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January 2008
Obsessive ice-chewers have found ways to make ice a safer snack, swapping tips on preparing the perfect ice at IceChewing.com. It's the BPP's Most. Chewing on the perfect ice/ British judge gets cranky on American Idol/ Soldier suicides at record level/ Putting an end to fractions/ Los Angeles adopts marijuana vending machines Will Hoffman 6:44 AM ET | 01-31-2008 | permalink | comments (1) | e-mail post .
Ideas that will actually cut into global warming
But there are no panaceas or simple solutions. Nonetheless, this should not be taken as an excuse for inaction. Still, before we fast-track to the legislative path, we need to recognize that a portfolio of policies will have to be deployed. Some of these policies can reap immediate benefits through early implementation while others will require thoughtful, methodical market design and economic study. And whatever policies the United States chooses, they must be developed in a global context. All countries emit greenhouse gases, and all countries will be impacted by climate change. In the early benefits category, curtailing world deforestation, especially tropical deforestation, should be on the top of the climate policy list. Forest destruction is responsible for 20 percent of global carbon emissions each year.
The Main Street Hyannis location closed June 21
But prime season is less than three months, so the real cost is $24,000 a month, or about $800 a day. And that's before you consider taxes, insurance, maintenance and utilities. This is not unique to Maine. Check the prices of waterfront houses on Cape Cod or Long Island, in Annapolis, Md., or anywhere along the Florida Coast, and waterfront is priced in multiples of $1 million. The same is true, in spades, on the West Coast. Anything on the water, anywhere, is the stuff of trophies — and priced accordingly... One answer: Buy a boat. It is possible to get on the water in a habitable boat for less than $30,000... Read or lsten to the rest of this Commentary by Scott Burns here. .
What the fans say...
The real test starts at the Stadium of Light. Alex Perras, Soccernet reader Super-sub Claudio Pizarro kept our Premier League title hopes alive with the only goal of the game late on against a battling Birmingham team at St Andrews. Coincidentally the Peru international's only other goal for Blues since his summer move from Bayern Munich had been on the opening day of the season against the same opposition. He obviously needs to score more goals but the winner here was very welcome. Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Middlesbrough Alan Griffiths: More of a point gained than points lost in this home game against Boro. By rights if Boro had put their chances away, a true reflection of their dominance would have been a 4-1 win in their favour. Once renowned for our no nonsense defending, the defence has lost its cohesion and marking at set pieces would now allow room for a bus to drive through it.
Popping the question
Though we had told her she could start dating when she reached the prime age of 35, she jumped the gun on us and started dating Tom Poch at college in Minneapolis sometime in the fall of 2002. Tom was interested enough in Elizabeth that he arranged to spend Christmas vacation with our family that year, and we (four daughters strong) subjected him to a testy cross-examination about his intentions, who he was and where he was going. At the end of the questioning, he surprised us with a question of his own, and point blank asked us if he and Elizabeth had our blessing to pursue their relationship. Despite the fact that 35 was still a significant number of years away, we relented and gave our blessing. Fast forward to the following Christmas, 2003. Tom called me early in December and advised me that he would like to surprise Elizabeth by flying out to the Black Hills and would like to propose to her during his time here. He asked me if there was a particular location that was special or meaningful to her, and I suggested that his timing was perfect for a Harney Peak event. Our friend Jeff had arranged for us to have a boys and a girls cabin outside Hill City for two nights, and Jeff agreed to ferry Tom from the airport so he was already at the cabins when our family arrived. Suffice it to say, everyone was surprised and delighted (especially Elizabeth) to see Tom there, but no one had a clue that there might be an ulterior motive. So we played card games and word games and used the sauna and the hot tub and ate and relaxed, started the tradition of a New Year’s Eve toast with root beer, and five of us (the young couple, Jeff and myself and my youngest daughter, Moriah) prepared for the Harney Peak hike on New Year’s Day. For all practical purposes, it seemed like our usual trek, except that we were introducing a Minnesota snowboarder to the natural beauty of the Needles and more.
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