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The Body

Ready to Bake some Christmas Cookies?

Peppermint Pinwheels
Makes: 72 servings
Prep: 40 mins
Chill: 2 hrs to 3 hrs
Bake: 375°F 6 mins to 8 minsper batch
ingredients
• 1  cup butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted and slightly cooled*
• 1 cup layered chocolate-mint candy baking pieces**
• 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
• White edible glitter, coarse sugar, or granulated sugar (optional)
directions
1. In a mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add 1 cup granulated sugar, baking powder, and salt. Beat until combined, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat in egg and vanilla until combined. Beat in as much flour as you can with the mixer. Using a wooden spoon, stir in any remaining flour.
2. Divide dough in half. Stir melted chocolate into one dough portion. Stir chocolate mint baking pieces and peppermint extract into remaining dough portion. Divide each dough portion in half. Cover dough and chill for at least 1 hour or until easy to handle.
3. Roll each peppermint dough portion into a 9-1/2×6-inch rectangle on a piece of waxed paper. Roll each chocolate dough portion into a 9-1/2×6-inch rectangle on waxed paper. Use waxed paper to invert one chocolate dough rectangle on top of one peppermint dough rectangle; remove top layer of waxed paper. Roll up dough, jelly-roll style, starting from a long side and using bottom layer of waxed paper to help lift and roll dough. Discard waxed paper. Pinch edges to seal. Wrap dough roll in plastic wrap. Repeat to make a dough roll with remaining chocolate and peppermint dough rectangles. Chill dough rolls in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 hours or until very firm.
4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a cookie sheet; set aside. Unwrap dough rolls; reshape, if necessary. Cut dough rolls crosswise into 1/4-inch slices. Place slices about 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets. If desired, sprinkle with edible glitter.
5. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes or until edges are firm and just starting to brown. Transfer cookies to wire racks and let cool. Stack cookies in canister; cover.***
The Body, The Machine

Last Minute Gift Ideas for your Beloved Biker

It’s December 16th and you still have to do some shopping???  Geeze, talk about being a slacker!, No just kidding, you are not alone. Good thing is online shopping can save you from the rush of people at the mall and the traffic! Blech…  so for the Biker on your shopping list head over to Mustang’s Biker Essentials site. They have everything you need from Christmas cards, ornaments, to cold weather riding gear and cute items like mailboxes or wind-chimes, You will no doubt find something very unique and cute for the biker on your list.

Now, go visit the site, grab some eggnog, crank up the christmas tunes and do your last minute shopping online, HURRY go order now!

The Body

What Fruit Are You?? An Apple a Day keeps the Doctor Away, By Lisa Maiorana, Certified Personal Nutritionist

Ever try to squeeze your feet into shoes that are one size too small just because you love the style?  Doesn’t work, does it?  Well, maybe you can cram your feet into those shoes for the sake of a special evening, but you can’t wear them all the time.  They’re just too uncomfortable.  Starving yourself with the goal of creating a physique that’s contrary to your natural body type is a similar thing.  You might get there for a month or two, but eventually your body will rebel. Ultimately, there are three basic body types.  It’s important to understand your shape and know what you can and can’t expect.  Which one best describes you?
The apple shape.  People with apple shapes tend to store fat in their upper bodies, so if an apple is carrying extra weight, it’s usually around the belly.  Apples have evolved to store fat in this way to adapt to long periods of famine.  Fat stored in the upper body can lead to heart disease, so it is important for apples to be health conscious.
The pear shape.  Pears hold the majority of their fat in the lower body: hips, buttocks, saddlebags. Pears are mostly women.  This shape has evolved because fat stored in these areas aids in fertility and breast-feeding.  This type of fat is not as much of a health risk as abdominal fat, but it is harder to lose.
The proportioned shape.  Lucky proportionates have fat cells distributed equally throughout their entire body.  When they gain weight, they gain it everywhere.  When they lose weight, it comes off evenly.
Research has drawn significant links between body shape and heart disease.  People whose fat collects around the waist – the classic apple shape – are at higher risk of heart disease than their pear-shaped counterparts, whose weight collects around the hips.  A pot belly increases the risk of a heart attack — even if the rest of the physique is as skinny as a beanpole.  The person with that build would have a low body mass index (BMI).  Based on that, the person would be classified as having a low heart attack risk.  It’s really the ratio between the distance around that pot belly and the circumference of the hips that tells the tale of risk.  If the waist-to-hip ratio is high, irrespective of the BMI, the risk of a heart attack is increased.  Where does your body collect fat?  Is your body shape more like an apple or a pear?
The Body, The Machine

Respect?, By Sara Liberte

“Men are respectable only as they respect”   – Ralph Waldo Emerson
So today is Dec. 8th 2011, 7 years since guitar genius Dimebag Darrel was shot to death onstage while performing with Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio.  To pay my respects I started my day off with some Pantera, and just as “Walk” started to methodically pace out my day, so did the lyrics.      The words surfaced thoughts I have been having  about the “show”,  (I reluctantly hate to admit) I watched the other night. I really didn’t want to play into all the hype and shit that was going on over it. Seems totally ridiculous to me, when it’s only feeding the monsters that created it and giving them exactly what they want. I try to stay away from BS like that.  But the thing that was sticking in my head wasn’t the “show” or lack of, it wasn’t the bikes, or lack of, and it wasn’t the builders, or lack of, it was the people and the crap they were saying about each other for not agreeing on who/what bike should have “won”.
As a member of the motorcycling culture family, the motto to live by is RESPECT your Brothers. Look out for one another and treat each other right.  Everywhere you look you see people tooting the message, see it on blogs, in print, on websites, everywhere.   Everyone just loves to throw this around.  Well, after all that went down I’m sitting here and the only thing that comes to mind is  where the hell did all the respect go?
I’m completely appalled at the shit being thrown, embarrassed to call myself a part of this community….  Seems to me those shouting the message, don’t even really know the message…  I think some are confused……
Respect isn’t an allegiance.  No, it’s not a loyalty or devotion to some person, group, cause, or the like.  No, you see Respect has NOTHING to do with that.  It is To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. When did it become ok to confuse the two? When did it become ok to chose one over the other?  I believe the two should exist inside you at the same time. A true MAN (used for both male and female) is able to comprehend and exhibit these two traits.
These days people are willing to “drop you”, or lose “respect” for you if you don’t have the same thoughts, opinions or allegiance as them? Really, what is that?  I believe what I believe, I like what I like, I trust what I trust and I have faith in what I have faith in. YOU may not agree or share the same allegiances I have, but guess what, that doesn’t mean I’m going to “drop you”, that doesn’t mean I’m going to hate you and it sure as hell doesn’t mean I am going to lose any respect for you.  How would I ever expect you to respect me, if I don’t respect you…  Just because we have different ideas of what is “cool” or “right” doesn’t mean we have to be disrespectful to one another.
This topic comes up with everything in life, politics, religion, education, etc… blah, blah,   People will make decisions about others and treat them with respect or lack of respect simply because they confuse respect with allegiance. That is sad, very sad, especially sad in a community that boasts the morals that the motorcycling community does.
You stand for other countries’ anthems, but do not sing them. You bow your head during the prayers of other religions, but do not recite them.  All these are valid ways of showing respect without pledging allegiance.
So why don’t we behave this way to one another who have a different view of lets say something not that grand in the overall grand scheme of things in life such as a motorcycle, or the way it was built…… ?
Through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, ( but usually nothing to choose from). If we chose different does that mean I deserve no respect from you, or you deserve none from me?
Don’t get me wrong, yes of course express how you feel, express what you believe in,   Don’t ever be bullied into silence, don’t conform, don’t accept what you don’t like.  Just don’t do it with lack of respect for others who carry just as strong an allegiance towards something different than your own.
And with that I leave you with these lyrics…..
Respect, walk. what did you say?
Respect, walk. Are you talking to me?
Run your mouth when I’m not around
It’s easy to achieve.
The Body, The Machine

Chopper Live on Discovery Channel; Jr, vs. Sr. Vs. James

So wow, like everyone is talking about this show huh?  Some excitement is coming back to the motorcycle tv shows, too bad it’s only going to boost ratings for the overly redundant OCC and American Chopper series…. Not sure about you guys but I’m just not interested in watching those guys on tv anymore.

But this series is different, having Sr. go against Jr. and Jesse James on a 3 way build off that ends up with  viewer’s deciding who the winner will be. All the voting goes down here.

Last night we saw the bikes being built, Jr. taking his “theme” bike to a new “high” with an airplane inspired build, Jesse going balls out with a straight up hand built hard core chop, and Sr. with a ummm what the f*&^k was that thing?  So, anyway guess we will see tonight who will be crowned best builder… really?, not sure if I would go so far as to say it should come down to these 3 guys as being the best builder in the world… I personally know tons of craftsman out there that can dance circles around all 3 of these bozo’s.  Anyway, watch tonight and give us your feedback, what did you think of the bikes, who will win… lets hear what ya got?

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2012 AMA International Women & Motorcycling Conference set for July 26-29 in Carson City, Nev.

Nowhere is the passion and dedication of women motorcyclists more apparent than at an AMA International Women & Motorcycling Conference. The popular event returns July 26-29, 2012, this time in Carson City, Nev. — one of the West’s premier motorcycling destinations.
The AMA International Women & Motorcycling Conference focuses on educating, encouraging, inspiring and mentoring women in the lifestyle and sport of motorcycling. Early registration of $125 is available now exclusively for AMA members at this site.  After April 30, 2012, registration will increase to $175 for AMA members and be available to non-AMA members for $235.
“Regardless of bike brand, riding preference or background, women motorcyclists are bound together by their common passion for life on two and three wheels,” said AMA Marketing Manager Tigra Tsujikawa. “The AMA International Women & Motorcycling Conference provides all of us the opportunity to connect with, and learn from, other women riders. Through seminars, activities, training classes and organized rides, we’ll work together to gain knowledge and skills to better navigate where the road or trail leads next.”
Carson City Mayor Pro Tem Shelly Aldean said the conference is a welcome addition to her city’s 2012 calendar of events.
“Carson City is delighted to be hosting the AMA International Women & Motorcycling Conference in July 2012,” she said. “We look forward to accommodating the attendees participation in the conference. We hope that during their visit, conference goers will spend some time exploring what Carson City has to offer and, as a result of our hospitality, will feel like honorary members of our community when it’s finally time to say goodbye.”
Previous AMA International Women & Motorcycling conferences have been held in Keystone, Colo.; Athens, Ga.; Buckhannon, W.Va.; Athens, Ohio; and Westerville, Ohio. They featured targeted attractions for women motorcyclists such as seminars, workshops, speeches, product and motorcycle displays and demonstrations, recreational riding and networking.
“I am personally looking forward to this special gathering of the women’s motorcycling community, a community that has increased significantly in recent years,” Tsujikawa said. “The 2009 event was an unforgettable experience, and the 2012 conference will offer even more camaraderie and fun.”
Tsujikawa added that men are encouraged to attend the conference as well.
“Motorcyclists are known for their welcoming attitudes, and the AMA International Women and Motorcycling Conference is no exception,” she said. “Women are encouraged to register their spouses, partners and friends, who can attend all activities. And for those just along for the ride, even if they aren’t participating in the conference, there are ample entertainment opportunities in Carson City, on and off a motorcycle.”
The sixth AMA International Women & Motorcycling Conference will be held in Carson City, Nev., on July 26-29, 2012. Event and lodging information is available at www.womenandmotorcycling.com.
About the American Motorcyclist Association
Since 1924, the AMA has protected the future of motorcycling and promoted the motorcycle lifestyle. AMA members come from all walks of life, and they navigate many different routes on their journey to the same destination: freedom on two wheels. As the world’s largest motorcycling rights organization, the AMA advocates for motorcyclists’ interests in the halls of local, state and federal government, the committees of international governing organizations, and the court of public opinion. Through member clubs, promoters and partners, the AMA sanctions more motorsports competition and motorcycle recreational events than any other organization in the world. AMA members receive money-saving discounts from dozens of well-known suppliers of motorcycle services, gear and apparel, bike rental, transport, hotel stays and more. Through its support of the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum, the AMA preserves the heritage of motorcycling for future generations. For more information, please visit AmericanMotorcyclist.com