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Where do you draw the line?
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- givemecarbs Aug 30, 2008 02:27 PM
Life can get very busy, people say the economy is tanking, I'm assuming that other people out there are also looking for ways to eat within budget on days when they are tired and have too much to do. I know some weeks can get pretty challenging for me. But there are some desperate acts I'm not yet ready to commit. Like make instant mashed potatoes instead of ones from scratch. Or eat at McDonald's except for breakfast. When life gets rough or there is too much week left until payday I will nuke up leftover pizza, grill up a cheaper brand of hot dogs on sale, bust open a can of condensed soup, but you will never find chicken nuggets in my freezer. I was just wondering where other chowhounds draw the line as far as saving time or money?
For me it's farm raised fish like catfish or tilapia. If I can't catch my own speckled trout, redfish, flounder, freshwater catfish, bream, or crappie, I'll loook for the freshest red snapper, flounder, or grouper. I also love oysters and non-farm raised shimp, as I live on the coast and take the good with the bad, such as a category 4 heading in my general direction.
I will not eat at fast food restaurants. Period. Stopped doing that after reading Fast Food Nation. Some are worse then others but the big chains IMHO don't even sell real fe iood it is so modified. Doesn't mean I don't still have an occasional craving for a Quarter Pounder with Cheese and large fry, I just don't give in to it.
I will not buy the cheap brands or house brands of orange juice. I just don't like it. Always taste nasty to me. If the juice I like is really expensive, I just don't buy juice. I love it when we are in Mexico and I buy mandarina's and make my own juice. It is so sweet and good.
I am so grateful that I enjoy cooking so don't have to spend a lot of money eating out all the time and I find it a challenge to stretch my food dollars and see what I can come up with for a meal.
re: jodymaryk
I'm glad I know how to cook also. You know so much more about what is going into your tummy. Another perk for me is that I tend to be a night owl, so I can whip myself up something tasty when the only places open around me are convenience stores and a couple of not very close 24 hour diners. Dunno if this is a whole new thread jodymaryk but would love to hear of some your triumphs in stretching your food dollars. Winter is coming and I'm in the northeast so with fuel oil costs hitting soon I'm open to new ideas. Just no instant mashed potatoes please! (kidding)
re: givemecarbs
I 'threaten' with Boston Market, been doing it for 20 years. I've never followed through. I can't bring myself to buy a pre-cooked chicken from a supermarket or a deli, and some actually look good.
It's kinda basic around here, so not too much in the way of innovative stuff.
I'm glad I know how to cook, too, although I still don't like it. Now baking, that's a horse of a different color.
re: givemecarbs
Might be a new thread but let's give it a shot!
I am a really basic cook. Sometimes when I take food to things, people say, "your such a gourmet" but I really don't think I am. My favorite type of food is "low and slow". Nothing makes me happier (well almost nothing) then having a large pot on the stove simmering away all of Sunday, or in the oven, filling the house with yummy smells while I putter around the house. Soups, stews, chilis, roasts (pulled pork is my latest fav) and anything that I can make a lot of and freeze for later. I love my pantry to be full.
My biggest bulk-er is beans. Pinto, black, kidney, garbanzos, white, you name it, I love them. Also they are cheap and good for you. Although I keep some canned beans on hand, I usually use dried since they are really cheap. I made chile con carne yesterday with 2 pounds of lean ground meat, pintos and red beans. I was able to freeze two decent batches for later. Cuban black beans, red beans and rice are also great dollar stretchers. If you eat pork, smoked ham hocks or shanks are cheap and go a long way. Navy bean and ham soup with a lot of carrots and celery. I read somewhere that beans and rice together have every amino acid we need. If you think about how many people in this world live on beans and rice, it must have something going for it.
After beans, I bulk with vegetables. Today I am going to make a casserole with whole wheat pasta, chicken, cauliflower, broccoli, mushrooms and onions then pour a cream soup mix (shudder) that I have doctored up over the top. Bread crumbs on top, into the oven and I have a couple of days worth of lunches and dinners. I should mention, one husband (that can fend for himself if he doesn't want leftovers), no children and a job that keeps me working late a lot of nights so I don't usually cook until the weekend. I LOVE leftovers and microwaves.
Spaghetti sauce with grated zucchini, carrots, black olives and onions, mushrooms (the zucchini and carrots cooked down and kids won't even notice).
I love ethnic foods, especially Mexican, Asian and East Indian and many of them use less meat and more vegis and legumes.
I try to buy whatever vegetables are in season as they tend to be cheaper. Winter squashes have become another favorite of mine. Roasted butternut or danish squash is soo good and I will even use spaghetti squash under my spaghetti sauce! I am on Weight Watchers so always looking for tasty, healthy and satisfying dishes.
To be honest, I do sometimes resort the the Costco rotisserie chicken when I am there. For $5 it is a hell of a deal and we get a number of meals out of it, from sandwiches to chicken salad or stir fry. I have a rotisserie on my BBQ and am quite fond of "beer-butt chicken" also.
I hate to admit there is a box of instant mashed potatoes in my pantry that have been there for a year or more. I think I bought them as a chowder thickener one day.... going to have to toss them.
Hope some of this helps!
re: jodymaryk
Some good ideas there, jodymaryk. Same situation here, into weekend cooking and many, many, many leftovers. Bless his heart, he eats 'em all.
Me, I like ice cream.
On the 'bulk' cooking -- pressure cooker, crock pot. or other? I never ever bought or was given a crock pot, and wonder if they don't make sense. Are there good ones out there now -- not in almond, green or orange hues?
re: dolores
I have never used a pressure cooker, but haven't ruled it out someday. I own two crock pots and use them if I am going to be away from home but otherwise, I love my big pots on the stove. I invested last year in a 7 1/2 qt. Le Creuset pot and LOVE it, but they are expensive. I found a 3 1/2 qt one in my local thrift store for $30 that was in good shape and use that for smaller batches. They work great for slow cooking in a low oven (200-250) or so. Check Costco for crockpots. I have seen some nice brushed stainless ones there before. Both of mine are run of the mill, one round (is a deep fryer also), one oval but work fine. Personally, I wouldn't spend a bunch on a crock pot, but that is just me. If you get one, make sure the crock lifts out, makes it much easier for cleaning. Beans, vegis, chicken thighs, pork and cheap cuts of beef all seem to cook well in a crock pot. I don't like chicken breasts in them because they always seem to overcook and become dry regardless of the liquid in it. Remember, DO NOT lift the lid to see how it is doing until near the end because it lets the heat out and take a long time to come back up to temp. Years ago when I first started using a crock pot, I kept checking the food and it never cooked! Duh!!! Once I figured that out, much better.
Because I am now retired, I tend to have a lot more available time for food preparation than I used to. Regardless of my retirement, sometimes I do have to resort to Boston Market or take-out Thai food for dinner, due to having too many tasks to take care of in one day. And, things like frozen salmon burgers can be a very good entree if time is especially tight.
However, one area in which I will not compromise is with such things as the purchase of pre-cooked items such as hard boiled eggs, jello, or boiled potatoes, or the worst of the worst--instant mashed potatoes. I mean--really--is there anyone who is so pressed for time that he/she can't boil some eggs while doing something else in the A.M.? Is jello that much of a culinary mystery that it is necessary to buy it pre-made?
When I was working full-time, I did my "bulk cooking" for the week on the weekends. By boiling or baking some potatoes while a tray of chicken breasts were roasting, I had the basic resources for a variety of quick dishes during the week. Even now, I will grill a London Broil on a Sunday and I can then use slivers of cold left-over London Broil on my summer salads for the next several days.
If someone just uses a bit of common sense and a bit of time management, it should be possible to avoid the pre-cooked foods that are so incredibly expensive and in the process, wind up with tastier food.
re: Ted in Central NJ
i've bought the pre-boiled eggs when out for lunch or dinner on the run... i'll grab the salad bar, and if there's no good protein option in there, i'll buy some boiled eggs, peel, de yolk and chop the egg whites into my salad. i wouldn't buy them to bring home and serve, but as an on-the-go protein option, especially when i hadn't planned to be so, they're healthy and convenient.
I usually don't have "prepared" or industrial food at home; but I always have some kind of pasta or rice and enough condiments (do they count as prepared food ??) to make a quick cheap dish.
If on the road (at work) I try to stay away from burger type fast food and go ethnic.
I'm lucky enough to live near a lot of stores with real food and places where I can "take-out" non fast-food food; heck, if I'm really in need of chips and stuff like that, there's a bio/organic store just in front of the house that sells great chips (but $$$).
I can't believe that ANY prepared food costs less than making something from scratch. And I can't believe most people really understand what hardship is.
At my poorest I grew bean sprouts because I couldn't afford fresh vegetables. I made 'bread' using flour, water and white vegetable fat - this could be used to make flatbreads and pastry to wrap round leftovers to make 'empanadas'. I hung out round the greengrocer daring myself to take the thrown-away cabbage and cauliflower leaves (I never dared do this).
I remember finding a coin (50p - about a dollar) on the street and spending hours deciding what to treat myself with it (I think I got some fruit).
So - where do I draw the line? I draw the line at vitamin deficiency.
I don't understand where any level of take-out or pre-made could be considered economical. I used to buy rotisserie chicken at Costco at around $6.00, because I could make multiple meals out of the shredded chicken. But then I realized that even a decent hormone free bird still costs only half that -about $3.00. And roasting it in the oven or on the weber is a no brainer. What was I spending that other $3.00 for? So now, I'll cook 2-3 birds at once, have one for dinner, and cut up and freeze the rest.
Starches are cheap eats - grits (a little cheese and a couple of shrimp go a long way). Pasta with a can of whole tomatoes (chopped up), basil, and some of that chicken or an Italian sausage - maybe a couple of shrimp. This shrimp may sound expensive, but the 21-30 shrimp in a 2 lb bag at the local Vietnamese store is $9.00. 2-3 shrimp per person per meal, and it's a treat that goes a long way. It's certainly not the most eco-friendly shrimp there is, but that's one of the first things that goes out the window when you're broker than broke - you don't really give a hoot about the future of the world when your world is shutting down on you. Insulin at Walmart is 1/3 the price of everywhere else - so now Walmart is my friend, where I used to refuse to shop there out of "moral outrage". The question becomes why can't CVS or Walgreens get the drug companies to sell them their drugs for less, the way Walmart can?
Other cheap eats at the se asian stores include chicken feet (great for soups), chicken gizzards, and special meats like beef shanks at half the price of supermarkets.
Take out pizza? Buy the shells (boboli) or the dough and make it yourself. Your imagination is the only limit.
Instant potatoes are not cheaper than real ones - just faster and less tasty.
There's no doubt that doing things for yourself is cheaper but takes up more of your time. Making your own stock and soup is cheaper than condensed, and also much, much better, but it takes some time. If you don't have the time, you have to do what you have to do. Make lots and freeze for later. Soups freeze and store well in freezer bags.
Of course, once they let you go, you have lots of time.
re: ccbweb
What line people won't cross to save time or money on meals, either out or at home. Looks like the line is generally drawn at fast food, rotisserie chicken, and instant mashed potatoes for chowhounds. I also asked for some ideas to make sure I never get so starved for time or money that I have to cross my personal line. Breakfast for dinner has saved me many times. I always have eggs and bread on hand. In my local area people do the frozen pizza thing a lot! I do have a box of frozen pizza in my freezer right now but it is my break glass in case of emergency stash, and I try to at least add fresh mushrooms and usually leftover sausage to enhance it when I finally bake it up.
re: givemecarbs
Honestly, I'm not criticizing, but I don't see a line; only preferences. You will eat frozen pizza, hot dogs, condensed soup but won't eat chicken nuggets (even though there are chicken nuggets to be had in the grocery store that arguably aren't any worse for you than the things you do eat). McDonald's is OK sometimes, but not others (ie, you don't have a problem with fast food, you just don't like McDonald's offerings apart from breakfast). The part that confused me was that I don't see a line.
To be clear, I like hot dogs (we eat turkey dogs here because my wife can't eat pork or beef), I am a fan of some condensed soups (Campbell's tomato, chicken noodle and cream of mushroom being the main ones) and I also like some frozen pizza (I watch for sales on California Pizza Kitchen and Wolfgang Puck's frozen pizzas). I agree with you on the instant mashed potatoes (but in part only because making them from scratch is so blasted easy and it can be done in one fairly small pot).
My time savers are things like using a rice cooker and making a large batch then eating the leftovers for several days (bonus, I can share with my dog for a treat). There's also the "pick vegetable, pick protein, pick pasta shape" option at our house. Basically, you choose whatever vegetable you like (tonight it was spinach), protein (tonight, leftover cooked chicken breasts but it could be salmon or shrimp or turkey sausage) and pasta: cook the pasta, saute the protein, add the vegetable, splash of vermouth (it keeps longer than white wine once opened), squeeze of lemon, salt and pepper then toss in the cooked pasta, stir and eat. That's a regular time saving feature around here. We also love spaghetti and meatballs. Yes, we use jarred tomato sauce but you could easily use a can of tomatoes and add seasonings to keep it even cheaper. I make turkey meatballs in large quantities and freeze them cooked. Toss frozen meatballs into the sauce, turn on the heat and by the time the pasta is cooked and drained, you're ready to go.
Other lines: no green can Parmesan, no eggs that aren't cage free and organic (they're really much better), ditto for the chicken (its more expensive, but its worth it for many reasons), nothing funky in my yogurt (this is way harder than I thought, there is so much crap in yogurt these days).
re: ccbweb
Oh I forgot about the green can Parmesan cheese! I always keep a wedge of parmesan or romano cheese in the fridge. It is part of my emergency late night munchie kit along with dried spaghetti noodles and butter. I'll use the green can if I'm at someone's house for dinner and it is offered but when it comes to passing my own front door, like with the instant mashed potatoes, I turn into Gandalf facing the Balrog and say 'You shall not pass!"
Meat in a can (except for tuna). I understand many people enjoy Spam, and that's ok. It's just not my taste. Canned vegetables, except for tomaotes are not my thing either. I really don't see how eating fast food 2-3 times a day can save money, because you end up having to buy new clothes. :)
re: beth1
In addition to the girth factor, fast food is not cheap. Someone who eats all three meals in a fast food joint is paying far more (in terms of both dollars and health) than someone who prepares similar food items at home. And, when food is prepared at home, the sodium content is always lower and the fat content is usually lower.
If money is the concern, then I stop dining out. The food I make at home is all pretty cheap: rice, vegetables, eggs, dairy, fruits. It helps that I eat meat in only 2-3 meals per week. So I don't often have to draw any lines to save money.
If time is the concern...then I just eat leftovers. I don't have too many issues with time-saving, as I cook large quantities at a time. I set aside a lot of time and effort for cooking, I'd say about 2 hours at a time, 3 times a week. So saving time is never a concern in the moment when I'm hungry. If I haven't got leftovers, then I'll make a sandwich or put an omelet on my rice instead of the usual elaborate curry ensemble. Packaged or fast food doesn't really help there.
I do buy certain foods packaged though, because they're not the kind of thing I'm used to eating/cooking. Like pesto: the grocery stores I frequent don't sell regular basil, and I've never bought a hunk of cheese in my life, nor pine nuts...it doesn't make sense for me to buy a whole wedge of Parmesan and a whole bunch of basil I will never touch again just so I can make this from scratch for one pasta meal. And I do buy grocery store rotisserie chicken. I have never bought a whole raw chicken, don't know how to roast meat, and don't own any roasting equipment. Again it's not worth the investment for an occasional indulgence. This is stuff that a good cook can easily make from scratch...but they're special foods for me. I make my curry pastes, breads, yogurt, etc. at home from scratch so I feel like I make up for my lack of expertise in other areas. So I guess I draw the line for packaged foods here... If it's not worth the cost/effort for me to make it from scratch, then I buy packaged.
I might be the opposite of some people here. I draw the line at spending too much for a similar product I can get cheaper. I am not burdened by organic concerns so I would never pay more for organic products I can get cheaper. I saw 5.99 $ a gallon organic milk. No way. Ditto veggies..eggs and the like. The fact that I am eating..preparing fresh produce for me and my family is what is important. Being on a budget I cannot / do not want to overpay for organics. Like I said..I am not burdened by the politics of it all. I'll leave that for others. I do eat prepared foods if they are a great deal but do not rely on them. I will mix prepared foods with homemade based on schedule and the food available. I will go through a bag of fresh potatoes..but if I see a great deal on instant potatoes ..I will buy them. I am a deal hound..use coupons and web sites to find the best deals..rotate prepared foods with fresh (whole) foods,,and always keep some type of fresh fruit and veggies on hand..just not overpriced organics. One battle at a time. So if I do have a hot dog or frozen pizza or chicken nugget..it will be accomanied by freah fruits or veggies as a balance. And I rarely go out to eat. Always eat the leftover for lunch. I will only overpay on produce at the local farmers market. Just because it is hard to resist..and I get the best deal I can when I am there.
I don't think in terms of "lines". I eat the best I can given time (which includes convenience) and family preferences. I used to be a chef, so you'd think I could whip up something quickly, but I am neither the master of the refrgerator (anyone seen the creme fraiche? It's in a pink container...), nor the pantry (where are the red lentils? Aaarrgghh!). I will cook large amounts and freeze meal size portions. I have some killer [if I do say so myself] frozen clam chowder -- if I could only find it in the freezer!)
Two other factors: I work late three days a week, getting home at 7:30 - 8. So I'll eat what my wife cooks and occasionally grab some fast food (gasp!). And I have a proggresive neurological condition which slows down my food preparation, so a cheese sandwich often works well. Fortunately I usually have some good cheese - if my daughter hasn't already eaten it...
When it comes to much of life - but especially food - I am easy to please but difficult to impress.
Like some of the other posters here, I don't quite understand how it's cheaper to eat processed ready-made foods. It's always cheaper to make your own foods from scratch.
Coming from a family where my mom worked about 80 hours a week and still managed to cook foods from scratch, I really don't believe in resorting to instant mashed potatoes or chicken nuggets. And if I choose to open a can of condensed soup (which I haven't in a while but will have soon due to the canned item thread on this board), it will be because I want it and not because I don't have the time to make soup from scratch.
where I draw the line
- no Mcdonald's, even if I was starving, same goes for Chipotle, Subway, Quizno's, BK, Wendy's,
- never instant mashed potatoes, ever
- never frozen chicken nuggets
- never imitation crab
- no prepared foods from a grocery store(rotisserey chicken,ribs, veggies, salads, etc)
- no diet, or lite items, even if they were giving them away
- no cheap hotdogs, only kosher hotdogs allowed
- no cheap tequila
- only reggiano parmesan
- no meat from a supermarket, only from the local butcher
- no boxed mac-n-cheese
- no turkey bacon
re: swsidejim
Swsidejim, i would tend to agree with some of your list, but I am still a sucker for a good rotisserie chicken (we have a place here that makes great portuguese rotisserie chicken, it is really delicious). I rarely drink pop, but I really like Diet Coke for some reason. And for some reason, I like imitation crab. Not as a crab substitute, but as a fish cake, which is essentially what it is. It is tasty in certain recipes. But I agree I would never use it as a crab substitute.
re: swsidejim
Hah! I agree, jim, on the instant mashed potatoes and 'lite' blech stuff, but am loosy goosy on the other stuff. No green can cheese, either, although I cheat and don't grate my own.
But I so agree on the cheap tequila, even in a margarita. Hey, we only go around once.
re: dolores
I dont cut corners on the tequila, but I have to confess, I am just a good ol' boy when it comes to beer. I drink Miller High Life from the can @ my house, and if I am at one of my neighbors Busch or whtever they are offering from the can. After a few glasses of tequila, and 4 or 5 cans of beer whatever I'm drinking tastes fine.
re: swsidejim
nooooooooo... tell me it isn't so...
American Standard Lager in a CH home? At least, please, tell me that you forbid Lite and it's counterparts, and especially that you immediately turn any bottle of Corona Lite upside down when offered to you (it may do some good to fertilize the lawn... I don't think that it's intended for human consumption). ;-)
re: applehome
yeah, sorry to dissapoint. old habits die hard. :-)
I like those 30 packs of Miller High Life so much I almost have saved enough points to get my Miller delivery driver shirt(its been a good summer) ;-)
re: Rick
I never said my personal line was straight. It's very zig zaggy! People are full of contradictions. At least I am. Food for me is a very emotional topic where logic need not apply. Can't remember who said there is no arguing with taste. Personally I don't eat chicken nuggets because fried chicken is on of my absolute favorite foods. LIke when Mom used to offer to cook whatever I wanted for my birthday kind of favorite. Ok I'll say it To me, chicken nuggets are a cruel mockery of what I love most to eat.
re: givemecarbs
Makes sense.
re: smartie
Here are some things I started doing of late, not because of the economy necessarily, but just because I thought it was time (coincidentally I end up saving some money):
- stopped drinking soda/pop. Never liked the taste of diet soda, and realized I just didn't need the colored, sweetened, caffeinated water. I drink water now when thirsty - carry a water bottle and fill it up whenever I pass a water fountain. Savings= $1.25/day
-stopped eating pizza at work (free at a weekly meeting), and stopped buying overpriced food at the cafeteria. Take leftovers for lunch instead. Much tastier and much more variety.
-bought a hog with a friend and had it slaughtered/processed at the local meat locker 15 miles away. Worked out to $2.63/pound. Now have freezer full of chops, hams, ribs, roasts, bacon, ground pork, and fresh sausage links.
-stopped eating breakfast from the gas station. Savings=$4/day. Drink a fruit smoothie and eat a granola bar instead (which also tastes much better besides being cheaper).
-bought a superautomatic espresso machine (about 18 months ago). Coffee drinks are $4 each on average from Starbucks, etc. Machine was about $400 on sale after discounts. Paid for itself in less than 2 months.
I draw the line differently than lots of other people here. We eat primarily local and organic which is certainly not the cheapest way to eat. But rather than buy conventional, we:
-eat seasonally
-shop farm stands and markets
-cut back on meat
-got rid of DVR, then cable, then reduced the cell phone plans...
Actually, our life is a little calmer now...more nice country rides and less talking-heads on the TV :)
I have been known to keep bags of those mashed-potato pellets in my freezer, so that if the desire hits my mashed spuds are less than five minutes away. I will absolutely not, however, have anything to do with boxed ones, which I find universally horrible.
Some foods are more economical canned. While dried beans are amazingly cheap and canned ones aren't, if I need just a quart of cooked beans for a beans-in-vinaigrette salad I'll open three cans, instead of spending half the day and using a lot of gas and gallons of water. Besides, if I'm opening three cans I can use three different kinds of beans that may not cook well together. I also would rather use canned corn to make succotash, canned salmon to make salmon cakes, canned tomatoes to make pasta sauce.
re: Will Owen
We'll go to another board (home cooking) for decent salmon cake recipes using canned salmon. I bought about 15 large tins of red sockeye salmon (some weird size like 416 grams, a bit less than a pound and less than half a kg) of them as a local chain pharmacy "delisted" them and marked them half price. They were about $1.99 (Canadian) for the large tins. Weird economics.
re: lagatta
Excellent price - I hope they're the good ones with the crunchy bones and firm meat. I've bought some brands that are just mushy and tasteless.
I grew up with my mom making croquettes, so that's how I do my canned salmon. But my wife grew up with salmon patties made with crushed saltines. Her mom worked - mine never did. No matter how much work I put in boiling and mashing potatoes, mixing them and the salmon with egg, vegetables and forming the oblong balls, then breading with flour, more egg and panko and deep fat frying them, she likes her mashed up saltines and salmon, mixed with a little egg and finely chopped onions, then pan fried in a cast iron pan, better. Even if I make a nice hollandaise for my croquettes.
We had a very tight few months this past winter and spring. What I noticed is that I planned meals around using up our extensive pantry staples, rather than approaching the pantry as a fall back strategy. We "ate down" the pantry quite a bit. I can't say we drew a line consciously, but I can say that we tried conventional supermarket perishables like eggs and poultry. We were so disgusted by the lack of quality and the shoddy butchering that I made the decision to pay twice as much for a better bird, three times as much for decent eggs from well kept hens. I guess if I had to, I'd say we draw the line around animal sourced foods, within reason, trying to exclude as much factory farming from our diets as we can afford. (Now, please vegetarians, don't lecture me on the irony of saying this. I get it. Tofu IS cheap, but I'm allergic to it.)
re: amyzan
Awesome posts! I'm getting so many ideas. And one of the things I love about chowhound is that I've never seen anyone lecture anyone else. Maybe I just missed it, but I come from gaming forums and some live journal favorites I read and chowhounders are the best. We know what is really important in life and how to be happy!
re: amyzan
two really great points, amyzan. i also like to eat down my pantry on occasion -- sometimes specifically to clean in out, but other times because i don't want to / have time to schlep all the way to the grocery store by subway. i really like the creative exercise. (i had several bags of garbanzo bean flour that i'd purchased in an ill fated attempt at making gluten free bread for a friend, which ended up as farinata and chickpea pancakes. i never would have thought to use it this way.)
when i'm watching my finances, i also eat a whole lot less meat. i eat lots of eggs, sunflower seeds and legumes, and find that i really don't miss the meat much at all.


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Living Water - Crosswalk the Devotional - Nov. 16, 2012
Living Water
by Kelly Givens, Editor
Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring welling up to eternal life." – John 4:13-14
If you've visited Washington D.C. in the past few years, you might have noticed a lot of construction going on at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool. It was no sight worth seeing - all that was there was dry concrete and construction cones. But after nearly two years and $34 million worth of renovation, the pool was finally filled and ready to be enjoyed by tourists once again. Unfortunately, less than a month after reopening, the pool was no longer reflecting. Instead, it was full of algae. Visitors have described it as similar to "split pea soup." Disgusting! You would never know all the money and time that went into renovating it.
I can't help but see a similarity between the reflecting pool and our own hearts. We so often put on our "Sunday best," attended every church function, volunteer and do ministry in order to fix ourselves and mask our sin problems, but no matter what we do, eventually our algae-like sin comes back.
Algae can grow easily in the reflecting pool because it is shallow and small. Likewise, sin keeps growing when we draw from our own shallow and small resources to fix ourselves up. But the resources Jesus has to offer are better than ours - when we let him fix us, we are drawing from deep, pure water brimming with eternal life.
Jesus says that when we drink of the water he gives, that it becomes in us "a spring welling up to eternal life." What does that mean? I imagine it's like God going to the reflecting pool in D.C. and carving out a pool so deep, vast and pure that no algae could ever form. It's nothing man could ever make, but the solution is permanent and beautiful.
Without Christ, we're incapable of changing. We can buy all the self-help books, practice all the latest "live your best life" tricks and tips and do every good Christian thing there is to do, but if we are drawing on our own abilities instead of God's, we will never stop growing sin. Thankfully, Christ has offered us a solution that will be killing the sin in us. It's himself - the spring of eternal life.
Intersecting Faith and Life: Reflect on your past week - how often have you tried to cover up or fix your sin by putting on a smile and doing a lot of good deeds? Remember, it's not about what you do; it's about what Christ has done. We can never do enough renovations on our lives to fix our sin, and that's okay, because through Jesus our sins are pardoned and we're invited to drink his water of eternal life.
Further Reading: John 3:16, Romans 6:23, 1 Timothy 1:15-16
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From Malthusian Stagnation to Modern Growth
AbstractThis paper examines the historical evolution of the relationship between population growth, technological change, and the standard of living. It considers several unified models that encompass the transition between three distinct regimes that have characterized the process of economic development: ``The Malthusian Regime," ``The Post-Malthusian Regime," and the ``Modern Growth Regime". We view the unified modeling of this long transition process - from thousand of years of Malthusian stagnation through the demographic transition to modern growth - as one of the most significant research challenges facing economists interested in growth and development.
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Info: Alex Attias is Mustang. And "Back Home" is the first Mustang album.Mister Attias loves to spend time with his family. He also is fond of eating and cooking: Morroccan, Japanese, Italian and Thai food. Red and white wine. Reading lots of books. Getting all down with sport. Travelling and going to the cinema watching movies: 60s French films, old Mel Brooks stuff, Star Wars, Pixar animation and Kung Fu flicks. But moreover, Signore Alex Attias is a renowned international DJ! Starting off in the magical 1988, with pulsating sets embracing House, Funk and Disco classics, he later progressed on to the "Eclectic Jazz thing". Throughout the late 80′s and early 90′s, he established himself as one of Switzerland's top Dj's running his own successful weekly nights –for example as part of the COOP sessions at Plastic People / London–, being booked to play all over Europe, and in return booking top international Dj's to play in Switzerland. Alex also was a long-time collaborator for the magazine Vibrations, writing reviews and compiling their series of albums.
By 1995, he was ready to break into Electronic music production, contributing a track to the "5 Star Galaxy" compilation in the company of producer Patrick "Rollercone" Duvoisin. The following year he set up the Bel-Air Project, and began attracting attention with their first release "Magik", which was featured on one of the famous Sourcelab compilations. Bel-Air Project's next two releases became minor underground cult classics "Jazz with Altitude" and "Dark Jazzor" were both championed by the likes of 4 Hero, Gilles Peterson and Stacey Pullen. At that time, Alex set up his own record stable label Corn-Flex and was busy collaborating under different disguises, with Paul Martin as Beatless and with his Bel-Air colleague as Funkanova. 1997 saw the demise of the Bel-Air Project and Alex moved to England to pursue new musical projects. Mustang and Beatless are currently the main sources of his creative output (plus a few sporadic collaborations: River Plate with his brother Stephane, and Plutonia with Dego from 4 Hero). Three years down the row Alex set up his new record stable label, Visions Inc., for which he's been busy recording with super keyboard whiz kid Jessica Lauren, producing tracks for soul singer Vanessa Freeman, and his own Mustang project.
The first brilliant Beatless album "Life Mirrors" was released in October 2001 on the American label Ubiquity, featuring tracks recorded in San Francisco with the Daughters from the 70′s band the Sons and Daughters of Lite, with Stones Throw rapper Quasimoto, and the multitalented Colonel Red. Around the same time, Irma Records from Italy released his "Quiet Moments" compilation, an assortment of chilled and spaced Jazz tracks from the past to unwind to. A selection of Visions single releases and exclusives have been released September 2002 on a compilation entitled "The Chromatic Universe" featuring treats from Dego, I.G. Culture, Plutonia, Vanessa Freeman, Mustang and Domu to name but a few. He´s also created a soundtrack for the French channel ARTE to accompany "Anomalies Passageres ", a film directed by Nadia Fares. The first volume of Goya Music´s new Dj CD mixes series has been completed by the Mustang man himself, and the series will continue with Dego, Bugz in The Attic, IG Culture, Domu and some of the Djs worldwide who are into sweet tunes! More bizzyness is on its way!


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This month I would like to talk to you about training and what I have found over the years to be very effective in developing muscle.
When I started in the gym, I took a look at the personal trainers and watched what they were doing with their clients. I also looked at the condition of their clients to see if they were making any progress and how they looked physically.
The most effective way I found is the push pull method. This method is effective because it balances the body by exercising opposed muscle groups while the other muscles rest.
For example, a good upper body large muscle group training method is chest and back, two large muscle groups in the upper body opposed to each other.
There are several ways to train all of these muscle groups giving many variations to use the push pull method.
Day 1 of your training week: Chest and back.
Working a large muscle group, upper body the first day of the week is a good choice. Your body is rested from your weekend off and you can put as much energy into your workout as possible.
I try to do at least four to five different chest and four to five different back exercises the first day of the week. Try some of these exercises with dumbbells, not just machines. This will help straighten your core, which is also important.
After repeating each round of eight to 10 exercises, get on a cardio machine for 10 minutes to give your muscles a chance to recover for the next round of weight training. If you repeat these exercises four times, you have trained your large muscle group upper body with 16 chest and 16 back exercises, which should take you about an hour.
Day 2: Legs. Large muscle group, lower body.
Again, choose exercises that work one muscle and then the opposing muscles. There are many different muscles in the leg group, so make a plan of your workout routine before you start your workout. Again try to pick four to five muscle groups to work the front of your legs and four to five for the back of your legs. After each round completed, let the muscles recover by walking on a tread mill for 10 minutes. Repeat this workout routine four times, which should take about an hour.
Day 3: Arms. Small muscle group, upper body.
The reason we work arms so late in the week is because on the first day, you work upper body large muscle group, chest and back. The arm and shoulder muscles are secondary muscles to the chest and back on day one, so they are getting somewhat of a workout. It is best to let the arms and shoulders rest until later in the week so when you work them out they have recovered and you get more out of that workout.
Again, pick five to six exercises with opposing muscles to balance your workout. After each round, let your muscles recover by walking 10 minutes on a treadmill or elliptical machine. Then repeat this workout routine five to six times, which should take about an hour.
Day 4: Shoulders and abs. Small and large muscle group upper body.
When picking exercises for your shoulders, make sure you pick the right weights for the muscle you are training. Don't use a weight for a large muscle on a small muscle. As a trainer, I have seen many people over the years with shoulder injuries. Start low in weight and gradually increase the weights over time to a limit.
Also, good form is very important. Try not to copy the average person in the gym.
Again, pick a workout that will weight train your muscles and balance your shoulder routine. I recommend four to five shoulder exercises with opposing muscles.
Pick a group of ab exercises but do not work them too hard. The reason is this is a large muscle group and they will get bigger in size if you work them too hard, thus making your waistline larger.
Again, when resting the muscles, hop on a cardio machine for 10 minutes and let them recover. Repeat this four to five times, which should take about an hour.
OK, I am sure a lot of you are questioning why I say hop on a cardio machine while you let your muscles recover. Well, when you work out, your heart rate goes up and that helps burn calories, so why not keep it up by doing cardio while your muscles are recovering?
In the beginning, it may be somewhat hard, but your endurance level will come up and it will get more tolerable soon enough.
Remember, calories in and then more calories out will make your body lose fat. Actually, it is 3,500 calories out in a given period of time over what you put in your body in the form of food that will make your body drop 1 pound of fat.
Do not try to starve the weight off, as you will lose muscle and muscle burns the calories you put in your body. If you try to starve the weight off you then you will yo yo diet. I will talk more about yo yo diets in my next article.
Also, change your workout routine about every four weeks of training to help develop the entire muscle you are targeting.
It is also wise to use a personal trainer in the beginning to get a good productive workout program together for you so you do not get hurt and you balance your body during your weekly routine.
The next article will be on what we eat to get in shape and what eat to maintain our physique as a personal fitness trainer.
Jeffrey Urcan is the owner and director of Two Fit Pros Training, a private fitness training facility. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or call (772) 221-3551. Two Fit Pros is located at 2201 S E Indian St., building H-4 in Stuart.
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Tips for Towing Disabled Vehicles
Sophisticated new vehicles require great care and different types of towing techniques.
Always make certain that the tow truck driver knows the proper way to tow your vehicle.
On occasion, our car, van, truck or sport-utility vehicle can break down and need to be towed.
Decades ago, it wasn't uncommon to see a friend, family member, neighbor or Good Samaritan towing the stranded vehicle home for a needy driver.
It's rare to see this today—for good reason.
Towing practices, like today's vehicles, are more sophisticated than they were years ago— so sophisticated, in fact, that there are more rules and "don'ts" than ever before.
Even AAA, the largest member-supported roadside assistance service in the United States, offers a towing manual for tow truck operators that has "more than 350 pages of details involving every make and model," said Larry Keller, editor at AAA of Michigan.
As each year progresses, AAA sends out further towing news via service bulletins, Keller said.
So, no, towing isn't a simple procedure where someone throws a rope or chain around a car's front bumper and "tows" the vehicle home.
In fact, if there's one key thing to remember about towing, it is that you should always follow the owner's manual and make sure your tow truck operator does, too. If he refuses to do so, find another tow truck.
Otherwise, you can face the risk of damage to your vehicle.
Safety Considerations
These days, there is much more emphasis on safety in towing, with the realization that there's a potential for injury or even death during towing maneuvers.
For example, in the early 1980s, a Good Samaritan driver was killed in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan when he attempted to tow another driver out of a snow bank.
The man died when the chain he had attached to the other vehicle broke and the loose end flew into the back window of his truck cab, striking him in the head.
There are other towing dangers, too.
Do-it-yourself towed vehicles don't have lights and flashers that tow-truck drivers use to alert other drivers that they're approaching a disabled car. So other drivers can come up quickly at the back of these vehicles-in-tow and rear-end them, since they typically aren't keeping up with traffic.
Chris Matthews, an Automotive Service Excellence-approved technician and coordinator of the AAA-approved auto repair program, pointed out that brakes on a DIY-towed vehicle typically are crippled as well because with the vehicle's engine not on, there's no vacuum boost to help the brakes work normally.
Thus, if the vehicle that's pulling a disabled car stops suddenly, it's likely the towed vehicle won't be able to stop in time to avoid rear-ending the tow vehicle.
Steering can be another problem, with so many of today's vehicles featuring power-assist steering systems, not to mention steering wheel locks. Note that when the engine is not operating, there is no power assist, so attempting to steer a towed vehicle requires substantial extra effort.
Avoiding Mechanical Damage
Vehicle owners also should want to make sure their vehicles aren't damaged during towing.
Each owner's manual provides specific instructions and warnings for each vehicle and should be strictly followed.
Subaru spokesman Rob Moran, for example, notes that the owner's manuals for all new Subaru Forester, Legacy and Impreza models—basically every Subaru with standard all-wheel drive—tell drivers that all four wheels need to be off the ground when a Subaru is towed. This is also known as flat-bedding.
Otherwise, "you could get damage to the transmission or differential," he said.
Matthews explained because all four wheels get power and are therefore "tied together," there's really no way to put any of the wheels to the ground and not have the transmission or transaxle "burn up."
The reason? Simply, as any of the drive wheels moves while the vehicle is improperly towed, mechanicals in the transmission and sometimes in the differential move, too. Since the engine isn't operating, there are no fluids flowing to keep the parts lubricated.
The Cadillac Escalade with all-wheel drive has caused special problems in towing, Matthews said.
The Escalade AWD can't be pulled behind a tow truck, but must be flat-bedded for the same reasons described for Subaru vehicles.
Since an Escalade AWD weighs more than 5,500 pounds, a medium-duty flat-bed truck is required, and "they're hard to come by as a lot of [roadside service companies] may not have them," Matthews explained.
Cadillac engineers are working on a solution, he added.
Front- and Rear-Wheel-Drive Vehicles
Lubrication is an issue in rear- and front-drive vehicles, too, and draws attention to the need for tow-truck operators to be skilled in different towing procedures.
For example, the Mazda RX-8 is a rear-wheel-drive car and "should have its rear wheels off the ground" if it's being towed, according to the owner's manual.
By keeping the rear wheels, which are the wheels that receive power via the transmission and driveshaft, immobile and off the ground, there's no moving of the linked parts and thus, no lubrication issues.
In contrast, a front-wheel-drive car is generally OK to tow with its front wheels off the ground for the same reason, Matthews said.
In this case, the front wheels are the drive wheels connected to driveshaft and transmission and so need to be kept immobile during towing.
Beyond the driveline issues, owners of vehicles with lowered chassis and sport-body appearance kits should be sure tow truck operators take extra care to ensure the spoiler, lower body kit pieces and/or undercarriage aren't damaged as a vehicle is raised and lowered onto a truck.
Other Towing Insights
You might wonder, then, just how RV owners manage to flat tow vehicles behind their large mobile homes.
Actually, I've long wondered why I see so many Saturns towed behind big RVs.
Sue Holmgren, Saturn spokeswoman, had the answer. In fact, she said lots of RVers know that Saturns are easy to flat tow, and typically don't require major modifications, such as a lubrication pump or driveline disconnection, before towing.
Specifically, all Saturn S-Series and L-Series cars, even with automatic transmissions, and all Ions and VUEs with manual transmissions can be flat towed. Owners must follow instructions in their manuals. But RVers take note: L- and S-Series Saturns are no longer in production.
Automatics tend to be more problematic. Holmgren noted the S- and L-Series Saturns have automatics with bearings, which require less lubrication than do automatics on some other cars that have bushings or thrust washers.
In addition, "the input shaft into the torque converter needs to be able to rotate freely," which is what these Saturns have, she said.
Generally, a vehicle can be flat towed as long as the transmission internals are not turning. Thus, an SUV trailing behind a big RV most likely has had its driveshaft disconnected from the transmission.
Bottom line: It is critically important that vehicles be towed according to the owner's manual instructions.
Ann Job is a freelance automotive writer.
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October Student of the Month wins Best Performer Award
November 9, 2012 - 10th grader Ana Planes has been making waves at Brandon Hall. At the 4AA GISA Regional One Act Play competition in late... read more »
Olympic Wrestler Coming to Brandon Hall
November 7, 2012 - This November, Olympic wrester Ken Chertow will be coming to Brandon Hall to host a Weekend Warrior Wrestling Camp. On... read more »
Varsity Soccer Clinches 8th Consecutive AAC Title
October 24, 2012 - The Brandon Hall soccer team comes into every season with high expectations, as they have won the AAC Championship every... read more »
MAAC Soccer Champions!
October 12, 2012 - Brandon Hall won its first ever MAAC Championship in dramatic fashion. Twice the team battled back from deficits to tie... read more »
Downloadable Key Dates
September 5, 2012 - A list of Key Dates is now available as a simple download for your convenience! Simply click on "Calendar of Events"... read more »
Reserve your spot for Costa Rica!
August 22, 2012 - $95.00 to register your student!!! BHS is inviting our high school students to travel to Costa Rica during... read more »
Fine Arts/History Trip - Deadline Approaching!
August 21, 2012 - 2012 Fine Arts/History Trip October 7, 8, 9, 2012 Deposit ($300) due by Tuesday, September 4 To: &n... read more »
Welcome Back!
August 20, 2012 - Welcome to the start of the 2012-2013 school year! We are looking forward to a great year with everyone! Attached to... read more »
Know Atlanta Summer 2012 article
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Summer Learning at Brandon Hall
June 22, 2012 - At Brandon Hall, students are not the only ones actively engaged in learning. By the end of the summer, the teachers... read more »
Newcomer Magazine Experiential Learning Article
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Summer Reading List
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Graduation Speeches Available for Download
May 29, 2012 - The speeches given by Dong Hee Koh, Valedictory, and Atman Weill, President of the Student Leadership Council, at the 2012... read more »
Honors Convocation Award Recipients; Prom Video
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Spring 2012 Student Newspaper Released
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BHS to Expand Its International Program in 2013
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New Uniforms Provider
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The BHS Panthers Strike Again!
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Tennis Teams Excel at AAC Tournament
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Teaching Geometry With... Cookies?
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Panther Press Newsletter
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Costa Rica 2013
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Ham Cram Class to be offered at BHS
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BHS Summer School Information
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Brandon Hall Featured in Dog Park Newsletter
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Students Get a Chance to Learn About Amateur Radio
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Baishen Huang Places at High School Mathematics Competition
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Literary Team Members Progress to State Competition
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Brandon Hall Spring Sports Preview
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Brandon Hall Wrestler Captures State Title and Live Video
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MLK Jr. Day of Service At Brandon Hall School
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Brandon Hall soccer team captures league title
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A student life headline: Italy trip
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I was adopted as an infant. I have always said I wanted to know who my birth parents were, and I thought about it over the years, but I never really did anything about it. On November 15th the laws concerning adoption in Illinois changed, and I had the ability to fill out a sheet of paper, get a check for 15 bucks, send it in, and my original birth certificate would be on its way to me.
This was a day I had looked for all of my life! The crazy part about it, I didn't know if I really wanted to know.
I filled out the paperwork, went to the bank to get a Cashier's Check, and set it all on my countertop at home. It took a week, but I finally put it in an envelope and sent it in. Now the waiting begins. I wonder where this journey will take me. I look forward to every moment.
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This achievement will only add to the number of academic and football accomplishments Banano has already won. In 2011 and 2012 he was named a Pac-12 All-Academic honoree and a 2012 CoSIDA Academic All-District award winner.
The senior kicker has made 14 of 20 field-goal attempts this season, with a long of 46 yards. He is 51 of 52 on extra-point attempts, missing his first try against Arizona State to snap a school-record streak of 74 consecutive successful extra points made.
Banano is currently in the interview process for applying to medical school.
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She is found all by herself, frozen to death, far from the road, in an "international area" on the French-Swiss border, where neither country has police jurisdiction. Suspicious, wouldn't you think? That's what strikes David Rousseau, a best-selling writer of murder novels, who needs a plot for his new book. Finding himself in the snowbound hamlet of Mouthe, he settles in and begins to poke around.
Her name is Martine Langevin. She had become known as Candice Lecoeur. She was barely 20. A photographer spotted her pumping gas at the local station, shot her for a pinup calendar and launched her into a life of (limited) local fame. With her hair dyed blond and her lips bright red, she looks from some angles like Marilyn Monroe, and the photographers find those angles. Soon her portrait graces packages of the local cheese, and she's doing the weather on regional television.
"Nobody Else But You" introduces her from beyond the grave. She narrates her own story, as written down in the diaries the novelist discovers. Sometimes this gets tricky, as when she seems to have continued writing the diary after her death. Rousseau (Jean-Paul Rouve), the novelist, becomes convinced that "Candice Lecoeur" (Sophie Quinton) was murdered. The local police chief dismisses the possibility, but his assistant, Bruno Leloup (Guillaume Gouix), becomes obsessed with a theory that she resembles Marilyn both in life and death. The two men find eerie parallels.
The film by Gerald Hustache-Mathieu tries to be two things at once. (1) It's a police procedural, with clues, evidence, sinister connections and death attempts against Rousseau. (2) It's a sympathetic portrait of Martine/Candice, who grows increasingly uncomfortable with being objectified as a sex object. She's young, she doesn't know how to handle the attention, and the real Martine begins to refer to Candice as "her."
The device of the diary and the narration settles in as an effective way of telling the story, giving her the personality she seemed to lack as a provincial Marilyn. It begins to seem that Bruno may be up to something, especially after we learn of the victim's romances with a sports star, a writer and the provincial president whose initials are not quite JFK. There's no denying the uncanny way she mirrors Monroe in a scene where she sings "Happy Birthday, Mister President," although when her dress "slips" and the president's wife walks out, she has sealed her own fate.
Jean-Paul Rouve, as Rousseau, is not a demonstrative man. Reserved, inward, he plugs away at his investigation with such determination that the locals begin to refer to him as "James Ellroy." They're well-read up there in the mountains. The movie does an effective job of establishing the claustrophobic town of Mouthe, known as the coldest place in France, and as the investigation continues, it appears it may also have France's coldest people.
This one doesn't go on the list of great recent European thrillers, but it's engrossing, and in the character of Martine/Candice, it touches real poignancy. Reading her diaries, Rousseau tells Bruno, "She's a better writer than me."
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Eating lunch in the Poly cafeteria, ca.1938. (Baltimore Sun photo)
We love these 1938 photographs of students eating lunch in the Poly and Western school cafeterias.
But we couldn't find a published article associated with these or other similar photographs, which are stamped with various dates — mostly June 9, 1938, but sometimes Sept. 6, 1938.
The caption information, written on the reverse of the photos, is mostly meager, too — "Studying while chewing an apple in the Poly cafeteria" or "Eating lunch in the Western School Cafeteria."
So, we can't be completely sure that these images are from typical days at Poly, which was then on Calvert Street and North Avenue, and Western, which was then located on Gwynns Falls Parkway, in what is now Douglass High School.
Eating lunch in Western High cafeteria, ca.1938. (Baltimore Sun photo)
Drinking milk at lunch time in Poly cafeteria, ca.1938. (Baltimore Sun photo)
The milk bottles are something. Does anyone know when schools switched over to using cartons? We'd love to hear from you. (And if you've got retro fashion photos of your own, we'd love to see those too.)
Putting the finishing touches on a bowl of soup in Poly school cafeteria, ca.1938. (Baltimore Sun photo)
There are photos in the Sun archives that portray scenes in school cafeterias. Sometimes, the photos accompanied stories about nutritional or budgetary concerns, but sometimes, they were just glimpses of student life. We love looking at them, and we'll publish some of those in the coming weeks, too.


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About two years ago, a candidate of mine won himself the job in the first minute of the interview. Meeting at a coffee shop for the first time, the interviewee walked confidently up to the interviewer, shook her hand and said "Hi Michelle, I'm Stuart." He'd done his research, demonstrated his knowledge, and impressed at first contact. He got the job.
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Data warning
October 12th, 2012 at 10:17 pm by Dr. Drang
I've been reading Clark's series of posts on excess battery and (especially) data use under iOS 6 and thinking that I should check into my data use before I get hit with an overage charge. But since what I should do and what I do do are seldom the same, I never got around to it. Today, AT&T did the checking for me and sent the "you've blown through 65% of your monthly bandwidth" text message and email.
Given that I'm 75% of the way through my billing month, the warning isn't especially dire, but it's much closer to the limit than I usually get. Even accounting for my recent four-day weekend trip to the land of no WiFi (my mother's house), I wouldn't expect that much data use. Time to go back though those posts and figure out if my phone is accessing the network behind my back.
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Clark says:
What's really fun is when you unexpectedly get that message before bed and get the 90% usage message when you wake up - despite having it on WiFi. Happened twice to me! (Due to when the billing cycle happened)
tofias says:
I got the same message only 3 days into my billing cycle this month. On average I probably use about 100GB of cellular data a month. My suspects are Downcast, Apple's Podcast app, and Mail.app. About a year ago a similar thing happened and I was pretty sure it was Mail or MLB.
Clark says:
Podcast has a known bug that allows it to download over cellular. I'd delete it if you are having troubles. (Downcast is ridiculously better anyway)
tofias says:
Thanks Clark, but ugh. Is there a known way to be reimbursed by Apple for the $15 I'll be out when I go over my data limit? I actually deleted the Podcast app this week when I saw in a tweet (can't remember source) that deleting Podcast would restore podcast visibility to the Music app. I've developed a crazy system of using Instacast as my primary podcast app and mixing iTunes/Music & Downcast as secondary pod catchers. Crazy, I know.
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No - and I did it with two devices! I'm surprised more hasn't been made of this. It certainly is more significant than some of the criticisms going around the net: dingability and bendability.


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The Fugue to finish 2012 in Hong Kong
The Fugue seen here finishing third in the Oaks
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Owned by Lord Lloyd Webber as part of his Watership Down Stud, the daughter of Dansili has had a busy season which started with a fourth-placed finish in the 1000 Guineas.
She won the Musidora Stakes and looked a very unlucky third in the Oaks but took her own slice of Group One glory in the Nassau Stakes at Glorious Goodwood.
Most recently, she was taken by trainer John Gosden to finish third in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, again not getting a clear passage.
The family's racing and bloodstock manager, Simon Marsh, said: "She has been supplemented for the mile and a half race in Hong Kong, and we'll just see how she is over the next week or so. She will also stay in training next year."
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The official Leica website has a teaser that promises a "new Leica Family Member" on June 11th, and the picture below calls this the "Mini M", slotted in-between the Leica M-series and the Leica X-series (APS-C Big Sensor Primes). Is this going to be the Mirrorless Leica System That Was Promised? And is the diagram below an indicator of a sensor larger than APS-C? 35mm Full Frame or somewhere in-between? The boxes are equal height, so that may (or may not) be a hint of a 35mmFF sensor? Via and background on the "Leica Mirrorless Promises" via LeicaPlace.com.


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Melange Fashion Show brought 600 people to the San Francisco Design Center Aug. 6. In the works for a year, Melange's mission celebrates diversity and globalization in our modern world by showcasing up-and-coming designers' fashion with other art forms such as dance and theater. Hayley Lai Many San Francisco designers were featured, including Alley Collection, […] [Read More]
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The green, fashion-forward boutique Eco Citizen is, sadly, having its closing sale. Apparel and merchandise is marked down 30-75 percent off through this weekend. Enjoy Eco Citizen while you still can and make a point to stop by. Owner Joslin Van Arsdale started the Russian Hill store in 2007 with the idea of bringing the […] [Read More]
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The twice-annual Renegade Crafts Fair was held at the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion last weekend. A variety of designers and crafters showed their works — here are some highlights: Juleselin Organics featured super soft trendy coats and dresses. This Larkspur designer creates her collection from organic and recycled fabrics. Juleselin Organics Juleselin Organics The Elin […] [Read More]
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Last weekend marked the annual High Sierra Music Festival, held every summer in Quincy, Calif. Organic jewelry and fair trade fashion were highlights of the celebration, which featured Coco Loco jewelry, Synergy Organic Clothing, Avatar Imports, and many more fashionable finds. Coco Loco Jewelry Hand-carved buffalo bone earrings Coco Loco Jewelry Conch Shell Ring Synergy […] [Read More]
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We all have testosterone in our bodies. The difference is the amount of the testosterone is considered Free Testosterone? The body uses free testosterone to help gain muscle mass, increase energy, maintain metabolism, provide endurance, increase strength and increase sex drive. The way that SARMs acts within the body is it helps to increase the uptake of free testosterone instead of just increasing the total testosterone.
SARMs has no negative side effects, unlike the harmful side effects you find with Anabolic Steroids. It has no effect on your blood pressure or cancers. Since SARMs only utilizes the free testosterone in the body it doesn't increase the total testosterone which leads to many complications. The body is only able to handle a certain amount of total testosterone. When the amount is exceeded it starts to disrupt your bodies ability to fight diseases and maintain a healthy and fit body.
What Will SARMs Do For Women
Many women might wonder why they would want to take a supplement that is associated with testosterone? What most people don't understand is that women need testosterone in their body for many reasons. Some of those reasons are the same as men. However, women utilize the testosterone in their bodies in other ways as well. Although a women only produces about 1/10th the testosterone that men do, it's very important especially as they approach menopause.
When women start any type of testosterone program, they start to notice some very unflattering side effects. These side effects can range from a stronger and more pronounced jaw line, deeper voice, more facial hair and decrease sex drive due to the testosterone depletion. With SARMs, women don't experience any of these side effects. SARMs will only promote lean muscle growth with emphasis on the long slender muscles and not effect the total testosterone in the body which causes theses side effects. There are no side effects other than an overall feeling of confidence and feeling younger.
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Unfortunately, there are websites out there that try to appear as though they have legitimate SARMs products that they market. We have done many months of research on these so called "SARMs" sites. We have found that most of them have the same thing in common. They all have the wording "NOT FOR HUMAN USE" on their labels and sites. These are extremely dangerous as know one really can tell what they have in their product ingredients. We did some research on a few and found that there were a multitude of ingredients which are considered unsafe. Some of then even contain Anabolic Steroids to give the effect of SARMs without any SARMs in the product. These companies will probably not be around for long. However, consumers need to know how to protect themselves from these websites. One way to protect yourself is to ask for a COA (Certificate of Analysis) along with whether or not their product was manufactured in a cGMP quality controlled laboratory. Any reputable supplement company would not do business with a manufacturer that was no certified through cGMP standards.
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Don't be fooled. One of the most frustrating things when buying a supplement is when the product label with the name of an ingredient without actually containing this ingredient in the product. We have seen this in several cases where the bottle says SARMs or some spin on the name and the SARMs doesn't show up in the supplement facts with the other ingredients. There are a couple well known companies that sell a product with SARMs right on the front of the label. The only problem is that their main ingredient is DHEA or some ingredient not related to SARMs. They will usually put a fancy long chemical compound name in the ingredient list and try to mislead the consumer into thinking it is a chemical name for SARMs.
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