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She's a three-time Oscar winner, but Meryl Streep has revealed she once thought she wasn't attractive enough to be an actress. On Tuesday, Us Weekly posted comments the 64-year-old actress actress made while accepting an honorary doctorate from Indiana University.
While Streep admitted that as a child she enjoyed dressing up princess dresses and performing for an audience, she added, "Most of us grow out of that. I was always in plays, but I thought it was vain to be an actress."
The Hollywood legend also revealed that she had some past insecurities: "Plus, I thought I was too ugly to be an actress," she said. "Glasses weren't fabulous then."
The Academy Award winner said women should try not to worry so much about their weight. "For young men, and women, too, what makes you different or weird, that's your strength," she said. "Everyone tries to look a cookie-cutter kind of way and actually the people who look different are the ones who get picked up. I used to hate my nose. Now I don't. It's okay."
For someone who once thought she didn't have what it takes to be an actress, Streep has done pretty well for herself. The actress has received a whopping 172 nominations (18 of them Academy Award nods, the most for any actor in history) for her work and has taken home a total of 119 awards.
Of course, there's one person who has become immune to Streep's steady stream of accolades. According to the New York Daily News, Streep's husband Don Gummer revealed that he no longer gets excited to see his wife pick up a trophy. "Not sick, I just don't get excited," he said. "She just always hates asking people or having people asked to come support her. She gets tired of it ... after a while what can they say."
Streep showed off her acting chops in a funny way earlier this year. During an appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in January, the actress was asked to read boring monologues like an oatmeal recipe and a Wikipedia page, but to deliver them in funny voices. She also read a traffic report, posing as a woman in labor.
This year marks 35 years since the release of Streep's first Academy Award winning movie, "Kramer vs. Kramer." Her latest movie, "The Giver," will be released this summer and the actress has just started shooting the film "Suffragette."


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CHICAGO — We all make mistakes. We're human, after all. And there are some errors that coin laundry store owners are prone to make, especially at times of store conception or the early stages of operation, that could cost them dearly if not avoided or at least addressed.
This month, American Coin-Op sought the counsel of several industry experts to identify the pitfalls to sidestep amongst the components of a typical vended laundry operation.
What's more, they offer valuable suggestions for how store owners can remain on the path to profit and peace of mind. By following these guidelines, you can write your own success story.
Pitfalls: Assuming your customers know the proper way to operate equipment; not posting warnings about overloading equipment; not ensuring equipment is maintained properly or frequently enough.
"I would absolutely use the distributor as leverage to learn and understand what general, regular maintenance means for washers, dryers, and the other equipment," says Craig Kirchner, vice president of sales, marketing, and customer service for Dexter Laundry. "Read as much as you can. Attend as many of the distributor maintenance/service schools as you can."
"Someone on staff should understand basic maintenance and troubleshooting," says Chris Brick, national sales manager for Maytag® Commercial Laundry. "This will reduce the number of service calls and therefore increase the store's bottom line. When a technician is called to service a machine, a store owner should glean as much knowledge and technical experience as possible."
There are parts on top loaders that, no matter whose equipment you use, are going to wear out, says Dan Bowe, national sales manager for Speed Queen. "You want to clean clogged pumps as soon as you know about it. We always suggest that the store owners keep some belts and pumps on hand, instead of having to wait for someone to go get it or have it delivered."
Clean the lint screens on your dryers at least twice daily, he adds, and vacuum the motors and fans every two to three months.
On larger machines (75 pounds and above), many store owners make the mistake of not greasing bearings annually at a minimum. This should be done more frequently if it's a high-turn location, Bowe says.
"By having machines down, it's just not a good example of how a customer would perceive you running your operation, your store," he says. "Having machines down for a long time probably makes it seem like you don't care. The stat we always throw out is for every customer that bothers to complain about maintenance issues or machines not working, there are 26 who do not bother to complain."
Pitfalls: Not devoting enough time or attention to keeping your entire store clean, from floor to ceiling.
"It's just a matter of doing it, keeping up on it, and training your staff," John Sabino, chief operating officer for Laundrylux, says. "Personally, I think it's a matter of not missing the details. Everybody sweeps the floor but not everybody uses a toothbrush to clean the frame of the machine, the door gasket. Customers do inspect those machines before they use them.
"If all you're doing is wiping the top and sweeping the floor, your store may look clean on the surface but there's a lot of other detailed work that can be done."
"When you're going in there to do laundry, you want it coming out cleaner than it did going in," Bowe quips.
"As a potential customer, if you had the choice between a clean store and a dirty store, it's obvious that 100% of the people would go to the clean store," adds Kirchner.
Pitfalls: Using machines for your wash/dry/fold service when walk-in customers are waiting for a machine; offering arcade games that appeal to youth but not necessarily your customers.
"When you develop a site and store plan, you like to think that everywhere a customer turns inside the store would be an extra opportunity to have them put a quarter in something, or to purchase something," Bowe says. "I just think when you set the store up, you want to think about that, because there are a lot of opportunities just through vending, games, phone cards, selling soap."
But you have to be careful to choose extra profit centers that benefit your operation, not create problems for you, Sabino says.
"The right vending machines are a plus. The wrong vending machines are a huge negative," he says. "You see store after store that want to put in machines to attract some of the local kids, and they may make a lot of money on that machine, but it definitely detracts from their business. People don't want to see four kids screaming and hanging onto a video machine."
Pitfalls: Believing that if you build/open your store and do nothing more, customers will come; failing to use the range of marketing and social media channels now available.
Bowe offered a staggering statistic: his company believes that 95% of coin laundries do no marketing whatsoever.
"You have an internal marketing plan and an external marketing plan, and you budget for it," he recommends. "On the pro forma, we recommend 1-2% of monthly gross should be spent on internal marketing and 2-3% of monthly gross should be spent on external marketing."
"There are more tools today, with smartphones and social media, beyond just the print and door hanger where they can reach out to potential customers and promote their particular business," says Kirchner, who favors trying different media types in an effort to identify what works best for a particular business.
Laundrylux offers creative design services to store owners free of charge. "I can tell you, the quicker you market the store, the quicker the store will ramp," Sabino says. "The cost almost pays for itself."
A common mistake, Bowe says, is that a laundry owner puts out one piece of marketing collateral such as a newspaper ad or a direct mail offer, then stops marketing altogether because the first try didn't garner enough business. "A rule of marketing is that a consumer needs to see something seven times on average before they act on it, so marketing needs to be a consistent message."
It's easy to set unrealistic marketing goals, such as trying to market to "everyone," according to Brick. "As a matter of fact, targeting a specific segment of the population is a preferred way to start. Begin by targeting a group of customers (e.g. people within a certain radius of the store, families with small children if your facility has a play area, etc.). Once you're secured your customer base, determine the best way to reach them, such as word of mouth, door hangers or a community newspaper."
Bowe is a believer in marketing available services both inside the store and out. "I've seen stores that have wash/dry/fold service but you'd never know it."
The bottom line of all of this seems to be that inaction is the biggest pitfall of all.

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Accustomed to the instant gratification of ATMs, iPads and high-speed internet, consumers now increasingly seek novel ways to shop—and, in turn, are re-defining the retail landscape. Be it online, via curated retail web portals or through automated retail stores (aka vending machines), the concept of self-service has become both streamlined and sophisticated. Though leading a marked departure from the classic brick-and-mortar, person-to-person shopping experience, these tech-savvy retailers and entrepreneurs are betting on easy access' burgeoning future.
Following successful launches at The Standard Hotels' downtown L.A. and New York outposts, Quiksilver has again partnered with the chain to introduce vending machines to its Miami Beach and Hollywood locations. Stocked with $75 board shorts colorfully inspired by the different locales, the vending machines now also offer Standard by Quicksilver bikinis and sunglasses (both $88) as well as Shiseido skincare products ($28 and $32). Those forgetting their trunks, looking for something new or simply down for an impromptu dip now have a readily accessible option at their fingertips. Ditto anyone unable to make it poolside this season, as the products will also be available via Quiksilver.com and ShopTheStandard.com.
Convenience, of course, plays a key role in purchasing decisions, saving consumers a trip to the store or an excursion outside of one's home-away-from-home. Come late fall, a new line of luxury vending machines, U*tique, is slated to appear in boutique hotel lobbies, gym locker rooms as well as nightclub and airport lounges. Stocked with an array of high end skincare products, makeup, gadgets and even books, the machines' offerings will be curated by each venue. Anyone about to catch a flight, for instance, might score travel-size goods from Malin + Goetz, while gym bunnies could procure a pair of headphones or a Phix natural energy supplement. In order to make the transactions as seamless as possible, U*tique's touch screen interface will also offer video demos, label profiles and ingredient listings.
Granted, not all easy access retailing comes courtesy of vending machines these days. Launched by the team behind Tank, digital fashion mag Because.com enables users to peruse and purchase a curated selection of clothing, jewelry, accessories and beauty products. Shot in 30-45 second editorial-style video clips, the goods appear on models, from a variety of angles, accompanied by music (picture a Helmut Lang crochet knit dress sported by a blonde dancing to The xx). In lieu of flipping to a print pub's back page market listings, users can click on a link to "Buy Now," read more about the designer or even purchase the song they just heard on iTunes.
If such easy access retailing—à la U*tique and Because.com—indeed proliferates, it can, at least in part, be chalked up to basic economics: vending machines are essentially portable, less expensive to operate and maintain than traditional stores and don't require sales associates. Online magazines like Because.com, meanwhile, link consumers directly with vendors and don't necessitate costly shoots or photographers. And from a shopping perspective, anyone on the fence about going the self-service route can take heed knowing they're not entirely alone—a friend's trusted e-opinion is still only a click or snap away.


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The NSA is intercepting images of everyday people to the tune of millions a day to use in their facial recognition program. You may already be included in this global herding of images, as no one has any idea if their photos are among the NSA arsenal.
The NSA's collection methods and use of these pictures came to light after the leaking of top secret documents, reports the Raw Story on June 1. Where are the large quantities of the NSA pictures coming from? It appears that each time you post a picture on one of the social network websites you run the risk of having that picture becoming part of this targeted facial recognition program.
The documents were provided by Edward Snowden, who is a fugitive and a former U.S. Intelligence analyst. These documents show that over the past four years the NSA has had an increasing reliance on the facial recognition technology.
These documents cite the NSA as using new software to exploit a flood of images that are grabbed from emails, social media posts and video conferences that the NSA intercepts. Any type of online communication appears to be considered part of a crop from which they may harvest these images from.
The NSA believes that the latest advances in this facial recognition analysis can "revolutionize" the way intelligence targets are found by the agency. A 2010 document states:
"It's not just the traditional communications we're after: It's taking a full-arsenal approach that digitally exploits the clues a target leaves behind in their regular activities on the net to compile biographic and biometric information" that can help "implement precision targeting."
Since the time that Snowdon first revealed these documents, which was back in June of 2013, the NSA and the scope of their electronic surveillance program has been at the center of controversy. It is not clear on how many people worldwide have their images as part of this program.
According to Yahoo News, it is also not know how many American images are entered into this facial recognition program. The leaked documents state that the NSA intercepts "millions of images per day," which includes 55,000 "facial recognition quality images."
The U.S. privacy and U.S. surveillance laws do not provide specific protections for facial images, so it looks as if any image available online is fair game for the NSA.
This is not something that many Americans want to hear as it evokes the feeling that the government continues with their invasion of privacy on everyday U.S. citizens. Although some might argue that if this helps find terrorists then what is the harm of having your picture part of this program. What is your take on having your images ripe for the taking by the NSA?


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Antibiotic awareness – what's the campaign about?
Antibiotics are life-saving drugs which have revolutionised medical care in the last 80 years. They are important medicines which help fight infections that are caused by bacteria.
However, resistance to antibiotics is a growing problem in Europe. As a result of the inappropriate use and prescribing of antibiotics, the bacteria are learning to adapt and find ways to survive the effects of an antibiotic. The more an antibiotic is used, the more bacteria become resistant to it.
In addition, few new antibiotics are being developed. As resistance in bacteria grows and with no new antibiotics available, it will become more difficult to treat infections, and this affects patient care.
Many people believe that antibiotics can cure all common health problems, such as coughs and colds, sore throats and earaches. These are most often viral infections which cannot be treated by antibiotics. Not only will the antibiotics be of no benefit, they will become less effective against the bacteria they're intended to treat.
With this ongoing increase in antibiotic resistance, pharmacists can play a vital role in providing you with the best advice about medicines. Pharmacists are the first port of call for help and advice about how to treat common conditions such as coughs and colds, but also recognise more serious symptoms and know when you need to seek further treatment.
What can I do?
• It's important that we use antibiotics the right way, to slow down resistance and make sure these life-saving medicines remain effective for us and future generations.
• Antibiotics should only be taken when prescribed by a health professional. They should be the correct medicine for your illness taken at the right dose and at the right time as advised.
• You must take your antibiotics for the duration directed by the health professional who prescribed them. If you do not complete the full course of antibiotics, the antibiotic may wipe out some, but not all of the bacteria. The surviving bacteria become more resistant and can be spread to other people.
• You must always take the antibiotics as directed, a lower dose or twice instead of three times daily may not be effective and encourages resistance to develop.
• Many antibiotics are prescribed and used for mild infections when they don't need to be. Colds and most coughs, sinusitis, earache and sore throats often get better without antibiotics. Don't expect to have a prescription for antibiotics every time you are unwell.
• Talk to your pharmacist if you are feeling under the weather. They can provide you with help and advice to manage the symptoms of common health problems and can direct you to further treatment if necessary.
Every year, European Antibiotic Awareness Day is held on November 18. It's a Europe-wide public health initiative which encourages responsible use of antibiotics.
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State legislations is in the works for removing sex offenders from sites like Facebook and Myspace. Rob Teilhet, a state legislator and candidate for Attorney General, is working to allow state authorities to send offenders' information directly to sites to get their profiles banned permanently.
These measures have already been put in place in New York, with California and Oklahoma also considering. With the high publicity and success of Dateline's "To Catch a Predator" series, is a wonder this hasn't been introduced sooner. According to Teilhet, 1 in 5 children are approached online with 1 in 33 approached heavily. Sadly, of those approached online, only 1 in 4 children report it to their parents, according to the online safety advocacy group, Enough is Enough.
Teilhet wants Georgia offenders to be required to register any usernames or passwords they use with law enforcement. This would help law enforcement track the activity of those usernames online. He believes Facebook and Myspace would play a key role in monitoring the activity of offenders. "It's not a matter of where Georgia gets jurisdiction over some Norwegian Internet provider, it's up to the social networkers themselves to do the enforcement," Teilhet said. "And they want to do this. This bill just gives them the authority to make it happen. Authority anywhere for sex offenders in the state of Georgia."
Honestly, I don't see this as an effective deterrent when offenders can sign up for a new username that they won't report to law enforcement. It's very easy to sign up for new online identities, as proven by social media strategists, who are responsible for managing the online brands of multiple clients. Without involving the developers and thoughtleaders of social media and social networks, this plan may create more work to monitor than what it was designed to prevent.
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2015-2017 Biennium
11.1 Health and Safety.
11.2 Personnel File.
A nurse shall have access to his/her own personnel file for review in the office upon written request to Human Resources. The Employer may remove any documents in a probationary nurse's file that were obtained through assurances of confidentiality to a third party at the time of original appointment.
Upon request of a nurse who has achieved permanent status, the Employer or designee will remove pre-employment reference statements from the nurse's personnel file.
The nurse shall be sent a copy of any adverse material placed in the official or departmental file. Notes or files kept by nurse managers regarding staff shall not be shared with others unless shared with the RN first and shall not be kept more than three years. The nurse shall have the right to have placed in the file a statement of rebuttal or correction of information contained in the file within a reasonable period of time after the nurse becomes aware that the information is in the file.
11.3 Liability Insurance.
The Employer shall provide appropriate liability insurance for all nurses in the bargaining unit and shall provide, upon request, a summary of the policy or statement of coverage.
11.4 Performance Evaluations.
Medical Center management shall provide performance evaluations during the probationary period and thereafter annually in accordance with the Medical Center's evaluation procedure. Further, it is the Medical Center's intention to advise each nurse of the status of his/her work performance in accordance with appropriate standards of nursing practice as needed or through the performance evaluation mechanism.
A copy of the evaluation shall be given to the nurse. Performance evaluations will be removed from the department file three years after the date of completion.
11.5 Uniforms/Clothing Damage.
The Employer will reimburse nurses for personal uniforms or work clothing irreparably damaged or torn by patients. Such reimbursement shall be based on the estimated replacement value of the clothing damaged.
Prior to any decisions by a department head to change the policy on nurses' uniforms, employees in the department shall have an opportunity to consult with the department head regarding the policy. The department head will give serious consideration to the wishes of the nurses in making a decision.
11.6 Employee Assistance.
The Employer and the Association recognize that alcoholism and chemical dependency are chronic and treatable conditions. Efforts should be made to identify these conditions and prevent or minimize erosion in work performance. The Employer and the Association will encourage and support employee participation in appropriate programs including the UW Care Link Services through which employees may seek confidential assistance in the resolution of chemical dependency or other problems that may impact job performance. UW Care Link Services may presently be reached at 1-866-298-3898 (business hours) or 1-800-833-3031 (24 hour line).
No employee's job security will be placed in jeopardy as a result of seeking and following through with corrective treatment, counseling or advice providing that the employee's job performance meets supervisory expectations.
11.7 Floating.
Nurses required to float within the Medical Center inpatient or outpatient settings will receive adequate orientation. Appropriate resources will be available as follows:
Nurses shall not be required to perform new procedures without nursing supervision. Nurses shall seek supervisory guidance for those tasks or procedures for which they have not been trained. Nurses who encounter difficulties related to floating should report these to the appropriate Nurse Manager. There will be no adverse consequences for a nurse filing a concern.
The Nurse Manager (or designee) will seek volunteers among the nurses present on the unit before assigning nurses to float. Floating will be assigned on an equitable basis as determined by each unit. The Medical Center will make a good faith effort not to require a nurse to float more than once per shift. Nurses assigned to float will receive a patient assignment taking into account the nurse's training and experience. When feasible, the Nursing Supervisor or designee will offer the Patient Care Unit(s) an option to recommend floating assignments for unit RNs before per diems are assigned. Attempts will be made to float RNs in designated clinical clusters.
Upon request, RNs with over 20 years of continuous professional nursing service at UWMC shall float only after all others when skill-mix permits.
11.8 Travel Pay.
Any nurse required by the Employer to travel to a place of work other than his/her regular official duty station shall be reimbursed for travel costs if eligible, in accordance with the Administrative Policy Statement 70.2, www.washington.edu/admin/adminpro.
11.9 Employment Information.
A written form will be used to specify initial conditions of hiring (including number of hours to be worked, rate of pay, unit and shift). A copy of such form shall be given to the nurse.
Upon request to an immediate supervisor, nurses will be given written confirmation of a change in status or separation in accordance with University of Washington policy.
Upon request to the payroll office, records shall be readily available for nurses to determine their number of hours worked, rate of pay, sick leave accrued and vacation accrued. If management makes a change that affects a nurse's paycheck, the nurse will be informed and a record of the change will be available to the nurse.
11.10 Staff Meetings and Unit Based Work Team Meetings.
Staff meetings will take place on a regular basis, not less than quarterly. Minutes will be kept and filed on the unit for at least three years. Any nurses required to attend these meetings will do so on paid time.
11.11 Staffing.
The Medical Center is responsible for the development and implementation of all staffing plans for nursing. The general staffing plan is reviewed and modified as necessary, at least annually in accordance with the UWMC budget process.
The Medical Center will provide adequate staffing to assure patient safety and the health of nurses. In addition, the Medical Center agrees to make a good faith effort to assure that:
Although the content of staffing plans is not subject to the grievance procedure, the above commitments are subject to the grievance procedure. Unsafe working conditions related to staffing levels are subject to the grievance procedure.
Each unit/clinic/work area of the Medical Center will seek staff nurse input into the development and modification of their staffing plans. Such plans on each unit consider items including: patient acuity, patient activity (admissions, discharges and transfers), total patient days and daily census patterns unit census/volume, patient length of stay, patient transports, the use of patient restraints, level of RN training and experience, optimal number and training of support personnel and unit geography. Day to day adjustments to the staffing plans are made based on the professional judgment of appropriate nursing personnel including the charge nurse and take into consideration the items listed above as they relate to current patient care needs. The Medical Center will make the staffing plan available on each patient care unit in the facility. The Medical Center will inform the Association through Conference Committee in the event of changes in the general staffing plan for nursing.
The Union has the right to appoint up to three RN WSNA members each January to serve an annual term as a member of the UWMC Staffing Committee. These members will be added to the committee in addition to the existing members.
Members from the UWMC Staffing Committee will report on progress and status at least quarterly at UWMC-WSNA Conference Committee.
11.12 Staffing Concerns.
Nurses, individually or as a group, believing there is an immediate workload/staffing problem should bring that problem to the attention of the supervisor or Nurse Manager as soon as the problem is identified. Nurses believing there is a continuous or potential workload/staffing problem, which may include the ability to receive rest periods and lunch breaks, should attempt to resolve the problem in discussions at the work unit level. Continuous or potential workload/staffing problems discussed at the work unit level that have not been resolved may be raised through the Joint Conference Committee. The Joint Conference Committee may determine that a unit-based work team would best address the workload/staffing problem raised. If the Joint Conference Committee makes that determination, a sub-committee consisting of an appropriate number of staff nurses who are from the unit and shift(s) experiencing the workload/staffing problem (appropriate number of staff nurses to be determined by the Joint Conference Committee), a WSNA representative and appropriate management staff will meet to discuss the problem raised. The sub-committee(s) shall report its results back to the Joint Conference Committee.
11.13 Clinical Advisor.
When the numbers of new graduate nurses on a specific unit comprise a reasonable portion of the unit's staff and those nurses have completed their formal preceptor period, the Nurse Managers and/or Charge Nurse will assess the situation and, as appropriate, appoint a Clinical Advisor to provide additional clinical support. To the extent possible, the patient load of the Clinical Advisor will be adjusted in consideration for the additional clinical support being provided. As a general rule, the Clinical Advisor will not be assigned charge duties.
11.14 Correction of Payroll Errors.
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Home Run Derby 2011: Preview
For this year's Home Run Derby in Arizona, my head tells me not to bet against Jose Bautista…
My heart wants to go with Prince Fielder…
But I almost kind of sense an upset pick in Matt Holliday…
I'm excited to see how it all turns out tomorrow night!
AL Squad: Jose Bautista, David Ortiz, Adrian Gonzalez, Robinson Cano
NL Squad: Matt Holliday, Prince Fielder, Matt Kemp, Rickie Weeks
The Exception?
Alright…with Manny Ramirez retiring suddenly this past week to avoid a second suspension for failing a drug test, it begs the question: HOF?
Taking steroids out of the equation, this guy is a first-ballot HOF-er. I would argue that he was the greatest righthander hitter in baseball from 1995-2008, and one of the greatest pure hitters in baseball history. Sure, he was a complete spaz and couldn't field a lick, but when you hit like that it doesn't really matter. During the mid-1990s he and Jim Thome provided potency to the Cleveland Indians, then he and David Ortiz teamed up as perhaps the most dominant 3-4 combination since Ruth-Gehrig. Even his stint with the Dodgers (before the first suspension that signaled the end of his career) was incredible.
Some of the career stats: .312 BA, .411 OBP, .585 SLG, .996 OPS, 2,574 H, 555 HR, 1,831 RBI.
He was always a favorite player of mine (when not tormenting Twins pitching, of course) for just his pure hitting ability. The guy didn't give a lick about anything, but he was blessed with the ability to hit a baseball really, really hard with surprising frequency.
Of course, much like Andy Pettitte, the steroid issue will cloud Manny's candidacy. Like Pettitte and, say, A-Rod, Manny is a confirmed steroid user. That being said, he didn't make up ridiculous stories in his defense (e.g. Barry Bonds), didn't become a jerk about it (e.g. Roger Clemens), didn't refuse to speak about the past (e.g. Mark McGwire), didn't blatently deny his usage (e.g. Rafael Palmeiro), and didn't forget how to speak English when questioned (e.g. Sammy Sosa). Basically, he just got caught and served his time.
My feeling on the matter right now is that I would put Manny in the Hall, but not after a few years of "punishment waiting" sitting on the ballot. Perhaps I am being too sentimental and should be harder on the guy, but at least he didn't deny, deny, deny and make baseball look like a bunch of guys trying to pull the wool over our eyes.
Time will tell.
Living Up To The Billing
The 2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was billed as a pitchers duel. It started off with these two gentlemen…
…and didn't wander too far from the script.
The first run of the game was scored by the AL in the fifth inning on a Robinson Cano sacrifice fly…
…after Dodger pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo's throwing error allowed a man to stand on third base.
It wasn't until the seventh inning when the NL finally began to build a rally, capped off by a bases-clearing single from Brian McCann:
The American Leaguers didn't do anything else until the bottom of the ninth, when David Ortiz led off with a single and, with one out, John Buck did likewise. However, NL right fielder Marlon Byrd nabbed the ball on a hop and fired to second, gunning down the lead-footed Big Papi (and the AL's serious chance of tying things up):
The obvious game MVP was McCann:
Matt Capps retired one batter to pick up the win, while Luke Hughes took the lose and Jonathan Broxton recorded the save.
About the only scary moment of the game came when Ryan Braun made a diving catch…
…and rolled right on top of his wrist. He came away from the play unscathed, but could have very easily broken his wrist on the play. Whew!
All in all, the 2010 ASG was a tight, well-played contest, and I was disppointed to hear today that it garnered such poor ratings on FOX. To me, the ASG is an event I look forward to every summer, and I don't see why more people don't get excited about it. Perhaps in this day and age of round-the-clock media coverage the fans actually need a "break" as much as the players, but not for me, I guess. I remember watching the game with stars in my eyes as a child, and I still do to this day.
Whew…That Was Close
Whew…the Twins managed to avoid a sweep today at the hands of the Tigers thanks to another solid outing from Carl Pavano and some much-needed clutch hitting (that didn't produce too many double plays).
With pretty much the entire rotation struggling at this point, Pavano took the rotation on his back and turned in 7.2 IP while allowing just three earned runs. Heck, he even managed to keep Miguel Cabrera from completely destroying us!
Multi-hit games from Young, Cuddyer (who is finally starting to hit the ball again), and Kubel allowed the M&M-less offense to come out on top.
This was a big win for the Twins, as heading into the break three games back is much better (if only psychologically) than five.
-Justin Morneau, due to his lingering concussion symptoms, will not start in the All-Star game (or play whatsoever) on Tuesday night. Cabrera will start the game, while Paul Konerko of the White Sox has been added to the roster.
-Sad news today in hearing that longtime Yankees PA announcer Bob Sheppard passed away today. I know that he hadn't been doing the PA for a few years now, but his recorded broadcast still introduces Derek Jeter to this day. Younger fans may not remember the name, but the voice will likely be familiar.
Preview: Home-Run Derby! Here are this year's participants:
National League: Chris Young (Diamondbacks), Corey Hart (Brewers), Matt Holliday (Cardinals), Hanley Ramirez (Marlins)
American League: David Ortiz (Red Sox), Nick Swisher (Yankees), Miguel Cabrera (Tigers), Vernon Wells (Blue Jays)
Tommy-Boy and Big Papi
Two interesting events in the world of baseball that I would quickly like to touch on:
First, is David "Big Papi" Ortiz…
As you very well know, Ortiz is currently mired in a slump so long that many people are starting to call it "reality". As the stats currently sit, he is hitting a paltry .188 with just one long ball and 21 RBIs in a full 191 at-bats. I haven't seen him a whole lot during this horrid stretch, but I guess the word is that he is not catching up to the fastball and, when he does make contact, just pops it up all over the field.
Personally, I hope that Big Papi finds his stroke at some point this season. When hitting well, he is one of the most exciting players in all of baseball. I think the thing that Papi has going for him is that, like me, everyone is rooting for him. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets a full season of at-bats even if he continues to stink. There are just too many memories like these… http://mlb.mlb.com/media/player/mp_tpl_3_1.jsp?w=/library/open/moments/bbm_04alcs_gm4_nyybos_350.wmv&vid=7808&pid=gen_video&cid=mlb&v=2 … and many others that allow Ortiz time to turn things around. I'm rooting for him!
On the other hand, there is Tom Glavine…
He was recently released by the Atlanta Braves (the team for which he played for most of his career) after finally seeming to get healthy following his injury from last season. There is much buzz going around that Glavine was given a rough deal, but unlike Ortiz, who is universally liked by his home and national fans, Glavine also has THIS on his record…
For five seasons, Tommy-Boy "jumped shipped" and pitched for the Braves' biggest rivals, the New York Mets. I really don't remember the details of those negotiations, but I do know that Glavine pitched long enough in the Big Apple to identify with fans their as well. He re-joined the Braves last season but wasn't able to stay healthy enough to do any real quality pitching.
Personally, I could care less about what Glavine thinks the Braves "owe" him. As sports fans have learned from the Brett Favre fiasco year after year, until an athlete retires "for good", sports, at their core, are still a business. The Braves didn't want to waste $1 million on Glavine when he could easily just go out and get injured again, and I don't question their decision on that one bit. The same thing happened with the Twins and Harmon Killebrew. Towards the end of his career, Harmon was clearly fading skills-wise and Twins owner Cal Griffeth practically begged him to retire. Harmon refused, and thus the Twins traded him to Kansas City were he limped to the quick end of his career.
The Japanese Revolution
For all the apathy I have shown towards the World Baseball Classic this year (not commenting on it once on this blog until now), there is one thing that both installments of the tournament have clearly shown me: the Japanese style of baseball is the most effective at winning ballgames.
Now, of course I realize that if the United States team really did choose all our best players, and if guys like Johan Santana and David Ortiz wouldn't bug off the Dominican Republic squad, the tournament may play out much differently. However, even if each team's best possible squad was on the field every day, I think Japan could compete with any of them. Their small-ball, advance-the-runner style of play (plus, nearly every player can run the bases effectively) has really become the sought-after way to win games. I mean, how fitting was it that Ichiro Suzuki (the player who best personifies the Japanese game) got the game-winning hit against Korea?! I've never seen a batter where luck plays as big a role at getting him out. Since he never strikes out, retiring him requires the luck of the ball-in-play being hit right to a defender…that's about it. Pitchers may have learned his tendencies a wee bit, but now he "just" hits .320 every year instead of .350, and has 220 hits instead of 257.
When Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier back in the 1940s, it completely changed the way baseball looked, as it allowed black players to increase the quality of play. What's interesting is that you can almost say that the same sort of thing happened to the Japanese market in 2001 when Ichiro hit the major leagues and brought his much more exciting brand of baseball to a game then bogged-down by steroid oafs. Now, Japan is continuing to get the recognition they deserve, and you can bet that many more single-hitting, base-stealing, wacky-delivery Japanese players will be popping up on rosters all over MLB.
We Are Family (Minus One)
I was saddened to hear yesterday that former Twin, Blue Jay, and Brewer Corey Koskie announced his retirement from professional baseball. As Twins fans, how can we not respect the tenacity that Koskie showed for the game of baseball, as he was one of those guys without much raw talent that needed every ounce of skill in his body to hit .280, 20 HR, and play fabulous defense at the hot corner. Sadly, however, his strange concussion-like malady has now forced him to leave the game he loves. Though even he admitted he could probably play through the discomfort, he did not want to put himself through another rough year or two, and with young children growing up at home I don't know how you can blame him for that.
During my time as a writer for the University Register at the University of Minnesota, Morris, I penned an article about Koskie (and other former Twins) that I thought would be appropriate to share on this blog. Just remember that the article is a wee bit dated (written just in advance of the start of the '07 season), but the basic principles of the piece still hold true:
Over the last seven seasons, the Minnesota Twins have become a perennial powerhouse in the American League. Yet, besides a winning product on the field, the Twins have created a family-type atmosphere that makes them so endearing and fun to watch. While many baseball teams disperse their own separate ways the minute a game is completed (i.e. the New York Yankees), the Twins stick together, evidenced by the roommate pairing of Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau last season. Journeyman players who have wandered the major leagues or young rookies fresh from the bush leagues can be considered "part of the family" once assigned a Twins uniform. However, in order to stay competitive in baseball's current economy, many a fine Twins "family member" has needed to be disowned. In almost all cases, leaving the Twins' family produced disastrous results…
Christian Guzman–Endeared himself to Twins fans in 2001 with his unusual goatee and that "bionic sound" he made while scampering to third base with another triple. Since leaving the Twins after 2004, Guzy batted .219 for the Washington Nationals in 2005 and missed the entire '06 season due to shoulder surgery.
Matt Lawton–Lawton was the most talented Twins outfielder during the doldrums of the late 1990s. Never sniffed .300 after leaving the Twins via a trade in '01 and was busted for steroids with the Yankees in 2005.
A.J. Pierzynski–You know the fan who gets a few beers in him and annoys the heck out of his entire section? A.J. Pierzynski was that guy's hero. Pierzynski is still a quality catcher for the Chisox, but his trade brought the Twins Francisco Liriano, Joe Nathan, and Boof Bonser.
Luis Rivas–A mainstay (admittedly if only because of a lack of depth) at the second base position from 2001-2004 and often single-handedly defeated the Kansas City Royals. Could not make the Tampa Bay Devils Rays roster in 2006, one year after the Twins released him.
David Ortiz–The one who got away. The gregarious "Big Papi" was a fan-favorite in 2001-2002, but also quite injury-prone, leading to his departure. Ortiz latched on with Boston and is now arguably major league baseball's biggest superstar.
Doug Mientkiewicz–Led the Twins' surge to prominence in 2001, but is now best remembered for stealing a baseball, not hitting or catching one.
Eric Milton–A solid, if not spectacular, starting pitcher for the Twins who pitched a no-hitter in 1999. Now regularly leads the NL in home runs allowed.
Joe Mays–Highly-touted Twins prospect who, after one great season (2001) fizzled out. Was recently cut from LA Dodgers training camp.
Jacque Jones–Teamed with Torii Hunter to create the "Soul Patrol" outfield but could not be afforded after 2005. Last year, Jacque was a steady contributor (.285, 27 home runs) for the Chicago Cubs.
LaTroy Hawkins–After first succeeding (then failing miserably) as a closer, "Hawk" became a premier middle reliever before pricing himself out of a Twins uniform. Hasn't been nearly as dominant since leaving Minnesota (4.48 ERA in 60 innings for the Orioles last season) and still collapses in pressure situations.
Eddie Guardado–"Everyday Eddie" earned his nickname as a middle reliever, but transformed himself into a reliable (if not spectacular) closer. Recently, Eddie has become anything but reliable due to chronic left elbow problems.
Yet, there is one player who has fallen on especially hard times after leaving the Twins family. The name noticeably absent from this nostalgic list is Corey Koskie. In 2001, Koskie banded together with Torii Hunter, Jacque Jones, and Doug Mientkiewicz in order to bring winning baseball back to Minnesota, much like Kent Hrbek, Gary Gaetti, Tom Brunansky, and Kirby Puckett did in the early 1980s.
Koskie debuted with the Twins organization in 1999 where, at third base and right field, he made an immediate splash (.310 batting average) on a punchless team. However, Koskie struggled mightily with his third base defense, not exhibiting enough quickness or range to play the position. Yet, on a team where playoff aspirations were nonexistent, Koskie was given the time necessary to develop his fielding skills, eventually molding himself into a perennial Gold Glove candidate, with his diving stops and on-target throws (even if he did have to occasionally bounce them off the old Metrodome turf) becoming commonplace.
After being a key contributor to the Twins' playoff teams of 2002-2004, Koskie was courted by a number of teams who coveted the slick-fielding, decent power/average third baseman. Though pursued by the Twins, Koskie was ultimately signed by the Toronto Blue Jays of his native Canada. Before leaving Minnesota, in a gesture demonstrating his appreciation of the Twins' organization and fans, Koskie took out full-page ads in both the Pioneer Press and Star Tribune expressing his gratitude for being allowed to thrive in Minnesota.
After a disappointing and injury-riddled season in Toronto, Koskie again changed teams, this time heading to Milwaukee. With a fast start to 2006, Koskie seemed to be getting his career back on track until disaster struck on July 5. While chasing a pop-up at Miller Park, Koskie overran the ball, had to bend backwards, and ended up falling to the ground, his neck whip-lashing before impact. While the incident did not seem overly violent, Koskie's next at-bat was like something out of the fifth dimension of the Twilight Zone, complete with images coming in and out of focus and spells of dizziness.
Since that day, Koskie has not played an inning of baseball for the Brewers. A week after the concussion, Koskie tried returning to the Brewers' lineup, but was overcome by dizziness, fatigue, and nausea, requiring him to leave the field once again. After visiting a neuropsychologist, Koskie was diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome from his fall. For the rest of that season, Koskie could only work out in small increments without the symptoms returning. His head injury even affected his family life, as watching his son's hockey games became impossible due to the bright lights giving him terrible headaches.
As for 2007 season begins, Koskie has begun rehabilitating both mind and body at his home in Minnesota, hoping to rejoin his team at the earliest possible date. Though post-concussion symptoms can last for years, Koskie seems to be on track to the major leagues again, as evidence by rising scores on the reaction-time and cognitive ability tests he regularly undergoes. According to Koskie himself (in an interview with the Star Tribune's Patrick Reusse), "I'm going to play again. I'm sure of that. If I wasn't, I would have a lot more depression to deal with."
In 1982, a promising young outfielder named Jim Eisenreich debuted with the Minnesota Twins. After suffering several mystifying seizures at his left field post, Eisenreich was diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome, putting his major league career in serious jeopardy. However, after three years of undergoing treatment, Eisenreich returned to the major leagues. In 1993 he helped the Philadelphia Phillies to the National League Championship by batting .318. In 1996 he hit .361 with the Phillies, and '97 brought him a World Series championship with the Florida Marlins. Hopefully, Corey Koskie can do much of the same.
ALCS Predictions: The New Postseason Kings
How quickly have we forgotten 2004 and 2007? After watching the media coverage of the ALCS that begins on Friday night in Tampa Bay, there has been almost an overwhelming consensus that the upstart Rays will dethrone the defending-champion Red Sox and reach the first World Series in franchise history (of course, every Ray victory has some sort of historical significance these days!). Not so fast, people…
Let's look at this series a game at a time. The series opens in Tropicana Field, where the Rays have been nearly a completely different than they are at home, but who really thinks the Rays will win both of those first two home games against the playoff-savvy Sox? Game 1 pits Daisuke Matsuzaka (18-3, 2.90) against James Shields (14-8, 3.56), while Game 2 is Josh Beckett (12-10, 4.03) vs. Scott Kazmir (12-8, 3.49). I'd actually favor the Sox in both games, but let's say (for home-field advantage sake) that the series is even when it moves back into Fenway.
This is where things are sure to get interesting, as it is the classic case of "postseason aura" (which the Red Sox have finally wrestled away from the Yankees) vs. "young team that isn't intimidated" (the Rays have never experienced this situation before, so how can they be too overwhelmed?). In that scenario, however, I will take the most experienced team any day of the week. Although the pitching matchups in Game Three, Jon Lester (16-6, 3.21) vs. Matt Garza (11-9, 3.70), and Game Four, Tim Wakefield (10-11, 4.13) vs. Andy Sonnanstine (13-9, 4.38), perhaps swing a little bit toward the Rays (at least compared to the first two games), I'll still take the experienced hurlers over the green ones. Even if the series is 2-2 after four games, the pitching matchups will be who has the best bullpen, and what starters can come back effectively on short rest. All four Sox starters are battle-tested, while all the Rays are first-timers. As a Twins fan, I would not feel too confident on a guy like Matt Garza coming back in a game seven facing, say, Tim Wakefield.
Offensively both clubs can score runs. In fact, I think the only way Tampa Bay can win this series is if they completely outscore the BoSox, and by a large margin at that. However, the Boston lineup has developed a habit of producing in the clutch, with guys like David Ortiz, J.D. Drew, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Mike Lowell, and some guy you would never expect (Jedd Lowrie?!) providing the back-breaking hits to the opposition. I thought that the departure of Manny Ramirez would really hurt Boston come postseason time, but Manny's replacement, Jason Bay, has performed admirably after escaping Pittsburgh.
My "official" prediction, then, is for Boston to defeat Tampa Bay in six games. The Rays have had a great ride, but I think that the playoff experience of nearly every Boston player will be too much for the scrappy Rays to overcome. However, I would expect to see many close, hard-fought games. Whereas the Yankees of old developed their "mystic and aura" in the playoffs by crushing opponents, the Red Sox have won in the playoffs by getting the late-inning clutch hits.


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Police are appealing for witnesses after the Vauxhall Astra was towed away from the A61 between Westwood New Road and junction 36 of the M1 during daylight hours on September 11.
PC Craig Sumpter, of Hoyland safer neighbourhood team, said no houses overlooked the road but people may have seen something while driving past.
"It's not something that looks suspicious at the time but this might trigger someone's memory," he said.
Anyone with information should call 101 and ask for Hoyland SNT.
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"At what points during the laundering process are workers most vulnerable to injury or even death, and what precautions should be taken to minimize the risk? I want to make sure I am doing everything I can to protect my staff."Equipment/Supplies Distribution: Donnie Weiland, Tingue, Brown & Co., Alvin, Texas
An operator suffering a broken arm when reaching around a machine guard; an engineer falling 20 feet because a ladder didn't have proper foot-traction; an engineer shocked with 440 volts because the electrical supply wasn't turned off; and laundry-leveling lint fires caused by poor housekeeping are examples of preventable events I've witnessed. The key word here is "preventable."
Accounts of other accidents shared with me describe a man who was decapitated by a washer being "jogged" while he was looking inside, another man crushed while working under a dryer that was not "chocked," and a woman scalped by an ironer due to the finger-guard switch not working.
Injuries and deaths occur when you least expect them! Let's review some vulnerable points in the laundry process and what you can do to minimize these possibilities.
[NP][/NP]Soil Sort Room — Sharps are always present, whether it's a scalpel in a healthcare plant or a knife in a hospitality laundry. Communication with customers about eliminating them is necessary. Many laundries have installed metal detectors.Heavy Slings/Bags — Keeping slings/bags and rail systems in good repair; properly loading them; and training workers how to unload properly will help prevent back injuries and "fallout" from above.Loading/Unloading — Even strong, young individuals who work out regularly will sometimes strain their back or shoulders unless they consistently use proper techniques.Wet Floors — Proper footwear will help prevent falls.Jam-Ups — These occur primarily in ironers, folders and stackers; at pinch points; or due to worn ribbons/belts. Assure safe removal by instructing personnel to turn the machines off first.End-of-Day Fatigue — Strenuous and/or monotonous activity is the norm. Combat it with proper breaks and drinking-water availability.
Use your head at all times! Common sense will save more limbs and lives than any rules written on paper.Healthcare Laundry: Dianna Aracich, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, W.Va.
The chance of physical injury to laundry staff in processing is obvious. That's why all new hires are thoroughly instructed on the safety aspects of equipment, and all veteran employees are continually reminded.
An employee who is too comfortable will take unnecessary risk. All equipment requires respect and constant awareness of its inherent dangers.
In the first year of my laundry career, this fact was driven home in the worst possible way.
[NP][/NP]The dangers of the "hot" part of the ironer had been repeatedly stressed to me. But on this day, a veteran employee — a "pro," if you will — was pulled into the feed roll of the ironer and lost her arm.
The mishap would have been avoided if she hadn't been wearing a loose-fitting sweater. It made a life-altering impression on this "newbie."
Safety training and awareness is an ongoing, daily, hourly, by-the-minute habit.
There used to be a slogan about driving your car: "Watch out for the other guy." This is the best way to prevent injury to yourself and your co-workers. If everyone from the nurse to the laundry finisher applies this rule every day, dangers can be eliminated.
Staff is aware that the safety rules are there for their protection and that of their co-workers. The rules aren't there to get on their nerves.
Safety concerns are reported to me. The PPE worn at work, although cumbersome, is for their protection. All soiled linen is handled using standard precautions to protect against needle sticks. The wash room is the first line of defense for the rest of the department.
Machine safety switches are checked daily before operation. Everything is documented and reported to the hospital safety officer when needed. Every employee in the plant is a "safety officer."
We have an excellent safety record, with no serious injuries since that terrible day long ago (knock on wood).
I'm a little superstitious. See, I don't take any chances with the safety of my staff.Long-Term-Care Laundry: Gary Clifford, Pines of Sarasota, Sarasota, Fla.
Serious injuries can occur at any point in the laundering process. With that in mind, job training and safety training are the first line of defense against accidents that can cause such injuries.
All staff members should be trained, prior to their first day of employment, in the safe use of whatever type of equipment you happen to run.
Your equipment salespeople and chemical suppliers will be willing to help educate your staff. Just schedule with them in advance.
[NP][/NP]It's of paramount importance that every staff member takes an active role in reporting unsafe conditions or equipment, without hesitation. All personnel need to respond immediately when safety issues are reported. Your staff needs to see that you, as a supervisor, take safety seriously.
Be diligent in checking equipment daily and observing linen processing, to be certain that everyone is following established policies and to be satisfied that your equipment is always in proper working condition.
Be sure to keep lint accumulation as low as possible, as this is one area that often causes serious problems and fire hazards.
Have annual in-service training at a minimum. You can do in-services more often if your staff is inexperienced or if workers aren't following your procedures.
In-services should cover:
- Safety procedures
- Operating procedures
- Linen handling
- Chemical handling
- Lint removal
- Infection control
- Deficiencies from surveys
- Specific facility issues
In almost all cases of serious injury, proper training and education would have prevented, or at least reduced, the impact.Click here for Part 1 of this story.Click here for Part 2 of this story.


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Hundreds of millions of your tax dollars are consistently being siphoned from government coffers and paid over to a small group of people in northwest Minnesota. They use it to produce a commodity that is one of the leading causes of diseases and medical problems in America.
The product is white refined sugar manufactured through polluting, harsh chemical processes by American Crystal Sugar.
It was announced earlier this week that Crystal Sugar will default on a $71.2 million loan it has with the USDA. For collateral, the company put up an enormous pile of sugar – about 300 million pounds – which the government is forced to buy as a price of 23.93 cents per pound.
The price of sugar was running at 18.55 cents a pound earlier this summer. That means Crystal Sugar has the option to sell its sugar to the American taxpayer instead at the artificially high price of 23.93 cents.
Our government doesn't know what to do with the sugar so it will probably end up stockpiling it in warehouses – and these storage costs will be paid for by you the taxpayer, as well.
Even though terms like "loan" and "default" are being tossed around to describe this sweetheart deal, what it amounts to is a simple arrangement:
The sugar growers will continue to produce as much sugar as they can, whether it has market value or not, and the government ensures that it will buy it from the sugar producers at high prices, courtesy of you, the taxpayer.
The program benefits only a tiny few: Crystal Sugar, its executives and management; a cadre of wealthy sugar beet farmers up and down the Red River Valley, and the jobs it creates for workers in the sugar beet processing plants.
But wait a minute: Here's thing about those workers and their jobs. Many of them no longer have them.
That's because in 2011 Crystal Sugar enforced a brutal lockout of the workers when the union voted to strike over dictatorial contract demands made by the company.
The lockout lasted for 20 months which forced many loyal employees who had worked at Crystal Sugar for 10, 20, even 30 years to simply eat management dirt -- or buzz off.
Crystal Sugar replaced them with scabs (it's more polite to call the "Guest Workers" now) until the strike was settled without a single concession made by management.
Hundreds lost their jobs permanently – some lost their homes. Broken families resulted.
So, yes, Crystal Sugar is providing jobs with some of the taxpayer cash it robs from "other people" but those jobs are contingent upon following the whims of management down to the letter – even though Crystal Sugar is not specifically a corporation – but formerly organized as a cooperative.
In a cooperative arrangement, everyone is technically on equal standing, from the farmers who plant the crops in the fields, to the workers in the factory, to the managers who make all the key decisions. But as the recent strike demonstrates, the Crystal Sugar Execs enjoy total power, and any cooperative member who chooses not to obey Byzantine management rules can be quickly spit out and end up on the street with nothing.
But – no matter. Hundreds of millions of your taxpayer cash continues to flow into American Crystal sugar leaving management secure, all-powerful and guaranteed a profit.
In the recent news of the default on a $71.2 million government loan, Crystal Sugar's disgraceful President and CEO, David Berg, crowed happily to local newspapers about what a great deal defaulting on its loan is for the company:
"Everything we have under loan we do intend to forfeit," Berg told the Fargo Forum newspaper, "Today, (the government) is about the best place we have to sell sugar."
Berg also said (with a straight face) that sticking the taxpayer for millions is "beneficial to American Crystal Sugar's financial health," and, "that's the way the program is designed to work."
Works well for them, that's for sure. But in addition to robbing taxpayers, consider all the other negative consequences of the sugar industry in northwest Minnesota:
• As sugar beet farmers continue to expand their growing areas to continue to overproduce -- they gobble up more farmland and an environmentally dangerous regime of "green desert" is established. This Genetically modified crop monoculturing is negatively altering the natural environment of the area. See also: SUGAR DESTRUCTION
• Honey bees are dying off rapidly in the Red River Valley due to heavy use of pesticides and herbicides that are driving colony collapse disorder. See also: KILLING OUR BEES
• Land prices are soaring, driving out smaller farmers and anyone else who want to get established in the region. In Marshall County farmland land prices have reached $5,300 per acre. Source
• Some 62% of all farm subsidies (hundreds of millions) are paid to just 10% of the top, richest farmers. Source
• The sugar industry is killing jobs by driving out small farmers and population. Kittson County has lost 15% or more of its population in each of the last three Census counts of the region. (Note: Census source page currently unavailabledue to government shut down).
• Soil erosion and water pollutionare alarming problems. Heavy amounts of nitrates are leaching into rivers and groundwater. Lake Winnipeg, for example, which is downstream of the Red River is experiencing an alarming algae bloom, choking off one of the most marvelous, blue, sparkling lakes in the world. Source
• Problems with soil erosion and farm-chemical pollution in turn require millions in government programs administered by federal, state and local pollution and soil-water organizations charged with keeping the environment clean. Source
• The crop taxpayers are paying to overproduce has no nutritional value. Consumption of white refined sugar causes obesity, which leads to adult-onset diabetes, tooth decay, heart disease, hypertension and more. This drives everyone's health care costs higher.
• High sugar prices are killing jobs across America in the confectioner industry. About 127,000 jobs have been lost because of sugar subsidies. (See Source). Those who make products, such as candy chocolate and bakeries, are forced to pay inflated sugar prices, meaning they have to lay off workers, move factories overseas and pass higher prices onto consumers.
In light of the numerous negative consequences of the out-of-control sugar industry, including its drain on the tax base of our deeply indebted country, the severe damage to the environment and the ill health effects on the population, one might reasonably ask:
"Why is this allowed to continue?"
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Item Reviewed: Modern Family Season 3 Blu-ray
Join TV's #1 family for another hilarious and refreshingly original season of Modern Family, winner of eleven Emmy® Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series two years in a row! As the extended Pritchett/Dunphy clan faces an uproariously unpredictable array of family vacations, holiday hassles, troublesome in-laws, and surprising secrets, they still somehow manage to thrive together as one big, loving family — even as they drive each other absolutely insane! Season Three features a hilarious gag reel and never-before-seen couch confessions that will make you laugh out loud and remind you why viewers and critics alike have fallen in love with this thoroughly Modern Family.
Bonus Features:
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We are huge Modern Family fans here and Season 3 is one of our favorites. Even the though show and the cast are incredibility funny the shows also have lessons and we love that fact. Our favorite of this season (although all episodes were great) was the Pumpkin Chunkin episode. It had the plot of dreamers versus realists and in the end when everyone realized the realists were right they didn't like that and realized that they didn't want to live in a world where there were no dreamers. The whole episode kept my husband and I riveted and provided us a great topic to talk about after we were finished watching it. See I am the dreamer and my husband is the realist Great show and the entire Blu-ray of season 3 is good. We also especially like to watch all the bloopers with this show as the cast is so funny as it is. Definitely add this to your Blu-ray / DVD library.


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A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Diana Gabaldon
2005, Historical Fiction (1770s [Colonial] North Carolina)
Delacourte, $28.00, 979 pages, Amazon ASIN 0385324162Part of a series
Set a large chunk of time aside if you are planning to read A Breath
of Snow and Ashes. Make that several large chunks of time, unless
you are blessed with the ability to read at super speed, and have a cast
iron behind. This book is 979 pages of small print and narrow margins.
("All right, so it's a long book. It's by Diana Gabaldon, and that's
a given. How was it?"
It was wonderful! I was engrossed in it, and if I hadn't had to work,
or sleep, I'd probably have read it straight through. All the time I
was working, I was looking forward to going back to Fraser's Ridge and
seeing what was going to happen to all these people I have come to love
so dearly.
It is 1773. Jamie Fraser, his wife Claire, their daughter Brianna and
her husband Roger MacKenzie, their nephew Ian, their adopted son Fergus
and his wife Marsali, are among those living in the small community of Fraser's Ridge, North Carolina. Even though they live far from the ferment of revolution that's been brewing, Jamie and his family are being touched by it. Regulators are killing people and burning their cabins, and mobs are bringing out the tar and feathers. The governor of the colony asks Jamie to help quiet the mobs, and persuade the colonists and the Indians to support the King. Jamie, of course, knows from his time-traveling wife that there will be war and the Americans will win it. But Jamie can't afford to be seen as a traitor.
This is only the beginning of a long and complex story that covers a
three-year period. All the characters have stories, but the main focus
of A Breath of Snow and Ashes is on Jamie and Claire, who are as
magnetic a couple as they were in Outlander.
Gabaldon's newest is a much better book than The Fiery Cross, the book just before it. Her technique is to write sweeping epics that are composed of many vignettes. One criticism of The Fiery Cross was that all the vignettes didn't come together to make a coherent whole. While this book has its share of vignettes and is chock full of information (want to know how to treat hemorrhoids before Preparation-H was invented?), it advances the
overarching storyline and sets up situations for the next book in the
series as well. The ending is not really a cliffhanger, but it is very
open ended - I don't know how I am going to wait for the next book.
While there is so much going on in this book that I can't begin to give
a summary, I have to mention one scene in particular. A group of
renegades come to Frasier's Ridge and it's very clear that they are
dangerous and evil men. They beat Marsali, steal all the whiskey and
burn one of the out buildings, and then they kidnap Claire and take her
into the wilderness with them. Strong and capable as she is, Claire is
one against a gang and this episode was painful to read. I couldn't
help but remember Jamie in the dungeon in Outlander. But just as
Claire rescued him in the earlier book, Jamie comes to her rescue in a
scene that melted my heart.
While Jamie and Claire are first and foremost in this book, the other
characters are not given short shrift. Roger and Brianna, Ian, Fergus,
Lord John Grey, and all the others in the saga get their fair share of
time in the story, and when Roger and Brianna decide to...well, I'll
let you discover this on your own. It's a scene that's almost as tear
worthy as the one in Dragonfly In Amber.
Readers who have been pining for a good, long, meaty novel will rejoice
in this one. Fans of the Outlander series will find some
of their questions answered, but more posed and they (and I) will be
anxiously waiting for the next book in the series. Please, let it be soon!
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College Hockey:Big Second Period Powers Badgers
MANKATO, Minn. — Wisconsin weathered an early storm by Minnesota State and rode a hot second period to a 6-2 win.
The Badgers (13-4-5, 7-2-5 WCHA) were led by defenseman Tom Gilbert, who tallied two goals and an assist, and goalie Bernd Bruckler, who stopped 29 shots in front of 4,190 spectators at the Midwest Wireless Civic Center.
After failing to start strong at home most of the season, the Mavericks came out of the gate running. MSU outshot No. 3 Wisconsin 18-12 in the first and had many scoring opportunities, but the score was just 1-1 going into the second.
David Backes got the scoring started as he fired a shot from the left circle. Bruckler got a piece of the shot, but the puck squeezed under his arm and rolled past the goal line for Backes' 10th goal of the year.
"I thought I had it for a second," Bruckler said. "It definitely hit me, but it trickled under. One that I'd like back, for sure."
Bruckler made amends by preventing MSU (4-12-4, 3-8-3 WCHA) from adding to the lead. Cole Bassett's shorthanded breakaway was stopped by Bruckler midway through the first.
The junior goalie also robbed Christian Toll on two consecutive chances later in the period and finished the first with 17 saves.
"We score on a couple of those (opportunities), it's a whole different game," said Maverick captain Shane Joseph.
Meanwhile, Wisconsin capitalized on MSU's inability to score and tied the game at 14:11 of the first. Freshman Ross Carlson, playing in just his second collegiate game, danced around MSU defenseman Lucas Fransen and swung the puck inside the far post to get his first career goal.
"He's a good improvement for our team," Gilbert said of Carlson.
"To have the first period that we did and have it be 1-1 … that's no excuse for the way we came out in the second, but it is one of those things as a coach where you look at it and say we need to be ahead 3-1, maybe even 4-1 after that first period with the opportunities we had," Minnesota State coach Troy Jutting said.
Wisconsin dominated the second period by outshooting the Mavericks 14-4 and climbed to a 4-1 lead.
Adam Burish notched his second goal of the series early in the second period. Nick Licari started the play by firing a slapshot from the left side that hit MSU goalie Kyle Nixon high. Nixon appeared stunned, and Burish pounced on the rebound and make the score 2-1 at 1:03.
John Funk scored his second goal of the year at 11:04 of the period. Mark Heatley made a nice play to keep the puck inside the MSU zone and flicked the puck to Funk alone in front of the net. Funk grabbed the puck with his glove and dropped it before firing it over Nixon.
At 16:48 of the period, Gilbert finished a three-on-two rush by flipping the puck over Nixon's left shoulder for his fourth goal of the season.
"We knew they were going to come out strong and with a lot of emotion and a lot of heart," Bruckler said. "But for us, we just need to get back to systems. And in the first period, we weren't there yet. So we talked about it in the dressing room, and our guys were able to get it done."
Gilbert scored his second of the night by finishing a backdoor play on the power play at 11:15 of the third.
"We don't know why, it just seems like we (the defensemen) are getting in the offensive rush a lot," Gilbert said. "More scoring chances come off rebounds or late defensemen coming in. It gives us a lot of confidence that we're scoring a lot right now."
Heatley added a goal before MSU's Kurtis Kisio scored with a minute remaining to cap the 6-2 score.
"Obviously we didn't come out with the same speed that we had in the first period," Jutting said of the rest of the game. "We had 18 shots in the first period and had one goal. They had 18 shots in the last two periods and had five goals."
The win, paired with St. Cloud's loss to North Dakota, gave Wisconsin a share of first place in the WCHA — a nice gift for UW coach Mike Eaves, who missed the series due to the World Junior Tournament. Associate coach Troy Ward filled in for Eaves.
"It was a must-win situation for us, and we had to make a statement," Bruckler said. "We haven't won in two games, and we needed to get back on track. We played a lot better systematically today. A lot of guys stepped up and did a good job for us."
Friday night, Ward mentioned that the Badgers needed to work harder to "manufacture goals." They did just that Saturday.
"I felt that we kept it a little bit simpler," Ward said. "We got pucks in the net. I thought the Burish goal was a real trademark of what we tried to do and what we talked about today; to get pucks to the net and get bodies to the net and get second and third opportunities. And we got some ugly goals, so to speak."
For Jutting and his team, a team that finished tied for second in the WCHA last season, the game was another opportunity that slipped away, a trend that could condemn them to the bottom of the standings.
"It was an important game," Jutting said. "If we want to finish in the top half of the league, it was a game I felt we had to get tonight."
Wisconsin will return home to host Michigan Tech, while the Mavericks will take a weekend off before hosting Minnesota.
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Grammy-nominated, five-time Dove Award winning Female Artist of the Year, Natalie Grant is set to release the highly anticipated album, Hurricane on October 15, 2013 from Curb Records.
"I've journeyed through a lot over the past three years," said Natalie Grant in a recent press release. "This record is full of my stories and is a reminder that no matter how dark the struggle may seem, I am not alone. And through writing these songs, I've been reminded that hope always wins."
With award winning husband/producer Bernie Herms at the helm of her latest musical endeavor, Grant poured her heart into this record and wrote on eight of the 10 tracks. Based on her own real-life experiences , Grant addresses for the first time, her struggle with post-partum depression after the birth of her third child, her feelings of inadequacy when it comes to parenting; her feelings of guilt over the ceaseless balance of work, family, motherhood and faith. The project offers listeners a sense of hope, peace and encouragement.
"This record is full of music that is positive and bright, both musically and lyrically, which is almost the antitheses to how I have felt for the last few years, but it is the result of hope and faith," Grant continued. "Even when everything seems dark, my faith keeps the light on. I feel these songs help me to tell that truth in a fresh way."
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In other career endeavors, Grant will also take on a supporting role in the 2014 film "Persecuted." The movie is produced by Gray Frederickson, an Oscar-winning producer who helped make "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now" and is directed by Daniel Lusko, Grant will co-star alongside of James Remar, Bruce Davison, and Fred Thompson.


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College Hockey:Anderson Ends Goaltending Duel
Saints Win in Overtime, 1-0
CANTON, N.Y. — St. Lawrence captain Erik Anderson broke up a scoreless goaltending battle between the Saints' Jeremy Symington and Yale's Dan Lombard with just eight seconds gone in overtime to lift the Saints to a 1-0 victory Saturday night.
Anderson won the opening draw to start the overtime period and wing Alan Fyfe sent the puck ahead to Mike Gellard, who took a shot on Lombard from his knees. Lombard stopped the initial shot, but couldn't cover the puck and Anderson chipped it over his shoulder for his 11th goal of the season and the Saint win.
St. Lawrence improves to 11-9-4 overall and 8-3-3 in the ECAC, good for a second-place tie with Harvard, while Yale drops to 10-11 (6-8 ECAC).
"That was a great hockey game," said Saint coach Joe Marsh. "I think both teams really answered the bell after disappointments last night, and it was a great one for us to win.
"Both goaltenders made game saving plays in the second period, and Jeremy came up with a big one on [Luke] Earl with less than a minute to go in regulation."
Symington had 34 saves to record his first career shutout, returning to action after missing a week of action with a deep cut on his arm sustained in practice. Lombard had 38 saves for the Elis.
The game couldn't have been any closer through the first two periods. Each goaltender had 27 saves, each team had one shot go off a post and the total shot attempts were 47-46 with Yale holding the miniscule edge.
Symington came up with a spectacular glove save on a one-time shot by Yale's Jeff Hamilton on a second period Eli power play and Lombard broke up Ray DiLauro's shorthanded breakaway for the Saints with 27 seconds to go in the second period to deny the game's best scoring chances.
"We played a solid defensive game tonight, and Gellard and Anderson combined for a great play to win it," Marsh said. "Gellard battled through a stick check to get an accurate shot off from his knees and Anderson was right there to put it away. Those two are always making big plays for us, and they don't come much bigger than that."
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