Posted on 06/19/2007 4:43:36 PM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT
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Putin Channels Lenin: A Translation of the Nashi “Manifesto”
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Publius Pundit is pleased to offer, as far as we know for the first time anywhere, a direct translation with commentary of the voluminous “manifesto” which guides the operation of Vladimir Putin’s “Nashi” youth cult. It comes to us through the heroic efforts of La Russophobe’s expert Russian-English translator.
“Nashi” Organization’s “Manifesto with Commentaries”
Summary and Commentary
General Comments
— This is a long document, about 80 pages as I printed it out. It definitely does not merit full translation. It is, however, a great deal more interesting than the basic Nashi Manifesto (without “commentaries”, available on the same website), which is very vaguely worded and does not identify the ideological underpinnings and concrete objectives of the Nashi organization.
— The Manifesto lists as its only “main sources” four articles/speeches by Vladislav Yuryevich Surkov, a former GRU officer, currently Putin’s Deputy Chief of Staff, and widely viewed as the Kremlin’s main ideologist. In other words, this appears to be purely Surkov’s “movement.”
— At the outset, the Manifesto gives the appearance of being much more moderate in tone than some of the leaflets that have been handed out by Nashi members at recent demonstrations. Toward the middle, however, it becomes increasingly caustic and anti-Western, and more openly reveals the main purpose of the Nashi movement, which is to help the authorities suppress mass pro-democracy demonstrations.
— Reflecting Soviet ideas about the unity of physical and social sciences, the overall tone of the Manifesto is ponderously pseudo-academic and at times pseudo-scientific, though in its opening paragraphs it also carries a disclaimer, to the effect that “a manifesto is not an analysis or an article, but a call to action” — perhaps hoping to insulate itself from criticism that as an article it is short on facts, and as analysis it is not at all objective.
— On the other hand, the Manifesto also hopes to find usefulness as an “ideological weapon in the hands of political soldiers,” so we might expect to see a lot of its ideas being repeated on various RuNet forums, blogs, etc. The serious Russia watcher may therefore be interested in a quick survey of its major themes, in order to track their re-appearance elsewhere (and thereby, so some extent, the rise or fall of Surkov’s star), as well as predict the activities of the organization.
Some Key Quotes:
“Today the U.S. on one side, and international terrorism on the other, are trying to take control of Eurasia and the entire world. Their sights are set on Russia. The task of our generation is to defend the sovereignty of our country the way our grandfathers did 60 years ago.”
continues..........
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Thursday, April 20, 2006
Russia Alienates Yet ANOTHER Neighbor
Once again, Russians have alienated one of the former USSR slave states, which has joined the American side with a bold declaration. In the April 19th issue of the New York Times, the following quarter-page advertisement paid for by the Kazakhstan government ran on the op-ed page of the paper (the ad was emblazoned with a large closeup of the image at the left, the Freedom Obelisk in Almaty):
A Reliable American Ally
As countries of the former Soviet Union take on increasingly definitive characteristics in the post-Soviet world, one state to emerge as a stable and successful model of political and economic evolution is Kazakhstan. With a GDP that already exceeds the combined output of other Central Asian economies, Kazakhstan is becoming a powerhouse player in a sensitive region of the world, flanked as it is by Russia to the west and north, China to the east and several turbulent Muslim countries to the south.
General John P. Abizaid, the commander of CENTCOM, in his 2006 report to the U.S. Senate, said: “With a rapidly growing economy and increasingly professional military, Kazakhstan continues to emerge as a leader in the region. The pace and scale of its military reforms have been impressive. Kazakhstan’s engineering troops continue to perform with distinction in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Given the geopolitical trends in and around Central Asia, including the need for stable regional partners to help Afghanistan get back on its feet, there is much to recommend Kazakhtan as a pivotal ally for the United States. Consider that Kazakhstan:
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Has made steady progress in its democratic development and economic reform
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Is the only Central Asian country with troops in Iraq, and supports efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan
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Voluntarily rid itself of the world’s fourth-largest arsenal of nuclear weapons, and is a global leader in fighting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
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Has a moderate and progressive majority Muslim population
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Has 130 ethnic groups and 40 religions living in harmony
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Is active in promoting international inter-religious dialogue and understanding
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Is set to become one of the world’s top-ten oil producers
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Has received $15 billion in direct US investment
Beyond these facts, the people and government of Kazakhstan are friends of the United States and are committed to building even deeper and stronger ties with America.
KAZAKHSTAN EMBASSY
The Kazakhstan Embassy’s website states: “After the 1917 revolution Soviet power was established in Kazakhstan. Kazakhs suffered greatly under Soviet control. Due to the forced collectivization in the 1930s, hunger caused the death of 1.5 million Kazakhs, which was more than 40 percent of the nation.”
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On Putin and the New Cold War
Moscow Times columnist Alexander Golts sees Vladimir Putin’s decision to begin bomber flights against the West as his formal declaration of a new cold war:
Militarism is not only when the military makes all the key government decisions. It is also when civilian politicians use military solutions as the universal tool to solve all of their problems.
This can lead to some interesting results. One example was when President Vladimir Putin announced last week the start of a new Cold War. While standing on an artillery range during what was called anti-terrorist military training maneuvers by members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Putin declared that Russian strategic bombers would resume regular, long-range patrols — or “tours of duty” as Putin said in televised remarks Friday — for the first time since 1992.
I can imagine how professional military leaders winced when they heard this statement. After all, resuming regular patrols means that planes are flying with nuclear weapons on board, ready to be fired at the order of the commander in chief. The last time Moscow’s strategic bombers flew regular sorties was during one of the more heated stages in U.S.-Soviet relations — from January 1985 to April 1987.
But I really don’t think that the 14 strategic bombers, which carried cruise missiles with nuclear warheads, completed their sorties Friday over the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans with any intention of launching an attack. If that had been the case, the U.S. reaction would have been much harsher than the caustic comments we heard from U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack: “If Russia feels as though they want to take some of these old aircraft out of mothballs and get them flying again, that’s their decision.”
Last week’s announcement regarding regular, long-range bomber missions is just the latest in a series of threatening stances by the Kremlin that take us back to the era of the 1980s. Remember Putin’s statement in February 2004 during military exercises, where he claimed that Russia had developed a “miracle missile” that could overcome any anti-missile defense system. And of course there was the explosive Munich speech, in which, among other things, Putin revealed his belief that the heightened U.S.-Soviet confrontation of the 1980s was one of the most stable periods in international relations. This was a time when Moscow and Washington focused on mutual containment by significantly strengthening their military capabilities.
Putin has become quite nervous of late about a fictitious danger that he seems to have concocted himself: the West’s intention to interfere in Russia’s transfer of power in 2008, when Putin’s second term comes to an end. The president is trying to protect his country from outside enemy influences by playing the Cold War card. This tactic enables him to rally the people and convince them that any criticism of his Kremlin is an insidious ploy by foreign powers to prevent Russia from “getting up off its knees” to become a global superpower again.
This whole anti-West campaign is a farce, of course, but the question is whether this farce will grow in intensity and become a very real and dangerous drama. This could happen if Washington begins taking at face value the Kremlin’s repeated declarations of its growing military potential. Although the Kremlin’s bold statements against the West may have been designed for primarily domestic political goals, it could, nevertheless, lead us back to a serious confrontation.
The Peace Mission 2007 maneuvers, a joint military exercise of SCO member countries held last week in the Chelyabinsk region, show once again that conventional military forces are ill-equipped to fight an effective battle against terrorism. The exercise involved about 6,000 troops from China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and about 1,000 pieces of military hardware, from fighter jets and bombers to heavy artillery. In these simulated training maneuvers, a group of mock terrorists seized a population center in SCO member nation “A.” An armed gang of fighters from country “N” then broke through to them. Under these conditions, the SCO states consulted and decided upon a coordinated anti-terrorist operation. The combined military forces of the six SCO member nations then killed the terrorists and set the hostages free.
On one hand, these maneuvers demonstrated a new level of military cooperation between Russia, China and the Central Asian member nations of the SCO. It would seem that, on the surface, much was achieved: A mechanism for joint action and decision making has been established; China has proven its ability to project its armies and military hardware — including air power — into Russia; and military leaders were able to coordinate complex military operations among six different nations.
What is most important, however, is that the Peace Mission 2007 training exercises — despite all of its claims — have no application whatsoever in the fight against terrorism. It is obvious that the army is the wrong tool for battling terrorists. The bombing of the Moscow-St. Petersburg train shows that a conventional army cannot prevent a terrorist act. Law enforcement agencies must be the ones to combat terrorists, using their agents to infiltrate the ranks of terrorist organizations. Fighter jets and bombers, like the ones paraded with so much fanfare in Peace Mission 2007, are of very little use in this struggle.
In addition to terrorists, the joint exercises of Peace Mission 2007 identified another target — separatists and insurgents. It is no coincidence that some analysts saw a connection between the Peace Mission 2007 maneuvers and events in Andijan, Uzbekistan, in May 2005, when the regime of President Islam Karimov used bullets from government troops to disperse a protest in the town’s main square, resulting in scores of civilian deaths. Karimov called the protest a terrorist uprising, and Moscow supported that version of events.
As the SCO members attempt to develop conventional military solutions to solve terrorist threats, the question is who will they label as terrorists in each concrete situation. It is clearly in Russia and China’s best interests to ensure stability in Central Asia. But, according to Moscow and Beijing’s interpretation, stability means one thing — keeping the current ruling regimes in power. What’s more, these leaders do not understand that the most serious threat to stability in the region is the crushing poverty among their citizens. At the same time, Moscow and Beijing have made it quite clear that they are not willing to work with the West to resolve the problems in the region.
The joint training exercises last week clearly demonstrated Moscow and Beijing’s readiness to use military measures to keep the weak and corrupt Central Asian regimes in power. And the Kremlin has once again shown that military force is an unsuitable tool to achieve political goals. Putin’s announcement on Friday that regular, long-range patrols of strategic bombers will be re-established is just the latest example of this fundamentally flawed policy.
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August 24, 2007 Anti-Terrorism News
(Iraq) Baghdad overnight clash kills 13 — US forces clash with Shi’ite militants in western Baghdad
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070824/ts_nm/iraq_dc_77;_ylt=At0bYW1HqL25j_gQ59bs.qlX6GMA
(Iraq) Three dead as Al-Qaida attacks police checkpoints in Samarra
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Three_dead_as_Al-Qaida_attacks_police_checkpoints_in_Samarra/articleshow/2307417.cms
(Iraq) Dozens of al-Qaida suspects strike police posts
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20420205/
(Iraq) US soldiers arrest Iraqi policemen after bomb attack - suspected in involvement in Rashid bombing
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4176644a12.html
Iraq: Democracy is not essential, says the US
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/24/wiraq324.xml
(Iraq) Report: Iraqi stability growing
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070824/NATION/108240091/1001
(Iraq) Report raises strong doubt about Iraqi government
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/24/america/24policy.php
(Iraq) Sunni leader murdered after speaking out against al-Qaeda
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/SunnileadermurderedafterspeakingoutagainstalQaeda/tabid/209/articleID/33188/Default.aspx
(Afghanistan) Three NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070824/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestnato_070824110324;_ylt=AnTDEZIId.QFAIPLwLcn.YnOVooA
(Afghanistan) 1 suspected insurgent killed, 11 detained in eastern Afghanistan — in Nagarhar province
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/24/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Violence.php
Afghanistan: Return to the lair of bin Laden
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=4OV2KKMSTCP2VQFIQMFSFF4AVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2007/08/24/wafg124.xml
Afghan medics offer to treat German hostage
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070824/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistangermanyskoreakidnap_070824094141;_ylt=Ak8X_wRAwedihTvbE5a2uxvOVooA
(Afghanistan) Kidnapped S. Koreans said to be healthy
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070824/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_070823232522;_ylt=Atrikrqz_ZyOsqroBnztt2DOVooA
(Afghanistan) South Korean hostage gave up chance for release for other sick captives
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/24/asia/AS-GEN-SKorea-Afghan-Hostages.php
(Afghanistan) Three British soldiers die in ‘friendly fire’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/24/nafg124.xml
(Pakistan) 250 militants, 60 troops killed in month in northwest Pakistan
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/24/asia/AS-GEN-Pakistan-Violence.php
(Pakistan) Official: 5 Pakistani soldiers killed - car bomb near Miran Shah - roadside bomb near Razmak
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070824/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_violence_2;_ylt=ArIL2aY8nwf5yVhEKk2gUmTzPukA
(Pakistan) Frontier Constabulary fort attacked, militant killed in North Waziristan — attacked by “hundreds of Taliban militants”
— Hangu district
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\08\24\story_24-8-2007_pg7_10
(Pakistan) Punjabi barbers in Quetta demand security
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\08\24\story_24-8-2007_pg7_18
(Spain) ETA blamed for car bomb attack - car bomb outside police station in Basque city of Durango
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/24/spain.explosion.ap/
(U.S.) Seattle security alert highlights post 9/11 balancing act
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(U.S.) Seattle: FBI’s release of ferry passenger photos resented
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services hid data from probers - on information-sharing breakdowns
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(U.S.) Path To Jihad Starts In NYC: Cops
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India’s fears of terrorists using sea routes well-grounded: US
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Sudan: Govt Accused of Breaking Darfur Arms Embargo
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Sudanese military called on to remove all remaining troops from south
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Yemen: Weapons banned in capital and other cities
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(Russia) Chechen militant leader killed in exchange with Russian police — terrorist, two policemen killed in Grozny
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(Russia) Violence hits Russia’s N.Caucasus region
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Lebanese Army takes over militant stronghold in Nahr El-Bared
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(Lebanon) Families of militants set to leave Lebanon camp
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(Lebanon) Report: Hezbollah to move its Beirut HQ to a secret location
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/897152.html
Lebanon: UN welcomes arrests in peacekeeper terror attack probe
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.1233698395
Iran on anti-racism committee — selected by UN for ‘leading position’ to plan anti-racism conference
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3441314,00.html
Iran: Israel the standard bearer of Satan
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3439002,00.html
Palestinian terrorists fire 2 mortar shells at western Negev; none wounded
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1187779150579&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Palestinians open fire at IDF troops in Nablus; no casualties
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1187779149965&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Palestinian gunmen fire on IDF troops in Ramallah, Jenin; none wounded
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1187779149073&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Gaza) Blast rips through car east of Gaza City
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/23/africa/ME-GEN-Gaza-Blast.php
Fatah protest in Gaza against Hamas turns violent
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070824/ts_nm/palestinians_protest_dc
(Egypt) Two Muslim Brotherhood lawmakers released on bail
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1187779146513&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Philippines) Abu Sayyaf Muslim rebel killed in military raid in southern Philippines — Abdul Majid
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/97577.html
(Philippines) Suspected bomb courier arrested at central Philippine port
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/24/asia/AS-GEN-Philippines-Bomb-Courier.php
Philippines to step up offensive against Islamic militants
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070824/wl_asia_afp/philippinesunrest_070824075902;_ylt=AgN7KQRXF1.m061SCtkQ_qJUKYUA
(Philippines) Cops ready bomb possession charge vs terror suspect - arrested in Cebu City
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=89733
(Thailand) Insurgents kill ex-village headman in Narathiwat
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/previousdetail.php?id=121080
(Thailand) Pattani school director killed by insurgents
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30046394
Thailand takes battle to deep-South’s Islamic schools
http://www.bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?id=121074
(Sri Lanka) Jihad armed men on the rampage in the East
http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/7093
(UK) Scotland: Student ‘showed beheading videos’ - Mohammed Atif Siddique trial
http://www.berwickshire-news.co.uk/latest-scottish-news/Student-showed-beheading-videos.3145958.jp
(UK) Gordon Brown’s Britain – How to Lose the War on Terror
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/terrorism.php?id=1260062
(Germany) Bail allowed for Berlin “terrorist supporter” — group responsible for 25 arson attacks - leftist MG (Militante Gruppe)
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=26&story_id=43189
(France) Explosives discovered at top French business school
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=43197
France: Court to rule on former Red Brigades member’s extradition
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.1231312032
(France) Basque separatists plan rally during Sarkozy visit
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=43210
(Canada) Letter-bomb delivery leads to evacuations in Guelph
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070824.LETTERBOMB24/TPStory/TPNational/Ontario/
(U.S.) Coast Guard may train with lasers - instead of live fire
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/08/24/coast_guard_may_train_with_lasers/1252/
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France helping Arab states with nuclear programs — Libya, Algeria, UAE
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1187779149131&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Europe to host NGO attack on Israel
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1187779135911&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Germany) Politician charged for Nazi Nobel push
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22303464-23109,00.html
(Germany) Swastikas painted on asylum seeker flats
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22302469-23109,00.html
(Belgium) Stories of Life: Domestic violence
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2007/08/stories-of-life-domestic-violence.html
Thanks, Granny. We’re safe.
I’m heading out in a few minutes to help a friend who lives near the river to sandbag. Lots more rain on the way.
Thanks to Milford421 for this update:
Update: Con Ed Investigators Display Wreckage of NYC Steam Explosion
Con Ed Investigators Display Wreckage of NYC Steam Explosion
NEW YORK (AP) — Con Ed officials on Thursday displayed a 10-foot
chunk of the steam pipe that ruptured under a midtown Manhattan
street last month — part of the blast wreckage that will help
determine the cause of the deadly accident.
Image Gallery: Steam Pipe Explosion
“Today we start our long journey to find out what happened in
July,’’ said Ron Bozgo, head of steam operations for the private
utility. He said investigators had reached no conclusions about what
might have caused the blast.
“There was pressure inside the pipe which it obviously was not able
to withstand,’’ he said.
[continued]
http://www.1010wins.com/pages/851091.php?contentType=4&contentId=834344
Thanks to Milford421 for this report:
Plane with hazardous materials makes emergency landing
Associated Press - August 23, 2007 4:25 PM ET
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - A small cargo plane carrying hazardous
materials made an emergency landing at University Park Airport in
State College today.
The FedEx plane landed without incident after the pilot reported
smoke in the cockpit. No leaks to the hazardous materials were
reported.
Officials believe the smoke came from cargo labeled “bone cement,”
which is used in medical procedures.
Information from: Roy B. Goshorn/WRTA-AM, http://www.wrta.com
http://www.wfmj.com/Global/story.asp?S=6974760
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Chemical Spill Shuts Down Traffic on Shaw
A chemical spill from a Union Pacific Railcar near Golden State and
Shaw Ave. shut down traffic as Hazmat crews cleaned the mess.
The incident occurred around 8:00am on Thursday August 23rd. After
the spill, the train kept going north along the tracks, then stopped
somewhere near the Fresno Madera county line.
As of Thursday afternoon the chemical had not been identified.
Investigating crews claim it did not produce any toxic vapors.
Crews cleaned up a portion of the substance to allow traffic to
continue on Shaw.
http://www.cbs47.tv/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=909a6534-e10f-4458-b42b-669cb08d613e&rss=153
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Police and fire called to investigate suspicious package
August 23, 2007
Zoom Photo
A member of the bomb squad makes their way to the back entrance of
the Barksdale Credit Union on Market Street in downtown Shreveport
after evacuating the building when a suspicious package was
delivered to the bank Thursday afternoon. (Douglas Collier/The
Times)
By Adam Kealoha Causey
acausey@gannett.com
Streets in downtown Shreveport are open after the bomb squad
detonated a suspicious package found in downtown Shreveport at the
Barksdale Federal Credit Union at 529 Market St.
The credit union’s branches in Bossier City on Airline Drive and
Barksdale Boulevard also received suspicious packages. Authorities
said the same name was found on all of them.
Police and the fire department were called to the scene about 12:50
p.m. according to the local 9-1-1 communication Web site.
Experts blew up the package downtown and are looking at the contents
now. They did the same thing to one package on Barksdale Boulevard.
Employees at the Airline branch opened the package and it was mostly
papers. Bossier City police don’t think there was any explosives in
the packages that were opened.
A representative of the credit union said employees found two boxes
left near the doorway and that’s when they called police.
He said there were no problems with customers and no one was acting
aggressively.
There were about eight employees in the building at the time.
Streets in downtown Shreveport were knotted for several hours.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070823/BREAKINGNEWS/70823038
4 men arrested in Charlotte school bomb plot - SC
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/680087.html
:Dennis Rogers Barry Saunders Ruth Sheehan Melanie Sill Road Worrier
Published: Aug 23, 2007 01:44 PM Modified: Aug 23, 2007 01:49 PM
4 men arrested in Charlotte school bomb plot
By Taylor Bright, The Charlotte Observer
FORT MILL, S.C. - York County Sheriff’s deputies arrested four men
in Fort Mill shortly before midnight Wednesday in a plot to detonate
two pipe bombs in a Charlotte-Mecklenburg school, the department
said.
The men — Timothy Wayne Eddington, 35; Steven Michael Eddington,
18; William Christopher Puckett, 19; and Edgar Scott Williams, 19 —
are being held at the York County Detention Center. They have been
charged with criminal conspiracy, manufacturing of explosive devices
and burglary.
The Sheriff’s Department says the men were planning to explode the
bombs in a school to divert authorities away from the Founders
Federal Credit Union on South Commerce Boulevard by Westinghouse
Boulevard.
Sheriff Bruce Bryant said he did not know which school may have been
targeted. Bryant said the men were planning on carrying out the plan
today. CMS schools are not yet back in session.
Bond has not yet been set for the four.
Three of the men had been wanted by the department on separate
charges. Bryant said a tip led to the men’s arrest.
This message consists of the following:
1. Basic Editions Girls’ Clothing Sets Recalled by Kmart; Drawstrings
at Waist Pose Entrapment Hazard
2. Priddy “Trucks” Shaker Teether Books Recalled Due to Choking Hazard
3. CPSC, Stokke Announce Recall of Sleepi Crib Foam Mattresses Due to
Entrapment Hazard
4. AC Adapters Sold With Network Hard Drives Recalled by I-O Data
Device USA Due to Burn Hazard
5. J.C. Penney Recalls Spindle-Back Chairs Due to Fall Hazard
********************************************************
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 23, 2007
Release #07-284
Firm’s Recall Hotline: (800) 659-7026
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
Basic Editions Girls’ Clothing Sets Recalled by Kmart; Drawstrings at
Waist Pose Entrapment Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary
recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using
recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Basic Editions-brand Girls’ Clothing Sets
Units: About 4,700
Importer: Millennium Apparel Group, of New York, N.Y.
Hazard: The recalled shirts have drawstrings at the waist. Children can
get entangled or caught in a vehicle door and can be dragged, posing a
serious risk of injury or death. In February 1996, CPSC issued
guidelines to help prevent children from strangling or getting
entangled
on the neck and waist by drawstrings in upper garments.
Incidents/Injuries: None.
Description: The two Basic Edition-brand girls’ sets have fully
tunneled
waist drawstrings and two-fer style layered shirts. One set has a light
green screen print top with “Varsity Club Winning Attitude” text, over
a
white shirt, paired with turquoise cuff shorts. The second set has an
orange screen print top with “Paradise University Girls Club” text,
over
a white shirt paired with light green knit shorts. Both sets were sold
in the following girls’ sizes: 4/5, 6/6X, 7/8, and 10/12.
Sold Exclusively at: Kmart stores nationwide from March 2007 through
May
2007 for between $10 and $13 per set.
Manufactured in: Egypt
Remedy: Consumers should immediately remove the drawstrings to
eliminate
the hazard.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Kmart at (800)
659-7026 between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. CT Monday through Saturday, or visit
Kmart’s Web site at www.kmart.com
To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including pictures of the
recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07284.html
********************************************************
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 23, 2007
Release #07-285
Firm’s Recall Hotline: (800) 347-9411
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
Priddy “Trucks” Shaker Teether Books Recalled Due to Choking Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary
recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using
recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Priddy “Trucks” Shaker Teether Books
Units: About 35,000
Manufacturer: St. Martin’s Press, LLC, of New York, N.Y.
Hazard: Small pieces of the teether can break off, posing a choking
hazard to young children.
Incidents/Injuries: St. Martin’s Press has received two reports of
children biting off pieces of the teethers. No injuries reported.
Description: The recalled cloth teether book entitled “trucks” has a
yellow dump truck on the front cover on a blue background. Attached to
the top of the book is a yellow rattle with a green teether attached on
the right side of the rattle and an orange teether attached to the left
side of the rattle.
Sold at: Barnes & Noble and other bookstores and retailers nationwide
from January 2006 to June 2007 for about $7.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take these toys away from young
children and contact St. Martin’s Press for instructions on returning
the product for a free replacement product.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact St. Martin’s
Press
at (800) 347-9411 between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. ET Monday through
Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.priddybooks.com/recall
To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including pictures of the
recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07285.html
********************************************************
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 23, 2007
Release #07-286
Firm’s Contact: (877) 978-6553
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
CPSC, Stokke Announce Recall of Sleepi Crib Foam Mattresses Due to
Entrapment Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary
recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using
recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Sleepi Crib Foam Mattresses
Units: About 1,000
Manufacturer: Stokke, of Kennesaw, Ga.
Hazard: The crib mattresses are not properly sized, creating a gap,
posing an entrapment hazard to young children.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: Only oval shaped Sleepi cribs with foam mattresses sold
under the following model numbers are the subject of this recall:
660321, 660320, 660301,660305, 660318, 652268, 652269, 652246, 652247
and 652248. The cribs were sold in a variety of colors, including
white,
walnut, natural, cherry and whitewash. The model number can be found on
the packaging and underside of the crib.
Sold at: Juvenile product retailers nationwide and via the Internet
from
September 2006 through March 2007 for between $750 and $850.
Manufactured in: Italy
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the cribs immediately and contact
Stokke LLC to receive a free replacement mattress.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Stokke toll-free
at (877) 978-6553 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday,
or
visit the firm’s Web site at www.stokkeusa.com
To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including pictures of the
recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07286.html
********************************************************
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 23, 2007
Release #07-287
Firm’s Recall Hotline: (877) 878-2926
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
AC Adapters Sold With Network Hard Drives Recalled by I-O Data Device
USA Due to Burn Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary
recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using
recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: AC Adapters sold with Network Hard Disk Drives
Units: About 740
Importer: I-O Data Device USA Inc., of San Jose, Calif.
Hazard: The AC adapters can overheat or melt, posing a burn hazard to
consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: I-O Data Device USA has received three reports of
the adapters overheating and deforming or melting. No injuries have
been
reported.
Description: This recall involves all AC adapters with model number
IO-ACADP1510UL. The model number can be found on the AC adapter. The AC
adapters were sold with I-O Data(r) network hard disk drives model
number UHDL-160U or UHDL-300U. The model number for the network hard
disk drive is located on a label at the base of the console.
Sold through: I-O Data Device USA’s Web site, telesales, distributors,
and select retailers nationwide from December 2004 through February
2007. The network hard disk drives with adapters were sold for between
$300 and $400.
Manufactured in: Japan (AC adapter only)
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the recalled adapters immediately
and contact I-O Data Device USA for a free replacement adapter.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact I-O Data Device
USA toll-free at (877) 878-2926 anytime, visit the company’s Web site
at
www.iodata.com/usa or send an e-mail to supportps@iodata.com
To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including pictures of the
recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07287.html
********************************************************
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 23, 2007
Release #07-288
Firm’s Recall Hotline: (888) 333-6063
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
J.C. Penney Recalls Spindle-Back Chairs Due to Fall Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary
recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using
recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Windsor Spindle-Back Side Chairs
Units: About 4,000
Importer: J.C. Penney, of Plano, Texas
Hazard: The wood stretchers can split while in use and the chairs can
collapse, posing a fall hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: J. C. Penney has received four reports of chairs
splitting and collapsing. One minor whiplash injury has been reported.
Description: This recall involves the Windsor Spindle-Back side chair
sets. The set is comprised of four chairs made of solid hardwood. Each
chair measures 36 inches high. The backs and legs are painted white and
the seat is a natural wood color.
Sold by: Exclusively through J.C. Penney catalog and online stores from
April 2006 through June 2007 for about $250 for a set of four chairs.
Manufactured in: Malaysia
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the recalled chairs immediately and
contact J.C. Penney to obtain free replacement chairs. Consumers also
can return the chairs to their closest J.C. Penney store for a full
refund.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact J.C. Penney
toll-free at (888) 333-6063 anytime or visit the company’s Web site at
www.jcp.com
To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including pictures of the
recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07288.html
[This page is full of odd news and reports, jokes and the stuff you never take time to read, I smile at this one....granny]
http://www.wgfaradio.com/wordpress/?p=1128
Six high school seniors in Fort Kent, Maine, were charged with criminal trespass and criminal mischief after they let 45 chicks and 10 baby geese loose in their school, making a huge mess that forced the school to close for two days to clean up. ***JUSTIN: The smell was so bad, the cleanup crew cleared their heads by sticking them in gym lockers.
AFTER TWO CUPS OF COFFEE JOKE OF THE DAY
As a crowded airliner is about to take off, the peace is shattered by a 5-year-old boy who picks that moment to throw a wild temper tantrum. No matter what his frustrated, embarrassed mother does to try to calm him down, the boy continues to scream furiously and kick the seats around him. Suddenly, from the rear of the plane, an elderly man in the uniform of an Air Force General is seen slowly walking forward up the aisle. Stopping the flustered mother with an upraised hand, the white-haired, courtly, soft-spoken General leans down and, motioning toward his chest, whispers something into the boy’s ear. Instantly, the boy calms down, gently takes his mother’s hand, and quietly fastens his seat belt. All the other passengers burst into spontaneous applause. As the General slowly makes his way back to his seat, one of the cabin attendants touches his sleeve. “Excuse me, General,” she asks quietly, “but could I ask you what magic words you used on that little boy?”
The old man smiles serenely and gently confides, “I showed him my pilot’s wings, service stars, and battle ribbons, and explained that they entitle me to throw one passenger out the plane door on any flight I choose.”
MAYBE SHE SHOULD’VE BOUGHT A CHEVY
Carol Probst is good with a camera, which is a good thing as her insurance company would likely never have believed her claim that a goat totaled her truck. The Midway, Utah woman grabbed her camera and began snapping photos when she discovered that a goat had made its way into her garage and on top of her Dodge truck. The goat began walking in circles, stomping on the roof, and using its horns against the windshield and the truck’s paint job. Animal control finally showed up to put the goat out of commission with a tranquilizer dart and release it back into the mountains.
***JUSTIN: It was one ram defending it’s territory against another.
LAZINESS EXTENDS YOUR LIFESPAN
Forget all that “nose to the grindstone” trash that’s been stuffed down your throat ever since you were a kid. A couch-potato lifestyle, free of stress, is definitely the way to go, say medical researchers Peter Axt and Michaela Axt Gadermann. In their book, “The Joy of Laziness: Why Life Is Better Slower, and How to Get There,” the authors prove that goofing off more and exercising less will make you smarter, younger looking, less cranky and more loveable. The German doctors developed a 5-step plan to lazy up and lengthen your life span.
Forget long-distance running — marathon athletes often die at an early age from heart attacks. Switch to a brisk but easy stroll several times a week to boost circulation.
If you live in a northern climate, think about moving south. Warm weather and sunshine dispel depression and alleviate stress.
Sleep in whenever possible. Long hours in bed pump up your immune system so your body can fight viruses and disease.
Combat the aging process by slowing down your metabolism with an occasional daily fast. Even digesting food can take a lot out of you.
Relax your brain by hanging out for a day doing absolutely nothing more strenuous than channel surfing. Do it as often as you can.
OK, so I did not stop with ‘one’, there are more here, that have hidden smiles in them....
granny
The KAAA local radio, is reporting the total as 57, and the illness is not known.
Health Dept. thought at first it was from a party, then the total went up and they now say “we do not know”.
I have lost track of the number of Casinos in Laughlin, Nv., at least 10 and closer to 15 casinos, keep in mind that all that seperates Bullhead and Laughlin, is the Colorado river.
granny
http://www.mohavedailynews.com/articles/2007/08/24/news/local/local1.prt
FRIDAY AUGUST 24, 2007 Last modified:
Thursday, August 23, 2007 7:53 PM PDT
Mystery illness in BHC
By JIM SECKLER/The Daily News
KINGMAN - Almost 60 people in the Bullhead City area were stricken with a mysterious illness in recent weeks.
Twenty-five people came down with diarrhea with some experiencing nausea, cramping, vomiting and fever and some even going to the emergency room. None of the people treated were listed in serious condition, Mohave County Public Health Nursing Director Christy Bronston said.
The 25 were part of a group of 39 people from a family gathering event in early August at Lake Mohave. Most if not all of the group are from out of state. The illness were reported to the health department Aug. 14, Mohave County spokesman Darryle Purcell said.
Bronston believes the incident is isolated to the family gathering but the public health department also received reports from doctors of 32 other people throughout the Bullhead City area who also came down with similar symptoms. Those people were not part of the Lake Mohave family gathering.
“Those other reports is why we are concerned,” Bronston said.
The public health department has taken samples to the state health labs for testing Thursday and is working with the state health department since many of the people affected are from out of state. Preliminary results should come back within 48 hours.
The health department nurses has conducted interviews with the family group to narrow down the cause of the outbreak.
The county’s public health immunization clinic in Bullhead City was closed Thursday to investigate the illness. The investigation is concentrating on food or water borne virus, Bronston added.
She would not speculate what made the people sick but said it was not West Nile Virus or the pandemic flu virus.
Bronston is asking anyone who is experiencing similar symptoms to go to their doctor for medical attention. The doctor will contact the public health department.
http://www.havasunews.com/articles/2007/08/24/news/news02.txt
Mystery illness shuts down health clinic
By DAVID BELL
Thursday, August 23, 2007 10:09 PM MST
BULLHEAD CITY — Mohave County health officials are investigating the cause of a mysterious gastrointestinal illness that has affected more than 50 people and shut down a local health clinic.
The Public Health Nursing Division closed the immunization clinic Thursday on Hancock Road in Bullhead City to concentrate on the investigation of recent illness reports, Public Health Director Patty Mead said.
Two groups have reported becoming ill since Aug. 14.
“The first group (of 25) gathered at Lake Mohave. The Health Department began investigating and thought it an isolated incident. Then the Health Department got another group of reports,” county spokesman Darryle Purcell said.
Purcell said he did not know of a link between the first group and the second group of 32 victims.
“The Health Department is going through incredibly detailed questionnaires,” Purcell said. “They’re looking for a link. Maybe they’ve eaten the same thing, got ice from the same place or attended the same area — anything.”
The Arizona Department of Public Health has been called in to assist the investigation because many of the victims live out of state. Specimens are being sent to the state laboratory for testing.
Diarrhea is reported as the primary result of the illness, though some have had nausea, vomiting and cramping. A few victims also have reported low-grade fevers.
“With the additional reports, we have a growing concern that the source may still be present. If there is something in our community that may be causing people to become ill, we need to find it.
“We need to concentrate our offense on this public health situation. My priority is to move quickly and figure out what’s causing these illnesses,” Mead said.
Purcell said that so far, the illness has not appeared in other parts of Mohave County.
Public Health Nursing Manager Christine Bronston said residents who experience diarrhea and/or vomiting should seek medical attention from their primary care physician.
“The physician will contact the Public Health Department if they suspect a food-borne illness or other infectious disease,” Bronston said.
You may contact the reporter at dbell@havasunews.com.
http://mohavedailynews.com/articles/2007/08/24/news/state/state2.prt
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Thursday, August 23, 2007 7:56 PM PDT
Judge told law doesn’t bar sale of T-shirts with dead soldiers’ names
PHOENIX (AP) - A Flagstaff man who sells anti-war T-shirts with the names of service members killed in Iraq may not face criminal prosecution despite a new state law aimed at him.
Attorneys for state and city prosecutors say the law was written in a way that apparently doesn’t actually make the selling of the T-shirts using the names without permission of the casualties’ families a misdemeanor.
And a federal judge weighing a request by Dan Frazier to block enforcement of the law says exemptions in the law could mean Frazier might not face civil lawsuits allowed under the law.
A lawyer for Frazier says he still wants the law blocked because there’s still a possibility that other prosecutors could still go after Frazier and that individuals could file lawsuits.
Monday, August 20, 2007 7:58 AM MST
(Family Features) - Moms know hunger can strike quickly any time of day. At any time, someone can pop into the kitchen saying “I’m starving!” The solution: a reserve of healthy, quick and tasty recipes that can be made in minutes and they’re so easy, kids can become instant chefs. What Moms need are versatile ingredients that can do double or triple duty, playing a role in breakfast, lunch, snack or dinner.
The flour tortilla is one of the best examples of bringing versatility to meals-in-minutes. The tortilla can function as a wrap, pizza crust, flat bread, substitute for pasta or a sandwich bun, and its fillings and toppings can easily change. You choose your favorite variety - flour, fat-free, low carb or whole-grain.
Convenient tortillas can be used in numerous quick meals, such as egg/salsa/cheese breakfast tacos, lunchtime turkey and vegetable pizzas, cheese and vegetable wraps for snacks or a grilled chicken and black bean tostada for dinner. Tortillas can embrace many flavors, many cuisines. No wonder Americans eat seven billion pounds of tortillas a year - the equivalent of one tortilla per person per day.
For more ideas and recipes, visit www.missionmenus.com.
Keep these mom-friendly, family-lovin’ ingredients on hand:
* Versatile breadstuffs like tortillas, taco shells or bagels
* Good-quality canned vegetables and fruits, pizza sauce, salsas and bottled condiments
* Seasonings your family loves
* Shredded cheeses, crisp lettuce, sour cream, eggs, cooked turkey breast, fresh ground beef and boneless, skinless chicken breasts
* Fresh bell peppers, tomatoes and fruits
B.L.T. Rolls
Ingredients
3 Mission 10-inch Burrito Flour Tortillas
8 ounces vegetable cream cheese, room temperature
16 to 20 spinach leaves
2/3 pound Canadian bacon, thinly sliced
3 large plum tomatoes, thinly sliced
1 ripe avocado, thinly sliced
15 slices crisp bacon, crumbled
Preparation
Cooking Time: 5 minutes
1. Place tortillas on work surface and spread each with equal amount cream cheese.
2. On each tortilla, arrange spinach leaves over 2/3 of cream cheese leaving bottom 1/3 with cream cheese only. Top spinach with Canadian bacon slices, tomato slices, avocado slices and crumbled bacon.
3. Beginning with end covered with filling, roll tortilla into tight roll toward end covered with cream cheese only.
4. Cut rolls into six 1-inch-thick slices for snacks or in halves for lunch.
Serves
Servings: 3
Low Carb Sunrise Burrito
Ingredients
6 whole eggs
Iodized salt, to taste
Coarsely ground black pepper, to taste
1 cup cooked, small diced ham
4 tablespoons water
4 Mission 10-inch Burrito Carb Balance Whole Wheat Tortillas, warmed
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 cup refried beans (optional), hot
4 tablespoons sour cream
Preparation
Cooking Time: 5 minutes
1. In small bowl, whisk eggs with salt and pepper, add ham and water and mix together to evenly combine.
2. Pour egg mixture into oiled skillet or omelet pan, over medium-high heat.
3. Cook until eggs are firm, but moist, approximately 5 minutes.
4. Place warmed tortillas on work surface and evenly divide eggs on each tortilla. Evenly top each tortilla with grated cheese, refried beans and sour cream.
5. Roll up tortillas. Serve with fresh salsa, if desired.
Serves
Servings: 4
Turkey Pizza
Ingredients
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
3 teaspoons olive oil
6 Mission 8-inch Soft Taco
Flour Tortillas
3/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
1/2 cup small diced turkey breast
1 green bell pepper, small diced
3/4 cup diced tomatoes
Preparation
Cooking Time: 8 minutes
1. Heat oven to 400
2. In small bowl, combine basil, oregano and garlic powder with olive oil. Lightly brush both sides of each tortilla with oil mixture.
3. Top each tortilla with 2 tablespoons cheese. Sprinkle equal amounts of turkey, green pepper and tomatoes over tortillas.
4. Place tortilla pizzas directly on rack in middle of oven and bake 8 minutes until crisp.
Serves
Servings: 6
Sesame Ginger Beef Wraps
Ingredients
1 tablespoon vegetable oil, divided
1 pound flank steak, sliced very thin across grain
1/2 cup sesame ginger stir-fry seasoning, divided
4 cups broccoli florets
1 red bell pepper, chopped into 1-inch pieces
1 5-ounce can water chestnuts, drained
5 Mission 96% Fat Free Heart Healthy 10-inch Burrito Tortillas
Preparation
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
1. In large skillet, heat 1/2 oil over high heat.
2. Add steak and cook 3 minutes; stir in 1/3 stir-fry seasoning. Cook 1 minute; remove steak mixture to bowl and reserve.
3. Add remaining oil and heat over medium high. Add broccoli, red pepper and water chestnuts. Stir-fry until almost tender, about 5 minutes; add steak mixture and remaining 2/3 stir-fry seasoning. Cook 4 minutes and reserve.
4. Place about 1/2 cup mixture on each tortilla; fold in sides and roll up tightly.
5. Slice wrap in half diagonally to serve.
Serves
Servings: 5
Source:
Mission Foods
For more recipes, food tips and seasonal articles, visit www.culinary.net.© 2004 Family Features Editorial Syndicate, Inc.
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http://www.havasunews.com/articles/2007/08/24/food/food3420.txt
Many Columbia River users sick with mysterious illness
06:55 AM PDT on Monday, August 13, 2007
Associated Press
HOOD RIVER, Ore. — They call it “river nose,” an occasional affliction that has been a mystery for at least 20 years.
Some avid wind surfers and kite boarders have complained of symptoms that can include stuffy noses, sinus infections, sneezing attacks, cuts that don’t heal, nausea and fatigue.
This year, the number of reports of symptoms are higher than ever, according to Columbia Riverkeeper.
So the river advocacy group, with the help of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, is investigating.
Potential culprits are many in a deep, wide river that starts at a Canadian glacier and runs 1,200 miles, passing through the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and picking up agricultural runoff, heaps of allergens, dioxins from 13 pulp and paper mills, heavy metals from mines, and sewer outflows from cities and septic tanks along the way.
The windsurfers themselves are split on whether river nose is fact or fiction.
David Bandel Ramirez, a 44-year-old paramedic from The Dalles, said he hasn’t gotten sick from the Columbia; he’s more concerned about the stuff his 2-year-old daughter catches in the city pool. Others said they worry more about wind surfing in ponds than the rapidly recycled waters of the Columbia.
But David Wickman of Rowena, a 20-year surfer at age 61, said he’s taken to wearing nose plugs if he knows he’ll be trying new tricks and hitting the whitecaps often.
“If you get a lot of water up your nose, you’re going to get flu symptoms,” Wickman said. “There are 50 rivers feeding into this one, and a lot of pesticides and runoff, and you’ve got the Hanford plant. It’s just kind of a soup in there.”
Another avid windsurfer, Jeff Castleberry of Underwood, Wash., helped spur interest from Columbia Riverkeeper.
Castleberry and his wife have moved to follow the wind, relocating from Seattle to Portland to Underwood, across from Hood River. He works a late shift as a Hewlett-Packard engineer in Vancouver, leaving more free time for surfing.
Castleberry says he never had health effects from his frequent wind surfing until he hit the Columbia. Now he gets “stuffiness you would not believe,” particularly in the spring, rapid-fire sneezing, some sinus infections, and, this year, unusual fatigue.
“Some of it is you spend hours in the water, and you get tossed around a lot,” Castleberry said. “But I just don’t want to find out 10 years from now that I’ve been poisoning myself.”
Oregon environmental and health regulators say the Columbia’s high volume works in windsurfers’ favor, diluting the effects of pollution. Much of the river’s most infamous pollution — including PCBs and the banned pesticide DDT — persists in river sediment, not surface water.
Deanna Conners, a public health toxicologist with Oregon’s Department of Human Services, said the wide variety of symptoms reported makes them less likely to be from any single cause.
A 1990s state review spurred by windsurfer concerns found no measurable problems, and 1990s monitoring by the group that preceded Columbia Riverkeeper had inconclusive results.
If a health hazard is found, warning signs and advice for windsurfers would likely be posted when the danger is highest.
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_081307_health_river_sickness.2d67cfdb.html#
http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8R7D4900.html
Seattle hospital told to keep backpacks out of operating rooms
08/24/2007
Associated Press
One of the city’s main hospital systems has been told to keep potentially contaminated backpacks and briefcases out of operating rooms and to remind nurses to follow doctors’ orders when dispensing medications.
The deficiencies at Swedish Medical Center hospitals were reported by state health inspectors following scheduled visits in April and May.
According to their reports, nurses were found giving medications to patients for reasons other than what doctors ordered and unlabeled medication was discovered on anesthesia carts in operating rooms. In 2004 a patient at an unrelated hospital, Virginia Mason Medical Center, died after being mistakenly injected with an antiseptic solution from an unlabeled container.
continued............
An interesting book report, with a lot of facts in it:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/19/RVF9RA7EN.DTL&feed=rss.books
Drinking water systems much improved, but still challenging
Abe Streep
Sunday, August 19, 2007
“The Blue Death Disease, Disaster and the Water We Drink”...
The Blue Death
Disease, Disaster and the Water We Drink
By Dr. Robert D. Morris
HARPERCOLLINS; 310 PAGES; $24.95
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/08/23/state/n051245D00.DTL
Sheriff’s dog nabs suspect after LA deputy is shot
Thursday, August 23, 2007
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/24/BAC9ROQ77.DTL
Motorist from L.A. stopped in Geyserville, held on drug charge
Marisa Lagos
Friday, August 24, 2007
A Los Angeles man was arrested this week on suspicion of transporting narcotics for sale after he was stopped near Geyserville with about three gallons of GHB in his car - roughly enough for 20,000 doses of the “date rape drug,” the California Highway Patrol said Thursday.
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