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Shopping & Style
Your comprehensive guide to the best Penang shopping, style and fashion
Best shopping streets
Lorong Kulit
Lorong Kulit Market (its translation is Skin lane, a reference to its history as a leather/tannery area, right next to the river) has always been known as the 'Thieves Market'. It is in many ways a very green market where second hand goods are available and therein lies its charm.Brassware, keys, old watches, coins, old photographs, maps, instruments, Chinaware, vintage items, enamel ware, kitchen utensils, old tools, jewellery are all on display and each visit will produce a find. One has to be prepared to rummage and get your hands dirty. Go in with the attitude that 'one man's rubbish is another man's treasure' and delve into the narrow but well organised passages between stalls. Wonderful vintage handbags, leather satchels, Chinese scrolls, vintage Horlicks jars, enamel ladles and beautiful incense pots can all be found.In addition to the vintage items, there are semiprecious stones (find Pak Wandi), perfumes, medicinal stalls, oils for invigorating various organs (mainly male) and traditional beauty products promoted by charismatic salesmen with headphones and speakers. Also, computer -savvy kids fix laptops and upload music. Don't forget to find Seng Keat on the weekends. He restores and sells wonderful vintage bicycles and has all the spare parts. If you're lucky on the day, the local honey man comes in with his honey comb – his honey has the flavour of lemons and is nectar to the senses.Local fruits and vegetables are offered in season but there is a vast array of apples, oranges, grapes and even pomegranates from Spain. Local spicy tapioca crisps, cheap and wonderful toys, toothpaste, footwear, plants, rabbits, clothes by the truck-load are looked over carefully by enthusiastic crowds Local delicacies are cooked up to one side and stop for a refreshing coconut water from the lady vendor at the entrance. Lorong Kulit Market is open every day but closes by early afternoon. Saturdays and Sundays are the best days to go (if you like it busy). Rebecca Duckett-Wilkinson
Batu Ferringhi
In the harsh glare of the tropical sun it's hard to believe that Batu Ferringhi is Penang's legendary tourist strip. World-class resorts rub shoulders uneasily with haphazardly assembled convenience stores, tourist trap dining establishments and reflexology joints. The air is humid, the sun scorching, and the dusty pavements are practically empty… a few tourists amble along.However, in the late afternoon, seasoned roadside traders seem to appear out of nowhere and methodically wheel out their movable stalls. These roadside stalls and most of the small shops operate seven nights a week, 365 days a year and light up the one-kilometre strip. The difference between day and night couldn't be more extreme and when the sun goes down, the kitsch comes out. Night time is when Batu Ferringhi reveals her true neon-lit soul and the strip transforms into a frenetic, steaming Asian souk.All the tourists and locals venture out when the temperature has dropped, like moths to fluorescent lights, to wander around the stalls, window shop, haggle and just to absorb the energy. The Batu Ferringhi night market is famous for its pirated DVDs, knock-off luxury watches and handbags. Even the fakes are graded and you can expect to pay more for a 'better' fake. The shopping experience isn't all about pseudo-bling though and visitors should definitely take the time to browse for interesting home fittings, local souvenirs and crafts, handmade jewellery and art. The good, the bad and the ugly are all nicely jumbled up together which makes the shopping experience a typically quirky Penang affair.A few tips: haggling is all part of the game and the vendors expect tourists to engage in some friendly banter. Shopping can be murder on the feet and there are plenty of well-lit, family-friendly foot reflexology outlets all along the Batu Ferringhi strip. Rosalind Chua
Market Street
This main thoroughfare of Little India has shops that offer a range of goods and services to meet all your needs. At the top of the street, K.V.M. Thulasiraman (13 Market Street. www.kvmsavory.com) is a traditional Indian cakes paradise. Busy shoppers haggle in Syarikat Abdul Gaffar (29 & 29A Lebuh Pasar. +604 261 6803/www.spicehousesince1949.com) and you can find a weird combination of brass, glass bangles and Pooja spiritual items at Kanganam Trading Sdn Bhd (41 Lebuh Pasar. +604 261 8550). All the way down Market Street to your right are goldsmiths selling beautiful filigree dangling earrings and other selections in gold. Devan Jewellers (71G Lebuh Pasar. +604 264 1314), Gayathirii Tangge Maligai (42 Lebuh Pasar. +604 264 5452) and Tamilarasii's Tangge Maligai Jewellers (56 Lebuh Pasar. +604 262 5452) craft Indian jewellery in gold. Along Jalan Kapitan Keling are more jewellers trading all kinds of precious, semi-precious stones and gems. Visit Anita Saree (108 Lebuh Penang. +604 263 9272) and VKN Sivasamy & Sons (55 Lebuh Pasar. +604 263 4877) for ample saree choices. Head to the first floor for an array of glittering salwarkameez, kurtas, Indian cotton blouses and skirts. Ravichandran Enterprise (59 Lebuh Pasar. +604 642 8118) and most saree stores also carry handsome sherwani, Jodphuri and prince suits with turbans as well as dhoti and kurtas. Pop over next door to Selvi's Gallery Store (51A Lebuh Pasar. +604 263 6210) for a wide selection of bangles – glass, metal or plastic – with prices starting from RM3.50 for an entire wrist length. These come in all shades, one stack to match any saree you own. Fascinating trinkets and toe rings are found at Mogana Silver Jewellery (71G Lebuh Pasar. +604 261 6457) further down. Choose from a range of bindi decorations for your forehead. These range from pale pastels to deep rich colours and designs. If that's not enough, add glittering paisley stickers on your arms, hair and belly button. Lillian Tong
Penang Road
Browse for bric-a-brac, collectibles, clothing, art and antiques at the Little Penang Street Market (Upper Penang Road) every last Sunday of the month. Vendors, craftsmen and local artists peddle anything from paintings and plants to hobo bags and woodcarvings. There's entertainment on hand with live performances, children's activities, book readings and exhibitions. You'll find a harem of chiffon belly dance costumes and sequinned bustiers (ideal for your Arabian Nights-themed party) uncovered in Chinatown. Chinatown is roughly bordered by Lebuh King, Lebuh Stewart, Lebuh Muntri and Lebuh Campbell, just off Jalan Penang. This little nook sells Chinese qi pao and Mandarin outfits as well. The turn off to Lebuh Campbell deserves a visit as you'll find luggage, dried foodstuff from China and souvenirs. Acupuncturists and traditional Chinese medicine men weigh out medicinal herbs on antiquated weighing scales and calculate your purchases on an abacus. Get cheaper by the dozen at Mydin Wholesale Emporium (258 Jalan Penang. www.mydin.com.my) where you can get your stuff in bulk. Once a cinema, this one-stop wholesaler also houses inexpensive kitchenware, electrical items and everything a handy man could want. The costume jewellery range is chock-a-block with brooches, tiaras, plastic slides, barettes and gift boxes. You'll also spy aromatic perfumed oils, hair tonic and customised perfumes mixtures from frangipani, tuberose and patchouli to civet, muscat and more. Linger at the front façade of Chowrasta Market (Lower Penang Road) for nutmegs, sweetened candies, fruits, and other nibbles. Around the back is a wet market where you get to pick your chicken and have it slaughtered and dressed while you wait. Frogs are a delicacy and you might chance on the gruesome sight of a frog getting skinned. Homemade tofu, vegetables, fresh meat and fish are sold here too. On the first floor are several second-hand bookstores where they stock anything from romance novels and encyclopedias. Have a good rummage and it's possible to come up with a rare print or vintage publication. Lillian Tong
Penang's best markets
Apollo Market in Butterworth
Hop onto the ferry in Pengkalan Weld to Butterworth and then onto Rapid Penang bus 604 to the Apollo day market in Butterworth. Just ask the bus driver to drop you off to the Apollo Market junction and he will oblige. The food stalls take up a large part of the market which stretches for about half a kilometre. Here, you order your food at the respective stalls before sitting down at a table. Miraculously, your food will materialise before you and bear in mind, when it gets busy, you're required to share a table and who knows, you'll get to know new friends. Food wise, sample the traditional food such as char koay kak that's a stir-fried mixture of radish, bean sprouts, egg and rice flour. This combination does make wonderful comfort food.
Macallum Street satay seller
The night market's satay vendor is a real showman. His satay, just like him, is popular. Basically it's marinated chicken, beef or mutton pieces on skewers and grilled over charcoal fire then dipped into delicately spicy peanut sauce before taking a bite. To add texture to the dish, there are ketupat or rice cakes, sliced shallots and cucumber for accompaniment.
Chowrasta Bazaar
Chowrasta market is one of the most famous day wet markets in Penang. Located on Penang Road, it's walking distance from most hotels in George Town. Its busiest hours are between 7am and 10am when people go to buy their fresh produce such as vegetables, fish, meat and other essential ingredients for most Malaysian dishes. In this photograph of the coconut milk stall within the market, a worker grinds the white flesh of a coconut that will then be mixed with water and squeezed to produce litres of coconut milk to add into curries or desserts.
Jalan Kuala Kangsar Market
Jalan Kuala Kangsar in George Town is a very lively street market that links Campbell street with Chowrasta Market. There are old shop houses and market stalls selling everything from lingerie to durian – the king of fruits, according to Malaysians. Here you see ladies riding in a trishaw just outside of the market. In George Town, trishaws are ubiquitous and a unique way of seeing the sites around town. As a rule of thumb, the cost of an hour's ride per person is RM30.
Tanjung Bungah Night Market
The ladies obviously know each other and are regulars to this night market each Tuesday evening in the neighbourhood of Tanjung Bungah. It's a popular spot for residents of nearby areas to do their weekly supply of fresh produce and, as you can see, to catch up on gossip! It's a skip and a hop away from areas such as Tanjung Tokong and Batu Ferringhi. Oh, while you're here, seek out the pork burger stall, it's been said to serve freshly prepared lean, thick patties.


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Why Africa matters — to me, my students and our country
By J. Peter Pham, professor of justice studies
When I began my career, one of my mentors, knowing of my passionate, personal and professional interest in Africa, advised me to refrain from talking too much about it. "It will be too eccentric for most of your colleagues," he warned, "and certainly irrelevant to your students." While I have benefited immensely over the years from the counsel of more senior colleagues, I am glad that I ignored this particular piece of advice as my scholarship and teaching¿and, consequently, my students' intellectual and social horizons have been immeasurably enriched by my continuing engagement with African peoples and countries and their relations with the United States.
Instability breeds terrorism
How is this fascination of mine even relevant? That is a fundamental question since I belong to an academic community "committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who lead productive and meaningful lives," as the mission statement of James Madison University succinctly puts it. First, if the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, taught us anything, it is that poorly governed spaces like those found in many parts of Africa can be exploited to provide facilitating environments, recruits, and eventual targets for Islamist terrorists. As the 2002 National Security Strategy of the United States of America noted, "Weak states ... can pose as great a danger to our national interests as strong states. Poverty does not make poor people into terrorists and murderers. Yet poverty, weak institutions and corruption can make weak states vulnerable to terrorist networks and drug cartels within their borders." With the possible exception of the Greater Middle East, nowhere did this analysis truer than Africa where, as the document went on to acknowledge, regional conflicts arising from a variety of causes, including poor governance, external aggression, competing claims, internal revolt, and ethnic and religious tensions all "lead to the same ends: failed states, humanitarian disasters, and ungoverned areas that can become safe havens for terrorists."
The attacks by al-Qaeda on the U.S. embassies in Dar es Salaam Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, in 1998, and on an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, and, simultaneously, on an Israeli commercial airliner in 2002 only underscore the deadly reality of the terrorist threat in Africa, as have the more recent "rebranding" of Algerian Islamist terrorist organization Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (usually known by its French acronym GSPC) as "Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb" (AQIM), and the ongoing activities of various militant Islamist movements in the territory of the former Somali Democratic Republic, including al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-linked group designated a "foreign terrorist organization" by the U.S. State Department in early 2008, as well as the threat posed to global commerce by Somali piracy, the challenge of which have been underscored in recent months.
Abundant strategic resources
Second, it is in America's interest to protect access to hydrocarbons and other strategic resources, which Africa has in abundance and promote the integration of African nations into the global economy. President Barack Obama has repeatedly set as a goal to "eliminate our current imports from the Middle East and Venezuela within 10 years."
In 2008, according to data from the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration, African countries accounted for more of America's petroleum imports than the states of the Persian Gulf region: 916,727,000 barrels (19.5 percent) versus 868,516,000 barrels (18.4 percent). Moreover, most of the petroleum from the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of West Africa is light or "sweet" crude, which is preferred by U.S. refiners because it is largely free of sulfur. While production fluctuates, the significance of Africa for America's energy security cannot be underestimated. And it goes without saying that U.S. planners have not been oblivious to the fact that other countries, including China, Russia, and India, have been attracted by the African continent's natural wealth and recently increased their own engagements there, sometimes seeking exclusive arrangements.
On June 25, justice studies professor J. Peter Pham testified before the U.S. Congress about Africa and global health. Pham provided expertise to a subcommittee examining "Somalia: Prospects for Lasting Peace and a Unified Response to Extremism and Terrorism."
Humanitarian challenges abound
Third, another priority of U.S. foreign policy is empowering Africans and other partners to cope with the myriad humanitarian challenges, both man-made and natural, which afflict the continent with seeming disproportion¿not just the devastating toll which conflict, poverty and disease, especially HIV/AIDS, exact on Africans, but the depredations of the continent's remaining rogue regimes. While Africa boasts the world's fastest rate of population growth: by 2020, today's more than 900 million Africans will number more than 1.2 billion¿more than the combined populations of Europe and North America¿the dynamic potential implicit in the demographic figures just cited is, however, constrained, by the economic and epidemiological data. The United Nations Development Program's Human Development Report 2007/2008 determined that all 22 of the countries found to have "low development" were African states. While Sub-Saharan Africa is home to only 10 percent of the world's population, nearly two-thirds of the people infected with HIV are Sub-Saharan Africans. Numbers like these offend against America's conscience even as their consequences threaten our interests.
As a consequence of the existence of these significant national interests, my research work in African political and strategic issues has opened the door to numerous experiences, which have permitted me the rare privilege of truly integrating my scholarship, teaching and public service. The subject of my research, like that of any dedicated scholar, necessarily informs the examples used in lectures and other course settings. But, thanks to the increasing recognition by policymakers and other opinion leaders of the importance of political, economic, and security developments in Africa, my students and I have the satisfaction of seeing our in-class discussions mirrored in and, occasionally, anticipate civic discourse. A few of my students have even worked with me in research that has impacted public debate if not directly led to or otherwise influenced specific policy decisions.
Because much of the material I study and write about when I examine security issues is constantly evolving, in order to get it out in a timely fashion, I began writing a weekly Internet column more than three years ago. Since then, my weekly analysis has garnered a worldwide audience of about 5,000 regular readers, many of whom are senior government, military and intelligence officials. Since my column posts every week on Thursday morning, I usually have a draft by Tuesday evening. I have been wont to assemble a group of some of the students I work most closely with on Wednesday to discuss the material on the basis of the draft, occasionally taking their comments and other contributions into consideration before filing the "locking down" the piece.
Peter Pham talks with personnel from the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa based in Djibouti as they engage Somali nomads in January 2008. (Photo courtesy of CJTF-HOA Combat Camera Division)
For example, at the end of March 2009, following this habitual pattern, I wrote a commentary on the challenge of Somali piracy - a subject that I have followed for several years - and warning that it was only a matter of time before the United States, which had up to then largely remained aloof, would have to tackle the issue head on. Barely a week later, pirates briefly hijacked the MV Maersk Alabama and then tried to escape with Captain Richard Phillips as a hostage. I quickly found myself no longer talking about piracy to my seminar, but rather addressing international audiences on outlets like the BBC, CNN, and the Fox News Channel as well as briefing officials in Washington and testifying before a congressional hearing. I subsequently even had the opportunity to address senior European Union diplomatic and military officers and was invited to address U.S. businesses with a stake in maritime and port security under the auspices of the Corporate Council on Africa. As a direct result of these engagements as well as further research, I published several more Internet commentaries and several journal articles. Currently, I am writing a major monograph on the subject of Somali piracy which will look at the phenomenon from a variety of disciplinary perspectives¿history, political science, international relations, economics, international law, security studies, etc. I anticipate that this study will make its way into the classroom somehow, thus completing the circle.
It has been a great source of both encouragement and satisfaction for me and the students who have carried research under my supervision that our work is appreciated and often supported outside the immediate university community. In particular, it has been a privilege to work closely with Department of Defense and the men and women in the Armed Forces whose responsibilities for America's defense cover Africa in particular. I was honored last year when General William E. "Kip" Ward, commander of the U.S. Africa Command, invited me to give the keynote address in Mainz, Germany, at the command's first-ever Senior Leaders Conference. I am, however, even more gratified when in my travels to Africa I come across one or another former student who, perhaps just slightly influenced by our time together at JMU, has opted to work on the continent himself or herself.
I admit that I have been extraordinarily lucky. I have been able to work in the field that I am interested in and enjoy both the support and stimulus necessary to do it well. However, my experience also confirms my conviction that when a faculty members use the firm ground of pressing real-world concerns to integrate their varied strands of research, teaching and civic engagement, all three aspects of the academic life are enhanced to the benefit of the scholar and the enrichment of his or her students and peers as well as the community as a whole.
About the Author
J. Peter Pham is associate professor of justice studies, political science and Africana studies. He is the recipient of the 2008 Nelson Mandela International Prize for African Security and Development, presented by the Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security Studies, the Brenthurst Foundation, and the Nelson Mandela Foundation. He is currently on leave from James Madison University to serve as senior fellow and director of the Africa Project at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, a New York-based think tank. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C. He currently serves as vice president of the American Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa. On Nov. 21, Pham spoke on the Fox News channel about the recent surge of piracy off the east coast of Africa on the Fox News Channel. He was the principal expert commentator on Fox News Reporting: Pirates of the 21st Century, anchored by Geraldo Rivera. Pham has also authored, edited or translated more than a dozen books and is the author of more than 300 essays and reviews on a wide variety of subjects in scholarly and opinion journals. In addition to the study of terrorism and political violence, his research interests lie at the intersection of international relations, international law, political theory and ethics, with particular concentrations on the implications for United States foreign policy and African states as well as religion and global politics.
Read all of Peter Pham's commentary and articles for World Defense Review at http://worlddefensereview.com/phamarchive.shtml.


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Raising the eligibility age for Medicare sounds like a fiscal no-brainer.
After all, the Social Security retirement age is rising to 67. It would seem sensible for Medicare to have the same rule.
After all, life expectancy is growing. Today, the average 65-year-old can expect to live another 20 years — about five years longer than when Medicare started.
After all, federal health-care spending is on an unsustainable course. Something's got to give.
Amid the entitlement mumbo jumbo, raising the eligibility age is attractive to politicians casting about for savings because it is tangible. It is at the top of the Republican wish list. It was part of the never-consummated deal that House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama crafted last year — although House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has declared her opposition.
Here's the wrinkle: This no-brainer turns out to be exceedingly complicated. The savings aren't as big as you might imagine, because costs to other government health programs would rise as a result. Meanwhile, the move could have an array of problematic effects, from leaving seniors uninsured to raising premium costs for many others.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that gradually increasing the eligibility age to 67 would save $113 billion over the next decade; the savings in the second 10 years, with the cuts fully implemented, would be larger. By 2035, Medicare spending would be 7 percent lower than otherwise expected, or 5 percent when taking into account higher spending on other programs. This isn't chump change.
The Kaiser Family Foundation, calculating the effect of an immediate change, came up with a much smaller number: less than $6 billion in 2014. Kaiser found that raising the eligibility age would reduce Medicare spending on those seniors by $31 billion that year. But then Medicare premium receipts would drop by $7 billion because some seniors would not be paying into the program. Meanwhile, because some of the newly Medicare-less seniors would turn to the new health-insurance exchanges to obtain insurance, federal spending on the exchanges (premium and cost-sharing subsidies for lower-income seniors) would increase by $9.4 billion.
And federal spending on Medicaid, the health care program for the poor, would increase by $8.3 billion as the poorest seniors enroll in Medicaid under the new expanded-coverage part of the health care law.
Of course, that full Medicaid cost might not materialize if states choose not to participate in the Medicaid expansion, as the Supreme Court has allowed. But then you'd have some poor seniors — by the way, those likely to be in the worst health — left uninsured.
Indeed, the problem of uninsured seniors is a big part of the difference between Kaiser (the organization assumed that everyone would find new coverage) and the CBO, which estimated, before the Supreme Court ruling, that 5 percent of 65- and 66-year-olds would be uninsured. Yes, you can save money on government health programs by kicking people off. Leaving more people uninsured hardly sounds like good policy.
Paradoxically, with the higher eligibility age, the federal government would spend less money, but overall national spending on health care would rise because Medicare costs are lower than those of private insurers.
Meanwhile, with the youngest seniors out of the Medicare system, Kaiser estimated, premiums for the remaining seniors would increase by 3 percent because that population becomes older and sicker. Likewise, premiums on the health-care exchanges would increase by 3 percent, as the average age of enrollees (and therefore the average cost) rises. The risk pools get messed up in both directions.
And many of the newly ineligible seniors, the CBO said, would pay higher premiums or spend more out of pocket. This is not a problem for better-off seniors who'd simply turn to their employers or their retiree health plans; indeed, it would make them more conscious of costs.
But consider the 65-year-old who makes $46,000 a year — too much to qualify for federal insurance subsidies — and whose exchange premiums could reach $12,000. How is this affordable?
Raising the eligibility age would make sense if the neediest seniors are protected. The University of Pennsylvania's Ezekiel Emanuel has intriguingly proposed tying age limits in Social Security and Medicare to lifetime earnings: the richer you are, the longer you wait to collect benefits. Those with earnings in the bottom half would be shielded from any age increase.
The lesson of health-care reform is that every tweak to this complex mechanism has far-reaching, often unintended, consequences. Raising the eligibility age is worth debating but not without considering the ripple effects of this seemingly simple change.


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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- "They're pretty pesky things! They're not my favorite," says Ashleigh Dyson.
Ashleigh commutes to American University's campus each week. She's learned parking on the neighborhood streets can come with a high cost.
"There's one day I got two two tickets," she says.
Seventy-five dollars a pop. It's the penalty this third year marketing major has to pay for violating the school's "Good Neighbor" policy.
Anyone connected to AU can be ticketed by campus police if they park in nearby neighborhoods, even if the street sign says they can park, legally, for up to two hours.
"An average day we may ticket, maybe 20, 30 students," says one of AU's ticket writers.
AU students aren't the only ones who get snagged by those pricey violations.
"They don't seem to check anything at all. They just give the tickets out to any car they see on the street," says resident Rich Henneberry.
Residents and shoppers who park on those same neighborhood streets say those ticket writers rub them the wrong way.
"It does seem strange that a private entity is going around giving people tickets," says Chris Turner.
Faculty, students, staff even relatives of someone who attends the university have to pay them.
A car marked with an AU sticker or loaded down with textbooks in the back seat are targets.
But, what if there's no clear sign the person driving the vehicle is associated with the campus?
The AU officer says, "It's just a random ticket. So, any car that's on the public street is ticketed unless it's coming up on our system, "do not ticket."
All you have to do is call the university and give them your tag number to get on that "do not ticket" list. But, people who did follow that "Good Neighbor" protocol say it has not stopped the notices from being placed on their cars.
"I've emailed several times just so they know I am not affiliated with the school in anyway," says Amy Westerman. She works in the area.
American University's Director of Community Relations Andrew Huff says, "This is all with the best intention. We are doing a service for the neighborhood. Do people get ticketed accidently that shouldn't be, obviously yes."
So, what's a driver to do?
"If you're not affiliated with the university in anyway, you can disregard the ticket," says Huff.
And if that doesn't work, Andrew Huff says to just give him a call, and he will personally handle your ticket.
His direct number is 202-885-21267.


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Cole Miller and Matt Wiman will still fight in January; they just won't be meeting on New Year's Day's UFC 125 event.
UFC execs today announced that Miller and Wiman will instead meet on the main card of "UFC Fight Night 23: UFC Fight for the Troops 2."
Additionally, a previously reported matchup between Willamy "Chiquerim" Freire and Waylon Lowe is also official for the night's preliminary-card festivities.
Featuring a lightweight contest between top contenders Evan Dunham and Kenny Florian, "UFC Fight Night 23: UFC Fight for the Troops 2" takes place Jan. 22 at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas. The main card airs on Spike TV.
Both contests were previously reported by MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
Miller (17-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC) met "The Ultimate Fighter 9" winner Ross Pearson at UFC Fight Night 22 and bucked expectations by outstriking the Brit with a flurry of punches in the second round. As Pearson struggled to recover, the American Top Team fighter leapt on his back and tapped him out. The flashy sequence earned him an extra $40,000 for "Submission of the Night."
Wiman (12-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC), meanwhile, is back on the horse after sustaining an arm injury which forced him to withdraw from a fight with Efrain Escudero at UFC Fight Night 22. He was originally designated to meet Mac Danzig, but "The Ultimate Fighter 6" winner sustained a back injury which took him off the card.
Lowe (9-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) looks to build off his first UFC victory, which came via split decision over Steve Lopez at UFC 119 in September. In his previous fight, he made his promotional debut and suffered a TKO loss to Melvin Guillard at UFC 114. It remains the American Top Team and Bellator/KOTC vet's only loss in his past eight fights.
Just 23 years old, Freire (17-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) brings an impressive 11-fight win streak into the cage. The Nova Unaio fighter's most recent outing was a split-decision win over Yusuke Endo at a Shooto event back in June. Eleven of Freire's win have come via stoppage, and nine of those have been earned by submission.
Freire was expected to make his UFC debut against Thiago Tavares at UFC on Versus 2 but pulled out of the August bout with a leg injury.
For more on the "UFC Fight Night 23: UFC Fight for the Troops 2" and UFC 125 events, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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During the past 11 blog posts, part of our twelve-part blog series, we covered a wide range of technology trends. The key question that you need to ask is: "What do these trends mean to me?" and more important, "What actions do I need to take that will help me achieve my business goals?" The answer to those questions will vary depending who you are. These trends would have dramatically different implications if you're a solo practitioner or a chief technology officer at a large broker-dealer.
A useful framework to help you think about these trends is to begin with your organization's top business goals. The only way a trend will benefit you is if you take advantage of it in a way that helps you move toward a concrete business outcome. At ActiFi, we often see advisors become enamored with technology and the desire to acquire the latest and greatest system when, in fact, the advisor already owns a similar system that is just not being effectively used. In these cases, we ask the advisor the following questions:
- What business outcome will change with the implementation of the new system?
- What processes changes will be required?
- What will be different with this new technology versus what you already have?
- What did you try in the past that didn't work?
More often than not, we discover that the issue is not technology. Rather, it is that the business objectives were never fully discussed prior to implementation. The changes that were supposed to occur because of technology were never fully realized (and thus, people got frustrated) yet in reality, the people at the firm never truly understood what exactly it was that was supposed to improve.
The key to ensuring this doesn't happen to your firm is to focus on the business outcome you are looking for versus focusing exclusively on the technology. Many times it may be relatively easy to implement a new tool or technology from a purely technical perspective, yet gaining adoption and changing the way a firm does business is much more difficult.
In looking at the trends we have drawn the following conclusions:
- Technology is evolving rapidly and the ability to harness its power to improve your business is increasingly becoming more important.
- Using workflow may allow you to delegate and automate tasks that currently take time away from your firm's most valuable people.
- Together, technology and workflow can increase your firm's revenue, profits, employee satisfaction and client satisfaction!
- As quickly as technology evolves, human beings remain the same and thus behavioral change and user adoption remain the most difficult issues to manage when it comes to taking advantage of technological trends.
As we look at the 10 trends we have discussed in our previous posts, they cover a broad range of topics and capabilities. We recommend that you use the framework above to identify the three trends that you believe will have the greatest impact on your business. As these trends evolve relatively quickly, it is important to incorporate these technology trends into your annual business planning process and determine how these trends will enable your future business strategies.
We hope this blog series helped you in providing a framework and explanation of the major trends advisors and the financial institutions that serve them currently face. At ActiFi, we spend every day actually implementing solutions and strategies that fall into these 10 trend categories and we find that properly applied, they can create a significant business advantage for the firms that are using them.
If I were to point to one key learning in the hundreds of technology implementations that we have done it is this: that people tend to overemphasize the technological capability and underemphasize the human behavioral change that will be a part of driving tangible business results from the technology investment. Keep this top-of-mind as you look at how technology will change your organization, and your technology implementations will provide a much higher return on investment.
If you have any further questions on these trends or how to specifically apply them to your business, don't hesitate to reach out to us at www.actifi.com; we would be happy to answer your questions.
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The two photos published by the paper are among 18 provided by a U.S. soldier who wanted "to draw attention to the safety risk of a breakdown in leadership and discipline," The Times reported.
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Is it ever acceptable to drop the f-bomb at work?
If you're a B.C. lawyer, no.
But if you're a mayor or leader of a federal political party or the creator of an edgy anti-cancer campaign, namely F--- Cancer, then yes.
Changing mores around what is likely the most taboo word in the English language have made it unclear when it's acceptable to use an epithet traditionally associated with conversations between sailors or barroom patrons.
A B.C. lawyer found out the hard way that it's not OK to hurl the f-bomb at a Crown witness — a Mountie, no less — even outside the courtroom.
Kelowna defence lawyer Martin Drew Johnson was found guilty of professional misconduct, though an eight-page decision of the B.C. Law Society included recognition that "obviously" the use of the word "f---" (the report spelled it out) "isn't as taboo as it used to be."
Johnson's problems began when he asked an RCMP officer, a Crown witness in a domestic assault, to accompany Johnson's client to the matrimonial home to collect his belongings.
The officer, who wasn't named, refused and an exchange became "heated and volatile," with Johnson saying "f--- you" to the officer. They literally bumped chests, the officer accused Johnson of assault and vice-versa, and the officer handcuffed and arrested the lawyer. No charges were ever laid.
The law society hearing determined that Johnson's abusive remark, which it said he immediately regretted, was "provoked" by the officer's conduct, but didn't excuse it. He has yet to learn his sanctions. Neither Johnson nor his lawyer, Greg DelBigio, wanted to comment.
Notably, the decision acknowledged it's "not uncommon" to hear the f-word on TV and in movies, literature, humour and music, and that it's used "in everyday conversation harmlessly and innocuously."
The report noted it's used by athletes, fans, prime ministers, Nobel laureates and Academy Award winners and by those who stub a toe, fall down skiing, make a mistake or utter a self-deprecating comment.
But "we wish to make clear" to lawyers that insults or profanity, if uttered in anger, are not acceptable, the report said.
Vancouver etiquette expert Margaret Page concurred emphatically that cursing, swearing or using deletable expletives in the workplace is "absolutely unacceptable," despite wide use by role models.
Page said blue language lacks "sophistication" and indicates a lack of control.
"In a business setting, it makes many people very uncomfortable," she said. "I don't want people swearing in my face. It's an angry word."
She said that while she understands the sentiment behind the "F--- Cancer" campaign, because "cancer is hideous and needs to be eliminated," it's problematic when the slogan is worn on T-shirts.
UBC linguistics assistant professor Molly Babel said it is "becoming more acceptable to use certain swear words in certain environments."
Babel said whether or not swearing is appropriate in a workplace depends on the corporate culture and on an individual. "The offence is in the ear of the beholder."
A cursory survey of some of the largest employers in B.C. shows that profane language isn't specifically named in standards of conduct, but would fall under policies outlining expectations for maintaining a respectful and professional workplace.
A website called funnysh--.com suggests its "try saying" guide for those with persistent potty mouth on the job, as in try saying, "It will be tight, but I'll try to schedule it in," instead of "Why the f--- didn't you tell me that yesterday?"
1. Gregor Robertson
2010: Mayor Robertson teed off on West End residents who showed up to express concerns about possible highrise apartment towers. "Who are all these f---ing ... who are these hacks, man? Are they ... NPA hacks?" Robertson asked, caught when the microphone was left on after a council meeting. "God, we're just trying to have a little advisory committee, for f--- sakes."
2. Pierre Trudeau
1971: Opposition MP s accused Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of mouthing "f--- off" at them in the House of Commons. Trudeau says John Lundrigan and Lincoln Alexander were being "very sensitive" for "crying to mama and to television." Pierre Trudeau later claimed the exact phrase he used to be the now famous "fuddle duddle."
3. Joe Biden
2010: "This is a big f---ing deal!" U.S. Vice-President Biden, in a whispered remark — but picked up by media microphones — to Barack Obama just before the president signed his new health-care bill.
4. Justin Trudeau
2014: Liberal leader Justin Trudeau used some un-leaderly language when speaking at the Fight for the Cure charity boxing match. "I'm going tell you, there is no experience like stepping into this ring and measuring yourself," he said. "All the ... your name, your fortune, your intelligence, your beauty ... none of that f---ing matters."
2004: U.S. Vice-President Cheney stormed onto the Senate floor and told liberal Democrat Patrick Leahy to "go f--- yourself." Cheney later appeared on Dennis Miller's radio show, and recalled the moment as "sort of the best thing I ever did."
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I really need to pay more attention to the Internet. Sorting through the musings of six billion people all of whom seem to have decided that they need to "speak out" is often so daunting that's it's hard to bring myself to do it. Yet the unavoidable truth of the electronic age is that buried within all that noise is information that is both interesting and, sometimes, important.
I made such a discovery yesterday, while reading Melanie Waddell's June 29 AdvisorOne story of the SEC and NASAA warning that equity "crowdfunding" is not legal yet. Equity what? I know, I'm out of touch here, but with the help of Melanie's story and a couple of reconnaissance missions onto the Web, I was able to discover that "crowdfunding" is: a) an online vehicle for nonprofit programs and business startups to attract grassroots financing; and b) that the federal JOBS Act that passed in April included a provision known as Title III, which is intended to expand "crowdfunding" to finance small businesses.
Melanie quoted NASAA president Jack Herstein explaining the idea this way: "…the crowdfunding concept has the potential to provide legitimate small, innovative enterprises with access to capital that might not otherwise be available."
Now that got my attention. To my not-getting-any-younger mind, "providing access to capital" for business has traditionally been the purview of banks (when it's pretty much of a sure thing) and brokerage firms (when there's a bit more risk involved). And on balance, with a few hiccups along the way, they've been pretty good at it: we each have our own cars, fly to all points of the globe in airplanes, have CAT scanners on seemingly every medical corner and of course, now have multiple devices that enable us to connect with the Internet 24×7.
Each of these "ideas" and millions more obtained financing from a bank and/or a brokerage firm. And this system also provides financing to more risky ventures that often shouldn't get any: they're called penny stocks. But apparently this system isn't good enough for the luminaries in Washington, who have decided to take venture capital financing directly to the people, in Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (no, I'm not making this up).
In short, Title III provides an exemption from securities registration for "issuers" who "offer and sell up to $1 million in securities" provided they abide by the rules for doing so set by the SEC, which has yet to do so, hence the regulators' warning that Melanie wrote about. What's more, these "issues" must be offered on the Internet by a "funding portal" which doesn't have to be a registered broker-dealer but does have to register with the SEC, abide by the SEC's yet unwritten rules, and register with an SEC registered "national securities association," of which there currently is only one: FINRA.
So, the way I read this, virtually any individual or company can, without the constraints of current securities laws, raise money directly from anyone on the Internet, in $1 million increments. This could certainly be small businesses for whom "access to capital that might not otherwise be available," whether said lack of access was for good reasons or not. It could also be for large businesses, whose risky ventures couldn't find a more traditional source of financing. Or it could be anyone, legitimate or not so much, who can make a risky or even impossible venture sound like a good idea to the unsuspecting public.
Maybe I'm missing something here, but aren't the Congressmen who passed this JOBS Act the very same guys and gals who passed Dodd-Frank Act to increase the regulation of the financial and securities industry because they felt that current laws and regulations weren't adequately protecting investors and the ever-growing army of retirees? How is creating an online investment Wild West that, by comparison, makes penny stocks look like a CD, going to help?


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Description: This is going to be a really fun tutorial because recently I have been getting into this show that airs on Fox and it was made from the same guys that created The Family Guy. So for my first lesson of the day I will be showing you how to draw Stan Smith from American Dad step by step. I searched the internet everywhere looking for a tutorial on how to draw this American Dad character and I found absolutely nothing. I started getting into the animated series when I watched an episode three weeks ago and it was absolutely hilarious. Stan Smith is one of the main characters of the show and like The Family Guy he has a family that is a bit dysfunctional and abnormal. He loves his wife Francine Smith as well as his two odd ball kids Steve Smith their son, and Hayley Smith their daughter. Stan also adopted Roger Smith who is not from planet earth. He agreed to let Roger live in the Smith household because Roger the alien saved him from an incident that took place at Area 51. Stan Smith is a CIA agent and he tries to juggle the pressures of his job as well as try and be a good father to his kids especially to his son Steve. I love the show like I said already and one of my favorite episodes is when Steve finds out that his dad is bald and has always been since his college days. Stan tries so hard to keep the truth from his wife and other family members because to him his hair is everything. Learning how to draw Stan Smith from American Dad step by step, will be a piece of cake. I know you guys will find the lesson awesome and easy because I made sure that the steps and instructions are simple to follow and understand. I shall return in a few so try and stay tuned in. Peace out and keep drawing.


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How to Store Fresh Herbs
Having fresh herbs on hand is essential if you're an avid home cook — or bartender! But unless you have a flourishing herb garden, it can be frustrating to purchase bunches of fresh herbs every week, only to watch them wilt and dry out in a couple days. Luckily, there are a few easy tweaks you can make to your herb storage to keep them fresher longer, allowing you to add more flair to your dishes and drinks!
- Parsley and cilantro: These delicate herbs are a lot like fresh flowers, so treat them the same way. Trim their stems as soon as you get them home, and stick them in a small glass full of water (bud vases or empty milk or cream bottles work well). Spritz them with water, cover them loosely with a plastic ziplock bag, and put them in the fridge. Every couple days, change out the water and give the stems another small trim to keep them fresh.
- Mint and basil: Follow the same steps as above, minus the plastic bag-fridge step. Mint and basil do better at room temperature; mint, in fact, is so weed-like, if you put it in front of a sunny window, it may even start to send roots down into the water and sprout new leaves.
- Rosemary, thyme, and oregano: These hardier herbs will brown and mold if kept in water. Wrap them loosely in damp paper towels and then in plastic wrap, and keep them in the crisper or in your fridge door — the warmest spot in the fridge is ideal. Swap out the paper towels for fresh ones every couple days.
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Tesla hopes to find electric car demand in China
Tesla Motors all-electric Model S sedan has been well received in the United States, and deliveries have just begun in Europe.
Now Tesla is getting ready to take on the world's largest auto market: China, which CEO Elon Musk has described as a "wild card" in the company's future.
Tesla is in a quiet period as executives prepare for the company's Aug. 7 earnings report, and a company representative declined to comment for this story, saying only that Tesla is likely to release more news on its China strategy next month. But tidbits about Tesla's plans have dribbled out in the Chinese media and from auto experts in Asia.
Its first showroom in mainland China, scheduled to open later this year, will be in central Beijing at the exclusive Parkview Green mall, a gleaming, pyramid-shaped plaza designed with sky-gardens and atria spaces. It is the first mixed-use commercial project in China to be certified LEED Platinum for its energy-efficient design, and Tesla's 8,000-square-foot showroom will be roughly three times larger than its U.S. showrooms.
Auto industry analysts say Chinese consumers' growing appetite for luxury automobiles makes it a natural market for Tesla to tackle. Roughly 19 million vehicles were sold in China last year. Luxury brands like Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche are increasingly popular, and analysts say that Tesla is likely to market the Model S as a luxury vehicle that happens to be an electric one.
"China is the biggest auto market in the world, and that's why Elon Musk is really pushing for sales in China," said Mike Omotoso, senior manager of global powertrain forecasting at LMC Automotive in Troy, Mich. "The showroom is being built in Beijing's equivalent of Rodeo Drive. The Model S may be a good way for the Chinese to say 'I'm wealthy, but also environmentally responsible.'"
Air pollution is a notorious problem in China, and the government is a strong supporter of electric vehicles, particularly of domestic automakers like BYD and Kandi. And a December report by McKinsey & Company found that spending by Chinese consumers on luxury products, from jewelry to clothing and cars, now exceeds that of any other country, including Japan.
"Tesla will sell successfully in China because it is a very high quality and well engineered automobile, a luxury brand and it is foreign made," said Charlie Paglee, CEO of Brannan Auto Engineering in Shanghai who has lived in China for more than two decades.
"Chinese customers will buy the Tesla to show off their wealth and demonstrate their love of the environment. Tesla will be successful in China because they have already become a status symbol in the USA and that standing will translate to China, similar to the prestige of owning an iPhone."
Earlier this spring, an analyst asked Musk what geographic demand for the Model S was looking like given that roughly one in four reservations for the vehicle are from outside the United States.
"I think we will see probably at least 10,000 units a year from demand in Europe, and then at least 5,000 in Asia," said Musk during the May 8 earnings call. "But I mean, that could be, obviously, a much bigger number and China is kind of a wild card here."
Not everyone is bullish about Tesla's prospects in China. The EV market there is in its infancy, and the lack of charging infrastructure is an issue. The Chinese government does not currently offer any incentives for imported electric vehicles; Tesla's Model S is likely to be subject to import and luxury taxes that could double the car's already steep price. Others worry about Tesla's intellectual property being stolen.
"Huge risk," said Theodore O'Neill of Litchfield Hills Research. "I don't see the China market as having any meaningful impact for Tesla's numbers over the next 18-24 months. I'm far more concerned that the Chinese will take a Model S, tear it apart and knock it off."
Tesla currently has a service center in Hong Kong that assists owners of its discontinued all-electric Roadster and handles Model S reservations.
"Hong Kong and China are actually quite different markets. Hong Kong is an extremely wealthy island state with very short commutes, which is ideal for the introduction of electric vehicles like Tesla," said Christopher Foss, senior manager at Dunne & Company in Hong Kong. "Mainland China is a huge country with massive cities typified by urban sprawl, constant traffic jams, and long commutes. But by 2020, China will account for half of all luxury vehicles sold worldwide. So there is certainly strong growth potential for Tesla in the Middle Kingdom, if conditions to provide enough charging stations for the vehicles can be met."
Kingston Chang, who worked at Bentley China for a decade, joined Tesla in March as its general manager for China.
"Mr. Chang will help Tesla navigate its entrance into the Asian market," said analyst Andrea James of Dougherty & Company in a recent research note. "Global demand is robust."
Contact Dana Hull at 408-920-2706. Follow her at Twitter.com/danahull.


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alright y'all so question iv made my own dreads they came out great and usually last about a couple weeks before they start to unravel. Besides using the steaming and hot towel method is there actually a different way to keep them sealed for good without having to go back and reseal weeks after? i heard something about hair wax but didn't really see much of a difference. now i do have my own hair braided and rubber band at the ends, then wrapped the dread around my braid and steamed it...but doesn't last more then a couple weeks. i just want to find the best sealing method that will work so i only have to seal once and once only!!!!
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Sidney Crosby's broken jaw was the unfortunate end of an otherwise spectacular month.
The NHL named Crosby the first star for the month after the Penguins captain's 25 points in 15 games helped Pittsburgh go undefeated in March.
Montreal defenceman P.K. Subban was named second star, while Columbus goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky took third-star honours.
In weekly award winners, Toronto forward Joffrey Lupul was named first star, followed by San Jose goaltender Antti Niemi and Edmonton forward Taylor Hall.
Crosby is out indefinitely with a broken jaw after he was hit in the mouth with a puck in the first period of Pittsburgh's 2-0 win over the New York Islanders on Saturday.
Prior to that, the NHL's leading scorer had a stellar month with six goals and 19 assists as Pittsburgh went 15-0-0 for March. He also tied linemate Pascal Dupuis for a league-leading plus-19 rating.
He also matched a career high with five assists against the Islanders on March 10, becoming the only active player with more than one five-assist game in his career
The 25-year-old Cole Harbour, N.S., native leads the NHL with 41 assists and 56 points in 36 games this season. He also ranks second in the league with a plus-26 rating and 14 power-play assists.
Subban led all defencemen in March with 18 points (seven goals, 11 assists) in 14 games, including a league-leading 11 power-play points.
The 23-year-old Toronto native leads all NHL defenceman this season with 10 goals and ranks third with 27 points in 28 games.
Bobrovsky led the NHL with three shutouts and also ranked second in wins (nine), goals-against average (1.49) and save percentage (.950) as Columbus went 10-2-4 in its most successful month in franchise history.
The 24-year-old Russian is 12-8-6 in 26 games this season, ranking second in the league with a .927 save percentage and eighth with a 2.13 goals-against average.
Lupul had a league-high nine points (five goals, four assists) in four games last week, including three game-winning goals.
Niemi led goaltenders last week with four wins — two of them shutouts — while putting up a 1.22 GAA and .952 save percentage.
Hall had five goals and eight points in four games with Edmonton. He broke Wayne Gretzky's franchise record for the fastest hat trick to start a game when he scored three times in the first 7:53 of Saturday's 4-0 win over Vancouver.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles defenceman Jake Muzzin was named the rookie of the month after recording four goals, seven assists and a plus-10 rating in 17 games. Chicago left wing-Brandon Saad, Florida centre Jonathan Huberdeau, Montreal right-wing Brendan Gallagher, St. Louis goaltender Jake Allen and Ottawa goaltender Robin Lehner were also considered.


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But after all that, near the end of August, the Cards are up 2.5 games on the Reds. The Pirates are up 3. These are good ballclubs. The Reds aren't going to pass them losing to the Brewers in Cincy.
Where I disagree is that at this point, late in the season with the Reds in third, I don't think playing "solid" .550 ball is going to do the trick. I don't think a loss is "no big deal" at this stage. The Reds have to play very, very well to win this division. Losses to bad teams at home have a significant cost at this stage.
The Brewers are not just sub-.500, they are sixteen under, the Reds are 2-3 against them in the last week. I just don't think this kind of record is going to allow the Reds to win the division. Just don't think it's good enough.
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All the discussion of "this Brewers offense." A hot rookie drove in 4 and a guy named Scooter went deep and scored another run. Welcome to late season baseball.
Further, the Brewers are a last place team, but not recently. They have been playing winning baseball in a dead cat bounce kind of way after the Braun stuff was settled. They are a tough win these days. Ask the Rangers.
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Electrical engineer and MAKE contributor Jeff Tregre has two 10-year-old hot water heaters in the attic of his New Orleans home, and knowing that 10 years is about the life expectancy of such heaters, he started researching water leak detection devices. Being a maker, he realized he could create his own system for much less than the going rate. The circuit he designed costs less than $25 and draws power from his doorbell transformer — convenient, since it too is in the attic and is on all the time, but you can use a dedicated transformer if need be. Jeff shares his how-to with us in the newest issue of MAKE, Volume 28, on newsstands now.
In his intro, Jeff writes:
Does this leak detector work? The answer is a big yes. Just a few weeks after I installed it, I came home from work and heard it buzzing. Upon investigation, I discovered that my primary water heater was leaking, and that its drain pan was clogged and already half full. My little circuit had saved the day.
Awesome! We've also shared Jeff's build with you on Make: Projects, so you can get crackin on building your own today.
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MAKE Volume 28: Toys and Games!
MAKE Volume 28 hits makers' passion for play head-on with a 28-page special section devoted to Toys and Games, including a toy "pop-pop" steamboat made from a mint tin, an R/C helicopter eye-in-the-sky, and a classic video game console. You'll also build a gravity-powered catapult, a plush toy that interacts with objects around it, and a machine that blows giant soap bubbles. Play time is a hallmark of more intelligent species — so go have some fun!


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Left my digital recorder run for about 10 minutes in my dining room. Captured two EVP. Let me know what you think they are saying.
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Left my digital recorder run for about 10 minutes in my dining room. Captured two EVP. Let me know what you think they are saying.
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First one sounded like 'Ha' then 'Hee' with night time noises mixed in. Second one sounded like 'Uh' then 'He ha' then 'Heeeeeeeeeeee'.
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I always read it's not too smart to investigate the place where you live since the activity gets worse after and you might not like who is haunting you.
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Small Plant News: Volume 6, Number 5
|Small Plant News Archive Page. This is an archive page. No new content is being added. While these newsletters remain available for reference purposes, the documents do not reflect changes to Agency policy that may have been instituted since the newsletters were published. Also note that resources and websites mentioned in older issues may have moved or may no longer be available. Points of contact for various initiatives may have changed.
In This Issue:
- Changes Proposed to Defined Workday
- Food Safety Alerts
- New App Available
- Commonly Asked Questions & Answers
Changes Proposed to Defined Workday
By Jane Johnson, DVM
On March 19, 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register, Docket No. FSIS-2011-0032, which would amend current regulations pertaining to the schedule of operations.
As you know, the agency amended the regulations last year with the publication of a final rule that became effective on July 11, 2011. At that time, the 8-hour workday in slaughter plants was redefined to include the time that agency personnel need to spend at the workplace putting on and taking off their required gear, time spent walking to their work stations after putting on the required gear, and time spent walking from their work stations prior to taking off the required gear. This means that these activities must either be performed during the 8 consecutive hours of mandatory inspection that you receive free of charge, or they must be performed while on overtime. (You, as the plant owner/operator, decide which you prefer.)
The agency changed the regulations because the Supreme Court ruled that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) covers (1) any activity that is essential and necessary to a principal activity (an activity that an employee is employed to perform); and (2) any walking time during a continuous workday that occurs after the beginning of the employee's first principal activity and before the end of the employee's last principal activity (IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez, 546 U.S. 21 [2005]).
During development of the final rule, FSIS determined that there are three other activities that need to be included as a part of the defined workday because they are essential and necessary to the principal work of inspectors. It's important to remember that the changes described in this article will only apply if this proposed rule becomes final and goes into effect.
1. The sharpening of knives in meat slaughter plants.
Livestock carcass inspection includes making cuts to cattle carcass heads and certain organs and to the head of swine carcasses. In both cases, the inspector makes the cuts while the carcasses are on the slaughter line, and a sharp knife is essential to ensuring that the cuts are made efficiently, effectively, and safely.
Under the proposed rule, FSIS inspectors in livestock slaughter plants would need to sharpen their knives during the 8 hours of mandatory inspection or during an overtime period. If you provide a knife-sharpening service for inspectors, then the agency will instruct inspectors performing on-line duties to use it.
The following table depicts the amount of time that FSIS has tentatively determined inspectors would need to sharpen their knives:
|Slaughter Line
|Number of days of work/week
|Time needed to sharpen knife
|3 or less
|15 minutes
|Once per week
|4 or more
|15 minutes
|Twice per week
|Any number
|15 minutes
|Once per week
The agency is basing its estimate of 15 minutes to sharpen a knife on an agency CD–ROM training video, "Knife-Safety and Sharpening Skills." In the video, it took an estimated 15 minutes to sharpen a knife. To determine the number of times a week a knife needs to be sharpened, FSIS considered a variety of factors, such as the species (i.e., cattle or swine) and the number of carcasses being inspected.
2. The completion of administrative duties (e.g., time and attendance).
The completion of the AD-3530-4, "Time and Attendance Report," constitutes the most time-consuming and regularly occurring administrative duty that agency personnel may have to accomplish within the 8-hour workday. At slaughter plants, FSIS estimates agency personnel need 1 minute every day to complete the time and attendance report. Therefore, FSIS inspectors in livestock slaughter plants would need 1 minute every day to complete the time and attendance activity, either by incorporating it into the 8 hours of inspection or in an overtime period.
To determine this time estimate, FSIS evaluated the time needed to complete the actual "Time and Attendance Reports" by agency personnel performing on-line inspection duties. FSIS took into account various activities, such as the need to code the leave and record the overtime. Also, the agency included the time needed for agency personnel to obtain the time and attendance record and to gather the data to be recorded on the time report. Based on its evaluation and the factors it considered, FSIS estimates that each day agency personnel need 1 minute within the scheduled 8-hour workday to allow for the completion of the time and attendance report.
3. Preparing for inspection (e.g., preparing a work station or obtaining forms).
It's necessary to set up work stations in livestock slaughter plants to include supplies needed for post-mortem inspection, such as stamps used to identify condemned parts. This preparation can be done by slaughter plant personnel. If the plant chooses not to have its personnel prepare the work station, FSIS supervisory personnel at livestock slaughter plants would measure the amount of time it takes agency personnel to don the required gear, walk to a work station, prepare the work station, return from the work station, and doff the required gear.
In poultry slaughter plants, inspectors on poultry slaughter lines do not prepare the work station. However, they pick up and drop off lot tally sheets, which capture the number of birds condemned on post-mortem inspection, the conditions for which birds are condemned per lot, and the class of poultry for that lot. FSIS supervisory personnel in poultry slaughter establishments would measure the amount of time it takes agency personnel to don the required gear, pick up a lot tally sheet, walk to a work station, return from the work station, drop off a lot tally sheet, and doff the required gear.
The agency accepted comments on this proposed rule until April 18, 2012. Comments received in response to this docket are available for public inspection at www.regulations.gov. For access to background documents or comments received, go to the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza III, 355 E Street, Room 8-164, Washington, DC 20250-3700 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
FSIS will carefully consider all comments received in response to this proposed rule. The rule is posted on the agency's Web site at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/regulations/federal-register/proposed-rules/proposed-rules-2012. If you wish to receive email notifications when new Federal Register notices, proposed rules, and interim and final rules are published, you may sign up at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/regulations/federal-register. Just click on the link next to the little envelope at the top of the page.
For more information on this proposed rule or help on signing up for email notifications, contact the Small Plant Help Desk at 1-877-FSISHELP (1-877-374-7435) or email@example.com.
Consumers To Receive Food Safety Alerts Through State Twitter Feeds
By Jane Johnson, DVM
In the 21st century, social networking services have become a useful way to provide information to the public, as well as to industry. One of the more popular services is Twitter, a real-time information network. FSIS is taking full advantage of this communication tool.
Currently, recalls are announced through news releases and FSIS' primary Twitter feed, @USDAFoodSafety, which contains information to help consumers identify the recalled product.
In addition, in March 2012, the agency launched a series of Twitter feeds that will provide State-specific food safety alerts to consumers. Followers of these Twitter accounts will receive alerts about the recalls of meat, poultry, and processed egg products in their State, as well as information on how to protect their food supply during severe weather events.
"These new Twitter feeds provide yet another mechanism for us to provide consumers with critical updates and relevant information they need to protect their families from foodborne illness," said USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Elisabeth Hagen. "The immediacy of information-sharing through social media is unparalleled, and we believe these timely, targeted updates will better protect public health."
A list of all FSIS State food safety alert Twitter feeds is available at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/current-recalls-and-alerts#Twitter. For more information on creating a Twitter account and
accessing these State feeds, go to twitter.com.
AFDO Provides Information as a Mobile Application
By Jane Johnson, DVM
The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) is now providing its publication, A Guide to Can Defects and Basic Components of Double Seam Containers, as a Mobile application, or App for short. The App may be downloaded for free to both Android and Apple devices. You should search for "Can Defects Guide" either in the Android market or the Apple App store.
The colored, simplified pictorial guide available through the App shows some of the major types of can defects which may be commonly found by visual observation. The defects or damages are categorized according to the degree of potential hazard each one poses.The App also shows what to look for in a routine visual inspection of the finished product and what defects may occur during the canning process.
AFDO is an international, non-profit organization that tries to ensure the adoption of science-based, uniform rules, laws, and regulations for food, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, and product safety. For more information, you may wish to visit the AFDO Web site at www.afdo.org.
Commonly Asked Questions & Answers
Q. Is a cubed steak considered a chopped product or is it a muscle cut, since the meat isn't chopped into separate pieces?
A. A cubed steak is not considered a chopped product. It is a muscle cut.
Q. Does the total carbohydrate value have to be listed on point-of-purchase materials?
A. Yes. Total carbohydrate is a core nutrient and must be listed on labels or point-of-purchase materials. For meat or poultry, total carbohydrates will generally be declared as "0."
Q. Are not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) chicken parts that are destined for further processing by use of irradiation or high pressure processing at another Federal establishment eligible for sampling under the Nationwide Raw Chicken Parts microbiological baseline study?
A. Yes, generally. The purpose of the baseline is to collect data concerning foodborne pathogens and microorganisms that serve as indicators of process control in all not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) chicken parts potentially destined for sale as an NRTE product to consumers. Therefore, FSIS will typically be sampling and testing chicken parts destined for NRTE processing, even if they are destined for high pressure processing (HPP) or irradiation. FSIS will not be sampling off-site at the HPP or irradiation facility, so it is appropriate that FSIS sample such products before that treatment. In addition, sampling and testing prior to HPP or irradiation provides FSIS with a more direct measure of controls at the fabrication establishment.
Typical irradiation or HPP treatments are not designed to guarantee that all bacteria on a product have been destroyed, as is the case when the poultry part is subjected to thorough cooking. However, FSIS would not sample the parts destined for HPP or irradiation if there is a validated process to result in a 7-log reduction of Salmonella as the target pathogen of public health concern in the poultry part. That level of pathogen reduction would be equivalent to thorough cooking to produce ready-to-eat product.
Note: A validated process achieving at least a 5-log reduction of Salmonella would be sufficient for meat (non-poultry) products.
Q. Once a meat or poultry product (e.g., a meat or poultry frankfurter) label bearing a nutrition facts panel has been sketch approved by the agency, can the nutrition facts panel be generically approved for similar products (e.g., other brands of meat and poultry frankfurters an establishment produces)?
A. Yes. Once a label bearing a nutrition facts panel is sketch approved, the nutrition facts panel may be applied to similar products (e.g., other brands of frankfurters an establishment produces) generically, provided the serving size does not change. Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 317.5(b)(9)(xxii) and 9 CFR 381.133(b)(9)(xxiii) allow for the generic approval for quantitative adjustments to the nutrition labeling information except for changes to the serving size. Therefore, the labels would not need to be submitted for sketch approval unless the serving size changes, e.g., from one frank to two franks.
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The pastor and co-founder of the Church of the End Times, a nondenominational church that has drawn attention for some of its practices, such as purported exorcisms featured on YouTube and late-night gatherings with teenage girls, bid his lawyer farewell Friday at Uxbridge District Court after several charges from the past year were dismissed or continued without a finding.
Judge Vito A. Virzi dismissed charges against David H. Stanley, 40, of 51 Murphy�s Way, related to violation of a restraining order, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace on Oct. 1. Several neighboring police departments were called to assist Uxbridge police in removing David�s brother, Dennis H. Stanley, from the home Dennis shared with his wife, Beth Stanley, at 41 Murphy�s Way. Mrs. Stanley has since filed for divorce.
Judge Virzi also dismissed charges stemming from alleged breaking and entering to steal a motorcycle from his brother�s home in May.
Mr. Stanley was found not responsible on three unregistered motor vehicle charges brought after witnesses alleged Mr. Stanley and a child were riding a motorcycle, without helmets, at high speed through their neighborhood last July. A charge of driving an uninsured motor vehicle was dismissed.
Charges of driving negligently and endangering a child were continued without a finding until June 21, with administrative probation.
After the hearing Mr. Stanley said, �Hallelujah. The only thing I got charged with was speeding.�