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PC #8589, still in PRR livery, switching at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1970.
The EMD SW1 is a 600-horsepower (450 kW) diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Corporation (later Division) between December 1938 and November 1953. Final assembly was at EMD's plant at LaGrange (McCook) Illinois. The SW1 was the second generation of 3,402 cu in (55.75 L) switcher from EMD, succeeding the SC (cast frame) and SW (welded frame). The most significant change from those earlier models was the use of an engine of EMD's own design, the then-new 567 engine, here in 600 hp (450 kW) V6 form. 661 locomotives of this design were built, no SW1s were built after March 1943 until production started again in September 1945.
Engine and powertrain[edit]
The SW1 introduced a 6-cylinder version of the 567 (later 567A) series engine to EMC/EMD switchers. Developing 600-horsepower (450 kW) at 800 rpm., this engine remained in production until 1966. Designed specifically for railroad locomotives, this was a supercharged 2 stroke 45 degree V type, with an 8 1⁄2 by 10 in (216 by 254 mm), bore by stroke, giving 567 cubic inches (9.29 L) displacement per cylinder. A D.C. generator provides power to four motors, two on each truck, in a B-B arrangement. The SW1, like most EMD switchers, use the AAR Type A switcher truck. EMC/EMD has built all its own components since 1939.[1][2]
Production changes[edit]
Like most long-running locomotive models, a number of changes were made to the SW1 over its production life. Internally, the post-war locomotives were somewhat improved, and used the 567A engine.
One easily spotted change is the shape of the two center cab windows over the hood, which were curved to follow the roofline originally, but became flat-topped after mid-1950. Another easily seen is the taper of the hood to the cab, which was a two-stage taper in earlier units but became a single taper in later production. Very early locomotives were delivered with a stubby exhaust stack, but this did not lift the diesel exhaust sufficiently clear of crew visibility. All later units were delivered with EMD's standard conical switcher stack, while early units were generally modified with taller stacks too. Early locomotives had a single large headlight, while later had twin sealed-beam headlights.[3]
The SW1 appears very similar to its SC and SW predecessors, but has only a single stack instead of two, a significantly shorter hood and a larger rear platform, no small louvers on the front top hood sides, and a large grille instead of lifting vents on top of the hood front. The sandbox in front of the radiator is somewhat smaller on the SW1.
Compared to later EMD switchers, the SW1 has a much shorter hood, large platforms at each end, a single exhaust stack, and a large 'satchel' type sandbox.
Original owners[edit]
- There were 7 units built as EMD demonstrators: #152 (to Scullin Steel #6), 700 (to Manufacturers' Junction Railway #7), 755 (to Inland Steel #51), 804 (to Southern Pacific Railroad #1000, pictured above), 905 (to Central of Georgia #1), 906 (to Western Pacific Railroad #501), 911 (to Great Lakes Steel #11)
- As of 2013, Amtrak still has one SW1 on their roster. #737 is used for switching chores at the Wilmington Delaware shops.
- The first SW1 built by EMC in 1939 is now preserved at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California. The locomotive worked for Holly Sugar in Santa Ana and Tracy as the company's number 1. The museum donation was a coordinated effort between the museum, the Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society and Spreckels Sugar (the locomotive's last owner).
- B&O 8413, a General Motors' (GM) Electro-Motive Corporation (later part of GM's Electro-Motive Division (EMD)) SW1 diesel-electric switcher locomotive assembled in 1940 with construction number 1111, was one of the first SW1s that Electro-Motive built.[4] After acquisition, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) initially numbered the locomotive as No. 213, but subsequently changed the number to 8413.[4] Leased by the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad in 1968, B&O 8413 was one of the last locomotives to operate on the W&OD before the railroad closed during the same year.[5] After several transfers of ownership, the locomotive was acquired by Cargill, becoming Cargill No. 6751.[4][6][7] Cargill moved the locomotive to Ogden, Utah in 1993 for use in the company's Globe Mill.[4][7] Following Cargill's donation of the locomotive in 2010, the Utah Central Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad delivered it on May 21, 2011, to the Utah State Railroad Museum for display at Union Station in Ogden.[4][7]
- EMC demonstrator 906, sold to the Western Pacific Railroad as their 501, is preserved at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum at Portola, CA. It has been restored back to its original WP image. This locomotive was the Western Pacific's first diesel-electric engine.
- Another former Western Pacific SW1 is also preserved at the California State Railroad Museum. Later sold to WP subsidiary Sacramento Northern, this engine is preserved as SN 402, painted in the famous silver and orange "Zephyr" colors that the WP roads used through the 1950s and 1960s.
- The Zanesville & Western Scenic Railroad Operates a preserved SW1 on its scenic line in Fultonham, Ohio.
- The Wilmington and Western Railroad owns and operates two SW1s in tourist passenger service. One is from the Baltimore and Ohio, and the other is from the Lehigh Valley.
- The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, Baltimore, MD has former SW1 Pere Marquette Railway #11 in operating condition at last report.
- The Milwaukee Road Heritage Center operates a Black (Soon to be Painted into MILW Road's paint scheme) SW1 that was former NSP Northern States Power X-5, Ex-Burlington Northern 79, Exx- Chicago Burlington & Quincy 9137. Built in June 1939, the locomotive is in running condition, with its original Electro-Motive Division 6-567B-1 Prime Mover.[8]
- The Indiana Transportation Museum owns two SW1's, Monon Railroad #50 the first diesel locomotive to run on the Monon, Operating, & formerly Milwaukee Road #867 cosmetically restored before being scrapped in July 2018.
- The Illinois Railway Museum has former Commonwealth Edison SW1 #15. This unit is in operating condition and is one of the most frequently used diesels on the property.
- The Minnesota Transportation Museum operates Andersen Windowalls 3110, which was donated by the Andersen Corporation in 2001. It was previously Norfolk and Western Railway 3110 and originally Wabash Railroad 110, built in June 1949.
- Metra commuter rail inherited two SW1s from the Rock Island. The two engines are used for Yard Service and power on work trains on the Metra Electric and Rock Island lines. Built in 1939 and 1945, they are rumored to be two of the oldest operating diesels in Illinois and the oldest operating locomotives in the U.S. that are not preserved.
- FirstLight Power Resources actively operates a yellow SW1 with road number 1849 as a coal train yard switcher at the Mt. Tom Power Plant in Holyoke, Massachusetts This is ex Boston & Maine #1113.[needs update]
- Sahara Coal SW1 #6 was purchased in the 1990s by the Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad in Marion, Illinois and is still in operation.
- Southern Pacific #1006 is at the Orange Empire Railway Museum.[9]
- Peabody Coal Company #470 (Former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western #436) is on static display at the Museum of the Coal Industry in Lynnville, Indiana. [10]
- The New Hope & Ivyland Railway in New Hope, PA owns ex-Pennsylvania Railroad No. 9423.
- Used locomotive dealer/lessor Western Rail, Inc. owns WRIX 1001 (built 06/1949 as NYC # 609 (2nd), later renumbered NYC 8435, PC 8435, CR 8435, GE Sayre Repair Shop # 2, IRLX 1006, IRLX 1001, WCTR 1001). WRIX 1001 currently resides on the Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad in White City, Oregon awaiting shipment to Western Rail - Airway Heights, Washington later in 2018.
See also[edit]
- ^ Pinkepank, Jerry A (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Kalmbach Books. pp. 10, 26, 35. LCCN 66-22894.
- ^ Ross, David, ed. (2003). The Encyclopedia of Trains and Locomotives. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-7607-9679-5.
- ^ Pinkepank, Jerry A (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Kalmbach Books. p. 35. LCCN 66-22894.
- ^ a b c d e "Rolling Stock of the Utah State Railroad Museum: Cargill 6751: SW1". Utah State Railroad Museum: Spencer S. Eccles Rail Center. Ogden, Utah: Union Station. 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-01-27. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- ^ Harwood, Herbert Hawley, Jr. (2000). Rails to the Blue Ridge: The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad, 1847–1968 (3rd ed.). Fairfax Station, Virginia: Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority. p. 137. ISBN 0615114539. OCLC 44685168 – via Google Books. .
- ^ Van Cleve, Jeff (1996-07-04). "Photograph of Cargill 6751". RR Picture Archives.net. Ogden, Utah. Archived from the original on 2013-12-21. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
- ^ a b c "Pictures of CRGX 6751". RR Picture Archives.net. 2013-08-12. Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2014-09-20.
- ^ http://www.montevideomrhc.org/
- ^ http://www.oerm.org
- ^ "Museum Projects". www.lynnvillecoalmuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
- Dorin, Patrick C. (1972). Chicago and North Western Power. Burbank, California: Superior Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 0-87564-715-4.
- Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.
- (July 2005), "Preservation Briefs", Trains Magazine, p. 71.
- TrainWeb.com. The Unofficial EMD homepage. Retrieved on January 7, 2005. Contains fairly complete builders' records for early EMD production.
- Andersen Windows 3110. Retrieved on December 7, 2012
- EMD Product Reference Data Card dated January 1, 1959 has the 567AC engine data used in the as-built roster.
External links[edit]
- Media related to EMD SW1 locomotives at Wikimedia Commons


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Die Hard star Bruce Willis and wife Emma Heming Willis cover the latest issue of Elle Decor with their two daughters – Mabel, 5, and Evelyn, 3 – with a peek inside their Craftsman-style house in Bedford Hills, New York.
On where Bruce's Zen zone in their house: "With two kids? Not many places to find peace, but my office works. I've made it so boring in there that the kids want nothing to do with it." Emma adds, "Bruce is right, there really isn't a Zen zone here. We use every room, and the kids venture into each one at some point throughout the day. I converted a cottage we have on our property into my office. That, I suppose, would be my Zen zone, where I can focus and get work done. I have to admit, though, that we thrive off the chaos."
On Bruce's use of technology and devices: "I want nothing to do with social media, so I leave that up to Emma, who's much savvier in that department than I am. I check e-mails and texts at some point during the day, but that's the extent of being connected for me." Emma adds, "Bruce reads the The New York Times in hard copy every morning, while I read all my news online. I admire Bruce's anti–social media stance. The fact is, he doesn't need to use it to promote a thing! I'm in the rat race — I have to promote my business. Plus, on a personal level, I do love sharing some of our sweeter family moments."
Emma on living with Bruce: "Bruce is very domesticated. His mother taught him well! He really is great at housekeeping. I mean, granted, we have a housekeeper, Lety, who has been with Bruce for more than 30 years — she is family to us and has helped me so much with our girls; she's also a big part of Bruce's older girls' lives. But he's very proactive! She's probably stuck around as long as she has because Bruce really helps keep everything in tip-top condition, which makes her life easier."
Emma on her work with Room to Grow: "RTG is dedicated to helping babies born into poverty thrive throughout their critical first three years of development. When we moved to New York, I was looking for a local charity in which I could involve not only myself but my kids as well. I've since been appointed ambassador, and our family is honored to help them in any way we can."
Emma on choosing Bedford Hills to raise their family: "We are both East Coast people. Bruce is from New Jersey; I've worked as a model in New York since 1999. We love the East Coast. We knew New York was where we would end up and ultimately want to raise our kids. But we also have a love/hate relationship with the city. It's busy, and the spaces can be small. We wanted our kids to be able to have more room and a yard to run in. I also wanted to keep the kids as sheltered as we could from the paparazzi, and that scene is still very prevalent in L.A.; it's not bad in New York, and it's zero up where we live, so that played a big part in our decision-making too. The beauty of where we live is that it's close to the city, so we get the best of both worlds. Nature, space, and privacy in Bedford, but the culture of the city, which is only an hour away."
Emma on the kids' bedtime routine: "We start getting the kids to their bedrooms around 7 p.m. It's pretty straightforward, with story time, hugs, and kisses — but don't get me wrong, it's not always smooth and picture-perfect. What's nice is we're not outnumbered — Bruce can get one of the kids to bed while I work on the other. We have it down to a fine science at this point."
Emma on Bruce not needing personal space: "Bruce is awesome when it comes to his personal time, and he's constantly sharing it. I think he's been so used to having kids for so long, and knowing his time really isn't his own anymore, that he's very generous with it. Even when he's sleeping — and this poor man suffers from terrible insomnia — if the kids were to wake him, he wouldn't even so much as complain. I've also never heard him say he needs some alone time. I, on the other hand, am not afraid to let everyone know when I need time for myself."
For more from Bruce and Emma, go to Elle Decor…
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As you are probably already aware, Visual Studio Beta 2 is now available for download, see the landing page here.
For load testing, you will need to download and install:
Visual Studio Ultimate Beta 2 (x86)
Visual Studio 2010 Team Agents Beta 2 (x86)
Ultimate is the new equivalent of Team Suite, and contains Web performance tests and load tests.
Team Agents contains the controller and agents. Note that the x86 agent contains both 32 and 64 bit assemblies, so if you are looking for the 64 bit version of the load agent, this is the download you need.
As I posted here, we have moved to a virtual user license model. Ultimate is limited to 250 virtual users and one core of the CPU. To generate more than 250 users and use all cores on your machine, you will need to install a virtual user pack.
The most straight forward way to do this is to install a controller and agent (or multiple agents) on the same or separate machines.
We have re-architected the controller and agent setups such that setup does little more than lay down the assemblies, while a post-setup configuration tool does the heavy lifting to get the machine configured. The configuration steps are the ones that typically fail, so rather than having to reinstall the entire product and go back through all the configuration steps, if one part fails you only need to reconfigure that part. We have also enabled command line versions of both setup and the configuration tools.
Here is the controller config tool with options called out:
So you will need to fill in the controller service user using a user with counter collection access to your systems under test (same as in VS 2008), and then configure the load test database in the "Configure for load testing" section.
To add virtual users, start a Visual Studio Command prompt as Administrator (on Vista or Win7, just type Visual Studio Command Prompt in the search window, on XP you'll find this under the Visual Studio group in the start menu). Then run this command line:
TestControllerConfig licenses /addkey:V10000
This will license the controller for 10,000 virtual users. Note that this license is temporary, and will only work in beta2. For RTM, we will only offer the 1,000 user license pack. If you have a Volume License, you will be able to get your license key from the volume licensing site, and then enter a count of licenses you want to install.
Once you have a virtual user license installed, that license can also be used for local runs (that is, the runs do not have to go through the controller).
If you just want to do local runs, and not use the controller and agent, you can run this from the command line to install the virtual user license:
VSTestConfig licenses /addkey:V10000
This enables you to exceed 250 users for local runs, and unlocks all the cores on your CPU.


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Practice Management
If You See Elder Abuse, You Can't Ignore It, Experts Urge Advisors
If you're still thinking about a client who may be suffering from diminished capacity or displays other worrisome signs, then you need to say something.
This Practice Management article is intended for financial advisors only (registered representatives of broker/dealers or associated persons of Registered Investment Advisors).
When it comes to preventing elder financial abuse or helping identify aging clients with diminished mental capacity, financial advisors may do well to heed simple advice: if you see something, say something.
"If you are going home, but still thinking about that client, then you need to do something about it," says Dr. Nancy Needell, who is also an instructor in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine, a research unit at Cornell University.
Needell and other experts speaking at FINRA's annual conference urged advisors to be proactive in helping clients suffering from diminished mental capacity, Alzheimer's, elder abuse, and other problems.
They also encouraged firms to give their advisors avenues by which they can report concerns.
"The good brokers know their customers," says Jeff Pasquerella, a senior vice president and regional director at FINRA. "They get a sense, a feeling that something isn't right. You have to make sure that brokers know that they can talk it through with someone. They need to have an escalation process. They shouldn't keep it to themselves."
Aging Population, Growing Concerns
While the issues faced by older clients are not new, they are growing in importance as millions of baby boomers enter retirement.
Between 2000 and 2010, the number of Americans 65 years and over grew 15.1%, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. By comparison, the total population grew at just 9.1%.
Regulators are increasingly concerned about the protections in place for senior investors. Last year, FINRA launched a helpline for older clients. The regulator says it has received about 4,600 calls so far, referred over 200 matters to other regulators, and helped seniors receive over $1.5 million in reimbursements.
"There is an aging population, their money has to last longer, and we're in a low interest rate environment. So that has created more people with more concerns," Susan Axelrod, executive vice president of regulatory operations at FINRA, told On Wall Street in an interview at the regulator's conference.
"I would say it's always been important, but in the current environment it's incredibly important," she says.
Don't Delay
Firms are also looking at more ways to be responsive to the needs and problems older clients face.
Mary Tucker, manager of elder client initiatives at Wells Fargo Advisors, says advisors are well positioned to detect problems clients may be having, whether it's Alzheimer's or other issues.
"They know their clients. They see their clients on a regular basis, and they have a baseline for diminished capacity," Tucker told attendees.
Tucker says that Wells Fargo will, in some instances, request that clients get a letter from their doctor stating that they have the mental capacity to manage their finances. She says the firm is not asking for medical records, but a clear letter from the client's doctor.
"We are asking the client to self-disclose to us. And we have a remarkable success rate," she says.
Of course, she says, advisors may not be eager to have that conversation with a client. "This is a very uncomfortable thing to ask, but it is the right thing to ask if you think the client is lacking capacity."
Needell adds advisors shouldn't hesitate from broaching the subject for fear of being wrong. The worst outcome is that there is no problem for the client and you've shown yourself to be conscientious and caring about the client's well-being in the process.
What it comes back to is listening to your gut when you feel something is awry, these experts say.
"If something wasn't wrong then you wouldn't be thinking about it," Needell says.
-by Andrew Welsch
Andrew Welsch is senior editor of On Wall Street.
The information provided is for general information purposes only and is not intended to be legal, tax or investment advice. The information contained herein has been provided by sources other than Lord Abbett which are believed to be reliable; however Lord Abbett cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of this information.


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Seattle editorial photographer | Seattle Seahawks Fan Portraits
Before the start of the Seattle Seahawks game against the Detroit Lions at Qwest Field, I made portraits of some of the Seahawks' most dedicated and passionate fans. I have really been enjoying making portraits of people at different events recently (like the Seattle Tattoo Expo and the Bellingham ComicCon) and wanted to try a similar style with the Seahawks fans.
I want to return for another game; these superfans are as fun to meet as they are to photograph!
Lighting was accomplished with three Nikon Speedlights, with the mainlight a softbox, and connected using Pocket Wizard Plus II Transceivers.
Thanks for looking!


text: Undoubtedly a statement piece in my wardrobe. Dressed down with boots or converse and an oversized jumper or dressed up with a pair of heels and a loose shirt. Either way a pair of vinyl trousers - or any vinyl pieces that you may have in your wardrobe - are bound to make an impression!


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Last weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL for the grand opening of the new WonderGround Gallery location. Nestled in the Marketplace Co-Op in Downtown Disney, the new space represents a more permanent presence for the gallery in Florida. I joined fellow artists Jasmine Becket-Griffith, Robert Jimenez and Michael Lewis Glover for the big day and two signing events over the weekend. It was a great time meeting so many really fantastic Disney fans – some which came quite a distance to be there for the opening. My thanks to everyone who came out in support of the gallery. I appreciate your interest in what I do! Thank you for taking the time to visit and talk all things Disney!
My latest Mickey and Minnie piece "Spring Has Sprung" debuted at the gallery and was also available as part of the EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival. What a treat to be able to visit the park during this wonderful celebration. The topiaries of Disney characters were gorgeous and the event food stands were not to be missed. I highly recommend the Dole Whip with the Macadamia nut rum and the macaron in the France pavilion.
I am so pleased to have more of my work represented at Disney World. In addition to the new WonderGround Gallery, lots of my art and merchandise are still available at the D-Street location in Orlando.
It was a quick trip but I had a great time and hope to be back soon. My thanks to all the great folks at Disney who made it all possible. I enjoyed my stay and all the events and can't thank you enough for all the great Disney hospitality.
"Spring Has Sprung" will also be available at the WonderGround Gallery at the Disneyland® Resort beginning today!


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Saw this on another board I frequent:
http://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?t=25269 (have to be a member to log in so I've reproduced the post below)
Poster is the Carl Kunkel, son of "Mr Sawdust" Wallace Kunkel (famous for his work in promoting the Dewalt Radial Arm Saw). Read how the screen is put together - it's meticulous and well thought out.
More info on Mr Sawdust here:
His Post titled "Fung Shway!"
Hi all, Here's a 16' trellis/wall I made and installed this week in a 17 story apartment in the Village NYC. From the pictures, it doesn't look like much but it was quite a bit of work. It's made of clear cedar and the designer specified he didn't want to see any nails or filled nail holes so I had to fashion 560 aluminum plates (4 holes apiece, 2 countersunk) in order to screw the 1"x1" slats to the posts from behind using all stainless steel screws. The slats are set into a 2 step Dado, one for the plate and 1 for the slat. I pre-stained all the material and it all had to fit in a small service elevator.
The back is 1/2" marine plywood painted a gloss red and will have special lighting inside. The right side of the wall gets a 1"1/2 thick marble slab. The install was a bear as they always are in NYC. It always amazes me what those NYC designers come up with but it pays the bills! Anyway, here's a few pics..
Posts with plates
You can see his RAS (Radial Arm Saw) in the top photo - and by all the dadoes cut in those posts for the plates, it was put to good use.
-- John


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You know what sucks? Pregnancy. You know what sucks more? Being pregnant AND in prison. Just seven miles outside of downtown Chicago sits one of the country"s largest detention facilities; Cook County Jail is home to nearly 10,000 inmates awaiting trial, a growing segment of which is expectant mothers. In this all-new two-part series, Discovery Fit & Health explores how much it sucks to be "Pregnant Behind Bars." The show premieres Thurs. Aug. 22 at 10:00 p.m. Below, a clip!
At Cook County Jail, pregnant offenders are booked into Division 17, a separate treatment wing of the prison. However, this section of the jail also houses women who are coping with addiction and mental health issues, leaving expectant mothers vulnerable to additional stress and exhaustion.
In the premiere episode, viewers meet 31-year-old Jamie Scott, a mother of four, who must first pass a parenting class before getting the privilege of visits from her children. Another inmate featured is Victoria, a 26-year-old heroin addict who finds out upon intake that she is pregnant with her first child and must face the reality of how this will affect her future. And in hopes to reconnect with her 8-year-old daughter and better prepare for the birth of her son, 29-year old inmate Tanya requests a transfer to house arrest which will allow her to spend her nights at home.
In a prison well-known for housing some of the Chicago"s most dangerous criminals, these women must learn to deal with all the stresses of pregnancy at an even greater risk. In Division 17, each expectant mother becomes hyper-aware of the dangers they face while awaiting trial and pregnant.
Watch a clip from the show below:


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These cookies are light, fresh, sweet, and wonderful. Out of one batch, we'll get 3 different types of cookies. Plain, these cookies have a soft lemon flavor with just a hint of spice. Then we'll add a dollop of preserves to the top. The fruit really brings out the lemon flavor, and makes the whole cookie taste sweeter. For the last sheet into the oven, we'll stir in some raisins. No lie, the raisin cookies taste just like Fig Newtons. This recipe will yield 27 cookies, 9 of each style. Of course you could make them all plain, or all fruit, but variety is the spice of life.
Chewy Lemon Cookies
Preheat oven to 400F.
1 cup softened salted butter
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup white granulated sugar
1 teaspoon orange extract
2 eggs
2 lemons, zested and juiced
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 cup preserves, room temperature
1/4 cup raisins
I use a stand mixer for this recipe. If you don't have one, you can simply use a whisk in the beginning and then switch to a spoon.
In a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat together the butter and both sugars until they're fluffy. Mix in the orange extract. Add both eggs and mix again. Now pour in the lemon juice and combine very well. Switch to the paddle attachment on your mixer.
In a separate bowl, stir the baking soda, ginger, and nutmeg into the flour. Turn your mixer to stir and add these dry ingredients to the wet, in 1/2 cup increments over the course of 1 minute. Stir until well combined. Don't forget to scrape down the sides.
The final step is to add the lemon zest and stir it in by hand. If you try to let the mixer do it the stringy zest will get caught up in the paddle and won't incorporate fully into the dough. Your dough will be very soft, and this is just fine.
Sheet 1: Get a small scoop. I used a 1/8 cup measure, but you could use a very heaping tablespoon instead. Scoop 9 piles of dough onto a cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart. Bake for about 7 minutes, or until the bottom edges are a nice golden brown.
Sheet 2: Using the same scoop, prepare sheet 2 just as you did sheet 1. When you're done, stick your finger gently in the top of each pile of dough, creating a well about half the depth of the cookie. Spoon roughly a teaspoon of preserves into each well. I like to do some with strawberry and some with raspberry, but I think apricot, orange, or any sort of berry would work just as well. Bake this batch for about 1 minute longer than it took your first batch to finish. If it took 7 minutes, bake this one for 8 minutes.
Sheet 3: Add your raisins to the remaining dough. You can add as many or as few as you like. I like a lot of raisins, and I throw in about 2 handfuls. I know that's not a precise measurement, but that's why I gave you 1/4 cup as a guide. Use your judgment. Using the same scoop, scoop out your raisin cookies. These will bake for 2 minutes longer than the plain cookies. If your first batch baked for 7 minutes, these should bake for 9.
All of these cookies should be gently removed from the cookie sheet and cooled on a rack. They're delicious warm, but they're fragile until they cool. They're a pretty soft cookie. If you want them to be even chewier, you could try adding an extra egg.
Chewy Lemon Cookies, 3 Ways


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Community calendar
November 1, 2017
Wednesday, Nov. 1
Christian Men of the Northland, 6:30 a.m., Uptown Cafe, Ironwood.
Walk In Clinic, 8:30 a.m.- noon, Iron County Health Department, 715-561-2191.
Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org.
DOVE Support Group, noon-2 p.m. 906-932-4990.
Ironwood/Hurley Rotary Club, 12:15 p.m., Elk and Hound Restaurant, Ironwood.
Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope, sponsored by Aspirus and Great Start Collaborative, 1 p.m., Cloverland Cinemas, Ironwood,
Iron County Veterans Service Officer, 1-3 p.m., Mercer, Wis., Town Hall. 715-561-2190.
Mercer Health and Wellness Pickleball, 3-6 p.m., Mercer Community Center.
Alzheimer's Disease Caregivers Support Group, 6-7 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, Mercer, Wis.
GRTA groomer operator meeting and certification, 6 p.m., GRTA groomer barn, Bessemer.
Bessemer Booster Club, 6:30 p.m., A.D. Johnston High School.
Gogebic Range Carvers, 6:30 p.m., shop room, A.D. Johnston High School, Bessemer.
People for Peace, 7 p.m. EDT, Episcopal Church of Ascension, 501 Houghton St., Ontonagon.
Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org.
Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Sharon Lutheran Church, Bessemer. area74.org.
Ironwood Economic Development Corporation, 10 a.m., meeting, Conference Room 1, second floor, Memorial Building, Ironwood.
Iron County Land Information Council, 10 a.m., Iron County courthouse, Hurley.
City of Bessemer Planning Commission, 5:30 p.m., city hall council chambers, Bessemer.
Thursday, Nov. 2
Pickleball, 10 a.m. to noon, Ironwood Memorial Building.
Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110.
Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org.
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This was the ninth stage of 10 days walk along the Jurassic Coast section of the South West Coast Footpath between Exmouth and Poole. Sadly the tenth day would not happen as that was to be the walk through the military range and the bus to the start (Wilts and Dorset Service 40) did not start running until 23rd July :( never mind - another day.
Date of Walk: 2010-06-26
Start point: Swanage railway station
End Point: South Haven Point
Start Time:10:30
End time: 17:30
Distance: 12 miles
Walkers: Griffmonster, Kat
Weather conditions: Bright sunshine and very warm but with rolling sea mist in parts
Path taken: Followed the South West Coasstal Footpath.
- The Bankes Arms, Studland (http://www.bankesarms.com/) Excellent pub with a wide range of ales including Isle of Purbeck.
Equipment: 40L rucksack as a daypack - Panasonic camera
Accommodation: Toms Field, Langton Matravers (http://www.tomsfieldcamping.co.uk/) - a superb little camp site (no caravans allowed). It is run on a first come first served basis so get there early. We arrived at 10:00 Friday morning and by lunchtime most the pitches were taken. Well recommended if you can get on!
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This week, I'm taking a break from the standard schedule and doing something I haven't done in a while: Quick Blogs and thoughts on certain things that have been in the back of my mind. Here we go I guess...
The Extremism of the Internet
In the world of the internet, nothing is ever just "alright" anymore. Hell, it's rarely even just "good" or "mediocre." There's no more space left for the moderate when it comes to, well, anything. Something is either awful or amazing, there's no in-between. Cries from both sides have to exclaim it all in some sort of black versus white argument. It has to either be 10 or a 0. Someone either has to be Gandhi or Hitler.
Truth is, most things aren't one or the other. Most things are in the area in between and never quite as great or as bad as someone on the internet says it is. Sure, you can have a preference over a song or movie than something else, but preferring something doesn't make the other thing "awful" - us usually people just say that to make the thing they prefer appear better and assure themselves they are right. It's a security blanket, like saying you hate green beans but only because you were hoping for corn.
I think there's no better example of this than Yelp. Now Yelp is a bit of a bad way to find a consensus on something to begin with, due to the fact that most people are inclined to write something after they had an awful (to them) experience than when they've had an uneventful one (in other words, a good experience). But everything is either a four or five star review, or it's a flat-out one (and I'm sure some would choose zero stars if that was an option).
When discussing movies, where EVERYONE tires to be a critic, things are either amazing, or they're awful. Truth is…a lot of things are just kind of in that in-between zone. Look at the Twilight movies. People either absolutely love them, or they absolutely hate them. As a horror and vampire fan, I loathe them…but as a film critic all those movies are kind of just in that mid-range area. They're well made movies for the most part, but the point being they aren't the worst things in the world nor or they the greatest things in the world.
This extremism stems from fandom, if anything (fan = fanatic only in shorthand, so let's not forget that). Either you're a fan or something, or you aren't. Somehow that "yes or no" quality extended to perspectives as well. Either you love it, or you don't…but you can't just "kinda like" it. As a film fan, this is frustrating because trying to have a good discussion about cinema with other people gets everyone up in arms, that "fan" attribute suddenly boiling over. You'll get to something that someone doesn't like for really no reason. It's fine they have that preference, but is it really has bad or as amazing as they claim it is? No.
I think there's a loss of perspective for all these people claiming their perspectives. It's not just that most things are in between...but I don't think many people know when something is really awful or when it's really great. I can understand you become attached to one or the other and it's completely subjective, but so much of it is a knee-jerk, emotive response that I can't help but wonder if they've actually sat back and thought about it for a moment.
"Oh man...that was horrible. The worst movie ever!"
"Why?" I might ask.
"I....I don't know I just didn't like it."
Sure, you didn't like it...but the worst movie ever? Or the best movie ever? Are you really thinking about that or just thinking back to the past few movies you quickly recall before exclaiming it? There's emotive opinions, then there's informed opinions. One is that quick response, claiming something is "either/or." The other is when you think about the entire pantheon and gravity of what it is you're trying to determine. Was it really that horrible? Probably not.
I suppose this is more about the usage of words than anything, isn't it? I can understand the passion and desire to stress opinion, but it's like that bit from Louis CK where he discusses the use of the word "hilarious." Some people really don't think about what the words mean anymore. We just talk like assholes.
Hyperbole floods the internet to a degree of saturation I can best compare to the way pop music flood radio airwaves. It's the cotton candy of the world. It comes, people really really get into it, then it goes. Nobody really has a "discussion" anymore or really gauge what it is they're saying, they just kind of thoughtlessly spew it out. Hell, most don't even say their own thoughts or options and will just regurgitate something someone else said, but to an extreme. You know, like how some redneck might call Obama "Hitler." Really? Hitler? Do you even know who Hitler was in relation to calling someone that and, worst of all, actually believing what you just said? No. You just say it without thought or consideration as though what you said actually meant something.
Well, it didn't. And that's the other issue here. People become so passionate one way or the other over how horrible or great something is then can't quite put the thought together in expressing it. All they can do is relay their emotive extremism and be done with it, so you not only have the extremism happening, you have a horrible shallow consolidation of the reasons why along with it.
Now, take all that, and give it a digital voice that can be read and heard by millions. Yes, that would be the internet. And there you have it. Emotive, un-thought-out thoughts that are either "Great" or "horrible" flowing through the ether. It works like a virus because when someone is so passionate about one thing, then it connects in a number of ways to so many other people: those that agree with it (like saying a movie his horrible, having a domino effect of others latching on to and agreeing that it's the "worst movie ever") and the contrarians that either actually have an opposing view or are just going against the norm for the sake of going against it and probably acting like assholes while doing so. (like saying "oh, you liked that movie? Nah...it sucked")
Then ON TOP of all this, I have to bring up an old blog of mind way back when I first started this site where I discussed the severe negativity and cynicism that the internet escalates to unseemly proportions: it's like a really really obese person trying to fit into a gurdle. All that negativity begins to just overwhelm the girdle of the internet, then it just starts seeming out everywhere and you can't avoid it all.
So, to put it short because I've failed thus far: Extremism is dangerous, but the internet giving everyone a voice, whether it be a short status update or a blog, is even more dangerous because there's nobody really policing how people say things. As a result, we kind of regress to our childhood emotive opinions that something can only either be "amazing" or be "the worst thing ever" when most things in this world really aren't either if you really just sit back and think about it for more than three seconds. But in this era of "must have now" information, three seconds is just too damn long.
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It's time to bust some myths about the Assisted Dying Bill.
It's time to bust some myths about the Assisted Dying Bill
Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying Bill will be debated on the 18 July and would give terminally ill, mentally competent people the right to choose the manner and timing of their own deaths.
Last month the Supreme Court gave a timely warning to Parliament that it must act, otherwise it could well be left up to the courts to sort out the UK law which they found may be incompatible with Human Rights law.
It is clear that Parliament needs to address this issue and can't continue to turn a blind eye to the suffering that dying people in this country are facing.
Kevin Davis, who was suffering with terminal renal cancer, was found in a pool of blood at the bottom of the stairs after he tried to end his life alone for fear that his loved ones could be prosecuted for assisting him.
Steve Riley Snelling's wife Tracy's final days with stomach cancer were horrific. Even the nurses attending her admitted that sometimes palliative care cannot help.
Peter Williams, who had PSP, travelled to Dignitas to take control of his death – his family insists he died much earlier than he would have if the option of an assisted death was available to him at home.
It would take a very hard person to look any of these dying people in the eye and tell them that they don't deserve a better death.
Unfortunately opponents of the Assisted Dying Bill prefer to argue against a Bill they have constructed, rather than the one that is before Parliament. They argue against a law which extends far further than Lord Falconer's Bill, and beyond anything I would ever support.
Melanie Phillips in a Times article today ludicrously posited that supporting the Bill would be the equivalent of pushing a disabled person off Beachy Head.
There is a clear difference between a person who is suicidal and needs help and support and someone who is dying and wants to control their inevitable and imminent death. Under the Assisted Dying Bill a person must have a terminal illness with a prognosis of six months or less, and be mentally competent, both of which would be evaluated by two independent doctors.
When opponents ignore the facts (disability is not even mentioned in the Bill) they reach a logical fallacy – the slippery slope.
We can refute the slippery slope by looking at the evidence; Oregon, Washington and Vermont in the United States for example.
In Oregon the Death with Dignity Act has been working for over 17 years and there has never been any extension, nor calls for extension, in its criteria beyond terminal illness.
There also hasn't been a compulsion for people to rush towards choosing an assisted death as Charles Moore insinuated this weekend in the Telegraph ("If 'dying with dignity' is legalised, soon it will be expected").
In Oregon the numbers of people who have had an assisted death has never increased above 0.2 per cent of yearly deaths. 1 in 50 Oregonians discuss the possibility of an assisted death, while 1 in 500 will ultimately take life-ending medication.*
Last week the BMJ published an editorial in support of the Bill, which signalled an end to the falsehood that the entire medical profession did not want a change in the law. The chair of the BMA (who are still opposed) admitted there are "strongly held views within the medical profession on both sides of this complex and emotive issue".
In response to the BMJ, Dr Maureen Baker of the Royal College of GPs said: "good palliative and terminal care does not require assisted dying".
Even Baroness Finlay, a known opponent, said that palliative care was not a "blanket panacea".
If this and Steve Riley Snelling's account are not enough, then we only need to look back at Oregon where the Oregon Hospice Association, who were opposed to assisted dying before the law change, found "no evidence that assisted dying has undermined Oregon's end of life care or harmed the interests of vulnerable people".
Concerning support from areas of society, the first survey to directly ask people with disabilities about assisted dying found 79 per cent supported the proposals while another poll found 78 per cent of those who attended a place of worship once a month supported.
In the face of this evidence, and the fact that between 75-80 per cent of the British public support assisted dying, it is imperative that Peers seize the opportunity next Friday to create a safeguarded system to allow greater choice and protect vulnerable people now, rather than turn a blind eye and let individual court judges decide in the future.
Mickey Charouneau works for Dignity in Dying
* Citation for Oregon Hospice Association – Jackson A, Oregon Hospice Association. The reality of assisted dying in Oregon. All Party Parliamentary Group on Compassion in Dying. House of Lords, 2006.
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6 Responses to "Dying people deserve constructive debate on assisted dying, not scaremongering"
Mason Dixon, Autistic
Who exactly are you trying to convince with talking-points we've heard before? Hopefully LFF will invite someone from Not Dead Yet to respond to this.
Leon Wolfeson
I'm not convinced the safeguards are quite strong enough, as things stand, but I understand those points will be raised.
Trying to paint everyone concerned with the issue as an extremist does your cause no favours.
(Also, please stop abusing polling figures)
Extremely worrying times. The LCP was designed to provide palliative, end of life care to a specific set of patients, namely those with terminal cancer for whom there was no hope of recovery and a rather nasty ending. As such it represents 'best practice', for those patients. Only those patients. Fast forward a few years and its now routinely used, across the UK hospitals to end the lives of patients with no cancer. They still call it 'best practice', it's anything but. Speaking as someone whose grandmother was fast tracked to death via this procedure, it is legally sanctioned euthanasia, at best, and murderous when applied without consent nor patient knowledge, or where as in the case of my grandmother, the vulnerable are brow beaten into agreement without any support from family or advocates. Don't tell me this 'assisted dying' will only apply to those we currently agree it would be 'best practice' to apply it to, on past experience it will not.
I think the language glosses over the implications for the medical profession and society, so if we are going to have a constructive debate, let's experiment with some different, clearer and less comfortable term.
For instance, we could frame a debate around "the right to demand death by lethal injection" rather than the (more cosy and acceptable) "right to die". Presumably, patients seeking to end to their painful lives are unable to administer lethal drugs themselves, so the term "assisted dying" would not be relevant in these cases – we would need to talk about "the circumstances in which a lethal injection would be administered by an agent of the state". We are grown up enough to call it what it is (killing) and would banish from the debate any euphemisms like "putting the patient to sleep". .
Although a place like Dignitas gives me the shudders (and who is to know whether healthy people have felt the need for its services), it takes the onus off the medical profession and on to the individual. The person has to be very determined to kill themselves – they must plan, they must travel, they must make arrangements for the transport of their remains and it is their decision whether or not they take the cocktail of drugs on their bedside cabinet. It's not a whim or a response to immediate pain, but an individual's plan. Now that's what I call assisted suicide rather than assisted dying, but it is miles away from state intervention and doctors killing off of the terminally ill.
The Courts will have to do it anyway so why not do it now. Politicians will not touch this subject in case it damages them electorally.
It's disingenuous to suggest opponents are muddying the waters, rather than responding to conflation that is already going on. I have heard so many supporters of the bill cite Tony Nicklinson's case as a reason, this is one high profile example: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jan/17/julie-esmondhalgh-assisted-suicide-coronation-street-hayley-cropper but it's very widespread, both in public discussion and what I hear personally from friends. Then there's the fact that the arguments used do not naturally limit themselves only to the terminally ill: if it's about choice and personal autonomy and a basic right to choose how to end your own life, why would that only be available to a certain group of people? If it's about ending suffering, why should it not be available to people with no end to their suffering in sight? Probably the most frequent argument is a simple comparison to the way we treat our pets, and even if you accept the highly dubious assumption that they are only ever euthanised out of compassion, it happens when they have injuries or illnesses they will not recover from, not just when they are dying. Plenty of people who support the bill are very open about their wish to see access expanded beyond terminally people in future, and many about the fact that they see this as a step towards increasing acceptance of that. To brush all this off with "The slippery slope is a logical fallacy!" and pretend that anyone with concerns is cooking up connections out of nowhere for some nefarious reason doesn't seem much like a constructive debate to me.
And I agree with the previous commenter about the language obscuring honest discussion. First there are the euphemisms designed to manipulate opinion – who could object to death with dignity? – and then we reach the point where the BBC describes the euthanasia of someone with no physical illness as them being "helped to die" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24373107 .
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Tactile display
August 12, 2010
Tactile display.
Sorry, time constraints limit me from talking much about this. Thinking of applications will have to be an exercise left to the reader.
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March 8, 2010
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Oscar for best short-subject documentary.
This got a little more attention at the Oscars since one of the producers "pulled a Kanye" on the director as he was giving his acceptance speech. (Also, how funny is it that Kanye is now part of the lexicon for someone who upstages someone accepting an award?)
I'll come back and edit if I find out when this documentary will be shown on TV in the U.S.
Disability in Pop culture—I lost count
March 8, 2010
Lady Gaga and her interest in wheelchairs
I didn't watch the Video Music Awards last September, but afterwards, there was a big to-do about the inclusion of a wheelchair dancer.
Some discussion on the topic:
It was probably a reference to the actual video to the song:
I'm not entirely sure that my opinion on the social implication of this matters since a) I'm abled, and b) Lady Gaga's whole schtick is that she's all vacuous surface and no substance, so any "statement" she makes is instantly made meaningless anyway.
(And this happened last September, which gives you an idea of how far behind I am about blogging this stuff).
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Ghost in the Shell &
Ghost in the Shell—Stand Alone Complex
The Japanese manga/animé series Ghost in the Shell actually is (at its deepest levels) mostly about people with super-disabilities—although ostensibly the theme is about humans' relationship with the machines they build and how that relationship changes us.
What is a "super-disability" you ask? Consider South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius.
Oscar, a double amputee, created a stir in 2007 because he came within 0.75s of qualifying for the South African Olympic Team. Not the Paralympics—the Abled Olympics. There was some debate as to whether he should be permitted to compete because his prosthetic limbs give him an unfair advantage.
We're not quite there yet, but what happens when the artificial becomes better than the real thing?
This is a key question in Ghost in the Shell and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
Snow Leopard
August 28, 2009
Snow Leopard, the development nickname for Macintosh OSX version 10.6, is available for sale today.
It has new accessibility features.
PCWorld article on these.
I'm particularly interested in the mirroring the screen with the trackpad feature. The trackpads on the new unibody laptops are huge. And I recall that Apple has patents on some haptic feedback touchscreen ideas. Could a built-in braille reader in the Macbook be possible?
Must remember to do a blog post about Windows 7 when it comes out.
AAC in the news
March 30, 2009
Watch this video from the Today Show.
Augie's system that he was using before the eye-gaze system is Dasher. He can continue to use Dasher with the new Dynavox eye-gaze system. If the current system is working for him, I hope he does.
March 24, 2009
Let's repost this with the video.
Does an AAC device have to be a single device? What about an array of devices?
I look at this and think of blocks that are also an AAC device. Embedding communication into the play context is the key to authentic interaction. Dividing attention between the play context and a separate communication device is a barrier.
Walking assist
November 7, 2008
I'm way behind on my posting.
Remember all those walking robots that the Japanese have been so obsessed with all these years? Journalists took pictures and many people just rolled their eyes condescendingly. "Oh, you can make it dance? Cool, I guess."
Once you've gotten the biomechanics of walking figured out, you can build something like this:
While Honda built these to reduce employee injuries at their car factories, this tech may be usable in the future by people with muscle weakness such as those with spinal injuries or MS.
Link to Honda's publicity blurb on the device.
Here is an older prototype that was demonstrated earlier this year at the International Trade Fair on Barrier Free Equipments & Rehabilitation for the Elderly & the Disabled.
Random musing. How do cultural factors affect acceptance of assistive technologies and people with disabilities in general?
The Japanese as a society love gadgets more Americans (you should see the phones they've got there compared to here), but Americans are generally more accepting of people with disability on an everyday basis than the Japanese.
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Oatmeal is a great stick-to-your-bones meal and this recipe makes it much tastier. You can vary the size for the people you need to serve, Customize it however you like!
One-inch tall round casserole. It served four. If you wish, you can prepare it the night before (or even two nights before) and bake in the morning. It's probably best to add the nuts on top just before baking.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3 cups old fashioned Quaker oats
6 cups skim milk
1/8 t. salt
Bring milk and salt to a boil. Stir in oats. Cook about 5 minutes over medium heat. Stir occasionally. (Cook until it looks good to eat.).
Meanwhile, mix crumbled topping ingredients together with fork:
2 T. soft butter
4 T. flour
4 T. brown sugar
Put hot oatmeal in flat casserole or Pyrex dish. Crumble topping over all. Sprinkle a little more brown sugar where the topping didn't completely cover.
Put dried fruit and nuts on top in any combination and pattern you wish. Suggestions: apricots, cherries, prunes, almonds, walnuts.
YOU CAN STOP HERE AND REFRIGERATE OVERNIGHT. It may require slightly longer cooking but then you do all the legwork in advance!
Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes until topping is melted and slightly hardened but be careful not to burn fruit.
Serve with milk.


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They talk about a number of diverse subjects that include www.havingitrightoff.com, Noel getting confused for Paul McCartney by a driver, Noel's so called appearance in Russell's Movie, Kenickie phones into the show following the knife incident and more.
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POITOU, FRANCE – From comedy… to farce… to tragedy.
We laugh. We guffaw. And then we wish we hadn't bought a house in inner-city Baltimore.
Already, in Charm City, police helicopters peer into our windows… sirens wail at 3 a.m.… and the monuments to our dead ancestors disappear in the night.
What will happen when the real crisis comes… when the debts come due… and the feds can no longer afford to pay off their crony friends and zombie clients?
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ZIP Code Politics
Where you stand on the important issues depends largely on where you sleep.
If you live in a ZIP code favored by the Deep State – most of which are on the two coasts – you are likely to approve of the system and disapprove of anyone who threatens to shake it up.
Your stocks are up. Your house is up. Your café latte and Pinot Grigio are waiting for you. You may have even voted for Hillary and counted on her to keep the good times coming.
If you live in a ZIP code in "flyover country," on the other hand, you may see things differently.
A report from the Economic Innovation Group think tank:
One in six Americans lives in an economically distressed community.
In total, 52.3 million individuals live in economically distressed ZIP codes. […] Such communities can be found in every region of the country and in rural areas, suburbs, and city centers. […]
Perhaps most troubling, the prime years of the national economic recovery bypassed many of America's most vulnerable places altogether.
Far from achieving even anemic growth from 2011 to 2015, distressed communities instead experienced what amounts to a deep ongoing recession, with a 6% average decline in employment and a 6.3% average drop in business establishments.
The Bonner & Partners research department, headed by Joe Withrow, is on the case. He's checking the figures… county by county. And the picture is worse than we thought.
Remember, the system runs on credit. And the feds (with their crony friends on Wall Street) control where the credit goes.
Not surprisingly, it ends up in their bank accounts, investments, enterprises, and salaries – in big businesses and boondoggles around the big megapolises on the East and West Coasts.
If Washington calculated inflation, wages, and employment honestly, we would see that most of the rest of the U.S. has been in a near-depression for the entire 21st century.
Stay tuned…
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In the meantime, we read the news along with everyone else. We are amused… and often appalled.
After much meditation, reflection – and singing maudlin songs to two kittens (one of whom finally showed up after sleeping rough out in the garden) – we have laid out our "Bonner Doctrine." We summarize:
The economy has been weakened by politics – more and more win-lose deals imposed by the feds.
The government is controlled by insiders who benefit from those deals; the last thing they want is change.
As a result, the U.S. empire is headed to bankruptcy… or to Hell. It would take a remarkably talented and determined leader to alter the direction of the march.
Donald J. Trump will not do that job; instead, he busies himself on Twitter to keep his fans distracted.
Entitlements are never brought under control. (The latest attempt to reform O'care failed yesterday.) Expensive wars continue, with no hope of victory… and no end in sight. (The junta of generals – Mattis, McMaster, and Kelly – controls U.S. foreign policy.)
One regulation is updated… another is amended. One crony gets a payoff… another, who has bet on the wrong politician, waits for the next election…
One tweet tells us NFL players are bad guys. Another tells us NHL players are good guys.
Kneeling is bad. Locking arms is okay. How does POTUS know these things?
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And all the while, debt and dissatisfaction mount up.
Once the debt ceiling was pushed out of the way – a collaborative effort between the president and the Democratic wing of the Deep State – it was off to the races.
Federal debt shot ahead to over $20 trillion just hours later.
The fundamental problem… or at least the thing that makes the fans squirm and causes the show to turn from a farce to a tragedy… is that time and resources are limited.
You either do win-win deals, which help people get what they want… or at least get what they've got coming. Or you do win-lose deals, which reward the few at the expense of the many.
The richer, fatter, and sassier the insiders become… the more the rest of us are out of pocket.
Most people aim to get what they want from voluntary win-win deals in the Main Street economy. But the Swamp (insiders, Deep State, Establishment Republicans and Democrats) relies on win-lose deals.
Want to know why the economy has slowed down… and wages no longer rise?
The simple answer: A half-century ago, the feds controlled about one-quarter of the economy. Now, they've got about half of it under their thumbs.
And fake money, too!
Market Insight: Commodities Are Standing Still
BY CHRIS LOWE, EDITOR AT LARGE, Bonner & partners
Commodities are going nowhere…
Today's chart is of the Thomson Reuters/CoreCommodity CRB Index.
It tracks prices of 19 commonly traded commodities – including aluminum… cocoa… coffee… crude oil… gold… live cattle… natural gas… and silver.
As you can see, the CRB Index is back to where it was in April 2016.
– Chris Lowe
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In today's mailbag, readers consider the Fed's plan to unwind its balance sheet.
Under normal circumstances I would agree with you that the Fed will not follow through with their bond liquidation, but these are far from normal times. There is such a deep hatred for Trump by the Deep State… he has threatened their fiefdom and they will stop at nothing.
Whether Trump has the ability to drain the swamp remains to be seen, but they can't take any chances. I think the Fed would be willing to have a sacrificial recession just in time for the 2018 election to ensure Trump does not retain satisfactory support in Congress to pass anything that will jeopardize their cozy lifestyle.
Still, the destination is the same, and so, carry on, sir. Many thanks and best always.
– Ron J.
The Fed moving toward "normalization" really just means that all hell is about to break loose. Bill, I fear you are right on. The Fed has been manipulating something they could not and should not manipulate. And the beat goes on…
– Larry F.
I've been reading your work for years. I watched IOUSA in the theaters. Things seem to be getting down to the end game. Your comments about Toys "R" Us seem to indicate that the elite manipulators/vultures have harvested the meat and are now picking the bones.
They have built their hidey holes and are loading up everything they can reap and getting ready to cut the cord and let the rest of us fend for ourselves. The crash is going to be horrendous. Good luck, we'll need it.
– Jim L.
Meanwhile, feedback on Bill's newest feline companions…
Cute kittens! Tell Elizabeth that my wife has 11 cats, ranging in age from 18 down to 3. All were strays and all are well looked after. The 2 dogs have had to get over their natural prejudices.
I have long been wary of those who are indifferent to the suffering of domestic and working animals, it is usually an accurate gauge to the way one will act when other forms of compassion and empathy become necessary.
– Mark C.
Both you and Elizabeth are also wonderful people for saving those kittens! I have adopted many abandoned kittens that have turned up at my home asking for help over the past 25 years. I find that eventually they will care for you just as much as you care for them. Well done to show such compassion.
– David R.
You won many points from me by saving those kittens from their terrible potential fate. Thanks for posting their photo.
– Brian B.
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Are CEOs worth 380 times what the average worker makes?
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There's a pretty amazing viral video on the loose showing how wealth is distributed in this country. More than 3.5 million people have watched "Wealth Inequality in America" on YouTube so far. And one of the most striking statistics from the video is this: The average CEO makes 380 times what the average worker makes.
Are top executives worth that much? Leave a comment and tell us what you think.
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The good, the bad and the ugly
By Carol Devine-Molin
Finally, let's discuss the "ugly" news that came down the transom this last week. It's clearly repugnant when the constitution of a nation is suspended and martial law imposed. General Pervez Musharraf's declared "state of emergency" in Pakistan has also left the world perplexed. Pakistan was supposed to be transitioning toward democracy, with Musharraf to engage in a power-sharing arrangement with former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. That never came about despite US prodding. Mind you, although Bhutto is the darling of the international community, she too has been linked to political corruption, which, in fact, is systemic in Pakistan.
From Musharraf's perspective, a hostile judiciary and rising Islamic extremism prompted his actions. Frankly, he was facing legitimate challenge by the Pakistani Supreme Court, which was poised to rule that his presidential re-election was unconstitutional in light of his failure to relinquish his position as chief of the army. With his back against the wall, Musharraf imposed strict domestic measures, including a massive crackdown. Thousands of individuals have been detained by Musharraf, notably the Pakistani Supreme Court Chief Justice, civil rights activists, lawyers, journalists and opposition leaders. Even Benazir Bhutto was temporarily held under house arrest for a short period. For freedom loving people worldwide, this is a shocking state of affairs. Clearly, Musharraf doesn't possess the political skills and finesse of western politicos. In the parlance of the west, Musharraf overplayed his hand and will inevitably experience profound blowback.
The current tumult not only bodes poorly for Pakistan, but highly jeopardizes Musharraf's chances of maintaining a leadership role once the dust settles. This has vital implications for the US, which relied upon Musharraf as a key ally in the war on terror. As of this writing, Musharraf continues to retain essential support from army backers. But for how long? In practical terms, he's bought himself a limited amount of time. From the looks of things, Musharraf intends to hold his domestic opposition at bay, while persevering against the radical Islamists.
All that being said, religious zealots are indeed creating dire circumstances in Pakistan. According to the UK Guardian, "The Swat valley in northern Pakistan has a dark new reputation, as the frontline in the country's faltering war on Islamist extremism. On Saturday General Pervez Musharraf cited surging violence in Swat - including suicide bombings, beheadings and kidnappings - as a justification for the imposition of emergency rule. His security forces are battling an Islamist militia led by Maulana Fazlullah, a radical cleric with a flair for theatrics who wants to turn Swat into a mini Islamic fiefdom."
Carol Devine-Molin is a regular contributor to several online magazines.
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Donn's Hill has won the Silver Quill!
Last night was the awards banquet for the League of Utah Writers Fall Conference. Every year, they give out awards and cash prizes for the best in the state's poetry, short fiction, and first chapter of unpublished novels. They also have a category for published book awards, and I entered Donn's Hill because… well, because I am damn proud of that book.
And last night, it won.
I just have to repeat that because I still can't believe it: Donn's Hill won the Silver Quill (think "silver medal") in the adult book category of the League of Utah Writers published book contest!
This is one of those mornings where I can't believe this is my life. I looked at myself in the mirror this morning and was able to tell my reflection, "You are an award-winning novelist."
It still doesn't feel real, and I'm guessing it won't for quite some time. But in the meanwhile, I'll enjoy the feeling.
Quick obligatory plug for a couple of things here:
If you haven't yet read Donn's Hill and would like to now that you know a panel of distinguished judges has deemed it very much worth reading, you can find it at locally at Weller Book Works and online at Amazon and BN.com. You can also order a signed copy directly from me and I'll ship it anywhere in the USA.
If you're a writer in Utah, not matter your level of experience, I can't recommend the League of Utah Writers enough. The leadership there is fantastic, and they are committed to encouraging writers and poets throughout Utah to improve and succeed. There are 26 chapters to choose from, including a completely online one, so you can meet and connect with and learn from other writers in the area (I love it so much that I'm now a member of two chapters - I just can't get enough of these people). And the conferences are simply amazing, with fantastic workshops and panels on everything from how to plot your very first story, to how to land an agent or market your own work, to why diversity makes writing more real.
That's it – I'm going to go eat some chocolate chip waffles now and freak out a little bit. Thank you everyone who reads my stuff and has supported me on this journey!


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Perisse, Eric. (1984)
Effets des Ondes Electromagnétiques et des Champs Magnétiques sur le Cancer et la Trypanosomiase Experimental. [Effects of electromagnetic waves and magnetic fields on cancer and experimental trypanosmiasis] Doctoral thesis, University of Bordeaux II, No. 83, Mar. 16, 1984. [In French] Presents the results of experimental work with the Prioré machine in curing cancer and other diseases such as trypanosomiasis. Comment: Although Prioré's own doctoral thesis had been rejected by the University of Bordeaux eleven years earlier in the harsh suppression of most of the Prioré work, under the auspices of Pautrizel another doctoral candidate, Eric Perisse, did have his doctoral thesis accepted by the University of Bordeaux and published. Perisse was also awarded his doctorate. Prioré himself was never awarded his earned doctorate, having already died before Perisse's thesis was accepted and published.


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