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Harper defends need for costly, violent G8, G20 summits Prime Minister Stephen Harper says international summits are an irreplaceable tool that world leaders use to reach out to one another and accomplish major tasks of diplomacy. One of my favorite lunches on a hot summer day is a nice cool vegetarian pita pocket. A pita pocket is great in that it is indeed bread shaped like a pocket, and you can put any foods you want into it. The only thing you really need to make a pita pocket is a piece of pita bread. There are two basic ways to cut the pita bread. The first way to cut your pita is right in half, so you have two pretty much equal half circle pockets of pita. The other way to cut...

Creator of TV's 'Hee-Haw,' John Aylesworth dies at 8 John Aylesworth, a television writer and producer who co-created the long-running comedy-variety show 'Hee Haw,' died Wednesday in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 81. "Smile you're on candid camera" as the quote from the TV show used to say. Few of us realize that we are on that "candid camera" constantly. Every day we are watched by other people and we in turn watch them. Isn't it true, that when you walk into a store and the sales representative gives you a grouchy look, you know not to ask her a question. This also goes for the customer that comes in grouchy and uptight looking and the sales rep is afraid to ask you if you want help......

Swiss Knives Express offers a free knife if you send in a Swiss Army knife story that gets published or used on their website. Here are some of the interesting stories and uses that people have for Swiss Army knives. See Part 1 for previous stories. Story 4 - M. Bourgeois from Idaho Falls, ID One Christmas I gave each of my two girls a "Miss A" knife. You've probably seen these things - pink and purple, with lots of girl "tools". I was hoping the girlies, ages 13 and 11, would think the knives were fun and maybe somewhat useful. As any dad could have told you, I was destined to be wrong. My girls are never ungrateful, but the "Miss A" knives were greeted in a most unenthusiastic way....

The newly discovered Ethiopian opal find near Delanta in Welo Province is quickly becoming known for some of the most impressive jewelry grade rough in the opal world. Delanta-area mines are producing a remarkable material that has incredibly bright plays of color and amazing harlequin patterns. In the last 2 years, the new Ethiopian opal has proven to be just as strong and dependable as fine Australian opal. In contemporary times, opal mining in Ethiopia began in 1994. Since then, the Ethiopian opal has developed a reputation for being unstable - meaning it has a tendency to crack or craze. In general, Ethiopian opal has been considered as an unreliable investment for gem cutters...

The groom is fortunate when it comes to wedding planning and shopping in that he is not expected to run around and make all the decisions. For some reason this seems to be the bride's role. The bride usually goes crazy picking out everything from the flavor of the filling in the wedding cake to the color of ribbon used on the wedding favors. The groom's role is to be supportive and stand by, offer his opinion when asked and try to keep his bride's sanity intact through the emotional roller coaster of planning a wedding. Even though the bride and her family have a huge role in the shopping decisions for wedding accessories and deciding on all the little details, the groom has one shopping...