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Internationalising EU development policy
Farrell, Mary (2008) Internationalising EU development policy. Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 9 (2). pp. 225-240. ISSN 1570-5854 (Print), 1568-0258 (Online) (doi:10.1080/15705850801999776)Full text not available from this repository.
EU development policy is broad in its range of instruments and geographic scope. It is also an area of mixed competence, where the member states conduct diverse national
development policies alongside the European Commission, raising the issue of policy coordination. The challenges are highlighted when it comes to international development policy as articulated by the intergovernmental international organisations (including the UN and the Bretton Woods institutions), where the European Commission has to address a dual challenge, the co-ordination of the individual member states' development polices, and the representation of the EU in international organisations where the European Commission holds largely an observer
status. In these circumstances, to what extent can the EU influence international development policy? Or, is it effectively a follower in the context of the hegemonic position of these global organisations and the dominance of neo-liberal ideas on development?
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Stuff to do in Milwaukee this weekend
The Best of Brew City is your mobile guide to going out in Milwaukee. Locate events, live music, bars and restaurants near you and in Milwaukee's most popular neighborhoods. Visitbestofbrewcity.com and download the app for iOS or Android today.
It's taco time at the Horny Goat Hideaway, 2011 S. 1st St., which hosts the first Milwaukee Taco Fest on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 to 8 p.m. At least a dozen restaurants will be vying for the title of Milwaukee's best taco; Lucha Libre wrestling, tequila tasting and more are on the bill. Tickets are $15 at the door; kids 12 and younger get in free. Tacos are $2; tequila sampling is $5.
Sample some of the best that Walker's Point has to offer on the third annual Walker's Point Food Crawl, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, when a dozen restaurants, bars and shops open their doors to the curious, hungry — and thirsty. Tickets are available at brownpapertickets.com at $50 for seven plates and $75 for 12 plates (and it's OK to share); some tickets will be available the day of the event.
Saturday night's all right for more than fighting — at least it will be at the BMO Harris Bradley Center, where Mega Brawl MMA boasts a day of bouts kicking off with a tailgate party at 2 p.m. The party includes Q&A sessions with UFC fighters, autograph signings, giveaways and more. Amateur matches start at 4 p.m., pro fights at 7 p.m. Tickets, from $40 to $140, are available at Ticketmaster outlets and the Bradley Center box office.
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JOHN PILOTTI planned to spend a relaxing Sunday with his 4-year-old granddaughter before going in for a round of chemotherapy on Monday. But that was thwarted when an apparent arsonist struck on Pilotti's quaint Bustleton block, torching his pristine 2007 Ford F-150.
"About 5 [in the morning], I looked out the window and it was pure orange inside. The flames were four to five feet above," Pilotti, 56, said as he surveyed what was left of his truck outside his home on Clark Street near Haldeman Avenue. "That truck didn't have a scratch on it. It had 10,000 miles. It was spotless."


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French Toast Casserole
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 45 mins
Got this from January 2010 Cooking club magazine. Haven't tried it yet, but it looks good and I don't want to lose it.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 loaf French bread, cubed 1 1/2 inches (1 lb)
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, cubed
- 8 eggs
- 2 1⁄2 cups whole milk
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1⁄4 cup maple syrup
- Spray 13x9 inch glass baking dish with cooking spray. Place half of the bread in dish, sprinkle with cream cheese. Top with remaining bread.
- Whisk all remaining ingredients in large bowl; pour over bread, pressing on bread with spatula to soak up egg mixture. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Heat oven to 350. Bake uncoverd 45 minutes or until lightly browned.
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Confab offers only four new daytime shows
The surest sign of the misery local TV stations are enduring amid the economic meltdown is the slim roster of daytime strips that will be hawked this week at the syndie biz's annual NATPE confab in Las Vegas.
There are a grand total of four Monday-Friday series in the offing — maybe five, if the indie distrib backing a Marie Osmond-hosted talker can wrangle enough station clearances.
The 2009 advertising forecasts for TV stations are so grim that even the biggest syndie players are wary of investing big in firstrun launches. Advertising prognosticators, including the Television Bureau of Advertising trade org, predict that spending in the local broadcast TV sector will fall between 7% and 11% this year from the $25 billion in 2008.
None of this season's new strips — including "The Doctors," "The Bonnie Hunt Show" and "Deal or No Deal" — have generated much heat so far. And then there's that buzz-killing bankruptcy filing by Tribune Co., whose 23 stations are among the industry's largest purchasers of firstrun and off-network syndie fare.
Attendance at the conference, which opens today at the Mandalay Bay Resort and runs through Thursday, is sure to be down significantly from last year's crowd of about 7,500.
"Dr. Oz," a health and wellness-oriented lifestyle show hosted by "The Oprah Winfrey Show's" resident medical expert, Mehmet Oz, is already cleared on stations covering 94% of U.S. television households.
Winfrey's Harpo Prods. has partnered with Sony Pictures TV to produce and distrib "Dr. Oz."
Oz has already become a cottage industry as the co-author of several self-help bestsellers and host of health-oriented programs on Discovery Channel. But there's still some question about whether Oz can carry a five-a-week daytime show.
"Dr. Oz" has been picked up by Fox O&Os in New York, L.A. and Chicago.
A number of Fox O&Os have also picked up "The Wendy Williams Show," an entertainment and celeb gossip-driven yakker hosted by the popular Gotham DJ. Fox's Twentieth TV has just started the process of pitching its daytime version of quizzer "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" to stations, with Jeff Foxworthy aboard to host. Because the distrib's plans were only finalized this month, Twentieth's sales reps may well be busy cutting deals during the confab.
L.A.-based indie Program Partners made some noise at last year's NATPE by announcing plans for a yakker hosted by Osmond for fall 2009. It's unclear how well the show has done in racking up sales, but a rep for Program Partners says the company will have clearance news soon.
Another indie, Litton Syndications, appears to be capitalizing on the dearth of new product by slowly but surely snaring clearances for gaveler "Street Court." The project moved a step closer to the starting line in landing deals last week with Tribune's WPIX New York and indie WCIU Chicago.
Among this season's frosh crop, "The Doctors" has been confirmed by distrib CBS Television Distribution for a 2009-10 season renewal. The show signed two-year pacts with stations at the outset, as did Warner Bros.' "Bonnie Hunt."NBC U's "Deal" inked one-season deals with stations, but it, too, is expected to return given the lack of replacement options for stations. "Doctors" and "Deal" have hovered around a 1.8-1.9 average household rating so far this season, while "Bonnie Hunt" had been held to just under a 1.0.


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ELKINS - An Elkins woman was charged with embezzlement after allegedly stealing more than $3,000 from the Smoker Friendly store in Elkins, police said.
Melanie Evans, 33, was arrested Tuesday and charged with one count of embezzlement greater than $1,000, a felony. Evans was arraigned by Randolph County Magistrate George M. Riggleman and is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on $10,000 cash or surety bond.
Elkins Police Department Patrolman A.T. Lantz received a complaint on Jan. 31 from two employees of Smoker Friendly who both stated video footage existed of Evans "collecting money after transactions, then proceed(ing) to pocket the cash left over from the register total," according to the criminal complaint.
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One of the employees told Lantz, who wrote the criminal complaint, that Evans "would price check an item when a customer would pay with money, proceed to add it up on the calculator adding tax, take the money and place the money in the register." Then Evans would "close out the register, take out the cash that was supposed to be in it, then proceed to put a calculator receipt with it." The employee told Lantz that Evans would separate the money into two piles, deposit one stack and pocket the other, the complaint states.
Lantz said he obtained and viewed the video footage that dated as far back as Jan. 9 and ran through Jan. 29. Over that time, a total of $3,312.35 worth of merchandise was missing from the sales log, according to the complaint.
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Future Space Suits
The current Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) and all its associated EVA systems are the result of many years of research and development. They now comprise a powerful tool for orbital operations, but they are not end-of-the-line equipment. Many improvements are possible; the spacesuit of the future may look dramatically different from the Space Shuttle EMU.
Advanced versions of the EMU are being studied, including spacesuits that operate at higher pressures than the current EMU. The advantage of higher operating pressures is that virtually no time will be lost to prebreathing in preparation for EVA.
To build an operational high-pressure suit requires improved joint technology and integration of those joints into the suit. Under consideration are fabric and metal suits and suits with a hard external shell. Most of the technology needed for these suits has already been tested. One of the biggest challenges is to make a highly mobile glove. At higher operating pressures, fingers of older-style spacesuit gloves become so increasingly stiff that finger dexterity is severely reduced. Research to address this problem has led to the development of high-pressure gloves made with metal bands for knuckle and palm joints. These gloves show potential for use with future suits as well as with current suits, but there is still more work to be done. One line of research has explored incorporating robotic aids into the glove such as motor and cable systems to provide grasping force at higher pressures. So far, such systems have not been successful because of the extra bulk added to the hands and arms of the suit and because of the "what if" problem of a system failing while the hand is clamped onto an object. That could make it very difficult to release the object.
Another improvement in suit design will permit servicing and resizing suits in orbit. This improvement has already been tested on the STS-82 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. The original design of the Space Shuttle EMU required the removal or the addition of sizing inserts to lengthen or shorten legs and arms. This was a lengthy process because it involved lacing pieces together. Quick disconnect sizing inserts have been designed that greatly speed up and simplify the process. The new system involves threaded quick disconnects, aluminum sizing rings, and adjustable restraint lines. The capability of servicing and resizing suits in space is vital for operations on the International Space Station. There, crew members will remain in space for months at a time, and EVAs will be routine events. With this and other improvements in design, spacesuits will be able to be used 25 times on the International Space Station over a period of 180 days before they have to be returned to Earth for major reservicing.
Another suit improvement is an electronic version of the checklist worn on the arm. The new system, similar to a pocket electronic organizer, will enable the spacewalker to run through complex sequences at the touch of a button. The checklist can be easily reprogrammed for new tasks. It may also have the capability of displaying television pictures from external cameras.
Other Worlds
For the most part, the design of a spacesuit is based on the environment in which it operates. Space Shuttle spacesuits for use in Earth orbit are designed to operate in a vacuum and microgravity. A spacesuit for use on the surface of the Moon or Mars will require a different design. On the Moon, a Space Shuttle style spacesuit would weigh about 19 kilograms. The suit will operate in an environment in which there is an up and a down direction. Circulatory pumps in the suit will face increased loads. Temperature extremes on the Moon will be about the same as in orbit about Earth when in direct sunlight and in shade. However, when the astronaut walks on the Moon, heat will be conducted into or out of the suit via the feet. On Mars, a Space Shuttle style spacesuit would weigh about 43 kilograms, exhausting the astronaut who has to wear it for long periods of exploration. Consequently, lighter EMU structures will be needed to lessen the load a future Martian explorer will carry. In addition, the thin Martian atmosphere may provide too much pressure for a cooling sublimator to work. Some other cooling strategy will have to be devised. Still another concern is to provide protection from dust that is carried by Martian winds and will be kicked up by the explorers. On the Moon, lunar sediment is very angular and abrasive but there is no atmosphere to stir it up. Until samples of the Martian sediment are returned to Earth, we won't know how abrasive it will be. These and other properties of the Moon and Martian environment provide interesting and exciting challenges to spacesuit designers and builders.
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March is a big month for college basketball and the NBA draft.
Once the conference tournaments and NCAA tournament begin, top prospects will see their stocks rise, plummet or become confirmed. Chances are the big three you've been hearing about all season will remain the most coveted players.
Duke's Jabari Parker, Kansas' Andrew Wiggins and Kansas' Joel Embiid seem like a lock to go 1, 2 and 3. The exact order depends on how the balls drop in the lottery, and how the three young men perform in March.
As we head into one of the most important stretches during the basketball calendar year, here's a look at my latest mock draft.
The draft order is obviously very fluid. The selections in this mock are based on the current records as of Feb. 23. It also recognizes traded picks.
Statistics courtesy of Sports-Reference.com.
1. Milwaukee Bucks - Jabari Parker, SF - Duke
Counting this lost season, Milwaukee will have made the playoffs just three times in the last 10 years. Unless you count Michael Redd—which you shouldn't—the Bucks have been without a marquee star since 2002, when Ray Allen last wore the uniform.
Milwaukee needs a star that it can depend on. Of all the teams in the lottery, it can least afford to miss on its first pick. While Parker doesn't have the most potential of the trio of candidates for the top spot, he is the most NBA-ready, and the safest.
That's a direction the Bucks have to go in, because they can't afford to remain sorry.
2. Philadelphia 76ers - Andrew Wiggins, SF - Kansas
With Nerlens Noel, Michael Carter-Williams and Tony Wroten in the fold, the Sixers should be ecstatic to grab the player whom many were calling the unquestioned No. 1 pick months ago.
Wiggins has had his ups and downs this season. However, any team that wouldn't take an ultra-athletic, 19-year-old freshman, who is already averaging 16.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, is crazy.
ESPN's Fran Fraschilla sees Wiggins' talent and growth:
Andrew Wiggins lock Top 5, great kid, great attitude, playing hard, improving understanding of game. Consistency down the stretch is next.— Fran Fraschilla (@franfraschilla) February 25, 2014
3. Orlando Magic - Joel Embiid, C - Kansas
Who would you take No. 1?
So what that the Magic already have a very productive Nikola Vucevic at center. He's going to be a restricted free agent after the 2014-15 season, and because he's played so well, you can bet he's going to get a healthy raise above the $2.75 million he's due next season.
Taking Embiid would ensure the Magic won't be left with a hole to fill in the middle. In the meantime, Embiid and Vucevic could either give the team a solid rotation of bigs or a good twin-tower effect.
This is a no-lose situation for Orlando.
4. Sacramento Kings - Dante Exum, PG - Australia
Exum has the talent and buzz to rise into the top three picks. His size, speed and upside are exciting for a point guard prospect. At 6'6", he's drawn some comparisons to former Orlando Magic great Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway.
If he can be half as good—and stay healthy—the Kings could have the steal of the draft, even at this high of a pick.
5. Utah Jazz - Julius Randle, PF - Kentucky
Randle struggled a bit when conference play began, but he seems to be getting back to the dominance he showed early in the season.
That's especially the case on the glass. In his last four games, he's averaging 13.2 rebounds per game. Randle is beginning to play the game with a chip on his shoulder, which is a good thing.
In an interview with Larry Vaught of Vaught's Views, Randle dismissed criticism about his game and focused on the major goal. Randle said:
"It is what is [on the scrutiny]. I don't care about that. It may or may not be true, but I'm playing basketball. I didn't come here to be liked. I came here to win a championship,"
This is all just a part of the maturation of a young man.
The Jazz have Enes Kanter and Derrick Favors, but depth is a good thing. Also, Randle's presence could make Kanter or Favors expendable, which could help to provide trade bait to acquire a quality veteran wing player.
6. Boston Celtics - Marcus Smart, PG - Oklahoma State
Say what you want about Smart's blowup at a Texas Tech fan Feb. 8 and poor outside shooting. He's still a coachable, team-first leader. I'm not sure anyone still would categorize Rajon Rondo as such.
At some point, it seems like Rondo is going to get moved. Handing the keys to Smart, under the tutelage of head coach Brad Stevens, wouldn't be a bad look for the Celtics.
7. Cleveland Cavaliers - Noah Vonleh, PF/C - Indiana
With every game, it seems Vonleh gets better. Because of his shooting touch and motor, it's possible he could rise as high as No. 5 in this draft.
Jeff Rabjohns of Peegs.com gushes over the freshman's perimeter game:
Noah Vonleh's perimeter skills are so underrated. The Indiana freshman can drive and shoot 3s.— Jeff Rabjohns (@JeffRabjohns) February 23, 2014
The Cavs need a young big man to pair with Kyrie Irving. It may be the only thing to help convince him to stay in Cleveland long term.
8. Los Angeles Lakers - Tyler Ennis, PG - Syracuse
Kobe Bryant's days in the NBA are numbered. For a person who loves basketball, it hurts to admit that, but it's true. The Lakers must look to find another natural leader, and there isn't a better one in this draft than Ennis.
He's not going to wow you with stats—unless of course you look at his 3.4 assist-to-turnover ratio—but he has remarkable feel for the game.
As the Lakers move toward the post-Mamba era, Ennis would be a great choice as a leader to take the mantle.
9. Denver Nuggets (from the New York Knicks) - Rodney Hood, SF/SG - Duke
Hood is a silky smooth three-point shooter with the handle to create space for his own shot. With Danilo Gallinari battling injuries during the last two seasons, adding talent and depth on the wing is the way to go for the Nuggets.
Don't think Hood has the skills to handle the ball and play the 2-guard? North Carolina State guard Rodney Purvis warns the Twitterverse against sleeping on Hood's skills:
Y'all sleep on bro Rodney Hood you want to. He a 6'8 shooting guard !!!!— Rodney Purvis (@rpurvis44) February 21, 2014
10. Charlotte Bobcats (from the Detroit Pistons) - Aaron Gordon, PF - Arizona
With Al Jefferson in place at center, the Bobcats could use a scoring wing, but there isn't any value at the position this high in the draft.
Gordon is a safe pick because of his athleticism, defensive-minded approach and motor. He's a winner.
11. Philadelphia 76ers (from New Orleans Pelicans) - Zach LaVine, PG/SG - UCLA
The Sixers are building a core of long, athletic and versatile young players. If the team takes Wiggins with the No. 2 pick, LaVine would fit in well with the new nucleus.
Though he's still a bit raw, he already has shown the ability to make his outside shot, and he may be the best pure athlete in the draft.
12. Minnesota Timberwolves - Dario Saric, SF/PF - Croatia
With the real possibility that Kevin Love could bolt the team when he can become a free agent (player option) after next season, Minnesota has to consider drafting a player who can play his position.
Saric won't be anywhere close to the rebounder Love is, but he does offer unique ball-handling and passing skills that could make him a matchup nightmare.
Of course, this talk is contingent upon Saric actually entering the draft and coming to the NBA next season. As Jonathan Givony of Draft Express explains, that's far from a given:
Dario Saric may still elect to enter the draft, get picked, and stay another year or two in Europe. Lots of confusion around his situation.— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) February 22, 2014
13. Orlando Magic (from Nuggets) - Doug McDermott, SF - Creighton
McDermott will not be a star in the NBA, but his basketball IQ and smooth shooting stroke will translate well. Placing him on a team that could conceivably include Victor Oladipo, Arron Afflalo, Embiid and Vucevic is an intriguing possibility.
14. Memphis Grizzlies - James Young, SF/SG - Kentucky
Young is the most consistent performer for the Kentucky Wildcats this season. He's a stat-sheet stuffer whose game really will hit its stride, when and if his jump shot becomes more consistent.
Tony Allen is good, but Young could be a less offensively-challenged defensive stopper for the Grizzlies.
15. Chicago Bulls (from Bobcats) - Gary Harris, SG - Michigan State
Though he's not a freakish athlete, the 6'4", 210-pound Harris knows how to create his own shot and put the ball in the basket. He's physically strong and, at the very least, could give the Bulls a much-needed scorer off the bench.
In the motion offense the Bulls run, the skills Bleacher Report's Jonathan Wasserman lauds in Harris, make him an ideal fit in Chicago:
Michigan St's Gary Harris moves so effectively without the ball, knows how to score within the flow of the offense. Such a valuable instinct— Jonathan Wasserman (@NBADraftWass) February 21, 2014
16. Atlanta Hawks (from Brooklyn Nets) - Jerami Grant, SF/PF - Syracuse
Grant is a plus athlete, but he's a bit of a tweener. At 6'8", 210 pounds, he is short and thin for the power forward spot, but he doesn't have the ball-handling or perimeter skills to be a conventional wing.
He still could be a valuable defender and finisher off the bench for the Hawks. His 7'2" wingspan is rare for a player of his height.
17. Phoenix Suns (from the Washington Wizards) - P.J. Hairston, SG/SF - North Carolina/D-League
The Suns are the biggest surprise of the 2013-14 NBA season. The team isn't going to win the NBA championship, but it is headed in the right direction under head coach Jeff Hornacek.
Adding a pure scorer like Hairston would give the team a wing player who could develop into a go-to man down the stretch in close games.
Who will have the better career?
18. Chicago Bulls - Kyle Anderson, SF/PG - UCLA
Anderson is the most unique prospect in the draft. He isn't blessed with great foot speed or leaping ability, but he's 6'9", handles the ball, passes like a guard, grabs 8.6 rebounds per game and knocks down 50 percent of his threes (22-for-44).
He should appeal to the Bulls because of his versatility on offense.
19. Boston Celtics (from Hawks) - Adreian Payne, PF - Michigan State
There's a chance that the Celtics could move Jeff Green and Brandon Bass during the offseason. Even if the C's retain one of them, they could still use a player like Payne.
He has excellent touch from the outside, as evidenced by his 42.6 three-point percentage. He's also big, strong and agile at 6'10", 245 pounds.
20. Toronto Raptors - Clint Capela, PF - Switzerland
Capela is a long (6'10" 7'3" wingspan), athletic, but raw big man. The video scouting reports on him show a pivot player who could immediately impact a team as a shot-blocker and finisher close to the basket.
The Raptors would seem to have a better chance maintaining the services of a player who isn't American. The team just might want to target international players whenever it gets a chance.
Capela is one of this draft's best from overseas. Givony called Capela a first-round prospect in early February, and he predicts others will jump on the bandwagon soon:
Shocking to me that we're the only ones that consider Clint Capela a 1st round prospect. I'm sure after the @nikehoopsummit that will change— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) February 1, 2014
21. Utah Jazz (from Golden State Warriors) - Nik Stauskas, SG - Michigan
This season Stauskas has shown off excellent athleticism to go with his dead-eye shooting. He's one of the biggest sleepers in the draft. The Jazz would be tabbing a pretty nice insurance policy in the event Gordon Hayward walks.
22. Dallas Mavericks - Willie Cauley-Stein, C - Kentucky
WCS may never become a good scorer in the NBA, but his size, athleticism and timing for blocked shots will make him a good rim protector.
His basement is Ryan Hollins, but his ceiling is Tyson Chandler. The latter was pretty good for the Mavs in 2010-11.
23. Phoenix Suns - Sam Dekker, SF - Wisconsin
Although his three-point shooting numbers have fallen from 39 percent as a freshman to 34 percent as a sophomore, Dekker has been more efficient overall.
The defensive culture that is preached at Wisconsin will have prepared him perfectly to fit into the environment Hornacek has created in Phoenix.
24. Houston Rockets - Jusuf Nurkic, C - Bosnia
Nurkic is another international prospect with great length. He's 6'11" with a 7'2" wingspan. The Rockets may not be able to hold on to Omer Asik next season. If that's the case, taking a player like Nurkic could give the team a developing young player and depth behind Dwight Howard.
25. Los Angeles Clippers - Montrezl Harrell, PF - Louisville
Frontcourt depth is an issue for the Clippers. Harrell could provide toughness, rebounding and energy for the Clips. He is undersized to play the center, but similar to the Miami Heat's Udonis Haslem, his strength and motor allow him to play bigger than he is.
As you can see from this video, Harrell is a bit more athletic than Haslem.
Howie Lindsey of the Louisville SportsReport talks about one of Harrell's qualities:
Montrezl Harrell said after the game that he wants to be this team's "engine." He said he wants his energy to light a fire for his teammates— Howie Lindsey (@howielindsey) February 23, 2014
26. Charlotte Bobcats (from Trail Blazers) - Wayne Selden Jr., SG - Kansas
The Bobcats need more scoring from the wings and some offensive punch off its bench. Early in Selden's career, he could deliver both.
He could be held back a bit by all the talent on the Jayhawks' roster. If that's the case, he could be a real gem for the Bobcats late in the first round.
27. Miami Heat - K.J. McDaniels, SF/SG - Clemson
McDaniels might be the only athlete in the draft on par with LaVine. He has amazing leaping ability, and he's also physically strong.
Assuming the Heat retain LeBron James and Dwyane Wade's services, McDaniels could take pressure off both on the defensive end.
28. San Antonio Spurs - Bogdan Bogdanovic, SG - Serbia
The Spurs have done well drafting international players. Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker may be on their way to the Hall of Fame. Players like Tiago Splitter have made nice contributions to the organization.
Bogdanovic is a 21-year-old, offensive-minded wing player who could replace Ginobili as the primary scorer off the bench. Eurostep also mentions another aspect of Bogdanovic's game that doesn't get a lot of attention:
Underrated aspect of Bogdan Bogdanovic's game: His knack for stealing. Can pick it up from right under your nose, very sneaky.— EuroStep (@eurostepblog) February 23, 2014
29. Oklahoma City Thunder - T.J. Warren, SF - North Carolina
Few players in college basketball are scoring like Warren.
He's averaging 23.3 points and 7.1 rebounds per game for NC State. His three-point shooting has dipped off considerably this season, though. He's now making just 29 percent of his attempts from beyond the arc.
Because he's not a great athlete, he needs to be more consistent from long range. Still, he has a nose for scoring the basketball around the basket, and he moves well without the ball.
Those are the tools of a valuable bench player.
30. Phoenix Suns (from Indiana Pacers) - Nick Johnson, PG - Arizona
Aside from the local connection, Johnson is an excellent leader and floor general. He also has extraordinary athleticism and good strength for a point guard.
Taking him would give the Suns three solid point guards, or it would allow for either Goran Dragic or Eric Bledsoe to be moved in a tough trade that could render the other pieces the team needs to move forward,
All height and weight references per Draft Express.
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What did Dall think of it all?
"I did watch both seasons -- I liked season 1 better than season 2," Dall says. "The girls were definitely more out of control on season 1.
"I enjoyed watching it, but at the same time, I know Bret personally, so I have a personal investment. I can't quite remove myself from the person. Some of the stuff I cringed at, some of it I think's funny. It's reality TV -- it is what it is," he said.
So is the Bret he knows and the Bret on the show different people?
"In some ways, but then in some ways, not," Dall says "I think he is himself and at the same time, he's on a reality TV show, so there's no definitive answer on that."
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The Truman Football team will host a free youth clinic and autograph session on Saturday, April 12 prior to the 2014 Spring Game. Registration will begin at 10:45 a.m. with the clinic beginning at 11:00 a.m. The participants will be divided into three groups, first through fourth grades, fifth and six grades and seventh and eighth grades. Following the clinic, at approximately 11:45 a.m., the Bulldogs will hold an autograph session on the Stokes Stadium field. The Spring Game will begin at 1:00 p.m.
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There was no stopping Andre Agassi, who approached his 20th straight U.S. Open on Monday night to a roaring greeting from the crowd. They were then rewarded by witnessing his tidy 69-minute, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 romp over an overwhelmed and thoroughly outclassed Romanian, Razvan Sabau.
Cranking out 11 aces at up to 127 mph, drilling baseline winners at will, toying with drop shots and lobs, Agassi, 35, couldn't have asked for a much easier start to the year's last Grand Slam tournament, the Associated Press reports.
"You can't always hope for matches to go that uneventfully," said Agassi, who won the Open in 1994 and '99, was runner-up three times and has never missed the tournament since his first one in 1986.
"That's an amazing thing," he told the crowd. "I've been through a lot of things in my life. A lot of things have taken me away from the lines of a tennis court. But it's never taken me away from here. Twenty years here feels better than 19, so thank you."
Two other popular players, Serena and Venus Williams, each of them two-time champions, also won Monday in straight sets, though the No. 8 Serena looked less convincingly like a contender than her 10th-seeded big sister.
Slower and heavier than in the past, Serena – sporting $40,000 worth of dangling earrings that looked like chandeliers – fell behind 3-1 in the second set before bearing down to beat 16-year-old qualifier Yung-Jan Chan of Taiwan, 6-1, 6-3. Venus, trying to build on her Wimbledon triumph, breezed past Rika Fujiwara of Japan, 6-3, 6-1.
After one of Serena's platinum-and-diamond chandelier ear ornaments fell off during the match, she said: "I didn't put it on tight enough because I was rushing to go out. I was hoping it wouldn't fall, but I knew in the back of my mind it would and it did."
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Re: Baseline skillset
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Hmmmmmmmm, Cady.... so you're into handcuffs, eh?
No, I'm more interested in the mechanics of getting out of them (along with other classical forms of prestidigitation).
I agree with what you said, but the possibilities with these skills branch out like a bush, so there are few people who truly get to the "is that all there is to it?" stage. It's truly complex and deep, even though it appears to be just a puddle in the road to the uninitiated. That "puddle" can be the entrance to a set of underwater caves.
I agree to a point (note the "And so on.
" at the end of my comment -- implying that the process of discovery continues). We can follow a process down to the molecular level, to the extent of it becoming absurd, or at least not of much practical use, but there is --and must be -- an endpoint at which the process is considered "complete" and there are no further depths to plumb. Unless you start to delve into peripheral realms that affect/inform the principles you're enacting, etc.
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Hi (again) all,
Been busy with a Turnigy 9X flashed to ER9X - wow, it's impressive (Thanks wheelspinner)
I have a Polaris question about the CG.
I'm in the middle of a 133% or so Polaris (wingspan 39" as it's all I could get the printer to print after ages). I know it should balance around the step but I've tried right side up and upside down. In both cases, when I think it's balanced, I can tip it either fully forwards, or fully backwards. Does that mean the CG is right.
Another thing happened was I put the 2212-6 motor on a wattmeter and pull scales. Here's what I got:
6 x 4 130 watts 100g = .77g per w
7 x 4 297 watts 600g = 2.02 g per w
7 x 4.5E 310 watts 610g = 1.96 g per w
7 x 5 260 watts 650g = 2.5 g per w
7 x 5 230 watts (lwr v?) 22 amps 620g = 2.69g per w
I wouldn't have thought that this was possible from a motor that size? How are you all using a 6x4 prop when the output is so small?
I beleive you'll find a 34Oz. Plane will fly really well with the recomenden motor and ESC..
Headsup rc .com has a 2200 kva motor and tested it with the proper prop and acheived ???? OZS. OF THRUST,,,,, much higher then your cart explains??
Look once as it has been how I figure to build a lot of of planes..
There are some loss with thrust due to prop size,,apc or plastice slow fly,, and weight< and .,,,
The amp draw will go up..
Just saying??
Later ,
You can't determine CG by sitting the model on its bottom. I simply mark the step location on both sides of the fuselage above the wing and pick it up with finger and thumb. Find the location where it balances level (ignore any instructions that say it should balance slightly nose down -- to find the fore-and aft CG it must balance level). This will give you a good fix on the CG.
If you want more precise measurements (not needed) you can make a stand with two rounded dowels sticking up on which to balance the model. Balance will be the same upside down or right side up, but obviously it won't sit there stably upright as the CG is above the pivot point.
On the thrust measurement, there's something wrong with the numbers for the 6x4. An APC 6x4 should turn 18,500 to 19,000 RPM and pull 22-23A static and 20-21A in the air. This corresponds to around 220-230 watts. The thrust is about 28-35oz. Hence the excellent performance, including accelerating vertical climbs in the 100% Polaris. With the XL, you can expect more modest performance but still get a quick takeoff and 45 degree climb (as long as the model is a reasonable weight -- mine is 32oz with that motor and 2200 30C battery).
Not sure why your data for the 6x4 is way off. Is that a proper APC thin electric prop? You can't use slow flier props on these motors.
Leo.geo, here's a 20C one from giant cod:
luke....either your battery was dead or something like that OR maybe prop was on backwords?? d66 numbers have been repeated over and over within 5% or so on most of the posted standard setups. on a 3s 25c and up healthy battery. or maybe didnt have full throttle? not sure. since other prop numbers look in the ball park....im gonna go with backwords prop. ...
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It wasn't the battery as this was the first prop I tried. I'm gonna do that test again and see. Maybe the backward prop syndrome all right.
I have a CG setup with the dowels and all, but what I'm finding is that it won't actually stay balanced at all! If I move the battery to the point where it appears balanced, it will tip either slowly nose down and then keep going down, or tip slowly backwards and then keep going backwards. I guess it's balanced at that stage but I have around 10 airplanes, and never came across one yet that won't stay at the balance point.
Thanks all
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Regarding the prop, I tried again.
6 x 4 same as 1st time 155watts 15A 360g
6 x 4e 155w 14.5A 370g
7 x 4e (different prop to st test) 170watts 16A 510g
Don't think that any of them are genuine APC props though. I think that the sled the motor is mounted to jammed on the first 6 x 4 test.
At around 32oz. I think it's gotta be the 7 x 4 prop. Any suggestions?
It means that your vertical CG (or better: center of mass) is between your wings. Which is good! Your other planes may be high wing models?
Another possibility is that the ESC was not calibrated correctly for that run, so it wasn't reaching anywhere near full throttle.
Anyway, you don't need tests to determine whether it will fly. If things are set up right, the XL with 2212-6 at full throttle should have enough thrust to just about lift vertically out of your hands.
While batteries make a difference, there would have to be something seriously wrong with any 2200 (like a dead cell) to explain your numbers.
Re Balance
It doesn't need to stay balanced. What you describe simply shows that the vertical CG is above your balance point. Same thing always happens if you try to balance a low wing model right side up. But it doesn't matter (unless you let the model fall on the floor! )
All you are trying to do is find the longitudinal balance point. It's absolutely easy if you just pick up the Polaris by the fuselage with thumb and finger and find the point where it balances level. Takes about three seconds.
Having noted that the CG is too far forward, say, you move the battery back and try again. And so on till you have it right. Don't try moving the battery while balancing the model.
If you had no trouble balancing the others, they must be high wing models.
So forget about measuring thrust and figure out why your motor is not drawing enough current. Take a good look at the ESC to make sure it's properly calibrated.
Exactly what props, motor and ESC are you using?
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What's a hero?
Does anyone know?
Do they wear masks so their faces won't show?
Do they watch the world with an all-seeing eye
Cape ruffling in the wind as they fly in the sky?
Do all heroes have superpowers?
Fighting crime in costume hour by hour?
Some Heroes save lives every once in a while,
But to me, a hero is someone who can just give a smile.
Heroes are people who can brighten one's day
Even a hug or "How are you? " helps pain go away.
A hero is selfless, a dying breed,
For once thinking of others' needs.
Heroes can be people who cure disease and treat burns,
Or just a person who helped a child learn.
A hero can be someone who gives their blood,
Or just a man brave enough to save a woman from thugs.
Heroes do what they do with an unknown repetition
Not for praise, glory or recognition
They don't do what they do to receive a spotlight
But because they know in their hearts it is right.
Heroes are people who, everyday,
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Today's Real Party baby shower feature is especially near & dear… it was actually my own!
The shower was hosted earlier this month by 4 of my close friends – Leslie, Sarah, Mimi, and Jen… and they did such a great job – I was totally blown away! It was so odd to be on the receiving end this time… and I sincerely hope that the people I host showers for feel as special & loved as they made me feel at this one – thanks again girls! =)
Knowing my love for tropical flowers/foliage and all things giraffe, the girls created a "Modern Menagerie" (a.k.a. "modern jungle") theme for the baby shower, which also coordinated with the nursery and felt especially thoughtful. I about died when I saw the huge giraffe-print paper lanterns!
The color palette was a fabulous bright pink, brown, and kelly green (no baby pastels!). The pink hue coordinated with the color of the gorgeous protea featured in the centerpieces (along with papyrus, china mums, & ti leaves)… and I absolutely adored the little toy animal figurines that were spray-painted copper and even glued to some of the vases!
Since the hostesses were from all over, the party was hosted at my own house, so it felt especially strange to not have to do anything for the party – from the design & set-up (which was a complete surprise!) to the serving & clean-up… but "strange" in a wonderful and very much appreciated way!
AND… being a ridiculous sweet tooth, of course this adorable candy & dessert buffet was one of my favorite elements of the party…
The buffet featured lots of colorful treats from ACandyStore.com, as well as sugar cookies, chocolate-dipped strawberries, and frosted marshmallow brownies – all homemade by Leslie. YUM!
Another favorite part of the shower – the signature drink! Bartender Mimi served up both mocktail and cocktail versions of this ridiculously yummy (and pretty!) Raspberry-Apple Mojito:
And now for more sweet stuff… the adorable cake perfectly matched the Modern Menagerie shower invitations from Tiny Prints!
The matching stickers were also used on the take-out-style candy buffet boxes, and the coordinating mint tin favors were included in the table place settings (see image #3, above) – which really helped to tie the entire room together.
For more of the party details & resources, check out Leslie's recap on her blog: Modern Menagerie Baby Shower: Part 1 and Part 2.
Thanks again to the hostesses and everyone that came to celebrate with us! I'm excited to include all these memories in an album and show Macy what a fabulous welcoming party was thrown in her honor one day =)
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1Susan SAYS:
Everyting looks AMAZING! Your friends did such a lovely job. Congratulations!
2Tina- Bash Event Studio SAYS:
You are so lucky to have friends that truly care about you and if you hadn't said so I would have thought it was one of your creations. Excellent job ladies and Congrats on the new baby!
3Christine SAYS:
Such a fun theme and colour. The flowers are beautiful- Proteas- they are actually from South Africa so they go well with the safari theme!
4Melisa, Project Nursery SAYS:
Congrats Jenn! What a lovely shower. All the best for the remainder of your pregnancy. I hope we will get a peek of the nursery next! :)
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They definitely nailed it! Awesome job!
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Gorgeous! What a great theme :)
7amber kane SAYS:
I love the color choices, everything looks so wonderful!
8Cammi SAYS:
Wow – this looks incredible! You're posts always amaze me! Great job to your friends (and you and your awesome parties!)
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Where do you find giraffe lanterns? I love those! The whole thing looks great! I bet they knew they had to bring their A game hosting a shower for the hostess!
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What fabulous friends to throw such an amazing shower; and I agree, they did bring their 'A' game. Congrats!
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I Love it! Looks amazing. You guys did a great job.
The giraffe lanterns are legendary! :)
13Ebony Sparkes SAYS:
This is so great! and i see so much of you in every single detail! :) I wish all of your fans could throw you a virtual baby shower because you are so truly amazing to us! Congratulations again!!!
14Vanessa SAYS:
Everything looked gorgeous! The colors are amazing
15Angie SAYS:
Congratulations! Everything looks so beautiful! I looove the giraffe lanterns!
16Amedy SAYS:
wow every thing is pink I love this color so much
17Sonya @ baby shower ideas SAYS:
WOW! Everything is simply stunning! I love those tropical centerpieces, and the feathers, and the cake, I just love everything!!
18Ellen SAYS:
Love the safari theme, the mocktails, candy bar, cake—LOVE.IT.
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Colombia aims to be one of the first mid-income countries to achieve all the Millennium Development Goals. A key target is to reduce extreme poverty, and our Colombian business Bavaria has been working hard to help
For a country just emerging from a civil conflict that raged for almost half a century, Colombia is doing well – a decade of economic growth, currently around 4%, has put it ahead of the average economic performance across Latin America.
But the conflict has left a long-term legacy. An estimated five million Colombians fled from their homes, and around 8% of the population is in extreme poverty, living on less than US$1.25 a day.
In 2012, Bavaria became the first private sector company in Colombia to set up a ZOLIP – which stands for Zonas Libres de Pobreza Extrema, or 'zones free from extreme poverty' – and has since launched two more.
The Colombian government's ZOLIP programme aims to deliver rapid, effective and highly practical action to lift families in a specific area out of extreme poverty over a five‑year period. The programme is delivered by public-private partnerships between national agencies, local government, and commercial companies.
Potential ZOLIPs are identified using a massive government database that identifies pockets of extreme poverty down to the level of individual households, and Bavaria has committed to creating a total of six ZOLIPs, with each one close to a Bavaria brewery. A fourth ZOLIP will be launched later this year, and the remaining two will be established in 2015.
Bavaria already has a strong record in helping its local communities, via its charitable body Fundación Bavaria, and its Uni2 volunteer programme, which allows employees to give their time and part of their wages to local community projects (the company matches all employee donations by 200%).
The first ZOLIP, covering 153 households suffering extreme poverty, was launched in Tocancipá in Cundinamarca department, with Bavaria leading a group of six corporates. Bavaria's volunteers organise fund-raisers, hold events in the community, visit families in need, deliver mentoring for individuals, help job seekers to create CVs, and also turn out in numbers to work on building and other projects.
The programme encourages entrepreneurial local people to launch their own small businesses, recognising that the new enterprises may end up creating fresh jobs and bringing new income into the community. During 2013, 121 local women received business training, with nine of them from families in extreme poverty. A dozen proposed new businesses received financial and other help, including seed capital, equipment and supplies of stock, and nine shop-keepers received training and help through our own 4e, Camino al Progreso (Path to Progress) programme for Latin America.
During the financial year 2013/14, Bavaria's Uni2 teams donated US$40,000 to the two ZOLIPs at Tocancipá and Tibasosa. José Vicente Reyes, whose shop was one of the business proposals supported by the ZOLIP programme in Tocancipá, was thrilled:
Thanks to Fundación Bavaria, we received… a computer, a weighing scale, a printer and a cash register.
It was enough to get his enterprise up and running on a professional basis.
The programme also helps extremely poor families to improve their lives through simple measures such as improvements to their homes; providing bunk beds to relieve overcrowding, creating proper bathrooms and toilet facilities, and replacing leaky roofs.
Each ZOLIP spends its money carefully. For example, the Tocancipá programme spent COP182 million (US$94,000) in November and December 2013 on business and housing help for 37 families, averaging a little over US$2,500 per household – but even relatively small amounts of cash can make a big difference to people who have almost nothing.
People like Cecilia Rivera, who says her life has been changed by the donation of a new kitchen: "The kitchen I used to have was in poor condition – it didn't look like a kitchen, I felt bad when people came over to visit…" Starting to cry, she finishes: "Dios mio, I feel so happy with this – it has been a really beautiful gift."
José's original shack.
The Bavaria team building José his new house.
José and the Bavaria team outside his new house – built in a single day.
José Israel Cortes, 68, lives in extreme poverty in Tocancipá. One pressing problem for José was his poor accommodation – a tumbledown shack, with an earthen floor, that gave little protection from wind and rain. The ZOLIP committee decided that he should be given a new house.
A 22-strong team of volunteers – all workers at the nearby Bavaria brewery – turned up one morning to assemble a pre-fabricated, single-storey building, complete with a proper floor, lockable doors and opening windows, and by the end of the day José was able to move into his new house.


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Our View: How to build a summer jobs program for Erie
Heavenly Valentine, 16, walked through a blizzard to apply for one job. She's turned in applications at trendy clothing stores at the Millcreek Mall and at every fast-food restaurant she knows, but after a year of searching, she hasn't yet landed work.
"I want to have money when I need it so I won't have to be asking my mom. And it looks good on college applications," said Heavenly. A Strong Vincent High School student, she is enrolled in the spring class of the Youth Leadership Institute of Erie. Classes meet twice weekly at Gannon University under the leadership of Edison Nicholson III, the director.
Heavenly worries that employers might think she's using a fake name, but her first and last names are real. She's also realistic about another factor that could be holding her back -- she doesn't have work experience.
Heavenly's situation isn't unique, even in an improving economy. "For job-hunting teenagers, the market is brutal," read a headline on www.businessweek.com. According to the March 14 story, the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston found the percentage of teens who were employed had dropped from 45 percent in 2000 to 26 percent in 2011. "For teenagers, it's worse than the Great Depression," Andrew Sum, lead author of the study, told reporter Peter Coy. "The question is, why don't we care?"
In Erie, many people do care about this pressing issue. Erie County Councilman Andre Horton and Bishop Dwane Brock, leader of Victory Christian Center, have called attention to the issue with a rally and march.
Mothers Against Teen Violence hosted a job fair on March 29 at the Booker T. Washington Center. Troublemakers outside the center got into a fight, but inside, supermarkets, retailers, nursing homes, fast-food restaurants and other businesses were busy hiring. "All told, I would say conservatively at least 50 were hired as a direct result of the job fair," said Veronica Rexford, MATV's communications coordinator.
Model summer jobs programs already exist in large cities and small communities. Nicholson is researching one such program in Newark, N.J.
Too many teens "don't have the skill sets employers are looking for. They expect employers to do them a favor," he said. "We need to provide more than just a job." Teens need training in "soft skills" and then need to take the skills they learn in the workplace into their future schooling and careers, he said.
Young people shared their advice on how to land a job at GoErie.com/video. Apply lots of places, they said. Be persistent. Dress professionally. Practice interviewing. As Erie community leaders talk about a summer jobs program, they must invite youth into the conversation.


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I am working in the Aircraft Intermediate Maintainence Detachment in Naval Air Station Oceana, VA, active-duty enlisted. I need your help or any people who has taken the ASTB exam. This morning, I got a my enlisted-officer package program which has so much good information to become a commissioned officer. Since I need to send in all my transcripts, statements, yadda yadda yadda for my package to CNET, I also need to schedule for my ASTB test to become a designator 1395 or 1375.
Is there any study materials for this exam before you or anyone else that took it before signing up with the Navy? I'm sure there are some NROTC students who can answer this. I have a good amount of knowledge in this field because I have flight experience as well I work with them everyday. Any examples like will they ask questions pertaining to basic flight theory, principles of flight and such? I understand the minimum is 3 on the AQR portion and a 4 on the PFAR. How does the scoring system work on this exam? Any information would be very helpful. As some may think that the pilot option in the Navy is overmanned, but hey, it's well-worth a try since the option is available for enlisted. With much thanks.


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WASHINGTON - Almost six of every 10 of the nation's poultry plant workers - 57 percent - suffer musculoskeletal, or ergonomic, ills from the constant repetitive motions they undertake cutting up chickens and turkeys on the job, a new federal study says.
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) study adds that 42 percent of all poultry plant workers suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome, a nerve-pinching disorder common among assembly-line workers, typists and others.
The study's results, released in early April, prompted the United Food and Commercial Workers, whose members include tens of thousands of poultry plant workers, to renew their call for the federal Agriculture Department to drop its scheme to let plant owners speed up poultry processing lines.
USDA wants to institute a new federal inspection method that relies more on plant supervisors than it does on federal poultry inspectors to pick out and discard diseased chickens. It also would let the supervisors be selective about which chickens to eyeball, rather than inspecting each one. Both moves would speed up the lines.
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents federal poultry inspectors, has been waging a long campaign against USDA's new inspection plant, which would also reduce the number of inspected poultry carcasses.
Plant owners - including big firms such as Tyson - are campaigning vigorously for the new rules, which they say would let them process more chickens. They would also make more money.
But AFGE's poultry inspectors retort that the speedup and the transfer of inspection to in-plant supervisors increases the risk of food poisoning. The NIOSH report shows the speedup would also increase the risk to workers' health, UFCW says.
USDA wants to virtually double poultry line speeds from 70-91 birds a minute to a maximum of 175 a minute. NIOSH found what UFCW called "a drastic level of injury" to workers even at the present speeds.
If working conditions are this bad, and workers get hurt this often, with current poultry line speeds, UFCW President Joe Hansen says, they'll only get worse if the lines speed up. He calls USDA's proposal "reckless."
"One injury is one too many," Hansen said. "Four out of ten workers with carpal tunnel. Nearly six out of ten showing symptoms. This is an epidemic."
Instead of trying to speed up the poultry lines, Hansen added, the plant owners should adopt NIOSH's recommendations to help the workers. Some of them are: Designing job tasks at levels industry experts recommend, provide workers with more than one break per shift and increasing reporting, screening and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.
Until that's done, "USDA must pull this rule and take a hard look at how to improve safety in our nation's poultry plants," Hansen said. "This NIOSH report is both a wakeup call and a warning sign."
The unions are not alone in criticizing USDA's chicken inspection scheme. Citing a report from the non-partisan Government Accountability Office, 68 lawmakers also asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to backtrack on the inspection rule.
They said the GAO study shows the inspection model is flawed, that USDA drafted the rule with too little consultation outside of the industry, and that it could harm food safety as well as the workers' health.
"While we strongly support modernizing our food safety system and making it more efficient, modernization should not occur at the expense of public health, worker safety, or animal welfare," Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., James Moran, D-Va. And others wrote to Vilsack. DeLauro and Moran are members of the House Appropriations Committee, one of the key panels that decide where USDA spends its money. "We harbor serious concerns over what we believe are the Food Safety Inspection Service's (FSIS) inadequate considerations to date of these issues in promulgating this rule."
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Producer Profiles
APECAFE - Asociación de Pequeños Productores de Café de El Salvador
APECAFE has steadily increased their direct exports to international Fair Trade markets since becoming Fair Trade Certified in 1998. After a long period of economic failure, the cooperative's involvement with Fair Trade facilitated negotiations with lenders, gradually decreasing their debt and beginning to retain capital and plan investments to increase efficiency and productivity.
APECAFE claims Fair Trade has attracted new members to their organization, and Fair Trade premiums have enabled them to establish various social and productive programs benefiting their communities.
By earning a Fair Trade price, I was able to send my children to high school and improve my home by adding electricity and potable water. "
Juan Zacariás, Member, Las Colinas
Our work is more valuable thanks to the benefits that we have obtained through Fair Trade. "
Guillermo Hernández, Committee Leader
Road Repairs and Transportation
APECAFE has invested in road repairs and improving transportation services to remote areas.
Crop-Diversification Project
The members of APECAFE created a crop-diversification project that promotes the cultivation of bananas, avocados and lemons. The co-op trained members in shade-grown and organic farming methods.
Gender Equality
APECAFE works to raise awareness of gender inequalities and improve incomes for women in the cooperative.


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During our recent trip to Great Wolf Lodge, I had the opportunity to sit down and and interview Mr. Jack Bateman General Manager of Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, Texas. I asked him a few questions to get the 'inside scoop' for moms and families looking to visit Great Wolf Lodge.
Here are some great tips and secrets he shared:
What is the best time of year/least crowded time to plan to visit the Great Wolf Lodge Water Park?
Mr. Bateman recommended the 'shoulder months' of: September, October, beginning of November, and then again in January, February, and early March (before Spring Break). He shared that these are also the best months for lower prices.
Another tip is suggested was when booking inquire if there are any large groups (conferences) taking place. Weeks/weekends where there are larger and more conferences typically mean higher occupancy in the rooms and meetings rooms, however the water park and other family activities are typically less crowded during this time!
Can you share more about your most popular seasonal activities Great Wolf Lodge offers?
Howl-o-Ween (all of October)- Trick or Treating Trail through the hotel, Costume parades in the lobby, children's crafts and pumpkin painting, and more
Thanksgiving- Large Thanksgiving feast
Christmas- Snow land in the lobby, visits from Santa, Christmas crafts and story telling, and more
Summer- Companies come and told staff/family parties, 4th of July celebration, Memorial Day celebration
Do you offer group discounts?
They do offer group discounts when the number of rooms exceed ten. However, there are several Wolf Suites at can hold large or multiple families. Click HERE to see more.
What is the recommended length of stay for a family?
There typical length on stay is 2.1 days. Mr. Bateman shared that 2-3 days allows families enough time to become accustomed to the resort, participate in all the activities, and enjoy all the ammenities without growing restless. However, if you plan to do other activities in the area (outside of the resort), you may feel pressed for time and want to expend your stay. About 95% of visitors drive-in to the resort.
Many of the Great Wolf Lodges are in areas of the country where there are other great family activities in the area. Be sure to check the specific site for the Great Wolf Lodge you are planning on visiting to find suggestions and possible discounts available to those staying at Great Wolf Lodge.
*For example, in Grapevine, those staying at Great Wolf Lodge can get a discounted rate at LEGOLAND Discovery Center and the Sea Life Aquarium. For more Grapevine area attraction click HERE!
What is your best age recommendation for families with children?
Typically they recommend ages 3-15 years of age are the ages that most activities are geared towards.
How has being featured on a show like Undercover Boss affected your reach/policies?
Mr. Bateman shared that the show had no affect on any policies, as none were red flagged during the show. He did however mention that it was great for Great Wolf Lodge in that it created a lot of positive awareness as Undercover Boss is aired worldwide and one of the highest rated show in the U.S.. He has meet several visitors from Austrailia who watched the show when it aired, and choose to include a stay at Great Wolf Lodge while visiting the United States.
What a a few features that differentiate Great Wolf Lodge from other kid-friendly vacation options?
Great Wolf Lodge has everything needed for a vacation under one roof; water park, dining, entertainment, activities, rooms, and more. One great feature is that especially in the hot Texas summers, Great Wolf Lodge offers both indoor and outdoor water park features. This is perfect for days that are too hot to go outside, but also winter's rainy days that are too cold to go outside. At Great Wolf Lodge, your vacation is NEVER dictated by the weather!
Can you share with us a little about your water safety?
Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine has the largest facility had has 25 lifeguards on duty at one time. They currently have on staff 120 lifeguards who rotate between three shifts. Mr. Bateman who shared that he was also lifeguard in his teens, shares that the program Great Wolf Lodge trains their lifeguards in the Ellis certification. This differs from the typical Red Cross training in that lifeguards are trained to supervise sections of the water not general areas. He mentioned that while in the water park you can watch the lifeguards constantly scanning their section of the water; that is exactly what my husband I observed. The lifeguards were doing a fantastic job of staying aware of their surroundings and assisting swimmers without becoming distracted.
What months is the outdoor pool/water park open?
Typically the outdoor water parks at all locations are open from Memorial Day to Labor Day. However, because of Texas' warm weather, Grapevine is often able to open their outdoor area on the weekends from Spring Break- through Memorial Day, then all week long from Memorial Day to Labor Day. *Check with each location for specifics.
What is one insider that most people are not yet aware of that is a 'best kept secret'?
Great Wolf Lodge is a fantastic location for companies to plan trainings and conferences! Conferences at Great Wolf Lodge are fantastic for both companies and the families of employees. For example, while the spouse is attending meetings/trainings during the day, their family can come along for the week and stay with them at no extra cost! Each room has a set price and a typically family suite includes 4 wristbands for access to the water park. It is a win-win situation for companies: the employee is happy and so is their family!
Mr. Bateman shared that there are even options that companies can include into their training such as: using the arcade for points to win prizes from the company in place of the tickets. They can also challenge their employees to a fun round of interactive Magiquest adventures, which require teamwork and problem solving.
What is Magiquest; a very popular activity at Great Wolf Lodge-Grapevine?
Magiquest is an interactive journey in which you use a magic wand in which you personalize in the Magiquest store and set to record your journey. The objective behind the journey is to save the princess and slay the dragon. Magiquest is an adventure that takes you on all eight floors of the resort to discover treasure boxes, talking picture frames, and more all that come to life with the swish of your magic wand. It is an adventure for the entire family. Mr. Bateman joked that his first journey took him about six hours to complete, which most tech-savey kids are completing in about three hours. The journey is recorded on the wand and can be completed on your own time frame; it can even be continued on your next visit to Great Wolf Lodge if not completed!
Can you please share Great Wolf Lodge's different locations around the country and Canada:
- Charlotte/Concord, NC
- Grand Mound, WA
- Grapevine, TX
- Kansas City, KS
- Mason, OH
- Niagara Falls, ON, CANADA
- Pocono Mountains, PA
- Sandusky, OH
- Traverse City, MI
- Williamsburg, VA
- Wisconsin Dells, WI
A special thank you to Mr. Bateman for his time and willingness to share these great tips with Cheerios and Lattes readers!
Make Your Reservation Today!
Contact Great Wolf Lodge at:
- 1.866.760.9652
- greatwolf.com
DISCLOSURE – My family received a special room rate in return for this review. My reviews and recommendations are always true and honest. Read Cheerios and Lattes's full disclosure here.


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LONDON - Pattie Boyd is the A-list musicians' muse.
A convent schoolgirl turned swinging London fashion model, Boyd was married to Beatle George Harrison, then to guitar god Eric Clapton - and the relationships live on in song.
For Boyd, Harrison wrote "Something," one of the Fab Four's most-covered tunes. Clapton's passion for his friend's wife inspired the scorching "Layla." Later, when Boyd had left Harrison and married Clapton, he serenaded her with "Wonderful Tonight."
Even now, 63-year-old Boyd says, "there is still a shiver of thrill" when she hears the songs.
"I'm so familiar with them, they've become intimate. They've become a part of me. So when I hear them it's a part of my body I can hear," she said.
The songs made Boyd an icon through the words of others. She tells her own side of the story in the newly released memoir "Wonderful Tonight," written with royal biographer Penny Junor.
Shaye Areheart, Boyd's editor at Harmony Books, said Boyd's version of events was eagerly anticipated by music fans.
"If you know anything about the rock music scene, you have to want to see what Pattie has to say," Areheart said. "She was there when so many exciting, seminal things were happening. She was in the middle of this incredible scene and she has lived to tell the tale."
The book begins a long way from the glamorous rock world, with an account of Boyd's emotionally detached middle-class childhood - a world of secrets and silences in which "nothing was ever explained; everything was a mystery."
"My parents behaved in the way they'd been treated as children themselves, which was very austere - children were seen and not really spoken to," said Boyd.
"Then when the '60s emerged, there was all of this freedom. It was like being able to be a child. In the arts, everything emerged at the same time: poetry, writers, musicians, fashion designers, painters. It just all seemed to happen at the same time. It was really very special. I feel very privileged to have been there."
She fled her family's suburban home, began a modeling career and was asked to appear as an extra in the first Beatles film, "A Hard Day's Night." It was on the set that she met Harrison, "the best-looking man I'd ever seen." On their first date, they were accompanied by The Beatles' manager and father-figure, Brian Epstein.
Before long, Boyd and Harrison married and set up house, exploring spirituality during a sojourn in India.
Boyd tells her tale in a matter-of-fact, even subdued way, but there are moments when the extraordinarily strange world of The Beatles' breaks through. Before asking Boyd to marry him, Harrison dashes off to consult with Epstein. "Brian says it's OK," he tells her. "Will you marry me?"
Clapton's own autobiography is due to be published next month. Boyd says she feels no trepidation about reading it.
"I'm looking forward to it," she said. "I'll plunge straight in."
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Posted on 11.23.2010
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Nearly half of the consumers polled in an IDC survey said they will use their smartphones to compare prices while shopping this holiday season. Another 32 percent said they also plan on accessing online reviews from their mobile devices.
In a separate study, Yahoo! found that two-thirds of all mobile users intend to use their devices to influence holiday purchases. Finally, Luth Research determined in an October 2010 survey that 51 percent of consumers are more likely to buy from retailers that have a website optimized for mobile use.
In a holiday shopping season that is expected to generate $447 billion for U.S. retailers, IDC predicted that mobile devices will contribute in some way to an estimated $127 billion of that total. The predicted percentage of shoppers that will actually be making transactions on their smartphones remains low in comparison to those researching and comparing products prior to purchase, but the message for retailers could not be more clear – mobile commerce has arrived.
Retailers that have implemented strategies for mobile and social commerce such as website optimization, mobile apps, SMS advertising, user-generated reviews and comparison shopping sites will have a distinct advantage this holiday season. Others may want to consider realigning their 2011 strategies to better fit the trends taking place in social and mobile shopping.
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Yep, and it's easy to do.
I've been comparing prices in stores since way back using a crappy blackberry browser.
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By Dr Amtul Qudoos Farhat
Alpha Lipoic Acid is a naturally produced substance in our body which is also found in certain foods. It is a unique vitamin-like substance which; being both water and fat soluble; is a very powerful antioxidant. It comes in two forms; natural and synthetic; synthetic form being the diluted version of the natural form. Natural is more powerful and is available as a natural supplement.
Antioxidants protect our organs from what we call oxidative damage. Oxidative damage occurs due to continuous exposure from physical, chemical, viral, bacterial and Ischemia or the lack of oxygen. Large amounts of free radicals are created in tissue that has been injured by such obnoxious environmental insults. Such injuries may result in heart attack, stroke, burns, sprains, strains and contusions, etc. Treatment of these injuries with anti-oxidants can be expected to reduce the effects of the damage. The treatment of, some of these conditions with alpha lipoic acid have been documented in literature.
R Alpha Lipoic acid crosses the cell membrane easily. It can confer free radical protection to both interior and exterior cellular structures.
Other well known antioxidants such as vitamins E, C and glutathione diminish with passage of age. R-Lipoic acid boosts glutathione level which is linked to multiple detoxifying processes such as detoxification of Xenobiotics, modulation of signal transduction, prostaglandin metabolism, regulation of immune response, control of enzyme activity and peptide hormones.
Because Alpha Lipoic Acid helps to conserve and increase production of glutathione, it may be beneficial in treating certain diseases that affect the liver especially toxic exposure, alcoholic liver disease, aminita mushroom poisoning and hepatitis.
Alpha Lipoic Acid is beneficial to individuals with type II diabetes. It improves the overall control of blood sugar and reduces the blood sugar and insulin levels.
The usual daily dose as a nutritional supplement is 50 to 100 mg. A higher dose is used for better control of Diabetes. It lowers the blood sugar and insulin level and frequent monitoring of blood sugar is recommended. Very high doses may require thiamine supplementation and have been used for acute toxin exposures.
There are no serious side effects in the usual doses. Minor side effects such as skin reactions, nausea and vomiting are possible at very high intravenous doses. No data is available for use in pregnancy.
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+P Loads in Astra Model 960 38 Special
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April 23, 2008, 02:04 AM
Got one in trade awhile back,shoots decent.would like to load some +p but unsure about the strength of this Spanish made pistol.Anyone got an idea ?
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April 23, 2008, 01:23 PM
I've used an astra .357 with +p .38 spl loads, but it's not the same gun/rating. My sense of the gun was that it was decently designed, but I've also heard of a guy that blew up an astra revolver with +p loads. Anecdotal, and guy was unclear whether they were +p .357 loads (who would be that dumb?) or +p .38 in a .38.
April 23, 2008, 03:15 PM
Thank you,I have been reloading for 15 years and have made a few mistakes but never blew anything up.Was wanting to know the strength of this revolver.It locks up rock solid,and is not on the small size,in otherwords it is a fairly hefty pistol that seems to be verry strong.Thanks for your reply,I haven't posted many ,as I am New here.
April 23, 2008, 03:58 PM
More specifics: I was talking to a guy at a gunshop who claimed to own an Astra 960. I was inquiring about the make and model of the Astra .357 I mentioned earlier. He suggested that the .357 was a 960. In fact, Astra only made one model of .357, and as far as I know, it's called the "Astra .357". The 960 is a .38 spl only design.
Anyway, he claimed his friend had loaded hot, .357 "+p" rounds into it and blew the cylinder open, earning him a trip to the hospital. I think he was confused, either about the model his friend owned, or the caliber involved. Either way, an Astra revolver probably isn't meant to exceed SAAMI/factory ammo specs. The one I used had a HEAVY double action trigger pull, and it wasn't at all smooth. The guy that owns it, though, got it for $109 on consignment. I wish they had had two. A .357 revolver that can fire standard pressure rounds for $109? Egads.
One other thing about the Astra revolvers: I hear the trigger smoothes up nicely with a simple trigger job.
April 23, 2008, 05:48 PM
Trigger pull is about 2 to 3 pounds and is smooth as silk.The only thing I'm concerned with is cylinder notches are cut over the cartridge making a weak spot.Also with the Santa Barbra ammo(berdan primed and labled No corosive)158 softpoint ammo there is alot of room from the bullet to the end of Cylinder,could it be reloaded using good Starline brass with say 170 or 200 grain cast bullets a little hotter than standard 38 special and be safe.It apears that they used the same cylinder as the 357 Mag.As far as length of cylinder,I don't entend to make it shoot like a 357 Mag.it is clearly marked 38 Special,But has a verry Beefy frame. I have a Rossi 44 Special that they quit making,3" Stainless ,5 shot ,adjustable sights,Model 720 that I load with 180 hornaday XTP's.It can handle some verry hot loads.It is my traveling gun,I carry it when I'm not carrying my 45 Ballister Molina.Some people just don't like foreign made guns,I do and like the ones that only take one solid hit to stop an atacker.Thanks for your information
April 25, 2008, 04:29 PM
Yeah. I loved that Astra, despite the nasty trigger (maybe .357 was a longer pull than .38?), but it is an apples-oranges comparison. I'd stick standard pressure loads. If you really want some hard hitting loads, buffalo bore standard pressure rounds can get some smoking hot fps out of even the heaviest bullets while staying inside of SAAMI specs. Of course, that's not loading your own, but they would probably be safe to shoot.
April 25, 2008, 05:45 PM
Thank you the 173 grain Keith load is within the 17,000 Psi.limit for the 38 Special.Been reading some of my old Handloader Magazines,Hollow point or for more range and penitration the solid.
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Police Report Filed for Friday's Alleged Road Rage Hit-and-Run
The LAist: Police Report Filed Today for Friday's Alleged Road Rage Hit-and-Run, Cyclist to be Hospitalized for 2 Months
Today, a Los Angeles police spokesman told City News Service he had no information about the accident. No police report was filed, and according to BikingInLA -- who has been exhaustively covering the case -- police never responded to the scene. Reports say paramedics responded and most likely dropped the 42-year-old victim's bike off at her home after the alleged attack; it is unclear who called the paramedics.
The biking blog learned that a police report was finally filed today -- more than three days after the cyclist was allegedly hit by a white Lexus and left lying face-down on Spring Street in Downtown Los Angeles for nearly 15 minutes Friday night around 11:30. Despite Schick's recollection of the events leading up to her injuries, which involved a Lexus swerving across two lanes into her green bike lane, the female passenger of the car and Schick exchanging words at a red light, then Schick ending up on the pavement of Spring just past 4th with a bent rear bicycle wheel, "without witnesses or video evidence, police are treating Schick's injury as a solo fall, and ignoring — or at least downplaying — the allegations that there was another vehicle involved," writes the blog. Schick's friend Jennifer Beatty told KTLA, "... the driver of the Lexus decided to use his vehicle as a weapon."
The victim's family reportedly followed up with police Monday regarding the lack of a police report, says the L.A. Times. The family has also asked that friends and reporters refrain from visiting Pinkyracer, as she is known in the cycling community, to let her rest. Doctors are trying to avoid surgery, and she faces a minimum of two months in either the hospital or an assisted living facility.
The ChipIn fund created by Schick's friends on Sunday to help her pay for her medical expenses has reached over $4,100 as of 9am Tuesday.