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Dialogue on oil prices, Iraq and Israel might help stabilize the region, observers say.
By SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN
Published May 28, 2006
The United States and Iran would seem to have a lot to discuss these days.
High oil prices. Nuclear proliferation. The worsening Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The threat of civil war in Iran's neighbor, Iraq.
Why, then, has the Bush administration rebuffed Iranian overtures to talk, most recently that rambling 18-page letter from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?
Several reasons, including reluctance to legitimize a government whose president denies the Holocaust and wants to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. But as so many critical issues pile up, the White House is under growing pressure to start a dialogue with a country it still deems part of the "Axis of Evil.''
"Twenty-seven years of isolation and containment and sanctions have never been successful — they've only created a more aggressive Iran,'' says Sanam Vakil, an assistant professor of Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
"In 2006, the United States and Iran have a great convergence of interests in the Middle East. Policies of engagement might lead to moderation and greater stability and security in the region.''
The United States cut off diplomatic relations with Iran after the 1979 hostage crisis, and the European Union has led efforts to get Iran to scrap its uranium enrichment program, widely feared to be the first step in developing a nuclear weapon.
One expert thinks Washington is hesitant to start direct talks with Iran out of concern that the American negotiating position on the nuclear issue has weakened over time.
"The fact the Iranians have started to enrich uranium means they have passed most of the red lines that the U.S. put in front of them,'' says Trita Parsi, head of the National Iranian American Council. "It's one thing to demand it doesn't start enriching uranium and another to demand that it dismantle its entire program and forget the know-how it's acquired.''
But, Parsi says, the United States should not use that as an excuse to avoid a dialogue. "We are scaring ourselves blind on enrichment when there are so many other things to talk about with Iran, like peace in the Middle East, al-Qaida, oil, Iraq.''
The last time Iran made serious overtures to the United States was in early 2003 after the hugely successful first phase of the war in Iraq. Seeing the speed with which Saddam Hussein's regime fell and worrying it might be next, the Iranian government, then led by a more moderate president, purportedly offered to freeze its nuclear program if the United States promised not to seek regime change in Iran.
According to the draft of a proposal Parsi obtained, Iran was also willing to accept peace with Israel, cut off assistance to militant Palestinian groups and pressure them to stop attacks on the Jewish state.The United States, then in a position of strength, rejected the offers.
"At that point, Iraq was a success story and the Bush administration did not want to rule out military means or the pursuit of regime change in Iran,'' says Shai Feldman, head of the Middle East Studies Center at Brandeis University.
Another difference between then and now, he notes, is that Iran's 2003 offer was more of a true quid pro quo — security in exchange for no nukes — while it is unclear exactly what Ahmadinejad is asking for in his recent letter. Though an implicit invitation to talk, it also contains a litany of Muslim grievances and questions Israel's right to exist.
While not especially belligerent in tone, the letter "is putting the president of the United States in a position where it's very difficult to ignore (Ahmadinejad's) previous statements,'' Feldman says.
"In a way it's a beginning of a dialogue but there is no deal in this letter. I'm not sure whether this letter represents a real overture or is essentially an effort to restate Iran's position and essentially appeal to the Arab, Muslim and Iranian streets.''
One factor that has long stymied talks between the two countries is confusion over who's really in charge in Iran, where the religious ayatollahs still hold enormous sway over the elected president and parliament. But in recent weeks, influential Iranians of all stripes seem to have come together in pressing for dialogue with the United States.
According to the Washington Post, Iranian officials have made requests for direct talks through Indonesia, Kuwait, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei .The Bush administration is also getting pressure from its European allies and from Congress, most recently a group of House Democrats and influential members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
"The mood in Congress is changing very fast,'' Parsi says. "People are very concerned that the logical outcome of the current no-diplomacy approach will be another war.''
The two countries appeared to be making some headway a few months ago when they agreed it would help to hold high-level meetings on stabilizing Iraq, where Iran wields substantial influence. But Iran refused to talk about Iraq when Washington refused to talk about the nuclear program.
Still, Parsi says, Iran "absolutely'' wants a dialogue with the country it has long called "the Great Satan.'' Though not about to say so publicly and undercut its image as a growing regional power, Iran more than anything seeks a guarantee of security from the world's only superpower.
"Talking with the Europeans is useless,'' Parsi says. "The Europeans can't guarantee them anything. There are only two critical countries in this equation. One is Iran, the other is the United States.''
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Quetta, Pakistan -- In the Shiite Muslim graveyard of this provincial Pakistani capital, entire sections are dedicated to the hundreds killed by Sunni militants over the past two years, their portraits line the cobblestone entrance, some garlanded with wilted flowers.
There's Abid Ali Nazish, a movie star executed by gunmen in the summer. Nearby are the portraits of two brothers who were dragged out of a bus and shot to death on the road as they returned from pilgrimage in June. An Olympic boxer, Ibrar Hussain, has a large portrait, and then a smaller photo on his grave showing him sitting proudly next to Muhammad Ali.
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Hussain was just leaving Quetta's Ayub Stadium when a motorcyclist drove by and gunned him down last year, said Bostan Kishtmandi, a local Shiite politician, as he strolled past the graves. He "was retired and teaching our young boxers. We loved him," Kishtmandi said.
Pakistan's Shiite minority is feeling under siege as Sunni militants who view them as heretics step up a campaign of sectarian attacks, targeting them with shootings and car bombings. More than 300 Shiites have been killed so far this year, according to Human Rights Watch. The province of Baluchistan, where Quetta is the capital and which has the country's largest Shiite community, has borne the brunt, with more than 100 killed this year, on the way to surpassing the 2011 total of 118.
The sectarian bloodletting adds another layer to the turmoil in Pakistan, where the government is fighting an insurgency by the Pakistani Taliban and where many fear Sunni hardliners are gaining strength. Shiites and rights group say the government does little to protect Shiites and that militants are emboldened because they are believed to have links to Pakistan's intelligence agencies.
But the rise in the bloodshed and worries over security slipping out of control are bringing pressure for action. Fearing an all-out sectarian war, the Baluchistan government last week called in the paramilitary Frontier Corps to help the understaffed and underequipped local police.
Shiites make up around 15 percent of Pakistan's 190 million people.

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2009 has been another great journey!
I started the year working for the SF Symphony playing in ALL the schools in SF, over all we have played for more than 20.000 kids!
Of course teaching at California Music Camp was again another blast and the new location is as beautiful as Gualala. After that I was off to upstate NY for composers and musicians residency. What amazing experience surround by east coat nature for 5 weeks, ending with two great concerts of the new work in NYC.
Fall found me in Europe again for the new CD release tour: After the Carnaval, on the Danish label Stunt Records. Recorded last year in Rio, live in the studio with two of the best musicians and friends one can have! Danish pianist, composer, Thomas Clausen and Brazilian woodwinds multi-instrumentalist, Carlos Malta. The tRIO is a lot of fun as we are 3 composers and musicians with different backgrounds, living in 3 different continents, the result is a very unique and powerful sound! After our European tour, the tRIO had 4 great performances in the US. It was a rare opportunity to see these guys performing in the US. My special thanks to Thalia Lubin and to all of you that attended the concerts.
I also had a great time teaching workshops in Germany again and playing solo concerts in Germany and Vienna. I took some time off to check out the Greek islands and visit Paris again.
It has been fun sharing my music and making new friends everywhere, THANKS for your support and love. There would be no music without you!
What is next? I have few projects in the works and I should be in the US until May. I will be offering workshops in the spring for guitarists, singers and percussionists, including a choro workshop and composition. Stay tuned.
Happy Holidays! KEEP ON; dreaming BIG and making it happen, loving and opening your heart, giving and forgiving, returning safe to peace and smiling.
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Rio Grande to benefit from sewer plant makeover
One of the West's most important water ways, the Rio Grande, will be getting an infusion of what officials say will be safer and cleaner water once a project to modernize New Mexico's largest wastewater treatment plant is done.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - One of the West's most important water ways, the Rio Grande, will be getting an infusion of what officials say will be safer and cleaner water once a project to modernize New Mexico's largest wastewater treatment plant is done.
Officials with the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority broke ground Thursday on the plant's $7.4 million makeover.
The plant, which treats more than 50 million gallons per day, currently uses chlorine gas to disinfect effluent before it's discharged into the Rio Grande. Over the next year, a system that uses ultraviolet light will be constructed to kill bacteria and viruses in the water before it's released.
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Alan Armijo, chairman of the Bernalillo County Commission and vice chairman of the water authority, said community leaders are conscious of the river's importance to New Mexico and users further south.
"We want to make sure whatever we put in the river is cleaner and not going to be harmful to fish and people downstream. This whole new system is going to help us get to that point," Armijo said.
More than a half million people in Albuquerque are served by the water authority and depend on the Rio Grande for some of their drinking water. To the south, Las Cruces is building a diversion system to use river water in the future. El Paso, Laredo and other Texas cities also depend on the Rio Grande along with farmers throughout the river valley.
The water authority said the treatment plant's chlorination system has worked well for decades but converting to ultraviolet light will eliminate any residual chemical compounds in the treated water as well as the need to transport, store and handle hazardous materials.
With the current system, the plant turns liquid chlorine into gas and adds it to the effluent as it goes through the treatment process. Before the water is released into the river, sulfur dioxide is used to remove extra chlorine.
While the plant has never had a hazardous gas leak, the ultraviolet system will be much safer, said Joe Chwirka, manager of the water authority's plant operations division.
More than one-fifth of wastewater treatment plants in North America use UV disinfection systems. Chwirka said more plants are moving in that direction because the technology is proven and federal regulators are encouraging safer methods that don't involve volatile compounds.
The water authority studied the technology for about three years and spent a year working with engineers to design the system, which will be made up of two long tanks that will pass water over a series of ultraviolet light bulbs. Specific frequencies of UV light disinfect the water by destroying the genetic material within viruses, bacteria and other germs that are resistant to chlorine.
The new system may also help the water authority save money. Chwirka said the costs of chlorine and fuel to transport the chemical have been on the rise.


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Guest Chic: Dee on Mascaras
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This part of the blog is where we post one of YOUR articles! All you have to do is email us at firstname.lastname@example.com with an article of anything you're lovin in fashion & makeup, and whoever's post deems most chic, will turn up online!
Our first guest chic is Dee with her Top 5 Chicest Mascara's:I'm thrilled to be the first ever guest writer on Chic Intuition! And on a subject near and dear to my almond shaped eyes no less! I know that I'm not the only one that tries to vamp up my fine lashes, and you guys can relate. Over the years I've been on a constant quest to find the most volumizing/lengthening/thickening mascara out there. I've narrowed down my search to my all time favorite top 5 picks:
1. Lancome Hypnose Custom Volume Mascara in Deep Black – $23 : I usually save this mascara for when I have a big night out. It gives you the most dramatic eyelashes that will make people look twice to see if you have on fake lashes!
2. Sephora Triple Action Mascara in Jet Black – $12: I love this mascara for when I'm going out and don't feel like putting any makeup on. It's light, clump-free, and makes you look like those are your God given lashes!
3. Clinique High Definition Brush then Comb Mascara in Black – $14: I first fell in love with this mascara when I stole it from my mother's makeup bag! For those of you who absolutely hate clumps, this mascara gives you full on lashes that look like the ones you see in the ads.
4. Benefit Cosmetics BADgal Lash Mascara in black – $19: It separates each lash to maximize volume and gives you dramatic length. Best of all, no matter how many swipes you apply, you'll never get clumps.
5. Max factor 2000 Calorie Straight Brush in Rich Black – $13 : I used to use this mascara a few years back, and then forgot about it since it was always out of stock! But I've since rediscovered it and fallen in love all over again!
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Julian Rouas was born in Nice, France and found a passion and a natural swing for tennis at a mere age of 7. He started playing tennis and went on to play professional and became ranked #600 in world. In 1994; Julian started coaching tennis to H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco and Princess Stephanie for several years. Gained right from H.S.H Prince Albert to create and organize the Zepter Monte Carlo Celebrity Charity Golf tournament in 1995-1997. He also was coaching tennis to Kevin Costner and Sharon Stone at that time. Julian's grandmother passed away when he was 16 years old. He was very close to her as she helped raise him. He realized that certain scents reminded him of his grandma, and wanted to know if there was a way to put the essence of who she was inside a bottle so he could smell her every time he wanted to feel close to her. The scents made him nostalgic of all the memories he had with her. He discovered that each and every one of us carry our own certain smell; a scent that we cannot detect.
Julian then decided it was his mission to capture memories for the world, so that we can take voyages back in time to cherish the scents of childhood memories and people we love from the past and present. Julian believes that the sense of smell is the most powerful memory trigger that can cause reflective responses almost instantaneously. We all have a memory or many that we would love to keep forever, remembering every detail in a flash. He revealed that we can capture special moments in time for anyone in a bottle. From that point on Julian Rouas wanted to dedicate his life to recapturing personal fragrances for everyone, everywhere.
Julian Rouas moved to Los Angeles, CA in 1995 from Nice, France. He then researched, designed and developed perfume and after shave for Rica Levis, which was just the beginning of his vision for creating and developing fragrances. He never gave up and continued to fight for his ultimate dream. In 1996 Julian Rouas founded fragrance retailer company; Perfume America with Guy Benhamou. Julian was in charge of designing the glass and scent called "Sharon" by Sharon Stone fragrance, Beverly Hills Gold, Vanilla Passion, glass design of original Davidoff fragrance, Cigar Fragrance, MC Sport, Facconable with the pump; under Guy Benhamou. From 1998-2000, Julian was the World Music Awards event organizer, in charge of bringing in sponsorship, and organizing celebrities to attend WMA such as Michael Jackson. He also became the national manager of 500 people for Huis clos windows company in France. Three years later, with his dedication, passion for scents and perseverance; we are selling online and are distributing every line of product to the correct market in the USA and nationwide using retail channels including department stores, perfumeries, country clubs, upscale hair salons, boutiques, pro golf shops, spas, specialty retail, duty free shops, cruise lines, travel retail and other upscale outlets, market chains, etc. "Every fragrance is a scent from a past time memory with a story". To acquire a list of where we sell our fragrances; please send your request to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Although the international media has been aware, for some months, of the Orbán government's looming referendum on the "migration quota issue," now that President János Áder has fixed its date for October 2 the Hungarian referendum is a hot topic. Stories abound about its unfortunate nature and timing.
Within Hungary its critics viewed it, at least initially, as a stunt designed to reinforce the population's antagonism toward the "migrants" and bolster their support for the anti-refugee policies of the Orbán government. They thought, that is, that it was primarily a domestic issue.
The democratic opposition parties opposed holding such a referendum, but first the Kúria and later the Constitutional Court agreed to let voters answer the following question: "Do you want the European Union to be able to order the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary without parliament's consent?" There are so many things wrong with this question that it shouldn't have been approved by the National Election Commission in the first place. Not only is it a leading question, but the Hungarian Parliament has nothing whatsoever to do with the government's relationship with the European Union. It is a bad question on a nonexistent issue. As Leonid Bershidsky of Bloomberg pointed out, the Cameron government's original question read: "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union," but the country's Election Commission recommended spelling out both options instead of only one. (Not that it helped.) Orbán's illiberal state has very few independent institutions by now, and the National Election Commission is certainly not one of them.
After Brexit many people from the left-liberal opposition parties practically begged Orbán to scrap the whole idea. Their argument was that there are many countries where large and powerful anti-EU parties exist, which will try to stage referendums similar to that of the Cameron government. Such actions may fracture the very structure of the Union, already wounded by Brexit. I don't understand the democratic opposition's repeated appeals to reason when it comes to this government. By now they should know that once Viktor Orbán embarks on a course of action, he will go through with it no matter what.
Orbán's goal is a valid referendum with the highest possible number of "no" votes. I have no doubt that those who take part in the referendum will overwhelmingly vote against any mandatory settlement of migrants. That's a no brainer. The question is whether enough people will turn out to vote. To get four million voters to the polling stations out of the eight million eligible voters will not be easy. As voting patterns from earlier referendums have shown, Hungarians demonstrate a low level of awareness of the blessings of participatory democracy. In fact, the Horn government lowered the requirements for a valid referendum to 25% just before the July 1997 plebiscite on Hungary's membership in NATO, which was a wise move because only 49% of eligible citizens voted. For the referendum on Hungary's joining the European Union only 45.6% of eligible voters turned out. Viktor Orbán, who has a genuine fear of referendums, raised the threshold for validity to 50%. It is this hurdle the government has to overcome with a propaganda tsunami between now and October 2.
I have no doubt that nothing will be spared in the next few months to achieve the magic number. The government will use disinformation, lies, and "incentives" to convince as many people as possible to vote with a resounding "no." Huge billboards have already appeared telling Hungarians that with their vote at the referendum "they are sending a message to Brussels."
The democratic opposition's fear is that, although the overwhelming majority of Hungarians view the European Union favorably, such an intensive propaganda campaign might turn a large number of Hungarians against the Union. As it stands, the EU's strongest supporters are the Poles (72%) and the Hungarians (61%). Is it possible that Viktor Orbán would like to temper this high level of enthusiasm for the EU? Is this why we heard from the government's second highest official, János Lázár, that he "wouldn't be able to vote to remain in the European Union in good conscience"? Or is this outrageous remark from the man who is in charge of the dispersion of EU convergence funds merely a come-on to encourage high participation in this very questionable referendum?
Whatever the case, anyone who doesn't want to be a pawn in Viktor Orbán's game should stay away from this referendum to make sure it is not valid. The lower the participation the better. The alternative of going and voting "yes" as a sign of support for the European Union is the most bizarre idea I can imagine. Who will consider a "yes" vote an endorsement of the European Union as the Magyar Liberális Párt suggests? Luckily, Gabor Fodor's Liberal Party is a practically nonexistent entity. Otherwise all the opposition parties, excluding Jobbik of course, will be campaigning for a boycott of the referendum.
To my great surprise even András Stumpf, a journalist currently working for Mandiner.hu, a right-of-center, pro-government internet site, also considers the referendum "pointless" and Orbán's insistence on holding it "unfortunate." He more or less decided to join those who will stay home. According to Stumpf, the question should have been phrased this way: "Do you object to the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary without parliament's consent even at the possible cost of leaving the European Union?" Well put. But as long as the question voters will see on October 2 is what it is, the only answer is to boycott the referendum. Bershidsky is right in describing it as "manipulative" and the whole affair as a "farce." But it's a dangerous farce.


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Fun time, amazing views.
Second time in this tour. Its well done and very fun! A must do in Aruba!
Don't take the tour if you have a bad back at he needs bounce around a lot on the road. Great scenery, great drivers/tour guides, plenty of stops to take it all inn......highly recommended! Bring your own beach socks/water shoes.
Awesome! It was so fun and our driver Willems was the best. Couldn't have asked for a better experience.
Andre, very helpful jwth the scuba diving, thanks! Loved the view of the whole trip...very rocky! DK
Certainly an adventure! They let you experience every bump you pay for and it and #39;s a lot of fun. Beautiful sights and the team does a great job. This is a wonderful way to see most of the Aruba natural sights. Plan to pay $1 for the bathroom at the natural bridge - it and #39;s customary in Aruba. Thanks Medgar!!!
This is the best tour. You can see the island by jeep and the Natural Pool is amazing!
Our guide was very friendly and funny. He had a lot of knowledge about the island and took us on the most exciting paths in the park on the way to the natural pool. The natural pool was beautiful and a great experience.
The tour guides were great. It was a fantastic way to see much of the island,
Our driver was Luis and he was fantastic. I would recommend anyone to take this tour. We had a blast. Luis had 7 woman in his jeep and he showed us a fantastic time. All the jeep guides that went with us where all awesome. But Luis was special. He needs commended for a job well done..
We had an incredible time on this adventure. Well worth doing!
Our guide Matthew was so funny and made the day so enjoyable!
The ride was great touring the island. Drivers we very friendly and knowledgable about the island and places that we toured to. We felt safe the entire time and really enjoyed it. I would highly recommend this tour!
We had a spectacular time on this tour. My wife and I have been cruising for thirty years and this excursion ranks as one of the bests. The dune Buggys really go off-road and the natural pools are absolutely spectacular. We will certainly recommend this tour to all our friends.
This excursion was an absolute blast! Our personal guide was Ronald and he was AWESOME and was an amazing driver and we had a blast bouncing around in the back of the truck! Make him an official group Tour Guide!, We loved him! Reggie I believe was his name was our group guide and he was very knowledgeable and made sure everyone was smiling, laughing and safe! We saw so many beautiful places the island has to offer for viewing! Everyone had a great time, I suggest bringing a waterproof camera and a regular camera and wear sneakers to climb to the Natural Pool!!! So many people regretted wearing flip-flops, because its not easy to climb down and over the rocks. We cant wait to go back next year!!
Phenomenal tour, guide was entertaining and kept us well informed. Only bad thing I could say was that I wish we could have done it again !!!
Tour guides were very helpful and modified the trip agenda to account for potential crowds and weather.
Highly recommended.
when they say the ride is bumpy....they mean the ride is BUMPY.....if you have ANY back problems...don't do this trip... that being said....we had a great time....the ride was an adventure and the reward was the amazing Natural Pool and the incredible coastline. We were there the day after one of these land rovers rolled over on it's side....slightly injuring some of the riders....that's how wild the ride can get! If you like having your brain bounced around, this is the trip for you.
Leslie was out driver and he was great!!! We so much fun on this trip. Well worth it!!!
This tour was amazing!
This was the best time. Our driver was Gerald(Tiny) and we had lots of adventure with him. The Jeeps are really fun to ride in. Sit in the third row if you really want a exciting ride. The sights are great too. It was really beautiful at the natural pool and the snorkeling was good. The other sights were great as well. We would do this tour again.
This tour was amazing!
The Jeep Tour was amazing!!! The guides were extremely fun and nice and we felt very safe. I would make sure to note that if you have a hard time walking or are afraid of heights, to not do it. Getting to the natural pool which was the end of the tour was a little difficult and not for everyone. The natural pool was really cool and the off roading we did was a HUGE thrill. If you like adventure, this is definitely the excursion for you.
Fabulous and extremely fun highly recommended!!!
We had a great time. The guides (Benson, Roland, etc.) were very friendly and seemed to enjoy their jobs very much - skilled drivers too! This tour is highly recommended.
Excellent trip with outstanding guides
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It's now time to vote!!! All submitted stories have been ran in the USAWA Daily News over the past four days. A set of my hanging dumbbell handles are at stake for the winner – so chose wisely!!! It will be hard to decide – mainly because all of the stories are so good. That is why I am leaving it up to the USAWA membership to vote. That's right – the USAWA membership! There are LOTS of "perks" to being a USAWA member, like getting to be part of this big decision!! The list of choices:
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Tasteful and Tasty: Another Side of Hancock Shaker Village
For a sect that valued the spiritual above all else, the Shakers certainly had a knack for getting their physical world just so. No object was too mundane—a barn, a tool, a dishtowel—to escape an inspired re-imagining. Which leads one to wonder how they handled that other everyday art form: the preparation of food.
Fortunately, the Shakers were ace record keepers, so most of their recipes have survived, forming the basis for a cookbook, The Best of Shaker Cooking, by Amy Bess Miller (first published in 1970 by Macmillan, since reissued by Hancock Shaker Village, Inc.; $16.95 at the museum shop). Recently, Michael Roller, chef/owner of two Pittsfield catering concerns, Samel's Deli and MRM Hospitality, used this volume as an aid in developing new menus for the Hancock Shaker Village Harvest Café and the Village's up-scale catering service, Savory Harvest Catering, both of which now claim him as top toque.
"My impression is that the Shakers focused on food as an art," says Roller. "They didn't just do things to get them done; they did everything with flare, and they really were kind of advanced, letting the ingredients speak for themselves. Their food was very sophisticated for the time. My style is very similar."
The café at Hancock may be accessed without paying an entrance fee, and it's well worth a visit just to check out what Roller is doing there. Executive chef at Blantyre in Lenox for six years (including the glory year when it won its fourth Mobil star), he has taken the café menu a giant step beyond what anyone has a right to expect from a tourist-destination dining facility. In season, Roller will use food from the Village farms as much as possible to make the salads (i.e., baby spinach, hickory-smoked bacon, hard-boiled eggs, sliced mushrooms, red onion and croutons with a Dijon-herb vinaigrette; $5.95), and sandwiches (an open-faced roast beef on grilled farmer's bread with a Shaker mushroom sauce, crispy shallots and mesclun greens, $6.75) that promise to make the Harvest Café a destination in its own right.
Roller's forte, high-end catering, will continue at the Village, which has long been a venue for meetings, parties, and weddings. "For the catering, we are completely contemporary with our menus," he says. "We try, when appropriate, to go with the Shaker influence, but it's not mandated. We're not going to do chicken pot pie for a wedding."
The menus for two recent events at the Village illustrate Roller's point:
Menu 1:
Amuse-Bouche: Ginger Beets
First course: Lobster Croquettes with Sautéed Lobster and Sorrel Sauce
Entrée: Roast Rack of Lamb with Marjoram Jus, Creamed Corn, Asparagus, and Buttered Crumb-Topped Potato Pie
Dessert: Shaker Mountain Blueberry Pudding with Apricot Ice Cream
Menu # 2
First Course: Cod Fritters with Butter Poached Shrimp, Parsley Sauce and Equinox Farm Greens
Entrée: Top Sirloin of Beef with Cracked Pepper and Cider Sauce, Parsnip Cakes and Asparagus
Dessert: Chocolate Bread Pudding
The view from the tent platform at Hancock Shaker Village.
The event venues within the Village include the Community Room in the modern entrance/museum building, which convincingly replicates a Shaker meeting hall, accommodates up to 80, and has direct access to the outdoors. Just outside this room, on the edge of a meadow, there is a tent platform, which, when set up, accommodates up to 350. Overlooking the cutting and vegetable gardens with a panoramic view of the distant village buildings beyond, one can easily envision an early evening summer wedding there, with guests freely roaming the grounds. It would be at once spectacular and impeccably restrained, in that Shaker way.
Hancock Shaker Village Tomato Pudding
Serve as a side dish with grilled chicken, beef or seafood.
Recipe by Michael Roller, adapted from The Best of Shaker Cooking, by Amy Bess Miller
Serves 6
6 T. butter, divided
1 c. choppped onion
4 c. canned chopped tomatoes, cooked down to 2 c
1/4 c. light brown sugar
1 1/2 c. sourdough bread cubes, cut in 1/4-inch dice
3/4 c. Panko bread crumbs, coated with 1 T. olive oil
1 T. fresh garlic, chopped
2 T. fresh basil, cut into a chiffonade
salt and pepper to taste
4 T. olive oil
2 medium, ripe tomatoes (red, yellow or both), sliced 1/4" thick
Grated parmesan cheese to taste (optional)
Melt 2 T. butter and sauté onions and garlic until very tender.
Add the tomatoes and brown sugar and simmer until the mixture is thick.
Meanwhile toss the bread cubes in the remaining butter, spread in a 9 x 10 baking pan or gratin dish, and toast in 325° oven until lightly browned.
Spoon tomato mixture over the bread cubes.
Place sliced tomatoes over the pudding, sprinkle with salt and pepper, basil, and panko. Drizzle with olive oil and optional parmesan cheese.
Bake @350° for 30 - 40 minutes.
Per Serving: 275 Calories; 21g Fat (68.1% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 20g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 31mg; Cholesterol; 210mg Sodium
Harvest Café
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. daily until Memorial Day, then 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Hancock Shaker Village
34 Lebanon Mt. Road (Rte 20); Hancock; 413.443.0188
Savory Harvest Catering at Hancock Shaker Village
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WESTFIELD, Ind. (WISH) – A roughly century-old railroad embankment that Westfield relied on to stay dry is no more.
For decades, the downtown area — particularly near Cool Creek — has depended on the Midland Railroad embankment to serve as a levy of sorts. With it gone, the town is vulnerable and neighbors want something done.
"I've never seen it flood like that. If that levy hadn't have busted I guess it would have been all right," said Jim Lewis, who has lived in the neighborhood for 54 years.
When the embankment crumbled Last Thursday, water flooded homes, businesses and even the local food pantry. Now Hamilton County and the city of Westfield are putting their heads together to come up with a new solution.
"So we want to make sure that the proposed engineering design would mimic what was there in the past," said Kenton Ward, Hamilton County surveyor.
Come this summer, Westfield has plans to expand Mill Road to run through the Cool Creek area. With it comes trails, parks and what they're calling The Grand Junction Project.
"I don't see how they can put up a big development down here because it's going to flood again," said neighbor Danny Haskett.
With that summer project, the city's now proposing the addition of a weir that mimics the old embankment — concrete blocks and a 48-inch metal pipe like what was there before. Until that fix, properties in the flood train are especially vulnerable to more flooding. Neighbors like Haskett still don't think that fix will be enough.
"I mean that pipe there now is just way too small. It needs to be a bigger hole," said Haskett.
Calls into the Westfield mayor's office were not returned.


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Heavy equipment like dozer, excavators and track loaders are not so easy to run and require years of experience to understand how to deal with the machine in different conditions. For instance, if you are working on a rugged land or trying to clear trees in a forest, you will experience severe hardships to operate the machine. Simultaneously, not every machine is meant to do all kinds of work and therefore you should be depending on the best, the one that has the ability to perform the task. Operating heavy equipment is certainly not like driving a car and is a far complex subject. So for beginners, getting into something this complex without someone experienced beside you can lead you into a deeper mess. It has often been witnessed that the best of the operators had a tough time dealing with situations and they take a day's time to complete a job that perhaps take few hours to complete in a normal situation.
We would be discussing in length on how to operate a track loader that is considered to be one of the most important and effective heavy equipment in the construction sector.
Brakes are your priority:-
When you are on the tracks of a crawler loader, you must ensure that no one gets under it. Proper functioning of brakes should be the uttermost priority of an operator. Once you slip inside the cabin, the first thing you got to check is if the brakes are in order. Try to push the brakes using your feet and see if it's getting pressed smoothly. Anything wrong with it can have very serious consequences and also has the potency to damage the machines and injure people.
Making optimum usage of joysticks:-
Joysticks are the eyes of the machine. You need to learn how to use it optimally. In order to move the machine to your right, you need to make use of the joystick that is located to the right of the driver and in order to move it to the left, pull the one that is to the left of the driver. The joystick is also used to control the boom. The drive rods also play an important role as far as the movement of the loader is concerned. The drive rod is used to operate the tread at the bottom of the machine. The drive rod is also used to increase or decrease the speed of the tread. So if you move the drive rod forward, it tend to move ahead and pulling backwards will take the tread back. In case you want to turn the machine to your right, simply hold the drive rod located to the right of the machine and move it forward without doing anything to the one on the left. This will tilt the machine to the right.
Take help of the user manual:-
Referring to the user manual is another option one can go for. The user manual contains lot many ways and process to run the machine and especially when you get stuck on something, it is advisable to refer to the book and come out of the situation.


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Keep It High When FeelingPublished: December 2011
The Drain
I'm new to sailing and a new owner of a 1983 Hunter 22 that has three thru-hulls — one for the knot-meter transducer, one for the galley sink, one aft for the cockpit drain. It also has deck drains and an anchor-locker drain above the waterline. I want to install a bilge pump but don't know where to route the discharge. Should I tee into the galley drain that's close to the bilge pump well, or to one of the above-waterline drains? If I need a new thru-hull, where should it be?
Don Casey: Bilge-pump discharge openings are ALWAYS located above the waterline, and need to be far enough above so that they can never be submerged, either by heeling, or by the stern wave when the boat is moving fast. A discharge line can pass water into the boat just as easily as it passes it out. If, for example, you tee into the sink drain above the waterline, and that connection dips below the waterline when the boat's heeled, water will flow straight into the bilge, flooding the boat. This is equally true of a dedicated thru-hull discharge located just a short distance above the waterline. Even if you route the discharge hose in a high loop before it connects to the outlet, should the pump run while the outlet is submerged, when the pump stops, the full line will set up a siphon and water will again flood into the boat.
Adding a check valve into the discharge line is a bad idea. It not only reduces the capacity of the pump, but the valve can catch debris, blocking the discharge. It will also soon gather enough debris to prevent the valve from sealing, defeating the purpose. The best place for a bilge-pump discharge is high on the transom, just below the deck joint. A thru-hull located here is unlikely to become submerged in normal sailing. If this location is impractical due to the location of the pump, or the design of the boat, then a just-below-the-rail location on either side of the hull can work, assuming that you do not regularly bury the rail when sailing.
How Dark Is Dark?
I live in Fort Lauderdale and have a 1982 34-foot Silverton convertible. I want to tint the front three windows to reduce the heat in the cabin. A company that does window tinting on cars and boats recommended a 35-percent tint film. Does this exceed the standards for tinting marine windows? What do you recommend?
John Adey: The American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) has a technical standard for glass on boats. When it comes to tinting, we discuss areas in the "operator's range of visibility" that extends from 90 degrees to port, and 112.5 degrees to starboard, from the helm station(s). In this area, the light transmission must be not less than 70 percent (30-percent tint). In other areas of the boat, you can exceed that amount. So your 35-percent tint is OK, as long as it's not in the operator's range of visibility; there, you'd use a maximum 30-percent tint.
Is Bad Company Destroying My Zincs?
It seems that my zinc anodes need replacement rather quickly for no apparent reason. I recently moved to a new slip and I'm surrounded by sailboats. Could that have anything to do with the corrosion of my zincs?
Don Casey: Yes, but not necessarily because they're sailboats, although that could be a factor. For safety reasons, to keep an AC leak from going to ground in the water, the DC ground on most boats is connected to the AC ground. Anytime two or more boats connect to the same shore power circuit, they share an AC ground connection. That essentially connects the underwater metal on your boat to the underwater metal of the boats around you that are sharing that AC circuit. If your underwater metal is different from the boats around you, then you have the components of a big battery — dissimilar metals submerged in an electrolyte, in this case seawater. If your underwater metal is less noble — an aluminum outdrive, for example — while the neighboring boats have bronze or stainless-steel underwater fittings (as sailboats tend to do), the aluminum suffers corrosion.
DC leakage from nearby boats might also be seeking ground through your shore-power connection, greatly accelerating the corrosion potential. The short-term solution is to unplug your boat. If you have some compelling reason to leave it plugged in, then install a galvanic isolator into the green AC grounding wire, right at the inlet fitting
Belt and Suspenders Approach
I'd like to add another level of safety to my Ranger 2250SS, by installing a fuel fume-monitoring system. I'd like one that has at least two pickup points in the boat.
John Adey: ABYC offers some great advice; I'll sum up the important things for a boat owner here:
- Make sure it's tested and certified by a third party to UL standard 1110, Marine Combustible Gas Indicators.
- The unit shall NOT be wired to cut off the engine. You want to make that choice, not a device. Shutting down your engine could cause an entirely different problem!
- Sensors have to be as low in the bilge as possible without the chance of being submerged. For an inboard engine, at least one has to be lower than the starter motor.
- If your bilge has compartments, install a sensor in each compartment that has a fuel component (hose or tank).
- A visible warning (LED, for example) must be installed at the helm station and an audible alarm must be able to be heard from the helm.
Those are the key points you should know when purchasing and installing these items. When it comes to UL, the unit does not have to be "UL Listed," just tested by an independent, third-party lab, not by the manufacturer themselves. You may also find a manufacturer that states they comply to ABYC standard A-14 "Gasoline & Propane Detection Systems," which requires the UL testing.
Finding The Right Needle In The Haystack
I'm going offshore and a friend is loaning me his EPIRB. How do I get it registered properly so that if we have to use it they'll look for my boat, and not his?
Tom Neale: Register at www.beaconregistration.noaa.gov. You'll need the beacon's identification number (found on the beacon) and your friend's log-in name and password, depending on how he's set up his account. Once on the site for the beacon, you'll find a comments section (scroll down the page to find it), and there you can enter details about your trip. Include your boat's name, description, your name, number of POB, when and where you're going, and indicate that you're borrowing the beacon. Give any other relevant info such as health issues, etc. Your friend should already have emergency contact names and numbers on the site; you'll need to alert these people or change the names and numbers for the trip.
This assumes your friend has already registered the EPIRB and given the proper info. If he hasn't, he (or you as his authorized agent) will have to go to that site and register it, at which time you can give the needed information.
When the trip is over, go back to the site and update the info. If you have questions, there's a phone number for help on the site. I've found them to be very helpful. I'd call them, anyway, to be sure you've covered all the bases, as it's a loaner. Be sure the beacon's battery is good and test it carefully according to its instructions (with which you should become very familiar), before you go.
Hot And Not
We have a hot-water heater that works sometimes, but not at others. There's power at the circuit breaker, but no hot water. Is there a relay or switch between the board and the heater, or should I be changing elements?
Tom Neale: I've never seen a relay switch between the circuit breaker and hot-water heater, but you could have one. Carefully tracing the electric line will give you that answer. Before replacing the element, carefully trace the wiring first, to be sure you don't have a faulty connection somewhere. Also look for burned or overheated insulation, indicating a fault inside.
It's possible that you could have a bad element. These are easy to change and you can get another one inexpensively from a home-supply store. Be sure the water is cool in the tank, all power is off, and the tank is drained. It's good to drain the tank periodically, anyway. Some tanks, such as Raritan's, have zinc anodes. Failure to replace the anodes (or to have them as part of the tank) can result in problems such as leaks and premature failure of heating elements.
You also may have a problem with your thermostat. If you have no continuity between AC-supply thermostat terminals and AC-out thermostat terminals, when the water is cold, you probably have a bad thermostat. Replacing a thermostat should not be difficult or expensive if you have the skills and are familiar with the issues.
Don't do any of this unless you depower the entire boat, including any inverter power. Working on water heaters and with electricity, especially on boats, can be very dangerous.
Trust Your Detector!
I have a Sea Ray 320 Sundancer with a Firebox-Xintex CMD-3M model carbon-monoxide detector hooked up to the battery system. The other day it went off and I didn't have the engines or the generator running. I brought a home unit to the boat and it also went off, so the boat detector must be functioning. I ventilated the boat with all the window hatches open and still can't get the detector to go off. Can humidity or other causes besides CO gas cause a "false positive?"
John Adey: The second detector was a brilliant choice! Often the problem is another boat in your area. A boat tied up to the same bulkhead three boats down from you running its generator, for instance, could cause a buildup of CO. I recall a similar problem during a test where a refrigerated tractor-trailer truck's generator across the marina parking lot set off our equipment!
These detectors are built and tested to a very rigid UL standard. There are provisions for false positives, contaminants, shock, vibration, etc. There is a specific marine portion of the standard to which your Fireboy unit was built. The short answer is that I have not experienced false positives in marine units used on boats.
You didn't mention if the unit was tripping after shutdown of the engines. Had you run them for a while, shut them down, and then gotten the alarm? Check all your exhaust connections; rubber hoses must be double-clamped and should be free of cracks and remain flexible. Eliminate any possibility of your boat causing the problem. Had you been using a propane stove? Regardless, this is a good annual checkup.
Next, I'd look around your boat and see if another boat's generator is running. Take the 9V household detector with you and see if it goes off. Portable generators have particularly dirty exhausts with high CO content, so look for those as well. Take this very seriously. If it is not your boat, talk to the marina (if that is where the boat is) and let them know what the problem is. Never assume a false-alarm condition on these units. They are reliable and tested at extremes by UL.
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How to install a transducer that won't compromise your hull
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Having fuel onboard presents a potential danger, especially if you are unaware of leaks or vapor accumulation
Don Casey
He's been one of the most consulted experts on boat care and upgrades for 30 years, and a panelist on our "Ask The Experts" website for a decade. He and his wife cruise aboard their 30-footer part of the year in the eastern Caribbean. His books include Don Casey's Complete Illustrated Sailboat Maintenance Manual, and the recently updated This Old Boat, the bible for do-it-yourself boaters.
John Adey
The VP/Technical Director for the American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC ), John grew up boating. He's been in the industry since 1990, with experience from a yacht brokerage and boatyard to owning a marine supply store. He and his family sail their classic 1976 Irwin ketch, a boat he completely restored. John is a trusted source for technical information for industry professionals.
Tom Neale
He's maintained, lived aboard, and cruised long distance on boats with his wife and family for most of his adult life. He can take apart and fix almost every system aboard a boat, has written two books, filmed a two-set DVD on East Coast cruising, written for top marine magazines, and has won seven first-place awards from Boating Writers International and many awards for his technical writing.
Bob Adriance
The editor of Seaworthy, the damage avoidance newsletter of BoatUS Marine Insurance, Bob has written hundreds of articles on safety, loss prevention and causes of boating accidents. His 2006 book, Seaworthy, Essential Lessons of Things Gone Wrong, is based on 20 years of real claims files. He's owned Folkboats to J-Boats and currently sails a 36-foot sloop.
Lenny Rudow
One of the most experienced technical writers in the marine business, and an accomplished fisherman, Lenny has a thorough understanding of modern marine electronics on both technical and end-user's levels. He's written five books, and won 18 Boating Writers awards and two awards for excellence from the Outdoor Writers Association. For several years running, he's also been selected as a judge for the NMMA Innovation Awards.
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"Any ideas for revving up my holiday-weary skin? I don't want to spend a lot of money since the New Year's Eve party was at my house this year and I went a little overboard on champagne," writes Susannah from Austin, TX.
Thanks for writing, Susannah, and Happy New Year. Hope you had a fantastic celebration. If you have any leftover champagne from the party, use it as a toner, suggests Marina Peredo, MD, founder of Spatique Medical Spa, Smithtown, NY. Champagne detoxifies the skin with antioxidants; tartaric acid helps even out the skin tone. For those with oily skin, champagne's antibacterial properties aid in leaving last year's breakouts behind.
How to use champagne as a toner? After washing your face, soak a cotton ball with left-over champagne and wipe all over face, neck and décolleté. Be careful around the eyes … this is alcohol after all! Let the champagne fully absorb into skin; leaving it will help to close pores, making the skin tight, firm, and glowing.
**Please note, people with very sensitive or dry skin, should do a patch test on a small non-visible area.
And if you happen to have any leftover caviar from the party (which would never be the case in my house) use it as a face mask. Caviar is rich in amino acids, phospholipids and is full of vitamins A, D, B1, B 2 and B6. Because the structure of caviar is similar to human skin cells, it has the ability to speed up the skin's natural production of collagen. Whether you gulp it down or slather it on your face, the benefits can help you achieve a youthful appearance by firming, smoothing and rejuvenating skin.
To make a caviar mask, simply apply the left-overs all over the face, neck and décolleté. After 30 minutes, rinse off with lukewarm water; skin is left hydrated and renewed.
Cheers to the New Year and your fabulous left-over finds for your face!
About Dr. Marina Peredo
Dr. Marina Peredo is board-certified dermatologist. She is an associate clinical professor of Dermatology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and in clinical practice in Smithtown, Long Island. Dr. Peredo received her medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine internship at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and her dermatology residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. In addition to providing dermatology treatments and procedures, Dr. Peredo is well-known as an expert in cosmetic facial rejuvenation, understands the challenges many women and men face to keep their skin looking youthful while retarding the aging process and can offer cosmetic patients non-surgical natural options to achieve these goals.
Dr. Peredo's expertise in advanced laser technology, laser assisted liposuction and cosmetic facial skin rejuvenation techniques makes her a national trainer for aesthetic procedures.
Dr. Peredo conducts numerous clinical studies that help new products get FDA approval. She is a fellow of The American Academy of Dermatology.
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