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(via Treehugger)
Thanks Ron.
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KFC – Quadruple Down sandwich
I couldn’t resist.
… two thick and juicy boneless white meat chicken filets (Original Recipe® or Grilled), two pieces of bacon, two melted slices of Monterey Jack and pepper jack cheese and Colonel’s Sauce. …
It’s as disgustingly delicious as it looks!
… the sodium content is high — a whopping 1,380 milligrams — more than a half-teaspoon’s worth of salt. For comparison’s sake, the American Heart Association recommends people eat less than 1,500 mg of sodium in an entire day.
Considering the rising consciousness on healthy eating — from rules that will require calorie counts on menus nationwide to Jamie Oliver teaching kids in West Virginia to make better food choices — it was pretty gutsy of KFC to market a product that sandwiches bacon and mayo-based sauce between two pieces of fried chicken.
Still, KFC’s new creation might surprise you a little on the nutritional front. At 540 calories, the Double Down, though not exactly a dieting food, is 90 calories lighter than McDonald’s Premium Crispy Chicken Club Sandwich. …
UPDATE – Is it really 540 calories? Or more like 1190 calories?
This crime against humanity will not be sold in Canada. America’s rank as the most obese major nation is safe, for now.
And just in case Wendy’s wants to challenge, KFC has this “sandwich” in the lab …
(via This is why you’re Fat)
definition: foolscap
When we were kids we called 3-hole-punched, lined paper “foolscap”.
But I never knew why.
Foolscap folio (commonly contracted to foolscap or folio) is paper cut to the size of 8.5 by 13 inches (215.9 mm × 330.2 mm). This was a traditional paper size used in Europe and the Commonwealth, before the adoption of the international standard A4 paper (the most common standard size outside the United States and Canada). Foolscap is a common size for ring binders/lever arch files used to hold A4 paper as it is slightly larger than A4 and offers greater protection to the edge of the pages.
A full foolscap paper sheet is 17 by 13.5 inches (431.8 mm × 342.9 mm) in size, and a folio sheet of any type is half the standard sheet size. Foolscap was named after the fool’s caps and bells watermark commonly used from the fifteenth century onwards on paper of these dimensions] or a subdivision of this into halves, quarters and so on. The earliest example of such paper that is firmly dated was made in Germany in 1479.
kinds of foolscap
fastest way to learn a new language
Masons got Rosetta Stone software for Christmas. We’ve been learning French every day since.
Here’s one of their TV commercials.
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Rosetta Stone is interactive language learning software that teaches a new language by immersion, rather than translation and memorization drills. Learn more …
It works. It’s painless. Easy. Almost fun.
But it’s not cheap. Over $200 just to get started. Almost $500 for the complete French kit.
what do you know about Bangladesh?
I thought I was “worldly”, … yet I knew almost nothing about Bangladesh before going there as a volunteer this Fall.
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The first thing people talk about in the capital Dhaka, is the traffic.
You might average 20km/hr. Walking is sometimes faster.
Actually, if you can get off the road, the countryside is green and lush. It’s one giant flood plain.
Bangladesh is a fast growing economy (growth 6-7%/yr), devoutly Muslim … but with few security problems. The nation is focused on economic growth, looking to bring millions out of poverty. Agriculture and clothing manufacture are the main industries.
It’s surprisingly progressive, the first Muslim-majority country to establish an all-women United Nations peacekeeping force. They have a woman Prime Minister.
Instead of blaming problems on the U.S.A. as a distraction, leaders in Bangladesh are “seeking five billion dollars of foreign investment for power and gas projects to end a chronic energy crisis”.
I think they’ll get 5-10 billion. Bangladesh is a good long term investment.
Happy Victory Day, Bangladesh!
Bangladesh celebrated Victory Day Wednesday, heralded by a 21 cannon salute that rang through the capital at dawn, while the president laid a wreath at the National Memorial in Savar to commemorate those who gave their lives for independence.
On this day in 1971, the Pakistan army surrendered to the allied forces of Bangladesh and India at Ramna Racecourse Maidan in Dhaka, ending the painful nine-month war that saw a new nation emerge.
National Parliament building (Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban)
more Bangladesh photos
kindly old ladies … that shortchange you
You can find them at the Cooperativa di Cortina, a marvelous gear and food store in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
When I was there this Summer, every single time I went to check out, I was shortchanged one Euro. No matter how obvious I made it that I was counting the change.
They must make good money on an hourly wage shortchanging all the tourists there.
It didn’t seem to matter what checkout clerk I went to, the theft was storewide.
I’ll email management.
life story in 9600 photos
An interesting ad by Olympus.
This is the PEN Story in stop motion. We shot 60.000 pictures, developed 9.600 prints and shot over 1.800 pictures again. No post production! Thanks to all the stop motion artists who inspired us.
Taijin Takeuchi is singled out as one who inspired this work – Stop motion with wolf and pig. video
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What happened to his wife and daughter?
He dumped them for the mid-life crisis?
Arrived Andorra
Begin Pyrenees hike tomorrow
gone walkabout …
Rick will be hiking for a few days. Off-line.
Twitter Search In Plain English
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Twitter Search In Plain English
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