Hi All,
Need I say more about this delectable topic? Forthwith, lots of yummy links dealing with chocolate and everything related to it! Got milk?
Click here for a narrative on how chocolate is made! Click here for a video on how chocolate is made - yum!
And chocolate - dark chocolate at least - is healthy! It might not be as good as a vegetable for fruit, but click on this link and you might not feel as guilty when you eat your next bar of chocolate! Click on this second link for more health benefits of chocolate! Also, click on this link for a tongue-in-cheek look at the health benefits of chocolate.
Want to make your mouth water? Click on this link for pictures of chocolate - OMG - care of Google Images!!!
For a brief history of chocolate, click on this yummy link!
Click on this link for the rankings of the best chocolate rankings in the world! Note that the link is from Food and Wine - a noted expert magazine on well, food and wine. It is a very unbiased and good source of information on food and wine!
For more 'Best Chocolate in the World', click on this link - oh, I am in chocolate heaven now! Direct from the Guardian - a UK newspaper, similar in stature to the New York Times or the Washington Post in the United States - comes this link on 'Best Chocolate in the World'.
Has this entry inspired you to make your own chocolate? Well, click on this link and you'll find a site that explains how to make chocolate in 7 steps. I'm in love!!!!
Also, click here for a link to the Farmingdale PL card catalog - the subject that I linked to is ' chocolate' and then I organized the search so that the newest titles are listed first!
Finally, click here for links to various chocolate manufacturers!
Hersheys.com
M&M's
P.S. Sorry, click on this link to Wikipedia for this really good list of chocolate manufacturers. Companies can be clicked on for links!
Enjoy these links and more importantly, enjoy the chocolate!
Regards,
Stu
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
List Time
Hi All,
Guess what? It is raining...again. Sigh. This weather is just too much. Spring should be here by the calendar, but by the weather outside it seems like it is late Winter. Enough already!
That being said, I like lists. I've always liked world records. Or at least tables that discuss the 'biggest', 'fastest', 'longest', 'heaviest', etc...
A few months ago (click here for the link to the 2/15/11 post on World Records) I posted a blog entry - which became a very popular on world records. I'd like to update that particularly interesting entry with todays' entry.
I was looking for a website that discusses records and lists and tables...I found the site 'Lists of Bests' and you can find the site by clicking on this link.
What makes this site so interesting you might ask? Indeed...you can get 'Best Of' lists for 'Books', 'Music', 'Movies', 'Places', 'People', 'Award Lists', 'Definitive Lists', 'Personal Lists', and, finally, 'Bests Lists'. Whew, that is quite a mouthful of lists, eh? Click on any of the topics listed above and you'll link to that particular list.
Enjoy the list fun!
Stu
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Guess what? It is raining...again. Sigh. This weather is just too much. Spring should be here by the calendar, but by the weather outside it seems like it is late Winter. Enough already!
That being said, I like lists. I've always liked world records. Or at least tables that discuss the 'biggest', 'fastest', 'longest', 'heaviest', etc...
A few months ago (click here for the link to the 2/15/11 post on World Records) I posted a blog entry - which became a very popular on world records. I'd like to update that particularly interesting entry with todays' entry.
I was looking for a website that discusses records and lists and tables...I found the site 'Lists of Bests' and you can find the site by clicking on this link.
What makes this site so interesting you might ask? Indeed...you can get 'Best Of' lists for 'Books', 'Music', 'Movies', 'Places', 'People', 'Award Lists', 'Definitive Lists', 'Personal Lists', and, finally, 'Bests Lists'. Whew, that is quite a mouthful of lists, eh? Click on any of the topics listed above and you'll link to that particular list.
Enjoy the list fun!
Stu
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Extreme Weather Means Extreme Planning
Hi All,
I suspect that you all know that LI i susceptible to hurricanes...well, the official start of the hurricane season starts in a few weeks (starts June 1st) and continues through November.
Because of the heavy rain this morning I was thinking about flooding - add to the fact that the Mississippi is overflowing its banks out west and well, you can understand why I'm thinking about emergency preparedness and planning. Hence this blog entry. Not too much fun to think about but it is practical, helpful, and a very timely topic.
A very, very good place to start to do research on emergency's is the Nassau County Department of Emergency Management website. Click here to visit the site.
The site is useful for its links to Emergency Preparedness, a Disaster Checklist, Hurricane Preparedness links, (click here for the Hurricane Preparedness Brochure) Evacuation Routes, Hurricane Evacuation Shelters and more.
All of these link are located on the left side of the screen - and, as of the date that I wrote this entry, were in a blue box - and under the Emergency Preparedness link in the box. Click on each topic above to link to that particular page on the Nassau County site.
I'm going to go into a bit of detail for the Disaster Checklist category that I mentioned above. It is a pretty helpful link -and it is interesting and timely. Click here for the particular link.
On this page, you'll find a section for 'Preparing a Home' in case of a emergency - including a home emergency plan, disaster supply kit, and meeting place. Another section of the page has a list for a Disaster Checklist, links to the American Red Cross, links to the Nassau County Police, and a link to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Click here for a list of Emergency Contact phone numbers on a local, state, and national level. It might be good for a quick reference type guide.
And....at a future date, I do plan to a blog entry talking about FEMA and Floodsmart.gov
Enjoy -but I hope you don't have to use these links any time soon!
Stu
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I suspect that you all know that LI i susceptible to hurricanes...well, the official start of the hurricane season starts in a few weeks (starts June 1st) and continues through November.
Because of the heavy rain this morning I was thinking about flooding - add to the fact that the Mississippi is overflowing its banks out west and well, you can understand why I'm thinking about emergency preparedness and planning. Hence this blog entry. Not too much fun to think about but it is practical, helpful, and a very timely topic.
A very, very good place to start to do research on emergency's is the Nassau County Department of Emergency Management website. Click here to visit the site.
The site is useful for its links to Emergency Preparedness, a Disaster Checklist, Hurricane Preparedness links, (click here for the Hurricane Preparedness Brochure) Evacuation Routes, Hurricane Evacuation Shelters and more.
All of these link are located on the left side of the screen - and, as of the date that I wrote this entry, were in a blue box - and under the Emergency Preparedness link in the box. Click on each topic above to link to that particular page on the Nassau County site.
I'm going to go into a bit of detail for the Disaster Checklist category that I mentioned above. It is a pretty helpful link -and it is interesting and timely. Click here for the particular link.
On this page, you'll find a section for 'Preparing a Home' in case of a emergency - including a home emergency plan, disaster supply kit, and meeting place. Another section of the page has a list for a Disaster Checklist, links to the American Red Cross, links to the Nassau County Police, and a link to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Click here for a list of Emergency Contact phone numbers on a local, state, and national level. It might be good for a quick reference type guide.
And....at a future date, I do plan to a blog entry talking about FEMA and Floodsmart.gov
Enjoy -but I hope you don't have to use these links any time soon!
Stu
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
Six Degrees of Separation (SDoS)
Hi All,
Welcome to another monday morning edition of the reference blog. The term, 'Six Degrees of Separation' appeared twice in the newspaper that I was reading this weekend. And, as is my wont, I thought of the blog. 'Would this be a good blog topic, I thought?' Would it be interesting enough?
Indeed, after doing just a big of internet research, I thought, that yes, it would make for an interesting - if light - blog entry. And here we are!
What does the phrase 'Six Degrees of Separation' mean? Click here for a summary of SDoS (Six Degrees of Separation) - from Wikipedia of course.
You might want to click on this link to find out what the heck Kevin Bacon has to do with SDoS!
Click here to go to Six Degrees.org - the Kevin Bacon site for charities and donations.
Click here for a link to 'Find the Bacon' - a site that helps users find the connectiosn between the actors ad the movies they have played in.
Click here for a bit of mathematical reasoning behind the SDoS.
Finally - and this might very well be the most fun you can have with SDoS - click here for the link to the Oracle of Bacon where you can put in any actor (or actresses') name to see how many degrees of separation there is between Kevin and your chosen actor...
Enjoy
Stu
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Welcome to another monday morning edition of the reference blog. The term, 'Six Degrees of Separation' appeared twice in the newspaper that I was reading this weekend. And, as is my wont, I thought of the blog. 'Would this be a good blog topic, I thought?' Would it be interesting enough?
Indeed, after doing just a big of internet research, I thought, that yes, it would make for an interesting - if light - blog entry. And here we are!
What does the phrase 'Six Degrees of Separation' mean? Click here for a summary of SDoS (Six Degrees of Separation) - from Wikipedia of course.
You might want to click on this link to find out what the heck Kevin Bacon has to do with SDoS!
Click here to go to Six Degrees.org - the Kevin Bacon site for charities and donations.
Click here for a link to 'Find the Bacon' - a site that helps users find the connectiosn between the actors ad the movies they have played in.
Click here for a bit of mathematical reasoning behind the SDoS.
Finally - and this might very well be the most fun you can have with SDoS - click here for the link to the Oracle of Bacon where you can put in any actor (or actresses') name to see how many degrees of separation there is between Kevin and your chosen actor...
Enjoy
Stu
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Antiques - There is Much More Than Ebay....
Hi all,
Just wanted to remind everybody that with regard to antiques and collectibles...there is much more to the world of antiques and collectibles than just Ebay!
For example, if you click on this link from 'The Open Directory', you'll find dozens of categories and subjects for antiques and collectibles. Some of the more popular links are bicycles, books, coins, dolls, glassware, photography, radio, stamps and toys among many others.
Click here for the Open Directory link to the generic (and not in a negative way) term 'auctions'. You'll find many, many links to auction websites and/or auction related businesses....
Finally, click on this link and you'll find a Google search for 'auction bidding sites'. Notice that the first auction site discusses basic bidding strategy - from Auctus Development.
Click on this link for some auction bidding strategies - interesting article - but it isn't very reader friendly.
So there you have it - some auction information that should make our future auctions more enjoyable and result in more successful bids for you!
Regards,
Stu
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