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Last week, Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE:CIM) announced that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has given the company a final 30-day extension for continued listing and trading of the company's stock on the exchange. This final extension provides the company until March 15, 2013, to file its 2011 annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This is the third recent extension that Chimera has received. In September of 2012, the company obtained a four-month extension, until January 15, 2013, and a subsequent one-month extension to February 15, 2013.
Chimera is a hybrid non-agency mortgage REIT. Mortgage REITs (mREITs) buy mortgage paper as an investment, or in order to re-securitize them and sell them to another mREIT or some other entity that is investing in real estate loans. Non-agency and/or hybrid mREITs like Chimera hold mortgage paper without government agency backing, but Chimera also holds agency-backed paper. Chimera is related to Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY), the largest agency-only mREIT, and is managed by FIDAC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Annaly.
Chimera has not filed its 2011 annual report or any subsequent reports due to the reconsideration of how to appropriately treat its junk-rated non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities portfolio under accounting standards. The company first indicated that it needed to adjust its accounting practices in late 2011, and has subsequently only expanded the scope of its self-proclaimed needed revisions.
On August 7, 2012, the company reported that it needed to restate all of its financial statements included in its previously filed annual and quarterly reports for the period between September 30, 2008, and September 30, 2011, and that the former filings can no longer be relied upon. The company simultaneously declared a plan to initiate a regular quarterly dividend of $0.09 per share for both the third and fourth quarter of 2012. Though nine cents was half the quarterly dividend CIM paid out two years earlier, for Q3 2010, it would mean a hiatus to the serial dividend reductions that subsequently occurred and were likely expected. Nonetheless, even though Chimera set a temporary fixed payout rate, the company noted that portions of the quarterly payout might be a return of capital, which could lower an investor's cost basis.
With each filing extension, the company commented that its accounting problems are related to the application of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to its non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities portfolio. Chimera has also indicated that the issues relate to accounting of other than temporary impairment (OTTI) of non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities that are rated as junk. Much of this accounting problem likely comes from the fact that a large percentage of junk-rated non-agency RMBS paper that existed before 2008 initially traded with exceptionally high credit ratings. Chimera complicated the matter by repackaging and selling portions of securities.
Since the onset of this matter, Chimera has consistently claimed that it does not expect its restatements to affect previously reported GAAP or economic book values, actual cash flows, past dividends, or taxable income. Be that as it may, Chimera did last report that it estimates for the total period at issue its interest income will decrease by approximately $411 million, from $1.88 billion to $1.46 billion (a 21.8% decrease), and that net income is expected to decrease by approximately $695 million, from $1.06 billion to $367 million (a 65.5% decrease). Chimera also reported that it expects OTTI losses for the total term to increase by approximately $293 million from $190 million to $484 million. Additionally, realized losses on sales are expected to decrease by approximately $9 million, from $29 million to $20 million.
Chimera's problematic accounting issues have made legitimate fundamental analysis of Chimera not possible. Nonetheless, the shares have recently become fortified due to increased non-agency debt valuations and growing expectations that Chimera may become an acquisition target. Annaly Capital Management Inc. recently agreed to purchase the shares of Crexus Investment Corp. (NYSE:CXS) it doesn't already own for about $872 million. Annaly owns 12.4 percent of Crexus and the commercial mREIT is managed by FIDAC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Annaly. Chimera is similarly managed by FIDAC and Annaly has a similar ownership interest in it.
Moreover, Annaly's CFO and Treasurer, Kathryn Fagan, commented on its relationship with Crexus and Chimera during the company's last conference call, noting that:
"Annaly's participation has been as an equity owner in those companies, and part of the reason for the Crexus transaction is that we do need to remove some of the conflicts I guess, of being able to expand those positions on our own balance sheet while we have these public companies out there that we manage."
Fagan's statement indicates that if Annaly would want to accumulate non-agency RMBSs, much like it should accumulate CMBSs through the Crexus acquisition, it should likely have a similar conflict that may potentially obligate Annaly to first acquire Chimera, or otherwise modify its relationship with CIM. The terms of the agreement allow Crexus to pursue alternatives to the deal though March 16, and Crexus has indicated that a special committee and independent advisers will "actively solicit" other options. This date falls but one day after Chimera is obligated to file its still truant 2011 annual report under this final extension. Hopefully, for shareholders, some resolution will soon be in sight.
Disclosure: I am long NLY, CIM. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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China's military flexes its muscle
BEIJING Taxi driver Jin Yinjian has some advice for those alarmed by China's increasingly muscular military, including its first ever aircraft carrier: Get used to the flexing.
"I am proud we will have our first aircraft carrier," Jin says. "It's a sign of China's growing strength, as all great countries should have aircraft carriers."
As the Pentagon plans for U.S. forces to exit Iraq and Afghanistan, it is keeping one eye trained on the rising threat in the East. For two decades China has been adding large numbers of warships, submarines, fighter jets and — more significantly — developing offensive missiles capable of knocking out U.S. stealth aircraft and the biggest U.S. naval ships including aircraft carriers.
At the same time, China has announced that its territorial waters extend hundreds of miles beyond its shores, well into what its neighbors and the United States consider international waters. It has installed more than 1,000 ballistic missiles aimed at Taiwan, a democratic island nation and U.S. ally. Vietnam, the Philippines and Japan all have complained to the United States about confrontations on the high seas with China.
China says it is simply developing defensive weapons and protecting its interests. But military analysts say the United States appears to be taking a different view, citing the Pentagon's development of a new class of bombers that can fly for long periods outside of the reach of radar.
The Long Range Strike Bomber "is a deterrent to those who would seek to deny our access," says Air Force Maj. Gen. Noel Jones, director of operational capability requirements for the Air Force.
Jones doesn't mention China as the potential adversary for the bomber. He doesn't have to, says Roger Cliff, an independent defense researcher, specialist on China and former Pentagon official.
"China is one of the countries that they certainly have in mind for this bomber," Cliff says. "China's offensive capability will be steadily growing for the next decade. By the end of this decade, we really can't just count on fending off the blows. They will be able to deliver ballistic and cruise missile attacks."
China has seen phenomenal growth in wealth since it turned away from Marxist economic policies in the 1980s and toward capitalism. Ever increasing portions of that money, obtained in part from Western consumers, has gone to the People's Liberation Army, the Pentagon says.
Since 1989, China's defense spending has increased by nearly 13% annually, according to the Department of Defense 2010 Annual Report to Congress. In March it announced its annual budget would be $78.6 million.
U.S. defense spending dwarfs that figure. The fiscal 2012 Pentagon budget request is $676 billion. However, the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank focusing on the military, has said the U.S. military is underfunded and cannot counter China's threat to U.S. allies in East Asia with declining defense spending, as some in Congress are seeking as part of a deal to raise the ceiling on the national debt.
Although the USA spends more, it suggests China's real defense spending approaches $300 billion. And all of that spending is concentrated in one region, East Asia, while the U.S. spending is spread out over many regions of the world.
The previous peak in U.S. defense spending was an inflation-adjusted $517 billion in 1985. It then fell in real terms the next 15 years but jumped after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, growing an average 4.4% annually. Fifty years ago, defense spending accounted for 47% of total federal spending. Today, it accounts for 19%, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget.
The United States has far more ships and warplanes worldwide, but in just two decades China has created the largest force of submarines and amphibious warfare ships in Asia. Its air force has added hundreds of fighter jets comparable to U.S. F-15s and F-16s. This year China's military announced it had successfully tested a military fighter jet — the J-20 — that based on video appears to have radar-evading stealth characteristics.
China also announced it is about to launch its first aircraft carrier and is developing an anti-ship missile that can strike from 900 miles away, according to the Pentagon report.
As its military might increases, China has been ramping up confrontations with U.S. allies in the South China Sea and even against U.S. ships in the Yellow Sea. The South China Sea is a vast area of more than 1 million square miles that may contain sizable amounts of oil and natural gas.
Twice since May, Chinese military boats have cut cables used by Vietnamese ships to conduct seismic tests of the sea bottom, Vietnam officials say. In March, two Chinese ships threatened a Philippine ship exploring for gas, the Philippines government says.
Vietnam and the Philippines say energy-hungry China is harassing their efforts to explore for oil and gas. Last fall a Chinese trawler collided with two Japanese patrol boats near islands in the East China Sea claimed by both countries. And Taiwan has complained to the State Department of veiled threats of invasion as well as China's firing of ballistic missiles over the Taiwan Strait.
The world has taken notice of China's new military posture, according to a poll released July 14 by the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project. The poll found that 15 of 22 nations say China either will replace or already has replaced the United States as the world's leading superpower. Majorities or pluralities in all but four of the nations surveyed say China's increasing military might is a bad thing.
China's Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai warned recently that the accusing nations are "playing with fire" and said he hoped the United States stays out of the fray. China has called for negotiations to resolve the disputes that would not include the United States.
Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has expressed concern over China's actions. In a trip earlier this month to Beijing, he said China must respect freedom of navigation.
"We are very anxious to see that … the sea lanes stay open," he said. "The U.S. is not going away."
Shifting power in the Pacific?
China is acting as if it wants the United States to go away, analysts say.
Andrew Krepinevich, president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, an independent policy research institute, says China does not want war with the United States.
"What China does want, apparently, is to shift the military balance in the Western Pacific so that the United States will not be able to provide credible military support to longtime security partners such as Japan, South Korea and Taiwan," according to Krepinevich, who had a 21-year career in the Army.
All three nations provide vital ports and bases in the Pacific to the United States, preventing China from pressuring these democratic allies to accommodate the communist dictatorship's foreign policy aims worldwide out of fear of attack, Krepinevich said. The Soviet Union tried the same thing in Western Europe, he said. He called the situation a "cloud" on the national security horizon that incoming Defense Secretary Leon Panetta cannot ignore.
So what to do about it? Some analysts say the U.S. military should be most concerned about China's development of weapons that would block the U.S. military from the region. These can be long-range missiles that could destroy an aircraft carrier at sea, or be used to target bases on islands, such as the one operated by the United States on Guam.
"The anti-access … approach is one of forcing U.S. forces to attack from much longer distances," says Jan van Tol, a military analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and a retired U.S. Navy captain. "The greatest attention has been paid to the anti-ship ballistic missile that, if it were to become operationally effective, would give China a long-range weapon against the Navy's aircraft carriers."
Carriers are the backbone of U.S. military power abroad, allowing attack jets to operate off virtually any coast in the world. China's buildup would allow it to essentially fence off a portion of the Pacific from U.S. forces and allow it to act with a freer hand against American allies in the region.
"There's a lot of stuff that China seems to be acquiring for no obvious reasons," van Tol says.
China "never intends to threaten any nation," Defense Minister Liang Guanglie told fellow Asian defense ministers at a recent "Shangri-La Dialogue" on security in Singapore. Not everyone in China's neighborhood buys that, says Arthur Ding, a China military affairs expert at Taiwan's National Chengchi University, who attended the forum.
As China continues its large and comprehensive military modernization, "China just cannot convince the neighboring countries" of its peaceful intentions, he says.
One clue to China's strategic intentions will be where Beijing deploys its first aircraft carrier as early as the end of 2011, Ding says.
"If it is in the South China Sea, off the Guangdong coast, then the so-called 'China threat' will rise again," he says, because Asian nations and the USA will see it as an aggressive message to them.
However, state news agency Xinhua reported that a defense ministry spokesman said Wednesday the carrier will be used for training and research.
Beijing has long threatened Taiwan with invasion if it formally declares independence. Some analysts say China's buildup is largely in preparation for the conquest of Taiwan, which has never been under Communist rule, and only military intervention by the USA could stop it if China made such a move.
China's growing presence in the South China Sea worries Ding but he does not see an invasion. "It's probably unlikely, but the possibility is that (Taiwan's) oil route might be somewhat threatened" by Beijing, he says.
Meanwhile, the USA is moving forward on developing long-range, stealthy U.S. aircraft capable of penetrating modern air defense, including those in China.
The Air Force plans to spend $197 million this year to design a new, radar-evading bomber. It may be flown by pilots, or remote control, allowing it to stay aloft for long periods without refueling. The Air Force hopes to have it flying missions by the mid-2020s.
With mid-air refueling, the warplane could circle outside the reach of Chinese air defense, positioned to strike.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy also is testing an unmanned, radar-cloaked attack plane that can be launched from an aircraft carrier. The Navy refers to the plane as the Unmanned Carrier Launched Surveillance and Strike system, or UCLASS.
Carriers capable of launching unmanned bombers could operate outside the range of the anti-access missiles China is developing, van Tol says. Those bombers could be launched in safe water and refueled before attacking, he says. "All of a sudden, carriers are back in play," he says.
'Now we are strong'
Despite the concerns, China says it is not trying to end America's influence in East Asia.
"Our efforts to grow our economy is to ensure that the 1.3 billion people are better off," Gen. Chen Bingde, chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army, said during a recent visit to the Pentagon. "We do not want to use the money to buy equipment or advanced weapons system to challenge the United States."
In Beijing, shopkeeper Zhang Kexin says he supports the Chinese military buildup, but only for defensive purposes.
"We were undeveloped economically, and our military was weak, so we were easily humiliated," says Zhang, 50, at his grocery store. "Now we are strong, and I am proud of that strength."
Even so, Zhang says, China has no need for an aircraft carrier.
"Its real meaning is symbolic not practical, but it is an offensive weapon, and unnecessary," Zhang says. "And it costs millions of dollars just to start it up. That money would be better spent on rural education and health care."
Vanden Brook reported from Washington.
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text: Agenda items Disclaimer Large Business Liaison Group (LBLG) agendas, minutes and related papers are not binding on the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) or any of the other bodies referred to in these papers. While every effort is made to accurately record views expressed, the wording necessarily represents a summary of statements of general position only, and care should be taken in interpreting those statements. These papers reflect the position at the date of release (unless otherwise noted) and readers should note that the position on any issue may subsequently change. 1. Welcome, minutes and action items Deputy Commissioner Shane Reardon, Public Groups and International opened the meeting and welcomed all members and participants. He also welcomed a new member Michael Cranston (Deputy Commissioner, Private Groups and High Wealth Individuals). Apologies were received from: Cindy Perryman (BHP Billiton Limited), Pero Stojanovski (Business Council of Australia) and Matthew Brine (Treasury). The Deputy Commissioner informed members that this will be the last meeting with Andrew Warren (General Manager Taxation, Asia Pacific, Xstrata Corporate), Trevor Hughes (Managing Partner, Business Tax Services Oceania, Ernst & Young) and Bruce Quigley (Second Commissioner, Compliance Group. David Watkins (Partner National Tax, Deloitte Touche and Tohmatsu) will replace Trevor as the Big 4 accounting representative on the LBLG. Members stepping down were acknowledged and thanked for their significant contributions to this forum. Special mention was made to Second Commissioner Quigley as he enters retirement at the end of 2013 after working with the ATO for over 41 years. Apologies were received from Peter Crone (Director Policy, Business Council of Australia), Rob Heferen (Executive Director, Revenue Group, Treasury) and Chen Leon (Vice President Taxation Asia Pacific, BHP Billiton Limited). Two new action items were developed as part of the day's meeting discussion. No. 1 Action item No.1 01-191113 Agenda item LBLG meeting – 19 November 2013 Refer Agenda Item 7 Agenda topic ATO Consultative Arrangements Action item Advise Vanda Davis (Ford Motor Company of Australia) out of session if the ATO is consulting on the following matters: Transfer pricing matters (Division 815 Technical Working Group) International Dealings Schedule (separate consultation process because the information requirements go beyond transfer pricing) Responsibility Peter Coakley, Assistant Commissioner ATO No. 2 Action item No.2 02-191113 Agenda item LBLG meeting – 19 November 2013 Refer Agenda Item 10 Agenda topic Other Business Action item Advise Vanda Davis (Ford Motor Company of Australia) of outcome of decision of Indirect Tax Ruling Panel on submission by Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries for amendment to the GST Act to ensure that all incentives fall within the GST Act. Responsibility James O'Halloran Action item register There are no other outstanding action items on the register. Last modified: 30 Jun 2014QC 39944


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8485 Croom Rital Rd., Brooksville, Florida, 34602, 352-799-0086 LakeOrioleRanch.com
Lake Oriole Ranch is located in the rolling hills of Brooksville Florida, near the intersection of I-75 and State Road 50. Dr. William LaRosa and his wife Dorothy moved their cattle operation there in 1977 from their previous location in Tarpon Springs. As a medical doctor, Dr. LaRosa suspected that some of the cancers and other medical problems he was seeing in his practice was linked to the chemicals that was being used in the production of our food supply.
So in the early seventies he decided he would raise cattle the all natural way, using no chemicals in their production. We use no steroids, hormones, pesticides or any chemicals what so ever. No harmful chemicals get into the cows so they don't get into your family. When you buy from a Supermarket their beef was grown in a feed lot with thousands of cattle purchased from many different farms, trying to grow them as fast as they can they use growth hormones, and to make sure sickness does not spread with so many cows in a small area they give shots for every disease known to man.
When you buy from Lake Oriole Ranch Natural Organic Beef, you can be sure our cows are chemical free, We grow top quality grasses and hay and have plenty of room for the cows to graze. So for less money than you would spend in a supermarket, why wouldn't you make sure you are not feeding harmful chemicals to your family. So buy from Lake Oriole Ranch with confidence that you are keeping your family healthy. No chemicals get into our cows so they don't get into your family.
Beef Sold By Half (1/2) or By Whole at $4.00 per pound hanging weight. (Hanging weight is calculated after the removal of hide, head, hooves, & organs.)
Butcher Cost is $.46/lb + $75.00 slaughter fee per animal. The average weight of a whole cow is 450 lbs in July, 600 lbs in December. (hanging weight)
Organically Raised, Natural Barzona Beef - Brooksville, Florida
No Steroids, No Growth Hormones, No Pesticides, No Chemicals, No Antibiotics Added
Grass farm pioneer is home grown
By Dan DeWitt, Times Columnist
In Print: Sunday, September 20, 2009
At the eatwild.com Web site, you can learn all about grass farming, and, by implication, that William La Rosa was decades ahead of this trend. "A growing number of ranchers … are keeping their animals at home on the range where they forage on pasture, their native diet,'' author Jo Robinson wrote on the site.
That means their cattle aren't shipped to distant, jammed-packed feedlots, aren't forced to stand hock-deep in their own waste, aren't stuffed with corn, antibiotics or growth hormones.
Grass farming, which was featured in Michael Pollan's 2006 book, Omnivore's Dilemma, and this year's movie, Food Inc., produces tastier, purer, more nutritious beef, Robinson wrote, adding that this has all been happening "since the late 1990s.''
Let's forget for a minute that, really, it's been happening since the start of civilization. Even returning to grass as a reaction against factory farming dates back at least to the 1960s, when La Rosa, then a Pinellas County urologist, noticed an increased incidence of bladder cancer in his patients.
It had to be chemicals in the food, he thought, and started raising a few Herefords for his family on a farm in Clearwater.
Organic farming was for hippies then, and La Rosa, who would later serve as chief of the medical staff at Morton Plant Hospital, "was as conventional as they come,'' he said. "The other doctors thought I was totally insane.''
Three decades later — and more than two decades after La Rosa had bought the 600-acre Lake Oriole Ranch just east of Interstate 75 on Croom Rital Road in 1977— the natural food movement was just starting to turn its attention to raising meat.
"(La Rosa) was absolutely cutting edge and was one of the leading grass farms out there,'' said Dennis Stoltzfoos, a farmer from Live Oak who worked at Lake Oriole in 1999.
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When journalists write features like this, they usually watch people do their jobs, which isn't easy at Lake Oriole.
There's mowing and putting up hay and fixing fences, of course, and in a few weeks a load of young bulls will be trucked to Plant City, where they will be slaughtered and butchered.
But there is no spreading of chemical fertilizers, no vaccinations, no worming, not even any castration — you don't want to lose those natural growth hormones, after all. So mostly what happens at Lake Oriole is that cattle eat grass.
It has to be the right kind of cattle.
La Rosa switched to Barzona after he grew tired of rushing home from work to treat his delicate Herefords for pink eye. Bred by a rancher named F.N. Bard in Arizona (hence the name), they are resistant to heat, bugs and disease, and almost always give birth alone, in the field.
"We wanted long-lived animals that require very little maintenance,'' La Rosa said.
In a pasture where the 100 chocolate-colored brood cows stood in the shade of scattered oaks, ranch manager Rodney Cooper pointed to number 861. Despite her bony hips and spine, she was nursing one of the biggest, healthiest-looking calves in the pasture.
"She's 22 years old and she's produced every year since she was 2 years old,'' said Cooper, La Rosa's son-in-law.
It also has to be the right kind of grass. Bulls grazing on high-protein grass that includes perennial peanut (and supplemented, La Rosa admits, by a small amount of grain) reach a slaughter weight of 800 to 1,000 pounds in 18 months. La Rosa sells either half or whole animals, mostly to long-standing customers, for about $4 per pound, including the cost of butchering.
It brings in just enough to cover the salary of Cooper, a former contractor, and one other worker, and to keep the tractors running.
"I just want a healthy meat for my family,'' La Rosa said. "And anyone else who wants a healthy meat can buy it pretty much at cost.''
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If it doesn't sound as though there's much profit in this kind of farming — the usual complaint about high-minded agriculture — well, there can be, said Stoltzfoos, one of 22 Florida grass farmers listed on eatwild.com.
Like La Rosa, Stoltzfoos calls himself a "beyond organic'' farmer, meaning he raises crops naturally but doesn't want the interference that comes with government certification. Unlike La Rosa, he's introduced new methods of getting more production out of land.
Chickens in an "egg-mobile,'' for example, are moved around his pastures, feeding off the larvae in cow manure, spreading it as they peck, then adding their own nitrogen-rich droppings to the soil, and, meanwhile, giving Stoltzfoos two more products to sell at the premium prices these farms demand — chicken meat and eggs.
"There are many grass farmers that have surpassed (La Rosa) at this point,'' Stolzfoos said. "The industry is growing and busting at the seams. ... With all the land available for lease (in eastern Hernando and Pasco counties), there's tremendous opportunity to go in there with rotational grazing and make a heck of a living.''
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But there's no doubt that La Rosa has done what he intended: raise wholesome food for his wife, Dorothy, and three grown children, including former Hernando School Board member Susan Cooper.
Grass-fed beef is rich in vitamins A and D, which are crucial for absorbing minerals, as well as Omega 3 fatty acids, usually associated with fish oil, Stoltzfoos said. "It's the salmon of the land. It's the healthiest thing you can eat."
For proof, look at La Rosa. At 81, his skin is smooth. His hair is thick, and he has no problem climbing in and out of the back seat of his two-door 1978 Ford Bronco.
And if you want to dispel the myth that grass-finished beef isn't as rich or tasty as corn-fed, talk to longtime customers like Joe White, a fencing contractor from Spring Lake.
"The hamburger is unbelievable. It's less fatty than regular hamburger, and the taste is more like ground sirloin,'' he said.
And after dining on La Rosa's steaks, he said, the ones in restaurants taste mealy and flabby.
"I can't even go out and eat steak anymore.''


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Developers push for Park East priority
Milwaukee's commercial real estate developers are becoming increasingly frustrated by the lack of progress in the redevelopment of the Park East Corridor, which stands largely vacant on the north end of the city's downtown.
That frustration is evident in the responses of a new BizTimes survey of members of the Commercial Association of Realtors Wisconsin (CARW).
We asked the CARW members the following question: "What should be the region's priorities for economic development in 2013?"
"Brand and market and rename the Park East. There is no park and it is not east (of the river), so the name doesn't even make sense," said one respondent, who did not leave his name.
"Making smart decisions on the Park East Corridor vacant land development. The governmental bodies being willing to approve creative projects. The Menomonee Valley transformation is astounding, thanks to the efforts of the City, the Development Authority, the businesses that took a leap of faith," responded Patrick Zabrowski of Foley & Lardner.
"The Park East corridor. Continued support for industrial and multi-family development. Increased support for small and medium-sized manufacturers," said Ed Treis of HIS Properties.
Other respondents chose to focus on more big-picture priorities.
"1. Lower taxes. 2. A revitalized and active WEDC (Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.) 3. Attracting firms from Illinois," said Jim Barry III of Cassidy Turley Barry.
"Creating enthusiasm within the market by honoring the individuals and companies that have made the bullish decisions to expand their businesses and build new facilities in the face of the recession. These companies obviously believe in what they are doing and should be recognized for their positive business attitudes. Attitudes are contagious and their's are definitely worth catching. They are not the naysayers, they are the believers and the believers are the ones that make things happen," said David Buckley of Cassidy Turley Barry.
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Ginger for Pregnancy Nausea
Please, note that I speak from experience. Nothing works better than eating several small yet healthy meals and taking ginger supplements or eating ginger snaps for alleviating the nausea that comes with the early stages of pregnancy. Usually by your fourth month you will no longer need to bother with this as the nausea becomes less over powering. Note that the olfactory senses in a pregnant woman are keenly acute and it would also be of great assistance to bring a handkerchief lightly dowsed with baby powder or some other light fragerance that is easily tolerated by the expecting mother for times when an unpleasant odor sneaks up on you.
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550 mg Ginger Root capsules have staved off my continual bouts with nausea and vomiting during my current pregnancy. I'm 22 weeks along and I still take one every morning & freely throughout the day at the first sign of queasiness. It works really fast -- within 5-10 minutes usually.
I wish I'd known about this remedy during my first pregnancy. It was so bad I couldn't stand to look at water without vomiting all the time. Ginger Beer helped during that pregnancy (its a stronger brew than ginger ale). But sometimes I was too sick to drink and hold it down. I wish I'd known about these ginger capsules and/or fresh ginger then. Hope this helps someone.
Also, I wonder whether ginger is the reason I've only gained like 6 lbs so far? I snack all day long rather than eating at normal mealtimes & I'm also still nursing my 1 year old. Between these three factors, I haven't gained nearly as much weight as I'd gained with the last pregnancy at this point. Anyway, cheers to GINGER!!
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Ginger worked wonders for me as well. Ginger tea, Reeds extra ginger beer, and ginger chews... Also Mint tea is a great way to relieve morning(or all the time! ) sickness. I carried mint tea bags with me anytime I was out and about... Just take a good strong sniff of the tea bag anytime something makes you feel sick!
Lemon Juice, Raw Ginger
i have tried drinking lemon juice with honey as a tea and eaten raw ginger for morning sickness and i haven't noticed a change the whole day that i have tried all these remmedies is there something else i could take. help
Red Raspberry Leaf
Red Raspberry Leaf:
From experience this is the absolute best remedy for morning sickness, but I'll put a spin on it. I couldn't drink the tea because the smell made me sick. I got violently sick with each of my pregnancies. Tried everything from crackers to B12 shots and nothing worked.
A friend recommended red-raspberry leave capsules. You must get them with just red raspberry, no mixture (often mixed with rose hips).
Take two three times a day. Gets rid of 80% of morning sickness. After the first three months, reduce dose to two one time a day throughout pregnancy to strengthen uterus. Makes labor and recovery much easier.
Red raspberry leaf tea has been used for thousands of years and has earned the reputation of being the "supreme" herb for pregnant women. It can relieve almost any discomfort of pregnancy from morning sickness to leg cramps. It has also been shown to strengthen & tone the uterine wall and help to make delivery easier and speedier by helping the uterus contract more efficiently and helps expel the placenta after.
Red Raspberry Tea have help many mothers relieved labor pain by a great deal and prevent miscarriage successfully.It have even helped a woman who had four miscarriages had 2 baby in 3 years in a row.She drank this tea daily and become a mother for the first time.
Historically women have taken raspberry leaf tea throughout their pregnancies up to and including childbirth. You may choose to drink raspberry tea during your pregnancy but add more red raspberry leaves to your drink in your final month of pregnancy. This would be great for drinking during labour & right after.
Raspberry leaf tea has traditionally been used as a woman's herb to control heavy menstrual bleeding, reduce the risk of miscarriage, and promote a healthy pregnancy. A folk remedy for minor mouth sores is to gargle with raspberry leaf tea. The Chinese traditionally used raspberry leaves for diarrhea, stomach ailments, muscle pain, and other conditions. Raspberry has also been recognized as a topical remedy for use on burns and wounds.
Red Raspberry seems to help prevent morning sickness, tone uterine muscles, reduce pain during labor, and ease childbirth. Along with blackberry, raspberry is recognized to be rich in astringent tannins that can have a beneficial effect on diarrhea. Raspberry may also help to prevent or treat: common cold and flu,sore throat,bleeding gums.
Raspberry leaf has a rich concentration of vitamin C, E, A & the B complexes. It also contains calcium & iron in one of its most absorbable forms. These are all nutrients which are very important during pregnancy.
Raspberry juice was one of twenty vegetable and fruit juices tested that showed antimutagenic activity against benzo[a]pyrene, which is a mutagen and carcinogen.
Researchers in Mexico found that ellagic acid, a phenolic compound that occurs naturally in raspberries, inhibited the mutagenicity of a strain of aflatoxin.
Raspberry Leaf: Used to restore a hormonal balance, nourish the uterus, and prevents pregnancy complications. Contains vitamins and minerals including vitamin c and calcium. The alkaloid fragrine helps tone the uterus and muscles of the pelvic region. A powerful fertility-promoting herb.
Raspberry heals the lower body organs and pelvic muscles, which helps to ease difficulties associated with uterine disorders. Also relieves tension and strengthens kidneys and urinary tract.
Scientists found that raspberry contains the alkaloid fragrine, which may relax certain pelvic muscles and promote uterine health. Ellagic acid, which also occurs in strawberries, grapes, and black currants, has antimutagenic and anticarcinogenic properties. Raspberry also contains flavonoids including quercetin; tannins; polypeptides; and vitamin C, calcium, and other nutrients.Red Raspberry also promotes healthy nails, bones, teeth, and skin.
To make a tea, pour 1 cup boiling water over 1 to 2 teaspoons of herb and steep for ten minutes. Strain.
During the first trimesters, drink 1 cup per day. During second trimester, drink 2 to 3 cups per day. In the final trimester, drink 4 to 5 cups per day. Using a teaball would be useful. You can also drink it HOT for better results.
Please store the dried tea in an airtight container in the freezer to keep the herbs dry and fresh.
Red Wine Vinegar
I've had horrible morning sickness for about 8 weeks now. I'm at week 14, pregnant with twins, and the doctors keep saying that it's just hormones and will get better. Funny enough, from week 13-14, it only got worse. I've only vomited a few times, but I have severe nausea all day and dry heaving about once an hour. It's gotten so bad that it wakes me in my sleep. I've tried everything from eating small meals, eating crackers, lemon, ginger, drinking lots of water, and 3 types of anti-nausea homeopathic treatments and none of them worked at all.
Last night, after waking from the nausea and dry heaving, I decided to look online for natural remedies I haven't tried and came across some studies linking morning sickness with a bacterial infection called H. Pylori. It said that antibiotics and colloidal silver work in getting rid of it, and probiotics such as kimchi, kombucha and vinegar work, too. I'm not sure if I actually have h. pylori, I've never been tested for it, but I thought since I have homemade red wine vinegar at home, I might as well try it out as a treatment for my nausea.
I added one tablespoon to a glass of water and drank it and 30 minutes later, the nausea subsided, and now it's been half a day, and still no nausea. They say, apple cider vinegar works well, too.
I'm ecstatic to have found something to help me function like a normal person again and happy to share this with other morning sickness sufferers.


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7 Ways To Be An Unbeatable Negotiator
If there was one skill that could make or break your success in business, it would be the art of negotiation. This is especially true if you are part of a small business that is trying to win clients against larger and more established businesses.
So today we feature 'The 7 Ways To Be An Unbeatable Negotiator In Life & In Business'.
How To Negotiate Better
1. Don't Show Any Signs Of Desperation
The person who has nothing to lose will have the upper hand all the way through negotiations. If you look desperate, then you will not have any bargaining chips available to you because they will believe that you need, want, or have to settle this negotiation at whatever cost. It is human nature to spot weakness and play on it during negotiations, so keep any desperation at bay.
2. Start Off On The Right Foot
Maintain a confident manner right from the beginning. If you look nervous and do not engage them in a way that they respond to, then you could ruin your chances before you even get started. The other person is sizing you up and make sure that you are someone they can trust and want to do business with, and if you portray anything else then you may lose them to someone they feel more confident about. In order for them to listen to your proposals, you need to be personable, engaging, and conversational with them from the moment you shake hands.
3. Negotiate for Something Better
The other person has no idea what you want, need, or will be satisfied with, so if you start out with a high number or expectation, then you will set a line of expectations for them to keep in mind during negotiations. For instance, if you want to work out a deal to sell three units of something to them, then try to negotiate six units to begin with. This way, they will view the number six as your expectation. If you end up selling only three units, then you will still be satisfied and they will feel like they got a good deal.
4. Always Lead The Negotiation
Do not stand back and wait for the other person to begin. If you do, then you allow them to set the tone of the negotiating, and you end up being the one who is along for the ride instead of making the decisions. In their book 'Negotiation' Adam D. Galinsky and Roderick I. Swaab mention that they have found that the final outcome of a negotiation is influenced by who makes the first offer. Therefore, if you wanted to sell three units of something, and they start the negotiations, then they may only offer to buy two units without you even getting to set the high expectation of six. To counter offer six units at this point could cost you a deal. Therefore, always take charge of the conversation and set your highest expectations first.
5. Do Not Use a Poker Face
If you are not happy with an offer, then do not pretend to ponder it with thoughtful reflection. This will only cause the other person to feel as though they have an opening with their offer. Instead, if you are not happy, then show you are not happy with your body language and facial expressions. This will send the other person a message that you are not someone whose expectations lower easily. It will also signal that you feel strongly about your argument and position in the negotiation, and that could influence their decision in your favor greatly.
6. Have Solutions To Their Concerns Ready
Before going into negotiations sit down and think about all the possible concerns that they may have during your negotiation. Go over the solutions to those concerns so that you are able to address any concerns that may arise in a quick manner. According to Raphael Lapin, a Harvard-trained negotiation specialist, "Entering into a negotiation with the needs of both sides and some possible ideas to meet those needs will allow you to project confidence and optimism." Even if they think of a concern that you did not imagine, you will likely be able to pull from your other answers and come up with a satisfactory answer.
Preparation will help you stay on your toes during the negotiation and quickly redirect any doubt towards confidence.
7. Set a Time Limit
Often, if the person you are negotiating with thinks that they may miss out on something good, then they will quickly search out the pros of your offer and focus on them to help them make their decision. The longer they focus on the pros, the more you can convince them that this deal is right for them. Remember, in order for someone to commit to anything, they need to think that they are getting something out of it, and if they are focused on the positives, and they think their time is limited, then they will act much faster than if they think that they can 'shop around'.
Article Written By Kari F | Addicted2Success.com
This is absolute gold! I plan on getting my way in a lot more negotiations by using some of these tips.
Amazing as always.
I like number 6. Have solutions to their concerns ready – in other words one must be really prepared. The worst thing that can happen to a negotiator – stuttering when confronted with a loophole in a solution. Looking unsure of uncertain! Great post, thank you.
It's really a great information. I think proper communication and negotiation are the key to have successful business. Above points take great place to have successful business.
5. Do Not Use a Poker Face must be the most underrated advice there, but one of the most useful.
I think you just have to be vocal with your feelings (negative ones)
really its great information thank for the info
These are great negotiation tips! I think it's important to know your 'bottom line' before you start negotiating. Most people don't think about that. What is your the absolute minimum you'll accept? Start high and then let the negotiations begin.
Great article and I totally agree. Know the baseline, start high and hope the counter party will usually come in above your baseline. CONFIDENCE is the glue to it all.


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Freedom. It's a word that most of us take for granted, and as motorcycle enthusiasts, we like to exercise it to the fullest.
Unfortunately, these freedoms have to be paid for by the sweat, blood and sometimes life itself, of a certain group of individuals. These people are known as Veterans.In the history of our country, there has never been a shortage of young men and women ready to leave their homes and families to bear arms when needed. Sadly, our government never seems to have enough resources to be able to take care of those who have unselfishly taken care of our way of life, our freedom.
Our sole purpose is to help our fellow Veterans in need where our government falls short. We all have a choice to help - we chose to do it on motorcycles!
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I am sitting down with Hannah Rigg (Jack), Emily Hueske (Mother/Wife) and Travis McGuire (Giant/Trouble). They are performing in the TDOpage2stage production of the children's opera Jack and the Beanstalk. The first public performance of this John Davies opera is on Saturday, October 27.
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WWC Panama project awarded international student internship
The interdisciplinary and international collaborative research project between Warren Wilson College and CREA (Conservation through Research, Education and Action) has been awarded an international fellowship by the My Community, Our Earth Project: Geographic Learning for Sustainable Development (MyCOE). MyCOE is a partnership to encourage youth to use geographic tools and concepts to address local issues of sustainability.
The MyCOE Biodiversity Youth Cadre will focus on biodiversity issue of importance to Central America. The student chosen for the WWC Panama project comes from a university in Panama and will be focusing on vegetation inventories on the Cocobolo Nature Reserve in Panama and will hopefully have the opportunity to interact with a WWC student proficient in GIS. Stay tuned for more info!


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Arafat to Discuss Clinton Peace Plan with Arabs in Cairo
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will meet with Arab foreign ministers in Cairo on Thursday to discuss US President Bill Clinton's proposals for peace with Israel following his meeting with Clinton, Arab officials said Wednesday.
The Arab League's assistant secretary general Ahmed Ben Helli said Arafat was to meet the ministers early Thursday, after he held talks with Clinton at the White House on Tuesday without achieving an apparent breakthrough.
"The meeting is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. (0700 GMT) but it could be delayed until later in the morning depending on the time Arafat arrives in Cairo," he said.
The ministers from Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian territories, Lebanon, Syria, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Tunisia formed a committee which was set up at an Arab summit in October to support the Palestinians in their current uprising against Israel.
The uprising, or Intifada, broke out in late September after a controversial Israeli visit to a holy site in Arab east Jerusalem. Palestinian-Israeli peace talks had earlier stalled after a failed summit in the United States in July.
"This committee is to listen to a report from the Palestinian delegation about the US proposals and the talks that took place with President Bill Clinton before declaring its support for the Palestinian position and for the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people," Ben Helli said.
Before heading into talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Mussa, the Palestinian minister for international cooperation, Nabil Shaath, told reporters that Arafat was due to travel Cairo on Wednesday -- CAIRO (AFP)
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By Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press
NEW YORK Google is shortening the life span of its "cookie" data-tracking file — but it's not clear whether the move would do much to enhance privacy.
Under the new policy, the cookies would expire automatically after two years, instead of in 2038 as is currently the case. However, the two-year period could get automatically extended when users revisit Google's search engine, so one might have to avoid Google for a full two years to see the cookie automatically expire.
"It sounds like it changes things ... but the reality of how people use computers, I don't think it in reality changes anything substantially," said Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum, a non-profit privacy-advocacy group.
Privacy advocates have become increasingly concerned about Google's privacy practices as the company expands into services such as e-mail, maps and photos. Data retained by Google could be subpoenaed by law-enforcement agencies and other parties. Google already has decided to remove key pieces of identifying information from its system every 18 months to address those worries.
Google says its cookies are important for remembering users' preferences — such as the number of results per page, the primary language and the enabling of filters to weed out sexually explicit websites. That's why cookies were set to expire far into the future — beyond the expected life spans of personal computers today.
But those cookies contain unique ID numbers that can be used to assemble a dossier on that user.
It's possible for users to manually flush their cookies before the two years are up, but many users don't bother or know how.
In a blog posting, Google's global privacy counsel, Peter Fleischer, described the move as a way to enhance user privacy "without artificially forcing users to re-enter their basic preferences at arbitrary points in time." Concerned users, he said, could always manually control their cookies.
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Accentuate the positive
The town shadchan (matchmaker) was getting old, and could no longer get around as she used to. So she hired a young assistant who knew nothing about the business. She had to start from scratch with her, teaching her all the basics of the trade.
"The most important thing is exaggeration," said the shadchan. "You have to lay it on thick."
"I understand," said the assistant.
One day the shadchan took her assistant along on a matchmaking visit to a rich family who had an only son.
"Don't forget," said the shadchan. "Be enthusiastic, and don't hesitate to exaggerate."
When they arrived, the shadchan began: "I've found the right girl for your son. She comes from a very good family."
"Good family!" exclaimed the assistant. "They are descendants of the Guggenheims."
"And rich, too," said the shadchan.
"Multi-millionaires," added the assistant.
"She's very pretty," said the shadchan.
"Pretty?" said the assistant. "She's gorgeous!"
"But I should tell you," added the shadchan, giving her assistant a small wink, "that she has a small handicap. There's a tiny wart on her back."
"What do you mean a wart?" cried the assistant. "It's a regular hump!"
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Stop me if you've heard this one
A passenger on a train in Israel watched in astonishment as an old man across the aisle kept repeating the same pattern. First he would mumble a few words to himself, then he would smile, and finally he would raise his hand and stop talking for a few moments.
After observing this unusual behavior for close to an hour, the passenger finally brought himself to address the stranger.
"Excuse me, sir, but I couldn't help but notice what you were doing. Is anything wrong?"
"Not at all," replied the old man. "You see, whenever I take a trip, I get bored. And so I always tell myself jokes, which is why you saw me smiling."
"But why do you keep raising your hand?"
"Oh, that. It's to interrupt myself because I've heard that joke before."
From "The Big Book of Jewish Humor"
Two old men sat silently over their glasses of tea for what must have been hours, or at least seemed like it. At last one spoke: "Oy vey!"
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In apparent defiance of Vatican wishes, Roman Catholic Bishop William Skylstad on Wednesday released the names of five priests in the Spokane Diocese who have been accused of sexually abusing children.
Skylstad, vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said he was releasing the names under guidelines established this June by U.S. bishops dealing with the sexual abuse crisis in the church.
Last week, Skylstad and other U.S. churchmen went to the Vatican to brief Pope John Paul II about the U.S. church's new policies, which the Vatican opposed as possible violations of universal church law.
All five of the priests Skylstad identified had already been removed from ministry, in some cases as long ago as 1980, he said.
"All the alleged abuse incidents occurred at least fifteen years ago and action was taken to remove these men from ministry when the diocese became aware of the allegations," Skylstad said in a news release.
"These cases have been turned over to local law enforcement authorities," he said.
Skylstad declined to speak with the news media after the news release was distributed.
Cases date back to 1980
Deputy Spokane Police Chief Al Odenthal said the cases will be investigated to determine if charges can be brought. The statute of limitations on sexual abuse is three years.
The five priests, who have not been charged with any crimes, are James O'Malley, who was removed from ministry in 1989; Theodore Bradley, removed this year; Art Mertens, removed in 1989; Reinard Beaver, removed in 1983; and Bernard Oosterman, who resigned from ministry in 1980.
According to local members of the national group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, O'Malley served in Chewelah, Rosalia and in the chancery in Spokane. Bradley served in the Spokane Valley. Mertens served in Walla Walla. Beaver served at churches in Spokane and a seminary in Colbert.
Little information was immediately available about Oosterman.
Mike Ross, 48, a co-founder of the Spokane chapter of SNAP, said he was pleased the names were released.
"We're delighted they are starting to move in the right direction to uncover the coverup," Ross said. "People directly affected by these perpetrators can now have some justice in their lives."
As previously disclosed in lawsuits, another former Spokane priest, Patrick O'Donnell, resigned in 1985.
O'Donnell is a defendant in several Spokane County Superior Court lawsuits that allege the Spokane diocese knew he was a serial sexual predator for decades, but still allowed him to serve in several parishes. Skylstad is named as a defendant in the lawsuits.
Skylstad encouraged any victims of sexual abuse to contact the Spokane diocese.
"I especially appeal to the Catholic community and to the broader community to have empathy and compassion for victims and their families as well as for the offenders and their families," Skylstad said.


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Extracorporeal photopheresis is a medical procedure in which a patient's white blood cells are exposed first to a drug called 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) and then to ultraviolet A (UVA) light. The procedure starts with the removal of the patient's blood, which is centrifuged to isolate the white blood cells. The drug is typically administered directly to the white blood cells after they have been removed from the patient (referred to as ex vivo administration) but the drug can alternatively be administered directly to the patient before the white blood cells are withdrawn. After UVA light exposure, the treated white blood cells are then re-infused into the patient.
Extracorporeal photopheresis is covered by Medicare for the following disorders:
All other applications of ECP remain nationally non-covered. (NCD Manual Section 110.4)
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Butternut Squash and Sage Soup
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Found this in a magazine when trying to find a fall recipe to use up some of the Squash growing in my garden. Pretty simple and very good. Found the mix of sage and squash to be a nice combination.
Top Review by Tea Jenny
Hi Bonnie, yum yum this was good soup as you know we love soup in our house, very few day's pass that we don't have it even in summer and this one was GOOD! The sage gave it a very nice flavour, I usualy make mine a bit different from this so it was a very nice change. I didn't tell DH that it was a change of recipe and when he tasted it he said Mmmmm! that's different and I think he preferred your's but he wouldn't commit to it, but he did give it 5 stars so it's Grandad's turn to try now and I am sure he will love it, as he loves his soup. Made for fall PAC 09.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into 1- inch chunks
- 2 tablespoons fresh sage, chopped plus leaves for garnish
- 4 cups chicken broth or 4 cups vegetable broth
- kosher salt
- fresh ground black pepper
- vegetable oil (for frying)
Directions See How It's Made
- In large pot, ehat olive oil over medium heat.
- Add onion and cook until translucent, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Add squash, cook 5 more minutes.
- Add chopped sage and broth and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to medium-low and cook until squash iver very tender, about 30 minutes.
- With an immersion blender, puree soup until smooth (or puree in small batches in a food processor).
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- In a small pan, heat 1/2 inch vegetable oil until hot.
- Drop sage leaves in about 3 at a time and fry tuntil just crisp.
- Remove to a paper-towel-lined plate.
- Serve soup hot, garnished with 2 or 3 sage leaves per bowl.


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WASHINGTON – At 11 p.m. the night had just started for MSNBC's White House Correspondent's Dinner after party at the Italian Embassy.
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow started the night off with a bang, bartending to a long line of star-studded patrons. "Maddow's bar" shined in pink and purple lights above.
"No specials tonight, what do you like?" she asked one of the many who requested her specialty.
Also among the party's features: a Johnny Walker tasting bar, Starbucks coffee stand, cigar rolling and photo booth.
DJ Funk Master Flex spun to a packed dance floor.
Rosario Dawson danced in an emerald green gown, stopping to take photos with the many who asked while smiling Meet the Press host David Gregory spun around to Billie Jean.
Celebs circulating the room included: Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford, Hunger Games' Woody Harrelson, comedian Dave Chappelle, Glee's Matthew Morrison, Modern Family's Eric Stonestreet, White House Correspondents' Dinner host Jimmy Kimmel, Dancing with the Stars winner J.R. Martinez and CNN Situation Room host Wolf Blitzer.
Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer was in attendance. "Life is good," he said. "I am keeping busy with a TV show and the family business. It's all very good." Spitzer has replaced Keith Olbermann in the 8 p.m. slot on Current TV. His new show is called Viewpoint.
White roses embellished the white tables in the all-white room —accented with pink and purple lights.
Those seeking a break from the music headed outside to the blue- and green-lit tent.
"It's a man heaven out there. In the tent there is Johnny Walker blue, cigars and bacon," said Ramya Raghavan, manager at YouTube.
The Rev. Al Sharpton smoked a cigar as waitstaff passed by, offering a variety of foods.
"We pumped up the menu," says MSNBC executive producer Dana Haller, who planned the party.
The menu featured steak tartare with quail egg on potato chips, Oysters Rockefeller, steak filet wrapped in bacon, mini baked potatoes and egg sandwiches served on English muffins. "We started with a steakhouse feel, then Italian food, and then a breakfast menu," Haller said. A lobster roll truck was parked outside.
This is the fifth year for MSNBC's after party. "It keeps getting better every year," Haller says. "This year we were going for hot and sexy."
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Target: Prosecutor Emily Tarbert
Goal: Assign the maximum jail sentence to Justin C. Smith, the man who killed a dog by cutting its throat.
On June 26th, Zanesville, OH police responded to a report of a woman covered in blood. When they arrived on the scene, they found that the woman was not covered in her own blood, but rather in the blood of a 20 pound dog whose throat had been cut.
The woman's boyfriend, 32 year old Justin C. Smith, admitted to responding officer Sgt. Jim DeVoll that he slit the dog's throat with a utility knife to get his girlfriend's attention. Smith reportedly told DeVoll that he cut the dog's throat because he could, and asked the officer to shoot the dog to 'put it out of its misery'. The small dog was barely alive when officers reported to the scene, and died soon afterward.
Smith, who had also been arrested in 2011 for criminal damaging, criminal trespassing, and disorderly conduct, had to be wrestled to the ground before being placed under arrest. Last Wednesday, Smith pleaded not guilty to one charge of cruelty to a companion animal and one count of resisting arrest. He is currently in jail on a $1,500 bond. Smith's next court date is set for July 10th. If found guilty, he faces a $1,000 fine and up to 180 days in jail for killing his girlfriend's dog. He faces an additional $750 fine and up to 90 days in jail for resisting arrest. Cruelty to companion animals is considered to be only a misdemeanor in Ohio.
For those interested, the Nitro Foundation has planned a peaceful rally at the Zanesville Municipal Court on July 10th.
By signing this petition, you are demanding justice for the poor dog whose life was cruelly and unnecessarily cut short. Demand that Justin C. Smith receives the maximum sentence for murdering an innocent animal. Smith's act was excessively violent. He is a danger to society.
Dear Emily Tarbert,
Justin C. Smith is a danger to society. On June 26th of this year, he reportedly slit the throat of an innocent 20 pound dog to get his girlfriend's attention because 'he could'. Someone who will go so far as to murder an animal for such a unnecessary reason does not deserve to go unpunished.
Smith will be appearing before you on July 10th. Please consider assigning him the maximum sentence possible for his extreme act of cruelty. Taking the life of another living being, especially in such a violent and senseless manner, is unacceptable. The level of violence displayed by Smith could prove dangerous again in the future if not addressed now.
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