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A new article in TIME magazine suggests that geo-engineering the planet may be the only way forward to prevent the climate "collapsing".
Bryan Walsh's article, entitled Can Geoengineering Help Slow Global Warming?suggests that through the use of fossil fuels we are "already geoengineers" and that "we might as well get good at it."
"If we geoengineered the earth into a mess with our uncontrolled appetite for fossil fuels, maybe we have to geoengineer our way out of it" Walsh writes, citing a new paper by the think tank Copenhagen Consensus on Climate.
In the paper, co-author Lee Lane cites all the usual suggestions of how the planet could be cooled including space mirrors, seawater-mist and man-made volcanoes.
The most prominent form of geoengineering suggested in the paper, however, comes in the form of spraying sulfur into the air.
"One way to turn down the thermostat would be to spread sulfur particles into the atmosphere, either through artillery or with airplanes, thickening the air enough so that it would bounce some sunlight back …it would need to be done continuously, to keep up with the intensifying greenhouse effect." the article explains.
As we previously highlighted when this issue last hit the headlines, the process described here is already being conducted by government-affiliated universities, government agencies, and on a mass scale through chemtrail spraying.
[efoods]The study of past and ongoing upper atmosphere aerosol programs confirms that the government has been active in this field for years.
The topic of geoengineering came to the fore back in April when Obama's science czar John Holdren commented in an AP interview that he was pushing for radical terra forming programs to be explored.
Holdren's suggestions for planetary geoengineering exactly mirrored those in publications penned by the elite internationalist group The Council On Foreign Relations, who also called for the implementation of a global Carbon Tax in 1999.
The Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy then back pedaled 360 degrees on his own comments when the wider media picked up on them and turned them into major headlines.
Holdren's interest in radical geoengineering programs should be of great concern to the American people and the rest of the world given that he has also advocated extreme population control techniques including forced abortions and mass sterilization all under the oversight of a "Planetary Regime".
Impossible, you say? That must be an exaggeration or a hoax. If you don't believe it you can read it for yourself in Holdren's own book Ecoscience, co-authored in 1977. Excerpts of the book can also be found in another of our previous articles on Holdren here.
Interestingly, Lee Lane, the author of the new geoengineering paper, is also a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a common hangout for neoconservatives such as John Bolton, David Frum, Irving Kristol, Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz and John Yoo.
The AEI is renowned for casting doubt on the theory of human caused global warming, and is heavily funded by energy companies, but it is also best known as a forum to engender business opportunities.
These tentative announcements and recycling of ideas to terra form the planet constitute a first step toward introducing the idea to the wider public.
One of the accepted truisms of scientific study is the fact that if scientists are proposing an idea, then those scientists with access to the bottomless pit of black-budget secret government funding are already doing it.
It is highly likely that sulfur spraying and chemtrails are merely one manifestation of "geo-engineering" that is taking place without proper debate, notification or any form of legality, and with a callous disregard for the potential dangers to both our health and our environment.


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Looking to Build on Momentum from Past Weeks
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's crew team will wrap up its fall season on Sunday when it heads to Princeton, N.J. for the Oct. 30 Princeton Chase.
When the Bulldogs take to the waters on Lake Carnegie, they will look to build on strong performances in recent weeks, including several top-five finishes at last weekend's Head of the Charles regatta in Cambridge, Mass.
The three-mile race is hosted by Princeton. Yale's eight is scheduled to compete at 11 a.m., while the four will compete at 3 p.m. On the Charles, the championship eight notched up a powerful fourth-place finish and the championship four slotted in sixth.
Sunday's racing completes the team's fall season, which began with the Oct. 8 Head of the Housatonic. The Bulldogs will go through a period of intense training over the winter, before kicking off the competitive spring season with the Mar. 24 Connell Cup against Cornell and Penn in New York, N.Y.
Report filed by James Lu '14, Yale Sports Publicity.

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Sentara Norfolk General Hospital named 'Top Hospital'
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is named among the nation's leading hospitals in the 2013 Leapfrog Top Hospitals rating, recognizing performance in key quality and safety measures.
Hospitals named in the 2013 listing demonstrate outstanding performance in three areas: use of electronic health records to reduce errors, performance on high risk, complex procedures and appropriate nursing and physician staffing.
The 2013 listing is a quality rating and requires an "A" Safety rating by Leapfrog at the time of the announcement. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital was named from among the 1,324 hospitals which participated in the Leapfrog Annual survey and is among 55 urban hospitals in the U.S. honored.
In Virginia, Sentara Norfolk General is one of two hospitals named to the listing.
"As the area's only quaternary care center and primary teaching hospital partner to Eastern Virginia Medical School, we provide level one trauma services and advanced clinical care that is unmatched in the region. This rating affirms the value Sentara Norfolk General Hospital offers patients throughout the Mid-Atlantic region," says Kurt Hofelich, president of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. "We commend the work of our physician colleagues and staff for their support and dedication in achieving this outstanding rating as we continue to transform health care in our community," he continues.


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Oct. 28, 2010
By MARK PATTON NEWS-PRESS SENIOR WRITER
Living on the edge can be a thrill, whether it's on the crumbly bluffs of Isla Vista or with your spot on the UCSB volleyball team.
"I live on the ocean side of Del Playa Road this year, so we have a nice view," senior middle blocker Kasey Kipp said. "I live with four of my teammates, and everyone wants those spots.
"We all get to hang out on the balcony and watch the dolphins go by."
Their view atop the Big West Conference is just as inspiring and tenuous, with the surprising Gauchos hanging on to a half-game lead over Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State.
"I'd have to say this has been one of my most satisfying years," said Kathy Gregory, who's won 844 matches in 36 seasons at UCSB to rank fifth in NCAA volleyball coaching history. "To be where we are with a walk-on who hadn't even played one second before, and after having lost our major passer and best digger and best server in the first match, is really unbelievable."
The high-wire act continues this weekend for the Gauchos (13-9, 7-2 Big West) at Fullerton Friday and at Long Beach State on Saturday.
But the three senior citizens of Del Playa have walked that walk many times. Kipp, outside hitter Charlene DeHoog and setter Dana Vargas have had to remain steady in the face of ever-shifting conditions.
It began with last year's graduation of Rebecca Saraceno, a thunderous hitter who won Big West Conference Player of the Year honors. It continued when heir apparent Leah Sully suffered a season-ending knee injury in the first match, forcing Gregory to insert freshman walk-on Kara Sherrard into the starting lineup.
"From the very beginning, Kathy and Jeri (Estes, associate head coach) have been telling me that my mental game has to be so much better this year without Becca, and now Leah," said Vargas, an honorable mention All-American last year. "It's really forced me to mix and match.
"There's a little more pressure on me to set the right ball and not always the easy play."
It has all led to some moments of "anxiousness," she admitted.
"I want to win so badly that sometimes the coaches have had to tell me, 'Dana! Relax out there! Breathe!' "
Sully's injury did prey on Vargas' mind more than anyone else's, however.
"It was a tight set and she landed on one leg and pop it went," she said. "I was really sad, especially since I felt it was partially my fault. It was a bad set.
"Leah is so great, though. She's been a great team player and has traveled with us to every tournament and she's really supportive. We miss her out here, but Kara is doing a great job in her place."
Vargas has often turned to her housemate, DeHoog, and the 6-foot senior has responded with a team-high 3.13 kills per game.
"When we lost Leah, it put a lot of pressure on Char," Gregory said. "She had to pass more, and so she started out a little bit slow. I told her, 'Char, you sat all last year, and you waited for this opportunity to start ... Now you have to make something out of it.'
"She's done that with some really good games that we wouldn't have won without her."
DeHoog's four-year search for her place at the edge of UCSB's attack hasn't been easy.
"Freshman year, I was just stressed out and high-wired, and everything Kathy said I just took so seriously," she said. "I was just such a wreck. I was like, 'Oh, she doesn't like me!' But now I get her sense of humor. You just have to try and enjoy everything instead of putting all this pressure on yourself."
No one has been challenged more by Gregory this year than Kipp. She ranked as one of UCSB's blocking leaders for three years, only to learn that she wouldn't be starting as a senior.
"I decided at the beginning to move Stacey (Schmidt) from the right side into the middle for more of an offensive attack," Gregory said. "Kasey really arose to the occasion and decided that she didn't want to sit her senior year.
"She was so great about it, too. It's really a lesson that if something is taken away from you, have a good attitude and don't complain and just show me - and she showed me with a vigor."
Kipp now leads the Gauchos in solo blocks and is second in block assists despite having started just the last 12 matches. Only Vargas' tip plays have netted a higher hitting percentage than Kipp's .339.
Defensive specialist Katie Ring got to know her well two summers ago when Kipp took her into her apartment before UCSB's freshman dorms had opened.
"A lot of people think she's intimidating at first because she's tough and she's big," Ring said, "but once you get to know her, you realize she's a complete softy.
"Ever since I've known her, she's had her arms wide open: 'You're on my team and I'm going to take you under my wing.' I realized that almost right away."
The team returned the embrace when Kipp needed it most.
"They were always so supportive when I wasn't starting, and when I'd come in, they'd always cheer me on and encourage me," she said. "The New Mexico tournament was a big turning point for me because that was the first weekend that I really got to start.
"I could feel how excited my team was for me, and how confident they were in me."
The three senior citizens of Del Playa also room with two juniors - Schmidt and defensive specialist Chelsey Lowe - but all the Gauchos have had their quality time on the bluffside balcony.
"My teammates are my best friends," Kipp said. "They're the people that I'm going to stay closest to after college. They've really been a big support system for me the past four years.
"I just don't know where we'd be without each other."
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In his annual address to the Nation, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday that he would fight to keep the euro and said France would stick to its commitments to improve its own finances.
AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy in a New Year message Friday said that giving up the euro would be "madness" and urged citizens not to trust those who urged them to do so.
"Do not believe, my dear compatriots, those who suggest that we leave the euro. The isolation of France would be madness. The end of the euro would be the end of Europe," he said in a message broadcast on television.
Sarkozy said he would "oppose with all my strength this backward step which would make a mockery of 60 years of European construction which has brought peace and fraternity to our continent".
Europe, he added was "essential to our future, to our identity and to our values".


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Boxes line the floor of Kao Corporation's gleaming new offices on London's Shaftesbury Avenue. The Japanese owner of the John Frieda haircare and Molton Brown toiletries brands is in the process of settling into the 20,000ft2 space. It is clear that, while the recession has led rivals to focus on relentlessly slashing costs, Kao has its sights set firmly on growth.
The dapper marketing director of the company's UK consumer product division, Giles Gordon, is taking the move in his stride. In a role that involves travel across the globe, crossing numerous cultural divides, flexibility is crucial.
Gordon clinched the top marketing job at Kao last April, following the departure of Victoria Franks, who jumped ship to become head of brands at Marks & Spencer, and has grasped the opportunity with both hands. Overseeing a division that includes the John Frieda, Jergens and Biore brands gives him a deep insight into what makes today's beauty consumers tick.
He has already made his mark on the business, ushering in a new structure for the marketing team in 2012 to enable it to increase its focus on digital channels. Each brand now has a dedicated digital manager focused on driving engagement via social networks.
For a category where consumers are emotionally involved, embracing 'always-on' marketing is crucial. For Gordon, being a digitally engaged business has to be more than mere rhetoric: it is about pursuing a genuine dialogue with consumers.
The next 12 months will be crucial for the company. The John Frieda brand is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with an array of marketing initiatives, as well as a tranche of NPD under the Luxurious Volume brand.
Gordon, who hails from Loch Lomond in Scotland, is an engaging conversationalist who, refreshingly, refrains from lapsing into marketing-speak.
Despite kicking off his marketing career on Mars' graduate trainee scheme, it is clear that he is not an identikit 'classically trained FMCG marketer'. Indeed, at a time when rivals are ruthlessly rationalising their portfolios and focusing on price promotion, Kao's approach - a relentless emphasis on genuine product innovation - is unusual.
'Everything John Frieda is doing is based on the triangle: one element is technology, the second is genuine consumer insight from the global research department, and the third is (the brand's) genuine salon heritage,' explains Gordon.
In contrast to Procter & Gamble's two-pronged approach, targeting both the value and premium ends of the market, John Frieda has stuck resolutely to a premium positioning. According to Gordon, recession or no recession, the brand's consumers won't trade down when it comes to haircare.
Kao identifies its core market as the 'hair-involved consumer'. According to Gordon, these people are prepared to pay more for haircare products because the condition and styling of their hair drives both their outlook and emotions. In short, while the 'Lipstick Effect' may be irrelevant in relation to most consumers' lives, the possibility of a bad hair day in order to save a few pounds simply isn't worth the risk.
Consequently, Kao is particularly careful when considering the launch of a product. If its consumer insight division reveals there is an appetite for a new line or category, the company will not simply repackage an existing product, or bring a new product to market unless it believes it can claim a genuine innovation.
'Trends change all the time, but what we are doing is helping to change habits by creating new products that change how consumers behave. We are in the driving seat with innovation and when we get it right it's incredibly satisfying,' he enthuses.
According to Gordon, consumers place hair at the 'very top of the beauty totem pole'. Through a focus on consumer segmentation, John Frieda has built up detailed profiles of its core consumers.
One interesting finding is that, according to Kao's research, blonde women are more likely than others to define themselves by their hair colour.
'When you talk to a brunette, she will describe her hair as being straight or frizzy, while blondes refer to their colour first as the defining factor,' explains Gordon. It is this insight that inspired Kao to develop the John Frieda Sheer Blonde range.
While the John Frieda brand may not suffer the peaks and troughs of sales experienced by ice-cream brands or soft-drink manufacturers, its business is still affected by the seasons. In the summer, sales of products and colourants for blondes rise, while the greater number of social events around Christmas and New Year drives an increase across the entire portfolio.
Despite the gloomy January weather, Gordon shows no sign of post-festive blues. In a role that takes him to regular meetings with colleagues at Kao's US East Coast headquarters and across Europe, his enthusiasm for the company is clear.
While he pledges not to stalk the haircare aisles at Boots, Gordon admits that he takes a hands-on approach to the business. 'I think that's why I went into marketing and not the City,' he explains. 'I love to be able to see and touch what I have been working on.'
He also appears to revel in the thinking behind the Kao business. 'We are not just another FMCG company,' he claims. 'We aim to empower our teams to act quickly. Our Japanese roots are based in real sensitivity to our consumer and excellence in execution. Developing technology is fundamental to what we do - we talk about product innovation, not marketing innovation.'
The 2010 launch of Precision Foam Colour was an example of this commitment. 'It's completely changed the way consumers experience colouring their hair, bringing a better, more premium experience to the home,' claims Gordon. Indeed, if imitation is the highest form of flattery, then Kao has received plenty, as competitors have fallen over themselves to launch their own foam colourant lines. Nonetheless, the John Frieda product remains the market leader.
Digital engagement
The brand has also been a trailblazer when it comes to blogger outreach. With the help of agency The Communications Store (TCS), it was quick to recognise that bloggers have become one of consumers' most trusted sources of information.
'Bloggers are an amazing way to reach consumers, who are all looking for independent and credible sources of advice in the beauty sector,' enthuses Gordon.
John Frieda has taken a collaborative approach to reaching bloggers. 'Ultimately they make up their own mind, that's what makes them so trusted and independent, and makes genuine innovation so important,' he adds.
When it comes to keeping on top of digital innovation, Gordon adopts a 'more is more' approach. 'I expose myself to a load of new platforms - that's the only way you can get a genuine feel for what works,' he explains. 'For me, it's all about keeping on top of everything - from new brands and products to innovations in digital platforms.'
How does he filter the seemingly ever-increasing range of new platforms and information providers? 'You get to a point in your career where you can establish a good balance between research and a good intuitive feel,' he explains. 'I don't jump to conclusions.'
It is clear that Gordon feels a great sense of responsibility for the performance of the brands he oversees. 'The key is thinking about brand-building in a completely different way. Consumers are becoming more savvy. It's up to us to operate in their space, rather than interrupt them,' he argues.
This has led Gordon to head a drive to engage with consumers across social media platforms. He draws heavily on the 'John Frieda Elite' - a team of consumers recruited via social networks and given access to events and products before they launch - for insight. John Frieda also recently took to Facebook with its 'Selected by you' campaign to decide which additional shades to develop for the Precision Foam Colour line.
As the brand kicks off its 25th anniversary celebrations, this commitment to digital and the concept of transformation will be at the heart of its communications and NPD. 'Providing products that can really deliver a transformation in look and feel is key to how we see ourselves,' adds Gordon.
A quarter of a century is a milestone for any brand, and for Gordon it is the opportunity not only to look forward, but reflect on the brand's strong performance in the midst of the tough ongoing economic conditions.
'What I am focused on in the year ahead is delivering a really exciting year for John Frieda,' says Gordon. 'It's a tremendous opportunity to bring the brand to life.'
At a time when many corporations are using the economic downturn as an excuse for putting the brakes on innovation, the John Frieda brand provides a compelling example of the enduring value of investing in your product.
In the words of Gordon: 'As a marketer, you need to be prepared to take risks, to try new things; you might not get it right, but you will be learning all the time.'
John Frieda haircare sales - £77m - up 7.2% year on year vs total haircare market growth of 5.3% year on year
£10.4m Precision Foam Colour sales. The UK's first and top-selling foam hair colourant
Source: IRI UK data for year ending 1 December 2012
THE CAMPAIGN: Bag a Box
Social media has become an increasingly important marketing tool for the John Frieda brand. In line with this, the brand created an HTML 5 game on Facebook called 'Bag a Box' - essentially an online version of pass the parcel.
Created by digital agency Brave, the game offered consumers the opportunity to win Mulberry handbags, Michael Kors watches and Marc Jacobs wallets.
'The campaign delivered such a buzz and surpassed expectations. It also allowed us to gather new insights by reaching consumers in their own space,' explains Gordon.
Lives: South Bank, London.
Hobbies: 'I'm one of those people who loves living in London and maximising all the great places to eat. I'm the go-to guy for great restaurant recommendations.'
Favourite brand: Acne (menswear).
Best advice ever given: 'Don't judge a book by its cover.'
- Graduate development programme, Mars Confectionery (2002-05)
- National account manager, rising to senior brand manager, deodorants and skincare, L'Oreal (2005-10)
- Senior brand development manager, No7, Boots (2010)
- Senior product manager - colourants, rising to marketing director, Kao UK (2010-present)
- Ensure that John Frieda stays ahead of the competition with market-leading NPD.
- Keep the brand's growing social-media following engaged and informed.
- Make sure that the brand's 25th anniversary is successfully activated across multiple channels.


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I would add:
Most cliche'd: Dragon Age: Origins.
Most Delayed: Half-Life 2: Episode 3.
Of course I am risking redundancy and the captain obvious mantle.
pffft he didn't give the Everything proof shield award for the Most obstinate efusal to die award to Stephen Conroy.
because of him Yahtzee you might not even have the internet soon.
I didn't say there are last console games like Borderlands, I meant to say that there have been great games that had fun/fast paced gameplay for along time. Borderlands didn't invent fun co-op.
The only thing Borderlands brings to the table that is "new" is the kinda sorta sandbox world for 2 people to run around in.
"Racism instead of legs" makes me giggle every time just for the way his vice goes all woobly.
I think he might've been saying Bruuuuuuutal Legend too much.
For the love of God, turn that music down a couple of notches O_o
oh yeah, what is your top 5 since you mentioned Ascreed 2 was hovering there (i'll take it Prototype and Infamous joined the ranks as well)
You earned it, congratulations! :D
I knew Yahtzee would spread bullshit about Mario in the franchise that refuses to die award, but decided to give it to a politician because Mario is too obvious. Oh, what about Sonic or Lara Croft? Dickhead!
Even though a life long die hard Resident Evil fan i still have to agree with this video. Resident Evil 5, despite having great graphics, cool cinematics and fun gameplay, was just a big dispappointment. I think i would have liked it better if it had controls similar to dead space (evolution), just Chris fighting alone against the majini (horror) and a more developed backstory detailing Ozwells Spencer motives and whereabouts since Redident Evil 1. I wasent expecting it to be MGS4 but still. Oh well i understand that there are some new dlc coming in the form of new chapters. So i guess 2010 also means a clean slate for me and RE5. But great video overall, as always! :-)
Yahtzee's voice is a bit low in volume this time! Oh, my. Not to mention sounding little bit, "Nice".
You forgot game of the decade!
I was actually kind of impressed by the blackened stump of a heart still. I've never taken much notice of the art in ZP but now I think about it, it strikes me as pretty clever.
I started the episode and there was no title music = WIN!! Like a bacon sandwich without bread.. in a bowl, obviously.
OOOO someone else noticed that... congrats. I thought my hearing was going off.
Liked not having the intro music this time. I usually forget to turn down the volume before I watch and end up having my ears fall out from between my headphones.
Great video.
I haven't got Batman: Arkham Asylum yet. I plan to when college stops making me poor. So far, I have been reduced to watching a friend play it over the winter break.
Want.To.Kill.Michael.Atkinson ><' Nice award for him though :D
So good=perfect in Yahtzee's eyes? No game is perfect(besides tetris). The dig at Michael Atkinson was great though.
The conspiracy claims another victim.
Something tells me that when and if the golden egg is at last laid (Duke Nukem Forever) society will be so far in the pisser it'll be pulled until its as friendly and as as safe as the Jonas Bros.
I remember Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego being a fun game.
I don't get the Australian prime minister joke, but great year.
Oh god, the "happy new year" at the end sounded so sad
Iphones, cigarettes, pink shirts and cats are there to help identify who gets fed into the ovens when we start pro-actively depopulating the earth to save mankind.
The year 20XX?
Holy crap, isn't that when the Mega Man X series begins?
Head for the hills, the Mavericks are coming any day now! THANKS, YAHTZEE.
Oh my god...
The QUADRUPLE AMPUTEE KINDERGARTEN award for LEAST NECESSARY SANDBOX
I was trying to deside if i should buy army of 2 40th day or borderlands so could Yahtzee would tell me which one is worst. But Great end to the year very funny! P.S please could you metaphoricly beat the shit out of avatar the game.
Poncy vs Continental Europe made me LOL.
I actually have bought Batman and still need to play it! So very excited.
2010 has a lot of promising games on the horizon though. And a dirge of shitty ones for Yahtzee to trash! Hooray!
It was the Attorney General I believe. What's not to get? If you've seen any other ZP episodes or gotten wind through gaming news the gist of it is he has banned violent games from Australia. Yahtzee also mentioned this in this episode for those who didn't know.
very well done indeed. awefully good dead-panery.
Awesome, couldn't agree more with the Michael Atkinson bit. Loud applauses and cheers for that alone. Well said Yahtzee.
One of the best ZP's I have seen. Though I do disagree on the decision of Batman. I preferred Assassin's Creed 2 over pretty much every single player experience this year. Modern Warfare 2 is the best multiplayer shooter this year, if you don't take into account the mound of bullshit bugs all the nerds discovered over the past weeks.
Seems Yahtzee has picked up a spider fascination / infection for the start of this year since there were EXTRA many spiders in this review!
I was certain he'd mention something Megaman related too since the Megaman universe takes place in the year of 20XX ;o
Soooo... if its the year 20XX... where's X? Damnit, I want my adult megamen and green-tittied Zeroes this instant!
Lol "razor blade filled vagina"
I loved the very final end scene..MW2 sniper.
Mick Atkinson is the Jack Thompson equivalent.
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PORK BELLY. Slow roasted and seared.
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15 comments:
- Taylor said...
Wow that pork belly looks amazing! Great post
- June 26, 2010 at 5:56 PM
- Mickle in NZ said...
Thank you for a porkbelly recipe for single folk, like myself. I have two pieces of porkbelly lurking in the freezer - now I know how to prepare cook them!
- June 27, 2010 at 8:03 AM
- Sippity Sup said...
Oh my! GREG
- June 27, 2010 at 5:57 PM
- Tiffany said...
Wow, this looks delish! Good job :)
- July 12, 2010 at 9:29 PM
- ChefAmyJ said...
I looked all over for a recipe for glazed pork belly that was crispy yet unctious. Like i've had at several LA restaurants, the best being laurel tavern. None of the recipes or pix did anything for me until I saw yours!
Your final pic was exactly what i was looking for!!
I'm a chef and caterer and run an underground dinner club in LA. I did a 7 course chocolate underground dinner for 85 guests in February. i used your techniques and did maple cocoa glazed pork belly skewers! They were A-MAZ-ING and the hit of the dinner.
Had to make a few changes. I added cocoa powder to the initial rub(yum!)
And i did have to cook it way longer. more like 9 hours. And i had to cut off the top layer because it was too hard. maybe because i had bought my pork belly at the Asian Market so maybe the quality wasn't as good, or as fresh?
Then i cut up the chunks, minus the very hard not edible top skin layer. And then deep fried the pieces for a few seconds, and then brushed them with a maple cocoa glaze. crazy good.
Couldn't have done it without you!
- April 6, 2011 at 6:50 PM
- Jules and Ruby said...
Chefamyj...WOW....maple cocoa glazed pork belly...yummmm! so glad you liked the skewer deal. yours sounds over the top delicious. you're right the skin can be tough sometimes. i think it has to be fairly dry to get a good crisp on it...or for presentation purposes i guess you could torch the end of each piece to get it to crisp up, but then again just omitting it sounds easier for a crowd of 85. thanks for the report. hope you stop by again...jules
- April 6, 2011 at 9:56 PM
- Tara said...
Look great. I am a big fan of Thomas Keller's method. Best pork belly ever! But I am def trying this next time.
- August 28, 2011 at 7:08 PM
- Jules and Ruby said...
Yara...i think i'll try Thomas Kellar's recipe next time. thanks for the heads up and thanks for stopping by
- August 28, 2011 at 11:03 PM
- Jules and Ruby said...
WOOPS...i meant TARA
- August 28, 2011 at 11:04 PM
- Dee said...
If you want nice crunchy crackling, score the rind with a sharp knife and pour boiling water over the rind (you are not sitting the pork in the water just pour over and let it run off)this helps tenderize the rind a bit.
Then rub salt into the rind and wrap in paper towel and set aside for 30 minutes (you can change paper towel if there is a lot of moisture coming out) on the kitchen counter this will let the pork get closer to room temp so will have less shrinkage. Roast as you would normally. Super crunchy crackling.
- November 21, 2011 at 4:58 PM
- Jules and Ruby said...
DEE...i'll definitely have to try this. i might buy a big piece of BELLY with the bone in next time to see what the difference is...just out of curiosity, but i'll still try the hot water trick....thanks for the tip
- November 23, 2011 at 5:39 PM
This will be my first time cooking pork belly which will be a part of our "Pork Fest Party". I just want to confirm that I leave it uncovered while it roasts.
- June 12, 2012 at 11:45 AM
- Jules and Ruby said...
hi Klare...yes...uncovered. also... you might want to have a look at my post on Jamie Oliver's pork belly recipe as well. i've done that one at least a dozen times. i just did THIS cured/roasted recipe again , but i haven't posted about it yet. i put apples and brown sugar around the edges of the roasting pork belly with onions underneath...YUM. i'll try to get the post out before the weekend. i hope it turns out fabulous for you. thanks for stopping by
- June 12, 2012 at 2:55 PM
- JuJuBean said...
Assuming I use some of this for amuse bouche, is there a good way to store what's left-over? Thanks in advance. This recipe looks delicious.
- April 30, 2013 at 7:52 AM
- Jules and Ruby said...
hi Jujubean...whenever i make pork belly i ALWAYS have left over...i'm the only one eating it...LOL. it's ALL mine. anyway...i like to wrap it in parchment, then in tupperware with a loose (ajar) lid for the first day or so. then close it up tight. i sometimes have it in there for a week until it's all gone.. this helps keep a crispy skin if thats what you started with. this was one of my first pork belly recipes and i hadn't mastered the crispy skin yet, but i have quite a few other pork belly posts if you want to combine crispy skin and maple syrup action. hope that helps...jules
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from the we'll-see-about-that deptWith the FTC closing its antitrust case against Google, the group of Google's competitors who were the main instigators behind the effort aren't giving up easily. Gary Reback, the lawyer whose entire persona is wrapped up in being "the lawyer who gets the FTC to attack big companies" (he also led the charge against Microsoft a decade and a half ago) issued an incredibly combative statement:
"I've been doing this almost 40 years, and I've done dozens if not scores of government investigations on both sides, and I have never seen a more unprofessional, incomplete, incompetent investigation," said Gary Reback, a Silicon Valley lawyer who represented some of Google's complainants before the FTC.Really, now? In the briefing the FTC gave about the situation, FTC boss, Jon Liebowitz, indicated that the Google competitors' strategy of attacking the FTC when it was suggested that there might not be enough evidence for antitrust didn't help convince the FTC to suddenly create evidence out of thin air. Apparently, Reback would prefer that the FTC do stuff just because he says so, even as the evidence for Reback's claims are completely lacking.
Meanwhile, the laughably named "FairSearch" group -- a collection of Google competitors, who teamed up to create a publicity campaign solely with the goal of attacking Google over antitrust claims, came out with its own hilarious statement, which could be summarized as "it's not over yet! There's still Europe! And Texas!"
"The FTC's decision to close its investigation with only voluntary commitments from Google is disappointing and premature, coming just weeks before the company is expected to make a formal and detailed proposal to resolve the four abuses of dominance identified by the European Commission, first among them biased display of its own properties in search results.It is true that the EU Commission is still doing its own investigation, and given the EU's general feelings that "big" (and "American") must somehow be "bad," it's likely that they'll come down a bit more harshly on Google, as they did on Microsoft. Similarly, some state Attorneys General (mainly Texas) who have been grandstanding against Google and other tech companies for years will likely grouse about this -- but their ability to do anything about it may be fairly limited, given the lack of any actual evidence of harm.
The FTC's settlement is by no means the last word in this case, leaving the FTC without a major role in the final resolution to the investigations of Google's anti-competitive practices by state attorneys general and the European Commission. The FTC's inaction on the core question of search bias will only embolden Google to act more aggressively to misuse its monopoly power to harm other innovators.
State attorneys general who reportedly disagreed with today's announcement by the FTC have an important role to play in ensuring both that Google is not allowed to continue practices that hurt every American business through artificially high advertising costs, and to demand that whatever changes Google is forced to make in Europe also apply for U.S. consumers who risk losing innovation because of Google's aggressive abuse of its dominance.
In the end, this is coming off as even more sour grapes from companies who chose to focus on whining to government, rather than competing in the marketplace. In the future, instead of spending so much on lobbyists and lawyers, perhaps they could focus on building better products that the market wants.
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What is the iPrEx Study and what was its purpose?
The iPrEx study was a Phase III study designed to determine whether emtricitabine/tenofovir/ (FTC/TDF), a drug that is already being used to treat people living with HIV infection, may also help prevent HIV infection in men who are HIV negative when combined with safer sex counseling and condom use.
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As an advocate for HIV prevention, what should I do?
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The decision of the Authority follows:
53 FLRA No. 20
June 30, 1997
Before the Authority: Phyllis N. Segal, Chair; and Donald S. Wasserman, Member.
I. Statement of the Case
This case is before the Authority on a negotiability appeal filed by the Union under section 7105(a)(2)(E) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (the Statute), and concerns the negotiability of one proposal, which establishes a Liaison and Familiarization Travel program for Air Traffic Assistants (ATAs).
For the reasons that follow, we find that the proposal is within the duty to bargain.
II. The Proposal
The proposal appears in the Appendix to this decision.(1)
III. Positions of the Parties
A. Agency
The Agency asserts that the proposal is contrary to a Government-wide regulation and, under section 7117(a)(1) of the Statute, is nonnegotiable. Following is the Agency's argument in its entirety:
Executive Order 12[6]74 as modified by EO 12731 and 5 CFR 2635.01 et. seq., Standard[s] of [Ethical] Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch, a government-wide regulation prohibits the acceptance of gifts by federal employees. Deleting all references to the [Liaison and Familiarization Travel] program as [] training programs, results in allowing the ATAs to accept free air travel for personal use. Free air travel for personal use is considered a gift prohibited by the Standards of [Ethical] Conduct for Em[p]loyees of the Executive Branch.
Supplemental Statement of Position at 2.
B. Union
The Union claims that the proposal would provide ATAs the same conditions of employment as Air Traffic Controllers (ATCs) by offering "familiarization with the operation of the aircraft equipment and communications from the flight crews['] perspective[,]" as well as "the benefit of free air travel." Response at 5. The Union also claims that the program "would enhance the ATA's job performance and promotional opportunities." Id. The Union argues that the "program would no more constitute a gift for ATA[s] than it does for any other employee of the Agency." Reply to Supplemental Statement of Position at 2.
IV. Meaning of the Proposal
The parties have not provided information about the Liaison and Familiarization program for ATCs, and the Union has not explained how the proposal is intended to operate. As plainly worded, Section 1 of the proposal provides, among other things, that ATAs who are "certified" are eligible to participate in "the national standardized familiarization program." Sections 2, 3, and 4 address standards and procedures for administration of the program. Sections 5 and 6 provide for the Agency to approve trips for ATAs on approved leave days, regular days off, and on duty time when the Agency has assigned an ATA duties at the outbound destination.
Under sections 7 and 9 of the proposal, the program would encompass up to eight domestic trips and one international trip each year; Section 8 provides that ATAs may use different air carriers for different segments of a trip. Section 10 states that if there is any commuting involved on a duty trip, it is at no expense to the government. Section 11 requires that ATAs submit a request to the Agency for familiarization travel at least 3 days prior to the day they intend to travel to allow for internal processing of the request. Section 12 provides that an ATA traveling on an assigned duty day will be paid the same amount as if he or she had worked a regular shift, and that an ATA traveling on off-duty days will not receive pay, overtime, or compensatory time.
V. Analysis and Conclusions
The Agency's entire argument is quoted above. As is apparent from examining the argument, the Agency cites only to the Executive Order and its implementing regulations, the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch (Standards of Ethical Conduct). The Agency does not cite any specific section of either the Executive Order or the regulations in support of its contention that the Union's proposal conflicts with Government-wide regulation, and the Agency does not offer any arguments establishing a basis for its contention.
It is well established that the parties bear the burden of creating a record upon which the Authority can make a negotiability determination. American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1995 and U.S. Department of Energy, Morgantown Energy Technology Center, Morgantown, West Virginia, 47 FLRA 470, 472 (1993) (Morgantown). A party that fails to assert the specific provisions of law upon which it asserts a proposal is nonnegotiable acts at its peril. Patent Office Professional Association and U.S. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, 41 FLRA 795, 820 (1991); see National Federation of Federal Employees, Local 1167 v. FLRA, 681 F.2d 886, 891 (D.C. Cir. 1982) (finding that the parties are responsible for directing the Authority, with as much specificity as possible, to the statutes and regulations relevant to an agency's duty to bargain, and that the Authority is not expected, sua sponte, to locate, analyze and apply all arguably pertinent statutes and regulations).
In this case, the Agency makes only a bare assertion that the proposal conflicts with a Government-wide regulation. We conclude that this bare assertion does not establish that the proposal is outside the duty to bargain and, accordingly, we conclude that the proposal is within the duty to bargain.(2) See Morgantown, 47 FLRA at 472-73.
VI. Order
The Agency shall upon request, or as otherwise agreed to by the parties, negotiate over the proposal.
The Union Liaison and Familiarization Travel proposal provides:
Section 1. All enroute and terminal bargaining unit members who are certified in their respective positions are eligible to participate in the national standardized familiarization program. Once a bargaining unit member achieves eligibility, he/she is not again required to meet this provision.
Section 2. The national standardized program shall include standards and procedures pertaining to familiarization flying in air carriers, private aircraft, and military aircraft. (Air Carrier includes any commercial, commuter flight, or air taxi flights under Title 14, CFR, Parts 121, 135, or 298). No facility or regional office of the Employer shall add, delete, or in any way alter the standardized familiarization program.
Section 3. The Parties recognize that familiarization travel in air carriers involves procedures and internal regulations of individual air carriers. Matters beyond the purview of the Employer include, but are not limited to, number of trips per air carrier per year, dress code in the cockpit, eligibility for participation, and procedures for application to participate. The Parties recognize that any air carrier may suspend or abridge their participation in the familiarization program at any time and that the Employer has no jurisdiction over the conduct of the program by the individual air carriers.
Section 4. The Parties recognize that private and military operators determine their own internal regulations and procedures governing flight familiarization by employees and that such regulations and procedures are beyond the purview of the Employer to change, except in the case where the stated procedures are contrary to the Employer's requirements for employee participation.
Section 5. The employee shall be placed in official travel status and paid per diem, if he/she is assigned duties at the outbound destination as part of the familiarization trip. Approved familiarization visits to other facilities or regional offices at the outbound destination to observe the use of new equipment, facility operations and procedures, etc., during duty days are not assigned duties but shall entitle the employee to be in duty status during his/her regularly scheduled shift. Both Parties recognize that the standard government travel regulations require that employees be placed on official travel status when assigned duties at the destination and, further, that budgetary limitations govern the approval of familiarization travel involving assignment of official duties.
Section 6. The Employer shall approve a familiarization trip for approved leave days, regular days off and for duty days (if the Employer assigns duties at the outbound destination) in any combination.
Section 7. Included in the national standardized program shall be provisions for one (1) foreign overseas trip per calendar year. Foreign seas travel under this Section shall be accomplished and charged as a non-duty trip. Employees eligible under this Article may also travel to overseas domestic locations, but such travel will not be considered as foreign overseas travel. For the purpose of this Agreement, trips to Mexico and Canada shall be considered overseas domestic.
Section 8. Employees are authorized to use different air carriers or the same air carrier for different segments of the same familiarization trip.
Section 9. Except where carriers have indicated they will allow more than one (1) trip per year, employees shall be limited to no more than one (1) familiarization trip per air carrier per year. Employees are entitled to a maximum of eight (8) domestic/overseas domestic trips per calendar year.
Section 10. Commuting trips shall be at no expense to the government. If commuting is involved on any of the duty trips, the employee shall commence his/her familiarization travel within eight (8) hours of the time he/she departs his/her duty station. The employee shall be released from his/her facility and will be considered on duty time for up to two (2) hours so as to reasonably arrive at the departure airport one (1) hour prior to the proposed departure time.
Section 11. Employees are required to submit all familiarization requests to the facility in sufficient time to allow three (3) administrative days for internal processing. This is in addition to the advance notice required by the air carrier and time for mailing.
Section 12. An employee traveling on such a flight on his/her regularly assigned duty day receives the same premium pay he/she would have received had he/she worked his/her regular shift. For one (1) hour prior to the proposed departure time and until one (1) hour after the actual arrival time at the final destination the employee shall be considered on duty time. Premium pay, overtime, or compensatory time/credit hours will not be paid to an employee who is traveling on off-duty days.
(If blank, the decision does not have footnotes.)
1. The proposal has been modified from that which was contained in the Union's petition for review. The Agency asserted that the original proposal was outside the duty to bargain because it mandated specific training assignments and, thereby, violated management's right to assign work under section 7106(a)(2)(B) of the Statute. In response, the Union modified the proposal to eliminate the portions regarding training. The Agency filed a supplemental statement of position in response, and the Union filed a supplemental response. The Agency has not objected to our consideration of the modified proposal. Moreover, the Agency did not renew its argument regarding the right to assign work.
2. Even assuming that it were appropriate to base a negotiability determination on an independent review of the regulation, our cursory review demonstrates that there is an insufficient record on which to determine that the proposal conflicts with the regulation. For example, assuming that the air travel encompassed by the proposal constitutes a prohibited "gift," as defined in 5 C.F.R. § 2635.203(b), the Standards of Ethical Conduct provide that the Government may accept a gift "under the authority of 31 U.S.C. [§] 1353 in connection with an employee's attendance at a meeting or similar function relating to his official duties which takes place away from his duty station." 5 C.F.R. § 2635.203(b)(8). Excluded from the definition of a gift is "[a]nything which is paid for by the Government or secured by the Government under Government contract[.]" 5 C.F.R. § 2635.203(b)(7). In addition, "[g]ifts authorized by supplemental agency regulation" are exempt from the prohibitions of the Standards of Ethical Conduct. 5 C.F.R. § 2635.204(k). There is no basis in the record before us to ascertain whether these provisions provide a basis on which to exempt all or part of the travel encompassed by the proposal from the prohibitions that otherwise would apply.


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You mention that you have had 'no alternatives', so it is possible that you live in a setting that lacks full access to all of these drugs. You will have to consult your doctor for the options that are available to you in your region of the world.
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Ramirez, who spent most of his Major League career with the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox, hasn't played professionally since 2011.
The slugger served a 50-game suspension for steroid use in 2009 while playing for the LA Dodgers, and was facing a 100-game suspension from the Tampa Bay Rays when he decided to retire.
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