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"The gangs of today will be the terrorists of tomorrow"
A Bronx gang leader was found guilty Tuesday of the cold-blooded killing of a 16-year-old boy, authorities said.
Prosecutors said Trinitarios thug Carlos (White Boy) Urena was the triggerman in the 2005 murder of Ka'Shawn Phillips. The teen, who was shot in the head in Yonkers, just over the Bronx border, was also stabbed 20 times.
"Urena walked up with a 9-mm. gun and shot Ka'Shawn Phillips right in the head," Assistant U.S. Attorney Micah Smith said in Urena's seven-week jury trial.
Urena, 27, faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison, authorities said. He was convicted of various charges, including murder in aid of racketeering, racketeering and drug conspiracy. No sentencing date was immediately set.
Limet Vasquez, an associate, was found guilty of racketeering, murder conspiracy and other counts.
He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a mandatory minimum of five years.
The convictions are the latest obtained by the feds in a steady stream of gang takedowns.
Last month, a Daily News review that highlighted the Phillips murder showed Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office has convicted more than 1,000 of about 1,300 people charged in 52 large-scale drug and gang takedowns since late 2009.
"The Bronx streets are safer because of the jury's verdict," Bharara said Tuesday.
Marlon Johnson Jr., 25, of Kenmore, was sentenced Friday to 48 months in prison for possession of a firearm.
Johnson was an associate of the Bailey Boys Gang, federal prosecutors said, and his sentencing by Justice William Skretny was the latest development in a series of federal actions aimed at the gang. A total of 10 alleged members and associates of the Bailey Boys have been indicted on racketeering charges, including multiple murders, attempted murders, robberies and narcotics trafficking, prosecutors said.
Buffalo police arrested Johnson in December 2011 after they responded to a call on Emerson Street. He ran from the area but was taken into custody inside a residence on Glenwood Avenue. Officers searched a garbage tote next door and found a loaded .380 caliber semi-automatic pistol with a defaced serial number. Johnson admitted later admitted that he stole the gun from another individual.
The Buffalo police, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI participated in the investigation.
Damone Holcombe, 28, the last of the five members of Buffalo's former Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation street gang to be convicted, pleaded guilty Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio to possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance.
U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., said the Grant Street resident now faces a prison term of up to 10 years and a $250,000 fine at his sentencing shortly by U.S. Chief District Judge William M. Skretny.
In the midst of a crackdown on the Almighty Latin street gang, Erie County sheriff's deputies found a 7.62mm semi-automatic rifle, a digital scale with cocaine and marijuana residue and a bag of marijuana in Holcombe's trousers pocket when they raided his Grant Street home on Sept. 21, 2011. Federal agencies assisted in the crackdown, Hochul said.
The NYPD has finally rid Times Square of the annual post-New York Auto Show gang-initiation violence that plagued the area for years, police sources told The Post on Tuesday.
Bloods and Crips took to Facebook and Twitter to alert fellow gang members that there were too many cops in the area this year and to stay away, the sources said.
"It was pretty much dead. It was really quiet this year," said one source, noting that it felt "like Disneyland."
Detectives from the NYPD's Intelligence Unit, which monitors social media, learned that the crew members were instead going to congregate in Coney Island, Brooklyn, following the show, the sources said.
And gang violence erupted in a McDonald's on Mermaid Avenue at around 11 p.m. Sunday. One man was stabbed to death while another was seriously wounded in the knife attack, cops said.
A law-enforcement source told The Post there were other gang attacks across the city that night, but no confirmed assaults linked to crew members in Manhattan.
Another factor in the decline of Times Square violence is that the show closed at 7 p.m. this year rather than 9 p.m. as in past years, the sources said.
"They're not as drunk and they usually go home," one source said.
Three gangbangers were shot and 54 arrested in Times Square on Easter, 2010.
HARLEMundefinedThe last two defendants arrested as part of a takedown of 62 people in three violent East Harlem gangs have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and attempted murder charges, prosecutors said Thursday.
Using statements made by the 62 defendants on social media and recorded phone calls from Rikers Island, members of East Harlem crews, Air It Out, True Money Gang and Whoadey were implicated in three murders and more than 30 shootings, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said.
Gabriel Shelton and Sean Terrell Jr., both 19, were members of Whoadey, prosecutors said. Shelton pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. Terrell pleaded guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
With these last two pleas, all 62 people arrested as a result of the 3 1/2-year investigation have pleaded guilty. Shelton and Terrell will be sentenced on June 3 and face up to 8 1/3 to 25 years in prison.
The crews used hundreds of Facebook and Twitter posts and text messages to sell firearms and plot the murders of their rivals.
"They were responsible for terrorizing the East Harlem community, engaging in a bloody gang war that claimed the lives of at least three teenagers and were responsible for dozens of shootings," Vance said in a statement.
The three crews operated around Johnson Houses, Taft Houses and Lehman Houses where violence spiked in the 23rd Precinct as two of the crews, True Money Gang and Whoadey, united against Air it Out.
From October 2009 to April 3, 2013 there were seven homicides, 46 non-fatal shootings, and 17 reports of shots fired within the 23rd Precinct. From April 2013 to March 31, 2014 there have been two homicides, three non-fatal shootings, and no reports of shots fired.
"It's made a huge difference," said Deputy Inspector Eric Pagan, the commanding officer of the 23rd Precinct.
But with 11 public housing developments in the area comprising 95 buildings, Pagan said the goal is to not become complacent.
He said he has officers, both uniformed and plain clothes, focusing on pockets where crimes such as robbery jump. Anytime a juvenile is listed on a complaint, an officer from the precinct pays a visit to the family.
"Ninety-five times out of 100 there is a way to help these kids, we just have to find it," Pagan said.
Vance has targeted the youth crews since taking office, issuing 12 indictments against 13 gangs.
The Rev. Vernon Williams of Perfect Peace Ministries works with young people in Harlem to prevent gang violence. He said the aggressive prosecutions and convictions have made remaining gang members "uneasy."
"They don't want to see 25 or 30 years in prison. They are not as ready to go for the gun," Williams said.
The goal now is to reach the 12-, 13- and 14-year-olds who are at risk. Williams' group is partnering with other organizations around Harlem to reach children as early as possible to steer them away from gangs.
Williams said he's also continuing to advocate for the funds necessary to fight the problem.
"We are encouraging grassroots and other community groups to keep fighting because if you leave it, the problem will lay dormant for a minute and then go back to what it was," Williams said.
"At the end of the day we are not fighting against children who act badly, we are fighting against poverty, which is behind all the situations in these young people's lives causing them to act out."
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A Syracuse street gang member who was the driver in a drive-by fatal shooting of a star athlete was sentenced today to 20 years in prison.
U.S. District Judge Norman Mordue imposed the sentence on Habakkuk Nickens, 28, who pleaded guilty last year for his role in the V-NOT gang, which used violence to control its drug-trafficking business on the city's south side.
Under federal sentencing guidelines, Mordue could have sentenced Nickens to more than 30 years in prison. But the judge cited the work that Nickens did in the community to try to turn teens away from violence and gangs after Nickens distanced himself from the V-NOT gang.
Nickens founded Help Breakdown Silence in 2011 and held community events aimed at putting young people on the right path, according to court papers filed by his lawyer, William Sullivan.
In January 2012, the group gave away hats and gloves to children at "The Man in the Mirror Event." It included skits aimed at discouraging violence and drug use. One skit was entitled "Death Become Us," according to a flier that Sullivan filed with the court.
Federal prosecutors have said Nickens formed the non-profit group only as an attempt to prepare for his defense to the racketeering charges.
Mordue said he received 31 letters from people, many of them jail inmates, praising Nickens for his spiritual guidance. Nickens formed a bible study group at the Cayuga County Jail, Sullivan wrote in court papers.
Nickens wrote two books in jail that he hopes to publish someday, Sullivan wrote. One was "Book of Habakkuk," which is the story of his life "with Bible references which illustrate how to transition to a better life," the court papers said. The other was a children's book with parables, Sullivan wrote.
Nickens admitted he was the driver in the Nov. 26, 2010, drive-by fatal shooting of Kihary Blue. Nickens pulled up alongside a a car known to be used by rival Bricktown gang members on Interstate-81 and V-NOT leader Kahari Smith opened fire.
Blue was not a member of a street gang, but was with four Bricktown gang members in the car, police said.
Blue, 19, was a star football and basketball player at Henninger High School before he graduated in 2009.
Two days after that shooting, Bricktown member Saquan Evans targeted the wrong gang for retaliation. He fired into the parked van of 110 Gang member Rashaad Walker Sr., killing his toddler son, Rashaad Walker Jr., who was in a car seat.
The gang members were arrested in May 2012 by the Syracuse Gang Violence Task Force.
Yonis Acosta-Yanes, 27, of Glen Cove, was sentenced to the maximum term for racketeering conspiracy on Monday in federal court in Central Islip by U.S. District Judge Joseph Bianco, officials said.
Acosta-Yanes' attorney, Lloyd Nadel of Mineola, had asked for a sentence of 17 years, requesting leniency for his client. Acosta-Yanes, who was born in El Salvador, was raised and attended school in an impoverished area of Glen Cove that was "rife with interracial violence and gang problems," Nadel said Tuesday. On one occasion his client's jaw was fractured and on another his hand was broken and his scalp lacerated, Nadel said. Acosta-Yanes did not comment before the sentencing, Nadel said, who added that his client is considering an appeal.
When he pleaded guilty to the racketeering charge in March, Acosta-Yanes admitted he was the driver in a car that was involved in the killing of Santos Castillo-Martinez in Hempstead in May of 2008, according to court records. Castillo-Martinez was a leader of the Hempstead clique of the rival 18th Street gang, the records said.
Castillo-Martinez was sitting in his car on Washington Avenue when Acosta-Yanes drove alongside in a minivan and another MS-13 member sitting in the passenger seat fired a fatal shot to the head of the 18th Street leader, the court records said.
The investigation into who did the actual shooting is continuing, officials said.
The 18th Street leader, Castillo-Martinez, had been talking to an unidentified leader of a third street gang, Salvadorans With Pride, or SWP, according to the court records, which were filed by Eastern District prosecutor John Durham.
Shots also were also fired at the SWP leader, but he fled the scene unharmed, Durham said.
Seven months later, in October 2008, Acosta-Yanes and other MS-13 members were en route to kill another unnamed rival gang member when their car was stopped by officers from the Nassau County and Garden City police, Durham said in the court papers.
In the car, police found a loaded .380-handgun, which led to Acosta-Yanes' second guilty plea for racketeering, according to the records.
Since 2010 prosecutors, working with the FBI's Long Island Gang Task Force, have convicted more than 30 members of the MS-13 on charges relating to their participation in one or more murders, Eastern District spokesman Robert Nardoza said Tuesday.
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To what extent does pollination, or the lack thereof, have to do w/ these yeild statistics?
No shortages in blueberries or other crops.
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To what extent does pollination, or the lack thereof, have to do w/ these yeild statistics?
No shortages in blueberries or other crops.
Ah - the beauty of numbers. And the way they can be selected to prove - whatever we want. :D
Such as you showing total production without mention of how many trees where needed to grow it? I in fact show lbs per acre. Just like dollars per hour. You cannot mislead with those comparisons. You then claim some sort of manipulation of numbers in hopes no one will sort at where the missleading is. You show only half a story believing that others will just make up the other half in agreement with your view. 1.98 billion lbs of almonds from 780,000 acres is in fact less almonds per acre than 2.03 billion lbs from 760,000 acres. can you see the manipulation in those numbers? Those are the numbers from 2012 and 2011.
He may be right. It appears that it may only be the 2nd highest yield per acre of all time.
Yield per acre is, of course, important but given the fact that an almond cannot be set without a bee to pollinate the bloom, the total crop is a pretty good indication of the total bees pollinating and isn't that really what the discussion is about?
Which has been on a steady climb since 1995 when yields where 800 and some per acre and 1400 lbs per acre was considered a good crop. This is attributed to better methods in growing trees. not honey bees. Again you use information to misslead.
Cuts in irrigation water allocations, due, in part, to diversions to save a fish (delta smelt) is a big concern of almond growers south of Sacramento:
My quote from the article was to add critical missing information from the original quote, that gave a misleading impression on gross production. We all know there is more acres now, I'm not saying that's not true.
All credit to you for drawing attention to this though. But it doesn't show a shortage of bees, or a collapse of the almond industry. Not to say this will never happen, maybe it will. But this last crop? No.
Every location has it's ups and downs. My area in TN is an awesome place for bees. Maybe not the best for high pollination contracts or extra large honey yields. But 90lbs a hive is common. No big agriculture and lots of bio diversity.
My thoughts too.
However one of the arguments used by the want to ban neonics people, is that the dust generated at planting drifts onto other fields, and thereby still finds it's way into bee collected pollen via the plants growing in adjoining fields, causing the bees to die of CCD. So, MP's bees don't die of CCD in big numbers. Could this be because the crop growers in that area use good practise, or is the whole theory flawed. Could be either.
To me, there's a risk around any insecticide, and it's about doing what we can, with user cooperation of course, to keep bees exposure to minimum.
The amount of weeds that bees use that roundup stops is tiny. most weeds compete only until the corn canopies... and never bloom the major weeds here in the midwest that comete in the corn, are not real bee forage items.. foxtail and grasses being the main ones.
Assuming nics are a problem. Maybe the answer is the same as some believe the answer to Varroa is. Let the bees with resistance survive. At least in this case the problem is not able to develop along with the bee. It could be possible that those without losses near large fields of corn have only resistant bees.
I woudl still like to know why the lesser of all evils thought is even acceptable. why is any evil acceptable. Why should it not be the corn growers who's chosen crop cannot survive pay the price? I will grow a plant that is not entirely suitable to survive in this area at the expense of beekeepers. And exactly why is this agreeable to beekeepers? Because we should be so grateful they have not chosen to cause even greater damage? How about they grow corn where corn can grow without killing our bees. How about we decide our bees survival is more important than their corn production. I am not sure I see how their concerns for profit is greater than ours. So much so that they are allowed to make otherwise completely bee compatible environments and make them incompatible in the interest of their corn thriving. I say if you need pesticides to grow corn. you need to grow something else. I grew crops for 16 years and never used a chemical fertilizer, pesticide fungicide or even sewage to do so.
It's easy to play with other people's land, lives, and livelyhoods when it's not your own. Let's assume his crop (example corn) does fail as do the majority of the crops in the surounding states because of your "eradication of evil" plan. Prices go up dramatically and there are corn shortages in South and Central America. Tack on the same crop failure due to pests, drought, floods, etc in South and Central America and now the problem just got real serious.
They own the land and can grow whatever legal crop they want to on there however they legally want to. If they want to hold onto the land whatever they grow on there better turn a profit enough to pay all the bills, keep the family fed, and turn a profit on capital invested. It's not OUR land and I am grateful that they don't use outright bee deadly insecticides. Short of the powder released during planting there's no repeatable evidence that says neonics are the root of evil. You say you grew crops 16 years. Did you make your primary income off of them and why don't you do it anymore?
Decisions in life involve choosing the lesser of evils all the time.


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- Online travel company Viator launches two "Game of Thrones" tours
- Dubrovnik, Croatia, serves as setting for fictional King's Landing
- Belfast and Northern Ireland tour visits cave where Melisandre gave birth
- Viator also books "Harry Potter" and "Downton Abbey" tours
Here's a question for die-hard "Game of Thrones" fans.
Is your reaction to newly launched tours of "Game of Thrones" filming locations a) tittering fanjoy at the thought of seeing King's Landing in real life, or b) uneasy fear that touring the modern day castle without a sadistic boy-king inside it would impede your suspension of disbelief?
Either way, beginning this summer, devotees of topless fantasy, medieval bloodlust, flayings, dragons, direwolves, White Walkers and Peter Dinklage will be able to visit locations used in the filming of the epic HBO series.
San Francisco-based online travel company Viator has announced the launch of two "Game of Thrones" tours, one in Dubrovnik, Croatia, the other in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The cities and surrounding areas serve as settings for fictional locales depicted in the series.
Dating to the seventh century, the walled city of Dubrovnik serves as the official setting of King's Landing, capital of the Seven Kingdoms.
Highlights of the three-hour Dubrovnik walking tour include the ancient city walls and 11th century Lovrijenac Fortress, where battle scenes, including Stannis Baratheon's Battle of the Blackwater at King's Landing, were filmed.
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The nine-hour Belfast tour (an epic in itself) takes in sites around Northern Ireland, including the caves where red priestess Melisandre of Asshai gave birth to an evil shadow-baby assassin, and Ballycastle, setting for the Free Cities where the eunuch Lord Varys was born as a slave.
The tour continues to Dark Hedges, where Ned Stark's fierce, tomboy daughter Arya reinvented herself as a boy, then moves on to Lordsport Harbour, where unlucky traitor Theon Greyjoy returned to his homeland of the Iron Islands. Also included is Downhill Strand, the real world setting for Dragonstone, where Melisandre burned the Seven Idols of Westeros on the beach as an offering to her Lord of Light.
The Belfast tour also throws in locations that haven't been featured in the show but are iconic in themselves, such as the Giant's Causeway.
"Movie and TV-themed tours have always been popular on Viator.com -- 'Harry Potter,' 'Downton Abbey' and 'Sex and the City,' to name a few," says Viator spokesperson Kate Sullivan, adding that the company began taking bookings shortly after the new tours were announced. "Given the popularity of 'Game of Thrones,' not to mention the amazing backdrops provided by the shows' filming locations, we knew these would be very well received."
The tours are operated independently of the show.
Viator says its guides will be completely fluent in all things Thrones, meaning it may be worth taking a tour if only to get a credible explanation of just exactly what the hell is going on in the show.
"Game of Thrones" Walking Tour of Dubrovnik departs daily at 10:15 a.m. from Dubrovnik Old Town and costs start at $72 for adults, $36 for children.
"Game of Thrones" and Giant's Causeway Tour departs at 9 a.m. (minivan pickups arranged from various central Belfast hotels) and costs start at $110 per person.


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I did not know they were working on a longer lasting strip. I think if they could come up with one it would be a very good product. I have used the product and that is really the only complaint I have is it just does not last long enough. You get a good mite drop the first couple days then its done. If they could get it to last just half a brood cycle that would be a big improvement. Then just two treatments should knock the mites back pretty good.
One good thing about hopsgaurd is it a contact miticide so you don't have to worry about temperature. Formic has such a narrow temp range that it is hard to find a good time of year to use it here in the S.E.


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Many men are perhaps not completely happy with the way their body looks, especially when they see a muscle bound weight lifter leaving the gymnasium. Many men would like to have even just a few muscles that looked like those of a weight lifter. The trouble is though, in order to become muscle bound like that, people often have to follow strict eating regimes, diets that are not too appetizing and certainly don't leave room for grabbing a burger on the go plus, they probably also have to spend hours of punishment in the gymnasium each week, perhaps lifting impossible weights and doing an unmentionable number of push ups. Although the above method will probably work and in just a matter of a dozen or so months, it will achieve the hoped results, there is an easier way. What some of these body builders have found out is that by using a testosterone booster, instead of taking months to get the results they want, the results can be obtained in just a matter of weeks. In fact, even by just taking the booster and not bothering to diet or exercise, positive results can start to be seen in just 7 or 8 weeks.
Testosterone is a steroid that is naturally produced by the body to help promote bone strength and build muscle and so, if you give it a boost, it can do even better. This use of a booster really does work and that is why sporting bodies in the 90s, banned its use by their athletes. These actions were a result of some athletes in the 80s taking the booster which enhanced their performance which, it was decided, gave them an unfair advantage. The use of these boosters by the athletes came to the boil at the 1988 Olympics and a controversial decision concerning the exceptional accomplishments of Ben Johnson, leading sport organizers to push for drug free events.
If you are not a professional sportsman though, you can use the boosters which, despite a one-time concern about their health risk, are safe. Although a comprehensive study carried out in 2010, showed that no health risks could be associated with the use of testosterone boosters, there had been earlier claims that there were. What had happened is, some other, undisclosed drugs, were being sold claiming to be testosterone boosters but, in actuality weren't. It was these false boosters that had caused health concerns not the genuine boosters. This means that it is possible that there are still false drugs out there and so, if you are intending to use a booster, it is probably best to go online and find top 10 testosterone boosters and use one of those known and recognized brands.
As well as assisting in strengthening bones and muscle growth, testosterone is also known to assist in the growth of other parts of the body including the male sexual organ and so, some people think that by taking a booster, they will improve their sexual performance. Although this may still be true, up till today, no proof of that has been found.


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UTEP softball head coach Tobin Echo-Hawk completed her coaching staff by naming Josh Johnson as an assistant.
Johnson will serve as the pitching coach.
"He comes in with a lot of experience and he worked with a really great team last year," Echo-Hawk said. "Him having that experience will only add to our staff. Not to mention he has the playing background to back it up; so when you do something, you have a better idea how to teach it. He's going to make a tremendous impact on our pitchers."
Previously, Johnson served on the coaching staff at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette during the 2013 season. He headed the pitchers for a Ragin' Cajuns squad that advanced to the Ann Arbor NCAA Super Regionals after winning the Baton Rouge NCAA Regional. His pitchers increased strikeouts by 122 from the previous year, including Jordan Wallace who finished third in the nation with 382 Ks.
"This is a great experience and a great time for me and the staff to create a new culture," Johnson said. "I'm super excited to work with coach Tobin and coach Cristina (Cobb-Adams) as they've had great success and I hope I can bring a lot to the table from my own side. What's exciting is this is an opportunity and a renewal and hopefully we'll get it done on the pitching side of things and every side of things."
The 2000 graduate of University of Wisconsin-Stout was a four-year letter winner in baseball and named first team All-Conference at third base during the 1998 season. Johnson has played fast pitch softball since 1995 and currently pitches and plays outfield for the United States Men's National Team. He was named to the NAFA All-World Team 16 times and was a 2013 NAFA Hall of Fame inductee.
The native of Oregon, Wis. received a Master of Science in Applied Psychology from Wisconsin-Stout. Johnson also served as head coach for Faulkner State Community College during the 2010-12 seasons and compiled a 119-60 overall record (most wins in school history).
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13-year-old brother, Scott, feels the same way,
explaining that it's "just something you do, you take
care of each other." This is not an uncommon theme in
children when they live with someone who has a physical
disability or a chronic illness. Whether it's a parent,
step-parent, grandparent, sibling or non-relative,
children also take on the role of caregivers, though
this role is frequently less distinct than that played
by the adults in the home. However, children are no less
affected by the life changes that come with caring for
someone with chronic illness or disability, and
recognizing the effects that this situation has upon
them is the key to helping young people cope with the
stress and uncertainty that often accompanies it. This
may be particularly challenging since much of the time
the person needing care is a parent.
"Disability" and "illness" can take many forms, from a
sudden injury which forces changes in mobility, such as
a spinal cord injury or fracture of a limb, to more
insidious medical illnesses like MS, rheumatoid
arthritis, or cancer.
Alcoholism and drug abuse are also forms of illness
which have their own unique reverberations in the
household, and each has effects upon the child in
different ways. The way each child reacts and copes with
the medical situation is largely based upon their
personality and prior life experience. According to one
person interviewed who was a caregiver for her mother
and siblings following her father's death, "you get
through it." Now a Social Worker, she feels that "those
who are not 'strong enough' may go on to marry early to
get out of the situation, or find themselves in
unhealthy relationships" where they are dominated by a
stronger personality. She also stated that "it's just
what you do," and this is a common comment made by those
who found themselves in a caregiving role when they were
Caregiving takes many forms, from helping with younger
siblings to performing household tasks normally
completed by an adult, such as cooking or providing
personal care to the disabled or ill person. Often, the
receiver of the care is an adult, which places the young
person in a precarious position of being a child,
essentially performing parental functions for an adult.
This can result in role conflicts within the child, and
changes the dynamic in the parent-child relationship. In
interviewing those who had entered into the role of
caregiver at an early age, it was notable that none of
them initially indicated feelings of resentment at their
situation. Like Joel and Scott, it came as part and
parcel of being a family, but there is a cost.
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#11 Fri 26 Aug 05 4:06pm
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Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
I'm opening my own coffee shop hopefully by the end of September
Any ideas on how to make it a bit different as there are lots of other Coffee Shops in the little town?
ps I've been to Fifteen London & Amsterdam and had THE most wonderful food & drink experiences there and all the staff were really friendly and cool!! Thanks very much
#12 Sat 27 Aug 05 5:06am
Dunk's crab
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Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
Oh,I must hand it to YA!Hope it can be very famous!Where is it,may be we can going to there,and try it!
And That's really a good idea!
#13 Sat 03 Sep 05 9:39am
Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
Hey guys i'm new to the forum but a big fan of jamies. I am 22 and the way i got into the culinary world was before investing so much time and money into culinary school i got a job in a restaurant. As well as taking courses at a small arts school. I loved it, well i had always liked cooking at home and cooking for friends and family letting them be my test subjects on my new creations :twisted: some which wern't so tasty and some which were great. Currently i have graduated from the Le Cordon Bleu Institute here in the States in Portland, Oregon and a little bit of time in Paris. My current job is now as a saute chef at the prestigious Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. It just shows ya that with the right plan and technique even a Punk rocker like myself can become a fine member in this culinary world.
P.S: Don't let anyone get the worst of you and shoot for the stars.
Best Wishes Kyle P. Sloan
#14 Sat 03 Sep 05 11:03am
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Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
U have a very good dream! That's so cool!Yes,to go the road which U like!Don't like me,my father want me to be a lawyer!In fact,I don't want,I never interested on that!
Ok,Good luck in Ur future!!
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#15 Sun 04 Sep 05 11:36am
Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
Here dunk and anyone out there.
Here is my email for anyone with questions
#16 Thu 15 Sep 05 4:28pm
The Daz
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Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
I'm new 2 this site and new 2 the catering industry.
I left school and went on a training scheme in hotel and catering but left soon after as the college bit was great but i was used as cheap labour and was stood by a fryer cooking chips allday so i left and went into computers and stayed there up until 6 months ago.I'd always loved cooking and knew that that was where my heart really was!!!I thought i could cut the grade and became a chef at a local pub called "The Farmer's Arms" in Porthcawl,boy!was i in for a shock!!!The food i was sending out was brill,but the pressure was immense!!!as i was on my own with just 1 prep girl,serving at least 70 customers between 12pm and 2pm and then 7 pm til 9pm id have 2 cater for parties of 20 and 30 plus bar meals,i realised that i was out of my depth,(i'm proud cos not 1 complaint during the month i worked there).I then became assistant cook at an old peoples home ind within weeks was made chef,i love it there,the things i learnt and am still learning is amazing and i also go to college 1 evening a week to get more qualifications,but,i dont want to become a top chef and work for someone else,i want my own restaurant and can see this happening hopefully in a couple of years,not a big fancy restaurant like jamies or gary rhodes etc.. But a small,nice,cosey and smart one on the sea front in Porthcawl.What i'm trying to say is that,i just want to make a comfortable living doing what i love best..cooking.Does anyone have a similar vision or has achieved it already??Would love to hear from you.Thanx Daz
#17 Fri 16 Sep 05 9:00am
Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
Well just hang on and don't fret things get easier as you get used to them. I work at the Bellagio in Las vegas, in Todd English's OLIVES.
We have a 10 Person kitchen not including dishwashers and front of the house staff. For our dinner service we do about 600-750 people in a timeframe of 5 hours. So just keep at it.
#18 Sun 18 Sep 05 7:16pm
Gemma B
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Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
My mum and I are quite concerned about my just-turned 18 year old brother. He is completing a modern apprenticeship here in Durham at a 2 Rosemary star restaurant. However since he started about 7 or 8 months ago he has been given no time within work to complete his NVQ level 2 portfolio and because he is being made to work in excess of 70 hours a week on the rate of 100 pounds a week regardless or hours worked he has very little time outside of work to complete it.
This would be fine if he was receiving sufficent training but he has been allocated the Pastry section and the only training he appears to receive is being given recipes and being told to follow them. Obviously my mum and I have no Chef training but I thought (after watching 15 on channel 4) that by now he should be aware of the quality of the ingredients he's using and the different cuts of meat, and even basic knowledge of sauces.
He is becoming disheartened by the lack of training he is receiving but seems to be stuck in the mindset that because this is a high quality restaurant this is the best place to learn.
My brother achieved 7 GCSE's at grade B. He is extremely passionate and dedicated to cooking and I don't want to see him waste this love but I think if he stays where he is he won't achieve either a qualification or high quality training.
Have you any advice on different routes into being a Chef? Or what you would do in my brother's shoes?
#19 Mon 19 Sep 05 5:06am
Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
Its too bad to here that. Sounds like he is catching a really raw deal there. Where Exactly is he getting his cullinary training and could you explain to me what a 2 rosemary stars meens. I'm not sure what you are talking about that part. I recieved my training at Western Culinary Institute and even more at Le Acadamie Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and am currently working at a five star restaurant in Las Vegas. you can re post here or talk to me by sending an email.
#20 Mon 19 Sep 05 4:51pm
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Re: Can you give me any top tips on getting started as a chef?
This is for Jamie....
Hello Jamie....I'm from Macedonia...here people want tasty food very much....What do you think to work here about a year for start...I'm an architect but I want to open restaurants in Skopje, Belgrade, Zagreb(Croatia), Slovenia....is there any chanses to come here and work......or If there is no chance about work, maybe for a party...only on one week...
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Steller sea lions have a reason to celebrate today. The eastern population has been taken off the threatened species list. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) decided that the population no longer meets the criteria to be considered endangered. In 30 years, the population has grown by more than 50,000.
The Steller sea lion, also known as the northern sea lion, is the largest member of the Otariid (eared seal) family. The eastern population's habitat ranges from the coast of Alaska to California. It is the first animal to be delisted by NOAA since the eastern North Pacific gray whale. That creature was taken off the list nearly 20 years ago, NOAA spokeswoman Julie Speegle said.
Experts at NOAA recommended delisting the Steller Sea Lions earlier this year.
"We're delighted to see the recovery of the eastern population of Steller sea lions," Jim Balsiger said in a statement. He is the administrator of NOAA Fisheries' Alaska Region. "We'll be working with the states and other partners to monitor this population to ensure its continued health."
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The delisting of the eastern population does not affect the Steller sea lions' western population. That group's habitat ranges from Cape Suckling, Alaska, to Russia. The western population remains on the endangered list.
NOAA estimated there were about 18,000 sea lions in the eastern population in 1979. The group was listed as threatened in 1990. The decline was blamed on fishermen and other people killing the animals because they were eating fish and considered a "nuisance." In 2010, the most recent year a count was available, the agency estimated just over 70,000 sea lions.
Although the species is being removed from the list, it will still receive protection under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Speegle said by phone from her office in Juneau.
When an animal is delisted, the Endangered Species Act requires a monitoring plan that covers five years. NOAA has decided to double that length of time to monitor the sea lions over a 10-year period. "We are just proceeding carefully and cautiously to ensure that this species can be maintained in the recovered status," she said.


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U.S. Department of Labor numbers show that many more have the opportunity to add value to our food.
by Lucas Sjostrom, contributing editor
Who touches your food? We often hear that 2 percent of people have jobs directly related to agriculture. I'm not sure if that number is high or low, but it just seems convenient.
Where does the 2 percent come from? U.S. Department of Labor numbers which tell us that there were 1,202,500 farmers, ranchers and other managers, plus 757,900 jobs for "agricultural workers" in 2010. Looking into the U.S. Census of 2010, the U.S. population was 308,745,538. Some quick math tells me that we're looking at 0.6 percent, not 2.0 percent, of the U.S. being on the farm. So where do we find another 5.4 million workers? Good question.
One big number we're leaving out is spouses and children. But since they're not farm owners, just as in other businesses, I thought it would be better (and easier) to compare apples to apples.
If we add fishermen (32,000), forest and conservation workers (13,700) and loggers (53,200), we add nearly 100,000 more jobs. That barely dents our missing workers down to 5.3 million.
But we could add in the food preparation and serving occupations which includes bartenders, chefs, cooks, servers, food preparers and wait staff. These categories add over 9 million workers, 8.5 million if we took out the bartenders. This gives us an additional 3 percent of citizens who deal with food every day. And we do owe all of them quite a bit for their work in adding value to our products.
Food processing (311,300), food processing operators (131,000), slaughterers and meat packers (89,100) and woodworkers (217,200) add nearly 750,000 additional jobs. In business and financial operations, we find 10,180 farm product buyers and purchasers, 960 farm labor contractors, 10,500 farm and home management advisers.
If we totaled everything up, we'd have about 11 million that are somewhere along the food and fiber chain. This doesn't include people, like CEOs and accountants at ag firms, who may be deeply involved in agriculture. Eleven million gets us to 3.5 percent of the population. Imagine if we could get all those people in a room to agree on something as a majority vote?
Real farmers (not the author of this blog) are indeed a small percentage, less than one percent. But with our network of people who bring food to the table and fiber to homes and stores, we could do a much better job of linking the entire food chain. Just remember, there's a 3.5 percent chance the person next to you deals with food, but a 100 percent chance they eat it. Find a way to relate and we could put together one heck of a campaign.
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Thoughts on Jimmy's Vendetta
Posted on 17th Sep 2010 at 11:06 by Richard Swinburne with 14 comments
I don't know what I really expected, but I think my thick, rose-tinted glasses for the original Mafia created a blind faith that Mafia 2's DLC might offer...something. I'd read it was designed to be more 'Open World', with mission selection instead of the exclusively linear, point-to-point play that Mafia 2's singleplayer forced on you.
I didn't come away thinking Mafia 2 should have been a more open world 'GTA in the 50s' though, because what it needed more than that was a better story. Although Empire Bay was clearly designed with open world in mind, 2K must have dropped it from single player at some point. Jimmy's Vendetta restores the open world, but it'll still leave you feeling disappointed and wanting more because it suffers from many of the same flaws as the original.
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Reid: This Scott Brown guy is a highly partisan "travesty"
posted at 6:48 pm on November 14, 2012 by Guy Benson
"Moderates" (read: liberals) frequently claim that of course they'd be open to supporting Republicans, if only they'd nominate more moderate candidates. Sen. Scott Brown is the ultimate moderate Republican, breaking with his party nearly half of the time and clocking in as the second most bipartisan Senator in the upper chamber, according to Congressional Quarterly's annual analysis. He is the very embodiment of Democrats' supposed ideal Republican: Socially moderate, fiscally more conservative — but flexible and compromise-friendly. Which brings us to Harry Reid's farewell message to Massachusetts' soon-to-be ex-Senator (via my colleague Dan Doherty):
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday he was "very comfortable" with the prospect of defending an open seat in his chamber should Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry be tapped for a Cabinet position, and slammed outgoing Republican Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, who would likely run to replace Kerry. "I saw during the campaign his plea for bipartisanship," Reid said of Brown, who ran as a moderate and independent Republican willing to work across the aisle in his ultimately unsuccessful race against Elizabeth Warren. "That is a big joke." "He is a travesty. He is one of the most partisan people that ever served here," Reid went on.
Scott Brown: One of the most partisan members to ever serve in the United States Senate. Related: It seems Harry Reid's imaginary friend is off his meds again. Of course, the Nevadan Ninny– a vicious and mindless partisan par excellence — is simply priming the demagoguery pump just in case John Kerry gets roped into the second Obama administration, thus creating another special election opening for Brown. My point here is not to suggest that the GOP shouldn't recruit or support centrist candidates in bluer states. They absolutely should; that's smart politics. My point is that at the end of the day, Democrats aren't authentically interested in working with moderate Republicans, the paucity of whom is often the subject of media hang-wringing. No, they're interested in defeating all Republicans. Scott Brown ran as a moderate, promised to serve as an independent thinker, and delivered on those pledges. He lost handily on election day (despite a robust job approval rating), and the Senate's Democratic leader is kicking him on his way out the door. Next time some liberal bien pensant starts whining about the lack of bipartisan cooperation in Washington, challenge him on the Todd Akin vs. Elizabeth Warren dichotomy, then watch the sputtering spin unfold.
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This bow is a Wheeler Archery, Ultrasaurus. It is currently set at 28" draw length and 50-60 pound limbs. Strings and cables are in great condition. Finish is Hardwoods and is still in good condition. Only normal wear and tear near mounting holes, as usual. This bow shoots very smooth and quick for a 60 pounder. The is a single cam bow (I believe it is BowTech's Infinity cam) and shoots bullets through paper. The accessories shown in the pictures below are:
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Quiver: 2 piece Fuse (matching camo with bow)
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Better to know a knot and not need it, than need a knot and not know it.
Cleat Hitch (Dock Line)
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Animation: Cleat Hitch for a Dock Line Tying
Cleat Hitch for a Dock Line TyingDo not bring the line around the near horn. Go around the far horn, then around the other, and back across the middle. Continue making several more figure 8 turns around each horn.
Cleat Hitch for a Dock Line Details
Uses: The Cleat Hitch secures a rope to a cleat. It is deceptively simple and an unwary skipper who invites visitors to cleat a mooring line may be astonished and dismayed by the unsatisfactory results. See also using a cleat hitch for Securing a Halyard.
First Horn: Initially the rope must be led round the most distant horn of the cleat followed by a turn in the same direction round the other horn. Starting round the wrong horn increases the risk of a jam.
Name: Some contributor's protest that the name "Hitch" is wrongly applied because there is no final Half Hitch. However, Cleat Hitch describes the purpose well – the rope is hitched to a cleat – and there are other "Hitches" that are sometimes used without a final Half Hitch, e.g., Tensionless and Lighterman's (Tugboat).
No Round Turn: After passing the rope around two horns of the cleat, always cross over and make figure 8 turns afterwards. This is because the Figure 8 Turns lift the rope up against the horns and out of the way of the first turn. There is a risk if the initial turn continues around and under the first horn a second time (making a complete round turn). Now if a towline briefly becomes slack, the initial turn can separate away from the cleat and then clamp down on top of the second turn making it impossible to release the rope while there is load on the towline.
No Locking Hitch? Several skippers have written to emphasize various situations when a Locking Half Hitch must be avoided:
Use a Locking Hitch? In other situations a locking hitch is commonly used, e.g., the dock lines for a yacht left in a harbor, the halyards cleated to the mast, and flag halyards.
Number of Turns: In most of Ashley's illustrations he shows astonishingly few turns. However, he was writing when tarred hemp was the rope of choice. Today's ropes may be stronger, thinner, slippery, and more elastic (nylon rope stretches by more than 5% when loaded to 20% of its rated breaking strain). Some modern illustrations still show only a single crossover followed by a Half Hitch. An intermittent load on a nylon rope may transmit tension to the Half Hitch and make release awkward. I am indebted to Kevin Redden for the following practical advice: two crossovers is the bare minimum, and only for temporary use in sheltered conditions. In all other situations, always add more – certainly enough to handle any storm load.
History: "Belaying a rope" means securing it or making it fast. Before cleats were common, a rope used to be secured to a vertical pin in a wooden beam called, of course, a "Belaying Pin". Ashley describes several variations including the use of a single hitch by itself (ABOK # 1594, page 284).
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If you had to share just one deer hunting tip with a friend, what would it be?
I want to hear everyone's #1 deer hunting tip and then Im going to publish an article on my blog, Wired To Hunt, featuring the Top 10 Deer Hunting Tips From Archery Talk.
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I think you'll be disappointed with the results you'll get from a regular hardware store enamel. Its going to flake and scrape off from the slide action and its not going to hold up well to cleaning with solvent.
I'd either use a coating made for gun finishing, or polish off the logo from the barrel. Personally, I like the look of a stainless barrel in a Glock.


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Yup ... noted the time, but also know how late I post at times!
You just soak in all those compliments, Granny59!
After all, you wouldn't be able to sleep with all your dreams of the quilting process to come.
Actually, I'm surprised you aren't starting it right now!
Now go and have a little more wine ... and you'll surely sleep well!
Good Night!!!


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Plunging Yen Hammers Emerging Asia, Risks Currency Crisis
It's a point I've raised before, but it's worth making again: Japan's bond buying is killing Asian equities.
Here's Societe Generale's chart showing flows into Japanese funds and those into emerging Asia:
The biggest losers have been Taiwan, Korea and China, Societe Generale says. The iShares MSCI China ETF (FXI) has dropped 13.7% during the past three months, the iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) has fallen 9% and the iShares MSCI Taiwan (EWT) has dropped 3.1%. The iShares MSCI Japan Index ETF (EWJ), meanwhile, has gained 16.7%.
In a separate report, Societe Generale's Albert Edwards fretted that the plunging yen could lead to a replay of the 1997 Asian currency crisis. He writes:
It seems investors may have forgotten that yen weakness was one of the immediate causes of the 1997 Asian currency crisis and Asia's subsequent economic collapse…
A weak yen comes at a time when the Chinese and other major EM countries are seeing a deteriorating BoP situation similar to what we witnessed in the mid 1990s. I studied Asian economies very closely at that time as the average UK pension funds had almost 10% of their assets parked in Asia ex Japan! Hence when I see a sharp rise in Chinas real exchange rate and deteriorating [balance of payments], it rings alarm bells. China is not the most vulnerable of the EM currencies to a weak yen, but this conjunction could easily trigger a currency crisis as growth is crushed. High levels of FX reserves are no protection if they are sold to prop up Asian currencies this will only impart a further deflationary monetary squeeze. Boom will turn to bust.
Edwards has been a bear for quite a while (though not permanently, as his reputation suggests) so feel to disregard what he says. Emerging market bulls do so at their own risk.


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I've noticed that my textures are grainy, and when I move the camera the grain(pixels) move around as well. I'm basically using the rastertek directx 11 tutorials, but converted them to use DirectXMath and the libraries I explained below.
I've uploaded a video on youtube that explains this better. Remember to turn on 720p and full screen viewing.
I've tried to compare flags and such when loading the textures/compilers, but I haven't found anything. Does anyone know what could cause this? I can provide code if necessary.
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Idaho Falls zoo welcomes animal babies
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Could you imagine having 17 babies in four months?
That's how many critters have been born in the Tautphaus Park Zoo since April.
The latest addition is just two days old, a ring-tailed lemur born on July 17. There was another lemur born a few weeks ago.
Other births at the zoo include a zebra filly born in April, twin Patagonian cavies, two red-and-yellow barbets, three spur-winged lapwings, three black swans, and at least two wallaby joeys. One penguin and one flamingo chick have already hatched, and more are expected in the near future.
Little kids, including 11-year-old Isiah, are loving the little animals.
"We saw a few baby birds and the baby zebras. The mothers really care about their babies," Isiah said of his visit to the zoo on Friday.
Tautphaus Zoo Superintendent Beth Rich is excited about the baby animals not only for zoo visitors, but also for what it means for the zoo.
"When we have good reproduction like this, it is a testament to the great quality of care the animals are getting. When we've got reproduction and we've got really good infant survivability, that means the animals are doing well," Rich said.
Some of the babies may eventually find new homes, but for now, guests can view the animals in their regular exhibits.