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The Calistoga AVA war heats up again
In what's turning into the longest-running farce in U.S. appellation annals, the Calistoga contretemps is back again in the headlines.
Just to bring you up to date on the plot, we first heard, back in 2003, that local vintners wanted the then-Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms bureau (now the Tax & Trade Bureau) to approve a Calistoga American Viticultural Area designation (AVA). In September, 2006, Chateau Montelena formally applied for approval. At that time, Montelena's owner told me the Bureau told him the proposal was "the least controversial one they've ever done." Well, that was a setup line if ever there was one, for a year later the Calistoga AVA had been effectively sidelined. Two wineries, Calistoga Cellars and Calistoga Estate Vineyards, both challenged it, saying it would harm their businesses, if approved, because they would have to change their names, since neither sources at least 85% of their grapes from the Calistoga area.
A risk-adverse TTB thus shelved the proposal, with spokesman Art Resnick explaining, "TTB needs to take a second look at this." (For a good summary of the situation as of last year, see this link to the Napa Valley Register.)
Well, now Calistoga III: The Curse of the Compromise is playing in a theatre near you. Seems TTB worked out a tentative deal whereby the two wineries with "Calistoga" in their names will be grandfathered in, allowing them to keep their names going forward. But wait! There's more. No sooner was the compromise revealed than the two Congressmen who head up California's wine caucus, George Radanovich (R-Mariposa) and Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) came out forcefully against it.
"We have very serious concerns that (the compromise)… could do lasting harm to the growing American wine industry," they wrote in a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. On the other hand, the powerful chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), came out in support of the compromise (leading some reporters to note that Harkin had gone to school with one of the wineries' co-owners).
I don't see what the fuss is. Go ahead and approve the Calistoga AVA, and let the two wineries keep their names. It's not a big deal. Appellation names are overblown anyway. Radanovich and Thompson are engaging in a little hyperbole when they say the future of the wine industry is at stake.
So let the compromise march forward. But in return, let TTB state, once and for all and on the record, that this is the last time they'll let a geographic abomination like Calistoga Cellars and Calistoga Estate Vineyards slip through. No more name games. TTB has got to develop a spine.
If "Appellation names are overblown anyway" then maybe the TTB should put its foot down and not "let a geographic abomination like Calistoga Cellars and Calistoga Estate Vineyards slip through".
There needs to come a point where someone does something to stop the dilution of the equity of AVAs.
All were talking about here is whether or not the winery has to use the little trademark symbol next to their name. The winery would naturally like to avoid that little symbol which would indicate it was a trade name and had nothing to do with where the grapes were sourced.
But this is old ground. The subject was settled 20 years ago and that was supposed to have been the last ot grandfathering. Everyone was on notice from that time on about the risks of appropriating place names different from where grapes were sourced.
So if they get grandfathered don't be surprised to see a wine with Calistoga in the trade name, California as the appellation and Freddie Franzia knocking at the door with a wad of cash.
Well stated Morton. These 2 wineries were well aware of the risks when they used Calistoga in their winery names and if they were unaware of the rules shame on them. This is no compromise as I see it. The 2 wineries in question offer nothing in return for the use of the name Calistoga. A compromise would have offered them 5 years to reach 85% Calistoga AVA grape composition and the use of Calistoga in the interim. If they do not reach the required 85% Calistoga grape composition they should be prohibited to use Calistoga in their winery name.
Some folks are missing the point. This is a real David vs Goliath story of large corporate wine interests attemtping to use a government process to threaten the livelihood and survival of a small vineyard, Calistoga Cellars. Calistoga Cellars plays a strong and vital role in the Calistoga Community, although some treat the Calistoga folks like an unwanted red headed step child. Calistoga Cellars has a local tasting room, local employees, contributes to local charitable causes, pay the same local and State taxes that you do. By the way, they pay taxes to the US Government, who has a department called the TTB. The TTB's job is to make decisions about AVAs around the Country. Well, they came to Calistoga, interviewed everyone involved and proposed a rule #77. The rule made Calistoga an AVA and grandfathered Calitoga Cellars use of their name. Then what? The large wine producers did not like the decision, so they all went to Washington, DC recently to try to get the politicians to convince the US Secretary of the Treasury to reverse its own department's decision. Forcing Calistoga Cellars to give up its name will throw 12 years of hard work down the drain, put some people out of work and give the large operators another notch on their belt. Perhaps, it is time for them to spend their time building their own operations and hire some folks to go to work rather than trying to squish another small competitor and put good people out of work.
- The Calistoga AVA war heats up again | Wine Industry Insight - [...] Steve Heimoff has some solid reporting on the Calistoga wine wars — yet another AVA controversy that has spun…


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw federal protections from millions of acres of Utah wilderness will reopen much of the iconic terrain to gold, silver, copper, and uranium land claims under a Wild West-era mining law, according to federal officials.
Starting at 6 a.m. on Feb. 2 – the moment Trump's proclamation reducing the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments takes effect – private citizens and companies will be allowed to stake claims for hard rock mining in a process governed by the General Mining Law of 1872, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
The process for staking a claim remains much as it did during the Gold Rush: A prospector hammers four poles into the ground corresponding to the four points of a parcel that can be as big as 20 acres, and attaches a written description of the claim onto one of them. A prospector then has 30 days to record the claim at the local BLM office.
"We're working on getting information and new monument maps ready for people interested in claims," said Utah Bureau of Land Management spokesman Michael Richardson.
The costs of claiming are low: a $212 filing fee, and an annual maintenance fee of $150. Unlike laws governing petroleum extraction, there are no environmental guidelines specific to hard rock mining, and no requirement to pay a royalty. The claims provide prospectors mineral rights but not ownership of the land.
The law covers mining for uranium, gold, silver, copper and other precious metals, but excludes coal and petroleum.
Conservation groups including the Southeastern Utah Wilderness Alliance are concerned that new prospecting in the area could cause environmental harm, but it's unclear whether the rare opportunity to stake mining claims will draw much interest.
The Bears Ears area is known to have uranium deposits, but prices are currently in the dumps – at around $25 a pound compared with $130 a decade ago – due to weak domestic demand from nuclear reactors.
Kyle Kimmerle, whose family owns more than 100 uranium mining claims in Utah, said he won't be rushing out for new land.
"The current price of uranium is not likely to warrant any new claiming," he said. "It would take $60-$70 for me."
U.S.-based uranium mining companies Energy Fuels (UUUU.A) and Ur-Energy (URG.A) – both of which are pressing the White House for uranium import tariffs – also said they were not currently planning to run out into the Utah wilderness with poles to stake claims.
But Energy Fuels wrote a letter in May asking the administration to adjust the monument's boundaries to accommodate its operations – and said there were "many other known uranium and vanadium deposits located within the [original boundaries] that could provide valuable energy and mineral resources in the future."
When Trump announced his decision to shrink the monuments in December, he billed it as a victory for local governments against what he called abusive federal overreach on western lands.
"Families and communities of Utah know and love this land the best, and you know the best how to take care of your land and how to conserve this land," he said at the time.
The administration has denied that it intended to boost drilling or mining in the region, a policy it has pursued on other federally protected lands.
The decision reduced the size of the 1.3-million-acre (0.5 million hectare) Bears Ears monument, created by President Barack Obama in 2016, by more than 80 percent. It slashed the 1.9-million-acre (768,900-hectare) Grand Staircase-Escalante monument, designated by President Bill Clinton in 1996, in half.
Republican Congressman John Curtis of Utah has since proposed legislation to withdraw all of Bears Ears region from future mining claims. But any claim submitted under the General Mining law before the legislation passes would be honored, Curtis' spokeswoman Katie Thompson said.
Conservation groups and Democratic lawmakers, including Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico, have long criticized the General Mining law as out-of-date.
"It's really the last law still on the books from that Manifest Destiny era encouraging a resources free-for-all," said Lauren Pagel, policy director of Earthworks.

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I sat alone eating breakfast at my favorite diner. The cook ambled out of the kitchen to the soda machine to fill her cup with ice, but she couldn't get any out. She called the owner, who came out of the back and fiddled with the machine a couple of times before it finally gave ice. "It just wanted some attention," she said as she left.
A system that needs periodic attention indicates poorly designed automation, I thought to myself. Yet, most systems do seem to require this kind of babysitting. If someone cares for the systems on a regular basis, they run indefinitely without a hitch; if the systems are neglected for too long, they fall apart.
In software development, we call that code rot. When nobody pays attention to a section of working code, it suddenly doesn't work any more. Sometimes after examining the problem, I conclude that it could never have worked — despite the fact that it had been running for years. This happens so frequently that it almost doesn't surprise me any more. The code didn't change itself (at least, most code can't do that), so how did this happen?
You might suspect that the metaphor "rot" is somewhat inaccurate. Physical materials degrade spontaneously — or do they? If you could place a tomato in a sealed environment and remove all microbes from it, it wouldn't rot. Nothing rots by itself — it needs some agent acting on it.
While extending a metaphor doesn't establish fact, it seems to shed light on this case. Code rot often occurs because the requirements for the code have shifted imperceptibly — as imperceptibly as bacteria infect organic matter. Nobody remembers that the environment in which this code operated successfully for years differed subtly from that in which it is now expected to function. Changes made elsewhere place new, unforeseen, and undocumented demands on this code. Common sense says that it should handle this case, but nobody thought of that specific combination of circumstances when it was designed.
Code can also degrade because it relies on the behavior of other code. The documented behavior of a library or framework often doesn't include specific details on which clients rely. The author may feel free to change an undocumented behavior — he or she may even consider it a bug. Combine a few of those changes together, and you can easily lose the trail back to "how did this ever work?"
What can we do to prevent code rot?
We can take another cue from our metaphor: avoid exposure, because exposure hastens rot. The less your software relies on other software, and vice versa, the less trouble you'll have. By "less," I don't mean fewer instances of usage, but rather fewer methods of usage. Consider the Unix 'tee' utility, for example. Other than the obligatory proliferation of GNU options, it hasn't changed significantly in decades, and yet, it doesn't rot. Why? Because from the beginning it defined a simple interface with clear expectations. Furthermore, it confines its expectations of the code on which it relies (the standard C library) to clearly documented behavior in the purpose for which it was written.
Documentation helps, but documentation is not the solution — simplicity is. Now matter how well-documented the system, if it has too many interdependencies with other systems, some of those dependencies will change in incompatible ways. Therefore, break the system down into simple, independent components that each do one thing well, and document those things. As requirements change, the alignment of those components may need to be altered, but not so much the components themselves.
You must employ discipline to stick to that philosophy. When a new requirement arises, don't give in to the impulse to just hack in support for this special case by passing in a flag. That will introduce additional, unnecessary complexity to the interface. The more you do that, the more likely you'll create a web of unseen interdependencies that will lead directly to rotten code.
This post first appeared in TechRepublic's IT Consultant blog.
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Every time you walk into a grocery store, you face a daunting task: picking the healthiest, most nutrient-packed foods to fuel your running from thousands of choices. Supermarkets today carry an average of 38,718 items, according to the Food Marketing Institute. Colorful packaging, deceptive claims, and hidden ingredients confuse even the savviest shopper. Who wants to waste precious running time dithering over yogurt? This aisle-by-aisle guide tells you exactly which nutritious (and delicious!) foods you should toss into your cart and which health-food impostors you should run away from. Our expert tips will help you shop smarter, so you can get in, get out, and get back to running—fast.
"Fruits and vegetables are loaded with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants runners need to support training," says Tara Gidus, M.S., R.D., an Orlando-based sports dietitian and marathoner. "In general, the more color in your shopping cart, the more antioxidants and nutrients you're going to get."
Beets Nitrates found in beets can make your muscles work more efficiently during exercise by reducing the amount of oxygen they need.
Raspberries Eight grams of fiber in a single cup. "Higher fiber foods help runners maintain a healthy body weight and digestive system," says Gidus.
More From Runner's World
Kale Jam-packed with vitamin C, vitamin K, and vision-protecting beta-carotene. Add it to soups, saute it for a side, or add to salads and sandwiches.
Avocado Nearly 70 percent of its fat is monounsaturated, "the same kind that makes olive oil heart-healthy," Gidus says. Half an avocado also delivers seven grams of fiber.
Sweet potato One potato provides more than three times your daily need for immune-boosting vitamin A. ''It's full of complex carbohydrates,'' Gidus says, ''which helps keep your energy stores topped up."
Mango High vitamin C intake may reduce upper-respiratory-tract infections, as well as help lower your heart rate during exercise. One cup of mango delivers 75 percent of your daily need for C.
Eggplant Eggplant, which has just 20 calories per cup, contains antioxidants with heart-protective qualities.
Plums A study from Texas AgriLife Research found that plums contain as much antioxidant power as blueberries. "Consuming plenty of antioxidants," says Gidus, "may reduce postworkout muscle-tissue damage, speed recovery, and boost immune function."
Banana It brims with potassium and quick-digesting carbs. "Potassium plays a key role in muscle contraction, with low levels linked to muscle cramping," Gidus says.
Tofu Usually located in the produce department, tofu is an inexpensive and low-fat protein source. Add it to stir-frys, chili, or even pasta sauce.
Not sure when to buy organic? If you're peeling or removing the rind (avocado, bananas, or onions), conventionally grown produce is fine. If you're going to eat the exterior (apples, peaches, bell peppers), buying organic will limit your pesticide exposure.
Presliced packaged fruit Slicing ahead of time exposes more surface area, raising the risk for nutrient loss from oxygen exposure. And the packages are more expensive than whole fruit.
Iceberg lettuce One of the most popular vegetables is also one of the least nutrient-dense. In general, the darker the leafy green, the bigger the nutritional bang.
Bottled smoothies Many are sweetened with sugar or nutritionally poor juices like apple or pear. Plus, they almost always cost much more than making your own.
iPhone users can download apps to help them choose sustainable seafood with low contaminant levels. The FishPhone app from Blue Ocean Institute ranks fish choices, as does the Seafood Watch app from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which also provides regional recommendations.
Good for You: HAPPY MEAT
Organic meat costs more but limits your exposure to the antibiotics and growth hormones used in conventionally raised livestock. ''Free range'' means only that animals have access to outdoor spaces. Grass-fed beef is a smart choice: A 2010 California State University study found that, compared to conventionally raised cattle, it's lower in saturated fat and richer in heart-healthy omega-3s and vitamin E.
|Best Buys!
|Good News
|Bad News
|Eye, top, and bottom round; sirloin; flank steak; 90 or 95 percent lean ground beef
|Contain about 18 grams of protein per 3-ounce serving and no more than 6 grams of fat
|Rib-eye, porterhouse, and T-bone steaks; 80-percent lean ground beef
|''These cuts have the highest fat-to-protein ratio,'' says Marni Sumbal, M.S., R.D. Three ounces pack 12 to 18 grams of fat.
|Skinless chicken thighs; turkey legs
|A 3-ounce thigh contains 18 grams of protein and 3 grams of fat—just one more gram than breast meat. Remove the skin, and turkey legs have the same protein-to-fat ratio as chicken thighs.
|Ground turkey; enhanced chicken breast
|If it includes skin, ground poultry can have as much fat as ground beef. Enhanced chicken is injected with saltwater to keep it moist; 3 ounces can pack more than 300 mg of sodium.
|Pork Pork tenderloin; boneless pork loin chops
|Contain 3 grams of fat and 18 grams of protein per 3 ounces, making them nearly as lean as chicken breast
|Premarinated cuts; pork blade chops
|''Premarinated meats have tons of sodium,'' says Sumbal. Pork blade packs about 21 grams of fat per 3 ounces.
GOOD Eat these two to three times a month
Protein-rich and inexpensive, U.S.-farmed tilapia is virtually free of saturated fat and is farmed in an environmentally sound way; but it's relatively high in omega-6 fats, which promote inflammation in the body.
Sea scallops
Populations are abundant and contamination risk is low, but harvesting methods can be harmful to the ocean. Farmed bay scallops are a more eco-wise option.
BETTER Eat these two or three times a week
Rainbow trout
Less expensive than wild salmon, trout is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which may help lower your risk for diabetes and heart disease and relieve achy joints. Almost all U.S. rainbow trout available in supermarkets is grown at inland farms that follow environmentally responsible production methods.
Wild smoked salmon
More sustainable than farmed varieties, wild smoked salmon is an easy way to add brain-boosting vitamin B12 and inflammation-reducing omega-3s to your meals.
Inexpensive mussels are full of iron, vitamin B12, and selenium—an antioxidant that may ease postexercise oxidative stress. They're farmed using eco-sound methods with little toxin risk.
BUST Eat rarely or never
Imported shrimp
Overseas shrimp farms have destroyed coastal forests and often rely heavily on antibiotic use. Try U.S. farmed or wild shrimp.
Farmed Atlantic salmon
Ocean pens can pollute surrounding waterways, and contamination from PCBs may be a concern. Splurge on wild.
Bluefin tuna
This pricey tuna is overfished and high in mercury. Domestic, line-caught skipjack or yellowfin tuna have lower contaminants.
Turkey breast It's virtually fat-free and a good source of protein. Fresh roasted tastes better and usually contains less sodium.
Roast beef
A two-ounce serving contains just three grams of fat, 110 calories, and 19 grams of protein.
Canadian bacon
One ounce of this lean cut contains about a third of the calories of regular bacon and 11 fewer grams of fat.
Whole grains Whole wheat, brown rice, buckwheat, spelt, or other types of whole grains should appear first in the ingredient list.
5 grams of fiber Look for at least this much fiber per two-ounce serving. ''Choose a 100 percent whole-grain product and it won't be hard to reach this mark,'' says Janis Jibrin, R.D., author of The Supermarket Diet.
6 grams of protein Per two-ounce serving. Whole grains naturally contain some protein, which helps keep blood-sugar levels steady.
Best Buy Barilla Whole Grain Linguini has a dense, chewy texture—and provides runner-friendly minerals, including phosphorus, magnesium, and iron.
400 milligrams of sodium No more than this per half-cup serving. ''Some brands can pack more than 600 milligrams,'' Jibrin says.
4 grams of sugar or less Per half-cup serving. ''Ideally, there should be no added sugar in the ingredient list,'' says Jibrin. ''The only sugar should come from the tomatoes themselves.''
2 grams of fat or less Per half-cup serving. Skip the creamy white sauces, like alfredo, which pack the most saturated fat, says Jibrin.
Best Buy Made with vine-ripened organic Roman tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, and organic basil, oregano, and garlic, Eden Organic Spaghetti Sauce has an ingredient list even an Italian grandma would respect.
Toss out Multigrain bread
Toss in 100% whole grain
Multigrain bread is often made of enriched flour or wheat flour—which lacks the fiber and vitamins of 100 percent whole-grain flour. ''The first item should be a whole grain,'' says Bonnie Taub-Dix, M.A., R.D., author of Read It Before You Eat It. Look for three grams of fiber and no more than 200 milligrams of sodium per slice.
Best Buy One slice of Arnold 100% Whole Wheat has 150 milligrams of sodium and three grams of fiber.
Toss out Spinach wraps
Toss in Corn tortillas
Made mostly of refined white flour, many spinach wraps contain a scant amount of the actual leafy vegetable. Six-inch corn tortillas made with whole corn flour are higher in fiber and lower in calories.
Best Buy La Tortilla Factory Fiber & Flax Corn Tortillas provide five grams of fiber along with omega-3 fatty acids found in flaxseed.
Toss out Bagels
Toss in Whole-wheat English muffins
100 percent whole-wheat English muffins contain less than half the calories of and more fiber than most bagels.
Best Buy Thomas' 100% Whole Wheat English Muffins provide three grams of fiber per muffin and six grams of protein.
''Grocery shopping when hungry can set the stage for unhealthy impulse buys,'' says Taub-Dix. With its high-fat doughnuts and pastries, the bread aisle can be particularly dangerous. Fortify your healthy resolve by eating before you leave home.
Yogurt-covered nuts and pretzels This fake yogurt covering is made with added sugars and unhealthy fats.
Salted nuts and seeds Eating too many will put you into calorie and sodium overload.
Sweetened dried fruits Some dried fruits (e.g., cranberries) are bathed in extra sugars. Scoop unsweetened.
Fat-free dressings "Fat is often replaced with sugars or other fillers," says Taub-Dix, "so these dressings may contain nearly as many calories as regular versions." Plus, you need some fat–it helps your body absorb vitamins and antioxidants.
Vegetable oils Made from corn, soybean, or cottonseed, these heavily refined oils are high in inflammation-causing omega-6 fatty acids.
Choose vinaigrette "You're more likely to get good-for-you fats in oil-based dressings than creamy ones," says Taub-Dix.
Keep it simple Look for a short ingredient list with real foods, like olive oil, herbs, and vinegar.
Count calories "Some dressings contain a lot more calorie-dense oil than vinegar," says Taub-Dix. It should contain no more than 70 calories per two-tablespoon serving.
Check sodium Keep it below 200 milligrams per serving.
Best Buy Bolthouse Farms Olive Oil Classic Balsamic Vinaigrette hits all the key criteria.
Dijon mustard Mustard seeds are a source of omega-3s and the antioxidant selenium. For few calories, Dijon adds tons of flavor to sandwiches, salad dressings, even mashed potatoes.
Keep it healthy Look for brands without sugar and no more than 120 milligrams of sodium per teaspoon.
Ketchup Rich in lycopene, an antioxidant that helps protect skin from sun damage.
Keep it healthy Splurge on organic, which has up to 60 percent more lycopene than conventional. Keep it under five grams of sugar and 180 milligrams of sodium per tablespoon.
Horseradish This spicy root contains glucosinolates, compounds that can detoxify carcinogens. Use it to add kick to dips, sauces, and fish.
Keep it healthy Brands with the word "sauce" in the name often contain sugar and low-quality oils. An ideal ingredient list includes only grated horseradish, vinegar, and salt.
Sriracha The chile sauce adds low-calorie punch to scrambled eggs, soups, and pasta sauce. It gets its spice from capsaicin, a compound in chile peppers that may boost metabolism and curb appetite.
Keep it healthy Avoid versions with more than 100 milligrams of sodium per teaspoon or with food coloring in the ingredient list.
Mango chutney Use it on fish, chicken, or cooked rice. Mangoes provide a kick of vitamin C and vitamin A.
Keep it healthy Choose brands that list mango before sugar in the ingredient list.
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|Best for Cooking
|Extra virgin olive oil contains an antioxidant called oleocanthal, a natural anti-inflammatory that helps soothe sore muscles. Dark bottles preserve flavor.
|Canola oil This inexpensive oil has a high smoke point, making it ideal for stir-frys, and provides healthy amounts of omega-3 fats.
|Hemp oil Pressed from hemp seeds, this nutty-tasting oil adds artery-friendly omega-3 fats to your diet. Try it in tomato sauce and pesto.
|Avocado oil Buttery tasting, it provides an abundance of "good" monounsaturated fat. Use it to sauté vegetables. It's also delicious drizzled over pasta.
|Balsamic vinegar With just 14 calories per tablespoon, it adds a rich, intense, and slightly sweet flavor.
|Rice vinegar It's a low-calorie way to punch up the flavor of stir-frys, marinades, and vegetables.
Quinoa A fast-cooking whole grain loaded with fiber, B vitamins, and magnesium, a mineral that may improve muscle strength.
Pumpkin seeds A quarter cup of pumpkin seeds provides 30 percent of your daily need for iron.
Prunes Research from Oklahoma State University shows that dried plums con-tain polyphenol antioxidants that may fight bone loss.
In-shell pistachios High in protein, fiber, and vitamin B6. A 2011 study in the journal Appetite shows you eat fewer if you shell them.
Brown rice Harvard scientists found that adults who eat two or more servings of brown rice a week reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes by about 10 percent.
Walnuts contain more inflammation-fighting omega-3s than other nuts.
Bulk bins offer pantry staples like whole grains, spices, and nuts at lower prices than their prepackaged counterparts. SPREADS & SWEETENERS
Nut Butters
Good Natural-style peanut butter Made with just peanuts, it contains heart-healthy fats and vitamin E without added sugar or hydrogenated oils.
Better Almond butter More expensive than PB, the almond version is a richer source of bone-building magnesium and calcium, as well as cholesterol-lowering monounsaturated fat.
Bust Reduced-fat peanut butter Most brands swap out unsaturated fats for extra sugar, which means they often have nearly the same calorie cost as and more sugar than the full-fat version.
Good Honey The easily-digestible carbs contain antioxidants and antibacterial properties. Stash a honey packet in your running shorts for midrun fueling.
Better Maple syrup It has about 20 percent fewer calories than honey, plus a wider array of antioxidants that may help muscle recovery. Use it to lightly sweeten plain yogurt and oatmeal.
Bust Imitation maple syrup Made of dyed and refined corn syrup, it contains empty calories with no redeeming health qualities.
Fruit Spreads
Good Marmalade It's made with whole fruit, including the orange rind. Stick with fruit-juice-sweetened varieties.
Better Apple butter Cooking down apples creates a spread with a buttery mouth feel but no fat. Buy brands made without added sugars.
Bust Sugar-packed jams Avoid jams, jellies, and preserves that contain more added sugar than fruit. How do you know? If sugar is on the ingredient list before fruit.
Hot Cereals
Old-Fashioned Rolled Oats
It cooks up quickly without the sugar overload found in flavored instant brands. "Whole-grain oats are a good source of soluble fiber, which is shown to reduce cholesterol," says Taub-Dix.
Best Buy Quaker Old Fashioned Oats contain one simple ingredient: Oats. Spruce them up with berries and chopped walnuts.
Hot Multigrain Cereal
The healthiest choices contain fiber-rich whole grains, such as oats, barley, rye, and whole wheat and no added sugars.
Best Buy Arrowhead Mills Organic 7 Grain Hot Cereal has six grams of fiber and eight grams of protein.
Brown Rice Farina
Made of finely ground whole-grain brown rice, it's fast-cooking and easy to digest, making it an ideal prerun choice.
Best Buy Bob's Red Mill Organic Brown Rice Farina has a smooth texture reminiscent of Cream of Wheat; plus, it's gluten-free.
Instant Steel Cut Oatmeal
These packets are just as convenient as regular instant oatmeal–but provide more fiber, no added sugar, and that chewy texture you get only from steel cut oats.
Best Buy Traditional steel cut oats take 30 minutes to cook, but a packet of Country Choice Quick Cook Steel Cut Oats takes just five minutes in the microwave.
Cold Cereals
- Serving size A hungry runner can easily eat more than the one-cup serving commonly listed (some list a smaller serving). "Be realistic about how much you'll eat, and adjust accordingly," says Taub-Dix.
- Calories Cap it at 200 per cup. Despite their health halo, granolas can pack twice that and lead to weight gain if eaten too liberally.
- Fiber "It keeps you full and helps steady blood-sugar levels," Taub-Dix says. Go with brands that pack five grams of fiber or more per cup.
- Sugar The Environmental Working Group found that 66 percent of cereals it tested were more than 25 percent sugar by weight. Choose one with fewer than 10 grams per cup, more if it contains fruit.
- Sodium Stick with those with 200 milligrams or fewer in one cup.
- Ingredient list The first ingredient should be a whole grain. If sugar by any name (cane juice, dextrose, rice syrup) is near the top or if it lists hydrogenated oils (which contain harmful trans fat), skip it.
Canned sardines
This sustainable catch is loaded with omega-3s, vitamin B12, and vitamin D, which may help fend off viruses. Sauté with onions and toss with pasta, parsley, and bread crumbs.
Salsa verde
Tangy tomatillos make a vitamin C–packed green salsa. Use it to brighten up fish tacos or baked chicken breasts.
Roasted red peppers
They're a rich source of beta-carotene. Add them to frozen pizza for a low-calorie flavor and nutrient boost.
Canned chicken
Quick and convenient, lean canned chicken gives fresh salads a hit of muscle-building protein.
Black beans
One cup provides 15 grams of fiber and a high dose of antioxidants. Use as a sandwich spread.
Eat it as a prerun snack, or use it in place of some fat in baked goods. Unsweetened varieties have about half the sugar calories.
Canned butternut squash
A half-cup serving provides nearly half your daily need for immune-boosting vitamin A. Blend with broth and spices for an instant soup.
Canned salmon
It contains more heart-friendly omega-3 fatty acids and far less mercury than most brands of canned tuna.
Fire-roasted tomatoes
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Milled from a softer variety of whole wheat. Use it as a 1-to-1 replacement for refined white flour.
Skim-Milk Powder
It adds bone-building calcium to smoothies and hot cereal.
Cocoa Powder
According to a study by the USDA, cocoa powder contains 12 times the antioxidants of blueberries.
These tiny seeds brim with omega fats and fiber and can help lower cholesterol.
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Low-Sodium Vegetable Juice
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"A little freshly grated Parmesan packs potent flavor," says Gidus.
Fresh mozzarella
Thanks to its high water content, it's one of the lowest calorie cheeses on the market.
Soft goat
Studies suggest that goat milk is richer in omega-3 fats and bone-building calcium than cow's milk.
Light ricotta
Reduced-fat ricotta cheese is still rich-tasting and delivers good amounts of whey protein.
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Cheddar cheese
"This is an oilier cheese, so it will be higher in fat than many others," says Gidus.
Blended cheese mixes
Bags of shredded cheese mixes often include higher fat options like cheddar.
American cheese
Heavily processed American cheese is among the saltiest and fattiest options in the cheese department.
Buy blocks or wedges of fresh Parmesan cheese. They provide better flavor than preshredded and won't contain any stabilizers or other additives.
Fruit-on-the-bottom yogurts are loaded with sugars, syrups, flavorings, and artificial ingredients.
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Pacific Salmon Varieties
Choose the right type of salmon for your dish with this simple guide.
Credit: Becky Luigart-Stayner
Pacific waters are home to five types of salmon. For comparison, a 6-ounce serving of farmed Atlantic salmon has 311 calories, 18.5 grams of fat (53%), and 33.9 grams of protein. (All nutrition information based on 6 ounces, raw.)
King (chinook)
- 304 calories, 17.7 grams of fat (52%), 33.9 grams of protein
- Available fresh year-round
- Ivory to bright-red flesh with soft, succulent texture and rich flavor; pan-sear, bake, or broil
Coho (silver)
- 248 calories, 10.1 grams of fat (37%), 36.8 grams of protein
- Available fresh July to September
- Flavor similar to king, but with orange-red flesh and firmer texture; grill, broil, or bake
Sockeye (red)
- 286 calories, 14.6 grams of fat (46%), 36.2 grams of protein
- Available fresh May to September
- Deep red color, rich texture and flavor; prized for canning good broiled or grilled
Pink (humpy)
- 197 calories, 5.9 grams of fat (27%), 33.9 grams of protein
- Available fresh July to August
- Mostly canned, but increasingly available in fillets; rosy pink, delicate-flavored flesh; grill
Chum (keta)
- 204 calories, 6.4 grams of fat (28%), 34.3 grams of protein
- Available fresh June to October
- Pale pink flesh with delicate flavor; good for smoking
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Current labeling laws that require identification of origin make it easier to spot wild salmon. But there can still be some confusion. Keep these factors in mind:
- All commercially available Atlantic salmon are farm-raised. Atlantic salmon typically are marketed alongside Pacific salmon, but they are a different genus and species of fish.
- Just because salmon is labeled "Pacific" doesn't mean it is wild. There are some farm-raised Pacific salmon imported from Canada and Chile.
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Since Steve Jobs returned for a second stint at Apple 10 years ago, the company has come up with consumer hits such as the iPhone (above) and the iPod. However, there were a few duds too. Remember the Cube? and how about Apple tv?
Regardless, the stock has increased over the past year (see below).
Mr. Jobs, who returned for a second stint as chief executive in 1997 after being away for a dozen years, may announce that annual sales surpassed $20 billion for the first time in the company's 31-year history when he reports results for the year and fourth quarter on Oct. 22.
And if Steve Jobs instincts are correct, I say get out there and buy some Apple stock, if you weren't savvy enough to do so already.
Below is an article reprinted from today NY Times:
By JOHN MARKOFF
Publishedin the NY Times: October 22, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21 — It may have dropped the word "computer" from its name, but Apple is certainly selling plenty of Macs.
Two research firms that track the computer market said last week that Apple would move into third place in the United States behind Hewlett-Packard and Dell on Monday, when it reports product shipments in the fiscal fourth quarter as part of its earnings announcement.
"The Macintosh has a lot of momentum now," said Steven P. Jobs, Apple's chief executive, in a telephone interview last week. "It is outpacing the industry."
On Friday, Apple will start selling the new Leopard version of its OS X operating system, which has a range of features that in some cases match those in Windows Vista and in others surpass them.
Mr. Jobs said that Leopard would anchor a schedule of product upgrades that could continue for as long as a decade.
Above: The apple site has a live count-down until the release of the anxiously-awaited Leopard Operating System
"I'm quite pleased with the pace of new operating systems every 12 to 18 months for the foreseeable future," he said. "We've put out major releases on the average of one a year, and it's given us the ability to polish and polish and improve and improve."
That pace suggests that Apple will continue to move more quickly than Microsoft, which took almost seven years between the release of its Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems.
Above: Vista, Microsoft's more visual interface and operating system that debuted last year.
Vista has had mixed reviews, and corporate sales have been slow so far. Mr. Jobs declined to comment on Microsoft's troubles with Vista, beyond noting that he thought Leopard was a better value. While there are multiple editions of Vista with different features at different prices, the top being the Ultimate edition, Apple has set a single price of $129 for Leopard.
With Leopard, Mr. Jobs joked, "everybody gets the Ultimate edition and it sells for 129 bucks, and if you go on Amazon and look at the Ultimate edition of Vista, it sells for 250 bucks."
Microsoft has said that it will release an update, or service pack, for Vista in the first quarter of 2008. But it has also said that it intends to offer a service pack for Windows XP in the first half of the year. That, analysts said, could further delay adoption of Vista as computer users wait to see how XP will be improved.
Microsoft has also hinted that its next operating system, code-named Windows 7, would not arrive until 2010. At Apple's current pace, it will have introduced two new versions of its operating system by then.
Apple has not been flawless in its execution. Early this year, it delayed the introduction of Leopard for four months. Mr. Jobs attributed this at the time to the company's need to move programming development resources to an iPhone version of the OS X operating system.
Several analysts said they thought that Leopard would have only an indirect effect on Macintosh sales.
As for Vista, it has clearly not pushed up demand for new PCs as much as computer makers hoped. Last week, the research firm Gartner said PC shipments in the United States grew only 4.7 percent in the third quarter, below its projection of 6.7 percent.
That contrasted sharply with Apple's projected results for the quarter. Gartner forecast that Apple would grow more than 37 percent based on expected shipments of 1.3 million computers, for an 8.1 percent share of the domestic market.
Apple has outpaced its rivals in the United States, particularly in the shift to portable computers. While this is the first year that laptops have made up more than 50 percent of computer sales in this country, Mr. Jobs said that two-thirds of Apple machines sold in the United States are now laptops.
Apple has also outperformed rivals in terms of market share by revenue, because its machines are generally more expensive.
According to Charles Wolf, who tracks the personal computer market in his industry newsletter Wolf Bytes, Apple's share of home PC revenue in the United States has jumped in the last four quarters. In the second quarter, for example, the Macintosh captured a 15.8 percent share, almost double its share of the number of units sold.
He added that Apple had a significant opportunity now in terms of visitors to its stores. Apple is now reporting 100 million annual visitors, and Mr. Wolf estimated that 60 million to 70 million of them were Windows users drawn by the iPod or the iPhone, who could potentially shift to Macs.
Above: A typical in-mall apple store
Although Apple may be able to grow briskly by taking Windows customers from Microsoft, the two companies face a similar problem: the industry is maturing and there have been no obvious radical innovations to jump-start growth.
Indeed, many of the new features in the Leopard operating system version are incremental improvements. But Mr. Jobs said he was struck by the success of the multitouch interface that is at the heart of the iPhone version of the OS X. This allows a user to touch the screen at more than one point to zoom in on a portion of a photo, for example.
"People don't understand that we've invented a new class of interface," he said.
He contrasted it with stylus interfaces, like the approach Microsoft took with its tablet computer. That interface is not so different from what most computers have been using since the mid-1980s.
In contrast, Mr. Jobs said that multitouch drastically simplified the process of controlling a computer.
Above: Apple's iphone
There are no "verbs" in the iPhone interface, he said, alluding to the way a standard mouse or stylus system works. In those systems, users select an object, like a photo, and then separately select an action, or "verb," to do something to it.
The Apple development team worried constantly that the approach might fail during the years they were creating the iPhone, he said.
"We all had that Garry Trudeau cartoon that poked fun at the Newton in the back of our minds," he said, citing Doonesbury comic strips that mocked an Apple handwriting-recognition system in 1993. "This thing had to work."


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New season, old questions for Bears: offensive line the subject of much discussion
BOURBONNAIS, Ill. – If it seems like the Chicago Bears have been here before, it's because they have.
On Tuesday, the Bears held their final Bourbonnais training camp workout with two rookies playing the right side of their starting offensive line, and starting middle linebacker D.J. Williams remained out indefinitely with a calf injury. Last year, the Bears completed training camp without starting middle linebacker Brian Urlacher due to a knee injury while their offensive line struggled through a constant state of flux.
Despite the similarities to last year, new coach Marc Trestman has come away from his first Bears camp feeling optimistic about the work done by the team.
"Just the work ethic of the team, I think, was built," he said. "We've got a chance to have a real strong backbone. It won't be the same team as it was last year, but we think it can be better."
If so, it could be with quarterback Jay Cutler throwing behind rookies Kyle Long and Jordan Mills on the right side of the offensive line. Trestman moved Long to starting right guard and Mills to starting right tackle this week and put tackle J'Marcus Webb and guard James Brown with the second team. They'll get playing time against San Diego's first string Thursday at Soldier Field in the second preseason game.
Cutler has been sacked more times than any quarterback in the NFL over the last three years, but says he isn't worried about inexperienced blockers.
"I've played with rookies before," he said. "Ryan Clady was a rookie that year, in my third year in Denver, and did a great job. The two rookies we got right now, I think they're pretty far along. They're really talented guys physically. We'll get them caught up mentally. They want to be in there, they want to do a good job and that's The most important thing."
Trestman refused to call it a case of sending a message to Webb, who has often struggled in his 44 starts over three seasons and was shoved once by a frustrated Cutler against Green Bay last year.
"I think we've been very clear with J'Marcus about what we're doing," Trestman said. "I said it last week, that there's been an up-and-down performance level by J'Marcus. But we were still going to do this, we were still going to give work to the other guys and see what they could do, as well."
Mills, who played last year at Louisiana Tech, seemed to vault several players. Eben Britton had been battling Webb for starting right tackle last week after veteran Jonathan Scott went to the sidelines with a knee injury.
"It was unexpected, but you have to be ready in the NFL if somebody goes down or they want to make a switch-out," Mills said. "You have to be prepared and ready, and I was prepared and ready."
It hasn't been an entirely smooth transition. Mills, in particular, has had some struggles going against defensive ends Corey Wootton, Julius Peppers and Shea McClellin.
"I mean, they made mistakes just like everybody made mistakes today," Trestman said. "And as I said to Kyle and Jordan, 'I'm not concerned about the mistakes, I'm more concerned about the next play after the mistakes right now.' And they recaptured their poise, they went back in there and they did a lot of good things against a really dynamic (defensive) front today. The guys were coming after it big time."
The loss of Williams seems less an issue after plays made in his place by rookie middle linebacker Jonathan Bostic during the first preseason game against Carolina. Among them was a 51-yard interception return for a touchdown.
Bostic might be in the middle all the way until the regular season. Williams' calf injury required him to wear a cast until this week, and he still isn't ready to join practices.
The Bears break camp with a few other injury concerns. Wide receiver Earl Bennett has been out since Aug. 2 with his second concussion since December. Defensive tackle Henry Melton sustained a concussion in the preseason opener and is still out.
NOTE: The Bears return to Halas Hall Monday for practices. ... Running back Armando Allen had an MRI on a shoulder injury and is listed as week to week. Running back Curtis Brinkley was signed to the roster, and Michael Ford is taking snaps as third-string running back. ... Reserve tackle Jonathan Scott had an ailing knee drained and Trestman is optimistic he'll return to practice next week.


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Scandal actress Katie Lowes and Parks and Recreation star Aubrey Plaza used to share a wall in adjoining townhouses in Los Angeles. This tidbit became strangely relevant last evening at an intimate dinner party hosted by J Brand and ELLE on the rooftop garden of L.A.'s Petit Ermitage. In the spirit of the event, we posed the question "What's the secret to a great dinner party?" Both Lowes and Plaza separately mentioned Lowes' impressive fêtes.
"I was her neighbor and our walls were so close," Plaza said of Lowes during cocktails. "So any time she had a dinner party, I would hear and I would just invite myself over."
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Lowes explained how she made her soirees so desirable to crash. "The secret to a good dinner party is company, good drinks and ambient lighting," she said. "My husband and I are social butterfly-type people, and we have a lot of friends in our lives from our sleep-away camp [friends] to our family friends to [members of] our theater company here in L.A. and my Scandal cast mates."
It turns out she's not kidding about the all the joint gatherings of the Scandal cast. Every other Sunday, the actors assemble at Jeff Perry's house to watch the new episodes ahead of time. "They're supposed to be two-hour hangs but we're always there for like five hours, and it's a always pot luck," Lowes revealed. "So everyone brings a dish of some sort and some booze, and we're there all night. The girls have dinners or teas—Bellamy [Young], Darby [Stanchfield], Kerry [Washington] and I will get together. We're all very close."
Mena Suvari, clad in a pair of J Brand jeans and a white structured coat, pointed out that it's also nice to break out of your social circle when attending events. "Seating is very important," she noted. "It's always good when there's some thought put into seating. People tend to hang out with who they know, and it's neat when you can meet new people."
Ali Larter, who mentioned that a good pair of jeans and some heels are the best dinner party attire, has a lot of experience with these sorts of events. The actress recently unveiled her first cookbook, Kitchen Revelry, and knows the key to perfecting the menu. "It's about knowing yourself," she explained. "If you're someone who is nervous or is working a crazy busy work week, then it's about starting a few days before. Know what you're capable of and have a lot of fun while you're doing it."
She offered up her go-to serving dish: "I do my short ribs all the time because I can make them on Friday and I serve them Saturday night and they get better with age," she added. "Anything that gets better with age I'm into, including women."
Emily Zemler is a freelance writer based in London. She has written for Esquire, ELLE, The Hollywood Reporter, Playboy, Billboard, and Nylon. She has an MFA in Fiction Writing from Sarah Lawrence and is currently working on her first book.


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By Barbara Starr
Just days before he leaves office, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is recommending military pay be limited, effectively decreasing troop salaries next year.
Panetta will recommend to Congress that military salaries be limited to a 1% increase in 2014. The Pentagon has calculated that the Labor Department's 2014 Employment Cost Index is expected to be above 1% but wants to still cut back on pay because of "budget uncertainties," a department official told CNN. In 2013, a 1.7% increase was approved, based on the index, which has been the basis for military pay for the last several years.
Three Pentagon officials have confirmed details of the plan to CNN. The Joint Chiefs of Staff have also agreed to Panetta's proposed pay plan. Final approval for the pay would come from Congress in the form of the 2014 budget.
The recommendation is tied to the Defense Department's 2014 budget recommendation, which was expected to be sent to Congress this month, one of the officials said. But the officials acknowledge it is going to be seen as an effort to push Congress to stop the automatic budget cuts that could go into effect if no deal is reached on spending reductions.
ALSO: Panetta warns spending cuts will degrade military readiness
The decision comes as the secretary is stepping up the rhetoric about dire cuts at the Pentagon if sequestration goes into effect. President Obama in 2012 walled off military pay from cuts, so if this current pay plan goes into effect, it's widely seen as "cutting our pay," one military officer familiar with the plan told CNN. "It's a smart move, it puts it in Congress' hands," he said.
Panetta, in one of his last official speeches as secretary of defense, told an audience at Georgetown University on Wednesday that the Pentagon faced "the most serious readiness crisis in over a decade."
The defense secretary outlined a series of possible cuts should the Pentagon be forced to find half a trillion dollars more in savings. He warned that 800,000 civilian workers could furloughed for 22 days and that the Army would need to cut back on training and maintenance, putting two-thirds of combat teams at "reduced readiness levels." Pacific naval operations could be cut by as much a third, and Air Force flying hours and weapons maintenance could be cut.
CNN has also learned that this week, the Navy is expected to announce it does not have the money to pay for refueling and maintenance of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln. That will essentially mean the Navy is short a carrier and overseas deployments will be cut.
"No good options exist," Panetta said.
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The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a technical cooperation agreement with the Government of Denmark for the establishment of a sustainable energy fund for Africa (SEFA) for capacity building and investment in sustainable energy over a five-year period.
The budget for the fund is set at a DKK 300 million (equivalent to USD 57 million).
The objective of this Fund is to provide technical capacity building and investment capital to support the provision of sustainable energy to SMEs in Africa. SEFA seeks to serve the overall the purpose of generating employment and economic growth.
This proposal to establish a Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa demonstrates a strong commitment of the Government of Denmark to support Regional Member Countries through the Bank in addressing the major development challenges towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
It is intended that SEFA becomes a multi donor fund as soon as additional donors agree to join. SEFA is completely untied and intended for financing projects with special emphasis on sustainable energy in support of the Bankâs mandates.
Africaâs untapped renewable energy sources could become the backbone of a reliable, affordable and low-carbon energy system. The technologies are well known and are becoming more reliable and profitable in response to fluctuating fossil fuel prices, increasing market volumes and technological innovation. There are thus promising market opportunities in Africa for small and medium enterprises, both as energy producers and energy consumers, be it in agriculture, industry (especially agro-industry), tourism or commerce.
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The Spanish language publication El País reports (1) that the Spanish Government has effectively threatened to withdraw refugee status from Imran Firasat. They do this for their own twisted political reasons.
For those who are unfamiliar with his case Imran runs a website called Mundo sin Islam (World without Islam). He is an apostate from Islam and has produced a film called The Innocent Prophet. Ordinarily this would not be a problem but the prophet in question happens to be the Islamic Prophet Mohammed. The actions of Western politicians give the impression that Mohammed is entitled to greater reverence and superior protection than other Prophets.
In the Orwellian pro-sharia Europe some prophets are obviously more equal than others. Questioning minds have to give Mohammed a wide berth. This is sharia law and it is being applied in Western Europe against the interests and the wishes of the European public. Europe is moving back to restrictions on thought and expression that most people thought that we had permanently left behind during the Spanish Inquisition!
Of course it was the imminent publication of The Innocent Prophet on 14 December that sparked the draconian and shariaesque attitude of the Spanish Government. If he had made a film about Moses, Christ, or Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha there would be not problem. There would certainly not be a threat of deportation to Pakistan – an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member state well know for tolerating religious persecution within its borders.
One might speculate the degree to which the OIC itself has influenced this decision. It obviously has great influence over Western governments who put its interests before the interests of their own people. The OIC effectively wants the religious laws of Pakistan imposed on the whole world. Western government are apparently going along with this agenda. As we reported yesterday the third round of the OIC's Istanbul Process recently took place in London. Western governments are increasingly supporting sharia both at home and abroad.
The action of the Spanish state follows the state of Belgium increasing its security threat level specifically due to the imminent release of this film. (2) It seems clear that the pro-sharia EU old boy network has been busy creating a mechanism to create as much alarm and distress to Mr Firasat as possible rather than standing up to the hecklers veto.
In Pakistan, the country to which the Spanish Government wants to deport Mr Firasat, attitudes regarding blasphemy against Islam and apostasy from it are of a kind that were prevalent in Europe during the Middle Ages. Imran Firasa is an apostate from Islam – a capital crime under sharia law. If they send him to Pakistan then the Spanish government are effectively condemning him to death. This is completely unacceptable and the Spanish Government should be ashamed of itself.
The case of Imran Firasat is significant – it highlights the erosion of a least two essential prerequisites of any free society. These are the right to freedom of expression and the right to equality before the law. Both of these have been seriously undermined by the Spanish Government's decision to threaten to strip Imran Firasat of his refugee status.
We must remember that only a short while ago the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Abu Qatada could not be deported from Britain to Jordan. This was because it was felt that some of the evidence against him might have been obtained using torture. (3) The extradition was halted even though the crimes that Mr Qatada was alleged to have committed were far more serious than the mere making of a video.
The Spanish Government are effectively threatening the life of Mr Firasat. They are no better than inquisitors such as Tomás de Torquemada who roamed around Spain in a previous age leaving terror in his wake. The spiteful threat against Mr Firasat is part of a new Europe-wide inquisition that is being carried out against sharia opponents and other dissidents opposed to EU and religious tyranny. Europe is clearly no longer a continent where freedom is cherished.
(1) Spanish Government Tries to Remove Refugee Status From Maker of Anti-Islam Film (which refers to El País)
(2) Imminent Release of Anti-Islam Film Causes Terrorism Alert Level to be Raised in Belgium (which refers to 7sur7.be)
(3) Abu Qatada cannot be deported to Jordan, European judges rule


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Red Wings hold off Sabres, 3-2
DETROIT — Daniel Alfredsson had a goal and an assist and the Detroit Red Wings held off the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Friday night.
Darren Helm and Tomas Jurco also scored for Detroit. Danny DeKeyser had two assists and Jimmy Howard made 21 saves.
It was Red Wings coach Mike Babcock's 413 win for Detroit, which ties him with Jack Adams for the all-time franchise record.
Jamie McBain scored and Nicolas Deslauriers got his first career goal for Buffalo, which has the NHL's worst record. Matt Hackett stopped 28 shots.
Deslauriers pulled the Sabres within one at 6:40 of the third period, sending in a loose puck from the slot.
McBain's power-play goal put Buffalo on the scoreboard with 7:32 left in the second period. He beat Howard with a wrist shot from the left circle for McBain's fifth goal.
Detroit led 3-0 after the first period.
Helm opened the scoring 5:47 into the game when he put in a loose puck from Hackett's right at the side of the crease. It was Helm's 11th goal.
Jurco and Andersson then scored 1:16 apart.
Jurco tipped Dekeyser's shot from the point out of the air and past Hackett for a power-play goal with 5:48 left in the first. It was Jurco's seventh goal and second in two games. It came with John Scott in the penalty box for hooking.
Alfredsson got his 18th goal, with 4:32 remaining in the opening period, when he scored on a rebound.
NOTES: Detroit C Pavel Datsyuk returned after missing 16 games with an inflamed knee. He had also missed 30 of the last 34 games. ... Buffalo D Henrik Tallinder missed his second game with a lower-body injury. ... Red Wings RW Daniel Alfredsson returned after missing a game due to a sore back. ... Sabres goalies Michal Neuvirth and Matt Hackett both played junior hockey with the Ontario Hockey League's Plymouth Whalers, who are based in suburban Detroit. ... This was the final game for referee Don Van Massenhoven. It was the 1,277th NHL game of his career. He chose to work his last game at Joe Louis Arena.


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The Freelance History Writer would like to welcome Elisabeth Waugaman, PhD with a guest post on some interesting medieval history regarding the Norman Conquest. Her degree from Duke University is in French Literature and she is a published author of two books. Elisabeth was awarded a medal from the government of Brazil for her book on aviator Alberto Santos Dumont and she has an ongoing blog for the magazine "Psychology Today". Welcome Elisabeth!
Scholars have never found a satisfactory explanation for "Mora", the name of the flagship Matilda of Flanders gave William the Conqueror for his expedition to England. One of the earliest theories based on the Spanish verb "morar" (to live or dwell), is that "Mora" means "mansion" or "dwelling." Why would Matilda choose a foreign Spanish word to inspire the Normans and Celts who made up William's army? Another theory is that "mora" means blackberry in Latin and refers to Matilda's dark-haired beauty. Others suggest "Mora" is an anagram for "Amor", a nickname for Matilda as a naughty child, a delay, or a "foolish woman"— suggesting in jest that Matilda was foolish to support such a dangerous expedition. For such an historic endeavor, these theories are totally inadequate, even disrespectful.
Everything we know about Matilda affirms she was a powerful, intelligent woman. She was the first English queen crowned with power "so equal to that of the king" that she presided over pleas with William and they pronounced judgments jointly. She ruled in Normandy and England during William's absences. A woman this powerful and this intelligent would not have given William's magnificent flagship a name which made her appear immature or foolish. On the contrary, in order to help William, Matilda would have searched for a name that would rally her husband's diverse allies around a symbol they all understood—a symbol that would inspire their faith in their leader and his quest.
Because William the Conqueror was of illegitimate birth, he needed to clearly bolster his claim to the throne. The Merovingian kings inspired noble families to create their own bloodlines. Duke Richard I, William's great-great-grandfather, started recording his family's bloodlines with Dudo's "Historia Normannorum" (circa 1030). Recognizing the importance of establishing his lineage, William the Conqueror commissioned Guillaume de Jumièges' "Gesta Normannorum" (circa 1070) and Guillaume de Poitiers' "Gesta Guillelmi" (circa 1077) to document the history of the Norman dynasty. The more royal bloodlines a claimant had, the greater his right to rule and the more allies he could call upon. William recognized the importance of establishing his royal bloodlines for history.
Nordic lineage was crucial not only to assert William's regal lineage, but also because England had a line of Viking kings—Sweyn Forkbeard, Cnut, Harold Harefoot, and Harthacnut—reigning intermittently from 1013 to 1042. French sources note that William the Conqueror's family was related to both Stenkil, king of Sweden, and Harald Hardrada, king of Norway. William was also related to King Sweyn II of Denmark through his great-great grandmother Gunnora, wife of Richard I, duke of Normandy—in family legend, if not in fact. Through his Norman bloodline, William was related to King Cnut via Cnut's marriage to Queen Emma, William's great-aunt, and to their son, King Harthacnut. Through his Nordic and Norman bloodlines, William was related to the Nordic-English kings and the ruling kings of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Because of the Nordic-English kings and the large number of Nordic immigrants in England, Nordic ancestry was crucial for any claimant to the English throne in 1066.
Medieval queens were the keepers of family lineage and history. Matilda was carefully instructed in the importance of her royal lineage and thoroughly understood its importance. She therefore understood the necessity of proclaiming William's lineage. By naming William's flagship the "Mora", Matilda chose a name that boldly proclaimed William's regal lineage through his Nordic ancestry. The Yngling line of Swedish and Norwegian kings and the Skiddung line of Danish kings traced their ancestry back to Odin. Because of its proximity with the temple of Uppsala sacred to Thor, Freyr, and Odin, the king crowned at the Mora Stone held preeminence among the early Nordic peoples, long before they were clearly divided into three separate kingdoms. With their intertwined history, all Norsemen —Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians—held the Mora Stone sacred. By choosing "Mora" for the name of William's flagship, Matilda proclaimed that William's royal Nordic bloodline was equal to that of any ruling Nordic king and part of the lineage of England's kings.
In 1060, William's relative, Stenkil, a Christian king, was crowned at the Mora Stone. With Stenkil's crowning, we have historic proof that the consecration of the Nordic king at the Mora Stone was still paramount for Norsemen in 1060. Stenkil was the first king to add a new stone with his name, a tradition that subsequent Swedish kings continued, thereby associating the Mora Stone with Swedish kingship in later history. Stenkil died in 1066 "about the time Harold fell in England," just as William the Conqueror was claiming his regal Nordic lineage.
William could claim rights to the English throne via three different lineages. In addition to his Nordic ancestry, William had Norman ties to both the Saxon and Nordic kings of England because of his great aunt Emma, who linked him to four English kings—to Aethelred II (a Saxon king, Emma's first husband) and their son King Edward the Confessor (Norman by upbringing); to King Cnut (a Nordic king, Emma's second husband) and their son King Harthacnut. Because Queen Emma fled to the Flemish court when Matilda was a child, Matilda would have known Emma and her Saxon, Nordic, and Norman history. Having learned the importance of ancestry from her mother and Emma's amazing life, Matilda proclaimed William's royal lineage with the name "Mora." "Mora" also echoes "Møre" and the creation of the Earldoms of Orkney and Shetland by Rognvald, the ancestor of Rollo, the founder of Normandy, thus placing William in a lineage that created new domains, which William continued with his plan to conquer England.
"Mora" also had associations for the Celts who had joined William's expedition. Professor Elisabeth Van Houts notes that "Mora" derives from "Morini", the ancient inhabitants of Flanders, and that name was a reminder of Matilda's Flemish origin. "Mora" resonated not simply with the Flemish Celts, however. In Breton, "mor" means "a great expanse of water" (i.e. the sea). According to Pliny, the vast maritime districts of Western Gaul were called Armorica, meaning "by the sea." "Mor" is the root of many compound words having to do with the sea in Breton making it an essential part of their vocabulary and identity. In Scottish Gaelic, "mór" means "great" or "large": "móra" is found in many words describing "large," "big," "important," "noble," and "the landed classes." The Celts also had a tradition of crowning their king at sacred stones—the Lia Fáil and the Stone of Scone—a regal crowning tradition linking Celts and Normans. In addition to the regal Nordic associations, which the Norman nobility recognized, "Mora" also resonated with the core of Celtic identity.
There is also a serendipitous Anglo-Saxon association with "mora," an edible root, like a carrot or parsnip. The sea carrot grows abundantly on the southern coasts of England, blooms from May until September, and was noted as a cure for various ailments. The Anglo-Saxon word suggests that like the plant, the ship had a remedy for the Saxons, whose lineage was tainted by the murder of Edward the Martyr, King Aethelred's brother; by the murder of Alfred Aetheling, the son of King Aethelred and Emma, William's great-aunt; and by Harold's broken oath according to William. English commentators believed the Norman invasion and the English defeat were punishment for these sins. The name of William's ship suggested a cure —a new lineage with multiple roots in English kingship. The Anglo-Saxon link also echoes Matilda's Anglo-Saxon bloodline.
In addition to dynastic, regal, cultural, and linguistic associations, the "Mora" displayed numerous religious symbols affirming William's divine election. The Bayeux Tapestry depicts the mast topped with a cross and the pope's flag emblazoned with a cross, symbolizing the blessings of God and the pope for William's cause. The ship's prow has the gilded statue of a child pointing to England with his right hand and blowing a horn as white as ivory with his left. Van Houts suggests the statue evokes Virgil's Fourth Eclogue, with its references to the birth of a child who would bring about a Golden Age. The reference to Virgil also brings up associations with the "Aeneid" and the formation of the a new dynasty, that of the Romans, by the Trojan Aeneas, which is yet another link to William and his endeavor for Dudo's "Gesta" traces William's lineage back to the Trojan Antenor.
The stern of the "Mora" bore the head of a lion, a symbol of strength, stability, and royal power. Animal symbolism appears throughout the Bayeux tapestry. The lion was the biblical symbol for the royal lineage of Christ. The "Mora" proclaimed William's divinely chosen bloodline. In the Bayeux tapestry, David Crouch notes that William sits on a chair of state carved with lions just like King Solomon's seat of justice. The lion, a symbol of Christ as the divine king, mirrors William's quest to be an earthly king. With his coronation on Christmas Day, William emphasized this divine association.
Matilda's placement of religious symbols at the top of the mast, the prow and the stern form a religious trinity protecting the ship and the expedition. The cross and papal flag symbolize God's blessing and His divine will, acknowledged by the pope, God's representative on earth. The head of a lion on the stern represents Christ the Heavenly King and William, the future earthly king. The gold statue of the child symbolizes the Holy Spirit, God's spirit at work in the world, linking past and present with Virgil's Fourth Eclogue prefiguring William's reign and the new lineage of William and Matilda in their children. William could save England as Christ saved mankind. The importance of the Holy Spirit is highlighted by Matilda's coronation on Whit Sunday—on Pentecost, the Feast of the Holy Spirit. Such complex symbolism reveals Matilda's deep faith, befitting her father Baldwin V, The Pious; her mother Adela, who was canonized; and her grandfather King Robert II, the Pious, of France.
In choosing a name for William's magnificent flagship, Matilda would have searched for a regal symbol that had meaning for William's culturally diverse army. The "Mora" is an historical, cultural, linguistic, and religious tour de force with regal associations for Norsemen, Normans, and Celts. "Mora" highlights William's ancient royal lineage, unites past and present, human and divine will, the king and his land; but most of all, the name had meaning for the many different ethnic groups, who could unite to help William win the throne.
Further Reading: "Matilda, Queen of the Conqueror" by Tracy Borman, "The Normans: The History of a Dynasty" by David Crouch, "1066: The Year of the Conquest" by David Howarth, "Harold and William: The Battle for England: 1064-66" by Benton Patterson, "The Ship List of William the Conqueror" by Elisabeth Van Houts, "1066: A New History of the Norman Invasion" by Richard Rex, "A Note on Viking Age Inaugurations" by Elisabeth Vastergaard, "Women in England in the Middle Ages" by Jennifer Ward


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text: Back Peanut Allergies Require Planning, Communication The little nut is a big culprit when kids have bad reactions If your child is allergic to peanuts, this common food can fill you with dread. Peanuts are the top cause of severe allergic reactions to food, says the Food Allergy Initiative. Up to 3 million Americans suffer from peanut or tree-nut allergies. Reactions range from hives and vomiting to life-threatening throat swelling that blocks breathing. The first reaction may be mild, but reactions tend to worsen over time. After a first episode, allergy tests can find the problem. Help kids enjoy a normal life As your child gets older, balance safety with freedom. In most cases, kids can lead a normal life and should be encouraged to do so. However, it's also important to talk with health care providers and schools about peanut allergy and your child. Set up emergency plans first. Experts recommend that you teach children and their health care providers: What symptoms to expect. Who to call in an emergency. To carry emergency kits at all times. Include diphenhydramine (to help hives and treat other mild symptoms) and an epinephrine injection kit (to open closed airways and treat other life-threatening symptoms). Risks to avoid Packaged foods without a full ingredient list. Packaged food with wording such as "processed in a plant that processes peanuts." Asian cuisine (Chinese, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese). Even if your order is peanut-free, it may have been cooked with utensils that have touched peanut products. Ice cream shops. Scoops may go from nut-filled to nut-free ice creams without thorough washing. Small bakeries. Bakery work areas are hard to clean.