John Holdren, Obama’s Science Czar: Forced abortions and mass sterilization needed to save planet
http://zombietime.com/john_holdren/ ^ | 7/10/2009
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2290196/posts?page=187
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Yes, there has been in my opinion, a large out break of mental illness in Washington.
I am not educated in mental illnesses, but suspect this desire to kill unborn babies, comes under the illness known as a
“God Complex”.
Or is it that they are so cowardly, that they will not face a living person and expect to win.
People still do not see what I see when they talk of abortion, most see dead babies.
I see a wiped out Military, for they have surely killed many before birth, who would be here and in uniform, ready to fight for their country.
Another form of takeover.
Grilling: Pizza
Posted by Joshua Bousel, July 3, 2009
On Fridays, Joshua Bousel drops by with a recipe for you to grill over the weekend. Fire it up, Joshua!
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Before you run out and grab all those burgers and hot dogs for tomorrow’s great Fourth of July cookout, let me tempt you with another great American tradition that’s great for the grill and revelers alike: pizza. Although the high heat of the grill produces a truly excellent pizza, it’s a challenge to get a perfectly cooked crisp crust at the same time the toppings are ready, but after years of trial and error, I’ve developed a fairly foolproof way to get perfect pizzas every time.
This requires a two-zone fire, with all the coals piled on one side of the charcoal grate, and a process of cooking the crust in stages.
First you stretch the dough out to a personal-size pizza and place it directly over the coals, cooking it until it browns and crisps nicely. Then remove the crust to a plate, arrange the toppings on the cooked side, place it over the cool side of the grill, and cover. When the cheese is melted and the toppings are done to your liking, check the bottom of the crust; if it needs to cook a little longer, just move it over to the hot side again until it’s perfect.
What comes off the grill is a real beauty of a pie. A wonderfully cooked crust, with that balance of crisp and chewiness that makes a great pizza—something to truly celebrate alongside our independence.
Perfectly Grilled Pizzas
Ingredients
Your favorite pizza dough, homemade or picked up from your local pizzeria
Your favorite pizza or marinara sauce
Toppings of your choosing
Procedure
1. Light a chimney 3/4 full of charcoal. When charcoal is fully lit and covered in gray ash, pour coals out and arrange them on one side of the charcoal grate, keeping the other side empty. After heating up for a minute, clean and oil the cooking grate.
2. Break off a piece of dough about the size of your fist and stretch to a personal sized pie, about 12 inches. Immediately place the dough on the grill on the hot side, directly over the fire. Watch the dough closely, when it crisps and becomes golden brown, remove from the grill to a plate.
3. Arrange your sauce and toppings on the grilled side of the dough. Place the pizza back on the cool side of the grill and cover. Checking the pizza every few minutes, continue to grill until the toppings are cooked to your liking. Check the bottom of the dough, if it needs a little bit more time to brown or cook, move the pizza to the hot side of the grill again and cook until the bottom is nicely browned and crisp. Remove from the grill and enjoy.
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Cook the Book: Plantain Shoestring Fries
Posted by Caroline Russock, July 3, 2009
20090629burgersfries%26shakes.jpgPlantains are not that popular in the U.S., but the rest of the world eats them up. They are a starchy staple of many tropical countries’ diets. Wikipedia lists no fewer than 23 regional dishes that revolve around plantains. In the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Colombia, Honduras, and Venezuela they are sliced into chips and called plátanos maduros. In Cuba they are mashed into a porridge known as fufu. Plantains are fried in Ivory Coast and served with a tomato onion sauce and grilled fish to make aloco.
This recipe for Plantain Shoestring Fries from Bobby Flay’s Burgers, Fries & Shakes is a great introduction to cooking with plantains. Most stores sell ripe and unripe plantains; they both look like giant mutant bananas, except that one type will be green and firm and the other will be black and soft. This recipe calls for the unripe, green variety, which is starchy enough to fry up crisp.
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Plantain Shoestring Fries
- serves 4 to 6 -
Adapted from Bobby Flay’s Burgers, Fries & Shakes by Bobby Flay.
Ingredients
1 tablespoon kosher salt
2 tablespoons grated lime zest
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
5 cups peanut oil
4 green plantains
Procedure
1. Stir together the salt, lime zest, and cayenne in a small bowl.
2. Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed medium stockpot over medium heat, or a tabletop deep fryer, to 375° F. Line a baking sheet with paper towels and set aside.
3. While the oil is heating, peel the plantains. To peel the plantains: use a sharp knife to cut off the top and bottom ends. With the tip of the knife, make one slit in the skin of the plantain from top to bottom. Run the plantain under cold water and use your thumb and fingers to work the peel away from the fruit, beginning at the slit. Cut 1/2 inch off the ends of each plantain, then slice the plantains lengthwise with a U-shaped peeler or a mandoline into very thin strips ( about 1/8 inch thick). Cut each strip lengthwise into 1/8-inch-thick fries.
4. Fry in batches, turning frequently, until golden brown, about 45 seconds. Remove with a mesh skimmer to the baking sheet lined with paper towels and season immediately with the salt mixture.
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Dinner Tonight: Chickpea Salad with Feta and Mint
Posted by Blake Royer, July 2, 2009
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I’m not too crazy about room-temperature bean salads; I like my beans best when they’re hot and refried. But I’m always tempted by legume recipes for their cheapness and healthiness, and it’s the season for salads. I’ve also yet to meet a Jamie Oliver salad that I didn’t like—the man has a knack. So when I saw this chickpea recipe, I took a chance. I liked that they are heated in a skillet to give them color and creaminess, similarly to another delicious recipe I made awhile back.
Shedding the usual trappings of lettuce and raw vegetables, this salad pairs the creamy chickpea against salty feta cheese and sweet cherry tomatoes; bits of basil and mint shoot it through with herby freshness. The dressing is bright and lemony, and a little hot from a fresh chili. It’s not a revolutionary recipe, but it was simple to prepare and very appealing. The trick to take away is the heating of the chickpeas; beyond that, the spices and ingredients could be easily adapted.
Chickpea Salad with Feta and Mint
-serves 4-
Adapted from JamieOliver.com
Ingredients
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
1 small fresh red chili, deseeded and minced
2 handfuls red or yellow cherry tomatoes, roughly chopped
Juice of 2 lemons
Extra virgin olive oil to taste
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
410g can of good-quality imported chickpeas, drained and rinsed
2 tablespoons fresh mint leaves, roughly torn or chopped
2 tablespoons fresh basil leaves, roughly torn or chopped
7 ounces feta cheese
Procedure
1. Combine the onion, chili, and tomatoes with their juice into a bowl. Dress with most of the lemon juice and olive oil to taste (about three times as much as lemon juice), then season with salt and pepper.
2. In a small skillet, drizzle a little olive oil over medium heat and add the chickpeas. Cook for a few minutes until hot and creamy and just beginning to color. Add them to the bowl and allow to marinate and cool.
3. Once cooled, toss the herbs and season again to taste, adding any remaining lemon juice if needed. Serve with the feta cheese loosely crumbled on top.
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Cook the Book: Perfect French Fries
Posted by Caroline Russock, June 29, 2009
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I think that french fries are underappreciated. Sure, everyone eats them and enjoys them but do we ever really stop to think about the process of the french fry? I hadn’t until I started working in a restaurant kitchen that prided itself on its fresh-cut fries. I quickly became acquainted with the long and painstaking evolution of the prefect fry. Hours of cutting, soaking, rinsing, re-rinsing, frying, cooling, and re-frying go into this classic burger accompaniment. French fries are not just fried potatoes.
Making the perfect fries is a learning process; it took Bobby Flay years to perfect his technique. Here are a few of his tips for mastering the art of the perfect fry from Bobby Flay’s Burgers, Fries & Shakes.
Russets or baking potatoes are the best, whereas waxy potatoes (such as Red Bliss or new potatoes) simply won’t do. Soaking is key—this removes the starch, keeps the potatoes from sticking together, and eliminates the sugars that prevent the potatoes from achieving maximum crispness. As far as oils go, peanut oil is the best for deep frying. It has a high smoking point and a taste that is mild enough not to overpower the potatoey goodness of your fries. While countertop deep fryers are great you don’t need one to make fantastic fries at home. A heavy-bottomed pot, a wire mesh strainer, a deep-fry thermometer, and a roll of paper towels are the only pieces of equipment you need for piles of golden brown, crisp and delicious fries at home.
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Perfect French Fries
- serves 4 -
Adapted from Bobby Flay’s Burgers, Fries & Shakes by Bobby Flay.
Ingredients
5 large Russet potatoes, peeled or well scrubbed, if leaving leaving the skin on
1 quart peanut oil
Kosher salt
Procedure
1. Cut the potatoes lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices, then cut each slice lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick fries. Put the fries in a large bowl of cold water and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 8 hours.
2. Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed medium stockpot over medium heat, or in a tabletop deep fryer, to 325° F. Line a baking sheet with paper towels and set aside.
3. Drain the fries well and pat dry in batches with paper towels. Fry each batch, turning frequently, for 3 to 4 minutes or until the fries are a pale blond color and limp. Remove with a mesh skimmer to the baking sheet lined with paper towels.
4. Increase the heat of the oil to 375° F.
5. Fry the potatoes again, in batches, turning frequently, until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove with the skimmer and drain on clean paper towels. Season immediately with salt and serve hot.
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Cook the Book: Fresh Mint-Chocolate Speckled Milkshake
Posted by Caroline Russock, July 1, 2009
20090629burgersfries%26shakes.jpgI consider myself lucky for the fact that my childhood dentist’s office was located in very close proximity to an ice cream parlor. When it came time for my brother’s and my twice-yearly dental exams my mother decided that we should forgo lunch and have milkshakes instead. In hindsight, I assume she thought that if we had a liquid lunch then the dentist wouldn’t find any nasty pieces of sandwich residue in our teeth. Even in my seven-year-old mind this plan didn’t make the most sense, but I looked forward to going to the dentist, so I guess it worked like a charm.
My choice was always a mint chocolate chip shake and to this day it’s my favorite. When I stumbled upon this recipe for Fresh Mint-Chocolate Speckled Milkshake in Bobby Flay’s Burgers, Fries & Shakes, happy childhood memories came flooding back to me. Any recipe that recalls positive memories of the dentist should be taken to heart because I am not sure that many of us have happy ones. I guess that the moral of the story is that a milkshake makes anything better, even going to the dentist.
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Fresh Mint-Chocolate Speckled Milkshake
- makes one 16-ounce milkshake or two 8-ounce milkshakes -
Adapted from Bobby Flay’s Burgers, Fries & Shakes by Bobby Flay.
Ingredients
1 cup whole milk
1 cup coarsely chopped fresh mint leaves plus 4 whole mint leaves and additional Sprigs for garnish (optional)
2 tablespoons sugar
11 ounces premium vanilla ice cream (about 1 3/4 packed cups)
1 ounce bittersweet chocolate bar (don’t use chips), melted and kept warm
Procedure
1. Combine the milk, chopped mint leaves, and sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer. Transfer to a bowl, cover, and refrigerate for at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours. Strain the milk into a bowl.
2. Pour 1/2 cup of the mint-flavored milk into a blender (reserve the remaining 1/2 cup milk for another shake), add the whole mint leaves, and blend for 5 seconds. Add the ice cream and blend until almost smooth, about 7 seconds. With the motor running, slowly pour the melted chocolate through the feed tube on the lid of the blender and blend for 5 seconds. Serve immediately, garnished with mint sprigs, if desired.
Adults: Add 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) crème de menthe to the blender when you add the mint-flavored milk.
Chocolate-chocolate mint shake Substitute chocolate ice cream for the vanilla ice cream.
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Cook the Book: Pickled Red Onions
Posted by Caroline Russock, July 2, 2009
20090629burgersfries%26shakes.jpgI love pretty much anything pickled, cucumbers, tomatoes, mushrooms, watermelon rind, okra, even pickled eggs. I have to say that my favorite pickled item is the onion. Those little pickled pearl onions in my jar of cornichons disappear way before the last pickle and when I’m in the mood for a cocktail, a gin gibson is my drink of choice. Those beautiful pink pickled onions that are served with some tacos are my absolute favorite.
With all of this love for pickled onions it’s surprising that I have never thought to put them on a burger. It was only while flipping through the pages of Bobby Flay’s Burgers, Fries & Shakes that I realized pickled onions might just be the prefect burger accompaniment.
This is a quick pickling recipe, no need for boiling jars or long curing time. Simple mix the thinly sliced red onions with some acid, in this case vinegar and lime juice, some herbs, and some chiles for spice.
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Pickled Red Onions
- makes about 2 cups -
Adapted from Bobby Flay’s Burgers, Fries & Shakes by Bobby Flay.
Ingredients
1 cup fresh lime juice
1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 large red onions
2 teaspoons finely chopped oregano leaves
2 whole serrano chiles or jalapeño chiles, slit down the center (optional)
Procedure
1. Whisk together the lime juice, vinegar, sugar, and salt in a medium nonreactive bowl and let sit until the salt and sugar dissolve, about 5 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, peel and halve the onions, and cut into 1/8-inch-thick slices. Add the onions, oregano, and chiles, if using, to the lime juice mixture and stir to combine. Cover and refrigerate for at least 24 hours and up to 2 days, stirring the mixture at least once during this time. Drain before serving.
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Serious Heat: Fruit Salsa: Love ‘em or Hate ‘em?
Posted by Andrea Lynn, July 1, 2009
Editor’s note: On Thursdays, Andrea Lynn, associate editor of Chile Pepper Magazine, drops by with Serious Heat.
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Photograph by Bill Milne
Whether in jarred-form or homemade, what is it about that sweet/spicy blend of fruit and chiles into a salsa that inspires love sonnets or utter repulsion? Personally, growing up on Southern sweet tea has primed me for a palate that can handle all types of sugariness, so I love fruit salsas. Others in the office don’t share that same sentiment on sweetness combined with fire.
Whether you love or hate them, you can’t argue with the popularity of fruit salsas. For our Salsa Scoop taste-test in the May issue of Chile Pepper, 70 to 80 salsas were submitted, three times as many salsas than in usual taste-tests. Every type of fruit imaginable—from papaya to green tomatoes to cherries—was in a salsa form, but our faves had one component in common: fruity freshness with a balance of sweet and heat.
A few highlights:
Appledore Cove Balsamic Strawberry Salsa
“Really digging the strawberries,” commented one taste-tester. This salsa sports a substantial berry taste that blends nicely with tomatoes. Unapologetically sweet, this is fruit salsa in all its glory, though the balsamic vinegar and burgundy wine do add a splash of acidity. Stuff this mild salsa into a crêpe with sour cream. Yummy.
Pain Is Good Georgia Peach Salsa
Pepper combines with peach in this salsa, which is also sweetened with apricot nectar. Onion bits make for a chunky texture in a salsa loaded with green chiles and jalapeños. More on the mild side, this is a great salsa to encourage budding chileheads (especially kids!).
Rosa Mexicano Salsa de Piña
“Now this is the pineapple salsa I’ve been waiting for,” said one taster of the salsa’s tart, salty perfection with a pow of heat. With just a tiny hit of smoke and tastefully sweet flavor, this salsa should be savored straight on a chip (or out of the jar).
Want to make your own fruit salsa? It’s easy enough! Whether mounding it on a chip or topping grilled chicken, this Grapefruit-Avocado Salsa will make guacamole jealous—the fruit salsa uses the velvety smoothness of avocado to create magic with tart ruby red grapefruit. Quickly pickled onions and chiles add crunch, acidity and heat.
Grapefruit-Avocado Salsa with Pickled Onions and Chiles
- makes 4 servings -
Zest Factor: Medium
To segment a grapefruit, place on a cutting board, and use a serrated knife to cut a thick slice of peel off both ends of the fruit. Stand the grapefruit up on one of the cut ends and use the knife to trim away the peel and pith from the rest of the grapefruit, keeping as much fruit intact as possible. Using a paring knife, hold grapefruit over a bowl to catch juices, and cut in between the membranes to segment the fruit. Reserve the grapefruit juice to enjoy on its own.
Ingredients
For the pickled onions
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 sliced red onion
2 to 3 serrano chiles, sliced
For the salsa
2 ruby red grapefruits, segmented and cut into bite-size pieces
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
8 to 10 mint leaves, julienned
Salt
1 avocado, chopped
Procedure
1. In a small bowl, combine vinegar and sugar. Whisk together until sugar is mostly dissolved. Add onion and chiles, and stir. Let sit for 30 minutes to marinate. Drain vinegar mixture, reserving the pickled onions and chiles. Discard the vinegar, or reserve for another use.
2. In a medium bowl, combine the grapefruit segments, cilantro, mint and salt. Mix in onions and chiles, and check for seasoning. Add avocado, and gently toss to combine. Serve with chips or over any meat, like grilled chicken.
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Dinner Tonight: Soy Poached Chicken
Posted by Nick Kindelsperger, July 1, 2009
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I’m currently between apartments, crashing at friend’s place for a week until I can safely move in to a new place. This means all my spices and gadgets are boxed up and hanging out in a storage unit far away from me. All I have are my condiments, which I knew would go bad if I left them out of the fridge for a week. That’s really the only reason I settled on this recipe for soy-poached chicken from the New York Times. I knew I had a huge bottle of mushroom-flavored soy sauce, and I could easily pick up everything else at the Trader Joe’s by my current residence.
Luckily, the recipe is from Mark Bittman, whose recipes are always flavorful. Much like other braised chicken dishes I’ve tried, this one is littered with ginger. To that, Bittman adds the aforementioned mushroom soy sauce (regular soy sauce can probably be substituted, but I have no proof of this), mei kuei lu chiew (which you can substitute an off-dry Gewurztraminer for), sugar, and water. The chicken cooks at a boil for 10 minutes breast side down, and then it is flipped, the heat is killed, and the bird bathes in the broth for 15 minutes to hopefully finish cooking.
Except mine didn’t get done. When I cut into the legs I noticed they were nearly raw. I blame this on the fact that my bird was a four-pounder and not the skinny 2 1/2 pounds that was recommended. It’s not a huge deal; I just brought the liquid back to a boil and cooked the bird for an extra five minutes. The chicken comes out perfumed with ginger, star anise, and that mushroom soy sauce, but the skin does look a little pale. This is solved by tossing it in a very hot oven for five minutes to crisp the skin up. The chicken is utterly delicious, but it’s the sauce that I loved the most. When I finished my plate I ate the sauce from the bowl with a spoon.
About the author: Nick Kindelsperger is a freelance writer in Chicago and the co-founder of The Paupered Chef.
Soy-Poached Chicken
- serves 4 -
Ingredients
3 cups mushroom soy sauce
3 cups off-dry white wine
1 cup sugar
3 ounces ginger, peeled and sliced
10 scallions
1 2-1/2 to 3 pound chicken
2 star anise
Procedure
1. Pour the mushroom soy sauce, white wine, and 2 cups of water into a large pot set over. Add the star anise, sugar, and ginger and turn the heat to medium-high. When it comes to a boil add the scallions and carefully lower the chicken in, breast side down. Bring back to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat, and flip the bird over to the other side and let it sit in the liquid for 15 minutes. Check to see if the leg meat is cooked. If it is not, then return the liquid to a boil and cook leg side down for an extra 5 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 500°F. Chop the remaining scallions.
3. Remove the chicken from the pot, and transfer to a roasting pan. Place in the oven and cook for about 5 minutes. Keep a constant eye on it making sure the skin doesn’t burn.
4. Meanwhile, bring the liquid in the pot back to a boil. Once hot, turn off the heat and add the chopped scallions.
5. Carve the bird and serve with extra sauce on the side.
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Bolo Burger
Posted by Caroline Russock, July 1, 2009
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When it comes down to it there are really only two schools of hamburger philosophy. The first are the hamburger purists—a burger and a bun are all these guys need for a perfect burger. Cheese, lettuce, and tomato can be argued for, but really, it’s all about the meat. The second school of burger lovers are more open and progressive. Members of this group embrace toppings—avocados, sautéed mushrooms, blue cheese, and atypical buns are tell-tale signs of a progressive burger aficionado.
A progressive burger lover sees the hamburger as a blank canvas, an already delicious vessel just waiting to be improved upon. While Bobby Flay doesn’t compromise the quality of his burgers in Bobby Flay’s Burgers, Fries & Shakes, he is certainly not opposed to gilding the lily. This recipe for Bolo Burgers is inspired by Spain—sweet and spicy piquillo peppers and Spanish paprika are mixed into an aioli, and topped with Serrano ham and Manchego cheese. The sesame seed bun is pressed in the style of a Cuban sandwich.
Is this a true burger? That depends on which school of burgers you fall into, but I’m pretty sure that if you were to make these burgers at home you wouldn’t get many complaints.
Bolo Burger
- serves 4 -
Adapted from Bobby Flay’s Burgers, Fries & Shakes by Bobby Flay.
Ingredients
Piquillo Pepper-Smoked Paprika Aioli
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 jarred piqiullo peppers, drained
2 teaspoons smoked sweet Spanish paprika
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Burgers
1 1/2 pounds ground chuck (80 percent lean)
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons canola oil
4 sesame seed hamburger buns, split; toasted if desired
8 slices Manchego cheese
8 paper-thin slices Serrano ham
Procedure
1. To make the aioli, combine the mayonnaise, garlic, peppers, paprika, and salt in a food processor and process until smooth. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving. The aioli can be prepared 1 day in advance, tightly covered, and refrigerated.
2. Divide the meat into 4 equal portions (about 6 ounces each). Form each portion loosely into a 3/4-inch-thick burger and make a deep impression in the center with your thumb. Season both sides of each burger with salt and pepper. Cook the burgers, using 1 1/2 tablespoons of the oil.
If using a grill: Heat a gas grill to high or heat coals in a charcoal grill until they glow bright orange and ash over. Brush the burgers with oil. Grill the burgers until golden brown and slightly charred on the first side, about 3 minutes. Flip over the burgers. Cook burgers until golden brown and slightly charred on the second side, 4 minutes for medium rare (3 minutes if topping with cheese; see step 3) or until cooked to desired degree of doneness.
If using a grill pan: Heat a grill pan over high heat on top of the stove. Cook the burgers as for a grill, above.
If using a sauté pan or griddle (preferably cast iron): Heat the oil in the pan or griddle until the oil begins to shimmer. Cook the burgers until golden brown and slightly charred on the first side. Flip over the burgers. Cook burgers until golden brown and slightly charred on the second side, 4 minutes for medium rare (3 minutes if topping with cheese; see step 3) or until cooked to desired degree of doneness.
3. Place the buns on a flat surface and spread half of the aioli over them. Top each one with a slice of the cheese, then a slice of the ham, then a burger, another slice of ham, and finally another slice of cheese, in that order. Spread the rest of the aioli on the bun tops and cover each burger with a top.
4. Brush the tops of the buns with the remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons of oil and place on the grill, griddle, or sauté pan, top side down. Using a heavy-duty metal spatula, press down on the bottom of the buns and grill until the tops are light golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Turn the burgers over and continue cooking, pressing down the tops, until the bottoms are light golden brown and the cheese has melted, about 1 minute longer. Serve immediately.
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Seriously Italian: A Sicilian Breakfast To Beat The Heat
Posted by Gina DePalma, July 2, 2009
Editor’s note: On Thursdays, Babbo pastry chef Gina DePalma checks in with Seriously Italian. After a stint in Rome, she’s back in the States, channeling her inner Italian spirit via recipes and intel on delicious Italian eats. Take it away, Gina!
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I live on the top floor of our six-story building, which takes the heat of summer to another level. As soon as the temperatures get warm and the days get longer, our tar roof begins to sop up the heat and then pump it into our apartment with the full-force vengeance of a busted furnace. If there are any other roof dwellers out there, you know exactly what I am talking about. It is a miserable, stifled, intensity that makes even the slightest bit of activity seem like torture.
It reminds me a bit of the kind of heat they get in Sicily, where at the height of summer it is not uncommon to awake at sunrise to soaring temperatures. Sicilians have unique coping mechanisms in place to deal with the inferno. They drive like maniacs in the streets of Palermo and Catania. They take to the seashores as much as possible, gathering on beaches and promenades, dangling off the decks of boats and rocky cliffs. And they eat ice-cold gelato, granita, and sorbetto for breakfast.
Starting your day with a huge mound of ice cream may seem decadent and misplaced to our somewhat Puritan sensibility of sweets and when they can be enjoyed. Remember when Bill Cosby fed chocolate cake to his kids for dinner?
Meh, meno male. Italians like to start the day with something sweet anyway, and the frozen part is purely common sense. Eating something very cold will lower the body’s temperature, a good idea when your clothes are going to be soaked with sweat by 9 a.m. In a larger sense it reflects the Sicily’s cultural history, an ability to adapt to any situation in order to further survival, as well as the ultimate enjoyment of life.
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My favorite part is the soft, airy, buttery brioche roll that is the vehicle of choice for all of this frozen goodness. The bread is split open wide and stuffed to overflowing with gelato or sorbetto. Granita—basically liquid that is aerated and broken up by hand as it freezes—is looser and melts quickly, so it is usually served in a glass, layered con panna (with cream). Simply dunk and dip a piece of brioche into it, or load it on by the spoonful.
How can this breakfast be folly? There’s bread for energy, some dairy, maybe some fruit, and with Granita al Caffè Con Panna, your morning coffee all in one cool, heat-dissipating shot.
If you want to try your hand at homemade brioche, go for it, but since turning on the oven defeats the purpose of keeping things cool, I try to let someone else do the baking. It is hard to duplicate the kind of bread you would find in Sicily. Italian brioche differs from the French version; it is richer and fluffier, more like a cushy pillow, and the outer layer isn’t as flaky. If you have a good bakery near your house, you can get a brioche loaf and cut slices to fold around the gelato, or ask for a simple sweet roll.
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To make the coffee granita, I follow this formula: 1/4 cup of granulated sugar for every two cups of brewed espresso or strong regular coffee. You can certainly adjust the sweetness to your taste. Whisk the sugar into the hot coffee, and let the mixture cool completely to room temperature before putting it into the freezer in a shallow metal or glass dish.
Monitor the freezing process; as the sides begin to freeze, using a whisk or fork to break it up and move it to the center. You’ll have to do this every 15 minutes or so, sooner as it freezes more; I like to use a little whisk for more aeration and to strategically target the frozen spots.
When there is no more loose liquid in the mix, give it a really good whisking and let it freeze for about 15 to 20 minutes more.
To serve, you’ll need some sweetened heavy cream whipped until it mounds softly. In a glass dessert dish or cup, put a generous layer of frozen granita. I like to add a small shot of ice-cold, brewed espresso here to get some extra coffee punch in the mix. Layer on some cream, then repeat the layers, ending with a mound of cream, which you can whip a bit stiffer for holding power. Top with some shaved chocolate and/or ground cinnamon and serve with brioche on the side. Dip pieces of the brioche into the mix, or fold pieces of it around spoonfuls of granita and cream.
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One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Treaure!
Profit, Art... and Priceless Treasures... From Trash
by Jacqueline Corbett
“Dumpster diving”, often a survival technique for the hungry and homeless, can, for believers and visionaries, be an exciting treasure hunt yielding antiques, vintage collectibles, and exciting finds waiting to be turned into art.
For some, dumpsters and garbage piles are sources of priceless treasures (some very eBay-able). For others, they are a stash of wonderful “raw materials” waiting to be made into objects of art. For yet others, a source of food, clothing, decorative and useful items for the home.
For those addicted, they can be a never-ending and inexpensive source of amusement ... providing a “rush” unequalled even by the finest flea market or thrift store find. Definitely the “thrill of the hunt”... and then some.
There is something both magical and mystical about “dumpster diving”. Not only are you “rescuing” something of value from almost certain oblivion — but you are also receiving a “surprise gift from the Universe” that is totally free.
“Dumpster diving” has become almost fashionable these days... with mentions of it showing up in the popular media.
I discovered it by chance over 20 years ago, after “starting over” in the mountains of North Carolina.
At the time, unattended dumpsters were the way garbage was dealt with in all but the most urban areas of Western North Carolina. Whole houseful’s of belongings would often wind up in the dumpsters ... creating an afternoon’s worth of entertainment... a veritable “archeological dig” of sorts as you progressed through layers of discarded objects... looking for “the good stuff”.
Yielding treasures to be cherished like the cast iron monkey doorstop that followed me to Philadelphia and back... or the numerous household and clothing items that found their way to Asheville’s Dreamland Flea Market, helping pay the $435 a month rent on our 3 story, 4 bedroom 3 bath rental home (another of my amazing finds!).
Not only has dumpster diving been an now and then source of amusement, and occasional sustenance, but I personally find it to be one of the highest forms of re-cycling — and a marvelous way to practice receiving “manna” from the Universe.
How the Matching Color Monitor Magically Appeared
I am still in awe of the amazing way the matching HP Pavilion 15” Color Monitor came into my possession. There was no doubt in my mind that THIS was not just a coincidence.
Six months earlier, I had purchased an HP Pavilion computer. Really tight for cash, I had no choice but to make do with an old Dell monitor with terrible color.
One Wednesday evening, I took the “long way home” from work. As I sped by the Jr. League Thrift Store in Bryn Mawr — a stop on the rather ritzy Philadelphia ‘Main Line’ and one of my favorite Saturday afternoon places to hunt for treasure — I spotted a bunch of interesting looking chairs sitting next to the store’s dumpster.
I quickly did a U-turn.
Not only was one of the chairs a great find, but inside of the dumpster I spotted an HP color monitor. I brought it home and hooked it up to my computer. It worked perfectly. I now finally had a place to hang the speakers that had come with my computer — and could build webpages and see them in vibrant color.
I priced the monitor at Comp USA at $250.00.
I felt — and still do — truly blessed. For I was undoubtedly the perfect recipient of this monitor which had been discarded by someone who no doubt had upgraded to a much bigger and nicer monitor. Led to it by some mysterious guidance for which I am both eternally grateful and continuously in awe.
That same dumpster has before and since yielded many another treasure. Here’s just a brief and very partial list from memory.
* A matched set of four pink Pyrex refrigerator dishes from the ‘50’s. Sold on eBay for $55.00.
* A blue Uncle Sam cash register bank. Sold on eBay for about $25.
* A gorgeous set of lapis blue Mikasa dishes minus a cup or two which I still treasure.
* Several boxes of vintage LP’s in mint condition..
* Untold numbers of intriguing books including a signed Howard Cosell autobiography which I sold on eBay for about $17.
* A wonderful native American beaded purse and matching beaded necklace.
You’ll see from this list that the right dumpster can indeed be a very profitable and pleasurable place to “dive”.
Curbside Trash Heaps in Fancy Neighborhoods Can Often Yield Wonderful Finds
Some folks purportedly make a very nice living just by making afterhours rounds of upscale neighborhoods on trash takeout night and reselling their finds.
I’ve haven’t done that — yet — but I did make quite a haul one afternoon after spotting a huge trashpile in the front yard of a Dexter Hill home whose basement had been inundated by a recent flood and quickly applying my brakes and making a U-turn. An hour or two later, I walked back to the car with an assortment of goodies which included a small oriental carpet, a delightful vintage terracotta jug from some foreign country, several vintage Christmas ornaments in the form of birds and shells, two tall brass lamps, and an monogramed Irish linen bed sheet. More ‘gifts from the Universe’ as I’ve come to call them.
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Dumpster Diving for Fun and Profit
The recent post on dumpster diving over at The Bizarro World Debt Elimination Freak Show got me thinking about my old dumpster diving days in time past. In the summer of 2002 I was back home for the summer from grad school at Syracuse University. I needed to save some money because I was to be moving to my present town in the fall and I would need some cash for a security deposit and first month’s rent on an apartment in a way overpriced location. I looked around at local jobs, but nothing sounded like much fun at the time. My mom made the suggestion that I do some work for her fiance, Robert, who was basically a local jack-of-all-trades handyman. He agreed pay me $10.00/hr., and the two of us would be able to crank out quite a bit of work together.
One of Robert’s long-time hobbies/passions was and is dumpster diving. So whenever we were short on work, we would make the rounds to all the construction sites, shopping centers, etc., raiding the dumpsters for anything that was remotely sell-able. Most of the time we were looking for scrap metal, especially aluminum and copper, which we could then drive over to the Alcoa (AA) scrap yard and sell for the going rate on scrap metals. Pure copper or aluminum caught the highest rate, but “dirty” copper or aluminum was also able to be sold on the cheap.
One of our regular stops was at the local “Big-Box-store” dumpster. This particular Big-Box was having a peculiar problem: Their forklift driver had a habit of punching holes in some of the boxed items they sold. Rather than sell a damaged product, Big-Box would just toss it in the dumpster and leave it ripe for the picking. One particular product that we found pretty regularly was a certain model of Rubbermaid snap-together outdoor storage shed; the kind that goes for a few hundred dollars a pop. (See the exact model here and in the photo above. Ahhh, the memories!) The forklift driver was punching a hole in the box and damaging the doors of the shed. Whenever we found one of these sheds in the dumpster, we would make off with it like bandits, run it back to Robert’s garage, assemble it, replace the missing door with gray-painted plywood, and put it out on the street with a for sale sign.
The whole process probably took under two hours, and we would be able to net somewhere between $150 and $200 for each shed we recovered. $75-$100 for each of us per shed was not a bad deal for two hours of work. By the end of summer we had the storage shed assembly down to a science and we were able to shave another half hour off that assembly time. We probably found, assembled and sold somewhere between seven and ten identical sheds all with the same missing door over the course of that summer.
The next summer a similar situation arose. My then-girlfriend and now-wife had become engaged, and I needed to save money for our honeymoon. We were to be married in August in her hometown in Florida and then we were to drive across country for our honeymoon and to get her moved out to California while I worked on my Ph.D. Same thing: I needed the cash, but a regular job didn’t sound like much fun at all; so Robert and I were back to our old tricks of odd-job work and construction, with a healthy dose of dumpster diving when the work wasn’t forthcoming.
So all-in-all I have two summers of professional dumpster diving experience under my belt. As long as we avoided the dumpsters with heavy-food content (yuck!) and stuck to those dumpsters that tended to yield sell-able materials (construction sites, stores, etc.), we were able to make pretty decent money while avoiding the ick-factor that is usually associated with dumpster-diving.
I wonder what my students would think if they knew that their college professor moonlights as a professional dumpster diver! Lesson in short: when you need the cash, you can’t be proud. Swallow your pride, find a good dumpster, and dive right in! I had a better time dumpster diving than I have had at practically every job I’ve had before or since. I have always had relatively fun jobs (coffee shop barista, RadioShack salesperson, college professor, etc.), but running around in a pickup truck all day with a toolbox and a bed full of scrap metal was more existentially freeing than any of them!
July 13, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com
Iraq: Seven Christian Churches Bombed - Christians fleeing Iraq when told by Islamic Supremacists to Convert to Islam or Die
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/iraq-churches-bombed/
— CNN: “Wave of Iraq church bombings stretches into third day”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/13/iraq.church.bombings/
— CNN reports: “A church in Iraq was bombed Monday, the seventh Christian house of worship in the country to be bombed in three days.”
— “Three children were wounded in Monday’s attack in northern city of Mosul
— “Car bomb exploded in the morning, damaging church in al-Faisaliya district
— “Six churches in and around Baghdad were bombed over the weekend
— “Many of Iraq’s estimated 1 million Christians have fled the country
— CNN reports: “The car bomb exploded in the morning, damaging the church in the al-Faisaliya district of eastern Mosul.”
-— “Six churches in and around Baghdad were bombed over the weekend, leaving four dead, officials told CNN.
A total of 35 people have been wounded in the wave of attacks, including the three children Monday.”
-— “The first bombing took place Saturday night at St. Joseph’s church in western Baghdad, according to an Interior Ministry
official. Two bombs placed inside the church exploded about 10 p.m. (3 p.m. ET). No one was in the church at the time of the attack.”
-— “Earlier Sunday, three bombs exploded outside churches, wounding eight civilians, the official said. The bombs
detonated within a 15-minute span, between 4:30 and 4:45 p.m. local time (9:30 and 9:45 a.m. ET). Two of the churches
are in central Baghdad’s al-Karrada district, and the third is in al-Ghadeer in eastern Baghdad.”
-— “Sunday evening, a car bomb exploded outside a church on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad just after 7 p.m.
(12 p.m. ET), the official said. Four people died, and 21 were wounded.”
-— “And in southern Baghdad’s Dora district, a bomb outside a church wounded three other civilians.”
-— “Most of the churches were damaged in the bombings, according to video footage.”
-— “St. Joseph’s was one of six churches hit by coordinated bombings of Christian houses of worship in
Baghdad and Mosul in 2004. The church is in the al-Jamiaa neighborhood of Baghdad, a former stronghold
of al Qaeda in Iraq. There have been recent reports of an increase in targeted attacks in the area.”
-— “Many of Iraq’s estimated 1 million Christians have fled the country after targeted attacks by extremists. In October,
more than a thousand Iraqi families fled Mosul after they were reportedly frightened by a series of killings and threats
by Muslim extremists, who apparently ordered them to convert to Islam or face possible death. At least 14 Christians
were killed in Mosul in the first two weeks of October. “
-— “One Christian Iraqi, interviewed outside Sacred Heart Church — one of three churches bombed Sunday afternoon
— said the bomb went off shortly before 5 p.m., as members were arriving for Sunday evening mass. No one was hurt,
Sabhan George told CNN, but the bomb damaged the church building and some cars outside.”
-— “George said he is concerned about the church bombings. If this continues, he said, ‘there will be no Christians left in Iraq.’”
(Iraq) Car bomb explodes outside Iraqi church, kills 4
— AP: “A car bomb exploded near a church as worshippers left Sunday Mass, killing at least four civilians and injuring
18 in one of several attacks on Iraq’s beleaguered Christian minority.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090712/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705316462/Car-bomb-explodes-outside-Iraqi-church-kills-4.html?linkTrack=rss-5
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2009-07-12-carbombing_N.htm?csp=34
Iraq curfew in some Christian areas after church bombs
http://alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LD550300.htm
(Iraq) U.S. ambassador to Iraq unhurt by convoy bomb
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090713/pl_nm/us_iraq_violence_ambassador
(Pakistan) Deadly blast in Pakistani village - 9 die in bombing south of Lahore
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8147092.stm
(Pakistan) Mullah Fazlullah, Swat leadership safe: Taliban spokesman
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/07/mullah_fazlullah_swa.php
(Pakistan) Training centres in Mehsud’s areas bombed - South Waziristan
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/06-training-centres-in-mehsuds-areas-bombed-rs-12
(Pakistan) Shariah to be enforced: Jamaat-e-Islami
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=187717
(Pakistan) Punjab: Explosion Kills 17 in Eastern Pakistan
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-13-voa10.cfm
(U.S./Somalia)Minnesota: Minn. man indicted on terror charge
— “Federal prosecutors have indicted a Minnesota man on charges of aiding a terrorist group.”
— “The indictment unsealed in Minneapolis accuses Salah Osman Amed of conspiracy, the Star Tribune reports.
Amed appeared Monday before a magistrate judge.”
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/apArticle/id/D99DQ6JO1/
(U.S./Somalia)
— Feds: They Wanted To Fight Jihad In Somalia
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/07/13/feds-they-wanted-to-fight-jihad-in-somalia/?test=latestnews
— FBI confirms link between terror indictments, missing Somalis
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/07/13/terror_indictment/
(U.S.) CIA Had Secret Al Qaeda Plan
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124736381913627661.html#mod=rss_Today%27s_Most_Popular
Jordan: Death Sentence in Killing of U.S. Diplomat
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/world/middleeast/14briefs-Jordan.html?_r=1
Somali President Says Parts of Capital Recaptured
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=a2EZLW80SYyU
Yemen: 6 Al Qaeda Militants Get Death Sentences
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532140,00.html
Yemen forces disperse rally over suspended paper
http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSTRE56B1NA20090712
(Algeria/Switzerland) Al Qaeda frees Swiss hostage for 3 mln euro-paper
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSCHI327625
(Germany) German-Pakistani man jailed for supporting al-Qaeda
— “Aleem N.” sentenced to eight years in prison
— “Prosecutors said Aleem N. supported al-Qaeda for years, raising money, distributing propaganda material
and recruiting new members. He is thought to be a key figure for the organization’s German operations.”
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4475600,00.html
(Philippines) LA Times: “Philippine bombings: No one is a suspect and everyone is to blame”
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-philippines-bombings13-2009jul13,0,5580996.story
Other News:
(U.S.) Virginia: Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) Statement to Virginia’s
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on the Islamic Saudi Academy
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/islamic-saudi-academy/
-— also provides links to YouTube videos of public hearings
-— Denise Lee, Jeffrey Imm - on YouTube - Fairfax 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_fAQKcSsF4
—— Denise Lee at 3:06, Jeffrey Imm begins at 8:06
-— YouTube Fairfax 3
—— Jeffrey Imm continues beginning of video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocb_D2oGafI&;
-— R.E.A.L. postings addressing Saudi Arabia
http://www.realcourage.org/?s=Saudi
(U.S.) FOX News: Coalition Fights Expansion of Islamic Saudi Academy in Virginia
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532365,00.html
(U.S.) July 11 Lincoln Memorial Public Awareness Event - Orange Ribbon Campaign Kickoff for Equality And Liberty
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/july-11-lincoln-memorial/
(U.S.) July 21 - DC: Congress to Reintroduce Equal Rights Amendment for Women
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/july-21-era/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=82398771791#/event.php?eid=102387221863
(U.S.) “New fund provides investment opportunity for Muslims, others”
http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/07/13/2009-07-13_new_fund_provides_investment_opportunity_for_muslims_others.html
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Wearing the burqa is neither Islamic nor socially acceptable
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/yasmin-alibhai-brown/yasmin-alibhaibrown-wearing-the-burqa-is-neither-islamic-nor-socially-acceptable-1743375.html
(France) Caryl Rivers comments on burqa
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/caryl-rivers/ban-the-burka-you-bet_b_230136.html
Saudi Arabia announces penalites for human trafficking
— U.S. State Department: “Women, primarily from Asian and African countries, are also believed to have
been trafficked into Saudi Arabia for commercial sexual exploitation”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h6pcHKXFofSlUGTgD1fzIIWhRN4g
—— see also:
-—— U.S. State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report 2009 and Gender Imbalance in Human Trafficking
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/06/trafficking-in-persons-2009/
Iran Protest News:
Mother of 19 Year Old Slain Iranian Protester “I Won’t Be Silenced”
http://freemenow.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/mother-of-19-year-old-slain-iranian-protester-i-wont-be-silenced/
Against Nazi News:
(Germany) Demjanjuk charged with 27,900 counts of accessory to murder
— “German prosecutors charge Demjanjuk as accessory to murder at Nazi death camp”
-— “German prosecutors formally charged John Demjanjuk on Monday with 27,900 counts of being
an accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp during World War II”
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=8067094
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090713/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_demjanjuk
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July 14, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com
(Pakistan) Al Qaeda: “New Audio from Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri: ‘A Message to My Muslim Brothers and Sisters in Pakistan’”
http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/nefazawahiri0709.pdf
— Qaeda’s Zawahri urges Pakistanis to join jihad
—— Zawahiri: “It is the individual duty of every Muslim in Pakistan to join the Mujahedeen”
http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINLF51577020090715?rpc=401&;
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25785866-1702,00.html?from=public_rss
(Pakistan) Punjab: “Terror’s free run in South Punjab”
— “Massive quantities of weapons discovered from the house of the teacher Riaz Kamboh — explosives, suicide jackets,
rockets, etc — clearly indicate that the man was involved in terrorism and was probably a part of the plan for
future terrorist activities targeting Punjab.”
— “The terrorist did not set up a madrassa but a school where pre-teen boys and girls were being taught the Quran by him.”
— “It is to be noted that the local people agreed to send their children to his school while knowing that
the man was involved in suspect activities and that he and his brother had indulged in crime in the city.”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\15\story_15-7-2009_pg3_1
Pakistan: Spy agency exposes link between militants and religious schools
— “here is renewed fear that Islamic schools or ‘madrassahs’ will be the only system of education left to fill
the vacuum which could lead to a new generation who could be trained for the Taliban.”
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3540499148
(Pakistan) FATA: 23 Militants Killed in Clashes in Pakistan - Mohmand agency
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532400,00.html
-— Deadly Pakistan clashes, NATO tanker ambushed - Mohmand and Khyber agencies
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090715/tap-pakistan-unrest-northwest-2a5be5e.html
-— Taliban destroy NATO fuel tanker
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\15\story_15-7-2009_pg1_4
(Pakistan) FATA: Six Taliban killed in clash with troops in S Waziristan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\14\story_14-7-2009_pg7_5
(Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban fighters in Swat may be slipping into Tajikistan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS-World-Rest-of-World-Taliban-fighters-in-Swat-may-be-slipping-into-Tajikistan-/articleshow/4778779.cms
(Pakistan) NWFP: ‘No contact with Sufi, rumours only to benefit Taliban’
— NWFP govt states “NWFP government has no contact with Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi chief Sufi Muhammad”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\15\story_15-7-2009_pg7_14
(Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban won’t be allowed to disrupt peace in Swat again: Hoti
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\14\story_14-7-2009_pg7_12
(Pakistan) NWFP: Fresh offensive launched in Buner
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/11-fresh-offensive-launched-in-buner—il—13
(Pakistan) Interpreter of Canadian lady freed
— Jihad Unspun’s Khadija Abdul Qahaar (aka Beverly Giesbrecht) released
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=186626
— Still alive and well against all his hopes
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=187026
Pakistan state govt decides to withdraw appeal against Saeed
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS-World-Pakistan-Pak-state-govt-decides-to-withdraw-appeal-against-Saeed/articleshow/4775191.cms
— “The govt of Pak’s Punjab province said it was compelled to withdraw the appeal in the SC challenging the
release of Hafiz Saeed after the federal govt failed to share evidence against Saeed.”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS-World-Pakistan-Heres-proof-that-Pakistan-wasnt-serious/articleshow/4778188.cms
(India) Mumbai Attacks: 26/11 accused Hafeez Saeed walks free in Pak
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS-World-Pakistan-2611-accused-Hafeez-Saeed-walks-free-in-Pak/articleshow/4778163.cms
(India) Mumbai Attacks: Pakistan didn’t pursue leads to catch 26/11 perpetrators
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS-India-Pak-didnt-pursue-leads-to-catch-2611-perpetrators/articleshow/4778148.cms
(India) Terror threat puts Mumbai on high alert
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS-City-Mumbai-Terror-alert-cites-seven-state-targets/articleshow/4778164.cms
(Afghanistan) Taliban influence on the rise in Afghanistan: study
http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/jul/150709-taliban-influence-afghanistan.htm
Afghanistan: Italian soldier killed in bomb attack
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3540499031
(Afghanistan) Explosion Kills Afghan Police Chief and 3 Officers
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/world/asia/14afghan.html?ref=world
(Afghanistan) Two ISAF soldiers killed in Afghanistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2014226&Language=en
(Afghanistan) Taleban plant their homemade bombs in Afghanistan with lethal effectiveness
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6703393.ece
(Iraq) Two killed, three injured in two attacks in Mosul
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2014239&Language=en
(Iraq) Armed attack kills two policemen in central Baghdad
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2014072&Language=en
(Iraq) Hundreds protest Falluja police chief’s arrest on al-Qaeda charges
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1489581.php/Hundreds_protest_Falluja_police_chiefs_arrest_on_al-Qaeda_charges_
(U.S./Somalia) Minnesota men charged in Somali recruiting
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/13/somalia.americans.killed/index.html
— From the Midwest to Mogadishu
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/ways-to-detect-jihadist-threats/
— How one youth was drawn to jihad in Somalia
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0714/p10s01-woaf.html
(U.S.) Colors could disappear from terror alert system
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gg4zczSIwqDYPqYT12kYuYvOLMjAD99EFIUG0
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31909694/ns/us_news-security/
(U.S.) California: Peninsula residents warned of ‘acid bombs’
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/13/BAGE18NKRL.DTL
(U.S.) Recent Disclosures Prompt Obama Administration to Rethink Approach to Inquiries
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/12/AR2009071202118.html
(U.S.) Unclassified Report on the President’s Surveillance Program - PDF
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/UnclassifiedReportPSP.pdf
(U.S.) Analysts Turn To Software For Spotting Terrorists
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106538028
(UK) Daily Star: “Muslim fanatic targets boys, 8”
— Abu Waleed “boasted that he grooms kids as young as EIGHT to become extremists.”
— “British-born Abu Waleed gloated in a web broadcast that he is ‘radicalising children’ and teaching them Sharia law.”
— “The vile rant was filmed at the London School of Sharia, which hosts lectures from hate preachers
including Omar Bakri and Anjem Choudary.”
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/88978/Muslim-fanatic-targets-boys-8/
Iran executes 13 Sunni Muslim rebels - Jundallah organization
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5829475/Iran-executes-13-Sunni-Muslim-rebels.html
(Gaza) Salafi-Jihadi Group in Gaza: ‘We Intend to Carry Out a Big Operation to Prove Our Allegiance to Bin Laden’
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD244609
(Israel) Gov’t strikes back against ‘biased’ human rights NGOs
— “Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday slammed a recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) fundraising delegation
to Saudi Arabia as evidence the organization has lost its ‘moral compass.’”
— “’If you can fundraise in Saudi Arabia, why not move on to Somalia, Libya and North Korea?’ he said”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443811032&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Israel) ‘Social network bolsters teen emotions after suicide bombings’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443810188&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Somalia) Two French Citizens Abducted in Somalia
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124755854978937721.html
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2014171&Language=en
http://allafrica.com/stories/200907140792.html
(Somalia) What would al Shabaab win mean for Somalia?
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE56D3K820090714
Somalia: President Asks Somali-Americans to Shun Islamists
http://allafrica.com/stories/200907140857.html
Somalia: Somaliland Police Detain Journalists
http://allafrica.com/stories/200907150004.html
Nigeria: Militants Attack Lagos Oil Facility
http://allafrica.com/stories/200907140006.html
(Algeria) China warns of reprisals in Algeria after unrest
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090715/ap_on_re_as/as_china_protest_168
(China) Al-Qaeda vows to hit China over Uighur unrest
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gtOBNpRVLjLpYPH44fs87rt2kmPA
— China must decide how to deal with al-Qaeda
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6710704.ece
— “China appeals for understanding from Muslim world”
http://www.sinodaily.com/reports/China_appeals_for_understanding_from_Muslim_world_999.html
(China) Imam discusses shooting of 3 Uighurs
— “Two Uighurs shot and killed by Chinese police in Urumqi had tried to take over a Muslim prayer
meeting in a mosque, a cleric or imam was quoted a saying.”
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/07/15/Imam-discusses-shooting-of-3-Uighurs/UPI-96711247632585/
— Shot Uighurs called for holy war, says China
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS-World-China-Shot-Uighurs-called-for-holy-war-says-China/articleshow/4778920.cms
Islamic Supremacist War on Women:
Sudanese women flogged in public by Islamic supremacists for wearing trousers
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/sudanese-women-flogged/
- Sudanese women flogged for wearing trousers
— AP reports: “Sudanese police arrested 13 women in a raid on a cafe and flogged 10 of them in public for
wearing trousers in violation of the country’s strict Islamic law, one of those arrested said Monday”
— “The 13 women were at a cafe in the capital, Khartoum, when they were detained Friday by officers from the
public order police, which enforces the implementation of Sharia law in public places.”
— “Islamic Sharia law has been strictly implemented in Sudan since the ruling party came to power in a 1989 military coup.”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hRD66e7D6mHUZJECYSQeJLNFhanAD99DPCN80
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/5821019/Sudanese-women-flogged-for-wearing-trousers.html
Iran Protest News:
Iran’s post-election death toll still unknown
— “Dozens of families camp outside a prison to learn the fate of loved ones”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31909617/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
Other News:
Iran: Singer gets five-year jail term by Islamic supremacists
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/iran-singer-gets-five-year-jail/
— Iran singer gets five-year jail term
— “An Iranian singer, Mohsen Namjoo, has been sentenced in absentia to a five-year jail term for ridiculing
the Koran holy book in a song, reformist daily Etemad Melli reported on Tuesday.”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ha0xGZv-wQxCwbCGCYCH6Mv-aSqQ
Pakistan - Islamists Get Minority Rights Leader Jailed
— “All three were remanded to two days of police custody under pressure from Islamists who have harassed Francis
and the other two men with false accusations, CLAAS lawyers said, and on Sunday a magistrate sent them to the jail to await trial”
— Joseph Francis, “national director of the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS)”
— “along with CLAAS official Ashar Sarfaraz and Sarfaraz’s brother-in-law, Zulfiqar Wilson”
http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=6012&backpage=summaries
Malaysia arrests 9 Christians for trying to convert Muslims
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/malaysia-arrests-9-christians/
— “Malaysian police have arrested nine Christians accused of trying to convert Muslim university students
— a serious crime punishable by prison in this Muslim-majority country, a lawyer said Wednesday.”
— “They claimed they were visiting friends, but a Muslim student apparently filed a police complaint accusing
them of trying to convert Muslims, Xavier said.”
http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/malaysia-arrests-9-christians-for-trying-to-convert-muslims
Egyptian Preacher Attacks Intellectuals and Reformists in Egypt and Calls for Baha’i to be Brought to Trial
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD244409
— Egyptian Cleric Safwat Higazi: The Baha’i Pose a Danger
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD244309
— Egyptian Cleric Muhammad Al-Zughbi Calls to ‘Annihilate’ Iranians and Baha’is in Egypt
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD244209
— Egyptian Baha’is’ Struggle for Recognition Encounters Incitement to Violence by Islamists
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD244109
(U.S.) IPT News: “ISNA’s Non-Apology Apology”
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1090/isnas-non-apology-apology
— “ISNA Rejects All Expressions of Racism and Bigotry”
http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2009/07/isna-rejects-all-expressions-of-racism-and-bigotry
— “ISNA Rejects All Expressions of Racism and Bigotry”
http://www.isna.net/articles/News/ISNA-Rejects-All-Expressions-of-Racism-and-Bigotry.aspx
(U.S.) Voice of America Quotes Unindicted Co-Conspirator CAIR Executive Nihad Awad
— Nihad Awad to VOA: “We should have [a] clear stance by the U.S. government and intellectual leaders to
fight against Islamophobia and anti-Muslim discrimination that has been rampant after 9/11.”
http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2009-07-14-voa15.cfm
— CAIR’s Nihad Awad - historical supporter of Hamas terrorist group: “I am in support of the Hamas movement”
http://www.investigativeproject.org/223/cairs-awad-in-support-of-the-hamas-movement
“Hamas says Israel dumping aphrodisiac gum on Gaza”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iflSn6wJWSpD_E55DV8LHxvldfiA
Finland: Children sent to parents’ homeland for ‘de-westernization’
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/07/finland-children-sent-to-parents.html
http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2009/07/immigrant_parents_send_teens_away_for_de-westernization_860905.html
Against Nazi News:
(U.S.) Virginia: Reston Write-In Successful; ‘Holocaust Revisionist’ Blocked From Civic Body
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/virginia-holocaust-denier-blocked/
— Holocaust Denier Ken Meyercord prevented from getting elected to Virginia office
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/13/AR2009071301670.html
-— July 13: Virginia: Holocaust Denier Likely to be Elected to Board of Reston — Running Unopposed in
Reston Citizens Association, Sparks Write-In Campaign
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/va-holocaust-denier-reston/
(U.S.) “Strange Fruit Revisited - Neo-Nazis and the white power movement”
http://www.opednews.com/populum/diarypage.php?did=13773
UK: “The BNP and the Online Fascist Network” - report by The Centre for Social Cohesion
http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/uploads/1247503716the_bnp_and_the_online_fascist_network.pdf
Against Racial Supremacism News:
(U.S.) New Jersey: State to probe distribution of Ku Klux Klan publication
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/new-jersey-probe-kkk/
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20090714/NEWS01/907140349/1006
-— May 27, 2009: New Jersey: KKK spreading hate in Burlington County
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/05/us-new-jersey-kkk-spreading-hate-in-burlington-county/
-— May 19, 2009: New Jersey: Who’s Behind the “Klansmen’s Voice?” — Ku Klux Klan
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/05/new-jersey-ku-klux-klan/
(U.S./Israel) Wanted Ku Klux Klansman Found Hiding in Israel
— “He was identified as Micky Louis Mayon. His arrest followed a tip from Interpol.”
http://www.kyw1060.com/Ku-Klux-Klansman-Wanted-in-US-Found-Hiding-in-Isra/4792863
— One of FBI’s 100 most wanted apprehended in Tel Aviv
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1099876.html
— London Times report
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6707805.ece
-— KKK man’s Israeli girlfriend gave him up
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443808311&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(U.S.) New York: Buffalo-Area Hate Crime Threats Against Black Family - KKK and Noose Threat
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/new-york-hate-crime-threats/
http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/50723032.html
http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/50789982.html
(U.S.) Virginia: Racist Graffiti On The Triple Nickel Bridge In Ettrick
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/virginia-racist-graffiti-on-the-triple-nickel-bridge-in-ettrick/
http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?S=10726869
Against Totalitarian News:
(Communist China) Rock Church Pastor Secretly Transferred to Re-education Through Labor Camp
http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1246&month=07&year=2009&_nc=bae209a2aeb4cc41cd03768f9cb33c42
(Communist China) Xinjiang House Church Raided, 8 Arrested
http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1245&month=07&year=2009&_nc=bae209a2aeb4cc41cd03768f9cb33c42
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The MedWatch June 2009 Drug Safety Labeling Changes posting includes 31 drug products with safety labeling changes to the following sections: BOXED WARNING, CONTRAINDICATIONS, WARNINGS, PRECAUTIONS, ADVERSE REACTIONS, PATIENT PACKAGE INSERT, and MEDICATION GUIDE.
The “Summary Page” provides a listing of drug names and safety labeling sections revised: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/ucm153825.htm
Clicking on a drug product name in the Summary View will take you to the “detailed view” page, which identifies safety labeling sections and subsections revised, along with a brief summary of new or modified safety information to the BOXED WARNING, CONTRAINDICATIONS, and/or WARNINGS sections.
The following drugs had modifications to the BOXED WARNING, CONTRAINDICATIONS, and WARNINGS sections:
Prometrium (progesterone), Reglan (metoclopramide), Coreg (carvedilol), Prandin (repaglinide), Videx (didanosine), Amaryl (glimepiride), Aristospan (triamcinolone hexacetonide injectable suspension, USP), Cancidas (caspofungin acetate), CellCept (mycophenolate mofetil), Combivent (ipratropium bromide and albuterol sulfate), Coreg CR (carvedilol phosphate), Patanase (olopatadine hydrochloride), Rocephin (ceftriaxone sodium), Strattera (atomoxetine hydrochloride)
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