Via: Flickr Title: Window day By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 17 Aug ’06, 8.25am CDT PST
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Seattle port terminal evacuated, bomb squad called?|?Reuters.com SEATTLE, Aug 16 (Reuters) – A terminal at the Port of Seattle was evacuated on Wednesday and a bomb squad was investigating a ship container that alarmed bomb-sniffing dogs, a port spokesman said. Authorities set up a 2,000-foot (610-metre) perimeter around Terminal 18, just south of downtown Seattle, port spokesman David Schaefer said. The container first raised suspicion when a screening using gamma ray technology about the contents’ density did not match the items listed on the ships’ manifest. Then bomb-sniffing dogs indicated the possible presence of explosives. “There is a bomb disposal…
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Stonyfield Yogurt – Beef Stroganoff 1 lb beef loin, sliced into 1 inch strips 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 yellow onion, thin sliced 1/2 cup mushrooms, sliced 1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon 1/2 teaspoon paprika 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1/2 cup dry white wine 1/2 cup beef broth 2 tablespoons dijon mustard 1 cup plain lowfat yogurt Directions: Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add sliced beef loin, onion and mushrooms, saut� until meat begins to brown. Add flour to the mixture, and continue to cook for two minutes, stirring constantly. Add tarragon, paprika, wine and beef broth,…
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I thought this quote was a prank when I read it on Boing Boing, so I went to the main CNN site and there it was: CNN.com – Agent infiltrated terror cell, U.S. says – Aug 10, 2006 A senior congressional source said it is believed the plotters planned to mix a British sports drink with a gel-like substance to make a potent explosive that could be ignited with an MP3 player or cell phone. The sports drink could be combined with a peroxide-based paste to form a potent “explosive cocktail,” if properly done, said a U.S. counterterrorism official. Are…
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Today’s big bad security flap made for a very bad day for a lot of people. It wasn’t the nightmare I thought it would be at work, but there was a lot of information-overload “chaff” in the morning that had me stumped, so that I gave out bad information. Bad information! No! No! One of our travelers was escorted from the airport at a large city in India and told that he’d have to find someplace to stay for the night; he wasn’t even flying inbound to London, which was where so many flights were either delayed, diverted, or stranded.…
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Woke up to this morning’s news about the foiled plot in Britain to combine benign substances smuggled aboard at least 8 aircraft flying between London and the US and cause a series of catastrophic explosions. I heard the original live press conference with Chertoff, now I’m listening to Torturer-General Alberto Gonzalez following up on National Public Radio… I predict that very soon there will be some further erosion of civil rights, because it’s odd to me that a country’s atttorney general being prepped and primed to speak so soon after a major news break of this nature. It just feels…
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BBC NEWS | Europe | Ancient dagger found in Bulgaria It’s made of an alloy of gold and platinum that wasn’t believed to exist for another millennium. Although it’s broken into at least 2 pieces, it’s still sharp enough to shave with, according to one observer. It’s 5,000 years old, and was once the most beautiful weapon on Earth. Though no one is saying anything about the more than 15,000 tiny gold rings also found in the same site, they might have been from a chainmail shirt or garment of some type (rather than bits of broken jewelry). A shirt…
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NOOOOO! They’ve installed advertising flatscreens in the elevators at work! It’s not truly “television,” but it’s yet another commercial intrusion into one of life’s little bastions of peace. It was bad enough when Muzak was all the rage, and you were forced to listen as you went from floor to floor, but I had hoped that we’d be spared ads in our obscure and out of the way suburban building. Dang. Via: Flickr Title: 08-08-06_1503.jpg By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 8 Aug ’06, 3.04pm CDT PST Technorati Tags: Advertising
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Seen recently: ***Dave :: Curry and Cognition. I mentioned this idea that’s been making the rounds via a recent study to my husband David: eating curry may have a beneficial effect on the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, and eating it now and then may have some sort of protective effect. So; more curry for us! We made some using a rather strange but tasty Japanese product called “Vermont Curry,” which I found at Meijer. It was a lot like the H&B curry blocks (which are melted into a hot, soupy mixture of sauted meats and vegetables that have then come…