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This is a strange one, and I'm sure it can't be a typical kind of thing, because I've never heard anything like this about any other Montessori school. But my friend's little girl - a very quiet and shy little girl - was punished in a popular little Montessor pre-k for eating her strawberries before the rest of her lunch. I think she had to miss her recess or some such thing. Pretty strange. My friend was pretty unnerved by it - I would have been livid. - Lillian
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we just visited a public montessori school the other day and I am torn. At first I was so impressed, but now am having second thoughts.
I wonder if it is really appropriate for 3-5 year olds to be writing in cursive? That is how much of the work was done. The kids were using the counting blocks and counting into the thousands...is this a case of just "achieving" more?
I noticed the children didn't seem to be smiling, at least in the younger ages. I worry about my son, who is sooo social. How would he do in such an independent environment at such a young age?
Anyone have more criticism???
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It is just his personality type. For a great many children, Montessori has so many benefits. Just not what my son needed at that time. The change to traditional school was a bit difficult but he now has this amazing enthusiasm for school and learning that was always missing for him at Montessori. He is so much happier all the way around and has been since we pulled him (he's now 12 so this was 4 years ago).
We now have my daughter in a preschool co-op (because of our location) that is based very loosely on Montessori methods and are considering putting her into a Montessori. Her personality is so different from my son's but we're still thinking on what we want to do. I do love Montessori though.
I like a lot about Montesorri but didn't choose it because of the emphasis on practicality vs. imagination. There is a tendency in montesorri schools to correct children and ask them to use things the proper way, as tools not toys.
So a child who turns over the small ironing board and says its a boat will be told its not a boat, its an ironing board and it goes right side up. They think children model adults and take their "work" seriously. I think that's true. I also thing imagination, open ended creative play, story telling, imaginary worlds, etc... are really significant and important to the development of children. Both waldorf schools and progressive schools make more room, in my opinion, for this aspect of early childhood. I'm not endorsing those schools, I'm just comparing the fact that some models make room for this type of play and I don't think Montesorri, on the whole, does.
I really hesitated to post here, as I am not a critic. However, I did end up pulling my ds out of Montessori and into a more traditional school in 4th grade. He had been attending from age 3 on.
Montessori was not working for him. My husband and I started thinking about whether or not this could be true and when we discussed it with the Director, she stated she really thought so. We tried many options before pulling him and worked extensively with the school, but in the end we all agreed that it was pretty obvious he wasn't getting what he needed. Not all children learn the same way and he definitely needed something different.
It is just his personality type. For a great many children, Montessori has so many benefits. Just not what my son needed at that time. The change to traditional school was a bit difficult but he now has this amazing enthusiasm for school and learning that was always missing for him at Montessori. He is so much happier all the way around and has been since we pulled him (he's now 12 so this was 4 years ago).
We now have my daughter in a preschool co-op (because of our location) that is based very loosely on Montessori methods and are considering putting her into a Montessori. Her personality is so different from my son's but we're still thinking on what we want to do. I do love Montessori though.
If you don't mind sharing I would love to know where the roadbumps were for your son.
Honestly, even though we tried to pinpoint what exactly was missing, we never could. He just had no enthusiasm for learning their way. He needed something more concrete, more competitive, with more pressure. He is a perfectionist with procrastination tendencies. He has a personality where he will do the least necessary unless he is really pushed and challenged. It wasn't that he was suffering academically or socially, as he was at level and had tons of friends, and he wasn't acting out in any way. We could just tell that he wasn't happy with it. It was obvious that he wasn't even close to fulfilling his potential.
I'm not a mother who puts much stock in where children "should" be. I think all children learn in different ways, at different levels and at different times. It has been truly amazing to watch him blossom in a traditional school. Now, he gets excited about the challenges posed to him through learning. And, academically, he has excelled.
Again, I do love Montessori and it made me a bit sad that it wasn't suited for him. However, I believe in listening to my children and following their personalities. His lead us to a different style of education.
I am very curious about cursive too. I think cursive writing is fine but at the school we visited the moveable alphabet was also in cursive. I wonder if they will work with printed letters also? I worry if there is too much emphasis on cursive they may have trouble reading typed letters.
I have heard quite a few stories about kids who did better in regular public schools, mainly because they seemed to need that pressure of having clear-cut, non-ambiguous expectations set by the teacher and by a group of peers all doing basically the same tasks. Some kids just don't have the "intrinsic motivation" and won't learn very well in an environment where they need to be mainly self-directed.
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Azkedelia laughed. "Fine."
She walked around him, forming an idea in her head. Azkedelia stopped in front of him and closed her eyes. She had one hand pointed at Merlin. "Dianyae flamaries."
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Azkedelia held out her arm. "Ready to go?"
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Merlin smiled and walked backwards Azkedelia. "Ready?"
Azkedelia nodded. Merlin wrapped his arms around her waist and they were flying, off to the Summer Solstice dance.


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I was running none stop across the track that the school used for the track team. I was running for the joy of it, the wind and the reoccurring feeling of freedom that I loved so much. Don't ask me how long I was running because truth is I had no idea what so ever. When I stopped for a break I wasn't really tired, it took a lot for me to lose my energy. I took a long gulp from my water bottle and started running again.
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"How did you get here so fast," I she asked me. I looked at her quizzically for a minute. She must of read the look on my face because then she said, "I turned my back for few second and then you magically appear."
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"...Anyways..." she said and opened the drivers seat of her Saturn Sky, which is some kind of convertible I'm guessing. "Come on, we're going to the mall." I rolled my eyes and got into the car. "But first, you need to take a shower and get into something more appropriate for being around cute girls." Again I just rolled my eyes, I strapped myself in and closed my eyes.
Soon, my eyes opened and casually went toward the window, looking out at the woods around us. I felt a deep longing to get out of this car and get into the safe embrace of the tall trees and the bushes. My sister glanced at me for a quick second.
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And when we got home I jumped out of the car and ran inside and up to my room. I locked the door and laid down on my bed. I knew that Destany would drag me to the mall or nag me into a black hole for not coming with her so I got up and picked out some clothes. Then hopped in the shower for a little while and got dressed. I hope black skinny jeans, white studded belt, a Three Days Grace shirt and a white jacket was enough for my sister, because I wasn't going to change.
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Something in the pit of my stomach started to churn. But since I was in the car I totally ignored it. When we got to the mall my right side was in pain.


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I slowly opened my eyes, UGH!! The light, turn it off. I feel like I got hit by a fucking greyhound bus, UGH!! Why can't I just die already? I'm tired and just want to sleep.
"Charlemagne!" That voice sounds familiar
"Charlemagne, it's Armada wake up!"
"No I want to sleep why is everyone I come into contact with prevent me from sleep!"
"Charlemagne, you've been a sleep."
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"Try thirty days." She pulled the covers off
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Armada started to laugh and put her face in her hands, oh Fuck I know what's coming, " You stupid self rightchous, spoiled rotten Varation Bitch, do you know what you put us through! Me, Maverick, and don't get me started on Alexander!"
"Who gives a flying rat's ass about Alex, I'm sick and tired of him, I'm the one who almost died yet all you give a shit about is Alex! Where the fuck am I, get me my coat, I'm signing the discharge papers and I'm gone!"
Armada sighed and stood up, "I'm going to let Alexander know you're up." With that she opened the door and walked out.
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I got up and found my coat draped over the chair, I picked it up and threw it on. I made my long walk to the door, threw it open and before I knew it strong arms were around me, and Alex's lips were on mine, I tried to break free but he held me so tight. I felt wet on my face, I opened my eyes and he had silent tears streaming down his face. He held my head to his and deepened the kiss, I finally gave in. He reached for my coat buttons and ripped my jacket off. I heard him mumble between our kisses, "You are not going anywhere, not without me!"
There's the Alex I knew, damnit I fell for it, I broke the kiss. "Alex I want to go home, I don't want to be here anymore, apparently I've been out of it for a month, I need to get back to my life, I have work, and classes!"
He just stared at me, "Let's get a couple of things straight, you don't have a home I blew them both up, you reside here now, two, Armada was being generous in the time factor, you were out for three months, not one, three, I withdrawaled you from your classes, four, you're fired from both of your jobs, and five your life is with me now, so get used to it!" He stated as a matter of factly.
I narrowed my eyes at him, and threw my hands up in the air, staring at the gods to give me strength "UUUUGGGHHH!!!! I can't win!! I ran to a very expensive vase and picked it up, "I can't ever fucking win!!" I threw the vase at Alex, it missed of course and smashed into a million pieces. I started to cry but I wasn't done, I ran to the curtains and ripped them down. "I can't ever fucking win!!" I was like a child with an outrageous tantrum on steroids but I didn't care, I walked right up to him, and started punching him, and slapping him, "I hate everyone in my life especially you! No one cares for me, they all care for you! Everyone is just dying to fall at your feet and your command, well I've had it!" I gave him one last slap across the face, that was the only sound in the room, his face fell to the side and stayed there. "I'm fucking done! Do you hear me! Done!" With that I turned on my heal and made for the door. When I opened the door, there it was that barrier again, son of a bitch! Wait a minute I was part witch maybe I could lift it somehow. I raised my hands up, closed my eyes, and thought really hard. I started to feel really tired, and my knees started to buckle, next thing I know Alex has me up in his arms, and he slams the door.
"You can die trying to lift a spell like that! The fucked up thing is even though you don't know what you're doing it was lifting and you were dying, AGAIN!!" I started to struggle but his grip was firm, "Stop with the fucking struggling!!" we were by the bed and he threw me onto it, before I could get up he was on top of me. I was struggling again, so he grabbed my arms, laced our hands together, and braced his weight on his elbows. He looked straight at me, "Are you done now Charlemagne? There is no way in fucking hell you are getting out of my hold, you are neither powerful nor stronger than I, there is no contest, so submit!" He was staring at me now his eyes full of anger, and hurt. Well that was his problem not mine, he should of just let me die, then he wouldn't be so exasperated, huh like I give a flying fuck!
I stared back into his eyes, challenging him, I guess my ass is parked here so I might as well listen to the bullshit that he's about to make me endure, I'm sure knowing his record of awesome people skills and our short past this is going to go oh so well…..Not! "Well you have my full and utter complete attention so spit it out I have no fucking choice I'm all mother fucking ears!"
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath
I narrowed my eyes, "Are you fucking counting backwards, oh my-"
He opened his eyes and they were full of rage, maybe I should've let him finish his count down. "Shut up, just shut up Charlemagne! Don't you ever get tired? You know how easy your life would be if you would just give yourself to me and let me take care of you? You are a Vampire and Witch, a very important one, I am your true mate, I'm here to help you make your full and complete transition, and I'm sorry but I'm a part of the package deal, so you need to come to terms with that in one way or another, either way I don't give a shit you are fucking MINE to have and to hold! My blood is in your system, and let me make this clear, it will never make its way out of your system it was meant to be attached to mine. So when you make your daring escapes I know exactly where you are headed no questions asked, and that little stunt you pulled a few months ago, you got fucking lucky but only for half a day. You know when you get fucking tired and dizzy, can't catch a breath, about to have a panic attack? That is because you haven't fed in a while, after you've fed from me that's all your body wants now, it doesn't want human food, it wants your other half, and guess what Sweetheart it's me!"
I tried to get up but he slammed me back down I guess his fucking rant wasn't quite finished.
"And another thing, if you ever, and I mean ever pull a stunt like trying to kill yourself like that again, I will lock you up with me, throw away the key, and we will fucking rot together! And let me tell you something," he smirks, "Varation Vampires, especially Royalty take generations before they start to rot."
I give him an evil smirk, "Well then that means, I can live without you for quite sometime, since I am Royalty and all you arrogant ass!"
"You're half Vampire, I can live without your blood for generations, but you, hmmmm you can only live without my blood I would say three months, if your lucky, so by all means Sweetheart."
"You just said I could survive generations with you locked in a room!"
"Yea with me force feeding you my blood. But I wouldn't make it that easy for you, you see I would wait until you were weak, helpless, and just clutching onto life, until I made you a proposition, a proposition you wouldn't pass up."
"And what would that be?"
"I give you life in exchange for yours."
"You have got to be fucking kidding me! This is ludicrous, I'm not just going to give you my heart and soul just because some old ass book said so."
"I wanted an exchange for your life I know that I have to earn your heart and soul, you've made trust perfectly clear, and I will endeavor to have it, but for now I will take your life."
I started to cringe he was really scaring me. I pushed back more into the bed.
He glanced at his beautiful platinum diamond encrusted Rolex, and sighed. "The countdown had begun, and for the record I wasn't counting down from my anger, I was counting down for the spell on the door to become permanent."
"I told you what would happen, and I couldn't take a chance of you trying that stunt again. You only got my blood the day you stabbed yourself, and that was enough, you haven't had my blood in three months, how you still have strength is beyond me, maybe I'm underestimating you as I did three months ago but mark my words I did not bluff when I said I would have your life!"


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KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. - A new brewery is coming to Kings Mountain and will bring dozens of jobs to the area.
The Shelby Star reported Stout Brewing plans to bring 61 positions to the area.
County commissioners approved an incentive agreement Tuesday night to reimburse some of the company's taxes over the next seven years.
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Profits from Barclaycard reached £316m in the six months to 30 June, a rise of 24% compared with last year. But much of this huge increase came from fees and commissions, which soared by 14% to £320m.
The amount made from charging interest on the cards rose 8% to £424m as Barclay's profit margins fattened.
This week the Commons Treasury Select Committee complained in a report that the charging regime on major plastic cards was tough for top mathematicians to calculate, let alone ordinary customers.
The Barclaycard profit figures confirm it has cashed in on the country's spiralling debt mountain, which has seen general credit card spending and amounts owed climb to record levels.
Such personal debts are a rich source of income for Barclays and the other big banks.
The healthy Barclaycard profits, achieved through high interest rates and late payment charges, appear to have subsidised costly mistakes made by the bank around the world, particularly in Argentina.
It means cash has effectively come straight out of the pockets of Britons to be poured down the drain of the South American country's spectacular economic collapse.
Barclaycard caused controversy earlier this year with a new system of variable interest rates which could see some high-risk or bad debt customers punished with rates of up to 24.9%. The stepped system starts at 14.9%, although the typical figure for many customers is closer to 17%.
Credit cards issued by the big banks have routinely charged up to 18% interest over the past year although the Bank of England base rate is only 4%.
Barclaycard has lost business to cheaper rivals, but has used its financial muscle to offer good rates to people who return to its card.
The number of credit and charge cards in circulation has soared by almost 50% in just five years to 56.5m. Latest figures reveal that outstanding balances are up more than 125% in just five years from £19billion £43bn.
Eddie Wetherill, of the pressure group Independent Banking Advisory Service said: 'Barclaycard and the other leading banks are treating customers like piggy banks.'
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- Support & troubleshoot HRMS/Payroll system
- Support & troubleshoot Hyperion systems (Interactive Reporting, Budget & Planning, Consolidation)
- Conducting IT risk assessment
- Developing and socialising IT policies and procedures
- Preparing and drafting IT service contracts.
- Managing IT service quality and contractor performance
- Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree / Post Graduate Degree, Engineering (Computer/Telecommunication) or equivalent.
- Fresh graduates/Entry level applicants are encouraged to apply.
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- Possess a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 grade scale (for S1) or 3.25 on a 4.0 grade scale (for S2)
- Identify any Reclamation Operation activities as require based on New Environmental Law/Decree, Company Legal Documents (AMDAL, Mine Closure), current Company Environmental Performance and current/future technology available.
- Discussion with Environmental Manager/Superintendents, HSES GM, Environmental Consultants and other relevant Department Manager/Superintendents in KPC organization or external parties to get input or verification issues/problem.
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A spokesman for Hanson said it would be giving Dougal, 50, a £400,000 pay-off as part of his one-year contract. The latest report and accounts show he earned another £137,000 in bonus payments.
In an official statement Dougal said: 'After years of intensive effort, before, during and after the demergers, the time has come to rebalance my life.'
For the past five years, Dougal has reorganised the bricks and ready-mixed cement business that was built up and run by two of Britain's most ruthless and driven businessmen, Lord Hanson and the late Lord White.
When 'Gordy' White died in August 1995 James Hanson, who was made a peer by Margaret Thatcher, decided to break up the Hanson empire, which straddled interests from bricks to tobacco.
Five years ago then finance director Dougal was brought in to oversee the task, which involved him spending as much as half the year travelling to the 20 countries in which the Hanson empire has an interest. In that time the business has been almost totally reorganised.
Two-thirds of last year's £351m profits came from America, where the company is now almost a household name in the construction and housebuilding industry.
Earlier this month Dougal spoke of 'rebalancing his life' so he could spend more time with his PE teacher wife Margaret, 22-year-old daughter and two sons aged 19 and nine at their Camberley, Surrey, home. He said he was 'relearning golf and I share a fitness trainer with my wife'. Just two weeks ago he said his ambition was 'tied into my company. I want Hanson to maintain its lead and keep growing'. Today he had already left home at the crack of dawn to 'go to work'.
He will be succeeded by 48-year-old Alan Murray, president and chief executive of the American arm of the Hanson business. Hanson was the second-biggest faller in the FTSE 100, dropping 2% to 503 1/2p, down 12 3/4p.
Others who quit the rat race
Richard Girling, 50, chief executive of software group RM, quit in January this year to 'catch up on life'.
Danny O'Neill, 41, left as head of insurer Britannic after just seven weeks in the job to spend more time with his wife and nine-year-old triplets.
Richard Snow, 52, threw in his job last year as a City banker earning a six-figure salary and is now a village postmaster in East Yorkshire.
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Pershing's Square, Bill Ackman, has been building up expectations for the next presentation for his $1 billion Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) short, and pushing Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) stock even lower. Ackman teased saying that he has hundreds of hours of film and audio recordings and internal documents from former employees proving his argument that the company is a pyramid scheme. The expectations are extremely high as Ackman hinted at an Enron style scam in an interview yesterday with Bloomberg TV (see that transcript here). Ackman also stated on CNBC that today's conference would be the biggest presentation of his lifetime.
Join us here for live coverage.
Ackman originally called for the presentation to begin at 10AM EST but he then pushed it up to 9:15AM – some people believe Ackman is pushing up the time because Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF)'s CFO is now scheduled to speak on CNBC at 9:15AM and Ackman did not want to be pre-empted.
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8:53AM The actual presentation by Ackman will begin at 10 – the reason the conference was moved up is to because Pershing will first have attendees watch the CNBC interview with Herbalife CFO, John Desimone.
9:30AM Herbalife CFO John DeSimone appeared on CNBC to defend his company, and has been invited back later today to respond to Ackman's allegations.
9:45 CNBC has posted its interview with DeSimone, you can watch the full clip here.
10:00 Ackman begins, says that every ponzi scheme eventually collapses simply because it cannot expand forever, leaving most people on the bottom.
10:05 Ackman shows clip of Hempton comparing Herbalife to tobacco companies, calling them scumbags.
10:10 Ackman shows internal strategy documents demonstrating that Herbalife is targeting poor countries such as Mexico and Burundi where nutrition clubs allow it to penetrate lower ends of the market.
10:15 Ackman says that Herbalife management validated the DSO nutrition club concept that was first successful in Mexico and brought it to the US to specifically target Hispanic American communities, so far we're still hearing the kinds of allegations we've heard in the past.
10:20 Ackman says that they investigated 200 nutrition clubs over the last two years covering the US, Puerto Rico and six other countries (not including China). You can also check out a recent press release from Herbalife on its business model here.
10:25 Ackman says he's been investor in retail "for better or worse" many times and they do not grow exponentially (a reference to J.C. Penney losses). He also points out that you can't put the Herbalife name on a nutrition club, which CFO DeSimone said was for channel protection.
10:26 The full presentation can be viewed live at the bottom of this post H/T ValuePlays
10:30 Ackman shows documents focused on duplication of training programs, creating new clubs, and bringing in new distributors instead of selling shakes.
10:35 Club 100 tells distributors to promise people that one day they will make the President's Team, which they are calling an example of false income claims. President Team members are overseeing large numbers of Club 100 members in major cities.
10:45 Undercover investigator found that people will have to make large numbers of shakes as part of training or 'school club,' and they have to convince other people to buy those shakes as part of the process.
10:50 "This is a mini Herbalife pyramid breaking the product down into $4, $5" but Ackman says that the dynamics are the same. Herbalife takes a larger portion of people's income, creating a sunk cost issue that makes people want to stay involved for longer. They argue that many people who aren't distributors are trying to help other people become distributors, describing them as phantom customers.
"They're selling the American dream to these people."
11:00 They quote training document from a club saying that "Once you have reached 25 meals , you can become a daily school club. Then, others will go to yours, to learn and pay for their consumption."
Again the presentation is arguing that the nutrition clubs are made up of people who want to open their own clubs, not real consumers.
11:10 Ackman says that some club promotions are a form of illegal unpaid labor, gives the example of free childcare along with shake purchases.
11:15 Ackman is playing tapes of Club 100 speakers appealing to people's financial insecurity to recruit them. Recruits are told that if they follow the rules exactly (with classes, purchases, 'homework' etc) that they will succeed. Certification requires people to get at least 10 daily consumers at an upline distributor's club.
11:20 Alleged problems with Club 100 tactics: relies on false income claims, recruits are told that they will get to the President's Team or higher; also possible labor law violations, no specific warnings about cost of training, capital required, churn rate and so forth.
11:25 Presenters claim that the use of the word 'university' in Herbalife University is also illegal, Ackman says that trainees have achieved something incredible by making it through the process even though he says they've been defrauded.
11:35 In 2013 following Ackman's attacks, Herbalife removed mentions of Club 100 from new club applications and started talking about Best of the Best training program which closely resembles Club 100. Ackman compares Club 100/Best of the Best to lead generation company Global Online that was shut down in Canada.
11:40 Universidad de Exito or Success University pioneered in Mexico by Eduardo Salazar, who Ackman says was killed by a double crossing hitman, one of the company's largest distributors at the time. Enrique Varela and Graciela Mier were in his immediate downline and pioneered the Nutrition Club idea.
11:45 Herbalife is up 6% in intraday trading as much of what Ackman is presenting is a more detailed account of previous arguments. So far this is unlikely to convince any bulls to change their minds.
11:50 Ackman says that Herbalife sales in Venezuela may be part of a black market money changing scheme, because the company is still using official exchange rates instead of market rates.
11:55 Ackman estimates that half of Herbalife's sales come from nutrition clubs, officially between 30% – 40%. He says that Herbalife is the best managed pyramid scheme in the world because he figured out how to tap the vast market of people living on $2 a day.
12:00 Without nutrition clubs, Ackman says that Herbalife will collapse. Herbalife


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Sep 20, 2006 at 7:19 pm #1219655
Michael DemchakMember
@mikeyLocale: new england
i was woundering if anyone has checked out the new user tip from gossamergear.com it says to punch a series of holes into the pad. this increases the comfort (and lowers a wee bit o' weight) but before i start the 240 punching process, just woundering if anyone else has done this yet?
http://tinyurl.com/plhuq (url for the mod)Sep 20, 2006 at 7:39 pm #1363376
MarkBPL Member
@mlarsonLocale: Southeast USA
Watch out, folks. That's a blind link to a PDF: http://www.gossamergear.com/gossamergear/images/Holey_Nightlight.pdf
It's a bit odd that he punched all those holes, but didn't bother to round the corners of the pad. I can understand not tapering the pad to fit your torso (if you plan to use it as a frame), but that is another, quicker option. I think it would be a bit easier to save 0.1oz by rounding and tapering. Hole-punching [for me] would be a huge waste.
-MarkSep 20, 2006 at 9:10 pm #1363380
Michael DemchakMember
@mikeyLocale: new england
Sorry mark, im going to pull the ignorance card here, whats a blind link? i always thought tinyurl was proper 'netiquette' anyway, i think this mod was more for the comfort,(i geuss because the dimples collapse into the holes a little?) the weight was just a second advantage.
any one try it yet?
mike!Sep 21, 2006 at 6:34 am #1363394
John S.BPL Member
What Mark means is that the link is to a file that may download to your computer or, in my case, will tie up the computer until it fully downloads. The link is not to a webpage. In this case the file is small, but I have inadvertently clicked on pdf files that are huge and my computer won't function until the file downloads. For pdf file links it might be best to say that is what it is. This would be true for files like .pdf, .doc, etc.Sep 21, 2006 at 9:42 am #1363405
Siegmund BeimfohrBPL Member
This is off-subject of thread, but PDF file links need not "tie up" your computer. The Firefox browser (far superior to IE in all respects) with a file manager extension like "Download Manager Tweak" allows full control over downloads of many types, including the ability to immediately stop them.Sep 21, 2006 at 11:00 am #1363413
John S.BPL Member
Hey. I can stop a download to the hard drive with mac and safari, but I cannot stop an in-browser (to be seen with plug in) download.Sep 21, 2006 at 2:11 pm #1363430
Siegmund BeimfohrBPL Member
Sorry John, can't help you with the Mac. I opened link (http://tinyurl.com/plhuq) and had full control in download manager. Now, back to the thread subject…Sep 21, 2006 at 8:29 pm #1363443
MarkBPL Member
@mlarsonLocale: Southeast USA
I just like to give folks a heads up when dealing with online files that aren't HTML. No big deal, no dramatic inconvenience done on my end [thank you, Firefox]–I just wanted others to know.
Yes, you are right that the holes were mostly motivated by comfort. That was pretty clearly stated, and I should have seen that. Whoops. I can see how it could help add a little more cushion and 'give' to the ripples on the pad.
Maybe you could try punching a whole in 1 bump and see how you like the change? If that one doesn't work out, at least you'll have a place to tie the pad on your lanyard :)
-MarkSep 22, 2006 at 6:25 pm #1363494
David LewisBPL Member
@davidlewisLocale: Nova Scotia, Canada
re: PDF's (or any "download")… it's good practice to let the user know what to expect before they click a link… any link… to anything… esp. if it's a BIG file. I tried to see if Safari would cancelling PDF's transfers… but it loaded up in half a second… so I don't know. No biggie… unless you're on 28.8K dialup I guess… but it's still a pretty tiny file. Still… it is always good to know what to expect from any link. That's why tinyurl is actually often considered BAD netittique… because you haven't the slightest idea what a tinyurl points to.
Anyhoo!!!! :)
My only question about the pad is… aren't all those holes going to severely impact it's insulating ability?Sep 22, 2006 at 6:45 pm #1363497
Dylan SkolaBPL Member
@phageghostLocale: Southern California
I didn't see any mention of what he used to punch the holes. Any of you experienced foam-hole-punchers out there have a good idea?Sep 23, 2006 at 6:03 pm #1363532
David LewisBPL Member
@davidlewisLocale: Nova Scotia, Canada
No idea… but I imagine it would have to have been some kind of sharp, hollow hammer punch.Sep 23, 2006 at 11:07 pm #1363539
Bill FornshellBPL Member
@bfornshellLocale: Southern Texas
I use a Leather Punch I bought at Michaels. They have 50% off coupons every week or so and I bought a set with one of them.
Look at the set with the largest size punches. The largest size in my set is 5/16″.
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Grandma Maraggia's Cornbread
1 ½ cups South Texas Milling Stone Ground Cornmeal
½ cup Wheat Flour
2 tsp. Sugar
4 tsp. Baking Powder
½ tsp. Salt
1 cup Whole Milk
¼ cup Oil
2 Eggs
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place a 9" cast iron skillet in oven. Mix all ingredients in a medium size bowl. Pour mixture into the greased skillet or a 9" x 9" baking dish. Bake in oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
South Texas Milling Festive Corn Dip
1-16 oz jar of South Texas Milling Corn Relish
2-8 oz. packages of Cream Cheese
Pulse corn relish in a blender to desired consistency. Combine pulsed corn relish and the cream cheese until well blended. Makes a delicious dip to compliment any party. To make half of the recipe just use ½ jar of relish and 1-8 oz. cream cheese.
South Texas Milling Roll-ups
1 Spinach Dip dry package
1 – 8 oz. cream cheese softened
1 – 8 oz. sour cream
1 package of Flour Tortillas
Blend together the softened cream cheese, sour cream and Spinach Dip. Spread evenly on tortillas, roll up tightly. Put roll-ups in a sealed container in the refrigerator until ready to serve. To serve: cut rolls into ½" portions. Store remaining roll-ups in refrigerator until needed.
Easy Cheese Grits
4 cups water
1 thin slice Onion-finely chopped
1 cup South Texas Milling Southern Yellow Grits
¼ cup Half-and-Half
2 tsp. Instant Chicken Bouillon
2-4 ounces of Cheese (American or Cheddar)
2 tbsp. Butter
Place grits in bowl and cover with 2 cups water. Stir grits so that light bran will rise to the top, carefully pour off the water and bran, reserving the grits in the bowl. Rinse again if desired. Bring 2 cups water, onion, instant chicken bouillon, and butter to a boil in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and add grits to the boiling mixture. Reduce heat to low and cook, covered, for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally until grits are soft and creamy. Add half-and-half and cheese and stir until cheese melts. Serve hot, yields 4-half-cup servings.
Sausage Fried Grits: Prepare basic grits and set aside. Cook some sausage, breaking it up into small pieces. Drain the fat and stir the sausage into the grits. Beat an egg and add it to the grits mixture. Pour into a loaf pan and put it in the refrigerator until firm. Turn out the grits and prepare as fried grits.
Aloha Grits: Like sweet grits? Try this recipe. Prepare basic grits, stir in ¼ cup milk or cream, 4 tbsp. brown sugar, ¼ cup pineapple juice, stir together and pour into a greased baking dish. Sprinkle top with shredded coconut, crushed macadamia nuts and ginger. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
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1 cup water
1 tsp. Butter
Salt to taste
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Old Fashion Cornbread Cake
1 cup South Texas Milling Whole Grain Yellow Cornmeal
½ cup all-purpose flour
1 tbsp. cornmeal for dusting pan
1 ½ tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt 1cup sugar
¼ cup vegetable oil
2 tbsp. butter, softened
2 large eggs, plus 2 egg whites
½ cup heavy cream
2 tsp. grated lemon rind
1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
½ tsp. lemon extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease round 10-inch cake pan, line bottom with wax paper and grease well. Dust with 1 tbsp. of cornmeal. In medium bowl, sift together 1 cup cornmeal and the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In large bowl, beat together the sugar, oil and 2 tbsp. butter until well blended. Add the eggs and egg whites one at a time, gently stirring after each addition until just combined. In small bowl, stir together the cream, lemon rind, lemon juice and lemon extract, and then gently stir into sugar-egg mixture. Stir in the cornmeal-flour mixture just until blended. Be careful not to over mix. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, smooth top with the back of spoon and bake in the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes or until the top is golden and a knife inserted in the center of the cakes comes out clean. Cool for 8-10 minutes on a wire rack, and then turn cake out onto a cake plate. Peel off waxed paper. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Jalapeno Crawfish Cornbread
2 eggs, beaten
1-16 oz can cream corn
¼ cup oil
¼ cup grated cheddar cheese
1 small onion chopped
1 cup South Texas Milling Whole Grain Yellow Cornmeal
½ tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup crawfish chopped
1 small jalapeno chopped
Tobasco to taste
butter or baking oil
In a large bowl mix all ingredients. Pour into a greased pan. Bake in a 9x12 pan at 325 for 30 to 35 minutes.
Black Eyed Pea Cornbread
1 lb. bulk pork sausage
6 tbsp. green chilies or jalapenos
1 cup Cheese shredded, your favorite
1-11 oz Grandma's Cornbread Mix
2 eggs
½ cup onion chopped
1 can Cream Style Corn
1-15 oz can Black Eyed Peas
1 cup milk
½ cup oil
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook sausage and onions until brown. Drain and set aside. Mix the cornbread mix, milk, eggs, and oil. Add sausage, onions, chilies, corn, cheese, and black eyed peas. Pour into a greased 13x9x2 inch pan. Back 50 to 55 minutes or until knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
Grandma's Spicy Meat Cornbread
1 lb. ground meat
Red Pepper
1-medium jalapeno pepper chopped
1 cup of milk
2 eggs
1 can Cream Style Corn
½ cup onions chopped
Black pepper
Dash of garlic
1-11 oz Jalapeno cornbread mix or
Grandma's cornbread mix
1/3 cup oil
1 cup grated cheese
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large skillet brown meat, onions, and peppers; add seasoning to desired taste. Drain off excess fat. Mix cornbread, milk, eggs, oil, and corn. Layer in a greased 9x13 pan; ½ cornbread mixture, spoon meat mixture evenly then add cheese Top with remaining cornbread. Bake 50 minutes or until golden brown.
South Texas Cornbread Salad
1-11 oz Grandma's Cornbread Mix
1-1 oz envelope of Ranch-style salad dressing mix
1 cup mayonnaise
½ cup chopped red bell pepper
1-16 oz can Ranch Style beans, drained
10 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
1/3 cup sugar
1-8 oz sour cream
3 large tomatoes, chopped
½ cup chopped green onions
2 cups shredded cheese
2 cans whole kernel corn,
Add sugar to cornbread mix and prepare as directed. Cool, then crumble. Prepare the dressing mix as directed; set aside. Gently toss tomatoes, bell peppers and onions. Layer in a large (3 Quart) trifle or salad bowl:
½ Cornbread crumbles
½ beans
½ tomato, peppers, and onions
½ cheese
½ bacon
½ corn
½ dressing mixture
Repeat layers. Cover and chill for three hours. This is a complete side dish for meat hot off the grill. Makes 8 to 10 servings.
Grandma Maraggia's Cornbread
1-1/2 cups South Texas Milling Stone Ground Cornmeal
1/2 cup Wheat Flour
2 teaspoons Sugar
4 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 cup Whole Milk
1/4 cup Oil
2 Eggs (farm fresh)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place 9" Cast Iron Skillet in oven. Mix all ingredients in a medium sized bowl. Pour mixture into a greased preheated skillet or 9x9" baking pan. Bake in oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
Farm Hints
|Emergency Substitutions
1 cup = 1 tablespoon lemon juice or white vinegar plus enough milk to measure 1 cup. Stir and let stand for 5 minutes before using.
Chocolate, Semi-sweet
1 square = 3 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips or 1 square unsweetened chocolate plus 1 tablespoon of sugar
Corn Syrup
1 cup = 1 cup sugar plus 1/4 cup of water
Corn Syrup, Dark
1 cup = 3/4 cup light corn syrup plus 1/4 cup of molasses
Cream, Half-and-Half
1 cup = 1 tablespoon melted butter plus enough whole milk to measure 1 cup
1 whole = 2 egg whites or 2 egg yolks or 1/4 cup egg substitute
1 - 1/4 cups sugar plus 1/4 cup water
Lemon Juice
1 teaspoon = 1 teaspoon cider vinegar
Milk, Whole
1 cup = 1/2 cup evaporated milk plus
1/2 cup water or 1 cup water plus
1/3 cup nonfat dry milk powder
Sour Cream
1 cup = 1 cup plain yogurt
1 cup = 1 cup packed brown sugar or 2 cups shifted confectioners' sugar
|Weight & Measure Equivalents
Dash or Pinch = less than 1/8 teaspoon
1-1/2 Teaspoons = 1/2 tablespoon
3 Teaspoons = 1 tablespoon; 1/2 fluid ounce
2 Tablespoons = 1/8 cup; 1 fluid ounce
4 Tablespoons = 1/4 cup; 2 Fluid Ounces
8 Tablespoons = 1/2 cup; 4 fluid ounces
12 Tablespoons = 3/4 cup; 6 fluid ounces
16 Tablespoons = 1 cup; 8 fluid ounces; 1/2 pint
1/8 Cup = 2 tablespoons; 1 fluid ounce
1/4 Cup = 4 tablespoons; 2 fluid ounces
1/3 Cup = 5-1/3 tablespoons
1/2 Cup = 8 tablespoons; 4 fluid ounces
2/3 Cup = 10-2/3 tablespoons
3/4 Cup = 12 tablespoons; 6 fluid ounces
7/8 Cup = 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons
1 Cup = 16 tablespoons; 8 fluid ounces; 1/2 pint
2 Cups = 1 pint; 16 fluid ounces
4 Cups = 2 pints; 1 quart; 32 ounces
1 Quart = 4 cups; 32 fluid ounces
4 Quarts = 16 cups; 1 gallon
16 ounces = 1 pound