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LORAIN — Cheryl Atkinson's tenure as Lorain Schools superintendent was longer and happier than her time at DeKalb County Schools in Georgia, where her ouster is expected today, but not without controversy.
Seventeen months after Atkinson's departure, reforms in Lorain have been instituted in the way superintendents are paid and how the school district is run. Atkinson, superintendent from 2007-11, earned $265,810 in salary and benefits her final year in Lorain.
In the academically and financially struggling Lorain, Atkinson was considered overpaid by some residents, and some voters cited it when opposing levies. From 1992 to last November, residents failed to pass new levies, rejecting three during Atkinson's tenure.
Interim Superintendent Ed Branham, who replaced Atkinson in 2011 and departed in August, earned $130,000. Superintendent Tom Tucker's total annual salary and benefits are $189,810 compared with the $194,872 Superintendent Dee Morgan earned in her final year in 2007.
Tucker's contract also includes $500 annual bonuses for each academic standard achieved in the annual Ohio Department of Education report card and for each 50-student enrollment increase. Students met just five of 26 standards on the report card in Atkinson's final year. Atkinson said enrollment increased by about 200 students in her final year, but Branham said Atkinson mistakenly double-counted students, and enrollment remained at nearly 7,500 students.
Board members said Atkinson's tenure made them want to make future superintendent's salaries more in line with area districts and more performance-based.
Branham previously said the perception that the Charleston Administration Center was bloated under Atkinson helped torpedo a 2011 levy. Tucker is expected to announce a downsizing plan for the center later this year that focuses on putting more administrators in schools.
Board President Tim Williams said the plain-spoken Tucker, who grew up in Lorain and spent 28 years working for the district before departing shortly after Atkinson took over, has improved morale. Williams said it's natural that school employees and residents would be more comfortable with a local person than Atkinson, an outsider who made no secret of wanting to eventually move on.
Atkinson's problems proving herself in Lorain continued in DeKalb where some parents questioned before she was hired whether Atkinson could handle moving to an approximately 100,000-student district. After her hiring, a DeKalb County grand jury report accused school board members of compromising the 18-month hiring process.
Atkinson was also hurt by shrinking property values in the county, said DeKalb Schools spokesman Jeff Dickerson. He said accusations that Atkinson had offered former employees jobs to keep them from accessing her emails and text messages were not a factor in her departure.
"The superintendent was frustrated with the inability to affect change, and there were board members who were equally frustrated," he said. "This is one of those instances where it really is a mutual parting of the ways."
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Eumetopias jubatus
|Scientific Name:
|Eumetopias jubatus
|Species Authority:
|(Schreber, 1776)
|Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:
Common Name(s):
|Taxonomic Notes:
|In previous IUCN evaluations, Steller Sea Lions have been treated as a single species. The species was listed as two separate stocks (officially called "distinct population segments") under the United States Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1997 based on the phylogeographic method (Loughlin 1997). Since that time, the stocks have been listed as endangered west of 144° W latitude, and threatened east of 144° W. Although the strongest evidence for stock separation at the time was the distribution of mtDNA haplotypes across the range, a divergence in population trend was also apparent. The two stocks have continued to display diverging trends, with continued increases in the east for at least 30 years and stability or slight increases in the west with localized areas of decline. In 2009, C. Phillips and co-authors (Phillips et al. 2009) published a manuscript that argued for sub-species designation for the two stocks based on morphological and genetic studies. The Society for Marine Mammalogy Ad-Hoc Committee on Taxonomy subsequently recognized two subspecies of Eumetopias jubatus, E. j. jubatus and E. j. monteriensis (Committee on Taxonomy 2012).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Near Threatened ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Gelatt, T. & Lowry, L.
|Kovacs, K.M. & Burkanov, V.
The Steller Sea Lion includes two recognized subspecies, the Western Steller Sea Lion (E. j. jubatus) and the Loughlin's Northern Sea Lion (E. j. monteriensis) (Phillips et al. 2009, Committee on Taxonomy 2012).
Eumetopias jubatus jubatus experienced a dramatic and unexplained population decline of about 70% between the late 1970s and 1990 with the steepest decline occurring between 1985 and 1989 when the population was reduced by 15% per year. The population reached its low point in approximately 2000 and has shown an overall annual increase of 1.5–2% since that year. However, in the western Aleutian and Commander islands the trends have continued to show persistent declines. Overall, the Asian portion of the population declined through the 1990s and began to slowly increase in 2000 due to increases in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Kuril Islands. The decline of the 1980s and 1990s weights the trend such that the subspecies has experienced a population reduction of 57% during the last three generations (1981–2011), and it qualifies for Endangered.
Eumetopias jubatus monteriensis currently occupies a range from east of 144°W south along the North American coast through Southeast Alaska, British Columbia, Canada, Washington, and Oregon, and breeds as far south as Año Nuevo Island in Central California. This population has increased steadily since 1979, and in 2011 it was 170% larger than in 1981. Therefore, E. j. monteriensis qualifies for Least Concern.
When the two subspecies are considered together, the large increase displayed by E. j. monteriensis is enough to compensate for much of the decline elsewhere, such that the overall abundance of the species has declined by 28% over the last three generations. This is just outside of the criterion A2 threshold for Vulnerable, therefore Eumetopias jubatus is currently listed as Near Threatened
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
Steller Sea Lions normally occur from central California north along the west coast of North America, westward through the Gulf of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands to the Kamchatka Peninsula, and from there south along the Kuril Islands to northern Japan and the Sea of Japan (Loughlin 2009). They also occur in the Sea of Okhotsk, the Kuril Islands, and the Bering Sea north to Bering Strait. Vagrants have been recorded in China, and at Herschel Island in the Beaufort Sea.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Canada (British Columbia); Japan; Russian Federation (Kamchatka, Kuril Is.); United States (Alaska, Aleutian Is., California, Oregon, Washington)
Vagrant:China; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Pacific – northwest; Pacific – northeast; Pacific – eastern central
|Range Map:
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|The Steller Sea Lion includes two recognized subspecies: the Western Steller Sea Lion (E. j. jubatus), and the Loughlin's Northern Sea Lion (E. j. monteriensis) (Phillips et al. 2009, Committee on Taxonomy 2012).
The subspecies that occupies the area west of 144° W longitude (E. j. jubatus) declined by approximately 69% between 1977 and 2007 (NMFS 2008). From 1981 to 2011 the decline was approximately 57%. The decline was most dramatic (-81%) in the large populations from the Gulf of Alaska, west throughout the Aleutian Islands, and including Russia. However, since 2000 the overall trend has been a slight overall increase in numbers (1.5–2% per year) despite continued declines in the western Aleutian Islands. Total abundance of the subspecies in 2011 is estimated to be approximately 78,000 (NMFS unpublished data).
Eumetopias jubatus monteriensis occurs from east of 144° W longitude south along the North American coast to central California. This population has increased at an average rate of more than 3% per year since 1979. Total abundance of the subspecies in 2011 is estimated to be approximately 65,000 (NMFS unpublished data).
When the two subspecies are combined, the estimate of total abundance of E. jubatus in 2011 is 143,000 which is a decline of 28% since 1981 (NMFS unpublished data).
Population viability analyses have been conducted for the subspecies E. j. jubatus and E. j. monteriensis but not for the species as a whole. However, given that abundance of E. jubatus is currently increasing at 4% per year the probability of extinction is <10% in 100 years.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
Steller Sea Lions are the largest otariids and the fourth largest pinniped. Both sexes are robust and powerfully built. They are sexually dimorphic, with adult males weighing three times as much, and growing 20–25% longer than, adult females. Pups are born with a thick blackish-brown lanugo that is moulted by about six months of age. The maximum length of adult males is about 3.3 m and average weight is 1,000 kg. The maximum length for adult females is about 2.5 m and average weight is 273 kg. Pups are born at an average size of about 1 m and 18–22 kg (Loughlin 2009).
|Terrestrial; Marine
|Generation Length (years):
|Use and Trade:
|Steller Sea Lions have been important to the subsistence cultures of people living near them for long periods. Native Alaskans currently take about 300 a year for food and other products.
|Major Threat(s):
The greatest threat to E. j. monteriensis has been intentional culling in Southeast Alaska and Canada in the 1950s and 1960s. Those practices were discontinued in the early 1970s and the population has been increasing ever since. Some are killed in nets in fisheries off the west coast of North America. An unknown number may be shot during commercial fishing operations although it is generally believed that this source of mortality has been reduced dramatically since the establishment of federal laws prohibiting killing of sea lions in Canada and the United States (NMFS 2012). The 2008 Steller Sea Lion Recovery Plan found that there were no apparent threats limiting the recovery of this population (NMFS 2008), and the increasing population trend confirms that conclusion.
The reasons for the large declines in E. j. jubatus are unclear, but they have been the subject of intensive and ongoing investigations. Deliberate killing by fishermen, disease, incidental take by fisheries, and reduced food supply have been suggested as factors that may have contributed to the decline (Lowry et al. 1989, Loughlin and York 2000). In the 2008 Recovery Plan the Steller Sea Lion Recovery Team identified and ranked threats to recovery using a weight of evidence approach to assess the relative impact (NMFS 2008). They recognized three threats as "potentially high": environmental variability, competition with commercial fisheries, and Killer Whale predation. The fact that this subspecies has been increasing since 2000 indicates that at least some of the threats previously affecting the population have been reduced.
|Conservation Actions:
Steller Sea Lions are protected in the United States, Russia, and Japan. They have been listed in the Red Data Book of Japan as a rare species since 1993. An annual quota of 116 animals is allowed to be taken in Japanese waters for fishery nuisance control (Wada 1998). In Russia, the major Steller Sea Lion rookeries were protected under a Northern Fur Seal and Sea Otter conservation act in the late 1950s. They were listed as endangered (category 2) in the Russian Red Data Book in 1994 and harvest was prohibited. These measures had a positive effect in the western portion of the range as the population increased around Sakhalin Island, the Kuril Islands, and in the northern Sea of Okhotsk. However, abundance along the eastern coast of Kamchatka and in the Commander Islands has continued to decline for unknown reasons (V. Burkanov pers. comm.).
In the United States the Steller Sea Lion is listed as depleted under the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act. The species was listed as threatened under the ESA in 1990, and in 1997 the western population was uplisted to endangered. A recovery plan for Steller Sea Lions was approved in 1992, and a revised recovery plan was published in 2008. Critical habitat was designated under the ESA in 1993. No-entry zones were established around rookeries at the time of listing, and fisheries, particularly those operating in critical habitat, have been managed to reduce the likelihood of competitive interactions. Substantial funding has been made available for Steller Sea Lion research to develop information on ecology, behaviour, genetics, population dynamics, and movements. Results have been used to assist in the development of management activities, to attempt to understand the reasons for the decline, and to promote recovery of the species (NMFS 2008). The fact that the overall growth rate of the western population is now positive suggests that at least some of these conservation efforts have had a beneficial effect. In 2012, the agency responsible for management of sea lions in the U.S. drafted a species status review which concluded that the eastern subspecies (E. j. monteriensis) should be removed from the ESA threatened and endangered species list (NMFS 2012).
|Gelatt, T. & Lowry, L. 2012. Eumetopias jubatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T8239A17463451. . Downloaded on 29 June 2016.
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Beautyrest Recharge 'Maddyn' Plush Pillow Top Queen-size Mattress Setby Simmons Beautyrest
ITEM#: 15416994The Beautyrest Recharge Maddyn queen-size pillow-top mattress set gives you many of the tools you need for a great night of sleep. This high-quality queen-size mattress set includes a matching foundation, allowing it to work with slat and platform beds as well as traditional box spring setups. The advanced Beautyrest sleep system and ventilated design deliver exceptional support and airflow for comfortable rest all night long.
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- 4th Layer: 2 Plush Comfort Foam
- 5th Layer: 0.5 GelTouch
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- Support Layer: 15.5 ga. Beautyrest Pocketed Coils
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- Edge Support: AirCool Edge
- Mattress set: 22.5 inches high x 60 inches wide x 79.5 inches long
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A Braxton County man is in jail, facing sexual abuse charges.
Police say Ricky Lee Bennett, 26, inappropriately touched a four year old girl.
Bennett was arrested Thursday. He's now in the Central Regional Jail under a $50,000 bond.
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Buying coconut milk to get the nutritional benefits? Read those labels carefully! I went in to buy some coconut milk the other day and was amazed to find several strange ingredients in a few of the brands. Simple Truth contained ingredients that, as far as I am concerned, had no business being in the carton. Coconut milk does spoil quickly and some companies add all sorts of things in the milk to keep it fresher.
Simple Truth is a Kroeger product and while there is nothing wrong with this company nor the ingredients per se, it's something to be aware of while looking for coconut milk. The ingredients listed for their coconut milk are:
Coconut milk, (filtered water, coconut cream, xanthan gum, carrageenan, guar gum), evaporated cane syrup, calcium carbonate, carrageenan, natural flavor, gellan gum, vitamin A palmitate, ergocalciferol (vitamin D2), cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12). An added ingredient: coconut. I would hope so.
These ingredients are taken from the Simple Truth website. Silk produces a milk with the same ingredients, although Silk adds Yam Flour to their mixture too.
The ingredient, carrageenan is questionable. There is word on the net that the stabilizer/emulsifier is unsafe and is made from red seaweed. Sounds harmless, right? The Cornucopia Institute released a video, along with a PDF Report, discussing this ingredient. The report and video outlines upsetting practices involving the USDA and the National Organic Standards Board. The NOSA is the organization that over sees our organic foods. Consumers should read these notes and watch this video.
Carrageenan comes in two forms. Food safe and approved and the non-approved or non-food safe. Many published reports in the scientific community have released data showing that the non food safe carrageenan was inflammatory and proved to be a carcinogenic in the testing on lab animals. The non food safe carrageenan was listed as a possible human carcinogen in the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer in a 1983 report.
Carrageenan is also known to cause inflammation in colons that actually appear like ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease, in the mice it was tested on. The non food safe carrageenan was proven unsafe and is not used, however, the food grade carrageenan has a trail of mistrust since the 1970s. There are studies that the food grade carrageenan has also shown evidence in lab animals of colon inflammation and cancer. Some testing proved that there were traces of the non food grade carrageenan in it while testing for the food safe carrageenan in some foods. Samples showed amounts of up to 25% of the non food grade in what was supposed to be only the food grade.
While the product is listed in both categories of organic and non organic, but both were approved for use in 1995 and again in 2008.
With this controversial product in a host of top brand foods, please check your labels. Even Starbucks uses the carrageenan product, along with Blue Diamond, Carnation, Horizon, Pacific, Silk, So Delicious, Tempt and Zico. This is just a simple list of products in the coconut milk line. Watch for this ingredient in other items as well. It is used in many!
With this in mind, it is good to know that you can get back to basics by making your own coconut milk. Coconut milk comes from, well, you guessed it, coconut. The easy recipe will have you enjoying great tasting coconut milk that is free of chemicals and items that we can't pronounce, much less want to eat.
Recipe for making your own coconut milk:
4 cups of water
1 ½ to 2 cups of unsweetened shredded coconut
Heat the water, but do not boil. Place the coconut in a blender or Vitamix and add the hot water. If the whole amount of water won't fit in one batch, the water can be added in a second batch. Blend on high for a few minutes or until it is thick and creamy. Place a cheesecloth lined colander inside a bowl and pour the mixture into the colander. Squeeze and twist the cheesecloth until the coconut has been drained well.
If there is more water to be used, repeat the process by putting the coconut back into the blender. Add the remaining water and repeat until the coconut is drained.
Store this mixture in the refrigerator. For the best flavor and texture, it should be consumed within about four days. There are no preservatives or fillers in this recipe, making it so the cream and water separate. If this occurs, simply shake or stir before drinking or using to remix the two.


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WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee has approved a $56.9 billion spending bill and instructed the administration to extend a Vietnam apparel monitoring program for a year and expand it to include apparel and textile imports from China.
This story first appeared in the June 27, 2008 issue of WWD. Subscribe Today.
The surprise move on Wednesday could be a roadblock for apparel retailers and brands that anticipated quota-free trade with China and less scrutiny of imports from Vietnam.
The U.S. textile industry has made its top policy initiative either securing a legislative solution or help from the administration to restrain imports from China and Vietnam, two of the biggest suppliers to the U.S. The countries shipped a total of $36.9 billion worth of textiles and apparel to the U.S. in the year ended April 30.
"The Committee expects [the International Trade Administration, a division of the Commerce Department] to undertake apparel import monitoring, including socks, focusing on prices of imports from China and Vietnam, and whether their state-run industries are illegally pricing products and dumping in the U.S. market," according to a report accompanying the legislation.
The spending bill, which funds Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative's Office for the 2009 fiscal year, will go to the House floor for a vote. The companion bill in the Senate does not include the monitoring provision, which means the two bills would have to be reconciled in conference. If the bills are not completed this year, the next Congress will have to draft and introduce new measures next year.
"This is a strong posture on the part of the U.S. Congress in regard to this critical issue confronting the U.S. textile industry, namely what happens when China becomes quota free on Jan. 1, 2009," said Auggie Tantillo, executive director of the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition. "A need for this language is supported by the incredible surge that we saw in 2005 when quotas were first removed on China."
Although Commerce has not found adequate evidence of dumping in the imports from Vietnam, Tantillo said the program has served as a disincentive for producers to slash prices. The Vietnam monitoring program was initiated to see whether goods were being sold in the U.S. below market value or the cost of manufacturing.
The bill was sure to cause concern among apparel sourcing executives who have been trying to recalibrate their strategies in anticipation of the U.S. lifting quotas on Chinese apparel and textile imports at year's end and the expiration of the Vietnam monitoring program. The total value of textile and apparel imports under quota from China was $8.65 billion for the year ending April 30, representing 27 percent of the total annual apparel and textile imports from China.
The Vietnam monitoring program is set to expire at the end of the Bush administration in January and officials have said they will not renew it.


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Tony Ensbury Makes Successful Debut With U.S. Junior National Team
Sophomore Tony Ensbury made a successful debut with the U.S. Junior National Team Monday night, as he led the American squad with six digs in a 3-0 victory over Honduras at the 2012 NORCECA Men's Junior (U-21) Continental Championship.
Ensbury, who started at libero for Princeton during his freshman season in 2012, earned the starting libero spot for Team USA, which earned a 25-12, 25-12, 25-16 sweep over Honduras. He had 16 serve receptions to along with his six digs, both of which were team bests for the Americans.
The USA, as a member of Pool A, will play St. Vincent (Tuesday) and Mexico (Wednesday), and the quarterfinals will begin Aug. 30.
To see live streams of all the matches, or to find post-match stats, click here.
Ensbury's selection to the US Junior National Team capped a highly successful summer for the Tiger men's volleyball team. Ensbury and sophomore Will Siroky were part of a winning team at the USA Volleyball Open National Championships, while both Michael Dye and Pat Schwagler also competed at the event.
Later, reigning EIVA Newcomer of the Year Cody Kessel was part of Team Bring It USA/Hawai'i, which competed at the 24th annual Asian Pacific Cup. Princeton head coach Sam Shweisky served as an assistant coach for the team.


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In the dark ages that descended on the world economy during the sunrise of 2008, new weapons were thrust into the forge in preparation to fend off a second Great Depression. While many Americans left their jobs for the last time, others were handing the keys to the only home they had known over to a stranger with a red ink stamp.
The pages of foreclosure notices began to outnumber the employment listings in local newspapers throughout the country. Fear quickly found a compatriot in anger as blame was assigned and effigies were assembled for the lynching. "The Bankers" was the name bestowed by the public onto the thing that took their homes, their jobs, in fact the very lives that they had sacrificed and toiled to build. As it always must, the enemy now had a face to confront, a set of eyes that could absorb the stare of the helpless desperates and a pair of lips that might offer an answer as to why.
But America has misplaced its anger in the individual and thus may allow the fundamental flaws inherent within the economy's structure to continue unabated. The fault line of the recent economic earthquake travels through the cracks and crevices of a failed financial system; not under the lines on the face of a father who went to work inside the economic engine of our own design.
Beginning long before the 1980's obsession with Wall Street, America's love affair with money had turned from a relationship of mutual respect and understanding into a horrid union of controlled servitude. In May of 1792, twenty-four men signed the Buttonwood Agreement in the shade of a tree on Wall Street creating the New York Stock Exchange. The original intent was honorable: grow the new American economy by investing in innovation and determination. By the 1930's, the foundation of the House of Morgan had cemented the culture of the return investment. Before the twinkling lights of Vegas were a twinkling in the eyes of Tommy Hull, J.P. Morgan was creating wealth out of thin air.
By loaning money to small businesses and profiting from their success, members of the elite circle of exchange members could watch their money fornicate and multiply. For a handsome price, these members could also sell their access to the exchange so that other investor's wallets could gorge at the banquet of speculation. Our economy grew strong as money flowed into the poorest corners. Americans cheered as the country rose to economic superiority. The means would only matter much later, when the end became undesirable.
Following the original agreement into the 21st century, only a broker who is a member of an exchange can trade within it and since the New York Stock Exchange is where American money goes to procreate, this arrangement creates a financial service in high demand by private investors who enter into legal contracts with these broker firms. The term investor refers to the holder of a single certificate of stock just as easily as it does to an international conglomerate with millions of diverse shares; a fact that has been clouded in much the same way as the power of attorney that is signed at the beginning of the investor/broker relationship.
Lawsuits are common in the world of the broker-dealer; most are filed immediately upon the announcement of value loss in a particular investment. Under ambiguous terms that usually hint at bad advice, financial fraud lawyers file these costly legal actions daily. While most of them are not based on violations of securities laws, there are some cases of broker wrongdoing. Even in the event that a broker wins in court, the costs can easily outweigh the gain of any broker fees. Investors lose money and seek to blame the one whom they trusted to make the educated guesses in the placement of their money. Erring on the side of the law that puts a hundred million dollars into the pocket of his boss instead of the cheap side of his suit behind the defendant's table is not far from understandable. Avoiding legal action may prove an obvious deterrent to failure but when productivity standards within an investment firm are stressed to the point where pink slips are used as stationary, then the extra mile seems only a short walk to the water cooler.
Better performance brings bigger investors. Bigger investors wave around more money and the word bonus is expressed in numerology rather than English. In this type of corporate culture, production is rewarded. Production in an investment broker firm is measured in how much money each investor has made. In every workplace, producers are rewarded, and non-producers do not last long. Detractors draw a correlation between western card speculations with eastern business analyzation, but they would be surprised to learn how few laws were broken in the moments contributing to our current crisis.
We live in a culture that cannot abide a faceless culprit. When a computer crashes in Los Angeles, California; thousands immediately read a web log entry slanderous of a certain spectacled software engineer. Unpacking the crushed bread loaf from the grocery bag, a vulgar expletive escapes the mouth of a mother in vague hope that it will reach the ear of the bagger boy. The American legal system has internalized this idea by guaranteeing the right to face an accuser. While our legal system will weigh the facts and evidence relating to a power outage or the effect of inertia in a moving vehicle, individuals are calmed once a face has explained the accidental or unexplainable. This phenomenon has been intensely studied by Ohio University Professor Mark Alicke. In his findings, Professor Alicke concluded that
"The assumptions that people engage in blame-validation processing that tends to favor human agency explanations while de-emphasizing mitigating circumstance evidence links the study of blame with current theories of social cognition and judgment."
In the context of Wall Street, the "mitigating circumstance[s]" is the legal and productivity standards in the finance industry that are over-shadowed in the collective thought process by the 'Evil Bankers' "human agency." The danger in assigning blame in such a manner is prevalent in the above statement as well in that "de-emphasizing" what actually caused a problem by focusing on the who will allow for the escape of possible and more effective solutions. Unfortunately, the current political and social opinions of this scapegoat group of men are leading this country precisely in that direction.
These "Bankers" are simple men with simple ideas and simple ambitions. They pack a lunch or plan to eat out with friends during a much-deserved break in the workday. Like the guy in the yellow hard hat that he may greet on his way into the office, the young broker also wrings his hands in anticipation for a romantic reunion with five o'clock. It was not the greed of a few that caused the worst recession in history, it was the complacency and gluttony embedded into the system by the public hungry for their slice of American Pie. We freed this economic beast from the reigns and cheered in unison at its success. Only at its failure did the spectators begin to question the humaneness of the trainers. Do not continue to contribute in the national tirade that seeks to make the term banker a pejorative. These are not greedy and evil men bent on world domination; only men like any other trying to dominate his world.


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In 2009, the WGAW filed arbitration claims against a number of companies, including RHI Entertainment, Inc., Limestone Entertainment, Inc. and Hardstone Entertainment, Inc. The claims sought unpaid residuals and trust fund contributions for more than 65 titles, mostly long form projects made for basic cable.
Since last spring, the WGAW (jointly with SAG and the DGA) has been engaged in intensive negotiations with RHI Entertainment concerning its plans to reorganize through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. These were complex negotiations, involving not only RHI but a number of large investment banks and other major creditors. The goal of the guilds in these talks was two-fold: to secure payment of all outstanding residual claims as quickly as possible; and to ensure that the company emerging from bankruptcy is financially able and contractually obligated to pay residuals on a going forward basis.
We are pleased to report that the guilds have reached a favorable settlement, subject to bankruptcy court approval, that achieves both goals. Under the settlement, RHI will pay off in excess of $4 million in accrued WGA residuals and trust fund contributions in monthly installments over 60-month period. RHI is also required to pay all future residuals as they come due.
As a first step in implementing the settlement, on December 3, 2010, RHI filed a "prepackaged" Chapter 11 proceeding in bankruptcy court in New York. The case is on a fast track, which means that RHI hopes to exit bankruptcy in the first quarter of 2011. If all goes well, RHI will begin making the monthly installment payments in the first month following its emergence from bankruptcy.


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Club, Rory McIlroy tapped in his putt to win the 2014 Open Championship. As
millions watched on television across the globe, Rory retrieved his ball from
the cup and proceeded to throw it into the jubilant gallery.
Offered here is that ball. The actual ball that Rory McIlroy
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Like those watching on television last week, we too watched
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But we went a step further. We immediately took to Twitter to tell our loyal
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it for our auction.
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- Tomozou
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|Clockwork Knight 2 (1995)
|(Planners (企画))
|Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992)
|Astérix (1991)
|(Map edit)
|Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse (1990)
|(Game Design)
|Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (1990)
|Astérix and the Secret Mission (1993)
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|Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos (1993)
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|Dragon Crystal (1990)
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"House of Cards" has continued to make history by being one of the first extremely popular shows offered via streaming through Netflix, in addition to it being the first Emmy-nominated show to do just that. With season one, we were treated to the political power struggle that is Francis Underwood's (Kevin Spacey) everyday life, a struggle that took him from the Majority Whip's office to that of the Vice President of the United States. As season two opens, Frank is sworn into his new office, but he still must deal with the meddling group of reporters, including Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara) and Lucas Goodwin (Sebastian Arcelus), who are trying to link him to the death of Congressman Russo. However, having gotten this far in his career, he's not about to let them get the better of him.
Meanwhile, a situation develops in which President Walker's (Michael Gill) close friend and confidant, billionaire Raymond Tusk (Gerald McRaney), is getting too close to the President for Frank's comfort, swaying decisions that Frank feels Raymond shouldn't be interfering with. This leads to a kind of standoff between the two, which builds to a scandal involving China and millions of dollars' worth of campaign contributions. As the battle intensifies, more people get drawn into the crossfire, including Frank's wife, Claire (Robin Wright), who is having a hard enough time trying to get a bill passed through congress without being drawn into the fray. As we get deeper and deeper into the story, we soon realize that Frank has a more ambitious goal than simply taking down an adversary. For a man who is as power-hungry as Frank Underwood, even the Vice Presidency isn't big enough to quench his appetite.
Looking back on season one for a moment, things were always tense as we watched Frank manipulate his way through every situation (cabinet appointments, a teachers' strike, a gubernatorial race, and eventually the Vice Presidency). Every episode had you wanting to come back for more to see how he would continue to weasel in and out of his various predicaments, leading right up to his goal (his short-term goal that is). Season two is a slight step down, but is still thrilling throughout much of it. The reason why it ends up not grabbing you as much as before is because a good deal of it focuses on this little rivalry between Frank and Raymond, which merely becomes a back-and-forth series of attacks that aren't quite as compelling as what we saw in the first season.
Meanwhile, we have to deal with little sideplots that don't get anywhere, including one with Frank's assistant, Doug (Michael Kelly), who takes care of/falls in love with Rachel (Rachel Borsnahan), one of the loose ends of the Russo affair. The other involves Remy Danton (Mahershala Ali), a lobbyist for a large firm who tries to play both sides and ends up falling in love with the new Majority Whip. Both of these could have used better integration into the story so that they felt like something more than distractions from the main plotline.
Again, the season is still decent overall, especially as we approach the last few episodes in which we can only guess how the entire scandal is going to play out and who is ultimately going to take the blame. A step down for a great series is still far above many others. Plus, those others don't have the outstanding performances from Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright, who are always spellbinding as the duplicitous duo who always seem to know just how to get their way. We've already gotten the great news that another season is on its way, so now we can only begin to imagine what trouble Frank's lust for power could possibly get him into. At the end of season two, we're left with quite a finish. It's hard to say it was a surprising outcome, but it does make one wonder where they could possibly go from there. It may be called "House of Cards" because of the precarious nature of Frank's work, but it can also refer to maintaining the stability of a show like this. Thus far, we've seen a great season and a good season. Let's hope next season doesn't see the "house of cards" fall down.
"House of Cards: Season Two" comes to Blu-ray in a 2.00:1, 1080p High Definition transfer of superb quality. Every frame is perfectly sharp and crystal clear with no noticeable issues of any kind. Likewise, the 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio is flawless, allowing all elements to be heard without issue. Overall, it's doubtful that the show could look or sound any better than it does in this release.
Special Features:
- Politics for the Sake of Politics
- Direct Address
- Two Houses
- Table Read
- Line of Succession
All five of these featurettes are fascinating looks behind the scenes at how the show came together, featuring interviews with the cast and crew who share their thoughts on the process. The footage of the scenes being blocked is particularly interesting because it shows you just how much work goes into the smallest of scenes. My only complaint about the extras actually has nothing to do with the content itself, but rather its placement in the set. For some odd reason, they've spread them over all four discs in the set, which is a rather silly thing to do because most people only watch the special features once they're done with the main feature, so this causes them to have to load in each disc again just to get to all of them. All five featurettes would have easily fit on disc four where they belong, so there really wasn't any reason not to put them there for convenience. But I digress. All of these featurettes are informative and worth watching, so even though you have to go through a bit of trouble to see them all, you most certainly should.
While "House of Cards: Season Two" isn't quite as good as the preceding season, it still provides enough thrills and intrigue to make it worth returning for another 13 episodes of Frank's continuous power struggle. Hopefully as we move into season three, there will be less focus on the insignificant sideplots and more of a concentration on the main storyline, which should prove to be more thrilling given the position Frank is in at the conclusion of this current season. However, despite its faults, season two proves to be more than enough to tide audiences over until we get there.
Score: 3.5/5
Available on Blu-ray and DVD starting today.
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My best 1911 - a Sig Sauer C3, it's pretty much a copy of the Colt combat commander, a really great pistol but hard to find and buy!
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My best 1911 - a Sig Sauer C3, it's pretty much a copy of the Colt combat commander, a really great pistol but hard to find and buy!
Wow! This is a really old thread, but I just have to add my two cent worth anyway.
I've owned 2 Colts (70 & 80 series Combat Commander), 2 Kimbers (Royal and a Eclipse II) and now a Springfield (Model 1911-A1). Out of all of them the one that I like and shoot the best is the Springfield. At 21 feet, off hand I can place all of my shots in the target where I can cover them with a golf ball. I don't consider that to bad for a "Plain Jane" 1911. This is one that won't get away.
1911's are like cars and trucks, everyone has their reason for a different brand.
I work in a gun shop that carries a lot of 1911's, Kimber, Springfield , etc. Perosnally I like the Rock Island. The price is good, parts are easy to get. I have a 5" Tactical that will put 10 shot in a ragged hole at 25 yrds all day and my RI Compact shoots almost as good. I am 68 and my eyes aren't the best.So think what it could do with young eyes.
Also I like that it is a 70 series pistol, easy to work on and adjust.
Because of the price you can play with them make mods to suit you.
Guys who like expensive stuff buy Kimbers and Wilsons. (I speak to you from the land of Microsoft, and I tell you true.)
Guys who like to shoot 1911s, work with guns or work on guns buy Rock Islands.
2011 IDPA World Championship Equipment Survey
2010 IDPA Championship Equipment Survey
2009 IDPA Championship Equipment Survey
2008 IDPA Championship Equipment Survey
# of Rock Island / Armscor: 0
Wilson Combats
- 2011: 20
- 2010: 16
- 2009: 12
- 2008: 10
- 2011: 16
- 2010: 17
- 2009: 18
- 2008: 23
I must be from the world of Apple :anim_lol:
So, if the Hi-Point were the the best firearm ever created, and still one of the cheapest, you are saying that champions wouldn't use them, because they aren't the most expensive?
Taking date from one year, 2010 we have the following for shooters that would be running 1911s. The sharp shooter class was the most predominant. You will probably find the same results for other matches. Now while that doesn't break down who was running Wilsons and Kimbes, but it sill shots you 175 competitors, Expert and below NOT using Rock Islands.
Total Shooters by Division and Class Total MA EX SS MM CDP 88 14 22 31 21 ESP 121 20 31 32 38
As for the parts of the quoted post above in in bold, which is it?
People that like to shoot 1911s a lot, and often don't choose Filipino imports with cast frames. The champs don't shoot the guns they do to brag about the price tag, and neither do most of the serious 1911 shooters I've come across.
Hey Marine you forgot two other 1911 Kimber & Springfield Aromry here are the numbers of Kmber & Springfield Armory used in the last four years of the IDPA . 2011 Kimber 16 Springfield Armory 12 . 2010 Kimber 17 Springfield Armory 23 . 2009 Kimber 18 Springfield Armory 17 . 2008 Kimber 23 Springfield Armory 12. Another reason why they won't use the guns from the Philippines because the frames are cast steel not hammer forged steel & cast steel won't take that kind of abuse. they go through more ammo in one month that most people go through in a lifetime. if you start putting 10000 rounds through a cast steel frame every month or two month it won't be long before that frame will crack. that why they use 1911 made in the U.S.A. because most of there frames are hammer forged & even the Springfield Armory frames which are made in Brazil are hammer forged that why they use them as well :smt071
As for Springfield, it wasn't forgetfulness as there was no reason to include Springfield regarding a statement made regarding Kimbers, Wilsons, and Rock Islands.
Now for the record, I would rather rather own a Rock Island than a Kimber and have nothing against the RIA, but the claim that "guys who like to shoot" buy Rocks instead of "Expensive X" even if made in jest deserved a little bit of deflation.
Just asking. You can buy a Rock Island (designed and manufactured by Armscor in Marikina City, Philippines) for $599, and with no modifications, you can win four IDPA Championships?
That is impressive.
Especially since the Philippines would still be controlled by Japan, except for the original 1911: :mrgreen:
Sorry about that I was half asleep when I first saw it. the only reason I mentiond Springfield Armory is because I like them. I just can't afford one right now mabye some day I will own a loaded stainless I can dream can't I.
Was wanting a 45 and picked up a Star 45 for a good price. Shoots good and is accurate, all steel, little on the heavy side but for a small 45 that helps take out some of the recoil. Have'nt had any problems with it so far and it is fun to shoot. Wanted a 45 and the price was right at the time. No longer made but from all the reviews I've read they are a pretty reliable pistol. I like it.
Colt. Everything else is just a copy. Including my Ruger SR1911. ;)
Whats wrong with cast frames ? actually cast frames will last 2 or3 times longer than forged. Ruger and Caspain seem to like them.
Recoil supressors on tanks use cast instead of forged, lighter and last longer. Army must know something
Not trying to start anything here, just adding that in.
I own four 1911, a SS kimber 5" barrel, a Para 5" barrel, a Para 3" barrel and an American Classic Amigo, made in the phillipines and sold through Bersa with a 3.5" barrel. They all shot very well out the box except for the amigo that would have a FTFs every once in a while, I could have been limp wristing for that gun..after a about 200 rounds and a firmer grip with it the problem disappeared. Kimbers, Colts, Les Baer, etc are very good but very expensive. Paras are middle of the range $600-$800. But in the $400-$575.00 range you have very good choices available, such as the aforementioned Amigo and Rock Island Armory, very basic 1911s, no frills, you will probably never win a national match with them, but hey they are great for target shooting, home defense and even concealed carry at very reasonable prices...I guess it all come down to how much you want to spend :)
I got my PT11 SA 38 Super today, got it at CDNN $399 + Tax, it's a works gloss black pimp gun with the gold trim and a rail. I thought for $400 it would be an excellent house gun if it function propper and I could put a light or laser on it and if ever needed to use it in defence of the family I would not have to hand over a $1000 Colt or $2000 Dan Wesson.
It took almost two hours to get the dried oil cleand out of the gun and it re-oiled and the rails greased so I can shoot it tomorrow. Then I loaded a 100 rounds of 125gr JHP over 4.5gr of Unique to start the the break-in with, instead of some of the hotter stuff. And since it's a non ramped barrel and a HD weapon it will not be shooting and lead like my custom DW Razorback with ramped barrel.
I had to go with the Springfields.:mrgreen:
I have owned many 1911's over the years and I am fortunate to be able to purchase whatever I want. I go for what works plain and simple.
In the last few years I have relied completely on Springfield Armory TRP Operators in one version or another. They are reliable, accurate and do everything I require of them at a decent price. I have never owned a $5000 custom 1911, I have shot several of them but never had the desire to own one.
Here is my TRP Operator
In regards to the RIA guns.You better know how to work on 1911's.Quote:
Guys who like to shoot 1911s, work with guns or work on guns buy Rock Islands.
The RIA guns are basic guns and while they serve a purpose they will only take you so far in the game so to speak. I own RIA guns. My last one I purchased a Commander size simply for the frame to use my Kimber .22 upper on. In stock configuration they are good for what they are an entry level 1911. They are a good base gun to build on but again they will only take you so far.
The stock RIA
With the Kimber upper
Everyone has their favorite brand but they are all basically the same gun with added bells and whistles but some folks can take that same box of parts and put them together in a way that takes it to the next level of performance.
Another one of my favorite 1911's is my Para Carry 9. Although it has a different trigger system with Light Double Action setup everything else is true 1911. If you have never shot one of these type trigger's they are amazing.
Like anything else in life quality cost money and it all depends on how much you want to spend. There are many, many 1911's out there so there is something to fit everyone's budget or desires.


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What remains is not for the faint of heart. It will take people with great dedication to stand by the Red Wings as they face a great threat to their defense of the Stanley Cup.
It's easy to be a fan when the Red Wings are holding championship parades and signing big-name free agents; when they're on incredible winning streaks; when they're dominating the league.
Are you still loudly chanting, "Let's go Red Wings!"?
Or are you now saying, "They never should have signed Joseph," traded for Schneider, hired Dave Lewis. "They should be more like the Stars," Avalanche, Senators, Flyers.
"They should rebuild, this team isn't good enough."
"Wait until next year."
Next year, you might not be a Wings fan, so you might as well quit now. The real fans will be the ones who suffer the agony of defeat or the joy of victory.
At this point, we don't need people who aren't completely behind the team. Get off the bandwagon, it's real fans only from here on out.
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Every time Seleste logged onto Facebook, she couldn't help having her feelings hurt looking at her friend's Yvette cover photo. Across the top of her past co-worker/friend's Facebook page was a group photo of her previous co-workers before Seleste was terminated. And although Seleste was ready to part ways with the company, she still didn't like to face the realization that she'd been fired for the first time in her life.
And if not for still being Facebook friends with her co-worker/friend Yvette, Seleste would never be subjected to the everyday activities at her previous job. She wouldn't know about the company picnics, lunch time outings or surprise birthday gifts. She'd have no idea of who got a wedding proposal, who had a baby on the way and which previous co-worker just got a raise. When the two friends talked on instant messenger or Skype, Yvette gushed over work activities while Seleste bit her tongue.
But how could Seleste be selfish enough to ask her friend Yvette to stop posting status updates, photos and happily keeping her up to date on a job that Seleste claimed she didn't miss at all?
The issue between these two friends is rocky. The old adage "treat people the way you want to be treated" must work for both parties in order for this friendship to work. Here are tips to get past the bumpy issues when co-workers are no longer work buddies but still trying to stay friends.
Your life is not your friend's life.
It'd be awfully selfish of Seleste to ask Yvette to stop posting her everyday activities. Seleste was the one who was terminated, not Yvette. So why should Yvette avoid doing what she always does on Facebook -- share what's going on in her world? However, Yvette must also realize that the entire time she'd been posting all of these work events, Seleste was already working there. Now things have changed. It wouldn't hurt for Yvette to set Facebook statuses to custom settings and insert Seleste's name in the field box for "Don't share this with..."
Be honest with your friend.
If Seleste continues to not speak up about hurt feelings with Yvette, eventually she's going to take out all of her anger on the wrong person. The person who terminated Seleste is not Yvette so Yvette should not have to deal with her friend's wrath. However, by Yvette continuing to constantly remind Seleste about the job on a daily basis while Seleste continues in her job search, this is leading to unnecessary and hurtful reminders. The last thing someone searching for a job needs is another reminder that they don't have one, especially on social media usually used to escape their own issues.
Stop talking about work.
Yvette definitely should avoid talking about work unless Seleste brings it up. It is one thing to voluntarily leave a job. It is another to be forcibly removed, specifically if Seleste didn't agree to the terms or believe she deserved the termination. The bigger problem is that although Yvette may be deemed selfish for bringing up Seleste's previous job, if Seleste acts as though she's interested in the work scoop then how would Yvette know she's doing anything wrong? Now if Seleste repeatedly changes subjects, never comments on photos, doesn't acknowledge any social media updates about work-related information but is otherwise a regular social networking participant, Yvette may want to pay attention to this change in behavior. For new friends, it's a bit more difficult to figure out someone's behavior. But for older friends, something as simple as not clicking on "like" or a retweet can sound the alarm. Friends who know each other well pick up on what's being ignored behind a computer screen as much as they do in person.
Consider unfriending.
It may seem childish to pull the "I don't want to be your friend anymore" stunt or to unfollow someone, but this also may be the best way for Seleste to relax. Now Seleste can log onto social media sites without the constant stress of Yvette's posts, and Yvette doesn't have to worry about considering her friends' feelings for every single post.
Be mindful of conversations in real life.
Some people claim to be friends although 95 percent of their interaction is on social media sites, on cell phone texting or on instant messaging sites, such as Gmail Chat or Skype. But for friends who physically hang out, there must be a conversation where both parties lay their feelings on the table. Self-absorbed people will disregard the other person's feelings. True friends will take the other person's feelings into account and draw boundaries. As with any other hot-button topic, if they know a topic shouldn't be discussed or to treat it with care then they'll dodge it. And should the topic come up accidentally, a safe word or a change of subject should be the only thing needed to quickly dismiss conflict before it can start.
Holding on to any friendship can be a task. Other hot-button issues -- marriage, divorce, birth, breakups, physical changes, health problems -- could easily be replacement words for termination and the same rules apply. The key part of social media is to socialize, but sometimes participants need to pay more attention to their topics of communication.
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Intro: Irish whiskey drinks count as some of the most popular St. Patricks Day drinks recipes. If you're planning a party for St. Patty's Day, you'll want to learn how to make these Irish whiskey cocktails. Included in this article are recipes for the Original Irish Cream cocktail and a recipe for the King's Sour.
St. Patrick's Day drinks: How to make green beer
The King's Sour Irish Whiskey Drink Recipe
- 1 1/2-oz of Irish whiskey
- 1/2-oz of George Kirsch
- Lemon juice (1/3 of a lemon)
- 1/2-oz simple syrup (peppermint is a nice option)
- Angostura bitters (just a dash)
Instructions for this St. Patrick's Day Drinks Recipe:
- Chill glasses for the Irish whiskey drinks.
- Drop ice cubes in your drinks strainer.
- Pour in the liquids.
- Shake.
- Strain into chilled glasses.
- Garnish with lemon twist.
St. Patrick's Day drinks: Irish whiskey drinks, the Emerald, Everybody's Irish
Irish Whiskey Drinks: Learn How to Make the Original Irish Cream
The video attached to this article gives you complete instructions on making the Original Irish Cream recipe.
This delish drink counts among my favorite Irish whiskey drinks on St. Patrick's Day.
If you'd like to bottle the Original Irish Cream in glass flasks like the video suggests, you can order some pretty glass gift bottles on Amazon.
Just fill with your Irish whiskey recipe and tie the flask up with a pretty green bow. This is one of the simplest St. Patrick's Day ideas for gifts that I've seen. Cute! Cute!
St. Patrick's Day quotes, traditional Irish blessing for your green beer toasts
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And if shoppers in England were looking for lentil soup, a quick glance at the labels would tell them that Campbells is 35 percent lentils while Heinzs is only 22 percent.
Neither country insists that labels disclose percentages for every single ingredient. Thailand requires them for main ingredients. The UK insists on them for important ingredients (ones that are in the name of the food or are emphasized on the package, for example).
U.S. consumers get a much fuzzier picture of whats in their food. Here, labels list ingredients from most to least abundant. So shoppers can see, for example, that Wheatsworth crackers have more white than whole-wheat flour. But theres no way for them to tell that the crackers are only 11 percent whole wheat.
Some labels dare you to read their ingredients by using brown-on-brown type or scrunched, all-capital letters, or other graphics that make shoppers hunt and squint to find out what theyre eating (see
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Worse yet, some companies go out of their way to trick shoppers by emphasizing ingredients that are added in minuscule amounts or arent there at all. Your only clue: if you see the words naturally flavored or artificial flavors, that may be a sign that youre getting little if any. Here are a handful of our favorite examples.
More is Less
More Shrimp, promises the label on Nissin Cup Noodles with Shrimp. More than what? The cups we measured had anywhere from zero to four eensy shrimp, which cooked up to no more than a twentieth of an ounce. Even the picture shows five shrimp. Of course, it also shows corn and scallions. Instead, we found anywhere from five to 11 peas.
Broccoli Makes it Big
Broccoli is big in the packaged pasta-and-sauce and rice-and- sauce-mix aisle. Well, at least the
broccoli is big.
Pasta Roni adds only broccoli specks to this dish. True, the small print on the front says Rigatoni with White Cheddar & Broccoli Sauce with other natural flavors. So why would the government allow the big print to say White Cheddar & Broccoli with Rigatoni?
Memo to shoppers: small print is usually more honest than large print.
Dyed Apple & Creaming Agent Oatmeal
Quaker Instant OatmealFruit & Cream Varietyis one sneaky cereal. The Strawberries & Cream oatmeal has dehydrated apples that are dyed red, but no strawberries. Likewise, the Peaches & Cream has dehydrated apples that are dyed peach-color, but no peaches.
Love That Label
You gotta hand it to Fruit Works. The elegant hues of its labels are to die for. Even the color of the beverage is appealing. No harsh Hawaiian-Punch magenta here.
And then there are the words. What would you expect from a Strawberry Melon Non-Carbonated Real Fruit Beverage with 100% Vitamin C made by a company called Fruit Works? A bottle of strawberry and melon juice, perhaps?
Heres a hint: Fruit Works is owned by Pepsi. The Real Fruit Beverage turns out to be 95 percent sugar and water. Its five percent pear juicethe government requires the label to say sospiked with vitamins, Red 40 and Blue 1 food dyes, and preservatives. The only strawberries or melons are in the lovely drawing on the label. Maybe thats what the label means when it says Naturally Flavored With Other Natural Flavors.
Sugar & Palm Oil Bars
Filling Made With Real Milk! exclaims the box of Chex Milk n Cereal Bars. All that real milk must explain why the bars have The NUTRITION of a bowl of cereal with Milk, right? Wrong.
The nutrition comes from the handful of vitamins and minerals General Mills adds to these glorified Rice Krispies Treats. The milk filling is made mostly of sugar plus nonfat milk, lactose, palm kernel oil, natural and artificial flavors, and other additives. And unlike a
of most Chex cerealsWheat, Rice, or Cornwhich have two to five grams of sugar, each Milk n Cereal
has 13 grams. Whats more, a bowl of Wheat Chex has five grams of fiber. A bar has zip. Bottom line: if you want the
nutrition of a bowl of Chex with milk, youll have to eat one.
Stirn Fake Mix
What makes a carrot cake different than any other cake? Carrots, you might assume. Not according to General Mills most famous baker.
Betty Crockers Stirn Bake Carrot Cake Mix isnt carrot- free. No siree. Carrots (well, carrot
) is right there on the ingredient list...last. That means Betty adds less carrot powder than salt, cinnamon, powdered cellulose, red food dye, xanthan gum, or other additives. Includes Everything, says the box...everything except the carrots.
No-Strawberry Squeeze
Strawberries adorn the box of Stonyfield Farm Strawberry Stratosphere YoSqueeze. You can freeze or refrigerate each tube of yogurt and eat it without a spoon. But you neednt worry about strawberries getting stuck in the tube.
Instead of fruit, Stonyfield adds beet juice concentrate and natural flavors. If you look closely, you can find the words Naturally Flavored in navy blue type thats hard to distinguish from the fade-to- navy-blue background.
Never any artificial flavors, boasts the box. Never any fruit, either.
As-Little-Chicken-As-Possible Soup
Campbells Healthy Request Chicken Noodle Soup has 30 percent less sodium than Campbells regular Chicken Noodle, and its 98 percent fat free. Its also 98 percent
You wouldnt expect a whole serving of chicken in a bowl of chicken noodle soup. But you might expect more than 1 1 /2 teaspoons worth
in the entire can,
which makes two and a half servings. If you want a soup with more chicken, check the label. If its got only two grams of protein per serving, youre getting
at most
a quarter of an ounce of chicken.
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10 smart ways to spend a windfall
By Dana
Dratch Bankrate.com
Hit it big in your office's NCAA tournament pool?
Or are you one of the lucky few who are getting
an extra paycheck this year? No matter how you come by unexpected
income, it's always a bittersweet surprise. It's
nice to have the money, but what's the wisest way to use the windfall?
Decisions, decisions.
Remember, it's not the size of the windfall that
matters, it's how you use it. Any amount can go a long way if you
think before you spend.
Try one of these money-smart suggestions:
1. Pay down credit card debt.
OK, so this doesn't sound as appealing as a new DVD player. But
if you can knock out -- or knock down -- the balance of even one
high-interest credit card, you're making money. Think of all the
interest you won't be paying.
Open an IRA.
Or, if you already have one, use your windfall toward your annual
contribution. Been putting this move off until you had "a little
extra money?" Today's your lucky day. Any amount "will
compound nicely," says Chris Farrell, author of Right
on the Money.
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3. Take
Historically, stocks have produced nice returns and even a few hundred
can get your nest egg off to a nice start.
"The biggest mistake people make is thinking
[what they have] is too small an amount to invest," says Ric
Edelman, author of Ordinary
People, Extraordinary Wealth. "Rich people start off
as poor people. The difference is they take the nickels and dimes
and they invest it -- they didn't spend it all at the mall."
4. Set
up a rainy day fund.
"Most people have a checking account and a savings account,"
says Farrell. "I like for them to set up a separate mutual
fund account."
The money is there in an emergency, but since you
can't just empty it out by writing a series of little checks you're
less likely to touch it. The standard rule of thumb is to sock away
three to six months of living expenses. So start with your windfall
and take it from there.
Refinance your house.
Rates remain low, so if you've been looking at refinancing,
your windfall offers a piece of change to put toward closing costs.
Depending on the deal you get with your lender, your windfall might
not cover the whole cost, "but it could take care of a nice
chunk," says Farrell.
6. Add
to your mortgage payment.
"For most people, this is better than putting it in a savings
account," says Robert Van Order, chief economist in the financial
research division of Freddie Mac.
7. Spruce
up the homestead.
Thinking of a do-it-yourself landscaping or remodeling
job? Take the windfall and get a professional to sketch out
a plan for you to follow. For a few hundred dollars you will know
exactly what you're getting into and how much of it you want to
do yourself. Plus increasing the value of your home puts extra equity
in your pocket.
Auto details, details, details.
Planning on selling your car anytime soon? "Getting your car
detailed can make a huge difference if you are putting it up for
sale," said John Clor, the Detroit editor for Edmunds.com.
A thorough job, which costs about $175 for inside and out, could
increase the price you get by as much as $1,000, says Clor.
9. Service
your car.
"The No. 1 thing people forget with cars is to maintain
them," says Clor. If you've been putting off that oil change
and tune-up because you just didn't have the money -- this is the
time. And check the tires. Extra bonus: A well-maintained
car with properly inflated tires burns less gas and saves you
money in the long run.
Get the star treatment.
If you've had your nose to the grindstone all year, your windfall
could be a way to give yourself a much-needed treat. A full day
at a local spa,
a dinner at the best restaurant in town or tickets to a show you've
been wanting to see for months could be the perfect way to give
you a new, and better, outlook on your life.
"You'll be totally relaxed, feel good and it's
probably something you wouldn't do under normal circumstances,"
says Farrell. "And you'll have a really nice memory."
Dana Dratch is
a freelance writer based in Atlanta.
-- Updated: April 1, 2004