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The Azerbaijani people have been divided between Iran and the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan for more than 150 years, yet they have retained their ethnic identity. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of an independent Azerbaijan have only served to reinforce their collective identity.
Soldiers and Civilians analyzes the emerging civil-military "gap" in the United States, drawing on a major survey of military officers, civilian leaders, and the general public. The book's contributors, leading scholars of defense policy, find that numerous schisms have undermined civil-military cooperation and harmed military effectiveness.
Although Israel and its Arab neighbors have taken many steps toward peace in recent years, the Middle East remains an uncertain and volatile region. Stretching from Morocco to Iran, the area has seen numerous international and internal conflicts in recent decades. Understanding the dynamics of these conflicts requires detailed information on the military capabilities of the region's countries.
Bridges and Boundaries offers a conversation between what might loosely be described as traditionalist diplomatic and military historians, and political scientists who employ qualitative case study methods to examine international relations. The book opens with a series of chapters discussing differences, commonalities, and opportunities for cross-fertilization between the two disciplines.
Most national security debates concern the outcomes of policies, neglecting the means by which those policies are implemented. This book argues that although the US military is the finest fighting force in the world, the system that supports it is in disrepair. Operating with Cold War-era structures and practices, it is subject to managerial and organizational problems that increasingly threaten our military's effectiveness.
Since the end of the Cold War, the US military has reduced its combat forces by 40 percent, closed about 20 percent of its bases, and withdrawn from many overseas posts. Even after these changes, the US military is by far the strongest in the world, with huge advantages in training, equipment, and technology. Despite cutting its annual spending by about 30 percent, the United States spends more than the countries with the six next-largest military budgets combined.
The bombings of the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and the Oklahoma City federal building have shown that terrorist attacks can happen anywhere in the United States. In this book, Philip Heymann argues that the United States and other democracies can fight terrorism while preserving liberty and maintaining a healthy, unified society.
How will continued proliferation of nuclear weapons change the global political order? This collection of essays comes to conclusions at odds with the conventional wisdom. Stephen Rosen and Barry Posen explore how nuclear proliferation may affect US incentives to confront regional aggression. Stephen Walt argues that regional allies will likely prove willing to stand with a strong and ready United States against nuclear-backed aggression. George Quester and Brad Roberts examine long-term strategic objectives in responding to nuclear attack by a regional aggressor.
Unlike the new and largely peaceful Europe, the Asia-Pacific region is fraught with old instabilities and new risks, as well as opportunities. America's Asian alliances face an arc of potential instability, from the divided Korean peninsula in Northeast Asia, to the nuclear confrontation between India and Pakistan on the South Asian subcontinent, to an unstable Indonesia in Southeast Asia.
Policymakers, scholars, and the news media have been alarmed by the potential for chemical and biological weapons (CBW) terrorism, and the U.S. Congress has allocated billions of dollars for counterterrorism and "consequence management" programs. Driving these concerns are the global spread of scientific knowledge and technology relevant to CBW terrorism and the vulnerability of civilian populations to chemical and biological attacks.
Why did the Soviet Union use less force to preserve the Soviet empire from 1989 to 1991 than it had used in distant and impoverished Angola in 1975? This book fills a key gap in international relations theories by examining how actors' preferences and causal conceptions change as they learn from their experiences.
foreword by William S. Cohen, U.S. Secretary of Defense
Biological weapons pose a horrifying and growing threat to the United States and to the world in general. Revelations about Iraq's weapons research and the plans of the Aum Shinrikyo cult in Japan serve as frightening reminders of the potential for military or terrorist use of biological agents.
Analysts of international politics have debated heatedly over the likely consequences of the spread of nuclear weapons. Most argue that nuclear proliferation will destabilize the world and increase the risk of nuclear war. Others counter that the threat of nuclear war is enough to convince new nuclear nations to adopt prudent security policies.
Nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) weapons delivered covertly by terrorists or hostile governments pose a significant and growing threat to the United States and other countries. Although the threat of NBC attack is widely recognized as a central national security issue, most analysts have assumed that the primary danger is military use by states in war, with traditional military means of delivery. The threat of covert attack has been imprudently neglected.
During the Cold War, Westerners were obsessed with the military policies of the Soviet Union. Until the demise of the Soviet Union, however, few details of Moscow's thinking on military matters were available. In this book, Andrei Kokoshin reveals how Soviet military theorists developed and debated the concepts that provided the basis for the Kremlin's defense policies.
Since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, numerous ethnic and internal conflicts have emerged within and between the former Soviet republics. Vicious fighting has flared up in Georgia, Chechnya, Tajikistan, Moldova, and other areas, and tensions remain high in many of the newly independent states. Their causes are often misunderstood, and U.S. policymakers have paid little attention to their resolution.
Ethnic conflict, one of the most serious and widespread problems in the world today, can undermine efforts to promote political and economic development, as well as political, economic, and social justice. It can also lead to violence and open warfare, producing horrifying levels of death and destruction. Although government policies on ethnic issues often have profound effects on a country, the subject has been neglected by most scholars and analysts.
Many political scientists have hailed the apparent existence of Democratic Peace—the absence of wars between democracies—as proof that a world of democracies would be a world without war. This idea challenges traditional approaches to international politics, which focus on the balance of power between states regardless of their political systems. It also has important implications for world politics, especially as President Clinton has made the promotion of democracy a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy on the grounds that democracies never fight each other.
The shifting global security and defense landscape of the post-Cold War era has led the West to reexamine regional priorities and existing international institutions. Many scholars have written on how best to coordinate policy on the security of Central Europe and the states of the former Soviet Union, and on reforming NATO and the OSCE. Very few scholars, however, have prescribed policy for transatlantic cooperation toward threats that transcend Europe and NATO, especially in the Middle East.
The 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union prompted international concern over the safety and security of the Soviet arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. In legislation sponsored by Senator Sam Nunn and Senator Richard Lugar, the U. S. Congress approved a program to assist Soviet weapons dismantlement. The Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program has since authorized more than $1.5 billion for a wide array of weapons destruction, demilitarization, nuclear security, and nonproliferation activities in the Newly Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union.
As a bridge between the East and West, a pole of stability in the Balkans, and a Mediterranean crossroads, Greece could play a significant role in the post-Cold War world. But Greece's performance in domestic and international policy falls short of this promise. The essays in The Greek Paradox look at some of the reasons for this gap and suggest possible political and economic reforms.
The political dimensions of the Arab-Israeli relationship have changed dramatically in recent years. Israel and its Arab neighbors have made remarkable progress toward resolving long-standing conflicts. In Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in the Middle East, Shai Feldman considers whether these political breakthroughs have set the stage for agreements on controlling nuclear weapons in the region. He presents a richly detailed overview of the current situation and lays out an agenda for future efforts to reduce the risk of nuclear war in the Middle East.
Deadly internal conflicts threaten dozens of countries and major regions around the world. One of the most critical issues in contemporary international security, it is examined in this book by twenty experts of the Project on Internal Conflict at Harvard University's Center for Science and International Affairs.
What if the bomb that exploded in Oklahoma City or New York's World Trade Center had used 100 pounds of highly enriched uranium? The destruction would have been far more vast. This danger is not so remote: the recipe for making such a bomb is simple, and soon the ingredients might be easily attained. Thousands of nuclear weapons and hundreds of tons of weapons-grade uranium and plutonium from the weapons complex of the former Soviet Union, poorly guarded and poorly accounted for, could soon leak on to a vast emerging nuclear black market.
The legal foundation of the contemporary European security order is the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). Negotiated by NATO and the Warsaw Pact states as the Cold War was ending and implemented as the new Europe took shape, the CFE Treaty imposes strict limits on the armed forces of all the major European states.
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DIY Beauty Gifts
Pom lip gloss
We seriously had to resist eating this fruity gloss, and the crimson tint lasts longer than some store-bought stains. The perfect gift for cubemates.
- 1/2 cup petroleum jelly
- 1 scoop or 2 packets Natural Cherry Pomegranate Crystal Light
- 3 or 4 small jars or tins with lids
Mix petroleum jelly and Crystal Light in a bowl, adding 1 tsp water a few drops at a time, until gloss turns berry red. Use a spatula to smooth the formula into jars.
Candy cane bath salts
Win over his mom with this sweet calorie-free treat.
- 2 cups Epsom salts
- 1 cup sea salt
- 4 or 5 drops peppermint essential oil
- 4 or 5 drops red food coloring
- 1 apothecary jar
In a bowl, combine salts and oil. Spoon out half into another bowl; stir in food coloring until salt turns red. (Don't worry, it won't dye skin or tub.) Scoop a layer of white salt into jar. Smooth along the diagonal, then repeat with red salt until jar is full and looks like a candy cane. Tie on a scoop—you'll use about 1/4 cup per bath—with a ribbon, if desired.
Peppermint foot scrub
For the stiletto addict on your list. Both salicylic acid (in the berries) and sugar exfoliate; oils soften; peppermint stimulates—like caffeine for feet!
- 4 strawberries
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 8 drops peppermint essential oil
- 1 decorative jar
Make this the night before gifting it—it's perishable after 2 weeks because of the fresh fruit. In a bowl, puree or bash berries, then add sugar and olive and vegetable oils. Mix until well blended. Add peppermint pol 2 drops at a time until scrub smells minty. Spoon into jar, then stash in the fridge. Write the expiration date on a card.

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Heavy Rain Preorders Get First 'Chronicles' DLC FreeIf you're intending to get Heavy Rain when it comes out in February Sony just gave you a pretty good reason to preorder a copy. By putting your money down you'll get the first Heavy Rain Chronicle episode, "The Taxidermist," for free. For pre-orders only this content will be available on launch day. If you wait to buy it both the first and second Chronicles will be available on an unspecified date after release but then each will set you back the regular $4.99 price.
The Chronicles are short side stories for the main characters in Heavy Rain. Each one shows what they were up to before or after the time of the main story to provide a little extra depth to their personality. Here's the description Sony offered for "The Taxidermist":
Heavy Rain: Chronicle One -- The Taxidermist will feature investigative journalist Madison Paige in one of her first cases tracking down a serial killer. Most of you are familiar with this episode as it is an expansion and update to the original 'Taxidermist' demo that received such positive response when shown last year.If you're in the U.S. you need to preorder at Amazon, GameCrazy, or GameStop (online or in-store) to qualify for the freebie. Canadians can get in on it at Amazon.ca, BestBuy.ca, EB Games, and FutureShop.ca.
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All week long, XLR8R will be taking a closer look at some of our favorite record shops from around the globe. Check out the entire 'Record Store Week' series here.
In April last year, around 300 people gathered in Glasgow city center for an unusual party. People brought bottles of champagne and wore party hats to George Square, chanting "ding dong, the witch is dead," and "Maggie Maggie Maggie, dead dead dead." In other parts of Britain, on the same day, people played instruments, let off party streamers and drank milk (it's a long story) while rejoicing in similar fashion. They were celebrating the death of Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister and a pariah figure for the country's working classes. Thatcher is hated more in Scotland's west coast than perhaps any other region, but she wasn't all bad: she was also the inspiration for setting up Rubadub, a dance music institution in Scotland that celebrates its 22nd birthday this year. Read more »


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This quote is so beautiful, he left his heart with her!! not literally of course, but i think that it is the sweetest thing that i've heard, but then again, everything Edward says is cute!!
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Woodworker's Journal
"It seems to me if the material is wood or a wood byproduct (plywood, MDF), and it can be worked with both power and hand tools to tolerances acceptable to a cabinetmaker, it's woodworking." – Chris Heinbockel
"If it grew on a tree and it is not a leaf, then it is wood. Are you doing something with it? If yes, then you are working with it or playing with it. The difference between these two actions is mostly a state of mind. No man's ego is going to let him admit to wood playing, so it is all woodworking." – Glen Snow
Au contraire! We readily admit to playing with wood. In fact, the motto of my local woodworking guild is Conlusum cum lignum, Latin for "we play with wood." – Michael Dresdner
"I say yes, it is, due to the fact that you are still using your skills and knowledge as a craftsman/woman to accomplish your desired finished project." – Brad Peterson
"Think of it this way: If it has wood in it and you work with it, then as far as I'm concerned, you're woodworking." – Mike Barry
"Of course cabinetmaking is 'real woodworking,' I just completed a 10' x 16' pergola constructed of treated Southern pine in my backyard. I am just as proud of it as of any furniture item." – Jerry Gardner


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Friday, November 01, 2013
Does the latest announcement mean we should be discussing a Federal Britain?
I truly believe in allowing politicians making decisions at a local level befitting the decision. The down side with this is that there could possible create a Postcode Lottery of services. I explored this way back in 2009. I also believe in the United Kingdom. I believe in some areas, we need to work as whole.
But with more and more decisions being made by the devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Island, the need for a 'British' Government and 'British' Politicians to make decisions only affecting England is unjust and unfair. How can it be right/fair/just for Scottish, Welsh and Northern Island Politicians to decide to raise Tuition Fees or to raise the cost of prescriptions, whilst their counterparts in the devolved governments are offering this for free or freezing the cost.
The decision today highlights the need for a separate English Parliament, not just allowing only English MPs to vote on English Bills. We have seen that the voters in the devolved governments vote differently at different elections. This allowed the Scots to deliver Labour MPs to represent them at Westminster, whilst choosing an SNP Government to shaped devolved issues.
For example, I may feel that the Lib Dems would be better to run an English Parliament with their policies on Education, Health etc, whilst voting for Conservatives or Labour in a British Parliament because they are closer to my ideology on immigration and oversea aid.
With devolution embedded into our unwritten constitution, it's about time that all the nations are represented evenly.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
I will be sorry to see Virgin go
Now I have a very narrow experience of travelling by Virgin. In the past 5 years I have used them once or twice a year and generally I travel off-peak and buy my tickets well in advance. I must admit I also travel first class because the service has been great. In the times that I have travelled with Virgin, I have never once experienced a problem.
The Virgin experience is not reciprocated elsewhere on the train network. I have recently booked tickets (first class advance) for Edinburgh travelling using East Coast Trains. East Coast Trains have only just, within the last year, provided a full complementary menu to its first class customers. And as of yet, they do not allow first advance ticket holders to use their First Class Lounges, unlike Virgin.
Looking on First Great Western website, I can see where they may well end up making the savings they need to make in order to cover their commitments to the Department of Transport. The complimentary food is often less than Virgin offers and you have to pay extra by ordering from 'Express Café'. Also they do not have anyone providing food and drink at weekends. Instead the customers have to travel to the cafe to pick up their complementary food and drinks.
So on the whole Virgin, to me as a non-regular first class advance ticket traveller, seems to offer a service better than their competitors. But like most things, only time will tell.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
It's like half time of a cup final
I was fortunate to attend 5 evenings of athletics and 1 afternoon at the Canoe Slalom and the volunteers, police and members of our armed forces were my heroes.
With the closing ceremony a few hours away and the opening ceremony of the para-olympics a couple of weeks away, it feels like it is half time of a cup final. I simply can't wait until the para-olympics!
Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Is the BBC and the Telegraph as bigoted at me?
The Daily Telegraph reports that 'Aberdeenshire in Scotland has more gold medals than Australia'. Whilst the BBC is reporting that Yorkshire would also have more medals than the Aussies. Scottish musician David Berry also made the point of where Scotland would be if they were independent in a tweet. Searching the web further and you see this post on Facebook also looks at the medal table if Scotland was independent.
Is it really that wrong that I explore the tables from an British point of view without Scotland?
I find it outrageous that I am labelled a bigot for exploring the subject. Is it because I am an Englishman? If I was Scottish would I have been labelled differently? Or is it that some sour faced Scots like the idea of independence for Scotland, providing the rest of the UK fails?
Whatever the reasons for these comments (remember in the post I did not say that Scotland should leave the United Kingdom), are these same people calling the BBC, Telegraph and David Berry bigots?
Monday, August 06, 2012
What should be ask for in return for dropping the Lord's reform.
I do not share with Nick Clegg's argument that Governments can focus on more than one thing. The country has slipped into recession once again and all our leaders' energies must be focused on turning that situation around. I think Alex Salmond has played a blinder by timetabling the Scottish Independence Referendum later in the electoral cycle.
I also think that we are beginning to look like a fringe party with a set agenda on constitutional reform. A bit like the Green Party, but yellow.
So if the Lib Dems lose another constitution reform, what shall we ask for in return. That is easy; abolish Tuition Fees. Not only will this be prove to the country that we stick by our promises, but will relieve pressure on hard-hit families at a time everyone's salaries are squeezed. It will inspire young people to better themselves, raising the aspirations of a generation. It will also reverse a culture, which we have seen in our banks, where people accept personal debt is part of their lives.
I bet there are a lot of Lib Dems MPs who wish now they voted against increasing tuition fees and breaking their promise to Lib Dem voters. I bet they wished they rebelled as it is beginning to be seen that teh Conservatives are getting their own way.
How would Scotland's independence affect the London 2012 Medal table?
The good news is the United Kingdom (without any Scottish athletes) would still be in third place in the table, with 11 gold medals. However, this is only 1 more than Korea.
Scotland on the other hand would definitely have 1 gold medal (Andy Murray), placing them joint 31 with Croatia and Switzerland because they also achieved 1 silver (Michael Jamieson)
There are of course a number of other factors that need to be taken into account. As a majority of the money comes from the National Lottery would Scotland be able to support their athletes to the same standard as the rest of the UK? Also would the the rest of the UK be able to replace the Scottish members in the team golds with equally as good athletes meaning they would rack up the same amount of medals.
So taking this all to account it looks highly unlikely that the rest of the UK isn't really going to be effected by Scotland becoming an Independent Country.
*For this very unscientific post I have awarded all the gold medals won by a Scottish individual to Scotland and made the assumption that the teams with a Scottish member in would not have achieved gold if they were replaced with an athlete from one of the UK's three other countries.
Saturday, June 09, 2012
The Truth about Tuition Fees
However, there is one point that I can't seem to answer. I am sure I have read it somewhere, but is there some research somewhere that says those of us who have gone through university end up contributing more through taxes in our working life than those who don't.
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Help my school win £10,000
Can you spare 1 minute to help my school win £10,000? Over 50 children in my school have taken part in the 'Fairy Schools Challenge'. They have designed a plate of Good Wishes for Team GB in the Olympics.
- Visit the Fairy Schools Challenge website.
- Click 'Vote Now'
- Search for 'Leverton'
- Choose one of our plates (the one you like best)
- Vote
Monday, February 27, 2012
Michele Rawlings Found
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Missing: Michelle Rawlings
Friday, January 27, 2012
Scottish Independence: English Fairness?
With the fuss surrounding the timing of Scottish Independence Referendum, it makes me wonder whether the party has missed the mood of the public once again. Either that or our leaders were very short sighted in the first place.
When devolution was proposed, one obvious question was not answered. What to do with
As a proud Englishman I feel outraged that Welsh and Scottish MPs can enforce laws on the people of
I believe that an English Parliament is the only way ahead, allowing English people to vote for parliamentarians to make decisions that directly affect them; on health, on education and on economic development.
We should have taken a bold stance in 1997, setting up a parliament in each of the countries to allow local representatives to make decisions on local issues. Then one Federal Government to make decisions that affect the
Voters know exactly what they want. They often vote for one party to represent them locally, yet another nationally.
Without empowerment for the people
Sunday, May 08, 2011
Yes to AV campaign packs up and goes home
I must admit I was very disappointed with how the campaign was run, especially as there wasn't a free post.
Friday, March 04, 2011
Now we want an English Parliament
Now as a proud Englishman I feel the previous Labour government and current coalition governement are discriminating against me. On key areas of policy, like health, education and housing, Welsh people, Scottish people and and residents of Northern Ireland can vote for the their fellow men/women to lead on these areas. Yet I do not have the same opportunity. Instead decisions on these areas are made in Westminster, by all members, whether representing English, Scottish, Welsh etc. How unfair is this?
So with direct law making powers in three or the four nations of the United Kingdom, it's time for English people to be on a level playing field and an English Parliament is established.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Olympic legacy beginning to take shape
Saturday, February 12, 2011
We must not leave legacy to West Ham United alone
I for one think 2012, along with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations, will be a great year for Britain and I am looking forward to spending everyday supporting the Olympics and Para Olympics during my summer holiday.
When we won the bid, we promise legacy. We promised that from the birth of the Olympic Stadium, Britain will have a world class athletics venue. To be honest it wasn't until I visited the Barcelona Olympic Stadium last year that I truly realised the need for a stadium athletics can call their home in Britain.
It was during that time that I realised that Britain had never hosted a European Championships. I have subsequently found out that we have never hosted a World Championships. Two major championships, the first where we did so well last year, that help to inspire our athletes to do their best, to become the top of the game. And we have never hosted them.
So now that the legacy of athletics is secured we must get behind West Ham to ensure that legacy is fulfilled. We need to put pressure on the government, Mayor of London and British Athletics Associations to bid to stage this major events and bring them to London. Otherwise the need for an athletics stadium will disappear and football may well take it over once and for all.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Is Vince's indiscretion David Laws's opportunity?
History tells you that no-one is indispensable and Vince Cable's latest opinions are not so much a problem for the coalition but more of a problem with his own credibility.
But more importantly do these latest revelations about Vince Cable open the door for David Laws to return to front line politics? Only time will tell.
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
More pieces of the tuition fees policy we trip over
With this further concession, which only has an impact if salaries do not rise in line of inflation, then surely it is time to prospone Thursday's vote and spend longer in coming up with a policy that will have less of an impact on the future of higher education and the poorer in our society.
Coaliton agreement does not commit to higher tuition fees
The agreement states:
We will await Lord Browne's final report into higher education funding, and will judge its proposals against the need to:
– increase social mobility;
– take into account the impact on student debt;
– ensure a properly funded university sector;
– improve the quality of teaching;
– advance scholarship; and
– attract a higher proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
So on receipt of the Browne report Vince Cable and his team could quite easily have looked at the report and drawn up their own proposals. Especially as the recommendations don't take into account the impact on student debt, after all it increases the amount of debt our young will get into.
The proposals also will have an impact on the proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds and the government must know this. Why else would they rush to announce proposals to give students from poorer backgrounds a year free tuition?
So the coalition did not have to follow the road it has taken. Our MPs should now uphold the pledge they made and vote with a clear conscience against the rise when it is debated on Thursday.
Monday, December 06, 2010
Maybe competition is a good thing
My main concern was that competition made lead to the regulated service being withdrawn and then prices will rise whilst the quality of service would be fall. I have since found out that the service I use, run by Arriva Buses, in fact are not regulated.
Well this week Arriva is fighting back with new ticket prices, with a range of weekly and monthly tickets that works out to be less than a 5 x single fares.
So competition does seem to be making things better for the consumer, although spreading the services throughout the day more evenly and making tickets transferable between the services would also be welcome.
Sunday, December 05, 2010
Coalition's tuition fee policy in tatters
This latest development surely it proves that two things. The first that the voice of Lib Dem members/ voters, whether it is through the numerous petitions set up, letters written or the falling numbers in the polls, are started to be heard. And secondly, that there is unease amongst the coalition ahead of Thursday's vote.
Surely with such uncertainty, it is best for the vote to be cancelled on Thursday and the government to reconsider its plans and wait until they have a well-thought out policy before bringing it to the House of Commons.
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Simon does the Wright thing
This is great news for everyone who has put pressure on the MP to do the right thing and honour the pledge he made prior to the general election. When Vince Cable announced the policy in October, I decided to stay with the only party I have been a member of and fight this insane policy. I am pleased that the petition I set up has contributed to changing the mind of one of our MPs.
Now that Simon has come out publicly we have under a week to change the mind of many others, so please do sign the petition.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Vince defending the undefendable
As one Labour MP pointed out, the Liberal Democrats fought the election with a clear plan to abolish tuition fees. Yes, the Lib Dems did not win an outright majority, but supporting a rise is a major u-turn that shouldn't be accepted. Our MPs have got to have some backbone and vote against it, not to abstain.
As Vince sat down he was patted on the back by a number of Conservative MPs. Our ministers must remember that they are Lib Dems in a coalition government not a Conservative in a Conservative government.
Appearing in the Golden Dozen again
Well last week I managed to again appear in Lib Dem Voice's Golden Dozen, the forth time in as many weeks. This time I was concerned that the voice of the ordinary members of the Lib Dem is worth nothing if the leadership ignores it once they get into government. You can read the blog post here.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Is AV the reason why the Lib Dems are performing so poorly?
I am a broad supporter of the coalition. I believe it was necessary to have a stable government at a time when the economic situation in the country was gloomy, to the say the least. I know that coalition is about drawing up government proposals that both parties will not be completely happy with, but it just seems to me that pushing AV through parliament means that we have lost our bargaining power on other policy areas.
I remember that weekend after the election and welcoming the protesters visiting the Lib Dem HQ and Nick Clegg speaking to them, but looking back in hindsight this my have given the impression that the Lib Dems stood for only one thing, proportionate representation. This is not worthy of a party that is looking to have a large say on how the country is run.
I am suggesting rather than each party trying to get a complete policy through eg The Conservatives get 'Free Schools' in turn for us getting all our constitutional reform bills through, as a party we should have bargained policy by policy. This would mean we would get reform of the House of Lords, but wouldn't get a referendum on the Alternative Vote.
In turn we could have negotiated a much better settlement for Higher Education, that reflects more the Liberal Democrat policy of abolishing tuition fees. We may not have got the abolished, but maybe the current cap would stay in place and upfront fees would be abolished.
This way true Liberal Democrat policies in each area would be introduced and the party would not be seen as a one trick pony whose only interest in government is to get fairer votes.


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A few casual words and the early release of some scientific data have cost the San Antonio region much-needed state funds to battle its growing air pollution problem. The misstep, which appears to have been unintentional, highlights the sensitivity of studying oil and gas pollution in business-friendly Texas.
The dispute began after the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG)—a coalition that oversees 13 counties in the San Antonio region—launched a two-part study to determine how oil and gas drilling was affecting the city's air quality.
San Antonio's air quality has been deteriorating since 2008, the same year drilling began in the nearby Eagle Ford Shale, site of one of the nation's biggest energy booms. The air pollution is now so bad that metropolitan San Antonio could soon be declared in nonattainment with federal standards for ozone, the main component of smog. If that happens, it could be subject to sanctions from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, including increased EPA oversight for new development projects.
Industry analysts and others who have wondered whether ExxonMobil will restart the broken Pegasus pipeline that leaked Canadian oil across an Arkansas suburb should get their answer in 2014.
The 65-year-old pipeline hasn't shipped any oil since it ruptured on March 29, costing Exxon as much as $450,000 a day in lost revenue, or up to $124 million as of Jan. 1. It's unclear when exactly the company might resume pumping oil through the 858-mile line that crosses dozens of waterways, farms and residential neighborhoods on its way from Illinois to the Texas Gulf Coast—though a decision is underway.
Exxon spokesman David Eglinton said the company "will not restart it until we are satisfied it is safe to do so and have the approval of [federal regulators]."
Several other major pipeline projects could be affected by the Pegasus outcome, because operators are planning to reverse the flow inside older, existing pipelines to carry dilbit from Canada's tar sands. That is exactly what Exxon did to the aging Pegasus in 2006. Some experts believe the extra pressure swings required to move dilbit could have contributed to the line's failure. The Pegasus was already prone to rupture due to a faulty 1940s-era construction technique as well as flawed maintenance and operations.
When a 65-year-old ExxonMobil pipeline ruptured on March 29 and spilled 210,000 gallons of oil in Mayflower, Ark., it opened the nation's eyes to the potential dangers lurking in the thousands of miles of aging and overlooked pipelines buried beneath neighborhoods and farms.
The spill also brought fresh attention to the debate over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline and the inherent risks of transporting Canadian tar sands across America's heartland. Exxon's Pegasus pipeline was carrying dilbit when it split open on Good Friday, the same type of tar sands oil that would run through the Keystone. A separate, much larger dilbit spill in Michigan is still being cleaned up more than three years later.
When ozone pollution skyrocketed in the tiny town of Boulder, Wyo., in 2008, it was relatively easy to identify the culprit as oil and gas drilling, the only major industry in the rural area.
Today, a similar situation in San Antonio, Texas, will be more difficult to resolve. The city has violated federal ozone standards dozens of times since 2008, but with so much industrial activity in and around the city—including the Eagle Ford shale drilling boom south of San Antonio—local officials are waiting for the results of a state-funded study to pinpoint the source of the pollution.
San Antonio's ozone problem is so serious that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could designate the city a nonattainment area for ozone, a hazardous air pollutant that can cause serious respiratory problems. If that happens, the growing city would likely be saddled with additional air quality regulations, including stricter pollution controls on vehicles and industrial plants.
A little-known pipeline could win the race to ship heavy Canadian crude oil from the Midwest to the U.S. Gulf Coast if it comes online as planned in 2015.
Called the Eastern Gulf Crude Access Pipeline Project, the 774-mile line would be capable of carrying almost as much oil as the Keystone XL, the controversial pipeline mired in its fifth year of federal review.
The Eastern Gulf would run from Patoka, Ill. to St. James, La., carrying oil from North Dakota's Bakken formation as well as Canadian oil sands crude. Both types of oil are creating a bottleneck in the Midwest, which doesn't have the refining or pipeline capacity to handle the large amounts of oil now being produced.
When Diane Wilson complained of headaches and coughs after an oil pipeline ruptured in Mayflower, Ark., her doctor treated her for allergies.
When Genieve Long came down with nausea, rashes and a fever, her doctor couldn't provide a diagnosis.
When Ann Jarrell's 6-month-old grandson began wheezing, a doctor sent him home with asthma medication.
All three families live within a few hundred yards of the March 29 oil spill that sent more than 200,000 gallons of heavy Canadian crude oil through Mayflower. Their experiences offer a snapshot of the confusion surrounding the health impacts of the spill, an uncertainty created by limitations in the science, physicians' lack of training in environmental health and a communication gap between local health officials and the people they are meant to serve. Like families who lived near two other large oil spills—the June 2010 spill in Salt Lake City, Utah and the July 2010 spill in Michigan's Kalamazoo River—they are still searching for answers.
Diluted bitumen, a controversial form of heavy Canadian oil, poses no more risks to pipelines than conventional oil, according to a long-awaited report released Tuesday by the National Academy of Sciences.
But environmentalists and pipeline watchdogs said the study's scope was so narrow and its methodology so flawed that it does little to settle the controversy over whether diluted bitumen, or dilbit, is more dangerous to humans and the environment than the light, conventional crude oil that most U.S. pipelines were built to handle.
Since 2010, at least three ruptured pipelines have spilled oil into U.S. neighborhoods, forcing officials to decide quickly whether local residents would be harmed if they breathed the foul air. But because there are no clear federal guidelines saying if or when the public should be evacuated during an oil spill, health officials had to use a patchwork of scientific and regulatory data designed for other situations.
As a result, residents of the three communities received different levels of protection.
No houses were evacuated in Salt Lake City, Utah, where a ruptured pipeline leaked 33,000 gallons of medium grade crude oil before it was discovered on the morning of June 12, 2010. The oil ran down Red Butte Creek, past neighborhoods where windows were left open in the summer heat. The fumes, which are known to cause drowsiness, left some people so lethargic that they didn't wake up until after noon.
In Marshall, Mich. officials called for a voluntary evacuation after more than a million gallons of heavy Canadian crude spilled into the Kalamazoo River on July 25, 2010. But they agonized over the decision for four days before making that recommendation.
In Mayflower, Ark. authorities quickly evacuated 22 families after a broken pipeline leaked about 200,000 gallons of heavy crude on March 29, 2013. But people living in the same subdivision, just a few blocks away, were not asked to leave. Neither were the residents of the lakeside community where the oil eventually pooled and where the cleanup continues today.
A Canadian company is repairing dozens of defects along the newly laid southern leg of the Keystone XL—the section of the oil pipeline that does not need approval from the U.S. State Department and is already under construction.
The Oklahoma-to-Texas pipeline is not yet operational, but landowners worry that the repairs hint at more serious problems that could someday lead to oil spills. The project will carry primarily Canadian oil—including diluted bitumen from Alberta's oil sands—from Cushing, Okla. to the Texas Gulf Coast.
David Whitley, who owns a small cattle ranch in Wood County, Texas, said he first heard about the repairs six weeks ago, when TransCanada—the company behind the project—asked to dig up a small section of the pipeline on his land for a visual inspection. Whitley said the work was described as part of a "random inspection."
Construction workers showed up with heavy equipment and dug a trench at least 30 feet long, he told InsideClimate News. They removed an eight-foot section of pipe and painted it with the words "DENT" and "CUT OUT." Later, Whitley said he found a construction checklist near the trench that labeled his property as work site 31 or 34. (He said the last digit was difficult to read.)
In a video produced by Public Citizen Texas, a nonprofit that opposes the pipeline, landowners say pipeline workers have told them there are at least 40 "anomalies" along a 60 or 70-mile stretch of the line in east Texas.
While all eyes are on TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, another Canadian company is quietly building a 5,000-mile network of new and expanded pipelines that would achieve the same goal as the Keystone. In fact, the project by Enbridge, Inc., Canada's largest transporter of crude oil, would bring even more Canadian oil into the U.S. than the much-debated Keystone project.
Enbridge has already begun growing its existing pipeline infrastructure to increase the flow of Canadian and U.S.-produced oil into refineries and ports in the Midwest, Gulf Coast and Northeastern Canada. The company's plans have largely escaped public scrutiny, in part because its expansion has proceeded in many segments and phases.


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The stepmother of a 14-year-old accused of bullying a girl prior to her suicide, went before a judge on Saturday.
Vivian Vosburg is being held in the Polk County Jail, on $300,000 bond.
Polk deputies arrested her Friday evening.
She is charged with two counts of child abuse with bodily harm and four counts of child neglect.
Vosburg is the stepmother of one of two girls who was charged with felony aggravated stalking earlier in the week.
Officials say the two girls bullied and harassed 14-year-old Rebecca Sedwick before she committed suicide.
In a news conference Friday, Polk Sheriff Grady Judd showed a video he said was of Vosburg beating two male children in her home. He said the video showed the 14-year-old suspect and another girl laughing while Vosburg beat the kids.
The relationship between Vosburg and the boys wasn't clear. Judd said the boys were in her care at the time.
Judd said detectives found the video on a Facebook page belonging to the sister of the 14-year-old who was arrested after tips about it came in from the community.
Despite the apparent video evidence, Vosburg told reporters, "I didn't do it," as she was booked into jail.
After this weeks's arrest in the cyberbullying case, a woman who identified herself as the 14-year-old suspect's mother denied the charges, insisting that she watched her children's social media accounts.
Sheriff Judd said he does not believe that claim.
"It is clear, not only has Vosburg demonstrated she cannot control the behavior of children she has access to without using violence, but she is obviously not monitoring the social media sites of children she has access to either."
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One, the dining meets nightlife concept at Revel from the New York-based The One Group, will be the third restaurant at the new resort casino to close and be taken over by Revel. One's last day of service will be Jan. 1.
One will close on Jan. 2 to accommodate a new restaurant concept by Revel, says Revel Executive Director of Public Relations Maureen Siman. Accessible to a broader audience, the new concept for this space will be announced in early 2013.
Approximately 50 people are employed at One, and they will be offered employment within Revel, possibly at the new Revel restaurant.
In October, Revel also took over the operations of Michel Richard's O Bistro & Wine Bar and the adjacent Breakfast Room. The Breakfast Room is now called The Alcove, offering breakfast and lunch. And O Bistro is now Skycafe, offering a breakfast buffet as well as snacks all day that can also be served poolside. Richard still operates Central, which offers contemporary French twists on American classics and some of the best desserts you will ever devour.
One, despite having one of the best brunches in the city, never seemed to take off with the Revel crowd. The high-energy American bistro offered a hip, modern decor that included leather sofas and a bar area with a billiards table and a DJ during dinner and late night.
The One Group, best known for its STK celebrity-driven steakhouse concept, was a great place to stop before a Revel concert to have some appetizers and drinks while you played pool and listened to music. And some of its best items included tuna tartare, crab and spinach dip with aged cheddar and corn chips, the kobe sliders with truffle sauce and house pickles and the prime Cowgirl steak, a 16-ouncer with red chimichurri, roasted garlic and adobo butter.
If you never tried One, you still have a little time to check it out. The restaurant will be offering its regular menu, as well as special New Year's offerings.
The One Group declined to comment about the closing. There have been recent rumors about Revel offering a buffet, a player's lounge and possibly an Asian noodle bar, but Revel would not comment.


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The concert experience always begins and ends with transportation to and from the concert venue, and therefore also becomes a great part of the overall experience.
If one or more of the following statements are true for you, read more:
I want:
• Easy, fast and comfortable transportation out and back
• To begin the musical experience from home
• To be able to drink a beer or two underway
• To listen to music and watch music videos or documentaries about the performing artist
• Environmentally friendly transportation
The Concert Bus rides from a number of cities all over Denmark, directly to the bus parking by the concert venue and back again.
See oversight map of cities here
You will arrive an hour before the doors open so that you can be in due time for a good seat. The bus returns 45 min. after the concert ends.
The Concert Busses are modern touring coaches with toilet, air-condition, good legroom, etc.
Cold as well as hot drinks are sold in the bus.
Music is played and music videos and perhaps documentaries about the performing artist are shown, so the basis for a good atmosphere has been made from the beginning of your concert trip.
You are NOT allowed to bring your own beverages to the Concert Busses.
Research from Cowi, among others, states bus transportation as one of the absolutely most environmentally friendly types of transportation compared to cars, airplanes, trains, etc. Centrum Turist's busses are approved according to the latest Euro norms.
The ticket to the Concert Bus will be available on Billetlugen, where you book as well as pay before you receive your ticket by mail. Just as easy as when buying other tickets at Billetlugen.
Please note that the ticket for the Concert Bus is only a bus ticket, it does NOT include concert ticket.
The concert experience always begins and ends with transportation to and from the concert venue, and therefore also becomes a great part of the overall experience.


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To learn about the University's student housing options, visit our Residence Life website.


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Deborah Rayne and Nicole Balsam in a
scene from Spirits of Exit Eleven
(Photo credit: Donna Alberico Photography)
Michael Puzzo's new play Spirits of Exit Eleven at the Lion Theatre on Theatre Row isn't profound, but it also isn't pretentious. It is what it is—a little slice of life in blue collar New Jersey with just a touch of otherworldliness to spice things up. At Smitty's Tittys and Pies, a tired pizzeria/pole-dancing joint, five characters—perhaps, six (or seven)—go through their dreary, but interesting, interdependent lives on Halloween night.
Facing competition from a new joint across the highway, an anxious Butchy (Michael Carlsen), ST&P's manager, costumed as a rather bedraggled Frankenstein monster, berates MT/Marie Therese (Deborah Rayne) for her Eskimo costume, an odd for her strip act. Butchy wracks his brain for some other gimmicks to keep the place solvent, including making fancier pizza. Sitting in the restaurant, half-drunk is Tommy (Stephen Payne), an older regular who has seen everything and doesn't shy away from bringing up uncomfortable memories. Completing the cast are Nicole Balsam as the other stripper Agatha and Shane Patrick Kearns as the Young Man who applies for the job of fancy pizza maker, but, it turns out, has an agenda all his own. Unseen is Smitty, the owner, and the spirit of Tina, a stripper, whose death a year before still reverberates throughout the play, particularly when the jukebox eerily plays the late Tina's favorite song whether plugged in or not.
Nothing much actually happens at a delightfully leisurely pace. They bicker, argue and reveal their innermost secrets and worries. Will Butchy hire the eager Young Man? Why is the Young Man so eager? (The reason is revealed late in the play.) This revelation, plus the fact that the two young strippers find out that Smitty has been using hidden cameras to spy on them, leads to a very funny revolt that keeps this slice of life comedy chugging along.
Mr. Puzzo's ear for the way his characters speak is uncanny. He knows that these people yearn for a better life. They speak in a carefully detailed local accent, using the occasional multi-syllable word that they probably heard on TV or remember from some high school English class, and make reference to Greek tragedies and other literary works. They overdo gestures and are passionate about everything from their makeup to their drinks.
Shane Patrick Kearns, Stephen Payne and Michael Carlsen in
a scene from Spirits of Exit Eleven
(Photo credit: Donna Alberico Photography)
Director Frank Licato has a good feel for pacing and filling in the non-verbal moments.
All the actors created believable characters which will get more and more refined and details as the play continues its run. Miss Balsam's Agatha managed to be fragile but strong. Her pole colleague, MT, was given robust life by Miss Rayne. Mr. Carlsen's Butchy was hard-crusted but soft inside. Mr. Payne's Tommy was a great observer without disappearing into the melee while Mr. Kearns' Young Man, though blandly written, became more exciting as the play unfolded.
David Meyer's set from the tinsel curtains in the doorways to the Formica counters is dead on as are the costumes by Alexis Forte. Alisa Boniello's pole-dancing choreographer looked authentic without going overboard. The lighting design by Adam H. Greene created many moods, helped by Donald Stark's sounds, include the weird jukebox.
Spirits of Exit Eleven is an entertainingly staged little corner of a little world.
Spirits of Exit Eleven (through February 2nd, 2013)
Lion Theatre on Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street, bet. 9th & 10th Avenues, in Manhattan
For tickets, call 212-239-6200/800-432-7250 or visit http://www.telecharge.com
More Information: http://www.spiritsofexiteleven.com


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(WMC-TV) - The former mayor of Oakland, Tennessee will have some explaining to do in court Thursday. He said "I do" to one woman while he was already married to someone else.
Scott Ferguson is currently out on bond after turning himself in to Crittenden County authorities this week on a bigamy charge.
Court documents show Ferguson married Miguelina Mora, who lives in Cordova, on Valentine's Day in West Memphis, Arkansas.
The problem is he's still married to Laurie Ferguson, the mother of his four children in Tennessee.
Now, after less than two months of marriage, Mora is asking for a divorce or annulment.
Ferguson admitted to Action News 5 last month when he resigned that he stepped down as Oakland Mayor because of his infidelity to his wife, Laurie.
And you'll recall a photo showing a shirtless Ferguson blew up on the internet while he was still mayor.
Right now, we're told Ferguson is living in Jonesboro with his father. No one answered the door at the home when we went looking for answers.
But Ferguson may talk today when he shows up for court in Crittenden County. If convicted, Ferguson could be hit with a fine and serve up to 11 months and 29 days behind bars. We'll let you know what happens.
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©2003 Ricardo Silva Romero; (P)2004 Recorded Books, LLC
"My Daughter means everything to me, now I know why"
After reading this book, I understand what kind of impact I am having on her, and what impact I have had on her since the day I held her for the first time in the Hospital when she was only hours old.
I have recommended this book to every father I know, and I recommend it to you now.
It is not just what it tells you about what you need to do but what happens when you are not around. How, when you are not there, your daughter still thinks about you and what you have shown her, and how that shapes how she handles herself and the world around her.
The stories in the book really touch my heart. From the simple ones that make you smile to the heart wrenching ones that can make you weep out loud.
Lets not stop at how you effect your Daughter, this book also makes you realize how SHE shapes YOUR life. Once you read/listen to this book you will never look at a Victoria Secret cover the same again.
The world will look different in your eyes. It might look a little more dangerous in some ways and wonderful in others. All because your perspective has changed. You will start looking at things as how they would effect your little girl if she saw it.
It makes you realize, also, that how you treat your Wife in front of her can dictate how she will be treated by her husband and vice versa.
If you are a Man who has or is about to have a little girl then I ask you to read this book. It will help you and her for YEARS to come.
After I read the book I purchased it from audible.com so that I could listen to it when I drive.
"Quite insightful."
This book is actually quite insightful and simple to comprehend, and has therefore helped me to understand and appreciate the unique needs of my alien daughter.
Half way through the book so far, I have encountered absolutely no signs of "constant right wing Christian moral espousement". Religion isn't mentioned at all.
This book is helping me reconnect with my daughter, but be forewarned, having your mistakes and weaknesses pointed out in the examples isn't an easy listen....
"I needed this!"
I came from a family that was abusive, i was in and out of foster homes and then adopted. We are our childrens first teachers and my "teachers" were not instructing me very well on how to discipline, raise and love my own children. nonetheless i was getting an education on how to raise my children.
This book changed my education and taught me the importance of my role to my daughter....and also helped me to understand my wife.....(didn't think that was possible!).
"Brilliant but could have been more concise"
The material was wonderful and very helpful to me. It gave me the courage and inspiration to talk to my daughter about some very challenging subjects. I would be very interested in a shortened version that wasn't so repetitive. I listen to a lot of audio books with less interesting subject matter but I had a hard time making it all the way through this one. I ended up listening to it in double speed.
"Must read for any Father of a duaghter."
When I was an expectant father of a daughter I ran into this book. So I got it and read it or rather listened to it. I can not begin to relay to you the wealth of info this book has in it. It really made me look at fatherhood in a whole new way. It also let me in on some of what my little girl will expirience, feel, think, and how to approach these situations and issues. GREAT BOOK.
"Must read for fathers and daughters"
Dr. Meeker does a great job of explaining all the things that go through a girl's mind as she is growing up and how that can have unintended impacts on her. Fathers should understand this.
"All fathers of daughters should read this book"
After an average introduction of the problems / world facing our daughters, the book hits you right between the eyes with the immense responsibilities fathers have to their daughters. This book tells you how to step up to the plate and guide your daughter to a better future. If you care about your daughter, this is a must read.
"Not a professional"
Not by Meg Meeker
Anything not by Meg Meeker
no complaints here
The author
Meg Meeker is not a psychologist, sociologist, or therapist. She's a pediatrician with outspoken religious and conservative convictions. In other words, she is not qualified to write an objective, fact-based book on healthy father-daughter relationships. Yet the book is presented as though she is an expert in psychology and sociology. This is potentially damaging pseudo-science. Her website actually states, "Dr. Meg Meeker is the country's leading authority on parenting, teens and children's health." Pretty impressive for someone who's never done one ounce of research or published one research document or even been certified in psychology or sociology.
"Powerful Reading"
This was a great purchase. I think this is an important book that I will listen to again and one that I have already recommended to other fathers.
"A book every father should read."
The title says it all. If you are a dad put this one on your reading list.
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This was excellent. I used a food processor to do all the chopping and it went together quite easily. The family loved it. The only complaint was the desire for more marinara in the sauce. I served it along side of some lightly buttered spaghetti noodles (garlic salt and parsley flakes mixed in) and a tossed green salad. Time-wise, I'd probably save this for a weekend meal. I would definitely serve it to guests.
Chicken Cacciatore
daneanp Posted: 02/19/12
heather1023 Posted: 06/26/12
Loved it! I made this last night and even my picky husband liked it. I added some drumsticks to mine and also cooked it in my dutch oven instead of the baking dish, It turned out great!. Very flavorful, and easy.
CMWynne Posted: 03/29/12
Followed the recipe exactly, but did add more sauce. Everyone ate it up and asked if I would make it again sometime soon...definitely a keeper!
badger22000 Posted: 09/26/12
Followed recipe exactly as stated, and would deffinately do it again, however think im gonna try it with more sauce as well. It was very flavourful and tasted great!! Absolutely a keeper recipe!!
nancycotton Posted: 10/12/12
I thought this was excellent! Great flavors, easy to make. Will definitely make again.
JackieP021 Posted: 03/06/12
I thought this recipe was excellent. Wouldn't change a thing! All the chopping was worth the effort.
snookiesan Posted: 03/07/12
I cannot say that I completely followed the recipe. I was trying to clean out the fridge. I used an orange bell pepper in place of the green bell. I probably had 10 ounce of mushrooms instead of 8. I also combined 1 cup of marinara with 1 cup of Sockarooni pasta sauce. I served it over angel hair pasta drizzled with a bit of olive oil. I thought it was really good and would make it again (with my modifications though). This is not a fast meal. While I was fine doing it on a weeknight, it's best saved for a night when you have the time.
skspillman Posted: 03/06/12
I'm not sure what went wrong with this dish, but my family and I definitely didn't like it. The flavors just didn't seem to meld well. I couldn't find the McCutcheon's marinara at my grocery store and instead used a different brand of sauce... maybe that was it. I followed the directions exactly (besides the McCutcheon's) and served over whole wheat penne. I will not make this dish again.
BusyGranny08 Posted: 05/19/14
Loved the flavor - I keep this recipe in particular for the "vegie" part and make it often.


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Texas 12 Year Old Shatters Six Records With One Catfish
courtesy of Texas Catfish Guide
Being a professional catfish guide is kind of like any other profession. The plumber's pipes always leak, the mechanic's car never runs and so on. I don't get near as much time to "just fish" as I would like to have.
I am blessed with having a 12 year old son (Lane) that loves the outdoors. It doesn't matter if it is fishing or hunting or anything outside, he is always game. He has had aspirations of catching a lake record catfish for quite some time so I committed to taking some time off during the 2011 holiday season to spend some time to get him a junior angler lake record.
We started our quest on Lake Worth, Texas. Partially because this is a lake I guide on and it holds good populations of big catfish but also because the junior angler lake record was a mere 26 lbs and I felt it would be pretty easy to beat this record.
On December 21st 2011 we launched the boat and as I was pulling off the boat ramp my phone rings. A friend tells me his son had just caught a junior angler lake record blue catfish of 40 lbs on Lake Worth. We met on the water looked at the fish and he headed in to get the fish certified through Texas Parks and Wildlife.
Lane and I went on to fish and landed several trophy class blue catfish that afternoon with the biggest fish being a 39.5 lb blue catfish that was released. This fish would have been a lake record had it been caught the previous day.
We headed home that evening and got a call learning that the "would be" junior angler record we thought was 40 lbs was only 37.5 lbs, and that we had just released a junior angler lake record fish. Needless to say we were pretty bummed.
On Friday December 23rd 2011 we headed back out on Lake Worth with the quest to beat the 37.5 lb record (again). I caught some fresh shad for catfish bait used my Humminbird 1198C side imaging unit to locate some trophy blue catfish holding on structure and we set anchors and began fishing. With no bites we moved several times and on the third move within about fifteen minutes of setting up we hooked a fish.
I knew it was a good fish when we hooked it, but wasn't sure how good it was. My son began the fight with the fish while I pulled anchor and reeled the other rods in.
The wind was blowing at a pretty good clip and I was supervising my son giving him guidance and landing the fish and the nose went into the wind and the big blue catfish began pulling the boat across the water, and I realized we had hooked a really good catfish.
After about 10 minutes I was able to net the fish and get him into my boat and get it on the scales. The fish weighed in at 66.28 lbs. We headed to certified scales, weighed the fish and went back and immediately returned the fish in the water.
We completed paperwork the next week and submitted to Texas Parks and Wildlife.
Much to my surprise, a week later we received a total of seven certificates in the mail. Lane had broken a total of 6 records including the Texas state junior angler record and Texas state junior angler catch and release record.
The following are the total records Lane
broke with his 66.28 lb blue catfish:
(1) Catch and Release Water Body Record
(2) Water Body Record
(3) Catch and Release Water Body Junior Angler
(4) Water Body Record Junior Angler
(5) Catch and Release State Record Junior Angler
(6) State Record Junior Angler
(7) Big Fish Award
Watching my son catch this fish was hands down the best Christmas present I could have received.
To get more information on fishing for catfish visit the Learn To Catch Catfish website. To fish with me visit the North Texas Catfish Guide Service website.