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et design perspektiv på repræsentationer af mennesket i Informationsteknologiens metoder og teknikkerNielsen, Janni; Ørngreen, Rikke; Levinsen, Karin; Yssing, Carsten; Clemmensen, Torkil; Nielsen, Lene (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
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Abstract: Differences in cultural contexts constitute differences in cognition, and research has shown that different cultures may use different cognitive tools for perception and reasoning. The cultural embeddings are significant in relation to HCI, because the cultural context is also embedded in the techniques and the tools that we apply. We lack a framework for discussing what and who we are, when we talk about a person as the user of an ICT system that has to be designed, developed and implemented. As a framework, we suggest a theory of complementary positions that insists on solid accounts from all observer posi-tions in relation to perspective, standpoint and focus. We need to develop com-plementary theories that embed complexity, and we need to reflect critically upon forty years of dominance by rationalistic, empirical understandings of the user as illustrated in the literature and practice within the HCI paradigm in system development. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6454
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Ansøgning om støtte fra e-læringspuljenJensen, Anna B.O.; Levinsen, Karin; Nielsen, Janni; Tscherning, C. C.; Yssing, Carsten; Ørngreen, Rikke (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
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Violence against women in a family also has serious consequences for the children's growth, health, and survival. Kajsa Åsling Monemi from Uppsala University has studied women and their children in Bangladesh and Nicaragua and shows, among other things, that children whose mothers are exposed to violence grow less and are sick more often than other children.
Kajsa Åsling Monemi, paediatrician, the Department of Women's and Children's Health, monitored more than 3,000 children in Bangladesh from the women's pregnancy tests till when the children were two years old. The study shows that children to women exposed to some form of violence had lower birth weights and grew less as infants and toddlers. They also got sick more often than other children with diseases like diarrhea and pneumonia.
"Both in Bangladesh and Nicaragua deaths before the age of five were more common among children whose mothers had been exposed to violence than among children of women who had never been subjected to violence," she reports.
According to Kajsa Åsling Monemi, there are several possible explanations for why violence against a mother can affect her children's health. During pregnancy the fetus grows less, and after birth the mother's mental health is crucial both for her emotional contact with the children and for her ability to care for the children. What's more, women who have been subjected to violence often have weaker social networks and often lack economic resources to seek medical care for their children, for example. This means that the children's health is dependent on the economic resources and the protection that the environment can offer.
"My studies indicate that the health consequences of violence against women within the family in a global perspective are greater than we previously knew," says Kajsa Åsling Monemi.
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"I was just wondering what your make up routine is? Your face always looks flawless but natural? Would you do a makeup tutorial?"
Without makeup, I wouldn't say I was that flawless, My main problems are my weird skintone (its really yellowy/grey but warm and pink at the same time), oily skin and the occasional spot or two. I've never had really bad skin problems like acne or dry skin, So I am very lucky in some respects. I learn't everything I know about makeup from Youtube. There are so many fantastic gurus out there to learn all the tips and tricks from. My favorites include Pixiwoo, Petrilude, xSparkage and MakeupbyTiffanyD. If your a makeup novice defiantly check those Youtubers out!
I have to admit this was the first time I've ever filmed myself and I'm not talking because I currently have a throat infection, and its a struggle to actually speak. So instead you have to listen to 12:51 by The Strokes instead of my squeaking! Putting my makeup-less face on the internet makes me feel weird too, So who knows if I'll actually keep this post up. It's all sped up as its not supposed to be a How-To, more of just something to watch to get an idea of what I do when I apply my makeup.
Eyes: MAC Paintpot in Painterly, MAC Eyeshadow in All That Glitters, MAC Eyeshadow in Expensive Pink, NYX Eyebrow Pencil in Medium Brown, Eyeko Graffiti Liner in Jet Black, Max Factor False Lash Effect Mascara
Lips: Rimmel Shake Up Pink
My foundation is too light for me at the moment, and its really apparent in the video, The Chanel Bronzer does make it look right in real life, the lighting wasn't my friend either which doesn't help. I blend it in with a Duo Fiber brush because I feel it gives a light yet flawless coverage without putting to much foundation on the face, I've tried all the other foundation brushes but prefer the Duo Fiber ones the best. I have a MAC 187, but use it for my MAC Mineralize Skinfinishes that are uber sparkly, The QVC one was £7.99 from Superdrug and is just as good! Oh and I think that the Lacura @ Aldi Shimmering Day Cream is a good dupe for MAC Strobe Cream, and its only a few pounds!
I always use MAC Painterly Paintpot on my eyes before applying eye makeup as I have oily lids, so wearing the Paintpot as a primer means it says alot longer! Also, Although I have thick and dark eyebrows, I still fill them in because they are quite short on either side so I like to elongate them a tad to frame my face more! I use a pencil at the moment but I do also use a powder depending on what comes to hand! I was sent the Eyeko eyeliner and I really love it. One of the best pen liners I've ever used, its not drying, hard to apply or too stiff! I totally recommend it!
If you have any questions relating my makeup application ask away in the comments and I'll reply, So keep checking back!


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CHICAGO - Living alone was associated with an increased risk of death and cardiovascular death in an international study of stable outpatients at risk of or with arterial vascular disease (such as coronary disease or peripheral vascular disease), according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.
Social isolation may be associated with poor health consequences, and the risk associated with living alone is relevant because about 1 in 7 American adults lives alone. Epidemiological evidence suggests that social isolation may alter neurohormonal-mediated emotional stress, influence health behavior and effect access to health care, which may result in association with or acquisition of, cardiovascular risk, according to the study background.
Jacob A. Udell, M.D., M.P.H., of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, and colleagues examined whether living alone was associated with increased mortality and cardiovascular (CV) risk in the global REduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) Registry. Among 44,573 REACH participants, 8,594 (19 percent) lived alone.
Living alone was associated with higher four-year mortality (14.1 percent vs. 11.1 percent) and cardiovascular death (8.6 percent vs. 6.8 percent), according to the study results.
Based on age, living alone was associated with an increased risk of death among those patients 45 to 65 years old compared with those living with others (7.7 percent vs. 5.7 percent) , and among those participants 66 to 80 years old (13.2 percent vs. 12.3 percent). However, among patients older than 80 years, living alone was not associated with an increased risk of mortality compared with those living with others (24.6 percent vs. 28.4 percent), the results indicate.
"In conclusion, living alone was independently associated with an increased risk of mortality and CV death in an international cohort of stable middle-aged outpatients with or at risk of atherothrombosis," the authors conclude. "Younger individuals who live alone may have a less favorable course than all but the most elderly individuals following development of CV disease, and this observation warrants confirmation in further studies."
(Arch Intern Med. Published online June 18, 2012. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2782. Available pre-embargo to the media at http://media.
Editor's Note: Authors offered numerous financial disclosures, including work as a consultant or on an advisory board, grants and salary funding. The REACH Registry is sponsored by sanofi-aventis, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and the Waksman Foundation (Tokyo, Japan). The REACH Registry is endorsed by the World Heart Federation. Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, financial disclosures, funding and support, etc.
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If you've got a friend or family member who loves their dog almost as much as they love their country, we've got you covered with the perfect national dog day card. Just look at that precious pooch, with its adorable smile and bow-tie. Add in those glistening eyes and the fun American flag, and you've got a card that nothing else can even come close to.
Bulldog lovers are a special breed, a group of people with an undeniable bond with their pups. If you know one, you know how awesome this day is for them! Make the bulldog lover in your life smile with this fabulous dog day card. This smiling bulldog is both gorgeous and precious, and it make the perfect addition to anyone's desk or bulletin board.
We dare you to take one look into those sweet puppy eyes without completely melting! It's impossible! Add in the gorgeous beach backdrop and the soft doggy skin and you have the perfect dog day card. Whether you're looking for a card for a fur-loving colleague or hoping to wish your dog-crazy sister, you can't go wrong with this one.
Who doesn't love National Dog Day?! It may not be as popular as some of the other holidays, but it sure is one of the most exciting days to celebrate! Look at that sweet Golden Retriever smile with the tongue sticking out. This is the perfect dog day card for the dog lover in your life.
This may just be the sweetest picture we've ever seen! It's impossible to look at this happy yellow lab without falling in love. Just look at that tongue-out smile! Add in the vintage car in the background and you've got a keeper. This is a winning pick for anyone in your life who may love National Dog Day as much as we do!
The only thing more adorable than one precious pup is two precious pups. With winning smiles like those, and fluffy fur beyond belief, what's not to love?! They look so friendly and happy! The gorgeous scenery in the background only makes this picture more perfect. Add it all together and you've got a National Dog Day card that's a definite keeper.
Who's a good boy?! Just look at that gorgeous pup. Though he may look silly with his tongue out and his eyes crossed, he's the perfect dog to send the love to someone you care about on National Dog Day. This is a fabulous card for any dog lover in your life, but especially for a German Shepherd owner.
German Shepherd owners are fiercely loyal to their breed and will undoubtedly love this card for National Dog Day. Just look at that sweet dog, with its ears perked up and sweet brown eyes. For the German Shepherd owner in your life, whether a close friend or colleague, this greeting card is the perfect way to show them you care and you're thinking of them on National Dog Day.
Everyone loves a bulldog, but when you throw in the extra chub and wrinkles and fluffy rolls, you may just have the cutest pup out there. For the person in your life who loves dogs and might need some cheering up, be sure to snag this fabulous card. National Dog Day is the holiday they don't even know they need!
Have you ever seen a more happy, perfect-looking dog? We doubt it! Just one look in those huge, chocolate eyes and this pup will be wrapped around your finger. For the dog lover in your life who deserves a special surprise on National Dog Day, be sure to send them this one-of-a-kind card. They're just bound to love it!


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Our Story
Chris Kaag Introduction & The Beginning of CF and IM ABLE Foundation
Chris Kaag Introduction
While in boot camp, Chris learned several valuable lessons that would shape him as a young man and in the years to come, including one very special lesson from his drill instructor. During a group cadence run in boot camp, Chris' drill instructor, Dave Hart, uttered five words that continue to echo in Chris' head during his most difficult times: "Don't quit on me, Kaag." That former DI is now a Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps, and in 2010 Chris had the good fortune of thanking him personally for changing his life in such a positive way. In return, Lt Col Hart had only the highest praise for Chris, saying that he was truly one of the best and he knew he would have gone far if he had been able to stay in the USMC.
- 1976 - Chris was Born.
- 1994 - Joined the US Marine Corps at the age of 17.
Chris' Challenge
- The Challenge
The Birth of Corps Fitness
Utilizing parks in Berks County, PA, Chris mixed things up at the Stone House, had people running steps at Happy Hollow Park, and low crawling through the sand pit at Gring's Mill, making people stare and wonder before it became the thing to do. During the cold, dark days of PA's weather, Chris found temporary refuge at local fitness clubs.
Chris advocates living life to the fullest, with no excuses. Since 2004, he has been inspiring people of all abilities to realize what they are fully capable of accomplishing. Through Respect, Accountability and Teamwork, Corps Fitness has become a strong community.
- 2004 - Chris Establishes Corps Fitness
- 2007 - Chris establishes the IM ABLE Foundation.
Building 7 Expansion
- 2012 - BLDG7 Expansion!
10 Years Strong
Thank you to everyone that has made Corps Fitness a pretty special place to not only workout but to build character, discipline, long lasting friendships and teammates all while realizing more about your abilities and how far you're able to exceed your perceived barriers!
Est in 2004, Corps Fitness has shown those who have joined our ranks, how much more they could push themselves and redefine their fitness limits and in the process hopefully giving people a "Can-Do" attitude in all they do. We are so thankful and proud of all who have been with us, whether veteran or newbie, for your faith in Corps Fitness because without YOU this achievement would not have happened!!
- 2014 - 10 Years Strong!
What Makes Us Different
Our Goal
At CORPSFITNESS, our main goal is to ensure you succeed because we know that satisfied and happy people always come back.
In order to thrive in anything, a person must be motivated and inspired. When you walk through the door at Corps Fitness, you will be welcomed by friendly instructors and a group of all abilities. We will provide you with the encouragement needed to push yourself beyond your preconceived barriers. This is group fitness combined with personal training but taken a step higher.
Double the motivation…
Double the encouragement…
Double the results… Guaranteed!
You will leave every class exhausted but with the knowledge that you just outperformed anything you've ever done before. To know that you can exist on a higher level and feel better than you ever have is a feeling no one can take away from you. Whether you are a beginner or advanced, athlete or novice, young or old, we will help motivate you to succeed and redefine your fitness limits.
Personal Guidance
Our instructors are available to provide personal advice to help you meet your fitness goals. Our main goal is to ensure you succeed because we know that satisfied and happy people always come back.
Group Structure
Corps Fitness promotes the philosophies of Respect, Accountability and Teamwork. Therefore, every participant in a class helps other CF classmates to get the job done...from beginning fitness levels to advanced fitness levels, all members work as a TEAM to push through a workout.
Professional Instructors
Our instructors are certified / trained and experienced.
The Results
NBC News recently ran a piece on retired NFL player David Vobora, who found meaning and renewed purpose in working with amputees at his gym. Take a minute to watch the...
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I went into the Marine Corps right out of high school as an overweight football player and returned lean, fit and able to take on any challenge. The philosophy that was ingrained in me changed my outlook on fitness and being active. I started Corps Fitness with the philosophy of exposing people to the motivation…
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Joe came to an intro class in August of 2017 looking for something new to challenge him. After doing at home workout programs, running numerous trail races, 5K's, 10K's, and Half Marathons, culminating in the Vernon Spartan Beast, he knew after 2 weeks, that Corps Fitness would never be the same workout twice and would…
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Kevin first joined Corps Fitness CrossFit Berks on a punch card in 2008. Following some injuries he took some time away from the gym before finding his way back home in 2016. He grew up in Freehold, NJ before moving to Philadelphia to earn a bachelor degree from Philadelphia University. He moved to Reading when…
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Gretchen got her start with Corps Fitness in 2006 and has been hooked ever since. She enjoys pushing herself to the next level and the quiet competitiveness of a group class. Some of Gretchen's favorite exercises include pull-ups and kettlebells. Gretchen is a CrossFit Level 2 Trainer and is currently teaching a few classes a…
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Sara first came to one of the intro classes at Corps Fitness in October 2013. Her curiosity about CrossFit and her frustrations with her fitness progress doing just treadmill and elliptical workouts pushed her to try it out even though she was convinced she wasn't ready or fit enough for CrossFit yet. Even though she…
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Certification: NETA – Group Fitness Instructor; ASFA Kettlebell Instruction; ASFA Group Fitness Bootcamp Instruction Hobbies: All outdoor recreation including hiking, camping, snowboarding, canoeing. Cooking and EATING!!! Why I workout at CF: The Philosophies of accountability, teamwork, motivation, and adaptability strike the same cord as my ideas for living my life. Being a lifelong athlete is one…
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Amanda came to one of the intro classes at Corps Fitness in October of 2016. After months of trying to achieve fitness goals on my own, she returned on June 10, 2017 for her first official Corps Fitness Class. Owner, Chris Kaag, made a bet with her and gave her until the end of June…
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Words From Chris
"Defining moments" are experiences that have an impact on our souls, and create that moment by which we are defined. However we choose to handle the challenges in our lives reveals more about our personality and character than any other test. Only when someone goes beyond his perceived capabilities and is forced to dig deep into his soul to find strength, does he have a greater understanding of who he is. At that instant, knowing that you are able to exist on a higher level is one of life's most important discoveries. Without this, our true capabilities would never be realized and our lives would be confined to the boundaries and limits we place on ourselves.
I experienced my defining moment in Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, SC in the summer of '94. The profound lessons I learned at Parris Island have transcended into my daily life and continue to influence how I choose to handle all other challenges, particularly what follows.
In 1997, at the age of 21, I was diagnosed with a degenerative nerve disorder that would become the turning point of my life. I was faced with a decision to dig deep and push on or give up and let my condition take over my life. Those 3 months in boot camp would serve as my guide and ultimately give me the knowledge and strength I needed to dig deep and push on and lead me to where I am today.
Today, I continue to put one foot in front of the other, regardless if that step is supported by my 2 canes or my wheelchair, to show everyone that you only have to look inside yourself to find the strength to keep going. I live by three simple words that I learned as an 18 year old Marine recruit:
Everyone has their cross to bear, some bigger than others, but do not let it stop you from achieving your goals. Improvise; find a way to do things differently. Adapt; implement this change into your daily life. Overcome; get on with your life with no excuses.
Viewing my disability as my stepping stone and not my crutch will hopefully redefine the way others view the challenges they face. Dig deep and you can accomplish anything!
Stay motivated!
Founder – Sgt USMC
In 2007, the IM ABLE Foundation was created by our founder, Chris Kaag, a disabled United States Marine. The idea was to build and support active lifestyles for individuals with disabilities.
IM ABLE's goal is to help all individuals realize the potential to go further and push harder than their preconceived limits, because once this potential is realized, the possibilities are endless. With handcycles, racing chairs, adaptive skis and other advancements in technology, it is possible for anyone who has a disability to increase their fitness level. Never forget to appreciate what you CAN do and GET UP AND MOVE!
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Shadows of the Damned
The Games on Demand version supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish. Shadows of the Damned follows a demon hunter named Garcia Hotspur deep into a re-imagining of hell where he must rescue the love of his life by defeating the armies of darkness with the power of the light. Shadows of the Damned delivers shocking and unique gameplay experiences that includes over-the-top action, grandiose boss battles, demented puzzles, grotesque enemies, heart-pounding moments and psychotic imagery. Working his way through the City of the Damned to get his love back, Garcia is aided by Johnson a former demon with the ability to transform into an array of vicious weapons, Garcia will rip apart the horrific forces of the underworld to protect what he loves most. Throughout the game players must utilize the power of the light to fight the army of the dark in unique light versus darkness gameplay that will forever change the way gamers perceive puzzles, combat, and action. Brace yourself for one hell of a trip to the city of the damned.
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Bombardier CRJ900
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Bombardier CRJ900
Bombardier and Lufthansa work together very closely. The German airline has helped to make Bombardier the world's fourth largest aircraft manufacturer. The next round of close cooperation is now starting
Lufthansa persuaded the Canadian corporation Bombardier to build a 50-seat aircraft for regional use back in 1987. Bombardier used its highly successful Challenger 600 business jet as the basis for design of the new Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ). Lufthansa brought its first CRJ100 into service in 1992.
Bombardier went on to develop other, larger versions of its new aircraft and the CRJ100 soon became the basic model of a whole series. Bombardier was the only manufacturer able to supply planes of this kind – for use on short- and medium-haul routes with relatively low passenger loads. Currently, the Lufthansa Regional fleet consists of CRJ700s (70 seats) and CRJ900s (90 seats).
Lufthansa is continuing its close cooperation with Bombardier, and the Canadians are now working on a new brand family – the C-Series – that will set new standards of fuel economy. Advances in engine design will make the planes much quieter, and they will carry more passengers than their CRJ predecessors. Bombardier presented its conceptual specification in 2004, but did not start work on the project until 2008, when Lufthansa confirmed its intention to order 30 C-Series planes to join the SWISS fleet.


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As part of the large lumber order for the Barton's, I've been busy prepping a little over 100 square feet of wide, reclaimed beadboard.
If I remember correctly, we salvaged the boards from the house we salvaged in Trinity. The reclaimed beadboard is 5 inches wide and from my experience, pretty rare.
We have several hundred feet of it available in several different colors that range from green, khaki, pink, brown, burgundy to white.
Most of the green boards are littered with rusty tacks — these are common and were used to attach newspaper and cheesecloth wallpaper to the wood.
Generally speaking, it's a personal preference regarding leaving the tacks in the wood versus removing them. However, it's absolutely necessary to remove them from boards that will be used on floors.
However, these particular boards will be installed on the walls in the Barton's kitchen.
That being said, I still like to remove them. I think they're ugly and detract from the beauty of the old wood.
The tacks remove fairly easily with a tack puller, but sometimes the heads do pop off, and it requires a bit more surgery to extract the little bits of metal left in the wood.
Sure, after you remove tacks, what you're left with are tiny little holes, but I don't mind them, plus the holes are much smaller than the head of a tack.
As I was removing the tacks and scraps of paper, I made some interesting discoveries. Call me an amateur archaeologist, but I think they're quite fascinating.
For example, I found these newspaper scraps which date the boards to 1914 or 1915. The newspapers also show "Help Wanted – Female" and "Help Wanted – Male" ads which would be illegal in this day and age.
I also found a few clips that talked about war. That would be World War I, which began in 1914.
This little clip about so-called "humane bullets" was both amusing and shocking.
I also thought this clipping was interesting. Regrettably, I was not able to find out any information about this gentleman on the internet.
I was able to remove all of the tacks in a couple of days, working here and there, and the boards are now underneath our carport, ready for their bath of bleach and dish soap.
I will say that we don't normally de-tack and clean old boards as part of a sale but we did it this time.
I'll share the 'after' photos with you as soon as they're clean and dry. I want you to see how very pretty these old boards will be.


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The accommodation and resort facilities are perfect for families, groups, couples or the corporate stay and allows you to enjoy the resort, the beaches and the Noosa region in comfort.
The ideal location of Coral Beach Noosa Resort provides you the freedom to walk to all local amenities the region has to offer. These include the Noosa River, its parklands, some of the best dining on the Sunshine Coast, a wide array of cafes, restaurants and boutique shopping. The Noosa Main Beach and National Park areas are just a few minutes drive from the Resort.
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I love a good Macaroni and Cheese. The problem is, like potato salad, I am very particular about my Mac & Cheese. I like it creamy, but not soupy or goopy. It should be thick enough to stand up a fork in it, but not gritty or grainy. It's not easy to find a recipe that lives up to my expectations, but here's one that I finally found that is just amazing.
The best recipe for Macaroni and Cheese that I've made so far is the one recently published in
Cook's Country Magazine
(in the April/May 2007 issue). The texture is simply amazing - smooth but not runny, cheesy but without clumping or separating.
The recipe is more complicated than most, but in order to achieve the ultimate mac & cheese, that's what it takes. The recipe utilizes three different cheeses: American cheese (for stability - American cheese has stabilizing ingredients), Monterey Jack cheese (for creaminess), and sharp cheddar (for flavor). (A fourth cheese is actually used - Parmesan - to flavor the bread crumb topping!) To keep the cheeses from breaking, evaporated milk (which contains carrageen or other stabilizing ingredients) is used instead of milk or cream.
For the bread crumb topping, use 4 slices of white sandwich bread, 4 tablespoons (55 g) melted butter, 1/4 cup (35 g) grated Parmesan cheese.
The rest of the ingredients needed are 5 Tbs. (45 g) all-purpose flour, 1 lb. (450 g) elbow macaroni, 3 12-oz. cans (1 L) evaporated milk, 5 oz. (140 g) American cheese, 8 oz. (225 g) extra sharp cheddar cheese, 3 oz. (85 g) Monterey Jack cheese, 1/8 tsp. (0.3 g) ground nutmeg, 1 tsp. (3.3 g) ground mustard seed, 2 tsp. (12 g) table salt, 4 Tbs. (55 g) melted butter, and 1 teaspoon (5 mL) of hot sauce.
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
Bring four quarts of water to a hard boil. Dissolve at least 1 Tbs. (18 g) table salt into the water and add the macaroni. Cook until al dente (when the macaroni no longer shows white in center of the pasta when you bite into it but still has chew). Check the instructions on the package of your macaroni product and use the time listed as a guide. I generally start checking the macaroni a minute or two early to make sure I don't over cook it.
Once it's ready, ladle out 1/2 cup water to be reserved for the cheese sauce later. Immediately drain the macaroni and rinse it thoroughly in cold water to stop the cooking. This is one of the few times I advocate using a colander and rinsing pasta with cold water (in most cases, pasta used in casseroles benefits from this procedure).
Break the sandwich bread into chunks and pulse in a food processor with 4 Tbs. of melted butter and the Parmesan cheese until bread crumbs are formed. Set aside in a bowl for topping the casserole later.
Shred the American, Monterey Jack, and cheddar cheeses. I found this was done fastest by using the grating disc on my food processor.
Prepare a roux by heating (over medium heat) 4 Tbs. butter until it foams. Then stir in the flour and cook while stirring until light brown (about 1 minute).
Slowly add evaporated milk while stirring until all the evaporated milk has been added to the pot and no clumps of roux remain. Stir in the hot sauce, nutmeg, mustard, and salt.
Cook the mixture for about 4 more minutes on medium heat. The mixture (a béchamel sauce) should have thickened up.
Move the pot off the heat source and stir in the grated cheeses and 1/2 cup reserve water. Keep stirring until the cheese completely melts into the bechamel.
Stir in the cooked macaroni so that the sauce completely coats all the pasta.
Pour the macaroni and cheese into a 9x13-in. baking pan.
Cover the top of the macaroni and cheese with the bread crumb mixture.
Bake for 25 minutes (when the edges begin to bubble). Remove from the oven and let the casserole sit for 5 to 10 minutes before cutting into it to serve.
Macaroni and Cheese Bake
(serves 12)
Boiled Macaroni
4 qt. (4 L) water
boil until al dente
reserve 1/2 cup water and drain & rinse macaroni
1 Tbs. (18 g) table salt
1 lb. (450 g) elbow macaroni
Macaroni and Cheese Bake
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C)
4 Tbs. (55 g) melted butter
cook while stirring until light brown (1 min.)
stir in slowly
stir in
remove from heat when thickened (4 min.)
stir in until melted
stir in until coated
pour into 9x13-in. pan
bake 25 min. 350°F (175°C)
let rest 10 min.
5 Tbs. (45 g) all-purpose flour
3 12-oz. cans (1 L) evaporated milk
1/8 tsp. (0.3 g) ground nutmeg
1 tsp. (3.3 g) ground mustard seed
2 tsp. (12 g) table salt
1 teaspoon (5 mL) of hot sauce
5 oz. (140 g) American cheese
8 oz. (225 g) extra sharp cheddar cheese
3 oz. (85 g) Monterey Jack cheese
1/2 cup reserve pasta water
cooked macaroni
4 slices of white sandwich bread
pulse into breadcrumbs
4 Tbs.(55 g) melted butter
1/4 cup (35 g) grated Parmesan cheese
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:17 am
Post subject: Baking at 120C would not be ideal!!!
350F is 180C
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Coffeea & Vanilla
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:28 pm
Post subject:
Great recipe.
My step son loves mac & cheese... I will make it for him when he comes back from holidays...
Thank you for sharing,
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:08 pm
Post subject: Mac and cheese Toast?
Have you tried Alton Brown's recipe for mac and cheese "toast" with this recipe?
I think it actually might be immoral to produce these. I've never done it myself, but I'd sure like to know if you've tried it and if it was good. I think it would take a very well-done mac and cheese to stand up to being fried into wedges.
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:29 pm
Post subject: Re: Mac and cheese Toast?
andersonimes wrote:
Have you tried Alton Brown's recipe for mac and cheese "toast" with this recipe?
Oh wow, that sounds like it would be crazy. I'll have to make sure I have leftovers the next time I make mac & cheese so I can try this.
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:29 am
Post subject: American Cheese
For us Europeans, what is American Cheese with all its stabilizing ingredients?
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:13 am
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The Cheesecake Factory has fried macaroni and cheese as an appetizer...it's not all that great.
For those of you interested:
I like using saltine crackers as the topping, and instead of hotsauce, cayenne pepepr. Also, I love a mac-n'-cheese with lots of cracked black pepper. Mmmm......
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 5:13 pm
Post subject: Mac N Cheese
I love my mothers mac n cheese, a simpler version of this reciepe:
1 egg
1 tbsp prepared mustard
1 pint heavy cream
wisk together and pour between several layers of macaroni and slices of 1 lb ea. pepper jack and sharp chedder. Bake at 350 for 30 min or until it starts to bubble. Warm gooey and o so satifsying! I like it best with ketchup!
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:09 pm
Post subject: American cheese for Europeans
American cheese is this coagulated milk based stuff. Here's an example:
You might try looking at some sliced cheese at an Aldi-like supermarket. In my experience, if it's real cheese, it doesn't have a list of ingredients.
I think the consistency of the finished product is dependant on so many things: the flour, the water content of the milk, the water content of the cheese, the time in the oven, etc., so it would surprise me if the chemically goodness of the American cheese really is what gave the right consistency.
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:25 am
Post subject: nutritional content?
Have you had the opportunity to quantitate the nutritional content per serving of your most fabulous sounding dish? I'm interested in the caloric/protein/carb/fat content. My guess is, it more than likely puts it way off the list of possibilities. Oh to dream...
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:45 am
Post subject: Hmmm.....
Ever tried the mac and cheese at The Cheesecake Factory? It is about the BEST stuff I have ever had. I know they use parmesan in it as I can taste it. I am with you for consistency, though. I like it smooth but not runny nor grainy. Flavor is also important. Anyway, I was wondering if you tried the stuff at The Cheesecake Factory and how it compared?
Regarding fried mac and cheese, yeah, I think that is a sin. Hahaha, I don't want to imagine what result that has on the bad cholesteral meter. Thinking about it makes my heart start constricting at the moment! OUCH!
I think TGIFriday's sells the fried stuff, too!
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:15 pm
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If you like a little extra flavor with your mac, try crushing cheez-it crackers for the top crust rather than bread.
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:15 pm
Post subject: Re: Other uses for mac n chz
I've had fried mac and chz, and its definitely something to experience at least once. I'm not saying its the healthiest, but come on...read the name again...did you think it would be? I've also had Mac and Chz pizza. That was sinful. I heard that CiCi's had some, but there are no locations here, so I asked some questions about it, and built my own with homemade mac n chz. So good.
I will add that my mother made everything from scratch. My husband had never had homemade mac and chz before me. What?! He's a convert. Though he still likes his Kraft.
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:29 pm
Post subject: calories
Someone asked about the caloric content of the mac and cheese. I was curious too and calculated it to be about 460-475 calories per serving (whick looks to be about half a cup).
Definitely not for an everyday meal, but might be do-able for a holiday meal.
- Jess
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:13 pm
Post subject: American Cheese
Regarding what on earth he is calling American cheese is...
it is usually called "Processed cheese"
"Processed cheese slices"
or just "cheese slices", or kind of like we refer to tissues as "Kleenex", we also refer to it as "Kraft slices" occasionally. Sometimes the slices are labelled "Cheese Product" too, because it is not really REAL cheese.
I am in Canada and no one has ever referred to it as American because that word is not on any of the packages, although they are identical otherwise. Strange that the word is added to the packages sold in the United States. I believe that American refers to the
of the cheese - processing it into one-at-a-time slices. I think it was their idea to do this. (Of course, there is no such actual cheese as "American", like Gouda, Cheddar, etc.)
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In April 2008, Microsoft announced that it would be killing the DAV protocol on June 30, 2008. After an outcry from users that this was too soon, the software giant agreed in May 2008 but did not give a new deadline for the killdate (we now know that it's less than three months away). POP3 support was added to Hotmail in March 2009.


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The wonder of the Highlands
In 2015, a tea from Scotland triumphed at the Salon du Thé in Paris. The tea world was dumbfounded. Grown in the cold? In the rain? In the fog? Impossible! But Tam O'Braan knows better.
It's madness, they told him. You're crazy. You're making a fool of yourself. And it was then that he knew he wanted to risk it. He wanted to show that it could be done and prove them all wrong, all those armchair gainsayers, shooting their mouths off! They knew nothing of the ground he trod every day. Did they know the wind the way he knew it? The rain was his friend. And if he should fail, well, so be it. Then the critics, his neighbors, the so-called "experts," would have had their fun. Bloody hell!
Tam O'Braan throws a log onto the fire with serious mien. There's no smile inside the beard when he thinks back to the early days. He knows what a close thing it often was and still is. Each winter has the power to shatter his dream. Sparks spit from the fire. A thick mist descends like a white blanket over the hills outside the shed. We are in Perthshire, in Scotland, in den Highlands, between Dunkeld and Amulree, one hour north of Edinburgh. Braveheart, the legendary William Wallace, once made a halt here with his followers. This is where the Macbeth drama was set, where the witches prophesied to the king that he had nothing to fear unless Birnam Wood came to Dunsinane. And it is here that O'Braan has been planting his tea since 2010. And someday, it could also become a Scottish legend, but for now, it's a revolution. Tea is grown in China, and in India, Kenya, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. These countries are the world's largest producers. They are hot countries. But Scotland? The very thought seemed so absurd that no one ever considered it. Every day, 165 million cups of tea are drunk in Great Britain, but the leaves always came from the Far East. Then came O'Braan.
He stomps over to the workbench and throws a handful of leaves into cups, first flush leaves, the first harvest of the year – white tea, smoked over wood. The black-green-brownish crumbs squirm in the water. Steam clouds the windows. Not yet, growls O'Braan, when our impatience urges us to drink. The tea has to draw. It wasn't easy locating Dalreoch Farm. Perthshire is large, with torrential rivers, dark hills, and a few buildings seemingly strewn across the landscape. O'Braan wants to be out of sight; he keeps himself to himself. Down on the road, there's just an old sign, twisting in the wind. The neighbors who live at the front point out the gravel path leading past their farmstead. The tea maker? Along there! Don't expect too much. He's crazy! Then they shut the door. O'Braan swears when he hears about this. He doesn't like his neighbors, and his neighbors don't like him. In Perthshire, people either keep sheep, distill whisky or are unemployed. Plant tea and you arouse suspicion.
Did I know it would work? No! We took the risk and are now reaping the rewards
O'Braan used to be soldier, then he worked as a chef, and he also started studying but broke it off again. He even tried his hand on Wall Street for a time. An extensive traveler and a doer, he's the kind of person who's always on the lookout for something new. His wife made him promise to return to Scotland if she became pregnant. They met at university. Every day, when her seminar ended, he would follow her, and every day she went to the same shop. One day, O'Braan finally screwed up the courage to go inside – it was a tearoom. When their first child came along, she reminded him of his promise to put down roots. And how do you put down roots? Exactly. You sow seeds.
He started out with 2000 plants seven years ago and brought in a four-kilo harvest. That was not very much. O'Braan had sown poor seeds, too many of them and all too closely together. He was hoping for a quick return. But camellia sinensis is a diva, and she can tell when you're trying to put one over on her. She doesn't bestow her charms easily. You have to fight for her fruits, beseech and woo her. That's something O'Braan has learned. He points to the cups. We can taste it now. This is not just any tea, no, it's the farm's premium product: Dalreoch Single Esta te Scottish Smoked White; 100 grams fetch 230 pounds. In 2015, it won him gold at the Salon du Thé in Paris. The tea world was bowled over – an absolute sensation. One of the best teas in the world, grown in Scotch mist? He asks can we taste it? Slurp, gargle, swallow. Yes, we can taste it.
The tea flings itself into your mouth and there's a hint of, what is it, peach, nut? Then the smoke comes through, the flame, and you can taste the earth, the wind, the Highlands. It's more of a whisky experience really, an explosion on the palate, in your nose. O'Braan grins – for the first time. "It's like magic," he growls. They dry the leaves down to a humidity of three percent. Three! He blasts out the number again. It's important to him. At four percent, the tea would be too sweet, but at two percent, it would taste too sharp. Tea growing is alchemy.
While it involves a few certainties, between them, the scope for interpretation is enormous. The higher the altitude where a tea plant puts down roots, the slower its growth. Less speed, more flavor. But so much can happen before, during and afterwards! Tea doesn't like too much rain, but also not too little. Sunlight is good provided the plants don't scorch. What works in Darjeeling can fail miserably in Assam. Once the leaves have been picked, the tea master takes over. He decides how long the wilting, rolling and oxidation processes should take. If a tea is left to breathe for ten minutes longer than planned, half the harvest can be ruined. You have to picture the refinement of the leaves as a subtle signature. The master makes his mark on the tea – and woe betide him if he makes a slip! Then his signature becomes illegible, his work spoiled. Tea growing is a laborious business even in regions considered ideal for it. But in Scotland, it's really absurd. Reasons to fail are even more numerous here. So why?
Observe O'Braan as he moves among his tea plants and you will soon see that they mean more to him that just a job or money. It's more of a vocation, a devotion. Defiance and pioneering spirit drive him on to succeed where success is deemed impossible. You can see it, when he handles the plants with his assistant, Chris, turning them, layering them, sniffing them. There are darlings and troublemakers, too. Some offshoots have suffered in the cold, but the two men can't bring themselves to part with them just yet. They talk to their plants, play them music, and every year they hope they will be able to bring as many of them through as possible. Tea is drama. Shakespeare. Death and life.
Once, in 2012, they almost gave up. A hard winter swept across Perthshire. Minus eleven degrees. Through the window, O'Braan watched the wind and the rain, and saw how his plants were tortured, how they died. He could do nothing for them. He slept in the hut and buried himself in his rage. It was a tough time for the family, too. That's it, he thought, they won't recover. Then one day – it was already spring – Chris called to him from the garden. "Tam! Come here! Take a look at this!" New plants were peeping out from the earth. They had survived. O'Braan and Chris, both of them big, burly, bearded guys, took each other's hands and danced like children through the tea garden.
Today, O'Braan has 14 000 plants under cover and another 8000 beneath the open sky. He now harvests more than a ton of leaves per year, and that's more than the small farmstead can process. So now they are converting the barns into a factory. The aim is for Scottish tea to lose its eccentric image and gain brand status. The tea is distributed by the Wee Tea Company, which also holds an interest in the farm. And O'Braan is busy gathering more tea growers around him – and each new admission to the Tea Association must grow a different variety. O'Braan has a vision: 28 tea gardens scattered all over Scotland – because there were once 28 Scottish-run tea gardens in Darjeeling. O'Braan comes back to this story time and again. His source of reference is Robert Fortune (1812–1880), a Scottish botanist and explorer, and the zero point for the tea and what they are doing here. Fortune traveled Asia in the 19th century and collected plants for the Royal Horticultural Society and the British East India Company. He smuggled the tea plant out of China and into India, thereby preparing the ground for large-scale tea production. Fortune, globetrotter and the Empire's thief, is almost forgotten today. But O'Braan remembers him, and rallies his fellow Scots with the call : "It all began with a Scotsman! We're bringing the tea back home."
To find out how far the "Scottish tea revolution" – as O'Braan calls his movement – has advanced, you just have to climb into your car and head northwest as far as Dalguise. Here, 500 tea plants cling stubbornly to life on a steep slope. Half a hectare of gleaming green, plastic tunnels to ward off the cold and fencing to keep out the deer. The sheep bleat as though they, too, just don't get the point of it all: of tea in and from Scotland. This plantation belongs to Richard Ross. He was the second. He had heard a BBC feature on O'Braan on his car radio and weeks later, mustered the courage to visit the pioneer. O'Braan asked him all kinds of questions, quizzed him, and in the end, Ross went away with his tea seeds. He had passed the test, proved himself worthy. As he says, "Only very few tea drinkers know how to make tea. They just plonk a teabag in a cup, pour on water, and think that's how it should be done. But it isn't. It's a sin." He sprinkles some first flush green tea into a glass and pours on water – warm, not boiling, because boiling water would scald the tender leaves. He waits. The farm used to belong to his uncle, then Ross took over the land. He has sheds, stables and a millstone here. Everything is just the way it used to be – except for the tea, which is new.
Richard Ross is dressed in jacket and shirt. He looks like Phil Collins and in his day job, he writes about red wine for online platforms. But then Ross shows us his hands. They are bloody, scarred, in tatters – picker's hands, farmer's hands, tea hands. And his tea tastes as though it has been growing here for 200 years and not just two. Ross takes an old book off the shelf, Tea Planting in Ceylon. Some black-and-white photos tumble out. They are of his grandfather, who had a tea factory built in India back when Great Britain was still an empire. Today, the grandson is carrying on the family tradition in his native country. When O'Braan started growing tea, there was no one for him to ask what to do. Everyone who came after him, including Ross, had O'Braan to ask. Today, there's a tea garden on the Isle of Mull in the north, too, as well as one in the Lowlands in the west and one in the south. Little by little, Tam O'Braan's vision is taking shape: Scotland is becoming a tea country.
There are only two varieties of tea, but 3000 different kinds of tea. That's the fascinating thing!
At the end of this story, we are sitting in the Palm Court of the Balmoral Hotel, an octagon of floral stucco and pillars, Edinburgh's most prestigious address. The concierge snaps his heels in servile salute. This is where O'Braan's harvest winds up, where his Smoked White is on the afternoon tea menu. Here two very different worlds are brought together: On the one hand, the affluent upper class, jewel-bedecked ladies and besuited gentlemen; on the other, Perthshire, gray gumboot country, men with dirt under their fingernails. The Liz Hurley anecdote O'Braan told us springs to mind. Actor Hurley was drinking Smoked White in the Dorchester in London, another luxury hotel supplied by Dalreoch, and twittered about it. In his hut, O'Braan read the post and could hardly believe his eyes. Liz Hurley? Really? He answers, saying that the tea she's drinking is his. Liz asks whether he would be so kind as to show her the tea garden he has planted on the roof of the Dorchester. And so Tam O'Braan, the tea grower from the Highlands, catches a train to London, knocks on the door of her Dorchester suite and ends up walking over the rooftops of London with Liz Hurley. The man in whom no one had any faith had made it right to the top.
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Facebook chief operating officers Sheryl Sandberg gave a few candid interviews for an online series, "Makers" that stated several times that the reason more women aren't in higher echelons of business or politics is because many choose to drop out of the workforce -- because of men.
"Success and likability are positively correlated for men and negatively correlated for women," Sandberg said in an interview. "A woman, if you're most intelligent or most likely to succeed, that's an embarrassing thing or something that's not considered attractive, and I think that's what we need to change."
Sandberg then spends a few interviews stating that it's the inequity in the home that kills off most of women's ambition and energy. The "second shift" of working mothers and society making women in charge of child rearing and housework has continued a male hierarchy. "If women are default in charge they will never succeed as much as men do in the workplace," she said. "And so when it comes time to drop out of the workforce, who drops out? The person who feels like they can't do it all."
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The series, a joint effort between PBS and AOL, also highlighted her thoughts on her failed first marriage, working at Google and Facebook and the gender divide in Silicon Valley. (The gender divide is about one's technical ability as much as it is about one's sex, she says, which she hopes changes as more women major in computer science.)
What's odd is that CNET reported that Sandberg said, "The most important thing -- and I've said it a hundred times and I'll say it a hundred times -- if you marry a man, marry the right one. If you can marry a woman, that's better because the split between two women in the home is pretty even, the data shows." Granted, CNET took this controversial little nugget from The Huffington Post, but nowhere in the numerous short videos from the Makers series did we find Sandberg making that statement.
Sandberg's short sound bytes show her as a fairly confident and pragmatic businesswoman. Although nothing she says is overly controversial or inflammatory, she does manage to call herself a feminist, praise Oprah and says she feels guilty checking her BlackBerry while at home. All in all, the Web series shows her as human, interesting and likable, something that bodes well for the Sheryl Sandberg and Facebook brands.


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WASHINGTON -- Senators demanded answers on Tuesday from senior military leaders on why an Air Force commander dismissed charges against a lieutenant colonel after he was convicted of sexual assault.
"Do you really think that after a jury has found someone guilty, and dismissed someone from the military for sexual assault, that one person, over the advice of their legal counselor, should be able to say, `Never mind'?" Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., asked Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, the top officer at U.S. Central Command, at a Senate hearing.
Mattis explained that commanders, including female commanders, have the authority to act for a reason. "And I would just tell you that I would look beyond one case," he said.
McCaskill sent a letter to Air Force officials seeking an explanation while Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., wrote to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel asking him to review the case.
Lt. Col. James Wilkerson, a former inspector general at Aviano Air Base in Italy, was convicted on Nov. 2 on charges of abusive sexual contact, aggravated sexual assault and three instances of conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman. The incident had involved a civilian employee.
Wilkerson was sentenced to a year in prison and dismissal from the service. But Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin, the commander of 3rd Air Force, later dismissed the charges. Franklin concluded that the evidence was insufficient to meet the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
"This is a travesty of justice," Boxer and Shaheen wrote. "At a time when the military has unequivocally stated that there is zero tolerance for sexual assault, this is not the message it should be sending to our service men and women, and to our nation."
They asked Hagel for information on what was the basis for Franklin's decision and pressed him to act immediately to restrict such authority to dismiss military court decisions unilaterally.
McCaskill wrote Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Gen. Mark Welsh, the Air Force chief of staff, that Franklin's decision "show ignorance, at best, and malfeasance, at worst."
"I strongly urge you to undertake an immediate review of his conduct and consider removing him from his leadership position," the senator wrote.
She pointed out that as the Air Force and "other military organizations are redoubling efforts to erase a culture that has often turned a blind eye on sexual assault, Lt. Gen. Franklin's conduct undermines this important shift."
In January, Welsh likened sexual assault in the Air Force's ranks to a cancer and vowed to tackle the problem by screening personnel more carefully and putting an end to bad behaviors like binge drinking that can lead to misconduct.
Welsh told a House oversight committee that the service recorded a disturbing number of reports of sexual assault last year even as it worked to curb misconduct in the wake of a sex scandal at its training headquarters in Texas. Dozens of young female recruits and airmen at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio were victimized by their instructors who sexually harassed, improperly touched or raped them.
Most difficult, Welsh said, is transforming a culture in which victims are often reluctant to report what happened because of guilt, shame or fear they won't be believed.


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"If you were a ghost, would you rather hang out in an empty house with other ghosts, or with people and have a good time?"
Case you missed it, here's Pat Jordan's little essay for the Times magazine on the Dixie Ghostbusters:
Except for the eerie flickering of our flashlights, we batted away low branches and overgrown shrubs of the old cotton plantation in total darkness. There was no moonlight. It was, Grady Carter noted, "a perfect night for ghosts." At that point his nephew Andy held up a hand and pointed into the woods. "I heard voices," Andy said. We all stopped. Chris Carter, his cousin, whispered, "I see a red light." "The spirits of dead slaves," Grady confirmed. "A demonic orb."
Grady, 66, is the winner of three purple hearts in Vietnam; his son, Chris, 41, is a former long-haul trucker; and Andy, 46, is a former bodyguard. Now all three Carter men are Twisted Dixie, a team of paranormal investigators — or, to use their less preferred term, ghostbusters. For fees upward of $2,000 per demonic possession, they camp out at night in clients' houses, barns, businesses or woods and "document paranormal activity," Andy explains, referring to "ghosts, demons, poltergeists." Twisted Dixie grosses a little more than $50,000 a year, sometimes charging fees for long investigations and sometimes working on spec at famous sites like Fort Sumter and the Burt-Stark Mansion in Abbeville, S.C. — often called the birthplace and the deathbed of the Confederacy, and the home of Twisted Dixie. No matter the job, they always work at night because, they say, that's when ghosts tend to whisper.


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Q&A: Shaukat Abdulrazak argues for a nuclear Africa
Nuclear technology could transform Africa's energy security and help solve wider development challenges, Shaukat Abdulrazak, new chair of AFRA, tells SciDev.Net.
[NAIROBI] Nuclear power in Africa is largely unexploited, with only a few countries making use of the technology.
South Africa leads the way: its two nuclear power stations have a combined capacity of 1,500 megawatts, and a third 20 megawatt reactor is used for research purposes. Algeria and Egypt also have research reactors and another one is under construction in Morocco.
- African countries should integrate nuclear technology into their energy plans
- Obstacles include public fears and a lack of skilled experts
- Initiatives are underway to address these challenges and mainstream nuclear technology
Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Sudan are among countries that have shown an interest in harnessing nuclear energy, but most countries are restricted by the high costs involved in establishing plants, which can be as much as US$4 billion per plant.
Concerns about handling a new and complex technology, and public fears about nuclear hazards have added further constraints.
The African Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development & Training related to Nuclear Science and Technology (AFRA) is a body formed under the auspices of the Austria-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and hosted within the IAEA headquarters.
It focuses on African projects on nuclear science and technology. Kenya is one of the 38 member states that have been participating in AFRA activities since 1991.
Shaukat Abdulrazak, head of Kenya's National Council for Science and Technology and the former deputy vice-chancellor of research and extension at Egerton University in Kenya was appointed AFRA chairman in October 2012.
Abdulrazak talks to Maina Waruru about Africa's potential in the nuclear energy sector.
What is the extent of nuclear use in Africa and what are the challenges to its implementation?
Most African countries are beginning to embrace the peaceful application of nuclear science and technology, especially in medicine, agriculture, industry, water and research.
But only South Africa has included nuclear energy in its energy mix, although countries such as Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and Sudan are considering harnessing nuclear energy to meet growing demand.
Africa often experiences electricity shortages because of growing domestic and industrial demand leading to high energy costs and frequent blackouts.
The continent also lacks skilled and well-trained people in nuclear power technology — another of the many significant obstacles to nuclear energy for countries across Africa.
To address these issues, most African states that are looking to introduce nuclear power, like Kenya, have embarked on human resources development through education and training, provided in well-established institutions in Africa, Europe and the United States.
AFRA and the IAEA have also helped by offering fellowships, scientific visits and training courses in the field of peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology.
Public acceptance of this new technology is very important and most countries are now raising awareness among the public and relevant stakeholders on the importance of embracing nuclear energy.
Does Africa have the potential for nuclear energy?
Africa has a great nuclear energy potential. Countries such as Namibia, Niger and South Africa have uranium minerals and ore that can be processed as fuel for nuclear power plants. Africa has sufficient water and land for nuclear plant construction and, compared with other regions, it is relatively unaffected by earthquakes.
Nuclear energy has many advantages if countries adopt IAEA guidelines on infrastructure and adhere to the treaties and conventions on nuclear energy to ensure the efficient development of safe and secure nuclear energy programmes. The advantages of nuclear include a reduced and stable energy price, national energy self-reliance and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as industrial growth and development.
A nuclear power project involves unique challenges, including safety and security, capital investment, long-term waste management and disposal, non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, and public trust. But these challenges are being addressed in many countries.
What is the state of nuclear science in Africa and has the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan been a deterrent for African countries?
Besides undertaking capacity building and public awareness, African countries are signing relevant conventions and treaties on the peaceful utilisation of nuclear science and technology.
Globally, there are 437 operational nuclear plants and 67 are under construction, despite the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in March 2011. Energy demand has not changed and conventional energy sources are inadequate.
The Fukushima Daiichi accident was caused by a massive earthquake and tsunami, which resulted in a power failure and consequently a meltdown of the nuclear reactor, releasing dangerous radioactive materials into the environment.
The accident has encouraged countries with nuclear power plants to come together with those interested in nuclear power to share ideas and best practice on the safety and security of plants.
What are your plans as head of AFRA?
My goal is to enhance the contribution of nuclear science and technology to meet the developmental needs and interests of member states.
Developing human resources and managing nuclear knowledge remain key factors to be addressed in the application of nuclear science and technology for socioeconomic development in Africa.
I intend to ensure effective and efficient programme delivery and to promote commitment, responsibility, accountability and teamwork. I will work closely with the AFRA committees, national coordinators and the IAEA to institute good governance and excellence in management of AFRA activities.
I will also work to ensure continued interaction with decision-makers, civil society, the operators and consumers of nuclear technology and the general public to create awareness on the benefits of the peaceful application of nuclear science.
Is AFRA well-funded and does it have the right technical capacity for its mandate?
AFRA receives funding from member states, the IAEA and other organisations and partners in the nuclear industry, but it still faces major challenges. These include limited financial resources, a shortage of qualified skilled human resources and a lack of or inadequate nuclear infrastructure.
However, I am optimistic that with support from the three AFRA committees — management, partnership building and resource mobilisation, and high-level steering — we will mobilise enough resources to support AFRA activities and ensure the maximum utilisation of available opportunities.
These opportunities include training, fellowships, scientific visits, donations of equipment, cooperation and involvement with regional and international organisations, with the aim of sharing ideas and best practice in nuclear science.
African governments are also very supportive and at present all 38 AFRA member countries support the organisation's activities on nuclear science and technology to enhance economic growth and development. The support is both political and financial through annual contributions.
How expensive is nuclear energy technology and can Africa afford it?
The cost of building a new nuclear plant depends on the level and type of electrical power produced. For a 1,000 megawatt nuclear power plant, the cost ranges between US$4 billion and US$6 billion. Joint financial ventures with credit agencies such as banks, and financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, offer a support for the financing of plant construction, and this is the direction that countries should take due to the huge amount of capital required.
Africa is sometimes said to fear new technologies. Do you think attitudes to nuclear science will be any different?
Fear of nuclear technology is one of the most difficult obstacles to achieving public support for projects. This is not unique to Africa. In countries such as Germany, anti-nuclear activists have prevented the further development of nuclear power plants.
It is important to note that all types of technology have their challenges and nuclear technology is no exception.
In order to win public acceptance and support, African leaders should take the first step in raising awareness that nuclear power is clean, safe, secure and reliable.
This article has been produced by SciDev.Net's Sub-Saharan Africa desk.
Q&A's are edited for length and clarity.


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Ms Murky Mondays:
Weekend Reflections
Waitsfield, VT, The Inn at the Round Barn, Anne Marie DeFreest,Tim Piper, Jack and Doreen Simko, Paul Finnerty, and of course, my love, Jim Finnerty. Time spent in a favorite place and with my favorite people.
Sunset Rock, the Long Trail,
East Warren Rd, Warren 4th of July Parade,
Thunder Road Stock Car Races,
dairy cows, starlit nights, great food.
Route 100, covered bridge, Mad River, No bugs.
A place I know so well and miss dearly.
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Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools - Business Intelligence (SSDTBI) for Visual Studio 2012 enables customers to use the Analysis Services, Integration Services, and Reporting Services project templates within the Visual Studio 2012 shell. The components are delivered as a web download on the Microsoft Download center and will be available through Web Platform Installer. This release is the equivalent functionality to SSDTBI (BIDS) for Visual Studio 2010 that shipped in the SQL Server 2012 box.
Related: Visual Studio 2012's New Database Features
The team adapted the UI to meet the new Visual Studio 2012 UI design. This release delivers on the SQL commitment to provide BI Project Templates supporting the latest version of Visual Studio, a much anticipated capability. The downloads are publicly available on the Microsoft downloads website now:
Download: http://www.microsoft.com/en-
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More details from specific Microsoft BI teams at:
RS team blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/
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When it comes to dresses my favorite brand to buy is definitely Spell & The Gypsy Collective. They got the most beautiful prints and they're mostly very 70s indian gauze inspired which I love! This little sage number is from their latest "Kombi" collection, I also got it in the red version. I combined it with a faux fur vest (nice for winter... you're thankful for every layer on top of a lightweight dress), some platform heels, sheer tights and my favorite concho belt.


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A former Naval Academy instructor who is accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipman will be court-martialed, an academy spokeswoman said Thursday.
Marine Corps Maj. Mark A. Thompson, a former history instructor at the academy, is accused of assaulting the midshipman in his Annapolis apartment following the annual croquet match between the academy and St. John's College in 2011.
Adm. Michael H. Miller, the academy's superintendent, referred the case to a general court-martial after reviewing information from a preliminary hearing that concluded this month in Washington, spokeswoman Jenny Erickson said.
Thompson is to be charged under the sections of the Uniform Code of Military Justice that deal with sexual assault, failure to obey an order or regulation, and conduct unbecoming an officer, Erickson said.
Thompson is presumed innocent until proved guilty. A date for the court-martial has not been set.
The Naval Academy and the military as a whole have been grappling for years with sexual assaults among members.
The Pentagon said recently that reports of sexual assaults at the Naval Academy fell from 22 two years ago to 13 last year. But the other service academies — the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo. — saw reports increase during the same period, leading to an overall spike of 23 percent.
It remains unclear how accurately the number of reports reflects the number of actual assaults. Officials believe many attacks go unreported, and they conduct surveys of midshipmen and cadets to get a clearer picture.
At the Naval Academy, 15.1 percent of women and 2.6 percent of men said they had experienced unwanted sexual contact, both down slightly from a 2010 survey.
In a December memo to the secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies showed that "we have a persistent problem," and he called for a "strong and immediate response."
"The young men and women enrolled at the service academies must be able to learn and develop as future leaders in an environment free from sexual assault and sexual harassment," Panetta wrote. "They must feel secure enough to report without fear of retribution, and offenders must be held appropriately accountable."
"We recognize there is more work to do on sexual assault prevention across the Department of Defense as well as at the military academies," said Maj. Gen. Gary S. Patton, director of the Pentagon's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office. He said his staff would work with each academy "to find new ways to incorporate prevention of sexual assault and harassment into academy culture."
Details of the preliminary hearing in the Thompson case were reported by Military.com.
According to the news website, former Midshipman Sarah Stadler testified that she and a fellow female midshipman visited Thompson at his apartment following the croquet match on April 30, 2011. The fellow midshipman later reported the alleged assault to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
The Baltimore Sun does not identify alleged victims of sexual crimes.
According to Military.com, Stadler said she and the alleged victim drank alcohol at the croquet match, at a Mexican restaurant in Annapolis and at Thompson's apartment. She described the alleged victim and herself as "drunk."
Stadler, now a gunnery officer aboard the destroyer USS Howard, testified she had had sex with Thompson before April 30, according to the news website. On the night of the alleged attack, Stadler said, she, the alleged victim and Thompson played strip poker in his apartment.


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Crest sweeps North
Crest 70, North Gaston 59: The Chargers notched their third straight league victory by handling the visiting Wildcats at Ed Peeler Gymnasium Friday night.
Crest improved to 7-4 overall (3-0 Big South) by extending a 38-30 halftime edge to a 13-point advantage entering the fourth period.
The Char gers were sparked by Jerick Haynes� 25 points while Chrishon Hartgrove came off the bench to supply 20. North (6-8, 0-4 Big South) was led by Daquan Mintz�s 22 points with Corey Staley adding 12 and Marquis Ray 10.
Crest will visit Hunter Huss Tuesday night.
Crest 90, North Gaston 74: The lights on the scoreboard were changing quickly in this fastbreak contest.
Crest used its defensive pressure and running game to soar to a 48-33 halftime lead. The Lady Chargers (9-2, 3-0 Big South) pushed the margin to more than 20 before North fought back late, largely because of the 38-point scoring effort by Lady Wildcats� freshman Kendall Cloninger.
Cloninger scored 30 of her point total in the second half, making five three-pointers and nailing all 11 free throws she took on the night. Janay Polk had 10 for North.
Crest was led by its 1-2 sophomore punch of A�diyah Ussery with 26 points and Caleia Jones with 16. The Lady Chargers also got a boost from SeDasia Love�s 12 points with Chozie Hunt adding 11.
Shelby Gains Split
Shelby 86, Patton 50 � Gabe DeVoe led four Golden Lions in double figures with 19 points in the road victory.
Mondarius Black, Cedric Cannon and Chris Wray each pitched in 10 points for Shelby (12-2, 2-0 SMAC).
Collins Hamer scored 11 points to pace the Panthers (4-11, 0-3).
Patton 69, Shelby 49 � Taylor Little led the Lady Golden Lions fell to 0-2 in the SMAC and 0-10 overall.
Burns girls win, boys fall
Chase 39, Burns 34 � Neither team could get much going offensively in a contest the Trojans led 15-14 at the half.
Shad Blanton, Steven Holland and Caleb Lancaster had 10 points apiece to lift visiting Chase (9-4, 2-1).
Chris Montgomery had 11 points for the Bulldogs (1-10, 0-2), with Quintel Houser adding eight.
Burns visits East Rutherford on Tuesday night.
Burns 50, Chase 38 �Lady Bulldog sophomore guard Brittany McMurry had a game and career-high 25 points as host Burns evened its South Mountain Athletic 2A/3A Conference record at 1-1.
Breasha Carroll added 10 points for the Bulldogs (2-6), who erased a 17-15 halftime deficit by posting 35 points in the final two quarters.
Kaitlyn Smart paced Chase with 18 points, and Kendra Holcombe added 14 for the visitors.
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Monday, December 31, 2007, 14:38 - Etymology and word roots, Latin Words - Meanings and Definitions, Latin Language, Latin Translation, Latin Derivatives, Roots, Word OriginsJames Carroll in an op-ed article "New Year's brooding" (Boston Globe, Dec. 31, 2007) writes the following:
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"The word contemplation has a Latin root, suggesting "time with," as if in contrast to chronology as time alone."
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/edito ... _brooding/
He goes on to develop some additional ideas based on this etymology. The trouble is that there is no connection between tempus and contemplation (which I am sure the author is implying). The word 'contemplatio' is akin to the word 'templum' (English "temple") which originally meant a large open space designated for auguries. Therefore, 'to contemplate' was to observe this space, in order to detect favorable or unfavorable signs, primarily based on the patters of birds' flight.
Honest mistake, no doubt. Too bad, there is no easy way to correct it. I don't think the Globe will be publishing a formal correction.


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CNET Asia Community Blog Entry – HTC Touch Diamond Performance Tweak
My new entry over at CNET Asia Community Blog is up. This week's entry, "HTC Touch Diamond Performance Tweak". Click here for the read.
Want to thank my buddy, William, for the tip.
Official Launch of Samsung Omnia i900
Check out the following video on the offical launch of the Samsung Omnia i900 at the global launch in Singapore.
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Microsoft Origami Experience 2.0 Ready for Download
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[15 June] The Microsoft Origami Experience 2.0 for UMPC is finally here for you to download.
Microsoft Origami Experience 2.0 contains these four programs for an ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) running Windows Vista:
- Origami Central
Central gives you instant access to all your media, programs, and the Internet, with the touch of a finger.
- Origami Now
Now gives you one-touch access to the most important information at any given time and place.
- Origami Picture Password
With a Picture Password, you can log on to Windows and unlock your computer by tapping a sequence of targets on a picture, instead of typing a password.
- Touch Settings
Touch Settings combines several settings in Windows Vista into one place to make it easier to customize a touch screen.
Requirements –
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- Minimum 100 MB of available hard disk space
- Minimum 1 GB of system memory
- Touch panel display (required for Origami Picture Password)
The UMPC must have the following software installed: –
- Windows Internet Explorer 7. Origami Experience 2.0 requires Internet Explorer 7 for its RSS platform.
- Windows Media Player 11. Origami Central requires Windows Media Player 11 in order to manage and play media.
- Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. The calendar tile in Origami Now works only with Office Outlook 2007 Calendar. The mail tile in Origami Now works with Office Outlook 2007 Mail and Windows Mail.
- The Windows update available here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932406 . This update is highly recommended if you use the mail tile in Origami Now with Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.
Microsoft Origami Experience 2.0 is distributed in nine languages. Each language version can be installed only on the corresponding language version of Windows Vista. For example, the French language version of Origami Experience 2.0 must be installed on the French language version of Windows Vista. However, any language version of Origami Experience 2.0 can be installed on the English language version of Windows Vista.
For detail download instruction, head over to Microsoft download page here.
[Updated – 17 June 2008] jkkmobile have the video review out on the Microsoft Origami Experience 2.0, enjoy.
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BlackBerry To Sell Canada Real Estate; Fewer Distractions, Says Wells
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Shares of BlackBerry (BBRY) are up 5 cents at $9.47, after the company this morning said it would sell the majority of its real estate in Canada, more than 3 million square feet of space, and lease back some of that land.
CEOJohn Chen said the sale "will help us move toward our goal of continued operational efficiency," while adding that the company "remains committed to having a strong presence in Canada" and that "we continue to consider Waterloo home to our global headquarters.
Wells Fargo's Maynard Um, who has a Market Perform rating on BlackBerry stock, and a $9.50 to $10.50 "valuation range," writes that the sale means "fewer distractions" for the company, though BlackBerrywill still have some substantial real estate holdings:
While we will not immediately know the exact amount (we initially calculated real estate sales to bring in $600-700MM based on then-current real estate prices, assuming a sale of all real estate assets), the quick actions since John Chen took the CEO role is a clear indication of the initial priorities (shedding noncore assets and simultaneously addressing liquidity concerns). The quick actions of the shedding of the noncore assets should result in fewer distractions and allow greater focus on core fundamentals, which should start to come into the spotlight with a growing sales force foundation and more- defined pricing strategy. That said, there likely will be some overhang from recent media reports indicating the White House is testing non-BlackBerry handsets, which will call into question how unique BlackBerry's security sales angle is […] Based on company filings, after the sale of Canadian and Texas real estate, there will be approximately 122,000 square feet of owned space, primarily in North America and Europe. BBRY has over 1.3MM square feet of leased space, globally not accounting for the portion of the Canadian real estate that will be leased back.


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Lads in the UK have gone crazy for Pippa Middleton's rear end. It even has its own Facebook page. But one chap learned the hard way what happens when you let this fact be known to your girlfriend after she spray painted "IS PIPPAS BUM STILL BETTER THAM MINE???" on his car.
It's an interesting question because, to be honest, neither seem that remarkable to us. The Peugeot's hatch is good for storage, but not stylish in any way. Pippa, on the other hand, has a nice figure but her rear is even smaller than the Pug's. We haven't seen the angry, rattle can-wielding girlfriend so we'll have to reserve judgment there.
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EDITOR'S NOTE- Farewell to a house reviewer
With this issue, we say farewell to "On the Block" contributor Peter M.J. Gross whose bi-weekly house reviews have enlivened our pages for about a year. New dad Gross finds himself busy with diapers and day job at a locally-based publishing house and bids his faithful readers a fond adieu.
(The remaining "On the Block" author, Rosalind Warfield-Brown, seeks your help in finding a replacement. If you're a seasoned journalist with daily or weekly experience and want a low-key gig, email her at email@example.com with your cover letter and clips.)


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B'nai B'rith Disappointed EU Not Moving Forward on Designating Hezbollah as Terrorist Organization
B'nai B'rith International has issued the following statement:
B'nai B'rith International is disappointed to learn the European Union will not yet designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization in the wake of the Bulgarian government's findings that the group was behind the attack that killed six people, five Israelis and one Bulgarian, in the resort town of Burgas in July 2012.
In a press conference Thursday with Israeli President Shimon Peres, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barros said the EU does not have sufficient evidence of Hezbollah's activities in Europe, but did not rule out taking action in a few months' time. The Bulgarian government said it is still finalizing its investigation and according to reports is expected to formally ask the EU to place the group on its list of terrorist organizations next month.
By tabling this decision, the EU is sending the wrong message when the evidence is quite clear, and when in fact this attack occurred on European soil. Bulgaria spent six months investigating the suicide bombing, finding the names of the perpetrators, fake documents and a money trail leading back to Lebanon. Not designating Hezbollah as a terrorist organization will only empower and embolden the group. We urge the EU to act quickly to cut off Hezbollah's resources and to take the information provided in the Burgas report seriously.
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When he started a business selling trailer hitch locking devices, Karl Pratt was just a regular schmo whose boat trailer had once been stolen. The theft had cost him $1,500 and months of trailerlessness.
He turned his misfortune into fortune with the device, soliciting $1 million from about 50 investors. But when his investors began to suspect that Pratt wasn't actually delivering what he'd promised as The Dallas Obsever reports. That's when federal investigators got involved.
Pratt's business was enshrouded in a thicket of lies, beginning with his claim that his Safety Sentry was patented. It wasn't; the U.S. Patent Office had denied two applications. Pratt also told his investors that he had a deal with Hertz in the bag, and that he was negotiating with UHaul and Ryder. Federal investigators discovered that none of them even knew who he was.
When one of the investors sued Pratt, he hired a hit man to take care of the guy. It didn't do much to help his cause.
Having been deemed a significant flight risk and a potential threat to his detractors, Pratt has been in jail since January. He was charged with a laundry list of fraudulent activities, including using the money he collected from investors for personal expenditures.
Although sales have been temporarily suspended, the the Safety Sentry, Inc. website is still up and running. We're guessing it might be a while before you can put anything in your cart, though. (Hat tip to Nick!)
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