Leaney and I headed out to Sugarland to use our Groupon for Bombay Pizza Company. We ordered a weird spicy chicken pasta dish along with this pizza topped with onions and tandoori chicken! Not sure if I'm down with the whole ethnic pizza deal, but I will say that the meal was a pretty good deal w/ Groupon (the menu is very reasonably priced). The pizza was actually called the Gateway to India, and also featured crab, mozzarella, provolone and artichokes. The thought is there, but I'm just not sure the combinations make sense. 30 Eylül 2012 Pazar
Bombay Pizza - Gateway to India
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Leaney and I headed out to Sugarland to use our Groupon for Bombay Pizza Company. We ordered a weird spicy chicken pasta dish along with this pizza topped with onions and tandoori chicken! Not sure if I'm down with the whole ethnic pizza deal, but I will say that the meal was a pretty good deal w/ Groupon (the menu is very reasonably priced). The pizza was actually called the Gateway to India, and also featured crab, mozzarella, provolone and artichokes. The thought is there, but I'm just not sure the combinations make sense.
Leaney and I headed out to Sugarland to use our Groupon for Bombay Pizza Company. We ordered a weird spicy chicken pasta dish along with this pizza topped with onions and tandoori chicken! Not sure if I'm down with the whole ethnic pizza deal, but I will say that the meal was a pretty good deal w/ Groupon (the menu is very reasonably priced). The pizza was actually called the Gateway to India, and also featured crab, mozzarella, provolone and artichokes. The thought is there, but I'm just not sure the combinations make sense. 
Diller Wedding Food
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About a month ago, one of my best friends got married in the Museum District area, and pictured here is the roast beef, pecan roasted chicken and a couple of random vegetables that we ate between 15-20 maker's and cokes. Overall, I gained about 10 lbs over 3 days of wedding festivities, which means it was definitely a good time! I can't really remember the specifics of this meal, but I do remember thinking that the pecan crusted chicken was WAY too big in terms of serving size. I really think the key to a successful wedding buffet spread is small enough portions so that guests don't accidentally overstuff themselves due to lack of self control once they sit back down at their tables (there was no way that I wasn't going to finish this plate of delicious food). All in all, a really fun night... but way too many wild animals running around (kids under 10).
About a month ago, one of my best friends got married in the Museum District area, and pictured here is the roast beef, pecan roasted chicken and a couple of random vegetables that we ate between 15-20 maker's and cokes. Overall, I gained about 10 lbs over 3 days of wedding festivities, which means it was definitely a good time! I can't really remember the specifics of this meal, but I do remember thinking that the pecan crusted chicken was WAY too big in terms of serving size. I really think the key to a successful wedding buffet spread is small enough portions so that guests don't accidentally overstuff themselves due to lack of self control once they sit back down at their tables (there was no way that I wasn't going to finish this plate of delicious food). All in all, a really fun night... but way too many wild animals running around (kids under 10).
Little Caesar's $5 Hot N Ready
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Wow, why would anyone ever buy frozen pizza when they can drive to a Little Caesar's and grab a $5 large pizza to go? The pepperoni pizzas here are $5 EVERYDAY, and are absolutely delicious! Served with a side of ranch dressing, Leaney and I chowed down a couple of pieces of pizza as well as the new Caesar wings (also only $5 for 8 wings). I can't believe how cheap these magnificent pizzas are, but is it just me...or is the entire business model now geared towards poor people? All their locations (in Houston) seem to be located in fairly sketchy areas. Definitely no complaints if that's what it takes to sell me a $5 pizza. My only concern is ... where is the bigfoot?
Wow, why would anyone ever buy frozen pizza when they can drive to a Little Caesar's and grab a $5 large pizza to go? The pepperoni pizzas here are $5 EVERYDAY, and are absolutely delicious! Served with a side of ranch dressing, Leaney and I chowed down a couple of pieces of pizza as well as the new Caesar wings (also only $5 for 8 wings). I can't believe how cheap these magnificent pizzas are, but is it just me...or is the entire business model now geared towards poor people? All their locations (in Houston) seem to be located in fairly sketchy areas. Definitely no complaints if that's what it takes to sell me a $5 pizza. My only concern is ... where is the bigfoot?
Luling City BBQ
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Luling City BBQ....the sauce is simply amazing. I picked up $50 of BBQ to go at about 2pm, which was a horrible mistake since most of the meat that was out was kind of old. The sausage was a bit chewy (I could tell it had been sitting out since lunch time), and I got the ass end of the brisket (the dude literally cut my 1/2 lb. of brisket and tossed the rest away....fml. I did enjoy the chicken, which appeared to be fresh (since it came out of the kitchen), but the ribs were just as old as the brisket and sausage. I'll go back here, but I may ask for fresh cuts of meat the next time I see them chop some ass brisket.
Luling City BBQ....the sauce is simply amazing. I picked up $50 of BBQ to go at about 2pm, which was a horrible mistake since most of the meat that was out was kind of old. The sausage was a bit chewy (I could tell it had been sitting out since lunch time), and I got the ass end of the brisket (the dude literally cut my 1/2 lb. of brisket and tossed the rest away....fml. I did enjoy the chicken, which appeared to be fresh (since it came out of the kitchen), but the ribs were just as old as the brisket and sausage. I'll go back here, but I may ask for fresh cuts of meat the next time I see them chop some ass brisket.
KFC Chicken Little
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So wait...why is KFC completely re-branding its snacker sandwich? I mean...isn't this thing just a snacker without sesame seeds on the bun??? It was pretty good...but again...I have no clue why KFC is making this thing such a big deal. Needs something more though...as just pickles and mayonnaise left me yearning for something more. I ended up wiping the thing in BBQ sauce before chowing it down in about 5 bites. I would need to eat 4 of these if I were hungry to feel even remotely satisfied.
So wait...why is KFC completely re-branding its snacker sandwich? I mean...isn't this thing just a snacker without sesame seeds on the bun??? It was pretty good...but again...I have no clue why KFC is making this thing such a big deal. Needs something more though...as just pickles and mayonnaise left me yearning for something more. I ended up wiping the thing in BBQ sauce before chowing it down in about 5 bites. I would need to eat 4 of these if I were hungry to feel even remotely satisfied.
29 Eylül 2012 Cumartesi
Chinese Orange Chicken Recipe Crockpot
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Low Calorie Orange Flavored Chicken Recipe
from http://www.laaloosh.com/
Ingredients:
1 pound uncooked boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into 2-inch strips
2 cup cooked white rice, kept hot
Rind of a small orange sliced into thin strips
1 1/2 Tbsp cornstarch
3/4 cup canned chicken broth, reduced-sodium
2 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp white wine vinegar
2 tsp peanut oil
1/2 tsp ground ginger
2 medium garlic cloves, minced
2 Tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
2 medium scallions, chopped
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes, or 1 dried chili pepper, minced
1 tbsp sesame seeds
**For added nutritional value, substitute the white rice with brown rice
Directions:
In a bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, broth, sugar, cornstarch, ginger, and vinegar, then set aside.
In a large skillet, heat peanut oil on medium-high heat. Add orange rinds, scallions, garlic and red pepper flakes and cook for about 2 minutes. Add in the chicken and cook for approximately 6 minutes, or until chicken is golden brown.
Now mix in the sauce and let simmer until the chicken is cooked all the way through and the sauce starts to get thick, this should take approximately 3-4 minutes. On a plate, serve chicken and sauce over rice and garnish with a sprinkle of sesame seeds
Crockpot Chinese Orange Chicken
Ingredients
HEB broccoli, carrots, water chestnuts, 1 bag
HEB Fajita vegetables: onion, red pepper, 1 bag
1 cup chopped green onions,
Tyson 100% all natural boneless skinless chicken breast bar, 1 bag
Ginger, ground 2 tablespoons
Chopped onion, 2 tablespoons
Sesame seeds, 2 tablespoons
Juice, orange is orange, 4 cups
1 teaspoon salt substitute
Black pepper, coarse ground, 1.5 tsp
Seoul orange, 3 cups
Raw Turbinado sugar, 2 cups
Wild rice vinegar, 1 / 4 cup
Lemon juice, 1 / 4 cup
Marachino cherry syrup, 1
Almond flour (almond flour) - 1 / 4 cup
Crushed red pepper flakes, 2 tablespoons
Direction
Thawed vegetables, chicken and drain
Add vegetables to the crockpot
Add to crockpot chicken
Added in addition to citrus, all other components
Cook 8 hours
In the last 30 minutes of cooking add the orange
Services and rice Top Chef' winner shares recipe for braised chicken
Low Calorie Orange Flavored Chicken Recipe
from http://www.laaloosh.com/
Ingredients:
1 pound uncooked boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into 2-inch strips
2 cup cooked white rice, kept hot
Rind of a small orange sliced into thin strips
1 1/2 Tbsp cornstarch
3/4 cup canned chicken broth, reduced-sodium
2 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp white wine vinegar
2 tsp peanut oil
1/2 tsp ground ginger
2 medium garlic cloves, minced
2 Tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
2 medium scallions, chopped
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes, or 1 dried chili pepper, minced
1 tbsp sesame seeds
**For added nutritional value, substitute the white rice with brown rice
Directions:
In a bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, broth, sugar, cornstarch, ginger, and vinegar, then set aside.
In a large skillet, heat peanut oil on medium-high heat. Add orange rinds, scallions, garlic and red pepper flakes and cook for about 2 minutes. Add in the chicken and cook for approximately 6 minutes, or until chicken is golden brown.
Now mix in the sauce and let simmer until the chicken is cooked all the way through and the sauce starts to get thick, this should take approximately 3-4 minutes. On a plate, serve chicken and sauce over rice and garnish with a sprinkle of sesame seeds
Crockpot Chinese Orange Chicken
Ingredients
HEB broccoli, carrots, water chestnuts, 1 bag
HEB Fajita vegetables: onion, red pepper, 1 bag
1 cup chopped green onions,
Tyson 100% all natural boneless skinless chicken breast bar, 1 bag
Ginger, ground 2 tablespoons
Chopped onion, 2 tablespoons
Sesame seeds, 2 tablespoons
Juice, orange is orange, 4 cups
1 teaspoon salt substitute
Black pepper, coarse ground, 1.5 tsp
Seoul orange, 3 cups
Raw Turbinado sugar, 2 cups
Wild rice vinegar, 1 / 4 cup
Lemon juice, 1 / 4 cup
Marachino cherry syrup, 1
Almond flour (almond flour) - 1 / 4 cup
Crushed red pepper flakes, 2 tablespoons
Direction
Thawed vegetables, chicken and drain
Add vegetables to the crockpot
Add to crockpot chicken
Added in addition to citrus, all other components
Cook 8 hours
In the last 30 minutes of cooking add the orange
Services and rice Top Chef' winner shares recipe for braised chicken
Halal Chinese Foods
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With government support, low investment costs and huge infrastructure investments in Ningxia's processing centres, companies, according to many traders at the fair, will pose a serious challenge to the Brazilian, Australian and Indian players who dominte the halal foods market.
At this week's fair, a number of Malaysian and Indonesian investors had expressed interest in his halal products, from traditional Chinese mooncakes to bread. Some business man also visit India later this year, to meet with potential trading partners. The halal market in China is growing every year, pointing to rising consumption and a fast-growing middle class. “But our focus from now,” he added, “will be overseas.”
China turns to its Muslims to tap the West Asian halal food market
When Chinese officials discovered a business opportunity in the fast-growing West Asian halal food market, they turned to Wang Meng, who prefers to introduce himself as “Sayyid” when he meets foreigners. Twelve years ago, Mr. Wang, who is from China's Hui Muslim minority group, founded a halal food company in Beijing to cater to the city's Muslim community.
read more at www.thehindu.com
While China may be famed for its consumption of certain meats, it is also world-renowned for its low prices. Halal, it appears, is no different."Arab countries have been buying halal food from China for a long time. We have no problem with food from China," Mohammad Al Towaim, a Hong Kong based Arab trader, explained.Al Towaim points to the low prices of Chinese food compared to traditional markets such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada, the major exporters of halal food.China has developed what is called the Ningxia halal food certification system with the assistance of certification authorities in Malaysia. The Malaysian involvement has given the country's certification methods a lot of credibility among buyers. Chinese halal food makers also use standards and processes enforced in the Arab world, sources said.
Read more at gulfnews.com
With government support, low investment costs and huge infrastructure investments in Ningxia's processing centres, companies, according to many traders at the fair, will pose a serious challenge to the Brazilian, Australian and Indian players who dominte the halal foods market.
At this week's fair, a number of Malaysian and Indonesian investors had expressed interest in his halal products, from traditional Chinese mooncakes to bread. Some business man also visit India later this year, to meet with potential trading partners. The halal market in China is growing every year, pointing to rising consumption and a fast-growing middle class. “But our focus from now,” he added, “will be overseas.”
China turns to its Muslims to tap the West Asian halal food market
When Chinese officials discovered a business opportunity in the fast-growing West Asian halal food market, they turned to Wang Meng, who prefers to introduce himself as “Sayyid” when he meets foreigners. Twelve years ago, Mr. Wang, who is from China's Hui Muslim minority group, founded a halal food company in Beijing to cater to the city's Muslim community.
read more at www.thehindu.com
While China may be famed for its consumption of certain meats, it is also world-renowned for its low prices. Halal, it appears, is no different."Arab countries have been buying halal food from China for a long time. We have no problem with food from China," Mohammad Al Towaim, a Hong Kong based Arab trader, explained.Al Towaim points to the low prices of Chinese food compared to traditional markets such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada, the major exporters of halal food.China has developed what is called the Ningxia halal food certification system with the assistance of certification authorities in Malaysia. The Malaysian involvement has given the country's certification methods a lot of credibility among buyers. Chinese halal food makers also use standards and processes enforced in the Arab world, sources said.
Read more at gulfnews.com
Chinese Organic Food, a Way Out
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Organic food is all, is the production, processing, packaging, chemical-free, naturel food, so to speak. Once upon a time, like back to the Garden of Eden, a few hundred years later, the farmers in a natural way to increase their crops. They then found a chemical treatment, and realized that if they cultivate the growing crop and animal consumption during use, they will produce more products. Therefore, the world rejoice, everyone happily using this method. Sometimes, however, in the 1970s, a number of agricultural experts to achieve things: food production is in the treatment and the use of chemicals on the environment and people's health have serious adverse effects. It is at this point, the organic revolution began.
Organic food, a way outThis new - but essentially very traditional - agricultural technique excludes or strictly limits the use of manufactured fertilizers, pesticides, plant growth regulators and genetically modified organisms.It relies instead on techniques such as crop rotation, biological pest control and "green manure" - a crop of, say, legumes and grass that is dug in to return nutrients to the soil or is cut and left on the surface as mulch. Organic foods are not processed using irradiation, industrial solvents or chemical additives.Jiang Gaoming, a researcher at the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his team have been learning organic farming on experimental plots in Pinghu county, Shandong province, since 2007. They used wheat straw as feed for stock and used the animal waste to fertilize vegetables. Trapping lamps were put out for insects, and farmers killed weeds by hand.The researchers are trying to ascertain the costs and earnings from farming without chemicals, but Jiang said they don't yet have the details they need to issue a report.He said widespread expansion of organic farms will require increased technical training, higher initial investment and, of course, more farmers willing to make the switch. But he remains optimistic.
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Organic food, a way outThis new - but essentially very traditional - agricultural technique excludes or strictly limits the use of manufactured fertilizers, pesticides, plant growth regulators and genetically modified organisms.It relies instead on techniques such as crop rotation, biological pest control and "green manure" - a crop of, say, legumes and grass that is dug in to return nutrients to the soil or is cut and left on the surface as mulch. Organic foods are not processed using irradiation, industrial solvents or chemical additives.Jiang Gaoming, a researcher at the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his team have been learning organic farming on experimental plots in Pinghu county, Shandong province, since 2007. They used wheat straw as feed for stock and used the animal waste to fertilize vegetables. Trapping lamps were put out for insects, and farmers killed weeds by hand.The researchers are trying to ascertain the costs and earnings from farming without chemicals, but Jiang said they don't yet have the details they need to issue a report.He said widespread expansion of organic farms will require increased technical training, higher initial investment and, of course, more farmers willing to make the switch. But he remains optimistic.
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I Want To Be Healty, This Is New Natural Approach
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This is tipe for Natural Approach to a healty nutrition from ManuelaNowadays man lives in a toxic world. Pollution, nuclear residues, pesticides and poisonous agents of various type are present in the environment. We find them in the food, in the air, int the water and in the soil. These elementw aren't helping man's wellbeing for sure.
In this fast and modern society man in general has the habit to buy ready food to heat up quickly in the microwave, to take his road to the nearest fast food and to eat a lot of junk food between meals.
The food industry is producing a huge amount of products with preservatives and dyes. The conventional fruits and vegetables have pesticides residues. The meat from intensive farms comes from animals living in heartbreak conditions, treated with synthetic hormones to rapidly increase the development, with antibiotics and other drugs.
Newcastle University (UK) led a four years project and have confirmed that organic foods contain more antioxidants and less unhealthy fats than conventional food. Another study conducted by the University of Southampton (UK) has found that there is an accumulating body of evicence about the association between the consumption of certain food colours and children's behaviour.
Now look at the definition of food:
"food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins or minerals. The substance is ingested by an organism and assimilated by the organism's cells in an effort to produce energy, maintain life, and/or stimulate growth." (definition from Wikipedia)
Interesting, essential, which means indispensable and therefore as a logical consequence when the body don't receive these essentials elements is deficient and causes health issues. Or an unbalanced diet, for example too much fats and sugar and too little vitamins and minerals, could lead to obesity and other healthy problems.
It is clear that our lifestyle has an influence on our health and wellbeing.
A natural approach and a temperate life is of benefit to people and the environment.
In this fast and modern society man in general has the habit to buy ready food to heat up quickly in the microwave, to take his road to the nearest fast food and to eat a lot of junk food between meals.The food industry is producing a huge amount of products with preservatives and dyes. The conventional fruits and vegetables have pesticides residues. The meat from intensive farms comes from animals living in heartbreak conditions, treated with synthetic hormones to rapidly increase the development, with antibiotics and other drugs.
Newcastle University (UK) led a four years project and have confirmed that organic foods contain more antioxidants and less unhealthy fats than conventional food. Another study conducted by the University of Southampton (UK) has found that there is an accumulating body of evicence about the association between the consumption of certain food colours and children's behaviour.
Now look at the definition of food:
"food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins or minerals. The substance is ingested by an organism and assimilated by the organism's cells in an effort to produce energy, maintain life, and/or stimulate growth." (definition from Wikipedia)
Interesting, essential, which means indispensable and therefore as a logical consequence when the body don't receive these essentials elements is deficient and causes health issues. Or an unbalanced diet, for example too much fats and sugar and too little vitamins and minerals, could lead to obesity and other healthy problems.
It is clear that our lifestyle has an influence on our health and wellbeing.
A natural approach and a temperate life is of benefit to people and the environment.
Pancetta & Greens Frittata, Easy Healthy Food Recipe
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Pancetta & Greens Frittata
Ingredients
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3 ounces pancetta or 3 strips bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
2 cups sliced leeks, white and light green part only (see Tip)
2 1/2 cups sturdy greens, such as kale, radicchio or mustard
greens, any tough stems removed, thinly sliced
1 16-ounce container liquid egg substitute, such as Egg Beaters, or
8 large eggs, beaten
1 cup shredded Asiago or Parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Preparation
Position rack in upper third of oven; preheat broiler.
Heat oil in a large broiler-safe nonstick skillet or cast-iron
skillet over medium-high heat. Add pancetta (or bacon) and cook, stirring frequently, until crisp, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Add leeks and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until the leeks have softened, 4 to 5 minutes more. Add greens and cook, stirring, until they are just beginning to wilt, about 1 minute.
Meanwhile, whisk eggs, cheese and pepper in a bowl. When the greens are just starting to wilt, pour the egg mixture over the ingredients in the pan/ Using a spatula, carefully scrape the eggs from the edges to the middle of the pan as they cook, allowing uncooked egg to flow under, about 3 minutes. When the eggs are nearly set, place the skillet under the broiler until the top is cooked and the eggs are slightly browned, about 2 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes. To release the frittata from the pan, run a rubber spatula around the edge, then underneath, until you can slide or lift it out onto a cutting board or serving plate. Cut into wedges and serve.
Tips & Notes
Tip: To clean leeks, trim and discard green tops and white roots. Split leeks lengthwise and place in plenty of water. Swish the leeks in the water to release any sand or soil. Drain. Repeat until no grit remains.
NutritionPer serving: 238 calories; 15 g fat ( 6 g sat , 4 g mono ); 27 mg cholesterol; 9 g carbohydrates; 0 g added sugars; 15 g protein; 1 g fiber; 595 mg sodium; 294 mg potassium.Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin A (109% daily value), Vitamin C (62% dv), Calcium (22% dv), Folate (18% dv)Carbohydrate Servings: 1/2Exchanges: 1 vegetable, 2 lean meat, 1 fat
Key food is tasty and delicious recipe you must have right recipe and in hungry conditions and sit in beautiful and tiny kitchen designs. this is tasty food
Pancetta & Greens Frittata
Ingredients
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3 ounces pancetta or 3 strips bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
2 cups sliced leeks, white and light green part only (see Tip)
2 1/2 cups sturdy greens, such as kale, radicchio or mustard
greens, any tough stems removed, thinly sliced
1 16-ounce container liquid egg substitute, such as Egg Beaters, or
8 large eggs, beaten
1 cup shredded Asiago or Parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Preparation
Position rack in upper third of oven; preheat broiler.
Heat oil in a large broiler-safe nonstick skillet or cast-iron
skillet over medium-high heat. Add pancetta (or bacon) and cook, stirring frequently, until crisp, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Add leeks and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until the leeks have softened, 4 to 5 minutes more. Add greens and cook, stirring, until they are just beginning to wilt, about 1 minute.
Meanwhile, whisk eggs, cheese and pepper in a bowl. When the greens are just starting to wilt, pour the egg mixture over the ingredients in the pan/ Using a spatula, carefully scrape the eggs from the edges to the middle of the pan as they cook, allowing uncooked egg to flow under, about 3 minutes. When the eggs are nearly set, place the skillet under the broiler until the top is cooked and the eggs are slightly browned, about 2 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes. To release the frittata from the pan, run a rubber spatula around the edge, then underneath, until you can slide or lift it out onto a cutting board or serving plate. Cut into wedges and serve.
Tips & Notes
Tip: To clean leeks, trim and discard green tops and white roots. Split leeks lengthwise and place in plenty of water. Swish the leeks in the water to release any sand or soil. Drain. Repeat until no grit remains.
NutritionPer serving: 238 calories; 15 g fat ( 6 g sat , 4 g mono ); 27 mg cholesterol; 9 g carbohydrates; 0 g added sugars; 15 g protein; 1 g fiber; 595 mg sodium; 294 mg potassium.Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin A (109% daily value), Vitamin C (62% dv), Calcium (22% dv), Folate (18% dv)Carbohydrate Servings: 1/2Exchanges: 1 vegetable, 2 lean meat, 1 fat
Key food is tasty and delicious recipe you must have right recipe and in hungry conditions and sit in beautiful and tiny kitchen designs. this is tasty food
28 Eylül 2012 Cuma
Tandoori Chicken in a Cup
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Served best on a plate, this time I had to put it in a cup (along w/ a samosa). Leftovers at school are yummy, and flag football is devastating to the achilles. The first half semester is almost over at school, as soon I'll be heading down to Florida to hang out w/ my step dad (quadruple by-pass!). Finishing strong is gonna be tough, but meals like this...from a cup...definitely help keep me going. Shiva is the best Indian food in the village!
Served best on a plate, this time I had to put it in a cup (along w/ a samosa). Leftovers at school are yummy, and flag football is devastating to the achilles. The first half semester is almost over at school, as soon I'll be heading down to Florida to hang out w/ my step dad (quadruple by-pass!). Finishing strong is gonna be tough, but meals like this...from a cup...definitely help keep me going. Shiva is the best Indian food in the village!
Dapper Caps and Pedal-Copters by David Malki!
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I find it very hard to fault a man who includes an exclamation mark in his name, so don't look to me for serious criticism of David Malki!'s latest Wondermark collection, Dapper Caps & Pedal-Copters
.
Dapper Caps is the fourth collection of the Wondermark webcomic, and -- like all collections of periodical comics, though even more so since webcomics started outcompeting newspaper strips -- it's basically a compendium of stuff you could have read, or perhaps already did read, elsewhere. But if that didn't stop your kid brother from amassing the world's largest collection of Garfield books, why should it stop you from getting a Wondermark collection?
As usual, Malki! takes old art, primarily Victorian, and twists it to his own ends, creating quirky, unconventional dialogues among diverse creatures and people -- his humor is often dark, and always at right-angles to expectations, which is just what I look for in humor. There are rarely continuing characters -- except the alien Gax, for some reason -- so you can start reading Wondermark anywhere: the beginning, this book, today's strip, or a random point in the archives.
Dapper Caps is funny, and weird, and overdesigned in that silly Wondermark way -- if you're not familiar with that, check out the online strip to see if it hits your particular funnybone.
I find it very hard to fault a man who includes an exclamation mark in his name, so don't look to me for serious criticism of David Malki!'s latest Wondermark collection, Dapper Caps & Pedal-Copters.Dapper Caps is the fourth collection of the Wondermark webcomic, and -- like all collections of periodical comics, though even more so since webcomics started outcompeting newspaper strips -- it's basically a compendium of stuff you could have read, or perhaps already did read, elsewhere. But if that didn't stop your kid brother from amassing the world's largest collection of Garfield books, why should it stop you from getting a Wondermark collection?
As usual, Malki! takes old art, primarily Victorian, and twists it to his own ends, creating quirky, unconventional dialogues among diverse creatures and people -- his humor is often dark, and always at right-angles to expectations, which is just what I look for in humor. There are rarely continuing characters -- except the alien Gax, for some reason -- so you can start reading Wondermark anywhere: the beginning, this book, today's strip, or a random point in the archives.
Dapper Caps is funny, and weird, and overdesigned in that silly Wondermark way -- if you're not familiar with that, check out the online strip to see if it hits your particular funnybone.
Reviewing the Mail: Week of 9/22
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I have no particularly amusing opening for you this week, and for that I deeply, humbly apologize. Really. But we must soldier on anyway, and so I'll tell you that the below are the books and other ephemera that arrived on my doorstep over the past week, which I have not yet read. Here, then, is what I can tell you about them, in hopes that one or more of them will be your favorite whatever-it-is of the year or decade or week or hour.
First up is a comics collection, Wings for Wheels: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen, which comes in a neat pseudo-LP format, with a red 36-page "record" with six comics stories sitting inside a white "sleeve" with that swell wraparound art from Dan McCool that you can see above and to the left. Wings for Wheels is edited by Nomi Kane, who also contributes one of the six pieces as well -- other contributors are Todd McArthur, Jen May, Josh PM Frees, Jen Vaughn, and Pat Barrett. I imagine I got this because I'm a Jersey guy who reviews comics, and I'm very happy to see it: it's a great package with work by cartoonists I'm not familiar with, so it'll be a great sampler. My quick web research shows that it debuted at the recent SPX small-press comics show, and that you can get it either at other shows attended by the contributors or online at Kane's Brew for Breakfast webstore.
Along completely different lines is the young-readers "choose-your-fate adventure book" Wonder Woman: Power Outage
by Michael Teitelbaum. It's one of those "if you go through the right door, turn to page 17" books that people my age remember from the '80s, with a storyline centered on Wondy losing her powers at random times for unknown reasons and a number of puzzles in the middle of the story. It's for readers from age 8-12 (or possibly strong readers a bit younger than that, and WW fans above that age), and will be published by Tor's Starscape imprint in paperback tomorrow.
Vertical, a prominent publisher of smart and interesting books from Japan in translation (including a lot of Osamu Tezuka books over the past few years) has a couple of new manga series starting this month, and first up is Keiko Suenobu's Limit
. It's a look at bullying and cliques in a high school setting, and -- since Suenobu is best known for her Kodansha Award-winning shojo story Life (which included elements of self-mutilation, rape and suicide), it's not likely to be a quiet or renormalizing story.
Also from Vertical and also set in a highschool -- though looking to be slightly less dramatic, is a new edition of Paradise Kiss
from AiYazawa (best known here for Nana). This classic josei story of high fashion will be published in three volumes this time around.
Max Gladstone's first novel is Three Parts Dead
, which clearly spurns all conventional pigeonholes to instead strike out on its own: it seems to be, more or less, a necromantic steampunk legal thriller set in a quirky secondary world. Our heroine, Tara, must resurrect the fire god Kos before his city falls apart -- and, of course, it will not be that simple. Three Parts Dead has admiring quotes from writers as diverse as Carrie Vaughn, Jerry Pournelle, James Morrow, and John Crowley (whom I don't recall seeing blurb anything for a long time, if ever), and will be a Tor hardcover hitting stores October 2nd.
I have to admit I don't really understand the thrust of Walter Mosley's current writing project for Tor, "Crosstown to Oblivion," which will eventually consist of six novellas published in three volumes -- probably because I haven't yet read the first duo, The Gift of Fire/On the Head of a Pin
. But the second volume -- again, two novellas, this time entitled Merge and Disciple
-- will be published by Tor in hardcover on October 12th, and Mosley remains one of the most interesting contemporary American writers, so it's certainly worth a look. (See the opening paragraph of my review of Mosley's novel Killing Johnny Fry for a sketch of my brief for Mosley as a major American writer; I don't think it makes sense to continue to qualify him as "mystery" or "African-American" at this point.)
And last for this week is The Skybound Sea
, the finale of Sam Sykes's Aeons' Gate trilogy. It's big, dark epic fantasy, and it has one of the best blurbs I've seen in a long time: "I do not wish Sam Sykes dead." -- John Scalzi. How can you resist that? Skybound Sea is a trade paperback from Pyr, which hit stores two weeks ago.
I have no particularly amusing opening for you this week, and for that I deeply, humbly apologize. Really. But we must soldier on anyway, and so I'll tell you that the below are the books and other ephemera that arrived on my doorstep over the past week, which I have not yet read. Here, then, is what I can tell you about them, in hopes that one or more of them will be your favorite whatever-it-is of the year or decade or week or hour.First up is a comics collection, Wings for Wheels: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen, which comes in a neat pseudo-LP format, with a red 36-page "record" with six comics stories sitting inside a white "sleeve" with that swell wraparound art from Dan McCool that you can see above and to the left. Wings for Wheels is edited by Nomi Kane, who also contributes one of the six pieces as well -- other contributors are Todd McArthur, Jen May, Josh PM Frees, Jen Vaughn, and Pat Barrett. I imagine I got this because I'm a Jersey guy who reviews comics, and I'm very happy to see it: it's a great package with work by cartoonists I'm not familiar with, so it'll be a great sampler. My quick web research shows that it debuted at the recent SPX small-press comics show, and that you can get it either at other shows attended by the contributors or online at Kane's Brew for Breakfast webstore.
Along completely different lines is the young-readers "choose-your-fate adventure book" Wonder Woman: Power Outage by Michael Teitelbaum. It's one of those "if you go through the right door, turn to page 17" books that people my age remember from the '80s, with a storyline centered on Wondy losing her powers at random times for unknown reasons and a number of puzzles in the middle of the story. It's for readers from age 8-12 (or possibly strong readers a bit younger than that, and WW fans above that age), and will be published by Tor's Starscape imprint in paperback tomorrow.Vertical, a prominent publisher of smart and interesting books from Japan in translation (including a lot of Osamu Tezuka books over the past few years) has a couple of new manga series starting this month, and first up is Keiko Suenobu's Limit. It's a look at bullying and cliques in a high school setting, and -- since Suenobu is best known for her Kodansha Award-winning shojo story Life (which included elements of self-mutilation, rape and suicide), it's not likely to be a quiet or renormalizing story.Also from Vertical and also set in a highschool -- though looking to be slightly less dramatic, is a new edition of Paradise Kiss from AiYazawa (best known here for Nana). This classic josei story of high fashion will be published in three volumes this time around.Max Gladstone's first novel is Three Parts Dead, which clearly spurns all conventional pigeonholes to instead strike out on its own: it seems to be, more or less, a necromantic steampunk legal thriller set in a quirky secondary world. Our heroine, Tara, must resurrect the fire god Kos before his city falls apart -- and, of course, it will not be that simple. Three Parts Dead has admiring quotes from writers as diverse as Carrie Vaughn, Jerry Pournelle, James Morrow, and John Crowley (whom I don't recall seeing blurb anything for a long time, if ever), and will be a Tor hardcover hitting stores October 2nd.I have to admit I don't really understand the thrust of Walter Mosley's current writing project for Tor, "Crosstown to Oblivion," which will eventually consist of six novellas published in three volumes -- probably because I haven't yet read the first duo, The Gift of Fire/On the Head of a Pin. But the second volume -- again, two novellas, this time entitled Merge and Disciple-- will be published by Tor in hardcover on October 12th, and Mosley remains one of the most interesting contemporary American writers, so it's certainly worth a look. (See the opening paragraph of my review of Mosley's novel Killing Johnny Fry for a sketch of my brief for Mosley as a major American writer; I don't think it makes sense to continue to qualify him as "mystery" or "African-American" at this point.)And last for this week is The Skybound Sea, the finale of Sam Sykes's Aeons' Gate trilogy. It's big, dark epic fantasy, and it has one of the best blurbs I've seen in a long time: "I do not wish Sam Sykes dead." -- John Scalzi. How can you resist that? Skybound Sea is a trade paperback from Pyr, which hit stores two weeks ago.
Freeway by Mark Kalesniko
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No matter how hard storyboard artists and other animation types try, a graphic novel is not the same as a movie, and limiting a comics page to entirely film-derived effects is just as crippling as any other unnecessary artistic limitation. (Writing a novel without the letter 'e," or an opera without the key of C, or trying to tape a live-to-tape sitcom with only one camera -- they can be interesting experiments, but the focus will always be on that live-wire act of the experiment, not the resulting product.)
Freeway
is a graphic novel that feels like it desperately wants to be an animated movie, full of camera moves and pans and dissolves, caught up in an entirely film-derived visual vocabulary that denies the physical, tactile possibilities of page-turns and transitions. Mark Kalesniko does use varied panel sizes and placements, but those feel like camera motions -- zooming in and out, changing scenes with establishing shots, making very visual transitions into flashbacks or alternate possibilities -- rather than like pure comics. (Although I may think that because I know Kalesniko is an animator; an actual animator could disagree with me.)
Freeway is the story of both one day -- one morning commute, to be more precise -- and of the whole failed and shattered career of Alex Kalienka, who (like his creator) came to southern California as a young man to work in animation. Alex drives his AMC Pacer to his job as a layout artist atWalt Disney Studios Babbitt Jones Productions, a job that was his dream as a child but which is soul-destroying now for both personal and artistic reasons. Kalesniko doesn't explain anything, and I wasn't always sure what was a flashback, what was real, what was an alternate version of Alex's life, and what was pure fantasy. But Freeway dips in and out of all of those things, showing Alex's arrival in LA in 1979 as the requisite dewy-eyed Canadian youngster, how he got his job at Babbitt Jones -- and how his artistically-driven but politically unwise choices of friendships slowly got him into trouble -- how he met his girlfriend, and how their relationship suffered from the onslaught of her large Chinese family, and other events in his working life. But it also shows what seem to be entirely fantasy sequences -- as when Alex imagines his own death on the highway several times -- as well as a perfect version of his own life, lived in the late '40s, in which his girlfriend and work are both perfect and he's always happy. And the end of Freeway jumps ever-more-quickly among these different levels of reality -- often panel-to-panel -- leaving the reader confused about what "really" happened.
More frustrating is the timeline of Freeway. Both the fantasy life and Alex's first visit to LA are closely fixed in time -- in the late '40s and 1979, respectively -- but his Babbitt Jones career is fuzzier. He clearly didn't start working there until some time after that first trip -- but is "some time" one year? Five? A dozen? Any of those are plausible. And his career at Babbitt Jones doesn't seem to have lasted more than a handful of years -- so does that mean that the "now" of Freeway is set in the late '80s? Or the mid '90s? Or really "now"? (How old and decrepit are we meant to take that AMC Pacer?) My impression is that Freeway is meant to take place only about a decade or so after that first visit, that Alex is having his first crisis about the value of his work and the purpose of his life, some time in his early '30s. But the book never says that, and never makes it clear -- this is a book published in 2011, so the default reader assumption is that it's happening "now".
So Freeway is a frustrating book: lovely and thoughtful, but one that keeps the reader thinking about technical and story considerations (when is this taking place? is this scene real or memory or fantasy?) when he should be falling into Alex's life and experiencing his crisis directly. Freeway is very ambitious, but perhaps a little too much so: a little more clarity, and a little less flashy camera-work, would have made it flow better and punch harder. (And its lesson is unfortunately banal for anyone Alex's age or older: the working world, and the world in general, is not a wonderful, special place full of love and light and happiness, but work -- often unpleasant and always directed by someone else -- full of people that we don't get to choose.) Read Freeway for those masterful shifts of focus, from reality to fantasy to flashback, but keep your eye on it and all of your attention, so that it doesn't get away from you.
No matter how hard storyboard artists and other animation types try, a graphic novel is not the same as a movie, and limiting a comics page to entirely film-derived effects is just as crippling as any other unnecessary artistic limitation. (Writing a novel without the letter 'e," or an opera without the key of C, or trying to tape a live-to-tape sitcom with only one camera -- they can be interesting experiments, but the focus will always be on that live-wire act of the experiment, not the resulting product.)Freeway
is a graphic novel that feels like it desperately wants to be an animated movie, full of camera moves and pans and dissolves, caught up in an entirely film-derived visual vocabulary that denies the physical, tactile possibilities of page-turns and transitions. Mark Kalesniko does use varied panel sizes and placements, but those feel like camera motions -- zooming in and out, changing scenes with establishing shots, making very visual transitions into flashbacks or alternate possibilities -- rather than like pure comics. (Although I may think that because I know Kalesniko is an animator; an actual animator could disagree with me.)Freeway is the story of both one day -- one morning commute, to be more precise -- and of the whole failed and shattered career of Alex Kalienka, who (like his creator) came to southern California as a young man to work in animation. Alex drives his AMC Pacer to his job as a layout artist at
More frustrating is the timeline of Freeway. Both the fantasy life and Alex's first visit to LA are closely fixed in time -- in the late '40s and 1979, respectively -- but his Babbitt Jones career is fuzzier. He clearly didn't start working there until some time after that first trip -- but is "some time" one year? Five? A dozen? Any of those are plausible. And his career at Babbitt Jones doesn't seem to have lasted more than a handful of years -- so does that mean that the "now" of Freeway is set in the late '80s? Or the mid '90s? Or really "now"? (How old and decrepit are we meant to take that AMC Pacer?) My impression is that Freeway is meant to take place only about a decade or so after that first visit, that Alex is having his first crisis about the value of his work and the purpose of his life, some time in his early '30s. But the book never says that, and never makes it clear -- this is a book published in 2011, so the default reader assumption is that it's happening "now".
So Freeway is a frustrating book: lovely and thoughtful, but one that keeps the reader thinking about technical and story considerations (when is this taking place? is this scene real or memory or fantasy?) when he should be falling into Alex's life and experiencing his crisis directly. Freeway is very ambitious, but perhaps a little too much so: a little more clarity, and a little less flashy camera-work, would have made it flow better and punch harder. (And its lesson is unfortunately banal for anyone Alex's age or older: the working world, and the world in general, is not a wonderful, special place full of love and light and happiness, but work -- often unpleasant and always directed by someone else -- full of people that we don't get to choose.) Read Freeway for those masterful shifts of focus, from reality to fantasy to flashback, but keep your eye on it and all of your attention, so that it doesn't get away from you.
Top Shelf Sale Extravaganza Aftermath!
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Hey, remember a couple of weeks ago, when I told you Top Shelf was having a big sale, with lots of great books cheap? Well, the package I ordered -- that very day, for I am one to put my money onto the place where my mouth already is -- has just arrived, and you can see a picture of the awesome treasures it contained off to the left.
These amazing riches of comics cost well under a single C-note, which is a damn fine deal.
Normally, I would include links to Amazon for all of my new books, to make a few pennies for myself, but, this time, I want you to go to Top Shelf and buy comics from them. Quick -- the sale ends on Friday.
Tell 'em Hornswoggler sent you, and they'll just look at you funny!
Hey, remember a couple of weeks ago, when I told you Top Shelf was having a big sale, with lots of great books cheap? Well, the package I ordered -- that very day, for I am one to put my money onto the place where my mouth already is -- has just arrived, and you can see a picture of the awesome treasures it contained off to the left.These amazing riches of comics cost well under a single C-note, which is a damn fine deal.
Normally, I would include links to Amazon for all of my new books, to make a few pennies for myself, but, this time, I want you to go to Top Shelf and buy comics from them. Quick -- the sale ends on Friday.
Tell 'em Hornswoggler sent you, and they'll just look at you funny!
27 Eylül 2012 Perşembe
NYPD Sex offender actually raped actress TWICE in Hudson River Park
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THE high-risk sex offender who attacked a young actress in Hudson River Park at dawn Saturday actually raped his victim twice, prosecutors say.
After the first attack, the woman managed to briefly escape from twisted ex-con Jonathan Stewart, 25. But Stewart chased her down, grabbed her by the throat, punched her and sexually assaulted her again, said Assistant District Attorney Alyssa Gunther at Stewart’s arraignment Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court.
The victim again broke free from Stewart, who has a prior 2004 conviction for robbery and sexual assault on two women, and fled naked until encountering park cops.
Stewart pursued, but turned tail and casually walked away when he saw the woman talking to police, Gunther said. He was found a short time later cowering shirtless in the median strip on West St., she added.
Stewart’s prior conviction for sexual abuse of two women using a knife caused him to be registered as level 3 sex offender, the most dangerous type of sexual predator.
Stewart was arraigned via video conference from Bellevue Hospital where he is recovering from a suicide attempt on Sunday.
By Janon Fisher / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
THE high-risk sex offender who attacked a young actress in Hudson River Park at dawn Saturday actually raped his victim twice, prosecutors say.
After the first attack, the woman managed to briefly escape from twisted ex-con Jonathan Stewart, 25. But Stewart chased her down, grabbed her by the throat, punched her and sexually assaulted her again, said Assistant District Attorney Alyssa Gunther at Stewart’s arraignment Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court.
The victim again broke free from Stewart, who has a prior 2004 conviction for robbery and sexual assault on two women, and fled naked until encountering park cops.
Stewart pursued, but turned tail and casually walked away when he saw the woman talking to police, Gunther said. He was found a short time later cowering shirtless in the median strip on West St., she added.
Stewart’s prior conviction for sexual abuse of two women using a knife caused him to be registered as level 3 sex offender, the most dangerous type of sexual predator.
Stewart was arraigned via video conference from Bellevue Hospital where he is recovering from a suicide attempt on Sunday.
By Janon Fisher / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
NYC - Mouse Scurrying About An Assortment of Oily Olives At Fairway Supermarket
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These olives are the pits.
A revolting video posted on neighborhood blog MyUpperWest.com captured a mouse scurrying about an assortment of oily olives at the Fairway supermarket.
The nauseating footage was shot just after midnight on Wednesday at the olive bar inside the grocery store on Broadway near W. 74th St., the blog reported. The store’s hours are from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m.
“When I arrived at the area with the buckets of olives I was surprised that a man next to me jumped away from the produce and started gesticulating wildly,” wrote Glenn Herman in a letter to the store’s customer service that was posted on the blog.
“I discovered a small rat or mouse happily hanging out in the olive bins,” he added.
A Fairway rep responded with an apology and assured the vermin issue would be “addressed immediately.”
This isn’t the first time video footage showed a rodent on the loose in a Fairway. Earlier this month, the same blog posted video of a rat streaking across an aisle in the same store.
After eyeing a pair of rats for around 20 minutes, the blogger determined the critters were pilfering peanuts.
These olives are the pits.
A revolting video posted on neighborhood blog MyUpperWest.com captured a mouse scurrying about an assortment of oily olives at the Fairway supermarket.
The nauseating footage was shot just after midnight on Wednesday at the olive bar inside the grocery store on Broadway near W. 74th St., the blog reported. The store’s hours are from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m.
“When I arrived at the area with the buckets of olives I was surprised that a man next to me jumped away from the produce and started gesticulating wildly,” wrote Glenn Herman in a letter to the store’s customer service that was posted on the blog.
“I discovered a small rat or mouse happily hanging out in the olive bins,” he added.
A Fairway rep responded with an apology and assured the vermin issue would be “addressed immediately.”
This isn’t the first time video footage showed a rodent on the loose in a Fairway. Earlier this month, the same blog posted video of a rat streaking across an aisle in the same store.
After eyeing a pair of rats for around 20 minutes, the blogger determined the critters were pilfering peanuts.
Rockland - Search Continues For Eugene Palmer Murder Suspect
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HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. – The search resumes Thursday for a Rockland County man accused in the murder of his daughter-in-law.
Police believe Eugene Palmer is armed, dangerous and hiding out in the sprawling wilderness of Harriman State Park, but are looking into whether someone may have picked him up and helped him escape.
Authorities have been looking for the 74-year-old since Monday when police said he gunned down his estranged daughter-in-law, 39-year-old Tammy Pannirello Palmer.
She was in the process of divorcing Palmer’s son and family members said her relationship with her father-in-law had grown increasingly ugly.
“He says ‘here’s money, pay my taxes, I’ve had enough. I just shot and killed Tammy,’” said Palmer’s sister, Elaine Palmer Babcock. “Give me about an hour to get away then call the cops and do whatever you have to do.”
Tammy Palmer’s parents are now seeking full custody of her two teenage children.
A military helicopter equipped with thermal imaging cameras is the latest to join the manhunt for Palmer, which is now spanning the East Coast. Police also found Palmer’s truck at the edge of the park and a recent campsite nearby.
“The ashes weren’t hot, so it wasn’t like we spooked him,” said Haverstraw Police Chief Charles Miller. “So he might have spent the night, the night before there.”
An avid hunter and retired park ranger, Palmer is apparently using his knowledge of the woods to avoid capture. He’s presumed to have more than one gun with him, police said.
Police have advised all campers to stay out of Harriman State Park for the time being and several previously scheduled events at the park have been canceled.
privateinvesigations Tammy Pannirello Palmer Murder
HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. – The search resumes Thursday for a Rockland County man accused in the murder of his daughter-in-law.
Police believe Eugene Palmer is armed, dangerous and hiding out in the sprawling wilderness of Harriman State Park, but are looking into whether someone may have picked him up and helped him escape.
Authorities have been looking for the 74-year-old since Monday when police said he gunned down his estranged daughter-in-law, 39-year-old Tammy Pannirello Palmer.
She was in the process of divorcing Palmer’s son and family members said her relationship with her father-in-law had grown increasingly ugly.
“He says ‘here’s money, pay my taxes, I’ve had enough. I just shot and killed Tammy,’” said Palmer’s sister, Elaine Palmer Babcock. “Give me about an hour to get away then call the cops and do whatever you have to do.”
Tammy Palmer’s parents are now seeking full custody of her two teenage children.
A military helicopter equipped with thermal imaging cameras is the latest to join the manhunt for Palmer, which is now spanning the East Coast. Police also found Palmer’s truck at the edge of the park and a recent campsite nearby.
“The ashes weren’t hot, so it wasn’t like we spooked him,” said Haverstraw Police Chief Charles Miller. “So he might have spent the night, the night before there.”
An avid hunter and retired park ranger, Palmer is apparently using his knowledge of the woods to avoid capture. He’s presumed to have more than one gun with him, police said.
Police have advised all campers to stay out of Harriman State Park for the time being and several previously scheduled events at the park have been canceled.
privateinvesigations Tammy Pannirello Palmer Murder
NY - Angry mob confront Iranian diplomat after spotting him walking near U.N.
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An Iranian diplomat was escorted from a Manhattan street by New York police after he was surrounded and threatened by an angry mob of protesters near the United Nations.
Deputy Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast was walking near the United Nations yesterday when he was noticed and confronted by the angry mob on Second Avenue near East 48th Street, said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.
He flagged down police officers, who helped him get to a safe spot. Browne said the threats were believed to have been verbal.
The incident followed a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the U.N. General Assembly.
Outside the building, thousands of anti-Ahmadinejad demonstrators rallied in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza opposite the world body.
An Iranian diplomat was escorted from a Manhattan street by New York police after he was surrounded and threatened by an angry mob of protesters near the United Nations.
Deputy Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast was walking near the United Nations yesterday when he was noticed and confronted by the angry mob on Second Avenue near East 48th Street, said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.
He flagged down police officers, who helped him get to a safe spot. Browne said the threats were believed to have been verbal.
The incident followed a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the U.N. General Assembly.
Outside the building, thousands of anti-Ahmadinejad demonstrators rallied in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza opposite the world body.
Azerbaijanis jailed for Jewish school murder plot
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BAKU, Azerbaijan — Three people have been convicted of plotting to kill teachers at a Jewish school in Azerbaijan.
A court in the capital Baku on Thursday found plot ringleader Rasim Aliyev and two other Azerbaijani citizens guilty of plotting the assassination of public officials and gun-smuggling. Aliyev was given a 14-year sentence while the others received 13 and eight years.
Investigators said Aliyev was hired to carry out the killings in Baku by an individual linked to security services in neighboring Iran.
Aliyev said in a televised confession that the attack was to be a reprisal against Israel for the assassination of an Iranian nuclear physicist.
Ties between Azerbaijan — which has good relations with Western governments — and Iran have soured substantially over the past year amid mutual accusations of espionage.
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Three people have been convicted of plotting to kill teachers at a Jewish school in Azerbaijan.
A court in the capital Baku on Thursday found plot ringleader Rasim Aliyev and two other Azerbaijani citizens guilty of plotting the assassination of public officials and gun-smuggling. Aliyev was given a 14-year sentence while the others received 13 and eight years.
Investigators said Aliyev was hired to carry out the killings in Baku by an individual linked to security services in neighboring Iran.
Aliyev said in a televised confession that the attack was to be a reprisal against Israel for the assassination of an Iranian nuclear physicist.
Ties between Azerbaijan — which has good relations with Western governments — and Iran have soured substantially over the past year amid mutual accusations of espionage.
26 Eylül 2012 Çarşamba
Iran test-fires missiles designed to hit warships
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TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has test-fired four missiles designed to hit warships during a drill near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, an Iranian military commander said.
The missiles were fired simultaneously and hit a "big target" the size of a warship, sinking it within 50 seconds, Gen. Ali Fadavi of the powerful Revolutionary Guard was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency.
The Fars report late Monday was the first indication of an Iranian military exercise taking place simultaneously and close to US-led joint naval maneuvers in the Persian Gulf, including mine-sweeping drills, which got under way last week. The US Navy claims the maneuvers are not directly aimed at Iran, but the West and its regional allies have made clear they would react against attempts by Tehran to carry out threats to try to close critical Gulf oil shipping lanes in retaliation for tighter sanctions over its disputed nuclear program.
Fadavi did not elaborate on the ongoing Iranian exercise or the type of missiles fired but said the Guard is planning a "massive naval maneuver in the near future" in the strait.
Iran regularly holds maneuvers to upgrade its military readiness as well as test its equipment.
The latest drill comes amid tension over Iran's nuclear program and Israel's suggestion that it might unilaterally strike Iranian nuclear facilities to scuttle what the US and its allies believe are efforts to build an atomic bomb.
Tehran denies it is pursuing such weapons and insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.
On Sunday, a senior Guard commander warned that Iran would target US bases in the region in the event of war with Israel. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who heads the Guard's aerospace division, claimed no Israeli attack can happen without the support of its most important ally, the United States, making all US military bases a legitimate target.
Iran has in the past also warned that oil shipments through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the route for a fifth of the world's oil, will be in jeopardy if a war breaks out.
For its part, Israel believes that any attack on Iran would likely unleash retaliation in the form of Iranian missiles as well as rocket attacks by Iranian proxies Hezbollah and Hamas on its northern and southern borders.
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has test-fired four missiles designed to hit warships during a drill near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, an Iranian military commander said.
The missiles were fired simultaneously and hit a "big target" the size of a warship, sinking it within 50 seconds, Gen. Ali Fadavi of the powerful Revolutionary Guard was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency.
The Fars report late Monday was the first indication of an Iranian military exercise taking place simultaneously and close to US-led joint naval maneuvers in the Persian Gulf, including mine-sweeping drills, which got under way last week. The US Navy claims the maneuvers are not directly aimed at Iran, but the West and its regional allies have made clear they would react against attempts by Tehran to carry out threats to try to close critical Gulf oil shipping lanes in retaliation for tighter sanctions over its disputed nuclear program.
Fadavi did not elaborate on the ongoing Iranian exercise or the type of missiles fired but said the Guard is planning a "massive naval maneuver in the near future" in the strait.
Iran regularly holds maneuvers to upgrade its military readiness as well as test its equipment.
The latest drill comes amid tension over Iran's nuclear program and Israel's suggestion that it might unilaterally strike Iranian nuclear facilities to scuttle what the US and its allies believe are efforts to build an atomic bomb.
Tehran denies it is pursuing such weapons and insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.
On Sunday, a senior Guard commander warned that Iran would target US bases in the region in the event of war with Israel. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who heads the Guard's aerospace division, claimed no Israeli attack can happen without the support of its most important ally, the United States, making all US military bases a legitimate target.
Iran has in the past also warned that oil shipments through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the route for a fifth of the world's oil, will be in jeopardy if a war breaks out.
For its part, Israel believes that any attack on Iran would likely unleash retaliation in the form of Iranian missiles as well as rocket attacks by Iranian proxies Hezbollah and Hamas on its northern and southern borders.
Obama: US will 'do what we must' to prevent nuclear Iran
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President Obama, speaking to world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday, vowed the U.S. "will do what we must" to prevent Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon -- calling this a threat to Israel's existence.
Amid accusations from Republicans, including Mitt Romney, that Obama's policies have not slowed Iran's nuclear march, the president used the U.N. stage to assure the international community that he is serious about preventing that outcome.
"Make no mistake: a nuclear-armed Iran is not a challenge that can be contained," Obama said. "It would threaten the elimination of Israel, the security of Gulf nations, and the stability of the global economy.
It risks triggering a nuclear-arms race in the region, and the unraveling of the non-proliferation treaty.
That's why a coalition of countries is holding the Iranian government accountable. And that's why the United States will do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon."
The president reiterated that he wants to resolve the issue "through diplomacy" but the time for doing so "is not unlimited."
Obama has been under fire for, so far, opting not to meet in New York with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose prime area of international concern is Iran's nuclear program. Obama also has not scheduled one-on-one meetings with any world leader at the U.N.
The reference to Iran came toward the end of a speech otherwise devoted to addressing the recent tumult in the Middle East and North Africa, including the murder of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans in Benghazi.
Obama began his address to the General Assembly Tuesday with a tribute to Ambassador Chris Stevens. Recalling Stevens' time serving in the Peace Corps as an English instructor in Morocco, he said Stevens "came to love and respect" the people of the region and carried that commitment throughout his life.
"I tell you this story because Chris Stevens embodied the best of America," Obama said.
The president went on to restate his administration's support for the Arab Spring, calling it a "season of progress."
But he said the recent violence and unrest is indicative of the difficulties along the way. "True democracy -- real freedom -- is hard work," he said.
Obama said leaders in the region are at a critical juncture, and urged them to choose the forces of hope over the forces of intolerance.
"It is time to leave the call of violence and the politics of division behind," Obama said. "On so many issues, we face a choice between the promise of the future, or the prisons of the past. And we cannot afford to get it wrong. We must seize this moment. And America stands ready to work with all who are willing to embrace a better future."
The president called on world leaders to "marginalize" those that stoke hatred of the West in order to further their own politics.
And he continued to address the anti-Islam film that is blamed for many of the recent demonstrations against U.S. diplomatic posts -- though that film may not have played much of a role in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya. While the president did not describe that attack as terrorism Tuesday, Romney did in a separate speech to the Clinton Global Initiative conference.
Obama stressed that while he condemns the "crude and disgusting" video, America maintains the right to free speech.
"And on this we must agree: There is no speech that justifies mindless violence," Obama said.
"There are no words that excuse the killing of innocents. There is no video that justifies an attack on an embassy," the president said.
Obama said the world now faces a choice "between the forces that would drive us apart, and the hopes that we hold in common."
The last time Obama addressed the assembly, there was an air of hope surrounding the Arab Spring. U.S. officials remain optimistic, but some also worry that the latest unrest is perhaps the dark side of the revolution.
Obama used his U.N. address to urge leaders in the region not to let their hard-fought gains be undermined by those peddling the politics of hate and division.
The relationship between the Libya attack and the protests against an anti-Islam film elsewhere in the region remains unclear. Obama, in an interview on Monday, said the Libya attack was not just a "mob action." Other evidence has emerged indicating the attack was pre-planned, though the administration has not yet publicly drawn that conclusion.
The speech Tuesday morning kicked off a day heavy on foreign policy for both the president and Romney.
Romney addressed the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City in the morning, and Obama is expected to address the initiative later in the day.
President Obama, speaking to world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday, vowed the U.S. "will do what we must" to prevent Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon -- calling this a threat to Israel's existence.
Amid accusations from Republicans, including Mitt Romney, that Obama's policies have not slowed Iran's nuclear march, the president used the U.N. stage to assure the international community that he is serious about preventing that outcome.
"Make no mistake: a nuclear-armed Iran is not a challenge that can be contained," Obama said. "It would threaten the elimination of Israel, the security of Gulf nations, and the stability of the global economy.
It risks triggering a nuclear-arms race in the region, and the unraveling of the non-proliferation treaty.
That's why a coalition of countries is holding the Iranian government accountable. And that's why the United States will do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon."
The president reiterated that he wants to resolve the issue "through diplomacy" but the time for doing so "is not unlimited."
Obama has been under fire for, so far, opting not to meet in New York with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose prime area of international concern is Iran's nuclear program. Obama also has not scheduled one-on-one meetings with any world leader at the U.N.
The reference to Iran came toward the end of a speech otherwise devoted to addressing the recent tumult in the Middle East and North Africa, including the murder of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans in Benghazi.
Obama began his address to the General Assembly Tuesday with a tribute to Ambassador Chris Stevens. Recalling Stevens' time serving in the Peace Corps as an English instructor in Morocco, he said Stevens "came to love and respect" the people of the region and carried that commitment throughout his life.
"I tell you this story because Chris Stevens embodied the best of America," Obama said.
The president went on to restate his administration's support for the Arab Spring, calling it a "season of progress."
But he said the recent violence and unrest is indicative of the difficulties along the way. "True democracy -- real freedom -- is hard work," he said.
Obama said leaders in the region are at a critical juncture, and urged them to choose the forces of hope over the forces of intolerance.
"It is time to leave the call of violence and the politics of division behind," Obama said. "On so many issues, we face a choice between the promise of the future, or the prisons of the past. And we cannot afford to get it wrong. We must seize this moment. And America stands ready to work with all who are willing to embrace a better future."
The president called on world leaders to "marginalize" those that stoke hatred of the West in order to further their own politics.
And he continued to address the anti-Islam film that is blamed for many of the recent demonstrations against U.S. diplomatic posts -- though that film may not have played much of a role in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya. While the president did not describe that attack as terrorism Tuesday, Romney did in a separate speech to the Clinton Global Initiative conference.
Obama stressed that while he condemns the "crude and disgusting" video, America maintains the right to free speech.
"And on this we must agree: There is no speech that justifies mindless violence," Obama said.
"There are no words that excuse the killing of innocents. There is no video that justifies an attack on an embassy," the president said.
Obama said the world now faces a choice "between the forces that would drive us apart, and the hopes that we hold in common."
The last time Obama addressed the assembly, there was an air of hope surrounding the Arab Spring. U.S. officials remain optimistic, but some also worry that the latest unrest is perhaps the dark side of the revolution.
Obama used his U.N. address to urge leaders in the region not to let their hard-fought gains be undermined by those peddling the politics of hate and division.
The relationship between the Libya attack and the protests against an anti-Islam film elsewhere in the region remains unclear. Obama, in an interview on Monday, said the Libya attack was not just a "mob action." Other evidence has emerged indicating the attack was pre-planned, though the administration has not yet publicly drawn that conclusion.
The speech Tuesday morning kicked off a day heavy on foreign policy for both the president and Romney.
Romney addressed the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City in the morning, and Obama is expected to address the initiative later in the day.
Israel on high alert ahead of Yom Kippur
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Israel's security establishment and emergency services have been put on high alert Tuesday ahead of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
The IDF and Israel Police beefed up patrols in cities, and around synagogues, and officers were also stationed at the entrances to towns.
A comprehensive closure of West Bank border crossings went into effect on Monday night, and will continue until midnight on Wednesday. The IDF Spokesperson's Unit said that individuals will be allowed to cross in cases of extreme medical or humanitarian emergency, subject to the approval of the Civil Administration.
Magen David Adom has reinforced its stations throughout the country with extra personnel on Yom Kippur in order to provide rapid medical care for cyclists and those fasting, should the need arise.
The fast will begin in Tel Aviv at 5:11 P.M., and end at 6:09 P.M. on Wednesday. In Jerusalem, the fast begins at 4:56 P.M., and will end at 6:07 P.M. on Wednesday.
In Be’er Sheva, fasting begins at 5:14 P.M., and ends at 6:09 P.M. In Haifa, the fast begins at 5:02 P.M, and ends at 6:08 P.M.
As the fast begins, synagogues throughout Israel will open their doors for “Kol Nidrei” prayers.
Israel's security establishment and emergency services have been put on high alert Tuesday ahead of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
The IDF and Israel Police beefed up patrols in cities, and around synagogues, and officers were also stationed at the entrances to towns.
A comprehensive closure of West Bank border crossings went into effect on Monday night, and will continue until midnight on Wednesday. The IDF Spokesperson's Unit said that individuals will be allowed to cross in cases of extreme medical or humanitarian emergency, subject to the approval of the Civil Administration.
Magen David Adom has reinforced its stations throughout the country with extra personnel on Yom Kippur in order to provide rapid medical care for cyclists and those fasting, should the need arise.
The fast will begin in Tel Aviv at 5:11 P.M., and end at 6:09 P.M. on Wednesday. In Jerusalem, the fast begins at 4:56 P.M., and will end at 6:07 P.M. on Wednesday.
In Be’er Sheva, fasting begins at 5:14 P.M., and ends at 6:09 P.M. In Haifa, the fast begins at 5:02 P.M, and ends at 6:08 P.M.
As the fast begins, synagogues throughout Israel will open their doors for “Kol Nidrei” prayers.
Syrian mortar shells land in northern Golan Heights
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Numerous mortar shells fired by the Syrian army landed near Kibbutz Elrom in the northern Golahn Heights early Tuesday morning.
There were no casualties reported, and the Israel Defense Forces is investigating the incident. The shells were apparently fired at the Syrian village of Jubata Al Khashab, in response to Syrian rebel activity in the area.
A resident of the nearby village Majdal Shams told Haaretz that loud explosions were heard in the area overnight. “We heard the explosions, and I thought a shell had fallen on our side,” said the resident.
A similar incident occurred roughly two months ago, when a mortar shell landed to the east of the Druze village Mas’ada, in the demilitarized zone between Israel and Syria, very close to the Israeli border. "It seems to be linked to the battle which began last Wednesday in the Syrian village of Jubata Al Khashab, between the Syrian army and the rebels," a Mas’ada resident told Haaretz.
Then, an IDF source said that the shelling was intended to hit the rebel forces, and it landed in the demilitarized zone is as a result of a miscalculation of the Syrian forces, who are located in a village not far from the border.
The source noted that in the next round between the army and the rebels, a mortar shell could easily land on the Israeli side of the border, adding that IDF soldiers stationed at the border are prepared for such possibility.
Numerous mortar shells fired by the Syrian army landed near Kibbutz Elrom in the northern Golahn Heights early Tuesday morning.
There were no casualties reported, and the Israel Defense Forces is investigating the incident. The shells were apparently fired at the Syrian village of Jubata Al Khashab, in response to Syrian rebel activity in the area.
A resident of the nearby village Majdal Shams told Haaretz that loud explosions were heard in the area overnight. “We heard the explosions, and I thought a shell had fallen on our side,” said the resident.
A similar incident occurred roughly two months ago, when a mortar shell landed to the east of the Druze village Mas’ada, in the demilitarized zone between Israel and Syria, very close to the Israeli border. "It seems to be linked to the battle which began last Wednesday in the Syrian village of Jubata Al Khashab, between the Syrian army and the rebels," a Mas’ada resident told Haaretz.
Then, an IDF source said that the shelling was intended to hit the rebel forces, and it landed in the demilitarized zone is as a result of a miscalculation of the Syrian forces, who are located in a village not far from the border.
The source noted that in the next round between the army and the rebels, a mortar shell could easily land on the Israeli side of the border, adding that IDF soldiers stationed at the border are prepared for such possibility.
G’mar Chatima Tova!
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Yom Kippur – a day of fasting and prayer – the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, begins at sundown today and continues till sundown Wednesday. It is the Day of Atonement, with the religious inspecting themselves and their actions and imploring Hashem for forgiveness for the sins.
At this opportunity, we wish all readers and supporters to merit a total repentance and a complete absolvement for the upcoming year. May we all be inscribed the Book of Life and meet the Moshiach speedily in the upcoming days.
A Gemar Chasima Tova, may we all be zoche to do Teshuva, and an easy fast. May you, your family, and all your loved ones be sealed for life, health and happines Amen!
Yom Kippur – a day of fasting and prayer – the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, begins at sundown today and continues till sundown Wednesday. It is the Day of Atonement, with the religious inspecting themselves and their actions and imploring Hashem for forgiveness for the sins.
At this opportunity, we wish all readers and supporters to merit a total repentance and a complete absolvement for the upcoming year. May we all be inscribed the Book of Life and meet the Moshiach speedily in the upcoming days.
A Gemar Chasima Tova, may we all be zoche to do Teshuva, and an easy fast. May you, your family, and all your loved ones be sealed for life, health and happines Amen!
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