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House Budget Committee Chairman Republican Paul Ryan is back home in Wisconsin this week. And in a series of meetings, he's hearing from constituents about his budget-cutting plan that passed the house earlier this month.
Wisconsin public radio's Chuck Quirmbach has visited some of those meetings and sent this report.
CHUCK QUIRMBACH: In normal times, Paul Ryan draws just a handful of people to his listening sessions. But that was before he became a GOP rock star. That occurred after the House passed his plan calling for major changes in Medicare and Medicaid, and cutting tax rates for the wealthy.
Ryan now draws overflow crowds at his district meetings. Yesterday, about 200 people crowded into city hall in Lake Geneva. As national television crews looked on, Ryan asked the audience to dispel the image forged in the state's ongoing collective bargaining fight that people here can no longer get along.
PAUL RYAN: Let's prove to these press people that Wisconsinites can have civil debate, that we can treat each other with respect.
QUIRMBACH: Most constituents here have been civil, even when some in the crowd boo Ryan. But it's clear that Ryan's audiences are politically divided. A few have asked the congressman to run for president in 2012, something he says is not going to happen.
Supporters like Maria Melenzio-Kinsey say that Ryan's budget plan tries to head off severe economic problems in the years ahead, and she calls it courageous.
MARIA MELENZIO: The whole United States, you're standing up for. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
QUIRMBACH: But Ryan concedes that his budget plan counts on getting more people back to work, meaning less reliance on the government safety net.
Prior to a listening session in the Village of Paddock Lake, Bob Pringle said a tax cut could convince the well-heeled to create more jobs.
BOB PRINGLE: It's probably important for people you want to start up and restart a business. Unfortunately, a lot of people think all these rich people don't do that, but they do.
QUIRMBACH: Pringle already receives Medicare and, like other seniors, wouldn't be affected by Ryan's plan to relegate those under 55 to enter a voucher program for Medicare.
It's the Medicare proposal that seems to be generating the most heat at these listening sessions. At a rally outside Ryan's event in Kenosha yesterday, protesters chanted: Hands off Medicare and Ryan, stop lyin'.
Brian Prell said Medicare vouchers wouldn't keep up with the rising costs of health care.
BRIAN PRELL: He's going to save us money by cutting some of our social programs, but yet he's going to give that money, that same money, back in tax cuts to the people that least need them? To me, that is pretty much lying. That's two-faced. That's dishonest. That's Paul Ryan in a nutshell.
QUIRMBACH: Prell said he doesn't believe Ryan's argument that trimming tax loopholes for the wealthy and corporations would offset cuts in tax rates.
Paul Ryan acknowledges the House budget is going to have a tough time passing the Senate and competing with the president's proposal that seeks smaller changes in Medicare. When asked at one session if it'll take a Republican election sweep next year to get his program enacted, he said he would push for compromise this year.
RYAN: We're not going to get a grand-slam budget agreement. But hopefully, we can get a single or a double or maybe a triple. It's baseball season, so I'm going to use baseball analogies.
QUIRMBACH: But the Democrats hope voters will toss out swing-district Republicans who support Ryan's plan in the next election and, sticking with the baseball analogy, send Ryan and his budget plan to the showers.
For NPR News, I'm Chuck Quirmbach in Milwaukee.
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What We Can Do About Canada's Food Waste Problem
While the old adage tells us to waste not and want not, all too often surplus food ends up uneaten. Canada's mounting amount of wasted food is costing consumers and cutting into the country's overall economy output.
Canada's economy is losing the equivalent of two per cent of its entire GDP each year to food waste. According to a recent report of the Value Chain Management Centre, Canadian food waste is equivalent to $31 billion lost from the nation's economy.
Put in perspective, the $31 billion estimate is higher than the combined GDP of the world's poorest 29 countries. As a point of reference, World Bank data found that Canada's spending on military expenditure is only one per cent of its annual GDP.
Unfortunately, the $31 billion figure may considerably underestimate the true extent of Canada's food waste issue. As reported elsewhere, the estimated cumulative costs of producing, transporting, selling, and disposing of Canada's food waste exceeds $100 billion annually.
Considering that food waste is a substantial economic drain on the nation's economy, the area should be ripe for potential intervention. While an estimated 40 per cent of all food produced in the country ended up in the bin, a 2013 report from the Guelph-based Provision Coalition found a lack of sufficient existing data on the sources and causes of food waste in Canada. The report's authors also lamented that many businesses were unaware of the amount of food they waste or its real impact on their profitability. Canada's private, public, and social sectors can and should be doing more to fight food waste.
While the cost of food waste piles up, all too often Canadian families lack regular access to healthy and nutritious foods. According to Food Banks Canada, over 850,000 people seek assistance from food banks every month, including hundreds of thousands of young people. With 13 per cent of the nation's population facing food insecurity, the call to action is clear. Fortunately, efforts are underway across the country to feed families with surplus food. The US-based Food Donation Connection coordinates food recovery from Canadian locations of Darden Restaurants and Chipotle. Operating in the Halton region, the charity Food for Life is recovering approximately 2.2 million pounds (nearly 998,000 kilos) of surplus food for the communities the organization serves.
The city of Toronto has launched a Food Strategy to support a healthier and more sustainable food system in the city. Toronto's active Food Policy Council has worked for decades to improve food access, local food environments, and policy development. Food waste is among the Council's priority issues.
The nation's largest food rescue program, Second Harvest, operates in Toronto and provides food for over 220 social services agencies. The organization's vision is straightforward, claiming "No Waste. No Hunger." Every day, they recover enough surplus food to provide over 22,000 meals.
Canada is far from alone in fighting food waste. In late June, Toronto's Second Harvest attended a landmark food rescue conference at Harvard Law School. Co-organized by the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency among others, the action-oriented event convened hundreds of leading entrepreneurs, policy professionals, and practitioners to further innovations regarding reducing food waste and recovering edible food for people.
Food waste is not an intangible policy problem. It is something we see every day. Each of us, as consumers and as eaters, can play a role. Nearly half of Canadian food waste is attributable households--what we buy, don't eat, and toss. As the University of Guelph's Kate Parizeau recently discussed, the cost of food waste is as if everyone in Canada is throwing away $760 every year.
Food waste is affecting the country's purse strings and heartstrings, with much good food wasted and many going without. Wasting less and feeding more is an achievable goal. Working together, Canadians can take a bite out of food insecurity.
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Hilary Benn, the former environment minister, said people should ignore "best before" labels and decide for themselves if food is still good. Benn said in 2009 that "best before" dates served little useful purpose and could be cheerfully ignored - they just mean when the food is at its freshest. He said: "There's 'use by' and that's very important because that's food safety; but when it comes to 'sell by' or 'best before', I think we as consumers [need to] understand better what those labels mean.|
The Mail commissioned the West Yorkshire-based FoodTest Laboratories to compare batches of Lion eggs, bought at Tesco. The company kept two batches of eggs for a fortnight, one at room temperature, the other at a typical fridge temperature of 6c. Samples from both batches were regularly tested eg. for E.coli, salmonella, listeria. There was no difference whatsoever between the two batches. Both remained bacteria-free and good to eat.
The US Department of Agriculture says as long as you scrub the mould off, then it's totally fine. "It is normal for products like this to acquire surface mould," the Safe Food Handling fact sheet says. Don't eat any mouldy cooked meat though, for god's sake.
For cheeses where mould isn't part of the processing, mold generally can't get deep into the product. For hard cheeses, such as Asiago, Pecorino, Parmesan and Cheddar, lop off at least 1 inch around and below the mold spot (to avoid cross-contamination, be careful not to touch the mold with the knife). Source: USDA
So think, cabbage, peppers, carrots. Like the cheeses, dense fruits and vegetables are not easily penetrated by mould. The same rule of thumb applies to firm produce: cut off at least an inch around and below the mould spot (again, not touching the mold with your knife) before using. Source USDA
As long as it smells OK and looks OK when you open it. There have been cases where canned food survived almost 100 years with no microbial growth whatsoever.
According to the experts at Still Tasty, butter lasts about 2 weeks after its expiration date. Frozen butter lasts up to 9 months longer.
Open jars of pickles stay good for a whole year in the refrigerator. The same goes for olives and capers, according to Still Tasty.
There's absolutely no need to throw them out before then, according to EatByDate.com
Why buy bag salads? OK, they are way more convenient, but more expensive and they spoil much quicker.Tesco found that two-thirds of produce grown for bagged salad is thrown out.
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Get the Lentils with Red Wine and Herbs recipe Wine needed: quarter glass of a dry red. With herbs and a scattering of mâche (a sweet and tender green), this stewy lentil dish becomes a perfect combination of a soup and salad. French green lentils work best here because they hold their shape when cooked. If you can't get your hands on mache, arugula or spinach make fine substitutes.
Get the Braised Chicken all'Arrabbiata recipe Wine needed: a glass of a dry white. In chef Robert Holt's recipe, he braises the chicken with five kinds of peppers in a wood-fired oven. If you want to opt for an easier option, you can spice your chicken with poblano and chile flakes, then braise it. For extra kick, toss in some hot pickled cherry peppers.
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Get the Chopped Lamb Steak with Garlicky Spinach recipe Wine needed: couple of sips of dry red wine. A chopped steak is really just a glorified hamburger. But substituting ground lamb for the traditional beef takes this diner out of the realm of just another burger and makes it a gourmet meal.
Get the Mahimahi with Herbed White-Wine Sauce recipe Wine needed: quarter glass of a dry white. This is an easy, yet elegant dish. Perfect for a weekend dinner when you would rather spend more time at the table with others than in the kitchen preparing your meal. The natural flavors of the fresh thyme and marjoram herbs really shine through when paired with this meaty fish.
Get the Orecchiette with Veal, Capers and White Wine recipe Wine Needed: half a glass of a dry white. The tender veal ragu is perfectly paired with the shape of the orecchiette -- the sauce just hangs onto the pasta. With each bite, you will be thankful that you had that half a glass of wine left over to help make this dish.
Get the Wild Mushroom-and-Red Wine Risotto recipe Wine needed: half a glass of a dry red. Risotto is the perfect comforting dish for a cold winter night. And regardless of what you may have heard, it is an easy dish to put together. Yes, there might be quite a bit of stirring, but that is as hard as it gets. This risotto dish stands out from others in that it uses red wine rather than white to give it that extra kick.
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Get the Penne Rigate with Spicy Braised Swordfish recipe Wine needed: half a glass of a dry white. Swordfish is a meatier white fish and holds up nicely in pasta dishes. Paired alongside tomato sauce makes this a warming, hearty dish; and the addition of jalapeño gives it a nice, fiery kick. Feel free to adjust the amount of jalapeño according to your spicy-food tolerance.
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Get the Carrot Osso Buco recipe Wine needed: a glass of a dry red. Looking for a light winter meal? Carrot osso buco might just be it. A vegan take on the beloved veal shanks recipe, braised carrots take the place of the meat in this dish. Ground dried porcini mushrooms give the dish a rich, meaty flavor.
Get the Butcher's Ragù with Fusilli recipe Wine needed: a glass of a dry white. This ever-so-slightly creamy ragù made with ground beef, pancetta and ham, is flavored with tomato paste instead of canned tomatoes. A nice variation from you traditional tomato-based pasta sauce.
Get the Velvet Corn Soup with Crab and Ham recipe Wine needed: quarter of a glass of a dry white. A rich and hearty soup, this unusual recipe will warm your soul. Crab and ham make an unlikely pair, but their flavors complement each other harmoniously.
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Get the Baked Potatoes with Wild Mushroom Ragù recipe Wine needed: a glass of a dry white. A simple dish of baked potatoes can easily become a vegetarian dinner with the topping of wild mushroom ragu. The recipe calls for a mix of wild mushrooms, so chose your favorites here, or whichever look the best at the store.
Get the Salmon with Shiitake and Red Wine Sauce recipe Wine needed: two glasses of a dry red. Did you open a new bottle of red wine that you just didn't love? Well, whatever you do, don't dump it down the drain. Get your money's worth and turn that not-so-great bottle of red into a luxurious sauce for this salmon dish.
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Ever open a fresh bag of cereal and notice something a little... off about it? That is likely not just your imagination. According to the FDA's Defect Levels Handbook, a number of foods can legally contain up to "maximum levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods for human use," including "insect filth," "rot" and "Mammalian excreta."
According to the Organic Consumers Association, the United States is the only developed country that does not require testing for safety of GE foods.
Ammonia, a main ingredient in fertilizer and household cleaners, is apparently an appropriate way to kill bacteria in meat. Sure, it may be corrosive and can cause severe injury, but according to a USDA official, "it eliminates E. coli to the same degree as if you cooked the product."
Michael R. Taylor, pictured, has had quite the colorful career path. Bouncing between the FDA and Monsanto, Taylor is the poster boy for the government's controversial "revolving door" issue. The FDA's current Deputy Commissioner of Food is responsible for the substantial equivalence policy, which is used as a weapon against the "right to know" argument for GMO labeling.
This past September, the FDA ordered a number of arsenic-based drugs to be withdrawn from farm animal feed, an ingredient that had been used since the 1940s. While it might seem like a step in the right direction, consider this: The FDA only passed down the decision after food groups threatened to sue the agency. Before the ban, about 70 percent of U.S. poultry were being fed arsenic-based drugs, and even with the new legislation, one of the 4 banned drugs can still be fed to turkeys.
Red #40, the most widely-used food dye, and Yellow #6, the third most widely-used food dye, are linked to hyperactivity, migraines and possibly cancer. Although some of these colorings have already been banned in Europe, the FDA is still refusing to take them off the U.S. market.
You might think that "whole grain" foods are exactly that -- completely untouched, full-fledged grains. However, the FDA says that as long as the naturally occurring nutrients and parts are added BACK into the food at the end, you can take them out along the way and add in a number of other additives and flavorings. So a processed breakfast cereal with tons of sugar can bear the "whole grain" mark as long as the same nutrients have (artificially) ended up back in the product.
Think those chips are free of harmful trans fats? Think again. If a food contains less than 0.5 grams of trans fats per serving, the label can claim it has "0 grams of trans fats." Although the FDA recently began a campaign to claim that partially hydrogenated oils are no longer GRAS (generally recognized as safe), legislation has yet to be made against them. If you consume a number of these foods per day, you could be racking up dangerous fats without even knowing.
In 2010, the FDA agreed to crack down on misdemeanor crimes after a governmental report found the agency to be too soft on corporations that break the rules. Congress found that the FDA's Office of Criminal Investigations fell short in comparison to similar agencies, in response to which the FDA admitted they were working on "developing meaningful performance measures."
rBGH is a hormone that has been banned in a number of countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, and the European Union. Although the FDA has found that rBGH (also known as rBST) is both safe and effective, a 2009 USDA study found that less than 17 percent of cows were being injected with the hormone. Even WITHOUT an FDA ban, people know synthetic hormones are best kept out of the food system.
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The Duke Blue Devils hung onto No. 1 in this week's Scout.com Top 25 but only thanks to Sean Dockery's long-range (and last-second) marksmanship against Virginia Tech Sunday night.
And that hold on the top spot will get another stern test this Saturday when they face No. 3 Texas in The Meadowlands.
Randy Foye's 32-point performance last Saturday helped Villanova knock off Oklahoma Saturday in a showdown of unbeatens. It also helped land him on the Scout.com's National Players of the Week list.
Here is a look at some of the week's best matchups, as well as Scout.com's updated Top 25 and the five Scout.com National Players of the Week:
Maryland at George Washington: After a four-game diet of something less than formidable fare, the Colonials try to take a bite out of some Atlantic Coast Conference competition. They are at full strength now, too, with the return of 6-foot-9 Pops Mensah-Bonsu from a three-game, NCAA-mandated suspension.
Richmond at Louisville: The Cardinals attempt to make it three wins in three days after knocking off Prairie View A&M Saturday and Arkansas State Sunday.
Villanova at Bucknell: A year ago who could have conceived of this being one of the most intriguing matchups of the season so far? The Bison have already knocked off a couple of Big East Conference teams (Syracuse and DePaul, on the road).
Boston College vs. Michigan State: The headliner of the Jimmy V Classic double-header (Kansas and Saint Joseph's hook up in the other game in Madison Square Garden) could be the caliber of a NCAA Tournament regional final.
Iowa at Northern Iowa: It's "in-state week" for the Hawkeyes, who also visit Ames Friday night to play Iowa State.
Notre Dame at Alabama: With losses to Xavier and Michigan, Notre Dame is going to need some eye-catching non-conference victories pretty soon to enhance its NCAA Tournament at-large resume come March.
Colorado State at Kansas State: The respective teams, the Rams (6-0) and the Wildcats (4-1), have made this a game worth checking out based on their surprising early-season performances.
Massachusetts at Connecticut: This is the last remotely interesting matchup for the Huskies until they open Big East play Jan. 3 at Marquette, a game that is expected to include the return to active duty of junior point guard Marcus Williams.
Georgetown at Illinois: It's quite a challenging week (they also play Arkansas-Little Rock, which lost by just five points at Michigan State, and visit Oregon) for the Illini. Center Roy Hibbert is averaging 16 points in only 21 minutes for the Hoyas.
Washington State at Gonzaga: The Cougars have exceeded (at
4-1) preseason expectations but are playing their first game outside of Pullman
in this one.
Duke vs. Texas: The week's "Must Watch" television. The Blue Devils will have to play their 40 best minutes of basketball this season to leave New Jersey unbeaten and in possession of the top spot in the national ratings.
Washington vs. New Mexico/Nevada vs. UCLA (John R. Wooden Classic, Anaheim, Calif.): In Game 1, the Huskies – fresh off their win over Gonzaga Sunday night – play their first game off their Seattle campus. In Game 2, the Wolf Pack have played very well outside of Reno, winning on the home floors of Vermont, UNLV, Kansas and Pacific.
Oklahoma State vs. Gonzaga (in Seattle): Eddie Sutton's team gets its opportunity to slow down Adam Morrison. Good luck guys.
California at Kansas: The Jayhawks play host to the most underrated team (for now) in the West. Coach Bill Self's team is going to have to start picking up some significant non-conference victories to help its cause on Selection Sunday.
Alabama at Temple: Coach Mark Gottfried's team plays its first game on the road. It's just another toughie on the always-tough schedule the Owls play.
Players of the Week
(Games Nov. 27-Dec. 3)
*Randy Foye (6-3, Sr., Villanova): In three games, he averaged 20.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.3 steals and only 1.0 turnovers. He helped knock off unbeaten Oklahoma Saturday, 85-74, with a 32-point effort.
*Nick Fazekas (6-10, Jr., Nevada): The Wolf Pack won a couple of tight road games (against Kansas and Pacific), in large part due to the 29.0 points and 9.5 rebounds he averaged against the Jayhawks and Tigers.
*James Augustine (6-9, Sr., Illinois): How did the Illini hold off two unbeaten teams (North Carolina, on the road, and Xavier at home – the latter while overcoming a 15-point deficit)? He's a big reason. He scored 13 points to go with 13 rebounds, three assists and three steals against the Tar Heels, then followed up that effort four days later with 23 points, seven rebounds and a couple of steals against the Musketeers.
*Oliver Lafayette (6-2, Jr., Houston): The community college transfer has made an immediate impact on the Cougars, as evidenced by 32- and 28-point efforts that helped his team edge LSU and Arizona last week. He was 13 of 20 on 3-pointers in those games.
*Leon Powe (6-8, So., California): His first two games in two seasons (he was sidelined a year ago because of knee surgery, and missed the Bears' first four outings because of a stress reaction in a foot) weren't too shabby: 53 points, 10 rebounds, three assists and four steals in victories over San Jose State and Akron.
Scout.com Updated Top 25
(with previous rating; records include games through Dec. 4)
1. (1) Duke (7-0)
Next game: vs. Penn (Wednesday)
2. (2) Connecticut (6-0)
Next game: vs. Massachusetts (Thursday)
3. (3) Texas (7-0)
Next game: vs. Rice (Monday)
4. (6) Louisville (3-0)
Next game: vs. Richmond (Monday)
5. (7) Boston College (6-0)
Next game: vs. Michigan State (Tuesday, Jimmy V Classic)
6. (9) Villanova (4-0)
Next game: at Bucknell (Tuesday)
7. (11) Ohio State (3-0)
Next game: at Saint Joseph's (Saturday)
8. (12) Iowa (7-1)
Next game: at Northern Iowa (Tuesday)
9. (10) Nevada (5-0)
Next game: vs. UC Davis (Wednesday)
10. (15) Illinois (7-0)
Next game: vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (Monday)
11. (16) Washington (7-0)
Next game: vs. New Mexico (Saturday, John R. Wooden Classic)
12. (4) Gonzaga (4-2)
Next game: vs. Washington State (Thursday)
13. (17) Memphis (6-1)
Next game: at Providence (Saturday)
14. (5) Oklahoma (4-1)
Next game: vs. Coppin State (Saturday)
15. (18) Florida (7-0)
Next game: at Providence (Tuesday)
16. (8) Wisconsin (5-1)
Next game: vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay (Wednesday)
17. (10) North Carolina State (5-1)
Next game: vs. Appalachian State (Saturday)
18. (19) Michigan State (5-2)
Next game: vs. Boston College (Tuesday, Jimmy V Classic)
19. (21) Old Dominion (5-1)
Next game: vs. George Mason (Wednesday)
20. (22) Alabama (4-1)
Next game: vs. Notre Dame (Wednesday)
21. (23) Indiana (5-1)
Next game: at Indiana State (Tuesday)
22. (24) Vanderbilt (5-0)
Next game: vs. Cincinnati (Saturday)
23. (ur) North Carolina (4-1)
Next game: vs. Saint Louis (Wednesday)
24. (ur) Wake Forest (7-1)
Next game: vs. DePaul (Dec. 13).
25. (ur) Bucknell (5-0)
Next game: vs. Villanova (Tuesday)
Dropped out: Kentucky (13), Arizona (20) and Creighton (25)
An April inductee into the USBWA Hall of Fame, Frank Burlison is Scout.com's national basketball expert and is also a columnist for the Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram. He can be reached at email@example.com. Read more of Burlison's pieces at www.FrankHoops.com


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A MUM told yesterday how a new cap design on a kids' drink made her son choke
— and wiped £100MILLION off Britvic's market value.
Shocked Shelley Farries said six-year-old Alexander began gasping for air as
he drank a Robinsons Fruit Shoot.
A piece of the "spill-proof Magicap" had come off and lodged in the lad's
Child minder Shelley, 35, said: "Luckily I'm trained how to deal with these
things — so I patted his back and a chunk of the lid popped out of his
Makers Britvic were forced to recall "millions and millions" of the bottles —
which featured the award-winning cap — last week.
At the time the company refused to blame anything other than a "packaging
safety issue".
But we can reveal the recall was put in place AFTER Shelley,
from Elmstead Market, Essex, complained to Robinsons.
Britvic — which owns Robinsons — recalled all Fruit Shoot and Fruit Shoot
Hydro with the caps as a "precautionary measure".
Yesterday Britvic said it would take six weeks for Fruit Shoot to go back on
the shelves — with a safer cap. The damage will wipe up to £25million from
profits this year.
Shares in the company yesterday plunged 13 per cent in the City.
The recall is embarrassing for the soft drinks firm as it came just days after
the new bottle design won an industry packaging award and was part of a
multi-million pound re-launch.
Shelley said the only compensation she was offered was a day trip to a theme
park. Yesterday she fumed: "It's a bit of a cheek."
Last night a Britvic spokesman said: "The safety of our customers is
paramount. We apologise to her and all our customers for the inconvenience


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OAK::NYE – The Coup, New Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
On the last night of 2016 into the 1st hours of 2017 we will be joining forces with The Coup, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, and Matatu Festival to share our joy for music, culture and community. While the bands rock the upstairs we'll be filling the downstairs dance floor with the best bailables from Kinshasa to Cali. There is also an incredible 3 course meal (see below) that you can include with your ticket. If you've been to Matatu events you know this is the place to be for NYE.
We are not going to let the events of this past year keep us from being us. Don't let them keep you from being you.
Where: Starline Social Club, Oakland
When: Dec 31, 2016-Jan 1, 2017
Tickets: $35 – $150
From the night…
Podcast: Migration Mix with Sita Bhaumik
We're finally back en La Sala after a year of doing multiple DJ residencies. Party events are fun, but hard work as well, and unfortunately it meant pushing pause on the podcast recordings. Now that we've wrapped those up we've plugged our mics back in and are ready to share more rare records from around the world with specials guests coming through the door. In this episode we are joined by artist Sita Bhaumik. She's en La Sala with us to talk about her new exhibition Estamos contra el muro | We Are Against the Wall and to preview the exclusive Migration Mixtape we are producing for the show.
April 8 – Making Movies y musica nueva onda
For those of you on the West Coast, unless you have been living under a Donald Trump size hair piece for the past 10 years, then you are already know that Afro-latin music in the US is experiencing una nueva onda/renaissance. Leading the way have been diverse inspiring groups such as La Santa Cecilia, Las Cafeteras, Los Rakas, Chicano Batman, Bang Data, Very Be Careful, Quita Penas, La Misa Negra, Buyepongo, Thee Commons and Soltron to name a few. In fact, it was last year back stage with Las Cafeteras where they said to us we had to check out this new band out of Kansas City called Making Movies (<<<<1 of best band-websites we've seen). "Huh??? K.C.???" was our collective thought bubble. But we did exactly that and partnered with them at our favorite Mission art gallery, Artillery. Well shit, there went another preconceived notion (see links below). This is why we insisted they come back to feature at our monthly. That month is April and we can't wait to have them on stage to share their take on bi-national, bi-cultural, and all feel-good music WITH one of the best local instant party groups—Pasto Seco Band! If you don't know about Pasto Seco yet, you probably haven't been out drinking in the Bay Area enough.
Friday April 8th | Brick and Mortar Music Hall in San Francisco | $15 adv, $20 door, 18 and over
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — New measurements find that the maximum length of a duck's penis depends on the company he keeps. And in this case, it's his fellow males who make the difference.
A drake's penis substantially wastes away at the end of one breeding season and then regrows as the next season begins. Among lesser scaup and ruddy ducks, the regrowth varies in length or timing depending on whether males have to compete with a bunch of other guys, said Patricia Brennan of Yale University.
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It is the story of Krishna, the destiny's child, born as the nemesis of brutal king Kans who had tormented the kingdom with his ruthless dominance. Growing up as a naughty prankster, Krishna from a very early age displays his valiant powers over the deadly demons send by Kans, whose frustrations grow as every death defying duel hails Krishna emerging as a real hero among his folks. Years of futile efforts to eliminate his nemesis at last compels Kans to invite Krishna for a decisive duel in the coliseum as the massive crowd breathlessly witnesses the final faceoff between good and evil.
As an epic magnum opus, "Krishna aur Kans" promises a complete entertainment package. The pace and speed of the film aptly support the emergence of Krishna, the greatest legendary heritage character of India, that manages to keep the graph of excitement soaring till the end. Adding another magic touch to the package is the heartwarming music of the film. Krishna aur Kans as an animated feature film assures ground-breaking quality and mastery of a gripping narrative as naughty prankster Krishna is all set to mesmerize the audience with his charm and valor.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland — FIFA is willing to allow goal-line technology decisions to be shown to fans on big screens in stadiums and television viewers.
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You put me on a shelf and kept me for yourself,
I can only blame myself, you can only blame me.
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Tenten's dark eyes flickered open, scanning her surroundings even as she gained consciousness. Soundlessly, she slid from her bed to a standing position, moving lithely and listening intently. Something had woken her from a deep sleep. Frowning slightly, she recalled a quiet footfall, too light for most to hear but more than enough for a trained ninja. Someone was in her house. Flexing her sleep-stiffened fingers, Tenten flipped her hands rapidly through a few familiar seals. She sidled silently up to the door that connected her bedroom to the rest of her living space. The kunoichi took a calming breath through her nose as she leaned against the shoji screen, adjusting her grip on her summoned kunai. Exhaling slowly, Tenten flicked the sliding panel back and crept into her moonlit living room. What doesn't belong? Her eyes latched instantly onto the large shadow crouched on her window seat, and her right arm rose in preparation to launch her weapon. Just before it left her palm though, the figure turned, its inky hair catching the soft light and illuminating a pair of pale eyes. All of the tension left Tenten's body. With a one-handed seal and a practiced flick of the wrist, her kunai vanished with a soft poof and a curl of smoke.
Stepping forward confidently, Tenten spoke in a tone just short of friendly. "Yes, Neji?" As she approached, the girl's hands rose to rest on either side of her hips. Her former teammate had removed the vest and undershirt of his ANBU uniform and they, along with his mask were piled next to him on the seat. Dark liquid was sliding sluggishly down his bared right arm as he tried unsuccessfully to bandage himself one handed. Edging a little closer, Tenten bit the inside of her cheek at the urge to blush at the sight of Neji's bare chest. They were hardly on speaking terms as it was, she paused for a moment at the thought, but he'd come all the way to her apartment…
Sighing, Tenten padded the rest of the way to the window and lifted the damaged arm carefully. Her straight expression caved a bit as she tugged the end of the bandage from Neji's mouth—he'd been trying admirably to tie it off with his teeth. Tenten's eyebrows rose at the state of the bandage: it was twisted and dirtied beyond decent use. Unwinding it carefully, she folded it into a thick bunch and pressed a clean patch firmly into the wound on his shoulder. "Hold this for a minute while I get something to clean it, alright?" At his nod, the weapons specialist slipped back through her room and into her private bathroom.
Tenten wrinkled her nose slightly as her bare feet contacted the cool tile. Her thin tank top and shorts weren't warding off the early autumn chill well. Seeing her short robe hanging next the door, she slipped it on without pausing to tie it closed. She gathered the bandages and antiseptic from her medicine cabinet, making a mental note to herself to restock on first aid supplies when she got a chance. Turning back, she shuffled into her bedroom, grabbing a hair tie as she passed her nightstand and tucking it into her robe pocket.
Returning to the living room, Tenten settled her supplies onto a side table close to the window. Fishing the tie from her pocket, Tenten gestured toward Neji's unbound hair. "May I?" He stared for a moment before shifting to give her access and muttering a soft, "Aa." Tenten's features smoothed as she gathered the dark strands, twisting them out of the way and into their customary loose tail. Running her fingers quickly through the long mass, she carefully eased-out a few wind whipped tangles, "There."
Turning back to the supplies on the table, she rummaged through them for what she wanted. As she tore the packaging on the antiseptic wipe, she asked, "So, how did the mission go?"
Lifting his pale eyes from his wounded chest, Neji looked to Tenten. "It was…successful." The kunoichi nodded, used to his succinct manner. Especially as of late. She gently lifted the wad of bandages away from his arm, swabbing the area down and getting a good look at the wound itself. Just below his collarbone, next to the junction of his arm to his torso, a medium sized gash stood out starkly against his pale skin. It seemed as if it was hindering the use of his arm. He would need to see a medic in the morning to check for muscle damage. Folding the cloth over to find a fresh surface, she dabbed at the deep puncture. "Rouge kunai?"
A sardonic grin lit Neji's face, "It was this or my subordinate's carotid."
Her smile dropped, "I see." Shifting slightly, she drew herself up to her full height. "You know…if the replacement is so much troub—"
"No." A pale glared slanted at her. "Your suspension stands."
A dark frown fell over the girl's features and she backed up, flinging the bloody wipe onto the table. Tossing her long braid over her shoulder impatiently, she grabbed a gauze patch and tore it open with enthusiasm. Tenten relished his nearly imperceptible wince as she pressed the gauze more forcefully than necessary onto his gash. Working silently, and with notably more detachment than before, she bandaged the ANBU-nin in record time. She paused for a moment, checking over her work: the gauze patch was secured sufficiently with adhesive med-tape. It was little more than a field dressing, but it would hold for the time being. Moving quickly away from her companion, Tenten gathered up the wrappings and used rags and disappeared into the kitchen.
The shinobi waited a moment, first lifting his arm experimentally, then flexing tentatively to test the dressing's strength. Grunting softly in satisfaction, the Hyuuga rose from his seat and followed the disgruntled weapons mistress. One hand braced on his wound, he leaned against the doorway and watched as Tenten flitted restlessly around the kitchen.
First she paused at the sink to rinse her hands and toss the garbage into the pail in the cabinet beneath it. Then she yanked open a nearby drawer, pulling free a hand towel then slamming it back shut. Pausing at the sink to wet the towel partially, Tenten fiddled restlessly with the tap. She couldn't seem to keep still. Breezing past him in the doorway, she paced back to the side table where the supplies had set.
Reaching it, the aggravated kunoichi scrubbed furiously at the flecks of drying blood, putting far more force than necessary into the simple action.
Turning to watch her as she passed, Neji smirked grimly at Tenten's show of temper. "It is this sort of behavior that earned you a suspension."
The young woman froze at his words, the muscles of her shoulders and back drawing taut. Dropping the rag, she spun slowly to face her estranged Captain. Her eyes narrowed further at the sight of him lounging listlessly against her doorjam, eyes wondering idly over her living room. It was as if he'd commented airily on the weather rather than insult her capability as an ANBU member.
Gripping the lip of the table behind her in a white-knuckled grip, Tenten spoke lowly. "I had a spotless record previous to that incident. A single injury is hardly grounds for a suspension of this length."
Neji pushed away from the doorway, standing tall and locking his lavender gaze onto hers. "Incident?," he asked coldly, "Four shattered vertebrae, a crushed shoulder blade, a compromised ribcage and a collapsed lung warrants a slightly less understated title, I think." Striding vehemently forward, he continued, "Your emotions got the better of you and you acted thoughtlessly. You risked your life, the lives of your teammates and the success of the mission. All for what? The sake of a child you'd never met before that night."
Tenten's dark eyes hardened under his verbal assault, her eyebrows drawing down into a deep glare. "That monster slaughtered the child's parents right in font of him! I wasn't going to wait around and let the bastard finish off the boy too!" Pushing away from the table, she clenched her fists until her nails bit into her palms.
Diminishing the gap between them, Neji intentionally towered over the much shorter ninja. "The situation is irrelevant. You deliberately disobeyed a direct order from your superior. Taking a personal stake in a mission is unprofessional and receiving grievous injury as a direct result only proves that point. Your behavior reflected poorly on the entire team—on Konoha itself, and you're being punished accordingly."
A mirthless laugh that Tenten hardly recognized as her own tumbled from her throat. Throwing up her hands and smiling cynically she replied, "Oh. I understand completely now. This is about your goddamned pride!" Leaning forward and setting her jaw, she jeered, "Hyuuga Neji: ANBU Captain, Prodigy of the Hyuuga Clan…Faileda mission. All because his foolish teammate showed—heaven forbid—mercy on some undeserving urchin!" Tenten twisted her features into a patronizing mask. "I made a decision as a compassionate human being to save that child, Neji. I don't expect someone like you to understand."
As soon as the words left her mouth, Tenten knew she'd hit a raw nerve. All traces of lavender drained from Neji's eyes: they were the molten white hue of a super-hot flame. In a rare display of ire the shinobi slammed his fists down on either side of Tenten, making the table below quake. Pressing forward, he forced the kunoichi to bend back awkwardly over the sidetable. Allowing his gaze to bore into hers, he spoke thickly, "Your conduct, Kunoichi, shames me—both as your former teammate and current Captain. It is unbecoming as a ninja of the Hidden Leaf. You are a ninja first and foremost, and it is regretful that you cannot seem to remember that."
Tenten gave a wordless cry of aggravation and shoved him back slightly. Before he could react, she jerked the left side of her robe down, revealing her ANBU tattoo. Thrusting her arm forward she spoke, "Do you see this mark? It means that powers higher than you decided that I am an exceptionally capable ninja. I knowingly broke the code! I made a conscious, moral decision to save that boy! There was no memory lapse or identity crisis involved!" Her face flamed red with her rage as she railed on, "My apologies, Hyuuga-sama…But not everyone can be the cold, heartless bastardyou are."
Though his facial expression never changed, it was as if the very air pressure around him suddenly dropped. His fury was nearly palpable. Tenten couldn't focus enough to follow his movement as he swooped in, stopping scant millimeters from her face. When he spoke, his voice was dark and furious. "Is that what you think of me? That I am—" For a moment, it seemed he was beyond words. With a low growl, he spoke again, voice even heavier with an unidentifiable emotion, "It was this prideful, heartless bastard that carried your broken, dying body back to Konoha, Tenten."
In the same instant, he gathered his discarded gear and disappeared back through the window he had used to enter, parting with the words, "Your suspension stands."
Sinking slowly to the floor, Tenten buried her fingers knuckle-deep into her hair. Her overflowing emotions were making her visibly shake—and she wasn't sure if she wanted to scream herself hoarse or cry her eyes dry. Maybe it was both. She laid there, her heart in her throat, until the dim light of early morning began to stream in through her windows. Memories of that night were running in a loop through her mind.
It had been an A-Rank mission, handed down with urgency from the Godaime herself. A small clan with political ties to Konoha was being targeted by an upstart band of highly skilled missing-nin hoping to make a name for themselves by interrupting cash-flow and support to the major Hidden villages. Neji and Tenten's ANBU squad had been assigned.
It had been nighttime when they arrived at the secluded clan house—and they were too late. The intelligence had been incorrect in respects to the timeframe, and the band of missing-nin had already struck. It had been a slaughter. None of the nobles had been ninja of more than chuunin rank, and the rouge-nin had decimated them mercilessly.
By the time Tenten had arrived, the missing-nin had made their way to the chambers of the elders of the clan. She moved in along with her squad…following the carnage. Neji had given them strict orders to fan out, observe the situation then report back. Do not engage. They had all nodded and split up, melting into the shadows and following the sights and sounds of bloodshed.
She had taken the first hallway she saw, slinking along and listening for any movement. Another scream had rent the air: this one so close it set her teeth on edge. Tenten tracked it quickly, pinpointing it to a room just a few doors down from her position. The sight that met her eyes had broken her heart.
From her vantage point on the ceiling just above the door, she could clearly see the face of a young child beneath a western-style bed, shuddering and shaking. The rouge-nin in the room; however, was more concerned with finishing off the middle-aged woman cradling the body of her husband. The child under the bed had just witnessed the murders of his parents. Without a sound or second thought, she had pounced from the ceiling. Hurdling into the enemy ninja from behind, she knocked him out instantly with a swift blow to the head. Quickly deciding that the boy had seen enough blood for a lifetime, the weapons mistress grabbed a poisoned senbon from the holster on her thigh and pricked the unconscious man. She couldn't help but think it was far better than he deserved.
Pushing the red and white panda mask up onto her head, Tenten had stooped down, coaxing the child out. The child had scuttled from under the bed, clinging helplessly onto her, crying hysterically; she had been so absorbed with calming him that she never heard the other rouge-nin come in.
This particular missing-nin had been a former Jounin of the Hidden Rock, and favored an enormous warhammer. A startled cry from the child had been the only thing that saved her from taking a massive strike to the head. She had rolled, shielding the boy with her body. With only the distorted image reflected in the child's eyes to work with, the roll was only partially successful. The swing had instead glanced off of her side, still smashing into her with enough force to jolt her ribcage and collapse her lung. She had tamped down the pain, checking her momentum and depositing the child in the nearest corner. Before the nin could rally another swing, she had staggered to her feet in front of the child, her hands flashing through Summoning seals.
The next few minutes had been a blur of weapons and smashing blows. At some point, the missing-nin had split his massive hammer into two smaller mallets, using them to deflect her senbon and kunai with startling skill. Tenten had just knocked one of the mallets out of his grip, when she looked up to see her opponent smiling. She had moved away from the boy in her attempt to finish off the nin, and he had used the opportunity to heft his remaining mallet—and throw it with all his strength at the child. Only then did she realize her mistake, and after punching a kunai into the laughing man's neck, she did the only thing she could: she dove in front of the flying mallet, saving the child. The last thing she'd seen were the boy's terrified eyes, then the blinding impact of the mallet with her back had whisked her into darkness.
Tenten woke with a start. She found herself curled tightly into a ball on the wooden floor of her living room. The events of the previous night poured back into her mind, and she winced at the memory. One more fight to add to the steadily growing list.
Things had been stressed between she and Neji long before the night of her injury. It had simply become a catalyst for all the pent up tension to finally vent. After all, it wasn't at all uncommon for a kunoichi to be injured during a mission, even to the degree that she had been. It was an accepted part of their lives as high level ninja.
Tenten sighed and slowly rearranged her sore limbs so she could stand. She had a therapy session with Sakura in—she glanced at the wall clock—fifteen minutes. Pressing her hand to her temple, she surged up from the ground and toward her bathroom for a shower.
The heat and steam of the shower proved therapeutic in their own right, and a little over five minutes later, a considerably more alert Tenten hurriedly dressed and set out. As she walked, she pulled her hair into a secure, high ponytail. She smiled ruefully as she thought of her trademark panda buns. Once she'd elevated to ANBU level, she'd forgone that childhood tradition, settling for the anonymity of her current style. Tsunande-sama had other plans; however, and her team had been extremely amused when Tenten received her standard red and white porcelain mask complete with two round ears and heavily circled eyes. Her disguise was the image of a panda.
Tenten wondered if someone was trying to tell her something. After all, history just wouldn't stop repeating when it came to her.
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I squealed despite myself as Neroze's shape-shifted form bounded over my head, then quickly bit my lip. I would never get to Appointed rank like that. Ever, Eternity and I swapped ideas, muttering near the back of the small cave and constantly glancing back at the monsters as Neroze and some other fighters let out battle cries.
"How about we use someone as bait while we make a run for it?" Ever suggested, looking pointedly at my dog companion. I threw out an arm protectively in front of Levi.
"No. Not a chance. These things are as fast as us, maybe faster. Even with adrenaline pushing us forward, 'bait' might as well be 'suicide.'" Glancing around, I look for something else we could use. Perhaps there was a rock or something we could throw -- Were monsters like dogs? Would they go try to fetch it? Ever snorted, reading my thoughts. I pouted. "What, you have something better?" Eternity glanced toward where Neroze and the others valiantly hacked away at the monsters that somehow just kept getting back up.
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"And you realize what will happen if you don't manage to keep their attention with your flames, right?!" Ever said in a panicky voice. I slid my finger across my throat.
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text: Protesters urge Tomblin to plan for coal decline By Ken Ward Jr. October 24, 2012 Story Share Read more on Coal Tattoo CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- More than two-dozen West Virginia residents and anti-coal activists visited the Capitol Wednesday to urge Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to better prepare the state for the decline of the mining industry.Organized by the group Radical Action for Mountain People's Survival, or RAMPS, the protesters delivered a letter in which they told the governor his allegation of an Obama administration "war on coal" is "a dirty lie."Citing government forecasts and independent studies, the group said industry layoffs and projected production declines are caused not by tougher environmental rules, but by low-cost natural gas, the mining out of quality coal reserves, and competition from other coal basins."Instead of confronting the very serious issues facing Southern West Virginia, you have cynically exploited layoffs in the coal industry to boost your election chances," the group said in its two-page letter to Tomblin.The letter urged Tomblin to form a bipartisan "Citizens Advisory Council on Economic Diversification" to advise the administration on a path forward for the state's coalfields."We believe that West Virginians are smart and creative enough to find solutions that work for everybody," the letter said. The letter noted the series of studies that found higher illnesses among residents living near mountaintop removal and the United Mine Workers' fight to preserve health care and pension benefits for retirees of bankrupt Patriot Coal."The industry wants to continue operating, squeezing out the last drops of profit, while abandoning their obligations to retired miners that have given their lives to an unsustainable industry," the letter said.Protesters first knocked on the door of the Governor's Mansion, where a State Police trooper declined to accept their letter. The group then marched next door to the Capitol, where a staffer in the Governor's Office listened to their concerns and accepted the letter.Amy Shuler Goodwin, Tomblin's communications director, said the governor left the mansion shortly before the protest began so he could attend an event in Buckhannon. She said the governor had not yet reviewed the letter, but would "review the upcoming calendar" in response to the group's request for a meeting."Governor Tomblin has been clear, as have several federal judges, on the overreaching demands of the [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency] from this administration," Goodwin said in an email. "Governor Tomblin's primary focus has always been job preservation and job creation."Governor Tomblin believes strongly that West Virginia coal and natural gas play a critical role in energy independence -- and he will continue to fight for those industries and the jobs they create," she said.Reach Ken Ward Jr. at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-1702. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Free mobile dental clinic to visit 6 WV counties 2 Herbert Hoover dethrones Chapmanville, claims AA softball championship 3 Williams River Road segment closed since floods reopens 4 Oak Hill teen charged with woman's murder 5 Ex-police officer arrested for alleged telephone harassment UMW sues to keep benefits as Patriot shakes up management Previous Story Parkersburg insurance agent indicted Next Story


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There are approaches you can take to be more efficient and eco-friendly in all aspects of your office environment, including with your copiers. Here are a few ways to make sure that you save money while copying. It is, after all, one of the more resource intensive things you'll do all year. Double-sided Printing One approach is to use a printer that can automatically use both sides of the paper when printing copies. This means you actually save on printer paper by 50%. Paper can be expensive both for your business and for the environment, so this would be a major boon. It helps when you get a copier that can do this automatically so that you don't have to waste a lot of time flipping pages. Recycled-Paper and Green-Paper Companies It's also important to get the paper you use from green sources. This means making sure that the paper is either 100% recycled or derived from renewable wood such as bamboo or cedar. These trees grow back quickly, so paper that's made from them won't contribute to deforestation. The trees grow back fast enough to replenish themselves without requiring you to destroy the whole tree. Reusable Paper and Disappearing Ink Some copy machines can actually come with special ink that you can actually wash off. After you have a bunch of printed pages that you no longer need using the ink, you put them through a special process to make the paper ready to use again. Considering that as much as 40 percent of all paper is only used once after being printed, this could really save you on costs, as well as help you save the environment at the same time. Generally, this uses ink that's heavily water based as well as special paper that is treated to turn back to white when it becomes wet. It's the combination of these two properties that allow the reusable paper to become clear and ready for you to put back in the copier again. Since copiers and printers in the United States use 70 million tons of paper per year for necessary functions, making paper that can be easily reused is a good thing, and you now have access to it for your own machines. Other Considerations You should also look for Energy Star ratings on your copiers since this will indicate that the copier uses a smaller amount of electricity and other resources than the standard. It's important to always compare ratings when you can. For more information about copiers, talk to companies like Lafayette Business Machines...read more
3 Tips For Your Small Company Mailings
If you own a small company that is looking to ramp up its direct mailing initiatives, there several steps you can take to get going in the right direction. Since you run a small business, you will need to be sure that you are organized and purposeful when it comes to your mailing and marketing tactics. With this in mind, read on and take advantage of the guidelines below to get the most out of your company mailings. Tip #1: Take Inventory Of Your Mailing List To Properly Communicate With Your Customers In order to properly reach people with your targeted mailings, you will need to be sure that you understand your customer base. The first thing you should understand is the demographics. For instance, if your business has a male demographic between the ages of 28 and 40, you should put some thought into the details that will best reach those customers. This will also boil down to you figuring out which type of campaign you want to execute, be it a direct mailing list, cloned list or a specialty list. By assessing these factors and taking inventory, you will be able to put your best foot forward with your mailings. Tip #2: Give Yourself The Benefit Of Tight, Effective Copy When you want to keep your mailing base informed, you will need to create copy that will draw people in and give them actionable points. You should be directing your customers to promotions, a call to action to buy, and other steps. If you truly want to put your best foot forward when creating copy, you should hire the help of professional copy writers who can produce content that is tight, punchy and filled with statistics and key information about your brand. Tip #3: Invest In Some Great Mailing Materials To be sure that you are getting your mailings out with efficiency and branding in mind, you can purchase custom mailing tubes and containers that feature your logo and contact information. These little touches add to your customers' experience and also create familiarity that is unparalleled. By investing in these custom tubes, you will be able to design the color, style, and art for the packaging so that it fits the vibe of your business. Take advantage of these three tips so that you can do your best to send mailings that attract customers for your small...read more
What to Include in a Winning REO Property-Preservation Vendor Bid
For people who dream of being their own boss, running a successful REO property preservation can be a potentially life-changing prospect. In addition to acquiring all of the maintenance and cleaning equipment you will need to perform property clean-outs, you will need to submit detailed winning bids in order to start working. Here are the critical details you need to have included in every REO property-preservation vendor bid that you submit to lenders. Residential Property Clean-Out and Maintenance When people leave their homes behind due to mortgage default and foreclosure, they tend not to be neat and tidy. Foreclosed property clean-outs can be a good area for a newly formed REO property-preservation vendor to get into the market, but you will also need to demonstrate how knowledgeable you are by submitting well-written bids. Detailing how your company is prepared to haul trash, make minor repairs, sanitize, and clean properties in your bids is a good way to get the attention of clients. Preparing an inventory list of the cleaning equipment that your company currently has on hand to perform REO property clean-outs can help show that you are ready to get started right away. Steam cleaners, commercial vacuums, pressure washers, and industrial cleaning solutions should definitely appear on your inventory list if you are bidding on REO property clean-out jobs. REO Property Winterization and Lawncare A large component of your bid should outline the REO property landscaping and winterization services your company can handle. In order for people to sell unoccupied properties, they must be property maintained, inside and out. Detail your proposed REO property lawncare schedule with potential clients, along with a total cost per square footage estimate to make an impact with your bids. While you take care of the lawns of bank-owned properties, you can also perform winterization services that will help to preserve their appearance as well as their value. Bank-Owned Property Repair and Revitalization Bank-owned properties that have sat unoccupied for a while may need to be revitalized and repaired in order to interest potential buyers. Consider offering services such as power washing the exterior of the building to eliminate mildew and mold, and offer to do minor repairs such as door replacement to help set your company apart. Offer to make use of your cleaning equipment to spruce up the interior when preparing properties for showings, and be prepared to take pictures of each property before and after work is performed so that you are able to back up your winning bids with continued professional...read more
Tips For Making Sure Your Dog Is Happy And Healthy While You Are On Vacation
If you are a devoted dog-owner, there is a good chance that you worry a lot about your dog while you are on vacation. This can take an extremely pleasant trip and spoil it. In order to avoid feeling worried about your pet while you are on vacation, follow these tips. 1. Install a Live Cam or Kennel at a Facility With a Cam If you have decided to leave your pet at home and have a neighbor come in a few times a day to walk your dog and feed him or her, you can always install a live cam to track the movements of your dog. This will allow you to see that your dog is acting the same way that he or she usually does and is doing all right. It will also allow you to see him or her interact with your dog sitter when your dog sitter comes over, which could make you feel better because your dog will likely look happier playing with the dog sitter. Make sure that you tell the dog sitter that you have the camera set up and make sure that it is okay with him or her. If you decide to kennel your dog at a boarding facility, simply choose one that offers a camera service. This will allow you to see your dog happily playing with the other dogs and could definitely set your mind at ease. For both the home camera and the camera at the kennel, you will likely be able to download an app that will allow you to view the feed on your mobile phone or tablet. 2. Leave Your Dog in a Situation They Know Another way to help ensure that your dog is happy while you are on vacation is to not leave him or her in a new situation and instead leave him or her in the hands of someone that your dog has already met or in a situation that he or she has already been exposed to. If you are planning on boarding your dog at a kennel, see if the kennel has daycare hours during the day when you could drop your dog off for a bit and then pick him or her up later that day. This will allow your dog to get more used to the boarding situation. You could also try to make sure that the dog sitter you employ is a person that your dog is familiar with. This will reduce your dog's anxiety. For more information, talk to a company that specializes in live animal...read more
When You Need Force Protection For Your Family: What Your Kids Need To Know
Keeping military service members safe no matter where they are in the world can be a challenge. In or out of uniform, there are threats to military personnel who live and work outside the U.S. Some of those threats can impact the families of service members as well. Force protection or security may be present to offer an additional layer of safety for military members, but there are often situations where you as a member of a military family will need to rely on personal measures that you take. While military families with children are unlikely to be located in war zones or dangerous areas, the threat of terrorism and violence against the U.S. military community is present anywhere in the world. To that end, you must teach your children personal force protection skills to keep them safe outside of their home and immediate military community. Here are some things your kids can do to avoid standing out as a U.S. military dependent when living in other countries. Don't label yourself as an American. Avoid clothing or accessories with U.S. flags or that look like U.S. military uniforms. Buy clothing from the area where you live so you blend in. Wearing expensive athletic shoes, for example, can make you stand out and identify you as being a non-native. Be aware of and follow where possible any local religious customs. If others stop and pray during the day, you should not feel that you need to pray, but you should be quiet and respectful and not draw attention to yourself by being active or loud. Watch your surrounding area. Be aware of any people who are moving unusually or covertly, such as by trying to hide, by scanning the crowd for a long period or by taking photos or videos. Also be alert to people who may be following you. Don't get overly engaged in activities. Don't appear to be ignoring what's going on. Limit time on your phone or reading a book so you don't look like a target. Vary your routes and routines. Don't walk the same path or get a drink at the same place every day. You may be noticed and targeted. Try not to be alone. If you can travel with a friend or family member, you're less likely to be a target. Be sure to listen to the recommendations of any force protection officials assigned to work with you and your family, and never try to avoid their security measures. It's the best way to keep yourself and your family, including your children, safe in another country. For more information, visit security websites like...read more
Tips For Storing Small Appliances
Putting your items in storage requires a bit of planning and preparation to ensure everything is still in perfect condition when you are ready to retrieve. The small appliances from your kitchen, such as the toaster, microwave, and blender, are no different. The following tips will help you prepare and store these items properly, whether if it's for a few weeks or a few years. Tip #1: Remove all food residue Cleanliness is the name of the game. Grease and food residue can attract insects and rodents to your unit. They can also cause permanent stains to the housing of your appliance, or increase the chances of metal parts corroding. Wipe down the exterior with a diluted bleach solution or kitchen surface cleaner. Any washable parts, such as coffee maker or blender carafes, should be run through the dishwasher. Also, make sure the inside is just as clean. This especially goes for microwaves and toasters, which usually have a small bottom hatch you can open for cleaning. Finally, finish up by wiping down the back and bottom of the appliance, along with the cord. Tip #2: Take extra precautions with the microwave Microwaves, and to a lesser extent, toaster ovens, can develop bad odors during storage. The simplest way to prevent this is to wrap up any accessories, like the glass tray, with packing paper and place it inside the microwave. Then, fill the rest of the oven with wadded up packing paper. The paper will absorb some stale odors that develop in storage, as well as keep the tray from moving around. If you are still worried about odors, you can also fill a small cloth bag with baking soda and store it inside the microwave to absorb odors. Tip #3: Gather the accessories Many small appliances come with accessories. For example, mixers may have several bowls or various beaters. When possible, wrap the accessories in packing paper and place them inside the appliance (such as inside the mixing bowl). This will keep everything together. If this isn't possible, then label each accessory with the appliance that it goes with – you can do this right on the packing paper. This way you don't have to worry about remembering what everything is, especially if you don't plan to retrieve your items for a while. Tip #4: Pack for success The great thing about small appliances is that for the most part they are small enough to pack in boxes. Using sturdy boxes with a bit of padding, such as from packing paper or peanuts, is usually sufficient. Avoid folding up the cord when placing items into boxes, since this can lead to permanent kinking. Instead, make sure the cord isn't twisted or bent where it emerges from the appliance. If the appliance has a built in cord keeper, wrap it around this and secure it. If not, loop the cord loosely to form a circle, and then secure it with a twist-tie. A loop won't result in any kinks in the cord. Talk to a storage facility like I-70 Self Storage to get started with storing your...read more
Top Ideas For Deterring Potential Burglars
Do you like to go out in the evening? Are you worried that a burglar will realize that nobody is home and take the opportunity to break in? While having a dog can deter some burglars from breaking in, not everyone can own a dog or wants the responsibility of keeping one. If you're looking for other ways to make people think that you're still at home or to otherwise discourage them from stealing your belongings, here are some ideas for you: Fake TVs: Real TVs can be expensive both to buy and to leave running when you're not at home. Maybe because of the expense you only have one TV and it's located in the back part of your house or apartment where it can't even be seen when it's on. For a fraction of the cost of a single TV, you can buy several TV props that will mimic TV watching when someone is looking at your windows from the outside. TV props are small boxes that contain several brightly lit colored LEDs. These turn on and off in patterns that make it look like a television show is being watched. As long as you leave your curtains closed, nobody will be able to tell that your TV props aren't the real thing. Timers: Of course, most people probably don't watch TV or leave all of their lights on or off all night long. Get several timers to connect to your TV props and floor or desk lamps. If possible, get timers that have half-hour intervals, but other timers can work as well. For best results, two or three times a week you should change the timing and duration of when your lights and TV props are on or off. This way, should you get a burglar casing your house for whatever reason, nobody will be able to tell that you're out for the evening because your TV props always turn on at 9pm exactly every night. Motion-activated sprinklers: Plenty of people choose to have motion activated lights installed as their porch light, hoping to scare away burglars. These can be good, but the lights can also burn out unexpectedly. Water obviously never burns out and sprinklers can be placed anywhere in your yard that can be reached with a hose. While you can't use them in freezing or below freezing weather, they can be used at any other time of the year. You can certainly use them in your front yard, if you don't mind getting a little wet when entering and leaving your own home, but you may want to restrict their use to the back of your house. These sprinklers are usually sold as deterrents for deer and other wildlife, but can work on humans as well....read more
Ways To Raise Donations For The Food Drive That You Have Organized
If you have organized a food drive in your neighborhood and would like to inspire community members to donate items and spread the word about the cause, the following ideas can help you reach the goal that you have set. The donations can be dispersed to food pantries, schools, local churches, or any other organization that is in need of extra food. Host A Dinner Party And Hire A Public Speaker Sell tickets to a benefit dinner that will be held your local community center or outdoors at a park or another piece of public property. Sell each ticket for an affordable fee so that many of the people living in your neighborhood will be able to afford to attend. Purchase large vats of food from a caterer or hire a business that prepares meals for charity events. Set up large tables and chairs for attendees to use during the event. Hire a public speaker for the event who has knowledge about hunger and areas in the world that are impoverished. If possible, choose a speaker who has encountered hardships in their past. They may inspire the audience by describing the obstacles that they have overcome. Any money that you have received for ticket sales, as well as food items that you have collected throughout the event, can be donated to businesses in need once the benefit dinner is over. Set Up Collection Boxes At Several Locations Set up collection boxes in areas around town where people are often seen. Place bright-colored posters on the sides of the boxes that describe the reason for the collection and how the food items will assist with hunger in the community. Request that only non-perishable food items or monetary donations are added to the boxes so that products that are at risk of spoiling are not wasted. Set up a time each week to collect the donations from each location. Separate the contributions into equal piles and offer them to the businesses that you are supporting during the food drive. Offer An Award To The Biggest Donor Create fliers that announce the drive and list the addresses of each drop off location. To inspire people to donate more, offer an award to the biggest benefactor, such as certificates to a popular restaurant or tickets to a sporting event. Print the deadline for donations on each flier before hanging them all up around town. Once donations are calculated, reward the biggest donor with their prize and hand out all of the items that you have collected to the establishments that are in need of donations. If the food drive is successful after implementing each of the ideas, consider raising funds or donations for another cause in order to help some of the people in your...read more
3 Ways That A New Point-Of-Sale System Can Help Prevent Order Errors Within Your Restaurant
In a restaurant setting, order errors can be a big deal. Customers can get upset when they don't get what they order, and some mistakes can cause even bigger issues, such as triggering allergy reactions. One great way to cut down on order errors is to invest in a new, modern point-of-sale system that is designed for use in restaurants. Then, this system can be used to put in accurate, customized orders and to easily share information between waitstaff or other order-takers and kitchen staff. These are three ways that one of these systems can help prevent these order errors. 1. Provide Better Customization Options First of all, allowing your customers to customize their orders can help improve their satisfaction when dining at your restaurant. Your employees might not even be aware of all of the customizations that you offer, but setting up your point-of-sale system in a way that encourages employees to ask customers exactly how they want their food — for example, offering an option for ingredients to be added or removed at the customer's request — can help make it easier for you to keep your customers happy. 2. Prevent Communication Issues When servers or order takers have to communicate orders to the kitchen staff, there can be confusion. You have to worry about the chef and other kitchen staff having trouble reading servers' handwriting, for example. If servers or order takers verbally tell kitchen staff about order changes, there's a chance that the kitchen staff might not hear them or might not hear what they say properly. With the right point-of-sale system, you can help prevent these communication issues. 3. Prevent Employees from Forgetting Order Instructions Even if the information is given to the kitchen staff, there is always the chance that these employees could forget the instructions that they were given. This can happen pretty easily in a busy kitchen, especially during a busy time. With the right point-of-sale system, however, it is much easier for employees to remember order instructions. This can help increase the chances that your customers will receive exactly what they want. As you can see, a brand new point-of-sale system — preferably one that is designed specifically for restaurants — can help with a lot of things, including helping to prevent order errors within your restaurant. If you are looking to improve accuracy so that you can ensure that your customers get what they want when they come to your restaurant, making this change can be helpful. For more information, contact a company like Schmaus Cash Register...read more
The Basic Rules Of Achieving Satisfactory Book Order Fulfillment As A Self-Publisher
As a writer, you may not always get the opportunity to have your book picked up by a big-name publishing company where distribution efforts would be taken care of on your behalf. This leaves you with a convenient option of self-publishing. However, self-publishing involves you handling shipping your books out to customers who make a purchase. Although you may have an excellent product, part of making the best impression with your book is making sure that order fulfillment is adequately handled. There are a few basic rules to keep in mind about order fulfillment as a self-publishing writer. 1. Keep enough of your books on hand to handle purchases in a timely manner. When customers find you online and purchase your book, they will not want to wait weeks for their product to arrive. While print-on-demand services make it easy to order your books on an as-needed basis and have them directly sent to your customers, these services can mean longer wait times in the end. It is a much better idea to have enough books on hand or already ordered to cater to incoming orders in a timely fashion. Keep close tabs on how many books you are selling from week to week and adjust your orders accordingly to make sure you always have the books already ready to go for incoming orders. 2. Make sure you know how to properly package your books. If you plan to do the product packaging from your own home or office, make sure you know how to properly pack a book. Too many self-publishing writers simply stuff their book in an envelope and send it on its way. While this can keep your shipping costs low, it is a much better idea for books to be sent in a box, which will protect the product from damage during transit. Package the book with spine outward, with the paged side tucked against the side of the box and use filler material to keep the book in position. 3. If order fulfillment gets too overwhelming, seek the help of a third-party fulfillment center. Your book is gaining in popularity and it is becoming common for you to spend all day stuffing boxes and making trips to the local post office. If this is getting to be an overwhelming task, it is a good idea to seek the help of a third-party fulfillment center to handle your orders. By contracting with one of these services, your books will be stored at a warehouse and packaging and shipment will be handled on your behalf for a set fee. Get in touch with a company like Cargo-Net, Inc for more...read more


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Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) mumbled through their earnings call on April 3 conveying numbers which were actually quite nice. Wall St analysts didn't liven things up much asking largely irrelevant or inconsequential questions. They sounded quite bored as well.
What was tremendously exciting was the company's large and improving cash flow. Of course this got little headline attention from management in their presentation and almost no questions from the analyst community.
Here's what the back of my cocktail napkin looks like, for EBITDA:
|6 months operating income
|$1.42 billion
|6 months depreciation
|$1.031 billion
|= 6 months EBITDA
|$2.451 billion
|times 2
|x 2
|annualized EBITDA
|$4.902 billion
and here's what the enterprise value looks like:
|Equity cap, per Yahoo
|$25.45 billion
|Plus: LT Debt
|$4.37 billion
|Less: Cash + marketable securities
|$(5.06) billion
|Total Enterprise Value
|$24.76 billion
so the magic multiple of $24.76 billion of Enterprise Value divided by $4.902 billion of EBITDA is a mere 5.05x. (The multiple plunges to 4.0x if you use Credit Suisse's full-year estimated EBITDA of $6.196 billion. See their report of 3/31/2014 which I found online.) Now that is a mighty low multiple. This is the sort of multiple LBO shops look for as a sanity test when screening targets. This is the sort of number which allows a takeover premium and you still have an LBO or buyout which works. Alternatively, you have a company which can easily go raise enough straight debt (I heard Ron Foster mention the phrase at least twice!) to retire their converts today. This is the kind of multiple that should allow stock dividends and share repurchases in the not too distant future.
Now purists will choke on me doubling the first half to get to an annualized number. I would counter that I expect cash flow to get better in the second half as the Singapore DRAM to NAND conversion is behind us and as node shrinks in both NAND and DRAM are a bit more behind us. I'd also point out that about a billion dollars worth of debt and the $250mm deposit are not interest bearing and should probably be accorded some discount in an enterprise value calculation.
Conclusion. Micron needs to grow up and think a bit more like their audience of institutional investors. One can bet that dozens of portfolio managers have done the same calculation (and we will hear from them if I've muffed something here!). Management needs to convey some excitement and pride in a company with multiples like these, or perhaps Greenlight and Baupost and others will find a new management. CFO Ron Foster needs to be retired right away for having spent almost a billion of our dollars on Elpida hedges and his disastrously dilutive convertible issuances, redemptions, and exchanges. And the company needs to at least publish an earnings calendar and stick to it. If they don't know what guidance looks like, they should study up on Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and SanDisk (SNDK) who have equally complicated and competitive businesses but do a much better job on earnings guidance.
We've just had another very respectable quarter obscured by management mumbling and poor questions from analysts. Oh well, many of you will say. That will keep values depressed a bit longer for us long term believers. I'd like to let the light shine out from under our bushel but suspect acquirers or activist institutions may force that to happen, given a truly great cash flow.
Disclosure: I am long MU. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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