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Do you have your kids do "school" work during the summer? My son is really good at math and reading, and he likes both of them. So we have him do some math each day, and he reads each day as well. No matter what, he reads for awhile before bed each night, to help him calm down so he can go to sleep. But the math, that is starting to prove to be a challenge. He loves math, and during the school year he loves the website we have him working on. But now… it is "boring". It is getting to be more of a struggle each day. Who knew summer was supposed to be so entertaining
Chicken Taco Burgers #BurgerMonth
Hashbrown Enchilada Skillet #SimplyPotatoes
I am excited about post today. I am working with Simply Potatoes to bring you a great 5 ingredient recipe, but also a chance for you to win up to $3,000. All you have to do is head over and submit your own 5 ingredient recipe, and you are entered to win. You can use any one of the Simply Potatoes varieties, and you can submit a main dish, a side dish, or an appetizer. How cool would it be if one of my readers won, go enter!
Baked Chicken Taquitos
Today is an important day for two reasons. First, it is my baby's birthday!!! I now have an 8 year old! I can not believe how quickly he has grown up, and what a wonderful kid he is turning into. He is smart, funny, creative, and super into sports. He has his party with friends tomorrow night, and guess what they are doing? Playing basketball and soccer. Not a bad thing for a bunch of 2nd graders to burn off energy
Chicken Tortilla Soup #SundaySupper
Soup weather is here. I am actually excited about this, because I have so many soup recipes I want to try this year. And after today, that list is going to grow. This week Susan from The Girl in the Little Kitchen is hosting a "Dishes That Keep You Warm" event. So don't miss all the great soul warming dishes at the end of this post.
I haven't made Chicken Tortilla Soup in forever. I made it years ago, loved it, and quickly proceeded to never make it again. Makes perfect sense, right? Ok, well maybe not, but I was determined to change that this year. So when this event came up, this was the first thing I thought of. It is a little spicy, super adaptable to what you like, and full of toppings (one of my favorite parts of soup).
I garnished mine with avocado, red onion, tortilla strips, cilantro and lime wedges. The lime adds a great freshness, and a little tartness to the soup. Sour cream would be great if you don't like a lot of heat, to help cool it down. I am not a fan of black beans, so I left that part out, but feel free to add a can of black beans to the soups. Or bell peppers if that is what you like. Really, anything goes here! I have the leftovers in the freezer right now, can't wait for a cool night to bring it out again.
Chicken Bacon Avocado Quesadillas #SundaySupper
I am back with the talented #SundaySupper team today. This week the focus is back to school. School is back in session here, so our nights are busy again. Football practice, homework, and just playing leave little time for anything else. It is times like this when you need quick and easy recipes to get dinner on the table. If you are out of ideas just wait – there are so many great ideas at the end of this post.
Quesadillas are a favorite at our house. And they are so versatile, you can use whatever you have in your fridge. Leftover Chicken? Perfect. Leftover Taco Meat? Great. Just cheese and a few veggies? That works too. Really it is just a tortilla with cheese and whatever else you want to put in. It doesn't always have to be Mexican either. You could use breaded chicken, Mozzarella cheese, and dip it in marinara sauce. Or maybe chicken, carrots, onions, and dip it in a peanut satay sauce. They take minutes to prepare, and you can change it up to meet everyone's tastes.
This version is one of my favorites. Chicken, Bacon, and Avocado are perfect together. I like it on a sandwich, and I love it in this quesadilla. You can use leftover chicken or rotisserie chicken to get this meal on the table quickly. Just crisp up some bacon, dice and avocado and you are done. If you have fresh tomatoes they would be wonderful in here too. Serve with this Red Onion Salsa for a wonderful dinner for the whole family.
Taco Cups
Taco Pizza
Pizza isn't my favorite. Don't worry, keep reading! I am still the same blogger you know and love :) I eat pizza, and enjoy it, but I could also go without it. Taco Pizza on the other hand, that I love! Unfortunately my family does not agree with me, so I almost never get it. For a girls night in, my friend Katie and I have been known to get Taco Pizza from a local place, along with a pack of Budweiser Select. Only 55 calories a piece…..girl math (counteracts the calories in the pizza). We may or may not play Just Dance on the Wii as well. Just one of the things I am really going to miss with moving 800 miles away
My 6 year old loves to make pizza at home. Recently, I got the brilliant idea to make myself Taco Pizza on these nights! Genius! In the process of cleaning out my freezer, I found a couple balls of Naan dough. These were the perfect size for our dinner. My son made his a plain cheese pizza, but I topped mine to the max! I am so excited to add this to our pizza nights.
Taco Pizza
Printable Recipe
1 pound pizza dough (recipe found here)
Taco Meat
Refried Beans (optional, I don't use them)
1/4 cup Taco Sauce
1 cup Cheddar Cheese
1 1/2 cup Lettuce, chopped
1 Tomato, chopped
1/4 cup Black Olives, chopped
1 cup Nacho Cheese Doritos, crushed
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Roll dough out onto a greased baking tray. Pierce dough with a fork. Bake for about 5 minutes. Remove from oven.
Spread Taco Sauce over dough. If using beans mix them in with the meat. Spread meat over the sauce. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake for 10 minutes, or until cheese is bubbly. Top with lettuce, tomato, black olives and Doritos. You can also top with more cheese and serve with additional taco sauce as desired.
Chicken Tostadas
My husband said tonight that he thinks I have too many desserts and sweet things on my blog. So today, I bring you a dinner recipe. I have a couple of them to give you, I just haven't gotten around to it. My dinner pictures are never very good, because I am just trying to get the food on the table quickly. Husband and Son don't wait for food! If we have leftovers, then I take my time after dinner to get a picture, but that doesn't always happen.
We found this Cooking Light recipe last summer, and immediately fell in love. It is so good! It is great for summer too. You can use leftover chicken, or a rotisserie chicken, and then you don't even need to cook anything! It is a fun recipe for a party too. You could just lay out all sorts of different toppings, and people could assemble their own. Plus it is so colorful and pretty!
Chicken Tostadas
Adapted from Cooking Light
Printable Recipe
Guacamole (I always make my own, but this one works well with this, so I followed it)
1 avocado, peeled
2 Tbls tomato, chopped
1 Tbls Onion, chopped
1 Tbls lime juice
1/4 tsp salt
1 clove garlic, minced
Pico De Gallo
1 cup tomato, chopped
2 Tbls onion, chopped
1 Tbls lime juice
1/4 tsp salt
1 Tbls cilantro, chopped
1/2 jalapeno, chopped
2 chicken breasts
garlic powder
onion powder
chili powder
1 Tbls lime juice
8 (6 inch) corn tostada shells
Sprinkle both sides of chicken with all the seasonings except the lime and paprika. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
While chicken is cooking prepare the guacamole and pico de gallo.
Guacamole – mash the avocado with a fork. Add in all of the ingredients. Stir until well combined.
Pico De Gallo – Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl. Toss well.
Shred the chicken using 2 forks. Sprinkle paprika over all of the chicken, and add the lime juice. Toss together.
To serve spread guacamole across the tostada shell. Top with chicken and then pico de gallo. You can add anything else you like at this point. Enjoy!
Chicken Tostada Bites
Friday night was Girls Night Out!!! Well actually, girls night in this time. We all brought something to share, ate, laughed, had a margarita, and had a great time. It had been way to long! I chose to make Chicken Tostada Bites, and they were a hit. I was told to make sure that I blogged about this, so they could all have the recipe! I had seen something like it over at Apple a Day, but put my own spin on it. Usually I make something like this on real Tostada's, but I thought serving on chips was a cute idea and much more fitting for Girls Night!
Unfortunately I was so excited to see my girls, I forgot about taking pictures – oops!
Chicken Tostada Bites
Printable Recipe
Tortilla Chips
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 jar salsa
1/2 of lime, juiced
For the Pico De Gallo
1 large tomato, diced
1 small green chili, diced
1 Tbls chopped fresh cilantro
3 Tbls red onion, diced
For the Guacamole
2 large avocado
5 Tbls red onion, diced
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp paprika
Salt and Pepper to taste
Juice from 1/2 of lime
Put chicken in a 13×9 baking dish. Pour a jar of salsa (whatever flavor or heat level you like) over the chicken. Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes, or until it is cooked through. Once it is cooked through, using 2 forks shred the chicken. Squeeze lime juice over the chicken. Toss back in with the salsa. Cover with foil so it stays warm.
While the chicken is cooking get the pico de gallo and the guacamole ready.
Pico de Gallo – combine tomato, chili, cilantro and onion in small bowl. Season with salt. I squeezed a little lime juice on it as well. Set aside
Guacamole – Halve the avocados, remove the pits, and scoop out the flesh onto a plate. Using a fork, mash the avocados. Mix in the onion and seasonings. Squeeze in the lime juice. I always taste test, and adjust the seasonings. It really depends on the avocado how much salt and other seasonings you need. So start light, taste and add more if you want. I usually add in tomato with my guacamole, but because this was using pico de gallo as well, I left them out.
To serve stop each chip with a scoop of guacamole, and spoonful of chicken, and then a little pico de gallo.
Chicken Burrito Pizza
In case you missed it, Cinco De Mayo was yesterday! In honor of this holiday I decided to try a recipe that caught my eye in Shape magazine. I love all things Mexican – chips and salsa, guacamole, enchiladas, tacos, the rice, fajitas….pretty much all of it. I think I could eat it everyday, and be a happy girl! There is a big debate in our house about taco pizza. Is it pizza? Is it Mexican? What is it? My husband prefers to just ignore it and claim it is neither and not eat it. I on the other hand like it a lot. I do not claim that it is real pizza, because really if I want pizza I was the greasy, cheesy, pepperoni goodness – not lettuce. So I put it in a different category all together. But I don't get it often. Then I saw this recipe for Chicken Burrito Pizza and I said too bad for him, I was making it! No lettuce, so he can't complain, right? It wasn't his favorite, but I didn't expect it to be. I on the other hand thought it was great!! I am so excited for the leftovers for lunch today!
I have a tried and true pizza crust recipe, but decided to try Shape's recipe for crust. It was good, I might have to use it in the future sometime. They didn't have a calorie count for the crust alone, just for a whole slice of pizza. A slice of pizza with both of the toppings is only 107 calories. I had more than once slice, for sure – but if I can feel half way decent about eating Mexican I am ecstatic! They called for lowfat cheese, which I didn't use, and I am sure I put more chicken on the pizza then they called for. But that is the beauty of making your own food, right?
Pizza Dough
1/2 cup bread flour
1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
3/4 tsp active dry yeast
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
6 Tbls cold water
Combine the dry ingredients. Create a well in the middle and add the water. Using your hands to gently combine the dough until it comes together (this can take a couple minutes, it is kind of dry). You can either then knead the dough for 10 minutes or until firm and smooth, or you can put it in your electric mixer. Use the paddle attachment, set on the lowest speed for about 10 minutes. Cover with a dish towel, let it rest for 5 minutes.
Roll the dough out to form a 11 inch circle. Place it on a metal pizza pan with small holes in it. Let rest again for 45 minutes before you add the toppings.
Chicken Burrito Pizza
Adapted from Shape
For the Pizza
Salsa (2 Tbls – 1/4 cup)
Pizza Crust
1 cup mozzarella cheese
1 chicken breast, grilled and diced
4 Tbls black beans (I didn't use these)
1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion
For the Pico De Gallo
1 large tomato, diced
1 small green chili, diced
1 Tbls chopped fresh cilantro
3 Tbls red onion, diced
For the Guacamole
1 large avocado
3 Tbls red onion, diced
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp paprika
Salt and Pepper to taste
Juice from 1/2 of lime
While the dough is resting work on the pico de gallo and the guacamole.
Pico de Gallo – combine tomato, chili, cilantro and onion in small bowl. Season with salt. I squeezed a little lime juice on it as well. Set aside.
Guacamole – Halve an avocado, remove the pit, and scoop out the flesh onto a plate. Using a fork, mash the avocado. Mix in the onion and seasonings. Squeeze in the lime juice. I always taste test, and adjust the seasonings. I really depends on the avocado how much salt and other seasonings you need. So start light, taste and add more if you want. I usually add in tomato with my guacamole, but because this was using pico de gallo as well, I left them out.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spread salsa over the prepared dough. Sprinkle with cheese. Top with the chicken, black beans and onions. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes, or until the edges of the crust are golden brown.
Slice pizza and top slice with a spoonful of guacamole and pico de gallo. Enjoy!!


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Rebel Teen From Outer Space!
An Extraterrestrial Water Ballet Adventure
Druid Hill Park Pool
Saturday July 28, 5pm
Sunday July 29, 5pm & 7pm
Patterson Park Pool
Saturday August 4, 5pm & 7pm
Sunday August 5, 5pm & 7pm
Tickets $10, available at door and at http://www.brownpapertickets.com
Attending one of the July 29th shows at Druid Hill Park?
Take a look at these maps on where to park & how to get there. Take note: Druid Hill has special Sunday traffic patterns.
Fluid Movement will shock you with MOBTOWN MURDER MYSTERY!
The greatest water ballet thriller in many years!
The world's first (and perhaps last) live film-noir inspired daytime synchronized swimming extravaganza!!
SHE is GAIL FORCE, a Girl Friday turned Ms. Saturday Night.
HE is SAM HOE, her dead boss' ex-partner with NOTHING but good intentions.
And THEY gotta get their hands on one very dangerous DINGUS!
What's a DINGUS, you say? Well, they don't know, either. You're just gonna have to show up to find out! But who has it? Is it:
One very large FEZ-HEADED small-time boss with a penchant for perspiration and parlay?
One ETHNIC KINGPIN who's cornered the cookie racket 30 yards off PIER 6?
Or your guest celebrity host who bears a striking resemblance to MANDELIT DEL BARCO?
Watch the trailer Trailer!
Add lots of water, beautiful dames and rugged mugs, and a brace of floaties, and you get the picture. Baltimore may never be the same after
Fluid Movement presents
Mobtown Murder Mystery!
Two weekends!
Saturday July 23, 3pm & 5pm
Sunday July 24, 5pm & 7pm
At Druid Hill Park Pool
Saturday July 30, 6pm benefit show, $20
Sunday July 31, 5pm & 7pm
At Patterson Park Pool
Tickets $10**, City Pool pass holders $5!** Children on laps are free!
(**excluding July 30th benefit show)
Tickets available online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com keyword: MOBTOWN
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STRANGE CUSTOMS: The Flurry Family Odyssey
Water Ballet 2009
Fluid Movement's 8th Annual Synchronized Swimming Extravaganza!
Forget that weekend getaway! Join Fluid Movement for a family vacation at the pool.
They're back… and they've gone international! Grab your money, tickets and passport and come fly the friendly skies as the Flurry's embark on a hilarious, sometimes disastrous, and often surreal trip to exotic locales across the globe, told with Fluid Movement's trademark swimming, dancing and glittery style!
WHERE & WHEN: Riverside Park Pool in Federal Hill (1800 Covington Street) Saturday and Sunday July 25 and 26, 2009 at 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Patterson Park Pool (South Linwood Avenue near Eastern Avenue)* Sunday August 2, 2009 at 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm
* Fluid Movement's 10th Anniversary Benefit Gala Pool Party follows the show on Saturday August 1, 2009 at 5:30 pm at Patterson Park Pool. Tickets are $30.00 for adults; tickets for children 10 and under are $10.00 (these prices are for both the benefit gala pool party/show only).
How: regular tickets are $10.00, and all are available through http://www.brownpapertickets.com (keyword: Odyssey) or at the door an hour before each show.
Tickets are available now at brownpapertickets.com!
Mother Goosed: The Nurseryland Campaign Tales
Water Ballet 2008
President Humpty sat on a wall
President Humpty had a great fall
Will the voters of Nurseryland put him back together?
Come see the colorful citizens of Nurseryland swim and entertain in this politically charged water ballet extravaganza!
Mother Goosed at Riverside Park!
July 26th & 27th, 2008
Mother Goosed at Patterson Park!
August 2nd & 3rd, 2008
War and Fleas
Water Ballet 2007
Tolstoy's classic novel presented in a glorious water ballet spectacle of Canine Courage and Squirrely Subterfuge! Behold the Politics of the Dog Park as you've never seen it before!READ REVIEWS
It's A Wonderful Species!
Water Ballet 2006
Featuring a cast of over 70 of your friends and neighbors, "It's a Wonderful Species" follows Charles Darwin's tortured plight to publish his theory of evolution. Will the church give him the boot? Will the scientific community give him the opposable thumbs up? With everything to lose, including his mind, Darwin recounts his theories with the help of a curiously hairy but somewhat evolved literary agent. Of course, all of this is performed in Fluid Movement's trademark swimming, dancing, glittery style!READ REVIEWS
Postcards from the Deep End: The Flurry Family Vacation
Water Ballet 2005
Follow Baltimore's Flurry Family's disastrous summer car trip to Vegas! Forced to spend hours in a car together, the family embarks on a sometimes hilarious, sometimes disturbing and often surreal trip down memory lane…recounting some of their personal favorite summer vacations- all told with Fluid Movement's trademark swimming, dancing, glittery style!
Cirque L'Amour
Water Ballet 2001
Cirque De L'Amour tells the tale of Frenchie the wistful clown, who finds herself dreaming of the glamorous life - away from the tired, grumpy clowns. Frenchie's dream of glamour comes true as she saves Guy de Lyon when his lion-taming act runs amok.READ REVIEWS
Cleopatra, Life on the Nile
Water Ballet 2000
"Take three Roman soldiers in inner tubes, one Cleopatra Queen of the Nile in swim goggles, a cast of 40 in glittering sequined costumes and some elaborate sets with palm trees, crocodiles and hippos. Now add chlorinated water and you've got all the ingredients for Cleopatra: Life on the Nile…"
- Wendi Kaufman, The Washington Post
Water Shorts: A Synchronized Swimming Extravaganza
Water Ballet 1999
Water Shorts! was the fruitful result of a collaboration between Fluid Movement and two local community organizations, the Fells Point Creative Alliance and the Friends of Patterson Park.

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This is perhaps the cleanest, prettiest line on the cliff, and is located just right of Lichen Lung. It is stiffest right of the ground through slippery finger locks and layaways. The crack gradually widens from fingers, thin hands to solid hands before becoming a little flared at a shelf. Rest here before punching through the last section of flared hands to fists.
Standard rack up to 3". Doubles of #0.75, #1, and #2 Camalots are nice.


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Invisible History: Afghanistan's Untold Story by Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould
Nearly 30 years after their first foray into the land-locked buffer state, married couple and journalist-historians Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould could not have chosen a more appropriate time to publish their comprehensive Invisible History: Afghanistan's Untold Story.
Having taken a back seat to Iraq since the drumbeat for war began in the autumn of 2002, the ongoing escalation of the United States-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) counter-insurgency war and occupation have made "AfPak" the center of sustained US media attention for the first time since "shock and awe" temporarily drove the Taliban underground in October 2001.
A chronically disinformed
Crile's account presents an ahistorical blend of fact and fantasy as it romanticizes the largest covert operation in
As such, one of the concerns that Gould and Fitzgerald are seeking to address is the problem that "there are still people in administration positions, in journalistic positions, in academic positions who still believe the fundamentals of Charlie Wilson's War". As Fitzgerald added, "every line cook and bottle washer in and around Washington is now an expert on
As the first Western journalists to gain entry into post-Soviet invasion
Fitzgerald and Gould returned to
The problem was that the
There was absolutely no interest on the part of Congress or the mainstream media to really get that out into the public space. As Roger stated on Nightline, "clearly I don't know for sure whether they are going to actually get out but we have to try." This is certainly what anyone with common sense would have thought. And what did we discover but no, there was absolutely no interest in getting them out. The reason being that the actual insurgency that was coming from
Having gone to great lengths to draw them into
It would take more than 15 years for Fitzgerald and Gould's analysis to be corroborated by the slow trickle of document declassification and the publication of the memoirs of key political and intelligence actors. With a heavy dose of footnotes (over 1,100), Fitzgerald and Gould rely on a mixture of interviews (some conducted during a subsequent trip to the country in 2002), primary source documents, prior historical accounts, and (Chomskyan) "impeccable sources" to flesh out their narrative, which spans three periods: antiquity to the 1960s, the height of the Cold War period up to September 11, 2001, and the period since, up to mid-July of 2008.
The first section lays the groundwork for understanding the 21st century context by tracking the development of
Fitzgerald and Gould argue that "no border division in the history of colonial conquest could match the ongoing consequences posed" (p 51) by this unilateral demarcation of
Fitzgerald and Gould trace the origins of the post-World War II national security state to National Security Directive 68 (NSC 68) of 1950, which was premised on the "containment" of the Soviets who were said to be bent on "world domination". Accordingly, the policies that flowed from NSC 68 were designed "to foster the seeds of destruction within the Soviet system", and, conveniently, in order to pursue such policies, the
Fitzgerald and Gould emphasize the historical role of the "imperial brain trust" and covert war methods of the
"Large numbers of American intellectuals participated in [Asia] Foundation programs, and they – usually unwittingly – contributed to popularizing of CIA ideas about the
The important propaganda role of CIA-linked, Orwellian-named organizations such as Freedom House, the International Rescue Committee and the Committee for a Free Afghanistan are contextualized, the latter being "an odd assortment of extreme anti-communist right Republican and liberal Democrat". (p 175-79) Together, they "represented the cream of the right-wing, neo-conservative … defense-intellectual class, controlling public opinion of the Afghan war". (p 190).
Invisible History also shows how covert US meddling began as early as 1973 under president Nixon, following the ouster of King Zahir Shah by Mohammad Daoud. The
By fostering the rise of fundamentalist Islam in Afghanistan beginning in the period leading to the Soviet intervention, the US helped "set in motion a series of events that would eventually demolish the country's embryonic infrastructure and political aspirations … " (p 126) According to a former US political officer in Afghanistan, the conscious intent was "to set back the clock socially on a wide front". All told, this served the interests of both the
Under pressure from the covert hand of external intelligence agencies and their proxies in the mid-1970′s, Afghanistan shifted rightward under Daoud, who was overthrown in April 1978, after which the country again drew closer to the Soviets. Although the 1978 coup "was a product of
The origins of Team B, traced in another important chapter (p 139-157), are rooted in Nixon's "secretive brain trust", and in former CIA director George H W Bush's opening "an outside door to a small, right-wing corps of like-minded defense intellectuals". Setting about to destroy detente and restore the US's post-Vietnam War "military mythology", Team B was "drawn together by their anti-communism and mutual affiliations" with the military-industrial complex, as they began fostering a false narrative that said "the Soviets were preparing for a 'third world war' and were nakedly expansionist".
The January 16, 1979, overthrow of the US allied Shah of Iran and the February 14 kidnapping and murder of the US ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolf Dubs, were keystone events that "would permanently turn the tide of detente and arms control, and shift the balance of authority toward [Jimmy Carter's national security advisor Zbigniew] Brzezinski and Team B, while making Afghanistan a permanent base for holy war". (p 160) By the time the Soviets entered
As alluded to above, one of the strengths of Invisible History is its overview of the role of propaganda during this period: "Media coverage of the events leading up to the Soviet invasion had been carefully managed to avoid any hint of the plan at work. Vital to maintaining the illusion that the Soviet action was purely the result of Soviet aggression and not in reaction to American subversion, a ring of silence had been prophylactically applied." (p 177)
To this end, Fitzgerald and Gould discuss a revealing if self-congratulatory book about US propaganda methods of the period by former US Information Agency operative Alvin A Snyder, Warriors of Disinformation: American Propaganda, Soviet Lies, and the Winning of the Cold War (New York: Arcade Publishing, 1995). Snyder's book is "a cynical account of why the
As reported by US News and World Report in 1984, during the covert war against the Soviets, the USIA was "transformed from a government backwater into the key weapon in the battle of information and ideas that the Reagan administration [was] waging with Russia". During the period, an unprecedented amount of money was spent on propaganda with the intention of bringing down the Soviets. A significant amount of this propaganda was, in spite of laws prohibiting it, directed at the
Providing criticism of propaganda's role where Snyder omits it, Fitzgerald and Gould describe how, following the departure of the Soviets, "left unsaid was the overall effect of the Afghan propaganda campaign on the American media, which had allowed themselves to miss the real war and been snowed under by the make-believe struggle of good versus evil … and an unholy alliance of liberal democrats, neo-conservatives and right-wing Washington insiders". (p 207)
Among other effects of the propaganda of the period following the withdrawal of the Soviets, most people were rendered incapable of understanding the ensuing civil war and the rise of the Taliban, a period which resulted in tens of thousands of civilian deaths. A chapter covering the fundamental role of Pakistan in the creation and rise of the Taliban, "part of a grand plan" carried out by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and CIA, closes out the second section of Invisible History. Fitzgerald and Gould write:
In addition to securing trade routes to and from Central Asia,
On this basis, the authors argue that it is futile to negotiate with the Taliban as though they are an independent, Afghan entity. "Never the indigenous force that they claimed to be, by 2001, they had metamorphasized into a well-financed, agenda-driven vanguard of the Pakistani military. Never just 'recruits' from the madrassas … from the beginning the Taliban were on the payroll of the ISI." (p 308)
Well-meaning peace activists have recommended reviving the practice of parsing between al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Some recommend engaging the Taliban as the [US] engaged the Soviet Union, Communist China … Aside from not delineating between Pakistani Taliban and Afghan Taliban and that both use terrorist methods, such recommendations ignore the reality that the Taliban were expressly created "as a kind of experimental Frankenstein monster", by the CIA and Pakistani ISI to invade Afghanistan. That mission has not changed. More importantly, such recommendations wrongly paint the Taliban as an indigenous tribal force bent on bringing peace to a troubled land. (p 323)
Far from negotiating with the Taliban, "If any negotiations are to be conducted, they must begin with the state within the state sponsors of this Taliban terror,
The problem, as Fitzgerald and Gould note elsewhere, is that the US and its NATO allies have, since the invasion of 2001, played a dual game where they carry out "a policy whereby [Pakistan] pretends to hunt for extremists while the US pretends to believe [them] ", (p 298) while at the same time providing the Pakistani military with billions of dollars in aid. Meanwhile, everyone knows that the ISI continues to provide support to the anti-occupation insurgency.
Some of Invisible History's less than stellar moments appear in the final section, which deals with the post-September 11, 2001, period. By providing the reader with a strong analysis of the role of covert, psychological warfare during the Cold War period, one might be disappointed to find little in-depth analysis of the continuing trajectory of these methods following 9/11 and the subsequent invasion and occupation of
Anyone who is interested in how organizations such as Freedom House and the Asia Foundation (not to mention the many "sister" organizations affiliated with the National Endowment for Democracy) continue to operate, for example, as (overt or covert) functionaries of US foreign policy in today's counterinsurgency wars, may come away disappointed in that this type of analysis was beyond the scope of Invisible History.
Anti-imperialist readers may also take issue with Fitzgerald and Gould's tacit support for the US-led invasion of October 2001, which, with the culmination of the December 2001 international donor's meeting in
By omitting a general analysis of the very organizations that the US has used to meddle in the internal affairs of countries all over the globe under the guise of nation-building, civil society building and democracy promotion, Fitzgerald and Gould come off somewhat naively when, in their "recommendations to the next president", (p 315-328) they advocate "counter[ing] the legacy of foreign-supported extremism with an extended commitment to civil society and nation-building". (p 324) While the
Likewise, by supporting the expansion of NATO's footprint in
One editorial oversight in the book may contribute to a mild feeling of unfulfilled expectations for the reader. The title of Chapter 18, "What Can President Barack Obama Do?" suggests that the authors will feature an analysis of Obama's position on
In their interview with AToI, it was clear, however that Fitzgerald and Gould are already disillusioned by the seeming trajectory of Obama's "surge". Said Fitzgerald:
I think in many ways we are seeing the second term of the Carter administration; we seem to do this kind of snake-like left-turn, right turn towards the objective, but the objective remains the same. Carter himself was very Obama-esque, promising to alter the whole trajectory of the United States … And I see a similar kind of thing right now, because these very idealistic democrats get into office, and I sincerely believe that Obama believes what he said he wants to do and the people who voted for him believe that, but there is a machine at work here that was created, that perpetuates itself. Andrew Bacevich calls it a self-licking ice cream cone. There's a machine at work here that fuels itself, that creates incidents; it's this crisis machine.
Returning to the strength of their analysis, Fitzgerald and Gould do urge Obama to "re-open the national debate on US identity and its future", arguing that "the roots of this [current] dilemma stem from the reality-creation machine dreamed up by Dean Acheson, George Kennan, Paul Nitze and James Foretal at the beginning of the Cold War." (p 326) And as Fitzgerald warned in the interview, "It's going to dawn on Americans that when we ask our government what exactly are they doing and the solution, once again, is more troops, or a surge, it's not going to be enough of an answer."
Although providing little analysis of the 21st century "brain trust", they also presciently warn in conclusion, "If our government has no other purpose than to serve the fantasies of its own defense intellectuals in their desire to create new ways of making endless war, then we are in serious trouble and like the Soviet Union, Afghanistan will be our final test." (p 328)
All told, Fitzgerald and Gould provide an important addition to the corpus of accounts of
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Previously, on Sire Book Club…
Spoiler warning: these posts are (obviously) going to be spoiler heavy, so if you haven't read the book yet, but plan to, be careful.
Also, I don't want to spoil things from people who are reading along with us, so please don't talk about things that happen in latter chapters. Once these chapter-by-chapter posts are done, I'll do one last, whole-book post where we can talk about anything that didn't fit into a particular chapter.
If you don't have the book, you can get it right now in digital format. And if you order the paperback, you can get a free digital copy. (Also: let me know if you have a problem getting that digital copy. It's worked for everyone that's tried so far, but I still don't entirely trust it.)
Angelica: So Caitlin, would you like to become a semi-permanent guest, until I inevitably kill you in a jealous rage?
Caitlin Manning: No?
Angelica: Evan?
Evan: Durr let me show you to your room! Or Else! Durr.
Angelica: So, would you like a "bad guy explains the plot" speech?
Caitlin Manning: Boy would I!
Angelica: Excellent! So, as you know I am very fond of Michael('s penis), and I'm afraid that you're getting in the way (of my vajayjay and his penis). Also, this whole "emo emo emo, I'm a monster and no one will ever love me emo" thing he's got going on? Not exactly a turn on. But! I have a plan. And that plan is to starve him and torture him until he's a wild animal, and then turn him lose on you. And once he realizes how tasty humans are, and how much fun it is to rip even the cutes ones to tender little shreds, I'm certain that he'll fall back in love with me!
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I know this is a more rock climb forum, but it's in the ballpark. I just put this on Summit Post too. Yeah last night (4/30/12) out of my truck at home in Corvallis between 12:30am when I got back from Thielsen and this morning. There is probably a few people from the area. I know I am SOL on probably most items. Simply too common around here. The pack, stove, helmet, axe, and gear-clothing are the lesser common and more ID'able. But here is a shot. I have already reported it. The butt-fucker(s) punched out my door lock. Now I have to fix it too. Any info PM/email me please. In the unlikely event. firstname.lastname@example.com, links are good or even save photo's and attach if you are somehow highly suspect. Thanks, Kyle. Jacket, pants, crampons, helmet, pack, gaiters.... sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/282448_2096718050183_10123>>> Softshell, helmet, light, technically my pant legs too as they were zipped off. sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/316445_2201513910014_10123>>> Gregory Baltoro 75L. sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/s720x720/562543_3438821681>>> This is the best photo of my harness and that crap hanging off it. a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/563148_3442>>> OR Virtuoso was stowed away inside. www.getoutdoorgear.com/images/Outdoor-Research-O.R-Virtuoso->>> You will probably never see one of these stoves either. SIGG Firejet. THink they stopped making them 10+ years back. Oh that Ti backcountry pot was in there too. sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/250301_2096542725800_10123>>> Anyhow, a list: SIGG white gas stove + bottle GREGORY Baltoro backpack brown/gray 75L OR Furio goretex jacket brown 2-tone OR Black leather/enduraloft gloves OR Black polyester gloves OR Virtuoso black/brown down jacket OR Croc gaiters black/green Petzl olive green Elios helmet Ice axe, blue shaft black pick BD strap-on crampons BD belay devices BD locking carribeaners BD wire-gates BD harness BD headlamp Bergaus goretex bib, black Columbia black balaclava Under Armour black beanie Backcountry.com titanium pot/flatware silver-ish Sherpa softshell 2-tone blue Smartwool heavy mountaineer socks and white liners
Post on www.cascadeclimbers.com too I always check CL's "climbing" and "mountaineering" gear... will keep an eye out
Yeah it does. One of the worst parts is that a lot of this gear I got on SAC at random times over the past 2 years. Good fuckin luck getting those deals any time soon. Thanks Ben, I'll post up there too. A'm watching CL too.


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News small business owners can use: How to claim the health care tax credit
By Stacey Singer
The IRS has just put out guidance for small businesses on how to qualify, and it's not nearly as complicated as the IRS fact sheet makes it look.
Here's the OnCall plain-English version:
Do you employ fewer than 25 workers (or FTEs)?
Do your employees earn less than $50,000 on average?
Do you provide your employees with health insurance?
Does your business pay for at least half of their premiums? (Cutting their salaries to make it LOOK like you're paying is not allowed, sorry.)
If you've answered yes to ALL of these questions, then congratulations, you qualify for the tax credit.
So how much is it worth to your business?
It all depends on how much of your employees' premium you're paying. If you're covering 80 percent of their premium, that's what you can claim.
Now here's where I'd like to give you a dollar figure. But I can't.
The IRS has made THIS part of the credit a tad complicated.
Your credit won't be 80 percent of YOUR premium cost. That would be too easy. It will be 35 percent of your 80 percent.
But wait, there's more. You're not calculating it based on YOUR premium cost. You're calculating based on the average small-group premium in your state.
That's a number that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is now calculating. When they've put away the spreadsheets, the results will appear on the IRS web site. The agency promises to have the numbers up by the end of April.
Confused? The IRS is here to help. They give this example:
"For the 2010 tax year, a qualified employer has 9 FTEs with average annual wages of $23,000 per FTE. The employer pays $72,000 in health care premiums for those employees (which does not exceed the average premium for the small group market in the employer's State) and otherwise meets the requirements for the credit. The credit for 2010 equals $25,200 (35% x $72,000)."
If you're a tax-exempt employer, you have to follow different rules, so consult the IRS link above.
Now. Isn't that simple? Hug your accountant.
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Stacey Singer has been writing about health, science, biotech, consumer issues and government for nearly two decades. She's the founder of a non-profit group called Journalists in Transition which supports mid-career media professionals. In the 1990s she was a founding staffer ofThe Moscow Times, an English language newspaper that chronicled Russian life after the breakup of the former Soviet Union. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, her education has focused on both science writing and American industrial history.


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It's Halloween in L.A., which means the inevitable on-slut of men and women (mostly women) trotting out tacky, "sexy" Halloween getups that are as skimpy in fabric as they are in originality: nurse, librarian, cop, maid...boo. Besides, with our city's budget woes, what's hot about being a government worker? So we came up with a new list of racy All Hallows' Eve ensembles based on L.A. jobs ripe for the sultry trick or treatment.
Sexy Chick-fil-A Cashier He's got juicy thighs and an eye for guys—in equal measure.
Sexy Gardener Leaf-blowing her way through the L.A. manscape.
Sexy JPL Engineer XXS blue polo shirt and plenty of Curiosity.
Sexy Food Trucker Nothing says smokin' like the scent of Korean BBQ.
Sexy Western Exterminator The signature top hat and mallet are out of (pest) control!
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Hey Look! was a strip that MAD creator Harvey Kurtzman did for Stan Lee in the late 1940s. Random one-page strips appeared in many comics, and a collector could spend years collecting them all. Denis Kitchen solved the problem by publishing a major compilation of the strips in 1992. A couple of months ago I showed you a portfolio of 10 later Hey Look! strips, showing Kurtzman's progression as a cartoonist, but the strips I'm showing now are some of the earliest. Kurtzman had a true gift for humor, for cartooning and satire, yet over a period of just a couple of years, from the earliest Hey Look! strips to the last, he really came into his own as an artist.
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It ended with a near-miss for Marie-France Larouche but, otherwise, Saturday's mid-day Page Three-Four sudden-death playoff match at the Scotties Tournament Of Hearts always seemed heavily weighted toward the home-province entry.
Here's the Video On Demand of Page Playoff 1 vs 2 – Team Manitoba vs Team British Columbia – courtesy of TSN.CA
Kelly Scott was rolling back the clock to more productive times Friday night at the Enmax Centrium. "It's a feeling of complete confidence," the diminutive 34-year-old Kelowna skip was saying
Click here to watch. Kelly Scott and Jennifer Jones chat with media following Page Playoff 1 vs 2 at the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
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Irina Socol: Siveco business will exceed EUR 100 M in coming years
After buying back company shares owned by Intel Capital and Enterprise Investors (EI) through a transaction valued at least EUR 11 million late last year, the management at Siveco estimates the software producer could reach a EUR 100 million turnover within several years, Irina Socol, co-founder, CEO, and Company President, stated. "We want a 10 to 15 per cent annual increase," she said. Irina Socol and Alexandru Radasanu, the company's co-founders, along with three other members of the management team, took over the 32.5 per cent shares package owned by Intel and EI, after Raiffeisen Bank offered them funding amounting to USD 14.7 million (approximately EUR 11 million). At present, Siveco has a "solid" balance of signed contracts and future perspectives indicate growth. Thus, the company is not facing indebtedness. "We are not nervous," Irina Socol said.


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I started following the Miami Hurricanes because of a girl named Casey Schwab. In 2002, we met in the basement of a house in the hood, surrounded by Ohio State fans. She hated the Buckeyes, and I wanted to be different, so I watched the 2002 national championship game with tremendous fervor. Ultimately, the wrong team won, I dated Casey for six months, and I fell in love with the U.
My team has come full circle at a number of respects. We began with arguably the greatest quarterback in Miami history, Ken Dorsey, followed by average to good Florida transfer Brock Berlin. Then, almost a decade of total ineptitude in Kirby Freeman and Kyle Wright, in addition to a downright terrible Jacory Harris. Finally, full circle, a modern day Dorsey-like QB in Stephen Morris, comparable in the sense that Morris is a QB Miami fans can rely on.
At running back, the U has also come full circle. We watched Willis McGahee during most of the Ohio State game, and Frank Gore up until 2004. The NFL caliber talent didn't arrive again until Lamar Miller came around 6 years after Gore left early for the league. In the meantime, we dealt with the likes of Tyrone Moss, Charlie Jones, and Javaris James—average college players, at best. Now, finally, we have a game changer starting for us at RB in Duke Johnson.
There's also the matter of wins and loses. Larry Coker did a fine job winning games up until the LSU Peach Bowl game, thereby paving the way for average football up until this year. We are undefeated for the first time since 2004. We are favored to win every contest for the rest of the year, outside of Florida State and Clemson in the title game. If we can win the games we're supposed to win, like Georgia Tech next week, one can be sure that the U has come full circle.


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An alert neighbor was credited Friday, Jan. 17, with giving information that led to the arrest burglary suspect.
A resident of Wilson Street in Wildomar called Riverside County Sheriff's deputies just after 10 a.m. after he saw three men break into a house through the front door. The caller provided a description of the men and stayed on the phone with dispatchers until deputies arrived.
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As the U.S. health care system continues to evolve, the role of nurses also needs to evolve. Nurses must strike a delicate balance among advancing science, translating and applying research, and caring for individuals and families across all settings. Preparing nurses to achieve this balance is a significant challenge. The education system should ensure that nurses have the intellectual capacity, human responsiveness, flexibility, and leadership skills to provide care and promote health whenever and wherever needed. Education leaders and faculty need to prepare nurses with the competencies they need now and in the future. They need to prepare nurses to work and assume leadership roles not just in hospitals, but in communities, clinics, homes, and everywhere else nurses are needed.
On February 22, 2010 the Initiative on the Future of Nursing held the last public forum in a series of three at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. This forum, which covered the education of nurses, consisted of three armchair discussions. Each discussion was led by a moderator from the committee and focused on three broad, overlapping subjects: what to teach, how to teach, and where to teach. The verbal exchange among the discussants and moderators, prompted by additional questions from committee members at the forum, produced a wide-ranging and informative examination of questions that are critical to the future of nursing education. Additionally, testimony presented by 12 individuals and comments made by members of the audience during an open microphone session provided the committee with valuable input from a range of perspectives.
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Investigators have a message for Heartland hunters this weekend, be on the lookout for anything suspicious.
It's the latest step in the search for missing mother of three Jacque Waller.
Waller's been missing since June 1.
There have been a number of searches for her, but so far no one's found her.
So with bow hunting season in full swing police and volunteers are asking hunters to pay close attention while in the woods.
"I'd like them to look out for signs of things out of the ordinary that don't make sense, like a shallow grave with dirt off to the side, said Robert Sherrill, a friend of Jacque Waller. "Those are things we look for when we're out."
Three and a half months after her disappearance, search crews refuse to give up hope of finding missing mom Jacque Waller.
Volunteers met up in Perryville Saturday morning then headed out to search several areas including the grounds near Perry County Lake.
They searched places like trails and wooded areas.
Waller was last seen in Jackson and lived in Ste. Genevieve.
Perry County is in the middle and crews are not only looking for signs of Waller, but want to eliminate more areas.
Some of those involved in the search are Jacque's friends, and others just felt compelled to help.
"We just want answers for the family and the kids," Melisa Harris said. "That's our main focus is to find something, you know rest-of where she is-what is going on with her."
Another large search is planned next weekend in Cape Girardeau County.
A federal public defender for Jacque's estranged husband Clay Waller, says he's considering appealing a judge's decision to hold him without bond.
Clay Waller is in federal custody facing Internet threat charges.
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Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, has urged countries to work on global arms treaty ahead of Friday's deadline, Al Jazeera reported.
Countries should "work in good faith towards bridging their differences," said Ban, the BBC reported.
The United States, China, and Russia opposed the treaty. The U.S. has opposed reporting ammunition exports. Both China and Russia have tried to restrict humanitarian reference, the BBC reported.
The BBC reported an estimate of 750,000 people killed by illicit weapons each year.
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Awsome gloves, where can I buy them in London please? I can even wear colour fingerless gloves over the top to match what I'm wearing lol.


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About the AuthorMark Sobhani
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Mark Sobhani is award-winning photojournalist specializing in sports and wedding photography.
During his career he has photographed the Iraq War, numerous NBA Finals and NCAA Final Fours, the Super Bowl, immigration issues, and countless ordinary, everyday people doing extraordinary things.
He also owns a coffee shop with his wife.
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Okay, the draft is fast approaching, and I wonder how you all would feel about a mock draft including an idea I picked up from elvisalex this morning...
So in this Mock, Bmarsh stays, and the only trade we have is scheff for a 4th. I wont speculate on what team, because it is kind of wide open, but lets go with we have a fourth.
In the first round, Pick 11 we draft.... Dez Bryant.
I get the arguments against him, but lets say we go this route. Now we also kept Marshall, so we have POTENTIALLY 2 play-makers at WR.
Well now we missed Pouncey right? Thats not the case, We trade our 2nd and the fourth from the scheffler trade and move back into the late first.
So with a pick around 20 we Draft Maurice Pouncey as well.
here are the other picks rounds 3-7
3: Mitch Petrus, OG, Arkansas
4: Brandon Spikes, ILB, Florida
6: LaGarrette Blount, RB, Oregon
7: Brandon Deaderick, DT, Alabama
What do you think? It gives us a stronger WR core, protects us if we lose Bmarsh at some point, strengthens the line immediately, gives us a big RB, and some depth on defense....


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Health officials say four more people have died in the national meningitis outbreak, bringing the number of deaths to 19.
The deaths are among the 247 people in 15 states sickened in the outbreak, which has been tied to steroid shots for back pain. Most have a rare fungal form of meningitis. Two have joint infections.
Federal officials are investigating the New England Compounding Center in Framingham as the source of the tainted medicine.
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We are enjoying the company of our guests from Mexico City this week. Our guests brought lovely miniaturas for our vitrinas. Exploring the city with others gives us a new perspective. Our friends find our traffic heavenly compared to chaotic Mexico City. They like the wide open spaces, fresh air and inexpensive yet well-made clothing but are confounded by the high price of apples...
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So Howard Johnson is gone as hitting coach, or soon will be, replaced by another guy who will presumably tell Mets hitters to "take more first pitches" and "look for a pitch in their zone," and whatever else a hitting coach should be telling a team that's been approaching every game like a meaningless contest on the last day of the season ("Go up there hackin', son; I gotta plane to catch!"). And of course the Mets hitters will come out of their slump and start hitting the ball again, whether because of the shock of their friend's firing or the law of averages (most likely the latter).
Meanwhile, Jerry Manuel will remain manager, and he will find ways to lose, whether the team hits or not. He will continue to play Rod Barajas over Josh Thole and pull Johan Santana after 100 pitches (gotta keep Jo's confidence up) and bunt Reyes ahead of Castillo and use his worst reliever in the most critical situation while saving his bajillion-dollar closer for the ninth inning of blowouts at Citi Field, and the many other nonsensical bows to conventional wisdom he's employed over the past three seasons … moves that have resulted in a reasonably talented team playing to an under-.500 record during his tenure.
Jerry Manuel's job is safe for the rest of the season. It's the hitting coach who pays the price.
(I ask this, apart from my main point, which I'll get to shortly: Is there some reason Jerry couldn't have talked to his hitters about "taking more first pitches" or "looking for pitches in their zones?" He is, after all, the manager.)
None of it makes sense, but then again, how can one expect something sensible from such a poorly run organization? Moreover, how can you expect an organization to be run anything but poorly when the guy at the top got the job solely because his daddy owns the team? As someone once said of a certain prominent politician who also made a mess of his daddy's inheritance, Jeff Wilpon was born on third base and thought he hit a triple.
Look at his history: According to the NY Times, the Montreal Expos drafted Jeff in 1983 as a favor to daddy Fred Wilpon. Jeff never played an official game for the 'Spos organization or any other in MLB. Jeff went to work for Fred, rising (surprise!) to Vice President at Sterling Equities. Fred gave him the Brooklyn Cyclones to run for awhile, before handing him the keys to the Bentley. Now he's driving the big club off the road. Into a ditch.
Jeff is probably a decent guy. It's not his fault he's rich (after all, he didn't do anything to make it happen). Neither is it his fault that he never had to learn the baseball business from the ground-up. After all, who among MLB team owners did?
But to run a successful business, one has to recognize the gaps in his knowledge and experience, and hire people able to compensate for his shortcomings. In Jeff's case, he obviously knows nothing about building a winning organization, so he should put it in the hands of someone who does, and become what Mets fans should be praying for: the most absentee of absentee owners.
One assumes Jeff Wilpon loves the Mets and wants them to succeed. But unless he's willing to step back, hire a real baseball man and let him do the job, the Mets will remain a joke … baseball's Knicks, run into the ground by Queens' answer to James Dolan.


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Development and application of a multi-attribute sustainability function for Dutch dairy farming systems
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The secret to the success of the Gazelles this year has been an unprecedented balance in their offensive attack, something I've never seen in the few years I've been following volleyball. No other team in the nation can boast of five players who regularly score in double figures in kills - in the same match! That fact was underscored this week when the Big XII announced yet another Longhorn was awarded Player of the Week honors. Ashley Engle is the fifth Texas player selected so far this season - a Big XII record. The only player on offense to NOT be selected thus far is senior middle blocker Brandy Magee. All four of the other hitters have been selected (Destinee and Juliann more than once) as well as setter Michelle Moriarty.
Destinee has also been selected as the National Player of the Week once, the only Big XII player besides Nebraska's Sarah Pavan to be so honored this year. The stats continue to mount, and it's looking increasingly likely that Texas will have at least four All-Americans this year, and probably the National Freshman of the Year as well. They need to start retiring some jerseys to the rafters at Gregory!
Texas is four matches away from a Big XII Championship, two easy ones - at home against Tech then at Baylor - followed by two challenging matches at Iowa State and home to #12 Kansas State. Fans have been turning out in droves for the past few matches as the word's gotten out that these girls are really good. And fun to watch. So two more chances to enjoy these special Gazelles you BON'ers. Give it a go.


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Annoying dog habit: Barking when phone ringsby Dr. Lisa Radosta
Question: Our 8-year-old cattle dog has picked up an annoying habit over the past year or so. Whenever the phone rings, she starts barking like a crazy fool. No idea why and I cannot get her to stop until of course the phone is picked up. Oh wait, it gets even better. When we say goodbye to whomever is phoning she starts to bark again, only for a few barks but still, what do I do? — Rick
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Sometimes, dogs bark when owners are on the phone so they can get attention from the owner. Barking is generally pretty effective at getting the owner's attention in this situation, because owners will do anything to keep the dog quiet when they are on an important phone call. Still other dogs bark because the sound scares them.
The key to fixing your problem is twofold: Ignore what you don't like and reward what you do like. The easiest thing to do is to try ignoring your dog completely. Don't even look at her. Walk away and put a door between the two of you if possible, until you are completely done with your phone call. Her behavior will initially get worse, so don't be surprised at this.
Then, during the next three days, it should start to decrease and be completely gone in two weeks. If she doesn't respond to extinction (ignoring), you can try counter-conditioning her.
Counter-conditioning is pairing good with bad. Call your phone from your cell phone and each time the phone rings, toss small treats to the ground at her feet. Continue to do this many times over a couple of weeks until her anxiety about the phone ringing is gone and she just expects a treat instead of barking.
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Darker Than Your Soul - Saugatuck Brewing Company
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4/5 rDev +2.3%
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours fairly pitch black color with a 2 finger dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, dark fudge, roasted malt, toast, dark bread, light char, light smoke, light herbal, and roasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roasted malt and light earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, dark fudge, roasted malt, toast, dark bread, light char, light smoke, herbal, and roasted earthiness. Moderate amount of earthy hop/roasted bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, dark fudge, roasted malt, toast, dark bread, light char/smoke, herbal, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice robustness and complexity of dark/roasted malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a nice roast malt bitterness/sweetness balance and no cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy, and lightly slick/chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice stout! All around good complexity, balance, and robustness of dark/roasted malt and earthy hop flavors; and very smooth to drink. A very enjoyable offering.
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I picked up a four pack of a Saugatuck's Darker Than Your Soul last week at The Lager Mill. This beer just hit the shelfs and since I'm always down to try a new beer from Saugatuck I thought I would give it a try, so lets see how it goes goes. 2014 Vintage. Poured from a brown 12oz bottle into a imperial pint glass.
A- The label looks nice, it's got a nice dark look to it that goes good with the name and I think it's a little eye catching. It poured a very dark brown color that was almost on the border of being black and it didn't let any light come through with two fingers worth of pretty creamy slightly light colored mocha head that died down to a thin ring that stayed till the end and it left some spotty and patchy lacing behind. This was a pretty good looking beer, I have no complaints.
S- The aroma starts off with a slightly higher amount of medium sweetness followed by the dark roasted malts being the first to show up an they impart some roasted, sweet malt, light grainy, and chocolate like aromas with a slight bit of coffee showing up in the background. Up next I get this weird aroma that's a little on the lighter side and it reminds me a little of mothballs. but there's also a light creamy aroma showing up. This beer had a nice aroma, but I could go without that mothball like aspect.
T- The taste seems to be fairly similar to the aroma and it starts off with a medium amount of sweetness followed by the dark roasted malts still being the first to show up and they impart the same aspects that they did in the aroma. but this time they are a little lighter with the roasted malts and chocolate seeming to stick out the most. Up next comes a noticeable amount of hops that impart an earthy flavor and there's no mothball like aspect like there was in the aroma. On the finish there's a medium amount of bitterness that lingers slightly into the aftertaste along with some roasted malt, sweet malt and chocolate like flavors. This was a nice tasting American Stout, but I found myself wish it was a little more robust and a little less bitter.
M- Fairly smooth, clean, fairly crisp, on the slightly thicker side of being medium bodied with a medium amount of carbonation. The mouthfeel was pretty nice and it worked well with this beer.
Overall I thought this was a nice beer and an above average example of an American Stout, it had pretty much all the aspects that I look for in the style and proved to be a little hoppier than most in it's style and while that wasn't really a bad thing I found myself wishing the hops were toned down just a little to let more of those roasted malt aspects come through. This beer had decent drinkability, it was fairly smooth, clean, fairly crisp, slightly rich, not too filling and the taste did a decent job at holding my attention, I think one would be a good amount for me, I don't really have the urge to drink another one in a row and that might be because of the bitterness. I think this beer would be nice in the fall. What I liked the most about this beer was the appearance and mouthfeel, to me those two aspects worked the best with this beer and they were pretty much just what I would expect from the style. What I liked the least about this beer was that mothball aspect in the aroma ans that the hops were just a little to forward, I thought those were the two biggest issues with this beer. I don't think I would buy this beer again, I already have three left and I don't see myself rushing out to get more before it's all gone. I think it's worth a try, but I wouldn't recommend it as a great American Stout. All in all I thought this beer was fairly solid, but I think with a little work this could be a pretty good beer all around. It's not my favorite beer from Saugatuck or my favorite American Stout, but it's far from the worst in both those categories. I didn't hate this beer, but I didn't love it either, it was right in the middle.
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We're keeping our eyes open for leaves that are changing color and beginning (just beginning!) to press them.
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There are so many reasons to love a new season of course, but right now I'm mostly thinking about all the lovely crafty things we can do this fall. I've created an Autumn Fun board on Pinterest (did I mention that I'm addicted to Pinterest?) with all kinds of great ideas from around the web.
Last year we drew and wrote on our fall leaves with metallic pens, and we'll definitely do that again, but I'm also thinking of what else we can do with these. Some people dip leaves in wax to preserve them and some people use Mod Podge. Maybe we'll try both techniques, just for fun. I'm loving these foliage candleholders and am also wondering what else we can do with our leaves. Any ideas?


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Marine, Freshwater and Aquaculture Sciences
Understanding and managing the threats facing Australia's marine and freshwater ecosystems requires multidisciplinary research on the biophysical nature of freshwater catchments and coastal marine environments and their estuarine connections, and sustainable use of aquatic resources. Deakin University's marine and Freshwater Sciences research group focuses on the ecology and management coastal marine and estuarine ecosystems, cutting edge technologies for mapping marine habitats, the effects of a drying climate on ecological function and biodiversity in rivers and streams, river restoration, the ecology and management of marine wildlife, population genetics of marine invertebrates and sustainable aquaculture.
Group coordinator
Assoc Prof Giovanni Turchini
Warrnambool Campus
Phone: +61 3 556 33312
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Key research areas
- Biophysical responses of coastal marine and estuarine ecosystems to natural and anthropogenic environmental change, including indicators of ecological condition
- Effects of a drying climate on ecological function and biodiversity in rivers and wetlands, the ecological effects of river restoration and the role of refuges for conserving freshwater biodiversity
- Mapping of Victoria's underwater marine habitats and predictive modelling of animal and plant distributions
- Sustainable aquaculture production, especially fish reproduction, fish nutrition and omega-3 fatty acid metabolism
- Ecology of marine mammals and seabirds, their role in marine and island ecosystems and the responses of their populations to environmental change
Academic and research staff
Prof Gerry Quinn
Assoc Prof Giovanni Turchini
Dr John Arnould
Dr Jan Barton
Dr Alecia Bellgrove
Dr Daniel Ierodiaconou
Dr Paul Jones
Assoc Prof Laurie Laurenson
Dr Ty Matthews
Affiliated/honorary staff
Assoc Prof John Sherwood
Prof Sena Desilva
Prof Peter Alfred Tyler


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