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Walnut stuffed Dates with Coconut
Saturday, September 29, 2012A quick and easy recipe for dates stuffed with a mixture of toasted walnuts and sesame seeds flavoured with cinnamon, orange zest and rose water. For the coating, I have used coconut flakes and pumpkin seeds, but any other nuts or seeds would work just fine here. They are great as a light dessert, a snack, or just anytime you feel like a nibble.
- Toast walnuts, and sesame seeds in a dry skillet until fragrant, about 5 minutes, and then remove them from the heat and set aside to cool.
- Place walnuts, sesame, cinnamon, sugar and orange zest in a coffee grinder. Process until you have a thick paste. Turn the paste into a bowl and stir in rose water.
- Fill each date with about a teaspoon of nut mixture. Brush with melted coconut oil and coat with coconut flakes or chopped pumpkin seeds.
Spiced Rye Bread with Sesame
Wednesday, September 26, 2012A dense, moist rye bread lightened with whole-wheat flour, spiced with cumin and coriander. Cumin seeds are purported to contain enzymes that aid in digestion and are said to be effective in combating acid reflux. Coriander seeds are known to have anti-oxidant vitamin and rich in dietary fiber. So, the addition of spices adds not only flavour to the bread, but also nutritional potency.
Spiced Rye Bread with Sesame
adapted from Brot backen köstliche Rezepte aus der guten alten Zeit
- Mix together light rye flour, wholewheat flour, rye kernels and dried yeast in a mixing bowl. Add in water, sourdough starter, salt, sugar, coriander powder and cumin.
- Knead with a a hand mixer fitted with dough hook attachments until the dough is smooth and pliable. Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface and shape into a ball. Dust the surface with a little flour and cover with a kitchen towel. Set aside in a warm place for an hour.
- Place a 26-cm springform ring on a floured baking tray. Knead the dough thoroughly on a floured work surface. Shape the dough into a ball and place into the ring. Cover the dough and set aside in a warm place for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 190C/375F. Cut some decorative slashes on the top of bread. Brush the top with water and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake the bread in the middle of the hot oven for about an hour until nicely golden brown and crusty.
Cream of Chicken Soup
Sunday, September 23, 2012Nothing beats the comforting and soothing feeling that a bowl of creamy coconut chicken soup can bring. Cozy up and enjoy this Thai-inspired chicken soup with homemade bread.
- Melt the coconut oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the shallots and cook, stirring, for a couple of minutes, until slightly softened.
- Add in leek and cook for another 3 minutes, stirring. Add in chopped chicken, stock, and herbs. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until the chicken is tender and cooked through.
- Remove from the heat and process with an immersion hand blender until smooth. Season the soup with salt and pepper and warm over low heat for 5 minutes. Stir in the coconut milk and cook for another 2 minutes, then remove from the heat and ladle into serving bowls. Garnish with sprig of thyme and serve immediately.
Garlic Chive Pull Apart Bread Muffins
Thursday, September 20, 2012The pull apart bread has been popping up all over the place, and as a bread lover, I can't wait to try it with a homemade fresh herb spread. For the herbs, I used a mix of Chinese garlic chives and basil, but use any combination that suits you. Alternatively, you can use a ready-made pesto sauce. I have chosen to leave out cheese as husband is not a fan of it. Besides pesto, nutella or peanut butter would be great alternatives for the filling too.
Poolish | Dough | Herb Spread |
- Combine all ingredients of starter together in a mixing bowl. Cover with a plastic film and set aside at room temperature for 16 hours.
- Add in the rest of dough ingredients and mix on lowest speed for 3 minutes, then increase the speed, continue kneading until the dough is smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Cover the dough and allow it to rest for 30 minutes. Turn it out on a lightly floured work surface and gently knead for a few times. Return to the mixing bowl and proof, covered, for a further 30 minutes.
- Place all the ingredients of herb spread in a blender and process until combined.
- Divide the dough into 4 even portions. Roll each out into a 28x19-cm rectangle. Spread 2-3 tablespoons of herb paste on one rectangle, cover it with second rectangle, spread with 2-3 tablespoons of herb paste, top with third rectangle, then spread with herb paste, and top with the final rectangle. You might not need to use up all the spread. Cut into 18 pieces, each about 6x5.5-cm. Besides herb spread, you can also try the peanut butter filling.
- Place each stack into a muffin cup greased lightly with oil. Cover and proof for an hour or until about doubled in volume. Preheat the oven to 220C/430F. Bake for 20 minutes until nicely golden and crisp.
Pumpkin Spelt Muffins with Peanuts and Ginger
Monday, September 17, 2012These spekulatius-spiced pumpkin muffins are moist and fresh in an airtight container for a few days, and freeze fairly well. They are the perfect treat for an autumn afternoon. If you don't have spekulatius spice, use pumpkin pie spice or just cinnamon instead.
- Preheat the oven 190C/375F. Line 12-14 muffin cups with paper liners. Sift ground whole grain spelt flour, refined spelt flour, sugar, baking soda and salt together in a mixing bowl.
- In another bowl, whisk together the roasted pumpkin puree, spekulatius spices, coconut oil, and coconut milk until well combined.
- Add the flour mixture into the pumpkin mixture and mix until just incorporated. Do not overmix or muffins will be tough. Fold in chopped candied ginger and 100 grams of salted peanuts.
- Divide the batter into prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle the tops with some peanuts. Bake on the upper oven rack for 25 to 30 minutes until nicely golden brown. Drizzle with caramel sauce if desired, and serve warm.
Stuffed Roasted Figs with Goat Cheese and Pistachios
Friday, September 14, 2012A stylish seasonal dish made from fresh ripe figs, creamy mild Chavroux, and crunchy pistachios, served with a green pepper grape syrup. You can serve this as an appetizer, a snack or even as a light dessert.
Stuffed Roasted Figs with Goat Cheese and Pistachios
adapted from Küchengötter
- Place grape juice and 3 teaspoons of honey in a saucepan. Cook the mixture on high heat until it becomes syrupy, about 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 220C/430F. Crush the green peppercorns with a mortar and pestle and add to the grape syrup. Finely chop the pistachios.
- In a bowl, stir together fresh goat cheese, 2 teaspoons of honey, thyme leaves, and freshly ground black pepper.
- Slice each fig in half lengthwise. Make a depression in the middle with the back of a teaspoon. Fill the depression with goat cheese filling. Place them in a baking dish. Switch the oven function to grill and roast the filled fig halves for 6-8 minutes until the goat cheese is lightly browned. Serve with the grape syrup.
Overnight Yogurt Sunflower Seed Bread Rolls
Tuesday, September 11, 2012This overnight bread, prepared with a mix of wholewheat and bread flours and 100% yogurt, has a crunchy crust and tender crumb with complex flavour and a beloved delicious sour tang due to the long, slow overnight fermentation.
Overnight Yogurt Sunflower Seed Bread Rolls
adapted from Hefe und mehr
- Before you go to bed, dissolve fresh yeast with the yogurt in the mixing bowl of your stand mixer, then add in remaining ingredients, except sunflower seeds. Stir first on slow speed until the dough comes together, then increase the speed and knead until it's smooth. Cover with plastic film and proof overnight or up to 12 hours at the room temperature.
- Next morning roll dough on a well-floured work surface to 40 x 40 cm square. Fold each side in to meet in the middle, so you have a 20 x 20 cm square. Cut into 9 pieces. Brush the surface with water and coat with sunflower seeds. Place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and proof for 60 minutes.
- Place a roasting tray at the bottom of the oven and preheat to 250C/500F. Put the bread in the hot oven and pour a cup of boiling water into the roasting tray. Close the oven door and bake for about 20 minutes.


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- 0:28 - "Among UK Muslims disapproval is 100%."
- "Muslims in Britain have zero tolerance towards homosexual acts. ... None of the 500 British Muslims interviewed believed that homosexual acts were morally acceptable."
- Muslims in Britain have zero tolerance of homosexuality, says poll The Guardian, 7 May 2009
- 2:28 "In Iran, they've settled the matter by hanging them from cranes in public."
- Gays should be tortured and hanged, says Iranian minister meeting British MPs Daily Mail, 14 Nov 2007
- Execution in Iran
- 2:32 - "In Mauritania they use the more traditional method, stoning to death."
- "Any adult Muslim man who commits an impudent act against nature with an individual of his sex will face the penalty of death by public stoning."
- "Deciphering Motive: Establishing Sexual Orientation as the 'One Central Reason' for Persecution in Asylum Claims", Columbia Human Rights Law Review, authored by Ritu Ghai, 43.2:349 (2012), page 522, footnote #4
- 2:37 - "In Saudi Arabia they prefer beheading, as they do for many things in that country, including witchcraft."
- In January 2002, Saudi Arabia executed three men for "sodomy, marriage among themselves, and inciting pedophilia" (Paris Le Monde 4 Jan. 2002). The three men were beheaded by sword in public.
- Saudi Arabia: The situation of homosexuals, including treatment by authorities and legal penalties Refworld
- 2:45 - "In countries that don't include the death penalty for being gay, it's still punishable by flogging and imprisonment."
- Maldives (100% Muslim) — House arrest for women; banishment or whippings for men.
Morocco (99.9% Muslim) — Fine and between six month and three years in jail.
Afghanistan (>99% Muslim) — Imprisonment.
Kuwait — (>99% Muslim) Up to seven years in jail.
Somalia (99% Muslim) — Possible death penalty by stoning in southern parts of the country; elsewhere, a jail sentence of up to three years.
Algeria (99% Muslim) — Fines and a jail sentence of up to three years.
Yemen (~99% Muslim) — Imprisonment up to seven years, whipping with 100 lashes, or death by stoning, depending on gender and circumstances.
Tunisia (~98%) — Up to three years in prison; same-sex activity between women is legal.
Sudan (>97% Muslim) — Five years in prison, life imprisonment, flogging, and/or death penalty.
Libya — (97% Muslim) Up to five years of jail time.
Pakistan (96.4%) — Between two and 10 years in prison.
Bangladesh (89% Muslim) — Fine and up to 10 years in prison.
Syria (~87% Muslim) — Up to three years in prison.
Qatar (81% Muslim) — Up to seven years in prison (and for Muslims, corporal punishment or death).
Oman (75% Muslim) — Imprisonment from six months to three years.
Malaysia (61.3% Muslim) — Up to 20 years in prison and possibly whipping.- BuzzFeed: 76 Countries Where Anti-Gay Laws Are As Bad As Or Worse Than Russia's (% Muslim statistics from Wikipedia)
- 2:49 - "It was announced recently that several Islamic countries are trying to find a medical test to detect gay people and stop them at the border, so disgusted are they to homosexuality."
- Gulf states to introduce medical testing on travelers to 'detect' gay people and stop them from entering the country Mail Online 8 October 2013
- 3:00 - "They even forced the United Nations to remove sexual orientation from a resolution condemning arbitrary executions, because Islamic countries want the right to arbitrarily execute gay people without being condemned for it."
- UN cowardice is a betrayal of its gay citizens Patrick Strudwick: The Guardian, 23 Nov 2013
- U.N. panel cuts gay reference from violence measure Reuters, Nov 17, 2010

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A fragile sense of security often robs Zuhair Sulaiman of the luxury of good night's sleep.
"The fear is embedded inside," he said in Arabic at a meeting at Arab American Family Services in Bridgeview.
Along with more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs, who abandoned their homes, his family fled to Iraq when Israel was created in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
He lived in Iraq as a Palestinian refugee with no citizenship papers for 54 years before applying to come to the United States as a refugee.
Now, living in Chicago as an Iraqi refugee, Sulaiman, 58, is grateful to be in a safe and secure country, but nightly dreams of death, and fears for his children when they leave the house.
"I saw too many things in Iraq; too many dead bodies, too many dead children, too many heads cut off in the street and too much blood."
But here he faces new struggles—many of them not unlike those faced by others seeking sanctuary in America.
He struggles with poverty because of the brief help offered by the U.S. government. He struggles to pay the government back for his family's flight America. And he struggles to find his feet in a place that's so different from what he's always known.
Living in the Al-Waleed refugee camp in Iraq, near the border with Syria and the Al-Tanf crossing, Sulaiman applied to come to the United States through the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
With the help of World Relief-Chicago, Sulaiman, his wife Allaay, and their five children, who were born into refugee status in Iraq, were relocated to various areas of Chicago in 2010. Sulaiman lives with his wife and three of his children in the North Side neighborhood of Albany Park.
"I am a double refugee and a person without a land," said Sulaiman. He said Iraq doesn't recognize him as a citizen, took away his papers and treated him as an outcast. And since Palestinians do not have their own country, and there is no passport stamped "Palestine," he is a man without a place to call home.
As refugees, he and his family received assistance from the U.S. government when they arrived, but were eventually forced to seek aid on their own. Sulaiman found help at Arab American Family Services, but he says more could be done to assist the refugees.
After the 2003 start of the Iraq war, the Palestine population in Iraq, an estimated 34,000 people according to UNHCR, decreased by almost half. When Baghdad was attacked, many Palestinians fled to the nearest no-man's land, a desert area along the Syrian border, and set up camp.
Al-Waleed was formally recognized as a refugee camp in 2006 and by 2009 it had over 1,500 Palestinian residents who fled or were expelled from Baghdad.
The conditions that Sulaiman and his family faced at Al-Waleed, living in tents, were dire. Temperatures fell below freezing in the winter and rose above 122 degrees in the summer, scorpions and snakes ran rampant, sandstorms were common, and the nearest hospital was four hours away.
The toll of life there was both physical and mental. "There were bombs everywhere, we lived in fear of death," he said. "Iraq was very bad."
Dr. Edith Szanto, who teaches at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani, is also a volunteer with FirstStage, a program that teaches reading and writing to Arab children in the Qalawa refugee camp in Iraq's autonomous region of Sulaimani.
She said refugees in Iraq are most often viewed as gypsies, and a sense of hopelessness often leads children to begging and prostitution.
"Iraqis' and Iraqi refugees' problems, such as depression and paranoia, are deep-seated social problems," she said. "If a poor mental state is not the result of the Iraq war, it's from the 10 years of U.N. sanctions before that, and then before that there were the 10 years of the Iranian-Iraq war; these people have not seen normal lives for decades."
Last year, more than 56,000 refugees arrived in the U.S., and 598 Iraqi refugees resettled in Illinois, according to the U.S. Department of Human Services. Over a span of 20 years, Illinois has welcomed approximately 3,700 Iraqi refugees. For the fiscal year 2012, the State Department provided a one-time payment of $1,100 per refugee upon arrival in Illinois.
Refugees arriving in the U.S. are placed with a resettlement agency, such as World Relief-Chicago, that has signed a cooperative agreement with the State Department. The affiliates are responsible for assuring that the refugees receive aid for the first 30 to 90 days after arrival, arranging for services such as food, housing, clothing, employment services and follow-up medical care.
Income eligible single adult refugees, and married couples without children, are eligible for Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance, from the Office of Refugee Resettlement, Department of Health and Human Services (ORR), for eight months from the date of arrival.
Families with children are eligible for Transitional Aid for Needy Families (TANF) for up to five years. Eligibility criteria for these services often parallel the state's Medicaid programs.
Refugees are must pay for the cost of their plane ticket, though. The U.S. government is reimbursed for the costs expended of the refugees' flights by the refugees' sponsor agencies. These agencies then set up payment plans for the refugees.
Sulaiman said when he resettled in Illinois in 2010 the US provided every member of his family $900. He received two months of aid from World Relief-Chicago before they "took their hand away." Now he pays about $50 a month to cover a $5,000 debt for the plane tickets that brought him and his family to Chicago.
Once World Relief-Chicago stopped supporting Sulaiman and his family, he had to seek out aid from a social service agency. One of his married daughters was resettled in Bridgeview, and through word-of-mouth he was able to reach out to Arab American Family Services, for services such as English-language tutoring. He and his wife are also seeing a therapist though Heartland Alliance,
"A refugee doesn't become a refugee because they want to, no one chooses to be a refugee, these are individuals who are ousted from their countries because they can't rely on their government to protect them," said Aimee Hilado, Ph.D., manager of Clinical Social Work and Wellness Services at RefugeeOne, an independent non-profit refugee resettlement agency in Chicago.
"We would see clients in English classes unable to concentrate, feeling very anxious and not wiling to come to class (because of depression or paranoia), when we know that they need the language to get the job," she said. "Flashbacks from trauma can infiltrate and negatively influence a refugee's ability to thrive in their environment."
Post-traumatic stress disorder and depression is a serious problem for Iraqi refugees, Hilado added. Hearing sirens on the street or the sound of a plane overhead can trigger an intrusive flashback.
"A person is not going to thrive in any of the resettlement programs that we offer if they are constantly having flashbacks or thoughts of suicide as a result of depression,"
Sulaiman and his wife attend weekly therapy sessions through Heartland Alliance's International Family, Adult, and Child Enhancement Services (FACES), in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood.
He said he needs help adjusting to the freedom he feels in the U.S. He isn't used to being able to go out into the streets without being hurt or "found." He and his family can't believe they've finally reached a place of safety.
"Iraqi refugees experience extreme shell-shock when they get here," said Itedal Shalabi, founder and executive director of Arab American Family Services (AAFS). "How can you send someone to find a job when he or she has a mental illness and they need help to stabilize?"
Shalabi said the resources available to refugees are often good in theory, but executed poorly.
"Refugees' expectations are very high based off what the American government promised them, but the response is not always as dignified as it should be; a lot of them are left to fend with inadequate furniture and clothing, mental health issues, children trying to adjust to new schools and parents who don't know their rights because they come from countries where they had none."
"Things are given to refugees when they first arrive, but often they are given fish and not taught how to fish," said Shalabi.


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We keep you up-to-date on the latest tax changes and news in the industry.
Yes, it's true that we're just coming out of the longest government shutdown in the history of the United States. It will take many government agencies - including the Internal Revenue Service - a significant period of time to get back up to speed. But if you think that all this means that the chances of your getting audited are lower than ever, you're going to want to think again.
According to one recent study, the IRS audited about 0.6 percent of individual tax returns in 2016, which means that your chances of getting that unfortunate letter in the mail were about one in 160. When you expand the definition of a traditional audit to include all of the other types of notices that you may receive to re-examine your taxes or provide backup documentation, for example, that number jumps to about 6.2 percent— or roughly one in 16.
So not only were your chances of getting audited always higher than you thought, but a government shutdown isn't going to prevent this particular train from running on time. There are a few common IRS audit red flags in particular that you'll want to know more about as April approaches once again.
The Dreaded Math Errors
A lot of people don't realize just how much of the IRS's own processes are automated. When you file your income tax return, that information gets entered into a computer, and a lot of the processing is done before a human ever looks at it — if one ever comes into contact with your return at all.
Therefore, one of the major red flags that will certainly trigger an audit are math errors, because a computer doesn't care whether the government was shut down or not. A math error is a math error, and if you make one (or multiple), it'll send up a red flag within the IRS's system, and an automated notice will likely be issued as a result.
HOW You Make Your Money
The people who work for the IRS aren't amateurs; they know that certain types of industries feature more instances of unreported cash earnings than others. This is why another one of the major red flags that could see you on the receiving end of an IRS audit has to do with the industry you're operating in to begin with.
If you work in the restaurant industry where cash tips are common, for example, you are probably always going to garner more attention from IRS professionals than someone who may have a more rigid salary. Simply being a part of these types of industries automatically raises your odds of being audited, and no government shutdown is going to change that.
Earned Income Tax Credit Audits
In 2018, the IRS actually came right out and admitted that people who claim the Earned Income Tax Credit are twice as likely to be audited than those who don't. A large part of this comes down to the fact that people sometimes take this credit who shouldn't, and it costs the United States government about $10 billion per year.
At this point, it's important to note that taking this credit intentionally when you shouldn't is fraud, and that is not a situation you want to find yourself in. If you can prove that you took the credit by accident, you don't necessarily have anything to worry about. But you'll likely still be audited, and you're certainly going to have some explaining to do.
Large Charitable Contributions
Finally, one of the biggest red flags that the IRS always looks for when determining whom to audit ultimately comes down, not to charitable contributions as a concept, but to significantly large contributions under peculiar circumstances.
When viewing charitable contributions, the IRS always looks at the amount you gave relative to the overall amount you made during a year. The IRS definitely knows, on average, how much people in certain income brackets are likely to donate. Sure, there are always special circumstances - but if you give two years' worth of donations in a single year in an effort to maximize the deduction you can take, you're almost always going to attract the type of attention you don't necessarily want.
Provided that you've got the documentation to back up your donations, you have absolutely nothing to worry about. But a lot of people try to game the system by saying that they gave X amount of dollars in one year when they really gave that money over the last few years, and that is something the IRS will try to put a stop to.
An audit isn't necessarily a bad thing, especially if you have the documentation to support every move you made and why it was the right one for you at the moment. But again, don't assume that the government shutdown means that your chances of an IRS audit are practically zero. They never were, but they certainly aren't now, which is why you'll always want to make sure that you've crossed your T's and dotted your I's before you submit your tax return information this year.
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By Staff Reports
(Honolulu)– Larry K. Martin, a UH Manoa electrical engineering graduate student, has been named the winner of the 2011-12 Alton B. Zerby and Carl T. Koerner Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Award, recognizing him as the most outstanding electrical engineering student in the nation.
Martin, who graduated with his BS in electrical engineering from UH Manoa in Fall 2011, was named the winner of the award by Eta Kappa Nu, the national electrical engineering society, based on his achievements as an undergraduate student.
Martin is the fourth UH Manoa student to win the award. Previous awardees are Blaine Murakami (2005), Aaron Ohta (2003) and Kendall Ching (2001). In 2007, Monte Watanabe was selected as an honorable mention recipient.
In February, Martin received the 2012 Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies Student Engineer of the Year Award, identifying the Kailua resident as the outstanding student engineer in Hawaii for 2011. He was also named the Fall 2011 Outstanding Graduating Senior in Electrical Engineering.
Martin has received numerous other scholarships and awards, including being a two-time recipient of the prestigious National Consortium for Measurement and Signature Intelligence Research Scholarship. He has also authored or co-authored several journals, conference papers and magazine articles.
As program/technical manager of the UH Manoa College of Engineering's Small-Satellite Program, Martin assisted in writing several proposals that earned the program two NASA launch opportunities in 2013-14. The mission of the two nanosatellites scheduled to launch is to provide calibration for radar stations around the world. The program was founded by Electrical Engineering Professor Wayne Shiroma in 2001.
"It's great to see that Larry's tremendous accomplishments are being recognized on the national level as well," said Shiroma. "I'm also very proud that another student from our program has received this prestigious honor."
Martin will be recognized at the IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu awards banquet in March 2013 in Orlando, Florida.
IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' official student honor society for students and professionals in engineering, science and computing, as well as the IEEE-designated fields of interest. With more than 200,000 members and over 200 university chapters, IEEE-HKN recognizes academic excellence, leadership, outstanding character and service.
See the College of Engineering home page at http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/.


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"I could tell you the longest story about the worst day of my life but that's not how Chase should be remembered.
She left us yesterday after I took her to Sauvie Island one last time for a swim off a dock she has played on for years. It was strange: I have never seen the water in the Willamette so clear that you could see her entire body and her legs swimming away. She had a happy smile on her face and her tail was up and she enjoyed play time at the river. The cancer was getting her quicker than anyone expected so it was time for us to say good bye. My vet did a wonderful job and I held her to the end. She will never ever be forgotten and will fill our hearts forever with so many great memories."
– Cera Reusser, Founder of Chase Away K9 Cancer
(this note was sent out to friends on June 29th, 2006 the day after I had to let Chase go. I could never have dreamed where Chase & I were going to go after I lost her. It's amazing where a broken heart can take you. Chase continues to share her love with so many and I know she is here by my side on this journey we now call Chase Away K9 Cancer.)
Sometimes it takes being in the presence of a hero to help others become heroic.
Welcome to the home page for Chase Away K9 Cancer Website: a portal of hope, healing, action, and promise!
Like many worthwhile organizations, the Chase Away K9 Cancer campaign finds its beginnings at the end of a great love and loss. And, like a Phoenix rising from the depths of sorrow, works to provide new hope and promise for many, now and in the future.
Chase was a beautiful female black Labrador, who achieved the title of AKC Master Hunter, along with being a dock diving Elite Jumper and NW Challenge/Xtreme Airdogs Champion at Diamond Lake in 2005. She was the picture of good health and vitality until her "mom," Cera Reusser, discovered a lump under her chin while giving her her night time loving. The lump turned out to be metastasized cancer which after diagnoses it was nasal carcinoma. Even after the best possible care by a Board-certified veterinary oncologist it was too late to save Chase. She died three months shy of her seventh birthday. But her unfailing devotion to her family and her courage throughout her ordeal earned her the title of hero.
Propelled to action by the loss and determined to find a cure for this devastating disease, Cera set off on a mission to do all she could to help in this crucial battle. She decided that she could be a hero for Chase. Her efforts along with hundreds of volunteers from across the USA & Canada through fundraising have made a huge difference in the fight against canine cancer. Cera's example has helped many others to join in this valiant fight and we are so thankful that so many continue to join us in our fight against K9 cancer.
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to all of the volunteers for they are our heroes whose passion and commitment have made such a difference in the fight against canine cancers.
You too can Chase Away K9 Cancer and help us improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of this terrible disease.
New Address where you can mail donations to : Thank you for your continued support
Chase Away K9 Cancer
PO Box 65456
Port Ludlow, WA 98365


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Bob Heytow, K9YA SK
Heytow, Robert Floyd USF 53, Lt. Evanston Police Department and Veteran Viet Nam War, died suddenly Friday, November 10, 2000, while on duty. Dearly beloved husband of Karen (nee Currey), beloved father of Amy Katherine Heytow, devoted son of Sally and the late Allan Heytow, son-in-law of Elsie (John) Hanson, dear brother of Richard (Merle) Heytow, fond uncle of Amy and Jeffrey Heytow, survived by countless extended family members and friends. Funeral services Tuesday, 10 a.m., at The Piser Chapel, 9200 N. Skokie Blvd. (at Church St.), Skokie. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Bob's name to the charity of your choice would be appreciated. Info: 847-679-4740.
- Lt. Robert Heytow, Evanston Cop - By Ruth E. Igoe, Chicago Tribune, November, 2000
- Community Pays Respects to EPD Officer - By Mike Saewitz, The Daily Northwestern, November 15, 2000
- Police Mourn Death of Well-liked Lieutenant - BY Karen Berkowitz, Pioneer Press, November 16, 2000
- K9YA SK - e-Ham.net
- Lt. Heytow's Badge and Star Retired - City of Evanston Council Minutes, May 21, 2001


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But then this little search string lifted my spirits, and its name was "readers theatre the miraculous journey of edward tulane."
If you read my blog at all, you'll know how very, very wrong it was for this search to lead to MotherReader. I couldn't dislike a book more than that bunny book, so the very idea of me having a readers theatre version of it was just funny.
But then I thought, what if I did have a readers theatre version of it? Especially with the possibility that the book will turn up on the Newbery awards list. At that point, I couldn't stop myself, even if I had wanted to. So, I present:
(But not really, because Kate DiCamillo would never sanction this version given that she probably likes her own book and might object to the satirical quality and occasional but necessary profanity)
Girl: Oh, I love you so much, pretty china rabbit!
Edward: I am much too vain to respond to your feelings of love.
Girl: Yeah, only I can't hear your thoughts, so I believe that you love me too.
Grandmother: I think I shall tell you and your bunny a horrifying tale. It's about a princess who was beautiful, but didn't love anyone. She was turned into a warthog, killed, sliced open, and eaten. The end.
Girl: Wow, Grandmother, that story sucked. At least I love you, Edward, and I always will meaning that if anything happens to you I will feel awful, really really awful.
Edward: Whatever.
Boys: Can we see your china rabbit? And perhaps inadvertently throw him overboard?
Girl: Noooooooooo!
Edward: Shit.
Girl: I'm heartbroken. I feel really, really awful.
See the rest "below the fold"!
Edward: I'm underwater. I am fully conscious and afraid, but unable to help myself in any way at all. I just wait for fate to toss me around. Curse that Winnie-the-Pooh, Raggedy Ann, and all those other toys who could actually move themselves. Not me, I just sit here on the bottom of the ocean scared and alone waiting, waiting, waiting. Oh, look I am being scooped up.
Fisherman: What the…? I'll take this toy bunny home to my crazy wife.
Wife: I'll dress the bunny up in girl clothes, and fawn over it like a baby. I'll tell it stories about my poor dead son who died in front of me and I couldn't do anything about it.
Edward: I actually care about these stories. I guess when you've been on the bottom of the sea, anything seems better. Even continuing this book…
Daughter: I've come to take you away from the Fisherman and his Wife, because I've got nothing better to do then torment my mom. To the dump you go.
Edward: I think I feel something in my heart. After being loved, dumped in the ocean, and being loved again. I think… I'm starting to No, it's just gas. Oh, now I'm being buried alive under the trash, fully aware of what it means to be dead but not being able to die. Why hasn't someone written a children's book about this feeling?
Dog: Woof. I'm going to grab you and shake you.
Hobo: Hey, what's this? A lost toy. You and your little girl must be very sad, just like everyone reading this book. I'll take you with me for the next seven years.
Train Man: You shouldn't be in here. But rather than kick you out with the china rabbit, I'll throw the rabbit off first, for no real reason at all.
Edward: I want to cry, but then I'd be allowed some release from this purgatory to which I've been damned for my crime of… hold it, what was my crime?
Old Lady: Interesting rabbit. I need a scarecrow. I think I'll nail him to a cross. Not like that means anything.
Boy: Jeez, what is that rabbit doing up there? I'll take him home to my dying sister and my drunk, abusive father.
Sister: Cough. Cough. Rabbit. Baby. Pretty.
Boy: Okaaaaay. You are four years old you can talk.
Father: Let me hit you across the mouth, boy.
Boy: Sarah loves that bunny. Too bad she's going to die.
Father: She did die, while you were begging her to keep breathing. I'm going to bury her.
Edward: I'm so fucking depressed.
Boy: I'm leaving with the rabbit, and I'll earn money by making him dance.
Edward: I've learned how to love and now I'm broken. Man, this sucks.
Boy: Let's get something to eat. Oops, I can't pay.
Café Owner: You can't pay, so I'll break your china rabbit, not because it will help me get any money, but because all adults are mean and/or useless.
Edward: True dat. Isn't it ironic what I said back there about being broken? Because I meant it figuratively, but apparently that didn't drive the point home so you're going to actually break Oh, that hurts.
Salesman: I fixed you, rabbit. You were dead and apparently on your way to china rabbit heaven, when I fixed you. I took you from the boy in a grave sacrifice on his part whereby I would fix you if I could keep you. No adult would make that kind of shitty deal, but he's just a stupid kid.
Boy: Please let me see him one last time. It breaks my heart to leave, but you said I can't have him.
Salesman: No you can't, and you can never come back.
Edward: Heartbreak again. Big surprise. How long is this story?
Doll: You have to open your heart to be loved. That's a lesson that all kids need since they are such cynical creatures. Oh, wait, no. That's adults who are hardened and cynical. Kids don't need lessons in opening their hearts to love. Remind me, why is this a kids' book again?
Edward: All right! My heart is open already! I've been thrown in the ocean, tossed in the garbage, chucked off a train, nailed to a cross, watched a little girl die, been broken into pieces, taken from the last person who loved me, and stuffed on a shelf for years! And may I remind you that I am fully conscious of this entire experience but helpless to change my course of action one tiny bit. My God, enough already!!!!
Girl, Grown Up: Edward, I found you.
Edward: I love you. I just wish I could have said it in the beginning of the book so we wouldn't have had to go through all this crap.
Girl, Grown Up: Yeah, only I still can't hear your thoughts so I always thought you loved me back anyway and never had any problems with it. So I don't even know what the point was of all that torture.
Edward: Neither do I, kid. Neither do I.


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INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, San Francisco, Sept. 11, 2013 – Intel Corporation executives today outlined the company's plan to deliver a steady cadence of new mobile hardware and software technologies and told the thousands of developers and industry leaders gathered here that advances in Intel technology will help break down barriers around complexity, bringing new opportunities for innovation, collaboration and speed-to-market.
The announcements included a new family of 22nm multi-core SoCs for tablets, 2 in 1s, all-in-ones, desktops and other compute devices, new Chromebooks using processors based on the Haswell microarchitecture and the availability of 4th generation IntelÆ Core vPro processors for business users. Disclosures were detailed in speeches by Doug Fisher, corporate vice president and general manager of the Software and Services Group, Hermann Eul, corporate vice president and general manager of the Mobile and Communications Group, and Kirk Skaugen, senior vice president and general manager of the PC Client Group.
Other disclosures included new capabilities added to the Intel cloud services platform that address developers' needs to cater to the growing enterprise and service provider markets, and a range of new software tools and capabilities across multiple operating environments, including Android, Chrome* and Windows.
"As mobility becomes more personal and personalized, Intel is innovating to address this shift by creating a set of new services, user experiences and designs for consumers and also IT managers and business users to choose from," said Fisher. "Our strategy is to help ensure IntelÆ architecture offers the best experience across all devices, operating environments and price points."
Doug Fisher, Corporate VP and GM, Software and Services Group Fisher outlined the growing business opportunities that multiple ecosystems present to the developers as users demand a consistent experience across all their devices. He announced a series of Intel software tools, technologies and initiatives that will help developers create cross-platform experiences.
Fisher cited as an example the Intel XDK NEW software tool that is part of the new Intel HTML5 development environment and helps developers create HTML5 apps that can be written once and run across devices and operating environments.
Fisher introduced the latest lineup of Chromebooks using Intel processors based on the Haswell microarchitecture, including a lead design from HP*, followed by systems from Acer*, ASUS* and Toshiba*. Chromebooks are another example of Intel's unique software strategy to support multiple operating environments that run best on Intel architecture, thereby increasing user choice.
Welcoming Google Senior Vice President Sundar Pichai to the stage, Fisher emphasized Intel's commitment to helping ensure the best Google experience is available on Intel architecture, with Android and Chromebooks. Next to Google, Intel is a large contributor to Android and has been working closely with Google and the developer ecosystem to optimize Intel architecture for Android and Chrome.
Fisher also welcomed on stage Gonzague Vallois, senior vice president of publishing at Gameloft, who said the company, a leading developer of mobile games, is now optimizing a large part of its portfolio for Android and Intel architecture.
Furthermore, Fisher announced Intel is enabling 64-bit kernel support for Android, providing developers with more than 4GB system memory to help enable better performance for applications, provide new memory configurations for consumers and help pave the way for Ultra-HD video in mobile devices.
As more mobile devices connect to the Internet, there is a growing need to deliver applications and services for a rich user experience. To help developers monetize this opportunity, Intel cloud services provides capabilities that can be used to create applications and games, aimed at businesses and consumers.
Fisher demonstrated how capabilities from the Intel cloud services platform can help developers build robust cross-platform applications utilizing APIs and cloud services. He showcased building a B2B cloud service using the Intel XDK NEW and API services from recently acquired companies Aepona and Mashery, and the Intel cloud services platform.
Fisher concluded by highlighting the Intel Developer Zone (IDZ), which offers tremendous value to the developers as a one-stop shop for Intel software tools in maximizing their development efforts across many form factors, platforms, operating systems and HTML5.
Hermann Eul, Corporate VP and GM, Mobile and Communications Group Emphasizing that technology is becoming more personal and pervasive, Eul addressed the rising expectations around personalization and performance in mobile devices. He outlined how the company is taking full advantage of the broad spectrum of capabilities enabled by its design, architecture, leading-edge transistor technology and manufacturing to deliver the best products with Intel inside.
Eul described the Silvermont microarchitecture as "an extraordinary achievement of engineering." He added that building a world-class SoC first begins with a great CPU core, and through Silvermont Intel is delivering efficient cores that can very quickly scale up and down in performance and power to address a vast range of market and device needs.
Building on this foundation, Eul announced a family of multi-core, low-power SoCs for tablets, 2 in 1s and other compute devices scheduled to come to marketin the fourth quarter of this year from leading OEMs including Acer, ASUS, Dell*, Lenovo* and Toshiba.
The IntelÆ Atom Z3000 Processor Series is the company's first mobile quad-core SoC and its most powerful offering to-date for tablets and other sleek mobile designs. The full system brings a powerful balance of performance, battery life and rich features in sleek designs with 10-plus hours of active battery life and up to three weeks of standby with an always-connected mobile experience1.
The latest SoCs provide Intel's customers flexibility by enabling one hardware configuration that supports Windows 8 and Android, allowing them to offer a range of devices at price points that meet the varied needs of consumers and business users.
Eul also highlighted the importance of wireless connectivity as 4G networks, media-rich applications and smart devices drive the need for advances in communications technology. He said the IntelÆ XMM 7160 modem is now shipping. The LTE modem is one of the world's smallest and lowest-power multimode-multiband solutions offering global LTE roaming in a single SKU.
Looking forward, Eul said that Intel's next-generation XMM 7260 modem is scheduled for 2014 and will bring support for carrier aggregation, faster speeds and support for TD-LTE. He also highlighted Intel's "Merrifield" platform for 2014 smartphone and tablet designs. Taking advantage of the versatile 22nm Silvermont microarchitecture, Merrifield will enable 50 percent performance improvements and battery life increases over the current-generation "Clover Trail+" product and will bring support for advanced imaging, contextual awareness and personal services via an integrated sensor hub, and increased data, device and privacy protection.
Kirk Skaugen, SVP and GM, PC Client Group Skaugen said personal computing is being reinvented with 2 in 1 devices, greater operating system choice and new user experiences. With the new 2 in 1 category, consumers benefit from a device that blends the power of a PC and the mobility of a tablet.
Ultrabooks have been a major driver of innovation in the PC industry, inspiring sleeker designs, many with touch capability. Today laptops with touch are available for less than $450. With the introduction of new Pentium and Celeron processors, formerly codenamed "Bay Trail" M and D, Skaugen said Intel expects 2 in 1 devices to hit price points as low as $349 starting this year, and clamshells as low as $199. He said the new chips will also power a variety of affordable laptops, desktop PCs and all-in-ones. Skaugen invited Tami Reller, executive vice president at Microsoft Corporation, on stage to talk about how the two companies were collaborating to offer enhanced mobile experiences, while preserving full compatibility. They gave attendees a peek into some of the new features on Windows 8.1.
Building on the introduction of 4th generation Intel Core processors last June, Skaugen announcedthe availability of new 4th generation IntelÆ Core vProprocessors for business computing. Intel is bridging the needs of business workers who require flexibility to create and collaborate with those of IT managers who are entrusted with safeguarding and maintaining these devices with an eye on costs. The new processor family offers enhanced manageability, hardware-based security, improved productivity and collaboration; all within a variety of computing devices suited to meet business needs including tablets, 2 in 1s, Ultrabooks, laptops, all-in-ones and desktop PCs.
"The dynamics of business computing have changed dramatically in the last several years and Intel is delivering its broadest range of business solutions ever," said Skaugen. "The new 4th generation Intel Core vPro processors provide features that both enterprise workers and IT managers want: exciting form factors including 2 in 1s, Ultrabooks and touch-based laptops with security built in, easy automation, and new compute models that are both flexible and secure. There is also a new range of built-in hardware features specifically targeted at increasing business productivity."
Mario Mueller, vice president of IT Infrastructure at BMW, joined Skaugen on stage and said the car manufacturer is heavily investing in the vPro-based systems as they see tremendous business value in the platform from a security and productivity standpoint.
Looking forward, Skaugen said Intel will raise the bar again with the forthcoming 14nm processor platform, codenamed "Broadwell," expected to be available in 2014, which will bring higher levels of performance, a broad range of fanless systems and longer battery life.
Skaugen then detailed some of the progress happening in perceptual computing. He shared the recent availability of the Creative Senz3D* Interactive Gesture Camera that has multi-dimensional gaming, video conferencing and voice control, which can be purchased at Creative.com and soon from Dell, Amazon, Newegg and TigerDirect. Skaugen concluded by showing the first all in one PC and laptop reference designs with an integrated interactive gesture camera and noted the camera would be integrated into future devices from ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo in 2014.
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About IntelIntel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world's computing devices. Additional information about Intel is available at newsroom.intel.com and blogs.intel.com.
Intel, Intel Core, Atom, the Intel logo and Ultrabook are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.
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Any codenames featured are used internally within Intel to identify products that are in development and not yet publicly announced for release.
1 Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark and MobileMark, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performances of that product when combined with other products.
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Wudimals® handcrafted animals are a beauty to behold, as all animals are hand carved from limewood and hand painted in child safe paints, they are each unique. This is part of the beauty and value of Wudimals®. There will always be very slight variations in fine details, so no one else in the world has exactly the same animal as you!
How to care for your animals: Wipe clean with a damp cloth. Do not submerge in water. Do not leave outside. Do not leave on or near a heat source such as a radiator. Suitable from 3 years+. Some animals have small parts which could present a choking hazzard. Size of animal in cm: 13 x 2.4 x 6


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Salvador Dali Wax Figures and WAX Museum Solution | DXDF
Salvador Dalí, Spanish Surrealist painter and printmaker, influential for his explorations of subconscious imagery. He depicted with realistic detail a dreamworld where commonplace objects are often metamorphosed in a bizarre and irrational fashion.
We created this wax figure for the Spanish artist Salvador Dalí, because we also hope that we can make all kinds of wax statues for the world and go further with our goal of establishing a soul for the wax figure industry.
1. Platinum silicone: colorless, odorless and oil-free, the highest grade for food products.
2. Super similarity: for both face and body shape up to 99.5%, that's why we call lifelike wax figure.
3. Customized pigments: let the makeup vivid and long-lasting.
4. Real human hair: makes the wax statue more lifelike in details.
If you also want to customize super realistic wax statues, please prepare the pictures, videos or ideas for the wax statues you want, we will make you a most satisfied wax likeness.
Salvador Dali wax figure make you feel like artists are around you. DXDF can also build wax figure museums & wax figure, contact us for more information.
The world is changing with each passing day. The development of future China, belongs to the people with unremitting, positive energy, mindfulness and craftsmanship.
Walking together with the one who has wisdom and kind-heart, the love is infinite and hope is boundless.
We are not only creating a piece of wax figure, but also spreading a kind of culuture!
We have got more than 100 Chinese celebrities permissions to create and display their life-size wax figures in our WeiMuKaiLa Wax Museums for free, hope this information can help you get more confidence on our wax figures and wax museum projects.
Q1: Do you guys make statues from pictures?
A1: The answer is yes, we are trying to get more celebrities' authorization, but most celebrities statues still need to be made from pictures yet.
And for old people we can only make their statues from pictures.
Q2: When can I get the price?
A2: We usually quote within 12 hours after we get your inquiry. If you are very urgent to get the price, please call us.
Q3: How long can I expect to get the sample/products?
A3: Usually, it will be ready for delivery in 4 months if the wax figure is new that we do not have mold, but one month for our existing wax figure.
For samples, because all figures are 1:1life size, the volume is very big, and transportation cost will be huge, so we would like our clients visit our factory to see samples.
Q4: What kind of shipping you use?
A4: Consider the volume is huge, sea shipment will be better, so if you want to have an order, you had better send us your order information early.
Sure, the air shipment or express is operational.
Q5: What is your warranty?
A5: Because all figures need makeup on face and hands, there will be some fade issues after a long time, regular maintenance will be necessary for figures every 6 months.
We provide a year free maintenance, after that we provide free labor, but the ticket fare and lodging fee of the trip will charge back.
We will teach our customers do routine attention for figures to make sure the statues perfect every day.
Q6: If my goods is broken when I get it, what should I do?
A6: It is not common that you receive one broken products, but to be honest, it may happen because of some accidents during transportation.
The goods may be broken because of violent collision caused by ship, truck or careless handling. Please take several photos of the packing before you open it.
If the packing is okay, but goods is broken, it's our responsibility. On the contrary, if the packing and the goods are both broken, it's the logistic company's responsibility.
We promise: no matter whose responsibility it is, as long as the goods is broken, we will try our best to send you a new one in the shortest time freely.
Q7: What is payment/shipment terms do you have?
A7: EXW, FOB shipment term is ok; TT and L/C payment term is ok.
Q8: What should buyers do?
A8: Prepare the pictures, videos or ideas for the wax figures you want.
1. Photos taken from different angles. (The front, right and left side, back and top)
2. Photos show the body shape and cloth style.
3. Photos show the face. The more photos clear, the better we can make.
4. Photos or ideas about the action you want.
5. It would be better if you can tell us the following data (stature, measurements of the breast, waist and hip).
Q9: What is the suitable storage environment of wax figures?
A9: 1. Make sure that the external environment does not corrode the wax works
2. Ensure good ventilation in the wax art exhibition hall
3. Make sure that the wax works are not corroded by the external environment
Q10: The ways of daily maintenance
A10: 1. When cleaning the wax figure, the exposed and non-exposed parts must be separated.
Generally speaking, the non-exposed part, including hair, clothing, props, etc., must be cleaned first, and then the exposed part.
2. For the cleaning of the non-exposed parts, the steps should be vacuuming, grooming, and then ironing the clothes.
For cleaning the exposed parts, you should be more careful, and the steps should be to wipe the face and hands with a wool brush.
Wipe gently with a slightly damp towel, touch up makeup, and clean it thoroughly once a month.
3. To ensure that the external chemical environment does not erode the wax figures.
We recommend using anti-corrosion and anti-mildew chemicals in the exhibition hall, which can guarantee good air quality for the wax figure and the exhibition hall.
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The first thing we do is meeting with our clients and talk through their goals on a future project.
During this meeting, feel free to communicate your ideas and ask lots of questions.
They are all manufactured according to the strictest international standards. Our products have received favor from both domestic and foreign markets.
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The Biwaa S'Trout 6.5″ Floating Swimbait is a multi-segmented Swimbait comprised of 8 Segments and offers increased flexibility. The Biwaa STrout 6.5″ Floating is constructed from solid plastics (free of Phthalates and BPA), and jointed with a Mesh Woven Fabric. The Biwaa Strout hard lure is rated to withstand 40 pounds of break strength. Built with premium components including: stainless steel split rings (pressed to reinforce strength), and Japanese steel- ultra sharp black nickel treble hooks. Biwaa STrout 6.5″ is an efficient hard lure of Biwaa Fishing Performance, the pro fishing shop for the best innovative fishing lures & fishing gear
The design of the STrout allows the head to track straight with the body following in an ultra-realistic swimming action. The shape of the STrout closely resembles a trout, hence the name, and is the go-to choice for bass anglers targeting trophy fish. By changing the retrieval speed and rhythm, you can easily imitate an injured baitfish. Whether you are looking for a gentle S action, or a tight wobble, the STrout's design allows for a versatile presentation to match the conditions your fishing. If your looking for a lifelike swimbait that will fool even the most wary fish, look no further then the STrout.
-Solid Plastic Body Solid plastic segments, carefully molded around our mesh woven fiber are designed provide you with a nearly indestructible product that will accompany your success for years.
-Meshed woven fabric The innovative use of meshed woven fabric gives to the swimbaits a realistic and lifelike S-Swimming action. It also gives to the lures durability, providing a break strength of over 40 pounds.
-Premium components All swimbaits are assembled with the top of the line components. The treble hooks are forged with Japanese Steel, ultra sharp and black nickel finished. The split rings are stainless steel and pressed to re-enforce their strength.
-Realistic Photo Finish Our photo finish process starts with pictures of wild forage fish, taken in the field. We then reproduce it, in detail, on the surface of the swimbaits to get as close to "match the hatch" as possible.
-Phthalates Free Formula All of our lures are Phthalates & BPA free, crafted from high quality plastics sourced from various suppliers around the world.
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new bill into law Thursday barring police from lying to underage kids during interrogations.
Commonly used interrogation tactics, such as promising leniency or insinuating that incriminating evidence exists, are banned when questioning suspects younger than 18 under the new law, which goes into effect Jan. 1.
According to the Innocence Project, an organization focused on exonerating wrongly convicted people, those types of interrogation methods have been shown to lead to false confessions. They've also played a role in about 30% of all wrongful convictions later overturned by DNA.
Illinois once was called the "False Confession Capital of the United States," the organization said, because of a number of high-profile exonerations of people who falsely confessed to crimes they didn't commit.
"In Illinois alone, there have been 100 wrongful convictions predicated on false confessions, including 31 involving people under 18 years of age," said Lauren Kaeseberg, legal director at the Illinois Innocence Project.
One notable case involved the Englewood Four. In March 1995, Chicago police brought in four Black teenagers from the Chicago neighborhood of Englewood and accused them of the rape and murder of a woman named Nina Glover.
After hours of interrogation, police told one of the teenagers, Terrill Swift, that if he just confessed to being at the scene he could go home — so he did. All four teens would confess to the crimes and were all still in prison 20 years when they were exonerated by DNA evidence.
States take further steps on criminal justice reforms
Pritzker also signed three other bills focused on criminal justice policies.
Senate Bill 64 makes anything said or done during restorative justice practices privileged information. (Restorative justice involves meetings among offenders, victims and others in the community with the goal of identifying and repairing the harm and moving forward.)
Senate Bill 2129 allows the state's attorney of a county to petition for resentencing of an offender "if the original sentence no longer advances the interests of justice." House Bill 3587 creates a Resentencing Task Force to study ways to reduce Illinois' prison population through the resentencing of offenders.
Other states also have turned their attention to preventing false confessions. Oregon recently passed similar legislation to Illinois' efforts; it now awaits a governor's signature. In New York, a bill has been introduced that would ban deceptive interrogation tactics at all ages. The bill proposes the establishment of a court review of recorded confessions to determine whether they should be used in court.
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One of the earliest Spanish-language political ads dates back to 1960, when a young Jackie Kennedy spoke into the camera in Spanish, urging voters to elect her husband, then-Senator John F. Kennedy.
"Voten ustedes por el partido Demócrata el día 8 de noviembre," she said, adding "Que viva Kennedy."
Her husband's "Viva Kennedy" clubs were some of the first efforts to energize Latino voters in a presidential race.
These days, courting that voting bloc is a must for anyone running for president, or any office in the Southwest.
But syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette, Jr. says too many political operatives are still clueless about this country's diverse Latino population.
"They feel now obligated to learn about it," Navarrette said. "But we really are sort of this foreign entity to them, and they are just like walking on the moon trying to figure it out."
So to get their bearings, campaigns and candidates have historically reached for a few familiar props to help them connect with these voters. The most obvious prop? Mexican food.
Though Navarrette says he is sick of campaign events that come with a side of salsa.
"There are a lot of different ways you can relate to me, things we may have in common," Navarrette said. "You don't necessarily have to break it down to — 'you know, you like tacos, I like tacos, let's have a conversation about tacos'."
In fact, that brand of superficial campaigning is known as "taco politics." That is according to Stephen Nuño, a professor of politics and international affairs at Northern Arizona University.
But taco politics can backfire.
"One of the most famous moments was when Gerald Ford ate tamales," Nuño said.
Ford was in front of a Texas crowd in 1976, during the Republican primary. But he didn't know a tamale's corn husk wrapping isn't edible.
"So he took a bite out of the tamale with the husk still on it," Nuño said. "And of course that doesn't look good, it doesn't taste good, and it only shows just how distant President Ford was to the Hispanic culture."
Nearly a half-century later, the current Republican presidential contenders have their share of gaffes under their belts.
Mitt Romney used Fidel Castro's slogan in a speech to a Cuban American crowd in Miami. Rick Santorum told Puerto Ricans they should speak English if they want to be a state. And there was the time Newt Gingrich seemed to call Spanish the language of the ghetto.
"The words I chose to express myself weren't the best ones," Gingrich said afterward in a video message delivered in Spanish with a heavy American accent. He explained that he meant to say that English is necessary for progress and success in this country.
While criticizing Spanish speakers may be a sure way to lose Latino votes, it's not clear how effective reaching out to voters in Spanish really is.
Stanford University political scientist Gary Segura estimates that around 70 percent of the Hispanic electorate uses English as their main language.
"Even if you advertise in Spanish, that doesn't necessarily mean you are reaching the preponderance of voters," Segura said.
Plus, producing ads in Spanish can be risky if campaigns don't get the wording just right. Because of regional language differences, certain Spanish words can sound innocent to one audience, but obscene to another.
Take this ad from Shelley Berkley, a Nevada Democratic congresswoman running for the U.S. Senate. The ad, in Spanish, attacked her Republican opponent, Sen. Dean Heller, on his immigration record.
Her ad said Heller opposed immigration reform and would even deport grandparents and separate children from their mothers—or "hijos de sus madres."
It is subtle, but that phrase unintentionally sounds the same as the Spanish equivalent of 'S.O.B.'s.'
In a way, most of these examples could be chalked up as cosmetic missteps. But Ruben Navarrette says there is a fundamental problem with how presidential campaigns are reaching out to Latinos.
"The number one reason campaigns are struggling is they need to shut up and listen," Navarrette said.
His advice circles back to the Kennedy family, the pioneers of Latino voter outreach.
"Famously in 1968, Bobby Kennedy went before the Mexican-American community and he asked two questions, 'What do you want, and how can I help?'" Navarrette said.
"Think about that for a second. Nobody does that anymore."


text: Hi, I was wondering if anything is known about the indigenous E.coli (or other bacterial) proteins that are expressed in response to expression of (poisonous) recombinant proteins. Here's my case. I am expressing a 6his-tagged yeast DNA-binding protein in E. coli (BLR, a RecA- strain) from a T7 promoter-driven expression vector (pET-11). The protein is a homologue of RecA and that is why expression in RecA- E.coli is important to prevent crosscontamination of the target protein. In addition, overexpression of the recombinant protein is highly toxic for E.coli, that is why I am using lambda CE6 phage to induce expression in the non-DE3 strain (strain with pLysS shows same result in terms of what described below). On Westerns with primary antibodies against the recombinant protein, I always see 2 bands, one of the target protein (~37kDa) and another of some unknown protein (~34kDa) that happens to bind same antibodies. That 2nd protein is present both in non-induced, and induced cells, as well as it is present in the non-transformed cells (i.e., the ones not bearing the expression vector, ! ). Thus, the protein #2 is indigenous E.coli protein. Interestingly, the level of that protein increases upon induction of expression of the recombinant protein, almost to the same level as the recombinant protein, as seen on SDS-PAGE and on Westerns. Since the protein #2 is present in non-transformed cells, its appearance in transformants and coinduction with the target protein cannot be explained by proteolysis of the latter or secondary translation initiation site on the plasmid construct. RecA- strains still have E. coli RecA homologues DnaB and RadA, but both proteins have MW higher then 40kDa (vs. 34kDa of the protein #2) I am trying to understand what is the nature of that protein #2 and is it possible that it is a certain defense agent synthesized by the host cells to neutralize the poisonous recombinant protein? It could be that this neutralizing agent binds the recombinant protein and inactivates somehow, i.e., some sort of bacterial antibody (SOS response, etc.). The binding hypothesis could explain the crossreactivity of antibodies. I am sure that everybody noticed that almost in every case of recombinant expression, one sees a number of other protein bands that become more intensive on stained SDS-PAGE gels in induced cells vs. non-induced, whereas the majority of the bands has the same intensity. Any comments, ideas, references would be much appreciated. - Emir