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New York District
158-15 Liberty Avenue
Jamaica, NY 11433
April 18, 2013
Mr. Gary J. Dickman
President / Co-Owner
Freskeeto Frozen Foods, Inc.
8019 Route 209
P.O. Box 547
Ellenville, NY 12428-5615
Dear Mr. Dickman,
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted an inspection of your food warehousing facility, located at 8019 Route 209, Ellenville, NY 12428-5615, from March 5, 2013 through March 11, 2013. We found that you have serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation, Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 123 (21 CFR Part 123). In accordance with 21 C.F.R. 123.6(g), failure of a processor of fish or fishery products to have and implement a HACCP plan that complies with this section or otherwise operate in accordance with the requirements of Part 123, renders the fish or fishery products adulterated within the meaning of Section 402(a)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act), [21 U.S.C. § 342(a)(4)]. Accordingly, your vacuum packed smoked salmon and herring in wine are adulterated, in that they have been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have been rendered injurious to health. You may find the Act, the seafood HACCP regulation and the Fish and Fisheries Products Hazards & Controls Guidance through links in FDA's home page at www.fda.gov.
We received your firm's response dated March 12, 2013, regarding our investigator's observations noted on the Form FDA 483 (FDA 483), List of Inspectional Observations, which was issued to Mr. Scott S. Dickman, Vice President / Co-Owner. We address this response below, after the violations. The violations include, but are not limited to, the following:
- You must conduct, or have conducted for you, a hazard analysis for each kind of fish and fishery product that you produce to determine whether there are food safety hazards that are reasonably likely to occur and you must have, and implement, a written HACCP plan to control any food safety hazards that are reasonably likely to occur, to comply with 21 C.F.R. 123.6 (a) and (b). However, your firm does not have a HACCP plan for:
- For receipt of vacuum packed smoked salmon to control the significant hazards of pathogen growth and toxin formation;
- For receipt and storage of various marinated/pickled herring products to control the significant hazard of scrombrotoxin (histamine) and pathogen growth and toxin formation. Furthermore, this is a repeat observation from your previous inspection which concluded on August 28, 2012.
Once you have conducted a hazard analysis for your seafood products, your HACCP plan must, at a minimum, list hazards that are reasonably likely to occur, and include appropriate critical control points, critical limits, monitoring procedures, recordkeeping activities, etc., to ensure that the food safety hazards are controlled to comply with 21 C.F.R. 123.6(c).
- No one associated with your firm has completed HACCP training or is HACCP qualified through job experience, as required by 21 C.F.R. 123.10. Furthermore, this is a repeat observation from your previous inspection which concluded on August 28, 2012.
Your response for the aforementioned violations has been made part of the file. In addition, your firm's promise to correct the violations was also made in your September 4, 2012 response to the Form FDA 483 (FDA 483), List of Inspectional Observations, issued to your firm on August 28, 2012. This timeframe was more than sufficient to adequately correct all the violations.
We do acknowledge that you have taken some proactive steps in monitoring of your seafood products. However, monitoring is not in place at all necessary critical control points (CCP's), such as product receiving. At a minimum, you should consider inclusion of controls in your HACCP plan at the receipt and/or storage of applicable seafood products to ensure adequate temperatures are observed during product receipt and refrigerated storage. Intermittent temperature checks as a monitoring procedure during extended refrigerated storage is not adequate to ensure that products are not exposed to elevated temperatures for extended time periods due to fluctuations occurring between those checks. Furthermore, checking the temperatures exclusively on workdays does not cover temperature monitoring during those days when you are not in operation, for example during weekends, holidays and overnight. FDA recommends the use of a continuous monitoring device such as a continuous temperature data logger for monitoring refrigerated storage. In addition, we recommend a daily check of the recorded temperatures to ensure that proper temperatures have been maintained and a daily check of the monitoring equipment itself to ensure that it is operating properly.
We may take further action if you do not promptly correct these violations. For instance, we may take further action to seize your product(s) and/or enjoin your firm from operating.
You should respond in writing within fifteen (15) working days from your receipt of this letter. Your response should outline the specific things you are doing to correct these violations. You should include in your response documentation such as HACCP and verification records, or other useful information that would assist us in evaluating your corrections. If you cannot complete all corrections before you respond, you should explain the reason for your delay and state when you will correct any remaining violations.
This letter may not list all the violations at your facility. You are responsible for ensuring that your processing plant operates in compliance with the Act, the seafood HACCP regulation (21 C.F.R. Part 123) and the Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulation (21 C.F.R. Part 110). You also have a responsibility to use procedures to prevent further violations of the Act and all applicable regulations.
Section 743 of the Act (21 U.S.C. 379j-31) authorizes FDA to assess and collect fees to cover FDA's costs for certain activities, including reinspection-related costs. A reinspection is one or more inspections conducted subsequent to an inspection that identified noncompliance materially related to a food safety requirement of the Act, specifically to determine whether compliance has been achieved. Reinspection-related costs means all expenses, including administrative expenses, incurred in connection with FDA's arranging, conducting, and evaluating the results of the re-inspection and assessing and collecting the re-inspection fees (21 U.S.C. 379j-31(a)(2)(B)). For a domestic facility, FDA will assess and collect fees for re-inspection-related costs from the responsible party for the domestic facility. The inspection noted in this letter identified noncompliance materially related to a food safety requirement of the Act. Accordingly, FDA may assess fees to cover any re-inspection-related costs.
Your response should be sent to:
LCDR Frank Verni
Compliance Officer
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
158-15 Liberty Avenue, Room 4050
Jamaica, NY 11433
If you have any questions about the content of this letter please contact: LCDR Verni at (718) 662-5702.
Finally, you should know that this letter is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the violations at your facility. It is your responsibility to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations administered by FDA. The specific violations noted in this letter and in the Inspectional Observations, Form FDA 483 (FDA 483), issued at the closeout of the inspection may be symptomatic of serious problems in your firm's manufacturing and quality assurance systems. You should investigate and determine the causes of the violations, and take prompt actions to correct the violations and to bring your products into compliance.
Ronald M. Pace
District Director
New York District
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The Zips (19-7, 9-3 Mid-American Conference), who won their fourth straight, trailed 89-88 after Ohio's D.J. Cooper hit a jumper with 1:19 left in the final overtime.
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A Tampa woman says she was trying to protect her 7 year old grandson when she wound up shooting him.
63 year old Linda Maddox had Tyler and his twin brother sleeping in the bed with her when their father left for work. Cops say the woman placed a chair against the bedroom door for extra protection.
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Bulldogs five-eighth Josh Reynolds has found an unlikely ally in Sam Thaiday, who has defended Reynolds over the kick to his face on Friday night.
Reynolds was placed on report for three different incidents in the spiteful clash against Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium, which included him lashing out with the boot in a tackle involving Thaiday.
Despite Thaiday calling Reynolds a grub in the heat of battle on Friday night, the former Broncos skipper believes the Blues No.6 never intended to land the kick to his head.
''There's no history there,'' Sam Thaiday said on The Sunday Footy Show. ''Players do it week-in week-out – they kick their legs to try and get a quick play the ball. I don't think there was any intent in it at all. He just threw his legs up.''
It was the first of three penalties the Bulldogs five-eighth would concede on a night that saw him finish the match in the sin bin and venting his frustration inside the Suncorp Stadium away sheds. He was also put on report for tripping former teammate Ben Barba before the referees finally had enough, sending the play-maker to the bin after a high tackle on Alex Glenn inside the final 10 minutes.
''This one here with Benny Barba, Josh Reynolds just comes out of the line really, really quick sometimes and sometimes it's hard to stop and prop and make a tackle,'' Thaiday said. ''I think he's just thrown his body at Ben and tripped him but I think, like [coach] Dessy [Hasler] said, that head high is a head high any day.''
Hasler's only concern of the three charges is the high tackle on Glenn, deeming the trip as defensible and the kick as accidental. Fairfax Media understands that if Reynolds is hit with a high grading, Canterbury will fight the charge with the defence that he tried to grab Barba before striking him with his foot.
A grade-one tripping charge carries 75 base points, and Reynolds could also be charged with a kicking at Thaiday, an offence which starts at 200 demerit points.
While Thaiday understands Reynolds plays with his heart on his sleeve, he concedes he overstepped the mark on Friday night. ''Josh is one of those players that play with a lot of aggression and is a very fierce competitor but I think he just went a little too far,'' Thaiday said.
The match review committee will hand down its charges on Monday. The Bulldogs face off against Parramatta four days later in a match that may see them drop out of the top eight if they lose.
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Timothy's letter arrived at police headquarters in College Street, Sydney, a fortnight ago, accompanied by a monster book of photographs, drawings, poems and appeals prepared by children from kindergarten through to Year 6.
"They'd gone to so much trouble," said the commissioner known as "Uncle Ken" because of his informal, approachable style. "I just couldn't ignore it."
Mr Moroney, who has three sons, two of them in the police force, said the letter which said "This is about our future" caught his eye. He said: "I sat there and thought, 'Well, it is about their future and their community', and I called for a report on how we could recommission their police station."
Warragamba police station, part of the St Marys local area command, hasn't been manned since 1998.
Mr Moroney took the view that an officer living and working full-time in the area would be an effective way to curb burglaries, anti-social behaviour and the growing number of road offences.
He decided to renovate the station, provide computer and radio links and clean the accommodation.
On Friday he travelled to Warragamba to tell the local schoolchildren of his decision. It was done without fuss or media fanfare.
"I was anxious to give the children a sense of fulfilment," he said. "I wanted them to know that what they did mattered."
Mr Moroney was mobbed by the school's 180 students and cheered when he made the announcement. "I felt like I was the Pied Piper," he said.
The next phase is to select a "blue heeler" to start work in October.
As he was escorted by children to his official car, "Uncle Ken" said how much he enjoyed this relaxed, reassuring part of the job.
But phones were ringing back at HQ and he told his driver: "I suppose we have to go back to the city."
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The SmartWater project uses chemically-enhanced water to help safeguard property and spray thieves and burglars with an indelible solution.
Telford-based company SmartWater Technology has developed an innovative chemical coding system which when applied to an item of property, gives a unique DNA-type reading.
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Located in Hassels, this hotel is 1.6 mi (2.6 km) from Freizeitpark Niederheider Waldchen and 2.2 mi (3.6 km) from Benrath Palace. Classic Remise Duesseldorf is 2.3 mi (3.7 km) away.
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Acora Hotel und Wohnen features tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This Duesseldorf hotel also offers express check-out, shopping on site, and an elevator (lift).
Acora Hotel und Wohnen has designated areas for smoking.
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- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free newspapers in lobby
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
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- Late check-out fee: EUR 25
- Kitchen/kitchenette fee: EUR 5 per day
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 15 per day
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In the "good old days" we've been teaching our students that although a router can act as a Frame Relay switch, it supports only the rudimentary functionality of switching the packets, but not the policing/marking features available in Frame Relay switches. That hasn't been true for a while - in IOS release 12.1T, Cisco has introduced the congestion management features. You can specify the congestion management per-interface (with the frame-relay congestion-management interface configuration command) and set the DE drop/ECN mark percentages for all PVCs on the interface or you can set the parameters within a map-class.
I don't know how useful this feature is to you; I was fond of finding it because it solves some interesting problems I had a (long) while ago. If you need more in-depth description or actual configurations, post a comment or send me a message.


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unique historical vaulted basement of Mozarthaus Vienna is Bösendorfer Hall, one of
the most interesting and versatile event locations in the city. The room
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engineering. Your event location for concerts, weddings,
business events, presentations and private functions.
Take advantage of the historically
unique vaulted basement of Mozarthaus Vienna for your concert. The outstanding
acoustics make it particularly suited for chamber music, solo and piano
concerts. The room has had a Bösendorfer piano since 2010.
Say "I do" – in Mozarthaus Vienna. Experience a dream civil wedding
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Mozart's apartment itself. Enjoy the happiest day of your life in a unique
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three years, to be followed by an activity chosen from the programme.
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The options available in the undergraduate program in geological sciences are geology, geophysics, and environmental geosciences. Each option leads to the BA degree. All of these options provide a strong basis for understanding the functioning of the Earth system and a firm foundation for graduate study and professional employment. Students who are uncertain as to which option best suits their needs should contact a departmental advisor or faculty member. In all options, the undergraduate program emphasizes course work in theoretical, laboratory, and field-oriented aspects of the geological sciences. The nearby Rocky Mountains provide a natural laboratory for many of these courses.
Students interested in the geological sciences may also wish to consider the Baker Residential Academic Program. Students who do not wish to pursue a career in the geosciences, or who would like to combine a basic knowledge of geologic sciences with that of some other field, should consider using geological sciences as one subject in a distributed studies major or as a minor. Students who intend to pursue graduate study in the geological sciences are encouraged to consider developing an honor thesis as part of their undergraduate studies.
The three options available in the undergraduate major offer different focus areas of instruction. All three options offer excellent preparation for students interested in pursuing professional careers, or graduate study, in the geological sciences.
Each option emphasizes knowledge in:
The geology option is a traditional geology degree program that emphasizes the following:
The environmental geoscience option emphasizes the following:
The geophysics option emphasizes:
Course code for this program is GEOL.
Required Courses and Semester Credit Hours
Students electing the geology option are required to take the following additional courses:
Geology option students must also take courses from the following lists:
Students electing the environmental geoscience option are required to take the following additional courses:
Environmental geoscience option students must also take courses from the following lists:
Water Focus
Biogeochemistry Focus
Climate Focus
Policy Focus
Students electing the geophysics option are required to take the following additional courses:
Geophysics option students must also take courses from the following lists:
Additional information on required courses and other departmental requirements may be obtained from the departmental office. Students should contact the department for a list of current major requirements.
Transfer students must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 12 credit hours of advanced work (3000-level or above) in the Department of Geological Sciences in Boulder if they wish to obtain a degree in geology from CU-Boulder. Before registering for the first time, or within the first week of the semester, such students must see a geological sciences department undergraduate advisor to have previous course work in geology, math, and allied sciences evaluated.
Consult the Four-Year Guarantee Requirements for information on eligibility. The concept of "adequate progress" as it is used here only refers to maintaining eligibility for the four-year guarantee; it is not a requirement for the major. To maintain adequate progress in geology, students should meet all college requirements plus specific departmental requirements. These departmental requirements vary slightly between the three major options. Detailed information is available from the department office, but in general these requirements include:
The minor program in geological sciences is meant for students who would like to acquire a basic knowledge of geology in addition to their major area of study. The arts and sciences requirements for a minor include a minimum of 18 credit hours in the minor area, including a minimum of 9 upper-division hours. The departmental requirements for the minor are listed below. The department strongly urges that students interested in pursuing a minor in geology consult a departmental advisor.
1. Any 1000-level introductory sequence:
Plus an introductory laboratory course: 1030-1 Introduction to Geology Laboratory
2. At least one of the following laboratory or field-oriented courses:
3. Any additional courses at the 3000-level to bring the total hours in geology to 18.
Opportunity is provided for qualified geology majors to participate in the geology honors program and graduate with honors (cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude) in geology. Students interested in the honors program should contact the departmental honors advisor during their junior year.
Students interested in graduate work in the geological sciences should carefully read the detailed information regarding admission, registration, and degree requirements that is available from the departmental office. A brief summary follows.
All students applying for admission must take the Graduate Record Examination. Results of this examination are used both for determining admittance and for initial academic counseling.
Entering students normally have completed at least 24 semester hours of basic courses in geological science and two semesters each of chemistry, physics, and calculus. In some cases, exceptional undergraduate preparation in other fields of science, mathematics, or engineering may substitute for part of the 24 hours in geological science.
Each student acquires a primary advisor and an advisory committee which provides guidance throughout the degree program.
Candidates for the master's degree in geological sciences must complete at least 24 credit hours of graduate course work plus a thesis (Plan I), or 30 credit hours of graduate course work without a thesis (Plan II). The Plan II program requires at least 3 hours of GEOL 6960 (Plan II Master's Research) under the supervision of the advisory committee. For both plans, at least 24 credit hours must be completed at the 5000 level or above. See Graduate School specifications for more information.
Candidates for the doctoral degree must complete at least 30 credit hours in course work numbered 5000 or above, of which at least 20 must be taken at CU-Boulder. In addition to course work, candidates must take a total of at least 30 hours of GEOL 8990 doctoral dissertation hours, with not more than 10 of these in any one semester and not more than 10 before the comprehensive examination is passed.
The Department of Geological Sciences participates in the interdepartmental PhD program in geophysics and hydrology. For more information about this program, see the Graduate School section.


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I try to spice it up with some stylers at night when i am in the shower e occasionally. My hair is behaving just fine with cowash, rinseout, leavein, plop. but i figure every now and then it cannot be that much of a problem, and maybe will help, to add a few stylers. well maybe if they were made right it would help. i used and keep in mind amount, onlya pea amount of HEBE gel and then only a dab amount of HESMU mousse, and you know what. i wake up and my hair won't move at all, it is thick andcourse and unmanageable. A frizzle frazzle matted blech object i have formerraly known as my hair. i tried to liven it up before i went out, then i just dawned the head bandana. Yucks to this.


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WAAY-TV, the ABC affiliate in Huntsville, Alabama has an immediate opening for a Multimedia News Producer. We are looking for a creative and energetic storyteller who can write compelling copy, create an exciting show and work with reporters, photographers and other team members to make waaytv.com and your assigned show the best resource for viewers.
- Good manager of people, time and projects
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- Able to explore and evaluate developing online content delivery methods for future use
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WAAY is committed to a high standard of broadcast journalism and community service. Huntsville, Alabama and the Tennessee Valley have been recognized time and again for their outstanding quality of life. We are looking for just the right person to join our staff to help us bring that same quality to our viewers.
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i have a birthmark on my left cheek, its a hyperpigmentation birthmark and 1inch big, how can i get rid of it?
How to Get Rid of Birthmark on Cheek?
Doctor Answers 2
Surgical removal of Pigmented birthmarks
Pigmented birthmarks are directly removed surgically. Because it is relatively small, 1 cm, it can be closed directly after removal leaving a fine line scar in most cases. See a board certified plastic surgeons for best result and make sure what is removed is sent in for testing.
Laser birthmark removal
Vascular birthmarks such as port wine stains/capillary vascular malformations can be treated with lasers which target the hemoglobin molecule in the blood. The pulsed dye laser is most commonly used. Pigmented birthmarks which contain melanin are very difficult to improve with current laser technology.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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All Android applications categories
Screen Safety is a screen lock app which can lock your screen only by one touch. You never press the power key to lock your phone.
You should know more about this app.
1. One of your fingers is enough to lock the screen. After you have installed this app, you just click the icon of this application, and the screen of your phone will be locked automatically.
2. If you need to unlock your mobile phone, you just slide your finger on the specific place of the screen. The screen will be unlocked immediately.
Screen Safety is very simple and easy to use. There are many screen lock apps on the internet, such as screen lock android, best lockscreen, android lockscreen and so on. But you should choose one really good.
Screen Safety I have used it for a long time which I feel is very comveient and useful, so I recommend it to you. I hope it will help you in the future and you will love it.
An important property of a lock, in fact, is its granularity. The granularity is a measure of the amount of data the lock is protecting. Generally, choosing a coarse granularity (a small number of locks, each protecting a large segment of data) results in less lock overhead when a single process can be accessing the protected data, but some worse performance when multiple processes are running concurrently. This is because of increased lock contention. The more coarse the lock, the higher the likelihood that the lock will prevent an unrelated process from proceeding. Conversely, using a good granularity increases the overhead of the locks themselves but reduces lock contention. Granular locking where each process has to hold multiple locks from a set of locks can create subtle lock dependencies. This subtlety can add the chance that a programmer will unknowingly introduce a deadlock.
Originally, computer monitors were applied for data processing while television receivers were used for entertainment. From the 1980s onwards, computers have been applied for both data processing and entertainment, while televisions also have implemented some computer functionality. The common aspect ratio of televisions, and then computer monitors, has changed from 4:3 to 16:9.
Some monitors can switch themselves off after a time period on standby.
Most modern laptops offer a method of screen dimming after periods of inactivity or when the battery is in use. This increases battery life and reduces wear.
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Groups based in Ulverston's town hall are concerned about plans to convert the building into flats.
The cabinet of South Lakeland District Council (SLDC) unani-mously agreed the scheme for affordable housing at a meeting in the town.
It means the town council will move into the Coronation Hall But a number of groups based in an annexe of the town hall are worried about where they will be based – and a 'lack of consultation'.
South Lakes Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB) operates out of the annexe, as does Ulverston MIND and Age Concern.
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She told the cabinet that the council should find alternative premises which were 'affordable, accessible and compensatory'.
SLDC said the switch would help towards securing the future of the hall, which faces a funding cut next April.
At the packed meeting, people spoke passionately about protecting Ulverston's civic estate.
But SLDC leader Coun Peter Thornton said that the council spent £238,000 on Kendal Town Hall and the Brewery Arts Centre, compared to £245,000 in Ulverston.
"You can see we are spending a significant amount of money in Ulverston for a town a third of the size of Kendal," he said.
But tearoom owner Douglas Gillam warned that putting council services and a venue together was incompatible.
"If you think you can have a rock group doing a soundcheck in the same building as a council doing office work, it's not really going to work out," he said.
Coun Jonathan Brook, for the Lib Dems, told the meeting: "We need to control our budgets and provide best value for the money we administer across the whole of the district.
"We are committed to working towards the best solution."
Coun James Airey, for the Tories, added: "I'm concerned about MIND, Age Concern and the CAB being run out of the Town Hall. There's been a deliberate running down of the Coronation Hall in the past and I think it's shocking."


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Omni-channel Explosion: Mashery Signs Strategic Agreement with NetSuite
Forrester Research predicts that by 2016, U.S. cross-channel sales will be $1.660 trillion and that more than half of all retail sales will be either online or web-influenced.
With the newly announced strategic agreement between NetSuite and Mashery, an Intel Company, NetSuite ecommerce and e-tail customers using SuiteCommerce (a Commerce as a Service, or CaaS, solution) can now evolve their APIs into APIs-as-Products powered by Mashery. SuiteCommerce customers are hungry to step up their game in digital retail as they rush to avoid being taken down by technical debt.
As more objects gain the ability to communicate, the Internet of Things is resulting in information networks that promise to create new business models, improve business processes, and reduce costs and risks.
Furthermore, as all things turn mobile, multi-channel retail is quickly fading. Ecommerce and e-tail companies must evolve into omni-channel retailers and provide perks like Smart Shopping, where customers can see social ratings, recommendations, and real-time data feeds before they buy. Mashery is the only API Management platform on the market to achieve PCI-DSS Level 1 Service Provider compliance, ensuring that any scale of omni-channel traffic and API calls stays compliant and secure.
Mashery and NetSuite will flex the cloud to ensure seamless integration. CommerceSuite customers using Mashery will keep all of the benefits of NetSuite customer insights, back-office automation, and targeted marketing.
And thanks to platform flexibility, Mashery enables CommerceSuite customers to build apps from both open and closed developer communities to serve different business needs. This enhances the opportunity explosion for the developer community in working with SuiteCommerce customers.
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Past Tenses
- simple past
- present tense
1. Simple past include:
2. The present tenses:
Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous (Progressive) both refer to the present and to the past.
- I have just eaten my chocolate bar.
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The MBA Club presents Guest Speaker Jerrod Schreck
December 04, 2012 05:30 PM - December 04, 2012 06:30 PM
Location: FS 103Come join the MBA Club in a discussion with Jerrod Schreck to learn more about sustainability in management, project management, and his transition from the military to civilian life.
Jerrod has served as the President of Hoku Solar since May 2011. He served as Chief Strategy Officer of Hoku Corporation from April 2010 to November 2012. Previously, he served as the Company's Vice President of Business Development from July 2009 through March 2010, and as the Company's Director of Business Development from June 2008 to July 2009. From November 2006 to May 2008, Jerrod was Development Director and Strategic Projects Manager at the Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, an international non-profit conservation organization.
From March 2006 to November 2006, he was an Associate at Sennet Capital, LLC, a merchant bank in Honolulu, Hawaii providing strategic, financial and M&A advisory services. From August 1995 to March 2006 Jerrod served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, resigning his commission as a Lieutenant Commander. Prior to concluding his active duty service, Jerrod served as Chief Engineer in USS RUSSELL (DDG 59), a destroyer, and as Material Officer at Destroyer Squadron 31. Jerrod received a Master's degree as an Olmsted scholar and earned his Bachelor's degree from Cornell University.
FS 103 on Dec. 4, 2012 at 5:30pm. For questions please contact Diane Parker, email@example.com, 858-220-9350.
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DETROIT The charitable arm of the NBA is expanding its education program about adolescent vaccinations to Detroit.
Detroit Pistons forward Jonas Jerebko and NBA Legend Bob Lanier teamed up with NBA Cares and the Society for Adolescent Medicine to bring Vaccines for Teens to the Metro Detroit community. Vaccines for Teens is a national multimedia campaign designed to educate teens and their parents about the importance of vaccination against serious and potentially life-threatening diseases.
To tip off the campaign locally, Jerebko and Lanier appeared at the Arts and Technology Academy in Pontiac, Mich., to urge parents of preteens and teens to discuss adolescent vaccinations with their family physicians.
Teens are at risk for influenza disease, both seasonal and the influenza A (H1N1) virus, as well as for other serious infectious diseases such as meningococcal disease (including meningitis) and whooping cough (pertussis). The basketball superstar and local community leaders agree it is more important than ever to help protect preteens and teens in the Metro Detroit area from the potentially life-threatening complications of these diseases.
"Vaccination can help teens grow into healthy adults, and is beneficial for the students at Arts and Technology Academy of Pontiac and for teens throughout the Metro Detroit area," said Jerebko. "In basketball, the best offense is a good defense, and the same holds true for protecting teen health."


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Tavia in my heart wins best dressed and actress! She wore a truly stunning piece! The silver design on the gown was subtle at the same time shiny, and stands out with the beautiful necklace and ruffles at the bottom! Although I don't really like the hairdo , I guess it kind of matches?
I absolutely adore Kate Tsui's embossed flower details with a peplum gown. This piece accentuates Kate's figure really well and the necklace does its job and made Kate shin throughout the whole day. Kate's hairdo was also pretty although I wish she let her hair down with loose curls.
Nancy Wu wore a gown that was really translucent with a surprise backless cutting! This gown accentuates her figure really well and fits her like a glove! The hairdo also goes well with this gown.
Christine Kuo and Eliza Sam were actually really stunning that night! Christine's old lace gown gave her a hour-glass figure. I love the lace flare at the bottom and obviously Christine's curls! it's gorgeous .
Eliza was a hot favorite for the Most Improved awards. She wore a white gown with little cutouts, and the silver details cinch in her waistline … Simply gorgeous , I love her updo too!
I love Fala Chen's blue lace gown , it gave her a very feminine look. I love her side curls and her jewelery choice . This gown fits her perfectly…she is one of the better ones on that night.
Linda Chung wore a rather conservative white gown but surprised us with a gray spider web cutout… This was not something the quiet Linda would wear but it works fine though; she totally rocks the updo and those pink lips of her….
Cilla Kung! The cute girl decided to wear a white dress with a weird design and the hairdo doesn't match the dress. She should have left her hair on the side; I love those bling bling.
Host Carol Dodo Cheng wore an orange gown with lace shoulder. I love the jewelery choice . This gown was made perfectly for her! She always has impeccable taste for gowns that suits her body frame….
Niki Chow wore a nude halter gown with stripes for the ceremony … But wait She surprises us with a backless back! So revealing … I love how she kept her look simple and clean with a ponytail and simple makeup….
Aimee Chan's skin tone is perfect for red gowns. This bustier gown highlights Aimee's figure and shows off her legs at the same time. Great job Aimee! Moses Chan's outfit didn't compliment Aimee at all. It's an awards ceremony; Moses should wear a suit!
Mandy Wong won the Most Improved Actress award which I thought she really deserved it. She wore a chartreuse gown with a white chiffon underneath. I love her necklace choice….
Elena Kong in a electric blue gown with a red belt to cinch in her waistline. She thought of color-blocking, using a red belt with blue gown…. Good color combo. I would prefer that she left her neckline bare and should do something with her hairdo.
Katy Kung looked really pretty that night , except for the poofy dress that was similar to Cilla's dress. But Katy's dress has a more innocent feel to it….
I think worst dress definitely goes to Liza Wang. She wore like an emperor robe to the event. I think that she should wear a gown, something like the Anniversary gala. Her lips are spicy red though.
Myolie Wu was the the best dressed last year! This gown gave me an uneven shoulder impression. The metallic cup was not needed . I would prefer that both shoulders were the same.
Michelle Yim, I'm really liking her in The Confidant.But this gown is ill-fitting and gave her no figure at all. She appeared skinnier than usual. Not a fan of the hairdo either.
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Angelababy and Stephen Fung have been promoting their martial arts film franchise, Tai Chi, across Asia. Angelababy glows in a dress from the Elie Saab 2012 Fall Collection. Although the gown looked too mature for the 23-year-old, the cut did cling to her chest and hips accordingly.
Sandrine Pinna exuded classic glamour in a Burberry Prorsum gold lace dress. The structured bodice with its demi cups appeared ill-fitting on Sandrine's chest, otherwise the gown drapes beautifully from the waist down. Sandrine completed the look with beautiful strappy gold heels.
Denise Ho commanded attention in her raspberry-colored Alexander McQueen dress with cinched belt. The gown has a deceptively simple drape and clean bodice, and Denise kept her accessories to a minimum. Her blonde hair and glamorous eye makeup suited the look perfectly.
Although Gwei Lun Mei won the Best Actress award for her performance in Girlfriend, Boyfriend, her Alexander McQueen gown was an underwhelming choice. Denise Ho's gown easily stole more attention with its bold color, while Angelababy and Sandrine Pinna's gowns out-sparkled Gwei Lun Mei's flat palette.
Sonia Sui's aqua and black ruffled dress was an interesting choice, but not exactly red carpet standard. The loud color choice simply reminds you of a nylon bi-colored jogging set.
Dada Chen's dress was ill-fitting on her, as the cups in her bodice were obviously made for a slimmer figure. The dress' rounded feathery bottom immediately made me think of an ostrich.
Amy Kwok and Sean Lau dressed conservatively, although Sean ended up taking the Best Actor award home for his performance in Life Without Principle. Amy has always worn black at red carpet events and her appearance at the Golden Horse Awards were underwhelming and somewhat matronly.
Between Sean Lau and Andy Lau, Andy's fashionable navy suit was the red carpet winner. Andy has acquired a taste for fine suits for every occasion.
The worst dressed of the evening standing side by side. Jackie Chan wears yet another Nehru collar suit with an almost comical effect. While many of Li Bingbing's Gucci sponsored gowns look fantastic, this jade-colored silk dress made her look shapeless and sickly. A cinched belt and shortened hem would have given more balanced proportion and possibly saved the ensemble.
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Joey Yung appeared stunning in a shimmery Burberry coat, carrying a metallic tangerine clutch purse, available for $1,295 USD.
Huang Xiaoming looks fantastic in a purple satin suit that few men would be able to pull off. Maggie Cheung looks fashionably comfortable in at matching geometric cotton shirt ($650 USD) and silk shorts ($550 USD); both available from Burberry.com.
Korean stars, Choi Soo Young and Kwon Yuri look lovely in classically tailored dresses. Kwon Yuri's white peplum jersey dress with sleeve detail is available for $1,095 USD from Burberry.com. Kwon Yuri is carrying the same metallic clutch bag as Joey Yung, but in a gold color.
Denise Ho looks fashionably trendy in a striped suit and pants, while good friend Anthony Wong steals the gold in metallic trendy coat.
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The lovely ladies modeled clothing from the Fall/Winter collection for Atsuro Tamaya, which is characterized by loose, casual shapes that emphasize comfort.
Myolie Wu appears in a black wool coat with color blocks that is functional and high style.
As TVB's fastest rising stars this year, Christine Kuo and Eliza Sam have been making numerous joint promotional appearances together. Dubbed as "Goddesses" by Hong Kong male fans, Christine and Eliza staved off rivalry rumors and looked cozy together in their fur wraps.
Yumiko Cheng's red fur drape is difficult to pull off, as in most bold colored fur pieces. The look is best saved for rock shows.
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Alice Chan was the best dressed of the night, wearing a pastel pink one shoulder gown that was subtly elegant. At 38 years old, Alice Chan still looks fresh and in great shape, a truly everlasting "Goddess" among many of TVB's beautiful women.
Rebecca Zhu's gray-blue dress has an appealing neckline, but her face looks pale, likely due to the pain from her back injury earlier. JJ Jia looks stunning in a dress sponsored by Kir Royal.
Good friends, Ben Wong and Kevin Cheng, wore different hues of red tuxedos, except Kevin decided to leave his socks home. Bosco Wong looked handsome in a navy plaid three-piece suit from Hackett-London, while Michael Tse did not lose his sparkle.
Sharon Chan towers over Ben Wong here due to her 5-inch high heels. Love Sharon's glamorous makeup, but the red gown unnecessarily ages her. Selena Li looks uninspiring in a black lace and lavender dress that appears to be from several seasons ago.
Carol Cheng always makes elegant gown choices that look good on her.
Anchored by Liza Wang, we have a sea of bright hues in orange, red and yellow.
Kristal Tin wore one of many red dresses at the Anniversary Gala. She looked beautiful, but her gown did look too monochrome with an overly busy skirt.
Linda Chung's black and white dress is a tribute to old world glamour. The dress has few interesting details other than the split skirt and was rather plain.
Christine Kuo's gown comes with heavy doses of pink innocence, which does not put forth her greater beauty. This gown screams Angelababy, and Christine would have benefited from wearing a gown with a simpler silhouette to show off her hour-glass figure. With the flyaway hair and pale makeup, Christine made an underwhelming impression.
Aimee Chan stands out with her thigh-high garnet sequin dress that likely had boyfriend, Moses Chan following her legs all night. A beautiful dress that not many can pull off like Aimee. Natalie Tong's sheer pink dress is very feminine, but fades too easily into the background. Selena Li's "flower girl" dress dated and should never have made its appearance on the red carpet. Yoyo Chen's dress is too busy with an overdose of pinched ruffles at the hip and train.
Christine Ng wore a bold rainbow zebra-striped sequin dress that was fun and modern, which was sponsored by Harvey Nichols. Christine's trendy dress stood out from a sea of monochrome-colored, long-skirted gowns at the Anniversary Gala.
Shirley Yeung's dress looks uncomfortable to wear, with a too-tight bodice and mermaid dress with pinched ruffles.
The pattern and cut of Kate Tsui's dress, along with her feathery headgear, sent her straight back to the 1920s. A very odd wardrobe choice for Kate who has been rocking recent carpet events with more trendy choices. Raymond Lam looks beautiful on the other hand in his blue velvet suit.
Natalie Tong looks nice in an fairy-light sheer pink gown, but Ruco Chan just aged himself by at least a decade in the tapestry print jacket. The jacket belongs on a much, much older actor twice his age.]]>
With a total of three nightclubs under its brand–including Muse, M2, Park97–Muse has become the foremost and most exciting nightclub destination in Shanghai. Muse features extravagantly designed VIP theme rooms that make homage to various venerable alcoholic brands such as Jack Daniels.
On opening night, Carina Lau wore a flirty dress with half-circle cut-outs. The lilac color was pretty, but the neckline was cut dangerously low.
Bosco Wong respected the occasion by wearing a skirt! Did Bosco get his seasons mixed up? He looked overly "hot" by bundling from head-to-toe with a leather jacket, long skirt, pants, and lace up boots! A pool of sweat was already building around his neck! With Bosco's tabloid rumors claiming that he was a regular at nightclub destinations, his attire surely did not prove that he was an experienced clubber!
Hong Kong model, Kathy Chow, looked lovely in a aqua dress with pearlescent sheen. Kathy opted for peep-toe pumps that completed her refreshing look.
Model, Qin Shupei, shined in a buttery yellow draped dress. Her sandals with gladiator-inspired ankle cuffs added an intensity to her outfit, which would have looked more appropriate with a leather top.
Taiwanese actress, Alyssa Chia, opted for bold accessories to liven an otherwise boring black and white ensemble. Her earrings resembled a chemical molecule, while there appeared to be two horse tails swishing from the sides of her outrageous belt!
Look closely at the ladies' wrists and you will notice that they are all wearing trendy Tendence watches in different colors!
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Pace's halter-style dress features innovative use of floral and abstract patterns reminiscent of Japanese handmade gift wrapping paper. The pattern mix is beautiful, but the long train at the side would have been better if snipped off entirely. The bold pattern speaks for itself and a simpler silhouette would make the dress more desirable.
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Fan Bingbing looked like a green spring fairy! She wore a striking embellished dress from the Louis Vuitton Spring 2012 Ready-to-Wear Collection. The jadeite color of the dress, coupled with the multi-colored flowers offered great textural interest and a whimsical romantic touch.
Often collaborating with Louis Vuitton, Bingbing carried a Louis Vuitton Alma MM bag in green leather, a bag in which she owns in a myriad of colors. Is this Bingbing's favorite bag?
Is there ever a bad picture of 40-year-old Taiwanese actor, Hu Bing? He looks dashing with a thin mustache and chiseled looks. The only other man that can look equally good in Hu Bing's suit would be Aaron Kwok!
Many Chinese media sources covering the Louis Vuitton Store Opening focused on Gong Li's cleavage, which is well displayed in this black lace dress, with thigh high slit. This look has been done countless times and thus, not truly an original in concept. Gold heels would also have looked nicer with the dress, instead of the current silver ones.
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Bernice Liu shined in a leather zipper dress with silver accents at the waist. She carried an Escada baguette clutch in pastel calfskin. Bernice wore lace up leather plateau sandals, from Escada's Spring/ Summer 2012 Collection. The sandals add a structured and textured look to the outfit, complementing the loose cut of her dress well.
Twenty-three-year-old Janice Man looked all grown up in a collarless fitted jacket, in snow-leopard print from the Escada Pre/Fall 2012 Collection. The jacket is well paired with pale grey cigarette pants. Janice's bright red lipstick and pulled back hair added old Hollywood glamour to the look.
Due to their age, perhaps Bernice and Janice should have swapped outfits instead. Bernice would have carried the mature look of Janice's fitted jacket ensemble better.
Carrie Lam appeared runway ready in an Escada gown with draped neckline and necklace halter detail from the Pre/Fall 2012 Collection. The raspberry color is lovely and Carrie's height displayed the elegant drape of the dress well.
As bright as Carrie shone in her raspberry dress, another Hong Kong supermodel, Gaile Lok appeared in a blaze of emerald. Gaile's blouse has an interesting layered front panel and sheer sleeves, however the flared pants made her feet disappear.
The monochromatic green outfit delivered too much color and would have looked better paired with a light gray skirt instead. Or wear it with a skinny gold belt to break up the top and pants, adding more definition to the waistline.
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Although the stars of Switch opted to wear formal evening wear at the press conference, their choices were far from classy. The fabric of Zhang Jingchu's brown paisley dress is dated and reminiscent of "grandma's" couch. The cut-out panels in Jingchu's dress do not make it appear any more youthful.
Chiling Lin's dress appears to be the same dress she wears in the actual film. The dress has a strappy cut-out panel and sweeping train in the back. Chiling has appeared in far more elegant creations in the past. This silver dress appears to try to hard and lacks elegance, revealing too much skin in a call for attention!
Andy Lau would have looked suave in a monochrome-colored tuxedo, in either white or black. Tossing the bow tie and undoing a few neck buttons would have added to the easy style, rather than trying to achieve a red carpet look, when there was no awards ceremony in sight!
Making the above wardrobe changes may result in a more winning look for the Switch cast, rather than their current awkward choices.
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First published as a weekly in 1884 as The Journalist, Editor & Publisher (E&P) is a monthly journal covering the North American newspaper industry.
Since 2002, Greg Mitchell has been the Editor of E&P, and
he writes both an online and print column. While I've never read the
print version, I have occasionally read Mitchell's online Pressing Issues column, and have actually written about what he has had to say twice in the past.
Click. Print. Bang. was a reaction to the mind of Mitchell, as in his column he advocated that the media should attempt to actively undermine (subscriber-only) the current U.S. President:
No matter which party they generally favor or political stripes they
wear, newspapers and other media outlets need to confront the fact that
America faces a crisis almost without equal in recent decades.
Our president, in a time of war, terrorism and nuclear intrigue,
will likely remain in office for another 33 months, with crushingly low
approval ratings that are still inching lower. Facing a similar
problem, voters had a chance to quickly toss Jimmy Carter out of
office, and did so. With a similar lengthy period left on his White
House lease, Richard Nixon quit, facing impeachment. Neither outcome is
at hand this time.
Lacking an impeachable offense and disappointed that Bush was
reelected to a second term, Mitchell made the following alarmist cry to
the journalistic community:
The alarm should be bi-partisan. Many Republicans fear their
president's image as a bumbler will hurt their party for years. The
rest may fret about the almost certain paralysis within the
administration, or a reversal of certain favorite policies. A Gallup
poll this week revealed that 44% of Republicans want some or all troops
brought home from Iraq. Do they really believe that their president
will do that any time soon, if ever?
Democrats, meanwhile, cross their fingers that Bush doesn't do
something really stupid -- i.e. nuke Iran -- while they try to win
control of at least one house in Congress by doing nothing yet somehow
earning (they hope) the anti-Bush vote.
Meanwhile, a severely weakened president retains, and has shown he
is willing to use, all of his commander-in-chief authority, and then
Mitchell's tone is both decidedly shrill and purposefully ominous,
as he advocates his solution (while saying he doesn't) for what he
seems to regard as the Bush problem.
I don't have a solution myself now, although all pleas for serious
probes, journalistic or official, of the many alleged White House
misdeeds should be heeded. But my point here is simply to start the
discussion, and urge that the media, first, recognize that the
crisis—or, if you want to say, impending crisis -- exists, and begin to
explore the ways to confront it.
Not content with the news being reported by the media about the
administration, Mitchell was publicly pushing for a confrontational
antagonistic policy to be used to try to undermine the White House; a
smear campaign to "start the discussion." He pushes, in no uncertain
terms, to use the media to dig up scandals, building doubts and fears
(his warning that people should, "cross their fingers that Bush doesn't
do something really stupid -- i.e. nuke Iran" is a clear indication of
his mindset).
What he hopes to accomplish by building distrust and fear of the
White House in an influential media is open to interpretation, but
based upon his earlier comments that Bush seemed neither likely to be
impeached nor voted out, Mitchell seems to hope that with enough
fear-mongering, someone sufficiently alarmed by the kind of coverage he
hopes to gin up might find another way to remove Bush from office.
Not just hostile to the President, however, Mitchell has gone out of his way to condemn Israel's response to Hezbollah's rain of rockets on Israeli civilian targets, while dismissing Hezbollah's attempts at mass murder:
The word "rockets" makes Hezbollah's terror weapon of choice seem very
space age, but they are in fact crude, unguided and with limited range
– nothing like the U.S. prime grade weapons on the Israeli side. The
vast majority of them land in the water or an empty field or explode in
the air.
Mitchell again made his opinion on who was more at fault in the recent Hezbollah-triggered war in this column,
and as you might expect, Mitchell placed the blame for Lebanese deaths
squarely upon Israel and the White House, refusing to even mention
Hezbollah's role in the column except to say that Israel created it.
Given his obvious biases, it should have been no surprise when Mitchell released this first part
of a two-part column yesterday, attacking those bloggers who questioned
the manipulation and staging of photos from some photojournalists in
the recent war, primarily fought in Lebanon. His defense should have
been expected, as every example of staged or manipulated stories and
photographs attacked Israel, and the exposure of this journalistic
fraud undermined the anti-Israeli view Mitchell has clearly decided to
Allahpundit at Hot Air rightfully took Mitchell's column to task,
pointing out that clear examples of journalistic fraud did in fact
occur, and catches Mitchell misrepresenting the comments made by Bryan
Denton, a U.S. photojournalist witness to the sight of some staging
performed by Lebanese wire service photographers.
Allah also notes that while Mitchell blasts bloggers and the
suspicions and allegations they've made of staged photos, he pointedly
refuses to discuss the fact that a German television station captured
live video showing just such staging as it occurred in Qana. One can only imagine how much effort Mitchell took to avoid this well-documented proof
that one of the most influential stories of the Hezbollah-Israeli war,
the so-called Red Cross ambulance attack, was, in fact, almost
certainly a complete fraud.
All of this sets up today's editorial from Mitchell, In Defense of War Photographers: Part II, in which Mitchell continues:
In a column here on Tuesday, I mounted a defense of the overwhelming
number of press photographers in the Middle East who bravely, under
horrid conditions, in recent weeks have sent back graphic and revealing
pictures from the war zones, only to be smeared, as a group, by
rightwing bloggers aiming, as always, to discredit the media as a
Which is not to say that this is much ado about nothing.
Obviously, Adnan Hajj, the Reuters photographer who doctored at least
two images, deserved to be dismissed. A handful of other pictures
snapped by others warrant investigation. In a few cases, caption
information was wrong or misleading, and required correction. In
addition, the controversy has sparked an overdue discussion -- some of
it here at E&P -- on the credibility of all photography in the
Photoshop age and the wide use of local stringers abroad in a time of
cutbacks in supervision.
But, in general, the serious charges and wacky conspiracy theories
against the photographers, and their news organizations, are largely
unfounded, and politically driven, while at times raising valid
questions, such as what represents "staging."
Were press photographers smeared, as Mitchell states, as a group?
I have heard no one doubting that news photographers have put their
lives on the line to capture stories, and even when what they capture
on film isn't always popular or what we want to hear in the past, we've
debated it without clearly taking sides based upon ideology.
I can state for my part that I questioned the overall story the
media was presenting from Qana based upon seeming inconsistencies
between the stories and the photographic evidence. These questions
raised by myself and others helped get an investigation
launched—thought Mitchell doubtlessly disproves of it, as it is not the
kind of investigation that serves the interests Mitchell's observed
This success in rooting out some apparent fraud led to bloggers to
look more closely at the other media information coming out of Lebanon
for more, where other suspicious photos and stories emerged.
Did rightwing bloggers attempt to smear the entire media, as
Mitchell alleges, or were they targeting specific questionable stories,
specific questionable photographs, and photographers exhibiting a
suspicious pattern of behavior?
The answer, quite obvious to those that actually read the blog posts
and the commentary they generated, is that bloggers investigating
specific instances uncovered general problems with how the media
gathered news and verified the accuracy of the information, a fact that
Mitchell begrudgingly admits. I'd like to know which "wacky conspiracy
theories" Mitchell was referring to, as the Qana staging episode and
the Red Cross ambulance stories most thought implausible when first
proposed by bloggers, turned out to be absolutely correct.
In a significant number of the more widely disseminated blog posts
asking questions and making accusations about suspicious media
accounts, the suspicions of bloggers turned out to be quite
well-founded. Contrary to Mitchell's suggestions, quite a few—more than
a handful—of the more widely regarded questions raised by bloggers were
exposed apparent staging or fraud--a remarkable achievement by people
thousands of miles away from the story, doing the fact-checking and
analysis that the media should have been doing, but much to their
embarrassment, often did not.
Mitchell, apparently then unable to go much further on his own,
decides to simply turn to the Lightstalkers photography forum, and
quote heavily from media photographers denying that manipulation and
staging took place. And while the much-respected Tim Fadek can say all
he wants that the scene in Qana wasn't staged, and other photographers
choose to take his observations as fact, when I see with my own eyes on
YouTube that it was indeed directed
by none other than Mr. Green Helmet himself, I have every right to
doubt the veracity of Mr. Fadek and other photographers that denied
Qana was staged, along with the media organizations that try to act
that such compelling evidence of malfeasance does not exist.
I suspect that Mitchell's next groundbreaking column will expose
that according to interviews with inmates at San Quentin, 99% are
actually innocent.
This E&P editorial chooses to dodge the real issues of the
media's vetting of the accuracy of the stories and photographs that
they chose to print coming out of Lebanon and other venues, just as
they dodged how so many pictures and events ever had reason to be
questioned in the first place.
Greg Mitchell, Editor of Editor & Publisher shows himself
to be a prime example of exactly what bloggers fear most in the media;
a newscrafter, not a newsman, with a quite specific and heavily
partisan agenda. He seems terrified that if the public actually looked
too closely at how the sometimes tainted product of the news business
is manufactured, they might discover it has fewer quality checks than a
disposable diaper, and sadly, sometimes ends up smelling much the same.
David Perlmutter wrote of the problems with photojournalism last week:
I'm not sure, however, if the craft I love is being murdered, committing suicide, or both.
A simple glance at such industry leaders as Greg Mitchell suggests
that not only are the wounds are indeed self-inflicted, but that some
newscrafters can't keep their fingers from jerking the trigger.
Update: Allah reacts as well.
Cross-posted at the Confederate Yankee.


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I'd have to say its the cheap $10 hub, not m0n0wall.... You get what you
pay for when it comes to hardware...
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Subject: Re[3]: [m0n0wall] Horrible performance..
>>> duplex mismatch issue?
>> Ohh how funny... I just went to the event viewer on my client PC and
>> sure enough there are error messages stating something to the effect
>> that auto-negotiation failed on my Intel NIC. So I assume it
>> downgrades to half when it fails?
> Well I set my PC manually to 10mb/full (since my cheap $7 hub is only
> 10mbs) and it seems to be a *little* snappier but still no where near
> approaching what it should be. Speed tests confirm 540kbs down after
> making that change to my workstation. It is now at least not dial up
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text: Sex and the Citadel is a collection of stories by Shereen El Feki, who spent five years traveling across Egypt and several other Arab countries asking people about sex: "what they do, what they don't, what they think and why". Why write about sex? Her choice of subject matter is partly stimulated by how sexual attitudes and behaviours are intimately (pun intended) linked to the regions religions, traditions, cultures, politics and economics. True to her mission to understand sex in Egypt and the … [Read more...]


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Most of us like to pretend we give the junk food aisles of the grocery store a wide berth. But put us in front of a gooey bowl of Kraft dinner or open a bag of Frito-Lays, and some kind of Pavlovian impulse takes over. We can't resist. In a chilling new exposé of the science and marketing behind the biggest North American food brands, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Michael Moss unveils exactly how products are engineered to have just the right levels of sugar, salt and fat to be downright addictive.
Moss is quick to admit he's no food saint. While he was working on Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, he frequently indulged in his favourite: the mighty potato chip. "I know enough to limit myself, but just listening to these scientists talk about their formulations caused me to drool," he says. What he learned was that, thanks to what he calls the "unholy trinity" of salt, fat and, yes, sugar, researchers have found that chips are the single biggest contributor to weight gain over time, more than any other food.
Moss looks at how chips and their processed cohort came to be complicit in North America's battles with obesity, diabetes and heart disease – by tapping into cravings we didn't know we had. We spoke to him from his desk at The New York Times.
Are we hardwired to love sugar, salt, fat?
Sugar is the most craveable. We have 10,000 taste buds and they're all wired for the sweet taste and it goes directly, fast, into your brain. Kids are born liking sweet tastes. Fat is in some ways even more powerful. It has twice the calories as sugar and it's in all kinds of forms and it's deceptive to the brain. We're not born liking salt. We develop a taste for it at about age six months. There have been recent studies that show that the food industry is hugely responsible for affecting our cravings for salt.
I've heard Canadians like it salty.
The food giants want to hit the "bliss point" – the amount of salt, sugar or fat that is just the right amount to send you over the moon. And when they hit it, the products fly off the shelves. They know that people have different bliss points geographically. There was a senior scientist at the old company General Foods, which morphed into Kraft some years ago. He was in China marketing Tang and as he moved south in the country he noticed people wanted sweeter and sweeter versions. It still remains a mystery why, but you often see people closer to the middle latitudes liking more sugar.
Looking to government for help in regulating food is a complicated matter.
It's a $1-trillion industry. I have chapters in the book on the complicity on the part of the Department of Agriculture in promoting increased consumption of both cheese and red meat because of the agency's commitment and mission to help the agricultural industry. Cheese is now the single largest source of saturated fat in the American diet. Our consumption has tripled to as much as 33 pounds a year.
You open the book with a mafia-esque scene in which the heads of all the major food companies met in 1999 to discuss their role in the looming obesity epidemic. What happened?
It was back when the obesity crisis was growing and there was this moment of opportunity when the industry could have made a decision. What they were being urged to do was collectively address and embrace things that could help fight the obesity crisis. The collective part is huge because as things played out, it became clear that when companies acted on their own, they faced huge competition from other companies and huge pressure from Wall Street. The other thing that struck me was that the people pleading with CEOs were their own senior people. I saw that as one of those stunning moments in the industry when it's at a crossroads making a critical decision.
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The location and length of the sampling reach are determined on the basis of a combination of repeated geomorphic channel units (Meador, Hupp, and others, 1993) and fish sampling considerations (Meador, Cuffney, and Gurtz, 1993). Composite qualitative and quantitative samples are collected within each sampling reach to characterize the algal community. Typically, a single sampling reach is established at each site; however, three sampling reaches are established at a subset of sites in order to assess variability among sampling reaches.
The primary determinant of the length of the sampling reach is the presence of repetitions of two geomorphic channel units, such as a sequence of pool, riffle, pool, riffle. Only those geomorphic channel units (riffle, run, and pool) that cover greater t han 50 percent of the active channel width are considered when determining the length of the reach. If repetitions of geomorphic channel units are not present or are present at intervals of greater than 1,000 m (for example, in large rivers), then the length of the reach is determined to be 20 channel widths based on the width of the channel at the boundary of the reach. Theoretically, this length represents at least one complete meander wavelength (Leopold and Wolman, 1957). Regardless of the method used to establish the length of the sampling reach, the minimum and maximum acceptable ranges are 150 to 500 m for wadeable sites and 500 to 1,000 m for nonwadeable sites (Meador, Hupp, and others, 1993).
The location of each sampling reach is related to a durable reference point, such as a stream gage or bridge pier (Meador, Hupp, and others, 1993), that is used to permanently define the location of the sampling reach. Sampling reaches are located where instream and riparian-habitat conditions are representative of the local area and support NAWQA study-unit objectives (for example, representative of a specific land use, agricultural practice, or reference condition). In order to meet these objectives, the sampling reach may be located upstream, downstream, or adjacent to the site location as long as the water chemistry and hydrologic data collected at the site accurately reflect conditions within the sampling reach or reaches.
A hypothetical intensive ecological assessment site (basic fixed site with multiple sample reaches) is shown in figure 1. Each sampling reach is composed of repeating geomorphic units, two pools (shaded areas) and two riffles (unshaded areas). In this example, sampling reach "A" is located upstream of the basic fixed site; sampling reach "B" is located at the basic fixed site; and sampling reach "C" is located downstream from the basic fixed site. Alternatively, the study-unit biologist might decide to locate all three sampling reaches upstream or downstream from the basic fixed site as long as there are no significant intervening changes in water chemistry, hydrology, or habitat conditions among sampling reaches. Where possible, multiple sampling reaches are separated by a minimum of 150 m.
Qualitative periphyton samples are collected to document the occurrence of algal taxa in as many available periphyton microhabitats within the sampling reach as possible. The purpose of qualitative sampling is to develop a detailed list of the taxa prese nt in the reach at the time of collection. This type of sample, referred to as a qualitative multihabitat (QMH) periphyton sample, is prepared by compositing collections of periphyton from microhabitats present in the sampling reach.