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Summary — For the second straight season the Boston Bruins [1] are headed to the Eastern Conference semifinals as they closed out their series against the Sabres with a 4-3 win at TD Garden on Monday night. Tuukka Rask [2] earned the first series-clinching victory of his young career with 27 of saves while Ryan Miller [3] was the loser, allowing four goals on 32 Boston shots.
The Bruins got on the board first with their fifth power play strike of the series. Mark Recchi [4] shot from the right wing with David Krejci [5] in the slot, slightly off-center from Miller. Krejci got enough stick on the puck to change its direction ever so slightly but enough to get it into the net for his second of the series at 13:39. It was the first time in the series that Boston scored the first goal of the game and entered the second period with a lead.
The Bruins took a two-goal lead early in the second period, again on the power play, this time a 4-on-3 with Zdeno Chara [6], Tim Connolly and Henrik Tallinder in the box. Krejci and Recchi were the culprits again, this time switched around as Krejci used the extra space to pick apart the Sabres triangle defense with a cross through the slot to Recchi on Miller's doorstep for the pop in goal at 1:01.
The Sabres got one back in second period when an aggressive forecheck led to a couple snap passes to Patrick Kaleta wide open in front of Rask. Kaleta flipped it up and Rask had no chance to make it a 2-1 game at 6:34. The strike was Kaleta's first of the series.
The teams traded goals within a minute of each other midway through the third period. The first was scored by Krejci on a snap shot to the side of Miller's crease after receiving the puck from behind the goal line at 7:18. Former Boston College [7] product Nathan Gerbe kept Buffalo's playoff dream alive by bringing the Sabres back within a goal at 7:40 for his first career playoff strike.
Miroslav Satan got the goal back at 14:49 with his second of the playoffs when he beat Miller off a centering pass from Dennis Wideman [8] that deflected off Milan Lucic [9] as he passed through the crease. Thomas Vanek then brought the Sabres back yet again as Buffalo operated for the last two minutes with an empty net. He beat Rask at 18:47 to push the action to the final seconds of the game.
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David Krejci — Opened the scoring with a tip goal passed Miller and put the helped on the second with a zip pass to set up Recchi. He added the game-winner in the third to cap his three-point night.
Mark Recchi — The veteran forward registered his 75th career postseason assist in the first period and scored his third goal of the series in the second. The strike was the 53rd of his playoff career.
Milan Lucic — Got two big assists in the third period for his first playoff points of the year in the Bruins biggest game of the year.
Turning Point — Krejci's second goal of the game gave the Bruins a cushion that would prove essential as Gerbe brought the Sabres back within a goal 22-seconds later. The puck was pushed from behind the goal line by Milan Lucic to Krejci on the elbow of Miller's crease for the snap shot goal at 7:18. Gerbe's goal was unassisted after taking the puck off the half wall and turning with a whipcord to go far side on Rask to keep the Sabres playoff hopes alive.
Key Play — Satan's goal sealed it as he crashed the net to put a Dennis Wideman centering pass into the net at 14:41 of the third. Lucic had cleared the way for the puck as he passed through the crease moments before and deflected the pass slightly to earn the primary assist on the play, his second of the period.


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UTSA social work program earns accreditation
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(March 14, 2008)--The UTSA College of Public Policy master of social work program officially was granted accreditation by the Council on Social Work Education, the national accrediting body for undergraduate and graduate social work programs.
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- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
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Accreditation provides federal research opportunities, funding opportunities and scholarships not available previously. UTSA graduate students now are eligible for internships at federal social service agencies that require students to be enrolled in accredited social work programs. Additionally, accreditation maximizes employment opportunities for UTSA social work graduates, who will be eligible for social work licensure in Texas and throughout the United States.
"Achieving accredited social work status is a result of collaborative efforts by the UTSA master of social work program administrators, faculty, staff, current students, alumni, community social workers and the college and university administration," said Dennis Haynes, professor and chair of the Department of Social Work. "We would not be at this point without the investments constituents have made in our program and our students."
The UTSA social work program is the 10th accredited master of social work program in Texas and the only accredited M.S.W. program in the San Antonio area at a public university.
The first UTSA social work courses were offered in January 2005 with a cohort of 17 students. As of spring 2008, M.S.W. program enrollment has grown to 96 students and a department of 13 administrators, faculty and staff. In 2007, 77 M.S.W. students completed field internships in 44 human service organizations, totaling 35,400 service-learning hours. Since the program's inception, 21 students have earned M.S.W. degrees, and many have passed licensure exams and are employed in the San Antonio area.
UTSA M.S.W. classes are offered evenings and weekends to accommodate working professionals. With program accreditation, increased enrollment is anticipated. Prospective student information sessions are offered on an ongoing basis.
For more information, visit the UTSA Department of Social Work Web site or call (210) 458-3000.

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You can join ROTC during your freshman, sophomore, or junior year of school. There is no military obligation for freshmen and sophomore students. ROTC works like a trial period for the Army. For the first and second year, your ROTC courses work just like any other on campus – you enroll in your classroom and 1 credit physical exercise courses each semester, attend both classes and lab, and earn both a grade and credit on your transcript. Joining the Army is a major step for anybody and this allows you to see what it's like before making an informed decision. If you decide you want to be an officer in the Army – great! 2-year, 3-year, and 4-year scholarships are available. The Army wants quality leaders and will compensate you well for your commitment if you earn a scholarship.
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Now, how do I get the bees to the hive, that is about 100 feet away? If I just take it to the hive and dump them in, will the others follow? Or maybe if I wait a little later in the evening, will most of them be in the trap and then pour them in the hive?


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SELLING IT Platt (center) with Capaldo and Sousa.
Wow. An explosive performance could be anticipated, since Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the story of an anguished life transformation. But Alexander Platt's portrayal of the transgendered title character is blowing the doors off of Perishable Theatre (through May 9), leaving pieces of soul shrapnel embedded in audiences, to work their way out over time.
It doesn't hurt the energy level that this is as much a 90-minute '70s-era punk and glam rock concert as it is a play. Besides being something chillingly personal, the Angry Inch is also the name of a three-piece band, with Dave Rabinow on guitar, Paul "Zeus" Sousa on bass guitar, and Brandon Capaldo on drums, with music direction by David Tessier.
First staged off-Broadway in 1998, Hedwig was written by John Cameron Mitchell, with music and lyrics by Stephen Trask. Before that point, it was developed during rock shows in clubs instead of in theaters, to build up its edgy audience intimacy.
Directed with sensitivity by Megan Sandberg-Zakian, the small Perishable space is the perfect setting. With scenic design by Sara Ossana and lighting design by Jen Rock, Perishable has been transformed into a basement rock club, with black walls surrounding café tables, sofas, and armchairs.
The story unfolds as a monologue by Hedwig, between the nearly dozen songs. Platt makes quite an impression even before he parts his glitter-glossed lips and speaks. A massive blonde wig helmets a face painted more colorfully than a parade balloon, and Hedwig comes out opening a coat emblazoned with the words "Yankee Go Home — With Me," revealing a short-skirted fringed costume, coarse-net stockings, and silver go-go boots. Thank you, costume designer Jennifer Lyons, and Michael Dates on hair and makeup.
The angry inch, lower case, of the story is the aftermath of a botched sex change operation that left Hedwig with mutilated genitals. Being halfway between two sexes is a tormenting physical reminder to her of the psychological difficulty of complete gender identification as a woman.
As a metaphor, this matter of being whole or incomplete comes up frequently, such as in songs like "The Origin of Love." That one is a creation myth, telling how originally there were three kinds of people: boy-boy, girl-girl, and boy-girl. Each was composed of two individuals who were physically united, only to be split apart as time went on, ever after seeking reunion. As "Hedwig's Lament" puts it: "I rose off of the doctor's lab/I lost a piece of my heart/Now everyone gets to take a stab/They cut me up into parts."
Appropriately, the divided Hedwig grew up in the definitive divided city, Berlin. She started out as Hansel, an East German self-described "snip of a girlyboy" in love with music and with a US Army soldier who wants to marry him. Thus the sex change, the move to Kansas, and the inevitable divorce.
On stage, Hedwig has a wordless helper, Yitzhak (Liz Gotauco), who wears a two-day growth of "beard," men's clothing, and a resentful attitude. Offstage they are lovers, Hedwig establishes by her comments.
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On March 23/2013 I bought my GE GeoSpring 50-Gallon Hybrid Heat Pump Water Heater.
I've chosen the Interstate Appliance because of these reasons:
I paid $950 in total (no sale tax and free shipping).
You can get more details about GE GeoSpring 50-Gallon Hybrid Heat Pump Water Heater here:
My GE GeoSpring Hybrid Water Heater arrived on time. The installation was very simple and took me about one hour.
This modern and energy efficient water heater is a real bargain. It costs less than the lowest price of a regular 50 gallon electric water heater ($950 - $400 rebate - $300 Tax credit).
In fact, I think it's nearly impossible to buy or to build a reliable (regardless of weather condition) solar water heater for the price of $250.
In some areas rebates are even better than mine. For example, you can "Get a $500 rebate from Seattle City Light when you buy a qualified heat pump water heater."
Unbelievable - energy efficient water heater for $150! ($950 - $500 rebate - $300 Tax credit).
You can check all possible Rebates & Incentives for your zip code here: http://www.geappliances.com/heat-pump-hot-water-heater/
Or you can visit your utility company's web site. For example, for my area:
Based on GE calculation: "The investment return period is less than 1.5 years with application of federal tax credit and other state and local utility rebates." In my case the investment return period will be about one year.
For additional savings, I would recommend you to install a water preheater similar to mine: https://sites.google.com/site/solarwaterpreheater/
And you can also ask your utility company about programs similar to mine (time-of-use billing): http://www.centralhudson.com/residential/time_use.html
On April 03/2013 I've successfully passed the Central Hudson (my utility company) inspection, because according to the company rules: "All self-installs will be inspected by a Central Hudson representative."
And recently I've received my $400 rebate check - just in two weeks after inspection.
So, I'm glad that I bought the GE hybrid (heat pump-electric) water heater, that was assembled here, but not in China. And I'm glad that final price is so reasonable.
I use my water heater ONLY in the "Heat Pump" mode - as the most efficient mode for this heater.
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A person who has obtained enlightenment by asking questions and looking inside themselves. Shi Shi Artists are able to see truth when it is spoken, they can see truth when it is an image, and they can sense truth when they are around it. Shi Shi Artists are at peace with themselves, the world around them and the entire universe. The cool thing about Shi Shi Artists is that they are so confident with their acceptance of reality that they do not feel the need to push their realizations onto others. Shi Shi Artists realize that nothing is real. Everything is impermenant except for one thing. You will know when you obtain this level of realization, and/or are in the presence of a being that has reached this level.
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posted at 8:01 pm on March 9, 2013 by Allahpundit
Benjamin Wittes, a national security scholar at the Brookings Institution who has written extensively about drones, said he thought Mr. Paul's marathon was a "dumb publicity stunt." But he said it had touched a national nerve because the technology, with its myriad implications, had already deeply penetrated the culture…
"It's not merely the black helicopter crowd of the folks on the far right," said Mark Potok, a senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks extremist groups. "What Rand Paul had to say about drones absolutely fired up conspiracy theorists on the left as well as the right."…
At the same time, there are people like Everett Wilkinson, a Tea Party organizer and self-proclaimed conspiracy theorist in Florida, who is hailing Mr. Paul as a "rock star for the Constitution." On Mr. Wilkinson's Web site, Liberty.com, he warns that the United States government is building "internment camps" for political dissidents. He is wary of what comes next.
"First they said we are just going to use drones to observe stuff, and then they put Hellfire missiles on them," Mr. Wilkinson said. "How soon are we going to have drones overhead with Tasers on them?"
Last year, for the first time in decades, Republicans lost the advantage on foreign policy in a presidential campaign. Exit polls showed that voters trusted Barack Obama more than Mitt Romney to handle an international crisis (57 percent trusted Obama, 50 percent trusted Romney). And of the small number of voters who put foreign policy as their top issue, Obama won by a margin of 56 percent to 33 percent. Part of this, of course, is due to the incumbent's advantage. But Republicans, following the setbacks in the Iraq War and Afghanistan, will have a tough job restoring their advantage on foreign policy and national security issues.
Their current actions aren't helping. Senator Rand Paul has won accolades from many on the right for his "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" filibuster. But however impressive his stamina, we must not forget what he was protesting against–the use of drone strikes which, when directed overseas, are supported by 83 percent of Americans and when directed against American citizens overseas are supported by 65 percent…
However, the administration is absolutely right to note that it has the right in extreme circumstances to use military force on American soil. If Rand Paul thinks otherwise, he should come out and explain his objections to Abraham Lincoln's use of force to fight the Confederacy–or the use of troops to escort African-American kids to school in Little Rock in 1957.
It was stunningly bad politics. McCain and Graham may pride themselves on being tough-minded realists when it comes to the war on militant Islamists, but to sneer at "libertarian kids" and mock Paul after his principled stand won't get them anywhere in their goals of keeping the U.S. on a war footing.
Instead, it just told some of those folks who were intrigued by Paul's stand that the Republican Party was not interested in having their support. A Republican captivated the country by doing something other than losing a fight with Obama, and McCain and Graham tried to undo it.
If the GOP is going to make it, it will need to attract, absorb and channel the growing energy of libertarianism, not just be foils for Barack Obama and his party of yes.
I applaud Rand Paul for standing up and calling attention to an important and vexing set of questions.
Now, let me say to my conservative friends: Do not get too excited. I still believe Paul is as much a villain on civil rights as he was a hero this week on civil liberties…
[P]lease do not get me started on his votes against the Violence Against Women Act. Nor on his opposition to a woman's right to make private medical decisions. Nor on his desire to cut Social Security and Medicare, while preserving tax loopholes for the wealthiest people ever born.
The Rand Paul for President movement is of course already under way, and I wish it weren't. Senator Paul's filibuster is a great demonstration of what the Senate is for: putting the brakes on things, slowing things down, forcing debate and discussion. Rand Paul is a great deal more useful to the cause of liberty as a senator of growing stature than he would be as the Howard Dean of the 2016 GOP primary. An incumbent senator enjoys a measure of political safety, and he is free to challenge orthodoxies and push envelopes, which is precisely where Senator Paul is most valuable. A presidential candidate has less room to maneuver. Unhappily, the cult of the presidency has grown so inescapable that even those who should be most immune to its allure — Constitution-minded, small-government, libertarian types — immediately dream of placing their legislative champions in the all-powerful executive. We need conservative presidents, but we also need conservative senators, representatives, judges and justices, governors, mayors, and school-board presidents. "Let Reagan be Reagan," they once said; if you want to let Rand be Rand, the Senate probably is the best place for that.
Senators Paul and Cruz have suggested that the constitutional claim they've posited — viz., presidents are not empowered to kill Americans on American soil absent an imminent threat of violence — is "easy," "clear," and "obvious." I respectfully disagree. It is none of those things. What is easy, clear, and obvious is that if we do not need certain troublesome authorities to fight a war successfully, Congress can withhold them…
Since 2004, courts have made themselves a part of the national-security equation to an unprecedented degree. When challenged to construe constitutional doctrines, they seek to impose logic. Senator Paul's proposal of a Constitution-based no-lethal-force exception to the principle that an American who joins the enemy may be treated like the enemy is not logical.
To iron out the inconsistencies, the courts may well conclude that if Americans are not to be treated as enemy combatants for purposes of lethal force, they should not be treated as enemy combatants for purposes of capture, detention, interrogation, and military war-crimes trials. Furthermore, if they follow the trajectory of the Supreme Court's 2008 Boumediene decision, courts may well conclude that any core constitutional protections extended to American citizens must also be extended to alien enemy combatants. That would be the end of the law-of-war approach to counterterrorism.
Is that Senator Paul's objective? I do not know. Many of his libertarian supporters would welcome it. Most Americans would disagree, recognizing that the war paradigm has been instrumental in preventing a reprise of 9/11.
Paul's political genius strikes us as very much of the short-term variety. Will it ultimately serve him well to be the spokesman for the Code Pink faction of the Republican party? How much staying power is there in a political stance that requires waxing semihysterical about the imminent threat of Obama-ordered drone strikes against Americans sitting in cafés? And as for the other Republican senators who rushed to the floor to cheer Paul on, won't they soon be entertaining second thoughts? Is patting Rand Paul on the back for his fearmongering a plausible path to the presidency for Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz? Is embracing kookiness a winning strategy for the Republican party? We doubt it…
Lipsky himself acknowledges that "it's hard to see where Obama has run off the constitutional rails so far in the drone warfare." And neither Lipsky, nor others who want to give Paul the benefit of the doubt, have explained why anyone should take seriously what David Frum calls Rand Paul's "nightmare out of a dystopian future: an evil future president shooting a missile at an American having coffee in a neighborhood café, merely on suspicion, without any due process of law." Such an act would be illegal and unconstitutional, and if a president gave such an order, it should not and would not be obeyed. Meanwhile, there are important questions about both the efficacy and safeguards of the real, existing drone program of the U.S. government. But precisely because such issues are complicated ones and require argument, not demagoguery, Paul went out of his way not to deal with them on the Senate floor…
Which brings us back to Shakespeare. It would of course be unfair to compare Rand Paul to Macbeth—unfair both to Paul's lawfulness and to Macbeth's greatness (of a kind). It would be unfair to compare conservative talk radio to Lady Macbeth, just because both recklessly egg on their heroes. But it's true that a Republican party that follows the path of Rand Paul will end up as thoroughly defeated at the ballot box as Macbeth was routed on the battlefield of Dunsinane. And as deservedly so.
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Adding sound to the item uses memory. That's less memory that can be used for textures. It works with Granzella because their bike is small. A large scale item likely won't have any sound because of the memory restriction.
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One of the BEST LMO's in Home by far!
I compared my bike's speed to ALL my other LMO's, and it's exactly the same, 150%. Sometimes you have to adjust the camera angle ( like the horses ) for maximum speed.
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Konami is definitely a company that likes feedback , maybe suggesting sound is a possibility. Konami did not hesitate at all when it came to changing sound options in the (JetSetter Apartment ). Also with the core update coming this will give the devs new tools to play around with and add new features, so don't out rule the future. Yes im the proud owner of the Green motorcycle..
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I saw we got Motorcycles finally... But they are slow as a Snail...
They say in the description that they move faster, but yet when I press Square, nothing seems to happen...
The square didn't seem to do anything for me either. Had the motorcycle out at Sodium Hub. Lots of open space to move there too, but I then put the motorcycle away and got out my horse instead.
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I've used LMOs with the boost engaged by hitting the Square button before. For some reason at the time I was using the motorcycle at the Sodium Hub, the Square didn't do squat. I've experienced similar problems on occasion with the horse LMO at the Prairie. Sometimes it works fine. Sometimes it doesn't. I'll have to try the motorcycle in some other spaces, both public and private, and see if I have better luck.
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Yes your not alone..My bike runs very quiet..Must be there quiet muffler system from japan..lol...I am not to happy with my recent purchase..And it seems slow..lol
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Tried to answer a post yesterday asking about my breeder box with vertical excluder. Daughter changed my computer to Firefox, couln't get it to copy image address, now I can find the original post.
Anyway, this is the box I use. Vertical excluder is rabbetted into front and back wall, and extends from top of box to bottom board. Queen is confined to 3 frame chamber by excluder, bag inner cover, and cleat to close entrance. 4-5 days before grafting, a worker comb is added to queen's chamber...next to excluder. The other two combs there have to be full....queen can't lay there. Can be full of honey, or brood that won't emerge in the next few days. She has to lay in the comb you give her. After graft, the queen's combs are manipulated. The outside comb is removed to the far side of the excluder, the remaining two are moved over, and another empty worker comb is added to queen's chamber against the excluder. 4-5 days later the larvae are ready to graft, and the process is repeated. This goes on until cell building and grafting is finished for the season.
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The exact measurement of marijuana that a human person can pack into a marijuana grinder. Where the outcome results in a full if not overflowing bottom cell of the device.
"yo steve how much u gonna pitch on this blunt man?" " I just picked up a sack so I got a grinder load on this one".
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The initiative aimed to promote digital literacy and increase social mobility for students and their parents. It focused on reaching children in the early learning stages, with the hope of creating a generation of technology-literate citizens.
The Portuguese government developed a comprehensive program that included teacher professional development, technology, infrastructure, and additional services for disadvantaged students. Professional development for teachers has helped them integrate technology into their lesson plans, as well as enhance their teaching skills in language and mathematics.
The program also made it affordable for thousands of families to purchase their first PC. 600,000 primary school students received Intel® classmate PCs with educational software to help them develop twenty-first century skills, such as digital literacy. The initiative provided broadband Internet to schools and families so they could fully participate in the digital era. Additional support was provided to disadvantaged students in the form of books, meals, English teaching, and other extracurricular activities.
The results in student achievement have been impressive. Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores in reading, science, and math improved by up to 20 points between 2006 and 2009, with the greatest improvement happening among the lowest-achieving students. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), "The PISA 2009 results demonstrate that Portugal is making progress in achieving the goals set by the reformers."
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#1 Wed 09 Jan 08 2:01pm
Comments on HFW's CH4 programmes
As Jamie is involved with Hugh Fearn-Whittingstall, I thought as an 'intensive' broiler chicken grower I would air my feelings for discussion. Some of this has already been discussed on other subjects, but I thought you might like some comments 'from the other side'.
I have seen 2 programmes to date and I first want to mention the comparison of the broiler chcikens with the free range in the same building.
1) The building doesn't represent the current state of the art units which are higher, brighter better ventilated and will provide a far better atmosphere and conditions for the birds.
2) He wasn't following the Assured British Standard which the industry now follows if the birds are sold to the retailers. Half an hour light in 24 that he quoted was a dead give away that he must have some 1950's information, similar to the site which must have been condemed.
3) He stocked 4000 birds in the side he wanted to make unattractive to his visitors, where as he placed 1500 birds in the free range. If he wants to compare a commercial stocking rate for each class of bird, they should be stocked about the same as the industry standard is 13 birds per m2 compared with the 17 I thought he put in the other side. These are maximum stocking rates only! So he should have placed 3000 in the free range side to be fair. (Twice what he actually did!)
4) I noticed he only showed cull birds in the broiler side and made a poor attemt at blubbing. The chicks would almost certainly have been from the same hatchery so there would have been the same culls in the free range half. No matter how the birds are kept, there are always a small percentage of chicks with either birth defects or runts.
5) Obviously the programme is made to show up the very worst of an intensive system, but what sort of people were his guests that became so distressed at the sight of the birds? All it told me was that the conditions must have been pretty dire, because I have shown literally hundreds of people round our site including parties of school children fron cities and NOT ONCE has anyone shed a tear. They are usually fascinated and I am bomarded with questions. So was it staged or were the conditions really that bad?
I could go on, but I would take up too much space.
Other questions I would ask is why didn't he take up an offer by a large company in the area to inspect their broiler sheds. On Radio 4 this morning, the owner said that HFW had declined the offer? He then made an issue that he wasn't allowed into any broiler sites anywhere!
Pity he didn't do the comparison in less than perfect weather conditions for the free range! I have seen birds shut up in sheds for 18 hours a day in winter in far worse conditions than in a controlled environment shed.
Will he mention one reason why birds were brought into controlled environment conditions which was to control Salmonella and Campylobacter (food poisoning bugs). These can't be controlled when birds run outside as they can't be kept biosecure. Free range birds have to be processed at the end of the day in the processing plants so that they don't contaminate the cleaner, intensive birds! I know the bugs can be killed by being cooked correctly, but the Food Standards Agency want levels lowered so that the raw meat doesn't contaminate people's kitchens.
One thing I do agree with is the point that chicken is ridiculously cheap. Chicken farmers are squeezed to produce for very little margin. The trouble is that I don't think there is any way round it. The first law of economics is supply and demand. So if Jamie and HFW can persuade people to spend more on their chicken meat I congratulate them, but history and economics tell us that price rules the day.
After a similar programme there was a survey done outside a supermarket. Shoppers were asked what type of chicken they would buy, cheap broilers or more expensive free range. They said they would spend more, but when the same people were asked what they had actually bought on the way out, they were tempted by the cheaper ones.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with these cheaper birds as long as they carry the Red Tractor Logo which signifies that they are grown to the ACP standard (as all fresh chicken in the supermarkets should be). They are British, they are safe to eat, they are not fed growth promoters, the are not fed GM materials and according to the experts and those that really understand the welfare of a chicken, they are grown in welfare friendly conditions.
#2 Wed 09 Jan 08 5:26pm
Re: Comments on HFW's CH4 programmes
all this does is make me question the free range chicken I buy at the supermarket. It does not assuage my opinion about intensive farming.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
If both (intensive and free range) are as bad as each other, as you say, then I am even more determined to find a LOCAL free range poultry farm, so I can see the conditions for myself.
I will only eat chicken in future whose provenance I am completely happy with.
I already buy organic lamb and beef from a local farm, who also slaughter/butcher on site so no stressful journies for the animals either, and buying in bulk makes it cheaper than the supermarket and the quality is 2nd to none!
For example, I got 6kg of diced, boneless lamb shoulder for £6.50 per kg, Tesco are doing organic diced lamb for £14.99 a kilo. A BIG difference! Even the farm's normal price of £8.50 a kilo is vastly cheaper.
I'd urge everyone to visit farmers' markets or google for local farms and buy in bulk if you can.
Last edited by Poet (Wed 09 Jan 08 5:29pm)
#3 Wed 09 Jan 08 5:38pm
Re: Comments on HFW's CH4 programmes
chixgbsdg wrote:
...to the experts and those that really understand the welfare of a chicken, they are grown in welfare friendly conditions.
The RSPCA are experts in their field I would say, so I question your above comment.
Intensive broiler farming would NEVER meet the standards required for The RSPCA freedom food label. Yes, chickens can be kept inside but the stocking density is lower and they are required to have an enriched environment, bales to perch on, room to dust bathe and stretch their wings etc.
The tide of public opinion is turning and hopefully stricter legislation will follow.
#4 Wed 09 Jan 08 5:55pm
Re: Comments on HFW's CH4 programmes
Poet - hello again!
I am 100% with you on the local farmers market. You cannot beat properley butchered meat that is hung and cut up by a skilled butcher. I refuse to eat supermarket meat that is not hung and is butchered frozen on a bandsaw. I also agree about the poultry from that source as long as it is genuinely raised on that farm and not bought in - check that! Sometimes chicken is bought in from a local supplier which might not be the genuine stuff you think it is.
What I am keen to clarify is that Jamie and Hugh want people to buy free range and organic from the supermarket, which I know is no better than the standard stuff. It is marketed as being free range and all that, but that doesn't mean to say that it is more nutritious, better for you and more welfare friendly. It sounds it and to the uninformed it will be likened to your 4 lovely birds in the garden because that is what you imagine free range to be, but that is not commercial poultry farming which has to be done on a large scale (850 million birds ayear).
There are drawbacks in this less than perfect world to the organic / free range systems which are not brought out in these chef's programmes, probably because with their limited knowledge of the poultry industry, they don't want to see and probably don't want others to see.
Their main concern is to promote their own names so that they can get more promotional contracts, sell more books and generally make a success in life. Good luck to them. I am a business man as well, but I like to think that I don't try and ruin someone elses's business on my way to the top, especially when they use a lot of journalistic licence!
#5 Wed 09 Jan 08 6:23pm
Re: Comments on HFW's CH4 programmes
this is why I think the raised awareness and debate that these programmes are instigating is a good thing. It's made me question my notion of supermarket free range certainly!
I know there is a poultry farm near to where we get the girls pellets/mash, so we'll call in next time we go.
#6 Wed 09 Jan 08 6:24pm
Re: Comments on HFW's CH4 programmes
Poet - Regarding the RSPCA Freedom Foods.
This is another standard to raise chickens to. I agree it is a very slightly higher standard. The stocking rate drops from 17 birds per metre to 15 (30kg /m2 at 2 kg per bird). Again, you would probably be horrified at that stocking rate. They require a few 'toys' to be included in the shed like footballs, which I question is of any real benefit, and they require some natural light, which again I'm not sure if that would persuade you to buy the chicken. We do do things that I think personally are more useful, like giving them whole wheat as well as the compound feed which is more natural for them to scavenge for and improves the workings of the gizard. That's what I call useful improvements and is a practice carried out by a lot of standard bird growers.
As a farmer, my job is to grow chicken that the shopper wants to buy. At present the people I supply have no market for a bird labelled such, but as you say, things are changing all the time, just like they did when the Red Tractor standard came in.
If Jamie and Hugh succeed in their quest, good for them, but I hope they tell everyone that they will be paying more for a chicken that is kept at 15 birds a metre rather than 17.
You stick to your local farm shop and make sure it is reared on site!!
#7 Wed 09 Jan 08 6:25pm
Re: Comments on HFW's CH4 programmes
and I would like to add, I hope Jamie and Hugh are actually reading the posts on this forum or at least having the salient points relayed back to them.
#8 Wed 09 Jan 08 6:39pm
Re: Comments on HFW's CH4 programmes
chixgbsdg wrote:
You stick to your local farm shop and make sure it is reared on site!!
I will and it is, this is them http://www.forsterorganicmeats.com/
they now do free range organic pork (which they didn't used to do) which is sourced from elsewhere so i'll ask them about that next time.
pity they don't do poultry, I'll have to ask them about too.
#9 Wed 09 Jan 08 6:40pm
Re: Comments on HFW's CH4 programmes
Poet - It would be nice to think Jamie does read this. The sole reason I started coming onto this forum was because I wrote an email to Jamie directly, but all I got back was a standard reply from Jamie Oliver Ltd, Support Team. They just directed me to this forum.
Bit ironic when HFW was annoyed because he couldn't get replies from the supermarkets. But then what makes him so important that he should expect a reply, just like I am obviously not important enough for Jamie to reply to me personally!
#10 Wed 09 Jan 08 6:45pm
Re: Comments on HFW's CH4 programmes
yes, I do agree, you should have received a proper response.


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High Blood Pressure and African Americans
High blood pressure (hypertension) is a common problem in the United States. It's even more common in African Americans than among other ethnic groups. The rate of high blood pressure in African Americans is among the highest of any ethnic group in the United States.
African Americans are at a higher risk for high blood pressure. They also get it at a younger age, and suffer more of the complications. The problem is not limited to just adults. African-American preteens that are overweight may also develop high blood pressure.
High blood pressure can affect your health in major ways. It is a main risk factor for health problems that can cut your life short, such as:
Heart disease
Blood vessel disease
Kidney disease
High blood pressure also causes many other problems including erectile dysfunction and vision loss. But high blood pressure can be controlled and possibly prevented.
What is high blood pressure?
Blood pressure is the push of blood against the walls of your arteries. Blood pressure depends on two things: how hard your heart pumps the blood and the amount of resistance in your arteries to blood flow. Blood pressure is recorded as two numbers. The systolic pressure is the top number. This is the pressure against artery walls as the heart beats. The bottom number is the diastolic pressure. This is the pressure against artery walls as the heart relaxes between beats. Both numbers are important to tell if your blood pressure is too high.
Experts don't know why most people get high blood pressure. Certain risk factors, however, make it more likely. Some factors can't be changed, but others can. These are the risk factors for high blood pressure:
Age. The risk for high blood pressure increases with age.
Male gender. Men have a higher risk of developing high blood pressure earlier in life.
Family history. This means that you have blood relatives who have high blood pressure.
Overweight or obesity.
Alcohol. The risk goes up for anyone drinking more than average: two drinks per day for men and one drink per day for women.
Too little exercise. The recommended amount of exercise is an average of 40 minutes of moderately to high intensity activity 3 to 4 days a week.
Sensitivity to sodium (salt). In some people, eating too much salt leads to high blood pressure.
Type 2 diabetes, gout, or kidney disease.
Pregnancy. Some women who do not have high blood pressure develop it during pregnancy.
Certain medicines or herbal supplements. Taking certain medicines and herbal supplements can raise blood pressure in some people. Common ones include steroids, ibuprofen, and diet pills.
Why are the risks higher?
It was once thought that certain genetic and biological differences caused the risk to be greater in African Americans. Experts are now looking into how socioeconomic disadvantages and lifestyle factors may add to these risks. African Americans are more likely to:
Be sensitive to the effects of salt on blood pressure
Have blood vessels that are more sensitive
Be overweight or obese
Have diabetes than non-Hispanic whites
Other things that may make up for the difference in high blood pressure risk are:
Less access to health care and healthcare information
Lower levels of education and income
Lack of resources for a healthy lifestyle
Stressful lifestyle from things such as unemployment and living in neighborhoods with noise, violence, and poverty
Diets high in salt, fat, and sugar, and low in vegetables and fiber
African Americans may not be aware of the dangers of high blood pressure. Mild to moderate high blood pressure usually does not cause symptoms. But early treatment of high blood pressure helps prevent complications that may cut your life short. Anyone with any of the following health problems should have his or her blood pressure checked at least once a year:
Blood relatives who have had a stroke, heart attack, high blood pressure, or kidney disease
Type 2 diabetes
Overweight or obesity
Change your lifestyle
If you have high blood pressure or prehypertension, you can lower your blood pressure by making changes in your lifestyle. Your healthcare provider can help you find what changes you need to make and how to make them.
These are the basics of a healthy lifestyle:
Don't smoke or quit smoking
Keep yourself at a healthy weight, or a body mass index below 25
Get at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise most days
Buy low-salt or salt-free foods, and use little or no table salt
Eat 2 cups of fruit and 2.5 cups of different colored vegetables a day
Eat fewer foods from animals to avoid saturated fat
Use only nonfat or low-fat dairy products
Drink fewer sugary drinks
Limit how much alcohol you drink. This means no more than 2 drinks a day for men and 1 drink a day for women.
If lifestyle changes do not lower your blood pressure enough, then you may need to take medicine. Often people need to take several different medicines to drop their blood pressure to a normal level. There are two types of medicines that seem to work better at lowering blood pressure among African Americans. These are thiazide diuretics and long-acting calcium channel blockers. Treating other chronic health problems, such as type 2 diabetes, is also important.


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Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial II (MSLT-II)
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
John Wayne Cancer Institute
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First received: February 27, 2006
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Last verified: February 2017
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|February 27, 2006
|Last Updated Date
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|September 2004
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|September 2022 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Melanoma-specific survival. This is defined as the time between the date of a subject's randomization (or date of CLND for those randomized to the CLND arm) and the date of death due to melanoma. Subjects are followed until death or 10yrs. [ Time Frame: 10 years ]
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|Melanoma-specific survival. This is defined as the time between the date of a subject's randomization (or date of CLND for those randomized to the CLND arm) and the date of death due to melanoma. Subjects are followed until death or 10yrs.
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|Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial II (MSLT-II)
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|A Phase III Multicenter Randomized Trial of Sentinel Lymphadenectomy and Complete Lymph Node Dissection Versus Sentinel Lymphadenectomy Alone in Cutaneous Melanoma Patients With Molecular or Histopathological Evidence of Metastases in the Sentinel Node
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|Subjects must be diagnosed with melanoma. All subjects receive sentinel lymphadenectomy. If the subject is sentinel node positive and meets study requirements, the subject is randomized to receive either (1) completion lymphadenectomy (2) observation with nodal ultrasound. Subjects are then followed for 10 years.
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Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|September 2022
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Mandatory drug testing is routine in many schools, workplaces and hospitals, and people who test positive can be excluded from educational opportunities, fired, and denied public benefits. In recent years more than 20 states have proposed bills calling for drug testing of families receiving federal aid through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, despite the fact that this policy is fiscally, scientifically and constitutionally unsound.
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