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The Heron's Nest: Can Joe Watkins save Chester Upland?
Joe Watkins is a believer.
Some might call him a dreamer.
If, as expected, he is about to be named the receiver in charge of the Chester Upland School District, he likely will need to be both.
Watkins, the district's chief recovery officer who crafted the recovery plan that was rejected by the elected Chester School Board Monday night, joined us for our live-stream broadcast 'Live From the Newsroom' last night.
If you missed it, you can catch the replay here.
We were joined by Anthony Johnson, one of the four Democrats on the board who voted in favor of the plan. It was shot down on a 5-4 vote, with all five Republicans voting against.
It doesn't make much difference. As our editorial points out today, the state now almost certainly will petition the court to put the district back under state control, where it spent 16 of the last 18 years. The vote by the board was to determine if they will have any say in the recovery process as it moves forward.
The court also will appoint a receivery. The smart money says that person will be Watkins.
After spending a half hour with him last night, I can tell you Chester Upland would be lucky to have him.
I can admit when Watkins was first appointed chief recovery officer, I was one of those with a raised eyebrow. Watkins has close ties to the school choice and charter movement. It would be easy to see this as simply the next move in what many in Chester believe to be the Corbett Administration's end game: Continue to strangle Chester Upland financially until they are forced to close the doors, then turn the whole thing over to the charter school operators who fill his campaign chest. Continued...
That was my initial suspicion about Watkins.
But he made clear that was not his goal. And he stood by it last night.
Watkins insists the recovery plan is a bid to save the Chester Upland School District, not destroy it.
More importantly, Watkins talks about what the district can - and should be. He talks about excellence, and making sure kids in Chester Upland have the same opportunities that every other Delaware County kid has. And he's the first to admit that everyone has a stake in that process, and that there must be accountability from parents, students, teachers and staff.
It's a tall order. He's the first to admit it.
I'd like to see him get the chance. Some mock the plan, say it has no chance of success, that the whole thing is rigged against the district. They may be right. Joe Watkins is ready to tilt at windmills.
Do miracles happen? In Chester Upland?
I have a feeling we're about to find out.
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The kids at the Lansdowne Library have been victorious in their efforts to get their parody of the famous Michael Jackson video 'Beat It,' which they dubbed 'Read It,' back on YouTube.
It's a long story, but a good one.
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Big news for golfers: 'Putt' it away, guys
Forget Jason Babin.
And Andrew Bynum.
Andy Reid? We'll deal with him in January. Continued...
This morning there is big news in the sports world, at least to those of us who confess to be golf nuts. Yes, you can count me in that crowd, although I seem to watch a lot more golf on TV than I actually get to play.
I am one of those people who is convinced that the secret to the perfect golf swing is just around the corner, a click away on YouTube, tucked away in an instructional video, or book.
I tinker. I go to the range and pound balls. Usually I leave more confused than when I arrived.
But there is one thing I have never done - and will never do - in an attempt to lower my score.
Call me a golf snob if you will, but you will never catch me using one of those god-awful long putters. You know the ones. You press one end of the long handle against your chest or your stomach, then use the other to make the stroking motion.
I am not what you would call a good putter. I have an incredible ability to three-putt from almost anywhere on the green. But you still won't find me resorting to a long putter.
Now, if the golf gods have their way, I might have a lot of company.
The U.S. Golf Association and the Royal And Ancient on Wednesday announced they would consider a new rule banning anchoring the club to the body. You can check it out here.
Nobody ever said golf was easy. I've played every sport there is. None of them has confounded me the way golf has. None of them lures me back to the course as much either. My football days are long gone. Basketball? Please, I'm never running that much again. Baseball? History. Softball? No more beer leagues for me. But golf? My hope is to retire on a golf course, and the way this industry is going, that may be next week.
You'll likely find me on the range, banging balls, sure that the 'secret' is somewhere in that next bucket of balls.
And if you see me on the practice putting green, you can bet I won't have one of those long putters in my hands.
I will never be able to hit balls the way Tiger Woods does. If you've ever stood on the range or followed a PGA pro on the course, you know what I mean. These guys play a game I'm not familiar with. On the range, when they hit a ball, it makes a completely different sound than when most hackers like me make contact. It's like an explosion.
But the truth is there is no real reason that every duffer like me can't be just as good a putter as a PGA pro. It just takes a whole lot more time and patience than I have.
But it should include a swing of a club, in this case a putter, that is similar to every other swing we take on the course. Not some contrived, gimmicky invention made to tame the bane of every golf - the yips or what other ailment keeps us from becoming an accomplished putter.
No one ever said golf was supposed to be easy.
A lot of people have told me it helps to be just a bit insane to take up this sport.
I probably qualify on both those counts.
I understand as much as anyone the desire for a lower score, and doing just about anything to obtain it. No, mulligans don't count.
But I also like to think when I walk down that fairway (OK, more often it's in the rough), I am sharing something with Old Tom Morris and those shepherds who discovered the game in Scotland a century or so ago.
I don't think any of them every thought to take that shepherd's crook, clutch it to his chest, and then try to make a perfect pendulum motion to knock that feathery into a hole.
Neither have I.
To the USGA and Royal and Ancient, I say, 'here, here' for a ban that is long overdue.
'Putt' it away, fellas.
The Daily Numbers: 2 winning ticket in last night's $550 million dollar Powerball jackpot.
0 here in this area. The winners were sold in Arizona and Missouri.
1 million dollar winning tickets sold in Philly as well as in New Jersey.
7 break-ins in Nether Providence that have neighbors concerned.
1 suspect in the case, a man who led police in Philadelphia on a wild chase. No charges have been filed in the case.
23, age of Sean O'Neill Jr, who has now skipped town after being wanted for a probation violation. Authorities now believe he has fled to Ireland.
12.85 million dollar general obligation note approved by Chester Council as part of its budget process.
7.2 percent tax hike on the table in Marple.
4.52 percent tax hike in Haverford.
335 dollars that came into the Daily Times Merry Christmas Fund yesterday.
21 lot subdivision that was shot down by Middletown Council.
15 homeowners who complained about the new stem center in DCCC.
2.5 million dollars, how much Penn State will pay Graham Spanier to leave his post.
37 billion dollars, how much New Jersey is seeking in damages incurred by Hurricane Sandy.
16 million dollars, the tab for damages in Pa.
1.3 million dollars, how much a Philadelphia municipal worker scammed the city out of in a printer toner and ink cartridge racket.
5.5 sacks this season for Jason Babin, who was released by the Eagles.
18 sacks for Babin last year.
*: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Good for the USGA and Royal & Ancient in their push to ban the long putter from golf.
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I Don't Get It: Guess there are a lot of disappointed people trudging back to work today after failing to hit the Powerball.
Today's Upper: At least someone hit it fairly big in the Powerball. A million dollar winner was sold in Philly.
Quote Box: "I was happy. I was really, really glad. We didn't work for nothing."
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Amazon is said to be opening a trial brick-and-mortar store in Seattle to see if a chain of shops could be profitable.
Though this might seem like a step backwards for Amazon, the need to give its tablets and e-readers a physical shop window seems to be the main motivation.
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by David Moth 07 February 2012 10:25am 2 comments
Google has released data from Sunday evening which reveals that 41% of searches relating to Super Bowl ads made during the game came from mobile devices.
A post on the company's blog states that this is up from 25% for the same time period on the day before.
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Cadbury has again turned to social media to launch a new product called Bitsa Wispa.
Last week the chocolate brand ran a competition to find its ultimate Wispa fan, and the winner was invited to announce the launch on Facebook.
In January Cadbury launched a new Dairy Milk Bubbly bar on Google+ for the first time before also revealing the new product on Facebook and Twitter.
The Wispa bar was discontinued in 2003 as part of a relaunch of the Dairy Milk brand but was brought back in 2007 following a Facebook campaign.
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The Olympics will help drive a 4.2% increase in UK adspend in 2012 compared to 2011, according to Warc's International Ad Forecast.
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Ford has launched a new tool that allows its US franchises to show real time vehicle inventory information through their own social media profiles.
FordDirect DealerConnection Vehicle Showroom (VSR) integrates with Facebook pages, YouTube channels or blogs to allow customers to browse new and used car information without clicking out of their original destination.
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Procter & Gamble (P&G) is to lay off 1,600 staff as part of a cost cutting exercise that will also include a re-evaluation of the company's $10bn ad budget.
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Every single item in this giveaway is HANDMADE with love,you can also find these items on my etsy shop! ~(Ok Sara,now shut up, what can we get?) I decide to make THREE prizes for this giveaway!When it will end, i'll randomly pick three winners :
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- the SECOND WINNER decides his/her prize from the remaining two
- the THRID WINNER gets what's left !
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Title: Pendleton: a Short History of a Western Icon Author: May, Keith F Alternate Author: Publisher: Pendleton, OR: Drigh Sighed, 2005. 90 pages, 14 historic photos. Release in April 2005. Abstract: This book offers a history of the second city in Oregon to have paved streets, the fourth largest city in Oregon in 1900, home of the world-famous Round-Up and Woolen Mills, mansions, eighteen bordellos and thirty-two saloons. ISBN:
Books by May, Keith F
Pub. Year | Title | Abstract |
1995 | A Tour of Pendleton's Historic Homes | Pendleton has a rich heritage of fine old homes built at the turn of the century. Use this guide for a tour of twenty-nine homes. The reader can identify the differences between Queen Anne and Colonial Revival, find out who built the homes, and explore the past of this historic town. |
1997 | A Field Guide to Historic Pendleton | Pendleton was once known as the "Entertainment Capital of the Northwest," with thirty-two saloons and eighteen bordellos. Home of the Pendleton Round-Up, Pendleton Woolen Mills and the Pendleton Underground, it still offers old-west entertainment. This "field guide" will help you explore Pendleton's past. |
1997 | A Field Guide to Historic The Dalles | This book examines the origins of this once wild frontier town. Many historic homes and buildings remain to tell us about the rich history of The Dalles. Look at the present and explore The Dalles' past. |
1997 | Living on the Dry Side of Oregon: Comments by the Cosmic Cowboy | This book explores areas such as what makes eastern Oregon different from western Oregon, how to maintain your sanity while living in eastern Oregon, and how to become a resident of Oregon, among other things. |
1998 | Ghosts of Times Past: A Road Trip of Eastern Oregon Ghost Towns | Ghost towns draw visitors by what they were and by what remains of them today-eerie, silent reminders of the passage of time. With this guide book, the reader can meander through forty-three nearly abandoned towns that thrived in eastern Oregon in the late 1800's and early 1900's. These towns from north central Oregon, around the Wallowas and Elkhorn region west of Baker City are easy to find and full of adventure for the weekend explorer. |
2000 | Finding the Trail in Oregon: A Guide to Sites, Museums, and Ruts on the Oregon Trail | This guide book can be used to find the remains of the Oregon Trail in Oregon and southeast Washington. Road directions and maps guide the reader to significant rut sites, museums, forts, and other sites along the trail. Also, the real history of the trail is discussed and myths dispelled about the journey. The sites are listed in the order that the emigrants first saw them. |
2004 | Living on the Dry Side: Vol. II, Back in the Saddle | This humorous look at life in eastern Oregon takes off from the Cosmic Cowboy?s first book Living on the Dry Side: Comment from the Cosmic Cowboy. Short chapters discuss everything from high school reunions and Hawaiian shirts to sex-ed and dating in eastern Oregon, intended to be useful to those wishing to move to the eastern side of the state. |
2005 | Pendleton: a Short History of a Western Icon | This book offers a history of the second city in Oregon to have paved streets, the fourth largest city in Oregon in 1900, home of the world-famous Round-Up and Woolen Mills, mansions, eighteen bordellos and thirty-two saloons. |
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Published November 1, 1996.
Boil or braise depending on the beans' age and toughness.
Although a summer crop, green beans grown in warm climates are available in U.S. markets year-round. While other vegetables--such as Brussels sprouts--are often not exactly crowd pleasers, green beans are generally welcomed by all. The trick is to figure out how to cook them.
In the past, we have prepared green beans two ways--cook and then add flavor, or flavor and cook simultaneously. After researching recipes in dozens of cookbooks, we found that this distinction was fairly uniform. Our goal was to test the variables and devise two master techniques for cooking green beans.
With the first technique--cooking then flavoring--we came to prefer boiling over steaming. It takes less time, and the beans cook more evenly. After boiling and prompt draining, the beans can be "dressed" (drizzled with a flavorful oil or vinaigrette) or quickly sautéed (with onions that have been browned in bacon fat, for example). The second method for preparing green beans--braising--is slower than the first but allows the beans to absorb flavors as they cook. Tomatoes, cream, or stock can be used as a braising liquid. In general, really fresh beans are best boiled and seasoned. But older, tougher beans benefit from slow cooking in a covered pan. The beans will lose some color, but they pick up wonderful flavors from the braising medium.
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Report: Contractors Paid for Election Night Party Celebrating Bergen Democrats
Organizer denies political action committee sought to hide contributions
A political action committee financed largely by contractors doing business in Bergen County paid for an event celebrating the county Democratic party's election night victory last November in Hasbrouck Heights, the Star-Ledger reported Wednesday. The PAC that covered the $10,033.54 event, the New Leadership Council of New Jersey, was created by Daniel Ortega, a former Democratic party official under ex-chairman Joe Ferriero. The former party chair was indicted on mail fraud charges, but his conviction was later overturned. Ortega said the PAC was not seeking to hide contributions, according to the report. The celebration was not an official Democratic party event, he said. "The purpose of this PAC is to support current and new …
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International Telecommunication Union
International Telecommunication Union Union internationale des télécommunications Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones Международный союз электросвязи الاتحاد الدولي للاتصالات 国际电信联盟 |
Flag of the ITU |
Org type | UN agency |
Acronyms | ITU UIT |
Head | Hamadoun Touré |
Status | Active |
Established | 17 May 1865 |
Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
Website | http://www.itu.int/ |
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), originally founded as the International Telegraph Union (French: Union Internationale des Télécommunications), is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is responsible for issues that concern information and communication technologies.[1] The ITU coordinates the shared global use of the radio spectrum, promotes international cooperation in assigning satellite orbits, works to improve telecommunication infrastructure in the developing world, and assists in the development and coordination of worldwide technical standards.
ITU also organizes worldwide and regional exhibitions and forums, such as ITU TELECOM WORLD, bringing together representatives of government and the telecommunications and ICT industry to exchange ideas, knowledge and technology.
The ITU is active in areas including broadband Internet, latest-generation wireless technologies, aeronautical and maritime navigation, radio astronomy, satellite-based meteorology, convergence in fixed-mobile phone, Internet access, data, voice, TV broadcasting, and next-generation networks.
ITU, based in Geneva, Switzerland, is a member of the United Nations Development Group.[2] Its membership includes 193 Member States and around 700 Sector Members and Associates.
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ITU sectors[edit]
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The ITU comprises three sectors, each managing a different aspect of the matters handled by the Union, as well as ITU Telecom:
- Radiocommunication (ITU-R)
- Managing the international radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbit resources is at the heart of the work of the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R).
- Standardization (ITU-T)
- ITU's standards-making efforts are its best-known — and oldest — activity; known prior to 1992 as the International Telephone and Telegraph Consultative Committee or CCITT (from its French name "Comité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique")
- Development (ITU-D)
- Established to help spread equitable, sustainable and affordable access to information and communication technologies (ICT).
- ITU Telecom organizes major events for the world's ICT community. ITU Telecom World 2011[3] is ITU Telecom's 40th Anniversary with the first event in 1971.
A permanent General Secretariat, headed by the Secretary General, manages the day-to-day work of the Union and its sectors.
Legal framework of ITU[edit]
The basic texts of the ITU[4] are adopted by the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference.[5] The founding document of the ITU was the 1865 International Telegraph Convention, which has since been amended several times and is now entitled the "Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union". In addition to the Constitution and Convention, the consolidated basic texts include the Optional Protocol on the settlement of disputes, the Decisions, Resolutions and Recommendations in force, as well as the General Rules of Conferences, Assemblies and Meetings of the Union.[citation needed]
The ITU is headed by a Secretary-General, who is elected to a four-year term by the member states at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference.[citation needed]
At the 17th ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (2006) in Antalya, Turkey, the ITU's member states elected Dr Hamadoun Touré of Mali as Secretary-General of the Union.[6] He was re-elected for a second four-year term at the 18th ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (2010) in Guadalajara, Mexico.[citation needed]
Directors and Secretaries-General of ITU[edit]
Directors of ITU | |||
Name | Beginning of term | End of term | Country |
Louis Curchod | 1 January 1869 | 24 May 1872 | Switzerland |
Karl Lendi | 24 May 1872 | 12 January 1873 | Switzerland |
Louis Curchod | 23 February 1873 | 18 October 1889 | Switzerland |
August Frey | 25 February 1890 | 28 June 1890 | Switzerland |
Timotheus Rothen | 25 November 1890 | 11 February 1897 | Switzerland |
Emil Frey | 11 March 1897 | 1 August 1921 | Switzerland |
Henri Étienne | 2 August 1921 | 16 December 1927 | Switzerland |
Joseph Raber | 1 February 1928 | 30 October 1934 | Switzerland |
Franz von Ernst | 1 January 1935 | 31 December 1949 | Switzerland |
Secretaries general | |||
Léon Mulatier | 1 January 1950 | 31 December 1953 | France |
Marco Aurelio Andrada | 1 January 1954 | 18 June 1958 | Argentina |
Gerald C. Gross | 1 January 1960 | 29 October 1965 | United States |
Manohar Balaji Sarwate | 30 October 1965 | 19 February 1967 | India |
Mohamed Ezzedine Mili | 20 February 1967 | 31 December 1982 | Tunisia |
Richard E. Butler | 1 January 1983 | 31 October 1989 | Australia |
Pekka Tarjanne | 1 November 1989 | 31 January 1999 | Finland |
Yoshio Utsumi | 1 February 1999 | 31 December 2006 | Japan |
Hamadoun Touré | 1 January 2007 | present | Mali |
Membership of ITU is open to governments, which may join the Union as Member States, as well as to private organizations like carriers, equipment manufacturers, funding bodies, research and development organizations and international and regional telecommunication organizations, which can join ITU as non-voting Sector Members.[7]
There are 193 member states of the ITU, which includes 192 UN member states (all except Palau) and the Vatican City. The most recent member state to join the ITU is South Sudan, which became a member on 14 July 2011.[8]
The Republic of China (Taiwan) was blocked from membership[citation needed] by the People's Republic of China, but was given a country code while being listed as "Taiwan, China".[9] The Palestinian territories were admitted as observers in 2010.[10]
World Summit on the Information Society[edit]
The ITU was the lead organizing agency of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).[11]
World Conference on International Telecommunications 2012 (WCIT-12)[edit]
In December 2012, the ITU facilitated the The World Conference on International Telecommunications 2012 (WCIT-12) in Dubai. WCIT-12 was a treaty-level conference to address International Telecommunications Regulations: international rules for telecommunications, including international tariffs.[12] The previous conference to update the Regulations (ITRs) was held in Melbourne in 1988.[13]
In August 2012, ITU called for a public consultation on a draft document ahead of the conference.[14] It is claimed the proposal would allow government restriction or blocking of information disseminated via the internet and create a global regime of monitoring internet communications – including the demand that those who send and receive information identify themselves. It would also allow governments to shut down the internet if there is the belief that it may interfere in the internal affairs of other states or that information of a sensitive nature might be shared.[15]
Telecommunications ministers from 193 countries attended the conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[15]
Changes to International Telecommunication Regulations[edit]
The current regulatory structure was based on voice telecommunications, when the Internet was still in its infancy.[16] In 1988, telecommunications operated under regulated monopolies in most countries. As the Internet has grown, organizations such as ICANN have come into existence to manage key resources such as Internet Addresses and Domain Names. Some outside the United States believe that the United States exerts too much influence over the governance of the Internet.[17]
Proposed Changes to the Treaty And Concerns[edit]
Current proposals look to take into account the prevalence of data communications. Proposals under consideration would establish regulatory oversight by the U.N. over security, fraud, traffic accounting as well as traffic flow, management of Internet Domain Names and IP addresses, and other aspects of the Internet that are currently governed either by community-based approaches such as Regional Internet Registries, ICANN, or largely national regulatory frameworks.[18] The move by the ITU and some countries has alarmed many within the United States and within the Internet community.[19][20] Indeed some European telecommunication services have proposed a so-called "sender pays" model that would require sources of Internet traffic to pay destinations, similar to the way funds are transferred between countries using the telephone.[21][22]
The WCIT-12 activity has been attacked by Google, which has characterized it as a threat to the "...free and open internet."[23]
On 22 November 2012, the European Parliament passed a resolution urging member states to prevent ITU WCIT-12 activity that would "negatively impact the internet, its architecture, operations, content and security, business relations, internet governance and the free flow of information online".[24] The resolution asserted that "the ITU [...] is not the appropriate body to assert regulatory authority over the internet".[25]
On 5 December 2012, the lower chamber of the United States Congress passed a resolution opposing U.N. governance of the Internet by a rare unanimous 397-0 vote. The resolution warned that "... proposals have been put forward for consideration at the [WCIT-12] that would fundamentally alter the governance and operation of the Internet ... [and] would attempt to justify increased government control over the Internet ...", and stated that the policy of the United States is "... to promote a global Internet free from government control and preserve and advance the successful Multistakeholder Model that governs the Internet today." The same resolution had previously been passed unanimously by the upper chamber of the Congress in September.[26]
On 14 December 2012, an amended version of the Regulations was signed by 89 of the 152 countries. Countries that did not sign included the United States, Japan, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, India and the United Kingdom. The Head of the U.S. Delegation, Terry Kramer, said "We cannot support a treaty that is not supportive of the multistakeholder model of Internet governance". [27][28][29]However, the organisation came out with a press release: "New global telecoms treaty agreed in Dubai".
WCIT-12 Conference Participation[edit]
The conference itself was managed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). While certain parts of civil society and industry were able to advise and observe, active participation was restricted to member states.[30] The Electronic Frontier Foundation expressed concern at this, calling for a more transparent multi-stakeholder process.[31] Some leaked contributions can be found on the wcitleaks.org web site. Google-affiliated researchers have suggested that the ITU should completely reform its processes to align itself with the openness and participation of other multistakeholder organizations concerned with the Internet.[32]
See also[edit]
- Internet Governance Forum
- Afrinic
- Internet Society
- Finkle, Jim. UN agency has big concerns about Flame virus, Reuters, May 29, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
- United States FCC Commissioner Robert M. McDowell
- Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA)
- Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL)
- ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R)
- ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D)
- ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T)
- ITU-R Recommendations
- ITU-T Recommendations
- Telephone numbers in the European Union
- Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG)
- Child Online Protection initiative (COP)
- ^ International Telecommunication Union
- ^ "UNDG Members". Undg.org. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ^ "Welcome to ITU TELECOM WORLD 2011 | ITU TELECOM WORLD 2011". Itu.int. 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ^ "Basic texts of the International Telecommunication Union". Itu.int. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ^ PP10contributions. "2010 Plenipotentiary Conference". Itu.int. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ^ "Report on election of Toure". Cellular-news.com. 2006-11-13. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ^ "Constitution of ITU: Chapter I - Basic Provisions". Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ New Country, New Number - Country code 211 officially assigned to South Sudan ITU Pressroom, 14 July 2011
- ^ "ITU-T : International Numbering Resources : National Numbering Plans : China, Taiwan". Itu.int. 2007-01-26. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ^ "Palestine ITU status". Itu.int. 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ^ "World Summit on the Information Society". itu.int. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ "World Conference on International Telecommunications 2012". Itu.int. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
- ^ "International Telecommunication Regulations" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-12.
- ^ "ITU opens public consultation on internet regulation treaty". 16 August, 2012. Retrieved November, 2012.
- ^ a b "United Nations wants control of web kill switch". news.com.au. November 12, 2012. Retrieved November, 2012.
- ^ Global Internet usage
- ^ "Russia calls for internet revolution". Indrus.in. 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
- ^ Internet Society. International Telecommunication Regulations
- ^ Mcdowell, Robert M. (2012-02-21). "Robert McDowell:The U.N. Threat to Internet Freedom". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
- ^ By L. Gordon Crovitz (2012-06-17). "Crovitz: The U.N.'s Internet Power Grab". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
- ^ McCullagh, Declan (2012-06-07). "CNET:U.N. could tax U.S.-based Web sites, leaked docs show<". News.cnet.com. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
- ^ Trivedi, Shamik (2012-06-28). "FOR APPLE AND GOOGLE, IS AN UNAVOIDABLE U.N. 'TAX' COMING?". Tax Notes Today - 2012 TNT 126-5.
- ^ "Google attacks UN net conference". BBC News. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "European Parliament warns against UN internet control". BBC News. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ "European Parliament resolution on the forthcoming World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) of the International Telecommunication Union, and the possible expansion of the scope of international telecommunication regulations". 22 November 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ "House approves resolution to keep Internet control out of UN hands". The Hill. 5 December 2012.
- ^ "U.S. Rejects Telecommunications Treaty". The New York Times. 14 December 2012.
- ^ "Japan, West snub rules for Net curbs". The Japan Times. 16 December 2012.
- ^ "WCIT-12 Final Acts Signatories". International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ "Convention of the ITU". Itu.int. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
- ^ "EFF Joins Coalition Denouncing Secretive WCIT Planning Process". Eff.org. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
- ^ "Ryan/Glick: The ITU Treaty Negotiations: A Call for Openness and Participation". Ssrn.com. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- History of ITU Portal (official site)
- ITU Telecom World 2011
- Protect Global Internet Freedom Coalition
- ITU defines the future of mobile communications
- U.N. Summit to Focus on Internet – Washington Post article about ICANN and the United Nations' ITU relationship
- Ryan/Glick: The ITU Treaty Negotiations: A Call for Openness and Participation
- Renda, Andrea. The U.N., Internet Regulator?, The Wall Street Journal, April 25, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
- Thierer, Adam. Does the Internet Need a Global Regulator?, Forbes Magazine, May 6, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
- Cerf, Vinton. Keep the Internet Open, The New York Times, May 24, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
- Harrington, Matt. House lawmakers to consider proposal for United Nations to Regulate the Internet, syracuse.com, May 29, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
- Peterson, Josh. Deadline approaches for Russia and China-led U.N. Internet takeover, dailycaller.com, May 24, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
- C-SPAN. Coverage of Free State Foundation, May 30, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
- Kang, Cecilia. U.S. tech companies warn of threat to Internet from foreign governments, The Washington Post, May 31, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
- Shaw, Stephen. Putting the United Nations in charge of the Internet is the best idea ever, ZDNet. May 30, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2012.


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Fulton Worthy Adversary is Vegan Friendly
by Fulton Brewery | |
Address: | 414 6th Ave N Minneapolis, MN, 55401 USA |
Phone: | 612.333.3208 |
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Email: | http://fultonbeer.com/contact-us |
URL: | http://fultonbeer.com/home |
Checked by: | Ken |
Double checked by: | Rob |
Added: | about 1 year ago |
[Editor's note: Whirlfloc (a combination of Irish moss and carrageenans from seaweed) and Yeast-x (yeast) ARE both vegan-friendly products]
Company email (March 2013):
"I am also sorry to say that our beer is not vegan. We use Whirlfloc and Yeast-x, both commonly used in the brewing process, and neither are a vegan product."
Company email (May 2012):
"Fulton does not add any animal products to its current offerings as ingredients"
Other products by Fulton Brewery:
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Is Massachusetts racist?
according to liberal logic
For weeks liberals (and the open borders crowd) have suggested that the majority of the Arizona legislature (and the overwhelming majority of the people of Arizona who support them) are racist because they passed a law allowing local police to ID illegal aliens (as a secondary violation mind you). They've been led by the usual suspects, from the Al Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons of the world, to congressional Democrats and Barack Obama himself.
But that was those rubes out in Arizona. Part of fly-over country so disdained by liberals and the media.
Now the "racism" has spread to (gasp!) Massachusetts!
With one lawmaker citing President Lincoln's respect for the rule of law, the Massachusetts Senate passed a far-reaching crackdown this afternoon on illegal immigrants and those who would hire them, going further, senators said, than any immigration bill proposed over the past five years. ...
The measure, which passed on a 28-10 vote as an amendment to the budget, would bar the state from doing business with any company found to break federal laws barring illegal immigrant hiring. It would also toughen penalties for creating or using fake identification documents, and explicitly deny in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants.
The amendment would also require the state's public health insurance program to verify residency through the Department of Homeland Security, and would require the state to give legal residents priority for subsidized housing. ...
Wow. I mean really. Whatever could have pushed lawmakers in Massachusetts to pass such a law? Read on:
Democrats had resisted such a sweeping proposal, but spent last evening negotiating today's measure, shortly after a new polled showed 84 percent of the liberal-leaning state's voters supported tough immigration rules barring state services to illegal immigrants. ...
According the recent liberal logic, that makes 84% of the people of Massachusetts racist.
When can we expect to see Rev. Al or Jesse show up to lead protests through Beantown low-income housing developments?


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Lezyne Tech Drive High-Volume Pump
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But I've recently broken my scaphoid, but not in the usual place (?) my doc says. He said that I've been lucky and broken the "tip" of it, and therefor I'll only need to be in hard case for 3 weeks and then 3 weeks splint(If that's what it's called) So a total of 6 weeks.
Do any of that make any sort of sense to you guys who know??
I didnt get a great fealing about this doctor, he seemd very distracted.
I did both an ordinary x-ray and an MRI, if that matters.
I just wanted your thoughts on this.
Is 6weeks to short?
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On The 100th Anniversary Of The 1912 Presidential Election- From The Pen Of Early American Socialist Leader Eugene V. Debs-The Negro In The Class Struggle (1903)
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The Political Evolution of Eugene V. Debs
For many reasons, the most important of which for our purposes here are the question of the nature of the revolutionary party and of revolutionary leadership, the Russian Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 was a turning point in the international labor movement. In its aftermath, there was a definitive and I would argue, necessary split, between those leftists (and here I use that term generically to mean socialists, communists, anarchists, syndicalists and the like) who sought to reform the capitalist state from within and those who saw that it needed to be destroyed "root and branch" and new institutions established to create a more just society. This division today continues, in truncated form to be sure, to define the contours of the question. The heroic American pre- World War II socialist labor leader and icon, Eugene V. Debs, contained within his personal political trajectory all the contradictions of that split. As will be described below in more detail we honor Debs for his generosity of socialist spirit while at the same time underscoring that his profile is, in the final analysis, not that of something who could have led a proletarian revolution in the earlier part of the 20th century.
Debs was above all others except, perhaps, "Big Bill" Haywood in the pre-World War I movement. For details of why that was so and a strong biographic sketch it is still necessary to go Ray Ginger's "The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene V. Debs". I will review that effort in this space at a later time. For now though let me give the highlights I found that every serious labor militant or every serious student of socialism needs to think through.
If history has told us anything over the past one hundred and fifty years plus of the organized labor movement it is that mere trade union consciousness under conditions of capitalist domination, while commendable and necessary, is merely the beginning of wisdom. By now several generations of labor militants have passed through the school of trade unionism with varying results; although precious few have gone beyond that to the class consciousness necessary to "turn the world upside down" to use an old expression from the 17th century English Revolution. In the late 19th when American capitalism was consolidating itself and moving onto its industrial phases the landscape was filled with pitched class battles between labor and capital.
One of those key battles in the 1890's was led by one Eugene V. Debs and his American Railway Union against the mammoth rail giant, The Pullman Company. At that time the rails were the key mode of transportation in the bustling new industrial capitalist commerce. At that time, by his own reckoning, Debs saw the struggle from a merely trade unionist point of view, that is a specific localized economic struggle for better wages and conditions rather than taking on the capitalist system and its state. That strike was defeated and as a result Debs and others became "guests" of that state in a local jail in Illinois for six months or so. The key conclusion drawn from this 'lesson', for our purposes, was that Debs personally finally realized that the close connection between the capitalists and THEIR state (troops, media, jails, courts) was organic and needed to be addressed.
Development of working class political class consciousness comes in many ways; I know that from my own personal experiences running up against the capitalist state. For Debs this "up close and personal" confrontation with the capitalist drove him, reluctantly at first and with some reservations, to see the need for socialist solutions to the plight of the workingman (and women). In Debs' case this involved an early infatuation with the ideas of cooperative commonwealths then popular among radicals as a way to basically provide a parallel alternative society away from capitalism. Well again, having gone thorough that same kind of process of conversion myself (in my case 'autonomous' urban communes, you know, the "hippie" experience of the late 1960's and early 1970's); Debs fairly quickly came to realize that an organized political response was necessary and he linked up his efforts with the emerging American Socialist Party.
Before World War I the major political model for politically organizing the working class was provided by the Marxist-dominated German Social Democratic Party. At that time, and in this period of pre-imperialist capitalist development, this was unquestionably the model to be followed. By way of explanation the key organizing principle of that organization, besides providing party discipline for united action, was to create a "big tent" party for the social transformation of society. Under that rubric the notion was to organize anyone and everyone, from socialist-feminists, socialist vegetarians, pacifists, municipal reformers, incipient trade union bureaucrats, hard core reformists, evolutionary socialists and- revolutionaries like Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg who we honor to this day. The American Social Party that Debs joined exhibited all those tendencies (and some even more outlandish) of the German model. And as long as no great events acted to disrupt the "unity" of this amorphous formation the various tensions within the organization concerning reform or revolution were subdued for a time. Not forever though.
Various revolutionary tendencies within the workers' movement have historically had opposing positions concerning parliamentary politics: what to do politically while waiting for the opportune moment to take political power. The controversy centered (and today centers around) whether to run for elective executive and/or legislative offices. Since World War I a very strong argument has developed that revolutionaries should not run for executive offices of the capitalist state on the principle that we do not want to be responsible for the running of the capitalist state. On the other hand running for legislative office under the principle of acting as "tribunes of the people" continues to have validity. The case of the German revolutionary social democrat Karl Liebknecht using his legislative office to denounce the German war effort DURING the war is a very high-level expression of that position. This question, arguably, was a little less clears in the pre-war period.
If Eugene V. Debs is remembered politically today it is probably for his five famous runs for the American presidency (one, in 1920, run from jail) from 1900 to 1920 (except 1916). Of those the most famous is the 1912 four- way fight (Teddy Roosevelt and his "Bull Moose" Party providing the fourth) in which he got almost a million votes and something like 5 percent of the vote- this is the high water mark of socialist electoral politics then and now. I would only mention that a strong argument could be made here for support of the idea of a revolutionary (and, at least until the early 1920's Debs considered himself, subjectively, a revolutionary) running for executive office- the presidency- without violating political principle (of course, with the always present proviso that if elected he would refuse to serve). Certainly the issues to be fought around- the emerging American imperial presence in the world, the fierce wage struggles, the capitalist trustification and cartelization of industry, the complicity of the courts, the struggle for women's right to vote, the struggle against the emerging anti- black Jim Crow regime in the South would make such a platform a useful propaganda tool. Especially since Debs was one of the premier socialist orators of the day, if perhaps too flowery and long-winded for today's eye or ear.
As the American Socialist Party developed in the early 20th century, and grew by leaps and bounds in this period, a somewhat parallel development was occurring somewhat outside this basically parliamentary movement. In 1905, led by the revolutionary militant "Big Bill" Haywood and with an enthusiastic (then) Debs present probably the most famous mass militant labor organization in American history was formed, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, Wobblies). As it name denotes this organization stood as, in effect, the nucleus of the industrial unionism that would win the day among the unorganized in the 1930's with the efforts of the CIO. But it also was, as James P. Cannon an early IWW organizer noted in one of his books, the nucleus of a revolutionary political party. One of the reasons, among others, for its demise was that it never was able to resolve that contradiction between party and union. But that is an analysis for another day.
What is important to note here is that organization form fit in, very nicely indeed, with Debs' notions of organizing the unorganized, the need for industrial unionization (as opposed to the prevailing narrow craft orientation of the Samuel Gompers-led AFL). Nevertheless Debs, to his credit, was no "dual unionist", that is, committed to ignoring or going around the AFL and establishing "revolutionary" unions. This question of "boring from within" organized labor or "dual unions" continues to this day, and historically has been a very thorny question among militants faced with the bureaucratic inertia of the trade union bureaucracy. Debs came down on the side of the angels on this one (even if he later took unfavorable positions on IWW actions).
Although Debs is probably best known for his presidential runs (including that one from Atlanta prison in 1920 that I always enjoy seeing pictures of the one where he converses with his campaign staff in his cell) he really should be, if he is remembered for only one thing, remembered for his principled opposition to American war preparedness and eventual entry into World War I in 1917. Although it is unclear in my mind how much of Debs' position stemmed from personal pacifism, how much from Hoosier isolationism (after all he was the quintessential Midwestern labor politician, having been raised in and lived all his life in Indiana) and how much was an anti-imperialist statement he nevertheless, of all major socialist spokesmen to speak nothing of major politicians in general , was virtually alone in his opposition when Woodrow Wilson pulled the hammer down and entered American forces into the European conflict.
That, my friends, should command respect from almost everyone, political friend or foe alike. Needless to say for his opposition he was eventually tried and convicted of, of all things, the catch-all charge of sedition and conspiracy. Some things never change. Moreover, that prison term is why Debs had to run from prison in 1920.
I started out this exposition of Debs' political trajectory under the sign of the Russian Revolution and here I come full circle. I have, I believe, highlighted the points that we honor Debs for and now to balance the wheel we need to discuss his shortcomings (which are also a reflection of the shortcomings of the internationalist socialist movement then, and now). The almost universal betrayal of its anti- war positions of the pre-war international social democracy, as organized in the Second International and led by the German Party, by its subordination to the war aims of its respective individual capitalist governments exposed a deep crevice in the theory and practice of the movement.
As the experiences of the Russian revolution pointed out it was no longer possible for reformists and revolutionaries to coexist in the same party. Literally, on more than one occasion, these formally connected tendencies were on opposite sides of the barricades when the social tensions of society exploded. It was not a pretty sight and called for a splitting and realignment of the revolutionary forces internationally. The organizational expression of this was the formation, in the aftermath of the Russian revolution, of the Communist International in 1919. Part of that process, in America, included a left-wing split (or purge depending on the source read) and the creation, at first, of two communist organizations. As the most authoritative left-wing socialist of the day one would have thought that Debs would have inclined to the communists. That was not to be the case as he stayed with the remnant of the American Socialist Party until his death in the late 1920's.
No one would argue that the early communist movement in America was not filled with more than its share of political mistakes, wild boys and just plain weirdness but that is where the revolutionaries were in the 1920's. And this brings us really to Debs' ultimate problem as a socialist leader and why I made that statement above that he could not lead a proletarian revolution in America, assuming that he was his desire. Debs had a life-long aversion to political faction and in-fighting. I would agree, as any rational radical politician would, that faction and in-fighting are not virtuous in and of themselves and are a net drain on the tasks of propaganda, recruitment and united front actions that should drive left-wing political work. However, as critical turning points in the international socialist movement have shown, sometimes the tensions between the political appetites of supposed like-minded individuals cannot be contained in one organization. This question is most dramatically posed, of course, in a revolutionary period when the tensions are whittled down to choices for or against the revolution. One side of the barricade or the other.
That said, Debs' personality, demeanor and ultimately his political program of trying to keep "big tent" socialist together tarnished his image as a socialist leader. Debs' positions on convicts, women, and blacks, education, religion and government. Debs was no theorist, socialist or otherwise, and many of his positions would not pass muster among radicals today. I note his economic determinist argument that the black question is subsumed in the class question. I have discussed this question elsewhere and will not address it here. I would only note, for a socialist, his position is just flat out wrong. I also note that, outside his support for women's suffrage and working women's rights to equal pay his attitude toward women was strictly Victorian. As was his wishy-washy attitude toward religion. Eugene V. Debs, warts and all, nevertheless deserves a fair nod from history as the premier American socialist of the pre-World War I period.
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Looking for ideas to spice up one of the best bits of camping
are you referrring to mainly "dried" meals as I get the impression that you dont mind tins.
John West do a sachet of tuna - different flavours, so you have packaging but far lighter and more convenient than tins.
Sun dried tomatoes - not in oil again is a sachet or dried mushrooms etc- you can cut them up and put them with the the Tuna in pasta and a little bit of parmesan cheese.
Small amount of herbs and spices works wonder.
Also you can get small pepperoni ( about 2 inches long) that can be cut up
For rice, which can be a bit boring you can add flavouring to the water
Also, if you dont mind weight, and its only for a night or 2 , a number of people seem to like the Look at what we found meals- meatballs, hotpot and loads of others. You need something to bulk them out like couscous, rice or past but they are very tasty they are about £2
A very cheap and cheerful solution of dried potato () and add a cuppa soup to it, like a chicken and veg result is very nearly a leading brand of dried meal at a 10th of the cost. just play around with different combo and add stuff like cheese / herbs etc.I cant vouch for the nutritional or energy valuebut will fill youup
Try add things like slices of mini salami, pepperrami, herbs, spices, to the 'tea' meals.
Other things to try are dehydrated soups, with above added. The big ones not cup a soup. You can get 'pasta in a cup', couple of them again with above.
For breakfast, I normally have the pasta or soup if having a 'hot', for 'cold' breakkie, cheese, salami/pepperami, on oat or rice crackers.
I don't cook during day, I nibble on things like energy bars, (homemade), or 'trail mix.
A lot of this depends on what you want. I know that for me food is hugely important so I'm prepared to do things that others think are crazy in terms of additional weight or prep time. This is my way of thinking about it..... Firstly and most importantly I work BACK rather than forward i.e I start with the idea of cooking proper meals from scratch rather than with a packet of super noodles and a cuppa-soup then adding to it as weight and practicality dictate. Obviously what your planning to do and WHEN has a large impact on what sort of food your going to be eating. So a week unsupported in summer is going to be totally different to a long weekend in winter. forward planning is as ever key to this.... I spent 5 days on Dartmoor in January. I like too have porridge for breakfast adding fruit etc as required. It being cold I wasn't too worried about food spoiling. Hence I bought a whole rabbit cleaned and some chicken portions (portioned myself from whole quality chicken) and 2 chicken carcasses (can be bought at borough market for 50p each) along with some sausages . I also bought some store vegetables i.e. onions, carrots, celery along with some canned tomato's, small packets of herbs and eggs. As for bulking i.e. carbohydrate I had cous cous and rice. So roughly..... Day 1 I made chicken stock with the carcasses some veg and herbs and poached some of the chicken and had it with rice. Day 2 I portioned the rabbit and stewed it in some of the reserved chicken stock again with vegetables and cous cous. Day 3 Sausages and mash. Day 4 finished of the rabbit stew (even better with the ageing) . Day 5 finished the chicken with a tomato sauce. First thing to say about the above is that the amount of packaging was minimal so virtually everything I took was used. As for cost..... I admit I tend to spend a fair amount on food especially when it comes to meat (Chicken £15/kg, Sausages £12/Kg) but it can be done cheaper. Loose veg, cous cous, rice etc are all cheap. A whole wild rabbit can be had fully prepared for £3? and could last for 2/3 meals One of the things that I feel the pot noodle brigade forget is that 'real food' is filling in a way that industrial food isn't. Yes it does take time to make a rabbit stew but most of it after the initial preperation is just giving the pot the occasional stir. Obviously I wouldn't be taking chicken to Dartmoor in the middle of summer when its in the 80's
Rabbit stew nearly ready on the Soto Muka......
You must be carring a hell of a lot of fuel to cook the like of that.
How much you taking and what sort?
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although I think it does sound Like a lot of effort...I generally like tea to be quick and simple so I can get to bed quickly!
I think what a lot of what of people THINK is a faff really isn't....Firstly I guess that the rabbit stew took about 10 minutes to prepare i.e. rustic chop veg, brown the rabbit pieces place the veg back in with tomato's, herbs etc and top up with stock/water. Then put your stove on low and leave it apart from the occasional stir for about 1hr and quarter. Depending on how much you do then your next meal could mean no more than re-heating the left overs.
What I cooked was unique for that trip but there are plenty of other things that you could do that would be equally tasty without maybe the cooking times. I really do get surprised when people think that all they can do when it comes to camp food is open packets which list things like mono-sodium glutamate and Hydrogenated vegetable fat etc in the ingredients. Not that people shouldn't eat it if they like it just that it isn't in my opinion the only reasonable option.
I find that especially during winter when it gets dark at like 4pm it gives me something to do (and look forward to!) as if I go to bed too early I wake up super early which I don't like.
Wow I must admit I'm quite impressed with the effort of cooking a stew whilst camping. It probably doesnt suit what I do but it does sound pretty great!
I'm afraid I am very much a couscous and noodles eater at the moment. As far as breakfast goes I make my own flapjack which I really like
tinned tomatoes make for a quick meal when added to really anything of your choice. beans & sausages - the thing sin a can or sausages? is proper sausages get th emeat out of theskins in smallish lumps & fry. add chopped tomatoes and herbs/spices of your choice. best with pasta but rice will do admirably. tomato puree for thickening sauces as well as flavour.
have a wide range of spices/herbs and a particularly good salt free vegetable stock which is excellent in tinned tomatoes.
for added flavour take some stuff called a "gastrique" that you've made. essentially it's a sweet & sour mix but there are innumerable variations and techniques for making one. for basics try two to one sugar and red wine vinegar. put vinegar & sugar in pan and boil until reduced. store and add a spoonful or two to your dish. sugar/vinegar ratios are all personal choice but a gastrique lasts forever and is easy to transport. a sherry vinegar gastrique is excellent on dark lentils. sweet/sour lifts many dishes - tomato ones especially - so having th emeans to add sweet/sour makes all the difference.
quality extra virgin olive oil (napolina has been on various offers lately and is nice) also boosts flavour with the added bonus of calories.
if you want meat stock find some cubes you like or take a tub of fresh stock from the supermarket - they also do sachets of long life stock of which i've only tried waitrose's vegetable one which i thought was particularly vile and threw it away grateful i hadn't poured it onto any food so you may want to try first.
marmite/bovril are great flavour boosters.
some powdered stock, some gastrique and a splash of olive oil will transform many edible things into tasty things.
I'm interested in why you take two stoves, especially a big, heavy thing like a Reactor, when it sounds like the Soto is perfectly capable of simmering (the only reason I'd select gas over a pressure stove).
Do they behave that differently, or do you need two stoves to cook on simultaneously? Stew would seem to be ideal for one-stove cooking, as the stew can be left to cool a little (or be insulated) whilst you cook rice, potatoes or whatever to go with it.
As for the rabbit stew, I am, for some reason, reminded of Samwise Gamgee stewing his brace of coneys...
Sounds very tasty, though.
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I make my own flapjack which I really like
LOL, Chewie.......
How are we to get all the ovens for making flapjacks, energy bars, etc.?
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Oven for flapjack?? maybe thats where I am going wrong- I just use a pocket rocket - gives then a crunchy bottom and a soft top (ooh Err Mrs)
Without blowing my own trumpet I make a good flapjack - either choc chips bits or nuts and raisans MMMMMM
Some good flapjack recipes on t'internet, loads of variations
If you want to carry them to munch on during day, needs a firm bottom and top.
I take flapjack now because:
It's delicious (better than cereal or cereal bars, I like to put nuts and ginger in it)
It's calorific density isnt bad (about 450 calories/100g).
I like the sugar hit to wake me up!
It's cheap
It's easy to make
It's easy to portion
It's easy to pack
It keeps for ages
It doesn't have the faff of cereal (I don't need a bowl or milk and I don't like powdered milk).
Basically noone can convince me that it isnt the perfect breakfast when hiking (though its hardly a healthy one )
Also there's no need for it to break your teeth, just add butter. Butter is good for you!Regarding the frozen meals....I have taken leftover curry/casseroles out camping in the winter before and its definitely the best thing to do if you can! I'd probably be a bit worried about getting sick if I brought it out in the summer, but if you packaged it whilst still hot then it would probably be very safe (thats what they do with jars of sauce after all)
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