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Minnesota's Jobless Rate Unchanged for October
ST. PAUL (AP) - Minnesota's unemployment rate held steady last month even as the state lost 8,100 jobs.
The state Department of Employment and Economic Development said Thursday that October's seasonally adjusted jobless rate remained at 5.8 percent, well below the national unemployment rate of 7.9 percent.
The job losses were concentrated in professional and business services, government and the hospitality industry, while construction jobs were gained. Of the jobs lost, 5,600 were in the private sector and 2,500 were in government.
The state has gained a net of almost 35,000 jobs in the past year, with the biggest gains in education and health services, business services and construction.
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IN THE LIFE Spotlights HIV/AIDS at 30
December 6, 2011
In honor of World AIDS Day, IN THE LIFE, an award winning LGBT documentary series, rolled out its "30 Years Positive" episode on Dec. 1. The episode highlights topics such as the 30th anniversary of the epidemic, the U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy, and interviews from such advocates and major players as Marjorie J. Hill, Ph.D., the chief executive officer of Gay Men's Health Crisis, Gun Hill Road actress Harmony Santana, and Reverend Charles King, the CEO of Housing Works.
The episode also touches on recent CDC surveillance data, the importance of getting tested for HIV, and the media's role in educating people about the epidemic. An In the Life Media press release stated:
30 years after the first AIDS case was reported in the United States, more than a million Americans are HIV positive. The most recent statistics report that one in five HIV-positive Americans don't know they are HIV positive, and that 56,000 are newly infected each year. However, mainstream media coverage has given little attention to the epidemic's ongoing impact. Says Marjorie J. Hill, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of GMHC, in the episode: "We've been able to stabilize the HIV epidemic -- not stop, not reduce -- stabilize."
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Jeffrey Goldberg's already famous Atlantic article purportedly merely reports on and describes—rather than argues for—the likelihood that Israel will soon attack the Iranian nuclear installations (and maybe more than that) if the United States doesn't. A number of commentators have already eviscerated the article (Steve Walt, Robert Wright, Phil Weiss, Glen Greenwald, Yossi Alpher, and others), pointing out a number of crucial factual errors in it and arguing that rather than constituting neutral journalism it is a piece of advocacy, if not outright propaganda.
Since Goldberg also describes the views of Israeli and other opponents of an Israeli attack, and forthrightly lists a number of devastating consequences that are likely to occur after such an attack, are the critical comments on his article justified, perhaps just--in this case--an unfair function of Goldberg's well-earned reputation as a rightwing and disingenuous hardliner on most issues concerning Israel?
Joe Klein of Time, a normally perceptive commentator, has risen to the defense of the Goldberg article against its critics, especially Greenwald. Klein writes that "Greenwald… displays his usual inability to understand what journalism is all about….[He has] the hilariously grotesque notion that Jeff's excellent cover story in the Atlantic…is an act of propaganda. It isn't. It's an act of journalism."
Greenwald is "stupidly mistaken," Klein continues, when he takes Goldberg's story about what high-level Israelis are thinking to constitute agreement with them. And even if Goldberg does agree with them, Klein argues, "it is irrelevant," for "his piece has no secret agenda….he isn't making an argument, he's reporting the mood in Israel as he sees it… Any and all attempts to smear this very good piece of reporting as propaganda is propaganda."
Harsh words. The best way to see who is "stupidly mistaken" is to closely analyze the wording and structure of the Goldberg article.
It is true that Goldberg begins by describing the downside of an Israeli attacks, which "stands a good chance of changing the Middle East forever; of sparking lethal reprisals, and even a full-blown regional war that could lead to the deaths of thousands of Israelis and Iranians, and possibly Arabs and Americans as well; of creating a crisis for Barack Obama that will dwarf Afghanistan in significance and complexity; of rupturing relations between Jerusalem and Washington, which is Israel's only meaningful ally; of inadvertently solidifying the somewhat tenuous rule of the mullahs in Tehran; of causing the price of oil to spike to cataclysmic highs, launching the world economy into a period of turbulence not experienced since the autumn of 2008, or possibly since the oil shock of 1973; of placing communities across the Jewish diaspora in mortal danger, by making them targets of Iranian-sponsored terror attacks, as they have been in the past, in a limited though already lethal way; and of accelerating Israel's conversion from a once-admired refuge for a persecuted people into a leper among nations."
Wow. In that case, who could possibly want Israel to attack? But consider Goldberg's next paragraph, the key word of which is "however":
"If a strike does succeed in crippling the Iranian nuclear program, however, Israel, in addition to possibly generating some combination of the various catastrophes outlined above, will have removed from its list of existential worries the immediate specter of nuclear-weaponized, theologically driven, eliminationist anti-Semitism; it may derive for itself the secret thanks (though the public condemnation) of the Middle East's moderate Arab regimes, all of which fear an Iranian bomb with an intensity that in some instances matches Israel's; and it will have succeeded in countering, in militant fashion, the spread of nuclear weapons in the Middle East…."
But could an Israeli attack work? Here Goldberg drops his guise of just reporting what others think and speaks in his own voice: "Israel has twice before successfully attacked and destroyed an enemy's nuclear program. In 1981, Israeli warplanes bombed the Iraqi reactor at Osirak, halting—forever, as it turned out—Saddam Hussein's nuclear ambitions; and in 2007, Israeli planes destroyed a North Korean–built reactor in Syria. An attack on Iran, then, would be unprecedented only in scope and complexity."
Those are simply the facts of the matter, Goldberg wishes us to think. But they are not facts at all. As others have pointed out, rather than stopping an Iraqi nuclear program, it either created it or, at a minimum, caused it to be vastly expanded. Moreover, so far as I know there has been no independent verification, as opposed to an Israeli claim, that what the Israelis struck in Syria was a North Korean nuclear reactor. Even if it was, an attack on a single reactor sitting above ground in an open desert would provide no useful precedent whatsoever for judging the likely success of an attack on the extensive, dispersed, hidden, hardened, and underground Iraqi nuclear program.
Throughout the article, Goldberg extensively quotes Benjamin Netanyahu and other advocates of an Israeli attack on the dangers of a new "holocaust" if Iran gets nuclear weapons. One quote is particularly significant: "The only reason Bibi [Netanyahu] would place Israel's relationship with America in total jeopardy is if he thinks that Iran represents a threat like the Shoah," an Israeli official who spends considerable time with the prime minister told me. "In World War II, the Jews had no power to stop Hitler from annihilating us. Six million were slaughtered. Today, 6 million Jews live in Israel, and someone is threatening them with annihilation. But now we have the power to stop them. Bibi knows that this is the choice."
Soon afterwards, Goldberg again speaks in his own voice, musing: "If the Jewish physicists who created Israel's nuclear arsenal could somehow have ripped a hole in the space-time continuum and sent a squadron of fighters back to 1942, then the problem of Auschwitz would have been solved in 1942. In other words, the creation of a serious Jewish military capability—a nuclear bomb, say, or the Israeli air force—during World War II would have meant a quicker end to the Holocaust."
And here is Goldberg's conclusion: "Based on months of interviews, I have come to believe that the administration knows it is a near-certainty that Israel will act against Iran soon if nothing or no one else stops the nuclear program; and Obama knows—as his aides, and others in the State and Defense departments made clear to me—that a nuclear-armed Iran is a serious threat to the interests of the United States." Note that Goldberg does not say that "American officials believe" that a nuclear-armed Iraq would be a serious threat to the U.S. national interest—presumably serious enough to justify a U.S. or US/Israel attack—he says that it is such a threat.
The cat is out of the bag. Eliminate the clever—not that clever—slipperiness, and here is my translation of what Goldberg is saying: An Israeli attack on the Iranian nuclear installations would have dangerous consequences, but is still necessary to prevent a new Holocaust. Even if Iran is not so irrational as to commit national suicide by launching nuclear weapons against Israel, Israel would suffer other unacceptable consequences—like, for example, causing large numbers of Israelis to emigrate, fearing an eventual Iraqi attack. However, it is unlikely that an Israeli attack on its own could succeed in eliminating the Iranian nuclear threat. Therefore, the United States should attack, for its national interests would be so threatened by Iranian nuclear weapons as to require an overwhelming military attack, regardless of the probable devastating consequences. And it had better attack soon, because otherwise Israel will.
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Irish Chair
Building a throne for the common man.
by Don Weber
Pages 22-29
I'm sitting here listening to Fiona Richie's "Thistle & Shamrock" radio show, thinking of an old friend, John Brown, from Ireland, and the ties between the Welsh and Irish cultures. I've been building Welsh stick chairs for ages, influenced by the ancient chairs in St. Faggon's Castle and those built by John, who recently passed away. I've always loved the old chairs of Scotland and Ireland; they're as rough as you get, but thrones nonetheless.
The Sligo chair, joined and pegged together, has its origins in the early 16th century. A sketch of this type of chair, dated 1832 from Drumecliffe, near Sligo, shows a three-legged, T-shaped seat with a crest piece attached to the top. Claudia Kinmonth, in her book "Irish Country Furniture" (Yale), describes the "Tuam chair" and mentions several reproductions made for Thoor Ballylee, the poet W.B. Yeats' Tower House in Dublin. Kinmonth tells us that the chair was made with no nails, screws or glue. What follows is my interpretation of this ancient chair.
I've taken the liberty of exchanging the flat-planked, T-shaped seat for a more comfortable Windsor-style seat, and I joined the front legs in a Maloof-ian style. The original chairs had a back carved out of a heavy timber. I've steam-bent the back plank and also the front legs. The original arms were cut out
and pegged to the back as in the old ones. This is a scribe-and-fit chair; there ain't no square.
Big Bend
Bending a 2″ x 7″ white oak plank took a lot of manpower until I attached a 4×4 timber with an eye bolt through it to the undercarriage of my workbench and used a come-along to draw the steamed wood down to the form.
The form was made from three pieces of 2″-thick pine, band sawn to shape then bolted together. A piece of angle iron was lagged to the end of the form to attach it to the workbench, and a pair of arms with a piece of black pipe (salvaged from an old bar clamp) passed through holes in the arms to allow me to tighten the bent wood down to the form with wedges driven from underneath the pipe.
Another set of arms with a piece of pipe at top and bottom allowed me to slip the frame over the form with the come-along still attached to secure the other side of the bend. This allows me to release the tension on the come-along and remove the form from the bench when bending multiple pieces.
I try to do several pieces in the steamer at the same time to economize on fuel and in case any of the bending pieces fail. The front legs are bent on a similar form. When all the pieces from the steamer are bent, the forms with the bent wood on them are placed in a drying room I've built in the workshop – the only climate-controlled space in my old building!
Video: Watch Don Weber split wood from a log.
Article: Read Don Weber's "Barnsley Hay Rake Table" article.
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BEIRUT (AP) — Nearly 20 months into the Syrian uprising, President Bashar Assad's message to the world has been nothing if not consistent: His military is strong, his enemies are mere terrorists and he will prevail in the end.
And despite a unity deal signed by Syrian rebels this weekend, which they hope will persuade foreign backers to send more powerful weapons to use to battle the regime, Damascus still has enough firepower and resources to keep up the fight.
"Syria has more than enough weapons for fighting the rebels," said Igor Korotchenko, a retired colonel of Russia's military general staff who is now editor of National Defense magazine. "As long as Bashar Assad has the money to pay his military, it will keep fighting."
He said Syria has more than 1,000 tanks, along with a system of repair shops created during Soviet times and enough experienced personnel to service the weapons.
Analysts say it is difficult to come up with reliable figures on the Syrian air force and air defenses because of the extreme secrecy surrounding its military matters. Assad's regime — its forces stretched thin on multiple fronts — has significantly increased its use of air power against Syrian rebels since the summer.
For now, government jets and helicopters are largely out of reach of the rebels' arsenals, and Assad projects confidence at every turn. In an interview last week with Russia Today TV, Assad vowed to "live and die" in Syria, saying the conflict will never drive him into exile.
Still, the regime cannot maintain the status quo indefinitely.
A Mideast intelligence official said Syria's estimated 300 jet fighters — mostly Russian-made — lack the appropriate maintenance, spare parts and missile warheads. Syria's estimated three dozen helicopters, also mostly Russian-made, are being "exhausted from overuse," he said.
"The Syrian army is being stretched to the maximum because of simultaneous crackdowns on rebel holdouts across Syria," said the official, who asked that his name and country not be used because he is not authorized to speak publicly.
Citing regional intelligence data, the official also said jammed Internet, satellite and cellphone circuits across Syria are contributing to the military's woes, mainly by depriving army commanders of the means to communicate with field officers. He said the circuits are believed to have been jammed by Russian telecommunications equipment, installed in the early summer to block rebel communications.
With the regime hurting but still strong, the opposition would need an influx of weapons quickly to tip the balance of the conflict.
The rebels' desire for arms was clear last week at an opposition conference in Qatar.
"Weapons," barked George Sabra, a Syrian opposition figure, as rebels gathered for a unity conference with envoys from Washington and its Middle East allies in attendance. "We don't need food. We don't need money. We need weapons."
The appeal came just hours before Syria's splintered rebel factions agreed Sunday to an American-backed plan to unite under a new umbrella group that seeks a common voice and strategy against Assad's regime.
Now, outgunned rebel fighters are waiting to see whether the pledge of cooperation will be rewarded with potentially game-changing arms — including critical anti-aircraft batteries — from main regional backers such as the wealthy Gulf states and Turkey.
A big part of the decision likely rests with the U.S., which has so far discouraged opening channels for heavy weapons because of unease about squabbling among Syrian rebels and possible footholds by Islamic extremists among the fighters.
The Obama administration has steered clear of any pledges to directly arm rebels. But some opposition figures believe Washington could give its tacit support to others funneling weapons if the new broad-based rebel coalition holds together and gains international legitimacy, such as winning recognition from the Arab League and other groups
"This new body will help us mobilize more international support and resources for the Syrian opposition," said the secretary-general of the Syrian National Council, Bassam Ishak, during talks Sunday in Qatar's capital, Doha, that were observed by representatives from the U.S., Turkey and other rebel backers.
The U.S. also is likely to play more than simply a bystander role if major weapons channels open for the rebels, who now battle mostly with firepower seized from Assad's military and light arms such as AK-47 machine guns bought on black markets or smuggled across borders.
Washington's logistical aid, such as surveillance and intelligence, would be essential to keep weapons routes open and reaching the right rebel units, analysts say.
"Still, I don't think we are quite at the green-light stage for weapons," said Theodore Karasik, a regional security expert at the Dubai-based Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis. "I think the jury is still out on what types of weapons are needed."
Karasik believes Syrian rebels have the capability to hold ground with the weapons they have as the conflict increasingly takes on the urban combat showdowns of past insurgencies such as Chechnya.
"They are fighting a Soviet-built army using Soviet and Russian tactics," he said. "You can probably fight that with the weapons you already have on the ground ... Anything else, like anti-aircraft capabilities, could help tip the scales."
Two likely routes for stepped up military aid would be Turkey and Jordan — both bordering on pockets of rebel-held territory.
The regime could face yet another challenge if Israel gets drawn into the fighting, something that would further stretch Assad's already struggling forces.
An Israeli tank struck a Syrian army vehicle Monday after a mortar shell landed on Israeli-held territory, the military said, in the first direct confrontation between the countries since the Syrian uprising broke out, sharpening fears that Israel could be drawn into the civil war next door.
Israel has steadfastly tried to avoid getting sucked into the Syrian conflict, but it has grown increasingly worried after a series of mortar shells have struck territory in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights in recent days. On Sunday, Israel fired a "warning shot" into Syria in response to the shelling.
Murphy reported from Dubai. AP writers Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow, Dale Gavlak in Amman, Jordan, and Aron Heller in Jerusalem contributed to this report.


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Colby-Sawyer graduates 219, honors alumna
May 10. 2014 10:05PM
NEW LONDON - A Peterborough resident received Colby-Sawyer College's highest award Saturday as the college graduated 219 students at its 2014 commencement, which began under cloudy skies that cleared as the ceremony went forward.
Janet "Jan" Udall Schaefer, of the Colby-Sawyer Class of 1952, received the Susan Colgate Cleveland Medal for Distinguished Service "for her sustained dedication to the college and community," according to the college website.
Schaefer established the Udall Endowed Scholarship, the Janet U. Schaefer Memorial Fund and has named the college a beneficiary of her estate.
Nicholas Ciarlante of Stoneham, Mass., a business administration major with a political studies minor, was the senior commencement speaker, having "demonstrated extraordinary leadership and dedication to the college from the moment he arrived on campus," according to college officials.Ciarlante, who served as student government association president for three years, urged his fellow students to continue to succeed, the website said."Whether you plan to pursue an advanced degree or enter employment, I turn to the song of our alma mater, 'Colby Forever. . Colby forever we will never part' and 'as you leave us, it's aloha and not goodbye.'?"
"While we prepare to leave campus today, remember that Colby-Sawyer will always be your home, and whether you go on to be a biologist, an accountant, teacher, nurse or even a legislator, be proud of the education that you received at Colby-Sawyer College."
In his commencement address, the website said, Harvey J. Pine, environmental studies professor and winner of the Jack Jensen Award for Excellence in Teaching, urged students: "Continue to share with me and the Colby-Sawyer community as you go out into the world.
"Share your failures so that we can help you find ways to succeed. Share your successes so that we may continue to learn from you. Together, let's share our experiences in order to continue acquiring knowledge," he said. "These experiences, this knowledge. These are all good things."


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Stir until evenly coated and place in 2 9 X 13 pans (or large roasters). Place in heated oven at 200 degrees. Stir every 20 minutes for 1 1/2 hours. Let cool and place in airtight container or zip loc bags.


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While the phrases "get healthy" or "lose weight" top many New Year's resolution lists, the prospect of taking action makes some people wish it was still December.
Luckily, change is possible. Residents of Hood River from infants to seniors have numerous sources that can help improve their overall wellness in 2003 and beyond.
Resolution-making is a constructive process conducive to mental well-being, according to Gary Young, chaplain at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital.
"At this time, people are glimpsing how their lives can be better," said Young. "Resolutions help us get to the core of our beings."
He stressed the importance of being realistic.
"Those of us over 50 wish we could be 25 again, but that won't happen," said Young. "You need to make resolutions you can keep on a daily basis."
Young suggested "keeping score" of your small steps and comparing the figures on a daily or weekly basis as a way to stick to those tricky resolutions.
"Think of them as 365-day journeys," said Young, who stressed staying focused throughout life's inevitable meanderings. "Once you get a vision of where you want to be, hold on through spiritual exercise in prayers, reading in depth, or meditating on your life experiences."
Young noted that personal successes aren't the only events worth remembering.
"People should make note of important roadmarkers in their lives," he said. "Sometimes they're not all good, but all of them help us get to the depth of our beings."
For those who want to take a more physical approach to developing their being, starting small is the key.
"Don't plan on going to exercise classes five days a week — that sets you up for failure," said Karen Mielke, who teaches low-impact SilverFit classes at the Hood River Valley Adult Center, as well as lessons and aqua-arthritis classes at the Hood River Sports Club.
"Try starting with two times a week for a month, then maybe add a third day," Mielke said. "Just get into a habit. Having a friend to work with always helps, too. Listen to your body, and if it hurts, don't do it."
Mielke's SilverFit exercise program is held at the Adult Center from 1:30-2:15 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays. Yoga classes are offered from 12-1 p.m. on Fridays, and blood pressure screenings are held from 11 a.m. to noon on the last Monday of each month. Mielke emphasized that her aqua-arthritis classes aren't just for people with that ailment — anyone interested in a low-intensity workout that doesn't leave the body sore is welcome to attend.
Mielke also recommended that parents be active with their kids, whether in the pool, on a walk or bike ride, or at the basketball court.
The county 4-H club will also provide a host of activities geared towards county children, said Youth Development Extension Agent Billie Stevens.
"Our programs keep kids busy, active, and healthier," said Stevens. "They're not sitting around at home watching TV."
She noted that many diverse 4-H activities are up and running by the beginning of January, including baby-sitting clinics to be held Jan. 14-16 at Hood River Middle School and Jan. 28-30 at Wy'east Middle School. The clinics are open to everyone, and focus on health and safety issues when working with children. For more information, call the Extension Office at 386-3343.
For those with infants, Dr. James Brauer of the Family Practice Specialists in Hood River recommended that parents make sure their child is on an immunization schedule recommended by their health care provider, as well getting other recommended tests for hearing and general health.
For more mature segments of the population, Brauer noted that traditional concerns still apply in the new year, despite some extra threats unique to our time.
"From a national standpoint, there are issues related to preparing for bioterrorism threats," said Brauer. "But in general, it gets down to the same basic issues — people taking care of their bodies through diet, exercise and not putting harming things in their bodies."
As county residents form their resolutions, Brauer urged them to examine the accuracy of information that spurred them to action.
"I've seen a number of times where people will get not-so-helpful advice to do things that aren't appropriate," said Brauer. "Make sure your goal is appropriate, and the means of achieving it as well."
The best way to do this, Brauer said, is to consult your physician.
"For young and generally healthy people, sometimes it's clear what they want to do to pursue exercise and a proper diet," said Brauer. "Others should check with a doctor."
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A Guide to the Patriot Act, Part 1
Should you be scared of the Patriot Act?
What's hot for fall of 2003?
Well, the USA Patriot Act, for one thing. Although it passed in Congress almost without dissent in the aftermath of Sept. 11, it's suddenly being revisited, and this time around some of the folks holding opinions have actually read the thing. Among its detractors are 152 communities, including several major cities and three states, that have now passed resolutions denouncing the Patriot Act as an assault on civil liberties. More than one member of Congress has introduced legislation taking the teeth out of its most invasive provisions. And in a huge shock to the Justice Department, in July the so-called "Otter Amendment"—which de-funded the act's "sneak-and-peek" provision—passed in the House by a vote of 309-118. Introduced by a conservative Republican congressman from Idaho, C.L. "Butch" Otter, the amendment revealed the extent to which the Patriot Act engenders jitters across the political spectrum. Then there are the lawsuits, including one filed recently by the ACLU, urging the court to invalidate provisions of the act that threaten privacy or due process. All these reforms are wending their way through the system and the national consciousness as Americans start to take a sober second look at what the act really unleashed.
On the other hand, there's the John Ashcroft "Patriot Rocks" concert tour, launched last month, which has him visiting 18 cities and talking up the act to local law enforcement officials. The DOJ also unloosed a new Web site last month, designed to shore up support for the act. Ashcroft contends that had the Patriot Act been in place earlier, 9/11 wouldn't have happened and that absent a Patriot Act, the country may have seen more 9/11s over the past two years—a double-double negative that's unprovable, but enough to scare you witless. There have also been a raft of op-eds and articles—some evidently written by Ashcroft's U.S. attorneys at knifepoint—simultaneously making the point that the act has staved off unspeakable acts of terror while maintaining that it made only tiny infinitesimal changes to the existing laws.
Part of the impetus for all the new activity is that some of the really great bits of the act are set to sunset in 2005, and some Republican senators are planning to introduce legislation to repeal the sunset provisions altogether. Copies of "Patriot II"—the act that was intended to follow Patriot and grant the government even broader powers—were leaked to the press last winter, and while the ensuing ruckus ensured that Patriot II is dead, much of it will evidently rise again this fall in the guise of the VICTORY Act, Orrin Hatch's attempt to deploy Patriot powers in the war on drugs. One of the reasons that Patriot is fighting for its life, then, is so that its creepy progeny may someday live as well.
How bad is Patriot, really? Hard to tell. The ACLU, in a new fact sheet challenging the DOJ Web site, wants you to believe that the act threatens our most basic civil liberties. Ashcroft and his roadies call the changes in law "modest and incremental." Since almost nobody has read the legislation, much of what we think we know about it comes third-hand and spun. Both advocates and opponents are guilty of fear-mongering and distortion in some instances.
The truth of the matter seems to be that while some portions of the Patriot Act are truly radical, others are benign. Parts of the act formalize and regulate government conduct that was unregulated—and potentially even more terrifying—before. Other parts clearly expand government powers and allow it to spy on ordinary citizens in new ways. But what is most frightening about the act is exacerbated by the lack of government candor in describing its implementation. FOIA requests have been half-answered, queries from the judiciary committee are blown off or classified. In the absence of any knowledge about how the act has been used, one isn't wrong to fear it in the abstract—to worry about its potential, since that is all we can know.
Ashcroft and his supporters on the stump cite a July 31 Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll showing that 91 percent of registered voters say the act had not affected their civil liberties. One follow-up question for them: How could they know?
If you haven't read all 300-plus pages of the legislation by now, you should. If you can't, in the following four-part series, Slate has attempted to summarize and synthesize the most controversial portions of the act so you can decide for yourself whether you want Patriot, and the Patriots that may follow, to be a part of your world. Part 1 tackles Section 215, the law dealing with private records. Part 2 will address changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, and "sneak and peek" warrants. Part 3 will discuss new electronic surveillance, and Part 4 will discuss miscellaneous provisions, including alien detentions.
Section 215, aka "Attack of the Angry Librarians"
Section 215 is one of the surprising lightning rods of the Patriot Act, engendering more protest, lawsuits, and congressional amendments than any other. In part this is because this section authorizes the government to march into a library and demand a list of everyone who's ever checked out a copy of My Secret Garden but also because those librarians are tough.
What it does: Section 215 modifies the rules on records searches. Post-Patriot Act, third-party holders of your financial, library, travel, video rental, phone, medical, church, synagogue, and mosque records can be searched without your knowledge or consent, providing the government says it's trying to protect against terrorism.
The law before and how it changed: Previously the government needed at least a warrant and probable cause to access private records. The Fourth Amendment, Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and case law provided that if the state wished to search you, it needed to show probable cause that a crime had been committed and to obtain a warrant from a neutral judge. Under FISA—the 1978 act authorizing warrantless surveillance so long as the primary purpose was to obtain foreign intelligence information—that was somewhat eroded, but there remained judicial oversight. And under FISA, records could be sought only "for purposes of conducting foreign intelligence" and the target "linked to foreign espionage" and an "agent of a foreign power." Now the FBI needs only to certify to a FISA judge—(no need for evidence or probable cause) that the search protects against terrorism. The judge has no authority to reject this application. DOJ calls this "seeking a court order," but it's much closer to a rubber stamp. Also, now the target of a search needn't be a terror suspect herself, so long as the government's purpose is "an authorized investigation ... to protect against international terrorism."
Downplaying the extent of these changes, the DOJ argued to Congress that 215 is no big deal, since grand juries could always subpoena private records in the past. The difference they don't acknowledge is that investigators may now do so secretly, and these orders cannot be contested in court. While the new DOJ Web site asserts that searches under 215 are limited to "business records," the act on its face allows scrutiny of "any tangible thing" including books, records, papers, documents, and anything else. The site also says U.S. citizens may not be subject to search, but the act does not differentiate. How can it, when a library or doctor's office is simply asked to produce a list of names? And here is where the Justice Department hedges: It claims that a citizen cannot be searched "solely on the basis of activities protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution." That means you can't have your records searched solely because you wrote an article criticizing the Patriot Act. But if you are originally from India and write that article, well, that's not "solely" anymore is it? To be sure, the ACLU is doing a bit of fearmongering when it says the DOJ can rifle through your records if they don't like what you're reading. If you're a U.S. citizen and not otherwise suspicious, you're probably safe, so long as all you do is read.
When the judiciary committee, inquiring into the civil liberties implications of Patriot, asked about 215, the DOJ said in July 2002: "Such an order could conceivably be served on a public library, bookstore, or newspaper, although it is unlikely that such entities maintain those types of records. If the FBI were authorized to obtain the information the more appropriate tool for requesting electronic communication transactional records would be a National Security Letter." But as we will explain in Part 4, the government's NSL authority was also beefed up by the Patriot Act. In other words, the government may simply have a more effective means of conducting warrantless searches than the one everyone's riled up about.
How it's been implemented: The DOJ is playing this one particularly close to the vest. The act itself mandates semiannual reporting by the attorney general to Congress, but the only thing he must report is the number of applications sought and granted. Not very helpful unless that number is zero …
When asked by the House Committee on the Judiciary to detail whether and how many times Section 215 has been used "to obtain records from a public library, bookstore, or newspaper," the DOJ said it would send classified answers to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The judiciary committee had what it called "reasonable limited access" to those responses, and it reported in October 2002 that its review had "not given any rise to concern that the authority is being misused or abused."
Wanting to learn more, the ACLU and some other civil rights groups filed a FOIA request, arguing that the DOJ was classifying its answers unnecessarily. But this May, a federal judge in U.S. district court in Washington ruled that the DOJ had the right to keep the specifics hush-hush under FOIA's national security exemption. The next day, at a judiciary committee hearing, Assistant Attorney General Viet Dinh did throw a bone to librarians, noting that in "an informal survey of the field offices," Justice learned "that libraries have been contacted approximately 50 times, based on articulable suspicion or voluntary calls from librarians regarding suspicious activity." He noted that most such visits were in the context of ordinary criminal investigations and did not rely on the powers granted by Section 215. * He did not give specifics on searches of any other establishments.
Independent attempts to chronicle the frequency of records searches have proved inconclusive. Within months after Sept. 11, federal or local officials visited nearly 10 percent of the nation's public libraries "seeking Sept. 11-related information about patron reading habits," according to a University of Illinois survey. But since librarians are gagged under the act, it's not clear that these reports are accurate. In any event, the same study suggests that about 13.8 percent of the nation's libraries received similar requests in the year before Sept. 11, so it's impossible to say that the problem was exacerbated by the new law.
Would you know if Section 215 had been used on you? Nope. The person made to turn over the records is gagged and cannot disclose the search to anyone.
Sunsets in 2005: Yes.
Prognosis: The first lawsuit against the Patriot Act was filed by the ACLU on July 30 this year, targeting Section 215. The suit has six mostly Arab and Muslim American groups as plaintiffs. Their claim is that 215 violates the Constitution and "vastly expands the power of the [FBI] to obtain records and other 'tangible things' of people not suspected of criminal activity."
In Congress, Rep. Bernard Sanders has proposed the Freedom to Read Protection Act to repeal provisions that subvert library patrons' privacy, and in July 2003 Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Ron Wyden introduced the Protecting the Rights of Individuals Act, requiring FBI agents to convince a judge of the merits of their suspicions before obtaining an individual's medical or Internet records. Similarly, Sen. Russ Feingold's Library, Bookseller and Personal Records Privacy Act would allow FBI access to business records pertaining to suspected terrorists or spies only. Feingold's bill would restore the pre-Patriot requirement that the FBI make a factual, individualized showing that the records sought pertain to a specific suspected terrorist.
Enough to get you through a cocktail party: 215 does extend FBI power to conduct essentially warrantless records searches, especially on people who are not themselves terror suspects, with little or no judicial oversight. The government sees this as an incremental change in the law, but the lack of meaningful judicial oversight and expanded scope of possible suspects is pretty dramatic.
Correction, Sept. 7, 2003: This article originally neglected to note that most of the 50 library visits the Department of Justice reported to Congress occurred in the course of ordinary criminal investigations and did not rely on the powers granted by Section 215. ( Return to corrected sentence.)


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I got to thinking this morning, about how our success last year and recent off-season attention might change how regular Sunday non-primetime games will be seen this year on free TV. It's gotta change a little, right?
I realize that the viewing maps won't change a whole lot so locals can see their teams, but you have to think that we are going to get more Joe Buck/Troy Aikman type commentators and be chosen a bit more for the national, out-of-market, afternoon games in more areas of the country than in the past.
It has always been mostly Dallas and Houston for the early and late game here in this market, but when they both play in the same timeslot, we seem to get whomever the network feels is going to get the best audience. I'm really hoping the networks choose to let more 12's see the Seahawks for a change. This might be the year.
It has always been a pain to read here that so many of us are looking for links all the time. Any chance more of us get to see the games live?


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The scope and intent of the Master Plan is to:
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By Nader Mousavizadeh
President Barack Obama's surprise decision to seek congressional authorization for punitive cruise missile strikes against Syrian government targets presents the West with a perhaps final opportunity to align rhetoric with reality, and policy with purpose, in its response to the Syrian civil war.
The bad news is that the White House, by gambling on its ability to convince a recalcitrant Congress to go against an isolationist public mood, has opened itself up to the very real possibility of defeat as its opponents will seek to embarrass what they consider a reluctant, irresolute Commander-in-Chief. The good news is that that path to winning the vote in Washington is paved with setting out a new and credible course for a diplomatic solution to the crisis that can justify an act of war.
This is not the contradiction in terms that the debates in Western capitals to date might suggest. If anything, the complete absence of a definition of strategic success is the single most important source of the disarray that defines the status quo. The schizophrenia at the heart of Western policy to date was on full display throughout the shambolic events in Westminster and Washington over the past week. The failure of David Cameron's government to win a parliamentary mandate for action, and of the Obama White House to carry through promptly on its red line rhetoric was, in truth, far less about the poisonous legacy of the Iraq war than about the lack of answers to the most basic questions regarding the use of force in Syria.
What are the "strictly limited" cruise missile strikes intended to achieve, besides a vague and inherently intangible attempt to "uphold international norms" — even as they would constitute a clear violation of the U.N. Charter? What do we expect the strikes to have done to the balance of power in the civil war once the dust settles? Is there any evidence to suggest that such pin-prick attacks will change the strategic calculus among Assad's top generals — the only real threat to his rule? The uncomfortable reality is that no one seems to know, or even care very much — as long the West is seen to have "done something."
Two years after the beginning of the conflict — and countless lost opportunities to create the genuine global coalition for a political transition in Syria later — the unspoken prevailing sentiment among Western security and intelligence officials is that the only outcome worse than Assad prevailing in the civil war is a victory by a rebel coalition increasingly judged to be dominated by extremists and jihadists whose model for a future Syria looks a lot more like Taliban-era Afghanistan than a pluralist democracy. But to assume that a bloody, deteriorating stalemate between two scorpions in a bottle is the best of a series of bad options mocks our ostensible concern for the people of Syria, ignores the risks of further regional instability and, most importantly, misses the opportunity — even at this late hour — to forge a global alliance for change in Damascus, and an end to the war.
Before this can be done, however, two things are necessary. First, there must be an end to the amateurish U.S. insults directed at those members of the Security Council whose support and engagement is required to achieve a united front against the Assad regime. Until now, this behavior has had the predictable consequence of hardening their opposition to Western policy — even after the regime's criminal use of chemical weapons — and has left Assad with little to worry about regarding genuine pressure on the pillars of his regime. Second, U.S. and UK officials should go back to the drawing board of strategic interests in the Syria conflict — their own, and those of the key members of the Security Council — where they will discover that there is a great deal more that unites the key powers than divides them.
Neither Russia nor China — the key obstacles to effective Security Council pressure on Assad — wish to see Syria descend into a jihadist haven; they both want a stable government that is considered legitimate and accountable to all parts of the fracturing Syrian polity; they want to avoid another break with the West over the use of military force in the Middle East in violation of the U.N. Charter; they both want to have a say in the future design of a region that is critical to global security.
All of this was clear more than a year ago, when the then-U.N. and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan succeeded in persuading all members of the U.N. Security Council to back his Geneva communiqué calling for a negotiated political transition to a new, broad-based and representative government in Syria. At the time, these efforts were derided by Western hawks and liberals alike as offering succor to the Assad regime whose days were allegedly numbered.
Well, tens of thousands of civilian casualties later, with the destruction of Syria as a viable state nearly complete, and a vital taboo against the use of chemical weapons grossly violated, the Obama administration may recognize that the only thing worse than having to engage in the difficult, often unpalatable give-and-take of great power diplomacy is to have to go it alone, with little prospect of success in achieving anything but the most symbolic and fleeting result.
In the kind of grim irony that only history provides, this week's G20 summit in St. Petersburg - hosted by none other than Vladimir Putin — offers the world what may the last chance to bring Syria back from brink of a cataclysm. Not only will the permanent members of the Security Council will be present, so will a number of other key regional and global actors. If John Kerry can take a respite from his recent outing as Obama's Secretary of War, then the able, shrewd and experienced U.S. Secretary of State should focus all his efforts on crafting a diplomatic strategy to unite the international community.
All of this will be deeply unpalatable to a proud and often self-congratulatory Obama administration: compromising, as in any genuine negotiation, on some of its key priorities; permitting Russia and China to have a serious stake in the region's future; agreeing to a transition that allows members of the current regime to have a role, without which they will have no incentive to abandon Assad; broadening the negotiating table to ensure that all relevant outside actors, including Saudi Arabia and Iran, have a stake in a new governance structure for Syria. But if the foreign policy legacy of the Obama administration is to be about more than "bearing witness" and "sending messages" amidst the Middle East's historical upheavals, the hard work of diplomacy must now be done in order to win the vote — and the war.
(Nader Mousavizadeh is co-founder of Macro Advisory Partners, and the author, with Kofi Annan, of "Interventions: A Life in War and Peace." Any opinions expressed here are the author's own.)


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The world's fifth largest economy and the nation's No. 1 agricultural state is in the midst of a political circus that is captivating California and the nation.
Like Steve Beckley of California Plant Health Association says, watching the California gubernatorial recall is like watching a train wreck — you cannot take your eyes off it.
It is bizarre even by California standards.
The recall of Gov. Gray Davis is a gasp and gag affair. As soon as you gag at the absurdity of seeing a porn queen and a diminutive former child actor campaign to become governor of America's largest state, you gasp at the political savvy of a former bodybuilder who appoints one of the richest men in America, Warren Buffett, and a former secretary of state George Schultz to head his economic recovery council.
Every Arnold Schwarzenegger opponent — Republicans and Democrats alike — are trying to knock off the "Governator." And, like the characters he plays in the movies, he seems unstoppable.
Will Schwarzenegger be California's next governor? Who knows? One poll has him far outdistancing the other 134 candidates. Another has him neck and neck with the Democratic alternative, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, the son of a valley farm worker.
The only "sure" bet at this point is that Gov. Gray Davis will get the boot. He recently tried to grovel his way back into favor by admitting he has made mistakes and is not as charismatic as others expect him to be, but failed miserably. Californians are tired of the plastic man who only makes excuses.
Are there better qualified, more politically astute politicians on the ballot of 135? Absolutely. Can they win? With less than a month to go before ballot time, it is not likely. All they try to do is upstage one of the nation's most recognized movie stars or criticize him for not being "specific" on how he plans to turn California around. No one is listening to them.
Where does agriculture fit in all of this? Out of the fray mostly, except for one big exception so far. While the dynamic trio of Buffett, Schultz and Schwarzenegger were doused in the media spotlight at Arnold's economic summit media event, an aside television interview was conducted with another member of Arnold's council, former California Secretary of State Bill Jones.
Jones, part of a family of prominent West Side Fresno County, Calif., farmers, should be governor today. He ran in the Republican primary where Bill Simon was selected only to become political fodder for Davis' puke brand of smear campaigning.
Jones is a statesman who repeatedly demonstrated his leadership during many years in Sacramento. When he ran for governor, it was California agriculture's last chance to get one of its own in high political office.
Maybe not.
Jones' invitation to sit on Arnold's economic recovery council is a clear sign a Schwarzenegger win could take Jones back to Sacramento where he is sorely missed. Jones is a consensus builder with unquestionable integrity and tons of experience. California needs the likes of Bill Jones in state government. A Schwarzenegger win may be agriculture's biggest recall windfall.
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I love romantic getaways.We try to squeeze in a few in between holidays.
We usually just buzz further down the coast for a change of scenery.
I fill my overnight bag with my favourite things and a copy of the latest Vogue.
There's always a bottle of French Champagne upon arrival,
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There's shared chocolate pudding for dessert and an after dinner liqueur.
Days are filled with beach walks, holding hands and aimless chatter.
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|Sunset cocktails at Udaipur in India.
1. Best meal in London in 2011
Heston Blumenthal arrived in London with a bang thanks to the opening of Dinner at the Mandarin Oriental this year. The food is intriguing but also damn delicious and more approachable than Blumenthal's fare at The Fat Duck. The do not miss dishes were clearly the meat fruit and tipsy cake but it was all outstanding.
2. Best meal travelling in 2011
I can't stop thinking about my meal at Inaki Aizpitarte's amazing Le Dauphin in Paris, just a few doors down from his first restaurant, the acclaimed Chateaubriand. It's a "small plates" style restaurant set in a buzzy, modern place with the room decked out from head to toe in white marble and dominated by a central bar which walk in diners can perch at to eat. Everything we tried was brilliant. Highlights included the sweet, sharp heritage tomato salad, smoky slices of almost rare wagyu beef, creamy squid ink risotto and piping hot matcha flavoured madeleines.
|Heritage tomato salad at Le Dauphin in Paris
3. Worst meal in London in 2011
It wasn't the worst meal I had but it was the most disappointing given the price paid. I was left very underwhelmed by my meal at Nuno Mendes' Viajante thanks to some interesting ideas which just did not deliver in terms of taste. At just under £200 for our meal for two I expected more consistency.
4. Worst meal travelling in 2011
I had some great food in Dubrovnik, Croatia but my meal at Storia failed to deliver. Despite Storia's beautiful setting overlooking the harbour and friendly service, I had to leave most of my seafood risotto uneaten as it had a claggy texture and was over salted. So disappointing in a country with such amazing seafood.
|Mmmm spaghetti carbonara
5. Recipe of the year
A weekend in Rome left me with a serious carbonara addiction and so I had to concoct the perfect spaghetti carbonara recipe. I had eaten carbonara before but nothing that tasted like the carbonara in Rome. It was silky smooth, rich and utterly satisfying. At home, attempting to replicate the classic dish I discovered the key was to cut out any extra ingredients, cream being the most obvious omission. The beauty of a good carbonara is its simplicity.
6. Cookbook of the year
I have total Momofku mania and cannot wait to get myself up to Sydney to check out David Chang's new restaurant there (or a visit to one of the originals in NYC would be nice). In the meantime I am making do with the brilliant, sweary and utterly compelling Momfuku cook book.
|The easiest and most delicious noodle recipe from the Momofuku cookbook
7. Total number of posts for 2011
145. Not bad going given my nomadic existence and at times non existent internet.
8. Most far flung reader in 2011
Hello to Georgia! I have heard a lot about your country and would love to make it there one day.
9. Weirdest search term used to get to Gourmet Chick in 2011
Elegant Hat Chef. I do love a good hat come Spring Racing carnival but am a bit bewildered by that one.
2012 Wish List
As the time of year for New Year's resolutions here are a few food and travel related ones for me – a virtual wish list of places to eat.
I'm excited to be back in my home town and there are so many places I want to visit. Melburnians let me know what you think of this list and if there is anywhere else I should be heading to…
- Chin Chin, according to Sharking For Chips and Drinks, and any friends I have who have been, it is one of Melbourne's "hot new openings";
- Vue de Monde, as I went a few years ago but have not been since the restaurant moved to its new digs at the Rialto;
- Wombat Cafe in Daylesford, I love the Lake House so am excited about checking out its new cheaper sibling;
- Albert Street Food and Wine, Phillipa Sibley's new restaurant (currently loving her cook book);
- Cutler and Co, which Joyce at Mel: Hot or Not, raves about and which I still have not been to; and
- Golden Dragon Palace, out in Templestowe for my yum cha fix after developing a serious dim sum addiction in Hong Kong.
|Ah Brazil – how I loved you. And how I love finishing this post with another cocktail picture.
After a crazy year of travel in 2011 which included holidays to Brazil, France, the USA, Spain, Mallorca, Madeira, Canada, Switzerland, Italy, India, Greece, Croatia, Montenegro, Ireland, Nepal and Hong Kong, I am planning some jaunts closer to my (new) home in 2012. Here's hoping for…
- A traditional Australian holiday of time down by the beach at Lorne;
- A trip to Sydney is certainly in order and long overdue; and
- More time in Asia with both Japan and Bali on my wish list.


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'UFC on FUEL 2: Gustafsson vs. Silva' Analysis: Worth the Wait
By Elias Cepeda
(I have seen the future of Swedish MMA and it is pale, polite and packs a nasty uppercut)
No one really disappointed in the UFC's first ever event in Sweden Saturday. Swedish headliner Alexander Gustafsson won an entertaining and technical stand-up striking battle against Thiago Silva. For his part, Silva was coming off of a one-year suspension from a failed drug test and was a late replacement for Antonio Rogerio Nogueira but found success in spots throughout the fight and never stopped pushing the pace and coming forward, no matter how much damage he took.
It's always fun to see what crowds in new UFC territory are like and the Swedish fans proved to be a pleasing combination. Think the soccer chants of British and Brazilian fans with the polite appreciation of Japanese fans (but slightly louder). When one of their own won, they roared. When one of theirs lost, they applauded the victor for their honest effort. Old dad was on the scene last week and did a great job writing about Swedish attitudes.
As he wrote, Silva was initially one of the few people to get booed in Sweden. But that had more to do with his assumed steroid use than his nationality. And by the end of his strong-willed battle against Gustafsson, the Swedish fans cheered Silva for his aggression.Read More DIGG THIS


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Before deciding whether you want to sign up for the farm bill's new ACRE program, or stick with the counter-cyclical program, be sure to do your homework, says John Robinson, Texas A&M Extension economist for cotton marketing.
The ACRE program, or Average Crop Revenue Election "is essentially a voluntary substitute choice for the counter-cyclical program," Robinson said during the Ag Market Network's October 14 teleconference. "You can choose to stay with the same type of farm programs that you've had, or you can substitute the ACRE program for the counter-cyclical program (CCP)."
Currently, the new farm bill, the Food, Energy and Conservation Act of 2008, is in USDA's rules and regulatory writing phase, "so a lot of what we will know about the farm bill, including ACRE, won't actually be decided on for quite a few months," Robinson said.
But one thing is for sure, Robinson has found. "The ACRE program doesn't lend itself very well to verbal or written description. A lot of tedious information is involved."
The ACRE program concept is similar to a crop revenue coverage type program in that it insures a level of gross revenue. Under a CRC program, you multiply price and yield to see if your gross revenue falls below an insured level. To participate, you pay an upfront premium.
"ACRE is more complicated, but in essence, it is still a revenue insurance program," Robinson said. "To pay the premium on the program, you agree to give up 20 percent of your direct payment. In addition, you take a 30 percent cut in the loan rate. In other words, the loan rate you have under the ACRE program is 70 percent of the level you would have under the counter-cyclical option."
That may not be bad for grain farmers, Robinson says, "because they haven't had loan rates at high enough levels to be beneficial to them. Seventy percent of nothing is still nothing. So grain producers might not care about a 30 percent cut in loan rates.
"On the other hand, 70 percent of the cotton loan rate is 36.4 cents per pound. That may give a lot of cotton growers pause. But nevertheless, that's what we're operating with. So if you go with ACRE on cotton, and if the outlook for cotton is steeply falling prices, keep in mind that your loan rate protection, which our whole marketing system is built around, would be drastically lowered.
"Lastly, don't forget that ACRE is a substitute for our CCP, so you would be foregoing counter-cyclical payments," if payable.
USDA has not yet released information about sign-ups for ACRE, which will become an option beginning with the 2009 crop.
According to a publication released by the Center for Agricultural Development at Iowa State University, all farmers who sign up for ACRE become potentially eligible for payments "when state revenue falls below the state revenue guarantee." To receive an ACRE payment, these potentially eligible farmers must also suffer a farm loss.
"Both conditions have to be in play for you to quality for payments," Robinson said. "In other words, if the state had a big loss in revenue, and you had a bumper crop at normal prices, you might not collect on the program."
Conversely, if the farmer has a big loss, and the state had a bumper crop at normal prices, you also might not collect on the program, according to Robinson.
According to ISU figures, the state guarantee equals 90 percent of the product of the ACRE yield and the ACRE price. The ACRE yield is the average of the state yields during the previous five years after the highest and lowest yield in the five years are eliminated. For example, if state yields for corn in 2004 through 2008 were respectively 180, 140, 150, 160, and 100 bushels per acre, the ACRE yield for 2009 would be 150, which is the average of 140, 150, and 160.
The ACRE price is the average of the two previous years' season average prices as reported by the National Agricultural Statistics Service. So for 2009, the ACRE price used to set the 2009 guarantee will equal the season average prices for the 2007-08 marketing year and the 2008-09 marketing year.
Actual state revenue equals the product of the state average yield and the season average price. For example, in 2009, actual state revenue will equal the state average yield for the 2009 crop multiplied by the season average price for the 2009-10 marketing year.
If you meet the conditions for a payment, you collect the difference between the actual state gross revenue and the state revenue guarantee. Your actual individual loss is not a part of the payment computation.
Farmers could receive payments on 83.3 percent of their planted or considered planted acres between 2009 and 2011 and 85 percent in 2012. Payment acres could not exceed the total base acres on the farm.
Each grower needs to evaluate ACRE program carefully. "You have to pencil it out in great detail," Robinson said.
To that end, there are several online resources you can use including www.agmanager.info, which includes calculations on how many times in the last 25 years the ACRE program would have paid out for crops in each state. "Those studies indicated that there were about 7 or 8 years when it actually would have paid, and the average payment was about $10 an acre."
The Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University has developed an informative bulletin about ACRE located at: (http://www.aaec.ttu.edu/ceri/NewPolicy/Publications/BriefingPapers/ACRE_Briefing Paper_08.pdf )
"They pulled information from two dryland cotton farms and two irrigated cotton farms in Texas and did calculations on whether the farms would have been better off under the ACRE program or the counter-cyclical program. The upshot was that these farms would have been better off under the counter-cyclical program, particularly the irrigated farms," Robinson said.
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Shortening, Pastery Dough and Gluten?
What is the roll of lard or butter in a pastery dough with the dough gets stretched out paper thin like strudel?
I am trying to make a similar dough for an Italian pastery that has to be streched literally paper thin. I am using breadflour for a higher gluten content. I undersand this is not typical for flaky pastery, however, since its being streched so thin you need good gluten development.
I thought things like butter and shortnening coat flour there by reducing gluten. So I dont understand why 20 of the versions of this dough have some sort of fat worked in, while the only one that worked for me so far was leaving fat out all together.
The reason I ask is that when I fallow the most common form of the dough recipe, I end up with a solid shell instead of distinct seprate flaky layers. When I fallow the odd ball versions with no fat, it works like its supposed to.
Here is the recipe, I am trying to make Sfogliatelle
3 Cups of bread flour
1 cup of lard or butter
2/3 cups water
1 tsp salt
2 Tbsp honey
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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A California jury has found a man insane in a 2012 attack on a Pacific Gas & Electric crew that gained national attention because of the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker who said he intervened in the attack.
Caleb McGillivary gained Internet fame as "Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker" after he gave an interview in which he said he used the hatchet to fend off a further attack by the suspect, Jett McBride.
The Fresno Bee reports (http://bit.ly/1b8BqQv) a jury on Thursday found McBride insane when he drove his car into the utility crew in Fresno. The jury previously convicted him of assault with a deadly weapon.
McBride testified that he thought he was Jesus Christ. His attorney says McBride will likely be sent to a state hospital.
McGillivary, meanwhile, has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in New Jersey.
Information from: The Fresno Bee, http://www.fresnobee.com


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At a size of 800 feet, the Hindenburg was supposed to set a new standard in the airship era. Unfortunately, its fiery crash on May 6, 1937 caused the exact opposite — the virtual end of zeppelin travel. Since the tragic disaster, which killed 35 of the 100 people on board, many have put forth varying hypotheses as to the cause of the fire, but now a group of engineers and researchers claim they've discovered the culprit: static electricity.
On the day of the accident, onlookers and news media watched as the hydrogen-filled blimp attempted to dock at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station. The crowds were delighted and all seemed well until the Hindenburg suddenly erupted into flames and, in mere seconds, plummeted around 300 feet to earth. Suspicions as to the source of the ignition encompass everything from sabotage, a bomb, fiery paint, and static. But, according to British aeronautical engineer Jem Stansfield and a team of San Antonio based researchers, those who had their money on static are indeed correct.
The scientists researched in detail the circumstances surrounding the event and conducted a series of tests on Hindenburg models in an effort to recreate the zeppelin's fiery destruction. They concluded the airship became charged with static from an electrical storm. The electrostatic then came in contact with hydrogen that was leaking out of one of the ship's valves and a spark ignited.
The researchers describe the chain of events in the following:
"The airship had become charged with static as a result of an electrical storm. A broken wire or sticking gas valve leaked hydrogen into the ventilation shafts, and when ground crew members ran to take the landing ropes they effectively "earthed" the airship. The fire appeared on the tail of the airship, igniting the leaking hydrogen.
"I think the most likely mechanism for providing the spark is electrostatic," said Mr. Stansfield. "That starts at the top, then the flames from our experiments would've probably tracked down to the center. With an explosive mixture of gas, that gave the whoomph when it got to the bottom."
Stansfield's experiments are the subject of a British Channel 4 documentary, which will air on Thursday.


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Colon Cancer
Cancer occurs when cells in the body divide without control or order. Eventually these uncontrolled cells form a growth or tumor. The term cancer refers to malignant growths. These growths can invade nearby tissues and spread to other parts of the body. It is not clear exactly what causes these problems in the cells, but it is probably a combination of genetics and environment.
Risk Factors
Being over 50 years old increases your chance of colon cancer. Other factors that may increase your chances of colon cancer:
- Hereditary conditions, such as familial adenomatous polyposis
- Personal history of colon or rectal cancer, or polyps
- Family history of colon or rectal cancer, especially a parent, sibling, or child
- Ethnicity—African-Americans carry the highest risk of developing and dying from colon and rectal cancers
- History of ulcerative colitis or Crohn disease
- Obesity
- Smoking
- Diets high in meat, and low in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains
- Alcohol use disorder
- Physical inactivity
In most cases, there are no symptoms with colon cancer. When symptoms do appear, they may include:
- A change in bowel habits
- Blood in the stool that is either bright red or black and tarry
- Stools that are narrower than usual
- Diarrhea, constipation, or feeling that the bowel does not empty completely
- General abdominal discomfort, such as frequent gas pains, bloating, fullness, and/or cramps
- Unexplained weight loss
- Constant feeling of fatigue or tiredness
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. The doctor will check the rectum for lumps or abnormal areas, and recommend different tests in order to identify tumors and confirm diagnosis.
Tests used to identify potential colon cancers include:
- Fecal occult blood test
- Colonoscopy
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Barium enema
- CT colonography
Additional tests may confirm the presence of colon cancer, determine what stage the cancer is in, and/or determine if the cancer has spread:
- Biopsy
- Polypectomy
- CT scan
- PET scan
- Transrectal ultrasound
- Blood tests to look for anemia and tumor markers in the blood
The physical exam, combined with all of your test results, will help to determine the type and stage of cancer you have. Staging is used to guide your treatment plan. Like other cancers, colon cancer is staged from I-IV. Stage I is a very localized cancer, while stage IV indicates a spread to other parts of the body
Treatment for colon cancer depends on how early it is detected, and the stage or location of the tumor.
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment may include one or more of the following options:
Surgery is the main treatment for colon cancer. There are several options for surgery depending on the location of the cancer and how much it has spread:
- Polypectomy and local excision—Early stage removal of the cancer.
- Partial colectomy—Removal of the cancer with a margin of surrounding healthy tissue and lymph nodes. The healthy ends of the colon are reconnected.
- Laparoscopic-assisted colectomy—Removal of the cancer with a margin of surrounding healthy tissue and lymph nodes through small incisions in the abdomen.
- Total colectomy—Removal of the entire colon. The last part of the small intestine, called the ileum, is then connected to the rectum.
Some surgeries may require temporary or permanent colostomies. A colostomy is a surgical opening through the wall of the abdomen into the colon. This is used as a path for waste material to leave the body. After a colostomy, you will wear a special bag to collect bodily waste.
Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy is the use of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. It is directed at the site of the tumor from a source outside the body. This therapy is aimed at the immediate area of the cancer.
Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells. It may be given in many forms, including pill, injection, and catheter. The drugs enter the bloodstream and travel through the body killing mostly cancer cells. They can also kill some healthy cells. This therapy is systemic, meaning it affects your entire body.
Targeted Therapy
Targeted therapy uses medications to target and kill cancer cells, while sparing healthy tissue. They are currently used to treat advanced cancers. Targeted therapy is less harmful to healthy tissue, which reduces side effects. It may be used alone or in combination with chemotherapy.
Other Medications
Some medications can be used as part of a treatment plan. Other medications may help to either prevent or reduce side effects of treatments, or to manage certain side effects once they occur. These include:
- Corticosteroids
- Blood stem cell support medications
- Antiemetics to control nausea
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications
- Opioids to control pain
Tell your doctor when you notice a new symptom, and ask if any of these medications are appropriate for you.
The causes of most cancers are not known. However, it is possible to prevent many colon and rectal cancers by finding and removing polyps that could become cancerous. Beginning at age 50, both men and women with average risk should follow one of the following screening options:
- Colonoscopy every 10 years
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years
- CT colonography every 5 years
- Double-contrast barium enema every 5 years
- MR colonography every 5 years
- Stool DNA test every 3 years
- Annual fecal occult blood test (FOBT)
- Annual fecal immunochemical test (FIT)
People with any of the following risk factors should begin colon and rectal cancer screening earlier and/or undergo screening more often:
- African American or Native Americans
- Strong family history of colon or rectal cancer, or polyps
- Family history of hereditary colon or rectal cancer syndromes
- History of colon or rectal cancer, or adenomatous polyps
- History of chronic inflammatory bowel disease
Be sure to discuss colon cancer screening with your doctor to see how and when you should be screened.
Lifestyle Changes
There are lifestyle changes that may reduce your risk of colon cancer, such as:
- Not smoking
- Eating a healthful diet high in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and low in red meat
- Being physically active by exercising at least 30 minutes a day on most days of the week
- Drinking alcohol in moderation—maximum of 2 drinks per day for men and 1 drink per day for women
- Maintaining a healthy weight
This content is reviewed regularly and is updated when new and relevant evidence is made available. This information is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with questions regarding a medical condition.
Edits to original content made by Denver Health.
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Tarnishing New Brass
Have you ever seen shiny new brass on an old piece of furniture? It just doesn't look right. What I do is tarnish the new brass to give it an antique look that better suits the furniture it's attached to. Pour a little ammonia in the bottom of a glass casserole dish. Place a brick, or similar object, in the bottom of the dish to elevate the brass above the ammonia. Put the brass piece on top of the brick and cover the container to keep it airtight. Ammonia vapors are harmful so do this in a well-ventilated room. The process takes only a few minutes; the amount of tarnish on the brass is regulated by the amount of time the brass is exposed to the vapors.
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In the New York Times today, economist Paul Krugman waxes triumphant for socialized medicine:
Steve Benen gets exercised over a new appearance of a zombie lie in the health care debate — the totally false claim that Canadian health care won't pay for hip replacements for the elderly.
But the hip replacement scam is even worse than Steve realizes. Because who, you might ask, pays for hip replacements in America? The answer: Medicare pays 63.8% of the cost, Medicaid 6.8%. That's right, the U.S. government pays for 70% of hip replacements in this country.Aren't you glad we don't have evil, Canadian-style government-run health insurance?
As pleased with this observation as Dr. Krugman is, it doesn't tell us anything at all about the superiority or inferiority of a government-run health insurance industry.
Tomorrow, government could decide to take over the shoe industry and buy 70% of Americans their shoes. That wouldn't mean that "socialized footwear" is more effective than a free market for shoes. All it means is that the government forcibly took over 70% of the market by law.
Likewise, the mere fact that the U.S. government pays for 70% of hip replacements isn't a reason why it should. That seems to me like a pretty amateur mistake for such a well-venerated intellectual (and Nobel Prize Laureate) as Paul Krugman.
The U.S. government doesn't have more market share because it provides a better product or does so at a lower cost, but simply because it's the U.S. government and all it has to do to garner market share is pass a law. The Cato Institute's Michael F. Cannon makes this clear:
A full accounting shows that government programs cost more and deliver lower-quality care than private insurance. The central problem with proposals to create a new government program, however, is not that government is less efficient than private insurers, but that government can hide its inefficiencies and draw consumers away from private insurance, despite offering an inferior product.
Mr. Cannon also points us to the question we should really be asking about Medicare and Medicaid: "Why Don't We Fix the Two Public Options We Have Now Instead of Creating a Third One?"


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Country music star Kellie Pickler and her partner, Derek Hough, won "Dancing with the Stars" on Tuesday.
In the final two-hour "Dancing with the Stars" performance show last night, the four remaining couples - Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff, Pickler and Hough, Alexandra Raisman and Mark Ballas, and Zendaya and Valentin Chmerkovskiy - competed in three rounds of dance. In the first round, each couple took on a new routine in a dance style that the judges wanted to see again. In round two, the couples were challenged to a cha cha relay, where each pair danced to a different section of the same song. In the last round - and one of the biggest competitive dances of the season - the couples took on a supersized freestyle featuring special effects, additional dancers and unexpected surprises.
In the two-hour season finale, the entire celebrity cast returned, including Any Dick, Dorothy Hamill, D.L. Hughley, Wynonna Judd, Victor Ortiz, Ingo Rademacher, Sean Lowe and Lisa Vanderpump. The returning stars performed a show-stopping opening number with the pro and troupe dancers. The show featured music from Pitbull, who performed his new single, "Hands Up," and Wynonna sang "I Want to Know What Love Is." PSY took to the stage with his latest hit, "Gentleman," and Jessica Sanchez sang her version of Pitbull's "Feel This Moment."
The fourth-place couple, Raisman and Ballas, was eliminated within the first hour of the show, and in a final element of the competition, the three remaining couples performed a new routine in an "Instant Dance" - where they tackled a style they know, but to music given to them for the first time live on television. The routine was scored out of 30 and rounded out the judges' scores across both nights.
The third-place couple was Jones and Smirnoff. Zendaya and Chmerkovskiy took second-place, and the winner of the coveted mirrorball trophy was Pickler and Hough.


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The HPV vaccine protects against infection by certain strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV). HPV can cause cervical cancer and genital warts.
The HPV virus has also been linked to other kinds of cancers, including vaginal, vulvar, penile, anal, mouth and throat cancers.
Vaccine - HPV; Immunization - HPV; Gardasil; Cervarix; HPV2; HPV4; Vaccine to prevent cervical cancer
HPV is a common virus that is spread through sexual contact. There are several types of HPV. Many of the types do not cause problems. Some types of HPV can lead to:
Two vaccines called HPV2 (Cervarix) and HPV4 (Gardasil) are approved:
These vaccines do not treat cervical cancer.
HPV4 (Gardasil) is approved for:
HPV2 (Cervarix) is approved for:
Girls ages 11 and 12 should receive the HPV vaccine series:
Girls and women ages 13 to 26:
Boys ages 11 to 12 should receive the HPV4 (Gardasil) vaccine series:
Boys and men ages 13 to 21:
Men ages 22 to 26:
Pregnant women should not receive this vaccine. However, there have been no problems found in women who received the vaccine during pregnancy, before they knew they were pregnant.
The most common side effects are fainting, dizziness, nausea, headache, and skin reactions at the site where the shot was given.
The HPV vaccine does not protect against all types of HPV that lead to cervical cancer. Girls and women should still receive regular screening (Pap smear) to look for precancerous changes and early signs of cervical cancer.
The HPV vaccine does not protect against other infections that can be spread during sexual contact.
Talk to your health care provider if:
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Committee Opinion No. 588: Human Papillomavirus Vaccination. Obstet Gynecol. 2014;123:712-8.
American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Infectious Diseases. Policy Statement: HPV vaccine recommendations. Pediatrics. 2012. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-3865.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0 Through 18 Years - United States, 2014. MMWR. 2014;63(05):108-109.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommended Immunization Schedules for Adults Aged 19 Years or Older - United States, 2014. MMWR. 2014;63(05): 110-112.
Kahn JA. HPV vaccination for the prevention of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. N Engl J Med. 2009;361:271-278.
Slade BA, Leidel L, Vellozzi C, Woo EJ, Hua W, Sutherland A, et al. Postlicensure safety surveillance for quadrivalent human papillomavirus recombinant vaccine. JAMA. 2009 Aug 19;302(7):750-757.


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