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The key is not to oversimplify, but there it is: a really long beach. Favored with the distinction of having water on both sides, it had some special name and is the longest of its kind in the entire world, a giant mess of sand and driftwood some lounging god casually spat into the Pacific Ocean long ago. But that's getting to the heart of things a little too quickly, perhaps.
Stepping back: the early days of a road trip in the latter days of May: a thousand gaudy expectations pulled from various expressions of pop culture, not to mention the uncountable, sourceless impressions that slip through the cracks between television and film to evaporate into the cultural collective. You know the story: a group of dudes, miles of roadway, and a destination somewhere in the Red Hot Hills of California. The old coming of age story played out on an endless vector of blacktop along which you thrust yourself and your car until it ends and you get there. Until you get somewhere. To be fair, we had a girl with us, so maybe we were about destroying romantic conventions from the start; though, when I think about it there was plenty of romancing going on between E and C. Puns aside, they were definitely boning in that tent of theirs.
In many ways it was an unconventional road trip, or at least it didn't live up to the illusions cast by car commercials. I mean, we camped a few times. Yeah, we camped two or three nights in clean, safe campsites, sat around a fire and clumsily (read: drunkenly) performed sing-alongs to the same two Chili Peppers' songs strummed out on a guitar, over and over again. Somebody told a scary story. We drove a lot. I guess that's all a road trip is, when you get right down to it, but it's just that there seemed to be a definite element of madcap mayhem (meaning) missing form the whole thing; nobody hired a hooker, it was only suggested once that we make off for Mexico, and the closest thing we encountered to a bear was a drunk old man named Richie who once spent a week in an insane asylum for trying to kill a gopher with a .357 Magnum. I guess that last one is pretty good, but really our camping episodes boiled down to three dudes in a tent meant for two giggling and poking each other all night while the other two people had silent sex a few yards away in contempt.
What I'm saying is that we set out looking for the revelatory object at the end of the road(trip), but, just looking at the list of places we went, I don't think we're anywhere yet. I don't think we found it.
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So there it is: meandering miles of the world's longest sandbar, as fine as any silky SoCal beach near the waterline but getting chunkier with distance from the refining hammer of the waves. Moving up the beach is like going back in time, as the well-sorted particulate along the surf seem to forget millennia of weathering, ages upon ages of wind and rain and even larger, more powerful agents of deconstruction as they clump together, swiftly shedding the past as they gain cohesion and girth, cluttering the middling reaches of the Spit in piles of rock nearly large enough to call boulders. Looking all the way back, not necessarily up the beach as the wave breaks, but back towards where the trail stumbles out of the hills, you can see even further back in time, yes, and space, too, because lining the beach that way are the wide white bluffs of Dover, a prehistoric memory of the sand beneath my feet, a living, breathing precursor to post-historic beaches to come. Something in the way those tall, imposing bluffs trailed away down the beach and into the hazy, sea-white morning light made them seem like a watercolor dream out of the distant past, an incomprehensible sweep of rock leached from the mind of a dozing colossus and spread across the western sky in grainy, ethereal pixels too resonant to be an illusion.
Along the hump and spilling over onto the backside of the beach was a bizarre litter of driftwood and human detritus thrust upon the strand as if it were the long disassociated remains of some monstrous and unknown wooden creature of the deep; its various pieces were slumped in formless decay upon the rocky, time-confused sands, having long lost the coherency of rusted-out nails and rotten skeleton. Halfway to the lighthouse on the headland of this long, thin island sat the chewed-up front half of a boat, disgorged from the gut of this manmade beachwood Monstro and evidence that either Job was real or that I regularly watched Pinocchio as a child.
I'm walking this beach that is at least 50% a figment of my imagination, and I'm looking for a Palantir, you know, one of the lost seeing stones. Glossy, globular, seemingly black, my eyes are peeled and I'm not taking any chances, because just maybe some time long ago when it was too early for sand and indeed high time for hobbits, back when the earth was still stuck in between the beginning and all this civilization that's happened since, maybe some wizard got stabbed and dropped one. Don't get me wrong, I know it's a nerdy game I'm playing with myself. I'm really just half on the lookout for a rock that is passably spherical and sort of big, so I can pick it up, thrash around a little bit, and pretend to commune with the Great Eye.
There's nothing, and I see all of my beautiful illusions dissipating into a disaffected nothingness I knew was there all along. You see, the beach was pretty boring in itself, worth depressingly little unless you played with it a bit. That's what I was trying to do, play with the beach a little bit, bring it out of its grey-filtered, monotonous shell with a quick hit of Imagination, but I'm not six anymore, and I needed a certain cooperation I just wasn't getting. I looked out at the slate waves plunging doggedly through the indecipherable blades and lacerations of a steady breeze that couldn't figure out if it was an onshore or offshore flow, and I actually had a moment where I wished for the day (which, despite the clouds, the wind and the seemingly endless walk, was quite pleasant) to be over so I could spend some time translating it into memory; so that I could put merpeople into the sea and gods who threw driftwood lightning bolts into the sky and sort of believe in them. I actually thought that.
I had a few dark moments there, a minor spiritual gloom that I knew I had to mock even as I dabbled in it. Dipped my toes in it, so to speak. I walked beside Luke for about fifteen minutes, saying nothing and thinking about patterns in rocks and diamonds in my mind, stray beams of light catching a cresting wave, and I absently wished that the diamonds were real and set in Neptune's crown instead of the mere chance collision of photons and H20 molecules. I was searching for all the signs, all the signal markers that I would recognize from all the stories I have read that would show me the first step of a stairway to the sky, to somewhere, but I burnt myself out because of course there was nothing like that. Just sand and foam. I don't know what Luke was thinking about because I didn't say a word; I was too busy thinking about a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the ocean floor, and how the fragments of my vibrant memory could do little to shore up the ruin of this godless, fog-smeared beach. I'll tell it straight: that was about when I decided to stop reading for a little while, because Eliot should never seep into your everyday life; it just makes you feel like an ass.
We eventually got to the lighthouse and made a lunch of wine, apples, bread and cheese, reveling in our reproduction of high culture but knowing full well that our wine was boxed, our cheese cheap, and both purchased on sale at Safeway. The bread was great though. Someone even asked us if we were European, which we immediately affirmed in very broken English.
It was at about this point I wondered if turning a corner is a favor nature throws at us, or a decision we make on our own, because my outlook rapidly began to change. The view from the top of the lighthouse was littered with transformative touchstones, and as I looked out at the adjacent keeper's house and then the sea beyond, I had the pleasant feeling that I had been here before, that I had been here before a hundred times, in a hundred different universes. The beautiful thing about this place was that it contained multitudes, was lacquered over with so many representations of its kind that all at once it was in Maine, poised in stately windswept silence that gathered the sun into slow, timeless strokes of air; it was a lonely headland in California, watching for surfers out amongst the big, grey swells; it was sprung from the anonymous pages of some book I couldn't quite remember having read; it was the shining beacon and enormous letdown from another I could remember all too well; it was the shining, imaginative locus of all lighthouses that have ever been, a platonic space of infinite possibility and endless iterations; it was the place where the tooth fairy finally dies in Darkness Falls; it was on the headland of Olympian Peninsula in Washington state, at the end of the longest Spit there is. It was somewhere.


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Last February I published this post about an upcoming cookbook that a couple of foodie friends were working on. After a lot of work the project is finally completed. This accomplishment was only possible with the selfless participation of foodies from all over the world. But what's so special about this cookbook? I'll let the team answer this question with the following description:
Food does not simply nourish the body; food also celebrates what makes the world diverse, as well as, what unites us. The BloggerAid Cook Book is a collection of international recipes illustrating that we can work together and unite for a greater cause. The authors of this cookbook are food bloggers from around the world who have endeavored to make a difference by raising funds for the World Food Programme and encompassing their passion for "all things foodie" at the same time. Through these recipes they share their traditions and insatiable curiosity about new flavours. They pay tribute to the home cooking of our grandmothers, while celebrating the exoticism and richness of a world brought closer together by their hopes to make a difference. With recipes such as Tomato-Cheese Ravioli with Eggplant Sauce, Spicy Serundeng Tuna and Peanuts, Serrano Ham Paella with Oyster Mushrooms, Raspberry Mascarpone Bites and Triple Layer Orange-Passion Fruit Tart we are doing our part to say that bloggers can change the face of famine.
We chose the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) to receive the funds generated by the cookbook because of the wonderful work this organization does. The WFP has touched the lives of our members, many of whom are from countries where poverty is often a way of life. More specifically, 100% of BloggerAid's proceeds from the cookbook will benefit the WFP's School Meals Programme, which benefits an average of 22 million hungry children each year. School meals are important on many levels. In countries where school attendance is low, the promise of at least one nutritious meal each day boosts enrollment and promotes regular attendance.
This book is a virtual way for all of us, wherever we may be and however rich or poor we may be, to pull up a chair at the same table and share what we have.
I was fortunate enough to be part of this project with one of my recipes. If you have been following this blog for awhile, you might know that I love avocados. They are one of those super foods that are not only healthy, but also delicious and so versatile that can be used in countless ways. That's why I decided to send this recipe that features them for this project. We can alleviate hunger in a very delicious way, right? As I promised 10 months ago, I am sharing the recipe for these muffins with you here. But please buy this book. You'll feel good knowing that you are supporting a very noble cause.
- •1 cup all-purpose flour
- •1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
- •1/4 cup sugar
- •1½ tsp baking powder
- •1/4 tsp salt
- •2 eggs
- •1/4 cup milk
- •1 large avocado
- Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl mix flour, cornmeal, sugar baking powder and salt.
- Cut and seed avocado. With a fork mash it very well in a separate bowl
- Mix eggs into the flour, one at a time. Add milk and avocado. Mix until all the ingredients are well incorporated.
- Grease muffin pan(s) and pour mixture into them. It yields about 10-12 muffins.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until the tops start to turn golden brown.
¡Buen provecho and Happy Thanksgiving to my US friends!
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Lovely muffins, great recipe!
Mamatkamal -
I've only made corn muffins and cornbread from a mix. Maybe next time I'll try adding an avocado to it (if I don't eat it on its own first).
These look stellar! I love the use of avocados and I have one sitting in my kitchen right now…hmmmmmmm.
I had just noticed the Buffy quotation you have there, Love _Buffy_! =D
(In the process of cleaning out my reader and I'm printing out the recipes I've bookmarked. Will have to try these avocado corn muffins soon!)
Considering that avocado rises and then falls in the baking process and the need to reduce baking powder for high altitudes, do you think that this recipe is possible in Mexico City?
Made the avocado cornbread. I used a Florida avocado and so reduced the liquid by 1/4 cp, used yogurt instead of mile and reduced the sugar. I also used bread flour as I had no all purpose and cooked it as a round loaf rather than muffin. It worked beautifully. Good recipe.
Update: the first bite was good but the second was bitter. Think it is the avacodo. Will have to try this with haas avocados.
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Missionaries and panhandlers speak to me every time I get off a commuter train. It's not an action that typically nets my ringing endorsement.
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I have a feeling this art was made by someone who used to ride a short bus, so in that case good job buddy!!!! You are a very special little man!!
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Guyana Chronicle article.
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA - Following the successful hosting of its inaugural tournament, the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL) refuses to sit back on its laurels and rest and has already begun planning for another 12/12 championships to be played over a four-day period.
...By CMC.
LONDON – Former West Indies seamer Corey Collymore's four-wicket haul helped Middlesex limit Durham to 259 all out on the opening day of their County Championship match here Wednesday.
The right-armer, who played 30 Tests, picked up four for 61 to lead the visitors' attack as Durham...
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DELHI, India – Two brief cameos from West Indies captain Darren Sammy were not enough to save Sunrisers Hyderabad from elimination, as they went down by four wickets to Trinidadian Kevon Cooper's Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League playoffs here Wednesday.
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CAVE HILL, Barbados – Tino Best is looking to give it his best shot and take West Indies all the way when he lines up in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy.
The fiery fast bowler, who first played for the Windies a decade ago, made a successful return to international...
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TUESDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits:
* As expected, the Fed left interest rates unchanged.
* Pakistan is threatening to shoot at U.S. Special Forces that enter their country without an invitation.
* Democrats are suing to prevent Michigan Republicans from challenging voters based on home foreclosures.
* Fascinating item in Salon on Todd Palin.
* Under the circumstances, McCain may want to learn the initials for the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.
* Charlie Rangel doesn't plan on giving up his gavel.
* CNN's Candy Crowley offers a good example of what's wrong with the media's campaign coverage.
* MSNBC's Jon Decker offers a good example of what's ridiculous about the media's campaign coverage.
* McCain is, even now, lying about the Bridge to Nowhere.
* If it seems like the media is blatantly ignoring Joe Biden, it's because the media is blatantly ignoring Joe Biden.
* Push-polls rear their ugly head? Maybe.
* Reporters aboard McCain's plane are getting a little restless.
* Harry Reid sees similarities between McCain and Herbert Hoover. Paul Krugman is thinking along the same lines.
Anything to add? Consider this an open thread.
Straight outta Venice....
Gondoliers For Obama
This one really plucks the old heartstrings!
Just pointing out that I made a McCain/Hoover joke in the Election Round-Up yesterday. It's not often I think of something before Krugman talks about the same thing.
An entire town in rural Alaska is being evacuated. Not because of any imminent danger, but because their electricity is being shut off, because they can't afford to pay their bills.
What is Sarah Palin doing about this? Nothing.
Candy Crowley is not a journalist, Candy Crowley is a pig with lipstick on. Yes, I went there.
Yes, but only if he's elected. Shrub, though, is Hoover, and Harding and Reagan and pretty much every other incompetent and dishonest president we've ever had. He's managed to take a little bit (or a lot) of them all and make it all his own.
I especially like the one about the reporters revolting. McHoovers handlers have decided he can be trusted with his own mouth. He even fucks things up when reading a stump speech. (Fundamentally sound economy WTF) Same reason they won't let McMoose loose. I hope this the start of something - one of them has got to say, screw this I am going to get off the plane and tell the truth about this campaign.
And Bush had a benign lesion removed. The one, lone benign part of him, and he had it removed.
McCain has a new economic ad out today titled "Enough is Enough."
Let me get this straight.
Obama runs on a message of "Change." When it works, McCain adopts a message of "Change."
Obama gives a speech just days ago saying "Enough is Enough!" McCain releases an ad titled "Enough is Enough."
Clearly, Obama needs to start saying "Johm McCain hasn't had an original thought in his life." It would only be a matter of time before McCain announced, "John McCain hasn't had an original thought in his life."
Explain to me again how anyone likes, respects, or remotely thinks this man should be President of the local Elks Lodge, much less of the United States?
Zeitgeist: Explain to me again how anyone likes, respects, or remotely thinks this man should be President of the local Elks Lodge, much less of the United States?
Er...that's the Exalted Ruler to you!
Steve -- do you have access to Lexis/Nexis? Can you find any old statements from McCain about the Gramm-sponsored banking deregulation that McCain voted for?
Charlie Rangel doesn't plan on giving up his gavel.
He should--at least while he's under investigation.
As expected, the Fed left interest rates unchanged.
No problem. I picked me up a sweet little sub-prime loan!
That's Just What I Said
He should--at least while he's under investigation. Posted by: CJ
Agreed. If he'd got nothing to hide (which I doubt), he needs to step aside. I'm afraid he's probably fairly corrupt, and if the Dems are going to really rule in 2009, we need to be way above this kind of crap.
Todd, Todd, Todd, why were you so nosy that you're going to blow the "executive privilege" defense for your wife? See, because you were copied on ~40 of the affected emails, and NOT a gov't employee, that made it public knowledge and subject to disclosure.
I was interested to see how Newsweek is jumping on the anti-Palin bandwagon, we'll see how long it lasts. Remember that the closer the horse race, the better the sales and the ratings.
I still think McSame drops out. Now whether Palin is a useful enough tool for Darth and TBlossom, (FWIW I think she is based on what she's been doing) might still be an open question, however she's certainly shameless enough.
My thoughts on Jeb are now going to get revised, since he's one of the recent (2007, therefore early enough to be responsible) hires in the financial crisis, Goldman Sachs and/or AIG. Add to that the cousin George H Walker and we have the anti-Midas touch of the Bu$h family. Ye gods. No way Jeb can spin this politically [Obama's just getting cranked up, and it IS the economy], so who's the safe haven for the cabal?
Maybe Darth stays on.
On Rangel, he should give up the gavel, until he is cleared. No need to wallow in RSR filth.
Why isn't anyone covering the Galveston story? An article on Burnt Orange Report tells of bodies in trees, about 1500 of them and more in ditches. Why are the media ignoring this?
"Ladies and gentlemen, attention please; come in close so everyone can see I got a tale to tell - a listen don't cost a dime: and if you believe that, we're gonna get along just fine"
Steve Earle, from "Snake Oil"
Say; now that Heart has demanded Sarah Barracuda stop using "Barracuda" to herald her triumphant walk-ons, what about this tune? Maybe not - there's such a thing as too much truth in advertising. However, if I were a U.S. citizen and a Democrat, I'd think about showing up at every one of her public appearances and playing "Snake Oil" on 11 using the biggest stero I could carry, until her brownshirts showed up to kick me out.
And Anon at 5:50 PM; that was the funniest thing I've read all week. I laughed out loud. Damn, that was a good one.
First, some housekeeping: Jeb was/is involved at Lehman Brothers. At-largely (www.atlargely.com) has a good takedown today on him and Neil. Damn, they're everywhere, Bu$hCo. Anyone seen Piercy of the Dubai Ports fiasco lately? Or Vicki Iseman?
As far as Houston and Galveston, apparently the feds are keeping a total news blackout on the situation. All I've seen is a diary on Kos and some reports about RSR congresscritter Culberson bitchin' about how the responders were left without food and water for themselves. The report it will take a full month to restore power should really make everyone take notice. I'm surprised First Draft hasn't had more on this as well.
This could be far worse than Katrina but we will never be told, since TBlossom has learned that lesson about publicity. Goodhair Perry (the late Molly Ivins' nickname for the TX governor, damn I miss her)should be getting more help because he's a reliable RSR, like Haley Barbour in MS, but this is just Bu$hCo in action. Government won't help, by design, so it can all be privatized.
Maybe you should happy the media isn't paying attention to Biden. I know most of you think Obama is the liberal messiah freeing you from your original sin of being born white but I am not sure his apostle Biden has the power to command someone to stand up from their wheelchair as he did recently. had that been McCain or Palin it would have been run nonstop on MSNBC.
Pakistan is threatening to shoot at U.S. Special Forces that enter their country without an invitation.
When armed forces of one country "enter [another country] without an invitation", its called an invasion.
A country stating that its military will shoot invaders is kind of routine.
I'm not a fan of Hoover but it's completely unfair to compare McCain to Hoover. Wrongheaded economic beliefs notwithstanding, Hoover was a brillant and decent man, who did much good in his life. McCain is scum - his only accomplishments in life are (1) destroying five government airplanes and (2) to make MSM reporters feel that special tingle deep inside.
I'm not a fan of Hoover but it's completely unfair to compare McCain to Hoover. Wrongheaded economic beliefs notwithstanding, Hoover was a brilliant and decent man, who did much good in his life. McCain is scum - his only accomplishments in life are (1) destroying five government airplanes and (2) to make MSM reporters feel that special tingle deep inside.
Actually, that's not quite true. If you go the Cleveland Fed Site, you'll see that after Monday's bloodbath, the market's were predicting that it was slightly more likely than not that the Fed would cut rates today.
World War III time for what Sarah Palin, John Hagee and similar numbnuts want? Pakistan OKs firing on U.S. troops.
CM, last week when Bush announced his hot pursuit policy, I said it was, by international law if not the Bush Doctrine, certainly a casus belli.
Neither the MSM nor the MSLB commented on it much at the time.
Jon Stewart did a fantastically funny take last night on his 'love' for Sarah Palin.
Like most good satire, there is a huge grain of salt there...
I do think that many folks are indeed in love with Palin, in a way that's downright frightening given what an incompetent, mean-spirited, arrogant extremist she is.
And she does it all with a smile..
"If it seems like the media is blatantly ignoring Joe Biden, it's because the media is blatantly ignoring Joe Biden." - Yeah, well, just wait until they catch up to this French cuff gaffe. That's a big one. 'Course Biden could say that if you put French cuffs on Joe Sixpack, he's still Joe Sixpack, if he really wants to get some attention.
Seriously, I often wonder what benefit they get from campaigning on the stump if the media ignores them. How many people do they reach? Is it worth it? I don't know. Presumably it is, or they wouldn't do it. But it just doesn't seem productive to me, an off the cuff opinion, I admit.
The Pakistani response is perfectly understandable, we'd say the same thing here if the shoe was on the other foot. We'd even extend the footprint out via the Bu$h doctrine.
In a weird sort of way we are in the same kind of pickle here as we were in 'Nam and are in Korea. Pursuit across the border brings unwelcome consequences (war with Russia in the former, war with China in the latter), so the VC and the NKPA got safe havens and we remained on defense.
So, does this all mean imminent war with Pakistan? I don't think so, but it very much will depend on what happens next in the region. Our support of Musharraf means we are not going to get any deference from the current factions in Pakistan, since most from both sides of the political spectrum did not like Musharraf. In short, the current powers will not do anything to help us wipe out the safe havens Bu$h acquiesced to so Mushy would pleasepleaseplease get OBL. So, if we can't get them and they won't get them, what is W gonna do?
Ideas? My 2 cents would be to get the Pakistanis on board for our ops. No ops, no $$$ of any kind. No help either if India decides to do something about their border.
I do think that many folks are indeed in love with Palin, . . . Posted by:
Seeing Palin as a MILF is not, by any stretch, the same as being in love with her.
Why isn't that sex-for-oil scandal (SOIL) generating any media attention?
Wow, wow, wow, and ouch:
Wow: Phil Gramm authored McCain's economic plan. Wow: Phil Gramm, along with Greenspan is responsible for the meltdown. Wow: Phil Gramm is odds on favorite to be Treasury Secretary in McCain's McUSA.
Ouch: Ohio, do you really think that is wise?
Breaking. The fed is spending $70-$100 billion bailing out AIG. For that amount of money and the amount saved by not paying the expenses of closed health insurance cos., you could nationalize health care and provide coverage to every American.
Could somebody either help me break this story or, alternatively, explain to me why it's not all that interesting? It turns out that the "sex ed for kindergartners" that McCain has been bashing Obama for is something Bush has been funding for years and continues to fund to this day.
The latest from the right (including Byron York at NR) is that the Illinois bill allowed the possibility of HIV education for kindergartners. The federal government is paying for that right now, via the CDC and the NASBE, an organization the CDC supports for this purpose.
If McCain actually objects to this, why hasn't he spoken out about it during all these years Bush has funded it?
Please help me break this story. Pester Steve or your preferred liberal blogger to write about it.
More info here:
Why isn't that sex-for-oil scandal (SOIL) generating any media attention? Posted by: hark
Good question. Part of the problem is that the investigation is stale. A lot of the people involved have left Interior. That being said, I agree that it should be a Congressional follow-up now so that we can stick it to some domestic oil people. They need to be pricked with pins (if not kicked in the balls) every chance we get.
You should listen to yesterday's Democracy Now interview with Stephen Coll. I'm not sure I agree with anything he says or writes so take with a huge grain of salt but he did say that the current Pakistani government would make the conditions we'd need to capture Bin Laden more favorable. Also, that the recent suicide bombings have driven Al Queda's "unfavorable ratings" way up amongst ordinary citizens...
The benefit of stump speeches is that they get the local media to cover events and they get people talking. If it's not on CNN doesn't mean that people aren't tuned in to it.
Open question to the moral McCain majority
If you follow basketball you know that Warriors basketball player Monta Ellis has admitted he lied about the cause of his leg injury. The hot question now in sports circles is: What will be the punishment?
Yes punishment. And yes punishment for lying. Read that again please:
They [the Warriors] want Ellis to realize that he isnât above the truth and that he has to act with responsibility. And speak with responsibility."
My question to the moral McCain majority is simple:
Why should a lowly basketball player be held responsible for lying while candidates for President and Vice President appear to suffer no such consequences?
Palin linked electoral success to prayer of Kenyan witchhunter
Hannah Strange (sic)
Times Online
The pastor whose prayer Sarah Palin says helped her to become governor of Alaska founded his ministry with a witchhunt against a Kenyan woman who he accused of causing car accidents through demonic spells. ... I doubt she knew at the time what else this minister was up to. The sermons at her own church are far more relevant ...
* Democrats are suing to prevent Michigan Republicans from challenging voters based on home foreclosures. -- Steve Benen
Just out of curiosity... Does anyone know which house is McCain registered at, as a voter?
* Under the circumstances, McCain may want to learn the initials for the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. -- Steve Benen
Spic??? It's a Freudian slip, I'm sure; straight from the subconscious and perfectly in line with the rest of the GOP's ethnic vocabulary. I expect him to mention "wops" and "gooks" next, unless he can think of something more subtle, like he did with Obama ("uppity" instead of "nigra")
[...] I am not sure his apostle Biden has the power to command someone to stand up from their wheelchair as he did recently. had that been McCain or Palin it would have been run nonstop on MSNBC. -- johnNJ, @19:00
Ya think? The way it had been run nonstop, when the pResident berated a blind man for wearing sunglasses in His Presence? The way it had been run nonstop, when McCain in a pique shoved a woman in a wheelchair out of his way? That same way?
It's a good thing that New Jersey has a limited number of morons like you...
The last paragraph, after "...", is mine.
I saw another columnist refer to McCain as Hoover the other day. If you're not already reading Jon Talton, I highly recommend him:
Rogue Columnist
Regarding economics, Pelosi is about as dumb as they get, so what does she think she will find on probing Wall Street?
Corporate socialism again! The US gov't bails out AIG for a mere 80 billion.
To think we can't give Universal healthcare to mere americans.
AIG. Too big to fail.
Are we supposed to now dance in the streets and declare the crisis over?
Just where is that 80 billion coming from???
Who's next?
GM? Ford? Halliburton (oops they fine... wars going on)
Watching Suzie Orman about investments on CNN Larry King. My brother in law follows her advice; his portfolio is down about forty percent. Here, he has about thirty years of saving using Orman advice. Hope your doing better.
Was tuned into hate radio, WIND, the day before the market took a dive, listening to the Laura Ingram show, at this time Laura was exclaiming that you better get your money out of the market. Laura knew something was going down. Imagine after all these months of hate radio against Obama this same day one of the hosts was actually standing up for Obama. Sheesh I almost drove off the road.
Really this guy, Harris, brought up a good point that about eighteen million Americans with a whole lot of republicans voted for Obama in the Primary giving endorsement that Obama is qualified to be president. You know the Obamacans what ever happened to them? They changed to Palincanâs, here, Palin is chosen, picked by McCain with little to no campaigning and to compare to Hillary, for me is one of the most showing decision making strategies of an old and tired mind. McCain has been in too many power dives.
Today Keith Olbermann points out that Palin lost ten points in some national pole. Of course the lies are true, and we have true lies, talk about confusion in the best political CNN team that Blitzer can offer is totally zoned out. Big Candy Crowley likely has a good swizzle stick collection with the rest of the first line Journalist at this point. It reminds me of those jokes Dean Martin used to do by reading the prophecies from the side of a swizzle stick.
I could remember Cavuto about six months ago touting about the economy is so good, and now in his money interviews Cavuto has a tendency to always suggest the borrower needs the most responsibility. This guy always shifting the blame to the public.
What is so funny Cavuto makes the argument that those that barrow money need to have serious responsibility; you know he is talking about Mr. or Mrs. America, or its open season on ignorant aliens that need homes. Than without an any slightest shift in expression totally dismiss billions of dollars in loans to big money managers needed after bungling deals. But thatâs O.K. Itâs insane.
McCain on a rant âWe will never let America get into this situation againâ McCain needs to get together in the Situation Room with Blitzer to remodel our economy.
I donât follow economics and big companies, but all of a sudden Blitzer says this is big stuff? This company is in 130 countries? If it fails it will be terrible. Do they insure stuff related to Al Qaeda? Yep, likely this is Bush and Company, and then I could see they need a whole lot more than 85 billion in bail outs?
News Flash:
Gov. Rick Perry is no longer governor of the state of Texas.
As soon as President Bush declared a state of emergency along the Texas Gulf Coast during Hurricane Ike, Gov. Rick Perry was replaced as governor of Texas...by George W. Bush.
What !?!?!?!
Two years ago, the Republican-controlled Congress passed a law stripping all governors, essentially, of their governorship, and authority over their state, in case the person in the White House (currently Bush) declares a state of emergency in their state.
So, the Texas National Guard units (and all other local, state, federal and private security forces along the Texas coast), responding to Hurricane Ike, have been federalized and are under control of DHS's Chertoff.
When this anti-states rights/anti-U.S. Constitution law was being considered two years ago, all fifty state governors, Republicans and Democrats, protested (in a letter), but to no avail. The law passed. Governors lose authority over their state in cases of emergencies, as declared and defined, by whoever's in the White House.
But why did BushCo demand that their Republican/conservative confederates in Congress pass this FASCIST law? Because Gov. Palin of Louisiana, during Hurricane Katrina, refused to turn over control of her state's security, her state's national guard units, to BushCo. Repeatedly refused. Even when being smeared and pressured relentlessly...she refused...as any governor would. So, BushCo got this law passed.
And now, Gov. Rick Perry has no say at all over Texas' soil and airspace. (DHS Chertoff denies reporters the right to overfly stricken Texas coastal areas in helicopters, photographing and reporting on the damage done and the rescue efforts underway...why?). Gov. Perry was stripped of his authority over the Texas National Guard INSIDE the state of Texas. That's why he stumbled and mumbled at his press conference the other day. He's a figurehead. He has no authority. Until the state of emergency is lifted he basically is not the Texas governor...Bush is...again.
And with this law in place, nothing can stop this from happening again. State of emergency declared. Governor stripped of authority. The White House assumes authority. In any state. Or maybe even in all fifty states if a national state of emergency is declared, which would make the President, whomever, the governor of all fifty states, with all governors being stripped of their authority.
(Which is probably what Cheney and Addington had in mind. Now all they need is another 9/11-like attack to implement their plan).
And the Chrysler bailout required an Act of Congress?
Print more money!!!!!!
Whatever happened to the deficit hawks and free market fundamentalists?
Maybe they're out there with Big Foot and Elvis.
And McCain crows about being "fundamentally a deregulator."
You want real deregulation?
Let these fucking crapshooters fail and maybe the few remaining survivors will manage risk a bit more responsibly.
Oh, wait, Joe Sixpack's retirement investments might be negatively impacted. So bailing out the powers that be is really about compassion for the little guy dontcha know?
What about some bailout for the little guy?
No can do Joe. You aren't a power broker -- just a low totem pole bearer of risk. In Republican land, individual investors, middle class taxpayers and consumers don't have any real voice. We'll take your money, but that's it. Fuck regulation. Caveat emptor is the only rule you need. Of course, that rule doesn't apply to us. We live by the "Golden Rule." We get our mulligans at your expense.
Authority for us, accountability for you.
Private profit, public risk.
That's the McCain/Bush/Plutocrat formula for national greatness.
If you cheer hard enough for our side we might let you sniff our jockstraps.
John McCain is showing signs of senility. He seems dazed and confused. Lying when the truth would serve him much better.
Financial News in Manhattan:
This whole situation is nightmare. Half of my friends in the Manhattan are going to be out of work by the end of the week. These are guys and gals in their 20s. A girl that lives on the fourth floor of my building who works for AIG said she's expecting to be let go before the end of the week. This pretty much hits everybody living in Manhattan, the job market will be terrible for quite some time - in one of the most expensive places to live. Expect more bad news. There was mass hysteria with Investors and Clients pulling funds from every angle. Expect more big names to report major losses when the dusts settles from this week...
I read press conferences put out by CEO Ken Lewis of BofA saying he thinks the market will begin to rebound come Q3 2009. That's a long time for anyone to weather a storm.
And one of my buddies on the 5th floor of my building just dropped by as I posted the last comment, he too will be out of work by the end of the week.
I expect heavy drinking in Manhattan this weekend. Viva la stress release.
Anchorage Daily News is reporting that the "Alaska Permanent Fund fell $775 million in value during Monday's stock".
I'm not sure it the numbers are that high, the article doesn't repeat that total, but some of the stocks the Fund was invested in include Merrill Lynch, and AIG.
Probably losses are higher today.
Check out the adn.com website for the details.
And more problems stem from institutional losses over the weekend.
This piece of news is big and sooner than expected. Not good America. When I think about all this, then think about McCain saying he knows how to fix Wall St. problems, my questions is to Mr McCain - When are you going to fix it? When Manhattan implodes? Galveston may have been on the front of Hurricane Ike, but NYC is on the front of Hurricane American financial meltdown.
My wife and every single one of her close circle of friends who are mid-level associates in Manhattan law firms were essentially let go in the last few weeks.
Crain's is reporting that this is due in large part to the Wall Street meltdown:
Lawyers lose jobs, Wall Street to blame
My billable days as a consultant have been half of last year's. I can't really be "laid off" since I'm only paid if I'm billable, but the small firm I work for is barely subsisting.
We're taking a 60% cut in overall income this year, and we've got an 11 month old. Fortunately, we've saved a pretty good nest egg because our jobs were very high paying. The bad news is, I don't see a recovery anytime soon. We are "rich" compared to the majority of Americans. We can sell our condo even in a down market and move back down south if we have to. We have student loan debt, but it is manageable. My small firm, god bless them, does provide limited health care coverage.
Most people don't have anywhere near those options.
The fucking fundamentals are not strong Mr. McCain.
You're smoking moose poop.
What is happening here? Shoddy lending practices taking down 3/5's of the nations storied lending institutions, and our 'great' presi-Dunce calls it an 'adjustment'!!? During the biggest financial meltdown since the Great Depression??!! He truly is the idiot son of an asshole. No doubt.
Lehman Bros., Meryl Lynch, AIG, Bear Sterns, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, numerous banks in areas across the country... all failing and/or failed. And the 'free market conservatives' are ready at the helm with some "socialized corporatism", (at tax payers expense, of course.) Meanwhile, retard Sara Palin says "the economy needs some shak'in up and some fix'in". Thanks for the words of wisdom, Bonehead Barbie. The 'fundamentals of our economy are strong' says Mr. J. McSame. Right. He says this as the economy sinks into the toilet bowl, thanks in major part to Phil Gramm, who undid the depression era Glass-Steagall Act which, among other things, prohibited a bank holding company from owning other financial companies, and prohibited commercial and investment bank consolidation. Many economists have criticized the repeal of Glass-Steagall as contributing to the 2007 subprime mortgage financial crisis. Thanks Senator Gramm. When does this info get out to the public?? C'mon ,media, for God's sake. Why do you hate America so much that you are willing to let in sink into the dustbin of history to protect McLame, bu$h, and his former chief adviser on economics? This is beyond partisan, this is the economic viability of our future.
So the Fed bought out AIG when Treasury refused to. This is very entertaining. I see it as a resumption of the generations-old war between entrenched WASP money and (once) upstart Jewish money for control of Wall Street.
Bear Stearns: Nice WASP name, gets to survive. Lehman: Jewish money, finally ethnically cleansed after so many decades.
Paulson, nice WASP boy at Treasury wanted to let AIG (till recently Greenberg's baby) die. But Bernanke (successor to Greenspan) stepped in and bought them with taxpayer money, preserving some Jewish economic power before all the clout winds up in Charlotte (i.e. Klan territory). I guess Yale alumni will still call a few shots. It was looking like former Duke lacrosse players would get to treat the whole country like one of their hired strippers but New York still gets to share.
Oh, by the way, McCain has the presidential election sewed up. This latest handout helps since, in the short term, the economy will stay afloat and the disinfotainment media will celebrate a little reprieve for Manhattan. In the long run we're going Argentina but the aristocracy has its offshore accounts ready.
Face it, the U.S. is an American country in the worst sense. Death squads, gated communities with private guards, the crap work done by destitute brown people in shantytowns. Even protesters get beaten by thugs in supposedly progressive Minnesota. Fascism couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of selfish, stupid, lazy idiots. They love it. Looks exciting on t.v.
In other news, the Democrats are looking forward to the university jobs and small-scale think tanks that are their reward for throwing another election to the big boys. But, not to fret. Congress and the President have no more power than a student council. As we can see, big capital takes care of itself and fights its own generations-long battles and only allows us to sneer from the sidelines.
And, in the latest sellout suckup to the Right, Obama appears to favor a draft. Yea, team! Way to go!
This stupid, ugly countryâthe biggest enemy of world peace and prosperityâso deserves McCain-Palin. Why even vote.
Is the mainstream media going to finally take the sleazy campaign that John McCain is running to task? This is a complete disgrace that we are witnessing. Then he hires a complete incompetent in Sarah "I can see Russia from my house" Palin,whose blatant lies stick out like sore thumbs. I am an Independent,however,I hope the McCain/Palin scumbag machine gets swamped in November.
OT. There have been reports of coverup of Hurricane Ike deaths and blocked access of Galveston etc. A partial quote from a unverfified source:
" I kid you not when I say that he told me they saw AT LEAST 1500 bodies in trees scattered about Galveston. They also saw a lot in various ditches and marshes, esp. on the north side of East Galv. Bay, east side of Trinity Bay, and in the marshes between I-45 and Seabrook/Clear Lake/Deer Park.
It explains why they're not letting the media anywhere close to the Island except in limited sectors nd we're not hearing anything from or about the people who survived and those who stayed behind. It's like 20,000 people never existed....where are they? Where'd they go? What are their names? Nothing....
Same thing in Orange county. "
"GALVESTON - Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas on Monday ordered all city employees not to talk to news reporters. She did not say when that order would be lifted.
Thomas and City Manager Steve LeBlanc will be the only officials allowed to talk to reporters. City spokeswoman Mary Jo Naschke vehemently denied the city was trying to clamp down on coverage. ......
Reporters would be allowed on the island only if they had proper identification, Thomas said. She didn't clarify what that meant. Reporters were also forbidden from visiting areas on the far West End, Thomas said. She did not explain why." Another Bush covert operation?
Will someone please show CNN the video of McCain's comment regarding 100 years in Iraq, please? Then show them the DNC ad responding to that comment. CNN continuously gets it wrong when they say Obama's ad was misleading. The guy in the audience said that Bush talked about staying in Iraq for 50 years. McCain responds with maybe 100. Whatever it takes. The ad merely repeats what the guy in the audience said, and gives McCain's response. It doesn't try to say that McCain wants soldiers there for a 100 year war. It just repeats his actual words and the words of the audience member, and shows what has happened in Iraq up until that time.
Beyond that, it's absurd, obviously, to even consider keeping our troops there for 100 years, even if no one fires a single shot at them. Why would any sane person want to keep troops in Iraq in war or peace for 100 years? For what reason? By what right? For what earthly good? And at what price? Has McCain considered the cost even if no one is killed? 100 years of troops in Iraq? As if the Iraqi people would stand for that. As if we have trillions of dollars to spare for that.
Again, someone with some clout needs to set CNN straight.
I will follow Osama Bin Laden to the gates of hell. Right now, Iraq is the only place that fits that description, but Afghanistan is getting there.
The chief "lie" that Obama is supposed to have told is that McCain would support "100 years of war" in Iraq. This is supposed to be a "lie" because McCain said that meant that he keep them there if the troops weren't being killed or injured. Two things. First, he specifically ruled out a Korea-type stationing role. Second, he did't say why we'd be there if weren't in actual combat. His position didn't make sense and the media never bothered to press him to elaborate. He ruled out a simple garrison role and would pull them out at some time in the future if they started to take casualties. His two statements are in contradiction and nonsensical. He doesn't want to pull them out now because the situation is so bad that we ARE taking casualties and McCain's pull-out scenario is grounded in a contradiction. Since he's said that he's fine with having them in Iraq for 100 years, where is the "lie" from Obama for pointing that out? McCain's clarification has clarified nothing.
"DHS Chertoff denies reporters the right to overfly stricken Texas coastal areas in helicopters, photographing and reporting on the damage done and the rescue efforts underway...why?"
Do you really want a bunch of news helicopters flying around with rescue aircraft? It's a simple matter of air traffic control. And it's only limited to an altitude of 2,000 feet. Their zoom lenses may not be powerful enough to identify dead bodies, but they can get a pretty good view of the damage.
For grinning cat: I've heard reports of the locals taking out the fanatics, as well, and that is a good thing. The point is, though, that Bu$h is disconnected from their support due to his propping up Mushy. Add to that the inevitable burst of national pride to follow when dictators are ousted and we will see the current government be very sensitive to any incursion on its sovereignty, especially by foreigners, no matter how well-intentioned.
Add to that the more frequent use of sledgehammer airstrikes, and we are losing the hearts and minds battle. It's easier to hate machines than people you see.
On AIG: the only reason they were bailed out is because of their role very similar to Fannie and Freddie. It's why Jeb's Lehman Brothers was let go. AIG was the backstop for a whole lot of investments. However, it is not at all unreasonable to demand the return of any bonuses, etc., based on performance because at the end of the day the business wasn't run well. Likewise the deferred payments and stock options. If the CEO pukes feel the pain like the LB (~ 25,000), HP (24,000+), and connected closures-as-the-$$$-dries-up layoffs hit the bricks, maybe they'll be a little smarter.
Obviously Carly wasn't. Good FDL headline, as well as a good example of the Peter principle.
"Bush had a benign lesion removed. The one, lone benign part of him, and he had it removed."
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Heh. Good one. Say, does he have barnacles too?


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I purchased this to use as a drawing table, and so far I'm very happy with it. It is not a "professional" quality table, but it certainly does the job. There was some damage to one of the corners on the tabletop, due to inadequate packaging, but it's not a big deal. There were also some misidentified parts on the assembly instructions, so you have to use your common sense when putting it together. It took my husband & I about 45 minutes to assemble. It seems sturdy overall, but the drawers are pretty flimsy--okay for lightweight objects only. Time will tell how long it lasts, but it seems like a good deal compared to similar tables.
I just enjoy painting on this table and I also use it for crafting and who knows what else I can us it for. I highly recommend it cause it's not too bolky and best of all it has wheels so you can move it with no problems at all.
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I think this is a great table for the price! We are very satisfied with it! Very sturdy and fun to use.
Quite easy to put together, I am really happy to have a sewing table after years of having to use the table.
The item arrived on time and well packaged. The parts are well packaged and well labeled. Be sure to watch the video (the url is on the cover of the instruction packet). The only drawbacks were: Allen wrench is provided, but it's still awkward and somewhat hard to use and my hand hurt by the end; the photos are in black and white and it's sometimes difficult to see exactly how the pieces go together. That's why it was good to watch the video. It took me about an hour to put together. My only problem was with step one and one of the holes for the support piece wasn't drilled very well so I needed my husband to help me get the bolt in. I was discouraged with it being the first step, but the rest of the table went together rather easily after that. The drawers are handy, but somewhat on the small side, can fit pencils and scissors and such but nothing much larger. I bought this to have a good work surface for crafts (painting, mosaics, beads, etc) and it suits that purpose.
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Michael Kors • Very Hollywood Sparkling • Fragrances
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Average Rating. | 3.4 |
Would buy this product again. | 40% |
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Pestina18 on 3/22/2013 8:55:00 PM more reviews by Pestina18
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Combination, Olive Hair: Other Eyes: Other
My favorite scent! I bought two bottles with a coupon and got a great deal. This scent is so light, like a flowery, blossomy, springtime scent. The sparkling honestly isn't much different from the regular version, and it's a little cheaper. I don't get a fruity smell from it at all. There's nothing heavy or overpowering about it, and it doesn't have that heavy alcohol-like scent I get with many other perfumes. Light and flowery - great for spring and summer, but it's refreshing in the colder months. I won't use anything else!
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*TOP REVIEWER* luluhalabaloo on 10/9/2012 3:52:00 PM more reviews by luluhalabaloo
Age: 44-55 Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Neutral Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine Eyes: Hazel
Very sweet with an almost overpowering fruit. On me anyway. Turned sour on me. I don't like anything about it - the original Very Hollywood I liked more - softer, the fruit was watermelony to my nose which I really liked, but this is sharp.
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Ashjasgreen on 9/2/2012 10:41:00 PM more reviews by Ashjasgreen
Age: 25-29 Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium Hair: Brunette Eyes: Green
It smells good, but doesn't last long. I find myself needing to reapply by lunchtime.
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*TOP REVIEWER* Dimanta on 11/15/2011 11:08:00 PM more reviews by Dimanta
Age: 25-29 Skin: Dry, Medium, Neutral Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine Eyes: Hazel
Very nice scent that I was looking for a while. I used to have Versaces Jeans Couture (pink stone bottle) when was younger but they do not make it anymore. I tried a sample of this at Sephora and right away it reminded me Versaces perfume that I used to love. I got a sample and will see if I want to purchase it. It was pretty expensive and does not last that long.
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*TOP REVIEWER* felgoj on 10/24/2011 4:46:00 PM more reviews by felgoj
Age: 36-43 Skin: Dry, Medium, Warm Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Brown
I'm pretty confused as to how Very Hollywood Sparkling EDT smells more of gardenia (which it doesn't seem to contain) than the original Very Hollywood EDP which does contain gardenia. The notes for Sparkling EDT are listed as: black currant, neroli & mandarin (don't know what else). I'm also stumped that the EDT (toilette) smells much richer than the EDP (parfum), the parfum smells much lighter - usually it's the other way around. I'm sure I don't have this mixed up b/c I did specific scent comparisons @ Sephora. It's listed as a "sparkly fruity version of the eau de parfum" - I disagree.
In whatever case, I love the Sparkling version much better & don't really like the EDP at all. Sparkling reminds me of a softer, more modern version of the original Carolina Herrera (overwhelming gardenia) but Michael Kors made this more subtle & a great deal more wearable. It also doesn't last longer than 2 hrs on me (while Carolina Herrera lingers into the next day & endlessly on clothing).
The bottle is a bit tacky - I don't like the glitter frosting sprayed onto the pretty carved glass, & also the wide rectangular shape is pretty cumbersome to hold while trying to spray. Still, it wouldn't deter me from buying a bottle anyway (preferrably the small size, which is plain carved glass with no tacky glitter & infinitely prettier!). Lovely scent for day or night, especially during this season's cooler weather. Rich & seductive but still youthful, not matronly.
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The development is called The Island. It is situated between the Parkway and Teaster Lane on Island Drive in Pigeon Forge. Locating it, however, is not a problem. Just look for "The Great Smoky Mountain Wheel." It certainly is not difficult to spot, as it towers some 200 feet(20 stories)high and it is covered with colorful LED lights!
Granted, it is not the largest permanent observation wheel(a term that seems to be preferred by wheel designers and developers over ferris wheel) in the world. No doubt, some of you may have seen larger ones, such as the London Eye in London, England. There is an enormous one called the Singapore Flyer, which is located in Singapore in Asia. The concept seems to be growing in popularity and more seem to be being constructed as this is being written. Nonetheless, it is the tallest wheel that I, personally, have had the experience of seeing for myself.
It is an impressive structure. As a matter of fact, it is so fascinating to me that I have made it the main topic of this post, which is an account of our first visit to The Island and the wheel. Here is how it went:
It is a cloudy late afternoon this past October when we arrive. We cross over this bridge to get to The Island.
Bridge Leading to The Island in Pigeon Forge |
Here is a close up shot. This better illustrates the size of these gondolas which are said to accommodate up to 8(eight) passengers per unit. Can you imagine that some 360 passengers could ride at once?
Close Up of Gondolas on The Great Smoky Mountain Wheel |
Another View of the Gondolas |
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Lights Turning to Red on the Wheel |
Lights to Green and Yellow |
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Wheel in White Lights |
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Two states are looking at changing the way electoral votes are awarded. Opponents of the measures claim the move is aimed at stealing the election, while proponents claim it's a way to force candidates into campaigning in areas they wouldn't normally visit.
But apparently, which side you take depends on where the initiative is being introduced.
In North Carolina, a state that has gone Republican since 1980, a plan is being introduced by Democrats "to improve voter participation and encourage presidential hopefuls of both parties to campaign in the state."
Republicans call it "a cheap way to give Democrats … some electoral votes."
But in California, a state that has gone Democrat since 1988, Republicans are introducing a bill to do the same thing to "give presidential candidates "an incentive to campaign in California"."
Democrats call the plan "an effort to rig the system in order to fix the election."
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MDA to present customer research at Minnesota Farmers' Market Association Conference
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Farmers market managers and vendors from across Minnesota will be the first to hear the results of customer research conducted by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's Minnesota Grown Program. The new research will be presented at the Minnesota Farmers' Market Association's Spring Conference on March 21 in Waite Park.
During the summer of 2012, the Minnesota Grown Program conducted a customer survey at fifty-seven farmers markets throughout the state. More than 1,100 customers participated in the survey and were asked questions such as "How did you hear about this market?" or "How often do you shop at this market?"
Minnesota Grown Program Coordinator Paul Hugunin says the market research collected by the survey will help growers better understand which services and products are most important to their customers.
"Learning more about their customers – such as how they use social media or how far they traveled to get to the market - will help market managers target their marketing resources," said Hugunin.
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MFMA's Spring Conference will be held Thursday, March 21, from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at the American Legion in Waite Park and is open to the public. There is a registration discount for MFMA members and an early bird discount for registrations made before March 15th. Conference handouts, refreshments and lunch are included in the registration fees. Go to www.mfma.org for conference details and to register. Or contact Kathy Zeman, MFMA Operations Manager: email@example.com or (320) 250-5087.
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The IRS has informed the Library that due to budget cuts, it will no longer send copies of instruction booklets for Forms 1040, 1040A and 1040EZ to distribute to the public.
Copies of these instructions can be obtained in the following ways:
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- IRS.gov/orderforms – to order tax products to be delivered by mail
- 1-800-829-3676 – to order tax products to be delivered by mail
For this filing season, the Library will have the following products:
- Forms 1040, 1040A and 1040EZ (forms only, no instructions)
- Publication 17, one reference (Taxpayers will be able to access Publication 17 in English and Spanish online from irs.gov/Pub17 and, new this year, it will also be available as a free e-Pub for downloading from IRS.gov and viewing on most e-Readers and other mobile devices.)
- Publication 1132, Reproducible Copies of Federal Tax Forms and Instructions
Forms can be printed using the library's computers or our staff can print them. Printing or copying from the reproducible book is $.15 per page.
State Tax forms and envelopes are now available.
NCPL Book Talk
NCPL Book Talk meets the 1st Monday of February, March, April, and May at 9:30 am in the Copernicus Room. The next meeting will be on March 2nd; the discussion title will be Time and Again by Jack Finney. Call 724-658-6659 ext. 107 to register. If you want to read ahead, April's title will be Widow of the South by Robert Hicks.
On Display
In February, photographs, courtesy of members of New Castle Camera Club, will be on display on the 1st floor of the library. The following photographers are displaying their work this month: Bill Conkle, Harriet Grossman, Karen Kriley, Audrey Pollock, Mike Pagani, Sandy Suchonic, Joyce Hoak, Dave Diffenderfer, Trudy Neff, Ann Souzer, Ray Braun, Bryan W. Fay, Brian Reiser, and Larry Manski.
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New Castle City Directories NOW ONLINE! FULL-TEXT SEARCHABLE from 1872-1928
We are pleased to present our newest digital collections! Along with the Lawrence County Historical Society, we have digitized our oldest City of New Castle, Lawrence County, telephone, farm, and regional directories! Please take the time to view and search them and fill out our survey! We will be constantly updating these collections to help you find information more efficiently, so check back often. If you are not able to find what you need, please contact the Genealogy Department, 724-658-6659.
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Pick of the day: Dana Milbank's inside baseball
With a few deft strokes and in fewer than 25 inches, Dana Milbank draws behind-the-scenes portraits of Washington power with such dexterity and hilarity that his Washington Sketch column is a must-read for anyone who wants to know how politics in this city really works.
He punctures the inflated egos of the mighty and lays out the silliness and often the absurdity of Washington pomposity and its arcane rituals with ease. This morning's "Wild Pitches from Jim Bunning" is no exception. Read Milbank's take on the former baseball pitcher and current contrarian Kentucky senator's single-handed attempt to Just Say No to just about everything, written in a style that would make any Sports Illustrated fan proud.
In his 17 years pitching in the big leagues, Jim Bunning was known for his graceful curveball, his rising slider and his sidearm fastball. Now 78 years old and about to retire from the Senate, the Republican of Kentucky is apparently down to only one pitch: the screwball.
We don't have time to watchdog all the behind-the-scenes antics of our elected leaders. Milbank, from his perch in the front row of the peanut gallery, does it for us.
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As one considers retirement
Someone wrote to ask for some suggestions with regard to guiding/offering suggestions to their parents on their ongoing retirement ... it seems that they're a bit inclined to get in one another's hair.
Here's part of my reply.
Different people deal with retirement in a wide variety of ways. Before they retire many think of it as giving one much anticipated freedom.
The trouble is that a substantial number of people haven't been used to freedom ... and maybe it becomes boring ... or drives them crazy ... or they drive their spouses (or should that be "spice"?) close to crazy.
Some time ago a lady whose husband had been promoted to management, where he was managing a number of people, wrote to say that, at 55, he was finding it very stressful, and she was wondering whether he should retire.
I said that if he had more than one string on his violin ... and if she could stand having him underfoot (she had thought that the house was hers ... well, during the day) ... and if they'd have enough to live on (and for sure not to forget the ravages that inflation wreaks on the value of one's assets) ... that he should give serious thought to retiring soon.
Some people think that they can think ... but find it hard to actually do it, and on a focussed, sustained and structured basis.
Actually, when one retires, one does have that freedom.
And it's a good time to do some serious thinking about what one wants to do, if one hasn't been doing some of that serious thinking on that issue, earlier.
Many people spend heavily in the first year, or few years, of their retirement - doing that travelling that they've been wanting to do for years. While they're in good enough health to be able to get full enjoyment from it.
On the other hand, my Dad wasn't much for travelling, unless there was someone, usually a relative or long-time friend, that he wanted to see at the other end.
Also, barring serious ongoing illness, often we find that major spending is involved in the last year of life, due to the need to fund various health care issues that may not be covered by one or other kind of medical insurance.
What suggestioons do you wise folks have to offer with regard to planning and managing one's retirement?
Let's get a good discussion going.
Granted, of course, that everyone's lifestyle, desires and inclinations are different.
Hope you're enjoying good health ... and if not, are able to cope with the problems reasonably effectively.
ole joyful
OJ, I think this is a great topic. I hope we get some good responses to it. (You might have to invite some of the other forums)
My husband's place of work closed the end of March, but he had an extended "contract" to work other locations until the end of July. This has been an experience I must say. I wrote of this some time ago so will not expound on it here.
What we have going for us is a strong committment to take care of each other; what we have against us is different personalities. I am an early bird, he has slept in late on his days off. I enjoy the arts (I paint), music, etc. He likes to watch baseball and football mostly on tv, since his favorite teams are from his youth and not of this area.
(Fortunately we had planned for him to retire in a few years. Our home is paid for and we have no debt. I was fortunate to not have to work, mainly due to his encouragement and financial planning; and therefore able to care for my ailing mother for 2 years before her death.)
We traveled while we were "young" and got the wanderlust pretty much out of our system. We don't want to buy/rent an RV to travel, or go on ocean cruises.
However, I am wondering with anticipation and excitement what the new lifestyle will bring. I know it will take him some weeks to adjust - this is more than a vacation from work.
Retirement planning is more than quitting work. It is creating a change of habits. Financial planning is only part of it. I will continue to paint. Maybe I can get my "Type A" husband to become my agent!
I will leave with "more to come"....
Not a fresh idea but one that has come up recently in my life is you need to watch that your financial planning does not end up as the old saying goes shooting you in the foot. When I retired I discovered I have to pay additional taxes of things like health coverage. I had worked where we had a cafeteria plan for benefits. As such it was not fully taxable. I set up my retirement payment based on the previous years taxable income. Wrong. This year rather than receiving a refund we are paying additional taxes. Because I tend to put things off paying estimated taxes is not in our best interests I am scrambling to change things so taxes will be paid by witholding. Now to convince hubby to change his witholding because he is hard headed about things like this.
The other shoot first and ask later was that I had planned that when our house got below 30 thousand I was going to take 401 funds and pay it off. Because of hubby's income if I do what I had planned I would have to draw more than twice the amount needed to pay the taxes. Sounded and looked good on paper before I retired but not now.
We did as much financial planning for retirement as we could. We're terrible savers, actually, but as DH has a good pension and health benefits we knew that was our 'fallback'. It was just a question of whether we could live on 80% of his current salary, especially as costs rise and inflation threatens to return.
Fortunately, he had been contributing large pre-tax amounts to his retirement plan two years prior to retirement, so it turned out we were living on a net 80% amount anyway, pretty much. So that took a load off our minds, as well as negating any need to withdraw from his retirement savings on a regular basis.
He was cashed out of his vacation time so we got a nice large check (minus a 35% hit for tax withholding). That's what we're using for our heavy schedule of trips over the next couple of years. Yes, we're doing the cliche of traveling before we get too old to do it, LOL. We just finished a trip to New Mexico which was exhausting but a lot of fun; I posted a thread on it in the Travel forum. Still to come is the CA wine country, a Buddhist retreat, and a big Alaskan cruise. Next year will be quieter, though, with just vague plans for a railway trip to the Smithsonian in Wash DC; a drive down Central and Southern CA to visit some relatives; and possibly a visit to my DH's relatives in Canada to discuss some family issues with his mom.
DH and I are one another's best friends. We love spending time together, even though we have friends we will see separately. We're very fortunate to have no disagreements about what we want to do in life, whether day to day or special goals. And even luckier to be able to afford our lifestyle, because many of our friends and family have struggled to stay afloat these past few years.
Our home is paid for and comfortable enough, and as long as I can keep up with the gardening, it's a great place to live. Location is good, amenities are close-by, neighbors are wonderful. My family is only 20 min away and they all live within 2 miles of one another, although everybody owns their own home.
We have made plans for what to do as we get older or disabled. One of them is to systemically (no rush, we hope!) investigate the various senior living alternatives in our urban area. There's a lot of them, and we'd like to know what's available to us beforehand, at all the various price points.
Part of our financial planning included sufficient insurance, so unlike many Boomers we have not only good retirement health insurance but also our own long-term care insurance. As it turns out, having that insurance gives us a few more options when it comes to retirement and continuing care facilities.
We have some health issues, so this was a big reason why I didn't want my DH to postpone his retirement any longer. It's been great to see him more relaxed and rested. Our only issue is his mother lives with us, and he gets frustrated dealing with her, although in a different way than I do. She's a nice lady, but the epitome of what one should NOT be in retirement - dependent, lost, ignorant, fearful, unwilling to do anything for herself or make any effort to enrich her life. She has no family nearby except us, is slowly losing all her old friends but refuses to make new ones, and dementia is narrowing her world every day.
Tragically, this is a type of dementia she could have possibly avoided, but she has become incapable of comparative analysis and logical thinking through sheer disuse. At least she can function on a daily basis, but even that is slowly beginning to falter as she becomes more forgetful and absent-minded.
We feel fortunate to know many elderly people around her age that are the opposite - alert, vital, interesting, and active. These are the people who are our role models for aging gracefully.


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St. Mary's recognized as top performer in key areas
by WILY/WRXX News Staff • November 12, 2013 • News
St. Mary's Hospital has again been recognized as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® for heart attack, pneumonia, and surgical care by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the U.S.
St. Mary's Hospital was recognized for using evidence-based clinical care processes that are closely linked to positive patient outcomes.
To be recognized with this honor, hospitals must attain and sustain, nearly perfect quality indicator scores – in the 95th percentile or above – across all reported key quality measures throughout 2012.
A 95 percent score means a hospital performed nearly perfect by using an evidence-based practice 95 times out of 100 opportunities. Each key quality measure represents a best practice process shown to improve care for certain conditions, including: heart attack, pneumonia, and surgery.
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3 hours; 3 credits Pre- and post-Conquest peoples and cultures of Central and South America, and the Caribbean; impact of European colonization; post-independence political and economic development; contemporary identity politics; religion and social movements; urbanization and international migration. This course is the same as Puerto Rican and Latino Studies 3210. Prerequisite: Anthropology *1000 or 2100 or 1100 or 1200 or 1300 or 1400 or a Pathways required or flexible core course or six credits in social science courses, or permission of the chairperson.


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EVERYBODY LAY DOWN LyricsArtist: Pat BenatarAlbum: Gravity's Rainbow Everybody lay down, lay down, lay down Don't nobody make a sound Everybody lay down Everybody give up, give up, give up Nobody hang tough, hang tough, hang tough Life a little too rough Everybody lay down Everybody say hey, Don't nobody say no? Everybody say wait, Don't nobody say go? (CHORUS) Everybody lay down Everybody cry loud, cry loud, cry loud Nobody too proud, too proud, too proud To tell you what they're all about Everybody lay down Everybody don't care, don't care, don't care Nobody play fair, play fair, play fair Maybe everybody too scared Everybody lay down (CHORUS) Everybody lookin' higher Everybody want to touch the fire Nobody willing to lay it all down Everybody want heaven Everybody say Amen One thing is certain, you gotta lay it all down (CHORUS) Everybody go round, go round, go Everybody lay down, lay down Don't nobody make a sound Everybody lay down Everybody give up, give up, give up Nobody hang tough, hang tough When it's just a little rough, everybody lay down (CHORUS) Twice From the album "Gravity's Rainbow" Written by: N. Giraldo & P. Giraldo
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Garagiola, Nadel and Angell honored on Hall of Fame Weekend.
With the sun shining in Cooperstown, New York, three men who have devoted much of their lives to baseball were honored at Doubleday Field on Saturday. For the third staright year WFUV Sports presented the Hall of Fame Awards Presentation live from Cooperstown on Hall of Fame Weekend.
Eric Nadel, a play-by-play broadcaster for the Texas Rangers, received the Ford C. Frick Award, and the honor is given to those who demonstrate an excellence in broadcasting. We had the opportunity to interview Nadel during the week before the ceremony. You can hear the interview below.
Roger Angell, a regular contributor for The New Yorker on baseball, received the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for his contributions to writing about America's Pastime.
Joe Garagiola, a former baseball player and broadcaster, received the Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award. He was given the award for his lifelong commitment to baseball, including his efforts to end the use of smokeless tobacco.
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Minnesota Counties Stop Sending Kids to Youth Services International Juvie Lockup
Meanwhile, Youth Services International, the Sarasota-based prison company that runs Thompson, is facing additional scrutiny in Minnesota. Martin and Faribault counties, communities about two hours south of Minneapolis, have stopped sending teenagers to Youth Services' Elmore Academy. The local public defender, prosecutor, and sheriff raised concerns that nonviolent offenders were being housed with more violent kids and that staffers were not properly qualified to help them.
"I don't think some of these people are qualified," public defender Bill Grogin told the Fairmont Sentinel. "I've heard some students say they were more fearful of staff members than they were of other students."
At Thompson Academy, fear is said to be rampant. In 2010, one staffer was accused of twice sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy, while another staffer was accused of slamming a 16-year-old into a wall and choking him. Pembroke Pines police officers declared the sexual assault allegations "unfounded" but also criticized Thompson Academy officials for not reporting the incidents until several months after they allegedly occurred.
Investigators from the state Department of Children and Families did not find merit to the allegation about a guard slamming a resident into a wall. A class-action lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center against Thompson Academy was settled last year. Read New Times' cover story on Thompson Academy here.
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MEDFORD, Ore. – Foodies will have a new place to shop in Southern Oregon starting Friday because Trader Joe's will finally open its doors after a long wait. Employees are stocking, straightening and preparing for the expected rush in the morning.
More than 70% of the store's employees are local hires. Trader Joe's is a basic grocery store with your produce, dairy, and meat, but the store manager NewsWatch12 spoke with on Thursday said it's their own private label natural products that set them apart from other grocery stores in the area.
"We have 80% of our products are all our own private label," said Store Manager Michael Daniel. "Anything under our products is free of preservatives, no artificial colors, no artificial flavors."
Some of the crew members are also working as artists finish up signage for the store. Trader Joe's doesn't print their signs, employees hand draw all 4,000 of them in the store, including all of the price tags. Store employees also painted the murals on the walls inside the store. On Friday, shoppers will see the depiction of the Rogue River, local wineries and other outdoor activities enjoyed by Southern Oregonians.
The store manager says they don't do any special sales or participate in coupons because the prices are already low, but on Friday they will hand out a reusable shopping bag to customers turning in a post card they might have received in the mail. The anticipation ends on Friday at 8 a.m. when they open at the Northgate Shopping Center.


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Rick Perry 2012 Campaign for President– News and updates
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Gingrich reminds voters how much he prays
During the final days before Tuesday's Iowa primary elections, Newt Gingrich told Christian voters he prays "before virtually every speech and virtually every major decision," ABC News reported. Gingrich, a convert to Catholicism, is courting Iowa's evangelicals who make up about half of GOP primary voters in the state. Despite discussion around how his personal […]
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New poll shows a three-way horserace in Iowa; Perry in fifth
With the Iowa caucuses just two days away, a new survey from Public Policy Polling shows a close three-way race — between Texas Congressman Ron Paul, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum — for first place in Iowa.
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Unlike in 2008, when evangelical voters made up 60 percent of the GOP turnout in Iowa and coalesced behind former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's victorious run, there is no such consensus this time.
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The Cottages
A choice of eighteen holiday cottages to sleep from 2 to 10 guests, with lake or woodland views, on a beautiful country estate on the western shores of Lake Windermere. The cottages are a wonderful destination all year round for a family holiday or a getaway with friends in the English Lake District.
Graythwaite is great for children, an estate set in 5,000 acres to treat as a private adventure playground : open spaces to run around, traffic-free cycle tracks, heated indoor swimming pool, table tennis room, and a children's play area. And for adults there's a fitness suite, and fly fishing on our 2.5 acre private trout lake, stocked with wild brown trout and rainbow trout.
The cottages have been renovated to a high standard, with fully-equipped kitchens and modern bathrooms. Each has its special character, ranging from hillside hideaways, to exclusive lakeside locations, to original estate cottages and barn conversions on the Victorian farmstead located close to Graythwaite Hall. All cottages at Graythwaite have free wifi, apart from Hammerhole and Hullet Hall. We still have free wifi for these cottages at the reception.
All cottages have central heating and most have open fires (with logs free of charge from the estate). We pride ourselves on improving the experience year on year to make your stay at Graythwaite truly special and memorable.