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These melt-in-your-mouth lemon cookies are my favorite. You start with a cake mix, so they're easy to make and oh, so lemony. Unlike some cookies, these stay moist for days. They also freeze well for up to three weeks. Allow to cool completely before you freeze them. Umm, umm. / Valerie Mosley / News-Leader
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Silver Dollar City's ginger cookie recipe is tops with Midwest Living magazine and with me. They are crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside and bursting with the flavors of ginger, cinnamon and cloves. / Valerie Mosley / News-Leader
Donna Trower makes a mean no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookie. These easy cookies have it all: oatmeal, peanut butter, chocolate, coconut and walnuts. These may be the best no-bake cookies you ever taste. / Valerie Mosley / News-Leader
A cookie is a bundle of goodness in one little, portable package.
No plates, napkins or forks are needed for this treat, just an eager mouth.
This time of year, the cookie is unavoidable. So if you're going to eat one, make sure it's delicious.
I have two secrets to a good chewy cookie (yes, I like chewy cookies, not crispy). First, I often shave 30 seconds off the cooking time. That depends on the cookie, but if the recipe calls for 8 minutes, I check it at 7 minutes and 30 seconds. You can't always shave time, but it's worth checking. Remember the cookie will continue to harden when you take it out of the oven.
Second, I use parchment paper. Parchment paper has several benefits: the cookies won't stick to the pan; it makes clean-up a snap (just toss the paper); and it keeps the bottoms from browning so you end up with a cookie that's a little softer. This is particularly beneficial if you use dark metal pans, which tend to make the bottom of cookies overly brown or crisp. Seriously, parchment paper is a chewy cookie's best friend.
Initially for this column I thought about trying to invent some off-the-wall cookies, but instead, I decided to find simple, fantastic recipes.
I have a wonderful, super lemony melt-in-your-mouth cookie that starts with a cake mix. It only has five ingredients, so it's inexpensive and easy.
Then, Silver Dollar City's recipe for its ginger cookie, a flavorful treat that is crunchy outside with a moist interior.
These were named one of the Top 20 cookies of all time by Midwest Living magazine. The best ginger cookie I've ever sampled. And they are dairy-free if you know someone lactose intolerant who has to forgo cookies.
Finally, a killer no-bake cookie from Donna Trower at Evangel University. I was told Trower made some of the best cookies, so I asked for her recipe and she shared this gem.
Everyone in the newsroom who tried them said they were the best no-bake cookie they'd ever had. These cookies are easy, so this is a perfect recipe for the rushed cook.
One or all of these recipes should be a hit this holiday season.
Melt-in-your-mouth Lemon Cookies
1 (18.5-ounce) package lemon cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1/3 cup or more of confectioners sugar
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Pour cake mix into a large bowl. Stir in eggs, oil and lemon extract until well blended. The batter will be thick and will take awhile to stir, but it will all be absorbed.
Form dough into 1 1/2 inch balls or drop heaping spoonfuls of dough into a bowl of confectioners sugar. Roll them around until the cookie is lightly coated.
Then place on an ungreased cookie sheet or one covered in parchment paper. Bake 8-9 minutes. Remove and cool before serving.
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Chocolate Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup milk
2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 cups quick cooking oats
5 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup flaked coconut
Note: Donna had the walnuts and coconut listed as either or optional stir-in ideas, but I added both.
Cook butter or margarine, milk and sugar in a heavy pot and bring to a boil for 1 1/2 minutes.
Stir in peanut butter, oatmeal, cocoa powder, coconut and walnuts. Remove from heat. Allow to cool for 5 minutes.
Then use two spoons to drop spoonfuls (use one spoon to scrape the other spoon) of mixture onto waxed paper.
Allow to cool completely before serving.
Source: Donna Trower
Silver Dollar City's Ginger Cookies
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
2 tablespoons molasses
Additional 1/4 cup sugar set aside to roll cookie dough
In mixing bowl, sift flour, soda, spices, and salt.
In a second mixing bowl, cream shortening and 1 cup of sugar until the mixture is fluffy. Add the molasses and egg. Beat the mixture for one minute. Add the flour mixture and mix at low speed until combined. Shape the dough into 1 1/2 inch balls, then roll in a small plate with the additional sugar.
Arrange the balls of dough 3 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet or a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until light brown on bottom. Transfer to cooling rack.
Source: Silver Dollar City
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Bushfire burning out of control at Wattle Hill near Nugent Rd, east of Sorell
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- January 28, 2014
A WATTLE Hill fire burning out of control east of Sorell, near Hobart, has been downgraded to a watch and act warning level.
Fire crews are fighting 30 vegetation fires around the state in severe weather conditions.
The Wattle Hill fire, near Forcett, is believed to have started in a paddock in tinderbox conditions. Residents between White Hill Rd and Wiggins Rd are at high risk.
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For further information on road closures please visit http://www.police.tas.gov.au/community-alerts/
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Review: So excited to find this place! In a great artsy area of Philly. What the restaurant lacks in decor it totally makes up for with taste. We tried quite a few things and everything was great! I recommend the Cuban, wow! Also the chickpea parm was amazing and we reheated that at home the next day. We had a cheesesteak that was good but it wasn't the best we've had. The seitan could have used more flavor and more cheese but it was good. We also had the seitan pizza which was awesome, the crust was perfect, nice and crispy. The eggplant grinder was also a winner and got rave reviews from an omnivore in our group. To finish it off we had a chocolate mint moon pie and a pumpkin moon pie. Both were excellent but I am dreaming about that pumpkin moon pie and am resisting the urge to make the hour drive back for another! Updated from previous review on Monday November 19, 2012
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By Brian Klein, Special to CNN
Editor's note: Brian P. Klein is an economic consultant and former U.S. diplomat who blogs at Klein's Commentary. The views expressed are his own.
The recently publicized series of State Department emails laying out in harrowing detail the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi have provoked another round of finger-pointing and more politically-motivated pabulum.
At 4:05 p.m. on September 11, 2012: "The Regional Security Officer reports the mission is under attack. Embassy Tripoli reports approximately 20 armed people fired shots; explosions have been heard as well."
Ambassador Christopher Stevens and four other personnel, according to the same email, are at this time in the safe haven and the 17th of February Militia is providing security support. Based on this early assessment, it appears the situation is under control. Diplomats are safe. Armed entities are defending.
Further reassurance comes at 4:54pm: "Embassy Tripoli reports the firing at the U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Benghazi has stopped and the compound has been cleared. A response team is on site attempting to locate COM personnel."
Unfortunately, all was not under control, the compound was overrun, and Stevens died along with three other personnel.
The spin machines have been busy politicizing this tragedy since its onset. The same Congress people that cut State security funding hauled up department officials to berate them over the lack of high security at the consulate (the same happened after the disastrous 1998 bombing of the U.S Embassy in Nairobi.) In the second presidential debate, Mitt Romney berated President Obama for taking so long to identify the attack not as an unruly mob, but the work of a specific terrorist organization (even though Obama did characterize the attack as an act of terror shortly after events unfolded).
In another email released by CNN, Ansar Al-Sharia appeared to claim responsibility on Facebook and Twitter. Aha, go the conspiracy theorists, proof the administration knew but didn't say anything for weeks. But no, actually, that doesn't prove a thing.
On any given day in the complex world of threat analysis, people and groups make all kinds of claims. It isn't as if terrorists are holding a press conference for the world's media to ask questions. Individual bits of information are simply that – single puzzle pieces that tell very little about the full picture of what happened until amassed and reconstructed. Details must be verified, cross-checked and analyzed before informed assertions are made.
This very small selection of emails give the impression of control, but solid information is often hard to come by at the beginning of any situation that eventually transpires. No single account could immediately identify a specific attacker. Even establishing the facts of a traffic accident requires a police report and potential review by a judge or jury. It's a process. An armed assault on a U.S. diplomatic mission, thousands of miles away, in a far flung province recently freed of civil war is an infinitely more complicated undertaking. It requires – indeed demands – time to assess and judge.
There are ways to address the serious issues involved in the loss of our diplomatic personnel. Inquiries can and should be made. Did the rush to set up a presence in Benghazi trump normal security procedures? Why was a rosy picture being portrayed of a post-uprising Libya, when in fact serious threats remained. How critical was it to set up a new consulate in the first place?
But using the attack in Benghazi as fodder for more November electioneering serves only the short-term interests of those who benefit by not giving the security of our diplomatic missions the thorough review (and funding) it requires. This does nothing to ensure the future security of our diplomatic personnel. They deserve better.
I'm so frustrated with this site. I've been trying to get more information about the battle in Benghazi on the anniversary of 9/11. I've been all over this site. It's like it never happened. I want to know more about the drones overhead providing real time video. I want to know more about CIA assets on the ground. I want to know more about our assets who were repeatedly told to stand down. I want to know more about the SEALs who were painting/targeting the terrorist mortar crews with lasers for close air support. I want to know why three times that long night, the SEALS pleas for help were ignored. Shouldn't a site dedicated to journalism be digging into this? I'd like to know more. I'm sure I'm not alone.
Is this the best CNN can do? It's a joke! He makes it sound like a minor incident overseas. It's the same old story for 4 years.. Protect Obama at any cost. 1st it was anyone objecting to Obama's policies was a racist. Now if you question the events at Benghazi, you're trying to politizie it. I want some answers... I want to know who told the CIA operators to stand down. I'm mad as hell that our ambassador and 3 other Americans are dead, when it may have been prevented. Where is the outrage? And I'm really angry that FOX news is the only one covering this story. Bless you Jennifer Griffin at FOX new!
WHERE IS THE RAGE? They had cameras in the compound, drones overhead, satellites all streaming LIVE LIVE LIVE to the WH, Pentagon, State Dept, CIA, FBI.
Did Obama watch Ambassador Stevens and the three other get murdered in REAL TIME or wait until the next morning en route to more campaigning in Las Vegas???
The attack lasted for 7+ hours… Did Obama tell the Quick Response Forces (commandos) in Sicily NOT to go save Ambassador Stevens??? Can you imagine being Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey who was forced by Panetta to give a press conference yesterday in which he confessed to leaving men behind to die?
The American military, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER leaves men behind to die, at least not until Obama's Presidency.
The father of one of the murdered Navy Seals called Beck's program yesterday to get the truth out.
When his son's body arrived at Andrews AFB, Hillary told the father: Don't worry, we'll get the guy who made this video.
Why didn't Obama, Hillary and Biden say: We'll get the people who killed your son?
The father just wants to know "Who gave the order not to save my son."
Where is the RAGE at EVERY campaign event Obama has? How about the media? Are they so far gone for Obama they have no morals, or sense of right and wrong, either?
Where is the RAGE???????
Shameless propaganda. Until he comes out and answers even the most BASIC questions on Libya, Obama should be heralded as the "Butcher of Benghazi." If I'm wrong, maybe the president can grow some "cue balls," come before the American people (not on Nickelodeon, the View or MTV) and set the record straight with a press conference (where he ACTUALLY takes questions) or an actual interview (not conducted by his cabana boy Brian Williams). I won't hold my breath you sorry, pathetic coward. Oh yeah, and CNN journalists, are you guys ready to expose the truth or you still whining about "binders"??
WAKE UP CNN!!! Your reporting is biased. This is outrageous – that the short, one-sided blurbs of reporting are buried in your news. Remember Watergate? Nixon was impeached for less. This cover-up is blatant. Unbelievable.
As Fox News viewership hits new highs
I'm sure you're aware that HILLARY was a prosecutor in Watergate... but now it seems she's above the same law that she prosecuted against another official.
Looks like we see that justice is a fool's paradise.
What does CNN and other bias news organazations think they get for not reporting the truth about this and all other issues that makes Obamas administration looks bad? I feel sorry for all the idiots that believe their lies and twisted reports. The only way to improve this country is to report the real facts and let the people decide. The elected officials are elected "hired" by the PEOPLE! The people should know what the elected officials are doing so that the people can make a good decisions the next chance we get to elect "hire". The only way the people can know what they are doing is by getting true and unbiased reporting on all the issues, good and bad! What else have they been lying about or just not reporting? Please CNN report the unbias truth.
That might be the worst opinion piece I have ever read. Saying this was a financing issue? There were "funded" forces within a mile of the situation and "funded" military within an hour. And to say this is being politicized? Don't ya think Congress might be a little curious about a dead ambassador, especially after the changing stories and timelines? And you have ZERO coverage of the new information. No wonder you've lost your credibility (and viewers).
I've read over these responses and am encouraged that the "Biased" media can't make this go away by simply not reporting on it! Thank you to all who have expressed their outrage at CNN and MSNBC for decieving the american people! But, what else can be done? Alot of idiots watch these deceptive stations and believe what they push. How can the truth be exposed? There aren't many days until the election is over.
This is FRAUD and even TREASON by the mainstream media; here they are claiming to report the facts, but they are defrauding the truth to the American people by act of omission, selectively picking and choosing what gets reported and what doesn't in order to favor one side over the other.
And Benghazi-Cairo were ACTS OF WAR, not simply terrorist attacks, since a US embassy is American soil by international law and recognition, while ambassadors have diplomatic immunity under penalty of war if they are attacked.
So here we have:
1. Acts of war against the United States by terrorists;
2. The president DELIBERATELY LYING to the American people about them;
3. The president and Vice-presidentt LYING ABOUT THE LIES during the debates and afterward,
4. The media covering it up, and even interrupting the presidential challenger during the debates;
5. The media refusing to cover the story in order to PROTECT the president.
This is just an atrocity beyond anything yet seen in the major media. I don't understand it, though it does not surprise me.
But what is the mainstream media's excuse for cautiously engaging the president on Libya? Aren't we supposed to be watchdogs? The ongoing story is story focused on whether the Obama administration provided, or refused to provide, adequate protection for the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya when it faced the threat of attack on Sept. 11. The attack left the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans dead. Subsequent conflicting accounts coming from the administration on how the White House responded, or didn't respond, are tailor-made for a full-blown media feeding frenzy.
Yet, the so-called media watchdogs so far have been mostly toothless.
From a FOX news journalist. Regardless of how you feel about FOX this is a LEGIT story. This article is focused mainly on the emails. There is a ton more info on this that CNN totally ignores.
Absolutely, I normally don't like Foxnews, but this is a CRIME by the president deliberately LYING to the American people about acts of war, not just against our Consulate and People in Benghazi, but also against our Embassy in Cairo.
And the other media prove they are SHILLS for the Obama Administration by refusing to cover it!
Even at the second debate on 10/16 between Obama and Romney, CNN's Candy Crowley IMMEDIATELY jumped in and shut down Romney's question he tried to get Obama on record claiming that he told the American People it was a terrorist attack on 9/12/2012.
Obama did NO SUCH THING, but blamed a video and mob-uprisings for 2 weeks AFTER the attack on 9/11; but CNN's agent IMMEDIATELY jumped in and shut down the question.
Later, of course, she played this down, but she clearly served the purpose of protecting Obama– during a DEBATE, where she had NO BUSINESS shutting down a question by the challenger!
CNN is showing its true colors, and so are the rest of the mainstream media, i.e. they are SHILLS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION.
I just hope to God that the American people see the truth.
COWARDS IN THE WHITE HOUSE-what if i made a bad decision before the election. I am a vet–served under CIA hall of fame member col. lutjens-with a 7 hour window he would have gone in to save our troops. THEN obama/biden/clinton/and o;ther lied to us--it was a demostration. He lied because he did not want America to know he could have saved those people. sending a billion dollars to the brotherhood-there sure is a pattern. GO TO FOX NEWS FOR TRUTH ABOUT LIBYA.
Elections have consequences....even 4 yrs later...
Whether it was a mob action or terrorist, our country still should protect it's people. It's been one excuse after another. Simple fact Obama watch our people get killed and then went to Nevada to campaign. He and Hillary lied to the parents of our dead heroes. Father said Obama wouldn't even look hm in the eyes when he said he was sorry. No doubt Obama is Sorry excuse for a president, sorry excuse for a man, sorry excuse for a human.
We're on the same page .. This president seems to have a complete disregard for the United States of America. I cannot understand why the people that follow him are so blinded as to what he is doing...
Obama has his own fan club made up of the mainstream media........No accountability from any of them with the exception of FOXNEWS.com....where the facts are reported...
This administration tried to cover up this 9/11 attack on our American Embassy in Bengazi. The latest facts out are that our CIA compound just minutes away called for help 3 times and were denied through the CIA command. The CIA operatives had the laser sight on terrorist morter operator and was told to stand down...... Folks, how would you like for you sons and daughters to be in harms way protection our Unites States of America and not get the support requested. We need a new leader, our current President is not looking out for America... but will apease his Islamic radical friends... If you want unbiased facts you better tune in to FOX NEWS at FOXNEWS.com..... Please vote on or before Nov 6........May GOD have mercy on our United States of America......
Wait a minute!
What was Ambassador Stevens doing in Benghazi on 9/11? He went there knowing full well of the dangerous situation AND knowing that congress had voted to cut spending for his, and other ambassadors safety. Ask Paul Ryan!
In my humble opinion, Stevens screwed up! Sure, we don't like to blame a dead man for making poor decisions but Stevens was simply in the wrong place (and should have known it). Had he remained in Tripoli for a week, he would still be alive. Stevens chose to walk into danger, no one ordered him to go to Benghazi!
pogo...unfortunately ambassador stevens appears to have had the same nieve conviction about radical muslims as his boss. Regardless, there is no excuse for a commander in chief, who put someone in harms way, and allowing him to die without taking action to save him. Had it not been for the brave former SEALS many more us citizens would have died.
This is a shameful cover up being aided by CNN and the other liberal media outlets. Really you might as well wear your VOTE OBAMA name tags instead of Press Tags. This would never have been swept under the carpet if it had been a republican president. This is so much worse than the Nixon cover up. We no longer have the press to protect us from the abuse of power from leaders., unless it fits into their world political view. The MSM is aiding the cover up. I am disgusted. Shame on you CNN.
While Benghazi is a tragedy and a mess, and lessons are to be learned, the implication with some of these posters is that Romney is the answer That is where the issue of Benghazi gets manipulated. Romney is a throwback to the neocons and our failed wars. His supporters and language is the same, deja vu. Our failed optional wars have weakened us considerably, and we cannot go in with the stupid testosterone approach any more, unless we are directly threatened. Romney flipflopped in the debate, but what he has consistently said before that is that we need to be more "afgfgessive" with Syria. How? I think that Obama has done very well handling the financial crisis, a hostile congress that has undercut him at every turn, just recently voting down a jobs bill that would have helped all of us, dealing with the Arab Spring the right way, showing restraint on Iran to give Ahmadinajad time to shoot himself in the foot with his bosses (which he is doing), trying to stop settlements in Israel so that we could get some movement on peace talks, but our cowardly politicians cannot say no to Israel. He has done a lot of things that I approve of, not perfect, but way better than Romney's rigid and doctrinaire thinking. If we had suppported the dictators in the Arab Spring, we would have lost even more credibilitly worldwide, and gained huge numbers of recruits for the Islamists. Right now those countries are in internal discourse – read your history of Europe to see our birthing of democracy against violent religious advocates, both Protestant and Catholic. They need to find a way to moderate their religion into civil rights. Romney is too in bed with Israel and with war profiteers, so he will not be able to do the subtle diplomacy required to manage some of the unexpected crises that we shall face. His economic politicies will also weaken and gut America. That is a huge area that the Benghazi issue is being used as a smokescreen to hide from real public scrutiny and debate – we need to be concerned about what they want to do – don't forget that Romney is old and Ryan follows the economic extremist Hayek, and he also wants to force his religious views on our secular society, in which everyone is free to believe what they want – for the moment.
Amazing, here we have a president you LIED to the American people– and here you say we should KEEP him!
Then you fly off on a wild-goose-chase, attacking Romney.
Sorry Danny-boy, the pipes are calling.
P.S. I love how Obama and his sheep call this a "tragegy," when in reality it's a TRAVESTY– caused by OBAMA, and then LIED about, repeatedly!
And now he's lying about the lies!
But the sheep just keep on attacking Romney and blaming Bush.
It's all they know.
Well, that certainly can only be classified as an opinion piece. Unbelievable that the story on this is not carried on your home page. It is CNN and other news outlets who are politicizing this by not reporting on it, and losing more and more credibility. Journalism at its worst.
I go to CNN's home-page and here's what I see in the main video's:
How Obama's faith has changed
Opinion: What makes a president great?
Avlon: Obama's plan suits CEOs more
Pilot remembers Cuban missile crisis 3:39
Photos: Iconic shots are his trademark
Julia Roberts turns 45: Her best roles
Opinion: To be powerful, act it
Saving blue whales from ship strikes
What cop does after woman slaps him 1:41
Distraction: Who knew HE could dance! 1:07
Honey Boo Boo tries national anthem :59
NFL Week 8: The best photos
Reporter drops fish, falls over in boat 2:31
UFO spotted over Kentucky 1:13
Halloween costumes: How far is too far?
NOT ONE WORD about the Benghazi scandal!
No, the top 3 are PRAISING Obama as "great," talking about his "faith," and how "his plan suits CEO's more"!
For shame.
The real Benghazi lesson is.......the President is incompetant, or a liar........or both............
There will ALWAYS be incompetent liars in office, as long as the media supports them - like CNN and the rest of the mainstream media are doing with Obama.
As Jefferson said, "the price of freedom is eternal vigilance;" but here we see willful complicity.
Power corrupts, indeed.
What I hear is nothing but excuses and half truths coming out of this President's administration. Obama talks about "trust" in his campaign speeches but doesn't seem to understand the meaning or implication of the word. Weeks later we still have not been told the whole truth about the attack in Benghazi on 9/11, the deaths of Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans and CNN's less than full and accurate reports don't help matters either. What I don't hear anyone talking about is why this tragic event was not foreseen and prevented from happening. I see a fundamental lack of leadership and accountability throughout this administration. 9/11 is known as a day of threat awareness by all Americans so how could those responsible for the Ambassadors safety not take precautions? Its simple, if you cannot protect your people you remove them from harms way! I for one do not wish to hear one more pathetic excuse i.e. lack of funding or the situation was not clear.
Not only that, Obama is going back on its own story; first they say it's a video for 2 weeks, then they say they NEVER SAID THAT but blamed terrorism from the start on 9/12.
And the mainstream media says NOTHING!
It's time for the American people to realize that CNN and others are just lapdog shills of the politicians, and get all our news from the internet.
From reading all these comments, terrorism wins again. Libyans sought out and brought in the perpetrators, as should be done in any country. An embassy is not a military base. We all know this all started as a result of a video made in CA by Egyptians who wanted to influence other Egyptians against Coptic Christians and the USA. This was the whole purpose of the video, and the later release of the names, nationalities, and religions of the video makers. The Libyans in the demonstration were just puppets of this conspiracy. Ansar Al-Sharia used the demonstration as cover for setting up their operation. As soon as the shooting started, the demonstrators were gone. Instead of the US military stepping in, the Libyans were supposed to step in, which is how it works when you're in someone else's country. It's really easy for some armchair generals to say things like "I wouldn't do it like that, and kill'em all, let God sort them out" Our armchair generals would have the USA bombing and shooting everyone anywhere who even looks like a terrorist. Would the world be better with Libya as a puppet state of the USA? Should we become the Imperialists that most of the world already thinks we are? I say, you armchairs should get what you want, because otherwise you'll continue to be loud and imposing. We should go to war. It doesn't matter who we go to war against as long as we go to war. Anyone seeming to believe differently than you should be put in concentration camps or the penal system of the USA making weapons for the war. Then we can make the Middle East peaceful. Real peace, after all, is only achieved after complete and utter destruction of your enemies.
Libya brought in the perpetrators – FALSE
this all started as a result of a video – FALSE
Ansar Al-Sharia used the demonstration as cover for setting up their operation – FALSE (there were no demonstrations in Benghazi
.Instead of the US military stepping in, the Libyans were supposed to step in – FLASE
Our armchair generals would have the USA bombing and shooting everyone anywhere (Sounds like the assasin-in-chief) – FALSE
Anyone seeming to believe differently than you should be put in concentration camps – FALSE
Then we can make the Middle East peaceful. Real peace, after all, is only achieved after complete and utter destruction of your enemies. – This IS what Iran etc. DO want to do.
The real benghazi lessons, just one. Change the President !!
We can't just vote Obama out, he must be IMPEACHED. If he's allowed to serve out his term, he'll simply issue last minute pardons to everyone, resign, and allow President Biden to pardon him in return.
We cannot allow another Bubba-gate, where people are able to get away with murder simply by having enough power.
JUSTICE must be served, or we hurt the country and those who died.
Stupidity of Clinton and a fully video
Failure of Obama to protect the Ambassador and other Americans
Three times asked for help
Three times denied
No excuse, just cowardice
Obama got that midnight call
He did not answer
Hilary looks foolish
Obama looks useless
Americans are dead but the big mouths in the white house blabber lies
There is NO lesson ... Barack Obama is lying ! He is facilitating this COVER UP of Benghazi ... and he is aided and abetted by the Main Stream media
In a related story ... Candy Crowley successfully dusted the Romney Dog carrier for paw prints !
It is a shameful day for a "free and independent press" !
"But using the attack in Benghazi as fodder for more November electioneering serves only the short-term interests of those who benefit by not giving the security of our diplomatic missions the thorough review (and funding) it requires. This does nothing to ensure the future security of our diplomatic personnel. They deserve better."
Nailed It!
pogo...your missing the point of what is happening. What keeps our government from misdeeds is freedom of the press. When news organizations burry a story for the obvious reason that it is harmful to the sitting administration... we all lose. Look what happened with "fast and furious". When it became obvious that the administration was not forthcoming with the facts...executive privilege was claimed. How much coverage did the executive privilege get. What about all the "Czars" that seem to get appointed when congress is out of session. The are supposed to go through a vetting by congress. Is this being covered. All our rights are being trampled on...The press is supposed to expose this so the american people can hold our elected officails feet to the fire. CNN has lost its way as a news organization and like NBC is no longer objective.
The lesson is........when the WH and the entire administration start lying to us, we should be on guard...........they have something to HIDE!
As the real facts come out, it just keeps getting more and more bizarre. The people should be demanding a full accounting, of the real facts surrounding this event, and how American lives were sacrificed.
The real disgrace here is that no one seems to be asking the pertinent question. Why was an attack on an American ambassador in an Arab country on the eleventh anniversary of 9/11 not anticipated? Why was any American ambassador in any of these countries not locked away in a secure and properly guarded facility on that day? Republicans are focused on cover-up because the administrations answers smell but the real issue is the lack of anticipation. Every New Yorker knows about 9/11 precautions. You don't have to be a genius to figure this out. Obama has been focused on being re-elected since he was elected the first time.
I don't understand why he covered this up???? or why he kept telling a story we all knew was a lye. IThis one thing changed my vote to Romney – who wants a cover-up artist as POTUS.


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On Monday, the group submitted over 74,000 signatures in addition to the 36,495 signatures that were initially approved by the secretary of state's office. The group only needs 62,507 total signatures to have the legalization measure put to a vote of the people in November. This means that they only need approximately one-quarter of the newly submitted signatures to be deemed valid.
According to Melissa Fults, treasurer of ACC, the group was not prepared to ensure signers were registered voters before asking them if they'd be interested in signing the petition. After the learning curve of having signatures turned down the first time around, Fults is confident that they will exceed the number of signatures they need in order to get the measure onto the November ballot.
Now that the signatures have been submitted, the Arkansas secretary of state's office has 10 days to determine whether the group submitted enough valid signatures.
Should the group have gathered enough signatures, the measure will appear on the general election ballot and registered voters will have the opportunity to legalize the use and possession of marijuana for medical use. Under the proposed measure, marijuana dispensaries would be established in the state, where they would operate on a not-for-profit basis. Doctors would be able to recommend the use of medical marijuana to patients with qualifying conditions; the list of qualifying conditions will be determined after the passage of the measure. Additionally, patients would be allowed to grow their own medical marijuana if they do not live within 5 miles of a collective.
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Which H51 headlamp should I get for an all-around headlamp? The FW, the W, the F, the regular H51? Can anyone tell me pros and cons, differences? What's the real difference between the floody and the regular, the white and the neutral? What would be best for a general use backpacking headlamp? Thanks for any input.
http://goinggear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=14_20&zenid=0874f4d0493fb83648e566a981c2533e He has video reviews for the different zebra lights showing and describing each.
I've got the regular H51 and I love it. I can't compare to the other ones, but it has great throw and will light up practically your entire field of view with its flood. Some prefer the softer "natural" light, but I found that the regular H51 puts out good-looking illumination. The different brightness settings will work well for just about any application.These little lights are just fantastic.
Some people prefer the neutral color if they're doing work that requires accurate color rendition, like medics. I would prefer something with a hot spot for hiking, and then some flood for reading. The regular H51 would be my choice since color accuracy isn't a big deal for me.
Suffix codes:none = standard beam profile with a hotspot for throw and seeing into the distance and a fairly wide spill for wide angle vision at close range. IMO the most versatile beam profile as it enables you to night hike and do camp tasks easily. The led has a cool white tint (6100K) so blues and whites appear bright but more earthy colours appear somewhat washed out. It also tends to highlight water vapour/drops.F = even flood 80 degree beam i.e. there's no hotspot and light appears evenly spread throughout the beam. Best for task/camp lighting, although could use it for night hiking along good trails.w = neutral white (4200K) some people including myself find that a neutral white led provides better colour rendition for the greens and browns and grays that you typically see when in the outdoors. I find it better for hiking in clouds/mist/fog etc.All in all I chose the H51w. For the two weekend trips I've had it for (6 hrs night hiking on rough tracks in New Zealand bush and camp tasks such as cooking, reading, and pitching tents) it is easily the best headlamp I've ever had.
Edited by nzbazza on 04/18/2011 14:43:09 MDT.
I got the neutral.... kinda wonder how much brighter the normal would be now... I have a problem with buyers remorse=) However, my light is freaking sweet! I love it, the three settings (6-7 whatever) are great and make the light useful in many situations, the hot spot (on high) is good for seeing a long distance and the flood is good enough for hiking at night. It's just beautiful. I haven't done a test, but my rechargable duracels didn't go out after 2 night hikes and plenty of use around the house... I just recently charged the battery just in case. so I'd say get the neutral or the regular, I've heard many ppl say that the differnce in output between the two is minimal and almost undetectable.
I got the neutral.... kinda wonder how much brighter the normal would be now...28 lumens. ;)
28 lumens difference on high should be roughly 1/5 of an f-stop. That would qualify as barely noticeable in my book.I just received my H51w last night and it's definitely one sweet little light. Like everyone has said before, it's floody enough for task lighting but with a decent throw from the hotspot on high, and the light levels seem well spaced.I was slightly worried that the neutral version would be too yellow but it's actually quite neutral and perfect in my book. Not the cold blue typical of white LEDs and not the sickly orange of incandescents, but juuuuust right. Decent UI too. Oh, and the beam pattern is immaculate. No rings or irregularities of any kind.Can't wait to take it on the trail . . .
Edited by phageghost on 04/29/2011 12:24:51 MDT.
great info guys. So, the 51w has throw and floody ability? that is good and what I am looking for. This one is made in usa?
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the stretchy star stitch of the crown echoes clusters of needles. Crocheted buttons give a finishing touch to
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Designer Sue Perez
Finished Size 20 (21, 22.25)" head circumference; 7.75 (8,
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Yarn Louet Gems Sport Weight (100% merino; 225 yd [205
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Hook Sizes H/8 (5 mm), G/6 (4 mm), F/5 (3.75 mm), and
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Note: Pattern instructions for the Star Stitch contain an error. For corrected instructions, visit the Ravelry project page or see my blog (link below).
I've also posted a Star Stitch tutorial here: http://mrsmicawber.blogspot.com/2013/11/stretchy-star-stitch-as-featured-in_8.html
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Corrected Instructions for Star Stitch: Ch 2, ins hook in back lp of 2nd ch from hook, yo and pull up a lp, ins hook in bottom ridge lp of same ch, yo and pull up a lp (3 lps on hook), ins hook in next star, yo and immediately draw through all lps on hook. (Do NOT draw up another loop after inserting hook into next stitch.)
Does any one have a visual on how to do the band on this hat, especiallay the loops of the bands.
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This shows how stupid the power rankings are...
USA Today has the Patriots at #5 with San Diego, Colts, Eagles and Saints ahead of them in that order. ESPN has the Patriots #10 with Colts, S.D., Saints, Eagles, Vikings, Arizona, Cinci, G.B., and Dallas ahead of New England.
USA is closer to reality then ESPN ever thought of being and that is not a homer talking here. ESPN's coverage wants to make me throw up.
posted at 12/30/2009 11:04 AM EST
This shows how stupid the power rankings are...
Re: NFL POWER RANKINGS
posted at 12/30/2009 11:17 AM EST
The list is bogus when cinci is ahead of the Pats.
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posted at 12/30/2009 11:24 AM ESTThe more disrespect the Patriots have gotten over the years the better they have sizzled their opponents and the sports writers in the past. When they were number one all the way look what happened. Personally I love it. Hope they keep piling on. Hope they make golden boy Peyton have to live up to his reputation. Everytime they do he lays an egg. We know McNabb and Romo cant live up to the hype either and now Breeze seems to be falling in behind them.
Id love a match up in the SB between Brady and Farve. See the old bum Diva get smoked as pay back for 1995.
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posted at 12/30/2009 12:20 PM ESTUSA today has the Chargers at #1
Espn at #2
I wonder if that idiot Colin Cowherd (coward) on sportsnation has watched SD lately?
Re: NFL POWER RANKINGS
posted at 12/30/2009 6:21 PM ESTPower rankings are fodder for discussions. Everyone has an opinion. Arguably the best team is not necessarily always voted #1 usually because of a bad game or two.
Re: NFL POWER RANKINGS
posted at 12/30/2009 7:32 PM ESTJeff Sagarin states that his USA Toady ratings carry a 50% politically correct factor, The team with the most victories has the highest rating in the "chess" portion of his ratings, which Sagarin states isn't good at predicting power rankings. The Pats are 5th in his "chess" ratings, but #1 in the NFL by a nifty lead in his "pure points" ratings, for an average of 3rd overall.
My power rankings are 100% based on pure point differential, with compensation for blowouts, and with a what-have-they-done-lately weighting. Not only are the Pats in first place, but by the numbers it's a long way down (14-2 vs. 12.7-3.3) to second place. The Patriots have lately been a consistently scary team that a few rivals have been grateful to survive, while the 8-6 Jaguars crash and burn. That's who I expect to show up in a week and a half.
The ESPN power rankings are strictly arranged by victory count, although the Pats are at the bottom of their 10-5 group. 98% politically correct. The Pats appear to be rated below both NFC wild card leaders. Precious little information is given to argue about.
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posted at 12/30/2009 8:26 PM ESTPaul, could you please explain your power ranking formula.
Re: NFL POWER RANKINGS
posted at 12/30/2009 8:26 PM ESTPaul K, I haven't seen your rankings this week. Is the post up yet?
Re: NFL POWER RANKINGS
posted at 12/30/2009 11:11 PM ESTI agree there seems to be a measure of P.C. with some rankings but the best one I've seen was based on point differential mostly weighted to the last 4 games played and it also took into account overall record vs. opponents overall record. I can't remember whose it was but I found it last year with a complete breakdown on how the rankings were made. I wasn't on this computer and I forgot to send the site to my email so I could find it again.
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posted at 12/30/2009 11:55 PM ESTMy "week 17 power ratings" are getting way back on page 3 of the discussions list. At first I figured New Orleans had gone on vacation with their comfortable lead in the NFC, and in fact they just coasted to a homefield advantage through the playoffs. But one dissenter insisted Norleans was playing its little heart out, so I created a second power ratings assuming Norleans was at full throttle in those last 2 losses.
I'm leaning against using a bunch of the week 17 results. I see too many teams giving up for various reasons. Some teams might be saving it for the playoffs. Example: New England. Others have a 1/1000 chance of making the wild card and are in half a foul mood to just throw the stupid game away and go home. Example: Houston. What are the results of that game going to tell us?
Re: NFL POWER RANKINGS
posted at 12/31/2009 12:34 AM ESTMy Formula:
I strive for a stiff rule that takes point differentials, only as long as the game isn't out of hand. I don't want tickytack points. Example: a few years ago Pittsburgh was down by a pile of points, but they called a timeout with a very few seconds left so that they could score a meaningless touchdown against the Pats. Did those seven points make the Pitts a stronger team versus New England? I think not.
I arbitrarily count the number of 8 point scores it would take to tie the game, and I count the number of 5 minute time slots left in the game. Assuming this line of one 8 point score per 5 minute time slot has just been exceeded, I arbitrarily push the game into Hail Mary territory exactly five seconds later (to include the extra point in the score). So, I can close the book on 25 point or greater blowouts at the end of the third quarter, on 17 point differentials at the 10 minute mark, on 9 point differentials at the 5 minute mark, and all other small differentials (or ties) at the end of the fourth quarter. There's sort of a stairstep line that the winning team crosses, either a time line at the 5 or 10 minute mark, or a scoring line, where the winning team goes up above the limit.
Whoever wins a coin flip at overtime often gets a freebie. I don't count coin flip points because I don't think they predict future team strength that well.
Occasionally a team collects an onside kick with 2 minutes left and comes back from the dead. I don't count those points only because there's too little statistical significance in asymmetric games to be useful to people. It's like measuring a poker player's skill based on how many times he gets four aces. (not the best analogy, check the guy's coatsleeve).
Teams change. Guys get injured, or recover, or rookies get better slowly, and the coach never says a thing about these injuries. The newer the game, the more weight it gets. I reduce the weighting of a game by 10% for every week behind the current week. Any game 2 weeks ago gets a weighting of only 81%, three weeks back is 72.9%, and so on back to week 1.
This last Indianapolis/Jets game got a special weighting of zero. It predicts nothing much.
Given these weightings, my spreadsheet looks for a best chi-square fit for all NFL teams over all games. I then take those power ratings and squeeze them (roughly) into a 0 to 16 scale, with an average of 8.0
I assume arbitrarily that a 10-6 team is 1.5 points better than a 9-7 team. The home team gets 3 points. This gives me a personal point spread.
The stats are blind to all sorts of recent injury and recovery news, whether teams will rest their starters, hot rumors of fistfights inside the clubhouse, frightening weather reports, and so on. However, a combination of the stats and a look at the news tends to give me a pretty good read on the outcome of a game. For example, I was all over New England loading up points on Jacksonville last week. The stats said only a 14.5 point victory should be expected, but several other factors (Jville not at all used to playing up north this year, Ty Warren and maybe Fred Taylor returning, a matchup of passing strength vs pass defense weakness...) added on more points.
Formulas will never be perfect. I'll blow a few.
Gambling is for people who don't understand math.
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posted at 12/31/2009 12:47 AM ESTI'm the one who said NO was trying, and I believe they were. Just like IND tried to win last week even though they were in the playoffs. NO had talked during the week about how important this game was to them to secure homefield and they played thier starters the whole game. You're rankings look fine, I would agree with the top teams but I thought Denver and NYJ looked out of place.


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Exhibition dates: September 02, 2006 - January 02, 2007
Release date: June 12, 2006
From September 2, 2006, through January 2, 2007, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will present Imposing Order: Contemporary Photography and the Archive.
Since photography's invention, the medium's unique capacity to produce an exact and unmediated visual record has made it an extraordinarily useful tool for cataloguing objects. Museums, archives, and many other institutions have long relied on photography to record information that defies other forms of description. Primarily culled from SFMOMA's collection, Imposing Order: Contemporary Photography and the Archive will feature approximately 40 works by 20 different artists who share an interest in the way art, objects, and people are displayed, stored, preserved, and classified.
A number of the artists in the show, such as Candida Höfer, Louise Lawler, Thomas Struth, and Hiroshi Sugimoto, are specifically interested in the art-viewing experience. Photographing inside museums and galleries, they reveal the way context affects art and artifacts and confers objects with value and authenticity. In his extensive series Dioramas, for example, Sugimoto photographs natural history museum displays of prehistoric mammals in simulated native landscapes. By excluding all indications of their museum context, such as labels and glass casings, he invites viewers to perceive the dioramas as eerie but realistic glimpses into the past. As the artificiality of the mounted animals and painted backdrops becomes apparent, so does the transformation of historical reconstruction into fact.
At the core of the exhibition are pieces that examine the behind-the-scenes practices of museums and archives. These photographs are thematically united around the related ideas of counting, collecting, and cataloguing; they chronicle the elaborate and obsessive treatment art and artifacts often receive at the hands of museum professionals and historians.
For her 1998 series Found, Bay Area artist Nigel Poor set herself the year-long task of taking a walk every day and gathering one discarded object on each outing. She photographed each item against a black backdrop, then made exquisite black-and-white prints. By collecting and rendering precious what is, in essence, trash, Poor unexpectedly applies activities associated with art preservation to things that have no inherent value. This gesture boldly reclassifies trash as treasure and speaks to the subjective nature of value.
Richard Misrach's series Pictures of Paintings considers the role photography plays in museums and academia. In his large-scale photograph Phoenix, Arizona, (1993), Misrach printed three details of a painting in the collection of the Phoenix Art Museum in a manner that highlights the way photo reproductions are used to catalogue and disseminate art.
The last section of the exhibition reaches beyond museological systems to look at photography's role in other institutional archives. For example, Deborah Luster's portraits of inmates in the Louisiana prison system consider the way people are catalogued when they become incarcerated. Richard Barnes also examines photography's relationship to criminology in his diptych Unabomber Cabin. Barnes pairs a photograph of the empty site in Montana where convicted terrorist Theodore Kaczynski lived in virtual isolation with a picture of Kaczynski's rudimentary cabin erected inside a crime laboratory warehouse. By contrasting the displaced cabin with its original setting, Barnes references photography's evidentiary value while underscoring the decontextualizing effect archives have on objects.
Organized by Erin Garcia and Terri Whitlock, curatorial associates in the photography department at SFMOMA, the exhibition affords the Museum the opportunity to present its photography collection thematically and to consider common threads among several of its recent acquisitions. According to their curatorial statement, "Many contemporary photographers have looked to museums and archives as appropriate sites to investigate photography's role as a tool for collecting data. This seems particularly relevant today as digital technologies provoke us to reconsider the nature of photography as well as our relationship to information in general."
Since its founding in 1935, SFMOMA has resolved to build a photography collection of international stature, and it is has the distinction of being one of the first American museums to recognize photography as a legitimate art form. With the advice and support of renowned Bay Area photographer Ansel Adams and a host of local practitioners and patrons, the Museum strengthened its commitment to the medium steadily over the decades, gaining momentum with the appointment of the first dedicated curator of photography in 1958 and the establishment of a distinct Department of Photography in 1980. Since then, SFMOMA's collection has grown to include nearly 14,000 photographs spanning the entire history of the medium, from its invention in the mid-19th century to the present day.
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Success hasn't come easily for Jarmila Gajdosova of late so the world No.167 got straight to the point when asked to detail the best thing about her opening round victory at the Hobart International.
"That I won, really," the 25-year-old Australian quipped after her 6-4 7-5 success over Italian Romina Oprandi on Monday.
Gajdosova, who claimed her sole WTA title in the Tasmanian capital two years ago, had a 2012 she'd like to forget, slipping from No.33 at the start of the year and at one stage riding a nine-match losing streak.
As her form dropped things got even more tumultuous off the court, Gajdosova splitting with her husband and fellow tennis professional Sam Groth.
Her mother then passed away in September.
After taking stock and six weeks off, Gajdosova returned to the game.
She's made some small steps this year - winning a first-round match at the Brisbane International and she was quietly pleased she could add to that tally in Hobart.
"Overall I think I played a pretty decent match," she said of beating Oprandi.
"There were a few errors but I managed to get out of it and still win in straight sets.
"It's the win that counts. I think I'm slowly getting better. It was the first match but I hope there are many more to come.
"I would like to be better than I was (last year)."
The news wasn't so good for fellow Australian Bojana Bobusic, the wildcard going down to American Lauren Davis 1-6 6-2 7-6 (7-5).
The real surprise though was the elimination of top seed and world No.25 Su-Wei Hsieh, the Taiwanese downed by Shuai Peng of China in a tight three-set match.
After two and a half hours on court Shuai took victory 6-2 6-7 (7-4) 7-6 (7-4).
In other results, Kirsten Flipkens upset sixth seed Francesca Schiavone 2-6 6-3 7-6 (7-3) while Sorana Cirstea edged Nina Bratchikova 3-6 7-5 6-2.
Chanelle Scheepers, Tsvetana Pironkova and Simona Halep were amongst the other winners.
Australian wildcard Ashleigh Barty later lost her first-round clash with defending champion and world No.32 Mona Barthel.
In a match that didn't get underway until just before 11.30pm AEDT, German ninth seed Bartel recovered from a slow start to win 2-6 6-0 6-1 in 70 minutes.
The 16-year-old Barty will still head to Melbourne for the Australian Open, where she was also granted a wildcard, with plenty of confidence.
After improving her ranking in 2012 from No.669 to 175, Barty last week scored the biggest victory of her career at the Hopman Cup in Perth when she beat former French Open champion Schiavone in straight sets.


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