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It is quite rewarding and informative to learn about the study of food & agricultural science outside of Chicago and the United States. Last week, we were fortunate to be visited by a delegation from the Suwon High School for Agricultural Science from Suwon in South Korea. Founded in 1936, the school specializes in training students for leadership in plant resources, the environment, industrial machinery, food processing and bio-sciences; career paths very similar to those offered at the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences.
The principal of the school, Kang Jang Koo, serves as President of the Korea Agricultural Education Association as well as a leader of the National FFK (the Future Famers of Korea), a global partner of the National FFA Organization.
Eli's Jeff Anderson explains the source of Eli's ingredients as well as how an Eli's Cheesecake is made with the delegation from Suwon High School for Ag Science.
Eli's Marc Schulman is presented with a hand decorated fan by Suwon teacher, Sonyoung Beattie, and Kang Jang Goo, principal and leader of agricultural education in South Korea.
Master Ag Teacher, Sheila Fowler, at the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences joins the students and teachers from Suwon High School for Agricultural Science in decorating an Eli's Cheesecake to share with their host families.
On Tuesday, the students from Suwon will be attending Ag Day at the Illinois State Fair with students from the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences. Eli's is donating the dessert for all the guests at the the Ag Day Lunch hosted by Governor Quinn and Agriculture Director, Tom Jennings on the Director's Lawn.


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On any other night, a 2-0 win would be just a 2-0 win. But on Saturday night, the Dynamo's 2-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes gave them not only three well-deserved points, but it etched their name in the MLS record books.
For the 34th consecutive game in Houston - at Robertson Stadium or BBVA Compass Stadium - the Dynamo finished the match with at least one point, tying the all-time all-competitions record set by Real Salt Lake between 2009-2011. Despite the historic result, Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear will not be so quick to trademark commemorative memorabilia.
"You don't get anything for it," Kinnear told reporters after the match. "You get a lot of points and get asked a lot of questions and a lot of satisfaction on a week-to-week basis, but in the end it goes down in a statistical record book.
"Don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful accomplishment and I'm glad I'm part of the group that's done it, but there is still a lot of other stuff to be thought about as well."
Although the Dynamo tied the MLS all-competitions record on Saturday night, the club remains one shy of the MLS regular season record. Saturday's win was the Dynamo's 28th consecutive regular season home game unbeaten, one fewer than Real Salt Lake's record of 29.
Dynamo fans will have to wait a week before the men in orange continue their historic run. Kinnear's squad will hit the road next Saturday night for a match against the Portland Timbers, before returning home the following Sunday to host the Chicago Fire.

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I've been busy the past few days preparing a bunch of my baby/kid clothes and some maternity clothes for the Just Between Friends sale this weekend in town. It's a HUGE sale with over 300 consignors and 20,000 items.
I have never consigned stuff there before, but I did shop the sale last year and bought a ton of stuff for Julian (all of which he's outgrown, of course).
Tonight is the presale for consignors and I'm hoping to score some good stuff, mostly some summer clothes for the kids and maybe some other things like play equipment for the yard or perhaps a double stroller. We'll see. I was there this morning dropping off my clothes and there is so much stuff. I actually bought some HABA wooden rattle/teethers directly from my friend while we were there. The sale hasn't even started and I'm already spending my cash. 😉 I'm sure I could spend a fortune there if I didn't restrain myself.
While we are undecided if we will have more kids, I decided to go ahead and part with a bunch of the baby/kids' clothes taking up room in our house. (Less we'll have to move to a new house someday, right?) I saved some for sentimental reasons, but I figure it's pretty easy and not that expensive to buy more baby clothes (used/consigned) in the future should we have the need. Might as well clear some of the stuff out of our house in the meantime. I also donated some of our clothes to our local Attachment Parenting International group who's using the profits from the sale to buy AP books to stock our local libraries. 🙂


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BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Ariz. (AP) — Thorn-coated bushes, rock-covered terrain, scorching temperatures. A hissing rattlesnake.
These are just few of the many perils migrants crossing from Mexico into the southern Arizona desert encounter every day. And far more of them will attempt to cross this summer, the U.S. Border Patrol predicts.
The agency unveiled its plans Wednesday for dealing with the problem of immigrants dying in the desert, including 10 new beacons that allow migrants to call for help at the push of a red button. The agency is also adding new hoisting systems on helicopters to rescue immigrants.
Officials from the Tucson sector on Wednesday gave reporters, government officials and immigration activists a demonstration of the latest tools they have to assist those who cross from Mexico into Arizona and get injured or dehydrated and cannot continue walking. The demonstration was held 20 miles north of the Sasabe port of entry to Mexico, southwest of Tucson, and included a nearly one-mile hike through rough terrain where migrants often cross.
The border patrol says it sees a steep increase in calls for help coming from its 22 beacons as the summer approaches.
"The smugglers are telling people, 'oh it's going to be a short walk, it's not going to be a big deal,' when the reality is you're looking at 114 degree temperatures, this very rugged terrain that you see behind us, and once they cross the border, many times they're abandoned there and left vulnerable to the elements of the desert," Tucson sector chief Manuel Padilla, Jr., said.
"It's either they live or die. They make the call right away," agent Ricardo Cardiel said.
The beacons are 30-feet-tall and solar powered. They have sun reflectors and blue lights on top that are visible for 10 miles. The beacons have signs in three languages that direct users to push a red button that sends out a signal for help. Response times vary from 10 minutes to an hour depending on where the nearest agents are located.
Agents found 194 bodies and rescued 802 people in the desert in fiscal year 2013. There have been about 38 deaths this year, Padilla said. The Tucson sector covers 262 miles along the Arizona-Mexico border.
The border patrol has launched a campaign to inform potential migrants of the dangers they'll encounter crossing the Sonoran Desert.
During a nearly one-mile hike through a tree-covered area used by migrants, reporters encountered rough terrain, bushes coated in thorns and even a hissing rattlesnake.
An old backpack, jacket and what one border agent called "chanclas" — Spanish slang for shoes — littered the way. Temperatures in the summer average about 113 degrees, officials say, although Wednesday was breezy and cool.
Juanita Molina, executive director of Human Borders, Inc., a humanitarian group, says the border patrol's efforts are greatly needed. Although migrant crossings have decreased over the last few years, the percentage of people who die attempting to cross has increased from about 150 a year to nearly 200 last year.
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Fuel Cell range extender?
Fuel Cell range extender?
The catch with these fancy invention in SMALL cars is, the small car.
For comparison lets look at the 40kw Model S. Just throwing out some easy numbers we'll say the 40kw battery drives the vehicle at our preferred speeds for 2 hours. That's using 20kWh. If the fuel cell replaces enough energy just to double the range that would be an extra 20kWh or 8 fuel cells and a large enough tank to run them for 2 hours. It seems to me that the 85kw battery Tesla offers is smaller and more efficient than this idea.
Nothing I have stated is based an many facts of any sort. Just my take on what little info they provided in the article. By the time this prototype is released Tesla will have even better tech of their own. I don't see it catching up.
Being part of the effort i would say you should take it serius, i completely agree that the article offers few details - if you would like further information let me know.
I have always thought ugly was an ugly word. When it comes to design i guess it is a matter of opinion and personal taste. When it comes to derogatory statements on Denmark and your expectations on what comes out of Denmark (small/ugly red.) i simply do not know where to start in the snappy comebacks so i will let it rest...
I agree with you that small cars are just that, small - the main point of the concept is energy effeciency - and saving energy is the best way of being effecient.
The Range extender is based on the Average power consumption of any give application - being urban, sub urban or professional usage. This enables a reduced battry pack (and weight) as the battery pack is only used as a buffer.
The fuel - in this case Methnaol, has a very high energy desinty and with a conversion effeciency of 45% electrical and 80% total (heat or cooling) you can essentially carry the fuel you need for any duration of operation. If you need the vehicel for very intence or extended operation the refueling of methanol is just like gasoline - fast, cheap and convenient.
You should note that as a seriel range extender there are varius ways of configuring the hybrid setup.
It is obvius that the concept is new and in no way compares to the BEV effort but when you take the time to look over the concept it has a potential worth exploring further. I am a huge fan of tesla and BEV in general, but i also see some difficulties and do not belive this to be the silver bullit - hence the development in question.
I would be happy to elaborate further if you have some questions.
//MF Jensen
@Jensen, if you are serious about this, don't go for "small car" route, think big. In small cars batteries win hands down the competition with fuel cells (power, simplicity, size of the system, the convenience of never needing to go to gas station etc.) but in large cars "refueling" and cost of the needed batteries becomes an issue and you just don't need multi-megawatt of power to move even huge trucks.
Put that system in long-haul truck if you want to get real attention to "powers that be". A 18-wheeler with four motors (each driving wheel having their own), the huge torque that electric motors offer combined with highly efficient not too expensive fuel cell "range extender" would make a very good testcase.
A big 18-wheeler uses more than five times the energy a passenger car uses (especially if terrain is hilly), so getting even small range of 300 miles (small for something like 18-wheeler) would require 425kWh battery. Charging that in any reasonable time would be pretty damn close to impossibility, and cost of the battery alone would be very high. A required fuel cell OTOH would not need to be that big, and high energy density of methanol would make perfect fuel for those.
Brian H, you may be aware of this, but let me point this out just in case: You come across ridiculously arrogant. Absolutely inadequate for a conversation where you don't know nor see you conversation partner, IMO.
You should really cut on these kinds of comments, or at least make them in the addressees native language (w/ correct spelling and grammar, of course). As a native speaker, correcting non-native speakers' spellings and then drawing an analogy about their personality is just too cheap and makes you look like an idiot yourself.
Brian H, how do you "double-check the grammar"? Seriously, how?
These are not blog entires, they are comments in a forum. Errors are inevitable and understandable and for non-native speakers errors in language should not count anything at all. I agree with V.B, and I think 99% of the people share this feeling. Probably 100% from those that are not native English speakers.


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Microsoft on Tuesday set the price of its Windows RT Surface tablet with 32GB of storage at US$499, setting up the stage for a battle with Apple's iPad, which has a similar starting price.
The Surface tablet with RT is 680 grams, 9.3 millimeters thick and has a 10.6-inch screen. It will come with 32GB and 64GB storage, and a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, which is based on an ARM processor.
Consumers will be able to pre-order the tablet at 9:00 a.m. U.S. Pacific Time, Microsoft said in a statement. With the 32GB model, Microsoft is also offering an optional Touch Cover accessory, which is a magnetic cover that also functions as a keyboard. The 32GB model with a Touch Cover will be priced at $599, while a 64GB model will come with the Touch Cover for $699.
Other features include front and back cameras, Bluetooth 4.0, a microSDXC card slot, USB 2.0 ports and 2GB of RAM. The tablet will come with Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 RT Preview, which will include Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote. The Office software will later be updated to the final version.
Microsoft's tablet so far is the cheapest RT tablet in the market. Asus, Lenovo, Samsung and Dell will also be offering RT tablets after the OS is launched. Retailer Staples has Asus's Vivo Tab RT entry price listed at $599.99. Lenovo is offering a hybrid tablet-laptop device called IdeaPad Yoga 11 starting at $799. Pricing for Samsung's Ativ Tab has not been revealed yet, but U.K. online retailer Clove wrote in a blog that the tablet will become available in late October in the U.K. for a base price of $735, which totals about $880 including value-added tax.
Surface is company's first Windows computing device, and expectations are high. Microsoft has made its own hardware in the past, succeeding with the Xbox game console but failing with the Zune multimedia players and Kin smartphones, which have both been discontinued. Microsoft has tried to differentiate from rival RT tablets with some interesting design tweaks like a kickstand and the Touch Cover accessory. Windows RT and 8 are Microsoft's first tablet OSes, and the company hopes to bring its package of home-grown software, services and hardware to rival Apple, which has a commanding lead in the fast growing tablet market.
Analysts have said Microsoft's entrance into the tablet market would create a rift with PC makers, which are key to selling more copies of Windows. But analysts also said Microsoft is looking to gain control of its hardware, software and services, and perhaps also wants to create a reference design of Windows devices for PC makers. But with the starting price at $499, Microsoft's Surface tablet competes directly with tablets from other Windows device makers.
Surface will be available for purchase starting Oct. 26 at Microsoft Store locations in the U.S. and Canada. Taking a cue from Apple, the Surface tablet will be on display through Microsoft's retail locations and "pop up" stores, which are temporary stores or retail kiosks that will be set up at various locations and malls in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. The Surface will be available online in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, U.K. and the U.S.
The Surface was introduced in June. The company also announced a version of Surface called the Surface Pro with an Intel Core processor and Windows 8 Pro, but specific pricing and availability information for that product has not been announced. The Surface with Windows 8 Pro also has a 10.6-inch screen, is heavier at 903 grams and has an Intel Core i5 processor based on Ivy Bridge microarchitecture. It has a host of features such as USB 3.0 ports and up to 128GB of storage, and is largely targeted at the enterprise or power users who need PC functionality.
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Just in from our friend Sarah Smart, who worked with us at Martha Stewart as as a stylist.
"I am totally in love with Coyuchi baby blankets and hooded baby towels. I have, in the past, done a lot of obsessive baby bedding research…and this line is far better than almost anything I've seen (with a few exceptions of course, such as Swans island, Brahms Mount, Matteo baby, etc…but you get the point).
And this is coming from someone who had Belgian Libeco linen sheets altered into a custom crib skirt, and a hand-me-down crib bumper covered in gray seersucker fabric…(and then of course the baby never even slept in the crib
Today Coyuchi's line goes on sale at 11am on One Kings Lane. The hooded baby towels, paired with the bath mitt, would make a perfect shower gift. The stripes collection is super chic (and not just for baby, as this collection is available in the regular bedding as well). I don't know if they invented the hooded baby blanket, but it's clever. Oh and last but not least, the striped crib skirt is a rare find. Now if only beautiful bedding would ensure that the baby would stop screaming and sleep through the night."


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GREENSBORO � Managers of a Mebane mental health facility pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges of Medicaid fraud, billing the state for services never provided.
Evelyn Fuller, 61, of Mebane, and Michael McLean, 56, of McLeansville, pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy to commit health care fraud and felony health care fraud during a hearing Wednesday in federal court in Greensboro, according to a release from the office of Ripley Rand, U.S. attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Fuller operated Harvest House Community Development Corp. Inc., with group home facilities on Cedar Lane and Falcon Lane in Mebane, providing a group home for teens and mental health services to Medicaid clients. McLean was a manager for the corporation. According to documents filed with the N.C. Secretary of State�s office, Harvest House is a nonprofit entity and was incorporated in June 2003, with its principal office at 462 McPherson Drive, Mebane.
Fuller and McLean pleaded guilty to charges that they submitted or aided and abetted the submission of claims to the N.C. Medicaid program between June 2007 and Nov. 2008 for mental services that were never provided. The claims� total came to about $400,000, the release said.
McLean and Fuller �paid cash to some Medicaid recipients in order to obtain access to the recipient�s [sic] Medicaid numbers. The numbers are required for billing Medicaid and were used in the fraudulent billing scheme,� the release said.
Their sentencing hearings are scheduled for June 13. They face a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. The plea agreements require Fuller and McLean repay the Medicaid program.
The case was investigated by the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and the Medicaid Investigations Division of the N.C. Attorney General�s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Hamilton and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney/Assistant Attorney General Jacqueline Perez are prosecuting the case.


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ESSAY- Virtual feast: Go beyond Thanksgiving dinner... in Rome
Picture this as you gather around your holiday feast: In the olden days, there were people who ate dinner while reclining on a horseshoe arrangement of wide, deep couches arrayed around the dining table, three guests to a couch.
Propped up on their left elbows, they helped themselves to bite-sized finger foods such as ram's testicles, snails, or flower bulbs.
I try to imagine my family tucking into turkey and mashed potatoes in such a dining room, and it makes my left shoulder ache just thinking about it. And with everyone lolling around like that, it would feel more like pizza time at a pajama party than a proper dinner.
But what do I know? This is how the upper-crust Romans did it, way back in the day– and, by all accounts, these were people who knew how to have a good time.
While visiting Italy last year, I developed an appetite for ancient history. Ever since, I've been finding out how the ancient Romans lived, what they wore, and what they ate.
I want to know what it was like to walk around among all those columned marble temples, the bathhouses, the low brick homes of the wealthy, and the wooden tenements that were home to the majority of Romans: the poor people.
One of the reasons the Romans were big on feasting is because many of the guests didn't know where their next meal would be coming from. The rich folks were the ones with fancy dining rooms, and they had dinner parties nearly every day.
Roman hosts prided themselves on having a mix of rich and poor at these gatherings, and the less-than-rich had the routine challenge of snagging a dinner invitation at some point during the day– every day.
Particularly fruitful, for such social networking, were the elaborate bathhouses, which comprised libraries, gyms, and ball fields. For many people in this ancient trickle-down economy, no dinner invitation meant no dinner.
So, when they did get a place at the table, they stuffed themselves, and brought home leftovers for the wife and kids.
As a 21st century tourist in Rome, you look around at all those marble columns strewn around like lumber, and you want to know what the place looked like during its heyday.
You wish you could take a stroll through those ancient streets, before they were ancient, and peek inside the still-intact buildings. (And, oh, to be a guest at one of those decadent dinner parties! Who knows? Maybe ram's testicles are fabulous.)
Luckily, for those of us who've been hankering for virtual time-travel, we now have a portal to the past that's as close as our computers.
Archaeologists and high tech wizards – most notably, the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia – have put their heads together and recreated Ancient Rome.
The recently-unveiled "Rome Reborn" is a 3D digital recreation of that ancient city, and you can play with it (or should I say "in it") for free on Google Earth, where it exists as a layer floating above modern Rome. (You'll find "Ancient Rome 3D" in the layers pane, under "gallery.")
This international team has virtually reconstructed 32 buildings complete with detailed architectural features.
You can zoom in, pass through walls like a ghost, and cruise around in this 320 AD version of Ancient Rome– even enter the tunnel that connected the Coliseum with the gladiators' bullpen.
The 3D recreation also includes several thousand additional buildings, rendered in less detail.
Playing with "Rome Reborn" is a great way to narrow the nearly 17-century gap between 320 AD and today.
But what I'd really like to see is a "Rome Reborn, Refurnished and Repopulated."
I want to smell the sow's udder roasting in the oven, taste the "garum" sauce made from rotting fish– which was sort of like ketchup for ancient Romans.
If I had my way, I would watch the Romans in action, lolling around on those couches, looking and acting so much like the people around my own dinner table that the distance between us would fall away.


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This article attempts to apply Rank?s concept of individual birth trauma to the history of ancient Israel as depicted in the Bible. The birth of the Jewish people as reviewed in the relevant Biblical texts demonstrates recurrent and significant traumata at individual, family, and large-scale collective levels, indicating that the early Israelites did experience collective birth trauma. Ramifications of this for a greater understanding of the Bible and of Jewish history and cultural practices are explored. The potential need and possibility of clinical treatment of collective trauma is also discussed.
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Braising is an excellent way to keep fish steaks moist and flavorful.
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- 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 large onion, thinly sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 cup Kalamata olives, pitted, coarsely chopped
- 2 lemons, halved lengthwise, cut crosswise into thin slices
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 4 8- to 9-ounce fish steaks (such as halibut or salmon; each 1 inch thick)
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh Italian parsley
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and bell pepper. Sauté until onion is translucent, about 12 minutes. Add garlic and stir 1 minute. Add olives, lemons, and wine and bring to boil.
- Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in heavy large skillet over high heat. Sprinkle fish steaks with salt and pepper. Add to skillet and sauté until first side browns, about 2 minutes.
- Turn fish over. Add bell pepper mixture and juices; add parsley. Reduce heat to medium; simmer uncovered until fish is just opaque in center, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- Divide fish and sauce among shallow bowls; drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil.
Per serving: 482 calories, 24g fat (3g saturated fat), 65mg cholesterol, 454mg sodium, 15g carbohydrates, 4g fiber, 44g protein


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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:27 am
Post subject: Re: how long can you keep brine meat before cooking
maf wrote:
I just need to know how long can you keep the chicken breast after brining?
In other words can you brine at night for 2 hours, wash and refrigerate to cook the next day? Can you freeze brine meat?
As long as you brined at refrigerator temperatures, you can treat the brined chicken as if it had been in the refrigerator that whole time. So, if it's a fresh piece, then definitely, after rinsing, you can store in the refrigerator or freeze as you would normally.
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:51 pm
Post subject: Brining a boned turkey than stuffing it
I will be deboning my turkey for Thanksgiving this year. I would like to brine a 14 lb. boned turkey overnight. Then I'd like to stuff it with an oyster stuffing. Do you think that will make the turkey moist and juicy, while not causing the stuffing to be too salty?
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:05 am
Post subject: Re: Brining a boned turkey than stuffing it
sanha wrote:
I will be deboning my turkey for Thanksgiving this year. I would like to brine a 14 lb. boned turkey overnight. Then I'd like to stuff it with an oyster stuffing. Do you think that will make the turkey moist and juicy, while not causing the stuffing to be too salty?
Rinse the bird after brining to remove surface salt. The salt in the turkey meat from the brining shouldn't leach out into the stuffing. I'd also encourage you to cook the stuffing separately for best results - turkeys with stuffing are often either overcooked to ensure food safety or the stuffing end up undercooked when the turkey is done cooking.
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Jim MacK
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:58 pm
Post subject: Brining Water/Salt added Turkeys (Frozen Butterball)
I'd like to brine a thawed 24 lb. turkey that has water and salt listed as being added. My reason for brining is to use apple and orange juices with brown sugar and some salt as the brine to infuse some extra flavor.
If I reduce the salt content of the brine will the fruit and sugar get into the meat? Thanks for any help
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Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:59 pm
Post subject: using sugar in the brine
Why do brining recipes usually include some type of sugary base? What is the purpose of sugar in the brining process? Is sugar necessary?
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Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:12 pm
Post subject: Re: using sugar in the brine
MistyC wrote:
Why do brining recipes usually include some type of sugary base? What is the purpose of sugar in the brining process? Is sugar necessary?
No, it isn't necessary. It is mostly for flavor, and only contributes marginally to the denaturing process.
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Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:58 am
Post subject: great explanation!
finally a decent explanation about how and why brinning works, I never bought the simple osmosis explanation mostly because it would work the opposite as it really works, great post thanks a lot for sharing such great thoughts =D
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Mark R
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:15 am
Post subject: Brining
Oh dear! an engineer's website and we have cups per gallon......would any of you real engineers have specified a brine like that? It really is easy to do percentage, so at least we people in the rest of the world who use the SI system can do a quick and easy calculation - 5% say means 50 gms per litre.
While we are not trying to land on Mars with this stuff, the SI units, or at least percentage, means easy calculation and no mistakes.
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:11 am
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Yes, sorry! This article was written ten years ago and somewhere around 8 years ago I thought I switched everything to show mass when appropriate, but obviously missed some articles. 1/2 cup salt per gallon is around a 4% brine solution or 40 g salt per liter. I'll update the article the next time I do a content update pass.
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Years ago, I met a woman that had a big gallon jar in her frig. full of pickle juices. All month long she would pour her left over pickle juices into this jar. It didnt matter what kind of pickle juice, sweet, dill, bread and butter, ect. At the end of the month she would take it out and boil it on the stove then add all different types of veggies to it and put it in jars and put it in the ref. crunchy pickled veggies was the results. Very good.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 10:54 pm
Post subject: Brining
Thanks for this enlightening discussion! About a year ago I brined a chicken and while it came out absolutely great (juicy, flavourful, the skin delicious) it was just a tad too salty. A tad. I put it down to the fact that the chicken was on the puny side, perhaps 800g. Unfortunately I don't remember where I found the recipe/instructions so I can't make the necessary adjustments. I do remember that the brining time was 8 hours, after which time the chicken was to be washed in plenty of cold water and dried inside and out. And then put in the fridge uncovered for 12 hours to dry thoroughly. It turned out kind of leathery, yet I think this drying out period is an essential part of the process. What I don't remember is the salinity of the brining liquid (only that the website was an American one so the measurements were in the unfamiliar cups and quarts). By the way, I dissolved the salt in boiling water because I'd added orange peel, peppercorns, fresh rosemary and other things and figured, rightly or wrongly, that the hot water would release the aromatic oils (and flavour the chicken). But one wonders about the widow of error: too much brining (resulting in saltiness), too little or short a brining (resulting in ineffectiveness). Someone here mentioned that he uses brining liquid that's slightly less salty than seawater and brines his turkey for 24 hours. So perhaps I should try 3% (30g salt to the litre) and brine my puny chickens for 8-10 hours. Or go for 4% and brine them for, say, 4 hours. Any thoughts?
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....unfamiliar cups and quarts
there is yet another problem - "salt" when measured by volume - cups, tablespoons, etc - has a different weight/mass depending on its grind and 'structure'
"table salt" - the stuff fine enough to go through small holes of the typical salt shaker - is approx. 304 grams per "cup"
(=8 fluid ounces=16 tablespoons=236.6 ml)
however "kosher" salt - more typically used in meat preparation - weighs about 248 grams per cup (Mortons brand) but Diamond Crystal kosher salt is more like 180 grams per cup.
and a flaked sea salt is even less at 133 grams per cup.....
you probably don't have those brands, so the % by weight is a much better approach - if one can sleuth out what "kind" of salt the recipe author is using....
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Post subject: Warm brine
Hi I accidentally poured warm brine on my chicken and then I put it in the fridge, will my chicken be ok?
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it'll be just fine.
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A late note about osmosis: If you use a "Nettie pot" try it sometime without the salt! The sinus pain is quite intense. The reason is that the distilled water has no salt(s) and will "pull" the salt out of the nerve cells as it does all the cells. The same reasoning applies to downing victims in fresh water have much shorter time to revive than seawater due to salt depletion. Oxygen starvation is not a factor in the difference.
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According to this Bloomberg article, the boombustblog.com articles more than doubled the performance of the best performing Wall Street analyst of the past year, and soundly out-performed ALL of the analyst and brokerages house recommendations - most of whom had deeply negative returns and failed to beat the broad markets. Hey, I'm just lowly Internet blogger. That's a damn shame. If I had the time, I would seriously consider opening up a pure research shop to put these guys out of their misery. If they let a blogger roll over them like this, imagine what a professional with a big budget could do!
From Bloomberg:
Investors who followed the advice of analysts who say when to buy and sell shares of brokerage firms and banks lost 17 percent in the past year, twice the decline of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
Buying shares on the advice of Merrill Lynch & Co.'s Guy Moszkowski, the top-ranked brokerage analyst in Institutional Investor's annual survey, cost investors 17 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Deutsche Bank AG analyst Michael Mayo's counsel to purchase New York-based Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. lost 59 percent. Citigroup Inc.'s Prashant Bhatia still rates Merrill ``buy'' after its 56 percent retreat from a January 2007 record.
Of the 39 analysts tracked by Bloomberg who follow stocks in the Amex Securities Broker/Dealer Index, 32 produced losses for investors. Investors who bought brokerages on ``buy'' recommendations, sold when they switched to ``hold'' and speculated prices would decline when analysts said ``sell,'' lost 17 percent in the last year through June 3, compared with the S&P 500's 8.5 percent drop...
Meredith Whitney, who correctly predicted Citigroup Inc. would reduce its dividend to preserve capital, lost 16 percent collectively at Oppenheimer & Co., her current employer, and CIBC World Markets, where she worked until mid-January. Whitney's advice included buying Lehman shares up until March 24 as the stock lost 35 percent.
Whitney made investors 1.8 percent over the past three months, the eighth-best performance. A phone message left for Whitney wasn't returned, and John Parks, the director of research at Oppenheimer, didn't respond to an e-mail.
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Supporters of California's same-sex marriage ban indicated Tuesday that they plan to ask a federal appeals court -- not the U.S. Supreme Court -- to reverse a ruling that voter-approved Prop 8 is unconstitutional.
Document: Feb. 7 Prop 8 Ruling | Prop 8 Timeline | Feb. 21 Prop 8 Appeal
Sponsors of the 2008 ballot measure plan to appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A three-judge panel from the 9th Circuit issued the 2-1 decision Feb. 7 that Prop 8 violated the civil rights of same-sex couples.
Prop 8 backers plan to appeal to a larger panel from the 9th Circuit. They faced a midnight deadline for petitioning the court to reconsider.
"Generally speaking, we think the 9th Circuit as a whole deserves the chance to basically fix this because the decision is such an outlier, it's really not representative of what the 9th Circuit's thinking on this issue has been,'' said Protect Marriage legal counsel Andy Pugno. "There is liberal and then there is insanity, and there is just no way the entire 9th Circuit would sign off on a decision like this."
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Inigo software is just me at the moment. My software manages specifications, documents and procurement for professional interior designers. I want a classy, simple logo which will appeal to their extra-critical design sensibilities. It should be classic, unfussy, convey dependability and be memorable without being too gimmicky. The exclamation mark is an integral part of the logo and must always be included.
The logo text is "Inigo! Project automation for Interior Designers "
There should be a subtle differentiation between 'ini' & "go!" so that "go!" is perceived while at the same time making "inigo!" read naturally as one word. This might be achieved by using 2 tones of colour or perhaps one part could be in an outline font. Uppercase/lowercase I don't mind. I leave it up to you.
Perhaps something clever can be done with the i & ! being inverted versions of each other, but unsophisticated gimmicky-ness is to be avoided.
"Project Automation for Interior Designers" should be underneath or to the right of "Inigo!" and probably in a smaller size.
In cases where "Preview" is shown, it should be in a contrasting colour and positioned at the top right of "Inigo!" in smaller text which is either horizontal or angled like a sticker.
I am open to suggestions on colour palette but a dependable/corporate look is required.
Professional Interior Designers.
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The logo graphic should be positioned at the left side of the text, having a similar height so that it doesn't waste too much space when included on the screens of my software. It can be wider than high but it should also be adaptable for use as a square desktop icon.
The most graphically identifying feature of the software is a spreadsheet in which each row is coloured according to the characteristics of the item that the row represents. Therefore a good graphic/icon could be comprised of perhaps 5-7 different coloured horizontal lines. Each line would be a single colour but each can be a different colour in a spectrum of colours. These lines could be round or square ended, but the gaps between them should be perhaps no more than 25% of the thickness of the lines so that the lines are dominant and not too spindly. The colours could be in normal spectrum sequence or random, I'm not sure. In the software they are often random.
The graphic/icon could also feature just the letter "i" or just an exclamation mark "!". Perhaps one of these characters could be superimposed on the coloured horizontal lines as mentioned above.
Examples of colours/logos I like and the type of web site design that this logo will later be included in are here:
• The full logo containing the words and graphic, with versions that will work on a black or white background.
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• A square icon of only the graphic/icon part, sized at 48 x 48 pixels
• A favicon of the square icon above.
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• Print file format - (CMYK)
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I've mentioned a few times how tough it has been to lose weight while running - you all know what I'm talking about. I don't really focus a ton of effort towards it... more, I'm just mindful of what I'm eating, and how it will fuel my body. I weigh myself, maybe once a week or so... sometimes more, sometimes less, but not really on any specific pattern, and more out of curiosity. For me, being healthy is so much more important than what I weigh. I know that number on the scale doesn't take into account the calves or quads I've gained over the last year.
But this.... this REALLY hit me.
These two pictures were taken exactly one year apart...
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- SupermomE13 said...
You look AMAZING!!!! Great job! Isn't that awesome?? Hugs!
- September 16, 2011 at 6:38 AM
- Non Sequitur Chica said...
Wow what a difference!!! You look fantastic. It's great to see results. :-)
- September 16, 2011 at 6:54 AM
- Stephanie F said...
You lost so much BOOB! In a good way.
- September 16, 2011 at 6:56 AM
- Bean said...
Way to go!You look great! (also love the sparkle skirt) I have been losing weight slooowwwllly but surely as well through running and trying to eat better. I am not a huge fan of the scale but the pants/pictures don't lie! Love the blog:)
- September 16, 2011 at 8:02 AM
- funderson said...
Way to go, Mamacita! Yeah..you lost at least a boob...maybe a boob and a half..
- September 16, 2011 at 8:07 AM
- Rose @ Eat, Drink, and Be Meiri said...
Clearly, you have been kicking some ass!
- September 16, 2011 at 9:31 AM
- Patty T said...
First, so happy for you and your family that Gabby is in maintenance! (I'm catching up on your posts now) Second, you look freaking AWESOME!
- September 16, 2011 at 11:32 AM
- The Jesse said...
way to go! you look amazing. what a difference a year can make, huh?!?
- September 16, 2011 at 3:46 PM
- Fruit Fly said...
Nice job!
I don't really weigh myself much either, just once in a while out of curiosity. I have noticed recently I feel like things are changing - my tummy feels a tiny bit flatter and my upper legs suddenly changed over night ... in a good way (phew!). So I weighed myself ... exactly the same. So I guess it is good we don't place all of our energy worrying about the number because it is just a number after all!
- September 18, 2011 at 11:18 AM
- JessiePants said...
You are gorgeous! It is wicked hard to lose weight, but you are focused. Keep up the good work!
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When it comes to promoting races, Humpy Wheeler is the acknowledged master of our times, and the perfect speaker for the inaugural Race Track Business Conference Presented by National Speedway Directory (RTBC-2012).
The event will be held just prior to and in conjunction with the Performance Racing Industry Show, the centerpiece event for Race Industry Week 2012. The RTBC-2012 takes place Wednesday, November 28.
The PRI Trade Show runs from Thursday, November 29, to Saturday, December 1, 2012, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Occupying 750,000 square feet, it features over 1000 exhibits of new racing technology and draws 38,000 buyers from across the US, and 72 countries.
"The RTBC-2012 will focus on issues facing motorsports professionals on and off the track. From event operations to marketing to social media to finance to legal to museums, we expect to present a wide variety of sessions," said Tim Frost, publisher of National Speedway Directory, racing's key source of information on race tracks and more.
Industry leaders from across racing will be among the expert presenters. They include: Derek Daly, Formula 1 and Indy driver; Michael Culver, CEO of Skip Barber Racing School; John Lopes, president of Andretti Sports Marketing; Brock Yates, Jr., One Lap of America; Stoke Caldwell, partner at Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson; David Pijot, senior vice president of SunTrust Bank; Chris Lencheski, president, Front Row Marketing Services; and Bob Baker, executive director of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame.
Humpy Wheeler is the immediate past president and general manager of Charlotte Motor Speedway. He is a well-known, legendary promoter and member of nine halls of Fame, including the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. Currently he is chairman of the Wheeler Company, a management consulting firm focused on professional sports, motorsports and general business. In addition, he is a race advisor to the GP America at Port Imperial, an F1 race in the New York City metro area scheduled for June 2013.
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The Queen has visited her newest great-grandchild at Kensington Palace this morning.
The 87-year-old monarch, who will leave for Balmoral on Friday, arrived at 11am and spent around 30 minutes with new parents Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge.
Her Majesty's visit comes after she told guests on Tuesday night at Buckingham Palace that she was "thrilled" about the news of the latest addition to the Royal Family.
The Queen looked relaxed as she arrived in a turquoise floral dress as she was driven into Kensington Palace with her royal protection, where William, Kate and the new little Prince spent their first night out of hospital.
William and Kate have not been spotted today, although the couple's dog was seen being taken for a walk near the palace's grounds with a protection officer.
The first meeting would have been a joyous occasion for the Queen as she will be able to know the monarchy is secured for the next three generations with Charles, William and now the little Prince all in line for the throne.
Last week, she told children she would like the baby to arrive before she made her annual summer visit to Balmoral. "I would very much like it to arrive, I'm going on holiday," Her Majesty said.
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/ Wednesday, March 17, 2010 / 11 Comments / Chinese , Grilling , Malaysian , Meats
Chinese Barbecued Pork - Char Siu
Making Chinese Barbecued Pork at home is rather easy. The meat is marinated with lots of sugar, dark caramel sauce (or dark soy sauce), and rose cooking wine. It's then roasted in the oven and finished with some maltose solution to give the meat a shiny coat. There are several ways to serve the meat. You can enjoy it with some steamed rice/noodles, or use it as filling for steamed or baked buns. Here, I served the barbecued pork with some steamed rice and a sweet sauce, which also has a slight hint of saltiness from the Hoisin sauce.
Chinese Barbecued Pork-Char Siu
1.4 Kg Pork Butt or Belly w/o Skin (preferably with a little fat attached)
200 g Granulated Sugar
1 ½ Tbsp Rose Cooking Wine (Mei Kuei Lu Chiew)
3 Tbsp Dark Caramel Sauce or Dark Soy Sauce
5 to 6 Tbsp Maltose mixed with ½ cup of warm water or Honey
Sweet Sauce
6 Tbsp Soy Sauce
5 Tbsp Dark Caramel Sauce or Dark Soy Sauce
3 Tbsp Sugar
2 Tbsp Hoisin Sauce
¼ Cup Water
Cut the pork butt into 2 to 2 ½ -inch strips. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, cooking wine, and dark caramel sauce. Marinate the pork for at least 6 hours or overnight.
Preheat the oven to 400˚F. Let the pork come to a room temperature. Place the pork on the rack of a roasting pan. Roast the pork for about 35-40 and baste with the remaining marinate every 8 to 10 minutes.
When the meat is just beginning to char, brush with some maltose solution or honey, and roast until the meat is lightly char, about 10 to 15 minutes.
Remove the meat from the oven and let cool slightly before serving.
For the sauce: Bring the sauce to a boil and let simmer until the sauce has a thicker consistency. Serve warm.
Serves 8
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- AnonymousMarch 17, 2010 at 8:31 PM
Wow, this looks really good! May I know which brand of dark soy sauce you use? Thanks.ReplyDelete
@Anonymous: I used Cheong Chan's brand caramel sauce made in Malaysia. They are available over here in Vancouver.ReplyDelete
mmm.. this looks so good. I've been wanting to try to make this dish at home but haven't found a good recipe or one that looks authentic.ReplyDelete
Angie, I cannot understand how can you say you hate photography. Look at the stunning pictures of the Char Siew, you simply click also can make them look so mouth watering. I've got a lot to learn from you about photography really! And isn't it a great coincidence, I just made roasted Char Siew Buns today!ReplyDelete
Mmmm....I love this anytime. I can add into any dish to enhance the flavour. Our best way is also with rice and cumcumber.ReplyDelete
A Favorate of mine. I'm fortunate to have a Chinese BBQ place nearby.ReplyDelete
Ooooie-goooie-good That looks fantastic!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 12, 2010 at 11:26 AM
Does anyone know where in Vancouver, Canada to get the rose wine?ReplyDelete
@Anonymous: T & T/Osaka Supermarket.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 22, 2011 at 10:18 PM
What is a good alternative for rose wine?ReplyDelete
@Anonymous: You can use Shaoxing cooking wine.ReplyDelete


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ALBANY — Former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi, whose precipitous fall from power was one of the major scandals to hit state government in recent years, will be out of prison in time for the holidays.
Hevesi, 72, was granted parole after a hearing Wednesday at the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Oneida County. After his scheduled release on Dec. 19, he's expected to return to his home in Forest Hills, Queens.
"He served 19 months and did so without complaint and lament and accepted responsibility and is anxious to go home and see his family," said Bradley Simon, Hevesi's lawyer.
But Hevesi's longtime adviser, Hank Morris, was refused parole, with officials saying they feared he might commit more crimes if he was let go. Both decisions were announced Thursday.
Hevesi pleaded guilty in 2010 to official misconduct, a low-level felony, in connection with taking gifts from those seeking investments from the vast state pension fund, over which the comptroller is sole trustee. Venture capitalist Elliott Broidy accompanied Hevesi on trips to Israel, where he picked up the tab for numerous amenities.
"Your statement of remorse for damage caused to the state of New York, the Office of State Comptroller and its employees is acknowledged," Parole Board member Kevin Ludlow wrote in the decision to grant parole.
The two other board members who saw Hevesi during his hearing on Wednesday were William Smith Jr. and Michael Hagler. Hevesi will be on parole until April 2015.
Board members also acknowledged Hevesi has health issues and concluded that he was unlikely to commit any more crimes.
Hevesi has previously been described as a model prisoner and, in a hearing a year ago, said he worked as a window washer on his ward, cleaning dozens each day.
Hevesi will have to report to a parole officer and cannot associate with the three others who were convicted in the pay-to-play pension case: Broidy, Morris and David Loglisci, who was the state pension fund's main investment officer.
Loglisci was sentenced last year but served no prison time; Broidy is set for sentencing Nov. 26, the attorney general's office said.
"It's up to the judge," Broidy's lawyer Christopher Clark said of what he expects to happen.
Transcripts of Wednesday's parole hearing weren't immediately available but last year the former comptroller admitted guilt in the pay-to-play case.
He also said he had accepted from Broidy numerous extras during trips to Israel to explore investment opportunities. While the state pension fund paid for most of the trips, Hevesi said Broidy had picked up other costs, such as meals. Accepting any payment was "moronically stupid," Hevesi said.
The former comptroller also accepted campaign contributions.
Morris, Hevesi's longtime political adviser, enriched himself by charging hefty fees for connecting companies that wanted to do business with the pension fund.
According to state records, Morris is in Hudson Correctional Facility on a securities fraud conviction; as with Hevesi, Morris' maximum sentence is four years. His next parole hearing is scheduled for August 2013.
Morris earlier agreed to pay back $19 million he got through the placement fees. Broidy had also agreed to return $18 million in management fees.
Parole board members who met with Morris in Hudson on Wednesday said they didn't believe he would stay out of trouble if he was paroled, largely because he had asserted that he didn't understand his own state of mind while he was bringing in the placement fees.
"If released at this time there is a reasonable probability that you would not live and remain at liberty without again violating the law," stated the board's denial letter.
The pay-to-play scandal led to a ban on the use of placement agents for the pension fund and restrictions on donations by those seeking investments.
Hevesi had received nine letters in support of parole and one against, prison officials said. Even those who had battled him in the campaign arena thought he had spent enough time in prison.
"I don't think he's a threat to society," said Chris Callaghan of Waterford, a Republican who challenged Hevesi in 2006. He was among those who started the inquirey by saying Hevesi had been using a state employee as a chauffeur for his ailing wife. That led to Hevesi's resignation in late 2006.
Hevesi will continue to draw a state retirement pension of $105,000. While lawmakers as well as current Comptroller Tom DiNapoli have offered legislation that would strip felons of their pensions for crimes related to their public service, the payments are constitutionally protected.
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Troops in key posts may be rechecked for sex offenses
- Hagel has asked other services whether they think their work was as thorough as the Army%27s
- Rep. Jackie Speier of California questioned Hagel about the issue Thursday
- The Army has removed 588 soldiers from positions of trust after its review
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has discussed with Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy leaders an Army review that disqualified 588 soldiers from posts as sexual assault counselors and whether those services should follow the Army's lead.
Hagel's request stopped short of a directive to re-screen those troops. The Navy disqualified five sailors, while the Marine Corps and Air Force had no suspensions. USA TODAY reported last week that the Army suspended its soldiers for offenses ranging from sexual assault to child abuse and drunken driving. It is seeking to kick 79 of those soldiers from its ranks entirely; the others have been reassigned.
Rear Adm. John Kirby, Hagel's spokesman, said Hagel "has discussed the Army's results with the other services and solicited their views about whether or not they should follow suit."
Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., told Hagel during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday that it appeared the other services used different criteria than the Army in screening its troops. She pressed him on whether he would issue a new directive, calling on the other services to follow the Army's path.
Speier said she learned of the Army's move to suspend its soldiers from the news story and asked that the results of a new review be made public.
In May, Hagel issued a broad order to the services telling them to "review the credentials and qualifications" of sexual assault counselors, victim advocates and recruiters to ensure they met applicable standards.
Army Secretary John McHugh expanded Hagel's order, calling for a "comprehensive review" that also included drill instructors and sergeants conducting advanced individual training, according to a memo. In all, the Army examined records of more than 20,000 soldiers for fitness in handling sensitive posts.
The last year has seen major changes in the way the military handles sexual assault in its ranks. The Pentagon's own reporting in May found that incidents of unwanted sexual contact reported by troops had spiked by more than one-third from 2010 to 2012.
High-profile sexual assault allegations fueled calls for sweeping changes. The arrest and trial of an Air Force officer in charge of sexual assault prevention programs who was accused of drunkenly groping a woman outside a bar is emblematic of the incidents. The officer was later acquitted of sexual assault charges.
On Thursday, a measure to strip commanders of the authority to decide whether sexual assault allegations go to trial died in the Senate because it fell five votes short of the 60 needed to overcome a filibuster. It was the most radical approach to overhauling the military justice system in the past year, and several others were passed, including one that prevents commanders from overturning jury convictions and another that assigns special counsel to those bringing complaints.
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Stuffed Sole with Shrimp
If you like stuffed fish, this recipe is the way to go. It's so easy to assemble and cooks in just a few minutes in the microwave, shares Robert Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky. Try it with chicken instead of sole, if you prefer, for a meal that's equally good.
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 15 min.
Makes2 servings
- 2 sole fillets (6 ounces each), halved lengthwise
- 1-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
- Dash onion powder
- 1 can (4 ounces) small shrimp, rinsed and drained
- 3 tablespoons 2% milk
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped celery
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted, divided
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh parsley
- 1/2 cup cubed bread, toasted
- Dash paprika
- Drizzle fillets with lemon juice; sprinkle with onion powder. Set aside.
- In a microwave-safe dish, combine the shrimp, milk, celery, 1 tablespoon butter and parsley. Cover and microwave on high for 1 to 1-1/2 minutes or until celery is tender. Stir in bread cubes. Spoon shrimp mixture down center of each fillet. Starting with a short side, roll up and secure with toothpicks.
- Place in a shallow microwave-safe dish coated with cooking spray. Brush with remaining butter; sprinkle with paprika. Cover and microwave on high for 3-5 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving. Discard toothpicks.


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xxcity namexx Coin & Jewelry Exchange eg. "Pleasant Hill Coin & Jewelry Exchange"
We own two pawnshops, where we buy, sell, and loan on gold, silver, and platinum. We mostly deal in coins and jewelry. We are looking for a new logo that can be carried across both stores and potentially used for any further expansion that may occur. Our stores are named for the city where they are located: Pleasant Hill Coin & Jewelry Exchange and Antioch Coin & Jewelry Exchange.
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Even though Taylor Swift is gracing the pages of the November issue of InStyle magazine in designer clothes so high-end I can barely pronounce their names, her own everyday style is way more down to earth.
"I shop a lot at vintage stores, and I really love places like Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters," she told the magazine about her recent shopping habits. "I feel like they really get it right in terms of staples to wear every day."
Those stores are in almost every major mall in just about every major city. So stealing Swift's style is pretty easy to do. But the inspiration behind her style isn't always so easy to find. Because she likes things that remind her of her fashion icons — Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and Francoise Hardy — she tries to recreate their standout looks.
"My favorite look these days is a good riding pant, those jodhpur things with the little knee pads, paired with a nice white oxford shirt," she says.
Another way to copy a Swift style is to get a fitted cable-knit sweater. She told InStyle she likes the cashmere ones from Ralph Lauren, but honestly, you can get those sweaters anywhere for much less. No offense to Mr. Lauren.
And you know what Swift always pairs with her outfits? Red lips.
"I feel more confident when I have a red lip on. Right now I'm using Aqua Rouge No. 8 by Make Up for Ever," she said. "It has two sides to it. One side is a gloss, and one side is a lip stain."
That Iconic Red shade is about $24, and you can only get it at Sephora. But you were going to go to the mall to browse at Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters anyway, right?


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MLB Wild Card Game Report: Cardinals beat Braves, 6-3 ; Orioles Top Rangers, 5-1
The St. Louis Cardinals and Baltimore Orioles advanced to the divisional series round of their respective league playoffs with road victories on Friday in the first-ever win-or-go home MLB wild card games. Here's a recap of the action:
St. Louis Cardinals 6 — Atlanta Braves 3
Matt Holliday went 2-for-3 with a home run and St. Louis benefitted from an umpire's call, as the Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves, 6-3, at Turner Field on Friday. St. Louis advanced to play the Washington Nationals in a best-of-five National League Divisional Series starting on Sunday.
Trailing 6-2 in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Braves rallied with runners on first and second with one out when Andrelton Simmons popped up to shallow left field. Cardinals' shortstop Pete Kozma settled under the ball, but dashed away at the last second, believing left fielder Holliday had called him off. As the ball dropped, left-field umpire Sam Holbrook ruled Simmons out due to the infield fly rule, which prevented Atlanta from loading the bases. Unhappy Braves' fans then littered the field with debris, causing a 19-minute delay. Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez argued vehemently, and the Braves formally protested after the game, all to no avail. St. Louis' reliever Jason Motte got out of the inning by striking out Michael Bourn. Motte kept Atlanta from scoring in the ninth by getting Dan Uggla to ground out with two men on base.
Trailing 2-0 after Atlanta catcher David Ross homered off Cardinals' starter Kyle Lohse in the second inning, St. Louis touched up previously dominant Braves' pitcher Kris Medlen for three runs in the fourth. The rally was fueled in part by an error committed by Atlanta third baseman Chipper Jones, who played in the last game of his decades-long career. The Cardinals added to their lead in the sixth and seventh innings, before Atlanta scored again to set up the eighth inning drama.
Baltimore Orioles 5 — Texas Rangers 1
Joe Saunders scattered six hits over 5 2/3 innings and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Texas Rangers, 5-1, at the Ballpark in Arlington on Friday. The Orioles, making their first post-season appearance in 15 years, advanced to play the New York Yankees in a best-of-five American League Divisional Series starting on Sunday.
The two-time defending American League champion Rangers' season ended early. Despite leading the A.L. West by five games with just over a week to play in the regular season, Texas lost nine of its last 13 games, losing the division title to Oakland.
With the game tied 1-1 after five innings, Baltimore's Adam Jones hit a tie-breaking sacrifice fly off Rangers' starter Yu Darvish to score J.J. Hardy. The Orioles tacked on a run in the seventh and two more in the ninth. Texas loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth inning, but Orioles' closer Jim Johnson got David Murphy to fly out to close the game. Texas failed to record an extra-base hit in the game, and Baltimore had just one: Robert Andino's ninth-inning double off the left field wall.


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Henry first flew last summer.
Exhausted and bored on an assignment, photographer Rachel Hulin, Henry's mother, thought it would be fun to make her baby fly. So Henry flew.
"The photo was sort of magical in an unexpected way and I wanted to make more," Hulin said. She posted the photograph on Facebook and soon there was a flurry of comments. "Some people like the cute ones, some people like the spooky ones," she said. "It's an interesting litmus test."
Hovering above a bed in a hotel, through a barn and into a shower, the flying baby photographs transcend cute and slip into the surreal. "I felt like the pictures could show the world that babies inhabit that is all their own," Hulin said.
While she wouldn't divulge the exact details of how Henry flies, Hulin did admit that it was more subtraction than addition. "I wanted the flights to feel genuine," she said. "These are places we are really in everyday, it's not a cut-and-paste job on random interiors and landscapes."
Speaking to some of the unusual body positions of her flying offspring, Hulin said, "I never throw him, and I never move him into a place in the frame that he wasn't in to begin with. I like Henry to fly the way he feels like it, I never pose him in a specific way. Sometimes he's graceful and sometimes he's a little hunchback. I think telling you more would ruin it."
She plans on continuing the series with hopes of showcasing the images in a book or exhibition some day. "I do feel compelled to keep making them," Hulin says. "It's funny, I already feel nostalgic seeing how little he was in his first flights."
Rachel Hulin is a photographer based in Providence, Rhode Island. You can see more of her work here.
Patrick Witty is the international picture editor at TIME. Follow him on twitter @patrickwitty.