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1 cup
1 cup
white sugar
1 cup
packed brown sugar
4 cups
all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon
1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
1 teaspoon
baking soda
2 1/2 cups
dates, pitted and chopped
1/2 cup
white sugar
1 cup
1 cup
chopped walnuts
These are such a unique and delicious cookie! The date fulling is like a caramel swirl in the middle. I used half butter and half shortening for more flavor. The dough then needs to be refridgerated so it is firm enought to roll out. It is a soft dough, so I rolled it out on parchment so it would not stick to the counter when I rolled it up. It worked great. I rolled the dough into two 12x12 inch squares before spreading on filling and rolling. I found that the roll actually needed to be put in the freezer for several hours before it was hard enough to cut into nice cookies. I cut then 1/4 inch thick and baked at 350 for 8-9 minutes. They are soft, chewy and wonderful!
The filling is really good and sweet but I wasn't too pleased with the dough. I did as others recommended and refrigerated it overnight but it was a real pain to work with. It cracked big time when I tried to roll out. It was even more difficult to roll up. I'll use the filling recipe again for sure but I think I'm going to see if I can find another recipe for the actual cookie.
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This was my favorite cookie as a child. I could never get enough. We've always made these using crisco and they are nice and soft with a crispy edge. I was taught to divide the dough in half and roll into two jelly-roll shaped pieces. Refrigerate the dough overnight and bake the following day or whenever. The dough will keep for several days in the fridge.
I am always looking for a new cookie recipe and I was delighted these turned out so well. The combination of the dates & walnuts were great. I too only baked about 8 minutes and they were nicely browned on top & bottom. I will be making these often. Thanks for the recipe.
yummy and easy.
i sprinkled mine with powdered sugar. next time i think i will ice them.
did as other reviewers advised,
i refrigerated it before rolling cause the dough was too sticky when first mixed. then take it out and let it sit for a while before rolling it and adding the filling. then throw it in the fridge again for an hour for so. still hard to cut but was pretty fine. as it turned out, the cookies looked really pretty when done!! and tasted nice,too! but if your dates were as sweet as mine, i suggest cutting off some sugar. its overly sweet.
Easy & Sweet, I'll be making them again. thanks
These cookies were wondeful! Thanks for the recipe!
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Amount Per Serving
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The Waukegan Public Library welcomes all students affected by the teacher strike starting Thursday, October 2. While schools are closed, the Library's Children's Department will offer additional activities focused on learning and discovery starting at 10:00am every day. In addition to the free computers and internet, Library staff and volunteers will have homework help, reading areas, worksheets, games, puzzles, and family movies available and nutritious snacks, courtesy of Lewis Fresh Market, will be provided. Parents should note that the library is not able to provide child care or be responsible for unattended children. The Library will make every effort to contact parents/primary caregivers if children become disruptive. In the case that we are unsuccessful, the proper authorities will be summoned.
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Waukegan Library to Host "Day of the Dead" Art Exhibit
Local artist Amy Lynn Ross and Chicago based artist Katrina Davis-Salazar will display diverse mixed media art celebrating the Hispanic holiday "Dia de los Muertos" or "Day of the Dead" at the Waukegan Library's Gallery 128 starting September 27.
In the exhibit entitled "Dia de los Muertos: A Living Documentation", Ross and Davis-Salazar examine the Hispanic holiday and views of life and death from both Hispanic and non-Hispanic viewpoints. The exhibit celebrates the themes of Dia de los Muertos while simultaneously exploring loss and rebirth, memory and celebration, truth and irony, and faith and fate.
Dia de los Muertos takes place on November 1st and 2nd to honor ancestors who have passed and includes dancing, picnicking at grave sites, sugar skulls, and marigolds. This tradition is intended to encourage souls to visit loved ones, comfort the living, and celebrate the dead.
A resident of Gurnee, Ross works as a designer for Sherwin-Williams and is a board member of the Dandelion Gallery in Waukegan. She is a versatile artist who focuses on layering, texture, and iconic images. She is passionate about creating art, community development, art education, and animal rescue and shows her work throughout the Chicagoland area.
Davis-Salazar is a Chicago area free-lance mixed-media painter who also works as a college instructor, muralist, wife, and mother. Her work is driven by a strong belief that the more personal art is the more universal it becomes. Personal life experiences such as loss, illness, and change have shaped her body of work and she explores the human state of being broken and whole simultaneously. Her mediums include acrylic, pastels, ink, charcoal, watercolor, and lace.
"Dia de los Muertos: A Living Documentation" will be on display at the gallery through November 7. Gallery 128 serves as a dedicated exhibit space to showcase the talents of local artists in the library. To learn more about exhibit opportunities, call Rena Morrow at (847) 623-2041, ext. 231.
Decorate your own Sugar Skull for Day of the Dead
For the third year in a row, the Waukegan Public Library will host free Sugar Skull Decorating workshops to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and Dia de los Muertos. Presented by the Academia Cultural Xilotl, three workshops will take place in September and October for all ages.
The Academia Cultural Xilotl is a non-profit and family oriented organization that works to preserve the Mexican and Latin-American culture through history, art, music, and dance appreciation. The organization recognizes that culture and tradition is central to life and society and an understanding of the Mexican & Latin-American culture assists in awareness, discipline, and future values.
Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday that honors ancestors who have passed by decorating gravesites with sugar skulls, marigolds, and food. In the United States, the tradition is also tied to Halloween where sugar skulls are incorporated into Halloween decorations.
The free workshops take place at 6:00 pm on September 22, 29 and October 6 for all ages. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. The skulls are 6"x5" in size. Registration is required, please go to www.waukeganpl.org or call (847) 623-2041.

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I'm super excited about this year's ALA in Anaheim for a number of reasons. I believe this is my 5th ALA conference, and it's in the same place where the first one I attended was (where, incidentally, I got to go for free because I won a little paper contest).
A big reason I'm excited is that it's the first time I'm participating as part of an awards committee. I'm actually not a committee member, but I am the administrative assistant to the Alex Awards, and it has been totally eye opening in terms of how much work the members have put into nominating and reading the titles under consideration. I'm eager to watch the process as members talk about the books in person, since I've only been listening via email so far.
Topping the chart of "things I'm excited about at ALA" is the one I haven't talked too much about: I'm presenting with Jackie on Sunday. We're going to be talking about passive programming for teens in libraries, and this presentation has been over a year in the making. I think the thing that's most exciting about it is we wove the word "subversively" into the title. If you're around Sunday and are looking for a presentation to listen to, it'd be neat if you'd consider ours.
I've got a small list of galleys I hope to snag when I get a minute to check out the exhibits (I think maybe 3 titles are on it). The fun, of course, is finding things I didn't know about and hearing what the publicists are excited about (not always those big budget titles, by the way). If you're going to ALA for the first time, please read my post about ARCs and then check out Sarah's post on convention behavior (who, incidentally, I am so excited to see, too -- the two of us have spent the last 4 conferences "together," but we have never actually had a chance to spend time together ourselves and we are going to this time).
Aside from these things, I've got a list of other things I'm planning on going to and doing, but I'm saving much of that for after the convention to talk about. I've also already packed a copious amount of tea -- I know there will be little or no sleep already.
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Sunken fontanelles are an obvious curving in of the "soft spot" in an infant's head.
Sunken fontanelles; Soft spot - sunken
The skull is made up of many bones. There are seven bones in the skull itself and 14 bones in the face area. They join together to form a solid, bony cavity that protects and supports the brain. The areas where the bones join together are called the sutures.
The bones are not joined together firmly at birth. This allows the head to change shape to help it pass through the birth canal. The sutures gradually gain minerals and harden, firmly joining the skull bones together. This process is called ossification.
In an infant, the space where two sutures join forms a membrane-covered "soft spot" called a fontanelle (fontanel). The fontanelles allow the brain and skull to grow during an infant's first year.
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The fontanelles should feel firm and should curve inward slightly to the touch. A noticeably sunken fontanelle is a sign that the infant does not have enough fluid in his or her body.
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What's up everyone? So about a month ago, I got and installed a SRT8 Petty Garage Strut tower brace. Really nice quality piece and install was a breeze. I could really feel a difference too in handling. Overall I was super pleased. After installing it though, I'm getting an intermitten clunck or clank of mettle and mettle sound. It's pretty light but I can hear it. WHat would cause a clunk after installing a strut tower brace? Any ideas? I've looked all around inside the engine bay and can't see where it would be coming from and below, it's difficult too because naturally I can't be under there and driving at the same time. Anyone have this problem? Any ideas? It's not super noticeable but I can notice it. I might uninstall and cruise to see fi it's still there.
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Do you have BT Devo tops screwed on top? If so, they can make contact with the strut. Try rubber washers as spacers under them to reduce chatter. If no aftermarket tower caps, dunno on the clunk. I have a Razors Edge 4 point front bar and have had zero issues.
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I'm not sure how much clerance u have between the strut brace and your manifold but i had the same problem. But for me, one of my motor mounts was the issue. The motor would raise up and hit the strut brace. Try this, open your hood jump in the car put it in drive and lightly hit the gas while holding the brake. Check if your engine jumps up.. good luck.
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I wrote the code to solve the last "Your turn" problem of chapter 7. I have a question regards to my solution. Please find the code in this gist and the question in the gist's comment. https://gist.github.com/visibletrap/5944509.
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I replied on the gist, but want to capture it here too.
I'm new to Elixir too, so take this with a grain of salt, but I'd do your line 6, for example, like this:
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Police say he was Tasered during a brief foot chase and apprehended, with drugs and paraphernalia located in a subsequent search. David A. Fields, 22, of 832 Chadwell Road, faces numerous charges in the incident, including reckless driving and felony evading arrest. His passenger and girlfriend, Haley R. Gyori, 19, was also arrested at the scene.
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Denver pot proponents plan on unveiling a petition initiative today that would send a question to the voters asking residents to create a new city ordinance designating private adult marijuana possession Denvers lowest police priority.
Citizens for a Safer Denver are looking for a minimum of 4,000 voter signatures to place the initiative on the November ballot, said the groups executive director, Mason Tvert.
Police have every right to use their discretion and refrain from citing people, Tvert said. Police dont cite all people for jaywalking.In 2005, the same group successfully passed Initiative 100 which legalized the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana for Denver residents that are 21 and older.The group reported in April that since I-100 passed, simple marijuana arrests in Denver increased by around 13 percent, according to statistics provided by the Denver Police Department Civil Liability Bureau.Sara TafoyaThe poster girl for this current initiative movement is a 21-year-old Denver college student, Sara Tafoya.Tafoya was arrested and handcuffed for having less than an eighth of an ounce of marijuana after police pulled her car over for driving without its headlights on at night, said Tvert.She was charged with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, having marijuana paraphernalia and not having proper car insurance. Tvert said Tafoyas insurance was accessible in her vehicle, but instead police kept her in a police car for more than 90 minutes while authorities impounded her car. She was then taken to jail and was held overnight before posting $200 bond and paying $300 to retrieve her car from the impound yard.Not guilty plea plannedThe student plans to plead not guilty this morning to the marijuana possession charge, Tvert said. He added that the judge will likely dismiss the failure to have car insurance charge since she had insurance at the time and still has the same insurance.Waste of resourcesFour officers and three patrol cars were on the scene when Tafoya was arrested, Tvert said.Using so many of our citys limited resources to arrest and jail a harmless citizen like Ms. Tafoya is an outrage, said Tvert. This type of incident is a perfect example for why we need to enact this initiative.Tvert said his group will help Tafoya with legal counsel if needed, but that since two other I-100 test cases were dropped by the city, he is not immediately concerned about seeking legal counsel for Tafoya.Smoking in SeattleSeattle voters approved a similar lowest law enforcement priority initiative in 2003 concerning marijuana and the number of pot arrests and prosecutions dramatically decreased in the city, Tvert said.Assistant City Attorney David Broadwell said the Denver City Attorneys office will not comment on the legal merits or the legal force and effect of the proposed initiative.A public review with the proponents and city officials was held last Monday.Tvert is confident that the initiative will inspire local law enforcement to stop making as many simple marijuana arrests. He likened the issue to how police interact with patrons of several bars that Mayor John Hickenlooper owns.Hicken-loopyIf police can refrain from citing people after they leave our Mayors bar a little Hicken-loopy there is no reason why they cant refrain from citing adults who are simply possessing a small amount of pot, Tvert said, noting that public intoxication is illegal. We appreciate that our police are out there working to keep us safe, but we believe they could better spend their time arresting drunk drivers and violent offenders.


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Dina Lohan's lifetime supply of Carvel Ice Cream may have been revoked, but she can have Patton Oswalt's…if the price is right. The voice of Ratatouille, with permission from Carvel, has put his Carvel Black card—one of only 75 in existence!—up on eBay for charity. The Black Card allows the owner to receive $25 worth of Carvel ice cream products a week for the rest of their natural life—more than enough for anyone who isn't Dina. Though the winner will get one with their own name on it (you do have to be present for it's use; your crazy-ass mother can't go in instead), Patton's even throwing in his old card as a memento.
The price is getting rather steep, though. Hovering around $1,000 before TMZ reported on the auction last night, Patton's Black Card is going for $5,000 as of 12:30pm EST. So if the winner eats $25 of ice cream a week, they should start turning a profit in about four years—assuming they're still alive.
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Bremerton, Wash. - The University of New Mexico men's golf team finds itself in ninth place after 36 holes at the PING/Golfweek Preview. The Lobos posted a 25-over-par 304-297=601 for the first two rounds of the prestigious fall event.
New Mexico's 601 is good enough to have the Lobos one stroke ahead of defending NCAA National Champion Texas A&M (302-300=602), one of the five teams ranked ahead of New Mexico heading into the event that the Lobos currently lead.
James Erkenbeck is the low man for New Mexico. Erkenbeck carded a 4-over 76-72=148 on the first day and is tied for 13th place. Fellow Lobo Travis Ross is one shot behind Erkenbeck. Ross shot a 5-over 75-74=149 and is tied for 22nd place.
As for the rest of the Lobos , Nick Geyer (75-76=151, +7) is tied for 29th place, John Catlin (78-75=153, +9) is tied for 47th place and Brandon Putnam (79-77=156, +12) is tied for 61st.
Oklahoma State's Peter Uihlein is the individual leader heading into Monday's final 18 holes with a 4-under 71-69=140.
Oklahoma State is also leading the team competition, having posted a 1-over 290-287=577. Host Washington (295-294=589, +13), Southern California (305-287=592, +16), LSU (299-293=592, 592, +16) and Arizona State (300-293=593, +17) round out the top five.
Putnam tees off first for the Lobos Monday at 9:00 a.m. MST as they start the final round, with Catlin, Geyer, Ross and Erkenbeck to follow every 10 minutes thereafter.


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Created Kids is offered for Preschool-8th grade at 6P on Saturdays and
Preschool-3rd grade at 9A on Sundays in Building 3, Room #308.
MISSION welcomes children (preschool-8th grade) who are developmentally or physically challenged. Our staff are equipped with the education and practical skills to cope successfully with the issues surrounding these children who are not developing typically to teach them about Jesus. Created Kids team members meet directly with parents to review the family profile (intake form) to learn the specific needs of your child prior to attending. This allows the opportunity to ensure a more sucessful experience for everyone! Created Kids is offered for Preschool-8th grade at 6P on Saturdays and Preschool-3rd grade at 9A on Sundays in Building 3, Room #308. Before attending we have a few steps we need you to take so that we can serve you to the greatest of our ability.
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Weight percents have ZERO basis in scientific fact, simple as that. Anyone with the ability to grasp basic logic should be able to see that. So lets see my in shape super conditioned 50 mile horse at 900 lbs can carry less weight than he can now soft and lazy at a 1000 lbs ? Really ? So an 1500lb draft horse with arthritis and a bad back can carry more than an 800 lb arab ? Wow good to know.
FACT over a 10 year study at tevis, (100 mile very hard endurance event) study found ZERO correlation between horse weight and rider weight in completion %, winning %, or pull %, up to and including riders at 32%.Confirmation and preride condition did.
FACT in an era when the average horse was barely 14 hands and probably 800 on a good day. A "Horse weight" was a unit of measure equal to 200 lbs. Used by people who's livlyhood depended on sound horses.
In that era the actual combat horses again 14 hands, were carrying armor and armored soldiers into combat. The giant chargers are a myth. And only used in parades. Actual war horses based on actual stored horse armor again, 14 handish.
Percents, Not a rule of thumb, Not a guideline, Not anything. Simply regurgitated nonsense. Has as much basis in the real world as saying a brown horse can carry more than a white.
Now Im not saying that horse can or can't carry you or anyone else, what I am saying is that his weight has nothing to do with it.


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Liberty Misspent
September 06, 2011
Nicole Gelinas
Political use of rebuild bonds
To see how thoroughly New Yorks pre-9/11 culture infected the citys "recovery," look at what happened to the Liberty Bonds that the feds awarded us for rebuilding.
After the attacks, President George W. Bush and Congress delivered $20.5 billion in aid -- including up to $8 billion in Liberty Bonds to build real estate.
No government (federal, state or local) guaranteed the bonds repayment. But the bonds are exempt from all taxes. Since the investors who buy the bonds dont have to pay such levies, they dont mind making lower interest -- saving the companies money.
The feds gave up $1.2 billion in tax revenue for this purpose; the city and state gave up less but still tens of millions.
(Tax-exempt bonds werent the best vehicle for rebuilding, by the way; the Port Authority, which bears much of these costs, can already borrow tax-exempt. But our senators didnt ask for the same amount of aid in another form.)
Mayor Bloomberg and then-Gov. George Pataki chose the companies that would get the bonds. Youd think theyd have used the vast majority of the funds to defray the huge cost of One World Trade Center and its other rebuilding commitments. In fact, just $3.8 billion -- 59 percent -- went to the WTC, the citys Independent Budget Office reported last week.
Of that, WTC developer Larry Silverstein got about $3.1 billion, reasonably enough, to build 7 World Trade and his other buildings. (The Port Authority will end up guaranteeing some of Silversteins debt, after all, as the rebuilding financing grows ever more tangled.) The Port Authority itself took about $701.6 million.
Who got the rest?
* Goldman Sachs: $1.7 billion for its downtown tower.
* The Durst family: $650 million for the Bank of America building -- in Midtown.
* Developer Forest City: $90.8 million for the Bank of New York Mellon building -- in Brooklyn.
The remainder went toward smaller projects -- most having nothing to do with 9/11 rebuilding. Oh, and the National Sports Museum got $52 million to open in Lower Manhattan in 2008 -- and promptly defaulted on its bonds.
The whole debacle shows how New York turned a straightforward -- if tragic -- job into a complicated and tragicomic one.
Albany and City Hall should have laser-focused on cleaning up the Ground Zero site. They and the Port Authority should have quickly rebuilt flood protection, transit and other supporting structures, and built a simpler memorial -- and then turned the job of building towers to Silverstein. If he couldnt do the job, rebid it to someone else.
Instead, New York squandered time and money doling out favors.
Has the result made us stronger? Consider the companies that benefited from these Liberty Bond subsidies:
* Bank of America: Its stock was down more than 8 percent Friday. The companys 2008 purchase of subprime mortgage giant Countrywide Financial may turn out to be fatal.
* BoNY Mellon: It lost its CEO last week. Among other problems, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman wonders whether BoNY Mellon dealt fairly with its investors in a complex mortgage deal it did with BofA.
Goldman is, well, Goldman. But it faces questions about whether investment banks will be as profitable in the next decade as they were in the last.
If Goldman, BofA and BoNY Mellon dont do well, no amount of subsidies will save their jobs in Gotham. Connecticut is discovering that fact about UBS, the Swiss bank that got goodies to locate in Stamford but is now stumbling.
If the banks do well, theyll have no choice but to be here.
And if theyre worried about terrorists destroying their businesses and killing their workers, a few hundred million in subsidies wont make that prospect attractive.
That is, the companies will need to be here -- but only if New York does well. If the city keeps crime down, keeps transit and roads in good shape and delivers reasonable public services, developers will want to build buildings -- with or without government subsidy. Theyll want to collect rent from the businesses who find New York the place to be.
Those businesses might be Goldman -- or companies weve never heard of.
But if New York hands out subsidies at the expense of doing basic jobs -- as it has with its 9/11 resources -- the subsidies wont be enough.
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I have a hard time even giving them even 3 stars really. I don't understand why they are praised so much and maybe it's just me. I bought them only by recommendations of other people. The base-plate is nice, heel hoop sweet, ratchets and high-backs are awesome but there are a couple design flaws IMO. The toe straps suck and did not fit 3 different boots I own at all. They would slip no matter how much I cranked them. The plastic un-attached hoop of the toe cup doesn't really tighten to anything and should be smaller. Also the screws that retain the ladders and straps, if you run them loose enough to swing around they will eventually unscrew themselves from swinging your straps up and down. It happened to me after 3 days. I traded mine to a friend and sure wish they fit his toe's and he has better luck with them than me!! Oh and I won't write a review unless I have actually used a product in it's function. I read so many binding reviews talking about how they were on your carpet...blah! Take them to the hill or don't waste the time writing!!!
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Examine drawings of some of the specimens collected by the crew of HMS Challenger as you browse the original report from the expedition.
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Starting in East London and winding its way under Hornchurch, West Ham and Bow, the District Line then goes on to cover many of London's most famous places along the north bank of the Thames, before heading into Kensington and branching off in four different directions. We've created the map below to help you get the most out of your visit.
Tower of London (Tower Hill)
Arguably one of London's most historic locations, the Tower of London is famous for two things. Firstly, the Crown Jewels are stored here, and visitors can go and see the 23,578 gems in all their glory, including the majestic Imperial State Crown that is worn for royal coronations. Secondly, the Tower has a rather grisly history as a prison and place of execution, with famous former inmates including Sir Walter Raleigh, Anne Boleyn and Guy Fawkes.
Bank of England Museum (Mansion House)
A little further along, the District Line enters the City, home of course to the infamous financial district. The Bank of England itself is not far away, but the entertaining museum offers a reminder of the country's previous financial trials. Particularly interesting revelations include how the Bank managed the debts built up during WWI, and the start of the Bank's independence in 1997.
The tube station takes its name from Mansion House itself, an old Georgian palace that was originally built for the Lord Mayor to serve as a grand symbol of the City. Tours are every Tuesday at 2pm and cost £6, although these are subject to changes and cancellations so it is best to check the Mansion House website beforehand.
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Probably one of the most popular getting-off points in London, Westminster is certainly one of the most popular tourist areas in London. The Houses of Parliament and the iconic Big Ben are the centre of attention, with Westminster Bridge an excellent vantage point for a decent view. Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral can also be found here, while you can also see over the river to the London Eye.
St James's Park
One of London's best known Royal Parks, St James's Park offers an excellent walk for those wishing to access Buckingham Palace. Visitors can wander through the attractive greenery and enjoy the wildlife, including squirrels and the famous pelicans that like of the lake at the centre of the park.
Cross over the bridges to get fantastic views of the city in both directions. The royal history of the park has been covered in more detail elsewhere on the Hotels-London blog, while Horse Guards Parade at one end of the park will host the beach volleyball event at the Olympics this summer.
Natural History Museum, Science Museum, V&A (South Kensington)
After passing through the transport hub of Victoria and the upmarket boutique shopping district of Sloane Street, the District Line arrives at South Kensington. This area is highly regarded for its trio of excellent museums. The Natural History Museum and Science Museum are endlessly fascinating, while the more artistic items at the Victoria & Albert Museum are equally worthy of a visit. Once again, these museums have been discussed in detail on our blog.
Kew Gardens
Upon reaching Earls Court, the District Line goes one of four ways. Passengers can go north to Earls Court Exhibition Centre, or south to Wimbledon. Alternatively, the can continue along until the line forks again, heading to Ealing to the north and Kew Gardens to the south.
Whilst Wimbledon is probably the most famous location here, it is only really the centre of attention for two weeks a year, and its sporting purpose is fairly widely known. The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, however, are open all year round, and offer an excellent day out for all the family. Visitors can enjoy a tropical rainforest atmosphere in the many glasshouses that care for the exotic plant life, while the exciting Tree Top walkway is just one of many further attractions in the gardens' 300 acres.
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Release date: September 2008
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Screenplay: S.R. Bindler, Cory Van Dyke
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Alexie Gilmore, Jeffrey Nordling, Sarah Wright, Zachary Knighton, Todd Stashwick, Nathan Phillips, Ramon Rodriguez, Travis Fimmel, K.D. Aubert, Brooke Allison, Nancy Fish, Cassandra Hepburn, Stacy Stas, Willie Nelson
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Surfer, Dude tells the tale of a soul-searching surfer who is experiencing an existential crisis. McConaughey stars as Steve Addington a throwback to the '70s: Peace, love, and a righteous wave – who finishes a world surf tour and returns to his hometown of Malibu. At first, it's a great reunion but reality quickly sets in.
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The Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing professor took this crafty squirrel strategy and applied it to robots. His detailed research was published in this month's IEEE Intelligent Systems, funded by the Office of Naval Research.
Arkin's robot succeeded in luring a "predator" robot to a fake location, delaying the exposure and seizure of the resources it was tasked to protect.
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Excellent ideas, Garlic is sooo good when eroasted. I use the microwave, a glass measuring cup a handful of peeled Garlic cloves, pick off the woody part , cover with small microwave safe dish. 1-2 min on high power. Olive oil is good also with this or just plain. Stick with tooth pick and enjoy.
On the grill. Put peeled Garlic cloves into a small foil baking pan, drizzle with your favorite oil, sprinkle some Italian seasoning (salt free). Wrap in foil, set on grill near fire. Roast 5-10min. When adding meat to grill open foil and move to back of grill, garlic wil have a smokey flavor. Spread onto bread, or just pile ontop a fershly grilled steak, slab of fish, pork, chicken.
I have bad luck with baked/roasted garlic it seems. With this one, I dont think the little garlic had nearly enough time to cook. It took forever to get the garlic soft. After about 50 mintues, I took it out and it -was- tasty! I guess I'll just have to raise the temp. slightly and let it cook for more time. Thanks!
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this was delicious! We spread it on toasted bread and on pizza dough before making pizza. One suggestion: The time amount is WAY off. It needs about 45 minutes in the oven to get a soft, clove and mild, sweet flavor.
I thought it turned out great, after I cooked it twice as long. I took a few and mashed it with butter, pepper, and garlic salt and added a little to popcorn. It was actually verrryy good. Also, I know an easy way to get the garlic stench off your hands: rinse your hands under cool water while rubbing a metal utensil (butter knife or spoon). Sounds silly, but I swear it works!
The time was way off for me too. I ended up slow roasting it at 250 for about 50 minutes and it turned out soft and delicious.
The timing depends on the size of garlic head you are using, so be sure to poke a clove with a toothpick at the minimum recommended time and every 5-7 minutes thereafter until it's as soft as you like it.
Who knew this was so easy?? I used my roasted garlic in the "Garlic Mashed Potatoes Secret Recipe" instead of raw garlic - to die for!! You could definitely get away with alot less oil! Really terrific to know how to do this!
i just felt like the temperature wasn't high enough. after 20 minutes, the garlic didn't look cooked at all. i let it cook about 20 more minutes, and it still wasn't very roasted. i ate it anyway b/c i was tired of waiting. but next time, i think i'll try a much higher temperature.
I normally use Method 1, but tried the 2nd methold this time. It worked very well. I didn't know that you can roast garlic this way. Thanks for the post.
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Calories: 81
Calories from Fat: 61
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Final funds push begins for South Portland oil terminal murals
SOUTH PORTLAND — Since late 2009, millions have driven, boated or flown by the Sprague Energy oil terminal in South Portland.
And all those passersby have had an eyeful of the geometric designs painted on the sides and tops of three giant fuel tanks.
Now the Maine Center for Creativity, the organization behind the highly visible display, is starting the last round of fundraising for the project, Art All Around. The goal is to raise the last $350,000; so far, MCC has raised more than $950,000.
Painting started at the oil terminal nearly two years ago, after Venezuelan artist Jaime Gil was named the winner of an international design contest. This month, a team of industrial painters from AMEX — a Worcester, Mass.-based painting company with an office in Portland — will begin painting another tank.
Jean Maginnis, founder and executive director for MCC, said when the project is complete it will be the world's largest piece of public art. Some 261,000 square feet of fuel tank will be covered in paint — eight full tanks and the tops of eight more. Maginnis said the project was designed with a Google Earth-level view in mind.
"Very interesting people have given to this project," Maginnis said, and not just in the hundreds of thousands of dollars donated. Web, design, writing, public relations and legal service providers have all donated countless hours of work toward the project, she said.
"This project has really engaged the community," Maginnis said.
Engagement is a central focus, for both the project and in Gili's design.
"Putting art and industry together makes for an unusual dichotomy that sparks more energy and economic revitalization," Maginnis said. "We can transform our community by putting art and industry together."
In 2009, Gili described his design as "like an explosion in your eye." Lines and colors intersect on a giant scale on the round canvases. As the observer moves around the work — by train, plane, boat or car — the shapes move and change.
"The shapes take a different perspective depending on where you are, how fast you're moving," Maginnis said. "The artist was very conscious of making a design that kept people engaged."
There is no deadline for Art All Around to be complete, Maginnis said. Fundraising will be one determining factor, but so will the weather. Rolf Westphal of Sprague Energy said it takes crews of painters four to six weeks to finish a tank, and humid weather causes problems.
But Maginnis is optimistic the funding will come through and the project will be completed.
"We think Maine is a place that values quality," she said.


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|Being a Born-Again Biker in Brum
1952 ~ 2002: The End of an Era?
My first experience of motor cycling came around 1952, when I was about 16.
I used to visit a friend in Great Barr (the other side of town from Bournville,
where I then lived), Michael Guest, whom I had met at the Midlands Branch of
the British Interplanetary Society, which I had just joined. He had built a
telescope, through which I was able to obtain my first glimpses of the Moons
craters and Saturns rings ~ magic! But I had to travel over there
by bus; not an easy journey. However, on one occasion Walter Harris was there.
Walter also had a telescope, and lived about half a mile from me, in Mulberry
Road, and he had a motorbike: at first just a moped, but then he got,
I think, a BSA 250 (maybe 500 ~ it seemed big, and black of course), and
one night he offered me a lift home on his pillion.
Anything was better than that bus journey, so I accepted, with some trepidation.
It was scary, but I quickly found that I enjoyed it ~ loved it, in fact!
So I made sure that in future I got a lift from Michaels whenever I could.
In 1954, at 18, I joined the RAF for National Service, and after basic training
was sent to train in the Medical Branch (this came as a result of the fact that
my lab job was in the Pharmacy Department ~ I never wanted to be
a nurse!). But after training I was posted back to my square-bashing camp, RAF
Hednesford, up on Cannock Chase. After some months a new Dispenser was posted
into my billet, Alan Ainsley, and he had permission to keep his motor cycle
on camp. We became friends, and he quite often took me into the local towns,
Cannock or Rugeley, on the back of his bike. Of course, I never had a helmet
or anything; I just rode in my uniform or civvies.
The feeling of being on the road for the first time, on your own and under
power, is indescribable! There was just room to garage it in the lean-to veranda
of our house. (Today, I wonder how it, and later, bigger machines, ever went
through the door, but they did.) Of course, I was soon going to work on it;
there was a large motor cycle shed on Cadburys car park, and I met other
bikers there, with machines of all sizes and shapes. I passed my test at the
second attempt. The first time it was raining and I was too slow with my emergency
stop, on that slippery road. Well. . .
I went out for rides on the local roads, and generally enjoyed my new freedom. My friend Barry Soden got an old BSA 250, and we went out on our bikes together. His kept breaking down. But it did inspire me to get a bigger machine myself, and I traded in mine for another Francis Barnett, but a 225cc. While still a two-stroke, its exhaust had an impressive, staccato blat. On this I went down to Seaton in Devon for a holiday, while my parents went down on the train. On the beach there I met a very nice girl called Wendy, who taught in a local school and rode a scooter with L plates, and gave her lessons!
Another year I went to stay in Colwyn Bay, alone, and it was here that, unknown
to me until later, an inexperienced young garage attendant put Red-X into my
fuel tank instead of two-stroke oil when I asked him for "two gallons and
two shots". The result was that I was roaring along the nice straight
road alongside the estuary when, with a nasty screech, my engine seized up
I was able to de-clutch, get out of gear and coast to a halt, and asked a passing
motorist to call the AA, which I had wisely joined. (Back then, AA men rode
yellow motorbikes with a sidecar, and saluted you as they passed if you had
an AA badge. Ah, those were the days!) He said I should be OK to get home,
to take it carefully, as it would need a re-bore.
It was never the same after that, seeming to lack power, and around that time
(1959) John Richards, who lived just around the corner in Old Barn Road but
was away, I think, at university, came home on a gleaming Triumph 21. I fell
in love with that at once; the only 350cc twin four-stroke on the road, it was
a metallic silver-blue, and he had a full Avon fairing of the same colour. I
couldnt afford it, but I wanted one, and started looking around, only
to find that this model was like gold-dust. Eventually a friend of Dads,
who seemed to have contacts, told me to go to Shovelbottoms
on Ladypool Road, who were due to have one delivered.
The engine had a muted but powerful note, and I used to delight in coasting
down New Street to where pedestrians would always be crossing against
the lights on the corner of Corporation Street, then pressing my horn
button and watching them scatter (expecting at least a Rolls Royce) as I opened
the throttle to roar around the corner. What a tearaway! I also got one of the
new semi-dome helmets, which, also in silver-blue, looked much more
cool than the old bullet shape. They still didnt have visors,
but I got prescription lenses put into some aviator-style goggles.
Around this time a number of school-leavers joined Cadburys General Office.
They were all six or seven years younger than me, and by this time I had been
promoted to Head Office, where I got to be in charge of, and design,
stationery, among other things. But Ian Elliott (who had gone to my school,
Kings Norton Grammar ~ his older brother Graham was briefly in my class)
had a Lambretta scooter, and Roger Parkes had a 350cc Ariel Red Hunter.
I dont think Bob Palser had a vehicle at that time, and Brian Grainger
never had a bike while I knew him, as he had a car (wow); an Austin A30. But
we all hit it off, and used to go out to the Fleur de Lys at Lowsonford, which
at that time was the only place you could get the steak-and kidney (and chicken-and-mushroom)
pies of that famous name (1s 6d), calling ourselves the Kidney Klub. I still
had the 225cc when they first appeared on the scene, but on the day I arrived
at the car park on my new Triumph 21 they all gathered around in admiration.
We talked of all having identical Triumph 21s ~ perhaps persuading Triumph
to fund us to tour the USA to promote them. Fat chance. . .
After a while Ian and Bob (traitors!) each bought an Ariel Leader, which was the new 250cc two-stroke twin, with a completely enclosed engine and unique buzzing engine note. They also left behind them a blue smoke-screen from the two-stroke oil. Roger, on the other hand, bought a Triumph 500cc Speed Twin, which was a twin of mine except for its bigger engine and maroon colour. So we never had those identical machines, but we did ride out together, to places like Stratford-upon-Avon and Stourbridge or Bridgenorth. And, of course, to the Fleur de Lys; we never thought anything of having a pie and a few pints and then riding home. I used to go to scrambles at Feckenham or Rollswood with Howard Dorrell (from the office at Cadburys), where we acted as marshals for Kings Norton Motor Cycle Club, keeping spectators off the track, picking up fallen riders, and so on.
In December 1959 Ian and I got tickets to see a recording of the Goon Show in London. We set off in late afternoon, Ian on my pillion, to go on that new-fangled M1 (which we actually loved, in those days), but while still on the A45 we saw frost sparkling on the road. Not fancying the journey back on an icy motorway and roads, we stopped instead at a roadside café, had a coffee and listened to Fats Domino singing Be My Guest on the jukebox before going home. The funny thing was that when Bluebottle (Peter Sellers) appeared on that show, he said sadly: "Hello everybody. Ooh ~ one, two, three, four. . . not many in tonight, are there?"
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Algaewheel, Inc. President Chris Limcaco his company is helping to create an algae industry.
An Indiana company is planning to build a facility in Cedar Lake that uses algae to treat municipal wastewater. The process creates a sludge that byproduct that can be utilized to produce electricity, heat and biofuel. Indianapolis-based Algaewheel, Inc. President Chris Limcaco says the system uses about half the energy of a conventional wastewater treatment plant. He says a pilot system has been in plane in Whitestown since 2004. It has confirmed energy savings in electrical costs and the treatment of the water is as good or better than a traditional facility. Limcaco says a groundbreaking on the Cedar Lake project should take place this year. It would be the first municipal wastewater treatment plant to use the company's algae technology.
Source: Inside INdiana Business
Press Release
CROWN POINT, INDIANA, Jun. 11 - Algaewheel, Inc. announced today that they will be submitting a proposal to build a facility in Cedar Lake, Indiana that uses algae to treat municipal wastewater and uses the sludge byproduct to produce electricity, heat, and biofuel. Christopher Limcaco, President of Algaewheel, announced that Algaewheel has partnered with Thieneman Construction to develop and design the proposal. Algaewheel President Christopher Limcaco praised town officials for their forward-thinking and responsible leadership, stating "Cedar Lake officials are demonstrating both fiscal and environmental awareness by soliciting the proposal, and Algaewheel is excited about the opportunity."
The continued growth of Cedar Lake has necessitated the construction of a new wastewater treatment facility. The new facility will be capable of treating an estimated 2.25 million gallons of wastewater per day, and will serve the residents on the west side of Cedar Lake. Algaewheel's bid will be submitted by July 7th, 2008, and the successful bidder should be identified by September 7th, 2008. Construction of the new facility should begin this year and be completed by the end of 2009.
The ground-breaking facility would include a patented type of algae production. Invented by Algaewheel's President, Christopher Limcaco, the process uses specially designed wheels that maximize algae production and automatically harvest the algae. The wheel, which has been in development for 13 years, quadruples the surface area available for algae production as compared to a stationery algae tank, which significantly reduces the footprint of the facility.
The algae are a component of the system that treats and filters the wastewater by removing certain contaminates, such as phosphorous, and breaking down solids. According to Limcaco, "the system is basically an algae farm using the wastewater as fertilizer". The resulting sludge is a mixture of wastewater solids and algae. This mixture is then thermally treated using a process similar to gasification, a technology that has been around for years. During the thermal process, oils are removed from the sludge mixture in stage one, and the remaining solids are gasified to produce electricity and high grade fertilizer in stage two.
The system has numerous environmental and cost benefits. First, the carbon dioxide emissions generated by the thermal process are looped back into the Algaewheel system where the algae thrive on the gas, which gives the system a negative carbon footprint, and potential carbon credits. Second, the use of algae in the filtration and treatment process also reduces the need for some chemical-based treatments. Third, the energy produced by the system is used in the operation of the facility in the form of heat and electricity, and depending on the size of the facility, it is possible to generate excess energy that could be sold to the electric grid. Fourth, oils extracted from the wastewater sludge and algae mixture can be used to produce bio-fuel. Lastly, the solid byproducts are 95% less than a traditional system because the only byproduct of the process will be a small amount of solids which can be used as high grade fertilizer. The fertilzier is safe to transport and easy to dispose as compared to the traditional handling of wastewater sludge byproduct, which often involves transporting and dumping hundreds of tons of sludge on farm fields or in a landfill.
The combination of reduced chemical usage, self-contained energy production, and minimal byproducts delivers a remarkably environmentally friendly and cost efficient system. In fact, the operating and maintenance expenses of this type of facility are less and tend to be much more stable over the facility's useful life because part of the energy costs and the treatment costs are not subject to the price fluctuations of energy and chemicals. According to Limcaco, the operating and maintenance cost of an Algaewheel plant can be up to 30 percent less than a similarly-sized traditional facility. To top it all off, the useful life of the facility is estimated at 30 years, which is about 30% greater than traditional facilities.
Cedar Lake and the surrounding area is a fast-growing community of about 35,000 residents and lies a few miles south of Crown Point, Indiana. It is the home of one of Indiana's largest natural lakes, which made the town a hugely popular vacation destination in the early 1900's. However, as travelers became more mobile and able to reach more distant destinations, the town's resort status waned. Recently the town has experienced a surge in development as people have sought out more appealing real estate and good school districts.
Thieneman Construction is a privately-held company based in Crown Point, Indiana. The company is a multi-disciplinary contractor that specializes in the construction of wastewater treatment and ancillary facilities. It is one of the largest specialty wastewater construction companies in the Midwest. See www.thienemanconstruction.com.
Algaewheel is a privately-held company based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company specializes in delivering cutting-edge algae-based solutions for wastewater treatment, renewable energy, carbon dioxide capture, and aquatic life. See www.algaewheel,com. Algaewheel's on-site wastewater treatment solutions are distributed by Oldcastle, Inc. See www.oldcastleprecast.com.


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August 1, 2015 by Brian Kalchik
If you own Arian Foster in any of your leagues, here are five team names that you should use. Read More
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July 30, 2015 by Julie Swartz
Steve Smith Sr. proved in 2014 that age is only a number. Can he back that up with another big season for fantasy football owners?. Read More
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With Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels scheduled to give the Republican response to President Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, he'll join a long list of other politicians who have given responses to presidents' addresses during the past 46 years. Below are those governors, members, and others who gave the official responses to State of the Union addresses, based on information from the House of Representatives' Office of the Clerk:
Lyndon Johnson
Sen. Everett Dirksen, R-Ill., and Rep. Gerald Ford, R-Mich.
This was the first organized televised State of the Union response.
Dirksen and Ford
- Rep. William Steiger, R-Wis.
- Sen. Thomas Kuchel, R-Calif.
- Rep. Ford
- Sen. Charles Percy, R-Ill.
- Rep. Richard Poff, R-Va.
- Rep. George Bush, R-Texas
- Rep. Robert Mathias, R-Calif.
- Sen. Howard Baker, R-Tenn.
- Sen. Hugh Scott, R-Pa.
- Sen. John Tower, R-Texas
- Rep. Charlotte Reid, R-Ill.
- Sen. Peter Dominick, R-Colo.
- Rep. Albert Quie, R-Minn.
- Rep. Melvin Laird, R-Wis.
- Sen. Robert P. Griffin, R-Mich.
- Sen. George Murphy, R-Calif.
No response to President Johnson's speech, which was delivered six days before President Nixon's inauguration.
Richard Nixon
- Sen. William Proxmire, D-Wis.
- Rep. Donald Fraser, D-Minn.
- Senator Mike Mansfield, D-Mont.
- Sen. Henry "Scoop" Jackson, D-Wash.
- Sen. Edmund Muskie, D-Maine
- Rep. Patsy Mink, D-Hawaii
- Rep. John McCormack, D-Mass.
Sen. Mansfield
- Sen. Proxmire
- Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho
- Sen. Thomas Eagleton, D-Mo.
- Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas
- Rep. Leonor Sullivan, D-Mo.
- Rep. John Melcher, D-Mont.
- Rep. John Brademas, D-Ind.
- Rep. Martha Griffiths, D-Mich.
- Rep. Ralph Metcalfe, D-Ill.
- Rep. Carl Albert, D-Okla.
- Rep. Hale Boggs, D-La.
No response. Inauguration of President Nixon.
Sen. Mansfield
Gerald Ford
Sen. Hubert Humphrey, D-Minn., and Rep. Carl Albert, D-Okla.
Sen. Muskie
No response to President Ford's final annual message.
Jimmy Carter
Sen. Baker and Rep. John Rhodes, R-Ariz.
Sen. Baker and Rep. Rhodes
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, and Rep. Rhodes
Ronald Reagan
No response. Inauguration of President Reagan on Jan. 20.
- Sen. Donald Riegle, D-Mich.
- Sen. James Sasser, D-Tenn.
- Rep. Al Gore, D-Tenn.
- Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va.
- Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.
- House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill, D-Mass.
- Sen. Gary Hart, D-Colo.
- Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md.
- Sen. J. Bennett Johnston, D-La.
- Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif.
In a prerecorded televised program:
- Sen. Byrd
- Sen. Paul Tsongas, D-Mass.
- Sen. Bill Bradley, D-N.J.
- Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.
- Rep. Tom Daschle, D-S.D.
- Rep. Barbara Kennelly, D-Conn.
- House Speaker O'Neill
- Rep. George Miller, D-Calif.
- Rep. Les AuCoin, D-Ore.
- Rep. Paul Simon, D-Ill.
- Rep. Timothy Wirth, D-Colo.
- Rep. W.G. "Bill" Hefner, D-N.C.
- Sen. Biden
- Sen. David Boren, D-Okla.
- Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich.
- Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.
- Sen. Byrd
- Sen. Clairborne Pell, D-R.I.
- Sen. Walter Huddleston, D-Ky.
- Rep. Dante B. Fascell, D-Fla.
- Rep. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa
- Rep. William Gray, D-Pa.
- House Speaker O'Neill
- Rep. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.


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Vladimir Putin is putting the finishing touches on a second retaliation for American legislation targeting Russian human rights abusers. After the U.S. passed the Magnitsky Act, banning American entry of Russian officials involved in the brutal prison death of a whistleblower, Putin responded by having his allies push through a ban on American adoption of Russian children. This was a particularly cruel act, since Americans are the ones who usually adopt disabled Russian children; Putin was gratuitously punishing the young and disabled.
But Putin has since added another ban on Americans in retaliation for the Magnitsky Act, since one was not enough to fully convey Putin's disdain for human rights. And this one is a list of his own: now finalized, the "Guantanamo list" bans certain Americans from entering Russia, and it is centered on the supposedly "medieval" conditions of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. According to one Russian official, however, calling it the "Guantanamo list" is merely a convenient categorization; "It's a label," Russia's deputy minister of foreign affairs told Bloomberg. "Like Johnnie Walker." And true to form, Putin's version of the list was constructed without much actual concern for human rights, as the Washington Times reports:
He said the additions to the list included "judges, investigators, justice ministry officials and special service agents" who had participated in the prosecution of Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer, and Konstantin Yaroshenko, a convicted drug smuggler.
Bout, whose nickname is the "merchant of death" and who was apparently the inspiration for Nicolas Cage's character in Lord of War, is a legend in the world of illicit arms dealing. Russia has fought Bout's extradition to the U.S. after he was finally arrested in Bangkok in 2008, probably because Bout knows a thing or two the Kremlin would like to remain under wraps. The Russian government's links to Russian arms dealers are well known, and at the very least it is thought to be impossible for Bout to carry out his work without acquiescence from Putin. But according to Bout's biographer Douglas Farah, sometime around 2005 "Putin imposed control on intelligence services. Bout goes from being an outside operator, from being a freelance operator, to being part of the system."
Speaking of Bout's arrest, here is Colum Lynch's description of the sting operation that nabbed him:
During a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sting operation in Bangkok in March 2008, the alleged arms dealer, known as the Merchant of Death, was caught on tape describing his plan to sell millions of dollars in weapons to the Colombian rebel group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to "kill American pilots."
Bout claimed he never intended to follow through; a jury tossed his defense right back at him attached to a 25-year prison sentence. And while the plan Bout facilitated was designed to end with the shedding of American blood, this is far from a U.S.-Russia bilateral issue. Lynch describes some of Bout's history:
The Security Council imposed a travel ban on Bout in March 2004 and later froze his financial assets for his alleged role in supplying arms to former Liberian leader Charles Taylor, who was tried for war crimes by a U.N.-backed court. "[B]etween 1996 and 2008, BOUT had the capacity to transport large-scale military machinery, as well as extensive stores of weapons to virtually any location in the world," read a 2009 federal indictment by the U.S. attorney from the Southern District of New York.
Putin is believed to want Bout back in a Cold War-style prisoner swap, but chances for that are dim. There is also the possibility that the Guantanamo list was drawn up and expanded six-fold because the adoption ban has provoked an outcry from Russian protesters, media, and human rights groups. Opponents of the ban hope it will be quietly dropped at a later date, and thus the Guantanamo list will stand as the official mode of Russian retaliation.
But there is also a good chance that both bans will stand. Putin is quite obviously attempting to create bargaining chips to nudge along the second-term "flexibility" President Obama promised him before the election. And as shameless and reprehensible as they are, these moves demonstrate a certain amount of weakness on Putin's part; if he had the means to challenge the U.S. in other, more substantial ways, he would most likely employ them. Nonetheless, the Obama administration's attempts to patch up relations with Russia have failed repeatedly and spectacularly. Putin's bad faith suggests the administration's diplomatic time and effort would be better spent elsewhere.


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