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Ever wonder how many Christians there are in the world? What about Muslims? Hindus? Jews? Or how many people belong to religious groups?
Answers to those questions are now available, thanks to The Global Religious Landscape, a new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
Using data available from more than 2,500 national censuses and large-scale surveys to arrive at its estimates, the survey--considered the most comprehensive to date--found that 5.8 billion of the world's 6.9 billion people identified with some form of religion.
Of that number, 2.2 billion said they are Christians, making Christianity the world's largest religion. Next is Islam, with 1.6 billion followers, Hinduism with one billion and Buddhism with nearly 500 million.
Another 400 million people say they practise folk or traditional religions, including North American and Australian Aborigine religions.
The remainder belong to other religions, such as the Baha'i faith, Judaism, Jainism, Sikhism, Shintoism, Taoism, Tenrikyo and Zoroastrianism, to name a few.
But not everyone is part of a religious group--1.1 billion people don't identify with any religion, making the unaffiliated the third-largest group worldwide behind Chrisians and Muslims and about equal with the size of the world's Catholic population.
Most of the world's unaffiliated are found in countries like China, with 700 million, followed by Japan with 72 million and the U.S. with 51 million. In Canada, over eight million people say they have no religious affiliation.
But not being part of a religious group doesn't mean people don't have a belief of some sort; the survey found that many who don't belong to a religious group say they believe in God or a universal spirit or pursue individual spiritual paths.
When it comes to geographic dispersion, Christianity is the most evenly widespread group, with 26 per cent of Christians living in Europe, 24 per cent in Latin America and the Caribbean, 24 per cent in sub-Saharan Africa, 12 per cent in North America and 13 per cent in Asia-Pacific.
Significantly, barely more than one per cent of Christians today are found in the Middle East, where the faith originated.
Most of the world's Muslims (62 per cent) live in the Asia-Pacific region, with 20 per cent in the Middle East and North Africa, 16 per cent in sub-Saharan Africa, three per cent in Europe and less than one per cent in North America.
The Asia-Pacific region is also home to most of the world's Buddhists and Hindus; 99 per cent of followers of both religions live in that region.
Jews are concentrated primarily in North America (44 per cent) and the Middle East/North Africa region (41 per cent). More than four-fifths of all Jews live in the U.S. and Israel; about three per cent are found in Canada.
When it comes to age of adherents, the survey found the median age of Muslims, at 23 years, and Hindus, 26, is younger than the median age of the world's overall population at 28. The median age for Christianity is 30; for Judaism, it is 36.
What to take from a survey like this? One thing to note is that, despite all the recent media coverage of atheism in the media, it's safe to say that religion has not gone away--people still seem to have a need to believe or belong to a religious group.
Another is the effect of median age, which Pew demographer Conrad Hackett notes is crucial to understanding which religions will grow in the future and which will decline. According to Hackett, the young median age for Muslims and Hindus "indicates that they have a significant growth potential."
A third is the continued dominance of Christianity -- one in three people in the world identify with that faith. Although many Christians today seem to think there is a war on Christianity, the size and reach of that religion suggests, as Max Fisher put it in the Washington Post, that if there is such a war "in global terms, it doesn't seem to be doing very well."
But an important takeaway for me is this question: If the majority of the world's population is religious, and if almost all the world's religions have some version of what is called the Golden Rule, why are there so many wars and conflicts, and why do so many people suffer from hunger, poverty and injustice?
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Residents of the small Gippsland town of Goongerah have been told it is too late to evacuate from bushfires.
''You are in danger, act now to protect yourself,'' said the latest emergency warning from the Country Fire Authority.
''It is too late to leave. The safest option is to take shelter indoors immediately.''
The town is threatened by fast moving, out of control bushfires travelling in a south-easterly direction towards the Goongerah and Martins Creek areas.
Strong north-westerly winds are forecast for tonight into tomorrow with a strong southerly windchange forecast for tomorrow afternoon.
There are two relief centres: at the Orbost Secondary College Assembly Hall and at the Delegate Country Club. A number of local roads are also closed.
Goongerah has a population of 60.
The second emergency warning issued by the CFA is to the nearby town of Buchan, whose residents have been urged to evacuate.
The Buchan warning – which also includes Buchan South and Sunny Point – was issued at 8.37pm.
''There is an out of control bushfire travelling in a south easterly direction from Timbarra and Gil Groggin towards Buchan and surrounds,'' said the CFA.
''Spotfires and ember attacks may impact the Buchan area from dawn Sunday. Leaving now is the safest option, before conditions become too dangerous.
Emergency Services may not be able to help if you decide to stay.
''The Bruthen - Buchan Road is likely to be closed at the intersection of Bruthen - Nowa Nowa Road and Bruthen - Buchan Road when the fire impacts communities.''Buchan has a population of 385.
The Country Fire Authority firefighters are bracing themselves for dry thunderstorms coming from the west on Saturday afternoon, fearing lightning-spark fires in the tinter-dry state.
The thunderstorms are expected to travel east through Gippsland in the evening where there are several large and not yet controlled fires near to the Errinundra National Park and Cann River.
North-easterly winds of 15 to 25 km/h are expected.Two days of total fire ban have been issued for Saturday and Sunday.
Watch-and-act notices remaining in place for Hernes Oak after conditions eased overnight.
''Residents who have stayed will need to remain alert as conditions could change quickly and there is a possibility that the fire could escape,'' the CFA said.
A total fire ban has been issued for the entire state, with Victoria's central and eastern regions being declared an extreme fire danger risk - one level below code red (catastrophic).
Fire Services Commissioner Craig Lapsley on Saturday warned the hot weather was going to be further bolstered by a strong and gusty Sunday afternoon wind change.
Mr Bearzatto said firefighters were experiencing strong winds that were expected to continue to gust up to 80km/h even after the cool change forecast for the afternoon.
''Even on the change - when the south, south-westerlies come in - we're still looking at those strong winds continuing and gusting higher,'' he said.
''Whilst the temperature will have dropped the conditions are still going to be very hot and windy and extremely dangerous.''
Nick Talbot from the State Control Centre said new fires were still flaring up on Sunday morning.
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The 2014 Newton County Special Olympics officially kicked off Monday at Sharp Stadium, showering its athletes with adoration with the opening Parade of Athletes.
The following is a review of the 2014 Newton Rams spring athletic season:
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After qualifying for the state sectional with a runner-up finish in Region 8-AAAA, the Eastside Lady Eagles golf team will continue its march through the postseason, this time at the state tournament at Waynesboro Country Club.
The Oxford College Athletic Department celebrated the life and accomplishments of Georgia tennis pioneer Mary Louise Fowler Saturday, hosting the Fowler Memorial Tennis Classic at the Cline tennis Center.
The Social Circle Lions Club hosted the 2014 Phil Peppers Golf Tournament Friday, May 2, at the Hard Labor Creek State Park in Social Circle.
Rockdale County's Candace Hill paced all area contenders at the 2014 Class AAAAAA girls state track and field championships, leading the Lady Bulldogs to a pair of state title finishes at the event held at Hugh Mills Stadium in Albany this past weekend.
A sprinkler system will cost some money up front - about $2 per square foot, though some of the cost could be offset by lower insurance premium payments - but it could save a home, possessions and even a life.
While the 2014 Olympic Winter Games have come to a close, the Newton County Special Olympic Games are just heating up, beginning with Opening Ceremonies and Olympic Parade Monday morning at Sharp Stadium.
The Newton Rams varsity baseball team put on a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde performance Friday night in its opening round playoff series against McEachern, rallying for a comeback victory in game one before getting run ruled in game two.
As the regular season comes to a close, a new baseball season begins Friday night – the playoffs.
Alcovy High School football player Tristan Payne and basketball player Daja Barnes inked their National Letters of Intent Thursday morning in a ceremony held at Alcovy.
The Alcovy High School varsity boys soccer team's 2014 season came to a close Tuesday afternoon on the road in the first round of the Class AAAAAA Georgia High School Association state playoffs, as the Tigers fell to host Campbell 5-0.
he Alcovy High School golf program scored a pair of region titles this week, as the Tigers' girls and boys golf teams captured Region 2-AAAAAA tournament titles, advancing on to the Class AAAAAA sectional tournament.
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Bond Monies Putting New Shine on Texas State Parks
AUSTIN – Visitors trekking to dozens of Texas state parks to take advantage of pleasant spring weather will find new restrooms, revamped playgrounds and campgrounds, and a host of other park upgrades resulting from millions of dollars in completed and ongoing capital repair projects begun last year.
Through February, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department had spent almost $18 million on a variety of park improvements funded with bond monies approved by the state's electorate several years ago and appropriated by the Texas Legislature in previous sessions.
More than $3 million in bond-funded repairs at Garner State Park is giving a long-awaited facelift to many of the Texas State Park system's overnight camping leader's bathrooms, 17 historic cabins, screen shelters and other infrastructure. Complete remodeling is being done on 22 shelters with 11 fitted to ADA standards, including ADA-accessible walkways.
"The cabins are in full swing with all having been reroofed, rotted and damaged wood is being replaced and contractors are scheduled to start with electrical, plumbing and HVAC work in April," says park superintendent Rick Meyers. "We are looking at reopening cabins in May 2012."
Thus far, he notes, construction crews have completed repairs to the Live Oak Campground's electrical and water system and installed a new water system in Pecan Grove. At Rock Beach, Restroom #10 has been demolished and will be replaced by a new facility with dressing rooms and ADA accessibility. Construction should be complete by early summer.
In all, statewide, general obligation bonds have been sold to fund more than $69 million in repairs and renovations to state park cabins, bathrooms, electrical and water systems, and other state park infrastructure. The majority of the FY08-FY09 funding ($44 million) for the various repair projects at more than 40 state parks comes from the sale of Proposition 4 general obligation bonds which were overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2007 to fix up parks. Along with fixing up more than 40 state parks, the bonds provide an additional $25 million to dry berth the Battleship Texas.
A number of capital repair bond projects address the most-cited concern in a recent Texas state park visitor study: aging and deteriorating bathrooms in state park campgrounds and cabins, according to TPWD Infrastructure Division deputy director Scott Stover, who is overseeing the massive state park capital repair program. Other projects are helping bring state park facilities into compliance with the American with Disabilities Act.
At Brazos Bend State Park, for example, work crews are installing new plumbing fixtures in the park's 30-year-old restrooms and making them ADA compliant as part of a $419,000 bond project. ADA upgrades to the recreation hall and screen shelter area already have been completed as part of Lake Whitney State Park's $2.5 million in capital repairs.
At Bastrop State Park, TPWD has budgeted well over $3.3 million dollars to replace deteriorating galvanized plumbing in six of the historic cabins, replacement of electrical systems in the recreation hall and general improvements at the golf pro shop, all structures built by the CCC more than 60 years ago.
At Cleburne State Park south of Fort Worth, a $2.79 million bond project means groups will soon be able to stay in two new, air-conditioned and heated dorm-style barracks separated by a breezeway that feature 44 bunk beds, lockers and his-and-hers bathrooms. Renovations to the group area dining hall, which will have a fully equipped kitchen, seating for 75 and a covered back porch for diners to catch a breeze, are nearing final completion.
In addition, Cleburne Superintendent Collis Park says he's excited that summertime visitors will be able to enjoy a new concession building, bathhouse/restroom, outdoor patio and beach at popular Cedar Lake. "Having a new restroom will be a wonderful asset. We've been using the two restrooms in the park for years and they've been getting hammered."
Stover expects the majority of the current slate of state park repair projects to be completed by the end of this summer.
TPWD also has begun scheduling a new round of state park capital repairs with funding from the sale of the previous voter-supported state park bonds. The Legislative Budget Board and other state bonding agencies last year approved the issuance of $38 million in general obligation bonds for FY10-11 to fund repair needs at 27 state parks, as well as fish hatcheries, wildlife management areas and support infrastructure.
Scott says that so far, 76 percent, or $28.9 million, has been allocated for state park repair projects, though the list of scheduled repairs is subject to change depending on priorities and other budgetary factors, he said. The remaining funding has been allocated to repair projects at other TPWD facilities.
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Once again, students, faculty, and staff remind the nation of the energy, passion and ingenuity they bring to the tasks of healing our environment and economy.
The nation's leading conservation education and advocacy group recently released the 16th edition of the Campus Ecology Yearbook for 2005. The current edition includes 56 case studies from more than 40 higher education institutions in the U.S. and Canada focusing on conservation and sustainability projects ranging from examining biodiversity on campus, to recycling and waste reduction, to environmental literacy. The campuses featured in the Yearbook are enrolled in the Campus Ecology program at NWF.
Among the 56 projects highlighted in the new edition of the Yearbook, an environmental literacy project implemented by the Plymouth State University (PSU) provides a striking example. The University Environmental Committee (UEC) and the student group, Common Ground, developed a project to raise environmental awareness on campus. They chose "Go Green! Sustainable Campus, Sustainable World" as the title of their project. The "Go Green!" logo was printed on reusable insulated mugs which were distributed to new students and members of the faculty and staff, and were also available for purchase. Those who had the mug received a discount on beverages at the snack bar and coffee shop. The logo was also printed on Frisbees used as plates for campus cookouts. The project also included guest speakers and a panel discussion focused on the topic of "Environmental Justice," environmental workshops, and collaborative planning for Earth Day activities. This project was conducted with support from the UEC and Common Ground. The project participants would like to give special thanks to Common Ground President, Karen DeWitt, and Bill Crangle, the Vice President of Financial Affairs.
Published each year since 1989, NWF's Campus Ecology Yearbook is the only publication of its kind in the U.S. The 2005 projects are available online along with previous year's entries sorted by project topic and state and archived on NWF's Campus Ecology website. The case studies include information on the campus' project goals, successes and challenges, funding strategies and contact information for the project leader and the campus. According to PSU, "The Campus Ecology staff, especially Kristy Jones, provided crucial assistance in helping us organize the three successful workshops that we held on campus on March 9 and 10 [of 2005]." Kristy Jones, NWF's Manager of Campus Climate Action and Education replies, "PSU's environmental literacy project provides a national example that other campuses in the U.S. and abroad can follow. We are excited to be able to document and help share PSU's commitment to conservation and stewardship with a broader public."
NWF's Campus Ecology program is currently working with more than 200 campuses on projects that address climate change and protect and restore wildlife and wildlife habitat. Campus Ecology provides project support, recognition, resources, speakers, campus-based fellowships, and internships for graduates. The website address is: www.nwf.org/campusecology. Campus teams generally enroll as members and apply for recognition or fellowships early in the school year.
The nation's largest member-supported conservation education and advocacy group, the National Wildlife Federation, unites people from all walks of life to protect nature, wildlife and the world we all share. The Federation has educated and inspired families to uphold America's conservation tradition since 1936.
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Settlement would end lawsuit over biomass contract negotiations
Published: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 4:53 p.m.
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Biomass opponents would drop a lawsuit seeking to declare the city's contract for the power plant null and void in exchange for a televised Gainesville City Commission meeting dedicated solely to the issue of the plant and the terms of the contract.
Those are the conditions of a proposed settlement agreement between local anti-biomass organization Gainesville Citizens CARE and city government. The City Commission is expected to vote on whether to accept the settlement agreement at its Dec. 20 meeting.
Gainesville Citizens Care, which is made up of local residents Jo Beaty and Lee Price, filed a lawsuit in April alleging that the negotiations leading up to the City Commission's May 2009 approval of a 30-year contract to buy all of the output from the 100-megawatt plant violated the Sunshine Law.
In a deposition, Price said the lawsuit was intended to make the city "abandon the project."
The suit alleged that the contract negotiating team assembled by Gainesville Regional Utilities General Manager Bob Hunzinger was an "appointed advisory committee" and that its meetings therefore should have been publicly noticed and open to the public with minutes recorded.
The proposed settlement agreement notes that the city and the member companies of the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center, as the biomass plant is known, continue to dispute those allegations and admit no wrongdoing.
The proposed settlement agreement requires the City Commission to schedule a future, televised workshop on the biomass plant and the city's contract to purchase power. Gainesville Citizens Care will be given a "minimum" of four hours to make a presentation. All documents and overhead displays that the group's representatives include in their presentation would be shown during the televised broadcast of the meeting.
Representatives of GRU and GREC will be present to answer questions, and the City Commission will accept public comment but is under no requirement to vote or take any action on the plant.
A follow-up workshop also will be required if "all interested persons" present at the first meeting do not have an opportunity to speak.
Marcy LaHart, the attorney representing Gainesville Citizens CARE, said if her clients had prevailed at trial, the City Commission would have had the option to schedule a "cure" meeting and again approve the biomass contract.
"I think the settlement agreement actually gives us more than what we would have gotten if we had gone to court and prevailed," said Marcy LaHart, the attorney representing Gainesville Citizens CARE. "My client will have a full public forum. If there had been a cure meeting, they could have limited public comment to three minutes each as they do at City Commission meetings."
Al Morales, the chief financial officer for GREC, said the company entered the settlement agreement to avoid spending more time and money on litigation.
"We entered into the agreement to avoid the continued time and expense of litigation," Morales said. "We nevertheless feel very strongly that there was no violation of the Sunshine requirements. We feel the whole process was handled properly."
The biomass plant is rising up on the property of Gainesville's Deerhaven Generating Station off U.S. 441. Construction is approximately 70 percent complete, and the plant is expected to go online in late 2013.
Numerous factors have changed since the City Commission approved the contract in 2009. Natural gas prices have dropped, making gas a far less expensive alternative at this time. Expected federal cap-and-trade legislation and a state requirement for utilities to have renewable energy portfolios have not come to pass.
Those factors have combined to make the upward pressure on rates greater than initially expected.
The City Commission and GRU are taking a series of moves -- including a bond refinancing,a potential arrangement to pre-purchase power and a hotly debated decision to build up a fund of more than $20 million through customer fuel adjustment charges -- to try to limit the initial rate impact to $10.56 per 1,000 kilowatt-hours in 2014.
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Hopefully everyone out there in TV land caught the debut of our favorite dog Newman on this weekend's episode of 5 Ingredient Fix, and everyone understands why we're so excited about our newest star. Our newest star Claire Robinson, of course! I'm happy to be the very first one to report that we've picked up the show for 13 more episodes of 5 Ingredient Fix! You heard it here first!
So now that it's clear that everyone wants more Claire the big work begins – how does she go about developing her recipes? Well, every Food Network chef has their own way of working, but no matter what, every recipe has to be tested multiple times to make sure it's absolutely perfect. Claire tests her recipes at least three times and usually more, which as you can imagine takes quite a bit of time.
Recipes should also get tested with different equipment – electric stoves and gas stoves, convection ovens and regular ovens, non-stick pans and regular pans – the list goes on and on. You just can't test a recipe enough. It's a good thing that all of Claire's recipes require no more than five ingredients each, because that's a lot of food!
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HOUSTON - From rats and roaches to old food that health inspectors said could make you sick, every week our Restaurant Report Card gives you important information to help you decide where to take your family to eat. But all across our area, there are kitchens serving food to your kids every day, whether they like it or not.
KPRC Local 2 consumer investigator Amy Davis takes the Restaurant Report Card to school cafeterias.
No matter how old or young you are, you probably have some memories of your old school cafeteria.
"Chicken tenders with cheese," one mom told Davis.
"The best part is the milk," said one Foster Elementary fourth grader.
But Local 2 Investigates found some schools making more than memories. Just like restaurants, school cafeterias are inspected at least once a year, and the rules are the same.
"They have to meet the same standards as any restaurant," city of Houston Health Department Consumer Health Bureau Chief Patrick Key said. "Hot and cold running water. Temperatures have to be correct."
Let's face it: Small children are more at risk for food-borne illnesses than adults. Health inspectors would agree the violations they found in the Clear Creek Independent School District add to their concern.
Health inspectors told employees to "take all effective measures to minimize the presence of rodents at Clear Lake High's ninth-grade campus.
They told employees at Space Center Intermediate to clean inside the "cabinets to remove old rodent droppings."
At Westbrook Intermediate, the milk was too warm. Employees were ordered to repair the walk-in cooler.
At the Houston Independent School District's Foster Elementary, a manager told inspectors exterminators placed glue traps and that they are aware of the rodent problem, but said they can not find the point of entry.
"You can get so many type of infections from rodents, so, yeah, it's a big concern," one Foster Elementary parent said.
Cafeteria employees at Briscoe Elementary were written up for not washing their hands.
Inspectors condemned 11 pounds of food and milk at Gallegos Elementary deemed "not safe for human consumption" because it was stored at the wrong temperature.
Employees at Dechaumes Elementary agreed to close the cafeteria when inspectors showed up and found no hot water in the kitchen.
Even with those violations, most schools in HISD had none. Schools like Edison Junior High, Albert Thomas Middle School and Harvard Elementary all earned an A for cleanliness.
Private schools don't get a pass from health inspectors, either. When they stopped by the Montessori School of Downtown in League City, inspectors "observed roach activity" under a counter and roach droppings on door hinges.
Inspectors didn't find any violations at Humble ISD's Kingwood Park High School or Aldine's Bethune Academy. Both earned an A+.
"You have to do your job every day the right way," Beverly Hills Intermediate cafeteria manager Debbie Murray said. "You can't just prepare for the inspector. That's not what it's about."
At Beverly Hills and almost every school in Pasadena ISD, inspectors found spotless cafeterias.
"It's about providing safe food every day as we go along," said Murray.
There are hundreds of schools in our area. We just couldn't include them all in this report. To find the City of Houston health inspection report for your child's cafeteria, click here and enter the name of the school.
All of the schools or districts mentioned in this story were offered the opportunity to talk with KPRC Local 2 on camera. They all declined, but sent us the following statements:
"The Clear Creek Independent School District is committed to providing a safe and effective environment for all students. We share in the city of Houston Health Department's mission to ensure kitchen and serving areas meet city, state and federal guidelines. District staff took immediate actions to correct the issues raised in the inspection reports.
- A subsequent inspection on September 27, 2011 by the Houston Health Department concluded with a positive report on the Clear Lake 9thGrade Center, no violations or signs of problems.
- Cooling controls at Westbrook Intermediate have been modified to provide adequate refrigeration. This was corrected immediately. There is no indication that a follow-up inspection is required.
- City-recommended pest control efforts have been implemented at Space Center Intermediate. The District employs a full-time certified pest control manager who regularly inspects campuses and district facilities."
Elaina Polsen Director of Communications
"Montessori School of Downtown has all services necessary to maintain a healthy and safe environment, including, but not limited to, pest control. Our school has a certified food manager on site at all times and is serviced for pest control quarterly. If there are ever any bug sightings, we call our service company and they always respond very promptly. They are very thorough in their inspections and spray each and every classroom as well as the cafeteria and offices. If they need to come out in between scheduled servicing, they always include the cafeteria as well, just because they are there and to be very diligent in preventing any unwanted bugs. The pest control company serviced this school for the quarter on Sept 2, 2011. The health department came to the school for their annual inspection the morning of Sept. 13, 2011. We notified our pest control people about the few roach droppings that were found immediately and they came to spray again the same afternoon ... Sept. 13, 2011.The health department is very thorough as well; if there was a serious issue they would be visiting our school on a much more frequent basis than annually. I am attaching a copy of the scheduled service as well as the follow up service. Please note the technicians remarks stating that "it is not unusual to see dead roaches after a technician has treated".
"Serving safe, nutritious and quality food is our top priority. HISD Food Services has ongoing, rigorous training and quality assurance processes to ensure we meet very high standards for each of the 270,000 meals served daily in the district?s 284 school cafeterias.
"HISD Food Services has an internal Department of Quality Control/Assurance that conducts comprehensive food safety inspections at each campus throughout the school year. Additionally, the city of Houston Health Department inspects each campus a minimum of two times each school year. These proactive inspections are reported weekly for follow-up and potential issues are immediately addressed and corrected. All cafeteria managers are certified in food safety by the city of Houston Department of Health and Human Services. Additionally, while not required by the city of Houston, the majority of all food service employees are also certified in food safety.
"The District regards the Quality Control inspections as an extremely valuable tool in assuring the safety and well-being of all students."
Brian Giles Senior Administrator, Food Services Houston Independent School District
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If 2013 was the year of Big Data, in 2014 tax departments will focus on consolidating systems and reducing manual processes to increase data accuracy.
As the adage goes, all good things come at a price. With regards to Big Data, that adage holds particularly true for tax executives.
According to a poll conducted at the annual Thomson Reuters SYNERGY Conference, consolidating and gathering tax-related data requires the most effort during the compliance process (with 44% of respondents indicating as such).
An additional 16% spend the majority of their time on data error detection and corrections. With terabytes of data being the norm these days, it is not surprising that finding the right data in a timely manner is no easy feat. As I wrote in November, tax compliance requires quality data that is both accurate and complete. Our survey results reinforce this position.
Additional findings from the survey of 80 executives responsible for sales, use and VAT compliance found:
• More than half (55%) of respondents still store data in multiple ERP systems, which exacerbates data management and quality problems.
• More than half of respondents (58%) are spending more time on manual preparation than they do on tax strategy and planning.
• Only 31% have moved from ERP systems to specialized solutions to ensure compliance with VAT filing requirements and deadlines.
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CHIPPENHAM archer Pauline Burfitt is hoping for county help to represent Great Britain at some of the world's biggest competitions later this year.
Burfitt, 60, who is ranked as a Grand Master Bowman, has been picked to represent her country as part of a four-strong ladies' compound team at the first stages of the 2013 Archery World Cup, in Shanghai, China, in May and Antalya, Turkey, in June.
She is also hoping to qualify for this year's World Championships, also in Antalya, in September.
But the self-funded archer, who works full-time as a community resource worker for Wiltshire Council, will have to pay her own way.
She is now on the lookout for sponsors to help her hit the mark on the world stage.
"I've been looking in to travel, hotels and everything else that I'm going to need and it's looking like it's going to cost me around £1,300 for each event," said Burfitt, who won two gold medals on her international debut at the European Grand Prix event in Cyprus, in June last year.
"This is the chance to go to some of the best championships there are.
"The World Championships will be the biggest thing that I've ever done, if I can get there.
"I've always wanted to represent Great Britain at the highest level I can and it's taken a long time to get here but I'm really excited to have the chance this year.
"I've been lucky enough to get a few sponsors for my equipment, and I have their names on my hat and chestguard, but I really need some more sponsorship from anyone that will help."
Burfitt is a member of Chippenham Archers and will also be looking to qualify for the grand final of the Archery UK national series for the second successive year this season.
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This unique duo met while Racing against each other during Season 9. During their travels, they developed a bond which transpired into a romance and the two have been dating for the past year. Eric, who had partnered with Jeremy during his first Race around the world, finished in 2nd place to the Hippies while Danielle, who ran the Race with her best friend Dani, were the 4th Team ousted.
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Parents Of Autistic Brick Teen Appeal Football Ruling
The parents of an autistic teenager who sued after New Jersey's high school sports governing body denied him a fifth year of eligibility are appealing a federal judge's ruling.
The judge found the parents of Anthony Starego failed to show that the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletics Association violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, saying the player was given access and opportunity.
But the Asbury Park Press reports the judge said the ruling might have been different if the case centered on the association's rules governing eligibility.
The parents said the starting placekicker for the Brick High football team was entitled to play another year because he functions academically like a 10-year old.
The NJSIAA denied him eligibility because he'll be 19 and has played four years.
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This was one of those "oops" moments that fortunately didn't end badly. A couple of Saturdays ago I bought a package of spareribs and put them in the fridge, only to forget about them until my wife mentioned last Thursday that there was a bag of something at the back of one of the shelves.
That night I opened them and they smelled and felt OK, so I mixed up a quick basic rub and put them back in the fridge until Saturday.
I had to peel the membrane but the trimming was already done, so those pieces were the first off the smoker after a few hours. I used Stubb's hardwood briquettes and a couple of big pieces of windfall hickory (unsoaked) from the tree in the yard.
The tips and trimmings are just as good as the ribs, but I had plans for them and had to limit myself to just a few pieces.
I didn't to any basting or foiling, and after 5 hours or so the meat had pulled back enough for my liking.
The amount of color surprised me but I guess it was the result of the smoke and the day-and-a-half cure time with the rub. At least they didn't taste hammy.
The trimmings wound up in a saucepan of canned baked beans, and really added some good flavor. Fortunately I intercepted my 18-year-old later that evening and was able to keep all the leftovers from being eaten.


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Richard C. Barringer
SCOTIA -- Richard C. Barringer, 65, Harlau Drive, formerly of Kingston, died Friday after a short illness.
A resident of Scotia for many years, Mr. Barringer was a supervisor in the gas turbine department of General Electric, retiring in 1986 after 38 years of service. He was a member of the G. E. Quarter Century Club. During World War II, he served in the U. S. Navy.
Born in Kingston, Feb. 18, 1925, he was the son of the late George Barringer Sr. and Emmadella Wells Barringer.
Survivors include his wife, Frances Monteleone Barringer; a son Richard M. Barringer of Schenectady; three daughters, Frances C. Shepard and Laurie L. Micheli, both of Burnt Hills, and Lynda L. Barringer of Scotia; a sister, Mickey Ellsworth of Kingston; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was the brother of the late George Barringer Jr., Beatrice Ellsworth, Edna Scully, Rhea Banks, Minnie Ellsworth and Evelyn Barringer.
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Topic: Some Help on What to Say to a Loved One w/CC
Saw this article this morning and thought it pretty good:
Follow their lead. If you aren't sure what to talk about, just ask. Chances are your loved one wants want to feel as normal as possible. Don't assume your loved one can't handle an open, honest discussion.
Don't minimize their experience. Try not to say things like "Don't worry, you'll be fine." You don't know that. Instead say, "I'm really sorry" or "I'm here for you."
Stay connected. Cancer can be lonely and isolating. Don't avoid your loved one because you don't know how to handle the situation. You can say things like: "You are not alone in this, I'm here for you," or "I love you and we will get through this together." It's even okay to say "I don't know what to say."
Stop and listen. Sometimes just listening to your loved one, without judgment, is the best thing you can do. You don't always have to fix everything. Your loved one may not want to talk at all, and would rather sit quietly. It's okay to sit in silence.
Don't preach to them. Everyone does cancer his/her own way.
Don't tell your loved one what to think, feel or how to act. Avoid saying things like: "Stay positive," or "Keep fighting." If your loved one gets worse, you don't want him/her to feel that he/she didn't fight hard enough.
Accept bad days. At times, your loved one may be depressed, angry, or just have a bad day. It's unrealistic to expect your loved one to stay positive all the time. It will cause more frustration, guilt and stress for him/her. Accept the bad days, give your loved one space when he/she needs it.
Take a break from cancer. It doesn't always have to be about cancer. Focus on other things, like spending time together doing something fun.
Show them you care. Show your loved one that he/she is still needed and loved. Give him/her a hug. Surprise him/her with books, magazines or music. Tell your loved one what he/she means mean to you. Let your loved one know that you still see him/her as a person, not as a cancer patient.


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Meet the Staff: Marisa
Youth Services Associate.
What high school did you go to?
Guerin Prep
What is your favorite YA book?
What is/are your favorite pizza toppings?
Cheese and Sausage and Pepperoni
What was your favorite high school class?
What's the CD you can't live without?
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text: Updated from 2:54 p.m. ET with details about Richard MarriottNEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Mitt Romney already has a new job. Sorta. J.W. Marriott, Jr., executive chairman of Marriott International ( MAR), announced Monday that the former Republican presidential nominee would be rejoining the company's board. "We are delighted that Gov. Romney has agreed to rejoin our board, on which he has served with distinction twice before," Marriott said in a statement. "We will benefit from his tremendous energy and capability to guide long-term success in an increasingly complex business environment. We look forward to working closely with him again as a member of our strong, talented and diverse board." Romney previously served on the board from 1993 to 2002, when he successfully ran for Massachusetts governor. He served a second term on the board from 2009 to 2011, when he left to run for the GOP nomination. "It is an honor to once again be able to serve in the company of leaders like Bill Marriott and Arne Sorenson and to support the work of the tens of thousands of Marriott associates who make Marriott International the renowned success that it is," Romney said in a statement. Marriott and brother Richard Marriott donated $5 million to Restore Our Future, the Super PAC supporting Romney, during the election, according to Federal Election Commission records compiled by opensecrets.org. Richard Marriott holds $1.2 billion in shares of Marriott, according to Bloomberg data, and is chairman of Host Hotels and Resorts ( HST). Shares of the hotel giant were shedding 0.83% in afternoon trading on Monday. The stock had been trading below the flatline since the morning session. -- Written by Joe Deaux in New York. >Contact by Email. Follow @JoeDeaux


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Phoenix Makes Case to Host Democratic Convention in '16
City and government officials in Phoenix are currently preparing for a visit Sept. 9-11 from the Democratic National Committee. Phoenix joins four other cities – New York City; Philadelphia; Columbus, Ohio; and Birmingham, Ala. – as finalists to host the 2016 Democratic National Convention. The committee of Democratic officials to visit Phoenix makes up the… Read More →


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Angie's List founder Angie Hicks doesn't want you to be surprised by emergency home repairs this year.
That's why she's calling on homeowners like you to take the Angie's List Pledge to get their houses in order in 2014.
Because that's much easier said than done, Hicks is providing free and useful tools to help homeowners keep their pledge. The pledge and its information are free and available to all consumers – not just Angie's List members.
So far, the most popular projects planned include basement, bathroom and kitchen updates, along with painting and carpet cleaning or replacement.
Many homeowners put off projects because they simply don't know where to start and they worry about lack of time and money. But making a list of what's important to you can get you on the right track. Write down everything that needs to be fixed, needs updated, and even add the things from your wish list then prioritize your items so you're not surprised.
Here are 3 guidelines to get you started:
- Planning: Walk around your house and observe the shape of your house inside and out. Take a look at your home as if you were buying it.
- Budgeting: Consider how much available you have to spend and start with projects that you can afford. Make sure the money you spend will add value to your home.
- Executing: Timing is key in projects. Make sure you factor in what season you'll be doing the work or what time of year may be the best time to get on a contractor's schedule if you're hiring out the project.
Once you have your list of projects in hand, consider these 10 factors:
- Start Small: Tackle the smaller jobs first because you'll more likely finish the project.
- Wants vs. needs: Make a list of projects that "need" to get done. Finish those first, then move on to your "wants".
- Safety concerns: Handle any projects that could affect your family's safety. Do you have water damage or faulty plumbing? Leaking water should be a priority because it could cause structural problems down the road. Also, check to make sure your smoke alarms are working and childproof your home.
- Upgrades: Perform projects that reduce energy and water consumption. This will save you money in the long run.
- Small tasks, big rewards: Make easy, low-cost improvements that can offer significant results such as painting a room, or changing a light fixture.
- Tedious Jobs: Polish off repairs that have been a nuisance, or that you have been putting off such as that squeaky floor and leaky faucet.
- Pest Control: Check for the insect kind or the small furry ones. Sealing your home and lawn against pests in an important home maintenance item.
- Cosmetic: Fix that hole in the wall, repair molding, or add a splash of color to your walls.
- Curb Appeal: Improvements to the home's exterior will make it more inviting. Get a new front door or spruce up the landscaping.
- Stay positive: Don't get discouraged. Just remember not to get too overwhelmed or you'll never see the project through. At the end of the year, you'll have a lot to look back on.
The Angie's List Pledge is easy. Step one is taking the pledge to commit two hours to inspecting your home and identifying its problem areas. Step two is putting together a list of what projects to tackle first. If you don't know where to start, Angie's List offers a downloadable pledge checklist.
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October 3, 2010 by in AZ Business Magazine | Featured | Small Biz
Company: Sonoran Rain Landscape Creations | Sonoran Waters Custom Pool and Spa Title: Owners Web: www.sonoranrain.com | www.sonoranwaters.com Est.: 2003, 2005 Mike Johnson took the saying, "If you want something done right, do it yourself," to heart when he started his own business. Johnson began his career in landscape maintenance in 1983, and 20 years… Read More →


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Meatless Monday is a global movement, a way of life. It's not a campaign to turn everyone in the world vegetarian or vegan; in fact, many involved are meat-lovers. Eating less meat has been proven to reduce the risk of disease, curb obesity and has important environmental impacts, too. Will you join us in giving up meat, just for one day a week?
Be honest: how many dozens of eggs did you decorate for Easter? I always color at least 3 dozen. There are two many fun color combinations and decorating techniques to decorate any less. But after the Easter egg hunt is over, what do you do with all of those eggs? You can peel one or two, sprinkle with salt and eat them plain, but with the remaining 30-something eggs, you're going to have to get a little more creative.
Deviled eggs are quite an expected use for hard-boiled eggs, but that doesn't mean the preparation has to be. Go traditional and make Paula's Southern version, or try adding 4 kinds of peppercorns like Alton does.
Asparagus and eggs belong together like peas and carrots or peanut butter and jelly. It's just natural.
You've got boiled eggs, now boil some potatoes and make a picnic-worthy potato salad.
Spinach salad is commonly made with hard-boiled eggs, though many recipes also call for bacon. It's tasty, if that's your thing, but not so vegetarian or Meatless Monday-friendly. Try Alex Guarnaschelli's spinach salad — the spinach leaves are lightly wilted with a warm, bacon-free dressing and topped with hard-boiled eggs.
Egg salad sandwiches are another expected use for hard-boiled eggs, but appropriate nonetheless. When you're tired of egg salad, make a French-inspired Pan Bagnat — a savory mixture of tomato salad, black olives and hard-boiled eggs pressed into a baguette.
A note on food safety: Hard-boiled eggs last, refrigerated, in their shells for 5-6 days. If they've been sitting out for more than two hours, or 1 hour outside in the heat, then it's best to throw them out.
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By Steve Dyke
Epsom & Ewell showed their goalscoring potential in a 6-1 win against Raynes Park Vale in the Combined Counties Premier Division last Saturday.
Manager Lyndon Buckwell played all his goal threats in the same side and it payed dividends as the Salts recovered from conceding a fourth minute goal.
The response was swift and effective when Robbie Burns rode a challlenge in midfield and send Mark Jarman away for a confident finish.
Epsom began to make chance after chance and they took the lead when Burns's header back across goal was touched home by Jarman from close range for his second.
The key goal came on 33 minutes - Burns showed all his skill as a finisher, when apparently closely marked on the edge of the box, to swivel and ping a shot in off the right hand post for 3-1.
This subdued Raynes Park's resistance and the Salts created many more chances in the game adding three more goals - Burns headed home a Sam Currie cross, Dale Marvell ran onto a Jarman cut back to rifle home a fierce shot, and substitute Matt Robinson ran onto a Carl Downs pass to put the icing on the cake in the final minute.
This result lifted Epsom to a season high fourth in the league and has raised hopes of them being competitive at the top end if the run of league form can be kept going through the second half of the season.
Their league hopes will be unhindered by a run in the Surrey Senior Cup following Tuesday nights 1-4 defeat to Leatherhead in the second round.
This time a fourth-minute goal from the visiting team was not cancelled out quickly, and the Tanners led 2-0 at the break.
A come-back was briefly threatened when Billy Ramsey notched his first goal for the club to make it 2-1, but a defensive calamity a minute later undid this good work and Leatherhead added a gloss to the score with a penalty later in the second half.
Epsom will hope to extend their run of league wins to five at home to Wembley on Saturday, and then away to Molesey on Boxing Day.


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07-02-2013, 10:12 PM #61Steam: Gundato
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If you want me on either service, I suggest PMing me here first to let me know who you are.
I'm a couple of hours in on Hard. I've skipped upgrading at the first two benches and I'm still drowning in ammo and spare medpacks. Fear that they'd nerfed the weapons so you'd want to buy scavenger bots seem irrelevant, since the vanilla plasma cutter's working just fine for me so far.
I wouldn't say I'm enjoying it quite as much as its predecessor yet, but it feels like Dead Space, and that's a good thing.
Plasma cutter is all you ever seem to need. Made it through first two games with that and I intend to do the same for 3.
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That was right at the start of the game, on Easy, on the first ship. They were rather far away.
The problem is the entire Tesla line is poor. Other weapons are much better.
Stasis Javelin + Bullpup Rifle got me through a large part of the endgame. Strong enough for the big guys, enough ammo to take out the tiny enemies.
It seems anything designed to slice off multiple limbs at the same time is balanced by being really quite weak. You're better off just getting something that hits hard and accurate and going for them one at a time.
Ammo and medpacks are given out willy nilly. You will never have too few.
This happens fairly often: http://i.minus.com/ibieSWHUEPWjL9.jpg
The Fleet story segment could have been longer (It was the best area, imo), as could the snowy wilderness.
The ending is quite terrible, generic AAA sequence.
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I take back everything nice I said about this game. I just lost an hour and a half of progress because the designers of Dead Space 3 believe "save and quit" should only do half of what it says. Sure, it saved my inventory, but if I wanted actual progress in the game saved? I had to proceed forward until I reached a point where the game decided it's a good time to do that. Which I couldn't do, because a bug locked a door behind me for no reason, so I had to "save" and quit, then return to find I had to fight a shit hard battle again, then find a whole side-mission I'd just completed waiting to be completed once more.
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So I've heard DeadSpace 3 is the most anticipated game by horror survivalist fans. I played thefirst two iterations of the game and so I was thinking that this third one willnow only feature re-packaged horror. I was wrong.
For all myexpectations of the same scare throughout the game, I was still amazed overall.I noticed though that the game seemed to have shifted more from horror toaction. It's mostly action all throughout the 19-chapter story as I navigateIsaac Clarke through blood-stained corridors, hangar decks, abandoned researchfacilities, a barely lit supply room, outdoor terrain that brings back raw emotions, etc.
The visual momentswhen Isaac was floating around in space is unforgettable for me. It's a gooddistraction from the grind of dismembering vicious Necromorphs all throughoutthe game, as well as the explorations and puzzle solving. The gravity-defyingmissions are spectacular anywhere in the game.
I also love thestaggering thousands of combinations in tweaking upper and lower parts of mycharacter's munions masterpieces in this game. The weapon system is morecomplex than ever and there are many supplies of workbenches to work, keepingme satiated for hours as I collect components and raw materials throughout thegame.
The game is trulyamazing. I can't say less. Reviews of both critics and fans tell one thing:this game conquers 2013.
A review fromGamearena is a good example.
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Then you heard wrong ambing,i rather believe true horror survivalist fans are eagerly awaiting Amnesia:Machine For Pigs.
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This game is really great. I didn't expect to like it half as much as I do. But I love it!
As Gunner noted above, you really have to pay attention to the progress saved notice in the top left, as that is the only time it saves your geographic progress. It never saves during side missions, so you have to finish those in one sitting. Just always be sure you see the progress saved notice before you quit.
You know what you need when space zombies are abound. A shotgun with a shotgun. Surprisingly good game, never played the earlier ones. Also started the game on hard and that seems like a good "normal" difficulty.Twitter! Occasional impressions on random sim games.
Yes. I've recovered somewhat from my ragequit. I still can't fathom why they went with such an aggressively, almost daringly stupid save system. And I hate that you can't just look at weapon designs speculatively, weighting your options; once you get to the parts selection screen, you can't leave without it crafting whatever blueprint you threw together. There's no cancel. That's bonkers. And a number of other little ways that the game decides it knows what you're doing better than you do, and is almost always wrong.
But because they are the sins of an otherwise masterfully crafted game, one that shifts through a number of different mechanics so seamlessly on the fly, lets you float around in (silent!) space, and attach a flamethrower to a shotgun, I'm willing to forgive them. So far.
I feel bad for anyone starting with this one, though. I really suggest stopping now and playing through the first two. They are truly superb, both in different ways, and definitely better than the third. And while many people complained about Isaac becoming some sort of action hero (he really doesn't), I've enjoyed the development in character from silent struggling-to-stay-alive victim to slightly-sarcastic-looking-for-a-reason-to-live protagonist to tragic fuck-it-let's-kill-ourselves-trying-to-accomplish-just-one-good-thing hero.
I just wish they hadn't put Ellie in that HEY CLEAVAGE shirt. And that I could have an engineer suit again.
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Gunner you can actually cancel your weapon, you have to go into the selection of one of the essential parts (ie. base or upper tool) and you can select 'deconstruct weapon'. Yeah, stupid isn't it.
Overall I prefer the first two games, this one is trying really hard to make me not like it, in spite of my affection for the series. Nice as weapon customisation is, universal ammo is the spawn of Satan and destroys diversity. It allows one weapon to be a be-all-end-all for every role, without the need to ever switch.
The most practical weapon I've found so far is the high damage assault rifle up top (military engine + rail accelerator or something) with a force gun underneath (default plasma). Fill it to the brim with damage + clip upgrades and it serves every situation. The rate of fire combined with high accuracy and damage makes the primary a good killer for anything, while the force gun is the perfect "oh shit" space clearer. On a second playthrough now, I've swapped out the force gun for a grenade launcher, slightly more limited use, but more fun.
In my other slot I alternate between a good old Contact beam, impractical but fun, and an exploding harpoon gun.
Ah, thanks for the tip.
There's no one weapon I love, not like I loved the supercollider and flamethrower in DS2. Having to scrounge ammo to keep them fed, and scrounge nodes to get them fully upgraded made them feel more like things I'd built than the ones I've actually built in this game. Except for the plasma cutter, the weapons in this chapter just feel... less solid.
Still, I'm getting a lot of use out of a burst-fire pulse cannon and flamethrower combo with scope and stasis attachments. Few get near; they get fried. Electrified shotty's pretty fun too. Now that I've got resources to spare I'm curious about the bolas gun, I'm just having a hard time seeing how it'd be practical.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - More than 2.2 million ballots in Florida -- including 124,699 in Duval County -- have already been cast with four more days of early voting to go before Election Day.
Half-way through Florida's eight-day early voting period, 78,990 ballots were cast at early voting sites in Jacksonville and 45,709 absentee ballots have been returned out of 99,607 requested. Duval County elections officials say 22 percent of registered voters by Tuesday night.
In Clay County, 19,379 have voted early and 13,448 mail-in ballots have been received. That's 24.7 percent of the registered voters.
St. Johns County reports that 26 percent of registered voters had cast ballots by Tuesday evening: 24,409 voting early and 16,028 by absentee ballot.
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Results of early and absentee voting are not released until the polls close at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, but the breakdowns by party of ballots cast is known. In Duval County, 50.8 percent of early votes cast have been by Democrats, 36.8 percent by Republicans and 12.4 percent by others.
As absentee ballots continue to be counted, political observers see an erosion of the traditional advantage for the GOP. In 2008, Republicans held a 15 percent edge in mail-in voting. Statewide, that gap has narrowed to 4 percent this election cycle, which concerns the GOP.
Channel 4 obtained a letter Tuesday from a Republican adviser saying, "They are cleaning our clocks."
Crowds that set records on Saturday's first day of early voting have remained strong. Duval County Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland says the level of interest could drive total turnout to 80 percent -- higher than 2008.
St. Johns Supervisor Vicki Oakes says this year's turnout could top their all-time record of 81.5 percent in 1976.
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A behind the scenes look at SAAM 2013
Let me paint a picture for you. You are sitting between family and friends, center of the aisle, that preferable distance from the stage. You are back far enough to take everything in but still see the closer details of the show. The curtain's drawn, but the scene is set. It's only a matter of time before something happens.
Maybe it's your favorite band, that show you got tickets for months in advance, or even a local production starring someone you adore – no matter the occasion, you are about to witness a team's greatest effort at turning planning and practice, scattered energy and efforts, into an experience that touches audiences in some way. Whether the goal is to tickle your funny bone or inspire you to take action – folks behind the curtain are putting it all out there with intentions and hopes for the production and those who witness it.
To offer an aside, my role in helping to plan SAAM feels a lot like this. In my brain, I picture a director's chair and maybe even one of those clapper boards, but in reality this looks more like crossed-fingers and heavy use of the mantra "the show must go on."
For many of us who plan events or work on prevention messaging, this experience isn't unfamiliar: it's showtime. In SAAM land, "showtime" is t-minus 8 months away, and we are behind-the-scenes navigating a dance of ideas, plans, and reality. There are meetings, discussions and an obscene amount of e-mails. In the heat of planning the temptation is to rush, check-off and check-out, but it's a time where intention matters triple-fold. Are we hearing enough perspectives and learning from feedback? What's our big-picture goal for SAAM 2013? All of this intention truly sets the stage.
Yes, this post is to affirm that SAAM and other campaign efforts don't come together at midnight the eve before the show. At the same time, the sign of great team-work and effective-planning is when the curtain opens and the show moves forward without the audience getting a glimpse at those behind-the-scenes tensions.
What's great about a project like SAAM is that we are able to draw on the knowledge of our movement in planning, and the activism of many is in chorus with this effort. Truly, the way we understand prevention work and the message of SAAM is that sexual violence prevention is on-going. We've already hinted that we are fans of endless April, and it goes without saying that a month would do no justice to highlight the many dynamic prevention programs across the country.
Still, you, dear readers, are kind enough to join us here behind-the-scenes for planning, a few casting calls, and a dress rehearsal or two. In this space, I hope you feel as though you can contribute to the collective production of SAAM, and I hope that this view can offer an insight or two that may be valuable for your own planning and programming efforts.
This post also intends to "set the stage" for an upcoming glimpse at our planning progress for SAAM 2013. For instance, you may be interested in knowing that a SAAM 2013 theme has emerged, and a slogan and visual developments are on the verge. But before SAAM 2013 takes the spotlight, I thought we'd offer a peek through the stage curtains and celebrate the unfinished set. How's that for a cliffhanger?
I really appreciate all of the hard work you're putting into SAAM 2013. Thanks for being a tireless director!! I can't wait for the new theme to be revealed. Definitely worth the check back for your next blog post.


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17 Mar 2016 by Guest Blogger in Birdwatching , Culture , History , Top Destinations , Lighthouses , Cultural Experiences , Signal Hill , Cape St. Mary's and St. John's
With St. Patrick's Day on the horizon we thought it only fitting to write about the Irish in Newfoundland. Our culture is brimming with Irish influences - here within are some of our favourites.
11 Jun 2014 by Dominique Chiasson in Birdwatching , Hiking & Walking , Nature , History , Castle Hill , Cape St. Mary's , Museum and Weather
Coves in Burin, then on to Placentia and Castle Hill National Historic Site. On to Cape St Mary's Ecological Reserve and Salmonier Nature Park. No matter the weather
14 Nov 2013 by Tara Kroes in Boat Tours , Birdwatching , Hiking & Walking , Icebergs , Nature , Culture , Parks , Top Destinations , Gros Morne National Park , Bonavista and Cape St. Mary's
A few photos on the incredible beauty that captures your soul in Newfoundland.
29 Aug 2013 by Lauren Saunders in Birdwatching , Nature , Trip Planning , Cape St. Mary's , St. John's and Outdoor Adventure
When planning a trip to Newfoundland and Labrador this Fall you may want to bring your binoculars.
23 May 2013 by Amy Fisher in Nature , Culture , Cultural Experiences , Travel Trade , Travel Media and Cape St. Mary's
Two years ago, while driving to Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve to film a Newfoundland & Labrador Tourism TV commercial titled "Half Hour", our crew spotted something, well, out of the ordinary...


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"Everyone is looking for a silver bullet and there isn't one," says Carson Horner, managing partner of Haskell Feeders, Rochester, TX. "The industry has gotten away from quality in the name of quantity. Simple animal husbandry is becoming a lost art, and that includes everything from cleaning water troughs to cattle handling."
Horner has been around high-risk calves most all his life – growing up, he worked for folks in different facets of the business. That includes receiving and processing calves at Cactus Feeders.
He got a degree from Tarleton State University, then leveraged his lifelong practical experience by graduating from Texas Christian University's intensive Ranch Management Program. Seven years ago, he built and managed a backgrounding yard at Rochester for Gottsch Cattle Feeders. In February 2012, he built and began Haskell Feeders, a custom preconditioning and backgrounding yard with a 2,500-head capacity.
"I'm fixing to be 40 and I'm finally not a rookie anymore," Horner says. This statement comes with pride, not boasting. He grew up among old-timers where you were expected to listen rather than be heard. Offering opinion and advice was a privilege based on years of experience, not idle chatter.
Like this sector of the industry, Horner says, "This facility is built for people to stockpile calves, get them over sickness and ready to move on to the next stage of production."
Cattle arriving here range from 250-lb. flyweights being straightened out for grass or wheat pasture, to 7-weight cutter bulls being readied for a short summer grazing season. Cattle will be here for as few as 30 days to more than 100 days through wheat pasture grazing in March andApril. Haskell Feeders has a lot of wheat ground at its disposal.
There's no cutting corners
Forget hard-earned lessons, cut corners and next thing you know, Horner says, "you're in a wreck, and guess what, you're the one who made it."
That's why Horner is a stickler for managing cattle based on working with them and their innate behavior rather than trying to overwhelm them with manpower and a clock.
Consider the fact that Horner hasn't had a hospital pen in eight years; he hates them. Here, cattle are pulled and treated, and then returned to their home pen.
"Cattle develop their own peers and pecking order," Horner explains. "If we stay ahead of them, they'll feel better back in their home pen and won't walk the pen as much. A hospital pen gets added to every day, so it's always different with different peers and a different pecking order."
Cattle pulled and treated twice or ostracized in their home pens go to what Horner terms a rehabilitation trap, with other peers from the same pen. If those cattle rehab, they go back to the home pen.
Consider, too, Horner's focus on nutrition, both the ingredients and volume.
While ration cost is always a factor, Horner says, "You've got to have a ration with palatability and quality. You have to find something your lightest calf will enjoy eating."
Haskell Feeders' ration ingredients here include wheat hay and wheat silage, along with Rumensin®, vitamins and minerals. He likes distillers grains, too, but the drought has made them tough to come by.
Horner and his crew feed once a day, but read bunks twice every day. "I want them to stay a little aggressive. When they're filled up all the time, you start to get more pulls," he says.
Slow and steady saves time
When cattle arrive, the focus is on gentle care and giving calves a chance to get their feet back under them. They rest for at least 12 hours, and have access to fresh water and quality coastal bermudagrass hay.
"Stressed calves have to get rehydrated and have something quality in their gut to stimulate the bugs in their rumen," Horner says. "Without those things, your processing program doesn't matter."
Water troughs are religiously cleaned every other day, and every set of calves starts their time there with clean troughs.
"If we have dirty water and bunks, we can't manage the cattle to their potential – no way," Horner says.
After processing, calves – always maintained in the same load-lot group – go to smaller traps. There they receive 2-3 lbs. of hay/day for seven days, along with a starter ration.
"They'll get bunk-broke to a hay wagon faster than a feed wagon," Horner says. "They're craving hay and we give it to them. Plus, hay is expanding the rumen."
If you want to work for Horner, leave your hotshot at home. Besides basic animal care, Horner explains, "it's all economics. If you use a hotshot, you have to worry about placement of injections and bruising; and it will take twice as long to get them settled down and started on feed."
After seven days, cattle go to larger traps where they each have a minimum of 2 ft. of bunk space. "Even with a tight set of calves weight-wise, certain calves will be more aggressive than others. We don't want them having to compete for bunk space," Horner says.
Though he understands the temptation of overfilling a pen, that minimum bunk space and its effect on cattle health and performance is why Horner won't exceed his facility's capacity. "I'm not going to sacrifice the performance of someone else's calves by bringing in more cattle than we can handle with peak performance," he says.
Facts beat guesswork
Processing is performed 12-24 hours after arrival and includes metaphylactic treatment with Micotil®, a product Horner started using in 1993.
"My whole deal is to stay ahead of the cattle (health)," Horner says. "If you ever chase cattle, you're in a wreck and you can't pull enough cattle to get ahead."
"Micotil gives every head an even start. It does a good job of getting every head on page one together. And the three-day duration gives me a chance to get everything bunk-broke and on feed."
Horner says he doesn't want a longer duration in his metaphylactic treatment. If they calves look like they need to be treated at the end of three days, that's what he's going to do.
"Micotil revolutionized the way we doctor cattle; it was the first low-dose, multi-day antibiotic," Horner says. "If I can save $5/head on health costs, even if I have to pull 30-40% in the fall, I'm money ahead."
It also addresses his ongoing challenge of labor. "You can't teach someone to care," Horner says. He's blessed with a dependable crew, as well as a family that he counts on – his wife Tish, and daughters Harley and Shelby.
Incidentally, Horner has found his best employees among those with no prior experience reading bunks and doctoring cattle. Since these recruits have no prejudices, it's easier to teach them what to do and, more importantly, why to do it, he says.
Keep in mind that Horner uses scales to weigh cattle and custom-dose Micotil (according to label directions), as well as all other products used at Haskell Feeders.
"The main reason I went to a custom dose is that if you order steers weighing 425 lbs., cattle in the pen will range from 350-475 lbs," Horner says. "When you dose on the average, you're spending too much on the lighter cattle and doing an inferior job on the heavier ones."
Of course, matching the dose to individual cattle weight saves money on the product and enhances product efficiency, but Horner says that's really the icing on the cake. For him, most of the goodie comes with being able to more accurately evaluate the worth of products and his own management.
"If you run 300 calves, you've more than covered the cost of the scale," Horner says.
Though Horner says there's no substitute for a scale and custom dosing, he recognizes that the flexible dose rate for Micotil means folks using metaphylaxis based on average weights have more opportunity to get the coverage needed for the entire pen.
Prove it every day
"I treat every head of cattle here like it was mine, like I wrote the check," Horner says. "You have to believe in your program and prove it to yourself that it works every day. My deal is quality, not quantity."
That's not cheap talk, either.
In the spring and summer, his goal for pull rates is a maximum of 20-25%. In the fall, the goal is a maximum of 30-40%. No matter the pull rate, Horner strives for less than 1% death loss. This is on high-risk calves mind you, all sorts and weights coming from every direction possible.
Like everyone else, Horner runs into wrecks where pen death loss runs higher than 1%. But, since first establishing and using his current protocol eights years and some 68,000 head ago, his death loss in total continues to be less than 1%.
"I still get so mad when I lose a calf, just like when I was 21," Horner says. He still posts his own deads to make sure his rationale and treatment were correct. That's all part of the detail that goes into basic animal husbandry.
"Especially with the tight margins today, I don't understand why simple animal husbandry is neglected," Horner says.
"Sit down and figure out what you're doing in terms of quality vs. quantity. As fast-paced as this deal can get, what are the rewards of quality vs. what you lose with quantity?" Horner asks. "We need to get away from this silver-bullet syndrome. It's not any one thing that makes it work. There are lots of things we can't control. Why not control the things we can?"


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Ray is always ready to organise events and to assist others. During 1997 he was part of the team that organised the very successful Birthday Rides during Leicestershire and Rutland CTC's centenary year. Since then has organised the CTC national dinner and some years later helped with the national AGM which were held in the county. For the past eight years he has organised the CTC East Midlands Region rally over the Spring Bank holiday weekend in the grounds of Beaumanor Hall on the Charnwood Forest.
Despite all these commitments he helps with the "In Tandem" cycling group taking out disabled cyclists around Loughborough.
This very respected member served as president of the Leicestershire and Rutland CTC with distinction during his two year term of office 2009 to 2011.