text: I have pretty much used AC Delco oil filters on both of my NNBS Silverados (AC PF48) since I owned them. I have been an OEM oil filter guy even when I owned an Explorer(Motorcraft FL-820S). After doing some reading it appears that AC Delco is headed to make ALL their oil filters those el-cheapo E-cores. When/if that happens I will no longer use AC Delco oil filters. My last trip to Walmart it looked like all the AC Delco oil filters besides the PF48 were E-cores. My question is are there any filters to avoid using on the 5.3L engines. Reason I ask is that when I had my 1998 Chevy C1500 with the 4.3L engine if I used certain filters the engine would rattle when I started it. The problem went away as soon as I put an AC Delco PF52 on it. Now there are some over at Bob is the Oil Guy that say that AC Delco classic oil filters are only good for ~5K miles and if you want to get the most out of your synthetic oil to run a filter like a Fram Ultra, Mobil 1, Purolator PureOne, K&N, etc. Just wanted others thoughts on the matter. Thanks.


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What looks like a PC but acts like a tablet or a smartphone? It's your PC with AMD Start Now technology.1 How's that, you wonder? Simply put: AMD Start Now gives select AMD-based PCs the responsiveness and convenient connectivity of a tablet or a smartphone. No more sitting around, tapping your foot and waiting for your computer to boot up – your computer quickly goes from sleep to on, and from on to online.
But that's not all – with the latest intelligent sleep functionality, your PC monitors your usage to predict optimal sleep and resume times intended to give you the best balance between responsiveness and battery life. So you can have a smart PC.
AMD Start Now technology delivers responsiveness similar to a tablet or smartphone, by taking you from sleep to wake mode in about two seconds.2 When the screen is on, you have access to the full power and capabilities of your PC. When you're away, your PC uses sleep and hibernation modes to conserve energy without having to shut down all your programs and work. This allows you to get back to work or play as soon as you return.
"Instant on" gives you the ability to boot to Windows desktop quickly, enabling you to access the Web or get back to a specific application without having to wait for your PC's traditional operating system to launch.3
As soon as your PC wakes up, your system can quickly synchronize applications such as email and Web browsers, giving you a near instant connection to the Internet.
Intelligent sleep functionality allows your Windows 8 PC to react to your usage patterns and to proactively place your computer into different modes, enabling outstanding responsiveness while preserving battery life. If it predicts frequent on-off usage within a short duration, your PC goes into sleep mode – a low power state in between active and hibernation mode. If it predicts a longer off-time, your system goes into hibernation mode for fantastic power efficiency. It also helps predict when you will return and puts the system back into sleep mode before you start the system to shorten your resume time.
With AMD's innovations in power technology, you don't have to compromise. They are designed for more intelligent use of high and low power settings to give your system responsiveness that enables long battery life.
AMD Start Now technology is designed to give you better responsiveness, connectivity and energy efficiency for select computers of many shapes and sizes – from desktops and all-in-ones to laptops and ultrathin laptops.

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Apomys minganensis
Heaney, et al. 2011. Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences, 2: 30. Type Locality: 1.5 km S, 0.5 km W Mingan peak, Dingalan Municipality, Aurora Province, Luzon Island, Philippines, elevation 1681 m (15.46802d N, 121.40039d E)
© The Field Museum. Photograph by L Heaney and A Niedzielski.
Order: RODENTIA
Family: Muridae
English common names: Mingan apomys, mingan forest mouse
Total length: 246-279 mm; tail: 116-138 mm; hind foot: 31-35 mm; ear: 18-19 mm; weight: 66-92 g. Apomys minganensis is a fairly small species within the subgenus Megapomys, with a tail, on average, 94% (87-101%) of head and body length. Its dorsal fur is dark brown with rusty-orange tips on the hairs, over a dark gray underfur; its ventral fur is dark gray at the base with paler tips that typically have an ochraceous wash. The tail is dark brown dorsally; it is mostly white ventrally, with some dark hairs and pigment in the scales. Nearly all individuals have a small white tip on the tail. The dorsal surface of the forefeet and hind feet is dark brown.Apomys minganensis overlaps with A. aurorae in some areas; it has darker fur ventrally than A. aurorae—dark gray at the base rather than medium to pale gray and an ochraceous wash on its tips rather than white or nearly white with a pale ochraceous wash. Apomys minganensis has hind feet that are dorsally dark brown, rather than white with scatted dark hairs, and that are usually shorter and broader than those of A. aurorae. The tail of A. minganensis has a tiny white tip on the tail in over 95% of individuals whereas A. aurorae has such a tip less than 3% of the time. Apomys minganensis has longer, denser dorsal fur that is dark brown rather than the rusty reddish-brown of A. sierrae, which is closely related and occurs nearby. The ventral fur on A. sierrae is medium to pale gray at the base and white or white with an ochraceous wash at the tips. Apomys sierrae also does not have a white tip on the tail, and has hind feet with white fur with scattered dark hairs on the dorsal surface, rather than dark brown. Apomys minganensis overlaps with A. musculus, but the latter is much smaller, has a proportionately longer tail, and lives above ground.
Known only from the Mingan Mountains, Aurora Province, Luzon Island (FMNH, PNM; Balete et al., 2011; Heaney et al., 2011).
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Habitat and Ecology:
Currently documented from 1540 m to 1785 m on the Mingan Mountains. On the elevational survey of the Mingan Mountains, Apomys minganensis was the most abundant non-volant mammal species at all four sites where it was captured—1540 m, 1677 m, 1681 m, and 1785 m. The survey areas where the species was captured were transitional montane/mossy forest and old-growth mossy forest. Apomys minganensis forages for earthworms and other soft invertebrates on the ground surface during the night. This species occurs sympatrically with A. aurorae from ca. 1540 m to 1677 m (Balete et al., 2011; Heaney et al., 2011).
© The Field Museum. Illustration by V Simeonovski.
Abundant in the Mingan Mountains above 1500 m, where no current threats are apparent.
Surveys of high elevations in the Dingalan Mountains and of the peaks in the southern Sierra Madre range in Rizal and Quezon provinces would be valuable to determine whether this species is present there as well.


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County will hold open house for CR 3 project
The Crow Wing County Highway Department will hold an open house from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at Crosslake City Hall to talk about the County Road 3 project.
The open house is intended to give the community a detailed view of the preliminary design for County Road 3 between County Road 37 in Crosslake and County Road 1 in Fifty Lakes.
Attendants will also have an opportunity to ask questions, and maps and other pertinent information relating to the project will be available.


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Kenneth Vernon Hultgren was one of the great "animal artists" at Disney in the 1940s. Born in Minneapolis, he studied at the School of Art in his hometown. In 1935 he moved to California to start his artistic career. Soon afterwards, he joined the Disney Studios, where he became one of the best animators. He worked on such productions as 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' and 'Bambi', doing model sheets and layouts.
'Bambi' also became Hultgren's first work in comics; he illustrated the comic adaptation in 1942. He also did some other stories with characters from the movie. His craftmanship on comics was noticed by art director Carl Buettner, who assigned Hultgren to illustrate four 'Mickey Mouse' comics. In addition, Hultren illustrated the very first 'Panchito' strip.
Hultgren was part of the Sangor Studios, that, in addition to their production for Disney, provided comics to Warner Bros, Screen Gems and MGM. Specialized in drawing humanized animals, Hultgren illustrated such titles as 'The Duke and the Dope', 'Robespierre', 'Hopalong Hoppity', 'Izzy & Dizzy' and 'Uncle Pigly' from 1943 to 1949. When the Sangor Studios folded in 1949, Hultgren created 'The Art of Animal Drawing' at McGraw-Hill publishers.
From 1955 to 1957 he was back at Disney as an animator. The following two years, he worked on the 'Mickey Mouse' daily comic. From 1955 to 1962 he also worked for Archie Comics and several syndicates, doing among others a 'Flintstones' comic. At the same time, Hultgren remained active as an animator ('Mr. Magoo', 'Popeye', 'The Archie Show'). Ken Hultgren died of a heart attack in 1968.


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Mood: WOOF!
@Giants_101: New York Giants, Victor Cruz Expected to Agree on New Deal Prior to Training Camp: Report http://t.co/eyIFajE1J4 #giants #nyg #nygiants #nfl
Mood: WOOF!
i heard they were in the redzone, but then got pushed back to the 50 yard line...now we're on the 2 yrd line...saw the dilemma last night late when i couldnt sleep sorry for the lame attempt. but yeah im hopeful this whole thing can get done and put behind us come regular season. i cant speak for anyone else and its just my take, but if cruz doesnt have the long term contract, i could see it being in the back of his mind and maybe effectin his play
That's what all the signs would point to, including Cruz himself saying that was the goal when he signed the tender offer, as well as Mara and Tisch indicating it will take time and for patience.
Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. MB Rule # 1
for some reason, i suspect RF is gonna throw a Cruz Signing party...or in a fair and just world, someone would throw him a surprise VC Signing Party
What does Cruz signing mean for Nicks???


text: Well, embarassing driving story of the day for me here. I was leaving a party that I stayed overnight at, and it was out at a farm. The path from the driveway to the party in the pasture was super muddy. No problem getting through that with my 2wd truck. When I was turning out of the driveway onto the road though, I made the turn quite a bit wider than I should have, and put the front passenger side into the ditch. Tranny crossmember hit the road and bottomed out, and the left rear tire was about 6" off the ground. Luckily, the party was at a farm, and my friend has a tractor there, so I called a couple of people up to the driveway to start the tractor up and pull me out. I've been unsure about having the trailer hitch on there since I don't tow anything, but it was pretty useful this morning. Lesson learned: After a night of partying, be more observant of how wide the road actually is. Good Times:lol: I didn't take any pictures, but here is one of the same thing. Just imagine my chevy where that dodge is, and my left front wheel on the road so I was at a steeper angle.


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One thing we've run into at VMware is that developing GTK+ applications can be hard. Especially when creating and editing UI elements from code (as opposed to Glade), it's sometimes challenging to debug problems. If a button isn't showing up the right size, or something is aligned incorrectly, it could be any number of problems.
In order to address this, we've started development on a new debugging tool, which we're calling Parasite. The name comes from the fact that it runs in-process with another application (specifically, as a GTK+ module) and infests it with introspection capabilities.
There's a lot that can be said about what it does, but the best place to start is probably a screencast.
There's a lot more information, some screenshots, and instructions for getting the source at http://chipx86.github.com/gtkparasite/


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Free test could be a life-saver
State, CDC push online assessment
The state of Tennessee is encouraging residents to take part in a free five-minute test that could end up saving your life.
The test is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and assesses your risk for having hepatitis C, a potentially deadly virus that seems to strike baby boomers most.
The CDC says three out of every four hepatitis-related deaths is among "boomers" who contracted the disease earlier in life through blood transfusions, sharing needles or other drug paraphernalia.
The agency says it is critical that all baby boomers check their risk, because millions of them may have it.
There are three kinds of hepatitis, each with different causes and outcomes. Here is how the CDC describes each:
- Hepatitis A: usually caused by accidental ingestion of fecal matter or from contaminated food and drinks. A vaccination can prevent you from getting hepatitis A.
- Hepatisis B: usually caused by bodily fluids from unprotected sex or drug paraphernalia. This can lead to liver disease or liver cancer. A Hepatitis-B vaccine prevents the disease.
- Hepatitis C: usually caused by coming in contact with an infected person's blood, by sharing needles or through a contaminated transfusion. People can have hepatitis C for years and not know it. There is no vaccine and this can lead to liver cancer and cirrhosis of the liver.
To take the online assessment and determine your risk, visit www.cdc.gov/HEPATITIS/riskassessment.
For additional information about hepatitis, visit www.cdc.gov/hepatitis.


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The Gender & Women's Studies Undergraduate Council provides a place for majors, minors, clusters, or anyone interested in Gender & Women's Studies to meet each other, plan related events around campus, and work closely with the faculty. Each semester they hold a Welcome Back Dinner with students and faculty. Undergraduate Council meets Fridays during the semester at 2pm in Lattimore 540.
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I received not one but two beautiful pincushions from Ljdugas31. They are so gorgeous I can't pick a favorite, so I won't! Thank you!!
beautiful pincushions
I can't post pics either girls so if you want to post what you send that would be lovely! I mailed mine and sent Judy the tracking info. Those are fancy smancy pincushions! very pretty
You never stand taller than when you stoop to help a child.
the black one, is that a tuna can base???? I've seen some pretty ones done that way.
just noticed that peacocks tail feather now, wow awesome!!!!
keep those pics coming.
working on next month ideas.
I have learned that I may be able to sew many a things, but my weakness is pincushions! I had a few fail on the July swap before I sent in, and now I made what was supposed to be a pin cushion into a full on stuffed animal. Maybe I should stick to other projects lol. Well I have one good pincushion, and now I have to rework my idea for #2.
I have made myself small pincushions (say 4x4) for several years. After doing this swap - I found I really really like big pincushions. I have received a couple that are built into candle jars or tuna can bases that I love to use.
I would probably use a stuffed animal as a pincushion. LOL.


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Country Get Away with Puffing Billy
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- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Indoor fireplace
- Parking available
- Pets allowed
- Internet/WiFi
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We also provide free internet/Wi-Fi, and many movies for you to enjoy.
There are many relaxing activities to do around this area.
Starting with beautiful walks through Wright Forest within 5 min walking distance.
Emerald lake park is only 7min drive. (Yes, we are located next to Emerald city in Oz!)
The Cardinia reservoir park is only 15-20min drive, or if you go another 10 min you'll end up in Lysterfield park with lots of greens as well as a lake.
Cockatoo is also one of the places which Puffing Billy travels through.
We are also only thirty minutes to an hour away from wineries.
This is a perfect place to escape the city! Just come and relax, immerse yourself in the nature!
House rulesWe would like for you to think of this place as your own home. So just come and enjoy the place like your own and we would just like to ask you to respect the property like your own.
No smoking in the house please.
If you are accompanied by pets please inform us in advance to find out if he/she/they will be suitable for our property.
If you need airport pick ups or taxiing service just drop me a message in advanced and I will provide you the informations of our services.
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I was visiting Australia for the very first time from Italy.
So it was the perfect destination for a romantic & relaxing getaway.
The house was perfect, it had all facilities provided.
The free wifi was Excellent, also proved to be essential for us, due to limited mobile coverage in the area.
It was the most perfect location, very quiet and peaceful.
Waking up to the sound of Nature, Kookaburra's & Cockatoo's every morning was a very pleasant surprise.
Signora Susan was very lovely, friendly & helpful & made us feel at home.
It was a lovely experience & I would highly recommend it to anyone.
We had a wonderful time, evrything is clean and the people are so friendly and nice :) And the place is wonderful also good for walking and relaxing :)
Thanks for the great time with you!
We had an excellent stay here for 1 week. We felt very welcome and at home right away. The area is beatiful and very tranquil. I can definitely recommend staying here.
Our stay was very nice, everything was ok.
The neighborhood are very restful, and hostesses are very kind.
We deeply recommend it to you!!
Reviews for this host's other properties
Easily accessible by public transport from Melbourne in 1 1/2 hrs. We have been warmly welcomed in all units, but here's a little more friendly. Most of the accommodations were clean, but there is still a little cleaner. Very quiet neighborhood except for the laughing Kokaburras sunrise. Lovely, thoughtful hosts!
Mit Nahverkehr von Melbourne aus in 1 1/2 Std zu erreichen. Wir sind in allen Unterkünften freundlich empfangen worden, aber hier noch ein wenig freundlicher. Die meisten Unterkünfte waren sauber, aber hier ist es noch ein wenig sauberer. Sehr ruhige Umgebung bis auf die lachenden Kokaburras zum Sonnenaufgang. Reizende, fürsorgliche Gastgeber!
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text: kVAR has bulgy mags in 223 reasonably priced or did the 10 rounders were under $10. , there are several kinds of steel 223 mags out there for the ak vaariants the chineese are narrower as I recall some were there is a thread i started on the the differances. all the 223 AK mags are priced at or below the AR mags designed for the beowulf. Not sure what you mean all the ones you found were to pricy??? a AR to AK addapter is really pricy hell the rounds them selves are really pricy. at what it costs to feed the thing mags even at $50 piece is the cheap part. there are also some US made mags however Id avoid the pro mags as they have plastic lips. For the 444????? project (I have the barrel in the lathe again) I found chineese steal mags pretty close. the beauty of the steal mags is you can bend and weld to the lips ect if nessacry.


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Exchange Dates to Remember
Spring 2018 Applications
Applications Due:
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In brief, spending a semester at Leiden University was the most rewarding decision that I have made during law school. I established incredible contacts worldwide, received instruction at one of the most prestigious and oldest universities in Europe, made many lifelong friends and lived in an amazingly beautiful and fun country.
"Living and studying in Leiden was a wonderful experience that I would wholeheartedly recommend to any UConn student thinking about going abroad. Leiden is a beautiful, charming and friendly university town brimming with history and a lively mix of locals and international students.
Founded in 1575, Leiden University was the first university in the Netherlands and has since become home to over 18,000 students enrolled in 46 bachelor's programs and 70 master's programs. There are over 5,000 students in the Faculty of Law. Leiden has the largest and perhaps most prestigious law faculty in the Netherlands.
Since 1989, Leiden University's Faculty of Law has been offering courses in English to law students from around the world. Most of the students who take these courses, collectively called Leiden Law Courses, are students from other Western European countries, or from the United States. Some of the students are Dutch law students whose international concentration requires that they take some of their electives in English. At Leiden, one's classmates are as likely to be from Spain and Germany as from Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
Students choosing to study at Leiden can opt to attend the university for the full academic year or for one semester in the fall or spring.
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Orientation in mid to late August.
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Perhaps the most distinctive feature of the Leiden exchange is that our students participate directly in a Dutch law school. The Leiden courses are neither especially designed for nor run by Americans. This means that the Connecticut students have not only the opportunity to take some interesting international and foreign law subjects, but also are, for a time, students in a foreign law school. Here are examples of how this foreign learning experience is of considerable cultural and educational benefit:
Public International Law: Capita Selecta
The purpose of this course is two-fold: first, to refresh knowledge of the main chapters of public international law, its general principles and key doctrines; secondly, to focus attention upon recent developments and topical issues affecting these general principles. Themes discussed are: the history and function of international law, sources, statehood, territorial and maritime delimitation, international responsibility, treatment of aliens, jurisdiction and immunities, human rights and IHL, UN system and targeted sanctions, use of force and international terrorism and fragmentation and the proliferation of international courts.
International Institutional Law
International organizations play an increasingly important role in the international community. There are many types of international organizations – both in terms of their size and objectives. Within this diverse group of organizations there are a number of similar day-to-day problems with which each of them is confronted. In this course some key issues of the law of international organizations will be highlighted with the help of international judicial decisions. Special attention will be paid to issues such as membership, institutional structure, legal personality, powers, decision-making and decisions as well as privileges and immunities.
International Criminal Law
This course treats the foundations of international criminal law. It traces the historical evolution (e.g. the Nuremberg and Tokyo precedents), the objectives and the relevant legal sources of international criminal law. It distinguishes classical horizontal approaches (e.g. extradition, mutual legal assistance) from vertical international criminal law (e.g. law of international criminal courts and tribunals). It further studies the substantive crimes (genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, aggression) as well as general principles of international criminal law (modes of liability, grounds excluding criminal responsibility) and impediments to investigation and prosecution (e.g. immunities, amnesties), based on contemporary treaty-law and the international practice. The course is designed to develop a critical understanding of law and jurisprudence and will provide ample room for discussion, practical exercises and interaction with invited lecturers.
International Protection of Human Rights
The Human Rights course seeks to provide students with a thorough understanding of international human rights law and practice. We will trace the historical and conceptual evolution of human rights norms, considering civil and political and economic and social rights and will discuss both universal as well as regional developments. By detailed consideration of real cases, we will analyze key rights and enquire into current challenges to their protection arising in diverse contexts – from the home to the fight against international terrorism. The international human rights infrastructure and mechanisms of enforcement will be discussed, including the role and impact of litigation in rights protection. The interrelationship between human rights and other areas of international law and practice covered in the course, notably IHL and ICL, will also be explored. The course is intended to combine in-depth analysis of the scope and nature of rights with an emphasis on the practical application of the law and challenges arising.
A picturesque Dutch town, Leiden is located in the center of the Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Hague urban triangle. With a fascinating blend of old and modern architecture, the inner city is largely unchanged over the last two centuries, containing some 1200 buildings of historic interest, many located alongside the town's picturesque canals. In the center of the tulip growing district, its canals, parks and gardens are regularly enjoyed by its residents through morning, midafternoon and evening strolls.
Leiden played a key role in the Eighty Years War of the 16th century when the Dutch won their independence from Spanish rule. Threatened with siege and starvation, the people nonetheless kept their city from the Spanish until rescued by Prince William of Orange on October 3, 1574. As a reward, William established the University of Leiden the following year. It has been considered since then a seat of international culture. The Pilgrims spent eleven years in Leiden before going to Plymouth, England where many set sail for America shortly thereafter.
A unique aspect of Leiden University is that it has no main campus, rather its buildings are scattered throughout Leiden with most located in the historic inner city. The Gravensteen, a former palace and prison, is the oldest building of the Law Faculty and dates from the 13th century. A new Law Center has been built which contains faculty offices, classrooms, and computer facilities, library, cafeteria and café, bookstore, and copy services.
Leiden is a student-town with an abundance of low-cost entertainment. Connecticut students have found it to be friendly and affordable. Leiden University's many student clubs make finding Dutch activities, be they athletic, social or cultural, quite easy.
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I found these .....scrapple sculptures
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Everyone is born right handed, only the gifted overcome it.
I have already committed my felonies, so people don't have to worry. (Russell Means)
I swear to you, I am guilty of only being Indian. That's why I am here. (Leonard Peltier)
Wow, I remember scrapple from my childhood days in MD. Had forgotten all about it!
In our College days we ate it, but I dipped the slices in beaten egg and then in cracker crumbs and then fried it. It was pretty good if I remember right. Never had it since.ha-SPAM, that is.
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We bought a house in Kauai and my son moved there. We learned how to make musubi, which is spam and rice "logs" wrapped in Nori seaweed. It is kind of a guilty pleasrure...
A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
Eleanor Roosevelt
As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same
~ Nelson Mandela
Homemade scrapple
This is a scaled down version that I make at home. I've made it with broth made from a pig's head, assorted meaty pork bones and even from a roast turkey carcass.
5 cups pork or turkey broth
2 cups. (approx.) cooked pork or turkey meat, ground or finely chopped
2 t. salt
1 t. black pepper or more to taste
2 t. ground sage
1/2 t. marjoram
1 T. dried minced onion (for turkey)
1-1/2 cups cornmeal
I usually make this from leftovers, either a bone-in pork roast, like a picnic shoulder, or from a turkey carcass. for that authentic Delaware taste, you might want to use a pork heart or a bit of pork liver as part of your meat.
Simmer ingredients, except cornmeal, together in heavy bottomed pot until onion is tender. Bring to a boil. If you are using pork, I like to leave a thin layer, 1/8" or so, of fat on the broth to help it fry better. Moisten cornmeal with just enough cold water to make it feel like wet sand. Add moistened cornmeal to the boiling broth. Turn heat down and stir continuously for 'a long time'. Be careful, the mixture will be like boiling lava, and it can splatter and burn the unsuspecting. You want the mixture to start to pull away from the sides of the pan. Pour into ungreased loaf pans and let cool overnight. To serve, cut into slices and fry in oil until crisp. You can either slice this thick or thin If sliced thin, the whole thing will be crisp. If thick, there will be a crisp outside crust with a creamy moist inside.
This will make 2 loaf pans worth. It can be sliced and frozen, though you'll want to pat it dry with paper towels before frying it.
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Years ago I used Spam all the time in a dish called Spam Goulash made with onions, bell peppers, and a tomato sauce then served over rice. My folks fed us Spam all the time. Not a fan of scrapple, but my folks made it.
Love scrapple. In fact Dh is cooking some up right now. I would be careful eating it raw. It says on the package to cook it 8-10 minutes without turning and then turn to brown. Since it has a lot of pig parts in it I'd sure want to make sure it's cooked well. I remember Spam from the war. (showing my age now) i don't eat it anymore. It seems fatty to me.
My sister used to make the best yellow rice with corn and little spam cubes. It was always perfect. Would have love to have gotten the recipe but she died unexpectedly a few years ago. Miss her still.
My German grandmother in Cincinnati used to make Goetta. Very similar to scrapple but made with steel cut oats.
Slice thin and fry.
Liked Spam as a kid but watch what I eat now.
·What does a clock do when it's hungry? It goes back four seconds.
Love spam. When we were kids mom use to fry it and put potatoes or on a sandwich. yummmmm I have not had that is years. I am going to see what Scrapple is.
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Breathtaking 3 Bedroom Penthouse in Barra (PC1802)
Size98 m²
Floor No.18(with elevator)
- Air conditioning
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Parking available
- Gym
- Pool
- Elevator in building
Accommodation summary
|R. Dr. João Pondé, 40150-020 Salvador, Brazil
|Property type
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|More than half a year ago
House rulesdamage deposit: R$ 800
electricity is charged separately
|Monthly rate for up to 6 guests
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Reviews of this property
Alain welcomed us in a lovely way. We had a problem with WIFI which was not working. However, Alain did his best to fix the issue in a very pro active manner. It was fixed the next day, which was great.
The apartment is located in the heart of Barra, which is very convenient. It's a few minutes walk from the beach.
The apartment is of a good size and has a wonderful sea view.
We had a wonderful stay and would definitely come back.
Thank you
Very nice, clean and well equipped appartment with securityguard at the entrance. The view is fantastic and the appartment is just a short walk away from the Beach and there is a fine outdoor pool at second floor in the building.
Alain showed us around in the appartment when we arrived and he gave us a very kind and warm welcome and said that if any thing was not OK we could just contact him during our stay. That was however never neccessary as everything was in order. Alain arranged our transport from the airport og to the airport when we left and that was a great help.
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I had a perfect stay in salvador with my family!
Alain is beyond 5 stars. He cared a lot about about us. We where in contact all the time. Whenever we had a question about anything he responded within minutes!! He is a awesome host!
Thank you Alain for this great Wimdu experience
A very nice apartment, ideal for relaxing after a city tour.
Alain is a very friendly host, and speaks very good English.
the establishment in apartment allows to be independent.
a very nice pool is available in the house and can be used by guests and increases the relaxation effect enormously. you are here safe and secure.
Alain also organizes a Pickup service from and to the airport, so that an arrival is late at night without any problems.
I was very pleased and enjoyed my stay very much.
A place to relax in the middle of the city. Just great.
Ein sehr schönes Appartement, ideal zum entspannen nach einer Stadt Tour.
Alain ist ein sehr freundlicher Gastgeber, und spricht sehr gut englisch.
die Einrichtung im Appartement ermöglicht es unabhängig zu sein.
ein sehr schöner Pool ist im Haus vorhanden und kann von den Gästen benutzt werden und erhöht den Entspannung Effekt enorm. man ist hier sicher und geborgen.
zudem organisiert Alain auch einen PickUp Service von und zum Airport, sodass auch eine Anreise spät in der Nacht vollkommen problemlos ist.
Ich war hoch zufrieden und habe meinen Aufenthalt sehr genossen.
Ein Ort zum Relaxen mitten in der Stadt. Einfach großartig.
Alain is a excellent host! I did not meet personally, but the e-mail comunication was enough. All was perfect during my stay.
We are delighted with our stay in Salvador de Bahia and the Casa Redonda. This home is exceptional in its architecture, its comfort, its situation. Staff (Nana, Loana and Ericson) is remarkable. The Portuguese spoken is essential to communicate well. Itapua neighborhood is colorful and lively but Casa Redonda is in a quiet area. We loved it. The center (historic) Salvador is 30 km. We have accessed by bus (nearby) but it is long (1:30), followed by minibus (we were 10 ... including 6 children). Contacts, very cordial, with Alain, are made only by mail. We soon had all the information we wanted. Alain is very professional and friendly. No disappointment. Short holiday dreams, too short, which portend a second service as soon as possible ...
Nous sommes enchantés par notre séjour à Salvador de Bahia et par la Casa Redonda. Cette maison est exceptionnelle par son architecture, son confort, sa situation. Le personnel ( Nana, Loana et Ericson) est remarquable. Le parlé Portugais est indispensable pour bien communiquer. Itapua est un quartier bigarré et très animé mais la Casa Redonda est dans une zone tranquille. Nous avons adoré. Le centre (historique) de Salvador est à 30 km. Nous y avons accédé par bus (ligne à proximité) mais c'est long (1h30), puis par minibus (nous étions 10... dont 6 enfants). Les contacts, très cordiaux, avec Alain, se sont faits uniquement par mail. Nous avons rapidement eu toutes les informations que nous souhaitions. Alain est très professionnel et amical. Aucune déception. Bref des vacances de rêves, bien trop courtes, qui présagent un deuxième service, le plus vite possible...
Alain, this is a HUUUGE thank you from everyone bitterly missing Itapua. We've come home to snow, can you believe it?! The villa really is more beautiful, more wonderful and more perfect than we could ever have expected. Please pass on our thanks to Nana one last time. She really was wonderful and went above and beyond when looking after us all. Anybody planning a trip to Salvador who wants to be close to the city with your own bit of on the beach heaven - this is where you need to stay! Ciao!
loved this property recommend to everyone enjoyed the wonderful pool ..
adorei esse imóvel
recomendo pra todos
adorei a piscina maravilhosa..
The apartment is highly recommended. Clean and comfortable. Very good and friendly contact with Alain. He helped me a lot. The additional cost of electricity, which I knew were well below the stated price. So all in all very good, and I shall be making vacation in Salvador, then safely back in an apartment by Alain.
Die Wohnung ist sehr zu empfehlen. Sauber und sehr zentral.
Sehr guter und freundlicher Kontakt mit Alain. Er hat mir sehr geholfen.
Die zusätzlichen Stromkosten, was ich wusste, waren deutlich unter dem angegebenen Preis.
Also alles in allem sehr gut und wenn ich wieder in Salvador Ferien machen werde, dann sicher wieder in einer Wohnung von Alain.
Great stay in Salvador. Alain is a super responsive property manager. He was able to connect us with a local guide, too, and was happy to make a call in Portuguese on our behalf when we were trying to arrange a schooner trip. I highly recommend booking an apartment with him.
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Great Room in the City Center
Size10 m²
Floor No.4(with elevator)
- Kitchen
- Elevator in building
- Lockable room
- Balcony/terrace
- Towels
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
|Valhallavägen, 11524 Stockholm, Sweden
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The most popular Stockholm touristic attractions are only 5-7 minutes walk distance from the apartment.
The neighborhood is quiet and have a nice garden with shopping center on the ground floor, with food, shops, cafes, restaurants, etc
The room has a bed 140 x 200 cm., the bathroom and WC is shared
Calendar is up to date, please use the book now button to calculate price.
Price includes:
- Clean towels & bed linen
- Full access to the kitchen
- Free Hi-speed WiFi
The price that appears here..on the right side of this website is the price, I don't change the prices depending on something…
Also if the system says the room is free…it's free. Don't worry about asking for dates! Just book! :)
If you have other questions regarding the room, or this area, I'm going to be happy to respond you, as quickly I can.
House rulesNo shoes insides
Non smoking
No pets
|Price for > 1 guests
|$ 16 AU per guest/night extra
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Reviews of this property
The hosts are very friendly. We got detailed information before we got there so we found our way easily. Nice room. really centrally located .
Thank you for the hospitality
super nice place to stay at. Edwin is a very nice and helpful guy. the apartment is close to the city centre, there are a lot of shops & restaurants all around. we enjoyed our stay a lot! thank you!
We stood at Edwin's for 3 nights. The house is very clean, comfortable and with all you need for your stay. Edwin is a great host, very friendly and gave us a lot of advises, recommendations...
If you buy the Stockholm Card or the SL Card, the metro is downstairs. You can go walking to Djurgarden in about 20 minutes.
We highly recommend it and will repeat if we go back Stockholm !
Owner is very nice and helpful. Everything is easy: keys, kitchen/bathroom use and wifi. Supermarket and shops in same building, easy access by subway train.
Very clean accomodation, room is small but with a great bed.
The visit with Edwin was great. Great condo, nice room, everything was super clean. The location of the apartment is awesome - in central Stockholm. Edwin is a great host. Thank you I konne be visiting. Greeting to Edwin. Bernd
Der Besuch bei Edwin war toll. Tolle Wohnung, schönes Zimmer, alles super sauber. Die Lage der Wohnung ist genial - mitten in Stockholm. Edwin ist ein super Gastgeber. Danke das ich zu Besuch sein konne. Gruß an Edwin. Bernd
We stayed for 4 nights with Edwin. It was all super. He is a very pleasant and considerate fellow. The apartment is very clean and the kettle hairdryer on to the printer (for our plane tickets) were all there. Edwin also has a small collection of flyers and cards for every tourist-taste. The room is not very big but cozy and quiet. In the basement there is a shopping mall with supermarket. The apartment is also very convenient. On foot you walk to the island Djurgarden (Vasa Museum, Abba Museum, etc.) about 10 minutes. Because the Metro is one departs directly in front of Edwin's house after 2 stops at Central Station and 3 in the old town. Overall, highly recommended!
Wir waren für 4 Nächte bei Edwin. Es war alles Super. Er ist ein sehr angenehmer und rücksichtsvoller Zeitgenosse. Die Wohnung ist sehr sehr sauber und vom Wasserkocher über Fön bis zum Drucker (für unsere Flugtickets) war alles vorhanden. Edwin hat auch eine kleine Sammlung an Flyern und Karten für jeden Touri-Geschmack etwas. Das Zimmer ist nicht besonders groß aber gemütlich und ruhig. Im Keller des Hauses befindet sich eine Einkaufspassage mit Supermarkt. Die Wohnung liegt auch sehr günstig. Zu Fuß läuft man zur Insel Djurgarden (Vasa Museum, Abba Museum usw.) ca. 10 Minuten. Da die Metro auch direkt vor Edwins Haus abfährt ist man nach 2 Stationen am Hauptbahnhof und nach 3 in der Altstadt. Insgesamt sehr zu empfehlen!
A perfect place and host for our short stay in Stockholm! Close to the centre and just a great hospitality so we could enjoy Stockholm to the fullest! Thank you a lot!
Stockholm is an amazing city. Edwin was very discreet and respect for privacy Very clean Very quiet Good location Thanks
Stockholm est une ville extraordinaire.
Edwin fut très discret et respect de l'intimité
Très propre
Tres tranquille
Bon emplacement
all the 4 days in Stockholm and the best accommodation with Edwin. Can recommend it. Monika's
die 4 Tage in Stockholm und die Unterkunft bei Edwin alles bestens. Kann man weiterempfehlen. Monika's
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Estonian pleads guilty in U.S. court to Internet advertising scam
By Bernard Vaughan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Estonian man pleaded guilty on Friday in U.S. federal court for his role in a massive Internet scam that targeted well-known websites such as iTunes, Netflix and The Wall Street Journal.
The scheme infected at least four million computers in more than 100 countries, including 500,000 in the United States, with malicious software, or malware, according to the indictment. It included a large number of computers at data centers located in New York, federal prosecutors said.
Valeri Aleksejev, 32, was the first of six Estonians and one Russian indicted in 2011 to enter a plea. They were indicted on five charges each of wire and computer intrusion. One of the defendants, Vladimir Tsastsin, was also charged with 22 counts of money laundering.
In U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Friday, Aleksejev pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit computer intrusion. He faces up to 25 years in prison, deportation and the forfeiture of $7 million.
The scam had several components, including a "click-hijacking fraud" in which the malware re-routed searches by users on infected computers to sites designated by the defendants, prosecutors said in the indictment. Users of infected computers trying to access Apple Inc's iTunes website or Netflix Inc's movie website, for example, instead ended up at websites of unaffiliated businesses, according to the indictment.
Another component of the scam replaced legitimate advertisements on websites operated by News Corp's The Wall Street Journal, Amazon.com Inc and others with advertisements that triggered payments for the defendants, prosecutors said.
The defendants reaped at least $14 million from the fraud, prosecutors said. However, Aleksejev's lawyer, William Stampur, said in court on Friday that Aleksejev has no assets.
Estonian police arrested Aleksejev and the other Estonians in November 2011. One other Estonian, Anton Ivanov, has been extradited, and the extradition of the other four is pending, according to the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan. The Russian, Andrey Taame, remains at large, according to the U.S. Attorney's office. Continued...


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I'm a small growing sideliner buying some hives on pallets this spring. This has me thinking maybe this is the time to start using pallets. I'm not ready to invest in a forklift, but need a way to lift pallets on & off. One at a time would work.
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How-To: Set up a L2TP over IPSec VPN using a Radius backend
Posted by chantra on 18th June 2010
Even though I pretty like OpenVPN, there is still some devices that might not support the TUN/TAP driver needed by OpenVPN.
Take IPhones, Android phones for instance, you need to root them in order to get that feature, assuming somebody has already cooked a ROM for your device.
L2TP is quite and old standard that allow setting up VPNs.
On the other end, it does not provide any kind of encryption mechanism, and as such, it is pretty common to get L2TP running over an IPSec link.
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Essentia Health-St. Joseph's awards $13,000 in Community Health Initiative Grants
Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Foundation is able to impact the lives of patients, staff and community through good stewardship by recently awarding $13,387 through four Community Health Initiative Grants.
The Essentia Health St. Joseph's-Baxter Clinic Family Medicine Department received $2,887 for the purchase of 50 individual blood pressure monitors.
"Persons who have uncontrolled hypertension and do not have the means to purchase the necessary equipment to monitor their blood pressure will be given a blood pressure monitor," said Dr. Peter Dunphy, family medicine physician at Essentia Health St. Joseph's-Baxter Clinic. "Our goal is to control hypertension in each individual and the population."
Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity received $2,500 to improve the air quality of a home in East Brainerd that is being rehabilitated for a family. It includes completion of mold mitigation and the installation of appropriate air quality controls.
"Like St. Joseph's our values are similar to the Benedictine values, and we believe that safe housing is a matter of conscience. We hope that we can help families thrive and improve their health and wellness by providing a decent and affordable home. Our goal is to make the community a better place; one family, one home at a time," said Kevin Pelkey, executive director for Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity.
Mounted Eagles Therapeutic Horsemanship received a $3,000 grant to support their ridership/scholarship program. Mounted Eagles enhances the lives of program participants, volunteers and the community by providing a safe and enjoyable environment where individuals with special needs benefit from therapeutic, developmental and educational equine-assisted activities.
"This grant will help provide scholarship funds to persons of all ages with physical, mental, emotional and social disabilities who are financially unable to participate without this assistance," said Lynn Fairbanks, executive director of Mounted Eagles, Inc.
Miracle League of Minnesota, Inc. was awarded a $5,000 matching grant for the construction of Miracle League field at Bane Park in Brainerd. This adaptive ball field will give kids with special needs the opportunity to play in a fun filled environment where they are cherished and cheered for simply because they are present.
"Every child in the league scores a run every inning, and both teams win," said Kevin Thoresen, Miracle League of MN, Inc. Founder, "giving every child the opportunity to play baseball, it's our national pastime and they get to enjoy it too."
The St. Joseph's Foundation board of directors reviews grant applications six times annually. Applications must focus on community needs in the Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Medical Center and Clinics service area, be submitted by nonprofits or governmental agencies, and meet outlined criteria.
To apply for a grant from Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Foundation, more information and a grant application can be found at EssentiaHealth.org/Foundation or by calling 218-828-7564.
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Kevin DrumAug. 31, 2012 10:50 AM
In his big speech at Jackson Hole today, Ben Bernanke said that today's weak economy was due not to structural factors, as some conservatives continue to argue, but is "being held back currently by a number of headwinds":
First, although the housing sector has shown signs of improvement, housing activity remains at low levels and is contributing much less to the recovery than would normally be expected at this stage of the cycle.
Second, fiscal policy, at both the federal and state and local levels, has become an important headwind for the pace of economic growth. Notwithstanding some recent improvement in tax revenues, state and local governments still face tight budget situations and continue to cut real spending and employment.
…Third, stresses in credit and financial markets continue to restrain the economy. Earlier in the recovery, limited credit availability was an important factor holding back growth, and tight borrowing conditions for some potential homebuyers and small businesses remain a problem today.
First, although the housing sector has shown signs of improvement, housing activity remains at low levels and is contributing much less to the recovery than would normally be expected at this stage of the cycle.
Second, fiscal policy, at both the federal and state and local levels, has become an important headwind for the pace of economic growth. Notwithstanding some recent improvement in tax revenues, state and local governments still face tight budget situations and continue to cut real spending and employment.
…Third, stresses in credit and financial markets continue to restrain the economy. Earlier in the recovery, limited credit availability was an important factor holding back growth, and tight borrowing conditions for some potential homebuyers and small businesses remain a problem today.
So does this mean that he thinks additional action is necessary? The unwritten rules of being Fed chair say that he can't just come right out and say this, but he came pretty close:
Monetary policy cannot achieve by itself what a broader and more balanced set of economic policies might achieve…The stagnation of the labor market in particular is a grave concern not only because of the enormous suffering and waste of human talent it entails, but also because persistently high levels of unemployment will wreak structural damage on our economy that could last for many years.
…Taking due account of the uncertainties and limits of its policy tools, the Federal Reserve will provide additional policy accommodation as needed to promote a stronger economic recovery and sustained improvement in labor market conditions in a context of price stability.
Monetary policy cannot achieve by itself what a broader and more balanced set of economic policies might achieve…The stagnation of the labor market in particular is a grave concern not only because of the enormous suffering and waste of human talent it entails, but also because persistently high levels of unemployment will wreak structural damage on our economy that could last for many years.
…Taking due account of the uncertainties and limits of its policy tools, the Federal Reserve will provide additional policy accommodation as needed to promote a stronger economic recovery and sustained improvement in labor market conditions in a context of price stability.
The truth is that Bernanke has been saying this for a long time. Today he's saying it a little more plainly: The economy is still weak; the weakness is mostly cyclical, not structural; that means we can do something about it; that "something" should include both fiscal and monetary action; and if we continue stalling we run the risk that our problems really will become structural and nearly impossible to solve.
In other words, he's telling Congress to quit being so stingy because tight budgets are holding back the recovery, and he's telling his fellow Fed members to stop making excuses and agree to additional monetary easing. Neither one is as effective by itself as they would be together.
Kevin DrumAug. 31, 2012 6:00 AM
It's a struggle to truly explain Paul Ryan. He seems so reasonable. Why, in his speech on Wednesday, he told his audience about all the tough choices ahead but then added, "We have responsibilities, one to another—we do not each face the world alone. And the greatest of all responsibilities is that of the strong to protect the weak." How could you dislike a Republican who says stuff like that?
It's hard. And it's hard to convince people that this is, basically, an elaborate and finely honed act. After all, we're not used to politicians getting up on a stage and just flatly hustling us. We give them the benefit of the doubt, especially when they speak in sober tones and make a point of sorrowfully acknowledging how tough things are for everyone.
Nonetheless, an elaborate act is what this is. You see, Paul Ryan prides himself on being a numbers guy, and his vision for America can best be seen in his long-term budget plan. Here are the two most important numbers, as calculated by the Congressional Budget Office from Ryan's own plan:
Take a close look at that. Ryan wants to cut Medicaid and children's health care by half. These are not especially generous programs in the first place, but in his long-term vision he wants them cut in half.
But it gets worse: He wants to cut all other spending—aside from Social Security and Medicare—by 70 percent. And even that understates things. He's made it plain that he doesn't want to see substantial cuts in the defense budget, which means that the domestic budget would probably have to go down to something like 1.5 percent of GDP. That's a cut of 80 percent or so and it affects everything. It affects prisons, food assistance, education, the FBI, assistance to the needy, courts, child nutrition, drug abuse counseling, FEMA, rape prevention, autism programs, housing, border control, student loans, roads and bridges, Head Start, college scholarships, unemployment insurance, and job training. Everything. Most of these programs would simply disappear, and the ones that remained would be shriveled and nearly useless.
Nor is that all. Despite his professed concern over the deficit, Ryan also want to cut taxes on America's richest families. The Joint Economic Committee took a look at Ryan's tax plan and concluded that it would most likely raise taxes on the poor and the middle classes and cut taxes on the wealthy.
Let this sink in. This is Paul Ryan's vision for America. This is what Ryan means by "protecting the weak." This is the core of Ryan's tough choices: He wants to cut taxes on the wealthy and cut spending on the poor.
In fact, for all practical purposes he'd like to see most spending on the poor go away completely. But how do you get that across? It sounds so shrill, so hackish. And Paul Ryan seems like such a nice, earnest young man. Surely this isn't what he really proposes?
But it is. There's nothing shrill here, just the plain facts of Ryan's plan. This is Paul Ryan's vision for America.
Tim McDonnell and James WestAug. 31, 2012 6:00 AM
James WestEvery year at the Pacific Coast Producers processing plant in Woodland, California, half a million tons of tomatoes are sliced, diced, canned, boiled, and shipped to grocery stores nationwide. The operation is driven by steam, lots of it, which comes from a suite of massive natural-gas-powered boilers. Together, these boilers emit over 25,000 metric tons (about 27,557 US tons) of greenhouse gases annually, which means PCP will be forced to join California's cap-and-trade carbon market, set to kick off in November.
The plan, which officials hope will put the country's most populous state on track to cut greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050, isn't the first carbon trading scheme in the United States: The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a collective of several Northeastern states (including Massachusetts, which rejoined a few years after being forced out by then-Gov. Mitt Romney), has been auctioning carbon credits, called allowances, since 2008. But unlike RGGI, which applies only to power plants, California's plan extends to all sectors of the economy, which means businesses from paper mills, oil refineries, and universities to pharmaceutical manufacturers, steel mills, and food processors like PCP will have a stake in California's campaign against climate change.
Yesterday, some 150 of those businesses got their first taste, as the curtain lifted on a dress rehearsal of the auction where companies will bid for the allowances (each worth one metric ton of carbon) that determine how much they're allowed to emit, a dry run staged to let companies get comfortable with the system and work out any kinks before it launches for real in a few months. Over the next year, about 150 allowances will be bid on, together worth anywhere from $550 million to $1 billion depending on market forces. Some will be given away for free, to help businesses adjust to the added expense.
"It's like some brave new adventure," said Mona Schulman, a PCP vice president, as she waited for the fall of the digital gavel (the auction is held online) to start bidding. "Everybody's in favor of clean air and the environment being healthy, but there's a lot of uncertainty down the road."
Barring an unforeseen advancement in steam boiler technology, Schulman said, the plant will have limited options for reducing emissions; as the cap gets lower every year, they'll be left with the tough choice of having to cut production, or shell out to other companies for their unused allowances.
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When a wild animal is rescued from poachers or wildlife smugglers, conservationists usually make an effort to rehabilitate it and return it to life in its native habitat. But what if the animal contracted a disease from humans during captivity that could then be transmitted back to the rest of its species? Should that animal still be released?
A team of scientists working in Africa recently encountered just that conundrum. They were looking for evidence of pathogen transmission from humans to apes at two chimpanzee sanctuaries in Uganda and Zambia, but were surprised by what they found: 58 percent of the chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) tested were found to be carrying drug-resistant strains of the staph bacteria Staphylococcus aureus. Ten of the human veterinarians working at the sanctuaries also carried the bacteria. The level of infection "mirrors some of the worst-case scenarios in US hospitals and nursing homes," team member Thomas Gillespie, a primate disease ecologist and associate professor at Emory University, said in a prepared release.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control, staph can cause potentially fatal infections of the skin or blood. Drug-resistant staph causes more than 18,000 human deaths in the US every year. The strains of staph bacteria at the sanctuaries were found to be resistant at various levels to penicillin, oxacillin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, erythromycin, tetracycline and clindamycin. None of the humans or chimps at the sanctuaries showed any signs of illness from the bacteria.
Gavin AronsenAug. 31, 2012 6:00 AM
A quick look at the week that was in the world of political dark money...
"This is a nightmare for me."
—Former Rick Santorum booster Foster Friess, speaking to MoJo's Tim Murphy at the Republican National Convention in Tampa about the attention heaped on GOP megadonors. "It's too many things going on. I've got like four things to go to. It's just so frustrating," he continued. "I've had enough speeches!" Friess was just one of several deep-pocketed donors in Tampa. Miriam Adelson, wife of casino magnate Sheldon and a megadonor herself, gave a policy talk. Direct-marketing CEO Frank VanderSloot and his wife met privately with Karl Rove; hedge-fund manager Paul Singer also organized a private meeting with Rove. And David Koch "discussed saving America" with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.).
American Bridge 21st Century, the liberal super-PAC launched by Media Matters founder David Brock, preempted Thursday night convention speeches by Mitt Romney and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) with a web ad pitting Rubio's words against Romney. "For almost all of history, almost everyone was poor," Rubio says. "Only a few people had power and wealth and prosperity." Then, as the video displays quotes critical of the low tax rate Romney has paid, Rubio continues: "And so the people with all the power, the big corporations, the multi-billonaires, they used their influence to get the rules written to their advantage."
$450,000: The amount that Florida developer Gary Morse has given to the pro-Romney super-PAC Restore Our Future. Morse owns the Cracker Bay, the unfortunately named yacht Romney bundlers partied on in Tampa. The ship flies the flag of the Cayman Islands, a notorious tax haven that Romney's not too eager to associate himself with. Other bundlers at the bash included Romney's national finance chairman Ron Weiser, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, and real estate developer Bob Pence, who's given Restore Our Future $350,000. (Unlike Obama, Romney has not disclosed the names of all his bundlers.)
Here's more evidence of the influence of dark money in the wake of Citizens United: Spending by outside groups has skyrocketed in the 2012 election, tripling the pace set in 2008. The Center for Responsive Politics has it charted:
• Barack Obama Comes Out in Favor of an anti-Citizens United Amendment on Reddit.
• "Cracker Bay," Team Romney's Big-Money Party Yacht: Choose where you party carefully, future presidential nominees.
• GOP Platform Calls for Nuking What's Left of McCain-Feingold Law: The platform will also oppose passage of new disclosure laws unmasking big donors to dark-money groups.
• Bizarre Super-PAC Targets Liberal Icon Raúl Grijalva...and Sheriff Joe: "I know I will make enemies but our country needs an ass-kicking," says the operative attacking Rep. Grijalva (D-Ariz.).
• Campaign finance reform groups try to shed light on the dark-money dealings at the RNC. Politico
• A look at how "big business is buying the election." The Nation
• The anti-tax Club for Growth's dark-money machine's latest victory: Helping Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) to a Senate primary win. Center for Public Integrity
• Rep. Flake is just the latest of several candidates who have won primaries despite being outspent. Politico
• The Sunlight Foundation has a new app for the iPhone and Android to help viewers debunk attack ads. New Scientist
Aug. 31, 2012 2:58 AM
David Corn and Comedy Central's Jared Logan and Mary Phillips-Sandy joined host Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball to parse the bizareness that was Clint Eastwood's speech at the Republican national convention.
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Kevin DrumAug. 30, 2012 11:37 PM
I only watched the prime time coverage of the convention tonight, so I saw Clint Eastwood, Marco Rubio, and Mitt Romney but none of the other warmup acts.
Clint Eastwood was....about the weirdest thing I've ever seen at a convention. (You can watch it here.) Marian and I were just staring at each other with a WTF expression on our faces most of the time. Gesturing to an empty chair and pretending that he was carrying on an imaginary conversation with Barack Obama? Seriously? And wandering off on Afghanistan? What was that all about? As near as I can tell, he was endorsing the idea that we should pull out of Afghanistan immediately, which I'm pretty sure is not the Republican position. The whole schtick was just sort of embarrassing.
Rubio was fine. He didn't say anything very memorable, but he did a workmanlike job of revving up the crowd and introducing the candidate.
As for Romney, he proved me wrong. He didn't repeat his welfare attack lines at all, not in either a soft soap version or the gruesomely dishonest TV ad version. For the most part, I guess he was OK, but he didn't really seem to have the crowd eating out of his hand. There were several spots where they seemed a little confused and weren't sure if they were supposed to cheer or boo or just wait for an applause line yet to come. There were no teleprompter jokes, and no reference to the Winston Churchill bust, but there was a little jibe about Obama giving "Russia's President Putin the flexibility he desires, after the election." I guess that stuff never gets old. But like the teleprompter and the Churchill bust, this is just one of those weird inside baseball conservative obsessions. Outside of political junkies and Fox News groupies, I doubt that one person in a hundred watching on TV got the joke.
Beyond that, the speech felt a little blah to me. More importantly, since my judgment on these things is pretty suspect, Marian apparently found it kind of blah too. About halfway through she started checking football scores on her iPhone. Something tells me a lot of other viewers might have done that too.
Bottom line: there was nothing wrong with tonight's performance (except for Clint Eastwood), but I doubt that it really did much for Romney. There just wasn't enough energy, enough oomph — and the crowd reaction from the convention floor seemed kind of forced and even a little muddled at times. I predict a small bounce for Romney, but no more than a couple of points or so. Overall, it was a missed opportunity.
UPDATE: A few other reactions:
Ed Kilgore: "Biggest indication of the power & originality of this speech is that it didn't even upset me."
Alex Massie: "Eastwood plainly giving the father of the bride speech at a wedding at which he dislikes the groom & does not recognise his daughter."
Andrew Sullivan: "In a word: mediocre, and deeply dishonest as an argument. As a way to soften his awful image: B +."
Jonathan Bernstein: "A generic speech and a generic convention for a generic Republican candidate."
The Corner: An hour after Romney's speech ended, nothing.
Red State: Ditto.
Power Line: Ditto.
Patrick Frey: Ditto.
Hmmm. Conservatives don't seem very energized by Romney's speech. Are there any conservatives with something to say? Wait a second — here we go:
Erika Johnsen at Hot Air: "Sorry to disappoint you, leftists — but Mitt Romney is a straight-up likeable dude."
James Joyner: "If not the 'grand slam home run' that most pundits said he needed, at least a stand-up double, hitting the right note and continuing the process of showing that the Republican nominee is what he is: a good husband, father, and citizen."
Peter Suderman: "I'm not entirely sure what to say about Mitt Romney's convention-capping speech tonight, in part because Mitt Romney appears not to have been sure what to say either."
Joe Klein: "For the moment, he has staked his claim to decency in a country tired of phoniness and rancor. That was the most important thing about the speech tonight."
Josh Marshall: "He's the underdog and he's the guy who needs to have a galvanizing introduction to the general public. In those terms, it was a missed opportunity. A pretty big one."
Andy KrollAug. 30, 2012 11:00 PM
On Thursday night, Clint Eastwood, the Academy Award-winning actor, director, and screenwriter, delivered one of the most bizarre political convention speeches in American history.
Speaking without prepared remarks, Eastwood carried on an imaginary conversation with an invisible President Obama seated in a chair next to him on the convention stage. I can't even begin to try to summarize Eastwood's rambling address to a bewildered audience and press corps. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick, looked less than pleased with Eastwood's speech. And the Hollywood star's invisible Obama skit quickly spawned its own Twitter feed—@InvisibleObama—and a satirical 2012 presidential bid. As well as #eastwooding.
Behold, Eastwood/Chair 2012:
Twitter user @zdroberts
Asked by Politico to respond to Eastwood's speech, Obama press secretary Ben LaBolt replied: "Referring all questions on this to Salvador Dalí."
Here's the full transcript of Eastwood's remarks:
EASTWOOD: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Save a little for Mitt.
(APPLAUSE) I know what you are thinking. You are thinking, what's a movie tradesman doing out here? You know they are all left-wingers out there, left of Lenin. At least that is what people think. That is not really the case. There are a lot of conservative people, a lot of moderate people, Republicans, Democrats, in Hollywood. It is just that the conservative people by the nature of the word itself play closer to the vest. They do not go around hot-dogging it.
So—but they are there, believe me, they are there. I just think, in fact, some of them around town, I saw Jon Voight, a lot of people around…
See our full coverage of the 2012 Republican National Convention.
Jon's here, an academy award winner. A terrific guy. These people are all like-minded, like all of us.
So I—so I've got Mr. Obama sitting here. And he's—I was going to ask him a couple of questions. But—you know about—I remember three and a half years ago, when Mr. Obama won the election. And though I was not a big supporter, I was watching that night when he was having that thing and they were talking about hope and change and they were talking about, yes we can, and it was dark outdoors, and it was nice, and people were lighting candles.
They were saying, I just thought, this was great. Everybody is trying, Oprah was crying.
I was even crying. And then finally—and I haven't cried that hard since I found out that there is 23 million unemployed people in this country.
Now that is something to cry for because that is a disgrace, a national disgrace, and we haven't done enough, obviously—this administration hasn't done enough to cure that. Whenever interest they have is not strong enough, and I think possibly now it may be time for somebody else to come along and solve the problem.
So, Mr. President, how do you handle promises that you have made when you were running for election, and how do you handle them?
I mean, what do you say to people? Do you just—you know—I know—people were wondering—you don't—handle that okay. Well, I know even people in your own party were very disappointed when you didn't close Gitmo. And I thought, well closing Gitmo—why close that, we spent so much money on it. But, I thought maybe as an excuse—what do you mean shut up?
Okay, I thought maybe it was just because somebody had the stupid idea of trying terrorists in downtown New York City.
I've got to to hand it to you. I have to give credit where credit is due. You did finally overrule that finally. And that's—now we are moving onward. I know you were against the war in Iraq, and that's okay. But you thought the war in Afghanistan was okay. You know, I mean—you thought that was something worth doing. We didn't check with the Russians to see how they did it—they did there for 10 years.
But we did it, and it is something to be thought about, and I think that, when we get to maybe—I think you've mentioned something about having a target date for bringing everybody home. You gave that target date, and I think Mr. Romney asked the only sensible question, you know, he says, "Why are you giving the date out now? Why don't you just bring them home tomorrow morning?"
And I thought—I thought, yeah—I am not going to shut up, it is my turn.
So anyway, we're going to have—we're going to have to have a little chat about that. And then, I just wondered, all these promises—I wondered about when the—what do you want me to tell Romney? I can't tell him to do that. I can't tell him to do that to himself.
You're crazy, you're absolutely crazy. You're getting as bad as Biden.
Of course we all now Biden is the intellect of the Democratic party.
Kind of a grin with a body behind it.
But I just think that there is so much to be done, and I think that Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan are two guys that can come along. See, I never thought it was a good idea for attorneys to the president, anyway.
I think attorneys are so busy—you know they're always taught to argue everything, and always weight everything—weigh both sides…They are always devil's advocating this and bifurcating this and bifurcating that. You know all that stuff. But, I think it is maybe time—what do you think—for maybe a businessman. How about that?
A stellar businessman. Quote, unquote, "a stellar businessman."
And I think it's that time. And I think if you just step aside and Mr. Romney can kind of take over. You can maybe still use a plane.
Though maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler you are going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that.
Tim MurphyAug. 30, 2012 8:15 PM
For campaign-trail veterans, one of the most important things at every convention—along with booze—is figuring out which pop-up lounges you should hit up to charge your batteries, swill some coffee, and grab a (preferably free) bite. Huffington Post has the "Oasis," featuring unpaid massage therapists. CNG, the natural gas giant, has sofas and cafe con leche at the press filing center. Google's lounge, replete with wireless and a gratis coffee bar, has basically been MoJo's Tampa bureau for the last five days. But the award for Most Posh Convention Hotspot of 2012 has to go to the Miriam Adelson Young Guns Pavilion, named for one half of the GOP's dark money power couple and sponsored by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's Young Guns Action Fund. (It is probably not a coincidence that the Adelsons gave YGAF $5 million this year.)
As you can see, it's really pink. When I stopped by on Tuesday, volunteers walked through the seating area offering everyone (almost everyone) free hair and makeup. The WiFi is free, the air extra-cool, and the "Woman Up-Tinis" are made special to order. Here's a quick tour:
The bar.Lady Lemonade.
A View-style lounge for panel discussions.
Asawin SuebsaengAug. 30, 2012 7:16 PM
A film declared "fascist" by angry liberal critics. (Eastwood said he didn't mind, so long as they paid to see it.)
Tonight's "mystery speaker" at the GOP convention in Tampa is not hologram Gipper, but the non-hologram Dirty Harry, sources confirmed to numerous media outlets.
After a few days of rabid Twitter-based speculation, the Romney campaign revealed that legendary actor/director Clint Eastwood is slated to speak at the Republican National Convention some time after a musical performace by American Idol Taylor Hicks, but before a speech by Marco Rubio. Eastwood threw his weight behind Romney earlier this month, when endorsing the former Massachusetts governor at an Idaho fundraiser.
Instead of analyzing Eastwood's ideological leanings (which he has described as a blend of Milton Friedman and Noam Chomsky), take a gander at the only footage you really need to see before his convention address. Here he is, with the president of the United States:
Full disclosure: I'm an unabashed fan of the 82-year-old filmmaker, whatever his politics. But as the self-professed libertarian and "Eisenhower Republican" is going all-in for Romney/Ryan 2012, it is worth reading this:
Eastwood: These people who are making a big deal out of gay marriage? I don't give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?!...They go on and on with all this bullshit about "sanctity"—don't give me that sanctity crap! Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want.
Eastwood: These people who are making a big deal out of gay marriage? I don't give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?!...They go on and on with all this bullshit about "sanctity"—don't give me that sanctity crap! Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want.
...right next to this:
Romney: On my watch, we fought hard and prevented Massachusetts from becoming the Las Vegas of gay marriage...When I am president, I will preserve the Defense of Marriage Act and I will fight for a federal amendment defining marriage as a relationship between one man and one woman!
Romney: On my watch, we fought hard and prevented Massachusetts from becoming the Las Vegas of gay marriage...When I am president, I will preserve the Defense of Marriage Act and I will fight for a federal amendment defining marriage as a relationship between one man and one woman!
I am not suggesting a supporter must agree with everything his or her candidate believes or says; just throwing it out there.
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Excerpt: "It is clearly evident what motivational impact Ray Lewis has had on the Ravens as they stormed to back-to-back road playoff victories to advance to Super Bowl XLVII. But did Lewis have a role in the development of Antrel Rolle into a leader who helped the Giants win the Super Bowl last season?
It's hardly a far-fetched notion. Rolle arrived in 2010 and it took him time to acclimate to the way the Giants do business and especially how coach Tom Coughlin runs his team. There were angry and frustrated comments from Rolle and it appeared as if the two were headed toward a real confrontation. Rolle cooled off, though, and he says he might have overheated if not for Lewis' advice.
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He has his hand in producing the TV show... so it's his (just like the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles are his and Spielberg's, but neither one wrote or directed those).
It's all opinion... and I stand my my "Film Intention" theory. You don't have to believe me, but it fits the mould of the other movie details.


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