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Enjoy your visit to Bagan with a stay at Bagan Thande Hotel. Guests can indulge in Thai massages, body scrubs, or body treatments, and Acacia, one of 2 restaurants, serves Asian cuisine and is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There's an outdoor pool and a bar/lounge, and rooms get the details right with bathrobes and slippers.


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Framed Shark Leather Clutch Black Grey Green by YoshinoBag on Etsy
Brilliant, stunning, up and coming. Skip the logo-stamped handbag section and buy something made just for you.
Pair this with jeans and heels for a casual night out.
This androgynous, boy meets girl look is back for Fall. The slightly oversized fit and long shirttail hem are just right for the season.
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Penguin Bracelet with Lampwork Penguins and Beaded in Black and White
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great swimsuit
Perfect cut, love the buttons!
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Great for a night out on the town. Sexy, understated, with a little cleavage - hey! not a bad deal ;-)
My next purchase, I'm loving this look for a hot evening event or a summer day party.
Plum, purple, fun. You can wear this to a dinner, an event, a lunch anywhere! Love the front frills. Frills=fun!
Wear these for interviews only.
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A pink blazer... Bellissimo!!!
This would look so fab over the Jersey snakeskin-effect mini dress!
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Much more alluring than a painted tuxedo tee shirt, these shoe boots are a posh alternative, and (unlike a tee) acceptable attire in nearly any venue.
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Super cute henley for spring! Love all the tuxedo-style tunics and shirts that are popular right now.
I love to mix manliness with femininity... a black tuxedo jacket is a perfect example!
Fab tuxedo jacket blazer! Stunning metallic like shine and rich colors. Antique Victorian florals motif. Draped tuxedo style. Two large front pockets. Plunge v front. Partial lining at back. Single button closure.
If I had a toddler... this would be the perfect accessory for my Mary Poppins costume.
For the refined K9.
Dapper ruffles with contrast-stitched edges add dressed-up elegance to cool cotton percale.
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Erin Hieder's cocktail bling for a song. Gorgeous!
Only James Bond requests "Shaken, Not Stirred." Your polite guests will so admire your good taste as they twirl these gorgeous glass swizzle sticks in their cocktail glasses.
It's absolutely true... the fedora has a better love life than the baseball cap.
Furniture made for you... by hand! Midcentury simplicity and craftsmanship. Sophisticated style. I love the sofa bench as a transitional piece for guests. Perfect by the fire too.
Handmade hair ornaments and a shopkeeper that's nice as pie. Custom orders by request.
Thrush is another great Etsy shop with lovely midcentury cocktail dresses and goodies like this 1960s Absinthe party dress.
Because I love a man in a bow tie.
Let's face it... cocktail dresses are sleeveless because accessories are center stage. Rings and bracelets should grab the limelight... in this case, literally.
I am quite taken by this set. It gives a nod to midcentury barware with its matching tray... plus beautifully crafted and glazed.

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On the top secret Moekko Island, a man named Kanzaki Takahiro unconditionally trains combat maids for their duties. When an older inefficient model named Rinia is brought to the island, however, Takahiro can't voice his disapproval more, but takes her in under company orders. From washing windows to cooking, to keeping the company's clean-up squad from invading, there's never a dull moment in the lives of Takahiro, Rei (the company's representative) and bumbling Rinia, gothic Kazusa, and the rest of the combat maids of Moekko Island!
When I decided to watch Moekan, I really had no idea what it was about, except that it was another H/Dating-sim game transition to anime. I skipped through one of the episodes quickly, and noticed that it contained (OH JOY) many maids, and I immediately was apprehensive. Once I watched the first episode, though, I had hopes that perhaps this would be more unusual than I thought. Well, I was right... read more
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SFMTA Dragnet
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013Another Sad Case of MUNI Fraud – And Yet, Does the SFMTA Give Tickets to Cable Car Drivers Who Steal $6 Fares? No
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012This is the face of MUNI Fraud.
North Face Girl didn't pay her $2 fare, looks like.
So a crew of three SFMTA Inspectors had to take her down, for tout le monde to see.
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But what happens when a cable car driver steals a six dollar fare, like something that happens all the time every day?
Do MUNI Inspectors ever hand out citations for that?
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What We Got For What We Gave
The American Experience With Foreign Aid
April/May 1978 | Volume 29, Issue 3
Truman's vision was soon dubbed Point IV. The philosophy behind it would eventually become the basis of American technical assistance for economic development. Here was an optimistic blending of humanitarian concern for the poor of this world, an uncritical confidence in the wonders of science and technology—especially American technology-and a self-interested calculation that poverty equaled instability, equaled opportunity for Communism, equaled a threat to the United States. Point IV had the virtue of appearing cheap. The United States would provide knowledge, to be applied by the recipients to the solution of their own problems-not limitless piles of money. Congress in 1949, however, was hardly captivated by the idea. Conservatives saw it as "globaloney," the kind of vague sentiment they had associated with Henry Wallace. Military realists doubted its efficacy to meet immediate threats. As a result, little Point IV money was appropriated and that only after a delay of nearly two years. In the meantime, the euphoric optimism of early 1949 gave way to fear about America's security.
Between the summer of 1949 and the summer of 1950, American foreign policy suffered three jolting blows which were to have a profound impact on foreign aid and on America's definition of what the nation needed to do to secure its safety. The three blows were the victory of the Chinese Communists and the retreat of the remnant of Chiang Kai-shek's regime to the island of Taiwan, the Soviet detonation of an atomic explosion in August, 1949, and the North Korean attack on South Korea in June, 1950.
The consequence was an almost complete militarization of foreign aid. Every new program, every dollar, was justified in terms of its contribution to the military strength of the "Free World." The spirit of Point IV was neglected. The economic aspects of the Marshall Plan were replaced by assistance for the purchase and production of weapons. Significantly, the name of the agency in charge of foreign aid was changed in 1952 from Economic Cooperation Administration (EGA) to Mutual Security Administration (MSA). Military aid for NATO allies, begun on a moderate scale in 1949, doubled and redoubled after the outbreak of the Korean War, an event interpreted in Washington as indicating the readiness of the Soviet Union and her giant Communist satellite, China, to use war as an instrument of world conquest. The military aid mission became the characteristic instrument of foreign aid, established in scores of capitals around the world, supplying American weapons and training in their use. At the same time, thousands of foreign military officers came to the United States for special training. The cost of such training was part of foreign aid. The United States also expanded its network of bases around the world and paid generous rent to the host governments. Military aid supposedly was to be used exclusively to increase the defense capabilities of the "Free World." Inevitably, however, it also strengthened authoritarian regimes against internal dissent, as in Spain, or exacerbated tension between regional enemies whose differences had nothing to do with the Cold War, as with India and Pakistan.
The three shocks altered the domestic political atmosphere in which aid was debated. Gone was the benign bipartisanship of Arthur Vandenberg's support for the Marshall Plan. Now there were vitriolic partisan accusations by Republicans that the Democrats had "lost" China either from stupidity and reluctance to give Chiang Kai-shek sufficient aid, or because of the influence of Communists and Communist sympathizers within the American government. The era of Joe McCarthy had arrived.
The Truman administration blamed the fall of China on Chiang's incompetence and corruption and denied that any amount of American aid, within the bounds of reason, could have altered the outcome. Most critics were not persuaded. The same critics who denounced failure in Asia also charged that the United States was spending too much in Europe. As a result of the political criticism and even more because of the Korean War, there occurred a regional shift in American foreign policy and foreign aid away from Europe and toward Asia. A trickle of aid to South Korea became a flood. The Chinese Nationalists on Taiwan soon became, on a per capita basis, the most heavily supported regime. Indochina received its first American aid-initially under the French, and after the French were ousted in the mid-1950's, direct to the government of South Vietnam.
The new political atmosphere was rigidly ideological. Congress sought to use aid to punish delinquent friends as well as to injure enemies. A series of enactments reduced the administration's flexibility in awarding aid to nations which traded, against the will of Congress, with the Communist bloc. Nations whose governments dared criticize the United States, as India's did, were denounced in Congress. Special funds for famine relief in India were extended only after long delay and vigorous urging by the administration.


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Greeks' pain as unemployment hits new high of 27%
8 August 2013 Last updated at 22:23 BST
Latest figures from Greece show joblessness has hit a new high of more than 27 per cent.
It comes as the Greek prime minister is visiting the United States to meet President Obama and investors on Wall Street.
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Truckin' My Blues Away
A Southern blues experience
This special introduces listeners to the stories and sounds of four older Southern bluesmen—and to the efforts of Tim Duffy, founder of the Music Maker Relief Foundation, to help lift these musicians from poverty and obscurity.
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The musicians cover a wide swath of the South: Boo Hanks from Virgilina, Va.; Captain Luke from Winston-Salem, N.C.; Eddie Tigner from Atlanta; and Little Freddie King from New Orleans. In their own words and performances, these men bring us the story of a music, an era and a culture that are uniquely American.
The program is co-produced and co-written by Richard Ziglar and Barry Yeoman, who traveled around the South collecting interviews and field recordings of the musicians. Yeoman, who co-produced our Gracie Award-winning program Picking Up the Pieces, narrates.
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"Over the River and Into the Woods," which opens at the Shelby County Community Theatre on Friday, is the directorial debut of Shelby County native Mark Burks.
The play is about a young man, Nickey, who is adored by his grandparents. When Nickey gets a promotion, the prospect of his moving ignites a series of hilarious events.
Michael Catapano, a teen new to the Shelby County Theatre, plays the part of Nickey. He is from New York and has a "great Italian-New York accent," Burks said.
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RAGBRAI Bike Ride To Bring Nearly 20,000 Extra People To Sioux Center This Weekend
Date posted - July 21, 2012
Sioux Center, Iowa — The annual weeklong bicycle trek from one end of Iowa to the other begins Sunday in the state's northwest corner and concludes on the banks of the Mississippi River next Saturday. It's the 40th year for RAGBRAI, the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. Director T-J Juskiewicz says Sioux Center is the starting point and the town will be packed with pedaling people.
[audio:http://www.kiwaradio.com/files/mkrag1.mp3|titles=mkrag1]The cyclists will travel through 52 Iowa communities over the next week. The forecast is calling for more of the same hot, dry weather that's hung around th past few weeks. Juskiewicz says the bikers should be ready to handle the heat.
[audio:http://www.kiwaradio.com/files/mkrag2.mp3|titles=mkrag2]On the local end of things, motorists should prepare for lots of extra traffic in the Sioux Center area through midday Sunday. We talked to Iowa State Patrol Trooper Vince Kurtz about the route and how to stay safe around it.
[audio:http://www.kiwaradio.com/files/KurtzRAGBRAI1.mp3|titles=KurtzRAGBRAI1]Kurtz says if you're traveling north or southbound and want to get AROUND Sioux Center rather than INTO it, he has some other advice.
[audio:http://www.kiwaradio.com/files/KurtzRAGBRAI2.mp3|titles=KurtzRAGBRAI2]He says bicycle riders are SUPPOSED to obey all the rules of the road, but when they get going as a group on Sunday morning, that may not exactly happen, and if you encounter them, he advises you to be very careful.
[audio:http://www.kiwaradio.com/files/KurtzRAGBRAI3.mp3|titles=KurtzRAGBRAI3]Kurtz says many bicyclists will stop, and obey all traffic rules, but motorists should prepare for those that don't. He says that with so many thousands of bikes, enforcing the law is not easy — so people should just prepare to give them the right of way.
Kurtz also advises people headed for Sioux Center for partying that they should have a designated driver — especially with all the extra bike and vehicle traffic. Plus, people can expect a large law enforcement presence as well.
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How many people will start on fire when they crack their 1st beer? lol
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In Reply to: Re:Thanx Jay! posted by Jay on October 07, 2000 at 14:45:21:
: : : : I read in a magazine that to cleanse the liver, take lemon juice mixed with water in the morning and at night before bed. Never heard this before, so has anyone else? I'm about to try anything to get off these meds. Good health to all!
: : : Hello, in Russia where I was for awhile they recommend sodium carbonate or bicarbonate, you drink it lay on your side, put a heating pad on your liver relax, and wait for some giant purge, purge what, I am not quite sure, in my opinion I did not see anything I did not recognize, soooo I believe you can do the same by excercising much and drink a lot of water. There is one method I am sure would work - you drink a significant amount of vodka, and your body will purge your liver itself, guarenteed to work everytime, but the headache lasts two days. Do some research, there are other ways - i.e. Chinese or Ayurvedic also I am sure...Jay - To get off medicines which take care of the symptom - not the problem - EXCERCISE regularly is the answer - also Red Yeast Rice, though you probably should not do it while on Statins, because they mimic them, also Guggul Lipid, Time released Niacin, no flushing effect. Read Bob Kowlaski's book - 8 week cholesterol cure. This will help you on the path to good health. Jay
: : : Get a complete blood work up from your doc to see baselines with liver, kidney functions, do the plan (excercise) and RYR, Guggul, etc, then retest in three months, and measure your progress. But without excercise, you will find it difficult to overcome your situation.
: : Just got a complete workup 2 weeks ago and that is when they put me back on meds. I had been on Lipitor for almost 2 months and developed jittery stomach and lost 16 lbs. in 3 weeks. Just had no desire to eat? had an upper GI which came out fine. After being off Lipitor for 8 weeks, the darn numbers went back up so now I am on Baycol. These drugs are murder!! Have friends with no problems, God bless them, but I don't seem to tolerate them well. : : I take multi vitamins, extra C and E. Not over weight, exercise I have been lacking due to not feeling up to par so got to get back to that. Can U get this book at any bookstore? Appreciate your input. Will skip the Vodka, don't need the headache! LOL
: Yes, the book is available, look at Amazon $6.99 or so, good luck, Jay
Definitely going to look into it. Enjoy your weekend. JJ


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XThere's a new "Survivor" cast, pictured mostly above. The show has announced 16 cast members but two others -- returners from previous "Survivors" -- are being held back. You can find cast bios and video clip here and here.
I mentioned on Twitter and Facebook how much I liked the Black Keys' performance on "Saturday Night Live." I know, they're tied to here (here being both Akron and the Beacon Journal), but I still love their sound. Was fascinated by their appearance, too, not only the somewhat cleaned-up look but their stage presence. Patrick Carney's focus onstage appeared to be entirely on bandmate Dan Auerbach; my wife noticed that the cameras seemed to keep trying to get a direct shot of Patrick's face, but he was almost always turned sideways. Reminded me of a TV performance some time ago by Lucinda Williams, who also seemed interested only in the music, not in any of the trappings. Still, the Black Keys were the best thing on the show. As hard as Jim Carrey appeared to work as host, the writing was not supporting him; sketches like "The Worst of 'Soul Train' " went on long after they had worn out the joke.
TV One premieres a new comedy, "Love That Girl," at 9 tonight. Tatyana Ali stars as a divorced woman working at her father's real-estate firm in LA. I sat through all 22 minutes (without commercials) of an episode sent for preview. It was probably 5 minutes in that I wondered if I could get through 22. Forced gags, ridiculous behavior. Awful. Save yourself.


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Home > National Historic Sites > Rideau Canal National Historic Site > Visitor Information > Visitor Safety > No Moustaches?
Let's address a rumour being spread about the Rideau Canal. It has been suggested that signage along the canal expresses disdain for individuals who choose to grow a moustache. Quite the contrary. While the signs might be especially funny to skaters enjoying the canal's skateway in Ottawa every winter, they actually indicate a "No Wake Zone" where boaters must navigate slowly in the interest of other vessels, swimmers and wildlife.
Besides, many great moustachioed men have graced the pages of Canadian history books - from Samuel de Champlain (considered among the first to use "Rideau" in the area as early as 1613) to Burton Cummings. A few other noteworthy Canadian moustaches include Louis Riel, Billy Bishop, Octave Crémazie, Louis Cyr, Donald Sutherland, Marshall McLuhan, James Naismith, Jean Talon and Georges Vanier. Though not Canadian, the actor playing Sergeant Preston of the Yukon in the 1950s television series of the same name also sported a fine moustache.
Parks Canada and the Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada respect these moustached men and their contributions to this great country.
Now, moustaches were not popular during the construction of the Rideau Canal but it's safe to assume that in its over 175 years, locks could not have been operated without sweat dripping from the fuzzy upper lips donned upon by the hard working men of the Rideau.
But, once again, lets set the record straight. The sign is about safety, not moustaches.
We hope you think about this and watch your wake next time you see one of these signs along the Rideau Canal.
Safe boating helps us all. It helps people, it helps wildlife and wildlife habitat and it protects the canal's natural shoreline.
For more information on safe boating, please visit our page on Visitor Safety.
To learn more about famous Canadian moustaches, a good place to start is our Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada.


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Nice! I've been wanting to get my hands on a W49 bowie for awhile myself.
Bought recently on Ebay. Made in 1984.
Nice! I've been wanting to get my hands on a W49 bowie for awhile myself.
Back when I bought the W36 (see my other thread) I would rather have has the W49 off the same rack. Being that I was only 14 at the time, I couldn't see paying the additional (paltry) extra for the 49 and my mom would have had fits with me running aroung the farm with that big bowie.
I've wanted one ever since and just got 'round to it.
I used to have a cheap Pakistani knock off W49 (which admittedly held up surprisingly well considering it was made in Pakistan) but I've always wanted the real thing. It's funny, I've had multiple chances over the years to get one at a decent price on ebay but have never done so. I probably should bite one of these days.
I'll be straight with you on the price. $121.99 on Ebay. Came in at least 95%. All I did to it was touch up some fingerprint tarnishes that weren't even noticable but by the picky, using 2000 grit sandpaper. I shoe polished and applied Neetsfoot preservative to the sheath. I added the leather tie down to the sheath.
Now, it is my new favorite of my big knives.
It took me decades to get one I wanted. By the time I had money for such luxuries Camillus was making them only in 420HC. I did buy one on closeout but it took another 10 years to get a good carbon steel model I wanted since I was a kid.
Mine wasn't in as good condition as yours. Congratulations.
I bought this one back in the '80s from Cabella's. It was able to take all my teenage years could throw at it! It lives in a drawer now, though.
Now you need a beater so you can do the "Bagwell Mods" on it
You may be onto something there! Maybe while my wife is still OK with all of these knives I've beet buying from Ebay lately.
Being that we are in the 35th year of our marriage, I know a bit about placating her. She was just yesterday presented with a beautifully repolished Buck 102 that she is just tickled with. It's now in a revered storage place in a top drawer with the vintage Schrade Sharpfinger and one of her .38 Specials, both of which I got her as well.
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Religion: Natural Phenomenon?
May 29, 2007 at 9:03 am mysteryofiniquity 2 comments
Daniel C. Dennett, in his wonderful book Breaking the Spell: Religion as Natural Phenomenon, puts forth the theory that religion may be an outgrowth of the needs of the human community in its evolutionary process.
He likens religion to two natural evolutionary phenomenon. The first is the "sweet-tooth theory" which asks, "Might we have a god center in our brains along with our sweet tooth? What would it be for? What would pay for it?…God may just be the latest and most intense confection that triggers the whatsis center in so many people. What benefit accrued to those who satisfied their whatsis craving? It could even be that there isn't and never has been any actual target in the world to obtain, but just an imaginary or virtual target, in effect: it's been the seeking, not the getting, that has had a fitness advantage…Is religion itself a subspecies of folk medicine, in which we self-medicate for relief, using therapies honed by thousands of years of trial-and-error development?" (Dennett, 83).
The second natural phenomenon Dennett equates religion to is "the symbiont theory" which states, "religions might turn out to be species of cultural symbionts that manage to thrive by leaping from human host to human host. They may be mutualists— enhancing human fitness and even making human life possible just as the bacteria in our gut do. Or commensals–neutral, neither good for us nor bad for us, but along for the ride. Or they might be parasites: deleterious replicators that we would be better off without, but that are hard to eliminate, since they have evolved so well to counter our defenses and enhance their own propagation. If some religions are culturally evolved parasites, we can expect them to be insidiously well designed to conceal their true nature from their hosts, since this is an adaptation that would further their own spread." (Dennett, 84-85)
Both of these theories are but two among many explanations for religion in this enlightening book. I find either theory compelling as an analogy for the evolution of religion in human society. What think you?
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John Eccles, a medical neurologist, studied lectured extensively on the the evolution of the brain. Eventually, he came to the conclusion that evolution cannot account for the human mind. The theory he developed in his latter part of his life postulates a dualism of brain and mind (or soul); thus refuting Dennett's extension of Durkheim or social symbiotics. Besides, as I understand it, almost all of the major religions were the outcome of the personal revelatory (numinous) experience of their founders. If it could be proved that corresponding physical factors are the cause, then Dennett's skepticism might have merit. Studies do exist, but they do not prove such religious experience is induced by electro-magnetic forces rather than manipulated by some intelligent being capable of do so.
There is also just as much evidence to counter dualism as well.
Isn't the argument you posit like the old chicken vs. egg conundrum? Which came first body or mind, if indeed they can be separated at all, which I don't believe they can be? In fact, studies HAVE shown that religious experiences can be physically induced by brain stimulation. See http://www.google.com/Top/Science/Social_Sciences/Psychology/Psychology_and_Religion/Neurotheology/
So we don't really know where religion comes from at the moment. Each view is plausible, especially Dennett's.
You also write: "Besides, as I understand it, almost all of the major religions were the outcome of the personal revelatory (numinous) experience of their founders." It could have been revelation or not. Some of those "revelatory" experiences could have been physically induced: epilepsy, etc. but we don't know that for sure either. No one does.
Skepticism has merit whether anything's proven or not. Without it we wouldn't have science.


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Sunday, May 17, 2009
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24 comments:
- Ms. H said...
Thanks, I needed that reminder.
- alejna said...
That does really put things in perspective. Thank you for making me think, as ever.
But I do hope you get a new stove... - 8:32 AM
- Magpie said...
It kind of makes you wonder- is there one person who has everything, and one person who has nothing? Because, it's like we all have stuff, and some people have more and some people have less, so where's the end of the line?
- Karen said...
sigh, and a thank you. Was just feeling rather crammed into our two bedroom condo with three rowdy boys and extremely introverted husband.
make vow to rally now & re-focus today's energy on what we have...herbs growing on the back deck and flowers on our front steps, a cool unfinished basement plenty good for playing on hot days when we can't afford or desire the central air, a ceiling fan over the dining room and a never ending supply of interwebs! - 9:18 AM
- Kyla said...
We're all spoiled in ways someone else isn't, I guess.
- krista said...
i battle with this daily. i grew up one foot out the trailer, one out the duplex. growing up in southern california, uber aware of all that i did NOT have, rather than what was more than i needed. i struggle now with the need versus want, the desire vs the contentment, the wanting my daughter to feel secure in love and hugs rather than the purses and limos on prom night, knowing full well how much we want to be the princess, if only for one night.
*sigh* - 9:59 AM
- hypoglycemiagirl said...
My major complaint about life in Scotland is that the water pressure isn't as good as in Scandinavia. Oh, dear, it takes a little longer to rinse my hair and I freeze a little more. Sheesh.
- ewe are here said...
Gaining perspective can be an interesting re-awakening sometimes.
- Wacky Mommy said...
"...our stove isn't as nice as this."
okay, i needed that. - 3:27 PM
- kristen said...
i love that actually, that you get the opportunity to look at your life from such an amazing perspective.
if you get a new stove, than your stove could pay it forward to your friend. it's a beautiful perspective, friend. xo - 4:24 PM
- deb said...
It's all about perspective, isn't it?
- Bon said...
i had a stove like that when we lived in Slovakia. i liked cooking on propane, actually...but the oven itself? everything i cooked was rocks, basically. but the problem wasn't the stove...it was what i was used to, MY problem, my lack of skill.
i think so much is like that. i feel pressure, living in our own house these past few years for the first time in my life, that everything be clean and tidy and kept up...not fancy necessarily but still pretty nice...and i don't know who the fuck i'm trying to impress sometimes. because in the end, the place is decent and my kids will not remember in 50 years if the freaking deck needed stain.
you are trying. i so wish we were all trying. i wish our cultural raison d'etre was to try. imagine what we could do with our energy if we refocused ourselves and our economies based on totally different priorities?
i miss you too. :) - 4:52 PM
- de said...
I've been thinking a lot about what gluttony is, and it is not only seeking out more, but it's taking more when less will do, even if more happens to be just hanging around. Not a lot of wiggle room.
- flutter said...
There is a saying, that the man who started the company that The Boy works for said...and we keep it in a frame.
"I don't have everything, but I have enough."
Enough, is, well...enough. - 6:17 PM
- wheelsonthebus said...
Well, perspective sure helps. Want and need are two very different things.
- Kelley @ magnetoboldtoo said...
I used to think like this. I need to get back there again, cause life is so much more pleasant when you are counting your blessings instead of your pennies.
Thanks for this. Very timely for me. - 9:32 PM
- Jennifer (ponderosa) said...
I lived in E. Europe too and I was a horrible, horrible cook there, partly because I was a horrible cook ANYWHERE but also because the equipment was so different. It had a learning curve, and I hadn't the patience for it. So. I'm wondering. 1> Are other people's stoves as gross as yours and if not, can they tell you how to clean it? I'm sure you know how to clean : ) but maybe they have a kind of detergent you don't know about. And 2> can you, like, apprentice with someone? to learn how (and what) to cook on that equipment?
When I lived in Lithuania the locals thought I was a pig because I was so bad at cleaning my apt. Living overseas is one big huge challenge to one's assumptions! - 9:54 PM
- Z said...
I'm not so sure that you should feel obliged to cope with something you find difficult and frustrating, when it could be made easier and more pleasurable for you, simply because some other people have it as bad or worse than you do. An apparently small matter such as that can colour your whole attitude after a while - it's not as if you're trying to recreate your previous lifestyle, just to cook edible meals for your family. You're coping with unfamiliar ingredients, not having former 'essentials', less space and comfort - but then when the stove goes out or anything dropping on it has to be thrown away because it's dirty it can come close to the last straw.
When you get your new stove and everyone looks and says how wonderful it is, and you know it's still less than most people have in the US and cooking is still a matter of patience and adjustment but you can't say so because that really would sound princessy and picky, that's when you will really appreciate what you've got and be grateful. - 12:11 AM
- Regina Dwarkasing said...
Like the other commenters I want to say thank you, for letting us once again realize how lucky we are (in most ways, not all!)
Regina - 5:27 AM
- painted maypole said...
hitting a little close to home today
thanks - 12:48 PM
- deezee said...
I think it's about finding the balance, the ability to see our privilege and appreciate it, yet not unnecessarily enduring what we need not when we encounter a struggle. As others have said, if your getting a new oven improves your life and you can gift your old oven to someone and improve theirs, that is using your advantage in the positive.
And maybe you were just being reflective here, and already now all of this... - 12:54 PM
- hele said...
dude. you are a pioneer. you rock ahead so that the rest of us can follow.
so keep swinging that ass to the music and soon the world might do the same :) - 6:09 AM
- Janet said...
I think the thing about Western culture is that we quickly acclimate to what we have. And then we want more. I'm not judging, for I am entirely guilty of it as well. Not to the extent that some are, but still: I am a princess.
- mamatulip said...
This is amazing, how you do this to me in just three paragraphs.
Amazing. - 12:43 PM


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Monitoring of Western Electricity Markets
Econometric methods show promise for market monitoring screening in the absence of organized Independent System Operator markets
A new study by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has evaluated methods for monitoring power markets that should allow market monitors and regulators to more quickly identify unusual fluctuations in the price of power in the Western Interconnection.
A new study by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has evaluated methods for monitoring power markets that should allow market monitors and regulators to more quickly identify unusual fluctuations in the price of power in the Western Interconnection.
"This study is another important step to ensure that the failures in monitoring power markets that contributed to the 2000-01 western electricity crisis are not repeated," said Joanna Prukop, Chair of the Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB). "Implementation of the study findings by an effective independent market monitoring system would also serve as a deterrent to such behavior in the first place. Western states appreciate the Department of Energy's support of efforts to improve western power markets."
WIEB's board members include policymakers and representatives of utility regulatory bodies from 12 Western states and three Western Canadian provinces.
Berkeley Lab's researchers, who worked with the Analysis Group, found econometric price prediction methods can provide a benchmark screen for identifying possible instances of uncompetitive pricing in western power markets. The study surveyed analytical methods that could be applied to market monitoring in the West, where there are few organized wholesale markets and individual wholesale transactions are often opaque.
Charles Goldman of Berkeley Lab's Environmental Energy Technologies Division (EETD), a co-author of the report, explains that "in the electric industry, market monitoring involves the systematic analysis of prices and behavior in power markets to determine when and whether potentially anti-competitive behavior is occurring. Our study was designed to explore different methods of doing this, using readily available data."
Ed Kahn, another of the report's co-authors, adds that "the basic goal is to develop a benchmark for wholesale prices in a well-functioning competitive market. Once you've done that, you can compare actual prices to the benchmark and identify 'outliers'-instances where suppliers may have manipulated prices and further investigation is warranted."
The study was co-funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability and the Western Interstate Energy Board, with the assistance of members of the former Market Monitoring Work Group of the industry's Seams Steering Group-Western Interconnection (SSG-WI). WIEB's Committee on Regional Electric Power Cooperation (CREPC) supported the study because of its desire to foster the expansion of an independent capability to monitor wholesale electricity markets in the west.
"DOE is pleased to provide technical assistance to states and regions on electricity issues. These issues are typically very complex and we do our best to add value through the development of tools such as this." said Kevin Kolevar, Director of DOE's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
The researchers reviewed five potential analytic methods to test their feasibility for market monitoring. They selected the two most promising methods-econometric analyses and production cost modeling-and tested them using day-ahead market data from two electricity trading hubs in the west: Palo Verde in Arizona, and the Mid-Columbia hub in the Pacific Northwest.
Kahn explains that "production cost models are detailed simulations of the operation of power systems that are often used for resource planning." He adds that "when adapted for market monitoring purposes, their complexity is both a blessing and a curse. They provide a lot of detail that simpler models cannot handle, but their workings are somewhat of a 'black box' and they are time-consuming and data-intensive to implement." In the end, the researchers found that production cost simulations based on several discrete scenarios of future supply/demand conditions in the west did a relatively poor job of predicting seasonal variations in actual wholesale electricity prices at the Palo Verde or Mid-Columbia hubs.
"The results for the econometric analyses were much more promising," notes Goldman. Econometric analyses are well-established statistical methods that can be applied to model the relationship between a set of fundamental price drivers (such as weather and fuel prices) and wholesale power prices.
"For the Palo Verde hub data, we developed a model that predicts over 90 percent of the observed price variations," says Goldman. He adds, "We were able to link all the outliers we found in the Palo Verde data to well-defined events-such as outages of major coal generation plants-that were not captured by variables in our model."
However, the report's authors caution that econometric methods do have some pitfalls. For the mid-Columbia hub, the results were not as compelling. Kahn says, "We suspect that the problem lies in capturing the effects of spring runoff on the hydroelectric system. If this type of model was actually used for market monitoring screening, it would require more attention to the unique dynamics of hydroelectricity in the Pacific Northwest."
Overall, the researchers are optimistic that econometric analyses could provide a promising market monitoring screening tool for the west, but they caution that it must be "implemented and interpreted with care."
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October 15 / 2012By Mark StevensUnconventional Thinking0 comments
I grew up admiring all of the wrong people. Holding them up as heroes. Singing their praises to all who would listen.
It came with the weakness and lack of self-reliance pervasive throughout much of the environs of my lower middle class roots and was cemented in place by weak-kneed writers and journalists who, in the Halloween costumes of historians, practiced a perverse form of propaganda.
FDR was at the top of the list. I used to pay homage to the four-term president, visiting his family home in New York's Hudson Valley in an annual rite of passage, even taking my kids when they were young to honor the "great" man.
Only years later, would I see him as the father of the nanny state that he was. Yes, FDR accomplished exceptional war time feats but to me his legacy is more about the man who fine-tuned the art of buying votes by giving away the store. Had he lived, he would have been emperor, ruling over swelling masses of dependents, just where he wanted them.
Although Woodrow Wilson never rose to the heroic proportions that I elevated FDR to, I viewed him as an exceptional president. A major player on the world stage.
And therein lies the rub. Yes, Wilson played on a global stage, founding The League Of Nations, because from his pathetic perspective, America mattered only because it was just another member of a collection of nations. To Wilson, America's exceptionalism was a badge of honor we had no right to wear. Our power should be surrendered to a world order–one that presents itself today in the form of the petty, racist, anti-American freak show known, paradoxically, as the U.N.
Later in life I would see Warren Buffet as a giant of American capitalism. As a financial genius who tipped his hat to the great nation that provided a clear path for all to achieve extraordinary feats. And then, in a pathetic and clearly manipulative way, he embraces the very big government, the wealth redistribution, the war on business and finance that would have stopped him in his tracks before he crossed the finish line. Instead of encouraging a new generation of free market capitalists, he joins the chorus vilifying them. He is not an oracle: he is a plastic salesman.
For me, the lesson is that there is a hero-making industry at work 247 creating would-be icons to be bowed to as idols. Perhaps we should reject them all and believe only in God and ourselves.


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In it, but not of it. TPM DC
Do Dems Have A Unified Message To Counter GOP Filibuster Of Fin Reform? Not Yet
The answer to the question is: yes and no. Democrats and outside groups have some contingency plans in place, if the GOP carries out a filibuster. But those efforts aren't being tightly coordinated, and with a key test vote coming as early as Monday, there's precious little time left for Dems and their allies to get their ducks in a row. Given how politically explosive a GOP filibuster could be, the ad hoc nature of the Democrats' plans that suggests they won't take as full advantage of it as perhaps they could.
"When Republicans pulled their obstructionist tricks during healthcare, there was an immediate response from every pro-reform group," says a concerned source working in messaging at one of the largest Dem-aligned financial reform pressure groups in the country. "Now that the GOP is using the same stalling and backroom meetings for Wall Street, that response just doesn't exist."
"If similar things had happened in healthcare that have happened during past week, we would have all blown the lid off of it," the source added.
That's not to say that a successful GOP filibuster will be met with awkward silence from the Democrats. The Democratic party and the White House, as well as some major outside groups say they're nimble enough to change their message from a drum beat for reform, to a direct assault on Republicans, particularly those on the fence who say they want to pass a bill. That includes targeted events, phone calls, potentially even TV ads.
"We'll be doing events targeting them, phone calls, letters," says AFL-CIO spokesman Eddie Vale. "The full range of things that we've got in our toolkit will switch from pushing for the bill to pushing for them to stop filibustering it."
The groups AARP and Americans United for Change both say they'll cross that bridge when they get to it.
"We hope it doesn't get to that point," says Lauren Wiener, spokesperson for AUC. "I think it's clear that they've aligned themselves with the big banks."
"We've been trying to focus [on a filibuster] not being the case," says Mary Liz Burns of the AARP.
One of the problems the Democrats face is that none of the Republican incumbents in the Senate is particularly vulnerable to a challenge from the left. Perhaps for that reason, the DSCC will have their eyes on Republican challengers. At the top of their list will be Jane Norton, hopeful to unseat Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Rob Portman, who's running against Democrats Lee Fisher and Jennifer Brunner to fill the seat Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) will be vacating at the end of the year.
The White House and Senate Democrats have somewhat different talking points, with the White House more focused on the need for swift action, two years after the financial collapse nearly brought down the U.S. economy, and Senate Democrats doing the yeoman's work of drawing a distinction between themselves, and the pro-Wall Street, status quo oriented GOP.
That's not nothing. And maybe the GOP's filibuster will fizzle. If it doesn't, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), the Democrats' top financial reform negotiator, says they'll continue negotiating and bring the bill up for more cloture votes, putting Republicans on the record again and again. But thus far, the response isn't shaping up to be the full frontal assault you might have been expecting.
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I think that would tickle my balls, but sadly my wife wont let me go there. Cheri on the other hand, maybe
I guess I should be happy that she has lost the baby weight Kegals around my cock will be the next subject.
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Pros: detail, clarity, strong (but not overpowering) bass, good at pretty much all genres
Cons: not so comfortable, looks are hit or miss, feels plasticky
Let me just start by saying: i'm no audiophile. These are my first pair of full size headphones, and i am certainly not disappointed. So on to the review:
Initial Impressions
not good. I tried a pair at a headphone store; at first, their soundstage was obviously thin, and the built quality itself left a little to desire. It was also rather uncomfortable than and did not seem to offer much of an upgrade from my Shure E2cs. Despite this, i was convinced (in no small part by the staff) that these were the best i could get for my money, and that i would soon grow to love them. After listening to these for nearly two weeks, i have to agree.
Main Thoughts
Funnily enough, they sounded much better than the pair in the store. The sound did rather smooth out after burning in, but i cannot say if that is due to me getting used their sound signature, or they actually got better due to burning in. I can barely stand to listen to my old IEMs because these just sound SO MUCH more clearer. I had no difficulty with the soundstage; it's not great, but it doesn't hinder the music in any way. In fact, i would argue that soundstage is more dependant on the recording and mastering process (once again, i'm no audiophile so i have no clue). The bass is strong, but does not overpower the music. It's not so "in your face", e.g. in the track "Limit To Your Love" by James Blake, the bass drop is not so head shudderingly strong, but the background bass is very evident. The highs are, admittedly, on the strong side but just like the bass, is not so overpowering.
I've listened to pretty much most genres of music with these headphones, and would conclude that these headphones can handle all genres well (except classical, which sounded rather dull, but still good). That being said, it does tend to favour "forward" sounding genres (the new Neon Indian album sounded great on these)
Now on to the design. Personally, i LOVE the retro look of these cans, but some people may not enjoy the look. One downside to the MS1i revision is that these now stick out a bit more. I wouldn't suggest using these out in public however due to the issue of noise isolation and leakage.
Obviously, these do not isolate at all, and leak quite a lot to boot. These are intended for home use, which is also reflected in their plasticky build. If you just use them at home, i can see no issue, but as soon as you take these out, you can understand why these give such great sound quality for the price. Alessandro (or Grado to be more precise) have designed these to give the most sound quality for the price, which has consequences on build quality and noise isolation and leakage. But you would probably already know this, having read other reviews.
Now on to, in my opinion, the MS1is greatest weakness: comfort. Although these have certainly become more comfortable since the first time i put them on my head, they are still not what i would call comfortable. That's not to say they are terribly uncomfortable, but nor are they comfortable for long usages. Firstly, the pads heat up rather quickly especially if it's a hot day. Secondly, the pads are rather scratchy, and prefer to push your ears down than conform to their shape. Some people do find Grado cans comfortable, but not I.
Update: Actually, these get MUCH more comfortable after break in. I can now wear these for hours (but still have to take short breaks each hour due to heat). Overral still not great but decent nonetheless.
I know that i talked about its downsides longer than its upsides; don't get me wrong, these are great cans for the price. Soundwise, i can only describe it as fantastic. It just has a few minor flaws which make it slightly less enjoyable. Regardless, i'm still happy with my purchase; my ears are still crying with joy, even though they may be slightly hot and sore.


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Kiwi â though this fruit is always associated with New Zealand it originally came from China. But Kiwi doesnât sound like a Chinese word, right?. That is because the original fruit was renamed as Kiwi by New Zealanders.
When the Chinese gooseberry reached the shores of New Zealand from the Yangtze Valley, the New Zealanders saw a striking similarity between the fruit and the nativeâs flightless bird, the Kiwi. Thus, they renamed it as the Kiwifruit.
The Kiwi is an Enzyme rich fruit which can start you on a very fresh and active day if taken for breakfast. Kiwis are also super high in vitamin content, both Vitamin C and E. It is said that one Kiwi equals ten Lemons!! The Kiwi also has a good concentration of Folic acid and is also low in fat. Kiwi has many Health Benefits.
There are many varieties of kiwi, of which the Golden Kiwi has gained in popularity recently. Kiwi is known by different names around the world. The Chinese call it Yang Tao or Qi Wei Guo Kiwi while the Japanese name is Kiwi Furutsu. My favorite though is the French name for it. 'Souris Vegetale'. This translates to âVegetable mouseâ. Sounds like an apt name for this fuzzy and dusky beauty. For all those who arenât Kiwi lovers yet, havenât I given you enough reason to be one?
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I will admit I was bit worried about dress shopping but going in prepared made my experience significantly easier. Reviews helped but not in usual "Wow, this store made me feel like a princess!" nonsense. How then? By taking into account what women did wrong. Sometimes the reviews are warranted while others scream, "They didn't let me have my way! Hmph." There are times when the salon is completely out of line or not up to par but if one goes in prepared then the trip won't suck...as much. So are some things I learned:
1. "The one" is a myth. Sorry, it is.
2. Set your budget. NFT.
3. Start the dress search after booking your venue. You really don't want to look out of place at your own wedding, do you?
3. Find out what stores are in your area. It makes the next step easier.
4. Research the designers the store(s) carries. Besides saving you time during the visit by knowing what to look for, it also saves you heartache by knowing the price range the salon carries. Sorry, but every time I read a review that complained about how pricey the salon was, I would roll my eyes. Tough cookies. If they had of done their research, it would have been avoided.
5. Bring pictures. So you expect a complete stranger to know what you like or what you're talking about in your limited bridal gibberish? Added bonus: maybe the salon doesn't carry the gown you like but they carry something similar that may be better looking or even cheaper. You never know.
6. Bring your own strapless bra. It's the difference between looking like a Mary or a Jezebel. Besides being functional (containing the girls) it completely alters the look of an outfit in a good, regal way. So next time bring it.
7. Wear Spanx. It's not really needed for ballgowns but can provide an added coverage for the bashful set. Remember, the consultants will be seeing you naked.
8. Only bring people who's opinion matters to you but don't be like Beyonce and bring an entourage. I will admit that while I did bring people whose opinions matter to me, I still purchased a dress that only one person liked. Didn't bother me one bit.
9. Shop around for a better price. For example: My gown at Gabrielle's was $3990. Since she price matches, I proceeded to call a variety salons that carried Melissa Sweet that I was willing to travel to. The highest quote I received: $4180 from now defunct Santa Barbara Bridal , the lowest: $3800 from The Wedding Day in Fountain Valley which Gabrielle matched. Some salons would not give me the price over the phone which was fine (I just won't shop there) while others were bit more savvy and quickly pounced on the idea of price matching 'cause in the end it's a sale. Ultimately, the quote I ended up getting was $3600 from Alexandra Bridal whose original price was $3945. Never limit yourself to just one salon.
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That's just what I will do during my b-day run, I will begin at the beginning go to the end then stop. I got that qoute from Alice in Wonderland.
I'm looking forward to my 43 hour adventure Just like Alice's adventure in Alice in Wonderland.
Rocky & I went to Sunol to do my supply drop. We went on a little run. Rocky got to visit Lucy one of his many GF's. Lucy belongs to Kelly my second favorite Ranger(Neil you're still my favorite). I just want to take a moment to thank Kelly and EBRP police to allow me and my friends to be out there when the park is closed. It really means alot to me.
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Loneliness is 'hidden killer' of elderly
- 1 February 2011
- From the section Education & Family
Loneliness is the "hidden killer" of elderly people, says a campaign group, which is calling for greater recognition of the link between isolation and ill-health.
A group of charities is launching the Campaign to End Loneliness.
It warns that lonely older people are at increased risk of depression, lack of exercise and bad diet.
The campaign says that almost one in 10 elderly people suffers from "intense" loneliness.
The campaign group wants loneliness to be recognised as a public health issue - and has published a survey claiming that fewer than one in five people is aware of the link between poor health and loneliness.
The campaign has been set up by Independent Age, Age UK Oxfordshire, Counsel and Care and WRVS and funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
While people are aware of the emotional problems of loneliness, the campaign says few recognise the physical damage.
It warns of elderly people trapped in their own homes by a lack of mobility and the loss of family and friends.
A lack of social interaction can make old people more vulnerable to depression and to problems such as excessive drinking, poor diet and a reduction in exercise.
The campaigners say that "loneliness adversely affects the immune and cardio-vascular systems" and a lack of social interaction is linked to the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
"The problems of loneliness and isolation need to be put on an equal footing with any other condition associated with ageing. Ending loneliness should be part of the solution to the challenge of reforming care and support," said campaign director Laura Ferguson.
The campaign wants to highlight the importance of loneliness in the lives of the elderly.
More than half of people over the age of 75 are living alone - and about one in 10 says he or she suffers from "intense" loneliness.
According to the campaign, almost one in five old people sees family, friends or neighbours less than once a week - and about one in 10 of them experiences such social interaction less than once a month.
A spokeswoman for the campaign says that there is a need for informal and formal attempts to tackle such loneliness, either through organised befriending schemes or through neighbours helping one another.
She said that it was a problem that was often overlooked and which could manifest itself in other ways, such as health problems.


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Essential Coconut Almond
Author Notes: As a girl, my dad would buy us whole coconuts frequently. We would all clamor down to the basement and watch him hammer it open as we discussed the size of our coconut pieces. As a big nut lover, my dad would always mix nuts in whenever possible. The chilled coconut meat and almond flavor of these times inspired the creation of this pure and essential recipe. These two flavors work together to bring out the fresh coconut flavor. —AveryM
Serves 6
- 2 cups Unsweetened coconut milk
- 2/3 cup white sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1 1/4 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup thin sliced almonds
- 1 cup fresh coconut meat
- Comine coconut milk, sugar, and almond extract.
- Stir mixture until the sugar is mostly absorbed into the milk mixture.
- Then add in the corn syrup and heavy whipping cream.
- Mix all ingredients well. A blender also works very well for this.
- Place mixture in an ice-cream maker until solid. Serve after the ic cream has been in the freezer for 4 hours. Then top with sliced almonds and coconut meat and serve.
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Boone County National Register Listings
Ballenger Building (Historic Resources of Downtown Columbia, Missouri MPDF), 27-29 South Ninth St., Columbia (1/21/04)
Bond's Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, MO A, 2.5 mi. NE of Hartsburg, Hartsburg vicinity (9/09/93)
Boone, John W. ("Blind"), House (Social Institutions of Columbia's Black Community TR [see note*]), 4th St. between E Broadway and Walnut, Columbia (9/04/80)
Central Dairy Building (Historic Resources of Downtown Columbia, Missouri MPDF), 1104-1106 East Broadway, Columbia (1/20/05)
Chance, Albert Bishop, House and Gardens, 319 E Sneed St., Centralia (7/03/79)
Chatol (F. Gano Chance House, Chance Guest House), 543 S Jefferson, Centralia (4/20/79)
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Building (Historic Resources of Downtown Columbia, Missouri MPDF), 10 Hitt St., Columbia (2/14/06)
Columbia Cemetery, 30 East Broadway, Columbia (2/01/07)
Columbia National Guard Armory, 701 E Ash St., Columbia (3/25/93)
Conley, Sanford F., House, 602 Sanford Pl., Columbia (12/18/73)
Douglass, Fred, School (Social Institutions of Columbia's Black Community TR [see note*]), 310 N Providence Rd. (9/04/80)
Downtown Columbia Historic District (Historic Resources of Downtown Columbia, Missouri MPDF; map [see note]), parts of 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, E. Broadway, Cherry, Hitt, Locust, and E. Walnut Streets, Columbia (11/08/06)
Downtown Columbia Historic District (Boundary Increase) (Historic Resources of Downtown Columbia, Missouri MPDF), 1019,1020,1023 & 1025-33 E. Walnut St., Columbia (5/08/08)
East Campus Neighborhood Historic District (map [see note]), roughly bounded by Bouchelle, College, University, and High Sts., including parts of Willis, Bass, Dorsey, and Anthony Sts., Columbia (2/16/96)
Eighth Broadway Historic District [Miller Building, Matthews Hardware, Metropolitan Building], 800-810 E. Broadway Blvd., Columbia (4/22/03)
Elkins, Samuel H. and Isabel Smith, House, 315 N 10th St., Columbia (9/12/96)
First Christian Church, 101 N 10th St., Columbia (10/29/91)
Francis Quadrangle Historic District (Red Campus), bounded by Conley Ave., Elm, 6th and 9th Sts., Columbia (12/18/73)
Frederick Apartments, 1001 University Ave., Columbia (4/16/13)
Gordon, David, House and Collins Log Cabin (Gordon Manor, Fairmount, Cedar View), 2100 E Broadway, Columbia (8/29/83)
Gordon Tract Archaeological Site, address restricted (3/16/72)
Greenwood (Greenwood Heights), 3005 Mexico Gravel Rd., Columbia (1/15/79)
Guitar, David, House (Confederate Hill), 2815 Oakland Gravel Rd., Columbia (9/09/93)
Hackman, Samuel E., Building, 30 S St., Hartsburg (12/10/98)
Hamilton-Brown Shoe Factory, 1123 Wilkes Blvd., Columbia (7/19/02)
Harrisburg School - Ancient Landmark Masonic Lodge Number 356 A.F. & A.M., 140 S. Harris St., Harrisburg (12/24/13)
Hunt, William B., House, 8939 W Terrapin Hills Rd., Columbia vicinity (1/09/97)
Kress Building (Historic Resources of Downtown Columbia, Missouri MPDF), 1025 E. Broadway, Columbia (3/09/05)
Maplewood, Nifong Blvd. and Ponderosa Dr., Columbia (4/13/79)
McClain Furniture Store (Historic Resources of Downtown Columbia, Missouri MPDF), 916 E. Walnut, Columbia (8/17/05)
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Depot, 402 E Broadway, Columbia (1/29/79)
Missouri State Teachers Association, 407 S 6th St., Columbia (9/04/80)
Missouri Theater, 201-215 S 9th St., Columbia (6/06/79)
Missouri United Methodist Church, 204 S 9th St., Columbia (9/04/80)
Mount Zion Church and Cemetery (Rural Church Architecture of Missouri, c. 1819 to c. 1945 MPDF), 11070 Mount Zion Rd., Hallsville vicinity (1/14/13)
North Ninth Street Historic District (Historic Resources of Downtown Columbia, Missouri MPDF) (map [see note]), 5-36 North Ninth St., Columbia (1/21/04)
Payne, Moses U., House, 201 N Roby Farm Rd., Rocheport vicinity (10/07/94)
Pierce Pennant Motor Hotel (Candlelight Lodge), 1406 Old Hwy. 40 W, Columbia (9/02/82)
Rocheport Historic District, MO 240, Rocheport (10/08/76)
St. Paul's A.M.E. Church (Social Institutions of Columbia's Black Community TR [see note*]), 501 Park St. (9/04/80)
Sanborn Field and Soil Erosion Plots, University of Missouri Campus, Columbia (10/15/66; NHL 7/19/64)
Second Baptist Church (Social Institutions of Columbia's Black Community TR [see note*]), 407 E Broadway (9/04/80)
Second Christian Church (Social Institutions of Columbia's Black Community TR [see note*]), 401 N 5th St. (9/04/80)
Senior Hall, Stephens College Campus, Columbia (8/02/77)
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Building, 24 E. Stewart Rd., Columbia (10/20/14)
Stephens College, South Campus, 1200 E. Broadway, Columbia (11/25/05)
Taylor, John N. and Elizabeth, House, 716 West Broadway, Columbia (5/25/01)
Tiger Hotel, 23 S 8th St., Columbia (2/29/80)
Virginia Building, 111 South Ninth Street, Columbia (3/13/02)
Wabash Railroad Station and Freight House (Norfolk and Western Depot), 126 N 10th St., Columbia (10/11/79)
West Broadway Historic District, 300-922 W. Broadway (except 800, 808, 812), Columbia (4/27/10)
Wright Brothers Mule Barn, 1101-1107 Hinkson Ave. & 501-507 Fay St., Columbia (11/01/07)
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08-29-2011, 01:50 PMAmericans have a more favorable view of every other industry including oil and gas than of the federal govern........Only 17 percent of Americans surveyed have a positive view of the federal government.
According to Gallup, this is the first time the federal government has ranked at the bottom of a list of industries, displacing even the oil-and-gas industry, which came in second to last this year.
Just whats wrong with 17% of Americans???
They are employed by the Federal Government or one of it's contractors.
Just whats wrong with 17% of Americans???
Im guessing thats the percentage being fed, clothed, and housed by the government.
My guess is that the number of people who think the government should do MORE than they are already doing is closer to 50%.......The reason they are upset with the government is that they dont believe the government is doing enough or that it is going about it the wrong way.
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Craig Romney talks up his dad in Wisconsin
It was in late June when Craig Romney first met U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan.
The youngest son of presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Craig Romney sat down for a dinner with Ryan and others at a campaign retreat in Park City, Utah.
"I came away feeling really impressed with him as a person," Romney said. "It was amazing to me how he could take some very complicated issues and break them down so they could be understood quite quickly, particularly on the budget, spending and the future prosperity of our country."
On the trail
On Tuesday, Craig Romney was on the campaign trail in Wisconsin, trying to build support for the GOP ticket of Romney and Ryan.
Like his four brothers, he is pitching in to help his dad. The 31-year-old married father of two is the national chair of the campaign's youth outreach effort.
Romney, who served as a Mormon missionary to Chile from 2000 to 2002, also has filmed Spanish-language advertisements on behalf of his father. In an advertisement released last month, Craig Romney spoke of his family's Mexican roots (his grandfather George was born there) and said his father will "work on a permanent solution to the immigration system."
The campaign might be long, but his father doesn't wear down, Craig Romney said. On Monday, he was with his father in Miami. But in the heat of a frenetic campaign, he often sees his dad like most every other American does, in snippets on television news.
"He is never lacking for energy," Craig Romney said. "I'm amazed. He has been on the road for a long time, long stretches at a time, early morning to late at night, always speaking, always shaking hands. He never seems to wear down."
Reaching fever pitch
His dad has been running for president for years (Romney finished behind Arizona Sen. John McCain in the 2008 GOP nomination fight), but in many ways, this campaign is now just reaching fever pitch.
"I actually really admire my dad for what he is doing," he said. "He has accomplished everything he needs to accomplish in his life. It's not for personal ambition that he's running for president. He is doing this because he knows he can get this country back on track. He's deeply disturbed with the course we're on. He wants to bring America back to the greatness it can have."
"One of the things I love with choosing Congressman Ryan was they called it the comeback team," he added. "My dad is poised to get America back on track. It's not for him - it's for future generations of this country, my generation and my kids that he is doing this."
In trying to reach out to younger voters, Craig Romney points to his father's private-sector experience and "his strength in getting the economy back on track and getting Americans back to work."
Sharing personal side
As campaign surrogates, Craig Romney and his brothers also try to reveal their father's lighter side.
"People have a lot of bad things to say about my dad . . . He is a man of tremendous integrity, great experience. He's uniquely prepared to tackle our nation's problems," he said.
He said his father "always goes out of his way to make sure everyone is happy and comfortable."
When he brought high school friends to the house, Craig Romney said, his father always made sure everyone had "something to drink, something to eat."
"He's a constant entertainer," he said.
The youngest Romney still seeks his father's advice.
"When I was growing up, I was constantly amazed at the different types of things he knew about," he said. "He seems to know a little bit about everything. We played these games where he would just ask trivia questions. I think part of that was his experience as a consultant working in a lot of different industries. He has a breadth of knowledge about all things. His knack is for getting all the information, looking at all the data, making the decision based on all the information at hand."
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