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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is considering expanding counterterror operations in Pakistan to refocus on eliminating al-Qaida instead of mounting a major military escalation in Afghanistan.
Two senior administration officials said Monday that the renewed fight against the terrorist organization could lead to more missile attacks on Pakistan terrorist havens by unmanned U.S. spy planes. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because no decisions have been made.
Top aides to President Barack Obama said he still has questions and wants more time to decide.
The officials said the administration would push ahead with the ground mission in Afghanistan in the near future to leave the door open for sending more U.S. troops. But Obama's top advisers, including Vice President Joe Biden, have indicated they are reluctant to send many more troops, if any at all, in the immediate future.
In weekend interviews, Obama emphasized that disrupting al-Qaida is his "core goal" and worried aloud about "mission creep" that would move away from that direction. "If it starts drifting away from that goal, then we may have a problem," he said.
The proposed shift would bolster U.S. action on Obama's long-stated goal of dismantling terrorist havens, but it also could complicate American relations with Pakistan, long wary of the growing use of aerial drones to target militants along the porous border with Afghanistan.
The prospect of a White House alternative to a deepening involvement in the stalemated war in Afghanistan comes as administration officials debate whether to send more troops, as urged in a blunt assessment of the deteriorating conflict by the top U.S. commander there, Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
The two senior administration officials said Monday that one option would be to step up the use of missile-armed unmanned spy drones over Pakistan that have killed scores of militants over the past year.
The armed drones could contain al-Qaida in a smaller, if more remote area, and keep its leaders from retreating back into Afghanistan, one of the officials said.
Most U.S. military officials have preferred a classic counterinsurgency mission to keep al-Qaida out of Afghanistan by defeating the Taliban and securing the local population.
However, one senior White House official said it is not clear that the Taliban would welcome al-Qaida back into Afghanistan. The official noted that it was only after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that the United States invaded Afghanistan and deposed the Taliban in pursuit of al-Qaida.
Pakistan will not allow the United States to deploy a large-scale military troop buildup on its soil. However, its military and intelligence services are believed to have helped the United States with airstrikes, even while the government has publicly condemned them.
The Pakistan Embassy in Washington did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Wider use of missile strikes and less reliance on ground troops would mark Obama's second shift in strategy and tactics since taking office last January.
Such a move would amount to an admission that using a traditional military strategy to take on the Taliban with thousands more troops is doomed to failure, echoing Russia's disastrous Afghanistan invasion in the late 1980s and other ill-fated conquerors in the more distant past.
But stepping up attacks on the remnants of al-Qaida also would dovetail with Obama's presidential campaign promise of directly going after the terrorist network that spawned the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington.
Over the past few weeks, White House and Pentagon officials have debated the best way to defeat al-Qaida and whether to send more troops to Afghanistan to battle the extremist Taliban elements that hosted Osama bin Laden and his operatives in the 1990s and have continued to aid the terror group.
McChrystal has argued that without more troops the United States could lose the war against the Taliban and allied insurgents.
"Resources will not win this war, but under-resourcing could lose it," McChrystal wrote in a five-page Commander's Summary that was revealed late Sunday by The Washington Post. His 66-page report, which also was made public by the Post in a partly classified version after appeals from Pentagon officials, was sent to Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Aug. 30 and is now under review at the White House.
White House officials have made clear that Pakistan should be the top concern since that is where top al-Qaida leaders, including bin Laden himself, are believed to be hiding. Very few al-Qaida extremists are believed still to be in Afghanistan, according to military and White House officials.
More than 50 missile strikes have been mounted against targets in Pakistan since August 2008, according to an Associated Press count. Two weeks ago, a U.S. drone killed a suspected major al-Qaida recruiter and trainer, Pakistani national Ilyas Kashmiri.
A draft study by Notre Dame Law School professor Mary Ellen O'Connell found that drone attacks by the United States in Pakistan began in 2004, jumped dramatically in 2008 and continue to climb so far this year.
The attacks target Taliban in Pakistan as well as al-Qaida, O'Connell said in an interview Monday, pointing to an Aug. 5 CIA missile strike that killed Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.
"The only reason people think drones are successful is because they're doing a body count," O'Connell said. "They're not looking at the bigger picture" of Pakistani animosity, she said.
One of the White House officials said that Mehsud, an al-Qaida ally, was targeted as a threat to Pakistan at the behest of that nation's leaders.
On Capitol Hill, lawmakers divided largely on party lines over whether more U.S. troops should be sent to Afghanistan. Several said McChrystal's assessment shows that the American strategy in Afghanistan remains murky, and they renewed demands that the general personally explain his conclusions to Congress.
"We have reached a turning point in Afghanistan as to whether we are going to formally adopt nation-building as a policy," said Democratic Sen. Jim Webb, secretary of the Navy during the administration of former President Ronald Reagan.
High-level Obama aides said the Pentagon's case to send more troops was being pushed most aggressively by the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Adm. Mike Mullen.
White House officials were caught off guard and reacted with displeasure last week when Mullen told a Senate panel that more troops were all but certainly needed in Afghanistan, and a second report asking for the additional forces would be delivered "in the very near future."
Gates has said he has not decided whether he agrees that more troops are needed, and Obama made clear in his weekend interviews that he is far from ready to decide.
AP White House Correspondent Jennifer Loven and AP researcher Judith Ausuebel in New York contributed to this report.
AP sources: Instead of troops, maybe more drones
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is considering expanding counterterror operations in Pakistan to refocus on eliminating al-Qaida instead of mounting a major military escalation in Afghanistan.


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WHERE THE BIRDS SING WORDS: It's a tribute to a classic theme park attraction, we think, when its name becomes casually shortened over time. It says that the attraction has become so familiar to visitors, and is now such a large part of a visit, that people only need say one or two words of the full name for others to know what they mean. "it's a small world" -- yep, the name is indeed lowercase, but then you knew that -- is now "Small World" to many park visitors. "Pirates of the Caribbean" is simply "Pirates" to legions of fans, and "Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room"? We hear "Tiki Room" more often than not, or sometimes just "Tiki." But then the Tiki Room has had some time to build up its rep: fifty years to be exact. It was born in 1963, at the height of the Anaheim destination's animatronic boom, and it still stands today at the entrance to Adventureland. And to mark its half-century anniversary? A party, naturally, for fans of singing flowers and drumming idols.
JUNE 28-29: The 50th anniversary celebration is set for the end of June 2013. On the docket? Artist signings -- you've seen the Shag takes on the famous Polynesian setting, we're betting -- plus special merchandise and other themed haps. This will all go down at the Disneyland Hotel, we should add, and not inside the attraction itself (though surely fans will pay it one or two or ten visits while there).
WARM DAY GETAWAY: So, what's your favorite part of the bird-and-bloom-laden room? Hands down we love the sudden thunderstorm best, when the lights go out, though that's slightly startled many a young visitor over the decades. More things to love? The old-school birdly banter, the moving eyes on the pillars, and the way the Birds of Paradise mouths kind of make a clicking sound when they sing. It's also a great place to cool down on a 100+ temp kind of OC day. Oh, and another must for the love list? The Dole Whip Floats for sale outside. If you're not wearing that tiny paper umbrella in your hair during the show, while you sip frosty pineapple juice, you're not fully seizing the moment. But of course you always do, right? It's Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room, after all.

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Alma Adentro: Meet the Composers (English)
Bobby Capó
Bobby Capó, born Félix Manuel Rodríguez Capó, (January 1, 1922–December 18, 1989) wrote his first song at age 13. He began his international career touring and recording as a member of Rafael Hernández's Cuarteto Victoria. He migrated to New York City in the early 1940s, joining the orchestra of popular Catalan bandleader Xavier Cugat. He made his name not only for his recordings but also for his work on film and television.
Capó wrote an estimated 2,000 songs, including titles such as "Juguete,"(a vehicle for singers as disparate as Cheo Feliciano and Ednita Nazario), "Incomprendido" (a theme song of sorts for Ismael Rivera),"Llorando me Dormí" (I Went to Sleep Crying), "Piel Canela" (Cinnamon Skin), "El Bardo" (The Bard), "Sin Fe" (Without Faith, a hit for José Feliciano in the 1960s), "Triángulo," as well as songs about the homeland such as "Soñando con Puerto Rico" (Dreaming of Puerto Rico), "De Las Montañas Venimos" (We Come from the Mountains, a Christmas standard in Puerto Rico), and "Despierta Borincano" (Wake Up Puerto Rican). Capó lived in Mexico City in the 1960s before returning for good to New York City in the 1970s.
Pedro Flores
Pedro Flores ( March 9, 1894 – July 14, 1979) was born Pedro Juan Flores Córdova in a large, very poor family, lost his father at age nine, and had to work from an early age. At 16, he received a teacher certificate from the University of Puerto Rico and taught for the next five years. He later worked at a sugar mill, served in the U.S. Army (1918-24), and worked a series of odd jobs including train inspector and tax collector.
He moved to New York in 1926 and worked at the Post Office, and later as a construction worker, working on the tunnel for the 8th Avenue subway. While in New York, he met and befriended fellow Puerto Rican Rafael Hernández. Flores had no formal musical education, but wrote his first songs and collaborated with Hernández's Tro Borinquen. In 1930, Flores formed his own group. Theirs became a friendship informed by a strong competition as composers.
Some of Flores's best known songs include "Perdón" (I'm Sorry, made famous by, among others, Daniel Santos, and Trio Los Panchos), "Amor" (Love), "Sin Banderas" (Without a Flag), "Amor Perdido" (Lost Love), "Quejas del Alma" (Cries from the Soul), "Bajo un Palmar" (Under the Palm Tree), "Linda," "Despedida" (Farewell), and the classic "Obsesión" (Obsession).
Flores lived in Mexico, Cuba and New York before settling back in Puerto Rico in 1967.
Rafael Hernández Marín
Rafael Hernández Marín (October 24, 1892 – December 11, 1965), is a key figure in Puerto Rican popular music. Born in a poor family, he learned cigar-making as a child. His parents supported his love of music and at 12 he began to study,learning to read and write music and also play several musical instruments, including the clarinet, tuba, violin, piano and guitar. He was working as a musician in North Carolina when the United States entered WWI. In 1917, Puerto Ricans were given American citizenship and Hernández was recruited, with other 17 Puerto Rican musicians, by bandleader James Reese Europe, to become a member of the military band of the 369th Infantry Regiment. Nicknamed the Harlem Hell Fighters, the remarkable 369th was celebrated for its bravery in the battlefield and for bringing jazz to continental Europe.
After the war, Hernández settled in New York and organized the Trío Borinquen, and later, the Cuarteto Victoria. He moved to Mexico in 1932 (writing, among other songs, "Qué Chula es Puebla" How Beautiful is Puebla, the unofficial anthem of the Puebla state). Then again, many people in the Dominican Republic consider Hernández´s "Linda Quisqueya," another national anthem.
Hernández wrote an estimated 3,000 songs including classics such as "Perfume de Gardenias," (most recently heard by the late Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer, but also by idiosyncratic Ranchera and jazz Mexican singer Lila Downs), "Silencio" (Silence), "Lamento Borincano" (Puerto Rican Lament), "Preciosa" (Precious, a love song to his homeland), "Ahora seremos felices" (Now We Will Be Happy), "Campanitas de Cristal" (Crystal Bells), "Capullito de Alhelí," "Culpable" (Guilty),"El Cumbanchero" (The Fun Guy), "Ese soy yo" (That's Me), and "Tú no comprendes" (You Don't Understand).
Sylvia Rexach
Sylvia Rexach (January 22, 1922 – October 20, 1961) was not only a one-of-a-kind songwriter but, at different times throughout her life, she was also a comedy scriptwriter, a poet, a music critic, and a singer.
Rexach began writing poetry in high school (some of her poems later became lyrics for her songs) and also learned how to play several musical instruments, including the piano and the guitar. In 1942, after the United States entered World War II, Rexach, then a university student, dropped her studies to join the United States Army as a member of the WACS (Women Army Corps Service). In 1945, after her honorable discharge, she moved to New York City, where she married. After her divorce, Rexach returned to Puerto Rico where she worked at a radio station as a scriptwriter and performer. She also founded Las Damiselas, an all-women ensemble, was a columnist, and co-founded The Puerto Rican Society of Women Authors, Composers and Music Editors.
Some of Rexach's best known songs include "Alma Adentro" (Deep in the Soul, not a standard love song but actually a tribute to a brother who died in an accident), "Idilio" (Idyll), "Olas y Arenas" (Waves and Sands), "Mi Versión" (My Version), "Nave sin Rumbo" (Wandering Ship), and two songs written while in high school: "Di, Corazón" (Tell Me, My Heart) and "Matiz de Amor" (Shades of Love).
Catalino "Tite" Curet Alonso
Catalino "Tite" Curet Alonso (February 12, 1926 – August 5, 2003) was not only a songwriter but became an internationally respected musicologist and journalist.
The son of a teacher and musician, and a seamstress who divorced when he was just two years old, Curet studied music theory and wrote his first song in 1941. After high school he studied journalism and sociology at the University of Puerto Rico. In 1960, he moved to New York City and found work as a sportswriter. In 1965, he broke through as a songwriter when bandleader Joe Quijano had a hit with Curet's "Efectivamente" (Actually). He also found success with "La Tirana," (The Tyrant) interpreted by Cuban singer La Lupe, who also sang Curet's now-classics "Carcajada Final" (Final Laughter) and "Puro Teatro" (Pure Theater).
Curet worked for the United States Postal Service for more than three decades, all the while writing journalism and composing many songs now considered standards. He wrote many ballads, and boleros, but made a distinctive contribution with his lyrics addressing social and political issues, what came to be known as "salsa con conciencia" (salsa with a conscience). Some of his titles include "Tiemblas" (You Tremble, sung by, among others, the great Tito Rodríguez and Gilberto Santa Rosa), "Temes" (You Fear, made popular by Vitín Avilés), "Plantación Adentro" (Deep in the Plantation, made famous by Rubén Blades and Willie Colón), "La Tirana," "Las Caras Lindas" (The Beautiful Faces, sung by Ismael Rivera),"Periódico de ayer" (Yesterday´s Newspaper, a classic by Héctor Lavoe and, later, Cheo Feliciano), "De Todas Maneras Rosas" (Ismael Rivera),"Piraña" (Willie Colón), and "Anacaona" (sung by Cheo Feliciano ).
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Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Shrine in Québec
publishes a magazine (unfortunaly, only in FRENCH) that features the genealogical history of a different French-Canadian family every month.
The May 2006 issue of the magazine covers the genealogy of
CLAUDE CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR
who immigrated to Québec from Châteauroux, l'Indre, FRANCE.. Claude married Jacqueline BORDE or DeSBORDES, the daughter of Dimanche BORDE & Radegonde VALENTIN, on January 8, 1652 in Québec City, QC.
For more information about this publication, just click on the ORANGE title above that will link you to the official site of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Shrine, QC.


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- 1 1/2 cups Sriracha
- 1/2 cup sambal
- 1/2 cup palm sugar or light brown sugar, loosely packed
- 1/2 cup fresh-squeezed lime juice
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup minced garlic
- 1/4 cup minced fresh ginger
- 2 tablespoons mirin
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 3 pounds jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 4 cups napa cabbage, cut into 1 inch squares
- 1 cup carrot ribbons (scraped with a vegetable peeler into ribbons 2 inches long)
- 1 cup halved and thinly sliced zucchini (cut into half-moons)
- 1 cup thinly sliced red onion
- 3 cups cooked sticky rice (sushi rice), prepared according to package directions, for serving
- 2 tablespoons roughly chopped cilantro
- 2 tablespoons roughly chopped mint
In a medium bowl, combine Sriracha, sambal, sugar, lime juice, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, garlic, ginger, mirin, fish sauce, and sesame oil and whisk well to combine. Set the marinade aside at room temperature for at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours.
In a 1-gallon resealable plastic bag, combine shrimp and 1 cup marinade. Allow shrimp to marinate for 1 hour. In another resealable plastic bag, combine cabbage, carrots, zucchini, onion and 1 cup marinade; set aside to marinate for 1 hour.
Heat a large saute pan over medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon vegetable oil and half the shrimp and cook until shrimp are just cooked through, 2 to 2 1/2 minutes per side. Transfer cooked shrimp to a large bowl and toss with any remaining marinade. Repeat with remaining oil and shrimp. Stir to combine.
Remove vegetables from bag and transfer to a colander, allowing excess liquid and marinade to drain.
To serve, divide sticky rice evenly among serving dishes. Top rice with marinated vegetables and sauteed shrimp. Garnish with chopped cilantro and mint. Serve immediately.
Cook's Note: Sriracha is also known as rooster sauce because of the white rooster strutting its stuff on the front of the bottle. Sriracha, a town in Chonburi Province, Thailand, is known for their own version of the chili sauce which is slightly different from the version we know here in the United States. Sriracha is made by David Tran of Huy Fong foods. He is a Vietnamese immigrant who resettled in California and began growing chiles to make hot sauce for his pho, a Vietnamese noodle soup. He began bottling his product and selling it to the Asian community and it has since taken off, not only in the Asian community but in mainstream America. It is used in burger joints, five-star restaurants, and noodle shops across the U.S.
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I got a head start on history by visiting Coteau-du-Lac, a national historic site along the St. Lawrence River, about 60 kilometres east of Cornwall and less than two hours east of Ottawa.
'Head start on history?' What do you mean?
Next year marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, sparked by U.S. desires to humiliate the British and expand northward into what's now Canada. Coteau-du-Lac played a key role in Britain's defence by helping secure the supply lines for its military outposts along the Great Lakes. A canal at Coteau diverted cargo boats from the roiling waters of the St. Lawrence River.
That river looks pretty calm to me.
Today, maybe. But a couple of centuries ago, Coteau-du-Lac marked the narrowest, most turbulent point along the river. In a stretch just 12.5 kilometres long, the water dropped 25 metres. The resulting rapids were so treacherous that Canada's governor, Sir Frederick Haldimand, OK'd the building of a lock canal, the first in North America. It, in turn, was protected by the army.
So that was the first canal to be built here?
Nope. In the mid-1600s, the French constructed what's called a rigolet canal - a wall of stones just off shore that served as a breaker and allowed bateaux, flat-bottomed craft capable of five-tonne cargoes, to navigate calm water close to the mainland.
Well, it seems a long way to go just to see a canal.
There's more to the park than that. A reconstructed blockhouse provides two floors of interpretive displays on everything from the daily life of an ordinary soldier to the various methods of actually building a blockhouse. The masonry remains of the captain's quarters, a hospital, barracks, and other buildings provide a sense of the military operation. There are full-sized models of the historic boats that navigated these waters. And more.
Reconstructed blockhouse? Masonry remains? Full-sized models? Is anything old still standing?
It's true the original buildings have been reduced to their stone foundations. But the visitor centre features a mock-up of the fortification as it looked around 1812. Archeologists have found a lot of artifacts that date back as far as 6,000 years and a nice selection is on display throughout the park.
Archeological finds? Such as what?
Old cannon balls. Dishware. Indian arrowheads. Military insignia. Belt buckles. Clay pipes. You get the idea.
It all sounds interesting, but rather passive.
There are opportunities to take part in a self-guided GPS treasure hunt, learn how to load a cannon and start a fire with an iron striker, photograph specified items in a race against the clock and dress up in historical costumes. It's best to have a kid in tow!
Not everyone in my family is keen on history, though.
If they like the beauty of nature, this is a terrific spot. The river still has traces of rapids, there are scenic islands about, herons and gulls call the area home and you can sun yourself on flat rocks by the shoreline, cool off under the woods or stroll the trails. If you're more athletic, pedal the 45-kilometre bike trail.
After all that, you must have been hungry.
On Saturdays, a farmer's market operates on the site itself from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and you can wolf down such delicacies as bratwurst and homemade butter tarts at one of the picnic tables scattered about. Coteau-du-Lac's best restaurant appears to be Chez Les de Villemure, which serves regional dishes, but it doesn't open until 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. Next time I'll head to Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, about eight kilometres away, where a number of lovely options would round out the day's theme.
Day's theme? What do you mean?
A little more history, then. By the 1840s, a new canal was built through present-day Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. Called the Beauharnois Canal, it could handle larger vessels and was, therefore, more efficient. In turn, the Soulanges Canal replaced the Beauharnois some 50 years later. At a municipal tourist booth on Victoria Street, you can grab a list of several restaurants or enjoy a snack and beverage at an adjacent outdoor terrace that overlooks the old and picturesque Beauharnois.
How can I find out more?
Find out more details at www.pc.gc.ca (click on National Historic Sites then search for Coteau).
Peter Johansen teaches journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa.


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Palm Springs History
The history of Palm Springs is as varied as those who live here and come to visit. From the native Agua Caliente Cahuilla Indians to the first pioneers to the early Hollywood stars to the mid-century modernist architects to celebrity mayor, Sonny Bono, to today's rediscovery, Palm Springs remains an historical and ecological wonder.
Palm Springs History
More than 2,000 years ago, Palm Springs' first residents were the ancestors of today's Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. One of many Cahuilla bands, the Agua Caliente existed as peaceful hunters and gatherers, living off the land, and adapting to the extremes of desert summers and mountain winters. Much of tribal life centered on the lush vegetation and abundant water in the area known as Indian Canyons, site of North America's largest natural fan palm oasis.
The Cahuilla tribe first encountered non-Indians in 1774, as Juan Bautista de Anza's expedition traveled through the area. In 1853, a government survey party mapped Palm Springs and its natural hot springs mineral pool - now the site of the Spa Resort Casino -and established the first wagon route through the San Gorgonio Pass. The Cahuilla culture was decimated with the 1863 smallpox epidemic that killed thousands.
In 1877 as an incentive to complete a railroad to the Pacific, the U.S. government gave Southern Pacific Railroad title to the odd-numbered parcels of land for ten miles on either side of the tracks running through the Southern California desert around Palm Springs.
The even-numbered parcels of land were given to the Agua Caliente, yet federal law prohibited them from leasing or selling the land to derive income from it. In 1884, Judge John Guthrie McCallum of San Francisco arrived in Palm Springs with his family, seeking health for his tubercular son. The first permanent non-Indian settler, McCallum purchased land from Southern Pacific and built an elaborate aqueduct. His work to bring water to the Coachella Valley foreshadowed the area's current importance as a rich agricultural region. Dr. Welwood Murray built the first hotel, The Palm Springs Hotel, in 1886.
Palm Springs continued attracting more visitors and residents. Congress passed the Mission Indian Relief Act in 1891, authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to make individual allotments from reservation lands. However, it would be another 50 years before the Indians, taking their case to the U.S. Supreme Court (Lee Arenas v. United States, 1944), would win the legal rights to have allotments approved.
The success was short-lived due to the need for equalization of allotments and federal laws denoting the length of leases on Indian lands. It was not until President Eisenhower signed the Equalization Law in 1959 that tribes could realize profits from their lands and develop the 99-year lease.
The Desert Inn Puts Palm Springs on the Map as a Tourist Destinationplayground for Hollywood stars like Frank Sinatra, Marlene Dietrich, Bob Hope, Loretta Young. Today's stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Dakota Fanning, Halley Berry and Gwen Stefani continue to seek rest and relaxation just hours away from the Hollywood glitz. European royalty and business tycoons all come to enjoy the endless sunshine and serenity of the desert.
During World War II, the desert became the training ground for General George S. Patton's troops as they prepared to invade North Africa. El Mirador Hotel, second home to the stars and the site of today's Desert Regional Medical Center, served as Torney General Hospital, treating U.S. wounded. Italian prisoners of war, housed at the adjoining detention camp, labored at the hospital.
The airfield, built to handle military cargo and personnel planes, would become Palm Springs Regional Airport. Once a small landing field and the first major Indian land purchase following the 1959 Equalization Law, the airport welcomed the 21st century as Palm Springs International Airport with flights nationwide and to Canada.
The post-war era ushered in tremendous growth as Palm Springs' natural environment was no longer a secret of just the wealthy. With tourism's growth, attractions and resorts flourished. Development spread "down valley" With the advent of air-conditioning, visitors and residents stayed year-round.
For more information about Palm Springs' history, please contact the Palm Springs Historical Society located in the heart of downtown Palm Springs.


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Marion County, Arkansas
The county seat, Yellville, is one of the oldest settlements in Arkansas. The area was inhabited by Native Americans prior to being settled by Europeans. The landscape of Marion County is rugged and mountainous with a large area covered in water. Bull Shoals Lake, the White River, Crooked Creek, and the Buffalo National River are all located within the county.
Bull Shoals Lake, formed by the creation of Bull Shoals Dam in 1952, is the hub of activity for the people of Marion County and area visitors. Boating in clean waters, excellent fishing, swimming, and camping are some of the reasons people flock to the area.
A cold water stream famous for world-class trout fishing is the White River. It emerges from Bull Shoals Dam and meanders toward the Mississippi River.
A smallmouth bass fisherman can find happiness in the excellent fishing in Marion County's Crooked Creek.
There is no other river quite like the Buffalo River. This is our country's very first national river. Rescued from conversion into a recreational lake in 1972, Congress preserved the free-flowing Buffalo River in its beauty and simplicity. The river is now managed by the National Park Service.
In addition to outstanding outdoor recreation and water activities, Marion County is also a manufacturing hub. Flippin is the home of Ranger Boats. The well-known Ranger brand bass boat was created and has been built here since 1968. Additional jobs come from industries which make molded plastic parts and cable technology. A considerable number of area residents work in the tourism industry.
Marion County has an advanced, all-digital telecommunications company, NATCO Communications which provides area businesses and residents a full range of advanced telecommunication services. NATCO offers High-Speed Internet Service, Wireless Access & Equipment, Exede Satellite Internet, Landline Voice Service, Group Connect, and other telecommunications services for residential and commercial customers.
NATCO's knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives will be happy to help you find an easy, affordable solution for your telecommunications needs. For the latest special offers or for more information on the wide range of telecommunication services provided by NATCO Communications, visit www.NATCOnet.com or phone 1-800-775-6682.
NATCO's charitable foundation, South Shore Foundation, provides grants to promote economic development to schools, nonprofit organizations and communities within their service area.
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I drove down to Knoxville, Tennessee today to run a few errands and decided to hit a couple of the bookstores on the west end of town. For those of you who haven't spent much time there, Knoxville probably has more big bookstores than any other city of comparable size, and some cities much larger—so many, in fact, that a few years ago the local weekly ran a feature story asking whether the place could sustain them all.
Anyway, while browsing around the area's biggest used bookstore, I got slapped with a stunning reminder of the lopsided state of American military historiography. This place has a pretty substantial history section: world, European, U.S., regional, and so on. It has, also, a considerable military history section, which for some bizarre reason is on the other end of the store, nowhere near the other historical books.
I'd guess that slightly more than half of the titles in the military section are Civil War books. World War II has the second biggest share, with a good selection of other twentieth-century and international topics.
Nestled among these titles is a rather small section of shelf space with this label: "U.S. WARS PRIOR TO WWI."
That would be King Philip's War, King William's War, Queen Anne's War, King George's War, the French and Indian War, the Cherokee War, the Revolutionary War, the Northwest Indian War, the Chickamauga conflicts, the Quasi-War, the Barbary naval actions, the War of 1812, the Creek War, the Black Hawk War, the Seminole Wars, the Texas War of Independence, the Mexican War, the battles with the Sioux and Nez Perce, the Spanish-American War, the Philippine War, a few interventions in Latin America and China, and various other little spats that flared up from time to time.
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Constantijn Mennes / Naturalis
An atlas moth shows off its colors during the Sabah Parks / Naturalis expedition to Borneo.
A Dutch-Malaysian expedition to the remote "Heart of Borneo" have turned up more than 160 species previously unknown to science — and perhaps more importantly, enough DNA samples to figure out how more than 1,400 species in one of the world's hottest hot spots for biodiversity are related.
"It has been a successful expedition," the project's leader, Menno Schilthuizen of the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, said in a news release from the center, based in the Dutch city of Leiden. Forty researchers from Naturalis and from Sabah Parks, a Malaysian conservation group, journeyed to Borneo's Mount Kinabalu last month to survey the area.
Scientists collected 3,500 DNA samples during the two-week expedition. Back in the lab, Naturalis' biologists will analyze the genetic code to generate family trees for all the collected plants, fungi and animals. A close look at the relationships among the novel species found on Kinabalu, compared with the wider spectrum of species throughout Borneo, could tell researchers whether Kinabalu's species evolved long ago or only recently.
"It's the first time that such an extensive expedition will go to Borneo with evolution as their main focus," Schilthuizen said. "We are following in the footsteps of Alfred Russel Wallace, who formulated a first version of the theory of evolution on Borneo."
Naturalis said spiders and fungi accounted for the largest numbers of new species found on Kinabalu. Other new species included true bugs, beetles, snails, stalk-eyed flies, damselflies, ferns, termites and possibly a frog.
The expedition came across an "El Dorado" for fungi, said József Geml, one of the researchers. "While the plant and animal life of this mountain has been the focus of numerous research projects, Kinabalu has remained terra incognita for scientific studies on fungi," Geml said. "It is difficult not to feel overwhelmed by this task. One of the manifestations of this diversity comes in the endless variety of shapes and colors that sometimes are truly breathtaking."
The researchers expect that the DNA studies will result in a scientific publication about evolution in the Heart of Borneo within a year. In the meantime, feast your eyes on these snapshots from the hot spot:
Joris van Alphen / Naturalis
The expedition to Borneo came across a long-nosed horned frog and other striking species.
Peter Koomen / Naturalis
Researchers came face to face with a jumping spider.
Joris van Alphen / Naturalis
Dutch botanist Frederic Lens collects samples during the expedition to Mount Kinabalu.
Luis Morgado / Naturalis
A striking mushroom known as Entoloma aff. purpurea was found at an altitude of 6,500 feet (2,000 meters).
Luis Morgado / Naturalis
Red mushrooms add a dash of extra color to the forest greenery in the "Heart of Borneo."
More about species:
- Strange species found in Suriname
- Taking stock of 2011's new species
- New bee or not new bee? That is the question
- 'Lost' rainbow toad rediscovered
- Froggy finds raise hopes for Haiti
- Three new frogs leap into spotlight
- Amphibians wanted ... alive
- The Amazon's amazing species
- Biological gems found in Philippines
- Madagascar offers hundreds of new species
- Scientists spot biological beauties in Bali
- RAP stars rock the animal world
- Scientists finish first sea census
- Deep-sea creatures of the Coral Sea
- The top 10 new species from 2010
- Beautiful biodiversity in Brazil
- New Guinea's 'Lost World' revisited
- Indonesia's 'Garden of Eden'
- Papua New Guinea's new species
- Marine marvels from Papua New Guinea
- Biological treasures from Borneo
- Celebrities of the Celebes Sea
- 12 froggy finds from India
- Fantastic frogs from Colombia
- Aliens lurk in Antarctic depths
- More strange species from Suriname
- Vulnerable new species in Brazil
- Discoveries from Vietnam's 'Green Corridor'
- Endangered species of the Mekong Delta
- New species from Australia's coral reefs
- Thousands of new species in ocean's depths
- Hundreds of new species amid the Himalayas
- New species found Down Under ... underground
- Eight 'extinct' species found alive and kicking
Alan Boyle is NBCNews.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter and adding the Cosmic Log page to your Google+ presence. To keep up with Cosmic Log as well as NBCNews.com's other stories about science and space, sign up for the Tech & Science newsletter, delivered to your email in-box every weekday. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.


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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Extreme weather sparked by climate change is "the new normal" and Superstorm Sandy that ravaged the U.S. Northeast is a lesson the world must pursue more environmentally friendly policies, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday.
The United Nations headquarters closed for three days when former hurricane Sandy slammed the Northeast on October 29 as a rare hybrid superstorm, killing at least 121 people, swamping seaside towns and leaving millions without power.
"We all know the difficulties in attributing any single storm to climate change. But we also know this: extreme weather due to climate change is the new normal," Ban told the 193-member U.N. General Assembly.
"This may be an uncomfortable truth, but it is one we ignore at our peril. The world's best scientists have been sounding the alarm for many years," he said. "There can be no looking away, no persisting with business as usual ... This should be one of the main lessons of Hurricane Sandy."
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg endorsed President Barack Obama for a second term after Sandy struck, citing Obama's record on climate change and saying he believed the Democrat would adopt more policies to curb greenhouse gases in a second term. Obama won re-election on Tuesday.
The head of U.N. security, Gregory Starr, said last week that U.N. headquarters sustained severe damage when Sandy produced heavy flooding in basement levels of the world body's Manhattan complex along the East River. �� Flood damage forced the relocation of a U.N. Security Council meeting on Somalia last week from its normal chambers to a temporary building inside the U.N. campus.
U.N. delegations sharply criticized the United Nations' management on Monday for an almost "total breakdown in communications" with the world body's member states after superstorm Sandy struck.
"Our global services were provided without interruption," said Ban. "However, it is clear that in focusing so much on operations and infrastructure, we fell short when it came to communications."
"We learned that too many email addresses were out of date or otherwise incorrect," he said. "And in the broadest sense, we should have done more to update member states, staff alike and wider audience at large about the impact and implications of the storm."
Michael Adlerstein, who heads a $1.9 billion renovation of the United Nations due to be completed in 2013, has said Sandy would not delay the overhaul of the U.N. complex.
Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Vicki Allen


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What do I do with my preschooler?
What to Do with Your Preschooler
A young mom writes:
I'm new at homeschooling—I have 2-year-old twins. I want to teach them and get them ready for preschool. Please send me info to help me start off on the right foot.
Another mom writes:
I have a 3½-year-old boy, a 2½-year-old girl and a 7-month old baby boy. I've read preschool articles on websites, listened to the sessions on beginning homeschooling from the state convention, read a few books and magazines, talked to homeschooling moms…but now that I'm really looking at schooling my children, I just get overwhelmed and don't know where to start. I can see the goal or vision…that my children will love to learn…to learn about God, to learn reading, math, problem solving history, art, music, and everything in between…but how do you start? They don't seem to even want to sit still and read a book…they just want to play with toys and pretend.
Vicki answers:
They are little; let them play with toys and pretend!
But you pick the toys, so you shape the play. Their play is their work—it may look easy to you, but it's not all easy to them, and it is developing their thinking and providing life experiences—sort of like hooks on which they can hang their future learning.
Provide them with stimulating, age-appropriate, developmental toys. You might want to peek through online catalogs such as Timberdoodle or Discovery Toys for a few ideas. Consider Legos or building blocks, thinking skills puzzles, art supplies, life-skills imaginary play (role playing or dress-ups or tools/homemaking items), musical instruments, etc. The tapes or CDs you play can be educational and inspirational. Your everyday activities can be helpful for their brain and skills development.
For example, working puzzles is a pre-reading skill, while helping Mom set the table is a math skill (one-to-one correspondence). Having them help put away their things in an orderly fashion (which they won't be able to do yet, but can watch you joyfully walk through it with them) is classification and organization—science, math, and English skills.
Ruth Beechick has a helpful book called The Three R's of Learning. Valerie Bendt's book, Making the Most of the Preschool Years, has lots of preschool ideas. You might also peek at Jane Lambert's Before Five in a Row guide for some fun and educational activities based on classic kids' books from the library. Pick a holiday or two to celebrate each month as a special treat and as a springboard for family learning.
It is not uncommon for little children to seem uninterested in a read-aloud session, but don't let that stop you from reading to them! If your child will sit quietly for five or 10 minutes as you snuggle and read together, that's super. If not, read to her anyway while she plays quietly with blocks (or colors or dresses baby dolls or "cooks"…). She is absorbing more than you think she is! Also, try reading at a time that she tends to be quieter naturally, such as a morning wake-up cuddle time in your bed or a bedtime snuggle in hers. Or maybe your afternoon quiet time could always begin or end with a short picture book read-aloud.
Character training is a biggie at this age—Marilyn Boyer's Fun Projects for Hands-On Character Building has practical ideas for everyday moms like us. And her mommy book, Parenting from the Heart, has plenty of gentle encouragement from a mom of many.
If nobody told you that they had to go to school at age 5, what would you be doing with them? What are you doing with them now? Interact with them naturally—you don't have to invent lots of artificial learning experiences—you have plenty of "real" ones already!
Let the children cook with you—they are measuring and pouring (math and science). Let them divide the cookies or the pizza (fractions and mathematical thinking). Be sure to read to and talk with them a lot; when they will occasionally let you get in a few pages of a picture book, ask them what they think will happen next. When they ask you a question, ask them, "What doyou think?" and let them explain to you (even if their answer makes absolutely no sense—you can then tell them your explanation, too).
When Grandma sends a present, write a thank-you note and let each child scribble at the bottom of it (then translate for Grandma!). Tell him he's signing it for her. Write his name and let him try to copy it (but don't push—make the tools available). If he doesn't do well with a pencil, let him trace alphabet letters in sand or rice or popcorn kernels (unpopped). Then try the pencil again in a few weeks.
Later, you'll write the note and he'll really sign his name. Then a few months later, maybe he can write the thank you part and you can add…"for the red truck you gave me. Love, …" and he can sign his name. Then by maybe age 6 or 7, he will likely be able to write the Dear Grandma part, the thank you, and sign his name, and you just fill in the rest.
Your goal is to get him to learn to express himself, to communicate—not to make it difficult or a test. And if your niece and nephew are reading at age 5 and he isn't, don't panic or feel peer pressure! Of course, you want to keep an eye out for signs that he may need further help. Age two isn't it, though, if your little one seems to be able to express himself to you in an age-appropriate way and behave like an average, active, preschool boy.
By the way, James Dobson once said that too many school teachers, the ideal little boy is … a little girl! However, boys are different than girls—God wired them that way. Expect the little boys to be pretty active and less interested in some language stuff, at least to begin with.
If you think you may have a right-brained child or one who seems to learn a bit differently than you are comfortable with, Dianne Craft has some simple activities to stimulate healthy brain function.
If you aren't confident that you know what is appropriate, Slow and Steady, Get Me Ready by June Oberlander contains developmental activities for children from birth to age 5. And if you plan to homeschool, I highly recommend you read the Beechick The 3 R's of Learning and Barbara Curtis' Mommy, Teach Me!, regardless of what teaching approach you utilize. What Your Child Needs to Know When, by Robin Sampson, includes a basic checklist for kindergarten through grade 8 so you know what might be customary for a school-age child to learn; this can help you avoid unrealistic expectations in the earlier, preschool years.
Your local support group (or MOPS group) may have some field trips and activities geared specifically to the attention span and interest level of 2-to-4-year-olds.
However, don't let what you see around you put pressure on you. Ask the Lord to guide you in being a joyful mother of children. My goodness—you have little ones! You have enough on your plate to just make dinner and get the laundry caught up! While you cultivate their character and nurture their knowledge, it's okay to let your children be—well, children.
The bottom line: This season will be shorter than you think, so enjoy being a mommy!


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"We're starting with a new staff, kind of a whole new era here, and I think you can start building something now. The teams the past few years have been about: try real hard this year to win, you failed, and then you come back next year and try again from a totally different angle. I think what's happening here is that they're trying to build something a little more stable, a little more sustaining. If we go out and compete this year and it doesn't happen – and you see this with some other teams in the league – you build up momentum and use that to build from the year before and I think that's why it could be successful. I'm not conceding anything, especially in today's game there's way too many teams and with another wild card spot, I mean there are all kinds of other things that are available to make the playoffs and there seems to be a lot of parity. I think with the amount of young guys that we have you have to throw that into the equation if we don't make it to the playoffs but we do it right and go out and compete well. If you look at it at the end of the year and Morel's had a really good year, Beckham's had a good year, Addison Reed's had a great year – those are all good signs that it's moving in the right direction and that's what in my mind can be determined to be a success. Again, you don't concede anything because anything can happen if you go out there and play hard. There's a very fine line between those teams that finish in first place and second or third so who knows. You have to give a lot of respect to Detroit right now, not because of what they did in the offseason, but because they became a really good team at the end of the year. They were pretty good all year but at the end of the month they just took it to another level and they are the team to beat. They got a lot of guns and we'll see what goes on there."
Reifert has more. Schouwen has even more.
Other White Sox links:
- J.J. covers White Sox director of baseball operations Dan Fabian's conference call, and looks at the Sox' lack of good left-handed hitting over the past few seasons.
- James looks at the Spring Training position battles, and the Sox' recent outfield shakeup.
- Chris looks at Cuban baseball.
- Albert Belle looks old (HardBall Talk).


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The exact cause of colic is not known. But some breastfeeding mothers have noticed that certain foods seem to cause colic in their babies. It is possible that some foods may affect breast milk and contribute to intestinal gas or other digestive problems, which may make crying episodes worse. More research is needed to investigate this relationship.
Foods commonly associated with affecting a mother's breast milk in this way include:
If you suspect that your baby's crying becomes worse after feeding with breast milk, keep a record of what you eat and how your baby acts, especially when crying episodes occur.
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Dancing With The Stars Brooke Burke In October's Shape Magazine 2012 (Videos, Photo)
Dancing With The Stars co-host Brooke Burke is gracing the cover of October's Shape Magazine. Enews and Access Hollywood give us a sneak peek and Brooke tells viewers how she's able to keep her amazing figure. Below is the Access Hollywood video. You can view the E News video here. Shape Magazine is currently available on news stands everywhere. Be sure to pick up a copy. The pic above is stunning, isn't it? I hope we get to see Brooke dance in all star exhibition dance. Wouldn't that be fun?


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One of the two engines of this plane is running on biofuel derived from algae. And it managed to stay in the air.
The only modification required to switch the EADS demonstrator to the eco-friendly fuel was a slight tightening of the engine injection nozzles, due to the algae-juice producing more explosive power than standard JET-A1 fuel. The biggest problem facing the EADS demo plane at the moment is simply finding enough algae fuel—the Farnborough flight nearly didn't happen due to a global lack of algae- breeders and refiners. [The Engineer]


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The funeral of 16-year-old Yousef Abu Zagha in Jenin.
The Israeli teens that went missing in the West Bank more than two weeks ago were found dead near the village Halhoul late Monday evening.
Eyal Yifrah, 19, Naftali Fraenkel, 16, and Gilad Shaar, 16, disappeared on June 12 as they were hitchhiking home from Kfar Etzion, a settlement between Bethlehem and Hebron. Israel's search for the three teenagers has been the biggest military operation in the West Bank since the Second Intifada.
The Israeli cabinet held an emergency meeting on Monday night. On Tuesday morning, the military launched air 34 raids on the Gaza Strip after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that the Gaza-based Hamas group would pay for the settlers' murders.
The raids came after 14 rockets were launched from the strip to southern Israel on Monday, according to the Israeli military. At least four more rockets were fired at Israel on Tuesday morning.
While Israel has placed full blame for the kidnapping and killing of the three teens on Hamas, the Islamist movement has denied any involvement in the kidnapping. No other Palestinian group has claimed responsibility either.
Although Israel has not provided evidence for Hamas' accountability, the military has published the names of two primary suspects of the kidnapping: Marwan al-Qawasmeh, 29, and Amer Abu Eisha, 33. Israeli forces blew up with explosives their houses in northwest Hebron late Monday night, according to Ma'an News Agency.
Israel suspended the use of house demolitions as collective punishments in 2005. Under the Fourth Geneva Convention, collective punishment of people living under occupation is a war crime.
Israeli soldiers shot to death 16-year-old Yousef Abu Zagha in the Jenin refugee camp early Tuesday morning during a military operation. A military spokeswoman said the teenager was a Hamas operative and about to throw a grenade at Israeli forces that had arrived to arrest him.
The killings of the Israeli teens have provoked calls for revenge from the country's politicians. Israeli housing minister Uri Ariel demanded the targeted assassination of Hamas leaders and new settlement constructions, according to The Electronic Intifada. Economy minister Naftali Bennett claimed that now would be the time for action, as "murderers of children and those who direct them cannot be forgiven."
Across Israeli social media, reactions have been even more furious, with numerous users of Twitter and Facebook calling for the death of all Arabs.
Haaretz reported that there were several incidents of Israelis attacking Palestinians in the old city of Hebron.
The murders of the teens were condemned internationally. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called them "a heinous act by enemies of piece." US President Barack Obama offered his condolences to the boys' families, while calling on both Israelis and Palestinians to refrain from escalating the situation. The Vatican called the crime an obstacle to peace.
PM Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon proposed on Monday that Israel should increase settlement construction, including the creation of a new settlement in the memory of the teenagers. The plan, if passed, will allow for the construction of thousands of new housing units in illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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Moroccan meatballs with eggs
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal377
- fat22g
- saturates7g
- carbs20g
- sugars8g
- fibre3g
- protein26g
- salt0.94g
- 1 onion, finely chopped
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 3 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 50g fresh breadcrumbs
- 250g pack lean lamb mince
A lamb is a sheep that is under 1 year old; between 1 and 2 years old you will find it sold as…
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
A fragrant spice which comes from the inner bark of a tropical tree. When dried, it curls into…
- 5 eggs
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 2 garlic cloves, sliced
- 1 courgette, thickly sliced
The courgette is a variety of cucurbit, which means it's from the same family as cucumber,…
- 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
- 2 tsp honey
Honey is made by bees from the nectar they collect from flowers. Viscous and fragrant, it's…
- ½-1 tsp ras el hanout spice mix
- 20g bunch coriander, mostly chopped
- 400g can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
Fry the onion in 1 tbsp oil until soft, then allow to cool. Mix with the breadcrumbs, mince, cinnamon, 1 egg, ½ tsp salt and lots of pepper, then shape into about 24 meatballs with wet hands. Fry in the remaining oil in a shallow pan for about 8 mins, moving them round until evenly browned. Lift out and set aside.
Add the garlic to the oil left in the pan and fry until softened. Add the courgette, fry for 1-2 mins, then tip in the tomatoes, honey, ras el hanout, three-quarters of the coriander, seasoning and a couple of tbsp water. Stir and cook until pulpy.
Stir in the chickpeas and add the meatballs. Make 4 hollows in the sauce, then break in the remaining eggs. Cover and cook for 4-8 mins over a low heat until the eggs are set. Scatter with coriander and serve straight from the pan with crusty bread for scooping up the sauce.


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My glass shall not persuade me I am old,
So long as youth and thou are of one date;
But when in thee time's furrows I behold,
Then look I death my days should expiate.
For all that beauty that doth cover thee,
Is but the seemly raiment of my heart,
Which in thy breast doth live, as thine in me:
How can I then be elder than thou art?
O! therefore love, be of thyself so wary
As I, not for myself, but for thee will;
Bearing thy heart, which I will keep so chary
As tender nurse her babe from faring ill.
Presume not on thy heart when mine is slain,
Thou gav'st me thine not to give back again.
Sonnet 22: Translation to modern English
As long as you appear eternally young my mirror will not persuade me that I am old. But when I begin to see wrinkles on your brow then it will be time to anticipate my death. All that beauty that covers you is only the fine clothing of this heart of mine that lives in your heart, as yours lives in mine. How can I then be older than you? Oh, therefore, love, you should take as good care of yourself as I take care, not of myself, but of you, because your heart is in me and I will take care of it as a loving nurse protects her baby from harm. Don't presume that your heart will survive when mine is dead; you gave me yours, never to be given back.


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The insights that Jonathan provides into the workings of the cost-based optimizer will make a DBA a better designer, and a Developer a better SQL coder. Both groups will become better troubleshooters

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Daily Archives: June 26, 2012
GOP Rep. Buchanan To Sport The "Other" Type Of Pinstriped Suit?
Former Republican Congressman and present convicted felon, Tom Delay, may soon have a new roommate.
It is being reported by CNN, that Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan may be serving his next term behind bars. The news source has confirmed there are no fewer than four congressional and federal investigations into Buchanan's business practices, his campaign finances and his alleged attempt to try to stop a witness from talking. They report that "Buchanan's former business partner says the congressman schemed to launder money from his car dealerships into his campaign coffers, and then tried to get others to cover it up." The former business partner is Sam Kazran.
CNN reports that at the center of Kazran's allegations is a cash swap scheme used to finance some of Buchanan's campaigns. He says employees were forced to write checks, then were reimbursed with cash drawn from Buchanan's car dealerships. Kazran says,
"It was to a point where I said, 'Chief, we can't give you this kind of money. At which point he said, 'Just run it through the corporation.' What he said to me was 'Get people to write a check to the campaign and then pay them back through the corporation.'"
Kazran took his detailed allegations to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), which was already looking into Buchanan's campaign finances. The FEC eventually fined Kazran $5,000 in a settlement because he admitted reimbursing employees for campaign contributions. During the FEC probe, Buchanan pushed to settle a lawsuit Kazran had brought against him at the last minute, with a $2.9 million settlement offer from Buchanan. Kazran says Buchanan and his team were trying to force him to lie about Buchanan's role in the campaign cash scheme in exchange for the nearly $3 million cash settlement. Kazran refused to sign and took the affidavit to federal investigators. Now, CNN has learned that Buchanan is being investigated for attempting to tamper with a witness in a federal investigation.
CNN also reports that in a recent report, released quietly several weeks ago, the Office of Congressional Ethics wrote: "There is substantial reason to believe that Buchanan attempted to influence the testimony of a witness in a proceeding before the FEC in violation" of federal law and House ethics code. Read the OCE's report on the affidavit (pdf).
Now a full House ethics committee is looking into it. CNN has also learned that the FBI is conducting its own investigation.
In addition, the Office of Congressional Ethics also found "substantial reason to believe" that Buchanan failed to disclose unearned income on his financial disclosure forms from 2007 to 2010. Read the report (pdf).
Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan should call his tailor and instruct him to begin sewing one of those "other" types of pinstriped suits.
Today's song parody takes a rapid-fire look at Republicans past, present and future. Please remember to click on the song link below to familiarize yourselves with the tune and to have more fun singing along with the parody.
We Didn't Start The Fire song link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g&ob=av2e
(sung to the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start The Fire")
Ronald Reagan, Larry Craig, Mark Sanford, Tom Delay
Michelle Malkin, Michele Bachmann, "Goin' with the flow"
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Howard Baker, lack of vision
Spreading Fear, Acting queer, and ole Sixpack Joe
No icebergs, H-Bomb, "Pay for play", "Hockey Mom"
Landrieu, Hamid Karzai, and that Michael Savage guy
Ivy tower, Van Flein, Tea-bagger party scene
Party of "No", Tim Pawlenty, Let's watch Glenn Beck cry
These are G.O.P. liars
Shy away from learning
Keep our stomachs turning
Burning their cross of fire
We watched them light it
And they can't deny it
Vitter's fallin', Ginny Foxx, Boehner and Inhofe
Mitch McConnell, small umbrella, Talking the talk
Spin Zone, Rent to own, Straight martini, Bank loan
Russian view and Pastor Haggard's flock
Sex crimes, Grassley, John McCain is "Mavericky"
Lining pockets, health care plan, Giuliani, Limbaugh Land
Barrasso, Fake protest, Tom "The Hammer", Chambliss
Senate race, Lack of grace, and Melvin Martinez
These are G.O.P. liars
Shy away from learning
Keep our stomachs turning
Burning their cross of fire
We watched them light it
And they can't deny it
Loaded Glock, SarahPAC, Sam Alito, Johnny Mack
Jindal, Right to die, Tripp's father is Levi
Pentagon, Border wall, We must deport them all
Bed-wetters, genocide, No assisted suicide
Bush's folly, Torture, Dick Cheney, Blackwater
Hate groups, Castro, John Ensign and his 'ho
First Dude, Hannity, Mann Coulter and O'Reilly
Scooter Libby, Karl Rove, Sarah Palin's "Sixpack Joes"
These are G.O.P. liars
Shy away from learning
Keep our stomachs turning
Burning their cross of fire
We watched them light it
And they can't deny it
Kay Bailey, Muslims, K Street is full of bums
Villains, Pearlman, Iraqi Invasion
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We watched them light it
And they can't deny it
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Keep our stomachs turning
Burning their cross of fire
We watched them light it
And they can't deny it
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Paul and Barnabas arrived at Salamis on Cyprus by sea and preceded "through the whole island as far as Paphos" (Acts 13:6). On other parts of their travels it seems likely that they took advantage of the network of roads constructed under the authority of Rome. Thus after leaving Cyprus on their way to Psidian Antioch, Paul used the via Sebaste constructed in 6 BC by Augustus.[1] In Macedonia the via Egnatia served as the route from Neapolis westwards.[2]
The Cyprus journey would have taken the pair of them from the east coast of Cyprus to the west. This claim may reflect the way that the route used passed through some of the most important cities of the island. However, it is first important to understand the development of the province.
The province was acquired in 58 BC (Badian 1965), although Cyprus had earlier been considered as one of the "friends and allies of Rome."[3] Initially it formed an annex to the Roman province of Cilicia,[4] and in 48/7 BC the island was returned to the control of Egypt. The death of Cleopatra in 31 BC brought Cyprus back under Roman control. Subsequently, in 22 BC, Augustus made Cyprus one of the senatorial provinces under a proconsul of praetorian status. There were no Roman colonies established on the island.
The roads of Roman Cyprus
The evidence for a road between Salamis and Paphos is twofold: firstly in the form of the Roman itineraries, and secondly in the form of milestones. The "Peutinger Table" which lists the routes and mileages would suggest two possible routes from Salamis (Miller 1916: 827-29). The first cut to the north-west to Chytri, over the Kyrenia Ridge to the north coast. It then followed the coast to Soli, Arsinoe (Marion), and then south to Paphos. The second headed for Citium on the south coast, then westwards to Amathus, Curium and then Paphos. These routes are not contemporary, and are likely to have developed over a period of time. The distances can be tabulated as follows:
This gives a total of 115 miles.[5] The alternate route via the north coast would have been much longer. 88 miles from Salamis to Soli (or 71 miles via Tremithus), and then another 54 miles to Paphos via Arsinoe, giving a total of 142 miles.[6] The distances between cities would also be convenient for a day's travel, making this at least a six day journey from one end of the island to the other.[7]
The best way of dating these roads is by the surviving milestones which often bear the names of the emperor (Mitford 1980: 1333-35, n. 213). Most of these belong to the fourth century AD, and are likely to represent a period of repair to the road system rather than its expansion. Paul's and Barnabas' journey, at least along the south coast, would have been facilitated by the construction of a Roman road during Augustus' reign. This is attested by a milestone, located 11 (Roman) miles from Paphos towards Curium (Mitford 1966:98-99 no. 3).[8] It reads:
[imp.ca]ESAR AVG[vstvs]
As Augustus is named as pontifex maximus the work must have taken place after 12 BC.[9] Although the inscription only allows certainty about the construction of the road between Paphos and Curium, it is possible that it was extended eastwards as far as Salamis. The next significant development was the construction of "new roads" ([via]s novas; Corpus inscriptionum latinarum III.6732)10] throughout the province[11] between July and September 81 during the reign of Titus.[12] A milestone identified a new road heading north-east from Salamis to Agios Theodoros and thence presumably to Carpasia.[13] The other roads which were constructed in the Flavian period were presumably an extension to the Augustan scheme. Mitford proposed that the route across the heart of Cyprus from Soli to Salamis was one of these constructions (1980: 1336).
The next main series of inscriptions comes from the Severan period.[14] As some of these were found along the road heading from Paphos to Curium it is clear that this was in part repair work. However, it is from this period that there is the first clear indication of a road from Soli to Arsinoe and then south to Paphos.[15] Given this evidence the simplest solution to the proposed route of Paul and Barnabas was from Salamis along the south coast.
Cities visited by Paul and Barnabas
The only cities on Cyprus mentioned in the Book of Acts are Salamis and Paphos. However, if Paul and Barnabas travelled on foot along the Augustan road along the south coast,[16] they would have passed through Citium, Amathus and Curium before reaching Paphos.[17]
Three of the cities had been granted the status of asylum in AD 22 due to the standing of their civic sanctuaries.[18] These were Salamis (Olympian Zeus; Mitford 1990: 2189-90), Amathus (Aphrodite; Mitford 1990: 2185), and Paphos (Paphian Aphrodite). It should be noted that although these deities may sound like anthropomorphic Olympian gods, in fact, some had a more regional feel. Paphian Aphrodite was in fact represented by a sacred rock or baetyl, rather than the cult statue of a goddess.[19]
A similar cult of sacred rocks is recorded near Amathus. An inscription found at Agios Tychon near Amathus records a cult of "Cyprian Aphrodite" and the sanctuary of "the Seven within the Stelai" (Mitford 1980: 1302, no. 28; 1946: 40-42, no. 16).[20] The dedication was made by the Roman governor of Cyprus, L. Bruttius Maximus (79/80). This was presumably a sanctuary with a central baetyl with other sacred rocks around it. The worship of sacred rocks is not uncommon in the east. In particular, the famous baetyl of Emaesa was to be taken to Rome by Elagabalus[21] or the cult of Artemis at Perge (Butcher 1988: 90, fig. 6.114).
The sanctuary of Paphian Aphrodite also came to be linked to the imperial cult. The imperial cult was linked to the sanctuary of Aphrodite at Palaipaphos. For example Livia was identified as the new Aphrodite (Gardner, Hogarth and James 1888: 242, no. 61), and Augustus' daughter Julia as Augusta (Inscriptiones Graecae ad Res Romanas Pertinentes III.940). Other inscriptions relating to the imperial cult include and honorific inscription for Amyntor son Lysias, "high priest for life for the well-being of the imperial household" (Mitford 1990: 2197).
Both Salamis and Paphos were the two most important cities on the island. Paphos was the seat of the provincial administration (Mitford 1980: 1309-15), and it was here that Paul met the governor of the island, Sergius Paulus.[22] It had been founded around 312 BC, to replace Palaipaphos. During the second century BC it seems to have become the leading city of the island, taking the prominence away from Salamis.[23]
The city had been wrecked by an earthquake in 15 BC and Augustus had subsequently conferred on the city the title Augusta (Mitford 1980: 1310, with details of the proper title). Further honors were given to the city, perhaps under Nero, when it received the extra title of Claudia (Mitford 1980: 1310).[24]
Paphos' centrality in the Roman scheme of affairs is also emphasized by the milestones that mark distances from it. Of the other cities Citium managed to retain elements of its earlier Phoenician past (Mitford 1980: 1318-20). The earlier Phoenician cult of Eshmun became that of Asclepius which was active under Augustus (Mitford 1980:1319). One of the first century BC or Augustan high-priests and benefactors of the cult carried a name, Asclepiodorus son of Asclepiodorus, which reveals his links with Asclepius.[25]
Elsewhere in the city a stoa was dedicated in 41 BC to Zeus Keraunios, to the Divine Julius and to Aphrodite (Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum 2641; Mitford 1990: 2195). Amathus also had an important cult site of Hera, which was certainly active in the Claudian period (Inscriptiones Graecae ad Res Romanas Pertinentes III.974).[26]
An altar dedicated to Augustus was found on the acropolis (Inscriptiones Graecae ad Res Romanas Pertinentes III.973). The sanctuary of Apollo Hylates, which lay just to the west of the city, may have been developed at the same time.
In conclusion, the route followed by Paul and Barnabas through Cyprus would have brought them to several of the key cities of the island, including the three which had been granted the special status of asylum. The itinerary suggests that this would have taken at least a week. The road would have brought them into contact with some of the main cult centers such as the sanctuary of Aphrodite at Palaipapos. It also led them to the heart of the Roman administration of the island at Paphos.
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