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Within a decade, China will have the world's largest economy. But that is the least important thing to know about China. In this enlightening book, two of the world's leading China experts turn the conventional wisdom on its head, showing why China's economic growth will constrain rather than empower it. Damian Ma and Bill Adams reveal why, even with 35 years of ferocious economic growth, China's future will be shaped by the same fundamental reality that has shaped China for millennia: scarcity.
Ma and Adams drill deep into Chinese society, illuminating all the scarcities that will limit its power and progress. Beyond scarcities of natural resources and public goods, they illuminate China's persistent poverties of individual freedoms, cultural appeal, and ideological legitimacy – and the corrosive loss of values and beliefs amongst a growing middle class shackled by a parochial and inflexible political system.
Everyone knows "the 21st century is China's to lose" – but, as with so many things that "everyone knows," that's just wrong. Ma and Adams get beyond cheerleading and fear mongering to tell the complex truth about China. This is a truth you need to hear – whether you're an investor, business decision-maker, policymaker, or economist.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Economic scarcity 6
1. Resources: While supplies last 6
2. Food: Malthus on the Yangtze 6
3. Labor: Where did all the migrants go? 7
Social scarcity 7
4. Welfare: Socialism with Chinese .actually no, not socialism at all 7
5. Education: Give me equality but not until after my son gets into Tsinghua 7
6. Housing: Home is where the wallet is 8
Political scarcity 8
7. Ideology: The unbearable lightness of the Yellow River Spirit 8
8. Values: What would Confucius do? 9
9. Freedom: Keep on rockin' in the firewalled world 9
Part I Economic Scarcity 13
Chapter 1 Resources: While supplies last 15
The Panda Boom 19
It's the CPI, stupid 20
Smashing the iron rice bowl 22
Under the mattress: Savings gluttony 24
The world ain't so flat, or, good neighbors near and far 26
Bamboo consumption continued 28
Land: So much yet so little 29
Ownership society with Chinese characteristics 30
Legacy problems 32
Energy: From industry to transport and residential 34
Import dependence as Achilles' heel 39
Water 41
Thirsty industry 42
H2O politics 46
Chapter 2 Food: Malthus on the Yangtze 49
Feeding one-fifth of humanity 53
A diet for a land of plenty 56
The meat of the problem 56
Hot and bothered .and thirsty 61
Rise of the machines? 63
From Happy Meals to deadly dinners 66
Astronauts get Tang, taikonauts get grass-fed beef 69
Chapter 3 Labor: Where did all the migrants go? 75
Socialist employers' paradise 77
...Becomes socialist employers' paradise, lost 80
Migrants came, saw, and some are saying see ya later 81
Westward they go 84
Workers with attitude 87
Warmer, cuddlier policy for migrants 88
School of hard knocks 90
What happens when your key economic input shrinks? 91
Cashing out on the demographic dividend: an "uh oh" moment? 93
Public policy: A dash of creativity and wisdom needed 94
When 150 million workers unite 97
Part II Social Scarcity 99
Chapter 4 Welfare: Socialism with Chinese actually no, not socialism at all 101
Dismantling the welfare system 104
...And stitching it back together 112
From youth bulge to geriatric bulge 117
Mo' bling, mo' honeys 125
Serving the people 128
Chapter 5 Education: Give me equality but not until after my son gets into Tsinghua 131
A thought experiment: Turkmenbashi for a day 131
No, seriously, there is a real thing called urban bias 132
The social equalizer that isn't 135
From urban bias to urban household bias 142
Turn on, tune in, and study abroad: Life at the top 144
Running out of levers to pull 147
Chapter 6 Housing: Home is where the wallet is 151
Phat cribs and fatter wallets 153
An urban middle class is born 156
Jobs all around 157
Fat pancakes from the sky: the rich man's boom 159
So happy together 160
When virtues become flaws 161
"I love you .after you've closed on that two-bedroom" 162
On the outside looking in 165
Socialist property rights with Chinese characteristics 167
Revenge of the capitalists 169
No taxation without representation .but with corruption 170
Squeezed 173
Part III Political Scarcity .177
Chapter 7 Ideology: The unbearable lightness of the Yellow River Spirit 179
A young nation-state 182
E pluribus mishmash 185
What comes after a revolution? 189
Forging the Deng Xiaoping consensus 190
New slogans, same consensus 193
The second identity crisis 195
Nationalism to the rescue (sort of) 198
Virtue is as virtuous does 200
Confucius as cultural export 204
Searching for a distinctly Chinese paradigm? 205
Chapter 8 Values: What would Confucius do? 209
Qunar (or where to)? 212
Software upgrades 213
Pursuit of happiness 215
Separate but unequal 219
Governing post-materialist China: The "what have you done for me lately" problem 223
It's (mostly) sunny in Canton 224
Swatting flies 225
China pushes back on values 227
China the exceptional? 232
Chapter 9 Freedom: Keep on rockin' in the firewalled world 237
A decade of harmony? 242
Stability Inc. 244
The "average Zhou" pushes back 249
From 100 flowers to 100 million weibos 254
Fast and furious .and deadly 255
Give me PM 2.5 or give me death 260
Coloring outside the lines 264
Conclusion 267
All your (economic) base are belong to us 267
Embracing change: the basecase 270
Growth without abundance 271
A "New Deal" with Chinese characteristics 274
Chinese governance 4.0 277
Baby steps 279
What if the Chinese dream is deferred? 283
Endnotes 287
Index 319
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Today I did my first canter EVER on Tanoka. She was amazing.
I couldn't be happier right now, a little over a year with her and look where we are. I'm proud.
And thst means I got a little somethin' called freedom. I can tack her up whenever, go on trails, and much more. Today we set up her western bridle. It looks good on her! Tomorrow I'll take some pix and post a thread with the pictures.
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How to build a simple recommendation engineJuly 28th, 2005
Building a simple recommendation engine for your website can be a powerful differentiator among your competition. Traditionally only technically advanced sites like Amazon were able to offer this service but with ever increasing processing power and simple open source software, now you too can add recommendations to your website.
A little over a year ago I wanted to add recommendations to my mountain biking website and I searched the net to find a simple open source solution (or even some pseudo-code to get me started). Unfortunately the only things I found were technical research papers on the subject and some fancy proprietary software that I could never afford. In my mind I knew it had to be relatively simple so I set about mapping the idea out in pseudo-code. What follows is pseudo-code you can use to build your own recommendation engine. I personally chose to use PHP and MySQL but this can certainly be done on any platform.
Let me once again reiterate that I am laying out the construction of a simple recommendation engine rather than the complete algorithm for recommendation bliss. I'm sure there are more technically savvy ways to accomplish this and I'm by no means a PHP master. However, I have found this method to work well on my own sites and I think it will work well for 90% of the web tinkerers reading this article.
The first thing you need to do is to keep track of the actions your users are taking. At a minimum you'll need 3 data tables to store the data to make the engine run. First off, you need a user table so you can uniquely identify who is recommending what. For Amazon this is the customer ID (your email address) and for my site it's your user login. You'll also need to use cookies or sessions so you'll know who the user is and you can track what they do while they're logged in. Cookies are simple in PHP and a quick search of the PHP website for setcookie() will give you all the info you need.
Next up you'll need a table to identify the items your users will be recommending (you probably already have this in some form or another). Your table might contain information on products, local night clubs, or mountain bike trails. Each needs to be uniquely identified with a primary key (usually an integer). From here, there's only one more table to create.
The final table will be a junction table combining the user and information tables. This table will need to have 4 columns at a minimum to keep track of the following details:
- user id of recommender
- information table id (night club id, product id, etc.)
- the rating (usually on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 meaning "best") and
- a primary key (this is a given).
If your data is product related and you actually sell products on your site, you might be able to skip the rating column altogether and base recommendations simply on what users have purchased (where a user id & product id entry implies purchase).
Once you've collected this information in the junction table, it's time to get down and dirty with the recommendation algorithm. First off, you need to collect all the user ids of users who have rated a particular item highly (my cutoff is 4 and above; if you are trying to recommend other things people will dislike, you might choose 2 and below). Or if your users are very precise or you have lots of data, you might only consider the maximum rating (5). Suppose we have a user who rates item A a 3. This user does not meet the threshold for a "favorable" vote and is therefore not included in providing a recommendation for this item (we assume this user has different tastes since he does not agree with our other users that this is a good item). Collect the proper user ids in an array for use in the next step.
With the user array in hand, we want to find out what other items each user has also rated highly (or lowly, depending). So for example, if we are interested in providing a recommendation for item A and user 1 gave item A a 5, item B a 2, and item C a 4, we would grab the item C product id and rating as a possible recommendation and place it in an array.
rec['B']['score'] = 2
rec['B']['votes'] = 1
rec['C']['score'] = 4
rec['C']['votes'] = 1
Now suppose that user 2 also gave item A a 5 but gave B a 3, C a 5, and D a 4. Now our array looks like this:
rec['B']['score'] = 2 + 3 = 5
rec['B']['votes'] = 1 + 2 = 2
rec['C']['score'] = 4 + 5 = 9
rec['C']['votes'] = 1 + 1 = 2
rec['D']['score'] = 4
rec['D']['votes'] = 1
After a little math, we compute the average score for each recommendation and order our array from best match to worst:
rec['C']['avg'] = 4.5
rec['D']['avg'] = 4
rec['B']['avg'] = 2.5
Now we can present our recommendations to the user. Since our cutoff for likeability was 4 and over, we only present those items that have an average score of 4+: items C and D. Item C is the best match, item D is the next best, and item B is not a match at all. You may want to weight those items with more "votes" more highly than single vote recommendations but this really isn't as important once your recommendation table reaches a decent size. You can also limit the results you return to the top 5 or whatever number you deem sufficient if many of your users rate a large number of items.
Another way to describe these recommendations is to say "Users who enjoyed A also enjoyed C and D." This actually better explains the relationship between the items, especially given the simple algorithm used to join the items.
There are several variations you can make to this scheme to improve the results you return. For my own use, I have limited the number of users I poll to 10 users who have rated a particular item (selected at random). This is to keep the script from slowing my pages since I have some items that have been rated by hundreds of unique users. I also limit the recommendations to items in similar "categories." Specifically, I only return bike trail recommendations for trails in the same state as the original trail. Although many of my users have rated trails in multiple states, it is unlikely that information seekers will be interested in a trail in California that is similar to the one in Georgia that they've just ridden.
A recommendation engine is fairly easy to construct using a few simple tables and arrays and can be a distinctive and compelling offering for your users. Once you've got the basics down it's easy to improve this idea to give you truly meaningful results.


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Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy Premier in late October and stated that the smartphone would be available on the market in November.
For unknown reasons, the South Korean company decided to postpone the launch of the Galaxy Premier until January 2013.
Today, ePrice reports that the handset has landed in Taiwan and customers can now purchase it for only $550/€410 off contract.
It is also worth mentioning that customers will be able to choose from three color options: titanium grey, black and white.
The Galaxy Premier ships with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system out of the box and packs a powerful 1.5 GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4470 processor.
Furthermore, the smartphone comes equipped with a PowerVR SGX544 graphics processing unit and 1GB of RAM. It also embeds 16GB of internal memory, which can be further expanded up to 64GB via microSD memory card.
Another strong point of the Galaxy Premier is the 4.65-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display that supports HD (720 x 1280 pixels) resolution and 16 million colors.
On the back, the device boasts an enhanced 8-megapixel photo snapper that features autofocus, LED flash and full HD (1080p) video recording. There's also a secondary 1.9-megapixel camera on the front.
Samsung Galaxy Premier drains energy from a 2,100 mAh Li-Ion battery, which should provide up to 790 hours of standby time (600 hours in 3G mode) or up to 22 hours of talk time (11 hours in 3G mode).
Taiwanese blog Sogi has also published a few benchmarks that show Galaxy Premier's performances. Thus, the smartphone positioned itself under HTC One X and right above the Asus Transformer Prime.
Although the smartphone has already been delayed a few times, once it's gone live in a country, we can safely assume it will be rolled out globally within the next few weeks. Stay tuned for more updates on this one.


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While Tesco is one of the biggest names in retail on the planet—it's said to be just after Walmart in terms of overall size, making it the second largest retailer of all—it's also been shown to be branching out a bit. Putting the power of big data projects to work in its own operations by acquiring the data science firm Dunnhumby, it's been learning a lot more about what its customers like, don't like and might want via combing records created by loyalty cards. But there's likely to be another expansion afoot as Dunnhumby made an acquisition of its own in the form of Sociomantic Labs.
The deal itself had been rumored to be in progress since March, and the price Dunnhumby paid for Sociomantic is as yet unrevealed. But the possible price tag (News - Alert) on the deal could have gone as high as $200 million, and sources that were "close to the negotiations" suggest that it came in the "low hundreds of millions," which puts the price somewhere between $100 million and $200 million.
Dunnhumby—and by extension Tesco—has been really stepping up its marketing capabilities of late. Back in 2011, Dunnhumby picked up BzzAgent, a company that allows companies to build a structure by which users can compete for a shot at free or deeply discounted products and talk about those products online. Such a practice hopefully will hopefully in turn fuel good word-of-mouth promotion and give an advantage in terms of selling those items. Sociomantic, meanwhile, has its focus on advertising with a special focus on e-commerce, so it looks to be part of an expansion effort in terms of online sales, a point that many retailers are trying to augment especially after the last holiday shopping season, where plenty of users turned out to shop online, yet not so much in the brick and mortar stores.
Of particular interest here is that Sociomantic has reportedly been profitable ever since it got started back in 2009. In 2013 alone it generated revenues for the year that were likely better than its sale price—measured in the "couple of hundred million dollars" range by Simon Hay, Dunnhumby's CEO—so this move came as a surprise to some.
So what could Dunnhumby—and by extension Tesco—do with Sociomantic? Some points immediately emerge, like bringing that big data prowess to Tesco's online operations, or simply allowing Sociomantic to operate as normal to give Dunnhumby a boost to its cash flow profile. A business, at the end of the day, lives and dies by its cash flow. Dunnhumby already works with several major names from Coca-Cola to Kroger, and offering up an extra service like those Sociomantic can offer, from streaming customer relationship management (CRM) tools to advertising issues, might help to make Dunnhumby a better value in the minds of current customers. There's seldom anything wrong with offering added value; it often persuades customers who might ordinarily drop a service to stick with that service when cash starts getting a little tight. Just look at cable companies who might make special offers to those who threaten cancellation, and the outcome of a little added value becomes clear.
While it will likely be some time before we see the full impact of Dunnhumby's purchase, it's likely to have quite a bit of value no matter how it's put to work. There may be some big things coming from Dunnhumby and Tesco soon, so keeping an eye on the news here should prove worthwhile in the long run.


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Tony Jacobson created this quilt in honor of his nephew Eric who has served three tours of duty-two in Iraq and one in Afghanistan as a member of the Iowa National Guard. Tony said, "Our family is very proud of his service, and this quilt is just a small token to show our appreciation."
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Nkumba v Vegetarian
Falcons v Power (postponed)
FUBA have postponed the perennially anticipated National Basketball League (NBL) clash between the Falcons and TigerHead Power, originally scheduled as Sunday's main event at the YMCA.
The match was moved to a date yet to be set following a request from the two teams, who have some of their key players involved in the national team's final preparations for the FIBA Africa Zone Five championship.
The Uganda Silverbacks were set to face Kenya in a friendly on Saturday and it was deemed unfair for Falcons and Power players involved in the international affair to take part in one of NBL's biggest contests 24 hours later.
Consequently, only three NBL matches will take place today with the Nkumba Marines taking on Vegetarian in the only men's match.
Nkumba are looking for their first win in the NBL after opening the season with three defeats while Vegetarian have one win in four and will be keen on taking advantage of the frail Marines to record their second win.
While the quality may not reach the Falcons v Power levels, the parity between Nkumba and Vegetarian should make their game a real contest.
The women's affair between the UCU Lady Canons and Magic Stormers should be well contested even though the reigning champions from Mukono are favourites to ultimately prevail.
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MTV is already touting Brooklyn as the return to the "original" Real World (not the version of the show where MTV casts hot-but-less-evolved people). Also, they are playing up the return to New York. But hasn't this been done before? I believe it was season ten and it was actually called The Real World: Back to New York. "The Brooklyn season, like the Hollywood season, will focus on what people loved about The Real World when it launched in 1992 genuine people, meaningful conflict and powerful stories. We're thrilled that MTV is allowing The Real World to turn 21.," says Jon Murray, The Real World Co-Creator and Chairman & President of Bunim-Murray Productions.
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — There's nothing wrong with President Barack Obama going to Boston to give a speech defending his health-care reform.
Giving speeches is what he does best and Obamacare certainly needs some defending after its badly botched launch.
A Boston Herald opinion writer even called it a "political masterstroke" for the president to go to Faneuil Hall, where former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney signed the original model for Obamacare seven years ago.
And Obama stoutly defended the federal health-care reform, listing its benefits: "Better protections for Americans with insurance; a new marketplace for Americans without insurance; new tax credits to help folks afford it; more choice, more competition; real health-care security not just for the uninsured or underinsured, but for all of us."
The Boston Red Sox even played along and won the World Series in Game Six to cap the day's events.
But at the same time, the president's speech in Boston put on display everything that is wrong with this administration.
It is an administration that puts political theater ahead of politics; puts campaigning ahead of governing; and spends far too much time defending policies after the fact instead of explaining them and managing expectations ahead of time.
A telling moment came in the Boston speech when two young protesters heckled the president about the Keystone XL pipeline, calling out clearly in unison, "Mr. President, reject Keystone XL! Stop climate change! For our generation, stop the pipeline!"
The crowd sympathetic to the president started to boo the protesters, even as security escorted them out of the hall.
But Obama graciously stopped the booing, flashing his campaign smile. "We're talking about health care today," he said. "That is the wrong rally. We had the climate change rally back in the summer." Watch a video of the incident
The White House transcript notes laughter and applause, then more laughter, then more applause. The protesters are gone and order is restored.
It is fairly certain that anyone who dared to raise their voices during the president's speech on climate change in June at Georgetown University would have been hustled out of the hall just as quickly, even if that was the "right" rally.
In the meantime, the delay in resolving the Keystone issue has increased suspicions that the State Department will, through a sleight of hand, decide that the project to bring Canada's dirty tar sands oil to U.S. refineries will not have a negative effect on climate.
So when is the right time to protest? After the approval of the pipeline, which will bring millions in profit to oil magnates like the Koch brothers even as it supports one of the dirtiest energy sources on the planet, is a fait accompli?


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Songs of Peace/Evening Clouds
A little flock of clouds go down to rest
In some blue corner off the moon's highway,
With shepherd winds that shook them in the West
To borrowed shapes of earth, in bright array,
Perhaps to weave a rainbow's gay festoons
Around the lonesome isle which Brooke has made
A little England full of lovely noons,
Or dot it with his country's mountain shade.
Ah, little wanderers, when you reach that isle
Tell him, with dripping dew, they have not failed,
What he loved most; for late I roamed awhile
Thro' English fields and down her rivers sailed;
And they remember him with beauty caught
From old desires of Oriental Spring
Heard in his heart with singing overwrought;
And still on Purley Commons gooseboys sing.
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AUSTIN – Polk County's unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in 10 months during April when local jobless figures fell to 9.6 percent. The 9.6 percent rate for April is down from the revised 9.9 percent figure posted for March. It also is the lowest monthly rate recorded for the county since an identical 9.6 percent was listed for June 2009. According to figures posted by the Texas Employment Commission (TWC), the new 9.6 percent rate translates to mean that out of an estimated labor force of 18,534 people, there were 1,779 workers looking for work during the month. The March report listed an estimated labor force of 18,384 with 1,822 searching for jobs. The latest rate is well below the 10.8 percent jobless rate posted by TWC for Polk County in January. While the local jobs picture was improving, the unemployment rates listed for most adjoining counties also were falling. Tyler County's rate fell from 10.9 percent in March to 10.4 percent in April while Angelina County's numbers fell from 8.5 to 8.3 percent during the two month period. Trinity County's rate dropped slightly from 9.1 to 9.0 percent and San Jacinto County's jobless figure dropped from 10.1 percent to 9.7 percent. The only neighboring county that did not see a drop was Liberty County to the south, which held steady at 10.9 percent during both March and April. Statewide, total nonagricultural employment grew for the fourth consecutive month gaining 32,500 jobs in April, according the TWC report. Texas employers have added 79,000 jobs since the beginning of 2010 and the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly to 8.3 percent in April, up from 8.2 percent in March. It continued to trend well below the U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April of 9.9 percent. The Texas Civilian Labor Force grew by another 51,000 workers in April meaning more Texans are employed than ever before at 11.2 million workers. "The employment results were mixed in Texas for the month of April. While the unemployment rate in our state increased from 8.2 percent to 8.3 percent, we did experience job growth in a number of industries," said TWC Chairman Tom Pauken. "Texas had employment gains in such sectors as construction, mining and logging along with manufacturing." Construction employment displayed impressive growth in April with an increase of 10,600 jobs. Mining and logging grew for the third consecutive month with 2,800 jobs added in April and manufacturing employment increased by 700 jobs. "The Texas labor force is expanding at a record pace, and there is stiff competition for all these new jobs," said TWC Commissioner Representing Labor Ronny Congleton. "Texans searching for work can look to TWC for assistance at workforce centers across the state and on WorkInTexas.com." Education and health services employment recorded gains of 14,800 positions in April for a total of 65,400 jobs over the past year. Employment in professional and business services increased for the fourth month in a row, gaining 7,900 jobs in April. Other services employment grew by 7,500 jobs and financial activities added 500 jobs in April. "Texas employers added jobs in eight of 11 industries in April, offering opportunities to a diverse pool of job seekers," said TWC Commissioner Representing the Public Andres Alcantar. "TWC and the 28 workforce boards are committed to connecting Texas workers with available jobs."
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What is the best way to remove food from a grill grate? I heard something about putting it in a garbage bag with ammonia overnight.
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By Lowell07/19/2011
I use two different methods depending on how dirty the grill is. For light to medium recently cooked on grills I simply throw the grill in the grass overnight cook side down. The enzymes in the grass will work on the debris and chew it to a consistency that will allow for most of it to be wiped/hosed off. My daughter didn't believe me until she tried it. The other, for dirty burnt on grills, I put on rubber gloves and spray the grills well with oven cleaner, place them in a heavy duty garbage bag tied tightly on the open end and leave them outside in the sunlight for most of the day. The internal heat in the bag with the oven cleaner is just like overnight cleaning of your oven and works equally as well. If your grills are hideously dirty, burnt on and really this side of being replaced, check the phone book for a local steam cleaner.
By Beth [25]02/16/2009
Just burn it off with the grill on high for a few minutes and then use a grill friendly brush or scrubber. There are lots of different brushes for different types of grates.
By Shari from Greer (Guest Post)02/15/2009
This one is chemical free, fast and EASY ! Just wrap the grill with aluminum foil, turn the grill on high, close it up, and leave it for 10 to 15 minutes. When the time is up you shut off the grill, open it up, and gently brush off the ash that is left behind.My DH thought that I was crazy when I first suggested this to him, now he wouldn't think of doing it any other way. Good grilling! Shari
By S Cronmiller02/15/2009
Several have said using a wire brush. Not a good idea if it's a porcelain coated grate. Of course if you've already done it in the past, no need to worry about scratching the finish now....
Use the high flame setting & the cover down to burn it off OR I'll trade some chemical use for the extra propane you need to do that.
I use easyoff, but not very much at all, and a garbage bag so the grate can be sprayed and then laid flat for a few hours to let the cleaner work. I usually set it in a sunny are too! Then I rinse and wash with dish soap several times.
By crazyliblady (Guest Post)02/14/2009
I don't like to use chemicals if at all possible, but if it is really bad and using a wire brush does not work, try oven cleaner. It is designed to remove greasy messes from an oven and also works on grills and burner pans.
By Orv (Guest Post)02/13/2009
I clean the grill immediately after removing the cooked food. I use a wire brush/scraper combo, followed by a fiber grill "scrubber" if needed. A hot grill is a lot easier to clean.
IMHO 'NO' chemicals should be used on a grill grate. Just use a sturdy wire brush to scrape off the worst of the food buildup. You can find them in most grocery stores in the cleaning aid isle and in the isles of almost every store that sells BBQ's and BBQ utensils. The heat from firing up the grill will burn the rest off.
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When my husband cooks on the grill [after the food is cooked and taken off grill. He turns the grill on high for 10 to 15 minutes and the grill will burn off the burned food. Close the cover. Cathy from MA
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October 18, 2010
By Rea S. Hederman, Jr. and Paul Winfree
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is one of the largest and most complicated overhauls ever enacted. Policy experts continue to debate the impact it will have. Among the issues that has raised concerns is its cost. Supporters point to an estimate by the Congressional Budget Office that the law will reduce the nation's budget deficit by about $140 billion over the next 10 years. But according to an analysis by The Heritage Foundation, the health overhaul could end up costing American taxpayers millions of dollars in higher health insurance premiums or put a tremendous amount of pressure on an already soaring national debt. The foundation offers an interactive Web calculator where readers can test their own judgments about the effect of the law, too. We investigated what would happen to the estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, the official scorekeeping arm of Congress charged with analyzing the budget implications of legislative proposals, if different assumptions were made about how the health overhaul will work. This is important because, during the health reform legislative debates, CBO provided Congress with cost estimates and impact reports about the bill. But CBO scores can be gamed. One rule Congress has repeatedly abused is that the CBO must score legislation as if all the provisions in a bill end up being enacted exactly as intended. But that rarely ever happens, especially with a law that calls for a massive change to one-sixth of the U.S. economy. For instance, the agency's baseline assumed that the alternative minimum tax will never be patched or another Medicare "Doc Fix" to prevent a big cut in doctors' reimbursements will never happen. Yet both of these short-term fixes have occurred every year since the issues arose more than a decade ago. Recognizing how political realities often are at odds with projected outcomes, CBO director Douglas Elmendorf recently acknowledged that certain parts of the estimates are unrealistic because public outcry and political maneuvering likely won't allow some of the legislation's key provisions to take effect. Since CBO is confined in its estimates, Heritage decided to draw from a larger crowd of outside experts to determine what happens if certain overhaul provisions don't deliver, or the results are better than expected. We looked at seven factors that came up repeatedly during the health reform debate, and then analyzed how various changes to each one could alter the CBO's final scorecard. Those factors include the individual mandate which, beginning in 2014, will require almost everyone to buy health insurance; planned Medicare cuts; expected losses in employer coverage; a new "Cadillac" tax on rich benefit plans as well as other new health care taxes; more adoption of health information technology; and a reduction in health insurers' administrative costs. The calculator draws on estimates from sources such as Harvard economist David Cutler, The Lewin Group and includes estimates from former CBO Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who has suggested that the number of individuals covered by employer-sponsored insurance will undergo a larger change than what the official CBO score approximated.
Our findings demonstrate just how sensitive the CBO's scorecard can be when slight differences are applied to the agency's underlying assumptions. For instance, if only 40 percent of the scheduled Medicare cuts actually occur, the law will push up the federal deficit by more than $132 billion in the first 10 years. In addition, if 14 million Americans (rather than the 8 million predicted by the CBO) end up leaving their employer-sponsored health plans, the federal deficit would jump by more than $300 billion. This could happen because more are enrolled in Medicaid or qualify for subsidies to purchase coverage in national health insurance exchanges.
And, because the health law imposes a 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices (such as powered wheelchairs, hearing aids, breast-milk pumps, prosthetics, replacement joints, and diagnostic tools like MRI and CT scanners), that tax will likely be passed down to consumers (patients) in the form of higher premiums. Common economic theory explains that the burden of any tax is likely to be shared between the supplier and consumer.
The bottom line is that no one knows what the exact impact of health law will be once all of its provisions go into effect, which will take many years to occur and analyze. Americans need to be prepared for what they could face if it fails to meet up to CBO expectations.
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WEST POTSDAM - Well over 500 runners and walkers transgressed the home stretch hill and passed through the start-finish arch on Saturday on the grounds of the West Potsdam Volunteer Fire Department at the 2012 Hobble-Gobble Prediction Run-Walk.
And then the North Countrys largest road race turned into a large-scale party as participants of all ages danced to the music and celebrated the 60-something degree temperatures, that felt like 70-something, the bright sunshine and final stages of the fall colors in the leaves of the hardwood tracts.
Then the intrepid troops went inside the fire hall and adjoining tents to feast on bagels, yogurt, fruit, bottled water and the famous Hobble-Gobble chili and cookies.
The final strides of the race turned into a sea of smiles as bright as the smiles of youngsters who will enjoy Christmas as the beneficiaries of the event which has raised over $108,000 for the Potsdam Holiday Fund and other organizations which aid needy families in 15 years.
Our number of registrations was down a little from the past few years but we had the highest percentage of finishers ever, said Race Director Derry Loucks.
And we set an all-time record by raising over $15,000. We had 570 participants and as long as I get 550 I will continue to hold the race.
That was great news for the Potsdam Holiday Fund which was represented by Nancy Griffin.This the 15th year of the Hobble-Gobble Prediction Run and I cant thank you enough, she said.
The Potsdam Holiday Fund provided toys for 500 kids last year provided food for so many families in need.
Funds from the race also aid the Neighborhood Centers of Massena, Colton and Ogdensburg; the Helping Hands of Hannawa and Norwood-Norfolk-Raymondville, the Heuvelton Giving Tree, the Potsdam Rescue Squad and the West Potsdam Fire Department and Auxiliary.
Each year the event also makes a donation to an out of the area organization and this year a donation will be made the Youth Services of Ottawa.
According to Loucks, the event is able to provide such wide-ranging philanthropy because of the generosity of the sponsors and the volunteers who have made such a dedicated commitment. To honor that commitment Loucks presented the 2012 Hobble-Gobble Commitment To Running Award to his volunteers.
I do the bulk of the work for 11 months but in the last four days the volunteers take over and make sure the event comes off without a problem, said Loucks honoring his wife Eileen Loucks, his step son Jack Mee, Cindy Sullivan and Ben Brownell of the West Potsdam Fire Department and Auxiliary, Dixie Davis, Jennifer and Roger Fadden, Floyd and Joan Firman, Sharon and Larry Reynolds, Debbie Morgan, Janice Adderley and Fonda.
Firman was also honored for running all 15 Hobble-Gobble races.
The top performer-predictors on the day were Malone Cross Country standout Bekkah Bond who came within .7 of a second of her predicted time on the short (4 miles plus) course and Meleta Truax of Potsdam who came within 5.7 seconds of her predicted time on the long (6 miles plus) course.
The top eight predictors on the short course and the first four prognosticators on the long course received trophies and a Thanksgiving turkey.
Short Course Leaders: Bekkah Bond of Malone (predicted 31:28.8 - actual ran 31:28.1) .7 difference, Brenda Papineau of Canton (59:33.2 - 59:31.9) 1.3, Nicole Cline of Potsdam (45:44.4 - 45:42.4) 2.0, Anita Cafarella of Norwood (42:23.1 - 42:25.2) 2..1, Kevin Tupper of Canton (37:45.5 - 37:42.6) 2.9, Hannah Tupper of Canton (37:45.5 - 37:42.5) 3.0, Shannon Boyce of Norfolk (47:22 - 47:25.1) 3.1 and Kathleen Ahlfeld of Massena (30:14 - 39:10.6) 3.4
Long Course Leaders: Meleta Truax of Potsdam (1:00.32.1 - 1:00:26.4) 5.7, Rachel Bachman of Queensbury (39:30.3 - 39:22.9) 7.4, Sharon McMillan of Ottawa, Ont. (54:29.0 - 54:21.5) 7.5, Nancy Hardwick of Watertown (45:18.0 - 45:26.4) 8.4.
Long Course Top 10 Times: Shawn Spriggs (Potsdam) 37:06.0, Allen Kelly (Rennselaer Falls) 37:21, Jim Allott (Potsdam) 39:12.8, Rachel Bachman (Queensbury) 39:22.0, Siavash Namiranian (Potsdam) 40:29.9, Luke Ducharme (Brushton) 42:15.5, Marc Rusch (Redwood) 42:47.5, Bill Amberman (Norwood) 44:21, Mark Passamonte (Canton) 44:25.3, Bob Dunkelberg (Gouverneur) 44:28.5.
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Butte Creek Mill
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A Living Treasure stands rustically over Little Butte Creek, water pouring out of her antique timbered side like it has for far over a century. Her belts, pulleys and stones have not stopped turning and telling the story of the people who settled the Oregon territory. We've had our noses to the grindstone for more than 134 years right here on the side of Little Butte Creek in this same building turning these same millstones. That's why we're listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This is the way we look now, and this is the way we looked way back when so… Celebrate Life Where Time Stands Still! It's What's Inside That Counts!
Historic Destination…
The Butte Creek Mill and General Store is still one of Southern Oregon's favorite destinations today as people come to take home the whole grain goodness of mills flours baking mixes and many culinary treats along with a whole lot of history. The mill began operation in 1872, built by the pioneers with double-bitted axes and hand saws felled trees that were already more than one hundred years old. Foundation pillars nearly two feet square, were hewn with broad axes; the beams were morticed together and secured to one another with hardwood pegs; boards for the walls were whipsawed from logs and nailed on with hand made square nails. The mill consists of a basement and three floors.
What Makes It Work?
Water from the dam, a short walk upstream, flows in the millrace to the lower level of the mill where it turns a turbine that powers the wheels, pulleys, shafts, belts, and the millstones that power the whole milling process. Water returns to the creek through the tailrace.
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The stones (1,400 pounds each) that do the work were quarried in France, assembled in Illinois, shipped around the horn to Crescent City and then carried over the mountains by horse and wagon and put into service more than 134 years ago. When the miller, Mike Hawkins, grinds the grain, he never lets the stones actually touch one another. He adjusts the stones so they grind the grain, the bran, and the germ so they are blended together. That's what makes stone-ground grains taste so good. You can watch the miller, (Mike has been milling grain here since 1987), monitor the process from the main floor. Call ahead to check his schedule.
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It's about this time of the year that all the personal finance magazines and blogs come out with articles on how to save money on heating. This time, I will join the fray and reveal my secret. The usual advice to save money on the heating bill is to turn down the thermostat and bundle up. This is good for the wallet, but the Mrs. really hates being cold.
My secret is the kotatsu table. This might not work for everyone though, especially taller folks that can't sit comfortably on the floor. A kotatsu table is basically a coffee table with two top surfaces, a heating element, and a big blanket to keep the heat in. Every household in Japan has one and it is the best place to take an afternoon nap.
You can purchase an authentic kotatsu table, but it is expensive because they have to be imported. Instead, I will show you how to make one.
- $40 Coffee table – You need to find a coffee table with two top surface. A LACK Coffee table from IKEA is what we have. You can also search Craigslist for a used LACK coffee table. If you have long killer legs like Angelina Jolie, you probably want to get a taller coffee table.
- $55 to $100 heating element – There are some "kotatsu heater unit" for sale on EBAY for $70, but the shipping cost is another $30. An alternative is the "cozy legs" radiant heater. I found one on Amazon for about $55 or you can try the local Ace Hardware for $60. The cozy legs works okay, but it takes a long time to warm up, about 10-15 minutes. I would go with the real kotatsu heater if you want instant warmth. *2011 update. The real kotatsu heating element heats up much faster than the cozy legs. It's 100 times better so I recommend that. It's not worth cheaping out on this one, trust me.
- $0 old king size blanket – We like the king size, but a queen would probably work too. A comforter is better in colder climate.
- $? pillows to sit on. You can pick up some big pillows from IKEA while you're there.
Instructions – Put the coffee table together and leave the lower panel out for now. Mount the heater element to the bottom of the coffee table (you'll have to figure it out yourself.) Throw the blanket on top of the coffee table and center it. Put the bottom panel on top of the blanket and TA DA! you've got a kotatsu table. Don't forget to put the pillows under your bums.
If you can sit on the floor comfortably, a kotatsu table will be the best thing that ever happens to you. We rarely turn on our force air heater these days. Our climate is temperate and the concrete condo retains the heat well so our indoor temperature hovers around 64 degrees Fahrenheit. We spend a lot of time under the kotatsu table every winter and save tons of money on heating bills. Our November electric bill went up $10 from our summer bill. Enjoy!
Let me know if you have any questions. I can send you more pictures in an email.


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Hmmmmmm, I will download it...
The new and revamped long awaited Chaos Daemons mod for Dawn of War: Soulstorm has finally been released! Please read more for more information.
Posted by Lord_Cylarne on Sep 28th, 2013
The Daemons mod created by the official Daemons mod team has been released! Ever since 12/31/12, the Chaos Daemons mod was reworked to an extreme, here by including a total revamp to the Daemons mod version 0.96 back almost a year ago. What does version 1.4 bring? Only epicness. Only new stuff all over the place, only a total revamp! Daemons mod fans out there, if you played version 0.96 and you liked it, version 1.4 is A NEED TO GET!
To spice you up more:
Have you always wondered what the essence of the warp will cause to those who stand in its path?
Are you a Chaos player? Dominating in the face of evil?
Are you Bloodthirsty, thriving to play the all new Chaos Daemons with ALL daemons in a full race mod?
Are you ready to command the army of Chaos Daemons!? Then let us hear it!
Hmmmmmm, I will download it...
You bet! I'm Immortal, well sort of. Well actually.....I'm..kinda....oh what's the word, oh yeah: dead. But my Immortal soul shall live forever!
Yep and it's cool that there're so many Emperors ;P
looks amazing!
don't play UA again!!! crash the SS!
This is the standalone Daemons Mod, not Ultimate Apocalypse.
If you have problems with running "UA New Races" then run the default UA Mod or comment Daemons Mod out in the "UltimateApocalypse_NewRaces.module"-file by entering two semicolons at the start of the line.
I know, but when UA started, sees him and tries to load it instead of taking the 0.96, I also tried to change the data folder and redirecting the module file on the renamed folder, so you have a folder and a folder daemon DM14, but is not served to you about anything, UA recognizes it and crashes too, in short they can not co-exist
yea when i tried to run the mod from the game manager on SS not UA new races just 1.4 it crashes
finally someone replaced those ridiculous pink horrors with some truly daemonic stuff.
thank you.
The Dark Gods March In Step!
Minions of the Dark gods,
together we shall reap a bloody harve --
Chaos Daemons
Umm... You... You forgot the "st" in "harvest".
Just saying.
Stand alone or do you need UA mod?
Stand alone Deuce. But not compatible yet with UA so if you want to play UA new races or campaign keep the 0.96 daemons around, for now at least.
do you hear the daemons voices??


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You don't have to tell me twice.
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