Mood:  caffeinated

It isnt easy keeping your hip mountain town a secret when everyone keeps talking about it.

Rolling Stone Magazine has dubbed it: ..."the Coolest Town in North America." 

Outside Magazine ranked it in its Top 20 of  Dream Towns.

Writers and journalists from Conde Noste Traveler to National Geographic Adventure have found words to sing this towns praises.

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Over one-hundred years ago....this town was once cursed.

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Special thanks and hats off to Anita Willis, Shanna Baker and Robyn Swanson for a superb terrifically written article about this picturesque town that is rife with legend and lore.

Remember: Google is your friend.

 "Only idiots and Europeans would live here year-round"- Town Museum curator, speaking on the areas early centuries hardships

Posted by mach1231 at 9:23 PM PST

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Mood:  not sure

How come they do not have a mood choice for LAZY? I am pretty sure that is how I feel today!

Visit here to learn about the 5 Smallest Countries in the World.

Top o' the list is Vatican (City???) which is apparently about the size of your average 18 hole golf course.

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On other news, Sealand is for sale. Apparently.

Funny, is not Sealand a recognized country?

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Take care out there! 

Posted by mach1231 at 9:40 AM PST

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Mood:  flirty

www.jennifernicolelee.com

Top 5 Worst Foods 

1. French Fries

It is supposedly a well known joke in the field of nutrition that it just might be better to have one cigarette instead of one French fry!

2. Donuts

Eating a doughnut is one of the worst ways to start off your day.
 

3. Soda
One can of soda has about 10 teaspoons of sugar.

4. Bacon and Hot Dogs

Nitrate (as an additive found in these foods) is harmless, but it can convert to nitrite, which can form nitrosamines, a powerful cancer-causing chemical, in your body. 

5. Potato Chips
High in fat, high in sodium and good for nothing except weight gain.

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http://www.thepostgame.com/clubTPG/2006/04/out-with-bad-and-in-with-good.asp 

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See also

The Breakfast Wars

Doughnut Shops Next Front in Trans-fat War

Go for a fair trade holiday

 You'll never use white flour again

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Cheers! For a limited time only, Machs Cafe offers up the following special in the Google News section:

"I just heard it's really ..."

PS The cinnaldehyde in cinnamon helps prevent unwanted clumping of blood platelets, hence, a bad cholosterol inhibitor.

So they say, anyway. 

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More than 50 percent of American households rely on frozen dinners.

Spending tally?  $28 billion covering every category of meal from dinners to breakfasts and snacks.

In addition to the frozen-food products already available, more than 400 new ones are launched onto the market every year.

There are more than 300 companies that produce them in the United States alone.

Frozen foods account for a whopping 71 percent of supermarket sales.

Posted by mach1231 at 8:21 AM PST

Updated: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:46 AM PST

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Mood:  not sure

You can find almost a hundred news stories on Google all with the same headline: Iran Leader Courts Latin America Allies.

All about the increasing sphere of influence Iraq's neighbor may be having in the Central America region. But of all the stories that were released over the wire and run word for word the same, only one: the Khaleej Times of the United Arab Emirates quietly interjected within brackets while referring to Venuezelas pledges of support for it's neighbor the denomination of the currency used for that support: Euros.

Is this important, notable and newsworthy?

Depends on your angle I guess, we can only pledge at Machs Cafe to help the visitor to maintain a more composite picture of all the news stories and information available on-line as sources.

Learn how it may be integral to your round-about knowledge of world affairs by reading how  the denomination comes into play in these political games  through this story : Commentary: Sanctions may backfire on US.

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Actually I was wrong when referring to the UAE as the only news source that made this delineation of curency in the news. France and Israel's newspapers did, too.

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Mood:  incredulous

If we think of the Net as a constant and statically held piece of sheet paper, and not an intricate network of wires of computers and servers melded together ...you will find the Net riddled with reviews of the same film below just like mine.

I am happy for all the "good" film reviews the film recieves if it encourages  people to go.

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Posted by mach1231 at 2:13 PM PST

Updated: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:33 PM PST

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Ruth Bernhard dies at age 101 

In 1967, Bernhard met United States Air Force Colonel Price Rice, an African American man ten years younger than her, and the two became lovers. They would remain together until his death in 1999.

"If I have chosen the female form in particular, it is because beauty has been debased and exploited in our sensual twentieth century. We seem to have a need to turn innocent nature into evil ugliness by the twist of the mind. Woman has been the target of much that is sordid and cheap, especially in photography. To raise, to elevate, to endorse with timeless reverence the image of woman, has been my mission - the reason for my work which you see here" - attributed to Ruth Bernhard, American photographer, b. October 14, 1905 - died December 18, 2006.

Just take a quick look at the proof positive for this statement. 

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Born in Berlin and studied at the Berlin Academy of Art from 1925–27, early in her career she would work with Mario Van Peebles father...(Marios dad had married German actress Maria Marx)

http://www.womeninphotography.org/ruthbernhardAA.html 

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Posted by mach1231 at 4:50 PM PST

Updated: Tuesday, January 9, 2007 5:13 PM PST

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Mood:  accident prone

Amidst recent news reports that snowstorm in the U.S. may have killed 15000 cows,

Los Angeles's Malibu area has been hit with a firestorm of sorts.

4-8 homes have been lost including that of celebrity/author Suzanne Sommers.

“The neighborhood looks like a war zone,” County Fire Chief Michael Freeman said. “Anything that was down there that could burn, did burn.”

Fueled by Santa Ana winds of up to 25 mph, investigators say the fire began in Bluffs Park at around 5 p.m., jumped across Malibu Rd. and then destroyed four ocean-front mansions and one guest house.

More photos here.

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While here in Prince George BC CANADA we have been hit with snow as well, (not as bad as North Korea apparently, Heavy snow blankets South Korea, disrupting flights)...

...I don't know if I would identify well with the people in the UK right now with the usual adage when it rains heavily that it "beats shoveling it": County set for more floods.

 Whilst these California fires may have threatened actor Mel ("I own Malibu") Gibsons home, it appears his new film Apocalypto has gotten off to a rousing start in the UK. Mel Gibson's Apocalypto smashes record.

But if you remain unimpressed with such tidbit factual bits of information, please visit here

to read from a learned source why Mels latest film only removes the controversy he started with his alcohol fueled rants and displaces them to reveal the inner intricacies of what a contained racist slant his new film promotes.

Its like the people in the UK sometimes say, leave it to the Americans to bobble a good story. 

But anybody worried by these stories about a real end of the world scenario involving fires, rain and  snow certainly won't take any small amount of comfort in the fact that a superbug warning

might actually enact an apocalyptic like scenario.

So, if you do not feel inclined to support Mel Gibsons bank acccount when going to see a film, why not something

more literary like  Children of Men

with the DP from the 'Prisoner of Azkaban' at the helm for instance?

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I leave you now with something decidedly more boring to ponder about than all this excitement with extreme weather, particularily if you wander in on a work break..

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As if all this were not enough, do take care out there...

Charity fears fallout from e-mail virus

Bug Briefs: OpenOffice vulnerable to attack

Researcher: Still risk from QuickTime bug

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Posted by mach1231 at 10:49 AM PST

Updated: Tuesday, January 9, 2007 12:36 PM PST

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N othing concentrates your mind out in the back roads of rural Africa like having a kid from some rebel army hold you at gunpoint with a large Russian-made assault rifle.

Diamonds can be terror's best friend, too

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Mood:  sharp

I can remember when.....I can remember editing James Browns video's as part of assignments in video production school.

Not that I am that old-old-old school but it was fun and a challenge and I remember being very hyped working on Mr.Browns work as being quite proud of the finished product I came up with to hand in for grading.

RIP James Brown

Click here to see all the famous ones who never made it into 2007.

Posted by mach1231 at 12:34 AM PST

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