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The Birdscapes® safari triple tube wild bird feeder features an exclusive design allowing you to easily switch the feeder from a mixed/sunflower setting to a thistle/finch mix position. Three tubes allow for three different seed types at the same time which, in turn, can bring more of a variety of wild birds stopping by to feed. The tubes hold up to 6 lbs. of seed or mix, have 12 feeding stations and a seed catcher base. The clear, shatter-proof plastic reservoir makes it easy to monitor seed levels. This feeder comes in an exciting trend color, fully assembled with the seed tray.
Birdscapes® Safari Triple Tube Wild Bird Feeder
One of our plastic bird feeders, this multi food bird feeder is perfect for attracting a variety of wild birds to your yard for hours of birdwatching fun.
The Birdscapes® safari triple tube wild bird feeder features an exclusive design allowing you to easily switch the feeder from a mixed/sunflower setting to a thistle/finch mix position.
Three tubes allow for three different seed types at the same time which, in turn, can bring more of a variety of wild birds stopping by to feed. The tubes hold up to 6 lbs. of seed or mix, have 12 feeding stations and a seed catcher base. The clear, shatter-proof plastic reservoir makes it easy to monitor seed levels. This feeder comes in an exciting trend color, fully assembled with the seed tray.
Remember to clean your plastic bird feeders once every two weeks with mild soap and water solution.
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The Birdscapes® safari triple tube wild bird feeder
- Medium, 6 pounds seed capacity
- 2-in-1 ports allow for switch from seed/sunflower to thistle/finch mix
- 12 feeding stations
- Three tubes allow for three different seed types at same time
- Seed catcher base
- Comes fully assembled
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Wild Bird Feeders - Expert Tips
Hanging Your Feeder
- Ideally a sheltered southeastern exposure location is best for hanging bird feeders since birds like to feed in the sun and out of the wind. Birds also prefer not to have any obstructions over their feeding area so they can see any predators. more»
- Bird Baths - A clean and reliable water source is an excellent way to attract birds to your yard, especially those birds that do not necessarily eat seed or nectar. All birds will seek out a water supply, not only for drinking but also for keep themselves clean and healthy.
- Bird Houses - These are a good way to attract those species of birds that nest in holes. These structures should be made of an untreated wood (pine, cedar, etc.) and should have ventilation and drainage holes. It should be durable, and easy to check and clean. more»
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- Keeping your feeder clean and full of fresh bird seed is very important to the health of visiting birds. It is recommended that you clean your wild bird feeder every two weeks. more»
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- Check out our series on how to attract birds to your backyard. We have a large amount of video advice and help for all levels of bird watcher! more»
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Protecting Birds FAQs
Q: What can I do about the cat that keeps visiting my feeder?
A: If it is your neighbor's precious Fluffy, you may want to suggest that they tie a bell around the cat's neck to alert the birds when the cat is near. more»
Q: How do I discourage squirrels and raccoons?
A: Here are a few simple and effective suggestions for keeping the squirrels and raccoons off your feeder. more»
Bird Seed FAQs
Q: What are the most popular bird seeds to use?
A: Black Oil Sunflower Seed is the most popular bird seed. It is much smaller than the traditional sunflower seed. It is best for those birds with smaller bills, such as the sparrow, junco and goldfinch. more»
Q: How do I prevent seeds from sprouting under my feeder?
A: You will need to sterilize your seed to prevent it from germinating. This will not alter the attractiveness or the nutritional value of the seed in any way. more»
Cleaning FAQs
Q: Birds at my feeder look sick, what should I do?
A: The best thing to do is to stop feeding the birds temporarily. Remove the feeders and throw out all of the seed. Thoroughly wash your feeders as suggested in Tips for a clean feeding station. more»
Q: How do I clean my bird feeders?
A: Before filling your feeder with fresh seed, it is recommended that the following precautions are taken:
- Remove all old seed.
- Soak feeder in a light water/bleach solution (9 parts water to 1 part bleach).
- Scrub feeder and allow to air dry. more»
Feeder Types FAQs
Q: I own the Window Feeder. Lately it won't stick to the window. What can I do?
A: The first suggestion is to slightly moisten the cups. If you have already tried moistening the suction cups, we have a few other tips. more»
Q: Will I find only finches at my finch feeder?
A: No. Pine Siskins, Redpolls, Mourning Doves, Juncos, Towhees, and Cowbirds are all attracted to thistle seed.
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June 9, 2008 (Baltimore) -- Wake up, teens: Too much time on your cell phone may be disrupting your sleep.
European researchers report that teenagers who use their phones more than 15 times a day have more trouble falling asleep and staying asleep than those who use their phones sparingly.
Heavy cell phone users are also more likely to be stressed out and generally feel tired, says Gaby Badre, MD, PhD, of Sahlgren's Academy in Gothenburg, Sweden, and the London Clinic, in England.
The findings apply to both excessive chatting on the phone and text messaging, he tells WebMD.
The study, which Badre says is the first to look at the psychosocial effects of excessive mobile phone use, was presented here at SLEEP 2008, the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.
(Are you concerned about your teen's cell phone usage? Talk with others on WebMD's Parenting: Preteens and Teenagers board.)
Anecdotal Reports Link Cell Phone Use to Anxiety
Badre says he decided to perform the study after hearing anecdotal reports that people who spend more than an hour a day on their cell phones tend to suffer from anxiety.
The researchers studied 21 healthy teens, aged 14 to 20, with regular working or studying hours and no sleep problems.
Ten of the adolescents were light users, making or sending fewer than five calls and/or text messages a day.
The 11 heavy users made or sent more than 15 calls and/or text messages a day. Four of them sent more than 30 text messages a day, and one sent more than 200.
Badre says he was "amazed" that only one of the teens, a light user, turned his phone off at night.
Participants were asked more than 40 questions regarding their lifestyle and sleep habits -- how much they sleep, how long they sleep, how much caffeine they consume, and so on. They were also asked to rate how sleepy they felt during the day on a standardized scale.
Additionally, the teens wore a small watch-like device that records movement, "thereby giving us an objective measure of when they were awake and when they were asleep," Badre says.


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I expect the company to take a more aggressive approach to increase revenue in the future...I believe the stock should end in the green today once investors realize the potential here. It's time this company starts growing again. Hopefully the new CEO will guide the company in that direction. I'm positive here. Comments?
Sentiment: Strong Buy
I have enough spec stocks. TEVA is solid, pays a dividend, and will likely get out of the doldrums in time. I like having at least one stock in my portfolio that is not wildly manipulated, provides some income, and is more likely to grow than remain static.
Yes, I thought it was positive that they reaffirmed the year view. The stock was already pricing in a lower outlook IMO. I don't expect the stock to rocket upward, but maybe a bottom is in, and this can get back to better valuation with the help of that divvy.
I believe the dividend increase was purposely held back in December and awarded today to try and take the spotlight off of a revenue and earnings miss. The miss (albeit small) is worse than it sounds. Remember, Levin had said in the second quarter that 3rd quarter earnings would be weak followed by a very strong 4th quarter. I would not call this a very strong quarter. As far as reaffirming 2013 guidance, so what? If you remember that was quite a haircut done on earnings at the time they lowered guidance. I would hope at this juncture this guy kinda knows what the heck he is talking about when providing guidance on earnings and revenue. The stock will continue to be dead money for the forseeable future. Unless they can pull a rabbit out of the hat there is no reason to own it. Plenty of better opportunities, good luck all.
Again with normalized eps around $5 and the stock trading at $38 I guess there is a good margin of safety at these levels. Management have got 3 years of time to get their act together and engineer a strategy to replace the waning of Copaxone. If they start showing some credibility and score some points in the future the stock should move


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Peter Gabriel's extraordinary 1993 live show filmed in Modena, Italy. The setlist contains many of Gabriel's best-loved songs, including 'Solsbury Hill', 'Sledgehammer', 'In Your Eyes', 'San Jacinto' and 'Don't Give Up'.
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This truly is a show rather than a concert, complete with a telephone box, a tree that rises from beneath the stage and a giant dome that swallows up the performers at the climax. Gabriel and his fellow musicians (including David Rhodes on guitar, the brilliant Manu Katche on drums, Paula Cole on backing vocals and the inimitable Tony Levin on bass) perform a collection of tracks from 'Us' along with classics including Solsbury Hill and, of course, the ever-popular Sledgehammer. Highlights for me are Shaking The Tree (check out the fancy footwork) and the stunning rendition of In Your Eyes.
The VHS and album of the Secret World show were both released in 1994, but we've had to wait a further nine years for it to finally make an appearance on DVD. We're offered three audio options - Dolby 2.0, Dolby 5.1 and DTS - and the sound quality is superb (though apparently some of the vocals and keyboards were re-recorded for the DVD). Sadly the same cannot be said for the picture quality, which in places is pretty poor - the VHS had a grainy, documentary-style appearance which is also true of the DVD, but the DVD also suffers from blotchiness wherever the background is smokey or indistinct. The image has also been cropped in order to create a 'widescreen' effect.Read more ›
I am going to be brutaly honest here - I wasn't expecting much.
I already had this on DVD. I was at the Glasgow concert in 1993 - it blew me away.
Anyway back to the blu ray.
I cranked up the sub and 5.1 on DTS.
Wow the soundtrack was amazing. A great vibrant 5.1 mix.
The visuals however blew me away truly - I had not noticed so much in the past - the concert looks so fresh, vibrant and current its unreal.
Really really enjoyed it- highlights were Come Talk To Me, San Jancinto, Blood Of Eden and Secret World, whilst Red Rain was also brilliant.
I can't recommend this enought to people who have this on DVD , god forbid still on VHS - the recolouring is amazing as is the definition.
Well done to all involved.
This is an amazing Blue Ray.
I have upgraded the US tour in my mind thanks to this by leaps and bounds.
Don't buy if you're looking for "DVD Quality" picture.
It is clear to see that all the performers on stage are savouring the experience and it is contagious even to the viewer. All songs are performed beautifully and it is a great piece of musical history to own.
The only reason it does not have the full five stars is the quality of the picture. A shame, but it does not spoil the overall effect.
Certainly a must for any Gabriel fan, and I can only imagine that it would be an enjoyable experience for a non-fan too.
The new - July 2012 - version for Blu-ray is VASTLY superior to the 2003 DVD in video quality - it makes that DVD look more like poor VHS quality. The 16mm film has been newly transferred at 2K resolution (cinema projection quality) then each frame was fully restored and then the colours and contrasts were expertly balanced. You could not hope for better quality - the improvement over the 2003 DVD is truly astonishing.
The audio quality of the Blu-ray will sound very similar to the DVD for most listeners - because these are same high quality stereo and 5.1 surround mixes as were used on the 2003 DVD - with the improvement for Blu-ray being that the stereo track is in uncompressed PCM (rather than the DVD's Dolby 2.0) and the surround is in lossless DTS HD Master 5.1 (rather than the DVD's compressed DTS 5.1 and Dolby 5.1 options). The surround mix was made from the original multitrack tapes - and creates an enveloping and creative soundscape (it's a whole world away from that business of applying synthetic treatments to a stereo track in order to invent a phony 5.1 surround track).
The Blu-ray has the same extras as the 2003 DVD, but with a preview for the New Blood Blu-ray/DVD rather than for the Growing Up DVD, and the welcome bonus of a "Secret World" tour performance of "Red Rain". For any Peter Gabriel fan, this a must see as a state of the art memento. This is one the world's greatest bands having the time of the lives, being inventively filmed, perfectly recorded - and with the benefit of the most respectful and appreciative of audiences.
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I bought this to get a hi def version of the DVD, The DVD was really poor picture quality from having been squeezed onto a single DVD. Read morePublished 7 months ago by slowhand818
Brilliant I already had it on video replaced it for DVD . Much better ,better sound better everything.Published 7 months ago by Joseph
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American actress Darla Hood is best remembered for being the adorable childhood sweetheart of "Alfalfa" (played by Carl Switzer) in the mid 1930s version of the "Our Gang" series of comedy shorts. She got her start in the series in 1935 when she was only four and went on to appear and occasionally sing in dozens of episodes for the next ten years. Hood also sometimes got roles in feature films such as Born to Sing (1942). She left films at age 14. Later she had a career singing television commercial jingles. She also occasionally took tiny roles in feature films. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi


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Spirit of the Wolf
By VONNA HARPER
APHRODISIA BOOKSCopyright © 2011 Vonna Harper
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Chapter OneLose yourself in the land. Breathe the cleanest air you'll ever know. Scan the cloudless summer sky for a glimpse of a hawk. Stay in the moment. Remember why you live here. Let the breeze quiet you.
Despite the high-desert heat, Cat Alward drove with the window down and her elbow out, undoubtedly adding to her sunburn and risking a collision with an insect. Air-conditioning would be nice, but there was none in her old Ford pickup. Fortunately it had the necessary pulling capacity. As long as it could haul what she needed hauling, she'd find ways to keep it running.
A glance in the rearview mirror assured her that, yes, the horse trailer was still tracking behind her. Ginger, an okay name for a horse, had been chosen by the mare's former owner in deference to her light mane and tail. The last thing Cat wanted to do was confuse the three-year-old by changing her name.
She was taking Ginger to Matt Yaye—a job fulfilled, a cattle rancher supplied with the well-trained mount he needed to do his job. Nothing more.
The hell it was.
Thoughts of Matt's land and work-hardened body slipped like hot silk through her and settled, as she knew would happen, between her legs. Matt, early thirties, a tad over six feet with hands like new leather, dark eyes permanently squinting against the sun, and a rumbling voice that stirred her as she'd never been stirred.
If she dared grip the steering wheel with a single hand, the left would go between her legs and press against her jeans. However, with no power steering and a single-lane dirt road conspiring against her, she knew better. Squeezing her pussy muscles only worked what didn't need to be worked.
Damn Matt. Damn his cowboy body and take-no-prisoners cock.
It's not all him, she reminded herself. A Greek god couldn't crawl under her skin and into her body if she didn't allow it to happen. And she allowed. In spades. When it came to Matt.
Who, if she was being honest, was little more than a stranger.
The so-called road leading to Matt's place was a good two miles long. Between rocks and potholes, what was left of the Ford's shocks was going down for the count. Her back ached, and she wouldn't be surprised if her butt sported bruises. However, because dirt roads were more common than paved ones in central Oregon cattle country, she gave it little mind.
Unlike her parents, who'd declared that the high-desert land was worthless.
They had been and still were wrong.
Resigning herself to a leaking pussy, she let her attention drift to the low summer-gray hills to her right. They rose treeless into an achingly blue sky sparsely painted with clouds incapable of bringing rain to the parched area. To the uninitiated, this area was lifeless, dead. Capable of sapping the soul from anyone trapped here.
"Get out," her mother had demanded when she and her father had come for a visit nearly two years ago. "Before you shrivel up and die in this godforsaken land."
What her parents hadn't understood was that she'd never felt more alive. Maybe too much lately, full of screaming energy and the deep-seated desire to take wing and fly.
Find peace in the hills. They've always offered you comfort and fulfillment and will again if you let them. Tamp down this restlessness. This tension. Call those things out for the nonsense they are.
Or was it nonsense? she questioned as the trailer shuddered, and Ginger whinnied a protest. Maybe something was trying to get through to her. Maybe she needed to get away from work, turn off her cell phone, listen to herself. Call up instinct. After all, hadn't she gone with instinct when she'd first come here? Hadn't instinct gotten her on her first horse when she was still a toddler?
And hadn't instinct told her she was going to fuck Matt the moment she met him?
Okay, maybe it was time for her to clean out all the junk in her mind and open it to what waited on the land she loved with every cell in her being, because whatever it was, it wanted a piece of her.
Matt Yaye cranked on the fence puller, tightening the barbed wire. In deference to the heat, he wore a once-white undershirt with the sleeves rolled up, revealing tanned strength. His ever-present Western hat rode low, as did the faded and dusty jeans clinging to narrow hips. Equally dusty boots dug into the earth.
Although he must have heard her approach, he didn't look at her because he was intent on replacing a fence section that ran along the dirt road. Traveling at little more than a crawl, Cat divided her attention between driving and the man—mostly the man.
There was nothing easy or soft about Matt. He faced life as if it were a Brahma bull, not with bravado but wrapped in self-confidence. He accepted without question or doubt that thousands of beef cattle lived or died because of the decisions he made, of his understanding of them and the possibility for danger.
Coming alongside him, she stepped on the brakes and waited as the man she'd been looking forward to seeing for a week secured the top strand to the metal fencing. Sweat tracked down his neck. The wind teased what showed of his too-long black hair under the gray hat, making her ache with a powerful need to run her hands through the strands. What did it matter that equal parts dust and sweat coated his hair? Those things were part of him, part of both of them.
Rolling his shoulders, Matt turned toward her. His features were quiet, his emotions hidden, and yet something simmered in him. "You're here."
"Later than I said. I'm sorry." Like every other time she'd seen him, her throat didn't want to work. Her body hummed.
"Something came up?"
"Doesn't it always?" He needed a shave, damn him. Did he have any idea how sexy the added shading made him look? "Chet over at the Lazy M called. He wanted my opinion of letting his horses go unshod. He said he'd read that horses did just as well without as with."
Matt shook his head and licked dry lips. His gaze drilled into her, looking for what? "Chet's cheap. He doesn't want to pay a farrier."
There were only two farriers in the county, and both brought a lifetime of experience and compassion to their jobs. They charged fair. Short of learning how to shoe himself, Chet wasn't going to get a better deal anywhere.
"That's what I told him." She smiled for the first time, wishing it was easier but knowing how she was around Matt—flying apart. "An unshod horse in an irrigated pasture or in a barn's one thing. Riding all over hell and gone keeping up with range cattle's another."
"He didn't like hearing that, right?"
She shrugged. At least they were talking, albeit about things that didn't matter. With Matt, she never knew what was going to come out of his mouth, if anything. "He asked for my opinion; I gave it. You want to see Ginger?"
"In a few." Stepping closer to the truck, he closed rough fingers over her elbow. His eyes dared her not to react. "Your arm's hot," he unnecessarily announced. "Prickling from the sun, not that you care. You're as bad as me when it comes to facing the elements. You take whatever Mother Nature throws at you."
"I guess." Most of the time, Matt was as quiet as the stereotypical open-country cowboy. This much from him was close to a record. Now, suddenly, thanks to his touch, it was she who couldn't put two words together.
Quite possibly, they were the only two human beings for miles around. No one would ever know what they said or whether they did anything about the rage between them. Granted, Addie might be at Matt's and her ranch, but the older woman couldn't see clear out here. Even if she did, she'd undoubtedly declare Matt was an adult and then some. What he did with his life was his business.
"Tell me something," she came up with, because the question had been stuck in her craw. "If you didn't need a new horse, would I have heard from you?"
Back to one-word sentences, was he? But then wasn't that part of his appeal? The mystery? "When you were horny enough?" she challenged.
"Unless you got that way first."
He hadn't released her elbow. The pressure should have been enough, no other contact needed—surely nothing deep. After all, conversation hardly defined their relationship, but something else was at work this afternoon, something new in the air maybe.
"I'm wondering if there's going to be a storm," she said, because it was a given that they were going to have sex. No further definition needed.
"Yeah?" Lifting his head, Matt scanned the sky. Done, he met her gaze again. His eyes made her think of obsidian as they always did, but today she caught a hue she'd never seen. Maybe the sun was responsible, and there was no need to ask where the hint of scarlet had come from. "What makes you think that?"
Pulled back by the question, she shifted into neutral and eased her foot off the clutch. Pins and needles traveled up her leg. "You don't feel the energy? Like static electricity."
"Sorry," he said on the tail of a shrug, yet there was something artificial about the word, a deliberate dismissal, perhaps.
"Look, Ginger's been in the trailer long enough." Much as she wanted to, she didn't place her hand over his. "You want a ride back to the house? If you aren't done, I'll put her in the corral and—"
"I'm done for now." That said, he released her, hoisted the wire puller over his shoulder, and walked around to the passenger's side. He got in, placing the tool of his trade on the seat between them. "I was going to quit working when you got here."
Because there was something he wanted to do more than ranch upkeep—specifically, fuck the county's only female horse trainer.
A couple of conversation possibilities skittered through her mind, only to evaporate under the masculine presence an arm's length away. She'd known about Coyote Ranch long before meeting Matt at a Lakeview bar last fall. Her friend Daria had been singing Matt's physical praises for years, but with Addie's husband, Santo, handling the Coyote Ranch's horses, there'd been no business reason for their paths to cross. Besides, Cat hadn't been hurting for male companionship—one of the perks of being single, lean, and strong in a land where strength counted for a lot.
Then somehow Santo had gotten himself thrown by the tall, gentle mare he'd been riding for years. He'd landed on rocks, breaking ribs and an ankle and, according to the coroner, probably sustaining a concussion. Also according to the coroner, he'd lived the first of the two days he'd been in the backcountry. It had taken Matt, Addie, and the men searching with them that long to find him.
The moment she'd first seen Matt Yaye in the Rangerider Bar, Cat had become like a mare in heat. With Daria handling the introductions, Matt had quickly gone from "Glad to meet you," to "Can I buy you a beer?" to "I've heard about your reputation with horses. You're damn good."
Everything had gone fast between them. Fast and furious, as the saying goes. Close to cold sober, they'd sweated and screamed through the quickest sex of her life in the bed of his pickup that first night. Maybe someone had heard them having sex, but hopefully everyone had been in the bar. Either way, it hadn't mattered then. It still didn't because every time she got within a few hundred feet of Matt, she was ready to jump his bones.
Like now.
Five minutes after picking Matt up, she pulled into a large area that was surrounded by wooden fencing and a couple of corrals to the right of the old Coyote Ranch house. The barn used mostly to house pregnant cows and sickly newborn calves was to the left. Guessing Matt would want to take Ginger through her paces—even sex took a backseat to business with him—she'd saddled and bridled the mare before coming out. Now, however, she couldn't find the words to explain her thinking. Five minutes of watching him rub his left thigh and wishing to hell she was the one doing that, but minus the denim, had her opening the truck door and facing into what breeze slipped over the nearly treeless acreage.
She had to get a grip. Somehow. Otherwise, despite what was bothering his thigh, she'd back him against her rig and start clawing at his zipper.
A metallic creaking let her know he was already opening the horse trailer gate. Joining him, she watched as Matt stepped into the trailer. Scant seconds later, Ginger's rump and tail came into view. She'd been a little concerned that Ginger would need time to adapt to having a strange man handle her, but as soon as the mare was out, she pressed her head against Matt's chest.
"Standoffish," he observed as he rubbed behind both ears. "Skittish and shy."
"She knows when she's being handled by a man who understands what a woman wants."
A black-eyed glance in her direction left her with no doubt Matt had picked up on the subtext.
Hands meant for physical work ran up and down Ginger's neck. Instead of dozing off as horses often did, the mare remained alert.
"I wish I wasn't doing this," Matt muttered.
"Having to retire your old horse?"
"Not that so much. Buck deserves to relax. I'm talking about Santo."
Until this moment, she'd believed Matt didn't want to talk about the man. Knowing he'd been part of the group that had found Santo's body, she hadn't pushed. "From everything I've heard," she ventured, "he was a good man."
"The best." Still stroking Ginger, Matt turned his body and attention toward her. He stood on widespread legs, drawing her attention to the bulge beneath his snug jeans. "Came to the U.S. illegally to get away from the poverty in his village so he could support his parents. He said he got his papers, but I never saw them." He shrugged. "Didn't matter to anyone around here, especially me."
Especially him? Strange he didn't mention Santo's American wife, Addie. "You miss him, don't you?"
"I'm not sure I'd be alive without him."
Rocked by the unexpected glimpse of what there was of Matt beneath the surface, she struggled to come up with something to say. Damn both of them for making sex first, second, and third in their relationship—if what existed between them could be called that.
"People, ah ... Some wind up having more impact on us than we expect." She winced at the stupid words.
"Yeah, they do."
Leaving Ginger, he headed toward her, his boots landing soundlessly on the packed earth. Solid thigh muscles beneath old denim caught and relaxed. "How soon you have to be back?"
"Before dark. I need to feed the horses."
"Hmm." His breath slid hot over her forehead, entered her bloodstream. "An hour drive. You have time."
Although he hadn't yet touched her, the promise and challenge coated the air. Another woman, one whose body hadn't been imprinted with his, might think he was asking permission, but she knew better. Matt would haul her jeans down over her hips when he was good and ready. When he'd gotten her to the boiling point—which she was already approaching.
"Who's here?" She nodded at the house that, like most around here, hadn't seen a paintbrush in years because other things took priority.
"No one."
Just us. Just like I hoped. "What about Addie?"
"Staying here's hard for her. She's off seeing her sister in Vegas."
As a child, she'd briefly lived in Las Vegas with her parents. Hated everything about it.
"When's she coming back?"
"She's not sure."
Matt didn't want to talk anymore; he was ready for action. So was she, and yet there were things she wished she could ask him about his relationship with Addie—and with Santo before the older man's death. The three of them had lived together in the house, sharing work, meals, and companionship. According to her friend Daria, Addie's parents had been the ranch's original owners. When Addie was a teenager, her parents had hired Santo. Before long, the two young people had fallen in love. Daria didn't know how Addie's parents had felt about their only child hooking up with a man who spoke broken English, but no one disputed Santo's competence when it came to running a cattle ranch. After Santo and Addie married, Santo had moved into the house. For years, the two couples from different generations had worked together to keep Coyote Ranch going.
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- 1 lb 93% lean ground beef
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- 1⁄4 cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
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An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies, by Tyler Cowen, is really two books in one. The first is about where and how to find food that is tasty and reasonably priced. The second is about solving the world's food problems. The overall effect would be better if this book were actually broken into two slightly longer books.
In the book Whitebread Protestants, Professor Daniel Sack deals with the effects of moralism on the eating habits of Americans. In the early going of An Economist Gets Lunch, Cowen an economics professor at George Mason University, shows the same thing. In particular, how prohibition hurt American dining habits.
Cowen then goes on to apply economic principals to our dining habits. For example, ethnic restaurants in strip malls will likely produce better, cheaper food. One reason for this is lower fixed costs. In general Cowen prefers ethnic over American food, because there is likely to be more attention to the food. He suggests looking for family run ethnic restaurants, because they often employ family at lower labour costs.
Examples like these good be multiplied throughout the book. Beyond this though, Cowen does give some insight into various types of food. He devotes a whole chapter to B-B-Q. He suggests ordering the least familiar items of the menu, to give yourself a better taste experience. I will say that I've found most of what he says about maximizing the value of your dining experience to be true in my own life of dining out.
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Whether you approach it as a food enthusiast looking for a new perspective on finding quality meals or as an fan of popular economics writing interested in a new application for these ideas, you'll find plenty to enjoy and learn from in this book. It's more methodical, more to the point, and less pretentious than most food writing and more fun and practical than virtually all economics writing.
Most of Cowen's advice flows directly out of the book's central mantra: "Food is a product of economic supply and demand, so try to figure out where the supplies are fresh, the suppliers are creative, and the demanders are informed." Although this may sound like a rather professorial maxim, the spirit of the book is lighthearted and entertaining and Cowen doesn't hesitate to venture beyond economic certitudes to offer some more speculative tips ("Eat at a Thai restaurant that is attached to a motel," for example, or "The more aggressively religious the decor [in a Pakistani restaurant], the better it will be for the food"). When the book ventures into more serious territory, such as discussions of eating to reduce your environmental impact or the issues surrounding GMOs, I read Cowen as being more playfully contrarian than political or ideological. Some of his views may not accord with those of many of his readers (Cowen leans libertarian. I don't, for what it's worth), but if he intends to provoke us a bit he doesn't do so angrily or peremptorily.
Skeptical readers might look at the book's approach and find something cute or amusing in the economic reasoning, but remain dubious that Cowen's suggestions will lead to improved dining experiences. To conclude with a bit of empirical support for the Cowen method, I'll mention that I'm a resident of the Washington, DC area and have used Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide regularly for several years now. The Dining Guide has led me to a number of gems I would never have otherwise found, and I can't think of an occasion where it's led me astray either. I already owe more quality meals to Cowen than to virtually any other writer, and I suspect the rules from this latest book will leave me even deeper in his debt.
More disappointing is how Cowen fails to bring insight into the two issues he focuses on, food prices and food quality. His chapter on finding a good place to eat only meanders around old territory and common knowledge: restaurants have huge margins on booze and soda, casinos subsidize food because they make up for it by gambling, and hospitals don't have an incentive to make good food so most don't. We don't even learn much about what he means by "good" or "bad" food.
Save your money and buy something else.
Don't expect it to go right to the point, as the rhythm is intended to match some kind of personal report full of humor and anecdote. That is: it's at least twice the length necessary. But that can be an upside too - you may read it in a lighthearted manner and skip some unappealing sections.
Don't expect, also, it to resemble hard science in any way. It will feel like reading an hour-long set of blog posts on some pleasant and contemporaneous topics. Good read.
For the U.S., he gives a lot of attention to the creative possibilities of BBQ, one food that may be less available in authentic form in some parts of the country, but in wide-ranging profusion across a wide belt.
This book has less to offer for vegetarians, never mind vegans, than it does for people willing -- as is the author -- to eat the weird bits of meat and seafood, though he has great things to say about the greens, and the prices, at Chinese groceries. Cowen lives in Northern Virginia, and a lot of his examples reflect that. He does travel world-wide, and some of the most inspiring stories are from his low-budget eating adventures in Asia and South America, but readers in the Maryland / NoVa / D.C. area get some extra luck here.
Not everyone will like all of Cowen's rules of thumb (I think happy diners *can* be just as good a guide as angry-looking, family-fighting ones, as long as it's the food they're happy about), but they make a good starting point.
Bonus, for some people, and the main attraction for others: this is a book about food by an unconventional economist, and a book about economics by a broad-thinking foodie. Not many books about food make economic history a central component; with Cowen, you're going to learn some thought-provoking bits about incentives and supply chains. Why is America good at sauces, but bad at Cantonese food? He's got stories.
My 4-star rating loses the 5th only to account for some repetition and phrasing that I just found off; also (totally unfair) because I wish this book was a bit longer. Would like to hear more about coffee (he's got an upbeat assessment of Starbucks, which I share but for different reasons), about foods of the midwest and northwest, about central and eastern Europe ...
Highly recommended. It's already inspired me to get some local Texas barbecue, which turned out to include one of the greasiest and tastiest sausages I've ever had ;)
Honestly, don't buy this book. His message isn't well thought out and many of his points run off on tangents and stop nowhere. It's too bad, I think he's smart and critical enough to write a good book to guide the layman on his journey in navigating the world of agribusiness, organic food chains and an emphasis on "buy local" (whatever that means).
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Hope all of you are doing well. I have had some ups and downs lately. But mostly ups. I want to focus on the garden because it is what makes me happy. I think gardening can be very therapeutic. After I take time to weed in the sun it always seems I'm in such a better mood. So if you can, I suggest at least once a week getting out there and touching the soil. The plants can process all of that negative energy and give you back good. At least hat is what I have heard.
What is growing in my garden you ask? Well, I will tell you! Right now the Weld (Reseda luteola) is going nuts. It is growing taller than me (as in 6 feet high!). The weld is a historic dye plant that gives a VIBRANT yellow. It is actually very close to fluorescent yellow. I love growing it. At first I had a lot of problems and then one day a seed germinated and burst into an amazing flowering plant in the first year. This is unusual, since it is considered a biennial, meaning flowering in the second year it is alive. I think in California it grows a bit differently. We have a very long growing period and can provide as much water as it needs. However, since the tap root is so long, I think it may need less watering!
We are in a historic drought in California, but we have had an epic El Nino season of rain, so that helped tremendously with watering and establishing baby plants. You may not know this but its very difficult to transplant a Weld plant. The tap root is very long and powerful. Disturbing the taproot can cause great ditress and even death if you transplant while it is maturing. I suggest direct seeding it where you want it and not moving it. Make sure the plant is in full sun and has plenty of water in the beginning. I have slowed down in my watering and the plants in my garden are now slow to release flower stalks. However, at the AVFKW store, where I water with waste water, the plants are continuing to flower and are more like a hydra - with many flower stalks shooting every which way!
To dye with Weld, you can use the leaves, flowers, and stalk. From my dye tests the color is most vibrant on a non superwash wool with an alum mordant. It is also great for eco printing. Kristine recently used the leaves on a shirt and the definition was incredible!
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Sadly, it won't, and Haslem, the only remaining member of the Heat's three NBA championship teams, said he won't wear the title of last man standing "as a badge of honor." "It's bittersweet, obviously," said Haslem, who signed a one-year, $4 million contract on Sunday during a flurry of signings the Heat made in the aftermath of Wade's decision to head home and play for the Chicago Bulls. "You know it's something to talk about when I'm done — I was the last one left," Haslem continued. "But while I'm in right now, it's still hard. It's not going to be easy. Like I said, you kind of write the story a certain way. You hope it will end that way. We just always talked about finishing it together. It just didn't work out that way."
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"Obviously, I wanted him to come back," Haslem, 36, said. "But I just know personally it was a lot of things that he was feeling that I guess maybe he was just burying for a while, and it just came to a head at this particular summer, at this particular time. For whatever reason we — the organization — and him, we couldn't get to an agreement. "In hindsight, I think back wondering if I should have pulled a Chris Paul, handcuffed him like [the Clippers] did DeAndre Jordan [after he agreed to a deal with the Mavericks in the summer of 2015] and made him change his mind."
"I wanted him to come back, but I just know, personally, there were a lot of things he was feeling that, I guess, maybe just came to a head at this particular time," Haslem said during a conference call Tuesday to announce his one-year deal to return to Miami. "For whatever reason, we — the organization — and him, couldn't get to an agreement."
Haslem then referenced last summer's free-agency controversy when center DeAndre Jordan agreed to sign a max deal with the Dallas Mavericks, but reneged after teammates Chris Paul and Blake Griffin convinced him to return to the Los Angeles Clippers. Haslem, 36, somberly joked that he should have considered a similar tactic to get Wade to come back to Miami. "In hindsight, I don't know, I think I should have come in and pulled a Chris Paul and handcuffed him like they did DeAndre Jordan and made him change his mind," Haslem said. "I don't know if there was anything I could have done or should have done. But I felt like it could have been avoided. For whatever reason, it just wasn't."
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Oracle to announce Sun merge plans next week
Next week is going to be one of the most important ones in 2010, at least in terms of announcements.
The consumer side of the IT world in fact is going to enjoy the Apple presentation that will take place on Jan. 27, where Steve Jobs is expected to launch the iTablet/iPad or whatever he decided to call it.
The business side of the same IT world instead is probably expecting a significant announcement from VMware, Cisco and NetApp, in the joint presentation that will take place on Jan. 26, despite the absence of Cisco CEO John Chambers (who probably doesn't want to replicate the show to launch the VMware-Cisco-EMC alliance).
But next week there's another, even more important, presentation that corporations may want to attend: the Oracle announcement about its strategy with the Sun assets.
Oracle announced the acquisition of Sun in April 2009. The US Department of Justice approved it just four months later. The European Union, instead, took until today to approve the $7.4 billion deal without conditions.
Oracle didn't waste a second and announced a live webcast scheduled for Jan. 27 to discuss its integration plans and product roadmaps.
Larry Ellison must be looking for some sort of head to head competition with Steve Jobs since the Oracle presentation will start just one hour before the Apple one (9am PST) and will finish much later (2pm PST).
The invitation doesn't specifically mention virtualization, but it involves other critical aspects of the Oracle strategy that may impact the virtualization landscape:
Find out how Oracle + Sun goes beyond your expectations to:
- Offer a broad range of products including servers, storage, networking, and software
- Integrate all the components–hardware, operating system, database, middleware, and applications–for unmatched performance, reliability, and security
- Simplify IT management and reduce system deployment and integration costs
- Continue to drive innovation in SPARC, Solaris, the Java platform, and many other technologies
In September 2009 virtualization.info questioned the Oracle credibility as a major virtualization player.
The Oracle prompt answer started with "First, the Sun acquisition has not closed so we unfortunately cannot discuss that yet." So we expect that Oracle will have much to say next week or immediately after.
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