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Doing more with less. In the cattle business, that's more than a nice idea; it's the new survival plan.
"In any manufacturing system, if the number of units is reduced, the revenue per unit must increase," said Pete Anderson, director of research for Midwest PMS, a U.S. livestock feed company."The cattle industry must focus on maximizing revenue from each animal produced."
Larger carcasses? Certainly, he said, but also increasing the value of each pound sold.
Anderson presented his paper, "External Influences on North American Beef Production: How Will the Cattle Feeding Industry Adapt?" as part of the Plains Nutrition Conference in San Antonio, Texas, last month. The full paper is available at here.
"Premium carcasses like CAB [Certified Angus Beef] or Prime used to be a happy accident that occurred at the outer end of the population distribution, just because there were millions of cattle fed," he said.
Packers "creamed the coolers" to find quality they could sell for a higher value, but today real-world examples show ranchers reaching 50 percent Certified Angus Beef (CAB) brand and Prime on large numbers of cattle, with better than average feedlot performance.
"Economic signals are telling us that we need to do more of that," Anderson said: even with a spike in grading, the Choice-Select spread remains relatively strong and premiums for CAB increasing.
"While U.S. per capita consumption has declined with supply, increasing prices are as sign of solid demand; a growing population will continue to consume beef," he said, but the opportunities aren't limited to domestic growth.
Exports accounted for $307 per head in 2013, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation. By 2030, North America and Europe will have just 18 percent of the world's middle class population, compared to 63 percent in the Asian Pacific.
"North America should get in, stay in and dominate the premium beef market," Anderson said. "Our resources are best utilized creating big, high-quality cattle that produce an enjoyable eating experience and maximize revenue per animal."
The cattle that fit that description will only get more valuable, he predicted.
"We will not manage $2,000 cattle the same way that we used to manage $900 cattle," Anderson noted. "While in the past, cost of production was the primary focus, emphasis will shift toward growing revenue."

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Why Do Hangovers Hurt More As You Age?
"[A]lcohol hits people harder in their 40s and 50s than it did during their 20s and 30s. The reasons for this include changes in body composition to brain sensitivity and liver functioning. Lifestyle factors are at play, too. And since people tend to take more medications—both prescription and over-the-counter—as they age, there are more chances for uncomfortable and even dangerous booze-drug mixing." That's one answer. The other answer is that everything hurts more as you age, because the simple act of survival guarantees a larger collection of sorrows, regrets and nagging voices in your head telling you the world would be a better place without you in it, plus oh my God you are just so tired all the time, and even the things that once brought you pleasure now offer only the briefest of joys before they usher you into the world of pain in which you will reside for the duration while you run out the clock. But sure, let's go with "body composition." It's not like we're getting thinner anyway, we might as well suffer on that account too.
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Maybe it's because the liquor's getting older.
@KarenUhOh I have a hard time believing that any liquor in Balk's immediate vicinity has a chance to get old.
All this suffering makes me want to have a drink.
This Is Why Daddy Drinks. And Has Worse Hangovers.
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"Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight."
… and in recent news, the voice of an unseen girl has been heard around Burgess for the past few nights.
"Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight."
… and in recent news, the voice of an unseen girl has been heard around Burgess for the past few nights.
You would have thought by now the male would be used to the howls of his own pack… and he was- but this time he couldn't help but think of them as enemies. As the strange canine tackled him to the ground Lucas didn't retaliate, instead letting his fleshy form roll in the snow once or twice and quickly getting up to his knees. Their howls… jesus- blood curdling songs. They were hungry… What was he to do? Betray them? He knew this girl for barely an hour! Yet… he couldn't let their fangs soil her chaste skin.
Golden orbs flickered around, looking at the snarling foe frantically before he opened his mouth to speak. "Look! I don't want to hurt you and fucking christ I don't even know if you can understand me! But you need to get her out of here! Please! Trust me!," he pleaded over the thick sounds from afar. Finding frustration in every word he breathed, Lucas shook his head in defeat. He had to do something… anything- they would… he couldn't let them.
This girl meant nothing to him and yet everything. She was the key, he needed her… it was a fact. The lupine male couldn't put a finger on why but he simply didn't care. "Look, you're faster- go… go and find her! Take her somewhere safe! I'll…," looking frantically around he ran his fingers through his hair in utter distress. "I'll come up with something! Please!…"
Before he could tell if the wolvine counterpart agreed, Lucas lurched forwards- his form twisting with a blackened inky shadow and quickly giving way to an unusually large wolf. Sliding on the ice the hound bounded forwards towards the direction of his pack… he didn't know how he'd stop them- or even if he could. He'd try his might… he'd do anything.
Wolf let loose another snarl, his fur rippling in a show of intimidation as he warned Lucas to stay back. There was some indication that he had heard, in that he didn't pounce again; as soon as the man had collapsed into a different form, the alpha whirled to kick up a flurry of snow and race off as well.
At the edge of the forest, Red swung down to land a the top of a frost-covered hill. The dark hue of her cape was the most visible thing in the growing dusk, and she glanced back at the muted firelight of the houses past the hill; it would be easy to leap away, using the roofs as footholds.
Courage and caution flickered together in her heart; she saw the emerging figures in the forest ahead, and she chose.
The village was unguarded behind her, save for the regular line of humans who could do little against a group of werewolves. Without a second thought, Red cupped her hands around her mouth and bent forward to shout at the approaching group.
"Come and get me if you can!"
Then she ran again, trailing off at an angle to lead the hunt back into the forest.
[ either she's surrounded in a clearing or she climbs up a tree again next. hopefully one of those fits into your plan! ]
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"You're… Pitch Black"
Oh how that one line filled him with a sick, twisted sense of pleasure. Another who knew his name, the infamy was growing. Funny how the humans had stopped believing in the Boogeyman but amongst other spirits he was still feared. Well, he wasn't going to turn down the offer, what kind of Nightmare King would he be then? Fear was still fear, no matter where or whom it came from.
He approached the red girl, getting ever closer. but slowly so as if he were a hunter stalking it's prey. The unhidden shake in her voice was delicious, delectable even, and the fear spirit couldn't help but smirk. Taking in a deep breath, Pitch exhaled in an almost happy sigh. Though scaring some schoolchildren had been his initial intention, this was proving to be plenty of fun anyway.
He watched with a sadistic gleam in his eyes as the girl clenched her fists and faced him, a valiant effort at hiding her nerves, he would at least give her credit for that. However it was crystal clear that she was putting on a mask, a front of bravery. He chuckled and cocked his head to the side "You've heard things of me? Well now. What sort of things?" he asked with bored curiosity before adding "I can see right through you, child, you don't fool me."
A trail of ice seemed to crawl down the small of her back when he chuckled, and the younger spirit backed away without hesitation as he began to stalk forward. It was hard to keep from shaking, but she did; the sting of her nails began to prickle in her palms as she clenched them harder, but she turned her head to keep Pitch in sight nonetheless.
"Bad things." The concrete of the sidewalk pressed up under her insubstantial weight, keeping her steady. "Things like how you tried to take the world in shadow, and how to fight the nightmares that you've left everywhere." An image of the twisted and darkened horse mentioned rose in her mind and she took a breath, her eyes hardening for a moment. "How to fight you."
But even if she had been warned, nothing could have prepared her for the chill that locked her joints up. It was one thing to speak of strength, another to prove it; when the King uttered a blunt jab, she flinched. "What do you want?"
As the dark haired girl insisted Lucas shook his head, golden orbs narrowing onto her dark ones at they clashed. "It's not my choice," he stated blankly noting the strong scent which wafted through the air. It was a familiar scent, one of a wolf's and yet he knew it was foreign. There was no musk of human stench like the others had. This girl… she didn't truly understand what they were hunting but Lucas was no fool. "You're familiars?," he asked rhetorically, knowing the answer already.
Taking a glance at the silhouetted form who's ears pointed in the fading light the lupine male took a deep breath. "It would be wise for you to leave…," he attempted to explain darkly, finding just as much trouble as she had when stating her province. "It's not animals we're hunting tonight…," Lucas exhaled sharply, trailing his eyes from the top of the female's head all the way down to her feet.
Squinting, a hand reached out- gripping her shoulder roughly as he pulled her close. His finger's didn't dissipate from her flesh, she wasn't a ghost. She for the most part though immortal was flesh and blood. There was little chance the elites would pass the chance for easy game, especially with the rise in security the villages near by had. "You feel my hand? It's tight- it hurts right?," the wolf attempted to clarify more vividly.
Leaning down he made sure his eyes were locked onto hers, pulling her even more closely as the thought of her getting ripped to pieces made his hunger grow… yet heart ache. "My… pack- will fight yours to the death if they catch you out. They'll target you. They will relentlessly attack… and trust me-," he paused for a moment, releasing his iron grip from her shoulders. "There aren't many things that can kill a werewolf."
"My pack," she corrected him, pressing the desperation down and back into her throat but skittering away when he reached out. Again, his grip pressed like a vise, and yet the rushing, senseless protection had been replaced by an intent to intimidate. Red cringed, her opposite hand instinctively rising to clasp and try to push his off.
Behind her, Wolf crested the hill — there was a guttural snarl, as he took the sight in and began to pound down the snowy slope toward the pair of spirits.
"Of course it hurts," the girl snapped, finding sudden indignation in defending her own motives. "But I'm not leaving them alone!" With a convulsive movement she tore away, just as he released her of his own volition; at the same time her alpha skidded up to roar at the unfamiliar werewolf, his ruff bristling into frosted spikes as he barked and growled.
Red didn't let herself stop to think — if she did, perhaps she would break under the hopelessness that was not even having a weapon against the intruders — instead she backed up, balling her fists for courage. "And I won't abandon the village-,"
She stopped short, fleeting panic crossing her face as she realized two things: that she had revealed the presence of actual humans by the forest, and that the approaching howls were not those of her pack.
Without a second thought she whirled, red cape opening behind her to hide the bend in her knees. There sounded a rare crunch of snow, from a lightweight spirit; she jumped, using that feathery quality of her existence to escape into a tree's branches and flee through the canopy.
Wolf barreled toward Lucas in a rough tackle before bouncing back, buying his patron some time before turning to streak away as well.
[ ooc. argh too much action! ;;
basically she's running through the trees while wolf goes by land, to both escape lucas's pack and get to the village first. ]
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The nightmare king had also been drawn to the very same museum, and he currently sat, curled up in the arms of one of the cold stone statues at the museums entrance, legs dangling lazily over the edge. Pitch watched the gaggle of school children enter with a bored expression, eyes surveying the group carefully, trying to decide if any of them would be an easy scarer. He stayed up there, lurking from his birds-eye viewpoint, simply waiting and watching.
It was then that he noticed one of the children breaking away from the group. A girl, wearing a red cloak. Well now that was suspicious, it certainly wasn't like anything the other schoolchildren were wearing. More to the point, they seemed not to even notice her. As he continued to watch the little red clad girl, he noticed her pause. And then there came such a delicious shiver that he couldn't help but smirk.
Curiosity getting the better of him, Pitch floated down from his spot, using what little darkness he could conjure as a sort of levitation platform to get down to ground level. Stepping behind her, he could see from a closer distance now, that she was not human. He hadn't been able to sense it before, but now it was obvious. So that meant…
Another spirit? Oh well this day was just getting more and more intriguing. Chuckling softly, he circled the little red one like a vulture "Why hello there. I don't believe we've met." the words were nice enough but his tone was like poison, sinister and slippery.
She turned her head to check the road, a slight frown turning her lips downward as she searched. Perhaps it would be a good idea to visit cities more often; she felt lost, in this large whirl of activity and noise that was not muffled by snow. The spirit dropped a hand to her belt, feeling the dull weight of the weapon that was pressed between the small of her back and the thick cloth of her cape — but before she could consider anything else, a shadow fell over her frame.
The chill in her nerves intensified and Red spun around, shifting her weight to the platforms of her feet in preparation; she came face to face with a figure who was starkly familiar, despite this being their first meeting. "You're… Pitch Black."
Like the frenetic beating of a rabbit's foot, her voice wavered at the very last syllable. The innocence that she embodied seemed to twist and shy away at the King's very presence, leaving her to clench her fists and put on as brave a front as she could muster. "Hello. We haven't met, no. But I have heard things about you."
"It changes a bit as time goes on, so I don't look completely like I did at first. My hood was from Grandmother, and the dress was a standard for my village."
"Two parts of my outfit were new."
"When I learned to fight, Moon advised that I guard my arms from my own weapons."
"Wolf found my cape in my old home. …Mother had intended to give it to me, before I disappeared."
{{Well I might as well start somewhere, right? So here goes nothing ^^;; }}
It was easy for a nightmare king to become bored, particularly during the daytime. During the day, there was no darkness from which he could manifest himself, and no precious sleeping children to terrify with blackened dreams. Still, Pitch was growing rather sick of just hiding in his lair, and so wandered around the streets just to pass the time. "Let's see if we can stir things up a little…" he mused, with a small smirk "What's the fastest way to get some attention?"
It was rare for Red to venture into a real city, what with the bustle of the crowds and the blunt expanses of concrete; that did not mean she was shy of them, though, and today the spirit had decided to walk alongside a group of schoolchildren.
They were headed to a museum, it seemed; she sidestepped a particularly eager girl, red cape brushing gently along the sidewalk as she drifted apart from the group. Today, none of them had the focus to see her — Red waited, until the group had turned onto the path toward the building, before turning away. Perhaps she'd find a perch to watch the rest of the city from.
She took a few steps and suddenly shivered, feeling a chill unlike most. Wolf was not with her at the moment, and so her senses were limited; was there something nearby?
"These 'what if' questions are always tough and hypothetical!"
"If I had this choice all those years ago, I might have taken it. But my family's gone now, and I can do a better job as a spirit than I can as a human. It's not as if I don't miss it, but…"


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Artist Erik Johansson and Adobe pranked unsuspecting people waiting for busses, by photographing them from afar and Photoshopping into ads at the very same bus stop they were waiting at!
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You Can Own This 'Dewritten' Book For $345.67 | LitReactor
Kyle MacDonald, the writer who bartered a red paperclip for a house through a series of trades, has a new project: A "dewritten" book.
Inspired by the blackout poetry of Austin Kleon, MacDonald took a book and, using "5 black felt pens and 100 hours," transformed it into a new work that's comprised of "more than 352 unique drawings with poems and phrases created using only pre-existing words in the book."
The book he used was Be Excellent at Anything: The Four Keys To Transforming the Way We Work and Live by Tony Schwartz, Jean Gomes & Catherine McCarthy. The new work is entitled Be Anything. He's selling it for $345.67 on Etsy.
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6 Filmmaking Tips from David Fincher
That thing about looking at each setup with one eye at a time kind of blew my mind. I can't wait to try that. And totally agree about what you learn on your first movie.
1) "What you learn from that first [film] - and I don't call it 'trial by fire'; I call it 'baptism by fire' - is that you are going to have to take all of the responsibility, because basically when it gets right down to it, you are going to get all of the blame, so you might as well have made all of the decisions that led to people either liking it or disliking it. There's nothing worse than hearing somebody say, 'Oh, you made that movie? I thought that movie sucked,' and you have to agree with them, you know?"
2) "I never fall in love with anything. I really don't, I am not joking. 'Do the best you can, try to live it down,' that's my motto. Just literally give it everything you got, and then know that it's never going to turn out the way you want it to, and let it go, and hope that it doesn't return. Because you want it to be better than it can ever turn out. Absolutely, 1000 percent, I believe this: Whenever a director friend of mine says, 'Man, the dailies look amazing!' … I actually believe that anybody, who thinks that their dailies look amazing doesn't understand the power of cinema; doesn't understand what cinema is capable of."
3) "A friend of mine once, he was directing his first film and he called me and said, 'How many takes can I ask for?' And I said, 'What do you mean?' 'Well I'm working with this actress and she said that she's only going to give me six takes.' And I said, 'As far as I'm concerned, you ask for whatever it is you need.' I've never understood… It's not about an actor presenting their work to forty people around them. It's about, you know, it's the boom operator, it's the camera operator, it's can you tweak the light better, can the person hit their mark better, can they be in focus. There's so many aspects, it's not just about the actor. That's the focus of what you're trying to get, but it's a ballet between so many different people. And to me that's the thing, to make it all coalesce, to make it look effortless."
4) In the commentary track for Se7en, Fincher explains that when he was working at ILM, he was taught that a director should look at each scene's set up with each eye individually. Left eye for composition (because it's connected to the creative right side of the brain). Right eye for focus and technical specs (because it's connected to the mathematical left side of the brain).
5) "A movie is made for an audience and a film is made for both the audience and the filmmakers. I think that The Game is a movie and I think Fight Club's a film. I think that Fight Club is more than the sum of its parts, whereas Panic Room is the sum of its parts. I didn't look at Panic Room and think: Wow, this is gonna set the world on fire. These are footnote movies, guilty pleasure movies. Thrillers. Woman-trapped-in-a-house movies. They're not particularly important."
6) "You can't take everything on. That's why when people ask how does this film fit into my oeuvre. I say 'I don't know. I don't think in those terms'. If I did, I might become incapacitated by fear … How do you eat a whale? One bite at a time. How do you shoot a 150-day movie? You shoot it one day at a time."
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On the morning of the 5th of April, New York City will wake up to glasgow-based artist david shrigley's piece 'how do you feel?' On the high line billboard. Located at West 18th Street and 10th Avenue, the 25 x 75 foot (7.6 x 23 meter) installation will ask the common, yet complex question and provide an answer, one which is a comment on the emotional state of contemporary society. It deals with anxieties, paranoia, and the familiar pressures of personal and cultural demands.
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The 2013 ESPY Award nominations are out and new USC men's basketball coach Andy Enfield and his former team, the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, have been nominated for an ESPY for Best Upset.
The nomination comes for the Eagle's upset over the No. 2-seed Georgetown Hoyas, beating them 78-68 in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament. From there the Eagles went on to beat the No. 7 San Diego State Aztecs in the second round, becoming the seventh No. 15 seed to the Round of 32, and the first ever to make it to the Sweet 16.
Enfield and his Eagles ultimately lost 50-62 to Florida in the Sweet 16. Once Florida Gulf Coast's stint in the tournament was over, Pat Haden and USC wasted no time luring him out of the South and over to Southern California to head the Men of Troy hoops team. He will coach his first season at USC this fall, and in his few short months in Troy he has assembled a supporting cast of assistant coaches with strong So Cal ties in Tony Bland from San Diego State and Jason Hart from Pepperdine. Enfield also brought his assistant coach from FGCU, Kevin Norris to USC.
In addition to Enfield, Trojan sprinter and 2012 Olympic silver medalist Bryshon Nellum will also in attendance at the ESPYs presenting the Gatorade High School Athlete Player of the Year award. Nellum himself won the Gatorade Track Athlete of the Year award in 2007, which was presented to him by Clippers All-Star Chris Paul.
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There are a number of factors that threaten to ground Amazon CEO Jeffrey Bezos' lofty idea to deliver packages by drones before the idea even gets off the ground. But amid concerns about city deliveries, bird collisions and theft by hackers, one factor that hasn't been talked about all the much are the rules of the sky, specifically the no-fly zones within our borders.
Pilots know these areas as special-use airspace, and there are several different kinds dotting the flight maps of the United States. Prohibited airspace is the easiest to understand as it simply bans all flights in the name of security. One such area protects Washington D.C. and would by all accounts eliminate the possibility of drone delivery to the entire city. The likelihood that federal regulators would make an exception for delivery drones in special-use airspace is slim considering how difficult it might be to distinguish them from look-a-likes deployed by a rogue nation or terrorist group.
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Special-use airspace is more widespread than one might think. Restricted areas denote the existence of unusual, often invisible, hazards to aircraft, such as artillery firing, aerial gunnery or guided missiles. Penetration of restricted areas without authorization may be extremely hazardous. And while it might not be a big deal in the long run that the toaster you ordered from Amazon got shot down during a training exercise, where that toaster and the upended drone lands could be.
Bezos obviously has a lot to figure out for delivery drones to take off. The possibility is certainly fun to think about, at least. The following infographic we put together helps explain what it could look like and touches on other challenges that need to be addressed for the idea to truly soar.Downtime,Gadgets & Devices


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The Write Stuff
If anyone would have told me 30 years ago that I'd actually enjoy writing, that I'd look forward to writing something new, that I'd earn part of my living from the act of writing, I would have sent them straight to a psychiatrist. Obviously they're insane.
But it's true. I like it. Since February of 2012, I've written one and a half NaNoWriMo's spread across 60 or so different postings, just for this blog. That doesn't count course materials, the running prose behind presentations, and the like.
I didn't always like writing, in fact, I hated it for the longest time.
I dreaded the process. I'd stare at a blank screen wondering how to start. Then maybe write a sentence. Then edit it. Then write another one. Then go back and edit the first one because the second one changed the world. Now for the third sentence. It was slow, time consuming, and psychically draining.
Write, then edit
One of the best things I learned when doing this writing thing is to silence my inner editor. That's the voice that keeps saying "This sucks. This isn't good enough. This isn't your best work. You're only going to embarrass yourself and bring shame upon your family for seven generations if you publish this." We hateses this voice, precious. We really do.
Now is the time to stick that inner editor into a box somewhere and just write. Write write write. Write junk. Write gibberish. Write that beautiful turn of phrase that your subconscious just threw into your inner monologue. Hack it out. It'll be pretty bad. The first version of this posting is pretty bad. And that's OK.
Once you're done with the writing, you edit. If you try to edit as you go, you prevent yourself from entering that state where words just flow out. Creation and editing are different mental disciplines, and I have a large context-switching cost. I like to stay in one more or the other.
Let that inner editor out of the box and let it be brutal. There's nothing sacred in the words you just wrote. You just dumped them in the word processor, right? If they don't work. They're gone.
A year or two ago I was on a kick reading writing books (er, reading books about writing). My two favorite ones are Elizabeth George's Write Away and Stephen King's On Writing. A common thread through those two books, as well as similar meta-writing books is "Write now. Edit later." Just get the words on the paper or into your computer. It doesn't matter if it works or not. It doesn't matter if the sentences actually make a lot of sense. Once you have a first draft done, go back and edit. Then edit again.
Once you've published your work, whether it's been put on blog or sent on to a reviewer in whatever workflow you're using, it's time to write the next thing. And the next thing. The more you write, and the more you edit, the faster and better you'll get.
A typing aside
Learn to type. If you can't get your thoughts into your word slinger of choice as fast as they're entering your brain, they'll pile up and you'll just be frustrated. I've had students in classes before that were hunt-n-peck, and were definitely limited by the speed of their interface to the computer.
How do you learn to type well? There are software packages you can get that'll drill you. I know I need concrete goals to strive for, and those goals include things like wanting to get information from paper into the computer as fast as possible. Back in the old days we typed in program listings from magazines, and these days you end up typing in exercises from Big Nerd Ranch guides. I also had motivation from the social media of the days (multi-user BBS systems), trying to keep up with and contribute to multiple conversations going on.
There's also games, like TypeRacer, where you can work on your typing speed by competing against others across the internet. Like everything else, this is something else you'll need to practice so you get better.
My Tools
The tool you use to write can affect the way you write. I know I write differently whether I'm in Word, Pages, or a plain text editor. If you don't like the tool you're currently using, don't be afraid to experiment with other ones.
These days I do the majority of my writing in Scrivener. I've written in the past about Scrivener and Long-Form Technical Writing. It's easily one of my favorite pieces of Mac software. I love the way it feels when typing. All other word processors feel sluggish when chugging along at a hundred words a minute, but Scrivener is always responsive. I also like how I can organize and outline material with each chunk of text as its own
NSOutlineView entity and easily move them around. Here's a screen shot from a session for some custom materials I created for a customer last year:
Each of the pages in the "Binder" are independent documents. You can edit them individually or have the program show them all together. That way I can focus on a particular topic (Associative Arrays here, all of 665 words), or view the section on variables (2250 words) to see how associative arrays works in that context, or the entire document (which ended up being just shy of 10,000 words). While writing this stuff I ended reorganizing stuff pretty often. Should the profile provider come before the pid provider or not? Should I talk about $1 and -c before or after the objc provider? It's just a click and drag to move it from place to another and see how the narrative flow works.
In my workflow, Scrivener is where the writing and editing happens. Once it's as done as I can make it, it moves into other tools. The workflow getting stuff back into Scrivener (or any other word-processory kind of thing) is not great.
I use MarsEdit for blog postings. Copy from Scrivener, paste in MarsEdit, and then mark up and edit the content again. It's amazing how something simple like looking at the prose in a second program can point out new things that need tweaking.
We use DocBook for the books and course materials around here. Yay, writing in XML! Yummy? Well, not really, but it's what we use. DocBook is nice because it has a strong separation between content and presentation. It also (along with our tools) has good support for indexing.
Because the content is highly structured, you can use your documents in clever ways. Back in the mists of time we created a website with forums based on the chapter and section structure of the original Core Mac OSX and Unix Programming book. A little bit of scripting gave us the structure of the book, and then some more scripts created a hierarchy of forums. It was beautiful. A reader could go straight to a particular section and ask questions or make comments. Unfortunately this was back before automated spam tools were good, and the spammers quickly took over, so we shut it down.
Much like "don't edit while writing", I don't do markup while writing. I like to get the prose in there, get the prose well organized, the narrative flowing, and the words edited before I do a (tedious) markup pass. Text that gets marked up too soon gains inertia. You don't want to edit it because you might break and need to fix the markup. Best To Just Let It Be. You also waste
<I think this is a function> a lot of time
<quote> interrupting yourself
<filename> making
<did I close the quote earlier?> sure the
<whats the tag for instance variables again?> markup is accurate.
The tool I use for this? nxml-mode for emacs. I haven't seen a dedicated XML editor that didn't make me want to commit violence.
A Writing Exercise
Writer's block. You're staring at the screen and Nothing's Happening. You surf /r/yurts for awhile, and come back. Still no writing. Before you know it, the day's gone. I had that when I was wrapping up the third edition. I was tired. I wasn't motivated. My internal editor was screaming in my head. I just couldn't get the words to flow.
Around that time I stumbled across a neat writing exercise where you write for 20 minutes and then post it. Once the 20 minutes are up, you push "Post" and you're done. I'm known for reading comprehension fail, so I interpreted this as "do this every day" rather than just once-a-week.
Every morning I came up with a topic, did a quick outline (1 minute), wrote the text (11 minutes), edited it (4 1/2), marked it up and edited it again (3.5), added a photograph from my collection and posted it to a wordpress blog, all within 20 minutes. I used FlexTime to keep me honest (apologies for the cursing, but it matched my mood at the time). I have it configured so that each "activity" pops up some text telling me what state to move to.
I do admit to keeping a list of possible topics in my Scrivener document, and the daily essays had been things I'd been wanting to write about for a while but didn't have an appropriate outlet. Even then, all of the outlining, writing, and editing happened in 20 minutes. That made a great warm-up act for the bookwork. In fact, one of my most popular postings ever, Borkware's First-Timer's Guide to WWDC came out this 20 minute writing spring.
So, to wrap up
TL;DR? Write first, then edit. Learn to type fast. Use good tools. Then you can come to love the process.
Got writing hints? Got favorite tools? Let us know in the comments!


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Five Acres children's home leader Bob Ketch to retire after 34 years at the helm
By Janette Williams, Staff Writer- Pasadena Star News - Posted: 08/11/2011 10:51:27 PM PDT
Bob Ketch, executive director of Five Acres in Altadena, sits on a swing at Five Acres in April. After 34 years at the helm of Five Acres, the home for abused and neglected children since 1888, Ketch announced he will retire on Dec. 31. (Walt Mancini / Staff Photographer)
ALTADENA - In 1977, the year Bob Ketch came from Iowa to work at Five Acres, there were 54 children living where orphaned, abused and abandoned children had found a home since 1888.
Thirty-four years later, as he prepares to step down Dec. 31 from the leadership role he's held since 1984, Ketch said there's been only a modest increase in children in residence: 76 now live in seven cottages and a nearby group home for teenage boys. "But we have 1,300 children in programs at any one time," Ketch said. "It's reflective of how we've changed from being a residential treatment program only, to developing a whole array of family-based services. It's also in response to how the child welfare and mental health field has changed. We're trying to service children and families by keeping them together, to prevent neglect and abuse, and return them to permanency."
Now, with the search for a new executive director under way, Ketch said Five Acres is set to continue in that direction.
They have established "circle of care" support, he said, with 11 mental health and other programs for children and families, with the goal of reuniting children with a parent or relative. "Safety is the No. 1 criterion," Ketch said, acknowledging high-profile incidences where children in Los Angeles County's care have been injured or killed after being returned to abusive homes. "The second is permanency, a permanent place to live and grow up," he said. "These permanent connections are really important to people and to children, and that's where we've moved our focus."
If reuniting a family is not possible, he said, Five Acres' priority is to find an adoptive home. "It does happen," Ketch said. "Maybe four to six times a year, kids come out of the residential program ... most of them 11, 12 or 13. But in most cases, kids go back to a family member. And if they can't go right away, they go to `bridge' care, a foster home, while we work to find a permanent home." That whole "change in understanding of what's best for kids" developed in part by recognizing what they want, he said. Above all, Ketch said, children long to be with their families. "There is that drive," he said. "We all need people to call on throughout our lives."
The focus on reuniting families has evolved over the past 100 years, he said, with the most dramatic change in the last 15. Five Acres has introduced "wraparound" programs, with teams of specialists working out specific plans to stabilize a family and being there to provide constant support, Ketch said.
Then there are the "parent partners." "People who have walked in their shoes ... who have maybe had children removed, and have turned their lives around," he said. "They can say, `I understand. I've been there."' Such programs, supported by 350 staffers on- and off-campus, don't come cheap, Ketch said, and whoever takes over at Five Acres will likely face funding cuts.
In 1977, the annual budget was around $1 million. Now operations take $32 million in federal, state, grant and private money, Ketch said. Funding was boosted last year by $1.6 million raised by volunteers plus $500,000 in "in-kind" services. Former Five Acres board presidents Marge Wyatt and Margaret Sedenquist predicted it won't be easy to replace Ketch. Sedenquist said it will take someone with "vision and the capacity to enable others to have a vision" for Five Acres' future. "I think that's what I admire about Bob," she said. "He has the kind of leadership that allows others to become leaders."
Ketch said he's never tried to add up how many children have passed through Five Acres in his 34 years. And yes, so many sad stories have affected him, he said. "I've felt despair, certainly, but there's an optimism that's maybe innate in me," he said. "I do know that in 2010 we served about 1,500 children plus their family members. I still do have faith in humanity ... and in the ultimate goodness in people. Sometimes you just have to give them a gentle hand."
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Made In America (original 1994; edition 1998)
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Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States by Bill Bryson (1994)
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Like all of Bill Bryson's work, a cheeky, good-natured, and ultimately extremely informative romp.
This ended up being much more of a straightforward history book than I expected. It rambled pleasantly and expansively through American history, pausing frequently to examine origins of common words and expressions.
I was surprised at how clearly Bryson's political views shone through the text, but since those views - liberal, populist - generally agreed with mine, that was a plus in my eyes. Few things are quite so gratifying as reading a book (or even a bumper sticker) that states your own opinion better than you yourself could have.
Denser than [b:A Short History of Nearly Everything|21|A Short History of Nearly Everything|Bill Bryson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255682270s/21.jpg|2305997], not quite as funny as [b:A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail|9791|A Walk in the Woods Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail|Bill Bryson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1275694125s/9791.jpg|613469]. I enjoyed this book, and learned more than expected to. I probably would have enjoyed it even more if I weren't already pretty well versed in American history, but as it stood, quite a bit of this was review for me. Nonetheless, good stuff!
I'm up to Benjamin Franklin and frankly Ben, I've had enough of you and this book. I usually like Bryson's writing style, but the fruity self-congratulatory tone of this is irritating. Also, I think if you are an American you might be a great deal more interested in the entire of history of America as experienced by European settlers than I am. No 'might' about it, of course you are, its your country. Me, sorry, but I couldn't care less.
Does that sound almost sacrilegious to you? Ask yourself this, what interest do you have in Caribbean history (somewhat, but not entirely, boring) or worse, much worse, Welsh history, since its not exactly a history of a get-up-and-go people who Did Great Things (they liked to sing a lot and annoy the English essentially).
Now I like history, I do, especially books by people like Liza Picard and Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, but they tend to keep politicians out of it. Nothing bores like reading political squabbles, at least to me.
Also, the Indians, in whom I have a major interest as all I know about them is war, ceremonies and their problems with alcohol and success with gambling, are dismissed by Bryson with just a little about their linguistic contribution to American English.
I'm not saying its not a good book, I've never read a bad Bryson one, but its just plain boring to me and life is too short and books too many to bother finishing it.
Although I don't live in America, it is obvious that they have had a big influence on the English language. Bill Bryson's 'Made In America' explores the history of America and the effects it had on the language. I found the most interesting parts to do with censorship in America, from titbit becoming tidbit, cockroach becoming roach and to the extreme case of political correction which wanted to stop the use of terms like blackeye and blacksmith (but interestingly enough, not blackout). I feel I've gained some valuable insight into why American English is different to the commonly used Queens' English, while getting a history into commonly used terms. Bill Bryson writes in such a way that it makes this book easy to read and at times humorous, which I feel is what you want in a Non Fiction book.
Bill Bryson ROCKS. This book is so interesting. I swear I don't have a single conversation without saying (at LEAST once) "well in bill bryson's book ____ he says that..."
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Made in America will supply you with interesting facts and cocktail chatter for a year or more. Did you know, for example, that Teddy Roosevelt's "speak softly and carry a big stick" credo has its roots in a West African proverb? Or that actor Walter Matthau's given name is Walter Mattaschanskayasky? Or that the supposedly frigid Puritans--who called themselves "Saints," by the way--had something called a pre-contract, which was a license for premarital sex? Made in America is an excellent discussion of American English, but what makes the book such a treasure is that it offers much, much more.
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Lesbian Eloise Klein Healy named LA's first Poet Laureate
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced Friday that lesbian poet Eloise Klein Healy has been named as the City of Los Angeles' first Poet Laureate.
"As the arts and culture capital of the world, Los Angeles' 4 million residents and 26 million annual visitors deserve a Poet Laureate to elegantly express the beauty of our city in words," Villaraigosa said in a press release before the formal announcement at the LA Library. "While each of the nominees demonstrated a command of the written word, Eloise Klein Healy's work highlighted the truly innovative and imaginative nature of our City's literary genius. I am proud to have her serve as the Ambassador to our City's vibrant poetry and literary culture."
Healy is well known in the LGBT and LA literary scene. An accomplished poet, professor and editor over three decades, she is the author of seven books of poetry, including The Islands Project: Poems for Sappho (2007) for which she was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Poetry and Publishing Triangle's Audre Lorde Lesbian Poetry Prize. Her newest book of poetry A Wild Surmise: New and Selected Poems & Recordings will come out March 2013 from Red Hen Press.
"Lesbia quid docuit Sappho nisi amare puellas"
"What did Sappho of Lesvos teach except how to love girls"
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A member of various philatelic and historical societies. I have a long history of volunteer participation with various local non-profits whose goals I seek to empower. I was an early volunteer with Shanti, and later worked as an assistant for attorney Martha Ball Price at AIDS Benefits Counselors. ABC assisted HIV clients in processing their social security benefits. In the 1990s I was a volunteer with a medical marijuana dispensary. During the 2008 election, I was a volunteer with the NO on 8 campaign. In the 2010 elections, I was a field organizer with AFT/CFT, succesfully mobilizing faculty at CCSF to support CA Proposition 25.
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Mario Characters Are Hittin' the Club
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I have never been so sure about something in my life. I plan on keeping you forever. Forever is a long time. But, as long as i am with you, I am going to be happy for the rest of my life. I Love You Jessi. With all my heart. as long as you will be the one that walks with me, talks with me, and keeps me company. I want nothing more than to go through life with you. Together.
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if i got a subpoena to appear to court as a witness for misdemeanor issue and did not appear, will I be fined or jailed?
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Why does the government select words such as "czar" and "gang of 16″, which the media then promotes constantly? Originally these words implied negative views. Now we are to think of them in positive ways? Unfortunately, neither "term" encourages trust in the position(s) created.
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Baahubali Movie Updates - Recent Pics of Prabhas
Baahubali Movie Updates - Casting
Here is the list of all the conformed Characters that are going to act in the movie.
- Prabhas (Hero)
- Anushka Shetty Heroine)
- Rana Daggubati ( In a Negative Role)
- Sathyaraj (Tamil actor)
- Sudeep (kanada Actor)
- Adivi Sesh (crucial Role)
- Ramya Krishnan ( Rajamantha Role )
These are the actors who are going to act in S.S.Rajamouli's Baahubali. Reaming cast will be updated as soon as they are anounced.
Baahubali Movie Updates - Preproduction work
- Rajamouli along with the crew traveled many parts of Karnataka and kerala in search of good shooting spots.Few shooting spots are already selected in both North and South India.
- Prabhas is also doing some home work which includes body building and horse riding just for the sake of this movie
- Rana is also asked to learn Horse riding for this movie.
- At present weapons are being prepared by the at department.
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The shooting of Baahubali Movie is already started, few fighting incidents between the hero and actors are being shot in few part of Andhra using big Cranes. You can check the images from the shooting spot above.
Baahubali movie updates. - Budget of Baahubali
It is estimated that the Budget for this movie is going to be 100$ . This is the highest budget for any Telugu movie till now. The producers only trust is S.S.Rajamouli. Being successful in all the movies he directed till now. This is going to be one of the milestone in the entire movie making history of Tollywood.
Remunerations for Baahubali.
Though the remunerations are not announced out int public. It is said that both Prahbas and anushka are paid on a agreement for 2 years. So that they cant even act in other movies. This movie will surely take 1-2 years to come on screens.
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smallpox vaccination that occurs should be carried out only within the context of the currently recommended response teams and state and local response plans and should be administered according to currently recommended vaccination procedures and protocols" (ACIP, 2003).4 In their statement, the ACIP also reiterated "that it is critical for smallpox preparedness planning, within the context of broader terrorism and emergency response planning, to continue at the federal, state and local levels" (ACIP, 2003).
The committee appreciated receiving the updated "Smallpox Vaccination Program Plans for Phase 1 Evaluation and Research" (CDC, 2003g) and found it very helpful to see all of the ongoing and planned evaluation and research activities in one document.
As CDC has acknowledged, evaluation of the cardiac adverse events reported following smallpox vaccination is very important to safely continue the smallpox vaccination program. CDC has been consulting with multiple experts in the field of cardiology and chronic disease epidemiology to investigate both the ischemic adverse events and the myo/pericarditis cases. To evaluate the cardiac adverse events, CDC's investigations have included: CDC-assisted epidemiologic field investigations ("epi-aids") in the states where deaths have occurred to obtain more comprehensive information on the cases; evaluation of case series data; collection of data on expected rates of cardiac events in comparable unvaccinated populations; and potential prospective studies that could provide information on biologic plausibility and rates of these events (CDC, 2003g).
Both CDC and the working group described considering the utility of animal studies that would investigate the basic pathophysiology of cardiac disease in relation to smallpox vaccination. CDC has stated that "studies to evaluate possible biologic mechanisms for cardiac adverse events following
Less than a week after the ACIP released its statement on the national smallpox vaccination program, the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) issued a letter to the acting assistant secretary for health and director of the National Vaccine Program containing a resolution that was unanimously passed by the NVAC: "The National Vaccine Advisory Committee reaffirms the necessity for the nation's health system to be prepared for biological threats, man-made or natural, and encourages continued efforts in this regard. With respect to the smallpox vaccination, the Committee recommends that the Assistant Secretary for Health in consultation with the Department's Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness consider the recommendations of ASTHO regarding the routine smallpox vaccination program and that further smallpox vaccinations, beyond those of public health response and vaccination teams, should be delayed until a national consensus is developed on appropriate next steps" (NVAC, 2003).


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Sep 29 2003, 04:37 PM
We are seeking a list of campgrounds (all of U.S.) that do not allow dogs. Anyone out there able to help us?
Captain Larry
Oct 12 2003, 12:42 PM
We are similarly looking for campgrounds that do not allow children.
gerry ann
Oct 13 2003, 10:29 PM
how very sad you are.
Oct 14 2003, 07:24 PM
I think that I can understand where both of these people are coming from.
There are times when I'm camping that I wish that dogs weren't allowed,but that's usually when something out of the norm has happened,such as a noisy animal,unpicked up poop,a dangerous animal,etc.
Same thing when there has been a problem with an individual child or group of children.
I will say that,usually it is because of a lack of control exhibited by their owners or parents. So maybe these people should really be looking for parks that don't allow parents or owners and then the kids and/or pets will be easier to get along with....
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Oct 16 2003, 01:32 PM
Heck, I've camped a few places where I wish the dog...or kid...would take the parent home! LOL.... It all comes down to a lack of respect for people. Whether it's unsupervised children getting out of hand, barking dogs, people not picking up after their dogs, loud music, drunks, etc....
Oct 22 2003, 09:10 AM
We are looking for a campground that doesn't allow people who don't allow dogs.
Oct 24 2003, 04:17 PM
I understand, The above person has the right to ask about campgrounds without dogs or kids.
they didnt ask for your opinion just simply if anyone knew of campgrounds.
Oct 24 2003, 04:20 PM
I am looking for a campground that doesnt allow rednecks,in 1966 pop ups,with huge LPs tank sitting outside the door. and junk all around the site.
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October 5th we'll be playing an interesting Sunday Brunch Fundraiser for The Lancaster Museum of Art. Should be a cool gig in a restored 1800's barn within walking distance of our house. See our Calendar page for specifics.
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Skittles, Snickers, and Starburst may dominate the candy aisle today, but that wasn't always the case; an entirely different subset of confections was popular in the first half of the 20th century. Although many of them have faded into oblivion, a few old favorites can still be found on shelves today. Here's a handful we can't resist reminiscing about.
— Additional reporting by Nicole Perry
Call them the modest predecessor to SweeTarts. These chalky wafers may not be the world's most addictive candies, but they sure do have a history: the first version of them has been traced back to 1847.
Breath mint or candy? How about both? The licorice-scented sweet known as Sen-Sen [1] was also marketed as a "breath perfume" in the late 1800s.
First introduced in Austria in 1927, Pez later became a trademark candy prized around the world — not so much for the flavored compressed candies, but more so for the collectible pocket mechanical dispensers, which can fetch as much as $11,000.
Turkish Taffy
"How to eat Bonomo Turkish Taffy: 1. Hold bar in palm of hand. 2. Strike against a flat surface to break into bite-sized pieces. 3. Let candy melt in your mouth." That's what the not-actually-Turkish confection label instructs. Turkish Taffy, which was created post-World War II, has the amazing ability to be shattered by sudden shock yet remain soft and chewy otherwise.
The product, which was originally distributed in large sheets, broken off at the counter, and sold by weight, was discontinued in the '80s, then brought back to life in 2010.
With its milk chocolate, raisins, and peanuts, Nestlé's Chunky is reminiscent of a fruit and nut bar, only . . . well, chunkier. It was introduced in the late 1930s by New York City candymaker Philip Silvershein, and named after his "chunky" granddaughter.
Good News
"Celebrate!" Christopher's Good News candy bar declares on the label. There isn't much traceable history behind this peanut, caramel, rice, and chocolate confection, but we can understand why it's been around for over half a century; it offers a pleasant contrast between soft and chewy, and caramel-y, malty, and peanut-y. Purportedly, the bars were popular as a gift people would hand out following a baby's birth [2].
When it comes to Bazooka, it's all about the packaging. First marketed after World War II, the chewing gum featured a patriotic red, white, and blue color scheme. But even more unforgettably, each wrapper includes a small comic strip featuring the always-eye-patched Bazooka Joe.
Sky Bar
Boasting four separate fillings — caramel, vanilla, peanut, and fudge — Sky Bar is an unusual find now and flat-out revolutionary in 1938. Fittingly, Necco skipped the standard radio advertisements [4] and introduced its newest confection via a bold skywriting campaign.
Photo: Nicole Perry
5th Avenue
Peanut lovers should try 5th Avenue, which is like an ultrapeanut-y, less-orange younger brother to Butterfinger. Although it hasn't been advertised for 20 years, its 77-year legacy lives on. Fun fact: the bar used to be topped with two chocolate-covered almonds until they were removed in the mid-1990s.
Oh Henry!
These bars have been making American sweets fanatics cry out since 1920. Although the exact origin of the fudge, caramel, and peanut chocolate bar is unclear, it's said the bar was named after famed writer O. Henry.
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Mary Jane
For a demure-sounding name, this taffy-style candy sure has a lot of flavor. Attribute it to the fact that the chewy treat, which has been around since 1914, is made up of genuine peanut butter and molasses.
Created in 1913 in Kansas by the Russell Sifers Candy Company, Valomilk candy cups were the happy accident of a candy maker who added too much vanilla extract to a batch of marshmallows that never set. To this day, the candy boasts the tagline "the original flowing center candy cup."
Does anything about the old-timey Charms look familiar to you? Hint: it might be the logo, as it's the same company that manufactures Blow Pops. Think of these as the predecessor to Life Savers, but with a different flavor lineup — think raspberry and cherry instead of pineapple and tangerine — and individually wrapped for convenience.
Despite the lingering popularity of peanut butter crisp chocolate bars like Butterfinger, others hit the market first. Case in point? Necco's Clark Bar, which was created in 1917.
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Cadbury Fudge
In the 1950s, fudge went mainstream with a Cadbury mass-market release known to the world as Milk Fudge, now simply Fudge. The candy consists of a long bar of fudge that's been enrobed in a layer of creamy milk chocolate.
Candymaker Colby and McDermott was on to something great when it introduced Abba-Zaba [5] in 1922. The uniquely delicious peanut-butter-filled taffy confection — seriously, it's unlike anything we've ever tried before — has since changed hands not once but twice, and is currently manufactured by Annabelle Candy Company.
Photo: Nicole Perry
Pearson's Nut Goodies
For an extreme sugar fix, try the (extremely sweet) Nut Goodie [6], a chocolate, peanut, and maple-flavored nut cluster that's been around since 1912.
Bosco Milk Chocolate
The ever-so-slightly malted Bosco chocolate syrup was created in 1928, long before Seinfeld made the name a household joke. In 2010, the New Jersey brand took its confections to the next level by creating a milk-chocolate bar based on its iconic syrup.
Made by regional (and cult) favorite Annabelle Candy, Look! [7], with its long length and unrelenting chewiness, will last practically forever. It already has: it's been around since the '50s.