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Rimmel London Lycra Lash Extender Mascara Reviews
not goodI didn't like this mascara at all. I have pretty good lashes, but this product made them look pretty bad. It does add a bit of length, but it feels like it actually diminishes the volume. Also it flakes and the pigmentation isn't intense at all. The blackest black looked grayish. — 6 years, 4 months agovenenumletalis | 176 reviews
least favorite Rimmel mascaraThis mascara didn't do anything to my lashes. It's too clean looking, so it's only good if you wanted to separate out lashes or darken them. It does seem to lengthen just a little, but that may be because the lashes are separated out well without clumping. Rimmel has so many other mascaras that are great, don't get this one if you want volume and dramatic lashes. — 7 years, 10 months agoMakeupGuru | 444 reviews
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YAY!I LOVE this mascara! I have sensitive eyes so I have to change out my mascara every 1-2 months and this is great since it's not a $15+ dollar tube. Plus it enhances my lashes, curls and gives them volume. I also love the fact you can purchase this almost anywhere! — 5 years, 3 months agoSwoldierGirl72 | 342 reviews
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Its goodI have long and thin lashes, and about half what I had in my twenties (my lashes used to be my best feature) Pros: -Smell is fine -Brush is very nice: I prefer these 'old school' bristles to the ones that look like plastic, which hurt my eyes when I use it close to the lash base. Plus this one has a lot of bristles: I find that in this case, less product is applied at once, which I prefer. -Very ...read morenatural look -Good separation (for all mascaras, I wipe the brush on a tissue first and only one coat) -The wand is not too long -The brush is not too long for my small eyes -The smell is nice and subtle -The cap is cute and helps gripping the wand Cons: -It's so natural looking that behind glasses, it almost doesn't show up. I'd recommend this for week-end, errands, work if you prefer a quiet look. -Poor volume, even if I use zig-zag moves during application. When I simply brushed my lashes, I couldn't see any difference at all. Please note that I only use one coat. It might be buildable, I'll try and report later. Summary: Very nice natural-looking mascara, especially for the price. For an evening or falsies look, you'll have to use another mascara or use a volumizer mascara on top of this one. — 3 years, 5 months agohappylittlemess | 71 reviews
My all-time favoriteI have tried every other mascara on the market, including high end and cheap. I always end up coming back to this one because something about it just does wonders to my eyelashes. I have a lot of lashes, but they are light blonde and short, and this mascara really lengthens them and fans them outward. I use ELF clear mascara as like a base/primer and it makes it even better. I can't get enough of ...read morethis mascara and got my 14 year old cousin hooked on it too when she was 12 and mascara and lip gloss were the only make-up she was allowed to wear so i bought her a tube of this and some lip gloss and she is addicted as well! This mascara is amazing on its own, I just like a primer to keep my lashes conditioned and it keeps the mascara more soft feeling and looking, not as crunchy or stiff to the touch. — 4 years, 8 months agojackie | 49 reviews
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Absurdly longFirst coat made my lashes very long. Second coat made mine so long that it looked unrealistic. It was the most lengthening mascara that I have ever purchased. Two coats would be good for taking pictures so that your lashes would show up. It does what it has promised to do. Unfortunately, I have not seen this product in pharmacies recently, so I would stock up. — 5 years agocactushattrick | 16 reviews
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LOVE, LOVE,LOVE this mascara!I have been using this particular mascara for a number of years and have found very few to rival this baby! It goes on super smooth, doesn't clump and keeps my lashes looking lush. It adds volume and doesn't make the lashes stick together like so many other brands do. I hope Rimmel will continue to make this mascara and never discontinue it or it will be a sad, sad day! — 5 years, 10 months agostacy3040 | 1 reviews
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My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' --Clint Eastwood
Early indications are for another slightly positive open. Since the year began, we have had few large gaps to start the day, but buyers eventually become more active and we end up with a good day. It has been so consistent for so long there really isn't much new to say. There's no reason to expect the pattern of slow-but-positive action to end soon.
The great temptation is to keep trying to predict some sort of drama. Why not stir things up and make predictions about how something major is about to occur? It is a good way to gain a little attention and it is more interesting than this dull action. Unfortunately, making flamboyant predictions is not a good way to make money. The best way to deal with this market is to stand there and continue to do the same thing over and over.
From a writer's standpoint, I have to fight my hope that the market will do something soon to shake things up. There isn't a whole lot new to be said about this slow-trending action. Hopefully, I've made it clear that the best approach is not to be anticipatory and to stick with the trend. That has been the way to approach this market and, until the character of the price action shifts, that is what we must continue to do.
In a market like this, most market pundits have little choice but to keep trying to predict when this action will end. After all, the job of pundits is to make predictions and to provide interesting insights about the market. It isn't very interesting to suggest we keep doing the same thing over and over and not worry about when it might fail.
We know that this action will eventually shift and the market will act differently; however, there is really no reason to worry about that right now. Our focus shouldn't be on prediction but on how to extract as much as we can from this market. The only way to make money is to stick with the trend and not be sucked into this top-calling game.
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I've felt like pizza has saved my life many times, but rarely does a slice have a starring role in a true heroic act. But this adorable 7-year-old, Rita Lawlor, has put pizza on the heroism map. When her mom wouldn't wake up, she gave her a slap in the face with a piece of pie. Once that didn't revive her mom, she knew that it was time to get serious about getting some real help. Add this litmus test to your first aid repertoire. You may not have smelling salts in house, but pizza, VERY likely!
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Business News of Thursday, 24 January 2013
Source: Graphic Business
The local market is currently being flooded with different kinds of imitated and substandard commodities, including textiles, beverages, mobile phones, detergents which are mostly imported into the country.
While some of the imported items have their local substitutes, others have both the imitation and the original imported onto the local market, with such an impunity that leaves one wondering whether Ghana understands globalisation and free trade more than any country.
Interestingly, these imported items come with lower prices; hence have become the preference of a lot of people much to the detriment of local producers who are currently struggling to match the competition from their imported counterparts.
GRAPHIC BUSINESS checks at the Makola market in Accra, the wholesale and retail selling points of most of such products provided unambiguous evidence of imported items such as milk, detergents, mobile phones and most prominently textiles with pirated local designs of different competing kinds. For instance Aluworks and other aluminum companies have been struggling with competition from cheaper aluminium imports from China.
Again an unknown brand of imported milk was being sold at GH¢1.50 for three tins as against a locally produced brand, which goes for GH¢1.50 a tin. Again, while an original Nokia mobile phone goes for GH¢85, its imitated version sells at GH¢40, the GRAPHIC BUSINESS market survey revealed.
The local textile dealers have also had a fair share of this as pirated textiles are selling far cheaper than the original. The original of Da Viva wax print, a product of Akosombo Textile Limited (ATL), is sold for GH¢8 a yard, the imitated one is sold at GH¢3 a yard, implying patrons will need almost three times the amount of the pirated one to get an original print.
In the latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures released by the Statistical Service, the agricultural sector recorded the highest growth rate of 4.6 per cent, followed by industry with 3.6 per cent, with the services sector recording a decline of negative 2.2 per cent.
However, the main contributors to the industry sector was not the manufacturing sub-sector but the construction sub-sector, which recorded 19.2 per cent growth, followed by mining and quarrying with 5.2 per cent and water and sewerage activities with 0.6 per cent.
The local textile industry is perhaps, the most perfect example of how unbridled imports, piracy and dumping have negatively affected the economy.
The textile industry used to be vibrant in Ghana with over 20 textile firms employing more than 25,000 people. Currently, only four of the textile companies remain and are even struggling to survive, with less than 3,000 people in employment.
Sadly, due to their affordability and how they have been expertly mimicked to look like the original, many people as well as the traders selling them prefer buying them despite being aware that they are the pirated ones.
The surviving companies have been running plethora of advertisements in recent times to educate the public in the dangers of patronising imitated products. Unfortunately, these commercials alone are not enough to save the local textile industry from extinction.
As the adverts keep increasing, so are the pirated textiles flooding our market giving the local companies uneven playing field that is gradually pushing them further out of business.
A retailer at Makola market, Madam Vivian Sowah, told the GRAPHIC BUSINESS that the textiles from China, namely, Sikaprint, Hi-target, Ordine are still in the market because they were cheaper and people patronised them a lot.
She expressed her preference to selling them because they were cheaper and gave her value for money as customers do not patronise the local prints as much.
Clearly, the textile industry is at an ailing stage struggling to survive and several calls by industry players for interventions have yielded no results.
The President of Spinnet Textile and Garment Cluster, Mrs Edwina Assan, told the GRAPHIC BUSINESS in an interview that because Ghana had a liberalised trade, it was not able to fully regulate what was imported into the country and therefore called for a review of the policy so it regulates what is imported into the country.
A taskforce set up to rid the market of these pirated textiles, comprising representatives of the security agencies, the Ghana Standard Authority, the local manufacturers and the trade unions seem to have made no headway as they have to deal with persistent resistance from traders, who sometimes endanger the lives of the group.
The continued extinction of the textile industry would throw people out of jobs and have revenue implications for the government, as since they are not able to pay taxes, a typical example which occurred just last year.
The Ghana Revenue Authority closed down the premises of the Akosombo Textiles Limited (ATL) for not honouring its tax obligations after the company had laid off several workers to be able to meet its costs and stay in business.
Information available to the GRAPHIC BUSINESS by the Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Union (TEGLEU) indicate that local textile manufacturers enjoy only 30 per cent of the market share in Ghana, while imported/smuggled/under invoiced dealers get 70 per cent market share, a clear indication that the industry is suffering.
It also said as of 2002, the Budget Statement of the government indicated an annual loss of GH?30 million to the state as a result of illicit textiles imports, adding that the high level of graduate unemployment could be worsened if the textile industry was allowed to lay off more workers.
The General Secretary of the Union, Mr Abraham Koomson, told in an interview said that the monitoring activity of the task force had been halted due to the festivities and that paved the way for the pirated textiles to flood the market.
According to him, they are currently waiting for government to settle so they could continue solving the outstanding issues with them and the taskforce would now gear for action.
He explained due to the elections, they had to suspend their activities since attempts to seize pirated textiles were politicised which was an impediment on the path of government hence their decision to strategically calm it down.
That notwithstanding, however, Mr Koomson explained they were waiting for who would be appointed the Minister of Trade so they can work in collaboration with that person.
He lauded the efforts by the administration of the government to help salvage the industry, adding the Akosombo Textiles Limited had been able to pay part of the debt it was owing, stressing that all those problems were caused by the influx of pirated textiles.
"For instance, one can easily come across a Chinese fabric with a GTP, Printex or ATL name and logo on it, therefore making it a hot commodity on the market, due to their relatively cheaper price," Mr Koomson said.
The Head of Public Relations at the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Mr Kofi Amponsah-Bediako in an interview with the GRAPHIC BUSINESS on January 18 said the plethora of brands seen on the market was a reflection of the country's liberal trade policy.
"Our trade policy allows various manufacturers and importers to come into the country to compete with the local manufacturers. And to this extent you cannot get up and stop anybody from bringing in a product, provided the person follows the approved channel," he explained.
Mr Amponsah-Bediako said that goods brought into the country which did not measure up to standards set by the GSA were seized at the ports and not allowed entry into the country.
He said imported products were controlled under the Destination Inspection Programme which subjected goods arriving into the country to examination and testing to find out whether they conformed to local standards.
"The problem is sometimes they are not stored under proper hygienic conditions, often displayed in the hot sun, and as such even if they are good at the point of arrival, they go bad in a few days," he said.
On the influx of textiles, he explained the Ministry of Trade and Industry was taking steps to ensure local textiles were not pirated and imported into the country.


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Fair Trade USA Visits Fair Trade Certified Pineapple Farms in Costa Rica
Guest blog from Alexandria Coari, Business Development Manager, Produce & Floral
This past June, Fair Trade USA's produce & floral team traveled to the central and northeast regions of Costa Rica to visit Fair Trade Certified pineapple farms. After meeting the farm workers, hearing their stories, and seeing firsthand the difference Fair Trade has made in their communities, the group returned home-- inspired and excited about all they had learned. This guest blog post comes to us from our very own Alexandria Coari, who works hard every day to help transform the lives of the farmers and workers on Fair Trade produce & floral farms around the world.
Before this trip, I had only heard and read about the power of Fair Trade and the social, environmental, and economic impact it can have for millions of farmers and workers around the world – those who work tirelessly day after day making the products we often buy without much contemplation about the person on the other side of the supply chain.
On a previous trip to Costa Rica, I witnessed the level of poverty that exists in some of the more rural regions of the country. Insufficient job opportunities, inadequate wages, low levels of education, and a lack of social/labor protections and health benefits were just a few of the unfortunate realities these communities deal with daily. Could Fair Trade really be a sustainable solution for these farmers and workers to lift themselves out of poverty, while also benefiting consumers and the environment? After this recent trip to Costa Rica where I had the opportunity to hear and witness the inspiring stories from Fair Trade Certified pineapple workers, I know the answer is undoubtedly: "Yes!"
Empowering Communities through Fair Trade
One farm that exemplified the transformative power of Fair Trade is Finca Corsicana. The farm is a pioneer in organic and sustainable pineapple production and is located in the valley of the Mount Poas volcano, in the Sarapiqui region of Costa Rica. Finca Corsicana became Fair Trade Certified in 2009 to address the needs of its expanding workforce in this remote area, some of which include low levels of education, and a lack of childcare and health care options.
One memorable part of our visit was the day spent with Finca Corsicana's Fair Trade Committee (pictured on left), the group responsible for listening to the needs of the workers, democratically deciding how to invest their Fair Trade community development premiums, and implementing each project. During our meeting, we learned about an unfortunate reality for many workers from Isabel Fonseca and her husband (photo below on right). Her family cannot afford childcare for their four children, so the kids spend two hours a day without adult supervision when their parents' schedules overlap at work. One day, Isabel came home to find that her four-year old son had burned himself with an iron and had no one to go to for help.
Franciny Bonilla Vidaurre, another worker at Finca Corsicana, bravely told us about the high cost of living in the area, making it difficult to finish school or simply get by with her three children at home.
These stories, amongst many others, convinced the workers to invest their community development premiums in the construction of an affordable childcare facility and a learning center to teach English lessons and computer skills. The daycare center will help give peace of mind to mothers like Isabel and Franciny, who will now know their children are safe while they work to provide for their families.
"I have two young daughters. My wife and I were not able to finish our academics, but thanks to the new daycare, our daughters will be able to stay in a safe place while we receive training in the learning center." -- Wagner Loria Valerio , Finca Corsicana farm worker
In the photo on the left, you can see some of the progress that Finca Corsicana has made in the construction of their Fair Trade premium funded project. The daycare and learning center are highly anticipated not only by the workers and their surrounding communities, but also by the Ministry of Education, who is also backing this project. As we said our goodbyes, we promised to share their stories with you, helping you realize the positive impact made possible when you choose Fair Trade Certified products at the store.
Pineapples for the Planet
Fair Trade Environmental Standards in Action
While visiting these pineapple farms, I was able to see firsthand the power of Fair Trade certification for both organic and conventional (non-organic) fruit – not only for consumer health but also for the health and safety of farm workers. Fair Trade environmental standards are some of the strictest in the industry. They encourage farmers to better protect local and delicate ecosystems, reduce the use of harmful agrochemicals, prohibit the use of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms), and develop proper waste management. What I found most impactful though was how the adherence to and understanding of these environmental standards often results in other positive outcomes such as environmental conservation, improved soil quality, biodiversity, and reforestation.
We witnessed these strides in environmental sustainability on both Fair Trade Certified organic and conventional pineapple farms. One group of farm workers elected to use natural barriers and protections to prevent soil erosion or maintain existing biodiversity. At another small producer's pineapple farm, we learned how he decided to plant around the naturally growing and prospering banana trees on his land instead of clear-cutting. A third farm we visited was working to conserve a thriving rainforest and native wildlife located in the middle of its crop rows.
Becoming Better Stewards of the Land
The most interesting lesson I learned on this trip relates to the power of Fair Trade certification for conventional produce (versus organic). While Fair Trade certification does not require organic certification, it does support organic farming with training for producers and a higher price incentive for organic products. In fact, an estimated 30% of producer organizations invest a portion of their Fair Trade premiums in environmental initiatives for community development. Specifically, many producers invest their Fair Trade premium funds in organic certification, which has led to outstanding results -- in 2011 alone, 59% of Fair Trade Certified produce imported into the US was organic.
In Costa Rica, I came to appreciate how Fair Trade certification has enabled conventional pineapple producers to become better stewards of the land, as this is where significant changes in farming and agrochemical practices need to occur. Organic certified farms have typically already implemented many of the environmental standards requirements to become Fair Trade Certified, whereas conventional farms must take greater strides as they work to earn certification (for example: develop environmental plans that outline concrete action items and timelines to reduce pesticide use, prevent soil erosion, protect local flora and fauna, and minimize water use).
Ultimately, achieving these Fair Trade environmental standards encourages the production of goods that benefit you, farming communities, and the earth-- everyone wins!
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After this eye-opening trip, I returned home with an array of stories and lessons to share from the farmers and workers we visited. I'm grateful and honored to have had this experience and am all the more committed to helping consumers better understand where their food comes from, how it is grown, and whose hands cared for it during its journey to our shopping carts. It is evident to me that Fair Trade can empower workers to lift themselves out of poverty, invest in their farms and communities, protect the environment, and develop the skills necessary to thrive as international businesspeople.
And I'm even more excited because Whole Foods Market, who for years has offered Fair Trade Certified organic pineapples and other Fair Trade products such as bananas, roses, mangoes and more under their Whole Trade Program, has now expanded their Fair Trade produce offerings to become the first national grocer to offer Fair Trade Certified conventional pineapples! These pineapples will be available in select Whole Foods Markets around the country, helping nearly 1,000 additional workers and their communities in Costa Rica.
Next time you're at your local grocery store, I hope you think about the farmers around the world who worked so hard to grow your food, especially those on these Costa Rican pineapple farms. It's empowering to know that our every day purchases of Fair Trade Certified products are better for the earth and can have a direct and tangible impact on the men and women who produce them!


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A few years ago, I watched as my colleague Beatrice and her young son Joey were interviewed by a television reporter about food allergies. It was Halloween and the feature was to air that evening, a perfect time to raise awareness about this growing issue for Canadian children, and about the precautionary measures that families must take to keep their kids safe.
Hoping to get some good visuals, the reporter asked Joey to sort through his loot from a Halloween party, dividing the candy into "safe" (no peanuts) and "unsafe" (with peanuts or a 'may contain' warning) piles. With the help of his mother, Joey adeptly separated his treats.
As the off-limits pile grew, the reporter looked at Joey sympathetically and asked: "How do you feel? It must be awful having a peanut allergy and not be able to have all of these things?"
To the surprise of all of us, Joey, then 5 years old, responded nonchalantly, "Why? It's just candy."
Joey was clearly pleased with the amount of treats he could have and proud of the cool pirate costume he'd worn to his class party that morning. I wanted to give Joey a big hug. What a great attitude he had.
Parents, as you venture outdoors for Halloween 2014 with your food allergic youngsters, take a cue from Joey. Stay focused on what your children can have and can do, rather than their limitations. While ghosts and goblins may spook young children, food allergies don't have to be scary. Halloween is an excellent opportunity to educate your kids. With some careful planning and simple precautions the evening can be a treat for all:
Emphasize safe eating habits
During the Halloween season, a lot of food makes its way into the classroom. Reinforce the "no sharing food" rule and remind children not to take goodies from others, even well-meaning adults. Explain that people who do not have a food allergy may not know what to look for on a food label and could miss something.
Remind teachers and caregivers about food policies
Ask them not to give food to your children without your knowledge. It's very difficult for a young child to say "no" to an adult in a position of authority. We know of one case where a teacher made a mistake and gave a child a baked good which was labeled "peanut-free," forgetting that his allergy was to milk. (He had a reaction.) Ask teachers to remind other families about the school's food policies, and to be on the lookout for unsafe foods that may slip into the classroom.
Have a plan for trick-or-treating
Remind your kids they must always carry an EpiPen or Allerject auto-injector, wear MedicAlert identification, and stick with an adult. Role playing can help for young children who may feel shy about declining treats with obvious allergens from neighbors. Make sure your children eat before going out. A full stomach will reduce the temptation to sample treats en route.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Silver Star chinese restaurant on Blanding Boulevard received 25 violations in it's inspection last week and the owner, Jack Wu, says the economy has impacted his ability to keep the restaurant up to standards.
However, Wu says he recognizes he has some cleaning up to do and is ready for the challenge, even if he doesn't have the budget for big improvements.
An inspector found 15 critical violations and 10 non-critical. Most of the concerns centered on cleanliness and training. An inspector noted residue in food storage containers, crust on the soda nozzles, employees not washing hands or produce before cutting it.
Wu tells Channel 4 that money is tight and he only has five employees and had to cut a sixth who would have focused on cleaning.
"Now I'll try to get work staff focused on food preparation and everything plus we are a small company," says Wu.
A small company with a small budget trying to keep up with regulations he says are just getting tougher.
"Looks like to me now I'm running a hospital and not a restaurant but you go to a hospital and it will cost you thousands of dollars you come here you spend 5 to 10 bucks," says Wu.
Wu wants to assure customers that despite the violations, the food is safe. He says the key to that is making sure it's cooked properly.
"That's the main thing, temperature. That doesn't mean I can violate the regulation, but why we stay ok. My family's eating here, I am eating here everyday, my staff, family, friends' family eating here every single week," says Wu.
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We live in a world where screens are king. Between TV, phones, computers and tablets, you could live your life in front a screen. Our kids are exposed to more screen time and more screen opportunities than ever before. So many parents ask themselves, how much is too much for a toddler?
In their recent 'Get Up and Grow' initiative, the Australian Federal Government released their recommended TV and screen times for children aged five years and under. They said that toddlers under two should not have any screen time at all. Their reasons include:
For children two to five years, the Government recommends just one hour a day of watching TV and partaking in screen-based activities.
The CSRIO is a little more flexible and says that children should have no more than two hours of screen time per day. They say studies suggest that toddlers who have more than two hours of TV screen time are more likely to:
Kimberley O'Brien, Principal Psychologist at Quirky Kid, says that while she would like young children to have no screen time at all this isn't always possible. She suggests that toddlers have no more than around 1.5 hours per day of TV time.
"This age is an time for developing skills and it's time lost if kids are watching screens," says Kimberley. "Also, be aware that screen time includes time in front of phones, iPods, iPads and computers. So it's very easy to go over the amount of time a child should be in front of a screen."
Studies have shown if a parent sets limits on TV and screen time children will often watch less TV than the time limit. By setting a time limit on your kids you can stop them from becoming too reliant on screens for entertainment or to cure boredom. Instead, they can do other quiet activities such as puzzles, drawing or looking at books.
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Pearl Harbor (2001)
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Directed by: Michael Bay
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Ben Affleck, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jon Voight, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, William Lee Scott
Factual error: In the control tower scene after the stunt flying, look closely in the background and you will see the shapes of E-2 Hawkeyes. The E-2 wasn't in service until the early 60's.
Other mistake: When Rafe and Evelyn are on the platform by the side of the Queen Mary, the platform is going up, but the ropes are not moving through the pulleys.
Visible crew/equipment: When Dorie Miller is in the hall of the ship, he is holding a tea or coffee set, on the left side of the screen you can see the hands of the camera focus puller and the wireless focus controller for a brief moment.
Factual error: When they show the whole fleet sailing, there is clearly a nuclear submarine out front. It is easily distinguished by its teardrop shaped hull.
Factual error: In the scene where the nurses walk among the flag-draped coffins after the attack, the nurses are in stylish civilian outfits. Those nurses are all Naval personnel, and once war was declared they were ordered to be in uniform at all times, except when in the privacy of their quarters.
Continuity mistake: When Rafe and Evelyn go to the Queen Mary ship and they are rising on the platform, and kissing, one camera shot shows them rising and when they stop the camera does a close up and you can see they are still at the red painted water line indicator. The next shot shows them above it again.
Factual error: When the MPs drive on to the golf course to alert the commander of the attack, the Jeep they're driving is a Korean War era M-38.
Factual error: There is an old mahogany speedboat in the movie. The movie is set in 1941, the speedboat is a 1955-1958 Chris Craft Capri.
Continuity mistake: The hangar used in the "Mitchell" Field scene is the same one used later in the film as Clark Field, with the world "Mitchell" removed, leaving only the word "Field."
Factual error: There is no way that anyone in Hawaii could have listened to the radio chatter among Doolittle's raiders. First, because the planes were flying separately on different routes, not as a group, and were observing radio silence, so there was nothing to hear. But mainly, because the radios used for inter-plane communication are low-power short-range units. Long-range communication was carried out by each plane's radio operator, using Morse code. Long-range voice communication by radio was not possible back then.
Factual error: At the beginning of the film there are some newsreel bits showing the war in Europe giving the background for the historical setting circa 1939-40. In one of these, for about 2-3 seconds you see a M-26 Pershing next to a wall. The M-26 Pershing wasn´t introduced until early 1945 when it entered the war in Europe.
Other mistake: When Eveleyn and Rafe were going to the Queen Mary, you can see to the left the modern buildings for the actual New York.
Continuity mistake: Just after Rafe pops himself in the nose with the champagne cork, there is a bit of blood running down his right cheek. It disappears when the camera cuts back to him.
Continuity mistake: In the scene near the beginning of the movie where Rafe is being reprimanded by Maj. Doolittle for stunt flying, Rafe starts to talk about the various accomplishments that Doolittle has to his credit. The scene shifts to Doolittle and you can see in the background some of the trophies that he won in various air races and endurance tests. One of the trophies has a small model of an F-86 Sabre jet. The scene takes place in early 1941 and the F-86 didn't exist until the 1950's. In fact, jets weren't around until the end of the war and mostly in the hands of the Germans.
Continuity mistake: On the morning after the love scene with Evelyn and Danny, they are talking and she puts her head on his right shoulder and starts crying. The camera pulls back and she is still crying on his shoulder - but this time on his left shoulder, not his right.
Continuity mistake: As the Doolittle Raiders are taking off from the aircraft carrier there are several sweeping views of the carrier task force as the planes fly off. The decks of the carriers are obviously modern US carriers with the landing portion of the flight deck angled out about 10° from the catapult direction of the flight deck.
Factual error: The nurses are wearing far too much make up when on duty: bright red lipstick, eyeliner, mascara and blusher expertly applied. Military medical nurses are allowed subtle skin tone make up and surgical nurses none at all. It's always been that way, right back to the 1890s when the British Army first hired nurses.
Factual error: In the beginning of the film, there are scenes at "Mitchell Field" on Long Island, New York. The actual spelling is "Mitchel Field."
Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where the Japanese planes are taking off, there is a shot where, in the upper left hand corner, you can get a glimpse of the helicopter that the crew used to film aerial shots.
Continuity mistake: During the scene when Rafe and Danny are in the P-40's shooting down a few of the Japanese planes, they fly through some smoke from the burning ships, their prop wash makes the smoke swirl all around. But, a few minutes before that, when two Zero's fly through some smoke, the smoke doesn't move at all, almost as though the planes were never really there...


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No backseat managing from Gibson after ejection
DENVER -- Following his third career managerial ejection Saturday night, D-backs skipper Kirk Gibson left the game in the hands of bench coach Alan Trammell, preferring to steer clear of any backseat managing from the clubhouse or the tunnels.
"It's against the rules," Gibson said, smiling. "I try to follow the rules. If you've been a bad boy, you act like you've been a bad boy and serve your punishment.
"If I had a strong, strong, strong conviction on something, I'd try to get word there with two cups and a string running down," Gibson said, joking. "I think that's legal."
Through a 17-year playing career and two stints as a bench coach -- for Trammell in Detroit and A. J. Hinch in Arizona -- Gibson has seen plenty of examples of managers who tried to keep their hand in the game after being asked to leave.
"When I was a bench coach, it happened both ways," Gibson said. "But for me, I'm out of the game, I'm not out there, I'm not standing in the dugout, I'm not seeing guys' eyes. There's a lot more that goes into making decisions by your feel than a guy sitting in the tunnel or being up here [in the clubhouse] and running down there. I can tell you it's way different from where you sit or from where I was sitting last night than from where you're sitting out in the dugout trying to make decisions."
With Trammell and hitting coach Don Baylor both having successful managerial backgrounds to bring to the dugout in Gibson's access, Gibson has no hesitation about trusting his coaches. His own experience as a bench coach reinforced the point for him.
"I was involved in a situation where I was the bench coach, and the interim manager of that game [after the manager was ejected], where I was right on the situation," Gibson said. "I'd asked a couple questions of a couple people, just to get a reading of where I thought they were, and I was right on it. Then I got word [from the ejected manager] to do something different. I really felt strongly that this was the way to go. I obviously did what the guy wanted me to do, and it ended really bad, really quickly. That's kind of why I am the way I am. I'm not going to stand down there and peak around the corner."
Owen Perkins 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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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The deal which brought the mobile payments revolution to the forefront of the minds of consumers and investors minds starts Thursday. Starbucks' ( SBUX) deal with Square is being rolled out at approximately 7,000 Starbucks stores. Square Wallet is going into effect for Starbucks customers, and the two companies hope the relationship transforms the experience for its customers and makes things easier. "We look forward to continuing to create amazing connections with our customers -- both in our stores and outside of our stores and offering our customers choices in how they want to pay," said Adam Brotman, Starbucks chief digital officer, in a press release. "Starbucks believes in the values and vision of Square, and just three months after announcing our partnership with Square, we are thrilled to make the convenience of paying with the Square Wallet app available to our customers starting today." The Digital Wallet's Future Is Now Square Wallet will give customers the ability to pay at Starbucks, while exploring nearby businesses and browsing menu information, among several other features. The free app is available on both Apple's ( AAPL) iOS platform and Google's ( GOOG) Android platform. Square, led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has been at the forefront of the mobile payments revolution, and the start of this deal will be the beginning of how customers pay for everyday goods and services. "Square Wallet gives people an easy way to pay at Starbucks and neighborhood businesses," said William Henderson, Square Wallet director. "We're excited to work with Starbucks to introduce a broad new group of people to the benefits of using Square." As companies like eBay ( EBAY), Visa ( V), MasterCard ( MA) and Google seek to capture billions in payments revenue, Square continues to innovate and lead the revolution.
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I'm not as concerned as much with the scoring from Hill, GH and Hibbert....I think that their scoring and shooting will improve over time as they adjust to life without Granger...for the next 2-3 months...and then will continue to improve when Granger does return.
Believe me, I hate the PG shooting percentage sucks compared to last year....but I know that he also has a far different role than he did last year. I hate the Hibbert has reverted to Bruce Banner compared to the Hulk that he was in the Playoffs last year....but I think that all of these concerns will recede over time.


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Opening Day lineup uncertain with Mets' injuries
JUPITER, Fla. -- Injuries and matchups will dictate what could be an extremely unfamiliar Opening Day lineup for the Mets.
There is a chance the Mets will open the regular season with David Wright and Daniel Murphy on the disabled list, as both are rehabbing from strained intercostal muscles. That would push backups Justin Turner and Jordany Valdespin into the Opening Day lineup.
Because the Mets will likely face Padres left-hander Clayton Richard on April 1, outfielder Collin Cowgill should also crack the Opening Day lineup, perhaps even lead off.
The result could be a starting nine that looks something like this: Cowgill, center field; Ruben Tejada, shortstop; Ike Davis, first base; Marlon Byrd, right field; Lucas Duda, left field; Turner, third base; Valdespin, second base; John Buck, catcher; Jon Niese, pitcher.
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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CORSHAM skipper Pete Dennett reckons his side should be aiming to reclaim their place in the Wadworth 6X West of England Premier League's top flight after being boosted by a number of new recruits.
The Station Road club remain Wiltshire's only Premier One representatives and have significantly strengthened their squad over the winter.
Former captain and 2014 Wiltshire skipper Mike Coles has returned to the club and is joined by all-rounder Paul Robbins, who has arrived from Keynsham.
Left-arm spinner Simon Crampton has arrived from Surrey and seam bowler Jon Parker, who is with the Royal Navy, has also returned to the club he played for in the 2006-07 campaign.
Corsham have also added Australian opening swing bowler Kapelan Kulendranathan for his first British season as the club's overseas player.
Dennett said: "We're pretty happy and positive with the people we've brought in.
"We're a young squad. Last year the average age was about 23 for the first team and it's probably going to be a bit below that this time around. There's the nucleus of our squad there for the next few years.''
A change to the Premier One division this season means that while the top side will again be crowned champions, there will also be an end-of-season play-off tournament for the top four clubs.
Dennett, whose side host Taunton St Andrews in their opening league game on Saturday, said: "The standard (in the league) is good and it seems to have gone up again.
"(Champions) Bath are the benchmark, but we're positive about where we are at and we're looking to get back into that top four.
"We've had a good pre-season and won all of our games and want to go out and enjoy our cricket, but we want to be in that (play-off) competition at the end of the season.''
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Wearing a blond wig and some serious shades, Luis Buñuel poses with the Academy Award for his film The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.
As Wikipedia notes, "After having announced that Tristana would be his last film due to feeling like he was repeating himself, Buñuel met with screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière and discussed the topic of repetition. Shortly afterwards he met with film producer Serge Silberman, who told him an anecdote about having forgotten about a dinner party and being surprised to find six hungry friends show up at his front door. Buñuel was suddenly inspired and Silberman agreed to give him a $2,000 advance to write a new script with Carrière, combining Silberman's anecdote with the idea of repetition. Buñuel and Carrière wrote the first draft in three weeks and finished the fifth draft by the Summer of 1971, with the title originally being Bourgeois Enchantment. Silberman was finally able to raise the money for the film in April 1972 and Buñuel began pre-production.
Buñuel cast many actors whom he had worked with in the past, such as Fernando Rey and Michel Piccoli, and catered their roles to their personalities. He had more difficulty casting the female leads and allowed actresses Delphine Seyrig and Stéphane Audran to choose which parts they would like to play, before changing the script to better suit them. Jean-Pierre Cassel auditioned for his role and was surprised when Buñuel cast him after simply glancing at him once.
Filming began on May 15, 1972 and lasted for two months with an $800,000 budget. In his usual shooting style, Buñuel shot few takes and often edited the film in camera and during production. On the advice of Silberman, Buñuel used video playback monitors on the set for the first time in his career, resulting in a vastly different style than any of his previous films, including zooms and tracking shots instead of his usual close-ups and static camera framing.
This also resulted in Buñuel being more comfortable on set, and in limiting his already minimal direction to technical and physical instructions. This frustrated Cassel, who had never worked with Buñuel before, until Rey explained that this was Buñuel's usual style and that since they were playing aristrocrats their movements and physical appreance was more important than their inner motivation.
Buñuel once joked that whenever he needed an extra scene he simply filmed one of his own dreams. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie includes three of Buñuel's recurring dreams: a dream of being on stage and forgetting his lines, a dream of meeting his dead cousin in the street and following him into a house full of cobwebs, and a dream of waking up to see his dead parents staring at him.
The film was both a box office hit in Europe and the US, and critically praised, yet Buñuel later said that he was disappointed with the analysis that most film critics made of the film. He also disliked the film's promotional poster, depicting a pair of lips with legs and a derby hat. Buñuel and Silberman traveled to the US in late 1972 to promote the film. However, Buñuel did not attend his own press screening in Los Angeles and told a reporter at Newsweek that his favorite characters in the film were the cockroaches.
George Cukor Hosts a lunch for Luis Buñuel. Back Row from left: Robert Mulligan, William Wyler, George Cukor, Robert Wise, Jean-Claude Carriere, and Serge Silberman. Front Row from left: Billy Wilder, George Stevens, Luis Buñuel, Alfred Hitchcock, and Rouben Mamoulian.
While visiting Los Angeles, Buñuel, Carrière and Silberman were invited to a lunch party by Buñuel's old friend George Cukor, and other guests included Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, George Stevens, Rouben Mamoulian, John Ford, William Wyler, Robert Mulligan and Robert Wise (resulting in a famous photograph of the directors together, other than an ailing Ford). Fritz Lang was unable to attend, but Buñuel visited him the following day and received an autographed photo from Lang, one of his favorite directors.
Sensing that he had a special film, Silberman decided not to wait until May to premiere the film at the Cannes Film Festival and instead released it in the fall of 1972 specifically to make it eligible for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Buñuel was famously indifferent to awards and jokingly told a reporter that he had already paid $25,000 in order to win the Oscar. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and Silberman accepted on Buñuel's behalf at the ceremony. At the Academy's request, Buñuel later posed for a photograph while holding the Oscar, wearing a blond wig and oversized sunglasses."
The one, the only Luis Buñuel. Click here for a remembrance of Buñuel's last days by his long time friend and scenarist, Jean-Claude Carrière.


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Jared Wade: Who Wants to Watch the Mediocrity Treadmill?
After nine games, Indiana has the second-worst offense in the league. Scoring only 92
points per 100 possessions, the Pacers are only bested in impotence by the winless
Washington Wizards. Things went from bad to worse this week, when the Pacers lost
on their home floor despite holding the Toronto Raptors to five fourth-quarter points,
then completely mailed in a game in Milwaukee.
At a 2011 conference dedicated to sports statistics, Kevin Pritchard coined — or at
least popularized — the phrase "mediocrity treadmill." This NBA phenomenon, which
in broad terms is created by the rules governing salaries and player movement, is
something he suggested should be avoided at all costs. Its premise is simple: there is
no point in trying to put together an average team, so if you can't shoot for the stars
then you should burn down your team and bury it underground.
Try to be great or try to be horrible, those are the only two ways to compete.
The problem with being average is that it is very expensive to do so and it
necessitates locking many middling players into long-term guaranteed contracts. And
in the process, you lose not only a legitimate shot to compete with the league's elite
teams but also all financial flexibility to improve your team. So if you can't acquire a
few truly great players who can carry you to a title, you should just liquidate the
roster and stock up on draft picks and young, improving players on rookie contracts
(which the collective bargaining agreement keeps artificially cheap no matter how
talented they are). The salary cap just doesn't permit you to sign enough middle-of-
the-road, $8 million-per-year players to field a contender, so you need to bottom out,
clear cap space and retool the roster around a few highly productive players who earn
$15 million and a few more who make under $5 million.
The Pacers, much to the chagrin of most national basketball writers I have seen
discuss the subject, refused to bottom out. They have tried to take the mediocrity
treadmill route. Rather than admit their early millenium run was over and falling to
bottom of the standings — like the Heat, Nets Grizzlies and Timberwolves — the Pacers
haven't won fewer than 32 games in any season since 1989. (It should be noted that
when Pritchard discussed the mediocrity treadmill at that MIT stats conference, he had
yet to be hired by the Pacers in any official capacity.)
One of the suspected motivations for the Pacers' refusal to bottom out — and the one I
subscribe to — is that the franchise quite literally couldn't afford to. After the Brawl, the
team's fanbase was so turned off, so disgusted that those in power believed that a string
of sub-25-win seasons might lead to financial losses so large that it might force to owner
to sell. At worst, the result — especially if no Deron Williamses, Marc Gasols or Kevin
Loves were acquired, which is always a risk — could be the end of the Pacers in Indiana.
Or, less bad but still unacceptable, the franchise could get bad and stay bad for years
while owner Herb Simon took eight-figure financial losses each year for a decade as he
watched his team spiral the drain of irrelevance and futility.
Thus, their decision was at least understandable if still unpalatable. The on-court result
wasn't pretty (Troy Murphy was second on the team in shots one year), but last year's
attendance figures did start to show that the team's paying fanbase, many members of
which swore off the team forever during the Jail Pacers era, was growing.
Coming into this season with high expectations, it looked like the Pacers had outrun the
mediocrity treadmill. Maybe they couldn't beat the Heat, but they seemed to have a legit
shot at making the Eastern Conference Finals, and they would certainly once again be a
product worth watching.
But something funny happened on the way to the bank: The Pacers may have become
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|Jesse Blanchard: Injuries and the wrong kind of small ball
Size remains a premium in the NBA, even as the league trends smaller and quicker.
Since their first round playoff loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, the San Antonio Spurs
have been perceived as especially vulnerable to teams with large frontlines.
While head coach Gregg Popovich continues to audition frontcourt partners for Tim
Duncan—with Matt Bonner making a case for more playing time last night—the Spurs
had quietly upgraded and deployed size in less obvious ways than bringing in another
seven-foot shot blocker.
In trading George Hill for Kawhi Leonard and bringing back Stephen Jackson, gone
were the days of three guard lineups that stressed the Spurs defensive rotations
against any team with even a modicum of size on the wings. With two oversized
wings, the Spurs had an endless amount of roster versatility at their disposal and a
framework for better defense.
"With length at the two and three positions, often times can lend itself to a little bit
better overall defense," Popovich said a season ago. "More deflections, more
contested shots, better rebounding, crowding the court a little bit more. All kinds of
little things that add up to big things can happen with bigger people."
With Stephen Jackson out for a 4-6 weeks with a broken finger, and Kawhi Leonard
expected to be out for two weeks, the Spurs figure to be hurting for size.
"It's difficult to lose any player, especially if you lost your starting small forward a
couple of games before," Manu Ginobili said when asked about Jackson's injury
after the game. "We're going to be shorthanded for a while and we'll have to figure
it out. It's going to be hard but it's a good test for us."
Against the Los Angeles Clippers the Spurs failed that test. While the initial defense
remained stout in the fourth quarter, forcing the Clippers into a number of difficult,
contested shots, any defensive rotation from the frontcourt left the Spurs vulnerable
on the glass—which the Clippers exploited to great effect.
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Butler likely set at No. 3 spot in lineup
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Manager Ned Yost is still tinkering with the Royals' batting order, but it appears that designated hitter Billy Butler might start the season in the third spot.
Butler most often batted fourth last season. He was in the cleanup spot 102 times, as opposed to 56 starts in the No. 3 position.
On Friday against the Angels, it was Alex Gordon leading off, followed by Alcides Escobar, Butler and Mike Moustakas, with Salvador Perez fifth and Eric Hosmer sixth. The important consideration here is that Moustakas and Hosmer are left-handed batters.
"We're trying to find ways to protect Billy. We're trying to split our lefties," Yost said.
By stacking the heart of the lineup with Butler (right), Moustakas (left), Perez (right) and Hosmer (left), Yost not only is alternating sides of the plate but avoiding one possible strategy by opponents.
If the Royals had Moustakas third, Butler fourth and Hosmer fifth, in a tight situation the other team could bring in a left-handed reliever to face lefty Moustakas, walk Butler intentionally and pitch to lefty Hosmer.
In that event, as Yost pointed out: "You've got one of your best hitters on the club not getting pitched to and you don't want that. You want to stay away from that as much as you can. So that's why we slip Billy into the three out of the four."
He also noted that Moustakas and Hosmer could be switched between the fourth and sixth slots, depending on how they're hitting.
On Friday, he had Lorenzo Cain batting seventh, Jeff Francoeur eighth and Chris Getz ninth. Francoeur could move up if and when he emerges from his spring slump.
"The last week, we're just going to get a feel for things and look at it and see if guys get a little comfortable in those spots," Yost said.
But he saw pluses in the lineup he used on Friday.
"It's got good flow, it's got good sequence on it. I like it," Yost said.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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|The hospital in Novo-Alexandrovsk, which was created
by the Germans, during the First World War
|In 1945, with the help of the Soviet government,
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In this forest location, 8,000 Jews from Zarasai-Novo-Alexandrovsk,
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|Yehuda-Tzvi Eikhilczik: well-known musician,
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The rate of outbreaks caused by raw, unpasteurized milk and products made from it was 150 times greater than outbreaks linked to pasteurized milk, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The 13-year review also revealed that the states where the sale of raw milk was legal had more than twice the rate of outbreaks as states where it was illegal.
The study, published Feb. 21 in the CDC journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, reviewed dairy product outbreaks from 1993 to 2006 in all 50 states. The authors compared the amount of milk produced in the U.S. during the study period (about 2.7 trillion pounds) to the amount that CDC estimates was likely consumed raw (1 percent or 27 billion pounds). They determined the rate for disease outbreaks caused by raw milk products. Raw milk products include cheese and yogurt.
The study included 121 dairy–related disease outbreaks, which caused 4,413 illnesses, 239 hospitalizations and three deaths. In 60 percent of the outbreaks (73 outbreaks), state health officials determined raw milk products were the cause.
Nearly all of the hospitalizations (200 of 239) were in those sickened in the raw milk outbreaks.
These dairy-related outbreaks occurred in 30 states, and 75 percent (55 outbreaks) of the raw milk outbreaks occurred in the 21 states where it was legal to sell raw milk products at the time. The study also reported that seven states changed their laws during the study period.
Consumers can't tell if raw milk is safe to drink by looking at, smelling, or tasting it. Even under ideal conditions of cleanliness, collecting milk introduces some bacteria. Unless the milk is pasteurized, these bacteria can multiply and grow in the milk and cause illness. Pasteurization involves heating milk to kill disease-causing bacteria.
Robert Tauxe, M.D., M.P.H., deputy director of CDC's Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases (DFWED), point to the connection between state laws and outbreak frequencies.
"This study shows an association between state laws and the number of outbreaks and illnesses from raw milk products," Tauxe said in a news release. "Restricting the sale of raw milk products is likely to reduce the number of outbreaks and can help keep people healthier. The states that allow sale of raw milk will probably continue to see outbreaks in the future."
The study also found that the raw milk product outbreaks led to much more severe illnesses, and disproportionately affected people under age 20. In the raw milk outbreaks with known age breakdowns, 60 percent of patients were younger than age 20, compared to 23 percent in outbreaks from pasteurized products. Children are more likely than adults to get seriously ill from the bacteria in raw milk.
For study co-author Barbara Mahon, M.D., M.P.H., deputy chief of CDC's DFWED Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch, the evidence clearly shows that the health benefits propagated by raw milk advocates are outweighed by the risk of related illnesses.
"While some people think that raw milk has more health benefits than pasteurized milk, this study shows that raw milk has great risks, especially for children, who experience more severe illnesses if they get sick," Mahon said. "Parents who have lived through the experience of watching their child fight for their life after drinking raw milk now say that it's just not worth the risk."
Among other key findings:
- Thirteen percent of patients in raw milk outbreaks were hospitalized compared to 1 percent in pasteurized milk outbreaks. This may be because raw milk outbreaks were all caused by bacteria, such as E. coli O157, which tend to produce more severe illnesses, according to the study.
- Pasteurized milk and cheese outbreaks were often caused by relatively mild infections like norovirus and Staphylococcus aureus.
To view the study, please visit www.cdc.gov/eid. For more information about raw milk, visit http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/rawmilk/raw-milk-index.html.
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Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Co. Ltd. (Yasref) has awarded a 2-year engineering services to SNC-Lavilin Fayez Engineering for the refinery and petrochemical plant under construction at Yanbu on the Red Sea. The company is a Saudi Arabia-registered subsidiary of SNC-Lavilin, Montreal.
Saudi Aramco and China Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec) formed Yasref to build, own, and operate the refinery in Yanbu Industrial City.
The 400,000-b/d, full-conversion refinery will use Arabian Heavy crude oil to produce ultraclean transportation fuels for international and domestic markets as well as high-value refined products, according to Aramco.
Target markets, the company said, are those emerging in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, as well established ones in Europe and the US. Construction is to be completed in June 2014, with start-up in September 2014 and first commercial shipment of refined products in fourth-quarter 2014.
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