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Serve everything on SA that you have. For brownies the warm caramel nutty brownies on CC are awesome!! You make them in the large pan
My husband and I are planning an open house on New Year's Day. We have been talking about it for a few months, planning a very casual, drop in and drop out event. We plan on inviting everyone we know (neighbors, friends, family, co-workers, the works) and serve a crockpot of chili with lots of toppings, cornbread, my mom's carrot-raisin salad (she always serves it with chili!), and brownies.
I haven't had a PC grand opening and won't have a chance before the holidays, so I was thinking of making it my grand opening, maybe a mystery host party. But I want it to stay a very casual affair and I don't want our friends and neighbors to think we're only inviting them over to sell them stuff. How can I make an invitation that is PC friendly but also a "no pressure, come even if you don't want to buy stuff!" event? I don't want to do a demo and really want it to be more about the socializing than Pampered Chef.
And do you have any great ideas for using PC products or recipes for making chili, cornbread, and brownies? Other suggestions of things to serve with this menu? We'll have beer and lemonade to drink, so I can use the Quick-Stir pitcher.
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Serve everything on SA that you have. For brownies the warm caramel nutty brownies on CC are awesome!! You make them in the large pan
I am wanting to do the same thing.. I hope you get some good suggestions..

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Honestly, I thought this was an MMO, massively multiplayer. Instead I'm finding myself leveling all my characters solo, with the odd quest team up every 6-7 levels by an alt who already knows everything and thinks I do too. I'll tell a group I'm new and I'm here to learn and I'll sometimes get dropped for it. Way to help a newbie.
In the 6 months I've played, I've been able to successfully group TWO dungeons. The rest have been utter failure pugs. Hell, I'll even admit a few fatal mistakes were my fault. But gee, who was there to show me how to improve and where I went wrong? Not you. You're out in Naxx doing speed runs or in Ulduar in a goddamn pissing match with your other 80 buddies.
All these old assholes qq'ing "nobody knows how to play their class! Don't give them high level characters!" probably had the LUXURY of having friends or guilds regularly group with them and thus don't understand that nobody cares about classic content anymore (or at least doing it *correctly*). And then they turn around and qq some more, "wtf, these retards are level 80, how can they still not know how to play their class". And I see it non-stop in forums. Well it isn't cause they fucking skipped 1-79, now is it? Forcing someone to slog through the retardedly simple yet needlessly long quests of the classic world teaches *jack shit*. That's why you have MILLIONS of characters who don't know what they're doing.
Ugh, either way, I don't care. I'm done with WoW as of next week. So miserable I didn't even make it to Outland.


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When Christopher Cheswick learned that the drunken driver who killed his son Matthew might be paroled after little more than a year in prison, he turned to Facebook to post his outrage and heartbreak.
Carl Braun had a different reaction: He launched an online petition to fight the early release of the man who took his friend's life.
"I thought, 'This is not right,'" said Braun, 24. "The punishment does not fit the crime. Matthew's life was worth so much more than that."
Cheswick — friends called him "Cheese," for his camera-ready smile — was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Ocean City last May as he was crossing the Coastal Highway. The Cooksville man, a graduate of Glenelg High School and a student at Towson University, was 22.
Diogo Facchini, 31, of Lorton, Va., pleaded guilty last year to negligent homicide while impaired and leaving the scene of an accident. He was sentenced in November to five years in prison.
But in March, less than five months after the sentencing, the Maryland Parole Commission sent letters informing Cheswick's parents that Facchini would be up for parole this year.
Kristina Watkowski, an assistant public defender who represented Facchini, declined to comment on the case.
Braun, of Woodbine, launched the petition at change.org on March 28 to fight Facchini's early release.
In less than three weeks, the petition has attracted more than 3,000 signatures — and dozens of online comments.
"Matt hasn't even been in his grave for a year, there is no possible explanation for why parole is already being considered," wrote one signer.
"A precious life is gone. Do the crime. Do the time," wrote another.
David Blumberg, a member of the Maryland Parole Commission for 10 years and chairman for nine, said the hundreds of e-petitions that have landed in his inbox are "unprecedented" for a single parole hearing.
"It's very unusual to have this amount of interaction and communication with people on a particular case," Blumberg said. He said the commission welcomes all opinions as it considers parole.
Nathan Jurgenson, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maryland, is working on a doctoral dissertation on social media.
While online petitions are growing more popular, he said, little is known about how seriously they are taken or whether they influence public policy.
Some critics dismiss Internet activism as "slacktivism" — "You don't even have get out of your pajamas," he said.
But he added that "there is a growing sentiment that what is happening on the Internet is real" and social media campaigns can play a role in public policy debates.
Online petitions already play a significant role in Maryland politics. Opponents of legislation to create tuition breaks for illegal immigrants, to recognize same-sex marriage and to redraw the political map to favor Democrats mounted successful online petition drives to put the questions before voters on the 2012 ballot. Voters ultimately upheld those laws.
With the Democratic General Assembly this year approving a new gun control law, the repeal of the death penalty and other controversial legislation, mdpetitions.com founder Del. Neil Parrott, the Washington County Republican behind the last round of petitions, is asking supporters which measures they should try to defeat this time.
The response to Braun's petition has provided comfort to Cheswick's parents, who described their son as a delightful, thoughtful person looking ahead to a future in occupational therapy. At the time of his death, he had completed the first semester of his junior year at Towson and was working at the Merriweather Post Pavilion.


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Fur Council of Canada Misinformation (cont.)
Question 1: 'What do you mean by saying fur is green?'
The answer begins, "We want people to know that fur is an excellent choice if you care about nature — because fur is a natural, renewable resource."
Those animals who die in traps are not able to renew themselves, but the concept that furs are "renewable" comes from the idea that animals produce more young than are mathematically necessary to maintain their population. Therefore, the theory goes, as long as trapping stays within the "surplus" number it is "renewable." That is, the population size will stay stable, with the individuals not trapped producing enough young to replace those who are.
The sustainability argument does not apply to the majority of furs used in the industry because they are not trapped in the wild. According to The International Fur Trade Federation, "wild fur represents about 15 percent of the world's trade in fur" (International Fur Trade Federation "Fast Facts" accessed Oct. 15, 2008, cited in Toxic Fur) since it is not "natural" for wild animals to be in cages. Being caged requires, at the very least, concentration of food and waste that would never occur "naturally." 3 We will deal with the environmental implications of fur farms below.
But we do challenge the very concept of animals trapped under regulations being surplus from an ecological perspective, or that individual animals are of no consequence to the environment from which they are abruptly removed by traplines.
We agree that in North America, following the loss of numerous large populations of various species of wildlife as a result of poorly or non-regulated trapping and hunting (the sea mink went extinct; sea otters were critically endangered and populations of beaver and various other species were reduced or eliminated through significant parts of their ranges) enough controls were put in place to reduce the actual loss of animal species, but problems remain. The IUCN lists the wolverine, for example, as near threatened. "Fur trapping has contributed to a decline in numbers and distribution in the wolverine." (Wilson, D.E. & Mittermeier, R.A. eds. (2009) Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1., Carnivores. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, hereafter HMW, 2009). The species is also killed by trappers because it eats carrion, and will eat the bodies of animals found in caught in traps and snares (HMW, 2009).
But the admittedly more subtle point to be made is that significant removal of large parts of the population of a species cannot exist without consequences. These include the removal of potential prey species; reducing interspecific competition (competition within the species for such things as food, shelter and mates); forcing predators to put more than "natural" pressure on other, possibly less suitable, prey species; and the removal of those animals best suited to survive, but for being killed, thus compromising the process of natural selection that drives the process of evolution. 4
Since traps are non-selective in terms of fur quality (unlike fur "ranches," where animals are bred for the appearance or texture of their fur without regard to what best contributes to survivability of the species in the wild), they do not change the trajectory of evolutionary process to the degree that trophy hunting does (by constantly removing the largest animals or those with the largest horns or antlers, smaller animals with smaller antlers or horns are "selected for"). But they do impact the balances of predators and prey, unnaturally reducing populations of targeted species in relation to non-targeted species. Non-target species, including those who may be rare or endangered, are also susceptible to being unintentionally caught in traps.
Trapping does select against animals based on behavior. Trapping of predators employs bait, thus selects against animals who are more likely to eat carrion, removing them from competition with predatory animals more likely to prefer going after live prey (possibly including livestock). None of this is "natural" and only "renewable" in the sense that if enough animals are not trapped, they will produce enough young to maintain the population.
The next sentence of the FCC's answer reads, "The Canadian fur trade is very well regulated to ensure animal welfare." There are links, but the first, in reference to wild trapped animals, is to the fur industry's arguments in support of the Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards (AIHTS), which is a work in progress occasioned by the fact Canada, the United States and Russia were so far behind Europe in animal welfare legislation.
At the moment AIHTS primarily is directed toward finding traps that are as species-specific as possible and which, when they function properly, cause the animal to die within a certain time frame, either quickly (for example, by virtue of a broken neck or crushed skull) or not so quickly (strangulation, drowning) or that hold the animal until the trapper arrives to make the kill, or it dies from some other cause. In effect "humane" is redefined to include the degrees of suffering imposed upon animals by these traps.
The effort has consisted, in part, of years of experiments whereby captive animals were subjected to death from various trap models, modifications of traditional traps and prototypes, trying to find ones that cause a "humane" death (with drowning, a process that can be very prolonged in aquatic species such as otters and beavers, considered "humane"). They can deliver a quick death, but in order to do so everything must work perfectly, with the right-sized animal of the right species entering the right trap from the right direction. The requirement to use even those traps does not apply to all species, although they do apply to 19 commonly trapped species, meaning quite a few species intentionally trapped for fur are not even included by AIHTS.
Both the Canadian government and the fur industry rejected the concept of international standards until, after much pressure from their constituents, the European Union threatened to ban the import of furs from countries still using leg-hold traps. The fur industry, far from wanting humane standards, brought the issue to the World Trade Organization (WTO) which, in turn, ruled that the EU ban was not allowed because it would interfere with legal trade and business.
But the writing was on the wall and in order to address the European concerns (which could easily lead to boycotts or other regulations that would effectively limit imports of furs), Canada, the United States and Russia promised to develop "more humane" traps.
The leg-hold trap was never banned, but it was modified, some lined with hard rubber, or "offset" so as not to snap completely shut. The best way to convince anyone of what these traps are like is to place one on a finger, toe, wrist or ankle, tight enough to prevent escape, but not so tight as to break bones. If it is offset to just the right distance and the person remains motionless, it may be bearable, but if even slightly too tight the interference with blood flow soon leads to pain that becomes relentless and excruciating.
Meanwhile, the fact remains that the traditional leg-hold trap still remains and is still legally used for various species of animals (or the non-target species they attract).
Fur-Bearer Defenders has produced a video showing the different types of traps still legally used to catch animals in various jurisdictions.
The AIHTS essentially redefined what most of us would consider "humane" to include such forms of animal abuse as broken teeth, amputations, drowning and strangulation.
Another reference is to the Recommended Codes of Practice for so-called ranched or farmed fur-bearing animals. It is not a law and sets voluntary standards of animal care that are so cruel that in most jurisdictions, including Canada, you would be in line to be charged for cruelty to animals were you to apply them to a dog or cat. Canada's federal laws against cruelty were fashioned in the 19th century and effectively exempt animals abused for commercial purposes by stating that cruelty to animals fails to be cruel if it is "necessary," and commerce is regarded by the courts as "necessary." Animals are regarded as property under Canada's antiquated laws. All efforts to reform the law and update it were furiously and successfully fought by industries and interests that hurt animals, including the FCC.
The answer to Question 1 continues: "The furs we use are abundant, never from endangered species."
Some of the species used by the fur trade in Canada, species such as the muskrat or the red squirrel, are, indeed, abundant, their ranges dependent on habitat. They are herbivorous and thus, in natural circumstances, generally live at higher population levels than do predators. However, most species killed by the fur industry are predators and thus more susceptible to persecution. One remarkable exception is the coyote, which has thrived in areas where it is heavily persecuted, extended its range and is evolving in eastern North America at a rate measureable within human lifetimes.
But one must also consider that, in Canada, such species as the wolverine, gray wolf, fisher, long-tailed weasel, Canada lynx, beaver, harp and hooded seals and North American river otter are among fur-bearing species that have seen significant reductions in parts of their range as a result of habitat loss and/or a variety of forms of persecution, including trapping for fur, or to eliminate "nuisance" animals.
Some of these species, such as the fisher, are being restored by releasing animals into areas where they were previously depleted, while the eastern Canadian population of the wolverine remains endangered. Other species — the beaver, for example — are increasing in response to a decline in the value of their fur and subsequent decrease in trapping.
In Ontario, some rare furbearing species, such as the northern gray fox and the American badger, are unlikely to be intentionally trapped for their furs, but the same traps set for more-common species can and do catch them. Both these species reach the limits of their respective ranges in Ontario, and if they were birds or non-fur-bearing mammals they almost certainly would long since have been listed as species of at least some level of concern, if not outright endangered under Ontario's Endangered Species Act.
The answer to Question 1 then states: "And fur apparel is long-wearing. This is more ecological than today's disturbing trend to `cheap,' disposable fashion — like the tons of unwanted materials (80 percent non-biodegradable synthetics) that end up in landfills."
The fur industry always presents "synthetics" as the only alternative to fur, but apart from the fact that "synthetics" are not the only other source of outer-wear clothing material, when an animal is killed the process of decay sets in. The skin, when removed, will either mummify (dry out and harden and thus be useless to the fur industry) or rot. In order to prevent these things from happening, complex and very unnatural processes must be employed utilizing both energy consumption and various toxic substances that are bad for the environment.
The processes are called "tanning" or "dressing" and they can involve formaldehyde or chromium, which will kill bacteria but are recognized carcinogens. According to the FCC, formaldehyde is used in small amounts "to protect follicles during dressing or dyeing." 5 The first sign of a pelt rotting, even before there is a noticeable odor, is "slipping," whereby individual hairs start to come out. Formaldehyde or other strong chemicals are needed to halt this quite natural process. But formaldehyde is toxic, and it is, for example, listed as a reportable toxic substance in the United States by the Environmental Protection Agency on its Toxics Reporting Industry list, and is on the American Apparel and Footwear Association Restricted Substance List.
Chromium, used by the tanning industry (not just for furs, but also leathers) in "chrome tanning," because it works more quickly and produces a more desirable effect than safer products, is toxic and is, like formaldehyde, listed by the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States.
Other products that may be used in the tanning processes and that are variously considered toxic include aluminum, ammonia, chlorine, chlorobenzene, copper, ethylene glycol, lead, methanol, naphthalene, sulfuric acid, toluene and zinc.
We understand that the world is filled with manufactured products that contain chemicals and compounds that can be dangerous to human and animal health and the environment. These can range from such obviously dangerous things as cigarettes or gasoline (both "natural" to the degree a fur coat is "natural," being highly changed products that originally derive from such natural products as plants and subterranean oil) to subtle elements such as Bisphenol-A (BPA), used in numerous food containers but implicated in concerns about its effect on human development (Canada banned baby products containing BPA in 2009 and is now looking at a complete ban). But no one claims these products are "natural," or come without ecological risks.
It is precisely because fur, a product that includes both the hair and the skins of dead animals, is derived from carrion that it must be constantly guarded against insects, bacteria, fungus and other natural agents of decay. We recognize that there are very few manufacturing processes, thus very few manufactured goods, that do not involve at least some materials that threaten human health and the environment, and we hope that their use is sufficiently regulated to protect the environment; we don't claim that they are "green" products.
Fur coats do not outlast other forms of clothing, and the FCC provides no evidence to the contrary. But anyone who has owned fur knows that during warmer weather it must be kept in cold storage (a form of energy consumption not necessary for other types of clothing) and at times treated with toxic pesticides. The fur industry is intently focused on "fashion," and seeks to persuade consumers to buy "the latest" fashion, often sponsoring designers and fashion shows and fur shows, all having the effect of rendering fur products obsolete before even they can wear out. From makers of sunglasses to telecommunication devices to automobiles, other manufacturers play the same game, to be sure, always playing on the insecurities of consumers to make them want the latest new and improved version of the product, rather than seeking to make products that will last, but they don't seek to pass themselves off as "green."
And while the FCC's own website shows models in the most recently designed fur coats, stoles or half-coats or various novelty garments, in fact increasingly the bulk of fur is used as decorative trim on outerwear garments that are made the same way as any other garment is manufactured, thus has the same lifespan, and are no more or less likely, when worn out, to end up in landfill or be any more or less biodegradable than any other garment.
Fur does do not wear well. Wild mammals never maintain their fur for more than a year, replacing it at least annually, if not more often, and when left alone are frequently engaged in washing and grooming. Yes, they are subjected to much more wear than the furs of a fur coat wearer, but they do not require refrigeration in winter, or use of toxic chemicals, to maintain. They are, when worn on those that they are born on, truly natural, quite unlike the products of the fur industry.
The answer to Question 1 continues: "Those who think that synthetics can replace fur should also know that most synthetics are made from petroleum — a non-renewable resource — and their production and disposal can pose environmental problems."
Note that again the FCC implies that the only alternative to fur is synthetic fur. While this document focuses on the FCC's greenwashing, the reason most people reject wearing fur is their compassion for the animals abused by the industry. Thus they not only do not want to wear fur, they do not want to appear to be wearing fur, and modern synthetic fur coats are virtually indistinguishable from actual fur coats. Indeed, actual fur coats are routinely cut or sheared and dyed to look about as unnatural as possible. Some furs are dyed in bright, primary colors that occur in no wild animal whatsoever, but are considered to be fashionable.
From an environmental perspective, the concern is the size of the "footprint" on the ecosystem. Synthetic fur, for those who want it, is derived from petroleum, it is true, but not as much petroleum as is utilized in the manufacture of a synthetic fur coat of similar size. While remembering that fur is mostly derived from animals kept in small cages, registered traplines in Canada can reach up to 500 square miles in size, and are usually patrolled by snowmobiles, and those are fuelled by petroleum. Since traplines are so often in remote areas, the fuel often must be exclusively shipped to them, often by air, utilizing still more petroleum. Furs must be transported from traplines or fur farms to locations where they are dressed, with such transportation utilizing vehicles that are also fuelled by fossil fuels. They must be shipped to and from auctions, and then to manufacturers, all procedures using petroleum, and all procedures not needed in the production of synthetic fur.
Similar issues pertain to fur farms, where it is necessary to constantly ship food into, and excrement out of, these locations. The fur farms, themselves, use energy to store food and to provide light, cooling or heating as required, and to facilitate shipment of the product.
The tanning process requires still more energy and cold storage. And as stated above, unlike a synthetic coat, in order to prevent the natural processes of decay a fur coat should, according to the Fur Information Council of America, have an "air exchange … carefully regulated with temperatures kept below 50 degrees Fahrenheit and a constant humidity level of 50 percent." (Fur Information Council of America website, accessed August 15, 2008, as cited in Toxic Fur).
Finally, there is waste, including toxic waste, from the fur industry. Fur garments themselves are either trimmed with fur or mostly are made from fur. Either way, as explained above, they, as well as garments made out of other materials, both natural and synthetic, also will wind up as waste. The difference is to maintain fur (assuming the wearer is not concerned about changing fashions and wants the garment to last) requires an energy expenditure in order to prevent decay and deterioration that other garments tend not to require at all. Furs are not recycled as compost, and organic waste contributes to methane gas in landfills.
But the hidden waste is the excrement and skinned bodies that accumulate at fur farms. Most fur bearers raised in these facilities are carnivores (foxes, mink) whose excrement is not suitable for fertilizer. Skinned carcasses may be utilized, but because of the odors they produce and the desire to keep them hidden from view, many fur farms are located far from where such utilization is financially feasible, and at any rate, as explained below, skinned carcasses are not really suitable for compost or fertilizer.
The answer to Question 1 concludes: "Sensational and misleading 'animal rights' campaigns have created confusion about the true ecological role of the fur trade. It is time to present another side of the story." It is possible that those opposed to the fur trade have misstated things in some places, but just saying something does not make it so. The fur industry has no positive "ecological role" to play, and on the contrary, as the current document will show, it has caused numerous ecological problems.
Question 2: 'How can the use of animal (sic) to make a luxury product ever be ethical?'
Question 3: 'How can I be sure the Canadian fur industry practices humane standards?'
Question 4: 'Are those videos going around for real?'
Question 5: 'Are coats in Canada made from dog and cat fur?'
Question 6: 'Who are the animal activist groups and what do they really want?' and the conclusion


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Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the most successful Prime Minister of Turkey's multiparty era. His party, the AKP (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, 'the Justice and Development Party'), won its third consecutive election in June 2011, securing approximately 50% of the vote. During his term, Turkey has seen unprecedented economic growth, constitutional reform, and a re-emergence as a major global power. This success in addition to his personal charisma and work as PM have made Turkey a model to emulate for many Muslim countries.
A Popular Reformist:
In September 2010, over 58% of voters supported Erdogan's constitutional referendum which made changes to the constitution in order to bring it into compliance with European Union Standards hence facilitating Turkey's EU membership process. Erdogan is also leading groundbreaking initiatives by introducing a number of democratic measures in regards to the country's judicial system, the Kurdish issue, non-Muslim minorities, Alawites, freedom of the press, free political association, zero tolerance for torture, and the fight against coup attempts.
A Mediator:
Erdogan insists on a role for Turkey as a mediator and bridge between cultures and civilisations. The Alliance of Civilizations initiative of the United Nations—that Erdogan established with the Spanish president, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero—has become a key forum for international, intercultural, and interreligious dialogue and cooperation. It has continued to develop deeper relations with key players in the Arab world, the Balkans, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Arab World:
Turkey's position during the various uprisings of the Arab Spring has always been to side with the people. Erdogan and other high-level officials have visited Tunisia, Egypt and Libya post-revolution to show their continuing support for the transition to democracy. In Syria, this has led to border clashes with Syrian government forces, allowing Turkey the opportunity to deploy NATO Patriot missiles on its border with Syria. Erdogan is hailed for his strong opposition toward the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, and his criticism of Israel's May 31, 2010 raid on a humanitarian flotilla to Gaza, which killed nine Turkish nationals, and which led to a freeze in all military and political cooperation. An apology from the Israeli Prime Minister has begun the process of healing relations.
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Under Erdogan, Turkish foreign relations have taken on a global perspective. Starting with the adoption of a 'good neighbour policy'— in August 2009—Turkey has focused on building stronger relations with all of its seven land-contiguous neighbours (especially Greece) and also all of those countries bordering the Black Sea (an important trading hub and a geopolitically significant area). In Africa, it has opened up over twenty new embassies and consulates and when Somalia suffered from a crippling famine and drought in 2011, Erdogan not only gave aid, but also became the first leader from outside Africa to visit Somalia in nearly two decades. While Turkey has about 45% of its foreign trade with European countries, it is developing strong trade relations with other regions and attracting investment from all over the world.
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His popularity has suffered recently with the heavy-handed response of the government to the Taksim Square protests. Also, he has lost credibility for his personal harsh criticism of the Sheikh Al-Azhar for backing the overthrow of President Morsi. Both responses have led to a fall in popularity within the Muslim world.
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We continue our unconditional support to Azerbaijan for the peaceful solution of the problem," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at the press conference following the 3rd meeting of Azerbaijan-Turkey High-Level Strategic Cooperation ...
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Ortega support China and Russia on Position about Siria
What does it mean? At least he is consistent in his support for strange causes like Whaling, Iran, now Siria, etc.
In other news: http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/politica/241417-ortega-saluda-aniversari... I do not really think he knows what the revolution in Iran was all about? Now, most Iranians i know reminisce about the times of the Shah.
Reminds me of the "Contrary" in Little Big Man movie.
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Crazy world politics
I think this is about the right place to toss this into the discussion. This is the first part of an article in the Los Angeles Times.
U.S. and NATO soldiers have been ordered to take extraordinary precautions against being shot by Afghan troops, including designating "guardian angels" to keep watch at joint bases around the clock, according to a senior military official.
Any time a group of Western soldiers is gathered on a joint base to exercise, train or even sleep, one member of the unit is required to be armed and on alert for possible fratricide attacks, the official said, describing the new requirement.
So you think Ortega hooks up with strange governments. I think the US forces itself on strange governments.
The US creates strange governments
The CIA worked with the fundamentalist Afghans and foreign fighters to overthrow a moderate left Afghani government that asked the USSR for help. They get rid of the Russians but the moderate left group held on to Kabul longer than the US puppet forces held onto Saigon. The CIA-sponsored group turns into the Taliban, proving yet again that the enemy of my enemy might also hate me, too, just getting rid of enemy no 2 before attacking enemy no 1.
Nobody quite knows how involved the Taliban ever was with al Qaeda. The Taliban is still a popular enough force in Afghanistan that anyone trying to put together a government for Afghanistan has to deal with them.
Rebecca Brown
It looks freer than the US to me
...just that big employers and landlords are no longer free to call in the Guardia to beat someone into accepting the wage they want to pay.
Rebecca Brown
Looks can be deceptive.
Define 'Free' as it pertains to the average Nicaraguan or the 'Real Nicaraguans'.
When the Nicaraguan veterans can protest by seizing a bridge
and there's no violence, no beating them down, just negotiations, it beat the US record for handling its own vets after WW I, and those didn't seize the bridges going into DC, either.
You've never lived in the US, especially not in South Carolina in the 1950s and early 1960s. I can't buy a freedom that's just for rich white people.
And right now, I'm rather embarrassed for at least some of my country, though there's been some effort to make it illegal to stalk black men and shoot them because they were new to the neighborhood.
People here get killed when they declare that they're picking up the gun to fight the duly elected government. It seems an improvement over killing them because they have a mass rally against the government.
Didn't say it was perfect. No place is, but the US shouldn't be as bad as it is considering how wealthy it is.
Rebecca Brown
So freedom for you is all about violence...
The average Nicaraguan can't "buy a freedom that's just for rich white people" either.
Assuming you have noticed that the country's elite is mostly white and a blend of about 6 family names that keep it that way.
There's a lot more to freedom than not getting shot.
You see the freedom you want and can afford to see.
I've noticed that, and noticed two family names
that show up the most, including buying themselves a politician and some folks to show up at their pet politician's rally here. And the Chomorros show up a lot, too. The other three names, I haven't noticed as much yet, but there are also some local rich folks names here, too.
Most Southern US states have their own five or six family names that manage to stay on top regardless (Reynolds family has been doing well for close to two centuries now in aluminium and tobacco plus diversification). The population is just larger and the economy more developed. Try living in a place where who your people are defines you -- that's not just for Nicaragua.
Rockefellers, DuPonts show up in several states, and one DuPont thought he was beyond being arrested for murder (turns out he wasn't in the right state to get away with it).
I've noticed that Ortega is described as looking Chorotegan.
I don't see protesting over unkept promises to be violent.
Rebecca Brown
Gotta agree with him
Syria is, well, none of our business. Let me say the same for Iran. In fact, I just watched a short video blog by Foster of Thrive Movement that makes the game all the more interesting. It turns out that the USS Enterprise, currently deployed near Iran, is ancient and due to be decomissioned next year. That makes it a potential candidate for a false flag event (like the Tonkin Gulf indecent was the one used to get the US into a war in Vietnam). And the story (of bringing democracy to people using weapons) goes on.
Oh yeah
The US got into Vietnam thru the feeble mind of one Harry S. Truman and every president who followed him till 1975. Same Harry Truman of Palestine and Korea fame. Too bad FDR died so soon and his ``get the Midwest votes`` dummy took over..
"You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality." Ayn Rand
The US got into a lot of places because
...the theory (see State Department archives) was that if we or the Brits didn't control less developed countries, they'd be under some other less benevolent empire (like the French, considering that they slaughtered Ho Chi Minh's family when they couldn't get him).
Roosevelt resisted more than most, but most prior administrations were playing (see the Philippines, which the Japanese took from the US and which became an actual democracy only in 1986, freed from direct US or Japanese control in 1946.
A number of Vietnamese nationalists only played with the VCP because it was the best organized group fighting colonialism. Nothing like highly disciplined cadres for getting things done in war time, just not necessarily the best governments for peace time.
Presidents like FDR are rare. And people are still trashing Lincoln for wanted to suspend habeus corpus but suspending habeus corpus is allowed under the Constitution during times of rebellion and war.
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You blew it
Now that you have gone live they can`t use this ship. The crew thanks you.
"You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality." Ayn Rand
What about an Italian boat?
They could just tip it over and say Iran did it.
. .Now, most Iranians i know
Yeah, me too, but these were Iranians who fled the revolution.
That's why we know them!
Pretty decent people, as I suspect most Iranians are.
The problem is the extremist fruitcakes running the country. A nuclear weapon only has value to a rogue state with nothing to lose. No reputable state is going to use the nuclear option.
Even if Iran hands a nuclear weapon to one of its proxies, everyone will know where it came from. Iran will continue to be marginalized.
Interesting coming from an Idahoan, I thought that you
were talking about the USA. You know, atomic bomb bullies that have a "Pre~Emptive First Strike" policy. And, we are the only's to have actually dropped two atomic bombs on helpless/defenseless civilian populations. (Due to Nevada's above ground atomic explosions, Idahoans have a very high incidence of cancers ~ hence, my wonder ) That glass house is clear "pain" to all other countries that live in our shadow. Yes, shadow ~ not light. The extremist fruitcakes are....whom? And, "No reputable state...." er, the USA has that very history? The top side of the teeter ~ totter; because we have all the "conventional" advantage is saying, "How dare they....use whatever they have left available to them to resist this Empire's wishes?" Think David and the G man...?
It's Been A
very long time since a nuclear weapon has been used. Whether the US was justified in using that option in Japan, and the choice of targets, is still hotly debated. Some claim it saved Japanese lives, compared to a conventional end to the war with Japan. The conventional bombing of Tokyo claimed more lives than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. Certainly it saved many American lives. It was a different time; I think you might have had to have been there to understand the rationale and the context. Some blame has to be laid at the feet of the Japanese leadership for continuing the war after it was clear that they had been defeated.
My point in my earlier post was, no reputable or sane state would use a nuclear device today. That leaves Pakistan, and potentially, Iran, as two countries that might detonate a device.
Fruitcakes?? Well, Iran has vowed the destruction of Israel by any means. They've accepted a casualty figure of 90 million Iranians as acceptable to that end.
The insidious devastation caused by the above-ground testing (which ceased in 1962) and the manufacture of plutonium at Hanford (which is slowly being remediated), is unquestioned. My father died of leukemia in his mid-sixties, as a result (we believe) of his career in the Air Force as "Nuclear Accident First Responder". He trained with the devices, and people simply were not cognizant of the risks involved until recently.
I believe that we ARE moving towards a world free of nuclear weapons. I believe that the weapons no longer serve a purpose.
In the meantime we still have some very dangerous people out there. 911 was a tiny taste of what would be possible if a nuclear weapon fell into the wrong hands. View the pictures of the destruction of Hiroshima and transfer that to NYC.
What the US doesn't get
...is that most people of the world would like it to stay out of their internal affairs.
When we invaded Iraq, my father, who talked to old men who'd fought for the Confederacy despite thinking slavery was not something they liked, said that no matter how much Iraqis hated Saddam Hussein, they'd hate the US more.
Basically, I suspect that there's a significant minority, perhaps a majority of Iranians who would like to be more secular without it being under a US puppet.
My father wasn't opposed to Iraq changing its government, just opposed bitterly to the US wading in to do it.
40% of the US population isn't happy with the way the US is ruled, either. I think we'd all be equally up at arms if the EU marched in to help us, even those of us who think the Western European nations have lot saner domestic and international policies.
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The Best Black Plants
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I've been bingeing at the library. I am currently testing the limit of how many books they will allow me to check out at one time. Seems that when I was a kid the limit was something like 5, but I am at 15 at the moment and no one is challenging me. But I think I need to lay off for an bit on my own accord. So this morning over coffee, I was perusing Black Plants by Paul Bonine. I love black plants... wanna know why?
Because they are mysterious, unexpected, slightly unnatural seeming, and just like in your wardrobe, they look good with everything.
Ok, so they aren't really all black — there isn't anything that really is — but they are as close as you can get in the plant world, and they are pretty dramatic.
Here are some of my favorites to get you started.
Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop' — This low, easy-growing ground cover is the perfect frame to brighter, more colorful plants. Use it to keep weeds down. It also looks especially great with blue foliage plants (like Festuca glauca 'elijah blue').
I passed up a Diablo ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius 'monolo') last year in the clearance shed at my local nursery. I am still kicking myself for that one after I saw what it does in the fall....it turns beautiful orange and then red.
Actaea 'Hillside Black Beauty' — I have had a hard time finding just the right spot for Actaea, but now that I have it, it is looking beautiful. I put mine right below the leaky hose bib. That way it gets lots of extra water — which it really likes.
Korean Angelica is a bi-ennial, but it supposedly reseeds itself. I just planted mine this year, so I won't get these beautiful seed heads until next summer. I can't wait.... but in the meantime this architectural plant with big leaves is still keeping things interesting.
Weigela 'Fine Wine' has become a star performer in my garden. My only complaint is that I wish it were a bit taller. I've got two of them just a little too far deep in the bed to be really appreciated (they need to be moved). This a front of the border character, so you can get the full view of the beautiful blooms.
Do you grow any black plants? Tell us your favorites.
(Images: Rochelle Greayer on instagram, Black Ajuga - Kensington Farms, Diablo ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius 'monolo') from Furneys Nursery, Actaea 'Hillside Black Beauty' from Inside Iris, Korean Angelica from Moosey Country Gardens, Weigela 'Fine wine' by Rochelle Greayer at studio 'g'.)
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My favorite flower period is the Black Forest Calla Lily, in fact I carried a simple bundle of 25 as my wedding bouquet.
Another great 'black' plant is the Black Lace Elderberry bush, it's stunning:
I just planted a black lace elderberry. it's gorgeous! most of my perennial garden is black, silver and white. drama!
Can I pick your brain about the black cohosh? I have the green species, and I know they take a while to get established, but no blooms yet. It gets plenty of water, but I know it needs nutrients because the leaves are pale. How long did it take yours to bloom, and any tips?
I have wanted to plant "black" plants, and you're all giving me some good ideas. nycgreenmomma, your garden sounds fantastic. Please share photos if you have them.
Oh, also, there are "black" tomatoes that are delicious. I am NOT a tomato eater, and I love these. A farmer who runs a CSA asked me what I don't like about tomatoes, and he said, "Then these are the ones for you." Can't remember the name of the variety, but they do have "black" in the name. Try them!
@Bruce - might be the Black Russian variety.
I just planted two black pepper plants - wanted something a little dramatic and with some depth - I LOVE them! they look like this: http://www.all-americaselections.org/images/winners/Orn_Pepper_BlackPearl.jpg
Don't feel too bad, I currently have 19 books checked out.
Several on Vegan cooking, some on storage & organization, and some fiction thown in for fun. I love libraies, but mostly, I just go one the Houston Public Library website, pick out my books, then pick my library location for pick up and they usually get there in under a week.
I work for a company that makes library software. Our software lets the library customize the number of books the patron checks out. It is typical to see it set at 50, 55, 80, 100 even. So, keep going!
I love black elder. They are in flower now - the pale pink flower clusters look beautiful against the dark foliage. Low maintenance, too.
Black mondo grass, similar flower to lily of the valley but purple, and leaves are pure black!
What is the pretty flower on the front of the book? I want some!
Two recent favorites that are somewhat unusual for others to try:
1. Salpiglossus sinuata: Commonly called "Painted Tongue," this is considered an annual, comes in striking stained glass like colors, and is beautiful enough for any garden. My black one bloomed throughout the mild winter here and is covered in blooms still.
2. Lotus jacobaeus: The black flowers are intriguing against the grey-green foliage. I grow it in pots and it should survive the winter with some protection.
Vegan cooking, storage and organisation, and fiction? Sounds exactly like my last library trip!
Thanks for the suggestions. Black plants can add so much to the garden. I'd love to try black mondo grass mentioned by chrismahp. I have the ajuga mentioned above growing in the ground and in pots. I also have succulents aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop' (black rose) and a dramatic black dyckia.
for tropical drama, black elephant ears: Colocasia 'Black Magic', also scabiosa 'Black Knight' and chocolate cosmos. When I worked in a greenhouse we used to grow black and orange pansies for halloween.
fizz fizz, that's a Helleborus of some kind; there are several dark flowered ones. I have 'Slate' and it's amazingly dark.
I have 'Diablo' and it's little brother 'Summer Wine'- turns out it's not really much shorter, but it is fuller and looks nicer. 'Black Beauty' elder. Several dark daylilies, including 'Bela Lugosi'. ('Raven' is the darkest I've seen, but I can't seem to get my hands on one) 'Blackie' sweet potato vine. A Martha Washington pelargonium that doesn't have a name on it, but it's seriously dark. A black leafed ligularia- loves the area above the leach field. 'Midnight Blue' rose. 'Black Scallop' and also 'Chocolate Chip' ajugas.
Karen Platt also has a book on dark plants "Black Magic and Purple Passion" that is just filled with black varieties.


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iHub By Jessica Colaço / April 27, 2011
Poets and Writers meet @iHubNairobi
Last Saturday, 23rd April was the inaugural POWO event – a forum for Poets and Writers that seeks to encourage Kenyan Creative writers to exploit the various opportunities presented by their internet for promotion of their writing. The event which was held at Nairobi's hub for the tech and creative community, the iHub.
It was also a 'Meet up' that sought to bring together Kenyan Creative writers be they writers of fiction, non fiction, poetry, prose with the common goal being their interest in using the internet. Most of those who signed up for the free event already had blogs and was a surprise to note just how many creative bloggers were in Kenya - Well over 50.
The event, though set to start at 11.30, started slightly late(12pm) due to lack of early risers being the start of the Easter Holiday. Early arrivals were treated to some African Music then Videos by Kenya's own Mike Kwambo with the poem 'Big *** Bed' and Chimamanda Adichie's 'The danger of a single story' that was originally shared with the TED crowd.
The event kicked off with Ndanu Mung'ala – MC for the day, welcoming all in attendance and inviting Njeri Wangari for the opening remarks. Then Njeri read a quote from one of the speaker's earlier blog post, Njoroge Matathia. A quote that has also been shared on this blog from his post 'Made on the Internet' (one can read the full article here). She went on to explain the idea behind the POWO concept with sneak picks into what should be expected in future. She shared her experience in the challenge that most creative writers face – getting published and went on to talk about the opportunities the internet gives event towards eventually getting a publisher was the case with the eventual publishing of her poetry collection.
The Day's speakers had arrived with the exception of Joseph Mucheru who sent his apologies due to a last minute commitment. He did however send us Neil Ahlsten – New Business Development Sub-Saharan Africa. The other speakers were, Wamathai, Potash and performance by Muki Garang.
After the opening remarks, the first speaker, Neil gave a short presentation on the opportunities available on Google's platform for creative writers e.g Google blogspot- the blogging platform, analytics for traffic statistics, Google books, YouTube among others. The presentation was quite brief and some attendees felt that there were more products that could have been discussed in detail.
There was fast internet and most of those at the event had come along with their gadgets. Most freely shared their views as well as update those who missed on the ongoing events. The event's hastag was #POWO. This also proved to be a good icebreaker for the meetup that was to follow after the talks.
Muki Garang the Performer at the event gave a unique performance with his poetry piece 'People's TV 101, Njeri has written about it earlier in her review of the Jukwaani Festival.
Wamathai, who contrary to popular belief is quite slim, soft spoken and can sometimes get nervous infront of a large crowd. His presentation on how Wamathai the blog started was quite an eye opener and honest critique. His story on how he got kicked out of FB due to too many female fans was quite fascinating.
The last speaker of the day was Potash (Njoroge Matathia). His intellect was too imposing and some got lost as he reminded writers not to be caught up in all the digital hype forgetting what their purpose is; Inform, Entertain and Educate. He also offered to engage anyone willing to get further details on a one-on-one or read his material which would deliver more oomph.
During the Q&A session, most sought to know how they can drive more traffic to their blogs, if its necessary to be on Twitter always, anonymous blogging as well as on soulful entertainment. Wamathai, in his answer to the use of twitter gave thought provoking challenge "Tweet Sense, not NonSense".
Writers were also treated to some videos by; Miceere Mugo at the 2010 Kwani Litfest, Def Poetry Gemini with the piece 'Poetic Bloodline' as well as Ngwatilo with her poem 'Two Clocks'.
In her closing remarks, Njeri gave the next meetup's agenda- A more hands-on tech workshop on the various tools available for writers online from; how to start a blog, how to embed a video or a html code, how to upload a video, using FB and Twitter effectively etc.
There were 73 people in attendance. Read the rest of #POWO tweets here . Fred Wambugu took some lovely shots of the event available here
The Next POWO Meet-up will be on 21st May at the same venue.
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Shiro at 09:03:31AM Thursday, April 28, 2011
I missed it, sadly. I hope to make it for the next one on 21st MayReply
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