Noodles Chill Out
Noodles Chill Out Lots of Asian restaurants in the Bay Area offer cold noodle dishes, and most can also be made at home. Learn how! ... American/Latin (13) Southwestern (3) Spanish (19) Steak House (24) Sushi (57) Tapas (11) Teahouse ... ; Phan's plans Food takes backseat to MarketBar's locale California's blue-ribbon cheeses [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 15:29:14
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Ugh...
Last night I had plans to stitch diligently on my birds but it didn't happen. Mike's cat Nikki was feeling sick after getting his shots ... male allowed in this bedroom is my DH according to the ladies LOL!This morning the second house for From Sea To Shining Sea was in my mailbox. It's the southwestern house and it's so cute! I want [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 15:17:00
OU’s Bradford Tosses 5 TD’s, Loses To Texas…
…largely thanks to the Longhorns defense holding Oklahoma to a mere 48 yards on the ground, ... ’s plans to attend the Boston Spaceships’ Southwestern swing this week, and thankfully (for a few ... Virginia are a vengeful, petty lot, but I suspect the latest embarrassment in The Big House [more...]
Date: 2008-10-11 22:40:02
Evacuees pack roads
NEW ORLEANS (CNN) — Louisiana officials urged the remaining residents of the state’s coastal parishes to head north ahead of Hurricane Gustav, ... and headed east on Interstate 10 as Gustav neared. “It was very light when I left my house. I thought ... received widespread criticism, President Bush canceled plans to attend this week’s Republican National [more...]
Date: 2008-08-31 22:31:37
daily wallpaper
‘daily wallpaper’ FREE DOWNLOAD AND SETUP Admit it: After all that shopping, tree trimming and “Secret Santa” skulking, ... who founded an anti-capitalist utopian community in the desert of southwestern New Mexico — ... can be seen firsthand. Entering the “House of History,” it become quite clear just how foreign [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 23:59:50
Running Away Screaming from the GOP
Why is the election so ugly right now? Why have McCain rallies recently seemed reminiscent of a Skrewdriver concert? ... with the common people. Being at a friend’s house often means that, in terms of food, entertainment, etc ... . One man, almost stereotypically Southwestern looking and a few years north of middle age, started [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 11:50:44
Daily News Update - Monday, October 27, 2008
INDIANA WIRE Gov. hopefuls put streamlining on back burner Palin to visit Jeffersonville on Wednesday Indiana's largest paper passes on prez ... by union invalid NORTHERN INDIANA Gary Post-Tribune Crisis will delay economic plans COLUMN: Covering ... for state House seat Candidates differ on property taxes Presidential battle making waves in [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 12:32:58
A COTTON FIELD CHRISTMAS
One of the most memorable Christmas’s of my life to-date, was observed in the middle of a cotton field a long time ago. Following is that story, written and posted while with my eldest son and his family at their home in North Carolina, for this Christmas.Carissa and Mandy, you might want to keep a tissue or two nearby…The day Miss Annie Ruth ( [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 07:17:57
Mid-day digest: economy and recovery edition
While the nation's economic woes are creating greater need, First District residents are stepping up to help when they can ... they will be in Washington throughout January. The House also plans to get to work right after ... on President elect Obama's plans for an economic stimulus package that focuses on jobs creation. CQPolitics [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 18:13:42
January Green Tech Meetup Recap
After a month off in December, the Green Tech Meetup returned to a packed house which may necessitate a change of venue for future meetings ... month to power traditional lanterns. The company plans to use an Avon like sales model with local ... customers in financing purchases. Future plans include attempts to generate additional revenue through [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:35:48
Weekly Forecast: December 1 – 7, 2008
Summary of This Week’s Influences/All times listed are Eastern Standard Time (EST) ... just after sunset in the southwestern sky, with yellow Jupiter getting closer to Venus each evening ... also were reflected in various stimulus plans proposed by President-Elect Obama, the UK, several EU [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 17:39:35
you are not complete unless you take action!
If you want to move forward with your journey, now is the time for embodied expression. Come out of your cave; leave your meditations and rituals behind; and jump into a potent engagement with the world around you!At every turn, say Yes! to whatever lights you up — and simply say “No, Thanks” to situations, people, or places that feel annoying, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 17:20:29
ANOTHER BIG WAVE FROM THE SKY
A BIG WAVE FROM THE SKY THIS MORNING One fine morning in the Arizona desert while boondocked a few miles south of Quartzite Arizona in January of 08 ... years ago when the sound of an airplane overhead would bring you running out of the house to stare skyward. I do. As a young boy in a small southwestern town in Ontario, Canada I was always fascinated [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 06:03:59
War News for Thursday, November 20, 2008
Nov. 18 airpower summary: US says American troops attacked in Philippines: 3 soldiers, 4 Kurish rebels killed in seperate clashes in SE Turkey: Estonia Plans To Extend Iraq Military Presence To End-2009: Gulf War Illness: Reported ... : #1: Gunmen stormed a house and killed five members of the same family, including two children [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 15:09:53
Hurricane Gustav weakens slightly
(CNN) — Hurricane Gustav weakened slightly in the early afternoon hours Sunday but still was predicted to be a major hurricane when it smack into ... Hurricane Katrina survivors fleeing and prompting President Bush to alter his plans and forcing New ... . The White House said Sunday that Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney will not attend the Republican [more...]
Date: 2008-08-31 18:41:55
My Soulmate Altar Loves Her Light Ray Path
The intense cold entered my legs without mercy in mere seconds. It was obviously long-johns weather, but I was not prepared. The cold wind blew but it paused. Blue skies were all that I saw, save for some fleecy clouds that were low on the southwestern horizon. Orb of Sun was exceedingly bright, but there was scant [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 04:14:31
War Party in a Bind: After Nuclear Talks in Geneva, Iran Will Likely Agree
Dandelion Salad by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Global Research, July 23, 2008 The meeting in Geneva on July 19, between representatives of the 5+1 (U.N. Security Council permanent members plus Germany) and Iran, should be heartily welcomed by all those who seek a diplomatic solution to the hoked-up case against the Islamic Republic’s nuclear [more...]
Date: 2008-07-25 03:11:59
War News for Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The British MoD is reporting the death of a British ISAF soldier from an enemy fire attack at a Forward Operating Base in the Gereshk area of Helmand province, Afghanistan on Monday, December 15th.Dec. 13 airpower summary:Iraqi military plans major arms purchase: ( Here's a detailed list of what is being bought.)Miss. contractor among 3 indicted [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 10:50:00
Another Historic Site to Disappear
Many thanks to regular reader Todd Berkoff for sending this article from today’s edition of the Washington Post: Planning Agency Approves Homeland Security Complex Preservationists Fear Effect on St. Elizabeths Campus By Mary Beth Sheridan Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, January 9, 2009; [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 00:25:24
The Nightowl Newswrap
Net Neutrality advocates prominent on Obama transition team Susan Crawford, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, and Kevin Werbach, ... . Gregory Craig to be White House Counsel High-powered Washington lawyer Gregory Craig, who headed up President Clinton's impeachment defense team, will be White House counsel in the incoming Obama [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 05:46:00
Israel’s drive for power
Embedded video from CNN Video At this juncture a revisitation of Umberto Ecco’s 14 Defining Characteristics of a Black Shirt is advisable if we are to understand the nature of the Israeli nation and its current atrocities. We’ll leave them below in this post as a reminder to discuss them in depth later, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 15:36:41
We climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro…but
Jump to Comments we didn’t get to the summit. As you can imagine, this came as a big surprise, because both my daughter, Martha, and I felt great as we were climbing pole pole (slowly, as instructed by our head guide, Clemence Mtui) through the lush rain forest and the moorland (alpine desert), and across the Shira Plateau [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:08
Weekend News Digest
Weekend News Digest is an Open Thread 49 Stories. Now with U.S. News. From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Election spurs 'hundreds' of race threats, crimes By JESSE WASHINGTON, AP National Writer 26 mins ago Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars [more...]
Date: 2008-11-16 04:48:28
Senate an ATM Venue! Thus, Why Not Caroline?
Apples no longer fall far from the Senate floor. We are so fortunate to have our own form of royalty. As for myself, I always wanted Grace Kelly to become a Senator but she never thought that was an elegant enough position so she ran off to Monaco and married a Prince [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 16:25:00
1903 Book by the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
It is a thorough treat and honor when I have the opportunity and privilege to write an article that is wholly unique to what is available elsewhere, and this is such an occasion. Some months ago, one of this blog's principal benefactors, Mr. Dean Schirf, Corporate Secretary of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 10:59:00
Oil lays waste to the West
The greed, speed and scale of development in wild lands is an open wound on America. By Terry Tempest Williams Reprint from the Los Angeles Times December 7, 2008 On election day, the Bureau of Land Management in Utah quietly announced its last round of oil and gas lease sales for the year. On Dec [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 20:41:23
This Day, January 13, In Jewish History
January 13 In Jewish History1625: John Milton, author of “Paradise Lost” is admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge at the age of 16. During Milton’s lifetime, Jews were still officially not allowed to settle in the British Isles. Like many Puritans living in the England of Oliver Cromwell, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 01:13:00
Indigenous Peoples Rising in Bolivia and Ecuador
James D. Cockcroft Indigenous peoples in Indo-Afro-Latin America, especially Bolivia and Ecuador, are rising up to take control of their own lives and act in solidarity with others to save the planet. They are calling for new, yet ancient, practices of plurinational, participatory, and intercultural democracy [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 03:37:00
Final Obama-McCain debate and other events coming up this week
Lots going on these next few days. I'll have an open thread for discussing tonight's debate up later. Wednesday, October 15: The final presidential debate will be on tv starting at 8 pm. The Obama campaign in Iowa has organized 10 debate-watching parties around the state: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, 2008 Cedar Falls 8: [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 12:27:59
Polls aside, Pa. remains a battleground
PHILADELPHIA – Pennsylvania hasn’t voted Republican for president since 1988 ... that George W. Bush carried and still capture the White House. So with 23 days until Election Day ... in Johnstown – an industrial area in southwestern Pennsylvania dominated by the type of older, white [more...]
Date: 2008-10-12 11:14:41
Feed-In Frenzy
A simple green tariff has transformed Germany. Why isn’t Canada following suit?by Chris TurnerPublished in the Jan/Feb 2009 issue.Solar Valley (Image courtesy of Salon AG)The gritty industrial town of Bitterfeld, Germany, is about an hour southwest of Berlin by train, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 02:07:00
Scenes From Election Day
Scenes From Election Day By New York Times GREENWICH, Conn.| 4:23 p.m. Representative Christopher Shays, a moderate Republican, is fighting to hold onto his House seat, but heavy voter turnout by Democrats on Tuesday could throw the election to his Democratic challenger, Jim Himes [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 17:53:57
Articles of Interest 10-27-08
8 Days Until Election Day October 27, 2008 QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, ... the curtains in the White House...and the Democrats and the left are giddy about their chances of winning the White House. Sarah Palin continues to draw huge crowds and excite our supporters. It isn't over until [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 11:26:46
Morning Brief: National security makes a comeback
Morning Brief: National security makes a comeback Thu, 10/23/2008 - 8: ... in a hurry, and the White House is now considering spending $40 billion to prevent foreclosures ... out of their headquarters. Pakistan plans to equip tribal militias to fight growing militancy. Thirty years after [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 12:18:45
Weather warnings
2008 December 19, Friday, 17:10 — monado Now this is getting ridiculous! The red provinces and territories have current weather warnings. Red means weather warnings As I listen to the snow hitting the windows and the wind wuthering around the house, I’m glad I don’t have to go anywhere today. A series of snowstorms is rolling across [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 22:10:22
Cables, dispatches and memoranda
A brief world news roundup for 20 January 2009. United States & the Americas Treasury Dept - The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated four al Qaida associates under Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 06:34:14
Associated Baptist Press - 12/23/2008
Associated Baptist PressDecember 23, 2008 · (08-127)David Wilkinson, Executive Director Robert Marus, Acting Managing Editor/Washington Bureau ChiefBob Allen, Senior Writer In this issue Controversy over inaugural prayer is nothing new (928 words) Opinion: Christmas Prayer (555 words) Opinion: Loving God, Loveless Christians (722 words) [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 07:59:00
Goals for the Establishment of CotB’s Community Casa de Salud
Welcome to those of you who are visiting our site for the first time! ... of immigrant Haitian sharecropping families living in the southwestern Dominican Republic, the vast majority ... . The Solution: This year, Children of the Border plans to establish a “Casa de Salud,” a community health center [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 04:45:58
And If The Promotion Doesn’t Yield A Sale? What’s Next?
It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “Foreclosure filings in Gallatin County have tripled since 2006, when 37 homes were foreclosed upon ... of losing my house,’ Waldrop said.’ “Not to worry, his brother assured him; Waldrop could always [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 21:04:08
Iraq snapshot
Permalink Jan 15, 2009 gaza and the repulsive joe cannon gaza and the repulsive joe cannon so i try to cover gaza. i see my work is read. even by racists like joe cannon of cannonfire who has suddenly picked up from me (i picked it up from c.i. - but i always gave credit) the need to draw a line between the actions of a government (israel) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 00:24:33
40 percent of Galveston ride it out, as Ike pounds Texas coast
40 percent of Galveston ride it out, as Ike pounds Texas coast by Chris Kirkham, The Times-Picayune Friday September 12, 2008, 10:19 PM GALVESTON, TEXAS -- As Hurricane Ike bore down on this barrier island city, emergency officials estimated that 40 percent of its residents stayed behind despite strong warnings to flee [more...]
Date: 2008-09-13 03:26:14
Story about My Brother’s Story in Iraq
James Sperry’s nightmares always take him back to Fallujah. There, he saw his friends blown apart. There, his best friend died despite his best efforts. And there, Sperry himself nearly died on Nov. 9, 2004, when his platoon took part in the fiercest battle of the Iraq war [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 20:19:18
Two mysteries: "Crossing the Bridge" and "Chimera"
Today’s posting offers something different, two copyrighted short stories that appeared in an anthology, Chesapeake Crime 3: 15 Tales of Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder (Wildside Press, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-4344-0234-9). I wrote the first story, “Crossing the Bridge,” while living in Silver Spring, Maryland [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 02:48:21
Recount 2000, NO, not FL, MN!
Sit down my readers and read a story of the MN 2000 recount in the 2nd CD. Remember, SoS Kiffmeyer was in her first statewide election. I have as much confidence in the process now, as I did then!I am going to see what I can dig up from the evolution of that recount, compared to now [more...]
Date: 2008-11-09 20:15:00
The 2008 MMI Awards: A look back at the year that was
As we begin a new year, I thought it would be fun to take a look back at 2008 and offer some first ever "Todd Awards". See what you think: The "You Gotta Be Kidding Me" award goes to Al Gore. The "Most Under-Reported Story" goes to this story about the New Life gunman. The "Right on the Money" award goes to Pat Robertson [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 05:09:12
Lots of Jobs
Jump to CommentsPosted here, without editing, are 10 policy-related job opportunities:POSITION DESCRIPTIONSenior Government Affairs AnalystPosition Title: Senior Government Affairs Analyst Organization: American Association for Cancer Research Website: www.aacr [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 16:12:51
Obama lines up a cabinet, warns supporters not over yet
By Sarah Baxter TIMES ONLINE ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - With the economy on the brink of recession and the country in the midst of two foreign wars, ... him into the White House and key administration posts. But he is also being urged to make some high [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 10:02:18
Stop the world... I want to get off!
It's what I want to do right now. It is also the name of a musical from which I had to sing when I was in music class in elementary school. Mrs ... and over again. It's probably at my parents' house still with their original Frank Sinatras [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 00:04:00
DrumBeat: August 27, 2008
US heating oil dealers clamp down on unpaid bills NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. heating oil dealers are using new software to weed out clients who may not pay their bills as Americans gear up for another winter of high fuel costs in the world's top consumer [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 13:50:01
A MISSISSIPPI THANKSGIVING: LONG DAYS, LITTLE SLEEP, LOTS OF LOVE!
As Thanksgivings go, this one has been memorable, but kind of a blur.Fast and furious, lots of people, faces, miles traveled, a little turkey, and catfish, and not much sleep.For me, it all started Thanksgiving morning, when I left Long Beach, on the Mississippi Gulf [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 06:58:02
