Answer the 11 questions to find out which candidates are most aligned with your views and opinions. You may skip questions if you do not want them factored into the results. This quiz is not meant to pick your candidate for you. It is designed to inform the public of the various stances candidates make. Results are not scientific.
There are countless blogs across the world, but you can't read them all, of course. With the screensaver application Twingly, however, you can at least see every new blog post as it gets published...sort of. While Twingly appears to be a fascinating application, you may soon be overwhelmed by the random collection of....
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have you ever thought why some people can paint beautifully, but have difficulty adding two and two? Or why some people can understand the intricacies of calculus effortlessly, but struggle to write a one-page essay? It's all about which side of your brain dominates - the left or the right. The right is responsible for imagination, feelings and creativity, while the left is responsible for logic, details and facts.Want to know which side is dominant for you? Go to this link, look at the picture of the dancer and focus on which way she is turning. Is it clockwise? Or counter-clockwise?Jay takes a look at some popular...and some not so popular books.
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A Pierre Cartier clock that belonged to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is scheduled to go up for auction on December 4th at Sotheby's in Manhattan. Cartier gave the onyx clock with several different time zones (specific to key Allied forces locations in World War II) to the President back in 1943. Letters between Cartier and President Roosevelt regarding the gift are not part of the sale but can be viewed in the FDR Presidential Library in Hyde Park, New York.
The clock comes with a red leather presentation box inscribed with "F.D.R" and is expected to sell for as much as $1 million dollars.
The Glow Show and Dawn Patrol are followed by the American Bald Eagle. Then 100 balloons take off in a mass ascension with Smokey Bear, the Energizer Bunny and the Northern Nevada Dairymen Cow. Great weather and perfect winds this year kept the balloons over the field for the entire event.
Have you figured out what your (or your kids') Halloween costume will be this year? What's it going to be?
Indiana, Pa. — The long-standing rivalry between Coke and Pepsi took a physical turn Friday when a Pepsi deliveryman allegedly punched his Coke counterpart in the face at a western Pennsylvania Wal-Mart, state police said.
The two deliverymen were "apparently bickering back and forth" while unloading their wares at the Indiana County store, police said. When the Coke deliveryman left the store, his counterpart allegedly punched him in the face three times, breaking his nose and giving him a black eye, police said.
No charges have been filed, but police characterized the incident as a misdemeanor simple assault.
This is great! I'm glad they finally got around to making a holiday for one of my favorite TV characters. I wonder if there's a day for Pokey?
Oh, wait, it's gumbo. OK, then I better link to some recipes.
Here are several recipes from Better Homes and Gardens, including Seafood Gumbo and African-Creole Turkey Gumbo. Jon Sullivan has a recipe for Shrimp Gumbo, and Food & Wine has this one for Buckshot Gumbo.
