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The Midwest facility is home to quite a menagerie; it is a veritable paradise for all creatures great and small. No expense is spared when it comes to the care of these animals we love so much. Every possible amenity is in use to ensure the comfort of the creatures God has entrusted to us.
Midwest and its Breeding, Training and Marketing divisions are the quintessential result of dedication, hard work and dreams of a family. The special horses in their care represent their goals, their dreams, their recreation and quite possibly, the very air they breathe. While engaging in a first class marketing program is as monumental an undertaking as campaigning a national champion, Midwest has more than met the challenge and become the world's foremost marketing leader, importer, and exporter of Arabian horses. Considered a vital cog in the prosperousness of the Arabian horse industry, Midwest has an unsurpassed national and international record in the marketing of Arabian horses.


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The trap has been baited for the drunk and stupid. San Francisco PD will be dressed as Giants fans at Candlestick Park, the better to sniff threatening behavior on the part of the locals. After a number of Saints fans reported being verbally and physically abused last week, the Niners and the city are taking extra security measures.
Upon entering the stadium, all Giants fans will be handed a card telling them how to contact police. There will be extra cameras, extra security, and most exciting of all, undercover cops who only want you to think they're really into Victor Cruz.

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Not everything that bites on a trotline is a legal keeper
February has long been a difficult time for folks in the outdoors media. The major hunting seasons are nearly all history except the conservation goose season. There are always the exotics to go after. The fish don't really care about the weather, but the fishermen do. There are, of course, some dedicated anglers that head out no matter what the weather happens to be, except for summer hurricanes. Even then there are those folks that will risk life and limb to catch a bull redfish in the surf.
Inclement weather, especially the times of heavy clouds and thunderstorms in February and March, are the times to have already set out trotlines or limb lines. The big blue catfish and channel catfish will feed heavily during those periods. In fact, there are a number of knowledgeable catfish chasers that watch the springtime weather predictions before setting their lines in their favorite spots And because they move less in cold water, anglers have little trouble with the gar and turtles.
Stormy weather is great for the trotlines and limb lines, but the cat fishermen that choose noodle or jug lines should wait until after the bad weather. By putting the catfishing devices in the water when there is a strong wind, the floats with the hooks and bait attached will become scattered. In really hard wind, some of the devices could become lost and irretrievable.
Common sense is the primary factor when deciding to go catfishing and how to do it on a given day or night. There are, however, several regulations that are on the books concerning trotlines, set lines, and noodle or jug lines. I highly recommend that anyone that intends to enjoy the sport to read the catfish section of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Annual. There would not be enough space to name all of the regulations in this article.
There has long been a regulation concerning the use of noodle or jug lines in waters below the salt-freshwater boundary. Even so the anglers that choose to enjoy fishing with the floating lines are now faced with another situation. High tides from hurricanes have introduced some saltwater species into the bayous. Both Taylor and Hillebrant bayous are now loaded with some really nice size redfish, among others. Anglers using the jigs or noodles for catfish have been catching as many redfish as they have catfish. The regulations make it illegal to retain those fish. The same regulations apply to limb and trotlines, also.
An angler or anglers may put out the legal noodles, jugs, trotlines and set lines. While they are waiting for some action on those, they could decide to do some rod and reel fishing. The legal redfish that are caught may be retained – up to three per angler. Then while checking their set lines for catfish, a game warden decides to check them. There are three redfish per angler legally caught already in the boat. So what does the law include about such a situation? I called the TPWD in Austin and I was informed that unless the warden actually witnessed a fisherman retaining a redfish illegally, there is no violation. It is alright to catch the fish on a rod and reel, but not legal to retain them when they are caught on the noodle lines, jug lines, trotlines or set lines in either freshwater or saltwater. I recommend that all outdoors folks obey to the letter any regulations. That's the case even if there is no chance of being arrested. The law is the law, and the game wardens just do what they are trained to do.
Besides the south and Mid-County bayous, there are several rivers that are loaded with lots of catfish. Both Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn are great for catfishing. There are some really fine fish in both of those waterways. Both lake levels are on the rise now, and they should be yielding some great fish. For those lakes, I recommend baiting several spots with minnow attractors. These small baitfish will also cause crappie and other fish to come around. The noodles or jugs are also a great method for both lakes.Lake Livingston is still the most productive catfish lake that I have even put a bait in. All of the methods that are productive on the other lakes do well with the addition of some great rod and reel action. I recommend the use of shad as bait on Lake Livingston. Be sure to check the TPWD Annual since there are various regulations for different counties that border the lake.


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Almond Trees
Almond Trees from Johns Market Garden are very well grown and with several side laterals. An Almond Tree in your garden delights with flower and deliciously sweet nuts. Almond Trees [Prunus dulcis] grow tall but not especially spreading. If you estimate for around 15 in height and 10 in spread then this should accommodate an Almond Tree. They definitely need a sunny aspect and a soil that isnt too heavy. Almond trees are renowned as being amongst the most beautiful of all the Spring flowering trees. The mass of sugar-pink blossom adorns the branches of the Almond tree in April. During warmer summers an excellent crop of nuts will appear.[more...]
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Statistical Estimation of a Public Utility Inventory
by MAURICE S. NEWMAN Partner, Executive Office
Presented before the Northwestern Electric Power Association, Salt Lake City—June 1970
MOST ACCOUNTANTS, whether in private or public practice, have some-where in their clothes closet an old suit they have used for participation
in the taking of physical inventories. These inventory suits have become symbolic of one of the more disenchanting aspects of accounting. Many a New Year's Eve party has been missed because it was necessary to work in a dirty warehouse, often under dim light, clambering over stock piles in order to make a complete count of all physical inventory items at the end of the year.
In the earlier days, the year-end complete physical count was an absolute
necessity, as this was the only way that income for the year could be determined. When perpetual inventories became a fairly general practice,
the year-end count no longer was a necessity. The physical inventory was taken and observed at some time preceding, but generally not more than one or two months before the year end. Reconciliation of the physical
counts with the perpetual records gave an indication of the degree of reliability that could be placed on the perpetual records at the year end and for interim accounting reports. The introduction of cyclical counting, in which a certain number of items would be counted weekly or monthly, and adjusted if necessary, helped to ensure a closer reconciliation between the physical count and the perpetual inventory records all through the year.
The requirement for an annual complete physical count was to remain
until 1966, when the Auditing Committee of the AICPA issued its Statement on Auditing Procedure No. 36 which recognizes inventory sampling as a permissible substitute for complete physical counts. The statement says:


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Today we see the start of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers as seven games take place throughout the day.
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Depressing Song Competition in the PAT 8/11 6:30-8:30 pm. Sign up at Moongate and Friends next to Pillaged Village. Spectators welcome.
Events Open to All
12 Step meeting E07 4pm AA/NA/OA/SA all welcome. Denys the Decadent's Camp Great Eastern Highway
BPAL Meet & Sniff. Come, sniff & share. Wed 11 a.m. Camp Dancing Fox, E01 on Dragon's Trace.
ANYONE CAN BREW! Ambrosia Farm Short mead kits - Brew in 2 weeks in a gallon of spring water. Try 12 fruit & berbal flavors – tastings daily at 3pm & Midnight Madness, Dancing Pig Pottery #16 Bow Street or online www.ambrosiafarm.com.
For Sale
Bad Garb Old Maid card game - Yes we have 'em! - from Claus the Toymaker (who else?)
14' yurt for sale. Sunforger canvas, great condition. $700 OBO. Avail end of war. Contact Dorian @ House Maxwell, block W05. 224-595-3856
Custom Ts-You take the picture. We put it on a mug, Tshirt, or tote. Misty Tower. Space 28
15x10ft (ish) red & purple Viking A-frame for sale. If interested please send text to 703-470-4916 $400.
A BIG TENT NOW! Eudora 151/2 x 91/2 Titan 3ys + NEW Genvine EZ-UP 10 sq. Paid $600- Tent/$200-EZ-ALL FOR $450- Negotiable- see at W-13 Fool's Rest/ call 631-786-6025 -cell - NOW.
Air mattress LL Bean $50 battery powered air pump Queen at Tatterdemalion Merchant Space #47.
For Sale: Vellum - opaline vellum (sheepskin) direct from England. Finest quality. Sale price $20 per sheet. The Guild of Limners, #26 across from the Barn.
How can anything Sarong be sooo! right! Celtic sarongs at Moongate
Astérix and Obelix made it to Pennsic! Available at UrsulaBs Alcove. 166 Fleet St.
ATTENTION WOAD WARRIORS! Feeling a little blue? I have the real thing! Genuine woad imported from Scotland. $4, limited supply, buy early. Guild of Limners, #26.
BAD GARB I and BAD GARB II - Now AVAILABLE from Claus the Toymaker - How do you know you are not in them unless you read them?
Banners! Favors! Badges! Custom done for you! Come consult with us Misty Tower, Space 28
Fabric Petting Zoo White Wolf & Phoenix- 120 Plunder Lane- yarn and string on discount!
Blank Books - hand bound in leather, handmade paper, thick and chunky. Fair trade products. $8-$32, limited supply - Guild of Limners. #26.
Canvas Marquis tent 18x12 as is. No center poles or ridge beam. Includes all walls, ropes, stakes, side poles. $550 obo see William at Lochac X01 by West Gate.
Carolingian expatriates & friends: show your support for the Scholarly Barony. University of Carolingia Varsity Melee Team t-shirts are available again, @ Lady Guendalina's Closet, space #121.
Cash for clinkers: Trade in your tin cup for $5.00 off a new mug @ A's Round Pottery. 51 Broadway.
Cotton halter tops at Bronwyn's at Moongate.
Dragon Ts & 1066 Ts are Back! Space 28
Extra large mugs for Pennsic XL 48oz, A's #51
Feast gear galore; swords, daggers, and more. Get a pouch too! Available for you at Wolfram's Wonderous Wares. Space 133 on Plunder Lane. Bring in ad for $1.00 off $20.00 purchase.
Feed Your Spinning Habit! Gorgeous Fiber at MTF #28
Folkwear is still in business and has new patterns. Check them out at Ursula's Alcove, 166 Fleet St.
Agate Burnishers - bone ivory & horn handles - hand carved - also dog tooth and carnelian. Guild of Limners, #26.
For Sale 14' Yurt. Professional quality 9193600048. Also Panther 12x12 Pavillion, needs work $480/OBO.
For Sale - Bad garb, bad garb, What'cha gonna do? What'cha gonna do when the punchline's you! - Claus the Toymaker
For Sale - Glass muller & burnishers from England, also Mitchell nibs, vellum, parchment and hand bound leather books - The Guild of Limners, #26
Bedouin tent for sale. 22'x24' Sunforger. Includes custom poles, ropes and stakes. $900. Tent costs $2700 new. Tent is available to see at Tribal Source on Street of Gold #82. Ask for Diana.
For Sale: Ink-Oakgall, walnut hull, also gallo-tannic ink, absolutely perfectly opaque. $4 per bottle. Guild of Limners #26.
10x12 Panther wall tent for sale. Used only a few times. All poles, bags, stakes, ropes, interior wall, etc. included. Asking $600. Available at end of Pennsic. Ask for Gabrielle or Sebastian at Caer Adamant camp N34
For Sale: THE GUILD OF LIMNERS in the little white house on Merchants Row sells ink, quill pens, books, pigments, various colors, madder, woad, all kinds of paint and tools necessary for scribes and artists.
For Sale: Yurt in fair condition. $300 OBO. Also canvas tarp 20x30, $40 OBO. Come to Shark Pit for details. Block N21.
Full size slat bed, mahogany red stain. Available at war end. $250 or b.o. Contact Ziggy @ August Moon, E18
Good garb - Bad garb PAPER DOLLS - even more humorous than the works of Beaumont and Fletcher! From Claus the Toymaker.
Greybarr Trad Archery "Closest Archery Shop to the Range" Wide selection of bows from $20 on up. Long bows, Recurves, Cross bows, Horsebows, Korean bows. Arrows for every bow. Wide selection of archery equip. We now accept credit cards. Space 91, St of Gold, next to West GATE.
Hot water for your camp 40 gallon water heater for sale @ Black Legion Camp Fosse & Brewers.
Huge modern tent for sale Eureka Condo 10.5x20, sleeps 8+ over 8ft tall for $150 cash available now. See Bergdis at Clan Cambion E15 Howards Fenway.
Illumination Books! The biggest selection at Pennsic is at Small Churl Books! Come see, be tempted, buy the beautiful, useful and irresistable (books).
It's hot now but it won't be forever. Plan ahead! Buy wool at Ursula's Alcove. 166 Fleet St.
Don't walk around Pennsic with ugly children- Buy a mask from Claus/ The Toymaker only $4.00.
KNIFE SHARPENING, cleaning, de-rusting, custom sheaths. CLOAK & DAGGER, 13 Bow St.
Knitting needles & accessories. Misty Tower. #28
LINEN WADDING for stuffing gambeson, armoring coat or pourpoint. BLACK CHEAP. Dragons Magic space 27
Nearly new 18'x20' Panther marquee canopy. Used twice. Would make great war pavilion. Inquire booth 175, Hamish's Dreck $800 OBO.
Need a pouch? Thurkill's are now available at Viking Archery Supply #13 on Bow Street.
NEW THIS YEAR - Decorate your child's walls with medieval images - Knights, dragons, ladies - more. Let the mundanes put up Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck! - at Claus the Toymaker, #26.
Panther Viking in great shape. Avail at end of War. $500 set up on Runestone Hill - Block W08 - Camp Eoforwic 416-655-9938
Be Prepared! This heat will end. Get your cloak or mantle at Misty Tower's SALE in Space 28
Pennsic in a Box - Comes with people, places and things found at Pennsic in a colorful wooden box - Makes a great fun gift for friends who couldn't attend this year. Found only at Claus the Toymaker, #26.
14x14 Panther Regent tent with fly and set up kit. $750 obo Gleann Abhann Camp ask for Avice N12
PERIOD PAVILIONS, new and used for rent and sale. 11 on site for immediate delivery and 18 more on site at end of war. Others in stock can ship. We do custom pavilions - colors and intricate shapes our specialty. More details and pics plus free catalog at space #28.
Costumes by Loren can now accept credit cards! Different specials every day! We have LOTS of new merchandise this year. Come by and see us at Costumes by Loren! Located at #166 Fleet Street.
Porcelain dolls (inc. QE1), stamped and gilded leather, woven tapestry panels, vintage posters. Space #28.
ROCKING HORSES 4 sale/rent. SQUIRE CART 4 rent to carry you in style. Disc. 4 handicapped. Space #28.
Tent 4Sale! 13" dia round canvas w/attached heavy duty floor. "Soul Pad 4000 Ease." Brand new, only used this Pennsic at Trimaris Kingdom Camp in Swamp. Asking $600. Call Lady Albreda 305-781-3882.
Archers! Custom bowstrings made on site. 32 colors to pick from. See Rask at Viking Archery Supply #13 Bow St. Other supplies are also available.
TENT FOR SALE Canvas only. Oval marquee 17x14in. Some stains. $500 cash. See Jodie W10 Lions of the Cross.
Tentsmiths shower pavillion + shower stall. Hot water heater NOT included. 500.00 for tent & stall & accessories. SHAUNA AT SHAUNA'S CAMP W11
Thai Brass Flatwear set 178pc service for 12 + extra peices. See at mcht space 4 $300.
UNIQUELY YOU dressmakers dummies - the only one to corset properly. 3 available on site. Space #28.
For Sale SCA Road Signs - "Fighter Practice Area", "Danger Viking Territory" and many others, some new and very silly. $5 each. Claus the Toymaker, #26.
War wagon, slightly abused, $100 obo N29 813-843-2475
Wardrobe trunk 4 sale - $80 easy to pack all your garb in one trunk. No need to ever unapck. Garb is easy to find. Camp Greenwood E18 End of Autumn's Path.
Bad Garb? Who cares? It's too hot! Stay cool and look sexy in the infamous Bunny Fur Bikini! Hamish's Dreck, Booth 175 where Laurels fear to tread.
WARM CLOAKS, repairs, and custom orders on site. CLOAK & DAGGER, 13 Bow St.
For Sale: Good Gentles...How much have you spent on your armor? How much have you spent on your garb? How much have you spent on your children? This has been a public service announcement from Claus of Burzee, Toymaker.
Washable wool embroidery thread available in a full range of colors at Ursula's Alcove. 166 Fleet St.
For Sale: Mortar and Pestle sale - 3 sizes - All $5 each. Today only. Guild of Limners. #26.
Benefit the Chirurgeons -- buy an original Pennsic 40 T-shirt, $12. Available from Claus of Burzee, #26 Merchants Row.
Why melt? The cool comfy 100% cotton tunics and kaftans are here again. Also skirts, kurta, shirts, chemises and cloaks. Come early for best selection. And now we can take credit cards. Costumes by Loren. Space #166. Fleet Street.
14x20 Viking A-frame Panther canvas and random wood. $500. See Fridrikr or Orianna. E04, High Rafters
You went to war and came home without treasures. For shame! Stop in to see our fine, exotic yarns at Ursula's Alcove, 166 Fleet St.
Yurt for Sale! 12' dia. By Yurts of America. 1 yr old, used 2 Pennsic's. See Rask at Viking Archery Supply #13 Bow St $2500 obo. Available now
For Sale: HAND GROUND PERIOD PIGMENTS -- Once you've tried it, you'll never use anything less. It's not as complicated as you may think. Free sample and instruction in its preparation with this ad from Mistress Megan at the Guild of Limners, #26 Merchants Row.
Claus' Guide on "How Not to Get a Laurel" - Audacious and naughty - the truth is hard and very funny. See Claus the Toymaker, #26 across from the Barn.
Get pain free - Come to Merchant #2
After 20 years of service to the SCA and Pennsic, Turtle Island Moccasins is bidding a fond farewell! In order to spend more time with family and because the cost of travel continues to rise, Pennsic 40 will be Turtle Island Moccasins last year at Coopers Lake. Don't worry, these MIMFA museum quality moccasins will still be available to order from the website www.turtleislandmoccasins.com, and all repairs will still be honored when needed. Stop by the shop on Battle Road today for your personal fitting by Atrayew, the founder and artisan of Turtle Island Moccasins!
Armor Cleaner: rusty, dirty, smelly? 757-867-3861. Ask for Rheanna or text name, camp name and location. Reasonable rates. Look good. Please your lady!
Bard's Haven is open for business! Also Celtic bardic again on Tuesday night as usual. E19.
BRAINS!!! Aitch
Enchanted Ground bardic circle 9-12PM stories music poems
The Memorial Ship will sail this Thursday, the 11th. Procession will start from the Stave Church at 8:30 PM. Paint shields at Tancred's Tangled Wood.
The next best thing to being there is knowing that you don't need me there! I love you all! Aitch
Feeling hot? Cool off & help raise money for cancer patients w/a "coolband" from booth #56- A Leather Crafter. $5 ea. Help touch a life & keep cool!!
From Petra to Petra re: yesterdays ad. Have your people met mine? They say the same things...
Heirusalem Help! You have to come back! Columella is making us WORK! - The PI Staff
Minbu - Japanese Festival Dance Class - WED 2:00 at Clan Yama Kaminari (E03) Solveig Throndardottir
Orange and cream striped linen! Do you have it? It seems like we all do. Join Ye Olde Mead Hovel in parading orange stripes all around the War- Wear yours on Wednesday!
SUPER SECRET WIZARD ROCK SHOW for adult Harry Potter fans. Behind Camelot Treasures - Booth 30. CDs from the Blibbering Humdingers only $10! Thursday - starts at 9PM. You'll crap your pants.
I am bald and I don't care. I love life much more than hair. Here's to the heroes everywhere! Fauna of Rivenstar
What happens at Pennsic gets published in The Pennsic Independent! Don't forget to reserve your set or purchase a PDF!
Have you "Read it"? Bacon/Narhwal/All the Things will be counted, if present. Meet-up 9pm Tues, first camp below the Runestone-look for the icon at the gate.
ZOMBIES!! Are you ready if they invade Pennsic? Hamish's Dreck has what you need-Axes, maces & more. Remember always DOUBLE TAP! BOOTH 175, Perth Row.
HEAR YE HEAR YE in honor of the memory of Lord Krey MacLeod The Black Dragons will be hosting NOMFEST on Wen after 2pm-whenever at N15. Please bring something to share that Krey would have enjoyed eating or drinking. Put the word out.
Our beloved Lord Otto Mueller (MKA Chuck Meier) passed away on May 22. Come celebrate his SCAdian & Pirate life on Wednesday- 8pm - at Otto's Cove- E01 (Kitty corner from the Dance Tent)
FAM and OES unofficial gathering Tuesday 4-6pm Hartstone B5.
Known World Choir performs Thursday @ 6 PM - Performing Arts Tent - Great vocal music of the Renaissance. Celebrate 20 years of the Pennsic choir!
Hot , handsome, hairy Hunks Hankering for horny henna haired honeys. See Chum the Love Troll N31 Ye Old Mead Hovel.
To my apprentice Elena - you are truly a treasure. Happy belated anniversary. Your proud mistress M.
All suitors for blond Scot must be German -or Italian- and may negotiate the sizable dowry with her elderly and mentally infirm father- and must pass & bribe Italian friend. Present credentials to Venetian.
The Magderonica is on the prowl!
The Pandorica didn't open. Try again next millenium.
Dame Sarra Graeham of Birnham invites her friends to a celebration of the 20th anniversary of her Laurelling, 7PM until we quit at Up the Hill Camp, Nagashino above Bannockburn in B02.
Flame-haired Scots matron imaginative and experienced, seeks mature scholarly lord versed in multiple tongues for in-depth Pennsic research project. Replies to Pennsic Independent box 007.
Further addendum to ad for German House Boy for my elderly father- one attendant not sufficient. Now seeking strapping German twins. Blondes preferred. Inquire at Barony of Fenix.
Langdon: Seek not the tortoise with the eyes, but with the heart . And Liver. Maghnus
Pyke, looking for Maevel? She's in N21 with Grimine and Cross.
Sir Ow - Fight well for you fight for my honor. ~T
To Our Beloved Despotissa: We need more Chaucers! Come help us drink some!
Clarification to ad for House Boys to attend my mentally infirm father- Frenchmen need not apply. Qualified strapping German House Boys still needed. Apply within at Barony of Fenix.
SNORRI- WELCOME HOME!! Love Aeifra and Aquila and Tali too!
TEENY TINY TIGGLETOES- THANKS FOR 10 SMOKIN' PENNSICS, 2 GREAT KIDS + THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE! e
This is Sophie's 1st Pennsic and she is very shy she is looking for an 18 to 24 year old gentleman to escort her around Midnight Madness only chivalrous gentleman need apply she will be waiting in a yellow and red bodice outside of Odyssey Coffee at 9PM.
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Looking for a used or new beginner harp. See Rohesia at Eoforwic (W08).


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Muslims living in the United States can easily buy automatic assault weapons at a gun show without any identification or submitting to a background check, Gadahn says, speaking in English, according to a transcript of the first video released by the SITE Monitoring Service.Source: Pakistan News Online
"It's important that we weaken our cowardly enemies' will to fight by targeting influential public figures in Crusader and Zionist government, industry and media," Gadahn says.
The video was produced by Al-Qaeda's media arm, as-Sahab and is titled, "You are only responsible for yourself." It was posted on Web forums on Thursday, and opens with old footage of bin Laden sitting next to al-Zawahiri giving a speech that criticizes the Western occupation of Muslim lands.
SITE said the video appears to have been made after bin Laden's death because references to him add the phrase: "May Allah have mercy on him" after his name.
Rita, this bullshit is getting old, as many know that you're a MOSSAD agent spreading fear and psyops to keep American hatred of Muslims hot so your psychotic fiends in Apartheid Israel can keep killing Palestinians, and stealing their land.
And to keep America bogged down in the ME and SW Asia fighting wars against Israeli's 'existential' enemies, of which there are many, since the nation you're loyal to, Israel, is noting more than a haven for con artists, thieves, murderers, false flag experts. back-stabbers and loonies who want to dominate us GOY.
Bet that money you get from the FBI helps your lifestyle, doesn't it?
Self-styled 'terrorist hunter' Rita Katz, who was paid $272,000 for her advice by the federal government and has made much more in a book deal and as a consultant for news organizations. According to federal investigators, Katz 'lost the trust of some investigators from the FBI and Justice Department' as a result in part of the 'reckless conclusions' she drew in her book," Edgar said. And she received another large sum of cash from the FBI, close to $150,000 for 'consulting.'From "SourceWatch"
Rita Katz, Professional LIAR and Propaganda Specialist
IntelCenter & SITE Made Fake Osama Bin Laden Tapes For 10 Years
If there was a Ph.D given for lying, Steve Emerson would have several, as he's allied with that 'Terrorist Hunter," Rita Katz, the one who's always the first to find those 'al CIA duh' videos of Bin Laden and that lard-ass moron Adam PEARLMAN, and release them to the Zionist controlled MSM to scare Americans into further support for the 'Wars for Wall Street and Israel.'
Who says Al Qaeda takes credit for a bombing? Rita Katz. Who gets us bin Laden tapes? Rita Katz. Who gets us pretty much all information telling us Muslims are bad? Rita Katz? Rita Katz is the Director of Site Intelligence, primary source for intelligence used by news services, Homeland Security, the FBI and CIA. What is her qualification? She served in the Israeli Defense Force. She has a college degree and most investigative journalists believe the Mossad "helps" her with her information. We find no evidence of any qualification whatsoever of any kind. A bartender has more intelligence gathering experience.
If the CIA really wants to find Adam Gadahn, whose real name is Adam PEARLMAN, all they have to do is to visit Adam's hideout, Tel Aviv.
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This week's TWD challenge was chosen by Amanda, and I was so excited because carrot cake is my favorite kind of cake in the entire world. (With the possible exception of some type of Napoleon cake that I had this past Sunday at my cousin's christening. Although I'm not sure that one counts as a cake since it was mostly just pastry cream... delicious pastry cream.)
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This marks my first ever attempt at a layer cake. I must admit that I was a bit apprehensive, but I scampered out to buy two more cake pans and get started. Dorie's recipe calls for either walnuts or pecans and either raisins or dried cranberries, so I went for the less traditional walnut/cranberry combo.
The cakes turned out better than I had hoped! They look a little crispier on the edges than the one in the book (maybe b/c my cake pans are dark colored), with less chunky ingredients... but I wanted to smother everything in icing anyway, so I figured it was OK :)
(mmm... cream cheese icing)
I didn't have a leveler or anything, but they looked pretty flat to me, so I didn't trim the tops. After I finished icing, though, I think the layers kinda slid around on each other, so the cake skewed to one side (which I attempted to hide in the photos ;) )
Here is me being a total dork.
Ta-da! First layer cake complete :)
The icing was definitely NOT enough to cover the entire cake, by the way. Dorie said that it was, but as you can clearly see, I was eking out every last bit of icing to get it all around this cake. In the book's picture, it just had the top iced and not the sides... Dorie claimed it would be enough for the sides, too, but next time I'll have to make some extra.
And the obligatory shots of the finished product....
This cake was truly delicious! It wasn't what usually comes to mind when I think of carrot cake, mostly because there were so many chunky ingredients, but it ended up being very moist and delicious. The slight lemon flavor in the cream cheese icing just brought it all together.
Bill's Big Carrot Cake
Baking: From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan
Yields 10 servings
For the cake:
2 cups (284 g) all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
¾ teaspoon salt
3 cups (360 g) grated carrots (about 9 carrots, you can grate them in food processor fitted w/ a shredding a blade or use a box grater)
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans
1 cup shredded coconut (sweetened or unsweetened)
½ cup moist, plump raisins (dark or golden) or dried cranberries
2 cups (396 g) sugar
1 cup canola oil
4 large eggs
For the frosting:
8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 stick ( 8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 pound or 3 and ¾ cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice or ½ teaspoon pure lemon extract
½ cup shredded coconut (optional)
Finely chopped toasted nuts and/or toasted shredded coconut (optional)
Getting ready:
Position the racks to divide the oven into thirds and preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter three 9-x-2-inch round cake pans, flour the insides, and tap out the excess. Put the two pans on one baking sheet and one on another.
To make the cake:
Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. In another bowl, stir together the carrots, chopped nuts, coconut, and raisins.
Working with a stand mixer, preferably fitted with a paddle attachment, or with a hand mixer in a large bowl, beat the sugar and oil together on a medium speed until smooth. Add the eggs one by one and continue to beat until the batter is even smoother. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture, mixing only until the dry ingredients disappear. Gently mix the chunky ingredients. Divide the batter among the baking pans.
Bake for 40-50 minutes, rotating the pans from top to bottom and front to back at the midway point, until a thin knife inserted into the centers comes out clean. The cakes will have just started to come away from the sides of the pans. Transfer the cakes to cooling racks and cool for about 5 minutes, then run a knife around the sides of the cakes and unmold them. Invert and cool to room temperature right side up.
The cakes can be wrapped airtight and kept at room temperature overnight or frozen for up to 2 months.
To make the frosting:
Working with a stand mixer, preferably fitted with a paddle attachment or with a hand mixer in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and butter together until smooth and creamy. Gradually add the sugar and continue to beat until the frosting is velvety smooth. Beat in the lemon juice or extract.
If you'd like coconut in the filling, scoop about half of the frosting and stir the coconut into this position.
To assemble the cake:
Put one layer top side up on a cardboard cake round or a cake plate protected by strips of wax or parchment paper. If you added the coconut to the frosting, use half of the coconut frosting to generously cover the first layer (or generously cover with plain frosting). Use an offset spatula or a spoon to smooth the frosting all the way to the edges of the layer. Top with the second layer, this time placing the cake stop side down, and frost with the remainder of the coconut frosting or plain frosting. Top with the last layer, right side up, and frost the top- and the sides- of the cake. Finish the top with swirls of frosting. If you want to top the cake with toasted nuts or coconut, sprinkle them on now while the frosting is soft.
Refrigerate the cake for 30 minutes, just to set the frosting before serving.
This cake can be served as soon as the frosting is set. It can also wait, at room temperature and covered with a cake keeper overnight. The cake is best served in thick slices at room temperature and while it's good plain, it's even better with vanilla ice cream or some lemon curd.
The cake will keep at room temperature for 2 to 3 days. It can also be frozen. Freeze it uncovered, then when it's firm, wrap airtight and freeze for up to 2 months. Defrost, still wrapped, overnight in the refrigerator.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Tuesdays with Dorie: Bill's Big Carrot Cake
This week's TWD challenge was chosen by Amanda, and I was so excited because carrot cake is my favorite kind of cake in the entire world. (With the possible exception of some type of Napoleon cake that I had this past Sunday at my cousin's christening. Although I'm not sure that one counts as a cake since it was mostly just pastry cream... delicious pastry cream.)
22 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Your layers look absolutely perfect! I can't believe it was your first layer cake - awesome job!
- April 22, 2008 at 9:36 AM
- Amy said...
Yum! Looks awesome! Great Job!
- April 22, 2008 at 9:54 AM
- Jayne said...
I agree with you about the frosting - next time I make this cake I'll make twice the frosting. Yours came out beautifully!!
- April 22, 2008 at 10:23 AM
- mimi said...
your first layer cake? it came out gorgeous!
- April 22, 2008 at 10:41 AM
- Anonymous said...
Wow your layers are all so even! Amazing! I also have dark pans that make my cakes and breads kinda crispy on the edges (and sometimes burn them), I'm slowly replacing them though with lighter pans. I usually set the oven 25 degrees lower than the recipe states when I use the dark pans, it helps. Your cake looks beautiful! Congrats!
- April 22, 2008 at 11:09 AM
- rebekka said...
YUM and GORGEOUS, and I can't believe that was your FIRST layer cake!
- April 22, 2008 at 12:55 PM
- soulafa said...
Your cake looks great, nice work!!
- April 22, 2008 at 1:35 PM
- Mary said...
your first layer cake looks amazing and how fitting it is also your favorite kind! way to go!
- April 22, 2008 at 3:28 PM
- CB said...
I love all your photos. Gorgeous cake. But I'd say you have a little advantage being a photographer and all ;)
Clara @ I♥food4thought
- April 22, 2008 at 5:19 PM
- Mevrouw Cupcake said...
I love the pictures of you dorking out with your cake, too cool! I'm also very much digging that swatch of multicolored gingham!
- April 22, 2008 at 5:26 PM
- Melissa said...
Your layers look perfect! Congrats!
- April 22, 2008 at 9:34 PM
- Chris said...
I clicked comment and Chelley's comment took the words right out of my mouth/fingers. :) Looks great!
- April 22, 2008 at 9:44 PM
- kim said...
thanks everyone for your comments! :) i'm so glad you liked it! i must admit that the finished cake was actually much more lopsided than it looked in the pics (i only took pics of the good side ;) )
@juliatyler - thanks for the tip about the temperature, i'll have to try it next time! i actually weighed the batter to try to get the same amount in each pan... i know, huge dork.
@cb - thanks! i'm not a pro photographer (maybe someday...) but my baking/decorating inexperience is my handicap, hehe.
@mevrouw - thanks, the gingham was one of my dishtowels :)
- April 22, 2008 at 10:39 PM
- steph- whisk/spoon said...
that is a fantastic first layer cake! you look like you've been icing for years!
- April 22, 2008 at 11:21 PM
- Annemarie said...
It looks beautiful! Nice job!
- April 22, 2008 at 11:55 PM
- Bumblebutton said...
What a perfect cake--especially on your first cake adventure! Your photos highlighted your most impressive technique! Great job.
- April 23, 2008 at 12:30 AM
- LyB said...
Congratulations on your first layer cake, it looks absolutely delicious!
- April 23, 2008 at 12:09 PM
- Gretchen Noelle said...
Wonderful that you made a layer cake for the first time. Great job!
- April 23, 2008 at 5:56 PM
- Erin said...
Your cake looks great! Your layers are perfectly even!
- April 23, 2008 at 8:58 PM
- Arfi Binsted said...
Kim that is luscious!! I love carrot cake!
- April 23, 2008 at 9:55 PM
- Sharon said...
The layers look so great. The frosting seems to need be 1 and 1/2times the amount
- April 25, 2008 at 9:40 AM
- Donna said...
You did a great job for your first cake! I love the bite shot! Must have been yummy!
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LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ga.—The Birmingham-Southern men's basketball team returned to action this evening and picked up its third straight win, a 74-64 road victory against Covenant College.
The Panthers move to 5-1, while the Scots fall to 4-5.
BSC pulled out to a 7-0 lead to set the tone and held the lead for the duration of the game. BSC led by as much as 12 in the first half, and Covenant came as close as cutting the lead back to six but the Panthers led 31-22 at the half.
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BSC shot a season-low 38.6 percent (22-57) from the field and 33.3 percent (6-18) from three-point range, but the Panthers were 68.6 percent (24-35) at the free throw line. Covenant struggled offensively as well, hitting 37.3 percent (22-59) overall and 23.5 percent (4-17) from long range. The Scots shot 72.7 percent (16-22) from the line.
Rebounds were nearly even at 42-41 in favor of Covenant, but the Scots turned it over 14 times, five more than BSC with a season-low nine.
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The state of the economy – not a clash with host Tyra Banks – led to Paulina Porizkova being fired from "America's Next Top Model," the show's executive producer told Access Hollywood.
In a previous interview with Access, Porizkova said she was dismissed from the reality show due having "a little bit of an issue with Tyra being late for every judging."
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The Aldrich Alert
A Publication of the Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty
by Gary Aldrich - Volume 2, Issue 47
This article was first published on NewsMax.com - October 23, 2002.
Every American knows what a three-legged race is. Even if you haven't been to a picnic, you've seen television or movie versions of this funny event. A footrace is arranged, and just to make it interesting, two people are tied together with rope at their legs, and when the "go" signal is given, pairs of runners take off for the finish line trying to run with "three" legs. Needless to say, it's very awkward going – many contestants fall down.
When I look back on my federal government employment I recall many "three-legged race" occasions, when I was teamed up with somebody who was unable – for a variety of reasons – to synchronize their behavior so that we could "win the race" together.
I'm sure federal employees, current or former, can relate. President Bush is trying to do something about the lazy, incompetent, uncaring and corrupted federal employees we've acquired over the years, but he's meeting stiff resistance from the Democrats who claim that if a president is allowed to hire, fire or promote federal employees on merit alone, we'll be headed back to the "bad old days."
I have a message for the Gephardts and Daschles of the dangerous world we live in: These are the bad old days.
September 11, 2001, was the peak of the bad old days, and many mistakes leading up to that date were made by employees who were hired, and oftentimes promoted, for all the wrong reasons. A combination of affirmative action programs driven by hiring quotas, along with the installation of rigid, politically correct conditions, cemented in these employees for as long as they wish to be employed by the taxpayers.
Many statistics bear out my claim. It was recently reported that while more than 80,000 federal employees were found to be performing at an unacceptable level, only a few hundred could be separated from service. When a career in the federal government can be as long as 40 years, one can readily see how "deadwood" accumulates. And these days, too much deadwood could leave many dead.
For those who claim that it should be hard for politicians to toss out employees for purely political reasons, I have one response: Billy Dale and the White House Travel Office.
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Are Democrats trying to save future federal employees from abuse from future Democratic leaders? I would submit that instead of hobbling the entire executive branch with arcane and useless "protections" for do-nothing federal employees, they might take a lesson from Republican leaders, who know not only how to maintain high morale, but also how to generate hard work and extreme loyalty from their staff.
It's widely reported that when Bill and Hillary Clinton finally left the White House, White House staff – who are among the federal employees that I'm talking about – cried with joy! That joy continued when George W. Bush and Laura, along with former President Bush and Barbara, walked back into the White House on January 20, 2001.
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With my 10 years of experience on Capitol Hill and at the White House, I can testify that the work environment created by Republican administrations is very good for the federal worker, whereas the opposite is true when the Democrats take over.
I know that many federal workers visit the Web site where this article is posted, so never mind what I think. What do you think?
If you are a current or former federal employee, I would like you to send me an e-mail telling me whether you think I'm right or wrong about what I've written here. Cite examples, and in a future column I will report what I have been told. I promise to be honest, and I'll keep your information confidential. After all, I'm a conservative and I don't need deception or spin to make my points, because the truth needs no pretty party balloons to enhance its attractiveness.
Nor does the truth need snake oil salesmen like Gephardt or Daschle to help it along. The federal government is bloated with personnel, and many are not doing the jobs they are paid to do. President Bush is trying to ensure that federal employees who want to work are not handicapped like three-legged racers at a picnic.
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The actress and opera singer Carmen Martínez Sierra, dean of Spanish artists and one of the country's longest-living women, died November 6, 2012 at a nursing home in Madrid, according to Spanish Actors Union and confirmed by one of her two daughters. Martínez Sierra, a popular performer on TV and cinema of the sixties and seventies, was born in Madrid on May 3, 1904 and leaves a lasting impression among the many generations who knew her at "La cas de los Martínez", the sitcom 'Yo vuelvo' commercials for Telefónica and an appreciable mezzosoprano career, almost always in the company of Alfredo Kraus.
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BALTIMORE – Following second-place finishes at their respective conference championships, the UMBC swimming and diving teams will send select athletes to Annapolis, Md. this weekend for the 2014 ECAC Championships at Navy. The meet will be held at the U.S. Naval Academy's Lejeune Hall and will run from Friday, Feb. 28 through Sunday, March 2.
The UMBC men finished second at the team's first-ever CCSA Championships last weekend in Knoxville, Tenn. and earned the No. 23 ranking in the latest CollegeSwimming.com Top-25 poll. Retriever head coach Chad Cradock was named the conference's Male Swimming Coach of the Year and diving coach Petar Trifonov earned Male Diving Coach of the Year accolades.
Senior Mohamed Hussein (Cairo, Egypt/Victory College) added CCSA Male Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet to his resume after breaking three individual school records and meeting six NCAA "B" cuts all while garnering two individual gold medals and one silver. This weekend in Annapolis, Hussein will compete in the 200 IM (1:44.50), 100 back (47.67), and 200 back (1:44.35) events as he looks to qualify for his second straight NCAA Championships. Last season, he became the first Retriever male, and third UMBC athlete overall, to reach the national meet.
Freshman Gregor Sporlein (Bamberg, Germany/Clavius-Gymnasium) will also make the short trip down I-97 after a record-breaking weekend in Tennessee. At his first career conference meet, Sporlein broke the school record in the 50 free (20.29) while earning a silver in the event. He also won gold in the 100 free (44.44) and took bronze in the 200 free (1:38.08).
Senior Brian Keane (Hanson, Mass./Boston College HS/Arizona), junior Mark Tracy (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford), and freshmen Austin Moore (Takoma Park, Md./Northwood) and Steven Rigby (Bowie, Md./Bowie) will also compete for the Black and Gold.
The women, meanwhile, placed second for the second straight year behind New Hampshire at the America East Championships in Worcester, Mass. Freshman Emily Escobedo (New Rochelle, N.Y./Maria Regina) will take to the pool at Navy two weeks removed from being named the conference's Most Outstanding Swimmer and Most Outstanding Rookie. At the conference meet, Escobedo broke three school records and achieved three NCAA "B" cuts while sweeping the breaststroke events and taking third in the 200-yd. IM. In the Maryland state capital, Escobedo will focus on the 200 breaststroke in an attempt to push her time lower than her already-school record mark of 2:12.11.
Senior Klara Pavelkova (Prague, Czech, Republic/Gymnasium Pripotocni) won the gold medal in the 100 back at the America East meet for the third straight year and will race in the event in Annapolis. Pavelkova is the school record holder in the event with her time of 55.28 from last season and will try to better her 2013-14 season-best of 55.51 at Navy.
Freshman Amanda Day (Kingwood, Texas/Kingwood) will also travel with the Retrievers to compete in the 100- and 200-yd. butterfly events.


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Pinterest knows what you like before you do.
Earlier this month, Pinterest, the virtual pin-board for photo sharing, launched a weekly email newsletter designed to tighten its bond with an already loyal following. In just two years, Pinterest has captured the imagination of a legion of Web users to become the third most-popular online social network of 10 million-plus. Not bad for a startup that was operating out of a cramped Silicon Valley apartment just a year ago.
The newsletter offers Pinterest users with personalized leads on where to find "pins" of interest based on information that it collects on individual members. Previously, Pinterest users could only browse broad categories. The newsletter treats users to a gallery of "Pins You'll Love," tailored to their tastes.
It marks the first time the wildly popular social network is using its vast repository of member data as a marketing tool.
Big Data has become a popular term to describe how companies are collecting reams of detailed information on the habits and preferences of current and would-be customers. Sophisticated technology is used to analyze that data to better understand these consumers so that e-commerce businesses will create advertising campaigns, products and services that will better meet their needs and appeal to their desires. A well-crafted personal appeal forges the kind of bond between consumer and supplier that can last a lifetime.
Pinterest is poised to become a powerbroker in online retailing. Its members are avid window-shoppers using the site to create virtual malls of their favorite shops. As it does in the physical world, window shopping often leads to the real thing: a recent Bizrate Insights study found that more than a quarter of those who buy goods online do so after seeing them on an image sharing site. Shopify, an e-commerce service, reports that Pinterest members spend an average of $80 each time they make an online purchase, twice the amount that Facebook members shell out on an average Internet buy.
Pinterest will extend its reach internationally with foreign language versions. In a recent blog post, the company said it is seeking translators to "make it easy for people all over the world to organize and share all the beautiful things they find on the Web." Recently, Pinterest landed a $100 million investment from Rakuten Inc., a Japanese e-commerce company, another indication that retailers recognize its value as a marketing tool.
The Web has turned the world into a global village. If a picture is indeed worth a thousand words, Pinterest may be well on its way to organizing e-commerce into a collection of personalized shopping malls.


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The Old Plantation
What do you see when you look at this watercolor painting from the late eighteenth century? Maybe you first notice its aesthetic qualities—color, line, form, and medium. Or perhaps you view it for historical understanding, looking for meaning in its content.
Art is a powerful teaching and learning tool. In this watercolor from South Carolina, we see a group of enslaved Africans as they enjoy some leisure time. Notice the two musical instruments being played by the figures at the right. The stringed instrument appears to be a hollowed gourd with strings attached to several pegs. The other instrument is being played in the manner of a drum. Its details are unclear, but it could be a makeshift drum—perhaps a pot or pan—rather than a conventional drum. There are other musical instruments you might not recognize: each of the two women near the center holds a type of rattle called a "shegureh." A distinctive, percussive sound is made by a gourd when the netting enclosing it is shaken, causing the gourd to strike against hard objects (such as shells or bones) woven into the fabric. Several figures are shown in vigorous movement, apparently dancing. Yet the full extent and sequence of the dancers' movements, or steps, may never be known, for African dance was frequently improvised on the spot, and sticks appeared in a number of them.
What kind of clothing are the figures wearing? Do you see anything in their attire that suggests African origin or influence?
Behind the figures, parts of two small frame structures focus attention on the enslaved subjects and visually frame the scene in the distance, a meandering river fed by a creek, with a plantation owner's house and outbuildings adjacent. The artist, John Rose, owned slaves and maintained a plantation on the Coosaw River in rural South Carolina. The slaves shown were almost certainly his, and some or all of the landscape likely formed part of Rose's plantation.
For a student activity involving this image, see the Teaching Strategies section of this month's newsletter.
Click here to see the entire glossary of terms relating to slaves and free blacks.
This article was written by Martha Berner, retired elementary school teacher, San Diego, CA. Revised with new research information by Barbara Luck, Curator of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.


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WASHINGTON — Morocco has canceled its annual military exercises with the United States after the Obama administration supported adding human-rights monitoring to the U.N. mission to the disputed Western Sahara territory, U.S. officials said.
The 13th annual "African Lion" exercise — involving 1,400 U.S. servicemen and 900 Moroccan troops — had been set to start Wednesday with many personnel already in place and international observers invited.
The U.S. officials spoke on condition of anonymity because there has not yet been a formal announcement of the cancellation. Morocco's government spokesman declined to comment.
Mustapha Khalfi, the spokesman who doubles as the minister of communication, did summon journalists Tuesday to express his government's anger over initiatives to broaden the U.N. mission's mandate to include human-rights monitoring.
"It is an attack on the national sovereignty of Morocco and will have negative consequences on the stability of the whole region," he warned. "We count on the wisdom of the members of the Security Council to avoid such initiatives."
Morocco annexed the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara in 1976, sparking a decades-long battle for independence by the Polisario Front group, which ended with a U.N.-brokered 1991 cease-fire.
Ownership of the mineral-rich region, however, is an incredibly sensitive matter for the Moroccans and their highest foreign priority. Morocco has proposed a wide autonomy for Western Sahara, but the Polisario insist on the "inalienable right" to self-determination through a referendum. Neither side has budged and sporadic talks have ended in a stalemate.
The U.N. observer mission in the Western Sahara currently has 183 military observers, 26 troops and six civilian police.
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Bevacizumab With or Without Fosbretabulin Tromethamine in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Persistent Ovarian Epithelial, Fallopian Tube, or Peritoneal Cavity Cancer
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01305213
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : February 28, 2011
Results First Posted : July 12, 2017
Last Update Posted : July 30, 2019
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|Condition or disease
|Recurrent Fallopian Tube Carcinoma Recurrent Ovarian Carcinoma Recurrent Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma
|Biological: Bevacizumab Drug: Fosbretabulin Tromethamine Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
|Phase 2
I. To estimate the progression-free survival hazard ratio of the combination of bevacizumab and fosbretabulin tromethamine (CA4P) compared to bevacizumab alone in patients with persistent or recurrent ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.
I. To determine the nature and degree of toxicity of fosbretabulin tromethamine plus bevacizumab.
II. To characterize and compare progression-free survival in patients with measurable disease (Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors [RECIST] criteria) and patients with detectable (non-measurable) disease between regimens.
III. To determine the overall survival for both regimens. IV. To estimate the proportion of patients with measurable disease who have objective tumor responses by treatment.
V. To provide descriptive information about cancer antigen (CA)-125 responses by regimen and where possible by objective tumor responses.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
ARM I: Patients receive bevacizumab intravenously (IV) over 30-90 minutes on day 1. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
ARM II: Patients receive bevacizumab IV over 30-90 minutes and fosbretabulin tromethamine IV over 10-20 minutes on day 1. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years and then every 6 months for 3 years.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|107 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Randomized Phase II Evaluation of Single-Agent Bevacizumab (NSC #704865) and Combination Bevacizumab With Fosbretabulin Tromethamine (CA4P) (NSC #752293) in the Treatment of Recurrent or Persistent Epithelial Ovarian, Fallopian Tube or Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma
|Actual Study Start Date :
|March 21, 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|August 20, 2016
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|November 3, 2016
Active Comparator: Arm I (bevacizumab)
Patients receive bevacizumab IV over 30-90 minutes on day 1. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Biological: Bevacizumab
Given IV
Other Names:
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Experimental: Arm II (bevacizumab, fosbretabulin tromethamine)
Patients receive bevacizumab IV over 30-90 minutes and fosbretabulin tromethamine IV over 10-20 minutes on day 1. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Biological: Bevacizumab
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Fosbretabulin Tromethamine
Given IV
Other Names:
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
- Progression-free Survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: For those patients whose disease can be evaluated by physical examination, progression was assessed prior to each 21 day cycle. CT scan or MRI if used to follow lesion for measurable disease every other cycle, up to 5 years ]The time from randomization until disease progression, death, or date of last contact. Endpoints are progression or death. Patients who are not observed with an endpoint are censored.
- Incidence of Adverse Events (Grade 3 or Higher) as Assessed by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v 4.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Toxicities will be characterized by their frequency and severity. Differences in the level of toxicities by treatment regimen will be assessed by classifying them as severe or not severe and examining the relative proportion of severe toxicities.
- Measurable Disease by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Criteria and Progression Free Survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Differences between measurable versus non-measurable disease status on PFS and OS will be examined with plots of survival curves, estimates of quartiles and hazard ratios.
- Tumor Response [ Time Frame: for those patients whose disease can be evaluated by physical examination, response wa assessed prior to each 21 day cycle. CT scan or MRI if used to follow lesion for measurable disease every other cycle, up to 5 years ]Complete and Partial Tumor Response by RECIST 1.0
- Overall Survival (OS) [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]Differences between measurable versus non-measurable disease status on PFS and OS will be examined with plots of survival curves, estimates of quartiles and hazard ratios.
- Response by CA-125 [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]The effects of treatment on the proportion responding by CA125 will be examined.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must have recurrent or persistent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal carcinoma; histologic documentation of the original primary tumor is required via the pathology report
Patients must have measurable disease or detectable (non-measurable) disease:
- Measurable disease defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest dimension to be recorded); each lesion must be >= 10 mm when measured by computed tomography (CT) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or caliper measurement by clinical exam, or >= 20 mm when measured by chest x-ray; lymph nodes must be >= 15 mm in short axis when measured by CT or MRI
Detectable disease in a patient is defined as one who does not have measurable disease but has at least one of the following conditions:
- Baseline values of CA-125 at least 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Ascites and/or pleural effusion attributed to tumor
- Solid and/or cystic abnormalities on radiographic imaging that do not meet RECIST 1.1 definition for target lesions
- Patients in the measurable disease cohort must have at least one ?target lesion? to be used to assess response on this protocol as defined by RECIST 1.1; tumors within a previously irradiated field will be designated as ?non-target? lesions unless progression is documented or a biopsy is obtained to confirm persistence at least 90 days following completion of radiation therapy
- Patients must not be eligible for a higher priority Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) protocol, if one exists; in general, this would refer to any active GOG phase 3 protocol or rare tumor protocol for the same patient population
- Patients who have had one prior treatment must have a performance status of 0, 1, or 2
- Patients who have had two or three prior treatments must have a performance status of 0 or 1
- Patients should be free of acute hepatitis and active infection requiring parenteral antibiotics (with the exception of uncomplicated urinary tract infection [UTI])
Recovery from the effects of recent surgery, radiotherapy, or chemotherapy
- Any hormonal therapy directed at the malignant tumor must be discontinued at least one week prior to registration
- Any other prior therapy directed at the malignant tumor, including chemotherapy, biological/targeted and immunologic agents, must be discontinued at least 3 weeks prior to registration (including small molecules and murine monoclonal antibodies); chimeric or human or humanized monoclonal antibodies (including bevacizumab) or vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor fusion protein (including VEGF Trap/aflibercept) must be discontinued for at least 12 weeks prior to registration; no investigational therapy within 30 days prior to the first date of study treatment
- Any prior radiation therapy must be discontinued at least 4 weeks prior to registration
Prior therapy:
- Patients must have had one prior platinum-based chemotherapeutic regimen for management of primary disease containing carboplatin, cisplatin, or another organoplatinum compound; this initial treatment may have included intraperitoneal therapy, consolidation, non-cytotoxic (biologic/targeted agents, such as bevacizumab) or extended therapy administered after surgical or non-surgical assessment
- Patients are allowed to receive, but are not required to receive, two additional cytotoxic regimens for management of recurrent or persistent disease, with no more than 1 non-platinum, non-taxane regimen
- Patients are allowed to receive, but are not required to receive, non-cytotoxic (biologic/targeted agents, such as bevacizumab) therapy as part of their primary treatment regimen; patients must have NOT received any non-cytotoxic therapy (biologic/targeted agents) for management of recurrent or persistent disease (e.g., GOG protocol 170 series drugs or bevacizumab)
- For the purposes of this study, poly (adenosine diphosphate [ADP]-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors will be considered ?cytotoxic?, and prior treatment with PARP inhibitors for primary or recurrent disease WILL be allowed (either alone or in combination with chemotherapy)
Patients with both platinum-sensitive and platinum-resistant disease are eligible; patients with platinum-refractory disease are NOT eligible; platinum-refractory disease is defined as patients who have progression of disease during the preceding platinum treatment
- Platinum-free interval (PFI) is the period of time from the date of last platinum therapy to the date of progression (recurrence by CA-125, CT, etc.; CT is preferred) of disease or initiation of subsequent therapy (whichever occurs first); non-platinum maintenance therapy (e.g., extending taxane treatment) is excluded as a ?subsequent therapy;? if the patient?s last regimen used platinum, and she has NOT progressed before enrolling onto this study, then her PFI will be calculated from the date of last platinum therapy to the date of registration onto this study
- PFI for the most recent platinum therapy will need to be calculated before enrollment onto this study for stratification purposes (i.e. balanced randomization)
- Patients who have a PFI =< 182 days (26 weeks) are defined as ?platinum resistant;? patients who have 182 < PFI =< 365 days are defined as ?GOG platinum sensitive;? finally, patients with PFI > 365 days are defined as ?platinum sensitive?
- ANC greater than or equal to 1,500/mcl
- Platelets greater than or equal to 100,000/mcl
- Hemoglobin greater than or equal to 9 g/dL
- Creatinine less than or equal to 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Potassium within the normal reference range for the laboratory; correction with supplements is acceptable
- Magnesium within the normal reference range for the laboratory; correction with supplements is acceptable
- Calcium within the normal reference range for the laboratory; correction with supplements is acceptable
- Bilirubin less than or equal to 1.5 x ULN
- Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) (aspartate aminotransferase [AST]) =< less than or equal to 3 x ULN
- Alkaline phosphatase less than or equal to 2.5 x ULN
- Prothrombin time (PT) such that international normalized ratio (INR) is less than or equal to 1.5 x ULN (or an in-range INR, usually between 2 and 3, if a patient is on a stable dose of therapeutic warfarin) and a partial thromboplastin time (PTT) less than or equal to 1.5 x ULN
- Urine protein should be screened by urine analysis; if protein is 2+ or higher, a 24-hour urine protein should be obtained and the level must be < 1,000 mg (< 1.0 g/24 hrs) for patient enrollment
- Patients of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test prior to the study entry and be practicing an effective form of contraception
- Patients must have signed an approved informed consent and authorization permitting the release of personal health information
- Patients must meet pre-entry requirements
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who have received prior fosbretabulin tromethamine or any other vascular disrupting agent (VDA)
- Patients with other invasive malignancies, with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer and other specific malignancies as noted below, are excluded if there is any evidence of other malignancy being present within the last three years; patients are also excluded if their previous cancer treatment contraindicates this protocol therapy
- Patients who have received prior radiotherapy to any portion of the abdominal cavity or pelvis OTHER THAN for the treatment of ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer within the last three years are excluded; prior radiation for localized cancer of the breast, head and neck, or skin is permitted, provided that it was completed more than three years prior to registration, and the patient remains free of recurrent or metastatic disease
- Patients who have received prior chemotherapy for any abdominal or pelvic tumor OTHER THAN for the treatment of ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer within the last three years are excluded; patients may have received prior adjuvant chemotherapy for localized breast cancer, provided that it was completed more than three years prior to registration, and the patient remains free of recurrent or metastatic disease
- Patients with serious non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture; this includes history of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation or intra-abdominal abscess within 90 days prior to the first date of study treatment
- Patients with active bleeding or pathologic conditions that carry high risk of bleeding, such as known bleeding disorder, coagulopathy, or tumor involving major vessels
- Patients with history or evidence upon physical examination of central nervous system (CNS) disease, including primary brain tumor, seizures not controlled with standard medical therapy, any brain metastases, or history of cerebrovascular accident (CVA, stroke), transient ischemic attack (TIA) or subarachnoid hemorrhage within six months prior to the first date of treatment on this study
Patients with clinically significant cardiovascular disease; this includes:
- Uncontrolled hypertension, defined as systolic > 150 mm Hg or diastolic > 90 mm Hg despite antihypertensive medications
- History of torsade de pointes, ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation, pathologic sinus bradycardia (< 60 beats per minute [bpm]), heart block (excluding 1st degree block being, PR interval prolongation only), congenital long QT syndrome, new ST segment elevation or depression, or new Q waves on electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Patients with corrected QT interval (QTc) > 470 msec
- Requirement for receiving any drug known to prolong the QTc interval, including anti-arrhythmic medications; stable regimen of antidepressants of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class is allowed
- Myocardial infarction or unstable angina within 6 months prior to registration
- New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II or greater congestive heart failure
- Serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication; this does not include asymptomatic, atrial fibrillation with controlled ventricular rate
- Patients who have received prior treatment with an anthracycline (including doxorubicin and or pegylated liposomal doxorubicin [Doxil; PLD]) must have an echocardiogram assessment and are excluded if they have an ejection fraction < 50%
- Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) grade 2 or greater peripheral vascular disease (at least brief [< 24 hrs] episodes of ischemia managed non-surgically and without permanent deficit)
- Known hypersensitivity to any of the components of fosbretabulin tromethamine or bevacizumab
- Major surgery within 28 days prior to the first date of study treatment
- Anticipation of need for major surgical procedures during the course of the study
- Core biopsy within 7 days prior to the first date of study treatment
- Patients with clinical symptoms or signs of gastrointestinal obstruction and patients who require parenteral hydration and/or nutrition; patients with bowel involvement on CT scan
- Patients with medical history or conditions not otherwise previously specified which in the opinion of the investigator should exclude participation in this study; the investigator can consult the Study Chair or Study Co-Chairs for uncertainty in this regard
- Patients who are pregnant or nursing
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01305213
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|Principal Investigator:
|Bradley J Monk
|NRG Oncology
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01305213 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2011-02666 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
GOG-0186I ( Other Identifier: NRG Oncology )
GOG-0186I ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
U10CA180868 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
U10CA027469 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|February 28, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|July 12, 2017
|Last Update Posted:
|July 30, 2019
|Last Verified:
|July 2019
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
Endothelial Growth Factors
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antineoplastic Agents
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Angiogenesis Modulating Agents
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Growth Inhibitors
Immunologic Factors
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic


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My nine year old sister told me that the anime girl in the tutorial thumbnail reminds her of Lady Gaga. At first I was like "yeah right". But then I took a better look and yeah, she's right. I don't know what was going through my mind when I started drawing this mouth model. I guess hearing the 'Paparazzi' song in the background was subconsciously pushing me to draw a face that looked a bit like Gaga. Anyways, this tutorial will be teaching you how to draw manga or anime mouths, step by step. I know there really isn't anything to drawing the mouths of an anime character, but there are actually a few different types of mouths, and ways that you can draw them to look. I've included some helpful tips that will aid you to drawing mouths a lot easier. The lessons I submitted in the past where helpful, but they could have been created a little better. I think you will have fun with drawing mouths in an anime fashion. So go ahead, get wild and let your imagination go crazy. I will be back with more drawing fun so stay tuned in. Adios people and enjoy!
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Manage User Assigned MSI Enabled Virtual Machine (Java)
Azure Compute sample for managing virtual machines -
- Create a Resource Group and User Assigned MSI with CONTRIBUTOR access to the resource group
- Create a Linux VM and associate it with User Assigned MSI
- Install Java8, Maven3 and GIT on the VM using Azure Custom Script Extension
- Run Java application in the MSI enabled Linux VM which uses MSI credentials to manage Azure resource
- Retrieve the Virtual machine created from the MSI enabled Linux VM.
Running this Sample
To run this sample:
Set the environment variable
AZURE_AUTH_LOCATION with the full path for an auth file. See how to create an auth file.
git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/compute-java-manage-user-assigned-msi-enabled-virtual-machine.git
cd compute-java-manage-user-assigned-msi-enabled-virtual-machine
mvn clean compile exec:java
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If you don't have a Microsoft Azure subscription you can get a FREE trial account here
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact email@example.com with any additional questions or comments.


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HARD Day Of The Dead
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For the second installment of the HARD Day of the Dead mixtape series, Trap Music champion Baauer brings us a blazing mix featuring some of his most popular original tracks and remixes, as well as some of his favorite tracks by his friends. See him perform at HARD Day of the Dead on Nov. 3rd in Downtown Los Angeles.
Download over at http://www.hardfest.com
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Job Postings
Job DescriptionThis position generates interest and drives new leasing traffic to the leasing office, serves as a property representative at student hangouts and events and provides additional support to the community at large leasing events. Generates excitement and interest about the assigned community during all external marketing outreach. Talks to leasing prospects about community and housing needs. Distributes literature and promotional items on campus and at popular student hangouts. Attends housing fairs, sporting events, orientations, high traffic on-campus locations and other large campus events to market the respective community. EducationA high school diploma and at least one year of related work experience are required.QualificationsDemonstrated ability to read, write, and communicate effectively to prepare and explain data to team members.Demonstrated proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, property management (Yardi or One Site), and database management programs in order to complete required reports.Demonstrated mathematical skills necessary to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers, decimals, and fractions, and calculate percentages in order to complete financial records, budgets, and other fiscal reporting information.Involvement in student organizations and the ability to network effectively.About usGreystar is the global leader in multifamily real estate, offering expertise in property management, investment management, and development and construction of rental housing. Established in 1993, Greystar is the largest property management operator in the world. Its dedicated team members and a commitment to hiring the very best multifamily professionals has resulted in record growth, making Greystar one of the most respected and trusted real estate companies. EOE.


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Improved lung function and patient-reported outcomes with co-suspension delivery technology glycopyrrolate/formoterol fumarate metered dose inhaler in COPD: a randomized Phase III study conducted in Asia, Europe, and the USA.
(Dove Medical Press Limited., 2018)
Background: COPD is a major global cause of mortality and morbidity. PINNACLE-4 evaluated the efficacy and safety of GFF MDI (glycopyrrolate/formoterol fumarate metered dose inhaler) in patients from Asia, Europe, and the ...