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Archive for Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Leavenworth BOCC hears 2nd appeal for Conservation
July 6, 2010
A surrogate made a better case for Leavenworth County Extension Service funding than the agency has thus far provided, a county commissioner observed last Thursday while pointing out the need to fund other vital programs.
Extension representatives requested a second meeting with commissioners after the first face-to-face meeting during the commission's June budget hearing ended with a majority of commissioners supporting proposed cuts and calling for Extension to become more efficient.
County Administrator Heather Morgan recommended the county fund Extension's 2011 budget at $226,287 or $54,000 less than this year.
Scheduling prevented the second meeting. In lieu of another sit down, Extension sent the commission information detailing the benefits of various programs.
But former Extension agent Jo Nell Thomas, who retired in September 2009, did address commissioners Thursday in response to newspaper stories quoting commissioners saying they were unsure what Extension did.
Thomas spoke of the work the agricultural agent did in cooperation with K-State to identify and limit damage to crops from insects and diseases and update local farmers on current research.
Thomas detailed the efforts the family and consumer sciences agent undertook with county residents to improve their nutritional knowledge and habits, home-management skills and physical well being, often in association with the county health department and other agencies.
Thomas also spoke of the value of 4-H and of the success of Extension's master gardner and food programs in encouraging volunteers to share their skills and knowledge with county residents.
"The purpose of Extension is to bring to the people research-based and credible information you can use every day to improve your life," she said.
Thomas did a better job of explaining what Extension did than the agency has done, Commissioner John Flower said. But he added during a tough budget year Extension was competing for funds with programs and agencies that were "saving people's lives."
Commissioners had a second visit Thursday with representatives of the Leavenworth County Conservation District and arranged for a third. That future meeting will follow district representatives working with Morgan to piece together a 2011 budget commissioners find acceptable.
Morgan's current recommendation is that the county not provide any funding for the conservation district for 2011. At their second meeting with the council, district representatives asked the county to provide $35,000 in funding for 2011 with the state adding $23,000.
Two commissioners told the district board members they saw nothing to change their mind about zeroing out the agency after reviewing the district's second budget.
But as they leveled criticism at its proposed budget, commissioners expressed support for the district's mission of preventing soil erosion and contamination from bad septic systems or unplugged wells.
Commissioners questioned how a budget that provided $41,000 in salary and benefits for an administrative office person and $11,216 for a field employee could accomplish that mission.
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Chelsea may have attempted to bring Barcelona striker Lionel Messi to Stamford Bridge by activating his release clause with a £210m bid last summer, according to The Daily Express.
Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo reported that an Adidas-backed club were prepared to cough up the astronomical fee, backing up rumours that the Blues may have been the mystery side behind the audacious offer.
The west London club have experienced problems up front this campaign, but it remains speculative whether Jose Mourinho and Roman Abramovich would have elected to splash such a gigantic amount of money on a single player – even if the individual in question is Lionel Messi.
Bayern Munich, another club with a lucrative kit sponsorship with Adidas, have also been connected with the stunning bid.
Pep Guardiola, now at the helm of the Bavarian club following his exit from Barcelona in 2012, has a strong friendship with Messi having spent four trophy-laden years with the four-time Ballon d'Or winner at the Camp Nou.
However, the Argentina international allegedly turned down all three offers from the unknown clubs as he is more than content with life in Spain.
The La Liga champions are said to be in the process of negotiating a new £17m-per-year deal with Messi that would see him leapfrog Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo as the highest-paid footballer on the planet.
It would seem £210m is not sufficient to deter rival clubs from chasing Messi, so the Catalan club will have to dramatically increase his release clause to avoid future attempts to sign the world's best player.
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|Andre Villas-Boas: Rejects criticism from Arsenal's Wojciech Szczesny
Szczesny claimed Spurs "do not have enough quality" to finish ahead of Arsenal and Chelsea in the battle for two remaining Champions League qualifying places.
Villas-Boas, who takes his team to Chelsea on Wednesday, reckons the Arsenal stopper is playing to the gallery.
"He is entitled to his opinion. It is absolutely fine. You don't expect love from an Arsenal player to a Tottenham player. If it touches a bit of a lack of respect, it is normal in a rivalry," Villas-Boas said.
"I think it would have been a little more tolerable if it had come from a genuine Arsenal fan.
"Coming from an Arsenal player, he is an Arsenal player who is probably only passing by to another club, or who is not going to stay there for life.
"In the end if he means exactly those words from the heart - he doesn't, for sure.
"I wouldn't say that an Arsenal fan (player) that has just arrived in that club for the last couple of years is entitled to so much hatred towards Tottenham like he seems to have."


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So basically they're saying if you had better passwords and applied patches, you'd avoid security problems?
Nice to see MS on the cutting edge of security research.
Which is more than you can say for too many of its customers.
So basically they're saying if you had better passwords and applied patches, you'd avoid security problems?
Nice to see MS on the cutting edge of security research.
Apparently the owners of 1.7 million PCs need to hear it. And since those machines are throwing malware at mine I support that advice from any source.
We were waiting on you to implement it since it's so easy of a change to make.
Did I say it was easy? Yes[.]
Sorry, I could not resist.
My bank offers text messages with one time password. After they found out that even printed OTPs can be abused.
Believe it or not, I've analyzed a trojan that got by OTPs myself. Really clever. Relies on the fact that what you see and what gets transmitted isn't necessary the same in the average browser.
biometrics are not that much better and don't to well for say a sheared admin or other maintenance password.
If possible and if the systems in question allow for it, you could still authenticate the admin with RADIUS+, and have the access to the RADIUS+ server done with two factor authentication or biometrics.
what about local admin / laptops that may not be linked to the sever?
Severed and sheared? Your workplace sounds way too violent.
In one company I worked for, local admin laptops were not used for networking gear once it was up and running. Only if something failed, then there was the occasional factory reset and reuploading the last known good config.
what about in the field or where you may not have a good remote link.
We have better authentication methods...
Would you kindly name three?
(Please be specific. Then, we can explain how for a given set of reality-based situations, they're not in fact actually "better".)
People always talk about passwords without looking at the other part: usernames.
Often I am not able to select my username. I have more usernames then passwords. At work I have one password, which is less secure then it could be, because I need to change it every month.
I have at least 7 different usernames.
first letter first name up to 8 characters total with the last name
first letter and full last name
3 letters first name upt to 8 for the last name
last name only
first name only
department name
company name
I guess you're barking up the wrong tree. The problem isn't that people can find out your passwords. The problem is that people hand them over willingly. They actively aid trojans and bank frauds. Unwittingly, of course, but because they don't know crap about the machines they are using.
The biggest attack vector today isn't even faulty software, it is user action. Opening attachments without wondering why a
It's not my fault!
But he sure would have had every patch installed, for we all know he does not tardy. After all, he shot first!
If only:
1. Everyone were meticulous in following the guidelines which require passwords being more shift+number than letters, and capable of memorizing new ones on a regular schedule.
2. Everyone kept better care of their computers (regular updates) than they do for their own bodies (regular physicals, anyone?).
Then we could have prevented this whole thing!
Real world implications of having to remember numerous non-dictionary passwords, and expecting those who see the computer as a magic box to the interweb
Which wasn't even properly disabled when you tried to disable it through the UI in Windows. Who were the idiots not following security best practices when they came up with that idea? Infected flash drives and non-disabled autorun were the main vectors for Conficker around here.
having to change passwords all the time leads to weak ones or the password being put on a post it note.
having to make up your own passwords, then having to change them all the time leads to weak ones or the password being put on a post it note.
I used to work for a public university; when I started there, our passwords were auto-generated random strings of 8-12 alphanumerics and symbols, and we received new passwords every fiscal quarter. Our security team would run various password cracking apps on the systems, and only once did an auto-generated password get cracked.
Two years after I started there, they changed the password policy - users had to make up their own passwords. Still minimum 8 characters, at least 1 capitalized letter, 1 lowe
I used to work for a public university; when I started there, our passwords were auto-generated random strings of 8-12 alphanumerics and symbols, and we received new passwords every fiscal quarter. Our security team would run various password cracking apps on the systems, and only once did an auto-generated password get cracked.
Two years after I started there, they changed the password policy - users had to make up their own passwords. Still minimum 8 characters, at least 1 capitalized letter, 1 lower case
Or there's a mismatch between IT's perception of security with the user's. What did the password to your accounts control? If it was just access to a PC in the lab, most users would just go "meh" as they have their own PCs.
Faculty and staff network access; pretty major stuff.
If I'm not mistaken, it was someone in the financial office (which handles not only student accounts, but payroll as well) who had the wonderfully secure password 'Dolphin1'
I wish it had been something as benign as lab computer access, would have made my job of patching up the holes created by user generated passwords a hell of a lot easier.
And MS knew that. [microsoft.com]
...exploiting software vulnerabilities for which updates existed.
Seeing as Microsoft wrote it in the first place, I think it's fair for them to share some of the blame.
The assumption here is that an attacker choosing the easiest way has no other route. It would be safer to say that the route used by the worm would have been unavailable if basic preventative steps had been taken.
It's like the old joke. "Ever wonder why whatever you're looking for is always in the last place you look?" "Well, sure, once you've found it, why keep looking?"
Microsoft seems to think the authors would have stopped looking without finding an exploit route. Instead, they found one, and stopped looking.
For example E-trade will give you the RSA key fob. Am I supposed to get a dozen key fobs from each of my bank, brokerage, mutual fund, anf 401-K administrator? Schwab would not let me use special characters in passwords. I think they also have a ridiculous 8 char limit. In this day and age where GPUs are being used for dictionary attacks? 8 char? Fidelity wanted an all numeric password because they wanted the phone based log-in used by their older customers to work in web too. On top of all that they have the password reset procedure which asks for stuff that you can find on the facebook profile.
Then there are idiotic Paychex which will lock you out after two failed login attempts. There is this site securetransfer.com that requires some 16 char password with at least two capitals two numerals and two special characters to get 100% strong password quality rating. Then there are clueless admins who tell you "never write down the password". Hello! Is there any end to this password madness?
Why can't they give me two levels of access? Read only access that lets me see account balances and verify that the check has cleared. And the write access that requires one more password that allows me to transfer funds and trade securities. May be even a third level password to send cash out of that institution to outside.
My bank has a second layer of authentication (either one-time-use SMS codes or a second password) that is used any time you want to transfer to someone not on your "approved payees" list.
They also have password entry done (both the main password and this extra password) through an on-screen keyboard where you have to click the letters and the keyboard moves slightly when you click it.
On the minus side, they have a stupid limit of 10 characters for the passwords.
I just got caught up on some of my reading. One of those articles was about how people who 'foolishly' applied their black Tuesday patches were unable to print out their tax forms. I think that might just explain why so many systems are so far out of date.
It's nice to keep telling people "you wouldn't have the security issue if you did all the updates right away". But to that, I'd like to tell the OS developers something else:
You wouldn't have the concerns about unpatched systems if you designed the OS so it could apply the downloaded updates without requiring system reboots!
And yes, though I'm not a software developer, I do know a little bit about this, and why it's a "tall order" (core services you can't just delete and replace with updated versions while they're in use, etc.). But I guess I'm saying this doesn't seem impossible to overcome, if someone wanted to make the functionality a priority in a new OS's design?
Unless we reach that point, people will always be delaying installation of new updates because it interferes with work they need to get done, or they're afraid an update could potentially break something they rely on and don't have time to deal with, if it goes wrong. System patches/updates need to become a less intrusive, more seamless process -- and one that can easily "roll back" any new update that turns out to cause issues. It should automatically notify the developer when this happens, and should flag the problem update so it doesn't get re-installed (but subsequent, supposedly corrected versions DO get installed ASAP).
With today's multi-core CPUs, maybe it's even possible to design systems so two instances of the OS/application environment can be run in tandem during an update process? Hand off the running processes to a parallel copy of the current environment, invisibly to the user, when an update is about to take place. Then patch the first environment, which now has no "core services" in use by apps anymore, and shuttle the apps back over to the patched environment when it's ready?
not rebooting leads to memory leaks and stuck software.
Even with a system to update stuff with out a full reboot what happens when it hits some thing stuck in the background or updates some thing that is leaking ram?
Well, you can't avoid the need to reboot when things crash. Nothing new there. But people have a need to apply updates far more often than they encounter stuck software and memory leaks crippling things, right?
With a seamless update process like I was suggesting, the need to *eventually* reboot probably doesn't go away. But uptimes would certainly improve over what you'd have if you applied, say, every Microsoft update on the day it was released. My experience with those is you get at least 3-5 of them ev
Sure, sure, blame the users again, Microsoft.
How about educating them for once? You own, according to some metrics, 90 percent of the desktop market. Your operating systems in retail boxes don't even come with quickstart guides to basic security. No, you just leave your users to flounder about without any guidance at all, and if they want it, they have to pay extra for it.
At least when I was paying for boxed sets of SuSE Linux, it came with two well-written manuals, a user's manual, and an administrator's manual. I suspect that boxed sets still include these. It was in the grand old tradition of "when you get this software, we'll give you the manual too" like what you got when you bought DOS or CP/M.
But these days, I guess that user education is viewed as "intimidating" to users, because *shock* *horror* computers might be revealed as the complicated, useful, and powerful devices they actually are and heaven forfend users get any ideas beyond clicking on the pretty pictures. Microsoft does its damnedest to not give the user *anything* that might resemble common sense lessons in security.
There is a lot of energy pointed at the education of developers, but none that I can see at day-to-day users from Microsoft.
I just dealt with a user who has become so paranoid, she considers technet.microsof.com "foreign" because she's been so abused by the utter lack of guidance in the past with computers that she can no longer tell what's legitimate or not, wrt software. I was merely pointing out a sysinternals tool. This makes me a sad panda, and I don't blame her. I can't. Because I've seen it too many times to think it's just "dumb users" anymore.
Microsoft's blaming of the user is utter bollocks. It is entirely their fault now.
Yes, this makes me mad. Deal with it.
Save this article and email it to the idiot bean counters at work who say IE 6 is perfectly fine and so is XP so why upgrade until 2014?
I thought Conflicker came out in like 2004? It should not be infected machines today and this is stupid.
The problem is not IE and Windows. Windows 7 and IE 9 have been secure for awhile with ASLR, DEP, and sandboxing. The idiots are not the users (well most are not), but IT and CIOs and CEOs who refuse to look at things like computers as anything but cost centers. It is gra
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TAG Goes to Cuba
Cuba Boasts Model Health Outcomes but at What Costs to Human Rights?
Winter 2010
As a leader in TB/HIV research and development investment tracking, TAG was invited to a preconference satellite meeting organized by the Global Forum to discuss the challenges of tracking resources for health research. Speakers focused on the need for more research investment in health systems strengthening and neglected diseases, the current backlash against global HIV spending and other disease specific research investments, the need for better guidelines for cross-country comparisons of investments in health research, and how to leverage health research investment data more effectively in health research advocacy.
As the hosts of the Global Forum, Cuban government officials showed little humility showcasing their own remarkable achievements in the public heath sector despite limited resources. With the guarantee of free and universal heath care for everyone -- which many conference goers duly noted as doctors pounced on anyone who dared to enter the country with a sniffle or flushed face -- the entire Cuban health care system is tiered with a reliance on wellness, holistic care, prevention of disease realized via watchdog zeal, and, at times, draconian measures. Case in point: Cuba boasts the lowest HIV rate in the Western Hemisphere, with only 2,700 HIV-positive people in the entire country as of 2007, according to UNAIDS statistics. Cuba's shockingly low HIV rate (whatever the true prevalence) belies a haunting reality that Cuban officials still firmly argue to justify the widespread violations of human rights which took place during the forced quarantine programs that lasted until the early 1990s. (Other violations of human rights including institutionalized homophobia are also well documented). Nowadays, treatment for HIV-positive people is said to take place at the community level, with daily clinic visits required for all those newly diagnosed and mandated (under the threat of detention), and treatment adherence monitored via house calls made by doctors and nurses who live in the community. These same clinicians are the gatekeepers for upward referrals to more specialized care, and they convene quarterly with community leaders to discuss health issues within the community. Despite the fact that taxi drivers and hotel clerks make more money then do government-paid clinicians and health researchers (Cuba boasts that they are one of the few developing countries that can provide a comprehensive supply of generic HIV medicines to their people), medicine remains a highly respected profession.
Cuba's public health system and its health care delivery model underscores the reality that despite limited resources much can be accomplished in improving health outcomes via strong (indeed, often coercive) political will. But, the central question remains: At what costs, and who gets to decide? As the HIV/AIDS community can attest, Cuba's authoritarian approach to protecting public health tramples the human rights of people living with HIV.
As conference attendees left Cuba to return home and continue wrestling with the myriad of problems that block better research and universal access to health for people around the globe, the Cuban contradiction that juxtaposes the good of the public against individual rights underscored the critical need for community advocacy everywhere to ensure that the path leading to universal access to health is not perverted in the name of achieving it. Human rights, public health, and social justice must be advanced together under a common framework that puts the individual and community rights to dignity, health, and full participation in society at the center of work for a more just society.
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HOLLENBECK: Easter celebrations in the South meant new clothes, family gatherings
Easter is a defining moment in a Southern girl's upbringing.
When I was growing up, it meant a new dress for Sunday School and church and family events that followed.
This was an especially big thing for little girls in small towns, like Cotton Plant, where the Methodist Church was the center of our social life at Easter time and pretty much year-round.
Picking out the Easter frock was exciting. Oftentimes it was cold and I'd freeze in that year's selection, which frequently was sleeveless. Regardless of the temperature, I wore the selected dress. A little thing like a cold day couldn't sway me from the designated apparel.
Easter is also the date from which set-in-stone fashion rules evolve, such as the proverbial directives about white shoes, white linen frocks, etc.
Fashion gurus today contend that some of the old maxims no longer apply, but try telling that to dyed-in-the-wool Girls Raised In The South.
When you've had it drilled into your psyche that it's just plain tacky to wear white on your feet before Easter, that maxim stays for a long time. Like a lifetime.
I no longer get a new dress for Easter Sunday, but that's out of my personal consideration for the many little girls who would like one and their families can't afford it. I'm not trying to portray myself as some sort of saint, but it's just one small stand I take today for the children of the world.
The rules of dressing can be obvious or baffling and some folks, particularly people who didn't experience Southern raising, just don't get the policies about white shoes. Southerners, for the most part, take them to heart.
Some of this seems silly, even to me, because of the weather in the South. It may be warmer on a January day than it is in May, but the calendar reigns nonetheless. And I won't wear white shoes in the wintertime regardless of the temperature. I'd be afraid I'd trip and break my foot because Mamma would be "tsk-tsking" me all the way from her heavenly home.
In my storehouse of memories there's one glaring exception regarding white on the feet. These would be the white go-go boots from the 1970s. These were worn with purple velvet hot pants in the dead of winter.
My legs nearly froze, but after all, it was "the style." Thankfully, it passed quickly.
Youngsters typically love Easter because they enjoy dyeing Easter eggs and then hunting them.
I loved all the years of raising my children, but one thing I don't miss is the Easter egg dye. That's an activity for people with artistic creativity and I don't possess it.
I have musical talent — I guess I could have sung to the eggs — but the ones I dyed never looked that great. I always got more dye on me than I did on the eggs.
My daughter, with her elementary schoolteacher genes shaping place, quickly took over this activity and I was more than grateful.
Someone asked me to explain why Easter is a movable event, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar.
In order to explain it, I got on the Internet, where it notes that the First Council of Nicaea established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the northern hemisphere's vernal equinox. Ecclesiastically, the equinox is reckoned to be on March 21 (even though the equinox occurs, astronomically speaking, on March 20 in most years), and the Full Moon is not necessarily the astronomically correct date.
The date of Easter therefore varies between March 22 and April 25.
Eastern Christianity bases its calculations on the Julian Calendar whose March 21 corresponds, during the 21st century, to April 3 in the Gregorian Calendar, in which calendar the celebration of Easter therefore varies between April 4 and May 8.
OK. There it is. If you can figure out when Easter's coming based on all that, you're a lot smarter than me.
I recommend just buying a good calendar and checking the date.
And by the way, Happy Easter.
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I LOVE Halloween!
Seriously, it's my favorite holiday!
And this is about the time of year when I start planning what I want to dress up as. Last year I was Medusa, with a pretty turquois dress and snakes in my hair. (not real snakes, though!) And this year, I really want to be an elf (it's been said that I look like one. I wonder how anybody ever got that idea!?!) I'm also hoping to find a cool pattern and make a pretty elfish dress. Anyway, I was just wondering what you guys are going to be for Halloween. (or what you have been in past years) Sorry if this is a little too early in the year for this.... I'm just excited! it's only like..... *counts on fingers* a little more than three and a half months a way!


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Having served for eight years as a commissioner on the California Energy Commission and for five years as a commissioner on the California Public Utilities Commission, I feel compelled to comment on the June 9 letter criticizing this state's Public Service Commission.
The writer's comments are right on target for several reasons. In rate hearings (with apologies to commission staff — CPUC and PSC) it becomes clear that the "expert" witnesses are those of the regulated utilities and not the commission staff.
These "experts" well know the in's and out's of electricity transmission, generation and distribution as well as natural gas transmission and distribution. It also helps that regulated utilities have competent lobbyists and the commissioners themselves are rarely knowledgeable about the industries they are elected or appointed to regulate.
Additionally, commissioners all too often want not only to regulate but also to be "fair" to the monopoly which, after all, supplies a necessary product to the consumer. The inevitable result of the current industry structure has been rate shock in many areas of this country.
The challenge is to make licensed monopolies more competitive so rate-payers benefit. Unfortunately, as seen by the colossal failure of electric utility restructuring in California, such attempts frequently result in more regulation and more hurt for the rate-payer.
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Recently the dramatic rescue of three Cleveland women, held captive for an average of 11 years, held our attention for a number of days. Sadly, the injustice to these women and the terrible torture they endured have almost faded from our memories.
Every year thousands of children between the ages of 11 and 18 are duped into modern-day slavery — human trafficking. Though promised good jobs, they are held against their wills as workers and/or prostitutes, receiving little or no income. These children come from the U.S. as well as other countries. A million and a half of our own runaway/throwaway children are at risk at any given moment.
I am proud that South Carolina has passed one of the strongest laws against human trafficking in our nation. The next step is to find victims so they can be rescued.
Although a number of arrests and prosecutions of traffickers have been made in our state, law enforcement needs the help of observant citizens. We should look for darkened, shuttered or barred windows, high fences, guard dogs — anything suspicious.
Victims may work in people's homes, nail or massage parlors, restaurants, farms or factories. Look for people who show signs of being controlled: bruised, burned, depressed, unable to speak or act for themselves. Anyone held against his will is a victim of human trafficking. Don't express your suspicions. Just call law enforcement. They will investigate discreetly.
Keep the Human Trafficking Hotline number, 1.888.3737.888. in your cell phone directory.
Sister Mary T. Neal
Fort Johnson Road
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country," spoke President John F. Kennedy.
These words came to mind as I read the obituary of Thomas Griffin of Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born in Green Bay, Wis., and died at Fort Thomas, Ky., on Feb 26, 2013, at the age of 96.
He was one of the last four surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders who bombed Tokyo on April 18, 1942. The land-based bombers took off from an aircraft carrier in the Pacific with no means of returning, relying on their fuel to carry them over Japan to mainland China.
The mission was credited with lifting American morale more than any other action of the war. He parachuted and evaded capture, eventually returning to duty in the Army Air Corps.
What was amazing about Thomas Griffin was that he was later shot down over Italy and spent nearly two years in German prison camps.
Thomas Griffin most certainly lived up to the second half of President Kennedy's famous quote.
Merrill D. Ridgway
McRoy Street
North Charleston
I feel compelled to point out a grievous error in Gene Sapakoff's June 7 column regarding the South Carolina-North Carolina Super Regional series. I am referring to his comparison of the states' barbecues.
Even the least sophisticated palate recognizes the heavenly flavor of hog meat that has been slowly roasted over an open pit of smoldering hickory (not oak) and finished with a sprinkle of vinegar-based sauce to brighten the flavor. This is prepared across the entire state of North Carolina and is not to be confused with the mustard-macerated mush that is called BBQ around this area.
John R. Nash Jr., M.D.
Middleton Point Lane
Edisto Island
Phew! I am relieved that our state legislators did not revise their ethics rules. I would hate to spend the next election year listening to their explanations of how their self-serving rules are OK for them but no one else.
Terry Tsurutis
Burningtree Road
Wonders never cease. SCE&G asks for yet another rate increase. As normally happens the rate hike, or some large part of it, will be granted by the Public Service Commission, the members of which are put in place by our legislators. But aren't these the same legislators who failed in this legislative session, due to pressure from SCE&G, to pass bills allowing companies to assist homeowners in installations of solar panel?
Seems like a rather cozy arrangement.
Joe Sharpe
Kestrel Trail


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Whoohoo! More of this please...
Mountain Counties Want More Hiking Trials [North Carolina news]
Supposed to be "Trails" (I think).
Whoohoo! More of this please...
Mountain Counties Want More Hiking Trials [North Carolina news]
Supposed to be "Trails" (I think).
"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities." - Mark Twain
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. - John Burroughs
I would settle for any right now!
Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
The hanger formly known as "hammock engineer".
Sounds great to me!!!
don`t leave the CREATOR out of the creation!
One of the unique aspects of the NC mountains is that they are nearly impossible to hike without a trail. I've hiked in the Uwharries without a trail, but they are completely different.
Last time I was on top of Cold Mountain, I looked at the bowl stretching between Shining Rock and Cold Mtn, and wondered when was the last time anyone managed to bushwhack through there. Even bear hunter's dogs have a hard time!
- MacEntyre
"We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." - Ben Franklin
I hope there is some considerable development in Ashe I love the area but there just is not much in the way of backpacking trails in the entire county. I have done some bushwhacking on several mountains in the county and there are some areas that would be great for some hiking trails.
interesting. can't wait for em! thanks for that post.


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Pardon the pun, but New York's Full Figured Fashion Week has doubled in size and shows no sizes of shrinking.
The organizers of last weekend's event are celebrating, and plus-size models are rejoicing, yet mass opinion probably will remain mixed for years to come.
This is the third year that former plus-size model Gwen DeVoe has produced the show, which featured 15 designers from the United States, Canada and Europe. In interviews with various media outlets, she's said she was inspired to launch the event because prestigious New York Fashion Week designers weren't creating clothing for women like her.
Full Figured Fashion Week showcases models with dress sizes that start in the double digits and clothes that fit women who wear sizes into the 30s. This makes a sharp visual contrast to typical size zero to 2 runway models, who tend to be improbably tall and thin.
DeVoe has said that she intends to show designers the plus-size market that they are missing out on. Statistics continue to document the widening waistline of the U.S. population, making her focus on full-figured fashions even more relevant.
The controversy, of course, is that many people believe that celebrating large-size women, many of them obese, will encourage them to continue tipping the scales.
Phyllis Brasch Librach of Sydney's Closet in Maryland Heights, Mo., sells special-occasion clothing from size 14 to size 44, and she has no qualms about the service she provides. In fact, she proudly waves the plus-size flag. On her website, she declares that the majority of women are larger than a size 12.
And each of those women, she writes, "should be able to find a dress for a special occasion that makes her look — and feel — as glamorous as a movie star." Who's to say we should discourage that?
The irony in the condemnation of the plus-size shows is that typical runways have been vilified for encouraging women to starve themselves into a low ideal weight.
The truth is probably less black and white. Women whose self-esteem is based on an image in a magazine have bigger problems than what to wear.
Webster Groves, Mo., boutique owner Natalie Woods of Daisy Clover said that people "have to learn to take responsibility for their choices." She said she'd never be a size 2 because she hates to exercise and enjoys fried foods, but that doesn't mean she gets to blame lithe models. She said that most of her business is equally distributed between size extra-smalls and extra-larges.
With that in mind, she greeted news of the new fashion week with a shrug.
In contrast, outspoken plus-size model Fluvia Lacerda, who was named plus-size commercial model of the year at Full Figured Fashion Week, issued a rant (her words) on her blog about why plus-size or curvy fashion needs more respect.
She wrote: "Although it might sound astonishing for some, looking GOOD doesn't necessarily equate to looking THIN/SMALLER to a lot of us plus size women. Curves aren't an embarrassment that we need to wear pieces to disguise 'em or use accessories to divert people's attention from noticing my wide hips. They are there and I find no reason to disguise them (I probably wouldn't be able to even if I tried, LOL)."
I know the kind of vitriolic condemnations many of you are thinking in response. You're not wrong, but neither is Lacerda. The question of how big is too big is valid, but I can't condone the idea that we should teach women, men, children to be ashamed of their size. Health should prevail, and I'm betting that Lacerda hits the gym more than most of us.
What drives me crazy in the plus-size vs. ectomorph argument is that women who are in the middle weight classes are ignored. Instead, we choose sides and everyone typically heaps undue blame on a group of women who are usually and naturally thin.
Where's the middle ground? I wonder. What's so unappealing about sizes 8 to 12. Seriously.
Those sizes are in a no-man's land as far as the fashion world is concerned. Someone in the middle is not large enough to be plus-size or small enough to be a traditional model. Yet she's most likely to have an acceptable body mass index and, therefore, is probably eating relatively balanced meals. I'm guessing some will argue that fashion is about fantasy and that's best embodied by extremes, not the average.
Still, it seems odd that no one champions the women in the middle, when common sense should tell us that that's not a bad place to start.


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Some ABO Qs: Tests, Sauerkraut... and Oatmeal
if i and my wife are A blood.Does it mean that my children also are A blood.How do i get my childrens bloodgroup?Where do i go? Thank you!! Djani
Greetings, Djani ~ It is possible that your children are type A, but not certain. There is a chance that one or both are type O, if both you and your wife have a recessive O gene. Doctors can order the test for ABO group, but often charge a lot of money for it, or refuse for some reason. If your children were born in hospital, request the information there. It should be in the hospital records, or with the attending physician, and those medical records belong to YOU. :-) Also, the Red Cross in most areas will give you your ABO type if you donate blood. If these options won't work for you, write back and let me know whereabouts in the world you are. I'll go from there.
I am wondering if the simple blood test kit that we can purchase in our health shop, which has four circles to which one adds with a sterile pipette some blood, and then matches this up to a number of options to get the blood type could not also be used for testing saliva? Jenny
Hello, Jenny ~ No, testing saliva requires lab equipment. That test on the card is a "blood agglutination" test, and will only give your ABO type. Sorry! :-}
Heidi, We are really thankful for your articles.We have had a question come up on one of the discussion lists. Saurkraut is listed as an avoid for O's. Most of the canned saurkraut I've seen uses vinegar, which we know is an avoid unless it is apple cidar vinegar. If saurkraut is made with salt instead in the old German way, is it still an avoid because it is fermented or does the fact that salt is used make it a neutral? Thank you. Sarah
Hi, Sarah ~ Sauerkraut made from cabbage & salt in the traditional German fashion is fine for O secretors! *sigh!* ;-> Enjoy it! :-)
Hi Heidi, I'm finally getting used to life without the message board. Anyway, I am 63 years old, Type O+, been on the Diet since August, 2001, and was diagnosed with moderately high blood pressure about 10 years ago; for the last two years have been taking 10 mg of Zestril daily. About 2 months ago, I heard of a study in which blood pressure patients where put on a regimin of one serving of oatmeal daily for 12 weeks. After that time, many were able to reduce their blood pressure medication dosage; if they discontinued the oatmeal regimin, they had to go back to the original dosage. Anyway, I started the regimin, and after only 2 weeks, began getting significantly lower blood pressure readings. After the third week, I cut my Zestril dosage to 5 mg. and the low readings continued. After about another 3 weeks, I cut the dosage to 2.5 mg. and now after 3 more weeks am continuing to get normal readings. I don't know if I will be able to eliminate the medication altogether, but am delighted with the results so far. I have an appointment with my doctor next week and will discuss that possibility. Anyway,I just wanted to pass this on since it seems like a pretty harmless way to lower your blood pressure...especially if you like oatmeal. Phil
Hey, thanks for the report, Phil! I've heard of oatmeal doing nice things for certain people with high cholesterol, but the blood pressure application is something new to me. Even though O secretors are advised to limit their grain intake to one serving six times per week, this sounds like a great thera-food-ic use of grain! Please keep me posted on whether the results persist if you discontinue the daily oatmeal... at any rate, it certainly is a great improvement over meds! thanks again!! :-D


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With prom season just weeks away, Illinois State Police are stepping up efforts to stop teen drinking and driving.
State police are calling it operation prom/graduation N.I.T.E. NITE stands for Non-Impairment Travel Effort. They're joining forces with local law enforcement, schools, hospitals, and community organizations, all in hopes that lives will be saved.
State police met to launch the program, which includes having more police units, and two state police officers on duty for every prom and graduation ceremony. Police say they've identified every prom and graduation date, as well as location, and are prepared to enforce a zero tolerance rule. They hope that having extra police enforcing safe driving will help make prom night more enjoyable.
Police have also been going into schools to re-enact fatal crash scenes and giving students special goggles that show them what it's like to be impaired. They're hoping the simulations will be enough reality for students.
On prom night, police will be looking at improper lane use, speed, and even the number of passengers in a car. They'll also be enforcing curfew.


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The Morency family's house is, by far, the most popular for kids to trick-or-treat at in their neighborhood.
Cameron Morency, 12, said every year approximately 300 residents come to his family's home in Southfield for Halloween.
"One person came and said he had to park two blocks away just to get here," said the Berkshire Middle School seventh-grader.
And anyone who drives by their house on Rock Creek Drive from now until Oct. 31 will see why. In their front yard is a Grim Reaper, taller than the home, which is part of a haunted maze Cameron constructed with his father Keith, younger brother Luke, and their neighbors, Adam and Evan Cole.
Keith decided to make this elaborate "haunted yard" a family tradition in 2008.
"I've always had a love for Halloween, ever since I was a kid," Keith said. "But now that I have my own home, what started off as scarecrows stuck in hay bales that would scare my wife when she went out to get the mail, has turned into this."
Photos of the Morency family's haunted yard
Keith was inspired by Cameron, who was 8 years old at the time. In Cameron's second-grade class, students were asked what they would do if they were elected president. Cameron's answer was that "all hungry people in the world would have food."
So Keith combined his love for Halloween with Cameron's dream and created "Haunt for Hunger."
From 7 to 9 p.m. everyday now through Halloween, the Morency family has opened up their front yard to the public. Anyone who walks through the maze is asked to bring a nonperishable food item, which will then be donated to the nonprofit Lighthouse of Oakland County. Lighthouse provides food and housing to local low-income families.
"The thought of someone so young just trying to help someone else out unselfishly made me extremely proud. And that's why I got behind him with as much support as I did," said Keith.
"As a community, everyone in the neighborhood gets behind it. One idea from a little kid has really helped a lot of people."
This year's "Haunt for Hunger" is dedicated to the memory of Todd Ellis. Ellis was best friends with Keith's wife Krissy and died this year at age 47 from a rare lung disease. Keith said Ellis has helped the family with their Halloween tradition each year since its inception.
"He was always such a big driving force of laughter and fun. ... It's been a really hard year losing him," Keith said. "All of the food we're donating is in his name and honor this year."
Keith said, every year, this project has raised one month's worth of food for Lighthouse. His goal is to receive at least 2,000 food items this year.
Cameron said the Lighthouse volunteers are always "very surprised and grateful" when their family comes to drop off the food.
"It usually takes three carts with two men each to bring all the food in," Cameron said.
The "haunted yard" is family-oriented. Two to three people can walk through the handcrafted maze at a time. Attendees can signify what their "scare level" is. Groves High School student India Rasheed and other drama club members have volunteered to dress up in costume to jump out at those looking for a scarier experience.
"This year it's a clown-theme. There's nothing creeper than a clown," said Cameron, adding that the scariest thing this year is an actor dressed up like a ventriloquist dummy who jumps out from behind a drop box.
"It's fun seeing the transformation from a regular house to this."


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I'm trying to tweak the Precision Zen theme that came stock with my 9700 and have been playing around with Theme Builder for about a day. I have some basics and learned a few things but I still feel lost. All I'm trying to do is to get a weather slot on the home screen. I have no clue how to do that. Also, then I start with the basic Zen theme in Theme Builder, I try to add 6 icons at the bottom (just like the stock theme) but I seem to only be able to fit 5.
I hope I can get some hints so I can get this done.


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Submission + - Making design automation fun (umich.edu)
no-life-guy writes: "Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a web-game to harness the natural human abilities for electronic design automation (EDA). Arguing that people are still much better than computers in games of strategy and visualization, and that we'll do anything as long as it's fun a group created FunSAT — a game where an average Joe gets to solve a Boolean satisfiability problem. Known as SAT, this problem is an important component in various hardware design tools from formal verification to IC layout to scheduling. The pilot version is a puzzle-like single-player Java app (akin to those addictive web-games), but the researchers envision that it can be extended to a multi-player (and, perhaps, replace WoW as the favorite past-time of the millions), so anybody can be a hardware designer. If anything, this is definitely a great learning tool."


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The Missouri Department of Transportation is scheduled to conduct road work and construction in Adair County on Highways 63 and 6.
Crews will be working during daylight hours with traffic control in place. All roadwork is posted on the traveler information map daily, at www.modot.org.
Work is scheduled for Highway 63 with grading, drainage and paving for a new median opening north of Route KK just south of Kirksville. The project is expected to be completed this fall. Work is also scheduled for Highway 6 through Thursday for pavement repairs from Highway 157 to Route B.


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee is settling a federal lawsuit she filed against a museum in her south Alabama hometown over its sale of souvenirs featuring her name and the title of her book.
An attorney for the Alabama native filed a motion Tuesday in federal court in Mobile saying Lee has reached an agreement with the Monroe County Heritage Museum.
The document doesn't detail the settlement. A lawyer for the museum in Monroeville declined to comment Wednesday, citing terms of settlement negotiations. An attorney for Lee didn't immediately return messages.
The settlement comes days after a judge refused to dismiss the lawsuit filed last fall. It said the museum uses Lee's name and the title of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel without compensating her.
Lee sought an unspecified amount of money from the museum.
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Pang Sida National Park covers the area of Amphur Muang of Sa Kaew Province, Wattana Nakorn and Amphur Na Dee of Prachinburi Province in Thailand. These regions consist of fertile forests and invaluable natural resources. Designated a national park in 1982, it is about 594 sq. km. The landscape consists of high mountains; the area is fertile and is home to a variety of flora and fauna. This region also is a part of the landscape that constitutes the upper watershed of the Bang Pakong river basin.
Within its confines, Pang Sida National Park contains semi-evergreen forests, montaine forests and deciduous forests. It has valuable plant species such as blackwood and rosewood, each extending into a forest of its kind. It also houses more than 400 varieties of butterfly. Because the forest in this area is productive and is the source of many rivers; it provides a good habitat for wild animals, more than 200 species of birds, and rare freshwater crocodile.
What is special about the Park is that it is transboundary and borders Cambodia. Together with the nearby Khao Yai National Park, it forms the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The rising threats to this area include poaching and illegal logging of Siamese Rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis), which is then shipped to neighbouring countries such as China, and sold for a high price. In addition, a road and dam are being constructed through Pang Sida, for which part of the landscape is to be cleared. These factors have contributed to discussions on whether this particular Heritage Site should be included in the list of World Heritage in Danger.
Waste management and water pollution control are also important concerns, as a poor watershed will provide a diminished quality and quantity of water to the Bang Pakong river basin. If Pang Sida were to become environmentally degraded, this will decrease the functions of the watershed. Therefore, it is imperative to replenish forests as they are vital for provision of water. There is a pressing need to understand connections between upper regions of the water basin to the lower, as they are intrinsically reliant upon each other. In this context, multi-stakeholder dialogues are important to bring together the community and also to increase their awareness. This is the essence of the Mekong Water Dialogues.
Local communities in the region are dependent on certain areas of the National Park to cultivate crops for subsistence. The Park authorities realised that they have not effectively engaged communities for better conserving the protected zone. In order to achieve this objective, IUCN is working in collaboration with the Department of National Parks (DNP), Wildlife and Plant Conservation and Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command. Two visits have already been made for this purpose, and some important issues have been raised as a result. One such point is that there is a need to look for alternate pastures for gaur (Indian bison) as they currently graze on a limited area of 5,000 rai (80 ha). In addition, there is a rising demand for Siamese rosewood, abundant in Pang Sida. This rosewood is high in value, but is low in terms of volume in the forest.
Held in the course of this year, the first visit was undertaken by IUCN on the invitation of DNP to witness and evaluate the current state of Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai World Heritage Site as well as Pang Sida. It also aimed to propose measures to be taken by DNP in order to work toward solutions. Expansions of the road, construction of a dam, as well as rosewood logging were identified as having damaging environmental effects and diminishing the overall value of this region as a World Heritage Site. The second IUCN visit was to follow up with the community, as they showed interest in collaborating with DNP and IUCN in carrying out local conservation initiatives. These activities will ultimately contribute to the betterment of the upper Ban Pakong river basin, the National Park, and the World Heritage Site as a whole.
Livelihood improvement is an important part of IUCN's suggestions for community engagement in the Pang Sida region. This includes practicing sustainable agriculture, animal husbandry and other nature-friendly income generation options.
"There is a need to engage the community around Pang Sida National Park to better conserve the watershed and the protected zone. Community-based tourism can be a good source for alternate livelihoods. For instance, butterfly-based attractions, bird-watching activities and nature trails can bring tourists to Pang Sida. This can deter poachers and loggers by opening parts of the forest to visitors", says Tawatchai Rattanasorn, Senior Programme Officer of IUCN Thailand.
Following soon after the IUCN visits to Pang Sida, some suggestions have been proposed to conserve forests within the National Park and diminish threats of illegal logging and poaching. Potentially, the community can cultivate high value tree species, such as Siamese rosewood, on allocated tracts of land outside of the protected area. Besides helping to replenish forest cover, this can also reduce logging activity in the protected zone. Cultivating different crops can diversify livelihoods; particularly if for instance communities grow cassava or sugarcane. A combination of these suggested activities will contribute to an improved condition of the watershed zone for the future.
On August 15 2013, IUCN has planned a tree-planting day involving the community living adjacent to Pang Sida National Park. This activity will help residents to identify their farmland and community land, as well as to plant high-value timber tree species. This will add value to the farmland and also provide resources for the future. The objective of the tree-planting is to cement a relationship between the community, IUCN and the National Park so that they can work together to improve the natural habitat and local livelihoods. As part of the Mekong Water Dialogues, IUCN's visits to Pang Sida have set in motion concrete steps for engaging local communities to facilitate watershed conservation in the region.
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Wednesday, 9:51 a.m. — 56-year-old man charged with trespassing and criminal mischief after he was found sleeping on bushes on the 300 block of Oak Street.
Wednesday, 5:06 p.m. — Woman reported her Cannondale bicycle stolen, 1400 block of Oregon Street.
Wednesday, 4:18 p.m. — 24-year-old man charged with theft and unlawful possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, 1400 block of S.W. Silver Maple Way.
Wednesday, 10:25 p.m. — 47-year-old man cited for having an open container of alcohol in public, E. Main and S. Pioneer streets.
Wednesday, 10:20 p.m. — Man taken into protective custody, E. Main and N. Pioneer streets.
Thursday, 2:02 a.m. —29-year-old man charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants after he was found to be too impaired to safely operate a vehicle, 200 block of Water Street.
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Just thought I would share a few favorite Recipes!!
Share em.... Make em.... take pictures of what you make and share those too its not ALL about the fluff in here is int ok it mostly is but I wanna share my Other passion COOKING!!!
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NO Kneed Bread for those who want bread NOW its Denser more like Soda bread IMO but still VERY tasty this is so Easy you dont even need special equipment
No kneed Bread Makes 2 Loafs
6 C Flour
3C warm water No hoter than 105
1 Tblspn Salt
1.5 Tblspn Yeast
Put yeast and and salt in a bowl
then Add water Stir till salt desolves
Add FLour stir till no dry lumps
**WILL BE STICKY AND rOUGH**
cover AND LET RISE about 2 hours Cut dough in Half
Pre-heat Oven 450 degrees
Grease the pan place in oven for 10 Minutes to pre-heat
Dough will be soft so Gently grease your hands and rubber spatula and
place dough into pans
Needs to have Water Dish in bottom for added Moisture
2 loafs will take 30 minutes
1 Large loaf will take 45-60 Mins.
ONCE Loaf is removed from Oven remove from Pan and Cool on HARD surface
like Counter or cutting board
COOL completely before Cutting
For a Softer crust cover with towel or brush with Oil or butter while
it cools.
**I like to stud mine with Whole garlic cloves and Rosemarry then top with seasalt **
BUT any thing could be added
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This one is a little more Advanced and Requires some special tools but I promise you its VERY tasty and pretty darn close to the actual product
Homemade Twinkies
*makes about 16 to 12 twinkies*
Ingredients for cakes:
(1) 16 oz box of Pound Cake mix I used Betty crocker
4 egg whites
2/3 cup water
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Whip the egg whites until stiff. In a separate bowl,
mix the cake mix and water. Then fold the egg whites into the cake mixture,
then beat with hand mixer until combined. Fill the molds halfway and bake 22 23 mins.
Bake until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean. Mine took longer in the tin foil molds.
Ingredients for cream filling:
2 tsp hot water
1/4 tsp salt
2 cups marshmallow cream / fluff ( the whole 7oz jar)
1/2 cup shortening
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
For the filling, mix the salt into the hot water to dissolve.
Let it cool. Combine marshamallow, shortening, powdered sugar and vanilla in bowl and mix until fluffy.
Mix in the salt water.
When the cakes have cooled, poke holes into the bottom of the cakes
with a chopstick and wiggle it around to create a cavern inside the cake.
Fill with cakes with cream filling using a pastry bag.
These can be stored in a wax paper-lined container for a few hours before serving.
It helps if you let them sit for a few hours before eating since
the cream really melds with the twinkies.
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this is a REGULAR sunday brunch in our house
{Potato pancakes}
1 C. raw, grated potato
1 C. cooked mashed potatos (leftover is fine)
1 onion, minced fine (optional -- for savory boxty pancakes)
1 C. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp garlic powder
1 egg, beaten
1 C. buttermilk
2 tbsp. butter
Instructions: 1. In a med. mixing bowl, combine the grated potato, onion (if using), and buttermilk (this keeps the potato from discoloring).
2. In a large mixing bowl, sift together flour, salt,Garlic powder and baking powder.
3. Add grated potato mixture, egg, and mashed potato.
4. Mix well. Batter should be about the texture of thick pancake batter. Add additional flour or buttermilk if necessary.
5. Melt butter in a heavy skillet or on a griddle.
6. Over medium heat, drop large spoonfuls of boxty batter into skillet, making approximately 6" pancakes.
7. Brown well on both sides.
~served as is Or with a little sour cream and chives MMMMMM good
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these are only as Spicy as you make them and they go GREAT with chilli
Jalapeño-Cheddar Corn Cakes (Savory Ebelskivers)
2 cups cornmeal pancake mix*
1 egg
1 1/2 cups milk
4 Tbs. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted, plus more for cooking
1/4 cup finely diced jalapeño
2 oz. sharp cheddar cheese, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
In a bowl, whisk together the pancake mix, egg, milk and the 4 Tbs. melted butter.
Fold in the jalapeño.
Put 1/4 tsp. butter in each well of a filled-pancake pan.
Place over medium heat and heat until the butter begins to bubble.
Pour 1 Tbs. batter into each well and put 1 cube of cheese in the center of each pancake,
then top with 1 Tbs. batter. Cook until the bottoms are golden brown and crispy, 5 to 6 minutes.
Using 2 wooden skewers, flip the pancakes over and cook until golden and crispy, about 3 minutes more.
Transfer to a plate. Repeat with the remaining batter and cheese. Makes about 22 corn cakes.
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I made this pork and bean chili the other night and my family raved about it. I did a couple of things different because I found the recipe looking for things to make with what I had: I didn't have the jalapeno or bacon and I used dry beans that I cooked earlier in the day and tomatoes from our garden instead of canned. At the end I added about 1/8 tsp of ground cloves and about 1/2 tsp of cinnamon and it really brought depth to the flavor and made it smell divine.
Last week I really wanted some cheese crackers so I dug up this recipe I had tried before and remembered why I loved them so much! I use half all purpose flour and half white wheat.
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I just made some rockin' pizza for lunch!
1 c. warm water
2 tsp. yeast
2 T. olive oil
3/4 tsp. salt
1 T. cornmeal
3 C. bread flour
Mix the water and yeast together in a large bowl and let it sit a few minutes until foamy. Add oil, salt, cornmeal and 1 cup of flour. Mix together and continue to add flour. Once most of the flour is incorporated, turn out on a lightly floured counter and knead until smooth. Return to bowl, cover with towel and let rise for 30 minutes or so. Cut in half and roll out (makes 2 12 inch pizzas or you can make one thicker dough crust if you wish).
Another option: Add oregano, garlic powder and basil to the dough for herbed breadsticks.
Easy Pizza Sauce from All Recipes. I used about 1/3 of the sauce for each pizza and each one had quite a bit of sauce-I'll probably cut back a bit next time. I'm going to freeze the remainder for breadstick dipping sauce next week.
One pizza was covered in lots of mozzarella for the kids and DH and I had chopped black forest ham and mozzarella on ours. Very yummy!
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White sauce Enchiladas
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* * 1 Lb Lean ground beef
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* * 1 Small onion Finely Diced
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* * 1 Jar of Salsa(Mild, Med, Hot depending on the heat)
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* * 2 Cans Cream of Mushroom soup
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* * 1 Pint Sourcream (full, Low, or Non Fat) it all works
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* * 2 small cans of Sliced Black olives
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* * about a Pound of Shredded Cheese (any kind you prefer) We usually use 1/2 Lb of Colby Jack and Half Montery Jack
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Directions: Pre-Heat your oven to 375. Brown the ground beef and Onion togather, when the beef is almost done add the Steak and Salsa. Let that simmer for about 20 minutes. in a bowl combine Soup, and sourcream, Mix until smooth and 1 can of olives. To assemble: put a thin Layer of cream sauce on the bottom of your Baking dish (I use 13x9x2 Plus an 8x8) place your softened Tortilla in dish then put about a Tablespoon of meat mix and Sauce into tortilla top with a bit of cheese and roll. Continue this until you have your cassarole dish filled. then pour remaining sauce over and rest of cheese. (make sure you do not over stuff or they will not hold shape) Sprinkle other can of olives between the 2 casseroles. Bake for 20-30 Min uncovered. Let cool for approx. 10 min before cutting or they will fall apart. We usually serve this with Beans and Spanish rice, but Salad works well too..
Note you can sub ANY meat I use chicken most of the time but this is what My mom does when she makes it so I left it as is
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I am pretty sure I have posted this one before but I get so many raves about it thought I would post it again My family has been making this for 35+yrs
* 30-40 Taco sized Tortilla's
* 1Lb of Ground Beef NOT extra lean stuff
* 8oz of Velveeta cheese cubed
* 24 oz bag frozen shredded obrian potatoes
* 1Med Yellow onion Finely diced
* 1Med green Bell Pepper Finely Minced
* 3 dashes hot sauce
* 1.25 oz packet of taco seasoning
* 1-2cups of Prepared mashed Potatoes
* Vegetable Oil for Frying
1. Brown the ground beef until almost done, Add Onion and Pepper cook till tender. 2. Add hot sauce and taco seasoning cook for about 5 mins till flavors combine. 3. Add Hashbrowns and cook till thawed.about 20 Minutes 4. in a separate pot prepare the mashed potatoes add the Cubed cheese and Mix to Melt. 5. Combine mashed potato mixture and Meat mixture mix well. 6. Put one Heaping Spoonful of Mixture into the tortilla and Roll like a Burrito and Pan fry on both sides until Golden brown.
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"Keeps in the Fridge for about 2 weeks in the freezer when stored properly for about 3 months Taco seasoning is Optional Its just what My family likes if yours doesnt Leave it out its very versatile "
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It took 40 years for Bill Conlin to write his way into baseball's Hall of Fame — but just one newspaper story for his career to unravel. Conlin stepped down from his job at the Philadelphia Daily News this week, hours before its sister paper, the Inquirer, published a lengthy investigation into charges that Conlin had sexually abused children in the 1970s. The alleged victims say they were emboldened to come forward by the child sex abuse scandal at Penn State.
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Jeffrey Bennett, a Boulder astrophysicist and educator, has already had one of his children's books made into a planetarium show by Boulder's Fiske Planetarium and read by an astronaut on the Space Shuttle Discovery's final mission.
On Wednesday, as long as conditions are good, all five of his children's books will be launched to the International Space Station as part of the new Story Time From Space program.
The books will be read by astronauts with a view of Earth in the background. The videos of the readings, along with videos of science demonstrations, then will be made available online.
"It's really cool," Bennett said. "Teachers, kids, anybody in the world will be able to watch them."
Last week, Bennett and astronaut Alvin Drew, who read his book from the space station in 2011, spoke at the National Science Teachers Association conference in Denver about the project.
Bennett's first four books revolve around a dog, Max, and his adventures in space -- he goes to the moon, Mars, Jupiter and the International Space Station. Bennett said he uses Max's story to teach science concepts. The fifth book is about a wizard who saves the world from global warning.
His book "Max Goes to the Moon" recently won Bennett the 2013 Science Communications Award in the children's category for "Max Goes to the Moon." He'll be honored for that award next month in Washington, D.C.
"When I'm writing them, I'm thinking about the science concepts I want to teach," said Bennett, whose main job is writing college science textbooks.
He said the science is explained in sidebars, allowing younger students to enjoy the stories and older ones to delve more deeply into the concepts behind them.
Space, he said, is an easy hook to teach science.
"They're naturally interested," he said. "If you ask a room full of 5 year olds, 'Who wants to go to space,' they all raise their hands. We have to inspire them to make the effort it takes to learn. They can change their perspective on themselves and their planet.
"If we can get kids to have that inspiration when they're young, hopefully they'll continue with that throughout their lives."


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Hi all, hope your all taking it easy.
I have a quick question if you dont mind.
My dual boot Linux/XP is running like a dog, (Its actually XP thats running so slowly, its almost going backwards).
I think the problem relates to the C: drive telling me that its only got
650Mb space left!!
Ive done a quick check and there seems to be 20 Gb of "Junk?" in the Temp folder.
IIRC this happed to me not too long ago, (I had been image editing & transferring large .jpgs and RAW files from my new digital camera, and also deleting a bunch of the pics that I diddnt want).
The problem files seem to be quite large and named things like
1. "PR125.tmp" = 174 MB
2. "$NtUninstallKB885836$" = 400-800 Kb
So, Can I safely delete the contents of the Temp folder, or am I asking for trouble?
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I for one found his rants hilarious - but don't feel the strong desire to personally follow his constant updates - getting the hilarious heavy hitters here (alliteration people!) used to be a highlight of the segment.
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MRR Review: "Side Effects"
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MRR Review: "Side Effects"
-- Rating: R
Length: 106 minutes
Release Date: Feb. 8, 2013
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller
Steven Soderbergh never does what others expect. After directing award-winning dramas like "Traffic" and "Sex, Lies, and Videotape," he directed the popcorn flick "Magic Mike." Then the director teamed up with Channing Tatum, the star of "Magic Mike," for the psychological thriller "Side Effects," which will keep viewers guessing. Soderbergh claimed that this is his last film before retiring, and if that is true, he will go out on a high note.
Jonathon Banks (Jude Law, "The Talented Mr. Ripley") is an everyday psychiatrist who hands out prescription medications without a second thought. When Banks meets with Emily (Rooney Mara, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"), he discovers that she cannot handle her life. The authorities arrested her husband (Channing Tatum) for insider trading, and after a stint in the big house, he is ready to come home. Emily experiences intense stress at the thought of living with him again, and the stress exacerbates her depression.
Banks recommends medication, but nothing seems to work. In one particularly dramatic scene, Emily drives into a wall while taking the medication. Banks makes a call to Dr. Victoria Siebert (Catherine Zeta-Jones, "Chicago"), who previously treated Emily. After she suggests a new medication, he prescribes it for Emily, and her life suddenly becomes better. It doesn't take long before she starts experiencing the side effects of the medication, and those side effects leave Banks wondering what is happening around him.
Hollywood directors have a problem when it comes to creating a solid thriller. They either film a cut-and-dry story that feels boring and dull or create a story with so many twists and turns that it doesn't make sense. Soderbergh manages to walk a thin line between both issues, crafting a film that has a number of twists and turns while explaining the story to the viewers. When the film finally reaches that dramatic last note, some viewers will find their jaws dropping as they attempt to uncover the story within a story. "Side Effects" is clearly one of those films that people will watch multiple times to pick up on all the different facets of the story.
Soderbergh draws inspiration from previous thrillers to create this solid story. He also uses his own experience behind the camera to show viewers exactly what they want to see in a thriller. The dark and saturated feel of the film shows Emily's struggles early in the film, but Soderbergh then introduces some lighter and brighter colors to show her success. Once those dark colors begin making a comeback, viewers will know that there is something more to this story.
Those who watch the film closely will find that this is Soderbergh's way of making a statement on medication in America. He shows that Banks left England because he was unhappy with the constant pharmaceutical treatment of patients and that Banks experiences the same feeling in the United States. There are so many references to prescription medication that some viewers might feel a little turned off by the film, but Soderbergh clearly wants to show what happens when people use medication as a cure-all.
A film of this type cannot succeed without a powerful cast, and Soderbergh has a stellar cast on his hands. Mara has a slight innocence about her that makes viewers think that she is a sweet and honest young woman concerned with her relationship. She also has a sharpness about her that makes it easy to believe that she could change on a dime. Mara and Tatum have a nice chemistry together, which aids in their romantic scenes, but Tatum is more of a background character in the film. Though he appeared heavily in the trailers, Tatum only has a few scenes in the film.
Both Law and Zeta-Jones previously worked with Soderbergh. Law had a starring role in "Contagion," while Zeta-Jones picked up a Golden Globe nomination for her work in "Traffic." The two know what it takes to shine in one of his films, and they have some of the best scenes in the film. Zeta-Jones goes from a minor supporting role to one of the most intricate characters in the film, while Law takes center stage as a doctor struggling with his personal feelings and the effects of those feelings on his job.
"Side Effects" is not a film for everyone. It shows a dark and gritty portrait of a woman on the verge of madness and the doctor who must treat her. Soderbergh shows that grittiness in various ways, even placing Mara in a psychiatric hospital at one point. Those viewers who make it through the dark opening scenes will find a complicated film with twists and turns that keep people guessing even after the film ends.
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It often seems that the only thing more common than coffee shops on Portland street corners are neighborhood nail salons.
It's a domain of manicures, pedicures and shellac, and it's populated by immigrants: Vietnamese nail technicians could account for about one-third of all new licensed nail techs in the state.
The Oregon Health Licensing Agency keeps track of the number of licensed nail technicians in the state, and it counts almost 14,000 in Oregon—with nearly half in Portland. Until 2009, the state agency offered licensing exams in Vietnamese. That year, when the special test was dropped for fairness reasons, 30 percent of test takers took advantage of the Vietnamese-language exam.
An audit this year of one salon by Oregon's Department of Consumer and Business Services offers a rare glimpse into that working world. It also reveals a disturbing trend for cash-strapped Oregon.
The audit looked at the Nail Studio at Lloyd Center, next to the mall's Northeast Halsey Street parking garage. According to the audit, Dave Lam, the owner and a Vietnamese immigrant, employed seven technicians whom he called independent contractors. He charged each technician $800 a month for her nail station, where customers could get $15 manicures with polishes like "A Good Man-darin is Hard to Find" and "I'm Suzi and I'm a Chocoholic."
This arrangement, according to the audit, was a mischaracterization of employees. By calling his workers independent contractors, an employer avoids expenses like unemployment and workers' compensation insurance. The practice of declaring a worker his or her own boss also costs Oregon an unquantifiable amount each year in unpaid or late payroll taxes.
"Because of today's troubling economic climate, [this practice] seems to be on the rise," says Derrick Gasperini, a spokesman for the Oregon Department of Revenue.
And Gasparini thinks that it is likely that many more nail salons are erroneously treating employees like independent contractors.
To legally qualify as an independent contractor, a nail technician has to be "free from direction and control" by an employer. But the audit suggests Lam not only handled customers' payments but determined how much technicians could charge. Compare that with an independent hairdresser who sets her own hours and prices, for example. She would probably qualify as an independent contractor.
Lam says he simply didn't know any better and that he ran into trouble because he adopted the practices of the previous owner when he bought the Lloyd Center salon about a year ago. He has since dropped the practice of charging his nail technicians for their workspace, he says. After getting slapped with a $3,800 fine for not having workers' compensation insurance, Lam says he now complies with Oregon law.
"This is my first business," says Lam. "We had to learn the hard way."
It's not just the state's bottom line that's hurt when employers misclassify workers. Employees miss out on benefits like unemployment payments if they lose their jobs and their bosses didn't pay unemployment insurance. And they're still on the hook for Social Security taxes, among others, if their employers fail to withhold them. "They can unwittingly be incurring tax debt for themselves that they will have to pay later," Gasperini says.
The Rev. Joseph Santos-Lyons, a coordinator for the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon, says Vietnamese nail salon workers get little attention, though they are part of a fast-growing group of Oregonians. "Asian Pacific workers in general are really isolated," Santos-Lyons says. "In Portland, they're still pretty invisible."
A new coalition of health regulators and advocates for immigrants has emerged in Oregon to begin to address this. Another concern for nail salon technicians—and those who are immigrants and uneducated, in particular—springs from uncertainty about the possible health impact of the chemicals typically found in nail salons. P.K. Melethil, one of the organizers with the Oregon Collaborative for Healthy Nail Salons, says the group will begin to collect personal stories from workers this summer to get a better sense of what other barriers they may face. "This particular sector is in need of some support,â Melethil says.


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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted he does not know when injury plagued star Abou Diaby will return to action, saying he is in "no man's land".
The France international started the season in good form and was a key component in the Gunners solid early season form.
However, he was forced to be withdrawn early in the loss to Chelsea at Emirates Stadium at the end of September with a thigh complaint and has been out since.
Wenger appeared frustrated with the situation, which has seen Diaby miss the Gunners' last 17 games.
While it may not be directly attributable to Diaby's absence, Arsenal's form began to falter from around that time and Wenger admitted medical staff at the club would not put a date on his return to action as they could not be certain, all they knew was that it would not be in the near future.
"Slow progress. I cannot give you any fixed date because we are a bit in no man's land on that front," he told the official Arsenal website.
"He is working. We are waiting for him to come back but he is not ready. Over Christmas? Certainly not."
Arsenal's training ground is unlikely to have been the happiest of places in the past few days, as the fallout from the humiliating penalty shoot-out defeat to Bradford City in the League Cup quarter-final has lead to unprecedented scrutiny on Wenger's future as manager.
The Gunners will have to wait a few days before they can get themselves back on track, however, as their next fixture is the Premier League clash away to Reading on Monday night.
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NEW PORT RICHEY — Three years after Pasco County workers voted to form a union, they still don't have a contract.
The Teamsters Local 79 declared impasse for the second time last Friday, which means both sides will again plead their case to a special magistrate.
John Sholtes, lead negotiator for the union, said the two sides are hung up on two major disagreements regarding discipline and overtime pay. He accused the county administration of being "completely unreasonable."
In 2011, a special magistrate ruled in favor of the union on virtually every disputed item. The county's labor attorney accused him of bias and refused to adhear to his recommendations.
"The union negotiating committee has bent over backwards to get this deal done," Sholtes said.
The Teamsters represent 1,100 Pasco employees — more than half of the county's total workforce. They are slated to receive pay raises this year for the first time in six years.


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In 2007, Karen O'Lone Hahn wrote, illustrated, and self-published her first children's book, "Millicent and the Faraway Moon." The book features a cow who learns that she can accomplish great things when she stops listening to the voices inside her head telling her she's not good enough. She talked to Amanda Steinberg about her ongoing adventures in self-publishing.
How is your book selling?
To date, I have sold over 700 copies at art fairs and festivals, book signings, some schools, and online—which is a great start.
How did you make the leap from print-on-demand (POD) to retail?
With POD, I was paying $12.56 per book, plus shipping, and I was selling them for $17.95. It was slow, I was buying 26 copies at a time, and it was too expensive for me to go retail.
When I switched to offshore printing for the hardcover version in 2010, I had to come up with$3,000 up front for 1,000 copies. But that has allowed me me to retail to book seller at up to 50% discount off my $17.95 retail price—and still realize a profit.
What's next?
I just launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds for marketing my book.I also attended the Self-Publishing Book Expo in New York City to learn about bulk sales, and how to convert the print book into epub format for the Kindle and Nook.
Bulk sales are my big goal. You need to think beyond retail, and target bulk buyers who are relevant to your product. I'm looking into pediatric associations, home schooling groups, child psychology organizations. You can read more about what I'm learning as I go, on my blog.


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TOKYO, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Confrontations with a marine conservation group led to Japan recalling its whaling fleet from the Antarctic, the Japanese government said Friday.
Japanese Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano said the hunt, expected to last until mid-March, was called off after confrontations with the Sea Shepherd Conservations Society prompted concern for the safety of crew and ships, The Guardian reported.
Asked whether whaling would resume next winter, Kano said, "We'll examine the situation in detail and then come to a decision."
Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson called Japan's decision a victory for anti-whaling activists.
"I have a crew of 88 very happy people from 23 different nations, including Japan, and they are absolutely thrilled that the whalers are heading home and the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary is now indeed a real sanctuary," Watson said in a news release posted on the Sea Shepherd Web site. "This is a great victory for the whales."
Australia, another critic of Japan's whale hunts, also welcomed the news.
"I'm glad this season is over and Australia doesn't believe there should ever be another whaling season again," Australian Environment Minister Tony Burke said.
Australia filed a complaint with the international court of justice in The Hague, Netherlands, last year to get the hunts banned.