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Rezko rewind. Day 8
March 14, 2008; 5:13 a.m.
Tony Rezko corruption trial that he feared the friend and fundraiser of Gov. Rod Blagojevich would turn a hospital regulatory board against his clients. So Jeff Ladd, the lobbyist, got his clients to hire a friend of Rezko's for $80,000 to try to keep Rezko off their backs.
As prosecutors portrayed Rezko as a powerful fixer who controlled the panel from behind the scenes, defense lawyers induced two board members into acknowledging that Rezko had never asked them to vote any particular way on a hospital project before the board.
The defense strategy is shaping up to pin the blame for board manipulation on Stuart Levine, the vice chairman of the panel who Rezko's lawyers contend conned others on the board to do his bidding by implying his marching orders came from Rezko.
The government says Rezko and Levine tried to extort millions from firms seeking state business or regulatory approval, and Levine has pleaded guilty in the case and will testify against Rezko. The trial is in recess until Monday, when Ladd continues his testimony.
For a complete recap of Thursday's trial events, .
Ladd says he suggested clients hire Kelly to sway Rezko
March 13, 2008; 5:05 p.m.
Ladd told the jury late in the afternoon that he eventually recommended that his clients hire Ed Kelly in an attempt to influence Rezko on matters before the health planning board.
Kelly was paid a total of $80,000 by Ladd for his services.
Ladd said he was stunned when his friend Thomas Beck, the board chairman, called him the night before the April 2004 vote on the proposed new hospital in Crystal Lake.
Beck told him the proposal by Mercy Hospital would pass the next day, Ladd testified. Ladd represented Centegra Health Systems, which opposed the Mercy proposal.
Ladd said he immediately called Kelly "to ask him if he'd had any conversation with Mr. Rezko."
Kelly said he hadn't, Ladd said. Ladd testified that he asked Kelly to call Rezko and find out what was going on.
Kelly didn't reach Rezko until the next day, just before the vote, Ladd said. But Amy St. Eve, the judge presiding over the trial, barred Ladd from going into the substance of the conversation between Kelly and Rezko. But based on the substance of that conversation, Ladd said, his clients chose to continue to employ Kelly.
Near the end of the trial day, Ladd was cross-examined by Rezko's lawyer, Joseph Duffy, who asked him if he was familiar with the term "lobbyist."
"With a capital 'L' or a small 'L'?" answered Ladd, drawing chuckles in the courtroom.
Ladd acknowledged he had been a registered lobbyist -- the capital 'L' kind -- and someone like Ed Kelly might be the small 'L.'
Rezko gavel-to-gavel: Week 2
Check back several times a day for the latest Rezko trial updates from the Tribune's Bob Secter and Jeff Coen at the federal courthouse.
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|calendar>>December 12. 2009 Juche 98
Bulletin Issued in Ethiopia
|Pyongyang, December 12 (KCNA) -- The Ethiopian Youth Study Group of the Juche Idea released the fourth issue of its bulletin on the occasions of the 18th anniversary of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's assumption of the supreme commandership of the Korean People's Army and the 92nd birth anniversary of Kim Jong Suk, anti-Japanese heroine.
The bulletin in an article titled "Brilliant Commander Kim Jong Il" said that his army leadership mode is most essentially characterized by his energetic field inspection.
Kim Jong Il is the brilliant commander who brings the enemies to their knees without firing a single bullet with his matchless courage and pluck, the bulletin said, adding that the army and the people of the DPRK will always emerge victorious as they have him as supreme commander.
The bulletin in an article titled "Time-honored Hoeryong" noted in detail that Kim Jong Suk took part in the anti-Japanese armed struggle led by President Kim Il Sung and earned her fame as anti-Japanese heroine.
Her desire was to build powerful and prosperous Korea where the people live with nothing to desire more in the world, the bulletin stressed.
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I spent a good deal of my life avoiding love. I've always been a very romantically minded person but it didn't seem practical for a werewolf to bother with love. There was too much risk involved. I don't mean the usual pangs of heartbreak or rejection. I mean death. There's always death involved when a werewolf falls in love. I didn't know any other werewolves from whom I could extract this assumption. It was and has been my gut feeling on the matter since, well, since I started thinking about women.
Being the idiot that I can be, I went against my gut. I fell for a woman and it cost her more than she ever thought it would. I fooled myself into believing a lie - that we could make thing work… that we'd be happy. I hope to get to that part later on though. Sifting through my memories of her has made it painfully clear that, although I did not raise a hand her, my wolfishness killed her. I alone bear the fault in her death.
When I met her… It's still hard to say her name. When I first met Nymphadora, or Tonks as she preferred to be called, I knew quite a bit about her. I was best friends with her mother's cousin, Sirius Black. It was Sirius' idea that we probe her out as a member of the Order. He thought she would make a great addition to our ranks. Dumbledore agreed and asked Kingsley and Arthur Weasley to stage a conversation about our meeting in front of her. Dumbledore said she was quite clever and nosey. She'd ask about their whispering. Sirius mentioned she was a metamorphmagus, which was a rare skill indeed. I was interested to meet her.
I wish I could say that I was debonair and swept her off her feet, which most men claim when they describe themselves in a romantic sense. However, I'm not most men and my sweeping skills were quite rusty. My initial impression of her was similar to breathing fresh air for the first time in many years. She wasn't very refined and came across as being a bit daft, but she did have spunk to her. Her pink hair stood out like confetti at a funeral, well, except for the whole 'inappropriate' aspect. Her bright and vibrant hair was perfect for her personality.
She was just as inquisitive and Dumbledore said she would be. She asked questions when she was unsure of a plan and she was bright. Tonks managed to come up with a brilliant idea to get Harry's aunt and uncle out of their house. She came up with it in a moment's notice too. Her youthful exuberance was a delight, though, I was reluctant to pay her too much attention. I didn't want to seem imprudent. I wasn't thinking of her as a potential romantic partner - she was just unique and I felt like a moth exposed to a bright light.
Despite my awed feelings, I didn't talk to her very much that night. In my few brief exchanges with her that night, I managed to commit a faux pas. I introduced her as Nymphadora to Fred and George. Her voice was slightly sharp as she corrected me. I quite liked the sound of Nymphadora so I decided to use it in spite of her preference. It reminded me of the name of a goddess from a play I read in my youth.
I hate to sound doltish or cliché, but my infatuation with Tonks began the night I met her although I tried to ignore it. I am an observer by nature. I saw her as a new puzzle to piece together, a new work of art to analyze. After the others went to bed and she was alone with Sirius and me, I saw some intriguing flairs to her personality as she and Sirius caught up on family news.
"How's Andromeda?" Sirius' eyes fixed to a point above Tonks' shoulder. He always avoided eye contact when he spoke of something painful or important. The first time he did it was after his broomstick was snapped in two by his mother.
"She's doing 'right. Always worried though. She nags me about having a dangerous job." Tonks laughed airily. Her face glowed with affection for her mother. I could tell that, no matter how much she complained, she wouldn't want her mother any other way. "How's life on the outside?" she asked with a vivacious smile.
"Oh it's bloody wonderful." Sirius' words rang with sarcasm. "I've always wanted to watch others running around fighting evil while I sit back and clean house." I thought his harshness would cause Tonks to recoil, but she didn't.
"So you like being a voyeur?" she asked impishly. Sirius formed a grudging smile. "You know I'm part of the 'Catch Sirius Black' team? I could take you in if you'd prefer life in Azkaban." Tonks looked pensive for a moment then said, "I could use the prize money too. I've had my eye on a new broom." Sirius voiced his relief that a broom was more important to her than his liberty. "Just thought I'd put it in perspective." she answered with a wink.
I could see that she and Sirius would be good friends. They both liked to match wits and jest. I realized that I was not making the effort to chat that I usually made with people. I felt rude for not being social so I offered to walk Tonks to the door when she left. I said that she might run into Kreacher, which is always a bit of a shock. We made it up to the umbrella stand and Tonks managed to trip over it. I wondered if she was a magnet for large bulky items as they always seemed to get in her way.
Tonks fell into my arms looking quite surprised to be there. I felt momentarily stunned. It felt like years since I last felt another person that close to me. Tonks smiled sheepishly as I helped her to her feet. Sirius came up the stairs to investigate the ruckus. His eyes narrowed as they saw my arm was still securely around Tonks' waist. Unaware that I was still holding onto her, I let go like a person lets go of a hot pan. Her eyes twinkled as she walked towards the door waving goodbye. I listened for a moment after the door shut, expecting to hear the trash cans topple over.
Sirius was smiling in his perverse way. "Making a move already, Moony?" He was joking, I could tell, but I still blushed. When I didn't answer he rolled his eyes. "You're always touchy about the F-factor." I didn't have to ask what the F-factor was. It held one of two meanings. Female was the one he usually meant, but sometimes it meant Farah. Farah was a woman I was once foolish enough to love, but she's another story not meant for today. "What did you think of her?" Sirius asked me watching my face carefully. It took him the better part of 20 years but he learned how to read me but he had it down to an art.
"She'll be a good addition," I said vaguely. "To the Order," I added. Sirius raised his eyebrows telling me he found my answer inadequate. "Well, she's smart and funny. I wonder though… do you think she uses her metamorphagus abilities to change her daily appearance?"
Sirius laughed. "You're such a dog, Remus." I gave him a stern look. I didn't mean it like that. "She looks a lot like her parents - apart from the hair. So, no, I don't think she's prancing around looking much different than she would if she wasn't a metamorphmagus." Sirius was trying to read my face. I was determined not to blush. I found her attractive, but I wouldn't dream of pursuing her. "I think the two of you would be a good match." Sirius didn't have a joking undertone.
"Oh yeah, I'm sure she'd love to be with a werewolf who's almost twice her age," I said with an unusual bite of sarcasm. "I don't know where you got your brain, but I hope you kept the receipt." Sirius smirked at me as he always did when he pushed a button. Not sure why his comment hit a nerve like it did, I went to bed before he goaded me into saying anything else rash.
The next day, I had every intention of making it clear to Sirius that I did not fancy Tonks. I found her to be an intriguing person… but the thought of actively seeking anything more than friendship with her at odds with my 'werewolves do not date' ideals. I was mulling that over when I heard a crash near the entryway.
Tonks was flat on her back with the umbrella stand clenched to her chest. I walked over to her and looked down at her. She had a scrunched look on her face as if she was trying to will her situation to be less awkward. When she opened her eyes, I said that she could keep the umbrella stand if she liked it so much. I picked the stand up off Tonks and extended a hand to help her up. Tonks' cheeks flushed and she scurried downstairs.
I was quite surprised while we all were making dinner. The kitchen didn't explode. Molly had the foresight to give Tonks a thoroughly non-volatile and non-mobile job. She did manage to soak us all in butterbeer. Well, by 'us all' I mean my shoe and a large area of the floor. I felt slightly responsible for the mess. My gaze focused on Tonks while she poured the drinks. Her hands shook slightly. She looked nervous which struck me as odd - the woman had a job where she could face some of the most evil and vile wizards, but pouring drinks made her nervous. She caught me looking at her and I focused on my task. Her eyes must have lingered on me for too long because the next sound we heard was the clang of goblets and the loud expletive that left Tonk's lips. I dashed towards the table in an attempt to do…something but I only manage to get a shoe-full of liquid.
The meeting that night was quite crowded. I was shunted into a corner next to Tonks, not that I minded. She had been changing her nose during dinner, evidentially enjoyed the reaction it got out of people. Her last nose was similar to that of Alastor Moody. His eye kept drifting to Tonks. It wasn't like him to notice anyone, but I imagined that the combination of Tonks' vibrant personality and her copy of his nose captured his gaze as it would any man. She seemed puzzled by his glances. I leaned close to her putting my hand on her knee to get her attention and said, "Your nose." Tonks' eyes grew in dismay as she dropped her quill and resurfaced with her usual nose.
I had a moment of panic. I had touched her in a far too intimate manner. She didn't seem fazed at all. Rather, it was as casual as a poke in the arm. For a man who had not as much as hugged a woman in a matter of years, it felt akin to groping her in front of a large group. I caught a smell of something that threw my mind through a curve. Pheromones - she had been aroused. Being a werewolf had more downsides than I could possibly list, but one of the few advantages were the advanced senses. It wasn't anything super-wizard, but they were refined. I could smell fear, anger…and arousal among other things. I told myself that her arousal was purely reactionary, much like hitting two rocks together and getting a spark.
Tonks watched the meeting like a cat watches mice run around a kitchen. She didn't speak often, but she was alert during the entire meeting. Instead of lingering, she left with Moody. He was chatting with her. The Moody I knew didn't chat, but Moody didn't know many Aurors like her either. I highly doubted that Tonks realized she was so captivating. She had a very raw charm about her. I forced her to the back of my mind that night. The more I thought about her smile, her lips the more I felt guilt and self-disgust. I couldn't shake her smile from my mind's eye.
I was slightly anxious before the next meeting. Sirius noticed and goaded me for it. "Lupin, it doesn't matter how many times you check your reflection, you'll still see your face in the mirror. Sorry." He grinned roguishly and started twirling his wand in his hands.
Turning away from the mirror, feeling embarrassed that he caught me, I said, "I just can't get over how old I look."
Sirius laughed without really looking at me. He was distracting himself with a deck of cards. "Lucky for you some women go for the 'older man' look. Especially once you add 'professor' to your name. I'm surprised you didn't have any students chasing you at Hogwarts." Sirius smirked, his eyes flitting towards me.
"You are a dog," I said rolling my eyes. Sirius hadn't been with a woman in who knows how long and that kind of depravation was torture for him. He got off on smut, but it wasn't near the same for him as being with a person.
We stopped our conversation when we heard the doorbell ring. The twits always used the doorbell despite the havoc it caused inside. Moody ran the meeting again and belabored the details of extracting Harry from Privet Drive. From the way Moody described the mission, it was likely we'd experience one, if not several fatalities. Moody was on the verge of extreme paranoia before Barty Crouch Jr. kidnapped and incarcerated him for nearly a year. The old Moody seemed almost carefree compared to the man leading us now.
After the meeting Tonks hung back again. She asked us questions about Harry in the same way a person asks for notes right before an exam. Tonks' questions weren't the usual questions people asked about Harry. She didn't bother inquiring if he really had a scar like most people did; that would be too obvious of a question for her to ask. She asked what his favorite color was, how he did in school, and our favorite memory of Harry.
We didn't know what his favorite color was; he wasn't exactly fashion savvy, but I could answer about his best subject in school. "Harry excels at Defense against the Dark Arts," I said feeling proud at the thought. "I taught him to do a patronus charm a couple of years back." Tonks eyes lit up in surprise. She let out a low 'wow.' "He worked at it relentlessly. The dementors were a threat and he near passed out when he was near them." I was about to explain why he reacted to them as he did, but Tonks' face showed every sign of understanding.
"Saved my life actually," Sirius added. "Same night he attacked me actually." Tonks looked perplexed, I couldn't blame her. Most gossip columns had more linear stories than we were presenting. "I was trying to kill Peter Pettigrew - a traitor former friend who was living as a rat that belonged to Ron." He gestured towards the ceiling to indicate the Ron who was upstairs. "I was running around as a dog—"
"You guys are animagi? No wonder we couldn't find you." Tonks laughed. "Good thing we don't know though," she added smiling mischievously.
"The three of us, James, Peter and I did it," he said shortly. Sirius was eager to tell her his story. "I saw Ron carrying Pettigrew and I had to get him. Harry and Hermione were running after them, the idiots were headed towards the Whomping Willow. I grabbed Ron and with him Peter. Drug them to a tunnel under the tree."
"There's something under it?" Tonks asked incredulously. "That thing nearly took my left ear off in my fourth year. How'd you get close to it?"
"There's a knot that freezes the tree," I explained. "We used it quite often at school during our rule-breaking days."
Sirius laughed. "You make it sound like we stopped breaking rules at some point. We ended up in detention so often that Filch didn't have to do half his cleaning jobs, the lot of us end up in detention and do them instead." I coughed slightly. Sirius made it sound like I also landed myself in detention. "Remus here was our voice of reason; not that we listened."
"You're sidetracked," I said nudging Sirius. He snapped back into story-telling mode. Everything was fine until we got to the part where Harry and Hermione traveled back in time to save Sirius from the dementors.
"You're pulling me leg," she said grinning. Tonks wasn't one to be easily swayed to believe our tale. We spent the better part of fifteen minutes explaining why they had a time turner. "So, you're both either incredible liars or telling me the truth. Now if it was just you, Sirius, I'd say you were taking the mickey, but I trust Remus a bit more than I trust you." She smiled at Sirius' indignant look.
"I see how far blood gets me," he grinned as he spoke. "Back to the story. The used the time turner and saved themselves and me - twice actually. Then I rode off on Buckbeak."
Tonks laughed and yawned at the same time. It was quite late. "I think I'm going home. I have to get out of bed in the morning." Sirius, in all of his subtlety, made to kick me under the table. Holding in a grimace at the thud Sirius made, I offered to walk Tonks upstairs in fear that Sirius might say something ridiculously inappropriate. Tonks smiled brightly and agreed to have my company.
We made it past the umbrella stand without incident. I was going to congratulate Tonks on her achievement, but Hermione's cat came out of nowhere and collided with her feet. "I guess some things never change," she said as we both chuckled. I stopped when we got to the door and opened my mouth to say goodnight when she asked me to walk with her a bit more. I agreed and pulled a sweater from the closet; it was a bit chilly out that night. "Make that one yourself?" she asked with a grin. I looked at my sweater in mock concern and asked if the sleeves were off, pausing a moment before saying that I did make it. I was quite proud of it too. When Sirius had found out I could knit, he said I'd make someone a good wife one day.
I glanced at Tonks as she mentioned special training in the field of 'hand-made sweaters and their Dark counterparts.' She laughed loudly and I smiled. "Dark sweaters? Like the ones you see at Christmas?" She snorted and let out a loud 'yes!' My stomach squirmed. She was flirting with me. Then I squashed that idea; she was just being nice. We walked in silence for a few moments, my stomach still doing flips.
"D'you think it'll really be dangerous tomorrow?" she asked coming to a stop. I stopped too and looked off into the distance, not sure how to answer. There was always the possibility of something going wrong. My gaze returned to Tonks. Her hair was very pretty under the glow of the streetlights. I said that with luck, we'd get through everything. She laughed fidgeting slightly. "All that planning and we're relying on luck?" She raised an eyebrow.
I tore my gaze away from her face; my stomach was doing back flips. "Well, luck and some highly trained witches and wizards." I glanced around, hoping that I'd find something to focus on other than her bright eyes. She let out a 'hmm' and muttered something I didn't catch. I did notice that she was very close to me and before I could register what she was doing, Tonks kissed me sensually. My lips did the thinking for me; they responded to her kiss with the same vigor. My hand was a bit slow on the uptake. It eventually found its way to her waist and stayed there.
Tonks took her time pulling out of the kiss saying, "That should take care of the luck part." She looked dreamy as she backed away a few feet and disapparated. I stood there much like a hippogriff caught in headlights. My cheeks were flushed from her kiss. My lips felt cold without her mouth pressed against them. A breeze hit my face and I could feel the sharp contrast between where her tongue brushed against me and where it had not. I didn't go right back to Grimmauld Place after that. Instead, I sat on a swing set at the park we used for apparition trying to purge my mind of the thoughts her kiss instilled in my head. She was being friendly. Closing my eyes, I told myself to forget the aroma of arousal she emitted before she left. It was just a friendly gesture, much like a handshake. That's what I kept telling myself. I doubted that she was obsessing over the kiss nearly as much I was. With that thought, I headed back to Grimmauld Place trying to think of an excuse for my prolonged absence.
A/N: Any questions regarding "so...who *did* die" won't be answered :P I'm fickle like that. Thanks for reading. I hope it wasn't disappointing.
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I got two laptops for the about $1000 range:
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i got a thinkpad T42 from craigslist ($900), wiped out
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New century ushers in economic gloom in Ohio
(Dayton Daily News, May 12, 2010) So far, the 21st century has been a horror show for Ohio's stumbling economy, with Dayton and Montgomery County playing leading roles in the continuing economic nightmare.
County weighs in on Ohio rail stop
(Cincinnati Enquirer, May 12, 2010) Cincinnati City Council wants the local station for an Ohio passenger rail system to be built in Bond Hill. But Wednesday, Hamilton County commissioners said not so fast.
Community chest
(The Other Paper, May 13, 2010) Franklin County has become the main economic engine of development in Central Ohio, at least according to Franklin County Commissioner John O'Grady.
Region awarded $550,000 Walmart grant
(Youngstown Vindicator, May 13, 2010) The Oh-Penn Interstate Region, a regional work-force and economic- development group, has received a $550,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation, Oh-Penn representatives announced Wednesday at a press conference here.
Higbee Building being considered as temporary site for Cleveland casino
(The Plain Dealer, May 14, 2010) The Higbee Building next to Tower City is emerging as the location for an early version of Cleveland's casino. Casino developer Dan Gilbert confirmed in a statement Thursday that his group, Rock Ventures, was investigating a "phase one" casino on the site.
What color Ohio's economy
(Columbus Dispatch, May 16, 2010) Rust Belt state well-positioned, experts say, but some wonder whether it will take full advantage of the 'green' wave.
Economist with local roots: Job destruction continues
(Salem News, May 16, 2010) Despite talk of upticks in the economy, Ohio and much of the nation is still deeply mired in a recession, according to George Zeller, a Cleveland-based economic research analyst.
Tourism officials optimistic about summer season
(Dayton Daily News, May 16, 2010) Local tourism officials said they believe people have been in "bunker mode" when it comes to making vacation plans. As the tourism season begins to ramp up for its busiest time of the year, officials in Warren County, which claims tourism as its No. 1 industry, are optimistic for 2010.
Tuition skyrockets as colleges pay big salaries; maximum boosts set at UT, BGSU
(Toledo Blade, May 16, 2010) After several years of holding tuition and fees steady, the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University increased tuition and fees by 3.5 percent in the spring and will raise them another 3.5 percent in the fall - the maximum allowed by the state legislature. Ohio State University last week also announced a two-step increase, 3.5 percent for the summer and another 3.5 percent for the fall semester.
'Career sim' lets students explore the possibilities
(Chillicothe Gazette, May 16, 2010) Encouraging students to explore different careers available in high-growth industries in Ohio is the purpose behind last week's launch of a new interactive state website, "What's Next? Ohio Career Sim."
Cleveland downtown businesses avoid landfill, send food waste to be composted into soil additives
(The Plain Dealer, May 16, 2010) Large-scale downtown food-waste makers like The Q, Tower City and the Browns, along with restaurants like the Great Lakes Brewing Co. and the Greenhouse Tavern, are heading a new effort to keep tons of biodegradable food scraps out of the landfill.
Bankruptcy growing more common
(Lancaster Eagle Gazette, May 17, 2010) Fairfield County was about in the middle of the pack last year in rates of bankruptcies, ranking 41st among the state's 88 counties. In 2009, 865 residents filed for bankruptcy, a rate of 6.08 per 1,000 residents. In 2008, 772 people filed, and in 2007, 560 people filed.
Ohio homeowners receiving loan help less often
(Columbus Dispatch, May 17, 2010) Too few Ohioans are making it into a federal program that helps homeowners avoid foreclosure, according to counselors who guide people through red tape to modify their loans.
Edited and compiled by: Molly Schnoke, Center for Community Planning & Development, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
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Meanwhile, in another saucepan, cover the beet with water; bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for about 30 minutes, until the beet is tender. Drain, and when cool enough to handle, peel off the skin and cut the beet into coarse chunks.
Chop the pomegranate in half and extract the seeds. Add the pomegranate, beet, olive oil, and mint to the rice. Leave to the side.
Make the wasabi coating by mixing together the mayonnaise, cumin, and wasabi. Taste and adjust if you want. Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C.
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2011 wasn't a good year for beekeepers on the east coast of Newfoundland. We had a late wet spring, a short cold summer, and we (i.e., the royal we, as in I'm talking about yours truly) made plenty of mistakes along the way. But we managed to harvest about 20kg of honey from our two established hives and it was all worth it.
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I'm not sure if it has something to do with today's date (the winter solstice), a recent snowfall or just business as usual, but a pile of dead bees suddenly appeared at the bottom entrance of our foundationless hive today. I wouldn't have noticed them if we were using a solid mouse-proof entrance reducer instead of the open mouse-proofing mesh. The dead bees would have stayed piled up inside the hive all winter.
I could still see the cluster poking up through the middle of the top bars in the upper brood chamber. All three of the conventional hives look the same as they did last week, clustering high in the top brood chamber and hardly any dead bees on the bottom board.
I wonder what it all means. Probably nothing.
UPDATE (Dec. 23/11): I just took a closer look at the dead bees. About 90% of them are drones. The foundationless hive always had a large number of drones and not all of them were booted outside in the fall. This must be the last of them.
Continued in Dead Bees and High & Low Clusters.
Our last batch of honey this year was cloudy probably because it went through a commercial extractor that hadn't been cleaned for a while. (See Cloudy Honey for a further explanation.) Apparently (because I'm not certain), commercial beekeepers clarify their honey by heating it as high as 140°F / 60°C* (a process that also delays crystallization). So it doesn't make any difference to them if their extracted honey comes out cloudy; they just heat it. I know I'm still new at this beekeeping racket, but to my thinking, heating honey is bad news no matter how you look at it. Whether the extreme heat of pasteurization that transforms honey into plastic-flavoured grocery store goo, or the lower heat used only to clarify honey, I would think both processes either completely remove or diminish the compounds in the honey that preserve the unique floral flavours and aromas. I wonder if I'm correct in that thinking.
I don't fault commercial beekeepers who have little choice but to meet market demands. The market for some reason demands honey that always looks clear and pretty on grocery store shelves, even if it means destroying most of the natural and beneficial properties of the honey. But given the choice, I'd pick the unprocessed honey every time. Why? Because it's about a billion times better than honey that's had everything that was ever good in it heated and filtered out of it. Not that every beekeeper who heats their honey is ruining their honey. 40°C, if that's typical, doesn't seem extreme. But 60°C does.
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(It's a slow news day here at Mud Songs.) I know everyone has been on edge waiting for the results of the Cloudy Honey taste test. Does clarifying a jar of cloudy honey in a bowl of hot water destroy the floral flavours and aromas? Does it make the honey taste like grocery store goo? I don't know. I haven't done the taste test yet. But stay glued to your computer. We hope to have the results in this weekend. In the meantime, I'll answer another question I'm sure has been on everyone's mind: "Phillip, what are your bees up to these days?" I don't know. But let's find out… Okay, I just got back from taking a few pictures of the bees. Check it out:
|Top entrance from a first-year hive (Dec. 16/11).
Our first batches of honey this year were crushed and strained from foundationless honey supers in September. The honey has pleasant floral aromas and flavours and is mildly sweet, not overpowering. It's easy to take. The honey was cloudy with bubbles when we first bottled it but quickly cleared up and took on the appearance of apple juice and still looks the same today. Our last batch of honey was extracted in October using a local commercial beekeeper's extractor. That honey was cloudy and has remained cloudy. The floral flavours and aromas are dialled down to 8 instead of 10, but are generally unaffected. It's easy to tell what honey came from the extractor, though. Both of these photos were taken today:
|Extracted honey (from October 2011).
|Crushed and strained honey (from September 2011).
So why is the extracted honey cloudy? Well…
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I'm asking because I don't know.
I'm in New Brunswick at the moment. I picked up a jar of honey at a grocery store this morning. The honey is from a local apiary. The label on the honey jar reads "Pure liquid Canadian honey — Canada No. 1 White." And that means… what exactly? Is the honey pasteurized or heated? Is it ultra-filtered? What does "pure liquid honey" actually mean? Whatever it is, it tastes like melted plastic to me, at least when I compare it to the raw honey from our hives.
What is it that makes grocery store honey, even "pure liquid honey," taste more like a bottle of Elmer's Glue than honey? Does heating the honey, whether to pasteurize or clarify it, kill all the goodness in it? Or does large-scale blending of honey from various hives through a single extractor result in a homogenous honey, a honey with a consistent — but bland — flavour?
I don't know. But I sure do like our honey.
UPDATE (Dec. 09/11): Here are some informed responses to this post (much more informed than me anyway): Honey so bland it's boring; So, What is Honey, Really? – Part 2; Pasteurizing honey… whatever for?; So, What is Honey, Really? – Part 3. And if you like that, you might also find this interesting: So is it honey or not?


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While the rest of us were out frolicking in the sun, The New York Times' Upshot blog spent the early part of the summer sussing out which counties in the United States were the easiest and hardest to live in. After a little extra prompting from Google's chief economist, editor David Leonhardt and the Upshot team used Google Correlate to dig into what these groups on either side of the digital divide were searching for online. Some terms — the like "Oprah" and "Super Bowl" – are searched for by just about everyone. As you might've guessed, though, those search terms ultimately diverge… pretty wildly.
In the so-called easiest locales (which scored best when it came to education, median household income, unemployment rate, disability rate, life expectancy and obesity) the terms that correlate most strongly with easy living locations include "elph," "jogger" and "nb-4l". Apparently those who live in well-to-do areas had plenty of questions about Canon digital cameras. And the top three search terms for those living in harder areas? "Free diabetic," "antichrist" and "38 revolver". The list speaks to a dramatic difference in what people concern themselves with when their life circumstances skew in one direction or another. It doesn't take long to notice certain trends popping up, either — technological tidbits pepper the rest of the easy life list, while religious references figure prominently in its rougher counterpart. These particular rabbit holes run deeper than you might think, so it's definitely worth checking out the full Times piece for more.
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After a deal struck following the election turmoil in the Caucasus state of South Ossetia, President Eduard Kokoty is set to step down several hours from now. The opposition pledges to end protests after that. Current Prime Minister Vadim Brovtsev will be the acting President until March 25, when the new election is due to be held. Opposition leader and former candidate All Dzhioeva will be able to run. Kokoity and Dzhioyeva
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The victim, a 75-year old woman, was one of 11 victims of an apparently mentally unstable man, who targeted random people in the south-east of Moscow on Friday. Most of the wounded were elderly citizens, but a child who witnessed the attacks is also being considered a victim. The suspect, who is in police custody, is expected to be court-ordered to submit to psychiatric evaluation.
The Confucius Peace Prize Organization has announced that Vladimir Putin is receiving the award, in light of the "remarkable enhancement of the military might and political status of Russia" during the years 2000 to 2008 – his time as president. The award was launched only last year – as an alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize – and was held a day before the Nobel ceremony in Oslo.
Russia's Central Election Committee has finished up its final ballot count in the country's parliamentary election, which took place this Sunday. In the lead – though with significantly fewer ballots than in the last vote – is the United Russia party, with 238 seats. The runners-up are the Communists, with 92 seats; the Liberal Democrats, with 56; and Fair Russia with 64 seats. The Duma will be made up of the same parties as its last convocation, as no newcomers made it past the 7% barrier. Many in Russia have been protesting the election results, claiming there were major irregularities.
State police say they are confident the gunman who killed a police officer at Virginia Tech acted alone. Forensics have proved the killer used a handgun to murder Officer Cruise before turning the weapon on himself. On Thursday a campus alert went out in Blacksburg with reports of shots fired. Just 4 years ago, Virginia Tech was the scene of the deadliest shooting by a single gunman in US history. 32 people were killed and 25 were wounded by the perpetrator - a mentally-ill senior at the school - before he committed suicide.
Syrian National Council leader Burhan Ghalioun says he has urged the Free Syrian Army, an umbrella group of armed rebels, to rein in operations and stop attacks on government troops. The county risks sliding into a civil war with the official army and military defectors fighting each other, he said. But Ghalioun told Reuters his influence may not be enough. Protests continued in Syria on Friday. Security forces reportedly killed at least eight protesters in Homs. Anti-government rallies held on Fridays will be followed by a general strike starting from this weekend and possibly lasting till the end of year, opposition leaders say.
The son of the late Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has "vigorously denied" plotting to illegally sneak into Mexico, Al-Saadi Gaddafi's lawyer said on Friday. The authorities in that country claimed on Wednesday that he had tried to escape his home country with his family under false names as rebels attacked his father's regime. AP quoted defense lawyer Nick Kaufman as saying that Al-Saadi is grateful to the authorities of Niger for giving him refuge.
Six AMRI hospital officials have been arrested on charges of culpable homicide in India's Kolkata (Calcutta) after a fire killed 89 people on Friday. Subrata Mukherjee, West Bengal state minister for public health, said senior hospital officials had run away after the fire broke out, AP reports. The hospital denied any violations of safety measures. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has "expressed shock and anguish over the loss of lives," his spokesman said.
Nine European Union member states within the common currency zone signed up to a budget and fiscal union at the EU summit in Brussels on Friday. The leaders of countries outside the eurozone – Denmark, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Sweden – agreed to participate in the new phase of integration after consultations with their governments. The move leaves Britain isolated in the EU. UK Prime Minister David Cameron earlier blocked the EU-wide changes. London says the plan proposed by Germany and France may undermine its sovereignty.
A parcel bomb has exploded at a tax collection office in Rome, injuring one person. Police say the bomb went off at midday on Friday at an office of Equitalia, which is charged with collecting taxes, AP reports. On Thursday, German prosecutors said an Italian far-left anarchist organization called Federazione Anarchica Informale had claimed responsibility for a letter bomb sent to Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Josef Ackermann, which was intercepted. The FAI has claimed responsibility for a string of attacks on state organizations in Italy.
Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the utility operating Fukushima's Daiichi plant, has scrapped a plan to dump water it treated for radiation contamination into the sea. The decision followed fierce protests from fishing groups. The day before, Tepco announced its intention to discharge some treated water into the sea as it was running out of storage space. A powerful quake and tsunami struck the Fukushima plant in March, releasing radiation into the atmosphere.
The EU's plans for fiscal union could require a referendum in Ireland, the country's European Affairs Minister Lucinda Creighton said on Friday. She told Reuters there was a 50-50 chance of a referendum going ahead, and said the decision could be made in couple of weeks. After the EU summit on Thursday, France and Germany will work on an intergovernmental treaty among eurozone countries and any others that want to join. Britain refused to accept proposed amendments to the EU treaty.
Moscow will take a decision on whether or not to take part in the next Russia-NATO summit after the presidential elections in March 2012, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said. It is not clear if there will be an agreement on missile defense by May next year, he told Russia 24 TV channel. Ryabkov also said the US and NATO were not ready to take into account Russia's concerns over missile defense, but added Russia is prepared to continue the dialogue. Speaking on another topic, Ryabkov stressed that Moscow has "no evidence about the military component in the Iranian nuclear program," and warned Israel against a military strike on Iran.
Croatia has signed an accession treaty enabling it to join the EU after the bloc's 27 member nations ratify it. Until Croatia becomes a full member, it will be an "active observer" in the EU, its president, Herman Van Rompuy, said. The country is being admitted after seven years of entry talks. The EU delayed the decision because of Croatia's territorial disputes with neighboring Slovenia. Croatia was also urged to arrest war crimes suspects on its territory. Montenegro may receive the green light to open accession talks next June, while Serbia's candidate status may be postponed until next March.
A man injured several people with a knife in southeast Moscow on Friday. Police put the number of wounded at 11, and said one of them died. The knife-wielding man was spotted in the courtyards of two houses on Korneichuk street this afternoon, a police source told Interfax. He attacked a number of passers-by before being arrested. Police say the man was in "inadequate condition" and is suspected to be on drugs. One of those injured is in a serious condition.
The organizers of a protest rally against alleged vote rigging in the State Duma elections have agreed to gather on Bolotnaya Square in central Moscow on Saturday. The Moscow authorities have sanctioned a 30,000 turnout. Opposition groups originally planned to hold a rally on Revolution Square, but had been limited to just 300 people. Organizers have urged protesters "not to yield to provocations," come to Bolotnaya for a peaceful rally and avoid clashes with police. Some opposition leaders will come to Revolution Square but only to direct protesters over to the larger venue.
Up to six peacekeepers have been injured in an explosion in southern Lebanon caused by a roadside bomb. According to local media, a French UN patrol was the target, although the UN Interim Force in Lebanon did not immediately confirm the report. There have been several attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon in recent months, including a roadside bomb attack in July on a UN convoy carrying French peacekeepers.
Israel does not rule out conducting a new military operation in the Gaza Strip, but it will try hard to avoid it, Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said in Moscow on Friday. The past five years have seen 12,000 rockets fired at Israel's southern region, he said, adding that the country must be able to defend its own territory. Some 1,200 Palestinians and 13 Israelis died in an Israeli assault on Gaza in late 2008-early 2009 dubbed Operation Cast Lead. Lieberman said his country is ready to resume dialogue with the Palestinians, but stressed they "have been refusing to negotiate for three years." On Friday, Israeli air forces hit targets in Gaza, killing one civilian and wounding 13 after a fresh volley of Palestinian rockets hit southern Israel.
One police officer has been killed and five other people wounded in an attack on a police car in the Kizlyar district of Dagestan in the North Caucasus. The police car came under fire between the villages of Shaumyan and Kosyakino at around 10:00 pm on Thursday on its way to attend a road accident, Interfax said. Three policemen, the driver and two passengers of another car were injured, and one of the police officers died in hospital later. Police have opened a criminal investigation which could carry charges of an attempt on the life of a police officer.
Islamabad is preparing to deploy air defense weapons on the border with Afghanistan to prevent any more NATO air strikes. Major General Ashfaq Nadeem, director general of military operations, announced the plan, adding that the NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani troops last month was pre-planned, the local media report. Some Pakistani lawmakers speculate the air strike may have been carried out "by the CIA."
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Somalia's capital. It is the first visit by the organization's chief to Mogadishu in years, AP said. This time last year, al-Shabab militants controlled most of the city. The UN chief's visit to war-torn Somali became possible because of the military gains African Union forces have made against the militants. On Thursday, the UN backed Kenya's military operation against the al-Shabab militia in Somalia.
At least 40 people have been killed in a fire at the AMRI hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata (Calcutta), according to Indian police and officials. The fire erupted in the basement of the hospital early Friday morning, the media reported. Some patients were trapped and were suffocated by the fumes, West Bengal Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim said. It took fire brigades five hours to localize the blaze.
The European Union will not seek a change to its treaty in the light of opposition from the UK, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said early on Friday, adding that he respects Britain's stance. An agreement on treaty reform among all 27 member states would have been his preferred option, he said after the first day of a critical EU summit in Brussels. However, a solution will now be sought through an intergovernmental treaty to tighten the bloc's budget policies among the 17 eurozone members, but open to others, Sarkozy said. EU leaders have also sealed a new fiscal pact ensuring tougher budget discipline and agreed to provide up to $268 billion in extra resources to the International Monetary Fund.
Five railway workers in South Korea have been killed and one more seriously injured in a train accident, according to local officials quoted by AP. They were hit by a train early on Friday while they were replacing track sections in preparation for the winter. An investigation into the case has been launched.
Greek Justice Minister Miltiadis Papaioannou has come up with a draft law for reform of the country's judicial system, AP reports. Presenting the proposal on Thursday, he noted that the new rules are to speed up court processes which now in some cases may last for decades. Papaioannou says a new draft law will increase court working hours, streamline some criminal proceedings and shift jurisdiction for consensual divorces to registrars' offices. There are also plans to reduce some most common sources of cases – those including minor assault, threatening behavior and defamation – from misdemeanors to petty offenses, which courts can process much faster. The European Court of Human Rights fined Greece $11.4 million for delays in awarding justice, including one case that took 27 years to conclude.
At the crunch euro EU summit on Thursday, Germany has failed to convince all 27 EU member counties of the need to agree to reform budgeting. So, measures on toughening budget and tax policies that were discussed at the meeting are likely to be considered now only by the 17 eurozone countries. European Council President Herman Van Rompuy who's helped steer the reforms claims they can come in without any changes to the EU's basic agreements and treaties. The Irish Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore however said that while that would be desirable, a referendum may be needed in his country to amend the Lisbon Treaty, the EU's governing rule-book. The need for national approval across the EU with citizens angry at austerity measures could pose significant political challenges to the implementation of budgetary and taxation changes.


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We all should have Ed Liddy's problems.
Ed's the CEO of American International Group (AIG), the insurance giant and this week's bailoutrage. Though kept afloat by $170 billion in taxpayer dollars, Ed still has one big worry that keeps him awake nights: How to retain the AIG staff through all this turmoil. These are people whose derivative trading skills nearly sank the company, taking the global economy with it.
The answer, of course, was bonuses. Big bonuses. Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of bonuses.
By rewarding failure, AIG could set a whole new trend.
For instance, what about Michael Steele, the chair of the Republican National Committee? Get the bonus money ready or they might lose him to Planned Parenthood.
What about some of those southern governors, such as Texas' Rick Perry and Louisiana's Bobby Jindal, who are staving off efforts by the federal government to ease the suffering of their laid-off workers? While jobless families worry about having food on the table and a roof over their heads, Perry and Jindal focus laser-like on a possible burden on business if their states accept money to provide extended unemployment benefits. If not bonus checks, Perry and Jindal are in line for some healthy campaign contributions next election.
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford should get recognition. He rejected $700 million allocated to his impoverished state for education and health care.
And we can't forget the recent rants against earmarks. There should be bonuses for Congressional Republicans who claim they tried to save taxpayers billions of dollars. When the smoke had cleared after debate over the $410 billion spending bill, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said his fellow Republicans "tried to cut the bill's cost" but everyone of their money-saving ideas were ignored. Never mind that six out of the top ten Senate earmark porkers are Republicans—McConnell himself had 53 earmarks costing $73 million.
Doesn't former Gov. Rob Blagojevich (remember him?) deserve a bonus for saving Illinois a costly special election by naming Roland Burriss (remember him?) to the Obama-vacated Senate seat? (That could be a two-fer with Burriss as the pick).
What about CNBC's Jim Cramer who brought an Animal House quality to his financial reporting of Bear Stearns and other Wall Street firms he apparently knew nothing about?
And the SEC certainly deserves a bonus for sleeping through Bernard Madoff's $50 billion Ponzie swindle.
Maybe there should be a special bonus for Twitter. Twittering keeps Congress awake and out of mischief during presidential speeches.
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Sam Sicilia meets newcomer Doo Ho Choi at UFC 173 in May
The UFC's annual Memorial Day weekend card continues to take shape with the addition of a new featherweight contest.
Doo Ho Choi (11-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has signed with the promotion and will make his debut in May against Sam Sicilia (12-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC). UFC officials announced the new booking overnight.
UFC 173 takes place May 24 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main is a middleweight title fight between champion Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.
Chris Holdsworth vs. Kyung Ho Kang set for UFC 173 in May
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The Believer March 2006
When I was six, I stopped eating sweets and forbade my family from using words like "large," "hamburger," or "lunchtime." My parents indulged the phase, thinking up new ways of saying things. A plump friend had diabetes and I wanted to know what that was, but "sugar" and "eating" were off-limits so my mom told me "she has the opposite of what you have."
I was obsessed with the nine-hundred-pound man who had a heart attack in bed and then had to be craned out of his apartment. My sister and I would fantasize about the logistics: did they have to knock down the walls? How did they attach him to the machine? Was he just hanging there for a while? Soon "crane" was not OK, taking on a definition something like "tool used to lift, then dispose of, obese man who has died from eating too much."
I thought of fat people as giggly Santas who weren't quite human. On the old Fat Albert show, the animated hero's stomach is so big and elastic he seems to boomerang around the neighborhood—tripping, falling, walking into people—without a scratch. When he plays the whale in a community theater production of Moby-Dick, his costume explodes and he flies off the stage, squashing the audience.
Last year, embarking on a dozen books with obese protagonists, I imagined I'd come upon more mature ways of thinking about fat. I'd read a couple of Y.A. books about chubby middle-schoolers who got mooed at, but I thought literary novels would be more nuanced, self-righteous—the equivalent of the rallying cry in the 1973 Fat Liberation Manifesto: "FAT PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, UNITE! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE…."
But there's a difference between the politics and literature of obesity. Nomy Lamm, one of the leaders in the size-acceptance movement—a self-described "badass fatass jew dyke amputee"—argues that blubber is largely a matter of genetics, not consumption. In her now defunct '90s 'zine, I'm So Fucking Beautiful, she writes that "Fat is punk! Fat people are rebelling against societal standards!" Yet many overweight characters turned out to be just as complacent and cartoon-like as the ones I imagined hanging from cranes. There's no question about how they got so big. "The smell of pig meat warmed my heart," says Anthony, the hero of Victor LaValle's The Ecstatic, "I wasn't fat because of any thyroid condition."
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North Dakota cattle take flight in Kazakhstan dealTruck by truck, pen by pen, the Fargo Jet Center welcomed – and wrangled – its newest set of passengers onto a waiting jumbo jet Tuesday morning. Somebody call Samuel L. Jackson: We've got cows on a plane.
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Truck by truck, pen by pen, the Fargo Jet Center welcomed – and wrangled – its newest set of passengers onto a waiting jumbo jet Tuesday morning.
Somebody call Samuel L. Jackson: We've got cows on a plane.
The soon-to-be-airborne cattle were the first wave to be shipped in a major export deal between North Dakota's Global Beef Consultants and the government of Kazakhstan.
The Bismarck-based company will supply thousands of cattle to the central Asian nation, which is looking to revitalize its agriculture after decades of decline in the post-Soviet era.
It's the company's first overseas operation – and the first time North Dakota cattle have made their way to Kazakhstan. The company will initially sell 2,040 cattle to Kazakhstan, shipped over the next few months. It hopes to sell more in the next few years.
In the scope of U.S. cattle exports, that's a huge number: This sale alone would have made Kazakhstan the No. 4 importer of U.S. cattle in 2009, and represents more than 3 percent of last year's total American cattle exports, according to data from the U.S. Commercial Service.
"We're very excited about making this project happen," said Bill Price, president of Global Beef Consultants. "It's good for North Dakota. It's good for everybody."
The cattle will be part of a new $50 million feed yard and breeding initiative in Kazakhstan. Price declined to say how much the Global Beef sale was worth.
Kazakhstan, an oil-rich country, has seen its cattle herd dwindle from 35 million in 1991 to 2 million today. North Dakota officials have pushed hard to position the state as a trade partner as Kazakhstan works to rebuild. In 2006, Lt. Gov. Jack Dalrymple led a trade mission to Kazakhstan. A delegation that included the Kazakhstan agricultural minister visited the Big Iron Farm Show in West Fargo in September.
Global Beef first started working on a deal when Kazakh officials visited the state on a trade trip 18 months ago. Dean Gorder, executive director of the North Dakota Trade Office, praised the company for unwinding a litany of logistical, political and financial challenges to make the sale work.
"The complexity of the transaction is very significant," he said.
The Trade Office keeps a full-time representative in Kazakhstan to foster connections between agriculture buyers there and sellers here. Because the two regions share similar weather and soil conditions, North Dakota officials tout livestock bred to thrive here as a natural fit in Kazakhstan.
Tuesday's shipment included about 160 cattle. They'll be accompanied onboard by a veterinarian and a pair of cowboys.
Shane Goettle, commissioner of the state Department of Commerce, said the herd may arrive jet-lagged after the 22-hour trip, but should adjust quickly in a familiar climate.
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Chile are a step closer to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ after they beat South American qualifying group leaders Paraguay 2-0 in Asuncion.
Matias Fernandez opened the scoring after just 14 minutes with a shot from the edge of the box, and nearly doubled the lead ten minutes later when he forced goalkeeper Justo Villar into a great save from his free-kick.
Paraguay nearly drew level on the half-hour mark when Nelson Haedo Valdez' header was cleared off the line by Gary Medel. But shortly after the break Chile consolidated their lead with a headed effort from Humberto Suazo.
Paraguay remain top of the standings with 24 points alongside Brazil, who earlier today destroyed Uruguay 4-0 in Montevideo. Chile move into third place with the win, one behind the leaders and one in front of Argentina, who defeated Colombia 1-0 in Buenos Aires.
Meanwhile, Bolivia played for first time in La Paz since the historic 6-1 victory over Argentina, but they could not live up to such high standards and lost 1-0 to Venezuela thanks to an own goal by defender Ronald Riveros. Riveros put through his own net after a free-kick by midfielder Luis Manuel Seijas in the 32nd minute.
Just over ten minutes earlier Bolivia forward Marcelo Martins missed the chance to put his side ahead from the penalty spot. The evening became worse for Erwin Sanchez' side as both Martins and Leonel Reyes were sent off. Peru take on Ecuador in the final match of the round later today.


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Judge removes US ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab0
US District Judge Lucy Koh has removed the US ban on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. This will allow it to now be continued to be sold in the US after a three month ban.
"The Court agrees with Samsung that the sole basis for the June 26 Preliminary Injunction was the Court's finding that Samsung likely infringed the D'889 Patent. The jury has found otherwise," Judge Lucy Koh's ruling read. "Thus, the sole basis for the June 26 Preliminary Injunction no longer exists. Based on these facts alone, the Court finds it proper to dissolve the injunction."
"We are pleased with the court's action today, which vindicates our position that there was no infringement of Apple's design patent and that an injunction was not called for," Samsung said in a statement.
The court will hang onto the $2.6 million bond Apple gave, which was there just in-case this happened.
Apple and Samsung are expected back in court on December 6th with Apple wanting a US sales ban on eight of Samsung's devices.
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