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Skip to comments.Larry Kudlow: Why I Like the "Cash for Clunkers" Plan
Posted on 08/06/2009 6:16:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
As a free-market capitalist who does not believe in artificial spending and pump-priming from Uncle Sam, I'm going to eat a little crow with the following statement: At this moment in history, if we're going to use fiscal stimulus as Washington insists, I favor extending the cash-for-clunkers car-rebate program.
With the greatest respect for my conservative friends and colleagues who totally disagree with me, here's why.
In virtually no time, the clunker program has become a national pastime. It has captured the public's imagination in a way that no other federal stimulus has. Everyone is talking about it. And I truly believe that consumer spirits have been buoyed by the prospect of going out and buying a new car -- even with federal assistance, and even under the duress of federal mileage standards.
After a very dreary year or two, people might just have fun trading in their clunkers and buying something new.
Even today, as unfashionable as it sounds, and given Washington's attack on horsepower, Americans are still in love with automobiles. They still like going to showrooms, checking out the new models, inhaling the great new-car smell, and yes, kicking the tires and making a buy. Cars may no longer be the heart of our economy -- that's all techie, information gadgets now. But folks still love the car thing.
Now, I wouldn't want the government to pass out free money for everything. But in this particular case, the cash-for-clunkers rebate program is working. It's working so well that it's running way ahead of the computers that are administering it at the Transportation Department and Citibank.
Well, sure. That's government for you. But unlike most of the rest of the fiscal-stimulus plan, this program actually works because the federal cash rebate actually contributes to a consumer purchase. It's not just another welfare-type transfer program.
Incidentally, with all those people rushing into the car-dealer showrooms, the ones who cannot afford new cars are buying used cars. Used car prices are up substantially this year, a healthy sign for the entire auto business.
And carmakers are going to have to ramp-up production in order to meet the clunker trade-in demand, which could well mean better employment -- something we desperately need. Plus, in addition to fueling better job creation and higher incomes, this process may generate rising tax revenues from the sale of the cars.
And the price tag of the program is a mere $2 billion compared with the trillions of dollars Washington has been wasting. So, for once in our lives, Washington spending is giving us a good bang for the buck.
The biggest trade out there seems to be selling the Ford Explorer and buying the Ford Focus. Of the top-five-purchased higher-mileage cars that qualify, Toyota has three, the Corolla, Prius, and Camry. The Prius is made overseas, but the other two are manufactured mostly in the United States. The number-three trade, the Honda Civic, is made in Indiana, while the Dodge Caliber and Chevrolet Cobalt rank in the top ten.
Yes, as for the Chevy, it is a little bizarre that the government that owns General Motors is in effect paying itself. So it goes. It ain't perfect.
And yes, it's quite possible that government rebates today will steal car sales from next year. But let's cross that bridge next year when the bull market recovery will hopefully be stronger.
Right about now you're probably saying, "Well, why not just spend another $100 billion and give consumers checks for everything?" Or, "Why not spend another trillion?" Well, I don't want to go there. Just this one cash-for-clunker program -- that's all I want. Fund it again for a couple of billion dollars more.
I mean, look, if I had my way, that trillion-dollar stimulus plan from President Obama would have gone to a six- or twelve-month tax holiday for everyone. But alas, that's not how the political ball bounced. At least for the clunkers, there's a plan that has caught the public's imagination and makes for a reasonable amount of economic success.
So I invite my Republican friends in the Senate and my conservative friends everywhere to push for the clunkers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." So I acknowledge that I am not being consistent. But I do actually believe that the new bull market in stocks and the onset of economic recovery will both be helped by improved consumer spirits, better car sales, and maybe even a new job or two for the American workforce.
And now I will try to regroup and go back to being a pure free-market-capitalist supply-sider.
- Lawrence Kudlow is host of CNBC's The Kudlow Report and co-host of The Call. He is also a former Reagan economic advisor and a syndicated columnist. Visit his blog, Kudlow's Money Politics.
Larry's officially lost it.
I expect better of Kudlow.
Just because cash for clunkers is better than the myriad other forms of government waste doesn't stop it from being government waste.
What an idiot.
Uh, oh. Has Larry resumed his coke habit?
To those who agree with "Cash For Clunkers", may I offer the words of Samuel Adams:
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.
I like LK, but he is dead dead dead wrong.
Lots of things "feel good", but they're dreadfully dangerous.
C4C is EXACTLY one of those things.
What does anybody expect to happen when all these people realize they now have a new big car payment each month? Won't something else suffer? I am pretty sure that money can't be respent. The money going for the new car payment will necessitate buying less of something else.
It's not just another welfare-type transfer program.
Oh, yes it is a transfer program - from my taxpayer pocket to a car buyer. And its a total waste, as the engine is destroyed (as opposed to parting it out to stimulate other auto side industries).
If you want to stimulate the economy and bury the country in debt why not put the money in the hands of the American consumers.They are the people who stimulate the economy.There would be "NO" economy without the people to even speak of.The last people on earth that deserve a bailout are the people on wall street who sat behind their desk and robbed people/towns/cities and countries of their wealth from all over the world.That's why the Asians call wall street "SUCKER STREET".
What a steaming pile of totally unmitigated garbage:
Totally ignores the massive unintended consequences for used car and auto repair businesses. Totally ignores the unintended consequences for charities that are funded by selling donated used cars. Totally ignores that a LOT of the talk concerns how badly off the govt was with their cost estimates. Totally ignores that this is an example of govt picking winners, not the market, which is classic statism/fascism/marxism. Totally ignores that most clunkers are US made, which will hurt the US parts industry, while most new cars purchased under the program are foreign made (to the degree that the Big Three are really US manufacturers and Honda - with factories all over the US - is a foreign manufacturer, which is debateable.)
As I said, a steaming pile of totally unmitigated garbage.
It unfortunately shows just how out of touch he is, there in that NY-CT mogul corridor of his.
I find myself in the very uncomfortable position of being in the market for a new truck, as my current one's transmission bit the dust and it's just not worth sinking repair money into because the rest of the truck isn't far behind.
And I want some of my &^%$!*> tax money back.
What to do... what to do...
And thanks to taking all these good used "clunkers" out of the market, we can expect them to go even higher, outpricing people's ability to own one.
Larry Kudlow should know better.
I agree. What a load of horse pucky. He must be high on something for him to ignore the secondary costs associated with this stupid C.A.S.H. program.
Kudlow can't be this stupid. It's bad enough he works for CNBC.
"As a free-market capitalist who does not believe in artificial spending.."
Yeah, you do believe in it. So please don't label yourself as a free-market capitalist anymore. Ok?
Off the wagon. No doubt about it. Larry had better head straight for the nearest confession booth, and then find a 12-step meeting — fast!
And the price tag of the program is a mere $2 billion compared with the trillions of dollars Washington has been wasting...
Exactly how many cars were purchased for that $2 billion? How much government overhead per deal?
The biggest trade out there seems to be selling the Ford Explorer and buying the Ford Focus.
What happens to the Ford Explorer? Who owns it? How much to destroy it?
Now, I wouldn't want the government to pass out free money for everything. But in this particular case, the cash-for-clunkers rebate program is working...
So government intervention in the free market is good some of the time? Are you a Neo-Free Marketer Larry?
"What does anybody expect to happen when all these people realize they now have a new big car payment each month? "
No prob. BO will start the CCNCPRP, the Cash for Clunkers New Car Payment Relief Program.
I agree too. What part of Thou Shalt Not Steal doesn't he understand? Why do so many people believe it is OK to steal if you use the government as an intermediary in the theft?
I'm an engineer at an auto supplier, just returned from a 12 week layoff due to 'the Troubles.' But I don't want or need this kind of 'help'. We are better off in the long run with just policies, not income redistribution/theft as an instrument of social/economic policy.
Yes, but the money being used on the program was being wasted anyway. I think I read that the infusion of the new 2 billion is coming from funds set aside for "renewable energy", which means it was already being wasted. At least "cash for clunkers" helps stimulate some sales.
Larry never had it. He kisses the butt of whoever is in power.
"Cash for Clunkers" has proven to be a windfall for "foreign" car manufacturers, i.e., Toyota, Honda, Hyundai.
It is also "time-shifting" a lot of trades that would take place in the ordinary course of business over the next couple of years anyway. What is SEVERELY impacted is the now depleted supply of perfectly satisfactory vehicles in sound mechanical condition, that just happen to have only a mediocre fuel economy rating.
Fuel costs, even at $4-$5 per gallon, are still not the major expense of owning a car over its lifetime, depreciation and interest are. Even insurance costs more than the fuel on a yearly basis.
It's the oldest scam in Congress's playbook. The money taken out of the "renewable energy" budget will easily be replenished. The original scam is taking money out of the military budget, because it too is easily replenished.
Um...that's limited to those who actually HAVE a drivable "clunker" that they can trade in, AND have enough disposable income to pay the difference between $4500 and new car.
It torques off the rest of us who have to cough up our "fair share" of that $4500 so someone else can enjoy a new car.
I have a car in the driveway that gets just good enough mileage (allegedly, on the books) that it doesn't count, that's just the wrong side of drivable, and I will have to pour about $4500 into it just to make it road-legal - just so I can get it to the dealer as viable trade-in - and I have to pay for someone ELSE's $4500 "trade-in" on a perfectly drivable vehicle that I'd gladly pay $4500 to own? WTF?
Bullhockey! How many sales in previous months didn't take place because people were waiting for this? And how many future sales now won't take place because of it?
When the low income person decides to buy a used Explorer to haul her kids, will the price of those left have been raised exponentially? Will she be able to afford now scarce parts for her vehicle?
Kublow likes it that the taxpayer subsidizes a class of taxpayer, the one in possession of a clunker and willing to buy a new car. Why not just have a blind drawing of random taxpayers and give them $4,500. Oh no, that would be fair and rich people may get some. It is not like the original taxpayer could spend his money better, he needs government to.
A business owner I know traded in the old GM company truck for a new Ford under the C4C. The opinion was that he was getting a roundabout tax rebate as he'd certainly paid considerably more than that $4,500 in taxes.
While I disagree with the program wholeheartedly, I can't really find a flaw in that particular argument for those who really do pay a lot in taxes.
I like it because it shows these people can't even correctly budget a stupid motor vehicle rebate program. Which means that it just might be a bad idea to let them run the health-care industry. At least when they mess up the clunkers budget, nobody dies.
As government programs go this is not one of the worst. But what is more important is that this takes the focus off something truly important which is the monstrosity called the health bill.
There is no more important subject before the American people. Either this bill is defeated or America goes down in flames. If this bill is defeated, Obama will be leaving the WH in 2013 to return home to Chicago. That is the whole ball game. Don't waste energy on the car business. Anyone here would avail themselves of it if they actually needed a new car and qualified. So let's not be hypocritical. The health bill — well that's another matter. That's our very freedom at stake.
Give away free money and the people will come!! Hey stand on the corner and hand out free 20 dollar bills and see if a line doesn't develop!! But don't be taking those twenties from my pocket!!
He likes it because he's a thief. All thieves like taking somebody elses money.
I thought he was speaking sarcastically, tongue firmly in cheek. But I can't tell for sure as I have NEVER watched him. Is he serious?
"But unlike most of the rest of the fiscal-stimulus plan, this program actually works because the federal cash rebate actually contributes to a consumer purchase. It's not just another welfare-type transfer program."
I have mixed feelings about C4C. As a matter of principle I'm against it, I just don't think it's as bad as some of the other stimulus ideas. For about the past year now, most of these stimulus programs, health care reform proposals, etc. have involved figures in the hundreds of billions and even into the trillions. I'm somewhat relieved that here's a program (even if it's a bad program) where the proponents and opponents are arguing about figures in the low billions; to a certain extent, this keeps them occupied when they would rather be devoting their time to continuing their spending rampage on higher dollar, more harmful programs. Also, if they would only spend a lot of time arguing about a few other programs in the low billions, maybe more of them would start believing that a billion dollars is a lot of money, instead of acting like it's monopoly money.
Before you flame me, you have to understand that I'm looking at this from a common sense point of view; my wife really likes to spend money; and even though I would rather that she saved, I figure that if I can't stop her, and she's going to spend money anyway, I would rather she spent a Saturday afternoon at garage sales (losses of 50$ to 100$) than at a shopping mall (possible losses of several hundred dollars).
Yes, and a nationalized healthcare plan that only encourages euthanasia for those over 65 is better than one that encourages it for Republicans of any age, so why don't we get behind that while the going's good?
In fact, let's follow the lead of the drug companies and make a secret deal with the administration that they not come after any Republicans under age 65!
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wait until all those happy driving sheeple cannot afford the six dollar a gallon Obama gas in a few months....
"Yes, and a nationalized healthcare plan that only encourages euthanasia for those over 65 is better than one that encourages it for Republicans of any age, so why dont we get behind that while the goings good?
In fact, lets follow the lead of the drug companies and make a secret deal with the administration that they not come after any Republicans under age 65!"
Hold on there, I never said anything about getting behind the cash for clunkers program, I'm simply expressing some relief that they are spending time working on a program in the low billions instead one that's in the hundreds of billions. Just about everything this administration and congress have done is harmful, and they are quite eager to continue on their path of destructive behavior; I don't expect their behavior to improve, so I'm glad when their attention is diverted by matters that are relatively small so that they are not doing greater damage elsewhere.
Without a corresponding reduction in government spending, a tax rebate is irresponsible and increases the burden on our grandchildren to pay the money back.
If your friend was going to make the trade anyway, then it makes sense for him. It makes little sense for the government to be coercing people with money to make purchases that they otherwise would avoid. It must displace other more sensible transactions.
He was.
C4C will pump the 2nd half economic numbers for Baraq and the Dems.
That's what it's all about.
And 40% or so of the sales are going to companies with his UAW buddies which helps them a bit. Baraq needs to keep Government Motors and Fiat alive until Nov 2012.
Does Fannie Mae or Freddie Mack ring a bell? The dims FORCED banks to loan money to home buyers who could not afford the homes, and taxpayers were forced to bail them out. This will be another guvmint bailout.
I like clunkers.
The pool of future used cars is being depleted.
It is madness to destroy a functioning automobile, junking it, salvaging no parts or components and simply selling the scrap to China.
Anyway, if you can afford new car payments, why the hell do you need a handout?
How many of the people who would be eligible for the program and can really afford a new car would be inclined to drive a real "clunker"? The purpose of the program is to destroy cars that should be replacing real clunkers. Though I wouldn't be surprised if the fact that many people will buy new cars who shouldn't be doing so will be treated as an advantage as well.
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If you've read any of my little blogs in the past, you've likely seen me pontificate, or, OK, babble on about my blasé feelings for high-tech fads or heavily marketed whiz-bangs that eat up our time and money. Yeah, you can keep your 24/7 minutia-focused tweets and 3-D movies for all I care. Give me old-school creative any day. But I just spotted an engadget.com article about a new gizmo that's sorta high tech, old school creative and, well, 3-D all at the same time.
You might have heard about those new expensive printers that can copy something and actually re-create it in three-dimensional form. Well, a couple of smart guys have taken that concept and translated it into a handheld 3-D pen. Check out the attached YouTube vid for a better idea of how it works.
Yep, this has got to be every doodler's dream. Instead of just absentmindedly sketching out a boggle-eyed sloth that looks like your boss (prattling on about sales reports or marketing numbers), you can actually create your slothy pal and have him sit peeking out of your shirt pocket. Instead of a kid sketching out an idea for a school project on the Leaning Tower of Pisa, he can just draw it in the air and be done with it.
The article says that the toy and robotics company behind the pen, WobbleWorks, is looking for financial backers. But they've already announced that, in no time, they stirred up the backing and production they needed for the pen. Oh, and this easily usable gadget works with inexpensive and readily obtained ABS plastic and pre-orders for a reasonable $75.
Now, personally I can't claim to have any great skill when it comes to drawing. But I can certainly imagine some of the incredible things that talented artists will be able to do with this sort of invention. And won't it be cool to go to a gallery, buy your favorite piece and … wear it home like a party hat? Now that's 3-D you can really get into.


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Gardening: Start your tomato seeds indoors now
Tomatoes do not set fruit well when the nighttime temperature is below about 60 degrees or above about 70 degrees or when the daytime temperature is consistently above about 92 degrees.
Now take a few seconds and reread that again.
Now ask yourself, "how in the heck do we ever get any tomatoes here in Oklahoma?"
The answer is to plant early.
I remember back in the mid-eighties when I was managing a vegetable operation in western Oklahoma. We decided to stagger our planting dates for our cantaloupe, planting the first, second, and third week of April.
When do you think we harvested? Yes, they all became ripe at the same time.
For most of our warm season vegetables, it is of no benefit to tempt fate and Mother Nature by attempting to get these out into the garden early.
Tomatoes are the exception to the rule.
Tomatoes need to be planted into the garden even when there is a good chance of a light freeze or hard frost. Tomato plants need to be of a certain maturity level for them to start blooming.
Now is a good time to start your tomatoes indoors. There are several tabletop seed starting kits on the market. The Jiffy-7 is probably the most common. If you have a heating pad, and your spouse will let you use it, you might not need to purchase the heating pad used by the Jiffy-7.
Purchase a good potting soil. Put it into a clean bucket and add water. Many of the potting soils are hydrophobic. If they are not pre-wetted, they will shed off water when you attempt to water the containers. Initial container size is debatable. I prefer to start with small sizes and then transplant up to larger sizes.
Light is not required for germination (lettuce is an exception), but will be needed after germination.
A plant grow light is not required. I have found that a four-foot shop light with cool white florescent bulbs will suffice. The shop light will need to be raised as the plants grow. Keep the lamp one to two inches above the growing plants.
Water the containers when the potting soil lightens in color. Water bottles with the sports lid that you pull to open make excellent "waterers," since they allow you to accurately direct the flow of water to the base of the plant.
Now back to the planting early subject. I like to plant my tomatoes in late March, knowing that we will have a "Tax Day" freeze.
The secret to protecting the tomatoes is your garden hose. Dark wet soil will absorb more solar energy than a light colored, dry soil. Most of us gardeners usually have a stack of one or two gallon black plastic pots lying around. Wet some newspaper and push the wet paper into the drain holes in the bottom of the pot. Just turn the pot over and sink it several inches into the mud. I have successfully saved tomato plants from temperatures of 25 to 26 degrees.
Another reason to start the tomato plants early is that I like to plant tall plants. I will take a 12-inch-tall tomato plant and trim away all of the leaves and branches, leaving only three to four leaves at the top of the plant. I will plant the plant deep with only the top three to four inches of the tomato plant above the ground.
This accomplishes two things: 1) The tomato plant will put out a root system all along the stem to nourish the plant, and 2) The short plant will be easy to cover for freeze protection.
Ray Ridlen is an agriculture/horticulture educator for the Oklahoma County Extension Service. His column addresses frequently asked horticulture questions. For more information, call 713-1125.


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Rich Seams: The Fight Over East Germany's Brown Coal Reserves
Germany has little oil or natural gas, but it does have large reserves of another resource: lignite. However its extraction through open cast mining is highly controversial -- and can lead to the disappearance of entire villages.
Brown coal mining is making a comeback in former East Germany.
After years of insecurity, Germany's coal companies are in the ascendent once more -- especially in former East Germany. Mibrag, for example, isn't just carrying out geological surveys in the area near Stassfurt. It's also searching for "brown gold" in Lützen, another town in Saxony-Anhalt. Coal has also been discovered in Lübtheen in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Ever since the prices for oil and natural gas skyrocketed and nuclear energy became politically unpopular, there have been fewer inhibitions about extracting brown coal and using it to fuel power plants. The brown coal industry, whose product is considered environmentally unfriendly, is looking forward to a resurgence -- all the more so as modern filters make today's power plants less harmful to the environment. The German Lignite Industry Association has gleefully pointed out that Germany may not be able to exit the era of fossil fuels "in one great leap" after all.
It's the pits
That prediction sounds more like a threat to many people in former East Germany. Citizens' initiatives are being organized against the plans in many places -- people here are only too familiar with the effects of brown coal mining. As many as 312 million tons of brown coal were extracted under the former East German state every year -- more than twice as much as is mined in today's unified Germany. The excavators used at the mining facilities have devastated an area equal to 182,000 soccer fields, wiping at least 244 villages and neighborhoods off the map.
German brown coal deposits are located mainly in the east of the country.
And in the long run, the citizens' initiatives won't stand much of a chance against the company. Mibrag has been owned by US investors -- Washington Group International and NRG Energy -- since 1994. There's no shortage of money, and the firm is used to dealing with public resistance: The company has been trying to access the coal beneath the town of Heuersdorf in Saxony since 1994. The citizens protested, but then the so-called "Heuersdorf Law" was passed by Saxony's state parliament, stating that the village -- which is 709 years old -- has to be vacated by 2008. The dead buried in the cemetery will be moved to new graves and the church will be rebuilt elsewhere.
On the other hand, the company is still fighting to have its way in the southwest of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, near the Baltic Sea coast. There, experts believe they have found 1.2 billion tons of brown coal. When local government officials stopped the first geological surveys, Mibrag took the case to court. A company whose directors think in decades should be able to weather a lengthy trial.
But not even that is enough to convince some people in the region, which is suffering from severe unemployment. To them, coal is a thing of the past.
Less than 60 kilometers (37 miles) away, the town of Thalheim is looking to the future. The town, where solar panels are produced on assembly lines, is something of a "Solar Valley" in the former East Germany. Five thousand people are expected to find work in the solar panel business by 2010. Here, at least, the future lies above ground.
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Add depth and dimension to your artwork with the Pinnacle Gallery Solutions Frame by Nielsen Bainbridge.
A 1" (2.5 cm) wide wood frame with a contemporary design, the Gallery Solutions Frame's two mats are separated by spacers to create a floating effect. Made of Pinnacle composite and available in a Black or Espresso finish, the Gallery Solutions Frame can be hung vertically or horizontally and features a "wall grabber" hanger that makes leveling easy. Each frame comes with a Plexiglas glazing.
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Frame Depth — The depth of a frame refers to the depth of the frame's rabbet (the cut-out area behind the frame's molding that holds your artwork in place). To find a frame that will accommodate your artwork, measure the depth of the artwork, including any matting or mounting materials, and order a frame with a depth that is, at a minimum, the same as that measured depth.
Frame Dimensions — Frames are sized by the opening, not by the outside of the molding. To determine the size of frame to order, measure the outside of your artwork, including mat, and order that size frame. The frame will overlap your artwork ¼" all the way around, so your artwork will fit nicely behind the frame's molding.
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These will give your display a crisp look. Very nice look and quality.
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The frames arrived promptly, but when inspected they had imperfections in the glass and mats. They were made in China and very inexpensive, so I was not expecting a high quality product. You get what you pay for.
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A beautiful frame to hold a photo of loved ones!
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I received both frames and they were received in good shape after shipping. Upon opening the box, I noticed the larger of the two frames, the 11x14, appeared strange with the bottom matte looking bowed. After taking it apart, I saw that both the top and bottom mattes were totally warped and unusable. There were so many curves and undulations in the mattes that I won't be able to fix them and will have to throw them away.I was prepared to use this vendor as a source for these frames because I do a lot of shadowbox mounting of late, but if this is a sample of the "quality" that Dick Blick talks about, I want no more part of it and will be making all my purchases elswhere. I was sad to see this on my first purchase because I thought I had at last found a good source to draw from. The "Quality Control" was totally lacking because no one apparently even looked at the product before shipping.
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My several frames arrived in perfect order very quickly. I love that you ship via FedEx - they're by far the best courier. They were wrapped extremely well and considering that they all contained glass, I was a bit worried, but shouldn't have been. I am a fiber artist and frame most of my own work myself. If it wasn't for these great frames, it would be very expensive. These frames are exactly what's required for framing fiber art and to be able to buy them at a good price is a real bonus. I will definitely be placing my next frame order with Dick Blick. Thanks again.
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The frame is well constructed. Since I bought small sizes, I can't say much about the bigger frames, but, in general, I do recommend Nielsen. The "winged" fasteners on the small frames could be better. (Nielsen Europe has a better solution!)
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When you stay at Knights Inn Mt. Gilead in Mount Gilead, you'll be within the vicinity of Mt Gilead Ohio State Park.
Make yourself at home in one of the 43 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature deep soaking bathtubs. Conveniences include phones with free local calls, and housekeeping is provided daily.
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Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, laundry facilities, and coffee/tea in the lobby. Event facilities at this motel consist of conference space and meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
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The debate over domestic drones
Drones are also different from other flying machines, because they can be completely unnoticeable, flying quietly and at such heights as to be effectively invisible. This characteristic also begs for a set of effective safeguards, checks, and balances that we have not developed for other police surveillance. An ACLU report on drones that can be found at www.aclusandiego.org provides recommendations for limiting when drones can be deployed, for what purposes, and on retention of and access to data collected by drones.
The real questions remain: Do local communities want law enforcement to have drones, and is it really necessary or just the latest police technology gadget? Without that meaningful discussion, we risk wasting taxpayer dollars on equipment that does not deliver its promised benefits or, worse, infringes on privacy more than we as a society should be prepared to accept.
Ahern is sheriff of Alameda County. Keenan is executive director of ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties.


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Contact: Steve Rottinghaus, Baker University public relations director (785) 594-8330
Baldwin City, Kan. — Ebony and Ivory, a musical duo featuring Fred Jacobowitz and Andrew Gilpin, will make their first appearance in Baldwin City with a 7:30 p.m. performance Saturday, Nov. 19, at Rice Auditorium as part of Baker University's Artist and Lecture Series.
The musicians will be playing various instruments, including piano, keyboards, clarinets and saxophones.
Ebony and Ivory moves freely through various musical genres and styles, including ragtime, George Gershwin, Benny Goodman, jazz and folk.
Admission is $15 for adults and $10 for youths.


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Charlie Chong, who rode a wave of discontent about neglected potholes and neighborhoods into City Hall and a prominent role in Seattle politics...
Charlie Chong, who rode a wave of discontent about neglected potholes and neighborhoods into City Hall and a prominent role in Seattle politics, has died.
Former City Councilmember Chong, 80, died Thursday.
Known as a colorful populist who spoke simply, thought practically and gave voice to many who felt disenfranchised, Mr. Chong "inspired people to participate" in local government, said Jay Sauceda, his former council aide.
"He reinvigorated city politics and paved the way for the election of people like Nick Licata, Peter Steinbrueck and Judy Nicastro who weren't part of mainstream politics," said John Fox, coordinator of the Seattle Displacement Coalition.
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Mr. Chong began his political career in 1996, running against a City Hall that some perceived as focused on glitzy downtown projects at the expense of the average citizen.
While on the council, he made headlines for trying to secure used snowplows after a blizzard paralyzed Seattle. While the bureaucrats hesitated, the city of Bellevue bought the plows, handing Mr. Chong new ammunition to criticize City Hall's indecision.
"Charlie was very pragmatic," Sauceda said. "In Seattle … where we process the hell out of issues, it was refreshing to have a politician who wasn't afraid to speak his mind."
Mr. Chong gave up his seat to run for mayor in 1997 and lost to Paul Schell. At the time, he told reporters he was running because "we're riding an upswelling of resentment that might not be here two years from now."
In 1999, he tried to win back a council seat, but he lost to newcomer Heidi Wills who was four decades his junior. Mr. Chong again ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2001.
Walt Crowley, a local historian and executive director of Historylink.org, said Chong "articulated the fear and alienation of a lot of people in the neighborhood. At the time, people were feeling that City Hall, the City Council was not responsive to them," especially when it came to development.
Chong led a resistance to urban villages and more buildings going up downtown, according to Crowley, who communicated via his wife Marie McCaffrey after recent larynx surgery.
While his sharp critiques made him popular with the public, "he never mastered the inside game that would have made him effective" on a larger political stage," Crowley said.
Crowley didn't share his political views, but respected him.
"He was always polite and a very genteel campaigner," he said, and he was fun.
In recent years, he kept a lower profile, dabbling in a few issues such as the Alaskan Way Viaduct and Pike Place Market. Much of his time, though, was spent tending to his garden.
His legacy can be seen in the work of neighborhood-focused council members, such as Licata and Steinbrueck, and in the more than $250 million in new library, parks and community-center projects that neighborhood activists have steered to their leafy streets since the late 1990s.
Mr. Chong was raised on a plantation on the island of Maui, the sixth of 13 children.
He joined the Army, earned a degree in foreign service from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and served in the Air Force.
From 1958 to 1963, Mr. Chong was executive vice president of a canning company in Minnesota. From 1964 to his retirement in 1983, he worked for a federal anti-poverty program.
Mr. Chong, who had no children, was married to Mary Pearson. Sauceda, who slept on the hospital couch Wednesday night to be with Mr. Chong, said "My message to him was he made a profound impact on me and gave me and so many people hope."
Bob Young: 206-464-2174 or email@example.com. Staff reporters Mike Lindblom and Sharon Pian Chan contributed to this report, which also includes material from Seattle Times archives.


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Let's see pictures of your Fronts/Gibbs...
Let's see pictures of your Fronts/Gibbs...
Do old ones count. My favorites are the kapampas. Hello Bill.
Here is one i had 6 or 7 years ago. I was crazy for keeping the red sand now that i think about it.lol...
I wish that I could take pictures, have kepted a number of varieties, right now I have my two favorites "Tazanites" and "Kitumbas". I have been thinking of getting my third favorites, the seven stripe Fronts.
Maybe I will find the pictures Bobby Phillips took of my "Tazanites", incredible pictures! Sarah, are they still on the CCA site?
Here are some Burundi fronts I used to keep. I do miss them.
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Daniel's Old Group of Cyphotilapia gibberosa "Tanzanite"
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The Samoa MCO works closely with the governments of Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tokelau as well as Non Government Organisations on development programmes in the areas of Democratic Governance, Sustainable Livelihoods/Poverty Reduction, Crisis Prevention & Recovery, Environment and Energy and Gender Mainstreaming.
Cook Islands launches Access & Benefits Sharing Project
To strengthen the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol, an ABS project for the Cook Islands held an inception workshop in Rarotonga on Thursday, May 12th, 2016.
Niue Ridge to Reef
Application of Ridge to Reef Concept for Biodiversity Conservation and for the Enhancement of Ecosystem Services and Cultural Heritage in Niue
Celebrating excellence in gender-reporting
UN Women and UNDP - in partnership with the School of Media and Journalism of the National University of Samoa - celebrated the IPPWS Media Awards.
New Report | Shaping the Future: How Changing Demographics Can Power Human Development
The report, entitled "Shaping the Future: How Changing Demographics Can Power Human Development", notes that Asia-Pacific countries now have more working-aged people and fewer dependents than at any point in history, providing a springboard for growth. Region-wide, 68 percent of people are of working age and only 32 percent are dependents.
NOW OPEN | UNDP #RHDR2016 Internships Contest on Twitter
The UNDP Asia Pacific Bureau today announced a Twitter contest that awards the winners with an internship opportunity. This work experience is professional and academic in nature, offering insight into the substance and daily operations of the United Nations Development Programme world.
UNDP: Fastest Population Shift in History Means Make or Break for Asia-Pacific
Demographic change in Asia and the Pacific is happening at a rate the world has never seen. An explosion in the working age population and a fall in birth rates that took a century in Europe are happening here in just 30 years.
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UNDP Annual Report 2014: New Partnerships for Development
In all five regions of the developing world, UNDP supports progress that is sustainable, inclusive and resilient to setbacks. Our 2013-2014 Annual Report spotlights results from actions across core dimensions of development, from jobs and food security, to well-run elections, to crisis recovery, to the management of finite natural resources. All our efforts aim at one overarching and increasingly achievable goal: to help countries eradicate poverty and significantly reduce inequalities. The report showcases our diverse partnerships, vital to all our efforts, and more than ever focused on collaboration that taps rich experiences in the global South.


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The keynote speech is underway at Google I/i 2015, and one of the first things that Google's SVP, Sundar Pichai, announced was that Apple's exclusivity deal with HBO NOW is coming to an end.
The keynote speech is underway at Google I/i 2015, and one of the first things that Google's SVP, Sundar Pichai, announced was that Apple's exclusivity deal with HBO NOW is coming to an end.
Google has started the December countdown to Christmas and they promise lots of goodies along the way to Christmas Eve when the Santa Tracker will be operating at full steam. Google has setup a special site at www.google.com/santatracker for all of the festivities. The fun is not limited to the night of Santa's flight though as Google is planning to release games and other activities each day. Read more
AccuWeather is about to get even more popular with consumers as they have rolled out an update that brings a new UI and widgets to smartphones and tablets. Also coming to tablets are portrait and landscape mode functionality. The ability to set custom forecasts based on your location is now present, as well as push notifications for potential weather disasters on tablets. AccuWeather comes in both a free version with ads and a paid version with no ads for just $1. Click the break for more details and for the download link to the update.
The YouTube app for Android was updated recently and along with it came some long overdue features. One of these features includes more Google+ integration that allow users to +1 videos from within the app itself. You can now pause and skip videos in your queue via the notification tray. Last but not least, the full screen button bug is fixed. If you haven't already, click the Play Store link below and update your YouTube app now.
After more than a year away from the Play Store, Grooveshark has made a mighty comeback. With so many options and most importantly, free unlimited music streaming, you can expect this to be a great alternative to other apps such as Pandora. Here's what you can expect for their free features:
Sharing pictures and videos is something everyone does on a daily basis. Finding a way to do that in a simple and quick manner is always welcomed and sought after. Wi-Fi Shoot is an app that can connect two Wi-Fi Direct-compatible devices together to share photos and videos. The app is fairly simple to use, once the two devices are paired, a tap of a button is all that's needed to pass the picture or video along.
I love apps that makes tasks simpler and faster to achieve. While this app works great thus far, keep in mind that it is still in beta phase and still has bugs that the developer has to work on. Thus far, the app only works on local media, so you won't be able to share any cloud-based photos or videos. Wi-Fi Shoot only works with devices that have Android 4.0 and up and is available in the Google Play Market for free. Hit up the break for a download link and a video showcasing the app!
Taking the whole "there's an app for that" to a whole new level, Countdown Entertainment has provided a way for us to be fully in the know-how this year when everyone's favorite New Year's event kicks off. If you can't make it to Time Square this year to watch the ever famous Waterford Crystal New Year's Eve Ball drop, we've got the next best thing for you. The official release of the Time Square app allows you to read up on the history of the event, share photos and even stream the event live all from your smartphone. You can "check in" via the app, use a customizable countdown clock and even send a virtual kiss to a loved one while ringing in the new year. If you're ready for the download, you can head on over to the Android Market or check out the QR code below as well. Hit the break to check out some extra screen shots, grab the download links and to check out the video of the app in action. Don't forget to let us know what you think of it in the comments below. Read more
You down with OPP? Yeah, you know me! Sorry, couldn't help myself. Well, as you can tell, the 20 year old rap group, Naughty by Nature has come out with their very own Android App. The app provides photos, music videos, behind-the-scenes video shots and you can even tie it all into your favorite social network. Yeah boy! Sorry, did it again. All the photo captions you see in the app were made by Vin Rock himself, so definitely check it out. If you're ready for the download, head on over to the Android Market or check out the QR code below for an added convenience. Feel free to drop a comment or two in the comments section below. And don't forget to check out the video and screen shots below as well. Read more
Instagram, the uber popular iOS photography app that uses filters to replicate 1970's-like photos, is slated to finally make its way to Android devices. Reports show that Instagram's user base is around 14-15 million, and is expected to double with a release for the Android Market. "We have two people working on Android now," says Instagram CEO, Kevin Systrom, at LeWeb in Paris. "I'm excited to be able to see our numbers today nearly double."
Currently there are no details on when the app will be released for us Android users, Systrom says they are still focusing primarily on increasing membership. During Le Web, the company also said it plans to include ads in the near future which would require appealing to many advertisers. "Obviously, we didn't start a business to not make money," Systrom says. "Our focus now is on growing the network. You really need to build up the network, or no advertisers care."
Anybody looking forward to seeing the Instagram photo app become available to Android?
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Just in time for Christmas shopping, Google announces the newest addition to its slew of useful apps, Google Catalogs. Now available for Android tablets, I repeat tablets (not smartphones), Google Catalogs bring the stores to your lap by providing beautiful and interactive catalogs from some of the biggest stores you love.
Google has managed to combine over 400 different catalogs from some of the more popular stores and combined them into one searchable app. You can browse through each individual catalog, or if you have a particular item in mind, you can execute a search across every available retailer. The pages are often interactive, allowing you to hover over an item form more details or sometimes clicking the item will show available options. Once you find an item you are interested in, you can even make an online purchase without ever leaving the app, not to mention your house. Some people compare it to the experience of the Google Shopper app but this new app is more laid out like a real paper catalogue. Read more


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Proof that Gates is in control and the days of new Microsoft are done.
Ballmer gets it right: Loonix is a cancer.
And we are the cure.
Small Car Crash, Nothing Much To See, Move On Here, Madam, Please Don't Debug It
Inserted for the record, as much as for any other reason.
Well, my response is, we OWN the kernel command line, and as such, we can keep the users from seeing ...
M$ is reading your mail. That is all. Go about your business, but if you dare say anything against the illegal monopoly, you will be disappeared.
Microsoft Charges Multo Multo For Screwing With Your Security!
Or perhaps not.
Perfect FUD, this. It's Chicken Little quality FUD. According to the secondary link:
The documents consist of what appear to be invoices and emails between Microsoft's Global Criminal Compliance team and the FBI's Digital Intercept Technology Unit (DITU), and purport to show exactly how much money Microsoft charges DITU, in terms of compliance costs, when DITU provides warrants and court orders for customers' data.
So, we're talking about ("purported", good word that, it smells of "ha ha I win", but believable) charges for data retrieval that are required for warrants and court orders ...
Wage Fixing Must Not be Evil
Google and Apple are caught in an illegal wage-fixing scandal they called a "restricted hiring" protocol. They eventually involve dozens of large tech companies in this. The whole thing is being tried by the US Department of Justice.
Hasn't the DOJ ever heard of Google's "don't be evil" slogan? Clearly, wage-fixing the best and brightest minds in the world isn't evil.
Do you know what else Mexico is overflowing with? Marijuana.
Coincidence? I think not.
Of course, they rebuilt servers from scratch
Linux Security sat on a wall.
Linux Security had a great fall.
All the king's horses,
And all the king's men,
Couldn't get Security back together again.
With Linux not going through the formality of keeping logs that can't be changed by a root user, there is no way an audiit about what really happened can be conducted, so indeed, the best way is to nuke everything and start over.
"Re-securing a compromised Linux system is very difficult. Intruders usually
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M$ puts political ads on the xbone
The illegal monopoly is now openly trying to bribe politicians with ad space on the xbone. M$ used to have to do this in secret but they're so desperate because of the emergence of Android GNU/Linux as a serious competitor they're having to do it out in the open.
How To Become An X.509 Certificate Authority, the GnuTLS Way
Hooray, the Krazy Kat Lady is back! And this time with real news. Apparently, GnuTLS has featured a serious1 security bug for something like ten years. And Katzoid is here to tell you what you need to know:
"Our team addressed the issue in a timely manner," Ubuntu spokesperson Sian Aherne said.
Apparently, to Downstream, "timely" means "ten years too late."
Clearly there is cause for some concern.
No shit, Sherlock.
At the same time, while GnuTLS implements the SSL, TLS, and DTLS protocols commonly used by applications requiring secure communications over insecure channels like the Internet, the OpenSSL ...


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Progress Energy reports the power is back on most in Havelock in Craven County. At the height of the outage, more than 1,300 people had lost power earlier.
As the morning progressed, the number of customers without power dropped down to less than 200 by 7 a.m. At 7:40 a.m., Progress Energy was reporting power had been restored to all customers. However, Havelock spokeswoman Diane Miller says businesses and homes in the immediate vicinity of the Navy Federal Credit Union on US Highway 70 remained without power. That's where crews are focusing on their work now.
One traffic light remains out at the Stonebridge intersection, and Havelock police are directing traffic. All other traffic signals are working again.
Progress Energy says the power went out around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday. Havelock officials say a crash into the transmission pole on the east end of the Navy Federal property knocked the power out.


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Sustainability Café: "Perspective from the Burgeoning Solar Electric Industry"
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The Okayama Prefecture has a great idea to encourage international visitors. Across the Prefecture they provide villas where you can stay for 2,500 yen per night per head. You also have to join their association which costs 500 yen and lasts 2 years. Even for 1 night this can be cheaper than a hostel.
We stayed at Hattoji - a small village in the hills, consisting almost entirely of thatched farm houses, two temples, some ryokan and two restaurants. Although the thatched house we stayed in had four guest rooms, we had the entire place to ourself. The villa was well provided - apart from teh traditional accommodation there was a modern kitchen, laundry and toilet, and a traditional gomenburo bath.
We were in Hattoji when it was quite cold and we were grateful for the traditional imori - a fire in the middle of the sitting room that used also to be used for cooking. After a long day walking on the mountains behind Hattoji, following the 88 Buddha Trail it was good after a bath in the gomeburo to relax in front of the imori with a home-made Japanese meal before retiring to our futons
Not until you get to Hattoji do you realise that there is nowhere to buy food (the villa is self-catering). Generally if you want to buy food you must do this at the bus depot. You can eat at 2 restaurants serving traditional Japanese Food and the restaurant we preferred was the Cowboy's. The owner had been a rodeo rider in his youth in Idaho and still remembered his visit. Good food at good prices, and you could ride there on your bike (provided by the villa)
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Classic Roast Beef with Brown Gravy
- Recipe Serves8
- Preparation Time5 min
- Cooking Time1 hr 20 min
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 4 lbs. beef eye round roast
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 package Knorr ® Gravy Classics ™ Classic Brown Gravy Mix
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
- 1 Tbsp. I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread
- Preheat oven to 425°.
- Combine olive oil with onions in 13 x 9-inch metal baking or roasting pan. Arrange roast on onion mixture. Season roast with salt and ground black pepper. Cut slits in roast and insert garlic.
- Bake 20 minutes. Reduce heat to 350° and bake 55 minutes or until desired doneness. Remove roast from pan and let rest 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, over medium-high heat, stir Knorr® Classic Brown gravy mix blended with water and vinegar into pan, scraping up brown bits from bottom of pan. Stir until smooth. Add Spread and cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes or until gravy is thickened. Serve gravy with sliced roast beef.


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Bug: Armaldo, mainly because it is it also my favourite fossil pokemon as well.
Dark: Umbreon, which is my favourite eeveelution.
Dragon: Hydreigon, one of my favourite pokemon altogether.
Electric: Pikachu, I have always liked Pikachu ever since Pokemon Yellow
Fighting: Heracross, I have always liked Heracross because of its unusual type mixture (Bug/Fighting).
Fire: Charizard, another of my all time favourites.
Flying: Pigeot, i've always had a soft spot for Pigeot.
Ghost: Duscolps, has always been my favourite ghost type although i never usually use ghost types...
Grass: Parasect, ever since i lay my eyes on this guy, i've always liked them!
Ground: Flygon, it just is ok?
Ice: Glaile, I love them.
Normal: Tauros, Tauros is a tank, and he is just amazing!
Poison: Crobat, i've always used Crobat as it was my first level 100!
Psychic: Alakazam, no questions asked.
Rock: Onix, always has been always will be.
Steel: Skarmory, always been one of my favourites.
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The cast of characters from today:
Well you know me..the planner of this trip for 10 years. Thoroughly excited and cant wait to get there.
Amy: The best friend who has never been in WDW and DL only 4 times...the horror!!
Robin (AKA Wobin AKA Delswife)
Del (Robins husband...what a hoot!)
Bob (AKA Brother) Blushing!!!
Well after sleeping for about 3 hours Monday night I call Amy at 447am to make sure she is up and ready. ....First fight..."You said be ready between 515 and 530" In my world that means be ready to walk out the door at 500. But obviously in my world things aren't always what they seem. If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?
Confused yet? Good...
So we get to the airport, get out boarding passes (I'm starting to bounce) get upstairs and thru security...TSA didn't hear about me wanting to hijack a plane the previous week so I got thru just fine. Grab a muffin and a water...well Amy had water I had something caffeinated...yea that was a great idea..if I didn't think I could be more bouncy, I found out I could. If the airplane needed more energy it could have taken some from me.
The flight from Colorado to DFW was pretty much uneventful..went by really fast. Amy and I talked the whole way. She was getting excited too!
For those people who think that DFW is a confusing airport I have no idea what you are talking about. I found it quite easy to get around. Get off the plane, pop on their ghetto monorail, grabbed some Fudruckers, jumped on the plane to Orlando...OMG IM SO EXCITED WE ARE GONNA BE THERE IN 2 HOURS....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz z...slept for a good hour. Thank god!
I did text Bob to say that if DME takes too long he was gonna have to come get me...He replied with "how does Amy feel about riding on the handlebars" Oh yea...forgot about her for a minute...
Got off the plane at MCO...erm...got lost...where in the hell am I going..got directions and off we went to DME..
We were the first ones dropped off. Went thru registration without any issues. Got our cards and room number (0416 in the 70's building) checked out the room, dropped off our carry on bags, called Bob to see where he was (on his way home from work) walked right back out of the room to go to MGM...err Hollywood Studios...I had a hard time with this the whole time I was there. As we were walking to the diesel donkey I looked up...what did my roving eyes see...right out our door at the top of the building "PUNK ROCK" how perfect is that?
We get to MGM...err DHS..and the crew is on their way...erm ok well there are some shops here so lets go in them and steal some AC .. we went thru Sid Cahuenga's One-of-a-Kind shop..ohh look a Great Dane statue..I miss my puppies! Over to Mickey's of Hollywood when I got the text "coming thru the turn styles now" OMG OMG OMG...and then as I see all of them I cant cross the freaking street...stupid High School Musical! Well at least that doesn't take too long. Then I got the bestest hug I have ever received...I think the world stopped turning at that moment, I know it. Here I was standing in front of the worlds sweetest person. I really could not stop smiling. Next was Robin...I'm beginning to think that this whole family is ABSOLUTELY wonderful. I love them. I wanted to put them in my pocket with me and take them home. Del is a RIOT and although a little bitter at the moment he still is very thoughtful...Ill get to that later...
OK so on to fun...for the next 3 hours was kind of a blur..
We watched Mulch Sweat & Shears..I could have gotten a date with the Manager but I passed. I think I led him on by giving him a huge hug. I like em tall and he was my height LMAO....pressing on...
Muppet's 3-D for Amy. She loves the Muppet's...Amy went into the Stage 1 Company Store for Muppet paraphernalia...As we all were sitting outside Del pipes in "Is she gonna be in there awhile?" Me "Um yea she might buy the whole store out!" Del "Well I should go in there with her and get hr a discount" See I told ya..Del is very thoughtful and sweet...And yes people there is still some merchandise in the store in case you need something Muppet's.
On to Star Tours...I keep missing the flight to Tatoonie but Endor will have to do. Our crazy driver got us thru the comets, and a battle and we arrived mostly safe from our tour.
Rock n Rollercoaster...single riders line! What a blast!!
Tower of Terror...MUCH better than Disneyland's!
Smoke break...and we are all starving. We load into Del's truck (hey did you all know that it is NOT illegal to ride in the back of the truck? Bob and Del rode in the back and the commandeering of the safety cone commenced. We were all wondering what to do with it and I told Del to bend over and spread em...yea ewww but it was funny. As most of you know that Del works for Disney and some other cast member thought that the bed of his truck was a trash can and they had quite a few wire hangers (NO MORE WIRE HANGERS!!! I personally thought that Del was hanging his $300 dresses on them.) Just so you all know...If you are ever driving from MGM...errr DHS...to Downtown Disney and you see wire hangers from the trees none of us know nothing about it!
We made it hangerless and with a safety cone (hey it was all by itself..how safe is that?) as our companion.
Off to Earl of Sandwich. I don't remember what everyone else had (wait Robin had soup...its a million degrees out...have you lost your mind?) but I had The Caprese and Del was UPSET...a sandwich with no meat..dude its about the bread not about the meat. He somehow came to the conclusion that I needed to be punished and ate half of Robin's sandwich. How that made any sort of sense in beyond me but it must have worked out alright in his head and that's what matters!
Went over to the benches and had a smoke or 2. Tried to talk Bob into helping me steal a bench...I actually just wanted the ends cause of the mickey heads..Amy was trying to figure out how to do it with them bolted to the concrete...Ever heard of a chain and 4 wheel drive?
Yea I'm benchless at home...drat!
We said our goodbyes (another bestest hug) and the crew went home (still hangerless) and we roamed a bit downtown...then it hit...OMG I'm gonna fall down asleep.
Called my kids, got on the diesel donkey back to the hotel, had a bath...and I fell in love with the bed...
I love this bed
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A book of photography from the Farmington River valley in Connecticut, taken by a local high school student. The profits from this book will help me fund my trip to Japan with People to People. Thank you for helping me to achieve my dream.
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The drift of Yangming Mountain is 6 kilometers long, with a time of one and half hours and fall of 200-odd meters. It covers a total area of 170 square mu, with 116 hills along the two rivers. The peak has an altitude of 1625 meters. Yangming Mountain National Forest Park is the second biggest of the same kind in Hunan Province.
In Tang Dynasty, Liu Zongyuan traveled near Yangming Mountain. In the mountain area, there were temples in Song Dynasty. In Jiajin Period of Ming Dynasty, it is said that Buddhist Monk Xiufeng lived in the temple here. His body kept well after he died and preserved in the temple. He was called the seventh master of Zen. From then on, this temple has become a sacred place for Zen study. Many tourists have visited here.
At the peak of Yangming Mountain, there are many wild azalea. It was called the best azalea in China. At May, the azaleas are booming here.
It is said that, Jiang Jieshi held a military meeting in Mount Heng. During the meeting, he visited Yangming Mountain and was impressed deeply by this place. After Jiang Jieshi retreated in defeat in went to Taiwan, he missed Yangming Mountain very much. So, he renamed Cao Mountain in Taibei as Yangming Mountain.
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Open Source Graphics Card for Developers
The Open Graphics project has released specifications for its first card and will accept orders at a price of US$ 1500.
If the price sounds reasonable to you, what you get in the OGD1 FPGA Development Kit is a PCI X reference card, the PDF format manual on a CD and a DVI-VGA adapter. According to the orders page one hundred orders are required to manufacture the card. To make things easier, the first one hundred customers will be given a US$ 100 discount on their orders with a Lattice programming cable added into the bargain.
The board with its completely open specification has the following parameters: PCI/PCI-X (33/64-bit, 33-133MHz), 256 MByte DDR400 graphics memory, Lattice LFXP10 non-volatile FPGA (specification sheet), Xilinx Spartan-III XC3S4000 FPGA (specification sheet, Silicon Image SiI178 Dual Link DVI Transmitters, Philips TDA8777 Triple 330Mhz 10-bit Video DAC, Conexant CX25874 Video Encoder, dimensions: 6.875 x 4.2 inches, power consumption: ~20 watts.
Linux drivers are not currently available for the PCI card as the reference card is mainly targeted at developers.
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