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Garlic Confit and Garlic Oil
Garlic Confit: The DIY Gift That Keeps on Giving
Low-effort yet luxurious, garlic confit (garlic stewed in fat — in this case, olive oil) is my favorite sort of edible gift. In addition to its ease of preparation, it's also a welcome change from the all-chocolate everything that's common this time of year — though I'm certainly not denouncing fudge, truffles, or thumbprint cookies. To top it off, garlic confit is the gift that keeps on giving, thanks to its highly adaptable nature.
Creamy and mellow, garlic confit shines wherever one might use roasted garlic. Try mashing it into butter (or the garlic oil it's packed in) and spreading it on a crusty baguette for extra-special garlic bread, add it to compound butter to top sizzling steak, whip it into mashed potatoes, blitz it with its oil for a pungent salad dressing, or tuck the cloves under the skin of roasted chicken. Its uses are near infinitesimal.
Garlic Confit
From Food & Wine
To save some frustration, substitute 2 cups' worth of refrigerated prepeeled garlic cloves for the 6 heads, or try this trick for peeling many cloves at once.
- 6 heads of garlic, cloves peeled
3 bay leaves
6 thyme sprigs
3 whole dried chiles, such as chiles de arbol
2 cups extra-virgin olive oil
- Add all of the ingredients to a small saucepan, and cook over low heat for about 30 minutes or until the garlic is tender, but not browned. Allow to cool to room temperature.
- Divvy up the garlic cloves, herbs, and dried chiles among 3 half-pint canning jars using a slotted spoon to transfer the solid pieces. Cover all the solids with the residual oil, seal, and refrigerate for up to 4 months.
- Category
- Appetizers, Spreads
- Cuisine
- North American
- Yield
- 3 half-pint jars of garlic confit


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Key Biscayne is a barrier Island located in Miami Dade County, Florida, it has long been depicted as tranquil sand and palm rimmed island lying in the lee of history. In between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay it is the southernmost of the barrier islands along the Atlantic coast of Florida. It lies south of Miami Beach and southeast of Miami. The Key (as referred to by locals) is connected to Miami via the Rickenbacker Causeway originally built in 1947 and replaced in the 1980's. The northern portion of Key Biscayne is home to Crandon Park, a county park which offers beach access. It is home to the ATP Sony Erickson Tennis tournament which is viewed worldwide and attracts thousands to the Island every year. The southern part of the island is Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park which is a national park and houses the iconic lighthouse which is oldest structure in the county. The middle section of the island consists of the Village of Key Biscayne which was incorporated in 1990. Key Biscayne once dubbed the Winter White House having been popularized during President Nixon's administration has attracted world leaders, famous entertainers and the ordinary families that reside there year round. Real Estate has been the island's biggest commodity and it continues to be so by the recent growth in population and tight supply of inventory. The uniqueness of the Island is the diversity of cultures. Key Biscayne is home to those who possess its mind set. Since incorporation, the Island has transformed from a winter bird setting to a year round family oriented community. The South American culture not only influences the food and language but drives the real estate. Residences flock from South America, Mexico, Canada and Northeast to own a piece of its paradise. As we enter the sixth decade of Key Biscayne, we see a vibrant and growing world renowned community, the gateway to Central and South America. The history of Key Biscayne real estate promises to continue to be a solid foundation.
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Series: The Wild Hunt Legacy #1
Published by VanScoy Publishing Group on June 15th 2011
Genres: Adult, Romance, Paranormal
Pages: 327
Format: eBook
As a dedicated covert ops agent, Victoria Morgan follows two rules: accomplish the mission and protect the innocent. When bitten by a werecat—yeah, that was a sucky day—she must investigate beings that shouldn't exist and are hard as hell to identify. Just how can she tell if a person is human--or an animal-shifter who enjoys Bambi-sized snacks?
During her investigation, she finds a real home and friends for the first time. Sweet, right? But there's a flip-side: the bad guys are waiting for her to turn into something four-legged with a tail, the shifters suspect her of spying, and she has fallen in love with a pair of Thumper-eating werecougar brothers.
Her duty is to expose their existence. Or she could follow her heart and protect them with all of her deadly skills.
Hour Of The Lion is book #1 in The Wild Hunt Legacy series by Cherise Sinclair.
I love Cherise Sinclair!
Her Masters of the Shadowlands and Mountain Masters & Dark Haven series are phenomenal! I had no idea that she had written anything other than the other two series and when I found out I immediately bought everything up and/or pre-ordered it. To my huge surprise and delight she went all paranormal on me! Who doesn't enjoy a good shifter story?
First and foremost, I am absolutely not disappointed! I will continue to read anything and everything this very talented lady writes. Having said that, this book does not come without some prickly little things that sort of stick in my craw… so to speak, but they are very minor and doesn't take away from what a great book this is! Matter of fact, they may have added to it. I'll explain this a bit later.
The characters are awesome! I particularly loved the old man, Joe Thorson. He's just fantastic! Vicki is awesome. I mean who can't love a female kick-ass Marine? Alec and Callum? Two hot sexy feline shifters who I just can't get out of my head. Even Jamie, Callum's daughter, is spunky. I'm sure we'll hear more about her in later books. Just a fabulous and loveable bunch of characters.
The Meat & Potatoes of it all:
The very first paragraph had you in suspense with Vicky's capture and what she saw. Then it just snowballed from there straight through to the end. Never a dull moment.
The dynamic of the shifters is quite a bit different than what I'm used to. I read a lot of shifter stories and I have to say, this was a different and unique take on a hugely popular subject. The "Gathering" comes to mind here. The fact that there are multiple types of shifters, not just one animal. The alpha, although not necessarily named that, is different. His role is different, but yet similar. The language is unique. Cahir & Cosantir. Love it.
The whole falling in love thing. Not normal, but yet very normal. Remember when I said above that I would explain my statement "Matter of fact, they may have added to it." further? This is where that comes in. Ultimately the entire book was slow, but so very good that it ended up being a SLOW BURN. How can you complain about that? The little niggly things that bugged me ALL had to do with wanting things between the lovers to move a little quicker. That's me being impatient.
- They were jealous and didn't know what it meant.
- They couldn't tell her how they felt because they weren't allowed. {COME ON!!!}
- The Gathering really set me on edge! {OMG!}
- Half conversations overheard and instant mistrust explodes.
- Keeping secrets! {Never a good one, just ask Master Z.}
The entire book was like this for me. I'd be reading along and getting excited and then the next chapter had me reeling and wanting to jump into the book and slap someone upside the head. Then things went really great again. Meanwhile, the entire time I could not stop reading! Always late into the night, or morning really, and always still not wanting to put the book down even though I had to.
Absolutely an awesome read! Those niggly little moments do not bother me any longer now that I have the whole picture. I realize now that it was the slow burn that made the book that much more awesome.
Cherise Sinclair herself:
What can I say? She's awesome! The story is fantastic, the dialogue is witty and fun and she knows how to keep your attention to the point that you tune everything else out around you. You become part of her masterfully created world. Mmmm, I must see if I can get my husband to purr like a mountain lion.
In A Nutshell:
I'm hooked on this series and am already half way through the second book. This time Wolf shifters! So much fun!


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Companies begin to vie for Puerto Rico utility grid's concession
SAN JUAN – Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced Thursday that the Public-Private Partnerships Authority (P3A) has received documents from five private proponents interested in managing and operating the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's (Prepa) transmission and distribution system in a public-private partnership.
The P3A will evaluate the responses to its request for qualifications and identify which companies meet the minimum requirements "to carry out the transformation and modernization of the energy system of Puerto Rico," according to the governor's office press release.
"We promised to end the useless monopoly of PREPA that held our people and our economy hostage. The process of energy transformation that we are implementing requires investment of funds and resources that PREPA does not have. The process of energy transformation that we are implementing requires the investment of funds and resources that PREPA does not have," the governor said. "The goal is to have a world-class system that is resilient and efficient. Today, the private and specialized sector shows that they trust what we are doing and that they are willing to invest on the Island."
Once the companies that "prequalified" are identified, a comment period for each of their proposals will be established.
"Our administration remains firm in its commitment to provide greater stability, reliability, and efficiency to the energy system of Puerto Rico. Today we take another step forward in the route to the transformation of our energy system," Rosselló said.
The proponents submitted their qualifications before the deadline, which expired, Wednesday, and include regulated, world-class energy companies."
With "the purpose of continuing to promote this project successfully, the executive director of the P3A, Omar J. Marrero; the executive director of the Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority of Puerto Rico (AAFAF), Christian Sobrino Vega; and the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) signed a collaboration agreement, whose purpose is to facilitate the implementation of public energy policy.
"Specifically, what is sought is to facilitate transactions for the sale, disposal or transfer of the assets, operations, functions and services of PREPA through the [P3] mechanism.
"Said collaboration agreement was granted in compliance with Act No. 120-2018, which provides the legal framework for the privatization of PREPA.
"This interagency agreement contains the terms and conditions that will allow the P3A to share information and important documents related to such PREPA transactions with the PREB; and will allow the Bureau to provide technical, expert, financial and human resource assistance to the P3A," the release reads.
"We signed this collaboration agreement, in compliance with the responsibilities assigned to our agencies, to be able to exchange confidential information and ensure that communication flows in an agile and transparent manner, and that transactions are consummated effectively," Sobrino Vega said.
"At the P3 Authority we have the legal framework and the experience to carry out complex transactions and, on the other hand, our PREB colleagues have technical expertise in energy. Therefore, we understand that, by combining these skills, we will be able to work more effectively," Marrero added.
For more information on public-private partnership projects, visit http://www.p3.pr.gov.
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President Chávez Appoints New Ministers
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Re-elected to a new term in office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez has made several new key ministerial appointments. Former Foreign Affairs Minister Nicolás Maduro also was sworn in as the new vice president.
Chávez announced on Saturday afternoon he has named new ministers of communications, justice, the environment, indigenous peoples, the office of the president, and agriculture.
Through his twitter account, @ChavezCandanga, the president announced that he named former National Anti-Drug Office chief Nestor Reverol to the post of minister of the interior and justice. Reverol replaces outgoing Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami, who will run for governor in the state of Aragua for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).
Meanwhile, Chávez announced that Ernesto Villegas will replace Andrés Izarra as ninister of information and communications, and Cristóbal Francisco will replace Alejandro Hitcher as environment minister.
Carmen Meléndez was named Minister of the Office of the President to replace Erika Farías. That post will also include new responsibilities with regard to monitoring progress on government policies.
Juan Carlos Loyo returns as minister of agriculture to replace Elías Jaua – also the vice president – who will run for governor of the state of Miranda for the PSUV.
Finally, the new minister for indigenous affairs is Aloha Núñez, who replaces longtime Minister Nicia Maldonado.
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This year is turning to be a fantastic one for Vidarbha Cricket. On January 1, 2018, Vidarbha created history as it won the Ranji Trophy for the first time. Vidarbha U-19 cricket team created history as well on January 31, 2018, as the team won the Cooch Behar Trophy for the first time. The team won the trophy by beating Team Madhya Pradesh in the final of the tournament at VCA Stadium, Civil Lines, Nagpur. Vidarbha won the match on the first innings lead.
Batting first, Madhya Pradesh, in the first innings scored 289 runs. Vidarbha in response put up a massive total of 614 runs with the help of a triple ton from Vidarbha skipper Atharva Taide, who scored 320 runs. Taide fell short of just 46 runs for breaking Yuvraj Singh's record of most runs in a Cooch Behar final. MP in the second innings was bolwed out by Vidarbha bowlers at just 176 runs.
The season, along with Taide has been a great one for some other U1-9 Vidarbha players as well. Batsman Yash Rathod, in the tournament, scored a staggering 945 runs at an average of 94.5 with the help of five tons and two fifties. Bowlers Parth Rekhade, Rohit Dattatray and Darshan Nalkande clinched 45, 35 and 26 wickets respectively.
Vidarbha Cricket Association President Anand Jaiswal during the prize distribution ceremony announced cash rewards for the Vidarbha team. While eleven members of the winning team will receive Rs 5 lakh each, other players will get Rs 3 lakh each. The support staff will get Rs 2 lakh each and VCA ground staff will be rewarded with Rs 10,000 each.


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by Sara Crow
I am pleased to announce the release of the new traditionally made FlorAlchemy Flower Essences. I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to bring many unique flower essences, such as Immortelle and Palo Santo, to the world for the first time.
Flower essences, a primary treatment for what Traditionally Chinese Medicine calls Shen or Spirit, are energetic in nature working on the immaterial parts of ourselves such as our mind and soul.
One of my favorite things about flower essences is that they can be used safely by all ages, including babies, applied either topically or taken internally.
In the coming months, we have some exciting things to offer all of you. I will be releasing a Flower Essence distance learning course called A Flower's Power: A Course in the Energetics of Flower Essences that goes into the therapeutic uses of these new flower essences along with many others, including home pharmacy and clinical use. Additionally, I will be making flower essences in Iceland in the next few weeks, bring many of these into the new FlorAlchemy line and discussing them in depth the upcoming course. We will be filming and blogging throughout so please stay posted!
Here is a brief description of each our new flower essences. Please visit the product pages for more information. These are very special! Enjoy…
Our wild Palo Santo Flower Essence comes from a tree that has a reputation for stimulating extraordinary creativity, in part due to the space it creates by effectively removing negativity.
Our wild Immortelle Flower Essence from a remote mountainous region of Corsica, possesses a special ability to effectively resolve old emotional memory and self-imposed limitation that may be interfering with our ability to boldly expressing ourselves without fear.
Wild Salmonberry Flower Essence brings us into greater awareness and alignment with our innate abundance, fruitfulness and creative power.
Our Rose Flower Essence is an energetic heart tonic that gracefully works to heal and soothe the heart in cases of grief and sorrow.
Wild Corydalis Flower Essence is an energetic cleanser boldly moving through stagnation and blockages to create improved flow and increased feelings of well-being. This one is especially effective when applied topically to the acupuncture meridians or areas of the body that need increased circulation and flow.
Sacred Basil, also known as Tulsi or Holy Basil, as a flower essence works to energetically connect the heart and kidney system (TCM), which is the relationship between our Spirit and our willpower. Increasing this connection helps us to tap into our deeper nature and manifest our dharma or soul directed purpose.
Our wild Lavender Flower Essence from Corsica works to soothe and relax nervous tension while energetically protecting us from all types of stress and disharmonious influences such as disruptive EMF's.
From the bottom of my heart, thank for your interest in the flowers!
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Gareth Bale has experienced some tough games at Craven Cottage - and expects nothing different on Saturday.
Fulham's famous old stadium on the banks of the Thames will always hold a special memory for the Welsh star - he scored his first Spurs goal there back in 2007 - but wins have been hard to come by for us in SW6.
Indeed, we have to go back to a convincing 4-0 win in the FA Cup back in February, 2007 for our last victory there with three of the last four meetings in the Premier League ending in draws.


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Monthly Archives: July 2013
BLT Pasta Salad
BLT Pasta Salad (slightly adapted from a Whole Foods Recipes)
- 1/2 pound gemelli pasta (called for fusilli)
- 1/4 cup light mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup almond milk (called for regular milk or buttermilk)
- 1 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/2 pound sliced bacon, cooked until crisp and chopped
- 2 large tomatoes, diced
- 1/2 cup canned corn
- 4 lightly packed cups sliced romaine or other crispy lettuce
Cook fusilli according to package directions until just tender; drain, cool under cold running water and drain again. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, almond milk, mustard, garlic and salt. Add pasta and toss until coated. Add bacon, tomatoes, corn and lettuce and toss again. Serve immediately.
Results: This dish was super quick and really delicious. Leftovers worked great for lunch today. I will definitely be making this again…Only next time, I am adding avocado!
Meal Planning: July 14th – July 20th
I am a little late but here is this weeks meal plan. Hope everyone's week is going well so far!
Weekly Meals: July 14th – July 20th
Sunday: Out – Celebrate mom's birthday at Von Trapps
Monday: Out – Attend a miniature golf tournament event at Newcastle
Tuesday: BLT Pasta Salad
Wednesday: Out – Hubby has his weekly roommate night and I have a Junior League Event
Thursday: Shrimp and Pesto Pizza
Friday: Mediterranean Lentil Salad
Saturday: Out / TBD
Shrimp and Tofu Pad Thai
I love Pad Thai. Absolutely love it. It is one of those dishes that I crave (kind of like sushi, taco time hot sauce, jalapeno chips, etc). Sadly, it is also one of those dishes that every time I eat, I feel guilty as I know it isn't good for me (especially since I have no portion control when I eat it).
Thankfully, a while back I stumbled on a lightened up, "healthier" version of Pad Thai in one of my Cooking Light magazines. After making it the first time, I was sold. And now, any time I get that craving, I add this recipe to my weekly meal plan. I have also used this recipe when we have had company and it has always been a hit! Highly recommend giving it a try.
Shrimp Pad Thai (from Cooking Light Magazine)
- 8 ounces uncooked flat rice noodles
- 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons lower-sodium soy sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon Sriracha or chili garlic sauce
- 3 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 cup green onion pieces
- 8 ounces peeled and deveined large shrimp (I used the tail off already cooked kind)
- 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 cup fresh bean sprouts (note: my local grocery stores have stopped carrying so I used canned this last time. not quite the same but it worked.)
- 1/4 cup chopped unsalted dry-roasted peanuts
- 3 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil
- 1 package extra firm tofu
Cook noodles according to package directions; drain. While water comes to a boil, combine sugar and next 4 ingredients (through Sriracha) in a small bowl. Heat a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add tofu pieces and cook until lightly brown. Add onion pieces, shrimp, and garlic; stir-fry 2 minutes or until shrimp is almost done (or warmed if you use the pre-cooked kind). Add cooked noodles; toss to combine. Stir in sauce; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly to combine. Arrange about 1 cup noodle mixture on each of 4 plates; top each serving with 1/4 cup bean sprouts, 1 tablespoon peanuts, and 2 teaspoons basil. Enjoy!
So glad it is the weekend! Much needed. Very much looking forward to the BBQ we have tonight at my best friend Katie's house. Now that Ash and her family have moved back from Oregon, it will be the first time in a long time that my group of girlfriends from growing up will all get together (with families) and spend some quality time together 🙂 Rest of the weekend is cleaning, errands, relaxing, etc. We also have tickets to the Symphony tomorrow night and on Sunday afternoon we are celebrating my mom's birthday!
Have a great Friday and weekend!
BBQ Tofu Pizza
I know I have said it before, but life is never slow or quiet in our house! There is always something going on. Needless to say, I haven't been cooking much. Although I love being busy, there are definitely two downsides to this (well in terms of this blog – my house would also argue that I don't clean it nearly enough): 1) I don't cook (unless it is to quickly toss together a salad or something) and 2) I don't meal plan 😦 And based on what is going on in life right now, it doesn't appear to be slowing down. At least not until August comes and goes! Hopefully I can find a little more time however, to get in the kitchen these next few weeks. I did however, experiment a few weeks ago. I had a ton of tofu that needed to be used up so I made a BBQ Tofu Pizza. Sounds a little strange, but trust me, it is delicious!
1 store-bought pizza dough (I used Trader Joe's whole wheat)
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
3/4 cup BBQ sauce
1 package extra firm tofu
1/3 of a red onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup cilantro
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Press tofu in order to remove excess moisture by lining a plate with several paper towels and placing tofu on top of the paper towels and topping with additional paper towels. Place pan or plates on top of the tofu and drain for 15 minutes. Next, remove tofu and cut into approx. 1 inch squares/rectangles. Add tofu and a teaspoon of olive oil to a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat until slightly browned and crispy. Remove from heat and toss tofu with 1/4 cup BBQ sauce, set aside.
While Tofu is cooking, roll out pizza dough to around 12-14 inches in diameter. Place dough on preheated pizza stone (or baking sheet brushed with olive oil). Spread 1/2 cup BBQ sauce on dough, leaving a little space around edges. Top with mozzarella cheese, then tofu and sliced red onions.
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HAZELWOOD, MO (KTVI) - Memories of last year's Hazelwood tornado remain fresh for many families caught in the path of the April 10th storm. Now that there are predictions of another round of powerful weather Sunday, residents are brushing up on their tornado emergency plans.
The 2013 tornado destroyed several homes on Lynnhaven and left the Teson Garden Apartments uninhabitable. Nicole Clark and her seven year old daughter Ayaina were in their second floor apartment when the storm ripped off the roof. Clark lay on top of her child to protect her. Neither was injured.
On Saturday, Clark said she is better prepared with storm notifications on her phone and a plan to head to the basement or the bathroom if another tornado approaches.
As she looks back over the past year she said, "It was a scary time in my life, but we feel very blessed to be where we are right now."
But with the possibility of another severe storm Sunday, Clark is planning to be in somebody's basement.
Kenny Davis and his family survived the intense storm in the basement of their home. He's confident the neighborhood is safe.
"I got a tee time for ten o'clock tomorrow," he said with a smile.
His neighbors Greg and Angie Smith faced a good deal of repair work when the tree on their front lawn fell on the house.
"It took most of a year to get all of it done. We just now got our stump ground out yesterday so hopefully by this time next year we'll actually have a lawn," Greg Smith said noting it was a long, painful process.
Angie Smith grew up in Hazelwood never thinking of it as a town susceptible to tornados.
"Florissant and those areas would get hit," she said adding when the tornado struck her neighborhood "reality sets in that it could hit anywhere. It kind of wakes you up."
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With NATO's Secretary General Javier Solana promising that the alliance is about to wind down its air war, and with Clinton facing eroding congressional support— not to mention a possible showdown in court over the War Powers Act later this month— diplomatic efforts, which moved into high gear early this week, seem likely to pay off.
Over the weekend, a House delegation met in Vienna with Russian politicos and Milosevic crony and banking wheeler-dealer Dragomir Karic. They discussed the framework for a possible settlement involving a bombing halt, withdrawal of Serb troops from Kosovo, and the introduction of a UN peacekeeping force.
Last Friday, House members Tom Campbell, a conservative Republican from California, and Dennis Kucinich, the populist Democrat from Cleveland, filed suit in federal district court here with 15 other members seeking to stop the war by May 25— the date they claim Clinton's authority runs out under the War Powers Act.
Earlier last week, Sergei Rogov, director of the Moscow-based Institute of USA-Canada— once the Soviet Union's crucial interface with North America— proposed splitting the war zone into sectors. Under Rogov's plan, Russian and Ukrainian troops, Muslim soldiers from former Soviet republics, and units from nonwarring NATO members such as Spain and Portugal would be deployed to Kosovo. NATO forces would take charge in Albania and Macedonia. Almost any way you look at it, Milosevic is victorious. Kosovo remains part of ethnically cleansed Serbia, and he remains in charge.
But in Washington, a darker view holds sway. Here, some House members insist that Clinton is using the refugees as pawns in a wider scheme aimed at extending NATO's influence into the Caspian Sea oilfields. NATO hasn't ruled out admitting Caspian states into the alliance, and in one scenario making the rounds on Capitol Hill, Clinton and the NATO hawks are using the Kosovo war as a staging ground for NATO's expansion. This prospect has infuriated the Russians, who see themselves having to compete with Western oil interests in their own backyard.
With NATO crowing about Sunday night's bombings blacking out much of Yugoslavia, these House members are bracing themselves for continued strikes. They think the president will rebuff any tentative peace feelers, such as the three GIs released to Jesse Jackson, Viktor Chernomyrdin's shuttle diplomacy, or an opening that might occur during Clinton's trip this week to Germany.
Oval Office Strangelove
Picking Targets in the White House
Since Clinton is reportedly choosing bombing targets from the Oval Office, the military officials nominally in charge of the war are increasingly disgruntled.
Last week, the buzz in the Pentagon was about an early warning to NATO that went unheeded. Last fall, German general Klaus Naumann, chairman of NATO's military committee, cautioned allied leaders that they should be prepared for a prolonged conflict if the initial air strikes failed to bring Milosevic around. Once bombs were dropped, Naumann advised, the introduction of ground troops might well become inevitable. One NATO officer quoted in Inside the Pentagon last month said Naumann had warned that "if you employed airpower, you should be prepared to employ ground forces." But Clinton pressed ahead.
"I don't see this as a long-term operation," Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said on March 24. "I think that this is something . . . that is achievable within a relatively short period of time."
Footnote: In a briefing last Thursday, Air Force General Richard Hawley, who is in charge of combat aircraft, said the war has left the military short of air-launched cruise missiles and satellite-guided bombs. He emphasized that the decision not to deploy ground forces undercuts the air campaign, adding that the A-10 Warthog "tank killer" fighters often rely on forward ground controllers to call in strikes. "When you don't have that synergy, things take longer and they're harder, and that's what you're seeing in this conflict," Hawley said.
Blast From the Past?
Old Nuke Plants Threatened, Russians Warn
Russian military officials, in a press conference last week, warned of the risk of a nuclear accident in the Balkans, and accused NATO of unleashing ecological disaster by bombing industrial targets in Yugoslavia.
Major General Boris Alexeyev, alluding to a missile that went astray last week, hitting a house in Sofia, Bulgaria, said the danger of a nuclear power plant being struck in Yugoslavia or a neighboring state has grown. He noted that there are nine nuclear plants in and around Yugoslavia, including Bulgaria's huge Kozloduy nuclear plant on the Danube and three small reactors near Belgrade.
Colonel General Leonid Ivashov told reporters, "The scale of the damage caused in Yugoslavia allows us to qualify it as an ecological catastrophe." He said the bombing had released toxic chemicals into the atmosphere, as well as into soil and water systems.
The nuclear threat warned of by the Russian generals cannot be ruled out. Not only do NATO troops face the possibility of desperate Serb opponents lobbing nuke-tipped artillery shells in a "hail mary" effort, but there are those Soviet-designed nuclear plants nearby. In additition to the Kozloduy power plant in Bulgaria, there is the Hungarian Paks nuclear facility. The Kozloduy plant is about 125 miles from the war zone; Paks, about 250 miles. Both resemble Chernobyl in their lack of any sort of serious safety precautions.
On Sunday, a physicist at the VINCA Institute of Nuclear Sciences in Belgrade reported by e-mail that "highest authorities" had warned the institute that it might become a NATO target. "Our reactor is not working for more than 15 years," wrote P.R. Adzic, "but [a] significant amount of 235-U enriched and unused fuel is still in its interior. Highly radioactive material for everyday activities is also located in several research laboratories."
There is no question that the war's damage to Europe's ecology is only beginning to be felt. In one series of strikes over the weekend of April 1718, NATO bombed a chemical-manufacturing complex in Pancevo, a city of 140,000 about 10 miles from Belgrade, spewing cancer-causing gases 10,000 times above approved limits into the air.
Lock 'n' Load
Weapons Chinagate
Although Clinton now wants to clamp down on the firepower available to kid killers and tighten gun laws by raising the legal age for purchase, he was more than accommodating to Chinese gun merchants seeking to export thousands of automatic weapons to the U.S. when his 1996 reelection bid needed money.
In 1994, Clinton had banned the influx of Chinese arms begun during the Reagan era. The Chinese had wanted to flood the U.S. market with AK-47s. But on March 14, 1997, in a little-noticed article, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported: "A massive shipment of Chinese guns and ammunition, which had been banned by order of President Clinton, was approved for delivery into the United States four days before the head of a major Chinese gun company met Clinton in the White House."
On February 2, 1996, the government issued import permits for a multi-million-dollar shipment of more than 100,000 semiautomatic weapons and millions of rounds of ammunition from China. The head of the Chinese gun company was one Wang Jun. He was taken to the White House by Charlie Trie, the Little Rock restaurant owner who tried to donate $644,000 to the Clinton legal defense fund and helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Democratic National Committee. (Trie has pleaded innocent to charges he made illegal political contributions to the DNC and arranged for other illegal donations.) Clinton said he did not meet Wang until Trie brought him to the White House, and did not discuss business with him.
The deal fell through when the Chinese company was caught trying to smuggle 2000 machine guns into Oakland, California.
Blewster McCloud
Arizona Rep's Comments Stir Storm
Arizona state representative Barbara Blewster, who is fast becoming the national poster child for the John Birch Society, has been blistering the state legislature with her comments about ethnic minorities.
Last week, Representative Leah Landrum, one of two African Americans in the legislature, told the Arizona Republic that Blewster had criticized Native Americans, saying, in Landrum's words, that they are "not smart enough to do what they need to do to get ahead, and that even African Americans are more advanced. . . . "
Blewster has previously said that slavery was not so bad, and compared homosexuality to "bestiality, human sacrifice, and cannibalism."
David Spence, one of three Republicans who ran against Blewster in 1998, called her comments "embarrassing." Spence said he was especially offended by a comment Blewster allegedly had made to Paradise Valley Republican representative Barbara Leff, to the effect that Leff didn't look Jewish because she didn't have a hooked nose.
"The problem is, she's not just saying it," Spence said. "She believes it."
A spokeswoman for Blewster, who refused to reveal her name, said, "It's time to move on."
Mo' Better Bombs
Leave it to Hollywood to find a way to make money off the war. When Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace opens on May 19, it will be preceded in theaters around New York by an ad for the recruit-starved U.S. Navy made by, of all people, Spike Lee. Message: Forget "collateral damage" (militarytalk for civilians killed by those quirky Navy cruise missiles). Think instead about how a good-guy military force vanquishes the evil empire. For the record, the Navy says the ads aren't pegged to Star Wars. Anchors aweigh!
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Call of the Central Committee of Communist Ghadar Party of India, 30th August, 2012
Working class representatives from all over the country are gathering on 4th September, at a time when a titanic struggle is going on in our country. The struggle is between the majority of toiling and exploited people and a minority of exploiters. It is between the majority whose labour expands wealth and the minority who enjoy the fruits of wealth creation on the basis of their private property and positions of power.
Our Prime Minister has declared in his Independence Day speech that those who "stall" what he calls economic progress are a "threat to national security". This is an open attack on the most organised sections of the working class, who are refusing to submit to inhuman conditions of super-exploitation. It is an attack on peasants, tribal and other communities who are protesting against the corporate land grab.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh equates economic progress with providing favourable conditions for the expansion of the biggest capitalist monopolies, Indian and foreign. Workers who uphold their rights and fight to defend them, including the right to form a trade union and the right to demand regularization of those employed indefinitely on temporary contracts, are being called a threat to national security!
Labour laws are being openly flouted in the so-called modern industrial areas, special economic zones and service export hubs. Official police forces as well as private armed security guards are deployed to terrorise workers. Hundreds of workers of Maruti Suzuki at Manesar have been thrown in jail. Long-time workers have been dismissed on a massive scale, without due process and without evidence of any crime. New workers are being hired literally under gunpoint, with more armed security men inside the factory premises than the number of workers.
Workers in a wide range of public services are faced with the complete negation of their right to strike, as one state government after another has enacted the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA). Those in power claim that strikes must not be allowed in "essential services" because of the suffering they cause to the people at large. In reality, the abysmal and super-exploitative conditions imposed on workers in public hospitals, public transport, banks and numerous other services show the scant concern of the authorities for the quality of services delivered to the public.
The aim of ESMA is nothing to do with ensuring essential services for the public. Its aim is to ensure that any struggle of workers in these service sectors can be declared illegal.
The complete lack of any concern on the part of those in power for the public interest has been exposed by the drive to privatise many of the most essential services, including electricity supply, transport, education, health care, water supply, sanitation and other urban services. Wherever capitalist monopolies see the possibility of acquiring assets cheaply and raking in windfall profits, the authorities start to disinvest, or to deliberately generate losses and then carrying out privatisation. The result of this privatisation program has been further deterioration in the quality of services to the people, alongside soaring prices of such services.
In spite of widespread mass opposition, the leaders of the country are calling for an acceleration of the same anti-social program of globalisation of Indian capital, through liberalisation and privatisation. Economic policy at both central and state level is being aligned to suit the greed of the biggest capitalist monopolies, Indian and foreign.
The working class is fighting back. All over the country, workers cutting across party and trade union affiliation are joining hands in actions to defend their common interests. The slogan "An attack on one is an attack on all!" is inspiring workers in more and more sectors, as they realize that it is one offensive of big capital against all workers.
In the conditions of growing resistance to the dangerous unpopular course, the ruling bourgeois class is once again deploying its favorite weapon of state-sponsored communal and sectarian violence, to smash the unity of the toiling and oppressed people. Secretly inciting communal massacres, spreading poison through rumours, creating chaos and then unleashing state terrorism in the name of restoring order – these are the tactics being used to divert and divide the ranks of those who are opposing the capitalist offensive.
The events in Assam, followed by the deliberate engineering of mass exodus of workers and students from the North East, and the targeting of the people of the Muslim faith, as well as Pakistan, are all part of smashing our unity. We must not allow the capitalist class and their political parties to once again succeed in their dirty aims.
The most important step we need to take at this time to advance our struggle to a new and higher phase is to build workers' unity committees at the factory, industrial area, city, district, state and all-India levels. This is absolutely essential in order that we can mount an effective tit for tat struggle and prepare to launch our own offensive against the bourgeoisie.
Already, we have several positive examples in this direction. The coming together of trade unions from diverse against MESMA in Maharashtra is one example. Many similar initiatives are taking place in different parts of our country, to form committees for promoting and strengthening the unity of workers in action against the common class enemy. The importance of these committees is that they enable workers to rise above the existing divisions based on trade union affiliation and petty party rivalry.
The times are calling on all parties and mass organisations of the working class to unite on a political basis, around the task of building and strengthening workers' unity committees on a conscious and planned basis. Such committees are essential for addressing the immediate need for solidarity and support for whichever section of workers is under attack. They can develop into forums for worker organisers to discuss questions of strategy and tactics of the class struggle. They can become enabling mechanisms for workers to unite as a class and take the reins of India in our hands.
There are numerous parties of the ruling class, but all of them are committed to the same program. This is the program of globalisation of Indian capital through privatisation and liberalisation, which is being implemented at this time by the Manmohan Singh Government. The deep political and economic crisis in which our society is enmeshed is a result of this course. No bourgeois party or coalition can extricate our society from this crisis.
Only the working class can lift Indian society out of its crisis. Only the working class can save India. The time has come to smash the chains that bind us to bourgeois politics and which divide us from each other. We must not allow our unions and other mass organisations to become manipulated in the interest of any petty party rivalry or vote bank politics.
The workers' unity committees we build in different industrial areas and towns must educate and organise the workers to expose the present system of democracy and its political process, which ensure that the toiling majority of people are excluded from power. We must mobilise the working working class to fight for a superior system of democracy and political process in which the broad masses of people are the decision makers. Only by ushering in such a superior system can the working class lead all the toiling and oppressed masses on the road of socialism and communism.
The youthful Indian working class is looking for an alternative to the crisis-ridden capitalist system and the anti-social program of the bourgeoisie. The vast majority of our exploited and oppressed people are looking for an alternative. Let us build the organs of united struggle of our class – workers' unity committees – as the immediate next step in the direction of the only scientific and credible political alternative, the Navnirman of India.
Super-exploitation of labour is not the condition for India to shine!
Build and strengthen workers' unity committees!
Let us workers prepare to take charge and change the course of India!
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I've worn sunglasses with frilly dresses before, but never, no NEVER, have I achieved a look this great. Cammila of the oh-so-chic blog "Dressed Up Like A Lady" has absolutely nailed this combination of cute and cool. Best of all, her hair matches her outfit. It just can't get any better than that.


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Why Personalisation is the Key to Maximising Attendee Engagement
Live events remain a vitally important marketing channel for many organisations, and the evolution of technology is beginning to shake-up tired event formats.
However, new research conducted by Brand Republic for event technology company Cvent suggests that while apps are increasingly prevalent at conferences and events, relatively few organisers are using them to engage fully with delegates. Only a small proportion of events organisers have so far spotted the potential to move beyond using apps as online equivalents of printed show guides to making full use of the networking or location-based capabilities that give attendees a richer event experience.
The research was conducted among more than 200 events and marketing professionals working in a wide range of commercial environments - from small companies of fewer than 10 employees up to organisations with more than 1,000 workers. More than half of respondents are responsible for at least half a dozen events each year with more than 150 attendees.
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Cape Town Insider is all about quality, value for money and finding the best that Cape Town has to offer, whether it be Cape Town restaurants, factory shops, or fashion and beauty. We are honest about our experiences, we want people to know what they can expect when visiting a new restaurant or trying a new product because we respect that people work hard for their money!
If our experience does not meet the criteria of quality and value for money then we will choose to refrain from writing a review. We don't write about brands, products or services that we haven't personally tried (and if for some reason there is an exception we'll make it clear.)
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We really enjoy trying out new places, going to events and trying new products – but before we can write about something and recommend it to others we want to have experienced it for ourselves.
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Because Cape Town is home to such a diverse range of experiences and opportunities, the content that we cover is often quite varied and eclectic – if there's something that you'd like to see on the blog, please get in touch and we'll try to make it happen! Our readers are really important to us, most of the restaurant visits are paid for by ourselves, as are the products that we test and review. We will always let you know if we've been invited to give a review, sent free products or paid for a post. But please know, we'll always be 100% honest in the Cape Town blog posts that we write.


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Romantic Minnesota wedding: Alissa + Mark
Geronimo balloons, metallic gourds, pheasant feathers and fondant hearts were all at home amidst Alissa + Mark's elegant and memorable affair at the Weisman Art Museum. It houses a great collection of modern art, overlooks the Mississippi River bank and was the perfect wedding venue that represented unique aspects of who these two lovebirds are. And if the architecture of their venue isn't pretty enough, check out Alissa's wedding dress!
Alissa's bridal bouquet included dahlias, sweet peas, garden roses, scabiosa, spray roses, dusty miller and pheasant feathers. Alissa's biggest request was that her bouquet include pheasant feathers–her dad grew up in South Dakota where pheasants are synonymous with autumn, and she loved the idea of something a little unexpected, visually, that was a nod to that side of her family.
We spent about ten months planning from start to finish, but a lot of that time was really relaxed–I'm not sure how much that reading wedding blogs while drinking wine counts as planning! The biggest hurdle was definitely our guest list. We both really wanted to keep things small–Mark's biggest concern was making sure we were able to spend meaningful time with our guests, especially people we don't see often, rather than spending the entire evening in a whirlwind of handshakes and faces blurring together. So we were committed to keeping it on the small side (our target was 100 people).
Photography: Wing Ta of Canary Grey Photography / Venue: Weisman Art Museum / Hair: Kelly and Katie Sweno of Level Salon / Makeup: Allison Schlak / Florist: Munster Rose / Cake: Sweet Retreat / Catering: Common Roots Catering / Invitation designer: minted / Rentals: Apres Party / Officiant: Kjersti Moline of Grand Avenue Officiants / Engagement & Wedding Rings: Karin Jacobson Design / Balloons: Geronimo Balloons / Custom print: Apple Blossom Prints on Etsy / Bride's dress: Tadashi Shoji / Shoes: Jimmy Choo / Veil: Brides of France / Jewelry: Brides of France / Lipstick color: "Girl About Town" by MAC / Groom's suit: Giorgio Fiorelli from Atmosfere / Shoes: Kenneth Cole / Other accessories: Cufflinks were Frank Gehry for Tiffany, bow tie was by Bruno Piatelli from Atmosfere / Bridesmaids: Donna Morgan from Nordstrom bridal suite, necklaces from Etsy and they all carried vintage handkerchiefs that belonged to bride's grandmother / Groomsmen: wore their own grey suits and Bruno Piatelli ties from Atomosfere
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@sashbuzz on Feb 12, 2013
Romantic Minnesota wedding: Alissa + Mark http://t.co/oEKIAHNW
meg on Feb 12, 2013
Love the differernt shades of gray. I did that for my wedding too. ;) http://happinessiscreating.com/ http://happinessiscreating.com/my-wedding/
@100LayerCake on Feb 12, 2013
Loving the architecture of this museum wedding venue + the bride's wedding dress. {photos by @canarygrey} http://t.co/PWnkRAwv
Anita on Feb 12, 2013
I love the brides dress, I have never seen one like that , it is so pretty. The flowers were gorgeous!! Love the pop of color it added.
Jackie on Feb 12, 2013
Wing, GORGEOUS photos! Alissa and Mark so great to see your personalities shining through. Loved working with you guys. THANKS!!! So thrilled to see this featured here. (And good work on those gilded gourds... That was a project, huh?)
Ashleigh from Marry Me Metro on Feb 12, 2013
Oh my goodness that dress is unbelieveable! Such a unique and flattering bridal look! Love it!
Koru Kate {Koru Wedding} on Feb 12, 2013
Beautiful! I truly adore the tables capes- so neutral with that bright pop of fuchsia.
rita on Feb 12, 2013
gorgeous wedding, dress, couple, and photos!
Wing on Feb 12, 2013
We were honored to capture their amazing love affair. Thank you for the gorgeous feature...Alissa + Mark are beyond incredible and this day was made even better by their wonderful spirit & hearts! And...THAT dress...one of my favorites!!
Kjersti Moline on Feb 12, 2013
Remarkable!! Your style and personalities and values and loving presence were expressed in every choice you made. :) It looks like your photographer captured the beauty that your love brings to life! It's really fun to see the pictures! I will remember you and your celebration with pure delight for a very long time.
Jenna on Feb 12, 2013
Love, Love, Love! So happy to see a splendid MN wedding featured! Gorgeous colors and that dress is amaze.
Kasey on Feb 12, 2013
The weisman is one of my favorites!! Beautifully captured...
Annette, Wedditalia (weddings in Italy) on Feb 13, 2013
Love the color combo, the dahlias are my favorite flowers - and that dress is absolutely FABULOUS!
Kayln on Apr 15, 2013
Heartily Congratulation Alissa & Mark. Really a Romantic Minnesota wedding. You both look awesome together. Alissa, I love your dress, your whole getup.
Graphic designer on Nov 9, 2014
Great work and thank you for these explanations
Stéphane Thirion on Sep 1, 2015
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By Tammy Cario
They say life happens when you make plans. In the case of Michel Ashi and Marah Al-Masri, life happened when they didn't make plans.
"We both lived in Los Angeles," Marah said, Michel next to her at the table. "We never crossed paths. Never met at all."
That is, they didn't meet until 2016 when Michel got a job as a teacher at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, working in the same building as Marah, who is also a foreign language teacher. On Michel's first day, Marah had just come back from LA after a weekend spent celebrating her birthday and was telling the story to everyone in the room.
"I was listening and I cracked a joke," Michel said. "She laughed and I felt like 'Oh she laughs at my jokes so that's a good sign.'"
Marah said, "He cracked joke and I got it. I was the only one who actually laughed in the room." They both chuckled at the memory. "We hit it off from there. We became close friends."
With the two of them coming from similar a background – both originally from Syria – they became good friends who weren't dating each other. In large part because Michel didn't want to get married.
"I was very stubborn about being a bachelor," Michel said. "Just because I lived very well. I didn't care whether I was going to get married or not."
Fortunately for them both, Michel changed his mind after a year of them getting to know each other. "She was the right girl at the right time in the right place," he said.
They began dating. In May of 2017, Michel proposed to Marah much to her, and everyone's, surprise.
"I wasn't expecting it at all," she said.
When they put the proposal video on Facebook, their family and friends were very happy for them, Marah said. "The comment we got was, 'Well you look cute together. You fit together.'"
Not everyone saw a future for their relationship. It's unconventional because he is a Christian and she is a Muslim.
Marah said, "It's a taboo back in Syria. And even here."
Michel agreed. "It's a taboo for some conservative families. [Marrying with different religions] is not very common anywhere in any society but specifically in the Middle East." He continued, "I didn't think of it much, but I mean, she's Muslim, I'm Christian, who cares? I don't care, I hope you don't," he said to Marah.
She smiled at him. "No I don't."
"I mean, we live in America, so let's be more open," Michel said.
The wedding will be in LA, where there is a large Syrian community.
"We love Monterey," Marah said. "It's beautiful. People fly from everywhere to get married here and take pictures." But, she explained, because there is such a large Syrian community in southern California, Los Angeles has more Middle Eastern options available to them for the wedding.
They will be inviting friends and family they've developed here at DLI to be part of the wedding celebration. Their co-workers didn't have to push them into a relationship – it just happened naturally – but Marah and Michel are still grateful.
"I don't think we would have ever met-" said Michel.
"Or come across each other," added Marah.
"-if it weren't for DLI."
Marah agreed. "Thank God for DLI."
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I was fortunate to teach one of the art classes for 9 of the Spring Green Charter School 3rd-4th graders.Our focus began with pinecones which grew into heads of what they felt like that first day, to portraits of Queen Elizabeth the 1st, (which I'll post when I get photos of them) ending with 5 page books.
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If you ever visit London, King's Cross is an excellent place to set up shop temporarily, from where you can easily explore London. It is situated at the crossroad of six underground tube lines, which consists of the Victorian, Piccadilly, Circle, Central, Metropolitan, and Northern Lines. These Lines would get anywhere within the city.
King's Cross also has a train terminal which gets you to the north of the United Kingdom. However back to London, it is one of the most exciting cities in the world. A meeting point where different cultures are interwoven, it is a truly dynamic city. For you shopping lots, it offers all the shops/boutique you could ever want. King's Cross occupies a unique position, close to the both London's commercial and artisan hub. London has always welcomed creative minds, artist and writers over the years. There is an extensive repertory of museums, theater, and galleries. With King's Cross just a stone throw away, you should certainly visit some of these establishments, such as the Tate Modern, Madam Tussauds, and London Eye to mention a few. Other less famous tours from King's Cross may include the city's parks or the London underground. You will also be spoilt for choice of pubs, as there are great good ones about King's Cross.
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Leicester Square and Picadilly, both groovy places for the London night scene are just around the corner from King's Cross. The 9 ¾ platform from one of the Harry Potter scene is real, it is King's Cross station. A stop from where you can conveniently get to any part of London and beyond. Whatever your motivation for visiting London, King's Cross is definitely your place to start and end with. Hope you enjoy you stay in London, wherever you decide.


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David Goldade is Supervisory Chemist with the Analytical Chemistry program at the NWRC. His areas of interest and expertise include toxicology, chromatography, analytical chemistry, and method development, working with rodents, blackbirds, and brown tree snakes. His current research is focused on in-vitro testing of the mechanism of action for CPTH in birds and acetaminophen in brown tree snakes.
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M.S. Analytical Chemistry, University of Colorado
Baldwin, R.A., B.G. Abbo, and D.A. Goldade. 2018. Comparison of mixing methods and associated residual levels of zinc phosphide on cabbage bait for rodent management. Crop Protection 105:59-61. doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2017.11.006
Abbo, B.G., L.E. Hulslander, and D.A. Goldade. 2017. Determination of 20, 25-diazacholesterol in avian matrices by high performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography B 1065-1066:129-133. doi: 10.1016/j.chromb.2017.09.028
Yoder, C.A., R.E. Mauldin, J.P. Gionfriddo, K.A. Crane, D.A. Goldade and R.M. Engeman. 2017. DiazaCon reduces black-tailed prairie dog reproduction in Colorado. Wildlife Research 43:655-661. doi:10.1071/WR15210
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Phillips, G.E., D.A. Goldade, K.C. VerCauteren, T.L. Ott, and D.C. Wagner. 2014. Iophenoxic acid and rhodamine B as biomarkers of bovine tuberculosis vaccine bait uptake by white-tailed deer. Proceedings of the 26th Vertebrate Pest Conference 26:328-330.
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Rattner, B.A., K.E. Horak, R.S. Lazarus, D.A. Goldade, and J.J. Johnston. 2014. Toxicokinetics and coagulopathy threshold of the rodenticide diphacinone in Eastern screech-owls (Megascops asio). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 33(1): 74-81. doi: 10.1002/etc.2390.
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Reader Submission - The Old Jail in St. Augustine
St. Augustine's Paranormal Places: What's Locked Up in the Old Jail?
The Old Jail in St. Augustine, Florida is listed on the Florida and National Register of Haunted Places. The Old Jail's paranormal past has been featured on The Today Show, the Syfy Channel and the Travel Channel. These supernatural occurrences include loud banging noises, light orbs, sudden chills and even sightings of moving shadows and apparitions. The history of the jail is sordid and scary, so many tourists and locals flock to the site to experience the haunted tales firsthand.
Henry Flagler, a key industrialist in Florida, built the structure in 1891. The same construction company would later go on to build the infamous Alcatraz prison. During its time as a jail, conditions for prisoners were notoriously inhumane, with poor diets and sanitation. The maximum security area housed the most dangerous criminals, and a total of 8 men were hung from the jail's gallows. All of the violence and death led to many angry spirits haunting the grounds, which may be why strange odors and supernatural occurrences persist in the Old Jail even during the day.
Presently, the Old Jail is only accessible by guided tour. During a visit to the Old Jail and Museums, you'll see the restored facilities, weaponry displays and even a visual account of the 8 infamous gallows deaths. For those who desire a bit more than a guided tour, Old Town Trolley Tours and 2Ghouls partnered up in the spring of 2013 to offer overnight paranormal investigations of the jail. The unique tour allows you to hunt for ghosts and spirits inside the registered haunted site, which is a one-of-a-kind but spooky experience for any fans of ghosts and the occult.
During my tour, about twenty ghost hunters gathered for three hours in the Old Jail. Being in such a small group was great because everyone was able to get individual attention and assistance from our guides. Ghost hunters on the tour can even use real ghost-hunting equipment including EMF detectors, field matrix scanners and camcorders. Using these authentic tools was a perfect combination of thrilling and educational, and some of my fellow ghost hunters were able to capture pictures of spooky orbs and even feel the presence of apparitions.
Ideal for both beginners and more advanced paranormal investigators, this opportunity to experience ghoulish activity shouldn't be missed during a trip to St. Augustine. I would definitely go again. For more information about the Old Jail and Paranormal Investigations Tour, visit http://www.ghostsandgravestones.com/st-augustine/.
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A workshop: The roles of climate models: epistemic, ethical and socio-political perspectives was held at the Philosophy Department of TU/e on October 31st and November 1st.
Climate models influence our understanding of climate change, its causes and its future. They are a central technology of climate science. But they are also sources of information for far-reaching policy decisions, sites of multidisciplinary integration, products of distributed epistemic labor and much more. As a consequence, climate models are of significant interest to scholars in philosophy, history of science, and science and technology studies. This workshop will bring together well-regarded scholars in these fields along with established climate scientists to explore the epistemic, ethical and socio-political roles that climate models play, their interactions and implications.
Gregor Betz (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Judith Curry (Georgia Institute of Technology)
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Matthias Heymann (Aarhus University)
Rafaela Hillerbrand (Deflt University of Technology)
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Joyashree Roy (Jadavpur University)
Gavin Schmidt (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies)
David Sexton (the MET Office)
Lenny Smith (London School of Economics)
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Erica Thompson (London School of Economics)
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