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Dell has re-launched its Student Computing Initiative (SCI) for this year's student intake. The programme, which provides a choice of PCs with Microsoft Office 2007 Pro, 3 year onsite support and McAfee as a complete and heavily discounted solution, was launched last year. It was successfully adopted by around 20 universities and colleges last year, and has now been enhanced with particular focus on making its deployment and student communication even easier. Although the timing is tight, Dell can still setup new programmes for this year's student intake and is holding a series of webinars describing the approach. Please contact your Dell account manager for more details or learn more about the SCI solution at www.dell.co.uk/sci
If you're using Microsoft Office 2000, XP or 2003, you may need to be able to open, edit and save files in the new file formats of Microsoft Office 2007.Newly launched is the Microsoft Updates and Compatibility Pack, which will enable you to work with these formats quickly and easily. This is especially useful if you will end up with a mixed set of software in September, or to let your students know for home compatibility.
The Microsoft IT Academy scheme has been around for quite a while now, and with almost 600 colleges and schools accredited, it has been growing quickly recently. The basic idea is that a college can apply to become an IT Academy in order to offer courses and certification to local businesses, and even their own students and staff.
Skills for Business - the industry training arm of Sheffield College - has a customer base who are mostly SME's - 85% of firms in their local area employ less than 50 people - who were seeking IT training in Microsoft's business packages. So at the beginning of January 2004 they started to provide training courses through the Microsoft-branded IT Academy.
By delivering the Microsoft Office Specialist courses, student numbers have grown dramatically - to 1,000 trainees in 2005-6.
Dave Pickersgill, Digital Development Manager at Sheffield College, says: "We have increased numbers of delegates from zero three years ago to become a vibrant and successful part of the college."
In both 2005 and 2006 there were one of only 5 to be given the "Microsoft Academic Centre of Excellence" award.
Your can read more about the Sheffield story on our worldwide case studies website. More information on the Microsoft IT Academy programme is on our main UK Education website.
I had a great time at the Dysg e-learning conference today, sponsored by the Welsh Assembly Government. The sessions throughout the day looked at what colleges and schools were doing to take e-learning forward, with a large focus on virtual learning environments and collaborative working between schools and colleges.
My presentation, at the end fo the day, was about four aspects of transformation - technology, the lifestyle of students, new attitudes to schools and the way that information flow needs to be more connected and visible; it summarised the changes which we are being affected by, and how things might look in the future.
So, for those who attended and others who may have an interest, here's the links to the slides and other resources that I used:
Transformed Learning PowerPoint presentation (Right Click and "Save File As...") Shift Happens - the introduction (instructions & details on the webpage) Microsoft Surface - unfortunately the video I used isn't available publically, but there are other video resources on the Surface website And finally a short video trailer for the BSF Showcase (Right Click and "Save File As...")
Transformed Learning PowerPoint presentation (Right Click and "Save File As...")
Shift Happens - the introduction (instructions & details on the webpage)
Microsoft Surface - unfortunately the video I used isn't available publically, but there are other video resources on the Surface website
And finally a short video trailer for the BSF Showcase (Right Click and "Save File As...")
And, because there was much discussion about Moodle, let me also point towards other posts on this blog about Moodle integration with SharePoint.
Lots of colleges are already using Windows Vista and even more are using Office 2007. And if you are one of those, then here's your chance to tell others why you like it...and win a prize.
There are two Tablet PCs up for grabs in the competition (one prize for the best Student entry and one for the best Staff entry). And...if you're quick...20 x 2GB memory sticks for the first 10 featured entries in each category...
All you need to do is answer the question "How have the new features in Windows Vista and Office 2007 helped you with your teaching and lesson planning?". That's it. (Oh, and fill out the contact details).
This will be a worldwide competition, but I've persuaded my colleagues over the Atlantic that we should give the UK the first chance to enter. So do it now, before everybody else piles in. And both Tablet PCs will go to UK education (when they extend it, they have to find new prizes and keep their mitts off ours!)
There are two categories - one for staff and one for students.
Here's the website to enter
As I was browsing our new website for information on our work with the Open Source community today (at www.microsoft.com/opensource) I came across the link for the free downloads of the Visual Studio Express Editions. This includes
If you buy your Microsoft software on a Campus Agreement, you will already be licensed for the full versions of these studios, but for those who aren't - or if you want to point your students towards downloads for home use - then the links above are the ones to use to help your budding next-generation web/games/programme developers.
Me? Well, I'm off to the Beginner Developer Learning Centre, to try and understand what it's all about!
Listening to the news this morning, my attention was grabbed by the Information Commissioner, on the subject of data security, as he said "Data is being stolen too easily. Laptops, containing personal information and databases, being stolen when they are taken outside of the workplace without proper data encryption."
This issue also affects colleges, although today it's a relief that we haven't had a high profile incident. Many staff have laptops that they use in college and take home for preparation and other work. And if you take a look at the data on them, you'll find some limited data, typically marks and assessments in a spreadsheet, class lists, and perhaps personal contact lists trip. However on many laptops you'll find some extremely sensitive information about students. This is exactly the kind of information which you would want to safeguard.
And on some laptops, in some colleges, you'll find copies of the entire student database, with lots of detail, including home addresses and contact details etc. Typically these will be on the laptops of the management team using the data for analysis and reporting.
So what should you do about it?
1) Do a quick review.
Take a look at a couple of laptops to assess what kind of data are being taken out of college. Maybe a typical lecturer's laptop, and perhaps (if you're brave!) take a look at the data on the laptop of a member of the leadership team.
2) Ensure you have some basic security requirements covered:
Start with the basics, for example: What is your password policy and is it being kept to? Take a look at our Security Tools and Resources guide on the UK Education website, which includes a link to the Security Risk Management Guide on TechNet. This guide helps you to plan, build, and maintain a successful security risk management program. In a four phase process, the guide explains how to conduct each phase of a risk management program and how to build an ongoing process to measure and drive security risks to an acceptable level. The guide is technology agnostic and references many industry accepted standards for managing security risk.
Start with the basics, for example: What is your password policy and is it being kept to?
Take a look at our Security Tools and Resources guide on the UK Education website, which includes a link to the Security Risk Management Guide on TechNet.
This guide helps you to plan, build, and maintain a successful security risk management program. In a four phase process, the guide explains how to conduct each phase of a risk management program and how to build an ongoing process to measure and drive security risks to an acceptable level. The guide is technology agnostic and references many industry accepted standards for managing security risk.
3) Plan your next move
When you move to Windows Vista, plan to implement BitLocker Drive Encryption included within Windows Vista Enterprise Edition. This will ensure that all data on your laptops are encrypted to highly secure, government standards. This may be the easiest way to ensure that every bit of data on your laptops remains secure permanently. (Watch the BitLocker video)
There are a number of universities and colleges managing wide-scale migrations to Windows Vista this summer - and they've probably already started to upgrade workstations. But if you are planning to do your upgrades later, then you might be interested in some of the software tools we've just started to release to help the process.
One of these, the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment tool helps you by simplifying:
You can quickly evaluate whether your existing hardware is ready for Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system, and it provides guidance on appropriate hardware and device driver upgrades. The auto-generated assessment reports greatly simplify the desktop deployment planning process. With this new 2.0 version, the tool now supports inventory and readiness assessment of networks with up to 25,000 computers per domain or work group, up from 5,000 when it was first released. The tool will analyse any network station running Windows XP Professional or Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows Server 2003 or 2000.
You can find out more, and download the tool at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/wvha
If you or any of your staff - or even friends and family - need help getting started with computers then you might find the Digital Literacy Curriculum will be useful for you. It is free of charge and has 5 modules, available in 12 langauges. When completed. you can choose to take a test and print a pass certificate.
You can make this available in-college or at home, or through libraries and community centres. You can either just link to the site or you can download the materials and use them on your own systems. For full details click this link.
It's summer. You've probably got a whole pile of ICT projects lined up. New PCs into rooms, perhaps a new set of network updates to roll out - and then there's new desktop software. Some colleges are planning to install Office 2007 over the summer. Generally they're not worried about training for students, because they'll just jump in and start exploring. However, some of the staff are the ones who don't like their software changing too much!
And so, to help - and even though this seems to be a step backwards - one company has developed an add-on for Office 2007 which reverts the new-whizzy, easy-to-use, menus back to the old Office 2003 look and feel. It's not something I'd recommend - okay, when it you upgrade you need to spend a while adjusting, but you soon learn how much easier it is to use - but if you've got somebody who doesn't like change, then you'll like this - it switches Office back 4 years...
Classic Menu for Office 2007 - Access, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
(This links you to a 15-day trial - the full product costs $29.95 - but perhaps 15 days is all you'll need to convince your staff to learn the new menu....)


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Motivating, highly trained staff and spacious facilities complement Charter Fitness's battalion of cardio machines and strength-training equipment. Huge flat-screen TVs motivate gym-goers as they lift weights, stationary bikes, and their reflections in large mirrors. Seasoned personal trainers who all hold certifications or four-year degrees in their specialty guide members through an initial personal-training session, introducing clients to the best equipment for their fitness goals. After workouts, private showers or public water fountains sluice away sweat.
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The friendly and experienced staffers at this full-service day spa perform an array of treatments to transform forlorn figures into flattering frames. Carve a coveted 12-pack into your midsection with a Zerona body-sculpting treatment ($200–$250). During the 40-minute session, a noninvasive laser melts rebellious fat cells loitering under the skin, which then get fully eliminated through the body's natural detoxification processes. This Groupon is good for one treatment, but six treatments are recommended for optimal results. Opt for two spider-vein treatments to noninvasively banish web-like squiggles and inadvertently offensive words from your surface.
The only full-service women-only gym in Highland, Womens Core Fitness Center is a supportive, laid-back environment that welcomes all women to come and work up a sweat. There are multiple cardio and strength-training machines, and clients can work out individually or in small-group fitness classes. Certified instructors lead more than 25 classes per week, ranging from Zumba to INSANITY and Turbo Kick. Personal training and childcare are available as well.
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On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 10:27 AM, ross_r said:
I ordered also, crossing fingers I get it in mail soon and in hand.
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 4:00 AM, cheezyball said:
when i paid for my ticket... it said something about giving your proper name or whatever in case your stuff is lost in the mail... so you could get it at the door... all it well... if it gets to you or not. :)
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:48 PM, L. Alex said:
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 9:42 PM, rachelrachellehcarlehcar said:
Well on that case, hound funfunfunfest on their Facebook bc that will surely find your lost tickets. Or just camp out by yoyr mailbox putting your entire life on hold until those bad boys are securely in your paws.
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 8:39 PM, rakrakrak said:
ha but what if they get lost, I think my receipt says no refunds if your ticket is lost
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 8:26 PM, BonnieBlowtorch said:
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The high school basketball season is winding down with the 2A and 3A boys and girls tournaments beginning today in Yakima and Tacoma, and the spring sports season is upon us as the baseballers, softballers, tennis players, track and field athletes, golfers, lacrosse stick wielders and soccer boys are ready for action after two weeks of practice.
The Sequim baseball team opens Saturday at home with the annual jamboree that features visiting teams Federal Way and Chief Sealth battling Sequim's varsity and junior varsity team in three-inning contests.
The high school rules makers didn't mess much with the baseball and softball books this year, but there are little differences in the high school game versus the Babe Ruth or Major League games, so today, as a public service, a look at the new rules and revisions for high school baseball and softball.
Big diamond
The rules makers modified criteria for painting lines, clarified the status of a hit batter and modified the color choice for umpire attire.
As far as lines go, all nonpermanent lines should be white. Won't affect Sequim or Port Angeles fields as they will be marked with white lines, but, on fields with an artificial surface that has blue or yellow lines sewn in, that will be OK.
Rule 7, section 3 deals with batting infractions. A batter shall not permit a pitched ball to touch him. If a pitch is way inside to a right-handed batter, for instance, and he bails out of the way but still is hit by the pitch, a base will be awarded.
If the batter just stands there, not making a move to get out of the way, and the ball hits him, he shall remain at bat (pitch is a ball or strike) unless the pitch was a third strike or ball four.
Reason for the rule? Too many batters were crowding the plate, leaning in, as it were, to get hit and get a base. Now, umpires will be watching closely for this infraction.
Umpires have been forced to wear heather gray slacks when working high school ball. Since gray fades and there are different shades of so-called heather, umpires now are only required to wear gray slacks.
Small diamond
Only one major change in fastpitch rules for girls this spring, but it might cause some concern for batters and coaches.
For years, batters have been taught to square around on a bunt attempt and hold the bat out in the strike zone. If the batter didn't offer at the pitch or held the bat still, the pitch was either a ball or strike, depending on location.
Under the new rule, the bat must be withdrawn in order to take the pitch, otherwise a strike will be called.
There is always emphasis on the pitching rule for girls and this year is no exception. Umpires are asked to watch closely for illegal pitches.
Pure and simple, high school pitchers have to have their pivot foot on top of the pitching rubber. They can put both feet on the rubber if they want to or they can have the nonpivot foot behind the rubber. The nonpivot foot must be within the 24-inches of the rubber, however.
A pitcher can push away from the rubber and drag the pivot foot, but the pivot foot and the nonpivot foot cannot be in the air at the same time. That's an illegal pitch.
Umpires also will be watching for the dreaded crow hop. That's when the pitch replants the pivot foot in front of the rubber before delivering the pitch.
There will be emphasis on the 20-second rule. Pitchers must deliver the ball within 20 seconds after they receive the ball in the circle or a ball will be called.
Oh, yes, don't be surprised if you see a player wearing some sort of skirt while playing. Rules have been altered to allow players to wear something other than the standard uniform due to religious beliefs.
Those are the rule changes in brief. If you have questions, send me an e-mail and I'll see you on the fields as I begin my 53rd year of calling balls and strikes, safes and outs and fair and foul on the big and small diamonds around the Olympic Peninsula.
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Call of Duty 4 tops 10 Million Sales
Whilst 360 version proves most successful.
Cementing its reputation as one of the biggest games of the last 12 months, it has just emerged that Activision and Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has sold over 10 million units.
Infinity Ward studio head Vince Zampella revealed the figure to News.com, adding that the game enjoyed most success on the Xbox 360 and that the recently released map pack add-on had already sold 1.5 million units. These figures no doubt played a key part in publisher Activision's recent financial achievements, with its net revenues for the fiscal year of 2008 coming in at $2.90 billion.
Unsurprisingly, the Call of Duty series is set to continue, and it is thought that Call of Duty 3 developer Treyarch will be taking the series back to its Second World War roots for the fifth installment.
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Contact: Trevor Miller Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold March 3, 2004 Mr. Chairman, this is the second time in six months that this Subcommittee has held hearings on the issue of whether the federal government should regulate marriage. Proponents of a federal marriage amendment say that traditional marriage is under attack. They would have the American people believe that there is a national crisis and that renegade judges have run amuck over the will of the people, the laws, and the Constitution. Nothing could be further from the truth. I believe a constitutional amendment on marriage is unnecessary, divisive, and utterly inconsistent with our constitutional traditions, which this subcommittee has a special responsibility to protect. I object to the use of the constitutional amendment process for political purposes. And I am sorry to say that I believe that is exactly what is going on here. The President supports a constitutional amendment; the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee says he is going to force an amendment through the Committee; and the Chairman of the Republican Conference said this weekend that there will be a vote on the Senate floor on the amendment this year. Yet few believe the effort will be successful. This is a divisive political exercise in an election year, plain and simple. The regulation of marriage has traditionally been left to the states, and to religious institutions. In addition, our nation has a long tradition of amending the Constitution only as a last resort, when all other means to address an issue have been exhausted and found inadequate. With only one state having recognized same sex marriage, and no state having ever been forced against its will to recognize a same sex marriage from another state, we are miles away from reaching that point on the issue of gay marriage. The title of this hearing is "Judicial Activism vs. Democracy." On the issue of same-sex marriage, I am especially troubled when I hear this label used because it is not only a gross mischaracterization of the current legal landscape, but it sounds as though advocates of a constitutional amendment think that judges should have no role in our constitutional democracy. If the Goodridge decision, which was based on the Massachusetts state constitution, is really a case of judges imposing their will on the people of Massachusetts, then the people of Massachusetts, through their elected representatives, will surely overrule the court and amend their state constitution. That process, whatever its outcome, is already underway. Similarly, if the people of California or New York disagree with the mayors of San Francisco or New Paltz, and if the courts don't strike down these actions based on current law, the people have ways of making sure their will is carried out. No one in this room knows what the outcome of these state processes will be. But we do know this: In no state have the people been deprived of their ability to resolve the issue for themselves. The legal and legislative battles, as well as the public debate, have barely begun. And yet we in the Congress are now being asked to intervene, to answer all these questions, for all states and, effectively, for all time. It is the proponents of this constitutional amendment, not so-called activist judges, who threaten to take this issue away from the American people. It is true that the constitutional amendment process ultimately involves the people through their representatives in the Congress and again, more specifically, in the state ratification process. But I simply fail to see how it is more democratic to have three quarters of the states decide this issue for Massachusetts than to let the people of Massachusetts, or for that matter Wisconsin, decide for themselves. The proponents of a constitutional amendment say they are worried that same-sex couples will marry in Massachusetts and move or return to other states, demanding recognition of their marriages. But again, no court has yet decided such a case. And, as Professor Dale Carpenter testified at our last hearing, and as we will hear this morning from Professor Lea Brilmayer, it is entirely possible, if not likely, that under the Full Faith and Credit Clause, no court will require a state to recognize a same-sex marriage conducted under another state's laws. Furthermore, Congress has already acted in this area, and its action so far stands unchallenged. The Defense of Marriage Act, which was enacted in 1996, is effectively a re-affirmation of the Full Faith and Credit Clause as applied to marriage. It states that no state shall be forced to recognize a same-sex marriage authorized by another state. Although I voted against it, I thought DOMA was passed to prepare for the possibility of one state recognizing gay marriage, as Massachusetts has now done. Why do we now need a constitutional amendment when we don't even know yet whether DOMA successfully addressed the problem it was supposed to address? Of course, it is possible that the law could change. A case could be brought challenging the federal DOMA, and the Supreme Court could strike it down. But do we really want to amend the Constitution just in case the Supreme Court reaches a particular result? Do we want to launch what amounts to a pre-emptive strike on our Constitution? That should give every American pause. There is another reason I will oppose a constitutional amendment. An amendment regarding same-sex marriage would write discrimination into the governing document of our nation. The Framers of our Constitution created a document that establishes the structure of our government and protects the liberty of every American. In addition to the Bill of Rights, our Constitution now includes 17 amendments. Leaving aside the misguided prohibition amendment and the amendment that repealed it, some of the amendments adjust the structure of our government, while the rest protect fundamental rights of our citizens. In stark contrast, this amendment targets a specific group of Americans and permanently excludes them from certain rights and benefits. The most often discussed text for a marriage amendment would not only ban same-sex marriages, it would threaten civil union and domestic partnership laws at the state and local levels. These are laws that have been enacted by and for the people of those particular states and localities through the democratic process. They have allowed same-sex couples and their families to avail themselves of certain benefits that cannot be provided for by contract no matter how much they spend on lawyers. Mr. Chairman, in the audience today, we have families who would be directly affected by such drastic action. These are families headed by same-sex couples who already do not enjoy the benefits and privileges of marriage that opposite sex couples enjoy. They would be further harmed by a constitutional amendment that stigmatizes them and belittles their aspirations for their families. The proponents' of a marriage amendment, including the President of the United States, say they want to conduct the debate in a civil manner with respect for those in our society who are gay or lesbian. But taking away a group of people's rights forever can never be done in a civil manner. The Constitution is meant to protect rights, not deny them. That is our tradition. Finally, Mr. Chairman, I am concerned that this Subcommittee is again focused on a remote, hypothetical issue, when there are real problems facing American families today - not a year from now, or a few years from now, or sometime in the future, maybe, but today. Each year, I visit all 72 counties in Wisconsin and hold a listening session. Those meetings are not organized around a specific topic. Instead, my constituents can come and speak with me about any topic on their minds. In my first 33 listening sessions this year, 1638 people attended and 786 asked questions or made statements. Of the people who stood to ask me questions or offer opinions, 139 people were concerned about Medicare, prescription drugs and the high cost of health care, 83 were concerned about jobs, trade, and the economy, and 76 expressed concern about the situation in Iraq and other foreign affairs issues. Only 11 people raised the issue of gay marriage. Six expressed support for a constitutional amendment, four were opposed, and one person just asked about my position on the issue. Today, Americans are losing jobs or facing the fear that their jobs will leave the U.S. at any moment. Today, American families are struggling to afford health care and to send their children to college. Today, American families are watching their sons and daughters, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, go off to serve in Iraq, hoping and praying that they will come home alive. The American people desperately want us to address these issues. Instead, we are holding our second hearing in six months on a constitutional amendment to address court decisions that may some day be issued, or legislatures that may some day reach conclusions with which some disagree. This constitutional amendment debate will only divide our country when we need to be united to face and solve our problems. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 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January 20, 2011
Blood-vessel cells can combat aggressive tumors, helping to prevent them from spreading through the body, new study finds.
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Cell contractions may be key to initiating new blood-vessel growth near tumors.
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You are right bill - I was thinking just 7200 line of cards. I wouldn't buy it new. There are a bunch of cards on ebay that are 7200 series compat.
> see the logic
I don't want 1 top-of-line box - I want 30 mid to low range boxes. I want to do some fun stuff. I want to buy a bunch of cheapo servers to run as cgi machines for utils and services (spiders...etc)
>big time suck, time that is better spent doing actual money making activities...
I admit I am an inhouse guy. Leasing, renting, and anything marked as a "service" is an evil black hole. I resist all "services" possible.
Like right now - we have an error on the server that is botching ssi's as 'index' files. I haven't tracked it down. However, if it was at the office, I would have loaded up the conf file and known exactly where to look to fix it. So now, I have to go through the support service at the hosting co to try to figure out what layer of abstraction is causing the problem. Is it cpanel and it's template files, is it one of the layered domains, is it whm, is it htaccess issue, or is it whatever...
I'd also like to take a shot at running a windows server, but unless I have control of the hardware reset switch, I wouldn't trust to leave it out there in no mans land. From what I have seen, windows is good at running simple stuff, but if you try to get fancy on a windows server, you can be toast in a repetitive hurry.


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You Consumed What While Pregnant?
When I was pregnant with my daughter, you could say I was a tad obsessed with reading up on all the things you couldn't or shouldn't do. I came across a long list of foods that I should be leery of and was better off to not even consume it. I didn't want to take any chances. So I said goodbye to my subway cold deli sandwiches, waved sayonara to licking the cookie batter bowl, and I even stopped drinking coffee altogether before I was pregnant to get my body ready for very little to zero caffeine consumption. It was all in the name of having a healthy pregnancy and baby, so I bid farewell and didn't look back.
As I'm pregnant with my second daughter, I've realized how very hypersensitive I was being. How living in fear of foods and drinks was not needed and just added stress. So here I am, sipping on a cup of coffee as I'm writing this post after having a lunch that consisted of a pastrami and provolone cheese sandwich, and daydreaming about the chocolate chip cookies my daughter and I will be making once she's up from nap, where we take turns licking the spoon. And I thought I'd ask other moms what some of the supposed pregnancy no-no's they've consumed while baking their precious babies. It helps to feel not so alone as a rebel. Here is what they said and one of mine:
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During my first trimester, I ate whatever my body craved during those moments I wasn't feeling sick. And the number one thing I wanted was a Jimmy John's sub! I even stopped on my way home from work and had it in the car as a precursor to dinner.
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"I feel like there has always been so much 'eat this, not that,' through the years and so much changes each decade. What my mom could eat and drink is so much different than what doctors say to eat and drink. I say do what you feel is OK for you and your baby. Also, pretty sure eating raw cookie dough is better than the raw meat I am craving right now." – Monks Mommy @monks_mommy
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"The small glasses of wine were what saved me." – Sara B. of Seattle, WA, mom of one
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"It's an odd one, but apparently pregnant women aren't supposed to have green papaya. At a certain point in my pregnancy I was dying for some Thai Papaya Salad and gave in." – Amber from Apopka, FL, mom of one
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"My doctor is a funny dude and this is what he said: 'Eat the sushi if it makes you happy. Be aware of the mercury and stay away from the back alley stuff. Women in other countries eat sushi as their main diet. So go for it! It is way better than some of the other things you can be choosing.'" – NJ from Holyoke, MA, mom to one and one on the way!
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"I get migraines, and I read all the caffeine research. Most of us would not survive drinking the amount of caffeine required to get the negative side effects. Caffeine helps my migraines. That's the connection. I need some more, maybe." – Anne-Marie from Connecticut, mom of one
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"I drank a small glass of champagne. My best friend of 23 years announced her engagement, I was in my second trimester, and I just didn't think it was that much of a danger. I had one other glass of champagne at her wedding 3 weeks before my due date." – Rachael from Riverside, CA, mom of two.
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TO THE EDITOR: Make no mistake, the most important things in this nation are jobs and the economy.
We see friends, neighbors, relatives without jobs. Welfare and unemployment are a tremendous cost to those who are working.
Unemployment is down because more people are on welfare. This president indicated that he was going to get rid of NAFTA, he did not. Foreign countries have targeted our industries one at a time.
The furniture and paper industries are now being destroyed while our congressmen and senators sit on their hands and blow smoke up our you-know-what. Clothing and shoes and appliances were once made in the United States; those and other industries are closed. Try finding "American made" in the stores. Without a raise in tariffs, our industry cannot compete with someone getting 25 cents an hour.
Inflation is rampant, eating away at savings and buying power for the old and poor. Oil prices skyrocket while American oil is being sold overseas. The oil companies should be threatened with nationalization unless they sell our oil here. Get rid of oil speculation; it costs billions.
This deficit for four years will double what it took George Bush to do in eight years. It's estimated that, with this same administration, in four more years the total will be about $25 trillion.
Illegal aliens take up 8,000,000 jobs from the people who need them the most: the poor and minorities. The approximate cost for processing and housing illegal inmates in the United States is a staggering $16,200,000,000. These are not the only costs.
This president is all sizzle and no bacon. If Romney can't do the job in four years, fire him. I support no political party.
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TO THE EDITOR: Residents of Chazy, West Chazy, and Sciota, in this time of increased expenses, decreased revenues, and the need to do more with less, it is critical that people with experience serve your community.
Carolyn Meseck-Pratt is seeking re-election for town justice. She has been endorsed by the Democratic, Independence, Working Family and Conservative parties.
Carolyn had served as your court clerk for four years before being elected town justice in 2008. She already is a certified New York state town justice with a great deal of experience. This saves the taxpayers the expense of sending a newly elected candidate away for the required schooling to become certified.
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About three years ago, I went on a long day hike in Olympic National Park without a backpack or telling anyone where I was going. Then after a two-month recuperation following my search and rescue, I started to write a book about the entire experience.
If I ever try to do that again, please stop me. Please.
Once upon a time, books were works of art that were painstakingly written or copied by scribes, one letter at a time. Then in 1439, Johannes Gutenberg invented a mechanical printing press that allowed several identical copies (hand copied books weren't identical) to be produced at once.
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Anyone who has tried to get a book published would even argue we've taken a step backwards.
Getting "Lost 65.5 hours in Olympic National Park: a cautionary tale" into print has been the most frustrating experience of my life short of wandering in the wilderness for three days and nights. OK, I went the self-publishing route (which I should have done 15 months ago) but it still has been frustrating.
I finished researching and writing "Lost 65.5 hours in Olympic National Park: a cautionary tale" in February 2007, about 14 months after I started.
The writing process was great, although it dragged on a little too long for various reasons.
I spoke with or conducted full-scale interviews with a half dozen Olympic National Park staff, two U.S. Coast Guardsmen and the owner of the bloodhound used to track me, plus numerous friends, family and co-workers.
I also researched the difference between mirages and hallucinations, national search and rescue procedure, medical terminology, U.S. Coast Guard helicopters, lost hiker behavior, wilderness survival statistics and even the number of the stories in a 245-foot building (about 20). It was a reporter's dream assignment.
Then, after 27 chapters and 43,000 words, I declared it done and tried to get someone with a writing background, later anyone, to read it over.
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Next was an actual published author who gave me a lot of good advice about the book publishing industry. Then she got too busy with running her small business.
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I finally went ahead and self-published on lulu.com, prematurely as it turned out. (Thank goodness for print-on-demand.)
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BOOK II, CHAPTER IX: OF THE REVENUE OF LAND. - Jean Baptiste Say, A Treatise on Political Economy [1803]Edition used:A Treatise on Political Economy; or the Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth, ed. Clement C. Biddle, trans. C. R. Prinsep from the 4th ed. of the French, (Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1855. 4th-5th ed. ).
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BOOK II, CHAPTER IXOF THE REVENUE OF LAND.SECTION I.Of the Profit of Landed Property.74Land has the faculty of transforming and adapting to the use of mankind an infinity of substances, which, without its intervention, would be to them of no service; it yields nutriment and vegetative juices to the grain, the fruits, and vegetables, whereon we subsist; as well as to the forests, whereof we construct our houses, ships, and furniture, and whence we derive fuel to keep us warm. Its agency in the production of all these commodities may be called, the productive service of land. And thence it is, that the profit of the proprietor originates. He derives a further benefit from the useful substances to be extracted from its entrails; the stone, metal, coal, peat, &c. &c. Land, as we have above remarked, is not the only natural agent possessing productive properties; but it is the only one, or almost the only one, which man has been able to appropriate, and turn to his own peculiar and exclusive benefit. The water of rivers and of the ocean has the power of giving motion to machinery, affords a means of navigation, and supply of fish; it is, therefore, undoubtedly possessed of productive power. The wind turns our mill; even the heat of the sun co-operates with human industry; but happily no man has yet been able to say, the wind and the sun's rays are mine, and I will be paid for their productive services. I would not be understood to insinuate, that land should be no more the object of property, than the rays of the sun, or blast of the wind. There is an essential difference between these sources of production; the power of the latter is inexhaustible; the benefit derived from them by one man does not hinder another from deriving equal advantage. The sea and the wind can at the same time convey my neighbour's vessel and my own. With land it is otherwise. Capital and industry will be expended upon it in vain, if all are equally privileged to make use of it; and no one will be fool enough to make the outlay, unless assured of reaping the benefit. Nay, paradoxical as it may seem at first sight, it is, nevertheless, perfectly true, that a man, who is himself no share-holder of land, is equally interested in its appropriation with the share-holder himself. The savage tribes of New Zealand, and of the north-western coast of America, where the land is unappropriated, have the greatest difficulty in procuring a precarious subsistence upon fish and game, and are often reduced to devour worms, caterpillars, and the most nauseous vermin:75 not unfrequently even to wage war on one another, from absolute want, and to devour their prisoners as food; whereas, in Europe, where the appropriation is complete, the meanest individual, with bodily health, and inclination to work, is sure of shelter, clothing, and subsistence, at the least. In preceding chapters, we have noticed the profit resulting from industry and capital, embarked in agriculture or other branches of industry. In the present, we are to inquire, wherein consists the peculiar profit of land itself, independent of that accruing from the industry and capital, devoted to its cultivation; and to consider the profit of land in the abstract, and whence it originates, without any inquiry as to who may be the cultivator, whether the proprietor himself, or a tenant under him. It is the declared opinion of many writers,76 that the value of products is never more than the recompense of the human agency or surplus, that can be set apart as the peculiar profit of land, and constitute the rent paid for its use to the proprietor. The tenor of their argument is this: the proprietor of land lying waste or fallow having also a capital to dispose of, may, at his pleasure, expend it, either in cultivation, or in some other way. If he reckons that the cultivation of his land will yield him as large a return as any other investment, he will give it the preference; and, indeed, it is found by experience, that this mode of investment is preferred, even though somewhat less advantageous than others, as being at all events more safe. Well: and what do they infer from this? Why, that cultivation yields no return whatever, beyond the interest of the capital engaged in it;77 and if so, what is there left for the profit on the productive powers of the soil? Evidently nothing whatever. I have endeavoured to put the argument in the clearest and most intelligible light; and I have to observe upon it, that it proceeds upon a partial and imperfect view of the matter, and upon a total neglect of the influence of demand in the fixation of value. I will now endeavour to give a more complete view of the subject. The productive power of the soil has no value, unless where its products are objects of demand. Travellers, who have explored the interior of America, and other desert parts of the globe, make repeated mention of tracts of the richest land, capable of every kind of culture, yet wholly destitute of any useful or valuable products. But no sooner is a colony established in the vicinity, or, by some means or other, a market found where the products of the soil will, in the way of exchange, pay the usual rate of interest upon the requisite advances, than cultivation begins immediately. Up to this point, there is no difference between us. But if any circumstance operate to aggravate the demand beyond this point, the value of agricultural products will exceed, and sometimes very greatly exceed, the ordinary rate of interest upon capital; and this excess it is, which constitutes the profit of land, and enables the actual cultivator, when not himself the proprietor, to pay a rent to the proprietor, after having first retained the full interest upon his own advances, and the full recompense of his own industry. Land is an agent gratuitously furnished to mankind at large, by whom it is afterwards exclusively appropriated; but its appropriation does not begin to be profitable to the individual, in whose favour it is made, until its products are an object of demand, and until their supply ceases to be co-extensive with the desire for them, as it is with respect to some other natural objects, air, water, &c. From those products of the soil only, thus raised in value by the demand, can there accrue that profit to the proprietor which has been called the profit of land; and which is paid in all civilized countries, and especially where manufacture and commerce multiply the objects of exchange. It may sometimes happen, that in a particular district of such a country, the rent of land may be very trifling; as in our own district of Sologne, where it is no more than 20 cents an acre; but this is owing to the want of roads, and particularly of water-carriage, which makes the charge of bringing its agricultural produce to market, added to the charge of cultivation, absorb nearly the whole value it will there sell for. In some countries, highly civilized and productive in the extreme, land pays no more than 3 or 4 per cent. upon its price or purchase-money. Yet, this is no proof of the poverty of the soil; it proves only, that it sells dear. A landed estate may yield 24 dollars the acre, and require very little expense of cultivation; as if it be laid down in pasture, for instance; in such case it must owe most of its value to its natural properties; yet, if it have cost the proprietor 800 dollars the acre, it will yield a return of 3 per cent. only. And herein consists the difference between the profit and the rent of land: profit is high or low, according to the quantum of the product; rent, according to the quantum of the purchase-money or price. An acre of land, yielding a profit of one dollar only, will bring as high a rent as an acre yielding a profit of 50 dollars, if 50 times as much has been paid for the one as for the other. Whenever land is bought with capital, or capital with land, occasion is given for a comparison of the returns of the one species of property with the returns of the other. It is possible, that an estate, bought with a capital of 100,000 dollars, may produce but 3 or 4000 dollars per annum, whilst the same amount of capital would yield 5 or 6000 dollars. The lower rate of interest which the proprietor is content to take on a purchase of land, may be attributed, in the first place, to the superior stability of the investment. Capital can seldom be made productive, without undergoing several changes both of form and of place, the risk of which is always more or less alarming to persons unaccustomed to the operations of industry; whereas, on the contrary, landed property produces without any change of either quality or position. The satisfaction and pleasure attached to territorial possession, the consideration, weight, and dignity it communicates, and the titles and privileges with which it is in some countries accompanied, contribute greatly to increase this natural preference. It is true, that land is more exposed than other property to the burden of public taxation, and to the arbitrary exactions of power, precisely because it can neither be removed nor concealed. A floating capital may take any shape whatever, and be removed at will. It can escape tyranny and civil commotions more readily, than even the person of its proprietor. It is a safer object of property; for it is often impossible to attach it, or to make it specifically responsible for the debts of the proprietor. Moreover, it is much less exposed to litigation than landed property. Yet, it is clear, that all these advantages are more than counterpoised by the superior risk of investment; and, that landed property is still preferred to floating capital; since land is dearer, in proportion to its annual returns. Whatever may be the exchangeable price of land and capital one to the other, it is proper to observe, that their interchange makes no variation in the supply of productive agency of land and capital respectively in circulation, and disposable for the purpose of production; consequently, that exchangeable price can nowise affect the real and positive profit of land and of capital. When Richard sells his estate to Thomas, the productive service of the land is at the disposal of Thomas instead of Richard; and that of the capital, given in exchange for it, is at the disposal of Richard instead of Thomas. The only thing, which really varies the amount of productive agency of land in circulation, is the actual amelioration of the soil, by clearing and bringing new land into cultivation, or enlarging the productive power of old land, and thus increasing its product. Savings and accumulations of capital are, in the shape of agricultural improvements, transformed into landed property, and made to participate in all the peculiar advantages and disadvantages attached to it. The same may be said of houses, and generally of all capita invested in a fixed and permanent object; it thenceforth loses the character of capital, and assumes that of landed property. Whence we may draw this invariable maxim; that the productive agency of land is possessed of value, which value, like value in general, increases in the direct ratio of the demand, and the inverse ratio of the supply; and that, since land differs as much in quality, as in site and position, there is a peculiar demand and supply for each peculiar quality. A demand for so much wine, more or less, whatever it arise from, creates a specific demand for as much productive agency of the soil, as may be requisite for its growth;78 and the extent of surface, adapted to the culture of the grape, determines the supply of that productive service. If the soil, capable of growing good wine, be very limited in extent, and the demand for such wine very brisk, the profit of the soil itself will be extravagantly high. It is worthy of remark, that all land, that yields any profit at all, however trifling the amount, even so little as 20 cents the acre, or even less, may be kept in a state of cultivation: and there have been many instances of its cultivation under such circumstances. Herein it differs from capital and industry. A labourer, if he finds himself settled in a place, where his labour does not yield him what he has reason to expect, can migrate to another. So, likewise, capital quickly flows from a channel, that affords a less, to one that affords a greater return. But land has not the same facilities: it is of necessity immoveable; consequently, out of its gross product, after the deduction in the first instance of all advances of capital, with interest, as well as of the profits of industry, without which there could be no product whatever, there still remains to be deducted the expense of carrying the product to the market, or place of exchange. When these several deductions absorb the whole product of the land, the land itself yields no profit at all, and the proprietor can never succeed in getting a rent from it. Even if he cultivate it himself, he can only gain a profit on his capital and industry, but will receive none whatever from the bare ownership of the land. In Scotland, there are tracts of unproductive land thus cultivated by the proprietors, which it would not answer for any one else to undertake. So, likewise, in the back settlements of the United States, there are tracts of great extent and fertility, whose revenue alone would not maintain the proprietors; yet they are, nevertheless, cultivated with success: but it is by the proprietors themselves, who consume the product at the place of growth, and are obliged to superadd to the profit of the land, which is little or nothing, the further profit of capital and personal industry, which afford a handsome competency. It is obvious, that land, though in a state of cultivation, yields no profit, when no farmer will pay rent for it, which is a convincing proof that it gives no surplus, after allowing for the profit of the capital and industry requisite for its cultivation. In the instance just mentioned, the effect is occasioned by the distance of the market; the expense of transport swallows up the profit, which might otherwise be made of the land. Other instances might be adduced, in which badness of seasons, war, or taxation, have produced the same effect, and partially or totally absorbed the profit of land, and thus thrown it out of cultivation.79 SECTION II.Of Rent.When a farmer takes a lease of land, he pays to the proprietor the profit accruing from its productive agency, and reserves to himself, besides the wages of his own industry the profit upon the capital he embarks in the concern; which capital consists in implements of husbandry, carts, cattle, &c. He is an adventurer in the business of agricultural industry; and, amongst the means he has to work with, there is one that does not belong to him, and for which he pays rent, i.e. the land. The preceding section was occupied in explaining the source of the profit of land. Its rent is generally fixed at the highest rate of that profit, and for the following reason. Agricultural adventure requires, on the average, a smaller capital,80 in proportion, than other classes of industry, reckoning the land itself as no part of the capital of the adventurer. Wherefore, there is a greater number of persons able, from their pecuniary circumstances, to embark in agricultural, than in any other speculations; consequently, a greater competition of bidders for land upon lease. On the other hand, the quantity of land fit for cultivation is limited in all countries; whereas the quantity of capital and the number of cultivators have no assignable limitation. Landed proprietors, therefore, at least in those countries which have been long peopled and cultivated, are enabled to enforce a kind of monopoly against the farmers. The demand for their commodity, land, may go on continually increasing; but the quantity of it can never be extended. This circumstance is equally applicable to the nation at large, and to each particular province or district. The number of acres to be rented in each province is incapable of extension; whilst the number of persons in a condition to rent them has no fixed and absolute limit. Whenever this is the case, the bargain between the land-holder and the tenant must always be greatly in favour of the former; and, whenever there is any portion of the soil, which yields to the latter more than the interest of his capital and the wages of his industry, a higher bidder will soon offer himself. The liberality of a few proprietors, the distance at which they happen to reside, the ignorance of others, and even of the farmers themselves, and the imprudence of a few more, may sometimes operate to depress the ratio of rent below the maximum of profit; but these are accidental circumstances, which act for a season only, and can never prevent the regular and constant action of natural causes, which must in the end prevail. Besides this advantage accruing to the land-holder, derived from the very nature of things, he has likewise in general the advantage of possessing, or being able to accumulate greater wealth, and sometimes credit, patronage and influence, into the bargain: but the first advantage is alone sufficient to insure him the sole benefit of any circumstances, that may happen to enhance the profit of land. The opening of a canal or road, the increase of population, wealth, and affluence in the province, always operate to raise his rent. He also benefits by every improvement in the cultivation; for a man can afford to pay dearer for the hire of an instrument, when he knows how to turn it to better account. When the proprietor himself expends a capital in the improvement of his land, in draining, irrigation, fences, buildings, houses, or other erections, the rent then includes, in addition to the profit of the land, the interest likewise of the capital so expended.81 The farmer may sometimes undertake these expenses of amelioration himself; but he can only calculate on receiving interest on the outlay during the continuance of his lease: at the expiration of which, the benefit must devolve to the land-holder, being wholly incapable of removal: thenceforward the landlord derives the whole profit, without having made any of the advances: for he receives a proportionate increase of rent in consequence. The farmer should, therefore, engage only in those improvements, whose effects will last no longer than his lease; unless the lease be long enough, to allow the profit arising from his improvements to repay the whole outlay, together with the interest. It is in this way, that long leases operate to increase the product of the land; and it is evident the effect will be the greatest, when the land is farmed by the proprietor himself; for he is far less likely, than the farmer, to lose the benefit of such advances; every judicious improvement yields him a permanent profit, and the original outlay is amply repaid, when the land is finally disposed of. The farmer's certainty of reaping the advantage till the end of his lease, is equally conducive to the improvement of landed property with the length of leases. On the contrary, such laws and customs, as authorize the cancelling of leases in specified cases, as in case of sale by the proprietor, are highly prejudicial to agriculture; since the farmer will hardly venture to undertake any considerable improvement, if kept in continual fear of seeing an intrusive successor appropriate the recompense of his ingenuity, labour, and capital. In fact, every improvement he should make would but increase the risk of that injustice; for land is far more saleable in good condition than otherwise. Leases are nowhere more sacredly regarded than in England; and the privilege, enjoyed by leasees to the amount of 40s. (about 10 dollars) and upwards, of voting at Parliamentary elections, has, in some measure, restored the equipoise of power and influence between landlords and tenants, which seldom exists in practice. In no other country do we see tenants so confident of undisturbed possession, as to build upon ground held on lease. Such tenants improve the land, as if it were their own; and their landlords are punctually paid; which is less frequently the case elsewhere. The land is sometimes cultivated by persons possessed of no capital whatever: the proprietor furnishes himself the requisite capital, as well as the land. They are called in France, metayers, and commonly pay to the landlord half the gross product. This arrangement is to be met with only in the infancy of agriculture, and is of all others the least conducive to improvement; for the party who bears the expense of amelioration, whether landlord or tenant, makes the other a gratuitous present of half the interest on his advances. This kind of tendency was more common in the feudal times, than it is at present. The lords were above tilling the land themselves, and their vassals had not the means. The largest incomes were then derived from the land, because the lords were large proprietors; but they bore no proportion to the extent of the land. Nor was this owing to the defect of agricultural skill, so much as to the scarcity of capital devoted to improvements. The lord felt little anxiety to improve his property, and expended, in a way more liberal than productive, an income that he might easily have tripled. He levied war, gave feasts and tournaments, and maintained a numerous retinue. If we look at the then degraded condition of commerce and manufacture, superadded to the insecurity of the agricultural interest, we need go no further for the explanation of the reason, why the bulk of the community was in the extreme of indigence; and why, independently of every political cause, the nation itself was weak and impotent. Five departments would now be able to repel attacks, which overwhelmed all France at that period: but happily for her, the other states of Europe were nowise in a better condition. [74.]In the preceding chapter, I have given the interest, precedence of the profit, of capital, because the former helps to render the latter more intelligible. I have here adopted a contrary arrangement, because the consideration of the profit of land elucidates the subject of rent. [75.]Malthus, in his Essay on Population, book i. c. 405, has given a detail of some of the revolting extremes, to which savage tribes have been reduced by the want of a regular supply of food. [76.]Destutt de Tracy. Commentaire sur l'Esprit de Lois, c. 13. Ricardo*Prin. Of Pol. Econ. and Tax. c. 2. [77.]According to these writers, even the interest of capital is not given as the recompense of its concurrence in the business of production. I have already exposed the fallacy of this opinion, suprà, chap. 8. sect. 2. [78.]As well as a demand for the capital and industry requisite for the cultivation. [79.]This catalogue of adverse circumstances, all bearing more strongly upon the profit of land, than upon that of other sources of revenue, explains the frequent and unavoidable remission of rent to the farmer, and proves the accuracy of M. de Sevigne's judgment, when she writes from the country:—"I wish my son could come here and convince himself of the fallacy of fancying oneself possessed of wealth, when one is only possessed of land." Lettre 224. [80.]This is not universally true. In England, where agriculture has attained a high degree of perfection, arable farms require much larger capitals than formerly; and a farmer is commonly a much richer man, than the majority of the tradesmen in his neighbourhood. Translator. [81.]The capital, vested in improvements upon land, is sometimes of greater value than the land itself. This is the case with dwelling-houses. [76.]Destutt de Tracy. Commentaire sur l'Esprit de Lois, c. 13. Ricardo*Prin. Of Pol. Econ. and Tax. c. 2. [*]This chapter of Ricardo is perhaps the least satisfactory and intelligible of his whole work. It goes upon the principle detailed by Malthus, in his Essay on Rent; viz. that the ratio of rent is determined by the difference in the product of land of different qualities, the worst land in cultivation yielding no rent at all. But there is a great deal of land yielding rent without any cultivation; and, in a country where the whole of the land is appropriated, none is ever cultivated without paying some rent or other. The downs of Wiltshire yield a rent, without any labour, or capital, being expended upon them; so likewise the forests of Norway; this rent is the natural product of the soil; it is paid for the perception of that natural product, between which, and the desire for it, an artificial difficulty is interposed by human appropriation. The whole rent is, therefore, referable, not to the quality of the land only, but to the quality jointly with the appropriation; and so it is in all cases. Wherever a difficulty is thus interposed, rent will be paid upon all land brought into cultivation; for why should the proprietor part with the temporary possession for nothing, any more than the capitalist with his capital? And the ratio of rent is determined, not altogether by the quality of the soil, but by the intensity—1. Of the desire, or demand for its productive agency; 2. Of the artificial difficulty interposed by nature and human appropriation. The quality of the soil may vary the intensity of the demand for it beyond all question; for the quality is the productive agency: but the supply of agricultural industry and capital in the market will also vary the proportion of its product, which industry and capital will expect for themselves. Why is rent highest, when a population is condensed on a limited territorial surface? because then the utility of its productive qualities is more strongly felt and desired, in consequence of their intense difficulty and attainment. And why is rent still further raised by the prohibition of the import of products of external agriculture? because the natural difficulty of obtaining the benefit of the productive agency of foreign land is aggravated, by the artificial difficulty interposed by legislative enactments. The degree of productive agency, of course, affects the amount of the product; but rent originates in the union of that agency, or utility, with difficulty of attainment, natural and artificial, and is regulated in its ratio by their combined intensity. Translator. |


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"Spicy seasoned sausage mixed with cream cheese and wrapped in crescent rolls. For a different variation, add thin slices of pepperoni on the bottom of crescent roll before the sausage mixture and shred cheddar on top of sausage; roll pastry over."
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1 pound fresh, ground spicy pork sausage
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent rolls
1 egg white, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
Very good! Instead of making as directed, I cut small squares from the crescent dough and made cups in a small muffin tin. I then put filling in and baked them. Nice individual appetizers and my boys loved them!
too rich, try regular cheese next time and slice the sausage instead of ground
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I enjoyed this recipe. Brought it to work this morning for a treat and they loved it. I prefer more seasoning, so I added crushed red pepper and black pepper, also a little onion powder. I will experiment more in the future with additional cheeses. This is a keeper! Update 10/08: I have made this recipe countless times since my first review, the folks at work absolutely loved it everytime. It didn't last 10 minutes once I hit the door. I use Hot sausage and add a bit of red pepper flakes, I've even done a version with cheese. Always tastes great. So many options you can do. Great recipe!!
I make these as "Sausage Puffs" in mini-muffin cups with chunks of the crescent rolls (reduced fat) on the bottom as others suggested, and they are wonderful for appetizers! They would be specially for a brunch or super bowl-type event. Now I make these with 2 tblsp onion and 1 tblsp garlic added while cooking the sausage (you could add other veggies like diced green pepper, mushrooms...), then mix with 1 pkg lite cream cheese, 1 beaten egg and 1/2 cup stove top mix (I like the Savory Herbs variety). After covering the bottom of the cups with red. fat crescent rolls, spoon a 1-2 inch scoop of sausage/cheese mixture on top, then bake 12 minutes (don't forget the cooking spray!). You can try different kinds of sausage or flavored cream cheese for different spins as well. I usually use the reduced fat sausage as well, and I'm sure it would work with ground turkey sausage. I love these so will try the actual rolls as the recipe describes soon - I know the taste is great but will be curious to try it in a different format! Thanks for the great recipe!
I made these for Christmas brunch, and my uncle (who is a chef) said they were the best thing on the buffet. They taste really yummy with Jimmy Dean's Hot Sausage... just make sure you pinch the cresent together at the pre cut seams so they don't tear apart.
Took this to a poker party and it was gobbled up FAST! I used turkey sausage and reduced-fat cream cheese to lower the fat content and taste was NOT compromised! YUM!
Loved it. I used 2 hot sausages and 1 mild, so it was about 3/4 of a lb. I sauteed one small onion, threw the sausage in, seasoned with some basil, oregano, cayenne, and garlic powder. I ended up using 3/4 of the container of cream cheese. I didn't bother to brush the egg white on the crescent dough. This recipe was super easy & super good. I would make this anytime for an easy breakfast and it goes really well with scrambled eggs and toast.
Great recipe! They're perfect for a quick appetizer or snack. They even make for a nice side dish for eggs at breakfast which is why I made them. I swear you could put just about anything in a Pillsbury Crescent Roll and it'll turn out great. I cut the recipe in half and used breakfast sausage adding in a little finely chopped onion. I opted out of the the poppy seeds since I was serving this with scrambled eggs and a side of OJ! Very simple and really tasty!
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Serving Size: 1/20 of a recipe Servings Per Recipe: 20 Amount Per Serving Calories: 225 Calories from Fat: 162
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