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March 10, 2011, - 4:52 pm
VIDEO: Heart Attack Grill Revisited – Owner Begins to Pander to PC Food Police
Longtime readers may remember when I wrote about the "Heart Attack Grill," where massive burgers with all the most fattening fixin's and mega-calories are proudly served. As I noted then, even if it were kosher and I could eat there, I wouldn't. I watch what I eat. But I applauded the place because we live in a free country, where you are free to eat what you want, and I can choose not to. The food police and their chief, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Hussein Obama Idi Amin Dada, don't get to decide for us. I called the restaurant, "the most honest restaurant in America."
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But, after watching this video, below, on last night's ABC News "Nightline," I'm not so sure. I now despise both the smug, lying, jerk owner of the restaurant, and the even smugger, moralizing ABC News reporter. I'd admire the restaurant owner more if he said, hey, it's a free country, deal with it. You don't like it, don't eat here. He does call himself, "Burger Infidel" on his YouTube channel, so that's a start, but . . . . (Plus, he could have at least said he felt bad that the obese spokesmodel died.) Instead, he puts on this phony moralizing (about how America needs a wake-up call) and goes along, in a very politically correct way, with the even phonier ABC News guy. PUH-LEEZE. ABC News doesn't ever use people? Riiiight. Watch and let me know what you think.
Watch the video . . . .
The thing is, the restaurant and its food did not kill this guy. He killed himself. It's the same with guns and liberals who want to take them away. Criminals and crazy people kill people without reason, not the guns. How sad that the owner won't say that about his burgers and has regressed from his in-your-face food honesty, because of a snot-nosed ABC News urinalist.
Tags: ABC News, burgers, Dr. Jon, fat people, food police, Heart Attack Grill, Nightline, PC, political correctness, Politically Correct, Politically Incorrect, video
"…snot-nosed ABC News urinalist."
ebayer on March 10, 2011 at 5:29 pm
"Full sugar mexican Coke!"
Unlimited lard fries!
Basso used that guy during his life?
Puleeze!
No salt, no sugar, no fat, no beef, no pizza, no Chinese food, no fries, NO FREEDOM!
I hate smoking. Allergic to it, and cigarettes are a killer. However, when the government banned television advertisements, printed advertisements, etc. etc., and has tried to tax cigarettes out of the reach of the common man, I told everyone who would listen that the do-gooders would next dictate what we eat. I was laughed at.
No one is laughing now.
Jonathan Grant on March 10, 2011 at 6:26 pm
A real parade of villains and fools. Much of what Ms. Obama says is correct, just like a stopped clock is correct twice a day. Her arrogance, hypocracy and intolerance are of course very irritating, but the content of what she says about nutrition is basically correct.
Unfortunately those who are fundamentally correct about nutrition are, by and large, wrong about everything else, thus discrediting their views among most conservatives.
Maybe they should do with these restaurants what they do with cigarettes, post warnings on the packages, and in the restaurant. He is a jerk, and was probably as much a jerk when he was a trainer and weight loss manager as he is now.
Little Al on March 10, 2011 at 6:42 pm
Let's see: freedom to kill pre-born babies but not freedom to eat as we'd like.
/Many say it's a woman's choice to do what she wants with her body and many would agree. The babies INSIDE our bodies are NOT our bodies, they're the baby's bodies. Two hearts beating does not equal one body.
Jew Lover on March 10, 2011 at 7:20 pm
Exactly – I've always felt that if they can abort at 6 weeks, then they can abort at 9 months and there would be no difference if it wasn't murder. People always argue that abortion isn't murder, but yet they feel at 9 months it would be – Either it IS murder, or it ISN'T… can't have it both ways.
James Phillips on March 11, 2011 at 3:32 am
I think we should be able to eat what we want. If isn't the Food Police, next thing you know the Halal Police will tell us we can can no longer have bacon cheeseburgers and pizza.
Then this country will no longer be America!
NormanF on March 10, 2011 at 8:53 pm
Debbie,
You can delete my comment since the obnoxious comment to which I was referring was removed.
Michele on March 10, 2011 at 11:29 pm
I like the guy. I like his F-You attitute. I dont hold him responsible in any way. Nobody is forcing red meat America to consume that action.
I'm also strangely comfortable with those corpulent waitress'.
I would not, however, want to be the maintenance staff after that fat-body drops a deuce in the head after slugging one of those #4's.
h billy on March 11, 2011 at 12:24 am
Run a story about a heavy guy enjoying wolfing down burgers and end it off with a side note that the guy got exposed to radiation poisoning while serving as a marine in Afghanistan and only has a week to live and watch people's attitudes change.
Fred on March 11, 2011 at 2:39 am
Freedom also means freedom to fail – If you (not YOU) can't stop overeating McDonald's because you've got a hormonal imbalance that FORCES you to eat fast food, and you refuse to strength train to balance your gluttony – heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension are the RESULT. If you want health care, go buy it. If you want money, get a job. If you can't get a job because you're "Insert Flaw Here", start a business and CREATE jobs. Mow lawns, wash cars, paint houses, go to SCHOOL and learn a skill, INVENT something, join the military and take advantage of the opportunities presented for service of the highest honor, in the most advanced military in the history of the world. Have some humble pride in being an American, afforded the opportunities we've BLED for on the battlefield. Get off your ass, take responsibility for your own life, and stop living off of the backs of hard working people that owe you NOTHING, ya dig?
I do agree that we have the right to eat whatever we choose. What I find appalling is the grill owner's cavalier attitude toward the death of his spokesperson. I wonder how much of his own food he actually eats.
Naomi R on March 11, 2011 at 8:00 am
We often would hear the expression, "It's a free country." We don't anymore because instinctively we know that it's no longer a free country but one constrained by political correctness. Obviously the owner of this restaurant was motivated more by profit than ideology. His response should habe been "it's a free country', period. Purveyors of alcoholic beverages, cigarettes,drugs (both legal and illegal) know darn well that their products will kill some people. But hey, it's a free country and that's what we pride ourselves on.
Jerry on March 11, 2011 at 8:34 am
Hello James Phillips…you've hit the nail on the head. It is easy to complain. It is hard to educate yourself, take responsibility for most things, and to pass that knowledge on to your family. Meme Roth, usually on FOX NEWS, always has more than enough to complain about what others eat, but I'd like to see what she would do if she earned $100 per week. I like White Castle burgers, but not every day or even every month! Finally, I don't believe anyone forces an obese waitress or customer to pitch for any restaurant. Those persons decide if the compensation received is more important than public image, ridicule, or gaining weight. Why do you think anyone would appear on "JACKASS"?
Dennis on March 11, 2011 at 10:43 am
Debbie, just out of curiosity, do you employ a shabbos goy to record "Nightline" and "The Jimmy Kimmel Show" for you on Friday nights? You obviously never miss either of them during the rest of the week.
Irving on March 11, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Irving, its 2011. Is your VCR still flashing 12:00.
Stupid quesrion.
h billy on March 11, 2011 at 10:41 pm
comparing hamburgers and guns is like comparing apples and oranges. you can't kill another person – or 9 at a morning meet-and-greet outside a Safeway – with a hamburger.
caro on March 14, 2011 at 1:45 am
RIiiiiGHT. WHEN THAT IGNAORAMUS SUFFERS A NON LETHAL HEART ATTACK BUT IS TOO SICK TO CARE FOR HIMSELF WHILE DROOLING ON A BABIES BIB, ALL BROUGHT ON BY GLUTTONLY, I WILL WALK THE OTHER WAY WITHOUT AN OUNCE OF PITY.
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Q: ListGet Chunk Number being executed I am breaking a list into chunks and processing it as below:
foreach (var partialist in breaklistinchunks(chunksize))
{
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catch
{
print error
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public static class IEnumerableExtensions
    {
        public static IEnumerable<List<T>> BreakListinChunks<T>(this IEnumerable<T> sourceList, int chunkSize)
        {
            List<T> chunkReturn = new List<T>(chunkSize);
            foreach (var item in sourceList)
            {
                chunkReturn.Add(item);
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                {
                    yield return chunkReturn;
                    chunkReturn = new List<T>(chunkSize);
                }
            }
            if (chunkReturn.Any())
            {
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            }
        }
    }

If there is an error, I wish to run the chunk again. Is it possible to find the particular chunk number where we received the error and run that again ?
The batches have to be executed in sequential order .So if batch#2 generates an error, then I need to be able to run 2 again, if it fails again. I just need to get out of the loop for good .

A: List<Chunk> failedChunks = new List<Chunk>();
foreach (var partialist in breaklistinchunks(chunksize))
{
    try
    {
        //do something
    }
    catch
    {
        //print error
        failedChunks.Add(partiallist);
    }

}

// attempt to re-process failed chunks here

A: I propose this answer based on your comment to Aaron's answer.

The batches have to be executed in sequential order .So if 2 is a problem , then I need to be able to run 2 again, if it fails again. I just need to get out of the loop for good.

foreach (var partialist in breaklistinchunks(chunksize))
{
    int fails = 0;
    bool success = false;

    do
    {
        try
        {
            // do your action
            success = true; // should be on the last line before the 'catch'
        }
        catch
        {
            fails += 1;
            // do something about error before running again
        }
    }while (!success && fails < 2);

    // exit the iteration if not successful and fails is 2
    if (!success && fails >= 2)
        break;
}

A: I made a possible solution for you if you don't mind switching from Enumerable to Queue, which kind of fits given the requirements...
void Main()
{
    var list = new Queue<int>();
    list.Enqueue(1);
    list.Enqueue(2);
    list.Enqueue(3);
    list.Enqueue(4);
    list.Enqueue(5);

    var random = new Random();

    int chunksize = 2;
    foreach (var chunk in list.BreakListinChunks(chunksize))
    {
        foreach (var item in chunk)
        {
            try
            {
                if(random.Next(0, 3) == 0) // 1 in 3 chance of error
                    throw new Exception(item + " is a problem");
                else
                    Console.WriteLine (item + " is OK");
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine (ex.Message);
                list.Enqueue(item);
            }
        }
    }
}

public static class IEnumerableExtensions
{
    public static IEnumerable<List<T>> BreakListinChunks<T>(this Queue<T> sourceList, int chunkSize)
    {
        List<T> chunkReturn = new List<T>(chunkSize);
        while(sourceList.Count > 0)
        {
            chunkReturn.Add(sourceList.Dequeue());
            if (chunkReturn.Count == chunkSize || sourceList.Count == 0)
            {
                yield return chunkReturn;
                chunkReturn = new List<T>(chunkSize);
            }
        }
    }
}

Outputs
1 is a problem
2 is OK
3 is a problem
4 is a problem
5 is a problem
1 is a problem
3 is OK
4 is OK
5 is OK
1 is a problem
1 is OK

A: One possibility would be to use a for loop instead of a foreach loop and use the counter as a means to determine where an error occurred. Then you could continue from where you left off.

A: You can use break to exit out of the loop as soon as a chunk fails twice:
foreach (var partialList in breaklistinchunks(chunksize))
{
    if(!TryOperation(partialList) && !TryOperation(partialList))
    {
        break;
    }
}

private bool TryOperation<T>(List<T> list)
{
    try
    {
        // do something
    }
    catch
    {
        // print error
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

You could even make the loop into a one-liner with LINQ, but it is generally bad practice to combine LINQ with side-effects, and it's not very readable:
breaklistinchunks(chunksize).TakeWhile(x => TryOperation(x) || TryOperation(x));

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Routine HIV testing rolls out in IH hospitals
Patients can expect to be offered an HIV test when receiving blood work in Interior Health hospitals. To date, seven Interior Health emergency departments have started offering an HIV test routinely and additional sites are expected to be on board in the coming months.
"B.C. is recognized as a global leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS," BC Health Minister Terry Lake said in a statement issued on Tuesday, November 17. "While innovation and hard work has produced a consistent decline in new HIV diagnoses, people still need to be aware of their HIV status. Diagnosing HIV infection early and providing treatment reduces the likelihood of HIV transmission and improves the health of patients."
The expanded testing is a part of the provincial Seek and Treat for Optimal Prevention of HIV/AIDS (STOP HIV/AIDS) program, which aims to reduce HIV transmission and improve the health outcomes of those living with HIV by offering widespread HIV testing, treatment, and early engagement into care.
"Early diagnosis and treatment can reduce the number of new HIV infections in our region," Dr. Trevor Corneil, Chief Medical Health Officer with Interior Health, said in the statement. "Treatments available today can suppress HIV to undetectable levels and that greatly reduces the likelihood of transmitting the virus to others."
Maja Karlsson, the STOP HIV Program implementation leader, believes routinely offering an HIV test will help reduce stigma and reach people with no obvious risk factors, who would normally have fallen through the cracks.
"Anyone who has ever been sexually active is at some risk of HIV," she said. "A large portion of newly diagnosed patients don't identify as ever belonging to one of the traditional high prevalence populations. Getting tested for HIV provides reassurance for those who test negative; and for those who test positive it provides an opportunity to access life–saving treatment."
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Researchers from Johns Hopkins Children's Center report for the first time a link between blood levels of Folic Acid and a decrease in the risk of developing asthma and higher levels of folate may reduce the risk of having asthma by 16% suggests new research from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. "Our findings are a clear indication that folic acid may indeed help regulate immune response to allergens, and may reduce allergy and asthma symptoms," said lead researcher Elizabeth Matsui.
The researchers reviewed the medical records of over 8,000 people aged between 2 and 85. Data was collected on blood levels of folate and respiratory and allergic symptoms, as well as on levels of immunoglobulin E (IgE), the predominant antibody associated with an allergic response. According to the findings of the study, higher folate levels were associated with lower levels of IgE antibodies, as well as fewer reported allergies, less wheezing and lower likelihood of asthma. Specifically, the lowest average folate levels, defined as less than 8 ng/mL were associated with a 40% increase in the risk of wheezing, compared to the highest folate levels, defined as more than 18 ng/ml.
Moreover, the lowest folate levels were linked to a 30% higher risk of elevated IgE antibody levels, compared to the highest folate levels.
The researchers also report that people with the lowest folate levels had a 31% higher risk of allergic symptoms, and a 16% higher risk of having asthma, compared to those with the highest folate levels. The area of study is ongoing, confirmed the researchers, with the plan to conduct a placebo-controlled trial of folic acid placebo in people with allergies and asthma. The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings are published online ahead of print in the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology.


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Capita and Co-op Bank at loggerheads over mortgage processing deal
by: Adam Lewis
Outsourcing firm Capita and the Co-operative Bank have entered a war of words after the former claimed that the Co-op Bank was withholding payment for mortgage services.
Capita won a £325m 10-year deal to manage mortgage processing operations for the bank's three mortgage brands in November last year. However, despite claiming to have carried out some work for Co-op, Capita said that the firm has not been paid for its services.
As a result, according to the Telegraph, Capita's chief executive Andy Parker warned yesterday there was "a high degree of risk" of litigation with Co-op bank over the contract to administer mortgages.
He added: "Everything is ready to go and the client is refusing to sign off for one reason only – if they sign off, they have to pay us. We're still hitting targets and delivering for this bank."
However responding today, Co-op denied that it has failed to pay, instead suggesting that Capita is not holding up its side of the deal.
"The bank strongly refutes Capita's suggestion that they have delivered an element of the transformation programme which the bank has not paid for," it said in a statement. "In addition, there are amounts which the bank regards as owing to it by Capita."
It added that it is continuing to "work through" the problems with the programme and remained committed to operating its mortgage processing in a satisfactory manner.
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Albergo Centrale is a family- run Hotel, situated in the centre of Siena, 50 meters from Piazza del Campo and near to the Dome and the other museums of the city. The Hotel offers double, triple and quadruple rooms (some of them with balcony) with a nice view of the city.
The Hotel recreates the typical atmosphere of Siena, charming and cosy.
All rooms have telephone, TV, fridge, hairdryer and private bathroom. Breakfast is available on request.
Guided tours can be arranged on request.


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Gowling WLG Real Estate Principal Associate Timothy Evans has been recognised as a Top 10 LGBT+ Future Leader at the prestigious British LGBT+ Awards 2019. The British LGBT+ Awards is due to take place on 17 May 2019 when the winner will be announced.
Showcasing individuals and organisations that have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the LGBT+ community, the British LGBT+ Awards celebrate those who have gone the extra mile to ensure equality, opportunity and fair treatment for all, regardless of sexuality.
A Top 10 LGBT+ Future Leader, Timothy is recognised for his efforts to further the LGBT+ inclusion agenda at international law firm Gowling WLG and for his work outside of his employment for the LGBT+ community.
Through programmes and events as part of the Gowling WLG OpenHouse network, a forum for the firm's LGBT+ employees and allies to engage with each other in the business environment, and through his day-to-day efforts to drive equality, Timothy has helped to raise the profile and push the boundaries of the LGBT+ inclusion agenda over the past year. Timothy has also cofounded an LGBT Network for Real Estate professionals in the Midlands, known as OpenLand and he is the Chair for the Birmingham Law Society Committee for Equality and Diversity which also continues to raise the profile of the LGBT+ inclusion agenda.
Speaking following his nomination, Timothy said: "I am sincerely grateful for the recognition I have received for the work that I have done for the LGBT community. It is a real honour to be included amongst those who have made such a profound difference."
Gowling WLG is committed to celebrating and supporting diversity and inclusion and is proud to be a Global Stonewall Diversity Champion, working to achieve equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual, and transgender people. In February 2019, Stonewall named Gowling WLG in the top 100 places to work for LGBT+ people in the UK.
Run as a not-for-profit initiative, the British LGBT+ Awards go towards supporting a range of LGBT organisations and charities, including LGBT<25<, LBWomen, Alternative Family Week and Intersectionality.


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30 October 1947: The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is established
On this day in 1947, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was agreed in Geneva – the predecessor of the World Trade Organisation.
by: Chris Carter
US Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. and John Maynard Keynes at Bretton Woods
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30 October 1975: Spanish dictator General Franco cedes power to King Juan Carlos
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the global economy was in the doldrums. Tariffs and trade barriers began to pop up all over the place. But with the end of the Second World War, many countries found themselves in a more conciliatory mood.
It was widely believed that restrictive trade policies had directly contributed to the outbreak of war. Free trade, its proponents argued, would not only aid the economic recovery of a war-shattered world, but it would also promote peace.
In 1944, at the famous Bretton Woods conference in New Hampshire, Britain and its war-time allies agreed to set up the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. But a third institution was also sketched out: an "International Trade Organisation", or ITO. In a nutshell, the purpose of the ITO would have been to regulate international trade. But negotiations proved to be far from straightforward.
One of the main sticking points was something called "imperial preference". Members of the British Commonwealth already had tariff agreements with each other that put other countries (namely the United States) at a disadvantage. As part of the deal reached on 30 October 1947, "imperial preference" would go.
Twenty-three countries signed the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT as it became known, in Geneva. But agreement on the wider ITO stalled and the institution was effectively still-born when the United States refused to ratify the charter, hammered out in Cuba in 1948.
The GATT was all that remained. And despite only ever being a provisional agreement, the rules governing international trade remained in force for almost half a century.
Meanwhile, discussions trundled on for decades. Eight rounds of negotiations later, the GATT was eventually replaced by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1995.
28 May 1937: the Volkswagen car company is formed
On this day in 1937, Volkswagen, now the world's second-biggest vehicle-maker, was founded as the 'Society to Prepare the German People's Car'.
1 April 1999: The minimum wage is introduced in Britain
On this day in 1999, the national minimum wage was introduced in Britain, bringing an instant pay rise to 1.9 million low-paid workers.
20 March 1602: Dutch East India Company formed
The Dutch East India Company – considered by many to be the world's first multinational company – was founded on his day in 1602.
27 February 1900: The launch of the Labour Party
Responding to the need for a single political party to represent the trade unions, the Labour Party was formed on this day in 1900.
Which investment trusts performed the best in 2021?
Shivani Khandekar runs through the top ten investment trusts of 2021 – and the worst performing trusts – and looks ahead to 2022.


I want to mark some questions so that they are collected somewhere in my profile, so that I can view them easily later.
Is there any way to do so? If not would love to see in future.
Making it a favorite does not mark it as good. good would mean upvotes and for an answer an accepted mark.
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Q: Dúvida sobre lógica gerenciamento de itens em um e-commerce Olá,
Estou desenvolvendo um sistema de e-commerce e tenho a seguinte dúvida sobre gerenciamento de itens:
Quando uma transação é efetivada (dada como paga) pelo gateway de pagamento, o usuário administrador é o responsável pelo decremento da quantidade de itens ou essa responsabilidade é do próprio sistema?


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SPACE: Lunar Life in 2069
"Lunar image animation." Author, Tom Ruen, 2007. Image: wikimedia.
Fifty years ago, humans set foot on the moon, reaching the lunar destination through NASA's Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong, first person to alight on the lunar surface, famously proclaimed: That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. As lunar explorations continue, what will life be like on the moon in 2069? Scientists from China, Europe, Russia, and the USA, among others, project several developments.
Lunar Life in 2069:
Chinese Academy of Sciences' National Space Science Center: "Tourism for space holidays; hotel staff (some robotic) will live on the moon, perhaps in seasonal shifts."
Earthrise Alliance: "The moon will be like Antarctica today – mainly science, some rarified tourism, limited habitation."
European Space Agency: "Science, with an emphasis on shared projects among many nations."
NASA: "Public/private cooperation with scientific partnerships. Tourism from private industry."
Russian Academic of Sciences' Space Research Institute: "The moon will look like a resort."
Source: Boyle, 2019.
One thing is certain: innovation. Expected to arrive on the lunar surface soon: a nuclear power station, missions of exploration for water, minerals, and maybe even evidence of microbial life, fossilized now in rock. Among visions developed during the last fifty years, Frank P. Davidson suggested Lunar U, an educational program for universities offering the ultimate study abroad. Meanwhile, if you weren't watching in July 1969, here's a video.
Boyle, Alan. "The moon in 2069: Top space scientists share their vision for lunar lifestyles." World Conference of Science Journalists, Lausanne, Switzerland. 2 July 2019. GeekWire. https://www.geekwire.com/2019/moon-2069-space-officials-share-visions-future-lunar-lifestyles/
Griffin, Gerry "Moon Landing: Wow, it worked!" Witness History. BBC. 17 July 2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-48955513/moon-landing-wow-it-worked
NASA, "Apollo 11 Moon Mission." https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/apollo11_hdpage.html
Wenz, John. "Life on the Moon? Maybe long ago." 23 July 2018. Astronomy. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/07/life-on-the-moon/.
Appreciation to George H. Litwin for this topic, and Frank P. Davidson for lunar future visions.
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The Charms of Chorizo....Everything you ever wanted to Know!
Whether you pronounce it phonetically (chorizo) or authentically (chor-ee-tho), there's no mistaking the uniquely Spanish flavour that this spiced sausage lends a dish. An ingredient, which had barely been heard of in Britain ten years ago, has rapidly become one of the nation's staples. Sliced in a sandwich, slow-cooked in stews, used to garnish soups, or pep up pasta, Olive magazine found that 42% of the UK population couldn't live without Spain's famous export.
So what exactly is Chorizo?
Chorizo is made from coarsely chopped pork, with spicy infusions of chilli and smoked paprika. It's the paprika (pimentón) that lends chorizo its distinctive smoky flavour and red colour, which then leeches out into any dish starring the ingredient.
While the basic recipe remains the same, there are literally hundreds of regional varieties throughout Spain, using flavoursome additions like garlic, herbs, pepper, wine and sherry. Each region has its own preferred way of preparing the meat, and the different shapes the chorizos come in are as much a part of the area's signature as the ingredients. Long, thin, straight sausages are called 'vela', smaller sausages strung together are known as 'ristra', and the traditional U-shaped bundles are 'sarta'.
Although you can find chorizo made from other varieties of meat, such as wild boar, perhaps Spain's most famous chorizo is Chorizo Iberíco, made from the highly prized meat of Iberian pigs. These free-range pigs roam specially farmed oak forests, and feast almost exclusively on acorns or bellotas. The natural oils in the acorns give the meat a richer flavour than that of farmed pigs, and the meat is marbled with tell-tale pork fat. In fact, it's their free-range diet consisting of acorns and grasses, that helps produce this exquisitely textured and flavoured meat that is rich with nutty aromas.
The other important ingredient when it comes to chorizo is the pimentón and particularly ensuring that it is paprika from the La Vera in the province of Cáceres. Pimentón de La Vera has a distinct smoky flavour and aroma as it smoked dried, typically using oak.
The air-dried variety can be thinly sliced (or bought ready sliced) and enjoyed as tapas, eaten like salami.
Chorizo made with fresh meat must be cooked before eating. Don't forget to peel off the outer wrapping, or 'skin', before you fry, grill, or roast the slices of sausage.
Some of the best-known Ibérico Pork Chorizos come from the town of Guijuelo, in Salamanca in the region of Castile-Leon that borders La Rioja, a region known around the world for it's stunning wines. Indeed Cune's Rioja Imperial Gran Reserva 2004 was WineSpectator's No 1 wine in 2013 based on their criteria of quality, value, availability and excitement.
In this region they naturally cure Chorizo Ibérico de Bellota (acorn-fed Ibérico pigs) in the area's cold, dry winter climate. As well as environment, climate is of course another factor that influences the flavour, texture and aromas of different varieties of chorizo. It's then these two things when combined with age-old artisanal traditions and certain local ingredients, that determine the quality of the chorizo.
Some chorizos made in traditional ways and with specific local ingredients even have Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). One such example is a chorizo made by Martínez Somalo, a fresh Chorizo made with Red Wine from La Rioja. This delicious cooking chorizo is the first to be made with wine in Spain. Made to a simple recipe, the seasoned pork meat is steeped in red wine to give an amazingly flavoursome sausage.
Chorizos are regularly shaped and cylindrical in shape and look like big sausages. They should have a firm and compact consistency and will have that characteristic chorizo aroma and taste, due to the various spices they are made with, especially pimentón and garlic, as well as to the curing process.
During the curing, the sausages are hung close together on the ceiling of a large, low-lit room. The tiles of the roof are spaced so that tiny bits of light can break through the cracks. There are screens on the windows but no glass. When it is hot and dry, the windows are closed, and burlap mats are soaked in water and laid on the floor of the curing rooms. When it is cold, the shutters are closed.
In the centre of the room, low barrels with a smouldering oak chips sits at all times. The air is dense and moist, and all you hear is the crackle of the wood. The barrels are moved and the chorizo are rearranged throughout the curing progresses. It takes a few weeks to cure chorizo and sometimes up to four months, depending on the size and the time of year. During that time, the meat dries and absorbs the smoke — smoke from the very wood whose fruit flavours the meat – bellotas!
Pimentón has been in Spain since the 1500's. Although also used extensively in many Central European countries, it didn't actually become popular in places like Hungary, until the late 19th century.
Prior to paprika's arrival in Spain, all embutitodos (cured meats) where white or black depending on whether any blood had been added to the mixture.
Pimentón was first made by the monks at the Monastery of Guadalupe using peppers brought back by Christopher Columbus and the conquistadors from the New World.
One of the finest types of pimentón used in chorizo comes from PDO Pimentón de la Vera in Extremadura. It can be sweet, spicy or smoked, each variant imparting a distinctive aroma. There are also several producers so there's also plenty of different ones to try!
What can I do with Chorizo?
Chorizo is an incredibly versatile ingredient. Cured and sliced, it makes a spicy alternative to salami in a sandwich or served as an appetiser, alongside other tapas-style delicacies such as olives, manchego cheese, and stuffed peppers. Fresh chorizo is best fried or grilled, and can liven up a salad, add a kick to an omelette, lend a casserole its smoky depth, or star in a risotto. Partnered with white fish, meat or vegetables, its rich, spicy flavour infuses any dish with Spanish pizazz. It's no wonder chorizo is so beloved of celebrity chefs (Jamie Oliver – Chicken, Chorizo and Rosemary Risotto with Roasted Balsamic Baby Tomatoes), Nigella Lawson, and even the quintessentially British cook, Delia Smith all have numerous recipes starring the Spanish sausage). In Spain, of course, they've long known its universal appeal and it can be found everywhere from the humble neighbourhood tavern to the country's finest restaurants. It's a great ingredient to have on standby, for a quick, flavoursome, mid-week supper, as well as a star ingredient when entertaining. Keep a stash in the fridge and you're never more than a few minutes away from a Spanish taste sensation.
Uncooked chorizo is softer to the touch than cured ready to eat chorizo, and when cooked releases a delicious spicy red oil. Indeed, often recipes using chorizo do not call for additional oil to be added to the pan since it provides so much of its own. There's so many ways you can enjoy Chorizo that even though we promised this would be 'everything you ever wanted to know' we couldn't possibly list all the delicious recipes and dishes you could make with it. We have however, in Foodies Larder fashion, done a bit of curation and picked some of our favourites and the most fun to try.
Patatas a la Riojana – Made from potatoes, onions, garlic and chorizo, this hearty dish from the area of La Rioja is simple but still very special. Indeed, celebrated chef Paul Bocuse known as one of the godfathers of nouvelle cuisine, famously described it as 'one of the greatest dishes created by man', whilst stating that 'it should represent Spain all over the world'.
Huevos or Eggs a la Flamenca – This is a typical Andalusian dish that, as with so many Spanish dishes, has many different variations depending on the area of Spain you are in. However the key ingredients are peppers, tomatoes, onions, aubergines, potatoes and chorizo and you even get an egg on top!
Bollos Preñaos: Chorizo stuffed Bread Rolls – A delicious and simple dish, Bollos Preñaos or chorizo stuffed bread buns are famous all over Spain. Some of the most famous come from Asturias where they traditionally make them with chorizo a la sidra, or chorizo with cider.
Avocado Baked with an Egg and Chorizo – This is a great weekend brunch option, but could also be enjoyed as a lovely weeknight dinner.
Beef & Chorizo Burgers – Why not mix up your burger experience and try a bit of Spanish fusion with some added chunks of Chorizo?
Tortilla Espanola – Available in almost any tapas bar around Spain this tapas favourite has many variations. Stuffed in peppers or even with slices of chorizo.
Black Squid Ink Pasta with Chorizo & Basil – If you want to get a bit more fancy then this is a great dish. Developed by Jeanne Horak Druiff from Cooksister with some Black Squid Ink Pasta we sent her, it's a an impressive dish, yet comfortingly easy to prepare.
Mussels with Chorizo – If you fancy trying your chorizo with seafood then here is a great dish for you to try. This recipe by the BBQ Pit Boys is quite fun as they do it on their grill in the countryside. If you want to tweak it a little, we would suggest substituting olive oil for the butter!
Grilled Mackerel with Potato and Chorizo Hash – Another seafood and chorizo dish, this recipe by Delicious is a good one to follow and mackerel or sardines work so well when paired with chorizo.
Chorizo al Infierno – And to finish off our Top 10 , a really fun way to get your Chorizo fix. Chorizo al Infierno or Flaming Chorizo is just cooking chorizo flamed grilled with alcohol, usually a local brew made with a locally grown crop such as Madroños. Madroños are a berry native to the Mediterranean that are often used to make local 'moonshine' as this American chef discovered when he visited a local town on the borders of Spain and Portugal.
What's the best way to store Chorizo?
Finally, if you do have any left after you've tried some of those dishes, it's important to remember to store your chorizo in the best way so when you come to use it again it's still in the best possible condition.
The first thing to keep in mind is that chorizo is a cured meat product. During the curing process, meat is either salted or smoked and dried in a controlled environment. This curing process effectively alters the properties of the meat and allows it to be eaten without cooking.
The length of time that a particular chorizo might have spent curing varies from place to place and depending on the type of chorizo. A fresh chorizo may only have been cured for a few days whereas a cured chorizo may have spent a few months being treated. The reason this is important, is that how you should store your chorizo will depend on what type of chorizo you've got.
Fresh chorizo will start to lose moisture and dry as soon as you open the packaging. However this will take time so it will still generally be good to cook with for a few weeks.
Although it might sound strange, a fridge is not actually ideally suited for keeping cured meats. The environment tends to be quite humid which can mean mould can develop on the skin of chorizo. This isn't a problem though as you can easily wipe this off and you'll be removing the skin in any case.
Fresh Chorizo: If you want to keep fresh chorizo as fresh and as soft as possible then place it in a sealed tupperware container in the fridge. It will start to dry as soon as you get it out of the packet but it will be good to cook with for several weeks.
Cured Chorizo: A cured meat product will keep almost for ever in the right conditions. It will continue to dry out so will gradually get firmer and firmer. Ideally don't keep these in the fridge or a sealed container. You need to allow it to air as much as possible. The ideal place of course is a cool, dry larder.


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1995 in La Crescenta, California
CityGrid Media (eLocal)
citysearch.com
Citysearch is an online city guide that provides information about businesses in the categories of dining, entertainment, retail, travel, and professional services in cities throughout the United States. Visitors to each of Citysearch's local city guides will find contact information, maps, driving directions, editorial, and user reviews for the businesses listed. Citysearch is headquartered in West Hollywood, California and is an owned and operated web site of CityGrid Media, which is an operating business of eLocal.[citation needed] The original office was in Pasadena, California.[citation needed]
Citysearch was founded in September 1995 by Jeffrey Brewer, Caskey Dickson, Brad Haaugard, Taylor Wescoatt, and Tamar Halpern. Charles R. Conn was then recruited to lead the new company. The idea, initiative, and seed capital came initially from Bill Gross.[1]
In August 1998, Citysearch merged with Ticketmaster Online.[2] In July 1999, Citysearch acquired the competing Sidewalk.com website from Microsoft,[3] and merged the two sites together. In December 1999, Ticketmaster-CitySearch received a $40 million investment from USA Networks, Inc., then controlled by Barry Diller.[4] In 2007, another competitor, Insider Pages was acquired.[5] In June 2010, Citysearch LLC rebranded as CityGrid Media. The company also operates similar local consumer properties, such as Insider Pages.[6]
In 2019, eLocal acquired CityGrid Media from IAC.[7]
While many local search sites mushroomed in the 21st century, Citysearch's biggest competition comes from the fast-growing Yelp, Inc. In the late 2000s, Yelp was growing at 80% while Citysearch growth remained flat.[8] Local search engines from Bing, Google and Yahoo are also widely used alternatives to finding local businesses on the internet.
Best of Citysearch[edit]
Best of Citysearch is a feature that gives locals an opportunity to vote for their favorite businesses in popular categories such as Restaurants, Nightlife, Hotels and Services. Citysearch opens up its annual polls with nominations from editors. Throughout the voting period visitors to the site cast votes for their favorite local business. After the polls close, the top ten businesses in each category are revealed to their cities.
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In 2005, Citysearch was criticized by a blogger for their alleged inflation[9] of user submitted ratings and reviews. Citysearch has since updated their ratings system. Citysearch has also stated that they have the right to refuse to post or to remove any user review that violates the terms of use. Reviews that are subject to removal include unacceptable content such as profanity, personal information, promotion of illegal activity and harmful content.[10] In November 2007, Citysearch partnered with MerchantCircle,[11] a company that conducts automated telemarketing to small businesses to sell them online advertising packages.
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^ "IPO Daily Report: CitySearch to merge with Ticketmaster Online 8-13-98". MarketWatch. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
^ "Microsoft Sells Off Sidewalk Sites to Rival CitySearch". BNET. 1999-07-20. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
^ "Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch Receives $40 Million Investment From USA Networks, Inc". PRNewswire. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
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Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act Conference Report Summary
(Link) The National Defense Authorization Act is vital to our national security and provides our men and women in uniform with the tools they need as well as the benefits and support that they have earned and deserve.
The bill authorizes approximately $633.3 billion in budget authority for national defense discretionary programs within the committees' jurisdiction. It includes roughly $527.5 billion for the Department of Defense base budget, $88.5 billion for overseas contingency operations, and $17.4 billion for the defense activities of the Department of Energy and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
Pay Raise for Troops: Provides for a 1.7 percent basic pay raise for military service members
Afghanistan Timeline: Endorses the President's plan in Afghanistan to transition lead responsibility for security to the Afghans by mid-2013
Women and Children in Afghanistan: Requires that the Departments of Defense and State explain how they are, and can, help secure women and children in Afghanistan
Special Operations Forces: The bill authorizes nearly $11 billion, almost $160 million more than President's budget request, for US Special Operations Command, which has been a key component of the war against violent extremists.
Shaheen Amendment: Allows Department of Defense funds to be used to pay for abortions female service members and female dependents of service members in cases of rape or incest
Sexual Assault: Requires the following additional elements to be included in the Department of Defense comprehensive policy on sexual assault prevention: (1) that the service secretaries initiate, and retain for a specified period of time, a record on the disposition of allegations of sexual assault; (2) that commanders of certain commands and units conduct within 120 days of assuming command and at least annually thereafter a climate assessment for the purposes of preventing and responding to sexual assaults; (3) to post and widely disseminate resources to report and respond to sexual assaults; and (4) for a general education campaign to notify service members of the authorities available for the correction of military records when a member experiences any retaliatory personnel action for making a report of sexual assault or sexual harassment
Iron Dome: Authorizes nearly $480 million for US-Israel missile defense cooperation, including $211 million for Iron Dome, and reaffirms the US-Israel ties on missile defense.
Iran Sanctions: Determines that Iran's energy, shipping, and shipbuilding sectors and Iran's ports are facilitating their nuclear proliferation activities and designates them as entities of proliferation concern
Imposes sanctions on any person involved in supplying precious metals to Iran, any material to be used in connection with the sectors listed above, any material sold to someone on the Treasury's list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons list
Imposes sanctions on any person providing underwriting services or insurance or reinsurance for any activity sanctioned under this or any other prior law related to Iran sanctions
Requires the President to prohibit the opening or maintaining of correspondent accounts of anyone who has facilitated a significant financial transaction on behalf of any Iranian person on the specially designated nationals or blocked persons list
Requires the President to impose Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (CISADA) sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting and the IRIB's President for human rights abuses
Key Military Personnel Subcommittee Related Provisions
End Strength:
Limits the end strength reduction for active Marine Corps and Army to 5,000 and 15,000, respectively, from 2014 through 2017
Requires the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to develop and implement a plan to increase the Marine Corps Embassy Security group buy up to 1,000 personnel
Mental Health Related:
Codifies the Suicide Prevention and Community Health and Response Program for the National Guard and reserves and requires the Secretary of Defense to provide training on suicide prevention, resilience and community health and response at Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program events and activities
Expands the scope of providers who may conduct pre-administrative separation medical examinations for post-traumatic stress disorder to include licensed clinical social workers and psychiatric advanced practice registered nurses
Additional Sexual Assault Related Provisions:
Prohibits granting waivers for commissioning or enlisting individuals who have been convicted of certain sexual offenses under federal or state law
Requires the Services to establish special victim capabilities for the investigation, prosecution and victim support in connection with child abuse, serious domestic violence or sexual offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice
Other Personnel Matters:
Requires Secretary of Defense to brief the committee on a plan to establish prevention of hazing in the Armed Forces, including recommendations for changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Manuel for Courts-Martial, and requires the establishment of a database to track respond to and resolve hazing incidents in the Armed Forces
Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and implement a plan to accurately measure their efforts to achieve a force structure reflective of the diverse population of the United States
Requires the Armed Forces to accommodate the beliefs of a service member and chaplain reflecting the service member's or chaplain's conscience, moral principles or religious beliefs, and in so far as practicable, would prohibit use of such beliefs as the basis for any adverse personnel action, discrimination, or denial of promotion, schooling, training or assignment. The protection does not protect the speech or conduct of an individual, and preserves the authority to take disciplinary or administrative actions that threaten good order and discipline
Pay and Benefits:
Extends TRICARE Standard coverage and TRICARE dental coverage for an additional 180 days for members of the selected reserve who are involuntarily separated
Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report setting forth the policy on the future of TRICARE Prime for eligible beneficiaries in all regions, including a description of a plan to provide assistance to affected individuals who are being transitioned from TRICARE Prime to Standard under the new contracts
Increases the cost-sharing rates under the TRICARE pharmacy benefits program and limits any annual increase to retiree cost-of-living adjustments for fiscal years 2014-2022
Key Readiness Subcommittee Provisions
General Readiness:
Authorizes $175.6 billion for Operation and Maintenance in fiscal year 2013, $700 million more than the President's Budget request
Authorizes $62.1 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations and Maintenance, including the war in Afghanistan, $400 million less than the President's Budget request
Force Structure:
Requires the Air Force to retain additional aircraft for intra-theater airlift in support of the Army's direct-support/time-sensitive airlift mission; conference report restores 77 aircraft and 3,313 personnel across the Air Force
Prohibits the retirement or inactivation of U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class cruisers or amphibious landing ships in the current fiscal year (2013)
Civilian Workforce:
Requires a percentage reduction in the civilian and service contractor employee workforces that is proportional to the reduction in military end strength over a five-year period but stipulates that it must be implemented in compliance with Total Force Management statutes and policy
Military Construction:
Authorizes $8.54 billion for Military Construction activities, $1.65 billion for Military Family Housing, and $476 million for previous Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) activities for fiscal year 2013
Prevents the Department from carrying out additional BRAC rounds in the current fiscal year (2013)
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of Defense Production Act (DPA) funding for fiscal year 2013 for the construction of a biofuel refinery until DOD receives matching DPA contributions from the Department of Energy and equivalent contribution from the Department of Agriculture
Authorizes a specific list of Energy Conservation Investment Program (ECIP) energy projects by installation
Continues the limitation on the use of funds for LEED gold and platinum certifications for fiscal year 2013 until the submission of the required report and updated policy guidance from the Department of Defense
Includes consideration of energy security in the Department of Defense energy cost savings proposals
Key Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee Provisions
Cyber:
Enhances oversight of DOD cyber offensive and defensive operations through quarterly briefings
Establishes criteria and procedures for DOD contractors to rapidly report cyberattacks
Requires Air Force to identify short- and long-term cyber needs – workforce, systems, and facilities – and produce a strategy to recruit and retain a highly skilled cyber workforce
Special Operations Forces (SOF):
Authorizes an additional $159 million to provide for high-definition Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance capabilities
Maintains incentives for assistance against terrorism by extending authority to reward combating terrorism
Demonstrates commitment to Allies by extending authorization for the NATO Special Operations Headquarters
Homeland Defense:
Restores authorized weapons of mass destruction (WMD) Civil Support Teams to better support response to WMD incidents
Improves oversight of chemical agent and munitions destruction through requiring reporting on all destruction technologies
Key Strategic Forces Subcommittee Provisions
Cost of nuclear weapons:
The bill requires a Department of Defense and independent cost assessment for maintaining and deploying nuclear weapons
Nuclear weapon pit study:
Requires an assessment of cost and benefits, include potential cost savings of re-using plutonium pits and how this would inform nuclear infrastructure modernization needs.
Missile Defense:
Requires DOD to evaluate three potential sites to inform an environmental impact study related to deploying an additional ground-based interceptor site in the United States, including evaluating two sites on the East Coast, and requires contingency plans
Prohibits funding for Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS)
NNSA oversight:
Does not include the most controversial House provisions that could have weakened health, safety and security oversight, and establishes a congressionally-appointed commission to assess options for NNSA governance and oversight. Authorizes $29.4 million for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Non-Proliferation:
Restores a ban on the export of highly enriched uranium for purposes of making medical isotopes seven years after enactment, and provides specific Department of Energy authority under the Global Threat Reduction Initiative to develop a domestic source of medical isotopes that are used for cancer screening and other procedures. Similar Markey-Upton legislation was passed previously in the House.
Major Procurement Provisions
Global Hawk:
Prohibits retirement of Global Hawk Block 30 aircraft in FY 2013 and requires Air Force to continue to operate Global Hawk Block 30s to meet combatant command requirements through the end of 2014. The provision is based on concerns regarding unmet demand for intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance (ISR) capability, and the fact that the Global Hawks are brand new aircraft that cost more than $100 million each.
M1 Abrams Tank:
Authorization for $135.0 million above the budget request for additional M1 Abrams tank upgrades. This increase is intended to delay the shutdown of the Abrams line based on members' desire to provide upgraded tanks to the Army National Guard and to preserve the armored vehicle industrial base.
Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS):
Does not include Senate language restricting funding for Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) production. The restriction was not retained due to confirmation of DOD and Army plans to conduct full and open competition for full-rate production of JTRS radios in FY 2013.
Air and National Guard Manpower:
The original FY13 budget proposal would have cut 287 aircraft and 11,600 personnel from the overall Air Force (active, guard, reserve). Of those total cuts, 196 aircraft and 7,500 personnel were from the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve. The remainder were from the active duty Air Force.
In response, both the House and Senate authorizing bills put a total "freeze" on aircraft retirements and transfers in the Air Force for FY13. In addition, the Senate NDAA proposed an independent commission to study the Air Force's structure. The cost of this one-year "freeze" on retirement/transfer of Aircraft to the USAF was ~ $1.4 billion.
In response to Congress' concerns, in November the Air Force presented a modified plan for FY13. The proposed changes put back 74 aircraft and 4,400 personnel into the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve (to do so, the modified plan cut more from the active duty Air Force).
The conference report allows the modified Air Force plan for FY13 to move forward (it lifts the "freeze" on FY13 retirements/transfers), but goes a step further and requires the Air Force to keep in service an additional 32 airlift aircraft (C-130s or C-27s) and 1,000 personnel. The Air Force is left to decide which aircraft in which locations. The net cost to the USAF of the final NDAA outcome is ~$400 million in FY13 (compared to $1.4 billion for a total freeze on retirements/transfers).
Overall, compared to the Air Force's original FY13 plan, the conference report requires the Air Force to restore 106 aircraft and ~5,400 personnel to the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve. That is more than 50% of the aircraft and 72% of the personnel originally proposed for elimination from the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve.
Key Provisions of Interest
Export Control Reform:
Reforms satellite export control by repealing Section 1513(a) of the Strom Thurmond NDAA for FY99, which essentially restores the authority of the President to move satellites and related items from the United States Munitions List to the Commerce Control List. The provisions would prohibit the export, re-export of such items to certain countries and provides for interagency reviews and reporting requirements in order to ensure accountability with respect to the export of satellites and related items. The provisions would maintain the existing security and monitoring provisions of the Strom Thurmond Act.
More on Afghanistan:
Provides $4.7 billion for the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF)
Requires the President to keep the relevant committees informed about negotiations with Afghanistan on the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and to make the final text available for viewing
Syria:
Requires a report on options in Syria to stop the Asad regime from using airpower to kill civilians
Title XVI – Small Businesses:
Title 16 of the bill includes several provisions intended to enhance the opportunity and capabilities of U.S. small business to successfully compete for and perform Department of Defense contracts. For example, one such provision would strengthen incentives for federal agencies to contract with small business by recodifying certain provisions relating to small business contracting goals, tightening procedures for establishing such goals, and requiring federal agencies to develop concrete plans to meet such goals. Another would raise the maximum surety bond amount that may be guaranteed by the Small Business Administration.
Trial, Transfer and Other Detainee Provisions:
Includes a provisions that states that nothing in the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) or the FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) shall be construed to deny the availability of the writ of habeas corpus or to deny any Constitutional rights in a court ordained or established by or under Article III of the Constitution to any person inside the United States who would be entitled to the availability of such writ or to such rights in the absence of such laws.
Does not include a House provision (sec. 1088) that would have prohibited the trial of any foreign terrorist who is subject to trial by military commission by any court or tribunal other than a military commission
Extends ban on Guantanamo Bay detainee transfers to United States for one year
Struck provision in current law exempting transfers for military commission pre-trial agreements made prior to 2012 from the certification requirements and replaced it with a provision requiring assessing cooperation with prosecutors pursuant to pre-trial agreements
Extends for one year, the construction ban regarding facilities for Guantanamo Bay detainees in United States
Requires the Secretary of Defense to ensure that specified assessments regarding transfer of third country detainees from Afghanistan are conducted prior to the transfer of any third-country national, but eliminated the requirement that the assessments or certifications relating to those assessments be submitted to Congress as part of the transfer notification
Requires a report from the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency to assess the factors causing or contributing to the recidivism of Guantanamo detainees that are released or transferred and requiring the Secretary of State to assess the effectiveness of the agreements with other countries relating to the transfer or release of Guantanamo detainees
Requires reports on the use of naval vessels for detention
Requires a report relating to the recidivism of individuals formerly detained at Parwan.
Permalink: https://armedservices.house.gov/2012/12/fiscal-year-2013-national-defense-authorization-act-conference-report-summary


Want to be a cluster maven? Ever wonder where to learn all those secrets only the those cluster geeks seem to know? Well now you can. The Advanced Research Computing (ARC) team at Georgetown University's is offering Introduction to Beowulf Design, Planning, Building and Administering. From the looks of the syllabus they are covering all the right stuff. If you are so moved, add a comment on what courses you think the HPC cluster community needs.


Looking to wake up the faithful but dull trail ride or camp favorite chocolate brownie? Try this recipe using Fischer & Wieser's Original Roasted Raspberry Chipotle Sauce, a great discovery we made from Texas. Go to www.jelly.com. to find it.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F (for a dark pan heat only to 325 F). Cover bottom of 9″ square pan only with non-stick spray. Make the mix according to directions, set aside.
Beat the cream layer ingredients together on low speed until smooth. Spread 3/4 of brownie batter in pan. Spoon the cheese mixture by large spoonfuls evenly spaced on the brownie batter until gone. Spoon remaining batter over filling. Cut through the entire mixture with a plastic knife several times and swirl for marbled effect. Sprinkle with broken chocolate or chips.
Bake 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out almost clean when inserted 1 inch from pan side. (Check at 35 minutes).


leo, 24 Oct 2014you guys are making me reconsider to buy this phone It will not going to be a good idea, soon we don't even have Nokia Store to download apps (they will shut it down soon, for every phone).
Even the production of this phone is stopped, and soon these will be available as budget Windows Phone smartphones.
can one update Nokia XL Os ?
plz tell me how to video calls... Guys... is it possible or not,, n this mobile doesn't support what's app..?
Another problem of notification.....while using third party launcher the notification is not showing.... I got a solution for this that is x notification app.....but it is not working properly..pls help me....suggest me any app.....thanks in advance.
can i change font on nokia xl?


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Yellen says U.S. economy 'remains resilient' as IMF warns to prepare for a 'shock-prone world'
BYFatima Hussein and The Associated Press
October 13, 2022, 9:07 AM UTC
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during the 2022 annual meeting of the IMF and the World Bank Group in Washington, Oct. 12, 2022.
Andrew Harnik—AP
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sought Wednesday to project confidence in the U.S. financial outlook while pledging vigilance in responding to "risks on the horizon."
She is offering that message as global finance leaders gather in Washington to discuss the increasingly dismal view of the global economy.
"Our economy remains resilient in the face of global economic headwinds," Yellen said at a meeting on the sidelines of this week's annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and its sister lending agency, the World Bank.
Her remarks to the Bretton Woods Committee's International Council crediting President Joe Biden's domestic policies for contributing to U.S. economic strength came as administration officials try to talk up the president's policies ahead of midterm elections. Those elections will decide the balance of power in Congress and statehouses across the nation. Democrats — with no margin for error — are fighting to retain control of the House and Senate.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has driven up food and energy prices globally — in some places exponentially, exposing vulnerabilities in the global food and energy supply. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, rising inflation and worsening climate conditions are also impacting world economies and exacerbating other crises, like high debt levels held by lower-income countries.
These risks prompted the IMF to lower projections for global economic growth in 2023, with world economic growth expected to be lower by $4 trillion through 2026.
The bleak projections come as central banks around the world raise interest rates in hopes of taming rising inflation. The U.S. Federal Reserve has been the most aggressive in using interest rate hikes as an inflation-cooling tool.
Vitor Gaspar, director of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department said Wednesday that world leaders need to "be prepared for a shock-prone world."
Yellen, a former U.S. Federal Reserve chair, said the Biden administration is "committed to working with our partners to build greater resilience, in America and globally, to the types of shocks we've seen."
"We are highly attuned to the risks on the horizon," Yellen said. "Many other major economies are facing high inflation as well. They must also continue implementing policies to rein that in."
"Our path forward begins with the jobs we have to do at home," she said.


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Q: Call a method from a String in Swift Calling a method from its name (in a String format) can be sometimes useful.
In Swift it is recomended to change behavior and to use closures to do something "dynamically", so for example you can have a dictionary of functions, with the name as the key, and the implementation as the value.
However, sometimes you want to simply know "how to do it", and this is the reason of this question.
So, how to call dynamically a Swift method starting from it's name as string?
In Objective C it was simple:
[self performSelector:NSSelectorFromString(@"aSelector")];

But performSelector is banned in Swift
Is there any alternative?

A: You could call a method from a String this way:
let foo = <some NSObject subclass instance>
let selectorName = "name"
foo.perform(Selector(selectorName))

It is available only when your foo class is subclass of NSObject

A: swift3 version
class MyClass:NSObject
{
    required public  override init() { print("Hi!") }

    public func test(){
        print("This is Test")
    }
    public class func static_test(){
        print("This is Static Test")
    }
}

if let c: NSObject.Type = NSClassFromString("TestPerformSelector.MyClass") as? NSObject.Type{
   let c_tmp = c.init()
   c_tmp.perform(Selector("test"))
   c.perform(Selector("static_test"))
}

A: In Swift, you should use closures and change your approach.
However, if you want to use performSelector to dynamically call a method given only it's String signature, altough it's not supported natively, I've found how to do it.
It is possible to create a C alternative to performSelector that:

*

*works even on native swift classes (non objective-c)

*takes a selector from string

However it's not so straightforward to implement a complete version of it, and it's necessary to create the method in C.
in C we have dlsym(), a function that returns a pointer to a function given the char symbol.
Well, reading this interesting post:
http://www.eswick.com/2014/06/inside-swift/
I've learned a lot of interesting things about swift.
Swift instance methods are plain functions with a specific signature, like this
_TFC14FirstSwiftTest12ASampleClass13aTestFunctionfS0_FT_CSo8NSString

where the "self" value is passed as the last parameter
in short you can call it directly from the c side without any kind of bridging, it is sufficient to rebuild the correct function signature.
In the signature above, there is the name of the project (FirstSwiftTest) and the lenght (14), the name of the class (ASampleClass) and the lenght (12), the name of the function (aTestFunction) and the lenght (13), then other values as the return type ecc ecc. For other details look at the previous link
The function above, is the representation of this:
class ASampleClass
{
    func aTestFunction() -> NSString
    {
        println("called correctly")
        return NSString(string: "test")
    }

}
Well, on the c side, I was able to create this function
#include <stdio.h>
#include <dlfcn.h>

typedef struct objc_object *id;

id _performMethod(id stringMethod, id onObject)
{
    // ...
    // here the code (to be created) to translate stringMethod in _TFC14FirstSwiftTest12ASampleClass13aTestFunctionfS0_FT_CSo8NSString
    // ...

    id (*functionImplementation)(id);
    *(void **) (&functionImplementation) = dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "_TFC14FirstSwiftTest12ASampleClass13aTestFunctionfS0_FT_CSo8NSString");

    char *error;

    if ((error = dlerror()) != NULL)  {
        printf("Method not found \n");
    } else {
        return functionImplementation(onObject); // <--- call the function
    }
    return NULL
}

And then called it on the swift side
    let sampleClassInstance = ASampleClass()

    println(_performMethod("aTestFunction", sampleClassInstance))

The function resulted in these statement printed on the log:
called correctly
test
So it should be not so difficult to create a _performMethod() alternative in C that:

*

*creates automatically the function signature (since it seems to have a logic :-)

*manages different return value types and parameters

EDIT
In Swift 2 (and maybe in Beta3, I didn't try) It seems that performSelector() is permitted (and you can call it only on NSObject subclasses). Examining the binary, It seems that now Swift creates static functions that can be specifically called by performSelector.
I created this class
class TestClass: NSObject {
    func test() -> Void {
        print("Hello");
    }
}

let test = TestClass()
let aSel : Selector = NSSelectorFromString("test")
test.performSelector(aSel)

and now in the binary I find
000000010026d830 t __TToFC7Perform9TestClass4testfT_T_
At this time, I don't understand well the reasons behind this, but I'll investigate further


Kyphi or cyphi is the Greek translation of ancient Egyptian incense mixes, mostly used by priests for religeoeus and medicinal purposes.
Our kyphi is made according ancient recipes found on the walls of tombs and temples with ingredients close to the original versions.
Kyphi has a sweet, strong scent.
Pour the sand in the dish and light a charcaol tablet to burn a kyphi ball.
Kyphi is traditionally used to highten the dream state; it is suggested to burn kyphi only in the late afternoon or evening, preferably just before retiring to bed.
Kyphi produces a thick heavy smoke and it is recommended to leave the room untill the smoke has dissapated.