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Some workers at the Port of Los Angeles went on strike at noon Tuesday, effectively shutting down operations at one of the port's busiest terminals.
Clerical workers at Pier 400 walked off the job to protest their inability to negotiate new contracts with terminal operators. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63's Office Clerical Unit has been trying to negotiate a new agreement with 14 employers at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles since its last one expired on June 30, 2010.
Other bargaining units are honoring the strike, which is occurring only at Pier 400 in San Pedro, a Port of Los Angeles spokesman said.
Craig Merrilees, a spokesman for the ILWU based in San Francisco, said he is not sure how long the strike will last or whether it will spread to other terminals at the Port of Los Angeles or to the Port of Long Beach.
Merrilees also said he does not know why the union chose Pier 400, but said the clerical workers have similar complaints of all employers at both ports.
"Big companies are outsourcing good jobs that the harbor community needs and can't afford to lose," ILWU spokesman Craig Merrilees said. "There have been talks for 2 1/2 years and companies continue to deny the outsourcing problem. The strike may cause them to look at this as a real problem instead of the fantasy they claim it is."
According to a union release, terminal operators have eliminated 51 clerical jobs in the past five years.
Unlike other unions at the two ports, the clerical workers unit negotiates separate contracts with 14 companies, but officials say all employers generally agree to terms at roughly the same time.
Steve Getzug, a spokesman for the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Employers Association, called Tuesday's strike a "disappointing development."
"The OCU has refused to address the needs of the employers," Getzug said in a statement. "Instead, they are pressing demands that would weaken competitiveness of the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports while rewarding and sustaining absenteeism and inefficiency. The OCU are already the highest paid clerical workers in America."
Port of Los Angeles spokesman Phillip Sanfield said port officials are urging the unions and management to come to an agreement.
"We know that both sides understand the critical importance of keeping cargo moving through the San Pedro complex, and we urge them to work diligently toward finding a mutually agreeable solution."
Late Tuesday night, a labor arbitrator ruled the strike was not bonafide and directed the ILWU members back to work. A spokesman for the Employers Association said workers are supposed to return at 9 a.m.
ILWU may appeal the arbitrators decision, but that process usually takes weeks or months. The workers could also ignore the arbitrator's decision, which could cause some chaos at the ports.
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NSA is proud to present our NEW National Neighborhood Watch program. You have known us as USAonWatch.org – Neighborhood Watch Program.
National Neighborhood Watch was begun in 1972 with funding in part by the National Sheriffs' Association, through a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The funding from the grant has come to an end. But NSA knows how vital a program this is and we don't want to lose any of the movement or excellent resources we have available on this site.
Our nation is built on the strength of our citizens. Every day, we encounter situations calling upon us to be the eyes and ears of law enforcement. Not only does neighborhood watch allow citizens to help in the fight against crime, it is also an opportunity for communities to bond through service. The Neighborhood Watch Program draws upon the compassion of average citizens, asking them to lend their neighbors a hand. The National Neighborhood Watch Program (formerly USAonWatch) is the portal for training to assist law enforcement agencies and their communities, technical assistance, resource documents, watch stories, networking, and assistance to the field.
Since 1972, the USAonWatch-Neighborhood Watch Program (housed within the National Sheriffs' Association) has worked to unite law enforcement agencies, private organizations, and individual citizens in a nation-wide effort to reduce crime and improve local communities. The success of the program has established Neighborhood Watch as the nation's premier crime prevention and community mobilization program. Visible signs of the program are seen throughout America on street signs, window decals, community block parties and service projects.
The National Neighborhood Watch program empowers citizens to become active in community efforts through participation in Neighborhood Watch groups.
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I have been reading your posts on various CC subjects while waiting for my registration to be activated. Suddenly, I was not alone. I am very grateful that this community exists. Here is our story:
9/20/2013 –It all started when my husband went to his primary care physician to check a shoulder pain caused by a tennis injury. While there, the doctor also did a blood test. The liver panel came back elevated. My husband received a referral to a GI doctor part of our insurance plan.
9/24/2013 CT scan done and a heterogeneous low density "mass" was observed in the liver measuring 2.6*2.4 suspect for metastatic lesion.
10/21/2013 – CT guided Biopsy was performed but returned negative results to indicate the mass was suspicious for an intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
No other tests were done but awareness should have been on the doctor's side since my husband had a history of colon cancer and he had surgery done in 2006.
12/09/2013 – Blood results continued to show abnormal values for the liver. On 12/09/13 my husband had another appointment with the GI doctor who at the end of the visit recommended that the patient returns in 4 weeks!
After the doctor's appointment my husband's condition deteriorated fast – he felt tired, stomach issues and Jaundice started to be noticeable. He called the GI doctor and on 12/17/13, my husband was admitted in the hospital. MRCP performed indicating hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
He was released from the hospital with Jaundice, bilirubin reaching 2 digits level. We received a referral to the Liver transplant clinic in Los Angeles. Visit with the doctor at the liver clinic – we were told liver transplant was not an option. But there was hope the tumor was resectable .
On 12/26, the surgeon provided "guarded guidance" the tumor might be resectable. No appointments were available with the surgeon until 1/13/2014.
In the meantime, on 12/26/13, the GI doctor attempted an ERCP procedure. Procedure failed.
On 12/29/2013 - A drain was placed on the right side. Within 24 h there were complications as the drain hit a vein and my husband was experiencing heavy bleeding. The drain was replaced on 12/30 in the most painful procedure my husband ever experienced. I am questioning if they gave him enough sedation or what else went wrong?
On 1/4/2014, the drain was re-positioned. On 1/6/2014, he was released from the hospital with a bilirubin level of 29.2
He was having visible side effects of the medication –nausea and violent vomiting. Within 5 days he lost 10 lb. Week and dehydrated he checked into the emergency for 3 days.
On 1/13 we went to the appointment with surgeon in LA. The tumor was resectable but in order to have the surgery we were told the bilirubin needs to be at 2. Another drain was placed to help with the bile drainage in the left side of the liver. Over the next month, we were in and out of the emergency room as my husband got severely dehydrated due to the side effects of the pain medication. He continued to lose weight. Sept 24,2013 he was 232 lb, now 179 lb.
1/22/14 - good news PET scan does not show other metastatic areas.
On 2/4 the drains were changed and again re-positioned.
Feb 24th, we met again with the surgeon only to be told a selective portal vein embolization was an absolute pre-requisite to the surgery now at least two months away.
Kaiser refused to pay for a second opinion outside the plan. That decision did not stop us to seek a second opinion with Dr. Genyk (mentioned several times on this site). Dr. Genyk had a total different opinion from our plan's doctor regarding the surgical approach and the segments of the liver which need to be removed. We are stunned!
We cannot go out of the plan as we belong to Kaiser. But I feel they delayed the diagnostic, the procedures, and now the surgery approach is very different compared to the surgeon who is an authority in this field.
It breaks my heart and spirit to see my husband so week, so tired so close to a curative approach but so far due to the boundaries of our health insurance provider.
Please, help if you have any advice.
Thank you,


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Think California's budget is in balance, now that billions of dollars of spending have been cut and voters have passed Proposition 30's tax increases? Think again.
Last week the Legislative Analyst's Office told the Legislature it needs to get serious about closing a $73 billion shortfall in the California State Teachers' Retirement System over the next 30 years.
What would getting serious about closing that gap mean? Increasing contributions by $4.5 billion for each of those 30 years - nearly all of which would have to come from the state and its school districts, which the state funds.
Ouch. That's not in the budget plans.
Gov. Jerry Brown talked about paying down the state's "wall of debt" when he presented his 2013-14 budget proposal in January. He was referring primarily to the billions of dollars of debt the state has accumulated by selling state bonds.
The unfunded CalSTRS liability represents another kind of debt that is not on the books in quite the same way, but will sap the state's resources.
The shortfall is not a new problem, but legislators got some tough love on the matter last week. "This is more costly the longer we wait," LAO analyst Ryan Miller told a joint hearing of the Assembly and Senate. The $4.5 billion-a-year paydown works if the state starts pumping that money into CalSTRS in 2014. If legislators put off the pain, the annual amount needed will go higher,
Like so many of the problems legislators face, this one was caused by the Legislature in the first place. The LAO reminded lawmakers that the shortfall grew out of the Legislature's decision in the late 1990s to increase pensioners' benefits while reducing the state's contribution to the system.
Those were the la-la days of mass self-delusion when politicos thought they could retroactively increase benefits for California Public Employees Retirement System participants and never have to pay more because the stock-market would rise and the good times would roll forever. Unfortunately, that was two major stock-market crashes and a Great Recession ago. The 3-at-50 retirement plan for law enforcement, allowing officers to retire at 50 and get 90 percent (or more) of their final pay as a pension, was hatched then and adopted by cities and counties up and down the state.
CalSTRS gets $1.4 billion a year from the state and $4.3 billion in contributions from teachers and school districts. Because state law limits the Legislature's ability to raise contribution rates for teachers, the bulk of the additional funding for CalSTRS would come from the state and school districts.
Either that or the law has to change and teachers have to contribute more to pensions.
The Legislature has to set CalSTRS employer rates, while CalPERS can set its own. In fact, CalPERS' board last week tentatively approved a rate hike of about 50 percent for employers over the next six years to chip away at its own shortfall.
If the governor and Legislature just ignore the unfunded CalSTRS liability and push the fiscal pain into the future, they won't be able to say in good faith that they have balanced the state's 2013-14 budget.


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Not much is known about this Telometer, the movement (see fourth picture) seems to be based on a 1942 patent by F. A. Greenawalt who also developed the patent digital movements for Lawson and Pennwood clocks. Searching on the internet for information about this clock was futile.
Instead of using cylinders to display the time, this clock uses disks. It measures 5. 5 inches in height, 9 13/16 inches in width, and 2.75 inches in depth. It has a new fiber wrapped cord and a new plug. It runs accurately and quietly. It has 955 embossed in the wood on the bottom of the clock.
Classified as an Art Deco clock, to me it is more Mid-Century Modern than Art Deco. It is a great clock and I am happy to have it in my collection. However it rides a fine line between Art Deco and Mid Century Modern design movements.
The coolest thing about this clock is that the hour and minute disks go in different directions when the time changes. The minute hand goes down, the middle and hour disks go up when the hour changes.


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Sunday, September 24, 2017
Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders
It hurts to talk
hello, i have been using my voice much and in combination with alchol i started feeling unconfortable to talk. this was 3 months ago, 2 weeks ago i started with no drinken and not much speaking, i feel it has improved, i don`t always feel uncomfortable talking now. i do when i need to talk a bit more like in school.
how long does this take for that i can talk without pain again (im not hoarse) and do i need to see a ent specialist?
I would say that since you are getting better, lets just wait and see. It appears that the alcohol is contributing to the voice problem. I would think that you need to either eliminate alcohol or try to use moderation.
If your voice is not significantly better in 2-3 weeks, you should probably see an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist so that your vocal cords can be evaluated to make sure there is nothing serious going on around your voice box.
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Django Unchained opens in theaters today, but the big screen isn't the only way to see the newest work by Quentin Tarantino. The issue of the Django Unchained comic book mini-series from DC/Vertigo Comics is available now in comic book stores (and online), and in advance of tomorrow's film debut, Wired has a look at the Tarantino's introduction to the comic, along with the original character sketches by artist R.M. Guéra and a six-page preview of the first issue.
The comic is an incredibly faithful adaptation of Tarantino's movie script – the first issue is the first few scenes of the film, almost line for line. Drawing on the director's story, the book's interior art comes from Guéra, who made characters that hew closely to their actor counterparts but are their own characters entirely. The artist's Django, the slave that becomes a bounty hunter, has a more steely cowboy vibe than smooth, cool Jamie Foxx; ruthless plantation owner Calvin Candie looks even more maniacal than Leonardo DiCaprio; and Candie's house slave Stephen looks far more jowly and grizzled on the page than Samuel L. Jackson does on screen.
"Growing up I read the adventures of Kid Colt Outlaw, TOMAHAWK, The Rawhide Kid, BAT LASH, and especially, Yang (which was basically the Kung Fu TV show done as a comic), and Gunhawks featuring Reno Jones (a Jim Brown stand-in) and Kid Cassidy (a David Cassidy stand-in), which for my money was the greatest Blaxploitation Western ever made," Tarantino says in the first issue's intro. "And it's in that spirit of cinematic comics literature that I present to you Django Unchained."
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Riders on BART now have a new, discreet way to handle other passengers who may give the impression that trouble is brewing.
It doesn't even require speaking.
A new phone app called "BART Watch" launched Thursday and allows passengers to contact BART police with just a tap of their fingers. The app is available free for anyone with an Apple iOS or Android device.
"Rather than call police, now you can text them," BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said.
By clicking the app, the user receives a screen that gives two options. Riders can call police directly, or they can be provided a menu of crimes that the rider can choose to report.
It also lets the user take pictures without a flash. Those pictures can be attached to the texts sent via the app, Trost said.
"It's a really quick, discreet way to be able to report what you're seeing," Trost said. "What riders have told us is that they've wanted a way to report incidents without drawing attention to themselves, and this allows them to do that pretty easily."
Trost said many complaints from riders concern individuals who panhandle or pitch other services on board. That activity, she said, is illegal. Other heavy-volume calls, such as those concerning homeless people sleeping on the cars, come in for activities that are not illegal.
So will dispatchers be overwhelmed by a new stream of outrageous calls?
"Dispatchers already get calls from riders regarding more things than you can imagine," Trost said. "It's too soon to see what may people may choose to use it for."
Police said the app, part of the "If You See Something, Say Something" campaign, may come in handy when a child goes missing. Messages sent on the app are prioritized given the nature of the crime or incident, police said.
It's also available in Spanish and Chinese.
The app creator is ELERTS, which has done similar apps for the transit systems in Santa Clara, Massachusetts and Atlanta.


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Official launch of the new figure by Steve Talkowski...
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MPH invites fans to the opening reception on March 26th from 6-9pm. Many of the participating artists will be in attendance to chat and sketch.
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Proposed 'Fake' Pot Ban in Caddo Parish
It's kinda like Saturday morning cartoons. Everything is all fun and games and when the anvil falls on your head, no one really gets hurt. Nope, in Saturday morning cartoon land, characters bounce right back and live to be all wild and wacky another day. 'Fake' pot is similar in the way it's packaged... all colorful and shiny in packages with cute cartoon characters. Clearly nothing called the 'White Rabbit' could hurt you... Right? Wrong.


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This game was classified by the community with the following category scores - Violence=3/3, Sex=2/3, Mature Content=3/3. A girl lost in the ocean infested by sharks. will you be able to make her survive, swimming without drawing attention of sharks? You will face a new breed of sharks more deadly than the great white shark, which leaves behind a trail of death and blood.
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text: Grocery shopping is now as simple as a few cell phone clicks. Philadelphians spend on average of nearly 30 minutes commuting to work, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That amounts to 2.5 hours per week. And now, commuters can put that time to good use by getting a jump start on their grocery shopping—provided


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The following were compiled from reports prepared by the Ukiah Police Department. To anonymously report crime information, call 463-6205.
DUI ARREST -- An officer stopped a vehicle on the ramp from East Perkins Street to northbound Highway 101 at 1:35 p.m. Sunday and arrested Jevins Jackson, 20, of Ukiah on suspicion of driving under the influence.
ROCKS THROWN AT WINDSHIELDS -- Caller in the 1100 block of North Oak Street reported at 8:56 a.m. Sunday that a rock had been thrown at his windshield. At 9:13 a.m., another caller a block away reported the same thing.
DEAD DEER -- Caller in the 900 block of Low Gap Road reported at 11:55 a.m. Sunday finding a possibly dead deer near the jail.
WOMAN DID NOT PAY FOR DRINK -- Caller in the 100 block of West Standley Street reported at 8:08 p.m. Sunday that a woman did not pay for her drinks was outside on the patio. An officer responded and arrested a 38-year-old Ukiah woman for being drunk in public.
MAN STARING IN WINDOW -- Caller in the 100 block of North Orchard Avenue reported at 8:44 p.m. Sunday that a skinny man wearing a cowboy hat and black vest had been staring in the window for the last 30 minutes. An officer responded and advised the man, who left.
CAR WINDOWS BROKEN OUT -- Caller in the 600 block of Kings Court reported at 7:31 a.m. Monday that the windows on a vehicle were broken out over the weekend, but nothing had been taken.
FUEL TAKEN -- Caller in the 100 block of Ford Street reported at 8:15 a.m. Monday that fuel had been taken from a truck the night before.
PILLS TAKEN -- A citizen reported at 8:56 a.m. Monday that someone broke into her house and stole her pills, and she suspected the handyman.
SHOPLIFTER -- Caller from Safeway on South State Street reported at 8:58 a.m. Monday that a man stole two bags of baked goods and an energy drink. An officer responded and arrested a 21-year-old Ukiah man for shoplifting.
CHILD EXPOSED TO CIGARETTE SMOKE -- Caller in the 500 block of East Perkins Street reported at 6:08 p.m. Monday that a woman was smoking a cigarette in a car that had a small child in it, and the caller had advised her to put it out.
GAS PUMP DAMAGED -- Caller in the 900 block of North State Street reported at 8:37 p.m. Monday that a gas pump had been damaged and gas had been stolen. An officer responded and took a report.
TIRE SLASHED -- Caller in the 500 block of East Perkins Street reported at 12:08 a.m. Tuesday that someone just slashed a tire on his truck. An officer responded and arrested a 58-year-old Ukiah man.
The following were compiled from reports prepared by the Ukiah Police Department regarding calls handled by the Fort Bragg Police Department.
TRANSIENT IN GARAGE -- Caller in the 500 block of North McPherson Street reported at 8:32 p.m. Sunday hearing someone in her garage and finding property left there. An officer responded and advised the person of city code.
WOMAN ON THE RUN -- Caller in the 400 block of North Harold Street reported at 10:56 p.m. Sunday that an unwanted woman was on the porch, talking about people following her. An officer responded and the woman left upon request. At 12:19 a.m. Monday, a caller in the 400 block of South Main Street reported that woman was requesting assistance in getting to a safe spot because she was "tired of running from the people who are chasing her." An officer responded and gave the woman a ride to the hospital.
Those arrested by law enforcement officers are innocent until proven guilty. People reported as having been arrested may contact the Daily Journal once their case has been concluded so the results can be reported. Those who feel the information is in error should contact the appropriate agency. In the case of those arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant: all DUI cases reported by law enforcement agencies are reported by the newspaper. The Daily Journal makes no exceptions.
The Ukiah Daily Journal reserves this space to correct errors or make clarifications to news articles. Significant errors in obituary notices or birth announcements will result in reprinting the entire article. Errors may be reported to the editor, 468-3526.


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Mar 01, 2012 , Convenience Store Decisions
Emphasizing a Strong Breakfast Business
By John Lofstock, Editor.
Americans are more amenable to buying meals at convenience stores, but won't budge when it comes to quality, price or convenience factors like portability and packaging.
Of the three major daypart, breakfast appears to have the biggest upside, fueled by a combination of increased demand, new products and more competition for QSRs and fast-casual restaurants.
"Convenience stores have done a wonderful job of creating restaurant-like settings and credibility," said Arlene Spiegel, president of Arlene Spiegel & Associates in New York City. "It's all in the sensuality—see, smell, taste, touch, which provides credibility and proof of freshness and quality."
While items like breakfast sandwiches provide portability and value for convenience stores, and most chains offer an upscale coffee program, Spiegel pointed out that convenience stores still struggle to overcome consumer perception.
"Operators need to continue their commitment to building a brand that is not only credible, but exceeds the customers' expectations," Spiegel said. "The foodservice industry is all about credibility, and then getting the message out to the consumer that they are in the food business and not just selling fuel or magazines."
Follow the Leaders
As consumer demand for fresh foods has grown, so too has the number of foodservice establishments, making it difficult to stand out with a unique offering. C-store operators have embraced the numerous foodservice options available to them, ranging from developing a proprietary food program, partnering with a well-know national or regional brand or contracting with a local supplier for daily third-party distribution. Determining which option is best depends on a number factors ranging from demographics, market competition and, ultimately, each chain's level of commitment to the category.
"Sheetz and Wawa have been the leaders in the breakfast category and foodservice in general with strong proprietary branded programs," said Tim Powell, director of research and consulting for Chicago-based consultancy Technomic Inc. "7-Eleven last year started rolling out TurboChef convection ovens, which are really speed ovens, so they can have hot-food programs—hot sandwiches, breakfast foods, which give them more versatility."
One of the strategies Technomic sees c-stores following is bundling combo meals. "That's probably been even more in the news lately," Powell said. "That's a plus for a c-store operator. Typically convenience stores can get a lower check average for a meal. For instance, a $2.99 value bundle in 7-Eleven, where if you look at McDonald's or nearly anyplace else you're typically looking at $4.99. So the price points are typically better, and you have a lot of suppliers now, the Krafts and Pepsis of the world, who are really trying to push these bundled promotions. This is where we're seeing some growth."
Having the expertise to execute a foodservice breakfast program is vital. "This is one area that NACS has really been focusing on. Many convenience store operators still have a retailer mindset. It's still difficult for them to figure out a way to be foodservice operators, particularly when you have no dedicated foodservice person," Powell said. "You don't have someone who's exclusively manning the four roller grills or the prepared foods case because he's usually handling the money and people are paying for gas."
To help spur consumer confidence, operators must take steps to provide value to guests. Smart operators will look to build sales by marketing healthful menu items and responding to consumer demand for convenience and variety.
Focusing on Food
While some retailers are still finding their way with food, Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes in Canastota, N.Y. is anything but typical when it comes to foodservice. Convenience Store Decisions' 2009 Chain of the Year offers an extensive line of hot and cold sandwiches and entrees around the clock. Whether it's breakfast, lunch or dinner, the food is always fresh, and so is the coffee.
"We don't have a dedicated person, we have a dedicated staff," said Dr. Jack Cushman, vice president of foodservice for the 86-store chain. "It comes down to economies of scale—volume cures a multitude of sins."
And, at the end of the day, that's what will determine whether a foodservice program is actually successful or just another short-lived idea born by suits in a boardroom.
"We are in the foodservice business to be great. We expect nothing less. Our customers know that and they reward us with their business," Cushman said. "But that's not something we just hope for. We work really hard at it every day. You can't measure one unsatisfied customer in terms of one bad transaction. It has a ripple effect. So the goal is to never have an unsatisfied customer. You do that with great food, a great staff, listening to what your customers wants and exceeding their expectations. It's not easy, but when you do it consistently, you're rewarded with a stream of repeat business."
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Research firm Technomic Inc. conducted an online consumer survey—"The Convenience Store Foodservice Consumer Trend Report"—with a nationally representative sample of more than 1,500 American consumers. Among its findings: coffee beverages are one of the main draws to convenience store beverage programs not only at breakfast, but throughout the day.
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• Since many customers are purchasing coffee for everyday occasions, regular coffee is probably the option that most consumers choose because it is
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• Consumers reported that they purchase hot specialty coffee, such as a latte or cappuccino that is dispensed from a machine, iced or cold brewed coffee, and retail coffee beverages, at least occasionally.
• Females are more likely to purchase specialty coffee and prefer flavored coffee blends.
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• Two-thirds (66%) of consumers who visit c-stores for breakfast said they purchase some type of prepared coffee at least occasionally (or about once every 90 days) when they visit convenience stores for this meal.
• A strong coffee program can drive traffic. About one-fifth (18%) of consumers said they choose their favorite store based on their individual coffee preferences.
• Preferred coffee offerings resonate most strongly with so-called Super Heavy Users. More than one-third (37%) of Super Heavy Users (compared to just 18% all consumers) said they visit their preferred location because it offers the coffee they prefer to drink. This suggests that offering high-quality coffee is likely to drive repeat business and perhaps daily visits, Technomic reported.


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PALMETTO, Fla. — As the Commerce Department considers continuing or ending the U.S.-Mexican tomato suspension agreement, Florida grower-shippers are voicing their opinions on how ending the agreement could help them.
Established in 1996, the agreement sets floor prices on Mexican tomatoes entering the U.S.
Reggie Brown, executive vice president of the Maitland-based Florida Tomato Exchange, said Hurricane Sandy caused slight delays in the Commerce Department's decision process and pushed back some deadlines for a ruling on the change of circumstances review sought by the Florida tomato industry.
He said the agency in October made a preliminary ruling allowing for the domestic industry to withdraw from the dumping case and agreement that mandates floor prices.
"We are continuing to work to ensure that happens," Brown said. "We are looking forward to having a free and fair trade environment in tomatoes to hopefully repair some profitability to the tomato business for growers in the U.S.
"The agreement is problematic. The current agreement is unenforceable. It's flawed in terms of its reference price and not meeting the required Commerce Department standard of 85% of the dumping margin as the minimum price. We are committed to the withdrawal process and have made the decision that the cost of such efforts is a good investment."
Tony DiMare, vice president of the DiMare Co., Homestead, said Florida's tomato industry doesn't want to renew the agreement because the agreement has never worked.
"It has never been satisfactory, and, unfortunately, I don't believe the agreement is enforceable," he said. "To waste time to continue to listen to proposals and negotiate a deal that has never worked from our standpoint is proof in the pudding. We look to see what has happened. It's not been beneficial to us."
DiMare said an Oct. 18 Mexican proposal to increase the floor price of imported Mexican tomatoes 18% to 25%, depending on tomato variety, doesn't keep up with inflation.
'Continual circumvention'
Many Mexican growers who weren't signatories to the agreement aren't covered by the floor price, DiMare said, and said he hears of much circumvention of that price and sees cartons labeled "not for export" finding their way into the U.S. marketplace.
"There has been a continual circumvention of the agreement," he said. "Some of that finding its way into the marketplace only causes problems."
Bob Spencer, vice president and sales manager of West Coast Tomato Inc., said lifting the agreement could be revealing.
In the short term, a lifting of the floor price could create some low pricing of Mexican tomatoes, which would affect Florida's wintertime market, he said.
"It will be interesting to see how good the Mexican industry is at self-regulation," Spencer said. "If they in fact send a flood of product in because there isn't a suspension agreement, they will be making a case for us in a dumping lawsuit.
"We know their costs that used to be $5.28-5.30 a box are now up to more like $7-8 a box. It will be interesting to see if they ship product into the U.S. at prices lower than that. Costs don't go up just in the U.S. A lot of the products they use come from the U.S."
Hoping for peace
Chuck Weisinger, president and chief executive officer of Fort Myers-based Weis-Buy Farms Inc., said he hopes both sides work out a compromise.
"I want peace in my lifetime. I don't want a war," he said. "The Florida and Mexican growers need to get together and work out some kind of agreement where we're not shooting bullets or throwing flamethrowers at another rather than going to war.
"Things have gotten to the point to where 80% of the product we have today January through March seems to come from Mexico and they have a place for what they do. The Florida farming industry has taken some bruising losses in the last five years. We need some kind of compromise where everyone can live might benefit us all."
The Commerce Department has until May to reach a final decision on the request from the Florida growers.
Brown said he isn't certain when the industry can expect a decision.


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Tad Geschickter went on a first date back in 1989, and he figured the Coca-Cola 600 would be as good a destination as any.
A part of the Proctor & Gamble marketing team at the time, Geschickter and his date got to celebrate in victory lane with Darrell Waltrip as he piloted the Tide-sponsored car to the victory.
Little did Geschickter know that the woman on that date would become co-owner of a NASCAR race team with him and that they would eventually celebrate in a victory lane as owners.
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Jodi Geschickter is not just an owner in "name" only. The "J" in JTG Daugherty Racing, Jodi Geschickter helps run the team, spending a great deal of time with sponsors as well as helping the team manager through the various mini-crises that go along with any race team.
"People see me driving the golf cart (around the infield at the track) and people say to me, 'How do you get a job driving a golf cart?" Jodi Geschickter says. "I say, 'It depends on who you know.'"
The Geschickters started their team in 1994 in the Nationwide Series, under the name ST Motorsports.
Jodi, still a flight attendant for U.S. Airways, figured it would be a good idea.
"I was naive, I didn't know — we all do things in our youth," she said with a laugh. "I thought it would be exciting and interesting. I really thought it would be something that he would do and I wouldn't be part of it as much.
"But necessity and interest required both of us to do it."
It has made Geschickter one of the few active female owners in NASCAR and the only active female owner/administrator of a Sprint Cup team.
JTG (Jodi Tad Geschickter) Daugherty Racing fields a Cup car for Bobby Labonte, who was 23rd in the Cup standings in 2012. The team moved to Cup in 2009 and Geschickter has been there every step of the way.
For six years, she would work in the office at the shop during the week and then work on planes throughout the weekends. She eventually gave up her job as a flight attendant but puts those skills to use daily.
"It was excellent training," she said. "You have to work with what you've got. You are on an airplane and have limited resources. You work with different personality types. You work with a crew, just like a race team crew."
Geschickter, a 1989 University of Tennessee graduate, said she has not had a problem with respect in the garage area.
"I found the industry to be respectful to women and to me," Geschickter said. "We all have a job to do when we're here."
The most emotional days as a car owner for her were the team's first Nationwide victory at Bristol in 1996 and then the day the team made its first Cup race at the 2008 Brickyard 400. Marcos Ambrose put the car in the field despite just two laps of practice.
While she misses time from family, Jodi has no regrets about the team ownership role.
"It's kind of become who we are," she said. "It's what we do. We enjoy what we do."


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MIAMI -- With Dillon Gee's return to the rotation looming, Mets manager Terry Collins isn't any closer to deciding which of his starters is going to the bullpen.
Daisuke Matsuzaka, who got the call on Friday against the Marlins at Marlins Park, has experience as a reliever already. This year, he's pitched 24 1/3 innings over 17 relief appearances and compiled a 2.22 ERA while holding batters to a .145 average. One of those innings came as recently as Tuesday against the Cardinals.
In four starts this season, Matsuzaka is 2-0 with a 3.63 ERA in 17 1/3 innings, which includes just one inning in his last start because of a stomach ailment. So the right-hander has proven himself to be flexible, spot-starting or relieving when needed.
But Jacob deGrom's future is a little more unsure. He's only ever pitched out of the rotation as a professional, appearing in all 58 of his Minor League games as a starter. Collins is concerned deGrom might not have the durability to get up to pitch every day as relievers tend to do.
"And if they get up, how long is it gonna take them to get ready, because sometimes they gotta speed it up," the manager said.
It's been a while since deGrom pitched out of the bullpen.
When the Mets drafted him as a pitcher out of Stetson University in 2010, he had started the season as a shortstop and closer. He made five relief appearances, but ended up logging most of his innings when he was moved to the rotation to fill some holes in the pitching staff. deGrom became his team's No. 1 starter, throwing 82 1/3 innings in 12 starts and recording a 4.48 ERA.
That year was his only full season on the mound. In two seasons before that, he'd mainly been an infielder and logged just one relief appearance in 2009.
"Dillon's gotta get back in the rotation," Collins said. "We don't know certainly who it is we're gonna put back in the bullpen. When that time comes, we'll see whose names are brought up."
Gee could make his first rehab start early next week as he works his way back from a right lat strain.
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DIVISION Two leaders West Tanfield staged a thrilling late comeback to secure a point against second-placed AFC Beckside last Sunday. But an incident-packed encounter will be best remembered for an incredible piece of sportsmanship by Beckside defender Mark Flood.
With his team leading 3-0 with less than ten minutes to play thanks to goals from Martyn Stubbings, Danny Connolly and Kieran Thornton, Flood informed referee Tony Godkin that a shot from Tanfield's Rafal Kochanski had crossed the line before being cleared away after the official had originally ruled it had not.
That proved to be the turning point of the match, and possibly the title race too, as a penalty from Kochanski and a strike from Karol Ratajcak gave Tanfield a point to keep them on top.
It was the visitors who grabbed an 18th minute lead – a free kick from Scott Healey being forced home at the far post by Stubbings.
Beckside doubled their lead midway through the first half.
Connolly's ball into the box was surely only intended to be a cross but assisted by the strong breeze it sailed over goalkeeper Ben Richmond.
Tanfield had a great chance to get back into it before the break when Kochanski was brought down in the penalty area but Ratajzcak's spot kick came back off the crossbar.
That appeared to be crucial when Beckside made it 3-0 six minutes into the second half.
Richmond did well initially to keep out an effort from Mark Swanwick but Thornton reacted quickly to turn home the rebound.
But things slowly began to go Tanfield's way. Thornton had to leave the field with an ankle injury ten minutes from time, leaving Beckside down to ten men, and almost immediately Flood's sportsmanship turned the match on its head.
Kochanski's shot beat Beckside keeper Marc Briggs and came back off the inside of the post before Flood could clear it away. Godkin waved play on but the Beckside defender admitted the ball had crossed the line and it was 3-1.
Two minutes later Ross McSherry went down under a challenge from Briggs and Godkin pointed to the spot for a second time, even though it appeared the Beckside goalkeeper had got both hands to the ball. This time Kochanski took on the responsibility and made no mistake to set up a grandstand finale.
The visitors were now desperately hanging on but with just a minute left, Tanfield rescued a point to remain top of the table – Ratajzack making amends for his earlier penalty miss.
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In the beginning, there was paper a lot of paper, in the form of inches-thick law firm bills. For many law departments, the paper system remains. Others have turned to electronic solutions to their billing needs.
Some of those law departments are finding that approaching e-billing with a single goaltranslating those paper bills onto the screenis aiming low. Todays e-billing systems incorporate matter management, allowing for easier budgeting, bill review and data culling. For some law departments, systems incorporating e-billing have become the foundation for better outside spending control and efficiency and more businesslike practices overall.
When e-billing started out, it was hyped to submit detail associated with the invoice into a system so it could be looked at, aggregated and reviewed in a uniform manner, says Jane Bennitt, a manager at legal consultancy Hildebrandt Baker Robbins & Co. Because it worked so well, very quickly law departments started wanting other features involved. So e-billing today is a misnomere-billing isnt just e-billing.
1. Cut Out Paper
In a recent ACC/Serengeti survey of in-house counsel, only 19 percent of respondents were using some sort of e-billing system. If you're still dealing with paper bills, it's understandable that the first step to automation is daunting. E-billing companies have become an industry unto themselves, presenting an overwhelming amount of options. And law departments all have different needs--factors such as corporate structure, international reach and preferred budgeting processes will affect what system you eventually choose.
"Selecting an e-billing system is an expensive proposition, and the amount of money involved in making a bad choice could be detrimental to your career," says Jane Bennitt of Hildebrandt. "Law departments may take years of looking into systems before they actually select one and get started. And they may use one for a period of years before they throw their hands in the air and say, 'This isn't working.'"
When clients approach Bennitt with scenarios like that, she always asks first if the relationship with the previous vendor can be repaired. "The cost to change systems is extraordinary," she says. "If a law department has old systems that haven't been updated, spending a fraction of the cost of a new system could make something work a lot better."
To avoid having to weigh such options, spend some time researching what will be best for your department, which might mean working with a consultant. "Some law departments have made system selections and not been happy with the results from them, whereas if they had had more guidance, the results may have been different," Bennitt says.
Before and After
Goal: Cut out paper to coordinate approvals in a global company.
Before: CLO Gary Reiff's team of three lawyers at real estate private equity firm Black Creek Group had to field paper bills covering millions of dollars in legal work from 20 law firms and send them for approval to business group leaders located in different offices, states and countries.
"We were trying to keep track of which bills had been reviewed and approved, which had gone to accounts payable and the overall budgeting for the various companies," Reiff says. "It was exceedingly difficult because we had no coordinated system for review of those bills."
In 2007, Reiff's team set a three-month deadline for its firms to start submitting bills electronically. In-house, they used the interim to train business group leaders on the system and implement a coding system to make categorizing matters a breeze.
After: The paper bills are gone, and so are the days of chasing invoices through the company. Bills are received, reviewed and paid through Serengeti Tracker, which Reiff chose for his experience with the system when he was in private practice.
"I didn't want to create work for our law firms," he says. "You don't have to code differently or do special things; you just do everything the same--write down time and expenses, and easily translate it into the billing system." Outside counsel also appreciate that they no longer have to inquire about the status of bills--the system lets them login and check for themselves.
The system allows the trio to efficiently manage invoices for "a lot of legal work," Reiff says. "It allows us to move, review and address legal bills without dealing with paper, and it allows us to cross-compare law firms and rates. We keep up in real time with legal expenses."
2. Accelerate Approvals
"A paper bill from a law firm can be literally inches thick," says Brad Blickstein, principal at the Blickstein Group. When faced with phone book-like invoices, reviewing them generally comes to mean initialing pages after a quick glance, a matter of asking yourself if you felt you got your money's worth, says Dan Ruderman, an account executive for LexisNexis, which offers an e-billing/matter management system. When you're dealing with paper, comparing invoices to previously set budgets and billing guidelines of varying complexity can become an ordeal.
"If you'd agreed that no more than two attorneys would attend a deposition, you'd have to look at each attorney's data to see what depositions they attended and then see if anyone else's information matched up," Blickstein says.
Many systems now track compliance with billing guidelines and budgets, allowing greater oversight with little effort.
"In a perfect world, when the client receives the bill they're able to look at it and feel comfort we're adhering to guidelines--not just billing guidelines but case management guidelines," says John Smith, CFO at Ogletree Deakins.
Some systems ensure compliance--for instance, Serengeti Tracker just patented a feature that automatically rejects invoices that don't comply, meaning in-house counsel no longer even have to set their eyes on bills until they're right.
"Relationships become more businesslike," says Rob Thomas, who is on Serengeti's management team. "The clients become more sophisticated and more engaged, rather than just turning a matter over to law firms and saying, 'Handle this.'"
The future may bring even more automation to invoice reviews. Disputing an item on a bill once meant drafting a memo, and in e-billing systems it can be as easy as clicking "flag," but one day the billing back-and-forth may disappear altogether.
"The next real advance would be for firms to be able to test their bill against their client guidelines before submission and avoid the whole back and forth," says Ruderman.
Before and After
Goal: Ensure the department and outside law firms are sticking to budget.
Before: In a recovering economy, the importance of budgeting outside legal work has become crucial to cost control. Craig Bohn, chief IP counsel at Semitool, also faced increasing supervisory responsibilities, and thus diminishing time to commit to budget oversight. "Before, either quarterly or at the end of the year we would see where we were, but any month we could go over if we didn't have budgets ahead of time--it was something we had to manage independently," Bohn says. The company previously a paper billing system.
After: The IP team now has a matter management system that integrates billing to make budgeting automatic. When a Semitool lawyer sets up a matter, outside lawyers get an e-mail notification that they need to submit a budget for the matter, which Semitool can approve or adjust. If a law firm invoices for an amount above the set budget, the system will round it down. "It's amazing how outside counsel have become very responsive to my desire for budgets and status reports," Bohn says. "I used to get invoices without ever having received a budget, but now I'm committed--they already did the work without me asking."
Evidence of the system's success is the fact that Bohn doesn't even have to think about it. "It's become intuitive," he says. "It's really three things you're doing [as an in-house lawyer]: legal work, finance and the link between the two. Now those just blend together for me. ... It gives me peace of mind that I'm doing my best to manage the money."
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Goal: Cut out the hassle and wasted time of manually assembling accrual reports.
Before: The law department at Olin Corp. has a quarterly obligation to report to the finance division any accrued law firm spending--all billings stuck in the approval pipeline or not yet received from law firms. The task should be familiar for many--according to a recent ACC/Serengeti survey, 80 percent of law departments have an obligation to report accruals at least annually, and 40 percent monthly.
"We used to have to pull each law firm's e-mails and create a spreadsheet of the responses of what the unbilled amounts were for each quarter," says Stu Roth, senior deputy general counsel. "We were using a system that didn't provide nearly the functionality or the e-billing capability that our system provides for us now."
After: Olin upgraded to a system with more bells and whistles, including a function that automatically collects unbilled amounts from law firms and creates an accrual report that Roth can hand to finance. The Serengeti application also gives a snapshot of invoices stuck somewhere in the approval chain. "Between the two," Roth says, "we know exactly how much we might be accountable for in a particular quarter, and that gives comfort to finance and the outside accountants."
3. Work Your Data
Some of the dominating conversations of the moment in the legal industry focus on the evolving client-law firm relationship, including alternative fee arrangements and the oft-declared "death of the billable hour."
"We endorse a partial paradigm shift, [in which] the focus is on the work, and the billable hour is a byproduct of that but not the focus," says Eyal Iffergan, CEO of Hyperion Global Partners, a legal consultancy. "What ties back to the existing conduit of e-billing is the ability to translate that context in the information you share, allowing law departments to focus on the work their firms are doing and understand what it costs to accomplish that work."
For instance, e-billing systems can be a crucial tool in structuring AFAs with law firms to fully understand where your money is going and ensure you're getting the biggest bang for your buck.
"Before e-billing, I'd say if you went to a Fortune 500 company and asked how many law firms they used, they wouldn't know," Blickstein says. "Now they can ask, 'How much are we spending on depositions in Arizona? What's the cost of a typical slip-and-fall defense in Ohio?'"
And most law departments using e-billing already have the data, they just need to put it to work.
"If your e-billing system is capturing the information and you're typing your cases and tracking tasks, then you can either budget or create AFAs or both," Ruderman says. "If you share that information with your firms appropriately, then you both have comfort that you have a fair basis for the relationship."
Before and After
Goal: Streamline an existing matter management system for better analysis of spending data.
Before: The data-driven law department at United Technologies Corporation took advantage of the need to move to a new matter management system and used it as an opportunity to improve the classification of their matter data. "In our previous system we were very accommodating to the requests of the user base for additional codes and data fields" says Kimberly Townsan, senior manager of legal administration. "The end result was fragmented data; for example we had numerous codes which were used only a handful of times ... within a database of over 100,000 matters.
A team of 40 lawyers and paralegals across all practice areas dedicated a year to identifying and prioritizing both the functionality and data requirements for a new system. Matter types were determined based on "process," and UTC was able to reduce the primary matter types by more than 50 percent to just eight: administration, advice and counseling, antitrust, IP prosecution, litigation, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, subpoenas and transactional non-M&A. Within each type, matters may be further categorized.
"We pressed for a 'root cause' when additional codes or fields were requested," Townsan says. "Data for the sake of data can create inefficiencies. We wanted to avoid lengthy lists of codes. Additional classifications had to be warranted based on volume and business need." The group determined by consensus, for example, that UTC's asbestos docket incorporated specific enough data to warrant its own subtype, whereas M&A matters could be categorized within one type with further definition accommodated within a single data field.
After: "Understanding our reporting needs up front enabled us to design the system to ensure the data was properly categorized to 'slice and dice' it. We can now use our matter billing data to zero in on opportunities for savings; for example, targeting AFAs or identifying areas for counsel consolidation through competitive bidding," Townsan says.
The key for UTC was investing in upfront planning to ensure that the application selected, Lawtrac, met the company's needs and could accommodate future changes. "It may not be that you need a complete revamp of matter management," Townsan advises. "It's working with senior management and the user base to identify the business requirements. Identifying functionality, how the data will be used and then getting the application to meet both process and reporting needs are the keys to success."


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i was about to write, is there any point to have Will Bynum in the NBA, and he hits a buzzer 3, lol.
Drummond's impressive. shooting touch is nonexistant. but otherwise, fun to watch
Stuckey looked well too. this team makes much more sense now, might compete for a playoff spot with some luck
damn, i didn't realize the Pacers are playing too
on another note: Terrence Jones looked well for the Rockets in the first game. But they are playing PFs at all 3 frontcourt spots at times, it was predictable obviously, but it's a shame.
And Lin is keeping up his turnovers pace.


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A's activate Young from disabled list
OAKLAND -- As expected, outfielder Chris Young was activated from the disabled list and was penciled into the starting lineup against the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.
"It's only been two weeks, but it feels like two months," Young said. "I'm comfortable going out to play."
Young played in one rehab game with the Sacramento River Cats, getting a hit and walking twice. He left the game after five innings with cramps.
Young said leaving the game was just a precautionary measure. Had it been a regular-season game in Oakland, he would have hydrated and kept playing.
On Friday, he put his left quad muscle to the test in the Oakland outfield, just to put his mind at ease.
"I wanted to get as close to game speed as I could and push myself," Young said. "I achieved that. Now it's time to get past the injury."
Rick Eymer is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Rosario back behind plate for De La Rosa
DENVER -- For the first time since Opening Night, left-hander Jorge De La Rosa was paired with regular catcher Wilin Rosario. The situation attracted scrutiny because once during Spring Training and in the opener, the two became crossed on signs and De La Rosa's outing deteriorated.
Manager Walt Weiss has said putting De La Rosa with Jordan Pacheco for three straight starts wasn't a "personal catcher" situation or an attempt to keep De La Rosa and Rosario from one another. De La Rosa struggled just as much in his first two starts with Pacheco as he did on Opening Night, only without the odd exchanges on the mound.
"I don't have a lot of concerns about it," Weiss said. "There's been a couple issues early on, one in Spring Training, but we've spent a lot of time on that. Wilin and Jorge have spent a lot of time together. 'Lach' [catching coach Rene Lachemann] and Jimmy Wright, the pitching coach, and as a staff we've put time in not only with Wilin and 'De La,' but the entire pitching staff and with our catchers.
"I look at last year and Wilin caught a bunch of 'De La's' starts, and they worked really well together."
The Rockies pinpointed De La Rosa's problems in his first three starts, all of which lasted just 4 1/3 innings, on overthrowing. In his last start, De La Rosa held the Padres to three runs, two earned, and struck out four in six innings. De La Rosa was hurt by two infield hits and a passed ball on Pacheco in the fifth inning, but he finished with two strikeouts in a spotless sixth.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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ROSSITER is a name which is already enshrined in the history of Swindon Robins, but those who arrived at Blunsdon around 45 minutes before the start of the Robins' clash with Leicester on Thursday may just have witnessed the start of a journey which could eventually see the famous name line up at the tapes once again.
Of course it's far too early to seriously suggest six-year-old Ben is going to go on and emulate his father Alun's achievements on a bike but, when your dad has progressed from being the Robins' mascot aged four to rider, team manager, title winner and now GB boss, the comparisons are always going to be made.
Alun's riding career was over well before Ben was born but all four Rossiter children are Blunsdon regulars and, with current Robins rider Nick Morris now living at the family home, they all see the life of a speedway rider close hand.
Riding a bike is not something Rosco has pushed on his children and until a month ago, Ben, Alun and wife Julie's only son, had not been bitten by the racing bug. But that's all changed over the last few weeks. The youngster has been badgering his dad about getting on the bike and, after a brief go last week, he had his first real blast around the infield track at the Abbey Stadium on Thursday night.
Rossiter senior was pleasantly surprised about how well his son took to the machine, although he did at one stage crash into a deflated air fence on the infield, and Ben clearly enjoyed his time in the middle as he was disappointed to not be allowed back onto the small track after the match.
If you ask the Robins team boss whether he thinks Ben could one day launch a speedway career of his own, he'll tell you it's far too early to be suggesting anything like that, but speaking to the boy himself in the Blunsdon pits it was easy to see the enthusiasm and fearlessness which comes with youth already had him excitedly thinking of taking things further.
"It was fun and I enjoyed myself," Ben said.
"When I got to the corner I stopped so I didn't crash and I know dad was shouting at me a lot, but I don't know what about.
"There was someone else riding at the same time as me and it looked like we were going to crash, which scared me a little. I did crash once into the mud and it hurt my belly, but I enjoyed it."
When asked whether he would like to follow in the footsteps of his dad one day, Ben simply replied "yes."
For half an hour, while his riders were changing and warming their bikes up, Robins team boss Rossiter was able to briefly relinquish his duties of preparing his team for the clash with the Lions and simply be a dad at a venue which has given him so much stress, heartache, joy and pride over the years.
He must have felt almost all of those emotions while watching Ben get to grips with his new hobby, with some hairy moments matched by a natural talent which surprised Rosco a little.
"I thought he did really well to be honest and I was very proud of him," he said.
"The bike he was on is basically my little fun bike, which I bought off Troy (Batchelor), and I use it to go out with Nick and the Kurtz boys (Todd and Brady) and people like that. We have another one which my sister's kids use, and used to be Ashley Holloway's, and he had a go on that last week but the track was soaking wet.
"It was much better for him this time although he did fall off a couple of times, but he picked himself up and got back on again which was the pleasing thing because a lot of little boys would have sat there and waited for their dad to come and pick you up.
"He's never been on a bike so he doesn't really have a clue about how they work and things like that but he just got on it and just rode. That was really pleasing.
"I've not pushed it on him at all but it's always been there, and I said to him it was there for him when he wanted to have a go. He's not really said anything about it before but in the last month he's started asking to have a go. Now he's really keen and he was disappointed he couldn't go out after the meeting as well."
For all his experience now, Rosco also had a first outing on a bike back when he was only four years old and, while admitting Ben is perhaps starting a little late compared to other sons of former riders, the Robins boss is proud of how he and Julie have handled things.
"Maybe he is a bit late starting, but because I did it I was never going to force it on him at all and it had to be his choice.
"I think I started when I was four so he's a little behind me, but I remember how much I loved it when I first started.
"I was the mascot from four years of age at Swindon and I can remember doing that and it really excited me, but from there I did motocross then grasstrack and then into speedway.
"Ben's really keen and it's up to him now. He has some good protective equipment which is important and it's his choice now.
"It's way too early to be talking about racing but he has to have the will and the want to do it. It's no good me pushing him and making him do it, he has to want to do it.
"That's probably why he's a bit late starting because other riders' kids maybe get pushed into it early, but we let him make his own mind up.
"I think the fact Nick goes out on his bikes and goes over to the field and things has pushed him a little. Ben's watched Nick quite closely and they're really quite close when they're at home, they wrestle and things like that just like big brother, little brother."
"He's quite into his computers and playing games and things like that but this is good because I'd like him to get out and maybe do some more outside things, which would be good."
It would be quite something to watch another Rossiter grace the Abbey Stadium. Watch this space.


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Veteran's Day is a national holiday celebrating those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. The National Holiday is celebrated annually on November 11, which is the anniversary date of the day World War I ended. Veteran's Day is the perfect day to visit the War Memorials or Arlington National Cemetery. There will be ceremonies honoring soldiers. Please see the list of some of the ceremonies below.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial– The ceremony will commence at 1pm at Constitution Avenue and Henry Beacon Drive. The Washington, DC color guard will be there and some key note speakers before the laying of reefs begins.
Arlington National Ceremony– The National Veteran's Day Service begins at 11am at the Arlington National Ceremony. There will also be a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier.
World War II Memorial– The wreath laying ceremony will begin at 11am and will take place between Constitution and Independence Avenues.
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Cruz out of lineup, Gwynn misses workouts
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Dodgers third baseman Luis Cruz was scratched from Tuesday's starting lineup against the Giants with flu-like symptoms and outfielder Tony Gwynn Jr. was held out of workouts to nurse a sore left groin muscle.
Cruz came off the field midway through morning workouts because of a nauseous stomach. Juan Uribe, originally scheduled to serve as the designated hitter, started at third base for Cruz with Tim Federowicz as the DH.
Gwynn, who walked twice, stole a base and was caught stealing in Monday's 7-6 win over the Cubs, said the groin injury is not related to the sports hernia that nagged him all of last season.


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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today announced an agreement with the Mexican government aimed at further improving consumer safety and making both the United States and Mexican marketplaces among the safest in the world. This agreement is also part of the ""Security and Prosperity Partnership"" between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.
CPSC Chairman Hal Stratton and Carlos Francisco Arce Macías, Federal Attorney for Consumer Protection of the United Mexican States (Profeco), signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at a ceremony in Bethesda, Md. The agreement calls for both agencies to work toward reducing product-related deaths and injuries in both countries, by exchanging information about product recalls, violations of federal safety laws, and enforcement actions. In addition, CPSC and Profeco will share scientific data, information on emerging hazards, safety research, hazard reduction strategies and notification of changes in product safety laws. The agreement also calls for both agencies to share inspection and laboratory test results, when appropriate.
"Many of the consumer products made or assembled in the U.S. and Mexico are exported into the marketplaces of each country," said Chairman Stratton. "Since imports play such a significant role in the American marketplace, we believe that working directly with government agencies in other countries is one of the most effective ways to ensure the safety of products made abroad and intended for U.S. store shelves. This agreement will help both safety agencies promote trade, ensure compliance with product safety laws, identify dangerous products faster and save lives and prevent injuries in both countries."
"In our respective countries, we are all committed to work in support of the development of effective and comprehensive consumer policies that allow consumers to fully exercise their right to safety when acquiring products," said Federal Attorney Arce.
Mexico is an important trading partner and producer of consumer products under CPSC jurisdiction. It is the second biggest exporter of consumer products to the United States, after China. In 2004, according to the U.S. International Trade Commission, 10.7 percent of all imports of products under CPSC's jurisdiction came from Mexico and were valued at $55.2 billion – an 80 percent increase since 1997.
The CPSC/Profeco MOU is a "key milestone" of the Manufactured Goods Working Group of the "Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP)," announced earlier this year by President George W. Bush, Mexico President Vicente Fox, and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin. The SPP is a trilateral effort to increase security and enhance prosperity among the three countries through greater cooperation and information-sharing. As a key milestone of the SPP, U.S. and Mexican officials agreed to "finalize and sign a Memorandum of Understanding…to enhance and strengthen the exchange of information and existing public health and safety protection cooperative activities related to the safety of consumer products."
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.
To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury go online to www.SaferProducts.gov or call CPSC's Hotline at 800-638-2772 or teletypewriter at 301-595-7054 for the hearing impaired. Consumers can obtain news release and recall information at www.cpsc.gov, on Twitter @USCPSC or by subscribing to CPSC's free e-mail newsletters.
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Cardinals all for new clarity with ball-transfer rule
ST. LOUIS -- Eight days after the Cardinals benefited from this month's stricter interpretation of the transfer play, Major League Baseball's Playing Rules Committee on Friday announced clarification as to how the rule should be applied.
The committee determined "that a legal catch has occurred … if the fielder had complete control over the ball in his glove, but drops the ball after intentionally opening his glove to make the transfer to his throwing hand." In other words, if a player drops the ball while taking it out of his glove, he is already ruled to have recorded the out.
During the first few weeks of the season, umpires, following instructions laid out to them with the implementation of expanded instant replay, were often calling a baserunner safe in such situations where the ball was lost on the transfer. The Cardinals saw this work in their favor in a game against Washington on April 17.
"It's always been one of those hazy [rules]," manager Mike Matheny said. "They were really putting a lot of pressure on the umpires. There were a few times we had a throw across the field, the first baseman catches it, and he's four steps into the dugout before he finally goes in and grabs the ball and then the umpire raises his hand [to signal out]. They were doing their job [in waiting for the transfer to be made], but it was a tough interpretation of the rule. Now, there's probably going to be some hazy situations, but I think it's a little more like what we were accustomed to."
This rule clarification also states that if a ball is dropped while a player is removing it to make a throw, the umpire will determine if the player secured it in his glove before the transfer. If so, the out was made.
"I think clarity on this is probably going to help everybody involved," general manager John Mozeliak said. "There was probably just too much subjectiveness prior to that and frustration just because of past history. So I think from a player standpoint, uniformed personnel standpoint, they're probably happy."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.