"Treat them with humanity, and let them have no reason to complain of our copying the brutal example of the British Army in their treatment of our unfortunate brethren who have fallen into their hands... Should any American soldier be so base and infamous as to injure any [prisoner]... I do most earnestly enjoin you to bring him to such severe and exemplary punishment as the enormity of the crime may require. Should it extend to death itself, it will not be disproportional to its guilt at such a time and in such a cause... for by such conduct they bring shame, disgrace and ruin to themselves and their country."

The king and his men stole the queen from her bed and bound her in her Bones.
The seas be ours and by the powers where we will we'll roam.

Some men have died and some are alive and others sail on the sea
with the keys to the cage -- and the Devil to pay -- we lay to Fiddler's Green!

The bell has been raised from it's watery grave: do you hear it's sepulchral tone?
With a call to all, pay heed the squall and turn your sail toward home!

Yo, ho, haul together, hoist the Colors high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars, never shall we die.

Next, she takes my two breasts, one in each hand, and weighs them carefully, like a shopper trying to choose the right mangoes."Balanced," she mutters. "Nice balance." 

12 Greenest cars:
1  Smart Roadster (no longer produced)
2  Smart Fortwo cabriolet
3  Citroen C1 1.0i (not sold in the US)
4  Peugeot 107 1.0 (not sold in the US)
5  Citroen C1 1.4 HDi (not sold in the US)
6  Fiat Panda 1.2 (not sold in the US)
7  Ford Ka 1.3 (not sold in the US)
8  Toyota Yaris 1.0
9  Fiat Panda 100hp (not sold in the US)
10 Peugeot 206 1.4 (not sold in the US)
11 Mini Cooper D
12 Toyota Prius 1.5

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Processed foods are more "energy dense" than fresh foods: they contain less water and fiber but more added fat and sugar, which makes them both less filling and more fattening. These particular calories also happen to be the least healthful ones in the marketplace, which is why we call the foods that contain them "junk." Drewnowski concluded that the rules of the food game in America are organized in such a way that if you are eating on a budget, the most rational economic strategy is to eat badly — and get fat . . . For the answer, you need look no farther than the farm bill. This resolutely unglamorous and head-hurtingly complicated piece of legislation . . . sets the rules for the American food system — indeed, to a considerable extent, for the world’s food system...

For the last several decades — indeed, for about as long as the American waistline has been ballooning — U.S. agricultural policy has been designed in such a way as to promote the overproduction of these five commodities, especially corn and soy . . . The result? A food system awash in added sugars (derived from corn) and added fats (derived mainly from soy), as well as dirt-cheap meat and milk (derived from both). By comparison, the farm bill does almost nothing to support farmers growing fresh produce. A result of these policy choices is on stark display in your supermarket, where the real price of fruits and vegetables between 1985 and 2000 increased by nearly 40 percent while the real price of soft drinks (a k a liquid corn) declined by 23 percent. The reason the least healthful calories in the supermarket are the cheapest is that those are the ones the farm bill encourages farmers to grow.

"... he appears to have lost his mind. I don't mean this metaphorically. I mean that his mind is no longer there. The forensic psychiatrist who examined him says that he 'does not appreciate the nature and consequences of the proceedings against him, is unable to render assistance to counsel, and has impairments in reasoning as the result of a mental illness, ie, post-traumatic stress disorder, complicated by the neuropsychiatric effects of prolonged isolation.' José Padilla appears to have been lobotomized..."

FYI: federal standards for butterfat content of dairy products are below. (US producers habitually fix the butterfat content to the minimum requirement, so that they can reserve the remainder to manufacture butter.)

• skim milk contains 0.1%
  
• lowfat milk contains between 0.5-2% fat (as marked)
  
• whole milk contains 3.25% fat
  
• half and half contains 10.5 fat
  
• light (or "table") cream contains 18% fat
  
• whipping cream contains 30% fat
  
• heavy cream contains 36% fat
  

Some premium Euro-style products have higher butterfat percentages, and will be labeled accordingly.
 

The Basic "Irish (or Scottish) Cream" recipe.
(Makes about a quart.)

Mix in Blender until completely dissolved:

You may add (and mix in the blender)
the following flavors (to duplicate Bailey's):

Add and stir (or shake):

• 2 cups "table (or light) cream"

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Problems can be avoided if you take HAVIDOL only when you are able to immediately benefit from its effects. To fully benefit from HAVIDOL patients are encouraged to engage in activities requiring exceptional mental, motor, and consumptive coordination. HAVIDOL is not for you if you have abruptly stopped using alcohol or sedatives. Havidol should be taken indefinitely. Side effects may include mood changes, muscle strain, extraordinary thinking, dermal gloss, impulsivity induced consumption, excessive salivation, hair growth, markedly delayed sexual climax, inter-species communication, taste perversion, terminal smile, and oral inflammation. Very rarely users may experience a need to change physicians. Talk to your doctor about HAVIDOL

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Typically, many people in my line of work no longer have the title of librarian. They are called media and information specialists, or sometimes librarian technologists. The buzzword in the trade is "information literacy," a misnomer, because what it is really about is mastering computer skills, not promoting a love of reading and books. These days, librarians measure the quality of returns in data-mining stints. We teach students how to maximize a database search, about successful retrieval rates. What usually gets lost in the scramble is a careful reading of the material.

Students are still checking out the standard research fare -- the Thomas Jefferson biography, the volume of literary criticism on Jane Austen -- but few read it. The library checks the books back in a day later, after the students have extracted the information vitals -- usually an excerpt or two to satisfy the requirement that a certain number of works be cited in their papers...

I recently spoke with a junior who was stressed about her decreasing ability to focus on anything for longer than two minutes or so. I tried to inspire her by talking about the importance of reading as a way to train the brain. I told her that a good reader develops the same powers of concentration that an athlete or a Buddhist would employ in sport or meditation. "A lot out there is conspiring to distract you," I said.

She rolled her eyes. "That's your opinion about books. It doesn't make it true."

People who play the cello are simply not good looking. They have generally chosen their instrument because, while in use, the cello hides 80% of its player's considerable bulk. Most cellists are in analysis which won't end until they can play a scale in tune or, in other words, never. Cellists wear sensible shoes and always bring their own lunch.