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A List of Dream Guests to Interview

9:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal">Hola y’all! You know what <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid" target="_blank">IWS Radio</a> needs? Guests! Interesting, funny and smart guests from all walks of life. Matt and I can talk for two hours easily and it’s fun doing different characters and correspondents, but a good guest talking about an interesting topic would be nice every once in a while too. So here’s a quick list of some of the people I think it would be cool to get on the <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid" target="_blank">show</a>. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">1. Someone or Anyone who lives in Forkhill, Northern Ireland which is where my one half of my mother’s side of the family came from. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">2. An activist who is trying to get marijuana and/or medical marijuana legalized. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">3. Someone who has survived a plane crash. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">4. A big city cop. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">5. Strippers. Lots and lots of strippers. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">6. Prostitute, call girl or escort. (Males are okay but only if they're gay.)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">7. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Female Porn Star or any woman who works or has worked in the porn industry as writer, director, talent scout or crew member. (No men cause they’re always total freaking douche bags.)</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fODMtVvpRz-4Sx4_6MlGnV2ISdFUuGFlBVZTNKT01cYo2txSJIYGmyggJFLl9lQ8ikMr8RbkCwFY6umMVMPlsfc1jl-D5K1LHClvisD_5CD1IVzdCaTL6gbRCmSnSPqo8Hd0EuU2D5cT/s1600/Trinity+St+Clair+Hot+Sexy+Porn+Star.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fODMtVvpRz-4Sx4_6MlGnV2ISdFUuGFlBVZTNKT01cYo2txSJIYGmyggJFLl9lQ8ikMr8RbkCwFY6umMVMPlsfc1jl-D5K1LHClvisD_5CD1IVzdCaTL6gbRCmSnSPqo8Hd0EuU2D5cT/s400/Trinity+St+Clair+Hot+Sexy+Porn+Star.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">8. Big city cab driver. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">9. Someone who has worked as a strategist or advisor on senate or presidential campaign. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">10. Psychics and Clairvoyants.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">11. Someone who has worked as a personal assistant or driver for crazy celebrities. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">12. Current or former NFL or NBA player or Olympic athlete. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">13.  Stand-up comic or comic writer or sitcoms, movies or The Daily Show or Colbert Report type show.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0n8ydU5miT2unrjpsFCNQr7WYIkwsQvBDZCqP9VVcc2tBhEM1FujvHkfhcGgYM0Hzns5moFXEC9AhFDEbXF6NjyJ-laUZAzP1-_2t-5k4hgJ9S3WkcE6CUDfbbTjrpiGXLsnkgDrJz4W/s1600/Chris+Rock+Stand+Up+Leather+Hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0n8ydU5miT2unrjpsFCNQr7WYIkwsQvBDZCqP9VVcc2tBhEM1FujvHkfhcGgYM0Hzns5moFXEC9AhFDEbXF6NjyJ-laUZAzP1-_2t-5k4hgJ9S3WkcE6CUDfbbTjrpiGXLsnkgDrJz4W/s400/Chris+Rock+Stand+Up+Leather+Hot.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">14. Pope Francis. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">15. Professional gambler. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">16. Someone who won the lottery. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">17. Writers<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">18. Someone who works or worked for a cable news channel. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">19. Rock ‘n Roll bands, singers, roadies or groupies. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyDjRKLG-8m_on-_Z2oCchrsd2YFC7vY9yNjGu_sgXT_nStpw1o4chWSnmgfujxDw4-JBSrU_y0mvh82LMDfkloEDO_uEfp92yjVIYMqrXAdHNqwApiQ4kfncSWBFyIGl_iqZWnr3TO7e/s1600/Liz+Phair+Hot+Sexy+Nude.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyDjRKLG-8m_on-_Z2oCchrsd2YFC7vY9yNjGu_sgXT_nStpw1o4chWSnmgfujxDw4-JBSrU_y0mvh82LMDfkloEDO_uEfp92yjVIYMqrXAdHNqwApiQ4kfncSWBFyIGl_iqZWnr3TO7e/s400/Liz+Phair+Hot+Sexy+Nude.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">20. Natalie Portman. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">21. Someone who has been on Jeopardy! (Or other TV game shows.)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">22. Someone who has worked at adult theaters/bookstores with good stories of weirdoes. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">23. Someone who has been or is a carny. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">24. Alternative and holistic medicine experts. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">25. Really anyone who is funny or interesting who can bring a few listeners and will actually promote their appearance on she show.  Oh, and answer the damn phone when we call. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/jayman68" target="_blank">Facebook</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws" target="_blank">@Jayman_IWS </a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">Speaking of IWS Radio we did a special Saturday show this week and it was nothing but charming down-home fun. Well that and a tech glitch that MIGHT have included some gentle cussing. Oh and Jay might have discussed his infection and trip to the doctor. Aaaaaand Matt discussed problems with the “Chip Guy.” On top of all that excitement Jamie called in and hung out with us and talked about celebrating Canada’s Thanksgiving Day today! Oh  ….. HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY CANADA!! Anyway, check the show out:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="370" src="http://player.cinchcast.com/?show_id=5540389&platformId=1&assetType=single" width="400"></iframe><br /><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;"><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/comedy">Find Additional Comedy Podcasts</a> with <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid">IWS Radio</a> on BlogTalkRadio</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>

A List of Dream Guests to Interview

Hola y’all! You know what IWS Radio needs? Guests! Interesting, funny and smart guests from all walks of life. Matt and I can talk for two ...

Pretty Quiet Bunch Ain'tcha?

7:49 PM Tukiyooo 0

Pretty Quiet Bunch Ain'tcha?

Dayum, are all y'all so bashful all the time? According to my Stat Counter there is about five hundred or so pairs of eyeballs stop by ...

Dr. Scholls Active Series Insoles Influenster Voxbox

4:55 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-det5Zodop7M/UlsyIpqRXhI/AAAAAAAAKOM/0g4AzHOk0oA/s1600/13+-+2" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-det5Zodop7M/UlsyIpqRXhI/AAAAAAAAKOM/0g4AzHOk0oA/s320/13+-+2" width="320" /></i></a></div><i><br /></i><i>I love being a member on the website Influenster, I've tried out so many great products that I now use daily!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Just recently I was given a pair of the new insoles from Dr. Scholl's to test out being that I am a lot more active than I used to be and these work wonders on my feet Since I'm always on the go!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>They provide comfort while walking or even running!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Being active has never felt so great!</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>Here is a photo I snapped after I inserted the soles into my nice running shoes before I went out the door for some fresh air!</i><br /><i><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QJEYL91cWgE/UlsyInGxvoI/AAAAAAAAKOU/JUqBXAmN5f8/s1600/13+-+1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QJEYL91cWgE/UlsyInGxvoI/AAAAAAAAKOU/JUqBXAmN5f8/s320/13+-+1" width="320" /></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><br /></div>

Dr. Scholls Active Series Insoles Influenster Voxbox

I love being a member on the website Influenster, I've tried out so many great products that I now use daily! Just recently I was given ...

Restoring the Prosperity of the Roman Empire

4:23 PM Tukiyooo 0

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of annualized production and nonsupervisory coal mining employee minutes worked per capita.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcwuPK472IvWQwVc9DeXCXN7gz8bY9PSRrY8J8Oec-VqB_j_IQLUNemk4CmS-YLTu5e0jbgW_wGxxtDUx2lsvQ-XHARLGr3FSvJd1ZtQy2DmUUeha0dg1Biaytm1Skll65D94hs-Z9Q8/s1600/Coal+Mining.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcwuPK472IvWQwVc9DeXCXN7gz8bY9PSRrY8J8Oec-VqB_j_IQLUNemk4CmS-YLTu5e0jbgW_wGxxtDUx2lsvQ-XHARLGr3FSvJd1ZtQy2DmUUeha0dg1Biaytm1Skll65D94hs-Z9Q8/s320/Coal+Mining.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />We seem determined to restore the prosperity of the Roman Empire one year at a time. Coal mining jobs for the win!<br /><br />Don't let the naysayers get you down with all their talk of <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/09/productivity-miracle.html">newfangled automated processes</a> and the rolling over of the 2nd order polynomial trend line in blue. Coal is where the jobs of the future will be. We'll mine it all by hand if need be, just to keep the employment reports looking good.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_coal_mining">History of coal mining</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>In Roman Britain, the Romans were exploiting all major coalfields (save those of North and South Staffordshire) by the late 2nd century AD.</i></div><br />The Fed would never allow this modern and financially innovative economy to fizzle yet again. You can take that to the bank. No, sir. Recessions are a thing of the distant past, much like the explosive growth in coal mining employment. Just gotta keep the faith!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.despair.com/potential.html">Despair.com: Potential</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>As a bright-eyed kid, you once harbored dreams of a future in space. But face it, the only moon you’ll ever step foot on will belong to passed-out, drunken, former bright-eyed aspiring astronaut losers who are, unfortunately for you, your peers. Nice going, Buzz!</i></div><br /><b>See Also:</b><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2010/06/sarcasm-disclaimer.html">Sarcasm Disclaimer</a><br /><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/09/trend-line-disclaimer-time.html">Trend Line Disclaimer</a><br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://www.bls.gov/data/#employment">BLS: Employment</a><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/POP">St. Louis Fed: Population</a>

Restoring the Prosperity of the Roman Empire

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of annualized production and nonsupervisory coal mining employee minutes worked per ca...

Unlike The 1,000,000 Biker Protest, The Veterans Protest Must Have Some Political Worth To Someone

3:43 PM Tukiyooo 0

It is <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/veterans-protest-closure-of-monuments-and-memorials/2013/10/13/2396611e-342b-11e3-8a0e-4e2cf80831fc_gallery.html">actually</a> being <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/million-vet-march-thousands-protest-war-memorial-closures/story?id=20558947">covered</a> by the Lame Stream Media.<br />There is only <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/13/us-usa-fiscal-protest-idUSBRE99C0B320131013">one reason</a> for that, someone <a href="http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Vets-Plan-Rally-at-World-War-II-Memorial-227574101.html">wants</a> it to <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/13/vets-march-on-washington-roll-into-wwii-memorial-protest-outside-white-house/">be covered</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3qHccjNIj8CLNysLWq9wI_JmQ5cwzt5V9U-pvAmLAkIAI6wwhB5Zugt-mhqlHQ07fRTuWedSBptuPdeaA1e6CwPSoWxllax866f_5W1GztvTYvap7CNNOEqFUsL_ZRttZgCB2jhEV4hH/s1600/184390402_10.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3qHccjNIj8CLNysLWq9wI_JmQ5cwzt5V9U-pvAmLAkIAI6wwhB5Zugt-mhqlHQ07fRTuWedSBptuPdeaA1e6CwPSoWxllax866f_5W1GztvTYvap7CNNOEqFUsL_ZRttZgCB2jhEV4hH/s640/184390402_10.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5A39qK1e1geLpk9kagmj1q-mCqQm-yH21aLn381xc5YEOx52ArBqALIqjAj6BKJLU9xDZ_mkO5OMRnWVaz7tHNcsKWOK4sG3xMZR40jFbbyksWo3d04l4XHr7IZbVFKytRd7cBdnJ2J2N/s1600/184390371_10+EDITED.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5A39qK1e1geLpk9kagmj1q-mCqQm-yH21aLn381xc5YEOx52ArBqALIqjAj6BKJLU9xDZ_mkO5OMRnWVaz7tHNcsKWOK4sG3xMZR40jFbbyksWo3d04l4XHr7IZbVFKytRd7cBdnJ2J2N/s640/184390371_10+EDITED.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNZp6AEajLHs2MW9ukVuHN9Dv5ADbESImzpC29G6fbLugPnPWMZgu5toKTRrH3XDKFt_lKgXeh2vT6sJbXyjC5AmuCztFr27E1teF0Zm_xiXV6dK4y3HlFuaoNBmZHsQzuJ2zdWwTwDen/s1600/184406941_10.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNZp6AEajLHs2MW9ukVuHN9Dv5ADbESImzpC29G6fbLugPnPWMZgu5toKTRrH3XDKFt_lKgXeh2vT6sJbXyjC5AmuCztFr27E1teF0Zm_xiXV6dK4y3HlFuaoNBmZHsQzuJ2zdWwTwDen/s640/184406941_10.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPocU7MwXZD2-YQRiphyl1EF0JF5AoZJiWh0WaxOaWx1eeTUVfB1gMtxuN5Q07r3RkXWguUsYVA8JThYyAmpnCxLEps_Pcbi3zx-M_kOYyORvpU3VWQ1DkPeSXBBThmrFnrEziuzg3XYA/s1600/184390316_10.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPocU7MwXZD2-YQRiphyl1EF0JF5AoZJiWh0WaxOaWx1eeTUVfB1gMtxuN5Q07r3RkXWguUsYVA8JThYyAmpnCxLEps_Pcbi3zx-M_kOYyORvpU3VWQ1DkPeSXBBThmrFnrEziuzg3XYA/s640/184390316_10.jpg" /></a>

Unlike The 1,000,000 Biker Protest, The Veterans Protest Must Have Some Political Worth To Someone

It is actually being covered by the Lame Stream Media. There is only one reason for that, someone wants it to be covered .

David Tennant Returns To Dreamworks Dragons In Defenders Of Berk

3:21 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyVq9eSXOcXxyrBuPoAjlqfkttvIUSo96WSuUFFLHSrgMharBfbGM-RHa3OiRuBnXJzgp7-whdYJfJpGz3DXg20lIYXw-LxV5Ufm4LE2qLmxDGO03iAZEDV4GElH4pncAPQcDzn5elF94/s1600/Dragons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyVq9eSXOcXxyrBuPoAjlqfkttvIUSo96WSuUFFLHSrgMharBfbGM-RHa3OiRuBnXJzgp7-whdYJfJpGz3DXg20lIYXw-LxV5Ufm4LE2qLmxDGO03iAZEDV4GElH4pncAPQcDzn5elF94/s1600/Dragons.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant will reprise his role as Spitelout in the new Dreamworks Dragons TV series <i>Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. </i>The episode will premiere on Cartoon Network in the USA on Thursday 17th October.</span><br /><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Defenders Of Berk</i> is the second season in the <i>Dreamworks Dragons</i> TV series, a spin off from the film <i>How To Train Your Dragon </i>(2010). The first season, <i>Riders Of Berk</i> aired last year. The series follows the further adventures of young Viking Hiccup, his dragon Toothless and the other inhabitants of Berk and the surrounding islands. David Tennant appeared briefly as Spitelout, the father of Hiccup's rival Snotlout, in the film and again in the first season episode <i>Thawfest</i>. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David returns as Spitelout in episode 5 of <i>Defenders Of Berk - Race To Fireworm Island</i>, which premieres on Cartoon Network USA at 7.30pm ET/PT on Thursday 17th October. The episode is repeated at 7.00am ET/PT and 8.00pm ET/PT on Sunday 20th October</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Synopsis</span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When Snotlout's dragon's flame goes out, the gang must figure out how to re-ignite it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Dreamworks Dragons</i> is based on characters created by Cressida Cowell in her <i>How To Train Your Dragon</i> series of books. David Tennant is the regular narrator of the audio recordings of the books, which can be ordered <a href="http://astore.amazon.co.uk/dtennant-21?_encoding=UTF8&node=44">here (UK buyers)</a> or <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/datethsi-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=18">here (US buyers)</a></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3232086/">Source</a></span><br /><br /><br />

David Tennant Returns To Dreamworks Dragons In Defenders Of Berk

David Tennant will reprise his role as Spitelout in the new Dreamworks Dragons TV series Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. The episode will premie...

Sunday Family Time

3:03 PM Tukiyooo 0

<span style="font-size: large;">Met my two sisters and Mother in town today.  My younger sister travelled from Athlone (where she lives and work after recently graduating) to meet us.  After browsing in TK Maxx, Mam treated us all to a Chinese meal.  It was lovely food and great to take our time over and chat.</span><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I walked home through St Stephens Green (a park in the centre of the city) which looked so nice.  I particularly liked these beds of tall wild flowers.  These beds are completely unlike the tidy well manicured beds to the centre of the park.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_mhD1iWGqx7UDjIiO07dnG5cZZCG8emnFCmOkna79d5TSg8N6o0hAaUIRQTmv6OPPn1VqrwW4ZxpTfQ3rHywnWqnfsuWZGRLvFmbqOWribaqTGovo74PpKIcxLI_3fO-x15a75vfZ5yw/s640/blogger-image--121878383.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Sunday Family Time

Met my two sisters and Mother in town today. My younger sister travelled from Athlone (where she lives and work after recently graduating) ...

Book Review: Archidoodle

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<a href="http://www.laurenceking.com/us/archidoodle-the-architect-s-activity-book/"><b><i>Archidoodle: The Architect's Activity Book</i></b></a> by Steve Bowkett<br />Laurence King Publishers, 2013<br />Paperback, 160 pages <br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUufqNdHBkCqu3TsypfmUemj9_jeIPKNJMEfrjOfKl_mOfNnCXOmhZGGn_cbP0issY1a-xWjFO31e0O9hdNGD4zri-dA8jT8tp-IaUbfUn4PLv7AdLFQlFRb29iuolHaJUzjCdZSdlSkCv/s1600/archidoodle1.jpg" /><br /><br />One of the things I stress to my students is that process is as important as product, and in that vein I promote keeping a sketchbook. Drawing by hand is the best means of getting ideas from one's mind out into the real world, on paper, as it is. This act allows ideas to be shared, discussed, edited, and more easily recalled at a later date. For architect and educator Steve Bowkett drawing is a means of sparking the imagination, and following from that new forms of architecture. To get an architect's or student's creative juices flowing Bowkett has crafted an "activity book" with exercises that present a building, a landscape, or part of a building, and ask for it to be completed in a new and interesting way. For example, he removes the shells from the Sydney Opera House (below) and asks "for a roof form that could be supported by this podium."<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSLizyqlup9Q4VYEcSNNezviuqZ7XLozwVMQMavgj9iCGyEp0gaTJKs5Eal1A-jLYypKV1ubbg5spu1VXg_euDZUsPaRAkUaKAUVhP3Nz4hQQnG6WDx3-PtHrES_HmQCvIa_t_c-TmKCs/s1600/archidoodle2.jpg" /><br /><br />The activity book excels when the assignments are fairly constricted in terms of what he's asking for and in terms of format; blank sheets that say "design this" or "design that" are akin to architecture without a program. By providing an alternative opera house's podium or defining a room where one can draw new ways of making windows and skylights (below), Bowkett sparks the imagination by giving it some well defined parameters. Some of my favorites also include a streetscape that he wants us to "green"; a river and a highway that need bridges; and a face in need of "a new piece of face furniture." The latter makes it obvious that Bowkett isn't entirely serious throughout the book, but it's easy to see how much he believes that his drawings and suggestions can be beneficial in getting architects and students to flex their right-brain intellect.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCG5Dx3cz6zPwy9FNMjKZTm_8XJNs6MxroLTdtkAGwjPVV3ieUcM4uo3Bsxn-ZpodpgyHy95nWkX0PFo7H0cj_9aPq2hukDNGVjnaMhGK_zRx3oKYnVVWrqpVPWz0wL2MEkZfJQdvdM65K/s1600/archidoodle3.jpg" /><br /><br />A sticker on the cover proclaims the book is "for architects of all ages." I'd argue it's for <i>people</i> of all ages, though from its intended audience, students and young architects will have the most fun with it. (I have a hard time seeing a mature architect using this book for inspiration, bu I wouldn't mind being wrong.) I say "people of all ages" because the book is as valuable in teaching about architecture as it is about sparking the imagination. In many ways the book parallels last years <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/11/12/three-childrens-books/"><i>Draw Me a House</i></a>, which was more basic in its treatment of architecture, but which also taught people about important architects, architectural elements, styles, and so forth. Both books are also ideal stomping grounds for my 5-year-old daughter (she may not have a choice of career given two architects as parents), who can have fun with them while absorbing lessons about architecture. Her alternative top to Philip Johnson's AT&T (now Sony) building, while not a drawing, is but one small step to thinking like an architect.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXSMXczGKpK4gZWXp_AbUP32MeHmsB4KBFkVPuK7qp5QhZhWUBTWu-jn9i3kkJTMQ2GhcKiDP1gjXK0JcIbq4a2uBNodBEzm-9lLjpyA5itCzpVlFfmpfxQi6LGtPHctS8HPbvb7Cfd-B/s1600/P1011586a.jpg" /><br /><br /><b>US: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1780673213/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1780673213&link_code=as3&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a> CA: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1780673213/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1780673213&link_code=as3&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.ca" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-ca.gif" width="90" /></a> UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1780673213/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=1780673213&link_code=as3&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.co.uk" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-uk.gif" width="90" /></a></b>

Book Review: Archidoodle

Archidoodle: The Architect's Activity Book by Steve Bowkett Laurence King Publishers, 2013 Paperback, 160 pages One of the things I str...

Nancy's Candy Company in Meadows of Dan

2:22 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08iJl7Ep9Xg5YTFyjiymD3uH0xTXDRXwtD1dFMkEao2obi2VdudYmn1TdOr-519bYAhWc2FdYk4MXnkWCUYVWqtwAo14sEMvgf_OPQ3H-Qtwasur2KwfV8Lfx_uQdfnlHOHK8eyP92mJ5/s1600/32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08iJl7Ep9Xg5YTFyjiymD3uH0xTXDRXwtD1dFMkEao2obi2VdudYmn1TdOr-519bYAhWc2FdYk4MXnkWCUYVWqtwAo14sEMvgf_OPQ3H-Qtwasur2KwfV8Lfx_uQdfnlHOHK8eyP92mJ5/s400/32.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We stumbled on Nancy's Candy Company while traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway in September. SWAC Husband picked up a small package of cinnamon candy at Explore Park outside Roanoke and discovered it had been made in Virginia at Meadows of Dan. We were heading south on the Parkway so decided to look it up.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5_M-kxgSdWAd7xmZCRvwQhOTqeviaWLiiDP5jSUwIQcSZIHBKrK29u16-fMm5aBYq9-JIwoYuprBET2GfdM1DNgPKh-ZR1aohyjR7uK_SLHMpxv6YA9SzbyL5Jscy27eoiK_YNhI_kEV/s1600/33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5_M-kxgSdWAd7xmZCRvwQhOTqeviaWLiiDP5jSUwIQcSZIHBKrK29u16-fMm5aBYq9-JIwoYuprBET2GfdM1DNgPKh-ZR1aohyjR7uK_SLHMpxv6YA9SzbyL5Jscy27eoiK_YNhI_kEV/s640/33.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Within a mile of the Parkway at Meadows of Dan, there it was -- Nancy's Candy Company -- all decorated for Halloween.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Tkhk-8dpojFvUjXbAeIbWxYtiZqMKKfVTS4QGCI2yTTt5UM9W9gVkye6eSDf-FL6HufhcdNR02lqM9PNu48B_N4-NRXhftOibTjFB9CP8ueeI7HYUuxiJovwE2vQ9-wKHW2f_EoFBFJA/s1600/41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Tkhk-8dpojFvUjXbAeIbWxYtiZqMKKfVTS4QGCI2yTTt5UM9W9gVkye6eSDf-FL6HufhcdNR02lqM9PNu48B_N4-NRXhftOibTjFB9CP8ueeI7HYUuxiJovwE2vQ9-wKHW2f_EoFBFJA/s400/41.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It all started with this little package of cinnamon candies.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQFNPoE9RJgNR7aR-oQznGt6HE6_hBI8viHFDCMe_ug6fB6y0cp-8L71Ds_INulqBShvYY0jti54cXDIkX88rU-bUmS0m9tJW7H01A4JFy5dE_p0DS3SWEIZ510-yuYiTs5K9jVAjCzrz0/s1600/34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQFNPoE9RJgNR7aR-oQznGt6HE6_hBI8viHFDCMe_ug6fB6y0cp-8L71Ds_INulqBShvYY0jti54cXDIkX88rU-bUmS0m9tJW7H01A4JFy5dE_p0DS3SWEIZ510-yuYiTs5K9jVAjCzrz0/s400/34.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nancy's makes some candies and packages some bulk products. Their selection of fall and Halloween candies was impressive.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8cPcssOv_AwIPN9huOxLmajodb4rbSBMKB227nzjti1Q9LgmYWXDrNxWWqnZq9kZcYfjnhDAIyLVtznyKhfbzNtNmJx8StYSEsQPvW7b0zeY9EfhFwgYAs9HOM86GtL6M8Dh_t3_zfrSW/s1600/35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8cPcssOv_AwIPN9huOxLmajodb4rbSBMKB227nzjti1Q9LgmYWXDrNxWWqnZq9kZcYfjnhDAIyLVtznyKhfbzNtNmJx8StYSEsQPvW7b0zeY9EfhFwgYAs9HOM86GtL6M8Dh_t3_zfrSW/s400/35.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyIDV7HIoK-bpOozgdVnLVbgYNrVRe5ImlnX9jWIlCHhgClphqBdAYT9a2WHz_Zun57nbsYDIgU904UwfxRl2-HM564OY4i-hi-EsgaJaUV4oIY-y-B8sshplw57OuKlMN95oDNjW8Ozq5/s1600/36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyIDV7HIoK-bpOozgdVnLVbgYNrVRe5ImlnX9jWIlCHhgClphqBdAYT9a2WHz_Zun57nbsYDIgU904UwfxRl2-HM564OY4i-hi-EsgaJaUV4oIY-y-B8sshplw57OuKlMN95oDNjW8Ozq5/s400/36.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_K6rXtF0YymzPBSd-yn8J37vhEx7Ac3lbxXjNzbcm3q3SCrBKMnpQSK_K4_ZHBWMQovHBwDbYfrzmbV8hD96lZRyqCcxYyg76HfqXadTpZjbOQPBhMTxCFGMo2nQJV-b22GkSNrBGMD-/s1600/37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_K6rXtF0YymzPBSd-yn8J37vhEx7Ac3lbxXjNzbcm3q3SCrBKMnpQSK_K4_ZHBWMQovHBwDbYfrzmbV8hD96lZRyqCcxYyg76HfqXadTpZjbOQPBhMTxCFGMo2nQJV-b22GkSNrBGMD-/s400/37.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFR8dMXQ6ve6Ty6BOdswJbf6wV-s3IUrA6049OOwJ8GTR8CYXyqlhJJdBVtQZErW0X4My0zoRGE3Iu7lORvCxg99ubmIdlEqj_CWXZcwR1JEZywc8SWY9UmuaUxTbIyDCrcWiYidR81jd5/s1600/38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFR8dMXQ6ve6Ty6BOdswJbf6wV-s3IUrA6049OOwJ8GTR8CYXyqlhJJdBVtQZErW0X4My0zoRGE3Iu7lORvCxg99ubmIdlEqj_CWXZcwR1JEZywc8SWY9UmuaUxTbIyDCrcWiYidR81jd5/s400/38.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9z0fnU-OZTkFjR01OnoZxaXKrbIFCctvTMWjRBsUMU6Zod5aea3QMSL9mJC2vpE9oavtvwiQk-eBxS5qqRVnniGDOs0pLR0NZkTDBE5dZT_nWSa0vRtYDynIe5itkJp_i8NY8NBp3kEak/s1600/39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9z0fnU-OZTkFjR01OnoZxaXKrbIFCctvTMWjRBsUMU6Zod5aea3QMSL9mJC2vpE9oavtvwiQk-eBxS5qqRVnniGDOs0pLR0NZkTDBE5dZT_nWSa0vRtYDynIe5itkJp_i8NY8NBp3kEak/s400/39.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There was an even wider selection of homemade candies that are crafted on-site in the candy kitchen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2HiSOZyDT7Hma6OrPSFP0H9IF0tSB21pVvFt2E_uB8elpundvLb1wplGxOC2CPI8FSDfXa0GCqLCGnRirT9JSuKpkBqHE1Sb3LHE-2DhSQp6GeU5Y0WtulWZ6bxIkugYeSwmOlajgWVKT/s1600/40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2HiSOZyDT7Hma6OrPSFP0H9IF0tSB21pVvFt2E_uB8elpundvLb1wplGxOC2CPI8FSDfXa0GCqLCGnRirT9JSuKpkBqHE1Sb3LHE-2DhSQp6GeU5Y0WtulWZ6bxIkugYeSwmOlajgWVKT/s400/40.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />From Nancy's website:<br /><blockquote>In the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains is a small mountain community                where pride in accomplishment is still important. This is the                home of my Candy Factory. With the help of caring neighbors,                we make the greatest tasting fudge, chocolates and truffles.<br /><br />Using the finest chocolate, fresh cream and butter and a little                extra patience, I developed my original recipe for creamy fudge,                decadent truffles, homestyle chocolates and lots more. Folks                say our candy is the best they’ve ever had. <br /><br />Come visit us and shop our three candy stores – you’ve                never seen so many luscious chocolates, mouth- watering fudges,                artisan truffles and handmade candies. And at factory prices!</blockquote>If you're near Meadows of Dan or Mabry Mill or that part of Virginia, stop by and visit with the folks at Nancy's.<br /><br /><i>Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell</i><br /><i>September 27, 2013</i>

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CHAD AND ITS OIL RESERVES

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<br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nuXZRhCwwLk46pPGeDsLZEYYWIIj54sjIz3ieY51gLYW4U1Z7sxkPRuZabF0g_omB5bCNOGDAQDLMnemHVCmOgcPby7AqoPY7XuRB5BMrmwbBbEuTC3HFbjRI9V8zblDEt2zIH1c9OzT/s1600/chad-grunge-flag_61-1185.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nuXZRhCwwLk46pPGeDsLZEYYWIIj54sjIz3ieY51gLYW4U1Z7sxkPRuZabF0g_omB5bCNOGDAQDLMnemHVCmOgcPby7AqoPY7XuRB5BMrmwbBbEuTC3HFbjRI9V8zblDEt2zIH1c9OzT/s320/chad-grunge-flag_61-1185.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ANOTHER BIG OIL PRODUCER FOR AFRICA? CHAD HOPES TO TRIPLE CRUDE OUTPUT BY 2015</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHPgjO2sREGssSwhhomwKcOlcMwqvqlKrbav21dQ_1527Vjad-Bj-iqXa0JiOP41nksVRb5_OKjolwPOIQhLgoJqpt4jCneUN0ZuWAcb-TXbvNXUHNN0dA1W0TgzT2bsLlCbDJdXmOs2ED/s1600/87-map-of-francophone-africa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHPgjO2sREGssSwhhomwKcOlcMwqvqlKrbav21dQ_1527Vjad-Bj-iqXa0JiOP41nksVRb5_OKjolwPOIQhLgoJqpt4jCneUN0ZuWAcb-TXbvNXUHNN0dA1W0TgzT2bsLlCbDJdXmOs2ED/s320/87-map-of-francophone-africa.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We aim to become the business hub of FRANCOPHONE central AFRICA,” said Finance Minister Atteib Doutoum, according to <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-27/chad-s-finance-minister-says-crude-oil-output-to-triple-by-2015.html" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a>. The extra revenues will be used to fund the construction of a business zone, projected cost over $500 million, in the capital city of N’djamena.</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CHAD is AFRICA’S fifth-largest country, and it ranks 10th in terms of the size of its oil reserves: 1.5 billion barrels. Oil production began in 2003, after a pipeline was completed connecting CHAD to the Atlantic Ocean via CAMEROON. Production was around 115,000 barrels per day in 2011, but dropped to about 105,000 in 2012, according to the <a href="http://www.eia.gov/countries/country-data.cfm?fips=CD" target="_blank">U.S. Energy Information Administration</a>. This year, production has fallen below 100,000 bpd.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">EU INTEREST IN </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">STABILIZING</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> CHAD</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CHAD is still rebuilding after decades of unrest and internal strife, though the country has been relatively stable since the mid-1990s under the rule of President Idriss Deby. Armed militants, religious tensions and rampant poverty still plague the country of 13 million.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The government hopes that once new oilfields near LAKE CHAD begin production, output will hit 200,000 bpd next year and 300,000 bpd by 2015. Those are ambitions plans for the vast desert country, but it still wouldn’t come close to the output from AFRICA’S biggest producers like NIGERIA, which boasts about 2 million bpd, or ANGOLA, which peaked at around 1.7 million bpd this spring. Still, oil exports are invaluable to the CHADIAN government; they bring in about $1.2 billion annually, or 80 percent of revenues.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">SEVEN ECONOMIES IN SUB - SAHARAN AFRICA ARE EXPECTED TO BE AMONG THE TEN FASTEST GROWING ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD. </span>Read entire article at:</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/africa-forgotten-and-underestimated.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/africa-forgotten-and-underestimated.html</a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTC9FpIf107_OY8DPPk2cJDC5Vsu-kPStOpzKvckS12TdWMCcG6w74EE2JcDIg1VO3k0iQ2OclYtF53Z0L4nX-AsYmuxz1TwuM73W4JRAysJzGEe0QRSf6isbj7qQ2xw5LUiGWE1j0amnz/s1600/_1943829_cameroon_pipeline_300map.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTC9FpIf107_OY8DPPk2cJDC5Vsu-kPStOpzKvckS12TdWMCcG6w74EE2JcDIg1VO3k0iQ2OclYtF53Z0L4nX-AsYmuxz1TwuM73W4JRAysJzGEe0QRSf6isbj7qQ2xw5LUiGWE1j0amnz/s320/_1943829_cameroon_pipeline_300map.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CHAD’S use of those funds has been a point of contention. At the beginning of its oil boom, CHAD was working closely with the World Bank and EUROPEAN UNION development agencies, which helped build the CAMEROON pipeline but set out a key stipulation: 80 percent of all royalties earned via the pipeline would have to be spent on development initiatives. Half of CHAD’S population lives in poverty, the literacy rate is less than 40 percent, and life expectancy is among the world’s lowest at 50.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">WHY THE SAHEL IS CRUCIAL TO EUROPE'S NEIGHBORHOOD – AND ITS SECURITY STRATEGY.</span> Read entire article at:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/07/eu-involvement-in-mali.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/07/eu-involvement-in-mali.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrd4ozgO3JIHav34QGQTX9LcntT77PvjMSmombyv3OIs_vqkmJPP0FcMY2I0VWxYYaPCkKz-Jjnz4HVIATyzwq4oo2Pm3g_tmdP7p9tPDiZ0pPgzmaRaC0CpQsTmjtSTdGgDOFIPspBhYg/s1600/chad-africa21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrd4ozgO3JIHav34QGQTX9LcntT77PvjMSmombyv3OIs_vqkmJPP0FcMY2I0VWxYYaPCkKz-Jjnz4HVIATyzwq4oo2Pm3g_tmdP7p9tPDiZ0pPgzmaRaC0CpQsTmjtSTdGgDOFIPspBhYg/s400/chad-africa21.jpg" width="321" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; line-height: normal; padding: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">MOUNTING BORDER CONFLICT WITH SUDAN MAY HINDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But CHAD did not adhere to the agreement, arguing instead that defense had to take a priority due to ongoing insurgent activities along the border with SUDAN. A disappointed World Bank withdrew from the agreement in 2008, at which point CHINA swooped in with investments of its own to spur CHAD’S growing hydrocarbon industry.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">AFRICA, A CONTINENT WHICH DECADES AGO WAS OF NO OR MERELY PERIPHERAL INTEREST TO THE REST OF THE WORLD SUDDENLY BECOMES A FOCAL POINT</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">.</span> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Read entire article at</b>:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/07/mali-and-chinas-western-foreign-policy.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/07/mali-and-chinas-western-foreign-policy.html</a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Finance Minister Atteib Doutoum is vague about the cause of the recent production slowdown, blaming it on technical difficulties. (There have also been hints that CHINA’S involvement hasn’t been all smooth sailing; last month, CHAD suspended the operations of the CHINA National Petroleum Corporation in a southern field where it had spilled massive amounts of oil, causing serious environmental damage.) But the finance minister’s predictions about increased capacity over the next few years offer some hope for a country where developmental spending is long overdue.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Related articles</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">AFRICA IS FORECAST TO EMERGE AS THE FASTEST-GROWING REGION IN THE WORLD OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read entire article at</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; 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Message Recieved, Answer Forthcoming

12:50 PM Tukiyooo 0

We have all been witnessing the petty and vindictive mind games coming from the Obama administration and it's minions the past week and a half.<br />Closing memorials and National parks,just,I don't know, stupid shit, meant to inconvenience and intimidate the American public courtesy of the twisted political fever dream of some real dickhead back in D.C. .<br /><br />I suppose whoever is behind this thought that this was a clever idea to foment political pressure in an attempt to sway the ongoing budget conflict between the two major political parties in this country.<br /><br />I would suggest to whomever this rank fucking amateur is that you have seriously underestimated the citizens of this country, again, and their never cease to amaze me capacity to flip the bird figuratively and literally to tin pot dictators with dreams of grandeur.<br /><br />Just in case it hasn't been brought to your attention yet, we Americans can be an ornery lot.<br /><br />Your little fucky fuck games do not impress us much.<br /><br />On the contrary, while you think you can sit back while denying us access to the things in this country that we have bought, paid for and pay to maintain with our tax dollars and blood, we have other ideas.<br /><br /><br />Time wounds all heels and time will tell just who ordered all this nonsense and then we will deal with those individuals in the way that Americans are known for, swiftly and justly.<br /><br />In the mean time, there are a few thousand citizens who are sending an unmistakable message to you clowns as I type this from across the country.<br /><br />If you think putting wimpy little steel barricades around our national parks is actually going to keep people out, I suggest to you to <a href="http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2013/10/awesome-vets-dismantle-fences-around.html">think again</a>.<br /><br />Some of the American people you have irritated have decided to rearrange the furniture so to speak.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-neDbp0BVDJyY_qddGG4GF2vd6mS78UMuxo3iA_ZS4VlgRzDU1-kEdLK1lhm8olOb1mYLCCeCGwcVvXa8LVbq66koLdKPTA0T5WvyLsE6dxAZeAoo8nyQVUOxVmCrJv2OQxvPkTPKOX9/s1600/BWd6KyNIEAAEzR_.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5-neDbp0BVDJyY_qddGG4GF2vd6mS78UMuxo3iA_ZS4VlgRzDU1-kEdLK1lhm8olOb1mYLCCeCGwcVvXa8LVbq66koLdKPTA0T5WvyLsE6dxAZeAoo8nyQVUOxVmCrJv2OQxvPkTPKOX9/s640/BWd6KyNIEAAEzR_.jpg" /></a><br /><br />If you will notice, they have deposited them where they belong,in front of the Whitehouse.<br /><br />This is a subtle suggestion for you to pull your head out of your ass.<br /><br />You will also notice the phrase I used was <i>irritated</i> Americans, because at this point, that's what they are, irritated.<br /><br />They aren't pissed off, yet.<br /><br /><br />If they were, there would be blood in the streets and we all know that is an indisputable fact.<br /><br /><br />So I suggest to whomever is responsible for this childish bullshit that you wake the fuck up.<br /><br />If you continue to keep irritating people in childish ways then the adults will be forced to come have a talk with you.<br /><br /><b>They will be forced to do so to stop the violence that is sure to follow this course of action</b>.<br /><br /><br />The fact that I am having to point this out is almost embarrassing but seems to be necessary.<br /><br />It's been my experience in life that some people can't see the obvious.<br /><br />There is always that one child who doesn't learn not to touch the stove because it is hot the first time.<br />These are the children destined to be politicians.

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How To Find The Right MA Weight Loss Spa For You

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By Paulette Short Though many would say that going to a fat farm is embarrassing, most of us would not mind going to one. A fat farm is ...

Simple Techniques Regarding How To Shed Weight

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<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Daniel Will</div><br /><br />  <div class='uawarticle'>The summer months are close to and it's time to shed lbs to the pool. Even if you may be able to physique it on your own, it usually best to discover a excellent diet and exercise system that can place you on the path toward to slimming down.<br />  <br />  One particular attempted-and-true fat loss suggestion would be to drink water as opposed to whatever else you must select from. A lot of drinks, for example caffeine, soda pop and juices, are high in calories. Drinking water has no calories, is fairly inexpensive and could make you really feel full following consuming it.<br />  <br />  Have a food items diary to record the amount of calories you're consuming. When you consume far more energy than shed, you simply will not lose weight. Monitor what you're eating. Make a note of every single calories you take in, so that you don't go crazy.<br />  <br />  When undertaking to shed pounds, you have to feature an exercise routine to your diet plan. Provided you can pay for it, enrolling in a health club may be a wonderful way to shed weight. Other available choices involve Tai Chi, taking a stroll or walk, or Pilates. Recall, it's usually very best to talk to a health care provider before starting any exercise regimen. Most workouts can be carried out outside the house during the day or even in enhanced comfort of your property.<br />  <br />  It is recommended to minimize caffeinated drinks intake. We have seen research that demonstrates caffeine intake could decrease your kept fat loss.<br />  <br />  Should you be curious, you can look at the amounts associated with weight reduction to assist you. There are actually 3,500 calories in a pound of excess fat. So, so that you can shed a lb, you will need to burn up 3500 more energy. An easy approach to split this lower is into 500 calorie increments, and aim to use 500 energy far more day-to-day than you eat. If you that, you have to be burning off a pound every week.<br />  <br />  Minimize the level of pressure in your own life. During periods of stress, it could be luring to nibble on poorly. It gets straightforward to concentrate on future targets and look after your concentrate when you find yourself healthier, free from stress and living a contented daily life.<br />  <br />  Ensure that you consume plenty of h2o, as it is part of a healthy diet. The average person calls for about 64 oz . water every day for best hydration. Once the weather conditions are very hot, it is very important ingest even more than this. Ingesting a lot of drinking water is able to keep the digestive method heading and you will sense a lot more whole.<br />  <br />  Because they are so wealthy, avocados are an excellent instrument for losing weight. As they are rich in fat, the fat may be the very good type -- healthful, unsaturated extra fat. Avocados are soft and delightful, leading them to be really fulfilling to nibble on. A veggie taco with avocado rather than ground beef is as delightful and gratifying, far healthier, and also the meats isn't neglected by any means.<br />  <br />  It is best to have plenty of time every morning to nibble on breakfast time. It may be appealing to seize a quick breakfast time pastry when you're inside a speed. However, many of these have unfilled unhealthy calories. An improved solution will be to try some oatmeal with many fruit combined in.<br />  <br />  Try out getting the steps should you be serious about losing weight. By avoiding the elevator and taking the stairways as an alternative, you will get a great exercise routine and burning all those calorie consumption.<br />  <br />  Should you be trying to lose weight, be sure to take in one thing before you go to a get together or some other celebration. This will keep you from eating too much of the food that may be damaging to you with the party. Additionally, attempt sipping vino gradually coming from a cup, rather than consuming beverages, for example dark beer or merged beverages that consist of calories.<br />  <br />  Knowing how to reduce weight efficiently, you are able to embark on your trip. Tend not to complete this chance up set what you have read into perform.<br />  <br />  </div><br />  <div class='uawresource'><br />  	<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br />  		About the Author:<br />  	</div><br />  	<div class='uawlinks'>To get more information about this, please visit <a href="http://raspberryketonereview.me">Raspberry Ketone Review</a>.</div><br />  </div><br />

Simple Techniques Regarding How To Shed Weight

By Daniel Will The summer months are close to and it's time to shed lbs to the pool. Even if you may be able to physique it on your ...

Afton Mountain's popcorn man

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyD57WX-HC2gjtROq0jcrmdDovRpoSEQRXpiuwVHi48_MSkjEBcU_MH2tG-0EPpI_UZVaSBSAo1yRlvBRNz__NGy2hugXYycacSptyNF1Glh0UH97A4_yg5-jK6mX_HdsBH-WNQsRfbrwF/s1600/20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyD57WX-HC2gjtROq0jcrmdDovRpoSEQRXpiuwVHi48_MSkjEBcU_MH2tG-0EPpI_UZVaSBSAo1yRlvBRNz__NGy2hugXYycacSptyNF1Glh0UH97A4_yg5-jK6mX_HdsBH-WNQsRfbrwF/s400/20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>King's Gourmet Popcorn on Afton Mountain</i></div><br />"If you build it they will come." Or, perhaps more appropriately, they will stop and buy.<br /><br />Ron King has found a market for snacks on Afton Mountain with <a href="http://www.kingsgourmetpopcorn.com/">King's Gourmet Popcorn</a> located at the juncture of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Skyline Drive, I-64, and Rt. 250. With views into the Rockfish and Shenandoah valleys, millions of tourists pass that way annually.<br /><br />Once an oasis for hungry travelers, the past 15 years have not been kind to Afton. The Inn at Afton formerly known as the Holiday Inn, the Howard Johnson Restaurant, service station, and everything else have fallen into disarray. Only the Inn remains open. The sight of burned-out buildings and graffiti is not what most would expect while traveling the scenic mountain ridges.<br /><br />That's why King's bright yellow vendor trailer, decorated now for fall with brightly colored chrysanthemums, hay bales, and orange pumpkins, is a welcome sight for hikers, travelers, and locals alike. He is filling a need, as evidenced by his steady customer base and ever-growing menu selections.<br /><br />Eighteen months ago he started with a tarp and kettle korn pot, cooking the salty-sweet goodness on site while servicing curious customers. That fall he was joined by the apple man.<br /><br />Then King's Gourmet Popcorn began branching out, offering bottled water and icy cold soft drinks followed by a wider variety of flavored popcorn and then pork rinds. That was followed by the bright yellow vendor trailer that replaced the tarp and kettle. He added picnic tables, hotdogs, coffee, ice cream, walking sticks, and tee shirts. A Facebook page was established that now sports 600 followers and comes in handy when late afternoon storms cause early closings, conveniently announced online. There's even a small neon "Open" sign that flashes when he's on site.<br /><br />In short, King's Gourmet Popcorn is now a fixture on Afton Mountain, sought after by travelers who have become familiar with his offerings. My husband stops almost every time we're in the vicinity, grabbing his favorite bag of kettle korn before heading north on the Drive or south on the Parkway, and even sometimes as we head east on I-64 toward Richmond.<br /><br />Ron King is becoming a tradition. But he's not finished. Plans are to add more food selections, mail order, and additional flavors. Many would be happy if he proved to be the seed that began the rebirth and rebuilding of Afton Mountain.<br /><br />An interesting article by Waynesboro reporter Roger Gonazlez shares more about King Gourmet Popcorn and Ron King in <a href="http://www.dailyprogress.com/newsvirginian/mountain-munchies/article_7b29ef1c-b0e2-11e2-b523-0019bb30f31a.html"><i>The News Virginian</i></a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>If you go:</b></i></span><br /><blockquote>Kings Gourmet Popcorn<br />Afton Mountain, I-64, Exit 99 (look for the bright yellow vending trailer)<br />Open: 7 days a week <br />Follow on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KingsGourmetPopcorn">Facebook</a><br />Website: <a href="http://www.kingsgourmetpopcorn.com/">King's Gourmet Popcorn</a></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQclunh_WY1uCaC0XNNAYP3wu1tt7QX9QUjtnDQbN_miM_9_0f1vwPQ8ktusoRQutvw-dshuCxUGNQ2OZw1fQOa4ciTmRce9V8GC8fw5YErOCHdvQEKbNqxLcBCg05ejUiczdvF2u82g_v/s1600/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQclunh_WY1uCaC0XNNAYP3wu1tt7QX9QUjtnDQbN_miM_9_0f1vwPQ8ktusoRQutvw-dshuCxUGNQ2OZw1fQOa4ciTmRce9V8GC8fw5YErOCHdvQEKbNqxLcBCg05ejUiczdvF2u82g_v/s640/19.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qCZP4fgct9dJWHloPF5rA5bSNEDXCV8bm2VbKKv5uUx60cOxkQeTqVik8fE1m3v7n8EPBV7G9xkdABBvyMsqR0_MLOUz8NdynjLJuD318LY5d64mhKSclIcu5Vw1uiZA7MASSJemfuMT/s1600/21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qCZP4fgct9dJWHloPF5rA5bSNEDXCV8bm2VbKKv5uUx60cOxkQeTqVik8fE1m3v7n8EPBV7G9xkdABBvyMsqR0_MLOUz8NdynjLJuD318LY5d64mhKSclIcu5Vw1uiZA7MASSJemfuMT/s400/21.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0xJb-Bm2O1yIfF9nJMjbYnVqsFjVBR9gGWZSEBAbybk7FwJ2YB0Hu03libqtjXZ-0mSGcIwAi3h_h8eIhB3r4g4qXq_HFjPBIj9kBvPxd4MVDM2CAv0j6O5XkxKRnqOYzVBHjp_ZvgJlw/s1600/22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0xJb-Bm2O1yIfF9nJMjbYnVqsFjVBR9gGWZSEBAbybk7FwJ2YB0Hu03libqtjXZ-0mSGcIwAi3h_h8eIhB3r4g4qXq_HFjPBIj9kBvPxd4MVDM2CAv0j6O5XkxKRnqOYzVBHjp_ZvgJlw/s400/22.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSMzHui5PTPJ3N_DdMKMBlk-GuG_V9bBjZT0oZzJCjUef61whn4nBy28LfSGXjIfi01YWR8j8km96XsY6Ge-hSivWm6J7ddkQKwRAp_0MAFDy5tLz6hq4C5Q50589vHaWlDGU-vZjejOc/s1600/23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSMzHui5PTPJ3N_DdMKMBlk-GuG_V9bBjZT0oZzJCjUef61whn4nBy28LfSGXjIfi01YWR8j8km96XsY6Ge-hSivWm6J7ddkQKwRAp_0MAFDy5tLz6hq4C5Q50589vHaWlDGU-vZjejOc/s400/23.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtuQ1cUHX51HzrmXm5BCfWB3qxzVfj0cAfn7kwLV8GY29Voq9r_QHRB_FVAolg4_pKoH3LsiGR2IxC62xqSbpIpSUR_YrtkXqjwM5L6qcYBFr8BLadiQ8zrtNFRTN-yI6asvUWmkeaTwW/s1600/24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtuQ1cUHX51HzrmXm5BCfWB3qxzVfj0cAfn7kwLV8GY29Voq9r_QHRB_FVAolg4_pKoH3LsiGR2IxC62xqSbpIpSUR_YrtkXqjwM5L6qcYBFr8BLadiQ8zrtNFRTN-yI6asvUWmkeaTwW/s400/24.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Afton Mountain overlooks (from top to bottom) Skyline Drive, I-64, and Rt. 250.</i></div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />October 11, 2013

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18 Steps For An Effective Fat Loss Without Going On A Diet

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<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Elhassan Errezzaki</div><br /><br />  <div class='uawarticle'>To lose one pound of shape weight in a week, a solitary must deplete around the range of 500 fewer calories than he or she blasts every day. Here are 18 systems to get more thin without going on an expending approach.<br />  <br />  1. Instead of drinking pressed orange at breakfast, deplete a whole orange. You'll defend in the ballpark of 45 calories.<br />  <br />  2. Make your breakfast omelette with four egg whites notwithstanding 1/4 compartment egg substitute. Swap standard pork midsection with Canadian pork stomach to recuperate significantly more calories.<br />  <br />  3. Switch from entire drain to nonfat or lowfat milk. Use sugar substitute rather than sugar in your morning espresso or latte.<br />  <br />  4. At lunch, use mustard instead of mayonnaise on your sandwich to defend 100 calories (for each tablespoon) .<br />  <br />  5. Set up of a Big Mac and tremendous fries, strive for a plain burger and a minor french singe and save a whopping 590 calories!<br />  <br />  6. Don't consume potato chips at nibble time. Have a fruit rather for less calories in addition to the included formal of additional filament.<br />  <br />  7. You'll recoup around 150-200 calories for each drink.<br />  <br />  8. Consume each two to three hours with more modest allotments. Consuming little, continuous suppers keeps blood glucose levels stable and minimizes the motivation to gorge.<br />  <br />  9. Consume more sound snacks like dried products of the soil, crisp apples and oranges, cut up veggies or yogurt.<br />  <br />  10. You won't just cut fat and calories, however entire grains have been displayed to lessen the danger of colon mischief by advancing the strand that your constitution needs.<br />  <br />  11. Besides examining margarine: trade it with nonfat astringent cream on prepared potatoes.<br />  <br />  12. As opposed to Caesar greens, substitute a supper sald with nonfat blended greens dressing.<br />  <br />  13. Do you cherish pasta? You'll safeguard no less than 500 calories!<br />  <br />  14. When you're running out with companions, watch your liquor consumption. In place of utilizing Coke or Seven-Up with your beverages, pick tonic water or seltzer.<br />  <br />  15. Restaurants are infamous for their global serving sizes. Consume half of your supper and save the rest for lunch tomorrow. Alternately fundamentally impart the dish to a companion.<br />  <br />  16. Strolling is the best practice you can do to get more fit.<br />  <br />  17. Keep walking .<br />  <br />  18. Swim, swim, swim. You'll moreover wind up with a firmer, more toned structure<br />  <br />  You don't have to take off on a strict consuming regimen to get more fit. Change to extra sensible depleting penchants and start moving your body by walking, swimming or two wheeler riding. You'll be compensated by incredible health and a fit shape.<br />  <br />  </div><br />  <div class='uawresource'><br />  	<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br />  		About the Author:<br />  	</div><br />  	<div class='uawlinks'>If you want real fat loss methods that really work check Mr. Elhassan Errezzaki weight loss blog here <a href='http://www.weightloss4every1.com/'>weight loss tips</a>, and <a href="http://weightloss4every1.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=38&action=edit">fat loss real methods</a></div><br />  </div><br />

18 Steps For An Effective Fat Loss Without Going On A Diet

By Elhassan Errezzaki To lose one pound of shape weight in a week, a solitary must deplete around the range of 500 fewer calories than h...

Food Diary Challenge (Hot for New Years)

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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So as some of you may already know, my laptop has decided to stop working so i wont be able to make videos for a while. Luckily i can keep you guys updated on my blog!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Hot for New Years challenge is now in full swing and it's only going to get more challenging! If you want to find out more about the Hot for New Years challenge, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnsjVVX5EdA" target="_blank"><b>Click here. </b></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Perfect Imperfections challenge is now over, how did you do with it? did you manage to be more positive about yourself? if you missed out, you can still do it along with this challenge. You can find out what the Perfect Imperfections challenge was about <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h08g835p00" target="_blank">here. </a></b></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ONTO THIS WEEKS CHALLENGE!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This weeks challenge is actually a challenge i've done before in my previous challenges, it is the <b>Food Diary </b>challenge. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrHu51NeC26aOJvClxEaq-JzzAatopyxX0Pfcj4QxuT-H5WpSnb55oEU69Px42EfivZn43CNRSPK_v8-Su4Syf6qmSH3n6xNNcmL90Dc_2EEaaHewyfmqt2r0VPDF8Mkf9U1Ay30_2jFS/s1600/Hot+For+New+Years+october-2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrHu51NeC26aOJvClxEaq-JzzAatopyxX0Pfcj4QxuT-H5WpSnb55oEU69Px42EfivZn43CNRSPK_v8-Su4Syf6qmSH3n6xNNcmL90Dc_2EEaaHewyfmqt2r0VPDF8Mkf9U1Ay30_2jFS/s640/Hot+For+New+Years+october-2013.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>What you have to do:</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All you have to do for the next 2 weeks is record EVERYTHING you eat or drink. And i mean <i>EVERYTHING</i>.  You can do this by either taking pictures or writing it down in your Hot for New Years notebook. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another option is using <b><a href="http://www.myfitnesspal.com/" target="_blank">My Fitness Pal </a>. </b>It is a free calorie counting website where you can record everything you eat. There is a huge database with pretty much any food you can think of! There are a lot of brands on there too. Best of all there is also an app you can download to your phone so you can kep your food diary updated on the go. A brilliant feature is the bar code scanner which identifies the food and finds all the nutritional information for it straight away. I used this throughout my weight loss and found it SO useful. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With this challenge i hope to make you all aware of what you're putting into your bodies. Sometimes we can be in denial of our diet status. If you're working out but not seeing the results, then odds are somethings up with your diet and you MUST self-access and really ask yourself if you're being as healthy as possible. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So there we have it! I hope you all have fun with this challenge and i hope this helps you stay on track! its so much harder to go off track when you're recording everything you're eating. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">PLUS! don't forget to treat yourself! being healthy is about finding a balance, not depriving yourself. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stay healthy</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">x</span>

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So as some of you may already know, my laptop has decided to stop working so i wont be able to make videos for a while. Luckily i can keep y...