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Used 2019 FordF-250SD XLT Truck
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- Gray
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- TorqShift 6-Speed Automatic
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- 6.7 Power Stroke 6.7L V8 DI 32V OHV Turbodiesel
Ford F-250SD
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- Fully automatic headlights
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Ford F-250SD XLT Gray Odometer is 18107 miles below market average!
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Expensive but inline with the competition.
By Steve on Monday, April 22, 2019The Ford Super Duty trucks are gorgeous, well made,feature-laden and very powerful. Ford often sets the bar for innovation and power but GM and Dodge leap frog quickly. All of the "big three" trucks are expensive and powerful but their styling really boils down to personal taste. However, Ford is the only manufacturer supplying its own diesel engines & transmissions for their products. I think that says A LOT about the company. I'll admit that my Platinum spec F250 has some cheap interior materials shared with the base models, which contrast with the other premium materials with my package, but it's not bad enough to really whine about. When it comes to the reliability and performance I've personally experienced, I can't say enough good things about my truck. Hauling, towing, exhaust braking, maneuverability, power and economy, tech features, etc., I have zero complaints. There are a few features I have found annoying or pointless, such as Lane keeping alert and auto high-beams, but I had the ability to deactivate them. If there were one feature I'd wish to have though, it would be the step bumper GMC offers, in conjunction with the "Man-Step" in the tailgate my truck has. To have both available would be ideal, yet I'm sure each company has patents on their designs so I'm not expecting that anytime soon.
- 5.0
Good Truck
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John Wesley Hardin
John Wesley Hardin was one of the most violent and heartless gunslingers of the Old West. He was also a narcissistic braggart, a pathological liar, and an unrepentant racist. Most of all he was a coldblooded killer.
by Robert Walsh
Texas. The Lone Star State. A state famous and notorious in equal measure for its outlaws. Bonnie and Clyde, Ray and Floyd Hamilton, 'Tex' Lucas and the notorious "Cowboy" gang that moved into Arizona and ruled Tombstone until the famed gunfight at the OK Corral all spring to mind. But before all of them there came an outlaw as feared, yet also as celebrated, as Texas has ever known and his name was John Wesley Hardin.
A sometime cattle drover, gambler and lawyer, Hardin is also remembered as one of the most violent gunslingers of the Wild West era. Estimates of just how many men fell victim to his razor-sharp knives and blazing six-shooters will always remain unclear, especially as Hardin liked to embellish both his body count and his violent, hair-trigger reputation to the best of his considerable ability.
Hardin was many things to many people. He was a heartless killer, an outlaw seemingly as much by choice as through circumstance, a narcissistic braggart, a pathological liar, an unrepentant racist, a reckless gambler and probably a sadistic psychopath. All in all, not the type of man many people would actually feel safe to be around because trouble invariably followed Hardin rather than Hardin having to look far for trouble.
Hardin himself claimed to have killed over 40 men; newspaper reports suggest at least 27 deaths can be accurately laid at his door.
Hardin himself would come to a violent end, albeit having outlasted many of his contemporaries until he was himself murdered.
Hardin was named, ironically given his life and reputation, after the founder of the Methodist faith, John Wesley, and was born in the town of Bonham, Texas on May 26, 1853 to John "Gip" Hardin, a Methodist circuit preacher, and Mary Elizabeth Dixson. Hardin was also a descendent of the Revolutionary War hero Colonel Joseph Hardin. The Hardin family finally settled in the town of Sumpter where John Hardin took up work as a schoolteacher, establishing a school that the young John Wesley Hardin attended and where his outlaw attitudes, violent tendencies and quick temper were first to get him into serious trouble.
Charles Sloter was a fellow student at John Hardin's school and taunted the younger Hardin repeatedly, rarely missing a chance to take the rise out of him and score points at his expense. Sloter finally overstepped the mark when he accused Hardin of leaving some crude poetry on the schoolhouse wall that insulted a female student. In turn, Hardin vigorously denied writing the poetry and pointed the finger back at Sloter and things turned ugly very quickly. After a mutual exchange of accusations and then insults, Sloter rushed at Hardin with a knife. Hardin easily disarmed Sloter and, rather than allow the school authorities to deal with Sloter, instead stabbed him in the chest and neck inflicting injuries that were almost fatal. Hardin, despite his openly stabbing Sloter in front of a number of witnesses, not only escaped legal punishment but even managed to keep his place at his father's school in spite of heavy lobbying for him to be permanently expelled as a danger to other students. Hardin's life of violence had begun and was only to get worse from then onwards.
The Civil War ended in 1865 with the Confederate surrender at Appomattox and in 1868 Hardin, still aged only 15, challenged a former slave, Mage Holshausen (previously the property of Hardin's uncle) to a wrestling match. Hardin is said to have won the match, albeit by means of gouging Holshausen's eyes, and Holshausen swore revenge after the embarrassment of losing to a 15 year old.
In Hardin's account Holshausen ambushed him, attacking him with a large stick as he rode along a path. Hardin said he drew a revolver and ordered his attacker to back away and Holshausen went for Hardin, threatening to kill him. It was Hardin, however, who would put his first notch on his gun when he shot the former slave five times. Holshausen died three days later. Hardin was now, at the tender age of 15, not only a wanted outlaw but also a killer.
It was James Hardin who intervened to protect his son from a trial and a possible hanging. Rather than provide his son with a good lawyer and trust in the Texas legal system, Hardin felt that no white man accused of killing a freed slave would get a fair trial. The South was still in the early stages of Reconstruction after the devastation of the Civil War and feelings were still running high on both sides of the slavery issue.
The belief that 'The South will rise again' was still prevalent in many people's hearts and minds, while the Northern carpetbaggers roamed the former Confederate States at will, heavily protected by the occupying Northern troops who guarded them as they went about their business. The fact that the victim was a freed slave and that over one third of the newly-formed Texas State Police were also freed slaves no doubt counted heavily in James Hardin's decision to send young John into hiding rather than risk a trial before a potentially hostile jury. After a brief period in hiding, Hardin's location became known to the authorities and a patrol of three Union soldiers was sent to arrest Hardin at his hideout. According to Hardin's own memoir:
I waylaid them, as I had no mercy on men whom I knew only wanted to get my body to torture and kill. It was war to the knife for me and I brought it on by opening the fight with a double-barreled shotgun and ended it with a cap-and-ball six-shooter. Thus it was, by the fall of 1868 I had killed four men and was myself wounded in the arm.
Hardin was now very much a wanted man. He had nearly killed a school classmate, mortally wounded a freed slave and killed three Union soldiers and he was still only 15 years old. After riding with outlaw Frank Polk and evading a detachment of troops who had been tracking Polk down, Hardin linked up with one of his cousins named Frank "Simp" Dixson. Dixson was one of the early members of the notorious Ku Klux Klan, an ardent white supremacist and unapologetic racist group with an equal hatred for Union soldiers. Hardin and Dixson were riding together through Richland Bottom when they fought a short and brutal gunfight with a group of Union soldiers and managed to kill two of them.
By January of 1870, Hardin was in the town of Towash in Hill County, Texas, and managed to get into further trouble during a game of cards with a tough character named Benjamin Bradley. Bradley was losing heavily and was also drunk and, in the classic Wild West fashion, began to needle Hardin and eventually threatened to kill Hardin if he won another hand.
Threats and violence were nothing new to gamblers at the time and many of them, notably John "Doc" Holliday of Tombstone fame, were swift to employ violence or credible threats thereof to protect themselves and their reputations for honest play. At some point Bradley drew both a revolver and a knife and Hardin hurriedly made his excuses and left. Later that night Bradley went hunting for Hardin and fired at him, missing with his first shot. He didn't get to fire another one. Hardin, by now heavily armed, made Bradley another notch on his gun when he shot Bradley fatally in both his head and chest in front of dozens of witnesses. Hardin left town and stayed away from Hill County for some time after the Bradley killing.
A month later Hardin had arrived in Limestone County, in the town of Horn Hill where he attended the circus. An unknown man picked a fight with him and Hardin added another victim to his growing tally. Within a week of this killing, Hardin was approached in the town of Kosse while he was escorting a saloon girl home from work. The man demanded money and Hardin was only too happy to throw a roll of dollars on the ground at his feet. Once the thug had bent over to pick up the money, Hardin shot him dead and left him lying in the street.
One of Hardin's more notable victims was City Marshal Laban Hoffman of Waco, Texas, a killing that Hardin always denied. While being held in jail awaiting transfer back to Waco to face trial for capital murder, Hardin managed to obtain an overcoat from a fellow inmate. What his guards didn't see was that Hardin had also managed to obtain a loaded revolver. His escorts. Captain Stakes and Constable Jim Smolly of the Texas State Police, were quick to discover their oversight when Captain Stakes was buying horse fodder and Constable Smolly began to taunt what he thought was an unarmed and heavily manacled Hardin. Hardin was to claim that Smolly had started to pistol whip him and abuse him while Stakes was away, that Hardin had simply drawn the revolver from under his overcoat, killed Smolly and escaped, later finding a blacksmith and forcing the smith at gunpoint to remove the shackles.
It was after the killing of Smolly that Hardin again sought refuge with relatives, this time the Clements family of Gonzales, Texas. At their suggestion, Hardin made a slight career change and went into the cattle business in Kansas. Not only was there a chance to make decent money, trips into and out of Kansas would make it a lot easier to evade the increasing dragnets looking for Hardin in various parts of Texas. The Clements family managed to get Hardin a promotion to work as a trail boss instead of a mere cowhand but, as usual, trouble found Hardin without his having to look for it. In February 1871 Hardin viciously beat a man for trying to steal a cow from a herd Hardin was protecting. In the same month, Hardin also managed to get into yet another fight over a game of cards, leaving three Mexicans severely wounded, though fortunately not dead.
Hardin was en route to Kansas driving another herd, during which he claimed another victim, a Mexican trail boss with whom Hardin had previously scuffled and exchanged blows. After Hardin killed the Mexican with a bullet between the eyes, the Mexican cattle drovers came looking for revenge. The fight that followed was short and vicious. Six Mexican vaqueros were killed and five of those are said to have been killed by Hardin personally.
One of the major cow towns of the Wild West era was Abilene, Kansas and, like most cow towns, mining towns, logging camps and so on, Abilene was a rowdy, violent and downright dangerous place to be. Killings were as regular as clockwork and shootings were seen as simply a part of day to day living there. Once Hardin arrived there everybody expected fireworks and it wasn't long before they were satisfied.
Abilene enjoyed the rather dubious distinction of having 'Wild Bill' Hickok as its marshal and everybody expected Hardin and Hickok to fight each other sooner or later. In a rare departure from his usual routine, Hardin seems to have regarded Hickok with a certain respect and Hickok allowed Hardin to carry his guns within the town limits, a privilege not extended by Hickok to anyone else.
The two gunslingers drank together, caroused together, gambled together and exchanged tips and advice on their common trade, that of gunfighting. Unfortunately, Abilene was to be the scene of Hardin's most notorious murder yet. Hardin was staying at the American House Hotel when he noticed that a guest in a neighboring room was snoring, and snoring loudly at that. Hardin's response was typical of the man. He drew his pistols and started firing randomly through the connecting wall. Hardin's claim is that he was firing at an armed intruder in his own room who was attempting to rob Hardin's possessions and that the shooting was accidental. Either way, Hardin realized that Wild Bill would have neither patience nor mercy under the circumstances and that, if Hickok found him, Hardin firmly believed that his sometime drinking partner would kill him without a second's hesitation if it would boost Hickok's already lethal reputation.
Hardin managed to escape the hotel and Abilene before stealing a horse and riding over to a cattle camp outside the town. That night, Hardin would return to Texas and would never see Abilene again. Hardin's autobiography claims that he then ambushed a posse of three deputies sent to catch him and that Hardin was humane enough to let them live and return to Abilene, albeit stripped naked and without their horses and guns.
By October of 1871 Hardin was back in Texas and back in trouble. He killed a Texas State Police officer named Charles Paramore and wounded his partner John Lackey. Hardin is also alleged to have fought a posse and added three of its members to his list of victims and that he also fought two Mexicans, shooting one off his horse and causing the other to retreat. At the town of Willis in June of 1872, Hardin claims to have fought yet another posse. To use Hardin's chilling description of events: "They tried to arrest me for carrying a pistol. They got the contents instead."
Hardin fled back to South Texas again, uniting once again with the Clements family. The Clements family was allies of the Taylor family in the notoriously violent Sutton-Taylor feud in which bloodshed was commonplace. The Sutton and Taylor clans had been involved in a blood feud for several years when one of the Sutton group, one Mike Sublett, left Hardin nursing both severe shotgun wounds and an especially malevolent desire to see Sublett dead in return. Hardin nearly died from his wounds and claimed (perhaps honestly, for once) that he was tired of the outlaw life and wanted to settle down to a peaceful and lawful existence, but it wasn't long before trouble and bloodshed, Hardin's usual stock in trade, were to resurface.
Hardin surrendered to the law in Gonzales while recuperating from the Sublett shooting, handing his guns over to Sheriff Reagan and saying that he wanted to "clear the slate" as he put it. His change of heart lasted only as long as it took him to cut through the jail bars with a smuggled saw blade. He fought and killed J.B Morgan in 1873, and was implicated in a particularly vicious gunfight at Tomlinson Creek in which two members of the Sutton faction, Jake Christman and Jim Cox, were both killed. Hardin himself always refused to confirm or deny his part in either the gunfight or the two killings.
Corruption among Texan law enforcement, such as law enforcement was in the Wild West era, was common and DeWitt County was no exception. Sheriff Jack Helm had long been an ally of the Suttons against the Taylor faction and the Taylors eventually decided that enough was enough. It was May of 1873 when Hardin and Taylor summarily killed Sheriff Helm in broad daylight, Taylor using a revolver and Hardin his signature weapon, a double-barreled shotgun. Having slaughtered Helm with a shotgun blast to his arm and six bullets in his head and chest, Taylor and Hardin simply rode away without so much as a backward glance.
The next year would see even worse bloodshed. A truce had been arranged after the Helm murder and it lasted for almost a year before the range war erupted once again. The Taylor brothers (Jim and Bill) murdered Billy Sutton and his friend Gabriel Slaughter while they were awaiting a steamboat at Indianola to take upriver. It has been said that Billy Sutton was preparing to leave the area permanently, disillusioned as he was by the constant bloodshed, but Hardin and Taylor either wanted to put him out of action permanently or simply didn't believe him when he said he was leaving. Hardin had no problem at all with admitting that both he and the Taylor brothers were the gunmen responsible for both Billy Sutton's murder and that of Gabriel Slaughter.
Hardin now decamped to Florida, perhaps in an effort to live a quieter life or perhaps simply to evade the ever-increasing number of lawmen, bounty hunters, soldiers, other outlaws and others who had a vested interest in bringing him in dead or alive. It wasn't long before he fled back to Texas after a serious disturbance in the Florida town of Gainesville, having claimed to have killed a freed slave and then been part of a mob that burned down the county jail. Not surprisingly, and even though there were few places in his native Texas where he wasn't at risk of arrest or of violent death in one form or another, Hardin was in the Texas town of Comanche on May 26, 1874.
He was still only 21 years old that day.
During the celebrations, Hardin invited Deputy County Sheriff Charles Webb for a drink, having discreetly established that Webb wasn't in town to arrest him. According to Hardin, Webb was behind him when he drew his revolver, one of Hardin's friends shouted a warning and then Deputy Webb became the latest in Hardin's increasingly long line of victims.
This time Hardin was in the most serious trouble in which he'd ever been. Deputy Webb was well-liked in Gonzales, while Hardin always had as many enemies as he did supporters. A lynch mob was formed and Hardin's family had to be taken into protective custody for their own safety. It did them little good, as Hardin's brother Joe and his two cousins were summarily broken out of the town jail and hanged by the lynch mob. Hardin now parted company with Jim Taylor, who had been a riding companion and fellow gunslinger for several years, and they would never see each other again.
Hardin's infamy had by now reached an unacceptable level. In January of 1875 the Texas State Legislature allowed Governor Richard Hubbard to offer $4,000, a massive reward by the standards of the time, for the capture of John Wesley Hardin. However, offering a reward for catching Hardin was infinitely easier than actually catching the notorious killer and outlaw.
Hardin had by now assumed the name of James Swain and was in hiding on the Alabama/Florida border, a fact which only became known to the authorities when they intercepted a letter to Hardin from a cousin (and fellow outlaw) named Joshua Bowen.
Finally, Hardin was arrested in Florida while on a train bound for Pensacola by a mixed force of Texas rangers and local lawmen. Hardin, as expected, went for his guns but instead of the now customary hail of bullets, Hardin's guns became caught in the braces holding up his trousers and he never got off a shot. Hardin was promptly knocked unconscious and arrested while one of his traveling companions was killed and two others arrested as well.
There is also an unconfirmed report that two slaves formerly the property of Hardin's father had tried to capture Hardin in Gainesville just before he was finally arrested and that Hardin added to his tally by killing one and permanently blinding the other.
After a brief trial, Hardin drew a 25-year stretch for the murder of Deputy Webb and did well to avoid being executed, given his past history. He spent his first few years in jail plotting and repeatedly attempting to escape, attempts which were severely punished according to the brutal methods used in Texas jails at that time. However, after his first few years behind bars Hardin began to adapt to the rigid routine and discipline and started to make efforts to better himself. He spent much of his time studying religious literature; he became a superintendent of the prison Sunday school and also studied law when he was medically able to. He spent two years of his time in jail bedridden after the wounds inflicted by Sublett's shotgun blast became infected in 1883 and ill-health would be a hallmark of his latter years.
Hardin eventually served nearly 16 years and was released from Huntsville Prison His wife was long dead and their three children wanted nothing to do with their notorious and lethal father. There is a story, hopefully apocryphal, that it was now that Hardin committed his last and without doubt most senseless murder when he is alleged to have shot dead a Mexican man who was out sunning himself, and to have killed the man solely because he was offered a five-dollar bet that he wouldn't do it. This last murder is unconfirmed, but it would seem to typify Hardin's wanton violence and callous disregard for human life.
Hardin's law studies while in Huntsville soon paid off. In March of 1894 he was pardoned and then in July of that year he passed the Texas State Bar Examination, thus enabling him to practice law from the other side of the bench for a change. Quite how a man of Hardin's fearsome and lethal reputation could be considered fit to practice law is, frankly, something of a mystery, but with the bar exam passed Hardin was now able to do exactly that. He also married for the second time, choosing a young girl named Carolyn Lewis as his second bride. The marriage folded fairly quickly, although Hardin was never one to discuss exactly why and it's thought in some quarters that the broken marriage was a reason why Hardin made what would be a fatal decision to move to El Paso, Texas and start afresh.
One of Hardin's friends in El Paso was a local widow named M'Rose, who was arrested by a local lawman, John Selman Junior, for allegedly brandishing a loaded gun in public. Hardin had serious verbal altercations with both John Selman and with Selman's father, John Selman Senior, August 19, 1895. That night, Hardin appeared at one of his favourite haunts, the Acme Saloon, and began one of his regular nightly pastimes of playing dice. Just before midnight, as Hardin was eagerly engrossed in his dice game, John Selman Senior walked into the saloon. He shot John Wesley Hardin the back of the head which instantly killed Hardin. As Hardin lay prostrate on the saloon floor, Selman fired three more bullets into his prone body to make quite sure that the job was done.
Selman was arrested, tried for the murder and claimed self defence, resulting in a hung jury during the first trial. Selman Senior was never retried, as he himself was shot dead by U.S. Marshal George Scarborough in April, 1896 after a nasty dispute over a card game.
So ends the violent and surprisingly long life of John Wesley Hardin. He died a violent and sudden death, which surprised nobody at all, yet he surprised everybody by living as long as he did.
During the Wild West era, many young men, either through force of circumstance or by choice, became outlaws and shootists. Some, especially the younger ones, saw a perverse kind of glamour to be earned through being either a crooked gunslinger or a lawman, and some managed to work both sides of the criminal divide. The Earp brothers, for example, who somehow managed to combine being famous lawmen with pimping and gambling, yet are still remembered more for their law enforcement than their less savory businesses. The glamour of being either and outlaw or a lawman, or both at different times, can be summarily disposed of by one simple statistic, and it is this: The average life expectancy of a professional gunslinger was only 25 years old.


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How can I colorize hardlinks myself? Turns out on an old Ubuntu 10.04 I have, this happens by default (same
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TL;DR: how to achieve coloring hardlinked (as in: link count > 1) files the way I like in various Ubuntu versions.


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Events Calendar
Wednesday, April 03 2019 - Wednesday, April 03 2019
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and best-selling author David Cay Johnston present his lecture, "The Role of Media in 2019 America." The lecture is free and open to the public.
- Event Time
- 7 p.m.
- Organizer
- Hosted by the Department of Media and Communication


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Bryanna Clark Grogan's Vegan Feast Kitchen/ 21st Century Table: The kitchen journal of a vegan food writer.. I'm on Facebook and Twitter (see links in sidebar at right).
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
A PhotoShopped view of some homemade grain meat
UPDATE: July 2012-- yes, the book has been delayed for a long time, but we're working on getting it going again!
I'm working on recipes for the book I'm doing with Field Roast creator, David Lee. It's been great fun and also very challenging-- learning techniques from the creator, and then developing my own recipes for new varieties, and recipes to use them, and also working long distance with a writing partner. I've learned alot from the experience!
Below, I'm posting some photos from my Field Roast book experiments (I can't divulge the recipes, I'm afraid!). Stay tuned!
At the very end of this post is a lovely recipe for a full-meal summer salad, featuring quinoa, avocado, shelled hemp seeds, and other goodies.
Homemade Grain Meat breakfast sausages and hot and spicy sausages (my recipes for the book)
My own invention-- Grain Meatballs!
Zucchini Grain Meatloaf (my recipe for the book)
Hemp 'n' Herbs Grain Meat Cutlets (my recipe for the book) Piccata
Vietnamese-style Grain Meatball Pho (made with Grain Meatballs-- my invention for the book)
Mediterranean Mushroom Grain Meat Cutlets (my recipe for the book)
Mediterranean Mushroom Grain Meat Roast (my recipe for the book)-- see how thinly you can slice it?
Homemade Breaded Grain Meat Cutlets
Homemade Grain Meat sausages with chanterelle mushrooms
Roasted Red Pepper Grain Meatloaf (my recipe for the book)
Stuffed Homemade Holiday Grain Meat Roast (my recipe for the book)
Grain Meat Winter Terrine (my recipe for the book)
Grain Meat Roast just out of the pot
Orange Rosemary Grain Meat Sausages (my recipe for the book)
Now that recipe!
Printable Recipe
6 servings
This salad was inspired by a recipe by John Barkley for The Culinary Institute of America, posted on avocado.org
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup quinoa (most quinoa is pre-rinsed now)
1 medium onion, chopped
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 1/4 cups chicken-style vegetarian broth
1/2 teaspoon salt
Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
1 cup English cucumber, diced (or any kind you don't have to peel)
2 medium ripe tomatoes, diced
1 cup cooked or canned chickpeas, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup chopped green onions
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro (or 2 teaspoons dried)
2 tablespoon fresh chopped mint (or 2 teaspoon dried)
1 tablespoon chopped fresh or pickled jalapeños
3 tablespoons lime juice
1 large ripe avocado, in 1/2" dice
1/4 cup shelled hemp seeds
Washed, dried and crisped Romaine lettuce leaves
Heat the olive oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the quinoa and toast it, stirring constantly, until golden brown.
Add the onions, garlic, and oregano, and stir for a couple of minutes. Add the broth and bring to a boil.
Add salt and pepper. Reduce the heat to low, cover tightly and cook for 20-25 minutes, or until tender, and until all of the broth is absorbed.
Spread the hot mixture on a cookie sheet and place in the freezer to cool quickly. When it is cool, scrape the quinoa in a salad bowl and fold in the cucumbers, tomatoes, chickpeas, green onions, mint, cilantro, and jalapeños. Gently fold in the avocado and shelled hemp seeds. Serve the salad on crisp Romaine lettuce leaves.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition (per serving): 302.5 calories; 35% calories from fat; 12.5g total fat; 0.0mg cholesterol; 320.8mg sodium; 686.2mg potassium; 39.2g carbohydrates; 7.5g fiber; 5.1g sugar; 31.6g net carbs; 11.8g protein; 6.3 points.
15 comments:
- Veg-a-Nut said...
First I am completly beyond excited for the new field roast cookbook! I love their products, which are hard to find where I live. I look forward to Christmas so I can get myself a roast. I am buying that book as soon as it comes out. I know that with our talent only good things can come of it!!!
The salad sounds and looks fantastic. I recently picked up some shelled hemp seeds and this looks like a good place to start using them. Thank you!!!
- Wed Jul 30, 09:09:00 PM PDT
- julie hasson said...
Those sausages, loaves and cutlets look incredible Bryanna! I can't wait for the book.
The quinoa salad looks like just the dish for a hot summer day. I think that looks perfect for tonight's dinner. Thanks!
- Thu Jul 31, 10:02:00 AM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Thanks, Veg-a-Nut and Julie!
I wish it was a hot summer day here-- but there is cloud and some rain and it's downright chilly! I guess we need some rain. It's been very dry up until now.
- Thu Jul 31, 10:20:00 AM PDT
- Spice Island Vegan said...
I love Field Roast products! I can get the 'sausages' and the Celebration Roast but that's all. I definitely will buy the cookbook and try my own 'roasts', 'sausages', and 'meatloaf.' Glad you are participating in it, Bryanna!
- Thu Jul 31, 12:33:00 PM PDT
- trina said...
Wow! How exciting for the vegans! I love Field Roast and Bryanna Clark Grogan. So, any idea when we can expect the book?
- Thu Jul 31, 12:51:00 PM PDT
Wow, Bryanna, hen did you have time to do anything else?!?
Everything looks absolutely amazing!
- Thu Jul 31, 04:00:00 PM PDT
- Speedwell said...
Bryanna, I am so excited about the new book I could almost cry. Seriously. I have had SO much trouble getting Field Roast products here in Texas, and for a few years we depended on them for the only vegetarian roast everyone would eat, including the meat eaters. The Field Roast people were so nice to allow me to buy a case from them to ship the year I was going to be in surgery the week before Thanksgiving, but I can't come up with that kind of emergency every year. LOL...
They look amazing. And the pho... we can do pho now? God. :D
- Thu Jul 31, 09:44:00 PM PDT
- aimee said...
Ooh, those roasts and sausages look so delicious! I'm really looking forward to that cookbook. Any idea of the release date, yet?
- Fri Aug 01, 07:01:00 AM PDT
- Søren said...
Hi Bryanna, this project looks to be amazing, judging from those totally mouth-watering pictures!!! This must have been so exciting and fun to develop - I can't wait to get my copy! All best, Søren
- Mon Aug 04, 08:43:00 AM PDT
- Katie said...
Your Field Roast creations look incredible! Are they gluten-free?
- Mon Aug 04, 09:25:00 PM PDT
- Speedwell said...
Katie, "grain meat" is usually another name for gluten. I wouldn't reasonably expect Field Roast to be anything but gluten-based. I can eat gluten as can most people, and I'm very excited about and grateful for the book.
But in a purely academic sense, I'd be interested in seeing whether Bryanna and her friends have come up with any interesting non-gluten substitute, though.
- Tue Aug 05, 10:00:00 AM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Field roast is, indeed, gluten-based, though other flours and legumes are used in small amounts. I have found nothing that can take the place of gluten, unfortunately.
- Tue Aug 05, 11:05:00 AM PDT
- John Plummer said...
I can't wait for this book!!
- Fri Aug 08, 09:07:00 AM PDT
- kittee said...
i'm super excited for the field roast book as well. everything looks great.
- Fri Aug 08, 12:30:00 PM PDT
Hi Bryanna!
Is this book still coming out?
- Sun Jul 31, 11:28:00 PM PDT


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Lindsay Lohan has taken to her Twitter to blast gossip blogger Perez Hilton a day after the blogger goaded her about her 16-year-old sister.
"Don't you have more important things to do? You know, like being a good influence on Ali and taking her out to pAArty?!" he Tweeted at her early on Saturday morning.
On Saturday night, she Tweeted, "Humpty Dumpty fell of a wall, no WAIT… it's @perezhilton !," linking to a Twitpic of the nursery rhyme character.
Perez responded, Tweeting, "Game on!" and linking to a number of past stories of the actress' ups and downs over the last few years.
Lindsay responded by Tweeting links to unflattering photos of Hilton during his heavier days.
"the diary of…. a TRUE mean girl (yet, i coined that title)," she Tweeted, linking to a photo of a more robust Perez in a pink wig.
"some that are as far under as he is, choose not to recognize when enough is enough… DENIAL and INSECURITY should be his blog," she Tweeted later. "it's just a way of entertaining myself.. i'm home and with friends.. it's funny, THIS IS HIS LIFE!-how sad?"
Perez has been an outspoken critic of LiLo in recent weeks on both Twitter and his blog.
"I genuinely wish her well," he recently told Access Hollywood. "I have taken to a public forum to express my desire for her to get better… Lindsay needs help."
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China's top leaders have endorsed a corruption investigation into a former security czar who was until recently one of the country's most powerful politicians, a Hong Kong newspaper said Friday, in what would make him the most senior official targeted for graft in recent decades.
Rumors about an investigation into Zhou Yongkang began swirling as early as April of last year because of his close association with disgraced politician Bo Xilai, who became embroiled in a scandal over his wife's murder of a British businessman and who stood trial last week for corruption and abuse of power.
The English-language South China Morning Post, quoting sources `'familiar with the leadership's thinking," said China's current and retired top leaders reached the decision to investigate Zhou, who oversaw China's massive state security apparatus and served on the Politburo Standing Committee, the apex of political power.
The decision was made in early August during a secretive meeting at a seaside resort town, the report said.
The SCMP report said the investigation will focus on oilfield and property deals that have benefited Zhou and his family. The Hong Kong newspaper's report could not be independently verified. Requests for comment were faxed to the State Council Information Office, the Cabinet's press office, and the Communist Party's propaganda department while calls to the Ministry of Supervision rang unanswered.
It has been several decades since a Politburo Standing Committee member has been prosecuted by China's judiciary, whether incumbent or retired. The reported investigation into Zhou, 70, may illustrate the new leadership's determination to exempt nobody in its fight against endemic corruption.
But in a political system in which graft is rampant, party-steered corruption probes into senior officials have often carried political overtones. Prosecutions of high-level officials on graft charges are perceived as moves to ostracize those who have been defeated in factional struggles, without publicizing details of infighting that depict party leaders in a state of disunity.
"I think that the anti-corruption effort is just a political weapon used to take down whoever they want to take down," said Zhang Lifan, a Beijing historian and elite politics expert. "Because when there is widespread institutional corruption, anti-graft efforts are not going to clean up the system. They are a means to get rid of political opponents."
Zhang said Zhou's fate appeared to be still unclear because of media reports that the former leader sent a wreath to the memorial of a party veteran earlier this week. "That's a sign that he still has political presence," Zhang said.
Before his retirement last November during a leadership transition, Zhou was the No. 9 ranking official in the Communist Party, after rising through party ranks over 50 years. He spent the early part of his career in the state-run oil sector, eventually becoming general manager of China National Petroleum Corp., the country's biggest oil and gas company.
Later, he headed the ministry of land and resources and served as party chief of Sichuan province before being put in charge of public security in the early 2000s. Zhou wielded enormous influence over the police and paramilitary forces charged with maintaining internal stability at a time of growing unrest, and he was also perceived to exert control over the oil sector through his associates.
But reports in overseas Chinese media said early last year that Zhou was being scrutinized for being an outspoken ally of ousted politician Bo. Zhou was widely believed to be grooming Bo as his successor and supporting Bo's bid for a seat on the Standing Committee.
The Hong Kong newspaper's report follows announcements by Chinese authorities of investigations into four high-level oil sector executives this past week as well as earlier graft probes into officials in southwestern China believed to be closely linked to Zhou.
The Chinese government said Monday that China National Petroleum Corp. deputy general manager Wang Yongchun was being investigated on suspicion of "severe disciplinary violations." Wang is said to be a close associate of Zhou. Three other executives are also being investigated.
Also, political associates of Zhou in the southwestern province of Sichuan, where Zhou served as a party chief between 1999 and 2002, have come under investigation, including Li Chuncheng, former provincial deputy party chief, and Guo Yongxiang, former vice governor.
"One by one, they fell, which clearly showed they were approaching him. The possibility is fairly high that they have come to a resolution" to investigate him, said Chen Ziming, an independent political commentator.
The report comes as Beijing has intensified an anti-corruption campaign aimed at displaying President Xi Jinping's resolve to target "tigers" and "flies" alike.


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Every West Australian needs to take note of the proposed terror legislation that will be debated in the Senate next Tuesday. Our own Premier has sold us out, and the time has come for some serious and organised protest in WA to protect our democracy and civil liberties. Write to the Senate, to the papers, and to every political party. This is a fundamental issue that affects the future of our society.
Australian Democracy Outlawed by Terrorism
Dear Senator,
Next week the Prime Minister will ask you to outlaw democracy with legislation that removes our basic democratic rights conferred under the Constitution. Media coverage and public protests have indicated that Australians are prepared to draw a line in the sand, and to follow common sense rather than laws that confer ultimate power on a Prime Minister who seems determined to undermine Australian values and security.
The time has come for every Senator to vote according to his or her conscience, and with a full understanding of the future implications of passing the "Terror Laws" in their current form. The so-called "counter" terrorism legislation [scapegoat legislation to bolster support and quell dissent for the Coalition of the Killings illegal and degrading resource wars in the Middle East] will enable police persecution of the Muslim community and threaten dissidents with imprisonment. In a country without an Act of Rights, the prospect of more draconian Terror Laws delivers ultimate control through fear. Australia, with its history of penal colonies, racism and detention centers, is now set to become a police state.
If you agree to pass these laws, you will be supporting the terrorists and giving them the victory of defeating Australian democracy. You will also be handing ASIO and state police draconian powers to covertly search, detain without charge, and shoot to kill on the basis of simple "suspicion".
Ask yourself "why are these laws needed?" Prior to our unpopular and unnecessary involvement in an illegal war, Australia was a peaceful multi-cultural society with opportunity for every Australian to work for a fair wage and to be educated. Today we have become a society where profit is more valued than family or environment.
The Howard Government rules through fear and abuses its power in the Senate. The Australian people and the international community have condemned the Howard Government for a growing list of travesties. Amnesty International has brought international attention to our shameful treatment of refugees.
Workers, the ACTU, and the unions have angrily protested the unjust IR legislation that dismantles hard-earned workers' rights. The numbers of anti-war protestors have swelled as the invasion and occupation of Iraq threatens global peace and has killed more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians. The American-led occupation of that country has delivered a more chaotic and dangerous society than the Iraqis purportedly suffered under Saddam Hussein.
Now John Howard is asking you to sacrifice our basic democratic rights because he and a handful of cronies have "information" about "threats to our security". Are you prepared to believe the man who lied to Parliament and the people of Australia about the "children overboard affair'? Are you prepared to continue to support the only leader who has closed Parliament to the people so that he could "welcome" President Bush? Are you prepared to trust that the intelligence he secretly guards is accurate, given the deceit about non-existing weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?
The Australian people no longer trust this man. We do not believe that he is safeguarding our security and safety. We believe that he ignores our protests, and instead takes his advice from a President whose cowboy antics have led this world to the brink of a religious global war. We suspect that his sole purpose is to create more wealth for the wealthy and to sell out Australia to the highest bidder. In short, we no longer respect or believe John Howard.
However, we do respect our country, our peace and our basic democratic and familial rights. As citizens, we realize that we still have the power to choose to obey laws that are just and create an orderly and fair society. We can also choose to disobey laws that threaten our personal security and safety and future democratic rights of our children.
The Terror Laws are an abomination of justice. They mock the right of parents to discuss the welfare of their children. They threaten freedom of speech and protest. They abuse the basis of our judicial system. They place every Australian who publicly protests at risk. They encourage further profiling of the already besieged Muslim community. These are not laws that Australians support or respect.
You are the last peaceful hope we have of protecting our basic democratic rights. Consider this carefully when you cast your vote on legislation that makes the Government "the terrorist to fear". Show us that Australian democracy still works.
Yours sincerely,
Wanda Fish
By Wanda Fish posted 31 October 05
$145,000 for false arrest in NSW
The lawyer - who has represented almost all Sydney's high-profile accused [alleged] terrorists, [scapegoats for the Coalition of the Killing's resource wars in the Middle East] including Mamdouh Habib - who was kidnapped and tortured and who successfully sued the state for wrongful arrest, malicious prosecution and false imprisonment.
Preventive Detention: A Shield or A Sword?
There is a consensus among educated Australians that Preventive Detention is inimical to the democratic evolution of our country. Many are those who argue that given the standards of our time preventive detention is an unnecessary evil.
What's the Difference Between CHINA and AUSTRALIA?
If John Howard's terror law comes into effect, what is the difference between China, and Australia? No rifle executions? I think it is time to approach the Governor General, to dissolve Parliament on the basis that the present Government is attempting to achieve Dictatorial Powers.
Cracks in terror solidarity
In remarks that are at odds with the Premier, Morris Iemma's determined support for the legislation, Mr Debus said yesterday: "I think I share the concern about the legislation with plenty of other people. I don't query that we need to have very tough responses to the threat of terrorism [actually though, the community do query it because the actual threat of terrorism is coming from the Government] and I don't query that the premiers have signed off on a framework last month.
Australian Prime Meanster 'tells' States?
Prime meanster john hoWARd's original pact with the states seems to have fallen into disarray because his new anti-liberty laws breach human rights obligations and the commonwealth constitution.
Anti-Terrorism Bill details draconian police-state plans
First and foremost, the legislation provides for extensive detention without charge or trial, on the flimsiest of pretexts. With no notice or legal hearing, any person can be thrown into secret "preventative detention" or placed, by a "control order," in isolation under house arrest.
Shoot to kill on the belief of reasonable grounds is a problem
Provisions in relation to use of force in s105.23 raise serious concerns. In particular subsection 105.23(2) specifically contemplates the use of lethal force against a detainee where an AFP member believes on reasonable grounds that this is necessary to protect life or to prevent serious injury to another person.
ASIO laws: Don't be silenced
The secrecy surrounding the proposed national anti-``terror'' legislation stands in stark contrast to previous ASIO and "anti-terror'' laws that have been subject to scrutiny by parliamentary committees and public hearings.
Brisbane Peace Convergence calls on Beattie to reject terror legislation changes The Brisbane Peace Convergence (BPC) are calling on Premier Peter Beattie to reject the Federal governments proposed amendments to anti-terror laws. The BPC consider the changes to pose a threat to fundamental rights in a democratic society, including life, liberty and democratic action.
How's this for sedition?
Edmund Burke, who declared the tyranny of bad laws, was a deep political thinker and a ferocious polemicist. In 1777, he wrote to the Sheriffs of Bristol that the true danger to freedom was when liberty was nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
Sydney Morning Herald Poll flawed
Sydney Morning Herald: "According to the latest Herald Poll, about three-quarters of voters think it is OK to lock up suspected terrorists [scapegoats for the Coalition of the Killings resource wars in the Middle East] without charge, put them under house arrest or shackle them with tracking devices."
The Howard Government wants to give police executing preventative detention orders the power to shoot to kill. This is shoot to kill madness.
New anti-terror laws and the Muslim community
On 8 September the Prime Minister introduced a 12-point plan outlining new anti-terror laws [draconian laws to bolster support for John Howard's resource wars in the Middle East] in a press release. Two weeks later he went to the Council of Australian Governments meeting with the proposals. They approved the measures by and large.
Secret agents brief Bracks on 'seditious' protest
Australia: Melbourne: Thursday 20 October, 2005: A phalanx of "secret agents" delivered a written briefing to Premier Steve Bracks at Parliament House today to tip him off to potential "seditious activities" at a planned demonstration for civil liberties on Saturday.
Shoot-to-kill bluff
AUSTRALIA: federal labor leader kim sleazley has predicted the federal dictatorship will fail in its push for a shoot-to-kill policy to be included in its counter-terrorism laws.
Sedition Laws Target Peaceful Civil Disobedience
The new Sedition Laws in the anti-terror bills clearly target people who call for acts of non-violent civil disobedience. Under the laws there is no defence for calling for change to any law by anything other than lawful means. Penalty is up to seven years jail.
Stanhope flags doubts on 'hasty' terrorism bill
ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope says he may refuse to sign off on parts of the Federal Government's hasty terrorism bill. Mr Stanhope published a draft of the controversial laws [draconian laws] on his website on Friday and has refused to take it down despite a directive from the Federal Government.
Despoja: Stanhope hero of the hour
Natasha Stott Despoja has described Mr Stanhope as the "hero of the hour". Senator Despoja says there is meant to be a vote on the draft legislation in the week beginning November 7.
Stanhope stands his ground
Stanhope: It is bizarre to think legislation of this significance can be rushed into Parliament without consulting a single Australian.
Anti-terrorism laws inquiry 'too short'
Australia: The Opposition says the inquiry effectively gives senators just one day to examine the bills. Labor's homeland security spokesman, Arch Bevis, says the inquiry will be unable to scrutinise whether the legislation provides a balance between security and civil rights.
Australia: Draconian laws draw rights watchdog's ire
Human Rights Watch has condemned Australia's proposed anti-terrorism laws as a "shocking departure" from its historical championing of the rights of the individual.
Dissent Isn't Taken Lightly Down Under
Historian Michael Foley said during times of war pacifists often get mugged. As a nonviolent activist working to end the war in Iraq and the corporate war profiteering that comes with it, September 2005 has been the most surreal time of my life and I definitely feel like I got mugged by Australian Attorney General Phillip Ruddock and the Australian government.
Australia: Rattling the cage
Recently, the federal government announced a controversial new 'counter-terrorism' package. Civil libertarians were quick to raise the spectre of a police state . Yet Muslim groups argued that the new security regime is already having an impact on the democratic freedoms and everyday safety of their communities.
Hand picked alleged Australian Muslim leaders are being used to cut their own throats the same as the hand picked Indigenous mob have been used by the John HoWARd Government to screw ATSIC.
Anti-terrorism laws put rights at risk: Fraser
Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser says Australians could be treated unfairly under the Government's anti-terrorism [draconian] laws unless a human rights act is introduced.
Stop the war on civil liberties!
Prime Minister John Howard is using the "war on terror" to promote widespread fear about "terrorists" and "terrorism" in Australia. This is despite the fact that the biggest act of terror being committed today is being carried out by foreign troops, including Australia's, in occupied Iraq.
Spots and Stripes
It is well known that John Howard, infamous lackey and liar, is devoid of anything that could be remotely regarded as masculine or manly; the draconian measures he has implemented to 'secure' Australia against the terrorist bogeyman are astounding.
They know where you live
Twenty-four hours after the country's leaders agreed to draconian counter-terrorism laws this week, the Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, was playing down media claims that ASIO believed there were 800 would-be suicide bombers living in Australia.
When Terrorism Outlaws Democracy
On September 27, 2005, Australian democracy surrendered to terrorism. On that day, a coalition of willing federal and state leaders agreed to anti-terrorism legislation that will enable police persecution of the Muslim community and threaten dissidents with imprisonment. In a country without a Bill of Rights, the prospect of more draconian Terror Laws delivers ultimate control through fear. Australia, with its history of penal colonies, racism and detention centers, is now set to become a police state.
Evans: moderate threat
Evans doubts reports that 800 potential terrorists are living in Australia.
No! Your Rights Australia
You have the right to not remain silent.
800 people deemed a potential security risk?
As reported in the Australian today, ASIO has apparently identified up to 800 people deemed a potential security risk. Ruddock says the draconian COAG measures "deal with people who pose a risk to the safety and security of the Australian community." Hmmm, like detained and deported US peace activist Scott Parkin perhaps? What is this broad definition of a "Terrorist"?
Democrat Will Oppose Anti-Terrorism Laws
NSW Democrat MLC, Dr Arthur Chesterfield-Evans, has accused the Premier, Mr Morris Iemma, of selling out to John Howard after agreeing to new 'Anti-Terrorism' laws yesterday. Dr Chesterfield-Evans said the proposed laws agreed to by Morris Iemma will not work.
Mein Kampf by John Howard
Months before Bali Au warships were seen invading Iraqi territorial waters in deliberate provocations under American protection. It was obvious that Howard had decided before Bali to join in an illegal and aggressive invasion of Iraq and in fact , when that happened, it was led by Au stormtroopers BEFORE the ultimatum given Baghdad had even run out!
Collection of Terrorists Meet to Take Away Our Rights
Tomorrow (27th of September) the State Premiers and the Federal Government are meeting to conspire to strip Australians of their rights. Welcome to the brave new world of electronic tagging and "preventative" detention.
Tell Your State Premier: Don't Do Ruddock's Dirty Work
Over the past several years, the Howard government has passed a series of dangerous new laws. These laws have undermined our basic legal and democratic rights.
Australian government unveils legal framework for police state
In the lead-up to his September 27 "counter-terrorism summit" with the eight Australian state and territory leaders, Prime Minister John Howard last week unveiled a package of legislation that goes well beyond the already deep inroads made into essential civil liberties under the fraudulent banner of the "war on terrorism..."
Australia: Counter-liberty plans unveiled
AUSTRALIA: VIC: BLACK Hawk helicopters and fighter jets will patrol Melbourne's skies during the Commonwealth Games next March, as part of counter-terror measures outlined today.
John H.o.W.A.R.d line roars at Fascism Week
AUSTRALIA: Parody: (Rooters) - While Attorney General Phillip Duddock helped wrap up a US protester for Prime Meanster, John HoWARd during Australia's Fascism Week after a 5 day detention debut and the removal of Mr Scott Parkin a peace activist who was deported back to Houston, Texas. The h.o.W.A.R.d fascism line, adding a dash of despotism to a week of largely draconian styles.
Parkin charged $11,700 for detention and removal
Los Angeles Friday, 16 September, 2005 : American peace activist Scott Parkin arrived back in the US today, escorted by 2 Australian immigration officials. He is expected to arrive in Houson, Texas on a Continental Airlines flight at around 3pm AEST.
Government out of control on security: Wilkie
Australia: Canberra Thursday, 15 September, 2005 : Former intelligence analyst Andrew Wilkie today staunchly defended US peace activist and teacher, Scott Parkin, saying that the government's national security agenda is out of control.
Australia, USA, Iraq: Scott Parkin
The rapid and widespread response to the detention of US peace and global justice activist, Scott Parkin, has been heartening and effective on many levels. Actions have taken place in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Cairns and outside several Australian Consulates in the United States.
Peace Activist Agrees to be removed but challenges security review
Australia's fascist ideal: Proof
Philip Ruddock, Federal Attorney General to Australian, hopes to eclipse the neo-cons of the US in the race toward the fascist ideal of social uniformity and control (oppression).
Anti-War Extremists Loyal to Scott
What can I say to someone like Scott Parkin? Sorry mate, to get a PEACE prize in this country you need to be drop dead sexy, go-tees are out - you gotta go. Peace Prize.
US Peace Activist to be Deported
Scott Parkin, a Texas based peace activist was detained by Federal police at approximately midday Saturday. He was en route to give a workshop about the progress and success of the peace movement in the US and companies profiting from the Iraq war.
Howard government threatens academic freedom
As Peter McGregor noted in GLW #639, I recently resigned in protest from a committee of the federal government's National Health and Medical Research Committee (NHMRC) and called for a boycott by academics of government committees generally.
'Different times' call for bill of rights, says QC'
To ensure no future government can erode basic human rights. Lex Lasry, QC, gave last night's key note address at the University of Western Australia's annual Day of Ideas.
Australia: a little dab will do ya .....
Reflections on the phoney, hypocritical "values" debate being promoted by the federal government, as part of its proscriptive program to emasculate our democracy.
Government warned Terror Laws "inherently dangerous, draconian and open to misuse" John North, Law Council of Australia: "In times of fear, it is easy for governments to impose ever (more) draconian laws."
Fishing expedition pays off
A man whose home was targeted by ASIO in fishing raids this year is facing fraud charges along with a co-accused who is linked to firearms offences.
The Terrorism of ASIO Laws
Wanda Fish asks Australian Senators to reject Howard's proposal to strengthen laws that already erode our basic legal rights. This legislation has the potential to turn ASIO agents into terrorists who can kidnap and detain innocent Australians simply because they "might know something".
Terrorgraph not quiet on 'Aussie militant' probe
AFP refuses to comment on investigation into militant video: hoWARd's abc.
Phillip Duddock's 'accent' heard in militant broadcast
Australian/Arab television has broadcast a video showing a masked militant with an apparent Australian accent criticising British Prime Minister tony bliar over Iraq.
HICKS: Not a Happy Birthday!
AUSTRALIA/CUBA/US :David Hicks, the Australian imprisoned at the US Base of Guantanamo Bay, will be 30 years old this coming Monday August 7, 2005.
GetUp! Stand Up! Stand Up For Your Rights!
Because of you, something exciting happened in our democracy last week. From every corner of the country, more than 20,000 emails were sent to the Coalition Senators. Our message was simple: now you have control of the Senate, we will be holding you to account. Thousands of you added personal messages to your representatives about the issues you care about.
Australia: We're Living In A War Zone
Prime Minister john hoWARd and his cronies have now placed us in a war-zone moving defence capabilities to Australia's south-east coast.
All the alleged terrorists are Muslims
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner mick keelty, a well know propagandist and liar, now claims that 60 Islamic extremists are operating in Australia and they are not news to the police and intelligence agencies.
All the wicked witches in Pakistan?
Pakistani authorities say 800 suspected militants [scapegoates and patsies] have been arrested in raids following the deadly London [false flag operation] bombings, as Islamic groups protest a move to expel 1,400 foreign students.
It's just not cricket: Khan
The perception in the West remained that somehow Islam was connected to militarism and terrorism, that all Muslims believe that all suicide bombers go straight to heaven. No one mentioned that before [false flag operations of] 9/11 70 per cent of suicide bombings in the world were committed by the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, who were Hindus.
Lawyer dismisses ASIO fishing raids as PR stunt
Fascist federal Police (AFP) and ASIO officers conducted more raids in Melbourne and Sydney yesterday but the publicity surrounding the raids has been dismissed as a public relations exercise by the Melbourne lawyer for an accused terrorist.
Howard off to US, UK - part 5
PART-5- PRIME minister john hoWARd will meet US president george w buSHIT, British prime minister tony blair and queen 'imperialism' herself during a 10-day visit to the United States and the UK next month.
hoWARd, ruddock, ellison, keelty and news ltd plotted chaos
AUSTRALIA/CUBA: Government and corporate propaganda agencies 'believe' they have foiled an attack on the Melbourne Stock Exchange by a radical Islamic network linked to a covert group, which has carried out surveillance on key Sydney sites.
Houses raided over 'possible' political attack plans?
ASIO have raided a number of properties in Melbourne on a 'fishing expedition' in relation to a 'possible' political scare campaign by the hoWARd government, playing on the fears of all Australians... again!
Is this our most dangerous Newspaper?
The Daily Terrorist should be managed with manacles and flown into Siberia via a jumbo jet tomorrow amid fears government fascists may attempt to use them again on someone else.
This forum will bring together legal representatives and victims of counter-terror, along with justice campaigners and organisations in order to share strategies for achieving justice for these men and the many other like them.
The Canterbury-Bankstown Peace Group & the Justice for Hicks & Habib Campaign welcome the statement by Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan, condemning the US Administration for condoning torture and the suppression of 'human rights' in their 'war on terror'.
Murdoch's war on truth in war reporting
People who remain to be convinced that cross-media laws are important to maintaining the fabric of our democracy need look no further than today's page one of The Daily Telegraph.
Chomsky signs on for justice
Noam Chomsky has signed the Justice for Jack campaign petition which calls on the Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock and Director of Public Prosecutions to "drop any charges reliant on records of interviews conducted under duress without the presence of a lawyer."
If he'd been given his passport he'd be a free man
A Sydney man [scapegoat in the Coalition of the Killings resource wars in the Middle East] has been found not guilty of preparing for a terrorist attack on a Commonwealth building [ruling class propaganda.]
Trial by unrelated video clips
Should alleged terrorist suspects [scapegoats for the resource wars in the Middle East] be shown on television side-by side-'terrorist training camp film clips' gathered by the government and media archives to give the wrong impression of accused people facing trial?
Accused Australian Citizen 'denied passport in 2002'?
AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN who was refused a passport by DFAT in mid-2002 became frustrated at the government for treating him differently.
Court should be told Gov't using 'Jack'!
A Melbourne court should have been told a man accused of working for Al Qaeda is being used by the fascist Australian Government as a pawn in their leverage to win support for their illegal and degrading activities.
Noble Cause Torture?
AUSTRALIA: The Labor Party has decided not to support a Senate inquiry into new allegations made by Mamdouh Habib that the Australian Government cooperated with Egyptian intelligence authorities who he insists tortured him.
New account adds weight to interrogation claims
Australia/Cuba/Iraq: The fascist Federal Government is under further pressure today because Australians were involved in the interrogation of tortured Iraqi prisoners.
Australian senate accused govt of war crimes
Did you hear the one about David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib having a Barbeque in Afghanistan with Bin Laden? Yeah it was reported on Channel Seven's Sunrise this morning! But they don't know if it was a sheep or a goat, but sources say it was most likely a goat.
DPP to appeal innocent man's bail
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will seek to have an innocent Melbourne man Joseph 'Jack' Thomas, returned to isolation in custody?
Fascist Australian Govt torture exposed
The fascist Federal Government has been exposed for the torture of Australian Mamdouh Habib and the US Government's allegations against him (if they were true) would have been made under duress.
Innocent witch verballed by federal fascists!
Shame on the federal fascists. The wicked old witch is dead! A Melbourne Magistrates Court has heard that a 31-year-old innocent Victorian man was facing terrorism charges?
Lawyer blames police for Habib break-in
John HoWARd, Alexander Downer, Phillip Ruddock, Robert Hill, to name just a few....HOW DO YOU PLEAD?
No reason for Habib to sell story: Beazley?
Federal Agreement Leader Kim Beazley is a well-paid loser. A loser who supposed to be defending our democratic rights by standing up to the HoWARd Government's fascism.
Australia: a presumption of guilt......
KAREN PERCY: Two of Australia's leading barristers have seized on the return of Guantanamo Bay detainee, Mamdouh Habib, to launch an unprecedented attack on the Federal Attorney General, Philip Ruddock.
Aust Community criticises Govt for 'crimes'!
Australia: The Law Council of Australia is warning that the Federal Government must learn from its mistakes over Guantanamo Bay? Now that's a mistake!
Australian Govt Guilty of Crimes: Community
Australia: The community says federal fascists who allowed the torture of its citizenry including Mamdouh Habib may be arrested when the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal address the War Crimes Indictment set out by the community.
What they did to Habib
Mamdouh Habib was the victim of atrocities fit for a concentration camp, including being tied to the ground while a prostitute menstruated on him, his lawyer said yesterday.
Innocent witch verballed by federal fascists!
Shame on the federal fascists. The wicked old witch is dead! A Melbourne Magistrates Court has heard that a 31-year-old innocent Victorian man was facing terrorism charges?
Innocent Victorian man held in custody for Xmas?!
Lawyers have argued the case against Mr Thomas was weak and based on a statement he made in Pakistan without a lawyer present and therefore unlawful.
Innocent Melbourne man makes second bail bid
Rubish, just plain propaganda, fear-mongering, draconian nonsence from the HoWARd goverment's war agenda stink tank.
MPs to review spy agency powers
Australian spy agency ASIO'S controversial powers to detain and question suspected terrorists [scapegoats for HoWARd's resource wars] will be re-examined by a parliamentary committee. Parliament passed the new counter-terrorism powers in July last year.
Goulburn Jail breaches UN standards
NSW: Greens MP Lee Rhiannon has called on Justice Minister John Hatzistergos to bring Goulburn Jail's Maximum Security Wing into line with United Nations standards, after a prison inmate's covert survey of his fellow inmates revealed problems with rehabilitation programs and basic amenities.
Lodhi toilet paper: crap!
He is facing nine charges and is accused of planning a major terrorist attack on Sydney defence sites and the electricity grid using downloads off the internet and having 100 rolls of toilet paper to wipe his arse after low level bombs and farts.
Community seeks more power to interrogate ASIO suspects
Greens Senator Bob Brown does not think increased police powers are necessary. "We have enormous powers for surveillance, apprehension or punishment of people who are engaged in or intending to engage in or thinking about being engaged in terrorist acts in this country," he said.
Greens warn of 'politicised' terror trials
AUSTRALIA/CUBA?: The Australian Greens say they are concerned that new anti-terrorism laws being debated in the Senate allow for the "political black-banning" of defence lawyers at terrorism trials.
Melbourne man charged over ASIO links
ASIO a know Australian terrorist organization is verballing the community again...about allegations that a man, while living overseas, received funds from Al Qaeda and had close association with the members of the terrorist group.
A court has been told Joseph Thomas is a sleeper? ZZZ! Melbourne Australia: A court has been told that Osama bin Laden asked a Melbourne man to become a "sleeper" in Australia before undertaking activities for the Al Qaeda network? Munchkins: "Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch! Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead."
AFP: The unlikely CRIMINAL
It was born of a bombing and it made its name after a far more devastating act of terrorism. But for most of the 25 years in between, little was known about the Australian Federal Police force or the work it did.
Australian Federal Government complicity in war crimes
Complaint to Australian law officers about Australian Federal Government complicity in war crimes.
There is no justification for torture
In the weeks since the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison were revealed, evidence continues to seep out of similar mistreatment of prisoners in other US military detention centers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay.
Howard rejects spy agency overhaul
Prime Minister John Howard has played down the need for a major overhaul of Australia's spy agencies as a result of an inquiry by former intelligence officer Phillip Flood.
Mamdouh Habib: Taunted and Tortured!
Four Corners [Walls]: Terrorist - or Taunted by the Australian Defence Force who sacked him as a cleaning contractor? Who is Mamdouh Habib? And why was he harassed by the Australian Federal Police? Then tagged and labelled as a spy? Why was he vilified by the community? When he fled to Pakistan how did he end up being tortured in Egypt? And how did he end up at Guantanamo prison camp reserved for the men America calls "the worst of the worst.
He was an undercover agent for the blues
He was my journalist, he was working undercover. The fellow knew all of the moves.... He really had me romping, bare footing stomping. He just kept igniting my fuse....
Up there Khasali: Innocent man new bail laws
The New South Wales Supreme Court has asked innocent man Bilal Khazal to increase to amount of surety offered, before the bail is formally continued.
Young men terrorised, tortured, and threatened with charges for no crime by Australia mate the lucky country. Lucky if you're not used for Howard's FEDERAL ELECTION and George Dubya's WAR ON LIBERTY! Who shot liberty? IGNORANCE!
Ul-Haque 'the man who wants to become a doctor'
The taskforce is investigating French man Willie Brigitte, who was tipped back home for a visa breach. Allegedly the Un-Australian Newspaper claimed he also attended training camps before his six-month stay in Sydney. Police have not alleged Mr Ul-Haque knew Brigitte. The Un-Australian just mentioned it because they are 'you guessed it' up John Howard's butt and they like the USA want 'you guessed it' our Federal Government. Well Yankee go home!
Brain injury for suspicion 'inhumane'
Faheem Khalid Lodhi refused bail by a Sydney court and remanded until June in hell at the (HARM-U) High Risk Management Unit at Goulburn. While he is in there he will receive a brain injury and is likely to self-harm due to the gross violation of living standards.
Keelty foresees more terrorism
Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Mick Keelty says terrorist groups will continue to find new ways to threaten countries.
Daily Terror rolled-over for Howard's war games
The DAILY TERROR is suspected of being the source of the news this morning that Willie Brigitte is a terrorist and that Sydney faces a bomb attack.
Lawyer claims Al Qaeda suspect's evidence tainted!
Before returning to Australia last year, Thomas was arrested and held in custody for five months by Pakistani authorities before being released without charge.
Man terrorised by ASIO remanded in 'AA' isolation!
A Victorian man has been remanded in custody after being charged with terrorism offences, including having links to Al Qaeda?
Ruddock foreshadows new terrorism laws
The new laws will allow police to access emails and mobile phone SMS messages, enable wider use of surveillance devices, and protect sensitive national security information during terrorism trials.
Islamic movement denies links to Al Qaeda
The Islamic Youth Movement has denied having any links to Al Qaeda and says it is considering legal action against the Four Corners program. In a statement released early this morning, the group rejects allegations it is helping coordinate any kind of terrorist network inside Australia and says it is being unfairly targeted.
2nd Renaissance -10 The War on Witches [150]
In 1484, Pope Innocent VIII issued a Papal Bull that became the rationale for establishing the Inquisition in Germany. The following excerpt from the Bull sets out the official view of the danger of witches to the community. The Bull and this this passage provided the sole excuse for the torture and cruel executions that were, ultimately, to be the fate of up to fifty percent of the population of some villages.
Govt, police 'let off the hook' Haneef inquiry
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Gary Ryan Blair necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 76 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
Monday Morning Motivation
Hi There - my name is Gary Ryan Blair and I'm an author and professional speaker. We are creating a new audio and video series for distribution via iPhone and other portable devices.
The target is for success oriented people between the ages of 25 - 45
These people want their information in short, easy to digest lessons. Monday Morning Motivation will be a series of high powered motivational messages delivered via 3 - 5 minute mp3 and video messages.
They are designed to jump start the week and keep you pumped up each time you go back in listen. Very action oriented messages that are engaging and fun!
The target market is young and successful so this logo requires a fun and hip design but nothing too hokey.
The idea is to make sure that the information and the logo are congruent with each other.
I would like you to reflect on the three words: Monday Morning Motivation as the messages will indeed be released every Monday morning and they are meant to motivate the person to get up, get going and set the world on fire.
Since it's morning - perhaps a smile / happy face can be integrated
Thanks for your help and I look forward to your design ideas!
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Authors and Literary Works
Keith Gilyard
Works by the Author
Works about the Author
Works by the Author
Gilyard, Keith. American 40. New York: Marie Brown Associates, 1993.
American 40 is Gilyard's first book of poetry.
----. Let's Flip the Script: An African American Discourse on Language, Literature, and Learning. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1996.
This collection of 11 essays is Gilyard's attempt to shift the discourse, or "flip the script," on how language resonates politically in the classroom, particularly in English and writing instruction. Essays on the work of Lisa Delpit and on Hernstein and Murray's The Bell Curve are included along with autobiographical reflections on the author's career as a teacher and learner.
---. Poemographies. Camden, New Jersey: Whirlwind Press, 2001.
----. Voices of the Self: A Study of Language Competence. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1991.
By alternating chapters of vivid stories from his own childhood and education with chapters that examine sociolinguistic research, Gilyard explores the language experience of African American children in public schools, and the tension between "Black English" and Standard English as it plays out in classrooms.
---- (ed). Spirit and Flame: An Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry. New York: Syracuse University Press, 1997.
With more than 200 pieces by new and established black voices, this anthology contains works on a wide range of African American experiences, from slavery to the Million Man March.
Works about the Author
Andrews, W. (ed), et al. The Oxford Companion to African American Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
This reference book is a source of information about black writers and their literature.
Dwyer D.J. "Let's Flip the Script: An African American Discourse on Language, Literature, and Learning by Gilyard, K." Modern Language Journal, 82:3 (Fall 1998): 421-422.
This article focuses on Keith Gilyard's scholarship.
Reginald, Martin. "Current Thought in African-American Literary Criticism: An Introduction." College English, 52:7 (November 1990): 727-731.
This article focuses on Keith Gilyard's scholarship.
Soliday, Mary. "Translating Self and Difference Through Literacy Narratives." College English , 56:5 (September 1994): 511-526.
This article focuses on Keith Gilyard's scholarship.
Tinberg, H. "Race, Rhetoric, and Composition by Gilyard, K." College English, 63:3 (January 2001): 353-360.
This article focuses on Keith Gilyard's scholarship.
Mourning Dove
Works by the Author
Works about the Author
Works by the Author
Mourning Dove. Cogewea, the Half-Blood: A Depiction of the Great Montana Cattle Range, edited by Dexter Fisher. Lincoln, NE and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1981.
Cogewea mixes elements of traditional Native American storytelling with dime-store novel melodrama and details from Mourning Dove's own life. Describing the struggles of a Native American woman in a non-Native culture, it explores the themes of conflicted identity that Mourning Dove herself faced. Cogewea is controversial because of the possible influence of her editor, L.V. McWhorter, whom some believe rewrote sections of the novel to add anthropologic, ethnographic, and dramatic elements.
----. Coyote Stories, edited by Jay Miller. Lincoln, NE and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1990.
This is a collection of legends and traditional Salish stories told by the elders on the Colville Reservation. Mourning Dove transcribed these tales, which focus on the Coyote trickster figure.
----. Mourning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography, edited by Jay Miller. Lincoln, NE and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1990.
Mourning Dove left the manuscript of her autobiography in the attic of her friend and collaborator Heister Dean Guie, a newspaper editor and illustrator, who died before having read it. Guie's wife eventually discovered it and worked to have it published. Editor Jay Miller profoundly shaped this autobiography and published it 54 years after Mourning Dove's death. In it, she vividly evokes tribal life, rites, ceremonies, and traditions, and illuminates her own family history.
Works about the Author
Bloom, Harold (ed). Native American Women Writers. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 1998.
This general introduction features several articles about Mourning Dove.
Finn, Janet L. "Ella Cara Deloria and Mourning Dove: Writing for Cultures, Writing Against the Grain." In Women Writing Culture, edited by Ruth Behar and Deborah A. Gordon. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1996.
This article reflects on Mourning Dove's writing in the context of her various cultural affiliations.
Fisher, Dexter. "The Transformation of Tradition: A Study of Zitkala Sa and Mourning Dove, Two Transitional American Indian Writers." In Critical Essays on American Literature, edited by Andrew Wiget: 202-11. Boston: Hall, 1985.
This article focuses on Mourning Dove's use of Native American traditions in her literature.
Miller, Jay. "Mourning Dove: Editing in All Directions to 'Get Real'." Studies in American Indian Literatures, 7:2 (Summer 1995): 65-72.
This article considers Mourning Dove's work from an historical perspective.
Pace, B.G. "The Choice to Write: Mourning Dove's Search for Survival." In Old West-New West: Centennial Essays, edited by Barbara H. Meldrum: 261-71. Moscow, ID: University of Idaho Press, 1993.
This article considers Mourning Dove's writing from a biographical perspective.
Six, Beverly G. "Mourning Dove (Hum-ishu-ma) (Christine Quintasket) 1882?-1936." In American Women Writers, 1900-1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook, edited by Laurie Champion: 252-57. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2000.
This chapter offers a concise, bibliographic essay on Mourning Dove.
How Can I Keep on Singing? Moving Images Video Project
This film is a tribute to both the pioneering and Native American women in the West at the turn of the last century. The program was inspired by the Pulitzer Prize-nominated poetry of Jana Harris. Stories about indigenous women are drawn from the published work of Jeannette Armstrong of the Penticton Indian Band and from the autobiography of Mourning Dove. Available on VHS: 1-800-555-9815 or www.filmakers.com
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When I first began blogging, I originally intended to have both a journal that focused on politics and current events, and another on college sports. The college sports blog, named Condredge's Acolytes (after the first African-American year-long starting QB for an SEC school, Condredge Holloway), was intended to be open, inviting other contributors. The most enthusiastic contributor was Mac Thomason, who worked as a librarian in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and he provided invaluable analysis of SEC football, as well as personal encouragement to me in pursuing this interest. He had started his political blog, War Liberal, at roughly the same time I did, and we had exchanged links early on, so inviting him to participate was a no-brainer.
It is with great sadness to report that on Saturday Mr. Thomason has lost his battle with testicular cancer. This tribute, by sportswriter Joe Posnanski, who like myself never had the privilege of meeting him, but who also enjoyed the clear prose he brought to the blogosphere, beautifully describes the loss that those who loved and admired Mr. Thomason feel today.


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If you work in law enforcement, then you know the importance that video evidence serves. It not only works to secure an airtight case against a suspect, but it also serves to protect an officer of the law from frivolous lawsuits. Panasonic also recognizes the importance of video documentation and in doing so, it has released a new digital video system to help put the bad guys away and to help keep police on the streets.
It's called the Toughbook Arbitrator 360° and it is installed inside a standard police vehicle for video evidence collection. It can support up to 6 cameras which gives an officer many views surrounding or even inside his car to document actions taken by him or by detained suspects during an investigation. In addition to offering many camera views, the system boasts superior camera zoom and automatic low light infrared recording, so officers can perform surveillance at greater distances, while still being able to observe activity.
The Arbitrator 360° can even capture video from up to 5 cameras simultaneously and the high quality MPEG4 video and audio are saved onto 32GB SDHC cards (expandable to 4 cards for a total 128GB) giving 128 hours of recording time at 30 frames per second. The system can then automatically be set to upload video to a central storage location without an officer even needing to touch the physical memory – like when the vehicle is parked at the station, for example. And once video has been downloaded from a squad vehicle, it can be viewed or even annotated using special software. This enables quicker evidence collection for people like prosecuting attorneys and also provides better protection for officers as they can have an instant review of cases granting increased legal coverage from people making false claims against the police. The other added benefit – more efficient law enforcement which could potentially save tax payers thousands of dollars.
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Hospital Again
I'm back in hospital this week and will be out of action again for a few months. The site will continue to tick along though as I've prepared posts that will automatically come on line every five days, so do keep looking. If I don't reply for a while then apologies, I'll catch up with that when I'm up and about.


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Effects of N-acetylcysteine on Brain Chemistry and Behavior in Cocaine Abusers (NAC) (NAC)
|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: NCT01392092
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : July 12, 2011
Last Update Posted : April 5, 2018
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N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is a medication that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for several medical uses, such as dissolving mucus in patients with breathing problems, treating overdose from acetaminophen (Tylenol), and protecting the kidneys from toxic substances.
Some recent studies suggest that NAC could be useful in the treatment of other disorders including addictions. One purpose of this study is to determine whether NAC alters the level of brain glutamate (a chemical that excites brain cells). The other main purpose is to determine whether NAC affects how much cocaine people use.
|Condition or disease
|Cocaine Abuse or Dependence Cocaine Related Disorders
Inpatient Phase: Participants will live on an inpatient research unit at least 2 consecutive nights and possibly up to 20 consecutive nights. Participants cannot have visitors and will not be allowed to leave the inpatient unit (except with a staff escort) unless they drop out of the study. We will collect daily urine samples to make sure participants are not using any drugs except those in the study. In addition, each morning, afternoon and evening participants will receive a capsule containing placebo (a blank) or different doses of N-acetylcysteine.
Participants will take part in multiple trials (up to 9 sessions) where they will be given a standard amount of powder (identified as Drug A or Drug B) to inhale through a straw into their nose. The powder will contain placebo (a powder containing no drug) or different doses of cocaine. We will measure how participants are feeling using questionnaires and we will record vital signs—including breathing rate, blood oxygen level, heart rate, and blood pressure.
Participants will also be asked to perform a 3-hour computer task that allows them to work for Drug A, Drug B, or money. At the end of the computer task participants will receive the amount of drug they earned and a receipt for the amount of money they earned.
On each Monday of the inpatient stay, participants will be escorted to Harper Hospital for a special type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan, known as magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). This is a non-invasive way to study brain chemistry. Participants will take part in a total of two (2) MRI scans. The total length of each brain scan will be about 2 hours.
Additionally on each Monday of the inpatient stay we will test the sensitivity of the participants brain to magnetic stimulation. A small magnet will be placed on top of the head so that a small electrical current is generated inside the brain. This procedure is called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). We will stimulate the part of the brain that controls finger movement. Three recording electrodes (metal sensors like those used for EKG) will be placed on the right thumb and index fingers. We will measure the effects of different amounts of magnetic stimulation on the muscle activity of the thumb and index fingers (as seen on a computer screen). We will also ask participants to push a lever with their finger during parts of the procedure. These tasks will last about 2 hours.
To complete the study, a minimum stay of 16 inpatient nights is required. The maximum stay is 20 inpatient nights.
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|16 participants
|Observational Model:
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Effects of N-acetylcysteine on Brain Chemistry and Behavior in Cocaine Abusers
|Study Start Date :
|July 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 2017
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2017
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 to 55 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male and female volunteers (18-55 years of age)
- Must meet DSM-IV criteria for current Cocaine Abuse or Dependence and wish to participate in research.
- Positive urine test for cocaine.
- Candidates must be in good health to be eligible.
- All candidates must receive routine medical (history and physical) exam with standard laboratory tests (complete blood chemistry, urinalysis, urine pregnancy test for females, tuberculin screening), and 12-lead ECG at the initial screening visit.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Serious psychiatric illness (e.g. psychosis, bipolar, suicide attempts, major depression that is not substance-induced).
- Substance use disorder other than cocaine abuse or dependence, nicotine dependence, alcohol abuse, sedative abuse or marijuana abuse.
- Neurological diseases (e.g. stroke, seizures); cardiovascular problems (e.g. myocardial infarction, angina, systolic BP >160 or <95 mmHg, diastolic BP >95 mmHg, or clinically abnormal ECG); pulmonary diseases (e.g. asthma, TB); systemic diseases (e.g. hepatitis, autoimmune diseases).
- Cognitive impairment.
- Exposed in past 30 days to medications that would increase study risk (e.g. toxicity to major organ systems, psychotropics, asthma inhalers, or interactions with study drugs).
- Pregnant (urine HCG), lactating (self-report), or if heterosexually active and not using (self-report) medically approved birth control measures (oral or depot contraceptives, IUD, condom/foam, sterilization, tubal ligation).
- Seeking treatment or being treated for a substance use disorder.
- Metal objects in body (e.g. metal plates, part of a bullet from a gunshot wound, or a catheter).
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): NCT01392092
|United States, Michigan
|Wayne State University
|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
|Principal Investigator:
|Mark Greenwald, PhD
|Wayne State University
|Responsible Party:
|Mark Greenwald, PhD, Principal Investigator, Wayne State University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01392092 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|July 12, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 5, 2018
|Last Verified:
|April 2018
Contingency Management
Drug Self-Administration
Cocaine-Related Disorders
Substance-Related Disorders
Chemically-Induced Disorders
Mental Disorders
Anesthetics, Local
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Vasoconstrictor Agents
Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Dopamine Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Respiratory System Agents
Free Radical Scavengers
Protective Agents