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Emily Brady is happy to be getting some career experience in the summer before senior year, but even more pleased that she's performing a meaningful service as she promotes the services of Christopher's Haven, a home away from home for children and their families who are being treated for cancer.
Meanwhile Tyler Dube is gaining public policy experience as he works alongside Sen. Michael Rush, D-West Roxbury, at the State House.
Dube and Brady are among the nine students selected to participate in the Moakley Service Corps summer program. The program, which operates out of the Moakley Institute at Suffolk, provides internship opportunities and a modest stipend. Students work for local nonprofit organizations.
"Moakley Service Corps members carry forward the late congressman's tireless advocacy for Massachusetts's most vulnerable populations – children, the elderly, and veterans – and policy areas such as affordable housing, the environment and public education," says Julia Collins Howington, University archivist and Moakley Institute director. "At the same time, they gain practical work experience addressing critical community needs in Boston's neighborhoods."
Dube, a junior at Suffolk, is proud to follow in the footsteps of the late congressman John Joseph "Joe" Moakley.
"This internship is an incredible opportunity for me," he says. "I want to pursue a career that involves shaping public policy, particularly in the area of criminal justice. Working for Senator Rush has given me an inside view of our government in action. The experience is teaching me so much. At the same time, I know my work is helping to make a difference for others, and that's a great feeling."
Brady, an advertising major, is a social media intern at Christopher's Haven.
"This is a residence for children with cancer and their families who travel far for treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital," she says.
In her role, Brady is helping spread the word about the organization by building a presence on Facebook and Twitter.
"I'm also involved with different fund-raising events," she says. "I'm fortunate I see the impact of our work. One minute I'm writing copy for a newsletter and the next I'm on the floor playing with one of the kids."
"I think Joe Moakley would be proud that there are students motivated to go out and work for social justice and important causes," says Brady. "I'm here not just for my career, but to do something meaningful."
The Moakley Corps program, jointly cosponsored by the Moakley Archive and Institute and the S.O.U.L.S. Center for Community Engagement and generously supported by the Moakley Foundation, is a new addition to University offerings that integrate career development, community engagement and social responsibility. Available to undergraduate upperclassmen and graduate students, the Moakley Corps summer interns are paid for their service and complete a training program that focuses on career preparedness and social justice.
Moakley Corps interns work with these community partners:
- Boston Harbor Alliance
- Heritage Apartments – Boston Housing Authority Housing for the Elderly
- Jewish Vocational Service
- New England Center for Homeless Veterans
- South Boston Neighborhood House
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Joe Buck spent the weeks before Tuesday's runoff election shaking hands with voters and politicking behind the scenes.
It all paid off.
With a low turnout of 16.17 percent of registered voters going to the polls Tuesday, the retired college administrator beat out incumbent Hugh Golson to become the next president of the Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education.
The victory was the challenger's all along. He started out strong and stayed ahead to win more than 69 percent of the votes cast.
Even with few absentee ballots left to be counted, there's no way Golson will pull this one off.
With word of the victory, Buck said he is ready to get to work.
"I'm going to start off building a team, building consensus and starting to get to know (the board members) personally," Buck said.
After waving to commuters at 6 a.m., reminding them to get out and vote, he spent Tuesday evening at the Armstrong Atlantic Center watching the election results with his supporters.
Armstrong student Somi Benson-Jaja worked with Buck while he was at the university. Benson-Jaja said he believes in Buck's leadership.
"He knows how to talk to people, to get them to listen and engaged in everything they have to get accomplished," Benson-Jaja sad. "He's a great leader with a great brain."
Despite Golson's knack for surprise victories, he was unable to keep up with Buck in the runoff.
Buck collected 14,029 votes, compared to Golson's 6,171 votes.
Buck came away from the Nov. 7 general election with more votes than incumbent Golson, an indication that the public wanted change.
But Golson had a very good chance of snatching the victory if he could have captured votes from the thousands of black voters who initially supported former Mayor Floyd Adams for the top school board spot.
Golson enjoyed strong support from the African-American community in the past. Even Adams supported him in his 2002 campaign.
But the Buck camp helped cement its candidate's lead by gaining endorsements from black board members who recently were elected to the board. Buck even received Adams' blessing the day before the runoff election.
"I would like to think my endorsement helped bring him a wider base of support," said fellow board member Mickey Stephens, who beat out incumbent Daniel Frazier to win the 2nd District seat in the November general election. "But it's not about white or black. It's about getting things done for the children."
While Golson put $100,000 of his own money into his runoff campaign, Buck was able to sway public opinion his way using $20,000, local media outlets and well connected supporters.
In a gracious move, Golson arrived at the Buck party just after 10 p.m.
"I hope to make the transition as smooth as I can," Golson told Buck. Buck will reside over his first school board meeting in January.
"We campaigned on change and the people have spoken," Buck said. "So we better get busy and change."Helpful link
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Undergraduate Regulations
Academic Leave
Students granted "Academic Leave" may interrupt study for predetermined periods of time with the assurance of resuming study under the degree and continuation requirements in effect at the time of initial enrollment. A formal written request for Academic Leave must be submitted to the Dean of the Graduate College. The request must indicate the specific duration of the proposed leave, the clear intent to resume study, and a general statement of the reasons for the leave. While every attempt is made to approve such requests, students are cautioned that program, division, and university circumstances, as well as division requirements regarding "Time Limitations on Degree Limitations" may require the Dean of Graduate and Adult Studies to refuse a request for leave. (Refusal does not mean that a student may not interrupt study. Refusal means only upon return the student may be subjected to new continuation and/or degree requirements.) Students enrolled in cohort programs should refer to the statement entitled "Cohort Instructional Format" regarding the applicability of Academic Leave to the cohort format.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced he is dropping out of the Republican presidential race at a news conference Thursday, NBC's Carrie Dann reports. The decision comes just two days before the critical South Carolina primary where polls show him lagging far behind the leaders there.
Perry finished fifth in both Iowa and New Hampshire and, at one at one point said he was going to go back to Texas to reassess his path forward but then headed to South Carolina to campaign instead.


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Street photography is the art of exploring life as it happens in the everyday moment, capturing the lives of others in a decisive instant frozen in time,
Street photography tends to be ironic and can be distanced from its subject matter , it often concentrates on a single human act, caught at a decisive or poignant moment.
On the other hand, much of street photography takes the opposite approach and provides a very literal and extremely personal rendering of the subject matter,
giving the audience a more visceral experience of walks of life they might only be passingly familiar with.
Since the 20th century, street photographers have provided an exemplary and detailed record of street culture throughout Europe and North America.
Street Photography is the process of finding situations that can be resolved into meaningful images ,, It is one of the hardest forms of photography in that you get only one chance to get it right before the moment is lost forever.
Street photography is closely related to photojournalism and documentary photography and the lines between the three disciplines is often blurred or nonexistent
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COLUMBUS – The Columbus Crew today announced that the Crew Soccer Foundation is set to host the Kirk Urso Memorial Match and the Crew Soccer Foundation Golf Classic in 2014. The match is scheduled for Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. ET at Crew Stadium against Urso's alma mater, the University of North Carolina. The Fourth Annual Golf Classic is scheduled for Monday, August 11 at Pinnacle Golf Club in Grove City, Ohio with proceeds again benefitting the Kirk Urso Memorial Fund.
"We are excited to bring the Kirk Urso Memorial Match to Crew Stadium in 2014," said Crew Soccer Foundation Vice President Jamie Ryan. "Crew fans will be able to show their support for Kirk's memory and the cause of combatting youth heart health issues."
Tickets to the Kirk Urso Memorial Match at Crew Stadium are priced at $10 in advance via Ticketmaster, scheduled to go on-sale to the general public on Friday, May 2. Tickets are also available for $15 on the day of the match at the box office. Parking is just $6. In addition to the match, a silent auction provides additional items for sale, available online and at the game.
The inaugural Kirk Urso Memorial Match against the University of North Carolina on February 24, 2013 raised nearly $30,000 for the Crew Soccer Foundation's Kirk Urso Memorial Fund. The proceeds from the match – generated from ticket sales, donations, merchandise sales, raffle and auction – items helped the Crew eventually reach its fundraising goal of $100,000 to develop and support youth heart health research and programming. The funds raised are a core focus of the foundation and a way to honor the late Crew midfielder Kirk Urso, who unexpectedly passed away at the age of 22 from a congenital heart defect. The accomplishment set a record for funds raised for a single Foundation initiative within in a calendar year and delivered on a pledge made the day the Urso Fund was created two months after his passing in October of 2012.
Further details on times, pricing and day-of events for the Golf Classic are set to be announced at a later date.
The Crew is offering several Kirk Urso items available for purchase at all 2014 Crew home matches in the Crew Gear Store, including Urso wristbands and #15 pins with the proceeds benefiting the Kirk Urso Memorial Fund. In addition to those items, any jersey that is personalized with Urso's name and number will have a portion of the proceeds from the personalization going to the Kirk Urso Memorial Fund.
Urso was originally selected by the Crew in the first round (No.10 overall) in the 2012 Supplemental Draft, and appeared in six games (five starts) with one assist last season before being sidelined by injury. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he made four consecutive NCAA Men's College Cup Final Four appearances and captained the team to the 2011 NCAA National Championship. Urso was admired for his unwavering work ethic and steadfast character both on and off the field. In 2013, Crew defender Eric Gehrig was honored with the Kirk Urso Heart Award.
More information on the Crew Soccer Foundation is available at CrewSoccerFoundation.org and information on the Kirk Urso Memorial Fund is available at http://www.thecrew.com/ursofund.


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Northern Great Plains, USA & Canada
Disappearing grasslands
With less than 2% the region's millions of hectares in reserves, the Northern Great Plains is one of the least protected places on Earth.
Climate change is also predicted to negatively effect prairie vegetation and wildlife, and wetlands are expected to dry up in many areas.
The prairie used to be immense and vast with lots of wildlife. But things can change quickly, so much has rapidly disappeared.
Restoring the prairie
- Increasing the amount of native habitat for conservation from 1.5% to 10%
- Promoting ecologically sustainable management to prevent the further loss of native prairie
- Restoring populations of native species such as American bison (Bison bison), black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes), black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) and pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)
Return of the black-footed ferret
Since a small population was discovered in the US state of Wyoming in 1982, WWF has been working to save black-footed ferret and prairie dog populations. Through captive breeding and reintroduction programmes, there are currently 500 black-footed ferrets in the wild, mostly in restricted sites in Arizona, Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming.
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The end of 2010 saw the conclusion of the fourth installation of the Targa Trophy Triple Crown road rally. The final event, dubbed Desert Challenge, transpired in and around fabulous Las Vegas, staging at the Aria Resort and running from the Vegas Strip through scenic Red Rock State Park, up into the mountains, then back down into downtown with a stopover at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
When the dust finally settled, Jennifer Doud and her navigator Enrico Del Mar took the Desert Challenge victory in a BMW 335i, the second such 335 to top the field in an individual Targa event. However, no one was able to touch points leader Radoslav Kalla and navigator Mark Bauman in their orange Lambo Gallardo Spyder for the overall Triple Crown victory (points averaged across all three Targa events). Kalla won the first Hollywood-to-San Diego event and remained the event leader throughout.
More recently, we sat down with Targa Trophy event mastermind Jason Overell to talk to him about the event, its origins and its future.
ec: What inspired you to create the Targa Trophy road rally series?
JO: That's a pretty big question. Here's a quick version--the main inspiration for Targa Trophy came from combining traditional road rallies and the current lifestyle rallies that take place today. Our goal was to create an event that offered the best of both worlds, but one aimed at the full-on automotive lifestyle enthusiast who enjoys everything about cars and driving to the fullest. All these elements combine into an event format that is 100 percent authentic, where the environment complements the experience.
JO: Yes, four years. The first two were test runs, San Diego in 2007 and Los Angeles in 2008. Those events led us to create the Triple Crown format in 2009, which was held in Orange County, San Diego and LA. This year's series saw us produce a huge Los Angeles kick-off event, taking the brand to the Bay Area and then to Las Vegas, which allowed us to expand the profile outside of Southern California.
ec: As Targa Trophy evolved from a single road rally to the Triple Crown Championship, have you seen a significant evolution in the participant field? In terms of the quality of cars and the number of entries perhaps?
JO: It's funny that after thinking about it--no, not really. Since we have really gone out of our way to keep the format authentic for the true automotive enthusiast, we've always had a perfect mix of clientele and cars. Everything from exotics to credible sports cars, year after year the mix is pretty even. We've had everything from modern-day supercars to classic exotics to muscle cars to the current cars that really make up the sports car world like BMW M cars, Mercedes AMGs, Asian imports and everything in between. Our main criteria are keeping things sports car-centric and allowing for the oddity once in a while as well.
ec: Targa Trophy has gone from a Southern California-based event, to a Southern and Northern California event, to a multi-state event in 2010. Do you have plans to expand it further in geographical terms? Maybe a coast-to-coast run in the near future? Or would you have to kill us if you told us?
JO: We are currently working on expanding the Targa Trophy brand on a few different levels. This means more events in Southern California and looking at key outside markets that really can have some impact for the consumer, our sponsors and Targa Trophy.
ec: Targa Trophy is sort of unique in that it isn't an all-out speed trial, but a time/distance run where entrants need to accurately navigate a pre-mapped course. We like it because it encourages critical thinking and responsible driving. What gave you the idea for the system?
JO: As I said earlier, it was always my goal to keep the automotive side of the event 100 percent authentic. If you know about world rallies such as Mille Miglia, Targa Tasmania and others, those events are driven by actual driver and navigator interaction, set up on roads that are meant to be challenging for both the driver/navigator team and the cars that they drive. This has been the biggest factor in what makes Targa Trophy unique, as we have created our own hybrid formula that takes the best elements of the TSD rally experience and makes it accessible for all drivers and skill types, and, ultimately, more fun.
ec: Planning a three-stage event that spans half a year or more has potential to be a logistics nightmare. What keeps you in it? The chicks?
JO:[laughs] The chicks that's a whole other story. Really, we have taken Targa Trophy to this level because we feel that the format we've created is the most interactive and relevant form of auto rallying you can experience. Targa Trophy puts the participants in the position of using their cars for what they were really made forfun, performance-oriented driving. At the same time, our goal is to make the event as interactive as possible with the sponsors and the venues, thus making it a really memorable and unique experience. I've been a part of all types of events prior to creating Targa Trophy, and let me tell you this is the only event I've seen that makes people freak out with excitement and offers such a rush and one-of-a-kind experience. Once you tell people the details surrounding the eventcar person or non-car personI've never seen an event light up people's eyes and stir such emotion as the Targa Trophy and the road rally experience. Seeing my clientele and the public excited and wanting more is what it's all about.
ec: What was your personal high point in the 2010 series? Or any particular moments that really stood out?
JO: For me, 2010 was a crazy year in more ways than one, and just pulling off another season of events is highlight enough. Every event literally has so many memories it's impossible to describe in an interview. But I can honestly say that you really have to be there and be in it to get the full effect!
ec: Any final reflections on 2010, or projections for 2011?
JO: Last year was insane and just scratches the surface of what's in store for the Targa Trophy brand. Targa Trophy has seen two years as a one-off event and two years as a Triple Crown Championship. We have already outlined the 2011 program and some pretty significant changes are in the works. You'll have to wait and see what that means, but I can tell you that the evolution will continue.
Editor's Choice
For the final leg of the Targa rally, we chose Alex Andonian's BMW 335i. Andonian, from Tag Motorsports in San Diego, has been a rabid competitor throughout the 2010 series, placing at the very top of the field in the second event in the San Francisco Bay. His BMW has been built to run, with choice modifications like a full exhaust system that includes custom downpipes and a Remus rear section, GIAC software and an Active Autowerke intercooler, and a completely revised suspension setup courtesy of KW coilovers and Eibach antiroll bars. Cosmetics have been extensively revised with OEM products like Euro-spec headlights and M-Tech body components. This car represents everything we like in a modified Euro: enhanced performance and tasteful good looks.
Nature's perfect sports car?
For this final event, Porsche Cars North America once again came through for us, this time with a Meteor Grey 911 Turbo Cab. What can one write about this most iconic of sports cars that hasn't already been written?
I could try and tell you how fast it is. But words wouldn't really do it justice. Suffice it to say, it's bloody fast. I could use other conjugated qualifiers in place of bloody to describe fast, but those all start with four-letter words. The 997.2 Turbo is one of the fastest cars I've ever driven, nothing notwithstanding. Porsche puts the Cab's 0-60 time at 3.3 seconds with the PDK transmission and Sport Chrono Package, but independent testers have turned even faster numbers. A lot of this has to do with the launch control program included with the PDK/Sport Chrono configuration, and an all-wheel-drive system that simply refuses to allow any wheel slippage. Beyond 60, the car keeps pulling frantically until either your guts turn to water or you top out at 193 mph (top up or down).
The Cabriolet adds a whole new dimension to the driving experience. Top down, you can hear the induction system working, sucking, huffing, wheezing, blowing, as though some sort of angry metallic dragon resides beneath the decklid.
In terms of street performance, the thing is just about flawless. The steering is sharp and direct, and the brakes generate deceleration nearly as violent as the engine's acceleration. If you drive with a light right foot, mid-20 mpg figures are actually attainable. You could say the ride is hard, but you ought to expect that. After three long days of driving, on the fourth I woke up feeling like someone had thrown me a pillow party in the middle of the night.
With cars like the GT3 in the model lineup, I used to secretly think the newer Turbos were poseur cars, glorified boulevard cruisers for clueless yuppies and moneyed boy racers. Now, after having stomped a 911 GT3 RS off the stoplights, I ain't so sure. The RS would take it on a racetrack, but in a straight line, there's nothing like next-generation AWD and nearly four decades' worth of Germanic turbo development.
How could you best describe it in a single word? I guess it'd have to be sick. Yeah, it's sick.
2011 Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet
Longitudinal rear engine, all-wheel drive
3.8-liter flat six, dohc, 24-valve, twin turbocharged
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Peak Power: 500 hp @ 6000 rpm
Peak Torque: 516 lb-ft @ 1950 rpm
0-60 mph: 3.3 sec.
Top Speed: 193 mph
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Top Five in Tech: 3-D Phones and More
George Stahl discusses the week's top tech stories, including a very possible 3-D smartphone coming soon to you. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Proposed Canon
Croakamancy is one of the three disciplines of the Magic class Naughtymancy; it is aligned with the axis of Fate and composed of the two elements of Motion and Matter. Erf-b1-p038a
- Uncroaking deceased units.
- Providing combat bonuses to uncroaked units.
- Croakamancers have a natural ability to sense life in other units, as demonstrated by Wanda in Book 0. They have a much stronger sense over dead bodies, to the extent that Wanda can give the precise number of each type of dead unit in a hex.
- Basic Shockamancy.
- Very precise torture.
Croakamancy has significant limits. Uncroaked units decay over several turns before they rot down and disintegrate. They also lose a lot of their higher brain functions: Casters lose their magical abilities, warlords lose a great deal of their initiative and command skill, and regular units lose pretty much all trace of their identity. However, most specials are maintained: An uncroaked warlord can still lead degree, and uncroaked flying units can still fly.
Some units, such as wiener-rammers, cannot be uncroaked.
The amount of time and attention a Croakamancer invests in uncroaking a unit has a significant effect - a mass of units uncroaked in a hurry will only last a few turns, but an individual or small group carefully revived can last a very long time indeed.
Known Croakamancers
Wanda Firebaugh - Chief Croakamancer of Gobwin Knob. Previously a unit in the Kingdom of Faq. Also served the Sides of Haffaton and Goodminton.
Known Caster Links
The most significant known caster link involving Croakamancy was the uncroaking of the Gobwin Knob volcano which ended the Battle for Gobwin Knob. This required the linkup of a Dirtamancer (Sizemore Rockwell) and a Master Croakamancer (Wanda Firebaugh) by an experienced Thinkamancer (Maggie). Such a casting should not be expected to occur with any great frequency.
Another less significant Dirtamancy linkup between Maxwell, Wanda, and Komatsu inspired Wanda's use of memorial stones.
A Turnamancy linkup between Maxwell, Wanda, and Tina was able to create a Magic Item capable of torturing prisoners.
It is likely that constructed units, such as golems, cannot be uncroaked.
It seems that uncroaked units cannot be chief warlords (judging from the need for a new Gobwin Knob warlord in Book 1). Another possibility is that their leadership bonus decays so quickly that it's not worth using them).
With the Arkenpliers, Wanda is able to Decrypt units - to bring back the dead with all their abilities and most of their memories intact, but loyal to the caster and her side. Many casters believe this takes Croakamancy into the realm of Life magic, which is normally its antithesis. Many casters find this to be unnatural, and thus, wrong.


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22 comments:
- May said...
Espero que el paciente mejore pronto. Besos.
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- Jayne Schofield said...
Get well soon ! x
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- Katya said...
I missed your posts but I totally understand computers breaking down.
Good luck as you get everything back in place. Wishing you all the best.
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- Katya said...
On a selfish note I missed your posts---I'm so happy you've been able to get back online. I experienced a computer meltdown recently so I can empathize with your situation.
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- MakeEveryDayCount said...
ARGH! How annoying, I bought a new MacBook Pro this week, and it's amazing, after my old one who had seen it's 5th birthday this year got alittle slow.
Great that you will be back soon. x
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oh what a pain. We do take these things for granted don't we.
Glad you're back up and running and . I'm looking forward to your new blog posts. I've missed my daily dose of eye candy and inspiration :o)
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- Mike said...
It's crazy how bare we feel without our computers. We are so dependent on them these days.
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A Tribute to Discontinued Cereals
Breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Or so you've been told. I grew up in what I christen the golden age of breakfast cereal, with a large variety of sugar laced options to choose from. And choose I did. I was a fan of many cereals, and I guess I should be thankful for parents who didn't limit my options. Any mixture of sugar, grain, and corn was fair game and the more marshmallows the better! Just as long as it tasted good (or sometimes even if it didn't).
But as the lesson goes, all good things must come to an end. As time passed, products fell by the wayside to make room for the latest products and their sugar-blasted flavors and snazzy box art. Maybe some cereals got lost in the shuffle as their assembly lines drawn to close. But that doesn't mean those cereals are forgotten. Our memories are still fond, at least as fond as they can be while on a sugar high and waxing nostalgic.
We pay tribute to these sweet breakfast addictions and their psychedelic ad campaigns. In my research I did find some good news, however. Fans of Kaboom!, King Vitaman, and Quisp will be happy to know these favorites still survive, and can easily be purchased online. Even a relatively new favorite like Rice Krispie Treats cereal is still around. But for every success, many failed to receive their stay of execution. And it's for those we can only hope one day they are resurrected. Until then we only can hope, remember, and curse the cereal killers.
This is by no means an exhaustive list, there are simply too many cereals out there. We even had to break this post into multiple pages. But these are some of the biggest highlights. Let us know which ones you individually miss. And remember, an estimated 58 percent of "children's" cereals are consumed by the over-18 crowd.
Fruit Brute (1975-1983) and Yummy Mummy (1987-1993)
Once upon a time, General Mills created a product line of five monster-themed breakfast cereals. Everyone knows Count Chocula, and Franken Berry and Boo Berry are still somewhat available, particularly around Halloween. But few remember Fruit Brute and Yummy Mummy (which General Mills technically doesn't count as part of its Monster brand). Fruit Brute had a fruit-flavored cereal with lime flavored marshmallows while Yummy Mummy had fruit-flavored cereal with vanilla-flavored marshmallows. Neither succeeded, but at least Yummy Mummy makes your tummy feel yummy! Heh, heh, heh! Fruit Brute was shot by a silver bullet after an eight-year run, but Quentin Tarantino has brought a modicum of coolness to the cereal by having it appear in Mr. Orange's apartment in Reservoir Dogs and having Lance eat it in Pulp Fiction. Maybe it was just ahead of its time. Everything seems to be infused with lime these days, from beer to soda. So why not have it in a cereal?
Banana Frosted Flakes (1981-1984)
Proving that even the strongest brand names will dabble in flavor variants, Kellogg's added real banana bits to their standard Frosted Flakes line. Tony the Tiger even got into the act, donning a straw hat and picking the bananas himself. The idea had merit, as some people put actual banana slices in their cereal. Too bad this product apparently had little appeal. Still, if you really want flavored Frosted Flakes, you might be able to snag Cocoa Frosted Flakes in Mexico (or Zucaritas as they're known locally). Here's a TV commercial to further attest the banana variants actually existed:
Ice Cream Cones (1987)
Ice Cream Jones pedaled these sugary treats, both literally and figuratively. He rode an old-fashioned pedal bike and promised to deliver "the great taste of ice creams cones!" Let's not dwell on the fact he would track down unsupervised kids in the middle of the woods in order to bring them breakfast. No need to call Chris Hansen just yet, the man has scrumptious ice cream cereal! It consisted of puffs sweetened with chocolate or vanilla, as well as sugar cone-shaped pieces. The product run lasted less than one year, but was briefly brought back in 2003 in a chocolate chip variant to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ice cream cone. Ice Cream Jones, however, remains MIA. Maybe Chris Hansen did get to him after all.
Oreo O's (1988-2007)
The delicious taste of Oreo in a fun-to-crunch cereal! Made by Post, the cereal consisted of little chocolate flavored hoops with white sprinkles, or basically Oreos in cereal form. Additionally, there was a variation called Extreme Creme Taste Oreo O's containing Oreo frosting flavored marshmallows. That cereal harnessed the "Extreme Creme Taste" experience that kids love! Although criticized for having a very high amount of sugar per serving, the cereal was very delicious. Maybe not quite the same as a freshly-dunked Oreoes, but not a bad morning substitute.
Cinnamon Mini-Buns (1991-1993)
If Oreos in cereal form doesn't float your boat, you can always try cinnamon buns in cereal form. And cinnamon buns are actually breakfast food, so maybe you don't feel so guilty afterwards. Kellogg's packed the "big taste of cinnamon buns in the fun size of cereal", complete with a cinnamon tornado that will sprinkle cinnamon on every bun. Although discontinued in 1993, Kellogg's Mini Swirlz is a reasonable substitute.
Nerds (1985)
Or one can bypass the pretense of food and just go with pure sugar candy in cereal form. Nerds cereal was just like a blown up box of the candy, divided into two flavors. Which side will you eat first? You could even get a divided bowl and eat both at the same time! The cereal didn't last long, and sadly the candy has seen better days as well. Once available in a plethora of flavors, it seems you can only buy them in a select few varieties today. Where are the Cherry Cola Nerds from the commercial?:
Dunkin' Donuts
Speaking of cereals boxes cleverly divided into two, I present Dunkin' Donuts cereal, the crunchy little donuts with a great big taste. This was pretty much more sugary oats, and the box came with two long skinny bags of "donuts" flavored in chocolate and glazed (which was more like vanilla). You even got the traditional "Time to make the donuts!" spokesman, Fred the Baker, on the box. I wonder what happens to people that complain kid's cereal have more sugar than a donut when they see a cereal of donuts?
Grins & Smiles & Giggles & Laughs
Well, I guess they couldn't call it "Shits and Giggles", now could they? I think people laughed at the name more the the cereal, but it did have a Cap'n Crunch like taste made up of large happy face pieces that "smile back at you." This 1970s cereal didn't last all that long, and I'll admit its inclusion on this tribute is more about the name, which could pass for a 1970s sitcom, than the cereal. I'm also a little creeped out by the advertisement, which required one to make a robot laugh in order to vomit up boxes of cereal:
Puffa Puffa Rice (1967 – 1975)
The Hawaiian cereal that originated in Battle Creek, Michigan. It was puffed rice with a light honey coating and advertised with a Hawaiian theme. In the commercial below you can see Hawaiians dumping bushels of rice and brown sugar cane into an active volcano, which erupts sending the Puffa Puffa fallout into your bowl. At least the Chief seems to like it. Digga digga bowlful! Given the nature of the ad, apparently Hawaiians were acceptable ethnic targets in the 1960s. At least the Puffa Puffa people aren't violent like Punchy of Hawaiian Punch fame.
Pink Panther Flakes (1972-1974)
For those craving a pink cereal, literally. The near neon pink frosted corn flakes turned your milk pink. Not that there's anything wrong with that. These flakes were pretty similar to Fruity Pebbles, but endorsed by the famous fuchsia cat of movie and cartoon fame. For a while there it looked like Tony the Tiger might have some competition. And no offense to Tony, but the Pink Panther has better theme music. Although the cereal was inspired more by the cartoon than the movies, the recent release of a new Pink Panther film nevertheless provides the perfect time to bring this bad boy back. And the Pink Panther could use the work, he's been slumming it peddling Owens Corning insulation.
Smurf Magic Berries and Smurf-Berry Crunch (1983-?)
For those people that won't eat any cereal that doesn't turn the milk blue. Or if the pink milk of Pink Panther Flakes isn't you, try these very smurfy breakfast treats. The perfect cereal to eat while you sit back and watch Saturday morning cartoons. At least when Saturday morning cartoons existed. Introduced by Post, breakfast was never been the same after The Smurfs had their very own cereal. Because Post already had success with turning the Flintstones into a cereal, the Smurfs was the next logical step. Smurf-Berry Crunch was released in 1983 and was later reformated and renamed Smurf Magic Berries around 1988 (allegedly Smurf-Berry Crunch turned poop weird colors and parents got freaked out). The former was red and blue colored corn puffs, while the latter had yellow cornpuffs and added marshmallow stars instead of "smurfberries." Just look how much Papa Smurf enjoys eating a big bowl of Smurf-Berry Crunch cereal. Maybe Gargamel should have tried this stuff instead of attempting (and failing) to eat the Smurfs all the time.
Freakies (1972-1976)
The Freakies were made up of seven creatures named Hamhose, Gargle, Cowmumble, Grumble, Goody-Goody, Snorkeldorf, and the leader BossMoss. In the mythology of the Freakies, the seven went in search of the legendary Freakies Tree which grew the Freakies cereal. They found the Tree and promptly took up residence. The pieces of cereal were shaped liked cheerios and each box housed a free Freakie inside. Later on, fruity and cocoa flavored variants emerged. Interesting tidbit, research indicated that kids related to Freakies so well because there were seven different characters, allowing something for all kids to relate to. Because we know kids love to relate to freaks. We are the freakies, we are the freakies and this is the freakies tree…we never miss a meal, 'cause we love our cereal!
Dino Pebbles (late 1980s-early 1990s)
Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles are the core of the Pebbles brand, but there have been slight variations over the years such as Cinna-Crunch Pebbles or Fiesta Fruity Pebbles. Dino Pebbles wasn't just a slight variation, but a new cereal featuring vanilla-flavored flakes and Dino-shaped marshmallows. And to get the great taste, you don't have to steal it from Fred like Barney does. The greatest attribute of this cereal was that it possessed the most marshmallows per box of any cereal. Sugary deliciousness! The same basic cereal was resurrected many years later under the name Marshmallow Mania Pebbles, which alas was also was discontinued. Post later released Dino Smores Pebbles, but it's entirely different.
Buc Wheats (1970s-early 1980s)
Too bad whenever I think of Buckwheat, I don't think of the Little Rascal Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, but the Eddie Murphy Saturday Night Live impersonation. Here's a sample:
Out around the same time as early Saturday Night Live, Buc Wheats cereal consisted of toasted flakes of wheat (originally with buckwheat), kind of like dark colored Frosted Flakes, with a sweet maple-flavored glaze baked onto them. In short they tasted "O-Tay"! This cereal long since ceased production, but reports place Frosted Flakes Gold or Kellogg's Smart Start Healthy Heart Maple and Brown Sugar as reasonable substitutes.
Mr. T
If Eddie Murphy as Buckwheat doesn't do it for you, how about another 1980s icon? Mr. T has been an Internet sensation since the days he was eating your balls, so it's only natural he once had a cereal. He's Mr. T damn it! I wouldn't expect anything less. You might even remember the cereal appearing in the film Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. But it wasn't just a Hollywood creation, you could buy it too. His cereal was basically a rebranded Cap'n Crunch, except the crispy corn and oats bits were T-shaped. The biggest disappointments were that the cereal had nothing to do with the A-Team or his massive amounts of gold chains. Instead it was based off his cartoon and his gang of go-goody kids. I want my cereal ads to feature kids taunting poor rabbits, causing birds to go cuckoo, or plain theft like the Cookie Crook. This just doesn't sit right. Hell the commercial doesn't even feature his "I pity the fool" line…
Urkel-Os (1991)
Pretty much the exact opposite of Mr. T, a cereal based on Steve Urkel from Family Matters. Of course the cereal seemingly has nothing to do with Urkel, it's just strawberry and banana flavored rings. At least it didn't taste like cheeeeeeeeeeese. Maybe if you ate them, it made you do the Urkel dance? I think the lesson here is that sitcoms shouldn't have their own breakfast food. We're opening the door to all sorts of bad ideas. Like Small Wonder Flakes with Vicki the Robot marshmallows.
C3POs (1984-?)
Of course if Steve Urkel can land a cereal, it's only natural that a gay Star Wars robot could do the same. Showing that George Lucas would leave no promotional scheme unturned, a cereal was introduced in 1984 inspired by the multi-lingual droid from Star Wars (Why him? I have no idea). It dubbed itself "a new (crunchy) force at breakfast" and was composed of "twin rings phased together for two crunches in every double-O", or basically an eight. Or maybe they're just deformed Cheerios pawned off on kids. Not sure what that has to do with C3P0, but at least you could cut out a Star Wars mask from the back an pretend to be Boba Fett or some other character while you ate it. Unfortunately it tasted like Lucky Charms without the marshmallows, so it wasn't a big hit. But it had the Star Wars brand name, so it had to be cool, right? At least you can enjoy this retro commercial:
Cap'n Crunch's Oops! Choco Donuts (2003-2004)
Really now, why mess around with O-shaped cereal, when you can just do it right with little chocolate donuts. Saturday Night Live already established that the secret to all successful athletes are little chocolate donuts. They're the donuts of champions:
Cap'n Horatio Crunch took notice an unveiled this daring foray into donut replication. And not just cereal O's, it came complete with sprinkles for a more chocolatey taste. The box even claimed it got its taste from sailing up chocolate rapids and through sprinkle falls. I think the box was a damn liar, however, because it that were true this cereal would still be around.
Cap'n Crunch's Choco Crunch (1982)
Of course Choco Donuts wasn't the Captain's first stab at a chocolate variety of his cereal. Choco Crunch was a more traditional mix of yellow corn squares and chocolate puffs. Much like Crunch Berries, but brown and chocolate flavored. It has its own mascot, Chockle the Blob. ChocoCrunch failed, but was brought back under the same name with a slight variation, chocolate flavored corn squares with no yellow corn pieces. Here's the original in action:
Vanilly Crunch
If chocolate wasn't your flavor, the Cap'n had you covered as well. In the 1970s he unveiled a series of flavor variants to meet anyone's needs. First up is VanillyCrunch, a cereal of vanilla balls straight from Wilma the Winsome White Whale's mouth (and her bright red "do me" lipstick):
Punch Crunch
Punch Crunch was the fruit-flavored cereal, shaped in "little pink rings with big pink flavor" much like Fruit Loops. Instead of a whale, its mascot was a sailor-clad hippopotamus with teased eye lashes named Harry S. Hippo. Harry is a bit fruity, in more ways than one I believe. The eye contact being made between the Captain and Harry raises more questions than it answers. I could see the Village People getting inspiration for their song "In the Navy" from him:
Cinnamon Crunch
And finally there's Cinnamon Crunch. In the days before the Soggies there was Jean Lafoote the Barefoot Pirate, who was notorious for his attempts to steal the Captain's cargo of cereal. Somehow he got his own cereal, as you'll notice on the box the absence of the name Cap'n Crunch. Even the Cap'n laments the goodness of Jean's cereal in the ad:
Oops, All Berries!
Yeah, I'm going to throw in one more Cap'n Crunch variant at you. There are plenty more I haven't mentioned like Volcano Crunch (with pop rocks) and Deep Sea Crunch, but this one is a personal favorite, Oops, All Berries! Even the Onion got in on this cereal. Now before you make the joke, did you know that the Cap'n was once promoted to Admiral? And that promotion led to this cereal? After a tremendous outpouring from his fans, Quaker Oats decided to promote the Cap'n. But Admiral Crunch quickly became bored with his desk job at Crunch Headquarters, and his replacement Cap'ns (Cap'n Scrinch and Cap'n Munch) screwed up the Crunch Berrie and Crunch Biscuit mixing machines, resulting in this cereal. Hence the "Oops!" in the title. The Admiral decided that he was truly the best one suited for the role as the Cap'n and soon regained his old position. And I gained a delicious cereal.
Sir Grapefellow (1972)
Moving on from Cap'n Crunch and the Navy, we turn to two fighter pilots worthy of the Air Force. Who remembers Sir Grapefellow cereal? The first of two World War I pilot breakfast treats, Grapefellow was a debonair British pilot fond of giving us the "okay" sign. He touted a strong smelling grape-flavored (yes, grape) breakfast treat with similarly-tasting marshmallows. Of course it turned the milk a luscious lilac color too. And nothing says cool better than a scarf and aviator goggles! Where have you gone, Sir Grapefellow? Tally-ho!
Baron Von Redberry (1972)
Achtung, baby! No, not U2, but Baron Von Redberry who was Sir Grapefellow's enemy and countered with his own vaguely fruit-punch-flavored confection loaded with enough sugar to fuel a Panzer corps. Because if there's one thing that children love, it's fruit-flavored World War I air aces. You need at least two of them. Besides, the Baron "iz der berry goodest". People have theorized that World War I theme is influenced by the Peanuts comic strip, which during the 1960s often featured Snoopy in scarf and goggles perched on top of his doghouse in a perpetual battle with the Red Baron. Whether true or not, hapless American children were asked to choose between the two charismatic fellows, but democracy and Sir Grapefellow usually won out.
Crazy Cow (1972-late 1970s)
Because people love the delicious taste of Mad Cow to start their day off. It came in two flavors, chocolate and strawberry, and was a bit of a novelty due to the fact its cereal pellets were coated with an excipient of a drink mix. When milk was added, it would dissolve the powdered coating, and the resultant mixture would resemble in sight, smell, and taste a flavored milk. Not that the concept is all that rare with today's cereals. Here's a commercial:
Cocoa Hoots (1972-1975)
This short-lived 1970s sweetened chocolate flavored cereal came complete with safety stickers from Newton the Owl, which you can check out over here. Although the funniest part of the box is the unfortunate location of the Os on the owl's anatomy. With a name oh so close to Hooters, maybe the design could be a little better. Here's a sample ad:
Crunchy Loggs (1978-1979)
No, this cereal was not made out of wood. Bixby Beaver pawned off this strawberry flavored "ready-sweetened corn and oat cereal" on kids. One slight problem. The box is a dirty joke waiting to happen. Pink. Beavers. Crunchy Loggs. And one has to ask, what's more appetizing than chowing down on some Crunchy Loggs? It probably tastes like what you'd get if a cartoon beaver took a dump in your bowl. Cause tht's what it looks like. So much went wrong on this one.
Mr. Wonderfull's Suprize (1970s)
Someone must be wearing the Bad Idea Jeans, because here's another one. Good idea, selling crunchy puffed cereal in vanilla and chocolate flavors. Bad idea, putting frosting in the middle, calling it Mr. Wonderfull's Suprize, and having kids want to eat some white cream that came out of a creepy man's balls. At least the chocolate flavored version had brown cream inside, making it slightly less disturbing. Although it just gives you visions of Chef saying, "Suck on my chocolate salty balls." I'd probably be better off not knowing what Mr. Wonderfull's Suprize is, but apparently it's a thin coating of pudding. At least that's what they tell me it is.
In our Tribute to Fallen Soda, we mentioned OK Soda. So it only seems appropriate that there once was an OK cereal. This one goes way back, and Kellogg's tried a few methods to sell it. In true paper towel form, above is the "Br-r-awny" look aimed at kids that want to grow up big and strong. Of course, OK can also make you long for the days when cartoon characters acted as pitchmen. Here's a video with Yogi Bear in place of the buff Scotsman selling OKs:
Quake (1965-1972)
I mentioned at the top that Quisp is still produced, but its original partner in crime, Quake, fell by the way-side. The two were advertised together until 1970 when a no holds barred winner take all contest was held to see which cereal was more popular. Quisp won, and Quake with its no-frills stodgy miner (who later morphed into a cowboy) retreated underground. Dubbed as providing "earthquake power!" to those who ate it, Quake was made at the earth's core. Here's what the ad looked like:
Circus Fun
Kaboom may live on, but its distant cousin Circus Fun does not. And its not all that well remembered either. The Circus Fun Clown encouraged the circus theme shaped marshmallows of horses, hoops, balls, bears, elephants, and lions to jump into his "crispy sweetened fruit flavored cereal" (orange tigers were added later). They all combined to form a great center ring adventure, in your mouth. The cereal was like crack rocks for kids, but surprisingly wasn't too popular. At least the ad was memorable:
Homer's Cinnamon Donut Cereal and Bart's Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch (2001-2002)
They've hawked Butterfingers. so surely there would be a Simpsons cereal. Of course, there was. Maybe these aren't the fabled Krusty Os. Heck, they're not even Burns Os. And there's a disturbing lack of jagged metal Krusty-Os, flesh eating virus, or razor blades packaged inside. However, the two TV-inspired breakfast treats were a perfectly cromulent way to start your morning. People also believe that Homer's cereal may have inspired the previously mentioned Cap'n Crunch's Choco Donuts.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cereal
There's a whole subset of cereal based on slapping something popular on a box and selling it on name alone, taste be damned! This is one such example. The Ninja Turtles cereal contained crunchy, sweetened 'Ninja Nets' (or Rice Chex) with 'Ninja Turtle' marshmallows. And it left your milk a nice green color. You could eat it out of a Raphael or Leonardo bowl if you so chose. But the real allure was simply to buy something with the TMNT brand on it. Here's a commercial to bring you back:
Bill & Ted's Excellent Cereal
And another of those let's just pump out a cereal based on some fad in an attempt to make a quick buck. This one is based off the Bill & Ted movies and cartoon. Yes, there was a short lived animated version between the two movies. The cereal was toasted oat squares mixed with music note-shaped marshmallows. It's most excellent, if by excellent I mean total crap. It even looked like dog food. But it did come with Hysterical Postcards, which were mini-postcards involving Bill & Ted and their trips through time. The commercial was the best part of the whole product:
Ghostbusters Cereal
Fianlly, here's an example of how to do a tie-in correctly, rounded out with a glow in the dark box in case your power goes out. The cereal itself was simple oat bits of the Ghostbusters logo, fortified with ghost marshmallows. Although Ralston-Purina missed a prime marketing opportunity by not including something like "Made With Real Stay-Puft Marshmallows!" on the packaging. Still, the cereal was good and missed only one thing, Slimer. Enter the later added Slimer marshmallows, and his appearance in the ads. Although why Slimer is helping kids with unlicensed nuclear reactors zap fellow ghosts remains to be answered.
Maybe they could bring this one back in anticipation of Ghosterbusters 3?
G.I. Joe Action Stars (1985-?)
Yes! A Real American Cereal! This debuted the same year as the cartoon series "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero", both of which were based on the popular line of military-themed action figures. Each box had a character from G.I. Joe, either Duke, Gung-Ho, or the curiously dressed Shipwreck. The cereal itself was a collection of oat and grain pieces shaped like hollowed-out stars. No marshmallows to be found here, no fruity flavors, just a pure sweet crunch of oats and grain. Think Lucky Charms without the charms. Seems like a lazy tie-in with no bits shaped like soldiers or guns or anything besides stars, but you did get comics packaged with each box. And true G.I. Joe aficionados will remember the cereal ad was the lone appearance of the animated Starduster character:
Spiderman Cereal (1995)
One bite and you'll get caught in all the action of Spider-Man cereal. Kellogg's andGeneral Mills both released Spiderman cereals during the recent Sam Raimi movies, but it was this Ralston version that started it all off. By now you might have noticed Ralston is the king of the cereal tie-in, and this one capitalized on the animated TV series airing on the Fox Kids Network. It also served as a replacement for the fallen TMNT cereal. The "Ninja Net" chexbecame "Spider-Webs" and the marshmallows were meant to look like spider symbols, the evil Kingpin, Hobgoblin's pumpkin bomb, or Peter Parker's camera.
Monopoly Cereal (2003)
Now you can play Monopoly at your breakfast table. This cereal was basically Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but with the addition of marshmallows based on the pieces in the Monopoly game. So you end up combining the best parts of Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Lucky Charms. Still, it's hard to get beyond the fact one is eating Monopoly pieces. And that reminds me of Eddie Murphy's bit in Raw where his dad ate the entire Monopoly game:
Buzz Blasts (2002-2003)
To infinity and beyond! Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear blasts off into space with his "naturally sweetened multi-grain cereal" described as having "multi-colored flying saucer cereal shapes that orbit around Buzz, the aliens, and rocket-ship graham pieces." It emerged in supermarkets at the same time as two other Kellogg's cereals, Mickey's Magix and Hunny B's. The trio of cereals resulted from a multi-year alliance between Kellogg's and Walt Disney. The cereal lasted about a year and was replaced by Mud & Bugs. At least if you didn't like the cereal, you could continue your Buzz adventure on the back of the cereal box.
Mud & Bugs (2003-?)
Speaking of Mud and Bugs, what better way to start your day than with the nutrients and goodness of bugs, grubs, and beetles? I think it beats eating fried worms. The very chocolatey-marshmallow confection was like combining Cocoa Puffs and the marshmallows from Lucky Charms (but in bug form). It's the best of both worlds! Timon and Pumbaa of The Lion King fame grace the cover chocolate puff cereal, but it was not enough to prevent it's cancellation.
Moonstones (1976-1977)
This funky fruit-flavored cereal with day-glo colored puffs was the "delicious space-shaped cereal that's out of this world." The cereal was marketed as being mined from the lunar surface by a regiment of magical beings called Moonbeams, led by your hero Majormoon (who majored in cerealogy at Moon University). But the moon, like every story, has two sides to it. The Moonbeams lived on the light side, represented good, and protected the secret formula behind Moonbeam cereal. On the dark side of the moon lived the Moonbums, such as Bigbum and Crumbum. Despite being "the laziest bunch of bums to ever roam the face of the moon," the had a specific intent on stealing the secret formula in order to have Moonstones all to themselves. As with most cereal stories, the antagonists never seemed to succeed.
Bigg Mixx (1990-1992)
What is that thing on the front of the box? No, it's not Manbearpig. It's a combination of chicken, wolf, moose, and pig. Also called Bigg Mixx like the cereal, the ravenously hungry pitchman was part of the The Legend of Bigg Mixx, a fictional story about the origin of the cereal. It goes something like this:
Combine the wild appetites of a wolf, a moose, a pig, and a chicken, and you have Bigg Mixx — the legendary Chicken-wolf Moose-pig of the Yakima Valley.
The first reported Bigg Mixx sighting took place in 1978 when Yakima native, Travis Uddlebock, was hiking near Toppenish Creek.
"I saw the tip of an antler peeking out over a bush and I heard a loud snort. I thought it was a wart hog, so you can imagine my surprise when he stood upright on two paws, flapped his wings, and howled like a wolf. I laughed so hard I passed out."
Since then, then have been countless other sightings — in the woods, at shopping malls, and even once on a subway in New York City (unconfirmed). And eye witnesses all agree, "He eats like a pig."
Now, in the spirit of this noble creature, Kellogg's introduces Bigg Mixx cereal.
"I'm sure Bigg Mixx would be proud knowing Kellogg's had named a new cereal after him," Uddlebock explained. "He's a proud creature. A little stupid, but definitely proud."
The cereal itself was an assortment of existing Kellogg's cereals mixed together, commonly described as the result of cereals swept up off the floor of Kellogg's factory. Mmmm, sounds delicious!
Nintendo Cereal System (1988-1989)
Nintendo, it's a cereal now. Nintendo, it's for breakfast. No, I can't forget Nintendo cereal, based on the Nintendo Entertainment System and two of its most popular games: Super Mario Brothers and The Legend of Zelda. Like Nerds cereal and Dunkin' Donuts, this one had two cereals in one. One half was Super Mario Brothers Action Series and had fruity-flavoured Marios, Super Mushrooms, Goombas, Koopa Troopas, and Bowsers. The other, called Zelda Adventure Series, had berry-flavored Links, hearts, boomerangs, keys, and shields. Despite the different taste labels of fruity and berry, the two sides seemed remarkably similar, although many claim Zelda was better. Whatever. If you watch this old ad you might not get the theme out of your head:
Pac-Man (1983-?)
Of course Nintendo was neither the first video game cereal, nor the best. I'm giving the title of best to Pac-Man cereal. Mainly because it had a ridiculous amount of ghost marshmallows in it. Only Dino Pebbles could boast a higher marshmallow-to-cereal ratio, and this one came out in the early 1980s so I consider it a pioneer of the cereal industry. Plus it had this kick-ass commercial:
Donkey Kong Crunch (1982-1984)
And not to be outdone, Donkey Kong also busted his way out of the arcade cabinet and onto the breakfast table. And he came complete with a more Popeye looking version of Mario. This one tasted exactly like Cap'n Crunch, but the cereal bits were shaped like little barrels. It was the "sweet crunchy corn taste will drive you ape." When it first came out, there was also a game board printed on the back of the box with a game piece inside to see what level Mario made it to on the board. You could win free swag like Donkey Kong shoelaces. Awesome! Even though the cereal didn't last long, Donkey Kong Jr. manged a cereal of his own.
Cröonchy Stars (1988-1989)
This cereal was inspired by the Swedish Chef and his pseudo-phonetic rendition of the word crunchy. Of all the Muppets, who would have though he would be the one to receive his own breakfast cereal? He wasn't THAT popular, but I guess being a chef the connection was obvious. The cereal consisted of puffy star shaped bits with a "cinnamonnamony" flavor. One commercial featured the Swedish chef in a kitchen with an exploding pot and Croonchy Stars flying all over the place. The box was even funnier, as it stated that the product did not conatin: (among other things) Venetian Blinds and Pachederms. Bork! Bork! Bork!
Sprinkle Spangles (1980s and 1993-1994)
Sprinkle Spangles was a short-lived cereal introduced in the 1980s and resurrected for an even briefer run in 1993. The cereal was of star-shaped pieces covered with multi-colored sprinkles. Think of an overbaked christmas cookie with sprinkles. More memorable was the Sprinkle Genie, who would proclaim, "You wish it, I dish it!" The commercials also added that they, "spangled every angle with sprinkles." Despite the proclaimations, I don't think it was really kid's wishes come true.
Hidden Treasures (1993-1994)
Also brightening the breakfast table in 1993 was Hidden Treasures, debuted by General Mills alongside Sprinkle Spangles. Give your mouth a charge when you bite into Hidden Treasures, the cereal described as "sweetened corn cereal squares with artificially flavored fruit centers". Options to find inside the corn squares were cherry, orange, grape, or nothing at all. Children could actually play their own game of hide-and-seek trying to find the flavors as the surprise of finding out what was in each piece was the cereal's gimmick. Although clever children would have little difficulty noticing the pattern: pieces with a seam very close to the edge were grape, off-center orange, and directly center seams had cherry. The cereal's very short-lived mascot, H.T. the robot, was said to be programmed to try to figure out what was inside each of the cereal's pieces. Which ones hold a hidden treat?
Rice Krinkles
Rice Krinkles are not to be confused with Kellogg's counterpart Rice Krispies (although on a related not here's a box of Rice Bubbles). They were similar to a sugar coated Rice Krispies in taste, but shaped like a Fruity Pebble. Although probably considered politically incorrect today, the mascot was a little Chinese boy named So-Hi. So high was also what happened to one's blood sugar after eating a bowl of this stuff. Post also made Sparkled Flakes as a substitute for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes.
Pop-Tarts Crunch
Kids love Pop-Tarts, often eating them for breakfast. But it took until 1995 for Kellogg's to realize that the snack could be shrunk down to fit on your spoon. Actually, there may be a reason for that. When Pop-Tarts first rolled out in the 1960s, instructions to store managers emphatically stated that, "In no way should this product be sold as a substitute for cereal." Even Kellogg's wouldn't admit the connection, and it took thirty years for them to come to grips with the similarities. I guess it didn't matter too much as the cereal failed. Despite all the varieties of Pop-Tarts, the cereal only came in two flavors, frosted strawberry and brown sugar cinnamon. File this one under the wish-we-could forget category for Pop-Tarts, just like the Chocolate Peppermint, Frosted Peanut Butter and Jelly, and Chocolate and Cherry Chip flavors.
S'mores Grahams (a.k.a. S'mores Crunch)
S'mores Crunch launched in 1982 as chocolate graham cracker cereal filled with tiny marshmallows pieces similar to those found in packets of powdered hot chocolate mix. The S'morecerer tried to entice you to buy it, but his magic failed as it was discontinued in the late 1980s. Resurrected in the 1990s as S'mores Grahams, it has since been re-discontinued. Oh how General Mills teases us with this cereal. Kellogg's did introduce Smorz in 2002, which is a related cousin of this fallen General Mills version. Maybe its not the same, but you can still buy Smorz.
Waffelos (1979-1984)
Waffelos was "a sweetened cereal with artificial maple syrup flavor" made to resemble eating buttermilk waffles. Although I have no idea why they misspelled waffle in the name. Waffelo Bill and his Horse rode for Waffelos as its cowboy spokesperson. And yes, the horse's name was simply Horse! Waffelos also came in a blueberry variety for a short time. It featured simple minded Blueberry Critters with smiley faces that bounced around the desert. Waffelo Bill attempted to them round up, shouting, "Gidyap, gidyap, lil' blueberry critters". As one might guess, the cereal tasted "like crunchy little blueberry waffles".
French Toast Crunch (1995-2008)
A member of the Cinnamon Toast Crunch family (which for a time also included Peanut Butter Toast Crunch), the original French Toast Crunch was sold in red boxes and shaped like little French toast slices, reminiscent of the style of Cookie Crisp. More recently, it was packaged in yellow boxes and resembles the sprinkled squares of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, only lighter in color. It was only recently discontinued, so you still may be able to find some of the newer version of the cereal.
Vanilla Wafer Cookie Crisp (Late 1970s-Early 1980s)
In a true injustice to cereal lovers, Vanilla Cookie Crisp was taken away all too early. It was just like today's Cookie Crisp, except that the cookies were small and vanilla flavored. Cookie Jarvis was the cereal magician peddling this concoction, and it's quite possible that the sneaky scorcerer put something very addictive in the recipe. As he would say, "I've come from afar to change your dish into a cookie jar! Heehee…Spelunk, spelar!"
E.T. Cereal (1984-?)
It seems there are two schools of thought when it comes to what exactly E.T. Cereal was. Everyone agrees that the cereal itself was in the shape of little Es and Ts. However, some say it was a Cap'n Crunch taste-a-like with yellow corn flavor. Don't listen to those people, because they would be wrong. The extra-terrestrial represented a peanut butter and chocolate flavored cereal, much like his favorite candy from the movie Reese's Pieces. Not that it mattered all that much. The cereal was short lived, and it wouldn't surprise me to find some of the boxes buried in the desert with all those Atari games.
Batman Cereal (1989-1990)
It seems like there was a period when any popular movie or cartoon would be made into a cereal and odds favored it would be a Cap'n Crunch knock-off. Batman fell right into the trap, with its little yellow corn bat bits. Although Cap'n Crunch didn't have a Batman bank attached to the front of the box (Later versions came with mini Batman comics). The cereal came out at the height of the first movie's reign, siphoning a great deal of its popularity and parent's money. Of course Ralston was pumping out so many tie-in fads that most grocery stores couldn't clear enough space on its shelves. That pushed many a box to the dollar store in quick time, and often an unceremonious demise. The release of Batman Returns gave Ralston a do-over on the Batman cereal, and they went back to their standard chex and marshmallows formula. I guess you could call the chex pieces "Bat Nets."
Fruity Marshmallow Krispies (1980-mid 1990s)
This cereal actually started as the red-boxed Marshmallow Krispieswith plain multi-colored marshmallows and eventually added "Fruity" to the title as the marshmallows morphed into fruit shapes. The box also turned green and overall it was a definite improvement. Either version was basically an amped up version of the pseudo-healthy Rice Krispie line, so I'm sure kids won out on both incarnations. The commercial was also a winner, featuring Snap, Krackle, and Pop in a conga line with dancing fruits set to a memorable reggae beat:
Wackies (1960-?)
Where to start on this one? Wackies were described as an "all oat cereal with sweet banana flavor bits" in wacky shapes like "banana bingles", "banana jangles", "oat gloops", and "oat glots". I have no idea what that means. It was hawked by Wackies Boy and the Banana Wackies Gorilla, and both appear hopped up on something. Hopefully it's just sugar, but you can judge for yourself:
Coming in orange, strawberry, and chocolate flavors, KOMBOs was plugged by the curious exotic beast, the Blue Gnu. Yes, a gnu is a real animal, although it doesn't come in blue and it's doubtful kids would know what it was (hint: an African antelope). The odd choice doesn't exactly strike familiarity in the way a tiger, rabbit, or leprechaun do. According to Blue Gnu, "Kellogg's Kombos put more in your morning. Get G-Gnawing on them soon!" Yes, I will get right on that.
Nut 'n Honey Crunch
What I remember most about this cereal was the commercial. And if you saw it, you probably would too. Basically it involved people mistaking the name of the cereal for the line "Nothing, Honey!". Here's YouTube to the rescue:
Morning Funnies (1988-1989)
The concept on this one sounds like a winner. People like to eat cereal while reading the morning comics, so why not stick the comics right on the box? Available in several "Commemorative Editions", each box was filled front and back with recognizable comic strips. The back panel even folded out to reveal another full page. Resident comics included Family Circus, What A Guy, Hi and Lois, Dennis the Mennis, Luann, Tiger, Beetle Bailey, and Marvin. Later editions added Popeye, Hagar the Horrible, and Funky Winkerbean. The cereal itself was "funny faces of wild fruit taste." Here's the problem: the comics lacked the heavy hitters such as Far Side, Peanuts, Garfield, etc… And you could easily read through all of them in one sitting. Once you'd read them, what was the point of eating the cereal anymore? Although I suppose one can always live by the tagline,"When you ask for Morning Funnies, you're asking for some fun!"
Crispy Critters (1962-?, 1987-1988)
Indubitably delicious? Debatable. Crispy Critters came out in the 1960s and was re-issued by Post in the late 1980s. Both attempts proved unsuccessful and it was discontinued. The cereal was basically miniature animal crackers in shape, appearance, taste, and texture. However, some later boxes featured the addition of pink elephants, orange moose, and grape apes. Yes, the same pink elephants you see when you're drunk. Not sure what the message was there. Originally pawned off by Linus the Lionhearted as "the one and only cereal that comes in the shape of animals," he was replaced by a puppet named "Crispy" with pom-pon antennae and a furry yellow body in the 1980s. Also take note of the de-evolution of Linus. During the 1960's his appearance changed. He lost his tophat, vest, and beard, and gained a bulbous snout and became more cartoonish. Then he disappeared for many years and this Crispy guy appeared. I hope that's not what happens when you eat this cereal.
Team Flakes (1950s-early 1990s)
For a change, we'll turn to something on the healthy side of the cereal spectrum. Well, at least somewhat healthy. All this cereal was were flakes, but it was a four grain flake consisting of corn, oats, rice, and wheat. The team part is probably in reference to the "team" the four grains make when unified, plus its "the cereal that plays along with you." Unusually tasty and sort of puffy, the closest thing around now is probably General Mill's Curves Cereal Whole Grain Crunch or to a lesser extent Crispix. The cereal was reportedly discontinued when Post bought out the Nabisco cereal line in the early 1990s.
OJ's (1980s)
The O.J. stood for orange juice, not Orenthal James. Though O.J. would have likely killed it had it not already died. It was a cereal with the "wholesome goodness of real orange juice," containing 10% real juice. Marketed as a mildly healthy cereal in that it was basically orange juice in cereal form and orange juice is at least conceivably healthy being derived from a fruit. Chocked full of Vitamin C, the little orange and yellow balls and rings were fronted by O.J. Joe, a cattleman. He would ride and corrall wild oranges in an effort to rustle up all that sweet juice needed for OJ cereal. The really daring kid would substitute actual OJ for milk when eating this. Here's an old ad for this short-lived phenomenon:
Gremlins Cereal (1984-?)
One final movie tie-in, and yet another Ralston cereal made as a Cap'n Crunch knock-off. You can add milk, but never water to the breakfast treats. The cereal was fairly nondescript, but it had a great theme song, "Gremlins, Gremlins, bite after bite. What a tasty way to satisfy your Gremlin appetite!" The best I could find was the partial commercial below that someone taped over. Note, we don't know what happens if you eat this cereal after midnight.
Body Buddies (1980s)
During Body Buddies' short time on earth it was marketed as a good-for-you breakfast treat. It looked like Kix and came in two varieties, a Natural Fruit Flavor in a green box and a Brown Sugar & Honey flavor in a golden box. Pimped as having sixteen (count 'em) vitamins and minerals, the box featured four kids doing exercises. Fans of Hannibal Lecter might remember this cereal also appeared in the original Thomas Harris movie adaptation, Manhunter.
Triple Snack (1961-1965)
It's a cereal. It's a snack. Triple Snack was a combination of roasted peanuts, sugar puffed corn, and sugar puffed wheat. You decide if peanuts can be in a cereal, or if that transforms it into something else like trail mix. Boo Boo of Yogi Bear/Hanna-Barbera fame was the original cartoon character hawking this stuff, but he got replace by the blue Triple Snack Giraffe. Tough break Boo Boo.
Jets (late 1950s to early 1970s)
Who didn't sign up to sell this sugar coated oat and wheat cereal? You had Rocky and Bullwinkle, you had the Sugar Jet Kids flying around in their glucose induced high, you had Major Jet the Space Pilot exploring the universe, you had Mr. Moonbird, Johnny Jet, and Goggol the Alien teaming up to pitch it you, and as shown above you had the Go-Cart Kids with their dog. And that list doesn't include the football players they eventually slapped on the box. The cereal was similar in shape to old school Trix or Kix, but loaded with sugar. Later on, they changed the cereal shapes to resemble planes, rockets, and planets. "It's the cereal the will give you Jet energy," was the tagline. Which I guess means you're eating the equivalent of jet fuel, or dare I say rocket fuel? It's awesome to market your cereal as a euphemism for a variety of stimulant drugs.
Rainbow Brite Cereal (1985-?)
I know this website slants more towards male readers, and I wonder if any of them would admit to eating Rainbow Brite cereal? Another Cap'n Crunch-like cereal except with bright colored rainbow pieces flavered like fruit, Rainbow Brite sold out to the man to make a quick buck. Eating this was a basically eating candy, and for most males came the stigma that claimed the cereal turns you gay. On a lighter note, at least all the ads ended in happiness and fruity goodness for all. The fruit flavor in every colorful bite is now extinct, and will probably never return.
Powdered Donutz (1980s)
Tasted like powdered doughnuts. Looked like bloated powdered Cheerios. Donutz actually came in two varieties, powdered and chocolate, but the former is what people really liked. Described as a crispy, sweetened, three grain cereal that was meant to taste like powdered D-D-D-Donuts and was dough-licious. I guess you can consider this an earlier forefather of Frosted Cheerios. You might also rememeber this ad:
Klondike Pete's Crunchy Nuggets (1972-1975)
This one came in both a wheat and rice variety, and were actually just renamed versions of Rice Honeys and Wheat Honeys (which also went by the name Winnie the Pooh Great Honey Crunchers). The cereal was pawned off on kids by Klondike Pete, a bearded prospector who searched for gold with his mule Thorndike. In 1975, Klondike Pete's Crunchy Nuggets were discontinued and the cereal that had existed under various names was finally gone. But Pete wasn't gone. Apparently on a 25-year nugget hunt, Pete returned in 1999 for Golden Nuggets cereal after striking the motherlode in a new secret mine. Sadly, Thorndike had been replaced by a new mule sidekick, Pardner.
Tony's Cinnamon Krunchers (2003-2005)
Maybe the success of Cinnamon Toast Crunch awoke a sleeping tiger, as earlier this decade Tony the Tiger began stalking cinnamon lovers with Tony's Cinnamon Krunchers. And Tony would seem to be the right cat for the job, given his experience with sugary flakes. Except this task when beyond even Tony's immense powers. Many consider the cereal and improved version of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but alas it was not to be.
Corn Crackos (1967-1968)
Seemed like a good idea in the 1960s I suppose. Cracko, the orange waker-upper bird, peddled this suspiciously named cereal on kids in the late 1960s. Actually check that, according to Cracko, "the whole family will go for these sweet twists of golden corn cereal." Allegedly these where sprinkled with cinnamon, but I have trouble trusting that bird. And I know the 60s were a bit adventerous and all, but really? At least you get an offer for a Mr. Potato Head on the box. I'll let Cracko take us out with his tagline, "It's crackles when you crunch."
Choco Crack
Now this is more to the point! Two great tastes that just fit perfectly together! Just ask the two characters on the box, they seem positively thrilled about the flavor. Actually this one isn't a discontinued cereal (that I'm aware of), I just figured it would be a humorous way to end this post. For those wanting to know, this is real box, but it's one of those lost in translation foreign varieties. Probably was aiming for something like Chocolate Crunch.
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Cavalry actually proved rather useful on a tactical level, in particular where troops and squadrons were attached to infantry in small-scale, combined arms attacks. Larger bodies of horsemen, however, seem to have been less effective, as the command structures were too rigid and required approval from too many officers before the cavalry could be committed. More often than not, by the time a decision had been made, the window of opportunity had long gone. Trench Warfare was far from ideal for the use of cavalry, horses being a weapon best used in mobile warfare. After years of fighting no-mans land was heavily cratered in most places, and the logistics of not only getting horses across shell holes, but then the enemy trench lines, was problematic.
The existence of a Cavalry Corps HQ was also controversial. This HQ had a dual role, in that not only did it act as an administrative focus, but its General also hankered after commanding the whole corps in action. Parallels could be drawn between the Cavalry Corps HQ on the Western Front and Browning's Airborne Corps HQ in Market Garden. There was, arguably, no need for an operationak Corps level command for Cavalry, as more than one Division were never likely to take to the field in a co-ordinated manner. The presence of such a HQ was not only superfluous, but also muddied a complicated command and communication situation.
Horses are often compared unfavourably to the tank in the context of 1914-1918. The usual contention is that by 1916 the horse had had its day, the tank was the future, and that the cavalry was only retained thanks to the patronage of men such as Haig. In fact that tank was still very much in its infancy. Technology and tactics were still in their infancy, and the tank was no way in a position to completely replace the horse on the battlefield.
I suspect that the author embarked on this book with the intention of rehabilitating the Cavalry in the historiography of the BEF. This is quite understandable, given his background as a horseman, and the manner in which the Cavalry has been mistreated by history. It is a more than admirable effort, and sheds new light on the wider issues, beyond general misconceptions. I think it would be inaccurare to state that the Cavalry could have won the war, nor did it play a decisive part in the fighting. But it did, perhaps, play a more important role – at least on a tactical level – than historians have led us to believe.
Horsemen in No Mans Land is published by Pen and Sword


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Fans of Club Dubai, the upscale nightclub located downtown, have the rest of the year to enjoy its bottle service, pristine white couches and other swanky accommodations. But on Jan. 1, Dubai's lease will end and so will its run at the historic Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company building.
Taking its place won't be another attempt at a hopping club. Instead, Howard County's Chesapeake Shakespeare Company will turn the 20,000-square foot building (located at 200 E. Redwood St.) into a new theater for "live performances of Shakespeare and other classics," according to a press release.
The managing partners of Club Dubai are "weighing their options" on whether or not to continue operations at another location, said the club's attorney, Paul Gardner.
Perhaps it's not much of a surprise the next tenants won't host a nightclub. In January, Club Dubai will join the building's growing list of club casualties. And it's another indication that bringing a D.C.-style ultra-club to Baltimore is a hell of challenge.
First came Redwood Trust in 2000, then mega-flop Palma in 2008 and then the Velvet Rope in 2009. Despite an estimated $5 million worth of renovations, each incarnation failed to turn the extremely large space (it holds more than 1,500 people) into a popular mega-club destination.
There are plenty of reasons why this building, which survived the city's Great Fire of 1904, has failed to produce a mega-club. Low attendance, the inability to sell alcohol past 2 a.m. and the fact that most Baltimore residents prefer bars to nightclubs are all contributing factors. Mismanaged bookings (for example, a Yo Gotti concert was oversold in February 2010, leading to 50 police officers and a helicopter to the scene), fights and unhappy neighboring businesses did not help.
Transforming Club Dubai into its polar opposite — a classical theater — could be risky. But with the Mercantile Trust building's track record, it begs the question, why not?
Gardner assures Dubai will continue to operate as it has until its lease ends. DMX will take Dubai's stage on Saturday night, and Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane will perform a week later. The transition, come January, could be jarring for Dubai's regulars — from rap concerts to plays by the area's third largest theater company. But for the nonprofit Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, it was a risk (estimated at $6 million for the building's purchase and renovation, paid for by the Helm Foundation) worth taking.
The theater is projected to open in 2014.


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Sometimes it pays just to go away. You could ask Jim Skinner about that.
He was CEO of the hamburger behemoth, McDonald's, pulling down a hefty $8.8 million in pay. Last year, though, Skinner retired, and, rather than getting a gold watch, he was given a load of gold — so large that even a Brink's armored truck would have been too small to haul it all away. His salary of $753,000 was the least of it. The Big Mac chain also served up $1.7 million to the chief in stock and $3 million in option awards. Then it slathered on another $10.2 million in retirement pay. All that was topped by a super-rich dessert: $11.6 million in "incentive pay."
What? Why does a guy with millions already on his food tray need any incentive to do his job? Maybe because Skinner found it hard to stomach the biggest part of his job, which was to pay poverty wages to McDonald's workers, shove thousands of them onto food stamps and other programs paid for by taxpayers, and lobby aggressively to prevent any increases in the minimum wage or any tax hikes on uber-rich elites like him.
It's dirty work, but Skinner did it, finally skipping away with a 2012 pay package totaling $27.7 million. Yet, in the phantasmagoric plutocracy of CorporateLand, too much is not enough. Last year, for the first time ever, the 10 highest-paid CEOs in America hauled in at least $100 million each, even as the great majority of workaday families have lost income.
This gaping (and ever-widening) inequality is the greatest threat to our society's cohesion. Too few people now control an unconscionable and untenable share of America's money and power, using it to grab more of both for themselves. They can build a $100-million wall, but it won't be high enough to hide their greed from the rest of us.
But there's an added dimension to this inequality that you might find especially interesting: Not only are low-wage corporations overly generous to their top dogs, but so are you and I.
For example, I'm sure you'll be as delighted as I am to know that we — all of us taxpayers together — contribute day-in and day-out to the very big global cause of Supersizing McDonald's.
The world's largest hamburger chain is a particularly needy charity case, because without your and my generous tax support, the Big Mac bosses in charge would have to pay a living wage to their 860,000-plus American workers. But, thanks to us, the $27 billion-a-year hamburger-flipping flim flammers can get away with paying poverty wages — and then send their workforce to get food stamps, Medicaid, child welfare payments, public housing and other tax-funded poverty benefits. This public subsidy of the Golden Arches adds up to a very golden $1.2 billion a year. What a creative business plan! Who says giant corporations aren't enterprising?
Well, sniff the chain's top executives; we operate on razor-thin profit margins, so we can't afford to throw money at workers. Really? Last year's $5.6 billion in profits doesn't sound thin to me. Also, note that McDonald's more than tripled the pay of its new CEO last year, elevating him from $4.1 million to $13.8 million.
But what really galls its workers (whose low wages and forced part-time schedules mean they average less than $12,000 a year) is that the taxpayer-subsidized profiteer laid out a fat $35 million in October to add a brand new executive jet to its corporate fleet. This one is a "Bombardier 605" with the full package of luxurious amenities, and it cost $2,500 an hour to fly it.
Just flying one hour on the Bombardier cost more than the combined hourly wages of more than 300 McDonald's workers. Remember, you're subsidizing this. Aren't you just "Lovin' it," as the chain's ad slogan puts it? To tell McDonald's CEO that this is immoral, go to OurFuture.org.


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"Squirrels are way too loud!" That's was the comment from 13-yearold Jake Pyne. It wasn't really a complaint. Merely one of many observations he made while hunting with his father.
"When I'm in the woods hunting deer it's hard not to notice other things. Just sitting quietly you get to see how the wildlife acts when they think no one is around," was another.


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Caldera, Inc.
Debian GNU/Linx
Delix DLD - A German distribution.
iConnect - Internet Service Provider and vendor of Debian Linux.
IKARIOS - Resells fre-software related product in Europe (especially in France)
Lasermoon - Linux FT, a POSIX-certified version of Linux.
LST - Another German distribution from Linux System Technologies.
Pacific HiTech - Sells Linux distributions and software on CD-ROMs.
Red Hat
S.u.S.E. Linux - Available as a German distribution or as an English distribution.
Trans-Ameritech Systems - The Linux Plus series of CD-ROMs.
Walnut Creek - FreeBSD and Slackware96.
Work Group Solutions/Linux Pro - Linux Pro and the Linux Encyclopedia.
Yggdrasil - Plug & Play Linux.