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On July 11, 2012, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Secretary Clinton participated in regional conferences, to both chair and attend ministerial events and to participate in bilateral meetings with Cambodian officials. Regional conferences included the ASEAN Regional Forum, the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting, and the U.S.-ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference. Secretary Clinton co-chaired the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Ministerial as well as chaired the Friends of the Lower Mekong Ministerial Meeting.
While in Cambodia, Secretary Clinton met with Australian Foreign Minister Carr, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang, Indonesian Foreign Minister Natalegawa, and Singaporean Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam.
The Secretary also held a trilateral with Korean Foreign Minister Kim and Japanese Foreign Minister Gemba. At the top of their meeting, Secretary Clinton said, "We share values and interests, as our joint statement reflects. As three democracies with a common vision on how to promote peace and prosperity, we all have a deep stake and a great responsibility to work together to strengthen and update a rules-based order for the Asia Pacific. This trilateral cooperation is about our shared future, and it is about how to deliver the greatest benefits to people in our three countries and across the region."
On July 12, Secretary Clinton led the United States' delegation to the 19th Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Phnom Penh. The ARF is the region's broadest and oldest security dialogue forum. ARF holds on average 25 events annually across several key areas: disaster relief, maritime security, nonproliferation and disarmament, counter-terrorism and transnational crime, and preventive diplomacy. The United States is actively engaged in all of these events, and we are committed to working through the ARF process to enhance peace, security and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. You can read more about U.S. engagement in the 2012 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) here.
On the occasion of ARF, the United States and China underscored the benefits to the United States and China, the Asia-Pacific region, and the international community of building a U.S.-China cooperative partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefit and fostering a new type of relationship between major countries. Toward this end, through regular and substantive dialogue and consultation, the United States and China are developing cooperative activities throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
At this year's ARF, the two countries pledged to enhance and initiate collaborative efforts in the region, including in the areas of science and technology, climate change, disaster warning and response, energy policy, forest management, fisheries management, disease detection and control, and wildlife protection and conservation. You can read more about these efforts here.
Both the United States and the European Union (EU) welcome an active and constructive role for China in the Asia-Pacific region. Secretary Clinton and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton met in Phnom Penh to exchange views on developments in the Asia-Pacific, demonstrating the importance the United States and the European Union attach to this thriving region and its peaceful and dynamic development. Secretary Clinton and High Representative Ashton noted that interdependence between Asia, the United States and the European Union has reached unprecedented levels. Closer consultation between the United States and European Union on Asia-Pacific issues bilaterally, and with partners across the region, will be aimed at advancing regional security, development, well-being, and prosperity.
Secretary Clinton and High Representative Ashton welcomed the progress being made in regional cooperation and integration in the Asia-Pacific. This enhances the capacity of the region to address complex trans-national issues, while contributing to strengthened governance. The United States and the European Union particularly welcome the central role played by ASEAN and its promotion of wider regional fora, such as the ASEAN Regional Forum and the East Asia Summit.
During a press availability in Cambodia, Secretary Clinton said, "I spent several hours today meeting with colleagues at both the East Asia Summit and the ASEAN Regional Forum, and yesterday at the U.S.-ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference. These institutions are at the heart of America's expanding, multi-faceted engagement in the region. From boosting trade to expanding educational and cultural exchanges so strengthening security arrangements, these meetings are valuable opportunities for all the key players in the region to sit down together to grapple with some of the most important challenges we are facing."
Secretary Clinton is on travel to France, Afghanistan, Japan, Mongolia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Egypt, and Israel. You can follow her trip on www.state.gov.
Patrick in Maryland writes: Beautiful Photos of your trip too Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I like the friendly atmosphere at the events in the photos.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos to support the way, my opinion ...
Three countries to support individually - just because the economy during these hard times - are hard to get great results.
So, the three countries considered as a single economic community, as appropriate for each country by improving the industry, economies of scale are achieved, respectively, as the subject of the economy to choose how to develop, Why do not you?
In difficult times, than to make hard choices, one of the three countries deemed to market, a market growth of the production and consumption, you reduce risk, secure an appointment for growth, attractive to investors highly likely to come, I think.
How about Secretary, to becomes
Vice President?
Patrick in Maryland writes:
@Palgye. I like your thoughts on this subject.


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Main Challenge: Skirt Steak Tostada with Black Beans and Mango Salsa
- Steak:
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 3 lemons, juiced
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 habanero chile, seeded and chopped
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 (2-pound) piece skirt steak
- Black Beans:
- 1 can black beans, drained
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup red wine
- 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
- Tostadas:
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- 4 corn tortillas
- Mango Salsa, recipe follows
- Sour cream, optional
- Grated cheese of your choice, optional
- 1 large ripe mango, peeled and finely chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves
- 1 poblano chile, seeded and minced
- 1/4 cup honey
- 3 limes, juiced
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the steak: In a large shallow bowl or baking dish whisk together the soy sauce, olive oil, lemon juice, honey, onion, habanero, and salt and pepper, to taste. Add the skirt steak, cover and refrigerate. Marinate for at least 1 hour, preferably several hours.
For the beans: In a saucepan over medium-low heat, combine all ingredients and let simmer for 20 minutes.
For the tostadas: Heat about 3 inches of oil in a large pot to about 350 degrees F. Carefully slide 1 tortilla into the oil and fry until crisp, about 1 to 2 minutes. Remove and drain on paper towels. Repeat with the remaining tortillas.
Preheat a grill pan or grill to medium-high. Remove the skirt steak from the bowl or baking dish and discard the marinade. Place the steak on the grill and grill about 4 to 6 minutes for medium-rare to medium. Remove from grill to a cutting board and let rest for about 5 minutes. Slice into thin pieces at a diagonal.
To serve: Place fried tortillas on a large platter or individual plates. Spoon some of the black bean mixture in the middle of the tortillas. Top with steak slices and the Mango Salsa. Garnish with sour cream and your choice of grated cheese, if desired.
A viewer, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe and therefore, we cannot make representation as to the results.
Mango Salsa:
1 red onion, finely chopped
In a bowl, combine all ingredients and set aside for 10 to 20 minutes for the flavors to marry.
Yield: about 1 1/2 cups
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Booze and bullets? Yikes!
The Safe Carry Protection Act of 2014 – signed into law in Georgia this week by Gov. Nathan Deal – is being called "extremism in action." We call it stupid. Or how about irresponsible? Sad? The bill certainly is a game-changer and is being applauded by gun owners. But we're not clapping. Americans have the right to bear arms, we're not arguing that, but to allow guns in bars? Guns and liquor. That doesn't spell trouble. They sure must love their guns in Georgia, but what happens down the road when a couple drunks get into an argument at the bar? Before, there would be a bar fight and they would settle things with their fists. What now? Draw? Who knows – after July 1 when the law goes into effect there might just be a gun fight. Who needs fists when you've got firearms? We're not against people owning guns, we're not chastising gun lovers, collectors or hunters; we're not against conceal and carry; and we're all for the Second Amendment, we just happen to believe there are some places where guns just don't belong, no matter how responsible the owner of said weapon claims to be. This bill and its passage is further proof that the gun lobby owns too many politicians, and that will never change, and this country is starting to look more and more like a 21st century version of the Old West. It's a little scary. A provision in the bill states that owners of bars – or should we go back to calling them saloons – have the final say when it comes to letting guns into their establishments. Good. Let's hope the majority have the common sense and good judgement to put a nice big "No Guns Allowed" sign on their front door.
Texting and driving persists
On Wednesday afternoon, a woman sitting behind the wheel waiting for the light at the intersection of U.S. Highway 59 and Minnesota Highway 23 to change to green could be seen looking down, scrolling on her smart phone, periodically glancing up to see if the light had changed so she could proceed. Wow. As anyone who lives in Marshall knows, that's not a real friendly intersection to begin with and this driver was only asking for trouble. We still don't get it. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety this week announced that a whopping 550 drivers were cited for texting while driving in a recent 10-day span. Hopefully, those texters have learned their lesson and won't do it again – and we should use that as a reminder to put the phone down. If you think it's not a big deal to check your phone when you're stopped at a light, you'd be wrong. Under the state's no-texting law, it is illegal for drivers to read, compose or send texts and emails when they are part of traffic – and, yes, vehicles stopped at a stoplight are part of traffic.
6 from MHS are Boys Staters
Congratulations to the six students at Marshall High School who have been chosen to represent the school at this year's Boys State event. Once again, the week-long event will take place at Southwest Minnesota State University and will attract hundreds of high school juniors from across the state. Marshall High School's Michael Larson, Collin Reilly, Lestat Clemmer, Alex VanKeulen, Michael VanKeulen, Robbie Moe and Amiel Hassan will spend a week this summer learning about Minnesota government at all levels.


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For a guy who sports red Chuck Taylor's on the daily, Bar 145 founder Jeremy Fitzgerald is serious about two things: gourmet food and good bourbon.
When the first Bar 145 location opened in Toledo more than two years ago, Fitzgerald decided great live music and artfully made pub food shouldn't be mutually exclusive. By combining the party atmosphere of his native Put-In-Bay with a white-china dining experience to bring a unique night out for Columbus residents.
"We aren't a burger bar. We are a 21st Century gastropub," Fitzgerald said. "We like to think our 'red chucks, white china,' culture-clash philosophy shows we are cool and hip, but we take our food seriously."
And Fitzgerald means "seriously." All the buns used at Bar 145 are made fresh daily, and the cheese and vegetables are locally sourced.
"The freezer is solely for ice cream," he said. "Everything else is fresh."
Even though Fitzgerald doesn't see Bar 145 as a burger joint, he certainly loaded up the burger menu with some heavy-hitters. In addition to a "build your own burger" checklist placed at every table (which apparently has more than 200,000 possible combinations), the Apple Pie Burger (topped with spiced apples and cream cheese) and Monte Cristo Burger (topped with blackberry jam and served on French toast) are bound to make an impression on burger enthusiasts. But foodies shouldn't fear, because the menu definitely offers dishes for the more mature palate in the form of foie gras infused meatballs, truffle fries served with organic gouda gravy and roasted bone marrow.
"People seem really surprised by how good the food is. They don't expect a place with live music to have that level of dining," he said. "My favorite item on the menu is the [fried confit] duck wings. I usually just tell people I'm ordering wings, and once they taste them I tell them it's duck. They always love it."
Fitzgerald takes the bourbon seriously as well. More than 30 kinds of the spirit are offered in addition to a full bar, clearly putting the emphasis on the booze over the food both in the name and in practice.
The sprawling 5,400-square-foot space features a bar that stretches out to a patio area (separated by doors that open in the summer), a stage and professional sound system, and a mezzanine with a separate bar and seating.
"The bar is aligned perfectly with the stage, so you can watch the band perform even when you're outside in the summer. I hate when patios feel isolated from the rest of the action. This way, patrons can be served by the same bartender whether they are inside or out," Fitzgerald said. "People want a wide open area."
The entire space is Fitzgerald's personal vision, from the décor to the uniforms.
"I picked out every square inch of this place. I love having creative control," he said. "In fact, when I said the uniform should consist of red Chucks, jeans and a Bar 145 shirt, a friend told me I was making the employees dress just like me. I guess I sort of did."
Fitzgerald plans to bring in nationally known cover bands and other live acts to channel the Put-In-Bay party atmosphere he loves in a city that has always been on his radar.
"I have a lot of friends here and I knew I wanted to open a location in Grandview. I wanted to bring that party energy," he said. "Once people find out about us, they will want to be here."
So far, the response from the community has been positive, but opening in Columbus wasn't without hiccups.
"Opening was hard because this time of year everybody is on vacation. We literally had to have two separate orientations," Fitzgerald said. "Opening a place is always difficult, but I knew I wanted to create something different. We are still trying to figure it out, but so far it's been pretty good. I mean, we've been slammed every weekend."


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Queens Botanical Garden
There's actually a lot New Yorkers can do to protect our City from flooding.
Local government is leading the way in addressing the many challenges we're likely to face as global warming intensifies. DEP's Bureau of Environmental Planning and Analysis, in accordance with PlaNYC, Mayor Bloomberg's plan for a sustainable city, has developed a comprehensive climate change program. The program requires that planning and development take into account and respond to climate-change related risks. It calls specifically for planning, engineering and design processes that will help make our systems more resilient to flooding, today and tomorrow. To learn more about PlaNYC, click here.
DEP does its best to keep catch basins clear of debris -- but all New Yorkers can chip in. Pick up your leaves for collection each fall. Check guidelines and dates of the Department of Sanitation's free leaf collection program at www.nyc.gov/dsny. You can also help out by disposing of other debris that may accumulate at the catch basin.
One way to reduce pressure on overburdened sewers is to use less water in our homes and businesses. The less water we use, the less sanitary flow we create, and the more space there will be for stormwater runoff during heavy storms. Reducing our waste flow also has the added benefit of curbing greenhouse gas emissions. The less waste we produce, the less energy it takes for the City's 14 wastewater treatment plants to process sewer flows.
Though wastewater treatment seems like a technical process, there are lots of things each of us can do to help maintain a healthy water system. Find out more here.
The way you plant your garden and care for your yard can have a significant impact on what winds up in our sewer system. For one thing, planting trees, plants and grass can enhance the absorption of rain water and help prevent flooding. Whenever possible, consider planting rather than paving over your green space. It's also good to consider clean alternatives when it comes to fertilizer and compost. Find information you can use to grow a water-saving garden here.
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A Rare Run on Navajo Lands
Racing across desert, sand and sky in Arizona's inaugural Monument Valley 50
Race day in Monument Valley. Photo by Jack Jewell.
As we shivered in the predawn stillness, a Navajo elder blessed the dawn, offering thanks for a new day. A young man blew four sharp hoots on his wooden flute as the elder offered corn pollen to each of the four directions: east, south, west, and, last, north, as the dawn burned yellow over the blackened lip of the horizon.
Then, one by one, each Monument Valley 50 runner released a pinch of corn pollen to honor this day and our vitality, and we sailed down a red sand dune into the desert expanse below.
The Monument Valley 50-Mile and 50K in southern Utah is the brainchild of Matt Gunn of Ultra Adventures, which also puts on the Antelope Canyon 50-Mile/50K in Arizona, the Zion 100-Mile/100K/50K in Utah, the Grand Canyon 100-Mile/50-Mile and Bryce 100-Mile/50-Mile/50K in Utah. On the Colorado Plateau within the Navajo Nation Reservation, Monument Valley is a striking high-desert region sprinkled with red-sandstone buttes and slender spires, including the soaring Mittens and Totem Pole.
We began in silence—each step softened by the rolling hills of packed sand. Stark, etched towers surrounding us shifted from purple to brick red as the sun rose higher.
We were running on Navajo land, trusted with the privilege to explore a world that is usually off-limits to tourists unaccompanied by a Navajo guide. We savored the peace of the first five miles, past Left Mitten, to the aid station.
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text: During November and December, 2012, a comprehensive series of measurements was performed for the Vermont Department of Public Service to evaluate radio frequency (RF) emissions produced by electric smart meters deployed within the state. A primary impetus for the study is the current public concern about smart meter generated RF fields (the signals produced by the meters) and the potential for such fields to cause adverse biological effects. This study was aimed at assessing compliance of smart meter signal intensities with regulations established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that prescribe limits for safe exposure of humans.


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About the Author: Nicole Thompson serves as a Press Officer in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Public Affairs.
For most of us, up-to-the minute news and information are readily obtainable via television, the Internet, newspapers and magazines. Creating an atmosphere that allows the press access to information is a 24-hour job. During this month's G-20 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, the U.S. Department of State faced the often daunting task of transforming the rambling Harry S Truman building into a modern press filing center capable of feeding, transporting and supplying the technological needs of close to 1,600 international journalists. It was nothing less than amazing to watch the G-20's international filing center grow from a flurry of ideas, meetings, spreadsheets and emails into a functioning reality. In the days leading up to the Summit, teams of workers descended upon the State Department's open spaces and halls, filling them with row after row of bench-style tables and sturdy chairs. Right behind them (and sometimes right on top of them) were technical specialists measuring, drilling and taping hundreds of feet of optical cables and installing high-tech flat-panel monitors and audio equipment.
Though the State Department's headquarters was not built to house thousands of journalists, quick and creative thinking transformed the building's large cafeteria and exhibit hall into over 600 individual workspaces, each with wireless Internet connectivity and a telephone. Manning the filing center required raising a small army of workers and volunteers. When asked, employees of the State Department answered the call to serve as hosts to the world's press. Hundreds of Diplomatic Security officers, cafeteria workers, office managers, foreign language specialists and others worked around the clock to get the center up and running and keep it staffed throughout the weekend of the summit. Having such a broad variety of manpower was key to keeping things running smoothly. In order to accommodate time zone differences during a globally covered event, journalists often work late hours to file stories and video to be run during prime time in their home countries. This is where having a patient and broadly skilled volunteer force really came into play. Just imagine a non-English-speaking journalist requesting an interview or trying to figure out why she has no laptop connectivity at 2:00 a.m.! Luckily, the State Department has quite a few talented and multi-lingual employees who can come to the rescue in such a situation.
Bringing together leaders from the world's 20 largest economies required the close cooperation of hundreds of individuals from federal agencies, embassies and foreign ministries, but it's the media that provides the rest of the world a view of our decision makers' actions. This is only a glimpse of how the State Department helps ensure that audiences around the globe receive timely news and information. You, as an active blog reader or contributor, are a part of the modern evolution of media and news coverage. I'm very curious to hear DipNote's readers' thoughts on the G-20 financial summit. What's your say?
Gregory in Florida writes:
The world's financial crisis, perfectly fits on the description of a certain irrestricted attack. Does the ideas discuss by G20 are performed based or at least linked to the 4GW(Fourth Generation Warfare)?
Susan in Florida writes:
@ Nicole -- Thank you for a fascinating behind the scenes look at the G-20 Summit. I am not an economist but I would think this summit was a positive move to unite the economic powers of the world to begin solving the financial crisis we are all facing. Better to be united than going our separate ways.
John in Greece writes:
@ Susan in Florida -- I agree with you Susan! Only United we can stand such a crisis, because I believe (and I hope) that "West" will once again shine its real values, background and strength very soon.
But, "I would ask" for some "moves" from E.U. too, in order for this "European federal wish" to become a next-day "reality" and not just only a myth. I think that NOW is the time for E.U. to decide and prove what really believes in! Who the real friends are...
The "fat guys, sleeping in their chairs and expensive hotel rooms in Brussels" must understand that they cannot only transmit an SOS across the Atlantic, when they feel a "need" for something, but also, when the "weather is good".
Enough with this "sh.." propaganda:
When something is going wrong: it's because of the bad Americans that "prepared" and caused this!
When everything is fine, "we did it all together! America had nothing to do with this success...
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The Coulee Area Park & Recreation District's effort to get public funding was looking like it would fail as of Tuesday afternoon.
By Friday, the combined yes votes from the district boundaries in the four counties showed that it had 1,036 yes votes and 779 no votes for a 57.08 favorable return. But the measure needed 60 percent yes votes to pass.
The outcome was not certain Tuesday, as Okanogan County election officials stated that there were still about 4,000 ballots to count. One official stated that he didn't know how many of the ballots contained the parks & recreation issue. He said all the ballots would be counted by sometime Wednesday.
District Chairman Phil Hansen said Tuesday that he doesn't see the district running a new levy election "anytime soon."
Hansen said the district still has the "North Dam Park and the aqua park project still to work on, so we will have plenty to do."
Douglas County gave the district its best return on the operation and maintenance levy, showing that 59.17 percent were in favor of public funding. There were 100 yes votes there, compared to 69 no votes.
Grant County produced the most votes, with 513 in favor (56.87 percent) and 389 against.
Lincoln County came in with 73 yes votes (54.07 percent) and 62 no votes.
In Okanogan County, 350 yes votes (57.47 percent) stacked up against 259 no votes.
If the levy were to pass, it would mean that the recreation district, which follows the boundary of the Grand Coulee Dam School District, would collect 15 cents per thousand dollars of assessed value from property owners, or $15 per $100,000 of valuation.
The district had hoped for passage so it could use the estimated $35,000 as matching funds for possible grant monies.
Hansen said he was "somewhat disappointed." It was the second time the district's efforts with voters has failed, that is, if Wednesday's final count doesn't change things.
"Our commissioners plan to get together to discuss the results soon," Hansen said.
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Even with regular use of an observational scale to assess pain among nursing home residents with dementia, pain-relieving interventions are not frequently used
- Herczeg Institute on Aging, and Department of Health Promotion, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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Observational behavioural tools often fail to identify pain among people with dementia, rendering their utility to clinical practice questionable.
Caregivers used strategies such as redirecting rather than analgesic medication.
Further research is needed to explore the most effective strategies for decreasing pain in this context. This likely includes using different assessment strategies, different treatment protocols and staff mentoring.
The underdetection of pain in people with dementia is commonplace1 resulting in reduced quality of life and increased behaviour problems. Research has shown that pain can be detected and effectively treated in nursing home residents with …


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Silver City, New Mexico: A Mecca for "Foodies"
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Twenty high school students and two teachers from the first-ever delegation of Youth Ambassadors from Haiti met with Counselor Cheryl Mills, Deputy Assistant Secretary Lee Satterfield, and Special Adviser for Global Youth Issues Ronan Farrow at the Department of State to mark the culmination of their three-week exchange program in the United States. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Haiti Desk Officer Belinda Bernard also participated in the meeting.
Counselor Mills offered words of congratulations and encouragement, and reiterated the State Department's commitment to Haiti and youth issues around the world. One of the students, Philemon from Jeremie, thanked the State Department on behalf of the entire group and said the participants "are eager to make a change in our community and Haiti" as a result of the program.
Program activities were focused on reconstruction and youth involvement in community crisis and disaster relief. Exchange activities began in New York City with historical and cultural orientations, visits to local civic and community organizations, interactive workshops, and leadership training activities. The participants were then split into two groups for a week-long home stay in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or Ridgewood, New Jersey. The final week of the exchange took place in Washington, D.C., where participants looked at issues from a national context, polished their action plans for projects at home, and prepared for the transition from the program to home.
The Youth Ambassadors Program brings together high school students and adult mentors from 25 countries across the Americas to promote mutual understanding, increase leadership skills, and prepare youth to make a difference in their communities. More than 400 Youth Ambassadors participate in the program each year. This is the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' first-ever delegation of Youth Ambassadors from Haiti.
Clark in Washington, D.C. writes:
It looks like they are finally giving Mills some of the spotlight. She is the "quiet professional" who gets the Secretary of States agenda moving. Her and Bill Daley have been doing a good job as far as getting things done. I think Bill Daley is a better listening though.
Jean C. in Florida writes:
"Merci beaucoup", Ms Cheryl Mills... Haiti is in good hands...let us hope that the people of Haiti get to know you better, appreciate all the work you have been doing on their behalf, and most importantly, learn to trust you and accept your embrace and your leadership as you guide "our two nations" during these very important period in our common history toward a new destiny.
Angela in Haiti writes:
I was glad and proud to be part of this great progra, the visit at the State Department was very interesting and stimulating. I was happy to be there, even if you crop me of the picture :)


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Movies Mondays - Big Wedding
Category: Movies
Join us for a screening of the Big Wedding on Monday, October 28, 2013 at 4:00 pm in the Plaut Room. Seating is limited to 25 and available on a first come, first served basis.
A charmingly modern family tries to survive a weekend wedding celebration that has the potential to become a full-blown family fiasco. To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long-divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin (De Niro and Keaton) are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultraconservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend.


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Team USA athletes will be competing around the world this weekend, including at the New York City Marathon and a figure skating Grand Prix event in Shanghai. Check out the Team USA Weekend Preview for all of the details.
ING New York City Marathon, Nov. 4, New York City
Amy Hastings, a fourth-place finisher at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, will be among the thousands of runners who'll compete in Sunday's New York City Marathon. Just how many thousands of runners remains to be seen due to the transportation difficulties into and around the city as a result of the damage left behind by Hurricane Sandy.
The marathon will be the first major sporting event to be held in New York since the storm hit the city early this week. Before the storm hit, the race was to include approximately 47,000 runners, some of them, including Hastings, elite runners.
Race officials said Thursday that a $1 million fund has been created to benefit victims of the storm, and that another $1.5 million is expected from the race's sponsors.
TeamUSA.org writer Aimee Berg is in New York reporting on the event all weekend. Check out her latest story and photo slideshow.
TV: 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET Sunday, ESPN2; 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sunday, ESPN3; 4-6 p.m. Sunday, ABC
Also in track and field:
USA Marathon Trail Championships, Nov. 3, Moab, Utah
Cup of China, ISU Grand Prix Series, Nov. 2-4, Shanghai, China
Mirai Nagasu, a 2010 Olympian and 2008 U.S. champion, will seek a podium finish in the Cup of China, the third ISU Grand Prix Series event of the season. Nagasu won a silver medal in women's skating at this same event in 2011.
Nagasu is one of four U.S. skaters entered in this weekend's Cup of China. Adam Rippon, the reigning U.S. silver medalist, will compete in the men's competition. Madison Chock and Evan Bates will compete in ice dancing. They won gold at the Nebelhorn Trophy in September.
U.S. skaters have won four medals in the first two stops of the ISU Grand Prix, including gold by women's skater Ashley Wagner, and gold by ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White at Hilton HHonors Skate America.
TV: 6-8 p.m. ET Saturday, Universal Sports
Webcast: universalsports.com
USA Luge National Team Training Camp, Nov. 4-14, Sochi, Russia
More than a year ahead of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, the USA Luge National Team will begin a 10-day training camp on Sunday at the new Olympic track in Sochi, Russia. The training precedes the start of the 2012-13 World Cup season. The season began with last weekend's Norton USA Luge National Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y., where Julia Clukey won the women's singles title, and Chris Mazdzer and Tucker West shared the men's title.
Women's Four Nations Cup, Nov. 5-10, Kerava, Finland
The U.S. Women's National Team, which includes 12 Olympians, will begin play Tuesday in the Women's Four Nations Cup in Kerava, Finland. The United States opens against Sweden and will play two more games before the medal round on Nov. 10. Three-time Olympic medalist Julie Chu, a forward who is the all-time leading scorer in NCAA women's hockey, is among those on the squad. The United States is defending champion.
Under-18 Four Nations Tournament, Nov. 6-10, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Also beginning Tuesday is the Under-18 Men's Four Nations Tournament, which will be held at the Ann Arbor (Mich.) Ice Cube, home of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program. The United States, four-time defending champion of the tournament, opens play Tuesday night against Finland.
Also in hockey:
U.S. Junior Select Team at World Junior A Challenge, Nov. 3-11, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
U.S. National Sled Hockey Team Training Camp, Nov. 1-3, Charlotte, N.C.
Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions, Nov. 2-4, various sites
The Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions is in the midst of a Midwestern swing this weekend. The tour will perform Friday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, followed by performances Saturday at The Palace of Auburn Hills, near Detroit, and Sunday at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio. The tour also performed Thursday night at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati. The Kellogg's Tour includes performances by a number of U.S. Olympians, including members of the "Fierce Five" U.S. Olympic women's gold medal-winning team.
Also in gymnastics:
USA Gymnastics Acro National Training Camp, Oct. 29-Nov. 6, Huntsville, Texas.
American Cup Long Track/U.S. Single Distance Long Track Championships, Nov. 2-4, Milwaukee, Wis.
Competition begins Friday in the U.S. Single Distance Long Track Championships and American Cup Long Track Speedskating Series at the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee, Wis. The event is a World Cup qualifier. More than 100 skaters are entered, including Olympians such as Shani Davis.
The second round of the American Cup will be held next week in Calgary, Canada.
Also in speed skating:
American Cup Short Track Speedskating, Nov. 3-4, Cleveland, Ohio
ISF IX World Fastpitch Championship, Nov. 2-10, Parana, Argentina
The USA Softball Junior Men's National Team will begin play Friday in the ISF IX World Fastpitch Championship in Argentina. The United States will face Denmark in its opening game, followed by pool-play games against Singapore on Saturday, India on Sunday, Venezuela on Monday, New Zealand on Tuesday and Australia on Wednesday. The playoff round begins Thursday.
"We're happy with the preparations we've put in leading up to these ISF World Championships," coach Tim Lyon said. "We feel that we have a very strong team this year and are looking forward to the beginning of the tournament play."
The U.S. squad consists of 17, including a pair of players from Lake Crystal, Minn.: Spencer Yackel and Brent Meshke.
Men's and Women's Foil, Junior World Cup, Nov. 3-4, Luxembourg
The Junior World Cup in men's and women's foil begins Saturday in Luxembourg, when the men's competition is held. The women's tournament is scheduled for Sunday.
Also, a Junior World Cup in men's saber will be held Sunday in Kiev, Ukraine.
Also in fencing:
Regional Open Circuit, Remenyik Open, Nov. 3-4, Evanston, Ill.
Regional Youth Circuit, Nov. 3-4, Bellevue, Wash.
Regional Youth Circuit, Pittsburgh Steel Youth Classic, Nov. 3, Pittsburgh, Pa.
World Junior Championships, Oct. 26-Nov. 3, Chiba, Japan
Individual play in the World Junior Championships concludes with the finals Saturday in Chiba, Japan. A USA Badminton team of 13 competed in five individual events, plus the team events. The squad included Jeffrey Kuo, Alan Shekhtman and William Cheung in boys' singles; Iris Wang, Christine Chen and Angela Lin in girls' singles; Kuo and Phillip Chew, and Shekhtman and Michael Buasan in boys' doubles; and Chen and Jenny Jin, and Lin and Lily Wen in girls' doubles.
Story courtesy Red Line Editorial, Inc. Paul D. Bowker is a freelance contributor for TeamUSA.org. Material from various news services and press releases from National Governing Bodies was used to compile this report. This story was not subject to the approval of any National Governing Bodies.


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Soccer Bocce Photo Shoot
by thedayofgames on Jun.21, 2011, under Day of Games General, Products
Fathers Day weekend brought amazing weather to San Francisco, so it was time to head to Lafayette Park for a little Soccer Bocce photo shoot. There was just enough time to watch the end of the US Open golf tournament and watch Rory McIlroy crush the field. Then straight to the park to take some pictures. Now I am not a professional photographer, and Hayneedle offered to take some pics of our gear, but they wouldn't allow us to use the pics on The Day of Games website, so why not just take the pics in-house! They turned out pretty nice. Pretty legit! Tailgating season is around the corner.
MLS Soccer Tailgating and Soccer Gift Ideas
by thedayofgames on Apr.24, 2011, under Products, tailgating
Have you had a chance to enjoy an MLS tailgate yet?? Get out there and support your local soccer team – and get there EARLY! Most people associate tailgates with football games, or baseball games, but there is no reason that you can't grab some beers and a Soccer Tailgate Game (heard of Soccer Bocce??). If you like the Galaxy or Chivas USA, then grab your LA buddies and show up to the parking lot with time to hang out for a while at the Home Depot Center. Or if the Seattle Sounders is your squad, you can enjoy Seattle Sounders Tailgating in the NORTH LOT at Qwest Field (Tailgating is only permitted on the East side of the North Lot only). What are the requirements for an enjoyable MLS Tailgate? You need the following:
- Beers
- Food
- Chairs
- Tailgate games (SOCCER BOCCE, see below)
- Music
- A tailgate table
Why Soccer Bocce? Because there has never been a great gift for those soccer lovers. It's a cheap soccer gift and it is also pretty damn unique. Have you heard of Soccer Bocce? You can take it to the park, the beach, or anywhere with an open area. It also works indoors! The soccer balls in this bocce set are REAL miniature soccer balls. The set comes with a pump and needle to you can pump up the balls. Then you can just throw them into the carrying case when you are done. Soccer Bocce is great for soccer drills, playing in between your soccer games at a tournament, and even experimenting with some indoor bocce!
Back to the MLS tailgtating… Where do you want to tailgate for your soccer games? How about these excellent spots: All the games for — Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, DC United, Houston Dynamo, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union, Sporting Kansas City, Toronto FC, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC, and the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. You, your family, and your friends should be tailgating at all these games!


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Pray for Life
To the editor:
It is 40 years since the Supreme Court legalized abortion. Since then our country has declined in our respect for life, evidenced by the increase in violence. We kill millions of unborn children each year by abortion and there is very little said about this today, plus we are paying for a lot of these killings with our tax dollars.
We are outraged with the senseless shootings, as we should be, but silent with the senseless taking of lives with abortions, both taking the lives of future leaders of our country. We need to return to basic values on the sanctity of life. Only God, and God alone, has dominion over life and death.
Please pray for America that we may return to our family values, then and only then, will we be able to get ride of the culture of violence in our country.
Paul and Ruth Hillesheim
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Debates of March 25th, 2011
House of Commons Hansard #149 of the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was quebec.
- Question Period
- Privilege
- Business of Supply
- Bruce Campbell
- A. Frank Willis
- The Budget
- Air Canada
- Nowruz
- Purple Day
- Youth Conference
- Copyright
- The Budget
- Frank Howard
- The Economy
- The Budget
- Government Accountability
- Opposition Parties
- Government Accountability
- National Defence
- The Province of Quebec
- The Budget
- Ethics
- Sales Tax Harmonization
- Shipbuilding Industry
- Government Appointments
- Government Accountability
- The Economy
- Health
- Champlain Bridge
- Government Spending
- G8 Summit
- Veterans
- Government Appointments
- Employment Insurance
- Points of Order
- Speaker of the House of Commons
- Chief Electoral Officer
- Freezing Assets of Corrupt Foreign Officials
- Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement
- Government Response to Petitions
- Committees of the House
- Excise Tax Act
- Employment Insurance Act
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
- Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act
- Investment Canada Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Business of Supply
Government Appointments
Oral Questions
11:40 a.m.
Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia
Steven Fletcher Minister of State (Democratic Reform)
Mr. Speaker, all the appointees to the Senate are excellent and very well qualified Canadians. They have all agreed to our government's agenda of eight-year term limits. Also, we have legislation to encourage Senate elections.
What is disappointing is that the opposition coalition of Liberals, Bloc Québécois and NDP want to overturn the democratic rights of Canadians.
Government Appointments
Oral Questions
11:40 a.m.
Francis Scarpaleggia Lac-Saint-Louis, QC
Mr. Speaker, on the radio, Mr. Smith claimed that the cost of the F-35s went from $16 billion to $30 billion because of inflation. That is quite the inflation rate.
Did the Minister of Finance suddenly change his forecasts because of inflation? Did the Governor of the Bank of Canada change his inflation targets or is Mr. Smith making this up?
Government Appointments
Oral Questions
11:45 a.m.
Central Nova
Nova Scotia
Peter MacKay Minister of National Defence
Mr. Speaker, I think the hon. member is feeling the heat.
Let us consider one fact. The previous Liberal government actually spent more money on the development of the F-35s than the current Conservative government and yet we intend to buy it and they want to cancel it.
Does the Liberal Party really believe that we would invest millions of dollars into an aircraft to build it for other countries and not to buy it? I think it secretly would buy it.
However, the reality is that our government intends to support the men and women in uniform and give them the equipment they need to do the dangerous jobs we ask of them.
Government Accountability
Oral Questions
11:45 a.m.
Marlene Jennings Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Mr. Speaker, two Conservative senators, Irving Gerstein and Doug Finley, are the very definition of Conservative insiders. Now they are facing jail time for election fraud.
As close advisors to the Prime Minister, they were in charge of every last dollar spent in the 2006 election. Clearly the Prime Minister keeps these fraudsters in his caucus because they had his full blessing for their election fraud.
How can Canadians trust a Prime Minister who holds our democratic elections in such contempt?
Government Accountability
Oral Questions
11:45 a.m.
Pierre Poilievre Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Mr. Speaker, the Liberal Party is holding democratic elections in contempt. It ignored the results of the last election when voters spoke and gave this party increased seats and increased votes. It formed a coalition with the Bloc Québécois and the NDP.
The Liberals have an opportunity now to support a low tax plan for jobs and growth. We have put forward that plan. The Canadian people support that plan. Why will they not rise with us today, put the country first and vote for that low tax plan?
Government Accountability
Oral Questions
11:45 a.m.
Marlene Jennings Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Mr. Speaker, it is that party that has members under criminal investigations. It is that party that faces charges of electoral fraud and face jail time.
Mike Duffy, a colleague of Mr. Finley and Mr. Gerstein, has said that senators who face charges should have their senate salary docked. However, now that his Conservative friends face jail time, he is singing a different tune.
Why do the Conservatives think that they are better than every other Canadian? Why do the Conservatives think they are above the law?
Government Accountability
Oral Questions
11:45 a.m.
Pierre Poilievre Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Mr. Speaker, I do not know why that member thinks that her party is above the democratic process.
After the last election, which the Liberals lost, they then tried to overturn the result by forming a coalition with the Bloc Québécois and the NDP, a coalition that would dramatically raise job-killing taxes and destabilize our economy.
We have put forward a low tax plan for jobs and growth. It is the responsibility of every member of this House to support measures to improve our economy and bring about a great recovery. That is what we have done with our low tax plan. Why will the Liberals not support it?
The Economy
Oral Questions
March 25th, 2011 / 11:45 a.m.
Kelly Block Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar, SK
Mr. Speaker, since July 2009, Canada's economic action plan has helped create over 480,000 new jobs. We have had six straight quarters of economic growth and we have had one of the strongest fiscal positions in the G7.
Would the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development tell this House how our government is working to help keep our economic recovery on track?
The Economy
Oral Questions
11:45 a.m.
Greg Rickford Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Mr. Speaker, our government was proud to introduce the recently tabled phase of Canada's economic action plan.
This budget includes a hiring credit for small businesses. It would reduce red tape. It would legislate permanent gas tax funding for municipalities and would allow for the construction of a cyclotron to produce medical isotopes in Thunder Bay.
However, the reckless coalition is trying to force an unnecessary and opportunistic election that will kill these important measures for northern Ontario and for Canada. That is unfortunate.
Oral Questions
11:45 a.m.
Megan Leslie Halifax, NS
Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Industry wrote to the unelected Conservative senators and directed them to kill the medicine for all or drugs for Africa bill despite the fact that Bill C-393 was passed by the majority of elected members of this House, including 26 Conservatives. The minister's contempt for democracy is appalling.
The Conservatives may be in the pockets of big pharma but Canadians did not elect big pharma. They also did not elect the Senate.
Why is the minister putting the interests of Conservative insiders and big pharma ahead of saving lives?
Oral Questions
11:50 a.m.
Parry Sound—Muskoka
Tony Clement Minister of Industry
Mr. Speaker, this government has done so much to ensure that people around the world have access to ARVs and other medications. We have added $950 million to the global fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. We have doubled our international assistance.
What I find curious is that the hon. member cites democracy as the reason to pass the bill and yet her party is short-circuiting this 40th Parliament to go to an unnecessary election with its coalition buddies. If they would just let Parliament continue, this bill could be reasonably debated.
Oral Questions
11:50 a.m.
Pat Martin Winnipeg Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, if we thought sabotaging the drugs for Africa bill was the last contemptuous act of a government in contempt of Parliament, we would be wrong, because now those same toadies in the patronage parlour are going to be on full salary while running the Conservative election campaign.
The most enduring metaphor for the ethical standards of the government is the image of a convicted fraudster and his twinkie in a teddy.
Is that not why the Conservatives are really provoking this election? Are they provoking an election before more Canadians wake up to what really goes on behind closed doors under the veil of secrecy by that government?
Oral Questions
11:50 a.m.
Pierre Poilievre Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Mr. Speaker, the real scandal here is that the member is joining with his coalition partners to block a low tax plan for jobs and growth, a plan that would provide tax credits for children's arts, tax credits to help families who provide caregiving in the home to infirm relatives and the opportunity to provide more doctors and nurses in rural communities. That is the low tax plan that we brought forward.
The member has a chance to do the right thing and support that low tax plan. Why will he not rise right now and announce that he will do the right thing and support that plan?
Champlain Bridge
Oral Questions
11:50 a.m.
Josée Beaudin Saint-Lambert, QC
Mr. Speaker, Quebec's transport minister has called on the federal government to do something about the Champlain Bridge. The importance of this infrastructure to the greater Montreal area and the rapid decline in the state of the bridge require immediate action. Like municipal officials and representatives of the Montreal and south shore chambers of commerce, Quebec's transport minister is calling for a new bridge. Mr. Hamad wants a decision before the summer.
Does the Minister of Transport realize that his government's indifference to the needs of Quebec could trigger an election?
Champlain Bridge
Oral Questions
11:50 a.m.
Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon
Chuck Strahl Minister of Transport
Mr. Speaker, in the budget is an allocation to ensure the Champlain Bridge will remain safe. The engineers say that it is absolutely safe. The amount of money set aside in the budget will ensure that it stays safe for the next 10 years. We will be working with the Quebec government.
Near as I can tell, from watching the last convention that the Bloc Québécois had, the only bridge those members seem to be concerned about is building bridges with the other parties in a coalition. Why did they not deal with the Champlain Bridge when they had the chance?


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Location, design and plants for a pest-free garden
Fresh leafy greens are good for you. Home-grown lettuce is even better because you know exactly what went into the lettuce patch and will eventually make its way into you. Learn how to build a lettuce garden and reap the rewards of delicious, crisp and tender lettuce during the growing season.
Planning. Draw out a simple garden plan for your lettuce garden. It need not be fancy. A simple plot of yard that gets sun and is out of the way of kids and pets will do the trick. Additionally, you can create a raised bed of a few inches for your lettuce plants. This method has the advantage of being easy to till, as the soil is fresh and free of weeds and can be customized for your lettuce. It also is easy to maintain. You will use 11 square feet of greens for 1 to 2 pounds of salad greens.
Location. Your lettuce garden must be planted in full sun, in accordance with your zone. Some gardens may do well in lightly shaded areas, particularly at the height of the summers heat. Mid-Atlantic regions, for example, can plant from April and expect harvest through November.
Soil. Whichever method you select, you will need to prepare the soil with added nutrients and peat moss, if necessary. You can use your own earth, or you can add garden soil purchased from the garden center. Martha Stewart recommends a 50 percent soil-less mix and 50 percent high-quality compost material. Soil-less mixes are typically peat, perlite and vermiculite as well as coconut fibers and even rice hulls. Moisten the growing medium, and mix in the compost.
Plants. You can grow your lettuce from seeds or buy starter plants at the garden center. Try to combine various lettuces in your garden, if possible. A variety is not just pretty and healthy; it can give you lettuce non-stop as the varieties mature at different times during the growing season. Your seedlings should be planted a few inches under the soil and spaced apart as directed by the instructions on the lettuce plant—rows usually about 4 inches apart with seeds at 2 inches apart.
Types. There are so many delicious salad greens to choose from, it will be difficult picking a few for your garden. Fast and easy growing lettuce include romaine and butterhead. Consider more intriguing greens like mustard greens, kale and arugula. Slower growers include chard, spinach, basil and beet greens.
Care. The care of lettuce is quite simple. The plants do not need watering unless the soil or growing medium looks dry. If you are using soil-less with compost, there should be enough nutrients for the lettuce to grow well. You can fertilize if the plants have come up at half the label rate of fertilizer. You may pick leaves once theyve reached a few inches in height. This should take from 25 to 40 days after sowing. Plants regrow and are ready to be harvested again about three weeks later.Brought to you by: American Profile


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Skip to comments.Police nab more than 60,000 marijuana plants
Posted on 07/11/2008 9:01:51 PM PDT by rockinqsranch
Deputies seized more than 60,000 marijuana plants over the past week from the Santa Ana River bed west of Norco, potentially removing millions of dollars from the pockets of drug dealers, sheriff's officials said.
(Excerpt) Read more at press-enterprise.com ...
Do you have a link to the video of the high-speed chase?
If booze is legal I see no reason for marijuana not to be. We've wasted tens of billions trying to fight pot and have done nothing to stomp out its use.
I take no drugs, but I must agree that anti-marijuana laws and their enforcement seem to be stupid and costly examples of government meddling in the private lives of citizens.
And I would guess that cocaine would be next on your list of drugs to exclude because of the billions spent trying to keep this drug out of our hands?
"...government meddling in the private lives of citizens."
I know a woman who smoked that crap the entire time she was pregnant. The cost was a young girls life became pretty messed up. Busted at age 11 for drugs. Still can't shake the drugs at 33. It's very sad.
Yeah, I disagree with you.
It would allow the State Liquor stores to cultivate and sell pot.
I don't think i'd go that far but I really don't see how booze is legal and pot isn't. If anything booze is the more dangerous drug.
LOL @ gardenining/topic
So, drug wise, were is your cut off point if pot is legalized, what is the next drug to be legalized (and if pot is legalized, there will be a next drug)? To reiterate, we all know to well that if pot is legalize, some other drug will be next on the list of.
Wow, they found some plants that some people somewhere decided we can't have. Neat.
ask children of marijuana users if their parents are better parents when they are high?
Exactly how did they "nab" the plants? Were the plants fleeing, running away, making a break in a car or helicopter?
How do you "nab" a plant?
"nab (n²b) tr.v. nabbed, nab·bing, nabs. Informal. 1. To seize (a fugitive or wrongdoer); arrest. 2. To grab; snatch. [Perhaps variant of dialectal nap, to seize, probably of Scandinavian origin.] —nabber n."
Please excuse me for being persnickety.
"per·snick·e·ty (p r-sn¹k¹-t¶) adj. 1.a. Overparticular about trivial details; fastidious. b. Snobbish; pretentious. 2. Requiring strict attention to detail; demanding: a persnickety job. [Alteration of pernickety. See PERNICKETY.]"
Freedom : Freedom requires courage, it is better than a fear of plants, and much better than a lust for government power.
"ask children of marijuana users if their parents are better parents when they are high?"
Ask Americans if the government owns their children.
Basically, the law should just state that if a drug is fun to take, it should be illegal. That's what it's all about. We're opposed to people having fun taking drugs. Alcohol, okay. Drugs, no. I'm right, aren't I? Can you think of any drugs that are fun to take that aren't illegal?
How would they know? It's not like they'd have something to compare to.
It's not about whether or not marijuana should be illegal.
THEY ARE REMOVING SOME OF THE POWER FROM THESE HORRIBLE ILLEGAL THUGS! I say yay!
As the oil supply shrinks, are the oil companies suffering? I think not, and neither are the drug dealers, for the same basic reasons of supply and demand. Their competitors in the region will be laughing all the way to the bank in the wake of this raid, and nothing else will change.
It's sad to see that the "slippery slope" argument still has so many diehard adherents. Our federal government has held an arbitrary line between legal alcohol/nicotine and illegal marijuana for the better part of a century, despite the overwhelming evidence that both alcohol and nicotine are more addictive, more intoxicating (in alcohol's case), and almost infinitely more toxic than marijuana. How slippery can the slope possibly be?
I propose a slippery-slope experiment of a different sort: if marijuana prohibition is working so well, why not try prohibiting alcohol? I don't see what could possibly go wrong.
Why do we know that? Are there any other illegal drugs that are used by anywhere close to the number of people that use marijuana. More people use marijuana than all other drugs combined. It is not particularly addicting. Some people become heavy users and then actually remain heavy users. Most grow out of their marijuana smoking phase with little difficulty. People don't die from overdoses from it. Very few are ever compelled to steal to get money for it, and those that would steal for marijuana money would probably steal to get anything they might want. People certainly aren't selling their bodies for "marijuana fixes." It doesn't contribute to a great degree to domestic violence like alcohol. It's not harmless, but it is one of the most benign of all intoxicants.
I could see us legalizing marijuana and nothing else. You aren't going to see a big push to legalize drugs like meth and heroin and cocaine except from a few voices, mostly libertarian types. We'll never see anywhere close to a majority pushing to legalize those drugs because they are so bad, so harmful to society and the risk of using them so great, both to the users and to society as a whole.
And what about drugs hardly anyone does, like LSD or ketamine? Well, really hardly anyone does drugs like heroin. Hardly any do LSD either, and almost none who do it continue to use it for any length of time. The government estimates that less than one percent of Americans do heroin. Only a tiny percentage do most other drugs. There is not a huge market for most drugs, and really very little reason to legalize them. At least with legalizing marijuana we'd take billions and billions of dollars from organized crime and drive a stake in the heart of drug smuggling and distribution networks for all the other drugs that in most cases piggy back off of the massive marijuana smuggling and delivery networks. Again, the marijuana industry is the backbone of the illegal drug trade. More than half of all American adults under 60 have tried it, and millions and millions use it at least occasionally today.
I could see us legalizing just marijuana. I'm all for it, but I'd be dead set against legalizing drugs like meth, heroin and cocaine. There really aren't many good arguments for legalizing most drugs, and the risks are too great. But marijuana, like it or not, is a part of our culture now. It's not going away. We aren't keeping anyone from using it with our current policies. If people want to do it they do it. All we are doing is providing billions upon billions of dollars to organized crime. Marijuana is the one and only currently illegal drug we really need to legalize and regulate similar to the way we regulate alcohol now.
I don't have to. The two most responsible level headed young men I know were raised by marijuana smokers. They were better men by the time they were 15 than most any others of any age I can think of. Now in their early thirties they are both doing extremely well in their respective careers.
I think every so often we ought to legalize everything. In a just few days we could level out the gene pool to people who aren't tempted to abuse drugs or booze. Imagine the annual financial savings that would do for our budgets!
"We just smiled and waved...sittin' on that sack of seeds."
er... right... I wont disturb your dinner of unicorn steaks and rainbow punch....
You don't have the mental muscle to disturb shit house fly, chief.
Ask my half-sister if alcohol being legal was worthy of her mother dying at 39 of cirrhosis of the liver.
So your argument is marijuana is safer than alcohol in order to put you in an alter-state?
Did you hear me advocate the use of alcohol over marijuana? I am not in favor of anything that disassociates one from living an authentic life.
The question is, why does feel the need to get drunk,get high,etc at all?
Those in favor of MJ feel it is some God given right to take drugs to act like asses.
Ah I see so.... What the hell does it matter how you treat children as they grow up if they can not compare and contrast the difference. So if you beat the $hit out of them who cares they wont know the difference? If you are a user, your decision making strategy just proved my side of the argument.
Well who can argue with that! I for one am glad that the children were here to witness that authentic frontier gibberish.....
Ummm... I meant the parents were probably high all of the time. Get some bran in your diet.
So what is your parent's excuse? Genetics?
" "It's very difficult to catch these guys," Williams said. "They have preplanned escape routes and hiding spots. They live in there.""
What the article doesn't tell you is that large grows like this are typically Mexican Drug Cartels with the help of MS13, all illegal aliens and well armed.
My argument is that is hypocritical for society to not just make alcohol legal but to promote it while putting people in jail for possessing pot.
They did get a subtle shot in there for Glowbull Warming though. /s
You claim because you know 2 people that were raised by pot smokers and they are " well adjusted" ( what ever the hell that means) you would count that as evidence that Nullifies my argument that drug use and bad parenting go together?
I am not calling you a liar..... I am calling your argument (not you)STUPID.
When one is losing an argument on the evidence falling back on the old leftest playbook of calling names and questioning ones genetics and intelligence doesn't seem too manly to me.
However you are to one that is advocating the use of drugs so I guess I should expect nothing less.
Back to your opium den....
I didn't use the phrase "well adjusted" you did so why don't you tell us all what that means?
you would count that as evidence that Nullifies my argument that drug use and bad parenting go together?
You call the stupid remark you made an argument about drug use and bad parenting? LOL
ask children of marijuana users if their parents are better parents when they are high?
That is your brilliant essay on drug use and bad parenting en toto. Amazing!
When one is losing an argument on the evidence falling back on the old leftest playbook of calling names and questioning ones genetics and intelligence doesnt seem too manly to me.
Since you are no longer in a position to comment on anyone else's manliness we'll leave that. I could hardly have been losing the argument since I produced not one but two answers to your challenge to "ask children of marijuana users." It's not my fault you made such a weak "argument."
However you are to one that is advocating the use of drugs so I guess I should expect nothing less.
I didn't advocate the use of drugs. That's just hyperbole on your part. I just refuted your BS.
Back to your opium den....
More of the crap you started. Of course that didn't stop you from accusing me of doing it first. My expectations of you couldn't get much lower.
Still my argument stands beyond your tripe. I would state with reasonable generality that children of drug users would probably state that they wish their parents had not been drug users when it came to parenting them. Now if you want to continue this we can but I think there is a fair amount of evidence over the last 50 years, (beyond 2 well balanced 15 year olds that you know) to make my point.
Refute the point that drug use has been a major destruction to society and the family (with evidence) then I will concede.
Talk about tripe!!! Now its drug users instead of just marijuana users. I didn't think you could undermine your credibility much further but you did.
Sheesh, so now you are stating marijuana is not a drug? If it is not a drug by the classic definition what is it? A floorwax or a dessert topping?
study after study has validated that Marijuana is a drug and furthermore a gateway drug.
Without getting the hand puppets out I don't think I can make my argument to you any clearer.
Best of luck to those kids.
Those men don't need luck. One has worked full time since he was 15 while learning to play guitar like Eddie Van Halen. Made himself indispensable to every employer he's had beginning with an auto body shop. Studied computer engineering, put his wife through the Colorado School of Mines to become an oil field engineer and now he is director of a private music school having taught classes himself in the past.
His younger brother, who is dyslexic and has epilepsy, was running his own stone masonry business by the age of 20 and doing such fine work that he charges much more than any other mason in the area which is choked with contractors. He is booked up at least six months in advance, has been flown to Hawaii to do stone work, gives his wife $1,000 month allowance beyond paying all the bills on the house they bought when he was about 22, boat, 2 - mid'60s camaros for her, big Dodge diesel for him, blah blah blah...
And none of those things are what I meant when I said they were men at the age of 15. I seriously doubt that someone with your mind would understand or appreciate what I had in mind. You just don't have the mental power to push a cart in a flea circus.
A gateway drug?
There are people who still seriously believe that nonsense?
Your two young men sound like great people. Still does not negate my argument. Best to you and them.
Thank you. Best to you too.
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Higher red meat consumption is associated with increased risk of all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality
- National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
- Correspondence to: Amanda Cross
National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852, USA; crossa{at}mail.nih.gov
Commentary on: Pan A, Sun Q, Bernstein AM, et al. Red meat consumption and mortality: results from 2 prospective cohort studies. Arch Intern Med 2012;172:555–63.
Implications for practice and research
Red meat intake has been associated with increased incidence of several chronic diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.1–3
In this study, both unprocessed and processed red meat intake were associated with an increased risk of total and cause-specific mortality; approximately 9% of deaths in men and 8% in women could be prevented if individuals consumed <42 g/day of red meat.
A Westernised dietary pattern is characterised by high intake of saturated fat, red and processed meats, and a low intake of fruits, vegetables and fibre. In the US, red and processed meat intake has been associated with an …


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Bring Your Own Test Samples for HANDS-ON Experience!
How You Will Benefit Using non-destructive photoelastic methods of stress analysis in your Quality Control process will improve yield, productivity, and help prevent costly field failures.
Who Should Attend Glass industry professionals, especially those in R&D and QC functions, including process engineers, QC technicians and supervisors, production personnel involved in product quality, and R&D and manufacturing engineers.
ASTM Referenced Standards
* C148 Polariscopic Examination of Glass Containers
* C770 Measurement of Glass Stress-Optical Coefficient
* C978 Photoelastic Determination of Residual Stress in a Transparent Glass Matrix Using a Polarizing Microscope and Optical Retardation Compensation Procedures
* C1048 Standard Specification for Heat-Treated Flat Glass
* C1279 Non-Destructive Photoelastic Measurement of Edge and Surface Stresses in Annealed, Heat-Strengthened, and Fully Tempered Flat Glass
* C1377 Calibration of Surface Stress Measuring Devices
* C1426 Verification and Calibration of Polarimeters
* F218 Analyzing Stress in Glass
Course Outline
Class Hours 8:00 am to 4:00 pmPrinciples of Stress Measurement in Glass Products
* Polarized Light and Photoelasticity
* Color Observation and Compensation
* Stress-Optical Constant and Material Calibration
* Units of Measurement
Heat-Treated Glass Applications
* Tempered and Heat-Strengthened Glass
* Architectural and Solar Glass
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* Measurement of Surface and Edge Stresses to ASTM standards
* Mechanical Strength and Fragmentation
Container and Specialty Glass Applications
* Annealing Considerations
* Relevant ASTM Standards and Test Methods
* Strain Discs and Temper Number Evaluation
* Analyzer Rotation and Other Techniques
* Working with Difficult Geometries
Verification, Maintenance and Calibration
* Self-Calibration and Verification of Instruments* Proper Maintenance Procedures
Instrument Practice and Sample Testing (Time Permitting)
* Supervised hands-on instruction and guidance using either Strainoptics' or participant's glass samples and stress measurement equipment.
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Tim Wilson is manager of engineering services at Strainoptics and an electrical engineering graduate of Drexel University. For more than 10 years, he has traveled the world commissioning instruments and providing technical and operator training for customers in all types of industries, from glass and plastics to advanced materials and biomedical devices. His expertise in polarimetry and knowledge of relevant ASTM specifications and test methods uniquely qualifies him to effectively communicate the principles and practical applications of photoelastic stress analysis to audiences at every academic and professional level.
Stress Measurement Instrumentation to be Demonstrated
* Laser GASP Surface Stress Polarimeter
* Auto-GASP System with Surface Stress Measurement Software
* GES-100 and GES-100-MWA Edge Stress Meters
* PES-100 Automatic Edge Stress Measurement System
* PS-100 Macro-Video Polarimeter System
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Great Eastern Sun, Pacific Kombu, Dried Seaweed, 1.76 oz (50 g)
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- Product Code: GES-30021
- UPC Code: 023547300211
- Package Quantity: 1.76 oz (50 g)
- Dimensions: 0.6 x 4 x 6.4 in, 0.15 lbs
- Premium Quality Dried Seaweed: Laminaria Japonica
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Emerald Cove Silver Grade Pacific Kombu is harvested from the cold waters off the north shore of the Shandong Peninsula of China, near Korea. It is cultivated on rope nets spread between posts planted in shallow areas of the sea bed, where it naturally attaches itself directly from the sea water. After harvest, Kombu is laid out to dry slowly and naturally in the sun, and is then packaged. This nutritious brown algae is used in a wider variety of Japanese dishes than any other seaweed and is prized for its flavor-enhancing qualities as well as its ability to make beans more tender and easier to digest. It has a sweet, delicious flavor and is most often used to produce a flavorful liquid called "Dashi", a multipurpose stock for soups, stews, and sauces. This simple dish is the first step in the preparation of many traditional Japanese and other Asian recipes.
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|Supplement Facts
|Serving Size: One 1" x 4" piece (4 g)
|Servings Per Container: about 12
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|0 mg
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|240 mg
|Total Carbohydrate
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|0 g
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crunchy, naturally salty, makes an excellent bite with smashed avocado
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This algae has a bit too much of heavy metals (according to lab results made last year).
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This algae has a bit too much of heavy metals (according to lab results made last year).
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Para la sopa de miso
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I like it a lot. Add to my soups.
Seems pretty good
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I tried making dashi stock with kombu and bonito flakes and the result was pretty good.


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5min Seoul Station! (Airport Rail)
Size21 m²
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- Parking available
- Smoking allowed
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This apartment is not a walk up, we have an elevator!
Great for singles, couples Stay here and get around Seoul with ease.
This apartment has everything you need for a peacful quiet rest after a busy eventful day. A complete kitchen with basic cooking necessities.
A large super market (Lotte mart) will take only 10 min.
You'll be staying in the heart of Seoul; Be in the coolest and most convenient neighborhood. I will do everything to make your stay convenient, fun, and relaxing.
The Amenities include:
* 100% private studio all to yourself!
* 5min From Subway, AREX (Seoul Station)
* Free WiFi (super fast internet!)
* Flat screen High Def TV w/ ipod hookup
* A goose down quilt
* Clean linens, towels for each guest.
* Fully stocked and functional kitchen.
* Free parking lot.
There will be fresh sheets and fresh towels for each guest.
Shampoo, conditioner, soap, hair dryer and iron are also available in the apartment.
I would love to host you in my home. Please note that the apartment is in a residential buildings and it's for sleeping and relaxing. No parties or loud volumes!
Feel free to message me with any questions!
My calender is always up to date.
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* Housekeeping service can be arranged at an extra charge of 8,000 KRW /per service upon request. (Please let us know in advance so we can make the arrangements)
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very nice place to stay. very near to seoul station. great friendly host and the place is perfect. would definitely stay here again. thanks Jay for all the hospitality!
Excellent apartment in a convienient location to seoul station. The apartment has all the amenities required for a comfortable stay in Korea. Jay is a real amazing host who is willing to help out at any time of the day.
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It is a very nice and clean apartment in a great location. Jay is a very good and helpful host. We can only recommend this apartment and the next time happily come back. Thanks Jay, until next time:-)
The apartment we used for over a month. It is centrally located near the Seoul Station. The quality of accommodation is very good. Jay takes good care of its guests. We were very pleased with everything. Everything was perfect. Thanks for the great time in Seoul. We recommend this apartment absolutely.
Das Apartment haben wir über einen Monat genutzt. Es liegt sehr zentral in der Nähe der Seoul Station. Die Qualität der Unterkunft ist sehr gut. Jay kümmert sich sehr um seine Gäste. Wir waren mit allem sehr zufrieden. Alles war perfekt. Vielen Dank für die tolle Zeit in Seoul. Wir empfehlen dieses Apartment unbedingt.
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Hardware news tagged 3G
Friday, May 30, 2014
Intel Contracts Rockchip to Develop Quad-Core SoFIA Mobile Chip.
[12:14 am]
Intel Enters into Strategic Agreement with Rockchip
Friday, January 31, 2014
Samsung Signs Cross-Licensing Agreement with Ericsson.
[1:52 pm]
Samsung Licenses Ericsson's Patents
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Sony Slashes PlayStation Vita Price in the U.S., Adds Support for PlayStation 4 Streaming.
[1:50 pm]
Sony Cuts PlayStation Vita Pricing in the U.S., Makes 3G Option Free
Thursday, May 2, 2013
MediaTek Debuts Dual-Core HSPA+ System-on-Chip for Entry-Level Smartphones.
[12:08 pm]
MediaTek Introduces Dual-Core Cortex-A7 Solution for Low-Cost Smartphones
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Sony Has No Immediate Plans to Cut PlayStation Vita Price in Europe and the U.S.
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No PS Vita Price-Cut Incoming, But 3G Option Gets Free in Some Stores
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
European Commission to Provide €50 Million to Develop 5G Communication Tech.
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EC to Grant $65.3 Million to Research 5G Wireless Comm Tech
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Marvell's New Quad-Core SoC Enables Truly Global Smartphones.
[10:19 am]
Marvell Introduces Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A7 SoC with Support for All 3G Standards