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Saturday, June 18, 2011
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Honestly, this week I do not know what my problem is. It was a difficult week, but I have found myself snapping at people arguing with them and just plain been a bad human being. It brings up that age old question of things like - Is the moon... Read more
Friday, June 17, 2011
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Or Ketchup for that matter. I went to go do a client more as a favor for the people that run my uncle's st... Read more
Thursday, June 16, 2011
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Was going to try to break in the swimming and then it hit me it does not matter which day it is as long as we get two of each in and maybe Maybe some running later on now that I have a Course all measured out. So I did my ten but I had to do j... Read more
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
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I finally got on my bike for the first time in Weeks. I also took the truck around with a clean Odom and measured the distance for running for a 5 K. there is a Yellow fire hydrant right across from my parking spot on the street and when you go ... Read more
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
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I have to say the day went Generally better than yesterday. I was somewhat in limbo after I got in a fight with some sap at the credit union that I have been going round and round for three weeks and I ended up slamming the phone on him yesterda... Read more
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
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Very Quickly it was a good day and then it was not so good. I managed to get the house cleaned for summer completely but unfortunately I was vacuuming behind the couch and I bumped my Grammas Gold Frame knick knack shelf with the Goebels. At an... Read more
Sunday, June 12, 2011
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Ok today I wanted to try to stay on track and keep on top of things. So I did some meals this morning both for tonights dinner which was partly made and I decided to make my Spaghetti sauce so that basically there is Nothing I have to urgently ... Read more
Saturday, June 11, 2011
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Ok so today the Freedom began to get some things caught up and I was able to get groceries done early on this morning. In fact I had everything I needed for the month by 10:00 AM and put away by about 11:00. Then I had to get some things take... Read more
Friday, June 10, 2011
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What a roller coaster week it was. I managed to survive it so far and I got my bus cleaned and ready to close out the season. Today was the last day and I think I got my last student that needed an aide for this next year taken care of. The ... Read more
Thursday, June 09, 2011
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Finally got somewhat of a break today when I got to take Doug out for his bowling. We both actually did VERY well.. For the first 5 Frames I had a STRIKE (X) and 4 Spares (/) if I said that correctly... That never happens for me ever. So I wa... Read more
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
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Working on Buses today so probably will not blog tonight. I managed to get my bus and another bus done today. It was so wet from hosing the big one out that I had to head home and change clothes to dry off a bit. Gonna try to have hot Turkey S... Read more
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
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Today helped out early on again and did some middle school kids to take them home for the year. That was cool but also a little Sad too as I was thinking about my last days when I was in School. I Made it through the day and today as it turned... Read more
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
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Today was very long and my entry will be brief. I had to help take some of the disabled kids to the local amusement park and it was very hot and because I had a wheel chair I could not use my normal bus today. But we made it and it was alot ... Read more
Sunday, June 05, 2011
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I had an Early day again today and got most if not all that was on my list. Sometimes I end up adding things to the list but this weekend there was really only about ONE thing I did not get done which is always good. It was not anything urgent... Read more
Saturday, June 04, 2011
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Today I decided after I got my stuff during the day to use the brats up. I did not realize it but one of my places overpaid me because of a training class I had taken in Late April I believe it was and so I used part of that money to get some ex... Read more


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If a decrepit-looking bankrupt amusement park closes its doors, does its landlord make a sound? Apparently in Louisville the answer is yes. Strike up the dueling press releases. First the bankrupt Six Flags announced late yesterday that it was closing Kentucky Kingdom and taking its employees and rides to one of its 13 other markets. It claims to have "proposed a new lease arrangement to the fair board that would have enhanced the viability and future of the park. Unfortunately, those proposals were not accepted."Translation: I'm taking my broken roller coaster and going home.Shortly thereafter Harold Workman, president and CEO of the Kentucky State Fair Board, responded with a press release of his own, saying Six Flag's "statement misrepresents what has taken place."Translation: Liar, liar pants on fire.Workman goes on to say, "Tonight's announcement by Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom caught the Kentucky State Fair Board completely by surprise. The Kentucky State Fair Board remains ready and willing to discuss any reasonable proposal that Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom may put forward in order to continue the park's operation."Translation: You can't leave me, Kentucky Kingdom, I still love you.Clearly there's a chance that Sam and Diane will get back together. But, if not, hopefully the Kentucky State Fair Board will find a better use for that rare Louisville commodity: vacant commercially zoned land.You also might enjoy: New York Times reports what Louisvillians already know: Growlers good.Photo: Courtesy Six Flags
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Cylon adaptor for the Pinoccio mesh-networked microcontroller
Cylon.js (http://cylonjs.com) is a JavaScript framework for robotics, physical computing, and the Internet of Things (IoT).
This repository contains the Cylon.js adaptor for the Pinoccio mesh-networked microcontroller. The implementation uses the Pinoccio-IO node module from @soldair. Thank you!
Want to use Ruby on robots? Check out our sister project Artoo (http://artoo.io)
Want to use the Go programming language to power your robots? Check out our sister project Gobot (http://gobot.io).
Install the module with:
$ npm install cylon cylon-pinoccio
var Cylon = require'cylon'; Cylonrobot connections: pinoccio: adaptor: 'pinoccio' token: '[your token]' troop: '[your troop ID]' scout: '[your scout ID]' devices: led: driver: 'led' pin: 'D5' every1second myledtoggle; start;
You can also access the built-in features of the Pinoccio such as the LED and Power status:
var Cylon = require'cylon'; Cylonrobot connections: pinoccio: adaptor: 'pinoccio' token: '[your token]' troop: '[your troop ID]' scout: '[your scout ID]' devices: led: driver: 'pinoccio-led' power: driver: 'pinoccio-power' every1second myledtoggle; start;
We currently have drivers for the following built-in Pinoccio devices:
You need to have an access token generated using the Pinoccio cloud. The easiest way to do this is to use curl:
curl -X POST -v --data 'firstname.lastname@example.com&password=yourpassword' https://api.pinocc.io/v1/login
It will return a JSON payload that contains the access token:
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< Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 16:08:05 GMT
< Connection: close
< Transfer-Encoding: chunked
We're busy adding documentation to our web site at http://cylonjs.com/ please check there as we continue to work on Cylon.js
Thank you!
For our contribution guidelines, please go to https://github.com/hybridgroup/cylon/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md .
For the release history, please go to https://github.com/hybridgroup/cylon-pinoccio/blob/master/RELEASES.md .
Copyright (c) 2014-2015 The Hybrid Group. Licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.


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Ok, I'm just wondering about intensity then because if I do a true 5x5 across on squats I'm going to struggle to then do 5x5 across on heavy deadlifts. The deadlift is so intense many people now recommend you deadlift heavy fairly infrequently to allow recovery. 1x a week or less. Westside for instance generally approach getting stronger at the deadlift without actually deadlifting much. Although opinion varies. Sgt Rock on this forum goes against this and believes you should pull more frequently to get better at deadlifting.
Also, I'd need to take about three minutes rest between lower-body sets and probably a 5+ rest between my squats and my deads. So for five sets each that would already be quite a long time. And then you've got all that other stuff to do...
I really like the Reg Parks philosophy of working hard on the basic compounds, doing 5x5, so I'm just trying to figure out the bits I'm confused with... the only way I'm seeing this is if it's done at a significantly lower intensity, never to failure. If you're going for hypertrophy then I suppose that could work because all the volume would mean you'd still get enough work and you'd be able to cope with shorter rest times. If you were just trying to increase numbers then I'm sure the weights would get too heavy to keep that kind of thing up.
Thanks for putting it out there. I love seeing the old school methods of people like Reg Parks.
The intensity is high there is no two ways about it. But keep in mind that two of the five sets are actually warm up sets and you do not rest that long between them. You actually have 3 sets that are at full weight and rest time.
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Falcone's Harbinger to Halt Withdrawals as SEC May Sue Fund
Billionaire Philip Falcone's hedge fund, Harbinger Capital Partners LLC, was told it may be sued by federal regulators for securities-law violations and said it plans to halt investor withdrawals at year-end.
Falcone, 49, as well as fund executives Omar Asali and Robin Roger, the general counsel, also received Wells Notices from the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Harbinger said in a client letter today.
The threat of a lawsuit adds to woes for Falcone as assets at his $5.7 billion hedge fund have slumped from a peak of $26 billion three years ago and a wireless technology venture he's backing faces regulatory hurdles. Harbinger is being probed by the SEC and the U.S. Attorney's office over a $113 million loan Falcone took from one of his funds. The investigation also looked into possible preferential treatment of some investors, two people with knowledge of the probe said last year.
"Harbinger went from being a well-regarded fund to one that is potentially toxic for institutional investors," said Peter Rajsingh, a managing member of Castellar Partners LLC, a New York-based firm that advises clients on investing in hedge funds. "It's unfortunate; the compounding factors here will make it an uphill battle" for Falcone, he said.
The SEC's notices relate to alleged "violations of the federal securities laws' anti-fraud provisions in connection with matters previously disclosed and an additional matter regarding the circumstances and disclosure related to agreements with certain fund investors," the New York-based hedge fund said.
Halting Withdrawals
Harbinger said it "anticipates" withdrawals from its main hedge fund will be suspended effective Dec. 30, according to a letter sent to clients today.
Harbinger "believes that the decision to temporarily suspend withdrawals is necessary when balancing the preservation of value for all Feeder Fund investors," the firm said.
Harbinger three years ago curbed client withdrawals from its biggest fund in the aftermath of the 2008 bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Falcone segregated hard-to-sell assets into another fund and told clients it would take as long as two years for them to get their money back.
Goldman's Investment
The Wells Notices relate to an SEC investigation into whether Harbinger allowed some clients, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., to withdraw money while barring others, the Wall Street Journal reported today, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.
Goldman Sachs had $1 billion invested for clients in two Harbinger funds at the end of 2008, three people briefed on the matter said last year.
Asali, who joined the firm in 2009 to oversee global portfolio strategy and portfolio analytics, as well as assume certain risk management duties, was previously co-head of Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Strategies. He is also vice chairman of Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc.
Andrea Raphael, a spokeswoman for New York-based Goldman Sachs, and Lew Phelps, a spokesman for Harbinger, declined to comment.
Falcone has said in the past that allegations of preferential treatment of some clients were "completely and utterly untrue." He disclosed the loan, which was used to pay personal taxes, in the Special Situation Fund's March 2010 financial statements.
Paying in Shares
Instead of returning cash to investors, Falcone paid investors by giving them non-tradable shares of LightSquared Inc., his wireless telecommunications venture.
The company faces challenges from makers of global-positioning system devices who say the service will disrupt navigation by cars, boats, tractors and planes. The service caused interference to 75 percent of GPS receivers examined in a U.S. government test, according to a draft summary of results released today.
"Harbinger and its affiliates are disappointed that the staff issued Wells Notices," the firm said in today's filing. "If the SEC decides to bring an enforcement action," they "intend to vigorously defend against it."
John Nester, a spokesman for the SEC in Washington, declined to comment.
Harbinger told clients in April that the government was looking into whether it had engaged in market manipulation in its trading of the debt securities of an undisclosed firm from 2006 and 2008. Investigators were also examining a potential violation of a rule prohibiting investors from selling short a stock within five business days of a secondary offering and then buying shares in that offering, the firm said then.
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Short-sellers bet on a decline in price, borrowing and selling shares with the aim of buying them back later for less to pocket the difference.
The Wells Notices "do not constitute a determination" that the firm has violated any laws, Harbinger said in today's letter. Rather, the notices reflect "the current views" of the SEC enforcement staff.
Harbinger said the Wells Notices were not addressed to Harbinger Group Inc., the publicly traded holding company controlled by Falcone, or any of its subsidiaries, including Spectrum, and did not affect the hedge fund's investment in LightSquared.
Falcone, a 1984 graduate of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, started Harbinger in 2001. Before that, he ran distressed-debt trading at Barclays Capital, the investment-banking unit of London-based Barclays Plc.


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Prime Minister Mesut Yýlmaz said that if a migration starts from Iraq, the Turkish army will stop such a migration by entering into Iraq. Yýlmaz added that ''US aims to hit Iraq at eight points. There are also presidential sites among these targets. The US has deployed 370 aircrafts and 30,000 soldiers in the region. We have to take an attitude, because Iraq has 620 missiles which can reach Kayseri.
Foreign Minister Ismail Cem will meet Iraqi Head of State Saddam Hussein. Cem will convey the message of President Demirel to Saddam.
Foreign Minister Cem met his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed Al Sahaf the same day.
Iraqi Foreign Ministry First Undersecretary Saad Al Faissel also participated in the meeting.
Foreign Minster Cem is expected to meet Iraqi Head of State Saddam Hussein on Thursday.
Foreign Ministry said in a written statement that many Christian people are expected to visit Turkey in 2000 to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ.
The statement noted that Turkish Ambassador to Vatican submitted the invitation letter of President Demirel to Archbishop Jean-Lois Tauran, Vatican Secretary of International Relations to be submitted to Pope.
Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesman Sermet Atacanlý told a press briefing that Ismail Cem will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen in Pekin and then proceed to Vietnam to meet Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Manh Cam on February 20.
Atacanlý stressed that Ismail Cem will be the first foreign minister who will visit Vietnam.
Noting that China and Vietnam have been working for economic development for long years and they attract foreign investors, Atacanlý pointed out that Turkish government attributes great importance to improvement of economic and commercial relations with these countries.
Atacanlý added that the government encourages Turkish businessmen to invest in these countries.
Addressing a statement, James Rubin said that US State Secretary Madeleine Albright made a phone call with Prime Minister Mesut Yýlmaz while returning to the US from the Middle East, adding that ''the phone call was productive.''
Spokesman James Rubin stated that Turkish government agrees that responsibility for the current crisis ''falls squarely on Iraq's shoulders.''
Responding to a question about the visit of Foreign Minister Ismail Cem to Baghdad, Rubin said ''US State Secretary Albright is informed about the visit of Mr Cem. We think that Saddam should understand the seriousness of the situation and permit the UN to do its job.''
James Rubin added that he is not informed about the message of the US President Bill Clinton to President Suleyman Demirel.
Ersumer, who wrapped up his official contacts in Belgium, returned to Turkey the same day. Addressing a statement at Ataturk Airport, Ersumer stated that the existing energy investments and the planned ones between Turkey and Belgium were taken up with all aspects during his visit to Belgium.
Noting that the cooperation between the two countries improves,
Ersumer stressed that the two countries signed a joint decleration regarding cooperation in the energy field.
Responding to a question asked whether a tension in the Gulf will cause scarcity of energy in Turkey, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Ersumer said that ''there is no problem about the oil supplies of Turkey.''
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Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem arrived in Baghdad yesterday afternoon. Cem was welcomed at Al Resid Military Airport by Iraqi Foreign Minister Muhammed Said Al Sahaf. Cem and Al Sahaf held a meeting yesterday evening. First Undersecretary of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry Saad Al Feysel also attended the meeting. Cem is expected to meet Iraqi Head of State Saddam Hussein today. Cem will deliver a message from Turkish President Suleyman Demirel to Saddam Hussein. Demirel warned in his letter that there might be a war. It is reported that Cem took "comprehensive solution proposals" to the Baghdad administration. Cem noted that members of the UN Security Council viewed Turkey's initiative as "positive".
Meanwhile, Governor of the State of Emergency Rule Region, Aydin Arslan, said that in order not to be confronted with a mass immigration crisis because of the threat of war between the UN and Iraq, necessary measures were being taken along the borders.
On the other hand, US Secretary of Defense William Cohen delivered a speech at the US Senate and said: "If US President Bill Clinton decides to make a military move against Iraq, we expect all the Gulf countries' support". He also added that he was sure that the US would also receive Turkey's support. /Cumhuriyet/
Although concerned about the stockpiling of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesman Sermet Atacanli stressed yesterday that Turkey does not want a war against Iraq. Atacanli again emphasized that Turkey prefers using diplomatic channels to resolve the serious crisis involving Iraq and the US.
During the weekly Foreign Ministry press conference yesterday, Atacanli said that taking every possibility into consideration, Turkey was taking every preventive measure possible. Avoiding commenting on Turkey's newly hardening stance, Atacanli merely said that Ankara hoped that the crisis would not escalate further, and added "Nobody wants a war with Iraq, the US does not want a war. Everybody wants to resolve the situation diplomatically." /Sabah/
US State Department Spokesman James Rubin issued a statement yesterday and said that they were sure that when they needed Incirlik base in Turkey, Turkey would meet their demands. Rubin noted that Turkey and the US were in consensus that Iraq should comply with UN resolutions. Rubin stated that US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, upon her return from a Middle Eastern tour, had a phone conversation with Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz. He said that Albright had agreed that they believed it would be beneficial to make a diplomatic call to Baghdad as, in fact, Turkey had. /Sabah/
Speaking to his party's parliamentary group behind closed doors, Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said that Iraq possesses missiles with enough range to hit Kayseri and Malatya. He also noted that possible wave of refugees would be stopped in Iraqi territory before it could reach the Turkish borders. Yilmaz said that if the US demanded the use of Incirlik base to launch a strike against Iraq, the issue would be brought before Parliament.
Yilmaz explained that the US will likely use a special substance that will prevent any harmful effects from gasses released if Iraq's chemical weapons were hit by the US. The gasses of the chemical weapons, he said, were capable of reaching Turkey. The US did not aim to topple Saddam Hussein, but to eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, the prime minister stressed, warning that in case Saddam is toppled, his son Uday, who is even more fanatical, might take his place -a development which could be more dangerous for the Middle East. /All papers/
While the crisis between the US and Iraq moves towards a climax, the commander of the US 6th Fleet, Vice Admiral Charles Abbott, came to Ankara yesterday. Abbott, today, will be meeting with high level commanders of the Turkish Army. He is likely to request military support and permission to use Incirlik base in case the US launches a military attack against Iraq. /Milliyet/
The head of Diyarbakir Chamber of Commerce, Sirin Yigit said yesterday that the European Union will extend ECU 275 million to be used for meeting the humanitarian needs of the people living in the southeastern regions of Turkey. Yigit also said that the European Union Ambassador to Ankara had asked him to brief him about the region. /Milliyet/
In the Uzunkopru district of Edirne, 37 Iraqi people, including 13 children and 12 women, who were trying to cross the border illegally, have been detained. Two Turkish suspects, thought to have brought the Iraqis to Uzunkopru region, were taken into custody. /Cumhuriyet/
(Derived from Newsspot of Turkish Directorate of General Press and Information)
US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, John Shattuck, testified on Tuesday before a subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee, during which he drew an unflattering picture of the human rights situation in Turkey, although he also mentioned that the Yilmaz government had made a commitment for human rights reforms. This month, Shattuck will be travelling to Turkey, Serbia and Croatia. /All papers/
Turkey's Ambassador to London Ozden Sanberk told CNN's "This Morning" programme yesterday that Turkey was going to assume a position of responsibility in the Iraqi crisis as a regional country. "Turkey is a NATO member, but at the same time we are a regional country and we have affinities with the Iraqi people and we know that the Iraqi people have suffered" Sanberk said, responding to a question about what action Turkey was going to take.
Referring to Turco-Israeli cooperation, Sanberk said Turkey's relations with Israel could not be confined to defense matters only, but would include other areas, such as trade. "Turkey is not the only country having relations with Israel in the region and Turkey's cooperation with Israel on defense matters is on issues such as equipment and training, and is not aimed against any third country" Sanberk stated.
The first meeting of the board of governors of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Bank will be held today in Thessaloniki, Greek National Economy Minister Yannos Papandoniou told reporters on Tuesday. The bank, based in Thessaloniki, was decided to be established during a 1992 summit of leaders of the 11-nation Black Sea Economic Cooperation group and aims to finance and promote infrastructural projects and develop commercial ties among member countries.
The PKK terrorist organization has paid a huge price in human lives in its warfare against the regime. According to figures issued by the Governor of the State of Emergency Rule Region in the southeast of the country, Aydin Arslan, over the past eleven years the PKK has lost over twenty thousand members, killed in conflict with Turkish security forces.
Figures also show that large numbers of civilians and almost five thousand members of the security forces and village guards have lost the lives in the fight against PKK terrorism. /Sabah/
US Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ambassador Rita Hayes, who paid an official visit to Ankara this week, has held meetings with Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, Foreign Minister Ismail Cem, State Minister Isýn Celebi and other top level officials. In her contacts with Turkish representatives, Ambassador Hayes discussed Turkish textile exports to the US and Turco-American trade relations in general. In a press conference yesterday, Ambassador Hayes said that President Clinton attached great importance to Turkey, and added that "President Clinton wants expanded trade between our two countries to be a vital element of our relations in the years ahead." /Milliyet/
Ismail Cem, who arrived in Baghdad in order to contribute to the solution of the crisis between the United Nations (UN) and Iraq, said after the meeting that he will continue to hold contacts all day.
Ismail Cem pointed out that he will issue detailed statements about the views of Turkish government after wrapping up his meetings with Iraqi officials.
Foreign Minister Ismail Cem is expected to meet Iraqi Head of State Saddam Hussein the same day.
The agreement document encourages the establishment of ''Economic Cooperation Council'' between two countries according to Council of Ministers' decision published in the Official Gazette the same day.
The agreement document also foresees cooperation in investments, energy, education, health, transportation and protection of environment.
ANKARA - State Minister and Government Spokesman Ahat Andican on Wednesday received Gagoguz Autonomous Region President Georgiy Tabunshgik and the accompanying delegation.
Andican said after the meeting that the economic and cultural relations between Turkey and both Moldova and Gagoguz Autonomous Region had been rapidly increasing.
Moldovian Ambassador Ion Botnari also participated in the meeting.
Gagoguz Autonomous Region President Tabunshgik is expected to meet President Suleyman Demirel and Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz on Thursday.
BATUM - State Minister Rifat Serdaroglu said on Wednesday that the Sarp Border Gate would remain open for 16 hours and then for 24 hours.
State Ministers Rifat Serdaroglu and Refaiddin Sahin met Turkish Ambassador to Batum province of Georgia Kemal Gur after making observations in Hopa Harbour and Sarp Border Gate. Later Serdaroglu and Sahin met Aslan Abishidze, President of Autonomous Republic of Acaria.
State Ministers Serdaroglu and Sahin will return to Turkey on Thursday.
IZMIR - The ''First Cuban Festival'' will be held in Aegean Izmir province between February 6 and 13, it was reported on Thursday.
Izmir Municipalty Mayor Burhan Ozfatura said that the festival would be organized by Turkish IZFAS company and Hilton Hotel.
Cuban Ambassador to Ankara Jorge Castro said that Cuban government was willing to improve tourism relations with Turkey.
Totally 22 fighters, one Awacs type aircraft and one commander plane took off from the base while 12 fighters landed at the base between 06:35-10:00.
Meanwhile, many aircrafts seemed prepared to take off any time from the base.
Officials said that the number of illegal immigrants has increased recently and 231 Northern Iraqi people were captured in three days.
Gendarme captured 106 Northern Iraqis and three Algerian people im military zones of Subasi and Kadidondurma villages of Edirne province.
Admiral Dervisoglu said that Admiral Abbot and he would discuss the bilateral relations between two countries' Naval Forces.
Responding to a question, guest Admiral Abbot said his visit had no relation with the crisis between the UN and Iraq and that his mission was limited with the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
Abbot said his visit's aim was to improve the existing good relations between Turkey and the US.
Narcotics officials said police, acting on a tip off, staged an operation in Bayrampasa and Zeytinburnu districts on Jan 30, 1998 and seized 30 kg heroin and also seized 13,000 German Marks and 2,000 US dollars.
Hamdi Balkan, Saffet Balkan, Metin Saluvan, Dervis Balkan, Abdullah Lohaj, Natalia Josan, Erdogan Yilmaz, Adem Mavisu and Besim Sefa, the members of the illegal network were taken under custody in connection with the haul.
Also three buses, which those people used to take the haul to foreign countries were also seized.
In another operation staged on Feb 3, 1998 in Aksaray, Hakan Sagir and Hikmet Bestas were captured together with 30 kg heroin. They brought the heroin from border countries in the Southeast and were about to take it to Britain.
Turkish TEKFEN company will import the spare parts required to repair the pipeline and will sell it to Iraq. TEKFEN company proposed to stock the spare parts in Iraq due to economic reasons yet the US oppossed to this claiming that Iraqis may use these pieces for some other aims.
The committee agreed last year to allow the Turkish company to bring parts into Iraq to repair the pipeline. But the United States wanted the parts stored in Turkey until they were ready for installation.
The spare parts that TEKFEN would sell have a vital importance for the repairment of the pipeline which will increase its capacity within the framework of the last report that the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan presented to Security Council.
Annan has proposed to increase the amount of oil Iraq may sell under the program every six months from 2 billion dollars to 5.2 billion dollars. If the Security Council adopts the proposal, nearly two million barrels of oil would be flowed from the oil pipeline. The repairment is a must for the pipeline to upgrade this capacity.
UN Sactions Committee took up the issue during a meeting on Wednesday and submitted a report of Chairman Antonio Monteiro to the secretariat. The Chairman proposed the spare parts to be preserved in depots in Iraq yet also proposed its control to be done by the UN observers. Storing spare parts in Iraq would reduce the cost of transporting them and ensuring they are used for the purposes of the oil-for-food program, Monteiro said. The committee expects to return to the question in its next meeting in two weeks.
The pipeline, which runs from Kirkuk in northern Iraq to
Yumurtalik in Turkey, carries about 60 percent of the oil transported under the special program. The rest goes to sea from
Iraq's southern Basra port.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Necati Utkan said the meeting which lasted nearly two hours took place in a positive atmosphere, adding that ''Turkey wants the problem to end.''
Briefing about FM Cem's contacts in Baghdad, Utkan said in order to solve the problem, first of all Iraq should abide by the UN resolutions.
Utkan said, ''Turkey extends efforts to prevent a war. Initiating studies to provide security and cooperation in the region are among Turkey's proposals.''
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Utkan said Turkey confirmed its faithfulness to Iraq's territorial integrity stressing that Iraq should abide by the UN Security Council resolutions and that the region should be purified from mass destruction weapons.
Foreign Minister Cem is expected to stage a news conference after wrapping up contacts in Baghdad.
Responding to questions of the CNN following his meeting with Iraqi Head of State, Cem said Saddam Hussein shared the same concerns with him and that he was open to Turkey's several proposals and that he did not want any military clash.
Cem said during the meeting he reiterated Turkey's wish for peace in the region.
When responding to a question of CNN correspondent that if a formula could be found to open Presidential palaces to control, Cem said he hoped it would be. He said they had brought a proposal to the UN Security Council at the moment and that he thought that Iraq seemed open to new proposals. Cem said being a neighboring country that was interested in the Middle East, Turkey was willing to contribute to this and hoped for a peaceful solution. He said Turkey also hoped to rapproach to a solution in the last days.


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Originally Published: June 23, 2011By Mechelle Voepel | ESPN.com
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Jeff Demps doesn't seem to have the personality you might expect. Sprinters, 100-meter specialists in particular, are typically more peacock-like, aren't they? Part of the contest among the fastest men in the world is the games they play with each other's minds, right?
And what about running backs, the quickest ones? The now-you-see-him, now-you-don't kind who often seem to evaporate just before they're tackled? Don't they usually have a bit of an attitude, too?
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I come across this a lot. Dog(s) being walked without a leash on a MUP. It's marked (and signed) as a bike path, but it's a popular path in my city for all (and I don't mind that, we all deserve a nice path to walk/bike/run) away from cars and in a natural environment. It's also a law that all pets are on a controlled leash (it's on the signs as well).
But I've come across more and more people who insist on walking dogs w/o leashes on this path. And even with a call (ON YOUR LEFT) they do nothing to control their pets which frequently block the path. I always slow down on certain areas I know are crowded with peds, but this kinda thing is really pissing me off.
Today, a guy I see all the time, who never has his large dogs on a leash, who is always on his phone paying no attention to anything. I stopped and told him that law requires leashes, that this is a bike path and his dogs are a danger to cyclists...told me to go "F" myself and next time he'll make sure his dog's attack me (seriously...not that I really think that).
WTF can be done in this situation? I mean I want to tell him about the time I've been bitten (and the cost that comes with that, for him) and the safety issues as well. But it really seems hard to make many of these people understand.
Spring...that time of the year when the morons come out and we're forced to deal with them? Until they are too fat and drunk to continue their New Year's resolution and just let their neglected pets out to sheet in the backyard?


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In 1995, national governments and activists converged in Beijing for the Fourth World Conference on Women, making historic commitments to gender equality and women's empowerment. On the 20th anniversary of this groundbreaking event, the United Nations and international actors are taking stock of progress in the past 20 years. The voices and experiences of grassroots women leaders are essential to this process of evaluating current realities and identifying future priorities. We want to hear your perspectives ahead of the next session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (Beijing+20), which will take place this March 9th to 20th.
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Strategic objective A.1. Review, adopt and maintain macroeconomic policies and development strategies that address the needs and efforts of women in poverty.
Strategic objective A.2. Revise laws and administrative practices to ensure women's equal rights and access to economic resources.
Strategic objective A.3. Provide women with access to savings and credit mechanisms and institutions.
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Strategic objective F.2. Facilitate women's equal access to resources, employment, markets and trade.
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Everyone's always giving Clark Kent crap about his glasses. Just because other heroes wear masks, doesn't mean it's harder to figure out their secret identities.
Batman property of DC Comics.
Batman property of DC Comics.
Although, at least Bruce doesn't put any Wayne Industries logos on his Bat-themed gadgets and transportation. Now THAT would have raised suspicion.
well, unless you count that Batmobile arcade game. or the Burton Batmobile skin in AK
Gotham city is the Wall Street of DCU, there are a lot of millionaires and billionaires there. Bruce Wayne isn't the only person in Gotham who could afford the Batman's arsenal, nor is he the most likely.
Even if Bruce was suspected to be the person who provide Batman his toys, people are NOT likely going to think Bruce Wayne is the Batman. They are too dissimilar personality wise, not to mention, the general consensus of the Gotham public is that the Batman is 6'4 while Bruce Wayne is only 6'2. He is too short to be the Batman, lol.
Personally I think the worst is when some point when DC decided somewhere during the 2000s that most people didn't even know Batman existed. How the hell does that even work when he spent over 20 years on the Justice League!?
The same way it works that Aquaman has been a badass since his creation, yet everyone only judges him by a cheesy 70's cartoon.
That doesn't seem like the same idea to me. Aquaman is somebody judged by people who pick up on memes that wore themselves before the internet came into existence, Batman I was talking about a change that was made to how he was perceived in-universe that makes no sense given how long he was around for, especially on the Justice League.
Trust me no one suspects Bruce Wayne is Batman. That idea is as ridiculous to Gothamites as the idea of Ben Affleck playing Batman is to us. Here's a video that shows what must go through a Gothamites mind when it's suggested that Bruce Wayne is Batman:
He totally doesn't sleep all day; he's got a business to run--plus he has to be Batman during the day sometimes. He's shown, during Grant Morrisson's run on the Batman comic, to use micro-naps (if the art is to be believed they're about 5 minutes long o_O) and in Beware the Batman he claims to only need 4 hours of sleep and is shown buying bovine glands, or something like that, to help get it down to 2 hours. He's just awesome that way. I could totally see him "sleeping in" for 2-4 hours after dawn before going to the Wayne Enterprises office. Plus, that's a good point about everyone assuming he parties, lol .
They all think he sleeps all day b/c he was partying all night. I mean, come on! Batman is scary, brilliant, tough, and gets things done. Bruce Wayne is a goofball playboy who doesn't know the meaning of responsibility. Would you guess that it was him? Besides, Batman could get all those gagets from someone who does have money and technology.
Okay, fair enough. But there's also the fact that Bruce vanished off the face of the Earth for years and Batman started showing up shortly after his return.
Except that Thomas Elliot/Hush, who had recently given himself plastic surgery to look exactly like Bruce Wayne, was posing as him (after a brief period where Wayne was "missing"). Not to mention that Dick Grayson took up the role of Batman while Bruce was gone and kept it after Bruce came back while Bruce was going around the world recruiting superheroes in other countries into Batman Inc.
What about when he was training to become Batman?
Well, he's Bruce Wayne; his parents are killed he struggles school drops out of high school disapears, comes back and screws around for a while and THEN Batman shows up. You have to remember that he wasn't completely ready to be Batman when he got back from his training. It took him a little while ot figure everything out .
Hmmm...true. But here are a lot of people in Gotham. He probably wasn't the only one to arrive at that time. Yes, he should at least be on the suspect list of Batman's secret identity, but there would be other people on it too.
in fact, he really barely sleeps, you can see in most of the comics days when he sleep 2 hours or when the last time he was on the bed, was 52 hours earlier, also, in the comics it's supposed that the people thinks that there's is only one robin, not three.....true story
Heh, "52 hours earlier". 'Cuz it's DC.
How did they explain one kid going through puberty 3 times?
How did they explain one kid going through puberty 3 times?
At least hes hot!
You sound like Catwoman
Totally joking! Batman's actually my favorite superhero by far!
He is awesome. I can't wait for the next Arkham game!
Me neither! I really want to be able to finally go swooping around Gotham proper!
Although, I heard that the title was Arkham World. What sort of storyline could possibly justify that?
Although, I heard that the title was Arkham World. What sort of storyline could possibly justify that?
They actually confirmed Joker was just messing with us. (Literally. At the Spike awards, he had a script saying "Batman: Arkham World" and said it was a spoiler)
I hear the next one will be a prequel showing how Batman & Joker met. Plus, it'll have the Justice League.
I hear the next one will be a prequel showing how Batman & Joker met. Plus, it'll have the Justice League.
That's what I was talking about! Thank the Bat-gods for that!
And the Justice League? If they do it right, it'll be AWESOME! I just hope they dont objectify Wonder Woman. And that they add in a Batgirl!
And the Justice League? If they do it right, it'll be AWESOME! I just hope they dont objectify Wonder Woman. And that they add in a Batgirl!
I was thiking about it another day, he is the richest man in Gothan, don't show up at day, adopts children at the exact same time Batman gets a new Robin, and none in Gothan seens to connect the dots...
Well, it's been speculated Commissioner Gordon could've easily found out long ago, he just chooses not to out of respect for the dark knight


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Hope Center Inc. runs a vocational rehabilitation program for adults with disabilities. It sits in an old Safeway building on East 35th Avenue between Holly and Hudson streets. From it, you have an unobstructed view of what's left of Holly Square.
Hope Center executive director Gerie Grimes watched the shops that once occupied Holly Square burn in a gang-related arson fire in 2008.
"You never forget something like that," she says.
You may have read that the Anschutz Foundation recently pledged $5 million to help build a Boys & Girls Club on this site. It's great news. The club will bring some vibrancy to the neighborhood. It also offers a much-needed counternarrative to the story of disaffected and hopeless youth that has dominated here.
But the coming of the Boys & Girls Club — groundbreaking is later this year — is only part of the story. The rest is how Holly Square has come to be redeveloped, which is really the story of an experiment in patience.
A little more than a year after the fire, Grimes received a visitor: Aaron Miripol. Miripol is the president and CEO of the nonprofit Urban Land Conservancy. It had just bought Holly Square. Or it just leaped into a hotbed of discontent. It was the same thing at that point.
Holly Square has been a wound. Neighbors were fearful another Dahlia Square — a nightmare of stagnation — was in the making. They were wary of developers and their promises. They also wanted not the Holly Square that burned — good riddance to the dollar store and liquor joint — but the place that once helped make their neighborhood a neighborhood.
"So, Aaron came in, and his whole approach was, 'There is nothing on the table. We're here to learn what the community wants,' " Grimes says. "That never happens. What happens is the developer comes in and says: 'This is what we want to do, and we would like your support.' "
" 'What would you like to see happen?' That question was the distinguishing characteristic of this whole process," says neighborhood resident Eric Swan, who, like Grimes, became part of the community-led Holly Area Redevelopment Project.
The question itself is no guarantee of anything other than good manners and better politics. But the first wise move ULC made was to ask for help from The Denver Foundation and its Strengthening Neighborhoods program. The foundation has worked in the area for more than a decade. It gives grants to neighbors trying to improve their community. It has connections and credibility.
"Without Strengthening Neighborhoods, we wouldn't have gone anywhere," Miripol says. "We couldn't just buy Holly Square and say, 'We're going to do this and that.' "
Of course, developers do that all the time. But ULC's mission is to buy land that will be used for a surrounding community's future benefit. Affordable housing is an example.
What happened over the next 2½ years was something rare: authentic community engagement. Not a dog-and-pony show in which yes means no. Not a gathering of a select few to represent "the community," though people would make that complaint because complaints, too, are part of a community's voice. Community involvement is unwieldy. It's a bunch of people with different ideas — grocery store or school or apartments, and I don't know about you, but I miss that dollar store.
"We wanted people to think big. Critical to its success was that the owner of the property was at every single meeting," says Patrick Horvath of the Strengthening Neighborhoods program.
Strengthening Neighborhoods tapped the Northeast Park Hill Coalition, neighborhood elders and younger champions. Community by Design Inc. took their ideas — open community space, strong relationships with the rec center across the street — and put them into architectural drawings. Community members joined the interviews of prospective developers and helped select finalists.
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"Was it always smooth? No," Grimes says. "But was it open? Yes. Was it always moving forward? Yes."
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We apologize, but we do not accept full refunds. However, we will gladly try and work things out with you!
7. Can you make costumes for children?
Since all of our costumes are tailor made, and made to order, sure we can make costumes in children's sizes for you. All you have to do is choose "TAILOR MADE" when choosing the size, select your measuring unit (inches or cm), and from there, input all of the child's individual measurements. Also please include in the customer notes section that the costume is intended for a child. There will be no differences in the price. We unfortunately cannot do children sizes under 4 feet tall, and we do not make costume for children for the following costumes: Signature Series, Armored Costumes, Premium Costumes.
8. Do you guys sell your items anywhere else on the internet?
We only work off "Cosplay House", and our website is "http://www.cosplayhouse.com". We do not have any other company name, and we do not sell anywhere else other than through our website. If you have bought things from other company names or different websites, it is NOT our company!
9. Why is my order taking so long??
Please check our average processing times. Often, our customers unfortunately do not read our processing times that are included on every product page, right above where you input your sizes in the product details. Our products require a few weeks time to make, unless it is an IN STOCK item. Since our costumes are tailor made and made-to-order, time frames always differ, depending on how busy of a season it is, how detailed your order is, etc. If we pass the average processing time by 2 weeks, we apologize and will look into it for you. If we happen to miss any deadlines, we will be more than happy to compensate you.
Trust our production teams to do their job, and if not, like stated above, we will work things out with you. Let's try and make every transaction pleasant!
10. Why is my Commission Request taking so long / I am not satisfied with my Commission Request, what can I do?
Please note that these are requests are concept costume designs that customers have submitted, and so these are things that our production teams have yet to know how to make. This meaning that, though we state it will take about 5-7 weeks, it may exceed longer than 7 weeks depending on the details of the product. Our production teams need time to study the product, make patterns, find the right materials, and have time for trial and error. This is also why we usually do not accept time frames on Commission Request items.
The designing and finished product will be up to our production teams; meaning we will not be responsible for your dissatisfaction on personal opinions on how the request "should have" turned out. We will, however, take note and see what we can do if there are mistakes in the actual design of the product (I.E. design on a shirt is incorrect). Commission Requests may vary in design and color, depending on the type of reference pictures the customer submitted to us when making the request.
If you want to get a better idea of how your Commission Request may turn out, surf through our website to get a better idea on how our production teams handle making cosplay costumes/products.
11. You guys have my artwork/cosplay/etc on your website!!
If we ever have any of your personal work on our website, and you want us to take it down, please do not hesitate to ask! We do not condone images that belong to other people on our website, so we will gladly take it down for you. The reason your work may have gone on our website, is because of a customer submitting a Commission Request that pertains to your images. We try to filter out photos, but we get so many submissions that sometimes they unfortunately get overlooked, and uploaded.
The way our Commission Request system works is, our customers are free to submit requests and cosplay ideas through a link on our website. Since it is free of charge, we get many uploads and requests daily. Customers submit reference photos of how the costume should look, and a lot of times the pictures are not "official" pictures. Be assured that we are usually careful when it comes to filtering out photos that are fanart, personal cosplays, etc.
Our commission request teams work their best to filter out pictures of fanart and other people's personally made cosplays.... but with so many uploads, and sometimes pictures looking very close to the official artwork, we overlook it. So, we apologize if your picture made it through on to our website, but just kindly let us know by email, and we will take it down immediately!
12. Do you ship to countries outside of the USA?
Yes, we accept orders internationally/worldwide. If there is the off chance that we cannot deliver the package to you, we will make sure to let you know by email right away.
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We grow the best melons in the Northwest. We have sweet corn picked daily when in season. Look for other offerings as we expand our products!
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DPP: How did you come across the actual apparatus?
Steinmetz: It came along in my moment of need. I was talking with William Langewiesche who had written a wonderful book about the desert. He told me I should get a hold of a friend of his in France who was into motorized paragliding. I looked into it; it looked dangerous, but interesting. So, I contacted his friend Francois Lagarde and he told me how long it would take to train and how much it would cost. I asked him if he would be willing to go with me to Africa for a month. We bought identical aircraft and I trained and we did the trip. This was in 1997.
DPP: How does your aircraft work?
Steinmetz: It consists of three components—the wing of a paraglider, which is similar to an aerobatic parachute, a backpack-mounted motor and a single-seat harness that ties the three pieces together. It's launched by laying the paraglider out on the ground behind me like a kite, and with the motor on idle, I run into the wind and the wing pops up like a kite. Once it's above me, I give it full throttle. You basically run your ass off until you're airborne. I only need a clear area a little larger than a basketball court for takeoff and landing. I steer with a combination of weight-shift and pulling on the Kevlar lines attached to its trailing edge. These act like flaps on a conventional airplane. The whole thing packs up into three bags weighing less than 72 pounds. Upon arrival at a location, I spend a few hours assembling and tuning the motor. The best time to take off is at sunrise. You have beautiful light and the air is very calm. With 10 liters of gasoline mixed with two percent oil, I can fly for two to three hours. If the motor quits, I can glide to the ground with a 7:1 glide ratio. I never fly over an area where I can't make an emergency landing. I once landed in the ocean while photographing whales and did get dragged across a dry lake in a sandstorm. When I haven't flown for six or eight months and the first time I go up, I think, "Holy shit! What am I doing up here?" But I think that fear keeps me alive.
DPP: How high have you gone?
Steinmetz: I'm finding if I have no thermal lift I can gain 5,000 or 10,000 feet on a flight. On my first flight with Francois, I wanted to photograph the volcanic crater Arakao. I got up about 5,500 feet with an 18mm lens to get the picture.
DPP: What photo equipment do you go up with?
Steinmetz: The best for me are zooms. My favorite is a 24-105mm. I'll often fly with a 16-35mm, as well. When I used film, I used to frequently take a second body and often that second body was a panoramic camera like the Hasselblad XPan. Now, with digital, I don't have to do that, the sensors are so amazing. I'm now using the Canon EOS 5D Mark III. Since the motor to power my paraglider is on my back, I do get a decent amount of vibration, so I try to shoot at 1/500th. With image stabilization, I can get down to 1/250.
DPP: Some of your aerial shots include animals such as the camels casting long shadows in Oman. How do they react to you?
Steinmetz: Since I'm relatively quiet and I don't create a lot of rotor wash, I don't intimidate the animals. There's a shot I did of flamingos taking flight over an orange-colored lake in the Alto Plano area of Bolivia. It's that color because there are a lot of mineralized springs that the algae feeds on, and the algae turns color, and the flamingos are feeding on the algae. So, you have these thousands of flamingos and a skyline of strata volcanoes. Flamingos are usually extremely skittish. I've tried to photograph flamingos in Iran and Africa, and usually they take off when you're within a kilometer of them. But these Bolivian flamingos weren't for some reason, perhaps because they don't have any aerial predators or terrestrial predators. I was able to get within 50 feet of them. It was challenging to fly up there because these lakes were at something like 14,000 feet.
DPP: The resulting photographs are abstracts, yet they still retain a context.
Steinmetz: That's what I like to do with this aircraft that you can't do any other way; these wide-angle pictures where you get to see something up close, but you get this tremendous context. It gives you this instantaneous sense of place. From a plane you can't fly that low, and you have the propeller and the window and all that other stuff in the way.


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New Irish Stew
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- prep 20 min cook 90 min
- serves 6
This classic celebratory dish gets a nutrition update — the proportion of vegetables to meat has been raised considerably and the mixture of simmering flavors is a melody of good tastes and smells, as well as vitamins and antioxidants.
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 1 pound boneless lamb shoulder, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 4 red or Yukon Gold potatoes, unpeeled and coarsely chopped
- 3 carrots, peeled and cut into bite-size chunks
- 2 onions, coarsely chopped
- 2 leeks, rinsed and white and pale green parts coarsely chopped
- 1 large turnip, peeled and coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup green peas, fresh or frozen
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In large nonstick pot or deep skillet over medium-high heat, heat oil. Working in batches, add meat and brown on all sides, about 5 minutes per batch. Transfer meat to medium bowl as it browns.
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Add potatoes, carrots, onions, leeks, and turnip to pot. Cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in flour until blended. Add 3 cups water, bay leaf, rosemary, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Add meat. Simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until meat is tender, 50 to 60 minutes. Add peas. Simmer 5 minutes, and serve.
- Calories: 270
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 45 mg
- Sodium: 510 mg
- Carbs: 30 g
- Protein: 18 g
- Fiber: 6 g
How to make it 1 hour, 50 minutes
Nutritional Information(per serving)
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