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Jul 13
2020
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Parents may despair of getting their young children to eat vegetables without protest. They might try picking up Asian Take Out in Los Angeles on occasion, as the delicious meals appeal to youngsters as well as adults. When the lightly cooked colorful veggies are included with tasty sauces and enhanced with pieces of chicken, beef, pork or seafood, kids discover they do like vegetables after all.
Some foods are appealing to children in general. Young kids tend to shy away from strong flavors and prefer milder foods. They tend to like rice, which makes Asian Take Out in Los Angeles a natural choice. Parents might order a light white sauce with stir-fry meals and stay away from garlic brown sauce and Teriyaki until the children get a bit older. The youngsters will probably enjoy egg rolls or spring rolls, appreciating the crispy texture of the exterior as it contrasts with the crunchy veggies and bits of meat inside.
Children also tend to love dumplings, so wonton soup and menu items such as beef wonton are welcome choices. They are bound to like eating chicken wings and probably already do so. Introducing them to wings flavored with Asian accents is fun for both parents and kids. Chicken soup is kid-friendly, so the parents may want to include a big container of that as well. Any leftover take-out portions can be refrigerated and reheated for lunch or snacks the next day.
It may still be a while before the younger children are willing to eat a simple bowl of cooked vegetables or a salad without putting up a fuss. With the assistance of an Asian Food Restaurant Los Angeles, they’ll start learning which veggies they especially like and which ones they would just as soon avoid. That’s useful for teaching them that they don’t need to renounce every vegetable they encounter. They may especially prefer the sweeter items, such as peas and pea pods, carrots and broccoli. It might take a little longer before they come to really appreciate water chestnuts, bok choy and Chinese mushrooms. In the meantime, they’ll be boosting their nutrition with the other colorful plant foods.
Jul 13
2020Thursday, December 31, 2009
A suicide bomber attacked an American base in the Khowst region on the Pakistani border of Afghanistan, leaving seven American CIA officers dead and six injured. No American or NATO military personnel were killed or injured in the attack on Forward Operating Base Chapman.
It appears that the suicide bomber, reportedly wearing an Afghan National Army uniform, blew himself up in either the gym or the dining facility of Base Chapman.
In a statement on the Voice of Jihad web page, the Taliban claimed responsiblity for the attack, alleging 20 “CIA employees” were killed in the incident.
The Chapman Base is a converted military base which is now being used for civilian reconstruction operations, although military personnel are still located on the base. Camp Salerno, the main base in the Khowst province, has been the target of many attacks in recent weeks.
Recent attacks have been focused on foreign civilians, such as an incident in October in which 7 foreign and 3 Afghan civilians were killed in an attack at a UN guest house. The CIA has not lost this many operatives in nearly 25 years and the last time CIA agents were killed was in 2003.
Jul 11
2020Wednesday, March 1, 2006
The Sizzler Restaurant franchise in Australia has closed the salad bars in all of its 29 restaurants across the country, after rat poison was discovered in food at two of the chain’s outlets in Brisbane. Self-serve salad bars at the restaurants have been closed in response to a sabotage scare. Sizzler Australia Managing Director Bo Ryan said customer safety was always the restaurant chain’s first priority.
A media release on the Sizzler website states: “As a precautionary measure and because customer health and safety is our number one priority, we have temporarily closed salad bars in all Sizzler Restaurants. We sincerely apologise for this major inconvenience.”
Police said green pellets were found in pasta sauce at a Sizzler restaurant in Brisbane’s inner-west on January 20. A regular customer at the Toowong restaurant told Sizzler staff she had found something odd in her bolognese pasta sauce. Similar pellets were found in a vegetable soup at Sizzler’s Myer Centre outlet in the city about 5pm on Saturday.
Bo Ryan said the decision to close all of its Australian salad bars was made after laboratory tests confirmed that the substance in the pasta sauce was indeed rat poison. He said trainees who tasted the poisoned soup had been been taken to hospital by ambulance as a precaution, but had suffered no ill effects.
Queensland Police Inspector Bob Hytch said no one had been reported ill as a result of eating the poisoned food and there had been no extortion threats. Sarah Kenny, a university student, said she and two friends had eaten spaghetti bolognese that “tasted really weird”.
“The inconvenience to customers and the economic impact on the company and its 1600 employees will be severe, but as a family restaurant our first priority is the welfare of our diners,” said Bo Ryan. “Steak and seafood and a limited range of salads would continue to be available.” He hopes that customers will understand the action was taken in their best interests, and that “they can be patient while temporary product security procedures are developed and implemented in all restaurants.”
The 29 Australian Sizzler Restaurants, along with 107 Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets are operated by the Collins Foods Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Worldwide Restaurant Concepts Inc. Mr Ryan said Sizzler was assessing measures which could be taken to prevent a recurrence of the sabotage. “As soon as new measures are introduced, over and above existing strict protocols, we will reassess the situation,” he said.
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Jul 08
2020
Submitted by: Steve Evans
A few months back, I brought home a Dog Rescue Society adoption dog.
I feel like I was allowed to rush into it without enough cooling off time. I saw a dog rescue adoption advertisement in my local paper, I took to one photo of one of their dogs and the image stuck in my brain. The next day I happened to be travelling past the kennels with some spare time in hand. I was tempted and I took a look around and I just couldn’t say no to one dog I saw, despite the fact that he was only a mongrel of doubful origin and and must have been greatly cross bred.
But, how could you say no to such a cute dog with such wide sad eyes, sitting alone in a pen waiting for someone to come and pick him up. Animal shelter rescue operations know how to pull at your heartstrings they can’t help wanting to help the dogs to find a home, it is human nature. Nevertheless, I should have thought twice before I went in for this dog rescue adoption. It really was not a wise choice for me.
You see, dog adoption rescue is all well and good for the first week or two. The dog I got was really friendly and followed my every move around the house.
The trouble is that it was a little bit older than I wanted. After a week it dawned on me I would have to take care of this dog for the rest of its life. I already have a Doberman not the easiest or smallest of dogs and I would have to train this second dog, take care of it, and keep it out of trouble all of its life.
Now with a puppy this would not have been daunting, but this dog had not been schooled at all. It did not have a clue about training, and would not even answer to its name.
One of my friends told me that I could take the dog rescue adoption dog back, and give up on the whole thing, but I did not want to do that. I felt like the poor dog had already been through too many things. Although this dog was only about three years old, it had by all accounts already been in the kennels a year back, and had been found wandering on the road.
I think that dogs are more like humans than we would like to think, (even mongrels!). They are affected by the way that they are treated. If they are treated like property, shuffled around, and not allowed to bond to anyone who owns them, they will develop serious nervous problems. It seemed to me that if I returned this pooch to the dog rescue adoption centre just as it was getting used to me, I would be betraying it. I would be damning it to a life of misery. It was already so insecure that it would not let me out of its sight all day around the house.
However, after a while I did manage to drum some basic obedience training into the mongrel. My Doberman Pinscher helped. I think this was because the new dog could see the obedient responses my Doberman gives to my command.
Then, my luck came when I met a friend while out dog walking about three months back. We had walked together several times since I had him, and from the start, she had really taken a fancy to him, and him to her for some reason. However, she had her own dog and no inclination to take on another.
I was at first surprised that this time we met she had no dog with her. Soon after we got talking she explained her sadness that her pet had lost all appetite and had virtually stopped eating over a period of about two weeks. She had taken the animal to the local vet, and he had found a cancer which was well advanced. In only a little over a fortnight her dog had died, and now she was walking alone and very much wanting for canine company.
When I realised her grief – and don’t underestimate the depth of grieving which can occur for a dog – I really wanted to help her, and I knew that I now had a much better behaved dog due to my training of him than the animal I had taken on. That mongrel was no longer a liability on walks or likely to run-off in an uncontrolled fashion. He was no longer uncontrollable and at risk of causing an accident, or misbehaving out of control.
So, I offered her the chance that she might take him on, and she was delighted. The first while he was on loan to her, but that soon changed, and now I doubt she would give him away for any amount of money!
Finally, though, I would like to say that I am a quiet kind of a guy. It takes a while for me to get to know people.
However, in handing over that mutt I got to know that lady rather well. It created a common bond between us, which became a friendship. Well, I have to say we are really enjoying each other’s company now. It could just be that I didn’t truly get that dog away out of my life at all. It may be I just got me a life partner… and that dog never left at all… not bad eh! That’s dog rescue for you!
About the Author: Steve Evans is more of a dog lover than he will tell you. He contributes to the Dog Breeds Compendium, where you can find most things to do with dogs. Visit:
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Jul 08
2020Monday, September 20, 2010
A woman who was recorded throwing a cat into an outdoor rubbish bin has been charged with two counts of animal cruelty. 45-year-old Mary Bale, from Coventry, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, was recorded on a security camera allegedly giving the tabby cat — Lola, aged four — a stroking and looking at her surroundings before taking the animal and dumping it into the wheelie bin before walking away from the scene.
The cat was discovered in the bin fifteen hours later by her owners, 24-year-old Stephanie Andrews-Mann and her husband, 26-year-old Darryl. She appeared to be unharmed. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals — otherwise known by the abbreviation RSPCA — have now brought charges against Mary Bale under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Judith Haw, a spokesperson for the RSPCA, has stated: “The RSPCA has taken the case to court as two alleged offences have been committed: of causing unnecessary suffering to a cat and of not providing the animal with a suitable environment. As criminal proceedings are now active the RSPCA will not be issuing any further statements or completing interview requests until conclusion of the court case.”
Having received a court summons from the RSPCA on Sunday, Bale is anticipated to make an appearance at Coventry Magistrates Court on October 19, 2010 at 1000 BST (0900 UTC). Bale had previously released a public apology. “I cannot explain why I did this,” it read. “It is completely out of character and I certainly did not intend to cause any distress to Lola or her owners.”
In a video available on Sky News Online Stephanie Andrews-Mann spoke about this incident and explained that “we thought it was probably someone coming from a night in the pub that thought it’d be hilarious to put a cat in the bin. We didn’t expect to find what it was we found.” When asked what she thought about the woman who committed this act, Stephanie commented: “I don’t know. I don’t know what could possibly go through her head to want to put a cat in a bin.” Stephanie’s husband Darryl explained: “It was basically after we’d found Lola in the bin that we played back the video footage and seen, obviously, what had gone on, what had happened.” Describing this act, he expressed: “I think it’s disgusting. I don’t know how anyone could treat, um, a harmless animal that can’t defend itself, just do something like that to it.”
Jul 07
2020Tuesday, October 23, 2007
It turns out that dogs may not be the only ‘man’s best friend.’ A parrot in Muncie, Indiana is being credited with saving the lives of its owners.
According to the owner 33-year-old Shannon Conwell along with his 9-year-old son were watching television when they both fell asleep on the living room couch when a fire began to spread through the house around 3:00 a.m. on Friday October 19.
The Amazon, yellow-headed Parrot named Peanut reportedly imitates the sounds of several objects and began to emit one very similar to a fire alarm, waking the family from their sleep.
“He was really screaming his head off. I grabbed my son and my bird and got out of the house,” said Conwell who also said that the fire alarm was also going off, but the bird woke her and her son. Conwell said that there were several pieces of medical equipment inside the house that also make a lot of noise. The equipment was there due to an accidental finger amputation which occurred only a few hours prior to the fire.
A bedroom, the kitchen and the dining room were all severely damaged in the fire, but no one was injured or killed. The fire department says that they are currently investigating the incident and have not said what the cause was.
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Finding the right weighing scales for business should be simple and, in many cases, it is. However, finding a high quality weighing scale manufacturer is also important when it comes to finding the right scales for your business. In many industries, the weighing process is an essential part of the firm’s core business, so making the right choices and the right investment is advisable.
Industry specialists
Industrial scales come in all shapes and sizes and are designed to suit a huge range of industries. Some weighing scale manufacturers operate in specific industries – medical, scientific or food processing – while others operate across a range of industries. The latter can be a sensible choice for most industries as this means the firm should have the knowledge, experience and expertise to help you choose the right scales for your process.
Ongoing support
Many manufacturers offer maintenance and servicing options; for those who rely on their weighing equipment for day to day operational purposes this can be a significant factor in choosing the right manufacturer. Constant use is likely to mean regular maintenance checks are required and repairs will also be needed on an occasional basis. Given that industrial scales are likely to be a significant investment, it’s worth ensuring your scales remain in perfect working order.
Future proofing
There are several factors that will influence the capacity of scale that you’ll need. As an investment, it’s worth choosing a capacity that is higher than your current needs. This has two advantages; firstly it offers flexibility if load requirements change in the future and secondly it avoids overloading scales on a regular basis (and consequent damage or loss of accuracy).
Reputation counts
The quality of a manufacturer’s products and their reputation and experience within the industry are essential factors to consider when choosing the right firm to supply your weight equipment needs. While it’s likely that well respected and experienced firms may offer more expensive solutions, it’s important to remember that your scales are likely to be essential to your ability to make profit and that their lifespan is a crucial aspect of the purchasing decision.
Specialist knowledge
Today most firms will offer a range of scales and weighing equipment that can work within automated process. A firm that has experience and technical knowledge in this field will be essential if this is a requirement of your process.
The bottom line
While price will, in many cases, be a significant factor, weighing equipment can be a crucial element within your process and, as in so many areas in life, paying the highest price is likely to make for the best long term investment.
Hardy Process Solutions is headquartered in San Diego, California and the firm is renowned for its inyears.
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