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My nephew Ryan Flake, 3 and a half years old went missing from his Oswego, IL home last night around 8:30 pm. He was in the house with his family and they think he wandered out the back door into the yard. A few minutes (not more than five) later they called for him. They couldn't find him, went to neighbor's homes to search, and finally called 911.The community came out and held hands to walk

Saudi Arabia has pulled its typical "we're friends with you but screw off" nonsense again. After an appeal to Saudi leaders by President Bush to up oil output in order to try to stem increasingly high oil prices, Saudi Arabia replied with a token gesture that raised production by a laughable amount in line with the amount they increase output by every summer. Apparently, they feel there is no grea

Fuct’s expansion into a new children line for Fall 2008 will incorperate new and old designs. Headed by designer, Erik Brunetti, the collection gives parents who love streetwear, an option of similar clothing for their kids. Images\Info: SlamxHype via  Emmelie Brunetti More images after the jump! Tags: Fuct, x, Flake, Fall, 2008, Collection

King of Corn Flakes Made His Birthplace, Battle Creek Michigan, his Kingdom He ran a corn flake up the flagpole and the whole world ended up saluting. Today marks the 147th anniversary of the birth of Will Keith Kellogg, the inventor of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes and founder of what would become the W K Kellog company, [...]

King of Corn Flakes was Born 147 Years Ago TodayToday marks the 147th anniversary of the birth of Will Keith Kellogg, the inventor of Kellogg's Corn Flakes and founder of what would become the W K Kellog company, the giant of breakfast foods.Kellog was born in Battle Creek, Michigan on April 7, 1860. Before he died, 91 years later, Kellogg changed what people viewed as "breakfast food" to include corn flakes and the sugar-frosted version, sold by a lovable tiger.As a young businessman Kellogg started out selling brooms, before moving to Battle Creek, Michigan to help his brother John Harvey Kellogg run the Battle Creek Sanitarium. Together they pioneered the process of making flaked cereal. Because of the commercial potential of the discovery, Will wanted it kept a secret. John, however, a

Predator Press [LOBO] I can’t believe this. $1,350!?! My dandruff flake shaped like Idaho hasn’t scored a single bid, and it's twice that size! I mean, I could see if it was a Lucky Charm shaped like the Hubble telescope, or maybe a string of Honeycombs that looked like the Laker Girls. But a Corn Flake shaped like Illinois? … It wasn’t even frosted! I couldn't possibly imagine what Jesus would say. Happy Easter!!!

Two sisters from Virginia who are selling a corn flake shaped like the state of Illinois on eBay say the online auction Web site canceled their listing. “Something really dramatic just happened with our corn flake,” Melissa McIntire, 23, of Chesapeake, Va., said Tuesday, explaining that the sisters received an e-mail from eBay saying the [...]

An Illinois-Look-A-Like corn flake on has been offered more than $1,000 in Ebay. According to it's sellers, the breakfast cereal looks like the state of Illinois and has not gone any alterations.Two sisters listed 'The Great Illinois Corn Flake' on the auction site, promising that it had undergone no cosmetic alterations to make it look more Illinoisy.Emily McIntire, a 15-year-old sophomore in high school from Chesapeake, Virginia, said she was grabbing fistfuls of cereal on her way to class when she found the flake. Link

Snowflake schemas normalize dimensions to eliminate redundancy. That is, the dimension data has been grouped into multiple tables instead of one large table. For example, a product dimension table in a star schema might be normalized into a products table, a product_category table, and a product_manufacturer table in a snowflake schema. While this saves space, it increases the number of dimension tables and requires more foreign key joins. The result is more complex queries and reduced query performanceorThe snowflake schema is an extension of the star schema, where each point of the star explodes into more points. The main advantage of the snowflake schema is the improvement in query performance due to minimized disk storage requirements and joining smaller lookup tables. The main disadva

Poor Joss Stone. Once just a simple soul singing schoolgirl from Devon and the World’s Best Celebrity Dog Owner 2005 (apparently) now, thanks to a few ill advised comments at the 2007 Brits in an even more ill advised accent, the full tide of public hatred turned against her. But even without a good song for what, [...]

 As I've mentioned before, I have a rather sensitive scalp.  The winter months really do a number on my head to say the least.  After I wash my hair, my scalp dries up and the resulting "snow" is just too annoying.  My hair is in great shape, but my scalp needs some serious help.  My new brush has worked wonders, but I've also found another new product that I love.  Bain de Terre Sugar and Fig Scalp Massage Scrub sweetly stimulates my scalp for truly sensational results.  It comes in 6 tube packs to use whenever your head gets out of control.  Before I lather up with a very mild shampoo, I squeeze this scrub onto my scalp at my hairline, temples, down my part and under my hair.  Then, I massage the sugary goodness into my scalp

Envirokidz’s gluten-free corn flakes “taste great”. They can be purchased at Whole Foods and some grocers carrying gluten free foods. They are also available online in 14 ounce box or 1 oz single serving packs from Amazon.com. Produced by Nature’s Path Foods www.naturepath.com, these frosted corn flakes resemble Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes but are free of gluten. They can be eaten tradit

Hi. I'm Sarah Flake. But that's Master Flake to you.I just completed an on-line check-in procedure for my cruise next week. It's a four day float out of Los Angeles. The cruise line, Royal Caribbean, asked that I provide basic information regarding my address and passport before I showed up at the boat. The very first thing they asked for was my "Title." The options were, "Doctor, Master, Mr., Mrs., Miss, or Ms.."I completed the check in for a Doctor Adum Flake and a Master Sarah Flake. Technically we are a Mr. and Mrs. but I was feeling decadent. I hoping people treat us better as a Doctor and a Master. If anything, they'll be confused as to how a woman could be a Master but if anyone dares call me "Miss" I'll primly correct them and dump hot English tea down their trousers. It may be false glory, but I learned years ago that false glory might just be as good as the real thing.My sister and I graduated from BYU on the same day. Because we were in different colleges, my parents

Nancy Pelosi promised the American people to create an open and transparent Congress. Instead, we have one of the most corrupt Congresses in history; seven House members are under investigation by the Justice Department. Thankfully, we must stand in awe that Congress’s corruption is only surpassed by its ineptitude. Allow me to explain.Had we had an efficient Congress, a Congress that was able to pass legislation easily, rest assured that our money could be squandered much more quickly. But, because Nancy Pelosi is an abject failure as a Speaker, earmarks have not been able to spread like wildfire. This is not to say that Government waste is not horrific at its present levels; it just could be far worse.Nevertheless, two men deserve enormous praise for attempting to clean up our corrupt Legislature. Those two Congressmen are Jeff Flake, Republican from Arizona, and John Campbell, Republican from California. Too often their efforts go unnoticed, and it is time that those who support l

via email from The Club for GrowthSpeech by Jeff Flake on the U.S. House floor on Tuesday, July 17, 2007. Mr. Speaker, I rise today out of concern for what earmarks are doing to this body. Those of us on...

From the Downsize DC DispatchIt's more fun to cheer than jeer. We constantly criticize politicians and bang on them for doing the wrong thing. But it's just as important to support those few who do good things. Representatives Schiff and Flake are doing good things. They're fighting to prevent Presidents, present and future, from gaining the power to spy on Americans without a warrant.Schiff and Flake need your support and encouragement. Part of the inspiration for DownsizeDC.org's lobbying system was the Medicare Prescription Drug bill. This boondoggle was the largest entitlement created in a generation. It is estimated that it will cost more than $700 billion over ten years. And it was passed because just two freshman Republicans, who had previously committed to opposing the bill, gave in to overwhelming pressure from the leaders of their party, including the President.We asked ourselves, "What if they knew lots of people were backing their play and paying attention?" Would they