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5@5 is a daily, food-related list from chefs, writers, political pundits, musicians, actors, and all manner of opinionated people from around the globe.
When Adam Roberts started his food blog, The Amateur Gourmet, as a way to unwind from the rigors of law school, he had no idea what he was cooking up. Nearly nine years later, Roberts is a full-fledged pro in the food world, with a passionate online following, a stint as an online show host for Cooking Channel and a food writing career that spans multiple publications and two published books.
He likens his most recent cookbook, "Secrets of the Best Chefs," to "an amateur guitarist getting to play for a year with The Rolling Stones...or an amateur athlete getting to train with the New York Yankees." In the course of writing "Secrets," Roberts worked side-by-side with some of the nation's most prominent and accomplished chefs, learning and translating their recipes and techniques to help enthusiastic home cooks (like him) who are eager elevate to their meals.
Readers who follow Roberts' and the chefs' approachable, easy-to-follow advice might not be ready to hop on the line in a restaurant kitchen, but they'll have friends and family standing in line, waiting for seconds.
Five Chef Tricks to Use at Home: Adam Roberts 1. How To Make A Smokier Eggplant Dip Einat Admony is the fiery, sardonic chef behind New York's most beloved falafel (at Taim) and its most celebrated Israeli restaurant, Balaboosta. Her food is surprising because it's so flavorful; in fact, Admony emphasizes flavor above all else. For her, flavor is far more important than presentation.
This makes sense when you first see her babaganoush. It's is a purple gray color that not very sexy in the looks department (she addresses that by spreading it on toasted bread and topping it with a citrus herb salad) - but the flavor! When I cooked with her, Admony revealed her secret to maximizing the smoky eggplant flavor. She slices a large eggplant in half vertically, wraps it in aluminum foil, and places it in a dry skillet with another skillet on top of it, cooking it like that until the eggplant is charred black.
It's a totally bizarre way to cook eggplant but the result is an eggplant dip that actually gets you excited when you hear the words "eggplant dip." That's a big deal.
2. How To Improvise a Fish Stew When I was cooking with Jonathan Waxman at his restaurant Barbuto in New York, a fisherman delivered a huge slab of swordfish straight from the boat. As if it were the most casual thing in the world, Waxman had me cut a filet of swordfish into cubes, throw sliced garlic, shallot and fennel into a pot with olive oil, adding the fish once the shallot was soft, along with mussels, heirloom cherry tomatoes, white wine, lemon juice and a tablespoon or two of butter.
Moments later, it was as if we were on the beach in Italy, toasting our wine glasses and admiring the view. The stew was phenomenal. The key, it turns out, is just cooking the fish just enough. The moment it goes from translucent to opaque is the moment you want to take it off the heat. As for everything else, use what you have; as long as the fish is fresh, the rest takes care of itself.
3. How To Make Pie Dough Easy with the Clump Method I love eating pie and hate making pie. That was until San Francisco chef Gary Danko taught me his foolproof technique for making a pie dough (or, in his case, a crostada dough, though they're interchangeable) that rolls out with incredible ease.
It comes down to his signature clump method. Let me walk you through it:
Add your flour and very cold butter to a food processor, pulse with the tiniest amount of cold water. Dump the sandy mixture on to a piece of parchment paper and then with your hand, grab up some of the "sand" and squeeze your fist. This makes a clump, which you should put on the other side of the parchment. Keep doing this until you have a pile of clumps and then use the parchment to bring the clumps together into a disc.
There you are! Refrigerate for one hour and roll out like a pro. Who knew clumps could make pie dough such a cinch?
4. How To Transform Your Indian Food At Home with One Key Ingredient Asha Gomez, chef of one of the country's best new restaurants (Cardamom Hill in Atlanta, Georgia), is from Kerala, India and had never heard of curry powder before she came to the United States. "In India, we don't have curry powder," she told me. "We don't even know what that is."
So what do Indian cooks use to impart a genuine curry flavor to their food? The answer: fresh curry leaves. Every dish that Gomez taught me (and I'll say right here that these were some of the most extraordinary plates of food I tasted on my entire cookbook journey) began by heating oil and then flavoring that oil with fresh curry leaves stripped straight from the stem. She threw the stem in too for good measure. And the aroma that permeated the kitchen was so enticing, so exotic and alluring, everything that came after was almost irrelevant. That one ingredient made for the best Indian food I've ever tasted.
5. How To Make the Best French Onion Soup of Your Life At Naomi Pomeroy's Beast in Portland, Oregon, I had a French Onion Soup so good, I wanted to die after eating it because there was nothing left to live for.
What made the soup so good? Well, the onions were cooked for a very long time, until a deep, deep dark brown. The finished soup was seasoned with 30 year-aged balsamic vinegar and truffle salt (two of Pomeroy's favorite ingredients). But the real reason for the soup's magnificence was the stock she used to make it, a stock made with veal bones roasted in an oven and then simmered with water and other vegetables for almost 12 hours.
I adapted this recipe for the home cook while writing this book and recreated the soup in my kitchen. It's probably the most involved recipe in the book, but the results speak for themselves. When you eat it, you'll want to die too because life just doesn't get any better than this.
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The whole idea of this article was to get our juices and imagination going. I thought I made great onion soup but have to try those veal bones. The fish stock hit the nail on the head. Fresh and not overcooked. I do believe that is the biggest mistake that most people make. Mittens, there was no mention of fat, butter or oil. Johanna, pretzels wouldn't do it for me. Happy New Year to all, may you live healthy,try something new, and more importantly love each other and appreciate each one's differences.
Without specifying that 'curry leaf' is actually from Murraya koenigii and not a 'Curry Plant' (Helichrysum italicum), you're potentially pointing people to an inedible (though fortunately not poisonous) plant. Knock it off. Either give the complete information or exclude it entirely.
you folks need to go to some sort of buffet and eat your guts out! my favorite is chinese buffet!!!
I have made french onion soup from scratch a few times now, made my own beef stock with beef bones... the texture of the broth is much smoother, and thicker from the gelatin. My brother LOVES french onion soup so I made it for him after he had surgery. Top with some home made bread and cheese, and broil till bubbly.
I am still looking for the secret of good french toast. I've tried nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla extract, milk, and flour in various combinations but still can't get it right. My next step is to try whipping/heavy cream instead of milk. Anyone?
French toast is all about the bread! The bread should be a bit stale, a nice brioche... I like mine custardy, so I let it suck in the egg and cream, cinnamon and nutmeg then I use a grill. Comes out perfect each time.
Kevin, one of my great grandfathers was a railroad cook in the early 1900s in Canada's near north. He was known for the tastiness of his french toast. According to my grandmother, her dad's secret ingredient was brown sugar, which he dissolved in the milk. She made it frequently according to his recipe, which also included eggs, whole fat milk and a touch of vanilla extract. No cinnamon. We never needed to add syrup to the cooked toast – the brown sugar made it sweet enough already. Give it a try.
Adding cinnamon to Pain Perdu / French toast seems to me like running the vacuum cleaner during a symphony–it kind of takes over and doesn't let you enjoy the other flavors. Try omitting the cinnamon, and use a nice jam instead of bottled syrup. Hope that helps you find the flavor you're seeking.
Brioche, brown sugar, & no cinnamon–I'll give them all a try. Thanks!
A lot of these so called secrets are well known and can be found on numerous websites or in books. This seems to be a filler for the most part.
Did you even read the article? Tell me where you found the recipe for the swordfish stew. How about the way to roast eggplant?
Why would you make a comment like that based only on reading a short article? The book is very good and could hardly be called filler
Hard to argue the authors enthusiasme. Look for the real deal. I don't think you've found it yet.
Secret of ALL chefs – just add more fat, butter or oil.
You sir, know exactly ZERO chefs. I'm guessing you always wanted to be one but you ended up being ignorant instead.
it's 4 am where i live (austria) and for lack of sleep, i came into the kitchen. reading this article, i couldn't help but grab the first thing within my reach – salted dry pretzels – and scarf them down. your vivid description above made me almost imagine i was eating that onion soup, the indian curry – and my stomach is slowly getting disappointed. i think i should go to bed before i do some real damage. thank you for the nice dreams i will be having, hopefully:))
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Francis is not the sort of guy you want to get trapped with in a zombie apocalypse. While you're fighting the undead hordes he's cowering behind a burning wreck of a car. He's the guy hogging all the medical supplies, leaving you hanging off a roof-top instead of giving you a helping hand.
Yet when you're bleeding out, knocked off your feet and being mauled by endless zombies, Francis suddenly does an Arnie, pulling your ass out of the gore-fuelled fire with the sort of precision sharpshooting of a Terminator.
So you forgive his failings and end up helping his dumb ass up on the occasion that he gets dragged off by a Smoker or lies incapacitated.
Even if it is sort of funny watching him getting a kicking from the zombie horde, and it is drawing the attention off you. Because in this game you have to stick together, even if there is a moronic imbecile like Francis covering your back.
Helping out each other is the only way that you're going to survive Left 4 Dead, the four-player co-operative FPS from Half-Life creator Valve. Cheesy horror movie posters that bookmark each of the four chapters aside, this is a straight attempt at covering a post-zombie invasion of cities, airports and countryside, told from the perspective of four gun-totting strangers trying to escape.
There's no deep-rooted storyline here; this isn't Resident Evil. You're not worried about uncovering the reasons for the infection, you just care about having enough bullets to survive running from point A to point B. It's a run-and-gun shooter as stripped down as Doom, with the important twist that you're never quite sure how each attack is going to play out.
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OK, first thing's first. You're not going to be blown away by the visuals. They're competent if not spectacular, with the four year-old game engine finally starting to show its age against the likes of Dead Space and Gears of War 2.
This is a game built toward pouring zombies down the funnel-neck streets in your general direction, not licking your eyeballs with sunlight bloom, real-time physics or whatever other press release nom du jour is in fashion nowadays.
The effect of blood-thirsty zombies tearing at the air as they screech and scream towards you is far removed from the usual shuffling, moaning sea of bodies.
Which brings us onto the star of the show: the zombies. The reason for the stripped-down scenery is fairly apparent the first time you accidentally trip a car alarm; the zombie count is nearly on a par with Capcom's Dead Rising.
And we're not talking Romero's original shambling horde here. This is the 28 Days Later variety, Olympian fast and able to follow you wherever you go. It's an impressive sight standing on top of a warehouse roof and seeing the courtyards below you packed out completely with bodies.
Then they start coming out of all the windows around you, the doors behind you and the roof above you. And that's when the co-op thing becomes important, and this game really is at its best, all the players yelling at each other while the horde smashes through the doors.
A variety of score counters at the end of each level track each player's kills, which keeps escape competitive and stops you cowering in a corner.
Taken with the way the game varies ammo and zombie placement it's enough to keep your first few run-throughs entertaining, but the game's long-term appeal is uncertain.
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Stolze LR et al. – The data provide preliminary evidence to suggest that the response to Pilates–based exercise in patients with low back pain (LBP) can be predicted from variables collected from the clinical examination. If subsequently validated in a randomized clinical trial, this prediction rule may be useful to improve clinical decision making in determining which patients are most likely to benefit from Pilates–based exercise.
Methods- Ninety–six individuals with nonspecific LBP participated in the study.
- Treatment response was categorized based on changes in the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire scores after 8 weeks.
- An improvement of 50% or greater was categorized as achieving a successful outcome.
- Thirty–seven variables measured at baseline were analyzed with univariate and multivariate methods to derive a clinical prediction rule for successful outcome with Pilates exercise.
- Accuracy statistics, receiver–operator curves, and regression analyses were used to determine the association between standardized examination variables and treatment response status.
- Ninety–five of 96 participants completed the study, with 51 (53.7%) achieving a successful outcome.
- A preliminary clinical prediction rule with 5 variables was identified: total trunk flexion range of motion of 70° or less, duration of current symptoms of 6 months or less, no leg symptoms in the last week, body mass index of 25 kg/m2 or greater, and left or right hip average rotation range of motion of 25° or greater.
- If 3 or more of the 5 attributes were present (positive likelihood ratio, 10.64), the probability of experiencing a successful outcome increased from 54% to 93%.


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Mt Washington Valley, NH Snow Report – March 8, 2012
Last night Portland, Maine's WCSH meteorologist Joe Cupo and evening news anchor Cindy Williams bantered about the beauty of warm temps bringing spring skiing conditions to ski resorts in New Hampshire and Maine. Best of all they covered the fact that colder temps throughout the winter in the mountains means that ski resorts and XC Centers still have plenty of snow thanks to the ideal snowmaking conditions from January and February. They got right to the heart of what makes this week's warm temperatures ideal from a skiing perspective. Hat's off to Joe and Cindy! Thanks!
While February was a light snow month throughout New England, ski resorts and XC Centers took advantage of colder temps and pounded their snowmaking machines throughout December, January and February. When coupled with mountain snow storms (11"- 16" of snow within the last 6 days at most resorts) base depths are still on the rise. Skiers can look forward to fun events bluebird skiing days and t-shirt weather being offered up by Mt Washington Valley's ski resorts and XC Centers throughout March, not to mention continued snowmobiling, tubing, skating, Snow Coach, sleigh rides and more. Despite what your readers see in their backyards, Mt Washington Valley is still skier's paradise!
Snow Reports from Mt Washington Valley Ski Resorts and XC Centers:
Attitash: Presently skiing on 280 acres with 73 trails and glades and 6 lifts operating. Base depths of 20" – 40". 3" of new snow in the last 7 days. St. Patrick's Day Weekend 3-Day Ticket Deal: $99 for a 3-day (consecutive days) lift ticket on Friday, March 16 through Sunday, March 18. Available for purchase on Friday, March 16 only.
Bear Notch Ski Touring Center: 50 km open –50KM classic and 50 KM skating on a 18-24" base. Break out the cameras and sunglasses for skiing today and this weekend! 13" of new snow in the last 6 days. Break out the sunglasses and make your way to Bartlett!
Black Mountain: Skiing on 40 trails with 2 lifts operating. 12"- 33 base. 13" of snow reportedin the last 6 days. Get ready for the Shannon Door St. Pats Day Parade & Treasure Hunt this weekend on 03/11/2012. Join in the St. Patty's Day parade in your favorite green attire. A treasure hunt will follow along the trails of Black Mountain – whoever finds the special treasure will win the "pot of gold" grand prize.
Bretton Woods Ski Resort: Presently skiing on 460 acres with 98 trails and 6 lifts operating on a 20" – 30" base. 6-8" of new snow reported in the last 4 days. Winter Wild Uphill Race Series Championship on 3/17 – call 603-278-3407 for info/reservations.
Bretton Woods Nordic Center: 50 trails open. 50KM classic, 60 KM skate groomed on a 2"-12" base. 100KM of snowshoe and back country terrain open. 1" of new snow reported in the last 5 days. Come on out for some of the classic Mt Washington views.
Cranmore Mountain Resort: Skiing on 138 acres with 53 trails and 6 lifts operating. 16" – 38" base. 11" of new snow reported in the last 6 days. Take in Cranapalooza with 80's themed events after the lifts close on March 10.
Great Glen Trails: 45 KM trails open and 18 KM skate/classic groomed on a base of 12" – 18". 45 KM snowshoe terrain. 15" of new snow reported in the last 6 days. Don't forget to take advantage of huge savings tomorrow- its 2 for 1 Friday! Every activity for the price of one when you print out the coupon and bring a friend for a great day on snow.
King Pine Ski Area: Skiing on 50 acres on 17 trails with 3 lifts operating. 20" – 32" base. 11" of new snow reported in the last 6 days. Retro Days – 80's on Sunday, March 11: Dress up in your best retro garb of that day's decade! Participate in the Best Dressed Contest at Noon for your chance at gift certificates!
Purity Spring XC & Snowshoe Reserve: 23 trails open. 15KM skate groomed. 11" new snow in the last 6 days. The Our Audubon Snowshoe Tour meets on Saturdays at 2pm at The Mill. Complimentary with trail pass.
Jackson Ski Touring Foundation: 146 KM ski terrain open including backcountry. 72 KM machine groomed tracks, 71 KM machine groomed lanes. 16" – 30" base varying by elevation. 9" -13" new snow in the last 6 days. Thom's Amazing Waxing Demo every Monday at 9:30 a.m. – Free and Informative.
Mt Washington Valley Ski Touring & Snowshoe Center: 45 KM open in Whittaker Woods and Intervale Network, 25 KM single tracked, 35KM double tracked. 45KM skate groomed. 8" – 12" base depth. Saturday, March 10th - Weekly Guided Snowshoe Walk at 1:00 pm departs from the Touring Center for a 1.5 – 2 hour tour through the Intervale. Call 603-356-9920 for reservations.
Shawnee Peak: Skiing during the day on 246 acres, 36 trails accessed by 4 lifts on a 25" – 46" base. 13" – 15" of new snow reported in the last 5 days. Give a Pint, Get a Ticket on March 11! Come to Shawnee Peak's Blood Drive from 10am-4pm, give a pint of blood and you'll get a midweek (Mon-Fri) lift ticket valid through the end of the 2011/12 Season!
Wildcat Mountain: Skiing on 49 trails accessed by 2 lifts on a 12" – 36" base. 16" of new snowin the past 6 days. Play hookie and take advantage of $40 Fridays and great new powder at Wildcat and Attitash,
· The Allen Family from Foxboro, MA took to Bretton Woods on 3-6-12 with daughters in sit skis. Photo by Marti Mayne
· Just another perfect skiing day at Jackson Ski Touring on 3-7-12 as Denise Perkins and Sharyn Eckburgh take to the Woodchuck Fields. Photo provided by Thom Perkins.


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hello everyone. we've got stucco bands around all of our aluminum windows and i want working shutters. usually people with stucco bands just hang their shutters on the side of the stucco band and they don't operate or they have wood windows and the shutters are applied inside the window thus are able to operate. with the aluminums you cant do that hang on the window (the'yre flush with the house).
anyhow, I've found hardware that will make it possible to hang the shutters on the stucco band itself. i'm thinking that if we use a long enough screw we'll hit a 2x4??? the trim carpenter told us that the shutters would eventually rip the band off. i've got the hardware people telling me that they just need to use long screws and i've got someone else telling me to cut wood blocks and lay them in the stucco band, which i don't understand. anyone else have this problem? Oh, and before you ask what my builder says, he's not so great, barely speaks to us (have been in the home since may) and gave us the response, "i guess you'll just have to get lucky!" -- whatever that means??!! |
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- Posted by sombreuil_mongrel (My Page) on Fri, Mar 7, 08 at 14:03
You could drill out the foam trim to accept rigid bushings that would allow the screws or bolts holding the hinges to apply their force directly to the structure, taking the foam out of the equation. If not, the foam will crush and the hinges will loosen. The bushings can be made of plastic pipe, or metal. To avoid admitting any water, the whole business would need to be slathered with sealant. Casey |
thank you casey! once i find a carpenter to hang them, i will pass your reply along to him. it's been difficult to find someone for the job since we are in Louisiana. everyone is swamped with work over here. |
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Serving weet pick-me-ups, the Treats Truck is a mobile bakery owned by Kim Ima. Desserts are priced around $3 a piece and range from butter pecan bars to caramel crème sandwiches, even Mexican chocolate brownies. Ima's signature treat though is sugar dots, petite sugar cookies are draped in icing and topped with sprinkles. Samples bites are even available, and there is coffee available to wash the desserts down. The truck, named Sugar, makes its way throughout different neighborhoods in the city. Stops often include Broadway at 86th and 87th Streets, 5th Ave near 21st Street, and Park Slope.
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- 2 shallots
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons mustard seeds
- 2/3 cup white basmati rice
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Thinly slice shallots and in a 2-quart heavy saucepan cook in oil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until golden. Stir in mustard seeds and cook until they begin to pop. Add rice and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add water and salt and bring to a boil. Cook pilaf, covered, over low heat until rice is tender and water is absorbed, about 25 minutes. Fluff rice with a fork.
Each serving about 125 calories and 2 grams fat.
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type: Quick & Easy
main ingredients: Rice
cuisine: Indian
dietary considerations: Vegetarian, Low Fat


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The Jacksonville Fire Department was called to 119 Boozer Drive at 2:29 a.m. to fight the blaze, the cause of which is currently undetermined, according to Randy Childs, an assistant chief with the department.
No one was injured in the fire; residents of the house had been spending the night elsewhere after their heat went out and were not home when the fire broke out, Childs said.
Jacksonville firefighters had help from departments in Alexandria, Angel and Weaver, with 23 responders on scene.
By the time firefighters arrived at the home, flames had engulfed between 60 and 70 percent of the structure, Childs estimated, and the fire grew as crews worked to maintain it.
It took about two hours to bring the fire totally under control. By then the home was badly damaged.
"It's still there, but it's a total loss," Childs said.
Residents of the home were staying with neighbors Sunday, he said.


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Cuba is not a big issue in the US since the Soviet Union disintegrated, EXCEPT, understandably, in south Florida. Its true many in the first wave of Cuban refugees were dispossessed of their extensive properties, since they were the rich of that country. I have personally known many of the first wave. All of the ones I knew were very productive people who made a rich life from nothing in their new home and are fairly well off. Its difficult to predict the future, but one hard spot of a free Cuba could be those families wanting their property back, similar to dispossessed Jewish people after WWII.
My opinion is there should be no direct involvement by the US in the final struggle for Cuban freedom. It highly likely it will come on its own with no help. Why get involved and be blamed for everything that may go wrong?
Also, any restitution to former large property owners should be balanced with considerations of any hardships that may result to existing occupants of those properties. The current occupants/owners are likely to be too far removed from the original crime and poor.
"..Cuba is a declining corner of a rising, and largely democratic, Latin America. After 50 years in which it has been an exception...."
Here's a Special Set of "Radical-Thoughts, from the FAR-WEST:
Cuba, has been a Crucial-Factor, in this Rising & Increasingly Defiant Latin America!
Cuba, may have Many Shortcomings, but Capitalism is NOT the CURE!!
For over a Half-Century now, The ConScienceLess Corporation has been Salivating about getting it's Fangs-In & Hands-On Cuba!!!
This Island, just Like Haiti is an Exception that.............
Peace, Love & Respect.
"Small businesses must be allowed to become medium and large ones. Foreign investment should be welcomed. And the ration books should go, with subsidies targeted at the poor."
So Raul, you know what you should NOT do if you do not want Cuba to become another ahark-eat-=shark society.
The Economist is the quintessence of corporate dishonesty and hypocrisy. It preaches reform for everynone except the Wild Fat Bankster model it tries to export.
Exactly !
Econo-MIST,what else?
I know everyone is going to attack this comment, but I have to say I'm actually a little sad that Cuba is going capitalist. The communist ethos has imparted a level of solidarity and community among the Cuban people rarely found in societies undergoing capitalist-oriented transformations. Despite the level of relative poverty, crime in Cuba is very low and life expectancy is equal to that of the U.S.
Am I just a romantic communist? Or is there some truth to what I'm saying...
My dear.....whatever your name is, you are just a ""fellow traveler"" like the ones that once dreamed about Stalin proletariat paradise without even been one thouzand miles from the Russian borders.
I'd say you are uninformed.
The solidarity you speak of is fear of voicing their own opinions due to the consequences. You speak for solidarity, no matter your personal views. Just because a society become capitalist doesn't mean solidarity doesn't still exist (right after 9/11 for example), but it is not something that has to be proven to the rest of the world.
Community goes hand in hand with poverty to an extent. Those who do not have the resources to accomplish the task alone will do so with other people.
The statistics for crime and life expectancy I presume come from the UN right? They take their statistics from Cuba's government, they do not have the resources to verify it independently. Basically you are taking the statistics at the Cuban government's word, not an independently varifiable source.
the economist feebly buys into the castro propaganda. to imagine that something that cuba uses as propaganda is the same as what is actually holding their system of power up is the height of naive ignorance. then for extra fun calls cuba's lack of democracy some kind of "joint" failure, the united states has democracy, we are not cuba. cuba doesn't, its cuba's failure.
to imagine that castro now "must do this" or "must do that" as it happens to involve doing things the economist wants is like reading some idiotic state run organ splash about imagining that all its desires now line up with realities.
worst economist article ever on cuba, an embarassment of bland unimaginative thinking wallowing in hopeful idealism and willful ignorance. I spit in the general direction of the moron who had the temerity to put this article down.
While Castro is still alive, Obama may well have another adventure with the exiles soon into the pigs.
I dont believe the US, in general, has cared about the relationship with Cuba. Sometimes big organizations (like our goverment), keep policies going just for the sake of not dealing with new problems. It's a joke traveling to Cuba. I recently traveled (I had a special visa), but had a friend meet me, who was denied his visa, and still got it. Not only that, I was able to use my Bank of America debit card on the island.
I hope a proper plan gets set up before opening the flood gates of Capitalism.
Que lastima.... I hope that some day, America's neighbors to the south can be strong partners and strong countries. I would love to work and vacation in Cuba and Mexico without worrying about being kidnapped.
A lot of hard line dictators have remained in power without any US sanctions, embargoes or other scapegoats. While the embargo is block headed at best, it cannot alone explain the staying power of the Castro regime. Having an Island is a huge asset to a dictatorship. A still romantic image in many quarters also has been exploited with huge skill. Cuba has free trade with every nation other than the United States. Even in pre-Castro pink Chevrolet days, the United States was not that dominant in Cuba's economy or culture.
The biggest and most politically feasible step which the administration is taking is to give Cuban Americans unlimited access to Cuba where they are the best and most persuasive change agents that one can deploy. The more subtle and understated the change campaign, the harder it is for regime junkies to stop or curb. Unfortunately,that is just what Cuban Americans can't do. They have to shout at the top their lungs when only a whisper and packet of $100.00 bills are the most lethal and unstoppable weapons to bring down this regime.
I wonder what damaged the road? Doesn't look like normal wear and tear. Rest of it looks to be in good shape. Well tended area. Well dressed pedestrian, well cared for live stock.
Odd there are no billboards: one can even see the trees. No gated communities on this street, I wonder if they talk to the neighbors here.
Ah, those were the good old days.
You are repeating the same things that your grandparents used to say about Stalin's Russia. It happens when people used to live in freedom are encountered with the propaganda of communists tirannies.
"... Cubans can now buy and sell houses and cars..." This Economist's analysis is somewhat superficial and misinformative. There are still many government induced obstacles to many of the mentioned reforms and people will be surprised to learn about all the limitations Cubans face to buy or sell a crappy-rustic-'56-barely functioning car. Raul is playing play-doh with elastic bands. He just wants to exteeeeend and buy time.
When the Castro brothers and Communism are gone,
the possibilities will be endless.
Cuba as a playground to complement Vegas
Habana in its better days - link above.
The Havana Chinatown rebirth with vibrant tourism
(run down Chinatown as of today - link above)
A bonanza for American classic car lovers ,
and a return of Europeans to the Habana waterfront.
Ferrari, Maserati, Lambo, BMW racing like in the late 50s.
Not to mention tourism, tourism and more tourism.
Now if the same could simultaneously happen in North Korea,
the world would be a better place.
Viva Capitalism!
The first paragraph reads: "Sadly, even two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Cuba remains one of the handful of countries around the world where communism lives on."
It's not sad that communism lives on within Cuba per se, but that a communist undemocratic regime lives on.
Remind me of a Democratic Communist regime? The communism is always very real, any democratic pretensions are fraudulent at best.
Thanks for the article, having been to Cuba during the Special Period' (albeit that was quite a while ago now) I sensed even then there was a definite need for the society to open up - after all a one party state is not politically healthy - but at the same time I thought at least Cuba had escaped the U.S. sponsored violence of Central America's civil wars and related poverty/other social inequalities. A mature transition to a non-violent multi-party state is essential as it would be a real tragedy if Cuba went from a somewhat relatively benign upper circle of hades to its far more bloody, vicious lower ones. A return to the 'Batista days' should be thought of as unthinkable. It is hoped the Cubans could also escape Putin's 'managed democratic model.'
The opposition is fragmented and there is no Mandela. Could possibly be the best thing in Cuba's future as there is nothing worse than a Messiah. Mandela and possibly Ghandi excepted. Then again, knowing the United States and its brilliant track record for fomenting and supporting democracy and freedom in Latin America, I have the utmost confidence that they will screw this up too. Cuba could be the USA's flagship democracy\capitalism transformation nation, and an example to North Korea, Nicaragua or Venezuela. But knowing the Americans, it will serve as a warning, not as an example. Past examples: Argentina. Present example: Chile & Peru. Brazil is one country that transformed itself from a banana republic to the world's 5th economy by NOT operating from the US\UK playbook - and it has only success to show for it.
Gandhi. He was one of the most important people in history. You should learn how to spell his name.
If corporatist ideology is the measure, then the Cubans have done more to influence the western liberal elite in executive management terms than the other way around.
Nonsense the whole article. There is no opening at all in cuba. Just facade stuff. They are waiting for oil. Opening to medium-big businesses means that these people will ask for political representation. This is what the regime fears most. They are just taking time. When, in 2 years, they get the oil, they will improve food rationing together with education and health care and retain power for them and their sons which is what they have in mind. Before writing about a country you should live there!
Exactly, but it seems that in the case of Cuba and it"s Revolution it works just the opposite. The leftists want to make us believe that the Cuban Exiles know nothing about Cuba, however they, who have never been there are the experts.
I meant live there and abroad alternatively to get a broader picture.
Exiles, however are not a random sample of a population. Simply one voice, with its own opinion. The point is that the exile voice should not be the only voice, drowning out the others.
Please, this is America. Since when did failure ever convince this country to abandon bad policies?
Um, Prohibition?
Admittedly, the list is not long, and Prohibition was repealed a century ago. But there area few examples out there.
"...Prohibition was repealed a century ago."
I really do not mean to be a pedant, but Prohibition hadn't even started a century ago. It was in effect between 1919 and 1933 (and what an ill-conceived idea it was to begin with).
I stand corrected on the date.
And totally agree that it was an ill-conceived idea. But the motivations were identical to those for the drug laws that the War on Drugs encompasses. It's just taken longer for us to figure it out.
Cuba and Israel are two illustations of a flawed policy that could exist only in an open polity like the U.S. - a very vocal minority punches way above its weight by buying or withholding support for quavering politicos who worry about parochial representations, NOT the national interest.
True, Moses didn't descend with his tablets smoking a Montecristo, but it's about time we change electoral rules (5-year terms for Congress?) to minimize the outsize influence on the two-year-cycle types whose first thought on being elected is to start camapigning for re-election and passing the hat.
Short-sighted expedients like mindless embargos generally prolong whatever we hate rather than helping find solutions.
Some ex-communist putting-a-spoke-in-wheels regimes will never "forgive" the West for Cuba's success.
Cuba, don't lose your chance.
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Does anyone have or had experience with FIA in cats? What is the quality of life and the prognosis ( it is my understand the animal might remain the carrier for life)?
Although there is a wealth of information on FIA on the web, I would like to hear personal accounts/experiences on FIA...I have a foster cat with FIA and have to make decisions/know what to expect.... Thank you, I greatly appreciate any advice or suggestion
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Olya, I don't have any personal experience, but I did find the below website and it states Carrier cats are generally not treated. As long as fleas are controlled, a carrier cat is not contagious. It also says that cats generally respond well and quickly to treatment, so I hope your foster will be just fine. |
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Thanks Petra I saw this website, and unfortunately, have been getting different opinions. While the cat appears fine, the shelter had to send her back, since as a carrier, she cannot be adopted out through them. The shelter vet suggested that the cat would potentially go through bouts of the disease on and off, as the parasite is never eradicated. I will continue fostering her, watching for sings of anemia (she has gotten anemic in the past), and hoping for the best... |
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They came from Arkansas, Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama and parts of Tennessee to stand in front of the man who started it all, and to socialize with a friend they had previously known only over the Internet. Now, after enjoying a meal, singing together and talking in person, the bond between his new band of brothers and sisters has deepened even more.
"You should have seen his face. He lit up like a star! You could just see his face shining," said Johansen's wife, Lilo.
"They told me they had been talking about coming here three or four months ago," Johansen said. "Then they called one day and said, 'Yes! We're coming! We'll see you Friday, Sept. 27! We got things ready — we had food and a karaoke machine set up. They arrived around 7:30 that evening. We had seven to eight hours of great times. Everyone got up and sang. It made me feel great!"
Johansen joined the U.S. Army in 1961 and officially retired as a major from all military service after 20 years. He served in the Tennessee Defense Force (now Tennessee State Guard) in Cleveland in the 1980s under his Battalion Commander Tom Rowland, in the 402nd as members of the Military Police.
"We worked the Olympics in 1996 — doing security," Johansen recalled. "You had to have special clearance to work with the Olympic committee. We were also working alongside the FBI. We did a lot of different things back then. We covered crowd and traffic control at Tri-State [Exhibition Center] events as well."
Johansen, 69, said the 402nd finally shut down in Cleveland and getting ill, he finally retired from military service, explaining, "I got promoted as a major. My medical discharge papers say captain. But after I retired out medically, I was called back in for a while and that's when I got promoted to major."
Johansen was diagnosed with a rare form of muscular dystrophy in 2001, called inclusion body myositis, or IBM — a disease of the muscle which causes them to become thin and weak. It usually occurs in middle to late life and is more common in men than women. It is a slowly progressive condition causing a gradual deterioration in muscle strength over the years.
After his diagnosis with muscular dystrophy, Johansen did not let his health interfere with his happiness. The following year, on June 1, 2002, he launched what he calls "the only Southern heritage radio station in the world" at wdxb.net, which has been broadcasting 365 days a year ever since. Then in 2003, Johansen launched his official website, www.dixcinternet-radio.org.
"Because I couldn't do much of anything else, I got on a chat program and started meeting people," he explained. "I met one woman named Pat Dockens from Charleston, S.C., who was interested in singing and talking to military people. So was I. She and I both loved to help people, so we opened a chat room. People would come in to sing and play music. After a couple of years we started dedicating everything to the military — to those who were deployed overseas. The word got out to tune in and listen to us on the Internet, or to visit our chat room."
Johansen could see that the voice of a movement was taking shape and decided to build a website to complement his online radio station.
"The website started back in 2003," he said. "We're actually, right now, in our 10th year of broadcasting to the troops. When Pat was still alive she had received emails from troops deployed overseas. Some were in the Naval Air Forces, stationed on a ship in Iraq and they would tune in to our station and pipe the whole broadcast throughout the ship. Thousands of people were listening. Anyone can download our program for free at paltalk.com. You can get yourself a nickname and come in."
After talking live over the Internet for years, Johansen's online friends from various states took a major step in making lasting friends with a man who decided to make a difference, despite being confined in a wheelchair.
"It use to be that I would get out and travel to see people," Johansen said. "But since I'm disabled now, I can't. I used to have a motor home where I would go everywhere to see everybody — Iowa, Illinois, Alabama, Massachusetts — just to see people and visit. But now that I can't, I guess they said, 'Let's go see him! I'm glad they did."
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I have a potted Glenn and I'm using the original gritty mix. I was wondering what fertIlizer is everyone using and how are u applying it? I have been just using fish emulsion playing it safe. Iv read some of u are using dynomite or osmocote. But how often r u applying it and at what dosage?
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I get my fertilizer at Excalibur. Before I started using it I had no mangos for two years, this year I have quite a few |
- Posted by greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a (My Page) on Mon, Jun 20, 11 at 0:27
For the gritty mix, I use Dyna Grow foliage pro as my fertilizer. I feel that a synthetic fertilizer is best because the inorganic components in the gritty mix do not create an hospitable environment for the microbes that are required to break down organic nutrients into useable elements.
Josh |
I use Dyna Gro on most of my potted gritty mix as well, but I DON'T use it on my Mango or Citrus only because its very expensive and I have some Very large containers. But it is an excellent fertilizer...Josh is right. I've used Dynamite fertilizer, I usually follow the directions on the container on the back using the 5 gallon as a guide and doubling or tripling as needed depending on the size of your pot. I sprinkle it on top of the pot and work it in the soil keeping most of it on the outer part of the container making sure I keep it a few inches from the trunk...water it in. I like it because its complete with macro & micro nutrients. Its a slow release and doesn't burn the roots, I apply it once a year and I'm good to go because its a 9 month formula. When its really growing and putting out new growth flushes, I also supplement with MG all purpose at 1/2 strength and add a tsp or two of Fish Emulsion. I do this every couple of weeks till the growths hardens... |
Here is a link that might be useful: Video on Dynamite Fertilizer
Thank you everyone for ur help!! Thanks pug for ur thorough explanations!! Another question with gritty mix... Pesticides? I have neem oil, some pest soup, and seven pesticide. Iv seen some scale on the backs of a couple of my leaves and also worried about ants (since it's on my patio, don't want to attract ants around) Which will work and be safe and how should I apply it strength/ frequency, In ur opinion? |
- Posted by mango_kush 10b Hollywood FL (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Tue, Jun 21, 11 at 10:49
i grow all my citrus in 25 gallon gritty mix, I use fish emulsions, a balanced granular probably once a year, and foliar spray micronutrients. for pesticides I use neem oil, "organicide" and malathion as last resort if the pests start getting out of hand |
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Spring Clean on Sunday 15th April 10.45am meet at the Brookside Hall car park. If you want to come to the free lunch, please let Margaret know
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Originally we met in the Brookside Community Centre, hence our name, as it was central to the Lings & Lumbertubs estates which we cover. When the building was closed due to subsidence, we moved to The Academy, but numbers dropped so we used The Lounge of Benham Court until numbers grew too large. We tried meeting at the Salvation Army for a while, but they couldn't have us permanently so we moved to Lumbertubs School but PFI costs depleted our funds(£50 per meeting)In 2010 we moved again - this time to the Brookside Hall (former Mill Wheel Pub) & we meet on the second Tuesday of the month, excluding August starting at 6.45pm with refreshments. The Police, Housing Officer, Environment Warden, Councillor,& invited speakers attend our meetings.
We aim to help residents with any concerns they have as we have good links with the Police, NBC, & other agencies. We give out useful information& have organised visits to the CCTV HQ & Police Call Centre. We support the Wild Life Trust & promote events in Lings Wood.
Every year we have Community Clean-ups in April & October.
The underpass near the shops was covered in graffiti, so using designs drawn by Lumbertubs' school pupils we hired a community artist to paint it, aided by volunteers.
We campaigned about abandoned shopping trolleys for many years & finally Tescos employed a man to go around the estate picking them up. Other campaigns included getting measures to prevent traveller's illegal encampments, removal of derelict drying areas, provision of Eurobins for the flats, & installation of bollards to prevent parking on verges & cars driving on footpaths. In 2009 we successfully campaigned for a zebra crossing on Birds Hill Road & for the unsafe Brookside Community Centre to be demolished. The site was then used for some more play equipment. BRC was involved with the new owner redesigning the Mill Wheel pub to create a community space within The Brookside Hall.
Social events have played an important part such as OAP socials, Christmas & Valentine Day parties & Fun Days. In the past we ran Children's disco nights & joined Friends of the Lakes in their events. We raised funds to provide extra play equipment in the area & supported campaigns to have a MUGA in Rillwood Court & a Skateboard Park.
In conjunction Weston Favell library we produced a local history book of the area "The Vision- Then & Now" which covered the estates 1964-2010. Copies were given away free & are available from the library.
We were involved in the Safer Lings & Lumbertubs Project which brought in extra money from crime to be spent on cutting back trees & bushes, repairing pavements & walls & clearing up rubbish. We were filmed for TV with Jack Straw when he visited Lumbertubs in 2010.
BRC was instrumental in supporting a bid for Playbuilder's funding of £10,000 for the large play area on the Lings field.
BRC also went into Lumbertubs School as part of the Junior Wardens project aimed at training young people to take care of their environment.
Since 2000 we have produced a quarterly newsletter, The Banner, which is delivered by volunteers to every home in the area. This contains helpful advice, useful contact numbers, news, resident's articles, photos & adverts which offset some of the £350 cost per issue.
Our dream is for an area of low crime, contented residents, good community spirit between all the ethnic groups & ages. Brookside Residents' Council will continue to serve the Lings & Lumbertubs estates as
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A free world political map published by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency |
195 Widely Recognized Sovereign States
In most situations, "country" is taken to refer to a sovereign nation-state. Sovereignty - the idea that a country is completely and independently controlled by its own government - is a sticky issue that has been under debate for the last 2,000 years. But for convenience, most mapmakers and references bypass the sovereignty issue and just look at which countries are internationally recognized as being sovereign. This means that most of the other countries in the world officially accept them as sovereign nation-states (there's admittedly some circular logic involved here, but for the most part it works out, because the majority of recognized countries have a reasonably high level of real sovereignty).
The most common way to count "internationally recognized sovereign states", and the method used by most world maps and publications, is to first count members of the United Nations, then count non-U.N. members who are still allowed to sit in on U.N. meetings as official observer states:
U.N. Members: 193
U.N. Observer States: 2
Total: 195
These are the countries you'll see on most world maps, and on most lists of the world's countries. In addition to U.N. membership or observer status, these 195 states are also mostly recognized by all of each other's governments, with a few exceptions. The two U.N. Observer State countries are Vatican City (represented by the Holy See) and Palestine. If you want to know the names of all 195 of these countries, Wikipedia maintains a complete list.
201 States With At Least Partial Recognition
There are also several more states which have partial diplomatic recognition - acceptance by one or more U.N. participant countries, but not by the U.N. as a whole. These states, such as Taiwan and Kosovo, are usually labeled on world maps as disputed territories or special cases rather than full countries. The extent of their international recognition varies wildly, from recognition by just one other country (as in the case of Northern Cyprus) to recognition by nearly half of U.N. members (as with Kosovo).
U.N. Members: 193
U.N. Observer States: 2
States With Partial Recognition: 6
Total: 201
These states' level of actual real-life independence varies, but the same is true for the U.N. member countries (for example, Taiwan's sovereignty situation is nearly the same as U.N. members North Korea and South Korea). The main difference is just a matter of recognition by other countries and the U.N. The six states with partial recognition are Taiwan, Western Sahara, Kosovo, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, and Northern Cyprus. Wikipedia includes these states in its list of Other Sovereign States, which also includes some countries with no recognition at all (see next paragraph).
204 Recognized or De Facto Independent States
In addition to those states with full or partial recognition, there are at least four more states that operate as independent countries without any diplomatic recognition from any U.N. members. These are often referred to as "de facto" independent states. "De facto" is a term borrowed from Latin to mean "in actual fact" (similar to "unofficially"), as opposed to "de jure", meaning "by law" (similar to "officially"). They, along with many of the partially recognized states, are also referred to as "breakaway states", because they were formed by seceding from other (usually U.N.-member) countries. However, they are in fact governed completely independently from the countries that claim them (despite news media tending to refer to them inaccurately as "semi-autonomous", a term meaning "partly self-governed").
U.N. Members: 193
U.N. Observer States: 2
States With Partial Recognition: 6
Unrecognized De Facto Sovereign States: 3
Total: 204
Although they are not recognized by any U.N. members, these states may be recognized by each other or by some of the partially recognized states. Despite lacking any U.N.-member recognition, they may in fact be more stable and in-control than some U.N. members (like Somalia or Afghanistan). The three unrecognized de facto independent states are Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria, and Somaliland. Wikipedia includes these states in its list of Other Sovereign States, which also includes the partially recognized states from the section above. Although the issue is up for debate, both Wikipedia and I have chosen not to include states that have extensive de facto sovereignty but have never claimed independence (such as Puntland), nor entities whose status as any kind of state, sovereign or not, is questionable (such as Sealand).
204 Olympic Nations
Although political scientists might not look to sporting events to define what countries are, the Olympic Games are the biggest exposure to the world's diversity of countries that many average people get. They might be confused, then, when their world atlas only lists 195 countries, while the Olympics regularly claim to represent over 200 nations. This is because the Olympics don't require all of their "nations" to be independent countries. Dependent territories belonging to other countries have sometimes been allowed to create their own National Olympic Committees (NOC), which can then be recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). States with only partial diplomatic recognition can also sometimes be recognized by the IOC.
NOCs of U.N. Member States: 192
NOCs of U.N. Observer States: 1
NOCs of Partially Recognized States: 1
NOCs of Dependent Territories: 10
Total IOC-Recognized NOCs: 204
The only U.N. member not represented in the IOC is the newly independent South Sudan, which has not yet had time to form a national committee. About half of the dependent territories that participate in the Olympics are overseas possessions of the U.S. (such as Puerto Rico) and the U.K. (such as Bermuda). Some marginally dependent territories, such as the Cook Islands and Aruba (connected to New Zealand and the Netherlands respectively), are even referred to as "countries", though they do not claim full independence. The only partially recognized state admitted to the Olympics is Taiwan (which is required to call itself "Chinese Taipei"). For more on the Olympic Nations, see Parade of Nations: Which Countries Are (and Aren't) in the Olympics.
209 FIFA Countries Eligible for the World Cup
FIFA, the international soccer organization that administers the World Cup and other tournaments, includes even more teams than the Olympics do. For most of its history, FIFA, like the IOC, didn't require independence or international recognition of its member states. Now they're a bit stricter, and rarely admit teams representing dependent territories; but any team which is already a member is allowed to stay. Based on tradition, FIFA also allows the "constituent countries" of the U.K. (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland) to compete as separate teams, even though they aren't independent states.
Teams of U.N. Member States: 186
Teams of U.N. Observer States: 1
Teams of Partially Recognized States: 1
Teams of U.K. Constituent Countries: 4
Teams of Dependent Territories: 17
Total FIFA Member Associations: 209
You may notice that not all 193 of the U.N. member states are included. That's because there are several very small countries that aren't members, plus the U.K. (replaced by its "constituent countries"). Vatican City, one of the U.N.'s non-member observer states, also does not participate in FIFA tournaments or in the Olympics. For more information, see Which Countries Are (and Aren't) Part of FIFA?
249 Country Codes in ISO 3166-1
Many organizations use short two- or three-letter "country codes" to represent different countries or nationalities. Often, these codes are based on ISO 3166-1, a standard specification of codes published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). These codes, like us for the United States, bz for Belize, and iq for Iraq (there's also a separate set of three-letter codes) are perhaps most famously used for internet domain names, such as http://somewebsite.jp for websites based in Japan. Based on data from the U.N., they exclude some unrecognized or partially unrecognized states, but they include pretty much everything else imaginable, from independent countries, to dependent territories, to uninhabited island territories - there's even a code for Antarctica!
U.N. Members: 193
U.N. Observer States: 2
States With Partial Recognition: 2
Inhabited Dependent Territories: 45
Uninhabited Territories: 6
Antarctica: 1
Total: 249
The above categories are my own - no subcategories are defined in the ISO standard. Obviously, some of the places on the list are regions that few people, if anyone, would call "countries." But if you're ever wondering why there are so many "countries" on some lists, now you know! The Wikipedia page for ISO 3166-1 has the full list, along with little colorful flags.


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A new study of Antarctic ice suggests that in spite all the fuss around climategate, the controversy over whether scientists have withheld facts casting doubt on the theory of global warming, there continues to be evidence that the world is heating up. The latest evidence is from the US Geological Survey, which said its research is the first to document that every ice front in the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula has been retreating from 1947 to 2009, with the most dramatic changes occurring since 1990.
Its latest research, on the southern part of the Peninsula, is particularly alarming, according to the USGS, because that area has the Peninsula's coolest temperatures. Because the USGS has found ice shelves are retreating in the southern section of the Antarctic Peninsula, it feels certain that global warming is affecting the entire length of the Peninsula. In the words of USGS scientist Jane Ferrigno:
This research is part of a larger ongoing USGS project that is for the first time studying the entire Antarctic coastline in detail, and this is important because the Antarctic ice sheet contains 91 per cent of earth's glacier ice. The loss of ice shelves is evidence of the effects of global warming. We need to be alert and continually understand and observe how our climate system is changing.
The USGS says the retreating ice shelves could result in glacier retreat and sea-level rise if warming continues, threatening coastal communities and low-lying islands worldwide. It explains the importance of this:
The ice shelves are attached to the continent and aready floating, holding in place the Antarctic ice sheet that covers about 98 per cent of the Antarctic continent. As the ice shelves break off, it is easier for outlet glaciers and ice streams from the ice sheet to flow into the sea. The transition of that ice from land to the ocean is what raises sea level.
To put all this in perspectve, the USGS says, the Antarctic Peninsula's southern section, as described in this study, contains five major ice shelves. The ice lost since 1998 in just one of them, the Wilkins Ice Shelf, totals more than 4,000 square kilometers. That is an area larger than the state of Rhode Island.
Whatever the scientists involved in climategate are hiding does not matter in the face of this evidence. Momentum to curb greenhouse gas emissions, however fragile, must continue.


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A: You can take classes as a Graduate At Large (GSAL). Students can transfer nine (9) credit hours from other institutions and twelve (12) credit hours for classes attended at Chicago State University.
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Q: How many graduate credit hours can I transfer into this program?
A: Students can transfer a total of 12 credit hours. You can transfer a total of nine (9) credit hours from other institutions and take an additional three credit hours at Chicago State. You can also transfer all twelve (12) credit hours for classes attended at Chicago State University.
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A: Students are required to complete the program in six years from being accepted. A majority of our students are considered part-time averaging 6 to 9 credit hours per semester. However, full time students can complete the program in as little as two and a half years.
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I'm totally a child of the 80s and so yes, I'm allowed to occasionally throw out bitchin' when describing something really cool.
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With the Spring 2010 semester underway, the Northern Iowa Student Government is pleased to announce its Fall 2009 ridership for the Weekend SafeRide. Overall numbers reveal an increase in 1,024 participants from Fall 2008 to Fall 2009.
A graph attached shows the increase from month to month.
The SafeRide provides a safe alternative form of transportation for UNI students and community members every weekend during the academic year (including winter and spring breaks). The program promotes responsibility for all members of the Cedar Falls community.
In April 2009, NISG was honored with the Commissioner's Special Award for Traffic Safety from the Iowa Department of Public Safety. This annual award recognizes outstanding traffic safety contributions based on a commitment to traffic safety and service provided beyond routine duties.
The SafeRide route runs from 9:55 p.m. to 2:20 a.m. and is sponsored by UNI Public Safety. For more information on the SafeRide, a PDF download of its schedule and other NISG resources, visit http://www.uni.edu/studentorgs/nisg/student-resources/transportation
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Jacques Rogge back after surgery
Updated: October 8, 2012, 8:35 AM ET
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- IOC president Jacques Rogge has returned to work a month after undergoing hip replacement surgery.
Rogge was back at IOC headquarters in Lausanne on Monday for the first time since having the operation in early September.
International Olympic Committee spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau says Rogge "is back in the office this morning, chairing a series of internal meetings."
The 70-year-old Rogge had also been working from home in Belgium during his convalescence.
Rogge, who was elected IOC president in 2001, will step down when his term expires in September 2013.
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