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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:05 pm
Post subject: Can I re-jell red currant jelly by reheating, adding pectin?
I tried to make red currant jelly from my own current bush, but I only harvested 2 lbs of currants, so I had to halve the recipe. I added one packet (3 oz) of natural sure-jell (HA!) Certo previum liquid fruit pectin and boiled for about 30 seconds. Did all the sterilizing and processing of jelly in the jars. Alas, the "jelly" is a delicious, fairly thick syrup. I only have four half pint jars (the little round ones) of this syrup, but I was thinking of pouring it all into a pan and reheating to a boil and then adding another packet of pectin. Would this work? If not, is there anything I could do? When I add pectin, may I stir it with a wooden spoon or whisk to distribute the pectin (I didn't before, as I was trying to follow instructions precisely and thought it might "break up" the pectin) Any help would be enormously appreciated, as I want to send one of these little jellies to my sweetie, who is in Afghanistan. Thank you in advance.
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Thank you, Dilbert! That site was helpful, and I think I'm going to try it again. Jelly is the most complicated scientific effort I've ever made in the kitchen. BTW, I am actually a member, but when I put in my user name, Pbone, it said the name was already taken. Well, of course it is, I thought: that's ME!! Anyway, as a visitor (pbonefirst) I don't get emails alerting me to responses to a question I might pose. Do you think I should change my user name? Not quite sure how to navigate this little problem. Perhaps if you are not the manager of this website, you could pass it along? I'd give you my email, but I don't particularly want to publish it in cyberspace. Nice to be in touch again, and I'll post the results of my second try at red currant jelly. Thanks again - pbone/pbonefirst
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your last did post under pbone, wonder if you were routed to the "Join" page vs. the LogIn page...
Michael will be the one to whack any bug on the software board software side - on your end I would suggest deleting the shortcut (if you are using one) and recreating to ensure the browser is going to the right place.
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:17 pm
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Anyway, as a visitor (pbonefirst) I don't get emails alerting me to responses to a question I might pose.
Just remember to login before you post or make a reply. The forum has a popup window that reminds you to do this, but it's easy to click OK and miss the message. If you don't login, you can still type in a username when you post (which is a clue that you aren't logged in since logged in people don't have the option to type in a name when posting since we know your username), but you won't be allowed to use the name of an existing registered user (like pbone). There should be a warning that tells you you cannot post because the name is taken (which is another reminder you aren't logged in). At this point, just copy the message to your clipboard, login, and paste and post it.
Since your last post was made with your pbone account, you should be receiving an email when this thread is replied to from now on (assuming you set the "notify" option on.
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:49 pm
Post subject: red currant jelly - second try
Here I am, back to report on the success of my trying to re-jell the delicious red currant syrup my first effort yielded. The link Dilbert provided was extremely helpful, and I followed the instructions to the letter. The result was a perfectly set jelly! Thank you so much. Now, the down side. In my original effort, I cut the sugar a bit, as I like red currant jelly's natural tartness. Also, as I mentioned in my original post, I had to halve the recipe, because I didn't harvest 4 lbs of currants. The link Dilbert provided required an additional 3 T of sugar per cup of measured juice, and several teaspoons of lemon juice, as well as about a teaspoon of additional pectin per cup of juice. I added this, exactly as instructed, and the instructions clarified whether or not to stir the pectin in (do) and exactly how long to boil (1 minute), stirring vigorously during this phase. The final product was in fact a little too sweet, and the lemon juice, unfortunately, changed the taste of the red currants, subtly, but to my discerning taste, noticeably. I would still call this a success, however. IN THE FUTURE, I am going to use the directions in the link to make the jelly in the first place, as it gives the amounts of the addition of sugar, pectin and lemon juice (which I will leave out) PER CUP of strained fruit juice, so it is easy to have exactly correct proportions of sugar and pectin per cup of liquid for perfect jelling. Thanks again, Dilbert. I've turned a lovely syrup into an almost perfect jelly. The texture, the hardness of the set, is just perfect, and I can give it away feeling pretty proud!
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The Palestinian president is urging Arab nations to provide major financial assistance to cover a new monthly $100 million budgetary shortfall after U.N. recognition of Palestinian claims to statehood - the result of a punitive Israeli measure.
The appeal by Mahmoud Abbas reflects the severe financial fallout from last month's landmark vote in the U.N. and a fresh push by Palestinians to take advantage of the international momentum to rally Arab backing for peace talks and possible concessions by Israel.
Israel halted the tax transfer funds - customs duties collected on behalf of Palestinians - after last month's U.N. vote to recognize a Palestinian state in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza Strip, territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war.
"We are in a collapsing state now. We can't pay our salaries. So you have to offer this safety net. Do you agree, are you committed and how much will you pledge?" he told Arab League delegates meeting in Qatar's capital, Doha. "We have to know your position soon."
Abbas has been facing added pressures after rival Hamas in Gaza received major pledges of aid from Qatar's emir in October.
Last week, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad called on wealthy Arab countries to send $240 million a month to keep the government afloat. Since its creation in 1994, the Palestinian Authority has always had trouble paying its bills, owing to Israeli restrictions and its own inefficiency and corruption. Israel said it would use the $100 million to pay down the huge debts the Palestinian government owes Israeli entities, especially the electricity company.
Although there were no public promises of funds at the Doha meeting, Palestinian officials said they were encouraged by Arab League plans to create a special committee to help guide future negotiations with Israel. The move appeared as a direct swipe at the failure by the so-called Quartet of Mideast mediators - the U.S., UN, European Union and Russia - to move Israeli-Palestinian peace talks ahead and rein in Israeli plans to expand settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.
"This is a new day," said Palestinian official Saeb Erekat, referring to the UN vote. "This requires a new Arab plan."


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Three of Cups
Call your family together to support you and trust that the results will be just what you need.
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The Three of this suit is often entitled Consent, or simply Yes. This card resonates with a spirit of agreement, mutual support, encouragement and teamwork.
Often pictured as three women celebrating their connectedness in a dance with lifted cups, it could also be called "sisterhood," a real mutual admiration society. It points to all the benefits of harmonious relationship.
In the Reversed Position
The Three of Cups reversed indicates that you may be frustrating the best efforts of those who love you most. You need to ask yourself what is so important that you would place it above the bonds of love and mutual support.
This card puts such a desirable face on maintaining the harmony in relationships that there is cause to wonder why you would deprive yourself of such a valuable asset. Try to find a way to let in some of the love and caring that comes to you. Don't turn away the possibility of harmony and enjoyable contact.
In the Advice Positon
The Three of Cups in this position advises that you tune in with your family and fully inform them about what's going on with you. Let them add substance to your ideas with their talent and imagination. Think of this occasion as a celebration, where their support helps you find success in your work. There may be something here for everyone to contribute. Put yourself in the loving hands of your family connections and your trust will be well rewarded. The synergy between you could enhance each individual's talent and creativity. You will love the results!
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text: Prostate cancer patients have increased levels of stress and anxiety; however, several recent studies have found that men who take drugs that interfere with the stress hormone adrenaline have a lower incidence of prostate cancer. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation George Kulik and colleagues at Wake Forest University examined the relationship between stress and cancer progression in a mouse model of prostate cancer. Kulik and colleagues found that mice that had been subjected to stress (exposed to the scent of a predator) exhibited a significantly reduced response to a drug that induces cancer cell death compared to their unstressed counterparts. Administration of adrenaline also blocked cancer cell death. Conversely, drugs that inhibited adrenaline signaling ablated the effect of stress on prostate cancer. These findings suggest that beta-blockers, which are used for the treatment of high blood pressure and block the effects of adrenaline, could increase the efficacy of anti-cancer therapies. In a companion commentary, Anil Sood and colleagues at MD Anderson Cancer Center discuss additional studies that will be required to move these findings from bench to bedside. TITLE: Behavioral stress accelerates prostate cancer development in mice View this article at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/63324?key=6ae78db845f6f7d9379b ACCOMPANYING COMMENTARY TITLE: Why stress is BAD for cancer patients View this article at: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/67887?key=741bcde7c39c877f58de


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as far as I have missed CopyToTarget CMD in linux version, I have rewritten batch script into shell variant - I have to make some nasty hacks to paths to make rsync copy as it was probbably intended. Now, after testing created packages on lots of configurations, I decided my code as mature to share with community.
In other projects, it's normal to submit git pull request, but I don't see anything similar to git, maybe some SVN stuff in Trac - but I'm not familiar with SVN.
Where I can submit (and how) my code?
Thanks for your answer and thanks for this amazing linux variant of wsusoffline.
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- v2 - 2017-09-02 - http://disk.valicek.name/wsus/v2/copy-to-target.bash


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A former Royal Caribbean cruise room attendant has filed a federal lawsuit against John Travolta, claiming that the actor stripped off his robe and pushed him, People reports.
Fabian Zanzi claims that Travolta, 58, said, "Take me, I will take care of you, please," when Zanzi delivered food to Travolta's cabin in June 2009, according to the suit, which was filed June 21 in Los Angeles.
Report: Second masseur joins lawsuit against John Travolta
Zanzi also claims that the actor offered him $12,000 to stay silent about the incident, but Zanzi says he filed a report immediately afterward, but was not allowed to include any information about nudity or a sexual act. He claims he was put in a "segregated room" until Travolta exited the ship five days later.
This is the third such accusation of improper sexual behavior against Travolta this year. "This is another ludicrous lawsuit with inane claims," Travolta's lawyer, Marty Singer, said in a statement to People. "It is obvious that Mr. Zanzi and his lawyers are looking for their 15 minutes of fame."
First accuser drops sexual battery lawsuit against John Travolta
Singer also called it a "dubious claim," and noted that Zanzi continued to work for the cruise company after the incident. Royal Caribbean confirmed that Zanzi was working as a room service phone operator in June 2009 on the Enchantment of the Seas ship, and that he resigned on May 18, 2011.
Zanzi is seeking unspecified damages for assault, battery and emotional distress. Zanzi first made the claims against Travolta to the Spanish-language news outlet, 24 Horas.
Travolta will next co-star in Oliver Stone's Savages, out July 6.


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2012 Photo of the Year Week Five Result
By Erin Greene on 07/12/12 at 2:23 pm
The fifth week of the photo of the year competition produced the biggest winning margin so far in the contest, with over 50% of the votes going to a photo showing the undeniable serenity one athlete found before racing.
The shot of Fabienne St. Louis sitting with her feet folded under her, eyes closed and her head tilted towards the sky generated a feeling of peaceful Zen. Her yoga-esque calm pose is juxtaposed against athletes continuing their pre-race prep, imaginably full of nerves and anxious energy as triathlons are apt to produce.
Her strong and still body transmits a powerful sentiment of comfort amongst chaos. It's as if she is giving thanks to the triathlon gods for the ability to race, reminding the viewer the significance triathlon holds in their own life.
Here are the setting photographer Janos Schmidt used to take the photo:
Camera: Nikon D3S
Exposure: f3.5, 1/1600
Lens: 70-200mm
In stark contradiction, the second most popular photo this week was of Richard Murray's jubilant celebration after winning his very first ITU World Triathlon title. In this shot, Murray thanks the triathlon gods in a very different way – but literally jumping for joy with ecstatic glee.
Final Result
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The solemn setting apart of a person or thing to a special use or purpose. According to Fleischer (Levy, "Neuhebr. Wörterb." ii. 206), the word "ḥanak" (to initiate) is derived from the "rubbing of the throat" of an infant for the purpose of cleansing it and enabling it to take the mother's milk, and is therefore applied to every form of initiation. It appears, moreover, that the "rubbing" remained for a long time an essential feature of the rite of initiation, for "every consecration in Biblical times was accompanied by rubbing or anointing with oil the object to be consecrated. Thus the pillar at Bethel was anointed (Gen. xxviii. 18; compare the "dedication" of Nebuchadnezzar's image, Dan. iii. 2 et seq.). The priests and the vessels of the Tabernacle were anointed with oil (Ex. xxviii. 41, xxx. 26; Lev. viii. 10-12; Num. vii. 13), and by this rite they were "hallowed." "Mishḥat Adonai" is, therefore, "consecration to the Lord" (Lev. x. 7).Priests and Altar.
In the case of a priest to be consecrated there was also an anointing with the blood of the initiation "sacrifice" (Ex. xxix, 1), the sacrifice receiving the name of
The warrior when going to battle was also "consecrated" (Joel iv. 9; Micah iii. 5; Jer. xxii. 7, Hebr.); hence, probably, the name
"Initiate the lad [A. V. and R. V. "Train up a child"] in the way he should go."In Rabbinical Times.
It was considered the duty of parents to "initiate" the young into every religious practise, and this was a "consecration" to a life of religious duty (
For the consecration of synagogues there is no special form mentioned in Talmudical literature; but the fact that in the beginning of the fourth century the churches had their dedication ceremonies (Eusebius, "Hist. Eccl." x. 4) makes it probable that the synagogues had some such form, as indeed Greeks and Romans also had for their temples (see Pfannenschmid, "Germanische Erntefeste," 1878, pp. 524-530). Mishnah M. Ḳ. i. 6 speaks of consecration of family sepulchers (
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BISC219/F12: RNAi Lab 10
Lab 10: Series 3 Investigation of Gene Regulation Using RNAi
Preparation of the Na+ gradient in the Chemotaxis Assay media
The day before lab your instructor will add the chemicals needed to prepare the chemotaxis assay plates.
- 10 μL of 2.5M NaCl is added to the Na dot you drew on your plate. Once the NaCl is absorbed the Na+ ions will disperse in a gradient away from the dot. The Cl2 is not in a gradient due to the addition of MgCl2 to the media during initial preparation.
- 10 μL of sterile water is added to the W dot you drew to serve as a negative control.
Harvesting the C. elegans
Thoroughly washing the worms to remove any residual food and media is critical for the chemotaxis assay to work properly.
- Label 2 15 ml conical tubes with wild type - treated
- Label 2 15 ml conical tubes with rrf-3- treated
- Label 1 15 ml conical tubes with wild type - control
- Label 1 15 ml conical tubes with rrf-3 - control
- Label 2 15 ml conical tubes with lsy-2 mutant (strain info: OH9016(ot90) is a g to a nucleotide substitution - location not known
- Wash the worms off of each RNAi feeding plate 3x with ice cold sterile water (kept in your ice bucket) into separately labeled 15ml conical tubes-- store the tubes with worms in them on ice.
- Start the washing process by pouring 5ml of ice cold sterile water into the bottom of a labeled (worm strain and treatment or control info) conical tube to measure it (does not need to be the exact volume) and then pour that water onto a worm plate. Tilt the plate as you suck up the water and worms into a plastic disposable Pasteur pipet and return the water and worms to the conical tube. Measure another 5 ml of water in a different conical tube and pour it onto the SAME worm plate, tilt, and suck up and the water and worms into the tube with the orginal 5 ml of wash water. Repeat once more until you have 15 ml of water and worms in the labeled tube. Keep the worm tube in the ice bucket! Repeat the collection process for all 8 worm cultures.
- Let the worms settle to the bottom of the tubes (keep them in the ice bucket!) - about 10 minutes
- Remove all but ~1 ml of the water with a disposable Pasteur pipette.
- Pour iced cold sterile water to 15 ml in each tube and cap the tubes again. Invert and let the worms settle.
- Remove all but ~1 ml of the cold water with a disposable Pasteur pipette.
- Transfer the remaining 1 ml of cold water + worms to a sterile 1.5 ml microfuge tube.
- Spin the worms at 10,000 rpm for 1 minute to pellet.
- Remove all but approximately 50μL of worms and water at the bottom of the tube.
- Using a razor blade, cut about 1/4 inch off the end of a micropipette tip (this will prevent the pellet of worms from being damaged).
- Pipette the entire pellet of worms and supernatant to the appropriate assay plate, placing the worms gently on the central 2 cm circle.
- Wick away as much of the water as you can with the corner of a Kimwipe. Do NOT blot! Instead use a one layer corner of the Kimwipe and place it just at the edge of the droplet of water and let the excess water SLOWLY wick into the Kimwipe until the worms are making contact with the medium in the center circle.
- After you have applied all the C. elegans nematodes to their chemotaxis plates set your timer for one hour.
- Add 3 μL of 0.25M sodium azide to both the Na and W dots on all of your chemotaxis assay plates. The sodium azide will immobilize the worms who move close to the dots.
The Assay:
- The worms are allowed to move around each plate for an hour.
- At the end of the incubation period, count only the worms OUTSIDE THE CENTER CIRCLE by quandrant. You will end up comparing the number of worms within the two quandrants nearest the Na dot (1&2) to the number found in the two quandrants near the W dot (3 &4). Do not count any worms inside the 2cm center circle! You may count worms found on a line between quandrants if you do it systematically, eg. the worm is counted in a quandrant if more than half of its length is in that quandrant. Counting is best done by inverting the plates. Use your dissecting scope and a Sharpie to make a dot on the plastic surface of the plate where every worm you see is located. Then count the dots/quandrant and record the numbers of worms on each quandrant in the google doc data spread sheet in the Project 3 folder in Resources in Sakai. Your instructor will have that spreadsheet open on a computer in the back of the lab. Add the numbers of worms in quandrants 1&2 (Na) and compare that total to the number in quandrants 3&4 (Water). Make conclusions about general trends in the worm distribution and record those notes in your lab notebook.
- Estimate the number of worms that are left inside the circle (worms NOT counted in the chemotaxis assay quandrants). Record that data in your notebook.
- With a different color sharpie for each strain circle the area of the plate containing the greatest concentration of worms - generally this shape will be a circle or oval. If there is no particular area with a greater concentration do not make any mark.
- Take a set of photographs (one per strain of worm: N2, rrf-3 or mutant) using the BIORAD imager (Directions below). Arrange the plates for each strain so that the position of the control plates vs. RNAi treated plates is the same among the photos and that the quandrants are positioned the same in all plates.
Capturing Digital Images Using the BioRad Imaging System in L308
Instructions for Taking a DNA gel image stained with Sybr Safe using the BioRad ChemiDoc MP System with Image Lab Software
Quick and Easy Protocol for photographing your chemotaxis experiment plates:
1) Make sure the Power Button on the right front of the imager shows a green light. If not press it until the green light comes on and wait 5-10 min for warm up.
2) Open the UV transilluminator drawer on the lower part of the instrument. Find the white opaque tray kept to the left of the computer and put it on top of the UV transilluminator. Position the 3 plates of one strain (N2 or rrf-3 or the 2 plates of the lsy-2 mutant) agar side up on the white tray so that the quandrants in each plate are aligned in the same way.
3) Close the drawer.
4) Open the ImageLab 4.0.1 software (not the Help icon) by double clicking on the icon on the computer desktop
5) Find and open the Recent Protocol called Protocol Chemotaxis 219. Double click to open it.
6) Click Run Protocol (green button) to take the photo.
7) When your image appears, check its quality. You can adjust the contrast, etc. using the black and white "sun" icon at the top of the image window.
8) To Save your image, find the BISC219 F12 folder on the Desktop and open it and then open the folder for your lab section. Go to File---Export---Export for Publication (use the defaults, e.g. 300dpi). Check the Location where your image will be saved (make sure it's your lab section's folder), change the FILE Name of the image to the strain name and your team color, and use the drop down menu to SAVE AS TYPE tiff or jpg. Click Save.
9) Remove your plates and repeat with the plates of the next strain. Make sure that you align the plates (RNAi vs. control and quandrant 1 at the top left) exactly as you did the other strain's plates so that the images are easily comparative.
10) Close the Image Lab Software.
11) When all 3 strains have been photographed, Remove your last set of plates.
12) Open Internet Explorer and upload your saved images to the Data folder in Resources in Sakai under Project 3 Chemotaxis Images.
13) If you are the last group to photograph your plates, please remove the white tray and place it back in the rack where you found it. The computer AND the ChemiDoc Imager should remain ON. DO NOT Turn OFF the power or shut down or log off the computer.


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Home gym
If you love working out but find it difficult to get yourself to the gym, this is the perfect use for your spare room. You can equip the space with your favourite gym machines and even have a shower and towel rail fitted for extra luxury. A yoga mat, exercise ball, weights and kettlebells help to inspire variety in your routine. Then, all you need is music. Investing in a stereo system can inspire you to get up and go at any time of day or night.
Put your favourite novels in pride of place by converting your spare room into a library or reading room. For a contemporary feel, line the walls with light wood or white bookcases. Square compartments are ideal for displaying books and knick-knacks. Then add somewhere to sit; this could be a window seat, a retro leather chair, or a collection of inviting pillows and plush throws.
As fun as it is to spend time with the younger members of the family, sometimes you need to draw a line between the space for the grown-ups and the children. Converting your extra room into a kids-only zone not only keeps your space free of toys but children really appreciate having a space to call their own. Decorate with imagination, perhaps even let them choose the theme, and designate this as their own special play space.
Whether it's full-time or just for odd occasions, a home office is a practical use for a spare room. Keep the design flexible, with a simple desk and a shelf or two. If you're in the creative industry, a studio-office can work really well at home. Work with the space to fit an easel, a mood board or just a large desk to spread out your ideas.
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Whatever your hobby, a spare room is your chance to embrace it. If music is your great love, consider creating an at-home music room with amplifiers and beautifully displayed sheet music. Alternatively, use your extra room to create your own media space, artist's studio or dance area.
Boot and pet room
When it comes to home organisation, sometimes it's best to keep the outdoors contained. If you spend a lot of time in the garden, turn your extra room into a boot room. Use the space to store all your damp and muddy clothes, with simple furnishings like cupboards and plenty of practical coat hooks and shoe racks as well as a sturdy doormat. This could double up as a space for dog beds too, to keep all the dirt in one place.
Walk-in wardrobe
Depending on the placement of your extra room, it could be a perfect walk-in wardrobe. A room that's just too small to sleep in can be provide a storage solution for clothes and jewellery, helping to keep your bedroom minimalist and tidy too.
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Kerry Washington made history this with her Emmy nomination for Best Actress in a Drama series — the first in 18 years — but fellow history-making actress Diahann Carroll says African-American thespians still have a ways to go.
"I feel we're a little behind, we need to catch up," Carroll told the Associated Press Sunday on the Emmys red carpet.
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Carroll, who presented with Washington on Sunday's telecast, became the first African-American to earn an Emmy nomination in 1969 for her role in Julia. If Washington had won on Sunday, she would have become the first African-American actress to win in that category. However, she lost to Homeland's Claire Danes.
"We're all very grateful to the Emmys because they've been on our side," Carroll said, in reference to the show's recognition of African-Americans. "At the same time, we'd like it to be a little more with what's going on in the world."
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Slapping Around Checkerboard Chat
Well, I guess we are "official"! We've gotten hate mail, coded messages. . . the works! It's funny, though. I thought that the biggest critics would be the so-called "unappreciative public" or even the "unscrupulous media". HA! WRONG!!
(We don't know about hate mail and how it makes you "official." Usually, hate mail means someone somewhere really dislikes you. We've gotten a ton of it, too. So now we're "official"? And what makes you think the public or the media actually knows about you? Or cares? You're a bunch of sanitized press releases for crissake.)
If you haven't taken the time to really check us out, I'll simply remind you that we ARE "of, by and for the Police". The REAL police, not the clout-heavy police, not the "whining" police--the every day copper who straps on a duty-belt, gets in a squad and does the job. If you think the site is all BS or propaganda or whatever, do me a favor and don't use it. This site has been created to get factual information to the rank and file and also let the public see the everyday success stories of the Chicago Police Department. We are here to give information, provide a voice and FINALLY give credit to the men and women of this Department who truly deserve it. . . YOU. . . the "everyday copper."
(BWAHAHAHAHAHA. You are "of...the REAL police"? Since when? In what parallel universe are you living? When was the last time either one of you bozos strapped on a full duty belt? Besides Closed Market. And we haven't seen Pat in a Closed Market car lately. Bravo on the giving credit to unsung heroes though - that's about the only thing worthy of mention on your site. As to your being propaganda, didn't you notice that every comment must be approved by the Office of the Superintendent? You tools.)
Those of us working on this blog do so because WE WANT TO. Believe it or not, there are still a lot of police officers who take pride and honor in the work they do. There are problems and issues that make us unhappy with the job, that is part of life. But then again, do you know of ANY job that is problem-free? (If so, send me an application--I could use a stress-free gig!)
(Glad you "WANT TO" work on a blog - we'll bet it's a great gig to get paid $60,000+ a year to do also. Thanks for acknowledging that there are problems and stresses on this job - how about addressing a few of them? Like how to get that $60,000+ rewriting press releases and tossing them up on a website. Morons. We take pride in everything we do, too, but we're doing it in the trenches, not from a sanitized cubicle.)
If you simply want to rant, rave, whine, moan and complain without adding anything constructive, find someplace else to spend your time. Coded messages and inappropriate comments (while creative and SOMETIMES humorous) are not what we are about and will not be posted. There's plenty of space to do that. . . elsewhere.
(Hey! You must mean us. Thanks! It must be nice to be so far separated from the reality of District law enforcement that you have no fucking idea what we put up with in an eight-hour shift - backlog 4 or more hours per tour, lunch denials, stupid bosses, dangerous bosses, 2-year wonders working inside, unattainable mission goals based on what some computer geek decides is the "correct" approach to policing, etc. Need we go on? Humor is what we've got - and we are DAMN proud to provide coppers with what they want, not what the bosses THINK they want.)
Criticism is cool. Stupidity is not. Police officers already face enough adversity on a daily basis. There are enough "haters" out there without us having to turn on each other.
(Have you trolled through our comments sections lately? We can cite dozens of instances where our readers have been denied their posts being published on your site because they bring up uncomfortable truths about the Department writ large. And stop with the pretend concern about what adversity officers face on a daily basis - you have no fucking clue.)
If you are proud to do the job, say so. If you don't like the job, quit. It's easy to be "controversial" and "subversive" when you can do so with an electronic pseudonym. If you have a legitimate complaint or concern, you are more than welcome to express an intelligent opinion. If your concern is legitimate, have the courage to sign your name.
(That's real mature - "if you don't like the job, quit." This Department can't hire enough bodies as it is - or don't you remember the days of 35,000 applicants dwindling to under 3,000 for three tests a year? And the bodies that are actually hired are either (A) burned out by the time they get 10 years on or (B) so clout heavy that they never see the inside of a squad car outside of their training cycles.
Fuck you, you sanctimonious pieces of shit. It's morons like you who have and are destroying the greatest job known to mankind. We'd love to have a job writing a blog for the Department at $60 grand a year. [post amended - son of the State's Attorney is still in 015 at the moment - but the pool says not much longer]. Or the daughter of a certain retired exempt who gets an entire spot created for her along with take-home vehicle, all paid for by Federal money.
And a great big FUCK YOU to the snide comment about us being "controversial" and subversive" with an electronic pseudonym. Fuck You. You are naive beyond belief if you think for a moment that any one of us here would have anything like a normal career or a normal life or a normal assignment the minute our name was attached to an alternative blog. We'd be hammered. We'd be bricked. We'd be walking a foot post in a district located at the furthest point from our actual geographic home. No thanks. Our name isn't Pat Camden or John Henry and thank god for that - at least we still have our balls attached to our bodies. And we did notice that you allow anonymous comments anyway - are your commentators afraid to be accused of being company suckasses? You speak with forked tongues, hmmm?
Here's a challenge for you jackasses - let's see your numbers. Throw up a Sitemeter counter open to the public. Lets see how your numbers stack up against any of the other blogs out there. Let the Free Market decide who coppers want to read. Of course, it's easier for you to pretend to be the voice of the Department when you can just have the Department censors block out an entire swath of websites that just happen to have the "blogspot" name attached to them. We'll bet we know what the numbers read, because even with an unlevel playing field, we're still pulling in almost 2,500 visits a day and moderating over 200 comments a day. We don't think you've published 200 comments total yet.
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Seib & Wessel: Summers Takes the Fed Lead?
Who will be the next Fed chief? WSJ's David Wessel says the winds appear to be shifting toward Larry Summers over Janet Yellen, despite questions about his record and how much support he would get in the Senate.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Courtney Love is in the early stages of turning her late husband Kurt Cobain's life story into a Broadway musical.
In a new NME magazine article to mark the 20th anniversary of the Nirvana star's death later this month, the rocker has revealed she and her daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, have agreed to develop the project if they get the right people involved.
She says, "After being swarmed by tons of Nirvana fan mail and social media posts pushing for a musical to become a reality, both Frances and I have thought long and hard and agreed that if we can reach up to the highest shelf and select a team of the greatest and most respected writers, producers and directors, then a Broadway musical is very likely to happen."
But the musical won't come together in a hurry.
Love adds, "There would have to be a story, and a great story, one that hasn't been told before. I would devote countless hours with an A-team to create a project that reflects Kurt in the most respectful but honest way possible, so that his story, his music and his legacy can be resurrected on stage for not only the world to see, but more importantly for our daughter to see.
"I know her father's spirit will be on that stage, and sitting in that theatre with her will be the most emotional experience of our lives."
Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, Washington on April 8, 1994.
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Marc Vetri's Rigatoni with Chicken Livers, Cipollini Onions, and Sage Recipe
The following recipe is from the February 22 edition of our weekly recipe newsletter. To receive this newsletter in your inbox, sign up here!
If you're one of those fine folks who just can't get enough liver, we have just the recipe for your. In this recipe for Rigatoni with Chicken Livers, Cipollini Onions, and Sage from Marc Vetri's Rustic Italian Food a lush ragu is made with minced chicken livers, sweet melted onions, and leaves of sage. Loosened with butter and a splash of starchy pasta cooking water, the ragu coats the rigatoni in a way that's rich and wholly satisfying.
Reprinted with permission from Rustic Italian Food by Marc Vetri, copyright © 2011. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Random House, Inc. Available wherever books are sold. All Rights Reserved.
- Yield:makes 4 servings
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:30 minutes
- Rated:
- 1 pound refrigerated extruded Rigatoni, or 14 ounces boxed dried rigatoni
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more for sauce
- 8 small cipollini onions, peeled and thinly sliced into rings
- 12 fresh sage leaves
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 8 ounces chicken livers, minced
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for garnish
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Drop in the pasta, quickly return to a boil, and cook until the pasta is tender yet firm, 2 to 7 minutes, depending on how long it has been refrigerated (or 8 to 9 minutes for the boxed stuff). Drain the pasta, reserving the pasta water.
Meanwhile, melt the 2 tablespoons butter in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the onions and sage and cook until lightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste and add the chicken livers, cooking for 1 minute. Add a splash of pasta water, scraping the pan bottom.
Add the drained rigatoni to the pan. Toss with the 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese and additional butter and/or pasta water as needed to make a creamy sauce.
Divide among warm pasta bowls and garnish with Parmesan cheese.
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When I awoke aboard the USS Pickaway off the coast of Da Nang, South Vietnam, I thought I was in for a real bang-up celebration.
When I awoke aboard the WW II era USS Pickaway attack transport off the coast of Da Nang, South Vietnam, on July 4, 1965, I thought I was in for a real bang-up celebration.
My outfit, the 2nd Bn, 9th Marine Regiment, was going to make a text-book assault landing, kick some butt and clean up the Vietnam problem in about three months.
We were issued live ammo, and I spent the early morning hours cleaning my .45 and loading magazines as the 2/9 comm chief Sgt. Herbierto Gonzalez fretted he was going to a war in which , alas, I was one of the armed combatants.
I strapped my Korean War-vintage AN/PRC-10 radio onto a packboard along with extra batteries, poncho, and smoke grenades, put the load on my back and headed on deck to play the Navy's favorite game, hurry up and wait.
My buddy Bill Schwartz, who worked in the message center, strapped his communications device -- a typewriter -- onto his pack frame and on top of that his guitar, because you never know when you might need one during an assault landing.
After much of the morning elapsed, a small LVCP landing craft pulled up alongside the Pickaway. I then got to engage in one of my favorite activities -- climbing down the net with both the ship and boat bobbing up and down on a sea swell.
Along with landing craft from other ships, we circled while choppers roared overhead. Finally we stopped circling and headed straight in to hit the beach and smite some Vietcong.
The LVCP grounded to a halt off the beach, the coxswain dropped the ramp in about three feet of water (the usual practice, it seems). I jumped off the ramp, waded ashore and immediately hit the sand as I was trained to do.
When I looked up, it appeared we had landed in the middle of a beach party -- a lot of Vietnamese women sporting their best ao dai dresses, a phalanx of Vietnamese and American dignitaries dressed in suits and ties, and a bunch of Army MPs who were there, it turned out, to direct traffic.
As my mind tried to comprehend this scene, a civilian festooned with cameras appeared in my line of vision and said, "Kid, welcome to Vietnam. There's no war going on here. Get up and have a cold beer."
The AP photographer explained that there indeed was a party going on, and it was to welcome 2/9 to Vietnam.
For the record, we did not clean up the Vietnam problem in three months; there was indeed a war going on and things went rapidly downhill after the landing.