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El Shifa Plant in Sudan. [Source: US government]The US fires 66 missiles at six al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan and 13 missiles at a pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum, Sudan, in retaliation for the US embassy bombings. [Washington Post, 10/3/2001] The US insists the attacks are aimed at terrorists "not supported by any state," despite obvious evidence to the contrary. The Sudanese Al Shifa factory is hit in the middle of the night when it is unoccupied. Intelligence will later suggest that the factory had no links to bin Laden (see September 23, 1998). Between six and 30 people are killed in the Afghanistan attacks. But no important al-Qaeda figures die. [Observer, 8/23/1998; New Yorker, 1/24/2000; Wright, 2006, pp. 285] At least one of the missiles accidentally landed inside Pakistan and Pakistan may have been able to build their own cruise missile from examining the remains. There are additional reports that bin Laden was able to sell unexploded missiles to China for more than $10 million. [Wright, 2006, pp. 285] President Clinton is soon widely accused of using the missile strike to distract the US public from a personal sex scandal (see August 17-Late August 1998).
Entity Tags: Al-Qaeda, Clinton administration
Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline
Damage to the USS Cole. [Source: Department of Defense]The USS Cole is bombed in the Aden, Yemen harbor by two al-Qaeda militants, Hassan al-Khamri and Ibrahim al-Thawar (a.k.a. Nibras). Seventeen US soldiers are killed and 30 are wounded. The CIA will later conclude that with just slightly more skilled execution, the attack would have killed 300 and sunk the ship. [ABC News, 10/13/2000; Coll, 2004, pp. 532; 9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 191] The Islamic Army of Aden (IAA) immediately takes credit for the attack. This is a Yemen-based Muslim militant group widely believed to have close ties to al-Qaeda (see 1996-1997 and After). [Guardian, 10/14/2000] The IAA statement is released by its spokesman, Abu Hamza al-Masri (see Early 1997, (June 1998), and December 28, 1998 and After). Abu Hamza says that the attack was timed to mark the anniversary of the execution of the IAA's former commander (see October 17, 1999). [O'Neill and McGrory, 2006, pp. 184] The prime minister of Yemen at the time of the bombing will say shortly after 9/11, "The Islamic Army was part of al-Qaeda." [Guardian, 10/13/2001] The US soon learns the names of some al-Qaeda operatives involved in the attack, including Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Tawfiq bin Attash and Fahad al-Quso (see Early December 2000), and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (see November-December 2000). 9/11 hijackers Ramzi bin al-Shibh (see October 10-21, 2000) and Khalid Almihdhar (see Around October 12, 2000) may also have been involved. This is a repeat of a previously attempted attack, against the USS The Sullivans, which failed and was apparently undetected (see January 3, 2000). [Los Angeles Times, 12/22/2002] The 9/11 Commission will later say the Cole bombing "was a full-fledged al-Qaeda operation, supervised directly by bin Laden. He chose the target and location of the attack, selected the suicide operatives, and provided the money needed to purchase explosives and equipment." [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 190]
Entity Tags: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Khallad bin Attash, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Islamic Army of Aden, USS Cole, Osama bin Laden, Ibrahim al-Thawar, Khalid Almihdhar, Fahad al-Quso, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Hassan al-Khamri, Al-Qaeda
Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline, 9/11 Timeline
Hours after the USS Cole bombing in Yemen (see October 12, 2000), President Clinton says regarding the bombing: "If, as it now appears, this was an act of terrorism, it was a despicable and cowardly act. We will find out who was responsible and hold them accountable." [ABC News, 10/12/2000] But the US will not quickly retaliate against al-Qaeda, as it did with missile strikes after the 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa (see August 20, 1998), despite convincing evidence that al-Qaeda was behind the Cole bombing (see Shortly After October 12, 2000, November 2000 or After, and November 7, 2000).
Entity Tags: William Jefferson ("Bill") Clinton
Michael Sheehan. [Source: Center on Law and Security]In the wake of the USS Cole bombing (see October 12, 2000), Clinton administration officials hold a high level meeting to discuss what the US response should be. The meeting attendees include: Counterterrorism "Tsar" Richard Clarke, Defense Secretary William Cohen, CIA Director George Tenet, Attorney General Janet Reno, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Deputy National Security Adviser Jim Steinberg, and State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism Michael Sheehan. Clarke suggests that al-Qaeda was behind the attacks. There is no hard evidence of this yet but he argues that the attack matches their profile and capabilities. He presents a detailed plan, which he'd been working on before the bombing, to level all the al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan as well as key Taliban buildings in such towns as Kandahar and Kabul. Reno argues there's no clear evidence yet who was behind the bombing. If there is such evidence, any US actions should not be for retaliation but only for self-protection against future attacks. Tenet says that he suspects al-Qaeda is behind the bombing but also wants to wait until an investigation determines that before acting. Cohen is against any counterattack. Clarke will later recall Cohen saying at the meeting that the Cole bombing "was not sufficient provocation." Sheehan will later say that the "entire Pentagon" was generally against a counterattack. Albright is against a counterattack for diplomatic reasons. The Clinton administration is involved in trying to create a peace settlement between the Israelis and Palestinians and bombing Afghanistan could ruin such talks. Many also argue that if Afghanistan is attacked and bin Laden is not killed, he could emerge a greater hero in the Muslim world, just as he did after a 1998 US missile strike (see Late 1998). Clarke argues that the continual creation of new trained militants in Afghanistan needs to stop, and if bin Laden is killed, that would merely be a "bonus." At the end of the meeting, the highest-ranking officials cast votes, and seven vote against Clarke's counterstrike plan, while only Clarke votes in favor of it. After the meeting, Sheehan will meet with Clarke and express frustration with the outcome, saying, "What's it going to take to get them to hit al-Qaeda in Afghanistan? Does al-Qaeda have to hit the Pentagon?" [Miniter, 2003, pp. 222-227]
Entity Tags: William S. Cohen, Richard A. Clarke, Osama bin Laden, Madeleine Albright, Al-Qaeda, Michael Sheehan, George J. Tenet, Jim Steinberg, Janet Reno, Taliban
The FBI's investigation of the USS Cole bombing in Aden, Yemen, connects the bombers to an al-Qaeda communications hub in Sana'a, the country's capital, which has been monitored by the US for at least two years (see Late August 1998 and Mid-August 1998-October 2000). It was also used in the East African embassy bombings (see August 4-25, 1998) and will be used by the 9/11 hijackers (see Early 2000-Summer 2001). It is not known when this connection is made. No apparent action is taken against Ahmed al-Hada, the operative who runs the communications hub, before 9/11. However, this may be due to the importance of intelligence generated from his phone (see Late 1998-Early 2002). In early 2001, al-Hada will be publicly identified as an al-Qaeda operative at the embassy bombings trial, when his phone number is disclosed openly in court and reported in the media (see February 2001 and After). Yet he still is not publicly indicted for either the embassy bombings or the Cole bombing, even though a number of other fugitives are publicly indicted. In 2002, US officials will describe al-Hada as a "prominent al-Qaeda member who is believed to have been involved in the Cole bombing," and say his phone was used by the bombers to relay messages and "put everything together" before the attack. [MSNBC, 2/14/2002; MSNBC, 5/2005]
Entity Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ahmed al-Hada
In the wake of the USS Cole bombing, National Security Adviser Sandy Berger meets with Defense Secretary William Cohen to discuss a new approach to targeting Osama bin Laden. Berger says: "We've been hit many times, and we'll be hit again. Yet we have no option beyond cruise missiles." He once again brings up the idea of a "boots on the ground" option—a Delta Force special operation to get bin Laden. A plan is drawn up but the order to execute it is never given. Cohen and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Henry Shelton oppose the plan. By December 21, the CIA reports that it strongly suspects that al-Qaeda was behind the bombing, but fails to definitively make that conclusion. That makes such an attack politically difficult. Says a former senior Clinton aide, "If we had done anything, say, two weeks before the election, we'd be accused of helping [presidential candidate] Al Gore." [Time, 8/12/2002; 9/11 Commission, 3/24/2004]
Entity Tags: William S. Cohen, Sandy Berger, Henry Hugh Shelton, Central Intelligence Agency, Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, Albert Arnold ("Al") Gore, Jr.
After the attack on the USS Cole, the military not only draws up plans to directly target bin Laden (see November 7, 2000), but also comes up with a larger plan looking at alternatives to assassination. Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold, the director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, prepared a plan to incorporate military, economic, diplomatic, and political activities to pressure the Taliban to expel bin Laden. A "Phased Campaign Concept" calls for wider-ranging military strikes against the Taliban and other targets, but doesn't include contingency plans for an invasion of Afghanistan. The concept is briefed to Deputy National Security Adviser Donald Kerrick and other officials in December 2000, but it is never acted on. The military makes no similar plans after Bush's inauguration, and the CIA's invasion plans are mostly relied upon when the US invades Afghanistan in October 2001. [9/11 Commission, 3/24/2004; New York Times, 4/4/2004]
Entity Tags: Osama bin Laden, Donald Kerrick, Central Intelligence Agency, Gregory Newbold, Taliban
Gen. William F. Kernan (2002) [Source: Wikipedia]General William Kernan, commander in chief of the Joint Forces Command, later mentions: "The details of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan which fought the Taliban and al-Qaeda after the September 11 attacks, were largely taken from a scenario examined by Central Command in May 2001." [Agence France-Presse, 7/23/2002] This seems to contradict other accounts suggesting the military made no Afghanistan invasion plans or preparations after Bush took office (see December 2000).
Entity Tags: William Kernan, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, George W. Bush
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Michael Wolff Finally Makes it to the Sexy World of Trade Magazines
Michael Wolff, the Vanity Fair media columnist and Newser founder best known for just saying whatever the fuck he thinks will get a rise out of anyone, is the new editorial director of Adweek, Brandweek, and Mediaweek. Uh. Why?
By trade magazine standards, Michael Wolff is a sexy, big-name hire, which says more about trade magazines than anything else. e5 Media, which owns the mags, has been on an aggressive hiring streak since Richard Beckman took over—he installed Janice Min as head of the Hollywood Reporter, and now Wolff. He's clearly trying to revive the fortunes of these second-tier mags. And he better, because being the #2 trade magazine in an industry is one of the most precarious places any magazine can be.
But is Michael Wolff really the man for the job? Trade magazines are not like regular magazines. They come to dominate their industries by smartly and aggressively catering to a very particular target audience: in this case, ad agency and media agency employees and professional marketers. These are not the people who anxiously tune in for Michael Wolff's latest media feud. They anxiously tune in for, you know, best practices of efficient online marketing, and other boring shit like that.
Or do they? Ad Age, the magazine Wolff will need to beat, is a relatively interesting read in its own right. I mean, by trade magazine standards. Maybe they just gave him a huge fucking paycheck? No matter what happens, Wolff, who's giving up his VF media column, just shrunk the prestige of his own platform. Although that may be well worth it, depending how huge the check was. He told the NYT: "I will be the dominant voice in the Adweek constellation."
We hope everyone in the constellation survives. If necessary, refer to the Proper Response to Michael Wolff.

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Below is a short piece we have written giving further information on this Roll, which may be of interest to you. It also gives the link where the Roll can now be downloaded. It is free of charge for a digital download, and a printed copy of the Roll can be purchased for a reasonable charge.
The Scottish Military Research Group is proud to announce the release of the fully transcribed Glasgow Roll of Honour 1914-1918.
The transcription of the Glasgow Roll of Honour 1914-1918 by the Scottish Military Research Group has made a valuable historical resource available online for the first time. This will enable genealogists, military historians, social historians and local Glasgow historians to study a snapshot of Scotland's biggest city from nearly 100 years ago.
Two of our members have worked on it for several years and the transcription was only recently completed. The late Kevin O'Neill and David McNay transcribed and double checked 17,695 entries which listed the name, rank, regiment and address of the men of Glasgow who died in the war. (There are no women listed but there are actually some men who survived the war listed!). There are original copies in the Mitchell Library and City Chambers in Glasgow, but this is the first time the Roll has been made available to the general public to own. It is now available to be downloaded for free.
Although this Roll cannot be seen as a completely true reflection of Glasgow's sacrifice in the war because of the way it was collated, it does give a very good indication of the distribution of Glaswegians through the armed forces. For example it shows that approximately 21% of the men on the Roll were serving in the Highland Light Infantry (3,726 men). Not surprising for the City's local regiment. A further 2,234 were in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
The number of men who joined the Service battalions of the Highland Regiments is highlighted too with large numbers serving in the Cameron Highlanders (1,032); Seaforth Highlanders (795); Black Watch (442); Gordon Highlanders (724) and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (993).
Those men who had chosen to emigrate or work abroad before 1914 are listed too with 401 men serving in the Canadian Forces, 181 in the Australians, 44 in the New Zealand Forces and 25 with the South African Forces. There are even two Newfoundland Regiment men. Newfoundland was still a British Colony in the First World War, it wasn't part of Canada until 1949, and Alexander MacDougall of 105 Elder Park Street, Govan and William Maddock of 119 New City Road both served in the blue-putteed regiment attached to the British 29th Division.
At the other end of the scale are smaller units such as the Egyptian Camel Corps with two entries and the Nyasaland Force in which one Glasgow man, Private Leonard Dumelow of 16 Dudley Drive, Hyndland died.
Not surprisingly there are a large number of sailors listed. 812 men are listed under Royal Navy, Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. Many men are listed under the land-based Royal Naval Division and eight as serving on HMS' Indefatigable' which was sunk at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
The Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force are also represented with a combination of 178 entries in total.
Some well known names can be found within the Roll. One officer who can be found listed under 419 St Vincent Street is a surprise entry. Professional footballer and the British Army's first black officer Walter Tull is believed to have visited Glasgow in 1917 to speak to Rangers about signing for them once the war was over. It's not his football club but rather a family connection which sees him listed. His brother Edward Tull-Hunter lived at the St Vincent Street address.
Visitors to the new Riverside Museum in Glasgow will no doubt have seen the display on the Glasgow Tramways Battalion which features Company Sergeant Major George Cockburn. The Roll lists his address as 53 Barloch Street, Possilpark.
Although the Roll does not list any gallantry awards, some winners of the Victoria Cross can be found on the list. One in particular is Lieutenant Colonel William Anderson VC of the Highland Light Infantry. He is listed along with his three brothers Alexander, Charles and Edward who also died. All are listed under their father's address at 18 Woodside Terrace.
It is the Scottish Military Research Group's intention that this Roll of Honour should be made available to view for free. It can be downloaded in pdf format where the names are listed alphabetically. It can also be printed for those who prefer a hardcopy book. Both the download and printed book can be found at the following website:


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A provider of Web-based business services for the build and repair subcontracting industries, NetClerk, Inc., South San Francisco, recently announced the launch and national rollout of its NetClerk Permit Management system. NetClerk Permit Management is a sophisticated Internet-based application that enables contractors to better manage the local government permit application process.
Using a Web interface, contractors can acquire city and county permit applications from the NetClerk forms library and use its propriety technology to complete, e-submit, store, and retrieve these forms electronically. The online system streamlines the building permit process, allowing contractors to obtain permits without making a physical trip to the local building department. In effect, the application acts as an electronic intermediary between the contractor and the local building department.
A select group of contractors initially beta-tested the system in the San Francisco Bay area with excellent results.
According to Trevor Read, vice president of strategic planning, "The city building departments are overwhelmingly supportive. Building officials are quick to realize the value and benefit we provide to the city and their constituency"
Jon Fisher, CEO and acting vice president of sales reiterates the positive feedback the company has received. "We fully expect to have a presence in over 20 major urban areas consisting of 2000 cities by the end of the year," he says.


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Just how free should the Internet be in India? And whose job is it to police the Web?
Two recent court cases turn on these questions and, more specifically, whether Internet companies have a responsibility to filter content. In a country where Internet usage is growing exponentially, but where the scars of communal violence, terrorism, and identity politics are fresh, the answers are likely to have deep ramifications for years to come.
Google and Facebook complied on Monday with an injunction by a Delhi civil court to remove some web pages from their sites. The order was passed in December in response to a complaint filed by an Islamic cleric that 22 sites operating in India, including 12 foreign sites, were carrying 'anti-religious' and 'anti-social' content offensive to the country's numerous religious communities, according to news reports.
Google refused to elaborate on the nature of the web pages that were removed, or their specific number. "This step is in accordance with Google's long standing policy of responding to court orders," a Google India spokesperson told CPJ.
Facebook did not respond to a request for comment.
The companies have been given a two-week deadline to show the court how they will monitor their sites or face charges.
In a separate case, 22 social networking sites, including some run by Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Microsoft, are facing a far more serious charge. After a complaint was registered against them in December in a Delhi metropolitan court, executives from the company face criminal charges, punishable by seven years imprisonment, for violating Sections 292 and 293 of the Indian Penal Code, which relates to the sale of obscene materials to minors. They've been accused of "promoting enmity between groups" and "deliberate acts intended to outrage," according to NDTV.
The complainant in that case is Vinay Raj, the 42-year-old editor of Akbhari, a Hindi and Urdu weekly. Since there is no control over content, Raj told CPJ, a system should be put in place to prevent offensive material being uploaded.
Certainly, the judiciary is taking a stern stand. During an initial hearing of Rai's case, High Court Justice Suresh Kait admonished the global companies severely, saying that if they did not have a suitable system in place to filter offensive content they could be banned, much like in China. The next hearing is scheduled for February 14.
Both these cases are part of the growing debate on Internet freedom in India.
"It is natural when new technology emerges new issues will crop up," Ajit Balarkrishnan, chairperson of India's largest Internet company Rediff.com and chairperson of the Government's Information and Technology Committee on Internet Governance and Proliferation, told CPJ. "These two cases have sparked a healthy, constructive debate about absolute freedom and responsibility."
The debate increasingly centers on the role of Internet companies in policing content. Does putting the onus on Internet companies pre-empt the need for state censorship? Or does it simply put the burdens and costs of censorship on the shoulders of private companies?
As Internet usage burgeons -- India has the third largest online community in the world, according to the International Telecommunication Union -- new issues are emerging. "The 2000 Information Technology Act did not define what was considered offensive," says Sajai Singh, who specializes in technology law and practice in Bangalore with the legal firm J. Sagar Associates. ''It was therefore modified with the addition of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guideline) Rules 2011 last April."
Drafted by Balarkrishnan, its clauses are extremely wide-ranging, enjoining companies to remove content deemed "defamatory" 'disparaging" ''unlawful" "ethnically objectionable", "blasphemous," "grossly harmful" within 36 hours of a complaint being registered or face punishment.
Singh believes that a broader issue of censorship of the Internet has emerged out of these cases. "The key issue is whether the government intends the intermediaries to be their partners in effecting the censorship. The judiciary will decide on this freedom of speech."
Supporters of online freedom are appalled.
"The Internet is a whole different medium," stresses Sunil Abraham from the Centre for Internet Societies, Bangalore. "What is at stake here is the whole notion of freedom of the media, especially of the Internet, which is the only platform that can be called free. The print media and the air waves are regulated. Private radio channels have not been allowed to air news programs. The only platform left for complete freedom of expression in this country is the Internet. It should not be selectively censored. "
Speaking to the media on the sidelines of an event in Bangalore on Monday, Sachin Pilot, Minister of State of Telecommunication, said, "There is no question of censorship." But he added that companies should be "accountable" for objectionable content on their site. "There must be responsible behavior at both ends," he said.
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In the end, Troy Knapp's arrogance proved to be his downfall.
When a group of people looking for shed antlers on central Utah's Ferron Mountain saw the blond-bearded man last Friday, he boasted to them that they had encountered Utah's notorious and elusive "Mountain Man,' Emery County sheriff's officials said in a press release Tuesday.
The 45-year-old wilderness survivalist had eluded law enforcement for more than five years before surprising the group of antler hunters, who reported the sighting to police.
From there, Emery County deputies followed his tracks for several days — discovering at least two new cabin burglaries along the way — until Knapp wandered into the Ferron Reservoir area of Sanpete County in central Utah.
By Monday, authorities had traced Knapp into Sanpete County, and quickly launched a plan to nab their dangerous fugitive.
On Tuesday, officers cornered Knapp about 10:10 a.m.
But he didn't surrender without a fight; Garfield County Sheriff Danny Perkins said Knapp fired at a Department of Public Safety helicopter hovering overhead.
Perkins said he's relieved and delighted that the man believed responsible for 20 to 30 burglaries in his county since 2005 is in custody thanks to the combined efforts of multiple law enforcement agencies.
"We've been worried about what Mr. Knapp is capable of doing,' Perkins said. "It's a public safety issue. It's a relief that he's in custody.'
Knapp was wanted in three counties in southwestern Utah for 13 felonies and five misdemeanors. Court records in Iron, Kane and Garfield counties accuse Knapp of a series of cabin burglaries dating to at least 2009. Authorities in Iron County also have tied him to burglaries from as far back as 2007. Since then, Knapp has moved as far north as Sanpete County, where he was tied to two burglaries. He was last spotted Oct. 7 in Sevier County.
Authorities feared that Knapp, who allegedly stole weapons from the cabins he burglarized, would prove dangerous if cornered. He had left notes at some locations that included statements such as: "Hey Sheriff, [expletive] You' and "p.s. Hey Sheriff, [expletive] You! Gonna put you in the ground.'
Police also feared that Knapp might hurt residents if they accidentally encountered him.
"I would hope that somebody uses really good judgment when setting bail,' Perkins said. "Because if he gets out, we might not catch him again before somebody gets hurt or killed or something [else] horrible.'
News of Knapp's arrest quickly spread among residents in the areas hardest hit by the suspect over the years.
Larry Hughes, president of the Mammoth Creek Homeowners Association in Duck Creek, said two cabin burglaries there had been attributed to Knapp.
"We did have a bunch of break-ins a couple years ago and most of the stuff taken was survival stuff, you know like coffee and sugar and food. No money was taken. And if he stayed in the cabins, he didn't damage them,' Hughes said. "The police also found several campsites where they found weapons stashed. Most of those cabins, though, were more remote than ours, like up around Navajo Lake.'
Knapp has a lengthy criminal record dating to 1985, when he was charged with breaking and entering and receiving stolen property in Kalamazoo County, Mich. In 1994, he was charged in Salt Lake County with disturbing the peace, and in 1996 he was charged in Seattle Municipal Court with harassment. Each charge was dismissed. According to court documents, Knapp was sent to prison on a burglary conviction in California in 2000 and was paroled in 2002.
In recent years, Knapp has steadily moved north through the back country wilderness, leaving behind makeshift camps and caches of food and weapons. There were periodic sightings, and some cabins equipped with surveillance cameras captured images of him. But every reported sighting inevitably ended with Knapp avoiding capture.


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Peach Blossom is a Phuket family resort and spa hotel. Perfectly situated between Kata and Karon on the tropical island of Phuket. Our friendly Phuket family hotel is a great destination for families seeking a modern Karon beach resort or a Phuket pool villa experience during their stay in Thailand. Guests are offered a choice of Grand Deluxe rooms including a stay in a Kata pool villa.
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Kiwi Tart with Pastry Cream (Tarte au Kiwi et a la Creme Patissiere)
A local bakery makes these wonderful kiwi tarts that everyone in the family loves. I just bought some really nice golden kiwis from the local market and I thought I'd try my hand at making a kiwi tart, but with my own twist.
I used a walnut dough with the standard crème pâtissière. Instead of coating the bottom of the pastry with chocolate, I drizzled it over the top. The chocolate and kiwi go well together and they mesh very well with the velvety cream and the texture of the walnut tart shell.
Yields: 2 dozen20 tablespoons unsalted butter (2-1/2 sticks), diced, + 2 tablespoons for the cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon canola oil (or any neutral oil)
1-3/4 cups powdered sugar
2 whole eggs, at room temperature
4 egg yolks
1-3/4 cups whole milk
1/4 cup heavy cream
3 tablespoons corn starch
1/2 teaspoon anise extract
1/2 cup walnut powder, (1.75 ounces)
4 cups all-purpose flour, + 1 tablespoon for the crème pâtissière
1/8 teaspoon salt, + 1 pinch for the crème pâtissière
5 ounces bittersweet chocolate
5 golden kiwis
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
For the walnut pastry dough: In a bowl, combine the flour and salt. In another bowl, place the powdered sugar. Sift all the dry ingredients, separately.
Using a handheld mixer, whisk 2 whole eggs with 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar until you get a pale, yellow foam. It'll take about 5-6 minutes. The consistency must be very airy. Add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and anise extracts. Stir well using a spatula. Set aside.
Lightly oil the bowl of your food processor with a silicone brush. Add the flour, walnut powder, salt and remaining powdered sugar. Blend for a few seconds, then add the cold butter. Pulse the mixture until it forms crumbs of butter and flour. Add the egg mixture. Pulse another 3-4 times until it forms a dough. Do NOT over-mix. Transfer the dough onto a pastry board lined with a sheet of parchment paper. Place a silicone mat (or parchment paper) on top of the dough like a sandwich. Even out the dough using a rolling pin to about 1/2 inch thick. Create 24 (2-inch) squares of dough and 24 (8-inch by 1-inch) rectangles. Chill in the refrigerator while making the parchment paper molds.
Create the same 24 (2-inch) squares and 24 8-inch by 1-inch rectangles with parchment paper. Line 24 (2-inch) square mini-molds with the dough. Place the parchment square first at the bottom of the mold and top with the square of dough. Line the rectangle of dough with the parchment paper rectangle and place the rectangles along the sides of the molds, parchment paper against the wall of the molds. Patch the dough from the side of the mold with the dough from the bottom together (see tips). Fill with the gaps with the remaining dough if needed. Prick the dough with a fork. Repeat the same procedure for the rest of the molds.
Place the molds on a baking sheet and bake for about 15-18 minutes. Let them cool completely. Remove the shells from the molds. Discard the pieces of parchment paper. Set aside.
For the crème pâtissière: Using a handheld mixer, whisk the egg yolks with the sugar until you get a pale, yellow foam. Add the remaining (1-1/2 teaspoons) vanilla extract, corn starch, salt and flour.
On the stove, combine the milk and heavy cream into a deep sauce pan. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat right away.
Combine the dairy liquid with the egg mixture by slowly adding a ladle of the dairy liquid at a time to prevent the yolks from curdling.
Transfer all the mixture back to the deep sauce pan. Cook until the cream thickens, stirring constantly using a wooden spoon. Turn off the heat and add 2 tablespoons of butter. Transfer the crème pâtissière to a bowl. Place the bowl into an ice bath. When the cream is cool completely, cover with a piece of plastic wrap; make sure the plastic wrap is directly in contact with the pastry cream to keep it from forming a skin. Let the cream cool completely.
Melting the chocolate: Place a pot filled with hot water (at a gentle simmer), topped with a piece of cloth so the bowl does not move and place a stainless-steel bowl filled with the chocolate chips on top. Turn off the heat. Temperature of the water shouldn't exceed 118°F. Melt the chocolate chips (See tips). Use immediately. If the chocolate hardens, place the chocolate back in the double boiler.
For the chocolate-drizzled kiwi: Line a baking tray with a silicone mat or a sheet of parchment paper. Peel and slice the kiwis. Lay out the kiwi slices on the baking tray. Drizzle with the melted chocolate in a pretty design. Let the chocolate set and harden. Depending on the weather, chill the kiwis in the refrigerator if needed so the chocolate sets completely.
Assembly time: Place about 1-1/2 tablespoons of crème pâtissière in the center of each tart shell. Top with a chocolate-drizzled kiwi using a small spatula.
Serve immediately, at room temperature.
Bon appétit!
FYI: 1 cup of butter = 16 tablespoons = 2 sticks of butter.
You can either buy ready-made walnut powder, or make it yourself. Remember to get a little more than 50 grams (1.75 ounces) of whole walnuts to get the correct amount of powder. Grind the roasted* walnuts with a food processor or spice grinder. Make sure you stop before it turns into walnut butter. I use the VitaMix Dry Blade Container. The result should be a fine mill.
To make sure that the dough is perfectly shape like the molds. I patch each corner of the molds using the tip of a chopstick .
I think it's best to make the walnut dough a day in advance. Store it in the refrigerator overnight. The dough will be easier to roll and won't be crumbly.
Rolling the dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper (or silicon mat) prevent the addition of extra flour on the rolling surface, which can change the texture of the dough.
I use 2-inch individual tin square cake molds. I found them at Daiso, the Japanese version of a 99-cent store. They cost $1.50 a pair.
Little reminder on how to roast nuts*: To release all the flavor and oil of the nuts, I like to roast them in the oven for about 10 minutes at 325°F before using them. The only nuts that I dry roast on the stove are pine nuts. They are smaller, cook more quickly and are much easier to watch and manipulate on the stove top.
Little reminder on how to melt chocolate: Use good quality chocolate. Do not let water get into the bowl otherwise the chocolate will start seizing. I use chocolate chips for the chocolate to melt evenly (or chop a large chunk of it using a serrated knife). Use a clean, dry, stainless-steel bowl to melt the chocolate. Use a silicone spatula, not wood. Dark chocolate is tempered when the temperature reaches 90°F. (You can find digital thermometers at IKEA. They're very inexpensive ).
You can make this fresh fruit tart with any other fruits, such as plums, peaches, mandarins, strawberries, pears, figs etc... depending on the season. Be creative!
Check out my other desserts.Published By: on September 11, 2009.


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NORTH BERWICK, Maine — The MSAD60 Board of Directors will be holding a meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at Noble High School to discuss program elimination and teacher termination, according to the agenda posted on the MSAD60 website.
After a recent announcement the district was over budget by $578,000, 22 school staffers will be losing their jobs.
Additional measures to help the budget shortfall consisted of cuts to the Excel program for kindergarten through eighth grade, and the elimination of the elementary school band.
At a Feb. 21 Board of Directors meeting, community members spoke in regards to the district losses. Superintendent Steven Connolly who joined the district in December, opened the Feb. 21 meeting explaining how seriously this budget crisis is being taken.
"I value the programs. I value every single dollar. I don't have great options and somewhere along the line decisions have to be made," Connolly said.
The meeting this Thursday will additionally cover a budget presentation for transportation for the fiscal year 2014, the principal budgets and/or school administration budgets and a Board of Directors self evaluation form consideration.
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apparently, not only was i too busy to breathe, but also too busy to blog. oops. sorry. here is a beautiful zucchini leaf as a peace offering. yes, a zucchini leaf! from my garden! it's growing!!!! i am loving every minute of it. it has become part of my daily routine. wake up, check mail, check perez hilton (to get my "news"), put on sun dress and flip flops, grab garden clippers and head out back. yesterday i even hand pollinated my cucumbers (sounds so dirty and for some reason i end up singing "reproduction" from grease 2 - yikes). so far we have had one zucchini, one strawberry (yum), one persian cucumber and a bunch of different lettuces (been making salads almost every night). i have also already turned a garden misfortune into a garden fortune. early on i was very impressed at how my radishes were growing. i had never seen radish leaves that big. i must be an amazing gardener. then i thought to myself, "self, this is too good to be true." so i took myself to the computer and googled large radish leaves. not good - - bad. it was too hot for radishes (i kinda knew that, but i wanted radishes gosh darnit), so they never "took." the plant is now huge as i am letting it go to seed and will attempt to harvest the seeds and plant them later in the year. the good part is that i read you can make pesto from the leaves. you can. it's delicious. so all was not lost. ok. i have to run (i will literally get up from the computer and run) and start my busy day of not breathing. bye.
ps. if anyone knows a good veggie garden blog, please oh please let me know.
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26 comments:
- Jacinda Davis said...
Pesto out of radish leaves? I must read more about this. I planted four rows of basil this year and nothing happened! Very disappointing as last year we had TWO harvests of basil for making pesto. It sounds like your gardening is going pretty well! I hope you've been weeding more than I have.
- July 9, 2009 at 10:17 AM
- belle said...
I don't know of a garden blog, but Garden Anywhere by Alys Fowler is a pretty cool gardening book
- July 9, 2009 at 10:26 AM
- jen a said...
ummm... is it weird for me to share that "reproduction" is one of my favorite songs. ever. from one of my favorite movies. ever. no? good, i thought you would understand. xoox
- July 9, 2009 at 12:22 PM
- alice said...
I find the blog at http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/ helpful in reminding me to do things. It is UK based same as me so perhaps some things might be a little different over there?
Good luck with your gardening. I started mine last year and am loving it.
- July 9, 2009 at 2:51 PM
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- Alicia said...
Thanks Jen! I will now have that song stuck in my head all night :)
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On that note, I should probably go tend to my land too.
Have a great weekend!
- July 10, 2009 at 12:58 PM
- polarifon said...
i love this pict.
Good luck with your gardening. I envy you. I live in paris.
- July 11, 2009 at 10:19 AM
- Ruth said...
The prettiest Zuccini leaf I have ever seen- (of course I have only seen courgette leaves! ;-))
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POLAROIDS + FASHION + VEGGIE GARDEN = I think I love you.
Whenever you're in London, we obviously have to hang out and chat about radishes. I actually made pesto with the leaves last week! My courgettes are winners too! ;)
- July 20, 2009 at 8:25 AM
hi jen, check out my adventures in gardening...
also i have some garden links but there doesn't seem to be any "groovy" gardening blogs out there, if you know what i mean. and yes radish leaves instead of basil for pesto. Delicious.
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i also started gardening this year - it's amazing how quickly it takes hold of your heart. my courgette (zucchini) plant has given up after 12 fruit incl. 2 marrows but now my tomatoes are rocking along.
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- August 27, 2009 at 4:00 AM
- han_ysic said...
If you didn't know, you can also eat the seed pods when they are green. First year I grew daikon radish the ground was so hard the radishes were miserable and tiny, but when they all went to seed it was amazing! little pods of radish goodness. I could grow them just for that, but then I also love the daikon radish, and kimchee and slices with salt and balsamic vinegar. I think it's lunchtime
- September 10, 2009 at 8:26 PM
- han_ysic said...
Also the best garden blog I know is Rhonda's www.downtoearth.blogspot.com
She is in Australia like me, but her garden is amazing and she posts regularly about the basics.
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Russia's Olympic team has complained to Rio organizers after flags hanging in its Olympic village accommodation were allegedly desecrated.
Synchronized swimmer Alexandra Patskevich told Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda that flags hanging inside Russia's building were "torn down and tied in knots" on the floor on two occasions.
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I beg to differ.
Today, in fact, was King Jack Day because today is the 7th anniversary of Jack's birth. Some of you might refer to these types of days as "birthdays."
I don't know what it is about age 7, but Jack seemed so big today. It started when he was so excited to take his big bag of cupcakes to school to share with his class. I don't remember what I did last year, but I do remember worrying about them not making it into class. Today I felt like I could trust Jack. Today he was excited to share the cupcakes with his classmates. Today, he seemed coordinated enough to get the bag to his classroom without dropping it.
Today he seemed like a big kid.
We also have a long history of struggling with present unwrapping skills. Usually he unwraps one and wants to play with it, ignoring all the others. Sometimes he will just fixate on the unwrapping without much seeming thought to the contents. Generally he doesn't seem too intrigued by the gifts until it's time to open them.
Today he asked several times if he could open his gifts. Sadly he had to wait until Alex got home at 6 p.m. We are totally the meanest parents on the face of the earth. He was really excited. And even though the thing he wanted more than anything else was magnets, he was able to take time to appreciate his other gifts as well.
Because I am a sucker for Jack's little, hopeful face, I bought him magnets for his birthday after he first expressed interest in them a couple of weeks ago. Actually, I asked him what theme he wanted for his birthday. Without hesitation, he said, "Magnets." He's been obsessing on them ever since.
The purchasing of copious amounts of magnets arguably makes me the coolest mom ever, but it inarguably makes me the dumbest mom ever, considering that Jack regularly puts small, metal objects in his mouth. I am well aware of what will happen if he swallows two of them. I am also well aware of what will happen if any of these magnets end up near my electronics.
We had a long conversation about proper usage of magnets and how if you use them wrong YOU COULD DIE! and if you put them on mommy's computer YOU WILL BE KILLED!
I think I was pretty clear.
Even with the danger of imminent death and the rampant destruction of my beloved electronics, how could I resist bringing science-y items into my little House o' Nerds? You should have seen Alex's face when he saw the little vial of iron filings. He's probably already planning experiments.
Do you see how I'm all, "Oh those nerds," as if I weren't one? Alex keeps threatening to start up a "The Truth Behind Stimeyland" blog where he will call me out on all these misdirections.
I made a cake for Jack, put his name on it, and left Sam in charge of distributing about seven pounds of sprinkles.
No, sillies. Not real ones. (See: death by two ingested magnets)
All in all, this was not a bad way to celebrate King Jack Day. My kiddo is growing up. I can't quite believe it.


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College of Charleston men's basketball coach Doug Wojcik was investigated for allegations of verbal abuse against his players, the school said in a statement released Thursday. ESPN and CBS Sports were among the first media outlets to report the news on Wednesday.
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Wojcik is facing a suspension and possible firing. Wojcik recently finished the second year of a five-year contract, and the school would have to determine if there is cause to fire him.
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Wojcik, 50, has coached at Charleston since 2012 and has a 38-29 record through two seasons. He previously was the head coach at Tulsa (2005-12). He holds a record of 179-121 as a head coach. Wojcik played at the U.S. Naval Academy.
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- 1 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pound mascarpone cheese
- 1 cup strong brewed coffee room temperature
- 2 tablespoons rum
- ladyfingers baked in cupcake wrappers see my post on ladyfingers for instructions.
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- a small amount of dark chocolate for chocolate curls optional
- In a medium saucepan, whisk together egg yolks and sugar until well blended.
- Whisk in milk and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils.
- Boil gently for 1 minute, remove from heat, and allow to cool slightly.
- Cover tightly and chill in refrigerator 1 hour.
- Remove from refrigerator and whisk in mascarpone until smooth. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, beat cream with vanilla until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine coffee and rum.
- Drizzle approximately 1 tbsp + 2 tsp of the coffee/rum mixture over each pre-baked ladyfinger. Add it a little at a time and wait for it to absorb into the ladyfingers before adding more. When it stops absorbing, stop adding more.
- Spread the mascarpone mixture over the soaked ladyfingers.
- Pipe or spread the whipped cream over the mascarpone.
- Sprinkle with cocoa powder.
- Optionally, top with chocolate curls. Make the chocolate curls using a vegetable peeler on a piece of chocolate. It works best if the chocolate is slightly warm, but not melty.
- Cover and refrigerate 4 to 6 hours, until set.


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Though it's important to self-market your business and follow your intuition when making decisions, no startup should be completely dependent on three very particular things.
Acquiring New Clients
When I was starting out as an entrepreneur, I was only concerned about one thing: acquiring more customers. I thought I understood the logic: more customers equals more work, which equals more money, which then equals more happiness.
However, I soon found out things don't work this way. I don't deny the benefits of having an abundance of business, but I discovered that focusing exclusively on sales is a recipe for disaster: the more I focused on acquiring new clients, the less I focused on my existing clients. I noticed a downward spiral of putting out fires with existing clients while trying to appear like a well-oiled machine to prospective clients.
In order to succeed in business, you must focus on your entire business, not just parts of it. Focus on acquiring more clients when you are ready; don't jump the gun.
Entrepreneurial Emotions
I also discovered early on that I would make bad business decisions based entirely off of emotions. I spent money on advertising just to feel accomplished, kept unproductive employees because I felt sorry for them, purchased equipment I didn't really need, and paid for services because I thought I might use them one day.
To be successful, an entrepreneur needs to make logical decisions, not emotional ones, especially when it comes to money. Before you do so, you should think of what it will do for your business or life and if it is worth the investment.
Fearful Pricing
When I started my business, I undercharged for my service. I didn't have the confidence to ask for a decent price, and I thought I had to have the lowest price in order to get business.
What did these practices get me? Low profits and poor cash flow.
In order to survive as a startup—both financially and mentally—it's crucial that you make sure you're receiving maximum reward for your maxed out efforts. If you don't see the true value in your business, how do you expect your clients to do so? Your work is worth it; adjust your prices accordingly.
Brad Kendall is a serial technology entrepreneur who co-founded multiple companies including CCR Technology Group, Enlite Digital Advertising Solutions and Digihedron. He writes about his entrepreneurial experiences on his blog bradkendall.ca.
The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) is an invite-only nonprofit organization comprised of the country's most promising young entrepreneurs. The YEC promotes entrepreneurship as a solution to youth unemployment and underemployment and provides its members with access to tools, mentorship, and resources that support each stage of a business's development and growth.


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Kids who take part in the library programs get to do more than just read books. Sometimes they get to taste them as well.
Recently, the Rensselaer Library Book Buddies group shared the Newbery Award-winning book Penny From Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm.
The book is set in the summertime in New Jersey in 1953. Penny, who is about to turn 12, lives with her widowed mom and her grandparents (Me-me and Pop-pop), but visits her father's enormous Italian-American family (and her Nonny) every Sunday, even though the two sides of her family aren't speaking to each other, and no one on either side will talk to her about her father's death.
Inspired by Holm's own Italian American family, Penny from Heaven is a rich story about growing up in a time in America's history, not all that long ago, when parents worried you could catch polio at the public pool, or when being Italian meant you were the enemy. Mostly it's a story about families, and whether Penny is getting into trouble with her cousin Frankie, or spending time with her aunts and uncles, like crazy uncle Dominic who lives in a car, or worrying about her mom dating the milkman, it's the characters that make the book so enjoyable.
To illustrate the differences between dinner at Me-me's house and Nonny's house, the Book Buddies kids were treated to peas, (cooked by Me-me) and Pastiera di Grano (Nonny's famous desert).
Pastiera di Grano is a traditional Italian desert normally only served at Easter, but in the book, Nonny makes it for Penny every Sunday. It's one of her favorite dishes.
You might recognize "grain" from "di grano." The dessert tastes similar to an English custard pie, but the filling also contains cooked wheat. Since that substance is hard to come by in the midwest, many regional recipes online call for the use of regular old pasta, cooked and mashed.
Since our Miss Nancy made this complex and amazing pie, we thought it was worth sharing her recipe in case anyone else wanted to try it. If you aren't willing to try something a little different, then just pretend the pasta isn't in there. We promise you won't notice when it's done.
For more information about Book Buddies, or other library reading programs, check out our programs page.
Maria's Easter (Wheat) Pie/ "Pastiera di Grano"
Cream Mixture
18 ounces whole milk
3 large egg yolks
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 tablespoons freshly grated orange or lemon rind
1/2 cup finely minced, candied citron peel (like for fruitcake - well rinsed and drained)
Wheat Mixture
2 cups cooked pasta, (cooked, then mashed fine or run through a potato ricer)
1/2 cup whole milk
4 tablespoons butter
Ricotta Filling
8 large eggs
2 1/2 cups sugar (1/2 cup less, if using the citron)
15 oz. ricotta cheese (drained if very wet)
Refrigerated pie crusts - 2 in a roll (or make your own and add orange zest)
Cook any kind of pasta, put through potato ricer, then set aside.
Cream mixture
- Fill bottom of a double boiler until it's top pan (insert) almost touches the water. Bring to boil.
- Mix the whole milk, egg yolks, sugar, flour, lemon peel and citron together in the top pan of the double boiler
- Cook the "cream," stirring constantly until it has thickened to consistency of thick pudding (about 10 minutes).
- Remove the top pan and set aside to cool, stir occasionally to keep a skin from forming.
Note: setting the pan of "cream" into a bowl of cold water, helps it cool down faster, don't forget to stir it.
Wheat Mixture
Put pasta into a saucepan with the milk and butter, heating until butter melts, remove from heat. Let cool.
Preheat oven to 350*F.
Prepare Pans: Unroll pie crusts and place in the bottoms of 2 -8" pie pans. Cut off excess for lattice on top.
Ricotta Filling
- Mix ricotta, eggs, and sugar in a large bowl.
- Beat mixture by hand, with a wooden spoon, until smooth and creamy.
- Add cream mixture and pasta mixture to the ricotta filling. Stir until well-blended
- Pour or ladle the filling into pie crusts (to within 1/4 inch of the top of the pan).
Lattice: place the strips of dough across the filling, 2 going each direction. press edges onto crust
Bake about 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until the bottom is light brown, center is set, and top of pies are golden.
Turn off oven and let pies cool for an hour in the oven with the oven door slightly (about 2 inches) open
When completely cooled, cover loosely with plastic wrap and chill until serving.
If you like, sprinkle top with a bit of powdered sugar before serving.


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Lull us all into thinking you shall restart the comic will you and then leave us hanging.
not that it changes my "check sandwichworld" routine in anyway. I mean I always keep tabs on the page.
But YOU, YOU are in league with those ninja mimes, oh, those silently silent mimics and killers! The ultimate in stealth.
I'm willing to bet they are stalking us at this minute, reporting back to you with handmotions and enacting the horror we behold your unupdatedness with!


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Wind is set to benefit from a new A$10 billion ($10.6 billion) green bank to be introduced by the Australian government as part of a long-awaited carbon-pricing package. The measures have been hailed as a watershed moment in Australia's fraught history of tackling climate change.
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will be run by a government-appointed chair and a board comprising experts in banking, investment management and renewable energy. It will make loans or take equity shares in projects that cannot source investment from private lenders. The corporation, operating independently from government, will aim to work with business to maximise investment in the sector with any returns being reinvested.
The A$10 billion will be split into two streams, the first focusing on renewable-energy projects such as wind, solar and geothermal. The second stream will be shared between the renewable-energy, energy-efficiency and low-emissions technology sectors and their supply chains, including manufacturers of wind turbines and solar panels.
At the insistence of the Green Party, on whose support the minority Labor government relies, carbon capture and storage technology was excluded from the corporation. Kane Thornton, director of strategy at the Clean Energy Council, an Australian not-for-profit renewables association, called the CEFC a critical reform to address decades of underinvestment in clean energy. He said its independent status would help insulate it from the political cycles of the day and keep it focused on providing maximum value for investment dollars to the clean-energy sector.
The key element of the clean-energy package was a highly controversial carbon-pricing scheme. Carbon will be priced at A$23/tonne from 1 July 2012 and will rise by 2.5% each year until 1 July 2015 when an emissions trading scheme will be introduced, with the price determined by the market. Around 500 companies will be required to pay for their carbon emissions under the mechanism and revenue collected will be used to support employment growth as well as investment in clean energy.
Lane Crockett, general manager of Australian wind and hydropower developer Pacific Hydro, welcomed the certainty the carbon tax would provide to investors. He said the A$23/tonne carbon price was fine as a starting point but would need to be increased as the mechanism matured if it was to make a real difference. But Siegfried Angerer, director of research, innovation and education development at the Australian Wind Energy Institute, said the carbon-tax package was a "drop in the ocean" when compared with the deep structural problems facing Australia's wind industry and renewable-energy sector in general.Key issues such as a massive skills shortage in renewable energy as well as the need to upgrade the electricity grid — which could cost as much as A$45 billion — would continue to act as significant investment hurdles, he said.
"The Australian renewable-energy problem is not simply solved with a limited tax on 500 polluters, nor is it solved with a scaled-back mining-tax compromise," he added. Without political consensus both at the federal level and across all states and territories, Australia would fail to deliver a coherent national renewable-energy policy, he said.


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NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A New Jersey man has come forward as the third and final winner of the $448 million Powerball jackpot after buying the winning ticket at a South Brunswick supermarket, New Jersey lottery officials said.
Mario Scarnici of Monmouth Junction claimed his share of the prize, which amounts to $86 million before taxes. Two of the three winning tickets in the August 7 drawing were sold in the state, according to a New Jersey Lottery statement released on Friday.
He purchased his ticket from the Super Stop & Shop supermarket in South Brunswick Township.
Jose Perez, a night manager at the Stop & Shop, said the winning ticket has been great for business and that employees are thrilled that the winner came forward to claim his prize.
"We were happy first of all that we sold it," said Perez in a telephone interview. "We sold a ticket before but nobody claimed it."
The store received a $30,000 bonus commission for selling the ticket, and will give that money to charity.
According to a report on the CentralJersey.com web site, Scarnici came forward with his two adult sons to claim his prize. He chose the cash option and will get about $62 million after taxes.
Members of a group of 16 Ocean County maintenance workers with a winning ticket will each receive about $3.8 million after taxes. The group, known as Ocean's 16, bought the Powerball numbers at the Acme Markets in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey.
Scarnici could not be reached for comment, nor could a representative for the state lottery.
Paul White, an engineer from Ham Lake, Minnesota, was the other winner.
The odds of winning the jackpot were about one in 175 million.
Reporting by David Jones; Editing by Mary Wisniewski and Xavier Briand


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Phoenix (Friday, February 4, 2011) - Attorney General Tom Horne responded today to a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by several Arizona inmates against the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) in which the inmates have asked the court to order the FDA to deny importation of drugs used for executions and to recall drugs already acquired from other countries. Arizona carried out the execution of inmate Jeffrey Landrigan in October using drugs obtained from England and intends to use drugs from the same supplier in upcoming executions. The FDA has indicated that regulating drugs used in executions is not within the scope of their authority.
Horne stated: "This lawsuit, filed by the Federal Public Defenders Office, is a frivolous use of tax dollars. Lethal injection is considered the most humane method of carrying out an execution, and the protocol that the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) follows has been upheld by the courts as providing more than adequate protections to ensure that the execution will be carried out properly and without unnecessary suffering.'
'Because United States suppliers no longer manufacture the first drug used in the execution protocol, ADC was forced to look elsewhere for the drug and purchased it from a supplier in England. There is no evidence that drugs manufactured in England are inferior or are somehow unsafe, and the execution of inmate Landrigan was carried out without incident. It is absurd to suggest that the FDA should be ordered to recall drugs obtained from England or to deny further importation of drugs for use in carrying out executions."


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So much went on at Club Industry 2012 that it's difficult to put it all under one headline. In addition to the stories and posts we've already published, here are some of the sights and sounds from my time in Las Vegas:
We had 35 people take the Zappos headquarters tour in Henderson, NV. The tour attracted an array of attendees, from club CEOs to vendors to single-club owners. Eating a box lunch on a bus like we were on a field trip in elementary school really brought the group together. A few of us even took a silly photo together once we got to Zappos. (Thanks, Christine Thalwitz!)
The Zappos company is one definitely built on fun. There were Halloween decorations and other rainforest-like items all over the offices. CEO Tony Hsieh's office is basically a cubicle in the middle of it all. Employees can eat certain items in the cafeteria free of charge, or, if they want a hot meal, they pay just $3. Employees' wishes for items ranging from furniture to cars are posted on a wall, and often, those wishes are granted by other employees. Customer service is key to the company, and so is taking care of the employees. Next year, the company will complete its move to old Las Vegas City Hall in downtown Las Vegas.
In addition to introducing Joe Cirulli and John DiJulius on Thursday morning, I had the honor of moderating a media panel featuring Ashley Koff, a registered dietician and a member of the Fitness magazine advisory board, Jeanine Detz, deputy editor of Shape magazine, and Devin Alexander, TV chef, host of "America's Chefs on Tour" and author of "The Biggest Loser" cookbooks. This was easily the easiest job I had during the show. These ladies were smart, engaging and insightful. They made me look good.
The Fitness Industry Technology Council panel session, moderated by FIT-C President Bryan O'Rourke, was packed. The panel consisted of Graham Melstrand, vice president of corporate affairs for the American Council on Exercise, Chuck Runyon, CEO of Anytime Fitness, and Kevin Laferriere, CEO of FitPro Services. O'Rourke has a nice slideshare recap, complete with videos and questions and answers from the panel. I'd suggest giving that a look.
Zuberance founder and CEO Rob Fuggetta discussed his social media marketing company at the social media panel on Friday. Fuggetta touted how Zuberance has helped clubs such as Anytime Fitness and Club One transform their members into marketers through social media sites Facebook and Twitter. Fuggetta's book is entitled "Brand Advocates: Turning Enthusiastic Customers into a Powerful Marketing Force." The funny part was, as Fuggetta was touting Anytime Fitness, Runyon just so happened to be standing at the back of the audience, not knowing that Fuggetta would be talking about his company. They shared a laugh after the session.
The second annual Fitness Industry Personal Trainer Summit, organized by Jay Del Vecchio, president and CEO of W.I.T.S. Education, was held Thursday afternoon. The panel of experts included Melstrand, ACSM's Walt Thompson and IDEA's Mike Bannan, who gave the keynote address at the session. W.I.T.S. expects to have a video replay of the panel discussion on its website within a few days, and once that's there, we'll link it here.
I got to meet Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini and Star Trac owner Michael Bruno on the show floor. (That's "Boom Boom" with master trainers Sonja Friend-Uhl and Chris Davis; photo courtesy of Star Trac.) They say copies of Boom Boom's new book went fast at the show. "Boom Boom" and Bruno make up two-thirds of the Youngstown, OH, trio I wrote about recently. The other is actor Ed O'Neill, whom Bruno says attracted ladies back in the day more beautiful than TV wife Sofia Vergara. I didn't think that was possible.
Many attendees, especially me, enjoyed riding the monorail from the hotel to the Las Vegas Convention Center—and elsewhere as well. The monorail felt a little unstable as it sped through Las Vegas during a hailstorm late Thursday night. The next morning, at around 4:25 a.m., Las Vegas Hotel guests were jolted out of bed when a transformer on the street blew, igniting a few sparks and flames. No evacuation was needed, but the monorail was shut down for the morning.
What did you think of the Starbucks booth on the show floor? My vote is to have one on each corner of the floor next year to stay consistent with the company's ratio of stores per city block.
I was this close from blowing off our staff dinner Wednesday night at Public House at the Palazzo to go see Rich Little, who was performing his famous impersonations at the Las Vegas Hotel. Then I remembered that I'm still in my 30s. Somebody else during our stay mentioned the seemingly everywhere advertisements for Rich Little's show at the hotel and said, "I thought he was dead." No, no, those are just the people in his act.
In case you missed it, we're heading back to Chicago for next year's Club Industry show, Oct. 23-25 at McCormick Place. Leaving Las Vegas will be difficult, because there won't be another industry trade show there until…next March at IHRSA, or before that at NIRSA, or next summer for the Gold's Gym convention, or…


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TORONTO (Reuters) - No abnormally high return rates have been seen for the new Z10 touchscreen device that underpins BlackBerry's attempt to reinvent itself, and demand appears to be positive in Asia, Jefferies & Co analyst Peter Misek said in a report on Tuesday.
BlackBerry has already said it will ask regulators to investigate a report from Boston-based Detwiler Fenton of high return rates for the new device, which is the first BlackBerry to use the new BlackBerry 10 operating system.
Misek, a long-time bear on BlackBerry, turned bullish on the stock late last year.
He said BlackBerry, which changed its name from Research In Motion when it launched the Z10, was increasing its build plan for new devices powered by the Blackberry 10 operating system. He expects BlackBerry to launch two or three additional models before the end of the year.
That would be in addition to the already-announced Q10, which launches in some countries later this month and which uses the mini keyboard that has long been one of BlackBerry's biggest selling points.
"Our checks indicate that builds for Q10 have kicked into high gear and led overall BB10 builds to increase from 2 million a month to 2 million plus," he wrote. "Anecdotal Asia demand checks were positive and U.S. checks indicate that return rates are not abnormally high."
BlackBerry's stock was up 2.1 percent at $14 in premarket trading. The volatile shares have more than doubled in value from last year's low of $6.22.
Reporting by Janet Guttsman; editing by John Wallace