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...jobs for school leavers. Even those few who have pursued higher learning are stuck. The new mainstay of the economy, the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, is not recruiting people whose paltry work skills consist of helping out in the family garden or running a betel-nut stall. Boredom and mischief await those who come to the capital from distant provinces. Social workers and police describe growing alienation and crime. On the main island of Guadalcanal, there's the allied scourge of substance abuse, involving a potent moonshine known as kwaso. With about half the Solomons' population...
Need to get your nut and chocolate fix in the same dish? Then try out this peanutty treat next time when you visit the dining hall. Put two large spoonfuls of peanut butter in a bowl. Microwave the condiment for about 20 seconds, or until it appears liquidy. Pour onto bowl of chocolate froyo, ideally that of the Dutch variety. Add chocolate sprinkles on top if you want some extra kick...
While most tourists visit farms for a taste of country life, often the experience is not entirely authentic. Bates Nut Farm in Valley Center, Calif., which gets more than 10,000 visitors on weekends in October, doesn't actually grow any nut trees but sells more than a dozen varieties of nuts that it buys from around the world. The farm does grow 15 acres of "Big Mac" pumpkins weighing 50 lbs. or more, but owner Tom Ness admits that 60% of the pumpkins he sells are shipped in from other growers. "It kind of bums me out that they...
...approve. I thought, What are they going to do? Take me hostage? "Anwar Sadat says you are a lunatic," I asked. Of course, he doesn't speak English, and I don't speak Farsi. The interpreter was between us, and he looked at me like I was a nut case. He puts the question to him, and I must say, for the first time he began to peer at me. Who is this who is asking this question? He predicted not much of a future [for Sadat...
...single night in the dining hall, raiding the food like they’re hoarding for Armageddon. The same d-bags who are in such a rush to put cream cheese on their bagel that they use the knife from the peanut butter jar, ensuring that no one with nut allergies can eat the cream cheese for the rest of the night...