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REMOVAL Prepare for Service 1. Position motorcycle on a suitable lift. NOTE If vehicle is equipped with Harley-Davidson Smart Security System, see owner's manual for instructions to disarm the system. To prevent accidental vehicle start-up, which could cause death or serious injury, disconnect negative (-) battery cable before proceeding. (00048a) 2. Disconnect battery cables, negative (-) battery cable first. 3. Remove seat according to the instructions in the service manual. 4. Refer to service manual to remove left saddlebag and side cover. When servicing the fuel system, do not smoke or allow open flame or sparks in the vicinity. Gasoline is extremely flammable and highly explosive, which could result in death or serious injury. (00330a) 5. Remove fuel tank according to the instructions in the service manual. Remove Engine Components 1. Remove existing air cleaner assembly. Discard backplate but save remaining parts. Refer to AIR CLEANER REMOVAL in service manual. 2. Remove existing exhaust system. Refer to EXHAUST SYSTEM REMOVAL in service manual. 3. Remove engine from chassis following the instructions in the service manual. 4. Disassemble engine top end and bottom end. Refer to appropriate ENGINE sections in service manual. 5. Remove existing clutch diaphragm spring. Refer to CLUTCH REMOVAL in service manual. The procedures in this instruction sheet should be performed by one experienced in precision measuring techniques. Failure to meet tolerances called for in this instruction sheet can result in engine damage. (00511b) -J04793 1 2 is03517 1. O-ring counterbore 2. Spigot bore Figure 1. Spigot Bore and O-Ring Counterbore Dimensions Table 1. Spigot Bore and O-Ring Counterbore Dimensions Depth Bore Description 1.625 +/- 0.010 in. (41.3 +/- 0.25 mm) 4.205 +/- 0.010 in. (107 +/- 0.25 mm) Spigot Bore 0.085 +/- 0.003 in. (2.16 +/- 0.08 mm) 4.415 +/- 0.002 in. (112 +/- 0.05 mm) O-Ring Counter- bore is03456 Figure 2. Cylinder Wall MACHINE CRANKCASE Crankcase Boring Preparation NOTE During final assembly of the engine, Harley-Davidson recommends replacing the OE cylinder studs with Screamin' Eagle High Tensile Studs (16505-01). 1. Remove cylinder studs from the engine crankcase. 2. Mask off all bearings and oil holes to prevent debris and contaminants from entering those areas. 3. Inspect and clean engine case mating surfaces. 4. See Figure 6. Reassemble engine case with OE screws, except the top center screw between the cylinders, and tighten to specifications listed in service manual. NOTE To prevent damage to crankcase boring tool, it is important to replace the top center screw with a modified top center screw (1093). This screw is included in the Crankcase Boring Tool Kit (94419-06) and can be purchased separately from a Harley- Davidson dealer. 5. Install modified top center screw (1093) between the cylinders and tighten to 50-90 in-lbs (5.6-10.2 Nm). 6. See Figure 1 and Table 1. Machine crankcase cylinder spigot bore and O-ring counterbore to the dimensions shown. Modify Crankcase


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Pineapple Ginger Chicken Stir-Fry
From: National Chicken Council
Quick Facts
Servings: 6
Prep Time: 15 min.
Cook Time: 20 min.
Total: 35 min.
A quick and easy tropical stir-fry that's perfect for your next family meal.
- 1 1/2 lbs chicken breasts, skinless and boneless, cubed
- 2 tsp peanut oil
- 2 cups fresh pineapple chunks
- 3 Tbs molasses
- 2 Tbs fresh lime juice
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 8 scallions, cut lengthwise into 2-inch pieces
- 1/4 cup crystallized ginger, minced
- In a non-stick wok or large frying pan over high heat, warm oil. Add chicken and sauté until firm and well-browned, about 6 minutes. Remove chicken and set aside.
- Add pineapple and molasses and stir-fry until the pineapple is brown and tender.
- Stir in the lime juice, red pepper flakes, scallions, and chicken. Sauté until scallions are bright green and the chicken is fully cooked, about 5 minutes. Toss in ginger and serve over rice.
Recipe courtesy of the National Chicken Council
Nutrition Facts
Calories 1190
Calories from Fat 41 (3%)
(7%) Total Fat 5g
(5%) Saturated Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
(24%) Cholesterol 73mg
(10%) Sodium 238mg
(20%) Potassium 686mg
Total Carbohydrate 272g
(5%) Dietary Fiber 1g
Sugars 119g
Sugar Alcohols 0g
(49%) Protein 25g
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Nutrition facts are calculated by a food expert using nutritional values provided by the USDA for common products used as recipe ingredients. Actual nutritional values may differ depending on the amounts or products used and can be affected by cooking methods.
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New tractors series were a big part of John Deere's recent 2012 product introduction in Indianapolis. The company launched four series of tractors covering the full range of horsepower classes: the 9R/9RT Series high-horsepower 4-wd and track tractors, the 6R Series row-crop tractors, and the 5 Series utility and specialty tractors. These series join the 7R Series row-crop tractors launched in July of this year.
The main driver behind the new tractors was to meet interim Tier 4 emission standards, requiring new engine technology to create a cleaner burn. Deere tweaked the transmission and hydraulic system at the same time to create an integrated drivetrain package that is cleaner, runs smoother, burns less fuel, and costs less to maintain.
Cabs on the larger series were redesigned to match the 8R series, dubbed by Deere as the "most intelligent tractors in the world" when introduced in 2009. All of these tractors come prewired for autosteer and are telemetry-capable for wireless communication.
Don Worner, product line marketing manager for John Deere large-frame tractors, gives a quick rundown of each of the new 6R, 7R, and 9R/9RT Series, starting from the bottom.
6R Series. This totally new series for 2012 is slightly reminiscent of the original 7000 Series tractors launched in 1992. The 6R Series consists of three models rated 170, 190, and 210 engine hp that extend the power range of Deere's mid-size row-crop tractors into territory previously covered by the John Deere 7430 Premium and 7530 Premium models. The tractors are positioned as lightweight row-crop suitable for both loader work and light row-crop applications.
7R Series. These larger row-crop tractors are new from the ground up, and unlike the other series, they share no resemblance to the previous series with steel frames. Rather, they are structurally designed like the 8R Series launched in 2009, in which the drivetrain forms the frame. A new fan design allowed for a shorter tractor package, which makes it good for loader work and now front hitch and front PTO applications. Plus its weight and power density make it capable of field work. The five-model series runs from 200 to 280 engine hp. The largest model extends the power range by 60 hp, pushing it into territory that previously would have taken an 8 Series tractor to fill.
9R/9RT Series. This high-horsepower 4-wd and track series consists of eight models — five with wheels and three with tracks. The largest model, the 9560RT, tops out at 560 hp, 30 hp more than the old 9030 Series launched in 2007. Like the 6R and 7R Series, the new 9R/9RT Series incorporates the same basic cab design found in the 8R to bring commonality to all the families. Other changes include a more powerful, iT4-compliant engine, new hitch and PTO options, and numerous updates to the track models to accommodate the power and, for the first time, give them scraper ability.
For more information about these tractor series, see your local John Deere dealer or visit www.JohnDeere.com.


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Several mergers and hostile takeover attempts headlined fertilizer industry news in 2010, and more are likely to come.
"At this point it's too early to say they'll be good or bad for us at the dealer and grower levels, but more consolidation seems certain in the fertilizer industry," says Doug Wright, purchasing manager for Mid Kansas Cooperative. "We've been through it all before in the country, and in agriculture. From our viewpoint, it looks like there will be fewer companies to buy from, which to me always raises concerns about pricing."
Those concerns are shared by others in the industry who have watched recent global acquisitions and buyout attempts. For example, in November, after several months of hot pursuit, BHP Billiton withdrew its offer to acquire Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS). As the world's largest mining company based in Australia, BHP had launched a $40-billion takeover offer of PCS, the world's largest potash producer. BHP reportedly withdrew its offer due to demands made by the Canadian government.
That doesn't mean the company will give up and go back to mining. It has already bought the smaller Canadian potash firms Anglo Potash and Athabasca, which has one of the largest exploration permit areas in the Saskatchewan basin, where most of the country's potash resources lie.
Earlier in 2010, Brazilian mining giant Vale, the world's largest iron ore producer, agreed to pay $3.8 billion for Bunge's fertilizer assets in Brazil. That transaction also included a 43.3% stake in Fosfertil, the country's main provider of raw materials for fertilizer products. The company, which already mines potassium, announced in mid 2010 plans to boost production at its phosphate mine in Peru nearly 50% by the end of 2011. In early 2009 it bought potash projects in Canada and Argentina from Rio Tinto. All of these acquisitions appear to put the company on its way to reaching its goal of becoming one of the world's largest fertilizer producers by 2017.
But it doesn't end there. Russian potash companies Silvinit and Uralkali — two of the country's largest potash makers — are reportedly negotiating a merger as well. Russia ranks second in world potash production behind Canada.
Yara International, the world's largest nitrogen producer, has also been making acquisitions and forming several joint ventures all around the globe over the past few years. It bought partial ownership of Russian fertilizer producer OAO Minudobreniya, an ammonia plant in Burrup, Australia, a Finish fertilizer company, and a Libyan oil company. The Norway-based chemical firm also has purchased a Brazilian fertilizer distribution and marketing company, Canadian nitrogen producer Saskferco, and the Swiss company Balderton Fertilisers SA. Last year it also tried to buy Terra Industries in the United States.
New leader in U.S. nitrogen
Although potash has been the main focus of recent global consolidation, control of nitrogen production has been what North American-based companies have sought. In early 2009, CF Industries made its first of many offers to buy Terra Industries. Weeks later, Calgary-based Agrium made a play for CF. After months of offers and rejections, Agrium gave up, and finally in early 2010 CF succeeded.
After its acquisition of Terra last April, CF Industries became the largest nitrogen producer in North America and the second largest globally. According to Tony Will, CF's vice president of manufacturing and distribution, the merger was an ideal fit, combining CF's extensive distribution system and ample storage facilities with Terra's production capacity. "In the second quarter of 2010 alone, CF was able to double our nitrogen production, thanks to the Terra acquisition," Will says. "And we now have the largest distribution system in North America."
Handful of owners
If the consolidation trend continues, it's likely there will be just a handful of owners, globally, in another 10 years, Wright predicts. "And only a few will be U.S.-based," he says. "With growth in demand coming from both India and China in recent years, those countries now have a huge impact on world markets. China, in particular, is working toward self-sufficiency, in terms of fertilizer production, and building lots of new plants."
As for U.S. self-sufficiency, the only nutrient that the U.S. doesn't usually need to import is phosphates, Wright notes, and even that changed this past year. "U.S. producers were exporting more product last summer because they could make more money selling it elsewhere," he says. "That's an outcome of global fertilizer markets. Just because it's made here doesn't mean it will stay here."
He notes that U.S. fertilizer producers also face more environmental constraints than producers in other countries and, in some cases, have much older production facilities. "It's very likely we'll lose some of the smaller producers in the coming years," he says, "and with a huge new phosphate plant scheduled to open later this year in Saudi Arabia, North American producers may not continue to dominate that market as much as they have in the past."
For U.S. distributors and dealers, having enough storage could be the key to being able to provide enough product to customers, Wright says. "We've seen very tight supplies of many fertilizer products this past year and I don't think that's going to change in the next year or two."
Dealers and growers need to look at buying product farther out, when they can lock in the best prices, Wright says, adding, "That's why our company is looking at adding fertilizer storage as the best way to ensure we have product when our customers need it."
How much fertilizer does the U.S. import?
The United States produced 41% of the fertilizer domestically used between July 2009 and June 2010 and imported the remaining 59%, according to data from USDA's Economic Research Service. This country traditionally imports the most potash — nearly all of it from Canada — and requires the least foreign phosphates. U.S. manufacturers still supply the majority of the nitrogen used domestically.


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Homer talks TomTom through iPhone app
Mmmm.. Little Chef
If satnav instructions from Darth Vader were beginning to tire, why not opt for some Homer Simpson instead?
Those who use TomTom on the iPhone can now install the donut-muncher's characteristic voice to tell them when to make a U-turn. Developed in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox and Locutio Voice Technologies, the download also comes with the latest TomTom maps, version 1.7.
Homer first found his voice on TomTom in June 2009 and has been informing users where the next ice cream truck could be ever since.
I personally can't think of anything worse than having a complete moron talk to me while I'm en route, pointing out my mistakes and telling me when to stop. Then again, that does sound like a typical family holiday anyway.
If hearing "D'oh" upon every wrong turn is something you'd enjoy, then download Homer's voice for £3.49 on the TomTom iPhone App now. ®


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The owner of the automobile service garage at 615 W. Poplar Ave. in Collierville has filed a $418,000 loan on the property.
Stanley H. Trezevant III, who lists a Germantown address, filed the deed of trust May 15 through Commercial Bank and Trust Co. of Memphis.
Built in 1949, the Class C facility sits on 2.3 acres along the south side of West Poplar, between the U.S. 72/Tenn. 57 split and Abbington Road.
The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2013 appraisal of the property was $842,800.
Trezevant bought the facility in 2003 for $1.2 million from Henri G. Fooks.
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– Daily News staff
Memphis-based American Queen Steamboat Co. announced on Tuesday, May 21, that it has bought a second cruise boat from the U.S. Maritime Administration.
"Empress of the North," a U.S. flagged riverboat with five decks and room for 223 guests, will be renamed "American Empress."
It will travel rivers of the Pacific Northwest starting in April 2014 with a homeport of Portland, Ore.
The boat was built in 2002 and operated by Majestic America from 2002 to 2008.
American Queen did not disclose a purchase price for the boat.
The company bought the American Queen, the largest steamboat in the world, from the maritime administration with financing from the city of Memphis and other investors for a refurbishment in which the American Queen called Memphis its homeport.
Memphis also became home to the newly formed company as well.
– Bill Dries
Shelby County Chancellor Kenny Armstrong heard on Tuesday, May 21, from all sides in a disputed countywide school board race from August 2012.
The trial took several hours in Shelby County Chancery Court with no ruling from Armstrong from the bench after he heard attorneys for school board member Kenneth Whalum Jr. make the case that the District 4 election results should be voided.
Whalum lost to Kevin Woods, another school board member, in the certified election results.
But all sides in the case including attorneys for Woods and the Shelby County Election Commission acknowledge some voters outside the district got ballots with the school board race on them and other voters who live in the district got a different school board race on their ballots.
At issue is whether the disputed votes are enough to change the margin of victory by Woods in the certified results and whether the problems were so widespread that the election results should be thrown out.
Armstrong gave no indication when he might rule.
Shelby County Commissioners approved Monday, May 20, a five-year $1.7 million contract with American Medical Response of Tennessee Inc. for emergency ambulance service in Shelby County outside Memphis.
AMR won the contract in a proposal that the county administration judged better than Rural Metro, which has had the contract for the last six years.
But Rural Metro executives contested the process used for the contract prompting a lengthy question-and-answer session with commissioners going over the details of the offers with leaders of both companies.
Both companies submitted alternate proposals for an option that would see Germantown opting out of the arrangement.
The dispute was over an option in which Germantown and Collierville opted out.
Neither company submitted a proposal specifically on that option. The administration instead looked at the cost each company estimated would be involved for including Collierville and calculated from there.
The commission also voted down Monday a resolution that would have repealed the living wage ordinance following passage of a state law earlier this year that bars local governments from setting such standards.
And the commission repealed an earlier ordinance that required contractors with county government to pay a certain amount of fringe or health benefits to those they employ on county jobs.
The commission also approved paying $152,255 in legal fees from its contingency fund to pay fees for the commission's role in the ongoing federal lawsuit over schools consolidation and municipal school districts.
The commission had voted down a smaller amount in legal fees a month ago.
The Shelby County Commission also approved Monday a capital improvements plan budget of $29.9 million for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
The biggest part of that amount – $13.6 million – is pay-as-you-go projects funded from county savings with another $10 million in CIP funding from the federal government.
The largest amount of the spending for the next fiscal year – $12.5 million – will be for roads and bridges with another $7.7 million for information technology.
The CIP budget is a five-year plan with the four out years being a plan that could change as the future fiscal years approach. The five-year budget approved Monday is $82.7 million.
Unlike the operating budget, the CIP budget is funded with one-time federal and state money as well as bond money paid back with interest over 20 years to 30 years.
County government established a pay-as-you-go fund for paying for such projects with money saved during the administration of A C Wharton Jr.
The policy has continued under County Mayor Mark Luttrell as the county continues to drop its debt from the CIP bonds below the $1.7 billion high point it reached in 2002.
Most of the debt is the result of schools construction for the city and county school systems.
Tennessee employers who took advantage of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit program hit a record high in potential federal income tax savings during the fiscal year that ended in September.
That's according to Burns Phillips, acting commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development.
Last year the department issued 64,300 certifications for the tax credit to Tennessee employers, equating to a potential federal income tax savings of more than $232 million.
The WOTC program is available to any for-profit employer.
– Andy Meek
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Sea mist, views, and fish and chips on the Oregon Coast
YACHATS, Ore. — Everyone told us it was spectacular. But as we drove down the Oregon coast after crossing over the wide Columbia River, "spectacular" was hard to find. It always seemed just out of sight — maybe somewhere behind those gray buildings or down that road on the right toward the ocean.
"Go to Cannon Beach," several people recommended when we asked for advice. So we exited Route 101, the Oregon Coast Highway, and drove to the town of Cannon Beach, where a mob of tourists thronged the sidewalks and circled around town in their cars looking for parking spots. After finding one, we walked past restaurants, espresso shops, and stores that sold T-shirts and crafts, past beachside hotels and rentals. All of us in search of "spectacular" walked on the wide sand beach to Haystack Rock, one of the most photographed sights on the coast. We saw it, photographed it, and walked back along the sidewalks crowded with people, among them a young man, bent over his smartphone, who said — whether to a friend or his phone, I'm not sure — "Where's the rock?"
We drove on down the highway, bypassing beach towns that looked as if at some point they had dreamed of becoming Cannon Beach and now had many shuttered restaurants and hotels with vacancies. We drove through the Tillamook Valley, full of cows grazing in the golden evening light, past the towns of Lincoln City, Newport, and Waldport. It was almost 9 p.m. when we and the fog arrived at Deane's Oceanfront Lodge north of Yachats (pronounced YAH-hots), midway to the California border.
"I turned up the heat for you in your room," the receptionist said as we checked in. "Should be cozy now."
And it was. The room's front door, off the parking lot, opened to a warm room with whitewashed wooden paneling, blue curtains, and photographs of seagulls in the surf. The back door opened onto a lawn spreading to the edge of a sandstone bluff, where wooden stairs led down to the beach, the developing fog, and the constant roar of the Pacific surf.
By early morning the fog was so thick, I could not see the ocean when I descended to the beach. If anyone else was walking there, I didn't see them. A few seagulls padded by. Crows eyed me, then returned to jabbing the sand with their beaks. Cold clouds of fog drifted past.
"Around here they say, 'Give it 10,' " said Katherine Aukstik-alnis, co-owner with her husband, Glen, of Deane's, when we went to the lobby to grab coffee, juice, and doughnuts. "The weather will change if you wait 10 minutes or drive 10 miles."
I wanted the fog to linger because I wanted to see the nearby temperate rain forest in the mist. But Aukstikalnis was right. Even as we drove through the center of Yachats, 3 miles down the road, we could see patches of brilliant blue sky.
Just a few miles south of the town is the Cape Perpetua Scenic Area, part of Siuslaw National Forest. There, Route 101 hugs the coastline and provides frequent outlooks where one can pull over and gaze at the ocean. At the Devil's Churn stop, we watched the ocean rush into a chasm and boom as it crashed into crevices. A short trail led us through Sitka spruce that had been shaped by the wind, and purple nettles, Queen Anne's lace, and horsetails to a beach covered in silvered driftwood and tide pools on the rocks. By the time we made it to the Cape Perpetua visitors center to begin our hike through old-growth forest, the fog was merely wisps floating among the trees.
We climbed up on the Cook's Ridge Trail, gaping at the astonishing height and girth of the trees and the carpets of ferns and veils of lichen and moss. We remarked on how well-maintained the trails were and how few people we met on the 6½-mile loop. (Eleven.)
One of them, a woman who introduced herself as Sandy, became our trail companion for a while. A resident of coastal Oregon and a frequent hiker on its trails, Sandy knew the names of many of the trees and plants. She was looking for red huckleberries and told us about salmonberries and thimbleberries and salal, fruits I did not know existed.
"Miner's lettuce," she said, pointing to a low, small-leafed ground cover. "They call these 'mice in the hole,' " she said as she showed us a Sitka spruce pinecone with its seeds tucked between its scales. And the fog we saw as a thick line out over the Pacific she told us was called the "marine layer," and it forms when the hot air of the Willamette Valley meets the cold ocean. She told us she had moved here from Brooklyn, N.Y., years ago. "What brought you out here?" I asked. "This," she said, looking up at the trees and sweeping her arm in a wide arc that encompassed all of it.
We returned to Yachats at about 2 p.m., starving after our hike. It pays to attend to opening days and hours in a town like Yachats, and in these travel days of omnipresent smartphones, it's easy enough to do. But we hadn't. One restaurant was closed that day; at another we met a couple exiting who told us the cafe closed at 2 and was no longer serving.
Yachats is not a big town. Its permanent population is about 700, and it doesn't take long to wander the streets. We walked 50 feet behind the couple until they entered a pub. We walked on and ended up at the place that should have been obvious all along: Luna Sea Fish House, a tiny, colorful, bustling place right on Route 101. Inside there were about 10 tables packed with late lunchers. "You'll have to wait," a waitress said, "or sit outside."
"We'll sit outside," we said. Off to the side of the restaurant was an outdoor seating area ringed with stacks of round crab traps filled with coiled ropes and buoys. We ordered albacore tuna and chips, scallops and chips, and a bean burrito.
The wandering couple sat down near us.
"We tried to eat at the pub," said the man. "First we ordered a burger, and they didn't have meat. Then we ordered a ham sandwich, and they didn't have ham. So we drank a beer and left. I looked on Yelp, and someone had written, 'Don't go there if you like food.' "
Do go to Luna Sea Fish House if you like the sort of food that is simple, served in baskets lined with red and white checked paper, and as close to "fresh-off-the-boat" seafood as you can find.
On a hike up the St. Perpetua Trail to an overlook described as the "Best View on the Oregon Coast," we walked up those beautifully maintained trails through the enormous trees and were again overwhelmed by the lush greenness of it all. Salal berries were ripe and in abundance along the trail. They were deep purple and pithy.
A road goes up to the overlook, and a number of people had driven up for the view. We joined them in looking out over the Cape Perpetua coastline, the surf crashing on the shore, wafts of mist billowing over the wooded headlands farther south.
"It's the Grand Canyon of the ocean," I overheard a woman say.
It is spectacular.
Lisa Harries Schumann can be reached at email@example.com.


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Q: I've heard that quinoa is a good gluten alternative. But what is it, and what kind of dishes would I use it in?
A: Quinoa (pronounced "keen-wah") was a staple of the Incas who called it "the mother grain". It is not actually a grain but a seed from a broad-leafed plant that is closely related to the weed lamb's quarters and to spinach. Numerous varieties are grown in South America, and more recently in North America as well.
The quinoa seed looks like a cross between millet and sesame seed and is protected by a bitter, resin-like substance called saponin, which should be rinsed off before cooking. Some companies remove the saponin (like NorQuin brand) making it pan-ready, but quinoa is sold in several forms. (See below.)
It is a nutritious, gluten-free alternative that contains more high-quality protein than any other grain or cereal. In fact, its protein quality is comparable to that of dried skimmed milk. Quinoa is also high in iron, magnesium, phosphorus and zinc, and is a source of calcium, B vitamins and fibre.
Quinoa Seed
How to Use:
• side dish instead of potatoes or rice
• in salads or pilafs, stuffing, casseroles
• thickener for soups, stews and chili
Cooking Tips
• rinse quinoa in cold water, drain.
• In a saucepan with a tight lid, bring 1 cup of quinoa and 2 cups liquid to a boil. Simmer for 15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.
• let stand covered for 5 minutes.
Makes 3 cups.
Quinoa Flakes
How to Use:
• breakfast cereal
• substitute for up to 1/3 of the g-f flour in a cookie, muffin or bread recipe
• add to pancakes or waffles
Cooking Tips:
• add 1⁄3 cup flakes to 1 cup boiling water and boil 1 1⁄2 to 2 minutes, stirring frequently.
• remove from heat and cool. Then add chopped nuts, dried fruits and brown sugar.
• Or in microwave: high heat for 2 to 2 1⁄2 minutes.
Quinoa Flour
How to Use:
• in baked items such as breads, muffins, pancakes, cookies, biscuits
Cooking Tips:
• has a slightly nutty, strong flavour so best combined with other g-f flours. Use no more than 25 per cent quinoa flour in recipe
Quinoa Pasta*
*available as corn/quinoa or rice/quinoa
How to Use:
• as a side dish or in salads
Cooking Tips:
• Follow directions on package.
Cooking time varies.
Shelley Case, RD, is an international celiac nutrition expert, consulting dietitian and author of Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide. See www.glutenfreediet.ca. Shelley Case is on the advisory boards of the Canadian Celiac Association, the Celiac Disease Foundation and the Gluten-Free Intolerance Group. The editors at Allergic Living additionally highly recommend her book Gluten-Free Diet, a vital resource for those interested in celiac disease and living gluten-free.


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|San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
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2012-13: Took 20th overall at the Pac-12 Championships with his 1:38.62 time in the 200 freestyle…Placed first in the 200 freestyle in a meet victory over rival Cal Poly on Nov. 3…Finished sixth overall in the 200 freestyle (1:38.80) at the Arena Invitational in Long Beach, Calif. on Nov. 17…Was a multiple event winner against UNLV on Jan. 19 taking home victories in the 200 freestyle (1:40.95) and the 500 freestyle (4:38.64)…Placed first in the 100 freestyle (46.57) in a meet victory over Pacific on Feb. 2.
2011-12: Placed 25th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:39.53), 26th in the 500-yard freestyle (4:31.24) and set the school record in the 800-yard freestyle relay, along with Garret Thompson, Chris Peterson, and Kevin Ferguson, with a time of 6:24.55, which placed fourth at the 2012 Pac-12 Swimming Championships…Finished with a time of 9:41.43 in the 1,000 freestyle against Pacific, the second best time by a Gaucho that season.
2011-12: Placed 18th in the 200 free (1:39.08) and took 21st in the 500 free (4:28.78) at the Pac-10 Championships…Helped UCSB set a new school record in the 800 free relay (6:30.06).
Swam at Capistrano Valley High School for coach Steve Yancey...Earned All-American honors his sophomore through senior seasons...Named All-CIF Southern Conference his junior and senior years...Was the Cougar's MVP for three consecutive seasons...Set CIF records in the 400 freestyle relay and 200 free relay...Set league records in the 400 free relay and 400 medley relay...Helped Capistrano Valley to three-straight league championships, back-to-back CIF Division I team titles and the State Championship in his senior year...Swam club for Mission Viejo Nadadores...Earned Academic All-American Honors.
Jon Lucas Norman was born on Sept. 17, 1992 in Laguna Hills, Calif....Son of Brent and Denise...Has an older brother, Brandon, and a younger brother, Nick...Is a pre-biology major at UCSB...Interests include surfing and music...Names "Hot Tub Time Machine" as his favorite movie...Enjoys the music of Lil Wayne and anything else that catches his ear...Personal heroes are anyone that is nice to him...His favorite aspect of college swimming is having super cool teammates...Most memorable athletic achievement was winning the State Championship and breaking a 27 year-old record in the 400 free relay.


text: Peach County, the youngest of all Georgia counties, built out of Houston and Macon counties in 1924. It takes its name from the region's most famous crop and the state's most beloved symbol. Originally called Fox Valley, the county seat got its new name when a legislative clerk mistakenly jotted down "Fort Valley." Residents decided it would be less trouble to say "Fort" than to change the legislative act.


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Best Dressed Of The Week - 11/11/2011
GUCCI provided this week with the most stylish of starts when hosting the inaugural Los Angeles County Museum of Art's (LACMA) Art + Film Gala and dressing many of the chic attendees in the process.
Camilla Belle and Zoe Saldana showed off the fashion house's spring/summer 2012 fringed flapper dresses, getting in on the next season's Great Gatsby trend early, while Kate Becksale and Olivia Wilde opted for sweeping maxi gowns from the pre-spring/summer 2012 collection.
A good week for spring style spotting, Kate Bosworth dipped into Erdem's next season line in a lemon yellow chiffon dress at the LACMA event, Kirsten Dunst chose a Dolce & Gabbana tomato print dress for a New York screening and Amanda Seyfried became the latest US starlet - following Kristen Stewart last week - to wear Mario Schwab's new collection.
Meanwhile Alexander McQueen spring/summer 2012 was spotted on two of music's most daring dressers - Florence Welch wore an intricate gold gown for a party in London, while Lady Gaga finished the week in a ruffled dress at the Bambi Awards.
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Ffestiniog Railway - February 16, 2016
Tan-y-bwlch Station. Apart from the period December 26 to January 01 no trains have been scheduled to operate on the Ffestiniog Railway from November 02, 2015 until March 18, 2016 to allow various maintenance tasks to be undertaken on the line.
Ffestiniog Railway - February 14, 2016
Porthmadog Harbour Station
View across The Cob towards Porthmadogon the late afternoon of February 14, 2016.
EARL OF MERIONETH and LINDA return Welsh Highland Railway empty stock to Boston Lodge at the end of the day.
EARL OF MERIONETH and LINDA return Welsh Highland Railway empty stock to Boston Lodge at the end of the day. Pullman BODYSGALLEN bringing up the rear.
EARL OF MERIONETH receives attention at Boston Lodge after a day's work on the Welsh Highland Railway.
Rheilffodd Ffestiniog Railway Gweithdy Boston Lodge Works view from The Cob roadway.
The archway under The Cob which once formed an underpass.
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Time spent reading: 31 hours
Books read: 8-ish
Under the Tuscan Sun (only had a few chapters to go when I started the challenge)
l8r, g8r
V for Vendetta
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels
MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel (My one audiobook - and it turns out I had only downloaded part of it. Oh, well!)
The Sandman: The Doll's House
The Sandman: Dream Country
This, I fear, is the end for me. I'm dead tired (probably didn't help that I've been reading all about Dream, eh?) and I have to get up in the morning to a) organize Girl Scout cookie incentive prizes (which were delivered while I was on vacation) and b) meet with a mortgage lender about financing for my house. It's official: I will be a zombie for a good portion of tomorrow. Thanks to Mother Reader for hosting this challenge - I had a lot of fun, I got a lot of reading done, and I'm way too overjoyed at the four reviews I managed to get posted. I should do this every weekend! Or not...
To those of you still going strong, keep at it! Happy Reading! :)


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HIV-Positive Mothers in the U.S. Should Bottle Feed, Pediatrics Group States
Mothers in the U.S. living with HIV should avoid breastfeeding their infants, according to a new policy statement released by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Bottle feeding using infant formula is recommended, regardless of the woman's antiretroviral drug use or viral load.
This recommendation breaks from the current AAP stance in favor of breastfeeding for HIV-negative women. It also differs from the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline that supports breastfeeding for infants born to HIV-positive mothers in resource-limited settings, where clean water and infant formula is not as accessible. In these settings, infectious disease and malnutrition are major causes of infant deaths. Therefore, the WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months, followed by breastfeeding plus complementary foods from six to 12 months, combined with antiretroviral prophylaxis for mother or infant to reduce the risk of HIV transmission.
Without prophylaxis, the risk of infection for the baby is around 1% per week in the first 4 to 6 weeks of life, then about 0.2% per week for the duration of breastfeeding, translating to a cumulative transmission risk of 14% in one study.
With 6 months of antiretroviral prophylaxis, the risk dropped to 1% to 5% in studies of African mothers.
Although a low risk, "transmission can occur despite undetectable maternal plasma RNA concentrations," noted Lynne Mofenson, M.D., of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Rockville, Md., and colleagues in the AAP statement.
Therefore, in the U.S., where clean water and infant formula are readily available, the AAP recommends bottle feeding for all infants to HIV-positive mothers, stating, "The risks of infectious diseases and malnutrition for infants who are not breastfed are outweighed by the risks of HIV transmission through human milk and where alternatives to breastfeeding are available."
If mothers can't afford infant formula, pediatricians should advise them on how to get appropriate financial support, such as applying to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, the policy statement says.
The statement also noted that flash-heating breast milk (heating milk in a water bath to 100°C and removing it when water reaches a rolling boil, then allowing it to cool), which pasteurizes the milk, does not completely destroy the HIV in that milk.
In addition, the group warned against feeding infants premasticated (or prechewed) food, since previous evidence suggested that this was a route of HIV transmission in some infants living with HIV. Therefore, HIV care providers are advised to consult HIV-positive mothers about safer feeding options.
While these recommendations are strongly urged, if mothers living with HIV (who are on treatment and virally suppressed) choose to breastfeed despite counseling, this would not constitute grounds for a referral to child protective services agencies, the statement says.
"Because the only intervention to completely prevent HIV transmission via human milk is not to breastfeed, in the United States, where clean water and affordable infant formula are available, the AAP recommends that HIV-infected mothers not breastfeed their infants, regardless of maternal viral load and antiretroviral therapy," the group concluded.
These recommendations are part of 11 in total that the AAP released for HIV-positive women who are pregnant or are mothers to newborns, as well as their physicians.


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Passion for Conservation
Stop Rhino Poaching
Welcome to Limpopo-Lipadi Game and Wilderness Reserve
If you have experienced one or more safari holidays to Africa, or your best safari has been on those Botswana vacations to the Okavango, Chobe or Mashatu, you just cannot get the thrill of the sights and sounds of the bush out of your mind, then you have already been infected by the Africa bug!
Well, you are not the only one and we have found the only remedy is to periodically immerse yourself in the raw, pure beauty of the African bush, in a private game reserve where you can enjoy the bush as you like it.
We have a dream...
We would like to see the bio-diversity of the Limpopo Valley in the Tuli Block of Botswana restored to its original state, teeming with wildlife for generations to come.
We would like to become a breeding basket for endangered species such as rhino, wild dog and cheetah in the Tuli and beyond.
We would like to roll up our sleeves and work alongside our local communites to create a reality in the Tuli where man and nature co-exist in harmony.
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Would you like to leave a legacy and a passion for African wildlife to your children and their children by creating deeper bush experiences which go far beyond a tourist safari? Spending your days walking with rangers, tracking rhino, sleeping overnight in a hide near a waterhole, learning about the hidden secrets of the bush?
Are you ready to move from tourist to part-owner of the 32,450 hectare Limpopo-Lipadi Game and Wilderness Reserve, with 21km Limpopo River frontage to enjoy as you like, when you like? Knowing that even when you are not there your investment is well maintained and managed in your absence?
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Supreme Court 2013: Why collecting DNA from people who are arrested won't help solve more crimes.
In April 2009, police easily arrested Alonzo J. King, Jr. in Wicomico County, Md. After King pointed a shotgun at a group of people, one of them told the police who did it, and King readily admitted his guilt. He was originally charged with felony assault and ended up pleading guilty to a misdemeanor.
This seemingly insignificant criminal case is now before the Supreme Court, with arguments later this month. That's because of what the authorities did next. When King was arrested, police took a cotton swab of skin cells from inside his cheek for DNA testing. They did not need his DNA to link him to the shotgun incident. Instead, the police entered King's DNA profile into both the Maryland DNA database and the FBI's national database, CODIS. King's profile, like all those in the database, was then automatically compared every week to evidence from all unsolved crimes. And, in fact, King's DNA matched DNA from an unsolved sexual assault case, for which he was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
If Maryland had required King to submit his DNA once he was convicted, then there would be no Supreme Court challenge. So far courts have all upheld DNA collection from felons, reasoning that convicts forfeit some of the rights of ordinary citizens. Maryland v. King is about something new: More than one-half of the 50 states (including Maryland) and the federal government authorize compulsory collection of DNA from people who have been arrested. But the Supreme Court has never held that if police have probable cause to arrest, they can also search a suspect for evidence of past or future crimes. Maryland's justification for this unprecedented expansion of police power? Bigger is better. Add arrestee profiles to the database, and more crimes will be solved.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.—UMass Boston (15-3-2, 8-3-2) overcame two deficits and scored three third-period goals to earn a 6-4 win Friday evening over Skidmore College (9-10-2, 6-7-1) at the Saratoga Springs City Rink.
The victory helped the Beacons win the season-series over the Thoroughbreds, after the two teams tied 4-4 at the Clark Athletic Center, and helped UMB exact some revenge over Skidmore, after the two teams played in last year's ECAC East Quarterfinals. Skidmore won the playoff matchup 3-2 over the Beacons, after overcoming an early 1-0 UMass Boston lead.
With the win, the Beacons also extended their winning streak to seven and they have now won or tied nine of their past 10 ECAC East conference contests.
Peter MacIntyre (Norfolk, Mass.) made sure the Beacons would get their revenge, as he finished with two goals and an assist. The second-line left-winger tied the game at one in the first, before scoring his second collegiate game-winner early in the third.
Linemate Kit Sitterley (Mooresville, N.C.) added a goal and an assist, while Frankie DeAugustine (Pittsburgh, Pa.) set a new career-high with three assists.
Sophomore defenseman John Houston (Pittsburgh, Pa.) scored his first goal of the season to put the Beacons ahead early in the third period and added an assist for a career-high two point night. Defensive linemate Rob Florentino (West Roxbury, Mass.) added two helpers, to increase his season total to 18.
Fourth-line forwards Jeremy Finger (Orlando, Fla.) and Mike Kuhn (Holbrook, Mass.) rounded out the scoring with a goal apiece.
In net, Zach Andrews (Coral Springs, Fla.) tied the program-record for wins in a single-season with 13, after making 22 saves on 26 shots. The freshman netminder made 19 saves over the final two periods, to tie Tom Corliss' 83-84 season total.
Ondrej Krajnak and Brendan Cottam each finished with a goal and an assist for Skidmore, who dropped their third straight game.
David Limoges put the Thoroughbreds ahead 1-0 just 19 seconds into the game, but the lead would be short-lived.
MacIntyre answered the Skidmore score 13 seconds later, when he put the puck past Ben Freiberg, with Sitterley and DeAugustine picking up assists.
Freiberg made 36 saves on 41 shots for Skidmore, to fall to 6-4 on the season.
UMass Boston dominated the final 19 minutes of the period, but failed to score, despite a 16-3 shot advantage and the lone power-play opportunity of the stanza.
Skidmore went up 2-1 less than three minutes into the third, when Cottam scored at 2:26 of the period.
Just over eight minutes later UMB found the equalizer, when Finger found the back of the net to tie the score at 2-2, with help from Houston and Florentino.
Sitterley gave the Beacons their first lead of the night at 12:34, when he took passes from MacIntyre and DeAugustine and banged it home.
The hosts wouldn't go down easy though, as Skidmore got on the board first for the third in period row, thanks to Vlad Gavrik. Gavrik took passes from Cottam and Brian McQuillan and sent it past Andrews to tie the scorer at 3-3 2:26 into the third.
Peter Belisle's squad would have one final answer though, as Houston put the Beacons ahead 4-3 44 seconds later. Travis Daniel (North Brunswick, N.J.) and Florentino recorded assists on the play.
Sixty-one seconds later MacIntyre made it a two-goal game at 5-3, with help from DeAugustine.
After a Skidmore goal halfway through the period made it 5-4, Kuhn scored his first goal of the season and second career goal with 33 seconds to play on an empty-netter.
The Beacons outshot Skidmore 42-26 in the contest. Both squads were shutout on the power-play, as UMB finished 0-for-2, while the Thoroughbreds went 0-for-4.
UMass Boston will look to split the season-series with Castleton State Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m in Rutland, Vermont.


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Friday, November 15, 2013
Fabulous Madonna Polaroid by Richard Corman 1983
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Love it!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
I was at the gallery opening last night. It was so packed! Wall to wall people. The DJ was playing music from the early 80's. Open bar! There was even pictures on the walls that were not in the book. My friends and I are going back on Black Friday. :)ReplyDelete
I am really happy Corman published the Madonna NYC 83 book! It's really worth the money, imho. <3ReplyDelete
so cool angel! xoReplyDelete
nicola - the book in person is GORGEOUS!!!Replies
Absolutely! It's obviously a work of love, respect and admiration. Every Madonna fan should go and buy it instantly. (However, I'm German and therefore not used to words like gorgeous or fabulous. We're more the "it's a nice piece of work" type. ;-))Delete
Here's an article about the opening night. There is a picture of him signing my book to me. http://www.milkmade.com/articles/2378-MADONNA-NYC83-Photos-by-Richard-Corman-Opening-Night#.UogMepEmLWjReplyDelete
Early First Album days. Key Track-Tribute to her mother Lucky Star. Flash Forward to Confessions Tour-Madonna in smiles and tears all at once!!!ReplyDelete


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Training programme for investors aims to develop their understanding of the investment needs and opportunities inherent in the European audio-visual sector.
Berlin-based peacefulfish has launched Enter Europe, a training programme for investors to enable them to build tailored financial products and services for the audio-visual industry.
The programme, co-funded by the MEDIA Programme, aims to develop investors' understanding of the needs and opportunities inherent in the European audio-visual sector and will consist of two expert workshops held in June 2013 (Paris) and December 2013 (Bari, Italy) and six weeks of intensive, one-on-one online training.
Registration for the programme, which will pick ten participants from the 32 MEDIA member countries, is now open until May 8.
Partners include Creative Skillset, Le Pole Media and La Plaine Commune.
Adrian Wootton, chief executive of Film London and the British Film Commission, commented: "Film London looks forward to welcoming the Enter Europe financiers at this year's PFM, giving them access to the Market's expert network of investors. The PFM offers a great opportunity for financiers who are new to the UK film industry, to be introduced to established international investors attending the Market."
peacefulfish also runs Enter UK, a training programme which aims to help financiers and professionals active in the financing sector to identify financing and investment opportunities and to better evaluate risks linked to the British film industry.
For more information, visit Enter Europe's website.


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By now, almost everyone has a help desk or service desk story to tell. Usually, it's the bad ones people hear about most — calling a service desk in some remote corner of the world, being unable to communicate with the person who answers the phone, calls being dropped or, worse yet, users being placed on hold for what seems like an eternity. According to Logicalis, an international provider of integrated information and communications technology (ICT) solutions and services, it's stories like these that give even experienced CIOs and IT managers reasons to look for alternatives for their service desk needs.
To find out what IT pros think the pitfalls really are with service desks, Logicalis tuned in to the social media conversations of IT decision makers over a six-month period from June 2011 to January 2012, and compiled a list of their top six concerns. Then, the solution provider asked its service desk experts how these concerns could be alleviated.
"Providing a service desk solution is not a one-size-fits-all offering. It's a partnership that makes it possible to offer the highest service levels to end users without the financial risk of building a significant in-house service desk infrastructure on their own," says Bob Chapp, service desk director for Logicalis. "Creating a 24/7/365 offering that's based on ITIL best practices and uses best-of-breed enterprise tools to successfully resolve hundreds of thousands of incidents a year with a 97 percent customer satisfaction rating — that's hard to beat with a standalone in-house operation. Yet, even experienced CIOs have horror stories to tell. The key to success when partnering for a service desk solution is to choose a partner wisely to avoid the very concerns IT pros say they're most worried about."
Twelve Virtualization Myths Debunked Global Knowledge takes on some of the most common myths about virtualization.
Ten IT Infrastructure and Security Trends for 2012 Symantec provides 10 predictions for the new year.
Fifteen Hot Android Apps for On-the-Go Business Execs Popular business and productivity apps for busy executives.
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Predictive analytics uses past data to forecast outcomes and target the right prospects – a move that's redefining the use of data and insights in marketing. ... More >>
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"There were a number of times where the two of us were alone, and he said some things that weren't scolding, but pieces of wisdom that stuck with me."
Trent Reznor reflects on the "validating and surreal" experience of working with his musical idol David Bowie and how Bowie helped him get sober.
Nine Inch Nails and Russell Mills present: Cargo In The Blood. Available now at http://www.cargointheblood.com


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Nuclear strategy
Nuclear strategy, the formation of tenets and strategies for producing and using nuclear weapons.
Nuclear strategy is no different from any other form of military strategy in that it involves relating military means to political ends. In this case, however, the military means in question are so powerful and destructive that it has been doubted whether any worthwhile political purpose could be served by their use. On the one hand, it has been questioned whether any country with pretensions to civilization could unleash such a devastating force as nuclear weapons. On the other hand, it has been noted that their use against an opponent similarly endowed would result in an equally ruinous retaliation. The central issue for nuclear strategy, therefore, is less how to win and wage a nuclear war than whether by preparing to do so it is possible to create a deterrent effect. The minimum objective would be to deter another's nuclear use, and the maximum would be to deter any aggression, on the grounds that any hostilities might create the extreme circumstances in which the restraints on nuclear use would fall away.
That maximum objective, which was the one adopted by both superpowers during the Cold War period, required close attention to the links with more conventional strategy and also to the wider political context, including alliance formation and disintegration. However, nuclear strategists paid little attention to this wider context because of the East-West conflict's remarkable continuity, with two alliances each dominated by a superpower—the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) by the United States and the Warsaw Pact by the Soviet Union. Although attempts to reproduce those alliances in continents other than Europe met with scant success, their stability within Europe meant that they were virtually taken for granted. Nuclear strategy then became associated with more technical questions relating to the capabilities of various weapons systems and the range of potential forms of interaction with those of an enemy under hypothetical scenarios.
With the end of the Cold War, most of those scenarios became moot, raising the question of whether there was still a role for nuclear strategy. The answer seemed to lie largely in how the consequences of nuclear proliferation fit into a much more complex international system. With the rise of tensions around the peripheries of both Russia and China, however, it became most possible to imagine circumstances in which a great power war might break out, which would always carry a risk of nuclear escalation.
The atomic bomb and American strategic thought
The first successful test of the atomic bomb took place in New Mexico in July 1945 as the leaders of Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States met at the Potsdam Conference to discuss the shape of the postwar world. That context coloured the early American appreciation of the potential foreign-policy role of the new weapon, with the result that nuclear strategy thereafter became bound up with the twists and turns of the Cold War between East and West.
However, the decision to actually use the bomb against Japan reflected the more immediate urge to end the war as soon as possible and certainly before it became necessary to mount an invasion of the mainland. The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 was a means of shocking Japan into surrender. The choice of civilian rather than purely military targets, and the consequent immense loss of life, reflected the brutalizing experience of the massive air raids that had become commonplace during the war. Afterward it was assumed that any future atomic bombing would also be against cities. As weapons of terror, they appeared to have brought 20th-century trends in warfare to their logical conclusion.
The first nuclear weapons were in the range of other munitions; the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima was equivalent to the load of some 200 B-29 bombers. Also, at least initially, the weapons were scarce. The key development introduced by atomic bombs was less in the scale of their destructive power than in their efficiency. By the start of the 1950s, though, that situation had been transformed by two related developments. The first was the breaking of the U.S. monopoly by the Soviet Union, which conducted its first atomic bomb test in August 1949. Once two could play the nuclear game, the rules had to be changed. Anyone who thought of initiating nuclear war would henceforth need to consider the possibility of retaliation.
The second development followed from the first. In an effort to extend its effective nuclear superiority, the United States produced thermonuclear bombs, based on the principles of nuclear fusion rather than fission, upon which the atomic bombs were based. That made possible weapons with no obvious limits to their destructive potential. Opposition to that development by influential nuclear scientists, such as Robert Oppenheimer, was disregarded by U.S. Pres. Harry S. Truman on the grounds that the Soviet Union would not suffer from any comparable moral inhibitions.
That move was not matched by a pronounced nuclear bias in U.S. strategy. The weapons were still scarce, and it seemed only a matter of time before any advantages accruing to the United States through its lead would be neutralized as the Soviet Union caught up. The Truman administration assumed that the introduction of thermonuclear weapons would extend the time available to the United States and its allies (including NATO) to build up conventional forces to match those of the Soviet Union and its satellites. A series of events, from the Berlin blockade of 1948 to the Korean War of 1950–53, had convinced the United States that the communists were prepared to use military means to pursue their political ambitions and that this could be countered only by a major program of Western rearmament.
Massive retaliation
The administration of U.S. Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower, which came to power in January 1953, saw things differently. It reflected on the frustrating experience of the inconclusive conventional war fought in Korea and wondered why the West had not made more use of its nuclear superiority. Eisenhower was also extremely worried about the economic burden of conventional rearmament. Assigning a greater priority to nuclear weapons provided the opportunity to scale down expensive conventional forces. By that time the nuclear arsenal was becoming more plentiful and more powerful.
The strategy that emerged from those considerations became known as "massive retaliation," following a speech made by U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in January 1954, when he declared that in the future a U.S. response to aggression would be "at places and with means of our own choosing." That doctrine was interpreted as threatening nuclear attack against targets in the Soviet Union and China in response to conventional aggression anywhere in the world.
Massive retaliation was widely criticized. In the United States the Democratic Party, whose policy under Truman was being reversed—and the army and navy, whose budgets were being cut at the expense of the air force's Strategic Air Command—charged that it placed undue reliance on nuclear threats, which would become less credible as Soviet nuclear strength grew. If a limited challenge developed anywhere around the Sino-Soviet periphery (the two communist giants were seen to constitute a virtual monolith) and the United States neglected its own conventional forces, then a choice would have to be faced between "suicide or surrender."
First and second strikes
Massive retaliation was also criticized for failing to appreciate possible areas of Soviet superiority. That criticism grew after the Soviet Union demonstrated its technological prowess by successfully launching the first artificial Earth satellite (Sputnik 1) in October 1957, not long after it had also made the first tests of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the SS-6. Concern grew that the Soviet Union was outpacing the United States in missile production and thereby leading to a "missile gap." (It might have been argued that after a certain level of destructive capability had been reached by both sides, an effective stalemate would be reached and extra weapons would make little difference, promising only, as British Prime Minister Winston Churchill put it, to make "the rubble bounce.")
However, by that time nuclear strategy was becoming much more sophisticated. With the RAND Corporation, a think tank based in Santa Monica, California, taking the lead, new analytical techniques were being developed. Those were often drawn from engineering and economics, rather than the more traditional strategic disciplines of history and politics. In a celebrated RAND study of the mid-1950s, a team led by Albert Wohlstetter demonstrated that the air bases of the Strategic Air Command could be vulnerable to a surprise attack, after which retaliation would be impossible, a situation that would expose the United States and its allies to Soviet blackmail.
A devastating surprise attack was considered possible because, with improved guidance systems, nuclear weapons were becoming more precise. Therefore, it was not inevitable that they would be used solely in countervalue strikes against easily targeted political and economic centres. Instead, it was just as likely that they would be used in counterforce strikes against military targets. A successful counterforce attack that rendered retaliation impossible—known as a "first strike"—would be strategically decisive. If, however, the attacked nation possessed sufficient forces to survive an attempted first strike with retaliatory weapons intact, then it would have what became known as a "second-strike" capability.
Other strategists, such as Thomas Schelling, warned that if both sides sought a first-strike capability, that could lead to an extremely unstable situation, especially during a period of high political tension when both were nervous as to the other's intentions. If it was feared that an enemy first strike was imminent, then there would be powerful pressures to attack first, and if the enemy recognized those pressures, then that would encourage him to get in his strike. Schelling described that as the "reciprocal fear of surprise attack."
On the other hand, if both sides were confident of their second-strike capabilities, then there would be considerable stability, as there would be no premium attached to unleashing nuclear hostilities. The benefits of a mutual second-strike capability led to the concept of arms control, by which potential adversaries would put less priority on simply lowering their force levels (as advocated by proponents of disarmament) and more on removing incentives to take the military initiative in the event of a severe crisis.
Mutual assured destruction
In the event, technological developments supported the second strike. Initially, long-range bombers had to be kept on continual alert to prevent them from being eliminated in a surprise attack. When ICBMs moved into full production in the early 1960s with such systems as the U.S. Titan and Minuteman I and the Soviet SS-7 and SS-8, they were placed in hardened underground silos so that it would require an unlikely direct hit to destroy them. Even less vulnerable were submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) such as the U.S. Polaris and the Soviet SS-N-5 and SS-N-6, which could take full advantage of the ocean expanses to hide from enemy attack.
Meanwhile, attempts to develop effective defenses against nuclear attack proved futile. The standards for antiaircraft defense in the nuclear age had to be much higher than for conventional air raids, since any penetration of the defensive screen would threaten the defender with catastrophe. Progress was made, using surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) such as the U.S. Nike series, in developing defenses against bombers, but the move to ICBMs, with their minimal warning time before impact, appeared to render the defensive task hopeless. Then, during the 1960s, advances in radars and long-range SAMs promised a breakthrough in antiballistic missile defense, but by the early 1970s those in turn had been countered by improvements in offensive missiles—notably multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles (MIRVs), which could swamp any defenses. (The first MIRVed ICBMs were the U.S. Minuteman III and the Soviet SS-17.)
Measures of civil defense, which could offer little protection to the civilian populace against nuclear explosions and, at best, only some chance of avoiding exposure to nuclear fallout, also appeared hopeless in the face of the overwhelming destructive power being accumulated by both sides.
By the mid-1960s, fears had eased of a technological arms race that might encourage either side to unleash a surprise attack. For the foreseeable future, each side could eliminate the other as a modern industrial state. Robert McNamara, U.S. secretary of defense for much of that decade, argued that so long as the two superpowers had confidence in their capacity for mutual assured destruction—an ability to impose "unacceptable damage," defined as 25 percent of population and 50 percent of industry—the relationship between the two would be stable.
The need to maintain strategic stability influenced the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), which began in 1969 and became the centrepiece of U.S. Pres. Richard M. Nixon's policy of détente with the Soviet Union. In 1972, with the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, the two sides agreed to ban nationwide antiballistic missile systems, thereby confirming the primacy of the offense. Attempts to consolidate the strategic standoff with a treaty limiting offensive weapons proved more difficult. (In 1972 only an interim freeze had been agreed upon.) The second round of talks was guided mainly by the concept of parity, by which a broad equality in destructive power would be confirmed. However, the difficulty in comparing the two nuclear arsenals, which differed in important respects, resulted in long and complex negotiations. A treaty called SALT II was agreed on in June 1979, but by that time détente was in decline, and it was dealt a final blow with the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan at the end of that year. In addition, the strategic underpinnings of arms control had been undermined by a growing dissatisfaction in the United States with the principles of mutual assured destruction.
Alternatives to mutual assured destruction
Critics found the condition of mutual assured destruction—which had become known by its acronym MAD—alarming. If MAD failed to deter, then any war would soon lead to genocide. In addition, if the threat of retaliating with nuclear weapons was used to deter only nuclear attack, then the value of nuclear threats in deterring conventional aggression would be lost. In principle, that could undermine the commitments made to allies to use nuclear weapons on their behalf if they faced such aggression.
Particularly alarming was evidence that the nuclear strategy of the Soviet Union envisaged using nuclear weapons in a traditional military manner much as if they were conventional weapons—that is, at most to obtain a decisive military advantage in a conflict and at the very least to reduce the damage that an enemy might do to Soviet territory (if necessary, by launching preemptive strikes). During the negotiations that led to SALT II, critics also argued that the momentum behind the Soviet ICBM program, in combination with improved guidance systems that gave unprecedented accuracy to MIRVed missiles, had opened a "window of vulnerability" in the U.S. deterrent force. They expressed concern that the Soviet Union, by deploying the SS-17, SS-18, and SS-19 ICBMs, was building a force of such size and accuracy that just a portion of it could attack and destroy the U.S. Minuteman and Titan ICBM force without killing huge numbers of civilians. Although that would not be a true first strike, since U.S. bombers and submarines could retaliate, those latter delivery systems were not accurate enough to produce an equivalent counterforce attack against Soviet missile silos. Instead, the United States would be forced to escalate the war by retaliating against cities. That repugnant act would be of no strategic value, however, because the rest of the untouched Soviet missile force would then be used to wipe out U.S. cities. The United States, therefore, would have placed itself in a position in which it would have to choose between surrender and slaughter.
The realism of that scenario may be doubted, given that no attack against U.S. ICBMs would be accurate enough to avoid massive civilian destruction. Therefore, the Soviet Union could be certain that the United States would feel little repugnance at retaliating against Soviet cities. Nonetheless, it was used to criticize SALT II, a complicated treaty that offered few means of verification and did little to interfere with the Soviet ICBM program. It was also used to argue for the development of U.S. ICBMs comparable to the Soviet systems.
The first formal break with mutual assured destruction had come when Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger announced in 1974 that future U.S. nuclear targeting would be geared to selective strikes and not just the sort of massive attacks suggested by the philosophy of mutual assured destruction. Although U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter's secretary of defense, Harold Brown, was skeptical that either side would actually find such sophisticated nuclear strikes possible, he accepted the need to develop a range of targeting options to convince the Soviet Union that it could not gain the upper hand by such methods. That was the main theme of the "countervailing" strategy announced in 1980.
Ronald W. Reagan came to office the next year with a much more radical critique of MAD, and his presidency was devoted to attempts to escape from its constraints. Initially, that took the form of a search for offensive nuclear operations that would enable the United States to prevail in a protracted war with the Soviet Union, rather than just countervail. It involved upgrading the old civil defense systems and deploying the MX, an experimental ICBM originally designed to survive a first strike through some form of mobile deployment. Neither of those ideas was politically popular. In the end, civil defense was rejected as impossible, and the MX (later named the Peacekeeper missile) was deployed in Minuteman silos and in only a fraction of the originally proposed numbers.
In March 1983 Reagan announced the start of a second search for a means to escape from MAD. This time it was for a defensive system that could intercept ballistic missiles. Reagan spoke of his preference for protecting lives rather than avenging them, and of the possibility of rendering nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete," but the vision could not be turned into reality. Although the Strategic Defense Initiative, or SDI (which critics dubbed Star Wars, after the science-fiction movie), was given a high priority and billions of dollars for research, the idea of protecting society as a whole from nuclear attack soon appeared hopelessly impractical, given the diverse means of delivering nuclear weapons. The main question became whether SDI could protect key political and military assets from attack, but even here some of the more futuristic ideas—such as using space-based lasers to destroy ballistic missiles just as they were launched—proved technically demanding and expensive. Political support waned.
Meanwhile, Reagan had replaced talks on arms limitation with the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START). At first the Soviet Union argued that no progress on strategic arms control was possible so long as SDI was being pursued. Mikhail Gorbachev, who became the Soviet leader in 1985, offered his own vision of how to escape from mutual assured destruction in a speech in January 1986, in which he set out a radical disarmament agenda leading toward a nuclear-free world by the end of the century. In October 1986, at a summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, Reagan came close to embracing that vision, but, because he refused Gorbachev's demand to abandon SDI, no agreement was reached. Nevertheless, the concept of arms reduction had taken hold, and START proceeded with a new emphasis on deep cuts in nuclear arsenals.
The switch to arms reduction suggested that Reagan's critique of MAD had concluded with the view that, given the difficulties of designing and deploying both discriminating offensive options and effective ballistic missile defenses, it was better to do away with nuclear weapons altogether. That constituted a formidable challenge to the orthodox view that nuclear weapons exercised a stabilizing deterrence on international misbehaviour and were a reassurance to allies of the United States, who faced preponderant Soviet conventional forces. Reagan was prevailed upon to moderate his critique, but not before doubts had been created as to the strength of the U.S. commitment to guaranteeing with nuclear weapons the security of its allies.
On the other hand, the alacrity with which Gorbachev embraced complete nuclear disarmament reflected the greater freedom of maneuver available to any Soviet leader as well as the subordinate role of the Warsaw Pact allies. Whereas NATO's European members were eager to lock the United States into their security arrangements for fear that they would be unable to stand alone, the Soviet Union had drawn its allies into a pact that met its own security requirements—that is, extending its form of government into eastern Europe and creating a buffer between it and the hostile capitalist forces of the West. Members of the Warsaw Pact might have been beneficiaries of a Soviet nuclear guarantee, but there was no question of shared decision making on nuclear matters. In fact, during the 1970s Soviet doctrine had appeared to have the goal of extracting the maximum regional benefit from its nuclear arsenal—vis-à-vis both western Europe and China—while maintaining Soviet territory as a sanctuary from nuclear devastation. Its priority in any nuclear conflict would have been to confine nuclear exchanges to central Europe while showing a certain respect for U.S. territory as a sanctuary in the hope of reciprocal treatment by the United States. If escalation had appeared inevitable, however, or if the United States had appeared to be preparing a first strike, then Soviet doctrine would have called for a preemptive blow against the United States' long-range arsenal in an effort to reduce damage to the Soviet Union.
That approach was undermined by evidence that U.S. nuclear doctrine and deployment showed no respect for geographic sanctuary and by the Soviets' own recognition of the sheer difficulty of managing a nuclear exchange in such a way as to reduce the vulnerability of Soviet territory. Even before Gorbachev, there had been a discernible trend in military thinking toward emphasizing the opening conventional stage of a war and toward achieving victory within that stage. Gorbachev accelerated that trend. Because he was not prepared to allow overambitious nuclear doctrines to interfere with his objective of improving relations with the West, he was much more prepared than his predecessors to compromise in arms-control negotiations. In addition, he was influenced by the April 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which demonstrated that radioactive fallout had little respect for national boundaries.


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Imagine! provides support services to more than 2,600 people with developmental and cognitive disabilities including autism, cerebral palsy and Down syndrome, including around 367 people in Broomfield.
Families interested in learning more about residential programs and other resources can call 303-665-7789 or visit imaginecolorado.org.
Residents in a new group home in Broomfield are starting a new life.
On a recent Wednesday, as summer rains started to fall on the rooftop of the newly-built home in northern Broomfield, three residents started their early evening routine: Coming home from work or day programs, watching some TV and getting settled after spending time with family. Soon after, the three had a meal of homemade macaroni and cheese.
The residents are older adults with developmental disabilities. In the past, they have lived with family or in host homes. Yet their new home is designed to keep them from feeling isolated as they age, while avoiding more expensive living arrangements, such as nursing homes.
The Next Step Group Home is known more informally as the Santa Fe house because of its street address on Santa Fe Drive. It was designed and built by Imagine!, an organization that provides support services to people with developmental and cognitive disabilities.
The six-bedroom Santa Fe house, which also has a large common living room and kitchen area, is the first Imagine! home in Broomfield.
Since moving into the Santa Fe house just a few weeks ago, residents are still transitioning to their new digs.
So far, though, it's been positive for new resident William Nitzel.
"Everyone is pretty friendly here," he said.
Nitzel previously lived in a host home, but when his medical needs started to increase, his name went on the list of interested individuals who wanted to move into the Santa Fe house, said Jodi Walters, director of Imagine's residential program, called Innovations.
Nitzel, who typically uses a cane to get around, said he really liked living with his previous caregiver. Yet his new home also has its perks.
For example, the bigger shower area makes it easier for him to use his shower chair and a detachable showerhead, he said.
"I used to really hate taking showers," he said.
There also is a different social element, where he has been meeting other residents, he said.
Those other residents include Peter Schmidt and Jeanne Brodie, who also moved into the Santa Fe house in the past few weeks.
Three more people are scheduled to move into the rest of the empty bedrooms in another few weeks.
Anna Kite, an assistant supervisor in the home, sometimes makes dinner or other meals for the residents and catches up with them while they have their meals.
She said socializing and spending meals together is a good way for the new residents to feel welcome and make the place their own.
"They talk with each other (during meals) and say good morning or good night to each other," she said.
Schmidt, a Broomfield resident who lived in host homes and also lived with his sister before moving to the Santa Fe house, spends his days going to day programs with FRIENDS of Broomfield or another day program in Thornton.
His sister, Nancy Schmidt, said she is happy to see Imagine! build a specialized home for older adults in the Broomfield area. She lives in Broomfield and wanted her brother to find a comfortable house that was near her family.
In some host homes, if a caregiver quits, the resident with disabilities often has to move to a new place. That can be stressful and feel unstable, she said.
"Their residence, their diet, even their doctors sometimes have to change," she said.
At the Santa Fe house, she sees a greater opportunity for her brother to have a long-term place to live with a stable routine and personal space, she said.
"If an employee quits(at the Santa Fe house), he doesn't have to move," she said. " It's his own place, his own room, the same day programs. He's still close to me."
Chantelle Tweten, a site supervisor for the new home, said the residents have help and support in the form of several counselors and other employees who help cook meals, make sure residents take medications and provide other caregiving aspects based on the residents' needs.
The Next Step Group Home is the first Imagine! group home built in Broomfield, Walters said.
Imagine! has five other group homes in operation throughout Boulder County, including another senior-focused home in north Boulder.
The project cost $1.15 million and was funded from a combination of state, federal and local sources, she said.
The bulk of funding comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which will provide $698,220 for capital advance and $68,100 for a three-year rental subsidy, she said.
In addition, the state housing division provided $150,000, and a Broomfield Community Development Block Grant offered $25,000.
An anonymous donor provided another $30,000 to use for building costs, and the home's architect, PEH Architects, provided another $15,000, she said.
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Major Section: OTHER
Forms: (set-tainted-okp nil) ; do not allow incremental version mismatches (default) (set-tainted-okp t) ; allow incremental version mismatches
Set-tainted-okp is of use only in the presence of incremental releases.
In short, evaluation of
(set-tainted-okp t) instructs ACL2 to consider an
incremental release to have the same ACL2 version as the most recently
preceding normal release. BUT THIS IS NOT THE CASE BY DEFAULT BECAUSE ACL2
Incremental releases have an incremental (incrl) version field, for
example the number 1 in version 2.9.1. (Also see version.) Ordinary
releases have an implicit incrl version field of 0 (for example, in version
2.9). By default,
include-book and
certify-book consider all
fields of ACL2 version strings, including their incrl fields, in order to
decide if there are version mismatches. But it may be convenient to treat an
incremental release as the same as the corresponding (immediately preceding)
normal release, in order to avoid recertification of existing certified
books. SUCH RECERTIFICATION IS LOGICALLY REQUIRED, but we provide
(set-tainted-okp t as a mechanism to allow users to experiment with
incremental releases.
Below we describe how books can be certified even though their certification has depended on ignoring mismatches of incrl version fields. We call such certified books ``tainted''.
(set-tainted-okp t) is evaluated, then any discrepancy is ignored
between the incrl version field of an included book (representing the version
of ACL2 in which that book was certified) and the current ACL2 version,
namely the value of
(@ acl2-version). Thus, with
(set-tainted-okp t)
we allow certification of books that depend on included books that have such
version mismatches with the current ACL2 version or are themselves tainted.
Any book thus certified will have the string "(tainted)" included in its
certificate's version string. Indeed, when ACL2 detects that a
book may depend either on a book whose version's incrl field differs from
that of the current ACL2 version, or on a tainted book, then such a book
is marked as tainted.
(set-tainted-okp t) has been executed, then even though ACL2
``ignores'' issues of tainting as discussed above, a
"Tainted" warning
is printed whenever a tainted book is included or certified.