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12 U.S. Code § 2124 - Stock of banks for cooperatives
The Capital stock of each bank for cooperatives shall be in such amount as its board determines is required for the purpose of providing adequate capital to permit the bank to meet the credit needs of borrowers from the bank and such amounts may be increased or decreased from time to time in accordance with such needs.
The capital stock of each bank shall be divided into shares of par value of $100 each and may be of such classes as the board may determine. Such stock may be issued in fractional shares.
Voting stock may be issued or transferred to and held only by (i) cooperative associations eligible to borrow from the banks [1] (ii) other categories of persons and entities described in sections 2128 and 2129 of this title eligible to borrow from the bank, as determined by the bank's board of directors; and (iii) other banks for cooperatives, and shall not be otherwise transferred, pledged, or hypothecated except as consented to by the issuing bank under regulations of the Farm Credit Administration.
Each holder of one or more shares of voting stock which is eligible to borrow from a bank for cooperatives shall be entitled only to one vote and only in the affairs of the bank in the district in which its principal office is located unless otherwise authorized under regulations issued by the Farm Credit Administration, except that if such holder has not been a borrower from the bank in which it holds such stock within a period of two years next preceding the date fixed by the Farm Credit Administration prior to the commencement of voting, it shall not be entitled to vote.
Nonvoting investment stock may be issued in such series and in such amounts as may be determined by the board and may be exchanged for voting stock or sold or transferred to any person subject to the approval of the issuing bank.
Participation certificates may be issued to parties to whom voting stock may not be issued.
[1] So in original. There probably should be a semicolon after "banks".
Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
2008—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–246, § 5402, which directed substitution of "par" for "per", could not be executed because "per" did not appear.
Subsec. (c)(ii), (iii). Pub. L. 110–246, § 5403(a), added cl. (ii) and redesignated former cl. (ii) as (iii).
1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–233, § 802(o)(1), struck out ", with the approval of Farm Credit Administration," after "board determines".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–233, § 802(o)(2), struck out "with the approval of the Farm Credit Administration" after "board may determine".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100–233, § 805(k), substituted "by" for "by by" after "regulations issued".
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 100–233, § 802(o)(3), struck out "and approved by the Farm Credit Administration" after "Board".
1985—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99–205, § 205(e)(3), inserted "under regulations issued by" after "authorized".
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 99–205, § 205(e)(4), struck out ", except for stock held by the Governor," before "may be exchanged".
1980—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 96–592 added subsec. (f).
Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.
Amendment by Pub. L. 99–205 effective thirty days after Dec. 23, 1985, see section 401 of Pub. L. 99–205, set out as a note under section 2001 of this title.
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Kerbert family
Kerbert is a Mennonite family, formerly found at Koog aan de Zaan, Dutch province of North Holland. Jan Kerbert, born 1820 at Koog, died 11 April 1890 at Arnhem, studied at the Mennonite seminary at Amsterdam and thereupon served as Mennonite pastor at Rottevalle 1845-1846, Hoorn 1846-1867, and Zwolle 1867-1884, retiring in 1884. Coenraad Kerbert (Koog, 1816-1857), a physician in his home town, was a noted botanist.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Kerbert family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 25 Sep 2018. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Kerbert_family&oldid=120818.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1957). Kerbert family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 September 2018, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Kerbert_family&oldid=120818.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 167. All rights reserved.
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian artist Vasile Muresan, known as Murivale, thinks art belongs on the street. The white-bearded painter can often be seen sitting on the colorful canvases that he displays in the street, while he is followed by the street dogs who are his companions and also inspire his work.
The 56-year-old from Bistrita — the Transylvanian town associated with the legend of Count Dracula — has been painting with passion since he was a teen, producing vivid works of Monaco, the streets of Paris, the hurly burly of the Romanian capital and huge, colorful, more abstract canvases.
His five dogs even sleep on his vibrant canvases laid out in the streets in a rundown area of the Romanian capital. He also posts some on walls for passers-by to see.
Murivale sees the notion of a real dog lying on a painted dog as summing up what he is trying to say — life and art as one.
He also paints on broken doors and peeling buildings.


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So the Republicans control the House, Senate and Governor's office. But the Democrat Attorney General Roy Cooper (who ran unopposed in the last election) makes the state issue drivers licences to illegal aliens. Why? The list of NC Representatives is included below if you have an opinion that you want to share.
David DeGerolamo
h/t Maureen W
From the Examiner.com:
In recent years, the illegal alien population in North Carolina has exploded thanks to 'sanctuary policies' in several cities and counties throughout the state.
Most recently, the welcome mat was made even larger for those who enter this country illegally by the Tarheel State, when the North Carolina DMV began issuing driver's licenses to illegal aliens.
Of course, these decisions and disastrous policies have been made over the very loud objections of many North Carolinians. However, as is so often the case, the desire for cheap labor and commerce has trumped the rule of law and the safety of the citizens.
Not surprisingly, as with any location that has a large concentration of Mexican and Central American illegal aliens, the children are truly paying the price for that so-called 'cheap labor.'
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text: This week, Cisco executives had a message that rang loud and clear at their 2013 Partner Summit event in Boston. That message: "Embrace cloud services, we will help." In the last two-and-a-half-years, Cisco has had three areas of cloud focus: builder, services provider and services reseller. Now Cisco is specifically geared toward ramping up resources for resellers to make the transition to cloud. Cisco is more than encouraging its partners to embrace the change; it is heavily invested in an incentives program around reselling Cisco-powered cloud services. In true Cisco form, executives are blazing trails where they see profit potential, and solution providers say they are already reaping the financial benefits.


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Junkertroyl (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
Junkertroyl (Junckertroyl; now known as Chorazówka; coordinates: 54.298, 19.051 [54° 17′ 52″ N, 19° 3′ 3″ E]; population in 1905, 188; in 2012, 71) is located approximately 10 kilometres (6 miles) north of Nowy Dwór Gdański (Tiegenhof), 26 km. (16 mi.) north-west of Elbląg (Elbing), and 26 km. (16 mi.) east of the regional capital Gdańsk (Danzig).
Colonization of the area around Junkertroyl began around 1650. Until 1793 Junkertroyl was part of Danzig in the Kingdom of Poland. The Second Partition of Poland in 1793 added Danzig and its surrounding territory to the province of West Prussia. The village was situated in the district (Kreis) of Danzig from 1818 until 1887, when it became part of the district of Danziger Niederung. The village became part of the Free City of Danzig from 1920 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939, when it came under the control of Nazi Germany. In February 1945 it was occupied by Soviet forces and eventually returned to Poland. Today Junkertroyl (now Chorazówka) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stegna, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship.
In 1793 there were two Mennonite families living in Junkertroyl with the following surnames: Dick and Harder. In 1820 there were 168 inhabitants in Junkertroyl with 11 Mennonites.
Mennonites who were residents of Junkertroyl were members of the Bärwalde Mennonite Church.
Stowarzyszenie Konserwatorów Zabytków. "Chorazówka." Catalogue of Monuments of Dutch Colonization in Poland. 2005. Web. 29 November 2012. http://holland.org.pl/art.php?kat=obiekt&id=305&lang=en.
Wikipedia. "Chorążówka." Web. 29 November 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chor%C4%85%C5%BC%C3%B3wka.
Wolf, Hans-Jürgen. "Familienforschung in Westpreußen." Web. 29 November 2012. http://www.westpreussen.de/cms/ct/ortsverzeichnis/details.php?ID=2810.
Map:Chorazówka, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
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Thiessen, Richard D. (November 2012). Junkertroyl (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 20 September 2018, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Junkertroyl_(Pomeranian_Voivodeship,_Poland)&oldid=124265.
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Building a Computer from Scratch (provided you have all the hardware)
This is a tutorial that is completely originated by me. I have not copied this text from anywhere and it is all based on what I have learned over the years.
I decided to write this tutorial because it is my strongest field and it will always come in handy for anyone. If any parts are incomplete please contact me on firstname.lastname@example.com. So, lets make a start.
First you need to take the case out of the cardboard box. Today most cases are standard ATX so for this we only need to take off one side, the side that the motherboard faces, usually (if looking from the back) the right hand side. Once this is off you want to untie any cables that are tied and separate them so that they are all untangled and free, next you need to hang all the cables over the sides of the case so that they are out of the way.
Look at the motherboard and see which faceplates you need to pop out. Note that most of them will be broken out but sometimes not all of them need to be. For example, the face plate for an on-board Ethernet card does not need to be removed if there is no on-board Ethernet card. So take out the required faceplates.
The next thing you need to do is get your motherboard ready, you need to take the bolts that came with it and screw them into the appropriate places, making sure that you only screw them into holes that will align with the holes on the motherboard. If even one bolt is placed in the wrong position, then after the board is powered up it can short circuit and stop working.
Then you need to attach the fan and CPU. Most CPU fans come with a sticker on them which is supposed to act as a heat transfer, but in 9 out of 10 cases they always come back with the CPU had been over heated. We use a silver heat transfer paste which seems to work wonders. Place the CPU in the CPU socket and then get the fan ready. Place the heat transfer paste on the bottom of the fan and then line the fan up in the correct position to be attached to the CPU. Hook one of the clips on the fan to the motherboard, and then using a screw driver very carefully push the other clip into place.
In most cases there will be a two wire power lead from the fan which plugs into the motherboard. Twist these two wires around each other, and then place it around the chassis of the fan until it doesnt seem to move and hang free. It should be done as so it reaches the motherboard place it is supposed to go neatly.
Place the motherboard in the case carefully making sure not to damage it to much. In most cases a cradle for hard drives or floppys will be in the way and you will have to place the motherboard in on an angle. Once it is in and you are sure there are no bolts touching the underside of the motherboard place the screws in the appropriate places and tighten them not so they are tight, but so that they dont fall out. After all the screws are in this position, and the motherboard doesnt seem to be under any unusual stress, tighten the screws up.
Now as I move along I like to place the wires in as I place the hardware in, unless its going to get in the way later on. So I usually at this point plug the motherboard power cable in. this usually doesnt get in the way because it is close to the power supply, but in some cases it does obstruct the area in which you place the RAM.
For all devices except the hard drives, I recommend you place them in the case by sliding them in through the front, instead of having trouble getting them in through the back of the cradles.
The next thing is the CD-ROMs this is because it is close to the top of the case and once done, doesnt get in the way for later tasks. Firstly, count how many devices need to be installed. For example, lets say two, one CD reader and one CD burner.
Just by force of habit, I usually take out three faceplates because there are two devices, this is because it is easier to install and makes it easier for certain repair jobs. Once this is done, decide which device you want to be the master and which one you want to be the slave. If I have two CD-ROMs I have them both on the same IDE, and the hard drives on a separate IDE. If there were two CD-ROMs then, depending on what the user will use the computer for, I would have one CD and one hard drive on each IDE.
So, place the jumpers in the correct position so that each one is either a master or a slave. Preferably the CD-ROM would be the master as it usually has a higher read speed and games like to be run from the master drive. After this slide the CD-ROMs in and screw them up. Make sure that the front of the devices are aligned with the front of the case. If it is a case where the front is detachable, tighten the devices up now and align them later on.
Depending which has more room in the cradle, above the floppy drive or below the floppy drive, is where you put your hard drive, make sure it has been set to master. Yes its true, hard drives do have an up and a down. The down is usually the part that has circuit boards showing. But I check it by the power plug being on the right hand side (looking from the back). You can cross check it by making sure the power plug is on the same side as the CD-ROMs. Place the hard drive in the desired position and tighten so it doesnt move.
The next piece of hardware is the floppy drive. Depending on the case, this can be a little tricky to install, but I will help you through it. So, this follows the same procedure as installing the hard drive, but you can only install the floppy in one place (for standard ATX cases). Look at the floppy and whereabouts it will fit in your case. Notice the eject button on the floppy, if you are able to use that once it is fixed to the case, align it to the front like you did the CD-ROMs and screw it up so its tight. If it is a case in where you have this little plastic chip and the floppy is behind the cover for the case, then you have to screw the floppy in so that it can slide around easily without too much force. This is because later you have to adjust it just right otherwise the floppy wont read the disk that is inserted.
Then you install your RAM. usually 256Mb SDRAM is plenty for normal systems but i like to be on the safe side and install 512Mb, usually most boards wont let you go over this limit. the ram sticks only go in one way and by looking at the chip there are two missing peices, the side with the longest straight edge goes to the right. sometimes you need to push hard to get the ram in so dont be afraid of breaking it
Ok, next thing on the list is to plug all this stuff in. start with the IDE cables. Start with the CD-ROMs, plug the cables in up that end but dont plug them into the mother board yet. Next is the hard drive, do the same with the IDE cable but dont plug it into the motherboard, just leave it hanging out the side of the case. Same with the floppy, the make your way and start plugging the IDE cables into the motherboard. Remember, on the motherboard, plug the hard drives into IDE1 and the CD-ROMs into IDE2 and the floppy IDE cable will only go into one place.
Ok, now start plugging the power cables in, try to find cables that seem to fit into the right place. By this I mean dont stretch the cables, there will always be a cable that is the right length and the right place. Once all these power cables are in, get some cable ties and tidy the power cables up, making sure they dont get in the way of any fans, particularly the CPU fan or the chassis fan. If any of the IDE cables seem to be to close to any of the fans, tie them up as well, but if they arent leave them.
Next you need to plug in all the LEDs and connect the correct wires to the motherboard. This is all very simple and can be done easily with reference to the manual. But, I have a habit of twisting all the connected wires, then braiding them all together. This then insulates all of the wires using each other. Smart isnt it. But for all those guys who didnt have an older or younger sister and didnt learn how to braid, its very simple and I recommend you ask someone close to you to prevent embarrassment.
Once everything it tidied up, start to place your video card, sound card ect. In. if you put your video card in the AGP port, make sure this is enabled in the bios. I wont go into details on where or how to enable this in the bios as all of them are different. It is usually situated under the integrated peripherals section from the main menu.
Ok, the next step is to go through the bios and enable everything that need to be done. As I said, all bios are different and I cant explain how to do it in detail. In most up-to-date bios there should be an option of loading optimised settings, select that and everything should be sweet. Also, under standard option, the boot sequence should be set to:
1st Boot: CD-ROM
2nd Boot: Floppy
3rd Boot: HDD0
This is the preferred booting sequence.
The next thing is to format the hard drive. I prefer to use Partition Magic 7.0 or higher, but we will just use the old dos format. To do this you need a formatted disk with the dos format, and then dos fdisk program on there. Place this in the floppy drive and restart the machine. The floppy should boot and present a command prompt; type fdisk and a menu should come up. You need to create a partition, preferably again, using FAT32. I cant go through the details because I dont have one on hand. If this section doesnt tell you how to do it exactly its because I didnt get around to looking and writing it down. Anyway, once the partition has been made, restart the machine with the floppy still in the drive. Once the command prompt comes up, type format c: and it will ask you to confirm this saying that all data will be destroyed yada yada. Confirm this and wait until the format is complete. After this, remove the floppy and restart the machine. You should now have a fully formatted hard drive in which you can install your preferred operating system on it. For example, if you are installing windows XP then just place the CD in the CD-ROM and restart the machine. If the boot sequence is set right it should say press any key to boot from CD press any key and away you go.
I will bring out other tutorials on how to install and setup operating systems including Windows and Linux platforms. I will also bring out a tutorial on how to setup a dual boot system for Red Hat 8.0 and a selected windows platform.
If there is any information that is incomplete please contact me on email@example.com


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Pease chosen for new air refueling tankerBY MIKE LAWRENCE
Union Leader Correspondent
August 06. 2014 11:15AM
The Pease Air National Guard Base has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to receive new KC-46A air refueling tankers in a development that New Hampshire politicians praised Wednesday and which could bring nearly $42 million in federal funding to Pease for preparations.
The Pease base is home to the 157th Air Refueling Wing, which could receive up to 12 KC-46A aircraft starting in fiscal 2018, a press release from U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. said.
Shaheen and Ayotte have advocated for Pease to receive KC-46A tankers since 2011, according to the release.
"The official selection of Pease to be the home of the KC-46As is a testament to the 157th Air Refueling Wing's exceptional record of service," Shaheen said. "Aerial refueling is a vital component of our military's ability to operate around the world, and the new KC-46As at Pease will serve our national defense and local economy well for years to come."
Ayotte said in the press release that, "For decades to come, the KC-46As at Pease will provide critical support and significant capabilities that are important to our men and women in uniform, bolstering our military readiness."
According to Boeing's website, the KC-46A is a multi-role tanker that's based on a commercial 767 plane and "can refuel all U.S., allied and coalition military aircraft compatible with international aerial refueling procedures, any time, on any mission, and can carry passengers, cargo and patients whenever and wherever needed."
Boeing also touts the aircraft's ability to "operate safely in medium-threat environments" thanks to multiple protective layers involving detection and avoidance technology.
Col. Paul Hutchinson, commander of the 157th Air Refueling Wing, thanked New Hampshire's congressional delegation and Gov. Maggie Hassan for their support and efforts to secure the KC-46A Pegasus.
Shaheen and Ayotte announced last year that the Air Force had selected Pease as the top Air National Guard base to receive the KC-46A tanker, pending an environmental impact study, the release said.
New Hampshire's congressional delegation hosted Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James at Pease in May for a facility tour and meetings with members of the 157th Air Refueling Wing, it added.
President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2015 budget request calls for $41.9 million in military construction funds for Pease to prepare for KC-46A operations.
In May, the Readiness subcommittee, which Shaheen and Ayotte lead and which oversees military construction, authorized $41.9 million for facilities construction at Pease in preparation for receiving the KC-46A tanker, the release said.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The voters have a plan: Consider raising taxes on the wealthy, but not everybody else. Shrink the government. Work harder on creating jobs and holding the line on prices, because economic worries are more important than cutting the deficit right now.
Americans surveyed as they left polling places across the nation on Election Day expanded on the thinking behind their ballots. They embraced some Republican ideas and some Democratic ones, giving both sides something to work with if they can all just get along.
Their opinions might point the way out of gridlock, if President Barack Obama and a divided Congress take their advice. Will anybody listen?
Some of the electorate's thoughts on taxes, spending and the deficit:
— Most voters aren't that focused on taming the deficit. A strong majority say the economy is the most important issue. The deficit was picked by only 15 percent, coming in behind health care but ahead of foreign policy.
— Taxes don't top the list of people's financial troubles. The biggies are unemployment and rising prices. Only 14 percent of voters ranked taxes as the biggest economic problem for people like them.
— When the two go head to head, taxes trump the deficit. Sixty-three percent rejected the idea of raising taxes to help cut the nation's budget deficits, even though they've been hitting about $1 trillion per year.
— Most, 55 percent, think the U.S. financial system favors the wealthy. Only 39 percent feel it's fair to most Americans. And a majority believe Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romey's policies would make that worse. Fifty-three percent felt his policies favor the rich. Voters were most likely to say Obama's policies favor the middle class (44 percent) or the poor (31 percent).
— Nearly half, 47 percent of voters surveyed, said go ahead and raise taxes on incomes of $250,000 and up, as Obama proposes. Only 35 percent wanted no tax increases for anyone. A lonely 13 percent called for higher taxes all around.
— Voters embraced Romney's message about government that's grown too big. Just over half — 51 percent — said government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals. Only 43 percent wanted government to do more to solve problems. That's a reversal from four years ago.
— There wasn't a clear winner between Obama's economic policies and Romney's. Voters were split on which of them would better handle the economy. But Romney got a narrow advantage on handling the federal budget deficit, 49-47.
— A majority, 52 percent, thought Obama would do better on Medicare. The rising cost of Medicare as more baby boomers retire and health care prices go up is a giant problem within the out-of-control deficit dilemma.
— Voters gave a vote of no confidence to the Republican policies of Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush. A slim majority said he's more to blame for the ongoing economic problems; only 38 percent blamed Obama more.
The survey of 26,565 voters was conducted for The Associated Press and the television networks by Edison Research. This includes preliminary results from interviews conducted as voters left a random sample of 350 precincts nationally Tuesday, as well as 4,408 who voted early or absentee and were interviewed by landline or cellular telephone from Oct. 29 through Nov. 4. Results for the full sample were subject to sampling error of plus or minus 2 percentage points; it is higher for subgroups.
Online: http://surveys.ap.org/exitpolls
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A midfielder from Victoria, BC, Brian Im joined Whitecaps FC Residency in Sept. 2011 after playing on Vancouver Island and in the 'Caps Prospects program.
In 2010 and 2011, Im was a member of Whitecaps FC Prospects, where he trained under Residency staff coach Bart Choufour.
The midfielder started his soccer career in his hometown of Victoria, BC, with Gordon Head Soccer Association from 2005 to 2009. He played in the Lower Vancouver Island District Cup and BC Island Cup with Gordon Head, and in 2009, was named the club's Most Improved Player. He was also an Island Cup Most Valuable Player. Between 2009 and 2010, Im also appeared for Victoria Capitals in the United Soccer Leagues Super Y-League and for the club's U-14 Metro team during the 2010-11 season. The midfielder helped the U-14 Capitals win the Metro league and cup titles that year, as well as the BC U-14 Provincial Cup title. As a member of BC U-14 provincial team, Im helped his home province win a Western Canadian championship title in 2011 and was a member of the Canadian Soccer Association's National Training Centre (British Columbia region) program from 2010 to 2011.
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:30 pm
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I'd guess the majority of recipe directions say "skin side down"
- or perhaps more accurately, skin side toward the heat - many recipes for broiling start out with place skin side up
not many make any suggestions as to "why" - but here's some rationale I've stumbled over in passing:
- skin acts as a heat diffuser cooking the fish more evenly
- on the assumption above: fish should be 90% cooked skin side down, 10% after turning
- skin protects the flesh from drying out
which doesn't exactly agree with:
- cook skin side up because the skin on top helps keep the fish moist
- cook skin side up / skin side down so when you flip the fish you have the presentation side
(one presumes the specified "up" or "down" relates to how the cook intends to present the fish...)
- the entire issue gets more complex if you're cooking a whole fish - there's skin on both sides . . . go figger . . .
- cook skin side down to prevent curling
- slash the skin to prevent curling
- slash the skin to allow heat to penetrate
one reason that does makes sense:
- when grilling, skin side down so if it sticks the skin may tear but the flesh isn't torn up
so up or down may be a function of how the dish is to be presented - example trout - I usually do the whole fish, but sometimes can only get filets, but they are still served skin up.
I buy salmon skin on, but never serve it skin up.
my personal experience supports the "heat diffusion" theory . . .
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:20 am
Post subject: Pan Fried Fish
This was great
I used a heavy stainless steal skillet (not non stick) and lowered the heat after preheating. The fish came out very moist and had a wonderful aroma.
The "mess" was mediocre because I used the second posting recomendation of rubbing oil directly on the fish rather than the pan.
I'll do it again
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Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:31 pm
Post subject: Freezing fish after frying
I fried some catfish with a batter mix, and I want toknow if I can now freeze it. What is the best way to do so if it is ok?
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Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:55 pm
Post subject: Pan frying fish
Once the fish is stuck to the pan adding more oil isn't going to break it loose. It's like pouring release agent around a joint after the adhesive is already cured. A bit of oil brushed on the fish with enough heat in the pan works great. I don't use any oil in the stainless pan other than a couple of drops to check the heat before putting the fish in. Never had a problem with sticking. Scallops on the other hand, are giving me some problems without a non-stick.
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Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 6:45 pm
Post subject: fish help
Ok, been in the restaurant business for several years working at the family restaurant, all italian and french cooking.
Easiest way to make sure delicate fish doesn't stick - lightly flour the fish before placing in pan at FULL TEMPERATURE(not necessarily scorching) with enough oil to generously cover the bottom of the pan.
If you do not want to use flour at all, same procedure but make sure you lay the fish down very slowly, don't just toss it in.
Here's the science behind it - the idea is to keep the fish separate from the pan. You want the fish to almost INSTANTLY sear so that it does not become one with the pan. If the pan/oil isn't at full temperature, the fish and pan will come up to temperature together and fuse as one. The idea for turning the heat down as mentioned above is so that the pan does not continue to heat up with the fish in it - again, this would have both the fish and pan reach a higher temp together, FUSION.
The reason why lightly flour dredging works is because gluten protein is much more sensitive to heat than animal protein, therefor you get an immediate sear the second the fish touches the pan(or technically the flour).
The reason for laying the fish down slowly when you do not flour dredge is so that it has a better opportunity to sear from the hot oil before it touches the bottom of the pan.
If you follow these precautions and it still sticks a little bit just be patient, once it reaches 5-6 minutes, it will flip.
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Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:37 pm
Post subject: pakhtun tradition fish and mustard oil are made for eachothe
if you marinate the fish with a mixture of youghurt black pepper partially crushed red chilli peeper coriander and salt and leave to stand for 10 minutes only. than fry in mustard oil only in a non stick pan,,remmember the trick of taste in fish lies in the mustard oil only..you try it once and i am sure you wud not like any other oil like olive corn soya sunflower dalda or butter oil..
the test of the pudding say the english lies in the eating....
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Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 1:24 am
Post subject: Pan-frying technique
I honestly found reading all your comments about pan frying helpful. Other helpful tips to pan frying include: deep frying the fillets in vegetable oil if olive oil is too expensive to start with. The fire should be turned on moderate/medium heat specially after preheating the pan first then pouring the oil in a a deep fryer about 2-3 inches high. Of course we don't need to cover the pan because the retained moisture can cause the fish to be soggy and wet afterwards. Deep frying will minimize splattering the oil and cooks the fish evenly. It would be best to have a mesh wire inside the deep fryer because then this will make it easier for us to remove the fish fillets when they're done. Yes, we do not need to overcook the fish and dredging them with just a little salt and pepper will help keep the taste of the fish. Sometimes I try marinating the fish fillet with soysauce and kalamansi/lemon, pepper and some garlic but of course this will give us a different flavor although this might seem tasty but I still prefer cooking the fish simply and without too much preparations and work.
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The White House said Wednesday that the widely condemned interrogation technique known as waterboarding is legal and that President Bush could authorize the CIA to resume using the simulated-drowning method under extraordinary circumstances.
The surprise assertion from the Bush administration reopened a debate that many in Washington had considered closed. Two laws passed by Congress in recent years -- as well as a Supreme Court ruling on the treatment of detainees -- were widely interpreted to have banned the CIA's use of the extreme interrogation method.
But in remarks that were greeted with disbelief by some members of Congress and human rights groups, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said that waterboarding was a legal technique that could be employed again "under certain circumstances."
Fratto said the nation's top intelligence officials "didn't rule anything out" during congressional testimony Tuesday on CIA interrogation methods, and he indicated that Bush might consider reauthorizing waterboarding or other harsh techniques in extreme cases, such as when there is "belief that an attack might be imminent."
For years, White House officials denied that the U.S. had engaged in torture but always stopped short of confirming whether waterboarding had been used. The administration's latest stance -- described by Fratto during the daily White House briefing -- was denounced Wednesday by key lawmakers. "This is a black mark on the United States," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee. "The White House is trying to give themselves as much of an open field here as possible. It says to others that we are prepared to use the same kinds of tactics used by the most repressive regimes and the most heinous regimes."
The White House comments came one day after CIA Director Michael V. Hayden testified publicly for the first time that the agency had used waterboarding on Al Qaeda suspects in 2002 and 2003. He also identified three prisoners, including self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who he said were the only detainees subjected to the method.
Waterboarding refers to a practice that involves strapping down a prisoner, placing a cloth over his face and dousing him with water to simulate the sensation of drowning. The technique has been traced to the Spanish Inquisition and has been the subject of war-crimes trials dating back a century.
The White House position on the issue is in some ways consistent with its long-standing efforts to expand executive power and resist attempts by Congress to rein in the president's authority.
Still, the decision to reignite the debate over waterboarding struck many in Washington as peculiar. The White House had previously argued that any discussion of CIA interrogation methods would only aid the enemy. Further, the CIA halted its use of waterboarding nearly five years ago. Calling renewed attention to the issue risks drawing fresh criticism from other countries at a time when the United States is seeking to shore up its image abroad.
The issue also has been divisive politically for Republicans. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, now the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination, has led efforts to outlaw waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods previously employed by the CIA.
In a recent GOP presidential debate, McCain said it was inconceivable that "anyone could believe that [waterboarding is] not torture. It's in violation of the Geneva Convention. It's in violation of existing law."
The leading Democratic contenders for the White House, Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois, have taken similar positions.
Largely because the presidential candidates are consistent on the issue, many experts consider it unlikely that the CIA would resume using the method, because agency operatives would fear prosecution under a future administration.
"On Jan. 21, 2009, there's almost certainly going to be a new president who understands that waterboarding is not only wrong but a very serious crime," said Tom Malinowski, the Washington advocacy director of Human Rights Watch.
However, Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey, challenged by senators to rule on the legality of waterboarding, declined last month to say it was illegal, even though he said he would consider it torture if he were subjected to it.
Congress has passed two laws -- the Detainee Treatment Act in 2005 and the Military Commissions Act in 2006 -- that ban the use of harsh interrogation methods and require all U.S. agencies to comply with the Constitution and the Geneva Conventions in their treatment of detainees.
In addition, the Pentagon published a new Army field manual in 2006 that limits interrogation techniques and bans harsh methods, including waterboarding, hoods and mock executions. And the Supreme Court in 2006 struck down the Bush administration's system for holding and prosecuting detainees, saying it failed to provide protections under the Geneva Conventions.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), one of the Republican sponsors of the 2006 Military Commissions Act, said in a telephone interview Wednesday that at the time the bill was passed he was assured by the Bush administration that the law would specifically prohibit waterboarding.
But Fratto appeared to contradict that, saying that the Justice Department had reviewed waterboarding and "made a determination that its use under specific circumstances and with safeguards was lawful." The CIA is not currently authorized to use waterboarding, he said, adding that "we're not going to be able to speculate on what might be the case in the future."
Fratto outlined a series of steps that would be required before waterboarding or other coercive methods would be approved. He said that the CIA director would have to make a proposal to the attorney general, who would have to review the interrogation plan to determine whether it would be legal and effective.
"At that point, the proposal would go to the president; the president would listen to the determinations of his advisors and make a decision," Fratto said.
Fratto's comments echoed statements by Hayden as well as Director of National Intelligence J. Michael McConnell in testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday. In referring to special circumstances under which more aggressive methods might be authorized, administration officials may be making the case for a kind of sliding scale for detainee treatment.
Malinowski said the administration may be seeking to define a loophole in international laws banning prisoner treatment that would "shock the conscience." That standard, the administration might argue, could shift dramatically if there was reason to fear the country was in danger of imminent attack.
But even so, McCain and Graham recently signed a letter to Mukasey saying that it was "beyond dispute that waterboarding 'shocks the conscience.' " And other experts said it would be more difficult to make such interpretations of the Geneva Conventions and other standards.
Feinstein has sponsored a provision in a pending intelligence bill that would require the CIA to abide by the stricter interrogation rules in the Army field manual. The measure has already passed the House and is expected to be considered by the Senate in the coming weeks. Bush has threatened to veto the bill.
During Tuesday's testimony, Hayden said that depriving the CIA of enhanced techniques would place America in greater danger. After the hearing, a senior U.S. intelligence official argued that waterboarding should not be considered torture because the U.S. military has subjected its own personnel to the method to prepare them for the possibility of being captured.
"Tens of thousands of American Air Force and naval airmen were waterboarded as part of their survival training," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "We don't maim as part of our training. We don't mutilate. We don't sodomize. Those are things that are always bad. . . . Intellectually, there has got to be a difference between [waterboarding] and the others; otherwise we wouldn't have done it in training."


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LEWISBURG, Pa. - Regional leaders will discuss plans and opportunities for a statewide broadband network during a WKOK Roundtable broadcast, 9 to 10 a.m., Sunday, July 24.
Newsradio 1070 WKOK host Mark Lawrence will facilitate the discussion, which will focus on ways the $128 million network, set for completion in spring 2013, can help attract high-tech business and economic development, academic research and other opportunities for the region, said Robert Luff, director of communications for the local chamber, who helped plan the event.
The panelists include Param Bedi, chief information officer at Bucknell University; Jim Baker chief of the information technologies group for the state economic development group SEDA-COG; Bill Geise, owner of the Geise Associates information technology firm and a member of SEDA-COG's broadband committee; and Charlie Ross, president and CEO of the Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce.
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Bedi said he hopes the broadcast will better inform regional entities and local communities, and give them ideas for leveraging the high speed network for local school districts, public libraries, economic development entities, hospitals and universities. The network will significantly enhance the University's and regional entities' capabilities in data-intense research, high-performance computing, video conferencing, telemedicine, Internet2, collaboration with international students and faculty, and real-time access to remote resources. Bucknell will serve as a "core node" or hub in the network, housing infrastructure to provide access to organizations and residents in the region.
"We hope this discussion will get people talking about the opportunities we will have in the region in the next year and a half," said Bedi, a board member of the Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER), a coalition of Pennsylvania colleges and universities, research and health care organizations and economic development entities, including Bucknell.
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In February 2010, the Obama administration awarded more than $99 million to KINBER to construct and manage the Pennsylvania Research and Education Network (PennREN). The National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) grant was awarded as part of the American Recovery and Revitalization Act and is supplemented with an additional $29 million in private investment.
When completed, the fiber-optic cable network will cover nearly 1,700 miles through 39 Pennsylvania counties, including 22 that are currently not served or underserved based on their access to affordable broadband services. It will be the largest network funded by the NTIA.
Pennsylvania is one of only a few states without a high-speed optical network serving its higher education and health care institutions. The network will make those entities more competitive for federal research grants, which in turn will promote economic development and job creation, KINBER officials have said.
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SAN ANGELO, Texas — What do "12345" and "123456" have in common?
You may not believe it, but along with "password" these three letter/number combinations remain the three most popular passwords for 2012, according to SplashData's annual 25 Worst Passwords of the Year list.
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"Long is good, and longer is better." Steven Musil with CNET News suggests to include as many different characters as possible. He also says to exclude, "anything that can be personally linked, such as birth dates or names of relatives. Choosing passwords that include words found in common dictionaries is also discouraged."
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Jeff Moss, founder of a computer hacking conference and member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, said, "Nowadays, we have to keep probably 10 times as many passwords in our head as we did 10 years ago."
Moss relies on passwords at least 12 characters long, figuring those make him a more difficult target than the millions of people who choose five- and six-character passwords.
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Managing passwords can be likened to standing on sifting sand. As soon as you get comfortable with it, it's time to change. It is recommended you change your passwords every 60 days.
It is best to commit your passwords to memory. If you write them down, be sure and secure them in a controlled access place. If you save them in electronic format, be sure the file is encrypted. Of course, never share your passwords.
Barry Wilson, head of Wharton's technology security team, suggested using a password manager.
"The best ones cost money," he said.
Wilson uses 1Password. A quick internet search indicates that the choices available for password management are beyond numerous.
As part of getting organized in the new year, rework your passwords. I know I'm boosting mine to 12 characters, not using any personal information, adding symbols when appropriate and storing them in a controlled access place — my brain.
Hmmm, I might need to get an electronic password manager.
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Amy Lepley and the Holy Cross women's basketball team got some good news. The star senior forward, who went down with a knee injury in practice last week, was diagnosed with a bucket handle tear of the medial meniscus in her left knee.
Amy Lepley and the Holy Cross women's basketball team got some good news. The star senior forward, who went down with a knee injury in practice last week, was diagnosed with a bucket handle tear of the medial meniscus in her left knee. She underwent surgery last Friday to remove the medial meniscus and is expected to return to the Crusaders in 3-6 weeks. It was initially feared her injury could be season-ending. "Talk about going from one extreme emotion to another," HC coach Bill Gibbons said yesterday. "There are a lot of happy people in the Hart Center. Amy will work hard to come back." Lepley will be on the bench at 7 tonight when the Crusaders host Boston College.
A baseball official familiar with the deal said the Boston Red Sox have agreed with backup catcher David Ross on a two-year, $6.2 million contract. The deal with Ross, who spent the past four seasons with the Atlanta Braves, is pending a physical, the official said. Ross, a strong defensive catcher, batted .269 with 24 homers and 94 RBIs in 227 games with the Braves. The 11-year veteran played eight games for the Red Sox late in 2008, going 1 for 8.
A new NHL labor deal might not be as far off as it seems. Steve Fehr, special counsel to the NHL Players' Association, believes the collective bargaining agreement can be wrapped up in a hurry once the sides make a breakthrough in negotiations. "One thing (deputy commissioner) Bill Daly and I agree upon is that when the moment is right, the deal could be done very quickly," Fehr said yesterday. "One day, three days or whatever." Asked later if he agreed with that assertion, Daly replied: "I hope he's right." Representatives from the NHL and NHLPA have met seven of the last nine days, but no future talks are planned.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith threw a 14-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter of Sunday's 24-24 tie against the Rams while playing with blurred vision before coming out with a concussion. Coach Jim Harbaugh said Smith connected with Michael Crabtree six plays after he began experiencing blurred vision on a 1-yard keeper early in the second quarter. Six plays earlier, he had taken a vicious hit from St. Louis linebacker Jo-Lonn Dunbar.
Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid said Michael Vick suffered a "pretty significant' concussion and told the quarterback to stay home yesterday and rest. Reid says he could not immediately rule out Vick for Sunday's game at Washington. Reid, though, made it sound likely that rookie Nick Foles will get the start.
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Four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon avoided suspension when NASCAR instead fined him $100,000 and docked him 25 points for intentionally wrecking Clint Bowyer at Phoenix International Raceway. Gordon also was placed on probation through Dec. 31. But he'll be allowed to close out the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway despite his actions in Sunday's race, which triggered a fight in the garage area between the two drivers' crews. The penalty drops Gordon to 11th in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship with one race remaining. He's now four points behind Martin Truex Jr. for 10th, and only the top-10 drivers have formal roles in the season-ending awards ceremony in Las Vegas. Rick Hendrick also was docked 25 car owner points, and crew chief Alan Gustafson was placed on probation through the end of the year.
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April 21, 2013
This week brought a mix of gloom and sunshine to the water picture for the Colorado River Basin. Gloom came in the form of a report by the conservation group American Rivers, which declared the Colorado to be the "Most Endangered River in America." The report highlights the fact that the river no longer meets the sea, as well as information from last fall's Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study by the US Bureau of Reclamation, which showed that the river is already over-tapped, and imbalances between supply and demand are likely to get worse in the future.
The figurative sunshine came, first of all, in the form of literal gloom: the skies darkened, and rain began to fall, then snow, and more snow, and a slight uptick in the snowpack trend-line turned into a real spike, bringing snowpack levels in Colorado's part of the Colorado River Basin up above 90% of the average for this time of year, and double what it was at this time in 2012.
Of course, 90% is still below average, but considering that one month ago the snowpack was just barely catching up to where it was at the beginning of last year's historic drought, this counts as very good news. It means our wildfire danger will be lower, more crops can grow and water managers won't pull out quite so many hairs. Mandatory water restrictions are less likely (here, anyway – Denver's are still on) and rafting may be more fun.
Back to gloom: part of what darkened the skies was dust from disturbed desert lands to the south and west, which didn't get much moisture from this storm. Dust on snow makes it melt faster, more quickly depleting the natural "reservoir" that keeps mountain streams flowing into the dry summer months.
Also, sobering news from downstream, where supply and demand imbalances are more advanced than they are in the upper basin: an April 16 article from the Arizona Daily Star reports that the Central Arizona Project (CAP) has a 35% chance of experiencing its first ever water shortage in 2016 (thanks to the Colorado River District for posting the article on their website, crwcd.org).
The CAP delivers Colorado River water from Lake Havasu to Phoenix and Tucson, as well as to farms. Any shortage would first result in cutting off aquifer re-charge, then non-Indian farmers. According to the article, state and federal officials have long said they don't expect cities, mines and Indian Tribes that use CAP water to be cut off until the "late 2020s at the earliest." Is that supposed to be reassuring?
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Back to the sunshine: the New York Times reported on April 15 that efforts to restore the Colorado River delta in Mexico are well underway, despite the increasingly challenging water supply situation in the basin.
A recent amendment to the treaty between the United States and Mexico on use of the Colorado will send water down the river to mimic historic floods (on a smaller scale). Combined with efforts by nonprofits to purchase water from Mexican farmers for base flows, this is expected to reconnect the river to the sea and bring life back to the delta – not as much as it had 100 years ago, but a lot more than it has now.
The delta restoration provisions are part of a broader agreement that allows Mexico to store water in Lake Mead and otherwise change reservoir operations and delivery infrastructure to the benefit of water users on both sides of the border. The best environmental news on the river in years came not at the expense of established water users, but as part of a package providing mutual benefits.
Do you have whiplash yet? Here's the bottom line: the challenges facing the river, and all those who depend on it, are very real. We live in a highly variable climate, which can bring very dry years, sometimes back to back. When the water doesn't come, it has real consequences, for people and the environment. But our variable climate can bring wet years, too. And despite the old saw that "whisky is for drinking and water is for fighting," sometimes creative solutions really can make things work better for everyone.
This is part of a series of articles coordinated by the Water Center at Colorado Mesa University in cooperation with the Colorado and Gunnison Basin Roundtables to raise awareness about water needs, uses and policies in our region. To learn more about the basin roundtables and statewide water planning, and to let the roundtables know what you think, go to http://www.coloradomesa.edu/WaterCenter.
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The Sound Shore Health System includes the Sound Shore Medical Center in New Rochelle and Mount Vernon Hospital.
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While China's continual presence in the cotton industry dominates analysts' conversations, one respected entrepreneur's economic assessment of the crop paid nearly equal attention to another region: west Texas.
Speaking at the Ag Update Seminar during the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show, William Dunavant, retired CEO of Dunavant Enterprises, Memphis, Tenn., said cotton production in west Texas is indirectly impacting the Mid-South's share of the marketplace.
"Can you believe Texas is producing 8.3 million bales? It's high-quality cotton," Dunavant said, "and it's cheaper than cotton from California, Arizona, the Memphis area and Australia. Texas is taking a big part of the market."
Dunavant said 66 percent of west Texas 2005 cotton was rated grades 11 and 21. China, he added, is using this cotton and using it in "high volume. It's definitely taking market share from us in the Memphis territory and other states."
Dunavant said weather conditions, however, could contrast last year's copious west Texas cotton crop with the one from the season ahead.
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Dunavant said his company's long-range forecasts have no major precipitation for that region for another 45 days.
On another topic in west Texas, Dunavant addressed concerns about cotton in the USDA loan program, which the Farm Service Agency had permitted to be stored outdoors while warehouses were at full capacity levels. Dunavant said, however, FSA recently said those bales must be moved into warehouses by April 1 (with a grace period of 15 days).
"As a Mid-South or Southeastern cotton grower, you should be unhappy about this," he told the audience. "It works to your disadvantage. There is ample storage space in the country for this crop, though it's not in Texas."
Dunavant said what would be a reversal in governmental regulations means "these west Texas warehouses trying to ship cotton are getting behind everyday, and so there is going to be even more congestion."
Dunavant Enterprises' economists forecast the United States to produce about 19 million bales of cotton in each of the past two years, and the nation produced 23 million-plus bales.
"The situation would seem to be more normal next year due to the lack of moisture in west Texas," Dunavant predicted.
He foresees world production next year growing from 113.2 million bales to 118 million bales and world consumption growing to 123 million bales.
He said China would produce 26.2 million bales of cotton this year, while Chinese cotton consumption will expand from this year's approximately 45.5 million bales to 49 million bales next. Next year, he said, China will import 18.5 million bales.
Other foreign nations Dunavant said should play a significant role in the world market for cotton are India, Pakistan, Turkey, Australia, Bangladesh and Vietnam. Uzbekistan, he noted, once a prosperous cotton trader, has sharply dropped from the U.S. market due to political tensions created by that country's current president.
Dunavant said overall, "things are continuing to light up and speed up in world production and consumption."
Due to China's impact in the market, he said, the price range in May for cotton could be about 54 cents on the downside and as high as 58 cents on the upside.
"Any major surprises next year could stimulate prices to a considerably higher level in the market. I'm not predicting that, I'm just saying that all of us need to monitor production in the world."
Dunavant said the government's Step 2 payment program, scheduled to end in early July due to the World Trade Organization's ruling in favor of a case brought by Brazil, would put a financial strain on domestic cotton producers.
"It's going to be fascinating next year to watch our cotton try to regain competitive status without Step 2. But we will do it, I am confidant, we will just have to make some adjustments," he said.
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Main Site - :: Why Won't God Heal Amputees? ::
Belief system is an interesting term, like I went out and bought one off the shelf.
I don't mind if it gets critically examined. I believe it because it happens to me the way it happens to me.
If it happened to you, you would believe it too. There is absolutely no issue of honesty involved. I'm not lying about what happens so why is that dishonest?
For me it's not a belief system, it is a reality.Take a look at the surrounding posts and how questions are posed. I know you are passionate, but I'm going to limit responses for the reason I already explained. Does not compute.


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God Did Not Protect Connecticut Shooting Victims Because Prayer Banned In Schools
RE: God Did Not Protect Connecticut Shooting Victims Because Prayer Banned In Schools
But, is it really punishment if he is just bringing them up to heaven?
^ See how that works. Christian logic.
RE: God Did Not Protect Connecticut Shooting Victims Because Prayer Banned In Schools
Yup, but eternity praising God on one's knees would indeed be punishment.
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RE: God Did Not Protect Connecticut Shooting Victims Because Prayer Banned In Schools
(17-12-2012 03:11 PM)Impulse Wrote: ^I heard that. Twain said something to that effect too, but I can't seem to find the quote at the moment..
RE: God Did Not Protect Connecticut Shooting Victims Because Prayer Banned In Schools
If this guy's reaction to 27 dead bodies, 20 of those being children, is to try and use events for political gain then there is something seriously fucked up in his head.
Best and worst of Ferdinand .....
Ferdinand: We don't really say 'theist' in Alabama. Here, you're either a Christian, or you're from Afghanistan and we fucking hate you.
Ferdinand: Everyone from British is so, like, fucking retarded.
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(17-12-2012 10:56 PM)Hughsie Wrote: If this guy's reaction to 27 dead bodies, 20 of those being children, is to try and use events for political gain then there is something seriously fucked up in his head.Like, the fact that he thinks a magic man in the sky...exists?
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RE: God Did Not Protect Connecticut Shooting Victims Because Prayer Banned In Schools
How can god be offended that the separation of church and state prevents teachers from marginalizing all other faiths, and atheist.
In fact how the hell if god is immutable(unchanging) or all powerful, can he ever be offended at all?
And in other theologies, this is his divine plan. Herpy derpy christians.
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RE: God Did Not Protect Connecticut Shooting Victims Because Prayer Banned In Schools
I've been fighting this battle for days now. Christians have decided to exploit an emotional vulnerable situation to push their agenda into schools. And my facebook page has been blowing up with daily retards.
If you're in the reading mood, here's the bulk of some of my posts. My relatives are unthinking robots.
(In response to all the "a little girl claims that Jesus protected her and her parents were non-believers" posts)
I suppose I'll kick the hornet's nest.
First, why is it that with all this gun control talk and "put God back in schools" nonsense, no one is bothering to suggest the simplest suggestions? Security guards in schools. Alarm button in each room and a way to get out of each room. Why are schools designed so terribly? The windows never open all the way and the only fire exits are usually down the hall, around the corner somewhere. There's nothing to steal and the last thing any teenager wants to do is to break into a school. That would be like breaking into the dentist's office or stopping by the office on your day off.
Second, to the "a little girl saw Jesus and was protected by him" people spamming the FB home page, there is something terribly wrong with the way your brain processes logic. A horrific massacre of children is taking place... but Jesus is in the other room protecting a couple of specific kids? So he's there in the building... he's 20 feet from children being murdered... and he does nothing?
"Oh well why would he chose to protect the schoolchildren since we forced him out of schools? Why would he protect us when we don't want him there?" That just reinforces my belief that this Jesus character is a vain prick. That would be like if I saw a bus barreling down the road toward a little girl playing in the street who is a few feet away from me. When the bus kills the child, the mother yells at me with tears streaming down her cheeks, "Why didn't you save her?? You just stood there and let her die!" And my response is, "Well she didn't call out for my help." (shrug) "Clearly she didn't want me to save her."
Another thing that struck me as peculiar is that the 8 year old child of this "non-believing" family already knows the story of Jesus? What he looks like? His nature of "saving people?" This kid can barely do addition and subtraction but knows that Jesus "wears white robes" and is associated with "angels"? "Non-believers" my ass. Did he appear and go, "Sup. I'm Jesus. I got your back."? Even that is unlikely since his name isn't actually Jesus.
Next, why is it that children are given no intellectual credence until religion is involved? "Mommy, I see a dragon. He's blowing fire." That's nice, sweetie. "Mommy, I flew to school today on a magic carpet. Zoooom!" Ok, dear. Eat your peas. "Mommy I saw Jesus today, he talked to me in a closet." I must inform the media at once! My child has contact with the divine! A miracle!!
And why didn't ANY of the other children in the closet see this man in white?
Finally, where are you people getting this story from? It doesn't exist through google searches or news stories. I kept coming up with things like "Baptist minister sees Prophet Mohammad during near death experience." Is this a story being passed around in church groups?
There. My anger is slightly diminished. Back to my Satan worshiping. OH GREAT WINGED LORD OF MYTHICAL LEGEND!
(In response to all the actual answers given to the mocking "Where was God?" question)
I don't believe he was asking the question literally. I keep seeing people answering this question as if the initial premise has already been established and we are just trying to figure out the coordinates (where was he?). Rather, when people like he and I pose such a question, it's intended as a mockery towards the supposed premise for even being discussed. We KNOW where god is. We also know where Santa, Poseidon, Zeus, Mithra, Ra, Apollo, and the fairies of Gumdrop Mountain are. Why didn't THEY show up and protect the children either?
This persistent "violence exists when god is absent" stance that people keep pushing doesn't really stand up. Studies have shown (and so has the Bible) that violence and god go hand in hand. It can't just be a coincidence that the most peaceful countries in the world (according to the GPI) are also the most atheist. There should be chaos and rampant murder and blood orgies according to some of the posts I've seen on FB.
But this is all rather a tangent to the real cause. We all are slaves to our chemicals, synapses, and childhood experiences. Raise a child to be the next Pope or ensure that he never even hears the word religion, and he could just as likely become a Charlie Manson or a Dalai Lama type. Increase a child's testosterone levels, cut out parts of his cerebral cortex, and regularly beat him as a child, however, and you've all but guaranteed a violent sociopath.
Religion is basically a placebo drug, whose effects wear off when the person is made aware of the placebo status... or when higher doses are needed and can't be obtained short of a cult Kool-Aid party. Real drugs, like Xanax and Ritalin, have immediate affects on a person's anger and violent tendencies, informing us as to the cause of homicidal acts such as these.
Asking "Where was the Ritalin?" would actually make more sense, but we humans prefer the freedom (even if sometimes horrific) of unbridled unchecked emotion to the lethargic state of a lobotomized human shell.
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RE: God Did Not Protect Connecticut Shooting Victims Because Prayer Banned In Schools
The Epicurean paradox was posited some 2300yrs ago (before Jesus for those keeping score). Most scholars (again before Jesus was ever supposedly born) wrote off gods as cruel because evil/suffering exists. At some point (I don't want to say I blame lead-poisoning, but...) the logically inconsistent idea of an omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent being still became popular. Throughout all of that, the Epicurean paradox has been repeated many different ways, by many different people (most Christian-turned-atheists reason it on their own before they hear it) and yet, the deluded, the moronic, and the horrible make the claim "God loves the children but won't protect them because he's a vengeful creep and it's our fault we have suffering..."
I'm sorry, but to invoke a god OF ANY KIND in the face of such a tragedy is just plain sick. There is no RELEVANT god when 20 children are slaughtered. Any theistic wingnut claiming anything about any god, is officially summarily dismissed as having any valid opinion about anything.
When you stake your existence in an irrelevant god, you become irrelevant to the discourse of truth and resolution to a problem. Theism will never solve problems, but it sure creates them.
RE: God Did Not Protect Connecticut Shooting Victims Because Prayer Banned In Schools
'Your children got murdered because you didn't agree with me'
Some people have no shame.
RE: God Did Not Protect Connecticut Shooting Victims Because Prayer Banned In Schools
Here's the response I posted after seeing Huckerbee's monologue posted for the fourth time.
I posted this in response to someone sharing Mike Huckabee's tirades relating to the recent shooting deaths in Connecticut. Huckabee is among a group of right wing figures who say that the reason God didn't intervene in these shootings is that God has been forced out of schools so, like a gentleman, God chose not to go where he was not wanted.
I'm posting this here so that my position on this opinion is on record for anyone considering posting similar claims:
The confronting truth seems to be that this guy can't argue his case rationally so now seeks to cherry pick tragedies and use them to bolster his cause. It's happening all over the Internet. I have seen serious claims that the boy was possessed by Satan. I have seen serious claims that the boy was acting under the influence of some kind of vaccine-carried toxin.
The point is that after trying to get your message across for a decade or two it can be tempting to search for the biggest tragedy you can find and claim that is all the evidence you need, without even seriously considering whether the evidence backs your case or not.
Let me read Huckabee's message back to you. He doesn't like secularism. He doesn't like church and state being separated. He wants a theocracy. He wants the government of his country to be able to tell the people of his country which religion to follow and how to follow it. He wants some right wing version of Christianity to be explicitly promoted by government.
Now he's extending on that argument. He's saying that unless you let government decide what the religion of the people should be instead of leaving it up to the people to decide that then God will punish the nation. God will murder your children, or stand back and let them be murdered. He says that this has nothing to do with the appalling state of mental health treatment in the United States that he opposes fixing. He says this has nothing to do with the boy's mother keeping an assault rifle in her house, something he demands government allow more of. He says this has nothing to do with the mother's obsession with end times prophecy.
No. None of that. This is punishment from God. God is only worshipped by the people of the united states. He isn't officially enshrined by the government of the united states. He hates this so much he's going to kill your children or let them be killed. This is punishment from God for America having highest percentage rate of Christians in the western world. That's the reason these children are dead.
Well, I question that assertion.
Give me your argument in the form of a published paper, and then we can start to talk.
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