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The Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) is the newest sponsor of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Listen to Your Buds (LTYB) campaign, which educates children about proper usage of personal audio technology.
"With more than 24,000 members nationwide, partnering with MTNA provides a fantastic opportunity to collaborate with professionals who are on the frontlines educating children about music and the need for hearing loss prevention," ASHA President Tommie L. Robinson Jr, PhD, CCC-SLP says.
"As a music-oriented organization, supporting a campaign that is also music-oriented is a logical fit for us," Gary L. Ingle, MTNA's Executive Director says. "Preserving a child's hearing now will help them enjoy and advance the value of music study and participation in the future," Ingle adds.
The ASHA–MTNA collaboration is the most recent one to be announced. Over the past three years, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the Parents' Choice Foundation, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), Califone International, Inc., and Tune A Fish Records have also joined forces to promote the LTYB campaign—a campaign that has been honored for three straight years by the American Society of Association Executives.
About the American Speech-Language-Hearing AssociationASHA is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 140,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists. Audiologists specialize in preventing and assessing hearing and balance disorders as well as providing audiologic treatment including hearing aids. Speech-language pathologists identify, assess, and treat speech and language problems including swallowing disorders.www.asha.org
About the Music Teachers National AssociationMTNA is a nonprofit organization of nearly 24,000 independent and collegiate music teachers committed to furthering the art of music through teaching, performance, composition, and scholarly research. Founded in 1876, MTNA is the oldest professional music teachers' association in the United States. www.mtna.org
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 186,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel; and students.
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For the history of the Reclamation Facility, Building 650, also known as the Hot Laundry, see the 1969 entry "Use of Reclamation Facility Concrete Decontamination Pad Halted."
Wastewater from decontamination activities at the Reclamation Facility, Building 650, drained into four underground storage tanks (USTs). The contents were directed to the BNL Sewage Treatment Plant or, depending on the level of radioactivity, transferred by truck to the Waste Concentration Facility. The four USTs were included under Area of Concern (AOC) 12 and removed under Removal Action II, the UST Removal Action, during the summer of 1994. The removal was also part of the Labs program to comply with Suffolk County Sanitary Code - Article 12.
In 1995, as part of the OU IV Interim Remedy Plan, the outfall was fenced to exclude pedestrian traffic, and a network of 21thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) were installed to monitor gamma radiation exposure levels in the area.
The Building 650 sump and outfall were addressed under Operable Unit I. They were excavated between March and June 2002. Although some VOCs were found in samples taken from the sump area, the primary concern was radionuclides Cesium 137 and Strontium-90. A groundwater treatment system was constructed for this Operable Unit (the AS/ASVE system) that began operation in 1997.
Description of Removal Action
The four underground storage tanks (#650-1, -2, -3, and -4) and associated piping were removed during the summer of 1994 as part of the UST Removal Action. Upon determining that the tanks had not leaked, the holes were filled with clean sand. The tanks were cut up, packaged in approved containers, and disposed of at the Hanford, WA facility.
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More than 140 attendees participated in the public meeting on the OU IV Proposed Remedial Action Plan held in December 1995. The public comment period for the review of the Proposed Plan and the Feasibility Study Report ran from November 22, 1995 through January 10, 1996. Copies of the proposed plan and other information were distributed at the meeting and copies of the plan were provided at the EPA Records Room and 3 local libraries.
Prior to the 1995 meeting community participation activities for OU IV included a public comment period held on the OU IV Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study Work Plan in 1992, a pubic notice was published and a mailing to stakeholders was sent out on the completed Engineering Evaluation Report and Action Memorandum for the soil Interim Removal Action in 1994, and a public notice was published and comment period held on the Remedial Investigation / Risk Assessment Report in January 1995. In January 1996, a Community Forum (link to January 1996 entry) was established to provide a mechanism for community residents to express their views and concerns to BNL staff.
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ATLANTA (AP) _ Derek Lowe outpitched Tim Hudson and the Los
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Lowe evened his mark at 3-and-3. He held the Braves to one
unearned run and three hits with eight strikeouts in seven innings.
After giving up a leadoff double to Willie Harris in the fifth,
Lowe retired the last nine batters he faced.
Hudson fell to 3-and-1. He pitched well while taking his first
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July 07, 2013 11:38 AM by Stephanie Gustafson
Fourth of July 2013 was a good one for Keeping Up With The Kardashians sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner. The young reality stars caused quite the stir when they showed up at the beach in decidedly skimpy bikinis…one of which was decked out in patriotic stars and stripes.
Kendall Jenner is in the midst of launching what has already proven to be a very successful modeling career. And she once again showed off that supermodel body on Independence Day, when she and sister Kylie headed to a Malibu beach in hopes of catching a little sun on the long holiday weekend.
Both stars wore bikinis that left very little to the imagination. Kendall's bathing suit was especially successful in grabbing the attention of passerby, given its barely-there stars and stripes. Kylie didn't go the patriotic route though, instead opting for a black and pink ensemble. She was joined by family friend Jaden Smith, the young actor she has insisted (via Twitter) is absolutely not her boyfriend.
Although Kendall and Kylie didn't talk too much about their beach excursion on their respective social media pages, Kendall did make a point of wishing her followers a great Fourth of July, tweeting, "Hope you are having an amazing day!" This post was accompanied by a picture featuring the two stars in denim outfits and surrounded by a huge American flag. Kylie also linked to the patriotic photo, adding that she'd really enjoyed the holiday. "Amazing fourth. Couldn't be more thankful for the people around me x."
This 'amazing fourth' appears to have been solely a Jenner excursion, with Khloe, Kourtney, Kim, and new baby North West nowhere to be seen. But the older Kardashian sisters appear to also have had a wonderful holiday, with Khloe tweeting, "Happy 4th my loves!!!"
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Michelle Trachtenberg attends the LA premiere
of "Take Me Home Tonight" in a Marchesa dress.
of "Take Me Home Tonight" in a Marchesa dress.
Marchesa Fall 2010 Collection [Modified Version]
Model: Sarah Dumont
Model: Sarah Dumont
But this is the internet, where quickly formed, absolutist opinion-making rule and thus we are ready to fulfill our bitchy blogger duties. Let's break this down.
We're done with Marchesa. Seriously. We haven't seen a Marchesa dress we've actually liked in ages. We understand that each design house has their own aesthetic (or should) and that collections over time pay tribute to, or work variations upon, that aesthetic. That's not the case with Marchesa. They've pretty much made the same dresses, over and over and over. And while we think the frou-frou, folded-napkin, origami dresses have their place, we're just sick of everything that comes from Marchesa being ONLY those types of dresses. So yeah, not loving this dress because we're at the point now where we automatically dislike most dresses with a Marchesa label. Besides, that ruffle looks weirdly crushed and if we have to pick one, we think the original version looks better than the one Michelle is wearing. Just don't like the way the ruffle zigs right across her midsection like that.
But what makes this difficult for us is the accessorizing. As our devoted minions know, we have something of an obsession with what we consider bad red carpet accessorizing. This obsession is two-fold:
1) Stylists are a bunch of high schoolers who concern themselves more with what everyone else is doing than what looks good or stylish, which results in a lot of trend-following on the RC, especially when it comes to accessories. This is why you hear us rail against nude shoes or peep-toes. It's not because we hate those things or there's anything wrong with them; it's just that they're overused to a ridiculous extent before the next trend hits the RC, then THAT becomes overused to a ridiculous extent.
2) Matchy-match accessorizing. For some reason, this really bothers some people. What can we say? We can't stand it, 9 times out of ten. A woman wearing shoes, a belt and a purse all in the same color looks like a Barbie doll. A woman who wears all three accessories in shades that match her outfit exactly isn't really doing anything wrong, but we expect stylists and starlets to be a bit more expressive.
Okay, the reason we're telling you all this? Well, one, to once again point out to those gals who love nude peeptoes that we're not criticizing them or their shoes; we're criticizing the ubiquity of those items on the RC. But also, we're pointing this out because, although we hate the dress, we kind of love the accessorizing here. Nothing matches and everything goes. Granted, we're not totally in love with those pumps, but we do love that someone thought to pair silver shoes with this pewter dress, and then pairing a cream-colored clutch and that cuff just sent it into A+ territory. Keeping the earrings in the same family as the dress was also a smart move.
Given that we like the hair and makeup along with all the accessories, we're going to have to go with an IN on this one, even though we don't love the dress. The dress is a taste issue; meaning, we don't like it but that doesn't make it bad. The rest of it, all that stuff we praised, that's demonstrating real style.
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Infiniti lineup will receive few changes but the biggest is the one related to the names of few models. When it comes to the FX lineup the 2014 Infiniti FX37 is delivered instead of the FX35 and the name change is offered because of the 3.7 liter engine instead of the 3.5 liter unit.
There are no changes to the front segment where we have nicely integrated headlights in combination with large grille. Headlights offer aggressive looks even they are quite small while the fog lights are placed in the lower part of the bumper. Rounded look is achieved with the long nose and sloped hood again pronouncing the aggressive line and the level of refinement it offers.
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When we look the 2014 Infiniti FX37 from side we can notice the chrome bound trims for the air outlets right behind the front wheels. These are pretty much delivered only for aesthetics and have no real function either to give this SUV sportier appearance. For most buyers this car represents a great hit or a failure, depending on the preferences.
Features that the 2014 Infiniti FX37 brings to the market, easily puts it into the luxury SUV segment and most drivers will be quite pleased with the interior. You will notice that there is a great amount of high quality leather in combination with metal accents while the large dashboard and center console comes with many buttons which can cause confusion when you need something. Design of the car is another limiting factor since you would expect to get a lot of interior space but in this segment FX model comes quite short. It allows you to transfer passengers in good comfort but you would expect even more.
Under the hood there is a 3.7 liter V6 unit that has been derived from the Nissan 370Z model that also comes with 3.7 liter V6. Total power of 325 hp and 267 lb-ft of torque is available quite high and you will need to rev this engine up to 7,000 rpm to get all that power and torque is available at 5,000 rpm. Performances are quite good and you will be able to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in about 6.2 seconds while the top speed is 142 mph. Power is transferred through a quick shift seven speed automatic transmission and one thing that we like is the great sound of this V6 powerplant.
One of the things that you would expect from 2014 Infiniti FX37 and similar luxury and sporty crossovers is to bring great handling in combination with comfortable ride. Usually these two are hardly achieved but Infiniti found almost perfect spot giving you the ability to drive this vehicle harder but still to return decent comfort in those cases while the easy and relaxed ride will be more than pleasant. Longer trips can lead to fatigue but only in rare cases. When it comes to handling we really did not like the fact that the steering wheel gives almost no feedback but that is again something we are able to see on most new and modern vehicles.
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Base model of the 2014 Infiniti FX37 is priced at $44,300 and for that you are getting rear wheel drive model and if you want to opt for the all-wheel drive version you will need to pay $45,750. Large 265/60/R18 tires will keep it glued to the asphalt and you will have quite good control over the car but you need to have in mind that this is crossover.
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You certainly remember that we said that the V6 unit returns quite great sound, that goes for the outside, while in interior it can be quite annoying. We hope that Infiniti will correct this with one of the future models. Make no mistakes, we really like the 2014 Infiniti FX37 and it is one of the best options on the market but still we advise you to check out few other competitors.


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ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Jasmine DePompeo compiled four goals and three assists and Loren Generi scored three of her four goals in the first 3:01 of the game to lift Navy to a 21-11 Patriot League victory over Bucknell on Saturday at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Madison Hurwitz and Emily Kookogey scored three goals apiece for the Bison, who had a good offensive day but struggled to keep the two-time defending Patriot League champions off the scoreboard.
Navy (7-1) won its seventh straight game by scoring on 21 of its 31 shots in the game. The Mids scored 14 times in the first half alone, including two in the final 19 seconds of the half after Bucknell had gotten back into the game with a 3-0 run. Bucknell nearly equaled Navy in the shot column with 30, and the Bison took good care of the ball with only eight turnovers.
While Bucknell played well for significant stretches, the early deficit was too big to overcome. Generi scored three quick goals to stake the Mids to a 3-0 lead before Hurwitz got the Bison on the board for the first time. Navy's lead later ballooned to 6-1 and 12-3 before Bucknell made its first run of the day. Katelyn Miller scored twice in a 55-second span, and then Kookogey converted an 8-meter attempt just 19 seconds later to make it a 12-6 game with 29 seconds left in the half. A six-goal halftime deficit might have been manageable, but Aimee Gennaro scored right off the draw, then Kathy Young added a back-breaking goal with two seconds left to put the Mids up 14-6.
Ryan Wenk's goal off a Miller feed with 18:49 remaining pulled the Bison within 16-9, but Navy answered with a quick 4-0 run to put the game away.
Miller finished with a three-point day with two goals and an assist, and she and Adrienne Wendling shared team-high honors with five draw controls apiece. Kookogey added an assist to her three goals, giving her a four-point game. Molly Ford handed out three assists, while Lindsey Ferro had two.
Bucknell won the ground-ball battle 12-11 and converted 12 of 14 clearing attempts. Navy was whistled for a whopping 53 fouls, compared to 24 for the Bison. Four Navy goalies combined to make 12 saves, while Bucknell's Katherine Fraile (3) and Caroline O'Neill (1) combined for four saves.
The Bison are back in action at Saint Francis (Pa.) on Tuesday at 6 p.m., before returning home to face league rival Lehigh next Saturday at noon at Graham Field.


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DearCustomer- No one can make you fight the divorce however judges do not appreciate it when a party simply does not show up for a hearing. I assume you filed an answer in this case if you are the defendant. You can file a written withdrawal of the answer and state that you no longer wish to contest the allegations in the complaint.
The judge may require you to appear at least one more time to testify that this is your desire. I cannot imagine that the judge is going to make you continue your contest of this action. If that happens all you can do is attend and keep your mouth shut. I have never in all my years of practice seen a judge force someone to contest a divorce and I'm quite certain you won't have to either.
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Frankly I can find no law anywhere that would force a defendant to fight any court case. It may be that you have to show up and when asked questions you can just say you don't want anything from the divorce and that you agree with everything that the other side is saying.
This is really absurd in that the court is totally wasting time with all this. The clerk is probably correct that you must attend but certainly when you do attend you can tell the court you are not contesting anything about the case and that you agree with the other side. The court can't make you say something contrary to what you want.
I would simply go to the next hearing and state your case to the judge. It may be that this court does not permit a written withdrawal in this situation which means you at least have to appear even if you don't want to contest anything. Nobody, the judge, clerk or lawyer can make you testify to something just because you are in court.
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text: Home Politics Obama's Day, Nov. 16: Hosting Bipartisan Talks on Economy President Obama will host the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress for economy talks. By: The Root Staff Posted: Nov. 16 2012 11:20 AM 0 Speaker of the House John Boehner and President Barack Obama (Pool/Getty Images) THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2012 In the morning, the President will host the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress at the White House to discuss a balanced approach to reduce the deficit and strengthen our economy. The Vice President will also attend. The President will be joined by Majority Leader Reid, Minority Leader McConnell, Speaker Boehner and Leader Pelosi. There will be a pool spray at the top of this meeting in the Roosevelt Room. In the afternoon, the President and the Vice President will meet with leaders of civic organizations and other outside groups on these issues. This meeting in the Roosevelt Room is closed press. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Get what we're watching delivered to your inbox everyday! Sign up for our daily video newsletter below. Powered by Livefyre 0


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I don't know why this is bothering me so much. My dd is from 09/02 and I've been wandering around to see if there is an option for a test or something that could place her on kinder by age 5. Otherwise she'll be doing per-k twise in her life and I will be paying for it twice as well. This of coarse is if my dd is capable, I don't want to push something on her she won't be able to do. But I also think what about the ones born two three days before her??? There is no difference at all between those kids and mine and still they have to go due to the age but mine stays back due to a rule!!!
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Taking transit out of the region.
The trip planner includes route and schedule information for some agencies that reach outside the nine-county region, such as Amtrak's Capitol Corridor , but not for all stops and services that go beyond the Bay Area. For more information on out-of-region transit, view the "Other" mode on the Agency Profiles Selector.
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Alright my very first posting. And I promise its a good one. Daniel and I were offered the task of cleaning up the grounds outside the temple. In return we would get the oppurtunity to have our own little private tour of the inside of the temple. We didn't want to tour this big temple on our own so we gave Catherine a call and had her join us at the temple.
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Table of Contents
|Feature Boxes
|p. xv
|p. xxv
|The Cold War Come and Gone
|p. 1
|Strange New World: Power and Systems in Transformation
|p. 2
|The European Balance-of-Power System
|p. 5
|The Unstable Interwar System
|p. 7
|The Bipolar Cold War System
|p. 9
|What Kind of New System?
|p. 11
|Are States Here to Stay?
|p. 15
|Is Sovereignty Slipping?
|p. 17
|Key Terms
|p. 18
|Key Web Sites
|p. 19
|Further Reference
|p. 19
|America's Changing National Interests
|p. 20
|p. 21
|Manifest Destiny
|p. 21
|p. 24
|World War I
|p. 26
|p. 28
|World War II
|p. 28
|The Cold War
|p. 29
|Key Terms
|p. 34
|Key Web Sites
|p. 34
|Further Reference
|p. 35
|"Wrong, Terribly Wrong": The United States and Vietnam
|p. 36
|The Colonized Colonialists
|p. 37
|The First Indochina War
|p. 38
|The United States and the Geneva Accords
|p. 41
|Kennedy's Commitment
|p. 43
|LBJ: Victim or Villain?
|p. 44
|Extrication without Humiliation
|p. 47
|Morality and Feasibility
|p. 49
|Key Terms
|p. 51
|Key Web Sites
|p. 51
|Further Reference
|p. 51
|Can the United States Lead the World?
|p. 53
|From Interventionism to Caution
|p. 54
|Are Americans Basically Isolationists?
|p. 55
|The Continuity Principle
|p. 57
|A Contrary Congress
|p. 60
|Is the Structure Defective?
|p. 62
|Do Bureaucracies Make Foreign Policy?
|p. 64
|The Unilateralist Temptation
|p. 65
|To Lead or Not to Lead?
|p. 67
|Key Terms
|p. 67
|Key Web Sites
|p. 68
|Further Reference
|p. 68
|From Russia to the Soviet Union
|p. 70
|Invasion from the West
|p. 73
|War and Bolshevism
|p. 74
|Spreading the Revolution
|p. 76
|Stalin's Policy Mistakes
|p. 77
|The Great Patriotic War
|p. 80
|p. 81
|The Cold War
|p. 82
|Key Terms
|p. 83
|Key Web Sites
|p. 83
|Further Reference
|p. 83
|From the Soviet Union Back to Russia
|p. 85
|Khrushchev and the Loss of China
|p. 86
|Restive East Europe
|p. 87
|Khrushchev and the Cuban Missiles
|p. 88
|Brezhnev and Detente
|p. 90
|Afghanistan: A Soviet Vietnam
|p. 91
|Why the Soviet Collapse?
|p. 92
|Gorbachev and Collapse
|p. 94
|Foreign Policy: Generated Internally or Externally?
|p. 96
|Restoring Russian Power
|p. 98
|Key Terms
|p. 101
|Key Web Sites
|p. 101
|Further Reference
|p. 101
|The Global South
|p. 103
|South Africa and the End of Colonialism
|p. 105
|The Colonial Mentality
|p. 107
|The Wind of Change
|p. 110
|Reform instead of Revolution
|p. 112
|God Save Africa
|p. 113
|Key Terms
|p. 115
|Key Web Sites
|p. 115
|Further Reference
|p. 116
|Eternal Warfare in the Holy Land
|p. 117
|The Making of Jewish Nationalism
|p. 117
|The Making of Arab Nationalism
|p. 119
|World War I and the Mandate
|p. 121
|The 1948 War
|p. 123
|The 1956 War
|p. 124
|The Six Day War
|p. 125
|The 1973 War
|p. 126
|The Rise of Palestinian Nationalism
|p. 127
|The 1982 War
|p. 128
|Is There Hope?
|p. 129
|Lessons of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
|p. 131
|Key Terms
|p. 132
|Key Web Sites
|p. 132
|Further Reference
|p. 132
|Oil and Turmoil: The Persian Gulf
|p. 134
|Irascible Iran
|p. 135
|The First Gulf War
|p. 140
|The Second Gulf War
|p. 141
|The Third Gulf War
|p. 144
|Could Arabia Go the Way of Iran?
|p. 146
|Lessons of Three Gulf Wars
|p. 148
|Key Terms
|p. 149
|Key Web Sites
|p. 149
|Further Reference
|p. 150
|The Troubled Americas: Our Neglected South
|p. 151
|Spain Colonizes the New World
|p. 153
|Central America and the Caribbean
|p. 153
|Economic Dependency
|p. 155
|The Pattern of U.S. Intervention
|p. 157
|Cuba Leaves the U.S. Sphere
|p. 160
|Mexico: Drugs and Democracy
|p. 162
|What Can We Do?
|p. 164
|Key Terms
|p. 166
|Key Web Sites
|p. 166
|Further Reference
|p. 167
|Economic Development: The Rich and the Poor
|p. 168
|The Roots of Poverty
|p. 169
|Why Did the West Rise?
|p. 172
|The Population Explosion
|p. 174
|The Great Migration
|p. 176
|Socialist versus Market Paths
|p. 179
|Can Capitalism Uplift the Global South?
|p. 180
|Key Terms
|p. 183
|Key Web Sites
|p. 183
|Further Reference
|p. 184
|The Eternal Threats
|p. 185
|Why Wars?
|p. 186
|Micro Theories of War
|p. 187
|State-Level Theories of War
|p. 188
|Macro Theories of War
|p. 191
|Power Asymmetries
|p. 192
|p. 193
|The Power Dilemma
|p. 195
|The Danger of Analogies
|p. 197
|Key Terms
|p. 197
|Key Web Sites
|p. 197
|Further Reference
|p. 198
|National Security: How States Protect Themselves
|p. 199
|Technology and Security
|p. 201
|p. 202
|p. 205
|Detente Diplomacy
|p. 207
|p. 209
|A Combination
|p. 210
|Key Terms
|p. 210
|Key Web Sites
|p. 210
|Further Reference
|p. 211
|Nuclear Politics: The Bomb Is Here to Stay
|p. 212
|Weapon of War
|p. 213
|Nuclear Deterrence
|p. 214
|Alliance Building
|p. 215
|International Prestige
|p. 217
|Deterrence Reconsidered
|p. 218
|Nuclear Proliferation
|p. 218
|Arms Control
|p. 220
|The Nuclear Proliferators
|p. 221
|What Would Happen if Nukes Were Used?
|p. 223
|Nuclear Doom?
|p. 225
|Key Terms
|p. 226
|Key Web Sites
|p. 226
|Further Reference
|p. 27
|The Challenge of Terrorism
|p. 228
|The Middle East Past
|p. 229
|How to Modernize the Middle East
|p. 232
|Which Way for U.S. Policy?
|p. 235
|Lessons of Terror
|p. 240
|Key Terms
|p. 240
|Key Web Sites
|p. 240
|Further Reference
|p. 241
|The Economic Blocs
|p. 243
|Europe Divorces America
|p. 24
|The Horrors of Ex-Yugoslavia
|p. 246
|The Crumbling of NATO
|p. 249
|Europe Gropes for Unity
|p. 251
|Europe on Its Own?
|p. 254
|The Challenge of Trade Blocs
|p. 256
|Key Terms
|p. 258
|Key Web Sites
|p. 259
|Further Reference
|p. 259
|Asia: China as Number One
|p. 260
|A History of Exaggerations
|p. 263
|Which Way for China?
|p. 265
|Japan Encounters the West
|p. 267
|The Road to Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima
|p. 268
|From Rubble to Riches
|p. 271
|What Went Wrong?
|p. 274
|Key Terms
|p. 275
|Key Web Sites
|p. 276
|Further Reference
|p. 276
|The United States and Globalization
|p. 278
|What Is a Dollar Worth?
|p. 279
|The Biggest Debtor
|p. 281
|Globalization and Its Enemies
|p. 282
|The Coming of NAFTA
|p. 287
|Trade Wars?
|p. 289
|Key Terms
|p. 290
|Key Web Sites
|p. 291
|Further Reference
|p. 291
|The Politics of a New World
|p. 293
|p. 294
|The Rise and Decline of Diplomacy
|p. 295
|The Uses of an Anachronism
|p. 298
|p. 299
|Inside an Embassy
|p. 301
|Diplomacy and War
|p. 304
|Key Terms
|p. 307
|Key Web Sites
|p. 307
|Further Reference
|p. 307
|International Law
|p. 309
|Consistency and Reciprocity
|p. 310
|Origins of International Law
|p. 312
|p. 313
|p. 315
|p. 318
|p. 319
|IL and Individuals
|p. 320
|p. 320
|p. 321
|The Future of IL
|p. 322
|Key Terms
|p. 322
|Key Web Sites
|p. 323
|Further Reference
|p. 323
|The United Nations
|p. 325
|Theory of World Government
|p. 326
|The Short, Sad League of Nations
|p. 327
|The Rise of the UN
|p. 330
|The UN: Early Idealism
|p. 332
|Disillusion with the UN
|p. 334
|The Uses of the UN
|p. 336
|The Functionalist Dream
|p. 337
|The UN: Humankind's Last, Best Hope?
|p. 339
|Key Terms
|p. 340
|Key Web Sites
|p. 341
|Further Reference
|p. 341
|Giving Peace a Chance
|p. 342
|War as an Instrument of Policy
|p. 342
|The Future of War
|p. 343
|Peace Operations
|p. 346
|Preventive Diplomacy
|p. 347
|p. 347
|p. 350
|Peace Enforcement
|p. 351
|Peace Building
|p. 353
|Beyond War?
|p. 354
|Key Terms
|p. 354
|Key Web Sites
|p. 355
|Further Reference
|p. 355
|p. 356
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On board a Bobby Airlines flight from Tokyo's Haneda Airport to Seoul's Gimpo Airport is a huge Hallyu (Korean Wave) movie star Ma Jun-gyu (Jeong Gyeong-ho), whose recent raunchy comedy "Mr. Profanity" escalated him into worldwide stardom. Given the enormous fame and the adequately eccentric appearance, on the surface Ma looks like a million bucks, but his recent problems with women and ongoing scandals elicited a lot of negative thoughts. Right after the plane stars filling up with passengers Ma's dream of a relaxing flight disintegrates into pieces. Surrounded by a crowd of excited fans the seemingly blasé and disdainful actor succeeds in keeping his cool, but not until the crucial, turbulent moments is his sense of self-control actually tested.
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Though Fasten Your Seatbelt's rather short running time doesn't really give much breathing space to all the credited actors, there's a bunch of hilarious situations that briefly yet competently, and in a rather consistent manner, expose the many personality traits of at least some of the characters. Perhaps the most overt-the-top silly subplot centers on Ma and a pretty but overly sheepish Japanese stewardess (Go Seong-hui). Scenes in which Mr. Movie Star makes advances to her work are sort of awkwardly romantic interludes in the deliberately exaggerated disaster scenario.
Not even the whole plane, but its conspicuously isolated business class is a virtual microcosm of modern-day South Korea - or rather every developed country. People of different social strata share an unforgettable experience when it comes to both inter-human relations and madness caused by collective fear of an impending disaster. In such an enclosed space as an aircraft cabin it's relatively easy to establish an uncomfortable, jumpy atmosphere and Ha does exactly that with the help of a few abrupt shakes, fake sweat, and frightened face expressions.
He consequently omits clichés and doesn't overplay the drama of the whole terrifying situation, but instead focuses on showcasing the gradual deterioration of Ma's mental health. As the plot tightens, and the catastrophe seems inevitable, the character goes through a quick and farcical transition from a praised hero of the masses to a most ridiculed fallen idol, mocking all those who blindly worship celebrities.
Fasten Your Seatbelt finds heart in its gentle satire and blithe comedy. If the film's ability to entertain lies in its whimsical dialogue, than its potential to ridicule peaks during one chaotic yet dazzling slow-motion sequence. Camera maneuvers flexibly between the business section, the galley, and the cockpit in order to display all the mini-stories. Visuals of a plane caught up in storm are standard, if not overdone.
Though Fasten Your Seatbelt is not as laugh-inducing as the cult comedy Airplane!, it's definitely a lot more inviting than Pedro Almodovar's tremendously irritating and pompous slapstick outing I'm So Excited. Ha Jung-woo's light but surprisingly enjoyable debut feature proves that he might be on the right track to a successful actor-director career.
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With the onset of the hiring season in campuses in India, Firstnaukri.coms survey with more than 115 recruiters reveals that there will be an overall decline in campus hiring in 2014. Out of the total recruiters surveyed, 73% said that the number of students to be hired from campuses will be lower in 2014 as compared to 56% in 2013. As many as 44% recruiters who hire engineers expect a decline in hiring in 2014 as compared to 50% who echoed a similar sentiment in 2013. When we asked recruiters, who hire only MBA students, all of them said that they will visit fewer campuses and will hire lower number of students this year. Commenting on the findings, Deepali Singh, business head, Firstnaukri.com said The uncertain economic conditions will continue to manifest itself through a weaker demand for students in campus hiring. Most of the companies have adopted a watchful approach towards recruitments and its ramifications will be felt in campus hiring as well. We expect fewer students to get employment from campuses next year. The survey found that availability of quality talent still remains the lodestone for companies when it comes to selecting colleges for campus hiring with 25% of the recruiters expressing it as a key factor while selecting campuses for placements. And the lack of communication and analytical skills, students refusal to join a company after accepting the offer and salary expectations are some of the challenges faced by the recruiters. Also, personal interviews emerged as the most favoured mode of recruiting students with 40% of total recruiters opting for the same.
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Stanford Ignite returns to Bangalore in April 2014
On the heels of the successful completion of the first 9-week certificate programme in innovation and entrepreneurship outside its California campus, Stanford Graduate School of Business is now accepting applications for Stanford Ignite-Bangalore 2014. Classes will meet on extended weekends from April 4 through June 8, 2014. The deadline for applications is November 22, 2013. Just a few weeks ago, we presented certificates of completion to an incredibly talented cohort of 41 smart and energetic working professionals in such fields as medicine, law, engineering, and robotics, said Yossi Feinberg, John G McCoy, Banc One Professor of Economics and faculty director of Stanford Ignite. These individuals embody the intent of the Stanford Ignite program to drive economic growth through entrepreneurship by teaching innovators, both entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs, the business skills to bring their ideas to market. Theyve set a high bar for the next batch of participants.
HBS to help develop intellectual capital
Harvard Business School (HBS) will host an executive education programme called Maximising Your Leadership PotentialIndia from December 4-7 at the HBS style classroom at Taj Lands End, Mumbai. This new programme aims to provide organisations the opportunity to invest in one of their most valuable resources their talent. The programme is designed to allow participants to explore critical management challenges while gaining insight into their leadership style and approach. The constantly changing and increasingly complex nature of competition between global and local firms requires leaders who can build organisations with the capabilities to both execute and innovate. Maximising Your Leadership Potential will help individuals enhance these capabilities by focusing on the three imperatives of leadership managing yourself, managing your network, and managing your teams, said Linda A Hill, the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration and the faculty chair of Maximising Your Leadership PotentialIndia.
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A Review on Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment in Malaysia
Marzuki, Azizan, Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management
1. Introduction
Brager and Specht (1973) referred participation to 'the means by which people, who are not elected or appointed officials of agencies and of government, influence decisions about programs and policies which affect their lives'. While the Skeffington (1969) defined public participation as 'a sharing action to formulate policies and proposal' but a complete participation only happens when the public are allowed to participate actively in the planning process. Public participation also is about human right as concluded in the World Conference of Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (1979: In Misra, Sundaram & UNCRD, 1983) 'Participation of the people in institutions and system which govern their lives is a basic human right and also essential for realignment of political power in favour of disadvantaged groups and for social and economic development'. It is a channel for people to 'ensure the effective influence on the decision making process at all levels of social activity and social institutions ...' (Geneletti, 1975). Furthermore, France's (1998) defined participation as 'a process of empowerment that helps to involve local people in the identification of problems, decision-making and implementation, which can contribute to sustainable development'.
The definition of participation actually covered various concepts such as:
1. According to France (1998), participation is a process of empowering every individual in the community to involve in government development.
2. Skeffington (1969) explained participation from political consideration by sharing an action to formulate policies and proposal between government and citizens.
3. While World Conference of Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (1979: In Misra, Sundaram & UNCRD 1983) and Brager and Specht (1973) defined participation as a basic human right for every human being especially disadvantages group.
In a simple conclusion, the definition of participation explains about the concept of democracy, human right and empowerment as a core of the definition. It shows that public participation is an important process in the planning system, which also extends to the political system and has a big role to bring the executive decision from the top to bottom through a planning process.
2. The Significance of Public Participation Process
Slocum and Thomas-Slayter (1995) explained that people need to participate during the decision making process for their personal interests as well as the society's since planning activities will consequently affect public lives. Furthermore, the World Health Organisation (WHO) (2002) developed several arguments as to why the public participation process is important from the viewpoint of the citizens and professionals working with the local authorities (Table 1).
The citizens stress on their right to voice opinions and want it to be considered in the decision-making. Meanwhile, professionals argue that involving citizens can contribute towards better decision-making and target resources more efficiently. The public participation process also has the potential to educate citizens and increase their awareness by being more responsive.
3. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Malaysia
The EIA was introduced in Malaysia in 1988 as a mandatory legislative requirement through the Environmental Impact Assessment Order (DOE, 1987) (prescribed activities). It was developed based on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 1969 of the United States (Briffett et al., 2004). The legislation empowered the Director General of the Department of Environment (DOE) to:
"... protect and enhance the quality of the environment through licensing, setting of standards, coordination of research, and dissemination of information to the public." (Briffett et al., 2004)
In terms of implementation, two types of the EIA report were adopted comprising preliminary and detailed assessment whereas the objectives of preliminary assessment are as follows (Figure 1):
* To examine and select the best form of project option available;
* To identify and incorporate into the project plan appropriate abatement and mitigating measures;
* To identify significant residual environmental impacts and another additional objective is required in the detailed assessment;
* To identify the environmental costs and benefits of the development project to the community. …


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Quick Chocolate Chip Cookie Pops Recipe
My family prefers milk chocolate to dark or semisweet chocolate, so I created this recipe. Baking the pops on a stick makes them fun, but the cookies are just as delicious by themselves.
- 2 cups butter, softened
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 4-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups milk chocolate chips
- 2 cups chopped pecans
- 12 dozen Popsicle sticks
- 1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Transfer to a larger bowl if necessary. Stir in chocolate chips and pecans.
- 2. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 3 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Insert a wooden stick into each cookie if desired. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks. Yield: about 12 dozen.
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
a little harvest and a little drama
kassi and toly have been fighting like cats and dogs. toly is in her weight class and is probably stronger. kassi has agility and guile on her side. they both cry and wine when they get the lessor of the current bout. when i get after them they start hugging and laughing. tristan mostly stays out of the actual fights. he is several weight classes above them both.
i then cut up about five pounds of onions to go into the dehydrator--not the solar one. this is where tristans help really shined. his nimble little fingers peeling onions left and right. when they are done they'll only weigh a few ounces. they end up sweet like candy--toly loves them.
we had a couple of dogs hunt and kill several of our hens today. we are down to nine layers from eighteen. i am still so angry about it. when it all started i ran and grabbed my 12 gage pump shot gun and a few shells.
i put three shells in my pocket and held one in my hand. i walked around the farm and saw nothing. i threw the gun in the bed of my truck and drove to our neighbors. i asked if he saw anything. we chatted and i went home. i grabbed my gun and walked through the backyard. tabitha asked "where are you going?" i told her i was looking for those dogs. then i saw them. they froze i shoved my shell in the shotgun and it wouldn't load. i had to click the trigger first for some reason. by the time i had a loaded gun they were bolting toward the road. i raised the gun and trailed them. they were getting dangerously close to the road so i aimed low and shot for the larger dog.
he rolled into a ball and started yelping. the other dog (bull terrier) turned and ran back to his malamute buddy. it got up and hobbled away holding one leg off the ground. as they ran down the road it took every ounce of self control to keep me from shooting them both then and there. even if it weren't against the law shooting into the road is a really bad idea. most of the dead chickens were going to culled this fall but our pullets won't be laying until then and we'll be low on eggs all the rest of the summer.
the dogs were obviously stalking our farmstead all night because tabitha said that our dogs were barking the entire time. boca who is waiting to go to the sale barn has two injuries on her front legs probably from being scared by those two dogs. arrgh i wish i'd have gotten them both. although they'll likely never be back. i just would like to exact my losses from their hides. i'm not very forgiving of malicious transgressions and this was just sport for them.
those eggs fed my family and i'm a bit overly defensive of them--especially with a really pregnant wife.
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- Ron said...
Yeah, I wouldn't hesitate to put a dog down if messing with our chickens or pigs. I would compost it, and never mention it again. I hope that many of my neighbors out here would do the same.
Fortunately, Neighbor had 3 of his 4 free-ranging dogs eat some of his chickens and turkeys, and he put 3 of the offenders down before I had to. Last time they came over here, I shot them in the butt with a BB gun so they would go back home.
Dogs may be man's best friend, but certainly not a chicken's!
- R. Sherman said...
You did the right thing.
BTW, I cannot imagine a rural Missouri prosecutor charging you with a felony for protecting your animals, even if you did shoot into a road way. It would be like an intruder retreating to a road to take potshots at you and you just having to stand there and take it.
I'd gladly take that case to a jury.
- Laura said...
aww so sorry you all have been having a rough go lately!
I think defending your farm and family, including livestock is ample reason to put a dog down. Damn people who don't take care of their animals anyway - a responsible person doesn't let a dog run wild. I think Ron has the right approach.
Sorry about your chickens. Could you get ones that are ready to lay to replace them? Or do you have to raise them up from chicks?
btw, the photo of Toly in your previous post was beautiful. What a smiley boy!
- karl said...
ron thanks for the encouragement. i feel the same way. if my dog were out killing someones livestock i'd expect them to kill it.
r. sherman, i appreciate the offer and support.
laura, thanks..
donna, thanks the pullets will come of age fairly soon. we'll just have to stop selling and giving eggs away.
Whereas I hate the idea of putting any dog down, whether it's because of the irresponsibilty of the owner, or a misfortunate accident, I do believe it's your right and responsibilty to protect your family and livlihood (livestock). In Montana, it's perfectly legal to shoot a dog even for just harrassing livestock. I'm pretty confident most rural areas have the same allowances.
It's unfortunate because even the best dogs get excited around any animal. But, do what you gotta do.
We had one of our dogs shot by a neighbor because the dog was running his cattle.
The farmer had called as he thought it was one of our dogs. All my dad said was 'Make it clean'.
I probably wouldn't have understood at the time - being young, but I do agree with the farmer for his actions.
- Wendy said...
What is it with people's pets running around killing people's caged animals? I had a rabbit in a hutch in my FENCED back yard. These two neighborhood dogs squeezed under the fence, broke open the rabbit hutch and killed him. I don't have a gun to shoot them, but they were in my back yard, and if I had had a gun, they'd have been dead dogs.
Thing is, my rabbit wasn't the first neighborhood animal these dogs killed - and the owner knew, AND had been prosecuted before for the same thing. If they had been my dogs marauding through the neighborhood, I'd have done what needed to be done myself, the first time it happened. I wouldn't have waited until the Animal Control officer took me to court. I love my dogs, but my chickens feed us and the rabbit was a full-bred German Angora - a fiber rabbit, and worth thousands of dollars over his expected lifetime. He was only nine months old.
I hope there isn't a next time for you.
- KatieKate said...
'Make it clean.' I like that.
New reader, similar life and intentions... though you are much further along than we are.
I'm down 4 chickens myself this season... 2 to dogs, 2 to mystery. It will put a damper on our eggs come November when this batch starts laying.
- edifice rex said...
I would not count on those dogs not coming back, karl. Those that like to kill can be rather insistant. I'd still keep an eye out and I wish you better shooting next time. There is no excuse for people letting their animals go out and destroy other people's property.


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Pure Capsaicin
Naga Viper
World's Hottest Pepper
Bhut Jolokia
Bhut Jolokia
Naga Morich or Dorset Naga
Red Savinas
Red Savina Habanero
(350,000 - 577,000)
Chocolate Habanero
(200,000 - 385,000)
Orange habanero
& Scotch Bonnet
(150,000 - 325,000)
Devil Toung &: Fatalii
(125,000 - 325,000)
(80,000 - 240,000)
Birds Eye
(100,000 - 225,000)
Jamaican Hot
(100,000 - 200,000)
(125,000 - 150,000)
Carolina Cayenne
(100,000 - 125,000)
(95,000 - 110,000)
(85,000 - 115,000)
(50,000 - 100,000)
(60,000 - 85,000)
(70,000 - 80,000)
(50,000 - 75,000)
(40,000 - 58,000)
Santaka & Super Chile
(40,000 - 50,000)
Tabasco Peppers
Tabasco, Jaloro,
Aji & Cayenne
(30,000 - 50,000)
De Arbol
(15,000 - 30,000)
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(8,000 - 22,000)
(6,000 - 17,000)
Hot Wax & Puya
(5,000 - 10,000)
(5,000 - 8,000)
(2,5000 - 8,000)
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- 3,000)
(1,500 - 2,000)
Anaheim & Sandia
- 2,500)
Poblano, Espanola, Ancho, Mulato & Pasilla
(1,000 - 2,000)
- 1,000)
Santa Fe Grande
& El Paso
(500 - 700)
& Cherry
(100 - 500)
Sweet Bell
& Pimento
Values are in
scoville units
The Naga Viper, created by Gerald Fowler who runs the Chili Pepper
Company in Cumbria, England, is the World's Hottest Pepper
coming in at 1,359,000 Scoville heat units!!
The Naga Viper, a cross between three of the hottest exiting
pepper varieties, is so hot it can strip paint and weapons experts are
considering using the chili in a "spice bomb" to incapacitate enemy soldiers!!
Imagine what it can do to your mouth!
The Bhut Jolokia is officially
rated at an inferno like
1,001,304 Scoville heat units, according to the
Guinness World Records. Guinness confirmed, with the help of Dr. Paul Bosland,
a professor and noted chili breeder at New Mexico State University, that the
Bhut Jolokia, also known as the Naga Jolokia, Tezpur pepper, king cobra chili,
dorset naga, naga morich, or ghost chili, was the world's
hottest chili pepper until the Naga viper came along.
The Bhut Jolokia is a naturally occurring chili, part of the
Capsicum Chinense species, which also contains the habanero and red savina.
Bhut Jolokia is native to the Assam region of north eastern India. These
intestine burning peppers have been tested by scientists in America and Inda as
being about twice the heat of the previous record holder - the Red Savina.
Habaneros are green in color and ripen one of numerous colors
including red, orange, salmon, white, chocolate... depending on the variety.
Their average size is 1 to 2 1/2 inches long, 1 to 2 inches in diameter and
they are lantern-shaped, round or oblong. Technically, their species name is
Capsicum Chinense
Jacquin. Habaneros are the hottest chile peppers and
rate around 200,000 - 300,000 Scoville
Habanero means
from Havana
and is an extremely hot pepper believed to originally have been taken to the
Yucatan Peninsula from Cuba. About 1,500 tons of habaneros are harvested each
year in the Yucatan. They are also grown to a lesser extent in Belize, Costa
Rica, Texas and California.
GNS Spices of Southern California has developed the
Red Savina
habanero which had been recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the
world's hottest spice
up to 580,000 scoville units! Red Savina Habaneros were the
peppers there on earth until the mighty Bhut Jolokia came along!
The habanero is not the same pepper as the
Scotch Bonnet
They are of the same species but the Scotch Bonnet is not a Cultivar.
The Scotch Bonnet has a different shape - one which closely resembles a Scot's
bonnet - so it is very easy to differentiate the two. The Scotch Bonnet
grows mainly in the Caribbean islands while the habanero grows mainly in Latin
and North American. The flavor of the two, however, is very similar as is their
heat level.
Scoville units are the units used to rate the heat of peppers.
The Scoville unit was named after Wilbur L. Scoville who first tried to measure
the heat of peppers in 1912. Wilbur was a pharmacologist for the Parke-Davis
His original test consisted of a panel of tasters who would
systematically taste a solution of chile extract and slightly sweetened water
for detectable heat. They tried to determine how much the chile extract
needed to be diluted before it no longer had a detectable heat sensation.
A typical Jalapeno pepper is about 4,500 Scoville units. This
means that 4,500 parts of sugar water are required to dilute one part Jalapeno
extract until its heat can no longer be felt. Dilute it any further and you
would not be able to taste any hotness.
As you can imagine, this testing method was highly subjective
and is no longer used. However, chile heat is still given in Scoville units.
Today, high-pressure liquid chromatography machines measure a pepper's heat.
Although this method takes out the guess work, it only rates the heat of the
sample pepper being tested, and not the absolute fire power of every chile in
that variety. Climate, soil, weather, geography and harvest time all affect how
hot a pepper can be.
A cultivar is an organism or hybrid that originated and has
persisted under cultivation. The word comes from cultivated variety and
is abbreviated as cv. Each cultivar must be named in conformance with
the International Code of Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants and that name comes
after its scientific name, regulated be the International Code of Botanical
Nomenclature (i.e. Capsicum frutescens cv. 'Tabasco') Got all that?
One of the several organic nitrogen compounds in a pungent lipid
group called capsaicinoids. These compounds are
concentrated in the placenta of the pepper (blister like sacs along the
pepper's inner wall) to which the seeds are attached. A smaller amount is found
in the veins or white lines running from the top of the pepper to the bottom.
The seeds contain only a small portion of capsaicin. So, contrary to popular
belief, the seeds are not the hottest part.
Chemical formula for capsaicin, derived from
capsicum, heatcomponent of Red Savina
habanero chile pepper (capsicum chinense)
A group of chemicals called
are responsible for the heat in chile peppers. Each one produces a slightly
different burn. The hottest and most famous of the five is called
capsaicin. This is one that produces the sensation
of fire in your mouth. When the fire hits, your mouth sends a signal to your
brain that signals the release of natural pain relievers, endorphins,
which we all love. The amount of capsaicin in a hot pepper is expressed in
Scoville Units.
Most of the habanero extracts
are so hot and potentially dangerous that they are not meant for direct
consumption and are meant to be used as a food additive only. This means you
are supposed to add a few drops to your cooking and not supposed to use them
directly like on a chip. The companies that sell them make you sign a written
waiver saying you understand this and you will not give the extract to anyone
else without warning them. This limits the company's liability and provides for
the consumer's safety.
Many sauces are so hot that in order to limit the company's
liability, and to provide for the consumer's safety, they come with warning
labels. These products have warnings on their bottles and also come with
special handling instructions in their shipping containers.
A typical label enclosed with an order of
Dave's Insanity Sauce from
MoHotta-MoBetta reads:
WARNING: You must exercise
extreme caution when using this
sauce. If you touch the sauce, be particularly careful not to touch your face, eyes
or other sensitive parts of your body. If you do touch the sauce, we recommend that
you wash your hands thoroughly with soap and warm water. Ignore this warning and
you will pay.
Hmmm, sensitive body parts??


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