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That means in 2009, the most recent year for which statistics are available, some 38,000 more babies were allowed to live than the year before. Is anyone really disappointed about that?
In its annual abortion report this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said both the number of abortions and the abortion rate dropped by the same percentage in 2009. The abortion rate is the number of abortions per 1,000 women of child-bearing age.
Nearly all states report abortion numbers to the federal government. But it's voluntary, so a few states don't send data. For example, California — with the largest population and largest number of abortion providers — doesn't report data. Experts say there are more than 1 million abortions performed nationwide each year, but because of the incomplete reporting, the CDC had reports of about 785,000 in 2009.
The CDC's researchers found that abortions per 1,000 women of child-bearing age fell from about 16 in 2008 to roughly 15 in 2009. That's nearly 38,000 fewer abortions in one year.
Since 2000, the number of reported abortions nationally has dropped overall by about 6 percent and the abortion rate has fallen 7 percent.
Is there any really sane and decent human being who isn't honestly pro-life? I'm not talking about pro-life vs. pro-choice, but in the very real sense that nobody wants to see people die at any age. We as a nation work hard to preserve life in this country, and the decrease in abortions is an encouraging step in that direction.
Maybe the reasons for that decline don't fully appease the opponents of Roe vs. Wade, but as Allen County Right to Life Executive Director Cathy Humbarger told me earlier this year, the recent decreases in abortions, especially here in Allen County, are encouraging news.
The abortion rate in Allen County in 2009 during that 5 percent decrease was 10.9, according to CDC statistics. It went down to 10.7 in 2010 and 9.8 in 2011. There were 502 abortions in Allen County in 2009 (11,687 in Indiana). The number fell to 446 in Allen County in 2010 and 335 last year. And the state numbers fell to 9,553 in 2010 and 8,640 in 2011.
Some experts are speculating that the reason for the reduction in 2009 reported by the CDC is that some women believed they couldn't afford to get pregnant due to the tough financial times. And contraception is said to be playing a significant role in lowering the numbers. To those who oppose abortion, the bottom line is knowing that more babies are getting a chance at life.


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As the so-called grab-and-go market continues to grow, it's pulling melons right along with it.
Packaged, fresh-cut melons are finding their niche, according to industry leaders.
Even watermelons, which first struck consumer convenience gold with seedless varieties, are making inroads in the fresh-cut area as new varieties are developed that are amenable to the cutting process, said Mark Arney, executive director of the Orlando, Fla.-based National Watermelon Promotion Board.
"If you have a watermelon that's crunchy, and you don't go to the extreme, it's going to help fresh-cut," Arney said.
"The consumer has that watermelon and it's real crunchy. I don't know any consumer that wants a mushy watermelon. So, if you have one that's really crisp with a high sugar content, that's the key."
It has taken some time, but some watermelon varieties have come along that are more receptive to cutting and packaging than in the past,
"Five years ago, if you wanted a melon with more sugar, it was not going to be as firm," he said. "Now, it doesn't have to be, especially if it's one of those new X-varieties."
Growers and shippers are noticing a growing trend in fresh-cut watermelons.
"It continues to be strong because it offers the element of convenience," said Angela O'Neal Chappell, sales and marketing representative with Fairfax, S.C.-based watermelon grower-shipper Coosaw Farms. "Retailers are picking up on it, and I think it's certainly utilized."
Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Central American Produce has noticed the upward trend in fresh-cut cantaloupes and honeydews, said Michael Warren, president.
"People want to buy smaller portions. They see it and have a higher comfort level buying fruit like that," he said. "A lot of young consumers out there trying to make a living go in for the convenience, so fresh-cut (has) just as important a role, especially in melons, as the whole-melon sales."
The category grows a bit each year, said Greg Leger, president and partner with Leger & Son Inc., a Cordele, Ga.-based watermelon grower-shipper.
"I think people in metropolitan areas want to put fruit in front of their kids, but they don't want to have to deal with the rind or cutting up the watermelon, and convenience sells," he said.
That convenience carries a price premium, but it isn't prohibitive, Leger said.
"In some areas you have people (who) are looking for value, and watermelon is one of the best values out there," he said.
How much the fresh-cut category grows depends on various factors, including the caprices of nature, said Brent Harrison, president of Al Harrison Produce Co., a Nogales, Ariz.-based grower-shipper.
"Fresh-cut is a growing part of our industry. We know that," he said. "They have strict specifications and we understand that. There are problems throughout the year because of weather-related issues that affect quality, but all in all I see that business growing."
Manteca, Calif.-based watermelon grower-shipper George Perry & Sons Inc. sells whole melons to processors, said Art Perry, chief executive officer.
"It's moving more and more each year," he said.
New varieties are playing an important role in the fresh-cut area, Harrison said.
"If you can get a melon to a cutter's door, that melon's going to be great at retail also in shelf life and so forth," he said.

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ANTIOCH — A city that has experienced more than its share of retail closures the past few years may soon see "Grand Opening" signs replacing those saying "For Lease."
Several new stores are looking to open in Antioch the next few months, including two in a key shopping center.
Hobby Lobby, a national arts and crafts retailer with about 525 stores nationwide, has submitted building plans and is seeking permits to fill the former Mervyn's location in the Slatten Ranch shopping plaza, according to city planners. The store would be the first in the East Bay for the Oklahoma City-based retailer. Its nearest locations are Stockton and Morgan Hill.
Hobby Lobby spokesman Vincent Parker said they do not have a signed contract with Slatten Ranch LP for the 79,000-square-foot space but are "very actively looking to put a store in the area."
Brian Mirkovich, retail broker for Slatten Ranch, says submitted plans means a company is "tens of thousands of dollars down the road."
"Someone in that situation is not going to walk on a deal unless something catastrophic happens," said Mirkovich, of CBRE real estate.
Denver-based The Sports Authority plans to move into the Slatten Ranch property currently occupied by Sports Chalet this fall, while closing its location a quarter-mile away in Brentwood's Lone Tree Plaza.
Sports Chalet is closing later this spring because sales at the location were below projections, said company CEO Craig Levra. The retailer's other Bay Area locations will remain open, he said.
Moving Sports Authority to Antioch "will provide additional square footage and allow (the company) to expand upon the sporting goods and brands" in the store, said company spokeswoman Patricia Jimenez.
Some consolidation for sporting goods stores in the area was needed, as both stores were underperforming compared with the rest of the core Bay Area, Mirkovich said.
The new businesses "should provide some stability" for the eastern part of Slatten Ranch, which has struggled "almost entirely because Mervyn's closed," he said.
"It's definitely going to be big for us. It will attract a lot of people checking out the new stores to want to go visit Old Navy, or Petsmart or Lumpy's and be a positive for all those businesses," Councilwoman Monica Wilson said.
Major retailers showing interest in moving to Antioch is "a very positive indication that our economy is starting to upturn," said Michelle Fitzer, the city's economic development director.
Some new tenants also will be moving into the Somersville Towne Center.
Indoor trampoline park Rockin' Jump is leasing about 23,690 square feet of the former Gottschalks building, which has been empty since the popular retailer went bankrupt in 2009. The company plans to open in May.
National Stores Inc., whose stores include Fallas Discount Stores and Factory-2-U, recently completed a purchase of the mall's other major vacancy, the 75,000-square-foot former Mervyn's site. They submitted a business license application to the city last week.
Company officials say they are in the planning stages for the property and haven't decided if they are opening a store there.
In addition to the retail spots being filled, several new restaurants are opening in high-profile vacant locations throughout the city.
Tailgaters bar and grill is moving into an empty parcel on the corner of Golf Course Road and Lone Tree Way. The restaurant will be the second for the company, the other being in Brentwood.
New owners will also reopen downtown's Bases Loaded restaurant and bar in mid-April.
Contact Paul Burgarino at 925-779-7164. Follow him at Twitter.com/paulburgarino.


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The start of a new era in metal bending. You ask for a coin and place it on the spectator's closed fist. tell him to hold tight and imagine the coin getting hot and soft. Say that he's going to bend a coin only the coin is not bent..it's melting!
Yes, the coin is really melting. The spectator can see and feel one of the most awkward experiences of their lives. Yes, it's as visual as you can get. Liquido looks like trick photography. Sounds too good to be true? Good.
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ATHENS, Texas—Preparations are under way for the annual Fourth of July fireworks show at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center. The show will last approximately one-half hour and is one of the biggest in East Texas.
The fireworks show is directed and produced by Alpha-Lee Enterprises, Inc., of Liverpool, Texas. The show is a Keep Athens Beautiful event.
Even though July 4 is a holiday, the center will be open to visitors during regular Sunday hours, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. After 4:00 p.m., admission is free for the fireworks show. Visitors are encouraged to fish in the stocked casting pond while waiting for the fireworks, which will begin at dark. No license is required to fish, and bait and tackle are furnished for free. Fishing ends approximately one-half hour before the fireworks begin.
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|YDS: 5.9 French: 5c Ewbanks: 17 UIAA: VI ZA: 17 British: HVS 5a [details]
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By Bracken Christensen
From: Boulder, CO
May 12, 2011
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
The worn carabiner on the left anchor is gone, so it was just a bolt with a trapped chainlink (that wouldn't take a typical carabiner, or let the rope be passed through).
We put a quick link on it.
> on Dec 1, 2009, Brian Hench said:
The left bolt of the belay anchor consists of an aluminum carabiner trapped in a chain link. Top ropers have worn a groove 2/3 of the way through this biner. There is no other way to use this bolt than to clip the worn biner. It is dangerous and should be replaced! Bring a hacksaw and some quick links.
By J.B.
May 26, 2011
|Feels like a mix between a boulder problem and a sport climb!
By Ally McBeal
Oct 27, 2012
|K2 now has two Fixe ring anchors.
By Justin Kenderes
From: Glendale, CA
Dec 21, 2012
|Does anyone have a name/FA info for the route just to the right of this one which shares the anchors of this route.
By Jackie Trejo
Jan 6, 2013
|^^ I was wondering the same thing Justin, I heard it was a 5.8 ish. Everything else I am unsure of.
By Justin Kenderes
From: Glendale, CA
Feb 4, 2013
|I agree with the 5.8 rating, it's now been listed as "Born on the 4th of July".
By Christian B
From: West Hills, California
Nov 24, 2016
rating: 5.9- 5c 17 VI 16 HVS 4c
|This route along with 4th of July, to the right of it are great for soloing. Good climbing, a little intense, no hard moves, and an easier down climb towards the right near Mt Gorgeous.


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" Brand: Sainsbury's / Type: Chocolate Spread "
The packaging for this chocolate spread has changed from the above photo but I have been buying this for a long time so I can vouch for the fact that it is the same spread. The glass jar is oval in shape, and being glass is therefore recyclable, always a plus in product packaging. It has a blue screw cap lid which is easy to take on and off, and a blue lable with a white swirly cloud and the same title inside it. Also clearly marked on the wrapper is the fact that there are 84 calories per 15g serving. So not diet food then!
Once you open the lid the spread looks lovely. It is a nice chocolate colour and quite creamy in consistency. It does not, however, smell very chocolatey and I found this quite disappointing, as the smell is half of what makes you want to try something in the first place.
It's quite easy to get onto a knife, but not so easy to get off again. I find this failry annoying, especially when you are trying to spread it on toast, as you have to push quite hard, or end up with lots left on the knife which you have to scrape back into the pot. Then you end up with chocolate spread and toast crumbs the next time you want in on something else.
The taste of the spread is a bit chocolatey, but only a bit. The back of the packet says it is only 4% cocoa powder so no wonder, really. I feel it could do with having more of a chocolate taste. It is nice and smooth on your tongue and not too thick that it gets stuck to the roof of your mouth and you need to go running off for a drink, so this is a plus.
It doesn't last very long in our house. This is partly because my youngest daughter loves it and would have it for breakfast everyday if I let her, but also because you have to put so much of it on the knife each time you spread it it goes before you can blink.
It retails at £1 per pot, which is much cheaper than the alternatives, so this is probably why I keep buying it.
I don't eat much chocolate spread because I can't see the point in it really, the odd spoon straight from the jar is fine but having it on bread is too weird for me! lol That means I'm not up on the different brands so whatever's in there is what I give my sister's when they ask for it.
Today though I went to the shop for some bread and because we had A BIT more snow in the night his delivery van hasn't got through so I ended up buying a pack of croissants instead. I normally have my croissants cold but these weren't the best brand going and they also didn't feel that fresh so I decided to warm them up to give them a bit of life back.
I fancied something sweet so got this jar of Belgian Milk Chocolate Spread out. It's from Sainsburys and smells gorgeous when you first open the jar, Sainsburys own stuff is usually proper good quality but surprisingly I was mega disappointed with this and actually prefer the Tesco Value one we had before Xmas.
The chocolate spread is very thick and I think it's quite sticky to spread, I have mega trouble with ANY chocolate spread but this one pulled my croissant to pieces before I got the hang of spreading it.
It doesn't taste half as strong as it smells and the taste of it is very plain, I thought that made the chocolate spread very boring. It's got quite a rich texture and feels lovely and creamy as I'm eating, but the taste is definately not rich and I think it tastes mega cheap. The taste of it is like the very cheap chocolate you can buy in the pound shop and is also extra sweet so that the chocolate flavour struggles a bit to come through.
The flavour went nice with the croissant. It's not a bad flavour but just isn't as good as I'd like it to be, if I hadn't seen the label I'd have never guessed this was Sainsburys and would have thought it was Best-In or some other mega mega cheap brand.
I won't bother with this again and know I deffo won't eat chocolate spread until there's a completely different jar in the cupboard. I can take or leave chocolate spread so this won't be a hardship waiting for the rest of the family to eat it, but those of you who could live off this stuff will be very disappointed and I can even see a few jars going in the bin if you're used to better quality chocolate spread.
Not recommended..... a very bad product from Sainsburys.
I first tried this chocolate spread when a friends little boy came shopping with me and convinced me that this spread was a good buy. He may have only been five years old at the time, but he knew his chocolate spread!
We bought the spread and some croissants ( I know! Not a healthy lunch for a five year old but it was a treat for him and his mother does make him eat lots of veg!). When we got home he showed me how he liked the spread on the bottom of the croissants. Hungry and wanting to get on with more fun stuff, i.e. painting, I tried some too.
The chocolate spread is a nice thick consistency. It is what I would describe as stiff. This makes it perfect for putting on croissants as my little gordan ramsey recommended, or for cake making (which I have since done).
The chocolate has a nice rich taste, which is not too sweet and not at all grainy which some of the cheap chocolate spreads can be.
The price is also very reasonable at just £1.00 for 400g, compared to Cadburys which is £1.73 for 400g.
The jar is glass with a screw top lid. It is easy to open and easy to get the spread out. I like this design.
Definitely worth a try, highly recommended.
I read a nice review on Sainsbury's Belgian Milk Chocolate Spread so I wanted to taste it. You can find it near the Nutella in any Sainsbury's. I used it for two purposes I share you later in my review. Since the picture was enclosed here on Dooyoo the Sainsbury's switched to a simpler blue and white label.
Price and package
This milk chocolate spread is available in 400 g unit filled in a jar. This jar of chocolate spread costs only 1 pound. The top of the jar is blue and can be opened by turning the cap. It is very practical because it can be closed again easily and keeps the chocolate spread fresh.
The chocolate spread
The chocolate spread has lovely vanilla smell when you open the jar. I took out a little with a spoon to taste it. Its texture is smooth and is about as thick as the Nutella. It has medium brown colour and is very sweet. The first spoon seemed very tasty and really reminded me to Belgian pralines filled with that thick hazelnut cream but after eating a further spoon it reminded me to those very cheap chocolate Santa figures.
Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil, Lactose from Cows' Milk, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder (4%), Skimmed Milk Powder (4%)*, Whey Powder*, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin, Vanilla.
Nutritional information per 100 g
Energy: 559 kcal
Protein: 3.4g
Carbohydrate: 60.9g
of which sugars:56.0g
of which starch: trace
Fat: 33.5g
of which saturates: 5.7g
mono-unsaturates: 20.0g
polyunsaturates: 7.6g
Fibre: 1.2g
Salt: 0.19g
of which sodium: 0.08g
It has extremely high energy level so take care of it!
What I used it for?
The easiest way of using it is to fill the pancakes with it. You can make your own pancakes or buy them in supermarkets.
I decided to put it in milk loaf. I prepared my Hokkaido milk loaf and filled it with this chocolate spread. Once I shared the recipe of this milk loaf but I will share it again because it is sooooo good.
Hokkaido Milk Bread
Ingredients in the order I drop them in my bread maker:
150 g double cream
250 g warm milk
1 egg
30 g milk powder
9 g salt
120 g sugar
60 g plain flour
540 g bread flour
7 g dried yeast
When the bread maker finished the dough programme, I put some oil on my pastry plate, spread it well all over it and put on it the dough. I stretch it. I cut it in stripes as wide as my dough baking tin. You can spread cocoa, dried fruits, chocolate spread, almond chips or whatever you have at home. You can put different things in all of them, then roll them up, and place them in the baking tin. Place the dough to a warm place and wait until doubles its size, then bake it in preheated oven on 175 C until it has nice brown colour.
When I first baked this I didn't put enough chocolate spread in it so we had to put on the ready milk bread too. It was yummy and we drank milk with it.
My opinion
Well it was quite good with the milk loaf but next time I will definitely choose Nutella. I know it is cheap but it is not tasty enough. I love chocolate in general but the Belgian pralines are too sweet for me. When I'm really hungry for chocolate I can eat two pralines but otherwise only one. So this chocolate spread reminds me to these pralines just at the first taste then I feel the cheap chocolate-like taste of it.
I give it 3 stars because it was good in the milk bread and edible in the pancakes. I can't honestly recommend it to you. When you are on low budget I say okay but if you can affor Nutella buy Nutella.
I love sandwiches and toast as a snack throughout the day and sometimes this is the only thing that I can face when I get home.
I shop in Sainsburys normally (as I live so close by!) and stock up on products and when I spotted this Sainsbury's Chocolate Spread I decided to buy it and as it's £1.00 for a 400g pot I thought it was worth a try as I love to have chocolate spread from time to time.
This spread is provided in a clear jar with a blue screw top lid and the picture differs to the one above as it's been rebranded since this picture. Once the lid is removed there is a foil lid which I love to stab with my knife and then just peel back.
The spread itself is a chocolate brown colour (as you'd expect) and while it doesn't have the strongest taste to it it is a deliciously chocolatey spread. This spreads well on hot buttered toast and this is how I prefer to have it, however, it's almost as nice in a sandwich but I love it with lots of margarine or low fat spread. There is a fairly nice chocolate taste to it and while it's not the most luxury brand it's really not bad and gets a 3/5 from me.
Per 15g serving there is 84 calories, 5g fat & 8.4g of sugar so this should be enjoyed in moderation. This is quite high of course but it doesn't matter as the spread is pretty nice! I really do enjoy this spread quite a lot and I don't care that it's bad for me as I just want to eat as much of it as possible, any excuse hey!
This spread gets a 3/5 from me and I would recommend it. The price is fantastic and the taste is nice enough. This is great on toast or in a sandwich and is even nice mixed with cornflakes or rice krispies to make some delicious cakes that can be set hard in the fridge. As I have lots of nieces and nephews rice krispie cakes are something that I end up making fairly regularly and even if I brought this just for that purpose I'd still be pleased with the price I pay.
I shouldn't really be writing this because it means that I have been eating Sainsbury's Belgian Chocolate spread which does not fit into my idea of a healthy diet. Having said that though it does taste absolutely delicious and at times I can be very weak willed!
I tend to buy chocolate spread as an occasional treat for my daughters and I used to buy Nutella which I never used to touch at all because I don't like nuts. However a 400 gram jar of Nutella costs £1.80 compared to this Sainsbury's spread that only costs £1 for the same amount so it made sense to swap. The only problem is that now I have tasted sainsbury's I am slightly addicted!
The spread is very smooth and has an almost creamy consistency which spreads on the bread perfectly. Surprisingly there is not a great chocolate smell. The taste though is absolutely gorgeous and spread on a piece of granary bread is out of this world. The spread just melts in your mouth and unfortunately it is totally moreish!
The jar and labelling is nothing special but what you will notice is a little pie chart diagram showing you all the nutritional values - you might want to look away at this point if you are at all squeamish as it makes scary viewing! A 15 gram serving contains cal 84, fat 5.0g, sat fat 0.8g, salt trace, total sugars 8.4g. Now apart from the salt, these are all in the red which means that they are an unhealthy percentage of your guideline daily allowance. It is interesting to note though that these are pretty much in the same range as Nutella spread. This really does demonstrate why this spread is best as an occasional treat rather than a daily staple! It also shows why it is probably best to only spread sparingly
The main ingredients are Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil, Lactose*, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder (4%), Skimmed Milk Powder (4%)*, Whey Powder*, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin, Vanilla, *from Cows' Milk. Even though there is no mention of nuts in the list of ingredients there is a warning saying that the spread is not suitable for nut allergy sufferers,
So do I recommend this spread? I know I shouldn't really as it is just so unhealthy and actually having read what I have written it will make me think twice about buying it for my daughters! However, it is so tasty and such a treat that I can't help thinking that we all deserve a little pampering now and again. I'm giving it three stars only because although I love it I know I shouldn't!
PRICE: £1 for a 400g jar
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION (per 15g serving):
Calories: 84
Kj: 350
Protein: 0.5g
Carbohydrate: 9.1g
(of which sugars): 8.4g
(of which starch): Trace
Fat: 5.0g
(of which saturates): 0.8g
(of which mono-unsaturates): 3.0g
(of which polyunsaturates): 1.1g
Fibre: 0.2g
Salt: Trace
(of which sodium): Trace
Sugar, rapeseed oil, palm oil, lactose (from cows' milk), fat reduced cocoa powder (4%), skimmed milk powder (4%), whey powder (from cows' milk), soya lecithin, vanilla
Suitable for vegetarians
Contains milk
Contains soya/soya beans
Chocolate spread is something I rarely buy. On one side of the coin the reason is that it's something I can scoff straight from the jar until the whole lot has vanished down my throat (that's if it's nice) and together with it being very bad for me, it gets used up too quickly......on the other side of the coin, it's rare that I can find a chocolate spread I really like.
Being lured by the Belgian chocolate claim a few weeks ago whilst aimlessly wandering around Sainsbury's, I thought this must be OK if it's using high quality chocolate, so popped a jar into my trolley. If the worst came to the worst, I could always recoup the losses by writing a DooYoo article, should it be inedible.
Sainsbury's Belgian Milk Chocolate Spread comes in a glass jar which has a label that is largely dark blue, and chocolate coloured. Together with Sainsbury's standard logo and brief product description, the front of the jar shows an image of a few swirls of chocolate, and a slice of bread spread thickly with the product. The back of the label shows nutritional information, ingredients list, dietary/allergy advice, and Sainsbury's quality claim with their contact details.
The lid of the jar is screw-top, and the spread inside (once having removed the screw-top lid) is protected by a gold-coloured plastic seal, which I had to gouge open with a knife before I could get to the gunge inside.
The chocolate spread looked rather pleasant, though a little paler than most other brands, but it gave off hardly any chocolate smell whatsoever.
My first taste of the product was to have a generous smear spread over a slice of white bread - why does chocolate spread only seem to taste good on white bread? On digging my knife into the jar, the spread seemed firm, but soft and very smooth in texture. I dug an amount out, swirled it around the edge of the knife, and it stayed put - it didn't drop back into the jar or drip everywhere......still no chocolate smell though.
Then came the actual taste test. As I lifted the slice of bread to my mouth, bearing in mind that I'd spread the gunge thickly, none of it fell off or smeared onto my fingers. The first bite gave no chocolate zing whatsoever, and as I chewed, the spread felt unpleasantly greasy inside my mouth. It wasn't in the slightest gritty, but it was rather glutinous, and the chocolate taste was extremely weak - not that rich cocoa burst you can get from other brands of chocolate spread.
I did manage to finish eating the whole slice of bread, but afterwards didn't feel as though I'd eaten a product which is at all chocolatey. The sweetness level was what I'd call moderate to middling - not too sickly, but there's as far as I'm concerned, no point in cutting down on sweetness if the chocolate flavour is absent. I've no idea what brand of Belgian chocolate Sainsbury's used for this spread, but whatever it is - it's tasteless - or, could it be that the overall chocolate content is only 4%?
I decided that this spread certainly isn't to be used on bread, so I tried to find some other ways of using up the jar.
Firstly, I tried just eating it straight off the spoon, but the experience was the same as it was when covering a slice of bread. I then smeared a generous serving onto a couple of Ryvita crispbreads, but I found the flavour of the Ryvita totally drowned out the flavour of the chocolate spread, plus I was still getting that horribly greasy sensation in my mouth.
Lastly, and in desperation trying to gain some sort of chocolate experience from this product, I rolled out a sheet of flaky pastry, laid a banana across it which had been split down the middle, and I spooned a liberal portion of the chocolate spread across the centre of the banana. I then sealed the pastry around the banana, pricked with a fork a few times, and baked in the oven.
Result? Tasteless, apart from the banana!
The jar of chocolate spread continues to sit, half eaten, in my fridge, and I honestly can't think what to do with it that would give me any kind of epicurean pleasure, and I think eventually it'll end up in the rubbish bin once the use-by date has passed.
My recommendation would be to, if you are trotting around Sainsbury's and fancy some chocolate spread, go for another brand, or an el cheapo version, as this Belgian stuff is pretty foul.....greasy, cloying and flavourless. The product is very high in fat and calories, as would be expected from chocolate spread - I wouldn't mind this if I felt that the eating experience was worth it, but this definitely isn't.
Go back to the drawing board Sainsbury's on this one - I shan't be buying it again.
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Just try to keep up with Michael Vick, LeSean McCoy and the Philadelphia Eagles this season. Robert Griffin III and the Washington Redskins sure couldn't.
Playing at a frenetic pace that left the host Redskins bumbling and stumbling, the Eagles unleashed coach Chip Kelly's offense on the NFL on Monday night. The Eagles crammed 53 plays into a 30-minute first half, took a 26-point lead in the third quarter and held on for a 33-27 victory over the defending NFC East champs.
Running the don't-take-a-breath attack that won 87 percent of the time during Kelly's four years at the University of Oregon, Vick completed 15 of 25 passes for 203 yards and two touchdowns, and he also ran nine times for 56 yards and a score. McCoy piled up 184 yards on 31 carries, including a 34-yard TD. DeSean Jackson had seven catches for 104 yards and a TD.
"I've never been a part of anything like it," Vick said. "When the first quarter was over, I thought we was about to go into halftime. It was unreal. The only thing I could tell myself was, 'It's going to be a long season.' "
The game was played eight months to the day since Redskins quarterback Griffin had major knee surgery. Wearing a brace on his right knee, Griffin completed 30 of 49 passes for 329 yards, but 169 yards came in the fourth after the Eagles had taken control. He was also intercepted twice — the first multi-interception game of his career.
Griffin ran only five times for 24 yards. He reached down to touch his knee after he was slammed down by Mychal Kendricks late in the second quarter — Griffin was flagged for intentional grounding on the play — but remained in the game.
Texans 31, Chargers 28: Randy Bullock kicked a 41-yard field goal as time expired, and Houston rallied from a 21-point deficit in the second half for a victory at San Diego.
Brian Cushing returned an interception 18 yards for the tying touchdown with 9:30 to play for the Texans, who spoiled the debut of Chargers coach Mike McCoy, the offensive guru hired to revitalize a stagnant franchise.
Patriots: Fox Sports reported that New England running back Shane Vereen broke a bone in his wrist during a season-opening win over Buffalo, had surgery Monday and is expected to be out several weeks.
Vereen rushed 14 times for 101 yards, caught seven passes for 58 yards and set up the winning field goal against the Bills with a 15-yard run.
Giants: The team denied an allegation from Dallas owner Jerry Jones that it faked injuries during a long touchdown drive by the Cowboys in New York's season-opening loss.
Lions: Ndamukong Suh's illegal low block in Detroit's game Sunday against Minnesota will be reviewed for potential discipline, NFL spokesman Randall Liu confirmed in an email to The Associated Press.
Suh, a Lions defensive tackle, hit Vikings center John Sullivan during an interception return, and the penalty against him negated a touchdown.
Cowboys: Quarterback Tony Romo suffered bruised ribs in Sunday's win against the Giants but should not miss any practice time, sources told ESPN.com. Also, Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant suffered a sprained foot late in the fourth quarter.
Bryant, whose X-rays were negative, said he wasn't sure if he would practice Wednesday but expects to play against Kansas City on Sunday.
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To study the effects of flavonoids—nutrients found in a variety of foods such as tea, herbs and spices, onions, wine, dark chocolate, and berries—on heart-disease risk in women with diabetes, researchers randomly assigned 118 postmenopausal women to eat 1 ounce of flavonoid-enriched chocolate or 1 ounce of regular chocolate daily for one year. The women were 51 to 74 years old at the start of the study, were instructed to eat equal portions of chocolate with lunch and dinner each day, and were taking medications, such as insulin or cholesterol-lowering drugs, as needed, to manage long-term heart disease risk.
Compared with the women eating regular chocolate, several health markers were favorably changed in the women eating the flavonoid-enriched chocolate, including reductions in:
The flavonoid supplemented group also showed improved insulin sensitivity. There were no differences in blood pressure, an indicator of long-term glucose control (hemoglobin A1c), or glucose levels between the two groups.
This study found that flavonoid-enriched chocolate improved long-term heart disease risk in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes. The flavonoid-enriched chocolate was made especially for this study, so it is not available on store shelves at this time. However, our tips can help you get your flavonoid fix, with or without chocolate.
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LUCERNE -- People interested in voicing their opinions on proposed water-rate hikes in Lucerne will have the chance to do so in front of a judge in the lakeside town next week.
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is holding a public-participation hearing April 12 at the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center to allow citizens the chance to learn about and comment on the request for a new rate structure submitted by Lucerne's private water provider.
San Jose-based California Water Service Co. (Cal Water) filed a general rate case with the CPUC last July asking for permission to implement a 77-percent rate increase over three years starting in 2014.
The company contends the restructuring is needed to cover operational and maintenance costs, fund needed system improvements and address sales decreases in the town of a little more than 2,000.
Many residents and business owners in Lucerne have expressed ire about the level of proposed increases on top of existing rates that they argue are already too high.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors opposed Cal Water's proposal in letters to state officials last summer. Administrative Law Judge Robert M. Mason III granted the county's request for party status in the rate case Tuesday.
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Do you ever imagine an alternate life? Specifically, what you might have been named, or what you might have named your children if your life was just slightly different?
My husband's taste in given names is buckets more conservative than mine. From the color of their eyes to the shape of their toes, I cannot imagine our children even a scintilla changed. And yet imagine just one twist in life's journey, and all of a sudden they're Dexter and Domino instead of Alex and Clio.
The given name that I so actively disliked as a child was chosen, in large part, because of a clumsy surname, poorly exported into English without harmonizing the improbable consonant clusters. What if my parents had decided to overlook the glaring limitations of a let-me-spell-it-for-you last name? Or what if my ancestors had blanded out their surname to something that accommodated any number of appellations?


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If you have a child or children and do not live with the other parent, you can ask the other parent to pay some of the child(ren)'s expenses. This is called child support. If you and the other parent cannot come to an agreement before your appointment, you may ask for a child support petition. There are special guidelines for child support in Virginia. The counselor will talk to you about how you would like the support payments to be paid.
If you already have a support order, but the other person has not been paying you regularly or on time, you should bring payment records with you. You will need to show how much the other person has paid and when. You also have to show how much support the other person still owes.
If you are asking for a change to an existing order for support, you will have to show why it is needed. You'll have to show that the situation has changed and how a change would be better for the child(ren).
If you are interested in filing for child support, you must call the Domestic Relations Unit of the Juvenile Court for an appointment. The phone number is 703-246-3040. Because there is paper work which must be completed prior to the appointment, we ask that you be prepared to arrive 30 minutes before your scheduled appointment time.
Legal Definition of Determination of Child or Spousal Support
A. In any proceeding on the issue of determining spousal support, the court shall consider all evidence presented relevant to any issues joined in that proceeding. The court's decision shall be rendered based upon the evidence relevant to each individual case.
B. In any proceeding on the issue of determining child support under this title or Title 16.1 or Title 63.2, the court shall consider all evidence presented relevant to any issues joined in that proceeding. The court's decision in any such proceeding shall be rendered upon the evidence relevant to each individual case. However, there shall be a rebuttable presumption in any judicial or administrative proceeding for child support, including cases involving split custody or shared custody, that the amount of the award which would result from the application of the guidelines set out in § 20-108.2 is the correct amount of child support to be awarded. Liability for support shall be determined retroactively for the period measured from the date that the proceeding was commenced by the filing of an action with any court provided the complainant exercised due diligence in the service of the respondent or, if earlier, the date an order of the Department of Social Services entered pursuant to Title 63.2 and directing payment of support was delivered to the sheriff or process server for service on the obligor.
In order to rebut the presumption, the court shall make written findings in the order, which findings may be incorporated by reference, that the application of such guidelines would be unjust or inappropriate in a particular case. The finding that rebuts the guidelines shall state the amount of support that would have been required under the guidelines, shall give a justification of why the order varies from the guidelines, and shall be determined by relevant evidence pertaining to the following factors affecting the obligation, the ability of each party to provide child support, and the best interests of the child:
- Actual monetary support for other family members or former family members;
- Arrangements regarding custody of the children;
- Imputed income to a party who is voluntarily unemployed or voluntarily under-employed; provided that income may not be imputed to the custodial parent when a child is not in school, child care services are not available and the cost of such child care services are not included in the computation;
- Debts of either party arising during the marriage for the benefit of the child;
- Debts incurred for production of income;
- Direct payments ordered by the court for health care coverage, maintaining life insurance coverage pursuant to subsection D, education expenses, or other court-ordered direct payments for the benefit of the child and costs related to the provision of health care coverage pursuant to subdivision 7 of § 20-60.3;
- Extraordinary capital gains such as capital gains resulting from the sale of the marital abode;
- Age, physical and mental condition of the child or children, including unreimbursed medical or dental expenses, and child-care expenses;
- Independent financial resources, if any, of the child or children;
- Standard of living for the family established during the marriage;
- Earning capacity, obligations and needs, and financial resources of each parent;
- Education and training of the parties and the ability and opportunity of the parties to secure such education and training;
- Contributions, monetary and nonmonetary, of each party to the well-being of the family;
- Provisions made with regard to the marital property under § 20-107.3;
- Tax consequences to the parties regarding claims for dependent children and child care expenses;
- A written agreement between the parties which includes the amount of child support;
- A pendente lite decree, which includes the amount of child support, agreed to by both parties or by counsel for the parties; and
- Such other factors, including tax consequences to each party, as are necessary to consider the equities for the parents and children.
C. In any proceeding under this title or Title 16.1 or Title 63.2 on the issue of determining child support, the court shall have the authority to order a party to provide health care coverage, as defined in § 63.2-1900, for dependent children if reasonable under all the circumstances and health care coverage for a spouse or former spouse.
D. In any proceeding under this title, Title 16.1 or Title 63.2 on the issue of determining child support, the court shall have the authority to order a party to (i) maintain any existing life insurance policy on the life of either party provided the party so ordered has the right to designate a beneficiary and (ii) designate a child or children of the parties as the beneficiary of all or a portion of such life insurance for so long as the party so ordered has a statutory obligation to pay child support for the child or children.
E. Except when the parties have otherwise agreed, in any proceeding under this title, Title 16.1 or Title 63.2 on the issue of determining child support, the court shall have the authority to and may, in its discretion, order one party to execute all appropriate tax forms or waivers to grant to the other party the right to take the income tax dependency exemption for any tax year or future years, for any child or children of the parties for federal and state income tax purposes.


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Lane County deputies to patrol only 18 hours per day
VENETA, Ore. - On the road with Deputy Tim Ware, the veteran lawman tries his best to ignore the budget woes facing the Lane County Sheriff's Office.
"Try not to let everything that's happening change who you are and how you work," the 16-year deputy said.
Ware gets to keep his job. Only his schedule will change - one more day per week and two fewer hours per day.
"What I'm going to be doing is going to five 8s, instead of four 10s," he said.
Others are not so lucky: 32 public safety workers will be gone by July 1.
Road patrol deputies will drop from 24 to 16.
"We're still providing a 24 hour service," Sheriff Tom Turner said. "The problem is that it won't be immediately available."
State police troopers can offer some help, like on criminal car crash investigations.
Time on the road was going to drop from 20 hours daily to 18 hours. That's 2 hours per day better than earlier projections, thanks to an agreement with the deputy's union to "provide the best services to the community and at the same time, recognizing the safety impacts to the staff that continues to do the job," Sheriff's Captain Byron Trapp said.
The new normal for sheriff's patrols in the county will be a minimum 2 deputies per shift plus a supervisor, leaving deputies like Ware with less back up.
"You always think about that stuff," he said, "and your family always thinks about that stuff."
Turner said his office can't save any more money through increased efficiencies. He thinks it will take a tax levy or another revenue strategy to better fund county law enforcement.


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BLACKBURN Rovers boss Gary Bowyer is hopeful captain Grant Hanley will be fit to play in tomorrow's derby at Bolton Wanderers.
Although the calf 'niggle' Hanley has sustained is not serious there remains a question mark over whether he will take to the field at the Reebok Stadium.
If the Scotland international misses out that will leave Bowyer, who is also sweating on the fitness of star midfielder Tom Cairney, down to just one available centre-back in Matt Kilgallon.
Centre-midfielder Jason Lowe and left-back Tommy Spurr could fill in.
But Bowyer has admitted he would like to bring in another central defender in on loan to act as cover for Hanley and Kilgallon, who have helped Rovers keep three successive clean sheets.
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'"If you go back to last year's playoffs, Drury and Roy were a pretty good connection with Mike Grier," said Ruff. "Derek flourished playing with those guys, so our thinking was to get those two guys together and try to get a little bit of chemistry and a little bit of offense. Sometimes you get lucky when you put lines together."'
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Lifting boxes. Pushing machinery. Falls from ladders and scaffolding.
Each year, thousands of Californians hurt themselves on the job and end up with back surgery — a small but expensive piece of the state's workers' compensation system.
The vast majority of California workers with injured backbones wind up with spinal implants — some 71 percent of them in 2010, research shows.
Political controversy has brewed in the Capitol for more than a decade over the procedure:
Are implants the best treatment for all those injured construction workers, factory workers and farm workers?
Or did California create an unjust incentive when it agreed 10 years ago to pay hospitals extra for putting medical hardware in workers' spines?
The questions have taken on new interest following federal authorities' raid on a Southern California hospital that specializes in spinal surgery for workers' comp patients.
Pacific Hospital of Long Beach was searched by the FBI in April. The hospital has had ties to former Assemblyman Tom Calderon, whom the FBI sought to contact last week.
California lawmakers have been wrestling for more than 10 years with the question of how much money medical businesses can make for performing spinal implant surgery on workers' comp patients.
Most of the workers' compensation claims for spine disorders come from those who toil in construction, manufacturing, mercantile and clerical services, according to research by the California Workers' Compensation Institute.
People who work at farms, restaurants and hospitals also make up a big portion of workers' comp spine patients.
John Wilson, 53, said he was working for a boat dealership in San Bernardino, Wilson said he hurt his back as he was moving a boat off the back of a truck.
"That incident right then put me to the ground," he said. "I could barely get up."
Doctors told Wilson he would need surgery, he said, and implanted titanium hardware in his back in 2004.
Today, Wilson's back still hurts; sometimes his leg goes numb. Still, he's back at work driving a truck.
Just the year before his surgery, lawmakers in Sacramento had passed a bill that made sweeping reforms to the state's workers' compensation system.
Tucked into the 56-page law carried by then-Sen. Richard Alarcon, was a paragraph allowing hospitals performing spinal surgery on workers' comp patients to bill insurance plans an additional fee for "implantable medical devices, hardware, and instrumentation."
Hospitals had argued that the reimbursement for performing surgery wasn't enough to cover the cost of buying spinal implants necessary to repair some back injuries.
"We had a number of hospitals cancel surgeries because they were losing money on them," said Jan Emerson-Shea, a vice president for the California Hospital Association.
Hospitals lobbied lawmakers to allow them to bill insurance plans the extra amount for implanting hardware in the spines of injured workers. Over the next two years, legislative analyses say, the incidence of spinal surgery involving implants went up.
The same year the Alarcon bill passed, Tom Calderon was working for a group of surgery centers that specialize in treating workers' compensation patients. As an assemblyman from 1998-2002, he had carried legislation that would have allowed them to charge unlimited fees. When he left the legislature, the surgery centers hired him as a government relations consultant.
Over the next few years, a series of reports to state government criticized the new payment, saying it was too generous to hospitals and too costly to the workers' compensation system, which is paid for by employers.
Research by the California Workers' Compensation Institute argued that hospitals were being overpaid for spinal hardware — to the tune of $67.5 million in 2010.
Pacific Hospital of Long Beach was the subject of a Wall Street Journal investigation last year that raised questions about how much it was billing California's workers' compensation system for performing spinal surgeries with implants.
The newspaper said the hospital was one of the most prolific spine-fusion facilities in California, between 2001 and 2010 billing $533 million — three times as much as any other hospital.
The hospital has declined several interview requests from The Bee and will not answer questions about its relationship with Tom Calderon, who said in campaign material that he sits on its board of directors. Calderon also listed the hospital as a client of his consulting business last year on a disclosure statement filed with the state.
In a brief statement, the hospital said it "has no direct knowledge of the recent scrutiny of [state Sen.] Ron Calderon and his immediate family members."


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My husband was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma in April 2011. He had a lymph node dissection and ablation of 2 tumors at Memorial Sloan Kettering by Dr. William Jarnigan. He was a great doctor but since then we have hooked up with 2 doctors out in California that we feel are superb. He is followed by an oncologist, Dr. Anthony El-Khouieri, at University of Southern California Norris Cancer Center. Dr. El-Khouieri placed him on a regimen of cisplatin, gemcitabine and erbitux. He has had a remarkable response with what appears to be radiologically a remission and his CA 19-9 well down to the normal range. Because the original tumors were only ablated our oncologist felt we should see another surgeon for not only a resection but also to reconstruct the vessels into and out of the liver. We met with Dr. Yuri Genyk, also at University of Southern California. He performed a 17 hour surgery during which he removed the left lobe of the liver, the head of the pancreas, part of the stomach and also completely reconstructed the vessels going into and out of the liver. He has been incredibly hands on during the recovery and, as our oncologist tells us, performed a surgery that very few people can or are willing to do. If you are on the west coast I highly recommend that you consider getting an opinion from these two doctors. Dr. El-Khouieri is also one of few oncologists who specialize in cholangiocarcinoma. He has given us real hope for a cure for my 40 year old husband, the father of my 3 young children!


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Athens Is Spring Break Central
ATHENS — Are you planning an outdoor family adventure during spring break? Athens and the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) are the place to start.
Athens is a great place to spend the night while enjoying area fisheries and attractions. Local hotels and restaurants welcome spring breakers. Holiday Inn Express and Suites-Athens offers a reduced rate during March; mention "visiting Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center" when making a reservation at (903) 675-2500.
For other special discounts and offers, visit the Athens Chamber of Commerce web site at http://www.athenscc.org and click on the "Hot Deals" button at the bottom of the page.
Athens has an active local music and performing arts scene as well as offering outdoor recreation such as scuba diving, golf and zip-lining. You won't lack for things to do, and you won't have to deal with traffic jams and hordes of people to enjoy them. Get all the details at http://www.athenstx.org/.
Athens sits in the center of the best fishing in Texas, and TFFC has the best of the best-at least when it comes to beginning anglers and families.
TFFC is an especially good place to fish for rainbow trout, catfish and sunfish. No fishing license is required; all bait and tackle are furnished; and staff is on hand to give assistance when requested. It's an ideal place to take youngsters on their first fishing outing, since success is almost a sure thing. Fishing is free with paid admission.
On March 13 you can learn all about fly-fishing at Fly Fish Texas, an annual event at TFFC that takes beginners from how to tie a fly to catching a fish with it. Watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/user/TexasParksWildlife#p/c/EEFA84B51D1C2C8B/7/eymbFadDPlE to learn more. The event is free with paid admission to TFFC.
After Fly Fish Texas, rainbow trout can be harvested for free, with a daily bag limit of five trout per person.
TFFC has other attractions if interest in fishing lags. It has 300,000 gallons of aquaria displaying most species of Texas fish; daily dive shows during which a diver hand-feeds the fish in a huge auditorium aquarium; a visitor center with a fishing museum, Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame and hatchery displays; a tram tour of the hatchery production ponds; and a walkable wetlands trail featuring plants and wildlife. Picnic areas are available on-site, and Athens restaurants are nearby.
And don't forget TFFC's gift shop, where you'll find a wealth of outdoor- and fishing-related items, clothing, books, gifts and snacks. Everything you need to know for a visit to TFFC is at http://tpwd.texas.gov/tffc.
Purtis Creek State Park, just north of Athens off U.S. 175, has a 355-acre lake managed for trophy bass fishing-the lake record is nearly 14 pounds. Tyler State Park has a 64-acre lake stocked with rainbow trout and largemouth bass. Cooper Lake State Park offers the hottest white bass and hybrid striped bass fishing in East Texas. Fairfield Lake State Park is home to one of the best red drum fisheries in the state. Red drum are a saltwater species that can survive in freshwater lakes warmed by power plants, and they grow huge there. Learn more at http://tpwd.texas.gov/spdest/.
Only a parking lot separates TFFC from Lake Athens, which has a boat ramp, bait shop and restaurant. It also has a healthy population of largemouth bass, catfish, sunfish and crappie.
Whether fishing from the bank, using your own boat or fishing with a guide, lakes within an hour's drive of Athens furnish a sampler of just about every kind of fishing available in Texas. If you like to fish for channel and blue catfish, white bass or hybrid striped bass, check out Cedar Creek Lake, which is along U.S. 175 a dozen or so miles north of Athens. Richland-Chambers Reservoir is best known for its white bass and hybrid striped bass fishing, though it has produced bass weighing more than 13 pounds. Lake Fork is a world-reknowned mecca for big-bass anglers, but this time of year the crappie fishing is great, and the catfishing, though largely ignored, is good year-around. Information on Texas lakes and recreational opportunities on them is at http://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/.
And the best thing about spring break in Athens, Texas? You don't have to learn to speak Greek to go there: It's just 75 miles southeast of Dallas. Texan spoken here.
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The PNR Division can be broken in to the following operational categories: Park and Non-Park Maintenance Programs Pasadena has twenty-three parks totaling more than one thousand acres of parkland. While operationally distinct, maintenance efforts in the Arroyo Seco as well as those in all other city parks similarly strive to keep parks safe, functional, and attractive for residents and visitors. A top priority is responsible stewardship of natural resources including trees, natural areas, native vegetation and wildlife for both present and future generations. Over the past few years, the City's parks have benefited from improvements in park maintenance service levels and the commencement and continuation of an Athletic Field Renovation Program. The development of the Arroyo Seco has also served the parks by setting a vision for Pasadena's largest and most diverse park. In addition to maintaining City Parks, this Division also has responsibility for maintaining many non-park properties owned by the City. Work on non-park properties ensures that landscaped areas around City Hall, City Libraries, median islands, and other properties remain in top form with turf and horticulture maintenance, water conservation, litter removal and pest control. Urban Forestry Program The Urban Forestry program is responsible for maintaining and enhancing the City's Urban forest, which consists of more than 60,000 trees. This program is responsible for administering proper tree care; planting new trees; removing dead and hazardous trees; conducting reforestation projects in parks, municipal grounds, open spaces, medians and streets; maintaining a street tree database with maintenance information about trees throughout the City; and administering the City's Tree Protection Ordinance. Additionally, staff fields the public's questions and concerns regarding the health and status of street trees, and conducts community education programs to keep citizens informed about urban forestry. A list of trees that have been determined to be hazardous because they are dead or diseased is periodically provided to City Council prior to scheduling the removal. Residents interested in obtaining wood from these trees that are scheduled for removal should review the most recent tree removal list and contact the Customer Service Center at (626) 744-4321 prior to the tree's removal to coordinate with the tree's removal schedule.
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Number TricksMath brain teasers require computations to solve.
Ms. Arroyo asked the class to see if they could find the sum of the first 50 odd numbers. As everyone settled down to their addition, Terry ran to her and said, "The sum is 2,500." Ms. Arroyo thought, "Lucky guess," and gave him the task of finding the sum of the first 75 odd numbers. Within 20 seconds, Terry was back with the correct answer of 5,625.
How does Terry find the sum so quickly?
HintConsecutive odd numbers are 1, 3, 5, 7....
Start with the first several odd numbers and look for a pattern.
AnswerThe following pattern holds: The sum is equal to n x n, when n is the number of consecutive odd numbers, starting with 1. For example, the sum of the first 3 odd numbers is equal to 3 x 3, or 9; the sum of the first 4 odd numbers is equal to 4 x 4, or 16; the sum of the first 5 odd numbers is equal to 5 x 5, or 25; and so on.
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With snow and icy weather forecast for the region over the next few days, Great Western Ambulance Service (GWAS) says please only dial 999 in an absolute emergency, as the service faces more demands with the challenging weather.
GWAS is urging the public across the region to take care in the wintery conditions and to consider other ways of receiving health care.
Neil Le Chevalier, GWAS executive officer, said: "Our focus is on providing a safe and effective 999 service in the event of snow and the inevitable increase in demand that brings.
"Our commitment remains that everyone who dials 999 with a medical emergency receives the right care in the right place at the right time. We have well-tested contingency plans in place to ensure that all patients needing face-to-face treatment from our clinicians continues to receive it.
"We have our own 4x4 vehicles that will be available to respond to emergencies in potentially difficult locations, and we also enjoy valuable and welcome support from volunteer 4x4 groups who are on standby to offer us further assistance"
While weather-related incidents – slips, traffic incidents, etc – account for some increase in activity, many of the 999 calls are for serious clinical conditions made worse by sudden cold weather, such as breathing problems and chest pains.
Mr Le Chevalier added: "People suffering those life-threatening conditions should continue to dial 999. However, for less serious conditions, we would urge people to think if they could receive the help they need elsewhere. This is probably better for them and helps us to reach those most in need of our clinical care."
GWAS is urging the public to help by:
• Thinking if their 999 call is really necessary – the NHS-wide Choose Well campaign offers advice on other ways of receiving healthcare;
- Self-care – A lot of illnesses can be treated at home by using over-the-counter medicines and by resting
- Call NHS Direct on 0845 46 47 – The 24-hour telephone service provides advice on what to do if you are feeling unwell
- Go to your local pharmacist – You can get free health advice and help about everyday illnesses from a pharmacist
- See your GP – You can make an appointment for medical advice, examinations and prescriptions. If you need a GP outside of normal opening hours, call you practice and follow the instructions
- Visit an urgent care centre, walk-in centre of minor injuries unit – At these centres you can get treatment for minor injuries or illness and advice on non-urgent conditions. NHS Direct will be able to tell you where your nearest centre is.
- Make your own way to hospital or call 999 – If you need hospital treatment but your condition is not life-threatening, ask for a life from friends or family, or take a taxi. If you are seriously ill or injured, call 999
- • Keeping a look out on elderly or vulnerable neighbours and relatives – checking on their welfare means they are less likely to need emergency care;
- • Considering if their journey is absolutely necessary – travel conditions are likely to remain hazardous for several days. If you do need to travel, allow extra time for your journey and take extra care when moving around by car or on foot. Also, make sure you have essential equipment (shovel, blanket, food, etc) in the car.
• Ensuring they have essential medication – people with ongoing medical conditions should stock up on prescription items, while it is also sensible to keep a supply of everyday items for minor ailments such as coughs and colds, cuts and grazes, etc.
"With the snowy weather forecast to remain for the next few days, we are expecting it to be a particularly busy period for us. The fact that we continue to reach every patient who needs us is down to the dedication of all our staff – our frontline clinical staff, those answering 999 calls and dispatching ambulances, and the people who ensure our vehicles are available and safe to go out on the road," said Mr Le Chevalier.
"I would also like to thank our many partners working tirelessly to support us – our community first responders, charities and other volunteers."


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Topic: Wondering in New Jersey
I was just wondering if anyone else has experience this, my doctors told me it's migraine but I never really have a bad headach. It usually happens at night I wake up shaking, my whole body. I'm freezing no matter what the temp it lasts 1 -3 hours, I end up with a heated blanket wearing my bathrobe socks and extra blankets, then I finally fall back to sleep and wake up sweating, I'm usually very weak from this and If its a work day (I'm a nurse) I call out because I'm too tired and weak to work. Anyone have any ideas? Could it be from chemo or radiation or from the CC itself?


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Two-step pattern setups are not as common as my regular Fibonacci price cluster setups or my symmetry setups. I see one in Visa (V). A two-step is essentially a price cluster setup but within the context of a zigzag pattern. This means that there will be the coincidence of at least three Fibonacci price relationships within the pattern. In this case, there are actually more than three (maybe seven), which tells me that this is an important price decision. Don't mistake "important decision" for "it will definitely hold." This is the setup. The two-step pattern cluster in V comes in between the 153.05-155.39 area. If price continues to hold above this level, I will look for buy triggers for a swing trade on either the 15- or 30-minute chart. (For more information on how to trigger into a trade, please refer here.)
What also supports this stock on the buy side is the fact that it is above both the 50- and 200-day simple moving averages. If this general zone holds, the initial upside target comes in at the 164 handle. If this same support is violated, I'll be out of this stock. Remember, the best way to make money with my work is with the following formula: Setup + trigger = trade entry and then manage. Also, don't forget NTNT (no trigger, no trade). Keep a sharp eye on this key zone in V and take an entry if triggered. The risk-reward ratio is healthy.
Here is an updated chart of Costco (COST). This was a previous setup mostly based on time symmetry, along with the general bullish pattern in this stock. Note that we are close to Target 1 at the 103.92 area. Target 2 comes in at 105.07. You may want to trail a stop on this one to either below 102, or even tighter if you are short-term oriented.


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