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Lawyer Brian Fixter wants to fix "stale" B.C. Liberals
Rookie politician Brian Fixter agrees that there's a David and Goliath aspect to his battle against two old hands for the B.C. Liberal nomination in Vancouver–False Creek. The fight will culminate at a meeting on Wednesday (February 20).
But the 31-year-old associate with the Borden Ladner Gervais law firm notes that the contest pitting him against former Vancouver mayor and long-time city councillor Sam Sullivan and twice-elected ex–B.C. Liberal MLA Lorne Mayencourt isn't about "big versus little".
"I think it's more new versus old and fresh versus stale," Fixter told the Straight in a phone interview.
Vancouver–False Creek is represented in the legislature by former children and family development minister Mary McNeil.
Asked what he has been hearing from people, Fixter said: "It's been a mix. Some people are still staunch B.C. Liberal supporters. Some people are just not happy with how things are going and are choosing to sit out. There's a level of apathy, which I think has grown over the past little bit. And that's what we're trying to combat. That's exactly what we're trying to take over and prevent is people just getting themselves out of the political process and waiting to see what's going to happen."
He explained his desire to become an MLA in this way: "It's time for change, and I think that applies specifically with the B.C. Liberals.…I think the new way forward is with a new voice.…Our whole campaign has rested on the belief that the past isn't good enough. And we don't need to be talking about the rhetoric of the [B.C.] NDP sins in the past or the B.C. Liberal sins in the past."
Sullivan didn't want to comment on the fortunes of the B.C. Liberal Party. While he began by telling the Straight by phone that "there's lots of opportunity", Sullivan went on to say: "I don't really look at those things. I'm focused on keeping my head down and working and getting nominated and getting elected."
Mayencourt declined comment.
In a separate B.C. Liberal nomination, party members in Vancouver-Quilchena will choose between former city councillor and mayoral candidate Suzanne Anton and former B.C. Liberal Party president Andrew Wilkinson on Sunday (February 17). This seat is held by former finance minister Colin Hansen.
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Feb 13, 2013 at 5:18pm
Brian Fixter, definitely has my support. Take a look at his website BrianFixter.ca for more information, including the voting location.
Feb 13, 2013 at 6:39pm
Brian Fixter is the right choice for the liberals in this riding. I do not want to attack the other candidates, but what our party needs is fresh ideas and new faces. The old guard of the NPA and the Liberal Party have lost their relevance. Brian has my vote.
Gregg Reilly
Feb 13, 2013 at 7:22pm
I support Mr Fixter 100% in an attempt to galvanize an apathetic voter base
Feb 13, 2013 at 7:39pm
Fixter is the man we need to reinvigorate this party and engage Vancouver-False Creek. The other guys may have experience, but how much substantive good do you remember coming from their policies? Let's go with a man who is going to freshen the face of the party and compete with an increasingly formidable NDP.
Feb 13, 2013 at 7:56pm
He is definitely the man for me. We need new and fresh. He has my vote
Feb 13, 2013 at 9:06pm
When somethings Stale you compost it into the Trash.
You don't fix it you throw it away as in Garbage.
I believe some people are mistaking disgust at the Corporate Welfare first and putting the people of BC last for apathy.
Changing people does not change the Corporate Welfare Deficit ridden policies of the BC Liberals.
Jordan Beard
Feb 13, 2013 at 9:27pm
It's time for a new face in the Vancouver-False Creek riding; innovative ideas, hard work and dedication are among some of the things one can expect from Brian Fixter.
Feb 13, 2013 at 9:56pm
He's the only reason I'm considering casting a vote for the Liberals in the next election.
Feb 13, 2013 at 10:25pm
Why wouldn't we get behind this guy? The other candidates have had their turn at bat and have not demonstrated an ability to build consensus or be effective representatives. Our politics are desperately short of new ideas, new blood, and youth. We should be embracing candidates such as Fixter. He deserves a shot. Let's hope he gets it.
Feb 13, 2013 at 11:14pm
He should see someone about when his balls are going to drop first


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VALDOSTA, Ga. – The Saint Leo baseball team didn't need very long to start scoring runs in the 2012 campaign as the Lions plated three in the top of the first inning en route to a 14-2 thumping of North Georgia at the Comfort Suites Classic played at Valdosta State University on Friday night.
Holding a 3-0 advantage before their opponents stepped to the plate; Saint Leo (1-0) took the lead and stretched it to 6-1 after just three innings. Behind starting senior Aaron Brandt's (1-0) five-innings of work on the mound, the Lions controlled the game from start to finish.
In picking up his first victory, Brandt gave up one run on five hits while striking out four. The Lions' pitching staff, in total surrendered two runs on eight hits as Brandt, Matthew Hewitt and newcomer Tyrone Miller combined to get the victory.
At the plate, the Lions' power showed with six extra-base hits including a Chris Newcomb homer in the ninth. The sophomore finished 2-for-4 with two RBI as he was one of four Saint Leo players with multiple hits. Shortstop Zach Miller went 3-for-4 with three RBI while Ryan Brnovich and Brendan Collins each went 2-for-5.
Defensively, the Lions were unblemished, not registering an error while North Georgia (0-1) had two miscues in the game.
The win also marked the 100th career victory for Head Coach Russ McNickle between Saint Leo (62) and Meridian Community College (38).
Saint Leo will look to continue to hold the hot bats when they take to the diamond again tomorrow and face Lindenwood (Mo.). First pitch is scheduled for noon at Billy Grant Field on the Valdosta State campus. For the latest news, information, and updates on the baseball team, visit SaintLeoLions.com.

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A NEW budget store on Hatch Warren Retail Park was officially opened by the Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane today.
The new 5,400sq ft Poundstretcher store is in a unit previously occupied by DVD and games rental chain Blockuster.
Councillor Dan Putty, accompanied with his wife the Mayoress, Julie Putty, did the honours cutting a ribbon wishing everyone "happy shopping at Poundstretcher."
The Mayor, who is a borough councillor for Hatch Warren and Beggarwood, said he was delighted that the new store had created 14 new jobs.
"I'm also very pleased that this retail outlet will be providing discounts on everyday items and offers on housewares on a vast range of products.
"It will be customer focused and will welcome everyone to experience bargain shopping at low prices."
There was certainly quite a crowd prior to the official opening as Poundstretcher staff gave those queuing outside a free £10 voucher to spend in store.


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Michael Gove featured heavily in today's PMQs. Ed Miliband began his questions by asking whether the prime minister would condemn the education secretary's recent comments that the Leveson inquiry was having a "chilling effect" on freedom of speech.
But it was during the inevitable debate on the health bill that Mr Gove played an unspoken, but important role.
Ministers seem to be changing their tone in a subtle way when defending the NHS reforms, taking on some of the tactics deployed by the education secretary when he was pushing through the Free Schools agenda.
Instead of talking up how radical the plan is, the government is now downplaying it. We hear that the bill is about "evolution, not revolution", and more strikingly that it is building on what Labour did while they were in government.
It was this latter point that the prime minister stressed today, reeling off a list of former Labour health secretaries or advisers who back competition in the NHS (which is not the same as backing the bill, mind). He added: Read more


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Planning for contingencies
By M URSULA HERRMANN
Mary Ursula Herrmann
Mary Ursula Herrmann
is a Network Security Analyst living in Juneau, AK. She has worked in Information Security for over 15 years, and obtained her CISSP in 2005.
Last week, I talked about what to do if your security vendor is hacked. I've already
talked about
what to do if your organization itself is hacked, but it's worth going a little deeper into the subject and talking about
contingency planning and management.
Books can and have been written about contingency planning, but probably the most important thing about it is that you should be able to test your plan. For instance, simply having something in your overall security policy that says "If a fire takes out the server room, Joe is in charge" is not enough. When the server room is actually on fire is not the time for Joe to be deciding what he should do next. This may seem obvious, but you need to know what is going to happen, every step of the way, right down to the smallest detail. There's always going to be something you didn't anticipate, so you need to plan for everything that you can anticipate, and then test that plan.
A contingency plan should be updated and tested at least yearly, because you can't assume that everything around your organization, including local laws or your vendors' policies, are going to stay the same from year to year. You'll want to check things like mobile and home phone numbers for your own personnel, and whether or not your contacts at vendors or backup sites have changed.
The plan should also be tested on a yearly basis, around a conference room table at the very least. The person in charge or updating the plan will propose a scenario - such as the server room fire - and each team leader will state what they and their team will do in response.
I've discussed testing
in the past as well.
It's unlikely that either your plan or your testing will be perfectly smooth at first, and that's to be expected. Make changes to your plan based on the lessons learned from your initial testing, and continue to refine it over time. Even if the particulars of your plan change over time, because of relocation or changes in personnel, after a while the testing should go more smoothly because it's familiar.
There's no way to predict when or how an emergency situation will occur. But the more prepared you are for it, through creating and testing a contingency plan, the better your organization will weather it.
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I had some unexpected free time on Saturday and some leftovers in my fridge. So some smoked beef brisket plus smoked chicken breast plus a new BGE Dutch oven pointed to a soup or stew of some kind. There was a recipe in the BGE Cookbook called Barbecue Chicken Soup that said you could use smoked chicken or beef brisket and I had both. This reminded me of a Brunswick stew and indeed the recipe mentioned it was a cross between chicken soup and a Brunswick stew. To go along with the stew what is better than biscuits? I found a recipe for Buttermilk biscuits in the BGE Cookbook. Before I switch over to the pictures of what turned out to be an excellent stew, there were two not so great things that happened.
The first was the dough for the buttermilk biscuits, which I had difficulty with. I felt the dough was way too sticky and moist, but having never made a buttermilk biscuit before I couldn't say for sure. As it turned out I was right. The dough didn't rise as much as it should have and spread out more in the horizontal direction than normal. Though the biscuits didn't rise as planned they were still very tasty, moist and had a nice buttery flavor. So another way of saying: They weren't so pretty, but they ate great!
The second item involved my finding an answer to a question I didn't necessarily want answered. Watching some videos of the potential flashbacks you can get on the BGE when using high heat when a rush of oxygen gets into the grill. To combat that, you always "burp" the grill by lifting the lid an inch or so before lifting it completely. What I wondered was whether I would be brave (or perhaps stupid) enough to not drop the lid if I was faced with a flashback. To my surprise I got a flashback after the soup had been cooking for 30 minutes at 450 degrees. I thought I burped the lid enough, but no. To my surprise I was brave (or stupid) enough to hold on even though I had time to drop it and pull my hand back. For my troubles I have no hair on the back of my hand and going a foot up my arm. Let me just say I will be more careful about how I burp the grill.
I have a question for the local eggheads-others can skip down to the pictures. The BGE Cookbook said to install the Platesetter legs up and put the pyrex dish right on the Platesetter. If I hadn't read that I would have put my s/s grate on top of the Platesetter legs and put the dish on the grate. It seemed to me it would not brown the bottom of the biscuits as fast. Curious how you guys might have set this up?
The buttermilk biscuits used all purpose flour, cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, salt, vegetable oil, buttermilk, and cubed butter.
Here is the dough which seemed too sticky and too wet. I had no prior frame of reference to go by and the recipe said not to handle the dough too much or it would get tough. So I moved forward as is.
The dough was too sticky to use a cookie cutter, so I hand formed the biscuits.
The biscuits are done after 20 minutes at 450 degrees. I questioned the placement of the baking dish right as described by the recipe. It seemed to me the way to do this might have been to set the s/s grill grate on top of the legs to the Platesetter and put the dish on top pf the grate.
On to the soup/stew. One of the ingredients was a basic BBQ rub which used ground cloves, two whole teaspoons of cayenne pepper, celery seed, garlic powder, paprika, light brown sugar and salt. I was amazed how much cayenne was used. Most recipes call for a small fraction of a teaspoon. This one used 2 tsp!!
The soup used the Basic BBQ Rub, diced onions, beer, Worcestershire sauce, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, black pepper, minced garlic, mustard, chopped grilled tomatoes, chopped tomatoes, diced beef brisket and smoked chicken breast, corn, diced bacon and lima beans.
The diced bacon has just been added to my new BGE Dutch oven has been preheating for 10 minutes on the egg which is set up now for direct grilling using the cast iron grill grate.
the bacon is done, it will be removed and reserved, but the bacon fat is intended to remain.
Ater the bacon is removed the Basic BBQ Sauce is added to the hot bacon fat. The resulting cloud smelled wonderful but burned my eyes.
The diced onion, garlic & chopped tomato (non-grilled) are added and sautee for 2-3 minutes.
The beer is added and the pan is deglazed.
The chicken stock, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, mustard, & brown sugar were added next. The cover is left off the Dutch oven, but the Egg is covered and these ingredients cook for 30 minutes.
The soup is off the Egg and back inside. The next step is to use an immersion blender to puree the stew..
The soup is now pureed and the remaining ingredients are added.
The beef, chicken, grilled tomatoes, lima beans and corn have been added.
The stew is in the tourine and the biscuits are served. The reserved bacon is in small dishes and will be used to top the bowls of stew.
The biscuits weren't s pretty as they might of been, but they were tasty and moist with a great buttery flavor.
The stew will get topped with the reserved bacon and the moment I've been waiting hours for will finally be here.
All I can say is wow!! This soup was an explosion of flavors-half of which I didn't recognize. They all went well together. The stew was a bit time consuming to make but was worth every minute of the time and then some!!


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Sea View Sandakan Budget & Backpackers Hotel
Sea View Sandakan Budget & Backpackers Hotel are located within the Sandakan Harbour Development Square, close to the picturesque esplanade, beautiful Harbour in short a Tourist Haven. We are located opposite of Palm Fringed Central Market the Seafood Capital of Malaysia
We offer Affordable - Comfortable - Clean - Quiet and Safe Accommodations.
We offer :
Free Breakfast
Free Towel
Free Wi-Fi
Free Internet
Free Drinking Water
And Traditional Massage and Reflexology Services.
Bed is available at a nominal charge upon request.
Guests can use the hotel's common kitchen and utensils.
Cooking Lesson for traditional local recipe is available upon request at nominal fees which guarantees you lots of fun and satisfaction.
Banks and Money Changers - 2 minutes away walking distance.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- 24 Hour Security
- Air Conditioning
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- Board Games
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- Free Breakfast
- Café
- Ceiling Fan
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- DVDs
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- Linen Included
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Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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FROM THE MAIN BUS TERMINAL (long distance bus within Sabah)
By Bus:
(RM1.00) walk to the main road and take any connecting bus heading to town (or BANDAR in Malay language). The bus takes about 10 minutes, and get off at the last stop which is a Mini Bus Station. Walk for 5min along Jalan Pryer in the direction of GentingMas Mall, continue on that street until AmBank, then turn right.
Seaview is 30 metres away, on the right side. Just before the waterfront right in front of the entrance of the PASAR (Sandakan Central Market), above Lemongrass Pancake House.
By taxi
(RM15.00): Request the driver to drop you off in front of the PASAR (Sandakan Central Market). You can bargain the price down to RM10!
By bus:
(RM2/3) There is no bus-service from inside the airport itself, but if you walk out of the airport compound there you will find a bus stop, where you can take a mini-van or a long-bus that is heading to Bandar. This service is available only from 07.00 AM till 17.00 PM (sometimes they extend beyond 17.00 PM). Get off the bus at the last stop (Mini-bus station) and follow the instructions above. Sometimes the driver will oblige and drop you directly at Sandakan Central Market upon request. Try your luck.
By taxi:
(RM 26.50): Just buy a coupon at the arrival concouse and tell the driver our hostel is opposite 'PASAR' (Sandakan Central Market). The journey is approximately 30 minutes.
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Seaview Sandakan Budget and Backpackers HoteL,
Lot 126, Jalan Dua, Harbour Square 14, 90000 Sandakan, Sabah
Right in front of Sandakan Central Market main entrance also known as 'PASAR'.
We are 30 minutes from the airport by taxi and a 10 minute walk from the mini bus station.


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HOUSTON - Temperatures dropped while southeast Texas residents slept early Monday and it's going to get colder. A freeze warning has been issued for southeast Texas from 9 p.m. Monday to 9 a.m. Tuesday.
"Warnings like this will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation," KPRC Local 2 meteorologist Anthony Yanez said. "No worries for pipes -- it needs to be much colder for that."
The low in Houston on Tuesday morning is forecast for 33 degrees, but it will be colder in the northern counties. A strong cold front rolled through overnight Monday, dipping temperatures into the 40s and whipping up the winds.
"As we go through the afternoon, we could see clearing -- the sun coming out a little bit -- and that's why temperatures will be in the low 50s," KPRC Local 2 meteorologist Mary Lee said.
It was also very windy. There were wind gusts near 40 mph in some areas this morning.
"With those northerly winds, it definitely feels colder outside," Lee said.
Factoring in brisk winds, the wind chill factor was in the mid to upper 30s Monday morning.
Some tried their best to bundle up, even while working out.
"I wore these thermal shirts and my earmuffs. But it gets hot pretty fast when you're running. I'm actually burning up right now," said Ally Day, a runner in Memorial Park. "(The wind) actually feels really good if you're going with it instead of against it. Otherwise, it slows you down pretty bad."
The Star of Hope's Love In Action van loaded up food and donated blankets and coats to hand out to the homeless.
"We're trying to help people survive. We're trying to help make a difference that people can feel," said Marilyn Fountain with the Star of Hope. "It's so cold. We're standing out here and we're freezing. You can imagine what it's like if you only have the very clothes on your back and you have to be outside. So, we're trying to reach as many people as we can."
The wind was blamed for power outages across the area. About 6:30 a.m., more than 10,000 CenterPoint Energy customers were without power.
On Wednesday, the low temperature is forecast for 32 degrees with a high of 57 degrees. It's expected to warm up by the weekend. The high on Saturday should be 72 degrees.
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There's a place in the Corps where Marines can grow a beard, ditch their high-and-tights and go undercover to work alongside operatives with the nation's most clandestine agencies. No, it's not special operations. This community is even more mysterious, and officials are actively looking for a certain breed of Marine to join.
Do you have what it takes to be an intel Marine?
Working undercover is one of the many roles an 0211 counterintelligence/human intelligence specialist plays. They interrogate detainees, act as liaisons when Marines are in other countries and gather battlefield intelligence for commanders.
Intel Marines didn't always have much direct interaction with the rest of the service. That changed when the U.S. invaded Afghanistan and then Iraq, and now commanders throughout the Corps are calling on 0211s to support missions ranging from bilateral training exercises with other militaries to protecting bases at home and abroad.
In the Marine Corps, which is shedding thousands of Marines every year as part of a massive active-duty drawdown, the intel business is booming. Officials estimate the demand for 0211s has more than doubled in the past decade, and it will remain high in coming years, they say.
"Everybody wants CI/human intel Marines," said Col. Andrew Moyer, who serves as chief of staff for the director of Marine Corps Intelligence at the Pentagon. "So the operational tempo is very, very busy."
Intel is considered a high-demand, low-density military occupational specialty, one for which officials consistently dangle plump re-enlistment bonuses in front of Marines willing to change MOSs. But in September, the community escalated its recruiting efforts with the release of Marine administrative message 443/13, which specifically solicits qualified first-term noncommissioned officers — and even some lance corporals — to try out.
Subsequently, Marine Corps Times was granted rare access to Marine officials intimately familiar with the cryptic, fast-paced lifestyles of 0211 intel specialists. These discussions were sensitive, but what emerged is a detailed look at one of the Corps' most sophisticated, challenging and unique career fields.
"If you want to still be a Marine but hang your uniform up for a couple of years, wear a suit and grow your hair long, this career field will offer you an opportunity to do that," Moyer said.
The ideal intel Marine
There are approximately 600 CI/human intel specialists throughout the Corps. Men and womeninterested in moving into the 0211 community should be corporals or sergeants with a General Technical score of at least 110.
Lance corporals meeting time-in-grade requirements for promotion to corporal may be considered, too, according to the MARADMIN.
Incentives include a re-enlistment bonus of up to $45,500. Intel Marines also receive a top-secret security clearance, which Moyer said goes far in distinguishing themselves from their peers.
For lance corporals, the move could bring an automatic promotion as the 0211 field is one of nine in the Corps' Intended MOS Promotions program for fiscal 2014. Marines must be at least a corporal to be a CI/human intel Marine, so a lance corporal approved for the move will pick up a rank regardless of his cutting score.
Primarily, though, officials are targeting sergeants because it's believed that to be a successful 0211, Marines need experience and a solid familiarity with how the Marine Corps functions, Moyer said. CI/human intel Marines must have a clear understanding of how a Marine air-ground task force operates and how standard operations work, he added.
"Also, there's a maturity element because oftentimes we deploy in teams and sub-teams," he added. "Those sub-teams could be two Marines, off completely by themselves, so there's a maturity and experience aspect that goes along with that, as well."
Once Marines join the 0211 community, they tend to stick around, Moyer said. They're at about 95 percent capacity for gunnery sergeants and more than 100 percent for master sergeants. But since sergeants and staff sergeants make up the majority of their operators, filling that shortage is their priority, he added.
Volunteers must be at least 21 years old with a minimum of three years left to serve once they complete the four-month 0211 MOS school. They must be a U.S. citizen with a valid driver's license. And their immediate family members, including spouse, parents, siblings and children, must also be U.S. citizens.
They must be able to type 30 words per minute and submit to a federal polygraph test.
Marines must also receive a favorable endorsement from a selection and assessment panel, according to the MARADMIN. These panels are conducted by the Corps' three major intelligence battalions, which are based at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Okinawa, Japan.
Officials declined to discuss what selection and assessment entails. An 0211 master sergeant, whose command asked that his name and duty station not be published for security reasons, said "I can't go into specifics because we try to keep it fair across the board for everyone coming into the screening."
Officials also declined to discuss the attrition rate for the MOS school. Marines can wash out of a school for a number of reasons, including injury, Moyer said.
Since 0211s are welcomed from all MOSs, there are no specific skills Marines need coming into the job. Moyer said he has seen successful 0211s come from the infantry, aviation and food service communities. They're simply looking for squared-away, mature Marines who possess good judgment and can act independently without a lot of direction from their superiors.
If selected, they spend about four months at the Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center in Dam Neck, Va., with 91 total training days. Called MAGTF CI/Human Intel Course, it teaches intelligence-gathering techniques and procedures and how the intel field supports the entire MAGTF.
The 0211 master sergeant, who as a sergeant lat-moved into intel from the infantry, said the course was more challenging than others he'd taken previously because it pushes Marines outside their comfort zones. If Marines are uncomfortable not having to follow set procedures to solve a problem, then the school can be a challenge for them, he said.
"The majority of the school is not academic, it's performance-based," he said. "You're put into scenarios and dealing with role players playing different types of people in those scenarios. There's often a lot of ambiguity when you're dealing with personalities and ... the way people think and act. It's not a science."
What the job is like
During counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, counterintelligence efforts and human intel-gathering were vital, Moyer said. Since 0211s get their information from people in villages who might interact with Marines' adversaries, it helped them better identify the enemy's thoughts and plans, the master sergeant added. That's information that other intelligence-gathering methods can't always provide, Moyer said, because it helps them better understand certain patterns they identify through computer-based analysis of signals and imagery.
"The nature of human intelligence is such that it provides context to information you just can't get through other means," he said. "So through signals intelligence, you can derive certain things and through geospatial intelligence you can derive certain things. But it's very difficult to put those things into context."
To provide that context, intel Marines must establish relationships with individuals who hold sensitive information about an adversary or an adversary's planscan could better tell them what their adversaries might be planning, Moyer said. This involves a variety of activity, the master sergeant explained — from debriefing key leaders and interrogating detainees and prisoners of war, to collecting and evaluating evidence on the ground and writing reports about their findings.
Stateside, intel Marines may work to identify vulnerabilities that could put bases and air stations at risk. They identify the types of internal information that could aid an adversary — unit rotations, for instance — and develop plans keep that material safe to counter those attempts.
While operating overseas, it's much of the same, Moyer said. Think troop movements, a unit's equipment or any specialized skills its Marines may employ — that sort of stuff.
"Any time we have Marines forward-deployed, there are other nations that want to collect information," he explained. "Part of the [0211] effort is to identify what that foreign collection threat is, and then inform Marines about it so that they hopefully do not divulge information ... that may be useful to an adversary."
CI/human intel Marines deploy with a variety of units, Moyer said. Their skills are in demand not only in Afghanistan, but within Marine expeditionary units, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, joint operations and other governmental agencies, he said. Those special deployments provide Marines with additional benefits or incentives, he added.
"We have CI/human Marines that support MARSOC," Moyer said. "So there are other opportunities for some of the specialized training that MARSOC Marines do, too."
The master sergeant said 0211s interact with a variety of people when supporting a mission. Gathering the information they need to be successful requires strong relationship-building with local villagers, elders or officials from the host nation as they work to inform commanders.
But it's not always just Marine Corps-specific missions they're conducting. Joint missions mean they work with troops from across the force, he said, and they have Marines assigned directly to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service conducting counterintelligence. They also work with embassy staff in the countries in which they're operating, as well as local militaries and law enforcement, he said.
As an 0211, a Marine also has the opportunity to conduct missions outside of the Corps, Moyer said. Marine Corps Intelligence is one of 16 members of the national intelligence community, and its personnel may find themselves supporting the FBI, CIA, Drug Enforcement Administration or the Department of Homeland Security.
Undertaking such a variety of missions helped the master sergeant broaden his view of the Marine Corps, what its objectives are and how the individual Marine has a part in shaping all of it. As a grunt, he said, he knew his mission was to locate, close with and destroy the enemy. As an 0211, he said he saw there was much more to it.
"I had no idea what went into finding the enemy to locate, close with and destroy in the first place," he said. "[Even] if it's some type of peacekeeping mission or something that doesn't involve direct combat, there's so much that goes on behind the scenes so that the infantry and other forces can go out and actually do their missions."


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Troops coming home with injured legs are requesting those limbs be cut off instead of saved. Advances in prosthetics are a major reason why. But now a breakthrough that some believe could be the most significant orthopedic advancement to come out of the war on terror, has many wounded warriors reconsidering.
Sophisticated prosthetics allow military amputees to run and return to duty. Those whose limbs are salvaged haven't been so lucky.
"Every time I took a step, it felt like walking on a bed of nails," said Sgt. Ammala "al" Louangketh.
That's why he considered having his leg cut off after it was riddled with bullets in combat.
"It's a very difficult decision," said Joseph Robert Hsu, M.D., chief of orthopaedic trauma at SAMMC in San Antonio.
Before wounded warriors make that decision, Dr. Joseph Hsu is offering them another option.
"The IDEO has been a real game changer for us," said Hsu.
"It feels like putting on a new leg," Louangketh said.
It's the return to run program at the center for the intrepid. After surgery and lots of rehab, injured service-members strap into the IDEO. Since his leg was mangled in an IED attack, specialist Caleb Redell has problems walking on his own, but as soon after putting on the IDEO, he can jump!
"It was exciting," said Redell. "I haven't done anything like that since I got hurt."
Captain Victor Munoz struggles to walk since his legs were crushed by a drunk driver, but with two IDEO he can sprint!
"I wear them as much as I can just because I feel much more normal and pain free," said Munoz.
Developer Ryan Blanck says the brace supports the wearer's weight, which can help relieve pain. Struts connect the top and bottom, giving wounded warriors back the ability to thrust their bodies forward. Blanck says while some who try IDEO do decide to go through with amputations, he's seen a lot of people change their minds.
"I may not be back to 100 percent, but I'm going to give 110 percent," Louangketh said.
There are more than 200 wounded warriors using IDEOS in the return to run program. Hsu says he could probably have thousands in it, but right now it's not an officially funded program. He tells us efforts are underway to change that and to eventually make it available to civilians.
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WHAT IS THE IDEO? The Intrepid Dynamic Exoskeletal Orthosis, or IDEO, was designed by prosthetist Ryan Blanck at the Center for the Intrepid. It is a custom-fit device made from carbon and fiberglass that supports the foot and ankle and resembles an amputee's running prosthetic. The energy-storing orthopedic device, along with an extensive rehabilitation program, is allowing wounded warriors who previously had difficulties walking or standing due to lower leg injuries to run again.
(Source: www.army.mil)
HOW IT WORKS: The IDEO is custom-made using a mold from the warrior's leg. The three piece device fits in shoes and boots. The top piece that is shaped like the top portion of a prosthetic leg is placed just below the knee. Both pieces are held together by a sturdy and flexible support bar. The upper and lower sections are joined by a carbon fiber dynamic response strut system originating from prosthetic technology used with the high-activity amputee population within the Department of Defense.
In order to maximize the full benefits of the IDEO, warriors go through extensive rehab sessions. During the initial sessions, warriors are trained on how to step with the device. As they progress through the rehab, they are introduced to more stringent training that involves running and jumping up and down and side to side. Then weights are introduced into the rehab.
(Source: www.army.mil)
THE STUDY: A study performed at The Center for the Intrepid found that the IDEO improved performance 10 percent to 37 percent when compared with three commercial braces. Performance measurements included walking speed over smooth and rocky terrain, the ability to climb stairs, the 40-yard dash and other tests of speed and agility.
(Source: www.stripes.com)
HIGH PRAISE FOR IDEO: Dr. Michael Bosse, clinical chair of the Major Trauma Extremity Research Consortium and an orthopedic surgeon at the Carolinas Medical Center in N.C., said that the IDEO has the potential to be one of the most significant medical advancements from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"This will change the game for patients that don't get amputations," said Bosse, who has seen the device in action and has no financial stake in it. "And the long term benefits for society are potentially huge."
(Source: www.stripes.com)
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Violence, "the Religious," and Black Power
Posted by Matthew Cressler
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[Blogmeister editorial note: Congratulations to Matthew for finishing his Ph.D. at Northwestern and moving on now to a new position in the Department of Religion and in African and African American Studies at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. Congratulations, Matthew!]
"Instead of preaching the Cross for others and advising them to suffer patiently the violence which we sweetly impose on them, with the aid of armies and police, we might conceivably recognize the right of the less fortunate to use force, and study more seriously the practice of non-violence and humane methods on our own part when, as it happens, we possess the most stupendous arsenal of power the world has ever known." Thomas Merton, Faith and Violence (1968)
I want to return to a question I raised to my last post. Why is Black Power usually imagined to be essentially secular (in juxtaposition to the religiousness of southern civil rights struggles)? I'd argue that one of the reasons many people at the time (and most historians since) characterized Black Power as such had to do with deep-seated assumptions about the nature of "religion" itself. What marked Black Power as symbolically different than civil rights was violence, both rhetorical and actual. The prevailing images of civil rights were tired women and tireless youth marching peacefully - and stoically enduring suffering - for freedom. Meanwhile, the prevailing image of Black Power was black men donning black leather and brandishing guns. (This is, of course, not a fair characterization of either.)
The problem with this second image, at least for some scholars, is that "religion" - one might say real religion, proper religion, or good religion - has long been presumed to be peaceful by its very nature. To put this another way, "the religious" (people, institutions, ideas) is legitimate only to the extent that it does not threaten the stability of civil society. When the religious enters the public sphere through violent means, it is immediately suspect insofar as its relative religiousness is concerned.
This suspicion was behind typologies of "good" and "bad" Islam in the wake of September 11, 2001 and it underwrote (still underwrites) categorizations of the Nation of Islam (NOI) as a political sect masquerading as religious - this despite the fact that Black Muslims were largely forbidden from overt political action or violent confrontation with the U.S. state in the first half of the twentieth century. For a more sustained critique of this check out Sylvester A. Johnson's essay "Religion Proper and Proper Religion" in The New Black Gods (2009), edited by Edward E. Curtis IV and Danielle Brune Sigler. Johnson notes how, for instance, the Federal Bureau of Investigation made sure to categorize black religious movements that resisted state systems of white supremacy as "cults" rather than real religious bodies, lest they be given legal legitimacy. This distinction between "religion" and "cult" was not mere semantics. Instead, it authorized the surveillance, incarceration, and suppression of groups like the Moorish Science Temple of America, Garveyites, and the NOI as enemies of the state. For even more on policing the boundaries of "real religion," see Robert A. Orsi's "Snakes Alive" in Between Heaven and Earth (2005) and our very own Kelly Baker writing on "evil religion" here and here.
Right about now you may be asking why I opened this piece with an epigraph from Thomas Merton. What does this white Catholic have to do with black revolutionaries? An idiosyncratic question, I admit, but one that offers an angle (admittedly an oblique one) on the relationship between violence, "the religious," and Black Power The fact that a Trappist monk wrote some of the most incisive, self-reflexive, and prescient words on Black Power (at least from a white man) may come a bit of a surprise. When Merton is remembered at all, it is usually as a cloistered Catholic convert and proponent of peace, both personal and political. Much like his contemporary Martin Luther King Jr., the more radical Merton is often forgotten (particularly when it comes to thoughts on racism, imperial power, and violence). Nevertheless, before he died in late 1968, Merton published a collection of essays titled Faith and Violence. Therein he wrote on topics ranging from nonviolence and the Vietnam War to Black Power and the death of God.
"Can faith and violence exist side by side?" the back cover queries. Much more often than not, Merton replies. His essays on Black Power offer a nuanced reading of the right of the oppressed to violent self-defense, the role of violence in the acquisition of power, and American Christian complicity in the violent maintenance of U.S. state power. Many religious liberals responded to the rise of Black Power in the late 1960s with a sharp eschewal of self-defense as self-defeating. They may have lamented the circumstances that produced "long, hot summer" riots, but they certainly rejected any claim that urban rebellion was an appropriate (religious) response to oppression. Merton, on the contrary, refused to withdraw from black radicalism into blanket statements about the moral superiority of nonviolence. Instead, he took a much more ambiguous stance:
"What is to be said about Black Power? What does it mean to be a serious--therefore radical--Christian? I for one do not believe a radical Christian has a moral obligation to manufacture molotov cocktails in the cellar and smuggle them into the ghetto. Nor do I believe he has a moral obligation to convert the Black Power movement back to non-violence...
"I do believe that the Christian is obligated, by his commitment to Christ, to seek out effective and authentic ways of peace in the midst of violence. But merely to demand support and obedience to an established disorder which is essentially violent through and through will not qualify as 'peace-making.'"
As he witnessed the rise of Black Power, Merton had an eye for the irony and injustice inherent in claims that faith was incompatible with violence. So too should scholars of American religion half a century later.
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- Randall at: August 1, 2014 at 12:03 PM said...
A big congrats on finishing! I had no idea about this other side of Merton. Very interesting.
I think you're right about why we tend to think of "black power" as secular. Maybe as a kind of oppositional, secular counter to the CR movement.
This got me thinking about a very interesting essay I came across in Motive magazine while I was doing research at Concordia Seminary last November. Motive was published by the Division of Higher Education, Board of Education, Methodist Church, Nashville, TN. A range of activists and intellectuals published, including Martin Marty and Thomas Merton (on the failures of white liberalism). Andrew Young was on the editorial board.
Here's a link to the music/social critic Nat Hentoff's October 1964 piece in Motive: "The Search for Black Power." I was struck by the early use of the term and also be the force of the argument. An argument that would grow and become stronger in the coming years. May use this in class in the future.
- Matthew Cressler at: August 1, 2014 at 1:44 PM said...
Thanks Randall, both for the congrats and for the article! I was not familiar with Motive and that essay looks like a must read - especially since I'm teaching a class on Black Power this fall. I'm also amazed that it was published in '64, a full two years before Carmichael famously called for "Black Power!" in Mississippi.
- Randall at: August 1, 2014 at 2:13 PM said...
Exactly, that was the strange thing about it. Was asking my colleague Joe Street about the use of "black power" that early. Apparently it appeared here and there, but didn't take on the larger array of meanings it would have after 1966.
Would love to see a post about how the course goes.
- Matthew Cressler at: August 1, 2014 at 2:35 PM said...
Yes, that was my understanding as well. I am sure there will be (at least) one post about the class this fall. We'll be starting in the antebellum era with David Walker, Maria Stewart, and nineteenth-century nationalists; spending some time with Garveyites, the Nation of Islam, and other forerunners of Black Power; exploring the many different (often conflicting) traditions of Black Power in the middle years of the 20th century; and ending with contemporary legacies (like hip hop and Black Studies). It is cross-listed with Religion and we'll be dealing with the messianic religious (under- and) overtones of black nationalism throughout.


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NEW YORK (AP) -- The Peke was pooped.
Malachy the Pekingese was worn out Wednesday, a day after he wobbled off with best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club.
The 4-year-old with the smushed-in face, flowing fur and slow walk kept falling asleep during a visit to Sardi's restaurant in Manhattan. He passed up the traditional day-after steak lunch after eating his regular chicken and rice.
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And don't punch your screen. Or me.
Twice in the past week we've had a situation where there's some computer gibberish (jibberish) on the screen, about 100 lines of it or more. It wasn't just our Rangers blog that was infected, either. It was all the LoHud blogs except the Yankees, which is on a different server.
So just a word about it. It doesn't mean we're closed for business. In both cases this week, you could have scrolled down and found the blog in a split second, and it was completely operational below the gibberish (jibberish).
For future reference, just scroll down.
At least it gave me something to write about today.
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Food People have secrets they can't help but share. We'll show (and tell) you ours, if you show us yours…
For me, the first stop is fresh produce. Natch. Next, the pantry. My top-shelf secret weapon: Hot sauce. Sweet bbq sauce over fall-apart pulled pork (Kentucky Derby menu!) needs a foil once it's piled onto brioche buns—shakes of super spicy hot sauce and spoonfuls of cool cole slaw.
On Cooking Channel, don't expect any whispered tales. Hosts like Roger Mooking of Everyday Exotic and Aida Mollenkamp of FoodCrafters will be straight-talking their stories for those of us who want to know more, taste more, with smart tips and recipes and best-in-show sources for great ingredients and cool tools. Maybe they'll suggest a new hot sauce for my pantry.
What's at your local market right now? Always ask the farmer what's freshest–stalks of asparagus, say, should be firm, snapping when it's broken, and have dry tips. Here in the burbs of NYC, I'll have to hold off for the tomatoes and zucchini everyone's craving. Yearning.
Meantime, Food People on Facebook are already swapping secret weapon ideas. Hungry fans are suggesting fingerling potatoes and asparagus and leeks (mmmm with vinaigrette—right now!). I am sold.
For now, I'll lean on Old Bay, like Audra suggests, on grilled shrimp, white wine and olive oil. Maybe minus the wine and plus some avocado…
Shrimp on the grill takes only minutes. I love Kelly's Latin spin on black beans, too, topped with olive oil, garlic and lime and served with rice.
Or I might dabble with the standbys other cooks are psyched about: Fish sauce, says Joe, spooned into frothy eggs, cooked into an omelet and drizzled with sriracha sauce (alongside a cold beer). And baguettes and Brie and anchovies and olives…. Maybe not all together but all on the mind, now, thanks to shared secrets.
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I'm sorry this has taken a while to post the results from Lisa latest blood work but we did not get the results until a couple of hours ago. Unfortunately it was not what we were hoping for her CA19-9 tumor increased from 38 to 63. So that most likely means she is dealing with another tumor. Right now we have no idea where it is located and what the treatment will be. We are now going to schedule a PET/CAT scan before Christmas to find out what we are dealing with. I will post something as soon as I know the results. Please pray for us as we need God's help to strengthen us to handle this latest setback.


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HOUSTON - A community is living in fear after word a woman was brutally attacked outside a southeast Houston apartment complex.
The woman said it happened at the Catalina Village apartments in the 3500 block of Dixie Drive near Old Spanish Trail.
One neighbor, who didn't want to be identified, said he witnessed the crime.
"I seen two guys, and five minutes later, I seen a lady and a guy laying her on the ground with a gun to her head," said the neighbor. "Got up, escorted her to her car and made her drive, and he sat on the passenger side, she sat on the driver side."
The neighbor said he saw the car take off. A little while later, he said the woman came back.
"About 30 minutes later, the police were out here, and she came back screaming, saying she had been raped," said the neighbor.
A letter was sent to residents, telling them to be extra cautious.
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Jessica said she won't be coming out at night alone any time soon.
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Police said so for they don't have any suspects in custody. If you have any information about the case, you're asked to give Crime Stoppers a call at 713-222-TIPS (8477).
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CLEVELAND (AP) -- Federal prosecutors say an Ohio hospital system and heart center will pay $4.4 million to settle allegations they improperly billed Medicare for unnecessary heart procedures.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Cleveland says that as part of the settlement a former hospital lab manager who sued over the improper billing under the federal whistleblower law will receive $661,000.
Under the settlement announced Friday EMH Regional Medical Center will pay the government $3.9 million and North Ohio Heart Center will pay $542,000.
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Did you know?
Nzo served as the ANC's secretary-general from 1969 until 1991.
Born 1925 in Benoni, Alfred Nzo was shipped off to the Eastern Cape to attend a missionary school. By 1945 he was attending the politically active Fort Hare University (the same university Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo attended) and there joined the African National Congress Youth League. After his second year of study, he dropped out of university to work as a health inspector and dedicated his spare time to politics – until he was fired for his political involvement.
In 1956, Nzo was elected chairperson of the ANC branch in Alexandra and faced detainment, house arrest and a prison sentence. In 1963, the ANC sent him into exile to lobby for international support against the apartheid regime together with Oliver Tambo.
South African politician Alfred Nzo served as the ANC's secretary-general from 1969 until 1991. During this time, Nzo was sent to various countries including Egypt, India, Zambia and Tanzania where he represented the ANC. Together with Oliver Tambo and others, Nzo acted as the ANC's backbone – holding down the fort and propagating the party's struggle while their comrades were imprisoned on Robben Island and in other prisons. Once the ban on the ANC was lifted and Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990, Nzo returned to his motherland.
At the ANC National Conference in South Africa in 1991, Nzo was elected the ANC's new secretary-general. Considered to be one of the ANC's most senior men, Nzo was appointed the first Minister of Foreign Affairs in the post-apartheid government in 1994 after the democratic elections.
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Book a flight to Mumbai with Qatar Airways and you'll enjoy the hustle and bustle of India's largest city and commercial capital first-hand. This eclectic city is a mix of ancient bazaars and glistening skyscrapers. Yet there is far more to Mumbai than simply Bollywood and air-conditioned shopping malls.
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Just ate some- yummy! Good luck at Boston! Rock that Marathon. I'm jealous of your abilities. I'll be sitting on the couch.ReplyDelete
I own that race!!!ReplyDelete
hi janet!!! do you think you could share your recipe for apple sauce too?? i'm peruvian, and store-bought apple sauce is imported here from the states so it's kind of expensive. i've found a few recipes online but i'd love to know how you make it!! thanks!!ReplyDelete
Hi Cristina, I make my applesauce by peeling and coring about 10 tart apples. Cut the apples into 1-inch size chunks and add about 1/2 cup water and 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Place in a large pot and cover the pot. Simmer until the apples are soft. I taste the apples and determine how much sugar I want to add. It depends on how sweet you like it. Add sugar and about 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, depending on how much spice you would like. If you want smooth applesauce, put the cooked apples into a blender, food processor or just mash with a potato masher. Does that help. Send me an email, if you would like more detailed info. It's pretty easy.ReplyDelete
it does, thanks so much!!! :)ReplyDelete
hi janet!!! i just came back to this recipe and realized the applesauce version is the one for high altitude. can you give me any suggestions on how i could make it with applesauce at sea level?? thanks!!!ReplyDelete
HI Cristina, Here is the recipe formulated for sea level. You can still use applesauce:ReplyDelete
1 2/3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoons salt
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup oil
1/4 cup applesauce
2 tablespoons low fat yogurt or sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup walnuts
Directions are the same as above. You can use 1/2 cup oil and omit the applesauce altogether if you wish.
I hope this helps. Happy baking.
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I have polished off a loaf of this myself. It can be addicting. I hope you love it.Delete
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Hi Janet, A friend just told me about your blog and I LOVE IT! So glad!! Do you just bottle your applesauce?ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm so glad your friend told me about my blog. I do bottle my own applesauce, but in times of need I'm not opposed to buying some.Delete
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- Anonymous2/16/13, 8:01 AM
HI, Janet, thanks a lot for sharing your wonderful recipes first, I am from Germany and like many recipes here very much. However, I really have problems when deciding how much is 1 cup of flour cause that is not at least a common unit in Germany, and it's also different for different types of flour as I searched online. So could you please post more details on the flour amount later? Danke schoen!ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm on it. I can convert to weight if that would help. 1 cup flour = 133 grams. Will this help?Delete
Here is a link to a conversion chart. http://allrecipes.com/howto/cup-to-gram-conversions/Delete
Let me know if this helps. Thanks for trying my recipes and visiting my blog.
- Anonymous2/17/13, 1:58 AM
Ha, it is great that I can get such a quick reply! And I am right going to try it today, so it reaaaally helps!Delete
I'm gonna tell you the trial report, too! besides, is it fine if I want to repost it somewhere with a link of your blog this recipe (in Chinese probably)? Like many people said, you are a great cooking book!
I would love to hear how your bread turns out with the conversions. You may post this on your blog with a link to me. Thank you so much for asking. Please let me know when you post it, so I can see your fabulous skills.Delete
- Anonymous2/18/13, 10:28 AM
Hi, Janet, one bad and one good news, the bad thing is I forgot to convert the degree from Fahrenheit to Celsius..., the good thing is, it is still quite yummy...inside.;-)(I found it started to burn after 20 min so I turned it down). So I hope this will be my last time having a well grilled bread, but for sure I will have it from time to time for it is so simple and tasty to make!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous3/2/13, 3:13 PM
hi,Janet, I have just done it once again, worked perfectly this time! and this is my report in Chinese to you!ReplyDelete
The crust is fabulous, banana flavor is great, moisture is awesome! And I read it will be better tomorrow!! Amazing.ReplyDelete


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open source too and really well done
I would like to suggest to include the early version of openVAS in BT3 (of course only if it does not delay the release :-).
About OpenVAS:
"OpenVAS stands for Open Vulnerability Assessment System and is a network security scanner with associated tools like a graphical user fontend. The core is a server component with a set of network vulnerability tests (NVTs) to detect security problems in remote systems and applications.
OpenVAS products are Free Software under GNU GPL and a fork of Nessus 2.2"
I think this would be a real killer feature for the professional use of your CD.
i know it but i prefer something more solid like SARA
open source too and really well done
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Is SARA still maintained? I thought it died ages ago.
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So this year is my sons very first christmas. His first time waking up christmas morning to a stocking overflowed, his first time seeing the beautifuly lit tree overwhelmed with presents, his first time seeing the jolly red guy his uncle is dressed up as. I should be happy, I should be excited. The last 2 years I have dreaded christmas and all the trimmings. This year I have something to celebrate, someone to celebrate. So why aren't I smiling. Could it be the fact that right now I am staring at the calendar on the fridge which is more full than not? Why would this bother me? Because almost all the events are with my husbands family. Although I adore them and they are all wonderful to me, they remind me of what I have lost....my family. As most of you who will read this know, my mom, my best friend, my whole world died on October 20, 2008 leaving behind, myself, my brother and sister and my father. I thought, I guess assumed that when mom passed away our family of 5 would become a family of 4. Little did i know, we would become a family of 3 as my dad somehow lost interest somewhere along the way. How the hell do you lose interest in being a family? I'm not sure, i'll ask him the next time he speaks to me for 5 whole minutes every few months. Is this him grieving? Never speaking of the woman he spent the last 32 years of his life with? moving on within days of her passing and then getting married? Removing the clothes, the pictures, the memories of the woman he kissed goodnight every night of his life? Is this him grieving or are his true colors showing, does he really want to forget his old life and eveything in it? I cant take the heartache anymore, I just want my old life back. I am 29 years old, I know the difference, but Santa if you see this please bring my mom back to me and my family. God bless you Santa xo


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Variable Renewable Integration: Power System Flexibility and Operating Under Uncertainty
Aidan Tuohy, Electric Power Research Institute
Friday, April 18, 2014, 3:30pm
Spanos Auditorium
This seminar is part of the Jones Seminars on Science, Technology, and Society series.
As the penetration of variable renewable generation sources such as wind and solar continues to increase, integrating these resources into the power system in a reliable and cost effective manner will become increasingly important. This presentation will describe the major impacts of wind and solar PV on power system operations and planning. Experience to date and studies will be used to demonstrate how these manifest themselves on various systems, both in terms of cost and reliability. Solutions to more effectively integrate variable renewables will be outlined, including technologies such as demand response and storage and new operational and planning techniques. Current R&D in this area will be described, with focus on system flexibility assessment, impact of behind the meter distributed generation, the use of forecasting, and stochastic techniques to optimize power system operations.
About the Speaker
Dr. Aidan Tuohy is a project manager/technical leader at the Electric Power Research Institute, where he has worked since 2010. At EPRI, he is the technical lead for the research program on bulk system integration of variable generation, and innovation scout for Distributed Energy Resource integration. His research interests include power system flexibility assessment methods, the impact of distributed renewables on bulk system planning and operations, assessment of the use of storage and demand response to integrate variable generation, and the integration of variable generation forecasting into operation. He received his Ph.D. from the Electricity Research Centre at University College Dublin, Ireland in 2009, and his B.E. from University College Cork in 2005. Prior to working with EPRI he was a consultant to the International Energy Agency, as well as providing consultancy to various Irish and international power industry companies.


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17th National Trails Symposium Comes to Austin Oct. 21-24
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas trails have evolved throughout the centuries from woodland traces blazed by Native Americans following wild game to a system of 500 designated trailways throughout the state catering to hikers, joggers, cyclists, equestrians, paddlers and motorized trail enthusiasts.
More than 600 people and 100 exhibitors from throughout the nation will gather in the Austin Convention Center Oct. 21-24 for the 17th National Trails Symposium to discuss current national trails issues and share innovative trail construction and financing techniques. This is the first time the trails meeting, which is held every two years, has been held in Texas, giving local trail planners the opportunity to learn from national experts.
Outdoor recreation professionals, trails planners, contractors, land managers, trail users and attendees from diverse public and private backgrounds will explore "The Emerging Role of Trails in American Lifestyles" – this year's symposium theme. Keynote speakers will include U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Austin Mayor Will Wynn and Linda Armstrong-Kelly, mother of hometown cycling hero Lance Armstrong.
Kicking off the conference at 6:15 p.m. Thursday in the Convention Hall will be a colorful, 15-minute program about the history of American trails, featuring Native Americans, a Texas Ranger re-enactor and costumed children helping to bring the story of the evolution of the Texas trails system from the days of Native Americans and buffalo hunters to today's railroads and highways. An opening reception with a welcome by Robert L. Cook, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department executive director, will follow.
"This is the start of a multiyear process that provides a chance for Texans to come together for Texas to initiate discussions leading to the development of a state trail plan," said symposium co-chair Joe Moore of the Grapevine Parks & Recreation Department.
Moore said he believes that because the state's population is expected to double in the next 30 years, the timing is critical to make sure trails are considered an integral part of transportation and quality of life issues.
"Trails," he said, "are not the entire answer, but can play a significant role in improving urban Texans' lifestyles by contributing to their health and fitness, and by conserving areas that might succumb to future development. A number of other states have statewide trail plans, and this is our opportunity to create the Great Texas Trail."
Serving as a backdrop to the conference is the recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that President George W. Bush is proposing $125 million for a new "healthy cities" initiative that would provide funds for trails and other programs, in order to help combat a national obesity crisis and associated health problems. Texas already receives $2.4 million a year from the federally funded Recreational Trail Fund. These funds are distributed each summer through a competitive grant process to help underwrite state and local trail construction projects.
There is no cost for the public to visit the American Lifestyles Trail & Greenway in the Exhibit Hall from 3-6 p.m. on opening day, Oct. 21 and again from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday. The public also may attend Thursday's free "Texas Trails Conference: Building the Great Texas Trails" (8:30 a.m.-4 pm.) and "Accessibility and Trails" workshops (1-5 p.m.).
Highlighting symposium activities on Friday will be a luncheon keynote address by Wynn, Austin's mayor. The symposium will conclude Sunday shortly after a luncheon with Doggett and Armstrong-Kelly.
In addition to more than 80 presentations offering a state-of-the-art look at trails as they exist today, the symposium includes a volksmarch on Austin's 10-mile Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail and 25 field trips organized by the Austin Parks & Recreation Department. Among the field trips offered are visits to the San Antonio Riverwalk and Mission Trail, Enchanted Rock and Hill Country state natural area, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Canyon of the Eagles Lodge & Nature Park and Barton Creek Wilderness Park.
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It's more than just alliteration; it's a statement, a proclamation that Thursdays are when the weekend should really start. Kicking it off right is the key, and what better way than with a cocktail that not only takes the edge off, but tastes good too. A hard thing to disagree with, we know. Drink up, get down and go to sleep happy.
Ernest Hemingway traveled long and far in his lifetime, but only one destination drastically altered the writer's drinking habits. Long story short, Cuba and its rum-soaked daiquiris will always hold a place in Hemingway's liver. On a particularly parched evening, he is even reputed to have thrown back a whopping 16 of them.
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Malmesbury residents are again keeping an anxious eye on the weather today after more heavy rain overnight.
Those living near the town bridge took precautions by lifting furniture upstairs this morning, as water reached the top of the arches at the Silk Mills.
By about 11am the River Avon had burst its banks and a couple of gardens on St John's Street were flooded.
Former mayor Ray Sanderson, who heads the Malmesbury flood alleviation working party, said: "There's a few inches of water affecting two or three gardens at the moment but it's not inside any properties. They've got the sandbags out. There is more rain forecast tonight unfortunately."
The Met Office has issued an amber warning for overnight, with rain forecast until Sunday evening.
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NEW ORLEANS – The accolades continue to roll in for Cross Country's Tereza Novotna as the Saint Leo freshman was selected to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-South Region team, it was announced Monday evening.
Recognizing nearly 400 athletes from across the Division II ranks, Novotna earned the award by finishing the NCAA South Region meet in the top-25.
Within the last week, Novotna had been selected Sunshine State Conference Runner of the Year, in addition to Freshman of the Year. She notched a spot on the SSC All-Conference team and closed-out the week by crossing the finish line second out of 100 competitors at the NCAA South Region run in Tampa last Saturday. It was the highest finish in the history of the Lions' cross country program, and solidified the first-ever NCAA Championship bid for the squad.
Chico State led men's teams with seven athletes earning All-Region honors, followed by Grand Valley State, Alaska Anchorage, Tampa, UMass Lowell, and Colorado Mines, and Adams State which had six each.
On the women's side, Grand Valley State bested the field with seven honorees, and were followed by Stonehill, Shippensburg, Adams State, Tampa, Alaska Anchorage, and Chico State with six apiece.
This was the first year in which the USTFCCCA recognized the top 25 finishers from the NCAA Regional Championships as All-Region honorees. Previously the distinction went to the top 15 among the regions' top finishers.
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I am very excited about this recipe. The more I embrace the vegan diet, the more I discover recipes I can make vegan. Like these tarts, for example! I always used to think one needs an egg white (if not the whole egg) to bind the base ingredients together when making a tart and one might even need to throw in some dairy or another egg for the filling, right? Wrong! These tasty zucchini tarts are 100% vegan and truly truly enjoyable!
The final recipes for my 21-day vegan challenge are coming up later this week. I have received some encouraging feedback from quite a few people and I thank you so much for that! To me personally, this has been the easiest 'challenge' I have ever embarked and if it truly takes 21 days to change a habit (that's what they say!), this has certainly done more than just that. I have learned to embrace the vegan diet, learned so much about veganism and my only regret is that I haven't done this earlier! Anyway, I will share more thoughts about going vegan and a summary of the challenge a bit later. In the mean time, here's the vegan zucchini tart recipe!
Vegan Zucchini Tarts
(makes 2 small individual tarts)
50g rolled oats
20g puffed brown rice
80g rye flour (or wholegrain spelt flour)
pinch of quality salt (Celtic sea salt is excellent)
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons water
about 1/2 cup (100g) cooked quinoa (left-over is fine)
1 zucchini, sliced into thin disks
100g rough almond meal
extra-virgin olive oil
1. Grind the rolled oats and puffed brown rice in a food processor. Add flour and salt and grind until quite fine. Add olive oil and water and lightly knead into a ball. Divide the dough into two and spread into two greased (with olive oil) individual tart pans (12-13cm each). Cool in the fridge for about 15 minutes.
2. Preheat the oven to 180C.
3. Bake the bases for 10-12 minutes. Remove from the oven and spread the quinoa on top of the bases. Top the quinoa with the zucchini slices, sprinkle the almond meal on top and drizzle with some olive oil. Continue to bake for a further 15-20 minutes. You can lower the oven to 160C. Leave to cool on a wire rack before removing from the pans and serving.


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You may have recently heard the news that Adobe plans to increase its efforts on HTML5, and to focus Flash on mobile applications (packaged with AIR) and PC browsing with an emphasis on use cases not yet addressed by HTML5, including premium video and console-quality gaming; and thus, will no longer develop Flash Player for mobile web browsers. Now, you may be wondering how this will affect Adobe Scene7.
Simply, the Adobe Scene7 dynamic media delivery solutions are aligned with this strategy. The current and future roadmap investments focus on standardizing on HTML5 to deliver engaging visual experiences on mobile screens. With the recent launch of Adobe Scene7 5.5, we added a new HTML5 SDK for developing custom viewers for zoom and spin. We plan to continue building on this foundation to extend to other viewer types and add more visually-rich capabilities to our HTML5-based viewers. More details about the Scene7 HTML5 SDK are available in latest Scene7 product release notice.
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