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I mentioned back in May, that one of our top projects this year, was to implement some sort of a designated cubby system for the boys. We were looking to create a zone in which each boy could place their school belongings and daily gear. Up until now, they have put their boots and shoes by the entry, coats in the coat closet, and backpacks, school gear, etc... in piles. It wasn't the most effective setup, and we have been brainstorming ways to manage it for years. And when I say years, that is no exaggeration.
My original intention was to replicate some of the beautiful and lovely cubby systems, that I often see on Pinterest and BHG.
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And earlier this summer, my hubs gave me the thumbs up. He was finally ready and eager to build me my long awaited cubbies.
But as we started talking, project planning, creating a cubby wishlist, etc... we realized our only solution was to place them in the garage. There is absolutely no other wall in our home, without a major renovation, that would be suitable candidates for the cubbies. Really wanting to move forward with the project in the garage, in the end, it just didn't make sense. We live in the Midwest where for about 7-8 months out of the year, we experience cold temps, some extreme. We get massive amounts of snow and freezing temps. So boots and gear in the garage in the winter wouldn't be very nice to the kids. Time to think up a new plan.
Then, the BHG photo shoot happened and I decided that if I wanted to have a cubby system before school, that I might just have to purchase something that would solve our problems, vs. taking on another DIY build project. I already had my hubs working on finishing doors and trim in the lower level and installing new wood stairs, while also installing some other DIY features to my studio {which I will share in an upcoming post}. There are times where I just need to pick my battles, and buy something instead of build it; so that is what we did.
When it came time to finding the perfect solution, it didn't take long. I often roam the display floor at IKEA looking for ideas and at all of their furniture options, and often would stop and admire their BESTA line. In fact, when readers ask me for awesome toy storage solutions, I often revert to the BESTA line, since it is much more deep and sturdy than typical bookcases. You can mix and match finishes and features to achieve your desired outcome, I was looking to create something similar to this:
Three separate spaces to keep everything kid related. Nice and concealed. I knew I would need room for baskets, backpacks, lunchboxes, their study boxes and boots. After measuring, we took several pieces home {two units - this one and this one, doors and legs} and assembled it {I will spare you those boring details}.
So, our entry went from this...
To this:
The larger unit absolutely filled up the hip wall space far better than the previous falling apart console table did and provided me with all the concealed storage I was hoping for. I am beyond in love and smitten for this huge update!
And when I say it packs a lot of storage punch, that is no joke. Each "cubby" or cabinet is set up exactly the same. One for each boy.
So what are all of those goodies? Let's chat about each.
The top blue box is their "study box". A box that contains everything they need to do their homework each night. A notebook, writing utensils, erasers, etc... Each night they can bring their individual boxes to the kitchen table to do their work, and when they are done, the boxes tuck neatly back in their cubby.
The smaller blue basket is for the boys to keep any portable devices. We do not allow the boys to be on these unless they are traveling, so we installed a cord to each basket to allow for the devices to charge in-between rides.
The lower green basket holds their boots. Since our entry shoe storage cabinet doesn't accommodate the large, wet, cold footwear, I thought a simple plastic basket would do the trick.
The baskets were from Target a few months back, I scooped them up at the same time I was working on the kids playroom.
Their backpacks and lunchboxes tuck nicely into the remaining area of the cubby.
The clipboards started out as cheapo plain Target clipboards, that I dressed up with some pretty contact paper {found here}. Updating the clipboards was was super simple, just trace the clipboard, cut and attach the contact paper. Easy to clean, easy to change!
The reason I wanted to attach the clipboards to the door, is because I wanted an easier way to corral all of the kids current "action" documents for school. We were keeping them inside of folders in their study box, and my thoughts were that the clipboards would keep things in site and easier to grab in a jif. After our recent school open house night, we accumulated quite a few papers and I put them to the test.
They hold a great amount of weight/papers and are mounted on the cabinet door with simple Command Hooks.
Soooooo in love!
We are feeling nice and prepared the new school year now! I am beyond thrilled that the kids have their own designated areas for their belongings in our entry and it is all nicely tucked away and concealed, no one would ever know all of the awesomeness happening behind those doors, which is my favorite part!
As we made the decision to say farewell to the large, built in cubby dream, I was a little disappointed and sad inside, but I insisted on using the ideas and practicalities of the inspiration photos to create something equally as amazing with what items made sense for our home and family. Although not necessarily a traditional "mudroom" or "entry", it is working well for us. Smiles all around!
I am looking forward to checking out all of the great ways you all have been preparing for back to school by scouring through the link party this weekend! If you haven't linked up your posts yet, you still have a few more days before the party closes.
I also wanted to take a moment to say thank you for all of your kind comments after I revealed my brother's apartment update. I know I have a few questions to answer, and I will be sure to make time to do that this weekend as well. You all made my heart fill with warmth and I adore you to pieces!
Have a safe and happy holiday weekend!
UPDATE: IKEA occasionally makes changes to their site and product names. Below is an updated link list to similar items to create the credenza cubbies.
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"She was five feet two and had difficult proportions: high waist, large bosom, short arms, no behind, and wide hips. I was not awed by her."
Readers, Sharaff was talking about Elizabeth Taylor. Can you imagine?!
My first thought: If Taylor had "difficult proportions," the rest of us are screwed. It's sad to read a quote like that--I mistakenly assume that Hollywood had more realistic expectations of stars in the 50s and 60s, when a more womanly figure was in fashion.
On the other hand, it's kind of nice to read a designer's candor about the challenges of obtaining Hollywood perfection, even for an hourglass figure like Taylor. Obviously, even female costumers are not immune from the pressures of creating a perfect screen-ready body at any cost.
Sharaff won the Oscar for her designs for Cleopatra in 1963. Despite Sharaff being underwhelmed by Taylor, they must have been on good terms. Sharaff designed the dress Liz wore for her first wedding to Richard Burton.
Sharaff seems to have been known for her bitchy quips. Of working with Faye Dunaway on Mommie Dearest, Sharaff said: "Yes, you may enter Miss Dunaway's dressing room, but first you must throw a raw steak in--to divert her attention."
Sharaff, like Edith Head, had an idiosyncratic sense of style. She wore super heavy eyeliner, a dramatic up-do, and lots of black.
Fun fact: Sharaff and her team designed 26,000 costumes for Cleopatra. Does that even seem possible?!


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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is new to his front-runner status, but he's hardly new to Washington.
He has spent decades weaving relationships in and around government — starting with his successful campaign to win the House majority back in the early 1990s. Some of his most ardent supporters now worked with him back then — but some of his angriest opponents did, too.
'He's A Quality Guy'
By the 1980s, Democrats had controlled Congress for decades, and Republicans were thought of as a sort of permanent minority. That is, until a zealous group of true believers set out to build a real GOP majority. Gingrich was at the center of those so-called young lions — because, says Rep. Joe Barton, of the power of his ideas.
"You really never hear Newt talk about what can't be done — he's always talking about what could be done," says Barton, a Republican from Texas.
The two men are very close. When Gingrich was Republican whip, Barton was his chief deputy. Decades later, Barton was among the first to endorse Gingrich's campaign — even back when it looked dead.
Why? Barton says Gingrich is that perfect political combination of whip-smart and soul-inspiring.
"People that don't know him get to know him [and] they're inspired by him," Barton says. "Quality counts, even in politics, and he's a quality guy — and it's showing in the polls."
'Not As Adept' As He Could Have Been
Not all Republicans who worked under Gingrich when he was House speaker are starry-eyed. Ohio Rep. Steve LaTourette says Gingrich ticked off a lot of people back then.
"There were a lot of moments where he was not as adept as he could or should have been as the speaker," LaTourette says. "He'd probably acknowledge that."
LaTourette remembers meetings in the basement of the Capitol, with Gingrich pushing his agenda until 2 or 3 a.m. and not doing a whole lot of listening.
"He would have an idea that wasn't fully grown, and then ... he'd sort of shout it out anyway," LaTourette remembers.
And then came the coup: A group of Republicans unhappy with Gingrich started a whisper campaign calling for new leadership. Gingrich got ahead of that, quashed it, and ended up securing his speakership. That is, until it crumbled under the intensely partisan impeachment of President Bill Clinton — and the revelation that throughout that, Gingrich had been having an extramarital affair with a member of his staff. The speaker resigned in disgrace.
'The Dumbest Single Thing I've Done'
One of Washington's great ironies is that there was really only one man pushed out of Gingrich's leadership team after that attempted coup: a young guy from Ohio named John Boehner — the current speaker of the House.
Another weird thing? A commercial, taped and aired just three years ago, for an environmental campaign run by Al Gore, Clinton's vice president. It features Gingrich sitting on a loveseat with then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat, and talking about how "our country must take action to address climate change."
"If enough of us demand action from our leaders, we can spark the innovation we need," Gingrich says in the ad.
Could this be a glimmer of bipartisanship for a would-be Gingrich presidency?
He was asked about it on a Fox News show just last month by conservative columnist Stephen Hayes — and Gingrich called the ad "probably the dumbest single thing I've done."
The Memo
New York Rep. Louise Slaughter, a Democrat, was also in Congress with Gingrich. And what she remembers is a memo his staff circulated. It was called "Language: A Key Mechanism of Control."
"They had a lexicon of words that they could use when they talked about Democrats," she recalls.
The memo listed positive words Republicans should use to describe their ideas — like "opportunity," "common sense" and "reform." It also listed negative words and phrases the GOP should use to describe Democrats' ideas — like "welfare," "pathetic" and "criminal rights."
Today, Slaughter says, "I really do believe that he was responsible for a lot of the absolute vitriol that we have in the House."
There may be no one in Congress, in either party, who thinks Gingrich isn't smart. But there are a lot of people in both parties who have had tough relationships with him.
He's a fighter, most people say. And don't expect that to change if the country chooses a President Gingrich.
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From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Robert Siegel. Today brought another shocking sentence from an Egyptian court. A judge issued death sentences for nearly 700 people accused of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood movement. They were charged with committing violence during unrest last summer. This is from the same judge who outraged rights groups last month by sentencing more than 500 people to death. Today, he commuted all but 37 of those cases to life in prison.
The latest death sentences came, like the last time, after only a few hours in trial. Many were sentenced in absentia. NPR's Leila Fadel sent this report from Cairo.
LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: A video posted online shows the scene outside the courtroom in Minya, south of Cairo. Women wept in disbelief when the judge made his decision on the second day of this mass trial. 683 people were sentenced to death, including the Muslim Brotherhood's jailed leader, Mohammed Badie. That will further enrage the Islamist organization that is calling for the reinstatement of the ousted Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi.
In the video, relatives of the condemned screamed, our sons are not Muslim Brotherhood. One women cried out that her son doesn't even know how to pray. Her words are a telling sign of the times today as the government cracks down in Islamists. The state accuses the Muslim Brotherhood members of being terrorists, but the group denounces violence publically.
In a statement from London, the Brotherhood condemned what it called the chilling verdicts and vowed to continue to use peaceful means to end what it calls Egypt's military rule. The judge's decision to commute some of his death sentences to life in prison offered little solace to the families.
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FADEL: When we spoke to the sister of one of those men by phone, she asked us to use her nickname, (foreign language spoken), for fear of reprisals. She believes her brother is being punished because he criticized the government for mass killings last year at two pro-Brotherhood encampments and also because he's religious.
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FADEL: She says her brother, a high school counselor, was never given a chance to defend himself in court. Her story is a story repeated among hundreds of families in Minya. The judge's decisions are an indication of a flawed judicial system that is doing the political bidding of the state, says Mohammed Lotfy, co-founder of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms.
MOHAMMED LOTFY: It's just crazy how one judge can pronounce such a verdict.
FADEL: He noted that these rulings came on the same day another court banned the activities of the pro-democracy movement April 6.
LOTFY: The judiciary is being used to settle (unintelligible) games and conflicts against the political opposition.
FADEL: Lawyers for the defendants say they will appeal. The death sentences in the latest case must also be reviewed by Egypt's top Islamic scholar. Leila Fadel, NPR News, Cairo. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Replacing a bad habit with a good habit takes time and patience. It requires several steps, from setting your goals to getting support. One of the important steps is figuring out what your barriers are.
What has stopped you from changing your eating habits in the past? What do you think might stop you in the future? Identifying these barriers now—and having a plan to help you get past them—will help you change bad habits into good habits.
The best way to overcome barriers is to identify them ahead of time and have a backup plan to deal with them. Some barriers are the kind that keep you from even trying to change a habit. Other barriers pop up later.
When you hit a barrier—and most people do—get support. Talk to your family members and friends to see if someone wants to be active with you or cheer you on. If you have concerns about your health, talk to your doctor to make sure you're doing your activities safely.
There are many reasons why you may not want to try to change your eating habits. Here are some frequent barriers and some solutions to them.
Not believing you can do something is often really just a fear of failure. People put off making changes in their lives because of this fear. This kind of barrier can keep you from even starting to make a lifestyle change. But it can also crop up on days when you feel discouraged.
This is a very common reason not to change. It can take the form of "My life is too busy," or "I'm always feeling rushed," or "I have more important things to do."
Many people use this reason or variations of it such as "I don't like vegetables," "I don't like low-fat foods," or "I really crave sweets and high-fat foods. I'll miss them." Often a fear of the unknown is behind these reasons.
It's true that things like fresh produce, whole-grain breads, and other healthy food items can cost more than fast foods and junk foods. Sometimes it seems like your budget would do better if you just ate cheap fast food every day.
But you can stay within your budget by putting in some extra time planning, shopping, and cooking. And the more time you invest, the more money you'll save.
Many people are held back from changing their eating habits because of how they think it will look to others. It can be hard to stick with a healthy eating plan when family and friends don't want to join you.
This reason may take the form of "I'm too old (or fat, or set in my ways) to make changes." Often, low self-esteem makes it hard to change.
To help you identify your own barriers to changing your eating habits, think about the last few times you thought about changing your eating behaviour but didn't follow through with it. What held you back? Write down your reasons. Then for each of your reasons, write a response that helps you reconsider your choice. Look at your list of reasons and responses whenever you are about to make a choice about what to eat.
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Kudos to Congressman Mike Kelly for taking the lead in the House of Representatives and keeping this country out of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. Had it been implemented, this treaty would have led to us losing our 2nd Amendment rights.
We would have been subject to governing by the U.N. regarding arms dealings.
In my opinion, it's time for us to pull out of the U.N. and ask it to move elsewhere. Most countries in the U.N. have no love for the U.S.A. They only want our money.
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The Tour de Tuscaloosa has to be one of my favorite race weekends of the year – plus it's less than an hour's drive from home! The Saturday criterium was held later on Saturday evening under the lights. The course was an eight-corner course with a large 35-40mph downhill and a stair-step climb. I made the mistake of going with the Lap 1 breakaway, and then going with the Lap 2 breakaway, and then sliding to the back of the pack for several laps. By the time I worked my way back up to the front, the winning move was gone. Still, my teammates Wes and Stuart rode hard at the front of the race to try to bring it back or get in a counter-move, but everything was getting reeled back in by the strong Jittery Joe's team. In the field sprint for fourth place, all I could manage was eighth — which meant 11th place in the race with the breakaway already finished.
Road Race
If the Tour de Tuscaloosa is one of my favorite race weekends, the road race course has to be my favorite course of all the races I do each year. It has a little bit of everything – mostly rolling hills, but one longer climb, a couple flat sections, and even a short downhill switchback section. 7 laps of a 10 mile loop. We started out with the plan (devised on the start line) that Stuart would go with whatever break went off the front early. Sure enough – a break went very early (immediately after the neutral section) and we had it covered. It didn't last long before another break got away. Attack, chase, rest, was the flavor of the day and eventually a well-represented break got away with Stuart, two jittery joes, two cumberland riders, and a couple other riders. This break looked like it would stick – but there wasn't a lot of cohesion because the jittery joes riders had a solo rider off the front. I'm not exactly sure when he got away. Eventually, Ty Stanfield (Inferno), me, and two Cumberland riders bridged across to the break but because the pace had slowed down the whole field shortly caught up to us. I think this was towards the middle of lap 3.
At the start of Lap 4, I attacked on the hill to try to get something going and a small break formed, but we were reeled in a mile or two later. On the flats before the feedzone climb, Scott Kuppersmith attacked and got away solo (the Jittery Joe's rider was still by himself off the front just out of sight). Then on the feedzone climb, Travis Hagner (Warp 9) attacked and got away solo. I had already decided about midway through Lap 4 that I was going to attack hard on the hill right after the start/finish. I moved into position but I was about 3 riders back from the front on the lefthand side of the road just waiting for something to open up. Then the first two riders moved a little left and the riders on the right moved a little right giving me just enough room to squeeze through in the middle. I attacked hard and got away solo with nobody chasing. By the top of the hill I caught Scott and Travis who had joined forces (they slowed down a bit to wait for me). I drove the pace and we quickly got a 30-45 second lead on the pack.
We drove it as hard as we could. Towards the end of the 6th lap, though, we got caught by a group of 4 including Ty, a Jittery Joe's rider, and two Cumberland University riders. We worked OK together but the Jittery Joe's rider and one of the Cumberland riders sat on without pulling a few times and this disrupted the pace. Jittery Joe's did have a rider off the front so I guess it made sense for him not to pull as much, but we were being chased by another group of about 7 riders who had gotten off the front of what was left of the field. This group of 7 caught us at the start of the feedzone climb with about 2 miles left in the race. I attacked on the climb to try to shell as many of the hurting riders as possible. Only Ty, the Jittery Joe's rider, and one of the Cumberland riders was able to maintain the pace. The Jittery Joe's rider counter attacked shortly after I got caught towards the top of the climb. I was just barely able to hang on for the descent and then was in second position when Ty launched his first attack. I was just able to hold his wheel, but it was still too far out for me so I was hoping that maybe one of the other riders would counter attack. It didn't happen and so we slowed down. Ty attacked again on the last hill before the downhill to the finish. I was able to hold his wheel and then when he tired, I launched from about 350 meters to the line thinking that maybe with the downhill I could get a gap and hold it to the finish. It wasn't even close as the Jittery Joe's rider and the Cumberland rider both passed me about 100 meters from the line.
So the order of finish then was 1st for the Jittery Joe's rider who had been off the front solo for a large part of the race, then 2nd went to the other Jittery Joe's rider in our break, third went to the Cumberland rider, I got 4th, and Ty got 5th.
Here's my elevation and time data from the crit on Saturday (I forgot my heart rate monitor at home, and I'm not sure why the speed wasn't recorded). Also, here's my heart rate data from the race on Sunday.
- I did lots of attacking here to try to get away to bridge to a break
- The break wasn't working well together so everything came back together. Here is the start of lap 5 where I attacked to bridge to a two-man break. Note how my heart rate stays high for the rest of the race as I was trying to drive the break to keep it away from the chasers


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NEW YORK (AP) — The NHL's deadline for playing a full, 82-game season arrived Thursday with no new discussions between the league and its locked-out players.
Without a new collective bargaining agreement that would end the league's lockout of players on its 40th day, the NHL vowed to cut the season short. An announcement officially taking a full schedule out of play wasn't immediately planned.
Major money-making events such as the upcoming outdoor Winter Classic and the All-Star game could soon be in peril, too.
"No contact, and I don't anticipate any announcements today," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told The Associated Press in an email Thursday.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman already painted a pessimistic picture on Wednesday, saying at a news conference for the Islanders' move to Brooklyn that, "Unfortunately, it looks like an 82-game season is not going to be a reality."
The league has already canceled all 135 scheduled games through Nov. 1, but the thought was those could be rescheduled if a deal was reached by the end of Thursday and play started Nov. 2.
In making its most recent offer to the players, the NHL presented a proposal that included a 50-50 split of hockey-related revenues. But that was contingent on the sides making the Thursday deadline and getting the season under way following a week of training camp.
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NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr said Wednesday night that the league's deadline was bogus.
"We are and continue to be ready to meet to discuss how to resolve our remaining differences, with no preconditions. For whatever reason, the owners are not," he said. "At the same time they are refusing to meet, they are winding the clock down to yet another artificial deadline they created."
There is a major divide between the sides over how to deal with existing player contracts. The union wants to ensure that those are all paid in full without affecting future player contracts. Bettman expressed a willingness to discuss the "make whole" provisions on existing contracts, but only if the economic portions of the league's offer are accepted first by the union.
Bettman refused to say whether the 50-50 split in the proposal would come off the table if a full season isn't played.
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This lockout, the third of Bettman's tenure as commissioner, began Sept. 16. The 2004-05 season was lost in the last work stoppage.


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Not Prosecutable, and That's That!
Opinion July 5, 2016Opinion by George McClellan:
So, once again Hillary is off the hook. I want to say I understand the reasoning expressed by the FBI Director, on declining to recommend prosecution of Hillary Clinton's criminal malfeasance as Secretary of State, but that's cutting a thin slice of believability. Something isn't computing in my mind here. A lack of "intent" on Hillary's part, doesn't negate the seriousness of the crime as written in the law. Even a misdemeanor charge for willfulness would have satisfied.
Hillary's actions were demonstrably stupid and dangerous but, being stupid is usually not a prosecutable offense. But Hillary must now and forever wear the official mantle of a snooty, above the law scheming conniver, incompetent decision maker, liar and cheat. The FBI has lat least labeled her that!
Hillary's escape from possible conviction for extreme carelessness in grossly mishandling America's secrets leaves General Patarus dangling in the wind, alone. He admitted to a misdemeanor charge of no consequence leaving his reputation in tatters, his future clouded, his name sullied, while the slimy Clintons continue their march to America's progressive destruction.
In my essay, Is the Fix In?, (01 July 16) I wrote: "prepare yourselves for the worst, Hillary will not be indited, face trial or go to prison. We are witness to highly scripted, and well executed plan to confuse everybody. It's the art of corruption at its very, very best. Is the fix in? Of course it is!
I concluded that article by noting: "Barak Obama's government is transparently fraudulent, but untouchable. How will they steal the election for Hillary? It appears it will be with anti-Trump Republican's.
The talking heads are already dissecting the FBI Director's remarks exculpating Hillary from criminal charges because of lack of intent. Conservatives are wondering what happened, while Progressive/Liberals (Democrats) are simply dismissing the whole exercise as a vast waste of tax-payer money because the FBI failed to find any criminal intent in Clinton's self-serving actions. That one is fraught with land mines to deductive reasoning. I fear for Director Comey's own carefully constructed reputation of fairness. That remains to be seen but I'll also bet that right now, investigators are pouring over the Directors professional background in minute detail.
The FBI's investigation was poised like a dagger at Hillary's campaign. Obama's government, already so completely invested in Clinton's potential presidency, to protect Obama's legacy, have moved heaven and earth to stop the process until either after the elections or, as we now see, a declining to proceed because the "facts" couldn't prove intent.
This is what the law tells us: "(a) Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. and, (b) Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States. As used in this subsection, the term "office" does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States."
Remember, freedom is the goal, the Constitution is the way. Now, go get 'em! (5 July 16)


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It had been too long since I had last had shrimp and I was craving some. I remembered seeing a recipe for caramel shrimp a while ago when I was looking for recipes for the kabocha simmered in caramel sauce that sounded good. Apparently simmering or braising in nuoc mau (Vietnamese caramel sauce) is fairly common in Vietnamese cuisine. Generally if you want to add some sweetness to a recipe you just add some sugar but why not take the opportunity to add some flavour at the same time by using caramel instead of sugar?
I am getting better at making caramel the more I make it and this time it came together easily and without any problems. The caramel shrimp was nice and quick and easy to make and turned out great! I really enjoyed the sweetness and saltiness of the sauce on the succulent shrimp and there was just the right amount of heat. The caramel flavour in the sauce worked really well! I served the caramel shrimp on coconut jasmine rice and the rice soaked up all of the extra sauce and became super tasty. I will definitely be making this again though I think that next time I will add some lime juice for a touch of tartness.
Vietnamese Caramel Shrimp (Tom Rim)
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 shallot (chopped)
- 2 cloves garlic (chopped)
- 1 teaspoon ginger (grated)
- 1 small chili (chopped)
- 1 pound shrimp (peeled and deviened)
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon cilantro (chopped)
- Heat the sugar and water in a large pan on medium-high heat until it caramelized and turns a dark brown.
- Carefully add the water and heat until the caramel dissolves. (Caution: The caramel sauce will foam up quite a bit so you need to be careful as you add the water.)
- Remove from heat and set aside.
- Heat the oil in a pan.
- Add the shallot, garlic, ginger and chili and saute for 3-5 minutes.
- Add the shrimp, 2 tablespoons of the caramel sauce, fish sauce and pepper and simmer until the shrimp is pink all over, about 2-4 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in the sesame oil and cilantro.


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Seized wood equivalent to 2,000 truckloads of timber, with some 120 individuals under investigation
LYON, France – INTERPOL's first international operation targeting large-scale illegal logging and forest crimes has resulted in almost 200 arrests as well as in the seizure of millions of dollars' worth of timber and some 150 vehicles across Latin America.
Operation Lead (17 September- 17 November 2012), undertaken in 12 countries in Central and South America under the auspices of INTERPOL's Environmental Crime Programme and its Project Leaf, brought together law enforcement agencies to combat forestry crime in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.
Under the operation, officials carried out inspections and investigations on transport vehicles, retail premises, and individuals, as well as surveillance and monitoring at ports and various transport centres.
The resulting seizures of wood and related products during the operation are estimated to amount to more than 50,000 m3 of seized wood, equivalent to some 2,000 truckloads of timber. The total value of the seized timber is estimated at around USD 8 million.
Along with the seizures, participating countries reported a total of 194 arrests, with 118 individuals currently under investigation, and several cases of deportation."
One of the key aims of Operation Lead was the development of practical cooperation and communication among national environmental law enforcement agencies, including forest authorities, police, customs, and specialized units as well as with international organizations such as INTERPOL.
"Operation Lead marks the beginning of INTERPOL's effort to assist its member countries to combat illegal logging and forestry crime, which affects not only the health, security and quality of life of local forest-dependent communities, but also causes significant costs to governments in terms of lost economic revenue," said David Higgins, Programme Manager of the Environmental Crime Programme at INTERPOL. "This is an important goal for Project Leaf as a way to counter the illegal timber trade, currently estimated to be worth between USD 30 to 100 billion annually."
"The intelligence gathered during this first phase of Operation Lead will be used as a foundation for more incisive actions against illegal logging to be taken by INTERPOL, in cooperation with its member countries. INTERPOL will continue to support countries to establish long term sustainable improvements in law enforcement responses to illegal and unsustainable deforestation," added Davyth Stewart, INTERPOL Criminal Intelligence Officer and team leader of Project Leaf.
Project Leaf is a consortium initiative led by INTERPOL, with the United Nations Environment Programme and with the financial support of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. This Project supports countries to tackle illegal logging and forestry crime which undermine attempts to implement national and international forest protection policies and sustainable forestry practices.
The trans-national nature of illegal logging raises difficulties for law enforcement and regulators, who are often limited in their ability to work outside their own domestic jurisdiction. Project Leaf is assisting law enforcement agencies from different countries in coordinating a global law enforcement response.
To view the original release see http://www.interpol.int/News-and-media/News-media-releases/2013/PR017
Pictures courtesy of Interpol