Marine scrubber technology firm Ionada BV is now offering shipowners an exhaust gas cleaning (EGC) service where shipowners only pay for the fuel cleaned, according to a statement from World Port Accelerator PortXL.
The EGC service will be able to help shipping firms save millions in capital costs, and completely de-risks scrubber purchases, it says.
The company’s semi-dry scrubbers have numerous advantages over traditional seawater scrubbers including no structural renovations, no sea water or washwater.
Ionada’s semi-dry scrubbing technology project was selected by PortXL as a finalist earlier in 2018.
“We are very grateful for all the scale up support provided by the accelerator support team at PortXL, especially Mare Straetmans and Carolien Vat-Sandee who played key roles in securing the pilot agreement with Van Oord,” commented Edoardo Panziera.
Dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects maritime contractor Van Oord on 14 June signed a pilot agreement with Ionada to conduct trials of its semi-dry scrubbing technology onboard the Van Oord Lelystad, a hopper dredger.
The pilot trials will consist of the retrofitting of one of the Lelystad’s two main engines with Ionada’s semi-dry scrubbing system. The pilot commissioning and sea trials are scheduled to be completed by fourth quarter of 2018.
“We would like to thank Job Voormolen, Engineering Manager Van Oord, as well as the rest of the technical team at Van Oord for providing the operational expertise and financial support for the Pilot Project,” said Ionada President, Edoardo Panziera.
“We look forward to completing the commissioning of the semi-dry scrubber later this year. This installation represents the world’s first marine SOx scrubber using semi-dry nanotechnology absorbents.”
Photo credit: PortXL
Published: 18 June, 2018
The local bunkering sector has adapted to IMO 2020 requirements and LSFO is now available at more than two earlier locations, notes bunker supplier Trillion Energy.
Claiming USD 108,887.87 for the supply and delivery of 310.00 mt of low sulphur marine gas oil at the Port of Jeddah on or about 23 February 2020.
A sanitisation expert offers Manifold Times a summary of the processes involved in disinfecting a ship together with the equipment and products used in the operation.
‘As the saying goes without people buying things, manufacturing will slow, trade will also slow and shipping movements slows down. It’s a whole chain of reaction,’ says Simon Neo.
Laboratory looking to collaborate with Singapore bunker surveyors to roll out COVID 19 testing service, which has been successfully adopted by land-based industries, to the maritime sector.
Sinfeng Marine Services filed an application to the Court of Appeal to withhold information from the liquidators on October 2019; the appeal was dismissed a month later.


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Kat's family sends her to Sweden to spend the summer with her aunt where she must learn to embrace who she really is, especially if she is going to win the heart of cute Swede Leo.
Publisher: New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2017
Edition: First edition
Copyright Date: ©2017
Characteristics: 214 pages ; 22 cm
Alternative Title: Sun kissed
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Elder Son introduced tonight’s call by asking if the tale he was about to tell might remind us of stories told by someone we know. He then proceeded to tell of their journey from the southern coast into the highlands of the interior where Google Maps told them there was a campground about 60km/40miles inland, said campground offering campsites, hot showers, food, kitchen facilities, and all the comforts one could ask for in a campground. They traveled on highway F35, in red, above; the F signifies that there are bridges over streams, no fording required. (Good decision to stick an F road, m’boy.) Initially, the road was paved, but soon it turned to gravel, then became increasingly washboard-y and later presented them with l-a-r-g-e potholes. He said that he chose to do the driving himself on this leg because, if there were going to be damage to the undercarriage or other parts of the car that would not be covered by insurance and thus would be out-of-pocket expense, he wanted to be the one that did it.
Watch the full 1:04 video to see road conditions. Wind noise is accurate; he said it was very windy.
The landscape became increasingly desolate. NASA sent Apollo astronauts to train there because this was the place on earth deemed to be most like the surface of the moon; ES speculated that J.R.R. Tolkien may have been inspired by this area in his depiction of Mordor. The video above was perhaps taken closer to the coast; as ES and GF got farther into the interior it became increasingly gray. No buildings, no grass (and hence, no sheep), the only green being an occasional patch of moss on a rock. “You go, little rock! You sprout some moss! Someday you may grow a bit of grass!
As the road became more bumpy and the landscape more forbidding, they started to wonder about this alleged campground. The promised hot showers and food seemed increasingly unlikely. After three hours, Google Maps told them they had 8km to go, but after 8km there was still no sign of human habitation of any kind; optimistically, they decided to trust a previous sign that had said the campground was 10km ahead. And lo and behold, after 10 km they came over a hill and around a curve… and saw a green valley with tents, A-frame cabins, and a several larger buildings. Whew! The sun was getting low and they dreaded having to reverse their journey in the dark and getting back to civilization at 1:00 a.m.
As mentioned, the wind was really strong; tents were flapping, and between the wind and the chilly temperature, GF was really not looking forward to spending the night with nothing but a nylon tent, a sleeping bag, two pairs of heavy socks, two pairs of pants, three shirts. a lopepaysa, and a hat between herself and the harsh conditions. (ES, like his father and brother, does not feel the cold.) As luck would have it, there was exactly one room left in the *hotel* at the campground, and it was the equivalent of a room in a mid-range motel in the US. GF smiled happily at the sight of a bed and a shower.
Who else might have told such a tale? Smokey, of course. This could easily have been he and I 30+ years ago, before children.
It’s stunning in the starkness. But, those roads! (One might think they were in Michigan, lol)
Thanks for sharing this adventure!
I loved that “no off-road driving” sign – as if that were EVEN TEMPTING!!
Wow, that’s a neat (but desolate) area! I hadn’t realized that was where the astronauts trained for moon missions. Cool.
“Off-road”? How do you even delineate “off” and “on” right there?


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Guardalavaca, in contrast to Varadero, is a beach holiday mixed with Cuban culture and mountains, offering more of a real Cuban feel. Excellent hotels, from 2 stars to 5 stars. (In Cuba I would only recommend hotels above 3½ stars because I don't want you calling me back with complaints.)
This area of Cuba is more for the family looking for a great beach plus adventure outside of the resort.
You can take a hike in the mountains, go for a bike ride and discover the real Cuba. The scuba diving and snorkeling is much better at this (north east) end of the island, you can even snorkel right off the beach in most places.
Take a tour of the cigar factory or the pottery factory and try your hand at spinning your own pot or vase. Swim with dolphins!! Take a day trip to Santiago on the train and discover the birth-place of the Cuban Revolution, see where Fidel Castro and Ché Guevara started it all. Or stay on your resort and let Cuba come to you.

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Pose icon Michaela Jaé Rodriguez explains the power in telling your queer child that you love them
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez has explained how telling queer kids that they’re loved can ‘make all the difference’ in their life in an emotional speech.
The Pose star received the Stephen F Kolzak Award, which is presented to an LGBT+ media professional who had made a huge difference in promoting queer acceptance, at the 33rd GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday (2 April).
During a tearful acceptance speech, Rodriguez praised her mom and dad for “seeing me and loving me” before sharing how such acceptance from parents can have a profound impact on a queer kid’s life.
“When a child is loved, whether you are LGBTQIA or not, it makes all the difference,” Rodriguez said. “When you tell your queer child that you love them, they think, ‘I love me too’.”
She then thanked “all the parents in Texas, Florida, Idaho, Arizona and all around the world” who are “standing up to fear and ignorance” as well as “grounding their LGBTQIA children in love and acceptance”.
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez especially thanked her mother, who was in attendance at the event, for “loving me the right way”. She described how her mother loved her the “way any Black mother should when it comes to a queer child when it comes to a queer child that’s trying to find their way into would” and “find some understanding”.
She declared that “tonight we cheer” but “tomorrow we go back to work” fighting on behalf of the LGBT+ community.
The Tick, Tick… Boom star explained the crowd gathered needed to encourage others to register to vote to “get rid of these messed up legislators” pushing anti-LGBT+ legislation and eventually get enough members in the Senate to pass the Equality Act.
“Let’s cast ourselves in the roles of advocates and fighters so we can change the world so every LGBTQIA child can shine,” she said.
Rodriguez’s Tick, Tick… Boom co-star Andrew Garfield praised the actor for her undying commitment to the LGBT+ community and her trailblazing work in Hollywood.
Garfield, who presented the Stephen F Kolzak Award, said that Rodriguez made history as the first trans woman to be nominated for Best Actress at the Emmys. He added that she once again broke barriers as the first trans actor to win a Golden Globe.
“Now the world has begun to see her for everything that she is: a truly gifted actor, singer, dancer, style icon and, maybe most powerfully of all, an LGBTQ activist,” Garfield said.
He said that Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is “making the world respect Black women, Latinas and all women as we should” through her “art and her heart”, adding he doesn’t know anyone with a “bigger heart than Mj”.
“In a moment of reckoning for our industry, she is leading the charge to create and produce stories centred on LGBTQ lives and experiences, particularly those of trans women of colour,” Garfield explained.
“She reminds us that you can’t just say you’re an ally. Allyship means action.”
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Brad Racino & Jill Castellano | inewsource
This is the fifth of a five-part Follow The Money series by inewsource reporters Jill Castellano and Brad Racino, leading up to the Nov. 6 election. In this final installment, they look at Measure J, which would change the city of San Diego’s charter and require companies doing business with the city to disclose all the people associated with the transaction.
To listen, read or watch the fifth and final episode, go to inewsource.org.
The first four parts of this week’s series were on Proposition 6, which would repeal a state gas tax increase; the SoccerCity and SDSU West measures, which would redevelop the former Qualcomm Stadium site; Measure D, which would require elections for county offices to be decided in November; and Measure YY, the San Diego Unified School District’s $3.5 billion proposed bond measure.
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October 25, 2007
Stansbury, Gordon, and Rhodes address the media
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - On the second and final day of SEC Media Days in Birmingham, Rick Stansbury, Jamont Gordon and Charles Rhodes arrived at the Marriott Hotel a confident bunch. Following a season in which the Bulldogs were picked to finish near or at the bottom of their division, Mississippi State won nine of it's final 13 games last season to help capture a share of West title. So today, as they filed into the main media room to address hordes of local and national reporters, they did so with a quiet confidence that was easy to pick up on.
"We found a way last year with a team picked fourth or fifth in the league to win the West and we made a good run in the NIT," said Stansbury. "I thought down the stretch, we were playing as well as anybody."
"It wasn't just we got some wins, it was how we got some of those wins down that stretch," added Stansbury. "Our team gained a lot of confidence from that."
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What is Fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia is a medical condition, which affects many lives. Patients affected by fibromyalgia suffer from chronic pain which involves different body parts: shoulders, arms, upper and lower back. In addition patients often feel tired, even after a night sleep, waking up unrefreshed. Many patients find it difficult to concentrate, and to be physically active.
These symptoms have a serious negative effect on patients' quality of life, academic achievements, daily function and mood.
How do you get fibromyalgia?
We are still not sure why some people develop fibromyalgia, while others do not. There seems to be a hereditary factor, because first degree relatives of fibromyalgia patients are at higher risk for developing fibromyalgia.
Many people with fibromyalgia report experiencing traumatic life events. So we believe that the risk to develop fibromyalgia is 'multifactorial', meaning that it is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors.
How is fibromyalgia treated?
No single treatment is considered effective in fibromyalgia.
Most patients are offered a treatment plan, consisting of regular physical activity, physical therapy, medications and psychological support.
Unfortunately, even with the best treatments, many patients continue to suffer symptoms.
How does the microbiome linked to fibromyalgia?
Our research team has recently been the first to report on a link between the gut microbiome and fibromyalgia.
We found that the gut bacteria is significantly changed in people with fibromyalgia, in ways that could explain some of the symptoms.
This study takes these findings to the next step, trying to influence the gut microbiome using dietary changes.

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UPSC IAS Syllabus 2021: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) issues the UPSC IAS Syllabus at the official website along with the release of official notification. Aspirants can get the syllabus from upsc.gov.in. Besides, direct pdf download links are also given in this article. Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is one of the toughest examinations of the nation. Having a fair idea about the syllabus can help civil services aspirants to prepare for the exam. Get here UPSC IAS Syllabus 2021.
UPSC IAS Syllabus 2021
Each year lakhs of applications are submitted for the UPSC IAS exam. Only a few are able to crack UPSC IAS main exam. UPSC IAS Syllabus is by no means minuscule in nature and candidates must start early preparations to secure good marks. The direct link to download UPSC IAS Syllabus 2021 is provided here.
Click here to download UPSC IAS Syllabus PDF.
UPSC IAS 2021 Exam Pattern
Now that aspirants have the UPSC IAS Syllabus, a knowledge of the exam pattern can help prepare for the exam better. Check out the complete details of the IAS 2021 exam pattern from below.
UPSC Civil Services Exam Pattern for Preliminary Exam
|Mode of examintion||Offline mode|
|Language of the question sapers||Bilingual – English and Hindi language|
|Number of papers||02 papers|
|Marking scheme||For every incorrect answer , 0.33 marks are deducted|
|Minimum qualifying marks||33%|
|Type of questions||Multiple choice questions|
|Maximum marks||400 marks|
UPSC Civil Services Exam Pattern for Main examination
|Mode of examination||Offline mode|
|Language of the examination||Bilingual – English and Hindi (except the literature section)|
|Sections||09 papers. Out of these 2 are qualifying papers and |
07 are taken into consideration to prepare the merit list
|Type of questions||Descriptive type questions|
|Duration of examination||03 hours|
|Total marks||1750 marks|
Preparation Tips For UPSC IAS 2021
Given the importance and difficulty level of the IAS exam, candidates must strive to give their best and cover the entire UPSC IAS Syllabus in time. Here we are providing some useful tips to take the preparations to the next level.
- Have a study plan before you start preparations. Refer to the UPSC IAS Syllabus 2021 and devise the study plan in such a way that you can cover the entire syllabus in time.
- Refer to previous year question papers for UPSC IAS 2021. They will give you and idea of what the actual question paper is and analyse the change in pattern over the years. You might also get a few common questions in the exam.
- Solve mock tests. Improve your time management skills by solving mock tests and sample papers. Set a timer according to the duration for the corresponding paper and attempt to complete within that time.
- Make short notes of descriptive subjects such as history and geography. Use these notes for last minute preparations and revisions.
Suggested Books To Cover UPSC IAS 2021 Syllabus
Start the preparation for IAS preliminary exam by referring to the preparation books provided below. Refer to the UPSC IAS Syllabus to ensure that you do not miss out on any important topic.


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Two men arrested in connection with shooting in Springwood on Tuesday night
TRAVEL: Traffic easing, earlier accident on M62 Eastbound between J26 M606 / A58 (Chain Bar) and J27 M621 / A650 / A62 (Gildersome)..
Lane one (of three) was closed until 09:30.
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NEWS: A SECOND person has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a 15-year-old boy in Almondbury, police revealed this morning.More »
TRAVEL: Mirfield area. Traffic easing on A644 Eastbound between M62 J25 (Brighouse) and A62 Cooper Bridge Road.More »
TRAVEL: Traffic easing on A62 Leeds Road Eastbound between Deighton Road and A644 Wakefield Road.More »
TRAVEL: Fog cleared and visibility returned to normal on M62 between J21 A640 (Milnrow) and J23 A640 / A643 (Huddersfield).More »
TRAVEL: Queueing traffic on A62 Leeds Road Eastbound between Deighton Road and A644 Wakefield Road.More »
TRAVEL: Visibility reduced and fog on M62 between J21 A640 (Milnrow) and J23 A640 / A643 (Huddersfield).More »


The first of two albums (as in, the first to be laid down on tape) is titled I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning; a country-tinged mlange of Conor's finest acoustic songs, featuring guest vocal appearances from Emmylou Harris and Jim James (My Morning Jacket).
Conor Oberst is running on dangerous ground: getting his first Dylan comparisons at 12, frolicking with Winona Ryder, releasing two separate albums at once. Didn't he learn anything from Ryan Adams' mistakes? It's a good thing he can write such haunting, intimate songs. I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
(released simultaneous with Digital Ash In A Digital Urn
) is the album the Omaha native has always threatened to make, channeling his country rock influences into articulate, witty ballads that come to life with gorgeous harmonies supplied by Emmylou Harris. The tumbling "We Are Nowhere and It's Now" might be his first actual masterpiece, while the words of album closer "Road To Joy" ("I could've been a famous singer if I had someone else's voice/ But failure's always sounded better") indicate that Oberst might have his head screwed on straight after all. -- Aidin Vaziri


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Posted: September 12th, 2014 | By: Lisa Snedeker
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Washington, D.C., Summer Judicial Externship Program has completed another successful summer in the nation’s capital, according to Professor Abigail Perdue, founding director of the Washington, D.C., Summer Judicial Externship Program.
“The program just completed another successful summer in Washington,” she explained. “Students externed at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the Office of Special Masters within the United States Court of Federal Claims.”
And Perdue says that not only did students meet and mingle with federal judges, practicing attorneys, law clerks and Wake Forest alumni, they toured the U.S. Supreme Court, attended oral argument at the Federal Circuit and toured the FBI.
“As part of the summer course, students drafted, inter alia, a bench memo, judicial opinion, 11-Day Memo, and a lengthy academic paper on a topic related to the externship,” she said.
Professor Perdue would like to thank all of the alumni in the D.C. area who mentored program participants or otherwise supported the program, especially Daniel O’Toole, Brandon Barnes, Shauna Barnes, Kristina Wolfe, Grant Eskelson and Marc Langston.
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Meena Meets Her Match (The Meena Zee Books) (Hardcover)
“For Junie B. graduates” (Kirkus Reviews). Join Meena as she navigates the triumphs and challenges of family, friendship, and personal secrets in this charming middle grade debut.
Meena’s life is full of color. She wears vibrant clothes, eats every shade of the rainbow, and plucks eye-catching trash from the neighborhood recycling bins.
But when Meena’s best friend, Sofía, stops playing with her at recess and she experiences an unexpected and scary incident at breakfast, nothing can fight off the gray.
That’s when Meena comes up with a plan to create the BEST and most COLORFUL Valentine’s Day Box in the class. With the help of her cousin, Eli, and her stuffed zebra, Raymond, Meena discovers that the best way to break through the blah is to let her true colors shine.
About the Author
At Meena’s age, Karla Manternach was a smudgy kid in tube socks. She once stopped an entire parade by running in front of a fire truck for candy. Karla liked every subject in school but always loved writing best of all. Today, she is a freelance writer who creates books for young readers. Karla lives with her family in small-town Wisconsin. Her favorite color is orange.
"[F]or Junie B. graduates...A likable protagonist helms this appealing school story."
— Kirkus Reviews
"Meena’s story will have strong appeal to those who have personal experience with epilepsy and will educate those who know nothing about it."
— School Library Connection
"Manternach draws from her knowledge of her own nine-year-old daughter's chronic condition in telling Meena's story, adding a solid foundation to a story about how to grab all the colors in life."

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Story of a native uprising in India just before the mutiny. Hindus and Mohammedans, missionaries and British soldiers are all involved and there are some rather exciting scenes....
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During the Sepoy mutiny, a young British officer on his first overseas assignment gets involved in the feud between two Maharajahs.RUNG HO! is fairly typical British Raj rah-rah stuff, but Mundy is already revealing himself to be a natural storytelle...
I was able to think about some challenges we are experiencing right now in a different way. As the words “at work” suggest, the authors focus on how their interviewees tackle the day-to-day work of the CTO while revealing much more: how they got there, how they manage and allocate projects, and how they interact with business units and ensure that their companies take advantage of technologies, teamwork, and software development practices to respond to organizational needs and improve employee productivity. Love those Beta heroes (mostly because it's not the norm). And I can’t wait for the next book, about Channon’s birthday. it is confined only to a few artists disregarding artists who worked in Europe and elsewhere after world war 2. Lots of fun backstory provided of Honoka's early life.
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I have just finished writing the CEO of Springfield Armory and now want to share my story with others.
Last Sunday, while practicing Gun Control so that I could put each round where I wanted it, the spring guide rod fell out of my Springfield Model 1911 Ultra Compact. It did not render the weapon unsafe, but field stripping for cleaning would be "exciting".
I contacted Springfield on Monday and spoke with a customer service rep who seemed genuinely concerned that a part that is not suppose to break had failed. She told me she would send a replacement before the end of the day.
The part arrived today and I repaired the Model 1911, but what surprised me was a note on the "no charge" invoice that read "Sorry for the inconvenience Jim". Now that is a great warranty (lifetime) and awesome customer service.
My cats support the Second Amendment. NRA Life Member, NRA Instructor: Pistol, Rifle, & Personal Protection - NRA Certified Range Safety Officer, Utah BCI Certified Concealed Firearm Permit Instructor.
"Permission Slips" from Utah, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona, and Florida. _ Verily, thou shalt not fiddle with thine firearm whilst in the bathroom stall, lest thine spouse seek condolences from thine friends.
You just can't ask for more than that. Great service.
Rock River Arms did the same thing for me when my Online gun dealer took off my bolt catch of my AR lower and shipped it to me missing. I called RRA and they sent me a replacement ASAP
-I come in peace, I didn't bring artillery. But I am pleading with you with tears in my eyes: If you screw with me, I'll kill you all.
-Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.
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For more than 25 years, author Allan Gurganus has written about the mystical town of Falls, North Carolina.
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DJ Premier Talks Yo! MTV Raps, DJ Premier vs. Pete Rock Project, Kristina Rose, Van Halen & More (Video)
On the Premier vs. Pete Rock project, Premo says he’s got Sheek Louch, The Beatnuts and GZA so far. He’s also gearing up to put out a new project by Freddie Foxxx, NYGz album and his artist, Nick Javas’ debut. Spotted: Crate Kings.

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A Long Story, Peel, And If, Upto Here | From Here
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Anat Fort (Hebrew: ענת פורט; born March 8, 1970 near Tel Aviv) is an Israeli jazz, pianist and composer who has recorded several acclaimed albums and performed across Europe and the United States.
Fort studied music at William Paterson University in New Jersey and moved to New York in 1996 to develop her skills in jazz improvisation under the guidance of pianist Paul Bley and study composition with Harold Seletsky before releasing her debut self-produced album Peel in 1999. Her first album for ECM Records, A Long Story (2007) arose from an association with drummer Paul Motian. This was followed by the first album by her regular working group - the Anat Fort Trio, And If, in 2010.
Peel (Orchard, 1999)
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Nov 27, 2017
Hello hello, hello everyone! Civilla Morgan here! Welcome back to another episode of Childless not by Choice, where my mission is to recognize and speak to the broken hearts of childless not by choice women, and men, around the world.
I am spreading the great news that we can live a joyful, relevant, and fulfilled life, although we could not, did not, have the children we so wanted.
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Today’s episode is about Gratitude, ‘30 Days of GRATITUDE! To be exact!
We did a Facebook Live at the end of October to kick off the 30 days of GRATITUDE event all November. To close out November, we will do a Facebook Live inside the group, on November 30th from 6:00pm-6:30 pm US EST.
If you are not in the group but would like to create a list, please do create your list of 30 items. Use nice paper or a nice journal book, because I suggest you keep your list in a prominent place where you can remind yourself of those 30 things on a regular basis throughout 2018.
A couple of the ladies in the group sent me words of encouragement for you! Isn’t that nice? Here is the first one:
The Other Me
I took a path I did not
Nor thought I'd ever take,
My dreams were of Prince Charming
And of the babies we would make.
But something really bad
That destroyed those dreams so dear,
And who I would be without them
At first, was none too clear.
From the shattered
Of my old dream I once had,
I saw a shining treasure,
And I wasn’t quite so sad.
So, I now pursue a new
Because I am an “Other.”
I have joy along the journey,
And I'm thankful for my mother. —Carol
This poem was written by Carol, one of the ladies in the Childless not by Choice with Civilla Morgan group. Thank you, Carol, for sharing your beautiful words with us. I am sure it touched many hearts!
And here is the other item:
I would like to share the 4 F’s:
Faith, Focus, Fortitude, and Follow-through:
Faith - in your spiritual being to nourish your soul and wellbeing.
Focus - on caring for your physical & emotional health. Don’t be afraid to seek out professionals to help you (& partner) to cope. Learn new ways to cope!
Fortitude - Strengthen your heart with the love and support of those who love you, whenever you are feeling emotionally vulnerable.
Follow through - with courage in facing your future. Know you can (& WILL) find joy, love and laughter again. Move on to live your best life!
This wonderful lady also said:
“I am grateful for my husband, without his faithful love and support, I don’t know where my journey in life would have taken me. At this moment in time, there are so many things I am grateful for and I just don’t have just one. I know the above 4 F’s is a lot of words, it’s more like me sharing to the women who are not at this level of joyous contentment (I am at now). Once upon a time (dark times) I was in their shoes!”
Thank you, Janice, for your wonderful words of encouragement!
Well, I won’t read you my entire GRATITUDE list, but I will read you three things from my list, here goes:
My word of encouragement for you:
Well, here in the US we just celebrated Thanksgiving, so we are right in the middle of the Holiday Season. I know many of you are dreading yet another holiday season of no children to buy gifts for, watching other people’s children dressed in cute festive outfits, and maybe even spending more time alone than you would like. In our Facebook Live on the 30th, we will be discussing 10 ways to navigate The Holidays as childless, not by choice women. I hope you can join us. One of the things I suggest is that you concentrate on helping others. In fact, I mention helping others in different ways throughout the list. Helping others is that important to calming our nerves and our psyche. When you are considering others, it is difficult to dwell on what did not happen for us. As I always say, it’s not that we are ignoring our feelings. Our feelings are valid. Our hearts hurt. We feel like second-class citizens who missed out. I get it. But still, I say, we have a choice as to how we will deal with it. We can sit idly by, and watch the Holidays from our living room window, or we can go out and find an organization that needs help distributing, giving, helping, or listening. It’s all about choice.
Well, after this episode, there are two more in 2017! I feel like I am doing a countdown. The next episode on December 11th, I will be talking to Ms. Halona Black as we discuss the war on fibroids! That is a great episode especially if you deal or dealt with fibroids. And even if you had to end up having a hysterectomy because of them, Halona has some great suggestions for self-care! I hope you will listen in!
Well, I don’t want to sign off without reminding you to come join the Childless not by choice with Civilla Morgan Facebook group if you are a woman who is childless not by choice. The group has grown by leaps and bounds, and it continues to grow. There are women in there from all around the world, all on the same journey as you and me, navigating life as childless, not by choice women. Come join the conversation. Don’t attempt to do this alone, or only with people who do not understand.
And remember, there is a Childless not by Choice Supporters group with Civilla Morgan for men who are childless not by choice and for everyone who is interested in the platform but may not fit the demographic. I will eventually get a childless not by choice men only group up and running, I will let you know when that happens. In the meantime, there are those two groups as well as the different Facebook pages available to everyone. So come on by!
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When Ranveer Singh got a Saudi makeover
DUBAI: Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh wearing Saudi dress on the “Sabah Al-Khair Ya Arab” (Good morning Arabs) show on MBC, when he put on a Saudi red and white checkered headdress, shemagh and igal, the black rope-like cord, that holds the shemagh in place.
Host Badr Al-Zaidan assisted the actor in putting on the attire.
Singh first put on a traditional white cap, over which he wore the shemagh and igal.
“I think you are looking handsome Masha’Allah,” commented host Al-Zaidan.
“It looks beautiful. I will wear it throughout the day, thank you, that’s very cool,” Singh said, adding his beard fit the look perfectly.
The actor and his “Befikre” co-star Vaani Kapoor are in Dubai to attend the premiere of their movie at the Dubai Film Festival.

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In the early 20th century, plant breeders realized that Mendel's findings on the non-random nature of inheritance could be applied to seedling populations produced through deliberate pollinations to predict the frequencies of different types. [clarification needed] Plant breeders have focused on identifying crops which will ensure crops perform under these conditions; a way to achieve this is finding strains of the crop that is resistance to drought conditions with low nitrogen. , By 500 BCE grafting was well established and practiced.. , Plant breeding can contribute to global food security as it is a cost-effective tool for increasing nutritional value of forage and crops. This is the method used to produce glyphosate resistant ("Roundup Ready") crop plants. The question of whether breeding can have a negative effect on nutritional value is central in this respect. Modern plant breeding is applied genetics, but its scientific basis is broader, covering molecular biology, cytology, systematics, physiology, pathology, entomology, chemistry, and statistics (biometrics). Location Codes. An example of this can be seen in Asia, where food production per capita has increased twofold. Over the years scientists have selected millet plants with these traits and bred them to produce more valuable offspring. This cuts down the genetic diversity taken from that plant species in order to select for desirable traits that will increase the fitness of the individuals. Log in here for access. Mutation breeding is like a shot in the dark. credit-by-exam regardless of age or education level. 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From Dana Milbank, who covers politics for the Washington Post:
Tea parties — they aren't just for conservatives anymore.
Liberals are turning against President Obama with an energy that until now has been reserved for Fox News viewers who wear tri-corner hats and wave yellow "Don't Tread on Me" flags:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), in a news conference Wednesday, declares that she won't ask House members to support Obama's Afghanistan troop increase in a January vote. "The president's going to have to make his case," she says, calling it a "vote of conscience."
About the same time, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) holds a news conference to denounce Obama's renomination of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. "When the people voted for change in 2008," he says, "they did not vote to have one of the key architects of the Bush economy be reappointed."
Howard Dean goes on the radio and says of the Senate health-care bill, which Obama is fighting mightily to pass: "The best thing to do right now is kill the Senate bill."
MoveOn.org calls a protest outside the White House to demand that "the president to stand up to Joe Lieberman and fight for the health care reform principles he campaigned on."
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), who gained fame by saying Republicans think Americans should "die quickly," holds a news conference to denounce Obama's Afghanistan policy and reads a petition on the House floor asking members to vote against sending more troops.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.), in a series of outbursts, criticizes Obama over Afghanistan, health-care reform and the handling of the Guantanamo Bay prison.
I know where it puts me. I can hardly wait to torment my arch-Democrat brother over the holiday season. I’ll come out praising Obama, telling my brother that he was right to be such a big fan. I’ll say how much I appreciate Obama for embracing George W. Bush’s policies. In fact, I’ll say, he has even pushed them farther than Bush ever dreamed of. Bush gave us one war; Obama gives us two, complete with an emulation of the last administration’s “surge.” Bush practiced deficit spending, but Obama outdoes him multitudinous times over. Bush bailed out the banks and big corporations, but Obama bails them out even more. And then Obama gives us original policies that carry out the Republican fantasies more than Bush ever dared to: A health care plan that enriches the insurance companies! etc., etc. I’ll keep pushing it (beyond what I believe, of course), saying that the Republicans should nominate Obama themselves to form a national unity ticket. Oh, how my brother will squirm, get defensive, and get indignant. The more he will complain, the more I will praise President Obama. And if he should criticize the president, I’ll act shocked and gently accuse him of racism. The very thought of getting together with family during this happy season fills my heart with a holiday glow.

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Hidden dangers inside Windows and LINUX computers.
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Rick Altherr: [00:01:34] What really drove us to come back to this area was it's been a while and we've not seen a lot in the industry that's changed.
Dave Bittner: [00:01:44] That's Rick Altherr. He's a principal engineer at Eclypsium. The research we're discussing today is titled, "Perilous Peripherals: The Hidden Dangers Inside Windows and Linux Computers."
Rick Altherr: [00:01:55] So, what we wanted to do is go explore the breadth of the problem. We knew the problems existed around unsigned firmware, but we wanted to see how many different market segments in the computing industry did this touch. What types of devices were still vulnerable and where were improvements being made?
Dave Bittner: [00:02:13] Hmm.
Rick Altherr: [00:02:13] So that's why this really reveals four or five – depending on how you count – different examples of unsigned firmware and how that can be used or misused in these various systems. And you know, the intent was really to provide some perspective around, this is a known problem, it's been a known problem – here's how big of a problem this really is.
Dave Bittner: [00:02:36] Well, let's start with some of the real basics here. Can you describe to us – what are we talking about when we're talking about firmware, and then what's the difference between it being signed or unsigned?
Rick Altherr: [00:02:48] So, firmware is software that is actually run in very low-level contexts in the hardware. So, often, the firmware is not stored on your hard drives, but rather stored in a separate programmable device that is right next to the device using it. Firmware gets used in all sorts of different components within your average computer. So, if you look at the laptop that's currently sitting in front of me – the trackpad, the touch screen, the sound card, the mouse I have connected to it – these all have pieces of software that control the behavior of that individual device, that then that firmware talks to the main host processor, the x86 processor, in order to perform whatever function.
Rick Altherr: [00:03:36] So, when we then talk about what signed versus unsigned means, most of these devices, when they start up, they don't have firmware built into them. So, they have their own little CPU core inside the device. Your trackpad has a processor in it. And when it starts up, it needs to load its firmware from somewhere. And when it does so, it just reads it from this flash memory device that's attached to it and starts executing it. And it does so because that's the simplest thing possible. It simply does what's called "execute in place." It fetches an instruction from the flash device and runs it immediately.
Rick Altherr: [00:04:11] This means that there's no integrity checks. There's no validation that this firmware is actually the correct firmware for this device, that it's even an appropriate firmware for the device. What signing does is add cryptography to the firmware, such that when the device starts up, you can have a very small, built-in bit of firmware – often called a "ROM" – that, instead of just fetching an instruction and executing it directly from the flash, copies some of that data out of the flash and run some cryptographic operations on it, and verifies that in fact that firmware was properly signed by some entity that's supposed to produce that firmware. It provides a level of authenticity and integrity checking of the actual firmware before you start running it.
Dave Bittner: [00:04:58] So, in the history of these sorts of devices – these devices within our devices – is it fair to say that for a long time it was sort of assumed that these devices were trustworthy? That, you know, if the trackpad is within the laptop itself, well, the laptop is going to trust that that trackpad is who and what it says it is?
Rick Altherr: [00:05:20] Correct. And even further, it used to be that often the firmware in these devices was fairly static. It would be programmed in at the factory and it would live that way for the rest of its life. Nowadays, you see that when you go in and do a software update, you know, a Windows update on your laptop or something, you'll see firmware updates be delivered. Or if you go to your manufacturer's website, you'll see firmware updates. And these are because the firmware has gotten more complicated over time and now has bug fixes that are relevant. Well, if you have a firmware update mechanism, that means that the host processor – the system running Windows – actually can replace the firmware on these peripheral devices. And so that's what changes the scope of – if there are mechanisms for doing that updating, then we need to be careful about what updates we accept to make sure that the devices are not being compromised in some way.
Dave Bittner: [00:06:12] And that's where the signing comes into play.
Rick Altherr: [00:06:15] Exactly.
Dave Bittner: [00:06:16] So, again, with the ability for these devices to be updated sort of on the fly, what opportunities did that open up in terms of bad actors taking advantage of this capability within the machine?
Rick Altherr: [00:06:31] It varies a lot from device to device as to what capabilities you can gain. One way to think of it is, if I'm a malicious actor and I can replace the firmware in this device, the simplest case is to emulate the existing device. So, for example, if I'm compromising the firmware in a trackpad, because it's a trackpad, I can easily emulate the behavior of a trackpad. I can essentially have the firmware move the mouse cursor all on its own without your finger actually touching the trackpad. And you might say, well, what good does that do? – you can, you know, move it around to make an annoyance...
Dave Bittner: [00:07:04] (Laughs)
Rick Altherr: [00:07:05] ...Well, you can also get a little bit more complicated – and by complicated, I mean sophisticated, I guess, in this case, they kind of go hand-in-hand here. But if I can move the mouse cursor around, I can use that same mechanism to interact with the host system, to emulate other aspects of that device. And I can do so in a very rapid fashion. So, I could do things like move the mouse cursor to the bottom left corner of the screen where I know the start button always is. And because I know where that is, now I can, you know, click and work through the start menu in a very fast fashion.
Rick Altherr: [00:07:39] I can also look at how the device is connected to the host system. In the case of a lot of trackpads or mice or other pointing or human interface-type devices, they use what's called a "HID" interface, or a human interface device. And that is used for both keyboard and mice. Well, if the trackpad already acts as a HID device, I can perhaps emulate not only a mouse or trackpad, but also emulate a keyboard at the same time. So now I have the capability of moving the mouse pointer and typing, which then opens the case of, well, if I could arbitrarily type in things and move the mouse pointer around, then what can I do with that? I can start up and run various commands.
Dave Bittner: [00:08:23] Hmm. Now, what about other bits of hardware within the system? I mean, I can imagine things like your Ethernet interface or your Wi-Fi. That would be an attractive target.
Rick Altherr: [00:08:34] Yeah. This is why we started surveying the different types of devices. And in fact, one of our examples is a Wi-Fi adapter. In this case, the Wi-Fi adapter starts up with sort of a minimalistic firmware, or a baseline firmware. And then the device driver from Windows actually is responsible for loading the firmware once the operating system has started up – it updates the firmware to match the device driver. But this means that now I have potential control of the actual network interface. So now I can be in the data path of every bit of traffic going in and out of your computer.
Dave Bittner: [00:09:10] Now, as you mentioned, this sort of vulnerability has been known for several years now. Have manufacturers been adapting to this? Are you seeing more and more examples of them signing the firmware?
Rick Altherr: [00:09:25] It depends on the space. Certainly when you look at laptops and systems that are designed for use in sort of enterprise businesses, there's more effort put into that situation. You'll see signing applied to the main system firmware, and you'll see things like Boot Guard and BIOS Guard being rolled out by Intel and picked up by the manufacturers.
Rick Altherr: [00:09:49] But when you move to the peripheral components like trackpads, et cetera, if you look at how systems are designed and built by the manufacturer, the trackpad is not something that the manufacturer of your laptop builds themselves. They contract that out – you know, they purchase a pre-built module from someone or they contract that out. And so, those other suppliers often are using that same design to multiple of their customers, which means that multiple laptops in the market are going to have the same core component. It may look slightly different, but it's ultimately running very similar or the same firmware. And those suppliers are the ones that are most concerning, and what we found where the least advancement had been made in terms of putting protections in for their firmware.
Rick Altherr: [00:10:36] So, now we have things like a trackpad or a Wi-Fi adapter that is used in a variety of devices from a variety of manufacturers that all have the same flaw in them. And when I go to each of those manufacturers and say, by the way, your laptop contains this device that has this problem, they have to go work with that supplier to actually develop a fix. Now, this relationship is an indirect relationship between the end user, who cares about security, and the supplier, who actually manufacturers that component of the system. It has to pass through this intermediary, and there's just a whole bunch of business dynamics that come into play as to, are the computer manufacturers specifying that signed firmware is a requirement for these devices? And what we find is that in some cases they have been, but it has to actually be a majority of the computer manufacturers requesting that for a supplier to really invest in and do the work to do it properly.
Dave Bittner: [00:11:38] Well, take us through some of the specific examples here from your research. What are some of the devices that you all explored?
Rick Altherr: [00:11:44] Well, we've talked about a lot about the trackpad and TrackPoint firmware. So, that was certainly a case where we looked at and were able to verify that, in fact, you could modify the firmware and the device would still load it properly. Another case was actually the built-in web camera used in a variety of HP consumer-level laptops. And so, in this case, I personally looked in that firmware and saw that there were descriptors like strings that show up – you know, descriptive text about the device. And so I modified that just to see what would happen. And sure enough, the device accepted it and it would show up in device manager with the altered text. So, you know, this is another case where a device that's built right into the system can easily be modified.
Rick Altherr: [00:12:28] We've also talked about the Wi-Fi adapter where we were able to verify the same thing. One interesting aspects of that mechanism, where the device driver is responsible for loading the firmware, is that the device driver itself is signed. And we talk about this in detail, that Windows has a signing mechanism and verifies the device driver before it loads it. But when the device driver then goes to load the firmware, it's the responsibility of the device driver author, which is usually that vendor, to actually do the correct checks. Windows does not help you in this way. And so there's this belief that, oh, well, the device driver was signed, and so therefore, everything is OK. That's not necessarily true. And we get into some of the details of how you can check individual device drivers for this. But ultimately, it means you can tamper with the firmware, even though Windows says, yes, it's using a signed device driver because the firmware is still modified.
Rick Altherr: [00:13:28] And probably the most interesting case that we looked at was actually in a network chipset that's used – an Ethernet chipset that's used commonly in servers. And why this was particularly interesting is that servers often have a separate management processor called a "BMC" that lets you interact with the system and do things like turn the power on and off, or reset the system, or control the keyboard and mouse. And this is really useful for IT administrative functionality, but it's usually treated as a separate security domain from the actual computer that it controls.
Rick Altherr: [00:14:05] So, the idea is that I have a server that's racked in a data center somewhere. The people that are using that system – who are responsible for maintaining the operating system and applications on that system – are one set of security controls. They control the operating system and everything below that. The BMC is then controlled by your IT staff to take care of the system if something were to break such that it wasn't booting anymore, or things of that nature. Due to the way that these systems are implemented, the network traffic from both the BMC and the main operating system come together inside of the network interface chip. And it turned out that the way that this was implemented meant that the firmware was actually responsible for enforcing that separation of privileges. So once we were able to replace the firmware with our own firmware, we could actually snoop on the management traffic from the operating system. And that shouldn't actually be possible. In fact, it violates that security boundary and opens up a lot of potential for doing much more in-depth attacks.
Dave Bittner: [00:15:13] Now, the research that you all have been doing here, exploring these different devices, have you been tracking any examples of this being used out in the wild? Are these active exploits?
Rick Altherr: [00:15:26] So, often, in the wild, examples of these are – require a sophistication enough that they're very targeted. It's sort of – if you are an attacker, you're going to invest a lot of time and energy to develop such an attack, and so you're only going to use that in situations where you need it or where it's very advantageous to you. And so that means this tends to target very specific cases and come from specific threat actors. That's a long-winded way of saying your average business isn't going to see this kind of attack in the wild. And when we do see an attack in the wild – like the Equation Group attacks that were revealed five years ago – they're very specialized and focused on a particular type of hardware and a particular attack target.
Rick Altherr: [00:16:10] That said, there are multiple examples over the years of where this is becoming more prevalent, that the main advantage you get from infecting firmware this way is a level of persistence. Even if you replace the hard drive and reinstall the operating system, the infected firmware is still there. And in fact, that's exactly what the Equation Group hard-drive firmware attack did, was it used the hard-drive firmware as a launching point for reinfecting the operating system. Then we also see these types of attacks being used in other areas in some of the attacks against power grids and various other places. They'll be specific, focused exploits against certain types of devices, either to cause that specific device to misbehave or to use that as a persistence and jumping point for other types of attacks.
Dave Bittner: [00:16:58] Now, your research points out that this is an issue with many Windows and Linux devices. Apple seems to be taking additional steps to protect themselves against this?
Rick Altherr: [00:17:11] So, Apple does a variety of things in their system to take additional protection steps – so, things like the T2 security chips and those types of things. That said, looking at the devices in their system, they also use a lot of the same off-the-shelf type equipment. So, the Wi-Fi chipsets that they use would actually be also used in other systems. We did not do an extensive look at Apple systems, nor did we look at components that happened to be used in those systems. My experience says that every machine I have looked at has at least one vulnerable component.
Rick Altherr: [00:17:48] So, what are the take-homes here? In terms of the level of concern folks should have and the mitigations they should put in place, what are your recommendations?
Rick Altherr: [00:17:57] Well, one aspect is if there is a vulnerability in your firmware, the mitigations are going to come through a firmware update for that device. So get a little bit more in the habit of staying up-to-date on, do I have the latest firmware for my device? In the past, that used to be only update your firmware if you're experiencing a problem. Nowadays, it's – there may actually be security issues that require a firmware update, and so, keeping up-to-date on your software patches, both from the operating system level as well as your firmware helps keep you up-to-date with the latest in what vulnerabilities are there and what mitigations have been put in place.
Rick Altherr: [00:18:35] Then the other thing is to really, as a purchaser or a consumer of these devices, starting to ask your manufacturers of your devices – when you're in a position to – about the security features that they have. Especially when you're talking about enterprises and you're thinking about your refresh of your components and you're evaluating which machines to purchase, include in your rubric, do you use signed firmware on all your peripherals? You know, ask that question. And that starts to drive home that this is actually an important thing for consumers and hopefully builds up that impact through the manufacturers, down to the suppliers to implement those protections down all the way at the peripherals.
Dave Bittner: [00:19:20] Our thanks to Rick Altherr from Eclypsium for joining us. The research is titled "Perilous Peripherals: The Hidden Dangers Inside Windows and Linux Computers." We'll have a link in the show notes.
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Husband gets death penalty after 10yrs for killing wife
Published: 04:19 PM, 11 August 2022 Updated: 05:18 PM, 11 August 2022
Sobhan Ali sentenced to death
A local court has sentenced death to a man named Sobhan Ali for killing his wife after 10 years in Bogura. At the same time, the court also fined him Tk 20,000.
Judge Rubaiya Yachmin of Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-3 announced the verdict at around 12 noon on Thursday.
The convict Sobhan Ali, son of deceased Solaiman Ali of Sonakania village of Sonatala upazila, was present in the court during the verdict.
Additional PP Padma Kumar Dev of Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-3 said that on the morning of November 18, 2012, Sobhan killed his wife Sultana Begum alias Ruma by slitting her throat and left her in front of the bathroom due to money-related altercation.
Rokeya Begum, the mother of Ruma who was killed in the incident, filed a case of murder at the Sonatala police station. Later, police arrested Sobhan. He has been in jail since then. After taking the testimony of 15 people, Sohban was sentenced to death by the Bogura court for killing his wife. At the same time, the court fined him Tk 20,000.
Advocate Mustafa Kamal Parag stood for the accused.


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Now that the November holidays are approaching, creative side dishes for this project got pushed to the front of the line - interesting vegetables, in particular, are really challenging when restricted to canned and dried products. My inspiration came from Native American tribes, whose nonperishable staples are still used today. Their staple foods were important for both travel and for trade; thus, native dried maize (corn) and beans were spread throughout the Americas. Perhaps the most famous recipe using these native staples is succotash, a simple stew made from beans, corn, wild onions, sunflower seeds and animal fat - traditionally bear fat, but once adopted by European settlers, "pickled pork" enters the recipe and most modern versions are made with bacon.
Of course, these shelf-stable staples are still available to us, (well, with the exception of bear fat) even in the food desert! However, it's always good to have something a little more versatile in your lexicon - say, something that could easily work as a quick appetizer in addition to being a side. Thus, we employ the versatile artichoke, and make this native food into a one-bite snack.
Food Desert Succotash
2 tbsp dried minced onion
1 tbsp dried chives
2 tbsp white wine
1 can corn, drained and rinsed
1 can beans, drained and rinsed
1 can roasted red peppers
1 tbsp EVOO (or I suppose you could use bacon fat and add crumbled bacon)
1 tsp mustard
Soak the onion and chives in the white wine overnight (alternatively, put them in the microwave for 30 seconds on high and allow to steep until most of the liquid is absorbed.) Combine the first 6 ingredients...
...and sauté in the olive oil/bacon grease until fragrant; stir in mustard. Serves 8. Nutritional Information. You can also chill this and serve it with a viniagrette as a salad...or move on to recipe # 2
1/4 recipe Food Desert Succotash
1 8-10 count can whole artichokes
3 tbsp roasted salted sunflower seeds
1 tbsp french fried onions
1/2 slice bread
Drizzle of olive oil
Cut a small bit off the bottom of each artichoke so it will stand up on its own. Loosen the outer 2 rows of leaves slightly with your fingers so you can pull out the inner leaves,* being careful that the outer leaves remain attached to the bottom.
Fill the cavity with succotash, repeating until all artichokes are stuffed.
Break the bread into small chunks. Add sunflower seeds, bread, and french fried onions to your blender and blend until the bread is crumbled - don't let it become a paste. Drizzle with olive oil and top the artichokes with this mixture.
Place in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes; finish under the broiler for a few seconds to crisp and brown the topping. (This is an excellent recipe for a toaster oven, BTW.) Serves 5 for appetizers, or 3 for dinner. Nutritional Information.
* You weren't going to throw away those artichoke cores, were you? Good heavens, don't do that! Stay tuned for a later installment of the food desert project where we will put them to good use; in the meantime they are safely tucked away in a sealed container in the freezer....
I believe any dish, even one that’s strange to you, communicates the care of the farmer, forager, market and cook who brought it to your plate. At my blog, Quips, Travails and Braised Oxtails I put on my explorer hat, roll up my sleeves (and sometimes the sleeves of innocent bystanders) and share my adventures in cooking, eating, and understanding our relationship to food.
I also offer in-home cooking classes and parties for the culinarily challenged in the Chicago North Shore area.

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Wallkill School District budget comes in below cap
HAMLET OF WALLKILL — Residents in the Wallkill School District will decide on a $67.3 million spending plan for the coming school year May 21.
The budget hikes 2013-14 expenditures $1.95 million, or 2.99 percent, over this year. Taxpayers will be asked to cover a tax levy of $38.1 million. That’s an increase of $1.38 million, or 3.75 percent.
The package keeps the district below its state-mandated tax cap of 4.26 percent.
Three special-education teachers are leaving the district. Their positions will be used to add a social worker and two elementary teachers, officials said.
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