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Robbie Williams has admitted to smoking marijuana while he was inside Buckingham Palace. The Angels singer, 42, suggested that he lit up in June 2012 when he performed for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert while denying rumours about having been sick there.
Robbie said, "Threw up in Buckingham Palace? No," before adding: "I smoked a spliff in Buckingham Palace."
Robbie has been open about his use of the class B substance. In 2013, he said he still uses the drug recreationally, despite two trips to rehab. But Robbie is not the first star to have misbehaved at the palace in Westminster. John Lennon had revealed that The Beatles smoked drugs there before being awarded MBEs in 1965.


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Pacific Standard Time event: Telling Stories; the Woman's Building Writer's Workshop - WAITLIST OPEN
Monday, November 14, 2011 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (PST)
Event Details
5:15-6:15pm Docents available at the Marion Davies Guest House to discuss the site
6:30-8:00pm Readings
As a part of their exhibit, Doin' It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman's Building, Otis College of Art and Design in partnership with the New Short Fiction Series present Woman's Building Writers Workshop authors. Featuring work by Bia Lowe, Deena Metzger and Terry Wolverton performed by Jesse Holcomb, Barbara Keegan and Sally Shore. The evening includes a panel moderated by Cheryl Klein, director of Poets & Writers West.
More information about other Doin' It in Public events at Otis.
Doin' It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman's Building comprises an exhibition, two scholarly publications, and series of public events that document, contextualize and pay tribute to the groundbreaking work of feminist artists and art cooperatives that were centered in and around the Los Angeles Woman's Building (downtown L.A.) in the 1970s and 1980s. Doin' It In Public is part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980, an unprecedented collaboration initiated by the Getty that brings together more than sixty cultural institutions from across Southern California for six months beginning October 2011 to tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene. Pacific Standard Time is an initiative of the Getty. The presenting sponsor is Bank of America.
Bia Lowe's essays have appeared in many magazines and journals, including Salmagundi, The Kenyon Review, Harper's and the webzine Killing the Buddha. Her work has been anthologized in Another City: Writings From Los Angeles (City Lights Books), Turning Toward Home: Reflections On The Family From Harper's Magazine (Franklin Square Press), Sister & Brother: Lesbians & Gay Men Write About Their Lives Together (Harper SanFrancisco) and Helter Skelter: L.A. Art In The 1990s (Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.) Lowe's first book, Wild Ride, won the 1996 QPB New Visions Award for creative non-fiction. She divides her time between California, New York and Ireland.
Deena Metzger, founder of The Woman's Building Writers Program, is a poet, novelist, essayist, storyteller, teacher, healer and medicine woman who has taught and counseled for over forty years, in the process of which she has developed therapies (Healing Stories) which creatively address life threatening diseases, spiritual and emotional crises, as well as community, political and environmental disintegration. She conducts training groups on the spiritual, creative, political and ethical aspects of healing and peacemaking, individual, community and global, drawing deeply on alliance with spirit, indigenous teachings and the many wisdom traditions. Metzger is the author of many books, including most recently, the novels La Negra y Blanca and Feral; Ruin and Beauty: New and Selected Poems; From Grief Into Vision: A Council; Doors: A Fiction for Jazz Horn; Entering the Ghost River: Meditations on the Theory and Practice of Healing; The Other Hand; Tree: Essays and Pieces, A Sabbath Among the Ruins, Looking for the Faces of God and Writing For Your Life.
Terry Wolverton is a literary artist and author of nine books of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction, including Insurgent Muse: Life And Art At The Woman's Building and most recently the novel, Stealing Angel. She is currently working with composer David Ornette Cherry on adapting her book, Embers, as a jazz opera. Wolverton has edited thirteen literary compilations and co-edited, with Sondra Hale, From Site To Vision: The Woman's Building In Contemporary Culture. She is the founder of Writers At Work, a creative writing center where she teaches; and is also an Associate Faculty Mentor in the MFA Writing Program at Antioch University Los Angeles and Adjunct Faculty in the M.A. in Arts Management program at Claremont Graduate University. Wolverton spent thirteen years at The Woman's Building, beginning as a student enrolled in the Feminist Studio Workshop and concluding her time as Executive Director. She can be found online at www.terrywolverton.xbuild.com.
Sally Shore: (performing Inside A House One Is Truly Alone by Deena Metzger) Acclaimed Spoken Word Artist Sally Shore was a 2001 Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Regional Arts Grant winner for her New Short Fiction Series™, L.A.'s longest running spoken word series now in its 15th year of bringing the freshest new voices in West Coast short fiction to Los Angeles audiences. She appears frequently in spoken word festivals and literary events including Beach=Culture, KPCC's Crawford Family Forum, When Words Collide, California State University Los Angeles' Cup O'Culture Series, the NoHo International Arts Festival, "Live" from the Red Tent and the Newport Beach Public Library's Manuscript Literary Lecture Series. Shore, a regular on both NBC's Suddenly Susan debut season and the 2000 season of BET's Live from L.A./Saturday Night Slam, has also appeared on CBS' Bless This House and General Hospital. Profiled on Home and Garden Television's Party At Home, she also recorded a spoken word guest track on D-Zire's debut album.
Jesse Holcomb (performing Resurrection 1976 by Terry Woverton) is an L.A. native, actress, director and yoga instructor. A Vassar graduate, she recently appeared on L.A. stages in Passion and Precision at Theater 68, as a guest artist with the sketch comedy group, Ironic T-Shirt, and directed the original play, Passing Proper, for the 2011 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Holcomb co-creates instructional yoga clips for Sacred Energy Arts, and appeared this July in Common's docu-series Vindicated for BET.
Barbara Keegan (performing Lost by Bia Lowe), an Emmy Award winner for PBS' Handy Ma'am, made her stage debut at age 3 singing a duet with her comedy godfather, Danny Kaye. She has made over 500 commercial and television appearances worldwide, and can be seen in films from Caddyshack to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. L.A. theater audiences have seen Keegan in the Pasadena Playhouse's award-winning Joined at the Head, in the five year run of Bill W. and Dr. Bob at Theatre 68, and most recently as the blarney-speaking Nurse in Romeo and Juliet for Merry War Theatre Group.
Cheryl Klein is the author of Lilac Mines (Manic D Press) and The Commuters, which won City Works Press' Ben Reitman Award. She is a Center for Cultural Innovation grant recipient for her novel-in-progress about wayward circus performers. Klein's fiction has appeared in The Normal School, Other and several anthologies. She directs the California office of Poets & Writers, Inc. by day, and blogs about life, art and carbohydrates at breadandbread.blogspot.com.
The New Short Fiction Series, L.A.'s longest running spoken words series, is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2011. Presented at The Writers Junction in Santa Monica in cooperation with Barnes & Noble, The New Short Fiction Series is a recognized standout in the Southland's artistic landscape. Each performance features carefully selected excerpts from new works of short fiction by a West Coast writer. The New Short Fiction Series is directly responsible for placing 6 newly released books on the Los Angeles Times' bestseller list, and has been the "jump off" for many collections and novels from unpublished stories featured in the series. Sally Shore produces this monthly live program, performing with a rotating guest cast of some of L.A.'s most talented working actors.
"It's a spoken word series and it's also L.A.'s only live literary magazine … It's not really a reading, but more of a hybrid of live interpretation and the written word. It's literary performance." Variety
The New Short Fiction Series is a member of the Pasadena Arts Council's EMERGE Fiscal Sponsorship Program.
Stop by early for information on the Beach House by docents from the Santa Monica Conservancy before every Beach=Culture evening, from 5:15-6:15pm.
Tickets are free but seating is limited and reservations are required. If you would like to attend, please reserve online. Please plan to arrive by 6:15pm to retain your reservation. Late seating, even for reservation-holders, is not guaranteed. To adjust or cancel your reservation for this event, email firstname.lastname@example.com. We appreciate your keeping in touch!
Directions: The Beach House is located at 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, CA 90402 on the west side of Pacific Coast Highway, a half mile north of the California Incline and a half mile south of Chautauqua Blvd. Plenty of public parking is available - enter off PCH at the Beach House Way traffic light. The facility is easily accessible by foot or bike from the beach bike path, although the Beach closes at sunset. There is ample bike parking at racks throughout the site - remember to bring your own lock.
Parking: There is an hourly/daily parking charge at the park and pay machines available in three areas of the ACBH parking lot. Fees change; please check the website for details.
Other events: To view & make reservations for future free Beach=Culture events, check http://annenbergbeachhouse.com/beachculture.
General Info: For hours, events and more, visit http://www.annenbergbeachhouse.com, or call 310-458-4904. Back on the Beach Café hours.
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Santa Monica
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Restructuring the healthcare sector in South Africa is a government priority and offers opportunities for the UK. Government spending on healthcare is forecast at about £8,8 billion for the 2010/2011 Financial year.
Sector briefing Life Science Opportunities in South Africa Why South Africa? Restructuring the healthcare sector in South Africa is a government priority and offers opportunities for the UK. All government levels as well as the public and private hospital sectors are involved in making healthcare more accessible and affordable for the population. South Africa?s healthcare industry is characterised by a huge division between the private and public sectors both in terms of facilities and funding. Government spending on healthcare is forecast at about £8,8 billion for the 2010/2011 Financial year, up, 6,7% from the previous period. This amounts to about 4% ?Government spending on of GDP and 14% of the main budget. healthcare is forecast at about £8,8 billion for the 2010/2011 One of the biggest healthcare challenges is the rising incidence of HIV/AIDS, which is and will Financial year, up, 6,7% from continue to place considerable strain on the the previous period? public health system. The government is spending increasing amounts on health programmes, specifically relating to the prevention of HIV/AIDS, the control of tuberculosis (TB) and the promotion of healthy device industry remains underdeveloped, with living. imports catering for 90% of the market by value. Most medical devices are exempt from The South African medical devices market, customs tariffs. estimated at US$860mn in 2008, is dominated by foreign multinationals. The local medical UK Trade & Investment Sector briefing: Life Science opportunities in South Africa Find general information on the South African There are currently no regulations governing market conditions on UKTI?s website. The medical devices but this is set to change in the Doing Business Guide for South Africa gives an next year. Regulations (based to a large extent overview of South Africa?s economy, business on UK/European regulations) have already culture, potential opportunities and an been tabled in parliament but still have to introduction to other relevant issue. written into law. In terms of reimbursement, medical devices for public sector procurement is biased towards local manufacturers. Many Opportunities public institutions also operate a system of ?preferred suppliers?, whereby they will only The South African healthcare market is an source from companies on their preferred open door for UK suppliers, and due to South supplier list. Most multinationals therefore have Africa?s strong political and trading links with local offices or operate through distributors in most of the rest of East and West Africa, South order to facilitate market access. Africa is a natural hub and springboard into the African market. Infrastructure Diagnostics As outsourcing becomes a key issue in With South Africa?s (and many other African improving hospital service, the role of PPP?s is countries?) high disease burden, effective still critical. The UK will be able to access some treatment and diagnostic procedures are of these opportunities by partnering with local essential and this is severely lacking at the hospital groups and healthcare managers. moment. Fast identification and effective monitoring is especially important for infectious diseases. Medical Devices It is estimated that the South African medical device market should be worth around $US2.1 billion in the next 5 years. Wound management products in particular are likely to become a focus area as local manufacturers look to expand their existing offering. Acute wounds are a major problem due to the high level of violent crime in the country. Capital equipment and more expensive high tech equipment are sold directly to hospitals through the agency route where a local agent will represent the customer in South Africa and offers sales and after sales support and service. Much of this equipment is imported - mainly from the USA, Germany and the UK, although more products are now also sourced in China and India. Purchases are made by the public sector or through the tendering route where price is a key factor; purchases made by the private sector are made by individual hospital groups. Guaranteed sales service, maintenance and after sales care are essential for success and there is a concern within the industry that some of the agents do not offer the value and service that is expected of them by the customer. 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This recipe is one that my husband and I especially enjoy in the summertime. It is very good to have with shish kabobs or steaks. The original version was in our church cookbook and called for 1 Cup of shredded coconut which we do not care for. We enjoy the apples for their color and texture. I would double it for a potluck dinner dish to take along. At home either pass the dish or serve atop lettuce! Enjoy!
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- 1 cup mandarin orange, drained
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Union leaders: Madigan pension plan will bring lawsuit
JOHN O'CONNOR,AP Political Writer
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Labor leaders threatened a lawsuit Wednesday over House Speaker Michael Madigan's pension-reform proposal to lower the retirement benefits of public employees in Illinois, but a committee advanced the plan anyway.
Madigan pledged a vote Thursday on the House floor after the Personnel and Pensions Committee approved it, 9-1.
Hours later, Senate President John Cullerton announced he had negotiated a union-backed pension bailout that would survive a court challenge — a "credible and constitutional plan" he said he'd put before his Democratic caucus and Madigan.
The far-reaching Madigan plan represents the Chicago Democrat's first direct involvement on a piece of legislation to tackle a $96.7 billion pension deficit, kicking the General Assembly's machinery into high gear. The bill addresses four of the five pension systems representing state employees, university professionals, primary-school teachers, and legislators.
"It will bring solvency and stability to the four systems," Madigan said, later explaining that the fifth account, covering judges, was left out as a "practical judgment." Reform advocates say judges are exempted because it will be the Supreme Court that ultimately decides the plan's constitutionality, a likelihood endorsed by half-a-dozen union leaders protesting the legislation.
"It will invite and get a legal challenge," said Mike Stout, business manager of ISEA-Laborers' Local 2002.
Unions have long contested legislators' attempts to get the pension mess under control, holding up a provision in the state constitution prohibiting the state from diminishing promised pension benefits. They point out that employees have for decades made required pension contributions out of their paychecks while the state notoriously shorted or even skipped pension payments.
Union official Henry Bayer said the plan appears to take care of the underfunding, but it shouldn't at the expense of employees.
"It's good that you're not kicking the can down the road," said Bayer, executive director of the 40,000-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. "It's bad that you're kicking our members in the butt."
Trying to catch up with the shortfall will force the state to pay $6 billion to pension counts alone in the coming fiscal year, nearly one-fifth of the total available in general revenue that must also go toward education, health and public safety.
"Illinois' economy will not fully recover until the General Assembly passes this comprehensive pension reform and sends the bill to my desk," Gov. Pat Quinn said in a prepared statement.
Madigan's plan calls for employees to pay 2 percent more of salary toward their retirement plans. Workers would only be able to collect pension on a salary up to $110,000, which would increase by 50 percent of the inflation rate per year.
Retirees would keep the 3 percent compounded annual cost-of-living increases received up to now, but future COLAs would be 3 percent of $1,000 per year of service, or $800 for someone receiving Social Security.
Madigan put his language into a bill that had arrived in the House from the Senate, where President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, designed it as limited test plan which included his proposed "consideration" — a choice between continued compounded COLAs or retiree health care. Giving participants a choice wards off constitutional questions, Cullerton believes.
Cullerton, another Chicago Democrat, consented to Madigan using his bill. By mid-afternoon Wednesday, Cullerton, said he had a new, union-endorsed pact.
"Today, I concluded a series of meetings with representatives of teachers, nurses, police officers and other public employees," Cullerton said in a written statement. "This coalition of labor leaders offered a credible and constitutional plan for consideration."
He did not release any details but said discussions would begin with his members and Madigan.
The potential for House victory was aided, however, by Republican Leader Tom Cross's signature as co-sponsor on the Madigan plan. Cross noted the Madigan bill's similarity to one Cross had earlier negotiated with Rep. Elaine Nekritz, D-Northbrook.
"It puts a lot of pressure on the Senate and creates some momentum, where you've got a bipartisan measure coming out of the House, for the Senate to act on it or some form of a very meaningful bill," Cross said in a statement released by his office.
The proposal omits any mention of a cost-shift of some downstate teacher-pension costs from the state to local school boards, a contentious prospect that suburban lawmakers fear would increase local property taxes. But Madigan promises he will address the matter in a separate bill later this month.
It does, however, include a unique, nine-page preamble that lays out in detail the fiscal crisis facing the state, including $9 billion in overdue bills, and steps lawmakers have taken to address them, including a 67 percent income-tax increase and cuts to Medicaid health care programs for the poor. Supporters hope it provides a bibliography of sorts to help Supreme Court justices see the necessity of the action.
"It would be used in the argument to the court and as happens in all major legislation, we're concerned about legislative intent," Madigan said, "and that's part of the intent."
The bill is SB1.
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$97,000,000,000 Short!!!!!!!!! EVERY lawmaker in the state should be doing serious jail time, including those that have retired!
That's a fraud of almost $8000 per person for every person in the in Illinois. A baby born in Illinois today, on average, starts off with a debt to the state of $8000!
Since it is Illinois State workers that caused their shortfall, they should average the debt between only state workers. In the private sector, that is how it works. If a private sector business goes bankrupt and squanders the pension of its workers, the workers suffer the loss. But, if State workers (called legislators) bankrupt their own and fellow state worker's pensions, somehow us taxpayers are to blame?!?
To tell how bad that is, ALL state workers combinded have a total wage and benefits equal to 1/10th the shorfall!!! If every state worker worked for the next 10 years for free, with no salary or benefits, it could pay off the shortfall.
If Enron were a state, it's name would be Illinois.
Maybe we should hire a team of forensic accountants to track down and clawback that stolen money that was redirected so we can see who benefited. Maybe it even directly or indirectly went to non state employee tax payers. That would give them the opportunity to return said funds or face prosecution also.
If you are getting double dipped we are getting triple dipped as we pay taxes also.
The only real solution is for the IRS to revoke the state's pension exemption and everyone go back to paying Social Security.
BTW, I'm in the self managed plan with Tiaa-cref and the state has made all the payments into it because no private company would be stupid enough to take an IOU.
Bulldogmojo; Thanks for responding to the foolish statement. WOW demonstrates the greed, ignorance, and larceny that has been promoted by the conservative media, and the paid corporate front groups in their propaganda. Investors in state bonds are nervous about the state's creditability in honoring debt. Stealing from current, and retired public service employees will make the sale of state bonds that much more difficult. The Judges Pension System is exempt from the fraud of "pension reform". Yet, it will be the State of Illinois Supreme Court who decides how the State of Illinois Constitution can be violated, or not. Even if Madigan's plan succeeds, the legislators will come back for more money from the employees.
WOW forgets that he is a citizen of Illinois. He is responsible for the debt just as you, and I are responsible for the debt. He benefited from the "skipped", and "borrowed" payments into the pension systems also. The details on the General Assembly Pension System are yet to be known. Expect them to steal from the state employees, the university employees, and the teachers while exempting the judges, and possibly themselves. It is Illinois Corruption at it's finest.
I also always find it very entertaining when non-union public employees (AP's and the like) fall silent with their anti-union rants when there is a matter of pension issues on the table that our union dues go to legally defending their pensions as well as mine. They get a free ride on our coat tails on that one.
Wheather unions are involved, or not; this is an un-constitutional move. The state will plead the financial inability to pay the debts while at the same time state money is being spent on pork barrel projects, corporate tax breaks, and municipal grants for un-necessary wants. It will send a message to investors, and businesses regarding the corruption increasing in Illinois. The reason that the Judges Pension System is exempted is an attempt to buy a favorable outcome via the court. If the state refuses to honor it's debt, and disregards the state constitution; why is one of the state pension systems being exempted while the others are being robbed?
Because I put some money in a bank, doesn't mean I robbed the bank if the bank managers steal the money to use at their discretion.
If there is any greed, it is in the state employees expecting there stolen pensions to be replaced by us regular taxpayers that neither stole the funds nor received the stolen funds. It's also in the legislators spending public funds to finance their own personal ambitions and legacies. The funds were squandered mostly on worthless stuff that has no market value.
Everytime you read "State Grant" think "stolen pension funds given to someone else". Illinois State Grants are everywhere, like magic money that appears to come from heaven. U of I has more $20 million dollar parking garages than it needs, Lake of the Woods Mahomet got $1 million for their prairie museum because 4000 kids visited the park last year, Danville is building a $3 million potty for their bus riders, Urbana can't fix Airport Road without a $1.4 million state grant, Champaign Park District got a $2.5 million rec center, $2.1million Urbana/Danville bike Trail. Illinois State Grants are passed out like lollipops, millions here millions there. The grant recipients NEVER say no and never care about where it came from. It's very easy to spend other people's money. It's thoughtless.
General Motors was in a similar situation a couple of years ago. All the bond holders got burned so the union employees that bankrupted the company would get paid. GM's stock was totally worthless, and they had to drastically cutback and sell off assets. The state should be selling off assets too, because they can't afford to keep them. Maybe China will buy 1/5th of the state, like they purchased 1/5th of GM. The bond holders in Illinois should totally be worried.
You totally sidestep that $100 BILLION dollars is MISSING! In reality, the money isn't missing, it was SPENT. It's because the people in charge of it squandered it like 2 year olds in a candy shop, instead of putting it in a pension account. The bigger problem is that they are still spendinding the money that should be in this account, instead of putting it in the pension fund. The staggering sum of this fraud far exceeds any ponzi scheme ever punished. Our state and nation have a spending problem, like gambling addicts.
As funny as it sounds, the state employees pension fund was robbed by the state employees. The state is corrupt, from the top down. A classic pyramid scheme. Totally unsustainable.
So you separate yourself from being a State of Illinois citizen when it benefits you. You did benefit from the stolen pension money because your taxes did not increase significantly until recently. The stolen pension money paid for services, pork barrel projects, municipal grants, and kept taxes from being raised. Yes, you benefited from it; and so did I. We are Illinois citizens who elect our officials, pay our taxes, and bear the responsibility of maintaining a functioning state. You cannot say that the officials who you voted for, and the employees who paid their share of their pensions are the only two who should be blamed. You are specifically to be blamed because you encouraged the situation; and it is not your life savings being stolen.
You made an initial rant that state employees could work for no money over the next ten years. You expect slavery to return? Thank you for initially responding to the article. Your response allows rationale citizens to see what the conservative media, and the paid corporate front talking heads have created. That is a person who lives in Illinois, benefits from stolen pensions, and declares themself not to be an Illinois citizen when it suits him.
Wow states "Because I put some money in a bank, doesn't mean I robbed the bank if the bank managers steal the money to use at their discretion."
Sorry if you ever voted for any of them you helped elect all the bank managers like everyone else did. This wasn't a one administration trainwreck. If California can get back on track so can we but there is the little matter of constitutional wording and contractual law that doesn't lend itself to your truncated list of expenditures.
You caught me, the cat is out of the bag, we state employees took the $100 Billion. We all have summer homes in the Hamptons.
At the end of the day you are free to leave Illinois. You are not being held hostage here. We may actually beneift from your abscence as part of a larger course correction. A downsizing if you will, but what does a Nobel winner like Krugman really know anyhow?
What is not included in the article is the freezing of any COLA for a multi year period on retirees. Regardless of their age; they will have no COLA, or substitute cost of living increase for years. Their insurance is now subject to co-payments, and a monthly cost that will increase with time. For those who paid into both the pension system, and Social Security; they will be put on a Medicare Advantage Plan with them paying the majority of the cost.
For a retiree with 45 years of service with a pension of $33,817.50 based on a salary of $45,000, they will have to wait years with no increase for inflation only to receive 1/2 of the cost of inflation based on certain consumer items later. By that time, they will be under the poverty line. They will be able to get Medicaid though.
Basically, the State of Illinois General Assembly is admitting that they stole from the pension systems; but the theft needs to be erased by stealing more from the employees, and retirees. Once this is done, they will come back for more. The state does not honor contracts, debts, promises, or it's own constitution. Who will loan money to the State of Illinois, or work for the State of Illinois after this?
Be assured; the Fix is on, or Madigan would not be so confident. Gee... his daughter is the Attorney General.... maybe, she will do the right thing, and defend the workers and retirees.....
It is reasonable to ask employees to pay more. However the bill as written contains unconstitutional impairments and also violates fundamental contract law. Sid is spot on in terms of why the judges were not included. The long preamble is clearly an attempt to lay the groundwork for a police power arguement at the Illinois Supreme Court. As long as corporate tax breaks and non essential spending is being made, the police power argument should not have a chance of prevailing
Thanks for speaking up, squeaky. I am reminded though of the joke that Ronald Reagan made during his first campaign for president. "How do you know that the Mob is involved at a cock fight? The duck wins."
I have little faith in the State of Illinois Supreme Court. SB 1313 last May changed the constitutional belief that retired public employees had insurance benefits that had been agreed on for years. A Family, and Youth advocate judge in Springfield decided the issue instead of a judge who deals with constitutional issues. The judge in question has a wife who is a lobbyist. She had lunch discussing the support of her business interests with the legislator who sponsored the bill the day before the judge who has no background on the matter made his decision. Illinois Corruption cannot be ruled out at any level of government. The pension issue looks clear cut based on law; but I would not be surprised if "the duck wins".
I hired in with the sate 28 years ago. We were not given an option when pensions were concerned. The state option was the only option. Now when I am close to retirement they want to tell me that even though you did your job for 28 years the rules have changed. Don't get me started on the deal with the judges. Could that be more transparent? If the first family of Illinois by that I mean the Madigans wants to hold someone responsible for the states problems maybe they should take a history lesson regarding this states legislators. If I am not mistaken wasn't Mike Madigan one of them. For years they have used our retirement account like a credit card without making the monthly payments. I realize that the Madigan family has been fortunate enough to send their children to excellent Universities such as Notre Dame but I would like to have the opprotunity to send my son to college to. I am told that Speaker Madigan's plan requires state workers to work untill age 67. Can he really expect a 66 year old correctional officer to deal with a 20 year old violent inmate? I guess that if we die on the job the state will not be burdend with the payment of our retirement. It might be a good idea for our legislators to visit our work sites and see the job that we do. I do have to hand it to them they have managed to convince the people of the state that we are nothing more than parasitic individuals who cause the people of Illinois financial problems. If they need to see the cause of this states financial woes I would suggest a full lenth mirror. Yes I am a state employee but I am also a tax paying member of this state with a family to think about.
Why is it reasonable to ask employees to pay more? They have agreed to several increases over the years, and look what that got them. On the other hand we the people have elected and re eclected these people year after year expecting a different result!!
It`s shameful that legislators make these decisions, knowing the outcome! Until Chicago gets fixed,things will never change!!
If it were only asking the employees to contribute more into their every paycheck pension deduction; but it is not. The other parts of Madigan's "pension reform" would make Al Capone blush. The previously mentioned age until retirement clause, the stopping of any inflationary small percentage for years, the increase in insurance, and the violation of the state constitution go along with the increase in employee contributions. Mike Madigan has been there 30 years. He helped create this mess. The employees paid their required payments into the pension system; but the employer, the State of Illinois, did not. The State of Illinois spent the stolen money on pork barrel projects, corporate tax breaks, illegal aliens, and municipal grants. It was all done for the sake of votes, and "campaign donations" ( BRIBES ). Check on what an Illinois elected official can legally do with their "campaign donations". The "donations" are not all spent on buttons, TV commercials, and signs.
The employees did not cause this. They are being singled out as the guilty, and punished for it. Every citizen benefited in some manner from the stolen money; some more than others. Once this theft known as "pension reform" is done; the state will keep spending money, and borrowing money. The thiefs will be cheered for coming back to steal all of the employees, and retirees money in the future. It is not a democrat, or republican thing. Both parties did it. It is an Illinois Corruption thing; and we all voted for the thiefs.
Can anyone spell compromise??? Of course, it is not the fault of the workers who paid their pension contributions, but what good will that do if there is no money to pay the pensions. We voted for the crooks who spent the money,and now EVERYONE has to clean up the mess. Employees should have to pay more and wait longer to retire. Who in the real world gets to retire at 55 with 75 percent of their income? The income tax has to stay, and the COLA has to be adjusted, but not so drastically. Tie the COLA to social security, which by the way, may be looking at the same kind of scenario. If the end of career bumps can be stopped, workers should get to keep their 4 year average. Unlike social security, which are supposed to be supplements, these pensions are supposed to support the workers. That is why they pay more into the system than social security. No, my retirement isn't as cushy as a teacher or a firefighter, yet. But I didn't want to risk my life as a firefighter or my sanity as a teacher. I also paid the price for Enron, bad housing decisions, and other crap that our government allowed to happen. So, as I said, this has to be a shared sacrifice.
quincy2; Thank you for your comments on shared sacrifice. I would like to explain a couple of misconceptions that the media encourages.
First in regard to the retiring at age 55 with 75% of their income. The state university employee pays more into their pension system than the state employee; but they do not pay into Social Security. For a university retiree on the old system, they would work 34 to 35 years to achieve the maximum pension of 75%. If they started work at age 21, and worked until age 55 or 56; they could achieve the 75%, but with no Medicare in the future. For a state employee, they would work 45 years to achieve the maximum pension of 75%. If they started work at age 21, and worked 45 years; they could retire at age 66. However because they pay into Social Security; they can retire at age 62 with Early Social Security Retirement, or they continue to age 65 for full Social Security Retirement. Few state employees, or university employees unless they have top jobs retire at age 55. Under the proposed "pension reform", they would not be able to receive any retirment monies until age 67. You will see old employees in state employment increase after "pension reform" passes. The state had the lowest ratio of employees to public of any of the states. It is decreasing every day. People complain about their FOID cards, services delayed, mistakes made, etc. when it is due to more administrators, and less workers.
Second in regard to "pay more", and "wait longer" for retirement. That ship has already sailed for new employees. That was changed. This "pension reform" falls on the employees close to retirement, and mostly on the retirees already retired. It is an ex post facto legislation. It violates the State of Illinois Constitution. When the lawmakers started "skipping", "borrowing", well really "stealing" the employer required pension payments; they added to the State of Illinois Constitution what was supposed to be a "guarantee" that benefits would be paid, and not "diminished".
"Shared sacrifice" applys to all Illinois citizens; not just the retired employees, and current employees. Under the legal, perhaps not Illinois, definition of contract and constitutional law; the State of Illinois would have to show that it cannot raise revenue ( taxes ), and stop spending. As long as Illinois keeps spending on corporate tax breaks, municipal grants, new programs, and pork barrel spending without raising taxes; it cannot pass the legal test anywhere except, perhaps, in Illinois. Remember that the Judges Pension System is now "exempt from pension reform". The spending by the lawmakers for votes, and "campaign donations" will continue even if "pension reform" is passed.


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"Mourinho was happy with the draw against Liverpool because he knows that leagues are won against teams like Stoke City and Middlesborough, those are the games that matter ... a point against the top teams, he'll take it," said Tinkler.
City come off an embarrassing 2-1 defeat to PSL rookies Baroka FC at the Cape Town Stadium at the weekend - and Tinkler's conviction on how Mourinho went about the game against Liverpool is based on the City coach's belief that "it's the games against the lower teams in the league that ultimately determine where you finish".
Tinkler had impressed on his men, before the Baroka game, that they shouldn't under-rate their newby opponents, and treat the game as they would when coming up against one of the big teams in the PSL. His words weren't heeded and City crashed to defeat.
City have an opportunity to put the defeat behind them when they host Bloemfontein Celtic in the opening round of the Telkom Knockout Cup competition at the Cape Town Stadium tonight (kick-off 7.30pm) - and Tinkler had no hesitation in pointing out that he would ring the changes.
"The thing about us is that we cannot just pitch up for the big games," said Tinkler. "The players have to make sure that they have the same motivation for the smaller teams. They have to start with the same intensity, week in and week out! We didn't do that against Baroka and, by the time we started playing, we were already 2-0 down.
"There's a lot of disappointment after the loss to Baroka, from everyone at the club, including the players," added Tinkler. "They know the performance wasn't good enough.
"There will be changes. The bottom line is, if players are not performing, then they must step aside.
"It doesn't mean that we don't want to go far in this competition, we do - so this is an opportunity for other players to stake a claim."
City striker Lehlohlonolo Majoro is ill and will miss out tonight. But Tinkler confirmed that Judas Moseamedi has been declared fit and will play up front against Celtic, while 30-year-old defender Robyn Johannes will also get a run.
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Transcript: within ANC in Eastern Cape. He became speaker (that is chairman at annual national conference) in 1958 when the hard core of the ANC leadership was incapacitated by bans and the Treason Trial. (xii) Leave out reference to Neville's memo to COP. (xiii) The Selby singing group was called "The Mediators".
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visted a and e as I was having breathing problems and spasms at home spoke to 111 they then said go to a and e so I did when I got there one nurse was brilliant and the other one was okay but when they took my bloods they made me scream out as it was painful as they didn't put needle in gentle and then they moved me after doing ecg and everything and one nurse said that they were gonna get me some oxygen for my breathing and didn't and then I was sat around waiting for doctor to come for a few hours ,
I didn't get any pain relief or anything until went for x- ray and then they discharged me without any paperwork or anything and they were also talking about me to each other and I felt like i didn't want be there and everything i don't think this right as it should be confidentially information between nurses and doctors not everyone to talk about my case , I think this is very bad and unprofessional .
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All of the stylish rooms are equipped with an en suite bathroom with shower and hairdryer, satellite TV, air conditioning, wireless Internet access, an intercity and international telephone, minibar and toilet accessories.
The is an indoor swimming pool and the hotel offers special spa packages with a range of treatments.
The restaurant is designed as a medieval castle and offers Austrian and Hungarian cuisine. The lobby bar has a fine selection of wines and cocktails.
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Online payments will look completely different in the next decade, but Bitcoin has a better chance at revolutionizing commerce than the NFC tap-to-pay technology, PayPal President David Marcus predicted Tuesday. "I really like Bitcoin. I own bitcoins," Marcus said at the LeWeb conference here. However, he believes people don't correctly understand what bitcoins actually are today, and he's yet ready to let people link their bitcoin wallets with their PayPal accounts.
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Chanel and Colette Team Up For A Rock N' Roll Pop-Up ShopSince Lagerfeld is basically the Mick Jagger of fashion, it makes total sense that Chanel is collaborating with Paris' famed Colette boutique on a rock 'n roll themed pop-up shop in a former garage.
From March 1 to 10, the French house and the French store will team up to sell Eres lingerie, scooter helmets, a collectible doll designed by Karl himself, Leica cameras, and MademoiselleKevin Lyons, Soledad, André, Fadi and SO-ME, for those in the know) in a 2,200-square-foot space on Rue Saint-Honoré. There will also be a selection of Chanel bags customized by Chrome Hearts, as well as a myriad of Colette's other products.
*Tuesday, March 1 : Designer and illustrator Kevin Lyons will be customising bags between 4pm and 6pm.
*Wednesday, March 2 : A Lemariè craftsman will give a Camellia demonstration by between 3pm and 6pm.
*Thursday, March 3 : The illustrator Soledad will be customising bags between 4pm and 6pm.
*Friday, March 4 : There will be a harpsichord performance by the pianist and composer Maxence Cyrin, from 5pm.
*Saturday, March 5 : Graffiti artist André will be customising bags between 3pm and 6pm.
*Monday, March 7 : Graffiti artist Fafi will be customising bags between 4pm and 6pm.
*Tuesday, March 8 : Chanel nail bar between 3pm and 6pm.
*Wednesday, March 9 : SO-ME, graphic artist and illustrator, will be customising bags between 4pm and 6pm.
*Thursday, March 10 : Chanel nail bar between 3pm and 6pm.
The store can be found at 336 - 340, rue Saint-Honoré, Paris 1st, from March 1 to 10, 2011, between 11am and 7pm.


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After 18 years of childlessness, a pastor and his wife have been blessed with a set of twin babies.
The saying that God's time is the best can best be described the joy that permeated the home of Pastor and Pastor Mrs. Akin Akinsanya, after they were blessed with a set of twins after 18 years of barrenness.
The couple who are strong members of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Ogun State branch, had become the center of mockery by many, including their family members who did not see why the husband should continue to keep faith with a woman who had passed the age of child birth.
But the couple continued hoping and praying to God, waiting on His time and when it was the appointed time, God visited them and blessed them with the twins.
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A caretaker accused of causing the death of a two-year-old girl who fell to her death from a block of flats has been found guilty of her manslaughter and jailed for four years.
Robert Warner, aged 45, was in charge of maintaining the North Bank Flats on Willey Street, near the Wicker when Ryaheen Banimuslem fell to her death in June 2012.
He was found guilty of causing her death by gross negligence after a court heard he removed a glass panel from a fourth floor walkway to repair another broken panel on the same floor.
The tot, who was playing tig with her brother, ran along the walkway and fell through the gap left by the panel plunging to her death.
Warner of Shirehall Crescent, Shiregreen, was found guilty after four days of deliberations by a jury at Sheffield Crown Court.
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The internet is still on, it's just showing limited. What did they do to make it do that? Change a wire on the router? What is a possible fix?
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That's an issue with the DNS. I doubt your parents did that.
1) Open the Network Connections Control Panel. Double click on the Local Area Connection icon in the LAN or High-Speed Internet section of the Network Connections window that opens. Click on the Properties button of the Local Area Connection Status window that opens. You should see another window open.
2) Click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) item to select it and click the Properties button. A new window should open.
3) All you need to do is click the Obtain DNS server address automatically button (the static DNS server information will automatically be cleared). Click OK in each of the TCP/IP and Local Area Connection properties windows to close them.
4) Once again, we want to be sure that we now have new IP address information. You should still have the Local Area Connection Status window open. Click the Support tab, then click the Repair button. After a short delay, you should get a repair completed popup and IP address information should reappear in the window. You'll need to click the Details... button to see the DNS server information.
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TVS Motor Company Limited has been founded by Sundaram in 1978. They currently have three two-wheeler facilities and a single three-wheeler plant.The Indian manufacturer specialises in motorcycles, scooters and three-wheeler vehicles.
The Indian manufacturer has reported a growth of 35 percent in Q2. The quarter ended in September, 2014. TVS Motors managed to sell 6,48,000 vehicles in the quarter compared to 4,79,000 vehicles that it sold in the corresponding quarter.
TVS sold 1,97,000 motorcycles in Q2 of 2013, however, in Q2 of 2014 they managed to sell 2,55,000 motorcycles. The motorcycle market has grown by 29 percent for the manufacturer. Their scooter market grew by 68 percent in Q2.
In Q2 of 2014 TVS scooter managed to sell 1,95,000 units. TVS Motors managed to sell 1,16,000 scooter in Q2 of 2013. Their three-wheeler market has also risen by 24 percent, sale haves risen by 27,946 units compared to 22,606 units.
TVS recently launched its Scooty Zest 110, along with Jupiter and StaR City+. They will be soon launching new product in the Indian market. The Indian manufacturer will be introducing new products to its export portfolio as well to increase their sales.
TVS Motor Company Indonesia has registered a total two wheeler sales of 6752 vehicles, as compared to 5187 units that it sold in the corresponding quarter. The upward growth of TVS is a positive sign and is expected to continue with more interesting products coming out of their stables.


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"Lightning" warfare, better known by the German term blitzkrieg, is a strategy that concentrates motorized forces to create a high-speed breakthrough of an enemy's lines. Using combined arms and tactical air power, it seeks to keep an enemy off-balance, penetrating deep into the rear and attacking units flanking the breakthrough. The effects could be devastating, especially to morale (soldiers don't like to be surrounded). Pioneered by Heinz Guderian and perfected by Erich von Manstein and Erwin Rommel, so effective was the blitzkrieg in Poland, France, and Russia that the Soviet Union and Western Allies adopted it to ultimately defeat Nazi Germany.


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HLS DRM does not always need to be a Hollywood grade DRM. Sometimes it's enough to just add another layer of security through AES encryption. The bitmovin encoding service and player enable this workflow for HLS and MPEG-DASH.
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Apple HLS supports two encryption methods:
AES-128 encrypts the whole segment with the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) using a 128 bit key, Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) and PKCS7 padding. The CBC will be restarted with each segment using the Initialization Vector (IV) provided.
SAMPLE-AES encrypts each individual media sample (e.g., video, audio, etc.) by its own with AES. The specific encryption and packaging depends on the media format, e.g., H.264, AAC, etc. SAMPLE-AES allows fine grained encryption modes, e.g., just encrypt I frames, just encrypt 1 out of 10 samples, etc. This could decrease the complexity of the decryption process. Several advantages result out of this approach as fewer CPU cycles are needed and for example mobile devices need less power consumption, higher resolutions can be effectively decrypted, etc.
Implementing HLS DRM
We support both modes with our encoding service and our player. For the encoding and packaging you can use our REST API or one of our API Clients, like our Java API Client which contains a simple example for HLS encryption. Basically you just need to add a HLSEncryptionConfig to the job and that's it:
/* Create HlsEncryptionConfig */ HlsEncryptionConfig hlsEncryptionConfig = new HlsEncryptionConfig(); hlsEncryptionConfig.method = HlsMethod.SAMPLE_AES; // Choose the encryption mode hlsEncryptionConfig.key = "YOUR_KEY"; /* Create Encoding Job */ JobConfig jobConfig = new JobConfig(); ... jobConfig.manifestTypes.addElement(ManifestType.HLS_M3U8); jobConfig.speed = Speed.STANDARD; jobConfig.hlsEncryptionConfig = hlsEncryptionConfig;
Java HLS Encryption Example
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Australia's coal sector is battling through one of the most challenging periods in recent history, with lower prices weighing on margins and resulting in some operating mines closing. A number of mines continue to operate at negative margins, and a smaller number are not covering their variable costs - a key criterion in deciding whether to cease production in the short-run, and move to care and maintenance.
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Thigh fat is something that bothers everyone at some point. Some hate the annoying feeling of your thighs touching as you walk. Others simply want to be lean and find that thigh fat just doesn't go away, regardless of how much they exercises. How hard it is to get rid of your thigh fat really depends on you. For a lucky few, thigh fat burns off first and in the abdomen last. Most others are not so lucky.
If you were wondering how to lose thigh fat quickly, know this, there is no easy fix. It has to be a combination of diet and exercise and patience.
You need to diet because exercise alone will not work. There is no such thing as spot reduction and there are no specific exercises to lose weight on your thighs. As you diet and maintain a caloric deficit, the fat from thighs will lessen. This will take time and will not happen overnight. I would recommend the slow carb diet.
You can do thigh and inner thigh exercises to tone and build muscle. This will create a sense of tightness and amplify the fat loss from the dieting above and give you much smaller and shapely thighs.


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Amethyst Merkaba 04 Iron Purple Crystal Healing Star StoneI Dig Crystals
Natural Amethyst is polished and carved into your new crystal healing merkaba star. This is a mottled light to dark purple stone with red Iron inclusions. The stone is hand-carved into an eight pointed star known as a Merkaba. Because it is hand-carved, you may find organic surface craters and rough and rocky edges and tips. The unique Chevron Merkaba measures 2 inches wide and 2.7 inches diagonally. The sacred star can be used in healing practices, raising the vibrations for a glorious meditation and chakra healing.
Amethyst brings energies of stability, peace, calm, balance, courage and inner strength. On the spiritual level, amethyst can help open to communication with angels, telepathy and other psychic abilities. It is an excellent stone for meditation or dream work, past life work, and can help you see your path. Amethyst has a deep purple color and works particularly well to help balance the Third Eye and Crown Chakras.
This is a one-of-kind Amethyst merkaba. You will receive the unique item as pictured. The merkaba comes in a white cardboard storage box which can be filled with dry sea salt or dry brown rice to keep the healing stone energetically charged when not in use. Due to the natural state of stones, you may find varying colors, inclusions, veins, surface craters, dips and minerals in the crystal.


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DEA tells Elizabeth Warren decision on reclassifying marijuana could come by July
Agency says ruling could be made by July as timetable is the latest development in Senator Elizabeth Warren's challenge to federal marijuana laws
The Drug Enforcement Administration said it could decide whether marijuana should remain classified at the same level as LSD and heroin in "the first half of 2016".
The agency slipped this news into a letter to the Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, who with seven other senators, had asked for more information on marijuana's scheduling and about limits on medical marijuana research. The 25-page letter was obtained by Matt Ferner at the Huffington Post.
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In the 1970s, this variety was brought from California to British Columbia by a Vietnam veteran, where it was grown on Vancouver Island. This variety was nicknamed Romulan after people joked that the high "could dent your head," producing ridges like those of Star Trek's warrior-like race with the same name. Romulan is alien pot with potent effects. Couch lock is likely as concentration may be difficult to maintain. Medically, this weed has shown excellent results for chronic pain.
Join Me April 12 In Portland For The National Cannabis Industry Association Cannabis Caucus Event
I don't get out to a lot of events, but I try to get to as many National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) events as possible. NCIA is not only the leading national advocacy group for the emerging cannabis industry (I think they are the only one!), but they also do an amazing job at the local level too. One example of that is the upcoming Quarterly Cannabis Caucus events that are being held all over America. One of the locations is Portland, Oregon, which I plan on attending on April 12. I hope to see you there! Below is more information about the event in Portland:
The National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), the only national trade association for legal marijuana businesses in the U.S., will host an Oregon Cannabis Caucus on Tuesday, April 12, in Portland. The Cannabis Caucus is an educational and networking event designed to update cannabis professionals on the latest in policy and industry developments, while helping connect local cannabis business leaders.
Featured speakers for the event include Jake Oken-Berg from the Office of Sen. Jeff Merkley, Heather Smyth of MJ Freeway, and Taylor West of NCIA.
Read More:http://www.theweedblog.com/april-12-portland-national-cannabis-industry-association-cannabis-caucus/
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Each year, Williams honors members of the college for outstanding accomplishment and service. Bicentennial Medals, honoring distinguished achievement, are awarded in September's Convocation exercises. Copeland, Ephraim Williams, Kellogg, Rogerson, and Thurston awards are bestowed at the annual meeting of the Society of Alumni, and Joseph's Coat is awarded at a special Reunion Weekend luncheon. Extraordinary recognition for extraordinary people. Learn more about them all on this site.
And congratulations to our 2016 Bicentennial Medalists!
This year's recipients are:
- Eliot Coleman Jr. '61
A pioneer in the organic farming movement whose innovative tool design and cold-weather growing techniques have enabled farmers throughout the Northeast to be productive year round.
- Bruce Beehler '74
Naturalist and conservationist, who has studied birds and their forest habitats—in an effort to preserve them—in the Asia-Pacific region and North America.
- Jeff Speck '85
A city planner and urban designer who, through writing, lectures and built work, advocates internationally for more walkable cities.
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I've seen this in a couple of other forums and figured I would give it a try. Actually this is a double experiment as both the method and spice mix are something I have not done before. The plan is to make ground beef jerky rounds instead of strips of sticks. Credit to the idea for both goes to Ragweed.
No ground venison and no ground round in the house, but I did pick up some of the 90% lean ground beef from Sam's Club. The primary ingredient in the seasoning a a liquid marinade called "Smoking Gun Jerky Marinade". No one locally carried this, so I had to pay dang near as much in shipping as I did for the gallon of marinade I ordered. But the reviews I found online were good, so I figured might as well get a gallon and pay shipping only once. This stuff smells like a great marinade and has just enough of the hickory smoke aroma.
Ragweed's method used from 8 to 10 ounces (depending on which of his posts I was looking at) in 5 pounds of lean ground meat. The company said to use 3 ounces per pound with ground meat. I split the difference and went with 12 ounces for the 5 pounds.
Here is the rest of what I used:
- 5 pounds of 90% lean ground beef
- 12 ounces of Smoking Gun Jerky Marinade
- 2 tsp of black pepper
- 1 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes (crushed up a little more in my mortar).
- 1 level tsp of cure #1
I mixed the cure in 1/4 cup of water to get it mostly dissolved and then mixed all the ingredients with the marinade. Poured over the meat and mixed by hand. Then into the fridge overnight to let the cure work and the flavors meld. The next day I divided the meat into two portions and made it into tubes. This is were I vary from Ragweed's version a little. He used 3" casings, but I just formed a rough log on clear food wrap and then rolled it up and spun the ends to form a round tightly packed log a little bigger than 3" in diameter. Into the freezer to firm up for slicing (about 3 to 4 hours).
Something came up and I did not get it slice it as planned so it spent the night in the fridge. Of course it was froze solid the next morning. Tried slicing that and figured I need to let it thaw in the fridge a little to soften up to a soft freeze instead of the rock hard freeze it currently was. So before I went to bed, I moved the logs to the fridge. Next morning, it was ready for slicing.
I tried to keep them about 1/4" thick, but there is some variance. I will probably have some done earlier than others, but I can deal with that.
Going into my 10 tray LEM dehydrator. Starting at 135* and will check after 5 hours. More to follow......