HANGZHOU, China — The world's two biggest oil producers Saudi Arabia and Russia said Monday they had agreed to "act together" to try to stabilise oil prices, but failed to make headway on a production freeze.
The two nations "noted the particular importance of constructive dialogue and close cooperation between the largest oil-producing countries with the goal of supporting the stability of the oil market and ensuring a stable level of investment in the long term," the energy ministers from both countries said.
Their comments came in a joint statement after a meeting at the G-20 summit in China.
"To this end the ministers agreed to act together or in cooperation with other oil producers," the statement said, adding they had agreed to set up a "joint monitoring group" to offer recommendations aimed at preventing price fluctuations.
Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak described the announcement as marking a "new era" in cooperation between Russia and Saudi Arabia and insisted it would have a "critical significance" for oil markets, news agency Interfax reported.
But there were no details in the announcement on any elusive agreement to freeze oil output, just weeks before Moscow and OPEC meet in Algeria to discuss the crisis.
The globe's major oil producers have been unable to strike a deal on freezing output, due mainly to a dispute between Saudi Arabia and Iran over Tehran's desire to raise production levels after the lifting of sanctions.
Saudi Arabia's Energy Minsiter Khaled Al Faleh told Al Arabiya television channel there was "currently no need to freeze production" after meeting Novak.
"A freeze is one of the preferred options but it is not needed for the moment," he said.
President Vladimir Putin met Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the sidelines of the G-20 on Sunday and said they would work to address a global glut and overproduction that has hammered prices for the past two years.
In an interview ahead of the meeting Putin — whose economy slumped into recession on the back of oil price falls — said that a freeze was "the right decision" and called for "compromise".
The oil market has been plagued by a stubborn supply glut that saw prices plunge to near 13-year lows below $30 at the start of 2016. While it has recovered recently, it is still well off highs above $100 seen in mid-2014.


Thanks MaryJane you made my morning.
When I first started Mother I hadn't really looked at the pictures and I should of cause I was making it so much harder for me. Each time I went to feed her I removed the damp towel - put it on wax paper that I had placed in the sink. Fed her then put the towel back on and checked the water level. Sometime around Wed or Thurs (can't remember which) I was looking at the pictures for make Mother and there it was - the damp towel was pulled up on one side - gathered across the top of the bowl to the other side and pushed down tucking it around the bowl. No more taking it off and putting on wax paper. From now on I will look very closely at the pictures and read every word before I begin a new recipe.
Music to my ears. Reading retention!!!!! It's becoming an old-fashioned trait/desire/skill. People are wanting how-to instructions in a single Twitter post these days. I get things like, "Tell me how to farm," or "Tell me how to take care of a milk cow" (in 140 characters or less).
Yup, I just tuck mother's flour-sack towel all around her into the water kind of like a shawl whilst I'm feeding and stirring her. Then, I just pull it back over the top of her bowl and tuck the edges in. I've learned to make sure there aren't any stray bits of towel not tucked in because it will wick water out onto the counter and you'll wake up to a puddle of water on your counter. Remember, ALL tucked in, with a single loving glance as you walk away.
Waiting on success, but no.
Today was technically my fourth bake day. As I wrote a week ago, my mother has not progressed properly. The tangy smell remains, not as much like vinegar as before but not what I would call yeasty either. I have read the book over and over and cannot figure out the problem. I�m using the Organic Kamut from Montana. I am using purchased distilled water. I change the towel two or three times per week, it is always damp. I never miss a feeding. My mother feels a bit foamy when I stir, always for one to two minutes, but no real bubbling going on. Today I again tried the bowl loaves, added the honey, salt and flour in the correct proportions. No bubbles, no rising whatsoever! I feel so low now, all the time and money spent on getting it right!! The only shortcoming I can identify is having a cool house, usually a bit less than 70 degrees. I do try to create a warm place for the mother, placing it in a sunny window, or near the stove when the oven is on. My pricey proofer was backordered and has not arrived, but should raising the temperature 5 degrees or so make all the difference? I would just give up except for the financial investment!
The proofer makes a difference. Sourdough takes a long time to raise dough. Your starter may be okay just slow de to your house temp. I know, I live in wet western WA and the proofer is a godsend. My kitchen is usually at 63� whjich doesn't raise bread very well. Do you have a seed warming mat? or an incandescent lamp? I replaced my LED bulb over my kitchen island with incandescents and put my dough higher to get the warmth and it's around 70�, Much better.
Thank you, Sylvia. I have an old candle warmer with a hot, maybe halogen?, bulb in it. I was placing it near, and even over, my bowl for periods of time, but no real change so I stopped doing that. I don�t have a seed mat and my range hood has LEDs. Last week, when it was bake day for me, the house temp got to nearly 80 and I thought Oh Yay, but the dough in the baking bowls didn�t rise, maybe due to the temps the previous week being so chilly. This past week was chilly again! I think I�ll just toss this out and wait for the proofer to arrive in a week or so then start all over.
I�m sorry to hear about your most recent Bake Day. It sounds like you�re following all of the steps and I understand that at this point, the process has become frustrating to say the least. Temperature could be the issue here, and on top of that, it really sounds like your mother has formed a lot of lactic acid (the result of active lacto-bacteria) and not so much yeast, which could be due to temperature issues. Sylvia makes a good point about humidity�63� in a humid climate versus a dry climate feels much colder, and could hinder the development of wild yeast. Lacto-bacteria isn�t quite as finicky about temperature, which would account for that being over-established in your mother. The fact that your mother smells a little less vinegary this week is promising. The problem with these two thing being out of balance is that both are seeking the same �food� in your mother�the starches. With over-active lacto-bacteria, it consumes the food, starving out the wild yeast.
I�m trying to think of ways to encourage more yeast growth. Stirring your mother for a little longer as I said last week helps, along with doing your best to stabilize your room temperature will help. As Sylvia pointed out, your mother is a little slower due to temperatures, and the breads do take along time to rise, especially in the beginning. Individual environmental factors have a great impact on this timeline, as your mother is ultimately a product of your environment. The shipping delay on your proffer is unfortunate, because it sounds like you could really benefit from it.
Thank you Ashley. I am in NE Virginia and although it�s been on the dry side, for us, last week when it warmed up it was humid too. At your suggestion I was spending more time stirring it with each feeding. Maybe that�s why it was smelling less vinegary. I agree about the microbes being out of balance! I dumped it out and will start again when the proofer arrives. Fingers crossed!
Joan I know you are looking forward to having the proofer and I am looking forward to hearing about your successes making wild bread.
My mother is perking along but I am so ready for her to be matured enough to chill out in the fridge.
Joan, hopefully a fresh start will be the answer. I hope your proofer arrives soon!
Sara, the refrigerator mother phase is great! Less daily maintenance and more flexibility in the types/styles of breads you can make.


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Michelin Guide accepts decision of Sébastien Bras to hand back stars
January 30, 2018 by Ivan Brincat Leave a Comment
Sébastien Bras who runs the three Michelin star restaurant Le Suquet restaurant in Laguiole, France has announced that the Michelin Guide has accepted his request to remove the restaurant from its 2018 selection for France. "I would like to thank them for accepting my decision," the French chef wrote on his Facebook page. "I will now open a new chapter in my professional life without the Michelin stars but with the same passion for cooking. We will continue, together with our team, to ensure that our customers experience the magic of the Aubrac in our restaurant with the same quest for excellence. We are actively preparing for the annual reopening of the restaurant on 5 April with a lot of entusiasm and we are also working on a number of different projects," he said. Sebastien Bras's Le Suquet restaurant in southern France held Michelin's three-star rating for 18 years. In September last year, he announced that he wanted to give away the three stars because he did not want … [Read more...]
The Jane Table by Nick Bril officially launched
Nick Bril, the chef and co-owner of The Jane, one of the world's most stunning restaurants last week launched The Jane Table, a private dining room in his office at PAKT, just metres away from the former military chapel where The Jane is based in Antwerp. "When I saw PAKT, memories immediately went back to a schnapps producer I visited in Copenhagen. The company was located in an industrial building on the 4th floor. I loved the place immediately and I got the same feeling when I saw this site which is industrial, rough and unique in the city. The management team of The Jane and he had their offices in the cellars of the restaurant and they immediately decided to rent the office space because this was an ideal place to be away from the busy service and the crowds of The Jane. The Jane Table is a collaboration between The Jane, bulthaup ligna recta Antwerpen and Electrolux. The idea is to organise small and private dinners in an industrial building on the PAKT site, situated … [Read more...]
Gregorio Rotolo: The radical cheese maker of Scanno, Abruzzo
Niko Romito, the chef of three Michelin star restaurant Reale in Castel di Sangro is driving us to the heart of the national park of Abruzzo to a formidable shepherd and cheese maker Gregorio Rotolo. It is a cold brisk morning in December just before Christmas when we stop to allow a pack of at least 50 deer to cross the road a few kilometres away from the idyllic mountain top village of Scanno. On the outskirts of this village, 5 kilometres away is the agritourism of Gregorio Rotolo, a cheese maker that is often considered a legend in this region. Gregorio makes cheese which he sells to the whole of Italy and outside but also serves visitors to the region traditional food and of course his products. He has been making unique award winning cheeses apart from other products such as sheep prosciutto since he was 12 years old. His grandfather was a shepherd. He is passionate about his terroir, his animals and his cheeses. "I am radical. I add nothing to the milk. Some defects can … [Read more...]
Sergio Herman to open Frites Atelier Amsterdam in Brussels and Gent
After the successful opening of Frites Atelier Amsterdam in Antwerp, Sergio Herman has announced that new shops will be opened in the Belgian capital city Brussels and in Gent. The dates and location of the successful chain of french fries has not yet been announced. Launched in 2016 in the Netherlands, Frites Atelier Amsterdam has shops in the Hague, Utrecht, Arnhem and Antwerp. A shop in Amsterdam is also set to open shortly. There seems to be no stopping Sergio Herman. After deciding to stop cooking full time at the end of 2013 when he closed his three Michelin star restaurant Oud Sluis in the Netherlands he has successfully launched new projects like The Jane, further developed Pure C, created Frites Atelier and opened Air Republic in Cadzand. Sergio Herman is also considering opening Frites Atelier Amsterdam at Brussels Airport and Amsterdam airport. While the French fries that are served at Frites Atelier Amsterdam may not be the same that the Belgians are used to … [Read more...]
Q&A with Bart de Pooter: I have a collection of thousands of food photos
Bart de Pooter has no problem with clients taking photos in restaurants. He says he has got a collection of thousands of photos of food he has eaten in restaurants. Bart is in many ways a pioneer. He was the first Belgian chef to put his name to two Michelin starred restaurants in the country, he was one of the first chefs to venture to Asia when it was still not on the radar screen of world gastronomy like it is today. This is the second part of our interview in Q&A format. Who are the chefs that have inspired you most? Pierre Gagnaire, Albert Adria and his brother Ferran were all important. What is your best ever meal? That is a very difficult question because I don't have one. For me it is all about the experience. Sometimes, a dining experience can be so overwhelming that I will not go a second time because I fear that I will lose that experience. But I still remember my first experience in a three Michelin star restaurant at Alain Ducasse in Paris … [Read more...]
Niko Romito and his deceptively simple cuisine at Reale
January 22, 2018 by Ivan Brincat 1 Comment
Niko Romito never thought of becoming a chef. He had never even cooked before opening his restaurant and did not even know how to cook an egg. He cooked for the first time at Reale in Rivisondoli, Abruzzo, a village of less than 450 inhabitants. His father had opened it as a pastry shop in 1970 converting it into a restaurant 30 years later as the original Reale. He was neither passionate about cooking nor food and did not even come from a family of restauranteurs because the restaurant had only been open for 2 years. But as fate had it, while he was completing a degree in Economics and Commerce his father fell ill. He still needed to take 5 exams to complete the degree but when his father passed away he and his sister Cristiana took over the operation of the restaurant. The idea was to keep the operation going until they find a buyer. But they fell in love with the restaurant trade and the rest is history. Cristiana took over the front of house, something she still does … [Read more...]
Showcase of Belgium's heritage, traditions and roots at first Bon Bon Origins dinner
Thursday 19 January, Restaurant Bon Bon, Brussels: A few days after the shock announcement that Hertog Jan, one of two 3 Michelin star restaurants in Belgium would close at the end of this year, chef Gert de Mangeleer was cooking his first ever collaboration dinner in Belgium as guest of Brussels chef Christophe Hardiquest. This was the first Bon Bon Origins Dinner, a series of dinners created by Hardiquest, chef of two Michelin star restaurant Bon Bon who has been going back to the origins researching stories and recipes that are part of Brussels and Belgian heritage. One such story from the previous century has made it to the first Bon Bon Origins dinner. Up to the 1950s, in the streets of Brussels, there used to be a man called the 'marchand de coco' who would walk with 40 kilogrammes on his back and serve a drink called the Kalichezap, a mix of lemon, almonds and liquorice among others. Today, chef Christophe Hardiquest has turned this drink into a dessert that is served in … [Read more...]
Eneko Atxa of Azurmendi to launch best farmers award later this year
Imagine a world where you could find the best producer of eggs in Italy at the click of a button. That is what Eneko Atxa, chef of three Michelin star restaurant Azurmendi has set out to do this year. Called the Best Farmers award, his dream is to give farmers and producers the importance they deserve. "Today, chefs are considers as rockstars but if we can achieve that for farmers, maybe the world will be a better place," Eneko told Food and Wine Gazette in Larrabetzu. "During 2018, I want to create a platform that gives visibility to the best producers in the world. I want to give the possibility to people to look for the best produce at the click of a button. The aim is that in every part of the world you will be able to look for the best producer of a given product," Eneko said. He is not leaving anything to chance. The Basque chef, who has made a name for himself for sustainability and for his new concept JAKIN(N) which looks at the restaurant in a holistic … [Read more...]
JAKIN(N): Eneko Atxa 'cooking up the future'
On a perched hill in Larrabetzu on the outskirts of Bilbao, Eneko Atxa, the Spanish chef of acclaimed restaurant Azurmendi is 'cooking up the future'. Using Jaki, the basque term for meal and Jakin, the term for knowledge he is building an ecosystem that builds around knowledge and meals. With his idea he wants to foster a sustainable, healthy and a fair society through gastronomy. Those are the three elements that are the pillars of his work. Eneko has taken up running recently and he intends to run a full marathon this year. "Running has really helped me to think. It is a way of arriving at the restaurant refreshed or of leaving the restaurant to go home and be able to clear my mind," he told Food and Wine Gazette. "I'm so convinced of the importance of sport that I insist with the members of my team that they should take up any sport they love," he said. The Spanish chef considers running to be an integral part of his creative process and the place where he can think and … [Read more...]
New start for Gert de Mangeleer and Joachim Boudens after decision to close Hertog Jan
Gert de Mangeleer and Joachim Boudens may have decided to close Hertog Jan to gain more flexibility but they will certainly be keeping themselves busy. They want to pursue other opportunities even if they want to do it on their terms. "The decision to close Hertog Jan was not something we took yesterday. We had been discussing about the possibility of closing the restaurant for more than one and a half years," Gert de Mangeleer said. Chef Gert de Mangeleer and sommelier Joachim Boudens, the joint-owners of 3 Michelin star restaurant Hertog Jan announced early on Saturday morning in a press release sent at around 2am in the morning that they would be closing the restaurant in December this year. "Since a year and a half ago, we found that the restaurant was constraining us from pursuing other opportunities. It is not an easy decision to close such a restaurant. We have been seriously thinking about our decision for the past 8 or 9 months," De Mangeleer told Food and Wine … [Read more...]

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AZBD Note: Obviously this isn't about illegal immigration. However if the ATF were truly concerned about the welfare of law enforcement they wouldn't have been giving guns to Mexican drug cartels. The ATF's actions have killed more American law enforcement actions than M855 ammo ever has. This is part of the war on Americans ability to defend themselves.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is proposing to illegally suppress the AR-15 by banning SS109 and M855 ammunition for that rifle as "armor piercing ammunition" under a 1986 statute banning certain types of ammunition — a statute which amended the Gun Control Act of 1968.
The bottom line: SS109 and M855 "green tip" ammunition — with a traditional lead core and a steel tip — does not fit within the two-part test required by the armor piercing bullet ban. Rather, this is an illegal attempt to ban or limit AR-15's by banning types of AR-15 ammunition.
Moreover, any particular ammunition can be, and has been, exempted if it has a sporting purpose. Well, according to surveys, the AR-15 is used for target shooting or hunting over 50% of the time — thereby, making its ammunition easily fit within the "sporting purpose" test, no matter what the composition of the ammunition.
Urge your Senators to do everything in their power to "defund" or overturn the ATF's ban on SS109 and M855 "green tip" ammunition.
Also, urge them to hold up the nomination of Attorney General Nominee Loretta Lynch until the ATF backs down from its unlawful gun ban.
Click here to go to the GOA's Take Action page.


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Look, Look and Look: Do yourself a favor and learn the market yourself. Every neighborhood is different. Once you find the neighborhood you like, check it out either by yourself or with your broker. Knowledge is power.


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January 2, 2022 · 00:55
Something Cheerful, Izzy, Sunny, Pierre and Maddy Lyn Wish You a Happy New Year
Well friends, the new year is here and with it comes hope for a better future because we all want it to be better than 2019 or 2020. But for me those hopes are tempered by my knowledge of history and my knowledge that despite our occasional moments of doing magnificent things, behaving courageously and even in the best interests of others and humanity, but our worst times occur when they don't, which is more often than not. Barbara Tuchman wrote: "Human beings of any age need to approve of themselves; the bad times in history come when they cannot." Unfortunately, I believe that one of those bad times is not yet done, and the worst may be yet to come like in 1861, 1914, 1919, and 1939, or any combination combined with weapons of mass destruction, artificial intelligent weapons systems, and world wide pandemic that try as we might to contain it, is not going any time soon.
If that were all it would be enough to make the world a far more dangerous place in 2022 than it was in 2021. There is the massive ramping up of tensions between Russia, versus the Ukraine, NATO and the European Union. Then there is the increasingly bellicose incantations of the Chinese Communist/ Han Chinese Nationalist actions towards the Republic of China, a Democracy which China never had a historic, cultural, or religious claim upon before Chang Kai Shek and his Nationalist forces were defeated by the Communists in 1948 and established a nation on the island of Formosa, which we now call Taiwan. However, President and Chairman Xi continues to claim that it is a "renegade" province despite it being its own nation with a budding democratic tradition. Xi and his allies also threaten the United States for its support of the ROC. That would be enough, but over the past year the Chinese Communists have defied their treaty obligations to Hong Kong and crushed its majority pro-democracy movement, even removing monuments to the martyrs of Tianamin Square. We can then add their enslavement and genocide of the Muslim Uyghur population of Xinjiang province, and ,its continued threats to the Philippines and Vietnam in the South China Sea, and their development of hypersonic missiles and torpedos. But they have problems, especially economic with a very threatening real estate bubble that could crash their economy and send shockwaves throughout the world economy.
Then we come to Russian military threats to the Ukraine. Russian President Putin, having already seized the Crimea and the Donbass from Ukraine in 2014 has massed over 100,000 troops on the Ukrainian border. Demands by President Biden, the European Union, and NATO for the Russians to stand down have been met with even greater threats. Russia's position is not logical, but it is deeply emotional and seemingly personal to Putin. Though he appears in good health, he is not young and may be compelled by a medical condition to complete a conquest that would cement his role in Russian history, very much the reason that Hitler launched the Second World War.
Of course there is the constant threat of war with Iran which grows more as Iran attempts to undermine the governments of Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf States even as it rattles sabers with the United States, Europe, and most importantly Israel.
Any or all of these issues could blow up at any time in 2022, all it takes is any combination of unfortunate events to set any one, or all into motion, with potentially cataclysmic results. I keep telling people that I feel that I am watching a modern replay of Tuchman's The Guns of August or William Shirer's The Nightmare Years.
none of that even mentions the political divide in the United States which overcame a Coup attempt on January 6th 2001, and potentially faces a reprise of racist and fascist terrorism backed by a core of cultists determined to return Donald Trump to power by any means. The are backed by a multitude of partisan and conspiratorial "News Networks" and authoritarian radio and television pundits, who routinely spout Nazi like anti-semitism and racism; removing voting rights, civil rights, and religious rights from non-White Conservative Christians, even using violence to achieve those goals.
This isn't fantasy, it is the reality in which we live. I will do what I can to influence events. Hopefully, ,y book, Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: Religion and the Politics of Race in the Civil Era and Beyond will give me a chance to be heard at the national and international level. However, it will increase the personal danger to me since I have had real and verifiable death threats on this blog, social media, and when engaging Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists attacking leaders of civil and religious rights groups.
Sadly, many of these people claim to be Christians, and their words and threats are the most chilling of all, because they not only threaten my physical life, but also damn my soul to their version of eternal punishment. I truly believe that such people are dangerous, not just to the lives of people, but will so completely destroy the message of Jesus the Christ and that of the Christian Church that it will take decades if not centuries to see it reclaimed by people with no political or cultural prize at stake. But, for practical purposes, maybe for what passes as Christianity in the United States and any country infected with its sickness to death.
That may not sound like an uplifting or optimistic message, but they are realities that we must face. However, as trying and excruciating as the past two years have been, things can get worse, as Tuchman wrote:
"An event of great agony is bearable only in the belief that it will bring about a better world. When it does not, as in the aftermath of another vast calamity in 1914-18, disillusion is deep and moves on to self-doubt and self-disgust."
Until tomorrow or Monday I wish you the best.
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The Navy is the Future of National Security
USS HUE CITY CG 66 in the Arabian Gulf 2002. "I wish to have no Connection with any Ship that does not Sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way." John Paul Jones
"Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious." President George Washington
"A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace." President Theodore Roosevelt
"A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense that we have thought, never of aggression or of conquest. But who shall tell us now what sort of Navy to build? We shall take leave to be strong upon the seas, in the future as in the past; and there will be no thought of offense or provocation in that. Our ships are our natural bulwarks." President Woodrow Wilson
"Events of October 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that control of the sea means security. Control of the seas can mean peace. Control of the seas can mean victory. The United States must control the seas if it is to protect your security…." President John F. Kennedy
There are a great many debates in Congress and the Pentagon regarding the current and future military budgets in light of the massive budget deficits and economic crisis facing the nation. Complicating the issue is our massive commitment to land campaigns that contribute little to the long term national security of the United States and its friends. These wars constrain our diplomatic military and economic ability to respond to other crises at home and around the world be they military threats, terrorism or natural or man made disasters.
Until the mid 20th Century theUnited States viewed the land forces when used abroad as expeditionary forces which were employed overseas for relatively short periods of times of combat. The mission and strategy was to fight the war, bring all or most of the forces home, assist with security as needed and depend on a naval presence to show the flag without a continued large "boots on the ground" presence. The two times that we have elected to fight protracted ground wars with no definable condition of victory we have come out weaker than we went in. This was the case inVietnam a war which badly divided the nation and nearly destroyed the military as a viable force. The present campaign in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq which is close to ending have the potential to do the same.
In the prosecuting the Global War on Terror which was launched in response to the attacks of September 11th 2001 we have for the most costly and historically flawed ways to use an American Army. In doing so we have had to invest a huge amount of our expenditures simply to maintain a force to keep the status quo in a country that will turn on us as soon as it convenient to do so.
In the process of focusing on these aspects of this war we have forgotten the more crucial long term aspects of national security which can only be addressed by maritime power. This power includes the military might of the Navy and Marine Corps team but also includes our Merchant Marine and Coast Guard.
Ninety percent of world trade is transported by ship via sea lanes that have choke points such as the Strait of Hormuz,Strait of Malacca, the Bab El Mendeb and the Horn of Africa, and the Strait of Gibraltar. Likewise other traffic must pass through the South China Sea, the Taiwan Straits or around Cape Horn. Then there are the two major maritime canals the Panama and Suez Canals. Terrorists, pirates, rogue nations and ascending Naval powers such asChinapose real threats in all of these critical maritime commerce choke points.
Real and potential threats to the choke points: Iranian Naval and Revolutionary Guard Naval forces, Somali pirates, the new Chinese aircraft carrier and a Pakistani Navy that may become an enemy overnight
Most of the world's population lives in what are called the littorals, the areas of land adjacent to oceans and major waterways. Likewise most industry is located in these areas. Most of these populations and industries are also in areas under the same type of threats as the sea lanes and choke points. Simply put the sea and the littorals are much more important to this country and the world than landlocked Afghanistan. They also are much more easily influenced by naval power that is not bound to land bases in nations where governments and their policy to the United Statesand our friends can change overnight and which large land armies would have minimal impact.
The United States Navy has been and still is the world's preeminent naval power. It will likely remain so for the foreseeable future but the navy is strained. Since 2001 it has shrunk in size, shed some 52,000 sailors and seen its scope of responsibility and operational tempo increase putting greater strain on the ships, aircraft and personnel remaining. Ships are aging, maintenance was deferred and the planned new construction has not materialized. The Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruisers are nearing an average age of 20 years, our carriers average 23 years old, many of our submarines are nearing the end of their projected service lives and some other ships are far older.
Ship classes like the Freedom and Independence class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), San Antonio Class Landing Ships (LPD) and the DD-1000 Zumwalt Class are badly over budget, plagued with technical and workmanship issue and are behind in production.
USS Freedom (above) and USS Independence Littoral Combat Ships
The LCS in particular seems like a bad investment, the ships are undermanned and under armed, planned weapons modules are not in production and they are not designed for survivability. In effect they are large fast ships with almost no offensive or defensive capabilities that would be hard pressed to survive in a fight with any current or future Corvette or Frigate fielded by an opposing naval force. In order to be effective they need heavier armament and larger crews and need a redesign to improve their survivability. It makes no sense to spend more than half a billion dollars each on ships that are not survivable and cannot fulfill their intended missions. A better choice would be something similar to the Dutch De Zeven Provincien German Sachsen or the French Lafayette Class frigates which have a heavy armament and good endurance or the smaller and cheaper German Braunschweig class Corvettes.
DD-1000 the Zumwalt Class
The Zumwalts are 14,000 ton "Destroyers" that were designed as a replacement for the battleship. Originally 32 were planned but the high cost and multiple problems associated with the design. These issues have included such things as seaworthiness due to their hull form and other hull issues, its integrated advanced electro-magnetic propulsion system and its surface and air warfare capabilities. Their armament has been an issue since the beginning as they cannot meet the standards of the Aegis equipped Cruisers and DDGs and cannot support the Ballistic Missile Defense capabilities of those ships. Their naval gunfire support capability which was advertised as one of their main selling points is woeful. They are to be equipped with two 155mm long range naval guns designed to use a "smart" munitions. The ships will carry a limited supply of shells for these guns and because of the need for extended range and guidance capabilities the shells will have a smaller charge than their land based counterparts. They will have only two-thirds of the VLS cells than Ticonderoga class ships meaning that they can carry few missiles of all types. It is likely that the Tomahawk cruise missile will comprise the bulk of their missile armament but if one wants a ship that's only significant capability is launching Tomahawks then there are many other ideas which are more economical and can carry far more missiles than the Zumwalts. One of these was the Arsenal ship which was designed to carry 500 Tomahawks on a stealthy platform that requires a small crew and had an estimated cost of 500-800 million dollars. It was cancelled in favor of the project that eventually turned into the Zumwalt class. The DD-1000 program began with the DD-21 program in 1994 and the first ship may not enter service until 2015. The cost of just two of these ships has grown exponentially to 6.6 billion as of 2011. The two ships under construction have little place in the current or future Navy and would likely serve as technology test beds.
The Arsenal Ship
While we have increased the numbers and continued the production of the highly successful Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers (DDG) and Wasp class Amphibious Assault ships (LHD) it is not enough to compensate for the continued attrition. If worst case budget projections occur the Navy could experience massive cuts without any decrease in maritime threats or operational commitments. The Coast Guard is in even worse shape.
The USS John S McCain DDG 56
The most important aspect of national defense, free trade and humanitarian assistance in the coming years are America's Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine. Without a strong Navy and the other components of maritime power we are at the mercy of tin-horned dictators, pirates and terrorists who live and operate in the most vital areas of the world's maritime transportation network.
Humanitarian assistance: USNS Comfort off Haiti
As our political leaders meet in the coming weeks and months decisions will be reached in matters of national security. They will be based budget considerations alone as we have not operated on a clearly defined national security strategy since the end of the Cold War. Force structure has to be decided based on the over arching national strategy and broad brushed and un-thought out cuts are a recipe for disaster.
History tells us this. Following our Revolution the nation was deep in debt and eliminated the Navy. Since our merchant shipping was no longer protected by the Royal Navy and the treaty withFrancewas allowed to lapse American ships became easy prey for the Barbary Pirates. Rather than build a navy to protect American citizens and shipping the nation paid "tribute" to dictators which amounted to tens of millions of dollars until Thomas Jefferson sent the new re-established Navy to counter the threat. Our history and that of other maritime powers such asGreat Britainand theNetherlandsprovide many precedents for this use of power.
What needs to happen now is for the LCS ships and Zumwalt class production to end with the current ships building. No carriers except the 50 year old USS Enterprise should be decommissioned until a full up national strategy review is completed and agreed to by both political parties. That strategy needs to actually prioritize the most important areas of engagement that the military should focus its efforts. The Middle East will remain important but will fade as Asia continues to gain importance.
Regarding other ship classes much needs to happen. DDG production should be stepped up and an affordable yet fully capable replacement to the Ticonderoga class designed, to include the ability to conduct ballistic missile defense. A diesel electric attack submarine needs to be fielded to complement the Virginia Class attack boats. A Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier design should be designed and produced to compliment the Nimitz and Ford Class Carriers now in commission or building. The Navy should design or take an off the shelf Corvette or small Frigate type ship to fill the role envisioned by the LCS. Such ships should be designed for specific tasks to avoid the massive cost overruns and simplify production. When one remembers that it as the United States Navy that first developed the Destroyer Escort type ship to fill a specific role such an undertaking should be well within ship designer and capabilities so long as they do not try to "gold plate" the type and make it a jack of all trades and master of none ship. Other types of ship should be studied to include smaller but still capable aircraft carriers and new amphibious ships to support the Marine Expeditionary forces.
Ships need to be designed with combat power, survivability as the first priorities and they need to be affordable and easy to mass produce. Designs do not need to be over thought. George Patton's adage "a good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week" applies today for this nation and the Navy. To adapt Patton's adage I say that "a combat effective and survivable ship class that we can afford and mass produce now is better than a perfect ship that bankrupts us and cannot be produced in the numbers needed to secure the seas."
The Navy is the American Armed Force of the Future. Of all the Armed Services the Navy offers the United States the ability to protect its interests abroad and homeland security without the need to base large numbers of ground forces overseas. Naval forces are flexible, are easily sustainable and conduct security, combat and humanitarian operations better and more affordably than any armed service in the world. When coupled with the expeditionary capability of the Marines offer a force that affordably provides national security. George Washington, John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt all knew this. I do hope that the current Administration, Congress and their successors will not allow the current superiority that we enjoy on the high seas to decay just as our greatest economic and military competitors build up their naval capabilities and the threat of terrorists, pirates and the small but dangerous navies of rogue states threaten the sea lanes that are absolutely vital to our economy and national security.
The Navy is also the least provocative armed service and history has repeatedly shown that naval forces are a deterrent to war and guarantee of peace.
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Q: Sorting List> I have 2D a list of "NameValuePair"s that I've been trying to order with no luck so far.
NameValuePair is defined as:
public class NameValuePair
    {
        [DataMember]
        public string Name { get; set; }
        [DataMember]
        public string Value { get; set; }
    }

The list is defined as:
List<List<NameValuePair>> outerList = new List<List<NameValuePair>>();

Each list in outer list might have different number of items at different indices but each one has a "Date" item for sure.
e.g.
List<List<NameValuePair>> outerList = new List<List<NameValuePair>>();
List<NameValuePair> innerList = new List<NameValuePair>();
List<NameValuePair> innerList2 = new List<NameValuePair>();

innerList.Add(new NameValuePair { Name = "List1Item1", Value = "someValue" });
innerList.Add(new NameValuePair { Name = "List1Item2", Value = "otherValue" });
innerList.Add(new NameValuePair { Name = "List1ItemN", Value = "anotherValue" });
innerList.Add(new NameValuePair { Name = "Date", Value = "aDateInStringFormat" });
innerList2.Add(new NameValuePair { Name = "List2Item1", Value = "myValue" });
innerList2.Add(new NameValuePair { Name = "Date", Value = "anotherDateInStringFormat" });
innerList2.Add(new NameValuePair { Name = "List2ItemM", Value = "bestValue" });

outerList.Add(innerList);
outerList.Add(innerList2);

I have tried sorting with outerList.Sort(); and outerList.OrderByDescending(x => x.Where(y => y.Name == "Date")).ToList(); with no luck so far.
I also tried implementing IComparable to my NameValuePair type by overloading CompareTo() but couldn't get it working either.
Any suggestions are more than welcome.

A: Assuming each inner list has exactly one item with name Date and a proper formated date Value:
var sorted = outerList.OrderBy(x => DateTime.Parse(x.Single(y => y.Name == "Date").Value))
                      .ToList();

The Linq query takes the NameValuePair with the Name "Date", converts the Value to a DateTime object and sorts the outer list by this value.
Anyway you should think about creating a class with a DateTime property instead.

A: I know this has already been answered, but here's a slightly different take which is likely to be more performant.
Firstly, do a single pass of all the lists to extract the date times into a separate sequence:
var keys = outerList.Select(x => DateTime.Parse(x.Single(y => y.Name == "Date").Value));

Then use Zip and that DateTime sequence to sort the outer list by that sequence:
outerList = outerList.Zip(keys, (pairs, date) => new {Pairs = pairs, Date = date})
    .OrderByDescending(item => item.Date)
    .Select(item => item.Pairs)
    .ToList();

This avoid multiple calls to IEnumerable.Single() and DateTime parsing whenever two elements are compared during the sorting.

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Q: Frame image is not changing while creating installer in windows swt application I am creating an windows desktop swt application.
I need to change the frame icon, for that I used
frame.setIconImage((new ImageIcon("C:\\Documents and Settings\\arjuns\\Desktop\\logo1 copy.png")).getImage());

The icon is displaying when I manually run the code from eclipse, but when I create an installer using Install4j the icon is not appearing.
Can anyone please help me.

A: URL url = ClassLoader.getSystemResource("ressources/logo.png");
Toolkit kit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
Image img = kit.createImage(url);
setIconImage(img);

This is similar to the previous answer, but I need to add a bit of information.
You can still use a direct path to your image (C:/User/logo.png) BUT imagine you give your program to someone else, he wont have the image in that specific path.
So I recemmend you insert it in your project like so:

(I usualy do a sperate package for any ressources).
so it will become ressources/logo.png and it will work for anybody opening your project.

A:  import java.awt.*;
 import javax.swing.*;
  class set extends  JFrame
 {
set()
{
    setSize(100,100);
    setVisible(true);
    setIconImage(new ImageIcon("navbit-home.png").getImage());
}

public static void main (String[] args) {
new set();
}
}

please set appropriate path.like C:/Documents and Settings/arjuns/Desktop/logo1copy.png

A: The image should be available in the JAR file you create. Then use getResource() to get the image from the jar file.
For example,
URL resource = this.getClass().getResource("resources/logo.png");
frame.setIconImage(new ImageIcon(resource).getImage());

Here the logo.png is located under 'resources' folder of the class file where this code is executed.


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Fish are smart, interesting animals with their own unique personalities, and just like dogs, cats, and humans, fish feel pain. Scientists who study pain are in complete agreement that the fish pain response is basically identical to the pain response system in mammals and birds.
Did you know that fish can also learn to avoid nets by watching other fish in their group and that they can recognize individual "shoal mates"? Some fish gather information by eavesdropping on others, and some—such as the South African fish who lay eggs on leaves so that they can carry them to a safe place—even use tools.
Sadly, the U.S. fish industry slaughters more than 6 billion fish each year, and sport fishing and angling kill another 245 million animals annually. Without any legal protection from cruel treatment, these intelligent, complex animals are impaled, crushed, suffocated, or sliced open and gutted, all while they're fully conscious.
More than 40 percent of all the fish consumed each year are now raised on land- or ocean-based aquafarms. Land-based farms raise thousands of fish in ponds, pools, or concrete tanks. Ocean-based aquafarms are situated close to shorelines, and fish in these farms are confined to cramped net or mesh cages.
Fish on aquafarms spend their entire lives in crowded, filthy enclosures, and many suffer from parasitic infections, diseases, and debilitating injuries. Conditions on some farms are so horrendous that 40 percent of the fish may die before farmers can kill and package them for food. Fish who survive are starved before they are sent to slaughter in order to reduce waste contamination of the water during transport. Salmon, for example, are starved for 10 full days.
In the wild, hundreds of billions of fish—along with "nontarget" animals, including sharks, sea turtles, birds, seals, and whales—are caught each year in ocean-ravaging nets or dragged for hours on long-lines for the commercial fishing industry.
Whether the fish are raised on aquafarms, caught in the ocean by giant nets or long-lines, or hooked at the end of a fishing line, eating them supports cruelty to animals.
FISH FEEL PAIN
Anyone who made it through Biology 101 knows that fish have nerves and brains that sense pain, just as all animals do. Dr. Donald Broom, a scientific advisor to the British government, explains, "The scientific literature is quite clear. Anatomically, physiologically and biologically, the pain system in fish is virtually the same as in birds and mammals."
Neurobiologists have long recognized that fish have nervous systems that comprehend and respond to pain. Scientists tell us that fish brains and nervous systems closely resemble our own. For example, fish (like "higher vertebrates") have neurotransmitters such as endorphins that relieve suffering; the only reason for their nervous systems to produce these painkillers is to relieve pain. Researchers have created a detailed map of pain receptors in fish's mouths and all over their bodies. A team at the University of Guelph in Canada recently surveyed the scientific literature on fish pain and intelligence. They concluded that fish feel pain and that "the welfare of fish requires consideration."
A two-year study by scientists at Edinburgh University and the Roslin Institute in the U.K. proved what many marine biologists have been saying for years: Fish feel pain, just as all animals do. Anglers may not like to think about it, but fish suffer when they are impaled in the mouth and pulled into an environment in which they cannot breathe. Said Dr. Lynne Sneddon, who headed the study,"Really, it's kind of a moral question. Is your angling more important than the pain to the fish?"
A study by scientists at Queen's University Belfast proved that fish learn to avoid pain, just like other animals. Rebecca Dunlop, one of the researchers, said, "This paper shows that pain avoidance in fish doesn't seem to be a reflex response, rather one that is learned, remembered and is changed according to different circumstances. Therefore, if fish can perceive pain, then angling cannot continue to be considered a noncruel sport."
Fish can also suffer from fear and anticipation of physical pain. Researchers from universities acrossAmerica have published research showing that some fish use sound to communicate distress when nets are dipped into their tanks or they are otherwise threatened. In a separate study, researcher William Tavolga found that fish grunted when they received an electric shock. In addition, the fish began to grunt as soon as they saw the electrode in anticipation of the torment that Tavolga was inflicting on them.
According to Dr. Michael Fox, D.V.M., Ph.D., "Even though fish don't scream [audibly to humans] when they are in pain and anguish, their behavior should be evidence enough of their suffering when they are hooked or netted. They struggle, endeavoring to escape and, by so doing, demonstrate they have a will to survive."
Commercial fishing is cruelty to animals on a colossal scale, killing hundreds of billions of animals worldwide every year—far more than any other industry.
Today's commercial fishers use massive ships the size of football fields and advanced electronic equipment to track fish. These enormous vessels can stay out at sea for as long as six months, storing thousands of tons of fish onboard in massive freezer compartments.
This industry has decimated our ocean ecosystems. In fact, 90 percent of large fish populations have been exterminated in the past 50 years.
Long-lining is one of the most widespread fishing methods. Ships unreel as many as 75 miles of line bristling with hundreds of thousands of baited hooks. The hooks are dragged behind the boat at varying depths or are kept afloat by buoys and left overnight, luring any animal in the area to grab a free meal. Once hooked, some animals drown or bleed to death in the water, and many others struggle for hours until the boat returns to reel them in.
Large fish such as swordfish and yellowfin tuna, weighing hundreds of pounds each, are pulled toward the boat by the baited line. Fishers sink pickaxes into the animals' fins, sides, and even eyes—any part of the fish that will allow them to haul the animals aboard without ripping out the hook.
Billions of fish, sharks, sea turtles, dolphins, birds, and other marine animals are injured and killed by long-lines each year.
GILL NETS
Ranging from 200 feet to more than a mile in length, gill nets are weighted at the bottom and held upright by floats at the top, creating what some have deemed "walls of death." Fish are unable to see the netting, and unless the mesh size is larger than the fish, they get stuck. When they try to back out, the netting catches them by their gills or fins, and many suffocate. Others struggle so desperately in the sharp mesh that they bleed to death.
Because gill nets are set and then left unmonitored, trapped fish may suffer for days. Many bleed to death before the ship returns to take them out of the ocean. Those who make it to the deck alive are ripped out of the net by hand and suffocate or are cut open while still alive. Fish who were caught deep in the ocean suffer from decompression, and the extreme change in pressure can cause their stomachs to be forced out of their mouths.
PURSE SEINES
Another fishing method involves the use of a purse seine, which is the primary net used for catching tuna but which is also used for a variety of other fish species. This method has aroused public outrage because dolphins are sometimes caught in the nets. However, purse seines also kill millions of tuna—intelligent animals who are just as capable of feeling pain as dolphins.
To catch tuna, fishers track pods of dolphins, who commonly swim with large tuna, and drop a net into the water to surround the school of tuna. The edges of the net are slowly cinched together, trapping hundreds of tuna (usually weighing from 6 to 40 pounds each) in the net, which is then drawn up and closed like a laundry bag.
If they are still alive when they reach the deck of the boat, large fish such as tuna, cod, and haddock are completely conscious when their gills are slit and they are disemboweled.
BOTTOM TRAWLERS
Bottom trawlers target species such as orange roughy, cod, and haddock. Enormous bag-shaped nets are pulled along the ocean floor, catching every rock, piece of coral, and fish in their paths. Large metal plates at each end of the net drag along the ground, keeping the net close to the ocean floor while stirring up sediment and forcing all the animals in the net's path into the closed end. Bottom trawling literally scrapes the ocean floor clean of life and is considered by some to be the underwater equivalent of clear-cutting forests.
The nets rip hundreds of tons of animals out of the ocean, squeezing some of them so tightly against the sides of the nets that their eyes bulge and burst out of their skulls. For hours, trapped fish are dragged along the ocean floor with netted rocks, coral, and ocean debris. Many fish's scales are completely ground off. When hauled out of the water, surviving fish undergo excruciating decompression. The intense internal pressure ruptures their swim bladders, pops out their eyes, and pushes their esophagi and stomachs out through their mouths.
When first developed, bottom-trawling nets were limited to parts of the ocean that had a soft sediment floor because rocks and coral tore holes in the netting, allowing fish to escape. Now, bottom trawlers have huge wheels along the entire bottom edges of the nets. The heavy metal wheels roll along the ocean floor, crushing everything in their path but keeping the nets just off the ocean floor to prevent them from being torn. This "advance" has dramatically expanded the range of bottom trawlers, killing fish and other animals who had been protected by their rocky habitats. Consequently, bottom trawling is one of the most environmentally damaging fishing techniques, killing animals and destroying endangered coral and other sea life.
SLAUGHTER ON DECK
Regardless of the method used to catch them, if the fish are still alive at the end of their terrifying journey to the surface, most have their gills cut and bleed out or are tossed onto ice to slowly freeze or suffocate to death—a horribly cruel and painful death for coldblooded animals, who can take a very long time to freeze or suffocate to death. Scientists estimate that fish endure up to 15 minutes of excruciating pain before they lose consciousness.
FISHING HURTS OTHER ANIMALS TOO…
Sharks, sea turtles, birds, seals, whales, and other nontarget fish who get tangled in nets and hooked by long-lines are termed "bycatch" and are thrown overboard. They fall victim to swarming birds or slowly bleed to death in the water.
Scientists have found that nearly 1,000 marine mammals—dolphins, whales, and porpoises—die each day after they are caught in fishing nets. By some estimates, shrimp trawlers discard as much as 85 percent of their catch, making shrimp arguably the most environmentally destructive fish flesh a person can consume.
More than 40 percent of all the fish consumed each year are now raised on land-based or ocean-based aquafarms where fish spend their entire lives in cramped, filthy enclosures and where many suffer from parasitic infections, diseases, and debilitating injuries.
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization reports that the aquaculture industry is growing three times faster than land-based animal agriculture, and aquafarms will surely become even more prevalent as our natural fisheries become exhausted.
On aquafarms, high-volume systems control food, light (on indoor farms), and growth stimulation. Drugs and genetic engineering are used to accelerate growth and change reproductive behaviors.
In intensively crowded aquafarms, small fish are bullied and killed by larger fish, so fish are continually sorted to make sure that faster-growing individuals are moved to the appropriate size grouping.
At each sorting, they are netted or pumped out of their tanks and dumped onto a series of bars and grates with varying space gaps to divide them by size and redistribute them into different netted cages or tanks; small fish slip through the small grates while larger fish fall through the larger gaps. This practice, called "grading," is very stressful and results in painful scrapes and a loss of protective scales, leaving the animals vulnerable to disease.
High mortality rates, disease, and parasite infestations are common. Deformities and stress-related injuries are also a regular occurrence; on some farms, as many as 40 percent of the fish are blind—a problem that is not addressed because blind fish net the same profit for farmers.
Because they are designed to navigate vast oceans and use all their senses to do so, many fish go insane from the cramped conditions and lack of space on fish farms. The tight enclosures inhibit their ability to navigate properly and cause them to knock against each other and the sides of the enclosures. This jostling causes sores and damage to their fins.
To increase profits, fish farmers cram as many fish as possible into the smallest spaces possible. Salmon farms are so crowded—with as many as 50,000 individuals in each enclosure—that a 2.5-foot fish spends his or her entire life in a space the size of a bathtub. Trout farms are even more crowded, with as many as 27 full-grown fish in a bathtub-sized space.
FISH FEED
Many species of farmed fish are carnivorous, which means that fish must be caught from our already-exhausted oceans to feed the fish on aquafarms. It can take more than 5 pounds of fish from the ocean to produce just 1 pound of farmed salmon or sea bass. Aquafarmers have even begun to feed fish oil and fish meal to fish who naturally eat only plants in an effort to make them grow faster.
What's more, fish farmers lace fish feed with powerful chemicals and antibiotics to help fish survive the deadly diseases caused by the crowding and filth. It's likely that these fish pellets are the cause of the higher PCB and dioxin contamination levels found in farmed fish, which are seven times higher than the already-dangerous levels found in their wild counterparts.
CONTAMINANT STEW
Contaminants from ocean-based aquafarms (fish excrement, uneaten chemical-laden food, and swarms of parasites) spread to the surrounding ocean, and the rampant disease inside the cages is passed on to ocean fish in the area, in some cases increasing the incidence of sea lice a thousandfold.
These parasites eat at the fish, causing their scales to fall off and creating large sores. In severely crowded conditions, lice often eat down to the bone on fish's faces. This is so common that fish farmers have taken to calling it the "death crown."
UNREGULATED SUFFERING
In the United States, there are no regulations to ensure the humane treatment of fish.
As many as 40 percent of farmed fish die before the aquafarm operator is ready to slaughter them. Fish who survive are starved before they are sent to slaughter in order to reduce waste contamination of the water during transport. Salmon, for example, are starved for 10 full days.
Fish slaughter plants in the U.S. make no effort to stun the fish, who are completely conscious when they start down the slaughter line. Their gills are cut, and they are left to bleed to death, convulsing in pain.
Large fish, such as salmon, are sometimes bashed on the head with a wooden bat called a "priest," and many are seriously injured but still alive and suffering when they are cut open. Smaller fish, such as trout, are often killed by simply draining water away and leaving them to slowly suffocate or by packing them in ice while they are still completely conscious.
Because fish are coldblooded, allowing them to suffocate on ice prolongs their suffering, leaving them to experience excruciating pain for as long as 15 minutes before they die.
Scientists are starting to learn more and more about our finned friends, and their discoveries are fascinating. Fish and Fisheries cited more than 500 research papers on fish intelligence, proving that fish are smart, that they can use tools, and that they have impressive long-term memories and sophisticated social structures. The introduction said that fish are "steeped in social intelligence … exhibiting stable cultural traditions and cooperating to inspect predators and catch food."
Their long-term memories help fish keep track of complex social relationships. Their spatial memory—"equal in all respects to any other vertebrate"—allows them to create cognitive maps that guide them through their watery homes, using cues such as polarized light, sounds, odors, and visual landmarks.
Furthermore, a scientific review presented to the Australian Veterinary Association completely disproved the myth that goldfish have three-second memories; instead, the veterinarians found that goldfish have impressive memories and problem-solving abilities. One of the researchers said that after conducting the review, they wanted "to get the message out to vets to start looking more closely at fish and considering their welfare like they do other animals.
Fish talk to each other with squeaks, squeals, and other low-frequency sounds that humans can hear only with special instruments.
Fish like physical contact with other fish and often gently rub against one another—like a cat weaving in and out of your legs.
Dr. Phil Gee, a psychologist from the University of Plymouth in the U.K., trained fish to collect food by pressing a lever at specific times, demonstrating their ability to tell time.
Some fish tend well-kept gardens, encouraging the growth of tasty algae and weeding out the types they don't like.
Like birds, many fish build nests where they raise their babies; others collect little rocks off the seafloor to make hiding places where they can rest.
Some fish woo potential partners by singing to them, but male sand gobies, tiny fish who live along the European coast, play "Mr. Mom," building and guarding nests and fanning the eggs with their fins to create a current of fresh, oxygenated water.
Fish are interesting and intelligent animals and deserve the same respect we give to cute and cuddly animals such as dogs and cats.
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Harry Potter and Jewish Values
Dec 20, 2014 | by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller
News of a Jewish wizard at Hogwarts reminded me of 5 Jewish values reflected in the series of books.
It's official. Astute readers of the Harry Potter series have long suspected Harry's friend and ally Anthony Goldstein might be Jewish (living at Hogwarts with a kosher meal plan). Now author JK Rowling has confirmed the matter, tweeting a Jewish fan who enquired if there were any Jews in the books: "Anthony Goldstein. Ravenclaw. Jewish wizard." The next day Ms. Rowling enigmatically suggested the possibility of a minyan at Hogwarts: "Anthony isn't the first Jewish student, nor is he the only one. I just have reasons for knowing most about him!"
Although Anthony is currently the only publicly known Jewish wizard at Hogwarts, the major characters in Harry Potter often reflect core Jewish values. Here are five ways in which the characters and plot of the series echoes some key Jewish teachings.
1. Our choices define us.
Our choices define us, Dumbledore tells Harry at the end of the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Dumbledore is talking about Harry's decision to reject the possibility of joining Slytherin – the school house of choice for "dark" wizards – and ask to be placed in the more positive environment of Gryffindor House instead.
This echoes a powerful Jewish belief. Each one of us is beset with conflicting motivations and desires. The Torah calls these the yetzer hara (evil inclination) and yetzer tov (good inclination). No one is immune. The most righteous people are not those with little desire to act badly: in fact, our sages say those who achieve the highest levels of good action are often those with the greatest natural urge to do ill. What distinguishes them is their desire to refine themselves: to work on their character traits, and to choose to do what is right. With practice, making choices that lead us towards becoming better people becomes easier; we become stronger in our commitment to doing what we know is right.
2. We each have a crucial role to play.
We each are born with vastly different strengths and abilities. The Torah teaches we're each given a specific set of tasks in life – we're each charged with accomplishing things that only we are able to – and we're each given the exact tools we need to accomplish them.
We each come into the world with certain strengths and handicaps. We're judged not by our circumstances, but by how well we do within them. JK Rowling illustrates this concept beautifully in her Harry Potter series. Many of the most important acts are performed by minor characters, often by those who objectively seem the weakest. Whether it's the bravery of Dobby the House Elf, the crucial aid delivered by ditzy Luna Lovegood, the heroic acts performed by some of the books' most awkward characters, everyone has a crucial role to play: in the magical world of Harry Potter, everyone is important.
3. Working to develop our talents.
Nobody is born an accomplished wizard; it takes many years of attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry – and lots of practice – to achieve mastery.
This echoes the Jewish view as well. The goals that are most rewarding require the greatest effort to achieve. In Judaism, fulfilling our potential isn't a solitary endeavor; it's a partnership, with our friends and peers, and also with the Divine.
4. Treating everyone with respect.
The great Rabbi Shammai famously summed up his life philosophy: "greet everyone with a cheerful face" (Pirkei Avot 1:15). The Talmud relates that the great rabbis of the Talmud put this advice into practice, being the first to greet everyone they met – Jewish and non-Jewish alike – with a cheerful, friendly greeting. This is more than simple politeness; extending a warm greeting to everyone sends a message that you care about them, that you regard them as an important, worthy individual.
Harry Potter provides vivid examples of this type of friendliness and willingness to reach out to others on the part of some of its most sympathetic characters. Prof. Dumbledore, the kindly headmaster, is careful to be polite and courteous to all; his willingness to extend his hand in friendship even earns him the respect of magical creatures (the otherwise fierce and aggrieved Centaurs, or the murderous giant spiders living in the Forbidden Forrest, for instance). Harry, his protégé, follows this example: he's polite to everyone and everything he comes across, from House Elves to his fellow students. By relating honestly and with friendliness to every creature, no matter how humble, Harry Potter distinguishes himself as someone capable of true greatness.
5. Choosing our friends.
There's a chapter in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final in the series, in which Harry contemplates going off alone to finally confront his nemesis Voldemort. Harry doesn't want to endanger his friends, he reasons, and another darker motive seems to tempt him too: he doesn't want to be slowed down by anyone; he doesn't want to beholden to anyone as he completes his final quest.
Without giving too much away, it's fair to say Harry never deserts his comrades. From the first book in the series to the seventh, final volume, Harry is firmly embedded in a close circle of friends. His buddies Ron and Hermione – and the enthusiastic group of students he organizes as Dumbledore's Army – all back him up and contribute to his success; Harry could never accomplish his goals without them.
Surrounding ourselves with people whose goals and values we admire is one of the most important decisions we can make. The Torah recognizes that we are profoundly influenced by the people around us, and urges us to think carefully and choose communities whose goals we share. The great Rabbi Hillel advised "Don't remove yourself from the community" (Pirkei Avot 2:5). When things get difficult, the support of a warm community whose goals we share can give us the strength to continue on and achieve our potential.
Like Harry Potter at Hogwarts, it's up to each of us to seek out a community of friends and mentors to help us develop our own potential, as well. The charm of the Harry Potter series is watching Harry and his friends work hard to achieve their full promise. In that, we can all strive to be like Harry, struggling through the years to achieve our goals.
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(4) Henry Sattlemeier, October 31, 2016 11:13 PM
Harry Potter Has Complex Themes
You really nailed this article right on the head. JK Rowling did a great job at incorporating deep ideas to her stories and you really expressed them well here. Nice work!!!
(3) Anonymous, August 4, 2015 12:51 AM
Luna Lovegood is not ditzy!
Luna is one of the most intelligent characters in the series. She is eccentric, but that only makes her stronger. Ravenclaw values an open mind.
(2) Paul S., December 30, 2014 3:47 PM
The value of humility
This is great. Thanks! And one additional value could be added: To me, the overriding lesson of the HP books is the value of humility. As Harry (and his companions) moves through his adventures, every time he puts the needs or interests of others ahead of his own, he makes significant progress toward his goal. But every time he hardens and acts out of selfish or self-interested motives, something bad happens (the worst being the death of Sirius). Ultimately, Harry is a model of humility, as exemplified by how he wraps things up at the very end of the saga with each component of the deathly hallows, and also by the names he and Ginny choose for their children. I'm not an expert on Jewish teachings, but I know that in his letter to his son, the Ramban advises that humility is the key to spiritual attainment. I'm sure there are many other scriptural bases for the value of humility as well. The life of Moshe comes to mind as one. Like all good children's books, the Harry Potter series contains many spiritual lessons that can benefit adults as well as children.
(1) Rose, December 21, 2014 4:53 PM
Jewish Wizard?
I love all of the Harry Potter books, and it's great that there's a Jewish wizard, but did anyone tell Ms. Rowling that Judaism and wizardry don't quite go together?:)
Brucr, December 23, 2014 8:31 PM
Special alert, it's fantasy, an allegory
shlomo, December 26, 2014 10:21 AM
jewish magic
many sages have real 'supernatural' powers. many rabbis are known to have ability to heal, predict future events and have power to have their blessings come true.
my own rabbi o.b.m. has uncannily healed people and had his blessings come true .
many such stories in talmud, but also in recent history.
some rabbis used segulas, kamayes, secret names of Divinity and angelic names to work specific goals supernaturally.


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Angela Polchat-Ferris - Jul 10, 2019
Publishing NEWS: -- Just in time for the summer season, Hudson Valley Wine Magazine is launching a fully redesigned, mobile-friendly website that is tailor-made not only for consumers and visitors who want the most out of their wine and craft beverage experience in the Hudson Valley, but also researchers, media, and members of the trade who want to learn more about the region's industry from an historical and agricultural perspective.
Angela Polchat-Ferris - Jul 8, 2019
Publishing NEWS: -- It was 1968 when literary giant Horace Mungin penned his first published work, "Dope Hustler's Jazz," part one of a two volume set of anti-drug poetry. "Dope Hustler's Jazz" was the beginning of a writing career that started in the Black Arts Movement. Horace Mungin Books is celebrating 50 years of intellectual success with the re-release of ten books.
Angela Polchat-Ferris - Jun 25, 2019
Publishing NEWS: -- More than a quarter of people in America's public places are somehow occupied with digital devices. That's according to a new visual survey by The Technoskeptic. The magazine examined behavior at various urban crossroads across the country, categorizing different modes of digital distraction. The results make up the cover story of their summer issue, available nationally beginning June 24.
Publishing NEWS: -- Space is an uncharted frontier equipped with mysteries beyond our understanding of what is or will ever be possible. Aaron Ozee, bestselling author of notable children's book, "Regulus" (ISBN: 9781387010790), has partnered with Orbit Pics to launch a printed copy of his book into space. (VIDEO)
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Publishing NEWS: -- Model, actress, and recovery coach Dona Speir announces the publication of her autobiographical memoir, "Naked Truth: The Fall and Rise of Dona Speir" (ISBN: 978-1939282422). Co-written with well-known author/journalist Chris Epting, this memoir reveals the hard truths, personal struggles, and eventual triumph over abuse, sexual exploitation, and addiction that have shaped Speir's life.
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Publishing NEWS: -- Thanks to skyrocketing demand and low interest rates, the South Walton County real estate market is booming. This surge has given rise to "South Walton Beach Homes," a new free magazine bringing together buyers and the realtors who make it all happen. "South Walton Beach Homes" is the second print publication from HNH Media Holdings, LLC.
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Publishing NEWS: -- Pyramid Press announced today the Release of the New Book: "Peter Drucker's System of Management in a Business Environment" (ISBN: 978-0996893558) by one of Peter Drucker's First Students, Luther Guynes, Ph.D.
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Publishing NEWS: -- Sherlock Holmes fans! Boston University writers created a new TV series based on Stephen King's "The Doctor's Case" short story. "Holmes Legacy: The Doctor's Cases" is a six-episode drama about an older Dr. John Watson, who uses his memories of Sherlock Holmes to foil a new Moriarty and protect present-day London. Experience the live staged reading by professional actors at WBUR's CitySpace from 12-3 p.m. on April 27-28, 2019.
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Angela Polchat-Ferris - Mar 21, 2019
Publishing NEWS: -- When Olivia Norem first heard the narration of the book, "His Viking Bride," she was so caught up in the story she nearly forgot that she is, in fact, the one who wrote it. And this marketer turned author is not the only one who found the audiobook captivating.
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Home Winter 2017 A Houseful of Tepleys
A Houseful of Tepleys
By Eric Gershon • Published: Dec. 1, 2017
The plaque at 1145 Grandview Ave. went up in the mid-1990s. "Tepley House," it declares. "C. 1907."
Yet for years after the old home on The Hill became a Boulder landmark, and for some time before, the only way Bill Tepley (Pharm'87) could get inside was to knock, introduce himself and ask to poke around for old times' sake.
Access is simpler now: In August, his younger daughter, Grace Tepley (IntlAf'18), moved into the turreted Queen Anne-style home, just off Broadway — extending the family streak to four successive generations of Tepleys in residence while attending CU Boulder.
"Grace is in one of the rooms I stayed in," said Bill, 57, a Denver pharmacist with a fondness for hats and a gig as the bassist in a cover band called The Vinyls.
Grace's sister, Savannah Tepley (MechEngr'15), passed on an earlier chance to advance the streak, making a practical decision to live by the engineering center — clear across campus — where most of her classes met.
If the streak itself is remarkable, so is the story of its start.
The American dream, manifest.
Early in the 20th century, Bill Tepley's paternal grandparents, Katherine (Hist'30; MA'32) and Leo (MD1917) Teplitzky, fled Russia for New York after their release — in Leo's case, escape — from the Siberian lockup where they'd been political prisoners, according to family lore and research. Katherine's offense: Teaching peasants to read. Leo's: "backing the wrong horse," Bill said.
The couple came to Boulder, changed their name and worked as custodians in CU's stables. Leo helped lay sidewalks.
Leo eventually worked his way into medical school and became a psychiatrist. He and Katherine migrated to Denver and had three children, including Bill's father, Eugene (A&S'36; Law'39), a future CU gymnast specializing in the flying rings, a lawyer and a political candidate.
The Grandview house entered the picture after the Tepleys' marriage foundered. In 1924 Katherine and the children moved back to Boulder and into No. 1145.
The kids all went on to study at CU — as did Katherine, who attended alongside daughter Victoria. Katherine earned two degrees in history, then taught at CU and the University of Denver.
"She was what I would call a progressive woman," Bill said of his grandmother, whom he never knew. "Education was important to her. She went to prison twice over it [in Russia]."
The house remained in the family long enough for Bill to live there in the 1970s and '80s. He and friends paid his parents, who managed the house as a rental property, about $60 each per month. Nine of 15 Tepley Buffs lived there at some point.
Bill's parents came to Boulder for home football games, usually dropping off food for their renters and sometimes doing their laundry. Over the years, Bill helped his father replace the house's plumbing and insulation. They repainted it top to bottom.
In 1988, as Bill's parents entered old age, the family sold the home.
After the city landmarked the house — the plaque honors the architecture, the Tepleys and also former occupant Wiley B. Rutledge (Law'22), CU's first alumnus on the U.S. Supreme Court — Bill would double park while friends hopped out to take a look.
Decades went by.
In fall 2015, Grace Tepley, then a sophomore, made her move to resume the streak.
She strode to the door of 1145, introduced herself and asked for the landlord's number. She called, only to learn the house had already been leased for the next year.
But the landlord, who'd bought the house from the Tepleys, gave Grace first dibs for 2017. All she'd have to do was round up roommates.
Once she had — and not before — the aspiring lawyer, now 22, gave her dad the good news.
"I knew he'd call our entire family," she said. "I didn't want it to fall through."
Bill sees 1145 Grandview as a symbol, not just of his own family.
"In a time where people are saying, 'Immigrants, we don't need 'em,' you look at my family, they came here with no language and no skills and had to change their names to get jobs — and yet they turn into the American dream," he said. "It all goes through that house."
Photo by Glenn Asakawa
Issue: Winter 2017
A Family Tale
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"Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules," is an all-new animated movie based on the second book in Jeff Kinney's wildly popular book series. The original song from the film, "Can You Smell Us Now," written and produced by Jon Levine, with lyrics by Jeff Kinney, and performed by Jimmy Tatro, is also available. Be sure to check everything out, and don't forget to watch "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" on Disney+.
The riotous antics of angst-ridden, disaster-prone middle school student Greg Heffley continue in "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules," focusing this time around on his complicated relationship with older brother Rodrick. A spikey-haired high school student, Rodrick is lazy and undisciplined and spends way too much time practicing with his rock band, Löded Diper. While he loves to torment Greg, he ultimately has a deep affection for his younger brother. Directed by Luke Cormican ("Teen Titans Go!) and written and produced by Jeff Kinney, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" features the voices of Brady Noon ("The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers"), Ethan William Childress ("mixed-ish"), Edward Asner ("Up"), Chris Diamantopoulos ("Silicon Valley"), Erica Cerra ("Power Rangers"), and Hunter Dillon ("Deadpool 2"). "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" features the original song, "Can You Smell Us Now," written and produced by Jon Levine, with lyrics by Jeff Kinney, and performed by Jimmy Tatro.
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FRENCH PROVINCIAL STYLE DROP LEAF TEA CART WITH WHEELS & SERVING TRAY. An Exquisite French Provincial Tea Cart with Serving Tray. IN Good Vintage condition/ There might be some scratches, aging, stain marks... Please refer to the pictures.
This is such a rare find- don't miss out! 25" W x 17" L (39" When Both Leaf Extended) x 28.5" H.
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