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I have a PPH (really a walther PP knock off), that was my first pistol. Never had it jam on me. Mine's in 380 and not 9x18, though. I've since moved on to others, but would not hesitate to load it up again.
This is a discussion on FEG PPK's and Makarovs within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I was at a shop today, and noticed several Makarovs and FEG Hungarian PPKs pistols, all in the 9x18 caliber. They ranged in price from ...
I was at a shop today, and noticed several Makarovs and FEG Hungarian PPKs pistols, all in the 9x18 caliber. They ranged in price from 155.00 to 225.00... with the FEG PPKs at the lower end of the spectrum. They were imported by Century Arms in VT. I'm wondering, how many of you have , or have had any of these pistols, and the reliability factor for those of us who don't have the bottomless pockets for most of the weapons we carry and shoot in the Forum. I'm posting so that we might have a better understanding of the little guns that the Com Bloc countries manufactured and carried, and used quite effectively.
I have a PPH (really a walther PP knock off), that was my first pistol. Never had it jam on me. Mine's in 380 and not 9x18, though. I've since moved on to others, but would not hesitate to load it up again.
Bob - I have a Mak - love the little beastie. Some dislike the heel mag release but actually it is not that bad. Many still go for $149 at gun shows - everyone should pick one up!
Those are the Bulgarians usually. East German and Russian ones are harder to find and usually cost more. Mine is Bulgy import but - Russian origin as seen by left side where there is a circle with a triangle inside. Paid just over $200 for that one.
I also have a PJK-9HP FEG - so OK that's 9x19 but hey - before I got my BHP Practical it was closest to that I could manage. It shoots just great and even without mag safety removed has a well acceptable trigger. I do not think metallurgically it would go the distance compared with genuine Browning or FN but for price it is nice and I will keep mine for occasional plinking. Takes regular BHP mags OK too.
Chris - P95
NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member.
"To own a gun and assume that you are armed
is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!."
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Hi Chris and Pepsi
Yes I have found these guns you've mentioned to nice little hidden gems, especially for the fist gun people. They're less costly, and they work like clockwork. I noticed one today (looks like a PPK or a PPKs but in x18) Polished frame with blue slide, it was offerd to me by me dealer friend I've known for 30 yrs for 110.00 (his price tag was 155.00) The mag kinda stuck a little as it was inserted, but other than that it was REALLY nice. Bluing was very thick. My Brother-in-law has a FEG double action Hi Power clone (he's had it for almost 17 yrs now, and it eats everything) bought it for 175.00 back then in Florida. I've also looked at the Makarovs also. Thye're very interesting as well. GREAT shooters so I've been told. I'm glad the thread is started, because I'm sure you guys can lead quite a few of us toward some affordable guns.
Another question is, the recoil. How is it, the 9x18, compared to the .32, .380, 9mm, or 9x18 ultra? I ask this, due to the curiosity factor. Might be a good subject
BTW, the PPKs clone I saw today was stamped "9MM short" but my friend told me it was chambered for 9x18. I always thought 9mm short was .380 or 9mm Kurtz.
I too Bob thought ''short'' would mean Kurtz. Still, so long as cartridge length is known then ID becomes easy.
Recoil? Well the Mak is not really a lightweight - all steel so has some weight - let me go weigh mine - BRB -
Bit over 1 1/2# dry weight - so loaded of course a few ounces more. Doesn't ''sound'' heavy but compared with KelTec type stuff with polymer frames it does have some ''substance''. I'd say recoil was actually better/more pleasant than a P3AT - more to hold and so on. Some torque effect but that is hardly unusual in such platforms.
In use? A very (to me) controllable piece and I'd even use it for carry if I had to downsize and lacked other options. Because they are such good value I'd say to any gunnie - go get one anyways if only for the hell of it.!!
Another cheap gun is the CZ-52 - ugly sob but there is some fun shooting the 7.62x25 round .... some muzzle flash too! These are about $100 region from the ''usual'' sources ... SOG etc. Well worth getting, ''just to have one"
Chris - P95
NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member.
"To own a gun and assume that you are armed
is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!."
http://www.rkba-2a.com/ - a portal for 2A links, articles and some videos.
I'm looking at a possibility for my first gun also, a walther PPK/S Stainless by Interarms. A friend of mine is looking to sell it to "somebody he knows".
I'll let you know what I think when I actually get to shoot it this week but so far it seems to be light, easily concealable and affordable.
I'm taking it on vacation with me so I'll let you know how I make out.
OOOOOO LP if it's a true Interarms Walther, and you can snag it for reasonable $$ then go for it. The newer Walthers are coming in stamped with the Smith and Wesson markings. A nice German or Interarms Walther would be a GREAT find.. Good luck with it, and I'm sure you'll enjoy shooting it too
LOL..Chris...you're too funny. "Lemme go weigh mine" LOL......you're as bad as I am when it comes to your guns LOL.....Then again, that's NOT a bad thing you know. This PPK Hungarian FEG R61 is polished frame, with blue slide. Looks just like a PPK, but in the rough. It's stamped 9MM short on the BBL, but they tell me it's a Makarov Ctg.. I tend to think it's a .380 .if so..for 125.0 it's a cheap shooter. and if it's a 9x18 Mak...it's just as good. Just thought it was a neat little gun for short money. If it works as well as you say, then I'd stake my life on it as a BUG
Remember that Walther PPK/S pistols are usually a bit finicky as to ammo selection. Ball ammo is never a problem.
You need to try at least several brands of hollowpoints and then stick with whatever brand feeds perfectly.
They are great high quality pistols though.
That first DA trigger pull is sometimes a tad bit on the heavy side but, it's OK.
The pistol "thumb cocks" easily.
ONLY BUY FACTORY WALTHER MAGAZINES or MecGar.
I have one & I'll try to post pics of mine here tomorrow.
Take QK's advice on the ammo and mags. Walthers are a bit fussy, but when you find the right ammo, they're darn right deadly.Originally Posted by QKShooter
We had some issues with the PPK-like FEGs at the shop in 9x18 - they didn't hold up to a lot of shooting in 1 of 3 sold.
In regular Makarov, I'm all for them with a few reservations. 1, the weight for what it is. 2, the trigger, and 3, their damnable ability to rust in carry situations. I have a secret stash of 9x18 Gold Dots, so ammo isn't an issue. However the weight generally is - it didn't sit well in my pocket. Now it's mostly a range curiosity or a BUG of a BUG or a throwaway piece. The issue I've always mentioned to folks wanting to buy one is that the ammo isn't necessarily available everywhere, so if you're the type to not stock up....
The CZ52s I can't honestly recommend for carry purposes. Some firing pins are brittle, and wear makes some of the decockers eventually turn into firing monsters. If one can be found cheaply (they were when they were available a few years back), the CZ-50/70 PPK-esque .32 is reliable in my experience, even if they do come with the world's worst DA trigger pull on the first shot that makes the safety almost moot.
In other budget carry guns, I've used TT-33s and their Chinese brethren before without issue - they have a lot of the same thin as a rail advantages for carry as a 1911, but again, rust is an issue. I also wouldn't have any problems recommending one of the cheaper Star 9mms that SOG has been dumping for a while, or even the Zastava M70 in .32 if budget was a real issue. The M70s have been good sellers and run just fine, and recoil is not an issue due to the steel frame. Again, I'm not fond of the caliber, but well, on a budget, gun is better than no gun.
Driver carries less than $45 worth of remorse.
Ooooh has this turned into a bargain handgun thread? I LOVE bargain handgun threads.
And I love this article on them too
As you probably know Robert - on Makarov.com - there are springs and pins available for the CZ-52. I threw in a 16.5# spring into mine straight away and have both a spare cast pin plus a machined one. Dry fire is biggest pin buster it seems.
Oh and to add - I distrust decockers hgowever ''safe'' they are - and when I even decock SIG - it is to safe direction (of course) and - I almost brace for ''bang'' LOL!
Chris - P95
NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member.
"To own a gun and assume that you are armed
is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!."
http://www.rkba-2a.com/ - a portal for 2A links, articles and some videos.
Wow Guys!! This IS taking on a good thread! Now we're talking about the more cost effective guns, even though they may be a little rough on the edges, they certainly have a following to say the least!
For those of us that want a first shooter, or a cheapo Bug or throw-away gun, they certainly fit the bill don't they?
When I placed the FEG against a Walther, for size, I found the FEG to be VERY close to the Walther. Even the Makarovs, in .380 are a bit tantalizing. For people on a very tight budget, or for just another fun toy, these seem to be right in the ball park.
Well....first off Ive had all of these guns. The FEG I "THINK" youre talking about is the PP copy. Its a PA63 with the brushed alloy frame/blued topend. Its a 9x18 Mak chambered gun.....most are mil. surplus and can be had for a song.
Last year they were 79$ from SOG/other places. They are a good gun...just replace the recoil spring often with a Wolf 19# unit.
They made the smaller PMK/SMC series that were modeled after the PPK/PPK's.
Ive got one of these thats my main pocket gun.....they are easily more reliable than the Interarms imported Walthers and rival the German/S&W versions in every regard. Yes Ive owned Walthers also.
The Makarov is an EXCELLENT gun.....trigger may need a little work. But other than that its on my top 5 list of all time favorites.
Shoot well.........
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice..........Rush
Actually to be very honest, if I wanted an inexpensive PPK style gun, I'd go get me one of them Bersas. I was the custodian of one for about 3 months and shot it a little bit. I was fairly impressed and I consider it to be an improvement on the PPK if anything. I considered getting one but I don't really need a .380 for anything.
Of course that's in the $200 range and not the $100 range.


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Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on the Brian Lehrer Show, Audrey Singer, Senior Fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, discusses the recent push by Democratic Senators to urge President Obama to honor the DREAM Act, and other recent news on immigration reform.
In 2008, the newly-elected President Obama rode into office on a wave of promises, among them comprehensive immigration reform. A year later, an effort at just such a measure failed. Last winter the White House made another attempt at comprehensive reform. The Dream Act, which would have given amnesty to children of undocumented immigrants attending school, was killed by a Republican filibuster during last winter's lame duck session of Congress.
In the vacuum left by the legislative collapse, states have initiated a flurry of new immigration legislation. Some, like Arizona's infamous SB1070, are decidedly unfriendly towards immigrants. Other states are taking a different approach. Maryland's state legislature recently passed its own state-wide version of the DREAM Act, offering in-state tuition to children who have been living in Maryland for more than three years, as long as they attended secondary school within the state.
Yet the White House may be signaling that the federal-level effort isn't over yet. Tuesday, President Obama invited a mix of business, political and law enforcement leaders and advocates to the White House to talk about immigration reform. New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg, NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg, California former-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and AFL-CIO leader Richard Trumka were among those invited.
DREAM Act still in play
Even the DREAM Act itself appears to possibly still be on the table — just last week 22 Democratic Senators, including New York's Kirstin Gillibrand, sent a letter to President Obama, urging him to take executive action on the DREAM Act. As the president turns towards reelection, there can be no doubt that a political calculus is at work in these recent moves. Obama has publicly called the failure to pass the DREAM Act his "biggest disappointment".
Audrey Singer, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who focuses on issues of immigration, explained that the Senators have reason to believe that executive action on the Act could be a viable option. The vote last December was very close, with the House voting in favor and the Senate nearly doing the same. With five Democratic Senators abstaining, the bill only lost by five votes.
We've been at a point where there's a need for immigration reform, in all directions on immigration policy, both in terms of enforcement issues, in terms of admissions policies, and also there is pressure for legalizing immigrants in this country. The DREAM Act is one of those bills that promise a lot, in terms of bringing in the people who are most likely to succeed in this country — the children of immigrants, who have lived most of their lives here, and who are being blocked from opportunities.
During a town hall with Univision, the President rejected the idea of intervening on specific deportation cases. Singer said that policy, too, may be changing now for the White House, though she predicts a case-by-case approach would be "difficult, costly, and not very timely."
Maryland: A testing ground for DREAM
If the president does try to revive a federal DREAM Act approach, Maryland might prove instructive as a template. Maryland has a large, diverse and urban immigrant population. Yet even there the legislation faced some opposition.
Maryland is in a unique position, because it is one of the few states that have actually moved in the direction of providing in-state tuition. Some other states have repealed certain laws in the past that did the same kind of thing. But this is not coming without conflict, in Maryland, both among those legislatures involved and the public. This is a public policy decision that reached out to immigrant children and says 'you're part of us, you've lived here, we want to invest in you and we see a future in you.'
Arizona has spawned imitators
While Arizona passed SB1070 nearly a year ago, a ruling last week did away with some of the most unpopular measures. The federal government brought suit against Arizona on some aspects of the law, such as the right of police to stop and detain anyone they suspected of being in the country illegally. The federal government argued that this would create a problem of bias. The court found in favor of the federal government and halted implementation of those aspects of the law. Singer said despite Arizona losing in court, similar legislation has been popping up in other states.
It was somewhat of a blow to Arizona, and a victory for the Obama administration. But that has not stopped other states from jumping in on Arizona–type laws.
Immigrant waiting game
One of the major problems under the current system is the enormous waiting period faced by many immigrants who want to come into the United States legally. Singer said the waiting time is due to a huge backlog of immigrants waiting for visas. The issue is particularly problematic in countries with a high number of people trying to enter the United States. One of the things that slow down the process is the cap that the United States imposes on the number of immigrants allowed to enter from any certain country. The process is then further slowed by administrative backlogs of paperwork "that can clog the system and delay any person's application along the way."
White House assesses timing
Tuesday's meeting may have been a temperature-taking exercise. The president was looking to understand where the current immigration hot spots are, and to gauge support for comprehensive reform versus piece-meal legislation. It is interesting, noted Singer, that organized labor was in attendance. Labor unions are now in support of immigration reform, but that was not always the case.
There was a shift, maybe about ten years ago, when unions looked at their membership, looked at their potential workers and realized a lot of new workers coming into their membership were immigrants. So it made a lot of sense for them, in terms of strengthening their labor pools, but also strengthening the benefits for immigrants.
She pointed out that unions share a common desire regarding immigration with almost everyone else, regardless of political affiliation.
I don't think anybody in this country, whether they're an immigrant, or a US resident, or a politician… I don't think anybody is in favor of illegal immigration or illegal immigrants living in this country, and so part of the goal for some of these constituency groups is to legalize workers.
While the failure of the president to keep his campaign promise on immigration reform is likely to pose a political problem in a 2012 campaign, Singer pointed out that former president George W. Bush also experienced the same political liability following his failure at reform.
Another element will be at play this coming election season as well: the Latino vote is growing, as is politician's awareness of Latino electoral power. Singer said the issue should make for an interesting campaign.
There's a big spot light on this group, and we'll see how that plays out over the next couple of years.

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College Bound Scholarship showing great promise in helping low-income students pursue higher education
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New research shows great early results for Washington's College Bound Scholarship program, in which low-income middle school students pledge to do well academically and stay out of trouble in return for college tuition at public institution rates and up to $500 a year for books. In a state that ranks 46th in the nation in terms of the likelihood that a student will enroll in college by age 19, the scholarship appears to have game-changing potential. The scholarship virtually closes academic gaps between low-income participants and more affluent students, according to a new report.
The report, College Bound Scholarship Program, conducted by The BERC Group for College Spark Washington and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, examines the impact of the College Bound Scholarship. Read a summary of key findings from the report here.
"The College Bound Scholarship changed the person I was," said a student from Lincoln High School in Tacoma that recently completed their first year of college. "I planned to quit in middle school, was suspended and had major attendance issues. This scholarship gave me hope to shoot for something."
The report focused on 55 high schools from a mix of urban, rural and suburban communities and showed that College Bound students are doing better than other low-income students not signed up for the program and almost as well as students that come from higher income backgrounds in most measures of college readiness and success including:
56 percent of College Bound students graduated with the classes required to apply to a public four-year college in Washington, compared to 30 percent of low-income students who didn't take the pledge, and 61 percent of higher-income students.
73 percent of College Bound students enrolled directly in college, compared to 60 percent of low-income students who did not sign up for the program, and 78 percent of more affluent students.
The College Bound Scholarship has been a major priority of the Road Map Project, a community-wide effort aimed at dramatically improving student achievement from cradle to college and career in South King County and South Seattle.
"A recent poll in the South King County region found the vast majority of parents believe it's important for their children to get a college education, but they are concerned about affordability. The College Bound Scholarship responds to this concern and early results are tremendously positive," said Mary Jean Ryan, Executive Director of the Community Center for Education Results, the organization supporting the Road Map Project.
The report also showed that when combined with Navigation 101, a guidance and counselling program for middle and high school students that helps students make choices for their future, students' odds of enrolling and persisting in college increased.
"The College Bound Scholarship works, and combined with a counseling and guidance program like Navigation 101, the results are even better," said Christine McCabe, Executive Director of College Spark Washington. "We should continue to invest in programs like these two so low-income students can have the supports both financially and in the classroom to get to and succeed in college."
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85 percent of full-year college attendees who received the College Bound Scholarship reported it was critical to attending college.
63 percent of College Bound students said the scholarship motivated them to graduate high school and 83 percent said it motivated them to earn a higher GPA
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In danger of losing congressional momentum, President Barack Obama is drawing attention to Colorado's newly passed gun control laws as he applies public pressure on Congress to pass similar federal measures.
Obama was traveling to the Denver suburbs Wednesday, stepping up his call for universal background checks for gun buyers as well as his demands for Congress to at least vote on an assault weapons ban and limits on large-capacity ammunition magazines.
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The trip is heavy with political symbolism. Colorado expanded background checks and placed restrictions on magazines despite being a state with a deep-rooted hunting tradition, where gun ownership is a cherished right. Moreover, Obama will meet with law enforcement officials and community leaders at the Denver Police Academy, not far from the Aurora suburb where a gunman last summer killed 12 people in a movie theater. The president's trip is occurring in the same week that prosecutors announced they would seek the death penalty for James Holmes, accused of carrying out the Aurora rampage.
With Congress due to return to Washington after a two-week Easter break, Obama has been scheduling high-profile events on gun legislation to push lawmakers and sustain a drive for some kind of action aimed at curbing gun violence more than three months after the massacre at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school.
Last week Obama called for legislation while flanked by 21 mothers who have lost children to gun violence. "I haven't forgotten those kids," he declared then.
On Monday, just ahead of the planned start of the Senate's debate on gun legislation, Obama is scheduled to go to Hartford, Conn., where state lawmakers have announced a bipartisan agreement on gun legislation as a response to the shootings at Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School, which took the lives of 20 first-graders and six adult staff.
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Junior goalkeeper Tori Rocke made a season-high seven saves for her sixth shutout of the year and Northern Arizona got a pair of goals from senior Brandy Carr and junior Jenna Samora in a three minute stretch midway through the second half to give the Lumberjacks a 2-0 win over Portland State. Northern Arizona extended its unbeaten streak to eight games, improving to 8-3-3 overall and a Big Sky-leading 3-0-1 in conference while the Vikings now stand at 6-9-1 overall and 2-2-0 in the Big Sky.
"We new this would be a tough game, as Portland State has played us really close over the last-three years," said head coach Andre Luciano. "I thought our team did a great job at halftime making some adjustments. We knew we just had to be patient and with a little perseverance it would pay off in the end."
Both Rocke and Portland State sophomore goalkeeper Lainey Hulsizer were sharp early, as each keeper made three saves in the opening 19 minutes of the contest. NAU came close to a goal in the 25th minute, as senior defender Tori Howe sent a cross to Samora in front of the Viking goal but her shot missed just wide.
Portland State's best chance in the first half came in the 41st minute as senior Emily Rhode had a shot hit the crossbar. Rocke made five first-half saves while Hulsizer totaled four stops as the game went to the half scoreless.
After 16 minutes and 45 seconds had been played in the second half, the game was stopped for several minutes as Portland State sophomore Carlie Martin had to be carried off the field after sustaining an apparent right leg injury.
Nine minutes after the lengthy delay, the Lumberjacks would break the stalemate off a free kick from 25 yards out. Senior Kristi Andreassen played the ball short, with a deflection from senior Sam Monahan finding Carr for an open look from atop the Viking box. The Lumberjack senior fired a perfect shot to the top-right corner of the Portland State goal to put NAU ahead.
After scoring two goals in just one minute and six seconds on Friday, the Lumberjacks would again find a second quick tally on Sunday just 2:52 after Carr's goal. Andreassen attempted another free kick, sending a perfect feed to the left post of the Portland State goal. Samora was there for a diving header past Hulsizer for her third goal of the season and a 2-0 Lumberjack lead.
With a two goal cushion, the NAU defense did not allow a single Portland State shot for the remaining 16 minutes of the contest to maintain a 2-0 victory.
Rocke's season-high seven saves extended her NAU school record to 17 career solo shutouts. Hulsizer finished with seven stops for the Vikings, as NAU held a slim 13-11 shot advantage for the game. Only two corner kicks were attempted in the game (both by NAU) and only seven total fouls were called in the contest, with no fouls being whistled in the first half.
Northern Arizona returns to action next Friday, hosting Montana (2-11-2, 1-3-0 BSC) at 3 p.m. in Lumberjack Stadium.


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By Arianna Johnson
September 16, 2010
Rice is one of the most universal foods. It is eaten everywhere, from Japan to Morocco, and is accessible to virtually anyone. For something that is considered a poor-mans food, rice can make, and accompany, some of the most delicious dishes. One of those dishes is the creamy, dreamy risotto.Where risotto originated is up for debate; however, the one fact that is concrete is that it was invented in Italy. Whether it was in the North or South or first made by a glass painter or a peasant doesnt really matter.
Arborio rice is one such wondrous ingredient. This specific type of rice is plumper than your ordinary white rice and, when cooked properly, becomes one of the richest dishes on the planet. It is magical to see what comes out of a simple grain once you add hot liquid to it and stir it for a little more than twenty minutes. Since the actual science as to why this occurs is far too complicated, the basic gist of it is that once hot liquid is added to this particular rice and you continuously stir it, the starches in the rice comes out and absorbs the liquid, creating a luscious, creamy texture. And despite what many may think, or even say, it is not complicated to make at all. Although it isnt the quickest cooking dish, it is well worth the wait. Other great aspects of this dish are that it is affordable (unless you use rare mushrooms or saffron) and is almost as versatile as pasta. You can put all kinds of vegetables in it, like peas and asparagus, as well as proteins, such as shrimp or chicken. You can even make it sweet, like a rice pudding.
Heres how you make it: Start with 1 ½ cups Arborio rice, 6 cups of simmering chicken or vegetable stock, 1 medium-sized onion, diced, 2 large garlic gloves, minced, and 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. First, bring the stock to a simmer and then, in a large skillet, add olive oil, onion and garlic. Cook it for about eight minutes or until the onions are translucent. Add the rice and toast it in the pan for about one minute. Then, slowly add a ladle-full of the hot liquid and stir until it is completely absorbed. Keep repeating this process until the liquid is gone or the rice is tender. (Note: You cannot walk away from this. You must stir the rice constantly and ensure there is enough stock in the pan.)
Once the rice is almost cooked through, you are at the stage where you can add anything you desire; make sure you season it just right using salt and pepper. I personally like to add mushrooms and peas. I cook the mushrooms with the onions first and then add frozen peas in the last two minutes of its cooking time. Serve the risotto in bowls with some Parmesan cheese on the side.
Although risotto might be slightly labor intensive, it is a decadent dish that most people think they can only get in a fancy restaurant. Now you know that the stereotype that has been cast on risotto is just a myth. So give it a try and enjoy the richness that such a simple ingredient as rice can create.
By Arianna Johnson
May 5, 2010
If you ask me, the most universally liked food is pizza. People have different opinions on where best pizza comes from: some prefer the deep dish pizza from Chicago, while others are in favor of New Yorks thin crust pizza. Most people will name pizza as their favorite food. However, to me, the most appealing aspect of pizza is its versatility.
There is some controversy over where pizza originated from, but the combination of flatbread type dough, tomatoes, and cheese was most likely birthed in Naples, Italy. This classic example of pizza was then named after Queen Margherita of Savoy and has become the most popular across the board. Then, this idea began to spread throughout Italy and each region developed their own versions. In the south, they have a thicker crust and in Rome they make it very long and cut it in a way that you must eat it like a sandwich. Finally, it came to the United States and spread just as quickly and diversely.
Now, back to pizzas versatility. Its not just in the crust; its the ingredients you can add onto it. Its been shown that people will put anything on pizza; if its actually tasty or not thats debatable. Just a few examples are sausage and peppers, pepperoni, or, if you want to be really fancy, smoked salmon and caviar-a Wolfgang Puck specialty. But, recently I have discovered a new phenomenon in pizza that I just had to try myself: grilled pizza.
This concept works the same as pizza cooked in an infernally hot oven. You still top it with whatever you please, but the crust is grilled. The smoky, charred flavor brought by the grilled crust adds another wonderful dimension to an already incredible dish. What you can do is either find a pizza dough recipe or go to your favorite pizzeria and ask for a ball of dough; they will usually sell it to you and it takes much less work than making your own. Then, you heat and grease a grill or grill pan and cook the dough until it is charred and slightly bubbling on both sides. At this point, I prefer to place the pizza in the oven (under the broiler) to melt the cheese and heat up the other ingredients, rather than trying to do it on the grill and run the risk of the dough being burnt. However, if you want to make a pizza that is topped with cold ingredients such as melon and prosciutto or a Caesar salad, then there is no need to place it in the oven.
Who knew there could be yet another thing you can do with pizza? So, instead of ordering pizza the next time youre with friends, consider making your own. Its fun and will bring everyone together to create something scrumptious.


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About Pearson Ranch Elk and Bison Jerky
Pearson Ranch, founded in 1959, is a family owned ranch raising elk, buffalo(also known as bison) and beef cattle. We are located in the beautiful southwestern mountains of New Mexico at an elevation of 7,800 feet. The virtually untouched surroundings host elk, deer, black bear, antelope, mountain lions, wolves, turkeys and other small game.
Pearson Ranch Elk and Bison Jerky has been in the meat snack business for over 12 years. The main focus of ranch operations shifted to meat snack products in the summer of 2011. Pearson Ranch Elk and Bison Jerky began offering elk snack meats in 2000. bison/buffalo was introduced in 2003, and we recently added beef to our line in 2013.
Pearson Ranch Elk and Bison Jerky's elk and bison snack meat products provide a great alternative for people used to eating beef based meat snacks as well as those looking to try meat snacks for the very first time. They taste great, have no MSG, are gluten free, and come conveniently packaged to compliment even the most active lifestyles. Elk and buffalo meat snacks are a great source of lean protein, and satisfy even the heartiest appetites.
Pearson Ranch Elk and Bison Jerky's meat snack products are currently being sold by many of America's leading outdoor retailers, convenience stores, up-scale grocers, and gourmet specialty retailers. To purchase our elk, bison, or beef snack meat products, you can order online or visit one of our partner locations.
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By The Duchess
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Wear it and be noticed...large,but not overly done.Stones are beautiful.I have small wrist and took out link and fits loosely as I like to wear bracelets.Don't need too many other pieces of jewellery when you wear this one,really gets a lot of compliments.I have many pieces from this collection and love them all!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By CRB
from NL
I Just bought the last one! Been watching this bracelet a long time. Because the collection has ended I decided to treat myself. One lady mentioned that she hung the extension on a gold chain, what a great idea. It helped make up my mind, 2 uses for one piece of jewellery. 7-10 days will seem like forever. I own 3 bracelets, 3 brooches, or 4 one is the wedding set that was Jackie's something borrowed, she kept it.. (wish I was able to use the wedding set in my hair using a piece of cardboard as suggested on the video)and a watch from the collection. The watch strap has turned my wrist black at times but I believe it got wet at one point so that may be why. I can wipe off my wrist.... I love the watch too.
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By Betty
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Bracelet may be large but because it is open it is not imposing. It can be worn casual or dressed up. ENJOY.
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By CarolAnne
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By suess
from Brockville, Ontario
I really love this piece. As I am a larger person, it is size appropriate for my wrist. I like the design and the stones in it. I usually have trouble getting bracelets to fit my wrist, but the larger size fits great. I am glad that I have had the opportunity to own a Jackie Kennedy replicated piece.
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By LilacBlue
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This bracelet is exceptional in both beauty, size and weight. If I could give it 10 stars I would...ladies you won't go wrong with this one if you like bold & beautiful! I am so very happy I took a chance and ordered it..I love it! I now own 112 pieces from this beautiful collection and will be happy to pass them down in my family. Thank you Phil & TSC for bringing the stunning Jackie Kennedy Collection to Canada, it will be missed.
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By prairie girl
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I am so pleased I purchased this Jackie Kennedy bracelet. Wearing it with the attached extension, it moves so nicely, much like you would want a bangle-type of bracelet to move. Can be worn during the day - with jeans, etc; to the office, or a dressed up evening event.
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I was hesitant to purchase this bracelet because I thought it would be too bold for my taste. I took a chance and I'm glad I did. I am so surprised how elegant it actually is. It is so fashion forward and will be beautiful for a long time. For a bracelet I was unsure about, I can't believe it has turned out to be my most favourite piece in my collection and wear it constantly. Even though it has blue stones, they just seem to go with everything!
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This is a bracelet that can be worn with quite a few of my outfits. It is very nice, well made and a pretty shade of blue.
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This bracelet is both bold and beautiful. When you wear it it truly makes a statement. It is not heavy and is very comfortable to wear.It can dress an outfit up or you can wear it with your jeans and a nice blouse. Either way it is very versatile.


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Hi, my name is Rio and i have wonky ears.
When mom brought me home, my left ear stood up 70% of the time while the right one was a rose-ish shape. 20% of the time both ears were down in helicopter/rose/wonky shapes and 10% of the time they were both up.
After the first 4 or 5 days...things changed....for about a week, both ears were rose/helicopter/tipped/wonky.... my ears rarely stood up... SOMETIMES the left ear would get up there... but mostly they were floppy.
Now a few days ago my wonky ears changed again! for about a day BOTH ears were standing up for most of the time (i looked like yoda)
Yesterday my ears went back to the same 70-20-10 percentages only NOW it's my right ear that is standing up!!!
Sigh, my ears of a mind of their own and their mind is Wonky! I wish i knew what my ears would look like tomorrow...
Today I had to go to this place called the VET. Mom said my poo had been wonky and she saw a little blood in the poo so she pushed up my appointment.
I got to go on a car ride...but it ended HORRIBLY. We walked to this small building that smelled funny and had barking dogs. The people were really nice... except for this one guy, well he was nice at first...then things went HORRIBLY HORRIBLY wrong!
FIRST this guy was trying to look in my mouth... i was not so happy. THEN he looked in my ears and eyes... and put this thing on my chest and belly. If that wasn't bad enough... what comes next was AWFUL!
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Mom says she'll find out tomorrow if i have whip worms or if there is something else causing my wonky poos.... i dont really like this man...but the other people were nice enough :)
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5. played toss with Shayne's coat,
6. found a pair of mom's sweatpants on the dresser
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*yawn* now i'm tired after a day of fun and playing with my big sister... even though she's scary sometimes...
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Good readers employ reading strategies at all phases of the reading process, including before reading, during reading, and after reading. Below are core RA strategies broken into all three phases of reading. For auxiliary strategies, check out the "Handouts" tab of this site, linking you to over 20 additional resources in the form of a handout for each strategy.
Strategies for Before Reading:
Personal Reading History
Addresses the Personal Domain.
An exercise in which each reader remembers and writes about their development as a reader noting particular highs and lows, insider and outsider moments, and supports or lack of support for literacy development.
Students share some highlights in pairs and then as a whole group.
Making Thinking Visible (Making Creations with Pipe Cleaners)
Addresses the Social/Cognitive Domain.
This activity provides an introduction to think aloud and metacognitive conversation in a non-academic, non-threatening way.
Students are given pipe cleaners to form into a specific object while verbalizing their thought process. It is a good idea to do this activity to introduce the idea of metacognition.
Anticipation Guide
Addresses the Cognitive Domain.
An Anticipation Guide helps students activate their prior knowledge before reading, develop a purpose for reading, and make connections between their own experiential base and what they read.
Students complete the Anticipation Guide before reading and discuss their responses. After completing the reading, they return to the Anticipation Guide for revision.
LINK (is actually used before, during, and after)
Addresses the Knowledge Building Domain.
List/Inquire/Note/Know is a brainstorming and discussion strategy featuring group interaction that helps students access and build their background knowledge and delve into a topic in preparation for reading.
Students are given a term related to an upcoming reading and are guided through a list (where they individually list everything they think they know about a topic and then share one item from that list to compile a class list) and inquire (where they get to ask for clarification about why fellow students placed items on the list). As the students discuss/read, they take notes about what they are reading/learning. After reading they write and discuss what they know after they have read the new material.
Test As Genre (is actually used before, during, and after)
Addresses the Knowledge Building Domain.
"Test As Genre" gives students opportunities to analyze passages and text items similar to those on high-stakes standardized tests. Students learn about the assumptions behind the tests, how test questions are constructed, and what the test is asking them to do. Using sample test passages, the teacher models approaching the test by thinking aloud. The students practice by using a Think Aloud or Talking to the Text. As a class use QAR to review question types. The class generates a "Test-Taking Strategies List" based on the students' ideas.
Reciprocal Teaching (is used before, during, and after)
Addresses metacognition and all four domains.
Reciprocal Teaching is an instructional procedure designed to help struggling readers improve their reading comprehension through interactive dialogue. Students orchestrate group dialogue to deepen understanding of content of text by students assuming the responsibility of four cognitive strategies - Summarizing, Questioning, Clarifying and Predicting. (Visualizing is also an option for a 5th group member).
K-W-L (is used before and after)
Addresses the Cognitive and Knowledge-Building Domains.
K-W-L is a strategy that aids students in thinking actively while reading by recording what they already know about a topic, what they want to know about a topic (both before reading), and what they learned about the topic (after reading).
Strategies for During Reading:
Talking to the Text
Addresses the Cognitive Domain.
TttT is a scaffold that provides students with an opportunity to engage with the text independently before sharing their process.
Students are given a passage to read independently and encouraged to write in the margins, make notes, designate unfamiliar vocabulary, ask questions, and make comments and predictions. In pairs and then as a class students use their notes to help each other clarify meaning.
Think Aloud
Addresses the Social and Cognitive Domains.
A Think Aloud helps students practice the mental strategies engaged in by good readers. Teacher reads a piece of text to the class that he or she has not seen before. The teacher verbalizes his thought process, modeling his interaction with his inner voice, enabling the students to see how he makes sense of the text.
Talking to the Text
Addresses the Cognitive Domain.
TttT is a scaffold that provides students with an opportunity to engage with the text independently before sharing their process.
Students are given a passage to read independently and encouraged to write in the margins, make notes, designate unfamiliar vocabulary, ask questions, and make comments and predictions. In pairs and then as a class students use their notes to help each other clarify meaning.
Think Aloud
Addresses the Social and Cognitive Domains.
A Think Aloud helps students practice the mental strategies engaged in by good readers. Teacher reads a piece of text to the class that he or she has not seen before. The teacher verbalizes his thought process, modeling his interaction with his inner voice, enabling the students to see how he makes sense of the text.
Capturing Your Reading Process
Addresses the Personal Domain.
While reading a piece of challenging text, students are asked to pay attention to the strategies they use to make sense of the text and then answer some questions regarding their reading process.
Share and record reading strategies as a whole group. Post the list in the classroom as a Good Reader Tool Kit so the strategies can be referred to as needed. It is a good idea to do this activity pretty early on in your implementation of RA strategies.
Double/Triple Entry Journals
Addresses the Cognitive and Knowledge-Building Domains.
A note-taking activity that is useful and adaptable across content areas. The reader records quotes or ideas from the reading in one column and makes observations, personal connections, and comments about the comprehension process in other columns.
Metacognitive Graphic Organizers
Addresses Metacognition and all four Domains.
Graphic organizers are tools that can help students think about their own learning process and understand how they clarify new concepts and relinquish old ones that interfere with comprehension.
Students should have the opportunity to experience a variety of graphic organizers and how they are used. They may also learn to create their own and explain their metacognitive process in creating it. Examples are Webs, Venn Diagrams, etc.
Extensive Reading
Addresses metacognition and all four domains.
Extensive Reading is wide-ranging, independent reading in any content area class that supports and supplements subject area knowledge and offers students some choice over reading selections. One type of extensive reading is Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) where students read any text of their choosing for a set period of time on a regular basis. A second type of extensive reading uses Thematic Text Sets in which a content area teacher (with the help of a librarian) pulls together texts of varying reading levels and styles on a particular unit or topic. Students read any text from that "thematic text set" for a set period of time on a regular basis.
Pause and Reflect
Addresses the Cognitive and Knowledge-Building Domains.
The Pause and Reflect strategy involves a continual evaluation of one's own understanding by periodically summarizing what is being read.
The reading assignment is divided into logical, equal parts. Students note a main K-point, a question, and a connection for each session.
Stop and Talk, Write, Highlight, Draw
Addresses the Cognitive and Knowledge-Building Domains.
These four instructional tools can stand alone or be used in any combination with each other. Each one involves a different way of interacting with the text to enhance comprehension.
Stop and Talk= Students stop reading and discuss with a partner or group whether they agree or disagree with what they are reading.
Stop and Write=Students stop reading and write down new information.
Stop and Highlight=Students stop reading and highlight everything they understand in one color and everything they DON'T understand in a different color.
Stop and Draw=Students stop reading and draw what they are picturing in their minds.
Strategies for After Reading:
Question-Answer Relationships
Addresses the Cognitive and Knowledge Building Domains.
QAR is a reading strategy for deepening comprehension and a classroom tool for having meaningful text-based discussions in which students direct the focus. Questions are categorized into four types - Right There, Think and Search, Author and Me, and On My Own.
Using text from either the core curriculum or supplemental materials, students develop all four types of questions, then pose their questions to their peers, who in turn answer the questions and identify their type.
This Is About
Addresses the Cognitive Domain.
"This Is About" uses group work to teach students how to infer the main idea about a text when it is implied but not stated and to construct summaries from these main ideas. Students read and reread a passage combining independent, pair, and whole group work to work through details and get the big picture idea.
Addresses the Cognitive and Knowledge Building Domains.
This strategy assists students in breaking down a lengthy piece of text and determining its main ideas.
While reading the text, students use post-it notes to mark the Very Important Points in the selection and after completion, determine their Most Valuable Points. Students use these points to share out in pairs and whole group, debating as a pair or groups which points are very important or most valuable and why.
Twenty-five Word Abstract
Addresses the Cognitive and Knowledge-Building Domains.
This activity is a summarization strategy designed to better access text. Students work independently and then in groups to read a piece of text, discuss as a group any comprehension roadblocks, and discuss similarities and differences in their choices of main ideas. Their final goal is an individual and then collaborative twenty-five word abstract which is shared with the whole class.
Final Word Protocal
Addresses the Social Domain.
Final Word Protocal is a discussion format whose purpose is to give each person in the group an opportunity to have his or her ideas, understandings, and perspective enhanced by hearing from others.
Each person has three minutes to share thoughts about a specific idea or quote in the reading and each group member gives a response. The person who began has the "final word" and the process is continued with each group member.
Analyzing Knowledge Demands of Text
Addresses the Cognitive and Knowledge Building Domains.
This application illustrates for students the importance of activating their own network of prior knowledge, or schema, to aid in comprehension.
Use this activity with a medium such as comic strips or newspaper headlines with multiple meanings. Allow students time to interact with the text individually then discuss the meaning of the text and prior knowledge used to determine the meaning. This is a good strategy to use when your students will need some content-specific prior knowledge to make sense of a piece of text.
Metacognitive Logs
Addresses metacognition and the Cognitive Domain.
Metacognitive Logs help students become more aware of their thinking as readers and give them more control over how well they learn. They are a place for students to think and write about their own reading process.
Students choose a prompt from a list of sentence starters provided for them (such as "I was confused when..." and respond thoughtfully to the prompt in their metacognitive logs or notebooks. This should become part of their Extended Reading routine.


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Arsène Wenger expects to welcome back three midfielders - including captain Cesc Fabregas - for the visit of West Ham on Saturday.
However the Arsenal manager is increasingly concerned about the ongoing absence of William Gallas.
Fabregas has been out since the win over Burnley on March 6 because of a hamstring injury, meanwhile Tomas Rosicky missed the win at Hull on Saturday due to a mild groin problem. Both are expected to pass fitness tests on Friday morning.
With Alex Song also available after a two-game domestic suspension, Arsenal's midfield is nearly back to full strength. In addition, striker Carlos Vela may also be added to the squad.
However Gallas is still absent with, what Wenger described as, "an endless calf injury". The Frenchman has missed the last six games with the problem and will sit out at least two more.
It is a significant cloud on an otherwise improving injury picture.
"Cesc and Tomas have a final test tomorrow morning," Wenger told TV Online before training on Thursday. "They should be available for Saturday.
"From the last game we don't lose anybody. So normally we should have Fabregas, Carlos Vela and Rosicky back. Plus of course we have Song coming back from suspension.
"However William Gallas will not be available this week or at Birmingham. It is going on and on. It is a concern.
"It is an endless calf strain and so we need Sol Campbell and Mikael Silvestre to be highly ready to help us out."
TV Online subscribers will be able to see this interview later. In it, Wenger talks about:
- how he'll watch the Champions League draw
- how Chelsea's exit may affect them
- the punch-for-punch title race
- the benefits of going top for a day
- why it might come down to goal difference
- why he thinks West Ham will stay up
- the disappointments of the draw at Upton Park


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While the ever-elusive street artist Banksy continues to put up his clever works all over New York, his fans have been flocking to them, snapping pictures of the priceless pieces before they're gone (or defaced). Some have even put their own creative spin on them, interacting with the works in sweet and silly ways. A dancer in a sexy nurse's uniform was recently caught blowing a kiss to the man waiting in vain, while in another, a man hilariously put his head between a sledgehammer and a boy.
Of course, the pug peeing on Banksy's 9/11 tribute piece will probably go down as as the most memorable of all.
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Did you miss Woodstock's opening day? Would you rather have pretty food than an ugly plate? All for a good cause, of course. Gourmet Chelsea restaurant Blossom is donating part of this evening's dinerly proceeds to Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. Reservations are recommended.
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Cold & Play Ski Festival invites you to join us for a Weekend Get-Away for the two of you — or just to relax, party and hang with friends or a Weekend Trip for the entire family. Grand Geneva & Timber Ridge Lodge and WaterPark isn't too far from home plus you won't need to use too many vacation days☺. This trip was designed for the Singles, Couples and Kids in mind to have their own separate weekends. The events and activities are completely separate and you won't have to worry about your kids the entire weekend. There is much for the kids to do and it won't interfere with any of the scheduled adult activities.
There are two hotels on the resort to serve our guests. The Grand Geneva is geared towards singles and couples. The Timber Ridge Lodge and WaterPark is geared towards families and those that have children. You should keep this in mind when booking to meet your accommodation needs. We want to make sure that you are booking at the hotel that is conducive based on this information and who you are traveling with.
Other than Skiing, there is: Sleigh Rides, Cross Country Skiing, Moose Mountain Falls Waterpark (admission included with Timber ridge lodging), Crazy Coyote's Arcade Cave, Lap Swimming, Fitness Center, as well as other fun activities; including, Rock Climbing (optional), Ice Skating and Sledding (optional), Basketball, Tennis or whatever you desire, there is much to do.
Grand Geneva has a FULL SERVICE SPA and Our Guests receive a 20% discount on all SPA Services at WELL Spa. In order to book your spa services; you must contact Megan Hovestol at (262) 249-4772. Advise that you are with the Cold and Play group. It is highly recommended that you book your SPA services well in advance as the slots will fill up fast. To review the Spa services, please click the following link: http://coldandplayskifestival.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/wellspamenu.pdf
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I had my semi permanent make up on my brows which has gone horribly wrong. They made them too dark, big and one sat above my natural hairline. I only wanted a little bit of smpu but came out with awful eyebrows. I was pressured and knew the minute she started I was making a awful mistake, but to my bad karma didn't say no! So people listen to your gut instincts and do not have fake tattoos put... READ MORE
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Hello. We are looking into local preschools. Does any one have any information on Piedmont Play School? Any new reviews for Linda Beach Preschool? Thank you. anon
First off, there are two. One (Play School) is run by the Piedmont rec center, and the other (Piedmont Playschool) is a cooperative preschool at Hampton field. I have a child at Piedmont Playschool (http://www.piedmontplayschool.org) so can only review that one. It is a warm, nurturing, supportive, clean, friendly environment. It can be hard to get in unless you sign up at least a year out, but miracles can happen. They have a requirement (they are on City property) to give preference to Piedmont residents and to siblings, and the school only takes 22 altogether, so it fills up fast. Parents are expected to work 6 hours a month (two three hour shifts) in the classroom, and everyone has another job they do for the school. There are always four adults for the 22 kids, so the ratio is great. It's all three and four year olds, evenly balanced by gender. For Piedmont, it is a pretty diverse group of kids, too. I love the place. pps mom


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Money Quotes, Sayings about wealth
A lot of money will show your character, and a lot of money can kill you.
How does a little piece of paper cause so much commotion.
Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
Money is created by men. Men are controlled by money. Money can produce a good man. Money can corrupt a good man.
– Dr T.P.Chia
After you have bought everything what can money bring?
Money will not purchase happiness for the man who has no concept of what he wants.
– Ayn Rand
You can't buy happiness. But you can buy ice cream, which is pretty much the same thing.
It is how we spend our time that determines our worth. Do not determine your value by something that inflates and deflates so easily. Value what your heart can hold. For money will never hold its value.
Work is the price we pay for money.
When money talks, everybody listens.
They say money talks, the only thing mine ever says is goodbye.
If you owe the bank £500, you're in trouble, if you owe them £10,000,000 they're in trouble.
They say money is the root of all evil…No, the greed for money is.
You will never become rich, until you hate poverty.
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Hmmmm, maybe that's why some are reporting a change in the 6th gear set point and others are not. I'm still ticked about having to manually shift into 6th every time I hit 35mph. I spend a fair amount of time in the 35-40mph range.
E.x. my car was built after the intent of 12B37 was installed at the factory in the initial firmware of the transmission control unit, and its always shifted into 6th at 35 or 36 mph under the condition of light throttle or no further acceleration when left alone in drive, but others are reporting a significantly higher minimum entry speed after their service. It seems likely that some how the dealer is changing something they should not, possibly by wiping the memory and then not performing the drive cycle since the fsa didn't call for the drive cycle to be performed.
The only time I remotely question the car and or the gearbox is when letting off the brakes at around 0-5 mph but its the kicking of the brake pedal that seems to indicate that the brakes wanted to stay on a second or two longer to either fully stop the car, or to hold it in place. Otherwise I've not really experienced anything that might be associated with a shudder or anything as far as I can tell, even after entering heavy stop and go traffic while in auto mode after some higher speed runs. Taking off from a stop even without the use of the accelerator is smooth, although I try to give the car a little bit of air when taking off if I can. Basically it behaves like it should with no real histrionics or anything as far as I can tell, and believe me I can still tell when it shifts without always having to look at the tach, but its very subtle and not terribly violent, well unless you were to wind it out and ratchet up the pace.
Car has just over 3300 miles on it now (well between 33 and 3400 miles) and between runs to and from work, as well as visits to family its been a decent mix of city and highway, although most of the daily commute is biased towards city driving and traffic even though it might touch the freeway for a couple of miles and a highway for a few more since they can also end up as stop and stop situations.
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Leadership Development Plan: Get strategic about your career with a Leadership Development Plan
A leadership development plan is an invaluable tool to strategically guide you throughout your career, leading to greater overall career satisfaction, more interesting opportunities and challenges - and ultimately a more impactful career.
Here are some thoughts on creating your personnal leadership development plan from IMD, one of the top business schools in the world– including the critical role of leadership development program can play in developing in such plans.
Leadership Development Plan: what is it?
A leadership development plan is a detailed plan that helps you set your career on a strategic leadership track. You can start with a generic leadership developmentplan template or sample, but make sure your personal leadership development plan includes:
- Defining a vision for your career
- Setting specific leadership development goals with a clear timeline
- Committing to specific action steps for achieving them
- Re-evaluating your action plan at regular intervals
Your overall vision will set the tone for the rest of the leadership development plan. It's time to get serious and look deep inside yourself. You need to ask yourself: what do I want out of my career? My life? What impact do I want to make for my organization and beyond? And then be honest with yourself, asking: what are my strengths as a leader? What are my weaknesses? Tough, but absolutely necessary to your development plan for leadership!
Next you need to set realistic goals for achieving this vision - and a specific action plan with steps to achieve these goals. Be sure to also identify resources (including people) and think about potential obstacles.
Finally, you need to regularly reassess your leadership development plan to keep it relevant. For one thing, plans can – and do - change. There also are times when an event or change means you should rethink. Maybe you've had a sudden crisis in your professional or personal life. Maybe you're unexpectedly faced with an offer you can't refuse. Maybe you've even had a Eureka moment.
Don't be afraid to alter your leadership development plan as necessary – and don't just push back goals you haven't met, also reconsider if the goal was realistic!
Your development plan can be especially valuable when you want or need to completely change direction. It will help you understand what you want to change, why you want to change it and what actions to take in order to get there.
The role of leadership programs in your leadership development plan
Leadership development programs are a critical element of a comprehensive leadership development plan. By integrating leadership development training into your plan, you'll be ready to make the most out of opportunities for consistent career progress and be confident as you step into new roles or face new challenges. The trick, of course, is to pick the right leadership development program for the right moment.
For example, young managers with around 8 years of experience should be looking to advance in their roles – which should be reflected in their leadership development plan as the time to become a more impactful leader. Such managers can develop their leadership skills through management training courses focusing on developing personal leadership styles. This could include better self-awareness, understanding the dynamics of human behavior in different situations, and practicing leadership with small and large teams. Integrated leadership coaching can also be helpful.
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|Freshman Maegan Smith's fifth goal of the year also represented Ferris State's game-winning tally.
The victory, which is Ferris State's third in its last four matches, improves the Bulldogs overall record to 7-7-1 this fall. FSU is now 6-5-1 in conference match play to date.
Senior forward Tammy Unsworth (White Lake/Walled Lake Northern) put the Bulldogs up 1-0 in the first half as she tallied her team-leading sixth goal of the season in the 44th minute on an assist from freshman defender Mekyla Spraggins (Grand Rapids/Forest Hills Central).
Following intermission, Saginaw Valley State would tie the contest at 1-1 as Kim Oberski scored for the host team at 57:43. However, the Bulldogs regained the upper hand at the 73:11 mark as senior defender Julia Zilan (Wixom)posted her first goal of the season on an Unsworth assist.
Saginaw Valley State, which outshot the Bulldogs by a 22-11 margin, would convert a penalty kick at 75:28 with Stephanie Roy producing the Cardinal goal. But, Ferris State would have the final say as Smith registered an unassisted marker at 84:26 for the game-winning tally.
Sophomore goalkeeper Becci Houdek (Canton) recorded the win for the Bulldogs with 11 saves in 90 minutes of action while Missy Fredrick made five stops for SVSU.
Ferris State had two corner kicks in the match while Saginaw Valley State compiled five in the contest, all in the opening half.


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'Supercommittee' hears sobering message from Simpson, Bowles
WASHINGTON – In their first three public hearings, the congressional "supercommittee" got charts and graphs from government number-crunchers about options for balancing the budget.
On Tuesday, they heard blunt talk from people who have put those numbers into actual plans — plans Congress has so far failed to take up.
The testimony from two recent deficit-reduction commissions came as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction enters what co-chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., called "the critical, final phase" of its quest to find at least $1.5 trillion by Nov. 23.
STORY: Deficit-cutting panel looking at benefits, taxes
STORY: Deficit panel doubtful discretionary cuts will make dent
"We don't need charts when we go out," said former senator Alan Simpson, R-Wyo. "We just say if you spend more than you earn you lose your butt. And if you spend a buck and borrow 42 cents of it, you've got to be stupid."
Simpson's speech — in which he took broadsides at senior citizen "extremists" and "professional veterans" — seemed designed to buck up the supercommittee for the inevitable political backlash to deep cuts. His co-chairman on the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, used the opposite approach.
"I have great respect for each of you individually, but collectively, I'm worried you're going to fail — fail the country," Bowles said. If the committee fails to find $1.2 trillion — or if Congress doesn't pass their plan to accomplish that — there are automatic cuts of $600 billion from defense and $600 billion from domestic spending.
Bowles and Simpson pushed a proposal to eliminate $1.1 trillion a year in tax "earmarks" — an amount that far overshadows the oft-criticized pet projects Congress has inserted into spending bills. "It is just spending by another name. It's somebody's social policy," Bowles said. Their plan would use $1 trillion of that to reduce tax rates, with the rest going to deficit reduction.
The authors of another bipartisan plan focused on health care. Alice Rivlin, President Clinton's budget director, and former senator Pete Domenici, R-N.M., would end tax breaks for employers to provide health care. And they'd allow private insurers to compete for Medicare patients, with premiums partially paid for by the government.
"It preserves traditional Medicare for anyone who wants it," Rivlin said. "It's important to seniors, and it's important to have — you should forgive the expression — a public option."
As a "fail-safe mechanism," she said Congress should cap Medicare increases to economic growth plus 1%.
Bowles, splitting the competing plans that have leaked out of the supercommittee, proposed a package worth $2.6 trillion over 10 years — plus the $1.3 trillion already cut this year. Bowles spelled out the arithmetic:
•$600 billion in Medicare savings (in part by raising the eligibility age).
•$300 billion in cuts to other entitlements.
•$200 billion in savings by lowering cost-of-living increases for pensioners and Social Security recipients.
•$800 billion in new revenue — the amount that House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, was reportedly willing to offer in a "grand bargain" with President Obama.
It was the most specific plan to come out in a public meeting of the often-secretive committee.
"You've certainly generated some excitement with the press," panel co-chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, told Bowles. "Don't necessarily believe everything you read and hear about the proceedings of this committee."
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1. Woman's Touch, A - Bobby Russell
2. I Ain't No Beatle - Jack White
3. Movin' Out, Movin' In - Jay Dee Pepper
4. 99 Ways - Bobby & Bergen/Bob Adams
5. Johnny B. Goode - Nashville Country Jamboree
6. What Money Can't Buy - Clayton Ford
7. Hello City Limits - Johnny Elgin
8. Strange Places, Strange Faces - Chase Webster
9. Fifth Wheel - Johnny Elgin
10. Tiger in My Tank - Jack Bond
11. Lovin' My Way Through Life - Johnny Elgin
12. Used Wife Business, The - Carl Knight
13. Great Big Woman - Jake & Josh
14. Nervous Breakdown - Jake & Josh
15. Almost to Nashville - The Nashville 7
16. There Was a Time - Steve Bess
17. Cat in the Corner - Gene Snipes
18. Big Vine Covered House - Carl Phillips
19. Don't Come Crying - Dallas Wade
20. Broken Hearted Fool Like Me - Bobby Russell
21. Down the Aisle to Heartbreak - Bergen White
22. That's All Right Mama - Jerry Foster
23. Too Tired to Run Anymore - Hal Kennedy
24. When We're Together - John Reeves
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Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): TBIRD 0011
Fred James (Compilation)
Liner Note Author: Fred James.
If the phrase "early country rock from Nashville" is used in mainstream rock books, it will usually refer to the mid- to late-'60s recordings made in Music City by Bob Dylan, the Byrds, and the numerous other folk-rockers and singer/songwriters who followed their lead to cut discs there. This CD, however, has no such famous artists, and indeed, is a lot more country than rock, though it's not without its interest. Instead, it's wholly devoted to obscure recordings that appeared on the Spar label, an independent company that didn't have much of the way in commercial success, but recorded a great deal of music in a variety of genres. No exact recording dates or original release information are given for these two-dozen tracks, unfortunately, though an educated guess would put the time frame between the mid-'60s and early '70s. When Bergen White is about the best known of the artists, you know you're not talking about either the front-line of country-rockers or the A-team of Nashville sessionmen.
Nonetheless, this is a pretty solid set of obscure Nashville country music of the era that took some influences from contemporary rock and soul, if you're willing to look past packaging that's skimpy on hard information. It sounds rather like someone at a Nashville publisher or studio decided, for his or her own pleasure, to wade through the mass of demos or studio tapes submitted by hopefuls who never made it, culling some of the better unreleased material that wasn't deemed quite commercial enough to merit serious investment. If it's short on true inspiration or innovation, the performances are almost unflaggingly sincere, and many of the songs reasonably catchy and lyrically intelligent, even as they fail to sound like convincing possible hits. Some of this verges on rock, including the novelty "I Ain't No Beatle" by Jack White (no, not that Jack White); a good deal of it's honky tonk or really straight Nashville country-pop that, despite the CD's title, isn't close to country-rock; and a few of the better songs seem like attempts to capture some of the country-pop crossover vibe of songs like "Gentle on My Mind." Steve Bess' "There Was a Time" has enough of a sense of wistful early- to mid-'60s pop hooks to stand out as a possible crossover hit that someone missed picking up on as a choice of material to cover. The compilation's not strong enough to recommend as something even open-minded, serious '60s Nashville country enthusiasts are likely to play over and over. But it's plenty diverting enough while it's spinning, and contains pretty consistently decent efforts that few would discover if they weren't compiled onto one CD. ~ Richie Unterberger
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