July72011
tballardbrown: U.S. Mint Stores $1 Billion In Dollar Coins That No One Wants : NPR A joint inquiry by NPR’s Planet Money and Investigations teams found that more than $1 billion of unused dollar coins are the wasteful byproducts of another failed congressional effort to replace the dollar bill in everyday commerce.

tballardbrown:

U.S. Mint Stores $1 Billion In Dollar Coins That No One Wants : NPR

A joint inquiry by NPR’s Planet Money and Investigations teams found that more than $1 billion of unused dollar coins are the wasteful byproducts of another failed congressional effort to replace the dollar bill in everyday commerce.
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Rep. Michele Bachmann kicked off her presidential campaign on Monday in Waterloo, Iowa, and in one interview surrounding the official event she promised to mimic the spirit of Waterloo’s own John Wayne.

The only problem, as one eagle-eyed reader notes: Waterloo’s John Wayne was not the beloved movie star, but rather John Wayne Gacy, the serial killer.

Mrs. Bachmann grew up in Waterloo, and used the town as the backdrop for her campaign announcement, where she told Fox News: “Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That’s the kind of spirit that I have, too.” (Someone has already posted the clip to YouTube under the name BachmannLovesGacy)

John Wayne, the movie legend, is in fact from Iowa and the John Wayne birthplace is a celebrated landmark — only it’s in Winterset, which is a nearly three hour drive away from Waterloo.

Gacy, though, had his first taste of the criminal life in Waterloo, where he lived for a short time, and where he had his first criminal conviction for an attempted homosexual assault, which landed him in prison for 18 months.

” The Washington Times, “The Wrong John Wayne” (via inothernews)
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newsflick: China opens world’s longest cross-sea bridge at over 26 miles. Linking China’s eastern port city of Qingdao to an offshore island, Huangdao. (Yan Runbo)

newsflick:

China opens world’s longest cross-sea bridge at over 26 miles. Linking China’s eastern port city of Qingdao to an offshore island, Huangdao. (Yan Runbo)
July62011
lowcalorierecipes: Mango Blueberry Kanten  Ingredients 3 cups diced ripe mango (322) 1 cup 100% white grape juice (160) 2 tablespoons agar agar flakes (0) 1/2 cup frozen or fresh blueberries (41) Directions: In a small sauce pan, bring the white grape juice to a boil. Add the agar agar, simmer while whisking until flakes melt into the juice (about 5 minutes). Put mango pieces and agar agar juice mixture into a blender and process until smooth. Transfer to a loaf pan (pyrex or ceramic is best). Add blueberries and smooth out by gently pounding loaf pan on the counter. This will help remove any air bubbles. Store in the refrigerator and let set for at least 4 hours. Gently unmold onto a platter and cut into 6 bars. Nutritional information per serving: 87 calories; 0.3g total fat; 0mg cholesterol; 8mg sodium; 60% vitamin C;

lowcalorierecipes:

Mango Blueberry Kanten 

Ingredients

  • 3 cups diced ripe mango (322)
  • 1 cup 100% white grape juice (160)
  • 2 tablespoons agar agar flakes (0)
  • 1/2 cup frozen or fresh blueberries (41)

Directions:

In a small sauce pan, bring the white grape juice to a boil. Add the agar agar, simmer while whisking until flakes melt into the juice (about 5 minutes). Put mango pieces and agar agar juice mixture into a blender and process until smooth. Transfer to a loaf pan (pyrex or ceramic is best). Add blueberries and smooth out by gently pounding loaf pan on the counter. This will help remove any air bubbles. Store in the refrigerator and let set for at least 4 hours. Gently unmold onto a platter and cut into 6 bars.

Nutritional information per serving: 87 calories; 0.3g total fat; 0mg cholesterol; 8mg sodium; 60% vitamin C;
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