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Most folks would classify an upward trend in the number of people embracing vegetarianism as a negative development. But here's a different, more upbeat, way to view those data.
One in ten people in Sweden is a now vegetarian or vegan, a new survey revealed.
And that's great news.
I'll explain, but first the particulars of the survey. According the study commissioned by Animal Rights Sweden (Djurens Rätt), there has been a 4 percent increase in the number of Swedes adopting a meat-free lifestyle over the past five years. The largest percentage of vegies and vegans live in the Stockholm metro area and the County of Skåne (or Scania in English), the country's southernmost district due east of Denmark and directly across the Baltic Sea from Germany.
In other words, Sweden's equivalent of Los Angeles and San Diego County.
In the telephone poll of 1,000 respondents, 6 percent of respondents described themselves as vegetarians, while 4 percent claimed to be vegans. The highest prevalence was seen among the 15 to 34 year-old demographic in which 17 percent of respondents described themselves as vegetarian or vegan. So far, I would suggest that the data are no different from what you'd get if you were to conduct a similar survey in Southern California, especially one commissioned by an animal rights group.
And the overall percentages mirror closely similar surveys done in the United States.
Gabriela Turneborg, consumer director at Animal Rights Sweden, said in a statement that, "It's pleasing that the figures have increased over the last five years, but I would have been surprised if they hadn't."
Turneborg noted a widespread increase in people adopting so-called "meat-free diets," with 37 percent of non-vegetarian respondents saying their interest in purchasing vegetarian foods had increased over the past year (versus 26 percent five years ago).
Now here's an interesting piece of data: Of those who identified themselves as vegetarian or vegan, 21 percent said their decision was strongly influenced by their concern for animal welfare, while 28 percent said this was partly a reason for adopting a meat-free diet; 15 percent said it did not affect their choice at all. So only a minority adopted a veggie diet because of concern for animal welfare — and only one in five self-described vegetarians said they were "strongly influenced" by concern for livestock.
That's the exact opposite of what vegan advocates always try to claim, but there's no disputing what the survey says. If you can't get a majority of vegetarians — in Sweden, no less — to acknowledge that animal welfare is the reason they gave up meat, I believe the conclusion is self-evident: People go veggie for health reasons, not necessarily because they're motivated by (alleged) animal abuse.
But back to why the increase in non-meat-eaters is good news.
The study suggested that more people are eating meatless foods because there is a better range of vegetarian and vegan products in supermarkets and restaurants. That's true, and it's a positive trend. By definition, vegetarian meals include more fruits and vegetables, and every dietary authority in the Western world emphasizes that people should be eating more produce.
A lot more.
Truth is, adding vegetables and fruit tends to displace processed foods, high-calorie snack foods and "junk" (candy, cookies, chips), not center-of-the-plate entrees based on meat and poultry. So that's a good thing, nutrition- and health-wise, and a trend that doesn't significantly impact animal agriculture's share of stomach.
(And keep in mind that many "vegetarians" only give up fresh red meat, the packages of steaks, roasts and hamburger lined up in the supermarket case. They still eat pepperoni pizza, jerky and even lunchmeat — because those foods aren't "meat.")
But speaking of agriculture, the trend toward a wider variety of food choices — many of them marketed as vegetarian, to be sure — is a critical factor in sustaining diversity in food production. Given the barriers to entry (land, capital, access to processing plants), it isn't likely that thousands of new producers are going to enter the profession — not without massive government subsidies that don't appear to be forthcoming.
Yet we know that the average age of American farmers is 55+, and that without keeping farmland — and farmers — in business, development will eventually remove some of the country's most productive acreage from production. That's not a positive scenario not matter how it's analyzed.
We need more new farmers, and they need to be able to succeed on smaller farms that require less capital and less complex infrastructure. Until someone invents the livestock equivalent of the fits-into-your-garage microbrewery system, that need won't be met by a stampeded of new ranchers, feeders and meatpackers. The only development on the horizon for animal agriculture and all related activities downstream is further consolidation.
Yet for agriculture to remain viable politically and economically, numbers are important, not to mention that the viability of many rural communities could be in jeopardy with another generation of farm-country exodus to urban areas and high-tech job opportunities.
That's why I say if more people want to claim they're veggies, and they back that up by buying more produce and more specialty foods that command a premium at point of sale, God bless 'em.
In the long run, that's good for our collective well-being and essential to the health of American farming.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Dan Murphy, a veteran food-industry journalist and commentator.


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Actress Gina Gershon uses drive and dreams to forge her varied and sometimes risqué career.
She's sitting in a funky little tea room in Beverly Hills, picking at her sandwich and politely fending off any question she's not sure how to handle. So she won't talk about her private life. She won't talk about Showgirls, the hilariously awful bit of trash that launched her fame. And she won't talk about the man she'll identify only as Sean, the boyfriend and housemate she clearly adores. "I've seen it too many times in Hollywood," the actress explains. "Talking about a relationship in public can jinx it. And if you have your picture taken together, you might as well start packing your bags."
So you sit across the table from Gina Gershon and are left to wonder: What makes this actress tick? Her mode of dress this afternoon offers little clue: she's wearing dark slacks and a turtleneck of a somewhat somber blue. Her face is striking, with all sorts of intriguing facets, but it, too, only gives hints of the woman inside.
Gershon's acting career is multifaceted as well. In Showgirls, she played Cristal Connors, a campy, conniving Las Vegas chorus queen. In the dark Mafia thriller Bound, she played Corky, a hard-edged lesbian just out of jail, and she played the role so convincingly that many viewers came away wondering about Gershon's own sexual inclinations. She's played more traditional female roles with equal conviction and aplomb. She was one of Tom Cruise's girlfriends in Cocktail, she starred in Face/Off opposite John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, and she worked and smoked cigars with Arnold Schwarzenegger on the set of Red Heat. In the coming months, Gershon (she pronounces it ger-SHON) will be appearing opposite Harvey Keitel, Al Pacino and James Garner. Now in her 30s, Gershon's an actress on the verge of major stardom, and now, as you watch her over tea and sandwiches, the question only deepens:
Behind her many professional masks, who is Gina Gershon?
Ah, therein hangs some delightful stories, and the following morning Gershon is ready to kick back and tell them. She's sitting in the dining room at the Four Seasons Hotel, in front of a cappuccino and a huge plate of scrambled eggs and sausages, and she looks for all the world like a changed woman, as if she has gone through some profound transformation during the night. All the edginess and caution are gone from her face. Her hair is mussed, her voice is brimming with unguarded warmth and wit, and she looks relaxed and almost unbearably sexy in a black sweater, black jeans and black scarf with a splash of color. "Gina, you look so different..."
"Yes," she says with a laugh. "For everyone I've ever lived with, it's like the big joke: who's going to come home today? I'm like a split personality. My face changes, my voice changes, my personality changes. If I'm talking about Boston or New York, you'll notice my voice change. It's bad; I have no personality!" Again she laughs. "What's the animal that always changes color? A chameleon. I feel kind of like that. Because if they're nervous or scared or they don't trust someone, they have a different sort of camouflage. But as soon as they warm up to someone, they reveal their true colors."
Being chameleon-like, of course, is akin to being an actress, and Gershon has had a love for acting--and acting out--since she was a little girl. "My first professional job was in a spirit role," Gershon recalls. Her older sister, Tracy, would cover her in Day-Glo, tuck her in a closet and then, in front of the family audience, Tracy would come on stage in swami garb. As Gershon tells it now, Tracy would say, "I feel the spirits coming out. Spirits, do you hear us?" And Gina would knock from the closet and then make her appearance in all that Day-Glo. "My sister charged 50 cents a head, and now that I think about it, she ripped me off; she only paid me a nickel! I'll have to speak with her about that."
As it turns out, Gershon's family was filled with colorful characters. On her father's side, she had a grandmother named Pearl and a great aunt named Ida, and they both loved to gamble. The family was originally from Chicago, but when Gina's father, Stan Gershon, developed some lung problems, the family moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, so Stan could recuperate in the clear mountain air. Ida and Pearl loved to go to Las Vegas to gamble, and Gina says that Pearl lost a good bit of the family money at the gaming tables. In the process, Pearl and Ida earned themselves quite a reputation.
"Ida and Pearl, the two Jewish broads from Cheyenne, that's how they were known," Gershon says. "One of my first memories of my grandmother is of her trying to teach me how to play poker when I couldn't even see the table." Starting when she was 11, Gina would often visit her Aunt Ida in Vegas. "I'd dress up and try to go gambling with the old ladies, and for some reason they'd let me in."
Then there was Laura Nelson, the family housekeeper--and more. "Laura had been around our family forever," Gershon recalls. "She used to run numbers for my grandmother. Laura was a terrible housekeeper but she was a fantastic person. As soon as everyone left the house, she'd teach me to play craps. She always went to this place called Whiskey Pete's, on the way to Vegas, and she would tell me these stories about my grandmother and my aunt. The women in my family were really amazing."
Her father was also a very prominent force in Gershon's life. "My father was a real jock, and when you're little, I think you kind of subconsciously pick up on what your parents want. Because you have to figure out how you're going to get some attention. Because my father was a big jock, I learned at a young age that sports was a way to get his attention. I was a really little kid and I was super skinny. But I actually had a great arm. When I played football, I could really pass. My father used to brag about how far his little girl could throw the ball and occasionally he would even make bets about how far I could throw it. Then we'd split the winnings. It was a kind of a bonding thing," she recalls with a laugh.
Gershon grew up in Woodland Hills, in the San Fernando Valley outside Los Angeles, and she spent a lot of time by herself. Her mother, Mickey, was a busy interior designer. Her father was in the import-export business and was often on the road. Her brother, Dann, and sister, Tracy, were much older; they didn't want Gina tagging along. "Woodland Hills was quite beautiful at that time," the actress recalls. "It used to be one huge orange grove. On the street where we lived, there were only three houses. Across the street from our house was the best fort any kid could imagine, because it had big trees--plum trees, peach trees, apricot trees--and I had my little fort in the back. It was a very sad day when they put up the For Sale sign. I was so angry. So every day, I'd wait until evening and then knock the sign down."
Playing by herself so much, Gershon says, helped her to develop a rich interior life. "I had to. I was the youngest, and my brother and sister really didn't want anything to do with me." Her brother is five years older than she is, and her sister seven years, "and all I wanted to do was hang out with them and they wanted nothing to do with me. So I had my little Spanish village, I acted out a lot, I'd make up plays and all those things. Without realizing I was doing it, I was entertaining myself."
Starting around age 12, she began keeping a private journal and filled it with intimate ramblings about--what else? Boys. "One day after the next I was madly in love with some boy," she recalls with a laugh. "I like having those feelings; they're fun; awful and fun."
In her early teen years, being sensitive and chameleon-like thrust Gershon into a period of turmoil. "I really do, for better or worse, react to the stimuli around me and I just wasn't getting it," she says. "I think I was really bored. The environment was affecting me. I don't think I was stimulated that much by my friends or by my school. I was like a little juvenile delinquent, I'm embarrassed to say. All my friends were getting caught doing drugs, stealing and starting fires, and stupid things like that. I never got caught and I kept my grades up, so I was OK. Then, luckily, I started acting, and that was kind of a saving grace."
Gina did her first play in eighth grade. It was Melody Jones and she played the lead. Then came Bye, Bye Birdie, but this time Gina did not get the role she truly wanted. "All I wanted to do was play Conrad Birdie; I really wanted to be like the Elvis Presley guy, and they ended up giving me the lead, Rosie. At first I thought, 'I don't want to be Rosie; I want to be Conrad.' I was really an Elvis Presley fan."
During this period, Gina was still running with the wrong crowd in the valley. Her parents were so concerned that they decided to yank her out of the public school she was in, even if it meant moving the family. As she recalls, her parents gave her a choice: a girls school or Beverly Hills High School. "Both seemed like death to me," she says. "I was a complete surfer girl at this point; I just wanted to hit the beach. I'd cut school and hitchhike to the beach almost every day. It's amazing that I did as well as I did in school. But my father really insisted on good grades, so that was like the one thing I really had to do. Girls school--I couldn't deal with that. I was so boy crazy at the time that the idea of not having any boys around was really depressing."
So beginning in her sophomore year, Gershon went to the famous Beverly Hills High School, and in many ways it proved to be just what she needed. "There I did tons of plays," she says. "That was the thing about Beverly High, they had this fantastic drama department. I could take voice lessons, I could take musical comedy, I could take straight drama. It's like a minicollege; it's an amazing school. During the three years I was there, I met some really great people, people who were very inspiring to me, so that part was great."
In a way, though, Beverly High was the end of a phase of her youth; she was obliged to let some of the joys of her childhood slip away. "The only problem with Beverly High is that they really make you choose," Gershon says. "I was dancing at the time and I was also playing sports. But the school is so professionally oriented that you can't do everything. I had to narrow it down to one, because you just don't have time to do everything. It certainly prepares you for the 'real world' but it made me sad. I liked playing football. I liked playing softball. The coach wanted me to play on the softball and soccer teams. I was a total tomboy." But she had to let much of that go.
In Gina's last year at Beverly High, her friend Tina Landau wrote a play called Faces on the Wall. Gina was one of the stars, and she caught the eye of some Los Angeles talent agents. Tina went on to Yale University and encouraged Gina to come east, which she did. She went to Emerson College in Boston for a year, to study child psychology and philosophy, but she didn't like it very much. During the summer, she went to San Francisco to take some acting classes at American Conservatory Theater, the highly respected San Francisco resident professional theater. "This was the first time I tasted a really professional learning experience," Gershon says. "It really kind of solidified my need to study and become an actress."
She transferred to New York University, where she combined studies in child psychology with an intense immersion in the craft of acting. At NYU, instead of finding one acting studio and sticking with it, Gershon tried several. She started at Circle in the Square and then worked with writer-director David Mamet. "David kept pooh-poohing The Method [form of acting] and so of course I had to go check out The Method," Gershon says. "NYU expected people to stay in one studio the whole time; I was in four or five of them. I felt I'd get what I needed from one technique and then I'd put that in the back of my head and go somewhere else."
From the earliest stages of her interest in acting, Gershon received an important gift: the unwavering support of her parents. "They instilled trust in me. Even my father was pretty amazing. I remember when I was in college and I came back home once. I had been offered one of my first movie roles, in a sort of Friday the 13th movie. I was totally excited about doing it, but it had a totally exploitive topless scene in it. I asked my dad, kind of expecting him to say, 'There's no way you are going to do this!' I needed someone to say 'No.' But he just said, 'You know what? If you're comfortable with it, I'm comfortable with it. You have to make that choice.' I was only 17 at the time. In the end, I decided not to do it, because I thought it was a stupid part."
Her parents' support had an enduring impact on Gershon. "My father wrote me a note when I went off to college--this was after I had done my first professional show--and he talked about how proud he was of me. And I look back at that and I just think, 'Oh, my God, that was the best gift he could have given me. Because I see so many people who are so talented, but their reason for trying to make it or becoming an actor is just to get that sort of approval from the parents they never got it from. And I feel I have that. I've always had that. That's out of the way. And that's a huge gift they've given me."
Through her father, Gershon also developed a love for the smell of a fine cigar. Her father and his brother, Jack, smoked cigars, and they loved Punches and Montecristo No. 2s in particular. For a time, the family had a beach house in Manhattan Beach and in the evening Gershon's father would sit on the porch with her, smoking a cigar and watching the sun set. As a result, even now a whiff of smoke from a cigar calls up warm memories from her childhood. "Walking down the street, catching a whiff, I really like that. It was a way of knowing my father was home. I would smell his cigar."
Today, Gershon from time to time will light up a fine cigar. "When I smell cigars, I'm always very happy," she says. She prefers to smoke with other people, and like her father, she likes Cohibas, Punches and Montecristo No. 2s. Walking on the beach or being outdoors at a party are some of her favorite moments to light up. One of her best memories is being in Havana a few years back on New Year's Eve. She and a group of friends smoked big Cohibas on a hotel rooftop and stayed around to watch the sunrise.
"I smoke different cigars according to my mood," she says. "I'll try small cigars or torpedos, and I like Especiales; I think they have a sexy shape." Gershon rarely buys cigars; her friends constantly give her enough to keep her well supplied. At home she keeps them stored in an improvised humidor. She often gives cigars and cigar paraphernalia as gifts and she will occasionally go to the Grand Havana Room in Los Angeles. But she prefers to smoke outdoors, during breaks from a tense movie set. She loved smoking with Arnold Schwarzenegger on the set of Red Heat and with Rade Serbedzija, her partner in an upcoming cable movie called Prague Duet.
"When I was growing up, I liked to play softball and football with the guys. It was a bonding thing," she says. "When I first started smoking cigars, not many women did. It was kind of an oddity. But it, too, was a way of communing and bonding with men, in a nonsexual way. And it's fun."
Early in her acting career, Gershon began working with some very talented drama coaches, and two have been working closely with her ever since: Harold Guskin and Sandra Seacat. When Gershon starts a new project, they will help her develop her characters, so that when she steps onto the set she is fully prepared. Guskin works more like a director, Gershon says, but Seacat focuses on ferreting out the emotional truth of a given role.
Seacat works with Gershon in much deeper ways as well. According to Gershon, they do dream work together and Seacat is helping her explore how a given character correlates with parts of her own personality and stage of development, as a woman and as an artist.
"Sandra totally changed my acting," Gershon says. "Instinctively, I was always in love with psychology and my dream life had always been very important to me. Ever since I was 15 years old I had been writing down my dreams. What's really exciting to me about Sandra's work is that it changes your life, almost on a psychic level. Now I'll get parts and in working on them, she'll say, 'Well, let's see how you're developing, as a human being.' Because the parts you're doing, it's no accident. Those parts affect your life and they kind of illustrate the map that your life is following."
The dream work is now a cornerstone of her creative process. "When I'm working on a certain project, before I go to bed I actually ask questions. So you dictate what kind of dream you're going to have. You say, 'I need to find out this.' There's a whole ritual about how to go about it. And then Sandra will work on it with you. Then, in classes with her, you'll actually cast them and act them out, which is unbelievable. You almost change the molecules in your body by doing that. It's really powerful. The first couple of times I did that, I actually got physically sick the rest of the week. It was super-powerful."
One of Gershon's biggest inspirations as an actress is Jessica Lange. "I was really moved by the work of Jessica Lange in films like Frances. I thought, that's the sort of work I want to strive toward. Frances is exactly the sort of part I want. It was really visceral work and it really hit you on some level." Seacat worked with Lange on Frances, Gershon says, and so the fit has been very powerful. "I've worked with Sandra for many years now and she's been a huge influence on my life. She was in the [Actors'] Studio with Brando and those guys, and everyone said that as an actress she was incredible. But I think her true calling in life was to become a teacher."
With this foundation, Gershon began working in New York and Los Angeles. Her film debut was in Pretty in Pink in 1986, then in 1988 came Cocktail and Red Heat, followed by parts in John Sayle's City of Hope in 1991, Robert Altman's The Player in 1992 and a handful of other movies. She also did work on stage, most notably with the New York-based theater company Naked Angels, and she had recurring roles in movies and series made for television. In 1992, she played Nancy Sinatra in the CBS miniseries "Sinatra."
"It was an amazing experience," Gershon says now. "Nancy Sinatra is hands down the nicest woman I've ever met in my life. Without a doubt. She's pure heart. She's an amazing woman. I wasn't sure I could do that part until I met her. Because I didn't understand a lot of it. When I met her I thought she was so terrific, and she explained a lot to me, so I thought, 'OK, this will be a good movie to do.'
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It will feel a little different to play against them because I have got a lot of friends on that team, said Varada yesterday. I have thought about it because I have not played against them and this is going to be the first time. You have to realize that trades happen and you\'ve got to go with the flow.
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AMBITIOUS plans have been revealed for a new supermarket, 100 new homes, shops and leisure facilities in Hockley.
Rochford District Council has been working on the Hockley Area Action Plan which will be the blueprint for developers wanting to build in the centre of the village.
Residents say they want extra parking, low-cost housing and a solution for traffic problems at the Spa Road junction while at the same time keeping the character of Hockley village intact.
The final document has now been released and includes a new medium-size supermarket of up to 3,000 square metres as well as 100 new homes, shops, leisure facilities, offices and car parking could be built in Eldon Way.
Residents' suggestions for widening the Spa Road mini roundabout junction to two lanes, which would cost up to £300,000, could also be on the cards with cash from a developer.
A new rail station car park would also be built and some or all of the existing car park north of the rail line will be redeveloped for housing.
Elliott Barnes, from Hockley Health Club based on the Eldon Way Estate, said he was in support of the plans.
He said: "It depends whether we get moved or not, if they are looking to redevelop the area and give us a new unit that would be fantastic but I think they are going to leave us as we are and redevelop the central area.
"If they put a big supermarket here that will knock local business but it should help to draw people in."
However, Hockley Residents' Association and Rochford Residents' Association are objecting to the document, saying it is going against what people want and will turn Hockley from a village into a town.
Brian Guyett, chairman of Hockley Residents' Association, raised fears about how the development could change the character of the village.
He said: "It is really going to change, they are turning Hockley from a village into a town.
"None of it makes sense and they are not explaining any of it. We seem to be going in the opposite direction."
Residents can have their say until January 25 before it goes to a Government planning inspector to be approved or rejected.
The full document is on Rochford District Council's website www.rochford.gov.uk. Hard copies of the documents are at the council offices and in Hockley library and for more information, call 01702 318191.
A LEADING councillor has warned objecting to a village's development could leave it open to flats or a huge supermarket.
Keith Hudson, councillor responsible for planning, said not having a stringent blueprint in place was not an option.
He said: "I would not support the withdrawal of the Hockley Area Action Plan as to do so would enable, and may well encourage, a planning application to materialise for a hypermarket of most inappropriate proportions.
"It is more appropriate for Hockley to have an overall, workable, deliverable scheme of a size suitable for its location and that will enhance the shopping and leisure offer for the benefit of the residents."
Mr Hudson said everyone's views would be taken into consideration.
He added: "The consultants have put forward a plan they deem workable, sound and appropriate for Hockley. It will be the planning inspector, in consultation with those that object or support it, that determines it.
"What needs to be there is boutique shops, a supermarket and leisure facilities. That is what you expect to see in the centre of a village."


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The Heart of Texas CROP Hunger Walk has set a goal of 200 Walkers and hopes to raise $5,000.00 to help stop hunger and poverty in the Waco community and around the world. A portion of the funds from the walk will go to Caritas of Waco. Last year, some 80 walkers braved the drought-breaking rain to raise more than $4,000 in the local CROP Hunger Walk. This year's walk will take place on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 14, at Bledsoe Miller Park (300 Martin Luther King Blvd.) Registration will begin at 2:00 and the walk will begin at 3:00. CROP Hunger Walks are held in more than 2,000 cities in the United States, all during the year, involving hundreds of faith communities. With the theme "Ending hunger one step at a time," walkers proclaim their solidarity with the millions of people around the world who have to walk long distances to find food and water—as well as with the millions of people served by local food pantries, food banks and meal sites in our own country. A portion of the funds from every CROP Hunger Walk goes to a local agency that serves hungry people. The local recipient for this year's walk is Caritas of Waco.
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Coastal Fisheries Data Show Texas Bay Warming Trend
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Texas bay waters have warmed by an average of about 1.5 degrees Celsius (nearly 3 F) over the past 23 years. The trend, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department scientists said, is consistent along the middle and lower Texas coast.
"The only way you can do something like this is having this 30-year data set that's unprecedented anywhere," said Jim Tolan, a TPWD coastal fisheries ecologist who is authoring a paper on the warming trend. "We have just tons and tons of measurements — not just from one spot, but from all the bays in Texas."
TPWD's Coastal Fisheries division celebrated 30 years of continuous resource monitoring in a two-day symposium in Corpus Christi Nov. 17 and 18. The information scientists have collected has been called the largest coastal fisheries data set in the nation, and possibly in the world.
The resource monitoring program, which includes bag seine, trawl and gill net collections as well as records of various water quality indicators, was implemented in 1975 to compliment creel surveys begun the year before.
"When the founding fathers sat down and designed it, I'm sure they had no idea some of the things it would yield," said Mark Fisher, Ph.D., TPWD coastal fisheries science director. "They just said collect everything. The salinity data alone, with water being such a key issue, is extremely valuable. We have a longer record of salinity and other water quality parameters than anyone in the state and we didn't even mean to."
Tolan decided to look at water temperatures after biologists noticed that gray snapper — a semi-tropical species — was showing up more often on the middle and upper Texas coast.
To find out if and how much bay waters were warming, he looked at 4,506 individual temperature records taken from random locations in San Antonio Bay from 1982-2004 and averaged the temperature readings for each month. These averaged temperatures created a record of 276 points in time and showed a clear trend of increasingly warm average temperatures.
Only Galveston Bay and Sabine Lake are not growing consistently warmer, Tolan said, and if they are removed from the coast-wide averages the trend on the middle and lower coast grows to 1.75 degrees Celcius.
While the bay warming trend generally tracks with global warming data, TPWD scientists warned that it is far too early to draw conclusions as to why average temperatures are increasing.
"I'm not ready to jump out there and say: 'Here's the reason for it,'" Tolan said, citing possible long-term climate cycles.
David Buzan, TPWD coastal studies team leader, said the temperature changes particularly appear to be occurring in winter.
"It isn't so much that this long-term trend toward warmer temperatures is occurring because of hotter summers, but rather warmer winters," he said.
Even though scientists may not fully understand why bay waters are heating up, they say it is important to know that it is happening.
"Temperature certainly does play a role with regard to the distribution of species," Buzan said, citing the expansion of the gray snappers' range as one example.
Native black mangroves also have expanded northward, and stands of red mangroves — seawater-loving shrubs more common in southern Florida and tropical Mexico — have established themselves as far north as Port O'Connor.
The TPWD coastal fisheries database was generated from approximately 40,000 bag seines, 60,000 trawls, 40,000 dredge samples, 20,000 gill net sets and 250,000 angler interviews collected over a 30-year period. The effort is ongoing.
Information in the database has been the basis for resource management decisions and regulations that affect recreational fisheries with an annual direct economic impact of almost $2 billion in Texas. The information also has been used in successful efforts to secure freshwater inflows and to protect water quality in estuaries.
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First, a popular Facebook trend replaced many of your friends' profile photos with giraffes.
Now those same friends are being replaced with cartoon versions of themselves.
What, representing yourself with a good ol' fashioned selfie not good enough anymore?
Those cartoons flooding your news feed come from Bitstrips.
So what exactly is Bitstrips? "Basically, it's an app that turns you and your friends into a cast of cartoon characters," the company's chief executive and creative director, Jacob Blackstrock, told the Baltimore Sun. "Then you can take those characters and put them into crazy scenes."
In the eternal quest to capture exactly how they are feeling at any moment and broadcast that sentiment to 500 of our closest friends -- and that girl you met that one time at that thing your friend hosted -- many have latched onto Bitstrips. The thousands of emojis out there are apparently incapable of satisfying the need to enlist janky graphics to properly convey the depth and nuance of our emotions.
Bitstrips are why your grown-up Facebook feed now looks like the wall of an elementary school's art room.
Bitstrips' free mobile app (which requires a Facebook login) is one of the most popular in both Apple's App Store and the Google Play store, and its Facebook app claims more than 10 million monthly users.
It's been around since 2008, but Bitstrips is having its big moment right now because it launched those iOS and Android apps just about a month ago. And it seems every single person using them is unable to resist the urge to tap that "Share" button beneath their comic masterpieces.
So if you really, really loved designing your Yahoo avatar back in 2004, or if you found 2011's app fad of the moment, Draw Something, just too artistically demanding, then Bitstrips just might be the app for you.
Users are asked to build their avatars by selecting all of the usual physical features, including skin color, hair style and body shape. There's even the unfortunately phrased direction to "pick your nose." You can then place your digital doppelganger in any one of thousands of different, daily updated scenes. You can later include some Facebook friends in the cartoon, add a caption and share the image on various social networks.
Assuming, that is, that you can get the mobile app to work correctly. It's received more than 11,000 reviews in Apple's App Store and has an awful rating of 1.5 out of 5 stars, with almost all of the negative reviews coming as a result of people saying the app failed to function properly. On Facebook though, it's all systems go -- as you might have noticed.
Which segues nicely to the last -- and perhaps for many you, most important -- point: Yes, you can make all the Bitstrips disappear from your Facebook feeds.
To hide them from your news feed, fun-killer, the next time you see one, just click the gray, "Down" arrow in the top right corner of the status box. Select "Hide all from Bitstrips," and you'll be cartoon-free -- but probably still drowning in giraffe photos.
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Neighbours have told of the frantic search for three-year-old Jack Rowe, who died yesterday morning only hours after he was found lying face down in the family swimming pool.
His family launched a massive search in their home village of Upavon on Wednesday evening after he was believed to have wandered off towards a nearby river. It was the day of his third birthday.
Police and villagers joined in the hunt but, just 20 minutes later, little Jack was found floating in the water of the pool in the garden of the family home.
He was unresponsive and given medical treatment at the scene before being flown to Southampton General Hospital by air ambulance.
But despite the medics best efforts he passed away in the early hours of the following morning.
Neighbours Jack and Maggie Leach told how villagers quickly spread across the area over fears the youngster might have fallen into the river on Wednesday just after 7pm.
They said: "We were sitting outside when a young lady came to the fence asking us to keep a look out for Jack as he had been missing for about half an hour.
"With the river being down there (next to the house), we ran down. After that we went around the house, looking through the fields.
"We were all looking when the police came at about 7.20pm. Then we heard a scream and he had been found in the pool.
"How long he had been in there for I don't know. It was unbelievable.
"How they didn't spot him in the pool. The air ambulance landed in the field opposite their house. The police had been trying to revive him for about half an hour."
The youngster lived at home with his parents, Olivia and Nigel Rowe, who have a daughter Ella and two sons in their 20s.
Other neighbours, who asked not to be named, added: "We heard a scream so everyone went looking for the boy.
"A dozen or so people went down to the river. They also thought he might have wondered in to the field opposite.
"There were four police to begin with but there was about 20 towards the end, with dogs.
"They were getting ready to launch a search. When they found the boy police tried to resuscitate him.
"Three ambulances turned up. He was airlifted to Southampton because apparently Bristol was full."
Ross Appleton, 72, who now sits on the parish council, said: "They were having a look around to try and find him.
"When word of mouth spread and people were asking about it, it grew.
"They are all asking what they could do but I said we need an order of what we are doing.
"The lady from over there shouted 'we found him in the pool'.
"The mum was screaming. The dad wasn't in. He works abroad.
"I was trying to direct traffic. There were so many cars. There must have been between six and 10 police cars, some unmarked.
"There was a paramedic type car and an ambulance. They came around asking about the landing the ambulance in the field.
"They had to keep the horses to the side.
"I was helping the police down this side of the road.
"It's horrible that a little kid has died. It's tragic."


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In my case, radiation reduced the tumor by 50%. That was the good part. The bad part of radiation is that it left me weak and unable to eat much for about three weeks.
Bazel, Lisa thank you.
Right now after reading all your answers and other posts and taking into account my mom age(74) I would choose no therapy but five minutes later knowing the overall health and strength of my mother i
Carlos, take a deep breath, in and out, in and out! That is why you are going to talk to the Oncologist. He will not throw you to the wind. He will help you make this decision. 74 is not that old in today's terms. Teddy is 77 and still going through what ever he has to do. Says he wants 10 more years! Long enough to see all grand kids married. If we felt there was no more hope we would gracefully say no more! But when a person is still vital for their age and you have stated your mom is in great health with a lot of strength I am sure the doctor will take all that in to consideration. You will not be alone in this decision. If you need to think about it just tell him you will call him in a day or 2. I am so hoping everything will ease up for you after tomorrow. It seems that no matter what, we all feel a relief when a decision is made. Hang Strong!
Very best of luck with the visit to the Oncologist, Carlos!! I'll be thinking of you both. Julia xx
Hi Carlos,
This is a very unusual disease, because it's so unpredictable. Some people have great results with chemo, and others have no improvement at all. It's the same with radiation. So we can't really say that chemo and radiation have similar effectiveness. Also, some patients can have radiation and others can't, because it depends on the location of the tumors.
But you should definitely ask if your mother can have radiation. For many people, the side effects are very mild. I had only heartburn (a burning feeling in my stomach) and some fatigue. For many people, the side effects of chemo are a lot more difficult.
The problem with radiation is that you have to go to the clinic five days a week for 4-6 weeks. But the treatments take only 5 minutes each time, and they are completely painless (like getting an x-ray.)
I hope this information helps you and your mother. I am SO happy to hear that she's feeling better, and that her mood is better too!
Best wishes to both of you,
This first meeting has been used by the oncologist as an initial data collection(general feeling after surgery...)
Because of surgery is very recent and she is still too weak, oncologist has decided to wait a little bit and at the end of this month make new test bloods and scan and so decide about the therapy with more data.
As Oncologist knew that my mom doesn
Many thanks for updating us, Carlos; it sounds a promising start. I join in your hope of your mum's continued improvement.
Julia xx
Hi Carlos,
Thanks for the update on todays meeting. I too hope that your mums recovery continues over the coming days and weeks.
Best wishes to you both.
Dear Carlos,
I'm glad that your mother will have more time to rest and get her strength back before you have to make any decisions. I know she will feel a little better every day. We'll be thinking of you both.
Best wishes from Kentucky, USA!
Thanks a lot for your support.
The recovery is being very good without any problem until now and the decision about therapy is near.
Today we have been with the surgeon first time after my mom left hospital.The situation is a little special since surgeon and oncologist are from different hospitals, why this is another matter.
The problem of this is that today, for example, surgeon didn
Hi Carlos and good to hear from you! I feel it is very important to have a TEAM
to rely on. Teddy & I each have our General Doctor, Oncologist, Gastrointestinal and Surgeon. They all cooperate with each other send all reports to each other as well. Everyone needs to be on the same page. In our cases generally it is the Oncologist calling the shots. They should be more than willing to want to know what the other is doing. Our doctors have even talked to each other about us at times. I don't know the protocol where you live but when a patient has a rare disease why would they all not cooperate? I guess egos get in the way. So in the end they should all have input on the therapy. I would ask what the prognosis could be in having the chemo versus not having it? Then you and your mother would make the decision. These doctors should realize that we all have enough on our plates without their attitudes. You have the right to get opinions from them all. In the meantime I am so glad to hear your mom is doing so well from the surgery. And that's a great place to start from!
Hi Lainy;
I guess Oncologist doesn
Wow, I am sure Marion will find that statistic interesting. Great idea, Carlos. Even if you just ask the surgeon that will help you to make a decision when the time comes. Good!
Carlos....I agree with Lainy. Cooperation between all physicians treating your Mom should occur. Your healthcare system differs much from the one in the US therefore; I can understand the difficulties you are encountering. And, this country, as you may be aware of, has many problems also when it comes to treating their patients.
I am quite surprised by the volume of Cholangiocarcinoma patients in your area. I assume that the public/state hospital is centralized and treats people from a wide area of Spain.
While attending the European Gastrointestinal Conference in Barcelona I came in contact with many physicians from various countries. Many of those countries do not at all use chemotherapy for their patients. Only palliative care is offered. Also, the availability of certain drugs is limited and/or non-existent.
I am trying to understand the following: Did the oncologist
Hi Carlos,
Good to hear from you and also good to hear that your mum is doing okay with her recovery. I hope she is also managing to get some sleep and that any pain is under control.
I agree with Lainy and Marion regarding the need for a team in treating your mum and also for all parts of that team to have access to all the latest scans, tests and info when they need it. In my dads case, he was diagnosed and treated under the NHS which I guess is the equivalent of your state hospital. His specialist and his team diagnosed the CC and concluded that it was inoperable. Had it been operable then he would have carried out the surgery. He also decided the treatment, PDT and carried that out and also followed dads progress for months after and we still see him. When he decided that chemo should be investigated, he refered dad to the oncologist who made the decision that it could not be done. As for CT scans, it is others that do that, sometimes in different hospitals but all the results go back to the specialist. And for local care, dad has his GP's who manage symptoms etc and who also have access to all the info they need. And all dads medical team are in close contact via the phone, meetings and letters/reports for his files. Everyone definitely needs to be on the same page and know what the other is doing/recommended etc.
I hope your mum's recovery continues and that you get things sorted with the doctors.
My best wishes to you and your mum
Hi Marion;
In Spain you have assigned an hospital by default but you have the option of changing(called second opinion) to another one that have more experience in the disease. Of course, if you have money you can go directly to a private one. But in Spain the the quality(doctors skills, devices..) difference between public/state and private is nothing, the only one(very important indeed) is that in a private hospital everythig is faster.
We ask for second opinion for the surgery but because of massification we returned to the original hospital for oncology. I don
Oh Carlos, here I go sticking my nose in! Just from your notes I thought something strange about the Oncologist. She is trying to hide behind what she does not know because if she knew she wouldn't cop that attitude. I felt it from the beginning. Sounds like an ego problem. This cancer has no room for egos. Of course this cancer is rare in her hospital as it is rare all over, what makes her hospital so special? Again she wants you to think she knows everything. Are you able to just seek a second opinion from another Oncologist? If I am correct all you have to do is take copies of your moms records to whom ever you want to see them? I am not trying to be a trouble maker, but I am concerned.
Hi Lainy;
At this moment I don
Very, very best of luck for tomorrow, Carlos.
Julia x
Hi Carlos. Do not think so much as it will all be clear soon. One step at a time. First you get the test results and talk to the Oncologist and then everything will clear up. You will have your answers. There is no clear protocol when it comes to anything dealing with CC. Good luck today!!!
Hello to all of you and sorry for the time without inform. After 6 months/ GEMZAR cycles (30 minutes per week) tomorrow we have an appointment with oncologist for the results of last week's scanner. Tell you that during these six months my mother has coped quite well chemotherapy (isolated cases of fever...) making a living relatively normal. Previous scanner (four months after the operation, Klatskin tumor with two positive nodes) came out clean and the blood test in these months have been within normal limits.
In the previous appointment oncologist commented that treatment was over and from now she should have routine checks directly with the surgeon.
Logically without having the results yet, what would you advice me according to your experience?
Thanks in advance;
Hello, Carlos, good to hear from you and to know your Mother is doing so well.
Teddy's regime is to have LABS Monthly and to see the ONC every other month. I also get a copy of the LABS. He has a PET Scan 2 X a year. We hope your Mother has continued success.
Carlos, that's great, we're so happy for you and your mother! After I finished treatment the first time, I had oncologist appointments and a CAT scan every 3 months. I'm sure the doctor will make a decision based on your mother's age and condition.
Good luck with everything!
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St. Pat's had no trouble scoring on Friday in its 67-12 win over Bayard at Knights of Columbus Field.
"Tonight, we were pretty opportunistic," said Aufdenkamp. "We took advantage of their miscues and the defense ended up scoring a lot of points."
Matthew Buhrman returned the opening kickoff to near midfield and on the second play from scrimmage, the senior scored on a touchdown run up the middle to put the Irish (3-0) on top.
After being stopped on their second possession, St. Pat's got good field position again after receiving a Bayard punt and that led to a four-yard touchdown run by Colin Pieper with a little under a minute and a half left in the first quarter that made it 14-0.
Then on the first play after the ensuing kickoff, Pieper got an interception off a deflected pass by Bayard quarterback Zac Rice at the 22.
But the Tiger defense held the Irish to a 37-yard field goal by Brandon Niesen and it was 17-0 at the end of the first quarter.
With just over a minute into the second quarter, the Tigers (0-2) got on the board when Rice connected with Jadon Smith for a 71-yard touchdown. Rice was stopped on the two-point conversion and it was 17-6.
But St. Pat's answered back toward the end of the first half when Buhrman ran in a touchdown from one-yard out.
Then after pinning Bayard deep in its own territory, the Irish picked up a safety when Mark Mayfield and Henry Aufdenkamp sacked Rice in the end zone.
Mayfield, a junior linebacker, was a terror for Rice on Friday with two sacks outside of the one he shared with Aufdenkamp.
"The guys off the edge did a good job and they also did a good job on their stunts," Coach Aufdenkamp said. "We had a good pass rush."
On the ensuing possession after the free kick, Sean Keenan was intercepted and Bayard had a chance to get another score going into the half.
But on the last play of the half, Pieper got his second pick off of Rice on a pass over the middle and he took it the other way for a touchdown to make it 33-6 at halftime.
In the third quarter St. Pat's scored three touchdowns to make it 53-6 going into the fourth and the Irish tacked on two more touchdowns with the reserves getting some action.
"We've got some things we need to fix," said Aufdenkamp. "We're not happy about some of that. But we'll take the win."
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Skin Flap Visible Light Spectroscopy (VLS) Oximetry for Monitoring Free-Flap Ischemia During Breast Reconstruction and Recovery
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
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The purpose of the study is to understand the relevance of tissue oximetry measures of tissue flaps during surgery and during recovery, and to determine if T-Stat is a reliable and early method of detecting compromised flaps.
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Flap Failure and Compromise by Tissue Saturation Values (Efficacy) [ Time Frame: 72 hours ]
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Pope Francis' remark Monday about gays -- "Who am I to judge?" -- is subject to interpretation.
But as vague as his words may be, the mere fact the new pope spoke out about homosexuality in a less than condemning way at this particular point in the western world's attitude shift on the subject is huge and promising news for advocates of tolerance.
Let's hope it inspires other leaders and followers of the Catholic Church and all religions to join the conversation about gays' place in society.
Catholic Online ("Inform. Inspire. Ignite.") scolds the news media not to draw "hasty conclusions" from Francis' comments, which came in an unusually open and wide-ranging conversation with reporters aboard his flight back to Rome after his visit to Brazil.
"Pope Francis is not authorizing the practice of homosexual activity ... did not endorse homosexual marriage ... did not endorse the ordination of homosexuals," the Bakersfield-based website observed in an article this morning datelined Los Angeles.
The site went on to say people "who struggle with same-sex attraction" already are "very welcome in the Catholic Church, but immoral behavior and sexual deviance are as wrong as ever."
It's true that Francis' comments change nothing about church policy.
And based on his history, he's probably not signaling a liberal agenda on homosexuality. Slate.com notes that before he became pope, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio "waged an unsuccessful push to prevent Argentina from becoming the first Latin American country to legalize gay marriage and declared that allowing gay couples to adopt was discrimination against children."
But AP correctly says his statement Monday "was much more conciliatory" than his predecessor ever was.
"If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis said (according to AP's translation from Italian). "We shouldn't marginalize people for this. They must be integrated into society."
The National Catholic Reporter quoted further: "The tendency (to homosexuality) is not the problem ... they're our brothers."
Since popes aren't known to walk back their comments, assume what he said stands.


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Firefighters extinguish fire near Luther Pass
October 2, 2012
Firefighters from Lake Valley Fire Protection District and the U.S. Forest Service extinguished a wildfire near Luther Pass Tuesday afternoon.
The fire started about 2:15 p.m. south of Big Meadow Trailhead on Highway 89 and spread to about half an acre before being extinguished, according to a release from the U.S. Forest Service.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.


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Tickets for Mogadore High School's OHSAA Division VI regional championship football game vs. Youngstown Christian go on sale in the high school office on Wednesday morning and remain on sale through Friday from 7:45 a.m.-3 p.m.
Tickets are $7 presale for ages 6 and up. All tickets at the gate are $9. No passes are accepted for this game.
The game will be held at Ravenna Gilcrest Stadium on Friday at 7:30 p.m. It is highly recommended that fans purchase tickets ahead of time.
Call Mogadore athletic director Rich Brumbaugh with any questions at 330-628-7262.


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Barron's Buzz: Plunging Profit Estimates8/16/2013 4:16PM
Jack Hough previews this week's Barron's magazine, including falling profit estimates and municipal bond yields. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Last September I blogged about the sale of an ordinary building on Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx. The address is special because it's the place DJ Kool Herc invented Hip Hop. Whether or not you like the genre it's an American invention that deserves it's history preserved. The building has since been sold and as far as I can tell the new owners won't be placing a statue on plaq to commemorate it's past and importance.
Luckily we have some online preservation. The New Radio and Performing Arts with funding from the Jerome Foundation have launched Bronx Rhymes, an interactive map of Hip Hop's Bronx birth. Take a look: http://transition.turbu…
"Up in the Bronx where the people are fresh there was one Dj who had to pass the test. And now he's down by law and he's ready to play that's right y'all his name is AJ." – AJ Scratch, Kurtis Blow
"Hip Hop was born in the South Bronx. Bronx Rhymes uncovers the history of Hip Hop in the borough by tagging historically important locations with rhymes. These rhymes illuminate the significance of the locations, and issue a rhyming challenge. Posters appear at each location and invite viewers to respond with their own rhymes via text message. This website is an evolving archive of the collected rhymes, a reflection of the community, and a way to reinsert the hip hop past into present-day South Bronx." – transition.turbulence.org/Works/bronx_rhymes/
Take a look at the flickr set of posters: click here
Related post: Do you know the man who created Hip Hop?


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A week ago I noticed these 5 or 6 small lumps on the back on my head, right behind my right ear. They reminded in size to ant bites, but no redness or hurting, unless I touch them. It didn`t worry me untill today I noticed they have gotten bigger. Now they feel like they are turning into one big one. You can`t move them around. They feel hard but not like solid. And not sure if this has anything to do with it, but I have also noticed over the past week or two when I cough sometimes, I get this sensation of needles poking me. Starting to make me worry. What you think about it and what I may need to do?
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Columbus, Ohio -- Limited Brands Inc. said that its fourth quarter net income in the 14-week period through Feb. 2, 2013, rose a better-than expected 14% to $411.4 million. That compares to a 13-week period that ended on Jan. 28, 2012, in which net income came to $359.4 million. The chain also forecast profit for the current quarter and fiscal year below analysts' expectations.
Revenue rose 10% in the quarter to $3.86 billion from $3.52 billion. When compared to a similar 14-week period a year ago, revenue grew 5%. Analysts were looking for revenue of $3.85 billion.
For the first quarter, Limited Brands said it expects earnings of 40 cents to 45 cents per share, below the 51 cents expected by analysts. It also said it expects full-year earnings of $2.92 to $3.12 per share, also below the $3.25 that analysts were forecasting.
The company reported a comparable stores sales increase of 6% for the 53-week year ended Feb. 2, 2013, compared to the 53 weeks ended Feb. 4, 2012. Net sales were $10.459 billion for the 53-week year ended Feb. 2, 2013, compared to $10.364 billion for the 52 weeks ended Jan. 28, 2012.


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Crab Football Spread Recipe
Fans keep coming back for more after tasting this delicious cheese ball. I don't make this spread just on football Sundays. You can be creative about molding the mixture into different shapes. —Kathy Kittell, Lenexa, Kansas
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded provolone cheese
- 1 cup crabmeat, drained, flaked and cartilage removed
- 1 cup (8 ounces) 4% cottage cheese
- 2 teaspoons seafood seasoning
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
- Pretzel sticks
- Assorted crackers and/or fresh vegetables
- 1. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add cheddar cheese, provolone cheese, crab, cottage cheese, seafood seasoning, Worcestershire sauce and mustard; mix well. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- 2. Form mixture into a football shape. Arrange pretzels over top for laces. Serve with crackers and/or vegetables. Yield: 1 cheese ball.
Reviews for Crab Football Spread
Average Rating
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2013
"Huge Hit. Brought it to a Stanford Tailgate,"
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2011
"This recipe was expensive and had no "zing!" or oomph or flavor really. I changed it the second time by switching regular mustard with Dijon. I added 1 tsp hot sauce, my favorite is Franks, and just a scant 1/4 tsp. cayenne. It was just enough to add some zest to the sweet crab and bland cheeses. Oh, also I switched out the provolone with shredded swiss cheese. Less expensive. This time everyone RAVED about it and asked for recipe rather than just "eating" it:)"
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2011
"I made this crab football spread last year for our bar's football board party. When I got ready to leave, there wasn't anything left to bring home. I'm going to make this again this year for the Super Bowl Party."
© 2017 RDA Enthusiast Brands, LLC


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Mondelez International's Starbucks Windfall No Game Changer for Either
Following the close of the stock market yesterday, news broke that Starbucks (SBUX) would have to pay Mondelez International (MDLZ) nearly $2.8 billion for ending a deal between the two companies early.
Bloomberg has the details:
Starbucks Corp. said it would pay Mondelez International Inc. $2.79 billion to settle a dispute over distribution in the coffee-shop chain's bagged-coffee unit, as grocery-store sales become a growing part of the business.
The payment, ordered by an arbitrator, consists of $2.23 billion in damages and $557 million in interest and attorneys' fees, Seattle-based Starbucks said today in a filing. The company said it has adequate cash and borrowing capacity to fund the payment and will book it as a charge to its fiscal 2013 operating expenses.
The ruling settles a dispute that began in 2010, when Starbucks offered $750 million to end an agreement through which Mondelez, then known as Kraft Foods Inc., distributed its coffee to food retailers. Kraft rejected the offer. Starbucks sought to wrest control of its packaged coffee business as revenue grew and surpassed gains in other segments.
Call JPMorgan's Ken Goldman surprised by the amount of the award:
The arbitrator concluded that Kraft/MDLZ is entitled to $2.23B in pre-tax damages from SBUX, as well as $527MM in prejudgment and attorneys' fees, for a total of $2.76B. We were anticipating somewhere between $1.5B and $2.0B.
The net proceeds (after a 37% tax rate) are equivalent to ~3% of MDLZ's market cap. MDLZ said it would use proceeds to repurchase shares.
Shares of Starbucks are little changed at $80.62 after being down as much as 1.8% this morning, while Mondelez has risen 1.9% to $33.04. Kraft Foods (KRFT) has ticked up 0.1% to $52.02.
Morgan Stanley's Matthew Grainger and team call the award "a net positive" but not "thesis-changing" for Mondelez:
Clearly the proceeds from this arbitration do not address the fundamental issues (execution issues, slowing category growth trends, mixed returns on investments) that have hampered MDLZ in recent quarters. However, we view this as a clear (if modest) positive for the stock, as: (i) it provides a cash windfall equivalent to ~3% of the company's market cap; (ii) allows for the potential to further accelerate share repurchases (we assume $2 billion in 2014, but each additional $500 million would add close to $0.01 to EPS); and (iii) could allow for further flexibility for debt tenders / refinancing by providing both additional balance sheet capacity and providing North America profitability with a source of taxable profit that can be used to offset any premium associated with early debt retirement. Net, while this outcome is not entirely unexpected, both the magnitude of the award and the associated financial flexibility are supportive of our Overweight rating on the stock and expectation of accelerating earnings growth beyond 2015.
William Blair's Sharon Zackfia and team have similar thoughts about Starbucks:
Excluding the actual judgment itself, we expect that the arbitration will prove roughly $0.02 to $0.03 dilutive to our fiscal 2014 estimate on lost interest income, versus our prior estimate of $2.65, guidance of $2.55 to $2.65, and consensus of $2.66.
While there is a fair question as to whether the pay‐off from Starbucks' decision to take direct control of the package coffee business was worth the pay‐out, the company likely would not have been able to pursue other opportunities such as K‐Cups while still tied to Kraft (which owns Tassimo). All told, we suspect the arbitration outcome is likely to modestly crimp our estimates, but we continue to like Starbucks' shares given robust sales trends, still‐strong expansion prospects, and extraordinarily high visibility on 15% to 20% annual EPS growth.
Starbucks has gained 50% this year, while Mondelez has risen 30%.


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Meldrum, author of Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science, got the idea for the blimp-based search from William Barnes, a Utah man who claims to have encountered Bigfoot in 1997 in Northern California. Barnes pitched the idea to Meldrum and the two are now collaborating on what they've called the Falcon Project — a remote-controlled airship they hope will take flight next spring, sweeping remote wilderness areas for proof of Bigfoot's existence.
In order to achieve his goal, though, Meldrum needs to raise $300,000-plus in private donations to build the dirigible, according to Reuters. While the University of Idaho gave the project the go-ahead, Meldrum has to find funds for the project himself. The money he raises will not only get him a blimp but will also be used to equip it with a thermal-imaging camera to capture evidence of the manlike ape (or apelike man) hiding under the trees. According to Reuters, getting financial support for the venture has been slow going. However, with the popularity of Animal Planet's show Finding Bigfoot, it seems only a matter of time until a television channel steps in to fund the expedition. In fact, Meldrum told Reuters that two cable channels are already vying for rights to produce a reality series following the expedition. Heck, we'd watch it.


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Warner Bros has announced a new Harry Potter film and video game series.
It's called Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and is based on a Hogwarts textbook of the same name. The screenplay for the film is to be written by JK Rowling herself.
Said movie will be set in New York some 70 years before The Boy Who Lived and his Hogwarts exploits and, according to Rowling, "is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world".
Warner has added that the new IP "will also be developed across the Studio's video game, consumer products and digital initiatives businesses".
"It all started when Warner Bros came to me with the suggestion of turning 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' into a film," Rowling stated. "I thought it was a fun idea, but the idea of seeing Newt Scamander, the supposed author of 'Fantastic Beasts,' realized by another writer was difficult.
"As I considered Warner's proposal, an idea took shape that I couldn't dislodge. That is how I ended up pitching my own idea for a film to Warner Bros.
"The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt's story will start in New York, seventy years before Harry's gets underway. I always said that I would only revisit the wizarding world if I had an idea that I was really excited about and this is it."


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A 24-YEAR-OLD man who could not accept the relationship with the mother of his children was over became violent towards her as he tried to take her mobile phone.
Blackburn magistrates heard as Steven McDougall was attacking his former partner one of their young children, who had come down stairs, said: "Daddy don't hurt mummy."
McDougall, of Spire Close, Darwen, pleaded guilty to assaulting Jenna Walmsley.
He was made subject to community supervision for 18 months with a condition he completes the Safer Relationships programme, ordered to do 60 hours unpaid work and pay £145 costs.
Catherine Allan, prosecuting, said McDougall had been looking after the children while Miss Walmsley was at university.
He was angry when she was an hour late getting home and started asking the children who her 'new fella' was.
"She told him to stop and sent the children upstairs," said Miss Allan.
"He lunged at her and tried to grab he phone. She was knocked to the floor and there was a struggle taking place when one of the children came down."
Gareth Price, defending, said McDougall had apologised for his behaviour on the night.
"It is particularly unfortunate that the children witnessed the end of this incident," said Mr Price.
"He accepts the relationship is over."


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Hi everybody!
I was hoping I could get some of your thoughts on a something that has been troubling me since I decided to sincerely practice the Buddhadhamma.
According to Thanissaro Bhikkhu's translation of the Vanijja Sutta, there are five kinds of business a layperson shouldn't engage in: business in weapons, business in human beings, business in meat, business in intoxicants, and business in poision. As somebody about to begin a career in music, I won't be participating in any of those things. However, in the Talaputa Sutta, the Buddha seems to have a low opinion of professional entertainers, because they excite passion, aversion, and delusion in their audience. Even though the Buddha is technically only talking about actors, I can't help but feel that the same thing applies to singers, instrumentalists, etc. Are professional musicians engaging in a form of wrong livelihood? The last thing I want to do is impede the spiritual progress of others simply because I enjoy music, and because I take pleasure in performing.
Additionally, I have trouble keeping the Eight Precepts on observance days. Practicing and listening, which are essential to good musicianship, seem to constitute a breach of the seventh precept. I thought maybe it wouldn't be a problem, since what most other people do for entertainment and distraction I do for work, but that seems like a really big stretch. Maybe the frustration I'm experiencing is just a manifestation of my attachment to sensual pleasure. What do you think? I would especially appreciate the input of a member of the sangha, if any happen to come across this.