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What with all my pontificating of late I forgot to mention that we are participating in a high school exchange program organized by my son's very industrious German teacher. Tomorrow, I head off to the airport to collect as many German Gymnasium students plus luggage, as I can fit into my SUV. We get to keep one of them - at least for the next 5 weeks. Our Very Own German (VOG). In June, my son

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INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION POPULAR DEL SUR DE CALIFORNIATo provide stipends to low income day laborers being trained in the field of sustainable low impact gardening and landscaping. The goas is to secure permanent, unsubsidized employment upon completion of training - term of contract from October 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010 - total amount $200,0002-18-10 - Contract AttestedThe city of Los Angeles

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Larry and Lisa lingered outside,their local library soon to demise.Where can I find the knowledge I seek,lamented Larry then Lisa now for a week.Such a spectacle they made with laments so loud,they caused the formation of a curious crowd.What have we before us?cried the crowd now in chorus, No need to fret, it's all on the net,Libraries you see, now only bore us!Leave us alone with your laments

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We have health insurance through my husbands employer. They pay for his insurance and he pays the premium to cover me and the two kids. This amounts to around $960 per month or $11, 520 per year.It must be one of those Cadillac policies they talk about, right? I don't think so - if I compare it to the policy I had when I was 20, it seems to cover less. It also has a 10% pay-it-yourself clause.

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The other week-end I conned my son and a buddy of his into driving up to Carmel with me to help my sister and her family move. On the Saturday night we were all hanging out together in the new house and I happened to pick up a textbook on US history that was lying around. My son's friend had brought it along to get some studying done - at least that was probably the idea.As I started flipping

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I have a good friend in Valparaiso that I am worried about...Anybody know how the city of Valparaiso, Chile is doing?Pablo, get in touch if you can!RHFollow up: I did get in touch with my friend in Chile, and he said he and everyone he knows came through OK, that was per email - but haven't heard much since.

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Leave it to the government of California to know exactly how to make a bad economy worse. Here is the letter Overstock.com sent to its California based affiliates:Not only will the leeches in Sacramento not receive any sales tax from Overstock.com after they dump all of their California affiliates, they will also lose any income taxes those affiliates would have paid to the state. This is going

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The other day I got a call from a fellow raising money for the local troubled teenagers program run by the county sheriff. I thought this was a worthy cause, so I agreed to give $20 - won't change the world, I know but I am a bit short these days - (see previous post).My fund raising fellow then brought a lady on the call who proceeded to read me the fine print of the terms of my donation, the

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Last night I became obsessed with the concept of the Rainbow Cupcake, did a search in the old Newspaper Archive and was able to locate 3 different recipes: one rainbow cupcake recipe from 1959, one frosted rainbow cupcake recipe from 1981 and the third rainbow cupcake recipe from 2001. It may interest you to know that rainbow cupcake recipes haven't changed much over the last 51 years.If anybody

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This is a god awful story - and I really hope Mexico's citizens rise up and throw out the garbage. Again, it always amazes me that the La Raza's of the world aren't trying to do something about the slaughter going on in Mexico.Wouldn't it be nice if Mexico were able to offer it's citizens a decent standard of living so that when they come visit us here in the US - as tourists - they enjoy

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I wonder how many of the thousands of advocacy groups out there actually consider how their social tinkering will affect our collective well-being in the years to come.I am going to hazard a guess that they don't strain their gray matter much more than what is necessary to memorize the official party line. The reason I bring this up is that it has become rather obvious that the country is in a

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Have been way too busy lately...so much happening, to much to take care of.Here's a sears coupon:Sears coupon code: Save 15% off Fine Jewelry & Watch Purchases of $149 or more w/code SPARKLE15 2/14-2/20Sears coupon code: EXTRA 5% OFF Grills & Patio w/coupon code S5OFFAFFONLY- no expiration given...Sears coupon code: Online Only: Save EXTRA $5 off $50 w/ coupon code SEARS5OFF50 at cart.Sears

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I am a last minute shopper - so as I find the best deals for Christmas, I'll post them here - just in case there are some other last minute types out there...Avenue.com coupon code for 40% OFF! - Beat that! 40% OFF at Avenue.com OFFER VALID 12/17-12/21/2009 ONLY! 40% off at avenue.com with coupon code AV91174 Avenue.com Women's Fashion in sizes 14-32 Steve Madden coupon code for 25% Off and Free

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Welcome to the Great Depression!SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 (1929)Not as good a day for our roofing labors as yesterday. The wind blew briskly, so each time we laid a new strip, I had to sit on it and act as weight to hold it down until Dan could fasten it in place. It took us until four o'clock this afternoon to finish the job. I had visions of completing it by noon, cleaning up while Dan went after a

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 (1929)This has been a fine, mild day and I've spent most of it up in the world. First thing after breakfast Dan and I had a big bonfire of tumble weeds. What a lot of heat there is in the Russian thistles! If one could only crush them up into briquettes, they would be wonderful fuel for a cold day.After we had cleaned up around the garden I did up my housework then we ascended

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22 (1929)Mother's trunk is packed and ready and this time tomorrow night she will be well on her way to Chicago. She is only staying there a few days then will head for Kansas City and Pueblo, so will be on the road most of the time until she settles down in Denver next month. Nancy and Dave have just gone home they won't get in to the train in the morning so came to say their

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As people yell and scream at each other about drilling for oil, not drilling for oil, yada, yada, rabble, rabble, rabble - We decided to explore the idea of going solar to see just where solar energy is in terms of feasibility and cost.I mailed in an informational postcard that came in the mail, and set my husband up as the contact. - He was a bit surprised when they called him, as I forgot to

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There is nothing like a family get-together to bring out one's finer qualities. My parents hosted Thanksgiving this year and the prospect of going home for a family function has pretty much the same effect on me as a full moon has on a werewolf.I spent the morning mentally running through the possible arguments that could arise and trying to devise a plan to return a few of my mother's items

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Here's a little Thanksgiving humor:Happy Thanksgiving!RH

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16 (1929)We didn't do any gadding today except to drive up to the mail box. As soon as the morning work was done, Dan mixed the paint for me and I started "saving the surface" of the shed. Got almost all the east end done before dinner and in the afternoon I did a good bit of the west side. It was really hot working in the sun.Dan started up the tractor just before chore time

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 (1929)It has been like a summer day, and I've had a very happy celebration. Our dinner was not one that required a lot of work beforehand, but we all enjoyed it the more, perhaps, because of its ease of preparation. Nancy wouldn't let me do any of the dish washing, and as getting the meal is always much easier than clearing up afterward, I felt I was having a real treat. Nancy

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 (1929)Dan decided to hire one of the neighbor boys pick corn for us for there are so many things he wants to get done and with corn to be picked every day, he doesn't get on with other jobs very rapidly. James came over this morning to start, but hadn't been out in the field very long when it began raining so he had to come in. Dan carpentered until it got too wet then came

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Myrtle and Madge were on their way home from school, grumpity, bumpity in the little yellow school bus, when Myrtle stated, rather smugly, that handsome Johnny had asked her to the school dance on Friday. She knew that this would upset Madge, who had been pining away for Johnny since the beginning of the year.As expected, Madge was most distressed at the news and muttered something unflattering

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