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MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB) – San Antonio, TX
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency that provides timely and accurate Geospatial Intelligence to both the DoD and Intelligence Community (IC) in support of National security objectives. A major part of this support is ensuring programs and systems are assessed and authorized as meeting the necessary security standards. It is within the newly merged offices of the Information Technology Directorate and the Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) that the Cybersecurity (CS) Offices resides. The CS mission is to execute the CIO-T responsibilities for securing the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of NGA data technology, processes, and people. CS performs the functions necessary by providing security oversight, risk management assessment and authorization for NGA Information Technology (IT) systems. The work is critical to ensure the design, build, testing, and operation of any NGA IT provides a secure IT environment in compliance with Committee on National Security Systems Instructions (CNSSI) 1253, National Institute of Standards (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-53, Risk Management Framework (RMF), and the Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 503.
The NGA CS contractor will provide critical support to NGA CIO-T in the areas of Cybersecurity and Risk Management. The Cybersecurity (CS) Offices reports directly to and supports NGA CIO-T. The Director of CS serves as the Chief Information Security Officer, Agency's Authorizing Official (AO), and is responsible for executing the CIO-T's responsibilities for securing NGA information systems. CS is actively involved in day-to-day IT cybersecurity management and oversight for the Agency. To ensure IT systems are developed and tested not only with appropriate IT engineering standards, but also able to meet the necessary security standards, contractor support is needed for the various actions required to certify an IT system is operationally ready. These actions include risk management, assessment and authorization, compliance and reporting, and cybersecurity engineering and architecture. Actions related to ensuring cybersecurity is maintained in cloud environments, which are of particular concern in today's IT environment, is an important item for this contract.
The objective of this contract is to provide support services to the CIO-T Directorate in NGA. The support is specifically for the cybersecurity work being done within the CIO-T Directorate.
The work required is related to cybersecurity management, cybersecurity risk analysis, assessment and authorization, cybersecurity engineering, and cybersecurity training. The objective of this support service contract is to assist NGA in performing the actions required for cybersecurity as the organization uses guidance of ICD 503, CNSSI 1253, and NIST SP 800-53.
Duties: Oversee and lead the Blues Team.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8AM – 5PM
Education: BA or BS in Information Technology, Network Engineering, or Computer Forensics; 5-10 years' experience
Certification: CEH, GCIA, GCIH or similar
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Nachos you can feel good about eating? Heck yeah! Cheesy sauce made out of veggies? You bet! Loaded plant based nachos are where it's at.
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Nachos you can feel good about eating? Heck yeah! Cheesy sauce made out of veggies? You bet! Loaded plant based nachos are where it's at.
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I like the colour of beets. I enjoy a good beet pun. I do not like that they taste like sweet dirt, especially when cooked. But I think it's good to eat a nice variety of veggies, so every now and then I throw a beet into my diet. Mostly in this juice, where it blends right in!…
Summer is my favourite season. Unfortunately summer memories are fading and rainy dark fall days are in full swing. In due time I'll enjoy some comfort food and hot tea while watching the rain, but if like me you want to cling to summer, these popsicles will help you pretend you're in a heat wave! (Not literally of course, they're quite cold)…
This is my long standing fave green juice. It's simple and refreshing.
It's also super affordable, depending on the season.
Mojito Green Juice
1 Long English Cucumber
1 Lime
1 Apple
Mint (A few decent sized leaves)
Kale (I use one large leaf)
*If you are hesitant about the kale, then leave it out. I don't mind/notice it, but if you are new to green juices you might. Though if you like the juice without it, I encourage you try with it. Not all that different, but more nutrients!
Juice all ingredients in your juicer!
I have also read that you can juice with a blender and some water, straining the mixture after. However, I have never personally tried this method. Have you? Does it work well?
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Are you a sweet or a salty kinda person? Hands down, I'm a salty gal. Give me all the chips.
Making your own chips at home is really easy, although slightly time consuming for the pay off. But the plus side is that you get to add whatever fabulous flavours you want (rosemary and garlic!) and you can use gorgeous purple potatoes.
I have an obsession with purple vegetable. Especially purple vegetables that aren't usually purple. So beautiful, right?
Rosemary Garlic Potato Chips
– Potatoes (Purple, or not)
– Coconut oil
– Chopped Dried Rosemary
– Garlic Powder
– Sea Salt
1. Pre-heat oven to 350F.
2. Slice potatoes thinly.
*A mandolin slicer makes this easier, but is not necessary. Just try to slice the same thickness for every chip.
3. (Note: I am usually too lazy for this step, but people seem to think it makes for a better chip) With water, rinse the extra starch off your potato slices then dry them using a clean dish towel.
4. In a bowl mix chips with enough oil to cover them, then line them in a single layer on a parchment paper covered baking sheet.
5. Sprinkle rosemary, garlic powder, and salt to your taste over the sheet of potato slices.
6. Bake for about 20 minutes. I usually check on them at about 10 – 15 minutes and start taking out any crispy chips.
Happy Monday, may your week be filled with purple veggies!
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GREEN BAY – As the Packers begin retooling their defense, they have a pair of returning draft picks eagerly awaiting the chance to prove themselves after injury-riddled rookie campaigns.
Defensive tackle Montravius Adams and linebacker Vince Biegel were expected to factor into the rotation at their respective positions this past season after Green Bay selected them in the third and fourth round, respectively.
Instead, Biegel missed the entire offseason program and training camp due to foot surgery. The former Wisconsin standout started the year on the physically unable to perform list before suiting up for the first time against Detroit on Nov. 6.
Biegel was a fixture in the meeting rooms during the time he was inactive, which aided him once he was activated for the last nine games of the season. However, the Wisconsin Rapids native still faced a steep climb to catch up midseason.
"I think the most important thing is Vince gets to start from Day 1 and go through a normal offseason," said Head Coach Mike McCarthy at the NFL Scouting Combine. "Tremendous work ethic. He was there the whole summer, every day. When you miss training camp, especially as a rookie, that's difficult. I think he'll benefit tremendously from going through an offseason program."
Like Biegel, Adams' rookie season was hampered by a foot injury that sidelined him for all but two training-camp practices. While the 6-foot-3, 304-pound defensive tackle returned in time for the regular season and spent all 17 weeks on the Packers' roster, Adams played only 65 defensive snaps in seven games.
Fortunately for Green Bay, the defensive front proved to be one of the deepest positions on the roster. Along with Mike Daniels' first Pro Bowl season, 2016 draft picks Kenny Clark and Dean Lowry made significant strides in Year 2.
The Packers continued to bolster their front during the first week of free agency in signing Pro Bowl defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson. With Adams now healthy, Green Bay hopes the former Auburn standout can follow in the developmental footsteps of Clark and Lowry.
"We always look for a big second-year jump. That's kind of been a staple of Mike's program," General Manager Brian Gutekunst said the NFL Scouting Combine. "Montravius kind of got sidetracked with the injury and stuff (but) we expect big things from him."
Biegel, a native of Wisconsin Rapids, managed to get nine games under his belt as a rookie. He played 259 snaps between defense and special teams, recording 16 tackles behind veteran linebackers Clay Matthews, Nick Perry and Ahmad Brooks.
Green Bay is set to return four younger rushers behind Matthews and Perry next season in Biegel, Kyler Fackrell, Chris Odom and Reggie Gilbert, who spent most of his first two NFL seasons on the Packers' practice squad before a late call-up.
It also is conceivable Green Bay could address the position in next month's NFL Draft. The Packers have selected at least one edge rusher in six of their last seven drafts.
They haven't forgotten about Biegel, though. As the defense looks to build under new defensive coordinator Mike Pettine, Biegel remains in the Packers' plans for the pass rush.
"He probably will have a bigger first to second year jump hopefully because he's finally healthy," Gutekunst said. "He got back out there at the end of the year, but when you have injuries like he had, it just takes time to get healthy."


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Dr. Bessma Momani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and the Balsillie School of International Affairs. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance and Innovation (CIGI). Dr. Momani was formerly a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. and a visiting scholar at Georgetown University's Mortara Center. She is a 2015 Fellow of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation and a Fulbright Scholar. She has authored and co-edited over eight books and over 65 scholarly, peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters that have examined the IMF, the World Bank, petrodollars, the Middle East, and Arab youth. Dr. Momani has received numerous Social Sciences and Humanities Research … [Read more...]
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The 10th Circuit held that a school district did not violate a student's free speech rights by requiring her to submit her valedictory speech for prior review or by withholding her diploma until she apologized for disregarding the policy.
The court also found that the policy did not violate the student's right to free exercise of religion simply because her speech contained religious content, nor did it violate Colorado's statute guaranteeing student publications freedom from prior restraint by school officials.The School had an unwritten policy which required that each valedictorian submit his or her proposed graduation speech to the principal for review.
The speech submitted by Erica Corder, one of 15 valedictorians made no mention of her religious beliefs. However, the speech she gave urged the audience to "find out more about the sacrifice [Jesus] made for you so that you now have the opportunity to live in eternity with Him." The student was not given her diploma during the graduation and later was told she would not receive it unless she publicly apologized. She did so and received her diploma, but then sued raising six claims: (1) violation of freedom of speech under the First Amendment; (2) compelled speech in violation of the First Amendment; (3) violation of the right to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment; (4) violation of freedom of religion under the First Amendment; (5) violation of the Colorado statute on student publications; and (6) violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
The main issue on appeal was Erica's claim that the policy violated her free speech rights. The 10th held that the question was controlled by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988), because, given the level of control school officials exerted over who was named a valedictorian and the content of the speeches in advance of the graduation, the speech at issue constituted school-sponsor speech bearing the imprimatur of the school. Hazelwood allows school officials to exercise editorial control over school-sponsored speech, provided any restriction is reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns. Here, the court found, "[a] graduation ceremony is an opportunity for the School District to impart lessons on discipline, courtesy, and respect for authority," and school districts are "entitled to review the content of speeches in an effort to preserve neutrality on matters of controversy within a school environment." Turning to the claim that her forced apology amounted to impermissible compelled speech, the court first noted that under student speech jurisprudence, compelled speech is no different from censored speech. Therefore, the court reasoned, because the school could censor Erica's speech under Hazelwood, it also could compel her to apologize for disregarding its policy, where this was related to the legitimate pedagogical purpose of learning discipline, courtesy, and respect for authority.
As for the free exercise of religion claim, the court concluded that the policy of prior review was one of general applicability that operated in a neutral manner as to content of all the speeches, regardless of content. Erica was not disciplined under the policy because of the religious content of her speech, but because gave a different speech than the one she had submitted to the principal. The equal protection claim also was without merit, because Erica had failed to assert that she is a member of a suspect class or was denied a fundamental right. Finally, the Colorado statute was inapplicable her speech was not a part of a student publication.
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Dr Johnny Ong
Dr Chua Yang Chong
Dr Nicholas Shannon
Ng Wai Har
Tan Qiu Xuan
Josephine Hendrikson
Joey Tan
Dr Amit Jain
Dr Tan Ngian Chye
The Laboratory of Applied Human Genetics was conceived 3 years ago under theleadership of Prof. Teo and Asst. Prof. Ong. Asst. Prof. Ong pursued his PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK, as an NRF-MOH Research Scholar in 2009. As a returning scientist with an aspiration to become a surgeon–scientist, he quickly resumed cancer research and has been under the mentorship of Prof. Kon since 2016.
Our laboratory is an interdisciplinary laboratory, with a specific focus on peritoneal and sarcoma malignancies. The dual-hatting of surgeon–scientists in the Division of Surgical Oncology gives our laboratory an intrinsic advantage by combining our clinical practice with laboratory research, effectively paving the way for bench-to-bedside translational research. Our laboratory's area of expertise harnesses this advantage, allowing for a) multi-sampling of surgically collected samples to correct for intra-tumoral heterogeneity, b) rapid transfer of tissues to prevent degradation, and c) generation of in vivo mouse models of human samples. Our approach to solving clinical questions with translational relevance and addressing hypotheses is illustrated in Figure 1.
Since its inception, our laboratory has been awarded seven grants, including two National Medical Research Council (NMRC) grants. The team has also receivednumerous awards, including International Conference Travel Award, Best OralPresentation Award, Young Investigator Award, Distinguished Young Researcher Award, and an NMRC Transition Award. Despite our infancy, we have onepublication with an impact factor >5 and two manuscripts currently under review.Our team's present work is expected to be published in the next 18 months in a journal with an impact factor >10.
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January 7, 2016
As part of its mission to minimize obstacles and encourage the employment of women in the industry, the Women In Trucking Association has selected MindShare Strategies to provide support in operations, strategy, and membership growth and retention. MindShare Strategies provides clients in the transportation and logistics industries with a broad range of marketing, sales, and management capabilities that generate business results.
This expanded relationship follows after MindShare Strategies helped Women In Trucking to successfully launch its inaugural Accelerate! Conference & Expo last September. The association, with the help of MindShare Strategies, will be hosting its second annual conference Nov. 7-9 in Dallas.
"Women In Trucking plays a significant role in advancing the roles of women in the industry, promoting their accomplishments, and minimizing obstacles they face," said Ellen Voie, president and CEO, who founded the association in 2007. "As we continue to advance our mission and expand our membership and influence, we will need more advanced and scalable association management capabilities and resources. As an association management company that focuses in commercial freight transportation and logistics, MindShare Strategies is the ideal solution for us."
"We are thrilled to offer Women In Trucking expanded association management expertise and resources that will advance their mission which is so critical to the North American transportation and logistics industry," said Brian Everett, senior partner of MindShare Strategies. Everett will provide regular strategic counsel for the association.
In addition, Carleen Herndon, who has 25 years experience in association management, sales, and public relations, will be the primary account executive for Women In Trucking. In her five-year career with MindShare Strategies, she has previously supported initiatives involving client associations such as the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council (NASSTRAC) and the Transportation Marketing & Sales Association (TMSA). The staff at MindShare Strategies will be working directly with Voie, along with existing Women In Trucking staff members.
For more information on the Women In Trucking Association, visit www.WomenInTrucking.org.
Contact: Brian Everett, MindShare Strategies
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Alternative fuels are all the rage these days
Alternative fuels are all the rage these days, and now even your poop can be turned into fuel. Yes, your poop! This theory is being put to the test by a bus in Britain called the Bio-bus which runs on biomethane gas produced from a combination of human waste and food waste.
The bus has just started making regular runs between the city of Bath and Bristol airport so it's not just a concept, but an actual working vehicle. The fuel is made by first treating the human waste and then combining it with food that's not fit for human consumption to create the biomethane gas. RELATED: See The Bio-Fuel Capable 2010 Bentley Continental Supersports
The gas is stored in dome-shaped tanks on the roof of the bus and then used to power a combustion engine similar to what's found in diesel buses. It's made by using anaerobic bacteria to break everything down into methane-rich gas. The resulting gas is altered a bit by removing CO2 and other impurities and then adding propane. Removing those impurities means it's virtually odorless and produces fewer emissions than traditional diesel engines. It's also more sustainable with one person's annual sewage producing enough fuel to power the bus for 37 miles. They're also injecting this fuel into the national gas grid network, so even your house may be powered with poop. What an age to be alive. RELATED: See the 2015 Audi A8 Hybrid ________________________________________ Click Here to Read the Original Article on BoldRide


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Riding on the coattails of my ever popular Halloween Mini Sessions, I had the idea to copy the format and apply it to the July 4th Parade day that goes through Downtown Hingham – right past my studio. Two simple setups to choose from, close portraits of patriotic kiddos, and the joy of attending an incredible parade – just the right format for another joyful mini session event. In total, FORTY FAMILIES dropped by (not all are pictured due to privacy requests which I very happily honored). What an incredible turnout for the first year! I hope you'll all come back every year as many of you do for Halloween. We always get to have so much fun and I just love how many high fives I got yesterday (I even got a high-foot!).
Thanks to everyone who came out. You guys are awesome. Thanks for making my heart so happy. I hope the rest of your holiday was just as fun.
a note: for some reason the galleries always post out of order. If you see only one image of your kids and know there's another — keep scrolling. It'll be there. And if it's not – please email me so I may fix that for you (but it really should be hahaha I counted).


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Saturday, June 9, 2018
World Loses Anthony Bourdain, Champion of Diversity and Inclusion -- and Immigrants
The shocking loss to suicide of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain has dominated the news in recent days. Bourdain had quite a following. As CNN reports, "[o]n his award-winning series, "Parts Unknown," Bourdain brought the world home to CNN viewers. Through the simple act of sharing meals, he showcased both the extraordinary diversity of cultures and cuisines, yet how much we all have in common."
In one of the many eulogies to Bourdain's life, Gustavo Arellano for the Los Angeles Times writes that "Anthony Bourdain was the eternal compadre of overlooked Latinos." He elaborates:
"Bourdain understood his privilege and used it as a cudgel to force Americans to think about our role in the world. He was particularly unsparing to our hypocrisies on Latino immigration. He spoke throughout his career about how Latinos (since he was a New Yorker, specifically Ecuadoreans, Salvadorans and Mexicans from the state of Puebla) were his eternal compadres, because of their work ethic and hilarity and giving ways. Anyone who opposed more of them coming into the United States, he said, was simply deranged."
Bourdain publicly criticized Donald Trump's immigration policies:
June 9, 2018 in Current Affairs, Food and Drinks | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
The Migrant Kitchen
"The Migrant Kitchen" is an Emmy®-winning food series that explores Los Angeles' booming food scene through the eyes of a new generation of chefs whose cuisine is inspired by the immigrant experience. Visit the kitchens of those who have transformed the culinary landscape of the city, combining traditional ethnic cuisines and a fusion of new flavors and techniques to make Los Angeles one of the food capitals of the world."The Migrant Kitchen" is produced in association with Life & Thyme.
The website has stories like this one, Vietnamese Immigration and Its Culinary Influence on the United States.
December 26, 2017 in Current Affairs, Film & Television, Food and Drinks | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, November 6, 2017
The Battle of Brexit? Migrant labor shortage leaves fruit rotting on UK farms
Scheherazade Daneshkhu for the Financial Times reports that fruit and vegetables are being left to rot on British farms because of a shortage of labour, according to the National Farmers' Union, which is calling on the government to implement a seasonal agricultural workers scheme to fix the problem. Ali Capper, whose fruit farm on the border between Herefordshire and Worcestershire sells Gala apples to supermarkets, said the business had 20 per cent fewer workers than usual in September.
The UK farming industry is heavily dependent on pickers from the EU — notably eastern Europe — for seasonal work. Low unemployment rates and the seasonal nature of farm work makes it difficult to attract domestic pickers, the sector argues. At the same time, the UK has also become less attractive to seasonal workers mostly from Romania and Bulgaria because of the fall in the value of sterling against the euro since Britain voted last year in a referendum to leave the EU.
November 6, 2017 in Current Affairs, Food and Drinks | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, May 26, 2017
Cambodian Refugees and the Resurgence of the Donut Business in Southern California
Susan Lim's doughnuts served in pink boxes at her Rose Donuts & Cafe in San Clemente. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
The Los Angeles Times reports on this "sweet" story about everyone's favorite breakfast food: "Instead of national chains, the Southern California doughnut sector is dominated by mom-and-pop businesses run by immigrants, none more influential than Cambodian Americans."
Landing here as refugees in the mid-1970s to escape the Khmer Rouge, the Southeast Asian community quickly found a lifeline in the doughnut business.
An ambitious Cambodian refugee named Ted Ngoy built a network of doughnut shops and staffed them with his countrymen whose visas he sponsored. Ngoy started in Orange County, in La Habra and expanded to Fullerton, Anaheim and Buena Park. Cambodian doughnut stores spread to Los Angeles County, which long been dominated by the Winchell's Donuts chain.
Years ago, Bill Hing told me about the presence of Cambodians in the donut business.
May 26, 2017 in Current Affairs, Food and Drinks | Permalink | Comments (11)
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Highlighting the refugee crisis with a new immigrant dinners series
Here is a cool idea for foodies!
This May, Momed Atwater Village in Los Angeles is holding weekly "immigrant dinners" on Wednesday, featuring nine dishes from a variety of countries including Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey and Egypt. The series is meant to promote the understanding and acceptance of different cultures and shine a light on the refugee and immigrant crisis affecting much of the world today.
Even better, fifty percent of all proceeds will be donated to the International Rescue Committee, an organization that works to help refugees from all over the world.
May 18, 2017 in Current Affairs, Food and Drinks | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, May 12, 2017
Immigrants Change Twin Cities Restaurant Scene
For those of you interested in immigration and food (I'm talking to you, Stephen Lee), the Minneapolis Star Tribune has taken a fascinating look at "26 immigrants who have woven their cooking into the fabric of Minnesota, changing the Twin Cities dining scene forever."
The coverage includes beautiful portraits, maps of the chefs' home countries, and information about their food.
Perhaps we could schedule a future immprof conference for Minneapolis? We'd eat well!
May 12, 2017 in Current Affairs, Food and Drinks | Permalink | Comments (0)
Sunday, April 2, 2017
The Sriracha Argument for Immigration
Sriracha has been the subject of a book and commentary. David Tran, the founder of Huy Fong Foods, which manufactures Sriracha, has an amazing refugee story. See here, here, here. The company is named for a Taiwanese freighter, the "Huey Fong", that carried the Tran and more than 3,000 other Vietnamese refugees in 1978.
In the New Yorker, David Sax uses the spicy hot sauce as an example of our increasingly global food palates:
'while racism and xenophobia have come out into the open, food this time around seems to be exempt. It would be nearly unthinkable to talk of banning a cuisine based on its country of origin. Red or blue state, Trump voter or Sanders diehard, we all want to watch Anthony Bourdain eat his way around the world and find the tastiest fish taco in town. The political tide may be shifting to nationalism, but our appetite is increasingly globalist."
April 2, 2017 in Current Affairs, Food and Drinks | Permalink | Comments (0)
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Immigration in the Age of Trump? How Kitchen Raids In Buffalo Sent Shock Waves Through Immigrant Rights Community
Last November, the ImmigrationProf blog raised the question whether the Trump administration would expand the use of workplace raids in immigrtation enforcement and looked at the raid on La Divina, a taqueria in Buffalo, New York.
NPR ("How Kitchen Raids In Buffalo Sent Shock Waves Through Immigrant Rights Community") follows up on the story and the impacts of the La Divina taqueria raid:
"The morning of Oct. 18, 2016, the employees at La Divina, a taqueria and Mexican grocery in Buffalo, N.Y., were prepping for the lunch crowd — making salsa, grilling chicken and stocking the shelves with Mexican Cokes and Corona beer. Suddenly, agents from Homeland Security Investigations rushed in.
"I heard someone shouting, 'Don't move! Don't move!' It was ICE," says Jose Antonio Ramos, a 29-year-old Mexican cook working illegally, in Spanish. ICE stands for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. "I was in shock. I was complying with their orders, but they were mistreating us," he says. "They pointed guns at our heads. They pushed us on the floor and handcuffed us. They brought in dogs."
Beefy federal agents hauled out computers and cash registers while local news crews filmed. The raid of La Divina and three other restaurants under the same owner became one of the nation's biggest immigration worksite actions in recent years.
In all, 14 workers have been charged with civil and criminal immigration violations. Twelve more workers were found to be in the country illegally, but they were released because they didn't meet the government's enforcement priorities. The owner and his two managers are charged with harboring unauthorized immigrants. The federal criminal complaint alleges the trio provided workers with housing and transportation, paid them in cash off the books and avoided income taxes.
"We try to offer authentic street tacos, make it more like a Mexican atmosphere," he says as patrons line up to order ribeye and chorizo tacos.
While Mucino is out on bail and reopening his restaurants one by one, most of his illegal workforce is out of a job and facing deportation. This was the aftermath of the raid despite an ICE statement that they were targeting the abusive employer, not his employees."
January 8, 2017 in Current Affairs, Food and Drinks | Permalink | Comments (1)
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Hurricane Katrina Ten Years After: Latino Immigrant Workers Helped Rebuild New Orleans
Satellite image of Hurricane Katrina on August 28, 2005
The SuperDome housed local citizens who fled the flooding
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and literally destroyed large parts of the Southeast, including New Orleans. The ten year anniversary of this natural disaster has received considerable attention.
The government's response to Hurricane Katrina, including the response of President George W. Bush and the federal government, was harshly criticized. Criticism focused on mismanagement and lack of leadership in the relief efforts in response to the storm and its aftermath. More specifically, the criticism focused on the delayed response to the flooding of New Orleans, and the subsequent state of chaos in the city.
Hurricane Katrina also had immigration consequences, many of which were addressed in my lecture at the Houston University Law Center in 2007. The lecture was published in the Houston Law Review. (Raquel Aldana and Anna Shavers offered commentary on the lecture.). Here is an abstract of my lecture:
In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina crippled the Gulf Coast. National and international television networks televised the widespread destruction virtually non-stop for days. Many observers identified failures by all levels of government, beginning with the failure to take adequate steps to prevent the flooding to the painfully slow reconstruction of the gulf region.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, race soon emerged at the center of a heated and often over-heated controversy. African Americans comprised a substantial number of the flood victims seen on television screens around the world. As the federal government slowly responded and nothing less than anarchy reigned on the streets of New Orleans, critics forcefully contended that the race of many of the victims contributed to the slowness and ineptitude of the response. Rap star Kanye West put it most bluntly: George Bush doesn't care about black people, a position with which nearly three-quarters of African Americans polled in September 2005 agreed. Evidently feeling it necessary to squarely address the charge, President Bush vigorously denied that the race of the victims in any way influenced the federal government's emergency response to the devastation wrought by the hurricane.
Another group an often invisible group suffered in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Immigrants, including many from Latin America, were the silent victims of the deadly hurricane. Thousands of immigrants were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. However, most reports, while critical of the governmental response to the hurricane, failed to even mention, much less criticize, the widespread indifference to the plight of the many noncitizens displaced by the mass disaster.
The general public did not look sympathetically upon immigrants. Government's failure to provide relief failed to generate much of a public response, much less trigger any general expression of outrage. The denial of disaster relief to noncitizens, as well as aggressive enforcement of the immigration laws in the wake of the hurricane, was consistent with the times, which were filled with calls for increased immigration enforcement and the popular perception that immigrants especially undocumented ones constituted a serious social problem that must be addressed.
As the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast began, immigrant workers responded. Workers were in short supply; as efforts to return to some semblance of normalcy began, many businesses were hard-pressed to field a workforce. Rather than applaud the assistance of noncitizens in the resettlement and rebuilding efforts, politicians and the public expressed fear and apprehension about the possibility that new immigrants transform the racial identity of New Orleans as well as hurt the job prospects of U.S. especially African American citizens. Unlike others willing to help, immigrants were criticized and feared, not welcomed and lauded.
Indeed, local citizens and public officials demanded action to halt immigrants from taking American jobs and changing the racial identity of a major southern city. The African American mayor of New Orleans expressed fear about the city being overrun by Mexican workers. He later stated that it was nothing less than God's will for New Orleans to be a chocolate not a Mexican city, presumably expressing the hope that it would be reconstructed as the African American enclave that it had been. In the public discussion of the impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans, race was considered central to the city's past and future identity.
Although a fascinating story in and of itself, the plight of immigrants in the Hurricane Katrina disaster teaches deeper lessons about society's views of immigration and immigrants in the modern United States. First, despite their many contributions to U.S. society, immigrants generally, as a historical matter, have been deemed unworthy of public benefits whatever their personal circumstances. Welfare assumes an even worse name for immigrants than it does for citizens. The failure of government to provide relief to immigrants after Hurricane Katrina thus fits comfortably into a deep and enduring American tradition.
Second, immigrants especially undocumented ones who seek gainful employment in the United States often are characterized as economic parasites who take jobs from U.S. citizens. Throughout its history, this nation at various times has narrowed the immigration laws, ratcheted up border enforcement, and engaged in mass deportation campaigns, based on the unproven claim that immigrants from displacing American workers, which is a special concern in poor economic times. Time and time again, commentators and activists have contended that immigrant labor adversely affects African Americans in the job market.
Public opinion in the United States poses a most unfair Catch 22 to undocumented immigrants, who are characterized as both abusers of public benefit programs and as job takers who hurt U.S. citizens. Put simply, they either do not work and consume welfare or work and steal jobs. Much of this, of course, is old news to the most casual student of this nation's immigration history. However, even though a plethora of scholarship exists on the problems that riddle the immigration bureaucracy, there has been precious little analysis of the theoretical underpinnings of the regulation of immigration by administrative agencies. This is surprising given the great power, including the authority to remove noncitizens from the country, which such agencies possess over the lives and destinies of immigrants. Rather, immigration law, although administered and enforced through a complex and powerful administrative bureaucracy, is considered to be a specialty area outside the mainstream of administrative law.
A problem that has arisen in the U.S. government's response to immigrants in the Hurricane Katrina disaster is symptomatic of a more general failure of American democracy the lack of political accountability of the immigration bureaucracy to all persons affected by its actions. This Article critically considers the reasons for the lack of responsiveness of that bureaucracy to the needs of immigrant communities and analyzes a glaring political process defect. By so doing, I hope to encourage a sustained examination of the issue, which deeply afflicts the administration and enforcement of the U.S. immigration laws, a complex regulatory body of law filled with vast delegations of discretion to the bureaucracy.
Most generally, the frequent failure of the agencies that administer the immigration laws to fully consider the impacts of laws and regulations on noncitizens suggests a fundamental flaw in the conventional rationale for deference to administrative agencies. The Supreme Court, in perhaps the leading administrative law decision of the post-World War II period, Chevron USA v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., has emphasized that reviewing courts ordinarily should defer to the interpretations of statutes by administrative agencies because the Executive Branch, through election of the President, is politically accountable to the voters and that decisions properly delegated to agencies are necessarily political ones. The administration of the immigration laws thus poses a fundamental problem for the democratic rationale for deference: if we entrust agencies with making and enforcing the laws because of their political accountability, what should we do if a specific agency is only accountable to part of the people affected, directly or indirectly, by its decisions?
Both lawful and undocumented immigrants, barred from having any formal political input namely, the vote into the administrative state, are frequently injured by decisions of the bureaucracy. Citizens, whose interests often diverge from those of noncitizens, are indirectly affected by the decisions of the immigration bureaucracy but, whatever its limitations, have a full voice in the national political system through election of the President. Some citizens, of course, have family members and friends affected by immigration law and its enforcement and may advocate politically for pro-immigrant laws and policies. Still, immigrants lack the political capital of the ordinary citizen constituency of an administrative agency.
The lack of balance in political input between the affected communities can be expected to result in agency rulings and decisions on immigration matters that fail to fully consider the interests of immigrants. This fact helps explain why, especially in times of social stress, the rights of immigrants have been marginalized by the immigration agencies, as well as by Congress, throughout U.S. history. The politically powerful dominate, while the weak noncitizens have their interests under-valued and often suffer punishment.
Part I of this Article summarizes the context surrounding the Hurricane Katrina disaster and how the stage was set for a racially-charged debate over the government's actions in response to the disaster as well as the mistreatment of immigrants. Part II critically analyzes how government harshly treated immigrants in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and how political failure within administrative agencies contributed to this treatment, just as it has throughout U.S. history. This structural flaw further helps explain why we know so little about the silent suffering of immigrants in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and, more generally, in American social life. It also suggests deep problems with the lack of political accountability of the immigration bureaucracy to noncitizens.
As it turns out, Hurricane Katrina is symptomatic of a more general problem in the governance of the United States. A shadow population of millions of undocumented immigrants who are abused and exploited, live in the United States and lack any formal input into the political process. They, along with many lawful immigrants, hold second class status in U.S. social life and, more specifically, are part of a low wage caste of color. Although more diluted than the old racial caste in place in the days of Jim Crow, it is a racial caste no less, marked by a subordinated status and subject to exploitation. To make matters worse, the democratic problem identified in this article is not limited to the immigration bureaucracy, but is a more general problem of U.S. government.
As this news story reports, Latino immigrants who came to the New Orleans and the Southeast to assist in rebuilding efforts are establishing more permanent roots in the region. Many of those workers claim that they still have not been paid for their rebuilding work.
August 29, 2015 in Current Affairs, Food and Drinks, Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Who's Next? Trump Goes After Spanish Immigrant, Celebrity Chef Jose Andrés
The Washington Post reports that Donald Trump has sued celebrity chef José Andrés, who backed out of a deal to open the flagship restaurant in Trump's D.C. luxury hotel. Trump has filed a $10 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against Andrés.
Earlier this month, Andrés, an immigrant from Spain, scrapped plans to open a restaurant in Trump's $200 million redevelopment project after the Trump made incendiary comments about undocumented immigrants from Mexico. At the time, Trump's son, Eric Trump, suggested that the chef could expect to hear from their lawyers.
August 1, 2015 in Current Affairs, Food and Drinks | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Immigration Article of the Day: Critical Analysis: National Security and Targeting of Particular Communities Post 9/11 in Canada by Sadiq Al-Ali
Critical Analysis: National Security and Targeting of Particular Communities Post 9/11 in Canada by Sadiq Al-Ali,York University - Faculty of Liberal Arts & Profressional Studies September 1, 2014
Abstract: The central argument that will be advanced within this piece is that particular communities within Canada have been disproportionately targeted and have incurred unequal costs vis-à-vis others in light of the security certificate program within context of post 9/11. The paper will be divided into four sections framed within a Canadian context that looks at how particular communities were affected by the security certificate program. The first section attempts to critically engage with the contested definition of national security, and the relevance of the notion as it pertains to the historical experiences of particular groups, while explicating its applicability in light of identity and immigration policy. The second section addresses how the logic of security found within state legislation, provides the need legitimacy for the state to engage with controversial security measures, that undermine both the legal rights and human rights of the subject targeted (i.e. non-citizen/citizen). The third section brings forth the practice of racial profiling to the forefront in conjunction with how national security measures have impacted racialized communities and individuals in light of Agamben's 'state of exception' concept and the costs of the racial profiling. While the final section examines the role of the judiciary and its treatment of the IRPA as it pertains to refugees in light of international norms by reflecting upon a number of cases. The objective of the latter is to see whether the Court has assigned priority to International Human Rights Law as a way to remedy those disproportionate targeted by the state.
January 13, 2015 in Current Affairs, Food and Drinks | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, January 3, 2015
From The Bookshelves: Junot Díaz
Photo via NPR
Dominican author Junot Díaz is no stranger to this blog. (See prior posts here here here here and here).
But as it's the new year and some readers might not be at the AALS conference in DC (maybe you're home in the company of a virus in Norman, OK for example) - you might just be looking for a good book to read. And one of the best books I read all year was The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao. Sure, it's from 2008. But you may have missed it. And it truly is a wonder.
But maybe you don't have time for a novel. A novel is a commitment after all. And once you pick of The Brief Wonderous Life, you won't be able to stop until you've devoured it whole.
So for a taste of the power of Díaz' writing, I offer you something shorter: his essay for Conde Naste Traveller on Fukuoka, Japan's Next Great Food City. Seriously. It's amazing.
And here's the musical accompanyment to that article:
January 3, 2015 in Books, Food and Drinks, Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Dude, what's that smell? The Sriracha shutdown and immigrant excess
In "Dude, what's that smell? The Sriracha shutdown and immigrant excess," Anita Mannur (Miami) and Martin F. Manalansan, IV (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), co-editors (with Robert Ji-Song Ku) of Eating Asian America: A Food Studies Reader (NYU Press, 2013), analyze the ongoing dispute over the production of the hot sauce Sriracha in a hardscrabble Southern California town, which in my youth was known for its unsightly rock quarry, many freeways, and a drag racing speedway.
In 2013, Huy Fong Foods, which manufactures sriracha, was sued by the town of Irwindale, California for causing "burning eyes, irritated throats, and headaches" to its residents. "Huy Fong's owner and creator David Tran's mistake was in assuming that the sriracha boom meant that the town of Irwindale would accept the changes that came with the presence of Asianness. In many ways, his story was that of the consummate Asian American model minority who had made his mark through hard work and perseverance in America. From origins in Vietnam to "making it" as an ethnic entrepreneur in the US, the story of sriracha, and in particular that of Huy Fong, can be understood as a quintessentially Asian American story."
December 31, 2014 in Current Affairs, Food and Drinks | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, November 24, 2014
Immigrant of the Day: David Tran From Vietnam | CEO, Huy Fong Foods
David Tran From Vietnam | CEO, Huy Fong Foods
Born in Vietnam, David Tran named his company, Huy Fong Foods, after the boat by which he immigrated to America. Seeking to create a kind of Heinz ketchup for the Vietnamese-American community, he bottled and sold his own unique take on Thai sriracha sauce, blending fresh red jalepeños, garlic, sugar, salt, and vinegar. Without the help of any advertising, his product has since exploded in popularity far beyond its original audience. It is now a global product sold in major supermarkets, heralded by celebrity chefs, and trumpeted by zealous fans across the Internet.
For a while. Huy Fong Foods was embroiled in a controversy (and a lawsuit) in Southern California due to objections from some quarters over the smells generated by the manufacturing of the company's signature hot sauce.
November 24, 2014 in Current Affairs, Food and Drinks | Permalink | Comments (59)
Friday, November 7, 2014
Immigrant of the Day: Maneet Chauhan, Master Chef (India)
Born in India,Maneet Chauhan is a chef and television personality. Previously the Executive Chef of several notable restaurants including Vermilion Chicago and Vermilion New York, she is featured as a judge on Chopped on the Food Network.
Chauhan began her culinary career at the WelcomGroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, Manipal, India, where she graduated at the top of her class. She then attended the Culinary Institute of America in New York. As an apprentice chef, she worked in India with the Oberoi Group, Taj Group, Welcome Group and Sheraton Group.
In 2003, at the age of 27, she became the opening executive chef of Vermilion in Chicago, earning her 3-Stars from The Chicago Tribune. In 2007, she moved to New York City to open At Vermilion. Her style is described as "global fusion" with roots in Indian cuisine.
Chauhan was invited to the White House by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as part of the Easter Egg Roll Hunt 2014.
November 7, 2014 in Current Affairs, Food and Drinks | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, March 21, 2014
Hot Sauce Embroiled in Local Controversy in SoCal
Law Professor Ernesto Hernandez-Lopez comments on a "hot" dispute in Southern California. Local politics in California has ignited fear for fans of Sriracha, an extremely popular hot sauce, created for pho, a Vietnamese soup, and now fancied for Asian, taco and fusion dishes, sushi and street food. Celebrities, home chefs, even workers from the mailroom to the top offices are fans. Sriracha lovers around the globe are closely monitoring the actions of a small Los Angeles suburb that recently went to court to stop its production. The small city of Irwindale, east of Los Angeles, argues that Huy Fong Foods, maker of Sriracha, a hot chili sauce, emits harmful odors from a new plant within the city boundaries. Click the link above to read more about the dispute.
By the way, David Tran, the founder of Huy Fong Foods, which manufactures Sriracha, has an amazing refugee story. See here, here, here.
March 21, 2014 in Current Affairs, Food and Drinks | Permalink | Comments (2)
Thursday, March 20, 2014
From the Bookshelves: Soft Soil, Black Grapes: The Birth of Italian Winemaking in California by Simone Cinotto
Soft Soil, Black Grapes: The Birth of Italian Winemaking in California by Simone Cinotto 277 pages March, 2014 ISBN: 9781479832361
Winner of the 2013 New York Book Show Award in Scholarly/Professional Book Design
From Ernest and Julio Gallo to Francis Ford Coppola, Italians have shaped the history of California wine. More than any other group, Italian immigrants and their families have made California viticulture one of America's most distinctive and vibrant achievements, from boutique vineyards in the Sonoma hills to the massive industrial wineries of the Central Valley. But how did a small group of nineteenth-century immigrants plant the roots that flourished into a world-class industry? Was there something particularly "Italian" in their success? In this fresh, fascinating account of the ethnic origins of California wine, Simone Cinotto rewrites a century-old triumphalist story. He demonstrates that these Italian visionaries were not skilled winemakers transplanting an immemorial agricultural tradition, even if California did resemble the rolling Italian countryside of their native Piedmont. Instead, Cinotto argues that it was the wine-makers' access to "social capital," or the ethnic and familial ties that bound them to their rich wine-growing heritage, and not financial leverage or direct enological experience, that enabled them to develop such a successful and influential wine business. Focusing on some of the most important names in wine history—particularly Pietro Carlo Rossi, Secondo Guasti, and the Gallos—he chronicles a story driven by ambition and creativity but realized in a complicated tangle of immigrant entrepreneurship, class struggle, racial inequality, and a new world of consumer culture.
Skillfully blending regional, social, and immigration history, Soft Soil, Black Grapes takes us on an original journey into the cultural construction of ethnic economies and markets, the social dynamics of American race, and the fully transnational history of American wine.
Simone Cinotto teaches History at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy.
March 20, 2014 in Books, Current Affairs, Food and Drinks | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Digital Release of Made in L.A.
Made in L.A. made its Digital Premiere on September 17, 2013, in celebration of Latino Heritage Month.
Made in L.A. is an Emmy award-winning feature documentary that follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from a trendy clothing retailer. In intimate verite style, Made in L.A. reveals the impact of the struggle on each woman's life as they are gradually transformed by the experience. Compelling, humorous, deeply human, Made in L.A. is a story about immigration, the power of unity, and the courage it takes to find your voice.
WATCH NOW ON: Apple iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Google/YouTube, Microsoft X-Box, Sony Playstation, SundanceNow, Vudu and Vimeo On Demand. We are excited that the digital release will bring Made in L.A. to new and diverse audiences and that it will greatly increase access to the film!
September 26, 2013 in Current Affairs, Food and Drinks | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Banda Star Jenni Rivera, Daughter of Mexican Immigrants, RIP
Jenni Rivera, the Mexican-American singer and reality television star known as "the Diva of Banda," died early Sunday in a plane crash outside Monterrey, Mexico, after a performance there. She was 43.
Rivera began recording in 1992, and her recordings often have themes of social issues, infidelity, and relationships. Her tenth studio album, Jenni (2008), became her first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart in the United States. In 2010, she appeared in and produced the reality TV show Jenni Rivera Presents: Chiquis & Raq-C.
A U.S. citizen by birth, Rivera was born in Long Beach, California. Her parents were immigrants from Mexico. Fans have been mourning at Rivera's home in Encino.
Rivera was a champion of immigrants rights. On May 29, 2010, tens of thousands of protesters converged on Phoenix to denounce Arizona's immigration enforcement law known as S.B. 1070. While other well-known musicians stayed away, or just signed a petition, Rivera showed up and marched five miles in scorching heat. She went on to play a full concert and gave a speech for immigrant rights and justice for the community she came from and never left.
December 11, 2012 in Current Affairs, Food and Drinks, Music | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
To all our ImmigrationProf readers, HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Enjoy the pumpkin pie.
And the turkey y mole.
November 22, 2012 in Current Affairs, Food and Drinks | Permalink | TrackBack (0)


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WHAT AMIGREN Adipharm AND WHAT IT IS USED
Use of the product should be done only under certain diagnosis of migraine.
Amigren Adipharm is a medicine for rapid relief of migraine attacks, with or without an aura (increased sensitivity to light, a feeling of nausea and vomiting). Amigren Adipharm is not indicated for the prophylaxis of migraine. Amigren Adipharm contain Sumatriptan. which belongs to the group of so-called 5-NT1D receptor agonists. It is assumed that the symptoms of migraine is caused by a temporary widening of the blood vessels in the brain. Sumatriptan exerts its action by narrowing the vessels.
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Do not take Amigren Adipharm:
If you are allergic to sumatriptan or any of the excipients or to sulfa drugs;
If you had a heart attack or suffer from cardiovascular disease, or problems with blood circulation in the legs, causing pain like cramp during walking (a condition called peripheral vascular disease);
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If you have very high blood pressure or your blood pressure remains high despite taking medicines;
If you use or have recently used drugs containing ergotamine or its derivatives such as ergotamine and methysergide maleate targarat;
If you use or have recently used drugs monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs);
If you are under 18 years old;
If you are over 65 years old.
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If the answer to any of these questions is "yes", tell your doctor before you start taking this medicine, as it may not be appropriate for you:
If you have symptoms of heart disease, such as shortness of breath unexpected, transient pain and tightness in the chest (which may be extended to the jaw or upper arm);
If you use a drug belonging to the group of selective inhibitors of the reverse transport of serotonin (SSRI, incl. Citalopram, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine and sertraline), or inhibitors of the reverse transport of norepinephrine and serotonin (SNRI);
If you have impaired liver or kidney function;
If you have epilepsy or suffer from diseases that lower the threshold for the onset of seizures;
If you are allergic to sulfa drugs;
Taking herbal preparations containing St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum);
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If you smoke regularly or you are a man over 40 or are postmenopausal woman;
If you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant;
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Taking other medicines
Please tell your doctor if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription, herbal medicines and natural healing products.
This medicine can influence the effect of other drugs, as other medicines can affect the way Amigren Adipharm.
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It contains, ergotamine or a derivative thereof, such as ergotamine tartrate and methysergide maleate. If you are taking such medications stop taking them at least 24 hours before taking Amigren Adipharm;
If taking drugs to treat depression, such as lithium, monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), selective inhibitors of the reverse transport of serotonin (SSRI, including citalopram, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine and sertraline), or inhibitors of the reverse transport serotonin and noradrenaline (SNRI);
Taking medicines for weight loss or to treat epilepsy.
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If you take Amigren Adipharm too often, it may aggravate your headache. If this happens, your doctor may recommend that you discontinue Amigren Adipharm.
Taking Amigren Adipharm with food and drink
Food and drink do not affect the action of sumatriptan.
Pregnancy and lactation
Experience with the use of sumatriptan in pregnancy is limited.
Therefore, consult your doctor before attempting to use if you are pregnant.
Sumatriptan passes into breast milk. Should avoid breast-feeding up to 12 hours after taking the drug, and heal during this time milk is not used.
Driving and using machines
Amigren Adipharm can cause drowsiness. If you find drowsiness, avoid activities such as driving or operating machinery.
Important information about some of the ingredients of Amigren Adipharm
This product contains aspartame, occurring source of phenylalanine, which carries the risk of disability in patients with phenylketonuria.
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Always take Amigren Adipharm exactly as your doctor tells you. If you are not sure, ask your doctor or pharmacist!
Tablets should be taken immediately after the onset of symptoms of migraines, but they can be taken at any time during the migraine attack. Do not take the tablets when you have no symptoms, to prevent migraine attacks.
Amigren Adipharm should not be used in children under 18 years of age and the elderly (over 65 years).
The recommended dose for adults Amigren Adipharm at the onset of the first symptoms of migraine was 50 mg (1 tablet of 50 mg). If necessary, in some patients can be given a dose of 100 mg (2 tablets of 50 mg and 1 tablet of 100 mg).
If you feel relief after the first dose but the symptoms recur, you may take a second dose at least 2 hours after taking the first. However, do not take more than 300 mg per 24 hours (3 tablets of 100 mg, or 6 tablets of 50 mg).
The tablets should be swallowed whole with water. Do not chew the tablets.
If the first dose does not bring you any relief, do not take a second dose for the management of this attack, because it is unlikely the second dose help. You can accept Amigren Adipharm tablets in the next migraine attack.
You can also take any other medicines that usually relieve your pain if you are sure that they do not contain ergotamine or dihydroergotamine.
After taking Amigren Adipharm must wait at least six hours before taking medicines containing ergotamine or dihydroergotamine.
If you take medicines containing ergotamine or dihydroergotamine, you must wait at least 24 hours before taking Amigren Adipharm.
Always follow your doctor's instructions! Should not exceed the recommended dose of it.
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If you take more than prescribed, seek immediate medical assistance (go to the nearest health facility or center for emergency medical assistance).
It is important to stick to the prescribed dose. Immediately consult a doctor if you take a larger dose than the maximum daily dose (300 mg).
If you have any further questions on the use of this product, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Like all medicines, Amigren Adipharm can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
Some of these symptoms may be manifestations of the disease migraine.
Allergic reactions:
Tell your doctor immediately if you notice any of the following rare but serious side effects:
Severe skin reactions such as skin rash (red spots or hives), swelling of the face, eyelids, mouth or lips;
Sudden wheezing, difficulty swallowing, difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, rapid heart beat, tightness or chest pain, collapse.
Stop taking Amigren Adipharm if you experience any of the above symptoms.
Common side effects (likely to occur in between 1 in 10 and 1 in every 100 patients taking the drug):
transient flushing, dizziness, weakness, fatigue and drowsiness (it is important for people who are driving or operating machinery);
transient increase in blood pressure shortly after taking the drug;
nausea or vomiting (when not experiencing a migraine attack);
shortness of breath;
unusual feeling of reduced sensitivity or tingling, feeling hot or cold, pain, heaviness or tightness in any part of the body including the chest and throat. If these effects persist or worsen (especially chest pain or heart area, spreading to the arms), tell your doctor immediately, as have been rare cases of such adverse reactions due to myocardial infarction.
Very rare side effects (likely to occur in less than 1 in 10,000 patients):
seizures (usually in patients with epilepsy);
tremors and uncontrollable movements;
stiffness of the neck;
visual disturbances, including flash, double vision and reduced vision;
Cases of permanent defects in vision;
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SPACE pt. 1 – The Terrestrial Planets
I love space. Let's start with some YouTube videos of the Sun to get us in the mood for some SPACE
Watch the edges for brilliant solar flare action on this one:
Now that you're ready, let's get stuck in to the four planets closest to us, and closest to the Sun. These are known as
The Terrestrial Planets
(to scale)
Mercury is the smallest planet, and is closest to the sun. Its "day" is one-and-a-half times longer than its "year"; it turns on its axis twice by the time it's gone around the planet three times. Since it turns so slowly, the side nearest the sun reaches over 500°C, but the side facing away is at -160°C.
Exaggerated colour image:
Craters on the surface:
Mercury passing in front of the Sun:
Venus is closest in size to Earth of all the planets, but that's about where the similarity stops. Its atmosphere is the densest of all the planets in the solar system, comprising mainly carbon dioxide – standing at the surface would be like swimming over 1km under the sea. Since (as most of us know) CO2 traps heat, the temperature on the surface is about 460°C; sitting above the CO2 clouds are evaporated droplets of sulfuric acid, and volcanic activity is rife. A "year" is less than two days long, but the atmosphere means that temperatures are the same, all over the planet, all year long.
Venus under the clouds:
Some surface shots:
Earth, our home, is the largest of the terrestrial planets. If Earth were scaled to be the size of a bowling ball, the surface of the planet (including atmosphere!) would be thinner than a coat of varnish.
We also have a pretty cool moon.
It is tidally locked to our planet, so we only see one face; I suggest you pause this video from time to time:
This is the famous "pale blue dot" photograph:
That's the Earth from about 6 billion kilometres away, taken by Voyager I over 20 years ago just before it left the solar system. Missed it? It's the bluish pixel in the orangey band. Voyager I continues to operate and send astronomical data back to Earth. Carl Sagan said of this photograph:
"We succeeded in taking that picture [from deep space], and, if you look at it, you see a dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever lived, lived out their lives. The aggregate of all our joys and sufferings, thousands of confident religions, ideologies and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilizations, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every hopeful child, every mother and father, every inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lived there on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam."
Well said, Carl.
Mars is pretty easy to get excited about. Rather than explain why, let's hear it in song.
The Valles Marineris on the surface of Mars is the largest canyon in the solar system. It is over 4,000km wide.
It's pretty deep too! This picture shows wind velocities on the surface:
If we turn away from the Valles Marineris,
…we see another "largest" that Mars boasts; largest mountain/volcano, Olympus Mons.
At about 25km tall, it is more than three times the height of Everest. Here's a shot of one of the poles; both poles of Mars are primarily CO2 ice ("dry ice"), but each has water ice in it as well.
Sunrise on Mars:
The Earth from Mars:
Mars has two moons, Phobos:
and Deimos:
They're quite different in size, as this photograph shows:
This is the view of a Martian eclipse, courtesy of Phobos:
The surface is calm, but not still.
That's because it has an atmosphere!
This was taken by the Mars Rover Opportunity of the Victoria Crater; you can see where the wind has had an effect in the centre:
If you're really curious, check out Google Mars. This has been mapped by flyovers (as you can probably tell), so the map is not high quality everywhere.
Next time: The Asteroid Belt, Jupiter and Saturn!
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When was the last time you caught something and ate it?
57 Answers
- 6 months agoFavorite Answer
Last Night... And I ate it again this morning for breakfast before I opened the door and let her out.
Sounds like you are talking about a dog
- Common SenseLv 75 months ago
We took a walk on the beach in front of our house and there was a bunch of oysters on the water's edge. We collected them and put them in the oven then dipped the oysters in scallion butter. It was so good!!
- Anonymous6 months ago
a couple years ago, i went with my cousin to a stocked catfish farm. i'd say it's probably really the kind of thing you'd take a kid to, to make sure they caught something. i hate fishing. just never got the attraction. but i wanted fresh fish and like being outside. my cousin was hilarious, she was so thrilled to reel in fish after fish and there were some good sized ones, too. i was hauling them in too but just got bored with it so the guy who was working there took my rod and fished for me!! they charge you so much per pound for the whole fish, then they'll clean them for "free" if you want them to. i had a good haul, they were fresh and i enjoyed being out there so it was cool. the hilarious thing is, after cleaning, the filets ended up being about $15/pound!! only slightly outrageous but they tasted good!
- 6 months ago
I've never done that before
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- 6 months ago
Last year if only animals count, but I did not catch it my boyfriend did. I am the gardener and he is the hunter/fisher.
- 6 months ago
- 6 months ago
I don't even remember at all
- 6 months ago
Today. Yesterday. Tomorrow.
- tiescoreLv 66 months ago
The M&M I dropped that skipped off my desk and caught mid-air.... rather dexterous for an old fart.
- Common SenseLv 75 months agoReport
LOVE this answer!!
- Little Big ManLv 76 months ago
Today does a fly count?