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Cooking began as a hobby for Reda Asaad. Along with his wife Nadia, the local Arabic teacher would often host barbecues for friends and students, feeding the masses with dishes such as his signature grilled chicken with a marinade of aromatic Middle Eastern spices. After friends and students alike continued to insist that the couple open a restaurant and share their recipes with the public, the Asaads founded Bistro LaZeez. They never lost sight of their cuisine's backyard barbecue roots, though. As Reda explained to The Washington Post, "what I cook in the restaurant is what I cook at home."
Garlic, coriander, cilantro, turmeric, and cardamom appear throughout the menu and reinforce its Mediterranean and Middle Eastern origins. In addition to roasting kebabs, all-natural lamb and tender beef, Reda still prepares his signature antibiotic- and hormone-free chicken dishes, which helped Bistro LaZeez earn a nod on Bethesda Magazine's 2013 list of 25 Favorite Ethnic Restaurants as well as win the magazine's 2010 award for Best Grilled Chicken. The selection also includes vegetarian items—such as traditional falafel and hummus—as well as a number of gluten-free dishes.
Although the menu is steeped in classic, homespun tradition, Bistro LaZeez's dining room appears to embrace a more modern ambiance, complete with clean lines and a simple color scheme. Dark walnut chairs and olive green banquettes flank the room's tables, which complement the neutral earth tones of the walls. Three small crystal chandeliers hang above the booth-lined wall, casting their light across the white marble bar and the sandy tiled floors.
To say Capital Teas? founders, Manelle and Peter Martino, know tea might be a bit of an understatement. Fifth-generation tea merchant Manelle?s great-great-grandfather, Francis Van Reyk, was a Dutch tea planter who immigrated in the 1870s to present-day Sri Lanka, where he planted and managed the Diyagama Tea Estate, from which the Martinos now source their Great Grandfather?s tea. Manelle?s family has been in the tea trade ever since, a tradition she has carried to her own specialty tea business, which has boutique locations throughout the Washington D.C., Northern Virginia and Maryland area. Additionally, Peter has become a popular speaker at World Tea Expos, where he frequently educates and inspires the tea world.
In addition to tea from Sri Lanka, Capital Teas carries more than 200 loose teas and herbal infusions from 18 countries including India, China, Japan, Malawi, and Kenya. A sniffing wall dispenses wafts of black, oolong, and green teas, and knowledgeable employees drift around the store?s tasting stations to explain each flavor?s nuances.
Capital Teas also pairs customers with accompaniments such as teapots, infusers, treats, and artisanal honey. In-store patrons may sample free tea samples?which are brewed fresh daily?while online purchasers receive a free sample with every order.
Even though Portuguese explorers couldn't pronounce the Swahili name for the African bird's eye chili—pili-pili—the sailors fully embraced its flavor shortly after landing in the region known today as Mozambique. Intrigued by the small, fiery pepper, they combined it with aromatic doses of herbs, garlic, and lemon to create the first peri-peri sauce. That sauce eventually became a wildly popular marinade for poultry, and the tasty concoction made its way to South Africa over the next several centuries. There, in 1987, two friends decided to honor this culinary legacy by founding the first Nando's Peri-Peri restaurant. The eatery continued to remain true to its South African roots, even while expanding to encompass locations in 24 countries across four continents.
Beginning with fresh chickens that never see the inside of a kitchen freezer, the chefs furtively marinate the birds in a secret peri-peri sauce for 24 hours before grilling them over an open flame. Diners dictate the heat level of their order, requesting that the grilled chicken arrive relatively mild or that wings be slathered with even more incendiary spices. The succulent chicken can be plated with hearty side dishes—such as Portuguese-style rice with herbs and peppers or peas with mint—or served in the form of a sandwich, wrap, or pita. To complement the menus' African flavors, Nando's worldwide locations collectively feature more than 4,000 pieces of African artwork.
When Sonny Abraham took a job at his father's restaurant, he assumed it would be a temporary arrangement until he received his pilot's license. But it was amid the hot suds of soapy dishes and the clatter of pots and pans that he fell in love with the restaurant industry and began dreaming of starting a fine-dining establishment of his own. In pursuit of his new dream, Sonny secured culinary positions at upscale hotels throughout Washington, DC, even traveling to Switzerland to work in a high-end kitchen. Ten years later, Sonny captains the kitchen of his own restaurant, Brasserie Monte Carlo.
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In the dead of night in 1976, the Abi-Najm family boarded a cargo ship bringing only what they could carry; an escape from Civil War in Lebanon called for a quick getaway. They traveled across the ocean to safety in Arlington, Virginia, where they were able to open a small cafe in 1979. To save money, they changed the eatery?s name from ?Athenian Taverna? to ?Lebanese Taverna? so that they only had to update one word on the eatery?s marquee.
From these modest beginnings grew a series of eateries that today comprises of six cafes and four quick-service caf?s, all still operated by the Abi-Najm clan. One look at the menu explains the success: chicken shawarma, spicy hummus, lamb tartare?all Lebanese staples that helped the restaurant earn a spot on Northern Virginia magazine's list of 25 Iconic Eats. There's even kibbeh, or stuffed meatballs, which blend ground beef, lamb, almonds, and pine nuts into fried spheres suitable for felling miniature bowling pins on top of the table before entrees arrive. The decor is as striking as the cuisine; inside the Bethesda location, light filters through the colored glass lanterns that decorate the dining room.
BGR The Burger Joint?s burgers start with high-quality ingredients?most importantly, all-natural beef from grain-fed cattle, free to run in the fields and given zero hormones, fillers, or antibiotics. The prime beef is dry-aged, blended, and ground fresh to form patties that are grilled over an open flame, and then placed atop buttery, locally made brioche buns delivered fresh each day. The menu focuses on the Triple D burger topped with an over easy egg, apple wood smoked bacon, grilled jalapeno and cheddar cheese. For nonbeef eaters, the menu's selection of burgers also includes turkey and veggie varieties, as well as The Greek, a seasoned lamb patty topped with tzatziki and feta. Burgers are also available in a lettuce wrap or on a salad in a healthy salad bowl.
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Do you ever give yourself a birthday gift? This year I did after thinking about what I wanted. My sister asked me a few times what I had wanted. I really didn't need anything. My mom gave me a sweet potted flower, pretty undies, chocolates and Peeps....yes..those Easter candies. I LOVE THEM! She also took me out for supper, so I felt spoiled. So what is it that I could use for my birthday?
I like to get myself made up and have my hair styled though I seem to be in a makeup rut! I have gotten into the habit of buying the same cosmetics year after year.......after year! I really need to update my choices to suit my changing skin and find an age appropriate look! I love the styles of the 40's and 50's, yet I seem to be style-stuck in the 60 & 70's. I knew what my gift to myself would be, a hair and make session with Rebecca Darling's, she specializes in vintage looks. My plan, get the look of the 1940's to 1950's in both hair style and make-up. After booking the appointment I sent a message to my daughter, Taylor and asked her for a huge gift. A photo session from her business, MaryJanes & Galoshes Photography. I would set up the back drops and she would come over and capture my new look. It made my birthday one to remember and I went outside of the box with a new look which has me looking for new styling products. Where to start? Beauty Noted is a great place to start! It is easy and fun and its like walking down a cosmetic isle with no one butting in your way or feeling overwhelmed with so many visual distractions. I love that the sight has the price per product listed with it's picture!
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You had best pressure (shop air) check what you did there.
That vac port on the metering block is for ported vacuum advance.. Goes down to the throttle bores in the base plate.
(drilling the base plate is not needed. The spot to drill is thru the main body of the side of the carb just into the power valve cavity,,long small diamter drill , then plug the hole in the bottom of the PV cavity in the body.
then redrill that new small hole with a slightly bigger drill about 1/4" deep just deep enough for a pressed in tube ...Then press a tube into the hole you just made in the side of the main body of the carb.
You can do it, the way you did it, but you must also block the ported vac passage in the main body down to the throttle base of the carb .
or it will leak too.
I am not convinced from your post that you plugged that hole too.
Just make sure you plugged that hole too.
While you got the carbs apart: what is the orrifice size of the PVCR's and the idle feed restrictions and the idle and high speed air bleeds on each of carbs..??? are they matching carbs? Do not assume they are both the same inside.....look....
Now is the time to look and write down all the internal fuel metering orrifice sizes on each carb..
Now is the time to verify and properly pre-set the throttle blade Tslot exposure on all 8 barrels evenly
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remove the tiny secondary throttle stop set screw from the throttle base and reinstall it from the top side of the throttle shaft boss so you can adjust the secondary throttle idle position (T slot exposure at idle) with the carbs installed on the motor.
You need to get this right on all 8 barrels before reinstalling the carbs.
Verify ignition timing using a timing light. Do not depend on the computer ECU doing X to the timing.. Verify actual timing setup with a timing light.
You do not want an advance curve at all.... Fixed locked timing that does not move with rpm, load or throttle position.
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I'm planning to do this beer over the weekend. Grabbed a couple of all-grain things from earlier, plus the original post. Noticed that some wanted more lemon, so I upped that to three, How does this look:
8 lbs Pale Malt
0.25 lb CaraPils
3 lb Clover Honey
1 lb Cane sugar
1oz. Cascade pellets (60 min)
1oz. Willamette pellets (10 min)
40oz Fresh Ginger Root (grated)
3 Lemons (juice,zest & rinds)
1 Wirlflock tablet
(Time remaining)
60 Min: Bring to boil and add Cascade pellets.
30 min: 2 lbs honey, lemon juice and rinds, and ~3/4 of the ginger (ginger in a boiling bag).
15 min: Cane sugar and Whirflock, remove lemon rinds.
10 min: Remaining Honey, Ginger, and zest of lemons.
5 min: Willamette pellets.
0 Min: Chill, Aerate, Pitch yeast.
What's the consensus for the lemon rinds? I'll juice and zest them, but does throwing in the rinds get any of the bitter pith flavor?
I brewed a batch of something similar to this last weekend. I was curious if 40 oz of ginger would knock my socks off.
I scaled it down to a 3-gallon recipe, using 16 oz ginger in the boil for 30 minutes (which scales up to about 27 oz in a 5-gallon batch). Then added 6 oz of ginger at 5 minutes (which is 10 oz for a 5-gallon batch). Total: 22 oz ginger (= 37 oz in a 5-gallon batch).
At yesterday's sample tasting, the ginger was definitely there, but it was more subtle than I expected and I kinda wish I'd added more. I'm gonna toss in 1 oz fresh ginger infused in vodka for another week, then bottle it.
Fermentation note: after 6 days, the batch was already 4 points below target FG and is still bubbling. Whoops. Sample tasted dry. Based on personal preferences, I'm gonna experiment with back-sweetening it with lactose when bottling day comes. It's a discovery process.
Anyway, just wanted to say, if the prospect of 40oz ginger sounds scary, I'm here to tell you it's definitely not. Go for it!
Recipe (which I don't necessarily recommend - just for reference):
Batch size: 3 gallons
Original Gravity: 1.057
Final Gravity: 1.016
ABV (standard): 5.35%
IBU (tinseth): 35.49
5 lb Pale 2-Row (I get 64% brewhouse efficiency - ha ha, still learning)
1 lb Carapils (Dextrine Malt)
0.75 lb Honey - (late addition)
0.25 lb Honey Malt
Mashed at 154 degrees for 60 minutes.
0.85 oz Cascade (60min)
16 oz Fresh ginger root, food processored (30min)
5 Tbsp Lemon juice (30min)
5 Tbsp lemon juice (10min)
4 oz Fresh ginger root, food processored (5min)
0.57 oz Willamette (2min)
Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
1 oz Fresh ginger root, food processored and soaked in vodka 2 days prior to adding (7 days)
I made the recipe in the OP over a year ago, with one exception, no cane sugar. I used turbinado sugar. Like it said for more heat, I put ginger in the secondary. My total weight in ginger was 40 oz.
The heat and spiciness is overwhelming. It's like drinking liquified ginger. Hot, spicy liquified ginger.
The ginger flavor is certainly there, and also overwhelming. Seriously, may as well chew on ginger roots.
And the carbonation is through the roof. Room temp or ice cold, a good bit of each bottle goes to foam waste. And that's the ones that don't foam up completely.
Age has done nothing to mellow anything in this beer.
For me, this beer is undrinkable. I have found only one person who likes it, and I should say, he likes it a lot. He also says it's very hot and spicy, but that's what he likes about it.
But hey, I'm no Master Judge. Maybe what is not too hot and spicy to some is way over the top to others. And maybe I goofed something. If I use ginger again, it will be way, way less than 40 oz.
Brewed this last week. Going to transfer to secondary today. I'm not looking forward to shredding the ginger again, that was such a pain in the ass. The sample I took was amazing, but I forgot to note the og.
Transfering mine to the keg tonight. You are right about dealing with shredding the ginger, what a real pain in the arse.
I decided not to add the extra ginger, it was not needed. I may have screwed up this batch my readings came in at close to water...I'm going to let it sit in secondary for a while to see what happens.
Love this beer. A few tweaks to the recipe, but delicious during the summer nonetheless.
Made this but used a Kölsch yeast. Turned out great.
Made an AG version of this and used Kölsch yeast. It turned out great.


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*Cath Kidston Bags at Tesco*
Have you seen the news that Cath Kidston has designed a range of eco-shoppers for supermarket Tesco?
Mmmmm pretty cute!
The bags are truly eco-friendly, being made entirely of recycled plastic (PET) bottles.
The range has been launched to raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Neither Tesco nor Cath Kidston are profiting at all from the sale of these bags. They will retail at £3.50, with 50p from each purchase going to charity.
The first two designs of the collection, a multi floral fashion print and Kidston's classic blue spot print - will be launch next month. Four more classic prints will be rolled out over six months up until Christmas, with the number of each design available limited!!!!
Eeek I have a feeling I will fall in love with the whole collection ~ but we don't have a Tesco in our town! Boo!
I am guessing they are going to be v. popular too, so you will have to get in there quickly for them ladies ~ good luck!
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I don't shop at Tescos either so I'm going to have to get my thinking cap on too ...!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the heads up... I'll get myself off to Tesco very soon!ReplyDelete
Maybe i'll get a few up for a giveaway or something with my 100 post coming up!
Victoria xx
Ooh, they look lovely! I wonder if they'll go as quick as the "I'm not a plastic bag" bags did!ReplyDelete
How fabulous! Thanks for the tip, where's my coat....xReplyDelete
Argh! I hate Tesco's and won't put a foot in the doors of ours on the corner lolReplyDelete
Now I'm going to get a pair of big dark glasses to snap up one of those lovelies.
I support the Hugh's chicken out and Tesco are just so nasty and won't change their flaming ways.
Money grabbing bunch of fatcats lol
ok moan over hehe!
Many hugs.
Catherine x
OOOO they do look lovely, I was lucky enough to get two of the Anya Hindmarch bags on the We Are What We Do website, I kept one and gave one away to a friend. I don't know about you but I have so many diffrent style bags now that I feel like a bag women...lol, my fave one is the M + S one in bright green with Twiggy on the front, its huge, you can get sooooo much in it, only trouble is I'm afraid my sholder will pop one day when I'm lugging the bag home...lol...claire xxReplyDelete
Oh my goodness...now I'm going to have to get my Kentish friend to stalk Tesco until Christmas! 6 prints to collect - yay!!!ReplyDelete
I hope they don't go like the Sainsbury's bags & end up selling for a fortune of ebay instead of being used for shopping! I will have to try & remember to look out for them next month - thanks for the tip!ReplyDelete
hi Alison..I was just going to say the same as Jayne in the comment above..bet these will appear on an ebay near you very soon!! they are lovely though arent they!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tip off, I tend to dash into Tesco for milk and dash out again but I'm going to have a scout around for these!ReplyDelete
oooh I love these bags! I have been made very aware in the change of bags recently at our local supermarkets, with limits on the plastic carriers, so we are investing in the large natural bags, these bags would make a great addition! I dont shop at tescos but we have one nearby, so I will be off to get mine soon!!!ReplyDelete
Thank you for the info
Priscilla x
How am I going to get my hands on one or two from New Zealand. It's a problem that I determined to find a solution to. They are lovely and I can think of lots of good uses for them. I would pretty much sell my souls for these beauties.ReplyDelete


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Daniel Radcliffe Electrifies in the Sexy, Daring 'Kill Your Darlings'
Kill Your Darlings, in its simplest terms, is about the birth of the Beat Generation and the college posse who would one day write what is arguably the most influential American literature of the 20th century. But it's a testament to writer/director John Krokidas that it feels less like a biopic than it does a coming-of-age tale about desire and ambition.
When we first meet Allen Ginsburg -- played by a Daniel Radcliffe who is hurtling himself as far away from Harry Potter as possible -- he is at his unhappy home in New Jersey. The wiry hair and thick-rimmed glasses are there, sure, but this timid teenager bears little resemblance to the Ginsburg history remembers. There are inklings of rebellion and Ginsburg spars with a professor over rhyme and meter, but the man who becomes legend is not unlocked until he meets DeHaan's Lucien Carr. We will know him as Lu.
Much can, and will, be said about Radcliffe and DeHaan's performances, but what truly stands out is their stirring chemistry. As the two struggle with feelings they can't (or won't in Lu's case) identify, their prolonged gazes leap off the screen with a sort of electric magnetism.
The small group assembled -- Ginsburg, Carr, a drug addict with family money named William Burroughs (Ben Foster) and an ex-jock named Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston) -- they set out to write a manifesto that will upend the "phony" literati establishment. The problem here, is that while Lu possesses the charisma and dynamism of a natural leader, he's no writer. This is where David Kammerer (Michael C. Hall) comes in. Part victim, part predator, Kammerer is an older man who has followed Carr around the country, hopelessly infatuated with the boy. He trades term papers for sex and Carr and Kammerer's relationship becomes alternately disturbing, sad and, ultimately, violent.
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|Beto O'Rourke
|U.S. House, Texas, District 16
|In office
|January 3, 2013-Present
|Term ends
|January 3, 2015
|Years in position
|Silvestre Reyes (D)
|Base salary
|Elections and appointments
|Cost per vote
|$6.10 in 2012
|First elected
|November 6, 2012
|Next primary
|March 4, 2014
|Next general
|November 4, 2014
|Campaign $
|Term limits
|Prior offices
|El Paso City Council
|Columbia University
|September 26, 1972
|Place of birth
|El Paso, Texas
|Small Business Owner
|Net worth
|Office website
|Campaign website
- 1 Biography
- 2 Career
- 3 Committee assignments
- 4 Issues
- 4.1 Exclusion from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
- 4.2 Legislative actions
- 4.2.1 113th Congress
- 4.2.2 National security
- 4.2.3 Economy
- 4.2.4 Immigration
- 4.2.5 Healthcare
- 4.2.6 Social issues
- 4.3 Campaign issues
- 5 Elections
- 6 Campaign donors
- 7 Analysis
- 8 Personal
- 9 Recent news
- 10 See also
- 11 External links
- 12 References
O'Rourke is barred from becoming a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, despite representing a congressional district that borders Mexico and is predominantly Hispanic. In July 2013 reports circulated that O'Rourke is ineligible to join the caucus because he lacks Hispanic heritage.[2]
O'Rourke ran for re-election to the U.S. House in 2014.
Based on analysis of multiple outside rankings, O'Rourke is an average Democratic member of Congress, meaning he will vote with the Democratic Party on the majority of bills.
O'Rourke grew up in El Paso. He graduated from Columbia University in 1995 with a degree in English. After he graduated, he got a job with a Manhattan web technology company. After three years, he returned to El Paso and co-founded Stanton Street Technology, an internet services and software company, in 1999.[3]
- 2005-2011: El Paso City Council[3]
- 1999-present: Owner, Stanton Street Technology Group[3]
- 2013-present: U.S. House of Representatives from Texas
Committee assignments
U.S. House
O'Rourke serves on the following committees:[4]
- Committee on Homeland Security
- Subcommittee on Border, Maritime Security
- Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency
- Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
- Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Exclusion from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
O'Rourke is barred from becoming a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, despite representing a congressional district that borders Mexico and is predominantly Hispanic. In July 2013 reports circulated that O'Rourke is ineligible to join the caucus because he lacks Hispanic heritage.[5]
Legislative actions
113th Congress
The 113th Congress has had 55 out of 5,401 introduced bills enacted into law (1 percent) as of November 30, 2013. Comparatively, the 112th Congress had 1.14 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the first session.[6] For more information pertaining to O'Rourke's voting record in the 113th Congress, please see the below sections.[7]
National security
American response in Syria
- See also: United States involvement in Syria
More than one hundred House lawmakers signed a letter urging President Barack Obama to call Congress back into session if he planned to use military force in Syria.[8]
Rep. Scott Rigell wrote in the letter in August 2013, "engaging our military in Syria when no direct threat to the United States exists and without prior congressional authorization would violate the separation of powers that is clearly delineated in the Constitution."[8][9]
The members of Congress believed that Obama should have asked Congress for permission before engaging in Libya. "If the use of 221 Tomahawk cruise missles, [sic] 704 Joint Direct Attack Munitions, and 42 Predator Hellfire missiles expended in Libya does not constitute 'hostilities,' what does?" the letter asked.[9]
"If you deem that military action in Syria is necessary, Congress can reconvene at your request. We stand ready to come back into session, consider the facts before us, and share the burden of decisions made regarding U.S. involvement in the quickly escalating Syrian conflict," stated the letter.[9]
Ninety-eight of the signers of the letter were Republicans. O'Rourke was one of 18 Democratic members to sign the letter.[9]
On August 29, 2013, more than 50 House Democrats signed a letter written by California Rep. Barbara Lee that called for a congressional resolution on strikes, and cautioned that the dire situation in Syria "should not draw us into an unwise war—especially without adhering to our constitutional requirements."[9][10] The letter also called on the Obama administration to work with the U.N. Security Council "to build international consensus" condemning the alleged use of chemical weapons. O'Rourke was one of the 50 Democrats in the House to sign the letter.[9][10]
O'Rourke voted for HR 1960 - the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The bill passed the House on June 14, 2013, with a vote of 315 - 108. Both parties were somewhat divided on the vote.[11]
DHS Appropriations
O'Rourke voted against HR 2217 - the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2014. The bill passed the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 245 - 182 that was largely along party lines.[12]
O'Rourke voted against HR 624 - the CISPA (2013). The bill passed the House on April 18, 2013, with a vote of 288 - 127. The bill would allow federal intelligence agencies to share cybersecurity intelligence and information with private entities and utilities. The bill was largely supported by Republicans, but divided the Democratic Party.[13]
Farm bill
On January 29, 2014, the U.S. House approved the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, H.R. 2642, known as the Farm Bill.[14] The bill passed by a vote of 251-166. The nearly 1,000-page bill provides for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through 2018. The $1 trillion bill expanded crop insurance for farmers by $7 billion over the next decade and created new subsidies for rice and peanut growers that would kick in when prices drop.[15][16] However, cuts to the food stamp program cut an average of $90 per month for 1.7 million people in 15 states.[16] O'Rourke voted with 102 other Democratic representatives against the bill.
2014 Budget
On January 15, 2014, the Republican-run House approved H.R. 3547, a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government through September 30, 2014.[17][18] The House voted 359-67 for the 1,582 page bill, with 64 Republicans and three Democrats voting against the bill.[18] The omnibus package included 12 annual spending bills to fund federal operations.[19] It included a 1 percent increase in the paychecks of federal workers and military personnel, a $1 billion increase in Head Start funding for early childhood education, reduced funding to the Internal Revenue Service and the Environmental Protection Agency and protected the Affordable Care Act from any drastic cuts. O'Rourke joined with the majority of the Democratic party and voted in favor of the bill.[17][18]
Government shutdown
- See also: United States budget debate, 2013
On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.[20] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[21] O'Rourke voted against the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[22]
The shutdown finally ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by the Senate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funds the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[23] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming from Republican members. O'Rourke voted for HR 2775.[24]
In a statement released October 1, 2013, O'Rourke said, "As long as the shut-down continues, I will not accept my pay. I will be donating my entire pay for the length of the government closure to veterans' service organizations (VSOs) in El Paso." He added that "In order to continue to serve El Paso, my offices will remain open, but at a reduced capacity. I will continue to use my Facebook page to keep you posted."[25]
Federal Pay Adjustment Act
O'Rourke voted against HR 273 - Eliminates the 2013 Statutory Pay Adjustment for Federal Employees. The bill passed the House on February 15, 2013, with a vote of 261 - 154. The bill would prevent a 0.5% pay increase for all federal workers from taking effect, saving the federal government $11 billion over 10 years.[26]
Morton Memos Prohibition
O'Rourke voted against House Amendment 136 - Prohibits the Enforcement of the Immigration Executive Order. The amendment was adopted by the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 224 - 201. The purpose of the amendment as stated on the official text is to "prohibit the use of funds to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Morton Memos." These memos would have granted administrative amnesty to certain illegal aliens residing in the United States.[27] The vote largely followed party lines.[28]
Health Care Reform Rules
O'Rourke voted against House Amendment 450 - Requires Congressional Approval for Any Rules Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The amendment was adopted by the House on August 2, 2013, with a vote of 227-185. The amendment requires that all changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act be approved by Congress before taking effect. The vote was largely along party lines.[29]
Social issues
O'Rourke voted against HR 1797 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The resolution passed the House on June 18, 2013, with a vote of 228 - 196 that largely followed party lines. The purpose of the bill is to ban abortions that would take place 20 or more weeks after fertilization.[30]
SNAP challenge
- See also: United States Farm Bill 2013
In June 2013, more than two dozen House Democrats, including O'Rourke, took part in a SNAP challenge, feeding themselves for a week on the average benefit level of a SNAP recipient.[31] Participants agreed to eat all meals from a limited food budget comparable to that of a SNAP participant, approximately $1.50 per meal, or $4.50 a day.[32]
Campaign issues
O'Rourke's campaign website listed the following issues:[33]
- End Corruption
- Excerpt: "The corruption that plagues our community has to stop, but we need reform and new leadership, especially in D.C. where members of Congress use our tax dollars to get re-elected. I will sponsor a bill to set term limits for representatives, so that they focus on getting the job done instead of the special interests that keep them in office."
- True Democrat
- Excerpt: "Instead of focusing on issues that are important to El Pasoans like the economy, jobs and ensuring that our community is well-represented in D.C., the incumbent has chosen to ask if I am a Democrat. Although I put community and country before party and partisan politics, I think my track record shows that I represent the best aspects of the Democratic Party."
- Congressional Reform
- Excerpt: "Each year the same people in Congress make the same self-serving decisions that leave us unprepared to revive a depressed economy, reverse a growing debt burden and renew America's leadership in the 21st century. The country is fed up. Congress' approval rating is now at 9%. So why does Congress have a re-election rate that rivals that of a Middle East dictator (93% over the last 5 years), despite having the lowest approval rating in history?"
- Healthcare Reform
- Excerpt: "While these are important issues to address, the act fails to address problems that are specific to El Paso and the border. As your congressman I will work to make sure that future legislation that carries out the provisions of the PPACA will help, and not hurt, El Paso."
- Reyes Works?
- Excerpt: "You may have seen the billboards reading "Reyes Works", here are the facts: Reyes has one of the worst voting and attendance records in Congress."
- Jobs and the Economy
- Excerpt: "There is greater economic opportunity in this region than in almost any other part of Americas right now. Whether it's our enviable position as the world's largest bi-national metroplex, having the country's largest military installation at Ft. Bliss or the country's newest four-year medical school as the anchor for the Medical Center of the Americas, there is abundant opportunity here."
- Veterans Affairs
- Excerpt: "Our veterans have honorably served our nation. It's time that our nation return the commitment and ensure that they are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. Unfortunately, as far too many veterans in El Paso have shared with me, they do not have the support they are owed."
- Education
- Excerpt: "Investment in education is key to the economic vitality of the nation and the region. As we move away from becoming a manufacturing nation, most jobs will come from a highly skilled labor force. Currently, the U.S. must hire 227,000 scientists and engineers from abroad to keep up with the demand in the U.S. economy."
- Fort Bliss
- Excerpt: "From the time of General John Pershing to the stewardship provided today by Major General Pittard, El Paso has been fortunate to have a strong relationship with Ft. Bliss. I will work to ensure that relationship produces more jobs and economic activity for local businesses in the future."
- Term Limits
- Excerpt: "Unfortunately, most house members are career politicians who are more concerned with the next election cycle than in making these tough decisions. They put personal considerations, party loyalty and payback to lobbyists and big donors before principle. "
O'Rourke ran for re-election to the U.S. House in 2014. He sought the Democratic nomination in the primary election on March 4, 2014. The general election took place November 4, 2014.
O'Rourke won election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing Texas' 16th District. He defeated incumbent Silvestre Reyes, Ben Mendoza and Jerome Tilghman in the Democratic primary on May 29, 2012. He then defeated Barbara Carrasco (R) and Junart Sodoy (L) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[34][35]
According to Politico, Beto O'Rourke presented Reyes' first real primary threat since the incumbent was elected. O'Rourke portrayed Reyes as unresponsive and entrenched; the challenger also raised significant funding and stands to receive support from the Campaign for Primary Accountability. Reyes responded by gathering endorsements from Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, as well as pointing out O'Rourke's support of marijuana legalization.[36]
|U.S. House, Texas District 16 General Election, 2012
|Vote %
|Beto O'Rourke
|Barbara Carrasco
|Junart Sodoy
|Total Votes
|Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"
|U.S. House, Texas District 16 Democratic Primary, 2012
|Vote %
|Beto O'Rourke
|Silvestre Reyes Incumbent
|Jerome Tilghman
|Ben Mendoza
|Paul Johnson, Jr.
|Total Votes
Opponent targeted
O'Rourke's opponent, incumbent Silvestre Reyes was targeted by the Super PAC Campaign for Primary Accountability in the 16th District Democratic primary. The PAC targeted Reyes, because he served for a long time, his constituents were dissatisfied and there was a capable challenger.[37]
A Reyes spokesperson criticized the Campaign for Primary Accountability's implicit support of primary Reyes challenger O'Rourke, pointing out that Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor had contributed to the PAC for its efforts in a Republican primary in Illinois. The Huffington Post reports that O'Rourke responded by distancing himself from Cantor, saying he is unfamiliar with the House Majority Leader's politics, but that "if he is emblematic about Republican ideology," O'Rourke would rarely agree with Cantor.[38]
Campaign donors
Comprehensive donor information for O'Rourke is available dating back to 2012. Based on available campaign finance records, O'Rourke raised a total of $685,661 during that time period. This information was last updated on March 25, 2013.[39]
|Beto O'Rourke's Campaign Contribution History
|US House (Texas, District 16)
|Grand Total Raised
Candidates for Congress are required to file reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2014 elections season. Below are O'Rourke's reports.[40]
|Beto O'Rourke (2014) Campaign Finance Reports
|Date Filed
|Beginning Balance
|Total Contributions
for Reporting Period
|Cash on Hand
|April Quarterly[41]
|April 15, 2013
|July Quarterly[42]
|July 15, 2013
|October Quarterly[43]
|October 15, 2013
|January 31, 2014
|February 20, 2014
|April Quarterly[46]
|April 15, 2014
|July Quarterly[47]
|July 15, 2014
|October Quarterly[48]
|October 16, 2014
|Running totals
O'Rourke won election to the U.S. House in 2012. During that election cycle, O'Rourke's campaign committee raised a total of $685,661 and spent $618,526.[49] This is less than the average $1.5 million spent by House winners in 2012.[50]
Cost per vote
O'Rourke spent $6.10 per vote received in 2012.
|U.S. House, Texas District 16, 2012 - Beto O'Rourke Campaign Contributions
|Total Raised
|Total Spent
|Total Raised by Election Runner-up
|Total Spent by Election Runner-up
|Top contributors to Beto O'Rourke's campaign committee
|Hunt Companies
|Bohannon Development
|Hoy Fox Automotive
|Alameda Thrifty Pharmacy
|Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee
|Real Estate
|Lawyers/Law Firms
|Health Professionals
|Misc Finance
Ideology and leadership
Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, O'Rourke is a "centrist Democrat" as of June 4, 2013.[51]
Like-minded colleagues
The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.[52]
O'Rourke most often votes with:
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Lifetime voting record
According to the website GovTrack, O'Rourke missed 0 of 89 roll call votes from January 2013 to March 2013. This amounts to 0.0%, which is better than the median of 2.2% among current congressional representatives as of March 2013.[53]
Net worth
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, O'Rourke's net worth as of 2012 was estimated between $-1,392,926 and $16,529,998. That averages to $7,568,536, which is higher than the average net worth of Democratic representatives in 2012 of $5,700,168.36. O'Rourke ranked as the 51st most wealthy representative in 2012.[54]
|Beto O'Rourke Yearly Net Worth
|Avg. Net Worth
|% Difference from previous year
Voting with party
The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus. According to the website, O'Rourke has voted with the Democratic Party 96.2% of the time. This ranked 63rd among the 201 House Democrats as of June 2013.[55]
O'Rourke lives in Sunset Heights with his wife, Amy Sanders, and their three children.[3]
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- ↑ El Paso Times, "Beto O'Rourke to challenge Reyes for Congress", September 1, 2011
- ↑ Newspaper Tree, "Congressional Hispanic Caucus continues to exclude El Paso congressman," accessed October 2, 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 National Journal "Texas, 16th House District: Beto O'Rourke (D)," November 7, 2012
- ↑ CQ.com, House Committee Rosters for the 113th Congress
- ↑ Newspaper Tree, "Congressional Hispanic Caucus continues to exclude El Paso congressman," accessed October 2, 2013
- ↑ Congressional Record, "Resume of Congressional Activity, First Session of the 112th Congress," accessed September 5, 2013
- ↑ Congressional Record, "Resume of Congressional Activity, Second Session of the 113th Congress," accessed March 4, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Yahoo, "65 Lawmakers Ask Obama to Consult on Syria," accessed August 28, 2013
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Politico, "33 lawmakers: Congress must approve Syria action," accessed August 28, 2013
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Washington Post, "More than 50 House Democrats also want Syria strike resolution," accessed September 2, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 1960 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 2217 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2014 - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 624 - CISPA (2013) - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Clerk of U.S. House, "Roll Call Vote 31: H.R. 2642," accessed February 12, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "House clears Farm Bill," accessed February 12, 2014
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 New York Times, "Senate passes long-stalled Farm Bill, with clear winners and losers," accessed February 12, 2014
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 CNN.com, "House passes compromise $1.1 trillion budget for 2014," accessed January 20, 2014
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 U.S. House, "Roll Call Vote 21," accessed January 20, 2014
- ↑ Roll Call, "House passes $1.1 trillion omnibus," accessed January 20, 2014
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
- ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Washington Post, "Which lawmakers will refuse their pay during the shutdown?," accessed October 2, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 273 - Eliminates the 2013 Statutory Pay Adjustment for Federal Employees - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ The Library of Congress, "H.AMDT.136," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "H Amdt 136 - Prohibits the Enforcement of the Immigration Executive Order - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Project Votesmart, "H Amdt 450 - Requires Congressional Approval for Any Rules Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 1797 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Voting Record," accessed September 16, 2013
- ↑ U.S. House.gov, "Full Member List of Congressional Snap Challenge," accessed September 25, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ Feeding America, "Taking the SNAP Challenge," accessed September 25, 2013
- ↑ Campaign website
- ↑ Republican candidate list
- ↑ Unofficial Republican primary results
- ↑ Politico "5 incumbents facing primary fight," May 3, 2012
- ↑ Houston Chronicle blog "Houston-based super PAC targeting more Texas incumbents," April 8, 2012
- ↑ Huffington Post "Eric Cantor Chaos: Campaign For Primary Accountability Donation Becomes Texas Democratic Issue," April 11, 2012
- ↑ Open Secrets "Career Fundraising for Beto O'Rourke," Accessed March 25, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission "Beto O'Rourke Summary Report," Accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Beto O'Rourke April Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Beto O'Rourke July Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Beto O'Rourke October Quarterly," accessed October 22, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Beto O'Rourke Year-End," accessed February 6, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Beto O'Rourke Pre-Primary," accessed April 20, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Beto O'Rourke April Quarterly," accessed April 20, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Beto O'Rourke July Quarterly," accessed July 23, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Beto O'Rourke October Quarterly," accessed October 20, 2014
- ↑ Open Secrets "Beto O'Rourke 2012 Election Cycle," Accessed March 5, 2013
- ↑ Open Secrets, "Election 2012: The Big Picture Shows Record Cost of Winning a Seat in Congress," June 19, 2013
- ↑ Gov Track "Beto O'Rourke," Accessed June 4, 2013
- ↑ OpenCongress, "Beto O'Rourke," Accessed August 2, 2013
- ↑ GovTrack, "Beto O'Rourke," Accessed April 2, 2013
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas), 2012"
- ↑ OpenCongress "Voting With Party," Accessed June 4, 2013
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ROCKVILLE, MD ( InvestorPlace) -- To hear some investors tell it, the boom days of China are a thing of the past. The 2002 to 2007 surge was great, but as the saying goes, what has China done for you lately?
The benchmark indices have left many investors flat. The SPDR S&P China ETF (GXC) has underperformed the major indices slightly over the last 12 months, up about 8% compared with 11% for the S&P 500. More recently, in the last six months the China SPDR is up a mere 4% vs. 14% for the S&P 500 since October. Then there are the iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (FXI) and the Claymore/AlphaShares China Small Cap ETF (HAO) . Both are up less than 4% in the last 12 months, well under half the performance of the broader market.
Similar arguments can be made against other emerging markets -- the landmark iShares MSCI Brazil Index ETF (EWZ), with nearly $13 billion in assets, is up a mere 4% in the last year. And the diversified iShares MSCI BRIC Index Fund (BKF) is up only 6% over the last 12 months.When you look at numbers like this -- alongside headlines of China real estate bubbles and India food inflation and the rest -- the BRIC seems a bad bet. Right? Wrong. The only thing proven by the underperformance of these funds is that Wall Street is a far more complicated place these days than simply picking a country and putting your portfolio on cruise control. In the boom times, investors could simply throw a dart at China and watch the cash roll in. But now, it takes a more to pick a winner. I have never been to any of the BRIC nations and don't pretend to be an emerging-markets insider. All investments require homework, and foreign investments require even more. But based on big-picture trends and specific facts for each stock, here are some picks you may want to consider in the BRIC right now:
Brazil: Banco BradescoIt's no surprise why the iShares Brazil ETF has underperformed -- over 35% of its holdings are vested in some form of Petrobras (PBR) or Vale (VALE) stock. Both the oil giant and metals giant have underperformed the market lately, dragging down this fund. However, another one of this ETF's major holdings, Banco Bradesco (BBD), has fared quite well. The commercial bank is up over 20% in the last year on strong growth in lending and a growing middle class frequenting the bank more. Toss in a 2.6% dividend -- not bad considering the state of financial sector dividends in the states -- and you've got a decent BRIC buy.
Brazil: AmBevBrazilian beverage giant AmBev (ABV) is an interesting growth opportunity right now. Amid a 5 for 1 split just after Christmas, the company topped earnings expectations for the first time in several quarters, thanks to 13% sales growth overall - 10% growth in its home country of Brazil. It was part of a Q4 report that boasted nearly 50% earnings growth year-over-year on the quarter and nearly 40% for fiscal 2010 over 2009. As an emerging middle class gets more expensive tastes for beer, soda and other beverages, AmBev could be a great long-term play in Brazil. The stock is down slightly in 2011, but adjusted for the slip ABV shares are up about 65% in the last 12 months.
Russia: GazpromA very savvy colleague of mine, Ivan Martchev, said to me the other day "as Russia goes, so does Gazprom." The energy giant is the largest Russian company by market cap, and is benefiting doubly from the focus on crude oil and the focus on Russia by institutional investors. The stock is cruising at a new 52-week high -- and with a stunning 17% of worldwide natural gas production and a nearly 10% contribution of total Russian GDP, you can understand why this stock has seen a jump of over 50% in the last six months. Though a pink sheet stock and thus not subject to some of the stricter standards of a major exchange, give Gazprom a look.
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The top four teams remain the same, with Mountain View replacing Desert Ridge (2-2) at No. 5. The Toros' three wins have come against teams with combined records of 1-6, so it's unclear just how good they are. Much will be learned on Friday and Saturday at the Westwood Tournament of Champions, which features all of the top 5 teams.
1. Horizon 2-1
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Horizon holds the top spot despite suffering a four-game loss to 5A-I No. 1 Xavier. The Huskies face a tough road the rest of September, starting this weekend at the Westwood Tournament of Champions. They then face tough foes like Mountain Pointe, Centennial, Hamilton and Pinnacle in regular season matches. O'Connor and Boulder Creek jump to the No. 2 and No. 3 spots, respectively, thanks to their perfect starts. O'Connor knocked off preseason No. 2 Desert Mountain in the season opener and Boulder Creek handed Pinnacle (2-1) and Kingman (2-1) their only losses so far. Horizon, Desert Mountain, Chaparral, Centennial (2-0) and Ironwood Ridge (3-1) are all in the field at the Westwood Tourney that begins on Friday.
1. Sunnyslope 3-0
2. Queen Creek 4-0
3. Cactus Shadows 2-1
4. Prescott 2-1
5. Apache Junction 3-0
Sunnyslope remains the rock solid pick at No. 1, handing three different teams their only loss of the young season, including Cactus Shadows and Prescott. Queen Creek and Apache Junction are off to perfect starts, thanks in part to solid play and moderate schedules. The Bulldogs are in the field of 36 for Friday and Saturday's Westwood Tournament of Champions, joined by fellow 4A-I teams Sunnyslope, Cactus Shadows, Saguaro (2-1) and Canyon del Oro (0-1).
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Seton Bounced back from a season-opening loss to 4A-I Sabino to beat Cactus and Notre Dame. Paradise Valley and Liberty both move into the top 5 after identical 4-0 starts. The Sentinels are the lone 4A-II team in the Westwood Tournament of Champions.
1. Monument Valley 4-0
2. Florence 2-0
3. Fountain Hills 4-1
4. Safford 2-1
5. Snowflake 1-1
A slight juggling of the rankings, as Florence and Fountain Hills move up to the No. 2 and 3 spots. Monument Valley didn't lose a set in its first four games and Florence got a big win over Safford it the Gophers' season opener.
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Winter is when most bird feeder operators do their thing.
Snow and colder temperatures make the birds hungrier. And while the golf clubs are stashed in the closet, and the fishing pole is on the rack, watching wild critters flit about the yard is a good way to ease the January doldrums.
Feeding birds is one of the most popular outdoor activities in the country.Although this writer has been feeding birds for well over 50 years, I think I've learned the most through feedback from other people. Bird feeder people enjoy sharing their knowledge and experiences. And, of course, there's a plethora of books and Internet info for those starting this endeavor.
Feeding birds can be as simple or complicated as you desire. Certainly, hardcore enthusiasts could enjoy a luxury cruise to some tropical island for what they spend on feeding birds each year — stocking their high-tech, stainless steel/redwood feeders with gourmet suet mixes and exotic seeds and fruits, sprinkled with crickets and mealworms.
Other enthusiasts just grab a few handfuls of chicken scratch and scatter a bit in their driveways.
Perhaps the first thing to consider when you decide to feed birds is to identify what species you have in your area. Just as you wouldn't feed hay to a lion or a beefsteak to your horse, certain birds prefer different foods.
As a rule, birds that normally feed on the ground — such as juncos, doves, quail and sparrows — look for grains like millet, cracked corn, wheat and milo.
Birds that feed in the trees — such as finches, grosbeaks and chickadees — prefer offerings like sunflower and Nyjer seed.
Set out apples for the early spring robins and suet for the woodpeckers. Of course, birds like jays and magpies are omnivorous and will take almost anything.
Just like habitat, the key to attracting the greatest variety of birds is diversity — providing a little something for all.
Presentation is important when setting up a feeding station. Birds prefer their food offered in a way much as they forage for wild foods.
You'll have much better luck getting your quail or juncos to eat their grains on the ground, rather than offer it in a funnel-type feeder attached to a pole.
Conversely, chickadees like their food in an elevated feeder, and woodpeckers prefer their suet tacked to the trunk of a tree.
Often, bullies like jays, blackbirds and magpies will scare other, smaller birds from your feeders. Providing more feeders with larger morsels — like dog food, whole corn and suet chunks — will fill them up quicker and ease the harassment.
Cleanliness is very important at bird-feeding stations. Birds can get a number of ailments from contaminated seed and feeders. Moldy grains and dirty feeders can be disastrous. If possible, feeders should be cleaned often with a diluted mixture of water and Clorox.
I like to have two of every type of feeder, so I can clean one while the other one is out. If I feed on the ground, I move my spot often to avoid fecal buildup on the site. And, I simply refuse to use those open, tray-type feeders that allow the birds to stand and defecate on their food.
Many people argue that feeding birds is unnecessary. The birds did just fine before man came along, and concentrating birds at feeding stations promotes disease.
Other people suggest that man has altered wildlife habitat so much that wintering birds need extra help to get them through the tough weather.
Perhaps, there's a little truth in both camps. Indeed, many studies have revealed that many species are wintering farther north due, in part, through access to human handouts.
I think most of us feed birds just to enjoy them in close proximity and share a bit of the wild with our children and grandchildren. We get a warm, fuzzy feeling by helping out critters in need.
So, when your wife drags out those travel brochures and begins to pore over Internet sites about Tahitian cruises, be complacent. When she discovers your last receipt from the bird seed store and starts to howl, don't flinch. Just ask her, very calmly and gingerly, how she'd like to spend a frigid night out, with her toes wrapped around a tree limb, and have no nutritious breakfast waiting for her when she wakes up. I'm sure she'll see it your way.


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CARSON CITY, NV - In a legal challenge seeking to block the "Personhood Nevada" petition, an initiative that could potentially ban a range of reproductive health care in the state, Judge Russell of the First Judicial District today declared the initiative invalid.
An individual woman, a pharmacist and an obstetrician-gynecologist filed a legal challenge against the petition on November 12, 2009, arguing that the initiative proposes far reaching changes to the Nevada Constitution and laws, is misleading and fails to give voters a clear understanding of the changes it proposes and its purpose and effect.
"I am pleased that the court recognized that the initiative was confusing and failed to tell voters that it would affect access to reproductive health services," said Emmily Bristol, one of the plaintiffs.
The initiative attempted to re-define the term "person" to include a fertilized egg and all subsequent stages of prenatal development. According to the initiative's proponents, the newly defined "persons" would have full constitutional rights under the Nevada Constitution. The initiative could have banned all abortions and commonly used forms of birth control. In addition, it could have interfered with doctors' ability to treat life-threatening pregnancies, miscarriages, and infertility, as well as banned some stem cell research and other life-saving therapies and cures.
"Today's decision rightfully prevents this sweeping and misleading initiative from being placed on the 2010 ballot," said Lee Rowland, one of the attorneys for plaintiffs. "This initiative could have impacted literally thousands of laws, inviting lawyers and the courts to reinterpret every Nevada law and regulation that contains the word 'person' all at the expense of Nevada taxpayers. The key problem is that it covered too many issues, and failed to explain to voters its intent and impact on Nevada law."
Plaintiffs in today's legal challenge, Bristol v. Personhood Nevada, include Emmily Bristol, Dr. Mindy Hsu, and Dr. William Ramos. Lawyers on the case include John Griffin and Jason Woodbury, Kaempfer Crowell Renshaw Gronauer & Fiorentino in Carson City, Rowland and Maggie McLetchie of the ACLU of Nevada, Mimi Liu, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and Diana Kasdan, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project.
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This will go way beyond just abortion and is the reason why I am pro choice. We cannot turn pregnant women into second class incubators with no rights because that is what will happen.
Either you believe the rights of the woman (and by this I mean all pregnant women, the overwhelming majority of which intend on giving birth) take precedence or the rights of the fetus take precedence, which potentially turns women into merely incubators and any and all pregnancy decisions are made my courts not families. I really do not see any other way since two people cannot have equal rights over the same body.
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I really hate sneaky sneaky initiative (we have one those guys up here in Washington state that is just destroying our state and he really doesn't care who he hurts as long as he gets what he wants) I'm glad someone was watching what this group was up to and was able to put stop to it.


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– Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the addition of a new concept camera to its PowerShot lineup: the PowerShot N100 digital camera. Featuring a new body style and unique, new creative options, the PowerShot N100 camera helps users create and tell their visual stories by allowing the photographer to become part of the image being captured. With the innovative and new Dual Capture mode, users can simultaneously capture special moments using the Main Camera, while the Story Camera, a rear facing sub-camera, will embed a picture of them onto the main image.
To help people create unique images that tell a story, the PowerShot N100 camera offers the new Story Highlights mode. Story Highlights mode intuitively creates a highlight reel of images and video* to create a customized movie that tells a story as seen through the photographer's eyes – all done within the camera. No longer will a photographer need to use additional software to assemble this footage.
"Canon is continually working to discover new ways for end-users to combine high-image quality and creativity in a technologically advanced compact camera," said Yuichi Ishizuka, executive vice president and general manager, Imaging Technologies & Communications Group, Canon U.S.A., Inc. "The new PowerShot N100 is a unique digital camera designed to not only create high-quality images and video, but also capture the feelings of the photographer at the moment they take a picture."
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Remembering a child's first birthday and the parents' excitement during that memorable moment can now be captured with the innovative Dual Capture mode featured in the PowerShot N100 digital camera. Easy to access and use, Dual Capture mode creates a picture-in-picture effect by simultaneously capturing the subject in the framed shot while the Story Camera, a rear-facing sub-camera, takes an image or video of the photographer as they take the picture. The PowerShot N100 camera then combines both shots into one distinctive photo or video combination. The images captured using the Story Camera can be placed in four different locations on the main image and in three different sizes at the photographer's discretion.
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To help create even more share-worthy memories, the PowerShot N100 digital camera features an artistic mode to help users creatively capture images and movies. Story Highlights mode works within the camera to create a highlight reel of selected images or movie digest clips creating a unique imaging experience. The images can be selected automatically based on events, the date they were taken, by people utilizing Face ID, or the selection can be customized based on photos hand-picked by the user. As a result, the moments that are most precious to the user are intuitively combined, allowing for complete highlights of the images taken from a friend's wedding day or a child's first ride on a new bicycle. The final created movie will last approximately two minutes from the automatically selected pictures and videos, or if the files were selected by the photographer, it will last a maximum of five minutes.
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With enhanced Wi-Fi capabilities, the creative images taken with the PowerShot N100 camera can be shared with friends and family even while on-the-go. Using the Mobile Device Connect Button, users can connect to a compatible smartphone, a compatible tablet or a computer. Connection to the computer is easily done using Canon's Image Sync1 through the cloud. For the first time in Canon's line up, the PowerShot N100 camera has the convenient connectivity of Near Field Communication (NFCTM) offered on AndroidTM devices. After an initial one-time set up, with NFC, users simply press the Mobile Device Connect Button and tap their NFC enabled Android2 device to the PowerShot N100 camera which automatically launches the Canon Camera Window App3 so users can share images from the camera to the phone with ease.
Enhance Your Images
The Creative Shot mode on the PowerShot N100 camera includes four new filter categories to bring an enhanced artistic touch to photos. The filter categories are: Retro, Monochrome, Special and Natural. In Creative Shot mode, users compose their image and let the PowerShot N100 camera analyze the photo to apply one of a series of artistic elements of varying composition, lighting and color. After an image is captured, Creative Shot mode will automatically render five different variations of the shot to deliver unique, new perspectives while still retaining the original image. There are also 46 new filter types, including HDR effects, to help artistic expression reach new creative levels.
In addition to the creative imaging functions, the PowerShot N100 camera offers a 5x optical zoom, a 24mm Wide-Angle f/1.8 lens, a 12.1-Megapixel High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor and Canon's DIGIC 6 image processor to help provide stunning image quality. Users also have the ability to quickly access and then record high-quality 1080p Full HD video with the dedicated movie button. To make choosing the ideal setting for each shot convenient, the camera's Intelligent IS System allows the PowerShot N100 camera to automatically select the optimal image stabilization settings according to the shooting conditions, so shooting in dimly lit or bright situations can be easy and accurate.
The PowerShot N100's new body design gives the camera a portable shape. The three-inch capacitive touch, tilt LCD panel allows users to capture images at unique angles, up to 90 degrees.
Pricing and Availability
The PowerShot N100 digital camera is expected to be available in May 2014 in white or black for an estimated retail price of $349.99.
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