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Sources close to UW said the touted high-school senior has decided on a different school, and many believe it will be Arizona. Gordon will announce his decision at Tuesday's McDonald's All-American game.
Six years ago this week, Washington finished second in the recruiting race for Aaron Gordon's big brother, Drew, who picked UCLA.
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Gordon, a five-star basketball prospect considered a cross between Blake Griffin and Scottie Pippen, is expected to announce his college decision 9:30 p.m. Tuesday during media day at the McDonald's All-American game.
Washington is among the four schools that made his shortlist, but barring a last-minute change of heart, the Huskies will finish as a runner-up in the Gordon derby.
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Sources close to the team said last week the UW coaching staff was notified Gordon will not choose Washington.
Several media outlets have speculated Gordon will pick Arizona from a list that also includes Oregon and Kentucky.
"He's kind of known for a while, but it wasn't solidified," said Tim Kennedy, Gordon's coach at Archbishop Mitty in San Jose, Calif. "He wanted to make certain he was making the right decision."
A few months ago, Washington was considered the leader in the chase for Gordon, who averaged 21.6 points, 15.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.1 blocks as a senior.
"With the way the Huskies are doing things now and their high-post offense, I can see myself in that system," Gordon said in December. "It suits me and Lorenzo Romar — he's a player's coach."
Many recruiting analysts believed Washington had an inside track on Gordon because Romar recruited Drew and attended high school with Gordon's father Ed.
About the same time the Huskies began a late-season decline that culminated with a disappointing finish in the National Invitation Tournament, Gordon's interest began to shift to Arizona and Oregon, which advanced to the NCAA tournament's Sweet 16.
"It kind of played out how we thought it would," Kennedy said. "It's a tough decision because he's got four great schools to choose from. He's not going to go wrong either way he goes."
At Washington, Gordon would be the centerpiece of a young team. He'd also get to pair with Nigel Williams-Goss, a McDonald's All-American who is considered one of the top point guards in the country.
At Arizona, Gordon would likely vie with five-star incoming freshman Rondae Hollis-Jefferson for the small forward spot. The Wildcats are loaded on the front line with forwards Grant Jefferson and Brandon Ashley, who were 2012 five-star prospects, center Kaleb Tarczewski and forward Angelo Chol.
At Oregon, Gordon would reunite with freshman point guard Dominic Artis, his former AAU teammate.
There's little chance Gordon chooses Kentucky, which has seven recruits in what is widely considered the best 2013 recruiting class.
Kennedy also dispelled rumors Gordon is considering UCLA, which will formally introduce new coach Steve Alford on Tuesday.
"The team that gets him is getting an ultra competitor who doesn't like to lose," Kennedy said. "He's a great teammate. He does what ever it takes to win.
"He'll fill up the stat sheet on the offensive end and do all the little things on the defensive end, like communicate. They're getting a player with a high basketball IQ."
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Carlos Cuellar has apologised to the claret and blue faithful for the performance at Arsenal - and admitted Villa must stamp out the defensive errors that proved costly at the Emirates.
A rare blip from Cuellar in Saturday's 3-0 defeat led to Arsenal's second goal which was converted by Theo Walcott.
And the Spaniard was quick to hold his hand up following the uncharacteristic mistake.
However, he insists Villa must not let their confidence drop in the wake of the result in north London.
"We were very disappointed, everyone is gutted," said Cuellar.
"We made two very expensive mistakes at the back and conceded two goals and that killed the game.
"We are all sorry about the result, especially for the fans who came to the game.
"Arsenal pressed us very on the edge of our own box so it was difficult for us to get the ball forward but they are a very good team, with some great players and really in form.
"It was very frustrating for the whole team and for the defenders in particular.
"If you look at the two goals they were both individual mistakes.
"For Mikel Arteta's amazing free-kick you can do nothing but for the other two we were not good enough with our concentration.
"I made a mistake with one ball which led to a goal and know that is not good enough.
"We have not lost confidence though and at home it will be much better for us.
"We have the players to do well but it has just not gone right for us for some reason but we can get a response.
Cuellar says Villa must not be too downbeat about the result given the recent form of Arsene Wenger's team.
"They are a good team and they pressed us very high," he added.
"It was hard to find the space to play and we did a little bit better in the second half when we played longer balls behind their centre-backs and also to the corners to test their full-backs."
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Langenbrunner on Lemaire: "I respect him as a coach"
Devils captain Jamie Langenbrunner maintains that any issues that he might have had with Jacques Lemaire last season were overblown and there is nothing for them to sit down and talk about and smooth over now that Lemaire has been brought back to coach the team for the rest of the season.
Lemaire replaces John MacLean, who was fired this morning.
When asked to describe his relationship with Lemaire, Langenbrunner said,"We'll see. Right? You guys obviously wrote a lot about what that was like last year – some truth, some not. I respect him as a coach. I think he's a very smart hockey man. We'll do what's best for the team. He's a very good hockey guy."
There seemed to be a disconnect between the coaching staff and the players over the second half of last season and in the playoffs. There was a definite problem with communication. Sometimes players were told they were not playing that night via text message on the afternoon of the game. That's how former Devil Jay Pandolfo was informed he would not be playing in Game 5 of the playoffs against the Flyers last season.
Langenbrunner was unhappy with Lemaire after being made a healthy scratch for an April 3 game in Carolina. Lemaire wanted to rest Langenbrunner for the playoffs, but Langenbrunner had hoped to play in all 82 regular season games and expressed displeasure with having to make the trip to Raleigh, N.C. when there was no intention for him to play.
Langenbrunner, 35, is in the final season of his contract and could be moved before the trade deadline to get pieces for the future. He has a no-trade clause, however, so he would have some control over his destination if he is moved.
I asked Langenbrunner today if he believes Lemaire's return indicates anything about his future with the organization.
"I haven't thought that far ahead," he said. "I'm still dealing with the fact that Johnny got let go and feeling somewhat responsible for that."
When asked what Lemaire brings to the team, Langenbrunner replied, "Experience."
"He's seen most situations and he's able to make changes in games rather quickly," Langenbrunner said.
Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello informed the team of the coaching change in a meeting prior to today's morning skate. Langenbrunner said the new should hit all of the players hard.
"I think it should and it better," Langenbrunner said. "I think when a coach is fired, he is the guy that is taking the fall, but it's really on all of us and I don't think anybody in here should feel exempt from that."
Langenbrunner said players should feel responsible for not doing more to help MacLean win more.
"We all should, individually and as a team," he said. "We should have been doing more. We should be a better hockey team than where we're at."
Could the change spart the team?
"I guess when you get over the failure part of it, you have a new start, a new beginning," Langenbrunner said. "It's a chance to start over and restart our season a little bit."


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GoDaddy.com has been the target of the anger of many customers after it came out with strong support of the Stop Internet Piracy Act, or SOPA, which many consider to be the first step to Internet censorship. Since then, the company has backed down, but too late: it's losing customers and desperately making attempts to keep them. NameCheap said:
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GoDaddy, on the other hand, responded to Namecheap's accusations, though only to TechCrunch. They sent the tech blog an email, that said:
"Namecheap posted their accusations in a blog, but to the best our of knowledge, has yet to contact Go Daddy directly, which would be common practice for situations like this. Normally, the fellow registrar would make a request for us to remove the normal rate limiting block which is a standard practice used by Go Daddy, and many other registrars, to rate limit Whois queries to combat WhoIs abuse.
"Because some registrars (and other data gathering, analyzing and reporting entities) have legitimate need for heavy port 43 access, we routinely grant requests for expanded access per an SOP we've had in place for many years. Should we make contact with Namecheap, and learn they need similar access, we would treat that request similarly.
"As a side note, we have seen some nefarious activity this weekend which came from non-registrar sources. But, that is not unusual for a holiday weekend, nor would it cause legitimate requests to be rejected. Nevertheless, we have now proactively removed the rate limit for Namecheap, as a courtesy, but it is important to point out, there still may be back-end IP addresses affiliated with Namecheap of which we are unaware. For complete resolution, we should be talking to each other -- an effort we are initiating since they have not done so themselves.
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GoDaddy.com's response, therefore, is that the "block" is / was standard operating procedure. In any case, it says it has removed the blockage and that things should be moving swiftly, but only if Namecheap it the registrar to which the domain name is being moved.
Despite all the bad press, it would seem that things are not all that dire for GoDaddy.com; according to The Verge, while GoDaddy.com lost 21,054 domains on Dec. 23, 2011, but had gained 20,034 domains in return on that same day.
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He writes, "One ran after another up a large mound of sand. Unfortunately, the mound was not solid, and their weight caused them to sink in quickly.
The family has fallen on hard times. Now I don't mean every family unit is suffering; the institution of the family, however, as God ordained it, is suffering. My wife and I are foster and adoptive parents. This has opened our eyes to the reality of hurting families. It is this ministry that has caused me to have a burden in my spirit to walk closer to God.
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"…that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ" (1 John 1:3)
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Fintville Community Church is located off US 62 between Versailles and Lawrenceburg at 832 Shryock Ferry Road.
For more information, contact Associate Pastor Walter William Brown at 502-319-2239 or Pastor Bauthn Fields at 502-229-0472.
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" … indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ" (1 John 1:3)
Do you remember the theme song to the television show "Cheers?"
"You wanna go where everybody knows your name." There is a lot of truth in those lyrics. Simply put, humans were created with a longing for sincere fellowship.
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Overnight air raids on Gaza pushed the Palestinian death toll to more than 80, with more than 700 wounded. The numbers on the Israeli side are dramatically lower — with three dead. And the Israeli prime minister says Israel is prepared to escalate the fight with ground troops. As the fighting drags into a new week, the United Nations and the Arab League are stepping up efforts to mediate.
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A Look Back in Honor of National Water Quality Month
I've never known a time without a Clean Water Act in the United States.
This became particularly clear to me after watching footage from Oregon State University's archives of the Willamette River in the 1930s and 1940. While I've seen water pollution and spend a lot of my time working on less visible forms of water pollution (like stormwater runoff), it still shocked me how visibly polluted the Willamette was not that long ago.
In the film footage, scientists started at Springfield, OR and worked their way downstream conducting basic water quality tests along the way. One simple test examined how long fish could survive in the water by placing them in a small net in the river. Upstream, all of the fish passed the 20 minute mark. Further downstream, however, the fish started dying after only a few minutes.
August is National Water Quality Month, and as many of us will spend at least some time in, on, or around the water, it's a good opportunity to remember how far we've come and the challenges that still lie ahead.
With water pollution, there are no easy answers or quick fixes. Since its inception in 1972, the Clean Water Act has done a pretty good job at managing point source pollution, essentially the pollution that enters river through pipes. Thanks to the Act, it's much less likely that you would see a river today in the United States that looks like the Willamette in this video.
However, while the pollution may be less visible, it is in some ways much more complex. Today's challenge for the Willamette and rivers across the country most often comes in the form of non-point source pollution, or polluted runoff, which becomes a point source discharge in our developed areas. Essentially, this is water that runs off the land, picks up pollutants, and flows into rivers, lakes and streams. Not only is this pollution harder to control and manage, it also makes it more challenging to convey the extent of the problem because it is more difficult to see.
Here at American Rivers, we're working for green infrastructure solutions to better manage polluted runoff that protect clean water and provide a number of other benefits to communities, from reduced energy costs to improved public health.
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Nominations have been announced for the The NewNowNext Awards. The awards are turning five this year. Awards range from "Next Must See Movie", "Next Mega Star" and "Cause You're Hot". The show will also honor one timeless pop icon with the "Always Next, Forever Now Award" for their lasting, and astounding, legacy.
In the music field, the Brink Of Fame: Music Artist, the nominees are Jessie J, Azealia Banks, Childish Gambino, Fun, Neon Hitch and Rebecca Ferguson.
Kelly Osbourne is nominated for the Beyond Style Award.
Lady Gaga and Adam Lambert are both nominated for the Superfan Site Award.
Lambert will also perform at the awards show.
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Best. Toys. Ever. Johnny and Dee Dee Ramone Pop! Rocks Vinyl Figures
The picture tells the story. But if you need words, here's a description – these are Johnny and Dee Dee Ramone Pop! Rocks Vinyl Figures. We'll tell you some more about 'em over the page too.
Yes, you can recreate your very own wall of sound with your very own Ramones, available 'for the first time ever' as vinyl figures. Both are 3.75-inch tall vinyl figures with a touch of artistic license, but as you would expect, decked in traditional Ramones leather jackets and with distinctive stance and of course, guitar and bass respectively. According to the makers, 'they're detailed right down to Johnny's infamous frown, Dee Dee's enigmatic glare, and the matching shoulder chains that bookended them on stage while changing the face of rock 'n' roll'.
Ok, so where can you get one? Well, Aggronautix seems to be the place, taking orders now at $10.95 per figure. Give a pair to your kids. It'll make 'em cool at school. Trust us.


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The Rolling Stones have today quashed the continuing rumours that they will be headlining this year's Glastonbury Festival.
For many, the inclusion of the band alongside U2 at the top of the bill would have been a fairytale pairing, but Mick Jagger and Co have this morning (Tuesday) confirmed that they won't be hitting the road in 2010.
A statement from the bands reads: "Following recent UK media speculation, The Rolling Stones would like to make it clear, there are no plans at the moment for the band to tour in 2010."
Muse and Radiohead are still rumoured for the 40th anniversary of the festival along with a host of other acts.
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INDIAN LAND – Indian Land High's comeback soccer ways have the Warriors going for the Class AA state title for the fifth consecutive season.
The Warriors, who rallied from a 1-0 halftime deficit against scrappy Powdersville, charged back for two second-half goals to win the Class AA Upper State soccer crown for the fifth straight season at IL's Reservation on Tuesday night.
The Warriors, 17-5, face Lower State champion Bishop England, 22-2, for the Class AA state soccer title tonight at 7 at Irmo High School's W.C. Hawkins Stadium.
You folks in Lancaster have been lucky with all the sun and warm weather. While visiting in Maryland, I have been basking in the cool breezes and raindrops.
The last 18 days have each included a shower or two. In a friendly way, the rain isn't too unpleasant.
Seems like it always rained on my birthday and Christmas morning, so a fella just learns to do some adjusting.
Tackling big issues is tough. It's far easier for policy makers and politicians to make a speech or issue a press release with a few snappy phrases and then claim they are doing something.
And if you really want to make things difficult, add in such volatile and emotional issues as race, culture, sex and money – then it becomes a "really big tough issue." Who wants to take this on? It's easier to talk about transgender bathrooms.
A Lancaster man was accused Friday of assaulting and spitting at police officers when he was arrested and then kicking at another when he was placed in a cell at the Municipal Justice Center.
Edwin Ramon Aguirre Fernendes, 22, no address given, was charged with assault on a police officer while resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
According to a Lancaster Police Department incident report, officers responded to Walmart Supercenter, 805 S.C. 9 Bypass West, about 4 a.m. Friday and found Fernendes sitting on a bench in the lobby.
The National Association of Letter Carriers will hold its annual Stamp Out Hunger! food drive on Saturday and they need your help.
Now in its 24th year, the Stamp Out Hunger! effort is the nation's largest single-day food drive.
Local contributions to the Lancaster Post Office will benefit HOPE in Lancaster. Contributions to the Kershaw/Heath Springs post offices will go to KARE in Kershaw. Both organizations assist county residents with food and other needs.
KERSHAW – Kershaw's annual Spring-A-Thon will celebrate its 37th anniversary this weekend.
Organized by the Kershaw Chamber of Commerce, the annual weekend of downtown family fun kicks off tonight from 7-10 p.m. on Hampton and Cleveland streets.
Tonight's activities include a street dance and various stage performers headlined by The Fantastic Shakers.
Known as the "South's Finest Show Band," The Fantastic Shakers have performed at more than 6,000 engagements since 1978 and are Grand Strand headliners each summer.
Lancaster County School District honored its finest students and educators during the 19th-annual Celebration of Excellence banquets held this week at the Second Baptist Church Family Ministry Center.
"I really enjoy joining you in celebrating great things these students do in classrooms across our district. These students truly represent excellence in academics," said Dr. Gene Moore, district superintendent.
Traffic and growth in the Panhandle was the focus at Monday night's Lancaster County Council meeting, where the council moved forward with an impact-fee study for transportation.
The council's vote added traffic to the study, which is already looking at recreation, public safety, EMS and other factors that might be addressed with impact fees paid by residential developers. To enact an impact fee, an impact fee study has to be done. In particular, this study will consider a fixed fee amount to deal with transportation issues caused by new developments.
The Lancaster County Animal Shelter has been shut down and Director Shandy Miller has been suspended with pay as investigators examine the shelter's operations.
County Administrator Steve Willis would not identify the suspended employee, but said Miller was the only remaining county worker at the shelter, and that the only remaining county worker has been placed on leave pending the investigation.
Buford will be at home Thursday, seeking to wrap up the Class AA Upper State softball title and a bid to the Class AA state title series.
The Lady Jackets, unbeaten in the Class AA Upstate playoffs with five straight shutouts, host Crescent on Thursday at 5 p.m. A BHS win over the CHS Lady Tigers will give Buford the Upstate title and a bid to the state title round. A loss will force a second game to follow the first game at Buford.
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I've been offered a high milage (224000mi)Santa Fe for near nothing ($500.00) It's been well taken care of and feels good, looks good and all seems to work well. Rebuilt transmission at about 150000 and new brakes at about 165000. I expect that the engine will wear out soon so I'm curious as to the cost. Thanks Pat
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- Virginia will likely very soon become the third state in the country where the cops have a new saying: "Don't do the crime if your brother's doing time."
Virginia's Department of Forensic Sciences is tweaking software that would allow it to sort through its database of DNA collected from criminals and find relatives of suspects who left DNA at crime scenes.
9NEWS NOW has learned the brother of the alleged East Coast Rapist is serving time for murder in Maryland. Which means Maryland authorities have collected a sample of his DNA. The brother's DNA might have led police to Aaron Thomas years ago.
When detectives fished up Aaron Thomas' cigarette butt, they say the DNA from his saliva exactly matched the DNA he left behind after raping 17 women. Prosecutors say something called "familial DNA searching" might have led to a NEAR match to his brother in a Maryland prison and broken the case long ago.
"I think arrest would have been made much sooner than it was," says Prince William County Commonwealth's Attorney Paul Ebert.
The software Virginia is analyzing should allow forensic scientists to take a sample of DNA from a crime scene and come up with near matches from the 300,000 samples of DNA in the Commonwealth's criminal database: Maybe to the suspect's brother or sister, mother or father, or even more distant relatives.
"You may come up with a list of 100, 150 names. Or 50 names. You don't know. You have to determine how many of those people you are going to look at and take on to step two," says Pete Marone, Director of the Department of Forensic Sciences.
Step Two would be more analysis and a stronger correlation of the DNA. Step Three would be shoe leather police work to try and narrow the number of possible relatives.
In California, familial DNA testing has already led to the arrest of the so-called Grim Sleeper, who's charged with murdering 10 women over more than two decades. In Kansas, it helped bust the BTK Killer, who bound, tortured and killed nearly a dozen women.
The parents of Morgan Harrington, the murdered Virginia Tech student, want it used to find her killer.
Virginia's going ahead -- but both Maryland and D.C. ban the testing, worried it's TOO intrusive.
"To me, I look at whether the science is doable," says Marone. "Can we do it scientifically? And the answer is yes. It can be done now."
The D.A. in Denver, Colorado is one of the fiercest supporters of familial DNA searches. He points to at least 31 rape and murder cases worldwide busted with good police work and familial searches of DNA databases.
He's given Virginia his software, and the director of the Department of Forensic Sciences says he expects to start using it "sooner rather than later."
There's a bill in Congress to take familial searches nationwide, despite a lot of hesitation in a lot of states.
Even supporters like Virginia's Pete Marone say a nationwide database search might hit on 100,000 names -- and he says that might simply be too much for investigators to handle.
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Today, over 50 countries in the world produce tea in varying quantities, of vastly different quality, and for both domestic consumption as well as export to diverse tea drinking markets.
Indonesia, Mainland Southeast Asia, South America and Turkey are some of the largest of these producers. These growths are not currently represented in any offerings from Tea Trekker.
At this time, Tea Trekker has in its selection teas from the traditionally historic production regions of East Asia (China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea), South Asia (India, Ceylon), and Africa (Tanzania).
East Asia contributes the oldest and largest body of tea production. It is from this region of the world, together with its origins as a wild plant in Mainland Southeast Asia, that tea was cultivated, refined, and ultimately offered as a beverage to the world.
The various countries that comprise South Asia have contributed huge quantities of tea to the world. Taken to this section of the world by explorers, traders, and businessmen and women, tea is an important part of the economy of South Asia.
The continent of Africa is a location in which tea flourishes. As European tea companies began to look beyond Asia for the appropriate terroir for tea plantings, the region of East Africa in particular was determined to have ideal weather conditions for encouraging lush plant growth and to provide the long growing season necessary for tea manufacture.
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Villa v Man City: Lambert hopeful of speedier Benteke return
Paul Lambert says Christian Benteke could be back quicker than expected after admitting the Belgian forward "is doing great" with his recuperation from a hip flexor injury.
Benteke had a scan on the injury he suffered in Saturday's win at Norwich and was expected to be out for up to six weeks.
But Lambert revealed the 22-year-old has a chance of making a speedier recovery.
Villa have Barclays Premier League matches against Manchester City and Hull on the horizon before a break for the next rounds of international fixtures starting on October 11.
And Lambert believes the international break may fall at the right time for his leading goalscorer.
"He is doing great and I think he will be back quicker," said the manager.
"He is doing really fine now and seems a lot happier within himself.
"We just have to wait and see. We've got two games before the international break.
"The international break has probably come at the right time for him and for us and he is doing great at the minute.
"The worst fear was that he was going to be out for considerable time but the way he is progressing, I think everybody is pretty happy."
It is the first time Benteke has been sidelined since arriving from Genk and Lambert praised the terrific endurance the forward has shown over the last 12 months.
He had already racked up five appearances for Genk in 2012-13 before going on to play 34 times for Villa and featuring regularly for Belgium.
"He played a lot of games with Genk before he actually joined us so he never really had much of a break," added Lambert.
"The amount of games here and then with the national team, it never really gave him that breathing space.
"He never really mentioned that he was fatigued or anything. He just kept on going.
"It is the first injury I've seen him with since he's been here but hopefully it's not too bad."
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Food Processing Handbook
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Focusing on the technology involved, this handbook describes the principles as well as the equipment used and the changes - physical, chemical, microbiological and organoleptic - that occur during food preservation. In doing so the text covers in detail such techniques as post-harvest handling, thermal processing, evaporation and dehydration, freezing, irradiation, high pressure processing, emerging technologies, baking, extrusion, frying and packaging. In addition current concerns about the safety of processed foods and control of food processes are addressed, as are the impact of processing on the environment and separation and conversion operations widely used in the food industry.
Scientists and engineers involved in food manufacture, research and development in both industry and academia will benefit greatly from the contents as will students studying food related topics at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.


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Lego Galidor, why did I buy these guys?
I really do have too many toys. SO many in fact that I could keep this site going long after Im gone. I got these Lego Galidor toys for about 10 bucks total. Three were a dollar and the cool horse and rider guy for about 6.99. I guess I got them to 'fight' other lego bionicles, but that never happened. Now a days they just fill up the countless bins full of toys. So i will try and get them out on ebay. I wonder if anyone knows the show to actually want to buy used, loose, strange toys. I put the opening bid at a dollar. Someone might just get them for less then what it will cost to ship to them!
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"SO many in fact that I could keep this site going long after Im gone"
Really, so you plan on some Houdini action and coming back "after" you're gone huh? While I'm not looking for your demise, I'd like to see you pull that one off.
ha-ha! What i ment to say is that is "as long as i'm gone i will have more toys to post!"
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BOSTON The state Department of Children & Families is acknowledging a department social worker last saw a 5-year-old Fitchburg boy now missing and feared dead in May.
His mother and her boyfriend are charged with assaulting and endangering the child. DCF on Tuesday fired the social worker and supervisor assigned to investigate the alleged abuse of Jeremiah Oliver and his siblings, calling their handling of the case a "serious failure."
For more on the case, WBUR's Deborah Becker spoke with Maria Mossaides. She's executive director of Cambridge Family and Children's Service and chairman of the board of Children's League of Massachusetts, an advocacy organization of which DCF is a member.
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Father's Day Back Scratcher
Use inexpensive materials, including an upcycled paint stirrer or ruler, to make a fun back scratcher for Dad this Father's Day.
2 Plastic Caps (like those from a water bottle or an orange juice carton)
Wood Paint Stirrer or Ruler
Craft Paint
Alphabet Stickers (optional)
Drill (optional)
(Optional) If you want to hang your back scratcher when it's finished, drill a small hole in the lower part of the handle. (When you're all done with the project, add a ribbon through the hole).
Paint the handle- I used acrylic paint, masking tape and alphabet stickers to decoratively paint the handle.
Glue the plastic caps to the top end of the paint stirrer (Opposite end from the drill hole). Use Guerilla glue or Krazy glue to be sure it attaches securely. You may need to roughen up the plastic caps to get the glue to work optimally. I added pictures of my kids to the inside of the caps. If you do this, be sure to position the pictures so they are upside‐right when the scratcher is hanging.
This craft was designed by Cristin Frank and is reprinted courtesy of FaveCrafts.com. Click here for a link to a video of this craft.
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From and after January 1, 1976, the Disbursing Officer of the Library of Congress is authorized to disburse funds appropriated for the Congressional Budget Office, and the Library of Congress shall provide financial management support to the Congressional Budget Office as may be required and mutually agreed to by the Librarian of Congress and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. The Library of Congress is further authorized to compute and disburse the basic pay of all personnel of the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to the provisions of section 5504 of title 5, except the Director, who as head of an agency, shall have pay computed and disbursed pursuant to the provisions of section 5505 of title 5.
All vouchers certified for payment by duly authorized certifying officers of the Library of Congress shall be supported with a certification by an officer or employee of the Congressional Budget Office duly authorized in writing by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to certify payments from appropriations of the Congressional Budget Office. The Congressional Budget Office certifying officers shall (1) be held responsible for the existence and correctness of the facts recited in the certificate or otherwise stated on the voucher or its supporting paper and the legality of the proposed payment under the appropriation or fund involved, (2) be held responsible and accountable for the correctness of the computations of certifications made, and (3) be held accountable for and required to make good to the United States the amount of any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate made by him, as well as for any payment prohibited by law which did not represent a legal obligation under the appropriation or fund involved:
The Disbursing Officer of the Library of Congress shall not be held accountable or responsible for any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate, the responsibility for which is imposed upon a certifying officer or employee of the Congressional Budget Office.
In the second par., "section 3726 of title 31" substituted for "section 244 of title 31" on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
Section is based on section 207 of title II of H.R. 7593, as passed the House of Representatives on July 21, 1980, and incorporated by reference in section 101(c) of Pub. L. 96–536, to be effective as if enacted into law.
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 96–86, § 101(c) [H.R. 4390, title II, § 207], Oct. 12, 1979, 93 Stat. 657.
Pub. L. 95–391, title II, § 207, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 786.
Pub. L. 95–94, title II, § 207, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 678.
Pub. L. 94–440, title VIII, § 808, Oct. 1, 1976, 90 Stat. 1458.
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Child Advocacy Center building new facility
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- When a child at Charleston Area Medical Center's Child Advocacy Center is being asked about possible sexual abuse, they can often see another child getting chemotherapy treatment at the Children's Infusion Center, which shares the same space.
Both centers use the same entrance from a hallway at Women and Children's Hospital. They share a medical examination room and a conference room. Sometimes, Maureen Runyon, who has worked at the center for 20 years, is interviewing a mother whose child was molested while a different mother is only a few feet away.
The team of physicians and social workers has interviewed and examined thousands of children in a 400-square-foot space since December 2004.
Now, because of an unfortunate increase in demand, the Child Advocacy Center is building its own space -- nearly five times the size of its current center.
The center is reaching out to the community to raise $250,000 for the new one-story facility that will stand next to the medical office building at Women and Children's.
"We've got three people working in an office that is very small and also serves as our observation area for when Child Protective Services or law enforcement is here. It's crazy how small it is," Runyon said. "We joke and say we're going to hang a hammock from the ceiling and put somebody up there next."
A child advocacy center is a one-stop shop for the evaluation and assessment of children who are thought to have been victims of child abuse, Runyon said.
The professionals coordinate their questions so that children are interviewed only once, and not repeatedly traumatized by retelling and reliving what they have suffered.
When the Child Advocacy Center opened almost eight years ago, Runyon interviewed kids only one day per week. That grew to twice per week and now to the current Monday through Friday schedule when she interviews a child almost daily.
The center at Women and Children's Hospital is one of 18 such centers in the state and the only one located in a hospital.
While the center's primary focus is children who live in Kanawha County, the regional center does see kids regularly from eight counties. Last year, the Charleston center saw children from 32 counties -- more than any other center in the state -- since "we cannot and will not refuse to see any child," Runyon said.
What is so startling to the team is how many children have visited the center so far this year, she said. Nearly 340 children have sat on the small brown couch in the interview room. In 2011, 360 kids visited.
Women and Children's Hospital Vice President and Administrator Andrew Weber said it is necessary to have a center that can accommodate the "unfortunate demand that we experience." The center needs its own dedicated space, he said.
"We have to commingle these patients and their families sometimes with the oncology kids and their families and other general public in our facility. As you can imagine, it's an incredibly sensitive situation, and honestly it's not a set up that we prefer to have for the infusion center either," Weber said.
The new center will be a 2,200-square-foot building that will include at least one observation room, an exam room, a conference room, a waiting area, and two interview rooms.
They are planning for on-site parking, too. Hiring another therapist would also be helpful, Runyon said.
Weber said he would love to see the Child Advocacy Center have a brick exterior, but the current monetary goal is not priced for that.
Rachelle Beckner, senior development officer for the CAMC Foundation, said a couple of community members have showed interest in personally donating to the new building.
So far, the center has raised $20,000 through a recent gift from the Walmart Associate Choice Program. Store employees chose CAMC Women and Children's Hospital to receive the gift this year, and it will go toward the new facility, Beckner said.
Beckner said the hospital is now relying on the community's support to make the new center a reality. The Child Advocacy Center will consider naming options, too, she said.
For those who donate $500 or more, they will receive 50 percent of their gift in tax credits through the Neighborhood Investment Program. The NIP is a statewide program, through the state commerce department, that increases charitable giving to local nonprofit organizations.
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Hoping to switch to Treking (butterfly bars) for my mtn bike for touring and commuting in hopes that it will offer more hand positions.
Was curious if there was any disadvantages to trekking bars that you might have experienced.
Thank you.
Hoping to switch to Treking (butterfly bars) for my mtn bike for touring and commuting in hopes that it will offer more hand positions.
Was curious if there was any disadvantages to trekking bars that you might have experienced.
Thank you.
I have put them on a few bikes, mountain and road. The conversion on a mountain bike is pretty easy as shifters and brakes will fit right on. Depending on how you place them cable lengths could be too short but most likely not. The ones I did were in converting a mountain bike to more of a road touring bike so I also changed the stems to get things a bit more upright and changed tires to a higher pressure road slick.
Only advice I would have is hold off on doing the bar wrap for a while as you will be tweaking the bar position getting to what feels best. I sometimes do a temp wrap with an old inner tube and ride a while. Not only hand positions but with a wrapped bar you can add padding where you like it under the wrap. Takes a bit till you figure out where you want that also.
What's not in your legs needs to be in your gears.
This is the 3rd place you posted the same question, ...
fiet: Thanks for your reply. But if you see, there are more input in three different areas I posted. They concern, also, three different types of riding.... commuting, touring, and clydesdale. What I find funny is that people get upset if I post questions in different forums yet they do not realize that there ARE THREE DIFFERENT FORUMS. Different forums= different subjects, subject matter and riding style. Just my two cents.
Now you have options... you can reply to it or not. You can cross reference or not. I choose to do it my way. Why? Look above and it answers it. Not trying to be a dick but I understand the value of asking different people with different riding styles.
I don't care if you cross post, but it is funny that you misspelled the title each time.
And yes, people loiter in different forums. Fori? Forae? I wonder if the roadies know which is correct... back in a bit.
lol. Was late for a meeting and wanted to post before I went. Damn spelling!
I did the conversion to trekking bars last year. It was a cheap deal, just needed the bars (about $16) and the bar wrap. All my mountain bike controls switched over just fine, but I really need to do a tune up and readjust of the cables. I like the positions offered. But I was hoping the different positions would help with some numbness issues. Unfortunately my hands still seem to have some issues after about 4 miles. There is another fit problem I need to look into.
On the topic of cross posting, glad you did. This is the only forum I even go to on this site. My bookmark goes right to C/A. Occasionally I may venture out to other forums/threads mainly the gadget or foo forums, or through a search.
I have been toying with the idea of trekking bars for a while. I got inspired by your first post and bought a pair of butterfly bars.
Here is my setup. I have only ridden it 12 miles so far.
I have been experimenting and here is what I have so far.
Pros: I am riding a frame on the large size of the range for me, a 21". The trekking bars bring the reach for the controls in closer to me and make for a pretty comfortable location for the brakes and shifters.
Less likely to hang up or "hook" on stuff than flat bar with bar ends.
Cons: I had to buy a longer stem with less angle to it. Because of the location of the open side, I needed less angle to get the bar at an angle that was more to my liking. The initial stem had a steeper angle and put the whole bar at too steep of an angle. I did not like the angle of the "side" hand position until I got the lower stem.
Also, the cabling was a bit of a trick due to the fact that it is right below the stem. There is not a lot of clearance between the two and I have a lot going on in that two square inches of space under the stem.
Undetermined: I am not sure if I have any more hand positions than a flat bar with bar ends. I am also not sure if offers more flexibility than the flat bar yet. The flat bar appears to be more adjustable. The economics of the change are about a wash so far.
I will leave them unwrapped as noted in an earlier post by Bud until I am farther into the experiment.
I will let you know if I stumble onto any gems of wisdom.
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1- try touring without the expense of buying a bike he may never use again for it's dedicated purpose.
2- help clear his main complaint of his commuter, which is that he's not as comfortable on it with the flat bars as he is on his road bike with drop bars. Yes there are probably some fit issues that need to be resolved but we could get his MTB/commuter pretty close to the fit of his road bike. Granted he would need different brake calipers and shifters but at around 400 dollars that's still cheaper than a new bike and if he decides he does like touring and wants a dedictaed tourer then at least the money was still well spent making his commuter more comfortable for him.
Since the original suggestion, someone pointed out that trekking bars would be a good first step to try since he could change to them without the need for new brake calipers or shifters. He'd be out around 20-30 bucks for bars and maybe some bar tape to see if that makes him more comfortable.
Misfit Psycles' FUbar and NUbar, Bontrager's Race Lite "Big Sweep").
The main reason I did the conversion on what was the only bike I was riding at the time was that I needed a really upright riding position to accommodate my belly and general lack of flexibility. So I put the trekking bars, along with a quill extension (to make the stem higher) on the bike at the same time. I DID need to put new cables when I did that, but I don't think I would have needed to do that if the only thing I'd done was to put on the trekking bars.
That bike has evolved into my errand bike, with heavy folding baskets, fenders, etc. I'm now considering swapping the trekking bars off that bike again, and moving them to my new-to-me early-'90s Bianchi Advantage, which promises to be a pretty good touring bike. I don't think I'll have to touch the stem or do anything with the cables to make that conversion.
Pros: Lots of hand positions. With the right stem, depending on the use of the bike, can allow you to get more upright in traffic, for better visibility, while still having decent options for getting fairly "aero". I think you can set them up to be pretty close to optimal for just about anything except getting "really" aero, as you would on a road bike. If you're converting a mountain bike or hybrid, you can reuse your levers and shifters - even your grips if you want, so the conversion is potentially pretty cheap to do.
Cons: They look REALLY dorky. I call the bike I have them on "The Dorkcycle". I'm 59 years old, so I'm at the age where I can embrace my inner dork, and it doesn't bother me. YMMV.
L'asino di Buridano...
I have a couple of bikes with trekking bars - a 1994 Schwinn Crosscut and a 1994 Schwinn Crosstrail. When I'm riding - I definitely have the need for multiple hand positions. With my physique, I found drop handle bars very uncomfortable. The trekking bars serve the purpose well - and offer me a somewhat more aerodynamic position when I need it - as well as a more upright position.
I just read tony merlino's post and could pretty much have put "ditto". Except for the dorky part. I prefer to say they have a rather unique appearance
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" And I have bar ends that would work pretty well on the hybrid...
L'asino di Buridano...
Not bar ends, they are actual handle bars.
We bought them way back in mid 90's, I believe they are made by Scott (famous for Scott bars wa back when)
The shifters etc slip right over the end then slide into place. Then I use foam (beach cruisers) pads instead of tape. No need for gloves.
hb's by mrbeanz1, on Flickr
I don't think I'd saw off trekking bars. I actually really LIKE trekking bars. I'm just trying to find a way to make do with stuff I already have. Actually, the trekking bars aren't expensive - I may just buy another set and put them on the hybrid. But I'm going to try this scheme first, to see if it does the job.
L'asino di Buridano...
Personally if I can be said to have a riding style, its "tourist." I'd never think of being a Clydesdale as a "style."
BTW, here is a trekking Bart:
I've suggested, in one of the other forums he spams, that chefisaac could get the results he wants by picking a "main" forum for a given topic then posting a brief notice ("Hey, I just started a thread about XXX in the YYY forum. Please come join the discussion") in other relevant forums. He seems resistant to this suggestion, though I can't understand why; the same strategy seems to work well enough for everyone else on BF...
I may be putting words in Isaac's mouth but I believe the point he is trying to make albeit weakly is not that there is a clydesdale "style" of riding but that there are issues unique to clydesdales in cycling. For example.. where to find extra large sized clothes, Wheel recommendations for people who weigh above most manufacturer limits, frame recommendations, etc...


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Nitroglycerin belongs to a class of drugs known as nitrates. Angina occurs when the heart muscle is not getting enough blood. This drug works by relaxing and widening blood vessels so blood can flow more easily to the heart.
How To Use
Ask your doctor now for exact instructions on how to use your nitroglycerin and when to call for emergency medical help (911).
Read the Patient Information Leaflet available from your pharmacist. Consult your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions.
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Sit down before using this medication. Remove the plastic cover. Hold the container upright with your finger on top of the grooved button. Open your mouth, and bring the container as close to your mouth as possible. Press the button to spray the medication onto or under your tongue. Use 1 to 2 sprays as directed by your doctor, then close your mouth. Do not inhale or swallow the spray. Avoid eating, spitting, or rinsing your mouth for 5 to 10 minutes after spraying.
If you are using this medication to prevent chest pain before physical activities, use it 5 to 10 minutes before the activity.
If you are using this medication to relieve chest pain once it occurs, use it as soon as possible. If your chest pain has not improved or if it has worsened 5 minutes after you use this drug, call emergency medical help (911). After calling the emergency number, use another spray. Five minutes after the second spray, if you still have chest pain and the ambulance has not arrived, use a third spray. If your chest pain is not gone after 15 minutes and 3 doses of nitroglycerin, call emergency medical help (911) if you have not called already. Do not use more than 3 sprays during an attack unless directed by your doctor.
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Oct. 1, 2005
Twelve different players combined for 338 rushing yards and six touchdowns to lead visiting Morehead State to a 58-10 victory over Butler in the first game the newly-renovated Butler Bowl on Saturday, Oct. 1. The win boosted Morehead State to 4-1 on the season, while Butler fell to 0-5.
Junior fullback Jabari McGee led the Eagles' ground attack with 87 yards and three touchdowns on 13 carries. Quarterback Brian Yost added 42 yards and a touchdown. Morehead State also picked up rushing touchdown from fullback Eric Banks and halfback Eli Parkes.
The visiting Eagles also picked up three field goals from senior Adam Jones and a 53-yard punt return for a touchdown from freshman Nick Feldman.
The Bulldogs fell behind 17-0 on a 30-yard field goal by Jones, a five-yard touchdown run by McGee and Feldman's punt return, before freshman Jordan Quiroz scored the first Butler points in the new stadium on a 25-yard field goal. The former Butler Bowl received an extensive makeover this summer as part of a project to add new student housing on campus. The new field turf surface was completed just one day before Saturday's contest.
The 17-3 count was as close as Butler would come to the Eagles. Parkes answered the Butler score with a four-yard touchdown run, and McGee made it 31-3 with just under seven minutes remaining in the second quarter on an eight-yard touchdown run.
Junior tailback Billy Nardini scored the first Butler touchdown on the new surface with a 10-yard run in the second quarter to cut the score to 31-10, but the Eagles tallied another field goal with 0:01 left in the first half. Morehead State added four touchdowns in the second half.
Butler quarterback Bob Farmer passed for 229 yards in the game, and senior wide receiver Phil Vorndran finished with eight catches for a career-high 138 yards. Nardini had 34 yards rushing, but the Bulldogs managed just 17 total yards on the ground. Sophomore linebacker Mike Marzottto finished with a game-high 11 tackles, while senior Chris Haynes added ten stops.


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//Betty Boop out on the Danforth. 35mm Lomo LC-A.
Don't you love running into old friends? Betty Boop on a Toronto street is definitely a Lomo moment. This photos was originally on colour film. I couldn't decide which version I liked best, so I submitted the colour to Dose Mag and posted the more retro B+W here. Tried to capture the usual long gone era, but maybe those reflections in the windows give away too much... maybe i'm just picky.
FYI - also updated the "links" and "about" below... ie. they work!
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I may not love the premiums that alcoholic beverage companies carry today, but I can't fault the underlying premise that these companies pay for their multiples with solid and relatively consistent performance. To that end, while British alcohol giant Diageo (NYSE:DEO) saw some modest erosion in second half growth, the company's performance continues to offer both a port in a storm and leverage to emerging market growth. Once again, though, the question is whether investors ought to pay up for it.
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A Respectable End to the Year
Although Diageo didn't blow away analyst numbers for the second half of its fiscal year, the company delivered respectable results all the same. Revenue rose 6% on an organic basis, about 1% less than in the prior half. Volume added 2% of that growth, with so-called strategic brands and emerging markets showing better volume growth than the company average. North America was surprisingly strong (up more than 7%), while Europe saw a small single-digit decline.
Profits also grew reasonably well. Overall, EBIT grew more than 8%. North American profit growth was slightly disappointing at 7%, as the company spent more on promotion and advertising. However, Europe saw 3% profit growth during a difficult period.
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No Stopping the Land-Grab
Whether it's Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE:BUD), Heineken or Diageo, there seems to be little inclination for the big players to stop buying. Distribution is increasingly key, as is sufficient leverage to fast-growing emerging markets, but there are only just so many properties out there worth owning. To that end, it's not altogether surprising to hear that Diageo is interested in acquiring all of Jose Cuervo - a deal that would probably cost more than $3 billion. If there's anything unusual about this deal, it's that it's for a relatively internationally popular spirit - Diageo's recent deals have been targeted at regional tastes like raki, baiju and cachaca. If there's a substantial risk, it would be in buying a brand that seems to be losing some share in the category, but the share loss doesn't look irreversible.
On some level, though, I have to ask whether this expansion binge is really necessary. I'll admit that properties like Jose Cuervo don't come around every day, but it seems like there are always new labels/brands taking off. SKYY and Grey Goose (both owned by Bacardi) have been around less than 20 years, and I see no reason to believe that companies will stop launching new concepts, even in supposedly mature spirit categories (consider the growing micro-distillery trend in the U.S., for instance).
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So I don't necessarily see such high scarcity value that companies like Diageo need to stress their balance sheet for acquisitions. At the same time, I'm a little surprised that Diageo hasn't been more aggressive with its beer business. The company owns a few well-known properties like Guinness and Tusker, as well as some lesser-known brands that are popular in emerging markets. Still, I wonder if the company ought to consider the benefits of scaling up this business.
Still a Strong Emerging Growth Angle
The second half of this fiscal year was a good news/bad news situation for Diageo's international growth. The mid-teens growth in Latin America was good news, as was the 9% growth in Africa. Asia-Pacific grew just 5%, though, as currency and economic issues are taking a toll. It's hard to argue against the long-term demand potential, though, as increased disposable income almost always correlates with certain lifestyle changes, including more protein and high-end alcohol consumption.
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The Bottom Line
So long as Diageo enjoys high equity premiums and low rates, I suppose there's no reason to turn away from accretive acquisitions. Likewise, while ongoing economic malaise could lead consumers to trade down in their alcohol consumption, there aren't many markets that seem as solid on a long-term basis as alcoholic beverages. What's more, like Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) or PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP), I can appreciate how strong brands, global reach and solid returns on capital support above-average multiples.
As it did a half-year ago, Diageo seems about 10 to 20% undervalued. I won't be too surprised if flight-to-quality and risk-off investing drives the multiples even higher here and once again moots that fair value. Overall, valuation keeps me at bay on Diageo, but I have no qualms about the company's quality and if investors can make their peace with the valuation, I can see the case for owning the shares.
At the time of writing, Stephen D. Simpson did not own shares in any of the companies mentioned in this article.


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William Gault
Position: HB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: December 19, 1936 in Monroe, LA
High School: North Side
College: TCU (school history) (Gault college stats)
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 11th round (153rd overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (15060th overall since 1950)
Other SR Links: College Football at Sports-Reference.com
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On February 10, 2014, Jeromey Keith Mitchell, 33, pled guilty in Federal Court in Raleigh to six counts of Distributing Crack Cocaine and was sentenced to serve 22 years in the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
In April of 2012 detectives from the Carteret County and Jones County Sheriff�s Office�s began an undercover operation targeting Mitchell. During the investigation detectives purchased over 100 grams of �crack� cocaine from Mitchell.
On May 16, 2012 detectives executed a search warrant on Mitchell�s residence in Morehead City and seized 36 grams of �crack� cocaine. The United States Attorney�s Office of the Eastern District of North Carolina adopted the case under an active federal investigation of drug trafficking organizations in the Eastern District conducted by the Carteret County Sheriff�s Office and partnering agencies.
Mitchell was served with Federal Indictments in April of 2013 while he was incarcerated in the North Carolina Division of Adult Corrections while serving a sentence on unrelated drug charges.
Mitchell is the 23rd person sentenced to Federal Prison as part of the continuing operation being conducted by the Carteret County Sheriff�s Office, District Attorney Scott Thomas� Office and the Eastern District of North Carolina United States Attorney�s Office targeting high level drug dealers in the area.
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Econometer: Is a flat tax folly or foolproof?
Q: Is a federal flat tax a good alternative to the current progressive income tax system?
Panel's answer: 5 yes, 3 no
The question:
Marney Cox, San Diego Association of Governments
Answer: Yes
As an alternative, the flat tax is a less destructive and less intrusive way of collecting revenue to fund government. There are at least three elements of the flat tax that make it more attractive than the current system. First, all forms of employee and business income are taxed, broadening the base; today over half of all business income and all fringe benefits are not taxed. Second, the flat tax eliminates the double taxation of income earned by business and paid out to shareholders (think more funds for retirement accounts). Third, the flat tax would lower interest rates by eliminating the tax deduction for interest paid and the tax on interest earned.
Is a federal flat tax a good alternative to the current progressive income tax system?
Yes 52% (72)
No 48% (67)
139 total votes.
Kelly Cunningham, National University Systems
Answer: Yes
The simplicity, fairness and transparency of a flat tax system are vastly preferable to the current monstrosity. Ending the widespread and corrupt practice of inserting loopholes and preferences into the tax code for politically connected entities would be a much more equitable system for everyone. Eliminating deductions, shelters, exemptions, and other distortions in the tax code that upper-income taxpayers far more often utilize could actually generate more revenues. Stronger incentives for productive behavior would also result from lower taxes on work, savings, investment, and entrepreneurship, with decisions made on the basis of good economics rather than clever tax planning.
Alan Gin, University of San Diego
Answer: No
A flat tax would make the already growing income inequality even worse, as high-income earners benefit more than low-income ones. A flat tax is often advocated in the name of tax simplification. But looking up a progressive tax in a table or calculating it is easy; it's the myriad of deductions that makes taxes complicated. Even the father of free market economics, Adam Smith, expressed some support for progressive taxation: "It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion."
James Hamilton, University of California San Diego
Answer: No.
The income gap between the richest 20 percent and poorest 20 percent of Americans has increased significantly over the last 30 years, and I think that has been a factor in a number of the problems we face today. Moving from our current system to a flat tax would lower tax rates on the rich and raise them on the poor, which is the opposite of what we really should be doing. I am deeply skeptical of claims that a flat tax would increase economic growth rates -- the rising inequality of the last decade has hardly been a period of robust growth.
Gary London, The London Group Realty Advisors
Answer: Yes
But only in the sense that any refinement to the tax system which simplifies it must be good. Simplification can also be accomplished with a valued added tax (VAT) because consumption is largely a choice (exceptions being your house, food, education and transportation). A flat tax puts a disproportionate burden on the lower income earners at the very moment when many are struggling. But a flat tax also might plug up the loopholes exploited by many who effectively pay no income tax. But, our economic ills are not likely to be solved by any tax alternative. Let us not divert the fiscal argument to a tax argument when the entitlement cuts need to be on the center stage.