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They provided the stunning setting for a Bond and a Jaws film, and the 1960s Flipper TV series about a super-intelligent bottlenose dolphin. But today the beaches and azure waters of Clifton Bay in the Bahamas are at the centre of a real-life drama that would surely compete with anything Hollywood could invent.
The sprawling development of the peninsular home of the billionaire fashion tycoon Peter Nygard and his plans to build a stem cell research centre there, not least due to the 71-year-old's interest in keeping ever youthful, are said by a campaign group to be threatening an environmental calamity on one of the world's most beautiful coastlines.
And, in a twist that introduces allegations of corruption to an already compelling plot, evidence has now emerged of a "cash-for-favours" letter penned by Nygard some 30 years ago.
The correspondence dating from 1992, unearthed by a local newspaper, was addressed to the current prime minister of the Bahamas, Perry Christie, when the politician was a junior government minister. Highlighting $42,000 worth of political donations, Nygard asks among other things for a swift official name change of the land where his home has been built so that it will be known as Nygard Cay.
That way, Nygard writes, Forbes magazine may refer to it in its upcoming "lives of the rich and famous" photo-shoot at his property. "Obviously, this whole world is based on one hand helping the other and you know that I am prepared to do whatever is in my capacity to help out the Bahamas and the PLP [Progressive Liberal party] and of course yourself in any way I can," Nygard says.
The plot may seem far-fetched, and there is no evidence that Christie, elected as prime minister of the Bahamas in 2012, responded favourably to the letter. But, campaigners say, the environmental risk to beaches is real. In 1984 Nygard bought his home on a peninsula above Clifton Bay, at the northern tip of Nassau, the island that serves as capital of the crown dependency. It is claimed that through building structures and laying down sand and concrete in the waters he has gradually increased the size of the estate from three to six acres. His activities, it is claimed, have encouraged sand to deposit and create beaches around the Nygard property. This, they say, has prevented the usual flow of sand accumulating at one of the Bahamas' most beautiful public beaches, Jaws.
"Nygard epitomises the worst kind of unregulated and cosy and incestuous relationship between government and foreign developers", said Fred Smith, a QC and co-founder of the Save the Bays campaign group. "The government and such foreign developers think that our society, culture, environment can be sacrificed on the altar of the almighty dollar.
"The change in the flow of the sand matters environmentally because erosion begins to occur, marine habitats are destroyed, and there is less and less beach. At some spots in Clifton Bay there is just honeycomb rock now where there was once a beach."
Nygard was ordered by the government of the Bahamas in 2010 to return his property and estate, formerly known as Simms Point, to its original size. But there was a change of government, and Nygard claims that the order no longer stands, adding that the sand accumulation around his plot is natural. The Canadian has instead sought permission from the new government, led by Christie, to further develop Nygard Cay.
Nygard, founder of one of the world's biggest female fashion companies (also called Nygard), has held talks with the Bahamas Investment Authority about investing $30m in building a stem cell research facility with his home patch being one possible site.
Nygard, in an interview with the Bahamas Tribune, said he believed he was "taking perhaps more stem cell treatment than anybody else in the world". He added: "Stem cells are being used for anti-ageing and the University of Miami is doing a study about that to prove that it is true. They are looking at me, and my markers have shown exactly that I have been actually reversing my aging and getting younger."
Nygard's spokesman did not respond to questions. The businessman has previously accused the Save the Bays campaign of being a tool of a neighbour, Louis Bacon, a billionaire hedge fund manager with whom he has been in a land dispute, which the campaign has denied.
The Save the Bays campaign confirmed that Bacon was a large donor but insisted that it was a coalition of concerned residents and environmentalists. When asked previously whether he had donated money to the Progressive Liberal party, Nygard has said he did not know. He told reporters: "I've been supporting people for the last 30 years. I don't measure in terms of amounts of money. I've been a people's person all my life and been supporting various causes. I have not been political".


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About the Annie
The Antwerp Arms
The Antwerp Arms became North London's first Community Pub in 2015
A friendly real ale pub serving Tottenham since 1820
You'll find The Antwerp Arms in an atmosphere-filled conservation area, overlooking Bruce Castle Park, with Tottenham's only Grade 1 Listed building, Bruce Castle. It's close to our historic church and beautiful cemetery.
'The Annie' is the oldest working pub in N17, and a stone's throw from White Hart Lane stadium, home to Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Spurs fans have been regulars ever since 1882 when EL Sprylions, a bible teacher at nearby All Hallows Church, first set up THFC for grammar-school boys attending his classes.
Long-standing and much-loved landlords of The Antwerp Arms include the O'Brien family who owned the pub from 1896 into the 1940s, and Joan and John Walker who welcomed guests from the 60s to the 80s.
Taking advantage of 2011's Localism Act, the Bruce Castle Village Association (BCVA) applied for the pub to be listed as an Asset of Community Value (ACV) when it was threatened with conversion to flats in 2013.
This led to the community buying the pub via shares and a SIB Capital Assets grant in March 2015.
So raise your glasses to a new future for 'The Annie' She is a lovely old Pub that has served our community well for the past 195 years and now it's our turn to take care of her in her old age.
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Jan 2013 Enterprise Inns puts Antwerp Arms up for sale
July 2013 Public Meeting called by residents to save and bid for AA
Sept 2013 Asset of Community Value awarded to AA
Oct 2013 AA bought by Developer and put back on market
Dec 2013 AAA formed to submit Expression of Interest
Jan 2014 SIB award small grant to set up Cooperative
Mar 2014 Share Issue Launched at Camden Beer Festival
June 2014 AAA submit bid to SIB for capital grant
Oct 2014 £285,000 awarded by SIB to AAA
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Spitalfields Art Market is held on Market Street, between Brushfield Street & Crispin Place, the Arts Market boasts a diverse mix of affordable art by both 'up and coming' and established artists. With a diverse mix of genres and artistic styles, there is something to match every taste and suit each budget. From oil painting to photography, you can purchase the wide variety of art directly from the artists themselves, giving you that personal experience and the opportunity to find out the full story to the inspiration for the piece.


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This is a list of notable fictional musical groups.
Some music groups have started off as fictitious, only to later become real bands. For example, the group in the film The Commitments was entirely fictional, but the cast later toured as a real band. Likewise The Rutles, invented for the mockumentary All You Need Is Cash, later reformed and released an album of new material not connected to the film. Many of these groups are now considered to be virtual bands.
The case of Milli Vanilli is especially odd. They started out as an anonymous pop act. The two actors who appeared onscreen in the act's first video became so popular they were sent out on the road as a (supposedly) real group, lip synching to the original singers' voices. In the cases of The Archies and Josie and the Pussycats, the real group was created alongside the fictional group, where a group of vocalists was put together as a tie-in for the television series. They released their albums under the name of the fictional group, and served as the fictional characters' singing voices.
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In 2011, a few years into the brand-new e-reader craze, The New York Times weighed in on a common claim: unlike with a backpack, you can fill a digital device up with books and see no change in weight. To find out whether this was true, they turned to UC Berkeley computer science professor John D. Kubiatowicz. His answer? False.
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The International Society of Hotel Associations serves as AHLA's Partner State Hotel Association Council. ISHA meets several times a year and chooses the partner state executives that sit on AHLA's board. Engagement in ISHA provides a strong forum for growth in state hotel association training, updates, and interaction with AHLA.
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Konnyaku jellies are good for health...lots of fibre
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Konnyaku jellies are good for health...lots of fibre
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Elin, the jelly is so lovely, full of love that I can even see it from far far away :p, you are really such a dearly wife. I am sure your husband appreciated all your effort but just dun say out loud, sometimes men are just like tat...ReplyDelete
ya, konnyaku jellies are yummy!ReplyDelete
I bet your hubby must be really touch when you present him with these lovely jellies. I will for sure :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful. Want some to eat now.ReplyDelete
Aww.. these are cute ! and so much work ...ReplyDelete
Jess...:) I love it too...so cute that I just don't want to eat it :p yup they are not observant and sensitive at times :pReplyDelete
wenn...haha kids love them and I love them too despite my age. Must have them more often before I lost all my teeth and can't chew on them :p
Gertrude....yup he does . Just that he is not the expressive type and when it comes to food he will take it for granted :)
Bee with Style....:) they do look beautiful...ain't they :)
Joanna....haha hope your dad appreciate them :)
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WASHINGTON — Though Labor Secretary Elaine Chao says relatively few workers will be adversely affected by major changes to the nation's overtime rules, Democratic critics believe the total could reach into the millions.
Facing political heat, the Labor Department said Tuesday is creating a new enforcement task force it says will focus on protecting workers' eligibility rights. And Chao was scheduled to testify Wednesday on Capitol Hill.
With the secretary due for an appearance, Congressional Democrats signaled Tuesday a fresh determination to contest key portions of the Bush administration's revised overtime regulations, adding the issue to election-year labor struggles over the minimum wage and unemployment benefits.
"It's clear that they're trying to suggest that these regulations really don't harm anyone," Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., said of the administration. "The fact of the matter is they harm a huge number of people making between $23,000 and $100,000."
Democratic aides said a former Labor Department investigator would testify to that effect Wednesday at a hearing where Chao headed the witness list.
"There has been a lot of happy talk out of the Department of Labor, but the fact is that this regulation is riddled with loopholes, potentially making millions of Americans earning as little as $23,660 vulnerable to losing their overtime," added Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. Senate Democrats said they hoped for a vote as early as next week on Harkin's proposal to block any portion of the regulation that would strip workers of their overtime eligibility.
House Republicans invited Chao to testify at the committee hearing designed to showcase the revised rules, which the Labor Department says would provide overtime protection for millions of workers, including police, firefighters and other first responders as well as lower-paid white-collar employees making up to $23,660 a year. The revisions also include an explicit statement that blue-collar workers such as carpenters, plumbers and electricians are entitled to overtime.
Task force planned
The department's new rule, issued last week, overhauls the regulations that determine what white collar workers are eligible for overtime pay under the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act. The rule takes effect in August and does not require approval from Congress.
It marks the first comprehensive overhaul of the government's overtime rules in decades.
Overall, the department says overtime rights will be strengthened for workers paid between $23,600 and $100,000, leaving only 107,000 employees paid above that level at risk.
The new rule and the task force "reinforce our proven commitment to protecting workers' rights," Chao said in a statement.
The task force, made up of Wage and Hour Division officials, is being created because of "our concern that the massive misinformation campaign against the new overtime security rules could undermine efforts to make employers live up to their new obligations under the rule and jeopardize workers' overtime pay protections," Chao said.
AFL-CIO officials said the task force could be useful, but that Chao also should promise when she testifies at a House hearing Wednesday that new regulations will not exempt overtime to any worker currently eligible.
"The strongest and clearest way to reassure workers that they will not lose overtime protections under these regulations will be for the secretary to make a statement to that effect when she testifies," said Chris Owens, the AFL-CIO's policy director.
Unions see broad impact
The AFL-CIO and other critics say their own initial analyses of the regulations indicated several provisions that could mean the loss of overtime protection for millions of workers.
Among them, they said, was a provision that said that an "employee who leads a team of other employees assigned to complete major projects for the employer" generally could be exempted from overtime. The AFL-CIO has described this provision as "an enormous new loophole," and Democrats pointed to a memo from an MIT management professor, Tom Kochan, that said as many as 1.5 million workers could be affected.
The memo says employers "routinely have difficulty recruiting employees to take on the role of team leaders. To now penalize those employees who are willing to take on this critical role by stripping them of overtime protection will make it more difficult for employers to recruit" them, it said.
Labor Department officials declined several requests over two days to respond to the charges in an interview, pointing instead to the regulations and several related documents.
In the regulations, the agency said the section related to team leaders was added to reflect the "modern practice of a company forming cross-functional or multi-department teams to complete major projects."
The AFL-CIO and Democratic critics also pointed to sections in the regulations saying insurance claims adjusters would be exempt from overtime, as would many workers in the financial service, computer and other industries. The regulations say these provisions were in keeping with existing regulations or court rulings.
The department first proposed changes to the regulations in March 2003, which were criticized by labor unions and Democrats as an attempt to take away overtime eligibility for workers. The department said its plan would have cut overtime pay for about 644,000 workers, while critics said the number was closer to 8 million.
Department officials heavily revised the plan. But critics say their concerns about overtime takeaways remain because exemptions are being expanded in the new rule that will cover more workers. But they don't yet have an estimate on how many they think could lose eligibility.
More than 340,000 workers received a record $212.5 million in back wages as a result of Wage and Hour Division investigations last year, the department said. That compares with 263,593 workers who received $175.6 million in back pay in 2002.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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After a summer in which Arsenal's thoughts have been dominated by superstars — first the absence, then the arrival of — there is a rich irony that, it is the previously unsung heroes who have received the most credit.
Arsenal have enjoyed ten successive away wins and only one defeat in their past 18 competitive matches. In victory at Marseilles, as against Sunderland, Fulham and Fenerbahçe, it was not Jack Wilshere or Theo Walcott or even Mesut Özil — admittedly only two games into his Arsenal career — who were highlighted by their team-mates as key to the result, but Kieran Gibbs, Mathieu Flamini and, naturally, the prolific marksman formerly known as Aaron Ramsey.
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Echo Lake
Situated 22 km southeast of Lumby on Creighton Valley Road, Echo Lake is 67 metres deep, at its deepest point, and rests at the edge of the Monashee Mountains. This spring fed lake is approximately 4 km long and 1 km wide at its widest point. It is an excellent place for swimming, kayaking and canoeing. Echo Lake is stocked every year with 20,000 fish for recreational fishing. Both novice and experienced fishermen will enjoy the chance to catch Rainbow and Lake Trout, Gerards and Kokanee. To maintain the tranquility of the area, boat motors are restricted to 10 hp. During the winter Echo Lake is a popular spot for ice fishing and skating.
Keefer Lake
Are you looking for great fishing, memorable trail rides, scenic hiking or some epic mountain biking? Keefer Lake is a fabulous wilderness destination in the heart of the Monashee Mountains. The lake is over km in length and reaches up to 12 metres in depth. Both brook trout and rainbow trout are found in the lake. In summer, the wildlife is abundant and the lakeside buzzing with life. In winter, a blanket of snow brings a silent stillness to to the air. In both seasons time stands still. Keefer Lake is now home to a brand new 10,000 sq ft. 4-storey timber framed lodge made of wood, stone and glass. The resort offers catskiing in the winter and full-service RV camping, showers, a boat launch and dock in the summer. The newest catskiing operation in BC has unlimited terrain for skiers and snowboarders of all abilities.
Mabel Lake and Mabel Lake Provincial Park
Well of the beaten path, nestled in a beautiful mountain setting, you'll find the sandy beaches and lush forest of Mabel Lake Provincial Park. 84 campsites, group camping and extensive picnic grounds are tucked into a natural forest canopy, with large open play areas and 2,100 metres of sandy beach. Special tent pads, a sani-station, children's playground, flush toilets and self guided nature trails enhance your enjoyment of the park. The boat launch provides easy access for hours of fishing, water skiing, or just exploring the undisturbed shoreline on 35 km long Mabel Lake.
The Provincial Park can be accessed from Lumby by following the signage north from the 4-way stop and following Mabel Lake Road. The Park can also be accessed via rough gravel roads from Enderby and Three-Valley Gap off Highway 1.
There are recreation sites to be found around the lake and endless exploring to be done by boat. There are several small trails off the road as well.
Shuswap River
B.C. Hydro maintains two seperate areas along the Shuswap River. Facilities at the Shuswap Falls Recreation Area include picnic tables, viewing platform and area, canoe pull-out, launch and portage route, hiking trail and toilets. Facilities at the Shuswap River Picnic Area include a wheelchair accessible trail from the parking area, picnic tables, portage, toilets, trail and chute portage. Whether you prefer to float for hours, enjoy some whitewater, try your hand at river fishing, chill on the riverbank, take a refreshing swim or even do some snorkeling, the Shuswap offers kilometres of endless opportunities.
Sugar Lake
Sugar Lake is surrounded by the rugged beauty of the Monashee Mountains. Lake fishing is fair through most of the summer and fall, yielding primarily Trout, Kokanee and Dolly Varden. The lake water is warm enough for a refreshing swim and numerous hiking trails from the lake to the upper river provide hours of pleasure for all hikers. Situated just before Monashee Provincial Park, Sugar offers many adventurous activities in a picturesque landscape. To reach Sugar Lake, take Highway 6 east from Lumby to Cherryville. At Frank's Gerneral store turn left onto Sugar Lake Road.
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I am very sure many people have heard of investment guru Mr Philip A. Fisher. By chance, I came across this book called "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits" at the National Library.
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So. Apparently the people of Tunisia are rising up to claim what's theirs (and along the way providing astonishing evidence that maybe FourSquare can be a power for good) and — as is the way in such things — are being met with brutal violence.
Meanwhile, here in America, on the same day that Sarah Palin equated her PR difficulties with the slaughter of countless thousands of Jews (in the words of my fave rave Ta-Nehisi: "What part of 'Sarah Palin' don't you understand?"), the President delivered a speech I hear was quite moving at a memorial service I hear was quite odd in honor of those killed in last Saturday's attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords life.
I wouldn't really know though.
I haven't been following the Tunisia story, I didn't watch the President, and I'm not even really sure what Palin said (other than it involved the words "blood libel"). I've embedded a bunch of links that look helpful, but I wouldn't want you to think I'd actually read them (well, I actually read the FourSquare thing, and Ta-Nehisi's post. And that one tweet) — because the crazy people in my life, and the crazy people in the lives of people very dear to me, appear to have decided to hold a virtual crazy conference over the past few days, with today being the plenary or something, and man oh man alive, my bones have been sucked of their very marrow. I have nothing in me for Tunisia or Tucson. I'll have to catch up tomorrow.
But like yesterday, I'm banking on the fact that even if (perhaps especially if) you have been paying attention to Tunisia or Tucson (or the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, or the floods in Australia, or the political crisis in Lebanon) (nope, didn't read those links either. But they're all from the New York Times, so you're probably in good hands) — you, like me, could might maybe use a wee bit o' stupid right about now.
And so! Herewith I present you with a short and surely very random collection of some of the very best stupid the intertrons can provide! Huzzah!
You are, as they say, so very welcome.
1) 30 Second "Harry Potter Years 1-5 Part 1" (in Bun-o-vision!).
2) 30 Second "Harry Potter Years 1-5 Part 2" (what, you thought I'd make you look for Part 2? I'm not cruel!) (Though I have to say: If you have to do your 30 second Bun-o-vision in two parts, you're not really sticking with your own self-imposed limitations, now are you?)
PS How is it that Bunny Harry Potter actually looks like Daniel Radcliffe? Weird, man! Moving on.
3) How It Should Have Ended: Lord of the Rings (honestly, people, you have giant eagles…)
4) How It Should Have Ended: The Empire Strikes Back (because of course. Duh).
And finally….
5) Cee-Lo's epic ode to the brokenhearted, "Fuck You," as interpreted in American Sign Language — verily, the awesome sauce, it has been poured!
Life. Sometimes it's just better when it's stupid.


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Pursell Family Crest
The Irish surname Pursell, also found in England and Wales, is of Norman French origin being derived from the Old French term pourcel meaning "piglet" hence a metonymic occupational name for a swineherd. The name was established in Ireland in the 11th Century and is most frequently found in counties Kilkenny and Tipperary. The picturesque ruined castle of Loughmoe, the seat of the head of the family, is a well known landmark near Thurles in Co. Tipperary. James Purcell and Elizabeth Norman were married in Co. Cork in 1681. The name is first recorded in the New World in 1701 when Garret Purcell arrived in Virginia. Today there are approximately 2,500 bearers of the name Pursell living in the United States.


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Wine & Cellar Appraisals
While many wines produced today are intended for early consumption and enjoyment, the values of rare, collectible and premium wines can fluctuate and over time. There are certain wines that almost always increase in value too – provided they're stored correctly. There are multiple reasons why it's good to know what your cellar is worth, and Iron Gate works with some of the best wine appraisers in Canada and the US to provide accurate appraisals based on where the cellar currently resides. Wines that rest in a cellar in Toronto have a significantly different value than wines in Hong Kong. As such, few online appraisal systems provide a reasonable or reliable level of accuracy. Perhaps you inherited the cellar, or were gifted a quantity of bottles – or you're thinking about donating a portion of your cellar to a worthy charity cause. For whichever reason, Iron Gate can help you get the most accurate appraisal for your wine.
We contract to local certified appraisers to provide present and accurate values for the purposes of insurance (we have 2 different options: Chubb and Hub), sale through auction, divorce, estate or simply to know the value of your collection. Please contact us for further information on getting an accurate appraisal for your cellar.
Already know what your cellar is worth?
Iron Gate have a number of tools that can help you maintain the quality of your wine, and subsequently the value of your cellar – it's all about provenance. Iron Gate can install systems that remotely monitor your cellar conditions, as well as supply eProvenance sensors that verify those conditions ensuring the best provenance for your wine. For more information, take a look at eProvenance.


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This paper describes the commonly used 95-percentile billing method which is often used by ISPs to bill other ISPs. The 95-percentile billing method is as follows:
Set a billing rate $y per Mbps (Megabit per second).
Take a month of traffic counts for the entity you wish to bill.
Split the traffic into equal sized time periods of length (often 5 minutes).
Calculate the mean rate in Mbps for each time period.
Find the rate Mbps of the time period which is the 95th percentile – that is 5% of time periods have more traffic and 95% have less traffic.
The total bill for that month for that entity is .
Sometimes it is the case that is calculated separately for inbound and outbound and the maximum taken.
Usually it is not the actual traffic which is measured (by packet) but an approximation reconstructed from netflow data.
The aim of the paper is to look at how choice of the time period and how aggregation of billed entities affects the amount billed. The data sets are
Netflow trace from web host with 46 websites (27 days in April 2008) – lowest volume websites are stripped from analysis
tcpdump trace from medium volume website on this host (30 days in July 2007)
Medium sized enterprise campus network (transit services from commercial and academic ISP) this is a tcp dump for 63 days (March 2008)
Findings about window size are:
Usually making the window size smaller will make larger
In atypical cases this can be reversed (larger windows make larger).
However, 11 from 34 sites were atypical so typical is not very typical.
Higher mean traffic levels tend to make the dependence on weaker.
This is related to the self-similarity of web traffic. For self-similar traffic he 95th percentile should decrease polynomially as the aggregation window increases.
Netflow data is often used for billing individual sites. Volumes and lifetimes of flows are collected and it is assumed that the volument of a flow is smoothed across its lifetime. In some cases actually looking at the traffic in terms of packets not flows can make a difference because of this approximation. In most traces there was little difference between exact packet accounting and approximate flow accounting. However, the second month of campus data showed a signficant (30%) difference. This is because this data set shows a large number of long-lived flows which ''spike" periodically shifting up the 95-percentile.
The main conclusion here is that ISPs should use a standardised method to calculate 95-percentile to allow fair and easy comparison of billing across possible providers.
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text: UPDATE: We've published more information on Mercedes' SA-bound X-Class. Click here for details.Stockholm - It's been 17 long months but Mercedes-Benz has finally revealed its new mid-sized bakkie in the form of two concept cars at its launch in Stockholm, Sweden.The new X-Class marks the first bakkie from a premium German automaker, at least in recent times. The new dual-cab Mercedes-Benz bakkie has been depicted in two distinct body styles; the Stylish Explorer (more focused on design) and its Powerful Adventurer (a more rugged variant)Follow Wheels24 on InstagramThe new Mercedes-Benz bakkie shares architecture with the new Nissan NP300, though from images it's clearly designed by Daimler.The X-Class will initially be produced in double-cab guise and its primary markets include Europe, Australia, South Africa and South America. The bakkie will be built in Argentina and Spain in 2017.Headed for SASet to be launched early in 2018, Dieter Zetscke, head of Mercedes-Benz cars said: "South Africa will be one of the first markets to receive the new model."It's clear from the launch that the new X-Class has Mercedes-Benz's distinctive characteristics.EnginesThere will be three engines, most likely a 3.0-litre V6, a smaller 2.3-litre four-cylinder turbodiesel and a 2.5-litre four-cylinder petrol will also be offered. Power figures were not revealed. Two drivetrains will be available: manual and a 7G-Tronic automatic, expect 4x2 and 4x4 with low-range and centre and rear-diff lock.PricingNo pricing was given, except that it will be "competitive". Mercedes will only make the X-Class in double-cab, no other derivatives.X-Class Stylish ExplorerProper shot of the front end. Mercedes show off new X-Class in Stockholm, Sweden. Okay, what do y'all think of the styling? #MercedesBenz #Pickup #Bakkie #XClass #CarsofInstagramA photo posted by Wheels24 (@wheels24_sa) on Oct 25, 2016 at 10:24am PDT ...and the Powerful Adventurer Front and rear shot of new Mercedes-Benz X-Class. #MercedesBenz #Bakkie #Pickup #XClass #CarsofInstagramA photo posted by Wheels24 (@wheels24_sa) on Oct 25, 2016 at 10:35am PDT X-Class Stylish Explorer or Powerful Adventurer... Which is your favourite Mercedes-Benz bakkie concept? Email us and reach us via Facebook and Twitter. READ: Mercedes' SA-bound X-Class bakkie: Here's all you need to knowCheck out our pics below: X-Class Stylish Explorer and Powerful AdventurerInteresting rear of the Stylish Explorer X-Class Powerful Adventurer:


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El Jarochito
Crafts and Candys
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Deli Meats
Freshly Made Meats Daily
$5.00 lb
Pechuga De Pollo - Chicken Breast
Thin sliced chicken breast .
$5.00 lb
Chuletas - Pork chops
Sliced pork chops
$5.00 lb
Enchilada - Spicy Meat
Delicious spicy pork meat marinated in guajillo. To prepare , just heat up skillet with a few drops of oil, once hot put in enchilada and wait for it to be fully cooked on both sides.
$6.00 lb
Bistec - Beef steak
Thinly sliced beef steak, ready to be put in your favorite season!
$6.50 lb
Cecina - Skirt Steak
Thin salted skirt steak. Easy to prepare! all you need is a griddle! Oil already included*
$5.00 lb
Chorizo - Mexican Spicy sausage
Guajillo marinated pork sausage . To prepare simply rip off the outside layer, place oil on skillet , once hot, place sliced onions (if wanted) and chorizo in skillet . move it around ,make sure it is nice and toasty and voila, enjoy!
Make your own Mexican Meal
Not in the mood to order? Make your own Mexican Dinner ! Purchase fresh meats at our deli, and find all the Mexican Seasons needed to make your very own Mexican meal at our grocery section. Feel free to ask our chef for help preparing your meal.
Mexican Spices and Herbs
Dried Broad Beans
dried pumpkin seeds
Kidney Beans
Sesame Seeds
Grass peas
Round Corn Chips
Tear Corn Chips
Large Variety of Spices and herbs for food and personal use.
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The blog post, simply titled, "Caring" was written by Dr. Rob, a primary care physician in the Southeastern U.S. He writes of his experience as a physician, adjusting to the new "patient-centered" health care (of which he is a fan), but he also writes of his challenges:
So why is it, then, that those of us who try to be patient-centered in our care end up getting penalized? If the days of the doctor-god are over, then why are we still paying premium dollar for those huge egos? Why do we pay more for technology than humanity? When I face the continued threat of declining reimbursement (don't forget, the next SGR battle will be over a 30% drop in Medicare reimbursement) I feel angry. I am the point of care, not cost. I am cheap. I spend my day trying to keep people well, trying to find cheaper medications for them, trying to avoid expensive procedures and consultants. How am I rewarded for fighting the tide of spending? With increased expectations, increased fear of the future, and decreased pay. I see the gratefulness of my patients, and that keeps me from fleeing altogether; but I also face the callous cuts by CMS, the increased micro-management by the insurance industry, and accusations of being a "greedy doctor" for not wanting my pay cut.First off, this is not the first time that I have heard of primary care physicians getting major cuts in the amounts they are reimbursed from both the government and insurance companies. But he talks of other things that I was not so aware of and that make me kind of sad:
In the past few weeks I have done three "mobility evaluations" for people who are trying to get scooters. They have done this in response to the commercials or direct phone calls from the companies that provide these devices. Beyond that, I have seen a huge increase in the number of ludicrous requests by these companies who prey on innocent and ignorant patients. They are leeches. They are bloodletters removing the life-essence from a dying patient. Yet their presence is growing.We all laugh at those commercials where the person is cruising around the lake on their scooter, but I didn't realize the implications of those commercials. I had never thought beyond the ludicrous commercials to the ludicrous requests they may be causing. He goes on to discuss the complexities now involved in prescribing medicine - something I can definitely related to when looking at the costs on our monthly medication bill (thankfully, we only pay a $5 or $15 copay for Bean's medicines, but I see the actual cost charged to the insurance company as well - and for some of them, wow...). He closes his post with a plea:
We have a bunch of hands being plunged into the coffers of healthcare, and yet we are penalizing those who are too busy caring for patients to do so. I honestly get depressed when I see all of the waste around me and yet face huge cuts to my reimbursement. It shows people don't understand. It shows people don't care. Do you want doctors who care? Then put your money where your mouth is. Stop rewarding the parasites. Stop throwing money at the turnstiles. Stop rewarding the spenders.I know that there are lots of problems with health care. I know that we have been the lucky ones - getting the emergency and long term care that Bean needed so desperately when she needed it without problem and without much cost (comparatively speaking to the total cost) to us. But, I also realize that doctors are so important to us. I respect them and I am indebted to them. I do not want them unfairly vilified or unable to maintain their practices due to a flawed system. So, I thought it important that I share this story and hopefully raise awareness about the struggles of our primary care physicians and pediatricians who are the first line of defense in maintaining our good health. Let's figure out a way to reward those who care and make this system better for everyone involved - the patient, the doctor, and those who work in the health care industry.
There are some of us who still care, but it's getting harder to stay that way.


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Everything you need to know about your bill.
We aim to make sure that your bills are simple and clear.
It's now even easier to manage your account through our app.
For a quick answer you can tweet @EONhelp or find us on Facebook.
If you left us between 2002 and 2008, we may not have automatically refunded your final credit to you. This may have been due to a lack of essential information required e.g. no forwarding address, no factual final meter reading. If you have a relevant bill or correspondence from us where you are unsure if the shown credit balance was refunded please contact us. You do not need to contact us if you left in 2009, unless you failed to provide a forwarding address and/or final meter reading when you moved.
Firstly, check if your bill is based on actual or estimated readings.
If your bill is estimated, please read your meter and provide us with a meter reading.
If you manage your account online you can log in and create your own bill. Give us your meter readings, and once you've entered your readings it will give you the option to create your bill.
If you want to manage your account online, or if you'd just like to give us your meter readings please click here.
To make giving us readings easier, we've developed our Smartphone app. It helps you manage your account whenever, and wherever, it's convenient for you. To find out more about our Smartphone app click here .
If the meter readings on your bill are right then it may be worth thinking about:
• if we've under-estimated your bills in the past, we may be billing you for energy used in previous months
• the time of year, because you might use more in the winter months
• if there's been a price change since your last bill
• if there's been anything you've changed in your home, for example new appliances
• if there's been an increase in the number of people in your home
• if you're being billed for the wrong type of gas meter
If you still think your bill isn't right, we're here to help, you can contact us and we'll be happy to go through it with you.
If your bill is estimated, please read your meter and provide us with a meter reading.
If you manage your account online you can log in and create your own bill. Give us your meter readings, and once you've entered your readings it will give you the option to create your bill.
If you want to manage your account online, or if you'd just like to give us your meter readings please click here.
To make giving us readings easier, we've developed our Smartphone app. It helps you manage your account whenever, and wherever, it's convenient for you. To find out more about our Smartphone app click here.
To download or print your bill you'll need to log in to your account and go to the billings and payments page.
Select 'View your bills' to see your latest bill. If you want to download* and print an older bill you can use the dropdown menu to choose a bill that was created up to 12 months ago.
*You'll need to have Adobe acrobat reader installed on your computer to download and print your bills.
You can opt in or out at any time from within your online account, but if you do, you'll lose any paperless billing discount you might be getting.
The QR (Quick Response) code is the black and white grid next to our contact information on the front of your bill.
There's no information included within the code that isn't already on your bill. It's there to give you a quick way to look at your annual energy use and current tariff on your smartphone, and share this with your chosen third parties, such as an advice centre or comparison services, if you'd like to.
You can find more information about your QR code on our help page.
We've tried to make our bills clear and easy to understand. Have a look at our understanding your bill pages to see a breakdown of the different bits of your bill.
If there's been a change to your energy prices, or if you've switched energy products since your last bill, we'll show this on your bill by splitting the cost between the two prices.
If we have an actual reading for the date we changed your prices, we'll use this in your bill. If we don't have an actual reading, we'll estimate one using the energy you've used in the period we're billing you for.
If there's been a change to your energy prices, or if you've switched energy products since your last bill, the charges on your latest bill will be split to reflect this.
It's the UK standard to calculate energy in kilo Watt hours (kWh)*. To work out your gas bill, convert the usage from your meter into kWh, here's how we do it:
1. If you have a meter that measures in hundreds of cubic feet (hcf): We take the amount of gas used, shown as 'hcf' on your bill and we multiply this by 2.83 to convert the figure in to cubic metres (m³).
If you have a meter that measures in cubic metres (m3): We take the amount of gas used, shown with 'm³' on the front of your bill.
You'll be able to tell which type of meter you have by checking the number of digits that make up your meter reading.
Imperial Meters will have four digit readings, not counting any numbers in red or after the decimal point and are measured in cubic feet or 'hcf'.
Metric Meters will have five or six digit readings, again, not including any numbers in red or after the decimal point and are measured in cubic meters or 'm3'.
2. We then multiply this figure by a conversion factor of 1.02264, then by the calorific value. Calorific values vary; you can find the calorific value we've used for your meter under the readings on your bill.
3. Next, we divide this figure by 3.6 to show your usage in kWh.
4. Finally, we multiply your usage in kWh by your unit prices to work out your gas charge.
*By law, 'The Gas (Calculation of Thermal Energy) Regulations 1996', we have to send you bills for the energy you use. Your meter measures the amount of gas (volume) that passes through the meter. We use this method to work out the energy from the volume.
Calorific value is a measure of how much heat the gas creates when it burns. You could use this as a measure of the quality of the gas.
There are a few factors that affect the calorific value. Gas delivered to homes near the point where it comes ashore contains a different level of moisture than the gas that is used further inland. Weather changes can have an affect too. Moisture in gas affects its' performance and calorific value is there to ensure that gas is charged fairly in relation to how much energy is obtained from it.
Calorific values are tested continuously at various points throughout the National Grid gas network.
The conversion factor takes account of differences in temperature and pressure. It's always 1.02264, for all suppliers, and on all bills/statements.
We'll always display our main tariffs on our website, but occasionally we'll offer tariffs through other sites, such as collective switches, or limited time offers.
If you've got an online account with us, you can switch your tariff without having to call us, and we'll always show you the cheapest tariff first.
If you've not got one, you can register for an online account at any time.
You can find your current prices on your latest bill. These don't include VAT though, as we add that on separately.
You could save money if you choose to pay by Direct Debit, rather than paying by cash or card after you get your bill.
We start by taking the cost of your energy, and then applying any discounts you're able to get. After that we add 5% VAT to make up the cost of your bill.
Your discounts are also pro-rata. This means that if you've recently changed tariff or your payment method, you'll only get the discount from the date things changed.
VAT is Value Added Tax and it's charged on most goods and services in the UK. The government decide how much VAT should be. VAT on energy is charged at the reduced rate of 5% whilst most other goods and services are at 20%.
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3. Click on the application listed (most likely 'Preview') to open a menu displaying additional applications. In this menu locate the most recent version of Adobe Reader.
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If you still experience problems, please use the 'Download Bill' link, which you can find next to 'View Bill' in the Your Account section of our website or contact us.
The Warm Home Discount is a scheme we can offer to some customers to help with their winter electricity bills. If you or your partner receive income-based benefits and you have a vulnerability, you might be eligible.
To find out more, visit our Warm Home Discount page.
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text: steck1983 0 Report post Posted November 27, 2012 Hi, Im attempting to use a pagelines box section to make something like this: http://store.nike.com/us/en_us/?l=shop,gift_cards Notice the hover at the bottom below each element. I was able to get the hover to work by using #fbox_126:hover and changing the background color. Unfortunatley though it appears that the boxes have some elements that i cant get rid off. I end up with spaces on either side of the image even though ive set its margins to zero. Ive tried setting the width of the .fboxgraphic to the width of the container div #fbox_126 while clearing margins and padding but it doesnt seem to work. Any suggestions? I guess I was hoping to generate a box style with hover characteristic very much like the nike link above. Thanks, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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I was in a conference room / lobby-type area. Jamie Lee Curtis and I were talking about crafting, mostly having to do with making beaded necklaces and using modge podge. I told her that over the last 25 years she and I had been running into each other every year or so, we always talk and we always talk about crafts and she always greets me, albeit warmly, like she's never met me before. I told her we were introduced by an old boyfriend of mine. I look up and the old boyfriend is sitting across the room sitting Indian-style (or criss-cross-applesauce, as the kids are taught to call it these days) in a big beat up chair. He's got ear buds in and he's pretending not to listen to our conversation. He finally looks up and tells her that I'm right. I look at her and tell her that the very least she could do is act more like Jeff Goldblum. He and I run into each other every 4 years or so and he always remembers me. He doesn't always remember my name but he always picks me out of the crowd and invites hubby and me to have dinner at his house, which in my dream is on Lower Great Highway.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
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Nice Pictures - Where'd you steal them from?
Some of the pictures in my blog were taken by a photographer called Julie Michele. Some of the pictures were either taken by me or someone I know. Some of the pictures were ripped right from the internet, mostly from google image searches from photographers to whom I may or may not give credit.
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1948 Ferrari 166 Scaglietti Prototype sells for €2,960,400
Ferrari 014I, like all early Ferraris has a unique history.
It started as life as a 166 Spyder Corsa with cycle wing bodywork and was campaigned by Scuderia Ferrari in 1948.
For the 1949 season it was sold to Giampiero Bianchetti who continued to campaign it in Italy and had it modified in 1951 with a new nose.
According to Francesco Scaletti from Ferrari Classiche the car was then stored with Ferrari from 1953 to 1955.
Ferrari then sent the unused car to Scaglietti who rebodied it in what can only be described as a 500TR prototype. It was a sucess and the subsequent 500TR and 600TRC used similar coachwork from Scaglietti.
At Rétromobile, Artcurial presented 014I in absolutely original condition including its imitation python seat upholstery.
It sold for €2,960,400.


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In the religion of politics the politicians think they are God. — Floppotamus
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Be A Good Choice For The Third Flick At The Drive in
Floppotamus On Politics and Religion
In the politics of religion there is no God — Floppotamus
A Super Hero For The Present
Yes. . . Yes. . . . The dude lies. . seriously. . .
By Floppotamus
I was recently baffled when people in my own family said the President doesn't lie. It was truly a "WTF" moment for me as I assumed everyone realized Government lies and some Presidents lie more often then they tell the truth. I honestly believed everyone knew politics was a sceevy business full of unsavory characters but nobody really cared as long as they were left alone and comfortable.
Lies come in several forms, there are the blatant in your face lies, there are deceptive blatant lies, then there are ones that turn out to be lies over time but may not have been lies when promised. The first lie I can actually remember by a President or candidate was when Jimmy Carter promised to legalize pot. At the time I was like in grade school and didn't have an opinion either way on it but he didn't do it. Looking back now Jimmy Carter would have gotten my vote if I had been older and boy or boy I would be calling him a dirty rotten liar for that one. The rule politicians should have learned but didn't from Carter is Rule # 1 Don't promise shit you KNOW you can't deliver. Making excuses after the fact like "Congress wouldn't let me" is total crap when you knew going into the deal it had no chance in congress. It makes the President look weak and stupid when he uses that lie. The next liar I can personally remember was Bush Sr. Reagan probably lied I dunno I really wasn't paying that much attention to him although I don't think he probably was much of liar since he had no problems saying shit like he gay people deserved aids and suggested we start bombing Russia in ten minutes. Bush senior lied when he said "Read my lips. . No new taxes". The kind of lie that one was really depends on if your on the right or the left. If your on the right you might claim he believed it when he said it but shit just got worse. If your on the left you probably think he either was to stupid to see that a tax hike was necessary or he was blatantly lying. Any way you look at it was still lie and rule # 1 still applies. Bush Sr probably told more lies but nothing was really going on and nobody really cared. After Bush came Clinton. Through my eyes Clinton perfected the lie. Clinton was the one who made me think I was actually a republican, of course I realize now that wasn't true but it took years to come around and start thinking clear after him. In the liar's hall fame Clinton has the largest picture on the wall. Clinton was Joe Isuzu's idol. If Pinocchio was Clinton his nose would have been so long we could walk on it clear to Mars. It could of saved us billions in spaceships. I'm not saying Clinton was a bad President, some good stuff came out of him. At one point while President we had a zero deficit, he also deregulated a bunch but now claims the problem with the economy was caused from deregulation to try to get Obama re-elected. Go figure. . . Clinton lied a lot, from saying shit like "I don't know that woman" and "I didn't have sex with that woman" to claiming Hilary turning $1000 into $100,000 practically over night in a single stock trade was legit and done without insider trading. He also lied and continues to lie about Rwanda saying he didn't know what was going on there when he had sent instructions to the delegates at the U.N. stopping the U.N. from going into Rwanda and continuing the slaughter by machete. That's the biggy in my book. He lied about having a health care plan, he had no plan at all for health care. They tried to hurry and make a plan called the Hilary plan but it was so bad they took her name back off it and it found zero support with anyone. The guy is was total liar.
Bush Jr. lied. Weapons of mass destruction and all that jazz. That one got us into war so other lies he told really seem trivial after that. Either politics changed during the Bush era or I really started paying attention. A lot of it had to do with the war and gave politicians a opportunity to grab some power as the people had strong beliefs about war. When McCain ran against Obama it seemed everyone started lying and lying big time although it may have started earlier when Bush ran against Gore. . Unsure exactly. . But there were a lot of lies floating about at that point.
When Obama ran against McCain I was on the fence. That's the only time I didn't vote in a Presidential election since I was 18. That's also the time I started feeling really cheated by the two party system as neither party thought like I did. McCain didn't win so his lies don't really count beyond saying he lied. Okay. . to my family members that actually believes the President doesn't lie here it is. "My first order of business will be to close Gitmo". Obama never considered closing Gitmo and as President signed into law a law that prohibited keeping suspected terrorists on American soil which at the present time only leaves Gitmo unless we can bribe another country into letting us build a prison in their country which is doubtful because it would make their country a target. The left was trying to use Bush's torture Gitmo prisoners shit to get votes and thought by saying close the torture chamber people would sign on. It was a crafty plan and worked but still was a deceptive bald face lie. Gitmo is the only way we can keep an eye on Cuba and being 90 miles from us it's kind of important to watch them not to mention the Cuban Government doesn't like us. . Remember the missile crisis? Another lie was Libya is about civilians. The truth is Libya was about everything BUT civilians. Libya was about getting Qudaffi cause he has been a thorn in Governments back for years. It was about getting Qudaffi because of the Lockerby crash. It was about getting Qudaffi because we don't like him. It was about oil. It was about business. If you really gave a shit about civilians you wouldn't drop effin bombs on populated areas. Bombs don't care who they kill. Barry Goldwater said " If your going to drop a bomb your going to kill civilians" I think everyone would agree on that. Another lie was when Obama said his stimulus plan would create 5 to 6 million jobs. I don't care how you try to spin it didn't happen. And even after the first stimulus failed he did a half sized second stimulus calling it the jobs stimulus and said Ok people this time. . Yeah yeah. .. . If it didn't work the first time most people would think it stupid to try again expecting a different result. I could spend all day citing lies but I got better shit to do. I'll suffice by saying now Obama is going around making a whole new batch of promises while distancing himself from the promises he made the first go around that never got done.
If you think, after reading this it is biased you might be right but I'm not claiming it as an objective piece of writing. It's just my view. Like I say I'm in the middle not on either the left side or the right side. . I'm the more dangerous. . the middle side. . . Fear us for if we get ever get the power the country changes for real.
The World Hates Mitt Romney
By Floppotamus and Mona
I awoke from a bad dream to find myself still in a bad dream. The headline read " The World Hates Mitt Romney" I half heartedly scanned the article. The article was claiming that people in Britain, France, and Pakistan didn't think Mitt was all that great a person, who is unworthy to be a candidate and shouldn't be considered for President. My initial thought was who cares what they think, it's not their country but then I started thinking about it. I wondered if the majority of Americans could even name the leaders of those three countries and even if some could would they have an opinion on their leadership abilities. I doubted it. It then occurred to me that if Pakistan and France thought it was a bad idea for America it was probably a good idea for America as Pakistan pretty much hates America beyond the money it gets from it and France is still pissed because they blame us for them having to go to the 5 day work week and cutting their vacation time down to 4 weeks a year. Britain on the other hand thinks all Americans think about is money but are secretly jealous as they pay ¾'s of their incomes in taxes which fund a "hurry up and wait in line forever for service" socialized medical plan with no dental plan.. . And after spending all their money on health care those people could really use a quality dentist. My conclusion from the article, after dismissing the agenda of the writer, is A) Countries don't like seeing other countries doing better than they are.. . For obvious reasons. And B) They believe they will get less aid money if Romney gets in. On a personal level. . . I'd vote for you, your neighbor or almost anyone else who isn't Romney before I'd vote for Romney but since the two party system only allows me to vote for one of two extremes I'm going for Romney before the country goes to far to the left. And then pray that in four years we will be offered a reasonable candidate for President from a THIRD or FOURTH breakout party.
The First Chapter Of Ice – 9
The first chapter is free but if you would like the other chapters you need to fork out some piassters. . .
Ice – 9
By Floppotamus & Mona
Chapter 1
I had just finished formulating my latest strain of sativa on paper and Mona was double checking my math, she was good at math and physics and never let her lack of thumbs hold her back. Mona could have played soccer for the Olympic team but was foiled when a group of goats protested her admittance by chanting "Two legs good, four legs baaad" at the Olympic tryouts. It was never really clear to me if the goats actually objected to Mona's participation or if they just had escaped Animal Farm and that was the only chant they knew. But because the goats supported gay marriage they had the political clout to intimidate the group that chose the athletes and Mona was ousted from the team. In the end justice had prevailed when, a week later, the goats tour bus was forced off a bridge by a gay couple who had just been married and were in a hurry to get to Disney's new theme park "Fairyland". The goats bus had plunged into the river below and as it sank you could hear the goats chanting "Two legs good, oh this is baaad". There were no survivors and no gay people attended the goat funerals. The gay goat-killing couple, who were staunchly against goats' rights, thought it was an extremely funny gag and became instant celebrities when three of the five cable news channels ran the story of the event. They became Kardashian popular and landed a reality show on the Bravo channel but it was cancelled after only three episodes. A few months later the couple made the cable news again for filing the first gay divorce. They fought over everything and in the end declared they were against gay marriage, it was too expensive when it didn't work out. The former couple was left penniless, one of them ended up on skid row selling sex for meth money until they were stabbed in the throat by a dissatisfied customer, no goats attended the funeral. The other one landed a job with Goldman Sachs and lived large until they were arrested for defrauding the National Organization of Women on a orange juice scam, even gays didn't have the power to go up against women. While in prison they made national news a final time by marrying everyone on cellblock C in a single ceremony. A couple weeks after the ceremony they died of a massive colon rupture. That didn't make the news, nobody really cared about criminals or goat justice any longer. Mona never talks about any of that. She lives in the present. She's cool like that.
There are basically three species of marijuana people prefer to use for recreation and a ton of subspecies known as strains. Mona and I had decided to create our very own strain, mostly because we have the time but also because Mona is such a stoner she burns through my pot like Obooma burns through tax dollars. Pot is expensive stuff and Mona, being a democrat, believes others should pay for the stuff she wants, and because I feel bad for her for missing out on her promising soccer career I usually give in, besides. . She does the math around the house and doesn't bitch about working with fractions or reading the tape measure. Mona wanted to name the new strain we were going to come up with. It works like that, like discovering a star or new living creature the person who discovers it gets to name it. She thought our new strain should be named "Mona". I wasn't surprised by this, Mona liked to name everything Mona. I convinced her that people would be confused by two Mona's just like the guy who named his strain Girl Scout Cookies, not only was the name confusing not knowing if somebody was talking about pot or actual cookies it was probably the worst name for a strain of pot in the history of strain naming. We had both agreed early on that neither of us ever wanted to smoke pot that made us think about Girl Scouts or their cookies, it just seemed creepy. I wanted a name that people would like saying. Marketing was a big deal and a bad name could ruin a good product. We finally agreed to name our strain "Ice- 9". Mona really liked the name having recently read Cats Cradle and now claimed Vonnegut as her new favorite author although not recalling anything in the book about cats. Mona is a fan of cats but against cats' rights, I thought to myself she was probably also against goats rights and gay marriage too but never brought it up in conversation. It seemed mean. I thought Ice-9 was a great name. It would have a niche with people who smoked dope and could actually read but still sounded cool to those that didn't get the reference. Sounding cool was important.
Talking about smoking pot makes a lot of people uncomfortable. It shouldn't, many famous people smoked it. Abe Lincoln in a letter to a friend wrote that one of his favorite things to do as President was to sit on the porch and enjoy a pipeful of sweet hemp. Now you know where that four score and twenty years ago stuff came from. Don't kid yourself, Abe got the good weed. Steve Jobs also smoked pot. But he was an asshole so I'm not sure if that's and endorsement or not. Frances Crick, the guy who figured out the double helix structure of DNA was a big time toker, so was Carl Sagan. Oliver Sacks, the poet laureate of medicine, and the author of "Awakenings" who is an Oxford graduate and professor of neurology at Columbia Medical Center admits to using pot at way more then a recreational level. He also wrote, "The man who mistook his wife for a hat." The dudes a character. In the 1850's pot use was quite fashionable and there were as many as 500 pot shops in New York city alone. The problem came when Mexican immigrants moved into the southwest bringing with them their favorite recreationalthat's, That, combined with pot use by black musicians in the South, was enough to fire up the Government into taking action against it. By 1906 pot not only could not sit at the back of the bus, it could no longer ride the bus. Today Pot is a schedule 1 drug. Which means according to the Government, Pot 1) Has a high potential for abuse, oddly enough Alcohol, Cheeseburgers, and Tobacco didn't make the list although people actually die from abusing them. There has never been a reported overdose from pot. 2) Has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. Anyone who still believes this needs to call me, I have a perpetual motion machine to sell them. . At friend prices. 3) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision. I'm not sure what that even means when referring to pot and I doubt even the FDA could explain it.
When we first decided to do our own pot strain, Mona and I sat down and made notes of what we would like our strain to feel like. Most of the newer strains are geared more towards medical use these days and do very good job at fighting pain, inducing sleep, and just making people with problems feel better. The species that works best for people with medical conditions is Indica. It just happens to be a bonus that indica plants are smaller and way more dense giving the grower a higher yield per plant in a smaller area. Indica is great for people with medical issues and is very popular among those that like a deep mind and body high and don't mind being locked down tight to the couch staring at the tv while wondering about things like exactly how to use a chair or what are cheetos really made from. Indica smokers can solve all the problems of the world in one afternoon but become too tired to write anything down so after the ten or twelve hours of super enriched indica sleep they no longer can recall any of the solutions. The Kush Mountain range in Afghanistan is famous for their indica and most likely why America is still over there. It is rumored that Obooma has pounds of it flown in special and he and the joint chiefs of staff do shotgun hits while droning bad guys on the big screen in the war room like it is a video game but way more fun because it's real. Afghan Kush is also popular among congressmen, judges, and the rich. Middle and lower class smokers however prefer not to buy Kush from the Middle East because they don't want to fund terror since it's their kids that have to fight that shit. They choose instead to buy the Canadian and American Kush hybrids which are, in most cases, a lot better than the Afghan Kush and also provide jobs for hard working people, although a lot of those hard workers are from California, where you can no longer get a toy in your happy meal and saying "Supersize" in a McDonald's drive thru is a criminal offense. Indica is great for smoking but only after the sun has gone down, if you have sleeping problems you won't anymore if you smoke indica. The drug companies wish they could come up with something half as good as indica for sleeping disorders but since they can't they spend millions lobbying congressmen to keep it from the people who really need it. One of the most famous smokers of indica was Rip Van Winkle. His story can be found in "The Sketchbook Of Geoffrey Crayon". It's interesting reading but the part about the bearded bowlers giving Rip liquor was changed. The bowlers actually gave Rip a bowl of indica to smoke. Irving, believing himself to be a moral man, didn't want to entice children with narcotics so he changed that part to liquor, which according to societies' warped view of stuff is somehow preferable. Today's strains of indica hit fast, hit hard, and take no prisoners. It's some serious weed. While smoking indica I personally penned the short stories "Boo Boo and the Test Pattern" and "The Defective Detective", which if you haven't read, you should, I need the money.
Mona and I agreed that we needed to use some indica in our strain but not make it dominant. The THC levels in the better indica strains reach up to 25% and when levels get that high it gives people strange ideas. It is believed that the guys who came up with the idea of listing Bonsai Kittens on the internet got the idea while smoking OG Ghost Train Haze, a strain created by Southwest Alternative Care. That particular strain has a THC level of 25.49%. If you don't recall the event I'll quickly give you the short version. Some guys came up with idea of selling baby kittens in glass jars that people could buy for clean pets. You fed your kitten through a tube in the lid. It was of course a hoax but people seeing the ad became enraged and soon the FBI, who at the time was smoking Dr. Grinspoon, a strain developed at Barney's Farm which carried a THC level of 21.87%, thoroughly believing the ad, carried out several raids on warehouses they thought were housing the kitten torturing band of outlaws. If anyone ever decides to make a movie about it I want to write the screenplay. The people creating these new very potent strains are mostly old stoners who have been growing pot for years. They know their stuff and they know marketing. Their companies carry names like Southwest Alternative Care, Highland Health, DNA Genetics, and Biocare. Mona's favorite company is called D&M Compassion Center, she's a big compassion kind of beast. It's only a matter of time until these companies and companies like these have the clout and the funds to buy enough congressmen to get pot moved to a schedule 2 drug where it can keep company with such drugs as morphine, codeine, and fentanyl, and in all honesty, according to the schedule 2 guidelines, where alcohol belongs.
Lately, Mona and I have been buying our pot from the mob. Living where we do there's just not that many options for vendors. I knew a guy that bought pot from the cops. He said cop prices are higher and they always lie about the quality. If you bitched about paying for Martian Green Crack Weed but received Missouri Swamp Grass they would come to your house at night and point guns at you, then they would take your best CD's and leave you with a fat lip. We stay away from the cops, Mona's lips are fat enough. Buying pot from the mob is way safer than buying it on the street. They are very professional and always deliver the product exactly as described and in a timely fashion. They value their clients and are the only people I know that can move a special request across the country in three days. You want some Blue Widow? Ask on Monday and you will be smoking it by Wednesday night. I'm not a fan of doing business with criminals in most cases that's why I didn't go into politics but in this case I'll make the exception. Mona doesn't really care where the pot comes from as long as it wasn't bought from goats or gay people, besides, Mona says gay people never have good dope, it's probably a discrimination thing.
We next needed to do our research. Growing a truly remarkable strain of pot was more then just tossing seeds in the yard and praying for rain. Mona did her research by watching all the old Cheech and Chong movies and smoking twice as much pot as usual. She said research was important and she was certainly going to do her part. I got "The Big Picture Book of Marijuana" for the articles not the pictures, you know like when you get a Playboy. After reading the book it became clear that growing super bud took a lot of expensive lab equipment. Mona had suggested we just get a green loan from the Government by telling them we were working on an alternative energy source but I knew Obooma would want to come over and get pictures of himself walking thru the place like he was personally responsible for any success. That wouldn't work, if he saw the pot plants he would want them for himself. In the end we decided to cut costs by fabricating a lot of the equipment out of stuff around the house. It's a misconception that the "War On Drugs" is about drugs, it isn't. It's a war on trying to control power by controlling money. The Government doesn't give shit about fighting drugs, it doesn't give a shit about its people. It doesn't have to, it has the two party system. The people are powerless against it. The whole function of the War Against Drugs is to keep the Governments of other countries in charge long enough for us to exploit them. It's the American way.
We had written our equipment list out in invisible ink. Not because we were fearful of the authorities. But because it was secret agent stuff and added the element of excitement to the project. By this time I had read so many articles on pot strains I was suffering from Repetitive Strain Injury or RSI for short. Mona complained that all the new information she was learning was stretching her mind and causing her pain. She said she needed to smoke even more pot to control her growing mind discomfort. She had all the angles working in her favor, angles were math. We were going to create a strain that was Sativa dominant. Of course that created certain challenges especially if you didn't live in South America or Africa. Sativa is a tall plant that takes up tons of space and needs more hours of sunlight than the North American sun produces. In Africa, Zulu farmers, who used to be Zulu warriors, are famous for growing pot. There is way more money in farming dope then warrioring. The farmers are even kicking around the idea of building a road through the village and getting their own convenience store. The sativa strains produce a energetic high of euphoric nature. It stimulates thought and is great pot to smoke first thing in the morning when you have loads of stuff to do. When you smoke sativa everything is funny. Rookie smokers should steer clear of the stronger sativa strains. They often become lost in thought in a middle of a conversation and stand around with blank looks on their faces. When this occurs its referred to as spacing, spacing out, or tripping. Smoking sativa should be avoided after the sun sets. Smoking it at night will make it impossible to sleep and you may find yourself sorting all your pots and pans by size at 3 in the morning right after you have finished painting the garage with 2 coats of paint and one color change. Creative people prefer sativa and while smoking sativa Mona invented the suction cup. She was heartbroken when she found out the suction cup had been invented years earlier by some one else who was also smoking sativa so instead she sold T-shirts that said "I'm stoned, don't talk to me" on them and made enough money to buy the big big box of milk bones which made her feel much better. She refused to sell her shirt to goats or gays which made her even happier. Dog revenge is a scary thing.
The United States recently launched a new "War on Drugs" in South Africa. Of course it's not really about drugs it's about something else. My guess is America will open up the land for big business to mine the metals they need for technology. But do it under the guise of fighting drugs. The once mighty Zulu Nation, that is now more like Indians on a reservation in South Dakota but without cars and roads, will become a conquered people! for the second time. But Americans love those smart phones so it's okay with them, even if actually using the phones makes them sound like they are sitting at the bottom of the ocean. Mona says if you're not among the rich in America you're a conquered people. She says profound shit like that sometimes. Mona told me once that the worse thing that can happen to any small peaceful country is that one day they strike oil. Once you strike oil your days are numbered. The free world will find a reason that will allow them to come take it. That's how it all works. She's probably right. I still mentally struggle with a country that can land on Mars and invented Velcro but still chooses to run on fossil fuels. How is that even possible? Fucking fossil fuels for petes sake. If you can't see a problem with that you probably work for Shell oil as a lobbyist. Sativa plants take way more time to grow and produce smaller yields. It's like the twelve year old scotch of pot. But doesn't turn you into a moron when you smoke too much. Remember those PSA's that were on tv that showed a skillet and said "This your brain" then had the eggs frying? Yeah you remember it. Or the one that told us "It's called dope for a reason"? Those ads were ran by the Government but were funded by Liquor companies. Pharmaceutical companies are even worse. They are the guys that show up at a car accident and try to sell the injured band aids. At scalper prices. Our new strain isn't going to be about money. It's going to be about feeling good. We decided our new strain would be free of charge to native Americans. Those people deserve to feel good and booze isn't really working for them, a second option for them would be nice. To make up for the free Indian pot, we will charge the left triple prices and tell them to blame the right for the high cost. That will make them happy, they like to blame. We won't sell to the right at all, we don't like them. We will make an exception for Ron Paul, he can buy some but only if he promises not to share it with Rand. That guy is scary enough without being high.
Everything was finally down on paper, Mona had done a fine job highlighting the genetic maps in different colors being extra careful to color within the lines which is hard for her as she thinks outside the box and has a tendency to scribble. She had proudly hung the maps on the wall in the room that was to become the mad scientist laboratory. We were ready to start building the Frankenstein of pot. This was exciting times and it was a shame Stanley Kubrick wasn't around to film the Icetravaganza. It would make a fine movie. Jimmy Page could have done a tasty soundtrack that would have given Les Paul a double triple erection that even Leo Fender would want to look at. This was going to be the pot that made Madonna accept God and become a nun. This was the pot that was going to make David Lynch seem normal. This was going to be good stuff. This was going to be the pot Bogart talked about when he said "This is the stuff that dreams are made of."