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I have to agree with jgkojak.
The Videos
Most of the excluded videos i.e. 'Mary had...', are not good and Paul was very wise not to include them. Over so much time not everything can be great and Paul has chosen very wisely what videos to present. The fact that he hasn't included all his video promos show that he has become more discerning. Like Paul, we only want the good stuff being put out. By the way a great song does not neccesarily entail a great video.
The Concerts
Furthermore, if Paul was to have included the entirity of the concerts then two possibilities would have arisen - either a 5 to 6 more expensive disc set (which would turn many non-hard core buyers off), or a much poorer quality 3 dsic set (you can only squeeze so much on a dsic without lossing considerable quality, both visual and audio).
Basically we get a great taste of these live shows and if Paul wants to release them indvidually later on, then we can buy them in their entirity in great recorded quality.
One reviwer I read said he found it too tiresome to sit through the entire package and then complained that not enough was included. I think Paul has done a brilliant job getting the balance right. I for one applaude his choices.


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Targeted Case Management (for Title XIX eligible individuals) provides the opportunity to voice goals that are meaningful to persons and assist in finding resources to achieve goals.
Targeted Case Management encourages maximum participation from the consumer and others chosen by the consumer/legal guardian to participate on the Interdisciplinary Team for identification of individual goals.
The Case Management process begins with an application for services and gathering supporting documents to determine an individual's disability.
Once the individual is determined eligible for Case Management services, an Initial Assessment will be completed to determine an individual's abilities in all areas of work, home, and in the community. The Initial Assessment will also identify the individual's desires and aspirations in each area. Upon completion of the Initial Assessment, the development of the Individual Comprehensive Plan (ICP) is scheduled.
The Interdisciplinary Team is chosen by the individual/legal guardian and is comprised of family, friends, providers, etc. that may become or are playing a part in the individual's life. The ICP will reflect the individual's desires and aspirations and the plan to assist in obtaining these goals.
The Case Manager will remain in frequent contact with the individual to monitor and coordinate services for the individual and will make monthly contact with a team member to assess the individual's progress. The Case Manager may also make additional referrals for needed new services that will provide benefit to the individual.
Targeted Case Management services for the intellectually disabled and developmentally disabled are provided through the Woodbury County Social Services Coordinator's Office while Siouxland Mental Health Center provides the services for persons with chronic mental illness.
Woodbury Co. Auditor
Case Management Division
Targeted Case Management (for Title XIX eligible individuals) provides the opportunity to voice goals that are meaningful to persons and assist in finding resources to achieve goals.

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Loved this flour- very healthy & high in fiber. Only a very slight aftertaste of coconut in the blueberry muffins I made. Can't tell at all in chocolate baked goods. The only trick is, this flour absorbs tons of liquid so must add more & also must use lots of eggs to compensate for no gluten. I will definitely use this instead of white or wheat flour for all my healthy treats!
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I have not tried any other brands of coconut flour so I'm not sure how it compares to others. The flour is very fine and baked up into a very delicate crumb. If you don't use a strong flavoring such as chocolate, you can really taste the "coconuttiness" of the flour coming through. I made coconut flour brownies that were delicious but ended up more with a cake texture than a brownie texture. I'm still experiencing with other recipes at this time.
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This is my first time to use it, and I have gone through half the package. I am diabetic and don't do much baking. I am a pie and pudding man, but am paranoid about sugar and carbs. I use powdered dark cocao which makes a rather bitter pudding. I have been adding this flour and it gives not only a nutritional element, but a slightly sweet taste to my pudding. Now new problem---portion size and moderation. Can't eat just one, as the commercial goes.
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We used it for baking a cake and it was delicious. It is pretty dense and has a delicate, sweet flavor.. a great alternative for other kinds of flour. It helps a lot if you add eggs to the mixture.
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Carl Sagan once claimed that the most important lesson we learn from studying the stars is perspective. To address this concept, this activity offers a scale model of the solar system to be evaluated. There are many versions of solar system scale... (View More) models available; this one is unique for its large scale chosen, the quality of the scaled objects, and the supplementary materials and information provided. The model is extended to include interaction and discovery on the part of learners, and suggested extensions. The set of materials includes a book about the solar system, developed from NASA's "From Earth to the Solar System" (FETTSS) imagery, and appropriate for use with the model. (View Less)
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This site features information about constructing a LEGO model of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission Core Observatory. Two options for building the GPM model are provided: students can construct a 3D model on the LEGO website or... (View More) build an actual LEGO model of the satellite (information is provided for purchasing individual parts or for purchasing a pre-packaged kit). In addition to learning about the primary components of the GPM satellite, students will also learn facts about the mission, its technology and instrumentation. (View Less)
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ESCANABA – Helen L. Noel, 82, 5008 Alyssa 17.04 St., Escanaba (Soo Hill) , passed away on Tuesday evening, Oct. 29, 2013, at OSF St. Francis Hospital.
She was born on Aug. 26, 1931, in Escanaba, daughter of Carl E. and Josephine B. (Thomma) Mattson.
On July 8, 1950, Helen married Ronald F. Noel in Wells.
Helen was a homemaker her entire life. She enjoyed watching the Detroit Lions, Red Wings and Tigers baseball, and her weekly trip to the casino. Helen was a wonderful mother and grandmother and enjoyed cooking for her family and spending time with her grandchildren. She will be missed.
She is survived by her children, Dwayne (Gayle) Noel of Cornell, Daniel (Judy) Noel of Perronville, Mary (Dale) Smith of Soo Hill, and Dawn (Bill) Whitney of Eagle River, Wis.; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; sisters, Violet (Peter) Collegnon of Mayville, Wis., Victoria Whitney of Hermantown, Minn.; brother, Matt (Mary) Mattson of Mayville, Wis.; and brother-in-law, George (Carol) Noel of Soo Hill.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ron; and sister, Irene Johnsen of Escanaba.
Visitation will be on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Crawford Funeral Home in Escanaba. The funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. at the funeral home with Rev. Rick Courier officiating.
A meal will follow in the funeral home dining area.
Burial will be in Gardens of Rest Cemetery.
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Jobs: Ling & Literature: Asst Prof, City U of Hong Kong
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University or Organization: City University of Hong Kong
Department: Chinese, Translation and Linguistics
Job Rank: Assistant Professor
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Gear Talk / Re: do I have too much crap?« on: August 16, 2013, 11:49:03 am »
I did try to keep weight out of the handlebar bag as much as possible as I've heard that can contribute to "shimmy".
One thing that was much better when both front and back were loaded was picking the bike up from the ground. With both loaded it picked up nice and evenly. With only the back loaded it would wheelie every time I picked it up.


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Yesterday we discussed the actual taste, sweet. You can still vote and discuss yesterday's topic.
Today's teaPoll and discussion topic. We will skip salt and sour and go right for UMAMI and TEA. How much UMAMI is acceptable? How much is too much? Please answer as best you can. Remember, we are talking about UMAMI as detected by taste buds/receptors.
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The holiday season requires a certain amount of hustling (and occasional bustling)�a simple fact that increases the appeal of a lingering holiday meal with family and friends. There's nothing like sitting down to the prospect of a few tasty courses ahead of you�except maybe relaxing with those tasty courses behind you.
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"The adaptive sports offered at this clinic will provide these veterans a unique environment for self development," said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake. "For many of these veterans, this event will provide their first exposure to recreational sports and other activities after being injured."
The National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic takes place Sept. 28 through Oct. 3 with opening ceremonies at Sea World. Other events will be held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Kellogg Park in La Jolla Shores, the Embarcadero Marina Park, the Mission Bay Yacht Club and the San Diego Marriott Hotel. Admission is free for the public.
Recreational sports can be an important part of therapy for many disabilities. VA is a recognized leader in rehabilitation, with therapeutic programs available at VA health care facilities across the nation. Programs like the Summer Sports Clinic have helped many veterans with injuries to heal and gain confidence to pursue their ambitions.
The event is open to newly injured veterans who have spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, certain neurological conditions, amputations, other mobility impairments, or post-traumatic stress disorder.
U.S. Paralympics, a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee, works collaboratively with the VA and other partner organizations to introduce veterans to physical activity and Paralympic mentors as part of the rehabilitation process.


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North Redmond, located in the northeastern corner of the City, encompasses an area within Redmond's jurisdictional boundary, within King County's Urban Growth Area and in unincorporated King County.
The area is primarily residential, consisting largely of low density and low-moderate density housing. The neighborhood hosts several connections with the historical founding of the region including one original 1909 homestead and a cow path known now as NE 124th Street and developed as late as 1964.
Annexations of this area to the City of Redmond began only in 1995. The length of Avondale Rd NE, from NE 116th St to NE 128th St consists of mixed uses of residences and small businesses such as a bed-and-breakfast and a landscaping material supplier. There is also a small commercial area opposite the neighborhood's southeastern border.
North Redmond is served by parks and trails within the adjacent neighborhoods including the Puget Power Trail, as well as large areas of open space just outside its boundaries. Multi-use trails are currently under development and planned for completion along the NE 116th Street corridor to serve as linkage with existing trail networks, schools and parks throughout the region. The North Redmond neighborhood totals 1.3 square miles with 0.4 square miles existing within the current City of Redmond municipal boundaries and making up about 2.5% percent of Redmond's land area.
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George Bateman, U.S. Navy
Medals and Awards: Vietnamese Service with 3 Bronze Stars, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with 1960 Device, National Defense, Regular Navy Good Conduct medal (Issued by Dunkirk NY Naval Reserve Unit 3-20s), Naval Reserve Meritorious Service Medal (Issued by Dunkirk NY Naval Reserve Unit 3-20s during Bateman's 7 years drilling with the unit).
Robert George Bateman was born July 26, 1942 in Saint Valentine's Children's Hospital in Wendell, Idaho. Bateman had been given the name "Robert" by his parents Ivan Oliver Bateman and Dora Mabel (Conklin) Bateman at birth. Bateman's parents chose the name "Robert" in honor of Bateman's grandfather Robert Conklin, and the middle name "George" for his grandfather George Bateman; family in Idaho always called Bateman "George." When Bateman reported for duty to his assigned Naval station as a young man, there were so many sailors aboard the USS Caliente who were already called "Robert" or "Bob" that Bateman continued to use his middle name. Being "George" was just easier.
Bateman's father Ivan was a hard-working farmer, toiling from dawn until after the sun went down on his 200-acre farm in Jerome, Idaho. With the changing seasons came different types of work, but all of them were hard physical labor. During the winter months the ground may have been frozen, but the Bateman family continued to milk their dairy cattle and ready their farm equipment for the spring planting season and summer crop harvest. Bateman's father and mother ended up divorcing, and his father married Edna Bean. From that union, Bateman's family grew to include halfsiblings Joyce Edna (Peck), Owen Stephen Bateman and Jesse Ivan Bateman. Eventually, as Bateman and his stepsiblings grew up and moved on to start their adult lives, Bateman's father and stepmother were no longer able to run the farm. The couple moved into town in Jerome, and Bateman's father started work at the Twin Falls, Idaho stock and sales yard. This work was also long and hard, with the day starting before the sun came up and ending well after dark, when the last head of cattle had come in through the sales gate and been counted. But while they still lived in the country, Bateman and his siblings attended the Appleton Grade School located near their home. After he completed eighth grade, Bateman started high school at the Junior/Senior High School in Jerome.
Robert and his siblings were raised by his stepmother Edna, who helped on the farm in addition to keeping the house. Robert did not see his biological mother Dora, nor did he have contact with her during his early formative years. When he was in his teens and the opportunity to know his mother arose, he took it, moving to the Reno-Sparks, Nevada area, where he finished high school at Sparks Nevada High School in June of 1962.
While still in his junior year in high school, Bateman was honored by the Reno Lion's Club with a corneal transplant to restore partial sight to his right cornea, which had been damaged in an accident in his childhood. Bateman traveled to San Francisco, California for the operation, where the pioneer doctor Ben Hogan performed the surgery. The donor was a prisoner in Alcatraz Prison.
Bateman's first after-school job was at a place called Johnnie's Spuds, a potato processing plant located just outside of Sparks in one of the canyons. His duties included unloading the sacks of potatoes that came in to the plant on the tractor trailers, hauling them into the warehouse, and washing down the equipment and processing areas. After he graduated from high school, Bateman kept working at the plant, becoming a full time employee. He continued to unload trucks, but learned other jobs in the plant as well, and filled in where he was needed. He worked on the machines and helped the drivers and salesmen load the finished products onto their trucks for distribution. Hash browns, french fries, foil-wrapped baked potatoes, and potato chips were delivered to various clubs and restaurants in the area. On Saturdays, he went with the delivery salesmen on their routes, and when a driver left the company, Bateman moved into his position. He already knew the routes and protocol, and it was an easy transition for Bateman.
Things changed in the fall of 1963. Bateman received his notice from Uncle Sam; he was being ordered by the Draft Board to report for an Army physical in preparation of joining the United States Army. However, Bateman's stepfather was in the Navy, and had been in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 when it was bombed by the Japanese. Because of this family history, Bateman thought the Navy would be a better choice for him. He didn't know if he could switch branches after he had received his draft letter, though, so he stopped into a Naval recruiter's office in Reno. The recruiter told Bateman that he could join the Navy as long as he could pass their entrance exam. As he was an intelligent young man, Bateman passed the test and completed all the necessary paperwork within a week. He was officially a sailor, and the Navy welcomed him into its ranks for the next six years.
Editor's note: This is the second of two parts. The complete story can be read at www.observertoday.com
Robert "George" Bateman received orders to report to San Diego, where he would complete boot camp at their Naval Training Center. Normally, the process would have taken 13 weeks, but Bateman completed it sooner.
The training center closed for Christmas, but Bateman didn't want to exercise his earned leave time. He was assigned to a special company, Company 526. He was selected by his company's members to be Laundry Petty Officer 3rd Class, and given a patch featuring a figure 8-shaped knot, which meant "You're 3rd Class, Knot Nothing." On Feb. 28, 1964, Batman reported to the USS Caliente AO-53 in the Portland, Oregon shipyard. The ship was in dry dock then, being updated for service in the first fleet of U.S. ships to go to war in Vietnam. The USS Caliente was a fast, refueling fleet Oiler. When Bateman first saw the Caliente, it was in "X mode," being overhauled and crawling with Naval personnel and civilian contractors. While this took place, Bateman and the rest of the crew lived on an APL, an Auxiliary Personnel Lighter. This was a barge used to house sailors along the pier as their ships were being worked on. Living there temporarily made things easier for the sailors, who could stay out of the contractors' way and get a break at night from their working hours readying the USS Caliente.
After a few weeks in X Division, Bateman was greeted by the ship's Chief Master-at-Arms and taken aboard the Caliente AO-53 to meet his Division Chief for the first time. He was assigned to the ship's Boiler Division, to train to repair all the equipment associated with steam propulsion systems. After a brief time assigned to the Boiler Division, the chief boiler tender selected Bateman to be trained as the ship's "oil/water king," which meant his duties were to test all fuels to be used by the Caliente and any combat ships the U.S. serviced in the fleet during the Vietnam tours. For this training, Bateman was sent to San Pedro, California for five weeks of fleet petroleum school.
After completing that training, Bateman was sent to Long Beach Naval Shipyard for boiler water testing school for one week. There he learned to test boiler feed water, test boilers, add boiler compounds to maintain limits, read boiler blow downs schedules and keep boiler records and logs. Another responsibility of Bateman's new title was to make sure that the ship's "potable water" (usable water) tanks were topped off before the ship went to its station off the Vietnam coast. This included keeping usage records and tracking gallons used per man, as the rule was that boiler tender's feed water comes before potable water for showers, etc. in the "head" (bathroom). This meant that Bateman had to, at times, put chains and padlocks on the doors of these areas, to ensure that the ship had enough water to carry out its duties.
While the USS Caliente assumed its position off the Vietnam coast, one of the crew's duties was to supply potable water to coastal ships Mine Sweeper Ocean and Mine Sweeper Coastal, since they didn't have evaporators onboard to distill seawater to potable water. There were also requests from large combat ships for potable water, but those ships had more engine rooms and thus more evaporators than the Caliente could sufficiently supply.
On Nov. 1, 1967, Bateman was released from the USS Caliente AO-53 in Long Beach, California, six days early, since the ship had to service other ships around the California Coast, and the Navy wanted to avoid the trouble of paying Bateman Inconvenience Pay.
Bateman hadn't lost any of the ambition that buoyed him throughout his early years. Instead of frittering away his spare time in the Navy, he studied, and exited the regular Navy as a Second Class Boiler Tender Petty Officer. He moved to western New York and joined the Dunkirk Naval Reserve 3-20s to complete the last two years of regular service, and re-enlisted three times. Within the first two years, he was promoted to Boiler Tender First Class E-6. This was all while Bateman held a job at Ralston Purina as a maintenance man. He retired from Ralston Purina after 22 years of service.
Bateman lives in Forestville with his wife Bonnie Lee Klepfer, where he helps raise his three stepchildren.


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Debates of Feb. 10th, 1997
House of Commons Hansard #126 of the 35th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was harmonization.
- Public Service
- Excise Tax Act
- James Buchanan
- Government Policies
- Peacekeeping
- Special Olympics World Winter Games
- Saint-Côme Ice Sculpture Festival
- Special Olympics World Winter Games
- National Forum On Health
- Voyageur Festival
- Computing Devices Canada
- Liberal Party Of Canada
- Tribute To Georges Groulx
- National Citizenship Week
- National Forum On Health
- National Infrastructure Program
- Smuggling
- Young Reformers
- National Unity
- Employment
- French Language
- The Economy
- Quebec Culture
- Immigration
- Taxation
- Job Creation
- Somalia Inquiry
- Asbestos Industry
- Cultural Policy
- Child Poverty
- Interest Rates
- Presence In Gallery
- Order In Council Appointments
- Government Response To Petitions
- Committees Of The House
- Criminal Code
- Income Tax Act
- Committees Of The House
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Excise Tax Act
Excise Tax Act
Private Members' Business
1:45 p.m.
Roy Cullen Etobicoke North, ON
Exactly. His Reform friends are influencing that deliberation.
I am pleased the member for Calgary Centre acknowledged that he got some material from someone who has to be respected. Unfortunately we often hear a lot of rhetoric from the other opposition party. We wonder if it would be attributed to the Fraser Institute or to Newt Gingrich or if they would make the same kind of attribution that the hon. member so rightly did.
I want to discuss tax included pricing. The opposition parties are creating a lot of confusion and debate around this point about which I will provide some clarification. At the time the GST was first promulgated under the Conservative government, I thought if they were going to bring it in they should have it out front and centre so that people could see it. That was a reasonably honourable thing to do.
However, if people opposite were frank with themselves they would acknowledge what we are now hearing from Canadians, myself included on this point. When Canadians go to the cash register they are continually surprised when tax is added on to their items. A $100 item becomes $115 dollars. Canadians are fed up with that.
Contrary to what the member opposite says, the HST will not be hidden. It will be on the receipt. If you travel to Europe or other places you will see the taxes are included on the bill and also on the sticker price. We are moving to what many other countries have moved to, and the tax will be there and visible for all eyes to see.
In Atlantic Canada we are reducing the GST component of the HST so why would we want to hide it? Why would we want to hide a tax we are reducing? It makes no sense. It argues the point quite well that we are not really trying to hide a tax; we are trying to respond to what Canadians are asking for from sea to sea.
I would like to comment briefly on the origins of the HST. When the GST was brought in, the manufacturers' sales tax was eliminated. Many Canadians, myself included, did not factor that in very heavily at the time. Independent surveys showed that the manufacturers' sales tax on white goods and big appliances in most cases was passed on to the consumer. We have lost the benefits of the manufacturers' sales tax.
When we campaigned in 1993 we said that we would do everything we could to replace the GST because it was not a popular tax. We looked at a whole range of options. The red book said that we would harmonize the GST and make it simpler and more equitable. The HST will do that.
An aspect which is sometimes forgotten is the notion of the embedded PST. That is a term which deserves an explanation. When Atlantic Canada moves to the HST, the whole tax collection and remittance system will become a value added type tax.
Those Canadians who have small businesses, medium sized businesses or who work in the accounting offices of big companies know how the GST works. They take all the GST they have paid on the goods they have purchased, deduct that from the GST they have charged to customers and remit the net. Essentially it is a value added tax.
When the tax is harmonized in Atlantic Canada, the provincial sales tax which is currently in the cost of goods that businesses buy will be relieved. Therefore, the cost of the goods which are produced by those companies will be reduced. The result will be that the companies in those provinces will be more competitive.
Some of the Atlantic premiers, such as Frank McKenna of New Brunswick, are very aggressive when it comes to developing and attracting business. They know that the harmonized sales tax will position their provinces very well. In fact, Quebec has moved along a similar avenue.
In Ontario the Harris government is doing nothing because it likes to play politics. We have run into that on a whole range of issues, such as CPP reform, but that is an issue for another day.
If we faced reality in Ontario, the taxes could be harmonized. Instead of a 15 per cent tax there would be a 14 per cent tax. Perhaps in the future it could be reduced even more. In doing so, businesses would be more competitive. Things would be simpler for businesses. Right now they fill in the GST forms and then they fill in the PST forms. It is very complicated. People spend their time filling in forms when they should be focusing on expanding markets or developing new opportunities. When the tax is harmonized there will be one form to complete and one cheque to remit. With the new tax commission things will be simplified even further.
Some Canadians might say: "What does that do for me?" If businesses in Ontario and the other provinces are more competitive, it is good for all of us. Their businesses will grow and they will be able to hire more people. They will be able to expand their markets. Some of those benefits will flow to consumers. We have independent research which shows that happened after the GST was implemented a number of years ago.
If we had the perfect solution we would eliminate all taxes. This debate has gone on and on and we are left with looking at what are the practical alternatives. The HST is a practical alternative. In addition, it will create some real benefits for people in Atlantic Canada. If other provinces would follow suit they would realize the same benefits.
We all know that if the tax is harmonized in Ontario there will be some difficulty because consumers will now have to pay this harmonized tax on services at a higher rate than they paid before. That is the reality.
What do we do? Do we go dig a hole and lose ourselves in some of those facts? Or do we say that it will to be better for industry. Businesses will be more competitive. They will be able to compete better with Atlantic Canada and Quebec in world markets.
Exports are what it is all about. Growth in the economy has come through exports. If businesses are not competitive, even within our own provinces, then we are going to have some difficulties. I think Ontario should take the lead of Atlantic Canada and Quebec and harmonize the tax.
The member for Calgary Centre talked about the fact that people who do not comply with this law would be sent to jail, debtor's prison and all this sort of rhetoric. I do not think the hon. member was around for the debate subsequent to that announcement. There was some legitimate confusion among Canadians about people being thrown in jail and the way in which people would be charged under summary convictions or under various areas of the Criminal Code. The fact is that people will not be thrown in jail.
I find it ironic that Reform Party members, who stand up and talk about law and order and crime and punishment and who go on and on about the underground economy, the minute the government stands up and says: "Look, if you are start fiddling around with your HST, we are not going to throw you in jail but, yes, we are going to take it very seriously. We are going to treat that as a pretty serious-
Excise Tax Act
Private Members' Business
1:55 p.m.
The Speaker
As it is almost 2 p.m., we will proceed to statements by members.
James Buchanan
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
John Cannis Scarborough Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I would like to inform the House of a program called "Encounters with Canada". The program was developed by the Council for Canadian Unity, a non-profit organization, to give young Canadians the opportunity to meet and get to know one another, enhance their knowledge of Canada and to gain a greater awareness of our country.
Each year Encounters with Canada welcomes over 3,000 Canadian high school students to Ottawa where a one-week program of studies built around a central theme of Canadian institutions and a sub-theme of their choice.
This week I have the pleasure of welcoming one of my young constituents to Ottawa to participate in the program. James Buchanan, or Jimmy as his friends like to call him, attends Sir Winston Churchill Collegiate in my riding of Scarborough Centre. Jimmy was picked by his school for his outstanding achievement in both academics and extra-curricular activities.
I want to congratulate Mr. Buchanan on his accomplishments and encourage him to take full advantage of the program being offered to him this week. Congratulations, Jimmy.
Government Policies
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Mike Scott Skeena, BC
Mr. Speaker, like most other MPs, I spent Christmas break travelling around my riding of Skeena listening to the concerns of my constituents.
The majority of those concerns, as members may guess, deal with their unjust treatment at the hands of this Liberal government.
News of the day issues like silencing of the Somalia inquiry, the mishandling of the Airbus affair, the blood scandal, the broken GST promise and the bungling of the Pearson airport deal are all at the top of their minds.
There are also a litany of concerns specific to my constituents. Coast guard cutbacks, de-staffed light stations and DFO mismanaged fisheries top the list in Prince Rupert. People living in Terrace, Kitimat, Stewart and the Bulkley Valley seem incensed with the government's cramming gun control, native land claims and increasingly punitive taxes down their throats.
However, the most frequently asked question in Skeena is: "When is the Prime Minister going to call an election?" They and Canadians right across the country want to start counting the days until they can hold this government accountable for its broken promises.
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Len Hopkins Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to congratulate the members of the Canadian forces currently serving in Haiti who just this past weekend received a UN medal recognizing their contribution to the United Nations support mission in that country.
The UN recognizes and honours personnel of member states who participate in UN missions in support of its wider goal of maintaining international peace and security. Canada has been a stalwart support of the UN participating in nearly every UN peacekeeping mission.
Canada has played a significant role in the international community's efforts to build peace in Haiti. The Canadian forces have done much to restore hope for those people.
Canada currently has 750 Canadian forces personnel deployed in Haiti, including members from Canadian Forces Base Val Cartier and personnel drawn from 427 Tactical Helicopter Squadron from my own home community of Petawawa.
We congratulate them and we are proud of them. As Canadians we wish them well.
Special Olympics World Winter Games
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Murray Calder Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe, ON
Mr. Speaker, this past week Collingwood in my riding of Wellington-Grey-Dufferin-Simcoe co-hosted the sixth Special Olympics World Winter Games.
I was pleased to present medals to athletes and to witness Collingwood events, including alpine skiing at Blue Mountain and cross-country skiing and snowshoeing at Duntroon.
The mission of the special Olympics is to provide year round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic type sports for children and adults with mental disabilities. Special Olympics gives these athletes continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, to experience courage and joy and to participate in sharing gifts, skills and friendship with other athletes from around the world.
Everyone involved with the 1997 Special Olympics World Winter Games should be proud of their success and inspired by the courage and talent of the athletes. A great deal can be learned from the special Olympics oath: "Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt".
Special Olympics World Winter Games
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Roger Simmons Burin—St. George's, NL
Mr. Speaker, they are all winners, the more than 2,000 athletes from 76 countries who took part in the Special Olympics World Winter Games last week.
Three cheers for Team Canada and especially for those athletes who represented the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. All three Newfoundlanders went home with medals from this major multi-sport event.
For nordic skier Janet Hanham of Fortune, a gold and a bronze medal; for snowshoer Louise Wall of Codroy Valley, a silver medal; for Gordon Reddy of St. John's, two bronze medals in nordic skiing. This is another fantastic accomplishment for our athletes, for our province and for the country.
Congratulations to all, the Olympians, their coaches, their families and all the volunteers who made dreams come true last week.
Saint-Côme Ice Sculpture Festival
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Michel Bellehumeur Berthier—Montcalm, QC
Mr. Speaker, on the weekend, the fifth ice sculpture festival in Saint-Côme drew to a close.
This year again, the village of Saint-Côme was literally turned into an ice sculpture museum, to the delight of tens of thousands of visitors who came from all over Quebec and beyond to admire the works of local artists.
This year again, the festival was a success, thanks to the solidarity, co-operation and team work of the organizers, the chamber of commerce, many volunteers and the sculptors themselves.
After two weeks of outdoor events and games, I want to congratulate all those who contributed to the immense success of this young but promising festival.
As honourary president of the fifth festival, I would like to thank the people of Saint-Côme for their warm reception, a tradition in this region.
Yes, Gilles Vigneault was right: "Mon pays, ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver". In Saint-Côme, we are proud of that, and we celebrate that pride.
Special Olympics World Winter Games
Statements By Members
February 10th, 1997 / 2 p.m.
Ed Harper Simcoe Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, this past Saturday marked the end of an extremely successful and enjoyable week for the athletes taking part in the Special Olympics as well as those who attended the various events.
Special Olypians from around the world came to Collingwood and Toronto to compete for medals in sports such as alpine skiing, speed skating, figure skating and floor hockey.
As with any event of this size, the Special Olympics required an enormous organizational effort and an army of volunteers. The residents of both cities should be commended for their efforts on behalf of the athletes, their coaches and their families.
Participants from around the globe return home this week with a renewed sense of accomplishment both in view of their personal successes and because of the efforts of the hundreds of volunteers and organizers who made the event possible.
National Forum On Health
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Pauline Picard Drummond, QC
Mr. Speaker, the National Forum on Health cost taxpayers $12 million and made unacceptable recommendations that would open the door to even more federal interference in an area of provincial jurisdiction by reducing the provinces to the rank of mere trustees.
However, the provincial governments did not wait for the federal government before taking action. In Quebec, as was pointed out by a member of the forum, Dr. Marc Renaud, we already have a head start in areas like home health care, family policies and drug plans.
The government poses as a champion of the existing health care system while at the same time taking billions of dollars out of health care budgets. Once again, this government is not practising what it preaches. The Bloc will be glad to remind Quebecers of this in the next election.
Voyageur Festival
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Ronald J. Duhamel St. Boniface, MB
Mr. Speaker, I would like to invite all my colleagues to the attend the Voyageur Festival this week in St. Boniface.
This festival, which takes pride in being known as the largest winterfest in western Canada, celebrates the history, traditions and culture of the French and Metis people.
This is a time when Manitobans, other Canadians and people from all over the world come and visit Voyageur Park, Fort Gibraltar and the winter promenades to honour the contribution of the founding nations of Manitoba.
For two weeks, St. Boniface will host Franco-Manitoban, Quebec, Acadian and Cajun performers who will act, sing and dance, all in French.
Mr. Speaker, my colleagues, once again, I invite you to join us in celebrating the tenacity of the Metis and French speaking communities of western Canada. Have a great time.
Computing Devices Canada
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Beryl Gaffney Nepean, ON
Mr. Speaker, Nepean has once again distinguished itself as a home to leading edge technology. On Friday, Computing Devices Canada was awarded a high profile defence contract to develop integrated protective clothing and equipment for soldiers.
A trailblazer in the Nepean high tech community, CDC has nearly 50 years of experience as a defence supplier to over 20 nations. CDC will lead an industrial team of companies from across Canada. Their task is the design, development, integration and manufacture of enough prototypes for an infantry platoon to extensively test the clothing and equipment in the field.
The project will draw from emerging technologies and systems integration such as a satellite navigation system and a wearable computer with a helmet mounted display.
I applaud CDC and other members of the industrial team. This contract enhances CDC's already strong international reputation. It is because of companies like CDC that Nepean and Canada are so well respected in the high tech sector.
Liberal Party Of Canada
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Robert Bertrand Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle, QC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Denis Coderre was officially nominated as the Liberal candidate for the riding of Bourassa in the next federal election.
With the vast majority of the social and cultural associations in his riding behind him, the new Liberal candidate for Bourassa can also count on the formal support of the three provincial Liberal members from his riding.
Joining him on the stage, Yvon Charbonneau, Jean-Claude Gobé and Marcel Parent made a strong plea for unity within Liberal ranks.
Mr. Charbonneau said that the provincial Liberals were fighting the same battle as the federal Liberals to get rid of the Bloc Quebecois.
Our pre-election campaign is under way in Quebec, and we will wage a relentless battle against those who have nothing better to propose than the separation of Quebec and the breakup of Canada.
Tribute To Georges Groulx
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Christiane Gagnon Québec, QC
Mr. Speaker, today, the Quebec theatre industry mourns the loss of Georges Groulx, who died at the age of 74.
Georges Groulx can be described as a great creator, an extraordinary actor and stage director, as well as an outstanding educator. During his career, this theatre personality deeply touched those who worked with him: Gilles Pelletier, for one, spoke about the humility and joviality of the man he considers the pillar of the Nouvelle Compagnie théâtrale; as for Françoise Faucher, she remembers him as an exceptional artist who was able to make fun of his own fears.
Georges Groulx worked with a number of seasoned actors in the Compagnons de Saint-Laurent company and helped train several Quebec actors at the Théâtre du Nouveau-Monde and the Conservatoire d'art dramatique. He was also a stage director at the Rideau Vert and a Radio-Canada producer.
The Bloc Quebecois joins the artistic community in mourning this great theatre personality, whose generosity was only matched by his talent.
National Citizenship Week
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Val Meredith Surrey—White Rock—South Langley, BC
Mr. Speaker, today is the beginning of National Citizenship Week and it is a very special anniversary.
Prior to 1947 anyone who was born in Canada was not a Canadian citizen but rather a British subject resident in Canada. It is ironic that Canada has existed as a nation for almost 130 years, yet Canadians as a people have existed for only 50 of those 130 years.
While Canadian citizenship is something to be proud of, it is often difficult to celebrate. Just last year while filling out my census form I had the option of marking my ethnic background as Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Filipino. I could not say I was Canadian unless I marked "other".
Canadian citizenship should be something we can be proud of regardless of race, creed, colour, ethnicity or when our ancestors came to this land. Maybe we will even be able to indicate this pride during the census.


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Hi Bellas,
I had the opportunity to try Anastasia's newest product. The Highlighting Brow Kit is the first baked eyebrow product in the market.
-The baked brow color has three colors so you can mix and customize your eyebrow shade.
-Easy to blend
-Comes with three different highlighting powders that would suit any skin tone/hair color
-You can control coverage of the shadows by using them wet or dry
-The shadows are actually good for you - they contain Balkan Botanical infusion (a natural plant extract) which are supposed to sooth and soften skin.
-The highlighting powders are kinda chunky in texture
-My eyebrow powder came cracked and detached from the base :( (This happened during shipping...it wouldn't be like this if you get it from the store)
Honestly, I really like this trio. The eyebrow powders are some of the best i've tried so far. I'd get it for the eyebrow powders alone. It's actually a good price when you think about it - You get three shades of brow powder, three shades of mineral highlighting shadow, and a mini size Anastasia brown gel. You can purchase this for $32 now at www.Anastasia.net or at Sephora at the end of January 2009.
Till next time, Ciao Bellas!
Atlanta Makeup Artist
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Anastasia Baked Brow Trio
Posted by MakeupByRenRen at 9:00 AM
Labels: eyebrows
7 comments:
- Askmewhats said...
Anastasia products sounds cool! I have seen a lot of good reviews, thanks for the review on this one!
- January 14, 2009 at 9:08 AM
- Wes said...
Sounds nice, but where are the pics? ;-)
- January 14, 2009 at 9:25 AM
- Product Junkie Diva said...
Thanks for the review Ren, I may have to pick this up.
- January 14, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- Girl with Curl said...
I've been wanting to try Anastasia products but, always thought they were kind of expensive.
- January 14, 2009 at 1:38 PM
- Ethereal Prey said...
baked you say? interesting. though i'll have to pass on this one, my brows will have to be nekkid. LOL!
- January 14, 2009 at 4:01 PM
- DSKNguyen said...
oooh, I think I need that.
- January 14, 2009 at 6:26 PM
- only x lindah said...
Oooh, that looks tempting =) But i just grabbed the regular brow powder a little while ago =(
- January 15, 2009 at 6:19 PM
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Shit like this makes me question why I'm a Pens fan. Most of the fans are second only to Red Wings fans in terms of generic groups of hockey fans I'd like to see fall in a really big hole.
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PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh police and the NHL's security office have investigated a death threat made against Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin on a Pittsburgh Penguins fan message board.
The post, reportedly written by a teenager from Chambersburg, Penn., said: "I'm killing Ovechkin and I don't care what happens to me."
The Penguins immediately informed local police, as well as the NHL and the Capitals.
"We were notified of the message and immediately turned over all information to the authorities," the Penguins said in a statement.
It is not known if criminal charges are pending, but officials don't believe Ovechkin was ever in any real danger. Ovechkin was aware of the threat, but did not comment when the incident was first reported by a local television station in Pittsburgh.
"We are aware of it. NHL security was contacted and worked with local law enforcement in handling the matter," NHL spokesman Frank Brown said Thursday.
"We became aware of an inappropriate comment on a message board and referred it to appropriate authorities," the Washington Capitals said in a statement. "We appreciate their diligence and have every confidence in our club's safety."
Ovechkin, the NHL's leading goal scorer, has five goals in the first three games of the NHL Eastern Conference semifinal series against Pittsburgh. He scored the game's first goal during Washington's 3-2 overtime loss in Game 3 on Wednesday night, hours after the threat was posted.
The Capitals and Penguins play Game 4 in Pittsburgh on Friday night. The series continues in Washington with Game 5 on Saturday night.


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From Austin City Limits to Music City Eats, Texan Chef Tim Love gives us the scoop.
When Tim Love, a dynamic Texan chef at the helm of nine popular restaurants, is presenting at a food festival, ticket-goers better brace themselves for a wild ride. Think bottomless and strongly satisfying margaritas in the hands of each audience member while Tim wields tongs, wit-filled commentary and grilling know-how across the crowd, eliciting spirited participation and cheers. This, our friends, is how food festival panels should be done. Forget watching someone stand and stir. We caught up with Tim after such a free-wielding presentation at the inaugural Music City Eats festival in Nashville, TN. His was just one of many innovative cooking demonstrations offered up during the 2-day event featuring a full roster of locally and internationally known chefs including the likes of Giada De Laurentiis, Micheal Symon and John Besh. And to make this particular festival that much more enticing, the musical talents of the Kings of Leon, Norah Jones and other highly recognizable names were on hand for a star-studded exclusive evening concert. Seeing as Tim is the Official Chef of Austin City Limits, held the first two weekends of October, he is no stranger to either the music or food festival circuits. So what makes events where rock stars and chefs intermingle, swapping stories of long, neon-lit nights and good food incredibly worth your pennies and time? And what can attendees look forward to noshing on at the upcoming Austin City Limits? We've got the answers�or more specifically, Tim does. Relish: Music and food is a huge theme for you from Austin City Limits to Music City Eats. What is the big connection between music and food for you and in festivals? TL: For me, they are my two favorite things in the world. But I think, you know, everybody for years has been trying to figure out how to put music and food together. It seems so simple, but it's a really, really hard thing to do. So as we make these different festivals we're trying to figure that out�Musicians want the food, the food guys want music, and we all want to do it together. It's a slow build of how do you get that formula together. I feel like each festival we get closer and closer to it which is another reason we get so excited�because we've got this goal that everybody wants, and nobody's gotten it yet. And so we just keep going, like last night Petty Fest [see above image] was just off the charts...it was like an awards show and a bunch of us cooks hanging around thinking "this is like the greatest thing ever!" This is all we want�cocktails and people singing for us�I just think one of these days it's just going to click, and everybody is going to go�holy shit, that's how you do it. Relish: Can you let us in on some things we can look forward to at this year's Austin City Limits? TL: It's two weekends this year, which we've never done before�This year I'm roasting a whole steer. Every year I do something bigger and bigger. So we're doing a 1,100 pound steer. It'll feed about 400 people�we're doing it for happy hour on Sunday. We'll start it on Saturday at about 8pm and I'll serve it at 5 on Sunday. Relish: How do you even do that? TL: Drink a lot of cocktails [laughs]. No�We're literally building it, so we have a steel tube and a big cranking arm and what you call a super iron cross. It's got four cross members on one big arm, and we'll have a crank arm so it can move up and down over the fire. It's going to take about 20 hours I think. Relish: Give us some advice for food festival first-timers. What is the one thing you need to bring and keep in mind? TL: An extra liver�it's definitely a marathon, not a sprint. So when you get here, and you get all excited to taste 400 different wines, don't taste them all in one day. It's two days. You may do it�but the day's not going to last too long. You only have to drink 200 wines today, not 400. Relish: What makes these food festivals worth the money? [Music City Eats cost $275 for a two day pass and $500 for the full schedule of events] TL: You know it's funny because I've had people ask me that and it really isn't that expensive. Let's break it down real quick, so people want to go to a five course dinner and it's 125 bucks�that's pretty typical. So it's one dinner for $125 and you can probably have three glasses of wine. At a festival you're gonna taste maybe 30 different dishes from 30 different chefs that you can actually shake hands with. You can go to a demo and learn stuff and understand where a chef comes from...and really be one on one and be close as you want. Then, on top of that, you can walk around and taste different wines, bourbons and whiskeys and whatever it is that you like. And you taste as many as you want, or as little as you want, and you can learn as much as you want about each one. That does not happen, obviously, for free�What's it really worth to you to learn about 40 different wines? I mean you've just got to weigh that out. Relish: What would you advise attendees to not do at a food festival? TL: I don't know about things not to do, but get there early and always plan your day�because there is a schedule of things to do and you can't do all of them. So think through it, plan your day out and show up early to be at what you want to be at. Relish: Aside from Music City Eats, what are other must-visit food festivals for you? TL: Aspen. I would say you wanna go to the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen�It's the model for sure. The weather is like this [the Nashville weather was a perfect 70 degrees during the interview] in the middle of the summer and it's just beautiful. The wines they have there are just ridiculous. And the talent drawn in is really, really good�You get to meet, and talk and learn from a lot of really great people. Relish: What other exciting things do you have coming up aside from festivals? TL: Gosh everyday of my life is exciting. Well, besides the festivals and Austin City Limits, I'm reopening my restaurant Lonesome Dove�it burned about a month and a half ago. So I'm doing that in 30 days and I'm very excited�When your baby goes down, you freak out, like that's just everything in my life, my whole career is that restaurant�that's my whole focus. And I just recently opened up a restaurant named after my mother, Queenie's, in her hometown [Denton, TX]�i built her a restaurant so she'd stop calling me so much [laughs.] Brought to you by: Relish


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Skip to comments.(Vanity) The end of an era, The Cox model engine
Posted on 01/31/2013 1:05:36 PM PST by mowowie
So i'm supposed to suprise my 7 yr old nephew next thursday and meet him for lunch at school for some kind of whatever thing... Anyways i thought i'd bring him a cool gift of one of those Cox .049 engine tethered race cars only to find that they they don't make them anymore? I looked it up on wiki since amazon seemed to be down. Production stopped around 4 years ago. Aparrently wiki is barred from FR so i can't post the thread but i had no idea of all the variants of this motor, wow......anyways.. JEEEEEZZZZZZ.....i grew up with those things, the planes, the helicopter, the cars, the stupid things i built with those engines attached..... Really makes me sad. There's still E-bay i guess and all but still. It seems that there is almost nothing left....
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Wasn't it a glow plug? I still have the scars on my finger from starting an airplane with one of those things by hand, almost 59 years ago. I'm sad my grandson won't have that opportunity.
I still have a scar from prop starting one of those devil engines
Also some on ebay....
Oh yea "Glow Plug".
Glow Head was the nickname we gave to the kid down the street.
The old tether planes died because RC is so cheap now. The Cox .049 engine is gone as well because brushless electric motors are cheap and much easier to deal with. If you want gas-powered fun, there are plenty of engines available for cars, boats, and planes, but they are bigger than .049. They still use the old glow plug ignition system, but the new carburetors work much better.
Don't mourn the end of the old tethered plane with an .049 engine. Rejoice that technology has given us much better toys!!
"I can still remember the smell of that fuel. It meant long, hot summer days with nothing to do but have fun."
Cox engines used a 'glow head', which is to say that the platinum element was built into the cylinder head. When the element wore out or broke, you replaced the entire aluminum cylinder head.
Other, larger engines glow engines use a glow plug, which is separate from the cylinder head.
I don't have any scars, but I lost a few finger nails over the years. It certainly left me with a very healthy respect for prop safety when I got into flying the real thing.
I agree ... with electric power at the low end, gasoline power in the middle, and real live turbo-fan engines at the high end, the "good ol' days" of remote controlled toys are Right Now.
The Cox .049 and the "Red Head" McCoy .35 along with Amberoid, silk-span, hot fuel proof Dope and castor oil infused fuel kept me well occupied in my youth.
I built a boat. Used an .074. Lots of fun.
The new RC planes are incredible, jet engines , retractable gear.
Remember chasing a friends RC for miles after he lost radio contact.
The thing had 1 channel, rudder. The rudder fluttered back and forth. Plane turned depending what position you stopped the rudder.
Let's see. Hmm either left(x) or right(0).
By jolly, it was digital.!
Had one of the things, never did get it to run.
As with all small displacement glow engines, the trick to reliable operation is to keep from trying to leaning the needle valve to get every last rpm out of the engine.
When I was younger, my brother and I would get flight after flight out of our .049 engines simply because we knew how to properly tune them. The engines started on the first flip and ran until they ran out of fuel.
Even with larger carburetors, it's possible to over-lean the mixture and cause unreliable operation. The real secret is to set the needle once, then leave it alone.
Control line airplanes are still available - do a bit of hunting online.
Heh, remember the Cox-powered dragsters that ran along a taut string? I think there was a bead on the string that shut off the engine and popped the drag 'chute.
I had the red, white and blue P-51 that you hold on two strings and go around in circles.
Check this out! http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_sop=10&_nkw=cox+engine+049&_frs=1
Put stick and tissue planes together and found out the dangers of "sniffing glue" by accident. Made sure I was in well vented room after getting up from the table and "WOW".
I had the small Dumas Swamp Buggy with a Cox .049 and a 2-channel radio. It may not have had the speed of the hydroplanes and the big tuned-pipe engines, but it would run all day long. Later, I put an O.S. .10FSB on the boat. Boy, that woke it up.
Oh man! I haven't thought about those in forever! Had those silly things by the box in my youth. I remember the pee-wee which was .020, and then the larger tee-dee which was .049 to the even larger .090 good times!, my ears still ring when I think of one of those silly motors dialed in just right!
I meant to add that control-line flying is still alive and well and as popular as ever, even with the advent of R/C. So is free-flight.
The only real difference is that there are a lot more people participating in the hobby because the advancing technology has allowed everyone to pursue whatever aspect of model aviation that they find interesting.
the thing had 3 moving parts. Amazing.
They don't call it 'dope' for nothing, eh? (heh heh heh...)
Yep. Another wonderful thing from my childhood disappears.
what i meant by "It seems that there is almost nothing left"
is it seems nothing left from my youth.
Here in MA i can't even buy my nephew a cap gun..or even just caps for that matter let alone snakes or sparklers....
it's amazing i'm still alive.
With the Cox .049, flying became my life's work and passion.
your comment is cracking me up.
I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not.
My OS Stallion, Enya, and Super Tigres were all great though. I'll bet they'd even still run if I dug them out.
From what i gathered from the wiki article was that Estes, The model rocket manufacturer is also out of business..........Damn.
Unfortunately, interest in control-line models waned in the '70s and '80s and that flight area was torn up and became part of a golf driving range.
BTW, that "American Boy" model is available at the link in #3 above. Looks like a total of $100 or so for the kit, engine and all the bits and pieces. Seems pretty inexpensive for a glimpse back into childhood.
My brother, friends and I build, broke, burned and rebuilt so many of their rockets, I think NORAD had a dish dedicated just to tracking our flights.
We were big on all the Cox cars and planes, too. Most of my allowance and lawn-mowing money went up in smoke on those.
Fox super fuel - castor oil and nitro - I can still smell it!
I remember the first few times getting dizzy until I got used to turning around for a few minutes. :-)
Cox-powered dragsters sounds like it was a fun idea. i wish i had gotten into it...
thanks for the link. i'm def gonna buy something......prob for myself. lol
They still have "Duke's Fuel" on the website, too.
Alas, no more "Missile Mist".
Those were great times. Life before the Nanny State was so much fun for kids. I used money from my paper route to buy my first bike, Hardy Boy books, MAD magazine and my first gun. Among other things.
A paper route is a remarkable way to teach a child business principles, responsibility, independence, customer service and planning.
I think the worst of the non-runners was the "GHQ". It must have been about a .60 displacement, die-cast, coil, battery & spark ignition. These apparently were even made during WW2. Shortly after the war, a friend unloaded one on me for $5. I never could get it running until, around 1948, Glo-plugs came out. I had the engine mounted on a bench with a new glo-plug and the tank filled with glow fuel. A couple of flips of the prop, the thing ran all-out for a couple of minutes and evidently wore itself out. That was the first and last engine I ever owned. I stuck to rubber power after that.
We have grown up and play with toys like this:
RC SR-71 with jet engines... Okay I WISH I had enough money to play with these but they are cool nonetheless.
My freinds and i built many a model rocket, my second being "Big Bertha", my first rocket i got on my b-day the day Elvis died....can't remember the name of that one.....My mother was crying her eyes out the whole day.
Ayways, over time we realized that the rocket body itself was a money waste....We started to glue the fins right onto the engines.
kinda took the fun out of recovery but half the time there was no recovery.
we called them pocket rockets.
Same here. Sigh. A much simpler time, or so it seemed.
i was just thinking of the Cox UFO flying saucer.
Man, I always wanted that thing as a kid but never got it.......
I had the same luck as you.
The cause of my one true, full blown panic attack about 2:00AM in the basement 40 years ago. That wasn't fun at all!
Now I've changed to the R/C stuff and all we have to worry about is lipoly batteries exploding LOL
You might enjoy this. I think it is extraordinary, but we'll see if it catches on:
I had three or four of the tethered airplanes;
P-40 Warhawk
P-51 Mustang
F-4U Corsair
I even had the competitor (Estes ?) acrobat airplain in bright orange.
Loved those things.
When I got bored with them, I'd shave the vertical stabilizer, which was always pointed to the left to cause the tethered plane to turn left. Then, I'd lock the elevator in a 10-degree position and let the plane roar down the street until it took off and careened into some neighbor's house.
I now recall the Stuka, which we loaded with M-80s for her final flight.
Why be stuck on cords when you have RC?
Not to mention the engine life.
I have a box of Megatech, OS and Traxxas engines, all dead before their time because I ran them lean and HOT.
Now, I run them fat and wet and while I don't get the acceleration or top end, they start within two or three pulls every time and my glow plugs last through a gallon of 20%.
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Clean up after your horse
To the editor:
To whom it may concern:
The horse manure left in the 1100 block alley between South Valley and South Front Streets is not appreciated!
City ordinance requires dog walkers to clean up after their pets. Are horses exempt from this?
Please pick up what was left here ASAP. May you need to carry a bucket and pooper scooper.
Ron Marti
New Ulm