, 2010
Strengths: All.
Weaknesses: None.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $1900.00
Purchased At: Surly
Similar Products Used: None
Bike Setup: Shimano, Innova, Surly, Truvavit, WTB
Date Reviewed: March 17, 2010
Strengths: Solid, plows through mud snow and sloppy conditions.
Weaknesses: Accelaration, manuverability
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $2000.00
Purchased At: The Bike Hub
Similar Products Used: None
Bike Setup: Sram XO-X9 Avid Elixer Brakes, Vicious Cycle Rims
Date Reviewed: January 23, 2010
Strengths: the whole bike,built to crash
Weaknesses: tires a little thin,i put in a 1/4"thick,4"w strip of rubber,got to many flats,works good
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $200000.00
Purchased At: the bicycle shop
Similar Products Used: nothing comes close,harley davidson of bicycles
Bike Setup: stock,change nothing except seat
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my daughter went there on her fifth year. and then my son just last year attended kindergarten there. both my children had a blast there. my son especially. he enjoyed everyday day that he went to school. and his teacher did an outstanding job. we moved last summer. the school his attending right now is mesmerized at how much he knows. he received a N.Gresham blue ribbon reward last fall for his outstanding effort. thanks to ala wai school for setting that foundation.
My son went to this school last school year 2009-2010. He was in kindergarten, his teacher was extraordinary, she always went above and beyond with my son. I always saw the principal around asking for feedback and making sure everyone was on the same page. I love this school; my son had a beautiful experience. We left Honolulu because we are a military family and we truly miss this school.
Our experience with Ala Wai Elementary has been nothing but positive. My oldest son has attended for 2 yrs now (K and 1st). His first grade teacher, Mrs. Sato, has gone out of her way to keep him engaged and challenged in class. This school really cares about it's students, academically and emotionally. Even with 'furlough Fridays' and budget cuts they continue to give it everything they have. The Principal, Mrs. Unni and Vice Principal Mrs, Mendonca are very active at the school, and highly visible and approchable. (I've even seen them directing traffic to keep our keiki safe). Mr. Yim, the lower grades Counselor, is always keeping an eye out for new ways to help the kids. Mr. Toby and Miss Ruthie from the PSAP program are dedicated to the children in their care. I would recommend this school to anyone.
Ala Wai School is awesome. The teachers and staff are very caring about the individual child. My child is fortunate to be in this school. I don't know the Principal personally but she must be quite a wonderful woman; Counselor Mr. Makaimoku is priceless.
This school has the best teachers and principal and the school counselor is so positive in his dealings with the young students. Claudia England
My son is in their Preschool. The teachers and aides are so good with the kids and I feel the communication lines between the teachers and parents is excellent.
My daughter is in Kindergarten and I am very impressed with the way the teachers have been teaching. My daughter comes home everyday with something new. This is way different than when I was in School. Ms Unni and the Vice principal are always around to help the students and also attend alot of the parent functions or school activities. Today for example, there was a fun fair and I saw both principals there. This is an awsome school
My child attended the Ala Wai from 1st to 5th grade and A+ for all 5 years and graduated. The teachers were wonderful, staff was helpful, classmates were great, and the fellow parents were friendly too! Ms. Unni is a hands-on principal, always there for the children and takes charge of everything! A wonderful person. No wonder Ala Wai Elementary was 1 of the 3 schools to be nominated for the NCLB's Blue Ribbon School Program! I am proud to say that my child graduated from Ala Wai Elementary School!
My son is in K and is enjoying school and A+ at Ala Wai - so much so that he cries when I pick him up early! It is too early into the school year to yet determine anything on a learning level, so we are just happy that he is happy. Our only concern is the size of his class (25) and hope this is not the same in the higher grades. Aloha, Michele Pokung, parent
First of all, my English is limited. However I'd like to talk about Ala Wai Elementary School. I have 2children, boy and girl who are from Japan. My children go at Ala wai Elementary School. They are 2 grade and 4 grade. They are so lucky why class teachers are wonderful and great teacher ever. I look back on this year I really appreciate school teachers who are class teachers, councelor teacher, and ELL teachter. My daughter came to Hawaii 3month ago. Class teacher who is so wonderful and helpful for her. My daughter enjoy going to school so far. Coucelor teachter help to go to school my daughter who was stuggled when she came here first time. My son's class teacher is a great teacher who is a kind and wonderful. I am thankful and greatful this year. I really appreciate them who are Mrs. Yamazaki, Mrs.Kwee, Mr.Yim and Mrs. Kobayashi. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
My daughter is in the 1st grade at Ala Wai Elementary. She loves to go to school every day and enjoys learning. Her teachers are friendly, conscientious, and wonderful educators. When my daughter started Kindergarten last year, I reviewed and visited the five public schools near our home and work. We chose Ala Wai Elementary because of their caring staff, high standards, and school vision. The Principal, Ms. Unni, can be found on the school grounds everyday interacting with the children and providing guidance. Our family believes that the care and attention provided to each student is just as important as the curriculum taught each day. We firmly believe in Ala Wai Elementary and make every effort to support this school by helping with the PTSA, fund-raisers, and chaperoning fieldtrips. Ala Wai's Vision for our Children: Believe, Achieve, Succeed. Dream Big and Make It Happen! Wonderful concepts for children of all ages to learn.
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Needs a separate column to record cents. I have to draw a column for each page for each entry..debit, credit and total.
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When I received this item---I fell in love at how wide it was. :-)
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1. I have been using a small notebook to keep track of my checkbook since my register ran out. 2. Saw these online and decided to order a few, am back to order more. Note: they would not fit in a check book but that is not an issue with me since I don't take my check book out of the house. I like this because there is a lot of room for each transaction-i.e. you can write down what you purchased with a debit card. The spiral binding to me makes them easier to use than a typical register. Also might be good for someone with aging eyesight as it is very easy to read what is pre-printed.
I would recommend this item to my family
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Since I have started using this item I have not gone back to the small registers the bank gives you along with the checks. Cover could be a bit thicker, but all in all these are the best registers I have ever used.
I love this register
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I like the large print, it makes my Banking so much easier because I can see the register as those compared to the Bank registers. It could be constructed better, and more pages for my buck, I believe the register was more sturdy and also more pages for my money, I would forever use this register.
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my vision is changing so i purchased this to prevent me from strainging my eyes.
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A bit overpriced
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It's basically an enlarged check register that has several pages, which means it will last a long time. But for what you get, I think I paid too much for it.
Great product just not worth the price
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i really like this prouct and would buy more just not at that price [...]
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Ron Hudson, a 56-year-old salesman, looked at me in disbelief. Had he actually just heard those words from my mouth? "You have diabetes," I told him, "and the time has come for you to do something about it." At 396 pounds, Ron knew he needed to get his lifelong weight problem under control. However, every diet plan he tried met with inevitable failure, because his motivation to succeed was not strong enough to overcome his cravings for snacks. His desk drawer at work was filled with unhealthy treats: doughnuts, cakes and king-size candy bars. Ron knew the time had come to make a drastic change. Not only did he sink into depression whenever he thought of buying new clothes, but he had already lost several family members to the complications of diabetes. Finally, last Memorial Day, Hudson committed himself to a diet plan that some may consider extreme: he stopped eating carbohydrates.
To eat or not to eat carbohydrates, that is the question. Once hailed as a necessary part of all meals, the backlash against carbohydrates (sugarlike molecules) has been immense. With the popularization of diet-plan books such as Atkins for Life, Sugar Busters!, The South Beach Diet and The Fat Flush Plan, one is left to wonder if there is anything safe to eat anymore. Surely, with soaring obesity rates and ever-increasing numbers of childhood diabetics, signs point to a dangerous trend in the American lifestyle. But what can be made of all the claims of low-carb diets? How do they compare with the more traditional way of eating, with a mix of all the food groups, that is recommended by the USDA Food Guide Pyramid?
Low-carbohydrate diets didn't just start in the past decade. The Atkins diet has been around for 30 years, and scientists have noted the benefits of reducing certain types of foods in the diet for a century or more. However, never before has such an emphasis been placed on the nutritional value of what people eat, and never has there been such confusing, seemingly contradictory information. Nutrition experts have to go back to the drawing board and reformulate a plan based on current scientific evidence and research trials, challenging the findings of a mere decade ago.
The basis of all low-carbohydrate diets is that, by eating less of the immediate sources of fuel, the body is forced to burn its stores of fat, thus leading to weight loss. Research has shown that keeping a diet too low in carbohydrates does increase the risk of episodes of hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar. Low blood sugar can result in dizziness, fatigue, nausea and vomiting. In rare cases, hypoglycemia can lead to a loss of consciousness, which may require emergency medical care.
However, most of these diet plans do not recommend following the drastic cuts in carbohydrates for an extended period of time. The average American diet includes 300-350 grams of carbohydrates. The Atkins diet plan suggests an initial two-week period when the daily intake of carbohydrates does not exceed 20 grams. Over time, this number is increased, balancing the effects of more carbohydrates with the body's need for fuel.
Some newer research has lead to the concept of the glycemic index, a measure of how fast carbohydrates are absorbed into the body and digested down into molecules of sugar. Once circulating in the blood, sugar promotes the production of insulin by the pancreas. Higher levels lead to increasing demands for insulin to help push the sugar into the body's cells. This increase may lead to higher rates of atherosclerosis, and, over time, to insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes. By lowering the amounts and types of foods with high glycemic "scores," such as sweets, pastries, bread, white rice, etc., the burden of sudden fluctuations in insulin levels can be minimized over time. Lower levels of insulin also lead to higher levels of another hormone, glucagon, which regulates how the body breaks down its stores of fat for energy.
Do low-carb diets work? Two studies published last May in the New England Journal of Medicine presented the first-ever, randomized trials of a low-carbohydrate, high-protein, high-fat diet vs. a traditional, low-calorie, high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet. The first trial was performed at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Philadelphia. This study tested 79 people randomly assigned to either diet over a six-month period. The results showed that severely obese patients, with a high prevalence of diabetes, lost more weight during the study period on a low-carbohydrate diet than those on a calorie-restricted, low-fat diet. Cholesterol levels improved, with greater decreases in the triglycerides in the group following the low-carbohydrate model. However, there were only a small number of people enrolled in this study, and the benefits beyond the six-month study trial were not assessed.
In the same issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, research from the University of Pennsylvania reported on a one-year study that showed slightly different results. That study assigned 63 individuals to either an Atkins-like diet or a conventional low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet. Blood sugar, cholesterol and weight were all measured throughout the study. Initially, the low-carbohydrate dieters lost more weight and had improvements in their blood tests sooner than the low-fat dieters. However, at one year, the difference between the groups was not statistically significant—the groups basically reached the same amount of weight loss over time. Atkins dieters were shown to have the most improvements in their cholesterol values, but whether this benefit was permanent remains to be seen. The final tally: the pounds lost were the same. The real question is simply, who will keep the weight off over time?
Concerns have been raised regarding the potential harm of a high-protein, high-fat diet. Those with a history of gout (a metabolic problem that causes painful arthritis in certain joints) are warned about the potential for recurrences while eating large amounts of protein. The long-term effects of high-protein diets on the kidneys are not yet known. (Diets higher in protein may challenge the kidneys to process more protein than they can.) Followers of high-protein diets may be putting themselves at risk, but for what, the medical community just does not know. More research must be done in order to determine the long-term effects of low-carbohydrate diets.


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Google today launched an experimental 'social search' feature, which returns results created or endorsed by a user's online friends.
It's long been said that success in business depends on who you know. Now, success on the search engine results pages will also depend on who you know, now that Google has launched its Social Search product into its experimental Google Labs.
The overall premise, alluded to last week by Google VP Marisa Mayer at the Web 2.0 Summit, highlights content created by friends of the searcher, or content from sites that the user follows via RSS feed, to put more weight on a user's social graph when determining what results are relevant.
"Our objective is to bring content authored or endorsed by your social circle right to your Google search results," Amit Singhal, Google Fellow, told ClickZ.
Initially, social search results will use data from a searcher's Google contacts (from Gmail, Google Talk, etc.), RSS feeds in the user's Google Reader account, and sites linked in a user's Google Profile. Google profile pages could include the user's Twitter and FriendFeed accounts, which both will be used in social search results.
Those results will appear in a separate section at the bottom of the search results page, at least for now, Singhal said. Google will return blog posts, Twitter and FriendFeed entries, or other content created by the searcher's social connections, or from blogs the searcher has subscribed to in Google Reader, under the heading "Results from people in your social circle," as depicted below.
Users can also click through to see only content from their social circle, which can be further filtered by which friend created it.
Brands that reach out on social networks will find their results showing up more often on their connections' search results pages. And as always, those that create content that people find interesting will be rewarded, only now that will be multiplied as more users become interconnected.
Singhal emphasized that all content included in these results is already publicly available to anyone, so nothing the creator hasn't already shared publicly will be revealed. That would rule out including most Facebook content in the results, as that content is restricted to viewing by a user's Facebook friends, he said.
In addition, the results are filtered through Google's relevance algorithms, so it's not showing social search results when they're not going to improve the search experience, Matt Cutts, Google's search evangelist, told ClickZ.
"It uses PageRank, and all the signs that Google uses for determining reputation and relevance," Cutts said. "It only triggers when there's a really useful result."
Singhal, who has been using the product for several months now, said the relevancy ranking algorithms applied to social search have improved the relevance of the search results overall. "Every time I see it come up, there's a 'wow' effect," he said.
This product is not related to last week's announced deal with Twitter, where Google (and Bing) said they'd begin including Twitter entries in search results.
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For marketers, this is another indication of the direction Google is heading with its relevancy factors for determining what to return in search results. As with the Twitter "firehose" data, it stands to reason that Google will use what it learns from this Social Search experiment to adjust its current algorithms, or create new ones.
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What it had going for it was an uncanny and moving relationship between Gosling and Mulligan.
This is pop art of the highest degree.
Full Review | Original Score: A-
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Hands down the coolest film of 2011, Drive is a stylised genre film where the genre is constantly changing.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
Gordon and the Whale
Something under the hood of Drive captured my heart; director Nicolas Winding Refn has admirably crafted a fine piece of retro-noir cinema.
Full Review | Original Score: A+
Neither overblown action movie or intimate character study, Drive is somewhere in between - my approximation of "an arthouse Fast & Furious" wasn't too wide of the mark after all.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
We Got This Covered
Nicolas Winding Refn's atmosperic direction, Gosling's sheer presence and a soundtrack that's perfection make Drive a fantastic film.
Full Review | Original Score: 10/10
Final Cut on Film
With a titanic infusion of pound-feet of torque, Drive is the best movie of 2011, a raging race that's part F1 and equal part demolition derby.
Full Review | Original Score: A+
If Sofia Coppola were a dude making genre action movies to impress Quentin Tarantino ... those movies would be a lot like this.
Full Review | Original Score: B+
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Drive is surprising in many ways, from its quietly spoken first act through its increasingly violent and unexpected trajectory.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
It's a slow-burn romantic fairy tale that suddenly turns dark and very violent, but director Nicholas Winding Refn is a master at developing suspense and menace, and every frame of this movie is dripping with both.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4
A classic tale of revenge, love and madness is given a refreshing polish and shine by director Nicolas Winding Refn. Drive is one of the year's very best.
Full Review | Original Score: 10/10
Nicholas Winding Refn's 'neon-noir' heist film Drive winds the speedo back 25 years to honour the spirit of 80s action films, but this fable about fast cars and mob violence isn't afraid to show its feminine side.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
... celebrates -- one might say revels in -- the pulp mythology of existential anti-heroes and criminal chivalry and street opera tragedy of American movies.
Delivers the thrilling action goods with craft and distinctive style.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Young directors would do well to take a cue or two from Refn when it comes to telling an engrossing story, because when a filmmaker with real vision is at the wheel, even the familiar can feel fresh, new, and exciting.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4
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The real star of this film is the direction of cult Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, making his Hollywood debut.
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"Drive" is not the "Fast and Furious" knockoff you might think it is based on the advertising. It is far more artistic and thoughtful than any of those films could ever hope to be. Consider it a thinking man's action movie.
Full Review | Original Score: A
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Action and smarts don't necessarily go hand-in-hand. But director Nicolas Winding Refn ('Bronson') deftly blends them in 'Drive,' a phenomenally entertaining movie that employs a haunting soundtrack, clever direction and entertaining characters.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/4
A firecracker up the backside of the bloated modern action movie...
Full Review | Original Score: 5/5
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Scotty McCreery has done a lot of living since he released his debut album, Clear as Day . He was just 17 years old when he made that project in 2011, so it's no surprise he's tackling more mature subject matter on his new project, See You Tonight . That album lands in stores this week just a few days after Scotty celebrated his 20th birthday.
He says, "I've really had more of an opportunity to find out what I wanted to say as a person and an artist on this next record. I think just these couple years I've spent making this record have been really good for me."
While Scotty has quite a few feel-good songs on See You Tonight , the album has its share of sad songs, too. He hopes his fans appreciate the balance.
"They'll definitely see a different side of me, a more kind of serious side," Scotty says. "The first record was all happy-go-lucky. There's actually heartbreak in this world. This album is a lot more real, I think, and more relatable to the masses out there."
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An 85-year-old valley man is behind bars, accused of killing his wife of more than forty years. He told police why he allegedly pulled the trigger – out of compassion, because she asked him to.
Prosecutors are calling this a mercy killing. It's a heartbreaking story.
George Sanders and his wife Virginia had been married for more than 40 years. His wife had been sick and was in a lot of pain.
He told officers she asked him to end her life -- so he shot her in the head.
"He did everything for her. He played the piano, played the guitar and sang to her. He was a wonderful man," says Jarvis Vanklompenberg, who lives next door to the Sanders.
He would always see Sanders pushing his wife's wheelchair around the block. Virginia Sanders had multiple sclerosis and had been in a wheelchair since 1971.
"He gave up golf just to care for her. He was a good golfer, an avid golfer and he did this for her."
Deputies say the couple went to the doctor on Friday and got some bad news about Virginia's medical condition. Later that night, Sanders shot his wife, then called a caregiver to tell her what he did, according to court documents.
Defense attorney Antonio Bustamante recently defended a man accused of manslaughter in an assisted suicide case. The jury deadlocked and that man eventually pleaded guilty to endangerment, a much lesser charge.
"Any jury would have a great deal of sympathy. There's a great deal of sentiment for in favor of people who wish to leave this world," says Bustamante.
Virginia Sanders died at the hospital on Sunday. During his first appearance before a judge, George Sanders had one request.
"I'm so cold and I've been so cold. My back is spasming. Could I be given a blanket or two?" Sanders asked the judge.
He bonded out of jail on a $20,000 bond on Sunday.
Prosecutors actually asked the judge for a lower bond, saying they don't think he's a threat to society. They also say he's never been in trouble before.
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Cairo's satellite cities house price boom amid economic uncertainty
Property prices in Cairo's two large satellite cities rose by 8 percent at the beginning of 2013, amid wider economic turmoil and Egypt's ongoing battle with high inflation.
Sale-price rises in New Cairo and 6th of October City are "largely due to developers seeking to pass on increases in construction costs to end buyers," according to a report issued today by Jones Lang LaSalle.
The real estate firm, which measured villa and apartment prices in the two areas, said the 8 percent price rise was felt in the first three months of this year compared with the last quarter of 2012.
Asking prices for apartments in New Cairo rose by 4 percent to $1,180 per square meter, while villa prices rose by 9 percent.
The 6th of October area saw apartment prices rise by 8 percent to an average of $1,071 per square meter, with a 7 percent hike in villa costs.
Rental costs remained stable in both areas, however, with average apartment rates in New Cairo level at $1,000 per month.
Egypt is currently grappling with soaring inflation among other economic woes. The government is currently in talks with the IMF to secure a $4.8bn loan.
"High inflation will make it more difficult to reduce subsidies and increase taxes as required by the IMF," said Jones Lang LaSalle in its report.
"These challenges have overshadowed the Cairo real estate market which has seen further delays in both construction and leasing commitments during the quarter. Despite these uncertainties, there remains ongoing demand, with Q1 seeing a number of significant leasing transactions in the office market and the launch or commencement of new residential and retail projects."
Cairo's hotel market "continues to slowly recover" since the revolution hit Egypt's tourism industry, the report noted.
"[Hotel] occupancy rates currently stand at 51 percent in January 2013, showing a 5 percent increase compared to the same month last year… Hotels in Central Cairo are adopting a number of strategies to increase occupancy levels, including discounting room rates. Despite improving occupancies, the average daily rates in January have declined by 7 percent compared to 2012, falling from $54 to $50."
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