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Must-eat lobster rolls on Long Island
Summertime means certain things on LI, and one culinary go-to finds the favorite of the sea jumping into any variety of buns.
From East Rockaway to the East End, here are some must-try lobster rolls.
Selections from Peter M. Gianotti and Joan Reminick.
American Beech(Credit: Randee Daddona)
American Beech, Greenport: At American Beech, executive chef Arielle Ferrara combines fresh-picked lobster meat with lemon creme fraiche and celery, then serves it on a toasted brioche roll with chips.
Bostwick's Chowder House(Credit: Newsday / Peter M. Gianotti)
Bostwick's Chowder House, East Hampton: This casual seafood spot serves a lobster salad roll, a traditional, mildly seasoned production with plenty of lobster meat.
Singleton's Seafood Shack(Credit: Newsday / Ari Mintz)
Singleton's Seafood Shack, Massapequa (Tobay Beach): The generous lobster roll at Singleton's is among the many offerings at the eatery by the sea. There's also another location at Tappan Beach in Glen Head.
Market Bistro(Credit: Newsday / Erica Marcus)
Market Bistro, Jericho: The lobster roll here is seasoned with tarragon and finely chopped celery and served on a brioche roll with house-made potato chips.
Boca Kitchen Bar(Credit: Benjamin Petit)
Boca Kitchen Bar, Glen Cove: At this waterside spot, the official Boca lobster roll is a reliable choice. It's meaty and ample, served with potato chips.
The Clam Bar At Bridge Marina(Credit: Newsday/ Joan Reminick)
The Clam Bar At Bridge Marina, Bayville: At the entryway to Bridge Marina, a small sign reading "Clam Bar" is the only indication of this outdoor spot where you eat under a canopy equipped with overheard fans. Here, the excellent lobster roll is made with lots of shellfish, some mayo, plus a little celery and chopped onion heaped onto a bun.
North Fork Food Truck(Credit: Randee Daddona)
North Fork Food Truck, Southold (parked at North Fork Table and Inn, 57225 Main Rd.): From the food truck parked in the parking lot of one of Long Island's top restaurants comes this lobster roll wherein a toasted buttered bun is heaped with lobster meat, mixed with a little lemon-tarragon aioli. It hardly gets better. Check for hours, which change seasonally.
Lobster Roll(Credit: Ellen Watson)
Lobster Roll, Amagansett: The big sign says LUNCH at what has become an Amagansett local landmark. Here, and at the North Fork eatery with the same menu, the namesake lobster roll features a salad that combines lobster meat, celery and mayonnaise on a toasted hot dog bun.
South Edison(Credit: Doug Young)
South Edison, Montauk: This seafood-centric spot serves up lobster roll sliders -- aka lobster buns -- with whole lobster and drawn butter on brioche buns.
Jordan Lobster Farms(Credit: Timothy Fadek)
Jordan Lobster Farms, Island Park: At Jordan Lobster Farms, you order your lobster roll at the counter and find a table indoors or within view of the Long Beach Bridge. The coral-hued salad is made with lobster meat, mayonnaise, lemon juice, celery and scallions, and comes on a toasted hot dog bun.
Bay Vue(Credit: Newsday/ Joan Reminick)
Bay Vue, Lindenhurst: Bay Vue is a casual outdoor spot with indoor and outdoor seating and a water view. Lobster rolls are served starting in May, and feature big chunks of fresh lobster with just a touch of mayonnaise and a bit of celery.
Duryea?s Lobster Deck(Credit: Ellen Watson)
Duryeas Lobster Deck, Montauk: There may be no better place to enjoy a lobster roll than at this no-frills establishment consisting of a wooden deck overlooking Fort Pond Bay. The lobster salad is made with lobster meat, herb mayonnaise and celery and comes on a lightly toasted brioche roll.
Smuggler Jack's(Credit: Smuggler Jack's)
Smuggler Jack's, Massapequa: At this spot, secreted away in a residential area, the lobster roll is a classic made with big chunks of lobster meat, Old Bay seasoning, salt, pepper, a little celery and just enough mayonnaise heaped over some greens on a buttery, toasted brioche bun.
Tillie's(Credit: Newsday/ Peter M. Gianotti)
Tillie's, Montauk: The lobster roll here is warm, buttery and rich, served on a brioche roll, with the essential potato chips on the side.
RiverFish(Credit: Newsday / Peter M. Gianotti)
RiverFish, Port Washington: Here, a meaty lobster salad, mildly seasoned so that the seafood flavor shines, pairs well with a preztel roll.
Crazy Fork(Credit: Newsday / Randee Daddona)
Crazy Fork, Mattituck: This spot offers a lobster roll light on the mayonnaise. The lobster salad is also made with celery, onions, parsley lemon juice and a pinch of salt.
PJ Lobsterhouse(Credit: Newsday / Rebecca Cooney)
PJ Lobsterhouse, Port Jefferson: More of a hero than a roll, the lobster salad sandwich is made with freshly shucked lobster meat, mayonnaise, celery, black pepper and celery salt mixed together and served on Italian bread.
Reel(Credit: Nicole Horton)
Reel, East Rockaway: This waterside seafood spot offers two kinds of lobster rolls. One features a classic lobster salad made with mayo and celery served on a toasted brioche bun. The other, served warm, features the same kind of bun heaped with lobster meat drizzled with drawn butter.
Artie's South Shore Fish Market and Grill(Credit: Timothy Fadek)
Artie's South Shore Fish Market and Grill, Island Park: Here, the lobster salad is made with high-quality fresh lobster meat (sometimes caught by owner Artie Hoerning), along with mayonnaise, a little tarragon, salt and pepper plus a dash of lemon. It's served on a toasted hot dog bun with lettuce and tomato.
Maroni Cuisine(Credit: Newsday, 2009 / Rebecca Cooney)
Maroni Cuisine, Northport: Chef Michael Maroni's lobster salad is made with lots of fresh Canadian lobster meat, chopped celery, a little mayo, a touch of Dijon, plus salt and pepper. It's piled onto a buttery French croissant, cut into the shape of a hot dog bun, and comes with Tater Tots and coleslaw. Available only at lunch and on weeknights.
Clam Bar(Credit: Gordon M. Grant)
Clam Bar, Amagansett: The eatery's excellent lobster roll is made with lots of shellfish, some mayo plus a little celery and chopped onion heaped onto a bun.
Lobster Roll Northside(Credit: Daniel Gonzalez)
Lobster Roll Northside, Riverhead: The signature lobster roll at this eatery is served with house-made slaw and crispy fries. Also available hot, sauteed in garlic butter.
Left Coast Kitchen(Credit: Newsday / Erica Marcus)
Left Coast Kitchen, Merrick: Overstuffed with fresh, moist lobster meat, the roll here is served with chips and coleslaw.
Claudio's(Credit: Newsday / Peter Gianotti)
Claudio's, Greenport: Among the best things to order at the best-known restaurant in Greenport, the lobster roll also comes in a BLT version.
Fishbar(Credit: Newsday / Peter Gianotti)
Fishbar, Montauk: Fishbar serves chunks of lobster meat on a toasted bun with fries, coleslaw or a salad.
Shipwreck Tavern(Credit: Shipwreck Tavern)
Shipwreck Tavern, Bayville: This kitschy, lively waterside tavern serves a lobster salad made with lobster meat, diced celery and chili-spiked mayo heaped onto a grilled potato bun that's drizzled with melted butter.
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K'mpec, the Chancellor of the Klingon Empire, was killed with the poison Veridium Six in 2367. K'mpec stated that the surreptitious use of poison, as opposed to an assassination where the attacker shows his face, was considered a dishonorable act amongst Klingons. (TNG: "Reunion")
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In 2374, Damar suspected Quark might have poisoned his beverage in retaliation for the Dominion arresting his brother Rom for terrorism. Quark attempted to drink Damar's beverage to prove him wrong, which convinced him that it was safe. (DS9: "Favor the Bold")
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26 U.S. Code § 5688 - Disposition and release of seized property
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(a) Forfeiture
(1) Delivery
All distilled spirits, wines, and beer forfeited, summarily or by order of court, under any law of the United States, shall be delivered to the Administrator of General Services to be disposed of as hereinafter provided.
(2) Disposal
The Administrator of General Services shall dispose of all distilled spirits, wines, and beer which have been delivered to him pursuant to paragraph (1)—
(A) by delivery to such Government agencies as, in his opinion, have a need for such distilled spirits, wines, or beer for medicinal, scientific, or mechanical purposes, or for any other official purpose for which appropriated funds may be expended by a Government agency; or
(B) by gifts to such eleemosynary institutions as, in his opinion, have a need for such distilled spirits, wines, or beer for medicinal purposes; or
(3) Limitation on disposal
Except as otherwise provided by law, no distilled spirits, wines, or beer which have been seized under any law of the United States may be disposed of in any manner whatsoever except after forfeiture and as provided in this subsection.
(4) Regulations
The Administrator of General Services is authorized to make all rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
(5) Remission or mitigation of forfeitures
Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of the Secretary, under the customs or internal revenue laws, to remit or mitigate the forfeiture, or alleged forfeiture, of such distilled spirits, wines, or beer, or the authority of the Secretary, to compromise any civil or criminal case in respect of such distilled spirits, wines, or beer prior to commencement of suit thereon, or the authority of the Secretary to compromise any claim under the customs laws in respect to such distilled spirits, wines, or beer.
(b) Distraint or judicial process
Except as provided in section 5243, all distilled spirits sold by order of court, or under process of distraint, shall be sold subject to tax; and the purchaser shall immediately, and before he takes possession of said spirits, pay the tax thereon, pursuant to the applicable provisions of this chapter and in accordance with regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary.
(c) Release of seized vessels or vehicles by courts
Notwithstanding any provisions of law relating to the return on bond of any vessel or vehicle seized for the violation of any law of the United States, the court having jurisdiction of the subject matter may, in its discretion and upon good cause shown by the United States, refuse to order such return of any such vessel or vehicle to the claimant thereof. As used in this subsection, the word "vessel" includes every description of watercraft used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation in water or in water and air; and the word "vehicle" includes every animal and description of carriage or other contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on land or through the air.
Source(Added Pub. L. 85–859, title II, § 201,Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1412; amended Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(b)(13)(A),Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 5688, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 701, consisted of provisions similar to those comprising this section, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859.
1976—Subsecs. (a)(5), (b). Pub. L. 94–455struck out "or his delegate" after "Secretary" wherever appearing.
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"Those who talk don't know. And those who know don't talk."
Highly-Classified Aphorism.
It turns out that Inspector Clouseau might not have been in charge of the Zazi transit bombing plot investigation after all.
In fact — as Fairly Civil noted in the first posting on this case — there was every evidence for those with eyes to see and ears to listen that this was going to be a case of good investigation and timely preemption. [Extended excerpts from court documents follow below in this posting.]
You would never have known that from the news media, which followed a by-now check-the-box predictable pattern.
Since in intelligence matters, people who actually know what's going on don't talk, and the people who do talk, usually don't know, the media is reduced to flailing about, looking for a "hook" to "advance" the story.
The general direction — with a few notable and commendable exceptions, such as J.J. Green of Washington's WTOP radio station — is to treat the counter-terrorism forces as overzealous, and the suspects as innocent folk (just like you and me) being viciously "profiled" and "eavesdropped" on.
Bewildered head-scratching. Early on in every disrupted plot, the news media raise their collective eyebrows over the fact that the authorities didn't actually catch anybody with a lit fuse.
Harrumph!! Nothing actually went bang!
The unspoken premise is that these Keystone Cops, these clowns, are seeing phantoms. Usually, some marginal or has-been politician can be found who will indiscreetly weigh in with a sound-bite.
The Denver Post, for example, ran with this bit from former Sen. Gary Hart:
Former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart said a Tuesday meeting with New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly left him doubtful that authorities have uncovered an al-Qaeda terrorist cell that was planning a major terrorist attack.
"He works very closely with the FBI. If he had just uncovered any major terror conspiracy I believe he would have told me," Hart told The Denver Post on Wednesday. He met with Kelly in his role as vice chairman of the Homeland Security Council.
"We were talking about what we could do to better protect New York City," Hart said.
Gosh, I know if I were police commissioner, I would just tell every random guy who had an appointment with me that terrorists were plotting to blow my city up. Especially former senators who as a general rule are real good at keeping their lips sealed.
Or not.
People, Can We All Get Along? The "human interest" angle usually pops up fairly early, too. This is the part where the alleged terrorists are portrayed as brothers of all mankind, just trying to get along, being hassled by the profiler man. Ode to Joy comes to mind.
The Denver Post, no doubt feeling the weight of having an actual accused terrorist right here in the mile-high city [!!], sent a byte-stained wretch into the field to dig out this stolidly obtuse bit of gullible local color:
The 24-year-old Aurora man at the heart of a national terrorism investigation is a hard-working cabdriver who regularly attends prayer services and is working to put down roots in the United States.
In interviews on the phone and at his condominium Tuesday, Najibullah Zazi denied any terrorist ties.
"Calling me an extremist. What does that mean?" Zazi asked. "I'm just normal. I pray five times a day. I observe Ramadan."
Oh, well, pardon us for interrupting your busy day, sir.
Not to be outdone, The New York Times scrambled to follow the Denver paper and made it official with this late edition bit of sensitive reporting:
"I have nothing to do with this," said the man, Najibullah Zazi, 25, who was reached by telephone in Colorado on Monday and Tuesday. "This looks like it's going toward me, which is more shocking every hour."
Well, I know I was shocked. The Times' "kicker" (ending bit) in the same story left us fairly sobbing with outrage at the horrid conditions those mean old profiling, rights-abusing agents left in the wake of their outrageous Queens raid:
At one raid site, a fifth-floor apartment on 41st Avenue, a tenant, Naiz Khan, spoke of Mr. Zazi, who stayed overnight there on Thursday. He said that he had barely spoken with Mr. Zazi on his recent visit but that they had been closer when they were students at Flushing High School. He said he was committed to helping the F.B.I.
"Anything they need, I will help them out," Mr. Khan said on Tuesday, standing amid a messy jumble of belongings. "It's my responsibility."
That a man can rise to such selflessness, "standing amid a messy jumble" … well, it touches one's heart.
News desk, get me a pissing match! The oldest, greasiest card in the journaliste pack-o-tricks is the [excuse my French] "pissing match."
It's a great way to fill a factual void.
Any beat reporter worth his or her salt knows how to start one of these. Find an anonymous "source" from the party of the first part who will likely criticize the party of the second part. Ask that person a clever question ["Say, what do you really think about the way the Second Department handled that search?"]. Take the answer ["Those idiots from 2D couldn't find their ass in the dark with a flashlight in both hands!"] to another "source" in the party of the second part for "reaction" ["Hate to bother you, but I think it's only fair to get your reaction to something I heard today from an official over in 1D"].
This is good for several days worth of "reportage."
The New York Daily News sent the first hack out to stir this angle up:
Raids on three Queens apartments may have derailed a terror plot, but they caused a rift between the NYPD and FBI officials who wanted to get more evidence, sources said Tuesday.
Although the NYPD's top spokesman denied a rift, sources said the FBI wanted to hold off to determine exactly what a Denver-based terror cell was planning.
A frenzy followed.
Look, maybe mistakes were made, but my experience has been after having interviewed many, many agents and officials who work in this area is that one can always find those who will criticize other agencies, but over the long run those working at the point of the spear pull together and put their differences aside. I personally doubt very much that the JTTF is riven with "fissiparous tendencies."
And by the way, if you want to see a snake pit of back-biting rifts, just visit any newsroom. Talk about pissing matches.
And further by the way, precisely when would the journalistes — the editors and reporters — have moved against such a plot? When would they interrupt bomb-makers? And would they turn their backs on "aspirational" bombers, hoping that they would never become "operational" and actually blow something up?
Hmm, Maybe — But Just Maybe — They Have A Little Something Here. As more evidence emerges , the media fall back on ponderous ruminations that the plot was disrupted before the bumbling plotters were able to create a serious threat. Curiously, that is not a good thing. A popular variant is that the FBI (or other agency) undercover agents who infiltrated the cell of would-be terrorists were the true "motivating" force who pushed a bunch of innocent clowns along the road to perdition.
Thus, The New York Times reported that authorities, possibly, maybe, kinda-sorta had some proof:
The central figure in what authorities describe as a widening inquiry into a possible plot to detonate explosives in the United States had been trained in weapons and explosives in Pakistan and, according to court papers released Sunday, had made nine pages of handwritten notes on how to make and handle bombs.
But the paper-of-record felt compelled to add a bit more wee-wee match "tension" to the brew, and insert the ritual "the plot had not taken shape" clause:
In a sense, the case reflects the tension that has grown between intelligence and law enforcement agencies since the September 2001 attacks. Some intelligence officials are prepared to disrupt a group as soon as its activities are discovered, while more case-oriented law enforcement agencies seek to surreptitiously track or infiltrate a suspect group, uncovering all of its members, until there is compelling evidence to charge the plotters with a crime.
In this case, officials say, Mr. Zazi and his confederates were apparently deterred before any plot had a chance to take shape and before investigators were able to clearly understand what the men were planning. That left prosecutors to charge the three men with proxy offenses of making false statements rather than crimes directly involving terrorism.
This is wool-gathering pabulum. If you think that there have been tensions between law enforcement and intelligence agencies "since the September 2001 attacks," you should recall the real "Chinese Wall" that existed between them before that infamous date.
Holy S**t, Batman, This was real! Finally, comes acceptance.
Bad people really do want to hurt us.
Our counter-terrorism agencies really do catch many (one would hope most and wish all) of them before they can do us harm.
So, today, The New York Times grudgingly leads with the news that the case of Najibullah Zazi "may" be different.
Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, senior government officials have announced dozens of terrorism cases that on closer examination seemed to diminish as legitimate threats. The accumulating evidence against a Denver airport shuttle driver suggests he may be different, with some investigators calling his case the most serious in years.
Gosh, authorities must be gratified that the experts in the media now agree that this is serious!
Still, the paper can't resist pulling lint out of the navel of so-called "aspirational" cases, those where nothing went boom because undercover agents defused the plot. Buried at the very end of this pompous fugue of faux journalistic "expertise" in terrorism investigations is a typical media "J'accuse!" format: an agency's "admission" with a "but" qualifier.
What could be more fair?
F.B.I. officials have admitted that such cases are "aspirational" rather than operational. But they note that if the Sept. 11 hijackers — some of whom were unsophisticated recent arrivals to the United States — had been interrupted early on, they might have looked amateurish and the notion that they could turn jetliners into missiles far-fetched.
So, what evidence does the government have? Well, keeping in mind that prosecutors are not going to put on the table more than they need to, and using a bit of common sense and understanding about how real investigations (as opposed to media imaginings) actually work, the following is a bare minimum. And chilling.
On the point of competence, if you read these filings (and others quoted in other posts) carefully, you will see several junctures at which judicial authorization was obtained. These indicate that at those points the investigators had other evidence not cited here which persuaded a judge to approve the investigative steps. In other words, 1 + 1 = 3.
These excerpts come from the indictment and a memorandum of law opposing release of bail in the case of United States v. Najibullah Zazi in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Docket No. 09-CR-663:
NAJIBULLAH ZAZI, together with others, did knowingly, intentionally, and without lawful authority conspire to use one or more weapons of mass destruction, to wit: explosive bombs and other similar explosive devices, against persons and property within the United States…
In furtherance of the conspiracy, Zazi received detailed bomb-making instructions in Pakistan, purchased components of improvised explosive devices, and traveled to New York City on September 10, 2009 in furtherance of his criminal plans….
A. Trip to Pakistan
Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") records show that on August 28, 2008, Zazi and others flew from Newark Liberty International Airport to Peshawar, Pakistan via Geneva, Switzerland and Doha, Qatar. They traveled on Qatar Airlines Flight Number 84.
Zazi is associated with three email accounts ("Email Account 1," "Email Account 2," and "Email Account 3") that were active during his time in Pakistan. One of the accounts is directly subscribed to Zazi, and all three accounts contain slight variations of the same password. The government will establish at trial that these accounts were used in furtherance of Zazi's efforts to manufacture explosive devices. Among other things, during a consent search of two of three of the accounts, agents found jpeg images of nine pages of handwritten notes containing formulations and instructions regarding the manufacture and handling of different kinds of explosives. Based on email header information, these images had been emailed to Email Accounts 2 and 3 in early December 2008, while Zazi was in Pakistan. As discussed below, the same notes were transferred onto ZAZI's laptop computer in June 2009.
The notes contained specifications for, among other explosives, the explosive Triacetone Triperoxide ("TATP"), which is the explosive used in the 2005 London train bombings and intended to be used in the 2001 "shoe bomb" plot by Richard Reid. The three components of TATP are hydrogen peroxide, acetone and a strong acid (such as hydrochloric acid). The handwritten notes mention that acetone is found in nail polish remover and that hydrogen peroxide can be found in "Hair Salon – 29-30%." The notes discuss formulations for mixing hydrogen peroxide with flour, and list ghee oil as a type of fuel that can be used to help initiate the explosive device.
Zazi flew from Peshawar back to John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York ("JFK") on January 15, 2009 aboard Qatar Airlines Flight Number 83.
B. Research and Purchase of Explosive Device Components
Prior to traveling to Pakistan, Zazi lived in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, New York. Within days of returning from Pakistan, Zazi moved to Aurora, Colorado. Zazi resided with family members on East Ontario Drive in Aurora from January 2009 until the end of July 2009. Zazi's father, Mohamed Wali Zazi ("Wali") moved from New York to Aurora in July 2009, and the two ultimately moved into a residence on East Smoky Hill Road in Aurora on or about July 31.
A lawfully-authorized search of Zazi's laptop computer reflects that Zazi transferred the bomb-making instruction notes onto his laptop and/or accessed the notes on his laptop in June and July 2009. The FBI's search of the laptop also reflects that Zazi conducted several internet searches for hydrochloric acid during the summer of 2009, and "bookmarked" a site on two different browsers for "Lab Safety for Hydrochloric Acid." Zazi also searched a beauty salon website for hydrocide and peroxide.
During July and August 2009, Zazi and others associated with Zazi purchased unusually large quantities of hydrogen peroxide and acetone products from beauty supply stores in the Denver metropolitan area. Surveillance videos and receipts reflect that on July 25, 2009, Zazi purchased six bottles of "Liquid Developer Clairoxide" from a beauty supply store in Aurora. This product contains high concentrations of hydrogen peroxide. The videos and receipts also establish that on August 28, 2009, Zazi purchased 12 32-oz bottles of "Ms. K Liquid 40 Volume" — another hydrogen peroxide based product — from the same store. Records from a nearby hotel in Aurora reflect that Zazi checked into a suite in the hotel on the same day. The suite included a stove.
The evidence will further establish that individuals associated with Zazi purchased unusual quantities of hydrogen and acetone products in July, August and September 2009 from three different beauty supply stores in and around Aurora. One person purchased a one-gallon container of a product containing 20% hydrogen peroxide, as well as an eight ounce bottle of acetone. A second person purchased an acetone product in approximately the first week of September. A third person purchased 32-ounce bottles of Ion Sensitive Scalp Developer, a product containing high levels of hydrogen peroxide, on approximately three occasions during the summer of 2009.
C. Travel to New York
On September 6 and 7, 2009, Zazi rented the same suite at the same hotel in Aurora where he had stayed on August 28. The hotel surveillance camera captured Zazi checking-in to the hotel at 2:32 p.m. on September 6. Subsequent FBI testing for explosives and chemical residue in the suite revealed the presence of acetone residue in the vent above the stove. Importantly, the bomb-making notes contemplate heating the components in order to make them highly concentrated.
Also on September 6 and 7, Zazi attempted to communicate on multiple occasions with another individual — each communication more urgent in tone than the last — seeking to correct [sic, probably "seeking correct"] mixtures of ingredients to make explosives. Included in the communications were requests related to flour and ghee oil, which are two ingredients listed in the bomb-making instructions. Zazi repeatedly emphasized in the communications that he needed the answers right away.
A lawfully-authorized search of Zazi's laptop computer reflects that the next day, September 8, Zazi searched the internet for locations of a home improvement store within zip code 11354, the zip code for the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, New York. He then searched the home improvement store's website for muriatic acid, which is a diluted version of hydrochloric acid and, as discussed, could constitute the third component of TATP, which is comprised of hydrogen peroxide, acetone and a strong acid like hydrochloric acid. Zazi viewed four different types of muriatic acid. He viewed one particular type — Klean Green Safer Muriatic Acid — multiple times. This product claims to have lower fumes and is safer to handle than standard muriatic acid.
The same day as the home improvement store internet searches, Zazi rented a car. The next day, September 9, Zazi started driving from Colorado to New York City, taking with him the laptop computer (which, as noted, contained the bomb-making instructions). The car rental contract reflects that Zazi was supposed to return the car in New York on September 14, 2009.
Zazi arrived in New York on the afternoon of September 10 and traveled to Flushing, Queens. Lawfully-authorized intercepts of Zazi's cell phone reflect that Zazi became suspicious, and then learned directly, that law enforcement officers were tracking his activities. Zazi ultimately purchased an airline ticket and returned to Denver on September 12.
Zazi spent the night of September 10 at a residence in Queens. During the execution of a search warrant at the Queens residence, agents found, among several other items, an electronic weight scale in the closet. The scale and batteries both contained Zazi's fingerprints. In addition, during a lawfully-authorized search of Zazi's laptop, agents found the images of the handwritten bomb-making instructions discussed above. Experts in the FBI's explosives unit have opined that the scale would be suitable for performing several of the procedures outline in the instructions. With respect to TATP, a scale such as the one recovered would be required to weigh the hydrogen peroxide and other precursor chemicals in determining the proper concentrations and ratios. These procedures are outlined in the bomb-making notes.
After Zazi's laptop was searched in New York, and after Zazi returned to Colorado with his laptop, agents executed a search warrant at his Aurora address. Agents recovered the same laptop that had previously been searched and found that the hard drive had since been removed.


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50 U.S. Code Chapter 42 - ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS
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- § 2501. Definitions
Part A—Stockpile Stewardship and Weapons Production
2521. Stockpile stewardship program. 2522. Stockpile stewardship criteria. 2523. Nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship, management, and infrastructure plan. 2523a. Repealed. 2523b. Transferred. 2524. Stockpile management program. 2524a. Repealed. 2525. Annual assessments and reports to the President and Congress regarding the condition of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile. 2526. Form of certifications regarding the safety or reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile. 2527. Nuclear test ban readiness program. 2528, 2528a. Repealed. 2529. Requirements for specific request for new or modified nuclear weapons. 2530. Testing of nuclear weapons. 2531. Repealed. 2532. Manufacturing infrastructure for refabrication and certification of nuclear weapons stockpile. 2533. Reports on critical difficulties at national security laboratories and nuclear weapons production facilities. 2534. Plan for transformation of National Nuclear Security Administration nuclear security enterprise. 2535. Replacement project for Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. 2536. Reports on lifetime extension programs. 2537. Selected Acquisition Reports and independent cost estimates on life extension programs and new nuclear facilities. 2538. Advice to President and Congress regarding safety, security, and reliability of United States nuclear weapons stockpile.
Part B—Tritium
2541. Tritium production program. 2542. Tritium recycling. 2543. Tritium production. 2544. Modernization and consolidation of tritium recycling facilities. 2545. Procedures for meeting tritium production requirements. SUBCHAPTER III—PROLIFERATION MATTERS 2561. Repealed. 2562. Nonproliferation initiatives and activities. 2563. Annual report on status of Nuclear Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting Program. 2564. Nuclear Cities Initiative. 2565. Authority to conduct program relating to fissile materials. 2566. Disposition of weapons-usable plutonium at Savannah River Site. 2567. Disposition of surplus defense plutonium at Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina. 2568. Authority to use international nuclear materials protection and cooperation program funds outside the former Soviet Union. 2569. Acceleration of removal or security of fissile materials, radiological materials, and related equipment at vulnerable sites worldwide. 2570. Silk Road Initiative. 2571. Nuclear Nonproliferation Fellowships for scientists employed by United States and Russian Federation. 2572. International agreements on nuclear weapons data. 2573. International agreements on information on radioactive materials. 2574. Enhancing nuclear forensics capabilities. SUBCHAPTER IV—ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT MATTERS
Part A—Environmental Restoration and Waste Management
2581. Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Account. 2582. Requirement to develop future use plans for environmental management programs. 2582a. Future-years defense environmental management plan. 2583. Integrated fissile materials management plan. 2584. Baseline environmental management reports. 2585. Accelerated schedule for environmental restoration and waste management activities. 2586. Defense waste cleanup technology program. 2587. Report on environmental restoration expenditures. 2588. Public participation in planning for environmental restoration and waste management at defense nuclear facilities. 2589. Policy of Department of Energy regarding future defense environmental management matters.
Part B—Closure of Facilities
2601. Projects to accelerate closure activities at defense nuclear facilities. 2602. Reports in connection with permanent closures of Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities.
Part C—Privatization
2611. Defense environmental management privatization projects.
Part D—Hanford Reservation, Washington
2621. Safety measures for waste tanks at Hanford Nuclear Reservation. 2622. Hanford waste tank cleanup program reforms. 2623. River Protection Project. 2624. Funding for termination costs of River Protection Project, Richland, Washington.
Part E—Savannah River Site, South Carolina
2631. Accelerated schedule for isolating high-level nuclear waste at the Defense Waste Processing Facility, Savannah River Site. 2632. Multi-year plan for clean-up. 2633. Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposal of legacy nuclear materials. 2634. Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposition of legacy nuclear materials. 2635. Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposition of legacy nuclear materials. 2636. Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposal of legacy nuclear materials. 2637. Continuation of processing, treatment, and disposal of legacy nuclear materials. 2638. Limitation on use of funds for decommissioning F–canyon facility. SUBCHAPTER V—SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY MATTERS
Part A—Safeguards and Security
2651. Prohibition on international inspections of Department of Energy facilities unless protection of restricted data is certified. 2652. Restrictions on access to national security laboratories by foreign visitors from sensitive countries. 2653. Background investigations of certain personnel at Department of Energy facilities. 2654. Department of Energy counterintelligence polygraph program. 2655. Repealed. 2656. Notice to congressional committees of certain security and counterintelligence failures within atomic energy defense programs. 2657. Submittal of annual report on status of security functions at nuclear weapons facilities. 2658. Report on counterintelligence and security practices at national security laboratories. 2659. Report on security vulnerabilities of national security laboratory computers. 2660. Design and use of prototypes of nuclear weapons for intelligence purposes.
Part B—Classified Information
2671. Review of certain documents before declassification and release. 2672. Protection against inadvertent release of Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data. 2673. Supplement to plan for declassification of Restricted Data and Formerly Restricted Data. 2674. Protection of classified information during laboratory-to-laboratory exchanges. 2675. Identification in budget materials of amounts for declassification activities and limitation on expenditures for such activities.
Part C—Emergency Response
2691. Responsibility for Defense Programs Emergency Response Program. SUBCHAPTER VI—PERSONNEL MATTERS
Part A—Personnel Management
2701. Authority for appointment of certain scientific, engineering, and technical personnel. 2702. Whistleblower protection program. 2703. Employee incentives for employees at closure project facilities. 2704. Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities workforce restructuring plan. 2705. Authority to provide certificate of commendation to Department of Energy and contractor employees for exemplary service in stockpile stewardship and security.
Part B—Education and Training
2721. Executive management training in Department of Energy. 2722. Stockpile stewardship recruitment and training program. 2723. Fellowship program for development of skills critical to the nuclear security enterprise.
Part C—Worker Safety
2731. Worker protection at nuclear weapons facilities. 2732. Safety oversight and enforcement at defense nuclear facilities. 2733. Program to monitor Department of Energy workers exposed to hazardous and radioactive substances. 2734. Programs for persons who may have been exposed to radiation released from Hanford Nuclear Reservation. 2735. Use of probabilistic risk assessment to ensure nuclear safety of facilities of the Administration and the Office of Environmental Management. 2736. Notification of nuclear criticality and non-nuclear incidents. SUBCHAPTER VII—BUDGET AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MATTERS
Part A—Recurring National Security Authorization Provisions
2741. Definitions. 2742. Reprogramming. 2743. Minor construction projects. 2743a. General plant projects. 2744. Limits on construction projects. 2745. Fund transfer authority. 2746. Conceptual and construction design. 2747. Authority for emergency planning, design, and construction activities. 2748. Scope of authority to carry out plant projects. 2749. Availability of funds. 2750. Transfer of defense environmental management funds. 2751. Transfer of weapons activities funds. 2752. Funds available for all national security programs of the Department of Energy. 2753. Notification of cost overruns for certain Department of Energy projects.
Part B—Penalties
2761. Restriction on use of funds to pay penalties under environmental laws. 2762. Restriction on use of funds to pay penalties under Clean Air Act.
Part C—Other Matters
2771. Repealed. 2772. Quarterly reports on financial balances for atomic energy defense activities. SUBCHAPTER VIII—ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Part A—Contracts
2781. Costs not allowed under covered contracts. 2782. Prohibition and report on bonuses to contractors operating defense nuclear facilities. 2783. Contractor liability for injury or loss of property arising out of atomic weapons testing programs. 2784. Notice-and-wait requirement applicable to certain third-party financing arrangements. 2785. Publication of contractor performance evaluations leading to award fees.
Part B—Research and Development
2791. Laboratory-directed research and development programs. 2791a. Laboratory-directed research and development. 2792. Limitations on use of funds for laboratory directed research and development purposes. 2793. Limitation on use of funds for certain research and development purposes. 2794. Critical technology partnerships and cooperative research and development centers. 2795. University-based research collaboration program.
Part C—Facilities Management
2811. Transfers of real property at certain Department of Energy facilities. 2812. Engineering and manufacturing research, development, and demonstration by plant managers of certain nuclear weapons production plants. 2813. Pilot program relating to use of proceeds of disposal or utilization of certain Department of Energy assets. 2814. Department of Energy energy parks program.
Part D—Other Matters
2821. Repealed. 2822. Payment of costs of operation and maintenance of infrastructure at Nevada National Security Site.
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[♪♪] [CS6] [Al Mooney - Product Manager, Pro Video Editing] Let's go ahead and look at another one of the big editing features we've added to Premiere Pro CS6. Just have a quick look at this sequence. Clearly what we're working here is 4 tiled pieces of video playing back at the same time showing that amazing jump. Just imagine I wanted to apply, for example, a color corrector or any kind of effect, really, but in this example, a color corrector to this entire frame. If I tried to do that in previous versions of Premiere Pro, I'd have 2 options for how to do that. The first would be to nest this sequence and then apply a color corrector on top of the nest. That works, but it's a little frustrating because every time I wanted to, for example, pick an edit up and make a change, I'd have to double click on the nested sequence, make the change, and come back. That slows down the creative process. The other thing I could do is take the color corrector from the Effects panel and put it on every single one of those clips. I'm working on a really powerful system here, so it might be able to handle that. But to be honest, using 7 or 8 color correctors in one go is asking for trouble. So in CS6 we're introducing a new way of handling that, and that way is adjustment layers. You might be familiar with these from Photoshop or After Effects, and they work in a very similar way. So let's have a look at how we can do that. I'm just going to click on the New Item button in the bottom of the panel and choose to create an adjustment layer. This is intelligent, so it's going to assume I want it to be the same size and frame rate of my sequence. So think of this as just empty video. I have an empty video track on my sequence, as you can see--video 5-- so I'm just going to pull that adjustment layer up, drag it on the top, and pull it out so it fits the sequence. So at the moment, as you can see, that's not doing anything. What I'm going to do now is apply the Three-Way Color Corrector to that adjustment layer. The Three-Way Color Corrector in Premiere Pro CS6 has been redesigned to be much more intuitive, so I'll show you that as well in just a second. Let's go to the Effects panel. I'm just going to use the Quick Search box to find the Three-Way Color Corrector. A really nice new feature we've added into CS6 is the ability to have a clip selected, and to apply an effect to it, just double click on that effect. Historically, you'd have to drag, drop from the Effects panel to the clip, and if you do that a thousand times a day, it gets pretty boring. So with that clip selected, I can now go to my Effect Controls panel and see the Three-Way Color Corrector and its controls. Like I said, we've redesigned the layout of the Three-Way Color Corrector to be much more intuitive and much less confusing. One of the nice things we've done here is added this little Master checkbox at the top. And what that does is just gangs the 3 wheels together so I can apply everything to the clip at the same time. So with the adjustment layer selected, it's going to apply the color corrector to everything beneath it, which means when I pick these parameters up and move them around, you can see I'm color correcting the entire frame. I talked before about a great feature in CS6 called "don't stop playback." That's really useful when you're doing this kind of work. So what I can do with this feature is just hit Play, and while the video is playing back, I can use my color correction to make changes in real time. I'm on a really powerful system here. I'm on an HP workstation containing Xeon E5-2600 chips an NVIDIA Quadro 5000, and we're playing back off Intel SSD 520 SSDs, and all those things combined are just going to give me really amazing performance in even very complex timelines. But another really important feature we've added in Premiere Pro CS6 is limited support for OpenCL on the MacBook Pro. We have a great working relationship with NVIDIA, and we continue to support their CUDA configurations. In fact, in CS6 we support more than ever, including Maximus, which is just an extremely powerful multi-GPU way of working. But for MacBook Pro users with AMD GPUs we've never been able to leverage the power of those GPUs in the past. So with CS6 we've introduced support for MacBook Pro, 2 of the GPUs that are available in that, and that just brings better performance to mobile Mac users. So hopefully you can see the combination of adjustment layers, the newly laid out Three-Way Color Corrector, powerful CPUs and powerful GPUs, and the "don't stop playback" feature all combining there to give me a very, very easy, intuitive way of color correcting that media. [Adobe]
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Have you ever wondered how your property taxes are determined, where limits apply and how it's distributed? The best way to explain Washington's property tax system is with a simple illustration.
Imagine a little city that consists of four homes, each exactly the same, and each appraised by the Assessor at $100,000. Let's also say that the annual city budget for our imaginary city is $1000. To raise the amount of the budget, each homeowner must pay $250. Four homes each paying $250 raises $1000. Our property tax system is budget based. We tax enough to raise the amount in the budget. No more.
Let's say next year's budget remains at $1000, but the Assessor doubles the assessed value of all the homes to $200,000 each. Do the taxes on each of the homes change? No. To raise the budgeted amount, each must still pay $250. In this example, the assessed value of each home doubled, but the tax didn't change.
Now let's get a bit more realistic and say that the values on the homes change differently. Suppose one home goes from $100,000 to $150,000. Two homes double in value to $200,000 and the last home jumps up to a whopping $250,000! Now what happens to the taxes? Well, the average value of the four homes is still $200,000. So the taxes on the two homes that go to $200,000 are unchanged. They are at the average and they each still pay $250. The lowest valued home sees its tax go down to $187.50, even though the assessed value goes up 50 percent! The home that jumped 150 percent to $250,000 in value sees its property tax go up to $312.50, a 25 percent increase. In the end, we still only raise $1000 total to meet the budget. Interesting right?
But wait. Normally budgets don't stay the same; they go up, right? Back in 2000, Washington State voters approved Initiative 747. I-747 limited annual budget increases to 1 percent unless voters approve a greater increase. In our imaginary city, the $1000 budget can only increase 1 percent to $1010 the following year unless the voters who live in the city approve a higher increase.
Our imaginary city gives a simple illustration of our property tax system. In reality, it's not so simple. In Spokane County, there are about 215,000 properties (all different from each other), 127 tax code areas, and 56 tax districts. Although each property is in one tax code area, each property is in a number of tax districts because tax districts overlap. For instance, say my mother lives in the house next door to mine. We both live in Fire District 10, however, she is in the Cheney School District while I'm in School District 81. The result is that even though we live right next to each other, we are in different tax code areas, and our total tax rates differ. The 56 tax districts in Spokane County are comprised of the county, cities, fire districts, emergency service districts, library, sewer, water, and cemetery districts, resulting in 127 tax code areas. Each tax district has an annual budget. Spokane County's property tax system operates just like our imaginary little city, but on a much larger scale and with all these different factors. Nonetheless, our computer systems allow very accurate calculation of property taxes.
Most taxpayers who call believe there is a limit on increases to assessed values. Not so. Assessed values are driven by the real estate market. The limit is on the annual budget increase of tax districts.
Now, let's look at what happens if someone moves into our little city and builds a new house. If we again say the assessed value of each home is the original $100,000 but add a new home, look what happens to the individual property tax on each home. Five homes supporting the $1000 budget means each home now pays only $200 each. While growth brings more demand for government services, and is likely to push up demand for a greater budget, the initial effect is decreased taxes.
I have one more illustration that I think will be useful in our discussion. After we've determined how the values are established and the levy rates are set, the next step is generating the actual tax amount. This is done by multiplying the assessed value by the levy rate. This sets the ad valorem (or base) tax, which matches the budget requests discussed above. Special assessments are added if the property is within an irrigation, stormwater, aquifer, drainwater or flood district and tax statements are sent out. As the taxes are paid, the monies collected are divided among the budgeting entities, such as schools, fire, roads, cities, water and libraries. At the end of each month, the total tax collected is distributed to these individual districts. So, let's use the example from above. If your tax was $200 for the year and you paid the first half in April, that would be $100 collected. This $100 needs to be divided among the districts established in your area according to their budgeted amounts. The breakdown may look something like this: Schools (local and state) $50, County / City, $27, Fire district $12, Roads $4, Library $4 and Water $3.
The above distribution process is continued throughout the year giving each district the funds requested to sustain their business activities.
Something to remember.
Spokane County is known as an "Annual County". That means all property is to be adjusted to fair market value every year. All property is valued based upon the sale of comparable homes. So what does that look like when prices begin to decline? Will the assessed value decline with it? The answer is yes. We will follow the market. But remember the examples above; we will still raise the amount of the budget. Declining values would not necessarily mean lower taxes.
We hope this discussion helps you understand how our system works. You control your taxes at the ballot box. It is vitally important that we carefully consider all levy issues we are asked to vote upon.
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I LOVE the Pay it Forward movement – so so fun! And this year Michael's Stores is taking it a step further with Craft it Forward – so you can image I was giddy to participate! Love this print: "We have the POWER to MAKE the world a Beautiful Place…"
A sneak peek of what I made….with the tutorial down below….
But first, I have to let you on the info – it's such a great idea!
Yes, that's THIS WEEK!! You can share your own random acts of kindness on the Michaels Facebook page; use the hashtag #RAOKDIY when sharing on Twitter and Instagram. Find the Pinterest Board HERE. Follow along so you don't miss anything:
I was super excited about the chance to focus on creating a project specifically for someone else. The possibilities were endless, but I finally settled on creating something for my kids' teachers. It started with this great printable I found over at eighteen25, so you'll have to head over there to grab the download. I printed it on a fit-to-page 11×17 paper. Ever since I joined 2013 and got a color printer, printables have been mine for the printing! it's addicting…
And then the crafty part comes in – creating the frame. You'll need:
–foamcore board
–spray glue
–craft paint
–wooden frame
–exacto knife
I picked up my frame at Michaels – isn't is awesome?!? It's technically not a picture frame because the open middle doesn't have a spot to hold anything, but that's okay. I found them on an end-cap near those small raw wooden shapes and cut-outs. They were only $8 (if I remember right) – what a steal!
You'll paint it the color you want. If you want after that, you could distress it or ink the edges – I liked the crisp look of solid color for mine.
Lay the dried frame over the print and mark where it needs to be trimmed. You want the print to be larger than the opening about 1/4 inch all the way around – you can see where I marked it using the cut-out holes
Take the print that's been cut to size and use it as a template to cut your foam core board:
The easiest way to do this is to use a cutting ruler and an exacto knife – just follow the edge.
Use cover the cut piece of foam core in spray glue – let it dry a minute or two. This will make it tacky so it's sticky, but not too wet for the thin paper (it's the same technique I use on my Giant Picture Tutorial)
Now the printable is attached and has a sturdy foam core back:
Take that board and attach it to the back of the frame, pressing firmly with the staple gun (love how it tells you which end the staples will come out of – I forget every time!)
That's it! My kids are SUPER EXCITED to give their teachers a gift. I also asked each teacher if they had any crafty items on their wish list – one needed a way to organize construction paper and another needed new markers and pom poms. Can do!
Do you have any Craft It Forward Plans this week?? Don't forget to share them via Social Media with Michael's Stores!


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A Ruin with a View is the second Episode of Pokémon Advanced and Pokémon Advanced Generation.
Now that Pikachu is feeling better, Ash is ready to head to Oldale Town to sign up for the Hoenn League. May has offered to show Ash the way in exchange for his company to Oldale Town—which is only fair, seeing as Pikachu destroyed May's bike when it was sick! In Oldale Town, May visits her first Pokémon Center and is amazed with all of its services, and by the ancient ruins next door. Things quickly turn sour when Team Magma, a mysterious band of criminals, shut down the electricity at the Pokémon Center and kidnap Professor Alden in order to invade the ruins. With no electricity, all of the Pokémon are in danger—including May's Torchic. It's up to Ash and May to save the day—and in doing so they uncover mysterious, ancient Pokémon.
On their way to Oldale Town, Ash and Pikachu are about to make a race, until May asks them to slow down. Then, they notice Azurill. May wants to catch it with a Pokeball, but Ash says that one has to weaken a Pokemon before capturing it. May brings her Torchic and orders to attack. The Torchic unsuccessfully hits a tree. Torchic then follows Azurill, but (again) hits itself into a rock. May orders Torchic to use its "Peck" attack. Torchic attacks a tree, as Azurill escaped.
Torchic attacks from a distance, but notices that it wasn't just a Azurill, but a Marill got attacked as well. They all attack Torchic (which gets defeated), but Ash orders his Pikachu to attack, just to scare them away. Ash proposes to go to the next Pokemon Center to heal Torchic. On their way, they notice some ruins and Professor Alden appears and points them to the Pokemon Center across the hill. Nurse Joy treats the Torchic, saying that it needs some sleep. Ash makes a call to Prof. Oak to say he is in Oldale Town and to register for Hoenn League. May bumps in, introducing herself to Prof. Oak.
Somewhere else, the Team Rocket make their call to Giovanni, their boss, to say they are in Hoenn. They also ask for money, but Giovanni will give them ONLY if they make a center of operations in Hoenn. However, Giovanni only sends them to learn of Team Aqua and Team Plasma who operate there...
Back at the Center, Ash shows May around. In the Lobby, a trainer mentions a new Gym Leader of Petalburg City. May stops Ash because she's hungry. Team Rocket digs, happily cheering, as they are the only members of Team Rocket in Hoenn. Prof Alden explains that the ruins Ash and May saw might be a portal between their own and the Ancient Pokemon world. However, it is quite old. Alden also mentions that 4 keys are required to open the chamber. Outside, some people are spying on Prof. Alden. The electricity in Pokeom Center is shut, and the men capture Nurse Joy, Ash and May into a room, while Alden goes with the men to Oldale ruins. Pikachu sees the airshaft entrance.
Team Rocket dug the tunnel, but the men intercept them. Jessie and James call out Arbok and Weezing. However, the Houndoom growl at them and they go back into the Pokeballs. Team Rocket escapes through the tunnel. Pikachu guides Ash and May through the air vent. Ash and May get out. Ash gets the key for the Pokemon Center and May turns the reserve power on. Alden is eing intimidated by the men and forced to use the keys the men brought to enter the chamber. Alden enters the keys and the chamber opens, revealing pictures of people and some Pokemons, like Aerodctyl and Kabutops. The men leave by a heliocopter, but Alden is left out.
Team Rocket appear with the keys they stole. Jessie brings Arbok, but Pikachu attacks Arbok and uses Thunderbolt ability to send Team Rocket away. The sun shines, opening a secret entrance inside the chamber. It is revealed that there is underground water inside the cave, with some Pokemon (such as Relicanth). Back at the Center, Torchic is healed. Professor Alden works at the ruins and Ash (with May) goes to Petalburg City for his first Gym battle in Hoenn.
Human Debuts
- Professor Alden
- Team Magma
Pokémon Debuts
TV episode Debuts
- The Pokémon featured in the Who's That Pokémon segment is Crobat.
- In the beginning of the episode Ash remembered what happened the last time he destroyed a girl's bike.
- Prof. Oak mentions that his first name is Samuel.
- May mentions she has a brother.
- May: "I did have a bike."
Ash: "Hhhhhh.... You know, I guess there's no harm if we slow it down a little bit!"
Pikachu: "Pika."
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Well, mostly because Jazz asked me to post a complete list of the seasonals we are still missing in A1, and because my former list was incomplete.
If it's a card that isn't released in US yet I will post the respective picture next to it, plus the name. Despite some of them containing A2 card borders, all of those are or will be available in A1 eventually.
Crest Proletariat Knight (A set 7 Crest card, that was not released in US. Instead we got Crest Ranger, which (as you can tell by the border) was an EX card)
Rusted Colossus
Successor of the Shield / Halmira (Fierte's student and successor)
(Valentine's, would be my guess)
Mirror Shield Soldier of Regus
Raging Brawler / Olvaus
Magic Seal Expert / Mikasha
Princess Leia- I mean, Purple Reia.
Undead General / Black Onix (One of Durendal's undead lackies. He apparently gets bishified?)
Observer / Lria
Master of the Demon Spear / Anri (No, Jazz, she is NOT called Henry. Obviously inspired by Assassin's Christmas seasonal)
Mermaid Soldier Human
Child of Destiny / Lamia (Despite JP's insistence, she is not called Ramia, but in fact Lamia, after the daughter of Poseidon and Libya)
True Vision / Reeses
Revolter / Constance
Shrine Knights of Ishtar (Ishtar is Lapierre's successor and the concubine of future Verlaat , this is her special Shrine Knights squad)
Magic Doll -Knight- (Because the card has compression artifacts, and because it is very pretty, I took another minute to dig out a higher resolution picture of both versions, found here and here)
Syakunetsuou (I am not translating this, because I hate translating poetic nonsense.)
Mischievous Fairy
2nd SK leader / Liliana (I forgot if she was a generic general, or really Ishtar's second in command, so I rolled with the latter. Again a higher resolution from the Alteil Calendar: Klick.)
The Strategist with the Cold Smile / Ivy
Daughter of the Serpent God / Linda
Magic Swordsman / Sistine
Slave of Chaos / Ebreenu
Knight of Frailty / Etoile


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The PTH test measures the level of parathyroid hormone in the blood.
PTH stands for parathyroid hormone. It is a protein hormone released by the parathyroid gland.
A laboratory test can be done to measure the amount of PTH in your blood.
Parathormone; Parathormone (PTH) intact molecule
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see: Venipuncture
Ask your health care provider if you should stop eating or drinking for some period of time before the test. Most often, you will not need to fast or stop drinking.
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain. Others feel only a prick or stinging. Afterward, there may be some throbbing or slight bruising. This soon goes away.
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is released by the parathyroid glands. The four tiny parathyroid glands are located in the neck, near or attached to the back side of the thyroid gland. PTH controls calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D levels in the blood. It is important for regulating bone growth. Your health care provider may order this test if:
To help understand whether your parathyroid hormone level is normal, your doctor will measure your blood calcium at the same time.
Normal values are 10 to 55 picograms per milliliter (pg/mL).
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different specimens. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
A higher-than-normal level may occur with:
A lower-than-normal level may occur with:
Other conditions for which the test may be ordered include:
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight, but may include:
Bringhurst FR, Demay MB, Kronenberg HM. Hormones and disorders of mineral metabolism. In: Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, Kronenberg HM, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 28.
Wysolmerski JJ, Insogna KL. The parathyroid glands, hypercalcemia, and hypocalcemia. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 253.


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With the popularity of DSLR cameras and the rise of mobile devices shooting incredible HD video, we're seeing more HD content everywhere, and that's great. But the issue is that most of the time, people who are shooting with those devices aren't using any kind of a steady-cam rig. They're not using dollies or tracks, and you end up with very shaky footage, which can sometimes be less pleasing to the eye. Case in point, we have a shot here in After Effects, which was shot handheld--no dolly, no tripod, nothing--and it's okay, but it's, indeed, a bit shaky. So let's take a look at this. So I'll do a quick RAM preview here. Let's go full screen by hitting our tilde key. And if we take a look at this footage, it's not bad, but very cleary it's handheld, and for someone like me, it's making me a bit uneasy. Well, stabilization and the ability to use stabilizers is not new to After Effects. The thing is, it's hard to do, or it's been difficult to do, and you really needed to know what you were doing to make the footage look good. And just because you stablize something didn't mean that everything was still in the frame and was pleasing to the eye. It look a lot of time and effort to make something stabilized and look good. Well now with the new warp stabilization effect and After Effect CS5.5, I'm going to show you how we can take this handheld, shaky footage and make it look like it was professionally shot with a dolly on a track and make it very pleasing to the eye. So let's go back here, and let's go up to our effects controls panel, and I'm simply going to enable the Warp Stabilizer. And you can see that we have all different types of stabilization options here, one of them being Smooth Motion. This will look if there's actually any motion on the clip or no motion at all. We also have the ability to choose our method, where we have Position, Scale, Rotation, Perspective, and Subspace Warp. Now again, choosing the different types of methods here will give you different types of results. The great thing is, I'm going to use defaults. I'm going to stick with the defaults to show you the power of this effect. Now one of the keys to doing successful stabilization is the cropping and framing, and you can also see here that, under the framing options, we have the ability to Stabilize, Crop, and Auto-scale. If I just turn this back to 25%, real quickly, this is automatically performing all three of these tasks. If I just have it stablize only, this is what you would end up with. So you can see what I was talking about. This is great, and it's stabilized, but somehow now we'd have to rescale this; we'd have to re-crop. Now, we can let the Warp Stabilizer do it for you. So we go ahead and choose Stabilize, Crop, Auto-scale. Let's re-RAM preview this. Let's go back to 50%. Let's go full screen. And now, what was once shaky looks beautiful. It's fluid; it's steady. And we literally used defaults to perform all of this. Now why is this feature so great? Well, on top of all of that, if you are a DSLR shooter, you'll notice one particular feature here: Rolling Shutter Ripple. Rolling shutter is a very common artifact present in all DSLR cameras, and you can see that, by default, we have that set to automatic reduction. So if you're experiencing rolling shutter, give it a try. The effect will amaze you. Now this is great by itself, but again, as an editor, I'm probably going to be working in something like Premier Pro. And I'm working on a shot, and I actually want to stabilize that shot. So I want to be able to use the power of 64 bit between Premier Pro and After Effects, stabilize the shot, and keep on working. And of course you can do all of that with Dynamic Link. So let's pop over to Premier, where I actually have a red clip. You can see we have an R-3D clip. Go ahead and bring this into the source monitor. And if I go ahead and play this back, you can see that this too is, in fact, handheld. So you're going to set a couple of in-points and out-points here--something like this. Set an in--let's go about 2 seconds--2 1/2. Set an out. And then I can simply right-click on the clip here, and using our new feature, New Sequence From Clip, build a new sequence based on the attributes of that red clip directly--automatically. Okay, so I cleary want to stabilize this shot. Well now, very easily, I can simply right-click on this and choose to Replace With After Effects Composition. It'll automatically build the After Effects comp for me. Again, we can put this down to around 25%. Let's go ahead and turn on our pixel-aspect ratio. And now, I can simply take the Warp Stabilizer effect, drop over top of the clip, and you can see that now it begins analyzing in the background--background processing, yes. So while that continues to analyze, if I go back to Premier Pro, now you can see inside the monitor in Premier, it's analyzing, which means that I can go to another timeline, and I can still work. I can cut; I can play; I can edit; I can do anything. Leveraging Dynamic Link and leveraging the power of the Warp Stabilizer between After Effects and Premier. You can use the automatic settings--the default settings. But of course with After Effects, you have all of those manual parameters to make it your own-- to really change and improve the look of the stabilization very easily, right out of the box. It's the Warp Stabilizer and After Effects CS5.5.
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As Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) seeks to rid himself of The Hulk forever, a powerful enemy known as The Abomination arises to wreak havoc on the human race.
Comic book legend Stan Lee first started working for Marvel Comics in 1939, back when it was still known Timely Comics, eventually co-creating Marvel's most enduring characters, including the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man and the Avengers, to name a few. Still going strong at 90 years old, many might be surprised to know that Lee hasn't worked at Marvel Comics for years, as he is still seen as a figurehead for the comic book company. Lee continues to field questions and comments on Twitter, where he has a huge following, and continues his association with Marvel through his many cameos in Marvel movies.
Lee made his first onscreen cameo in the 1989 TV movie The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, and would go on to appear in 2000's X-Men, all four Spider-Man, 2003's Daredevil and Hulk, both Fantastic Four movies, 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand, both Iron Man movies as well as 2011's Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger and last year's The Avengers (but not, inexplicably, 2003's X2: X-Men United or X-Men: First Class). Lee's entire, chronological cameo history has been compiled into a single video (via Mary Sue), including most of our ten favorites (sorry, Mallrats doesn't count) and excluding Lee's voice over work from Marvel's animated series.