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Group B streptococcus infection (GBS), is infection with the bacteria Streptococcus. Group B strep are bacteria found normally in the intestine, vagina, and rectal area in about 25% of all healthy women. Group B streptococcal infection can cause serious illness and sometimes death, especially in neonates, the elderly, and people with compromised immune systems.
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After returning from a great weekend at the first ever The Fresh Loaf get together just outside of Boston I ended up with some left over starters that I had brought with me. I decided to use most of the corn flour/AP starter along with some AP starter to make my next bread.
Now that Spring has arrived I wanted to get into the mood so I used some chopped tomatoes in this one along with some cilantro roasted onion olive oil, Kamut flour and Turkey Hard Red Wheat flour and some Spelt flour. I added some mashed potatoes to add some extra softness to the crumb.
I followed my normal procedure below for making the bread and I must say I was very happy with the results. You can really taste the tomatoes and the specialty olive oil I added. The nuttiness of the Kamut, Spelt and Turkey flour really combined to make a nice complex flavored bread. The crumb was nice and open for such a whole grain bread and the potatoes really did help make the crumb nice and moist.
Starter Build 1 (Corn/AP Starter)
95 grams AP Flour (KAF)
55 grams Corn Flour (Bob's Red Mill)
50 grams Seed Starter at 65% hydration (If you use a 100% hydration starter you need to adjust the water amount and flour amount to compensate)
90 grams Water at room temperature.
Mix all the above ingredients together for about 1 minute and cover with plastic wrap. Let it sit at room temperature for around 4-8 hours or until the starter has doubled. I usually do this the night before.
Starter Build 2
75 grams AP Flour
25 grams Corn Flour
75 grams Water at room temperature
Mix all the ingredients into the starter from step 1 until they are incorporated. Cover with plastic wrap and let it sit for 4-6 hours or until doubled. You can then refrigerate for up to 1 day or use in the main dough immediately. Note: You can either use all of this starter or per the recipe below use only 300 grams and combine with 125 grams of a AP starter at 65% hydration.
Main Dough Ingredients
300 grams Kamut Flour
150 grams Turkey Red Hard Wheat Flour
130 grams Whole Spelt Flour
200 grams Mashed Potatoes
130 grams Diced Tomatoes Drained (I used a can and drained very well)
18 grams Seas Salt
28 grams Cilantro, Roasted Onion Infused Olive Oil
415 grams Water
Main Dough Procedure
Mix the flours, and 365 grams of the water together in your mixer or by hand until it just starts to come together, maybe about 1 minute. Let it rest in your work bowl covered for 20-30 minutes. Next add the salt, starter (cut into about 7-8 pieces), oil, and tomatoes and mix on low for a minute. Add the rest of the water unless the dough is way too wet. Mix on low-speed for another 3 minutes. Remove the dough from your bowl and place it in a lightly oiled bowl or work surface and do several stretch and folds. Let it rest covered for 10-15 minutes and then do another stretch and fold. Let it rest another 10-15 minutes and do one additional stretch and fold. After a total of 2 hours place your covered bowl in the refrigerator and let it rest for 12 to 24 hours.
When you are ready to bake remove the bowl from the refrigerator and let it set out at room temperature still covered for 1.5 to 2 hours. Remove the dough and shape as desired. Place your dough into your proofing basket(s) and cover with a moist tea towel or plastic wrap sprayed with cooking spray. The dough will take 1.5 to 2 hours depending on your room temperature. Let the dough dictate when it is read to bake not the clock.
Around 45 minutes before ready to bake, pre-heat your oven to 500 degrees F. and prepare it for steam. I have a heavy-duty baking pan on the bottom rack of my oven with 1 baking stone on above the pan and one on the top shelf. I pour 1 cup of boiling water in the pan right after I place the dough in the oven.
Right before you are ready to put them in the oven, score as desired and then add 1 cup of boiling water to your steam pan or follow your own steam procedure.
After 1 minute lower the temperature to 450 degrees. Bake for 35-50 minutes until the crust is nice and brown and the internal temperature of the bread is 205 degrees.
Take the bread out of the oven when done and let it cool on a bakers rack before for at least 2 hours before eating.
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A while back at an event I got the opportunity to sit across from a couple of brand new investors. As I usually do, I asked them what they were investing in; they admitted that they were newbies and weren't really sure where to begin. We discussed their level of knowledge and expertise, and I found the conversation drifting away from real estate and more into the lifestyle design arenas. I started asking them about their "Big Why" – why were they wanting to leave their corporate jobs, what they wanted to do with their time, and what would make them happy.
We started putting a dollar value to that lifestyle and level of comfort. I saw their eyes get a bit wide as the reality of what they were up against hit them. I quickly reassured them that real estate was a great choice to attain the lifestyle they envisioned if they were willing to work hard and put in the hours, but how? We didn't get into too much detail on the spot, but we talked about breaking those big goals down into time frames and smaller milestones. We discussed assigning how many and what type of deals could get them to those milestones, as well as what were they comfortable doing and how their personalities would help them to achieve their goal. They made notes on what types of marketing and how many offers they would have to make each month, week, and day in order to acquire the number of properties to hit their goals.
We then went back to their "Big Why" and discussed if it was really big enough. By that, I meant to talk to them about whether their choice to pursue real estate would be big enough to get them up and out of bed every day? Big enough to push them to tackle that daily task list? Big enough to hit those smaller goals knowing that as each milestone is hit that they are that much closer to the lifestyle and freedom they want? They made some more notes, and I think they had some talking points to consider as they pursue their real estate vision.
So what is your "Big Why"? Why are you a real estate investor? Is it big enough to get you out of bed each morning with a smile on your face, ready to face the day? Is it big enough to motivate you after 3 months of busting your butt without finding the right deal? This isn't something you can come up with overnight if you haven't spent any time on it already, so let your mind wander. Dream big! Dream really big and write it down. Look at it every day and see yourself living that lifestyle. Then break down how you will get there. Get really specific, all the way down to daily tasks. Now you've put goals and milestones on paper and you have created a map showing you how to get to that big dream and lifestyle you desire.


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Bradley Cooper's teenage tennis practice. Lady Gaga's first communion. A young Scarlett Johansson decorating a Christmas tree. Ryan Reynolds goofing around with his high-school classmates. Country crooner Blake Shelton as a guitar-playing kid.
These are just a few of the before-they-were-stars photos included in Ancestry.com's U.S. School Yearbook Collection. The genealogy website recently expanded its yearbook database to include nearly 7 million images from thousands of schools in the United States.
The database is designed to provide insight into family members' school years, says Ancestry.com executive vice president Josh Hanna, "and while you're searching, you might just find a famous classmate."
Among the celebrities included in the expanded database are Jon Stewart, LeBron James, Justin Timberlake, Gwyneth Paltrow, George Clooney, Will Ferrell and Sean Penn, sporting shaggy locks like his Jeff Spicoli character from 1982's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
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After we returned from the cruise, we spent almost 2 weeks in Minnesota. I (Rachel) lived in MN for 14 years and Eric's mom grew up in MN so he has lots of family there. We enjoyed spending a lot of time with Eric's grandparents, Grammy and Papa, as well as a few cousins of both Rachel's and Eric's, aunts and uncles, and a few friends. Grammy and Papa graciously reserved an apartment for us in their retirement complex, so we even had our own space for one of those weeks (so luxurious!).
Maggie and Ben in our own apartment...Mags getting on her ballerina garb and Ben finding random toys to play with
We were able to visit my best friend from college, Cassi, and her family. They live on Forest Lake and it was a great place to visit! We went swimming, picnic-ed out on the lawn, walked to DQ, and took the pontoon boat out. Maggie even got to DRIVE the boat, a big highlight for her.
It was a great two weeks, very relaxing, and the kids enjoyed a chance to bond with their great-grandparents.
Maggie also formed a special relationship with Uncle Bill. He's an architect, and spent some time showing Maggie the finer points of block building.
Thanks to everyone for making our trip so fun! From MN, we headed out to Baltimore via Chicago and Columbus, OH. We arrived last week and will post more soon about our adventures here. Eric has been attending classes at Hopkins, and the kids and I have found lots of fun things to do during the day.


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I made these muffins initially a few weeks back and posted a post called Oh Snap! where I talk about my muffins "flopping". I forgot the spices! DUH! LOL! Well, today I had some pumpkin in the fridge that needed to be used up, so I made another attempt at the muffins. They turned out MUCH better this time! YAY!!! The taste of fall. The flavors that I love. Spices…..nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon & ginger. A picture:
Pumpkin Muffins
**Adapted from Pamela's Website
1 1/4 cups Pamela's Baking & Pancake Mix
1/4 cup water
1/3 cup honey (or 1/4 cup sugar, I used sugar)
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup pumpkin (canned)
1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional, I skipped these b/c my peeps would whine)
Brown Sugar, for topping the muffins
Yield: approximately 6 to 7 muffins
Mix all ingredients together and spoon 2/3 full into greased muffin pan (or use paper muffin cups). Top Muffins with sprinkles of brown sugar. Bake in preheated 350º oven for 18 to 20 minutes
YUM!! Now that I know it is good, I will be doubling this recipe from now on. I wasn't into wasting ingredients if they weren't any good.
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I have a few irons in the fire that should result in some interesting posts here in the near future, couple of interviews (questions have been sent out), couple or three book previews.
Just to tide you over, here's a CWPT interview with Eric Weider (left), who owns the two magazines for which I write. Since he signs my checks, or at least pays whoever it is that signs my checks, I guess he's on topic, even if we've never met and he has no idea who I am.


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The new mantra is green footprint and killer tomatoes. So maybe it's time to think about growing a vegetable garden ... again.
The new mantra is green footprint and killer tomatoes. So maybe it's time to think about growing a vegetable garden ... again.
Vegetable gardens are hardly a new idea. Everyone had one during World War II — Victory Gardens, they were called. And many folks have always grown vegetables.
Allotment gardens on public land have long been popular in Europe, filled with vegetables, flowers and small rustic cabins. A place to escape the crowded city and breath fresh air.Downtown Boston has many allotment gardens.
Even Belmont, Mass., has one. On the Conservation Land off Mill Street, 110 gardeners grow food, 40 more folks than last year. (But that's for another article.)
Anyone can grow food. It's easy. However, one has to know all the ins and outs of agriculture ... which is not so easy and which takes a long time to learn. But between starting and becoming a sophisticated backyard gardener, there is still always a harvest.What to plant now
It's really too late in midsummer to start so maybe be content with some tomatoes in big pots. Stake them. Fertilize with 10-10-10 or tomato fertilizer. Go easy on the compost because its nitrogen may produce more leaves than fruits. Flick (very, very gently) the tiny blossoms to get better fruit set. Water in the morning. Wet leaves at nightfall induce fungus.
Perhaps plant a big pot of herbs, especially basil, to go with the tomatoes. Buy the plants because herb seed germinates slowly. In mid-August, you can plant a fall crop of greens (leaf lettuce, mesclun, arugula, spinach).Plan for next year
Pick a spot with four to six hours of sun. The more the better. Enrich it with compost the old English way. Dig a hole 12 inches deep. Put kitchen vegetable trimmings in the bottom (Absolutely no fat, not meat, no fish). Dig a hole next to it, and use that dirt to fill the first hole. Leave the second hole ready for the next day's kitchen trimmings.
Repeat and continue all summer. By next spring, the whole row will be well composted and ready to plant in April. You can do the same using weeds and leaves, but no grass with chemicals.Think about shrubs
Blueberry bushes are beautiful, very productive and low maintenance. But they're big — more than 6 feet tall and wide. Plant at least two varieties. (Necessary for cross-pollination.) They like sun and prefer acid soil. You may have a perfect spot for them next spring.For now, buy local
If you don't grow, at least buy local to lessen your green footprint. I always buy local because I know it's grown according to U.S. agriculture regulations, it's fresh, and it's clean. If I can't get local, I first try to buy U.S. produced crops, then Holland, Israel and northern Europe, because I trust their use of pesticides and their sanitation (This is an opinion, not a scientific fact).It's strawberry season
Right now, it's strawberry season and there is nothing like fresh strawberries, picked ripe. I've grown them, but between the animals and the mulching and planting the runners for next year, the picking and the bending, I'd rather let a local farm do it. I buy a lot in their short season.
To preserve the goodness, consider cutting them in half, adding a little sugar and lemon and freezing them. Though they thaw mushy, they taste like comfort food in the dead of winter. Why do I freeze seasonal produce? My grandmother's canned tomatoes exploded in our basement, speckling the walls and ceiling with red, non-objective, modern art. It sounded like gunshots. Now that's killer tomato bacteria for ya.
Ruth S. Foster is a landscape consultant and arborist. More gardening information can be found on her Web site: www.mothersgarden.net.


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Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio writes a letter of congratulations to Representatives McGovern and Hultgren to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and the commitment to elevate the protection of human rights overseas.
Prevent Systematic Violence Against Religious and Ethnic Minorities
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Quote from: mjrpgfan on February 05, 2012, 10:23:35 PMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au7EiZIyPg8Dammit. Looks like there's no squads or even partners. So much for being able to put together a team of Tesujin 28, Shin Mazinger, and either Aquarion or Big O (whichever comes first) for maximum fist flinging action. And so many people, so few deployment spots. :negative:That said, hot damn at Busted Exia and Vespa Yoko; I hope we can keep them around for hilarity's sake. Put them into a squad with either Boss Borot, a Scope Dog, or have them hang out with Lulu and....:negative:
Courtesy of animesuki forums http://i.pic.to/lite/7q25r it seems the first prologue mission invest the playablilty of code geass season 1 finalePrologue 1: Black RebellionPrologue 2: Gundam (something) [looks like something like "Destruction Order"; probably 00, since the Ptolemy needs to get sacked]Prologue 3: (can't see, but I'd swear it's "Last day of the World" i.e. Getter Armageddon)Stage 1: Fighting GirlStage 2: Runaway (something)Stage 3: The Messenger(?) of the Sun: Tetsujin 28Then bloody 4 way branch.
With the higher res scans I can actually see what the words are. The third route split is not China, but Middle East. I'm going to summarise each chapter from the scans, so if you don't want to be spoiled then ignore the walls of text at the end of this post.Prologue 1: Black RebellionPrologue 2: Gundam Destruction OrderPrologue 3: The Last Day of EarthStage 1: Fighting GirlStage 2: EscapeeStage 3: Messenger of the Sun, Tetsujin 28Japan 4: Takeo General Company Battle ChroniclesJapan 5: The Melancholy of Public Relations Division 2Space 4: Second ComingSpace 5: Twinkle StarMiddle East 4: Bewildered WarriorsMiddle East 5: OZ and A-lawsKummen 4: Assemble EX-10Kummen 5: MaelstromFulfilling specific objectives in each of the three prologue stages will determine the difficulty level of the game. There are no SR Points in the prologue stages.Esther's Brasta Es is a prototype of the mass production Brasta. It is highly capable, all-rounded and has the ability to repair.Chapter summaries start here:The first real chapter takes place 1 year after Z2-1, and 1 month after the formation of the Earth Federation from the three major power blocs. With the death of Gaiou, it seems that the Dimensional Monsters have become weaker. However, freed from the control of the Imperium, the DMs have gone berserk. Gundam Deathscythe and Gundam Sandrock join in this stage.In the second stage, you learn that the Earth Federation is corrupt hurr durr. Also Kallen joins with the Guren Mk-II equipped with the first type arm after the events at the end of Geass S1 that wrecks the original arm. C.C. also joins in a Burai.In the third stage, they travel of Singapore by Kallen's request. There they meet Ranka who is on vacation and Alto and Luca who are her bodyguards. Also Tetsujin 28. You get the RVF-27 Lucifer (Luca), VF25-F Messiah (Alto) and Brera in his VF-27gamma Lucifer join for a bit. Tetsujin's got no weapons and is a pure melee robot. At the end of stage 3, you get two route splits. First option is to choose between sending Kallen and her group (the Geass and Wing characters) off and going with them. After the intermission, you get the second split. If you decide to send Kallen off, you get to choose between staying on Earth and joining up with the Crusher Squad or going into space and regrouping with S.M.S. If you decide to go with Kallen, then this opens up the Middle East and Kummen routes.Japan route (with Tetsujin)Chapter 4. Turns out Watta is Shotaro's classmate. What a coincidence. Kappei is employed in Takeo General Company. I think some Tetsujin plot happens here. Some robot mafia tries to rob our Takeo General Company and of course fails spectacularly. Garrod in the DX, Gainer and Sara in her Panzer join here. That's because they're employed in Takeo General Company too.Chapter 5. Turns out Saeki has replaced Shirota as tactical advisor for Public Relations Division 2. Then, Heterodyne. Great Knot Punisher's under maintenance, how convenient! Dai-Guard obviously joins in this stage.Space route (with Frontier units)Chapter 4. Esther doesn't like Alto because he's got girl issues. They run into Vajra. Esther and Alto get rid of their issues after each's words and actions on the battlefield. Also Aquarion is with S.M.S. and on this stage the pilots are Apollo, Pierre and Reika. The other two members of Skull Squadron and the Macross Quarter join up.Chapter 5. Sheryl and Ranka are involved in a collaboration called "Twinkle Project". They drag Alto out to shop. Then a terrorist attack happens and they get kidnapped. In the chaos, there is Setsuna F. Seiei. The Koenig Monster and Queadluun-Rea join up, together with the Exia Repair.Middle East route (with Wing units)Chapter 4. We head to Azadistan, where the Colony Gundams have been spotted. A-Laws forces disguised as terrorists come. It's an excuse for them to conduct an armed intervention in Azadistan. Knowing this, Heero and Trowa come out from the circus tents they were hiding in, Heero in the Leo and Trowa in the Heavyarms.Chapter 5. Quattro, Kamille and Shinn are under Zechs' squad. Treize is moving alone. This is a trap to lure Duo and the other Gundams out. They enter the trap knowingly. Apparently Wufei hates Treize.Kummen route (with Geass units)Chapter 4. The people from Astranagius have founded a new country on earth - the Kingdom of Kummen. Kallen and gang go to Kummen to make money for the Resistance. There they meet Chirico and Gotho. Chirico's Marshydog, Potaria, Kidera and Kan Yu's Diving Beetles and Ru Shako's Berserga join this stage.Chapter 5. Chirico is convinced Fyana is in the blue AT. Then, DMs appear near the base. While they're wrecking the DMs, the Veela guerillas surround the party. To confirm the identity of the blue AT's pilot, Chirico takes some unusual measures. Also, Kallen is made to wear a bunny suit and work in Club Phantom. Also, special bunny suit cut-in for this stage. No new units /quote]join.[.
Don't get too attached to Ester as she winds up ditching for about a third of the game (though she does come back near the end). At the very least it sounds a lot more optimistic then what apparently happens to Setsuko over the course of the game (par for the course at this point), but I currently lack the specifics as to what this entails. And for those who were waiting to see Gurren Lagan's finale's over the topness are bound for disappointvile (the best you're getting is a anti-GL unit that you free Nia from; no ArchGL or galactic shurikens).


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I received this letter, "We live in Killingworth and my son is doing a history project. I have had a hard time finding some of the cemeteries in town. I am wondering if I can use the image I found on Google images of the Stone House Cemetery that you took. He would be putting it on a poster board that will be displayed in the elementary school til the end of the year." I wrote Mary back, gave permission for her son to use my image, and told her exactly where the cemetery was, across the street from a fire station. I also asked if she could take a photo of the Killingworth sign.
In reply, she wrote, "So I found out from talking to people that there are 2 working fire stations in town. I had no idea and have lived here for 9 years. The one you are talking about isn't the one I was thinking of. Learn something new everyday! Mary Frances Studzinski" I loved this exchange, and of course the moral is, if you are nice to a person, they will probably be nice to you. Thanks Mary for the Killingworth sign photo. This is a town of many of my ancestors. See HERE.


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Interesting discussion on the merits of adding detail vs a simplistic build. Truth be told big grey walls are by far the more realistic representation of medieval towns walls, castle walls etc so over doing detail on walls for me is something I really try to avoid.
Don't get me wrong I think people have created fantastic creations with huge details but in real life castle walls and city walls were sparse enough and as such walls with huge detail and extravagant features are not really an accurate representation of what a castle would look like in the real world
Trim Castle in my native Ireland being a prime example
But then again lego is about building and being creative... but I would never say a big grey wall is a bad thing as to be honest it is more real than a mad creative wall


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For quite a while, I've been on a quest for a recipe for pizza dough that will yield a thin and crispy pizza crust. I realize that the recipe is only half the solution, and the other half is the technique and preparation. I haven't been able to achieve a crispy crust without baking the pizza directly on my pizza stone, but even then, haven't been completely happy with the outcome of the many recipes I've tried.
When we made our curry dinner a few weekends ago, and I finally discovered and mastered a wonderful recipe for Naan, I wondered how that exact recipe would work for pizza crust.
I decided to find out.
Making my own homemade pizza dough isn't absolutely essential - I got by just fine for years using the Boboli pizza crusts. But making my own just makes me feel good. It's a way of making a traditionally unhealthy and heavy meal into something that can actually be good for you while still satisfying a pizza craving.
Margherita Pizza is so light with just a few simple ingredients, and it became my experiment for using naan dough as pizza crust. Since we had cooked each side of the naan in a skillet, I wanted to do something similar with our pizza stone, to make sure the crust was crisp all the way through. So I placed the very thin circle of dough on a preheated pizza stone for just two minutes. Then, working quickly to not cool the pizza stone down, took it out of the oven. I flipped the dough over so the other side could get crispy against the stone, added the toppings on the already cooked side, and placed it all back into the oven just long enough to melt the cheese and heat the toppings.
And it was really, really good. A very thin, crispy and flavorful crust, topped with some of my favorite ingredients - tomatoes, basil and mozzarella. You all know how I love caprese salad.
A few weeks before that, we had made a Greek-inspired pizza, with tomatoes, artichoke hearts and olives, and while I wasn't in love with the crust on that recipe as that was before I discovered the recipe for naan, I did love all the veggie toppings and Greek flavors.
I'd love to hear all of your preferences for thin, crispy crust, vs chewy, deep dish crust, and if you've discovered any tips or tricks to achieve what you think is the perfect crust?
Thin and Crispy Naan Pizza Dough
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- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon dry active yeast
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup plain non-fat Greek yogurt
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons fresh, chopped parsley.
In a bowl, whisk together 1 cup of flour, baking powder, yeast and salt. Stir in the yogurt with a spoon until moistened. Turn mixture out onto a floured surface. Sprinkle the garlic and parsley over the dough, then knead the dough for 5 minutes, adding the additional 1/4 cup of flour as needed, until the dough is smooth and elastic. Shape dough into a ball, then place in a lightly oiled bowl, covered with a towel, to rest for about an hour.
Note: because the yeast is not proofed with warm water, the dough doesn't rise (this is a flat bread, after all). The yeast simply adds a nice chewy texture to the crisp pizza crust.
Yields 1 thin pizza crust.
WW Points Plus Value: 12 points for the whole recipe
Recipe adapted from Food.com.
Margherita Pizza
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- 1 recipe Naan Pizza Dough, or an unbaked thin pizza crust
- 2 ripe tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- handful of fresh basil leaves, torn
- 3/4 cup grated or sliced mozzarella
Place a pizza stone in the oven. Preheat the oven as hot as it will go (our heats up to 550). Roll out the pizza dough very thin, to 12 inches in diameter, or as large as your pizza stone. Dice the tomatoes and toss with the olive oil and salt.
When the oven has preheated for 15-20 minutes, place the pizza dough on the pizza stone. Bake for 2 minutes. Take the pizza stone out of the oven and set on a wire rack on the stove, or a heat-proof surface. Flip the dough over. Top the dough with the tomatoes (drain off any excess juice), oregano, basil and mozzarella. If you like, you can brush the edges of the dough with a little more olive oil. Return the pizza stone to the oven and bake for 4-5 minutes until crispy and golden brown - the oven is very hot, so keep an eye on the pizza so it doesn't burn. Slice and enjoy!
Yields 8 slices (2-4 servings).
WW Points Plus Value: 6 points for 2 slices
Recipe from Curly Girl Kitchen
Greek-Inspired Pizza
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- 1 unbaked pizza crust, store-bought or your favorite homemade recipe
- 2 ripe tomatoes, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon Greek seasoning (combination of chili flakes, garlic, lemon peel, dill, oregano, cinnamon, mace, spearmint and chervil)
- 4 baby bella mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 1 shallot, thinly sliced
- 1 can (14 ounces) artichoke hearts,sliced in half
- 1/2 cup pitted assorted Greek olives, chopped or sliced
- 1/4 cup roasted tomatoes, chopped (from the grocery store olive bar)
- 1 roasted red bell pepper, chopped (from the grocery store olive bar)
- 8-10 fresh basil leaves, chopped
- 1 1/2 cups grated part-skim mozzarella cheese
Preheat the oven to 550. Press the pizza dough into a greased baking sheet or pizza pan.
Lay the tomato slices on the crust, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with the salt and Greek seasoning. Distribute the rest of the ingredients over the pizza, ending with the cheese.
Bake for 5-7 minutes, until the cheese is golden and bubbly. Slice and enjoy!
Yields 5 servings.
WW Points Plus Value: 10 points per serving / 3 slices (baked in a rectangular baking sheet, cut into 15 pieces, for 5 servings of 3 pieces each)
Recipe from Curly Girl Kitchen


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Hi there, I live in a small village in the north of Sweden. I have been addicted to scrapbooking for more than 9 years by now. I love that it makes me think and reflect about things that has happened to me and my family. And for me it is a way of relaxing after a hard days work as an Intensive Care Nurse.
At first when I found scrapbooking to be my new hobby, it was the colored and patterned papers that drew my attention. Then I started loving layering, and now I´m a complete mess.... I love playing around with gesso, paint and different spray inks/mists. I make layers using the different mediums and papers, journaling cards, stamps and all kinds of different embellishments. Even though I mess up my pages, I try to have some sort of structure to it all.
I currently design for Linnie Blooms, the Color Room, Scrap & Music and the online magazine Allt om Scrap. Since I always look for new exciting creative challenges this Guest Designer spot really got my creative mood up!
Hope you find my work inspiring and take time to stop by my blog: http://gulavillanivallen.blogspot.com
Here is Marie's gorgeous interpretation of our inspiration this month - a stunning mixed media canvas using lots of texture and paint and ink techniques.
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Paul Joseph Watson
February 11, 2013
The White House continues to struggle to get its fairytale straight. The Navy SEAL who claims he shot Bin Laden says the terror leader did use his "wife" as a human shield, despite the White House acknowledging that the woman was not Osama's wife and was not used by him as a human shield.
RELATED: 'I could see his brains spilling out..I watched him take his last breath': Navy SEAL describes moment he shot bin Laden three times in head before zip-tying his screaming wife to her bed – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2276972/Navy-SEAL-describes-moment-shot-Osama-bin-Laden-3-times-head.html#axzz2KaOIXlm6
RELATED: WHITE HOUSE SAYS OBL DID NOT USE HIS WIFE AS HUMAN SHIELD – http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2011/05/02/white-house-osama-used-his-wife-as-human-shield/
RELATED: Osama bin Laden 'was not armed and did not use wife as human shield' – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8489658/Osama-bin-Laden-was-not-armed-and-did-not-use-wife-as-human-shield.html
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Margot Robbie tipped to be Tarzan's Jane
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Margot Robbie is said to be in negotiations to play Jane in the upcoming 'Tarzan' movie alongside Alexander Skarsgård
Margot Robbie is in talks to play Jane in the new 'Tarzan' movie.
The actress recently shot to fame as Leonardo DiCaprio's seductress in Oscar-nominated film 'The Wolf of Wall Street' and is now being tipped to play Tarzan's love interest in the upcoming blockbuster based on the novels by Edgar Rice, reports TheWrap.com.
The big-budget Warner Bros. film will be directed by David Yates, who directed the final two 'Harry Potter' films.
If Robbie is cast she will be starring alongside 'True Blood' heartthrob Alexander Skarsgård, who is confirmed for the title role, and will be supported by 'Django Unchained' actors Christoph Waltz and Samuel L. Jackson.
The Australian beauty - whose first acting jobs were on 'Neighbours' and cancelled TV period drama 'Pan Am' - has also landed the lead role in 'Z for Zachariah', replacing Amanda Seyfried, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She will star alongside 'Star Trek' hunk Chris Pine and Chiwetel Ejiofor, who is currently being celebrated for his performance in '12 Years a Slave.'
Robbie has signed on to play a small-town girl who survives a nuclear war in the film, which will be directed by Chris Zobel and is an adaptation of a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Robert C. O'Brien.
The actress will next be seen in con movie 'Focus' with Will Smith.


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Man oh man. The first 3 waves of '07 in the 30 AC look like possibly 3 of the best waves ever.
Luke Skywalker (McQuarrie) (could be Tatooine Luke and rumored McQ Chewie is also in this wave)
This sounds very nice, except of course for the Vader. God, another Vader? Why not use his spot for a VOTC Stormtrooper or an Evolutions Sandtrooper?
Sounds like a good wave. Anyone want to provide pics of Miyoon and Elis? I have no idea who they are.
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Just venting.
While innocently reading the news this morning I was confronted with utter stupidity. Gary Kamiya, who isn't normally a total idiot, wrote this article in salon.com about how Obama is improving race relations by not talking about them. Hmm, I thought, and went to check it out. With an open mind.
Pretty early I realized that this article was fairly stupid, but, completist that I am, I read it to the bitter end.
Here's the article in a nutshell, in this particularly infuriating and ignorant and just utterly self-centered paragraph:
By not talking about race, by just being who he is, Obama may be helping Americans move away from racial self-consciousness, at least on an interpersonal level, and toward a meritocratic ethos in which their abilities matter more than the color of their skin. Obama's America feels more like a sports team than a diversity training session. No one cares if a linebacker is black or white: He just has to be able to play. It's the same with Obama and his team. Most of the time, who even remembers that Obama is black
geez. black people, i'm guessing? and other people who are proud of this symbolic victory over racism? and racists, of course.


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SUNY Canton Grounds Supervisor Lauded by College CouncilWednesday, May 30th, 2007
Grounds Supervisor Stanley Wilson received the 2007 Employee Recognition Award presented by the SUNY Canton College Council.
Wilson is a "hands-on" leader who takes pride in his job and the appearance of SUNY Canton.
Wilson oversees the mowing, cuts, pruning, planting, trimming, plowing, and sanding on campus. Under his supervision, the college is not only kept safe, but also beautiful.
"Stan is quick to point out that his staff deserves credit for the campus' appearance," said SUNY Canton President Joseph L. Kennedy. "He isn't afraid to roll up his sleeves and work hard right along with them."
Wilson started in 1984 as a cleaner and was promoted to janitor in 1988, transferred to grounds in 1990, was a highway equipment operator in 1994, and senior grounds worker in 2000, and has been in his current position in 2002.
He recently played a key role in ensuring the success of events such as the Regan Flag Station dedication and the college's outdoor commencement ceremony.


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Since joining BCG in 2000, Rob has worked with clients across a range of industries, with a focus on consumer goods and retail.
He is also a member of BCG's Gamma team, which creates competitive advantages for organizations by unleashing the power of signals hidden deep within large and complex data sets. BCG's Gamma team conceptualizes, builds, and deploys advanced analytic solutions that can transform the trajectories of organizations in 12 to 24 months.
Before joining BCG, Rob worked at Deloitte Consulting.


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Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette was born on September 6, 1757, in Chavaniac, France, to an aristocratic family. He was orphaned young and inherited a fortune and the title of marquis from his maternal grandfather. He was educated in Paris and was associated with powerful noble families. In 1774 he married Adrienne de Noailles. They had three children, including his only son, George Washington Lafayette.
In 1777, attracted to the ideals of the America Revolution, Lafayette bought a ship and sailed for America. He had contracted with the American commissioner to France to be a major general in the Continental army, but on reaching Philadelphia found his commission invalid. He volunteered on George Washington's staff and quickly became close friends with the general. Congress later approved Lafayette's commission in July 1777.
Major General Lafayette was wounded in the leg at the Battle of Brandywine in September 1777, and soon after was given command of a division of Virginians. Lafayette returned to France in 1779 for leave, but was back in America in 1780. In the months leading up to the Battle of Yorktown in October 1781, Lafayette commanded the Continental army in Virginia.
After the American Revolutionary War, Lafayette continued to support the ideals of democracy in France. He visited the United States in 1784 for five months, touring and being feted in ten states. He participated in the French Revolutions of 1789 and 1830, served repeatedly in France's National Assembly, and was commander of the Paris National Guard. In 1790, after titles of nobility were abolished in France, Lafayette never again used his own. During the French War with Austria and Prussia, from 1792 he spent five years in an Austrian prison. Lafayette opposed Napoleon's regime and supported a constitutional monarchy as the best government for France, yet he always held America as the example for a free and flourishing society. Between 1824 and 1825, Lafayette made another return visit to the United States, where he was honored by tribute parades and dinners. Lafayette died at Chateau La Grange, his estate near Paris, on May 20, 1834.
Suggested Reading:
Kramer, L. S. Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of Revolution. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996.


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The entrenched notion of Public Debt in America – will take a gestalt shift to overcome!
A seeding–prose for Collaboration
On the US Treasury department website, there is a service called: http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/
It's job, as stated,
You haven't heard of the Bureau of the Public Debt before? We're a small agency within the Department of the Treasury. Our customers are your neighbors, co-workers, and most likely you, too. You're our customer if you've ever bought any type of Treasury security for yourself or, as millions have done in the case of savings bonds, as a gift for someone else.
Our job is to borrow the money needed to operate the federal government and to account for the resulting debt. In a nutshell, we borrow by selling Treasury bills, notes, and bonds, as well as U.S. Savings Bonds; we pay interest to investors; and, when the time comes to pay back the loans, we redeem investors' securities. Every time we borrow or pay back money, it affects the outstanding debt of the United States.
The second para is blatantly interesting as it is quintessentially axiomatic: "Our job is to borrow the money needed to operate the federal government and to account for the resulting debt."
On the same home page, is also this axiomatic quote from Alexander Hamilton, the father of private central banking in the newly independent former colonies, the Bank of North America, followed by the First Bank of the United States when he was the Secretary of the Treasury: "The United States debt, foreign and domestic, was the price of liberty."
So – the coupling between the federal government's Treasury department, and private central banking, is as old as America. It is irrefutably captured in that quote of Hamilton. Despite the occasional bouts of heroism by presidents like Andrew Jackson "You are a den of vipers. I intend to rout you out, and by God, I will rout you out.", and after killing the Second Bank of the United States, "I killed the bank", for the brief respite of 77 years until 1913, it has become such an axiom that today, generations later, a federal government department is created to monitor the size of that debt. Well, clicking the correct combination of links on the home page, I ended up here:
One of our primary responsibilities is to account for the U.S. public debt. We update this number daily at TreasuryDirect.gov
And clicking that green box brought up this oft repeated shocking number, which hitherto, I had often heard mentioned, but didn't know where that number came from, or who tracked it. Well, there is a department at the US Treasury very proudly keeping track of it – apparently bigger that number, greater the benefit to the nation, purchasing her more 'freedom' as per Hamilton's axiom, and as per their own excitement: "The strategic plan for Public Debt sets an exciting and challenging course that is filled with promise"
( Debt Held by the Public vs. Intragovernmental Holdings )
Debt Held by the Public
Intragovernmental Holdings
Total Public Debt Outstanding
And one can read about their "promise" in their 30 year strategic plan, of which the next 5-year snapshot – "This is Public Debt's strategic plan for fiscal years (FY) 2009 through 2014." – can be found at: Bureau of the Public Debt Strategic Plan 2009-2014 (PDF, 4MB).
So surely all of you know all this – why am I rehearsing it here?
It is to point out that any monetary reform attempt, away from this deeply entrenched axiom of Hamilton's, is likely going to be tantamount to a Galilean gestalt shift.
Just to ponder the mammoth implication of that is sobering. What I cite above is so empirically entrenched that even Nobel Prize winners don't question the axiom of private central banking, and more importantly, "money as debt", and you can observe that of both Milton Friedman and Paul Krugman. While they may critique the Fed, they will not critique the underlying axiom. And one can also observe that in the nationalization of the Bank of England, as in the nationalization of the Fed that is happening before one's eyes. The key axiom, money as debt, now exists in the entire western world, and controls international finance.
Furthermore, as cited elsewhere, Thomas Edison's commonsensical statements of 1921 regarding Henry Ford's Muscle Shoals project proposal reported in the New York Times, receiving absolutely no consideration by any of the entrenched monetarists, shows me that monetary reformers have to ab initio re-think implementation architectures.
This is the single most important point that Project Humanbeingsfirst is humbly attempting to drive home among would be 'revolutionaries'. Some of the realistic challenges in effectively overthrowing an entrenched system that is maintained by power-wielders who overwhelmingly control the triumvirate of political, social, and financial agendas, is discussed in Project Humanbeingsfirst's reality-check essay: "Monetary Reform: Who will bell the cat?". And this letter highlights the additional challenge of overcoming an entrenched worldview so ingrained in the myopic consciousness of an entire generation, that even its axioms remain unexamined by its highest lauded thinkers. I refuse to accept the un-stated premise among some, that the US Treasury department is run by morons, just as I refuse to accept the premise that Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, and Dr. Ben Bernanke the Fed Chairman, both MIT alums with Ph.D. in economics (1977, 1979), holding prestigious chairs at imperial Princeton, are morons. A worldview so entrenched, and a un-hidden power so pervasive which nurtures this worldview in pernicious ways that only become apparent a hundred years later, as Mr. Norman Dodd revealed to Mr. Griffin for instance, is the nemesis, not peoples. I use the singular advisedly, because indeed, the root nemesis is mainly one.
And I feel that among all of you, it is Mr. G. Edward Griffin who seems to have hit on the principle modus operandi that might surely be effective. If the existing power-brokers and their aficionados in this present generation cannot be converted to the non-flat-earth-society view, and they really can't – this is my conclusion too – one must endeavor to create a new generation, and propel them in various positions of power and public opinion, ab initio. It is like my son quoted this Chinese proverb in one of his speeches at his school, "a society in which wise men plant trees under whose shade they will never have the opportunity to sit, cannot go astray."
So then, the question arises, given that it is only the long term in which any benefit will be derived, how to pursue that path effectively over time and space in which we ourselves may not exist, but the forces we might unleash must? Where will these "wise men" come from who might fund such long term vision? For without funding, vision will remain mere hallucinations.
This letter, sent to some monetary reform thinkers on October 29, 2008, with minor edits, is being made a humble seeding–prose for new peoples wishing to come aboard this train to quickly come up to speed as to what the overarching challenges really are. Those wishing to acquire a historical perspective may refer to the excellent video "Money Masters". Those wishing to acquire a basic understanding of "money as debt", may watch the video by that name. And those wishing to get a more quantitative handle on how the Federal Reserve System actually works, may see the booklet issued by the Chicago Fed, "Modern Money Mechanics". The Urls are noted below. It is essential that good intentioned peoples, experts and novice alike, from all fields of endeavors including doctors, lawyers, scientists, financiers, engineers, politicians, and journalists, to name only a few – invariably bringing different perceptions and expertise level to the fray – are quickly able to come up to a common set of "initial conditions" before they start imposing their own "boundary conditions" and "solution-sets" upon everyone else. I apologize for the geek-speak, but I use it to delineate my own background as an engineer in a former life, and while the geek-speak is mainly MIT lingo, all can surely understand what it means.
The challenges are formidable, and can easily transcend any one individual's ideas, expertise, and capacity – unless one happens to be a David Rockefeller or a Rothschild and can put down a $100 million per year for the fulfillment of one's dream. When one is not that, then, in order to build an evolving consensus towards what is rational, and simultaneously drive it politically forward amidst real-world challenges of entrenched big money and entrenched big political power, surely requires there be few prima-donnas, but rather, that real leadership of thought and of peoples is allowed to emerge. Such will naturally emerge – as I am sure most have witnessed time and again in open collaborative group settings – not by force of assertion, but by natural inspiring of confidence. We must endeavor to create a framework where all these things can happen – keeping in mind the Chinese wisdom that my young teenager reminded all the parents one day in his school speech. I must rehearse it once more because it not only underscores the oft neglected blatantly obvious wisdom, but also the practicable reality-space: "a society in which wise men plant trees under whose shade they will never have the opportunity to sit, cannot go astray."
The place to begin is surely by getting some financiers aboard who can seed-fund some of these visions for kickoff. I wrote a letter to one such financier who had expressed an interest in long term philanthropy. And the first thing I would wish to do is to get all the relevant peoples together to permit each one to exhaust themselves talking, so that we can all begin listening.
Zahir Ebrahim
Project Humanbeingsfirst.org
Please redistribute freely.
[1] URL for this seeding–prose for collaboration http://print-humanbeingsfirst.blogspot.com/2008/10/monetary-reform-seeding-prose.html
[2] Monetary Reform: Who will bell the cat? http://humanbeingsfirst.blogspot.com/2008/10/monetary-reform-who-will-bell-thecat.html
[3] Money Masters video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-515319560256183936
[4] Money as Debt video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9050474362583451279
[5] Modern Money Mechanics booklet: http://landru.myhome.net/monques/mmm2.html
[6] A detailed bibliography of monetary reform topics, to be kept up to date, is forthcoming at http://print-humanbeingsfirst.blogspot.com/2008/10/monetary-reform-bibliography.html
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What is a sandbox?
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One of its biggest problems is that in order for it to be at all effective, all files used in the boot process up until the securelevel is set must be protected. If an attacker can get the system to execute their code prior to the securelevel being set (which happens quite late in the boot process since some things the system must do at start-up cannot be done at an elevated securelevel), its protections are invalidated. While this task of protecting all files used in the boot process is not technically impossible, if it is achieved, system maintenance will become a nightmare since one would have to take the system down, at least to single-user mode, to modify a configuration file.
This point and others are often discussed on the mailing lists, particularly the FreeBSD security mailing list. Please search the archives here for an extensive discussion. A more fine-grained mechanism is preferred.
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QUINCY, Mass. | A doughnut shop chain won't be selling doughnuts at a new Massachusetts location.
Quincy's licensing board this week approved a plan for Honey Dew Donuts to open a shop inside the city's new $30 million YMCA.
A spokeswoman for the Y tells The Patriot Ledger that because of the organization's emphasis on physical fitness, no doughnuts will be sold. The shop will sell coffee, low-fat muffins, salads, sandwiches, yogurt, fruit cups and smoothies. All menu items must be approved by the Y.
According to Honey Dew's website, its low-fat muffins contain more calories and sugar than many of its doughnuts.


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Burma's Bloody GemsMarch 11, 2008 at 7:08 am | Posted in Burma, China, deforestation, democracy, forest, hardwood, India's double standards, Indian foreign policy, individual freedom, individual rights, injustice, junta, MNC, MNC nexus, MNCs, Myanmar, tree | Leave a comment
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Myanmar – India supports the Junta's Freedom to LootSeptember 29, 2007 at 5:08 am | Posted in british empire, Burma, China, democracy, forest department, India's double standards, Indian foreign policy, junta, JV, MNC, multinational corporartion, Myanmar, Name and Shame, subversion | 2 Comments
The world has already expressed its disgust at the criminal actions of the military Junta in Myanmar. There are just two things that I would like to stress:
India's voice has been silent. Why? What is the vested interest that shuts our mouth, or is it that our government actually secretly approves of the actions of the "Generals"?
As an immediate neighbor to Myanmar, one would think that we would be the first to express our dismay, but nowadays many 'immediate neighbors' are complicit by their silence; take South Africa and Zambia for example, and how they have chosen to 'deal' with Zimbabwe. India is proving to be a similarly adept tightrope walker.
Our Indian Junta does not believe in principles any more. The shock of the interim success of the religiously fundamentalist BJP seems to have stripped all of the remaining ideals from todays so-called leadership. The long-term game is to remain in power and in order to do that they feel the need for support and encouragement from other morally bankrupt (but rich) democratic allies. One can see that a certain world power is counting on inciting India to act as a bulwark against the ultimate ascendancy of the growing economic might of China. That particular power in turn unhesitatingly subverts the remaining principles of their chosen allies by the simple expedient of financing whomsoever will 'toe its line'.
Western talk of promoting democracy has proved to be cheap. Belief in the benefits of true democracy have altogether disappeared. The result is seen here as India had backed away from doing anything about Tibet, and then 'on request' did the dirty to our long-time allies the Iranians, so too now will we sell the Myanmarese peoples to the highest bidder.
Both India and Burma (Myanmar) are ex-colonies of Great Britain! The British understood globalisation, and Realpolitik long before anyone else. They had to to be able to maintain a dominance, an empire for over two whole centuries, on which the sun never did set! At the same time the Brits have been busy writing histories of how selflessly they used their empire to educate and develop an uncivilised world. Our Indian leaders have learned too well at the feet of their former masters.
The unholy alliance of a China along with a subverted democracy, both joining in in the shenanigans of the key MNCs ensures the continuance of the military regime in Myanmar. This is my second point. The survival of the military junta is because they are tremendously rich. These riches fund the control of the army that then backs up completely the Junta's undemocratic hegemony.
The money in the case of Myanmar, comes mainly from timber, oil, gas, opium, and mining. All of the timber, oil, and mineral wealth is harvested from the vast pristine tropical wilderness by multinational corporations (MNCs) whose activity is known and approved of by the nations that host and spawn these Money alone is God behemoths. The facts are not even denied; it is called progress, development and globalisation. Shamelessly such MNCs continue to operate without any controls, raping the lands and forests and simultaneously doing all in their power to ensure the continuance and enrichment of the 'oh so cooperative' golden-egg-laying-gooses of a Junta. The nations that spawn such monstrosities as these MNCs are the very ones that also piously speak of promoting democracy!
"The majority of investment in oil and gas was made by multinational companies from France, United States and United Kingdom in entering joint venture projects with the state-owned Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE)"
India and China in different ways are great supporters of today's Myanmar, and even rivals for influence there, though there is little question that China's economic influence does dominate.. India has its stake more as the key cutout and staging point for any MNC that wants to get round the 'minor sanctions' and the 'muted murmurs of disapproval' that are occasionally felt from Europe and America.
Myanmar is one nation where there is no need for any mafia. The looting and environmental destruction are legal! But MNCs prefer the anonymity of JVs and offshoring their activities through 'friendlies' like India.
It is also a little-recognised fact that the vast British empire was built on wood from Africa and Asia. In all former colonies one will find that some of the oldest surviving government departments are the FDs (Forest Departments) and that the systematic rape of third world forests was almost the first thing that the colonial British actually did to their colonies. While wood is still a very major money spinner, the future clearly lies in the oil and gas reserves. India and China in their unholy partnerships with the MNCs have their eyes and policies firmly fixed on all that gas and quite some oil reserves too.
- India's double standards and their hidden activity as proxies to 'higher' powers needs to be recognised and CONDEMNED.
- The MNCs that are actually doing the damage but who have remained faceless need to be NAMED and SHAMED.
We Indians have been witness to the insidious but definite shift in our own nation's foreign policies as it increasingly leans towards outright doing whatever the richest of nations want. The Indian activity is mediated (dare we suspect 'funded'?) by these same nations and their MNCs i.e. the very ones who are consistently exploiting Myanmar (and wherever else the opportunity to act without any controls makes the process maximally profitable). It is a sad truth that both of our leading political parties have already been 'converted' into backboneless and unprincipled supporters of "that which should not be named". While that pristine state in public speaks loudly of championing democracy, at the same time the word to the MNCs boardrooms is to quietly get on with getting the loot.
I am not at this moment much concerned about the sins of the rest of the world.
It is India's shameless tactics that have confounded me.
Folks, it's time to make a change!
Let's stand up for what's right, for a change…
India needs to get its act together NOW.
Pray for the peoples of Myanmar.
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By Terry Dickson, Georgia Times Union
(Editor's note: The following article was published in the Georgia Times Union on December 20.)
BRUNSWICK - Chief Superior Court Judge Amanda F. Williams, who once sentenced a man to two weeks in jail for challenging a drug test, will leave office Jan. 2 just nine days before a deadline to answer numerous charges of judicial misconduct, including tyrannical behavior.
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