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North Korea has acknowledged the collapse of an apartment building under construction in Pyongyang. Experts say the accident could have killed hundreds, according to the Associated Press.
North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency reported the accident Sunday morning, saying it occurred in the capital's Phyongchon district Tuesday. The AP quotes a South Korean government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, saying that the 23-story apartment building was presumed to have housed 92 families. He said it is not unusual for people to start living in apartments before the construction is complete.
The state media rarely report news that might be considered negative. The report also comes as the South Korean government receives near daily criticism from North Korea for its handling of the ferry sinking that left more than 300 people dead or missing.
The New York Times reports that the rescue operation ended Saturday and North Korean news media on Sunday carried photos showing senior officials bowing in apology before what appeared to be a crowd at a construction site.
The Times states that although defectors from the North often report building accidents, it is rare for its government to report them. It said the last time North Korea admitted to a major accident was in 2004, when an explosion at a train station killed or injured hundreds of people.
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1,000 Concerts, Countless MemoriesBy COC StaffPosted in Free Concert Series
Since the first concert in 2006, the Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre Presented by TD Bank Group, has welcomed more than 175,000 audience members to experience the power of live performance. So in the lead-up to our 1,000th concert on February 19, we asked you to share your favourite memories or stories about the series. Here's a sampling of the moments that impacted our audience members most.[READ MORE]
Celebrating Nearly 1,000 Free ConcertsBy Dorian CoxPosted in Free Concert Series
The Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre has presented a staggering array of artists from different disciplines and genres since its very first concert in 2006. In anticipation of our 1000th concert, we took a trip down memory lane to spotlight 10 of the series' most noteworthy moments.
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This season marks a significant milestone for the Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre as we hit 1,000 concerts and beyond!

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Athenas Make It 11 In A Row At SCIAC Championships
LA MIRADA, Calif. – The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's swimming & diving team captured their 11th-straight SCIAC Swimming and Diving title on Tuesday at Splash! La Mirada after leading for the duration of the three-day event. The Athenas tallied 919 points to finish ahead of Pomona-Pitzer (745.5) and the University of Redlands (486). Over the course of the SCIAC Championships, the Athenas won six individual and team events and showed team depth across the board to earn the win.
Athenas and Stags celebrate their 2013 SCIAC swimming and diving championships.
Sophomore Louisa Dunwiddie '15 got the Tuesday finals started by finishing in second place in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 17:34.08, just behind Chapman's Julie Case. In the 200-yard butterfly CMS finished in second and third, as junior Michele Kee '14 finished with a time of 2:06.54, just ahead of freshman Maya Kale '16 at 2:07.12. Freshman Jasmine Cooper '16 finished in fifth with a time of 2:07.88. Kee, Kale and Cooper all earned NCAA 'B' qualifying times in the 200 butterfly.
The Athenas closed out the Championships with a third place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The team of junior Helen Liu '14, junior Kristie Howard '14, sophomore LillyBelle Deer '15 and Kee finished with a time 3:33.49.
Stags Capture Sixth-Straight SCIAC Championship
LA MIRADA, Calif. – The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming & diving team closed out an impressive three-day stretch at the 2013 SCIAC Swimming & Diving Championships by setting several school and meet records en route to their sixth-straight SCIAC title.
Over the three days in La Mirada, the Stags totaled 1,170 points and captured 16 titles in individual and relay events. Redlands (713) and Pomona-Pitzer rounded out the top three finishers.
The final day began with the1650-yard freestyle and both sophomore Alex Mendoza '15 and freshman Conrad Shabb '16 each broke the 25-year school record in the event, while Mendoza earned the individual title with a time of 15:53.75. Both swimmers also had NCAA 'B' qualifying times in the event. Senior Blake Weber '13 followed with a SCIAC Championships record time of 1:49.38 in the 200-yard backstroke to win the individual title.
In the 100-yard freestyle, freshman Joseph Hinton '16 won the event for CMS with a time of 45:32, also a 'B' cut and the second fastest time in CMS program history. The Stags wrapped up the final day by breaking a 30-year old school record in the 400-yard freestyle relay by nearly two seconds. The relay team of freshman Alex Poltash '16, senior Devin Bowers (HMC), Hinton and Weber won the 400 free relay with a time of 3:01.27 and also set a meet record.
Weber for his efforts at the SCIAC Championships was named the SCIAC Male Swimmer of the Year. He was the SCIAC Champion in the 200-yard individual medley, 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard backstroke and he led off the winning 200-yard medley relay, 400-yard medley relay and 800-yard free relay teams in CMS record times. He also recorded an NCAA 'A' qualifying time in the 200-yard individual medley at 1:50.16 and set meet records in the 200-yard backstroke (1:49.38) and 100-yard backstroke (50.59).


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Four hugely talented girls pay tribute to one of the UK's finest girl bands, with breathtaking dance moves, replica costumes and some of the finest vocals in the UK. Bursting with personality, this is a high-energy show from beginning to end!
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The report indicates that police were responding to a call of a "black male in a black Cadillac Escalade in the parking lot pleasuring himself." (The incident took place in a Target parking lot.)
MORE: Browns' Davone Bess arrested in assault | Sheriff bans Aaron Hernandez from Pats TV
More from the police report: "I approached the vehicle and observed the driver, later identified as Kellen Winslow Jr., slouched down in his seat moving around. Mr. Winslow then moved into an upright position in the seat as I came to the driver's side window. I asked Mr. Winslow what he was doing in the parking lot and he advised he was looking for Boston Market and was lost."
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When asked about the "Funky Monkey" and "Mr. Happy," Winslow allegedly told officers the NFL does not drug test for the substance and he smokes it at his home.
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In the summer of 2013 The Office of Academic Affairs of the UT system advised the UTC Senate to remove from the UTC Faculty Handbook text subject to frequent change. The contents of chapter 2, covering faculty organization and governance, were of particular concern. Moving the bulk of that chapter to a separate ''bylaws'' document provides a big advantage: it removes the text from the need to be reviewed by the UT Board of Trustees. A bylaws document can now be altered as necessary by the Senate, and go into immediate effect once approved by the provost and chancellor. While the UT Board of Trustees reserves the right to review all official university paperwork, "bylaws'' generated by the local campuses are not normally considered by that body.
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Nicaragua air force chief of staff among 10 killed in helicopter crash
MANAGUA, Nicaragua – The head of Nicaragua's air force is among 10 people killed when their helicopter crashed near Lake Managua.
The Nicaraguan army said in a statement Friday that air force Chief of Staff Col. Manuel Lopez was traveling with nine other top air force officials, including the chief of intelligence and counter-intelligence, when their helicopter went on Thursday.
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The army said the officers were returning to a military base after overseeing a training session.
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Remember Yitzhak Rabin?
Shimon Peres Came to Power Over Rabin's Dead Body
I met Yitzhak Rabin in the Israeli Parliament in 1982 during Hanukkah. I was able to talk with him briefly and mention I was associated with Ambassador College in Pasadena, California.
Avishai Raviv, Eyal, and Yitzhak Rabin
Avishai Raviv was an Israeli government agent provocateur (whose code name was "Champagne" for the bubbles of incitement he created to tarnish the right-wing Israelis) who goaded Yigal Amir to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (although this is hotly disputed by investigative reporters like Barry Chamish)...
Shimon Peres Charged with the Murder of Yitzhak Rabin?
We, the undersigned, leaders of major Jewish groups and organizations, hereby sorrowfully acknowledge our lack of leadership in pursuit of justice for slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Vatican Linked to the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin?
The dark powers of the European Union, under evil influence of the very real German-Jesuit cabal, are intent on ripping out the heart of Israel and sacrificing Israeli sovereignty to their wannabe divine emperor about to take the world by storm, pimped by the sorcerer-pope.
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U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Winfield, issued the following news release praising the recent House passage of H.R. 235, the Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2013.
"I applaud Rep. Kinzinger for authoring this important bill and I was pleased to join him as a co-sponsor." Said Hultgren. "H.R. 235 is similar to the VALOR Act, which I authored last year and which was recently signed into law. These are both common-sense initiatives that simultaneously help our economy get moving and help our service women and men get back to work."
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A fast-approaching deadline will soon prompt negotiations to resume between Freightliner workers and parent company Daimler Trucks North America.
The current union labor contract, which the two sides hammered out three years ago, will expire April 19. Officials said Thursday they only know they�ll be sitting down at the bargaining table soon.
�Right now we don�t have an official date,� said Scott McAllister, president of United Auto Workers Local 5286 in Gastonia. �We just know the negotiations will begin prior to April 19.�
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The UAW Locals in Gastonia and Mount Holly, each represent more than 1,000 employees.
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Equity and Inclusion
Encouraging Teachers of Color
May 28, 2011
Lewis & Clark's Teacher Education Program has been selected as a partner for the Woodrow Wilson–Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowships for Aspiring Teachers of Color, in recognition of our program's "bold, innovative approaches that can prepare teachers for a time in which the nation's K-12 schools are undergoing dramatic changes." The fellowship seeks to help recruit, support, and retain individuals of color as public school teachers in the United States.
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She added it was like having her own "cheering squad."
As an eighth grader, this is the last year Lena is eligible to compete in the spelling bee.
"It's kind of sad," said Greenberg, who spent roughly five hours a day studying words. "Now that I am done with words there is this big void in my life."
But the truth is that Greenberg is far from done with words. As a former executive editor of YALDAH, a national magazine for Jewish girls, and a published author, she has written articles for children's magazines Stone Soup, Cricket, New Moon Girls and Creative Kids. Eventually, she would like to write her own book.
Besides spelling, Greenberg enjoys studying foreign languages and learning about other cultures. She is strongly interested in politics and news. She said she enjoys going to the BBC and CNN website everyday.
So, what's next for the wordsmith?
"Who knows," she said, "maybe I try out for 'Jeopardy.'"
Until then, the real question is what to do with the thousands of flash cards and binders filled with spelling words scattered throughout her house.


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It's easy to see what customers like about Sandi's Family Restaurant.
Despite my entering for lunch 17 minutes before close on Monday afternoon, the staff was friendly, the service was prompt and the food was delicious. Despite my faux pas, I was warmly greeted - no employees tapped their foot or pointed to a pretend wristwatch waiting for me to leave.
It's that level of customer service that earned Sandi's first place in Niagara Frontier Publications' recent restaurant contest.
"We're in the 'making people happy' business," said Dan Clark, who operates the Wheatfield restaurant alongside his wife - the eatery's namesake - Sandi Clark.
"We feel like we work for (our customers)," she added. "We're here because they come in. That's what keeps us going."
For a little more than one month, readers voted online at www.wnypapers.com for the Western New York restaurants with the friendliest, most professional service. Sandi's was tops with 37 percent of the votes. The Youngstown Village Diner was second with 26 percent.
Some of the comments left for Sandi's included:
•"Fantastic service! Fast, right and with a smile."
•"Waitresses are friendly and always remember your name and stop to say 'hello.' They remember your likes and dislikes. Food is fresh and homemade and reasonably priced. If you don't like something, they will redo it and/or comp your meal. The owners ... can be seen stopping at all the tables talking to customers ... to make sure everyone is satisfied. There is always a friendly, family atmosphere. Sandi's is the best!"
•"Always friendly and fast. ... Owners are super and always appreciative."
•"Warm, friendly, attentive - it is like you are part of the family."
•"Very kid friendly."
•"Everyone always has a smile on their face, the service is quick and efficient, and the owners are always there to greet you and make you feel like an old family friend!"
In response, Dan and Sandi thanked their customers and those who voted.
"We're so very proud; that's exciting," she said. "It means a lot to us. We're trying to do the best for our customers."
"It makes us very proud," he noted. "It gives us a sense of accomplishment."
Sandi's has been serving homemade meals, one-pan breakfasts and delectable lunch sandwiches for 17 years. Most menu items are priced below $8, and many include home fries, french fries or chips.
Find Sandi's online at www.sandis.biz. The restaurant is located at 2065 River Road at Williams Road (just past The Summit mall). Hours of operation are 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday through Thursday, and from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Friday.


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Repeat or reprisal?
A van has reportedly left ploughed into a group of pedestrians outside a mosque in north London, leaving 'a number of' casualties. Police were called just after midnight to reports of a vehicle in collision with pedestrians at the renowned Finsbury Park Mosque, in Seven Sisters Road.Looks like reprisal. "Images on Twitter appeared to show a clean-shaven white man with black hair being detained by police officers behind a van."
The media will be so happy. Only 16 years after 9/11, they finally have their long-awaited backlash.
UPDATE: One person has been killed and ten more injured after a white van driver screaming 'I'm going to kill all Muslims' ploughed into worshippers near a renowned north London mosque, in the latest terror attack to rock Britain. A 48-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the van mounted the pavement and veered into a congregation outside the Muslim Welfare House, near Finsbury Park Mosque, shortly after they finished Ramadan evening prayers.
I hope people will remember that Islamophobia is against violence. Islamophobia is a phobia of peace. This man was obviously no true Islamophobe.
Don't look back in anger.
UPDATE: alternatively, could the whole thing be Fake News? /pol/ is on it and is beginning to smell a rat.
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John Magee, who owns several manufacturing companies in Walton County, said he drove to Mossy Head a couple years ago to check out its industrial park as a possible building site. Not only could he not find it, but none of the residents he asked in the small unincorporated community could direct him there.
MOSSY HEAD � John Magee, who owns several manufacturing companies in Walton County, said he drove to Mossy Head a couple years ago to check out its industrial park as a possible building site.
Not only could he not find it, but none of the residents he asked in the small unincorporated community could direct him there.
�It kind of makes you wonder when the people in the area it�s going to impact don�t even know about it,� Magee said.
To this day, the only marker identifying the 312-acre wooded property that has been known as the future site of the Mossy Head Industrial Park since 2001 is a metal sign advertising a 2007 public hearing before the Walton County Planning Commission.
But, as has occurred in fits and spurts over the years, county officials again are espousing big plans for the parcel off Interstate 10 between DeFuniak Springs and Crestview.
This time around the pieces might be in place to get something off the ground.
A new start, again
In May, Walton County hired Steve Jaeger as director of the Economic Development Alliance, created in 2008 following the demise of a public-private enterprise known as the Economic Development Council.
One of Jaeger�s first acts was to convince the EDA to partner with Gulf Power to seek �certification� for the Mossy Head Industrial Park.
Certification, which has become common in neighboring states, is basically an accreditation process that, when obtained, provides properties such the industrial parka way to show off their strong points to potential tenants.
The first step to achieve certification requires Jaeger to fill out a lengthy application listing everything from the industrial park�s existing strengths to its greatest weaknesses.
�That�s why this certification process is beautiful. It will create a discipline for us, let us know what we�ve done and what we need to do,� he said.
Once obtained, the group that certifies the industrial park will help market it to compatible businesses.
To obtain the go-ahead to seek certification, Jaeger went before a six person board composed of Walton County Commission Chairman Ken Pridgen, the mayors of three county municipalities, interim County Administrator Gerry Demers and Lori Kelley, a local accountant.
The board voted unanimously to spend $2,750 to seek the certification. Gulf Power will match that amount.
Three county commissioners attended the EDA meeting, as did Larry Jones, who was a commissioner for 12 years and now is the county�s special projects coordinator.
Commissioner Bill Imfeld said he believes bringing economic development to Mossy Head is crucial for the county�s growth and that finally county administrators and county economic developers are on the same page.
�This is the first time in my 12 years as (county) finance director or com-missioner that I�ve seen a unified board make as a priority the economic development issue,� Imfeld said.
A checkered history
Perhaps it has been a lack of unity at the county�s highest levels that has prevented the Mossy Head site, for all its apparent attractiveness, from ever landing a tenant.
Jones, who has pushed development at the industrial park since he was elected to the County Commission, said, �I don�t know of anything in particular� that convinced numerous suitors over the years to take their business elsewhere.
However, the industrial park�s history does provide a snapshot of economic development in Walton County � something which was critically discussed in a thorough assessment provided to the county the Institute of Senior Professionals at Northwest Florida State College.
The land in Mossy Head was obtained for $775,800 in 2002 in a convoluted deal involving the U.S. Forestry Service and the St. Joe Company.
By 2003, feasibility studies had been conducted, a master plan had been drawn up and, according to county leaders at the time, potential tenants were considering locating there.
Tom Powell, then head of the Walton County Economic Development Council, told a reporter in 2003 that one of the nation�s largest retailers was considering putting a warehouse distribution center there.
In February 2005, Jones, as a county commissioner, told the Daily News that two companies had expressed interest in building facilities at the park � a development he said could bring 450 jobs.
Businessman Roger McCombs announced in April 2005 that he was negotiating with Walton County�s EDC to put an RV supercenter, an automotive center and a concrete plant in Mossy Head and create 150 new jobs.
Powell resigned from the EDC the following August.
�I think it�s what�s best for economic development in Walton County,� EDC board member Mike Richards said at the time.
Robert Smith was brought in as EDC director in February 2006. Jones, still a commissioner, said at that time that Powell had not done enough to encourage economic growth.
�There was a lack of coordination,� he said.
With Smith directing the EDC, things began to happen around Mossy Head, but not at the industrial park.
Developers Bob Bonezzi and David Campbell announced plans in to build a �large commercial development� called Blackstone in March 2006. Construction of the mixed-use residential and commercial development, along with a golf course was underway the next February.
A portion of the industrial park was leased to the county�s school district in April 2006 for construction of Mossy Head Elementary School, and that August a $200,000 state grant was provided to build a park in the area.
Then early in 2007, a company called Gulf Coast Energy of Livingston, Ala., announced it was negotiating to lease 50 acres at the Mossy Head Industrial Park to construct a multi-million dollar biodiesel and ethanol production plant. A year later the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services granted Gulf Coast Energy $7 million to help it locate in Walton County.
But by August of 2008 Gulf Coast Energy CEO Mark Warner was hinting that maybe Mossy Head wasn�t where his firm wanted to be. The grant money ultimately went back to the state, according to Erin Gillespie, a spokeswoman for the Department of Agriculture.
Warner�s disclosure that he might not locate at Mossy Head came the same month the county�s EDC was usurped by the Economic Development Alliance.
The EDC had been under fire since September 2007, when county commissioners threatened to cut its annual budget by $108,000.
Jones said at that time the board needed to �evaluate and possibly reorganize the EDC.�
In June 2009, County Commissioner Sara Comander, then chairwoman of the EDA, announced that Bill Arnett had been named its director. Arnett resigned within a year.
�Do something or plant pine trees�
The Mossy Head Industrial Park faded from the public eye after Arnett left, but again has become a pressing issue.
Comander last month called for a public hearing to discuss �the Mossy Head industrial project.�
�We�ve been looking at this Mossy Head project for what, eight years now?� Comander asked. �It�s time to do something or plant pine trees.�
The hearing will be held at the next County Commission meeting June 24.
One thing county commissioners must consider is the recent addition of water and sewer connections. Both have been in �about a month and a half,� according to Walton County interim Public Works Director Wilmer Stafford.
Current sewerage capacity is 43,000 gallons, but the existing wastewater plant will transition at some point to a 250,000-gallon facility already designed and permitted.
Construction on the new plant could coincide with Mossy Head Industrial Park�s finding its first tenant or tenants, although Gov. Rick Scott recently vetoed a $3 million state appropriation for the facility.
Jaeger hopes the Mossy Head site will attract manufacturing or distribution interests. It lies off State Road 285 just north of I-10 and south of U.S. Highway 90.
A CSX railhead at one end of the property could be another important factor for would-be tenants, Jaeger said.
�I don�t think people appreciate the contribution of the railroad you have in there. It�s huge,� he said.
Jaeger told EDA board members at Thursday�s meeting that AIRBUS, the aircraft manufacturing giant that is opening a plant in Mobile, Ala., �wants to scatter suppliers along I-10 to the east and west.�
�It is an ideal situation,� Magee, who got lost looking for the industrial park, said while discussing its bleak history. �There�s tremendous opportunity to grow business up there.�
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Tom McLaughlin at 850-315-4435 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @TomMnwfdn.


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ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - The Arkansas City Commission has approved two ordinances that will allow Creekstone Farms Premium Beef to expand its operations in the southeast Kansas town.
The commission's vote Tuesday night annexed about 9.5 acres of farmland owned by Creekstone that is adjacent to the current plant but outside city limits. It also changed the land's zoning to heavy industrial.
The Arkansas City Traveler reports (http://bit.ly/1jQYD2t ) the first phase of the expansion, which already is under way, will bring the plant back to full production capacity after a fire last fall. Later phases will increase the company's cold storage areas and possibly add an additional shift.
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Tuesday Afternoon…Eating a horse with no name.Posted: February 12, 2013 Filed under: Food, Foreign Affairs, France, Great Britain, Iceland, open thread, Psychopaths in charge, Regulation | Tags: beef products, EU, Findus, horse meat scandal, horsemeat, tesco 30 Comments
Later today, the new power cord for my laptop should be delivered. I hope the damn thing works.
Good Afternoon,
…my thoughts are a bit off this afternoon, almost like I'm in a Virginia Woolf stream of consciousness state of mind. Sometimes it's difficult enough to get my thoughts organized in some kind of rational order. But today it is random and ridiculous…
Tonight is the STFU speech…oops, I mean SOTU speech. (Eh, innit the same thing?) We will be live blogging it here, so if you are around, be sure to stop by.
Just one story for you this afternoon, and it deals with the horse meat scandal over in Great Britain. Yup, you know what I am talking about!
"Ground beef" with a touch of Mr. Ed. From the same folks who brought you Mad Cow disease…there is now "beef" being sold in England and Europe that contain horse meat.
I'm not sure we have mentioned the horsemeat scandal here on the blog, but if you have been living in a barn for the past few weeks… here is a quick review of what happening in, on and around the burger scene across the pond.
A food safety group did some investigating and found horse DNA in some cheap burger meat being sold in supermarkets in the UK and Ireland.
It did not stop there, looks like Burger Kings in Great Britain also sold the Trigger burgers, since their meat supplier was the same company who supplied the supermarkets.
Then…Hi Ho, what d'ya know… Silver found himself in other "beef" products, like frozen lasagna dinners from a company called Findus. (Now, with a name like Findus….it has to be good…cough, cough.) As with Burger King, Findus Brand frozen dinner's "beef" was also supplied by the same smeat factory. (Smeat btw is not a typo.)
The company bringing Seabiscuit to tables across Britain and the Continent of Europe is called Tesco. You can see Tesco's technical director dude in the hot seat, responding to the horse DNA found in its "Trojan" beef products. View the video here:
Tesco's technical director, Tim Smith, says his company does not yet know how many products containing horsemeat have been sold in their shops, and an investigation is under way into how it happened. Samples from one of Tesco's burger lines contained 29% horsemeat relative to beef content. Traces of horsemeat have also been found in food products sold by Iceland, Lidl and Aldi.
Watching that man and his expressions reminds me of that SNL skit with Martin Short playing Nathan Thurm, the smoking sleazeball lawyer…
You need to see this skit, if you don't see the video embedded below, so be sure to watch Saturday Night Live: 60 Minutes online at this link.
Minkman Toys pushes 60 Minutes to investigate fraud in the novelty item business.
Mike Wallace…..Harry Shearer
Herb Minkman…..Christopher Guest
Al Minkman…..Billy Crystal
Nathan Thurm…..Martin Short
Damn, I got distracted…can't help it, that is a great skit! Funny as hell!
Okay, where was I?
Oh yeah, the horse meat.
Today some new light has been shed on the scandal:
The Guardian: Horsemeat scandal blamed on European meat regulation changes
The UK's horsemeat scandal was in "large part" the result of a switch from UK to foreign meat suppliers in 2012 caused by an abrupt change in European regulation that the government failed to contest, according to the expert who led the Food Standards Agency's (FSA) surveillance programme for a decade.
The change meant that "desinewed meat" (DSM), a fine mince rubbed under pressure from carcasses, could no longer be called meat on packaging. DSM produced in the UK was the main ingredient in most value-range burgers, sausages, pies and kebabs and the change meant that thousands of tonnes of meat had to be sourced from elsewhere and at low cost.
BBC News: EU ban on UK mince made suppliers vulnerable to horse meat
A former senior scientist at the Food Standards Agency says an EU decision to reclassify a type of mincemeat widely used in the UK played a significant part in creating the horsemeat crisis.
Desinewed meat was a key ingredient in value items such as pies, lasagnes and other beef products.
Dr Mark Woolfe said the decision to ban it prompted producers to go outside the UK to source supplies of cheap mince.
He also raised the possibility that UK lamb products might need testing for horsemeat.
Until 2009 Dr Woolfe was the head of authenticity at the Food Standards Agency. He says the root cause of the current horse meat crisis can be traced back to a decision taken by the European Commission less than 12 months ago to ban a key food ingredient called desinewed meat.
Under pressure
This material was introduced in the the UK in the 1990s as a replacement for mechanically recovered meat (MRM). Sometimes called "pink slime" MRM was formed by removing residual meat from animal bones using high pressure water.
It was linked to the spread of the human form of mad cow disease and the UK government took steps to restrict it from the food chain.
Desinewed meat (DSM) was developed as a higher quality form of recovered meat. It was produced using low pressure, retained some structure and was regarded as a meat ingredient on value products.
Yup, and y'all know who buys value products. Poor or low income people.
Nuff said.
Check out these headlines, some of which are a pun filled laugh:
BBC has a couple of articles, their coverage is not as intense:
But, The Guardian has reported a lot on the scandal:
Tesco says some of its value spaghetti bolognese contains 60% horsemeat
Eating horsemeat: what are the steaks?
Horsemeat scandal: 'immediate testing will be done' in schools, hospitals and prisons, says environment secretary – video
The Independent is also reporting that beef may not be the only product containing horse meat….or, carne con caballo ala Flicka:
Horsemeat scandal: Chicken and pork products may also be contaminated warns FSA, as Tesco admits Every Day Value Spaghetti Bolognese contains up to 100% horsemeat
'Yes we sold horse – but it was labelled correctly': French suspicious over abattoir linked to Romanian minister
Galloping into controversy over Findus
Horsemeat: Regulation doesn't taste so bad now, does it?
Big business is bad news for good food – and horse meat may be the least of our problems
From horse to lasagne: Findus, supply chains, and why buying local is the answer in an ideal world only
Damn, what a mess! However, I do love the puns in some of those headlines…the Brits have a great sense of humor.
This is an open thread…


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There was something very catty going on at the Givenchy show yesterday in Paris, and designer Riccardo Tisci was not holding back. Besides the racy sheer panels on many of the pieces, there was also a repeating panther motif, cat-eye glasses and hats topped off with feline-like ears. While these details may be too literal for some, the attendees (including Kanye West, Nicole Richie and Liv Tyler) were apparently over the moon for the whole collection.
Not sure if you're ready for your own set of ears quite yet? Try some of these inspired accessories to embrace the trend:
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Yes, I know, I know. That title isn't exactly comforting. I hate giving you guys bad news, seeing as how you make this website possible, and I hate making unpopular recommendations like "eat more butter [1]" or "get some sun [2]" or "drink a glass of red wine [3]," but I have to stick to the truth here, even if it hurts. And the truth is that you should probably be eating dark chocolate on a semi-regular basis because the stuff is pretty dang good for you. Before you log out, never to return again, give me a minute to explain myself:
You were kids once. Your parents probably forced you to finish your overcooked, mushy, bland veggies [4] or wash your hands and finish your homework – or some other routine unpleasantry – "for your own good," and that's what I'm doing here. Dark chocolate is healthy. It may be awful, terrible, and disgusting, but it contains some really good things that have some remarkable effects on various markers of health. So, yeah, eat your chocolate. Finish your raw cacao powder. Choke down that homemade hot chocolate. Hold your noses if you have to, but get it down and done.
I'm kidding, of course. There's no arm twisting required when it comes to chocolate. If there's one thing I know, it's that the Primal community can suck down some high quality dark chocolate. Don't think I didn't see how quickly that chocolate disappeared at last year's PrimalCon [5]. And why wouldn't it? Dark chocolate's great, the perfect storm of flavor, flavonoids, and fat [6]. It tastes really good, comes loaded with polyphenols, and cocoa butter is a great source of saturated and monounsaturated [7] fat. High-cacao dark chocolate, then, is quite literally a healthy candy bar. What's not to love?
I've discussed my favorite dark chocolate [8] in the past. I've even provided chocolate-choosing tips [9]. But until today, I've never really explained why we should be including high-cacao dark chocolate in our diets. I've never explicitly outlined the myriad health benefits that cacao offers. Well, let's get to it, shall we?
Dark chocolate contains healthy fats.
Cocoa butter, which is extracted from the cacao bean and incorporated into most reputable dark chocolate bars, is mostly monounsaturated and saturated fat, with very little polyunsaturated [10] fat. And because most of that saturated fat is stearic acid, widely known for having neutral effects on LDL [11], even avowed lipophobes can happily and heartily gobble up cacao fat.
Dark chocolate contains lots of polyphenols, particularly flavanols.
When it comes to polyphenol content and antioxidant capacity, cacao trounces [12] the "superfruits" acai, pomegranate, cranberry, blueberry and whatever else your annoying friend who always falls for multilevel marketing schemes is hawking this week. The most studied polyphenol in cacao is epicatechin, a flavanol. Although last week's post [13] on the benefits of polyphenol consumption centered on pigment-derived antioxidants, cacao's polyphenols are also quite potent and potentially healthful.
What happens when the rubber hits the road, though? Or, somewhat more literally, what happens when the square of polyphenol-rich dark chocolate melts on the tongue, is swallowed, digested, and incorporated into the body? What are the actual health benefits of consuming high-cacao content dark chocolate?
Dark chocolate and blood pressure.
Epidemiological studies pretty consistently show that dark chocolate consumption is related to lower blood pressure [14] readings. In Jordan [15], among Kuna Indians living in Panama [16], among pregnant women [17], and among elderly Dutch [18], this holds true. That's all well and good, but it's just an association. We need controlled studies:
One found that fifteen days of eating dark chocolate, but not white chocolate, lowered blood pressure [19] (and improved insulin sensitivity) in healthy subjects. The main difference between white and dark chocolate is the polyphenol content; both types contain cocoa fat. Cocoa consumption also improved arterial flow in smokers [20].
Some studies suggest that the flavonoids are key. In one [21], flavanol-rich dark chocolate consumption improved endothelial function while increasing plasma levels of flavanols (which indicates the flavanols had something to do with it). Another study [22] used flavanol-rich cocoa to increase nitric oxide production in healthy humans, thus inducing vasodilation and improving endothelial function. In another [23], the highest dose of cacao flavanoids caused the biggest drop in blood pressure. Still another found that while dark chocolate did not reduce blood pressure, improve lipids, nor reduce oxidative stress [24], it did improve coronary circulation [25].
Or maybe it's the soluble fiber. In "spontaneously hypertensive" rats, cacao-derived soluble fiber lowered blood pressure [26], perhaps by reducing weight gain.
It's probably both, in my opinion, although the polyphenols undoubtedly contribute more to the cause than the five grams or so of soluble fiber you'll get in the average serving of dark chocolate.
Dark chocolate and cardiovascular disease.
You've heard of the cholesterol-fed rabbit; how about the cocoa-fed rabbit? If the former is an effective vehicle to study the negative effects of poor lipid clearance, the latter is a testament to the inhibitory effects of cocoa polyphenols on lipid peroxidation [27]. We also have similar findings in rodents. Feeding hypercholesterolemic and normocholesterolemic rats polyphenol-rich "cocoa fiber" (defatted, sugar-free chocolate, basically) reduced markers of lipid peroxidation in both groups (PDF [28]). It also seems to work quite well in test tubes [29].
In humans, both with normal and elevated cholesterol levels, eating cocoa powder mixed with hot water lowered oxidized LDL and ApoB [30] (LDL particle number, which, if you remember my post on lipid panels [31], you want to lower) counts while increasing HDL. All three doses of high-flavanol cocoa powder – 13, 19.5, and 26 g/day – proved beneficial. If you're wondering, 26 grams of powder is about a quarter cup. It also works if you drink it with milk [32] (and no, Hershey's syrup doesn't work the same).
Given the effects of chocolate on lipid peroxidation, we can probably surmise that it will also lower the risk of cardiovascular disease. And indeed, epidemiological studies suggest that this is the case. In a sample of over 2200 patients (PDF [33]), chocolate consumption was inversely associated with progression of atherosclerotic plaque (determined by calcium scoring). What's incredible is that the association held for chocolate in general, and I don't think it's likely that everyone was consuming 100% raw cacao powder brimming with polyphenols. A study from this year from the same group got similar results [34]: chocolate consumption was inversely associated with prevalent cardiovascular disease.
While most cacao research focuses on vascular function and heart disease risk, there are other, less intensively-studied benefits. Here are a few of them:
Dark chocolate and insulin resistance.
For fifteen days, hypertensive, glucose-intolerant patients received either 100 daily grams of high-polyphenol dark chocolate or 100 daily grams of zero-polyphenol white chocolate. Diets were isocaloric, and nothing differed between the groups besides the type of chocolate. Dark chocolate improved beta cell function [35], lowered blood pressure, increased insulin sensitivity, and improved endothelial function, while white chocolate did none of those things.
Dark chocolate and fatty liver.
Rats with fatty liver evince higher levels of oxidative stress and inflammation [36], but cocoa supplementation partially attenuated these pathological changes – even in choline-deficient rats. While cocoa wasn't enough to fully resolve fatty liver, the researchers concluded [37] that cocoa may be of therapeutic benefit in "less severe" forms of fatty liver.
Dark chocolate and UV damage.
Resistance to UV [38] damage is commonly measured by MED – minimal erythema dose. A higher MED means greater resistance to UV rays, while a lower MED indicates lower resistance. High MED, good. Low MED, bad. One study [39] found that feeding high levels of dark chocolate to healthy people over twelve weeks doubled their MED; feeding low levels of dark chocolate had no effect on the MED.
Similarly, another study [40] found that a high-flavanol-from-cacao group had greater resistance to a given UV dosage than a low-flavanol-from-cacao group (who actually saw no benefit at all) over a six and twelve-week period.
Those interested in a fairly comprehensive compendium of chocolate research can check it out here [41]. I tried to stick to in vivo research, but there's more theoretical stuff out there too.
Seeing as how most of chocolate's benefits stem from the polyphenol content, and most of the studies that saw large effects used "high-flavanol" dark chocolate, you should be gunning for chocolate with high polyphenol counts. Dutch processed, or alkalized, chocolate lightens the color, removes some of the bitter compounds, and gives it a milder taste. Awesome for Hershey's Kisses, but awful for the flavanol content. Those "bitter compounds," you see, are the flavanols. Without the bitterness (which I think of as complexity), you're missing most of the beneficial polyphenols. It might taste good, but it won't perform all of the aforementioned physiological tasks. To quantify the extent of the degradation, check out the results of this study [42] on the flavanol contents of cacao powders subjected to various degrees of alkalization:
- Natural – 34.6 mg/g
- Lightly processed – 13.8 mg/g
- Medium processed – 7.8 mg/g
- Heavily processed – 3.9 mg/g
Once you've got a lead on some good chocolate with high cacao and lower sugar [43] levels, eat a few squares a sitting. Exercise restraint, however, as it is still candy and it shouldn't make up a large block of calories. Treat it like a condiment, or even a medicinal adjunct to an otherwise solid diet. If you're sensitive to stimulants, avoid chocolate too close to bedtime.
If you get your hands on some high quality cacao powder (raw – which is actually fermented – or roasted, but never Dutch processed), try making coconut cacao milk. Mix half a (BPA-free [44]) can or carton of coconut milk [45] with a couple tablespoons of cacao powder. Heat on the stove until almost simmering. Add sweetener to taste and, if you're adventurous, a bit of cayenne, cinnamon [46], and turmeric [47]. Enjoy!
Anyway, that's it for today. I think I've presented the case for high-cacao dark chocolate – not that you were exactly a tough crowd or anything! Thanks for reading and be sure to give your thoughts – including quality sources and recommended methods of ingestion – in the comment section!


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SAN DIEGO — The home of SeaWorld and a world-famous zoo offers plenty of cash-burning attractions, but San Diego also has awe-inspiring sites that are as free as the sea breeze and go beyond just sunbathing at the beach.
The nation's eighth-largest city has matured from its "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" surf days. Today, it boasts a burgeoning international art scene, thriving farm-to-table food movement and a booming bio-tech industry.
Here are five free things to do and see in the city and its surrounding areas that run the gamut from botany to border history.
Balboa Park will be marking its 100th anniversary in 2015 with a host of festivities, although any day is worth a visit to the 1,200-acre urban oasis that rivals New York's Central Park and is home to the San Diego Zoo. With 350 species of plants, Balboa Park offers hikes through palm-lined canyons and specialty gardens that are free to visit. The visitor's center offers a self-guided tour of the Trees for Health medicinal garden with gingko, cinnamon and mulberry. The Zoro Garden has a sunken stone grotto that was designed as a nudist colony during the 1935 California-Pacific Exposition. Today, it is a butterfly garden with indentations built into rocks to collect small pools of water for the monarch, sulfur, and swallowtail butterflies. At the park's center are a cluster of museums whose Spanish-Renaissance style buildings were erected in 1915 for a world fair to commemorate the opening of the Panama Canal; balboapark.org/in-the-park.
On a mesa above the Pacific, the setting alone is reason enough to visit the UC San Diego campus. The university's grounds are also dotted by 18 internationally acclaimed art pieces. They include a text-inscribed granite picnic table by conceptual artist Jenny Holzer and a blue-violet fence-like structure by renowned installation artist Robert Irwin that runs through eucalyptus trees. The most recently acquired installation is Fallen Star by Korean artist Do Ho Suh. The quaint one-room cottage hangs precariously off the seventh story of the engineering school. It is free and open on Tuesdays and Thursdays for anyone who wants to go inside for a serious case of vertigo. A self-guided tour map is available at stuartcollection.ucsd.edu/map/.
Just west of the UC San Diego campus is The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, which offers free guided tours Monday-Friday. Established in the 1960s by Dr. Jonas Salk, who developed the polio vaccine, the research facility was designed by architect Louis I. Kahn. Salk wanted laboratory spaces that could be adapted to the future needs of science. Kahn designed two, six-story buildings and used concrete, teak, lead, glass and special steel. The laboratories have glass walls, allowing them to be flooded with daylight. An open courtyard of travertine marble acts "as a facade to the sky," the institute says in its description. The American Institute of Architects has included the facility among some 30 buildings that it said have "changed modern life." Reservations are required for the tour atsalk.edu/about/architecture—tours.html .
San Diego is a border city, but it often does not feel like one despite the fact its center is less than a 20-minute drive to Mexico. The best way to see the border without crossing it is at Border Field State Park, which is at the farthest southwest corner of the United States. The park is free for those who hike in from the parking lot before the main gate. It's about a 1� miles to the picnic area, where visitors can see the towering steel fence marking the border, which plunges into the Pacific. The Border Patrol does not allow the public to go up to the fence, but one can stand a short distance from it and see parts of Tijuana, including its bull ring. Music and kites often waft over from Mexico. The U.S. side is an uninterrupted natural coastal stretch that is part of an estuary reserve with more than 370 species of birds. Swimming here is not recommended because of rip currents; parks.ca.gov/?page—id=664 .
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After nearly eight years, Sugarland has finally returned with a brand new full-length album. Bigger follows 2010's The Incredible Machine, and offers 11 new songs, including lead single "Still The Same," and the Taylor Swift-penned "Babe."
Sugarland's Kristian Bush exclusively tell iHeartRadio of their new album, "I'm actually just proud of the entire thing. But I am excited for people to hear what we think is fresh and new. I think there's a lot of people that ask us the question, 'Do you feel like you guys are from another country music era?' And the answer is no. I think we're right now. And that's what I'm most excited for people to hear."
Jennifer Nettles echoes, "Yeah, I do think the sounds on this record are great. I mean, I think for me, just the discovery of the messaging on this record, I am really proud of. And I'm excited for people to get to hear that and hopefully to be touched by it and to be changed by it."
Kristian and Jennifer decided to call the album Bigger, not only because of its title track, but because of the messages on the record. Nettles explains, "We decided to call this album Bigger, because as we started to really look at the collection of songs that we had started writing, it became clear to us that because of the messaging on this album, it was bigger than us. And we are bigger than the sum of our parts and that there is a bigger, higher message on this record."
Sugarland wrote Bigger in "a little writing studio in New York," more specifically "in a little corner." In fact, Kristian tells us, "I think that the moments that really stood out for me from a writing perspective, are just these memories of sitting back and forth between a chair and the floor, and then back to a chair and then back to the floor." And Jennifer agrees saying, "Yeah, I think that's a pretty iconic [memory] for me also, and image really, of what it was to write this record."
The duo explains that although their favorite songs change from day to day, a few of the tracks they named include "Bigger," "Tuesday's Broken," and "Bird In A Cage."
The lead single from Bigger, "Still The Same," tells the story of a two people reuniting and moving forward together -- a perfect song to release as their first together in years. Kristian explained of the inspiration behind the song, "The best story is the story that's the truth. So, that's what it's like. We've always kind of done that. From 'Baby Girl' to the truth of 'God, is this ever going to work? How many times do we have to try, and if it does work ever, which probably from here it won't, could we ever pay our parents back?' Why wouldn't we sit, years later, next to each other and say 'What does this feel like? And there was magic there. right? Yeah, oh my gosh, it's still the same.'"
The next single Sugarland released from Bigger is "Babe," which was co-written by Taylor Swift (who is the only feature on the album) and Train's Pat Monahan, and is about a relationship gone bad. In the chorus, Nettles and Swift sing, "How could you do this babe?/ You really blew this babe/ We ain't gettin' through this one babe/ This is the last time I'll ever you babe."
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