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Seafood "Cataplana" with Saffron, Vermouth, and Sorrel
Gourmet | October 1998
The Lark, West Bloomfield MI
Serves 4
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 small shallot
- 1 small onion
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 green bell pepper
- 1 small vine-ripened tomato
- 16 small hard-shelled clams (less than 2 inches in diameter) such as littlenecks
- 30 mussels (preferably cultivated)
- 16 large shrimp (about 1 pound)
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup dry vermouth
- 2 cups dry white wine
- 1/2 teaspoon crumbled saffron threads
- 2 cups fish stock or bottled clam juice
- 1 cup heavy cream
- sea salt
- 30 thawed frozen cooked crayfish tails (about 1/2 pound)
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sorrel leaves
Mince garlic and finely chop shallot and onion. Cut bell peppers into julienne strips. Cut tomato into 1/4-inch dice. Scrub clams and mussels and remove beards from mussels. Shell and devein shrimp.
In a 4-quart shallow heavy kettle with a tight-fitting lid cook garlic, shallot, onion, and bell peppers in oil, uncovered, over moderate heat, stirring, 5 minutes, or until peppers are softened. Add vermouth, wine, and saffron and boil, uncovered, until liquid is reduced to about 1/3 cup. Add stock or clam juice and cream and bring to a boil. Immediately add clams and simmer until they just begin to open, about 3 minutes. Stir in mussels, shrimp, tomato, and sea salt and pepper to taste and stir until combined well. Simmer cataplana, covered, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes and discard any unopened clams or mussels. Transfer seafood with a slotted spoon to a large bowl and boil cooking liquid, uncovered, until reduced by about half, about 5 minutes. Return seafood to cooking liquid and stir in crayfish and sorrel. Heat cataplana over moderate heat until just heated through.
my notes
- Calories586
- Carbohydrates19 g (6%)
- Fat34 g (52%)
- Protein34 g (68%)
- Saturated Fat16 g (78%)
- Sodium1,406 mg (59%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat3 g
- Fiber2 g (8%)
- Monounsaturated Fat12 g
- Cholesterol192 mg (64%)
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type: Soup/Stew
main ingredients: Mussel, Shrimp, Fortified Wine, Saffron, Milk/Cream, Clam, Leafy Green, Shellfish
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Ah, the innocent days when outdoor bosses weren't leashed -- and could be kited anywhere on the continent. I'm sure you've seen Kazzak stomp Stormwind (this is the pre-BC Kazzak we're talking about), so now you can take a look at Azuregos against Orgrimmar. So how does Orgrimmar succeed where Stormwind failed? Well, Kazzak heals whenever he kills someone -- a great advantage for an unexpected boss encounter in a major city (full of delicious newbies).
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The Melvins Set to Play Post Moral Neanderthal Retardist Pornography Art Show Where 12″ Record is the Ticket For the Show
The Melvins, Hammerhead, Gay Witch Abortion and Seawhores are putting on a very special show Saturday June 30, but interestingly, the most captivating part of the concert is how tickets are acquired. Read more to find out the details revolving around this special event.
This event is one part live concert, one part art show. The live show will take place at Lit Lounge, while the art show is right next door at TT Underground Gallery. The exhibit is part of the "Post Moral Neanderthal Retardist Pornography" art show.
As mentioned earlier, the coolest part about this show is how fans acquire their tickets. Those who show up to Lit Lounge at 7:00 pm on Thursday, June 28 can purchase a rare hand-made 12″ vinyl for $50, which gains them admittance to the show. This should end up being a very special event that only a limited amount of people will get to enjoy, seeing that the Lit Lounge has a capacity of 175 people. Check out what the vinyls look like below.
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I know I'm a bit behind on these, but boy is it hard to keep up lately! I can't believe how much this little girl has grown already! She is such a joy and has so much personality and sass already.
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As some of you know, I really enjoy having the last word. So here it is.
Last winter, as Contract's editorial and art staff, and John Rouse and I spent hours poring over decades worth of archives, looking for the highlights of our history in preparation for our March 2010 50th Anniversary issue, I began to experience the vague, uneasy feeling that I have been at Contract a very long time, and maybe it was time to launch the "second half" of my career. As with many compelling thoughts that we allow to seep in, the idea that I needed a change grew into a real desire, and then into an action plan, so that as I write this I now find myself one day away from leaving my editorial post at Contract, where I have proudly and quite joyfully served the commercial interior design industry for 21 years.
Leaving the industry that I love, however, was not an option. So, truly, I am blessed to be given a new opportunity to serve the design community in a different way, as vice president of A&D market development for InterfaceFLOR. When I assume that role on April 4, I will be responsible for finding and developing new ways for the company—a highly regarded leader in sustainability—to partner with and bring value to the design community as we pursue our common goal of creating beautifully designed interior spaces that are also highly functional and socially and environmentally responsible.
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Amy, Holly, Jean, Stacy, Jonathan, Ellen, Vito, Larry, and my dear Marie, please know how much I recognize and appreciate your contributions to Contract, and to my own career…(and YOU Diana, Katie, Steve, Sofia, and AnnMarie…the ones who got away!)
Special thanks, however, must go out to two people in particular.
From that moment in 2000, John, when our professional lives took an odd turn and we were more or less thrown together to run Contract, you have supported me, trusted me, championed me and, most importantly, pushed me to be the best that I can be. Everyone should be so lucky to have a boss like you at some point. I had you for 11 great years!
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The Goldfinch have been drinking from the Hummzinger moat for the past couple of years now,so the #%@ sparrows think there maybe food and they are on the feeder too. I have a couple of birdbaths but I never see the Goldfinch on them, I'm afraid this may cause harm to the Hummers, any suggestions? I don't mind the Goldfinch but the Sparrows are bullys. (Pic quality not the best) |
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Interesting. I haven't had our goldfinches drinking from the HB feeders, but we are having lots of woodpeckers~~downies and red-bellieds~~using them. It was interesting to watch the baby woodpeckers using the feeders and being scared off by the hummers. I don't know if the nectar will harm the other birds feeding or not. The Hummers don't seem to be in harms way of the woodpeckers here. |
I had the same problem with finches drinking from the ant moats. They emptied all of them in a day, with a nice lake available for them fifty yards away. If you will add a drop or two of dawn dish wash liquid to the ant moat water, they will leave it alone. |
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"Just in general, without a tax increase the money is not there," committee member Ed Elkins said.
Bradley County Mayor D. Gary Davis emphasized during the meeting that if the project was put off until 2016 there would be payments in lieu of taxes revenue available toward necessary bond payments based on estimates.
"We are facing what I fear is a significant unplanned capital need to keep the doors open," committee chairman Chris Turner said.
Turner said the longer the project is put off, the worse the condition of the buildings will get.
To borrow the $21 million for the project, including the portion state-mandated for Cleveland City Schools, the county would need $3.1 million at the start of the project and $1.5 million each year for payments on the debt.
"Here are areas of opportunity to fund this project: You have existing general fund budget cuts, you have existing school budgets cuts. You have projected growth in the general fund. You have projected growth in the school fund," committee member J. Adam Lowe said.
He said raising takes or selling county assets, such as the Bradley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, are also options that could be considered.
Cuts to the budget could include eliminating the animal contract with the city of Cleveland and eliminating the Commissioners county health insurance.
Future tax growth would also have to be committed to this project. County Finance Director Lynn Burns said this money is needed to meet needed fund balance and reserve amounts in the budget. Bradley County Schools Director Johnny McDaniel said increases in revenue for the schools from growth in the community will be needed to offset court-mandated payments to the city of Cleveland.
Lowe said taxes could also be raised. Previous estimates said an eight cent property tax increase would be needed to borrow the full amount.
"None of those are recommendations, but they are all sources of revenue that could be drawn from," Lowe said.
At a previous meeting of the finance committee, potential use of a portion of insurance money from Blue Springs Elementary School was discussed. Smith said this was only the portion that would be given based on upgrading codes to bring Blue Springs up to the codes it met before the tornadoes of April 27, 2011. Smith said the insurance company has come back and said it will not allow this money to be used until new construction starts. The rest of the insurance money is being kept toward construction of a new Blue Springs Elementary School.
Bradley County Commission Chairman Louie Alford said he would like to see the architectural work bid out to ensure the school system is getting the best and most accurate price.
McDaniel said the school system would not commit to bidding the project until officials know for sure the Commission is going to fund the project. He said the estimates are from an architectural company the school system has used for many of its projects. The cost of construction materials has increased from the price given two years ago.
McDaniel said the school system has had some design work done on the project as part of applying for a hazard mitigation grant. There was only enough funding for one project. The Bradley County Board of Education chose to fund the Walker Valley High School expansion.
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An estimated $2.6 million would be needed to fix leaking roofs and update heating and air conditioning in the buildings being kept.
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This isn't a direct ancestor of mine, but I've always like the photo. Maybe it's her eyes. They seem to pop out compared to the rest of the photo. I don't have any proof on this, but the photo seems to be of Margaret DeBroux, who according to my guess is my great-grandaunt (or my great-grandfather's … [Read more...]
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Weekly History: March 28th-April 3rd
Weekly history for my family tree. As always, you can view these manually at the Dates & Anniversaries page. March 29th 1890 - Died - Maria (BRAATZ) KLEGIN - Maria is my 3rd-great-grandmother on my father's side. She was born 15 Feb 1842 in Schoenwalde, Germany. I'm not sure which … [Read more...]
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Are you ready for Round 2 of Rihanna and Eminem's musical relationship drama?
The second part of R-Ri and Em's epic "Love the Way You Lie," which will be included on Rihanna's upcoming album Loud, has found its way onto the Internet. The follow-up to August's "Love the Way You Lie" focuses on the female half of the troubled-romance equation, with Rihanna kicking off the track by singing,
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I read a Sci-fi story in an anthology a couple years ago about a guy who is sitting on his porch, and a pshychologist comes up and starts talkin to him about some philosophical stuff, and the guy believes that the edge of his lawn is actually a cliff face, the psychologist tries to refute it, saying it is in the guys head, but when he gets up to leave, he walks off the lawn, and falls off the edge of a cliff. So, it was basically the one guy's imagination becoming reality. Anyway, I was hoping to make a short film based on the idea, only I can not find the story anywhere, and was wondering if anyone knew the name of the author or title of this story?


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Is this a Hong Kong orchid tree or something else? Whatever it is, can it be grown from a cutting?
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- Posted by fighting8r 10 Fort Myers Florid (My Page) on Thu, Dec 3, 09 at 16:04
Looks just like the one I have and seed pods are all over, and seedlings constantly come up around the yard. I always thought it was Hong Kong orchid. So I guess I have the "common" one. Never counted the stamens, and it is not in bloom right now. Sounds like the sterile one has a longer blooming period, which would be nice. |
I have a Hongkong Orchid tree, Bauhinia X blakeiana, which is just about to bloom now. I just took it out of a pot and put in the ground this past summer. It has bloomed before and made no seed pods so I am confident it is what I paid for. My plant is obviously from a cutting or an air layered limb. I have tried to root cuttings before without success, so after it blooms I'm going to try to air layer it.I have got cuttings to root in water and superthrive but they quickly died when I put them into a mix. The more common species is B. variegata which comes in a purple and a white variety. The BB stores sell these as Hongkong Orchid trees. Of course they don't know the difference, it's whatever lable the vendor puts on it. I have also seen B purpurea labled as HK orchid tree. The B blakeiana has long been thought to be a hybrid of B variegata and B purpurea. I have read recently, that this has been confirmed by DNA testing. Good luck, john |
The only way to tell is to wait and see if it makes seed pods. If it does, then it is the common orchid tree and not the Hong Kong orchid tree. :o) I would not recommend getting or keep the commom one. |
I am glad I found this posting. I am interested in planting a HK orchid tree - Bauhinia Blakeana -- in my front yard. I live in northern California where the winters can get down to 27 degrees and the summers can be dry and hot of 105 degrees or more. For those of you who have this tree, how does it grow? How do you like it? Does it get really messy? I read on one site that it does not drop leaves and on another site it says it does drop leaves. Where did you buy your Bauhinia Blakeana? Thanks. |
kal2002 - Hong Kong Orchid is a tropical tree and I do not believe you will have much luck in Northern California. They can take a little bit of cold, but even here in Florida, you will not see them north of the Tampa Bay area. If you still want to try, once they are established they don't need (or like) a lot of fussing, watering and fertilizing. Yes, they do drop leaves, in cold weather ALL of their leaves. They are hard to find and expensive because they are so difficult to propagate. I really love these trees, they smell heavenly, and have gorgeous flowers. |
kal2002, I sent you an email. If your email address listed on GW is correct you should have received it by now. GW will not let me post a link to the place I bought mine, probably five years ago. The B. Blakeiana will take 27, maybe 25 for a few hours, it is said to be a little less tolerant of cold than the B variegata, which is common here in N central Fl, Z 9a. I disagree that it is a no care tree. In our poor sandy soil it requires fertilizing with a good product with adequate minor elements, otherwise the leaves become cloriotic, turn yellow and fall off. It blooms in winter for me. The place I bought mine has them in stock now for $36. Shipping for me was about $10, but I'm only about 280 miles away. good luck john |
Yes, it is, I have 2 of them in my yard, they can get up to 40' high and very wide spread. |
Last year I planted 2 of these trees in our garden and they both look unhappy. Their leaves are dried up and brown around the edges. Does anyone know what the problem is? I would be grateful for any advice. |
- Posted by bigpaulie1972 9B FL (My Page) on Sun, Mar 7, 10 at 10:22
They will grow in pretty much any soil in FL. But it really requires some good soil and fertilization for it to look good year round. It does drop ALL of it's leaves for a month or 2 but aside from that it's a beautiful tree. |
Thank you for all of your comments. Hi johnjsr, I got you email, thanks. If I decide to get one later on, I will mail order from the same source as yours. I have since found out from a local nursery that it will not bloom in the winter here. That is one of my goals - have a winter flowering tree. As gypsyrose mentioned and I was told that it does not do well with our cold winters. If I ever decide to get one and if possible, I would like to grow it in a big pot like a bush so I can protect it in the winter. |
- Posted by lauraroxie 9b Pinellas (My Page) on Tue, Mar 9, 10 at 14:24
mine yawned at 28 degrees this winter. its blooming right now with some leaf drop. |
- Posted by ladybugfalcon 9b FL (My Page) on Sun, Mar 14, 10 at 20:58
If it's Bauhinia variegata (orchid tree) it is considered invasive in Florida. This is the one with the seed pods. Interesting fact: It's not an orchid; it's related to Peas/beans. It's beautiful, but should not be planted in the southeast. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Invasive Orchid Tree link
Watch where you order yr HK Orchid tree from. I just got a delivery of one that I ordered from T Tropicals. They charged $25 shipping for a 5 ft tree which cost $30. When I opened it all the leaves were yellow and on removal of the netting they all fell off. They say it's heat damaged and they won't do anything.... Not good. It was only in transit 3 days. So beware who you buy online from - I certainly won't use them again. |
Just a little update.. I got my money returned but not nicely. They blamed me for ordering a tree in summer... who would have thought they would pack it in a cardboard box FULL of packing chips that sweat....! All I wanted was another HK Orchid tree to replace the one I lost in the cold weather - on the look out again..! |
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- Posted by MsMorningSong 10A (My Page) on Tue, Apr 23, 13 at 13:33
julsintx, I too have been duped by T. Tropicals. And it was bauhinia. Gardeners, beware, they are nasty (at top level, not the actual workers who care for the plants). They do not like admitting they made the mistake. The sad thing about this company is that they could have built an excellent online business. Instead, they just count on the newcomers and ignorance. Since all bauhinia share the same leaf, unless they are blooming, you can't really tell what species you have. They got me. I like the specie I ended up with, but not what they tagged it as. DO NOT PURCHASE plants from this company! jmo. * I know old post, but if you still don't have this tree, I do in fact grow several species. If you want, I have seeds, and fresh, of b. acuminata and variegata |
This post was edited by MsMorningSong on Tue, Apr 23, 13 at 13:46
- Posted by morningloree 9b (My Page) on Tue, Apr 23, 13 at 20:58
From my experience they are prone to leaf scorch during times of stress, I have found they don't like transition. I fertilize with fertilizer for acid loving plants. Also deciduous in my 9B zone and responds to pruning. I grow B. acuminata, HK x blakeiana, and a Bauhinia vine. Also had trouble with TT, originally bought my trees from them, both arrived in terrible shape and died. |
- Posted by ibarbidahl 9 (tampa-ish) (My Page) on Wed, Apr 24, 13 at 13:25
I have a white veriegata and it's been in full bloom for months. The humming birds adore it. If anyone wants seeds, let me know. The pods are drying now, I seem to have a few extra. LOL. I also have 2 HKorchids and a purple veriegata that is too small to bloom yet. While I agree that they can be messy, it's all in where you plant. Make sure you keep them where you can mow around them so any seedlings get run over and that makes it easiest. As for care. Either variety is going to be fairly easy to care for once established. Some pruning to keep the shape and a few applications of fertilizer annually and you should be good to go. THe only thing I've had to watch out for is sooty -which was easily handled when the plants were young. Once they were larger they were never bothered again. Barbie~ |
If you're in the Tampa area, there is a nursery in Brandon that carries Hong Kong Orchid trees, the x blakeana type. It's called Kerby's nursery located on S Parsons off 60. Freaking love that place. Pretty sure I spend at least 3 hours a week there just ogling all the awesome plants they have. And the roses! Heaven. |
Be ready to fertilize heavily, spray, and deal with a million little leaf notcher weevils. When they're well taken care of they're a beautiful tree, but usually they end up looking like crap with chorotic leaves, bare branches, few flowers, and ragged leaf margins. |
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A daydream worth dreaming
Cobblestone alleys flanked by weathered walls. Hilltop churches. Sunlight warm on fig trees and grapevines. This is the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
Deep in the cellars there's Parmesan, balsamic, and prosciutto aging. They slumber in the dim recesses, the nuttiness and salt growing bolder, rounder. Waiting for the perfect moment to shine.
Waiting to become the perfect bite.
And by perfect I don't mean fancy.
I mean perfectly un-fussed.
The Art of Un-fussing
When it comes to entertaining, I constantly have to remind myself to un-fuss.
My friends don't have fancy expectations – they want laughter.
No one minds if elbows are on the table, as long as there's a drink in every hand.
And when it comes to food? The simpler the better.
The perfect bite
I could take a lesson from the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. There, antipasto is a way of life.
Antipasto is the embodiment of the pefect, unfussed bite: A leathery bit of dried fruit or the sweet squish of fresh fruit. A pluck of cheese and a shaving of meat. Some sort of soft pickled thing and a crispy crust.
In Emilia-Romagna, even the most ordinary antipasti are laden with the best of their local harvest – figs wrapped in prosciutto, perhaps some microgreens, a drizzle of balsamic on a hunk of Parmesan.
Place it on a board, call it a day. Something for everyone.
The magic of Balsamic
This week Whole Journeys, Whole Food Market's amazing new travel division, challenged me to pickle something incredible with balsamic vinegar from Modena, a province of Emilia Romagna… to help bring in the summery goodness of Emilia-Romagna to light.
What an honor! And what fun!!
Whole Journeys is all about lo-key tours centered around the ingredients Whole Foods Market sources, in the countries where they source them. Think bicycle rides through the Italian country side, exploring markets and farms …all while cooking and tasting the best ingredients. And, of course, they have a tour of Emilia-Romagna coming up this fall, featuring local wines, step-by-step making of balsamic vinegar, Parmigiano-Reggiano, and Proscuitto di Parma.
I immediately knew what I had to do: marry the most beautiful ingredients in the region with Homemade Balsamic Figs.
A seasonal delight
For the Whole Journeys challenge I picked up a pound of fresh Brown Figs, making sure the fruit was heavy and the skin velvety. Figs are in season right now – tender, mildly sweet bites of summer.
A few nicks here and there told me the skin was fragile – one telltale sign of ripeness. Still – they figs should be fairly firm so as to not fall apart when pickled.
After a quick boil in honey and a pucker of balsamic vinegar, the figs find the perfect sweet/tart balance. But it's the rosemary and thyme infusion that makes the figs and their thin syrup hum… a fresh, earthy note, as though they were plucked from the trees moments ago.
And darned if I can't shut my eyes when I'm eating them and imagine myself in Italy.
What to do with pickled figs
- Antipasto-inspired Salad: fill a platter with peppery leaves of arugula. Top with shaved parmesan, rolls of proscuitto, cracked black pepper, and slices of pickled figs. Fresh strawberries are a bonus. Drizzle with pickling liquid and olive oil. You can see my rendition on Instagram.
- Snacks: As the weeks go by, the ripest figs will soften into the pickling liquid. Smash them on a cracker or over a salty piece of Parmesan.
- Hostess Gift: Have a friend that loves figs or balsamic vinegar? A small jar of pickled figs will wow them. Bonus? Bring some on the antipasto salad to share (and convince them of the figs' winning flavor), then give your friend their own jar as a parting gift.
- Sweet Balsamic Fig Salad Dressing: The leftover pickling liquid can be used to make the most divine salad dressing. Just add olive oil and season with salt and fresh cracked pepper!
- Prosecco Mixer: Add a drizzle of the honey-infused pickling liquid to a cold, bubbly glass of Prosecco. This treatment is inspired by the folks in Emilia-Romagna who add straight balsamic to their glasses. Ah-mazing.
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Balsamic Pickled Figs with Fresh Herbs & Honey
Recipe inspired by Food & Wine.
One quart canning jar OR three to four 1/2 pint canning jars with lids and rings
1 1/4 cups honey
2 cups water
3/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1 pound small firm-but-ripe fresh brown figs (18-20)
1 teaspoon black peppercorns
a sprig rosemary and/or thyme per jar
Sterilize the jars and tongs.
Prepare jars, lids, and tongs by running through the sterilize setting on the dishwasher or covering them with water and boiling for 10 minutes. Do not remove from sanitized pot or dishwasher until needed.
Cook the figs
Place the honey, water, and balsamic vinegar in a pot ad bring to a boil. Add the figs, simmer 1-2 minutes, and remove from heat.
Jar & season the figs
Divide the figs evenly among the jars with sterile tongs. Cover with cooking liquid (leave about 1/4 inch at the top of the jar). Divide the peppercorns and herbs between jars. Attach lids.
Tip: If there's any extra cooking liquid, save it as the base for a fantastic salad dressing!
Cook the figs again
Boil a large pot with water. Place the sealed jars in the pot, completely submerging them. Start a timer and boil this way for about 10 minutes. Let rest in the hot water about five minutes, then remove with tongs and let cool at room temperature.
Check the seal
The next day make sure each lid is sealed (there should be no flex up or down when you push down on the lid (same as with a tamper proof lid). Store in a cool, dry and dark place for up to 12 months. Tip: If jars have not sealed refrigerate immediately and eat them up within a week.
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The New York Times gave this piece as big a play as you'll see a non-news story get yesterday, going with a four-line, two-column headline atop page one. That's newspaper for This Story Is Important.
The Times reports on how states are letting the insurance industry set up so-called captive companies whose sole purpose is to insure the parent insurance company. Why is this a potential problem?
This has given rise to concern that a shadow insurance industry is emerging, with less regulation and more potential debt than policyholders know, raising the possibility that some companies will find themselves without enough money to pay future claims. Critics say this is much like the shadow banking system that contributed to the financial crisis.
To carry the analogy forward, the Times is saying basically that insurers are going regulator-shopping just like banks did in the years leading up to the Crash. The banks pitted the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency against, say, the Office of Thrift Supervision, making the regulators, whose budgets depended on having banks to regulate, try to get their "business." That led the regulators to compete on who would be the most impotent and to defend banks from bothersome consumers and state regulators who actually wanted to regulate them.
That's known as regulatory arbitrage, and it's a key reason why we ended up with the biggest financial crisis in eighty years. It's nuts that we ever allowed it, and the Dodd-Frank financial reform law changed the rules to prevent it, at least on the federal level.
Another way to think of all this arbitrage is as a race to the bottom. It's what we mean when we talk about how free-trade fundamentalists are really engaging in labor and environmental arbitrage—pitting the U.S. with its relatively high wages and strong safeguards against third-world countries that have neither. Or when a $90-billion corporation like Amazon blackmails states like Texas and South Carolina that want it to collect sales taxes like everyone else in the state does. Or when a governor famous for his budget cutting gives a Japanese firm $102 million so it won't move out of the state. Or when companies transfer sales overseas to take advantage of lowball corporate-income shelters. Or when David Stern sends a warning shot to NBA fans and taxpayers by sending the Seattle SuperSonics to Oklahoma City after voters decline to foot the bill for a new arena. Or when Texas Governor Rick Perry tries to take advantage of California cracking down on egregious municipal corruption to poach businesses.
But of course, not everybody thinks the idea of a race to the bottom—an obvious downside to the benefits of free trade and federalism—is a bad thing. Some people actually think the race itself is not only good, but the point.
You might have guessed the Wall Street Journal editorial page would be one of these somebodies, and you'd be correct. Here it is last month arguing that states shouldn't try to tax the sales of Amazon and other Web retailers:
One virtue of the U.S. federal system is that it allows states to compete on tax policies.
In other words, it's a virtue to allow big companies like Amazon (and it's almost always big companies) to pit one state or city against another to give it an unfair advantage.
(And wait a minute. Isn't this the same WSJ editorial page that argued strenuously, over and over, for a federal-only system when states were clamoring to regulate predatory lending? I thought so. So, let's see: it's for federalism when it favors big business, and Big Government centralization when it favors, um, big business. Got it.)
Here's the Washington Post's George Will last month making it even more explicit:
Federalism — which serves the ability of businesses to move to greener pastures — puts state and local politicians under pressure, but that is where they should be, lest they treat businesses as hostages that can be abused.
In this case, the "abuse" would be having Internet merchants like Amazon collect taxes like mom and pop in Peoria do. And the flipside, of course, is that businesses—again, the big ones, who have the money to buy influence—treat cities and states as hostages that can be abused.
Presumably, Will's and the Journal's logic extends to states racing the Caymans to the bottom for insurance-industry scraps. Neither likes taxes or regulation, especially on business.
The Times reports that these captive-insurance deals let insurance companies hide details that would normally be public, like where they've invested their reserves.


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Illinois Department Of Revenue
Illinois Lawmakers Warned About State's Fiscal Cliff
Congress isn't the only government body facing a "financial cliff." Illinois lawmakers also are being warned about the state's dire financial situation, which could get even worse if the federal government has to slash funding to the states.
Many Taxpayers Who Filed By Mail Still Waiting For Refunds From State
The Illinois Department of Revenue says many Illinoisans who filed their tax returns the old-fashioned way are still waiting for refunds.
State Seeks To Settle Issue Of Nonprofit Hospitals, Property Tax Exemptions
The Civic Federation is proposing a legal standard for nonprofit hospitals to qualify for property tax exemptions.
Big Tax Bill Could Be Coming For Northwestern's Women's Hospital
The Cook County Assessor's Office is trying to collect property taxes from Prentice Women's Hospital at Northwestern, as a dispute continues over the tax-exempt status of hospitals in Illinois.
Gas Stations Owe State Of Illinois Millions Of Dollars
Illinois is apparently due million of dollars from some of the State's 24-hundred gas station operators.
Preckwinkle Plans To Begin Collecting Property Taxes From Prentice
For the first time, Cook County could soon be collecting property taxes from one of Chicago's biggest and most successful hospitals.
State Senator: More Charity Care Is Needed At Illinois Hospitals
Illinois State Sen. Iris Martinez (D-Chicago) is using a state decision to end tax breaks for some hospitals, as a lever to produce more charity care for the needy.
Three Illinois Hospitals Stripped Of Property Tax Exemption
Three Illinois hospitals have been told they'll have to start paying property taxes, but the hospitals warn the move will affect everyone's health care.
Illinois Tax Revenues On Par With Expectations
The state brought in about as much money as expected over the last fiscal year, thanks in part to personal and corporate income tax increases.
Illinois Auditor General: Your Tax Information Is At Risk
The Illinois Auditor General says if the state is not careful, your income tax information could wind up in the wrong hands.


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Islamic dreams about Sitting Boiling Oil find dream interpretations. Meanings & explanations for Sitting Boiling Oil dictionary!
Sitting Boiling Oil dream interpretations
Boiling water Dream Explanation
— Washing a deceased person with
water in a dream means that the latter is already suffering from hell in his own grave. (Also see Hot water)
Sitting Dream Explanation
— In a dream,
means inactivity, idling, failure, disappointment, paralysis and for an old woman, it may mean ceasing to bear children.
Boarding or
in a Vessel Dream Explanation
— If a person sees himself as having boarded a vessel which is sea-bounded or merely cruising on water it suggest that he will become entangled with the king or authorities carrying out an investigation on him. The seriousness of the investigation will depend on the capacity of the vessel. Ultimately he will be liberated from their clutches.
Oil Dream Explanation
— (Food) Anointing oneself with
in a dream means receiving blessed and lawful earnings, or it could mean recovering from an illness. Drinking
in a dream has a bad connotation and implies a bad omen, an evil spell or an illness. However, olive
in a dream also represents knowledge, wisdom, spiritual guidance, inner light, blessings and lawful earnings. Drinking any other type of
in a dream such as
from rape seeds of the crucifer family tree (Brasica napus), or cashew
from the terebinth tree (Pistacia terebinthus), then it represents earning money from a suspicious source, or receiving illegal money.
in a dream also represents the light of the heart, spiritual growth, a growing insight, or it may denote birth control, murders, assassinations, or braking someone's bones.
in a dream also denotes a broker. If good
turns putrid or stale in a dream, it means revoking one's covenant, while if a putrid or a stale
turns good in a dream, it means growing awareness, certitude and adopting a good standard in dealing with other. (Also see Extracting oils from seeds; Olives)
Oil Dream Explanation
— Dreaming of drinking
indicates sorcery or disease.
Oil press Dream Explanation
— (Oil mill;
refinery; Refinery) In a dream, an
press represents spiritual guidance, knowledge, a foster mother or a wet nurse. (Also see Sugar mill)
Dream Explanation
— Possessing olive
or any other pleasant smelling
heralds blessings, prosperity and wealth.
Dream Explanation
— In a dream, sesame
represents someone who enjoys a material and a spiritual life. If burned, then its light means guidance, and if heated to fry something, then it represents something valuable. Eating sesame
or using it as an ointment in a dream means profits, comfort, honor, rank, good deeds, or having prior knowledge about something.
Oil mill Dream Explanation
— (See
Oil refinery Dream Explanation
— (See
Dream Explanation
— Rubbing sweet-smelling
amplifies ones beauty and elegance.
Dream Explanation
— (See Petroleum)
Dream Explanation
— (See Rose)
on the Hair, Beard or Body Dream Explanation
— Normally oiling of the hair, beard or body suggests beauty and elegance. But if excessive
is seen flowing on the face or clothes, it suggests grief and sorrow.
Wudhu and Ghusl with Milk, Wine,
etc Dream Explanation
— If a person sees himself performing wudhu or ghusl with milk, wine,
or any such liquid or fluid with which wudhu and ghusl are not valid, it means his worldly and religious pursuits will not be fulfilled.
Petroleum - Or Naphta, Crude
Dream Explanation
— For the ancient Arabs this mineral symbolized the haram (money) or money obtained by unholy means and constituting a sin and the debauched woman who corrupts others. Some interpreters regarded it as money earned the hard way or simply trouble and worries for its being difficult to swallow or digest. Dreaming of naphta being poured on someone: Harm from the ruler or higher authorities.
Hot Dream Explanation
— (Bathhouse;
water; Hot pepper; Pungent) Eating hot food, or drinking a hot drink in a dream may represent arduous earnings, or abundance that becomes a burden. It may also represent unlawful earnings, illegal profits, losses, or losing any blessing which maybe contained in one's deeds. Washing a deceased person with
water in a dream means that he is destined for hell-fire.
Pot Dream Explanation
— (Cooking pot; Vessel) In a dream, a cooking pot represents one's wife, his livelihood and home, while the lid represents the husband. If the pot looks in a good condition and of value in one's dream, then it represents his nobility and honor. A pottery cookware salesman in a dream represents comfort and one does not need to travel to earn his livelihood, while a copper cookware or other types of cookware salesman in a dream represent a livelihood based on travelling from door to door. A cooking pot in a dream also represents a scholar or a man of knowledge who is
in the teacher's chair, while the meat, vegetables and spices inside the pot represent his knowledge, wisdom and their benefits for the seeker. A pot on fire with water
inside it in a dream represents a divorced woman. A pot in a dream also represents a handsome looking man who cares about his neighbors opinions. A pot in a dream also could represent a housekeeper. Whatever happens to it in a dream could affect the housekeeper. If there is a sick person in a family, and if one sees a cooking pot he does not know what's inside it in a dream, the stove here represents his bed, the fire represents his depression and the
water represents his worries. If the
stops, and if the contents start to cool down, and if the fire is put off in one's dream, it means that he will recover from his illness. Putting a pot with meat and vegetables on the stove in a dream means imposing oneself on someone to receive a favor. If the meat is cooked in his dream, it means that one will greatly benefit from such a person, and his earnings will be lawful. If the meat does not cook, it means that whatever he earns through the other person will be unlawful. Stirring a pot in a dream means backbiting someone. If one eats directly from the pot in a dream, it represents money one could save otherwise beside other benefits. If the pot one is stirring in his dream does not contain any meat or food, it means that he will ask a poor person to do something beyond his means, and consequently he will not benefit from his doing. A cooking pot in a dream also represents one's relentlessness toward his enemy. A pot in a dream also denotes one's contentment and his acceptance of his destiny and of the divine providence. A pot in a dream also represents a woman or money. The sauce represents lawful earnings that are accompanied with some hassles. (Also see Earthenware pot; Jar)
Rain of Milk and Honey Dream Explanation
— Rain of butter-oil (Ghee), milk, honey or olive
means the bounties of Allah will abound in that place. Similarly, any rain, wherein there is a hint of goodness means the bestowing of Allah's bounties.
Petroleum Dream Explanation
— (Crude oil) In a dream, petroleum represents an adulteress, or unlawful money. Eating crude
in a dream means receiving money from someone in authority. If one is drenched in petroleum in a dream, it represents adversities that will be driven by someone in authority. Crude
in a dream also means money, evil, adversities and wars.


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Nursing Career Mobility
Nurses are healthcare professionals that care for the sick and injured as well as their patients' loved ones. Within the field of nursing, there are many different positions and specializations. In addition, nurses have varying levels of education and certification, ranging from LPN diplomas to doctoral degrees and advanced practice certification. Due to the many different nursing degree and certification levels, in addition to the many different specializations, there is a large degree of career mobility within nursing.
Within nursing, there are three basic levels of licensing or certification. These are licensed practical nursing or licensed vocational nursing, registered nursing, and advanced practice registered nursing. The latter certification includes professionals such as nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and a number of other advanced nursing specializations. In order to become licensed LPNs/LVNs must complete a nursing diploma program, some of which can be finished in as little as one year. RN education programs generally range from two to four years, and include diploma programs, associate's degree programs, and bachelor's degree programs. Currently, APRN certification requires a master's degree, though in the future it may be necessary for these individuals to have obtained a doctoral degree.
As there are different levels of nursing professionals and nursing education, there are many opportunities to advance within this field. For those who do not wish to advance to the next level of nursing (i.e. LPN to RN), there is room to grow by completing continuing education courses, gaining additional experience and expertise in a given specialization, and becoming certified in the specialization of their choice. Some examples of different specialty areas that nurses can become certified in include critical care nursing, emergency nursing, ambulatory care nursing, and medical-surgical nursing.
For those who do wish to earn a more advanced nursing degree, there are many education programs designed for nurses who wish to take their careers to the next level. These programs are designed to build on an individual's existing nursing education and skill set, so as not to require unnecessary backtracking. Some of these programs, such as LPN and RN and RN to BSN, offer many courses online in order to provide additional flexibility. Pursuing more advanced education may allow one to obtain higher level nursing positions and a greater degree of autonomy, and is required for advanced practice specializations.
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The upcoming Advent season is a time of anticipation as Christians prepare to celebrate the coming of Jesus Christ.
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As you might have read, I had a coon attack on my chickens. One of them had the skin torn off her back.....about 2"x3". I cleaned it up and occasionally sponge it off with betadine tea. She's inside the house now, to help keep the wound clean. I leave it open to air, but have kept it covered with triple antibiotic ointment. She was on antibiotics for a week. I was going to keep her on them longer, but they are upsetting her GI tract so much, I decided to stop them and let her improve her nutrition.
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- Posted by chickadeedeedee z 6-7 ish Ohio (My Page) on Sat, Jun 20, 09 at 22:04
Hi there! I am soooooooooo sorry to hear about your chickies! How horrible!!! :*( """"cyber hug!!!>>>> If the wound is very large, it may form a huge callus with granulation tissue underneath. Wounds can only fill in so much side to side. The area may form a huge scar with time and no feathers will ever develop there since there are no follicles. Is it truly a callus or is the tissue dried up / necrotic? The tissue may be dried up because of lack of blood circulation and has nothing to do with the antibiotic ointment you are applying. If it is dried up then she may need to have that surgically removed and the wound closed up ... at least a little. If she is developing a huge scab sometimes that will delay wound healing too. The huge scab may need to be removed and the wound edges brought closer together. If you could post a picture that might help. Sorry I didn't see your story earlier. Been kinda hectic here. |
- Posted by catherinet z5 (My Page) on Sat, Jun 20, 09 at 22:37
Hi CD3, I'm not sure if the tissue is necrotic or calloused. I am posting a pic of the injury when it was a couple days old. I hope its large enough for you to see it. It extends under her wings on both sides and under her neck feathers. |
Here is a link that might be useful: injured Brownie - 2nd day
- Posted by chickadeedeedee z 6-7 ish Ohio (My Page) on Sun, Jun 21, 09 at 7:44
YIKES! Poor Brownie! She was skinned! :-( Some of that injury looks like dead tissue and as long as it's kept clean, she may be able to form a granulation tissue over the wound. The dead tissue can be removed with a scalpel blade or manicure scissors. The tissue is dead so it will not hurt as it is cut. Just be careful to not cut the live tissue just underneath.Leaving a thin film of dead stuff on top isn't ideal but it will be better than injuring her more and the thin dead layer will slough off. She won't ever re-feather on that massive wound. If the skin margins can be found and pulled to cover as much of the area as possible, that section will re-feather. If Brownie was my chickie ... I'd look for a product called Bio Dress or something similar. It is a hydrogel product used for huge open wounds due to trauma or burn patients. The wound stay moist and clean and any drainage is absorbed by the material. Best of all it does not adhere to the wound or hurnt when it is removed. The dressing would need to be replaced every 12-24 hours depending of the progression of wound healing. It keeps the tissue moist and encourages granulation formation and tissue migration from the edges. There is a similar product that is in ointment form but I don't recall the name right now. Maybe you could call your vet and they could order some for you or ... ask your pharmacist about the products. Is Brownie getting pain medicine? Metacam is good stuff. Maybe give Brownie 50 /50 Pedialyte in her drinking water. Not only does that help with the electrolyte loss from the diarrhea but also help with the dehydration caused by the large wound. |
- Posted by catherinet z5 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 21, 09 at 10:52
ACH! I've lost this message twice. Maybe 3 times is a charm! Here is a pic of Brownie 9 days post attack. I'm too insecure to cut anything off, so I think for now I'll just leave it. I'll look for the Bio Dress, but is it too late to use it? I'll pick up some pedialyte too. I think her not eating or drinking much is from my overdosing her on Baytril. I was giving the dose that the avian vet said to use in the past, and I think its too much. Her last dose was 2 days ago. I tried giving her some diluted tart cherry juice this morning and she seemed to like it. I'm also giving her a little Purina cat chow for the protein. She likes something one day, but not the next, so I have to keep changing it up. Is there any reason to stop using the antibiotic ointment? She doesn't seem to be in pain. Thanks CD3! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Brownie 9 days post attack
- Posted by chickadeedeedee z 6-7 ish Ohio (My Page) on Sun, Jun 21, 09 at 12:03
The wound seems to be healing. Try to get the litter off the rest of her wound though. It is not too late to start the Bio Dress or similar product. The wound healing may take MONTHS to resolve! But it will happen!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her not eating may be a sign of pain or infection. I'd start her on some pain meds and see if she feels more comfortable. |
- Posted by catherinet z5 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 21, 09 at 12:15
Thanks CD3, Is that pain med you mentioned something I need to get from the vet? Is it an oral thing? I initially put some asa in her water, but she wasn't interested. She's been a bugger to get things down her throat. When you say to get the litter off the wound, do you mean her neck feathers? Maybe I just didn't notice some bedding chips on there. She does that sometimes.....throws them up over herself. There are some things that look like fat globules or clotted blood that I tried to pull off, but they are firmly attached. I'd hate to think she will be separated from the others for months....chickens and their pecking order and all. I was thinking maybe to get her fairly well healed, and then get a chicken apron (I know some people who make those), and they hide the back area, so the others won't peck at it. I suppose also I could get some sort of spray that keeps the others away from the wound. She's always been a hen that nobody would mess with, so I'm thinking as long as she is otherwise healthy, she'll do okay. But I don't plan on putting her back with the others for quite awhile. Thanks CD3! |
- Posted by chickadeedeedee z 6-7 ish Ohio (My Page) on Sun, Jun 21, 09 at 18:32
Hi! Don't know what a ~chicken apron~ is but ... her wound does need to be covered not only to protect her from other chickens, decrease pain and dehydration ... but the possibility of flies laying their eggs on her and .... DISASTER!!! Metacam is a liquid pain medication and very good for avian patients. Best wishes for Brownie and those who would care for her! :-) |
Catherine, I'm so sorry about your chickens :( I hope Brownie recovers soon ... and she gets her feathers back! I gave up on keeping fish in my pond - there are just too many critters out to get them and I was getting so upset everytime I'd lose one - I can just imagine how bad you felt when your pet chickens were attacked. Good luck with Brownie! |
Hi Catherine, just read about poor Brownie, and the others! I'm so sorry! There's an ointment called Collasate that helps like a sort of collagen band-aid. Might be what CD3 was thinking of?Probably will need an Rx from your vet. S |
Here is a link that might be useful: Collasate
- Posted by chickadeedeedee z 6-7 ish Ohio (My Page) on Mon, Jun 22, 09 at 6:58
That was it, S! Thanks. :-) |
- Posted by catherinet z5 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 24, 09 at 13:21
Thanks everyone, Brownie is doing very well. Its been 12 days since the injury. Isn't it probably too late to put the collagen stuff on? She's eating and drinking well and getting spunkier. Her wound is very dry now. CD3....a chicken apron/saddle is something that fits over the back of a chicken, made out of material, and covers the back (wound) so other chickens don't peck on it. I'm going to take her out in the yard in a make-shift pen soon and let her do some scratching. I'm very happy with her progress. The other girls seem pretty much back to normal, and we've added more fencing material to the top of the run, so hopefully the blasted coons will never get in again. Thanks for all your well-wishes! |
- Posted by sleeplessinftwayne z4-5 IND (My Page) on Wed, Jun 24, 09 at 21:59
I think I would invest in an electric fence for the chicken coop as well as a few traps. Once raccoons get something in their heads it is near impossible to get it out. I'm sorry about the whole thing including your distress. I wish I could give you a hug. Sandy |
- Posted by catherinet z5 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 25, 09 at 21:02
Thanks Sandy, I'll accept that hug! :) I looked out at the girls in the run tonight and they were all gathered into one corner. I ran out, and all that was wrong was that their water dish had fallen over. That's enough to send them into a frenzy! I was relieved that's all it was. I worked on the top of the run some more today. Its seeming pretty darned secure. Next week.......the moat. Then after that, the mine field. |
Glad you've kept your sense of humor......oh, sorry, you were serious? :) How's Brownie? S |
- Posted by catherinet z5 (My Page) on Wed, Jul 1, 09 at 8:19
Hi Sarah! Brownie is slowly plugging along. I think she's lonely, but I just can't put her back with the others until her wound is better healed. |
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@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/sigmod/RossSS96, author = {Kenneth A. Ross and Divesh Srivastava and S. Sudarshan}, editor = {H. V. Jagadish and Inderpal Singh Mumick}, title = {Materialized View Maintenance and Integrity Constraint Checking: Trading Space for Time}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1996 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 4-6, 1996}, publisher = {ACM Press}, year = {1996}, pages = {447-458}, ee = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/233269.233361}, crossref = {DBLP:conf/sigmod/96}, bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de} }
We investigate the problem of incremental maintenance of an SQL view in the face of database updates, and show that is is possible to reduce the total time cost of view maintenance by materializing (and maintaining) additional views. We formulate the problem of determining the optimal set of additional views to materialize as an optimization problem over the space of possible views sets (which includes the empty set). The optimization problem is harder than query optimization since it has to deal with multiple view sets, updates of multiple relations, and multiple ways of maintaining each view set for each updated relation.
We develop a memoing solution for the problem; the solution can be implemented using the expression DAG representation used in rule-based optimizers such as Volcano. We demonstrate that global optimization cannot, in general, be achieved by locally optimizing each materialized subview, because common subexpressions between different materialized subviews can allow nonoptimal local plans to be combined into an optimal global plan. We identify conditions on materialized subviews in the expression DAG when local optimization is possible. Finally, we suggest heuristics that can be used to efficiently determine a useful set of additional views to materialize.
Our results are particularly important for the efficient checking of assertions (complex integrity constraints) in the SQL-92 standard, since the incremental checking of such integrity constraints is known to be essentially equivalent to the view maintenance problem.
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Judge Finds Probable Cause in Lasley Jr. Murder Case
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (CBS 2/FOX 28) -- Gordon Lasley Junior, accused of a brutal murder, went before a judge in federal court Thursday. The 25-year-old confessed to his family that he killed his parents with a machete on the Meskwaki settlement on February 5th.
Lasley Jr was lead into the courtroom wearing an orange jumpsuit, shackled at his hands and feet, sporting long brown hair and little expression.
The day started with the preliminary hearing. In that, the government has to prove probable cause for the case to proceed.
FBI agent Scott Irwin took the stand to talk about February 5th. According to Irwin and criminal complaints, Lasley was smoking marijuana at his parents house with his girlfriend.
She describes his mood as happy, even saying that Lasley hugged her before she left the house. After she left, he killed his parents with the machete. He later called both his girlfriend and his brother to confess to the crime. He eventually showed up at his brother's house covered in blood, driving his mother's car.
Ultimately, the judge decided there was enough probable cause to move forward with the case.
Next up, was the detention hearing. Lasley's attorneys asked for their client to be released to his girlfriend, who he has three kids with. However, they admit they haven't been able to make contact with her.
The judge used several elements to determine whether Lasley was eligible for bail - including the crime itself.
The judge said seriousness of it may present a danger to the community. Lasley faces a maximum sentence of life in prison for each of the two first degree murder charges.
Those factors served as strike one against Lasley.
Then there was his personal and criminal history. Lasley confessed to police that he had been a heavy alcohol and marijuana user since he was 14. In addition to that, his rap sheet is long. It includes 3 OWI charges, various trespassing charges, domestic abuse, and assault causing bodily injury - that is on top of numerous failures to appear in court.
With the judge considering all those factors together - it meant no bail for Lasley.
Now the government has less than 30 days to present their case to a Grand Jury. If the Grand Jury comes back with an indictment, then the case will go to trial. We'll continue to follow this case as it moves forward.


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