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Creator of Popular Bundt Pan Dies at 86 By Associated Press January 5, 2005, 2:05 PM EST EDINA, Minn. -- H. David Dalquist, creator of the aluminum Bundt pan, the top-selling cake pan in the world, has died at 86. Dalquist, who died at his home Sunday of heart failure, founded St. Louis Park-based Nordic Ware, which has sold more than 50 million Bundt pans. Dalquist designed the pan in 1950 at the request of members of the Minneapolis Chapter of the Hadassah Society. They had old ceramic cake pans of somewhat similar designs but wanted an aluminum pan. Dalquist created a new shape and added regular folds to make it easier to cut the cake. The women from the society called the pans "bund pans" because "bund" is German for a gathering of people. Dalquist added a "t" to the end of "bund" and trademarked the name. So all Bundt pans and Bundt cakes stem from Dalquist. For years, the company sold few such pans. Then in 1966, a Texas woman won second place in the Pillsbury Bake-Off for her Tunnel of Fudge Cake made in a Bundt pan. Suddenly, bakers across America wanted their own Tunnel of Fudge cakes. The Bundt pan is the biggest product line for Nordic Ware, which sells a variety of pots and pans and other kitchen equipment. More than 1 million Bundt pans are sold each year. Dalquist founded Nordic Ware after returning from duty with the Navy during World War II. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in chemical engineering. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Margerite Staugaard Dalquist, four children and 12 grandchildren.

Bill Clinton was the savior of the United States, even more so than Christ was ever the savior of mankind. Bush and his fellow looting Republicrumbs are selling our country down the river. We need to criminalize any mention of god in our public discourse as it manages only to give the Nazi-esque religious fanatics a martyristic goal. The government of the US needs to nationalize the farms and other strongholds of religious fanatacism in this country before it turns into the Middle East of the West.

Actually, the older I get, the more I see Reagan's incompetence. That comparison, however, causes innumerable conflicts: FDR was a hard core, elitist socialist. He wanted to reward the non-productive with the fruits of productive work. FDR desperately wanted to get involved with WW II to solve economic problems at home; a defense economy allows government to print money wholesale and create temporary solutions to permanent problems. The US is still utilizing the military-industrial complex to solve basic economic parity issues. FDR, with full knowledge, allowed the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor to occur because he needed the outrage to get involved with the war. Funny how, on December 7th, 1941, the Japanese Empire attacked the US on a "day that will live in infamy" and the US then focused on the war in Europe while surrendering Wake Island and the Phillipines to the country that initiated the war. As proud as I am of my father's contributions to WW II, and of the successes found therein, the political issues of that "war" are embarrassing. Monty vs. Patton, Winnie vs. FDR, and on and on and on, ad nauseum. The current "war" in Iraq is simply more funding for the military-industrial complex that Eisenhower warned of, possibly the only honest view that SOB ever espoused.

I went so far as, "Holy Christ!" It was the best I could do.

Yeah - but the nation in question is the USA - so I'm afraid that doesn't really impress us on the other side of the pond. After all, you elected Dubya president just last month... Elected the lying cretin for a second time; oh, the shame. Weatherkid, you're 14-years-old! Your opinion matters, just not to adults yet. I'd suggest you apply yourself to your lessons with more of an open mind. Having set-in-stone political views at your age is hazardous to your mental health.

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Guidelines.

Why penguins have such short lifespans!

French G-Rated Entertainment

He sung about a story now the man is dead...

If Prince Bernard is canonized, will he have to run around the Alps with a keg of brandy around his neck?

Stupid People are Lucky People, Apparently. Stupid people have a habit of offing themselves, and if they're from West Virginia, often in spectacular fashion.

Arafat's Brother Dies of Cancer at 67 By Associated Press December 1, 2004, 3:25 PM EST CAIRO, Egypt -- Fathi Arafat, the brother of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and founder of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, died Wednesday. He was 67. Arafat died at 5:20 p.m. at the Palestine Hospital in suburban Cairo, where he had been receiving treatment for stomach cancer, said Mae Arif, spokeswoman for the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. Arafat, a physician, was the hospital's director. In New York City, Arafat's nephew, Nasser al-Kidwa, the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations, mourned his death. "He was not only an uncle but he was a friend, a personal friend I think," al-Kidwa said. Arafat had been suffering from stomach cancer for about four years and has had two operations in the past three years. Last month, a hospital official said the cancer had spread throughout his body. Arafat quit his position as chairman of the Palestinian Red Crescent three years ago, but has served as honorable chairman. He was also a senior member of Fatah, the Palestine Liberation Organization's political movement headed by his brother. Arafat is survived by his wife, Nadia, and two grown children. His funeral will be held Friday at Cairo's Armed Forces mosque and he will be buried in Egypt, according to his relatives. His brother, Yasser Arafat, 75, died Nov. 11 in Paris and was buried at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Prince Bernhard, the German-born father of the Netherlands' Queen Beatrix whose service as a pilot for the Allies earned him the respect of his adopted country, died Wednesday. He was 93. Bernhard was diagnosed with cancer in mid-November, and last week the Royal House said tumors had spread to his stomach and lungs, causing difficulty breathing. He was moved Wednesday to Utrecht University Medical Hospital, where he later died. "In consultation with the prince, no further measures were taken in the hospital," the Royal House said in a statement. The prince was living at the royal palace in Soestdijk, which he shared for six decades with his wife, the former Queen Juliana, who died in March at the age of 94.

Google is your friend.

By a tonne.

Edit: Posted this in the wrong place a few minutes ago, got to start watching where I click again: A Little Chlorine for the Gene Pool?

What brought THIS topic up again?

I've always chaffed over the "metaphysical" label as a French invention. "Let us write with such obfuscation as that only the enlightened will perceive our greatness." It's "The Emperor's New Clothes" manifested. Donne was a gifted poet conflicted by his zealous religious upbringing and his logical mind; guess which side won, and became demented in the process? /professor mode

John D. Barrymore, 72

Classic example of famousia streptochocci. "Take another little piece of my heart now, baby..."

What are you talking about? I had a beer with Jimi last night.

Folks in Hartlepool are hoping! Poor Monkey! As I've said before; worst beating I ever took was due to bringing up this topic.

Okay, it's official; I like him, and would very much like to get snockered with him.

As if England wasn't involved in the US Civil War... You know, it just occurred to me that I never really answered the question, did I? During the American Civil War there were two major battles at Bull Run (Manassas to my Southern brethren) and, fittingly, they are referred to as the first and second Battle of Bull Run. There is a famous fraud case (immortalized in a childrens' book) where a commemorative sword, supposedly awarded shortly after the first battle, but before the second, was sold to a collector for an absurd amount. The collector failed to realize it was a fake, even though the engraving referred to the 1st Battle of Bull Run and was dated before anyone could have known there would be a second.