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First, starting with this salad recipe from the October issue (On Newstands Now!), I'll be contributing occasional recipe features to Sauce Magazine. I'm thrilled about this – I've long wanted to share more of my recipes with people, hopefully enticing them into the kitchen to get cooking. Plus, flexing my writing muscles seems like a good idea.
As of this moment, there's no link to my piece on their site, but I'll direct you there if and when it's up.
The next bit of news is that I'm off to Birmingham, Alabama to compete as one of 15 finalists in the Southern Living Cook-Off. It's a biggie – the largest annual cooking contest in the United States with a cash award of a cool 100k for the Grand Prize winner.
I'm long past counting on winning anything; that way lies disappointment and intermittent spells of bitter growling. Not very becoming behavior for a yoga mama like me! Also, T hates to be around a sore loser. Just wish me luck and hope that I can squeeze in time for a hot-rock massage at the hotel "spalon".
Last but not least, I've spent the past few months planning a new career – I'm starting a personal chef business, called DinnerStyle.
Now that J has started first grade, all previous bets are off. I'm free for six-and-a-half beautiful hours each and every weekday: I'm ready to join the few, the proud and the self-employed.
So, I've equipped myself with a traveling cooking toolbox, a rolling cooler and good liability insurance. Call me! I'll happily come to your house and cook up a feast or two.
Spiced Roasted Root Vegetable Salad with Feta and Pumpkin Seeds
1 small butternut squash (about 2 pounds)
1 pound parsnips
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon smoked Spanish paprika
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Zest and juice of 1 orange
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 cups prewashed baby arugula or baby spinach
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
1/4 cup pepitas (hulled green pumpkin seeds), toasted*
2 tablespoons pumpkin-seed oil
2 teaspoons honey
2 teaspoons red wine vinegarHeat oven to 425 degrees.
Peel the squash with a vegetable peeler, trim off the top and bottom and slice in half. Scoop out the strings and seeds with a large spoon and discard. Slice the squash into 1/2-inch pieces and spread on a large rimmed baking sheet.
Peel the parsnips and slice into 1/2-inch pieces. Add to the squash on the baking sheet.
In a small bowl, whisk together the cumin, paprika, cinnamon, salt, pepper, orange zest and juice and olive oil. Pour over the vegetables and toss to coat evenly.
Roast the vegetables 20-25 minutes, stirring once or until tender and lightly caramelized.
Add the arugula (or spinach) to the warm vegetables and toss to wilt slightly.
Transfer to a large platter or serving bowl. Crumble feta cheese over salad and sprinkle with pepitas.
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'Tuba Man' killer charged in Bellevue bar shooting
Published 6:01 pm, Friday, December 28, 2012
The Renton teen thought to be responsible for a Monday morning shooting inside a crowded Bellevue bar is still at large, but that didn't stop prosecutors from charging him with second-degree murder on Friday.
Detectives believe 19-year-old Ja'Mari Alexander Jones opened fire inside Munchbar in Bellevue Square just after 1 a.m. on Monday. A 30-year-old Seattle man was killed in the shooting and another man was injured.
More than 600 people were inside the venue at the time of the shooting to watch the Seattle Seahawks' victory over the San Francisco 49ers and celebrate afterward.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said several players were at bar following the team's victory, but none was injured.
"It was crazy, I just heard some shots and I just got down," said witness Dejuan Lofton. "It was just wild."
Monday's shooting was far from Jones' first run in with the law. He is one of three teens who beat to death Ed McMichael -- better known as "Tuba Man" -- in October 2008.
Jones was sentenced to less than a year in juvenile detention on a first-degree manslaughter charge in that case.
Friday's murder charge, which includes a firearm sentencing enhancement, carries a sentence range of 20 to 28 years in prison if convicted as charged. Prosecutors are requesting bail in the amount of $5 million.
Jones is believed to be driving a white Nissan Maxima with Washington license plate AHZ1672. Bellevue police describe Jones as 5 foot 8 inches and 140 pounds. He should be considered armed and dangerous.

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I'm recovering from three sets of epidural injections on Tuesday. These were different than any I've had in the past (facet joint injections in the lower three discs; two in each disc on each side). Right now I'm just a big ball of sweating, sleeping, red flesh. I can't quite get awake -- probably the new meds -- but the steroids are still making me hot and red, even if I'm just sleeping. So far so good on the back pain and spasms, but it's still way too early to make any judgment.
ANYWAY, I'll be back to the blog when I'm up and around and feeling back to "normal," whatever that is. Give me a week or so.
Miss you. Love you. Bye.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Holiday Break
I'm putting the blog back up and keeping it up, but I won't be posting for a little while. I hope to be back in December sometime. Please don't leave me in the meantime!
I'm on Facebook as "Pammy Grapenthein" if you want to follow me there. I will post things there while my blog is down. It's easier to control who can read and comment there, and unfortunately I need that right now. Click the Facebook button on my sidebar to go there. Send me a friend request if you'd like to read.
Big hugs and love to all of you! I hope you have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.
Pammy Sue
I'm on Facebook as "Pammy Grapenthein" if you want to follow me there. I will post things there while my blog is down. It's easier to control who can read and comment there, and unfortunately I need that right now. Click the Facebook button on my sidebar to go there. Send me a friend request if you'd like to read.
Big hugs and love to all of you! I hope you have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.
Pammy Sue
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Sunday, November 11, 2012
Sunday Smile
Dang, those are big pom-poms!
Found on Ravelry HERE. No pattern.
Don't you just want to hug him?
I do!
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Friday, November 09, 2012
Have you seen this?
This is so damn idiotic!
Why? Why?
What are they going to come out with next? A strap-on vagina so little girls can simulate actual birthing a baby? GAH. Ridiculous!
I'd love to hear what you think.
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Thursday, November 08, 2012
Winner, Winner, Winner
Michael was the first one to correctly get my reference yesterday with the picture my front door from the inside...
The inside of the front door in Monica & Rachel's apartment on Friends with the frame around the peep hole! Okay, so mine is a little smaller, but it had to be to fit the style of my door with the beveled panels.
The inside of the front door in Monica & Rachel's apartment on Friends with the frame around the peep hole! Okay, so mine is a little smaller, but it had to be to fit the style of my door with the beveled panels.
Here's what you won, Michael...
A change purse and make-up bag from Cath Kidson and an EOS strawberry lip balm egg! It's all packaged up and will go out via Priority Mail tomorrow. Enjoy these little gifts and THANK YOU for reading and playing along!
I'm still crocheting gloves and have two more pair finished. I'm knocking them out at the rate of one pair per night while I watch TV. It goes so quickly. The pair up top is purple, but they look blue in this photo.
I went to Hobby Lobby yesterday and got about 7 sets of buttons for making these. They really add a nice finishing touch to these gloves with the faux straps. I also got a new variegated yarn in browns for my next pair.
Off to work...
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Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Plant Stand Makeover
I bought this plant stand for $25 about eight years ago. It sits out on the back porch with plants on it during the summer, and usually a dead plant in the winter. Ha. It's missing a finial on one side, but other than that, it cleaned up pretty well, don't you think?
All I did was run a piece of sandpaper over it to get any loose stuff off, washed it off with the hose, and let it air-dry before spray-painting it. It was perfect weather for spray-painting yesterday. I think I only got one coat of paint in my lungs. Cough-cough.
This is our front door from the inside. (No, my walls aren't yellow, but they sure do look that way in this picture - yuck.) Anywho...does anything look familiar?? What if the door was purple? Ring any bells?
The first one to comment with the correct reference gets a little gift in the mail from me!
I have work and run a about 250 errands today. I gotta get busy if I'm going to get it all done.
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Tuesday, November 06, 2012
Colorful Morning Walk
A furry friendly squirrel.
You got nuts, lady?
I got up early this morning and had a cup of coffee and then went on a little walk through my neighborhood and to the park. It was so nice and cool and crisp outside. A perfect fall morning. The Captain went with me. This is his last day off before returning to work after our vacation.
Have a good one.
Talk at ya tomorrow.
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Monday, November 05, 2012
Second Pair
Here is the second pair of gloves I made. These were made using the pattern Bev shared on her blog HERE, except I made the hand part longer for more coverage and I removed the row of DC (Row 1) from the shell rows on the blue gloves pattern. Check Bev's blog if you have trouble seeing the pattern correctly. She has offered to email the pattern to anyone having problems (see HERE).
I like the gloves made with the Caron SS Paints and size I hook. They fit more snuggly than the ILTY ones. I like them both...they're just different. I'm usually leery of using variegated yarns for anything, because I don't think it looks right for a lot of things, but I do like these.
For those of you that have asked, Janie is doing just great. The Captain came home with new beds for all of them this morning. You can see that Ollie prefers to sleep with someone, usually Sammi or Janie. As I told you before, Janie just loves Ollie and vice-versa. You can barely see Sammi there in the back because of her blackness. Fletch has always preferred to sleep in a chair, usually a desk chair in the kitchen or my office desk chair.
That's all folks!
I gotta get back to work.
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Saturday, November 03, 2012
Gloves for ME
I'm getting back in the swing of things around here...
The second pair I'm making out of Caron SS Paints.
The spaghetti sauce I made in the crockpot the other day was SO GOOD. I just never get tired of spaghetti.
I finally made me a pair of these Romantic Fingerless Gloves to keep for myself. I've made several pairs over the last couple of year but have never kept any. Now I have some. I immediately started another pair in a slightly less bulky yarn. The ones above are made with Hobby Lobby ILTY and an I hook. I love this pattern!
I must thank Bev for inspiring me to make some gloves. She shared a pattern for gloves the other day that were really cute, so I got out my yarn and hook and made these. They take me about 3-4 hours to make, start to finish. It depends on how many times I get interrupted by the phone, dogs, hubby, etc. You know how that goes.
The second pair I'm making out of Caron SS Paints.
The spaghetti sauce I made in the crockpot the other day was SO GOOD. I just never get tired of spaghetti.
Speaking of spaghetti, I was watching Giada on the Food Channel this morning. I don't know why, but it really bothers me and makes me mad when she pronounces the Italian dishes she makes with an exaggerated Italian accent. Like today she kept saying spaghetti like this: Spa-GEE-tee, with the accent on the "gee". She said it at least 5-6 times during the show. She also said pimento like this: Pim-ee-EN-to, with the accent on the "en". GAH.
Mind you, she says everything else with no foreign accent at all, but she feels the need to say the Italian words with that stupid, fake, pretentious pronunciation. It makes me want to run up and push her down on her kitchen rug, and then grab her shoulders and shake the shit out of her.
We have a news anchor lady here in Dallas that does the same thing with Spanish names. She has absolutely no accent, but is suddenly stricken with a heavy one when those names comes up just because she has a Spanish heritage. It sounds really dumb and I get annoyed every time.
I'm trying really hard not to get up and make something sweet. I think it might be making me a tad irritable.
Okay, bye.
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Thursday, November 01, 2012
Saucy & Janie & Quirky
Spaghetti Sauce
Recipe: HERE
We're home. I spent all day yesterday sleeping. I felt completely jet-lagged even though we drove, and I don't even know if that's possible, but that's what it felt like. I'm better today and at least have a little energy, so I put this spaghetti sauce together and it's in the crockpot now. This recipe makes a lot, so there's plenty to freeze or give away, which is what I plan to do. I added diced green pepper to this recipe instead of the mushrooms.
Jane Doe, aka "Janie"
For those of you who don't know, I acquired another dog while on our trip. It's a long story that I don't want to get into here, but let's just say she won the lottery on Monday afternoon. She looks so much like Fletcher, except she has more white on her face. Otherwise, it's hard to tell them apart.
That picture above is after we had bathed her in our hotel room and bought her a new collar, leash, toys, dog food, and a blanket. She was so dirty, the water in the tub was muddy rolling off of her. At least she had no fleas.
She is holding her own with the other dogs, and I believe she has a major crush on Ollie. She is running in and out with the pack, and eating and sleeping like she was born here. A trip to the vet is in order soon. She cannot see out of her right eye. The cornea is all clouded over and white. Not that we're hoping to do anything about it, but I would like to know what the deal is with it.
Enough about the dog.
Isn't this a cool picture? It was in our room at the B&B.
These were painted on the bathroom wall. Kinda quirky and weird, but I thought they were neat anyway.
Time for a nap, I think.
Yes, it's definitely nap time.
The spaghetti sauce is making it smell great in here!
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I'm fairly new to caking and I've been asked to do a wedding cake for a friend. I pretty much have license to do whatever I want. It's going to be three tiers. I'd like to have different flavor combinations on each tier. I haven't really deviated from white cake and chocolate cake, so I'm at a loss of what to do as far as flavors/combinations. Can anyone give me some suggestions/recipes for what works well together? I would really appreciate it!
Carrot cake with cream cheese filling works well if it is in the fall (and not too warm, because of the cream cheese).
Lemon cake and raspberry filling is nice for summer.
Coconut cake and chocolate ganche filling...yellow cake with apricot rum walnut filling...white cake with strawberry filling...hope these ideas get you started.


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The "Connection Refused" message is actually coming from the TCP/IP stack, rather than Java or JDBC. It's caused by nothing actually listening on the remote socket. With postgresql, this indicates that you haven't started the postmaster with the -i flag, which enables the IP socket. Peter -- Peter Mount Enterprise Support Maidstone Borough Council Any views stated are my own, and not those of Maidstone Borough Council. -----Original Message----- From: John Collins [mailto:jcollins(at)cs(dot)umn(dot)edu] Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 3:17 PM To: pgsql-interfaces(at)postgreSQL(dot)org Subject: [INTERFACES] JDBC connection refused I have Postgresql set up on RedHat 6.1, and I can access it with jdbc or pgaccess locally, and with pgaccess from another linux box on the same local net. However, I can't get a connection with jdbc across the net. The relevant code is public static void main (String[] args) { try { Class.forName("postgresql.Driver"); Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql://birch/auction", "collins", ""); // Do something useful here Statement stmt = con.createStatement(); .... and the error message is Connection refused. Check that the hostname and port is correct, and that the postmaster is running with the -i flag, which enables TCP/IP networking. at postgresql.Connection.openConnection(Connection.java, Compiled Code) at postgresql.Driver.connect(Driver.java, Compiled Code) at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java, Compiled Code) .... Here's what I've checked: - postmaster is indeed being run with the -i flag. I think neither the local jdbc or the remote pgaccess would work otherwise. Here's the line from rc.d/init.d/postgres: su -l postgres -c '/usr/bin/postmaster -i -S -D/var/lib/pgsql' - I've used every name I can think of, including the ip address, in the URL above. I've used the port and I've not used the port. - I've used netstat to check that postmaster is indeed listening on 5432 I'm stumped. Thanks in advance for any assistance. John Collins University of Minnesota ************
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Minka Kelly gets naked
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California Representative Henry Waxman (D) wrote pharmaceutical company Novartis AG a letter yesterday asking them to reconsider a lawsuit against the Indian government for developing generic versions of the company's patented drugs. The suit, which has prompted a trial that resumes today in Chennai, India, has also sparked protests there and in the United States. Yesterday in Cambridge, Massachusetts, several dozen activists from the Student Global AIDS Campaign picketed outside Novartis headquarters.
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More than $50,000 raised for COP Keating
Fifty-six American soldiers of Bravo Troop 3-61 Cavalry lost every personal possession they had during a deadly battle at Combat Outpost Keating in the Nuristan province of Afghanistan on Oct. 3. Attacked by more than 300 insurgents and forced to destroy their camp, they were left with just the clothes on their backs. Eight U.S. troops were killed.One of the surviving soldiers said no one in the United States understood what had happened to them or what they were doing there. After the camp was hit, he wrote to The American Legion that he was certain no one cared.Visitors of The American Legion Burn Pit blog site are proving otherwise. Fewer than five days after the Burn Pit launched the COP Keating Relief Fund to replace the soldiers' personal possessions lost in the attack, more than $50,000 in cash donations had poured in to the nation's largest veterans organization. Donated funds will be used to help purchase comfort items such as video game players, digital cameras, memory sticks, DVDs, books, magazines and other merchandise. The items will be shipped around Nov. 1."Every donated dollar goes directly to purchase items for the troops," American Legion National Commander Clarence Hill said. "None of these funds are used for administrative costs. We certainly do care about these brave soldiers and the ordeal they went through. They lost eight comrades and were forced to face the gravity of that situation without any personal items to help pass the time. I applaud and thank all who donated to the COP Keating Relief Fund. They have shown that we care very deeply."The American Legion has already purchased 56 iPod 32g Touches, loaded with movies, music and audio books to be shipped directly to the troops next week. The Legion worked with Veterans of Valor, an organization headed by a Marine Corps veteran who was severely wounded in Iraq, to provide the music/video players.Computer Sciences Corp. acted on the initiative and offered 56 laptop computers to replace those destroyed after the attack."We are not asking for much, but anything that you feel that you want to send that would help get a smile back on the men's faces would be great," Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Hill wrote in an e-mail posted on the Burn Pit site. "We lost everything, material-wise, from DVD players, hard drives, laptops, memory sticks, photos, all of our gear and several other things … but we did not lose our pride and will to drive on."To read more about COP Keating and the soldiers who fought there, or to donate, visit http://burnpit.legion.org/.


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A specific-factors view on outsourcing
A distinctive feature of the present wave of economic globalization is that the principle of world-wide arbitrage is increasingly applied to individual components of value added chains, rather than final goods. The result is a phenomenon called outsourcing, or international fragmentation. Economists have investigated this phenomenon with a focus on welfare and factor price effects, mainly using Heckscher-Ohlin-type trade models. Existing studies emphasize a positive welfare effect of international fragmentation, but reveal ambiguous effects on factor prices. This paper first reviews existing literature, identifying the crucial modeling differences that drive the differing results. It then presents an alternative view on international fragmentation based on the specific fators model, instead of the Heckscher-Ohlin model. The analysis explicitly deals with the cost of international fragmentation, emphasizing that there will typically be a fixed cost element, with important consequences for the welfare efect of outsourcing. Moreover, the paper highlights a crucial distinction between outsourcing that takes place in an environment where firms may entertain foreign direct investment, and international fragmentation without capital mobility where firms must rely on arms-length trasactions. The results are as follows. a) With foreign direct investment, outsourcing which is driven by a low foreign wage unambiguously depresses the domestic wage rate. Outsourcing of a single fragment is sufficient to drive the domestic wage rate to the foreign level, adjusted for the cost of fragmentation. This holds irrespective of the factor intensity ranking of fragments. b) If outsourcing takes place without foreign direct investment, then the factor intensity ranking matters. Domestic labor loses if a labor intensive fragments moves "offshore", and vice versa. c) In both cases, international fragmentation may cause awelfare loss if te costs of fragmentation includes a fixed element.
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Eleuthera Trip Report June 2010
After a day-trip to the north end of Eleuthera several years ago we have been longing to go back to Eleuthera to explore the beautiful beaches this island is known for. I'm on a mission to find the "perfect beach" and knew this long, pink-sand beach island would offer me many choices. However, wanting to leave one for another proved very difficult.
We flew Continental to Nassau where our flight with them would end and our flight with Southern Air began. No crowds and no one in line for customs. This was a first! We prefer flying out of Ft. Lauderdale but no seats were available. We flew Southern Air from Nassau with a quick stop in North Eleuthera and within minutes we were on our way to Governor's Harbour. We made it to our Out Island in one travel day– unheard of for us.
Our car, a 2000 Chevy Blazer, was waiting for us at the airport so we loaded up and headed to Governor's Harbour for groceries. About 15 minutes we arrived in the main area seeing the Shell station that is mentioned so many times in beach directions, Pyfrom's Liquor and around the corner, Burrow's grocery store. I was impressed with the selection in this store after shopping at other out island stores. They had cheeses, shrimp, some fresh veggies, pasta and sauces, most spices and lots of canned goods. I was very impressed. I brought along my favorite spices to make it easier for me to plan meals.
Now we're off to our house rental in North Palmetto. This was a 15-min drive from the grocery and no problems on the roads as they are wide & in very good shape. We were told they had repaved the roads recently due to the high number of accidents. Good idea!
Restaurants & Watering Holes:
So impressed with the number of choices of restaurants and "take-away" snack shops. So many choices in Governor's Harbour and some near us in North Palmetto. We enjoy cooking so many of our meals were at the house, mainly breakfast and lunch. We did enjoy a few spots:
The Beach House: beautiful spot on Club Med Beach. The open seating outside provides shade and some with views of this gorgeous beach. Menu had tapas-style items as well as grouper sandwich and a very good hamburger, according to dh. Prices: shrimp tapa (about 8 shrimp) $14, Grouper Sandwich was $12 or $14, and so was the burger. .Sandwiches came with fries. Mixed drinks were $10 and Bahama Mama was $12. It's a hotspot on Thursday evenings at 8pm with their live band and locals and tourists alike enjoying the evening.
Tippy's: We tried to eat there 3 times. They closed out of the blue on Monday. The other two tries were for lunch and the place was empty at 1pm and went by again around 4 for drinks and only one soul was there. We checked out the deck and beach area and it's really run down and not sure what all the hubbub is about with this place. Maybe in high season it's a better stop. We hear the food is good and the service is very poor.
*It's on Banks Road just down from The Beach House a few minutes.
Cocodimama: Delicious! Delicious! I was skeptical after hearing the chef had left but according to the owner the chef from Dolce Vita came to train the chef and the kitchen is putting out fantastic Italian dishes. Wines from around the world were not overpriced and well-pared with the menu. 2 Big thumbs up for Cocodimama.
It's about 10 minutes or so north of Governor's Harbour before you get to the airport.
Sky Beach Bar: Now, we felt like we had landed on the moon as the developers have scraped every bit of earth and stone on this property leaving the blinding white stone. They are slowly added some plants back. It's a very modern, Miami-style place with large, contemporary homes overlooking a stunning stretch of beach. We sat at the covered bar area with an infinity pool. It's not "on" the beach but you can see the water. We couldn't put our finger on it but it was just a strange place for us. Not the typical friendly Bahamian spot.
Banks Deli: had a few choices of salami and cheeses. They had just closed the deli part so we couldn't try this highly-recommended spot.
Unique's on Poponi Beach: great spot for breakfast and lunch. Serves dinner, too.
We used the website www.discover-eleuthera-bahamas.com/bahamas-beaches.html for excellent directions navigating side roads and finding road markers. We knew there would be little to no facilities so we bought our backpack beach chairs and canopy to travel with. It opens up opportunities to hang out on a stunning, deserted beach that we would otherwise not be able to do without some time of shade.
We like the Kelsyus Backpack Chair
Cielo Instant Beach Cabana
Those were so easy to travel with and light, too, so we had no problems with overweight bags.
We stayed at North Palmetto so we were already on a beautiful beach with good snorkeling so it was difficult to leave our little bit of paradise.
Poponi Beach: just up the road from us by Unique's Restaurant. It was a beautiful white sand beach and calm waves for the Atlantic side. Big plus was the breeze that was non-existent on the Caribbean side of the island. No real shade so you'll have to bring your own. Parking is in the shade of the pines.
Airport Beach: It was fairly easy to find taking Knowles Road and parking was on a side dirt road. Entry from the road was on coral so you'll need heavy soled shoes. Once off of that part it was a wide sandy beach with a shallow entry to the water. You could walk out for quite a ways before it came to our waist. Soft, lapping waves good for kids. Sand is hard and was good for walking.
Club Med Beach: gorgeous long stretch of soft sand and light waves. It was very calm water for being on the Atlantic side. It seemed more like the Caribbean beach side actually but with the much-needed breeze. This beach had the most we saw on a beach – 8 people! And, all were spread out so in no way did we feel encroached upon. We parked at the south end entrance where upon returning to our vehicle found we had been vandalized. A window was broken out of our rental so we dialed 911 and the police were there quite quickly. We had all of our possessions with us so no casualties there. But, it seems there had been a lot of break ins lately and the police had assigned a task force to find this criminal. And, after checking in on TA I read that they had caught the person they believe is responsible.
More exploring:
Harbour Island
We had a late start the day we were to drive to Lighthouse beach at the end of Eleuthera so we decided we would go back to Harbour Island. The drive to the ferry dock was an hour 20 minutes. Ferries were coming and going so no wait to get over to Harbour Island. Once there, we had our choices of golf carts for the day and for $40 we had it for as long as we wanted. Granted, we got one of the slow, sluggish white carts but it was hot and we weren't having to walk so all was good.
It was lunchtime so our thought was a nice lunch and drink at Sip Sip. It has been several years since our last visit but it was funny how we found our way the first try to this colorful, beachfront spot. I had a great lunch of mahi mahi and dh had a lobster quesadilla which was fantastic ($30 but lots of lobster in it). Specialty drinks were $10 and $12 each not off from our last visit. Sip Sip has never been cheap but then nothing is on Harbour Island. (Sip Sip accepts Visa/MC but no AMEX)
We buzzed around the island taking in the charm of the old cottages and beautiful gardens. After picking up a couple of trinkets for gifts we stopped at Runaway Hill. We stayed here our last visit and some things have changed – bartender now instead of the honor bar – new patio furniture and furnishing inside but the same great beach and beach view from the covered outdoor dining space. We enjoyed a cold drink and reminisced about the great trip we had the last time here.
The day was passing by quickly so we returned to our carts and buzzed about some more passing by Valentines which was very busy with fisherman coming in from their day of sea fishing. We drove up the hill to Angela's Starfish. Still the same cute house on the hill. It's nice to see that some things are the same around here. We had time for one more stop at the end of our day so we popped into Pink Sands. The grounds are so lovely but this hot day provided no breeze at all so we headed straight for the Blue Bar on the beach. They have opened up the outdoor building to the deck seating now and it's a really nice space. The pink sand beach is still in view and the outdoor bar had a separate bar spot to sit and enjoy the view away from the main spot where the young crowd was busy one-upping the other on the size of daddy's bank account. That part of Harbour Island gets old but you can get away from it, too.
We said goodbye to Harbour Island and ferried back to our car. Missing the turn by the airport we ended up in unfamiliar territory and stopped for directions. We waved thank you and were back on Queen's Highway and back to North Eleuthera before sunset.
We spent the last couple of days enjoying our own little bit of paradise. It's a great beach and good snorkeling off of North Palmetto beach. Fins would have been helpful but we were told there was snorkeling equipment at the house. Missed the small print about "no fins". Oh well.
Departure day was uneventful to Nassau. We checked in to our Southern Air flight from Governor's Harbour to Nassau 90 minutes prior as instructed. It was a long wait so the gate lady gave us the thumbs up to leave for a while but to be back 30 minutes before our flight. The taxi man was there and took us to Cocodimama which was only a 5 minute drive. There we enjoyed snacks and a cold drink while watching Italy play in the world cup. Some very nice looking Italian men were there, young and old, cheering on their team. Is "nice looking Italian men" redundant? ! After enjoying our hour away from the airport we were on our way back with our taxi man returning promptly 5 minutes before our 30-minute requirement.
Our flight was full and non eventful. We were in and out of Nassau airport in no time and took our cab to Bob Marley House where we would overnight before our flight home the next day. I cannot say enough about Bob Marley House. Beautiful grounds, nice pool, and very nice rooms with flat screen tv and a large bath. But, their staff really made our stay one of the best we've had anywhere. Truly a 5-star experience. No request was too much and our enjoyment and comfort was top priority. We will definitely stay there again.
Left our little oasis in Nassau to the airport which was a quick 10-15 minute ride. I spent $69 each to get the exit row seat since we were flying Continental's small Embraer (1-2 seat config) and so glad I did as this gave us a lot of leg room. It was well worth it. Flew Nassau to Houston with no customs/immigration arrival. We arrived directly into a domestic area of the airport. Strange. We had US customs/immigration in Nassau before we left. This is something new they are trying and is not announced to you. It was fine with us as we didn't have to contend with the long lines of Houston Immigration/customs area.
to Eleuthera. We loved the people, the island, and always the charm and remoteness of the Out Islands. This is an island we look forward to visiting again to explore some of the many beaches we missed and to again enjoy those we were fortunate enough to visit this trip.
Here are some pictures from our trip:
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gorgeous pictures! Thanks for sharing your trip
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Thanks, Blamona.
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nice report and pics. thanks for sharing.
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I love your photos- #56 is spectacular! Thanks for the interesting trip report. When I saw the photo of driving down that little wooded road to get to Poponi it brought back some nice memories- we enjoyed some nice long walks on that beach and especially got a kick out of what we called "the trash tree" which was a work of art- all the assorted flip flops, bottles, pieces of net and fishing lures- we added a couple of pieces of "found" beach items to it and took some photos- it wasn't until we looked at the pictures later (this was 2008) that we realized someone had written "Merry Christmas" in dried seaweed in front of the "tree"- it is still one of my favorite vacation photos- wish I knew how to post a photo here to send but I have not gotten it yet!!
Thanks again- very nice!!
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amazing gorgeous pictures, bg! I love Eleuthera; it has been far too long since I've been there. Their beaches are hard to beat. Lucky you! It looks like the weather was spectacular as well.
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You are right about the beaches. They are spectacular!
The weather was nice, not too hot. But, glad we were staying on the Atlantic side for the breeze.
Hope you can make it back soon, ncounty.
ishkribbl, that is a great tree at Poponi Beach. So many things nailed to it and quirky signs. I would love to see your photo as mine didn't quite turn out so well. Hmm, maybe this calls for another visit.
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great pictures BeachGirl.
Loved Eleuthera. Did Bri-land for only about 2 hours - thanks for the shots - next time we know what to look for. When we went it was in August so most things closed! Cocodimama looked really nice when not boarded up. Well, we had the whole beach to yourselves!
We stayed farther north, and it is amazing that due to the length of the island some things are just so far away! Case in point: we never made it down to see Lighthouse Beach.
Check out our trip report on TCI if you wish. Got some pictures to share too.
Ed and Peg.
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I was going through the Caribbean threads and came across yours! Love the report and photos!
It looks like a must-do!
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Funny story to share about vacation pictures, if you met Carol and Roger from Runaway Hill, they came to visit New York a few years ago and we arranged a dinner for a bunch of Runaway Hill regulars, we all brough vacation pictures to share, and I laughed and said "this is probably the first time in History when vacation pictures will make everyone smile." It was basically the same pictures with different people smiling and enjoying their stay on Harbour Island. lol.
So glad you had a great time on Eleuthera. Meant to ask did you stop at Mate&Jenny's? Maitlin makes the BEST conch pizza. Note to self GO TO ELEUTHERA SOON.
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Hello Beach Girl,
What a wonderful detailed and impressively written journal of your trip!! Thank you so much for your pictures as well.
I just booked a flight to Nassau from Florida and am leaving on the 20th of this month to head out there and thought I may take a catamaran or flight to Harbour Island... Just not sure.. What would you recommend for a divorced women who wants peace and tranquility , beautiful beach access, maybe run into some singles... and not pay 400.00 a night? Any suggestions?
YOu seem to know your stuff.. I am only going for 4 days and dont want to run all over the place, but rather be pretty much contained and able to walk to town if you think its worth it.. I looked at Rolling Hills but out of my budget at this time.
Thanks for your help!!!
All the best,
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Sweet Thing asked me about this, she has never had an interest in gun until she met me. I guess it would be best to describe her as curious about them since I have such an active interest in them.
My in short form answer was that full auto stuff is a rich man's toy. You have to be able to afford one, last time I checked was when Mac 10s (cheapest point of entry into automatic firearms) were $3000 or so + the tax stamp. Then the next problem is keeping said firearm fed. It is quite fun giving a recalcitrant target a couple bursts or more. In basic training you couldn't have beat the grin off my face after I got to play with a M249.
Long form answer, and I have given bits and pieces to her already, I see no reason for the 1934 National Firearms Act to exist. The politicians at the time played semantics by claiming "It's not a ban, it's a tax." It only serves to burden law abiding citizens. Just ask the Mexican cartels how hard it is to obtain their equipment due to draconian Mexican gun laws.
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mp3-player owners are not the only seemingly deaf device owners. mobile-phone users often have their ringtones set to the max, although i suspect they do this more to show off: "look, i have prince's 'let's go crazy' as my ringtone. ain't i cool?" but when they speak on their phones, not only do i hear them, i can hear their counterparts on the other end of the line too. what i'm about to share next is no joke. it really happened. i swear.
scene: men's bathroom
players: me in one stall. other guy in a second stall.
other guy's cell phone rings
what should happen next is that other guy ignores it and answers when he's in a less awkward position. not this other guy, though. he answers. yes, i can hear his conversation, but that's not the worst part. this is: i can clearly make out what his friend on the other end of the line is sayingthrough the stall doors, without straining to hear. i do not want to hear. and, no, he was not using the speakerphone feature.
what is wrong with people?! is good technology bringing out our worst selves? certainly it's bringing out our hard-of-hearing selves and the part of us that seems completely unaware of those around us.
i have no answer to this problem, but only this plea: turn down the volume. no one wants to hear what you're listening to or who you're talking to. we're simply not that interested.
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Dual boot primary Linspire & XP primary slave?
Hi I'm interested in Dual booting Linspire as primary master and winxp as primary slave. I will use Linspire most of the time but need access to winxp for gaming and uploading music to my zen mini. In the end what Id like is :
1.PC defaults to linspire boot with xp option
2.access to xp drive from within Linspire so I may add files
(music) mainly.
3.I'd really like to keep both OS on separate drives. and be able to read and write to xp from linspire..
(read & write does mean "view files & add files" right?)
I have no knowledge of linux at all....but I can follow instructions to the "T" so if anyone has a solution for this it be most appreciated.
P.S i can reinstall xp again if the process requires fat32, it is currently ntfs. also I remember reading somewhere that there is a way to "trick" xp into thinking its still master that way it can be slaved to a linux drive, anyone know anything about this?. Anyhow thanx for your time.
Well Windows needs to be on the primary partition of the harddrive (I think this is what you mean).
let's try to answer some stuff :
1. First install WindowsXP and then install Linspire (Linspire should detect the Windows XP installation and add it to the GRUB Bootloader, at least when you put them both on the same drive, I don't know about 2 drives but I guess it's the same). You can put Windows on the Primary master (C: drive in windows or hda in linux) and Linspire on the Primary slave (hdb).
2. Linux has problems with the NTFS filesystem (there is red support and limited write support, allthough I've heard writing to NTFS has improved a lot). What most people do is install windowsXP (I think you can't install XP onto a FAT/FAT32 partition) on NTFS and make a seperate partition (with partition magic, disk director, etc. etc.) that's formatted into fat32 (so both Linux and windows can access it's content).
3. see 2 and yes, IMHO read/write means view files and add files.
If reinstalling XP is not a problem for you I'd sugest giving it a try. Also note that when you re-install windows when Linspire (or any other Linux distro is installed) it might become unavailable (windows will probably remove the bootloader from the MBR) so always install Windows first.
okay so I should make xp as master and linux as slave...I can settle for that as long as they are still on separate drives. Also are you saying that I cant originally install xp with the fat32 format?....and that it "will" always install as ntfs?.....which I would then need to partition a fat32 format afterwards?
just trying to clarify...thanx
also would you have a link as to where I could get a step by step guide to do this.
Well I'm not sure about NTFS but as far as I know (AFAIK) WindowsXP needs NTFS (I don't even find an option to format into FAT32 anymore in XP with SP2). I can be wrong tough (it's possible the installer let's you select FAT or NTFS like with Windows 2000 but I doubt it).
Most people will make a 2nd partition on the windows drive and format that into FAT32, so for example:
you windows Harddrive is 80GB so they leave WinXP in a 20GB NTFS partition and they format the other partition as FAT/FAT32
this can be very easely be done with a program like Partition Magic (from Symantec) or DiskDirector (from Acronis) and with some other tools aswell.
Then you just install Linspire on the 2nd harddrive (might need to use the Advanced installer but I'm not sure).
I don't know of any step-by-step guides to do this, but it should be simple enough.
K ill give it a go by this weekend.....thank You soooo much for your help =)
Hey there, I'm interested in the same thing. That is, Linspire on the primary and Windows XP on the secondary. When I installed Linspire I already had Windows XP installed on the secondary. Linspire told me it would be able to dual boot. Linspire lied. Now I can run Linspire, but when I try to boot to XP it does not work.
So if I just re-install Windows XP on the secondary and set it to be the first boot device in the BIOS will I be able to boot to XP? Then when I want to boot to Linspire I could just change the first boot device back to the primary. I think it should work, but I don't want to mess everything up. Thoughts?
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A small, single-issue political party is trying to clear itself of charges it is anti-Semitic after a candidate it endorsed delivered a speech denying the Holocaust.
Greypower, a senior citizens advocacy party, now requires all speeches made on its behalf to be cleared before delivery.
The rule was imposed after a candidate, Elena Bulis, spoke in Adelaide recently on "The Enemy Within." Bulis denied the Holocaust ever occurred and claimed "Jewish pressure" was responsible for the Nazi war crimes trials.
Greypower's South Australia spokesperson, Betty Preston, told the Australian Jewish News in an interview that the party is investigating Bulis' comments and certainly is not anti-Jewish.
But Greypower has a suspect record. The president of its New South Wales branch, Robert Clark, has been criticized by other elderly interest groups for advocating a "white Australia."
Clark's close ties with extreme right-wing racist groups has drawn criticism in Parliament and led to the resignation of the party's state deputy president in 1989.
Participating in a public forum on immigration policy last year, Clark said, "We should limit our immigrants to the type of people who are traditionally small breeders. I do not want my grandchildren to struggle to feed their family."
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So I'm leaving. Sitting on the floor of my apartment (which is in pre-move shambles), typing on my laptop (which is seizing up with an irritating little virus), and reflecting on my last two years as an art columnist for the Dallas Observer (which have been amazing), I can't help but call myself an ingrate. In the past 24 months, I've been privy to the region's richest, best-kept secret: its art scene. Not nearly as obvious as its sports obsession, as shrill as its corporate market, or as roiling as its politics, the arts in Dallas have existed within a kind of survivalist garret, translucent on the outside and impressively muscular within. It's the kind of scene that visitors and newcomers could either miss entirely if they blink, or submerge themselves in if they so much as scrape its surface.
I scraped its surface while writing for The Met nearly three years ago. It was a forced scrape. The Met's editors were out of arts writers, and they drafted the new kid who had written nothing but film reviews up to that point. My first assignment: to preview Robert Hughes' American Visions series on PBS. As I plopped down in front of the television with six VCR tapes loaded with the history of American art as told through the eyes of Time magazine's art critic, all I could think was "How can I wrap this up quickly?" I mean, visual art, for God's sake. It was a force I hadn't seriously considered since -- well, since I nearly passed out in the Prado Museum in Madrid one year earlier.
And there's really nothing like watching Carravagios and Goyas and El Grecos swirl around you in a kaleidoscopic, mocking haze. Especially if you're not generally inclined to pass out.
But I didn't pass out in the Prado that day. I sucked in a heavy lungful of dusty museum air and set my jaw. "This is art, damn it. You studied this in college. You've been gazing at it and reading about it and scrutinizing it for years." So instead of buckling under the onslaught of sensory perfection, I sat down on one of those ubiquitous museum benches and looked straight at the masterpieces. And thought. And looked some more. And made a decision -- one that led me in a serpentine way to Robert Hughes and the Observer and a column called "Framed" and some of the best art anyone could ever hope to witness anywhere, including the hallowed halls of a Spanish institution.
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I decided right then and there, in the Prado, that I would dedicate myself to learning more about art and its makers, explore how so much meaning can be packed into a single work, consider why artists are compelled to create even when the world won't applaud. The power seething off the canvases in the Prado could compete with any visceral reaction provoked by any great cathedral, and for me, an agnostic, it was far better. What artists capture in their work is often intangible but felt in the deepest corners of our psyches. Just look a Motherwell or a Michelangelo or a Bacon in the eye and say it ain't so. The messages are as clear and universal as if you've been grabbed round the middle and hugged (or slapped, or winked at, or stroked, depending on the work and artist).
Because as far as I can tell -- and I've written this before -- visual art, like music, is the surest sign we have on earth that humans have souls. And I can't think of a nobler endeavor than to explore that posit, and if given half a chance, to help explain it to those who want to feel more of it. Which is essentially how I've picked up a paycheck these past two years. I get paid for exploring the soul. (Some would argue I get paid for crushing the soul.) Pretty friggin' nice, if you're into that sort of thing.
And plenty of people around here are into that sort of thing, and the massive bonus in this line of work is rubbing shoulders with them. By the time I had recovered from writing my second art piece for The Met, about San Francisco's frenetic and punishing machine-art outfit Survival Research Laboratories, I was hooked and given free rein to cover local art. My first real conversations about local contemporary art were with Talley Dunn (daunting) and Edith Baker (gracious). While they carefully negotiated my questions about the regional art market, the subject of a cover story, I soaked up their words and the art that hung on the walls of their galleries. If Robert Hughes could make the tangled and complex world of visual art accessible and compelling to a huge American public, perhaps I could help make Dallas art the same for Dallasites.
And so it went. Forget film criticism, forget rock-music criticism; what I really wanted to cover was art. (And this is where the film montage would unspool, to the swelling music of Philip Glass or Laurie Anderson or some such arty tones.) I read art books and periodicals voraciously, consulted with the friends who could talk to me about it with clarity and warmth. Todd Ramsell, Martin Iles, David Quadrini -- these were my post-college cronies who received the odd late-night phone call: "So what's up with painting in Los Angeles right now?" Oh, their patience. I moved from contributor and then arts editor at The Met to blessed freedom as visual-art columnist for the Observer.
And I shot from the hip. Not always straight, apparently, but at least honestly. I might have found myself on a first-name basis with artists, dealers, and curators, but I strove like hell not to let politics muddy my writing. I'm not a failed or bitter visual artist. If something smelled rotten or looked suspect, I called it out. And if it thrilled me -- which more often than not it did -- I said so, loudly and clearly. And the Observer gave me the room to stretch and fumble, like an indulgent parent who lets his 3-year-old tear her clothes off at the beach and run around.
I'd like to say I've seen nothing but progress in the local art scene these last couple of years. I have, mostly. Suzanne Weaver and Charlie Wylie have brought nothing but amazing contemporary art to the previously muddled Dallas Museum of Art. The McKinney Avenue Contemporary finally found its footing. Talley Dunn started her own gallery. The Modern in Fort Worth is readying itself for a grand new era in a new building. Denton's Good/Bad Art Collective now boasts a thriving New York satellite. The Arlington Museum of Art gave new meaning to the term "suburban venue." Fewer artists are compelled to leave the area, and, get this -- there are nine Texans in this year's Whitney Biennial.
But just as I sat down to write this farewell column, I received a sobering phone call: Turner and Runyon Gallery, always a first to bring national and international young art to these parts, is closing. Immediately. Too much overhead, too few sales. It's a reminder that in the art world, including wealthy and growing Dallas, the fragile dynamic between art and commerce doesn't always balance.
It's a dynamic that El Greco and Goya don't have to worry about anymore. But Tom Sale does, and Tony Schraufnagel does, and Patrick Faulhaber does. And I hope that in the two years I've been here I've helped smooth the crevices between the artistic impulse and audience (and their cash) and drafted new supporters to the scene. It's a good one. I'll miss it.
Now, after my two-year stint, I'm off to England to write a novel about transatlantic pop culture after the American Revolution or some such convoluted drivel. I'm compelled to do it, perhaps the way an artist is compelled to pick up a paintbrush.
So if -- as the door smacks my ass on the way out -- I hear a collective whisper, "What an ingrate," I don't blame you.
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BAD laws are the worst sort of tyranny. If any proof were required of this aphorism, one has only to consider the incident that took place in Islamabad on Saturday. Two men have complained they were enjoying soft drinks in their car at the hill resort of Daman-i-Koh when they were challenged by a policeman. The constable told them that they were in violation of the Ramazan laws, which among other things forbid the consumption of food and drink in public places during the hours of fasting. The complainants say that they were taken to the nearby check post and ended up being beaten up by three policemen before being allowed to go. The victims argue that being cognisant that drinking in public might be found offensive, they had deliberately chosen a discrete spot.
There are two points of concern here. First, regardless of whether or not the men were in violation of the law, nothing justifies the treatment they suffered at the hands of the police. The policemen need to be disciplined for what appears to be a serious loss of temper; applying the law, retrogressive though it is, would have been a comparatively better course of action. But more importantly, it needs to be pondered how injudicious legislation emboldens those inclined towards intolerance and hardens their attitudes. The Zia era saw a number of problematic pieces of legislation being passed into law as the state oversaw an 'Islamisation' drive, many of which have proved difficult to repeal. While perhaps not as questionable as the infamous blasphemy laws, the Ehteram-i-Ramazan Ordinance of 1981 is one of them. It is true that where this law was applied with draconian force in the early years, it is now not often used against citizens except in regrettable but sporadic instances such as that in Islamabad. Now, mainly, it mandates the closure of cinemas and restaurants during fasting hours. Society has opened up in some respects and even the ulema promote Ramazan as a month of tolerance. So perhaps it is time to open up a debate on laws that help promote intolerance.


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Bush and Fox Repeat Vows on Immigration
By GINGER THOMPSON and DAVID E. SANGER
Published: April 1, 2006
Five years after they first pledged to work together to find ways to open legal channels for Mexicans to seek work in the United States, President Bush and President Vicente Fox ended a two-day meeting on Friday essentially where they were in 2001: agreeing on an approach, but unable to win the support they needed to turn their vision into law.
At a news conference with Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada, Mr. Bush and Mr. Fox spoke with conviction about the reasons they supported comprehensive immigration changes that would include expanding guest worker programs and opening new paths to citizenship.
But their comments also made clear that the bold immigration agenda that they supported at the start of their administrations never got far off the ground, in part because of their own missteps and miscalculations, but mostly because of forces out of their control.
''I believe a guest worker program will help us rid the society and the border of these coyotes, who smuggle people in the back of 18-wheelers,'' Mr. Bush said. ''I believe it'll help get rid of the document-forgers. I believe it'll help people on both sides of our border to respect the laws of our border, and enforce our borders.''
He added, ''I believe it is important to bring people out of the shadows of American society, so they don't have to fear the life they live.''
Still, the president dodged a question about the plans by Republican leaders in Congress to press for an immigration plan that does not include guest worker programs and focuses instead on border security.
When pressed on whether he would veto such a plan, Mr. Bush said, ''I said want a comprehensive bill. You're presuming there won't be a comprehensive bill. I believe there will be.''
Prime Minister Harper announced that the three nations had formed a committee of business leaders to discuss ways to keep North America competitive with Asia. And he announced a summit meeting on development, scheduled for next year in Canada.
The longstanding dispute over United States tariffs on imports of Canadian softwood lumber remained unresolved, with Mr. Bush promising to negotiate and Mr. Harper threatening legal action.
Mr. Bush stood firm against Canada's opposition to a new law that will require all people coming into the United States after 2007 -- whether from Canada or Mexico -- to present a passport or some other tamper-proof document.
For Mr. Bush the past two days have been as much about trying to defuse a debate over immigration in the United States that pits him against leaders of his own party, as about reviving a relationship that turned sour after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
For Mr. Fox, the meeting was an opportunity for a little vindication before he leaves office on Dec. 1. He made sweeping immigration reforms in the United States the center of his foreign policy. In pursuit of those goals, he has stood with the United States to defend free trade and tight border security against leftist leaders across Latin America.
Referring to Mr. Fox and Mr. Bush, Demetrios Papademetriou, co-director of the Migration Policy Institute, said, ''Both countries misjudged the political situation in the United States, and so they miscalculated what they could really deliver to each other.''
Harley Shaiken, director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, said of the two presidents, ''They began dating five years ago. They are dating five years later. There isn't much more activity than that.''
Mr. Shaiken added: ''In Mr. Fox's case, the causes could be traced to his poor political skills. For Bush, it was the lack of political capital he put behind Mexico. But in the end, it's Fox who will leave office a spinster.''


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God bless you, Jill .... please keep us posted. Love and hugs going to you and your family.
love to you
love to your hubby
love to stella
and obviously
love to evy as well ,
love to you all and big hugs ,
love to your network and friends and family who can be there with you all
evy can do it, its got to be so tough for you all right now , i just cant believe it , so sudden , and thankfully caught and addressed immediately!!
My husband and I are sending our thoughts and prayers to you and your family. Don't lose heart. Your little girl's got a lot of people rooting for her.
I saw your post under new posts.
Your little one is in my thoughts and prayers. I pray that you all have the strength to endure this bump in life.
Many beating the evil evil cancer vibes coming your way.
Lots of Evy beats cancer vibes and prayers for your sweet baby! Sounds like Miss Evy is one tough girl & will fight with all her might!
One of my twins had multiple hospitalizations and a surgery and it was very hard to balance taking care of my well twin and being there for her sister.
Your family will most certainly be in my thoughts and prayers.
Sending you lots of EVY BEATS CANCER vibes, and every good wish in the world for your whole family.
I read your blog and it sounds like things are going as well as can be hoped under the circumstances. Warm thoughts to Evy and your whole family.
Thinking of you and your beautiful family.
Oh mama. I am so sorry to hear this!
Thinking good thoughts for sweet baby Evy!
you're a warrior mama with warrior girls. stay strong you all
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Sending all the good energy in the world your way Jill.
Summoning all my twin-mamma beat that evil cancer vibes and sending them Evy's way. Go Evy! Go Evy! Go Evy!
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I'll be thinking positive thoughts and sending them to you and yours.
I love that you picked the name that you did. Evy will beat this cancer, and we will all celebrate that with you. I will be thinking of you and your girls every day, Jill.
Sending Evy tons of healing vibes. What an ordeal for a little girl (and her family). Children can be so strong. Believe in her.
I'll be sending good thoughts for Evy!
Thinking of your family and lots of EVY BEAT THAT CANCER vibes coming her way! Be strong little sweetie!
Evy is strong! May she recover quickly and regain full use of her arm
Thinking of beautiful, brave and strong Evy and sending her and her beautiful, amazing, courageous family a world of love and warmth and strength and positive energy! You can do it Evy! Wishing the whole family love and patience and daily moments of laughter and smiles and calm and bliss and great strength and all you need on this journey. You will be in my thoughts daily.
Lots of positive thoughts coming Evy's way.
and get well vibes for Evy
Oh, how scary! You guys will be in our thoughts. Many to you.
Evy was diagnosed last night and I know Jill could really use support right now.
Oh, Jill, I wish it had been a different diagnosis. Evy will beat the odds -- she is strong and she has her wonderful milk-making mama to get her through.
I've been reading Knockout, subtitled something like Doctors Who Are Beating Cacner. It's by Suzanne Somers and it explores alternative treatments for cancer, nutritional therapies and supplements. It may be worth exploring those along side conventional treatments and getting a hold of some of the doctors. One of the things she writes about is that there is a test to determine which type of chemo is most likely to work on a patient's specific cancer cells. It's not widely done here, but is in Germany.
You and your family are in my thoughts. Sending you lots of strength and beat cancer vibes.
Evy is such a beautiful child!
Praying for your whole family, Jill.
If anyone is interested, there is a candle group for Evy. Go here and type Evy in the group search box. From there you can light a candle and send a message. Jill has the link to Evy's group.
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Florida Georgia Line and Fireball Whiskey
It was bothering me. The new song by Florida Georgia Line was bothering me. It's literally littered with great phrases that catch and hold attention.
Twist off sip a little pass it around.
Hope she's gonna wear those jeans with a tear her mamma never fixed.
But what kind of Whiskey are they talking about? Fireball Whiskey. I thought it was just a term that southern folk used to describe some sort of moonshine. Let's head to google…Oh, 'Fireball Whiskey' is actually a brand of spirits! Tastes Like Heaven, Burns Like Hell! (that's their slogan) According to FireballWhiskey.com,
Rumor has it that Fireball Whisky was forged sometime in the mid-80s during the coldest winter Canada had ever seen when a mixologist turned mad scientist accidentally created a permanent solution to frostbite. The concoction slowly and quietly made its way around North America for a few years as a secret handshake between veteran bartenders. Fireball took an important turn when several bottles were smuggled to the lower 48 from Canada. Word got out and now we're just trying to make it fast enough to keep the fire burning.
I love a well written song. Round Here is one of them. Florida Georgia Line is hugely popular right now. It's songs like this that get your ears itching that are going to keep them popular…for a long time!
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Stackin' them bales
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And Jesse's gettin' ready
I'm gassin' up the Chevy
I'm gonna pick her up at 6
I hope she's gonna wear the jeans with a tear
That her mama never fixed
The moon comes up and the sun goes down
We find a little spot on the edge of town
Twist off, sip a little, pass it around
Dance in the dust, turn the radio up
And that fireball whiskey whispers
Temptation in my ear
It's a feelin' alright Saturday night
And that's how we do it 'round here
Yeah that's how we do it 'round here
Mud on the grips
Wild cherry on her lips
I've been workin' and tryin' and flirtin and dyin'
For an all night kinda kiss
And country on the boombox
And candles on the toolbox
Doin' everything right
Got the country boy charm
Turned all the way on tonight
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The Grand Rapids school board Monday unanimously approved a three-year contract for new Superintendent Teresa Weatherall Neal in which she will earn a salary of $165,000 this school year.
"We are going to reinvent Grand Rapids Public Schools," said Neal, who said the contract approval paves the way for her to make some necessary changes for that transformation. "We have a lot of hard decisions to make over the next few years."
"I am always going to do what is in the best interest of children."
In January, the former assistant superintendent for student and community affairs was appointed interim superintendent, replacing Bernard Taylor. After earning 95 out of a potential 100 points on her June evaluation, the "interim" tag was dropped and plans to negotiate a multi-year contract announced. The contract vote was postponed in July after the death of Neal's mother.
Related: Read how Teresa Neal was rated "highly effective" in her evaluation
Related: School board postpones vote on Neal's contract.
The contract runs from this past July 1 through June 30, 2015, with an extension option to June 30, 2016, if the board approves it on March 31, 2014. In addition to her salary, the board will contribute $30,000 to a tax-deferred annuity for Neal. She will maintain the same level of insurance as administrators, $15,000 per year for family health care, of which she will pay $1,571.
"This contract provides the district with the stability it needs during a time of transition," said board president, Senita Lenear. "The board recognizes that the time is now for taking this district to the next level and this is the first major step towards that future."
"There has been an overwhelming level of positive support, from every facet of education - students, parents, teachers, administrators, support staff, community partners and funders - for Teresa."
Lenear said Neal fits the description of what the community indicated it wanted in a series of community meetings to map out the next superintendent. She said planning the district's future includes mapping out a plan for increased student achievement.
Over the last seven months, Neal, known for being collaborative, has gained a lot of political capital and momentum going into the school year. In October, she will be releasing a three-to-five-year action plan that will focus on raising achievement. Starting this school year, she will also be establishing career and college readiness targets for all students using MAP (Measures of Academic Growth).
Board member Dr. Monica Randles applauded the leadership and skills Neal has already demonstrated.
"I strongly support this contract, which represents the concerns of this community," said board vice president Tony Baker.
Neal had received an initial salary increase of $20,000 as interim, bringing her pay to $139,000. Her $26,000 raise brings her salary closer to superintendents in smaller districts but who have experience at the helm. At the previous salary, excluding benefits, she earned $28,000 to $72,000 less than the superintendents of Rockford, Grandville, Kentwood and Forest Hills, based on 2011-12 transparency reports.
In his last year, Taylor's salary was $203,000 and Bert Bleke, whom he replaced, earned $155,000.
In the first two years of the contract, Neal may be discharged only for "good and just cause," including misconduct and falsification of records or financial information. After the second year, termination can be for good and just cause, or if her performance is deemed ineffective.
Unlike former leader Taylor, who was hired in 2006, Neal does not have a rolling contract - automatically adding a year to the contract after each satisfactory performance evaluation, or one that locks the district into a costly payout.
When Taylor resigned, the district was on the hook for more than $400,000. If terminated, Neal's payout is $120,000.
Termination seems hard to imagine now. As Lenear stated, Neal's appointment has been widely embraced by city leaders, teachers, administrators, students, parents and community stakeholders.
"I believe working with Teresa is going to continue to be a real productive and positive relationship," said Diana Sieger, president of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation, encouraging the school board to continue to be transparent about her efforts. "I am very hopeful about Teresa and the work she is doing."
The Community Foundation, one of the district's multiple partners, announced last year plans to invest $4.5 million into Harrison Park and other Northwest Side schools over the next 10 years, to put students on the path to college. The district has already received $500,000.
Neal said she plans to continue to develop partnerships with community leaders.
Below are some other highlights from Neal's contract:
• She will receive 22 vacation days but can request pay in lieu up to 15 days paid at her daily rate.
• She will receive a $500 per month automobile allowance, $6,000 annually.
• The board will pay membership dues for two state and two national professional organizations.
• The board will pay an annual premium on a $250,000 life insurance policy.
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U.S. stock futures rise on hopes of Europe debt plan
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock futures rose Monday following a painful week in the financial markets on hopes that European leaders will come up with a new strategy to resolve the region's debt crisis.
Finance officials met in Washington this past weekend and pledged to take bolder steps to fight the debt problems, which threaten to slow the global economy. They offered few specifics.
German leaders want banks and private institutions that hold Greek bonds to take a bigger loss on those holdings to slash Athens' debt. European officials have also talked about increasing the $595 billion European rescue fund by perhaps allowing it to take loans from the European Central Bank.
Investors have been on edge about Europe's debt problems for months. Last week, the Dow Jones industrial average fell by 6.4 percent. That was its biggest drop since the week ended Oct. 10, 2008, when it fell 18 percent during the height of the financial crisis.
About 40 minutes ahead of the bell on Monday, Dow Jones industrial average futures rose 103 points, or 1 percent, to 10,800 ahead of the opening bell.
Standard & Poor's 500 index futures rose 14, or 1.2 percent, to 1,144. Nasdaq 100 futures rose 17, or 0.8 percent, to 2,219.
The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to report at 10 a.m. Eastern that new home sales fell for the fourth consecutive month in August, typically a peak time for home-buying. Economists forecast that new homes sales fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 295,000 last month. In a healthy market, typically 700,000 new homes are sold.
In corporate news, Boeing Co. rose 2.5 percent ahead of the opening bell after an analyst said the company should be able to deliver strong earnings growth over the next several years if it can begin steady production of its 787 aircraft.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. rose 2.2 percent in premarket trading. A Citi analyst upgraded the company and predicted production growth at the oil and natural gas producer.


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A new study out of Edinburgh, UK, says that people with the most Facebook friends feel the most stress. But before you freak out and start slashing your friend lists, consider that the study was only conducted on 200 college students. Also interesting: 63 percent of respondents admitted to delaying accepting or denying friend requests, and 32 percent said that denying friend requests caused anxiety.
One researcher described Facebook as "like being a mini news channel about yourself. The more people you have the more you feel there is an audience there." Find out more after the break.
This isn't the first study to focus on negative consequences from Facebook; another recent study focused on students that found that they consistently overestimated the happiness of others on Facebook (makes sense, given that we're more likely to post positive information than negative), and consequently felt worse about themselves.
In the sense that we are able to control information distributed via Facebook, it is like a mininews broadcast containing only pieces of our lives. Any associated negativity appears when people assume that their Facebook life is akin to their real lives. A suggested remedy: understand the difference!


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The Dekopon Is the Fruit of the Future
What do you get when you combine a great taste and an awesome name into a fruit that hasn't even been around for 40 years? You get the Dekopon. And according to the L.A. Times' David Karp, it's the best tasting citrus fruit he's ever had (he claims to have tried over 1000 citrus varieties).