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  • kottke.org - home of fine hypertext products on 2009-11-24
  • Mold in stored apples on 2009-11-23
    • APPLES ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO POST-HARVEST DECAYS

      By John Hartman




      Apple

      Kentucky apple growers often store fruits for some weeks or months after harvest in order to extend the
      apple sales season. Growers know to be careful to avoid placing bruised or injured fruits into
      storage. Growers are also aware that even with good storing varieties, the longer apples are stored,
      the more likely decay is to occur. Fungicides applied to the trees before harvest also help to extend
      storage life. For fruits already in storage, growers will want to carefully monitor the condition of
      the apples.

  • JDL's Tuna Noodle Casserole Recipe on 2009-11-03
  • Effective Learners on 2009-11-02
    • The 7-1/2 habits of highly successful lifelong learners which is EASIEST for me is -

      The 7-1/2 habits of highly successful lifelong learners which is HARDEST for me is -

      begin with the end in mind

      Accept responsibility for your own learning
      -take pride in it

      View problems as challenges

      Personal development
      -Meditation
      -Co-dependency

      Job hunting
      Computers
      ?Instructional Design
      Software
      -Graphic editing
      -Word
      -Excel
      -Web design
      Grant writing

      Have confidence in yourself as a competent, effective learner

      Create your own learning toolbox

      Books
      Tech
      Mentors
      Classes
      Friends
      Web pp

      Use technology to your advantage

      MP3 audio books

      Teach and mentor others

      Play
  • Anti-Habits on 2009-11-02
    • Alternate Activities

              Specific alternative
                  Channel surf
                  Net surf            Net task
                  Trivial task            Make it positive
                  Off track thought        |
                  Needless complication    |    Check to do, priorities
                  Overplanning        |
                  Dragging it out        |
                  Emotional Wallowing    Emotions pass. Reverse motivation
                  Drink, Eat            Needed? Seek alternate activity
                  Sleep            Jumping jacks, a walk
                  Read            Priority? Positive

              Any priority task

              Any positive task

              Anything for others

              Think of others

                  Call a friend.
                  Detail a creative connection.
                  Drop coins on the sidewalk...
                  Email a friend or family member
                  Invite someone over.
                  List the important people in your life.
                  Make a card for someone.
                  Make a simple gift for someone.
                  Make simple notecards.
                  Offer a compliment to someone.
                  Offer to help someone do something
                  Send someone else flowers.
                  Volunteer for story time
                  Write a note to a friend or relative
                  Cook something for yourself or others

              Light work

                  Clean office supply drawer
                  Clean out part of the refrig...
                  Clean the bathroom or part...
                  Clean your car or a part of...
                  Clear off your dresser.
                  Do a 15-min. task from To Do.
                  Do a 30-min. task from To Do.
                  Do a 60-min. task from To Do.
                  Do a small home improvement...
                  Do the dishes.
                  Make your bed.
                  Plan menus for the week.
                  Sort a file.
                  Thin out your wardrobe.
                  Work on your car.

      A:    {LinkRand BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS...    
      B:    Write yourself a nice note...    
      C:    Write in your journal.     
      D:    Clean office supply drawer    
      E:    Write a positive poem.     
      F:    Wrap yourself in a blanket...    
      G:    Work on your car.     
      H:    Work on a hobby (photography...    
      I:    Eat fruit    
      J:    Make popcorn    
      K:    Watch for birds outside the...    
      L:    Watch an uplifting or funny...    
      M:    Wash and massage your feet.     
      N:    Email a friend or family member    
      O:    Write a note to a friend or...    
      P:    Imagine something positive...    
      Q:    Visit raptor rescue    
      R:    Turn on all the lights; this...    
      S:    Throw rocks into the woods.     
      T:    Throw eggs at trees.     
      U:    Thin out your wardrobe.     
      V:    Take a bath or shower.     
      W:    Volunteer for story time    
      X:    Splash cold water on your face.     
      Y:    Sort a file.     
      Z:    Sing "Oh, What a Beautiful...    
      2A:    (empty)    
      2B:    Send yourself flowers.     
      2C:    Send yourself a greeting card.     
      2D:    Send someone else flowers.     
      2E:    Scream into a pillow.     
      2F:    Record an event you want to...    
      2G:    Free    
      2H:    Free    
      2I:    Free    
      2J:    Read a poem aloud.     
      2K:    Free    
      2L:    Put on some music and dance.     
      2M:    Pray/meditate/practice deep...    
      2N:    Free    
      2O:    Play a harmonica.     
      2P:    Play a flute.     
      2Q:    Play a board game.     
      2R:    Plan menus for the week.     
      2S:    Free     
      2T:    Organize your poems.     
      2U:    Organize your CDs.     
      2V:    Offer to help someone do...    
      2W:    Offer a compliment to someone.     
      2X:    Make yourself smile every...    
      2Y:    Make your bed.     
      2Z:    Make simple notecards.     
      3A:    Make a simple gift for someone.     
      3B:    Make a gratitude list.     
      3C:    Free    
      3D:    Make a card for someone.     
      3E:    Listen to music or make music.     
      3F:    List the important people in...    
      3G:    Jump up and down; really...    
      3H:    Learn a new guitar chord.     
      3I:    Invite someone over.     
      3J:    Imagine something positive...    
      3K:    Have a cup of tea.     
      3L:    Clean out part of the refrig...    
      3M:    Go to a movie.     
      3N:    Go to a library and sit and...    
      3O:    Go for a brisk ten-minute walk.     
      3P:    Get outside and observe nature.     
      3Q:    Drop coins on the sidewalk...    
      3R:    Draw, paint, or color.     
      3S:    Do yoga or gentle stretching.     
      3T:    Do the dishes.     
      3U:    Do a 30-min. task from To Do.     
      3V:    Do a small home improvement...    
      3W:    Do a 60-min. task from To Do.     
      3X:    Do a 15-min. task from To Do.     
      3Y:    Detail a creative connection.     
      3Z:    Cook something for yourself...    
      4A:    Clear off your dresser.     
      4B:    Clean your car or a part of...    
      4C:    Clean the bathroom or part...    
      4D:    Call a friend.     

  • Flourish on 2009-11-02
    • Club schedule

      IT tutor

      Something fun and different for $

      Write poetry

      Play music

      Strategy/Tactics against Obamofascism

      Read Web 2.0

      Web 2.0 and the bad and Bad guys

      Correspond with Charlie, JR about interests

      Given the relativistic world view of left, how communicate/convert

      Share obscure enthusiasms

      Baritone Uke Chords

      Read Budhism

      Science of Consciousness

      Online Classes

      Genealogy, Historical Rsch

      Work on Spanish

       

      Poetry group

      CFU

      Sing

      Identify and seek out what is really fun for me

      Balance Play-Work-Relationship in Web 2.0 use

      ?ID SNS

      ?Make a place for pix in life, expression, play

      ?ID SNS w/profilesà interests, contacts

      ?Surfing with purpose

      ?Net presence

      ?Tumblelogs

      ?Blogs

      ?Music scavenge, save

      ?Blogging Hold

      June Clubs

      Post June club schedule

      Check CFU June classes, locations

  • Stay Healthy--Learn a Foreign Language on 2009-11-02
    • Stay Healthy--Learn a Foreign Language


      I love this Doctor

      This is an oldie but a goodie. It still gives me a laugh

      Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
      A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.

      Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
      A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.

      Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
      A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!

      Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
      A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.

      Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
      A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good!

      Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
      A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!! ...... Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?

      Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
      A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.

      Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
      A: Are you crazy? HELLO Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around!

      Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
      A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.

      Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
      A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape!

      Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets. And for those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.

      1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

      2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

      3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

      4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

      5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

      CONCLUSION

      Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

      --Courtesy of bussorah

  • 10 tricks to reboot your brain - Aging- msnbc.com on 2009-11-02
  • Commonsense & Wonder on 2009-11-02
      • Saul Alinsky's
        Rules for Radicals




        (or understanding current Democratic tactics)

        Rule 1: Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have

        Rule 2: Never go outside the experience of your people.

        Rule 3: Whenever possible, go outside the experience of the enemy.

        Rule 4: Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.

        Rule 5: Ridicule is man's most potent weapon

        Rule 6: A good tactic is one your people enjoy.

        Rule 7: A tactic that drags on for too long becomes a drag.

        Rule 8: Use different tactics and actions and use all events of the period.

        Rule 9: The threat is more terrifying than the thing itself.

        Rule 10: Maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition.

        Rule 11: If you push a negative hard and deep enough, it will break through into its counterside.

        Rule 12: The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.

        Rule 13: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it.












        Communist Manifesto 10 Planks



        10 Conditions For Transition To Communism

        1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
        2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
        3. Abolition of all right of inheritance.
        4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
        5. Centralisation of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
        6. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
        7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
        8. Equal liability of all to labour. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
        9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equitable distribution of the population over the country.
        10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production.


        Keep these in mind as you contemplate the direction of the American government over the past 50 years and especially since the Obama election.











        The Goals of Communism



        (as read into the congressional record January 10, 1963, from "The Naked Communist" by Cleon Skousen)


        1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.

        2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.

        3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament of the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.

  • All-Sky Milky Way Panorama 2.0 on 2009-11-01

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