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On Thursday night, teams that lost star players in free agency over the winter got the chance to make up for those departures by using the draft picks they received as compensation to select what they one day hope will be more than adequate replacements.
While those teams are just tonight securing their future, some of them have already had an up-close look at their recent past. This week the Texas Rangers became the most recent club to welcome back a player they lost in free agency when Nelson Cruz, an early AL MVP candidate, returned to Arlington as a member of the Baltimore Orioles.
Cruz's homecoming has actually been a rare occurrence over the first-third of the season. Among the top 25 free agents in Ben Reiter's offseason list of the best players on the open market, 13 were position players and only four of those have visited their most recent teams: Cruz, Robinson Cano, Jacoby Ellsbury and Curtis Granderson. Shin-Soo Choo, Brian McCann,Jhonny Peralta and Jarrod Saltalamacchia won't face their former clubs on the road this year. Stephen Drew and Mike Napoli both re-signed with the Red Sox. Kendrys Morales remains a free agent. And Carlos Beltran was injured when the Yankees traveled to St. Louis to play a Cardinals team that Beltran helped reach the World Series last October. Only Marlon Byrd, whose Phillies will visit Pittsburgh next month, is still scheduled to return to his former stomping grounds, and Byrd spent less than two months with the Pirates last year after an August trade from the Mets.
Here's a look back at how the four players who did go home again have fared in their returns.
Robinson Cano
Old Team: Yankees
New Team: Mariners (10 years, $240 million)
Cano opened eyes not only with his contract, tied for the third-largest in baseball history, but with the fact that it came from the Mariners, not the Yankees team he had spent his first nine seasons with. Cano's season has been odd. He's batting .330, second best in the American League, but he has hit just two home runs.
In a delicious bit of irony, New York fans booed Cano when he returned to the Bronx on April 29 for what was supposed to be a three-game series. Rain forced the cancellation of the middle game, which was made up on Monday, and while Cano's numbers in those three contests -- 3-for-12, all singles, three RBIs, two runs, two strikeouts and two walks – weren't particularly impressive, he did help Seattle take all three games in Yankee Stadium.
Nelson Cruz
Old Team: Rangers
New Team: Orioles (one year, $ million contract)
Rangers fans memorably gave Cruz a standing ovation when the slugger returned to the lineup last year after serving his 50-game suspension for his role in the Biogenesis scandal, but the team wasn't nearly as interested in showing him the love. Texas let him walk, and after remaining unsigned until after spring training started, Cruz eventually settled for a short deal with Baltimore.
All he has done since is lead the major leagues in home runs, RBIs, slugging percentage and total bases and the AL in OPS. Cruz has given the Rangers a flash of what it is missing – and, given the season-ending injury to Prince Fielder, could desperately use – by going 4-for-9 in his first two games back, including a home run and three RBI while helping his new club beat his old one twice. He went 0-for-4 in the series finale on Thursday as the Rangers won 8-6.
Jacoby Ellsbury
Old Team: Red Sox
New Team: Yankees (seven years, $153 million)
Ellsbury is hardly the first Boston star to bolt for the Bronx (see Boggs, Wade; and Damon, Johnny) and although he's hitting .286/.355/.410, his departure may not be hurting the offensively-challenged Red Sox as much as might be expected, as SI's Tom Verducci detailed earlier this week.
It didn't take long for the Fenway Park faithful to get another look at the man who helped them win two World Series titles. The Yankees traveled to Beantown on April 22 for a three-game series and left with two wins. Ellsbury certainly did his part, going 5-for-15, with four doubles, a triple and five RBIs in those three games. New York has six more games scheduled at Fenway this season, three to open August and three more to close the regular season, but both teams have work to do if that last series is to matter; the Yankees entered play on Thursday six games out in the division and the Red Sox are 8 ½ out.
Curtis Granderson
Old Team: Yankees
New Team: Mets (four years, $60 million)
During his four seasons in the Bronx, critics harped that Granderson had become little more than a home run hitter who took advantage of the short porch at Yankee Stadium. As proof they pointed to his .247 batting average and .337 OBP from 2011-13, though he did 108 home runs in those three seasons.
After an injury-plagued 2014 in which he played just 61 games, batting .229 with seven homers, Granderson left for the crosstown Mets. He has continued his decline at age 33, batting .217 with six homers. The high point of his season to date came when he went back to Yankee Stadium in mid-May and helped the Mets take the first two games of the Subway Series by displaying his old power stroke. Granderson homered in each game while going 4-for-8 with five RBIs and two walks.


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A woman is proud to call herself a loser after shedding the pounds to take a slimming award.
Sharon Monahan has been crowned Oakham Slimming World's Greatest Loser 2014 after dropping 3st3½lbs.
The super slimmer bagged the prize, which was awarded to the member of Oakham's 7.30pm Slimming World group who has lost the most weight, and says her weight loss has changed her life.
Sharon, 48, from Woodland View, said: "I feel like a new woman since losing weight. In fact, I look so different that people who I haven't seen for a while often can't believe I'm the same person.
"But for me it's the change on the inside that's been the biggest difference. I'm happier, healthier and lots more confident now."
Sharon had a BMI of 34.5 when she joined the group, which is run by Sheryl Kearney, a year ago. She had had enough and did not want to keep running the risk of getting diabetes like members of her family.
After cutting out the chocolates and crisps and reverting to lean meats and vegetables, she dropped from 16st3.5lbs to 13st. Her BMI has reduced to a healthier 27.9.
Sharon, who works at RPC Containers in Oakham, said: "I always tried to shrink into the background and avoid drawing attention to myself. I'd pretend it didn't bother me that I was bigger than most other people, but that was far from the truth. But with the help of Sheryl, who has been amazing, and fantastic support from my husband Seamus, I managed to lose the weight. I haven't got a target weight but I'm not ready to stop yet."
Her husband Seamus added: "Sharon's been fantastic. I'm so proud of her."
Sharon will now compete in Slimming World's national awards.

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ASTAŞ Industries Limited Marketing Executives Jobs Vacancies in Lagos, Nigeria 2012
ASTAŞ Industries Limited is a Sales subsidiary of ASTAŞ Alüminyum San. ve Tic. A.Ş. Turkey in West Africa, dealers in a broad range of aluminum building and construction systems with dealers and representatives all over Nigeria, providing specialised services in good quality building and architectural systems. Since 1974, ASTAŞ Alüminyum has pioneered the production of high quality aluminum extrusions. ASTAŞ has since grown into a leading global producer of high quality aluminum extrusions, with market presence in Europe, Middle East, North Africa and, most recently, Nigeria; the economic hub of Sub Saharan Africa. Our product range includes a variety of aluminum building systems and profiles for architectural applications; wardrobe profiles, customized profiles, composite panels, furniture and decoration profiles, skylight profiles, ceiling profiles, curtain walls, window-door profiles, floor covering profiles, solar panels, automotive and other industry related items.
Job Title: Marketing Executive
Type: Full-time
Experience: Mid senior level
Functions: Marketing
Industries: Construction, building materials
Primary Responsibilities
Plan, develop, execute and coordinate marketing activities in line with company's business strategies and initiatives.
Reporting to
Director, Business Planning & Strategy – West Africa
Director, Finance – Lagos
Director, Marketing – Lagos
Specific responsibilities
• Coordinate product-market research and development, present and demonstrate product supports during exhibitions and public events.
• Identify and develop client database (dealers, distributors, or consumers) and industry programs.
• Formulate plans to extend business with established accounts and Prepare & negotiate advertising and sales contracts.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with dealers and Marketing teams
• Identify market and customer potential in cooperation with sales team and operations
• Liaise ASTAŞ marketing strategies with local marketing initiatives, Drive sales & growth activities and Support market penetration.
• Assist with annual Marketing Budgets development, Monitor and analyze sales results.
• Represent company at trade association meetings and other meetings to promote products.
• Plan and execute promotional tools to increase sales of products or services, working with customers, company officials, sales departments and advertising agencies.
• Deliver Monthly Marketing Snapshot on sales Activities
Desired Skills & Experience
Our ideal candidate is Marketing professional, has a significant experience in key account management and account development in professional product firms and has a real passion for B2B selling and business development. Previous experience in construction, building materials and knowledge of aluminum profiles & building systems' marketing will be a distinct competitive advantage but not essential.
• Bachelors degree in science or business
• Masters degree (Marketing) would be an added advantage
• Skilled at identifying and developing sales leads
• Able to professionally present capabilities and manage the sales process through close and handle all aspects of contract negotiations
• Must be able to handle multiple priorities and deadlines on an on-going basis. Tenacious, but diplomatic, in having all stakeholders respect deadlines and deliverables
• Minimum 5 years working experience in sales/marketing
• Entrepreneurial skill, drive and resourcefulness to explore different options
• Strong business analytical skills and able to work independently on business issues
• Willing to work long hours to meet deadlines
• Sharp, high determination self starter with good time management skill
• 10-15% travel required
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John B. Anderson
|John B. Anderson
|Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 16th district
|In office
January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1981
|Preceded by
|Leo E. Allen
|Succeeded by
|Lynn Morley Martin
|Personal details
|John Bayard Anderson
February 15, 1922
Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
|Political party
|Republican (1960-1980),
None (1980-present)
|Keke Machakos (m. 1953)
|Alma mater
|University of Illinois
University of Illinois College of Law
Harvard Law School
|Evangelical Free Church
John Bayard Anderson (born February 15, 1922) is an retired American-Republican politician from Illinois. He ran for president in 1980, but lost to Ronald Reagan as the main Republican candidate. He was a politician since the 1960s. He would later lose as a candidate as an independent.
Anderson was born on February 15, 1922 in Rockford, Illinois to a Swedish-American family.[1] He studied at the University of Illinois, at the University of Illinois College of Law, and at the Harvard Law School. Anderson was married to Keke Machakos since 1953.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Weaver Jr, Warren (August 26, 1980). "Anderson Chooses Lucey for his Ticket; Praises Ex-Wisconsin Governor as Qualified for the White House Seeking Broader Support Anderson Picks Lucey, Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, as Running Mate Matter of Prominence Sees Effect on Congressmen Gives Carter 'No Chance'". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20C16FF355F12728DDDAF0A94D0405B8084F1D3. Retrieved May 6, 2010.


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Watch the official trailer for The Lunchbox Hindi Movie 2013, which already won a Critics' Week Viewers Choice Award at Cannes 2013. The Bollywood Indian film was released across India on September 20th, 2013. The must-watch movie was directed by Ritesh Batra and stars lead acts Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. See full cast below followed by movie synopsis.
- Irrfan Khan as Saajan
- Nimrat Kaur as Ila
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Shaikh (Saajan's Colleague)
- Denzil Smith as Mr. Shroff
- Bharati Achrekar as Mrs. Krishnan
- Nakul Vaid as Ila's Husband
- Yashvi Puneet Nagar as Yashvi
- Lillete Dubey as Ila's Mother
Middle class housewife Ila is trying once again to add some spice to her marriage, this time through her cooking. She desperately hopes that this new recipe will finally arouse some kind of reaction from her neglectful husband.
Unknowing to her is that the special lunchbox she prepared has been mistakenly delivered to an office worker Saajan, a lonely man on the verge of retirement. Curious about the lack of reaction from her husband, Ila puts a little note in the following day's lunchbox, in the hopes of getting to the bottom of the mystery.
This began a series of lunchbox notes between Saajan and Ila, and the mere comfort of communicating with a stranger anonymously soon evolves into an unexpected friendship. Gradually, their notes become little confessions about their loneliness, memories, regrets, fears, and even small joys. They each discover a new sense of self and find an anchor to hold on to in the big city of Mumbai that so often crushes hopes and dreams. But since they've never met, Ila and Saajan become lost in a virtual relationship that could jeopardize both their realities.
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And then there were 16. That is the current count of corporate credit unions, after a year where all the institutions faced an Oct. 20 NCUA deadline to qualify as "adequately capitalized" per the regulator's calculus.
Reflections on the Mid-Atlantic - VACORP merger.
Mid-Atlantic Corporate Federal Credit Union and VACORP Federal Credit Union announced Monday that their memberships have approved the merger between the two organizations.
Mid-Atlantic Corporate Federal Credit Union and VACORP Federal Credit Union have announced that the NCUA unanimously approved their merger plan at the closed NCUA Board meeting in late October.
VACORP vote expected in November for merger to be finalized next March.
Asthe October deadline for hitting key minimum financial ratios draws nearer, more spreadsheets are floating around the credit union industry.
For those who thought there might be wiggle room in the NCUA's willingness to tolerate a merger of Tier 1 corporates, unambiguous words came from Scott Hunt, director of the NCUA office of corporate credit unions, at a panel discussion about the future of corporates at the New Jersey Credit...
The member looking for a $30,000 line of credit or financing for a delivery truck–that's the kind of small business owner Cross Valley FCU is actively courting.
Regulatory overreach, an unnecessary limit on credit unions' choices and possibly illegal. Those are among the critiques of the NCUA's proposed rule on corporate credit unions.
A merger with VACORP was not his first choice, said Mid-Atlantic Corporate FCU President/CEO Jay Murray in offering perspective on the announcement earlier this week that the two corporate credit unions planned to merge.


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There are several Wrong Places that Los' latest effort would not fit, like on a country music blog or your grandma's next birthday party. Thankfully, The DJBooth is the right place and the right time is today. On the latest single off his highly anticipated mixtape, Becoming King, the B-More native gives us a refreshing spin on a street anthem. Whereas many rappers glorify the "street" image Los shies away from that stereotype for a more honest portrayal of what life is really like. Assisting the Bad Boy emcee is Eric Bellinger, who lends his smooth R&B vocals to the hook, and producer J. Oliver, whose piano based boardwork allows Los' earnest, almost pained flow to resonate, hammering home the heavy-hearted vibe of the tune. Becoming King is projected to drop this spring, but while you wait be sure to check out his last Booth feature, I Got You, a take on The Weeknd's Rolling Stone.


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NATO's top military commander has said Russia has all the forces it needs on the Ukrainian border if it was to decide to carry out an "incursion" into the country.
Russia could achieve its objective in three to five days, said US Air Force General Philip Breedlove.
Gen Breedlove, who is NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, called the situation on the border "incredibly concerning".
He said NATO had spotted signs of movement by a very small part of the Russian force overnight, but there was no indication that it was returning to barracks.
NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels had asked him to draw up by 15 April a package to reassure nervous NATO allies in eastern Europe that would include reinforcements by land, air and sea.
Meanwhile, Russia has accused NATO of using language that echoes the Cold War.
It said neither it nor NATO will gain from NATO's decision to suspend cooperation.
"The language of the statements rather resembles the verbal jousting of the Cold War era," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said yesterday that NATO is "suspending all practical cooperation with Russia, military and civilian" over Russia's annexation of Crimea and the reported massing of troops near Ukraine's border.


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Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg will manage the Chicago Cubs' Double-A Tennessee Smokies in 2009.
The Southern League team announced Wednesday that Sandberg is moving up from the Cubs' Class-A Peoria Chiefs, which Sanberg has managed the past two seasons.
Sandberg calls the Smokies "an excellent opportunity" and he is "looking forward to the challenges in taking this next step and being successful in Tennessee."
Sandberg, a star second baseman with the Cubs inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2005, will be joined by pitching coach Dennis Lewallyn, hitting coach Tom Beyers and trainer Nick Frangella.


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LORAIN — The wind wouldn't cooperate, so replicas of the Nina and the Pinta docked under diesel power at Black River Landing on Thursday.
The ships dropped sail briefly as they passed the Lorain Lighthouse before the wind died.
"It's just so predictable when we try to sail into a harbor," Pinta captain Morgan Sanger said.
The entrance included a simulated cannon blast from the Nina.
"Fire in the hole!" a Nina crew member shouted after the ship passed under the raised Bascule Bridge.
The lack of sail power didn't detract from the entrance for Michelle Garcia, one of about 100 onlookers who turned out for the arrival of the ships inspired by Christopher Columbus' 1492 voyage from Spain to the West Indies.
Garcia said she wanted to see the ships in motion rather than just anchored.
"They're beautiful and amazing," said Garcia, who came with her 15-year-old son, Ryan Garcia, and her mother, Anita Garcia. "To even pick our harbor to sail into is a compliment to the city."
Authenticity was sought in constructing the ships. The replica of the 65-foot-long, 18-foot-wide Nina was built by about 20 men by hand without electricity or modern tools, according to Nina captain Stephen Sanger, Morgan Sanger's son.
Both work for the Columbus Foundation Inc., a British Virgin Islands-based, for-profit corporation that owns the ships. Nina construction took 2½ years and was completed in 1991.
Replicating the 85-foot-long, 24-foot-wide Pinta took about three years and was completed in 2005. Stephen Sanger said some electrical tools were used. The replica Pinta was built bigger than the original to accommodate up to 100 passengers for day trips.
Both ships use modern equipment including 215-horsepower engines. The ships travel up to 8.5 miles per hour.
The company chose not to build a replica of the Santa Maria due to its size, Stephen Sanger said. The ship was used as a cargo ship in 1492.
Stephen Sanger said a Santa Maria replica would have needed water at least 14 feet deep to dock. The Nina and Pinta need about seven feet.
The Nina has visited more than 1,000 ports, including 10 trips through the Panama Canal.
The Pinta has visited about 250 ports. The ships, which last visited Lorain in 2010, departed from Rochester, N.Y., on Sunday.
Lorain is one of at least 12 ports they'll visit this year. The ships have logged more 300,000 miles, sometimes in bad weather.
"When the weather's rough, you bob like a cork, but they're very sturdy ships," Stephen Sanger said. "Columbus did make four voyages totaling 12 years on ships like these."
Except for the Sangers, the seven-person crews are all volunteers. Some spend a few days or weeks aboard, others a few years.
Morgan Sanger said many crew members are inexperienced. The hours are long — crew members have to keep watch overnight every three hours while sailing — and the work is hard. The elder Sanger said many crew members are college age or retirees and can afford to volunteer.
"We ask if you have bills onshore," he said. "If you do, don't come."
Volunteers include Nina crew member Tom Sonnenberg, a 72-year-old Merchant Marine sea captain from Kissimmee, Fla., who said he has been sailing since he was 16.
"Finally I became an iron man. Wooden ships, iron men," he said. "It took me 72 years to get to it."
Below deck in the Nina is a tight squeeze. Sonnenberg said Columbus was 5 feet, 9 inches, but most crew members were only about 5 feet tall. The original ships had crews of 25 to 30 men per ship, and they slept on deck.
At 6 feet, 2 inches tall and 250 pounds, Sonnenberg has little room below deck. The crew sleeps in cramped bunks and they often bump their heads on the 5-foot-high ceiling. "They are snug beyond belief," Sonnenberg said of the bunks.
The ships have galleys, and Sonnenberg's duties include cooking for both crews. He said meals are usually basic.
"I'm a guy who cooks," he said. "I'm not a cook."
Morgan Sanger, 63, has been sailing since the tours began in 1992. He said initial crowds weren't as big because of Columbus' enslavement of the Arawak Indians who had welcomed his crew to Hispaniola.
"With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want," Columbus wrote in his diary after the initial landing, according to "Christopher Columbus, Mariner," author Samuel Eliot Morison's multi-volume biography.
Morison wrote that Columbus's "cruel policy" resulted in "complete genocide" of the Indians, but praised Columbus' "indomitable will" and expert seamanship. Morgan Sanger said public interest has increased in recent years and is more related to Columbus's voyage than his conquest.
"It's a lesson in history," he said. "How things change, whether good or bad."
Contact Evan Goodenow at 329-7129 firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @egoodenowct.
If You Go
- Tours of replicas of the Nina and Pinta are at Black River Landing, 421 Black River Lane, Lorain. They are today through Sunday. Tours are between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. For tour and ticket information, go to thenina.com.
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Carl Frampton's focus is on world view
Carl Frampton vacated his European and Commonwealth titles yesterday in the knowledge that 2014 is all about world title glory.
The two belts have served the purpose in elevating the Belfast man to number two in the International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Council ratings.
Rather than have to concern himself with mandatory title defences of either belt, Frampton can now focus solely on either a world title eliminator or straight world title shot.
Recently married Frampton has become hot property in the super-bantamweight division, not just because of his punching power but also the box office appeal that he now generates.
The next step for Team Frampton is to attend the December 21 IBF World super-bantamweight title defence of Kiko Martinez (right) against South African Jeffrey Mathebula in Alicante.
Former champion Mathebula will start the slight underdog against Martinez, though some feel he could upset the odds and should he win then there would seem to be more chance of Frampton having a world title shot in his next fight.
As for Martinez, his camp have made it clear they would rather the Spaniard have a voluntary defence before having to face the Belfast man, which could put a world title fight back to September or October.
Frampton is expected to become the mandatory challenger after the Martinez-Mathebula clash, though it is possible the IBF could order a final eliminator.
WBC champion Leo Santa Cruz has also become an option for Frampton whose manager Barry McGuigan has had positive vibes from Showtime, who screen the titleholder's bouts.
"Showtime and Golden Boy have said they are interested in Santa Cruz fighting Carl at some stage," said McGuigan, who feels that Frampton's reign as European and Commonwealth champion has come to a natural end.
"Everybody vacates the European title before they go for the world title. I think we have served the EBU and Commonwealth and the Commonwealth Council have been very patient with us, waiting for us to make a defence, so it was the right time to vacate the belts."
Frampton has held on to his IBF inter-continental belt, having already defended it three times and a shot at the IBF's World title remains the main aim for the 26-year-old. McGuigan added: "We'll be at ringside for the Martinez-Mathebula fight and we'll be making the winner a very big offer to come to Belfast to fight Carl.
"I think Kiko probably has the edge in that fight but Mathebula is a tough guy – he was in a very tough fight with Nonito Donaire and went 12 rounds despite a broken jaw so you can't write him off.
"But once we know the winner of that fight then we'll have a better idea of where we are at.
"It's very encouraging that Carl has moved up to number two in the WBC and in the latest WBO ratings he is up to number five."
Frampton's big domestic rival Scott Quigg defends his WBA title on November 23 and then again in March – with Martinez one of his targets in what would be a big world title unification title showdown.
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Lunches often unfortunately get a bad reputation for being boring. The truth of the matter is, if you're willing to put in a tiny bit of work, you can have a flavourful, delicious and healthy lunch that will not only perk up your work day (c'mon, I can't possibly be the only person who used to sit at my desk job impatiently waiting for lunch time?!), but also keep you energized for the rest of the afternoon.
So next time you're lacking some lunchtime inspiration, how about giving these creative clean eating lunch recipes a whirl? Here are my favorite lunch ideas for clean eating:
1- Warm farro salad with artichoke hearts, tomatoes and leeks (from Sarah's Cucina Bella)
Farro is starting to gain popularity but it's not getting nearly enough love as it should! (I personally had never heard of it until I saw it as one of the secret ingredients on Chopped.) This warm salad offers a great combination of vegetables, and other than the long cook time that is required for farro, it is actually a pretty simple recipe that yields delicious results.
2- Zucchini boats (from Dreamy Leaf)
Vegan, gluten free, full of fibre and color, and with a nice balance of protein and carbs, this definitely is a feel good eat. This one prepares a little bit more preparation (it's more of a had-this-for-dinner-and-made-extra-for-lunch type of meals) but it's a really fun way to use zucchinis!
3- Chickpea salad with feta and ranch dressing (from Eating Well)
This chickpea salad is a great protein-packed option for meatless Mondays. The salty feta, tomatoes and cucumbers give this salad a little bit of a mediterranean flair, while the homemade ranch dressing gives it a good amount of creaminess. Don't let the long list of ingredients scare you off, it's a must try!
4- Mandarin, walnut, pomegranate and chicken salad (from The Gracious Pantry)
Chicken salad can be really bland and boring sometimes, but this recipe is anything but! It's so well balanced and offers a great combination of flavours with the citrusy mandarin, crunchy walnuts and tart pomegranate seeds. You get your carbs, healthy fats and protein all in one tasty salad!
5- Black bean quinoa salad (from Damn Delicious)
Honestly, if all quinoa salads were this delicious, dieting would never be an issue for anybody! It's a glorious protein-rich salad with a wonderfully refreshing orange vinaigrette, and loaded with a bunch of fresh veggies. You'll want to eat this one every day!
6- Collard wraps with satay style dipping sauce (from The Healthy Foodie)
I have personally often found lettuce wrap type sandwiches to leave me hungry about an hour later. This one, however, is so full of extras that it'll definitely keep you full until dinnertime (or until your afternoon Clean Eats snack, of course!). And let's be honest, no wrap is really complete without its own dedicated dipping sauce, right?!
7- Grown up tuna salad (from the Gracious Pantry)
Tuna salad isn't for everybody. I do think, though, that many of us have been traumatized by overly soggy tuna salad sandwiches in our youth, soaked with mayo and studded with random little bits of chopped celery. (I, for one, hate celery in both my tuna salad and egg salad sandwiches!) Well, people, it's time to give tuna another chance with this recipe. Canned tuna is a cheap and convenient source of protein and now's as good a time as any to start using it!
8- Tahini salad with shiitakes and arugula (from Clean Cuisine)
Tahini is a great way to pump up both the flavour and the nutritional value of your salad, and it is such an interesting combination with the mushrooms! For extra protein, add a hard boiled egg on top of this salad. Also, this recipe contains lots of garlic so you'll want to make sure you have a pack of gum on hand but it's so delicious you won't even care!
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Crafted of genuine flat cut white oak veneers by a high end furniture manufacturer, this beautiful bedroom chest provides practical functionality and elegant style. A sleek case design with turned wood legs and a beveled apron top creates a complementary aesthetic between old and new styles while beveled drawer fronts add a classic accent. Five storage drawers in varying sizes complete the piece with multiple storage options for folded clothes and wardrobe accessories. Pair this piece with any assortment of its matching bedroom furniture or use it on its own as a classic accent.
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The Belgian Oak home furniture collection is weathered, soft and feminine with a few bold curves. Fashioned to reflect historic architecture with a contemporary softness and fresh simplicity, this high end home furniture collection is likely to act as a timeless treasure of household elegance. A neo-traditional furniture collection, this well crafted group includes pieces for the entire home from soft and subtle bedroom sets to sophisticated dining room pieces. Designed to evoke the classic historical designs of the Netherlands, Belgium and Scandinavia, this collection is sure to turn heads with sophisticated shapes rarely found in the traditional category.
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In a sweeping crackdown, the Dallas school district fired its athletic director, two top basketball coaches and 12 others Friday in a sports recruiting scandal.
Superintendent Mike Miles announced the dismissals, saying an internal investigation found that coaches fabricated student residency documents to get star athletes from other parts of town to play at DISD high schools.
"Despite strong efforts to put safeguards in place, violations have continued to occur. This is unacceptable and will not be tolerated," Miles said.
Miles didn't identify the 15, but district officials familiar with the case said they included athletic director Jeff Johnson, coach Roderick Johnson from Madison High School and coach John Burley from Wilmer-Hutchins High. The scandal could also cost Madison its 2014 state championship title.
Calls to the coaches and athletics director were not returned Friday. Goree Johnson told KDFW/Channel 4: "I don't think it's right. I've been loyal to the district, I've worked hard for this district, and for someone to just call me in and tell me I'm terminated."
The investigation was triggered by the beating death March 24 of Wilmer-Hutchins basketball player Troy Causey, who lived in a southeast Dallas home with top Madison player Johnathan Turner. Turner was arrested in the killing and charged with murder.
Neither athlete was living with his family in the home on Cinnamon Oaks Drive. The residence isn't in the Madison attendance zone, and while it is within the Wilmer-Hutchins boundary, Causey had moved there from Richardson ISD. The University Interscholastic League prohibits students from playing for high schools outside their attendance zones.
The investigation was launched by DISD's Professional Standards Office. Miles said Friday that it will continue.
It's not the first time Dallas ISD coaches have been accused of illegally recruiting athletes to play on their teams. South Oak Cliff High School forfeited its 2005 and 2006 basketball titles for having an ineligible player. However, none of DISD's previous recruiting investigations resulted in the steps taken Friday.
"The actions we are taking today reflects how serious the situation is," Miles said.
Turner led the Madison Trojans to the 2013 and 2014 Class 3A state championships and was selected to the all-tournament team this year. But while his classmates were celebrating the last day of the school year on Friday, he was in the Dallas County jail, where he's being held in lieu of $250,000 bond. He's accused of killing Causey during a fight over a video game.
After the killing, Causey's mother, Tammy Simpson, said that Burley improperly recruited her son while he was at a residential facility for young offenders on an assault charge. Burley arranged for Causey to attend Wilmer-Hutchins even though he lived in Richardson ISD, she said.
The investigation found that Causey and Turner were not eligible to play for those teams, sources said.
Their coaches, Burley and Roderick Johnson, had been on administrative leave since the investigation started. A third coach who was on leave, Conrad High School assistant football coach Broderick Sublet, was also fired Friday, according to DISD officials. He was accused of improperly sharing student records.
The district's investigation expanded from Wilmer-Hutchins to Madison and then to other DISD high schools. Investigators confiscated computers, documents and other records from several schools and departments. They are continuing to review practices at the rest of DISD's high schools.
"This day is kind of bittersweet because my son is not here and this does not bring him back," Simpson said Friday. "But I'm feeling a lot of redemption for other parents, because I know we are not the only ones who've gone through this."
Since Miles came to Dallas ISD in 2012, he has increased scrutiny on coaches and assistant coaches. A few months into his job, Miles ordered the coaches to work a full eight-hour day. The district found that some coaches, who were initially hired as teacher assistants and other roles, were spending more time coaching than working in their hired role.
A Dallas ISD investigation in 2012 found a "concerted attempt" by coaches and administrators to recruit athletes from other parts of DISD and surrounding school districts. That report found that Kimball High School recruited star basketball player Keith Frazier before the season started in 2011. Kimball won the state championship that season. Frazier now plays at Southern Methodist University.
After that investigation, Miles called every high school principal and athletic coach to a meeting to voice his concerns about the report's findings. He implored them to raise the level of integrity in athletics and said violations would not be tolerated.
The district also started requiring coaches to make visits to the players' homes to verify that they lived there and document it in a report for the athletic department. The district's latest investigation found that, in some cases, the coaches never visited the students' homes but turned in residency documents saying they had, sources said.
The investigation found the athletic department administrators didn't falsify the documents but failed to oversee the process and make sure the residency documents were legitimate, sources said.
District officials said most of the fired employees were coaches and assistant coaches directly implicated in the recruiting scandal. Also fired were assistant athletic directors Marian Willard and Goree Johnson, officials said.
Willard joined the athletic department this year after the district tried to fire her when she was the principal at Madison in 2012-13. Willard, a beloved principal who has strong support from some trustees, successfully challenged the termination and received the new role.
Goree Johnson, who joined DISD in 1986, is the father of Roderick Johnson, the Madison coach. Another son, Royce Johnson, is the Kimball High School basketball coach. He was not a focus in the district's investigation. Athletic director Jeff Johnson, who is unrelated, joined DISD in 1983.
Staff writer Scott Farwell contributed to this report.
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In the absence of any stellar goalkeeping performances this weekend our top custodian is Chelsea's Petr Cech, largely on the strength of his clean sheet, his superb fingertip save from John Carew in the opening half of the game with Aston Villa, and his charging bull routine at the feet of Nigel Reo-Coker that caused the midfielder to dribble a pathetic effort wide of the goal in injury time and ensure a goalless draw.
There was an air of surprise around Villa Park when 21-year-old Ciaran Clark was chosen over the experienced Carlos Cuellar to replace Richard Dunne just 13 minutes into the Villains match against champions Chelsea. But the youngster slotted into his centre back role soundly and more than played his part in a determined attempt to nullify the league leaders.
Much has been made of Fernando Torres' most recent malaise but when the striker comes up against mean spirited defenders like Phil Jagielka it is no wonder he repeatedly fails to puncture his goal drought. The England defender, alongside Sylvain Distin, didn't offer Torres a sniff in the Merseyside derby and with a little more composure in front of goal, he may well have bagged a goal to his name too.
Is there a more attacking flank in the Premier League than the one that comprises Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Gareth Bale? Tottenham's resident left-back may blow hot and cold far more than his Welsh colleague but when he turns in the sort of determined, skilful display like the one at Fulham, he is on a par with the Patrice Evras of this world.
Charles N'Zogbia may have stropped out of Newcastle after being called Charles Insomnia by previous Toon manager Joe Kinnear, but he wreaked his revenge on his return to St James' Park with two well taken goals. He sneaked in front of James Perch and Mike Williamson to plant a header into the net for his first, then seconds later smashed a rapier-like shot into the roof of the net for number two.
With every game that passes, Rafael Van der Vaart looks like more and more of a snip at £8 million. The Dutchman ran Tottenham's attacking show at Craven Cottage, with opportunities spewing forth whenever he got on the ball. An exquisite piece of control and a delightful chip allowed Roman Pavlyuchenko to open the scoring, while he was a whisker away from registering a goal of his own on several occasions.
The first goal in the Merseyside derby was always likely to be key, and though Tim Cahill may have scored it, Seamus Coleman created it. The Irish right back has been converted into a winger in recent weeks and he demonstrated why with a display full of energy and direct running. David Moyes paid his own, unique tribute after the game, saying: "He cost £60,000 from Ireland. It isn't all about money."
Manchester United's porous defence may have attracted most of the headlines but Nani's contribution had set them up for a comfortable victory until Edwin Van der Sar's inexplicable aberration. The winger is fast becoming United's go-to man, especially in the absence of any form for Wayne Rooney, and created the opening goal for Javier Hernandez with a vicious free kick. Then he swapped passes with Dimitar Berbatov to double United's advantage.
That Fergie was left fuming with a point was thanks to a spirited West Brom fight back, led by the left peg of Chris Brunt. Yes, he may have dithered ever so slightly when confronted with an open goal to allow Rafael to clear, and yes, the cross he hoisted into the box that prompted Van der Sar's comical fumble may have been far from menacing but the Northern Irishman was the creative spark behind many of the Baggies' attacks, and has been for most of the season.
Though Blackpool dominated large chunks of their game with Manchester City, they came away with that familiar, bitter taste of defeat in their mouths largely thanks to Carlos Tevez. The striker has now scored an incredible 28 goals in his last 31 Premier League games and added another two to his tally by the seaside. The first was a neat flick from a low David Silva cross, the second a snapshot that arrowed in via a deflection.
Arsenal have Marouane Chamakh to thank for preventing them from slipping to a second successive home defeat by a Midlands outfit, after his trickery ensured a win over Birmingham. The striker nipped in front of Scott Dann to win the penalty that brought the Gunners level before pirouetting inside the area to net the winner in the second half.
Liverpool's off field fortunes may have improved over the past few days but their on-field prospects remain just as bleak as David Moyes' Everton side gave themselves yet more ammunition in their never-ending quest to poke as much fun at their forlorn Merseyside neighbours as possible. Despite what Roy Hodgson may have claimed post-match, Liverpool were second best throughout and were soundly beaten. Two wins on the spin for the Toffees shows they are far further on the road to redemption than the red half of the city.
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She is our dean of pop culture for Kim's College of Hollywood Knowledge. Kim now has 33 losses on her record so let's go for another!
We'll give Kim the same FIVE questions. If you get more questions right than her, you win $102.
Otherwise, Kim wins!
Here are today's questions:
- This former judge on American Idol is expecting his first child. Unfortunately, it''s with someone else's wife. Name him
- As we learned in the Hollywood Hotsheet this morning at 7:08, this Die Hard actor seems to have quite the ego on him! Who is that actor?
- You heard that Taylor Swift left a $500 tip on an $800 bill at a Philadelphia restaurant but THIS actress/singer left NO TIP at an Outback. Her song "We Can't Stop" is a huge hit. Name her.
- Robin Thicke has the top single and album right now. According to the lyrics of "Blurred Lines," Robin is trying to figure out what rhymes with what phrase?
- A new rumor says that Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones' marriage is over. Michael Douglas just played Liberace in what HBO film?
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Given last week's surge in oil prices at the pump, more Americans can be counted on to explore hybrid vehicle options. Toyota plans to capitalize on this development by introducing a hybrid option for every model they make by 2010. Toyota President, Katsuaki Watanabe, recently made this announcement as part of Toyota's plan to become a socially and environmentally responsible corporation.
In addition to putting more hybrid vehicles on the market, Toyota has expressed intent to create a manufacturing plant in Mississippi that is a "model of sustainable practices." Toyota is also currently developing cellulosic ethanol and lithium-ion batteries for other types of alternative transportation vehicles.
This is a very positive development for the green car industry. Hopefully, Toyota will introduce plug-in hybrid models in the near future as well.


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I don't get why music videos have become 'mini-movies'. Sometimes, I just want to hear the song; I don't need a creative two-minute intro to help me understand the artistic meaning of the video.
In this high-energy video premiere, Willow Smith runs with wolves and dances with friends in the middle of a city street, wearing some (un)fashionable clothing and crazy accessories.
I have to keep reminding myself that she's 10-years-old….especially when she sings "I'm taking you for a ride." Hey Willow, I know you can move better than I can, but I'm pretty sure you don't have your drivers license yet to 'take me for a ride.' It looks like even though you're a 21st-Century Girl, you can't really do what you like…


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Grammy Museum is expected to bring an economic boom to the Mississippi Delta
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The first Grammy Museum outside Los Angeles is coming to Cleveland, and with it comes an economic boom for Cleveland, Bolivar County and the Delta. With a goal of raising $15 million and getting the project completed in the next 24 months, hopes are high.
"The fund raising is going quite well," said Allan Hammons, project consultant of Hammons and Associates in Greenwood. "It's an ambitious project but we're well on our way."
Hammons, who was involved in the development and building of the B.B. King Museum in Indianola, has been involved in economic development for decades and doesn't view the Grammy Museum any differently from chasing smoke stacks.
"The B.B. King Museum is the best barometer of how the Grammy Museum will help the area," he said. "Since the museum opened in Indianola, tourism is up 20 points there and six new restaurants have opened."
He says there's no doubt the Grammy Museum will have the same kind of impact on Cleveland. The two music museums along with the Blues Trail and Country Music Trail — along with Graceland in Memphis — will create a synergistic destination for music lovers.
"All the Delta mayors are excited about this because we have so many attractions that can work together," says Cleveland Mayor Billy Nowell. "We want to get traveling people to stop and see what we have here."
Nowell, in his fourth year as mayor, predicts sales tax growth will be tremendous for the city. The city has committed $3 million to the project, the county and state have each committed $1 million, and to date $2 million has been raised locally from other sources.
"We're elated and there's a ground swell of support for this project," he said.
The Cleveland-Bolivar County Chamber of Commerce has begun discussing committees that will be needed when the museum opens. "We're excited and we're all in," said executive director Judson Thigpen. "We've seen ourselves losing some of the traffic driving down from Memphis, but we'll be able to capture some of it with the museum. New people will be coming and we'll be a destination."
Thigpen sees the museum as a tremendous opportunity to get traffic off U.S. Highway 61 to downtown Cleveland.
Organizers involved with fund raising are making calls on private investors and corporations. Lucy Janoush, president of the Cleveland Music Foundation, said, "So far no one has told us no. This museum will be a part of culture and heritage tourism and will add an international piece to our pie, giving people a reason to spend the night here."
The Foundation was set up to build the museum and will serve as its governing board. Janoush also points out the educational opportunities the museum will afford. "There will be opportunities for students at all levels; the possibilities are unlimited," she said.
The Delta Music Institute at Delta State University has the state's only accredited program in recording technology and is under the direction of Tricia Walker, a Grammy-winning song writer. Hammons says the Institute and its program struck a chord with the Grammy Foundation in Los Angeles. Music interns from Los Angeles will visit Cleveland and vice versa.
"Mississippi's level of creativity has had a profound effect on American music," he said. "There's really something going on here. Our rich history in blues, rock-n-roll and country music has been a major influence on recording artists past and present."
Gallagher and Associates of Silver Spring, Md., was selected to do the museum's exhibit design. This firm designed the B.B. King Museum, the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles and recently did work at the World War II Museum in New Orleans.
The architectural firms of Dale & Associates of Jackson and Elay + Barkley of Cleveland will handle design for the site and building. The museum site is on the front green of the DSU golf course where there's direct highway access. This part of the golf course will be relocated to mitigated acres on the back side of the course. Hammons said the Institutions of Higher Learning Board has signed the agreement.
Members of the museum group from Mississippi will have their first meeting with the Grammy Foundation in Los Angeles on Feb. 7 to review plans.
Photo: Mississippi's new Grammy Museum along with the Blues Trail and Country Music Trail and Graceland in Memphis will create a synergistic destination for music lovers.
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Once every season, for one week 'The Nine Circles of Hell!' offers a random selection of articles that have piled up in the This is Hell! offices.
While The Nine Circles! are the nine most hellish news stories we find each every weekday, and The Sunday Edition! features opinion and commentary by past guests, the Spring Cleaning is a collection of whatever the hell we have laying around here that we think you need to read.
And, yes, with global warming changing our climate, 'The Nine Circles of Hell!: Spring Reading' has arrived a couple weeks early.
'The Nine Circles of Hell!: Spring Cleaning' for Monday, March 5, 2012 are:
Women, water and the ugly global crisis we're not talking about
Approaches vary on selling excess U.S. property
Exclusive: Homeland Security Kept Tabs on Occupy Wall Street
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Currently rolling out in App Stores across Australia and New Zealand, Lara Croft: Reflections is a brand new iOS game where players can collect and battle with cards set in the world of Tomb Raider.
Player Attack is reporting that the collectable card game is currently rolling out to app stores across Australia and New Zealand presumably with other territories to follow. Lara Croft: Reflections tasks the player with hunting artefacts, battling enemies, and collecting weapons all through a simple card-battler mechanic.
Collect, build decks, and trade cards which can occasionally feature different incarnations of Lara Croft from various Tomb Raider titles battling herself. This is probably where the 'Reflections' name comes from.
You can download the free-to-play title right now if you're from down under, but those of us from Europe and North America will have to wait until it lands in our respective stores.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department announced today that it has filed civil complaints in eight False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuits alleging fraud by HCA - The Healthcare Company (formerly known as Columbia/HCA), the largest for-profit hospital chain in the United States. The lawsuits charge that HCA, over the past decade, has systematically defrauded and unlawfully claimed hundreds of millions of dollars from Medicare, Medicaid and other federally funded health care programs. The lawsuits address three broad categories of fraud schemes - the payment of kickbacks to physicians to increase the numbers of government-insured patients, the inflation of hospital cost reports to increase Medicare and other government reimbursement and kickbacks and inflated cost reports for wound care services.
In December 2000, a partial settlement was reached with HCA in connection with a number of other fraud allegations, involving laboratory billing, upcoding of inpatient diagnoses - the practice of using billing codes that provide higher payment rates than the codes that actually reflect the service furnished to patients, home health overbilling and charging of other non-reimbursable home health costs disguised as management fees and community education. HCA agreed to pay $745 million to settle those claims and at the same time settled its corporate criminal liability, paying $95 million in criminal fines.
The lawsuits are pending in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, where 28 qui tam suits filed around the country have been consolidated. A number of the pending qui tam cases will be resolved or partially resolved by the December settlement. The complaints filed today address the government's civil claims that HCA did not settle with the December agreement, including damages for some of the conduct to which HCA companies pled guilty in January 2001.
Healthcare Corporation et al.; United States ex rel. King v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation et al.; United States ex rel. Mroz v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, et al. the government alleges that, from the time one of its predecessors, Columbia Hospital Corporation, was formed in 1987 in El Paso, Texas, many of HCA's hospitals engaged in a pattern and practice of paying kickbacks to physicians to induce and reward patient referrals and tying the financial interests of certain physicians to the success of the hospital. The government alleges that the kickbacks and financial relationships violated the Anti-Kickback Statute, and a provision of the Social Security Act commonly known as the Stark Statute. Both laws were enacted to ensure that health care providers do not make treatment decisions based upon improper financial considerations rather than the necessity, reasonableness, quality and effectiveness of services. Congress sought to deter healthcare providers from making utilization decisions based upon improper incentives created by kickbacks and by their financial interests in and relationships with other healthcare providers. The complaints allege that HCA hospitals submitted false claims to the government to receive payments for services rendered to patients referred to the hospitals by the physicians who received kickbacks and other improper financial incentives. An HCA subsidiary pled guilty to certain charges of the Anti-Kickback Statute on January 11, 2001.
In United States ex rel. Alderson v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation and United States ex rel. Schilling v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, the government has alleged that HCA and its predecessors engaged in a pattern and practice of knowingly including unallowable charges in cost reports, unlawfully shifting costs from hospital departments paid flat rates set by Medicare to departments reimbursed on cost, and committing a variety of other accounting improprieties, all designed to extract from Medicare and other government programs money to which the HCA hospitals were not entitled. Many of these schemes were known to HCA management and documented on internal documents known as "reserve cost reports." An HCA subsidiary pled guilty to certain of these charges on January 25, 2001.
In United States ex rel. Marine v. HCA-The Healthcare Company et al, the government has alleged that by improperly shifting home health costs from Cedars Medical Center to HCA's other Miami area hospitals through their cost reports, HCA received government funds to which it was not entitled.
Two of the lawsuits, United States ex rel. Parslow v. Curative Health Services, Inc. et al., and United States ex rel. Lanni v. HCA-The Healthcare Company et al., allege that 56 HCA hospitals across the country operating outpatient Wound Care Centers committed fraud by knowingly including claims for unallowable expenses on Medicare cost reports. In Parslow, the government alleges that HCA and Curative engaged in a scheme to disguise and include unallowable advertising costs on the hospitals' costs reports. An HCA subsidiary pled guilty to these charges on January 25, 2001. The government also alleges that certain HCA hospitals paid kickbacks to Curative, also in the guise of management fees charged to Medicare on cost reports, for recommending and arranging for wound care patients to receive services at HCA hospitals. Separately, in Lanni, the government alleges that HCA and some of its hospitals improperly and knowingly included the cost of Procuren, a proprietary wound salve manufactured by Curative, on Medicare cost reports even after the Department of Health and Human Services declared the product to be one Medicare would not pay for because it had not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act, individuals may sue on behalf of the United States and allege violations of the Act and potentially receive a share of any recovery to the treasury. The government has the opportunity to investigate the case, and intervene in it and prosecute the action, or decline it and let the private plaintiff litigate the case. The complaints filed today are in cases in which the government has intervened.
The Department also announced that in filings made since the December 14 settlement and today, the government has informed the court that it declined to intervene in a number of the pending qui tam cases. The government has also asked for dismissal of the claims of five whistleblowers, in both declined and intervened cases, on the grounds that the False Claims Act bars their actions.
The government filed these complaints, notices and motions on March 15 according to the terms of a scheduling order entered in the consolidated proceeding pending before U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth.


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Apple fires supplier after discovering 74 underage workers
Apple has just published its own "Supplier Responsibility Progress Report" for 2012, and it makes encouraging reading. The company's dedication to being transparent and ensuring that it's setting the example to every other manufacturer with its production partners is exemplary.
While we've read a lot over the past years of Foxconn workers being underpaid, overworked, fighting and committing suicide, Apple is still the only big tech firm to sign an agreement with the FLA to ensure that it meets standards. Following that, Tim Cook himself visited one of the Foxconn factories, and even allowed a U.S. national TV station to take its cameras inside. After being audited Cupertino's chiefs gave Foxconn a strict set of rules regarding how many hours its employees should be working, and gave them an overtime limit to boot. Many saw it as Apple just trying to appear like it was trying, when – in fact – things were still going on as usual behind closed doors. Skeptics should take a long hard look at the latest report.
Within the latest report, Apple reveals that it has ended a contract with one component supplier. Guangdong Real Faith Pingzhou Electronics Co. will no longer provided printed circuit boards for Apple's electronics devices, after being found to be employing 74 underage workers to do its work. That's 74 people under the age of 16, breaking Apple's Code of Conduct. What's perhaps worse is that a labor agency is the one who recruited the teenagers to work for the manufacturer.
"In fact, to obtain the workers," the report reads "this agency conspired with families to forge age verification documents and make the workers seem older than they were."
It's encouraging to see Apple taking action on matters that are important. Not just in from of TV cameras either. The in-depth report contains the results of 393 audits carried at all levels of the supply chain. From component manufacturers all the way through to the final assembly lines. If you've got time, it's worth a read through.
As for Foxconn, working conditions are on the up as Apple achieved 92% compliance with a 60-hour week maximum. As time goes on, we expect other companies will follow suit and eventually ensure that those employed to construct parts are treated well and work in acceptable conditions.


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Sometimes a shirt is just a shirt.
And with little or no evidence to support their effectiveness, the same could be said for school uniforms.
That leaves Richmond County school board members once again talking about easing its policies. In a special called meeting today, the board will review the uniform policy and discuss the matter with middle school principals.
"I can't see where it helped," said board member Helen Minchew, who favors a strict dress code instead. "I would just like to see (the policy) dropped."
The "most convincing, high quality" studies found no lasting effect from what children wear to school, said John Hoge, a University of Georgia associate professor of elementary and social studies education.
In 2003, Dr. Hoge reviewed studies about school uniforms when writing the chapter to a book, Real World Investigations.
"Schooling is quite complex," he said, adding many people expect to make a change or two and get big returns.
Absent anecdotal reports of success, the "bottom line" is that school uniforms don't raise achievement or decrease behavior problems, Dr. Hoge said.
Schools reporting improvements, he said, likely are experiencing a short-term change referred to as the "Hawthorne effect."
"Anytime you change anything in a school, you can get a temporary blip," he said, but in a few years it will go away.
"The only thing I feel is potentially positive about the school uniform movement is that it gives kids the chance to disguise their socioeconomic status," he said.
But even that, Dr. Hoge said, is iffy because children often know their classmates' backgrounds.
On top of that, an unintended consequence of a uniform policy is often bureaucracy and policing, he said.
In Richmond County, principals should be given the flexibility to enforce the uniform policy if it works at their respective schools and not to enforce it if it doesn't, school board Vice President Joe Scott said.
"There are some schools that are successful with it and some that aren't successful with it," he said.
Mr. Scott pointed to the alternative school as a place where the uniform policy is working. Every child at the school is in uniform and it helps with behavior, he said.
Today's discussion isn't the first about the uniform policy. In July 2005, Mrs. Minchew called for a review of the policy, calling it a burden for teachers and staff members to enforce.
Reneta Sikes, who has a son and a daughter in Richmond County schools, is glad to hear the board is reviewing the uniform policy, but she said it should be reviewed for all schools and not only middle schools.
Last summer, she collected more than 300 signatures in hopes of convincing the board to change the policy.
Reach Greg Gelpi at (706) 828-3851 or email@example.com.
The Richmond County Board of Education will meet with middle school principals at 5 p.m. today to discuss the uniform policy. The meeting will be at the board's central offices, 864 Broad St.


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Sugar mills have received contracts to export 14 lakh tonnes (LT) of the sweetener since October and are likely to ship out another 5-6 LT by the end of the season in September.
Sugar exports from India, the world's second-largest producer, are likely see an over 80 percent jump to 20 lakh tonnes in 2015-16 marketing year, even as the production is set to drop by 9 percent.
Sugar mills have received contracts to export 14 lakh tonnes (LT) of the sweetener since October and are likely to ship out another 5-6 LT by the end of the season in September.
Mills had exported 11 LT sugar in the entire 2014-15 marketing year (October-September).
In September, the Centre had directed cash-starved sugar mills to compulsorily export 40 lakh tonnes in 2015-16 in order to clear huge arrears to the farmers.
Meanwhile, sugar production in India, second to the Brazil's, fell for the first time this year with output dipping to 221.30 lakh tonnes till March 15 as against 221.57 lakh tonnes in the year-ago period.
Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) expects country's sugar output to fall by around 9 percent in 2015-16 as against 283 lakh tonnes in the 2014-15.
ISMA had earlier pegged the sugar production for 2015-16 at 260 lakh tonnes.
"As per reports furnished by sugar mills, contracts have been finalised for 14 lakh tonnes for exports against MIEQ, of which about 11.5 lakh tonnes have already been moved from mills to ports. It is expected that sugar mills can export another 5 to 6 lakh tonnes in the remaining period of the current sugar season," ISMA said in a statement.
On production, ISMA said "sugar mills in the country have produced 221.30 lakh tonnes of sugar during the current season up to 15th March. This is almost at the same level as that of last season's sugar production up to the corresponding period (221.57 lakh tonnes)".
As on March 15, ISMA said only 325 sugar mills were under operation compared with 473 mills last year at the same time due to paucity of sugarcane.
"189 sugar mills in the country have already closed their operations, out of which 31 are in Uttar Pradesh, 91 in Maharashtra, 36 in Karnataka, 10 in Bihar and remaining in other states like Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Uttarakhand etc," ISMA said.
According to the data, sugar mills in Maharashtra have produced 76.77 lakh tonnes till March 15 as against 84.07 lakh tonnes in the year-ago period.
Production in Uttar Pradesh rose to 60.82 lakh tonnes so far as against 56.25 lakh tonnes in the same period of the previous marketing season.