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It looks like something got between these panels and dripped a bit. It's not terribly noticeable, but it sure bothers me. I've done some research and still don't know whether I can take the panels apart or not.
It's a GE Spacemaker Model LVM1750SM1SS Of course the owner's manual says absolutely nothing about this, except that "moisture between the panels when cooking certain foods. . . may dissipate shortly after cooking. . ." Why have this double panel? I thought that it was supposed to be sealed, as in a thermal pane window, for safety. Of course I'm an old lady and remember when everything had some sort of warning about deathly rays! |
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Microwaves do not require "thermal" sealing. Microwaves pass through glass ... but the metal mesh in the window blocks passage, basically the waves are too large to pass through the mesh. In fact, some early units didn't have a glass in the door at all, just the mesh. Disassembling the door is not recommended except by trained service techs, as there are safety interlocks and other "seal" mechanisms involved around the edges of the door and the oven cavity that must be properly aligned to prevent radiation leakage. |
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Was at a local business today to buy some ventilated shelving, can't remember if they were Rubbermaid or Closetmaid, not that the brand really matters. I saw a box of these white plastic thingies and asked one of the owners what they were, what can I say, I'm curious.
He told me that they were a cover for the wire shelves. I'd never heard about them, or seen them and wondered if anyone else has used or heard about them. Thought these would be great for my Mom's pantry shelves. I can't stand placing something on the shelves and it hitting the wire in such a way it topples over, these would definitely solve the problem. Wish I had heard about these years ago - I had ventilated shelves in my closets that, over time had gotten "gummy" and dirty. These would have been great to stick over those shelves. I told my Mom about them and she's all for them, but first, I'd like to know if anyone has them, and second, I've got to measure the length of her shelves so they can be cut, if needed. I was able to get a picture of them if anyone's interested in seeing them. No idea what they are actually called. I think there was two sizes in the way of depth, but the pieces this company had was in 4' sections. I was surprised that the big box stores didn't carry them, but maybe I'm the only person who thinks they are worthwhile in getting??? Anyone? |
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- Posted by talley_sue_nyc (My Page) on Sun, Apr 3, 11 at 22:30
I've seen something that you lay on the wire shelves. You're not the only person who thinks they're handy, but the liners aren't always that widely sold. some links: http://www.amazon.com/Shelf-Liner-Wire-Shelves-Clear/dp/B0000X92P6 Here's a round-up page ("wire shelf liner" was a good phrase to use in Google) |
I had those wire shelves in my previous office. Binder and book covers kept falling through/between the wires. I remember cutting up boxes to line them to give a solid foundation and wondering why no one had thought to manufacture an accessory to do the same thing. Guess someone did! |
I have them in my pantry to keep cans and bottles sturdy. I got some at the Container Store. I have also had the big box store cut thin plexiglass into appropriately sized liners for pantry shelves where I have bins so I can slide them easily. |
- Posted by tuesday_2008 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 19, 11 at 10:25
DD had scrap beadboard left from a small project in her kitchen (she covered her island) and SIL made her some covers for some of her wire shelving. He did not have enough for all of them, just the ones where small items were stored. Another good idea is to buy sheets of formica and cut to fit each shelf. You can buy a full sheet at Lowes for $42-$50. You could do an entire small size pantry with one sheet. Tuesday |
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I know much has already been said about the Mystery Box from Mariquita Farm — both here on Bay Area Bites and elsewhere — but I can't stop myself from adding one more paean of praise for this marvelous arrangement.
You go to a local restaurant for that week's drop-off, you pay $25, and you bring home a huge box overflowing with a variety of farm-fresh produce. Simple as that.
The first time I did the Mariquita Mystery Box, it was almost too much food for two people, but we did get through it all. My next go-around with the Mystery Box involved splitting it with a friend, using a fair amount to cook Thanksgiving dinner, but still having quite a bit left over. The most recent test of the Mystery Box's staying power involved a girls get-away weekend deep in the California redwoods.
This weekend's party consisted of six hungry women (one of them pregnant and, you know, "eating for two"), and five meals over two nights and two days.
This week's Mariquita Farm Box consisted of:
Mixed colors carrots
Mixed colors turnips
Austrian Crescent potatoes
Radicchios mixed with escarole
Watermelon radishes
Swiss Chard
Broccoli di Cicco
Collard greens
Celery (classic)
Now, none of us are vegetarians, so of course we supplemented with meat and dairy, along with some basic pantry items. However, we did our level best to eat our way through all those vegetables, and not only did we get plenty of bang for our twenty-five bucks, but we even had leftover produce at the end of the weekend! All those who wanted were able to bring home extra carrots, radishes, a bunch of tatsoi, and I even snagged myself a beautiful purple head of radicchio. Everything else? Was cooked, eaten, and fully enjoyed in a range of dishes.
The Watermelon Radishes were sliced thin and served with butter and salt as an appetizer; tatsoi and chard got all garlicked up and jumped into a breakfast frittata; turnips, carrots, celery, and collard greens fortified a hearty soup; the potatoes were roasted with chicken schmaltz and served at lunch; the Broccoli di Cicco was quickly sautéed with garlic and pepper flakes and played a strong second fiddle to luscious steak and potatoes; and the exotic purple orach — along with other sundry bitter winter greens in the box — composed one of three delicious salads.
It's not like I needed to be convinced of the never-ending wonders of the Mariquita Mystery Box, but this reminder of its seemingly bottomless supply of fresh, healthful, affordable vegetables has made up my mind. Though I might now live in the far(ish)-flung suburbs, whenever Mariquita delivers to Piccino (easily accessed by the 101, dontcha know), I will be there to meet them.
Frankly, in this depressed day and age, can any of us afford not to invest $25 in a box of fresh, local vegetables that will last through many meals?
I know I can't.
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A former picky eater, Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic is a writer, editor, and lapsed cheesemonger in the San Francisco Bay Area. A culinary school grad with an English lit degree, she has written for CNN.com, MSNBC.com, Popular Science, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe. Additionally, she has been writing for KQED's Bay Area Bites since its inception and is the website editor for KQED's Emmy-award winning show "Check, Please! Bay Area." Stephanie was an original recapper at Television Without Pity and worked on a line of cookbooks for William-Sonoma as well as in the back kitchen of a Jacques Pépin cooking show. Her first book, SUFFERING SUCCOTASH: A Picky Eater's Quest To Understand Why We Hate the Foods We Hate (Perigee Books, 2012) is a non-fiction narrative and a heartfelt and humorous exposé on the inner lives of picky eaters that Scientific American called "hilarious" and "the perfect popular science book for a reader that doesn't think he or she wants to read a popular science book." Stephanie lives in Menlo Park with her husband, three-year-old son, assorted cats, and has been blogging at The Grub Report for over a decade. Follow her on Twitter at @grubreport-


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We are in the process of a nearly whole house remodel, including two bathrooms. The wall tile was just put up in one of the baths and I wanted a second opinion if this acceptable or standard practice? I thought the standard was for tile to extend past the tub and down the side of it, but the tiler cut the tile right to the edge of the tub. The tub is 32'' and Im almost positive when I was with the contractor we measured to 36'' when deciding how much tile I would need. Sorry for the poor quality shots, it was dark out and the lights in the bath arent hooked up yet. So am I over-reacting in thinking this looks bad? Can it be fixed without completely redoing the job and buying new tile? |
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Beautiful tile and it looks like it was done well. How are the walls going to be treated? Looks like an aluminum tile trim in place. There will be a shower door right? It will be centered over the tub curb I would imagine, so the extra tile outside of the tube would be for looks only, I'd think, as the shower glass will prevent the walls from getting wet. I am going 3" beyond my shower pan at one end and somewhat more at the other end for functional reasons. But if you wanted tile to surround the tub then you need to have this done. The sooner you get the tiles off at the ends, to extend it, the easier it will be. Thinset continues to harden as the days go by. |
Thanks for responding. We are only putting a curtain for the next few years since we have an infant and it would be difficult to bathe her with half a wall of glass in the way. Yes, the trim is an aluminum piece and the walls will be painted. Is this now more of a functional issue in your opinion? The tile was set sometime in the past four-five days so I hope it is not too late to fix it... |
I would want the tile around the tub for sure if I was having a curtain and a baby, toddler taking a bath in there. The water will not stay within the confines of the tile. Water will run over the top and onto the edge of the wall/tub junction. With a margin of tile it would be protected. I don't know if you could just add some tile, beyond the trip piece, if that would look ok. Then the trim piece becomes a very thin pencil trim a few inches inside of the outer tile edge. Have you ever seen any pictures like your tile job? I don't recall. Look on Houzz and see if it is done. Keep us posted. |
- Posted by Anna_in_TX (My Page) on Sun, Feb 23, 14 at 9:23
Unacceptable for a shower curtain. The corner next to the alcove is a major problem area for moisture from water getting past the edges of the curtain. I recommend a shower/tub glass enclosure for the way this tile surround has been installed. |
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After reading this I had to get up and see how it was done around my tub. I'm hoping to remodel soon and plan to get rid of the glass and go with a curtain (new tub and tile). |
- Posted by Trebruchet (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Sun, Feb 23, 14 at 16:00
It's not typical, but it's not "wrong" either. It's not that big of a deal to change it. Offer to help pay for your share of this communication error. |
I agree with both of Trebruchet's statements. Don't wait to contact your tile contractor - tomorrow would be good. Hopefully that would allow what tiles need to be removed for replacement and addition to be done more easily. Your tile is beautiful. Do you mind sharing the type and name? |
Thanks for the responses. When I was with the GC Im 99% sure we measured for 36'' of tile (I supplied the tile) and clearly the tile stops at 32'', the width of the tub. So I wrongly just assumed the tiler would set it to the proper width. I will be having a discussion with him first thing tomorrow. Gmatx: Thanks for the compliment. Its a marble, called "Queen Beige", we used 4 x 16 format. The link below is for 4 x 12 since I cant find the exact size. The tile looks even better in person, very bright and clean. Go to the store in person and you can usually negotiate 20% off, and its worth seeing it in person. |
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- Posted by Trebruchet (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Mon, Feb 24, 14 at 0:25
Jibbyy: Not to complicate matters, but now that you've mentioned it's marble, the edges of the new tile could be profiled and polished, eliminating the molding. Of course this will cost more, but you're going to be looking at this for a very long time. |
What do you mean "looks bad"? The pattern, color etc. I always bought the tile out at least four inches from the tub. You can still a border of some type. The thinset has already dried. Any changes wont be easy. |
- Posted by canuckplayer (My Page) on Thu, Feb 27, 14 at 0:46
Sorry all, but that tile job is incomplete. The tile must extend 4-6" past the tub to prevent water getting under the baseboard and "wicking" up the drywall. If you leave it like this, in a year, you will have mold building up inside the walls at each end of that tub. |
- Posted by canuckplayer (My Page) on Thu, Feb 27, 14 at 1:07
Forgot to add, the tile must go down to the floor so that you all non-absorbent surfaces together (the wall tile, the tub, the floor tile). |
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Creation cannot explain away its creator, it merely tells part of the story of him. The danger comes when we only need God for what we don't know, and, conversely, we don't need him in what we do know.
We need safe places in which to raise the complex issues of submitting wholeheartedly to the authority of God's Word in the Scriptures while wrestling with the important findings and perspectives in the natural sciences.
By getting rid of the miracle stories in the Bible, Bultmann and his followers hoped to make the Christian story more palatable to modern man. Although I recognize the emotional weight of this sentiment, I am not convinced that it is an intellectually coherent approach, mainly for reasons of self-consistency.
I began to imagine God taking delight in watching the universe slowly unfold and grow, much like my wife and I delight in the slow transformation of seeds into a bountiful harvest.
If I studied science, allowed my intellect to thrive, and continued the pursuit of understanding how things work, I was convinced that I would be condemning my soul and forsaking my faith.
All creation is the doings of God's hands, no matter how he did it. When I look at a painting, I can connect somehow with the painter, and the same goes with the universe and God.
I became such an expert in young-earth creationist theology and science that it turned into a wrecking ball for my faith.
From 2012: Many secular and many evangelical voices agree on one 'truism'—that if you are an orthodox Christian with a high view of the authority of the Bible, you cannot believe in evolution in any form at all. New Atheist authors such as Richard Dawkins and creationist writers such as Ken Ham seem to have arrived at consensus on this.
Science is an honest and noble pursuit, evidence of human intellect and curiosity, and to turn away from these is to deny a very important part of who God created us to be in the first place.
My childhood in the evangelical church gave me the toolkit that led me to eventually accept the evidence for evolution, and marvel at the God who created it all.
Wright reminds us that robust Christian faith takes evidence on board, but fuses reason with faith, hope and love.
Recent high-school graduate Jacob shares about his journey from young-earth creationism to evolutionary creationism, and how his faith was challenged and strengthened along the way.
Read about the death of Wolfhart Pannenberg, still debating creation and evolution, and a really big dinosaur discovery.
Everyone is so worried about success and getting this or that honorable diploma—the people here are smart and understand many complex things perfectly—but it's a long distance from the head to the heart.
We need to hear stories from others who have wrestled with evolution and Christian faith. What arguments made them change their views on science? How did they hold fast to their relationship with God? The essays in this series will eventually comprise a book, provisionally titled, "Evolving: Evangelicals Reflect on Evolution."
We now take for granted an understanding of the Christian story that was largely worked out by Paul and later theologians. Even though the Gospels were composed after Paul's letters, they were concerned to tell the story itself in all its strangeness as it had been preserved by the first generation of Christians. And what we find in the stories themselves is the shock and wonder and surprise that the resurrection caused.
All of you who do science, all of you who teach or research or you're involved in engineering or medicine or education, or biology or chemistry or physics—you are doing a noble thing. You are thinking God's thoughts after him. … You are obeying God's command given way back in Genesis to exercise dominion, to learn about, to be curious and discover and steward the earth.


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Not. There isn't a difference. You don't call someone a bimbo for saying or doing something stupid; you call them a bimbo when you have written them off as a stupid person. Furthermore, you don't use bimbo when referring to a stupid male, you use it when referring to a stupid female. And you use it to particularly address the fact that a stupid person is a woman. It is a label that has a legacy of having been used to deride and reduce women in the workplace for decades. Maybe you don't take offense to it, but that's on you. Civilized people do, and surely, there are words that offend you.


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Eller Global Cohort Undergrads Get New Perspective in India
Logan Rouse and other Global Cohort students play
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By Liz Warren-Pederson
Undergraduate students immersed themselves in the culture of an emerging economy this summer through the Eller Global Cohort. For ten weeks, they lived and learned in Bangalore, India — the fast-growing Indian metropolis, where ancient culture and modern prosperity combine... and collide.
While in Bangalore, the 56 students lived at the Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, a graduate school with a small-campus environment. The students completed eight weeks of courses, with two weeks of travel to Mysore, Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur.
Business management majors Logan Rouse and Tyler Chase wrote about their experiences on the Eller International Blog.
Rouse encountered a group of children playing cricket in Bangalore. "They immediately ran up to me, asking me where I was from and what I was doing in India," said Rouse. "With the little English they knew, I was able to ask if I could play with them." The kids helped him pick up the game, and they began to draw a crowd. "I ended up meeting a few people my age who are studying finance in Bangalore," he said.
While the students were on travel break between their classes, they visited tourist sites and corporate operations, including the Infosys campus. "Infosys is a software testing company that knows how to take care of its employees," said Chase. "The campus is full of fitness centers, pools, movie theaters, and even bowling alleys."
"India offers a number of challenges but more opportunities to discover such a beautiful country with traditional cultures and values," he added.
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A lone-wolf pathologist finds himself tackling three murder mysteries whilst trying to resolve issues damaging his personal life.
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Inspector George Gently continues to capture the mood of the '60s in season five, but the fate of our hero is left in a Sherlock Holmes-styled predicament.
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Aristocratic Society is the Burden of Strong Minded 'Thérèse Desqueyroux'
The late Claude Miller illustrates in his final film that not every French female in the '20s aspired to be a member of the privileged bourgeois lifestyle.
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Twists and Turns in Season Four of 'Inspector George Gently'
The Inspector deals with troublesome youth, although it turns out that the older generation can be even more corrupt than those half their age.
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.- A Catholic priest in Wisconsin was placed on administrative leave while the Archdiocese of Milwaukee investigates a claim that he violated the seal of confession.
The Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reported on Tuesday that Fr. David Verhasselt was removed from his pastoral duties at St. Catherine of Alexandria Church in the town Oconomowoc, Wisconsin by Archbishop Jerome Listecki on Monday. The archdiocese's tribunal is currently conducting a preliminary investigation.
CNA contacted the Archdiocese of Milwaukee for more information on the details of the case and received a general statement from Archbishop Listecki.
"Every priest has a most serious obligation to maintain absolute confidentiality regarding what is confessed to him in the Sacrament of Reconciliation," wrote the archbishop on April 14. "A sacred trust is established between a priest and a penitent and the integrity of the Sacrament relies upon this trust."
"This 'seal of confession' is so absolute that any allegation about its violation is taken very seriously and a complete investigation is required by Church law," he added.
"During this investigation we support and care for Father Verhasselt, while making sure the teaching and laws of the Church are respected and obeyed. Most importantly, we want to extend our pastoral care to the people of St. Catherine's Parish during this difficult time," Archbishop Listecki's statement concluded.
Deacon David Zimprich of St. Catherine's, who is filling in as much as possible until an interim priest is appointed, said on Tuesday that parishioners are distressed.
"He's their shepherd, they love him," Deacon Zimprich told the Journal Sentinel. "All we can tell people to do is to keep him in their prayers, and that maybe it didn't happen. Maybe it was just a misunderstanding."
Fr. Verhasselt, 62, was ordained a priest in 1989 and was named pastor at St. Catherine's in 2000.
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Finally figured out most of my travel histoy!
2012- March- 4 nights at Wilderness Lodge then 3 nights at Bay Lake Tower
2011- March- 5 nights at Treehouse Villas then 2 nights at Bay Lake Tower
2010- March- 6 nights at Saratoga Springs then 1 night at Bay Lake Tower.
2010- July- 7 nights at Saratoga Springs.
2009- March- 9 nights at Boardwalk Villas.
2009- October- 2 nigths at Dolphin then Disney Wonder- 3-Night Bahamian Cruise (w/ a friend who I met on the Magic cruise)
2008- March- Disney Magic- 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise (1st cruise ever)
2008- November- 5 nights at Coronado Springs
2007- March- 9 nights at Wilderness
2007- November- 2 nights at Swan
2006-1998 Yearly Trips sometimes two trips a year at various resorts which are the following(resort (# of times not previously stated))-
Saratoga Springs (1), Contemporary( Tower (1), Garden Wing (2 i think)), All-Star Movies(1 night then on the another hotel), All- Star Music (1), Wilderness Lodge (Lodge (1), Villas (?)) Coronado Springs (1), Animal Kingdom Lodge (1)
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I'm hoping to spend a weekend at the park in August, but I think I will have to settle for the day.
what is the 2_Eagle reference? Just curious.
I started posting on boards just after my youngest son got his Eagle Scout award. So I'm a Mom of two Eagle Scouts. Not a lot of creativity here, and that's all I could think of for a log in name. I'm on a couple of boards and luckily I've been able to use it for all of them.
I'm hoping that they start to give out some information soon about Expo I'm dying to know what is going on.
That is what I was thinking. My son just earned his WEBELOS rank badge. We have one more year. I was den leader since Tigers. Our pack fell apart and everybody that remained went to the same pack. January gave rise to some issues, Den Leader that our den had merged with left, and now, I am Asst WEBELOS Den leader, with my Asst as Leader since she has already done this nce. Her older son will have his Eagle badge by the time he turns 14. What's nice is our boys are at the same school and in the same class. Four out of the six are at there. So they have the same breaks. I really like the year round concept. Lots of weekdays to go to Disney during dad's off season.


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14 When you have come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, "I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me," | 14 When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, "Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us," |
15 you may indeed set over you a king whom the Lord your God will choose. One of your own community you may set as king over you; you are not permitted to put a foreigner over you, who is not of your own community. | 15 be sure to appoint over you the king the LORD your God chooses. He must be from among your own brothers. Do not place a foreigner over you, one who is not a brother Israelite. |
16 Even so, he must not acquire many horses for himself, or return the people to Egypt in order to acquire more horses, since the Lord has said to you, "You must never return that way again." | 16 The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them, for the LORD has told you, "You are not to go back that way again." |
17 And he must not acquire many wives for himself, or else his heart will turn away; also silver and gold he must not acquire in great quantity for himself. | 17 He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold. |
18 When he has taken the throne of his kingdom, he shall have a copy of this law written for him in the presence of the levitical priests. | 18 When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the priests, who are Levites. |
19 It shall remain with him and he shall read in it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, diligently observing all the words of this law and these statutes, | 19 It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the LORD his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees |
20 neither exalting himself above other members of the community nor turning aside from the commandment, either to the right or to the left, so that he and his descendants may reign long over his kingdom in Israel. | 20 and not consider himself better than his brothers and turn from the law to the right or to the left. Then he and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in Israel. |
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Coco Shoe Giveaway 12
Hey guys… if you follow me you know I was on tour with my hubby all Summer therefore my the Shoe giveaway was put in hold… Now we're back up again! Remember all you got to do here is comment on which pair you like the most and why and of course you got to be able to wear a size 6…. Here's the next…. The turquoise heels are BeBe and the patent black heels are just random shoes I found during my travels…Good Luck..I'll pick the winners in 2 weeks… * Winners must respond within 1 week of notification to receive the shoes. If the winner does not response within 1 week they forfeit the shoes and someone else will be selected as the winnerCoco Shoe Giveaway 11 Winners
Congratulations to the winners of Shoe Giveaway 11 #1 was Jessica Easterly from New Orleans, she won the blue Ellie Pinup heels. #2 was Virginia Carrasco from El Paso, Tx she won the Pearl "BeBe" booties. Let's congratulate our winners!!!Coco Shoe Giveaway 11
Okay for all the new comers who don't know what the hell my shoe giveaway is about let me break it down for you…About once a month I give away 2 pairs of shoes from my very own shoe closet. All you have to do is comment on which ones you like and why.The first shoes are blue "Ellie" pinup heels with a cute bow and now for the very first time ever these are a size 7!! I usually wear a size 6 and this is the reason why I'm giving them away because they're too big for me…I was supposed to wear them in a photo shoot and couldn't use them…
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Spiced Apricot, Cranberry, and Golden Raisin Compote
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New York City chef Tom Valenti shares a favorite Thanksgiving recipe. This recipe is adapted from Welcome to My Kitchen, by Tom Valenti and Andrew Friedman (HarperCollins).
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Calories | 167 |
Total Fat | 0 |
Saturated Fat | -- |
Cholesterol | 0 mg |
Sodium | 64mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 38g |
Dietary Fiber | 2g |
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Protein | 1g |
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Serves: 20
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- 2 cup(s) dry white wine
- 2 tablespoon(s) white vinegar
- 3/4 cup(s) dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup(s) freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon(s) fresh ground nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon(s) ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon(s) ground allspice
- teaspoon(s) fresh-ground pepper
- teaspoon(s) salt
- 6 (about 2 1/2 pounds) medium Granny Smith apples
- 3 cup(s) dried apricots, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1.5 cup(s) dried cranberries
- 1.5 cup(s) dried golden raisins
- Bring the wine, vinegar, sugar, juice, zest, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, pepper, and salt to a boil in a large pot over high heat.
- Peel, core, and roughly chop the apples and add them and the dried fruit to wine mixture. Reduce heat to medium low and cook until the fruit is very soft and infused with the spices -- about 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
- Transfer the compote to a large, shallow bowl and let cool completely. Serve at room temperature.
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Overview - 1 Samuel 11 | |
1 | Nahash offers them of Jabesh-gilead a reproachful condition. |
4 | They send messengers, and are delivered by Saul. |
12 | Saul thereby is confirmed, and his kingdom renewed. |
1 Samuel 11:11 (King James Version)
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.


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Well, I dunno. Mine curdled at the very end, whilst slowly adding the softened butter in. I kept beating and kept beating to no avail. If anyone has a clue what went wrong, I'd appreciate it. It was looking great and it tastes divine. :/
It was definitely very buttery. It also came out extremely dense; more like maple butter than maple buttercream (at least I remember my last buttercream frosting as having come out a bit less dense).
Wonderful variation on buttercream. A new favorite with me. I am so tired of these yahoos who obviously have had their palates dulled by years of shortening/sugar frostings rating down true buttercreams. Why don't you folks stick w/ the Crisco and leave the good stuff to those who can appreciate it?


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I have been working on a little plumbing plan to present to the new building inspector for the bathroom in my proposed little store. The previous inspector looked it over and said it was ok before we poured the floor, but that inspector is no longer here and the new guy wants to see a drawing before I continue. I was reading the IPC for what seems like the 1000th time and the topic of clean outs keeps bugging me. I am thinking that if I have a clean out at the base of each vent stack and another just outside of the building on the way to the septic tank, I will be ok. All clean outs would be within 40 feet of one another. |
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KING COUNTY - Three people were killed early Sunday morning in a rock slide that temporarily shut down westbound Interstate 90 near Snoqualmie Pass.
Washington State Patrol Trooper Kelly Spangler said a large section of a rock wall broke off the hillside and fell on a car just after 1 a.m., crushing the three people who were inside.
"These are very, very large rocks," she said.
No other cars were hit.
The interstate was closed to westbound traffic at milepost 70 for much of the day. It re-opened at 3 p.m.
Department of transportation engineers spent the day stabilizing the hillside where the rock broke free about two miles west of Snoqualmie Pass. They also removed overhanging loose rocks that were above the lanes on the highway, posing a potential risk to drivers.
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Good Eats Finale Airs Tonight
by Sara Levine in Shows, February 10th, 2012After 14 seasons, hundreds of recipes and dozens of memorable characters (Lactose Man! The Yeasts!), Alton Brown is bidding farewell to Good Eats. The final episode, an homage to dark chocolate, airs tonight at 8pm/7c.
Fans of our beloved food-science geek need not panic — you'll still see plenty of Alton on Food Network. He's got a major new role on the upcoming season of Food Network Star, commentates on Iron Chef America and serves as host of The Next Iron Chef. Plus, classic Good Eats episodes will continue to rerun on Food Network and Cooking Channel.
To celebrate Alton's many years of (exceptionally) Good Eats, we've rounded up his 10 most popular recipes from the show. His top recipe, Good Eats Roast Turkey, is the #1 recipe on FoodNetwork.com with a whopping 3,905 five-star reviews and counting. It has graced thousands of your Thanksgiving tables since 1999, and we're guessing many of you also made #8 or #9 (or both!) for last Sunday's big game.
1. Good Eats Roast Turkey (from "Romancing the Bird," Thanksgiving special)
2. The Chewy (from "Three Chips for Sister Martha," Season 3)
3. Who Loves Ya Baby Back (from "A Rib for All Seasons," Season 2)
4. Good Eats Meatloaf (from "Daily Grind," Season 2)
5. Stove Top Mac-n-Cheese (from "For Whom the Cheese Melts 2," Season 5)
6. Instant Pancake Mix (from "Flap Jack Do It Again," Season 3)
7. French Toast (from "Toast Modern," Season 7)
8. Guacamole (from "Dip Madness," Season 6)
9. Hot Spinach and Artichoke Dip (from "Dip Madness," Season 6)
10. Overnight Cinnamon Rolls (from "House of the Rising Bun," Season 10)
Watch Alton's chocolate-packed, hour-long final episode, Turn On the Dark, tonight at 8pm/7c.
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[CT] Global manhunt for Canadian students
Released on 2012-10-18 17:00 GMT
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October 1, 2010
Global manhunt for Canadian students
By Greg McArthur, Patrick White, Joe Friesen, Christie Blatchford, Marten
Youssef, Colin Freeze
>From Friday's Globe and Mail
They were three young Muslims with little in common - until they travelled
to Pakistan and promptly disappeared, sparking one of Canada's biggest
national security investigations since 9/11
They were three Muslim boys, from different parts of the world, with very
different personalities.
Ferid Imam was an honours student from East Africa, an aspiring pharmacist
and, according to his high-school soccer coach, "a dream player." Muhannad
al-Farekh hopped from Texas to the United Arab Emirates to Jordan to the
Prairies. Miawand Yar, an ethnic Afghani born in Pakistan, was a
schoolyard bully who was arrested for selling crack on his 20th birthday.
But in early 2007, instead of finishing their degrees at the University of
Manitoba, the three friends boarded a plane bound for Pakistan via Europe.
Their mysterious departure has sparked one of Canada's most expensive and
elaborate national security investigations since 9/11. Their flight has
prompted CSIS agents to fan out around Winnipeg and the RCMP
counterterrorism unit to pull in officers from across the country. The
Federal Bureau of Investigation has dispatched agents to the Middle East
as part of their hunt, and the young men have been the subject of secret
briefings to U.S. presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
Sources said they were next spotted in Peshawar - the gateway to the
lawless tribal area bordering Afghanistan that is suspected of sheltering
senior members of al-Qaeda. They were traced to the mountainous region of
Waziristan, a magnet for insurgents and missile strikes from unmanned U.S.
The Globe and Mail learned the identities of the missing students not from
law enforcement officials but from members of Winnipeg's Muslim community.
Whispers about missing students came up when reporters started making
inquiries about Hiva Alizadeh, the former Winnipegger who was charged in
August with plotting to detonate bombs at unspecified sites in Canada.
Those close to the missing students say they were not associates of Mr.
Alizadeh, and national security sources say the two cases are not related.
"We have no idea why he left. No one knows." - See the graphic from
Friday's Globe and Mail
None of them has been charged with a terrorism-related offence, but
national security officials say the case may be an example of how
unpredictable the radicalization process can be - it can take root in any
part of the country, and latch on to a variety of personalities.
Ferid Imam came to Winnipeg when he was just seven years old. An
East-African Muslim, he started school as an ESL student, but quickly
integrated into a group of friends that included Chinese immigrants, Sikhs
and what one of his family members described as white Canadians.
His wide toothy smile could be misleading; he didn't tolerate foolish
behaviour, and was self-disciplined. He never missed any of his five daily
prayers, a relative says, but also never made a public display of his
On the soccer pitch at Dakota Collegiate Institute, he was a rare
combination of skill and maturity. A teammate, Michael Dempster, recalled
the scolding he received from Ferid after he took a swing at an opposing
player and received a four-game suspension.
"He pulled me aside and said 'Mike, at the end of the day did this really
matter? Was it that big a deal? It wasn't cool - there are better ways to
go about it,' " Mr. Dempster said.
When the team fell behind on the scoreboard, Ferid was always there to
"pick up the pieces," said Kevin Szajkowski, his coach at the time.
"He was outstanding in the way that he seemed like an old soul. He was
older than his years," the coach said.
About 12 kilometres away, in Winnipeg's rough-and-tumble north end,
Miawand Yar could be found in the schoolyard shaking down classmates for
their lunch money.
Born in Pakistan to parents who fled their native Afghanistan after the
Soviet invasion, the Yars came to Manitoba when Miawand was eight years
old. He moved on from one junior school after he beat up two smaller
students. In high school, he was unmotivated. "Most of the time he was
just a couch potato playing his [video] games," said one family member.
His studies in mechanical engineering at the University of Manitoba were
disrupted on Aug. 13, 2003, when Miawand and several associates were
accused of selling crack to an undercover police officer in a parking lot.
One of the arresting officers, Constable Sean Cassidy, later testified in
a Winnipeg courtroom about how Miawand's bag was stuffed so tightly with
money and crack that it "almost exploded open" when he unzipped it.
The charges against him were later stayed by the Crown attorney's office
as the investigation spread out from the accused dealers on the street to
the larger players in a suspected illegal drug syndicate.
His fortuitous legal turn coincided with some major life changes. He
stopped going to the bars and ditched his old friends, including some
characters who had been charged with, among other crimes, illegal
possession of firearms and sexual assault.
He gravitated to Ferid, as well as Muhannad al-Farekh, a Texas-born
business student who grew up in the UAE and was educated in Jordan.
Miawand grew out his beard. His clothes changed from a hip-hop street
style to more formal attire. On his head, he wore a white kufi.
"He was a completely changed man. In a good way, though. He was very
humble," said Rhodelle Magnayon, a computer engineering student. "He had
his nose to the books, things like that. I thought, all the best to him.
It could only look up from there."
The trio volunteered, at least on paper, with the university's Muslim
Student Association - though other volunteers said Miawand and Muhannad
did very little work. Ferid helped with the association's annual
conference, which featured a talk by a passionate and popular speaker, a
British convert to Islam named Abdur Raheem Green.
If Ferid was once reserved about putting his faith on display, he shed
that at university. On Feb. 23, 2006, in a posting on Mr. Green's website,
he lashed out at both Muslims and non-Muslims who were making light of the
satirical cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published in a Danish
"I think to use the word 'controversy' in describing the situation that
started in Denmark is misleading," he wrote. "I believe there is nothing
controversy about it, they attacked our Prophet [peace be upon him] , who
is Islam by himself. Thus, I like to think of this as a 'crisis' rather
than a controversy."
In December, 2006 - a few months before their disappearance - the three
friends took part in the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia and
Islam's holiest site, Mecca. Miawand's family was upset that, upon his
return, he didn't visit to tell them about his experience.
They had no idea he was planning another trip that would cut off contact
for nearly four years and counting.
The letter that arrived in the mail was addressed to Miawand's brother. It
was short on specifics, but in it the 24-year-old made a strange request:
Please pay my student loans.
To some, this might have been a positive sign and an indication that he
wanted to return. But, as any religious scholar would know, an Islamic
dictum states that, in order to get to heaven, one needs to be free of
His family turned to the police and filed a missing-persons report, but it
was clear from the outset that this wasn't going to be solved by posting
their pictures on community bulletin boards. Authorities had subjected all
three families to extensive interviews. In Abu Dhabi, Muhannad's father,
Mahmoud al-Farekh, not only gave statements to the RCMP and the FBI, but
to the security service of the United Arab Emirates. When his son reached
out to him with a brief phone call two years ago, his father passed the
information onto the police. The elder al-Farekh would not disclose to The
Globe what they discussed.
Initial glimmers of hope that they might be on some impulsive youthful
foray have been gradually snuffed out; family members and friends say they
haven't heard anything else from them.
"You ask yourself - why didn't he give us a call or let us know where he
is? That makes it unbelievable," said one of Ferid Imam's relatives, who
spoke on the condition of anonymity. "We have no idea why he left. No one
Reached at his home in Abu Dhabi, Mahmoud al-Farekh said: "Did he go
because he wanted to spread Islam or because he wanted to fight? I don't
know. I don't know if I will ever know."
Although such disappearances are not a pervasive or widespread trend in
Islamic communities in the West, there are similar, isolated cases of
young men vanishing in other North American cities, such as Minneapolis.
Several Toronto Somali parents have faced questions from CSIS after their
sons disappeared.
In Winnipeg, the fallout has not been confined to family members.
Six University of Manitoba students, complaining of stress, turned to a
Muslim leader for counselling after they received repeated visits from
CSIS agents. Shahina Siddiqui, the executive director of the Islamic
Social Services Association, said she tried to calm them and inform them
of their rights while also reminding them that the authorities need to
"I see both sides of it. I see the side of CSIS and the RCMP, and I see
the side of the community," Ms. Siddiqui said.
Members of the Muslim community said the missing students have left
everyone in a place that is equally frustrating for both questioner and
respondent; friends and family must endure inquiries that they simply
can't answer. One Muslim student who was questioned by CSIS said he and
his friends were eager to help at first, but found the agency's inquiries
to be unceasing. "That's the most we can give," he said with a sigh of
One of Ferid's relatives said he's at a loss to explain how or why the
young man changed. "You don't see radicalization in a person," he said.
"Everything they do is in their head."
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Facebook IPO: Are 800 million users worth $100 billion
(Read article summary)Facebook, the most successful social network in history, is close to going public, according to one new report.
Facebook, the most popular social networking site in history, is apparently very close to going public. So says the Wall Street Journal, which reports today that the company could file papers for an IPO as soon as Wednesday.
"At a valuation between $75 billion and $100 billion, Facebook is looking to raise as much as $10 billion, said people familiar with the matter," the Journal reports. "The final valuation will be determined by a variety of factors, people familiar with the matter cautioned, such as investor demand for social media, the IPO market and the health of the European economy."
With a $100 billion evaluation, Facebook would be worth as much as McDonald's Corp, the Journal added.
In a separate dispatch, the New York firm PrivCo estimates that Facebook will price its stock between $38 and $40, with Morgan Stanley leading the IPO. Big news for Facebook, obviously, which has been the subject of IPO rumors for months now.


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Obama speaks candidly on climate change
Although he should have been talking about climate change five years ago, it's good to see Obama siding with science and advocating for a price on carbon. Better late than never. Here's a preview from Tom Friedman's interview on Showtime:
I particularly liked Friedman's example about climate change deniers in Congress consulting the 97 percent of doctors who may diagnose their children, but on climate change, they want to consult the other 3 percent minority. This, I have found also, applies to religion, but instead, the percentages are more like 99-to-1, as Christians and other believers, despite 99 percent of scientists being in agreement about evolution and the inadequacy of creationism to explain our world, they still trust the dissenting 1 percent, and without any evidence all the while.
The 'non-offending' pedophiles
Andrew Sullivan from over at The Dish received an anonymous email from a self-proclaimed pedophile who said that while he has never acted on his attraction to children and is "committed to never doing so," his sexual persuasion, like that of his "non-offending" pedophiles, is nonetheless innate.
Sullivan calls the following a "predicament" for these so-called Virtuous Pedophiles, which is a quote from the group's website:
We do not choose to be attracted to children, and we cannot make that attraction go away. But we can resist the temptation to abuse children sexually, and many of us present no danger to children whatsoever. Yet we are despised for having a sexual attraction that we did not choose, cannot change, and successfully resist. This hatred has its consequences; many of us suffer from depression and sometimes even commit suicide. Paradoxically, the hatred actually increases the risk of child sexual abuse by making us afraid to admit our condition to others, thus discouraging us from seeking treatment. More of us could lead productive, happy, law-abiding lives if we could open up to people who would treat us not as monsters but as human beings with an unfortunate burden to bear.
Of course, we can all be glad that they don't act on their attractions, but I see a couple things that are problematic.
First, we have fairly strong evidence to suggest that sexual orientation is genetic, and this makes sense since we see same-sex — well, sex — in other parts of the animal kingdom. Pedophilia, however, is classified as a psychosexual disorder that usually grows out of any number of types of abuse or neglect in a person's past:
The underlying cause of pedophilia is unclear. Although biological abnormalities such as hormone imbalance may contribute to the disorder in some individuals, biological factors have not been proved as causes. In many cases pedophilic behaviour appears to be associated with sexual abuse or neglect experienced during childhood and with stunted emotional or psychological development. Research also has indicated that boys who were sexually abused are more likely to become pedophiles or sex offenders. − Encyclopaedia Britannica
Second, can a person really be described as "virtuous" for merely refusing to succumb to their desire to have sex with children? Modern humans are generally attracted to money, and from our youth we learn that if we have enough of it, we can buy things that can make us happy, even if its a shallow form of happiness. Do we call people who don't rob banks or commit fraud virtuous? Every day, humans choose not to act on their desire to sleep with their friends' wives. They have no control over who they are attracted to; yet would we call these people virtuous for not committing adultery when every fiber in their loins tells them otherwise? More than a few Catholic priests are apparently attracted to children. I realize some of them may have acted on it, but surely many closeted priestly pedophiles have successfully eschewed their longing for children. What about people who are into bestiality or forced sexual slavery? Are these folks just virtuous if they don't act on their morally reprehensible inclinations?
I realize this group of pedophiles describes their plight as an "unfortunate burden to bear," but people refuse to act on their desires every day for the betterment of society as a whole, and we don't necessary applaud them for it or bestow them with anymore respect. It's simply part of being a responsible adult. We all bear burdens.
It's like the old schtick from Chris Rock about parenthood:
You know the worst thing about niggas? Niggas always want credit for some shit they supposed to do. A nigga will brag about some shit a normal man just does. A nigga will say some shit like, "I take care of my kids." You're supposed to, you dumb motherfucker! What kind of ignorant shit is that? "I ain't never been to jail!" What do you want, a cookie?! You're not supposed to go to jail, you low-expectation-having motherfucker!
Fair and balanced
FOX News wants to be taken as a legitimate news source − or at least dupe gullible viewers into believing that it is − yet it allows people in the video below to regurgitate bigoted, anti-intellectual rubbish:
One guest, Gavin McInnes said he "hates" Neil deGrasse Tyson, and I don't doubt him since he has been a contributor to neoconservatives websites like VDARE and Taki's Magazine and has been an open advocate for the white race, once telling the New York Press:
I love being white and I think it's something to be very proud of … I don't want our culture diluted (Italics mine. Sounds like the language of Joseph Goebbels). We need to close the borders now and let everyone assimilate to a Western, white, English-speaking way of life.
On FOX, McInnes then expanded on his dislike for Tyson:
White liberal nerds love this guy so much, he could defecate on them like Martin Bashir's fantasies and they would dance in the streets. All he does is, he's drunk with adulation. And he talks about things like "when I was young in New York I would get racially profiled when I'd go into stores." Back then he looked like he was in The Warriors. He had a huge afro and a cutoff shirt and New York was a war zone. Sorry, you fit the profile.
"Fit the profile." That tells you all you need to know.
More hate came from John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations no less, who said he "can't stand liberal intellectuals:"
This idea that somehow they get to look down on the rest of the human race. It's no wonder the extra-terrestrials don't contact us. We don't have any pride in ourselves.
At some point in the 20th century, perhaps around the advent of the Moral Majority, ignorance and faith became more virtuous than knowledge, and this is probably the greatest intellectual crisis facing the human race today. Bolton and McInnes are well within their rights to come on the circus that is FOX News and spout their disdain for people who are different than themselves, but we are well within our rights to push these people further to the sidelines in the public discourse. They are bit players in a nation full of enlightened people who have already moved way beyond their anachronistic worldview.
The Grand Old Tea Party
Here is Grover Norquist speaking in a Los Angeles Times article about the Tea Party:
Once there were Republicans who voted for tax increases, but they aren't here any more.… The Republican Party has largely absorbed the message of the Tea Party movement.
So, essentially the same folks who once railed against the government and the establishment in 2008 in Washington are the establishment in Washington.
Sterling takes delusion to a whole new level
Although Donald Sterling actually said the words that he was "so sorry" and "so apologetic" for offending millions of black people, including those on his own team, the rest of Anderson Cooper's interview with the former Clippers owner sounded as bad or worse than the initial tape. Notice that he said he was "sorry that so many people are hurt," not that he was sorry for making the remarks. He continued to slam Magic Johnson's character, wrongly saying that he's got AIDS, and adding that the former basketball star is not a good role model, although the Magic Johnson Foundation reaches thousands of people in the inner cities each year. He also called Anderson Cooper a racist and blamed the media for blowing the tapes out of proportion. Perhaps even most egregious was his apparent comparison to how Jewish communities help people in need versus black communities. Just stunning.
In God we don't trust
Funny how "small government" conservatives want to have their cake and eat it too by using the engines of government only when it serves their purposes, say, when local officials want to put "In God we trust" on public property:
'In God We Trust' signs in Roane sent to committee.
I think it violates the Constitution for the slogan to be national motto at all and for it to be printed on our currency, and indeed, before 1956, "e pluribus unum," or "out of many, one" was unofficially the national motto. I think President Roosevelt posed a salient objection from a religious standpoint, noting that printing God's name on money was sacrilegious. Likewise, from the Christian worldview, wouldn't the act of plastering God's name all over carnal places of businesses, schools and courthouses in some way diminish his holiness?
The debate about "In God we trust," of course, ignores the rather obvious point: We don't actually trust God as a nation and never have. If we did, we would leave all the heavy lifting to him, entrusting God to sort out financial crises, intervene in global affairs, fight terrorism and bring international criminals to justice. But no. The federal government handles all of these because we know — even if only a few of us will admit it — that if we had sat around trusting God to get stuff done and move history forward, the world would have imploded long ago.
Sadly, they are completely serious
Who's going to neuter Arpaio?
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., remained defiant in the face of another court order this week that he will probably just ignore. As The New York Times reported it, judge G. Murray Snow of United States District Court "strongly rebuked" Arpaio for not following the court's previous order and for mocking the judge:
Ten months ago, Judge Snow ruled that Mr. Arpaio and his deputies had systematically profiled Latinos, targeting them for arrest during raids at day-laborer gathering spots and detaining them longer than other drivers during traffic stops. The subsequent order from the judge, who found that the sheriff's office had violated the constitutional rights of Latinos, came with several requirements, including the appointment of a monitor to field complaints and oversee compliance.
But at the hearing on Monday, Judge Snow said that Mr. Arpaio and the chief deputy, Jerry Sheridan, had blatantly flouted his order, pointing as evidence to a video of a briefing that the two men held in October for a group of rank-and-file deputies who participated in a crime-suppression operation in southwest Phoenix. In the video, Mr. Sheridan called Judge Snow's order "ludicrous" and "absurd," and compared the restrictions the courts had placed on them to those imposed on the beleaguered New Orleans Police Department, whose officers, he said, "were murdering people."
"That tells you how ludicrous this crap is," Mr. Sheridan of the judge's order, as a videocamera recorded his every word.
Mr. Arpaio spoke next, telling the deputies, "What the chief deputy said is what I've been saying," adding, "We don't racially profile, I don't care what everybody says."
Arpaio said nothing during the hearing, but told the press, "We'll be appealing this case anyway. Stay tuned." Rather than hitting Arpaio with a penalty at this hearing, Snow told the sheriff that if his department committed more violations, he would impose restrictions like forcing Arpaio to hire more monitors to ensure compliance. Snow already ordered that one monitor be brought in to serve as a check against discrimination.
To underscore his points, Judge Snow asked that the lawyers on both sides of the case prepare a summary of his order and that Mr. Arpaio and his deputies use it as a training tool, ideally to make sure none of it was misinterpreted. He also asked both sides to sign a letter attesting to the intentions of the order, which Mr. Arpaio's lawyers said they would have to discuss before accepting.
So in essence, Arpaio is going to more or less continue his hack campaign against Hispanics in his own county, while his lawyers talk about whether to accept Snow's order. How broken is our legal system when attorneys get to converse over an order before accepting it? What happened to a judge making a ruling as the final authority and forcing compliance, or else be held in contempt? After learning that Arpaio and his deputies remain defiant and probably have no intention of carrying out his order, why was Snow so lenient? Why did Snow just "strongly rebuke" the sheriff and not hold him in contempt? Arpaio needs to be taught the lesson that no one is above the law.
Andrew Cohen, with The Atlantic, made as strong a case as any for Arpaio to be held in content and fined until he complies:
If you or I behaved like this, if we violated a court order so defiantly after a case about willful disobedience of the Constitution, we would be held in contempt. And that's what should have happened to Arpaio Monday. None of this patient deference to officials of another branch of government. None of this separation-of-powers politesse. The sheriff should have been held in contempt, and fined, until he was willing to publicly apologize (to the judge, at least) and also to convince Judge Snow that he understands at last that the Constitution belongs not to him but to all of the people he serves.
It's not that he doesn't get it. It's that he gets it and still doesn't care. The more the feds press him, the more the constitutional violations pile up, the more he's able to lament to his supporters that he is the real victim here. This lawsuit, this court order, surely will be a talking point when Arpaio finally runs for governor. The real victims, of course, are the citizens of color in Maricopa County who still suffer under his yoke. To them, the contents of that ugly videotape aren't a revelation. They've been living with that attitude for years. And if Arpaio wins his next race perhaps all of the citizens of Arizona will get to experience it, too.
Party devoid of substance
The Iraq War could end up costing $6 trillion, at the expense of domestic programs, personal freedoms and a Jeffersonian-like expansion of federal power. One can pretty easily tell just how hypocritical and empty is the rhetoric of neocons and small-government conservatives. Not only has the GOP's foreign policy platform been disingenuous and akin to saying one thing and doing another, Republicans in Washington have for the last six years essentially collected a check from American taxpayers for doing nothing, whether from cock blocking Obama at every turn, and in some cases, to the nation's detriment, to wasting time passing nonbinding and symbolic repeals of the Affordable Care Act.
It really is shameless, as Jon Stewart duly notes here:
The failed Tea Party experiment
I've been writing about the Tea Party's lunacies on here since the spring of 2009 (Here is my first substantive post about it). As I've tracked the trajectory of this experiment in political unrest, I think it's safe to say the party is all but toast at this point, and here's why.
Tea Party members have essentially corroded the GOP from the inside out, and in a sign that more moderate, "establishment" Republicans are pulling back the reins on these folks, House Speaker John Boehner and GOP leaders announced recently that they were going to support a "clean," no-attachments increase to the debt-ceiling, despite some leaders in the party insisting on a list of demands. Attaching demands to the legislation did not have enough support, it died and the actual "clean" bill passed the House on Tuesday.
The Atlantic's Molly Ball has an excellent article up about the Tea Party's evolution these last few years, and its eventual acceptance of typical machinations in Washington. As she traces the changes in the party, which as we know is the ultra-conservative, borderline libertarian fringe of the Republican Party, members swept into Washington riding Sarah Palin and Joe the Plumber's popularity and were ready to pounce on and destroy every single one of Barack Obama's goals, with some conservatives talking heads even wishing that Obama fails at everything he tries to accomplish in the White House. In short, Ball said, the Tea Party came into Congress in 2011 on a "wave of denial and anger."
The nation came close to disaster in 2011 when Tea Partiers nearly destroyed the concessions Boehner was planning to make with Obama to keep the U.S. from defaulting on its loans. This would be one of the first in a series of numerous showdowns between more moderate House Republicans, like Boehner, who at their core understand that in some cases, compromise is a necessity and tough decisions have to be made for the betterment of the nation — even if they won't say this publicly — and the lunatic wing of the GOP.
As Ball put it:
The 2011 showdown was revealing. Previously, the idea of default was so unthinkable that observers and markets didn't consider it a possibility. But the confrontation showed how far the new House majority was willing to go. They weren't looking for compromise; they wanted the whole loaf. They weren't just mad. They were convinced—erroneously—that they had the power to undo Obama's agenda entirely from their perch controlling one-half of one-third of the federal government. They were in denial.
And in late 2013, the conservative camp forced the nation into a government shutdown, causing undue hardship on the Americans they claimed to care about back in election season. They then proceeded to eat a shit sandwich by subsequently accepting a deal to reopen the government, as Ball points out, that was actually worse than the one they were going to get previously. Now, as the GOP bullheadedly forced the government's hand, took a sizable ideological step against the grain and managed to somehow make the public even less trustworthy of government with their asinine denials of reality, the only thing left for the Tea Party is acceptance, and well, dissolution.
Ball concludes:
This is how Washington works: Certain things have to get done, and you try to get the best deal you can, and then move on to the next thing. This is basically what Boehner has been trying to tell his caucus for the last three years, but they had to figure it out for themselves. Now that they've achieved acceptance, will Boehner's job get easier? Or will a new wave of mad-as-hell representatives rise up in protest?
If Tea Partiers would have had the brains to realize all this from the start, they could have saved us all, and the nation, a lot of heartburn. They played a dangerous game that took the nation to the brink, and now, with absolutely nothing to gain from it except more angry constituents and some dusty lapel pins, they will more than likely be forced henceforth to ride the bench.


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The research was conducted by Anders Eriksson and Lars-Eric Thornell, Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Section conducted the study for Anatomy, Umea University, Umea, Sweden; Christer Malm, Ume University and Winternet and Patrik Bonnerud, Department of Health Science, Section for Medical Science, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden; and Fawzi Kadi, Department of Physical Education and Health, Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden.
Dr. Eriksson will discuss the team's study, "Anabolic Steroids Withdrawal in Strength Trained Athletes: How Does It Affect Skeletal Muscles?," at a conference sponsored by the American Physiological Society (APS; www.The-APS.org). The conference, The Integrative Biology of Exercise V, will be held September 24-27, 2008 in Hilton Head, SC.
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