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Title: The Rothschild Family -- Bilderberger Group -- Endorses Hillary Clinton As President!
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Cutting Edge Ministries has always taught that the entire electoral system throughout the entire Western world is rigged, that in reality, the secret societies and the Global Elite which control them, really select the leaders they want at any era of time. Elections have always been rigged, whether it was the voting fraud in 1960, in which hundreds of thousands of dead people voted Democrat in Mayor Daley's Chicago area and in Lyndon Johnson's Texas, voter fraud which catapulted John Kennedy to the White House. The advent of electronic voting machines has just simplified and solidified this very old art, since a paper trail is eliminated and only the select few people ever know the true voting totals.
My observation has been that, when the Illuminati plans a domestic agenda for the next 4 to 8 years, they cause a Democrat to ascend to the White House. But, if their plans for the next 4 to 8 years are for a foreign policy agenda, they cause a Republican to ascend to the White House. Obviously, with the attacks of 9/11 and the planned foreign wars which followed, Republican George Bush was "elected" President. But, now, if the agenda for the next 4 years is for a domestic agenda, a Democrat is likely to claim the Presidency.
Using the "Terrorist Threat" and his "War on Terror" as the excuse, President Bush has demanded, and Congress has provided, a set of laws -- highlighted by Patriot Acts I and II -- which will reduce America to an absolute dictatorship. These tyrannical laws have not been implemented as yet; but, you have to realize that the thrust of these laws is domestic, i.e., aimed at the American people. Therefore, I think it highly likely that a Democrat President might bring them to bear, might actually be the Chief Executive which finally implements them.
In other words, the 44th President might be the one who implements the dictatorship which the 43rd President created on paper!
With this information as background, let us examine the endorsement of Hillary Clinton by the European Rothschild/Bilderberg group. These type of semi-secret organizations are the true kingmakers of politics in the Western world. Do you remember how the Bohemian Grove publicly came out to endorse Arnold Schwarzenegger as California Governor? You can read of this endorsement in our archived Headline News article, NEWS1948, "PRESIDENT BUSH BETRAYS CHRISTIAN EVANGELICAL RIGHT AT REPUBLICAN NOMINATING CONVENTION".
Just months after this endorsement, Arnold ascended to the chair of Governor of California -- no surprise there!!
Let us examine this Rothschild/Bilderberger endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President.
NEWS BRIEF: "Hillary Clinton: A Bilderberg Presidency: European elite back Democratic frontrunner", By Daniel Taylor, Old Thinker News, November 10, 2007
"While President Bush's approval rating falls to record lows, the torch is being prepared to pass on to Hillary Clinton, with full endorsement from the global elite. With support from European nobility, Clinton has been selected as the candidate of choice for the continuation of globalist policies. Bill Clinton, being a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission, as well as the secretive Bilderberg group, was the creme de la creme establishment candidate. His wife, Hillary, who likely attended the 2006 Bilderberg conference in Ottawa Canada, now promises to follow in his path."
"In an October 5th interview conducted by Lloyd Grove of Portfolio magazine, Lynn Forester de Rothschild, wife of Sir Evelyn Rothschild, openly proclaimed support for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign ... 'First of all, Hillary will be good for America. And so if we care about our country —which all of my fellow capitalists do —we'll be very pleased that she's president'."
Now that we know the Rothschild Family of Europe fully endorses Hillary for President, let us view some of the Elitist positions she will support once she gets into the White House.
"Writing in the Council on Foreign Relations publication Foreign Affairs, Hillary Clinton outlines her agenda if elected president."
1) "Iran is in Clinton's sights ... Clinton echoes the rhetoric coming from President Bush and the Neo-cons."
2) Hillary supports "regional government, and likely support of the North American Union - and possibly a Pan-American union - with a 'policy of vigorous engagement' with Latin America."
"Clinton's 'vigorous engagement' stance toward Latin America would make North American integration proponent Robert Pastor and the CFR proud. Regional government, as well as regional currencies have been a long term goal of Bilderberg globalists and the Council on Foreign Relations. Clinton, if elected president would pursue further integration of Africa into the African Union..."
In other words, NAFTA will be one of Hillary's top goals once she is President. You see, there really is no difference between Democrat and Republican. Their respective leaders are all equally committed to the New World Order and equally controlled by the key secret societies. I saw that reality on display in 1993, when Former President George H.W. Bush cooperated with President Bill Clinton to get Congress to pass NAFTA, economically uniting Canada, the United States and Mexico.
It was quite a spectacle, watching "Conservative Republican" Bush cooperating with "Liberal Democrat" Clinton to pass this legislation most important to the Illuminati. It was also quite instructive to see Conservative icon, Rush Limbaugh, trying to persuade his Conservative audience that they should abandon their old principles to support surrendering America's sovereignty to the NAFTA Union, something no true Conservative would ever, ever do.
3) Hillary will continue to pursue the establishment of Global Government. "Hillary Clinton congratulated Walter Cronkite in 1999 for his global governance award, given to him by the World Federalist Association for his support for a system of world government. 'For decades you've told us the way it is, and tonight we honor you for fighting for the way it could be', said Clinton."
This endorsement of Hillary Clinton by the Rothschild / Bilderberger connection is one of the keys to properly understanding who will be President on January 20, 2009.
Now, let us examine the possibility of a combined ticket with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Hillary/Obama or Obama/Hillary Ticket - Democrat's Dream Ticket?
NEWS BRIEF: "Obama-Clinton or Clinton-Obama ticket?", ABC News, February 1, 2008
"The image of the two Democratic front-runners at last night's debate in Los Angeles was striking -- a black man and a white woman. One of the two is poised to make history, and they are both bringing in tens of thousands of new voters. And there's one way to top it -- for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to join forces on a single Democratic dream ticket."
Cutting Edge has been saying for many weeks now that the one Democrat Party ticket which makes a lot of sense is Hillary for President and Obama for Vice President. As this first paragraph states, the two on a single ticket for President could be spun to the American people as the most powerful ticket ever assembled. Hillary would win the vote of women, Hispanics, old-line Democrats who love Clintons, and Jews. Obama, on the other hand, would bring in the Black and the youth vote in absolutely huge numbers.
Further, even though Hillary is most definitely Establishment, Obama is laying claim to being the "welcome force for change".
Already, Hillary is emphasizing her 35 years of experience at the national and international level. This type of experience is most essential for a Presidential candidate, because the American people want to be assured that their new President can properly guide this ship of state through one of the most perilous times in world history. President Bush and his minions have so effectively raised the specter of global terrorism in the mind of the average American voter that the new President must be seen as one tough dude, with the experience to properly guide America through these troublous times.
This lack of experience is the single greatest weakness of Senator Obama. He simply cannot claim proper foreign policy experience. For this reason, and because of Hillary's deep roots into the Rothschild/Bilderberger/CFR societies, Hillary is the logical candidate for President. Senator Obama will be seen as bringing fresh energy, fresh perspectives, and fresh ideas into the campaign and into the Presidency which follows. He could also be seen as using this opportunity for the next 8 years to be groomed for President after Hillary runs her course.
We are not making any predictions, but this seems a most logical course.
Then, during the debate, CNN's Wolf Blitzer raises the possibility of a ticket with both Hillary and Obama on it.
"Last night, when CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked, 'Would you consider an Obama-Clinton or Clinton-Obama ticket going down the road', neither candidate denied the possibility. 'Well, there's a difference between those two," Obama laughed. "But her service to this country has been extraordinary. And I'm glad that we've been walking on this road together'."
"Clinton dittoed it. 'Well, I have to agree with everything Barack just said'."
"Now, the possibility is the talk of the town."
Since Hillary has been groomed for the Presidency for the better part of the last two decades, it is difficult to conceive that she would accept second place. But, we shall just have to wait to see how Super Tuesday and the rest of the campaign unfolds. Remember the sage advice from 33rd Masonic President Franklin D. Roosevelt, "If something happens, you can bet it was planned".
Whichever way this Democrat Party ticket shapes up, it will be seen as a fresh alternative to the "old men's club" of the Republican Party. Whether Senator John McCain or Governor Mitt Romney heads up the G.O.P. ticket, they will be seen in the minds of many Americans as representative of the Old Political Order which they want destroyed and dispensed with altogether. McCain, especially, can be seen as "old" and his policies as being too close to those of President Bush.
Whichever party ascends to the White House in this election, the drive to regional, and eventually global, government will continue unabated.
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Romans 1:26-27 (New American Standard Bible):
26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, 27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing[b]indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
I've written about homosexuality in the church in the past, especially as it relates to Eddie Long and his evolving stance on the issue, and his subsequent non-admission admission of his own homosexual lifestyle. I'm not an expert on the subject of "gay Christianity" (my brother DL Foster over at Gay Christian Movement Watch does a masterful job of clearly, exhaustively, and soberly addressing the issue), but a friend recently sent over a video that I felt needed additional attention.
The Vision Church is the latest "affirming" church in the Metro-Atlanta area, led by Bishop O.C. Allen III. Allen is openly gay, and he and his partner (a/k/a "The First Gentleman"…not "First Lady", get it?) started the church in their living room – and it's grown to "mega church" status in the last few years. Allen was recently interviewed on The Word
Has Nothing To Do With It Network by Lexi (who seems to love interviewing every reprobate and theologically-challenged so-called Christian she can sink her acrylics into). I found myself at a loss for words after viewing Part 1 in it's entirety (no need for me to find Part 2), and I ask that you review the entire episode before commenting as well:
Let me be explicitly clear: EVERY church should welcome homosexuals (and ALL other sinners) and expose them to the unadulterated Word of God in admonishing them to turn from their sins and follow Christ. NO church should alter and amend the Word of God to suite the lifestyles of parishioners, ESPECIALLY since those same lifestyles run counter to God's Word. Here's a reminder about the qualifications of church leadership – as expressed through God-breathed and divinely inspired scripture (my emphasis in bold):
1 Timothy 3:1-7 (New American Standard Bible):
1 It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do. 2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money. 4 He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity 5 (but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?), 6 and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil. 7 And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
I'll leave you to the comment thread to get your thoughts, but please remember that there are lost and confused souls in the world who need access to the TRUE & LIVING GOD – not this malleable and contemporary heresy we see at this "church" and others.
Please pray for those who are (a) caught up in homosexuality and all other manner of sin, (b) deceived by this and other "churches" – affirming or not – who distort the Word of God, and (c) for this "bishop" and those who follow him – that their eyes be opened and they accept/turn to/return to the TRUE Gospel and Christ as their ONLY means of salvation (as the Lord wills).

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Tomorrow's the deadline for teams to offer arbitration to their own free agents in order to lock in their right to draft pick compensation should the players sign elsewhere.
A team losing a Type A free agent (ranked by the Elias Sports Bureau to be in the top 20 percent in their position grouping, according to a classified formula that only David Ortiz has access to) that it offered arbitration to (or that signed elsewhere before tomorrow's deadline) gets two picks as compensation: the signing team's first-rounder the following June if that team drafts in the back half of the round or its second-rounder if it drafts in the front half, plus a "sandwich pick" that's not actually forfeited but instead part of a manufactured supplemental round between rounds one and two.
A team losing a Type B free agent (ranked in the 21-40 percent grouping) that it offered arbitration to (or that signed elsewhere before tomorrow's deadline) gets a sandwich pick - the player's new team forfeits nothing.
Last winter Texas had no Type A free agents, and two Type B's, Marlon Byrd and Ivan Rodriguez. The Rangers offered arbitration to each (I explained in a report on December 1 why even the Rodriguez offer was no surprise), netting a sandwich pick when they signed with the Cubs and Nationals. With those picks, Texas drafted and eventually signed Florida high school righthander Luke Jackson and University of Connecticut third baseman Mike Olt.
It's a different situation this off-season, as Texas has no Type B's - but four Type A's: Cliff Lee, Vladimir Guerrero, Frankie Francisco, and Bengie Molina. (The club also has three no-compensation free agents: Jorge Cantu, Cristian Guzman, and Matt Treanor.)
Interestingly, the Rangers probably would have preferred that Guerrero and Molina and particular would have been Type B's. Even though the return compensation is one premium pick instead of two, a Type B designation would have meant no disincentive for another team to sign the player. A team tentatively interested in Guerrero or Molina as Type A's might decide surrendering a first- or second-round pick for the player isn't worth the signing, whereas a Type B designation wouldn't affect the signing team at all and would virtually assure Texas the sandwich pick in each case if the player signed elsewhere. And to complete the picture, Texas may not want to offer Guerrero or Molina arbitration because of the risk that they'd accept it, as the arbitration process would probably generate a 2011 salary for each that exceeds what the Rangers would want to pay.
The deadline for free agents to accept arbitration offers is a week from tomorrow.
The easy decision is on Lee, who the Rangers will obviously offer arbitration to (no downside), and who will obviously decline the offer. Texas will either sign Lee, or get the Yankees' first-rounder and a supplemental first. (The only exception, assuming New York is the team he were to leave for, would be if the Yankees also signed Jayson Werth or Rafael Soriano, as they're the only two Type A's with higher rankings than Lee. If the Yankees signed Werth and Lee, for instance, Philadelphia would get their first-round pick in June, and Texas would get their second-rounder.)
(Anecdote: Arizona signed Rangers free agent Todd Stottlemyre after the 1998 season, which normally would have resulted in the Rangers receiving the Diamondbacks' second-round pick along with the sandwich pick - but Arizona also signed Randy Johnson and Greg Swindell that winter, meaning Houston got the Diamondbacks' second-rounder, Boston got their third, and the Rangers got their fourth. Interestingly, though, Texas made the best pick in June, as the Astros took high school catcher Jay Perez [who never reached the big leagues] with the second-round pick, the Red Sox took high school lefthander Rich Rundles [six big league innings] with the third, and the Rangers took Kevin Mench with the fourth. The Rangers drafted Colby Lewis with the sandwich pick they got for the loss of Stottlemyre.)
Guerrero and Molina, tougher calls. Francisco's not a slam dunk, either, though assuming the Rangers aren't concerned that there could be long-term effects from his ribcage strain, he'll probably get an offer. Especially given the way that the middle relief market has been set with Joaquin Benoit's Detroit contract, Francisco's market value is likely greater than his arbitration value, even with the draft pick forfeiture attached - and the Rangers would presumably be willing to take him back on a one-year, arbitration-driven salary if he were to accept the club's arbitration offer by November 30.
One other factor: Day One of the 2011 draft is expected to be much stronger than it was in 2010. The prospect of adding multiple picks in the top round or two (and paying the seven-figure bonuses) will be more appealing this coming year, and not just because Texas will likely have more money to spend.
There's also the matter of whether other teams will offer arbitration to their own free agents and how that could affect the Rangers' plans. Texas is already reported to have interest in Type A free agent Victor Martinez, for instance, and he would cost the club's first-round pick to sign; the Rangers may have heightened interest in other Type A's who are not offered arbitration and thus wouldn't cost a pick. Last winter, Darren Oliver fit that description. Could someone like Magglio Ordonez this time around?
More on all of this once the Rangers and everyone else make their free agent arbitration decisions, due to be submitted to the league tomorrow night.


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Being innocent does not matter. Not being arrested or convicted of a crime is no protection. With amazing ease, the government can take everything you own. And to recover it, you must prove your innocence through an expensive and difficult court proceeding in which a severely lowered standard of evidence favors the government. This is civil asset forfeiture.
Russell and Patricia Caswell of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, know the process well. For the last two years they have battled to keep the motel that Russell's father built in 1955 and at which Russell has worked since childhood. The couple assumed ownership of Motel Caswell in the 1980s, and viewed the asset, worth approximately $1 million, as their retirement plan.
In the past 20 years, the Caswells have rented out approximately 125,000 rooms. Of the renters, about .05 percent have been arrested for crimes. As "good" citizens, the Caswells have meticulously reported any suspicious activity on the part of renters to the police, including possible drug use.
Nevertheless, the U.S. Department of Justice is in the process of confiscating the motel without any compensation, through civil forfeiture, because it was used in the commission of a crime. The local police with whom the Caswells actively cooperated for years are the ones who reported them to the federal agency. Why? Because, under a policy known as "equitable sharing," the Tewksbury police department stands to gain as much as 80 percent of the value of the seized property.
Civil forfeiture in America is both a simple and complex tale. The simple part is that government agencies are often seizing assets for no reason other than the fact that they can. The complexity is how civil forfeiture operates.
Civil forfeiture: policing for profit
Civil forfeiture is a broad and broadly interpreted set of laws that gives government — on the federal or state levels — the authority to take the property of those who are suspected of involvement in a crime.
Criminal forfeiture requires that an accused person be tried and convicted before assets can be seized. By contrast, civil forfeiture does not even require a person to be charged with an offense before confiscation. If drugs are sold out of a rented home, then the oblivious and innocent owner can lose his property. If a husband uses his wife's car for sex acts with a prostitute, then the car is "fair game" for police to grab. The percentage of the profit reaped by the police department when the house is sold or the car is auctioned depends on the particular state law or on whether the forfeiture is federal.
What is the legal basis of civil forfeiture? It is based on a bizarre anachronism called "deodand," which comes from the Latin deo dandum — to be given to God. Wikipedia defines the term as "a thing forfeited or given to God, specifically, in law, an object or instrument which becomes forfeit because it has caused a person's death." The "thing" is blamed and punished for the crime. In Medieval England, the legal doctrine led to the spectacle of animals being put on trial for causing death or harm. The practice persisted because of the economic incentives built into its application. When an animal or object was found "guilty," the owner was expected to pay a fine equal to its value to the Crown; often, the "guilty" item was forfeited to the Crown.
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In America, the colonies generally rejected the worst aspects of forfeiture laws that they had inherited from English common law. According to a paper on forfeiture by Cynthia Eva Hujar Orr, Esq., however, the U.S. government continued to use
forfeiture to obtain ownership of the vessels that were engaged in piracy, slave trading, and smuggling.... The underlying justification for forfeiture was articulated by Justice Story when he said, "[t]he vessel which commits the transgression is treated as the offender, as the guilty instrument or thing to which the forfeiture attaches, without any reference whatsoever to the character or conduct of the owner." (PDF)
It was not until the war on drugs in the 1970s, however, that civil-asset forfeiture became a widespread practice in America. Today, virtually every state enforces some version of the law. The Institute for Justice (IJ), which has taken on the Caswell case explains in a report, "law enforcement receives 100 percent of forfeiture proceeds in 26 states, while another 16 allow police and prosecutors to keep at least 50 percent. Only eight states bar the retention of forfeiture monies by law enforcement."
At the same time, state laws establish a lower standard of proof to validate a forfeiture. Although a criminal proceeding requires "proof beyond a reasonable doubt, the IJ explains,
Only three states demand that the government show "beyond a reasonable doubt" that the property was part of a criminal act. Most states, 27, use a lower "preponderance of the evidence" standard — basically, the government must show it is more likely than not that the property was related to criminal conduct. This is also the standard in federal law.
The incentives for the police are so skewed toward favoring forfeiture that some states have passed laws to prevent the police from "profiteering." Massachusetts, in which the Caswells dwell, is one such state. And, yet, their property is in peril. Why?
Equitable sharing
It is far from clear that the confiscation of Motel Caswell is actually legal under Massachusetts law. The state law allows the seizure of property "used in and for the business of unlawfully manufacturing, dispensing, or distributing controlled substances."
And even if the seizure is in fact legal under Massachusetts law, then the police department would recover no more than 50 percent of whatever proceeds resulted.
Thus, the Tewksbury police availed themselves of an end run around state law; they used the federal practice called equitable sharing. The federal government requires merely that the property facilitated a crime for seizure to be possible.
Equitable sharing is a federal policy through which a state or local police force can report a case to the Department of Justice and, so, share in any federal forfeiture that results. The Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 provides for such joint efforts whenever the crime "is in violation of federal law;" many drug crimes qualify.
The feds can also "adopt" targeted property from state or local law enforcement. Such adoptive forfeitures result in the local authority eventually receiving 80 percent of the value of the confiscated assets for its own budget and that of the prosecutor's office, even if state law provides otherwise.
The IJ reports,
This direct financial incentive was put into federal law in 1985. Before then, federal forfeiture proceeds went to the general revenue fund of the United States, and Congress then decided how such revenue would be appropriated. Before 1985, forfeiture revenue was modest. After the profit incentive was put into the law, forfeiture revenue exploded — and it has been growing ever since.
In 1986, a year after the federal asset-forfeiture fund was created, largely to provide payouts to law enforcement agencies, it processed approximately $93.7 million. Today, it holds over $1.6 billion. Forfeiture is clearly a growth industry and an increasing source of funding for cash-starved agencies.
On his Fox News television show, Judge Andrew Napolitano asked Russell Caswell, "What's the worst thing that happened in that motel ... that has the police trying to steal it from you?"
Caswell answered, "I paid the mortgage off." By this, he meant that he acquired a real asset that the government coveted and could seize.
And the authorities will seize it simply because they can. IJ President Chip Mellor explains,
Civil forfeiture creates inevitable abuses. The Institute for Justice has documented time and again that it invites a lack of accountability, a lack of due process and a lack of constitutionally enshrined restraints on government authority. Civil forfeiture needs to end. If the government wants to take someone's property, it should first be required to convict someone of a crime. Short of that, you will end up with what we have today in Tewksbury and elsewhere.
Not only does civil forfeiture create abuses, as Mellor points out, it itself is an abuse — an abuse of the very concept of justice. If civil forfeiture is carried to its logical conclusion, every single motel and hotel in America could be confiscated by one government or another.
So why the Caswells and not the local Holiday Inn? In the answer lies another moral of their story. On the Judge Napolitano show, Russell Caswell exclaimed that he and his wife "always worked with the police as much as we can." Elsewhere he protested,
It is un-American that I am being treated like a criminal when my family has always worked with the police to quickly report and resolve any crime that has occurred on our property. Rather than work with us, the federal government and our local police department have blindsided us and are working to take everything we've worked so hard to earn.
The moral? Be very careful about reporting a crime to the police. You never know when you are turning yourself in. Or, rather, you may be turning in your property to be punished for its criminal acts.
About the author: Wendy McElroy is the author of The Reasonable Woman: A Guide to Intellectual Survival (Prometheus Books, 1998). She actively manages two websites: http://www.ifeminists.com and http://www.wendymcelroy.com. For additional articles on current events by Ms. McElroy, please visit the commentary section of FFF website.
This article was published by the Future of Freedom Foundation.
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UNICEF expresses alarm about recruitment of children by armed groups in C. African Republic
BANGUI, Central African Republic – The U.N. children's agency says it's concerned about a growing number of children being recruited by armed groups in Central African Republic as President Francois Bozize's government faces a rebellion in the north.
UNICEF said Friday it has received "credible reports that rebel groups and pro-government militias are increasingly recruiting and involving children in armed conflict."
Souleymane Diabate, UNICEF Representative for Central African Republic, said children who have become separated from their families amid the instability are at the greatest risk.
UNICEF estimates that even before the latest crisis here some 2,500 children were part of armed groups in the country long plagued by rebellions. Rebels have seized 10 towns in a month's time.


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Chop-N-Drop – Mulching Permaculture Style
One plant that is ideal for the chop-n-drop system is pigeon pea. Pigeon pea is a fast-growing, nitrogen-fixing legume frequently used as a cover crop for bare soils, such as newly-established swales. Pigeon pea not only makes excellent mulch, but it can be used as food for both animals and humans.
Like other nitrogen-fixing plants, pigeon pea captures atmospheric nitrogen and stores it in its root nodules. When the plant dies or is pruned, the nitrogen is released into the soil in a form that can be used by other surrounding plants. Since pigeon pea grows fast, it can be pruned often.
Our local Molokai, Hawaii Permablitz group recently performed a chop-n-drop on a 5-month old swale located at Alu Like's Ho`ala Hou Program site in Hoolehua. The swale was designed by Geoff Lawton during a Permaculture Research Institute USA Earthworks course in December 2010. The swale is approximately 80 meters long, two meters wide and 1/2 meter deep. It can hold 80,000 liters of water during a rain event.
Students planted the swale with a variety of trees and plants with the intention of establishing a food forest. They scattered seeds, cuttings, plant starts and keiki (baby) trees throughout the top and bottom mounds along the entire length of the swale. A simple line of micro-drip tape irrigation and a couple of good rains quickly turned the swale from a dry barren landscape into a lush strip of jungle.
As would be expected with ideal watering and weather, 5 months later, plants such as pigeon peas and invasive grasses grew so fast they were smothering some of the keiki trees. In order to give the trees more room to grow, a chop-n-drop was needed. The goal of the chop-n-drop was to thin out the areas around the keiki trees, remove some of the invasive grasses and chop-n-drop pigeon pea and other nitrogen-fixers to feed and mulch beneficial plants.
The chop-n-drop went relatively quick. In about 2 hours, 6 people with pruning shears "cleared" over half the swale. After the group finishes the rest of the swale, they plan to interplant additional species such as malabar chestnut, papaya and garden greens such as okinawa spinach. Although a chop-n-drop requires a bit of labor, like other smart Permaculture techniques a little bit of work yields a whole lot of benefit.


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WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Senior Casey Robertson led five Eastern New Mexico University men in the top nine, finishing fourth in 34 minutes, 55.8 seconds over 10 kilometers on Saturday as the Greyhounds stormed to the team title in Midwestern State's Cross Country Carinval.
ENMU finished with 33 points to easily outdistance second-place Abilene Christian, with 68.
Sophomore Trevor Merhage was fifth in 35:03.8 while sophomores Justin Netcher of Clovis (35:17.9), Zerrick Virseno (35.28.7) and Patrick Lueras (35:32.1) finished seventh through ninth. Rounding out ENMU places were freshman Irwin Vera, 16th in 36.26.6, and junior Pedro Martinez, 23rd in 37:10.7.
In the women's 6K event, ENMU placed fifth in team standings at 124, with Midwestern State winning easily at 32 to 90 for runnerup Dallas Baptist.
Freshman Beth Blind led the balanced Zias, finishing 20th at 24:07.7, while junior Alesha Jones was 21st at 24:16.1. Other ENMU finishes were Brittany Buchanan, 25th in 24:40.0; senior Megan Bryant, 31st in 24:52.6; junior Leigh Ann Omarkhail, 32nd in 24:57.9, and freshman Sofie Ingram, 34th in 25:04.8.


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Government touts importance of integrating the Azores in the project SuperDARN
Jan 25, 2012 | Azores Government
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The SuperDARN Project, "in terms of bilateral relations between the Region and the United States under the Agreement on Cooperation and Defence between Portugal and the USA, is an excellent example because their development has been fast unlike some others who exist in this area."
The statement is the Secretary of the Presidency and was handed down yesterday in the evening, outside the hearing of the International Network of Prosecutors Radar for the Study of Earth's upper atmosphere with the Secretaries of the Regional Chair of Science, Technology and Equipment held in the Palace of Conceição, in Ponta Delgada.
In the context of development of this "important" science project, André Bradford stressed the "perfect environment in your appreciation of the geostrategic position of the Azores," stressing that "such recovery to the Government of the Azores, derives not only from its military importance, but a vision that must be versatile with the dimension of science and technology, sectoral area that currently is in line with the purposes of development that the Government has for the region."
Andrew Bradford considered that the meeting with the leaders of SuperDARN project was an important step in the work are being developed, and added that "the project could be realized in the medium term, thus strengthening the cooperation component that seeks to develop under the Agreement on Cooperation and Defence between Portugal and the United States."
Noting that "it takes a clear consequence, effective and positive for the Azores, the fact that there is a tradition of cooperation with the United States," the Secretary of the Presidency recalls that "the extent of this cooperation through the development of such projects is sometimes forgotten when dealing with issues related to the U.S. presence in the Azores and this is -- believes -- a way to show and remember that there is a whole other side related to the positive development of the Azores."
The Regional Secretary for Science, Technology and Equipment, in turn, highlighted the merits of project development that integrates the Azores in the International Radar for the Study of Earth's upper atmosphere for its "importance to the field of climatology" highlighting the "capital gains will have connection to the University of the Azores and research centers that are there."
José Contente also stressed "the importance of scientific training to the development of this project will provide in the future and, as already happens on the island of St. Mary, the presence and contact with scientists from other parts of the world that are related to such projects."
The Azores, according to this member of the Azorean Government, "need to follow the movement of the knowledge society and therefore we believe that this kind of project will bring benefits to society of knowledge in the Azores, the qualification of which may be formed in this movement and also the University of the Azores that will surely a leading role in harnessing the knowledge generated."
The Regional Secretary for Science and Technology also considered especially important that the Azores integrate this kind of projects because, as stated, "whenever we get outside we lose important opportunities for the Azores." Therefore, it "is essential to integrate and participate in projects leveraged in high-tech engineering and advanced research because you have to win the Azores in general and particularly its university and participating in the Azores."
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Stainless steel exhaust manifold with T3 flange for the Toyota 2ZZ-GE engine, designed and produced by Radium Engineering. The T3 turbo flange is tapped for M10x1.5 studs (not included).
*Engineering Design*
This exhaust manifold was CAD designed and flow analyzed for maximum performance in a compact package. Turbocharger placement was carefully evaluated to make turbo kit installation simple. The turbocharger is located high enough to promote low resistance oil return back into the oil pan, exhaust downpipe easily clears the subframe, and turbocharger air inlet clears the transmission shifter cables. Furthermore, the placement away from the head allows larger radius primary exhaust runners. Manifold mounting holes are designed to allow the manifold to expand without inducing stresses on the fasteners.
A casting manufacturing process was chosen for high repeatability suited for volume production without the inconsistencies commonly found with fabricated manifolds. Lost wax (investment) casting process was chosen over a low quality sand casting because of its superior surface finish, tight tolerance holding, and the absence of a parting line. Every manifold is CNC machined to precise dimensions to ensure a perfect fit every time. After casting, there are 3 relief cuts machined into the head flange to separate the exhaust ports, as shown. This allows thermal expansion and resists flange warping. It also relieves and frees up any stress after the part was cooled in the casting process. Next, the head flange and T3 flange is fly cut to be true and flat, as shown. Lastly, four M10x1.5mm threads are machined for mating the T3 turbocharger.
347 stainless steel was used for its high thermal capacity, low thermal conductivity, and resistance to thermal cycling. Additionally, this material will not rust, but will change color when it is heat cycled for the first time.
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Dec. 5, 2004 -- -- Social security, illegal immigrants and Iraqi civilians killed -- these are just three of many topical issues giving rise to misleading, dubious or uncertain numbers. Clarifying these numbers is important, because which statistics are quoted and stressed helps frame an issue and often determines people's reactions and positions. Here are three numerical/political short stories.
During and since the election campaign, I've read many news stories and watched many TV snippets dealing with President Bush's proposal to partially privatize Social Security. Usually in print and almost always on television, the proposal is said to call for 2 percent of Social Security taxes to be diverted into private accounts. Usually, few other details are provided and the reader/listener, whatever his attitude on the issue, probably comes away with the impression that even if passed, this change would be a tentative, very slow transition that shouldn't cause too much of a problem.
Looking a little further, however, one can find a few stories noting that the 6.2 percent of the average American's taxable income that goes to Social Security taxes will be cut to 4.2 percent. That's a 2 percentage point cut -- not a 2 percent cut, but a 32 percent cut! This will leave a huge hole in Social Security revenues for present retirees.
Why isn't the proposal fairly described as calling for a 32 percent cut in individuals' contributions? I suspect it's because most reporters don't feel confident enough of their basic arithmetic to so describe it.
Another statistic in the news is the number of illegal immigrants coming across the U.S.-Mexican border. A Time magazine story cited an estimate of 3 million illegal aliens annually crossing into the U.S., and this enormous figure has been uncritically accepted by many news and TV networks.
The origin of this number is interesting. Border agents say they apprehend approximately 1 million people annually, but estimate that three times as many people manage to make it across the border. Since three times 1 million is 3 million, an alarmist statistic is born. Ben Winograd, a freelance journalist in Arizona who has studied the issue, has noted problems with both the numbers 1 million and three.
First, 1 million apprehensions does not mean 1 million distinct individuals. It's well known that many people try over and over again to enter the U.S. and are apprehended over and over again. And the factor of three mentioned by border agents is just conjecture. How does one estimate how many people are not apprehended when these latter are, almost by definition, largely invisible? Whatever the real statistic, the 3 million figure has by now attained a life of its own.
The number of Iraqi civilians killed since the war began has also recently been in the news. Published last month in the British journal Lancet, research conducted in Iraq by Les Roberts of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and his associates attempts to estimate this number. To do so, the researchers surveyed the civilian war deaths in 33 clusters of 30 households each. The clusters were randomly selected from across the country. Projecting these neighborhoods' higher death rate since the war onto the country as a whole, they argued that the number of civilians killed since the war is approximately 100,000, more specifically 101,000 plus or minus 93,000; i.e, somewhere between 8,000 and 194,000. Most of these civilian deaths, the study maintains, have been caused by American air attacks.
There are reasons to be skeptical (but not dismissive) of the 100,000 figure. One, of course, is that the interval is quite large reflecting the sample size and study design. Given the conditions in Iraq, the samples were not only small, but sometimes not quite random either. When one selected neighborhood cluster couldn't be visited, say because of blocked roads, another was substituted. (Fallujah was excluded as being clearly unrepresentative.) Furthermore, some of the study's assumptions were less than certain. The 100,000 figure depends crucially on a comparison of the death rate before and after the invasion, and there have been claims that the researchers pegged the pre-invasion rate too low. The number also depends on truthful reporting by the distraught families involved since a death certificate was often not available.
Even if the number of civilians killed is not as large as the Lancet study suggests, the number is no doubt bigger than the figure reported by Iraq Body Count. IBC is a group of British researchers who compile as extensive a list of Iraqi civilians killed as they can from published reports, hospital records, and morgue reports. They doublecheck and otherwise fully document the names and associated details of those killed, but miss those whose names don't make it into the papers or onto hospital or morgue lists. Their list contains approximately 15,000 names.
So what's the real number? Despite the brave efforts of the Lancet researchers, my guess, and it's only that, is that the number is somewhat more than the IBC's confirmed total, but considerably less than the Lancet figure of 100,000. Interestingly, the number of civilians said to have been killed by Saddam Hussein during his long reign is usually put at 300,000, and this number too is probably overstated, since only a small fraction of these have appeared in mass graves.
There are many more numbers to deconstruct, most of them much less depressing than the last example, but doing so is strenous work, and I'll need to take some vitamin E to keep going. Oops, that's another story -- and another number.
-- Professor of mathematics at Temple University, John Allen Paulos is the author of best-selling books, including "Innumeracy" and "A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market." His Who's Counting? column on ABCNEWS.com appears the first weekend of every month.


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Energy & Power
The Museum's collections on energy and power illuminate the role of fire, steam, wind, water, electricity, and the atom in the nation's history. The artifacts include wood-burning stoves, water turbines, and windmills, as well as steam, gas, and diesel engines. Oil-exploration and coal-mining equipment form part of these collections, along with a computer that controlled a power plant and even bubble chambers—a tool of physicists to study protons, electrons, and other charged particles.
A special strength of the collections lies in objects related to the history of electrical power, including generators, batteries, cables, transformers, and early photovoltaic cells. A group of Thomas Edison's earliest light bulbs are a precious treasure. Hundreds of other objects represent the innumerable uses of electricity, from streetlights and railway signals to microwave ovens and satellite equipment.
Coal from Propeller Indiana
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- The abundance of timber along the shores of the Great Lakes gave steamboats a ready supply of fuel. Partly burned logs from Indiana's boiler grate indicate that the boiler had been stoked just before the steamboat sank.
- Pound for pound, coal provides more energy than wood. Coal was found in the vicinity of the boiler in the hold, and historical sources indicate that it was a common fuel on upbound (northerly) voyages, while wood was the principal downbound fuel.
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Some urge review board to investigate police operations after Gates arrest
Cambridge's Police Review and Advisory Board has the ability to investigate complaints about police misconduct. In the aftermath of the Henry Louis Gates incident, some Cambridge residents are asking why it hasn't exercised that right.
On Wednesday, the board met inside City Hall after local activists gathered outside in support of the Harvard professor.
"The torrent of racist vitriol targeting Prof. Gates, as well as the absolute racist arrogance displayed by the Cambridge Police Department in demanding that Pres. Obama and Gov. Patrick apologize for expressing support for Prof. Gates, cannot go unanswered," read a portion of a statement from members of the "Bail Out the People Movement."
Police Review and Advisory Board Chairman Martin Betts said the Anti-Violence Project of Massachusetts, located at 138 Chandler St. in Boston, has sent a letter to city announcing its intent to file a formal complaint about Gates' arrest by Sgt. James Crowley.
Betts said the letter is not available at the moment for public review. Joseph Johnson, an investigator for the board, said next steps, according to the city's ordinance, include a preliminary investigation of the complaint, followed by a decision whether to launch a full investigation and hold a hearing if needed.
If the board finds a violation, it will make a recommendation to the city manager as to what action, if any, should be taken.
"Any citizen can issue a complaint against police misconduct," he said. "But we cannot do anything until the board gets all the facts."
The Police Review and Advisory Board was created by city ordinance, consists of five civilian residents, and "acts as the representative of the community in reviewing policies, practices and procedures of the police department." according to the Web site.
Police officers can also file complaints. Other members of the board include Martin Small, Richard Peters, Susan Melucci and Cambridge Police Lieutenant Christine Elow.
During Wednesday's meeting, many residents urged an investigation of police operations in the city.
"The real problem is the policing of the citizens of Cambridge," said Elie Yarden. "Our police are not trained to deal with the problems of a racist society."
Lawrence Adkins, president of the Riverside Neighborhood Association, who has been critical of the review board in the past, said that members need more distinct guidelines and more public outreach.
"Things have to change," he said. "This incident has brought out that we're not doing our job. The work here needs to be better defined."
Betts assured the crowd that the board is willing to follow through and evaluate any complaints that come their way, specifically in the midst of the Gates controversy.
"All of a sudden we've been pushed into the limelight," he said. "This isn't going to be the end of this. The past two weeks have been very strange, to say the least."
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Eaton, William
Eaton, William, 1764–1811, U.S. army officer, celebrated for his exploit in the Tripolitan War, b. Woodstock, Conn. Captain Eaton was sent to Tunis as consul in 1798 and learned much about the Barbary States. When he returned to the United States in 1804, he had a scheme to win the war against Tripoli by supporting the claimant to the rule of Tripoli, Hamet Karamanli. Somewhat reluctantly, Congress appointed him
navy agent to the Barbary Statesand allowed him to try his plan. In Egypt, Eaton persuaded the claimant to undertake the venture and gathered a mixed army of 400 men, including Greeks, Italians, Arabs, and others. With this small band he set off on the long march overland to take Tripoli from the rear, took the seaport of Derna, and might have taken Tripoli if the Tripolitan War had not ended with a truce (1805) before he arrived.
See biographies by F. R. Rodd (1932) and N. B. Gerson (1968); L. B. Wright and J. H. Macleod, The First Americans in North Africa (1945, repr. 1969); R. Zacks, The Pirate Coast (2005).
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Ukraine peace deal halts violence but crowds still angry
KIEV (Reuters) - A breakthrough peace deal for Ukraine halted two days of violence that had turned the center of the capital into a war zone and killed 77 people, bringing sweeping political change that met many demands of the pro-European opposi...
KIEV (Reuters) - A breakthrough peace deal for Ukraine halted two days of violence that had turned the center of the capital into a war zone and killed 77 people, bringing sweeping political change that met many demands of the pro-European opposition.
Russian-backed President Viktor Yanukovich agreed to give up powers, hold early elections and form a government of national unity. Parliament voted for changes to the legal code that could see the release of Yanukovich's jailed rival, opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
By nightfall, opposition leaders who signed the deal were addressing peaceful crowds from a stage in Independence Square, which for the previous 48 hours had been an inferno of blazing barricades and protesters were shot dead by police snipers.
Although the flames were out, the crowd was still defiant, holding aloft open coffins of slain demonstrators and making speeches denouncing the opposition leaders for shaking hands with Yanukovich.
The Ukraine crisis began with protests in November after Yanukovich turned his back on a far-reaching economic deal with the European Union in favor of closer ties with Russia instead.
If it holds, the deal hammered out with the mediation efforts of the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Poland, would mark a victory for Europe in a tug-of-war with Moscow for influence in the divided ex-Soviet state of 46 million people.
But it remains to be seen whether violence can be halted and whether a lurch away from Moscow will cost Ukraine a $15 billion Russian financial lifeline it needs to stave off bankruptcy.
"There are no steps that we should not take to restore peace in Ukraine," Yanukovich said in announcing his concessions before the agreement was signed. "I announce that I am initiating early elections."
Within hours, parliament voted to revert to a previous constitution slashing Yanukovich's powers, sacked his interior minister blamed for this week's bloodshed and paved the way for Tymoshenko's release.
EU leaders and the White House praised the deal but Moscow made grudging comments that fell short of endorsing it. The European foreign ministers signed the document as witnesses, but a Russian envoy did not.
The envoy, Vladimir Lukin, acknowledged Moscow had fallen behind the EU in diplomacy: "The EU representatives were in their own way trying to be useful, they started the talks.
"We joined the talks later, which wasn't very right. One should have agreed on the format of the talks right from the start," Lukin was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency.
Yanukovich, 63, a burly former Soviet regional transport official with two convictions for assault, did not smile during a signing ceremony at the presidential headquarters. Opposition leader Vitaly Klitschko, a retired world boxing champion, switched his nameplate to avoid sitting next to the president.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski described the agreement as a "good compromise for Ukraine". It "gives peace a chance. Opens the way for reform and to Europe," he tweeted.
It fell to Sikorski to sell the deal to the skeptical opposition. ITN video filmed outside a meeting room during a break in the talks showed him pleading with opposition delegates to accept it: "If you don't support this, you'll have martial law, you'll have the army, you'll all be dead."
Anti-government protesters remained encamped in Independence Square, known as the Maidan or "Euro-Maidan", and made clear their dissatisfaction at a deal that would leave Yanukovich in power until the early elections later this year.
Shortly after the signing ceremony, an open coffin carrying one of the dead from Thursday's violence was borne across the square as a bare-chested drummer beat out a funeral tattoo with people chanting "Heroes don't die! Bandits out!"
Some car horns hooted and fireworks were lit to celebrate the accord, but many activists were suspicious, noting that Yanukovich had cut deals before and was still in office.
When the three opposition politicians who signed the deal addressed the crowd in the evening, another coffin carrying a victim was carried through the crowd to the stage. After another open coffin was held aloft by the crowd, a protester wearing battle-fatigues leapt to the microphone.
"My comrade was shot and our leaders shake the hand of a murderer. It's a disgrace!" he said to roars of approval. "If it is not announced by 10:00 tomorrow that Yanukovich is gone, we're going to attack with weapons."
Earlier Klitschko drew cat-calls and derisive whistling from the crowd when he praised as "very important" their political achievements during the day. He later apologized for shaking Yanukovich's hand, telling the crowd: "If I offended anyone, I ask their forgiveness."
That was not enough for 35-year-old Volodymir from the western city of Lviv near the Polish border: "We won't follow Klitschko and the rest of them. They shook hands with a gangster and danced with the devil."
The week's violence was by far the worst to hit Ukraine since it emerged from the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Ukraine, with borders drawn up by Bolshevik commissars, has faced an identity crisis since independence. It fuses territory that was mostly part of Russia since the Middle Ages with provinces that were parts of Poland and Austria until they were annexed by the Soviets in the 20th century.
In the country's east, most people speak Russian. In the west, most speak Ukrainian and many despise Moscow. Successive governments have sought closer ties with the European Union, but have been unable to wean their heavy Soviet-era industry from dependence on cheap Russian gas.
The past week saw the country on the verge of splitting, with central authority vanishing altogether in the west, where anti-Russian demonstrators seized government buildings and police fled. Deaths in the capital cost Yanukovich support of wealthy industrialists who previously backed him.
Many of those killed in the square were shot in the head and neck, apparently by snipers on rooftops. But Yanukovich proved unable to deploy enough loyal police to seize and hold the center of the capital. Many police were among the dead.
If fully implemented, the deal would be a setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had made tying Ukraine into a Moscow-led Eurasian Union a cornerstone of his efforts to reunite as much as possible of the former Soviet Union.
Moscow had maintained that the protesters were terrorists and coup plotters, had denounced the West for supporting them and encouraged Yanukovich to crush them.
"This is not democracy, this is anarchy and chaos. And we'll see what comes out of it," Alexei Pushkov, head of Russia's State Duma foreign affairs committee and a member of Putin's United Russia party said after the deal was signed, though he said the pact would be positive if it ended violence.
Washington took a back seat in the final phase of negotiations, its absence noteworthy after a senior U.S. official was recorded using an expletive to disparage EU diplomacy on an unsecured telephone line last month.
The outlook for Ukraine's economy is dire and Russia has not made clear whether it will still pay the promised $15 billion in aid. Ukraine cancelled a planned issue of 5-year Eurobonds worth $2 billion, it told the Irish Stock Exchange where the debt would have been listed. Kiev had hoped Russia would buy the bonds to help it stave off bankruptcy.


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Sprint announced today the Motorola Triumph for its partner, Virgin Mobile. The Triumph is an Android 2.2 Froyo device for the pre-paid crowd, and it isn't half bad, either. It has a 4.1-inch touchscreen display and a 5MP rear camera that can shoot HD video. The device also has a front-facing VGA camera for self-portraits and video calling.
The Motorola Triumph is running vanilla Android, which I'm particularly happy about, and it seemed pretty speedy to me. Its design is also very Droid-esque – and I'm talking the original Droid with its soft-touch coating, flat sides and gold accents. The Triumph is like a slab without any fuss in the design. On the upper left, there is the standby/power button, and on the right you have the volume rocker. There isn't a dedicated camera button, which is slightly disappointing, but I was told that the idea was to make it minimalistic as possible. Goal achieved.
We got a little demo of the HDMI out, which is always nice, and it allows you to view what you're seeing on the phone on your big screen, HD TV. When you're playing video or browsing the web, it's right up there on the screen. And when you switch from landscape to portrait mode, the display changes on the TV, too.
The Triumph for Virgin Mobile will be available this summer, and pricing and details will be announced closer to launch. It's an impressive Android handset, especially for pre-paid users, so I'm sure Virgin Mobile customers will be waiting impatiently for this one.
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Having Chocolate French Toast Sandwiches for dinner may sound a little subversive (as far as these things go), but really it's exactly the same as having scrambled eggs on toast followed by a chocolate bar. Mind you, I was never shocked by the idea of deep-fried Mars Bars. In fact, I loved and welcomed them when I was travelling through Scotland. There's nothing quite like eating one the morning after a big night out. I'm not saying they make you feel better. If anything, the consumption of one just sharpens any lingering liver-related remorse. For a few moments though all is good, as you eat the salty, crisp, oily battered Mars Bar, with warm chocolate melting onto your fingers.
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Kay says:
Looks wonderfully decadent. Chocolate is never a wrong choice no matter what time of the day it is.
Hannah says:
So I know you said "Any more going on and your veins might not be able to cope from the spike in blood sugar"… but surely this must needs immediately and absolutely be made with peanut butter between the sheets (so to speak) as well? Or cream cheese, and then maple syrup on top….
You've also suddenly thrown me through a loop, because I know I used to play a song from Chess on my clarinet, but I can't for the life of me remember the name of it. To Google with me!
Foodycat says:
Amazing. I actually think I prefer the pear & cheese version though!
Anonymous says:
Oooh, I am reminded of a particularly delicious and disgusting-sounding trip from uni days in Dunedin. Like this but quick and dirty – banana and nutella toasties. Take two slices of bread, butter liberally, add nutella and banana slices and make a toasted sandwich. Go on, try it.
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CulinartMedia USA says:
Looks like a really nice recipe!!
hungryandfrozen says:
Mum: Never 🙂
Hannah: Cream cheese would be *excellent* as is the fact that you play clarinet. Find out and tell me, I'm curious!
Foodycat: Fair enough, it's a bit more elegant!
Kate: Clever you, that's up there with my golden syrup sandwiches 🙂
CulinartMedia USA: Thanks!
Vanille says:
I'd be one happy girl if I bite in this chocolate French toast right now 😉 You never can go wrong with chocolate after all ! And thanks for sharing the Fine Cooking site too 😉
Emma says:
I always wanted to be Pippi for Halloween, because I always wanted bright red hair and freckles (and glasses and braces, but that's beside the point). It never worked out though, so perhaps I should just eat these sandwiches instead. Mr. Nilsson? What do you think?
Anonymous says:
You can serve them up for me any time, chocolate butties it would have been my dream sandwich when at school. Might have to try one for breakfast over the weekend, that's if I can stop using all the chocolate to make hot chocolate drink!
Ute@HungryinLondon says:
What a naughty recipe, I love the look of it! Kind of like a sophisticated nutella toast, if you know what I mean.
Mairi@Toast says:
Drooling at the thought of the pear & feta combo 🙂
Sasa says:
I reckon that's a goer, and I'm supposed to be becoming a nutritionist…We just did n assignment where we computer analysed our own diets and mine seemed to be rather high on the saturated fats. When I removed the chocolate from the programme, it went waaaay down. Hm.


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Internet Explorer 10 launches on 10/26/2012, and as a result, Google will discontinue support for Internet Explorer 8 shortly afterwards, on 11/15/2012. After this date users accessing Google Apps services using Internet Explorer 8 will see a message recommending that they upgrade their browser.
The latest versions of Google Chrome and Firefox are the recommended web browsers for Middlebury's Google Apps instance.
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Report: Adam McQuaid, Dennis Seidenberg begin skating
On Tuesday, injured Bruins defensemen Dennis Seidenberg and Adam McQuaid skated at Ristuccia Arena, according to a report in the Boston Herald.
Seidenberg reportedly skated for about 15 minutes. The veteran is now 13 weeks removed from Jan. 7 surgery to repair the right ACL he tore Dec. 27.
Originally projected to miss 6-8 months after the torn ACL and MCL, the Bruins have not ruled out that Seidenberg could return by the latter stages of the playoffs. The team has admitted that's an unlikely outcome, however.
With the length of Seidenberg's absence, the Bruins may not want to put him back in game action over players that are in playoff mode and at that point will have likely contributed to a deep run. But just for Seidenberg's leg to support his body so soon is remarkable.
McQuaid hasn't played since Jan. 19. He had a setback while skating during the Olympic break and hadn't been on the ice since. On March 5, the Bruins announced they would shut McQuaid down for 2-3 weeks, so based on the Herald report, McQuaid took over a month to get back in skates.
It would be unlikely that McQuaid could return in time for Game 1 of the playoffs next Thursday, and there's no guarantee that McQuaid will even play should he be cleared. Dougie Hamilton and Johnny Boychuk are entrenched as the top two right-shot defensemen, and Kevan Miller has done nothing to be taken out of the rotation.
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July 9th, 2009
No Congressional resolution for Jackson
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has scotched plans for a vote on a resolution honoring Michael Jacksonas an "accomplished contributor to the worlds of arts and entertainment" and a "global humanitarian."
Pelosi called Jackson a "great, great performer", but opined "I don't think it's necessary" to pass a resolution praising him, according to CNN Congressional producer Deirdre Walsh.
She acknowledged that opening the resolution to debate could create an unseemly spectacle with some members of the House potentially expressing "contrary views" about the entertainer.
One of those contrary views comes from Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), who posted a video to YouTube denouncing Jackson as a "low-life, a "pervert" and a "pedophile." He had vowed to block the resolution.
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas), who spoke at Jackson's memorial service in Los Angeles Tuesday, had introduced the resolution "honoring an American legend and musical icon."
Do you think Michael Jackson deserves a Congressional resolution in his honor?
July 9th, 2009
All Good Festival :: Thursday Arrival
Jarrett Bellini reports from the 13th annual All Good Festival in Masontown, West Virginia
It all started in 2007 when my buddies and I decided to skip the usual bachelor party clichés – Vegas, strip club, Disney on Ice – and, instead, head up to the mountains of West Virginia for three days of music and camping. Now, it's become a tradition… so long as we agree to loose standards when it comes to quantifying "tradition."
In my eyes, there are three things that separate All Good from the other big summer gatherings – three important attributes that make it worth coming back year after year to see some of the very best of improvisational rock and roots.
For starters, All Good provides no overlapping sets. With only two main stages, nestled next to each other at the bottom of the same hill, one needs only to turn his or her head from the big stage to the small stage, and vice-versa, upon the completion of each set. The next act will already be geared up and ready to go, making the experience completely stress free. You never have to choose between bands, and there's no wasted time walking from one stage to another. Though, it is recommended that you actually get up and move around from time to time. Festival hillside bed sores are totally not rock n' roll.
The second thing that makes All Good all good is the setting. Believe it or not, the mountains of West Virginia offer far more than just fodder for cheap Appalachian humor. Quite simply, Marvin's Mountaintop is beautiful. And while those other festivals manage to cram a large town's worth of people into an open field, baking everyone under a hot sun, All Good folks camp out within scenic trees and valleys, enjoying mild summer weather that even manages to get chilly at night. And the sunsets… they're truly unbeatable.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, All Good Festival likely offers the most bang for your buck. In fact, tickets for this weekend-long event start at $109. The other big festivals start at about $250. I've never been good with numbers, but that's like a $400 difference. (Was I close?) Now, I'll grant you that the likes of Bonnaroo and Rothbury offer considerably more bands and some truly world class big acts. However, as I already mentioned, with all those overlapping sets, fans are forced to make tough decisions. Personally speaking, making tough decisions has never been my forte. I believe I still have an unfinished text vote from the second season of American Idol. It's a rather unfortunate personality trait, and I'm fairly certain that having to make said tough decisions in the intense summer heat would likely lead to an afternoon spent crying inside my tent, curled up in the fetal position. Again, totally not rock n' roll.
So, really, when it comes right down to it, for far less money, you end up enjoying the same amount of entertainment at All Good, but without having to miss a moment of music. Plus you get mountains. Mmmmmm... mountains.
And with that, the music starts later this evening. Thursday is early-bird arrival day, and Keller Williams looks to be the big act of the night. More to come from the mountaintop where, already, things are feeling all good.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Treasury said its return on the sale of stock in bailed-out insurance giant American International Group reached $15.1 billion Tuesday.
The Treasury began with a sale of 553.8 million shares of the company into which it had invested $182.3 billion to keep it from collapsing in the heat of the financial meltdown of 2008 and 2009.
The shares were priced at $32.50 apiece, with expected proceeds of $18 billion. However, with an over-allotment in effect, the Treasury's take was expected to reach $20.7 billion, the department said in a statement.
The sale was also expected to disperse 636.9 million shares that would reduce the department's holdings of AIG from 53.4 percent to 15.9 percent.
In total, the Treasury said its return on the $182.3 billion investment had now come to $197.4 billion, "representing a positive return of $15.1 billion to date," the department said.