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What do you guys prefer to hunt out of.I use a ladder stand,but sucks when it is raining:o.
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What do you guys prefer to hunt out of.I use a ladder stand,but sucks when it is raining:o.
It's kind of a funny thing for me. I always use a fixed tree stand but the few deer I've shot with a bow always came when I was on the ground lol One time I had just finished strapping my ladder on after switching spots and a nice 6 pt came within 40 yds to see what was going on and me with my stand in my hand instead of a bow lol busted never saw another deer on that hunt figures:rolleyes:
What are you guys using for ground blinds?Are they water resistent?
I use ladder stands for deer hunting for the most part. I have 1 regular fixed tree stand, and one that is built into the tree out of scrap lumber. Just bought a ground blind from Rhino Labs last year for turkey hunting. One of the nicer ground blinds I have seen, and a little cheaper than the "big name" brands. While not advertised as waterproof, my brother and dad sat in it for rifle season during a few rains, and said it didn't leak a drop. I've used it once hunting coyotes in the rain, and never saw a leak. It has the wrap around window (like a double bull blind) on two sides, and nice shooting windows on the other 2 sides. Shoot through netting all around. Magnetic solid window covers, so no zipper or velcro noise. Not as cheap as sme of the blinds I've seen out there, but worth every penny for me.
Ill hunt from a stand most of the time,but i will make a blind from tree branches and stuff.That is how i got my 2010 buck.
I use a Primos Ground max tallest one they make (I'm 6'4")
I am happy to say it is so water proof that when the seam's and or windows leak it will fill the side pocket full of water...great for them thristy days..:p
Fun fact they used a water proof mat but seam's are so tight it is full of small holes :rolleyes: reminds me to get busy on the cover to fix that PITA thing
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The first two games of this years NBA Finals have been very entertaining to say the least.
Game 1 will always be known as the "cramp game" and "no air conditioning game,"as both those headlines overshadowed the actual basketball that was played that night.
Game 2 on the other hand, LeBron James was able to avoid getting any leg cramps, and took his anger and frustrations out on the San Antonio Spurs. LeBron imposed his will with 35 points, 10 rebounds, and made 14 out of his 22 shots. Teammate Chris Bosh was the one who made the clutch shot at the end, when he hit this 3-pointer to give the Heat a 95-93 lead late in the 4th quarter:
We saw the Miami Heat respond with a win after suffering a loss in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, but will the San Antonio Spurs be able to do the same in Game 3?
It will not be easy, as the Miami Heat are undefeated at home so far this postseason, and their role players play better, and feel a lot more comfortable at home.
What can the Spurs do to end that streak on Tuesday night? First of all, they can't afford to turn the ball over. The Miami Heat love it when teams commit turnovers against them, allowing them to get out in transition. If Game 3 is played in an up-tempo style with lots of 3-pointers shot, that will work in the Miami Heat's favor, making it less likely the Spurs can regain the home-court advantage they once had at the beginning of this series.
Kawhi Leonard staying out of foul trouble will also be pivotal for the Spurs. Leonard spent a lot of Game 2 on the bench with foul trouble, as he eventually fouled out of the game. He is the main defender of LeBron James, he can't guard LeBron if he's on the bench with foul trouble. In order for the Spurs to win Game 3, Kawhi Leonard has to have a positive impact on the game for San Antonio.
At the end of the day, I have the Miami Heat wining Game 3. I just feel that Miami is a different team at home, and they will feed off their crowd en route to a Game 3 win, taking a 2-1 series lead. Dwyane Wade will be the X-factor for the Heat. If Wade is able to score over 20 points, expect a Miami Heat victory on Tuesday night.
Air conditioning will also be an X-factor for the Heat, as we saw in Game 1…they don't function well without it.
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Snowy River
Issue: Resource use
How has resource use changed?
See these indicator results for more detail: | Population | Rainfall | Water use |
Drought in 2002–03 was the major factor affecting consumption of resources in Snowy River Shire during the reporting period. It will not be known until after the 2006 Census if there were any economic effects of the drought.
Reticulated water use increased since 1999–2000, possibly in response to drought conditions, increasing population and no water restrictions being imposed.
Only limited information is available on other resource use in the shire, including for water consumption by private licensees (including the agriculture sector), infrastructure management, energy use and greenhouse gas contributions. Energy consumption data are too difficult to obtain for reporting at the local government level.
Water use linked to drought, restrictions and re-use
See these indicator results for more detail: | Water use | Weather |
The four-year period was characterised by drought, but within that, record-breaking above- and below-average falls were experienced. Snowy River was drier than average in three of the four years in the period. Only 12 months (25% of the 48-month period) at Snowy River had above-average rainfall.
Reticulated water use fluctuated within the reporting period. The highest use was in 2001–02 and the lowest in 2002–03. Water use was 20 megalitres higher per year in this reporting period compared to the previous one. This may be attributed largely to an increase in population, the drought conditions, together with no water restrictions being imposed during the current reporting period. No information on levels of water storages were available for the current reporting period.
No water recycling or reuse schemes were operational within the shire during the current reporting period. Council has, however been investigating the use of treated effluent to irrigate the local golf course.
Assessment of water use and its impacts is limited
See these indicator results for more detail: | Wateruse |
Data on water use were available for this report only for council-licensed surface water including reticulated water. No data were available for anywhere outside the reticulated area within the shire on private use, including water used for irrigation by the rural sector.
Impacts of all water extraction on the shire's river systems were unknown in 2004.
Solid and hazardous waste
See these indicator results for more detail: | Hazardous waste | Solid waste |
Volumes of waste to landfill increased significantly during the reporting period. The increase comprised mainly building and demolition waste and that from private deliveries rather than from domestic collections. The increase in waste to landfill may be partially due to increased population (which fluctuates seasonally with the influx of tourists in the winter and increasingly in the summer months) and more accurate measurement of waste to landfill.
Although the proportion of material recycled remained stable, the amount of material recycled increased by 36%. The materials recycled included those such as plastic, glass, aluminium and steel cans which are most likely generated from domestic and commercial sources.
Hazardous waste was collected at the Berridale and Jindabyne waste transfer stations. About 1350 kilograms were collected, and consisted mostly of waste oil, paints and resins, pesticides and acids.
Land use
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Conservation was the main landuse, on about 60% of the shire or about 361,800 hectares. Changes in landuse during the reporting period were directed at protection of forest ecosystems and conservation of biodiversity resources in the shire, with the conversion of approximately 13,900 hectares of Crown land and timber production land for conservation purposes. The converted land was part of the Southern Regional Forests Agreement to help develop a comprehensive, adequate and representative reserve system. During the reporting period eight new reserves were created within the shire and about 10,600 hectares of land added to Kosciuszko National Park.
Agriculture is the second-largest landuse, on about 32% of the shire or about 192,950 hectares. The majority of these lands consisted of grazing land. The lands under cropping and mixed farming have fluctuated since 1997. It is possible that some of these changes may have been the result of drought conditions. Rural residential development (included under the 'agriculture' landuse) remained relatively stable during the reporting period.
Council has been proactive in undertaking a planning project to investigate potential areas for rural residential and residential growth in Jindabyne and some of the smaller town and villages.
Energy use
See these indicator results for more detail: | Energy consumption | Population | Transport |
Energy use has several components. Transport type and use contribute to the use of energy, as do type of heating and use of energy for domestic, commercial and industrial purposes. Some changes in energy use may well have occurred in Snowy River Shire during the reporting period, but information is too sparse and results cannot be estimated.
Despite an increasing population, the rate of ownership of motor vehicles in the shire decreased from 958 per thousand population to 775 per thousand between June 2001 and June 2004. As fewer vehicles are being used it is assumed that there will be a decline in greenhouse gas emissions within the shire. In addition, while cleaner vehicle emissions and reduced consumption per kilometre may also result, insufficient information is known about the nature of the vehicle decrease and the kilometres travelled.
Electricity consumption does not appear to be available on a shire basis.
Maintaining Snowy River's infrastructure
See these indicator results for more detail: | Infrastructure |
Council's water and sewage infrastructure was generally considered to be in good condition. Exceptions include Adaminaby and Dalgety water supply systems and the Berridale sewage treatment plant. Works are expected to be undertaken to premeditate these structures during the next reporting period.
Public roads within the shire are generally considered to be in good condition with one bridge being noted as requiring replacement. Commonwealth "Roads to Recovery" funding was expended to improve the condition of a number of roads within the shire during the reporting period.
Public buildings within the shire were considered to be in reasonable condition depending on age and intended use. The three swimming pools within the shire were in varying condition.
What does this mean for the future?
For land and water management?
Until data on rural and other uses become available, only a partial picture of water use and its impacts is likely.
SoE2000 recommended development of river management plans as a matter of priority for the Mowamba River within the shire. That report also noted the need for improved data availability to better understand the total water system—not just that component for which council is responsible. Since that report, the whole area has suffered intense drought.
Council needs data outside its own licensing arrangements to assist with its strategic planning and decision-making about landuse and development. Such data are also needed for comprehensive impact assessment and catchment management, including environmental flows.
Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs) were established under NSW legislation in January 2004. Catchment Action Plans and Macro Water Plans being developed by CMAs should provide data for comprehensive catchment management and assist council decision-making about potential water restrictions during droughts.
Council needs to:
- foster and maintain a good partnership arrangement with the Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority for data-gathering, data-sharing and water management
- be aware that water management planning in the catchment needs to consider surface water and groundwater as a single resource
- continue to maintain water, sewage, drainage and road assets under its control in at least a satisfactory condition to reduce the impact of degradation of these assets on the environment
- consider developing a risk and/or asset management plan for its roads, buildings and drainage infrastructure to ensure that these assets are managed appropriately.
For waste management?
Council investment in waste management and resource recovery needs to be maintained for continued effectiveness.
For energy use?
See these indicator results for more detail:
We simply do not know, but increasingly strong climate change warnings and the precautionary principle dictate more conservative use of non-renewable fuels (see Energy consumption). Fuel use is also discussed in the Air quality issue.


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Sienna Miller and Toby Jones Tease HBO's 'The Girl'
Who would think that there would be competing Alfred Hitchcock bio-pictures? HBO's 'The Girl' focuses on the filming of 'The Birds,' Hitchcock (here played by Toby Jones) and his interesting relationship with Tippi Hedren (Sienna Miller) — the star he tried to create. HBO's got this one, and it hits the small screen October 20. And now there's a teaser.
This film seems to focus on Hitchcock's controlling nature with his starlets. There's a number of rumors about his obsessive behavior, and from the teaser this film seems to dwell on that. There's a sense that comes from watching both 'The Birds' and 'Marnie' (the films Hedren made for Hitchcock), that the director was controlling her every movement and action on screen. That she was completely directed, so it should be interesting to see how they explore that relationship.
'The Girl' hits TV screens in the fall, but we'll have to wait until next year to see 'Hitchcock' which stars Anthony Hopkins as the director, and focuses more on the period in which he made 'Psycho.' What none of these filmmakers could know is that Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' was recently crowned the best film of all time in the Sight and Sound critics poll, though Hitchcock is one of the most respected directors ever to pick up a camera. We'll see who made the more interesting bio-pic shortly, but until then, here's a tease:


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Javan rhinocerosLine breaks: Javan rhi|noceros
A rare one-horned rhinoceros that is now confined to the lowland rainforests of Java.
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It boggles my mind sometimes because things can be going so well and both parties may do something to throw a wrench in it or sabotage the entire relationship all in the name of fear. So they comfort themselves with a warm body they'll slowly move away from come morning. Because they know. They know that playing games will never give them what they really want. And most are afraid to see what they are worthy of because it is so much greater than what they could imagine for themselves.
I am constantly amazed and have fallen prey to the idea that 'love hurts so stay away from it'. Not understanding how purifying to the soul it is. And just how wonderful it can be when we make the choice to give it to someone who deserves it.


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The Heat suffered their first loss in nine games, falling to the Houston Rockets, 106-103 in a thrilling game. The loss drops the Heat record to 43-15 on the season.
For the Heat, Michael Beasley lead the team with 24 points, to go along with four rebounds. Dwyane Wade also scored 24 points, in addition to six assists and four rebounds. LeBron James finished with 22 points and six assists.
For the Rockets, Dwight Howard scored 22 points and grabbed 16 rebounds. James Harden finished with 21 points and 11 assists. Terrance Jones and Patrick Beverly each scored 19 points, with Jones also contributing 12 rebounds.
This was a wildly entertaining game throughout, as both teams went over 30 points in the first quarter. The Rockets took the first quarter 39-32. The Heat picked up the defense in the second quarter and held the Rockets to only 14 points, as they were able to pull to within one at the half, 53-52. Houston took the third quarter by nine, to take a 10 point lead into the fourth quarter. James hit what appeared to be a buzzer beating three at the end of the quarter, only for it to be waved off. The Heat bench rallied to force a tie game at 88 with six minutes to play, but the Heat gave up a 7-0 run to fall into a hole they couldn't dig out of. The Heat had a chance to tie on the final possession but were unable to find a good shot and settled for a LeBron fade away three that missed wide.
The Heat looked aggressive at times, but also look disjointed for most of the game, as the Rockets repeatedly crashed the glass and found open shots at the rim. The positive take away from this game, was the play of the bench in the second and fourth quarters. Beasley and Ray Allen combined for 39 points off the bench and were the sparkplugs in the run that got the Heat back in the game.
The Heat's next game is Thursday, as they travel to San Antonio to take on the Spurs (44-16). The tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 PM.
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A proposal in Connecticut to tighten eligibility for 13,000 low-income adults to receive Medicaid has divided lawmakers in the state, which wants the federal government to allow temporary restrictions on who can be enrolled in the program.
CT Mirror: Proposed Cutbacks In Health Care For Poor Hangs In Political Limbo
A controversial plan that could end state health assistance for more than 13,000 of Connecticut's poorest residents fell into political limbo late Tuesday afternoon. After a day-long meeting, two panels of state lawmakers balked -- at least for now -- at giving Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration the go-ahead to set into motion a plan that could limit who in Connecticut can receive Medicaid, government's health program for the poor. The administration wants the federal government to allow Connecticut to impose two temporary restrictions on the Medicaid for Low Income Adults program, known as LIA (Phaneuf, 7/24).
The Associated Press/Houston Chronicle: Poor Adults Oppose Conn. Medicaid Rules Changes
Poor adults who rely on a state insurance program for medical care and advocates for the needy urged state legislators on Tuesday to oppose a plan by Connecticut's Department of Social Services that would tighten eligibility rules. Sheldon Toubman, staff attorney at New Haven Legal Assistance, told the General Assembly's Appropriations and Human Services Committees that the state's application seeking federal approval to change its eligibility rules is a "serious mistake." He predicted thousands of people, especially those 19-26 years old, will ultimately end up without any health coverage (Haigh, 7/24).
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Georgia Health News: List Shows Provider Tax's Bottom Line For Hospitals
The state's Medicaid agency has released an updated list of hospital "winners and losers" under the Georgia hospital provider tax. The hospital levy has helped Georgia raise money for its Medicaid program, which along with PeachCare serves 1.7 million Georgians. Generally, a hospital pays 1.45 percent of its net patient revenue in tax. The state, at the same time, offsets this expense through an increase of 11.88 percent in hospital Medicaid payments. In fiscal 2011, the state collected $215 million in fees, which were used to draw down an added $590 million in federal funds, used for paying Medicaid providers, according to the state Department of Community Health (Miller, 7/24).
California Healthline: Timeline Delineates Duals Project Tasks
The state Department of Health Care Services has released a timeline of deadlines and target dates for its Coordinated Care Initiative, also known as the duals demonstration project. Eventually, the duals project hopes to move about one million Californians dually eligible for Medi-Cal and Medicare benefits into Medi-Cal managed care plans. The idea, state officials have said, is to provide better, more integrated care by pooling the funding sources from two disparate programs. Coordinated care could provide stronger case management, offer needed services and save state and federal dollars. The pilot program in eight counties, beginning in March, 2013, will serve about 700,000 of the state's dual eligible (Gorn, 7/24).
Kaiser Health News: Capsules: Minnesota Wants Outside Audit Of Medicaid HMOs
The Minnesota Department of Human Services announced Monday that it is seeking bids for an outside audit of Medicaid payment rates for fiscal years 2003 through 2011. The move follows months of controversy over whether the state's contracts have been too generous (Stawicki, 7/24).
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One. We're the assailants ever identified or arrested?
Two. How come there is no description of the vehicle the leaving the scene of the stabbing?
Three. How come the police waited to release the report of the stabbing to the public?
The Mac PD seems to be very slow to coming to terms with the increased violence, and the dramatic uptick in crime around Linfield and 3rd Street.I know enhanced patrols help, but how about releasing more detailed information to the public? First a robbery, then a kidnapping, and now a stabbing? It seems to me that these individuals (gang affiliated or not) are in a PATTERN of escalation that can only lead to more violence. If these events are indeed all connected, and these individuals continue on down this path, I believe that it is just a matter of time before there will be something along the lines of a home-invasion or a shooting of some sorts in, or around 3rd Street or the Linfield campus.
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Google is rapidly approaching the September 9 deadline it imposed on residents of Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri to pre-register for Google Fiber, the company's new ultra high-speed Internet and TV service, which Google claims will be "100 times faster" than current broadband connections offered by the likes of Time Warner and Comcast.
But after early promising signs of interest among residents of the Kansas City metropolitan area (located on the Missouri-Kansas border, most of it located on the Missouri side), it appears that Google Fiber is getting tangled up in long-simmering socioeconomic tensions in the area. Local newspapers, including the Kansas City Star are pointing out that the way Google is planning to distribute the service — based on how many households pre-register in given neighborhoods up until September 9 — could actually exacerbate the "digital divide," between wealthier neighborhoods, many of which are located on the Kansas City, Missouri, side, and poorer ones concentrated in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Elsy was devastated after discovering the money she and her husband
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"They got our personal information from the medical facility where my
husband was getting treatment for leukemia," she says.
While Elsy's husband underwent chemotherapy, an employee of the
medical clinic was stealing his personal information from his check-in
"When we found out that money was gone, I dropped to my knees because
it terrified me that everything was going to be gone," Elsy explains.
"It's rather heart wrenching that someone would take advantage of
somebody in that condition," says US Postal Inspector Frank Schissler.
US postal inspectors began investigating Elsy's case and found there
more than 35 other patients who had also had their personal
information compromised.
"They feel violated I'm sure since their information was stolen,
especially during such a vulnerable time in their lives," Schissler
One way to stop the thieves like the ones in this case: always monitor
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This story has a happy ending; authorities were able to recover Elsy's money.
"My husband and I are good, we have a home and he hit the cancer free
mark, and we have our 6th grandchild on the way. We're doing great,"
Elsy says.
Four people were prosecuted in this case—the hospital employee, his
nephew, his nephew's girlfriend and that girlfriend's neighbor. Only
the nephew has been sentenced. He'll be behind bars for the next five
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While poking around the corners of the Internet recently, looking for the next great food idea, I ran into something tremendous: A free downloadable cookbook that teaches you how to eat well on as little as $4 a day.
Written by Leanne Brown, Good and Cheap, was originally envisioned as a resource to help people receiving government assistance eat better with the funds provided available. However, the idea has taken off, as you'll see in our interview with Leanne. Her Kickstarter campaign for producing printed copies of the book had a goal of $10,000 — it has already surpassed that, and generated more than $38,000. Her excellent recipes are not only available in her books (her vegetarian cookbook, From Scratch, is also available for free) but on on her website. Check out all things Leanne here.
Obviously, the time has come for an idea like Good and Cheap. I was delighted to talk with Leanne about this wonderful book — the recipes are simple and delicious, by the way — as well as the reaction to it thus far.
Interview with Leanne Brown
You created the book as the capstone project for your Masters in Food Studies at NYU. How long did it take for you to come up with recipes that fit your criteria?
I started working on the book in mid-June last year and completed a rough version in December, so I guess it took me about 6 months to develop the recipes. There was a lot of trial and error with the dishes themselves and the photography. After that, I sat on the book for a while. I posted the initial PDF on my website in April, and it was discovered by Reddit pretty quickly, which prompted my partner and I to finally finish editing it. Now, thanks to Kickstarter backers who sponsored 20 new recipes, I have to start experimenting again! But I love doing it, of course.
Why do you think it continues to be a difficult task to eat well and healthfully while on a limited budget — is there a basic misunderstanding out there about how to eat well?
There are so many messages everywhere, from our televisions to our grocery stores, that tell us cooking is hard. But cooking is not innately difficult; it's just a basic skill that requires practice, and the benefits of that practice are a joyful and delicious life! Compare that with packaged foods, which offer little in the way of immediate pleasure, yet cause your health and wallet to suffer in the long term, not to mention your sense of self-worth. If we can change our national attitude about cooking, we can all be a lot more satisfied with the way we eat—oh, and healthier, too.
Cooking and food shopping should be mandatory classes in every public school. They have traditionally been taught in the home, but many grow up without that knowledge, and they're daunting to learn once you're on your own. How are you supposed to eat well when you can't cook, or begin to cook if you don't know how to shop?
The book really appears to adhere to the Tips for Eating and Shopping Well that you share at the outset. They're very simple tips, too — buy foods that you can use in multiple ways, buy smaller amounts of produce so that it stays fresh, gradually build a pantry, use veggies for flavor, always buy eggs, and stay away from prepared drinks. If you do nothing else, will following these tips help you to save money?
Thanks for noticing! Yes, I really think those things make a big difference. At the same time, the advice to build a pantry is perhaps the most controversial idea in the book. The institutional assumption is that food-stamp recipients ought to buy the very cheapest foods, and ought essentially to live paycheck-to-paycheck. But that's not good budgeting in the financial world, and it's not good food budgeting. Saving up for a bottle of medium-quality olive oil every few months can really make a difference in your quality of life!
Why did you decide to release the PDF of the book, as well as your first cookbook (a vegetarian cookbook, called From Scratch) for free?
I made my first book, From Scratch, essentially for myself. Once it was complete, however, it didn't really make sense for it to just sit around on my hard drive. The specific idea to make the books free ultimately came from Cory Doctorow, a science-fiction author who is one of the editors of the blog Boing Boing and a persuasive advocate for free culture. It's pretty clear that giving the PDFs away for free is a great way to spread the word!
For Good and Cheap, it made even more sense for the book to be free — after all, it was designed for people who are already stretching every dollar to feed themselves. I didn't want them to waste that money on a cookbook.
Were you surprised by the reaction to Good and Cheap?
Yes, positively floored. I certainly hoped that the book could be useful for some people, but there are thousands of books published every year, and mine isn't even properly published; I never imagined that this many people would even hear about it! My favorite thing is waking up every morning to new emails from people who tell me how Good and Cheap is changing their life, or that it would have helped them in the past, or that it's changing their approach to cooking. I can't read too many at a time or I get really choked up.
Do you feel people are just aching to find and learn how to make, good, inexpensive, satisfying meals?
I guess they must be! And I think some people were just unaware that nice, modern dishes could be had for so little money, because the food movement doesn't often talk about price. I'm happy to be able to help in my own small way.
Do you regularly make the meals found in Good and Cheap?
Heck yes! Last night I made the kale salad, and this morning I had berry oatmeal.
Why did you decide to create a Kickstarter campaign to fund printed copies of Good and Cheap? What do you think of the reaction to the campaign, which has raised almost $30,000, when you only wanted $10,000 initially?
At the end of April, someone posted a link to the draft version of Good and Cheap on Reddit. It received intense interest and was downloaded 90,000 times in just a week. That made me realize that this was something people really did want, but I felt it was particularly important to get the book to people who may not have access to a computer, or who may not be very internet-savvy. The people backing the campaign—at this point, more than a thousand of them!—clearly feel the same way.
The funds they've contributed are just spectacular, because they mean we can print a truly huge number of copies of the book. The initial $10,000 goal was really the minimum viable amount, but we were always hoping for much more, since a lot of that $10,000 goes to the one-time cost of setting up the printing press. With that cost behind us, each new pledge helps print a bunch more copies—some to give away for free, and some to sell to organizations dirt-cheap (about $4 per extra copy).
What recipes have people said they've liked the most from both Good and Cheap and From Scratch?
You know, there is no clear consensus winner, I am surprised to tell you. The variations on oatmeal and toast are both surprisingly popular, which is interesting, because you would never find those in a normal cookbook. A few years ago, when my friends got From Scratch, many of them said they really liked the chana masala. That's a lot of the reason I included the chana masala in Good and Cheap as well—plus the fact that it's so inexpensive! I've also heard a lot about the banana pancakes and the eggplant-and-tomato pasta. But people are drawn to a wide variety of the recipes. It just goes to show that there is no one best food or recipe—it's all a matter of taste.
You're a food studies scholar — from your viewpoint, what are the most important issues in the world of food right now?
Gosh, there are a lot, but they are all very interconnected. First off, the way that the vast majority of our food is produced is environmentally unsustainable. The distribution of our resources is also insane: there are about the same number of people on the planet who are starving as there are people with illnesses related to overconsumption, like diabetes or heart disease.
This is a bit selfish since home cooking is my pet issue, but I think so many things could be solved by a return to cooking for yourself. If everyone cooked from scratch, we could focus on growing more fruits and vegetables, grains for human consumption, and smaller numbers of animals for meat and dairy. We could promote farming practices that allow the land to heal instead of polluting the rivers and eroding the soil. It just takes an attitude shift about how we balance our time and what we value.
In North America, we have a really unhealthy relationship to food. We use it to reward and punish ourselves. And, like I said above, cooking isn't taught in schools, so it is becoming a lost skill.
After Good and Cheap, what's the next food subject for you to tackle?
I'd love to start a community-kitchen program, like a cooking library where people could have access to a central kitchen space and could borrow equipment as needed. I cook a lot, but even I only use my stand-mixer maybe once a week; why should it just sit there? A lot of occasional cooks can't justify that kind of expense. It becomes a catch-22, because if you don't have the right equipment, there are a lot of dishes you can't easily make. Shared resources could really help draw some of those occasional cooks back into the fold.


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Not sure about the "to panic or not to panic" question, as you stated you don't have wire service.By that, do you mean that you don't have Cable TV? If so, I always thought that in those instances, that they had to send someone out to check the filters on the cable line at the pole. But I may be wrong on that one.However, it seems they struggle to manage their Miami networks from what I have heard (a lot more downtime there). Not sure on exact figures.Once you're up and running, the speeds are good, unless you have an overloaded node.This is in Western/Central PA with "15/1.5Mbps MAX" (yes, they actually provision it lower up here for whatever reason). So with their 15/1.5, I'm getting, realistically, about 16/1.6Hopefully things will work out. Keep us posted.


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I've been happy lately and I'm loving it.
Wedesday: School was the same. I passed my dreadful long overdue recovery unit. All in less than a week. I'm so relieved. Went home. Rara calls me and askes me to kick it with her and Pat. Went to Costco to eat. Went to Great Mall & saw hella heads there. Got Frozo's, but i didn't like it, so i gave the rest to Deren. Got $1 milk tea and shopped in the dollar store. Pat & Deren sold me & Rara in the back of the trunk. Went to Deren's house real quick. I love his parents. Went up the sierra hills. Nice ass view. Good thinking place. I wish i brought my camera. Part2 before graduation!
Thursday: School. Turned in my recycling & came up $63.90! Met up with my dad and gave me money for prom, $300! Payday without even working! I was in a good ass mood the whole day, so i decided to share my happiness with my dog, bebot. So, i took her out for a walk. I haven't walked her since forever. She was actually behaving well.
Friday: Last link crew ever. Kinda bittersweet. Ate KFC with momma after school. Went home. Michael picked me up and we went to Eastridge to get his fit for my prom. I'm terrible with matching colors. Interesting conversations, fcking beezy. HAHA. Went home. Took a short nap. Woke up to Ray's text "Watchu doin around 10? Wanna go to wingstop with Phil and Kelly? Went to Ray's house until we left. Met up with Kelly, Phil, Jaleel, Vivian & Mike(?). Phil bought all of us wingstop. I love him! Chilled there till they close, then just chilled in the parking lot for a long time. Jaleel vs. Ray, jerkin'. Winner? Jaleel, duhh! I had to go home, but the boys (Phil, Ray, Kelly & Jaleel) came home with me too. HAHA. Chilled outside my house till 2. It's so easy just kicking it with them. No drama just randumb talks and hella laughs.
Saturday: De Anza Open House. HOTHOTHOT. There was a long ass line just to turn in our Couseling 100 form. Some of us just walked in without waiting in line. Went to get my eyebrows waxed. I feel so much better. Len came over to tell me her little secret. FLOWER! I cried like a baby, but it's just out of love. I hope the best for her. Meesh came over and we went to the Flea Market and got some Mexican candy. I had plans for the day, but it failed.
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You drive your tour van around collecting the best band members for the venues, while collecting tickets and avoiding groupies in your path! I'll try and get some video capture of it but currently I can't open it with my version of Unity. I mainly worked on the little characters and their animations for this game (also rainbow road which you'll see if I can get a video of it). Our sound guy did some amazing stuff with the music. It was loads of fun and all done in under 48 hours! Much different than the environment and such at work, haha.
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The humble E.coli bacteria, often found in bowls of peanuts at the local pub, could become James Bond's latest encryption tool…
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In an amazing display of scientific prowess, a researcher at Tufts University, David Walt, has created a way to grow bacteria, more specifically E. coli, in such a way that it will allow for encrypted messages to be sent. This brings the world of espionage to a whole new level. Next time you touch that public bathroom door handle, you better make sure you haven't picked up a few encrypted bacteria on your way out… just kidding! The process is a bit more detailed and controlled than that.


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I've avoided grocery shopping for two weeks and have been subsisting on leftovers. I was gonna go today, but there's a few inches of snow on the ground now and it's freezing and windy.
All that's left are a half dozen eggs and some cheese and an onion. Perfect, I'll make omelets.
And then I looked in the fridge. The eggs were gone.
Then I looked in the freezer.
"Secrecy-Shrouded Street-Food Cart Might Belong to Brian Boitano"
The best part: Boitano is filming a show called What would Brian Boitano Make? This is a reference to a song on South Park. What a world.
"In the song, Boitano skates through circles in the 1988 Olympic Winter Games, fights grizzly bears (in the Alps) with his fire breath, saves fair maidens, travels through time to the year 3010, fights an evil robot king, saves the human race (again), and builds the Great Pyramids of Egypt while beating up Kublai Khan, because he "doesn't take shit from anybody". During the middle of the song, a cartoon Brian Dennehy interrupts, apparently thinking the song is about him."
The best thing I ever read was from Bob Zmuda's tell-all book about Andy Kaufman. At one point, Zmuda was the personal assistant to this batshit insane script doctor in NY that he referred to in the book as Mr. X. The guy would go all over town and fuck with people in all kinds of ways and keep tape recorders rolling as well as a briefcase full of money to bribe people with if things got out of hand. Zmuda had tons of stories about this guy and Kaufman couldn't get enough of them. I actually am stoked that I found this excerpt online.
"What's your best Mr. X story?" (Andy) asked.
"I dunno, I think they're all good," I said.
"Well, yeah, I mean the story that really sums him up. But you've probably told me all of 'em, haven't you?" I could tell Andy had gotten hooked on the Mr. X stories. I also saw he was trying to understand Mr. X, to figure out what made him tick, so that maybe he could invest some of Mr. X in his own characters.
"I got one you haven't heard," I offered.
"What? What?" he said, sounding just like a little kid.
"The glazed-donut story. I tell you that one?"
"The glazed-donut story? No, no, tell me, I want to hear it."
"How close are we to this club?"
Andy shook his head. "Doesn't' matter. We can be late. Besides, it's better to keep an audience waiting. Go on, tell me the glazed-donut story."
I sat back and looked out the window at the lights flitting by and pictured that day: sunny, a few puffy clouds, a generally nice day. Mr. X and I had picked up our cash that morning, nearly 50 grand. It was afternoon, and, as we hadn't even spent a dime yet, X was getting restless.
"We rolled over to Jersey one afternoon, midday maybe," I began.
"Like here? Somewhere around here?" Andy asked, trying to place the story.
"No, I think it was like North Bergen, Seacaucus maybe," I answered.
At this point in my story, Kaufman did something that was unusual. Over the years I would see him do it hundreds of times, but this was the first. He was recording me, not on tape like Mr. X did, but in his mind. Possessing a truly photographic memory, his eyes would take on a wide, distant look, and then the tip of his fingers would twitch lightly as if he were typing on an invisible keyboard. Years later I would witness him memorizing entire Taxi scripts at one sitting using this technique. Not only committing his own lines to memory, but all the other characters' lines along with stage directions and page numbers. It was just like Dustin Hoffman's character, Raymond, in Rain Man. Oddly, Andy was somewhat embarrassed by this extraordinary ability and never flaunted it. I asked him once how he did it, think it was something he had learned in a TM course. Slightly flustered, he admitted that the ability came to him suddenly one day after a particularly bad LSD trip. He told me that he had also seen the future on that same trip. When I commented that that was great, he objected strongly, saying we're not supposed to see the future.
I continued with my tale. "Anyway, so we're in Jersey, drivin' along in the limo, and Mr. X sees this baker, says, 'Driver stop over here, I want a glazed donut. Okay, so inside, it's midday and there's a few people in line, so X just blurts out, 'I want a glazed donut,' real loud, like they're all just hard of hearing, and this woman behind the counter, her name badge said 'Flo'…"
"You're joking…" said Andy.
"No shit, 'Flo.' Anyway, Flo is matronly, an older woman, you know, kind of stern… so she says, "Sir, you'll have to take a number like everyone else."
"You don't talk to him like that," added Andy, knowing enough about Mr. X.
"Exactly," I concurred. "But oddly X doesn't say a word. He takes a ticket and quietly goes to the back of the line."
"Uh-oh," said Andy as he pulled the car over, readying for the story to go into overdrive.
"Yeah, uh-oh," I agreed and then continued. "So Mr. X waits, and finally he gets to Flo, and she says, 'Okay, now you want a glazed donut?' and X shakes his head. 'No, I've changed my mind. I want this here. And I want those, and that. And those over there, and all of that. Oh, and while you're at it, I want those racks of bread back there. All of them.' And Flo narrows here eyes and says, 'Sir, please don't joke around. We're a business here.' And Mr. X yells, 'Zmuda? The case!' and I step forward and pop it open…"
"Like usual," Andy added, having heard Mr. X's Zmuda, the case" line in other stories.
"Yeah, so I say, 'Madam, this man is Mr. X, a famous writer, he's written a number of major motion pictures, and he's a millionaire, he's very eccentric, and I can assure you he's completely serious. This case?' I point into the case, which is open and showing all the cash. It has over 50-thousand dollars in it, and Mr. X is ready to pay for anything he wants so please help him.' Well, Flo realizes this is probably for real, so even though she already hates him, she starts ringing stuff up, and now the manager comes out of the back to see what the hell's going on. So Mr. X introduces himself while I'm lugging boxes of rolls and bread and shit out out the limo. We fill the limo, so X goes, "Get on the phone and get a truck over to pick up my baked goods."
"You hired a truck?" Andy said, his face going slack in amazement. "What? You just called a trucking company and said, 'Come over and pick up our donuts'?'
"Exactly. And they came, a full-size fucking deliver truck. Meanwhile, Mr.; X's bought so much stuff we have to send for another truck. It's the Marx brothers. We've hung out the Closed sign and cleaned out the whole front of the store. Now Mr. X goes into the back room. He starts buying all their back stock as well as the shit coming out of the oven — it's still hot – not to mention all their butter and flour and salt and sugar, everything. Meanwhile, the owner, he's at his calculator, and he's in fuckin' hog heaven, he can't believe this guy, buying his place to the walls, damn near.
"So now Mr. X goes to work on the employees. First the bakers, there's like three older guys in white outfits, and he says to one of them, 'You must be pretty hot in that, it's hot back here. I'll tell you what, take off your clothes down to your underwear and I'll give you 500-bucks. Zmuda, the case!' So I hand over the cash and the old guys strips down to his skivvies. Mr. X checks him out and says, 'Listen, for another 500, take off your underwear.' So the old guys drops his boxers, and he's bare-ass naked. So Mr. X turns to the others and says, 'I'll give you each a thousand if you do the same,' so two minutes later the bakers are nude, and X turns to the ladies who were working the counter and are now watching the old guys strut around naked but a thousand bucks richer. X says to them, 'Take off your clothes, only down to your underwear, and I'll give you a thousand each.' Well, they're in their underwear, bras and girdles, in about three seconds, and I'm handing them money. All of them except Flo, she's the holdout. Mr. X can't break her. She hates him. A test of wills. Flo versus Mr. X.
"Mr. X takes the challenge, he says, 'C'mon, Flo, just take off your blouse, leave your bra and girdle on, but take off the blouse. I'll give you two thousand dollars.' She says, 'I can't do that,' and X says 'I'll make it three thousand,' and the other ladies are saying, 'Flo, do it, it's fine, it's just your blouse, it's okay,' cause they're standing in their girdles and bras and they're one grand richer. Mr. X ups the ante to four, then five. Now Flo's sweatin', the manager is yelling at her to drop her top, and her girlfriend's are saying she's nuts Mr. X keeps going until he finally says, 'Flo, lemme ask you this, what does your husband make a year? Flo won't answer, but one of the other ladies says Flo's husband, Alex, drives a delivery truck and makes about 19-grand. So Mr. X says, 'Flo, take off our top only, leave your bra and girdle on, and I will give you 19-thousand dollars. It's as much as Alex, your beloved husband, makes in a year. Think of his face when you bring home that cash.'
Well, the scene is now insane. Here's the truck drivers loading our bread, the manager's delirious, looking for anything else to sell, here's three old men, nude, three or four older ladies in their underwear, and everyone is yelling at Flo to do it. Flo is in tears, but she stands firm. So Mr. X gets bored trying to break her and heads into the cooler, where he finds a wedding cake. 'I want this,' he says., and the manager goes white and says, 'Sorry, Mr. X, but that's a wedding cake, it's custom made, and I have to deliver it in a few hours, and they're a lovely couple.' And X says, 'I don't give a fuck, I want it. Zmuda? The case!' and I count out another three thousand, and it's ours now. Meanwhile, the bakers are still nude, and they're partying with the counter ladies on some beer we had delivered, and the manager is now about 30-thousand bucks heavier in the wallet, and he's on the phone to the wedding couple to tell them about the tragic accident on the freeway where their cake got ruined. And speaking of ruined, Flo is destroyed, her life could have changed, but she wouldn't cave in to the will of Mr. X. I say to him, 'What are we going to do with all the food?' and he says, 'Fuck it, let it rot,' so I get on the phone before we leave and have the truckers take it over to a food bank. So now we're done. X goes out and gets in the limo, and I make a final pass to survey the wreckage, the party is going full swing, and the place looks like it was looted by rats, not an edible thing left in sight, like it was never a working bakery. So I walk out the front, and as I do…that's when I see it. All by itself in the front display case, not even a crumb to keep it company, sits one…solitary…glazed donut."
Andy was totally mesmerized. "He's a genius," he pronounced finally, without irony.
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Kikkoman Naturally Brewed Tamari Soy Sauce 10 oz. Based on traditional, centuries-old recipes, and darker, milder and more aromatic than regular soy sauce, Kikkoman Tamari Soy Sauce is ideal for cuisine featuring delicate, more refined flavors. Naturally brewed and aged, with no preservatives and a light touch of wheat to add depth and dimension. Ideal for light Asian dressings and dipping sauces. Serve sushi or sashimi with Tamari soy sauce and real wasabi and you'll be amazed at the complex, savory flavors.


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Movie Night||Ricky&Grace
Ricky had just got settled into his dorm room and figured he should spend time with his sister, Grace. He gave her a call and told her to come and watch a movie with him. He waited for her to show up while he made some popcorn and grabbed a movie from his collection. He heard a knock on his door and opened it."Hey Dork." he said with a cheeky smile.