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Reasons why the Volturi want to destroy the Cullens
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- #1The are afraid that the Cullen will destroy then and will take the power, and because they are afraid.117
- #2The Olympic Coven is a gifted and unique family. Aro, being the greedy person he is, covets the gifted members, such as Edward and Alice. He's afraid that one day, the Olympic coven will be stronger than the Volturi, and more dominant. Especially with Bella and her shield coming into equation now, they are the ones rendered powerless.58
- #3because they think that renesmee is immortal child!!!!because she's half human and half vampire!!!25
- #4because the Cullen's are the most powerful coven other than the volturi25
- #5They're the Cullens! THEY STINK!!!25
- #6They want Edward, Alice, and probably now Bella to join them, but they know they won't choose to while their family is still alive17
- #7because they have nothing better to do than kill the most epic people in the world for stupid reasons15
- #8Because they invited Carlisle Cullen, Edward Cullen, Alice Cullen and Bella Swan for there special abilities severall times but they all rejected.13
- #9They want Alice, Bella, and Edward. They think Renesmee will not be able to control her thurst and thus for expose the vampires. The Volturi is the most powerful group of Vampires because of the most members special talents because of Bella's power they are weak against the Olympic Coven. So destroying them would put them back on top and not have the fear of being over taken. The Volturi do not like how the Cullens don't abide by the laws and are trying to find ways around them. Such as, exposing vampires to Bella and then not changing her, having an alliance with werewolves, and having an immortal child.8
- #10'cause they envy the Cullens8
- #11Because their powers aren't as cool as the Cullens!7
- #12because they luvvv power! e'specially aro aro4
- #13I think they secretly want Carlisle to join them again, they might think that the whole coven will join because they want alice, Edward and Bella 2.3
- #14the main reason is carlisle when he left it was because they have no respect for the human being and when carlisle was in the volturi they tried to make him a human blood sucking leech but he refused so now maybe they are seriously getting back at him or they are now really trying hard to convince him (something like that)3
- #15They want power over antthing and the Cullen if they wanted could take them down or even join them3
- #16They want edward2
- #17Renesmee2
- #18The Cullens have more members in their coven.2
- #19They think Renesmee is a danger! lol I think that explains all, they want to protect the vampire world!2
- #20The Volturi don't fight the Cullens because Alice shows Aro a vision of the fight. The Cullens kill the Volturi and their witnesses. Leaving his reason of the fight, Renesmee, alive. Aro then is frightened of the vision and leaves, giving the Cullens victory.2
- #21Well IDK but i hope they do not hurt the cullens!!!1
- #22cullens have loads members and there power and if they want to get the whole vampire tribes to fight against them and because they have friends who are werewolves1
- #23Keep the list going...1
- #24because they think that the cullens will overpower them and that the will overthrow them because of their gifts1
- #25Take down The Cullens1


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Notable guys available.
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i must admit that I never liked Paul. I had to admit that his melodys stuck to your mind earlier and mor eoften that John's songs and some of John's songs are pretty similar (Jealous Guy - Whatever Get You Through The Night) Paul has more chords and so on.
so, if you'd have to judge variety and melody Paul was better. But John's songs are much more personal and don't lack teh depth that soem Paul songs do.
since last year I like Paul pretty much. Through a certain event in my life I learned how lucky and strong Paul's music can make you.


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There is no tomato in this country or in Italy thats as good as the New Jersey tomato. Some of the characteristics might be good, but theres nothing that can match it overall.
here's why they're so good, they are from New Jersey http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/nyregion/making-the-trip-from-the-vine-to-the-shelf.html
Tinroof, 20 years ago when I lived in Boston I bought Colavita and Pastene tomatoes all the time. Both have very good products and the tomatoes did taste a lot alike. Did you see any peeled?


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I have to wonder, with this happening with two completely different but very talented teams two years in a row, could this be a Bill Self problem? How much different was the Illinois team that went to the final game once he left from the one he coached?


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Tupper Lake tourism money still on the table
MALONE – Franklin County legislators appropriated $25,000 for agritourism last week, but there may be another pot of funds to pay for Tupper Lake's events coordinator position.
The board worked an extra $50,000 into the county's tourism budget for 2013, over what the tourism department needs for normal operations. It was originally slated for a fishing program called FISHCAP and for the county's Cornell Cooperative Extension to develop an agritourism program.
But then the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, along with some local politicians, requested $25,000 from the county for a tourism marketing initiative for the Saranac Lake area. Legislators approved that spending in December, allocating half of the money that had been set aside for FISHCAP.
Some Tupper Lake officials were upset about that, saying Tupper Lake should have been included in the program. Tupper Lake's representative on the county board, Paul Maroun, also the mayor of the village of Tupper Lake, was out of town when his colleagues on the county board gave money to the Saranac Lake project. When he got back, he said he wanted the county to start funding Tupper Lake's events coordinator position, the cost of which is now split between the town and village of Tupper Lake and the Tupper Lake Chamber of Commerce.
When Maroun started pushing that idea, though, Bernadette Logozar, who works for Cornell Cooperative Extension and whose position would be funded by the $25,000 in agritourism funds, started lobbying the board to ask for the money to be appropriated to her organization.
Maroun said he supports the idea of agritourism and doesn't have a problem with spending $25,000 on that plan as long as his fellow legislators also give consideration to the funding for Tupper Lake as well. Since there was no events coordinator for the first few months of the year – Michelle Clement just started earlier this month – Maroun said he now plans to request about $18,000 to fund the position.
"I feel that the people that I represent deserve something, too," Maroun said at a county meeting earlier this month.
"Consideration is consideration," said Legislator Gordon Crossman. "It's not a guarantee."
North end vs. south end
That discussion got heated, with Maroun and Saranac Lake's representative on the board, Tim Burpoe, arguing that the south end of the county often gets a raw deal.
Burpoe and Maroun are the only two who have fully southern-end districts on the seven-member county board. Crossman represents a long, L-shaped district that includes the town of Brighton, but he lives in Malone and often sides with northern legislators when there's a north-end versus south-end issue.
Maroun told his fellow legislators that his district, which includes the towns of Tupper Lake and Santa Clara, doesn't get a lot of county services, and getting help from the county to promote the area would be nice.
"There's a lot of things in that area, and I think we've actually not supported it as much as we should," Maroun said. "We don't have county roads. That's off the books. We don't have the courthouse. I understand that. But there's ways that we can do small things that will keep these people thinking that we're all working together that will bring in more sales tax, that will bring in more people and maybe coordinate the whole county better."
Maroun threatened to start holding up a lot of county projects if his funding request is not given fair consideration.
"The south end of this county doesn't get back what we bring up," Maroun said. "And we don't ask for a lot."
Towns in the southern end give the county a larger portion of property taxes than northern end towns do.
Crossman said it irked him that the Saranac Lake group didn't include Tupper Lake in its marketing plan.
Burpoe said Crossman was taking the whole thing out of context. He noted that the Saranac Lake Area Tourism Council spent more than a year developing a plan for marketing the Saranac Lake area, which includes areas like Vermontville, Paul Smiths and Lake Clear. That's the region that the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce covers, while Tupper Lake has its own chamber of commerce, Burpoe noted.
"You can't have Saranac Lake people coming into Tupper Lake and telling them what they need to be marketing," Burpoe said.
He said Essex County's Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism, which is partnering with Saranac Lake on its initiative, already was apprehensive about extending into Franklin County at all, but it made sense with Saranac Lake since the village is split between the two counties. Tupper Lake is entirely in Franklin County.
Burpoe said he has had to work too hard to get what is basically small change in terms of the county's $100 million budget.
"I have to sell my soul for freaking $25,000, and I resent that," Burpoe said. "That is really frustrating to me. … I'm tired of the south end getting the raw end of the stick, because we really are generating a significant amount of money."
The meeting ended with legislators giving Maroun their word that they would give his proposal consideration when he brings it to them.
Extra money
All the strife may have been for naught, though. The county Tourism Department was recently transferred out of the purview of the county Industrial Development Agency. As part of that transition, the IDA recently returned $200,000 in unspent funds, county Treasurer Bryon Varin told the board last week.
"There's more money, I think, than what the board realized," Varin said.
County Manager Tom Leitz originally said earlier this month there was some money left in that fund, but he had suggested a smaller number at the time.
Either way, it's likely that money will easily cover the cost of Tupper Lake's events coordinator
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""The charter industry needs to become much more efficient…We need to take a page from the airlines' code-sharing agreements…Part 135 charter [operators] could review each other's schedules, use each other's airplanes." "
Stepping Up to Full Ownership
Preowned aircraft prices and financing costs remain at historically low levels, and business jet manufacturers continue to offer incentives to boost sales. That's changing the access equation for private fliers, leading some to forgo charter, jet cards or fractional shares in favor of buying an aircraft outright.
"We've seen a lot of people stepping up to whole ownership," said Jeff Agur, managing director of the Van Allen Group, a business aviation consultancy in McDonough, Ga. "Their focus tends to be on economics and quantitative elements–the cost and the hours flown. But there are many qualitative elements [to full ownership] that bring a lot of advantages over charter or fractional ownership."
Could buying an airplane pay off for you? To answer that question, ask yourself some others:
Does it make economic sense? Once you exceed a certain number of annual flight hours–generally about 150 to 250–owning a jet can be more economical than any other private aviation option.
Of course, not all buyers have to justify ownership financially–some can afford an aircraft that serves as their private vehicle, economics be damned. "It's convenience and lifestyle," said David Wyndham, vice president and co-owner of business aviation consultancy Conklin & de Decker in Orleans, Mass. "They like that they can customize the aircraft and interior furnishings and can leave things on the airplane."
Who will use the aircraft and where will they fly? If your itineraries and passenger counts change frequently, you may be best served by charter companies, which can supply the right aircraft for each mission. If various people will use the airplane, their demands for lift should be compatible–or at least accounted for. One business unit may require an aircraft for frequent one-day roundtrips while another may need to take multi-day journeys that render the airplane unavailable to others.
"A lot of companies that use business aviation have a multi-prong approach" to providing lift, said Mike Nichols, vice president for operations, education and economics at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA). For example, a firm might employ charter when the company-owned aircraft is unavailable.
Do you make many one-way flights? It's much less efficient to own an airplane when you don't fly roundtrip, noted George Marburger, managing director of Jeteffect, a business jet sales brokerage in Jupiter, Fla. After one-way flights, either the aircraft has to return to its base and come back later to retrieve you or else the crew has to take an airliner home and back to pick you up or incur hotel and other travel costs while waiting for you. Meanwhile, your unused aircraft racks up parking and hangar fees. If you frequently remain at your destination for several days, the best solution might be a fractional or jet-card provider, since it can offer one-way rates.
Do you need to fly on short notice? If you do, ownership might be the best solution. Charter operators can respond relatively quickly but can't guarantee access; and while jet cards and fractional ownership do mean guaranteed access, you typically have to give 10 or more hours' notice to fly.
Do you want total control? As an owner, you make all the decisions about your aircraft, from selection and training of the crew to operational policies and maintenance procedures. This can be a big plus–or a big minus if you don't want the responsibility. Of course, you could turn management chores over to a flight department or an outside firm, but as the owner, you'd still have to oversee its work.
Can you afford an airplane? Keep in mind that the purchase price is just part of the cost of ownership. "There are a lot of front-end costs, legal and brokerage fees, inspection fees, parts and equipment, training, a lot of costs to get the aircraft up and running," noted William Quinn, chairman and founder of Aircraft Management Systems (AMS), a business and commercial aviation consultancy in Portsmouth, N.H. "Not everybody understands that. It's not like buying a car."
If you can make a case for owning a business jet, the next step is to choose the right one. Many shoppers buy more airplane than they need, which results in unnecessary expense and underutilization.
"The 100 percent solution airplane is often the largest and most expensive," noted Wyndham. You're better off buying an aircraft that meets your needs for most of your flights, and using other options–such as charter or airlines–for the others. In other words, if the bulk of your flights are domestic short hops, don't buy a large-cabin aircraft for the occasional trip you make overseas.
But buying too small an aircraft would also be a mistake. A limited-range, modest-sized jet won't do you much good if you need to make frequent long trips or carry more than a few passengers.
If you plan to charter out your aircraft when you're not using it, keep that in mind when you shop. For example, you might opt to buy a later model in order to attract more charter customers.
Consultants can analyze your travel patterns, evaluating frequency of flights, city pairs flown between, number of passengers typically onboard and numerous other factors. "Do you want to feed people? Do you need a flight attendant?" asked Quinn of AMS, which uses a 20-page questionnaire to evaluate travel, schedules, operational necessities and personal preferences, and determine suitable aircraft types for a prospective owner's needs.
Those needs can be met by either a new or previously owned aircraft. Today's preowned market has a surfeit of high-quality, late-model jets with state-of-the-art avionics and cabins, and as noted earlier, prices and financing costs are at historic lows. Alternatively, a new jet, while more expensive, can be outfitted to your exact specifications and will come with a manufacturer's warranty, eliminating concerns about unexpected maintenance costs. These warranties can be especially important in countries where third-party support is scarce or nonexistent. And manufacturers can sweeten deals with enhancements like cabin upgrades, increased crew training and expanded warranty coverage, adding more value to the nouveau route.
Consult an attorney or accountant with experience in aviation law to ensure that you take advantage of federal and state tax breaks and comply with all Federal Aviation Regulations. According to the NBAA, numerous companies have placed their aircraft into an LLC to limit their liability. But the FAA looks upon this arrangement as an illegal charter operation, exposing the jet owner to enforcement action and significant fines.
You will also need to consider aircraft management issues. Will you create your own flight department or turn management chores over to a third party? The NBAA provides information on its website that can help you answer this question (www.nbaa.org/admin).
As noted earlier, you might want to charter out your aircraft. A business jet can provide at least 800 hours of flight time per year, far more than most owners use. You may be able to place your aircraft on the Part 135 charter certificate of a local charter/management company and generate revenue that can help offset operating costs.
On the other hand, the more accessible the aircraft is to the charter market, the less it's available to you. And don't expect charter to give you a free ride. "If you cannot afford to own without charter revenue, do not buy the aircraft," said Nichols. "No matter what any aircraft management company will tell you about minimum charter revenue, nobody knows what it will be."
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Historic Bell Buckle? It lost some history today.Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2012, at 10:41 PM
Photos courtesy of Kimi Abernathy
Webb School now owns the property and we had always heard that they cherished the building and its history but today's action has to make you wonder. Bell Buckle is usually a hard town to keep a secret, but this one was contained well.
To learn more go to a Times Gazette article written in 2009 when the home was sold to Webb. http://www.t-g.com/story/1588489.html
Having had a few calls since the event occurred, it does not seem to have been because of structural problems, unless it took place in the last three years. I know I hated to see some of the old trees disappear and a healthy Ginko tree in front, but I just figured they had different landscaping values than I.
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If they pursue it, then they have found an interesting angle, but I would be surprised if there is a legal angle. It appears that a legal owner, performed a legal demolition ( not a popular one).
They apparently knew it would not be popular and decided to push it to completion with as little publicity as possible.
While the action they chose met resistance, maybe it would have been a worse public relations nightmare if the townspeople were able to speak their mind, but Webb School progressed anyway.
The question on my mind was what they have in mind for the lot and if in fact they have nothing immediate, why do it now? Waiting might have come up with a good opportunity to use it and if they had a pressing need for the lot later, it would be more palatable to explain the reason and tear it down.
They have no legal reason to explain, but I would think it would be better PR to do so, unless the reason really doesn't make a lot of sense.
-- Posted by stevemills on Thu, Aug 2, 2012, at 7:18 AM
As usual as things go in Bell Buckle all the uproar over the house being torn down is over. Have we forgotten already what a piece of history this was? It's such a shame that more town's people don't get involved and stay involved. I for one am still terribly upset and have asked the Channel 4 I Team to investigate. Whether there is enough to go on for a full investigation remains to be seen. This is our town and we need to take notice!
-- Posted by jetmeaway on Wed, Aug 1, 2012, at 12:45 PM
If someone filed an application for demolition . . . wouldn't you think they are going to demolish it rather than find alternative dispositions? Just sayin . . .
-- Posted by bbbluebird on Tue, Jul 17, 2012, at 11:13 AM
I have not spoken to Jenny, so I cannot speak from first-hand conversation but I am supposing that the Webb board chose not to publicize the decision, except to get a permit. Mayor Webb told me he was aware of the original intent but thought they were going to seek alternative dispositions.
Jenny or anyone else is certainly welcome to comment here. Since Mayor Webb and I had talked, I asked if I could refer to our discussion and he agreed. If he feels I have missed something from that conversation, would encourage him to comment as well.
-- Posted by stevemills on Tue, Jul 17, 2012, at 6:36 AM
I am confused how the town did not have adequate notice for the demolition. According to the Webb School web page and the Bell Buckle web page, Jenny Hunt sits on the Webb School Board of Trustees and is vice-Mayor of Bell Buckle. Surely she was aware the pending demolition as it was voted on by the board in the spring.
-- Posted by Kimi on Mon, Jul 16, 2012, at 11:30 PM
Well, speaking of Mayor Webb, he called me today to discuss the situation. I believe him, or I would have declined to comment either way, so here goes.
He was aware of the school's application for demolition, but differs with Webb School's assertion that the town was well apprised of the situation, or at least he was not. The way he thought it had been left was that the school would seek alternative dispositions of the home.
He also mentioned to school officials that from a pubic relations standpoint, it would be good to handle this carefully since he thought there would be public opposition.
Apparently Mayor Webb did not learn there was a final decision to tear the home down until his return from vacation around the 4th of July.
Even then, he was not aware that it would happen so quickly and was just about as surprised as all of us when the wrecking crew showed up.
For those who thought (as did I) that it was on a historical preservation list, it was not. The town was looking at extending the historical district up from the existing commercial businesses but had run into strong opposition from homeowners.
The home was identified as a historical building but apparently had no official City, State or National protection so the owner, (Webb School) was legally allowed to do whatever they wished.
The remaining big question is why? I would expect we will never get an official explanation, but who knows? Instead I would expect the School to just let things die down and count on people losing their interest.
I guess it comes down to a big disappointment for those of us who had a historical appreciation of the home and those who had an emotional tie as well.
-- Posted by stevemills on Mon, Jul 16, 2012, at 8:37 PM
Depending on who issued the permit will determine how long it is good. Bell Buckle's permit usually run for 6 months but you have up to a year to finish the work. I don't know how Bedford County permits work. One of my biggest issues with this is with the property being on the counties historical register how could anyone get a permit to demolish it and with the Bell Buckle's historical commission not knowing anything about it. Also if Mayor Webb was involved with the decision what was he thinking. It's a shame the town of Bell Buckle let this happen all the while there are several properties in town that need cleaned up and houses torn down but they do nothing.
-- Posted by jetmeaway on Mon, Jul 16, 2012, at 9:58 AM
If the town was working on historic ordinances, maybe that is why it suddenly went down.
I thought most permits were issued for 30 days. Are they open ended?
-- Posted by stevemills on Sun, Jul 15, 2012, at 3:08 PM
I have questions. Was the school aware that the town was working on ordinances (historice & demolition)? Had anyone from the town discussed this with them? Who among the town officials had been contacted other than the Mayor?
-- Posted by notapoliticalfan on Sun, Jul 15, 2012, at 12:46 PM
What was Webb School thinking? The Sain house was a giant piece of not only the school and Bell Buckle's history but of Bedford County, the horse industry and the former owners. If the cost of renovation was the problem why did they already spend thousands of dollars on repairs just to tear it down. A demolition permit was issued on May 2 but who issued it?......the town of Bell Buckle or Bedford County? Why wasn't there a public meeting held to get input from the residents or even a notice of intent? I feel it's just another injustice toward Bell Buckle and it's community. It's time the residents wake up, take pride in our community and get involved.
-- Posted by jetmeaway on Sun, Jul 15, 2012, at 10:04 AM
As a member of the Bell Buckle Historic Commission I'm sickened not just by the destruction of the Sain House, but by Webb School's failure to contact the commission or notify us in any way, shape or form their plans for the building. According to the TG the school worked with the Bedford County Historical Society, but didn't bother to talk with us? I'd also like to ask that those of you who are upset by the loss of such a valuable historic building get involved in efforts to pass ordinances that would help protect other historic structures in Bell Buckle. The original sanctuary of the Baptist Church is also threatened, as is the Troxler House. We have tried to extend the downtown historic district into the residential historic areas, but met with only resistance. If we'd been able to extend the district, the Sain House would have been included in it.
-- Posted by ekauffmanhumphrey on Sun, Jul 15, 2012, at 1:31 AM
-- Posted by BellBuckleKid on Sat, Jul 14, 2012, at 8:52 PM
I understand why it might not have been able to be a student dorm, but reception center, offices, housing for an assistant headmaster or visiting alumni, ....??
-- Posted by stevemills on Fri, Jul 13, 2012, at 7:57 PM
I didn't know anything about it until it was down.
I would hope nothing will be built on the lot.
They needed to move down a little and take out that ugly/brick/concrete "Thing" at Webb and
Abernathy Street out...
-- Posted by roadrunner on Fri, Jul 13, 2012, at 12:17 PM
I am curious about Webb's plans for other historic structures. Do they have a plan or hope to buy other homes, (the Morgan house) adjacent to campus? What about The old library and the Son Will Building? The business manager was interested in tearing down the old Library and Son Will building at one point in the late 1990's and 2000's. I can understand from a business manager's stand point how old buildings would not seem to be worth the money however I believe history is important to Webb and to Bell Buckle.
-- Posted by Kimi on Fri, Jul 13, 2012, at 9:57 AM
Sad, just sad. I expected more from Webb.
-- Posted by neighborhood mom on Fri, Jul 13, 2012, at 8:30 AM
You can see in the picture that they had placed an historical marker. If the house meant so little now, I wonder if they will remove that as well?
We have a half-acre lot in downtown that we would have considered moving it to, but I don't think that was ever an option.
-- Posted by stevemills on Fri, Jul 13, 2012, at 6:22 AM
I am surprised someone did not work toward making this house a historical landmark or something so that way it could have be saved . . . usually Bell Buckle makes it a point and try and keep things like this intact but I gues they are too busy fighting off lawsuits from water customers.
-- Posted by jaxspike on Thu, Jul 12, 2012, at 10:11 PM
I find it difficult to express the hurtful loss I feel for this wonderful 100 year old home. It was so steeped in history to Webb School and the town of Bell Buckle. It was built by the Crouch family. Mr. Crouch was a personal friend of Sawney and taught at the school.
The home was the first in the town to have hot running water. It housed a tank under the back portion of the house. It had sleeping porches on the second floor level. The dining area had oak pocket doors that were still very usable. I could go on but WHY...it is gone, nothing more than a pile of rubble!
I will miss you lovely old friend!
-- Posted by notapoliticalfan on Thu, Jul 12, 2012, at 1:33 PM
I'm awaiting The Webb School's statement about their plans for the plot. I may not receive the statement until tomorrow, though. I will try to get the story in by press time tomorrow, but Sunday looks to be more likely.
-- Posted by mpetty on Thu, Jul 12, 2012, at 11:06 AM
It makes me sick to think that Webb School would tear my great aunt's (Virginia Sain) house down. What are they thinking? This was a very historical building, not just to the Walking Horse Industry, Betty Sain, and to Bell Buckle, but also to Webb School. The least that Webb School could have done would have been to move it to another location, although I think the location itself is historical. It was a wonderful old home that held a lot of fond memories for me and my family.
-- Posted by Teresa Wright Horne on Thu, Jul 12, 2012, at 9:57 AM
For some reason it seems like such a change of direction for Webb. Does anyone know what group made this decision and why?
I agree, I thought it would be a charming home to house guests, alumni and hold receptions. I understand they considered student housing but a fire suppression system was cost prohibitive, but still.......
-- Posted by stevemills on Thu, Jul 12, 2012, at 9:18 AM
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Coat a large deep pot with olive oil. Add the onions and sprinkle generously with salt. Bring the pan to a medium heat. Stir the onions to coat with oil. Cover the pot and sweat for 15 to 20 minutes.
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Toast or grill the baguette slices. Fill ovenproof crocks 3/4 of the way with the onion soup, float 2 toasts in each bowl and top with grated Gruyere. Place the crocks under the broiler to melt the cheese and make it brown and bubbly. Top with chopped chives.
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White Castle is offering more than Original Sliders 24-hours-a-day at its rebuilt store on Hilliard-Rome Road south of Hilliard.
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Norma,The pizza I made with the Grandma's Original molasses and the clover honey was a 10" pizza based on using a thickness factor of 0.15279 as compared with the thickness factor value of 0.118684 that you used for your 14" pizza. My pizza had a more pronounced rim than yours and the center was more sunken. However, I worked hard to create and maintain the rim because I wanted to see if I could get the more distinct rim. I think it also helped that I had more dough per square inch of surface area to push toward the rim to make it larger in relation to the rest of the skin. With respect to the MM Nutrition Facts, it is always a challenge trying to make sense of the numbers. Sometimes it isn't even clear where the creators of Nutrition Facts get their numbers. Some places use software and others use actual laboratory data. In some cases, the data is for unbaked pizzas, and in others it is for baked pizzas. I'm not sure where MM stands on this score. As you know from some of our other efforts, pizzas also lose weight during baking. And there is also extensive use of rounding of numbers that makes it difficult to calculate quantities of ingredients and baker's percents, especially where certain ingredients like salt and sugar can exist in the dough, the sauce and cheese. If I get answers to the questions I posed to MM, maybe I can make better headway. Peter
Your intuition about the salt masking the sweetness also might be right. I could understand how salt could masquerade sweetness in a finished crust. Your test should give us an idea if less salt is used in the formulation if the crust becomes sweeter.
Norma,This morning, I decided to conduct an experiment independent of the last MM clone dough I made with the Steen's 100% pure cane syrup and the Grandma's Original molasses to see if salt does, in fact, masquerade the sweetness imparted by those products. What prompted the test to begin with was the observation that came to me recently when I reheated leftover slices of two different MM clone pizzas. I didn't note which dough formulations I used for the two slices but one of the slices tasted noticeably saltier than the other, with little perception of sweetness. Up to that point, I had been playing around with salt levels between 1.75% and 2%, but mostly at 2%. That was also before I saw and studied the MM Nutrition Facts.For the test, I took the formula amounts for the water, the Steen's 100% cane sugar syrup and the Grandma's Original molasses that I used for the most recent dough formulation and I made two identical separate solutions. I stirred the solutions to dissolve everything. I then added the formula amount of salt from the most recent dough formulation to one of the two solutions and stirred the solution to completely dissolve the salt. So, the only difference between the two solutions was that one of them contained salt and the other did not. For my test, I used Morton's table salt, on the assumption that MM might be using a similar salt because of price and the smaller particle size of ordinary table salt that might dissolve more quickly and uniformly than other forms of salt and, accordingly, lend itself better to commercial production. I then tasted the two solutions, rinsing my mouth out with plain water between tastings. After several such taste pairings, the results clearly showed that salt does, indeed, reduce the sensation of sweetness. It was much more than I would have imagined. As an additional simple test, I decided to add oil, in the amount I used in the latest dough formulation, to the two solutions to see if that had any effect on sweetness (which I doubted). I could not detect any impairment of sweetness due to the oil. Of course, the oil did not dissolve in the water, but I stirred it anyway before taking my taste samples. Knowing that you have been using Morton's Kosher salt, I did one final test in which I placed equal amounts of the formula water from my latest dough formulation into two containers and added Morton's table salt to one container and Morton's Kosher salt to the other, in equal weights. After stirring to dissolve the two salts, I tasted them, again rinsing my mouth with plain water between tastings. After several such taste pairings, I thought that the Morton's Kosher salt solution tasted a bit saltier than the Morton's table salt solution but I don't think that the difference was great enough to really matter. Peter
Norma,After your recent post on the Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses, and thinking about a possible MM clone dough formulation that you might use with the Golden Barrel product, I called the company to get a bit more technical information on the product. I ended up speaking with Oscar, who may have been the one you spoke with (I told him that I was assisting you on a possible dough formulation using their product). As it turns out, there is no blackstrap molasses in the product. It is 100% cane juice that comes from the plant and has been boiled down into a syrup, apparently without involving any centrifugal action. The product carries a Grade A, or Fancy, designation. It sounds like it is like the Steen's product that I recently purchased. Apparently, the word "molasses" is quite slippery from a designation standpoint, allowing producers to use that term even for a cane sugar syrup. I also asked Oscar how much water is in their product, to allow me to adjust the formula hydration to reflect the water content of the Golden Molasses product. It is about 20%. When I asked Oscar whether he considers corn syrup and brown sugar to be refined sugars, he answered yes to both questions. He did say, however, that raw cane sugar (turbinado) is not a refined sugar. Oscar also agrees with us that molasses--as we have been using that term--does not taste sweet (he volunteered that opinion himself when I told him that you were striving for sweetness), and that the terms Robust and Full Flavor and the like that we have seen with the retail-level molasses products are somewhat misleading and not truly indicative of what the products really are. Peter
Norma,It is interesting how we got diametrically opposed information from the Golden Barrel company.Oscar knew what he was talking about. We discussed things like sucrose, invert sugar, fructose and glucose, as well as other technical matters, and he spoke knowingly on these matters. FYI, I do not believe that Golden Barrel does the processing of the Golden Barrel Baking Molasses. I think Golden Barrel only does the packaging and sale of the product.I spread a film of the Steen's cane syrup on a white sheet of paper with my other color samples and it looks to be of the same color as the Grandma's Original molasses.Tomorrow, I hope to be able to give you another MM clone dough formulation based on the Golden Barrel product. It would have been nice to hear back from MM on my questions but it is still a good idea in my opinion to give the Golden Barrel product a try.Peter
Norma,If you read the About page at http://www.goldenbarrel.com/about-us.php under the Good Food Inc. entry (Golden Molasses is a part of Good Food) I don't sense that Golden Barrel processes raw cane into syrup. However, they do blending of wet and dry ingredients. If what you were told about the cane syrup and blackstrap molasses being the ingredients for the Golden Barrel Baking Molasses, then they most likely do the blending for the product. The rest of the functions listed in the Good Food entry are not processing functions.Peter
Norma,I agree that it is all rather confusing. However, to refresh my memory, I went back to the B&G website and re-read the section What is Molasses, at http://www.bgfoods.com/grandmas/grandmas_products.asp. If you read that section, you could easily conclude that the Golden Barrel Baking Molasses product is equivalent to the Grandma's Original molasses. The same might also be said of the Steen's 100% Pure Cane Syrup. I read elsewhere that cane syrup is often called "open kettle molasses", although it does not seem that Grandma's uses that expression.What may differentiate the various brands is the blending of ingredients to achieve the desired color and flavor. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the Steen's product does not have the same taste as the Grandma's Original molasses although the color is about the same as the Grandma's Original molasses. Peter
Norma,I think that you will find this article of interest: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/13/dining/13cane.html?pagewanted=all. You will note that the article mentions Steen's as well as a couple of other similar companies in the South.Peter
With Thanksgiving behind us, I made a pizza using the latest MM clone dough using the Steens 100% Pure Cane Syrup (5.5%) and the Grandmas Original molasses (6%). I calculated the amount of both products to use based on my preliminary review of the MM Nutrition Facts. I also lowered the amount of salt and increased the amount of oil, also based on my preliminary review of the MM Nutrition Facts. The main purpose of the test was to see if the combination of the Steens and the Grandmas Original molasses would yield a sweeter finished crust and also to test the notion of the salt having an effect on that sweetness, as was postulated and discussed in recent posts.Rather than making my standard 10 MM clone pepperoni pizza, I decided to try something entirely different. For the latest pizza, I followed the instructions for making an MM clone House Special as shown and described at http://www.nbcdfw.com/the-scene/food-drink/Mellow-Mushrooms-House-Special-Recipe.html. I followed the instructions as given except that I omitted the ground beef. The dough for that pizza was defrosted for two days in the refrigerator and brought out to room temperature (68 degrees F) for two hours before using to make the pizza. As it turned out, and somewhat inexplicably, the dough was actually ready to be used to make the pizza after only one hour, not the usual two hours. But, since I had turned on my oven after the first hour, the dough got an extra hour to warm up. The dough ball opened and handled easily. The pizza was baked on a pizza stone that had been placed on the lowest oven rack position and preheated at 450 degrees F (per the instructions in the article) for one hour. I wondered whether I could extend the bake time to 25-30 minutes as noted in the article, but the best I could do was about 12 minutes. The article itself says to remove the pizza from the oven when the crust is golden brown, which is what I did.The pizza turned out well (it looked like the pizza shown in the article) and was very tasty and, more importantly, the crust was noticeably sweet. So, in that respect, I would say that the experiment was a success. However, it is hard to say without further experimentation whether it was the particular combination and amounts of the Steens and Grandmas molasses that was responsible for the sweetness or the lower amount of salt, or possibly a combination of the two. As noted above, I had established the amounts of the Steens and the Grandmas Original molasses to be used based on my analysis of the MM Nutrition Facts. Whether those numbers are correct or even close is something we may learn if I get a response from MM to the questions I posed to them, but, then again, given the intricacies of Nutrition Facts, we may never get the answers we are looking for. Interestingly, the crumb of the finished crust seemed lighter in color than normal, even though the dough itself looked a bit darker than normal. The crumb was also not as dense as usual, even with a formula hydration of only 51%. Im sure that the large number and amounts of toppings and the relatively low bake temperature had an effect on the oven spring and final crust texture. That was also a reason why I deviated from my usual pepperoni pizza. I wanted to see what effect the weight of all of the toppings would have on the final crust and crumb characteristics. In retrospect, it is possible that I could have used an even lower formula hydration. The Steens cane syrup is slightly thinner in consistency than the Grandmas Original molasses and, hence, might suggest a slightly lower formula hydration. Another open question, one that was mentioned in recent posts, is whether the Steens is merely an equivalent of the Grandmas Original molasses. The Steens and the Grandmas Original molasses are quite similar in total sugars and their colors are about the same. I would describe the Steens as having more of a caramel-molasses flavor and the Grandmas Original molasses as having a more traditional molasses flavor. For my next experiment, I may try using only the Grandmas Original molasses and with a lowered salt level in order to determine whether the salt quantity has the same effect in the pizza crust as it did in my simple kitchen experiments reported earlier in this thread. Peter
I still cant get the Nutrition Facts open on the MM website. I wonder how Gene found those Nutrition Facts from MM since I am not able to find them. He must have a special way of searching. Have you had any success in clicking on the Nutrition Facts on MM main website? I havent received a call-back either from Melody about the links not working.
Norma,Based on the results of my most recent experiment, and using the expanded dough calculating tool at http://www.pizzamaking.com/expanded_calculator.html, I have set forth below a new MM clone dough formulation (MM#6) for you to consider. That dough formulation is similar to the one that I last used but for the thickness factor and pizza size and the fact that you will be using your Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses instead of my blend of Steens cane syrup and Grandmas Original molasses. What I would like to see is whether the Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses alone and the reduced salt level produces the same sweetness effects as my recent experiment. I have no idea at this point what the dough and crust coloration will be like, although as I mentioned in my last post, the color of the Steens and the Grandmas Original molasses look alike to me. I should also note that, according to the Nutrition Facts given for the Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses at http://www.dutchvalleyfoods.com/products/sugars-and-sweeteners/syrups-molasses/260069/golden-barrel-supreme-baking-molasses-5-gal-585lb, and also elsewhere on the Internet, that product contains 13 grams of sugars for one tablespoon (20 grams). That is lower than most pure cane syrups (the Steens has 15 grams for one tablespoon, 21 grams, and Grandmas Original molasses has 14 grams of sugars per tablespoon, 15ml), so either the Nutrition Facts for the Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses reflects the addition of blackstrap molasses, as noted in the Ingredients list, or else the current Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses has a higher value of cane syrup (and no blackstrap molasses, as Oscar indicated). I wish I had asked Oscar for the amount of sugars in the current product but at the time it did not occur to me to be an issue. Based on the water content of the Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses as given to me by Oscar (about 20%), I estimate the adjusted hydration of the new MM#6 clone dough formulation to be about 53.3%, Taking into account the amount of oil, the effective hydration becomes 55.8%. I think you may be OK with a formula hydration of 51%, but I am sure you will be able to tell when you make the dough using high-gluten flour whether any further adjustments are needed. For salt, I suggest that you use regular table salt, if only to eliminate the type of salt as an issue. In the expanded dough calculating tool, I used the Molasses entry for the Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses and adjusted the volume measurements to correspond to the Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses. MM#6-Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses MM Clone Dough FormulationUnbleached, Unbromated High-Gluten Flour (100%):Water (Spring Water) (51%):IDY (0.60%):Table Salt (1.65%):Vegetable (Soybean) Oil (2.46%):Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses (11.5%):Total (167.21%):314.41 g | 11.09 oz | 0.69 lbs160.35 g | 5.66 oz | 0.35 lbs1.89 g | 0.07 oz | 0 lbs | 0.63 tsp | 0.21 tbsp5.19 g | 0.18 oz | 0.01 lbs | 0.93 tsp | 0.31 tbsp7.73 g | 0.27 oz | 0.02 lbs | 1.7 tsp | 0.57 tbsp36.16 g | 1.28 oz | 0.08 lbs | 5.22 tsp | 1.74 tbsp525.72 g | 18.54 oz | 1.16 lbs | TF = 0.1204643Note: Dough is for a single 14 pizza; nominal thickness factor = 0.118684; adjusted hydration = 53.3%; effective hydration = 55.8%; bowl residue compensation = 1.5%With so few producers making cane syrup molasses, at least according to the NY Times article referenced earlier and your research, and perhaps even fewer on a commercial scale, one has to wonder where MM is getting its molasses and what it constitutes. Hopefully your experiment with MM#6 and my next experiment will shed some light on this.Peter
Norma,I printed out the MM Nutrition Facts using the link that Gene provided and didn't think to go back to check out the link at the MM website. But when I tried it, it didn't work for me either.Peter
Since the Nutrition Facts given for the Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses does seem to contain lower amounts of sugar than Steens and Grandmas Original molasses, I really wonder if there will be any sweet taste in the crust, by using the Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses alone without any other sweeteners.Norma
Norma,If the Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses is 100% cane syrup, it is possible that the Nutrition Facts I referenced are not correct as to the current form of that product. BTW, I forget to correct the volume measurements for the Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses when I first posted the new MM#6 formulation. The numbers are now correct.Peter
Norma,I made another MM clone dough ball today that is intended to parallel your experiment but using the Grandma's Original molasses at 11.3%. I also used less salt. The purpose of the experiment is to see if it is possible to get adequate sweetness from molasses alone, and whether using less salt helps achieve that objective. The experiment is a fairly narrow one and if it fails to achieve or clarify the above objectives, then I can scratch that experiment off of the list and look elsewhere for a solution.The color of my dough ball is a bit darker than the last one but that is not something that concerns me at this point. Since the Grandma's Original molasses is the supermarket brand that appears to have the most sugars and the lightest color, that product seems to offer the best chance of all the molasses products I have on hand, along with the Steen's, if that product is equivalent to the Grandma's Original molasses. My last dough had 6% Grandma's Original molasses and 5.5% Steen's, and I clearly detected sweetness in the finished crust. I got the 11.5% figure for your Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses by adding the two percents together. Plus I lowered the salt level.Peter
Norma,The information that you provided on the Homemaid product at Reply 532 (http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3940.msg158117.html#msg158117) indicates that it is molasses, not pure cane syrup. From the information you posted, it appears that a 20-gram serving, which is equivalent to a tablespoon, contains about 13 grams of sugars. The Steen's has 15 grams of sugars, and the Grandma's Original molasses is at 14 grams. It remains to be seen where the Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses falls in the pecking order. You may be right that it might not work. The Steen's might be a better candidate, either alone or in combination with a molasses product. I want to see if the Grandma's Original molasses will work alone if used in large enough amount, together with a reduced salt level.As for the sorghum syrup, I tend to doubt that that is a product that MM would be using. Sorghum syrup has simple sugars but overall the product really isn't a particularly sweet product. If you look at the relative sweetness chart at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Relativesweetness.png, where sucrose is 100, sorghum is 69. Molasses is 74. Honey is just below sucrose. Also, I thought that Biz tried sorghum and ruled it out of contention.Peter


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Vote no on the Feb. 26 AMA?ESD millage
Does the AMA-ESD even care about:
1. The hundreds of people that have lost their homes, or property, in the last five years to mortgage foreclosure. (Estimates say we have the same number to look forward to over the next five years)
2. The hundreds of people losing their homes or property to property tax foreclosure over the last five years. (Watch local paper, over the next 60 days, to see this year's less fortunate)
3. The many NE Michigan residents working five to six days a week, 8-10 hours a day, and 52 weeks a year, just to break even. (Paycheck to paycheck)
4. The many seniors, living on fixed income, who sometimes have to choose between food or medicine.
5. The small business owners, who over the recent economic downturn, are barely keeping their heads above water.
6. Our farmers, who work tirelessly to attempt to make a profit. (These farmers have large parcels and will shoulder a huge burden with a three mill increase)
None of the above mentioned people have the option of passing a millage to stay afloat. They must live within their means and make tough decisions. We all have chosen to live in NE Michigan, and with that choice comes sacrifice.
Unfortunately, in my opinion, the lucrative education contracts and administration salaries do not exhibit sacrifice. I'm just not convinced this additional millage is earmarked for our most valuable assets (our children). This is not the last millage request. With all of the state and municipal budgets being stretched, you can be sure we will be looking at additional requests. Hopefully more budget transparency will be available so we can make good, informed decisions.
Vote no.
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Michael Bell worked at Apple from 1991 to 2007 and played significant roles in development of Apple iPhone and Apple TV products. More recently, Mr. Bell served as the head of product development at Palm, where he contributed to the development of Palm Pre and Palm Pixi.
Anand Chandrasekher, the head of Intel Ultra Mobility Group, reportedly said that Michael Bell will help build and lead a team to build breakthrough smartphone reference designs to accelerate Intel architecture into the market. Bell will focus on delivering leadership products that advance Intel chips into smartphones, help drive new business growth and further cultivate Intel's global ecosystem relationships in this market segment.
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Trout stocking in Pennsylvania traditionally aided by volunteers
HUGHESVILLE (AP) – With 45,000 miles of rivers and streams and more than 2,500 lakes in need of fish stocking every year, the state Fish and Boat Commission has its hands full when early spring rolls around.
Fortunately, that's when volunteers such as the Consolidated Sportsmen of Muncy Creeks step in.
Club members have worked with the commission for more than 50 years, since the club's founding in 1961, raising thousands of brook and golden trout every year and helping to stock them at numerous locations in the 122-square-mile Muncy Creek watershed.
"We raise 13,000 and all of them go into the watershed," said Ward Yorks, a longtime club member and volunteer, at a stocking site on Muncy Creek in Hughesville last Friday.
Each June, the club receives the trout as "fingerlings," or juvenile fish that have developed fins and scales, from Oswayo State Fish Hatchery in Coudersport, Potter County.
With grants from the commission and other supporters, the club manages the raising of the fish at two nurseries, both of which are named after former club members: Bob King Nursery in Picture Rocks and Glen Faus Nursery in Hughesville, the latter having been a cooperative nursery of the commission since 1961.
The trout are raised throughout the summer, fall and winter, before they're mature enough to stock in the early spring, Yorks said.
"When we get them, they're about 3 inches long," he said.
When the club stocks them, the fish are about 12 inches long, he said, and "they'll keep growing."
Volunteers step in to help when the commission's large trucks can't reach streams and creeks that are surrounded by dense woods or have narrow access roads, Yorks said.
The trout are loaded into the commission's trucks at the nurseries and driven to various stocking sites, where they are met by volunteers from the club with large-capacity tanks waiting in the beds of their pickup trucks.
The fish are transferred into the smaller containers and then taken to more than two dozen smaller streams and creeks throughout Lycoming and Sullivan counties, all of which are part of the watershed.
Yorks said it usually takes three or four trucks making two runs each before an area is stocked; last week, the club was working on stocking six areas of Muncy Creek, with three pickups making two runs each.
Despite the chill in the air, it was a well-attended and festive event, with volunteers, club members and die-hard anglers – eager to learn where their best chances of landing trout this season might be – watching the stocking and following the volunteers to the smaller areas.
The commission stocks brook, golden, brown and rainbow trout from mid-March to the end of May – if the weather permits, of course.
"I help every year but this year," said club member Mike Kilcoyne. The area of the watershed that he volunteers to stock – a tributary on Shelinski's Tree Farm in Picture Rocks – still was iced-in last week.


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by Anton Shilov
Samsung Electronics, a leading maker of consumer electronics, has announced that its latest flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S II (model: GT-I9100), has reached global channel sales of three million units. It took Samsung around two months to sell three million rather expensive devices.
Samsung Galaxy S II is an Android 2.3-based smartphone that was announced by Samsung on February 13, 2011 at the Mobile World Congress. The Galaxy S II is Samsung's flagship smartphone that is only 8.49mm thin. It features dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 system-on-chip as well as ARM Mali-400 graphics engine. The product sports 4.27" Super AMOLED+ screen with 800*480 resolution. The device was released worldwide starting from May 2011, by more than 140 vendors in 120 countries.
The smartphone also includes exclusive access to Samsung's four new content and entertainment hubs, seamlessly integrated to provide instant access to music, games, e-reading and social networking services.
"Announced at Mobile World Congress 2011, the Galaxy S II represents our most advanced smartphone to date and demonstrates Samsung's commitment to deliver premium, market-defining devices. This milestone reflects the continued strong support from our carrier partners around the world who have chosen the Galaxy S II as their flagship Android device," said JK Shin, president and head of Samsung's mobile communications business.
It is noteworthy that it took Samsung Electronics only about two months to sell three million flagship smartphones. The speed of sales can be compared to the success of Apple iPhone 4 and other ultra-popular models.


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Does anyone else think that this is just the start of things to come and might be a result of our election results
Guessing Netanyahu and Ehmud Barak arent going to wait for Barack to do anything
I do think you are correct. They are not happy with the POTUS. I don't feel they have any reason to wait for the POTUS to decide anything. They are on their own and know it. Iran is next.
My opinion
More paranoia from the far righties? That's what happens when your only source for news is Fox!
Here is what the Israeli Defense Minister has to say.
(CNN) – Israel's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Ehud Barak said the Obama White House has been the most supportive administration throughout the two countries' diplomatic relations on matters of Israeli security, in an interview to air Monday on "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer."
Barak -also a former prime minister of Israel - said that though historically administrations from both political parties have supported the Jewish state President Obama's support, security-wise, is unparalleled.
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Anti-intellectualism and fascism go together like bacon and eggs.
What they say and what they do are often very different things... We shall see.
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Anti-intellectualism and fascism go together like bacon and eggs.
when it comes to news from the Middle East I use Google News because of its many sources, which include MSNBC, CNN, and NBC
PS... Like I said before... You did vote for Obama, by not voting for Romney... You can deny it all you want... Even though you are in a red state just like me, you still supported a socialist.
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