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Farmington council rejects proposed budget
In the end, as Farmington mayor Todd Larson says, "It is what it is."
But what it is remains to be seen after a surprising vote during Monday's Farmington City Council meeting put the 2013 budget and tax levy on hold, and forced city administrator David McKnight to find another $152,000 in cuts before Dec. 17.
Council members rejected the 2013 proposed tax levy of $8,718,968 on a 3-2 vote. Instead, council member Jason Bartholomay made a motion to set the tax levy at the same amount as 2012. He, Julie May, and Terry Donnelly voted in favor of the motion, rejecting McKnight's proposed levy.
"I personally, as a council member, feel there is more we could do. With the unknowns in 2013, with the all the fiscal cliff talk going on, the continued reduction in home values ... the shift to the commercial sector. We can't be hypocrites here and say we care and then have tax increases which we know, we all admit, yet hit that sector much, much harder, and then all sit up here and say we want to increase commercial development," May said.
The $8.7 million levy presented Monday came after nine months of budget planning. It represented a 1.79 percent increase over the 2012 tax levy of $8,565,982, yet most residential property tax payers would have seen a decrease in the amount they were to pay if the presented levy were approved. Commercial and industrial properties would have seen an increase in taxes under that scenario.
The commercial and industrial properties will still receive an increase in taxes next year, council member Christy Jo Fogarty pointed out.
"I just want to make sure people understand, and the decision has been made, but this doesn't prevent businesses from seeing an increase in their taxes. Businesses are still going to see an increase in their taxes, despite what this city council does here tonight," Fogarty said.
Council could not vote on the 2013 budget because the budget, as presented Monday, is in line with the $8.7 million proposed tax levy. State law requires cities to approve a balanced tax levy and budget.
Instead, council members directed McKnight to find another $152,000 in budget cuts. That may, Fogarty pointed out, include elimination of employee positions in the final weeks of the year.
The vote stunned Larson, who apologized to McKnight and city staff afterward.
"I'm sorry that we went through nine months worth of work to come to the last minute decision like this, but it is what it is," Larson said.
"We spent nine months working on the budget document and I thought it was a good, sound, solid document and I'm very disappointed how tonight went," he continued before the end of the meeting. "By doing what we did tonight, I don't want to say 'wasted' nine months, but we took a budget that I thought was sound and I thought everyone else thought was sound whether you agreed with it or not, and we poked some more holes in it."
On Tuesday, Bartholomay admitted he was surprised by the council vote, even though he had made the initial motion to hold the levy at last year's rate. Bartholomay said he has been consistent in his message that the city shouldn't raise taxes right now. May, too, has conveyed that message during budget workshops this year.
"I didn't think anybody was going to second my motion. I was shocked. The vote surprised me, especially with Terry. I didn't know where he stood," Bartholomay said.
Bartholomay is reluctant to make suggestions on just where the cuts should be made in the 2013 budget.
A budget work session has been scheduled for next Monday, Dec. 10. Council is required by law to approve a balanced budget and tax levy by the end of December. McKnight indicated he will give council an update on his progress by the end of the week. The revised budget and tax levy will be presented at the Dec. 17 regular city council meeting.


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Just because it would be an overpay doesn't mean I believe it wouldn't happen.
Again this is all hypothetical so it just makes for some good discussion, nothing more.
Just because it would be an overpay doesn't mean I believe it wouldn't happen.
Again this is all hypothetical so it just makes for some good discussion, nothing more.
If Votto had been a FA last season someone would have paid him $30M per season.
Look at Crawford, Gonzalex etc. They, according to you, were paid more than any other team was willing to give them.
Yet a short time later there was a team willing to give up decent prospects to take on there contracts, and take on the contract of Beckett to boot.
Votto could be moved today for prospects.
Your assumption that players go to he team that offers the most money is incorrect. Toronto took on some contracts of players which had the year before been paid the most possible money and gave up numerous propects to boot. This has been discused in detail, and I beleive that Patrick Batemen made the excellent point that Toronto spent the money and prospects becuase they weren't likely in the position to outbid teams to obtain those players (or similiar players) in the first place.
A number of teams would take on Votto's contract and give up value to do so, as they weren't in the position to do so in the first place.
Plus salaries and teams needs change every year.
Guys like Crawford and Beckett had regressed since they signed their contracts. Yet they were still moved for value.
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CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson right tackle Landon Walker saw something change early on offense that sunk the Tigers in 2010.
Clemson held a 17-0 lead last September at Auburn, a game that if the Tigers won might have changed the entire complexion of the college football season. Instead, Auburn and Cam Newton rallied for a 27-24 overtime win as part of their national championship year.
Clemson, stung by the defeat, could not recover on the way to its first losing season, at 6-7, in 12 years.
"I hate to say we got used to losing. It's more like we forgot what it was like to win," Walker said. "It's something you can't let happen. Once you forget how to win, it's hard to get back there."
That's the goal this season for Clemson, which only two years ago played for an Atlantic Coast Conference championship as a league divisional winner. But an offense that couldn't be stopped struggled to score points minus stars like tailback C.J. Spiller and receiver Jacoby Ford. Two-sport quarterback Kyle Parker took a hard shot to the ribs from Auburn safety Mike McNeal in that contest and was barely the same.
Once tailback and the team's touchdown leader Andre Ellington got hurt in a 16-10 loss at Boston College, the Tigers' offense was all but finished. They managed just 64 points their last four regular season games, including defeats to Florida State (16-13) and rival South Carolina (29-7).
Head coach Dabo Swinney knew something had to change. He revamped his offensive staff, getting rid of coordinator Billy Napier and hiring Chad Morris from Tulsa.
Perhaps the biggest question for the Tigers offense is the performance of first-time starter Tajh Boyd. The sophomore picked Clemson over Ohio State and Oregon back in 2009, yet had largely sat behind Parker the last two years.
Boyd said he's put the work during film sessions and picked Morris' brain when possible about the fast-paced system. Morris hopes to cram in up to 85 or 90 offensive snaps a game.


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WASHINGTON — It was about 4:15 p.m. April 2. Lt. Col. Addison Burgess, 1st Cavalry Division chaplain, was getting ready to leave his office at Fort Hood when he was told to stay put. He heard shots and hoped it was a routine memorial ceremony.
His worst fears came true when the lockdown alarm sounded.
Soon, the installation learned of the shooting attack by Spc. Ivan Lopez, which once again enveloped the Army installation in tragedy.
Immediately following the lockdown notification, the chaplain's office began accounting for all unit ministry teams.
With some people at medical appointments, en route from the National Training Center at Fort Hood or already home for the day, it took about 15 minutes to reach 100 percent accountability of all division chaplain personnel.
At 6:45 p.m., the chaplain's office was told by headquarters to send four chaplains for casualty assistance, and at 7 p.m., other unit ministry teams were notified to move to two gyms to provide support to the two brigades caught in the crossfire of the attack.
All soldiers in the sustainment brigade and 1st Medical Brigade were required to report to the gym, where they had a chance to speak with unit leaders and chaplains to share information about the incident and talk to someone if they wanted help.
"It was an emotional roller coaster within both settings," Burgess said about the chaotic gyms during the aftermath of the shooting.
As limited information about the incident spread, chaplains moved around to talk with soldiers and to make themselves available if anyone wanted to talk.
"You have to give soldiers an opportunity to process where they are," Burgess said. "Chaplains need to remind soldiers and loved ones that they are safe, that we have to be able to gather the pieces but are here as a community to walk through this together."
As family members of Sgt. 1st Class Daniel M. Ferguson, Staff Sgt. Carlos L. Rodriguez and Sgt. Timothy W. Owens, who were killed in the attack, were notified, chaplains were assigned to each family for ongoing pastoral care.
Chaplains were tasked to stay with the families until the memorial ceremony April 9 — but even after the memorial, all volunteered to help until the families were ready for them to leave.
Chaplains also ensured the wife of the shooter was taken care of in the aftermath of the attack. They assigned a Spanish-speaking chaplain to work with her and her young family as they cope with the tragedy.
Fort Hood's chapels saw more people at services in the days following the tragedy.
"They want to hear it from you," Burgess said about the way people may seek answers from chaplains in the wake of grief. "But they have to ask God for help. It has to come from within. Chaplains walk with them and help them talk to God."


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INTRIGUING images from Greece to Dorset gardens are set to feature in a popular annual photographic exhibition in Dorchester.
The Dorset Independent Photographers will be showcasing their best darkroom skills combined with the latest in digital technology as their annual exhibition comes to Dorchester's Borough Gardens House.
The show runs for a week from Monday, August 18 and features whole range of subjects and skills, with images taken on everything from a plate camera to a smart phone.
Dorchester-based Nantes Solicitors are sponsoring the event, which has become a firm fixture of the West Dorset visual arts calendar.
This year's show will feature original prints by eight members of the group, including county town snapper Tim Edwards, a founder member of the Dorset Independent Photographers.
When health problems forced Tim to give up darkroom work, he transferred his passion to the digital camera, responding to the rich colours and patterns of decaying urban structures to produce his trademark abstract photographs.
Tim said: "These images were 30 years in the making."
Another county town photographer whose works will be on show is Malcolm Macnaughtan.
His focus is on traditional photographic craft and he has been inspired by the likes of John Blakemore, John Sexton and Paul Gallagher.
Other local photographers featured at the exhibition include Margaret Homan-Berry, whose photographs include a long-term project charting the transformation of Dorchester's Eldridge Pope Brewery site, and Barbara Jenkins, who has used her smart phone to pursue her love of landscape and water imagery.
A touch of the exotic will be provided by the work of Andy White, who has been exploring the beautiful old houses of Halki, a Greek island close to Rhodes.
The other snappers exhibited are Judith Jones, a fine art photographer whose interests include social and philosophical studies of urban life, and John Tilsley, who has been working on a wide range of projects including New Forest pony sales, the people of the Swanage Railway and landscapes in Finland and Spain.
The exhibition will be open from 10am to 5pm from Monday, August 18 to Monday, August 25.


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Freda (Shelton) Crowley, 82, Wood Heights, passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2007 at the Shawnee Mission Medical Center.
Freda was born Dec. 29, 1924 in Ray County, the daughter of Fred and Allie (Munkirs) Shelton.
She was united in marriage to Leston Monroe "Morris" Crowley on April 18, 1945 in Olathe, Kan..
She was of Pentecostal faith. She had worked in the purchasing department at Ford Motor Co. and the First National Bank in Kansas City.
Survivors include: her husband, Leston "Morris" Crowley of the home; several nieces; nephews; cousins and friends.
Besides her parents, Freda was preceded in death by: one son, Fred Milton Crowley in 1989; and one daughter, Cara Ann Crowley in 2001.
Memorials may be given to the M'Shooggs Animal Rescue, 11519 Rt. C Savannah, Mo. 64485.
The family received friends on Sunday, July 15, 2007 at the Polley Funeral Home in Excelsior Springs.
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The 10 Tiniest Rooms We've Ever Seen
The pieces and ideas you need for your most comfortable, luxurious, and personal bedroom ever. How many can you check off the list? This piece originally appeared on elledecor.com.More
Nothing ruins a happy morning (or makes a crabby one worse) like stepping out of the bed onto a cold, hard floor. Do yourself a favor and make sure your first step into the day is cushy and comforting. Already have carpet in the bedroom but it's not enough? Consider layering a smaller rug by the bed, a similar idea to what's seen here in a room by Adeeni Design Concept.
It's the first thing a child will consider when putting together their first bedroom, but adults tend to shy away from a decorative theme when envisioning their bedroom. But even when it's not Spiderman or Princess-powered, a theme can be not just a unifying device, but a calming one. In this Southhampton cottage bedroom designed by Timothy Whealon, stripes are used throughout (even in the motif of the 4-poster bed!) to create a streamlined yet funky touch. Notice how they're not all the same width, color, or even direction: That's what keeps it from looking like a bed-in-a-bag.
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Everyone likes to complain their gas bills are too high. But the prices investors are willing to pay for the infrastructure transporting that gas to Australian ports are just as astronomical.
Gas explorers like
Energy infrastructure is big money in the deal-starved investment banking world nowadays and interest in the assets is high.
BG's $22 billion Queensland Curtis LNG project is first cab off the rank. The Australian Financial Review reported earlier this month that a scoping study has been under way since February to prepare for the sale of the 540 kilometre pipeline which connects coal seam gas fields in the Surat Basin with the processing plant and port at Gladstone.
The assets are not household names but the pipeline and related infrastructure such as power stations, storage facilities and water treatment plants are worth big bucks and potential investors are already circling.
BG and its advisers at Goldman Sachs are unlikely to kick off a sale process until at least the first quarter of next year and there are myriad options on the table about how to structure the sale.
The process will be a blueprint for future assets sales by Santos and Origin Energy's LNG projects, which start production at a later date.
BG's advantage is that it is the sole owner of the assets, which means it does not have to negotiate with foreign equity partners on how it will structure the sale. Its partner in the Queensland Curtis LNG project and biggest customer, Chinese oil giant CNOOC, owns stakes in the gas resources and downstream processing plant, but not in the pipeline or in services facilities such as LNG storage tanks, water treatment plants and loading jetties.
The options for BG to structure asset sales and the prices they will fetch vary depending on how much operational control it wants to give up to potential buyers.
It is the first time companies such as BG have had to think about this issue and they will be keen to keep things simple. This means avoiding a situation where they could be taken hostage further down the track. Sources say potential structures include BG handing over control of the pipeline and allowing a buyer to sell off spare capacity to third parties; selling the assets but retaining operating control and reserving all capacity for future expansions; or selling but keeping the right to buy the assets back under certain circumstances.
The priority for the Queensland LNG ventures that head down this route – and Santos's GLNG venture is widely expected to follow BG and Origin's Australia Pacific LNG project – will be ensuring guaranteed supply for their gas processing projects.
Any pipelines sold would remain either dedicated wholly to the LNG project in question, or would have to prioritise capacity for the LNG plant over any other.
For the three LNG ventures that between them are investing almost $70 billion in their huge projects, subjecting the supply of gas or any other essential service to any risk is not an option.
BG must also find the balance between getting the highest price it can for the assets by keeping the potential pool of investors as wide as possible to ensure there is competitive tension. The first big question is does it sell the pipeline as a stand-alone asset, or bundle in the supporting infrastructure such as power stations, LNG trains, water treatment and loading facilities?
The entire package could be valued at up to $10 billion, including debt, according to some in the industry, which means a potential investor would need to find $3 billion to $5 billion in equity alone. That means finding a consortium of four to five major investors, which immediately wipes out some of the competitive tension.
BG is more likely to opt for the sale of the pipeline alone, which could fetch between $3 billion to $4 billion depending on who you speak to. Potential acquirers are quick to talk down the price.
The other assets, which are less well understood by infrastructure investors, could be sold further down the track.
Selling the pipeline by itself widens the pool of potential bidders, which is expected to include pension and infrastructure funds keen to get their hands on assets that deliver stable, long-term returns.
Barclays is understood to be advising a potential consortium of Queensland Investment Corp and Industry Funds Management.
Another consortium advised by Morgan Stanley is reportedly advising Hastings, Canadian pension fund Borealis Infrastructure and German insurer Allianz.
To guarantee those returns though, BG will have to decide whether the pipeline will operate under take-or-pay contracts, a standard structure used for pipelines where they are paid for capacity being available rather than how much gas is actually shifted.
Long-term investors like superannuation funds tend to be less interested in assets such as power stations because cash flows can vary depending on the market price on a given day in a competitive market.
It is a different story for pipelines, where you can guarantee returns over periods of 20 to 30 years and widen the pool of bidders. The LNG projects may have an expected lifespan of 40 years or more but most have contracts to sell gas for 20 years, so an agreement would unlikely go beyond that time-frame.
Also to be considered is the views of joint venture partners, some of which are traditional Asian national oil companies, unused to such financial deals. A task, not so much for BG but certainly for Origin and Santos, will be bringing their national oil companies partners to the table.
Sinopec, a partner in APLNG, and Korea Gas and Petronas, Santos' partners in GLNG, are thought to have reservations about a sale of pipeline and related infrastructure.
Such NOCs can be quite comfortable owning pipelines and indeed prefer a more integrated ownership approach. BG, Origin and Santos, however, would rather free up capital for investment in their core areas of business - exploration and production for BG and Santos, and more broadly in energy generation and supply for Origin.
Santos, while not under the same funding pressure as Origin, is also expected to consider a sale of pipelines and ancillary infrastructure at GLNG.
"All of them would no doubt consider it: it's a question of how much else they have on their plate and their ambitions in other parts of their business," says a source close to one of the projects. "But the assets become more attractive when they are all working and they've got proven results under their belt."
The timing is also important. While they could sell the assets before a project started producing gas that is unlikely as investors do not want to take on risks in the construction phase when things can still go wrong. A company of BG's size is unlikely to need the money so badly that it would rush the sale.
Again, they also want to protect supply which is another reason not to sell the pipelines before the LNG projects start production: that is the second half of 2014 for BG's Queensland Curtis venture, late 2014 for GLNG and 2015 for APLNG.
The final structure won't be known until closer to the time, with many different options thought now to be on the table. To some extent, the amount of control that is ceded will be proportional to the dollars received for the sale
For now, each venture is focused on completing the huge challenge of successfully completing the various parts of their project and starting up production successfully.
Once operational however, the project on is substantially derisked – something that is important for buyers as well, particularly passive investors such as pension funds who are not active operators of pipeline assets.
Until then, much analysis will go on how best to structure a sale, which would be totally different for an active pipeline operator such as APA Groupthan for an investment fund.
BG could also choose to sell a minority stake in the assets but this is an idea that horrifies many investment bankers given problems with other deals going down that path this year.
Fortescue Metals Group's failure to sell a stake in its Pilbara rail infrastructure and Aurizon's stalled network sell-down efforts have raised alarm bells and Goldman Sachs is unlikely to advise BG to do the same.
Infrastructure investors are understandably not keen to part with $1 billion without some kind of say in how the asset they buy is governed.
The practice of using third-party providers for infrastructure is commonplace for the sector. Glencore Xstrata already uses third-party utility providers, with APA and AGL Energy to supply power to its Mount Isa operations in Queensland. Some wind power generators have gone further, with AGL Energy having sold wind farms to free up capital, while retaining operatorship and ownership of the power generated.
Companies have to balance an immediate need for cash to help fund developments against the risks of selling key infrastructure. In any case sales would only come later on.
As APA chairman Len Bleasel has said: "If I was driving one of these massive projects, I would want my hand on the tiller to get it up and running and doing all the things I want. Then you look at your balance sheet and think 'we're better off not owning all of this', and look for new buyers."
There are few precedents for these types of asset sales and estimated valuations vary widely. Using historic EBITDA multiples as a benchmark, the BG pipeline assets could fetch 9-12 times earnings.
Recent Australian and New Zealand infrastructure deals have been done at about 11 times earnings.
APA, which has openly declared its interest in the pipelines, bought pipelines owned by Hastings at 16-18 times earnings earlier this year.
JPMorgan analysts estimate a $3 billion to $4 billion price tag for the GLNG or APLNG pipeline s. This would net $900 million to $1.2 billion for Santos and $1.1 billion to $1.15 billion for Origin. The potential asset sales are unlikely to face competition issues, particularly if they use a take-or-pay model. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims is aware of the process though and would still take a look in case there were any issues . The ACCC approved APA's Hastings acquisitions on the condition that it sold a key pipeline.
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Response of high-elevation forests in the Olympic Mountains to climatic change
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AbstractThe gap model ZELIG was used to examine the effects of increased temperature (2A?C) and altered precipitation on high-elevation ecosystems of the Olympic Mountains, Washington, U.S.A. Changes in tree species distribution and abundance, as well as stand biomass, were examined on north and south aspects in the dry northeast (NE) and wet southwest (SW) regions of the Olympics for (i) warmer, (ii) warmer and 20% wetter, and (iii) warmer and 20% drier climatic-change scenarios. Dominant tree species shift upwards 300-600 m in elevation in the SW, with subalpine meadows and Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carr. forests being replaced by Abies amabilis (Dougl.) Forbes forests at higher elevations and A. amabilis forests being replaced by Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. forests at lower elevations. In the NE, drought-tolerant species become dominant approximately 200 m lower than present, with A. lasiocarpa dominating the north aspect and Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. the south aspect. Biomass increases in the SW and generally decreases in the NE, depending on aspect and precipitation regime. This study suggests that species and site-specific responses at mesoscale (e.g., wet vs. dry climatic regime) and microscale (e.g., north vs. south aspect) resolutions must be characterized to quantify the variation in potential effects of climatic change on forest vegetation in mountainous regions.
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19 October 2005
19 October 2005
Sale of Specialty Rubber business
Elementis plc (LSE:ELM), today announced that it has agreed to sell its
Specialty Rubber business headquartered in Yateley, UK ('Linatex'), to private
equity funds managed by Navis Capital Partners ('Navis') for a net cash
consideration of approximately US$30.8 million (£17.6 million) on a cash free,
debt free basis. Navis is an Asian-based investment company.
Linatex is a leading international manufacturer of wet abrasion resistant rubber
products and process equipment. In the year ended 31 December 2004, Linatex's
operating profit was £0.2 million on sales of £45.9 million with net assets of
£17.1 million, excluding cash and debt. After taking account of transaction
costs and net asset levels at the time of the sale, Elementis expects to record
a one time book loss on sale of around £7.0 million.
Net proceeds from the sale will be used to make an additional contribution to
the UK pension scheme of £7.0 million, with the balance going to reduce net
borrowings. Completion is expected to take place before the end of 2005.
Edward Bramson, Executive Chairman of Elementis, commented: 'This completes the
strategic review of Linatex which was announced early in 2005. The review
concluded that the business was non-core and that a sale represented the best
value option going forward.'
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"We respect the dignity of aboriginal people."
1. The Bass Coast Project, a Canadian music festival, has banned attendees from wearing war bonnets and Native American headdresses.
Vanessa Hudgens was criticized for wearing a Native American headdress at Coachella 2014.
2. Organizers said that the festival takes place on indigenous land and "we respect the dignity of aboriginal people."
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3. Most commenters on the festival's Facebook page supported its policy.
"It's a small gesture with a big message. Thanks for being the first as far as I know to take a step towards teaching others what respect means. Good on you Bass Coast. And to all of you whining about the "right to express yourself", that right come waaaayyyy down the list from 'right to have your heritage respected'."
"a lot of people don't question the ethics involved in the harvest of such feathers and its never really sat well with me, thank you Bass Coast. take it one step further to include earrings with feathers as well."
"Wearing a feather war bonnet you didn't earn is like wearing a metal of honor you didn't earn, in your culture. A White youth doing drugs in a feather war bonnet is as disrespectful as let's say a Nazi wearing a yamaka or a Jewish rabbis holy implements while saying Hail Hitler."
4. War bonnets and Native American headdresses have become increasingly popular at music festivals like Coachella, raising the issue of appropriating cultural and sacred items for fashion.
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A Canadian First Nations DJ crew, A Tribe Called Red, has been pleading with its white fans to stop wearing "redface." In an interview with the Huffington Post last year, DJ Ian Campeau said, "We're in the middle of our civil rights movement right now, today. So hopefully, in a couple decades, 'redface' and terms like 'Redskin' and 'Indian' will go [the] way of 'blackface,' and terms like 'nigger' and become tabooed in North American society."
5. Celebrities including Pharrell, Khloe Kardashian, and Harry Styles have come under fire for wearing Native American headdresses.
Elle UK.
In an essay from the website Native Appropriations, blogger Adrienne K, said: "'Playing Indian' has a long history in the United States, all the way back to those original tea partiers in Boston, and in no way is it better than minstral shows or dressing up in blackface. You are pretending to be a race that you are not, and are drawing upon stereotypes to do so."
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Just reading back the headline to this story. Perhaps it needs a little explanation. This is 15 things about the movie 'The Terminator' that you probably didn't know, not 15 things about the T-800 that you probably didn't know. It's not going to be like:
1. The T-800 liked to holiday in Mauritius.
2. He was a sagittarius
3. He played rugby to county level, as a schoolboy.
Are we all clear? Good. Let's get cracking.
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A note to the new French president on how he can degrow France's economy, growing jobs & opportunities in the process.
Rail Series: Spain and France Compete for Europe's High-Speed Rail Leadership
Spain now has the longest high-speed rail network in Europe, surpassing France. Yet France still has a huge lead in terms of passenger travel. European countries remain among the world's passenger rail leaders. But relative to population, Japan is the overall champion.
How do you say "clunker" in French?
The U.S. "cash-for-clunkers" program has been more successful than expected, leading Congress to inject an additional $2 billion. Additional lessons may be learned from France's experience with a similar "ecological bonus-malus" program. The United States has a long way to go to improve the poor fuel efficiency of its vehicle fleet.


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Meadows goes green for the environment
In one recent week, 35 residents of the Mid-Mon Valley passed away, ranging in age up to 99 years.
The Valley Independent also carried nine obituaries of other, mostly older residents who moved, died and were laid to rest elsewhere.
It was not a particularly unusual week. Similar numbers of obituaries have been appearing week after week for too many weeks, resulting in another unfortunate development.
That is, the deaths of so many elderly residents are disproportionate to the number of births and new people moving into most communities here, emphasizing "most" but not all, thereby contributing to population loss.
The data was gathered from latest U.S. Census Bureau reports and similar reliable sources.
It was compared to figures published in this newspaper nearly two years ago, when a group of articles confirmed that the 40 communities between Brownsville and Elizabeth were collectively growing smaller, older and poorer than most people thought.
Mid-Mon Valley's population that stood at 117,660 in 1990 had fallen to 109,723 in 2009, when the articles were written.
Latest available statistics put the total population at 107,144, a more alarming drop of 2.3 percent over a comparatively short period of time.
Among 26 of the 40 municipalities where the population dropped, Donora, Charleroi, Monessen, Monongahela and Brownsville were big losers again.
They're seen as "Rust Belt" towns that have fallen out of favor largely because of old-style housing and dwindling commerce, although, to their credit, significant numbers of downtown businesses have hung in there, especially in Charleroi and Monongahela.
Monessen was down by 375 people to 7,720. While still the largest city in the Mid-Mon Valley, its population is only one-third of the 1940s and 1950s, when steel mills boomed.
Not surprisingly, most growth continued in several townships and California, Pa., up nearly 10 percent to 6,805, where an expanded, modernized California University of Pennsylvania is the catalyst.
Carroll Township increased by 454 people to 5,939, Elizabeth Township by 249 people to 13,271 and Fallowfield Township by 246 people to 4,461.
While Rostraver, the Valley's second largest township, experienced a drop of 313 over the past two years, it has nevertheless retained a robust population of 11,363.
Reasons for the Valley's overall population drain remain pretty much unchanged.
Not enough young people choose to keep living here, especially college graduates. Few well-paying manufacturing jobs are left. Even fewer opportunities exist for the placement and advancement of professionals. Overall birth rates are down. More people remain single in today's society.
Despite affordable housing and moderate taxes when compared to other places, not enough new people are moving in to replace those passing away or leaving. Proof lies in vacant buildings and "For Sale" signs, not the result of mortgage foreclosures but an absence of buyers.
Former residents return home for weddings, funerals, reunions and holidays. Then they leave again for places with better-paying jobs, better schools, safe streets and capable political leadership.
Sorry for the doom and gloom.
Some good things are happening. For example, 60 continuous miles of the Mon/Fayette Expressway are now open. A $26 million renovation of the Charleroi-Monessen (Tener) Bridge will be completed by June.
Marcellus Shale is bringing in new jobs, helping make Washington County the fourth-largest growing county in the U.S. The old Allenport Mill may become home to a new business employing about 400.
It's important to keep calling attention to the declining population of the Mid-Mon Valley in the hope that more people who still live here will do more to stop it.
Don't abandon ship yet.
Thought du jour - The best way to predict the future is to help create it.
Joe Grata is a freelance writer for Trib Total Media


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In Ed Wood's book, Sourdoughs from Antiquity he included a picture of a man in the Middle East tending bread loaves on wood planks outside his home. The man was using the heat of the sun to rise the loaves before baking them. That picture was an epiphany for me. Till then I believed that I had to measure ingredients carefully and follow rigid schedules to make bread. I realized that the man in the picture represented hundreds of years of people making bread without fancy weights and measures and perfectly timed schedules. Making bread was historically a very right-brained, intuitive, kinesthetic process! Yea!
Inspired by Mr. Wood's book I ordered a starter from King Arthur Flour Company and began teaching myself to make bread with simple tools; a spoon, a bowl and an oven. For over a decade my neighbor Rick and I have kept the sourdough starter going, passing it to friends along with loaves of fresh bread. I constantly experimented with rising times and cooking methods, learning that there were many ways to get a beautiful loaf.
Consider these instructions a rough template. The amount of ingredients and rising/fermenting times will change depending on the humidity and warmth of the seasons and the way the starter adjusts to your particular style. After you've practiced several loaves, you can change the ingredients to make almost any type of bread you can think of. One of my favorites is Chocolate Bread.Directions for the chocolate variation are in the 4th question under the FAQ list.
Read the recipe through and the notes at the end to get an idea of the process. After you've made a few successful batches of bread you'll have the confidence to alter ingredients and timing.
First: Grow a starter or get one from a friend. (It will take about 2-3 days to grow 4 cups worth from a small amount).
You can buy a dry starter and resuscitate it, or buy a moist starter from King Arthur Flour and enlarge it. Follow directions on the package.
Replenish the starter with enough flour to get a jar of about 4 cups worth going in your refrigerator. Ideally the starter is the consistency of thick pancake batter. Store the starter in a glass or ceramic pitcher/bowl with a loose fitting plastic lid.
Tools: Oven, 2 flat baking sheets, 1 deep baking sheet or shallow pan for the water.
Bowl, stout rubber spatula or wood spoon.
A pizza paddle or wide spatulas to move the dough loaves around.
Yield: 4 normal size loaves, 6 small loaves or lots of buns.
Bread Recipe: Plan for between approx. 10 to 24 hours for the process (your choice — read ahead and plan for what works best for you)
- 2 cups (approx) liquid starter culture (always leave at least a cup of starter in reserve for future bread baking)
- 8 cups (approx.) White unbleached bread flour, (approx. 3 lbs.)
- 5 cups (approx.) Baby Bottle Warm water* (appx 90 degrees)
- 4 heaping teaspoons Sea Salt
- 4 heaping teaspoons sugar (honey, organic white or brown sugar)
- 2 or more additional cups of flour
- Approx. ½ cup olive oil
Note: All measurements are very approximate. Adjust flour and water ratios til it feels right (tough if you have no idea what that means, you'll just have to try it my way first then adjust your approach next time.) I allow 1 teaspoon of salt per medium loaf. The sugar is to counter the killing effects of the salt (on the yeast).
Step One: Approx 5 minutes to make. 8 to 24 hours to sit on your counter and ferment.
- Mix by hand the flour, starter and water in a very large ceramic or glass bowl until all ingredients are moistened. Do not beat, just gently mix.
- Let this sit for a minimum of 8 hours (in a warm kitchen) or as long as 24 hours. I prefer about a 12 hour period (I mix it in the morning and bake it in the evening). If it's very warm, go with less time so that your culture doesn't run out of life before it's baked. This process is called the "sponge". I cover mine loosely with a flexible plastic cutting board.
Note: after you've made a few loaves and have a feel for the process, see the FAQ's for info on adding other flours at this stage.
Step Two: About 10 – 15 minutes to knead. Approx 1 to 2 hours to rise.
- Mix Salt and sugar with 1 cup of flour. Stir this mixture into your fermented sponge. Add additional flour if the dough is still wet. When you can no longer stir the bread, cover your hands until they are dripping in olive oil and dive them into the bread. Knead the loaf by turning the far edge over the loaf and towards your body. Smash it into the loaf, give it a ¼ turn and repeat kneading the loaf for between 4 to 15 minutes. (Depends on how fast it goes and your attention span).
- Add a little more flour if the loaf is too sticky, though err on the wet side as a wet dough yields a more open texture. If you make the mistake of adding too much flour, as soon as possible shake off the excess flour (save it to add to your starter) and add more olive oil to the mix until you can knead it again.
- Oil the bread bowl heavily. Put the dough in the bowl and pour more oil on top and spread it around so that it's protected from drying out.
- Let it rise in a warm place til it's about 50% bigger or almost doubled. (about 1 to 2 hours)
Step Three: Cooking. About 15 minutes to prepare your oven and loaves. 45 min. to bake.
- Pre-Heat your oven to 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Meanwhile put a large kettle of water to boil. Put a shallow metal pan in the bottom of your oven.
- Punch down your bread dough.
- With a knife, cut it into sections for loaves. This recipe makes 4 medium or 6 small loaves.
- Make about 2 to 6 kneading motions of each dough section and shape the dough into a round or long loaf. Shaping a loaf requires only childhood mud-patty skills, so don't make this hard on yourself.
- Sprinkle a layer of flour on your kitchen counter and put the shaped loaves there.
Note: This step in the process is the ideal place to add flavorful ingredients to the bread such as – Chocolate chips, dried fruit, chopped nuts, cinnamon and sugar, sautéed onions and garlic, cheese, chopped jalepeno chiles, etc.
Either knead the ingredients into the dough before you shape it OR flatten out the dough and spread the ingredients over it. Roll up the dough and tuck in the ends.
6. Shake a generous sprinkling of flour (about 1/2 cup) on your 2 baking sheets.
7. Finish the dough –
A. The easiest: Pat flour all over the dough. OR
B. Beat a whole egg and spread it over the tops of the loaves.
Optional — Sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds .
8. With a sharp knife, slash the tops of the loaves approx ¼ to 1/2" deep. On round loaves I make an "X". On long loaves I put 3 to 5 slashes the width of the loaf.
9. Slide the loaves onto the pan and put them in the hot oven.
10. Pour the boiling water into the hot shallow pan on the bottom of the oven and quickly shut the door to seal in the steam.
Bake for 45 minutes at 400 degrees.
How do I take care of the starter?
The starter is like a houseplant (a succulent). If refrigerated it needs care every 1 to 3 weeks. Keep the starter in the refrigerator with a lid that is on loosely.
Take it out of the refrigerator to feed it. Feed the starter a cup of white unbleached bread flour and 1 cup of baby-bottle-warm water. Stir and leave it on your counter for 8 hours to let it warm up and come back to life. Before I "put it to bed back in the refrigerator" I give it a "snack". Stir in about ½ cup of flour and put it back in the refrigerator. If you need a lot of starter, add extra flour, never much more than twice your amount of starter. (ex. you have 2 cups of starter — add 2 cups of flour and water OR you have 4 cups of starter — add 4 cups of flour and water.)
If you've neglected the starter for a long time (4 to 6 weeks) give it a chance and try to revive it. You might have to feed it and then after 6-8 hours pour off some and feed it again. Repeat this cycle 2-3 times til it's bubbly and happy again.
If you're making bread every day you don't have to return the starter to the refrigerator as it can live comfortably at room temperature if fed daily.
What is Natural yeast anyway?
Natural yeast is a "wild" yeast compared to the store bought hybrid yeast. Both types of yeasts are a single cell fungus that breaks down the starches in wheat flour through the process of fermentation to create sugar that gives off carbon dioxide gas that makes the bread rise. Natural yeast starter has yeast and lactobacilli (similar to the lactobacilli in yogurt or other cultured foods) in a symbiotic relationship.
A store-bought hybrid yeast is like a corn field. It all grows at the same rate and is harvested at the same time. A natural yeast starter (the lactobacilli is part of the starter) is like an old growth forest. Imagine trees and other plants of varying heights that grow at different rates. The lactobacilli create the rich flavor and their presence retards bad molds from growing in the starter. For this reason, a natural yeast starter is responsive to a wide variety of temperature and humidity changes and doesn't need a strict schedule, though with use, you'll learn that your starter is most powerful (lots of bubbles and puffy) at a certain point in the fermentation process.
How do I add whole grains to my loaves?
At Step 1 of the recipe substitute up to half of the white flour with whole wheat. If you use a low-gluten flour like oat or rye, substitute ¼ of the flour. As you experience the results, increase your whole grain/white flour ratio. I've used 100% whole spelt or wheat grain, but the loaves have always been smaller and denser than loaves made with more white flour. It's up to you.
I want to make some different breads. What is the easiest way to do that?
Add flavorful ingredients to the bread such as – Chocolate chips; dried fruit; chopped nuts; butter with cinnamon and sugar; sautéed onions and garlic; cheese; chopped jalepeno chilis, etc.
At Step 3 either knead the ingredients into the dough before you shape it OR flatten out the dough and spread the ingredients over it. Roll up the dough and tuck in the ends. One of my favorite breads to give as a gift isChocolate Bread. I knead in about a cup or more of dark chocolate drops into each loaf, it's delicious!
How do I plan the bread around my life?
I prefer a fermentation time (Step 1) of 8 to 12 hours. I'll start the bread Friday night and then do Step 2 and beyond Saturday morning. If I have time during the week, I'll start Step 1 in the morning before work, then begin Step 2 and beyond when I'm home for the evening. If my plans change and I need to slow things down, I put the dough in the refrigerator. If I need to speed things up it doesn't work very well as the yeast/lactobacilli don't have time to do their work. I suggest slowing down the process.
My bread doesn't taste very sour. What's up?
Possibly your starter won't produce a very sour taste. The lactobacillus are responsible for the sour flavor. You could order a starter from a San Francisco company and give that a try. I did that and discovered that while the starter was stronger in flavor, it wasn't wildly different. (After 6 months I combined it with my other starter because I didn't notice enough difference to make the hassle worthwhile of keeping separate starters.) The other thing to think about is that your palette has been tampered with. Many commercial bread companies put citric acid (also known as sour salt) in their loaves to make them taste sour. You can order citric acid from King Arthur Flour company and give it a try. I've never tried the product, consequently I have no idea how it would react with my starter. If you try it and like it, let me know.
Why do I add hot water to my oven when I bake the bread?
In the oven, the maximum rise is in the first half of the baking period. The steam bath keeps the outside of the bread loaf flexible enough to allow the yeast to rise as much as it can during that time. During the second half of the baking period the steam contributes to creating a crunchy crust.
Mail order sources for Starter:
King Arthur Flour Company
*If the water in your area is heavily chlorinated, use filtered or bottled water or boil a pot of water and leave it out overnight.
Other Reading: I highly recommend Edward Espe Brown's, The Tassahara Bread Book. It was the book responsible for my first bread success. Though the yeast I used then was packaged, The Tassahara Bread Book is the classic that started me making bread.
Here's a note from Bob's Red Mill — the Oregon flour I use for my bread: "All of our products are non-GMO and identity preserved. This means that the seed that was planted for the plants that yield the grain originated from a non-GMO source. We have little control over factors such as wind drift and pollen drift, so we do shy away from advertising our products as non-GMO and printing it on our packaging," says Jennifer Barnes, Customer Svc., Bob's Red Mill.
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North Dakota tax accord nets $40 million monthly for tribe, state
BISMARCK — A tax agreement that standardized the rules and spurred oil drilling on an American Indian reservation in North Dakota is bringing in more than $40 million monthly for the state and tribal members, up from zero five years ago, state Tax Department records show.
Since the accord between the Three Affiliated Tribes and the state was first signed in 2008, the number horizontal wells on the Fort Berthold Reservation jumped from one to more than 1,000. To date, the state has collected $445.4 million, with the tribe getting $315.3 million, data show.
The reservation, occupied by the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara tribes in the heart of North Dakota's booming oil patch, now accounts for nearly a third of all oil production in North Dakota.
"It's big," said Ryan Rauschenberger, North Dakota's deputy tax commissioner. "The reservation accounts for a huge portion of the state's production."
More than dollars, oil drilling has brought hope, jobs and business opportunities to long-impoverished tribal members who have struggled for more than a century on the million-acre reservation, said Fred Fox, vice chairman of the Three Affiliated Tribes.
"God gave us opportunity," Fox said. "We're grateful and thankful and we have to take advantage of what's going on."
The reservation contains portions of six counties, covering more than 1,500 square miles. About 4,500 of the approximately 12,000 tribal members live on the reservation, tribal officials say.
Prior to agreement with the state, little drilling occurred on the reservation due to complex tribal rules and uncertainty about taxes. The accord specifies that North Dakota's Department of Mineral Resources regulates reservation production.
Former Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Marcus Levings and former Gov. John Hoeven signed the agreement in 2008 and agreed to a permanent extension of the accord in 2010. Under that agreement, North Dakota got 80 percent of tax collections from private land on the reservation and 50 percent of the taxes from tribal trust lands held in trust by the federal government to benefit the tribe and individual tribal members.
The Three Affiliated Tribes and its current chairman, Tex Hall, successfully pressed lawmakers in the last Legislative session for an equal cut of oil production taxes, saying the extra money was needed to address issues caused by drilling that were unforeseen when the pact was first signed. The new tax agreement went into effect in September already has netted the tribe nearly $62 million in three months.
The tribe received $131.8 million in fiscal 2013, while the state got $176.8 million, under the old agreement, data show. The state's share in fiscal 2012 was $113.4 million, while the tribe collected $74.6 million.
The state's share of oil taxes from reservation land is divided among counties, cities, school districts and a number of state funds and programs.
In addition to the oil money, the tribes get $60 million to $70 million annually in federal aid.
Fox said oil revenue has helped supplement federal dollars for housing, law enforcement, medical facilities and infrastructure.
"Right now, we're catching up and making huge strides," Fox said.
The tribe has built more than 100 homes for its members in the past year, and has made progress in building roads medical facilities and water systems, Fox said. The tribe also has set aside about $250 million in trust and savings accounts.
"We never imagined anything like this would ever happen," Fox said.


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BYU's Riley Nelson is still recovering from a rib cartilage injury he suffered against San Jose State and is questionable right now for the Poinsettia Bowl.
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Gimbap Recipe 1: Classic
소고기 김밥
For Koreans, gimbap is one of those foods that brings back warm and fuzzy memories. The nostalgia likely includes picnics and school field days, where gimbap was nearly essential. It also frequently shows up on birthday party tables. Although gimbap is closely associated with special occasions, it's also an everyday food pretty much seen everywhere, including convenience stores, service stations, cafeterias, and restaurants.
Gimbap has evolved quite a bit over the years. Back in the day when Koreans were poor, it was just seaweed and rice with maybe one vegetable. Today It is much more elaborate and nutritious. Gimbap to Koreans is like sandwiches to North Americans; it's very common, yet never gets old. On top of being delicious, it's nutritious, portable and versatile.
There are an infinite number of variations in gimbap. Sharing gimbap with friends at a school picnic was fun because each family adds a different twist, whether it's a special ingredient, unique shape or size. You can always make your own signature gimbap by adding your favorite ingredients or seasonings, or by making different shapes.
See other variations of gimbap:
Petal Shape Gimbap
Tuna Gimbap
Mini Mayak Gimbap
Kimchi Gimbap
Nude Gimbap
INGREDIENTSshop these ingredients online »
|3 cups
|Rice, white short grain 쌀
|6 sheet
|Seaweed for Gimbap (Korean rice roll) 김밥김 (unseasoned)
|5 oz
|Pickled Radish (Dan-mu-ji or Yellow Radish) 단무지
|2 oz
|Burdock Root (Woo Ung) 우엉
|4 oz
|Carrot (large Korean carrot) 당근
|2 oz
|Fishcake, Eomuk or Odeng 어묵(오뎅)
|4 oz
|Spinach 시금치
|Egg 계란
|12 oz
|Beef 소고기 (optional, ground beef or any cut chopped finely)
|7 tbs
|Soy Sauce (regular) 왜간장
|3 tbs
|Sugar 설탕
|2⅔ tbs
|Sesame Oil 참기름
|Black Pepper 후추
|1¼ tsp
|Garlic (minced) 다진 마늘
|1 tbs
|Vinegar 식초
|1½ tsp
|Mul Yeot / Malt (Maltose) Syrup 물엿 (or Jo-cheong/Rice Syrup, can use sugar instead)
|1½ tsp
|Sesame Seeds 깨
|⅔ tsp
|Salt 소금
|1 tsp
|Vegetable Oil 식용유
*The default serving of this recipe is set to 3. For this recipe, 3 servings refer to about 6 rolls of gimbap. Please note that ingredient amounts in the recipe instructions are for the default serving size.
kitchen tools
- 1 bamboo mat for rolling
- 1 small to medium pot or rice cooker for rice
- 1 large bowl to mix up rice
- 1 small pot to blanch spinach
- 1 sauce pan for braising burdock root/fish cake
- 1 small to medium pan for sautéing carrots
- 1 small to medium non-stick pan for eggs
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Optional Ingredients and Substitution
- You can omit beef or use shiitake mushrooms instead.
- There is no set of rules for gimbap ingredients. You can substitute most ingredients with your favorite ingredients. However, danmuji (yellow pickled radish) is key to authentic Korean gimbap. Season the ingredients with sesame oil and either salt or soy sauce unless it's already salty without any seasoning (e.g., crab meat).
Whatever you use, ensure they don't produce liquid. The liquid will go through the rice and leak out or make the roll soggy. Remove moisture by squeezing with hands or by pat-drying with clean towel. If you must use moist ingredients, place them on top of perilla leaves or something else that acts as a barrier between the rice and the ingredient.
Most common ingredients used in gimbap in Korea include danmuji (yellow pickled radish), spinach, cucumber, carrot, perilla leaf, burdock root, crab meat, fish cake, egg, beef, cheese, ham, beef, kimchi, tuna mixed with mayo, etc.
Good to Know
Size and flavor of gimbap
You can make various shape and size of gimbap.
To make gimbap smaller and also more flavorful, make the rice layer as thin as possible.
You can also decrease the size by cutting 2-3" off of the seaweed.
Gimbap tastes best when it's freshly made. In room temperature, it can last 4-6 hours. In a hot summer day, it may only last an hour or two.
The leftover ingredients may last a day or two with an exception of seasoned spinach. Make sure you don't put all the ingredients in the same container or at least use cling wrap or aluminum foil as dividers so they are not touching each other. Seasoned spinach is delicious but doesn't last as long as other ingredients. For this reason, some people prefer cucumber over spinach in their gimbap.
More questions? Please leave your questions below in the comment section. We will do our best to answer as soon as we can.
Ingredient amounts in the recipe instructions are for the default serving size.
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Ingredient amounts in the recipe summary are for the default serving size.
1. Prepare rice
Wash 3 cups of short grain rice twice and drain all the water. Add water (3 cups for electronic rice cooker or 4 cups for regular pot) to the rice and add 2 (2"X2") pieces of kelp in the water. After 30 minutes, remove kelp but leave rice and water. Kelp water apparently prevents rice from drying up and helps rice stick to the seaweed better. But, you can omit kelp if you don't have any.
Wash & drain
Add 3 cups water (for rice cooker)
Soak 2 pieces kelp Remove minkelp
2. Cook rice
Cook rice. For detailed instructions, see how to cook rice in a rice cooker and how to cook rice in a pot .
Cook rice
3. Marinate beef
Marinate 0.8 lb (350g) of beef with 3 teaspoons of regular soy sauce, 1½ teaspoons of sugar, 3 teaspoons of sesame oil, a pinch of black pepper and ⅛ teaspoon of minced garlic. Cover and keep in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
0.8 lb (350g) beef
In the fridge
at least 30 min
4. Prepare burdock root
Peel and rinse 2.5 oz (70 g) of burdock root. Cut into thin strips.
Peel & Rinse
Cut into strips
5. Soak burdock root
Soak the burdock root strips in 1 cup water and 1 tbs vinegar for 30 minutes.
Soak burdock root
30 min
6. Blanch burdock root
Boil 2 cups of water. Blanch the burdock roots in boiling water for 3 minutes.
Boil 2 cups water
Blanch burdock root 3 min
7. Cut fish cake
Cut fish cake into ½" thick strips.
Cut fish cake
8. Braise burdock root & fish cake
In a sauce pan, mix ¾ cup water, 6 tablespoons of soy sauce and 2½ tablespoons of sugar and add fish cake and burdock root in the pan. If you are cooking a larger amount, you probably want to cook fish cake and burdock root separately using the same seasoning. Cook uncovered on medium heat.
Cook uncovered
Med Heat 7 min
9. Braise II
When the liquid is almost gone, add 2 teaspoons of mulyeot (Korean malt syrup) or jocheong (rice syrup). If you don't have mulyeot, just add a little more sugar or sugar substitute.
10. Prepare spinach
Cut the roots off of spinach and wash thoroughly.
Cut off roots
Wash thoroughly
11. Blanch spinach
Boil 5 cups of water. Blanch in the boiling water for a minute. Rinse and gently squeeze out water.
Boil 5 cups water
Blanch spinach 1 min
Rinse & squeeze water out
12. Season
Season spinach with ⅛ teaspoon of salt, ½ teaspoon of sesame oil and ⅛ teaspoon of minced garlic. Mix well by hand.
Season spinach
13. Prepare carrot
Peel and rinse a carrot. Cut 3.5oz (100g) of carrot (about ⅓ large Korean carrot) into long ¼" thick strips. If you are using smaller carrots, just cut into shorter strips. You will just have to add a few more when making a roll.
Peel & rinse
Cut into
14. Cook carrot
Preheat a pan with 1 tsp vegetable oil on medium heat. Sauté carrots on medium heat for 2 min or until they are cooked (not crunchy any more)."
Preheat pan
Sauté carrots
Med Heat 2 min
15. Prepare eggs
Beat 3 eggs with an added pinch of salt and black pepper. Preheat a pan with 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil on medium heat for a min.
Pour the beat eggs and cook until all the eggs are fully cooked. Let it cool on the side.
Beat 3 eggs
Preheat pan
16. Cut eggs
Once the eggs have cooled, cut into ½" thick strips.
Once cooled
Cut eggs
into ½" thick strips
17. Cut danmuji
Rinse danmuji yellow pickled radish) with water. Pat-dry with paper towel. Cut 5oz (150g) of danmuji into ½" thick strips.
Rinse danmuji
Pat-dry with paper towel
Cut 5oz (150g) danmuji
into ½" thick strips
18. Cook beef
Preheat a pan with 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil on high heat for a min. Cook marinated beef until it's fully cooked (lightly browned outside).
Preheat pan
19. Roast seaweed (optional)
If the seaweed you got is not pre-roasted, you can roast in a pan. Roasting removes dampness and fishy smell from the seaweed. Cook each side of the seaweed in a pan on medium heat for a few seconds only. Do not over-cook. The seaweed will get crunchy and break apart. Do not use any oil.
Cook each side seaweed
in a pan
Med Heat a few seconds
20. Season rice
Season cooked rice with 1 tablespoon of sesame oil and ¼ teaspoon of salt. Gently mix the rice with a spatula without squashing the rice. Mix it around until it's cool enough to touch with bare hands. You want the rice to be a bit warm when you are making the roll.
Season rice
Gently mix
21. Spread rice on seaweed
Place the seaweed on a bamboo mat, rough side up. Thinly spread rice over the seaweed, leaving a very small area at the bottom (place this side close to yourself) and a larger area on top. The size of the larger area and the thickness of the rice layer can vary depending on how big you want the gimbap to be. See tips above for more details.
22. Add ingredients
Place the most loose ingredients like beef at the bottom. You can skip beef or use mushrooms for a vegetarian version. Add all the ingredients in the center. If the ingredients are shorter than the length of the seaweed, place a few to ensure the pieces are overlapping at the ends.
Place all ingredients
in the center
23. Roll I
Tightly roll the seaweed so that the end close to you meets the other end of the rice layer, using your fingers to secure the ingredients. Do not roll all the way. Gently squeeze along the roll a few times.
Roll the seaweed
(two ends of the rice layer meet)
Gently squeeze
24. Roll II
Bring the whole roll up to the end of the bamboo mat. This time roll all the way. Gently squeeze along the roll a few times.
Roll to the end of the mat
Roll all the way
25. Coat with sesame oil
Using your hand or a brush, lightly coat the roll with sesame oil.
26. Cut
Prepare a clean sharp knife and a clean wet towel. Wipe both sides of the knife with the wet towel. Start cutting the roll into ½" thick sections. Do not press down too hard with the knife as the roll will be crushed. Use front and back motion repeatedly when cutting just like cutting bread.
27. Slice danmuji
Slice danmuji (yellow pickled radish) into ⅛" thick half moon shape to serve it on the side with gimbap.
Slice danmuji
⅛" thick half moon shape
28. Serve
Arrange on a plate or in a lunch box. Serve with Danmuji on the side. Enjoy!
Serve on a plate
with danmuji on the side


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The method uses conventional equipment, entails minimal sample preparation and has a maximum injection cycle of only 10 minutes. These advantages make the method particularly useful for high-throughput laboratories that monitor the food supply for drug residues.
Sulphonamides are broad-spectrum antimicrobials used in humans and animals. Their presence in the food supply is closely regulated because low-level exposure to these drugs can create antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. Out of all the antimicrobials, sulphonamide-based feed additives have caused the greatest residue problem and have received the most attention in recent years.
Agilent scientists used their newly developed technique to extract samples with acidified methanol. They then centrifuged the samples, and diluted a portion of the extract with water. Analysis of the dilution was conducted by high-performance liquid chromatography/atmospheric pressure chemical ionization/mass spectrometry (LC/APCI/MS), using an Agilent 1100 Series LC/MS system. All compounds eluted in less than five minutes.
Positive findings were confirmed on the MS detector during the same run. The method provides a statistically derived detection limit of 10 to 25 ppb for samples analysed by water dilution.
Antibiotics and chemotherapeutics are widely used in swinefeeds, in both the EU and North America. Processors claim that they are effective in improving the rate and efficiency ofgrowth and in reducing mortality and morbidity associated withrespiratory and intestinal diseases in pigs.
Certain feed additives, such as sulphonamide, require a withdrawal period prior to slaughter in order to insure that residues do not occur in the carcass.
In the 1970s, it was discovered that a worrying percentage of hog carcasses had violative sulphonamide residues. In almost allcases, the sulphonamide found in the carcass tissues was sulphamethazine. These findings initiated a raft of legislation on both sides of the Atlantic and increased levels of scrutiny.


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SAN DIEGO, June 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Ambit Biosciences (Nasdaq: AMBI), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovery and development of drugs targeting unmet needs in oncology, autoimmune and inflammatory disease, today announced two poster presentations at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held May 30 through June 3, 2014, at McCormick Place in Chicago.
Final Results of a Randomized Phase 2 Study Showing the Clinical Benefit of quizartinib (AC220) in Patients with FLT3-ITD Positive Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia: The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of lower doses (30mg/day and 60mg/day) of quizartinib in the treatment of subjects 18-years or older with relapsed/refractory FLT3-ITD positive AML.
A total of 76 subjects were enrolled from May 2012 to March 2013. This analysis includes additional follow up to the preliminary analysis presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). Median age for all subjects was 55 (19-77) years, while 24% and 11% were older patients of at least 70 years of age in the 30mg/day and 60mg/day groups, respectively.
Of all patients included, 90% were FLT3-ITD(+). 24 (32%) subjects remained in follow-up at the time of the analysis, and are currently censored for overall survival. The following key information was presented:
The Benefit of Treatment with quizartinib and Subsequent Bridging to HSCT for FLT3-ITD(+) Patients with AML: This analysis focused on the combined data from our two Phase 2 Studies (AC220-002 Cohort 2 and the Phase 2b data highlighted above) to determine the activity of quizartinib monotherapy in subjects aged 18 years with FLT3-ITD(+) AML who are relapsed or have refractory disease after second line salvage therapy, or who relapsed after HSCT. Patients in these studies were not given quizartinib maintenance therapy after HSCT.
This analysis included a total of 212 subjects (136 subjects from Study AC220-002 Cohort 2) with an initial starting dose of quizartinib of 200 mg (n=12), 135 mg (n=67), and 90 mg (n=57). Additionally, 76 subjects were randomized to a starting dose of quizartinib of 30 mg/day (n=38) or quizartinib 60 mg/day (n=38) from the Phase 2b Study. The following key information was presented:
The ongoing Phase 3 QUANTUM-R Study allows for quizartinib maintenance therapy after HSCT for subjects randomized to quizartinib initial treatment. Quizartinib maintenance therapy may decrease the relapse rate after HSCT and therefore increase median overall survival.
These ASCO poster presentations can be accessed on the Ambit Biosciences website at www.ambitbio.com.
About Ambit BiosciencesAmbit is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of drugs to treat unmet medical needs in oncology, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases by inhibiting kinases that are important drivers for those diseases. Ambit's lead drug candidate, quizartinib (AC220), is a once-daily, orally-administered potent and selective, inhibitor of FMS-like tyrosine kinase-3 (FLT3) and is currently in a registrational Phase 3 clinical trial, referred to as QUANTUM-R, in patients with relapsed/refractory FLT3-ITD positive, acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Quizartinib is also being studied in newly diagnosed patients in combination with chemotherapy as well as maintenance following a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). In addition to quizartinib, Ambit's clinical pipeline includes AC410, an oral JAK2 inhibitor, and CEP-32496, a BRAF inhibitor licensed to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Ambit's preclinical portfolio includes a proprietary CSF1R inhibitor program.
Forward Looking StatementsStatements in this report that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the presentation of data from clinical trials, the clinical benefits to be derived from quizartinib, and the future development and therapeutic potential of quizartinib and our other drug candidates. These forward-looking statements are based upon our current expectations and involve assumptions that may never materialize or may prove to be incorrect. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties, which include, without limitation, risks associated with the process of discovering, developing and commercializing drugs that are safe and effective for use as human therapeutics. For a discussion of these and other risks please refer to Ambit's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and Ambit's other periodic filings with the SEC. All forward-looking statements contained in this report speak only as of the date on which they were made. Ambit does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements.
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A Western riding enthusiast has won a dream apprenticeship on an American ranch – but can't take it up because of visa rules.
Joe Midgley, 19, landed a role in master horseman Chris Cox's The Horsemanship Showdown on US TV and competed in Texas late last year.
Last Friday, Joe – from Denholme – was able to reveal he was one of just three competitors to win a four-year apprenticeship on Cox's ranch.
But he told us: "I don't fit the requirements for an equine trainee visa because you need to be at least 21 and have a five-year full-time employment history of working with horses. But Chris has been really good and said the door is always open. I can still go to America on a three-month holiday visa and learn from him that way. I've now got one of the best Western horse riders as a contact and friend."
Joe, a former pupil of Parkside School, Cullingworth, said he was "ecstatic" to be one of the winners.
He had been sworn to keep the result secret until the final episode.
He was the only competition entrant from the UK and the youngest. He currently travels all over the UK training horses.
Joe's win was screened at the Old White Lion, Haworth, last Friday, along with other previous competition episodes. It was arranged by family friend Angie Kirtley.


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This Week In Food: Gratuitous Use of the Fuck Word, Beer is the Fountain of Youth!
So it looks like the Dec. 16 edition of This Week in Food offended a reader. I regurgitated a post Michelle did about a nifty little website called "Where the Fuck to Drink." Because the work fuck and alcohol always catches eyes, mine included, I included it in the headline as a featured story. Dennis of Anaheim voiced his concerns to me in an email.
"Is this acceptable reading material to you? Underneath the heading it says By Taylor Hamby. I can't believe that this is now headlines or allowable reading material that is on the OC weekly web site and on my front page of my computer. I never thought that I'd have to sensor "regular" reading material that is part of my Yahoo start page. I think you should think twice before writing something so offensive online."
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SoftBank on shopping spree in US market
TOKYO -- SoftBank is seeking to bring another American wireless carrier under its umbrella to solidify its position in the growing U.S. market, the birthplace of cutting-edge mobile Internet technologies.
The Japanese company hopes to purchase fourth-ranked T-Mobile US, following its July acquisition of third-ranked Sprint, which had some 55 million subscribers as of Sept. 30. With the deal, SoftBank would be able to quickly expand its U.S. subscriber base to 100 million. This would put the new merged entity in the same league as Verizon Wireless and AT&T.
Sprint has been struggling in the shadow of the twin industry giants, with customers jumping ship and the company suffering operating losses.
Meanwhile, Germany's Deutsche Telekom has been looking for ways to deal with the problem of U.S. unit T-Mobile bleeding red ink. T-Mobile had about 45 million subscribers at the end of September.
SoftBank apparently aims to first bulk up the group to the scale of Verizon Wireless and AT&T, then build a high-speed wireless network across the U.S. while improving profitability by cutting costs through eliminating overlapping equipment and other steps.
The U.S. is an important market for wireless carriers. It not only boasts the third-largest number of users, after China and India, but also develops video and other state-of-the-art services. SoftBank sees a robust mobile network spanning Japan and the U.S. as a way to increase opportunities to provide diverse services, including games and shopping, to Europe and Asia.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice will have to approve a merger between Sprint and T-Mobile. In 2011, American regulators objected to AT&T's plan to purchase T-Mobile's predecessor on the view that the deal would harm competition, prompting AT&T to abandon its bid. SoftBank apparently believes that the antitrust hurdles will be lower this time around because the third- and fourth-ranked carriers seek to merge in order to compete with the top two players.
SoftBank's interest-bearing debt totaled 8.84 trillion yen ($83.9 billion) as of Sept. 30, up 140% from six months earlier. Interest payments on loans and bonds are estimated at 300 billion yen for the fiscal year ending March 2015. Acquiring T-Mobile for an estimated price of more than 2 trillion yen would increase the Japanese company's interest-bearing debt, since the deal is expected to be made in cash.
SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son has explained that his firm has a lower debt-to-profit ratio than it did when it purchased the local arm of the U.K.'s Vodafone back in 2006. Now, SoftBank will be taking on the challenge of succeeding in the U.S. market while saddled with massive debt.
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College Sports Solutions will offer consulting services for athletic departments, led by Schemmel and a cast of college sports veterans who are available to assist schools.
At CSS, Schemmel's clients so far include Alabama State, Houston, Northern Iowa and Tulane. Schemmel worked on projects for Houston while at JMI, including a coaching search and Title IX compliance. That relationship will continue at CSS.
Outside of the college space, Schemmel is working with the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
The firm plans to offer consulting services for issues that face athletic directors, from coaching and executive searches to compliance, crisis management, budgeting, NCAA membership and organizational structure within the athletic department.
Schemmel will work with Russell Wright, the managing director of Collegiate Consulting, another Atlanta-based consultancy. Wright works with a variety of schools but has found a niche in Division II and the lower Division I ranks. Among his clients are Wichita State, where Wright assists the school with ticket sales and marketing. He also has done feasibility studies for schools looking to change conferences or move up a division within the NCAA.
"We'll be partnering on some projects and also sharing some resources," Schemmel said. "We're separate companies, but we see the opportunity to collaborate quite a bit."
Among the consultants that Schemmel plans to make available to his clients will be former Texas AD DeLoss Dodds, former UNLV AD Jim Livengood, former interim commissioner of the Big 12 Chuck Neinas, and Rick Bay, the former AD at Ohio State, Minnesota and Oregon.
Schemmel said working with schools to prepare for potential changes in the NCAA landscape is proving to be a significant source of business. "To say that there's a lot of angst out there would be an understatement," he said.


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A Wind Deck is just that; a Deck that revolves around monsters of the WIND attribute. There are many ways to take this Deck:
One of the options is making your WIND monsters stronger and going for a Beatdown strategy. "Rising Air Current" is useful due to the large ATK bonus it grants to monsters of the WIND-attribute. With this bonus of 500 ATK, all WIND Monsters on the field become much stronger. The monsters that already had a high ATK to begin with gain the strength of a monster which you would normally need to Tribute for. The way to get the cards you need into your hand or even onto the field is pretty easy. You can use "Terraforming" or "Demise of the Land" for Field Cards, or the more generic, but riskier, "Gold Sarcophagus" and "Different Dimension Capsule". To get your Level 5 or higher Monsters easily on the field, you can use "Simorgh, Bird of Ancestry", who can be easily Summoned with "Ancient Rules" or even "Wind Effigy". With his effect you can Normal Summon "Luster Dragon #2", "Handcuffs Dragon", "Roc from the Valley of Haze", "Cyber-Tech Alligator" and others without Tribute. Also, if your plan is a beatdown strategy, it wouldn't hurt to add "Bladefly" or "Harpie Lady 1" as there effect can rise the ATK of all WIND monsters on the field, so multiple copies can be devastating.
Example: You have "Luster Dragon" on the field and "Rising Air Current" is active, "Luster Dragon's" ATK is 2400 instead of 1900. Now he have the strength of "Luster Dragon #2", which normally requires a Tribute. If you have "Simorgh, Bird of Ancestry" on the field, you don't have to Tribute a monster for "Luster Dragon #2".
Example: Your opponent has a WATER Deck and has "Umiiruka" and "Amphibian Beast". You activate "Terraforming" which lets you activate "Rising Air Current". Now "Umiiruka" is destroyed and all your WIND monsters gain 500 ATK. You can Summon a "Luster Dragon". All you need now is an Equip Spell Card, "Rush Recklessly", or any attack boosting cards and you will be able to destroy his once 2900 ATK Monster.
WIND is a rather underestimated Attribute. The WIND cards have a lot of support, and many strategies. "Simorgh, Bird of Ancestry" alone can build a Deck, focused around swarming and beatdown.
You could also put the Deck in the disturbance area, with all the "bounce" cards that they possess. This could be particularly useful in the current Synchro-based META, as that would cause your opponent to be forced to Synchro Summon again.
Recommended cards
Monster Cards
- Simorgh, Bird of Divinity
- Destruction Cyclone
- Kunoichi
- Luster Dragon #2
- Luster Dragon
- Silpheed
- Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds
- Flying Kamakiri #1
- Wind Effigy
- Whirlwind Prodigy
- Winged Sage Falcos
- Hunter Owl
- Lady Ninja Yae
- Harpie Lady 1
- Shield Wing
- Sonic Shooter
- Storm Shooter
- Harpie Queen
- Harpie's Pet Dragon
- Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon
- Birdface
- Swift Birdman Joe
- Raiza the Storm Monarch
- Alector, Sovereign of Birds
- Simorgh, Bird of Ancestry
- Rallis the Star Bird
- Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird
- Transforming Sphere
- Troposphere
- The Atmosphere
- Tornado Bird
- Lancer Lindwurm
- Familiar-Possessed - Wynn
- Reborn Tengu
- Dodger Dragon
- Garuda the Wind Spirit
- Vortex Trooper
- Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms
- Lightning, Dragon Ruler of Drafts
- Altitude Knight
- Harpie Dancer
- Mystical Fairy Elfuria
- Ghost Fairy Elfobia
- Windrose the Elemental Lord
Spell Cards
- Rising Air Current
- Gust Fan
- Terraforming
- Harpie's Hunting Ground
- Follow Wind
- Elegant Egotist
- Divine Wind of Mist Valley
- Quill Pen of Gulldos
- The Seal of Orichalcos
Trap Cards
- Spiritual Wind Art - Miyabi
- Gozen Match
- Destruction Jammer
- Windstorm of Etaqua
- Dimensional Prison
- Defense Draw
- Sakuretsu Armor
- Chain Whirlwind
- Icarus Attack
Extra Deck
Other possibilities
- The New-ish "Mist Valley" and "Dragunity" monsters are nearly (if not all) WIND attribute. both of these Decks are good WIND Decks, and could be paired with more common WIND cards.
- "Stardust Dragon" is also of the WIND attribute, and can be useful in defending your monsters, so he is always a recommended card for WIND attribute Decks.
- The Gusto Archetype is also a strong choice for a WIND deck, Daigusto Eguls in particular removes from play WIND monsters in the grave to destroy one face-down card your opponent controls.


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Amonth into the new year and resource stocks continue to be weighed down by falling commodity prices caused by concerns over China's rampant inflation and fears that the global economic recovery may stall.
The S&P/ASX Materials Index is down 1.3 per cent and the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Resources Index has lost 3.3 per cent.
Keeping the sector in the red is the prospect that China will raise interest rates to halt the risk of elevated inflation. In the US, stubbornly high unemployment is creating unease among investors about the strength of its recovery.
Meanwhile, in Europe, sovereign debt is stoking fears the currency union could be dismantled.
Usually one of these factors would be enough to curb the immediate outlook for commodities, but simultaneously they could hamper investor appetite for resources stocks.
This year could be a difficult year for Equinox. Its shares are already down 1.7 per cent following the release of a disappointing December production report.
Over the past five years, shares in the company have trebled as its status moved from copper explorer to producer. But with a production schedule in place and copper prices at record levels, some analysts have decided that the miner's rally may have run out of puff. Brokers Credit Suisse, UBS and Citi no longer recommend the stock, after backing it previously.
Back in 2009, UBS analyst Jo Battershill was recommending investors buy Equinox at $2.88, and he continued to back the stock until it reached $5.79 in October.
Since then he has suggested investors sell their shares and, judging by the company's early performance this year, he could be right.
Conquest Mining has had an even tougher time of it this year. Its shares are down 13.8 per cent.
The miner produced 8041 ounces of gold at a cash cost of $1211 an ounce in the December quarter from its Pajingo operations, but its profit margins have shrunk as the gold price has come under pressure.
Since reaching a record high $US1431.25 in December, gold has fallen 6 per cent to $US1339.75 an ounce, putting pressure on mid-tier producers like Conquest.
The falling gold price is putting pressure on Conquest to speed up the development of its Mount Carlton project, which has a higher profit margin with estimated cash costs of $US565 an ounce.
Carnarvon Petroleum should be benefiting from an upbeat production report and climbing oil prices.
Instead, its shares are languishing, down 14.7 per cent this year, following last year's 27.8 per cent fall.
But unlike Equinox, analysts unanimously support Carnarvon, with six of them rating the company a "buy".
Carnarvon is now drilling in an area with an estimated 90 million barrels of oil.
In the December quarter it produced 243,366 barrels of oil, in line with the previous period.
The Australian Financial Review