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It started innocently enough: A friend brought a kale salad from "The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook" to a vegetarian dinner party, and I could have eaten thirds, it was so good. I mean, I like kale and all, but when does it ever inspire chocolate-like cravings?
Then I happened to notice the cookbook on the library display shelf. I checked it out and brought it home. Fortuitously, it contained a raspberry-scone recipe, and I needed to make raspberry scones for a column. Whoa. My son and I could have eaten the entire batch in one sitting.
Thanks to our library's generous renewal policy, I had this cookbook on my kitchen counter for more than two months, but finally I was forced to give it up (sniffle). I've buried my family under Smitten Kitchen dishes: Big Cluster Maple Granola. Wild Rice Gratin with Kale, Caramelized Onions and Baby Swiss. Sesame-Spiced Turkey Meatballs and Smashed Chickpea Salad. Whole Lemon Bars. (See recipes.) Plus peach pancakes, a Southwest-style egg frittata, an Asian slaw, a cauliflower pasta dish and a riff on St. Louis gooey butter cake. I'm lusting to make peach dumplings with bourbon sauce when I can just get the time.
I fear I have an addiction.
I confess I don't read as many food blogs as a food writer probably should, so I wasn't previously familiar with Deb Perelman in her native habitat of smittenkitchen.com, which she has run since 2006, when food blogs were in their infancy. The blog is still what she considers her "real job" -- in fact, she needed two whole years to complete the cookbook because of it.
"The book was, to me, a side project that I was working on after I had up what I wanted on the site."
Perhaps her loyalty to the site stems from her unusual success. Let's face it: Food blogs are a dime a dozen, but how many of them yield a decent living?
How does hers?
"I think I got lucky," she demurs. When she started it, she held a day job and ran the site in the evenings and on weekends until she eventually made enough money from ads to quit the day job.
And she lives in New York City, so that tells you how many ads the site had to sell.
More surreal is the fact that she learned to cook by reading cookbooks, messing around in the kitchen and watching the Food Network -- no formal training. In her cookbook intro, however, she concedes that there is one thing that sets her apart from your average home cook: "obsessiveness."
"It's not enough for me to go to a restaurant and have a chicken dish that was mostly good but possibly in need of more acid," she writes. "I have to go home and read about chicken for an hour. I have to figure out where I am most likely to find the best chicken that afternoon and then I have to buy that chicken and go home and weigh all the ingredients and make note of what size the potatoes were and exactly how far into the cooking time I turned them and the texture of the salt and the brand of the vermouth and tweak it and make it again and again until the chicken is just as I had hoped it would be on the day I first ordered it."
In other words, she's got the qualities of a good recipe developer/tester -- someone who leaves nothing in the written recipe to chance. Not to mention a sense of humor, which probably also grabs her a reader or two.
Besides devotion to her website, there was a second reason her cookbook was two years in the making: She had a baby.
At 32 weeks pregnant (according to the cookbook's acknowledgements section), she "waddled" into her agent's office, and by the time she waddled out, she was cooking up a book. The book is dedicated to "Jacob Henry, the best thing I ever baked," and includes photos of him two years after that pregnant meeting.
But the long cookbook-writing process and simultaneous devotion to the blog do not mean that the cookbook recipes were blog discards. Especially in the case of the Whole Lemon Bars, Ms. Perelman often found it exasperating to have to keep her mouth shut about cookbook recipes she was developing. She was accustomed to instant gratification: Discover something delicious, then stick it up on the blog and share it with the world. With the book, she had to wait. And wait.
Those lemon bars were in some ways the hardest to keep secret. Imagine the ease of making divine lemon bars without the hassle of zesting and juicing the darn lemons! She couldn't wait to share her discovery.
One thing the book lacks is preaching. She's not the type to instruct readers to use five different types of sea salt or buy only organic free-range eggs.
"While I agree with the values behind" such things as organic produce and free-range meats -- and she buys many of those things herself, particularly meat -- "it doesn't feel right to me to preach. It's very alienating. I don't know why you'd want to make an enemy of your readers.
"I feel like you should be able to buy the groceries you can afford, where you like to shop, and cook well" no matter what.
So... when is the next book coming out?
Well, about that: There is no next book. Not now, anyhow.
"I'm not done with the first book yet," she said, noting she's planning a fall publicity tour in the U.K. And her top priority at this point is to "repopulate the site with fresh recipes and ideas" because it fell by the wayside a tad during the book mania.
"Two new recipes a week is my ideal pace" for the blog, she said. "If I could write a book every several years, that would be great."
Her fans will just have to wait awhile.
Or check the blog.
Big cluster maple granola
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3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
1 cup unsweetened shredded or flaked coconut
1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
1/4 cup toasted wheat germ
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1/2 cup maple syrup (or 2/3 cup if a sweeter granola is preferred)
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 large egg white
11/2 cups dried cherries or another dried fruit, diced if large pieces
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Combine all ingredients but the egg white and dried fruit in a large bowl, tossing to coat evenly.
Whisk the egg white in a small bowl until frothy. Stir into the granola mixture, distributing it throughout. Spread it in a single layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Bake for 45 to 55 minutes. About halfway through the baking time, use a large spatula to turn over sections of the granola carefully, breaking them up as little as possible. Rotate the pan if granola is baking unevenly. When it is evenly browned and feels dry to the touch, transfer the pan from the oven to the cooling rack.
Cool completely. Then break up granola into whatever size clusters delight you. Sprinkle in dried fruit.
Granola keeps at room temperature in an airtight container for 2 weeks or even longer in the freezer. Makes about 7 cups.
-- "The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook" by Deb Perelman (Knopf, 2012)
Wild rice gratin with kale, caramelized onions and baby Swiss
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For the wild rice
5 cups cooked wild rice (from 12/3 cups uncooked)
For caramelized onions
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 large sweet onions, halved and thinly sliced
1/2 teaspoon table salt
Freshly ground black pepper
4 cups stemmed, ribboned kale leaves
To assemble
2 cups coarsely grated Emmentaler or another Swiss cheese, divided
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
3/4 cup chicken or vegetable broth
1 cup fine, dry breadcrumbs
Table salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Cook the rice according to package directions.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Caramelize the onions: Heat the butter and olive oil in a large, heavy skillet over medium-low heat. Add onions, sprinkle with salt and a little pepper, and cook until tender and sweet, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes. Add the kale ribbons and cook until they wilt a bit, about 5 minutes. Stir together the onion-kale mixture, wild rice and 1 cup grated cheese in a large bowl. Season to taste with additional salt and pepper if needed.
Assemble the gratin: Use 1 tablespoon butter to generously coat a 2-quart baking dish. Spread the wild-rice mixture into prepared gratin and pour broth over it. Sprinkle remaining cheese over gratin. Toss breadcrumbs with 1 tablespoon melted butter and salt and pepper to taste; sprinkle over cheese.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a little bubbly and beginning to brown on top. Serves 10 to 12 as a side dish.
-- "The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook" by Deb Perelman (Knopf, 2012)
Sesame-spiced turkey meatballs and smashed chickpea salad
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For the meatballs
1 pound ground turkey
2/3 cup fresh breadcrumbs (from 1 to 2 slices sandwich bread)
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon table salt
1 large egg
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon Aleppo pepper
Pinch of cayenne pepper, or 1/4 teaspoon Aleppo red pepper flakes
2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
Olive oil, to coat pan
For the chickpea salad
1 3/4 cups cooked chickpeas, drained and rinsed
Handful of pitted, halves, and very thinly sliced green olives
1/2 teaspoon ground sumac, plus more for garnish
Chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 small garlic clove, minced
Pinch of cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon table salt
Olive oil
Form meatballs: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine all of the meatball ingredients in a medium bowl with a fork, breaking up the clumps of meat until the ingredients are evenly distributed. Form turkey mixture into 11/2-inch, or golf ball-sized, meatballs and arrange them on a tray.
Cook meatballs: Heat a generous slick of olive oil in a large ovenproof saute pan with a lid. Brown the meatballs in batches, being careful not to crowd the pan or nudge them before they are nicely browned. These meatballs are soft, so use a gentle hand. Transfer the meatballs to a paper-towel-lined tray and continue cooking in more batches until they are all browned.
Discard the oil and wipe all but a thin layer from the pan. Return all of the meatballs to the pan and transfer to preheated oven. Bake until a thermometer reads an internal temperature of 160 to 165 degrees, or about 10 to 15 minutes.
Make chickpea salad: Mix all salad ingredients except olive oil in a small to mid-sized bowl. Very lightly smash the chickpea mixture with the back of a fork or a potato masher. You're not looking for a hummus-like puree but something closer to a coarse chop, with a few smaller bits to hold it together. Dress the chickpeas with a drizzle of olive oil and stir to combine. Adjust seasoning to taste. Serve with meatballs.
Serves 4.
-- "The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook" by Deb Perelman (Knopf, 2012)
Whole lemon bars
PG tested
For the crust
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon table salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into chunks, plus extra for greasing pan
For the filling
1 small-to-medium-sized lemon
1 1/2 cups sugar
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into chunks
4 large eggs
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon table salt
Place a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut 2 12-inch lengths of parchment paper and trim each to fit the bottom of an 8-inch square baking pan. Press the first sheet into the bottom and up the sides of your pan in one direction, then use the second sheet to line the rest of the pan, running it perpendicular to the first sheet. Lightly butter exposed parts of parchment or coat them with nonstick cooking spray. Set pan aside.
Make the crust: Blend the flour, sugar, and salt together in the work bowl of a food processor. Add butter and pulse until mixture is powdery, but if firmly pinched, will hold the pinched shape. Turn the dough crumbs into the prepared baking pan and press the dough evenly across the bottom and about 1/2 inch up the sides. Prick the dough all over with a fork and bake for 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Should any parts bubble up, gently prick them with a fork. Remove from oven but leave the oven on.
Make your filling: Cut lemon in half. If the white part of the skin is 1/4 inch thick at its widest part, continue on to the next step. But if any part is thicker than 1/4 inch, place half the lemon cut-side-down on cutting board and remove the skin and pith from the entire half in downward parts and discard. The second half can be used as-is.
Cut lemon halves into thin rings and discard any seeds. Toss lemon rounds -- lemon flesh and peel -- in the bowl of your food processor, add the sugar and run the machine until the lemon is thoroughly pureed, about 2 minutes. Add the butter and again run the machine until the mixture is smooth, scraping down the sides of the work bowl as needed. Add the eggs, cornstarch and salt and pulse the machine in short bursts until the mixture is evenly combined.
Pour the lemon mixture over the crust and bake it for 35 to 40 minutes or until the filling is set. You can test this by bumping the pan a little; it should only jiggle slightly. The bars will probably be beginning to brown on the top just a bit.
Let the pan cool completely on rack or in the fridge. Gently cut around the outside of the parchment paper to make sure no sides have stuck, then gently use the parchment "sling" to transfer bars from pan to cutting board. Cut into 16 squares.
-- "The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook" by Deb Perelman (Knopf, 2012)
Rebecca Sodergren: firstname.lastname@example.com or on Twitter @pgfoodevents. First Published October 3, 2013 4:00 AM
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Insurers' first-half earnings seen doubling
Earnings of the mainland's insurance companies might have doubled in the first half because of higher investment income and lower funding costs, the industry's regulator said.
Total profits of about 26.1 billion yuan (HK$29.61 billion) were expected to be announced for the six months to June, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission said yesterday on its website.
Shares of the top three insurers have surged since last week, while the mainland stock market has gained more than 75 per cent so far this year.
As the largest institutional players in the domestic stock market, mainland insurers are benefiting from the stunning rally that began in March.
Ping An Insurance (Group), the mainland's second-largest, jumped 10.27 per cent to HK$65.50 yesterday. Bigger rival China Life Insurance rose 6.49 per cent to HK$32.80. China Pacific Insurance (Group) added 0.87 per cent to 29.06 yuan in Shanghai.
'The guidance [by the CIRC] is conservative, given that mainland insurers made hefty investment losses last year,' said Tony Tong, an analyst at China Everbright Research. 'As the mainland stock market continues to soar, so do insurance companies, as they are very leveraged to it.'
Investors in the mainland market held the second most bullish view in the Asia-Pacific last quarter, according to the latest survey by ING. Its reading for the mainland jumped to 158 from 124 on a scale of 0 to 200.
ABN Amro expects China Life to report a 28.3 per cent rise in earnings to 27.29 billion yuan for the full year, while Ping An is expected to see yearly earnings up more than 48 times to 12.91 billion yuan - the company had to make huge provisions last year for its ill-fated investment in Fortis.
'The industry is well placed for growth [given] the current macro policy backdrop,' said the brokerage in a recent report. 'Reform initiatives should improve underlying profitability, and investment liberalisation should fit sustainable valuations in the longer term.'
The CIRC said the moderately loose monetary policy had benefited insurers by lowering funding costs of longer-term insurance policies.
While demand for general insurance is propped up by the country's infrastructure stimulus programme, the regulator said the industry needed to be mindful about the chances of such demand being sustained in the second half.
Total invested assets were valued at 3.4 trillion yuan at the end of last month, a 10.4 per cent rise from a year earlier, the CIRC said.
Stocks and equity mutual funds accounted for 16.6 per cent of the invested assets, up 3.3 per cent from the start of the year. Bond investment accounted for 50.2 per cent, down 7.7 per cent.
The CIRC also said a total of 598.61 billion yuan in premiums were collected in the first half, an increase of 6.6 per cent, less than the 19 per cent rise in the first quarter.
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Why on EARTH is this not the biggest news of the day in that the entire economic concepts of the Teaparty rank and file is contradicted by the GOP leaders/
Ooops...Romney contradicts Teaparty and Boehner on cuts and their ability to help the economy.
The story has an update having Boehner admitting long term cuts are the way to go and using weasel words explaining how cuts today may not be the way to go...maybe. However the Teaparty held the nation hostage over paying the bills (the debt ceiling downgrade of course) therefore their denial of cutting spending leading to a lower GDP in the short term...is contradicted.
They are completely contradictory at every direction regardless which stand they take on cuts. The lowering of the credit rating costs us billions every year. They have been saying for years that cuts lead to progress...now Boehner is contradicting it and Romney full out said it would sink the GDP significantly and send us into a recession if not a Depression.
The fact is when you cut spending...you cut GDP. When you cut GDP you cut the total economic activity of the nation which is technically the definition of a recession. The time NOT to cut spending is now as we teeter on a Depression.
I say....bravo Teabaggers! Anyone who can put the dots together realizes the Teabaggers are simply trying to sink the economy and lie to the world about it. The problem is that half of the nation thinks the Teabaggers are correct in thinking cuts lead to progress and now the Republican leadership is calling that half that agreed with them....stupid...as GOP leaders completely disavow Austerity.
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12 Commandments of Food
1. Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food.
2. Avoid products containing ingredients you can't pronounce.
3. Don't eat anything that won't eventually rot.
4. Avoid food products that carry health claims.
5. Shop the peripheries of the supermarket; stay out of the middle.
6. Better yet, buy food somewhere else: framer's market or community supported agriculture.
7. Pay more, eat less.
8. Eat a variety of species.
9. Eat food from animals that eat grass.
10. If you can, grow some of your own food.
11. Eat meals and eat them only at tables.
12. Eat deliberately, with other people whenever possible, and always with pleasure.
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I'm giving you the original recipe. I have modified it, but the original is so good. I don't feel bad at all about 1/3 cup of flour (so very little). I have done it with different gluten-free flours and they turned out fine. I skipped the brown sugar, and instead of butter I used coconut oil. Here you go!
The recipe comes from a book titled, HOMESTYLE asian
1/3 cup flour (all-purpose works, but have tried lots of gf flours)
2 tablespoons of rice flour
1/4 cup of superfine sugar
1/4 cup grated dried coconut
1 cup coconut milk
1egg, lightly beaten1/4 cup butter
4 large bananas
1/3 cup of soft brown sugar
1/3 cup lime juice
1. Sift the flours in a bowl. Add the sugar and coconut and mix through with a spoon. Make a well in the centre, pour in the combined coconut milk and egg and beat until smooth.
2. Heat a non-stick frying pan and melt a little butter in it. Pour 3 tablespoons of the pancake mixture into the pan and cook over medium heat until the underside is golden.
3. Turn the pancake over and cook the other side. Transfer to a plate and cover with a dish towel to keep warm while cooking the rest, butter in the pan when necessary. Keep warm while preparing the bananas.
4. Cut the bananas diagonally into thick slices. Heat the remaining butter in the pan, add the bananas and toss until coated. Cook over medium heat until the bananas start to soften and brown. Sprinkle with the brown sugar and shake the pan gently until the sugar has melted. Stir in the lime juice. Divide the bananas among the pancakes and fold over to enclose.


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Visited the INS site you listed but I'm not clear on whether or not there's a
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MILTON, Ga. – Students at Cogburn Woods Elementary school in Milton were treated to an exciting holiday surprise on their last day of school before the winter break, Wednesday, Dec. 19. As the kids dreamily gazed out of their classroom windows, what to their wondering eyes did appear, but Principal Bruce Fraser leading two live reindeer.
Fraser, who loves a good surprise, arranged for the reindeer (actually caribou) to visit the school, unbeknownst even to the teachers who joined their students in gaping out of the windows as Fraser led the antlered animals around the perimeter of the school and through the courtyard.
The Cogburn Woods PTA partners with Fraser each year to create a bit of winter magic for the students.
Kim Plaziak, PTA co-president, said last year's surprise was a bit more labor intensive. Fraser and a few parents took a truck to the Cooler Ice Rink in Alpharetta to pick up any extra ice shavings left behind after the Zamboni machine levels the rinks. The "snow" was then shoveled around the entrances to the Cogburn Woods cafeteria to create a wintry scene.
Fraser says educators have the power to create lifelong positive memories for children.
"When we have an opportunity to put a smile on a child's face and fill their heart with joy, we have an obligation to do so, as they will work harder and be better for it," he said.
Plaziak said this year's reindeer visit was a big hit.
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No one was hurt during the shooting, which police say allegedly stemmed from road rage.
A couple from Merrillville was driving in the left lane near the I-80 Lake Station exit when a silver or gray Dodge Charger with tinted windows drove up behind them.
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*To mix Cyzmic CS: Add when filling spray tank with water, or fill tank 1/3 - 1/2 with water, add Cyzmic CS, then finish filling the tank. Shake or agitate the mixture before spraying.
*If diluted spray is stored overnight, agitate before using. Only dilute what you plan to use within 24 hours of mixing.
*Apply Cyzmic CS mixture as a spot or crack and crevice treatment where roaches have been seen or can find shelter or entry. Application sites may include:
- Entry points such as around doors, windows, and water pipes.
- Areas where roaches travel such as baseboards and corners.
- Areas where roaches hide such as behind or under refrigerators, stoves, and sinks.
*Do not apply on top of bait placements or where bait placements may be made. As a general rule, spray low, and bait high.
*Keep pets and children out of the treatment area until the spray is dry.
*Do not spray food handling surfaces or in ways in which food or utensils may be contaminated with the spray.
*Reapply every 21 days as needed.
STEP 4: Be Patient
*Complete roach control may take from a few weeks up to six months, depending on the size of the population and your diligence with good sanitation practices. Large populations do not appear overnight, so they will not be eliminated overnight.
*Use the included Catchmaster Insect Monitor Glue Boards to track your progress:
- Separate each card along the perforated lines to create three smaller boards from each larger card. This will create a total of 12 monitors from the 4 larger cards.
- Fold each trap gently to create a right triangle shape. Remove the adhesive covering on the angled top tab, then firmly press the logoed panel to the adhesive, creating a secure triangle trap with three openings.
- Carefully remove the interior paper to expose the glue surface inside the trap.
- Place glue traps in areas where you have found roaches to hide, travel, or breed, such as in and under cabinets, behind toilets, under appliances, and in corners. If desired, remove the cover sheet on the bottom of each trap to expose the adhesive. Press firmly to a clean, dry surface to secure traps in place.
- Monitor traps weekly to check your progress.
- Replace traps if full of roaches, dust, or other debris.
*Reapply products according to the instructions above until the roaches are eliminated.
*For situations requiring treatments over several months, rotate your baits using our Roach Control Kit Rotation B and Roach Control Kit Rotation C .
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Roach Control Kit B
By Rema in Margarettsville on 09/03/2015
It works, and works, and made me wonder how much money I have thrown away over the years and not been able to control my roach problem. I used this product last year and then again as a precaution again this year. It works, it does just what it says. Money saver!
18 of 18 people found this review helpful:
By Iris in Anniston, Alabama on 11/19/2015
I was about to call an exterminator but I went ahead and ordered the kit. It arrived, just as described. I followed all of the directions and started using canisters for my sugar, flour, etc. I did a thorough cleaning of my house before my initial application. After the first night I noticed a difference. Most of the roaches I was seeing were dead. A couple of weeks later, my daughter came over and asked what was I using. She had noticed the difference. I am impressed!
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By Emily in SouthEast Georgia on 03/14/2016
We have used Rotation A & B and are now to the point that we just need the roach bait and spray in Rotation C as we have used this weekly for two months. We had a horrible problem with roaches, couldn't get rid of them even using professionals. Within the first two weeks we saw a HUGE difference! We are two months in and have only seen maybe 5 in a 3 day time frame. We have done continual clean outs (cabinets, behind appliances, behind & under furniture even behind pictures on the walls...you'd be amazed where these little boogers will hide.) We have zero on the sticky pads, and 3 out of the 5 we saw over the weekend were deformed and looked weird. So glad we were finally able to find this product!!!
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By Carol in S. DAYTONA, FL. on 05/08/2016
9 of 9 people found this review helpful:
Dead Bugs
By George in Florida on 10/26/2015
Have started seeing dead roaches. Product is working.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful:
Holy Dead
By Macey in TAHLEQUAH on 06/25/2016
We had someone bring their personal items into our home from their previous home, which had a roach infestation. That caused our house to have a roach infestation. I looked up solutions online and domyownpestcontrol.com was one of the sites that popped up. We ended up reading the reviews and decided to try it. Boy, we were impressed. This product is AMAZING. We noticed a difference in just a few days. I recommend this product to anyone that's having roach problems
3 of 3 people found this review helpful:
better then store bought chemicals
By Bruce in Miami Florida on 09/29/2016
I have used this kit for about a month after using the spray compound i found dead roaches every where. In the drawers and shelfs I have found roaches on their back, feet up and moving like they have been posioned. With the store bought stuff I have never seen this. We still have roaches but I see a major inprovement, with the bait and Gentrol I expect to see no roaches in 3 months. Ask me then and I'll give 5 stars if I see none
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Great product
By Gonzalez in Decatur, AL on 11/13/2016
House we recently moved into was infested with roaches! Only got a chance to use 2 gel bait, before i lost the box witht the rest of the goodies! :( that itself got rid of about 95% of the problem! Week later u might see one or two staggering out
Roach kill
By Paul in Spring on 04/27/2017
Great job.
It works
By Nancy in Sunrise on 05/03/2017
Use the bait and after 1 week not more undesirable friends in my house. I spray outside.
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06/21/2016 Jessica
QHow long do these kits last?
Just wondering how often I will need to buy a kit. Also wondering if I will have to buy all three kits, or will one or two knock them out.
A How long Roach Control Kit Rotation B will last depends really on how bad the infestation is you are dealing with. The Temprid SC in the kit is enough to make 2-4 gallons of finished solution and can be applied every 7-10 days for heavy infestations or once every 90 days for maintanence. The Gentrol Point Source should be replaced every 4 months. The Invict Gold Roach Bait Gel should be applied as needed or when it starts to become too dusty/dirty. Baits should be rotated every 3-4 months to help prevent resistance so if you are still dealing with a roach infestation after that time we would recommend rotating to the next kit, Rotation Kit C, as each kit contains a different bait. It is best to start with Rotation Kit A as the bait included has the fastest knockdown effect.
How long Roach Control Kit Rotation B will last depends really on how bad the infestation is you are dealing with. The Temprid SC in the kit is enough to make 2-4 gallons of finished solution and can be applied every 7-10 days for heavy infestations or once every 90 days for maintanence. The Gentrol Point Source should be replaced every 4 months. The Invict Gold Roach Bait Gel should be applied as needed or when it starts to become too dusty/dirty. Baits should be rotated every 3-4 months to help prevent resistance so if you are still dealing with a roach infestation after that time we would recommend rotating to the next kit, Rotation Kit C, as each kit contains a different bait. It is best to start with Rotation Kit A as the bait included has the fastest knockdown effect.
09/22/2015 Robert from Los Angeles, Ca
QDo the products in the Roach Control Kit Rotation B work on Oriental Roaches?
A No, the Invict Gold Roach Bait gel is only labeled for German roaches. A better option would be the Roach Control Kit Rotation A. All the products inside of it are labeled for Oriental roaches.
No, the Invict Gold Roach Bait gel is only labeled for German roaches.
A better option would be the Roach Control Kit Rotation A. All the products inside of it are labeled for Oriental roaches.
10/03/2016 Tonja from Thomas, Ok
QDo any of the Roach Control Kit Rotation B treatments contain peanut products?
We have a family member with extreme allergy to peanut products.
A Roach Control Kit Rotation B contains Invict Gold Roach bait gal which is made without the eight most common food allergens for sensitive applications. The gluboards are Scent Free or non-allergenic synthetic scents.
Roach Control Kit Rotation B contains Invict Gold Roach bait gal which is made without the eight most common food allergens for sensitive applications. The gluboards are Scent Free or non-allergenic synthetic scents.
06/06/2017 Richard from Charleston, Sc
QI have two dogs in my home. Would it be safe for me to use one of your Roach Control Kits?
A All of the products in our Roach Control Kits are pet safe when used as directed. Pets and people do need to be kept out of the area that is being treated, but can return as soon as all surfaces are thoroughly dry.
All of the products in our Roach Control Kits are pet safe when used as directed. Pets and people do need to be kept out of the area that is being treated, but can return as soon as all surfaces are thoroughly dry.


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If you've ever seen the adverts for Carphone Warehouse, and sympathised for the poor little mobile who was cast aside and forced to live on the streets when his owner bought a flash new phone, you will probably really feel for my old Dell Inspiron 1100. At the moment, it's tucked away on a shelf in a cabinet, far enough in so that no light falls upon in. It can see out, but it's shrouded in darkness, forlorn and rather grumpy at times. No one has played with it since February and it seems that no one is likely to play with it again, seeing as its A/C power adapter managed to break twice, and at £50 a pop for a new one, it hardly seems worth it.
Most definitely not hiding away in the shadows, is my lovely new Sony Vaio VGN-SZ2HP/B. I say new, but I bought it in August, and the new SZ3HP/B is already available to pre-order from Sony, at roughly the same price. The Sony Vaio range is cutting edge stuff, and keeps evolving to combine technical wizardry with aesthetic appeal. My little Vaio, or "my baby" as I have been heard to call it, is a thing of beauty. If you thought that iBooks and MacBooks were the only pretty laptops that had been invented to date, the newer Vaio series will change your opinion.
My particular machine is made of a lightweight magnesium alloy, which is beautiful to look at and also practical. Before buying this laptop, I did visit one of its siblings in the shops and spent a good ten minutes trying to scratch it, carefully avoiding the wrath of the sales assistant, all in the name of research, and this proved impossible. Granted, if you try something like a sharp blade, you'll probably be able to injure this lovely creature, but in daily usage, you're going to find it hard to scuff or scratch.
The lid, when closed, displays the instantly recognisable Vaio logo. It's in a silver colour, contrasted with the brushed black lid and base. When you open up the laptop, you'll notice that the main part of the laptop housing the keyboard is of a silver colour, and the black and silver combination really is quite stylish.
The lid itself is very thin - about half a centimetre, I'd wager. This doesn't mean that the monitor is rubbish, far from it - using Sony's X-black LCD technology, the screen delivers a sharp, accurate image with spot on lighting and contrast. If you turn the computer to an angle, you can still read what's on the screen - the colour doesn't seem weird and the picture doesn't blur. What this translates to really, is that if you're having a night in watching a DVD with friends, everyone can watch the movie properly. If the picture looks bizarre, then you know it was meant to look that way!
The monitor is 13.3", which equates to a 1280 x 800 resolution. For most people, this is big enough. I would ordinarily prefer a bigger screen area to work with, but for the sheer joy of having a beautiful featherlight machine, I've made that sacrifice. This computer is seriously portable - it comes in at a piddly 1.69kg. I can carry my Vaio everywhere without getting sore arms. Definitely designed for travel.
The keyboard is a regular Qwerty one, with a couple of buttons above it - S1, S2, power settings, wireless switch and power on/off button. S1 and S2 are just spare function keys to which you can assign a command; the power settings have two options, stamina (for longer battery life) and speed (self explanatory); the wireless switch enables or disables the wireless adapter and the on/off button, quite surprisingly, turns the computer on or off. I find that the keyboard is easy to use - I have a typing speed of around 80wpm and using this keyboard has not put any sort of dent in that speed - but you should be aware that it's one of those keyboards that favours flatter keys to the big fat chunky ones. If you're not a brilliant typist, you might prefer the slightly clunkier ones that other models may offer.
On the right side of the computer, there's a dial up point, ethernet point, 2 USB points and a DVD-RW drive. On the left, microphone, earphone, memory stick and card reader slots all feature. I don't personally use the card slots as I don't currently use that sort of media, so can't comment on those. Useful feature for some people though, I'll wager.
The battery life is supposed to last up to 5 hours, and I can just about agree with that. It seems to me that it does take a good while longer to charge the battery to 100% than with other machines, but I suppose that's the trade off for a longer lasting battery.
If you know a thing or two about computers, you might think that a processor speed of 1.66Ghz, 80Gb hard disk and 1Gb RAM don't really tally with the hefty price tag that this model demands, but that's partially because you're buying into the brand. If you decided to ditch Sony and find comparable specs elsewhere, I'd expect you to maybe save a £100 or thereabouts. However, I doubt you'd find something as compact and portable.
To give you an idea of what this laptop can do, I like to watch TV on it, whilst having a million windows open in Paint Shop Pro (a graphics editing program) and surfing the internet using two different browsers (with lots of tabs open in one of them). My little Vaio doesn't complain; it just gets on with the job.
In terms of software, this does vary depending on who you buy the Vaio from. Sony Style tend to give you a better selection, but they're also the most expensive retailer (which is a bit odd, given that they make their own laptops). Mine came with Windows XP preinstalled, some Adobe software, Google programs, a few months free of Norton antivirus and various trial programs. All in all, not a generous offering (and the choice to install Google Earth was a trifle random, I felt) but I did make the choice to save a couple of hundred pounds by going elsewhere.
Another little feature of the SZ2HP/B is the inbuilt webcam, which is just above the monitor. The picture quality is not terribly flattering, but that's to be expected from a webcam! It's a little bonus for those of you who use Skype or similar, to keep in touch with friends and relatives around the world.
Anti-shock technology (G-Sensor HDD Shock Protection) comes with the Vaio, which means that if you handle it a bit too roughly, the hard disk protects itself and you don't lose any data.
If you'd like to get your hands on one of these lovely creatures, I recommend waiting for the SZ3HP/B to come out, as it does come with a few minor improvements (an extra 20gigs of hard disk, amongst others) and the price will be comparable. Wait for Vista if you can - I had to buy my laptop when I did, because I was in desperate need of one, but it's worth timing your purchase to co-incide with the newest technology releases.
I paid roughly £1300 for my Vaio, and I'd do the same again (albeit using a different company - as you can tell from my review of Comet Online, they're not worth using!) as I'm really pleased with it.
"My VAIO is more than just a PC. It's a means to access and interact with the world through the web, DVD, music and video. My VAIO is part of me," claims Gavin from the UK.
"My VAIO is my right hand and left hand. It's my main business tool for which I demand reliability and it's at the same time my most important creative tool," raves Justin.
Just a couple of quotes from Club Vaio, and ones that I can empathise with.
If you want a practical PC laptop that is also portable and stylish, definitely go down the Vaio route and get yourself something from the SZ series. Recommended.


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Vatican announces Pope will not preside at Holy Week celebrations
Mar 8, 2005 - 12:00 am
.- Today the Vatican announced the schedule of liturgical events for Holy Week. The calendar was released by the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff.
Pope's perseverance inspires faithful in Philadelphia
Mar 8, 2005 - 12:00 am
.- Through his physical weakness and his infirmities, Pope John Paul II continues to inspire Catholics to persevere in the face of pain and to teach them that all suffering can draw them closer to Christ.
Chicago columnist praises Catholic schools, makes appeal to save them
Mar 8, 2005 - 12:00 am
.- Chicago Sun-Times columnist Suzanne Ontiveros says she considers herself and her son blessed to have received a Catholic school education and laments the news that another 23 Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago are slated for closure at the end of the school year.
National Right to Life pushing for bill to save Schiavo
Mar 8, 2005 - 12:00 am
.- The National Right to Life (NRTL) is pushing for a new bill, which, if passed, could save brain damaged Terri Schiavo's life.
Many women suffering new threats to dignity, says Vatican delegate to U.N.
Mar 8, 2005 - 12:00 am
.- The Vatican spoke out yesterday to the U.N. during an international address on the status of women. Professor Mary Ann Glendon, president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, spoke to the Economic and Social Council Commission on the Status of Women in the follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women.
Faith and reason do not contradict each other, says Cardinal Poupard
Mar 8, 2005 - 12:00 am
.- Yesterday, Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, presented a talk showing that "faith and reason cannot contradict each other since both seek to understand the truth about nature, human nature, and God, the author of all created reality."
Moral values inseparable from true democracy, says Cardianl Martino
Mar 8, 2005 - 12:00 am
.- Yesterday, the Vatican released the text of a speech given recently by Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace on the theme, "Builders of Democracy."
Hearing begins on law requiring parental notification for teen abortions
Mar 8, 2005 - 12:00 am
.- A spokesperson for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops applauds the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee for beginning hearings on the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, March 3.
New Coadjutor of Burlington praised by pro-life groups
Mar 8, 2005 - 12:00 am
.- Vermont's upcoming coadjutor bishop has a strong pro-life track record and is known to be an advocate for the poor. Msgr. Salvatore R. Matano will be ordained a bishop April 19 and serve as coadjutor to Bishop Kenneth A. Angell.
Pro-lifers insist bishops' support of Comic Relief is support for abortion
Mar 8, 2005 - 12:00 am
.- The Catholic bishops of England and Wales issued a statement yesterday stating that Catholics can support the charity Comic Relief, secure in the fact that the charity does not support pro-abortion organizations.
"Three types of blindness" regarding the family denounces Cardinal Rivera
Mar 8, 2005 - 12:00 am
.- During his Sunday homily at the archdiocesan cathedral, the Archbishop of Mexico City, Cardinal Norberto Rivera, referred to the Week of the Family—which will be celebrated in Mexico on March 19-25—noting that, "The family needs to be celebrated and promoted, as we find ourselves in a world that leaves new generations blind and does not let them see the marvel of God's plan."
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Peruvian bishops denounce gender feminism as damaging to women and the family
Mar 8, 2005 - 12:00 am
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i signed for heavy equipment loans so my now ex-boyfriend could start a business now the companies wan to repossess the equipment but he has the machines hidden. can i get in trouble i have no idea where the machines are. can he get in trouble is he hiding stolen property?
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Well, "trouble" is a relative term. If you "co-signed" the loans, the lender can certainly look to you for payment of the loan. But, normally, one is not criminally responsible for the acts of another. I do represent clients with regard to civil issues arising with loans, but not with regard to criminal issues. I can refer you to a criminal defense attorney if necessary.
Kindly note and remember that my response is merely a general comment on the law related to your question, and NOT legal advice or opinion. Also, your question and my response does NOT create an attorney-client relationship between us. You cannot rely upon what I have written, because I do not have all of the information that I need to advise you or render an opinion. Even simple facts you have not shared can completely change my answer. For me to give you legal advice or opinion, you would need to hire me to be your lawyer, and then we would need to discuss this in detail and go over the documents.
Please visit my website! www.bgartenberg.com or call me 973-921-0600 if you'd like to learn more about me or my practice. Thank you.
Barry seems correct, but you also have an exposure for the value of the missing equipment, not just the lease payments. Can you trace what jobs your ex might be working on, as heavy equipment is probably needed and could be located on the site.
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MWC 15 Special
I've told you a couple of days ago, I'm currently pretty busy with my latest
project for a European GSM/UMTS carrier; however - like so often things change
and the project I was hired for is currently on hold because of some other
exciting developments I'm working on now.
While on hold means postponed only, the new project involves me into 3G/UMTS which gives me some exciting
views into the next coming developments and also means that I'm 3G enabled now! :-D
Okay, the device I'm currently using isn't a Microsoft Smartphone or Pocket
PC Phone Edition :-( but hey - I get 3G access with some amazing connection
speeds and - not to forget - currently I'm collecting information on how to
connect a Pocket PC to 3G/UMTS networks :-) which I already tried and used
successful! :-D
Stay tuned on some updates here!
Cheers ~ Arne
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congrat´s on the 3g connection. would like it too. right now im considering if a vodafone umts card for my laptop will make it. main rwason not having it right from the start is price/ing. a lot of money... but i guess that´s the price i have to pay...--------------typing this on my xda2 from 5 days in wonderfull snow....
Arne, that's great news for Pocket PC (& Tablet PC!) users who have been patiently waiting for 3G... Based on your real-life experience with 3G, I am interested to know if the 3G technology (which you're working with) in its current state is still challenging for the end-user to adopt - e.g. are device settings difficult to configure, are there interoperability issues between devices and telco equipment from different manufacturers? etc.I understand that you may not be able to delve into specifics, but general comments would be great. I'm from Malaysia, and our own local mobile telco providers have been promising 3G for a long time. So far, however, nothing has materialised. In fact, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has stressed to providers that there will be penalties for delays in 3G implementation "to make sure that they did not make empty promises during their bid submission,".Basicaly, I'd like to learn more about 3G deployment and testing experiences (not marketing talk & promises, but the real nitty gritty) - from the providers perspective and from the end-users perspective. To understand why it has taken so long. Why has 3G the technology taken so long to mature? Or is it still not mature?I've researched Bluetooth and I understand the complexities behind the scenes - now, I'd like to learn more about 3G. Many people have said "3G is dead" now that there is WiMax, just like certain people have said that "Bluetooth is dead" because of Wi-Fi (though we know that this is not true!). Also, what are your thoughts about this news article? - "3G signals can cause nausea, headache" @ http://star-techcentral.com...Well, this is a long (& an exciting subject!)... maybe we should start an discussion thread in the Forums? Cheers!
Arne,Do you actually notice a reduction in re-transmission overhead compared to GPRS? Just in case you monitor the traffic to overhead volume. But since you are envolved in an UMTS project, you may get the service for free anyway Cheers ~ a very envious Wolfgang


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Does she have one? Scoz 20:18, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
- There is no hard enrage timer but it's very unlikely you'll survive any more than three or at most four Solarium Agent phases. Ianarian 08:52, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
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Fixed up her quote section. Screenshots to confirm quotes if neccesary. Ianarian 08:52, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Isn't the armor set she's wearing for warlocks? Mr.X8 23:01, 15 October 2007 (UTC)


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FAN 11.5 (First Amendment News) — Oral Arguments in the Susan B. Anthony Case: Is it Ripe?
Today the Court heard oral arguments in Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus, the "false speech"/ "campaign lies" case. Judging from the oral arguments in the case (see below), it seems unlikely that the Court will reach the substantive First Amendment claims raised by the Petitioners.
Susan B. Anthony List is a pro-life group. It released a billboard political attack ad critical of then Congressman Steve Driehaus's vote in favor of the federal health care bill: "Shame on Steve Driehaus! Driehaus voted FOR taxpayer-funded abortion." Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 3517.21(B), which prohibits making or distributing "false" statements about candidates for political office, Driehaus filed a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission. He alleged that the Susan B. Anthony group violated state law by making a false statement about him and his voting record. The Ohio Election Commission found probable cause to believe the ad violated the statute. Driehaus challenged RC 3517.21 as an unconstitutional restriction on its speech.
Issues: The two main issues in the case are:
- Whether, to challenge a speech-suppressive law, a party whose speech is arguably proscribed must prove that authorities would certainly and successfully prosecute him, as the Sixth Circuit holds, or should the court presume that a credible threat of prosecution exists absent desuetude or a firm commitment by prosecutors not to enforce the law, as seven other Circuits hold; and
- Whether the Sixth Circuit erred by holding, in direct conflict with the Eighth Circuit, that state laws proscribing "false" political speech are not subject to pre-enforcement First Amendment review so long as the speaker maintains that its speech is true, even if others who enforce the law manifestly disagree.
The Attorneys
- For Petitioners: Michael A. Carvin, Jones Day
- For Respondent: Eric E. Murphy, State Solicitor for State of Ohio
- For United States: Eric J. Feigin, Assistant to the Solicitor General
The Oral Argument (4-22-14) The full transcript is posted here. Selected excerpts are set forth below.
Questions to Mr. Carvin
Justice Ginsburg: "the other organization [the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending & Taxes] has never bee charged before the Ohio Election Commission. Is there any reason to believe anybody's going to lodge complaint against it?"
Justice Sotomayor: "How is that any different from how is that any different from the people in Younger, who the Court dismissed as having no standing because they hadn't been prosecuted despite the same identical claim? They were chilled, they might intend to do something similar, et cetera."
Justice Ginsburg: "There is a provision for an advisory opinion, and that's a question that you are arguing strenuously that this statute violates the Constitution. You could have asked the Commission for an advisory opinion saying that the statute can't be enforced, but you didn't do that."
Justice Ginsburg: "Do you think this is a matter of standing or ripeness? The Sixth Circuit said ripeness."
Chief Justice Roberts: "Do you want us to just forget about the disclaimer issue and the commission procedure issue or even the as applied issue?"
Questions to Mr. Feigin
Justice Kagan: " I'm not sure I understood . . . Is it sufficient that somebody has said, I'm going to bring an action against before the Commission, but there's been no prior Commission determination as to this speech. And it's just somebody saying, I'm going to go to the Commission and raise this with them if you start speaking in this way. Would that present a credible threat?"
Justice Ginsburg: "Are you arguing that the other organization, COAST, also has standing? Because you you seem to require for the credible threat for there to have been a proceeding before the Commission and there's been nothing with regard to the other organization."
Chief Justice Roberts: "Are you prepared to represent to us that if they do the next election that they did in the last one, that yo will not take action against them?"
Justice Scalia: "Well, but the criminal prosecution isn't all that they're complaining about. They're complaining about having having to be dragged through this same this same proceeding next time in the midst of an election campaign, and however minimal the finding that is ultimately made may be, they are going to be subject, for sure, to that proceeding in the next election campaign. And I don't care if all the commission says is, you know, there is some reason to believe that they were lying. Even if it's that minimal, you are forcing them, and it is pretty sure that it's going to happen because somebody will complain, the candidate they are criticizing, you are forcing them to go through this procedure in the midst of an election campaign, right?"
Chief Justice Roberts: ". . . I'm not going to let you put your sign up on my billboard, I might be liable. So, I mean, they may have a certain fortitude and proceeding based on all the reasons that you've given, but they need third parties to help carry out their message and there is no reason to think those third parties have any commitment to their political message at all and the slightest whiff of, oh, this is going to be legal trouble, they say, forget about it."
Chief Justice Roberts: "Well, no, but a defamation action, people sue everybody all the time. No one's going to take that seriously. In fact, it's probably going to redound to the benefit of SBA and COAST to say the congressman is, you know, bringing a defamation action. It highlights it, but it's another thing to have the State involved making a determination that there's probable cause that you lied."
Justice Scalia: "The mere fact that a private individual can chill somebody's speech does not say, well, since a private individual can do it, you know, the ministry of truth can do it. That's not that's not the law."
Justice Kennedy: "Don't you think there's a serious First Amendment concern with a state law that requires you to come before a commission to justify what you are going to say and which gives the commission discovery power to find out who's involved in your association, what research you've made, et cetera?"
Justice Breyer: "Why can't a person say, you know, there are things I want to say politically, and the Constitution says that the State does not have the right to abridge my speech, and I intend to say them. And if I say them, there's a serious risk that I will be had up before a commission and could be fined. What's the harm? I can't speak. That's the harm. Right? So why isn't that end of the matter?"
Justice Breyer: "Why shouldn't it be the harm? That is, whatever has any case said when somebody says, you want to speak in a campaign, and we have a law here that if you do we will throw you in jail and you really do want to speak and the law really does prevent you from speaking, why shouldn't that be the end of it?"
Justice Ginsburg: "Mr. Murphy, you said there was no credible threat of prosecution, but what about the harm that is occurring? Mr. Carvin said it's a very short time. They're brought before the commission, they have to answer this charge that they lied, that they made a false statement. And that just that alone is going to diminish the effect of their speech because they have been labeled false speakers, and it costs money to defend before the commission, right?"
Justice Kagan: "Why isn't, as Justice Ginsburg suggested, the relevant harm the probable cause determination itself? There are voters out there and they don't know that probable cause is such a low bar as you describe it. They think probable cause means you probably lied, and that seems a reasonable thing for them to think and that's a relevant harm and we should just you know, we don't even need the prosecution to serve as the relevant harm. That seems quite enough."
Justice Kennedy: "There's a curious inversion here. Usually we're concerned about citizen suits, too many people can challenge challenge the law. Here we're concerned that many, many citizens can bring the challenge against the candidate. So it's somewhat reversed. In other words, you have tens of thousands of private attorney generals waiting to pounce and get these people before the commission and have to follow discovery orders."
Justice Sotomayor: "Do you know of the 500 cases that you mentioned earlier, how many actually ended up in full prosecutions?"
Chief Justice Roberts: "You gave us some answers about how many of the 500 resulted in criminal prosecutions. And all I want to know is how many of the 500 proceedings were mooted out by the fact that the election took place.
Justice Breyer: "What would you say as a lawyer you're a lawyer for the Commission. You understand it better than I. I'm just making up an example. Do you think they'd prosecute this or not? Somebody walks in front of the House and a political opponent has a big sign that says murderer. No one asked. You said but he voted for legislation that led to the death of many cats. Would they prosecute that or not?"
Justice Alito: "Well, why don't the statistics that you provided us portray a system that really limits core First Amendment speech without providing much of an opportunity for a judicial review if you're correct about about Article III here where you have a system where thousands of complaints are filed, and yet in the end, there's very few prosecutions. And you say, well, the filing of the complaint isn't enough and the probable cause determination isn't enough. So you have a system that goes on and on, year after year, where arguably there's a great chilling of of core First Amendment speech, and yet you're saying that basically you can't get into Federal court."
Justice Alito: "Well, Alvarez wasn't about false statements in the abstract. It was a criminal prosecution for making particular false statements. And they were as hard factual statements as you will ever find. Did somebody receive the Congressional Medal of Honor or not?"
Justice Sotomayor: "But how are you going to prove how are you ever going to prove that one false statement cost somebody an election?"
Justice Scalia: "Do you think that the allegedly false statement here was a false statement of fact?"
Justice Scalia: "But I mean, we're talking about whether this law imposes limitations upon the freedom of speech. And if you say whenever you do it, you are going to have a lawsuit, you're going to be hauled before this commission. You may have a good case, you may not have a good case, but you have to justify yourself to this commission before you can before you can make the assertion."
The Briefs (Selected Briefs)
- Cert. Petition
- Brief in Opposition to Cert.
- Petitioners' Reply Brief
- Petitioners' Merits Brief
- Respondent's Merits Brief
- Petitioners' Reply Brief
- Amicus Brief of the United States (in support of partial reversal)
- Amicus Brief of Ohio Attorney General (Bradley A. Smith) (in support of neither party)
- Amicus Brief of ACLU (Steve Shapiro) (for Petitioners)
- Amicus Brief of Cato Institute & P.J. O'Rourke (Ilya Shapiro) (for Petitioners)
- Amicus Brief of First Amendment Lawyers Association (Jennifer Kinsley) (for Petitioners)
- Amicus Brief of American Booksellers Association, et al (Michael Bamberger) (for Petitioners)
- Amicus Brief of Republican National Committee (Michael T.Morley) (for Petitioners)
For additional briefs, go here and here.
Note: Notice that the case for the State of Ohio is being argued by the State Solicitor (Eric Murphy) but that the Attorney General of Ohio (Michael Dewine) has filed an amicus brief "in support of neither party" and is being represented by Bradley A. Smith, a former FEC Commissioner and a campaign finance law expert.
Note also the amicus brief filed on behalf the NRC was authored by Michael T. Morley, who authored the merits brief and the reply brief in McCutcheon v. FEC.
The Opinions Below
- Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus (6th Cir., 2013, unpublised) (per Judge Jane B. Stranch)
- Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus (S.D. Ohio, 2013) (per Judge Timothy S. Black)
- Order Granting Motions by Ohio Election Commission, Driehaus, and Husted to Dismiss Susan B. Anthony List's Amended Complaint (filed 8/1/11) (per Judge Timothy S. Black)
- Order Granting Motion by Ohio Election Commission to Dismiss COAST's Second Amended Complaint (filed 8/1/11) (per Judge Timothy S. Black)
According to a recent post by Professor Richard Hasen, here is how he predicts the case will come down:
I've now had a chance to read the petition, opposition, and reply in Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus. I believe this case is about ripeness, not the merits of Ohio's false speech law.
I expect the Court to reverse the Sixth Circuit, perhaps unanimously, and I think that's the right result. Getting a probable cause determination against someone at the Ohio Elections Commission is a real injury which has serious political consequences.
I expect that the Supreme Court will not reach the merits of the constitutionality of Ohio's false speech law, either on its face or as applied to the Susan B. Anthony group. That would be left to the lower courts with a possible return trip to the Supreme Court in the future. [see here also]
In a news story in the Ohio Plain Dealer, it was reported that
Ohio State University election law expert Daniel Tokaji predicts the court will reverse lower court decisions that said the Susan B. Anthony List couldn't challenge the law on constitutional grounds because it wasn't found guilty of a violation.
"It could be unanimous," Tokaji predicts. "One of the big things to look for at argument is whether or not the justices tip their hands much on the merits, or confine themselves to the standing issues."
See also Jonathan Adler, "Why the Supreme Court's 'right to lie' case is not really about the 'right to lie,'" Volokh Conspiracy, April 22, 2014 ("it's unlikely the Court will even reach [the First Amendment] question, as the real issues in this case are whether the Petitioner's claim is 'ripe' and whether those accused of making false statements may challenge the law before it is actually enforced against them.")


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Burnett (8-6) becomes a free agent after this season and has been the subject of trade speculation for more than a month. But with the Marlins in the thick of the playoff race, they may decide to keep the right-hander. Burnett allowed four hits, including two infield singles, and struck out eight.
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Late last month news that the Chinese government might institute a ban on dog and cat meat consumption generated cheers from critics of the practice inside and outside the country. According to a Jan. 26 report in the Chongqing Evening News, draft legislation known as the Anti-Animal Cruelty Law would include fines of up to about $730 (U.S.) and 15 days in jail for anyone caught eating dog or cat meat, and up to about $73,000 for "organizations" involved in the trade (restaurants presumably, as well as farms, butchers, and transporters of live animals or carcasses).
However, a look at the story's fine print reveals that any celebration is premature. In short, dog or cat meat won't be barred from China's restaurant menus anytime soon.
"There is currently no proposal for a nationwide ban on dog and cat eating," says David Neal, animal welfare director for Animals Asia Foundation, a Hong Kong-based nonprofit organization devoted to promoting animal welfare in China and the rest of Asia. Instead, he notes, the article merely "allows individual provinces to ban the slaughter of dogs and cats within their own jurisdictions."
In fact the only activity banned would be the illegal consumption or sale of dog or cat meat — and it would be up to localities to determine whether eating and selling dog and cat meat within their jurisdictions is illegal. Chang Jiwen, director of the Social Law Research Department at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing and head of the committee that drafted the legislation, clarified the situation the day after the Chongqing Evening News broke the story:
"The media has misunderstood," Chang said in an interview with the Oriental Daily News, portions of which are translated on China media analysis website Danwei. "The Animal Cruelty Law needs local governments to issue corresponding regulations."
Such laws are unlikely to be adopted in parts of China in which dog and cat meat are especially popular — such as Guangdong province, where restaurants serving dog, cat, and other "exotic" animal meat have long attracted big-spending diners from around Asia. Also, the measure is unlikely to be adopted in parts of the northeast where large numbers of ethnic Koreans live, and the eastern coastal province of Jiangsu, home to many dog meat farms and purportedly the province in which the consumption of dog meat was popularized thousands of years ago. During his interview with the Oriental Daily News, Chang gave assurances that any ban would be sensitive to those "for whom eating dog meat is a folk custom."
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Furthermore, according to Animal Asia's Neal, the draft Anti-Animal Cruelty Law has itself "very little chance" of becoming law in the near future. Prepared last spring by a committee of Chinese (and one Australian) academics and foreign representatives of International Fund for Animal Welfare and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the draft legislation had originally been scheduled to go before the National People's Congress, China's highest legislative body, by the end of December 2009.
Contrary to reports suggesting that it would finally be presented to legislators this April, Chang told the Oriental Daily News that he has no plans to submit the draft for consideration in 2010. Though Neal sees the draft as a major step forward for the development of animal-protection laws in China, he predicts that "it may take many years before such legislation is accepted into Chinese law."
An old practice gaining popularity with new middle class
Dog meat has been eaten in China for centuries. It is said to have been a favorite of Han Dynasty general Fan Kuai, who is described in a well-known poem celebrating his return home after an especially hard-won victory with a dog meat feast. Traditionally confined primarily to southern China and a few spots in the eastern coastal province of Jiangsu, the practice of eating dog — which is much more expensive than pork or beef — began to spread throughout China in the late 1980s as the country became more affluent. Industrialization hit the dog-meat trade in the late '90s with the appearance in eastern and northeastern China of large farms that raise, slaughter, process and pack the meat for distribution around the country.
Believed to have medicinal qualities, enhance sexual performance for male diners and warm the body, xiang rou ("fragrant meat") or di yang ("mutton of the earth") – as dog meat is often referred to — is especially favored in cold or humid weather. In Chongqing, a huge metropolis in Sichuan province, it is cooked in a Sichuan-style hot pot to make a "soup" of oil flavored with handfuls of dried chillies, Sichuan peppercorns, and other spices. In Langzhong, a centuries-old river town in the province's northeast, market stalls display every part of the animal, freshly butchered or rubbed with spices, smoked over pine boughs, and air-dried in the manner of la rou, a Sichuanese cured pork specialty. Fan Kuai's favored dog meat preparation — stewed with turtle meat — is still served in Jiangsu restaurants today.
Despite the fact that most Chinese don't dine on dog or cat meat, the public has displayed ambivalence towards the proposed ban. A poll conducted shortly after the draft legislation was announced and reported in China's Information Times found that 64 percent of more than 37,000 respondents were uncertain about the value of the ban and whether it could even be enforced. According to the People's Daily, a survey conducted on Chinese website Sohu.com that attracted more than 100,000 votes showed supporters and opponents of the ban in a near dead heat: 48 percent for versus 45 percent against.
Flinching at Western intrusion
Some opponents of the ban chafe against what they see as "cultural imperialism," or the imposition of Western moral standards on a country with its own highly developed culture. In a commentary published the day after the potential ban was announced (also translated in part on Danwei), the Shenzhen Economic Daily called for an animal cruelty law more "appropriate to a Chinese reality."
And in a country where many citizens have been left behind despite more than a decade of record economic growth, the thought of a law designed to enhance the well-being of animals is for some hard to swallow. Indeed, the drafters of the legislation changed its original name — "Animal Welfare Law" — in response to critics who argued that the people's welfare had yet to be adequately attended to.
But China's economic boom has also created an ever-expanding middle class, more and more of whom are raising cats and dogs as pets. In Chongqing, home the home of fiery dog hot pot, adored pet dogs dressed in jumpers and down jackets are paraded at the end of leashes, carried about like babies, transported in bicycle baskets and even accompanying their owners into shops and restaurants are a common sight.
This, along with the concurrent growth of a grassroots animal-rights movement in China, portend well for the eventual passage of some sort of provision curtailing the consumption of pet animals, believes Jill Robinson, director of Animals Asia who has received a Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for her work.
"Awareness of animal welfare is growing at a phenomenal pace in China," says Robinson, who has been an animal welfare campaigner in Hong Kong since 1985 and in China since 1993. "And it is the local people themselves who are driving the momentum of change."
Robinson's organization currently works with 60 Chinese animal-welfare groups to encourage responsible pet ownership, engage provincial leaders in discussions, and demonstrate how animals can benefit humans via projects like Dr. Dog, an animal-therapy program that takes rescued dogs into hospitals to interact with patients.
Rather than admonishing against the consumption of dog and cat meat, programs like the hospital visits encourage Chinese citizens to decide for themselves, Robinson says. A ban may not be around the corner, but she believes that it is only a matter of time before a critical mass swings in its favor.
"An important lesson I've learned over the years working in China is that we need to be pragmatic and we need to be patient."
Zester Daily contributor David Hagerman shoots for the New York Times, Travel+Leisure and Saveur, among other publications. To view more of his slide shows, go to davidhagerman.photoshelter.com. Robyn Eckhardt is a food and travel journalist based in Penang, Malaysia. She also is a contributor to Travel+Leisure Southeast Asia and has been published in Saveur, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal Asia. Her last article for Zester was a double book review, Veggies and Grains Deluxe.
Photo at top: A man inspects fresh dog meat at a wet market in Lang Zhong, Sichuan province. Credit: David Hagerman