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We request that you stop selling meat from animals raised with routine subtherapeutic doses of antibiotics. Consumers aren't aware of how animals are treated by the industrial farms that supply the meat that you sell. If you care about the health of your customers, the treatment of animals, and negative impacts on the environment, please commit to exclusively purchasing meat from operations where important medicines are only given to heal sick animals.
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Factory farms rely on frequent low doses of antibiotics to cram cattle, hogs, and chickens in unhygienic and unnatural living conditions. By allowing its suppliers to abuse antibiotics simply to...
Factory farms rely on frequent low doses of antibiotics to cram cattle, hogs, and chickens in unhygienic and unnatural living conditions. By allowing its suppliers to abuse antibiotics simply to produce cheap meat, Walmart is supporting the eradication of medically important antibiotics that could save your life—and the lives of your loved ones.
Most Walmart meat suppliers fatten their livestock in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), where tens of thousands of animals are confined inside cramped and stressful conditions to maximize productivity and profits. Keeping so many animals in such close contact provides the perfect breeding ground for some very dangerous diseases to develop and mutate.
Instead of taking steps to improve living conditions, factory farms feed their animals low doses of non-medically necessary antibiotics. Drugs are added in feed or water—whether or not animals are sick and need them. The United States uses more antibiotics per pound of meat produced than any other nation.
Routine exposure to small doses of antibiotics eventually make disease organisms like E. coli and Salmonella resistant to the drugs. What's worse, these are the same types of drugs necessary to treat people when they are sick. If we are then exposed to these new antibiotic-resistant "superbugs," there's a real risk the drugs we previously relied on to kill the disease will no longer work. This means if you get sick, antibiotics might no longer make you better, and we're seeing this happen already.
Doctors and public health experts are already calling the rise of superbugs, and the end of effective antibiotics, a critical public health crisis. According to a new report from the Center for Disease Control, "much of antibiotic use in animals is unnecessary and inappropriate and makes everyone less safe." We're calling on Walmart to end this abuse by ensuring its meat suppliers only use antibiotics to treat sick and injured animals.
Walmart proudly states that it has quality standards that are verified across the globe. As the nation's largest retailer, Walmart could end the indiscriminate abuse of antibiotics on factory farms with one stroke of the pen. But they won't do it unless we all demand it. Please sign this petition and call on Walmart to safeguard these critical drugs. The future health of our planet and of ourselves is at stake.


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ESA astronaut returns to Earth with Columbus lab experiment
ESA PR 22-2009. Space Shuttle Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, at 02:53 CEST (on 12 September) completing all objectives of the 14-day STS-128 mission to the International Space Station.
Discovery undocked from the orbital outpost at 21:26 CEST (19:26 UT) on Tuesday 8 September and safely brought back to Earth her crew of seven – including European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang of Sweden – and a precious cargo, ESA's European Technology Exposure Facility (EuTEF) which has spent one and a half years in space.
During his Alissé mission, Christer Fuglesang played a crucial role in most of the tasks performed by the STS-128 crew on the ISS. The Swedish astronaut participated in two extravehicular activities (EVA), logging 13 hours 40 minutes outside the Station. With NASA astronaut John 'Danny' Olivas, he removed and replaced a depleted ammonia tank. Fuglesang thereby set a new record, as the 800-kg replacement tank was the heaviest object ever moved by hand by an ISS spacewalker. On their second spacewalk, Fuglesang and Olivas installed avionics cables and connectors between the Station's truss and the Unity Node 1 module in order to prepare for the docking of the European-built Node 3 module named Tranquility which will be delivered by the STS-130 Shuttle mission in February 2010.
Europe's technology exposure experiment returns
Before this, Fuglesang also supported the mission's first EVA, during which the EuTEF payload package, which had been installed on an external pallet of ESA's Columbus Laboratory module in February 2008, was removed and transferred to Discovery's payload bay. The European Technology Exposure Facility consists of a set of nine experiments that were exposed to the vacuum of space to test materials and equipment, monitor the space environment and take pictures of the Earth below. Throughout its 18 months in space, EuTEF has been under the continuous control of the Erasmus User Support and Operations Centre at the Agency's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Its samples and instruments will now be returned to the science teams for further analysis.
Fuglesang was also in charge of operations related to the Italian-built Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM), which was carried inside the Shuttle's payload bay and transferred to one of the docking ports of the Harmony Node 2 module to deliver goods and equipment to the ISS. The elements that the crew moved from Leonardo into the ISS included further ESA contributions: the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI), which was installed inside Japan's Kibo laboratory module to store experiment samples over long periods at very low temperatures; and the Materials Science Laboratory (MSL), the first materials science research rack on the ISS which has since been installed in the U.S. Destiny Laboratory.
Frank De Winne remains in space
Discovery launched from Kennedy Space Center at 05:59 CEST (03:59 UT) on 29 August and docked with the ISS some 45 hours later. Upon arrival, Christer Fuglesang met up with fellow ESA astronaut Frank De Winne of Belgium, who has been onboard since late May as a permanent-crewmember under his own OasISS long-duration mission. De Winne remained on the ISS when the STS-128 crew left after nine days of joint operations. In October he will take over as ISS Commander – a first for an ESA astronaut.
Christer Fuglesang has now completed two Space Shuttle flights and spent over 26 days in space, including 32 hours of EVA which make him the most experienced spacewalker among ESA's astronauts.
Fuglesang is the fourth ESA astronaut to have worked onboard the ISS since Europe's Columbus Laboratory was installed 18 months ago. Frank De Winne is scheduled to return to Earth in November. Next in line to fly to the International Space Station is Roberto Vittori of Italy who will participate in the STS-134 mission in July or September 2010 to deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS). Paolo Nespoli also of Italy and André Kuipers of the Netherlands will follow for a six-month flight each as European crewmembers on Expedition 26/27 in 2010/11 and Expedition 30/31 in 2011/12 respectively.

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) has ticked up more than 15.6% since the end of the second quarter, topping the major indexes. And, according to a report released by SNL Financial on Tuesday, the investor's stakes in U.S financial services firms has a lot to do with this stellar performance.
From July 1 to Nov. 21, for instance, the value of Berkshire's U.S. financial services portfolio was $42.7 billion, an increase of about $5.8 billion, or 15.6%, since the end of the second quarter. Year to date, Berkshire Hathaway has improved about 30%.
That puts its 2013 performance just slightly below that of its new holdings in Goldman Sachs (GS) and slightly above its older interest in Wells Fargo (WFC). And Berkshire, GS and WFC are outperforming both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones so far this year.
That performance is somewhat ironic given the latest earnings news. In the third quarter, Goldman Sachs' net income was basically flat, ticking up just 1% to $1.52 billion, or $2.88 a share, vs. $1.51 billion, or $2.85, a year ago. These results beat estimates, but net revenue fell way short of expectations.
It ranked 11 out of 13 on ThinkAdvisor's latest list of 13 best and worst broker-dealers.
Wells Fargo came in ninth. Its net income rose 13% year over year in the third quarter, but it had a 42% drop in its mortgage banking income. It made $80 billion in home loans, down from $139 billion last year, and mortgage.
SNL Financial says Berkshire's streak of gathering shares in WFC came to an end in the third quarter, after nine consecutive quarters of accumulations. Still, Wells represents the biggest stake in the portfolio, at 21%.
During the third quarter, Buffett received some 13.1 million shares of Goldman Sachs, valued at more than $2 billion, or a 2.88% stake in the broker-dealer in a cashless transaction, according to the research group, as part of a warrant agreement made during the financial crisis.
The deal gave Berkshire the right to buy 43.5 million shares at an exercise price of $115 per share or $5 billion in total. Plus, an amended agreement allowed Buffett to redeem the warrants for shares of Goldman at a value equal to the difference between the exercise price and the average closing price in the 10 trading days leading up to Oct. 1.
"All told, Berkshire's U.S. financial institutions portfolio composed nearly 46% of its total stock portfolio, which was worth close to $94 billion," SNL noted.
For those looking to invest like Buffett but with a less concentrated portfolio of financial stocks, the Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF) is up 31% year to date, very close to the performance of Goldman and Wells. From July 1 to Nov. 21, however, it didn't keep up with Berkshire's financial holdings and improved just 9.8%.


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TORONTO — Like any couple tying the knot, Caroline and Randy Gold had a long to-do list before walking down the aisle. Aside from the typical items, it included one that is particular to Ashkenazi Jews: genetic testing.
With one in five a carrier of Jewish genetic diseases, the couple decided to asking their doctors for comprehensive screenings. Randy got tested for two diseases, Caroline for eight. What the doctors missed would soon prove life-changing.
They had a healthy boy, Nathaniel, in 2006, and then a second child, Eden, two years later. But shortly after their beautiful daughter's arrival, something didn't seem quite right. She wasn't meeting her milestones, wasn't rolling over, couldn't sit up and her eyes were crossed. Their pediatrician reassured them, but parents have a sense about these things.
A few months later, the Golds met with a neurologist who did an MRI and called them later that night with the results. "We knew when the phone rang at 9:30, it wasn't good," recalls Caroline, repeating the specialist's words as though spoken yesterday, "I don't know what it is," he said, "but it's really bad and you guys need to be prepared for the worst."
A geneticist conducted further tests but found nothing. He then suggested they do one more, for a rare Jewish genetic disease. The Golds dismissed it at first, assuring the doctor they'd already been screened. No matter. On Aug. 25, 2009, Eden was formally diagnosed with mucolipidosis Type 4 (ML4), a progressive and debilitating neurological disorder beginning in infancy with various symptoms, such as muscle weakness, intellectual disabilities and retinal degeneration, and resulting in a shortened lifespan.
The news was gut-wrenching. "All our hopes and dreams for our girl flashed in front of our eyes," says Randy. "We spent a month or two trying to figure out what to do with the rest of our lives."
It would prove a seminal moment. For what they would choose to do next would not only affect their world, it would prove transformative on a much grander scale.
While many couples similarly challenged, understandably succumb to feelings of helplessness, the Golds were moved by something else entirely: a sense of duty. "We decided we had a responsibility that allowed us – required us even – to make sure that this didn't happen to another family," states Randy emphatically, his voice rising with emotion.
He and Caroline thought they were "covered" when they elected to be screened. They did the right thing, acted responsibly. Problem was, their doctors didn't know enough about testing. And it's actually a common, way too common, story. If they were knowledgeable – and very few are unfortunately – they'd have known to test for all Jewish genetic diseases, a number that is ever-growing. They would also have advised the Golds to update their tests, even after having their first healthy child. Sound extreme? Consider this: there are currently 19 known Jewish genetic diseases. The year Caroline and Randy married, it was 16. Two years before that, it was even fewer.
The Golds realized a desperate need for education existed. So, with funding from the Marcus Foundation in Atlanta and professional support from the Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases in Philadelphia, the Golds founded Jewish Gene Screen, an organization that creates awareness about genetic screening among doctors, rabbis and the community at large, as well as offering screening and counselling year-round.
Randy is also busy on the speaker's circuit, imploring communities and their leaders to take control of their health care. "Jewish genetic diseases is an issue we can absolutely solve, if everyone works together," he says.
Having just completed its pilot year, the organization – currently based in the Golds' hometown of Atlanta – is about to spread its wings across the United States and beyond. And if year one is any indication – screenings increased by more than 400 per cent and test fees were reduced from $5,000 to $500 – the Golds' mission is well on its way.
Their efforts are not going unnoticed. Randy recently became a Jewish Community Hero, a title given by Jewish Federations of North America to honour people who make a difference in their communities. But, even more importantly, the couple is winning over hearts and minds as their public commitment, born of personal pain, is fuelling change as yet unforeseen.
For Caroline, inaction was simply unthinkable. Turning four in January, Eden is now in preschool, has a full-time special-needs therapist and is receiving a host of therapy treatments, including physical, occupation, speech and vision. The road ahead will be challenging.
"If I ever knew that it happened to someone else because they weren't properly educated, I would not be able to live with myself," says Caroline. And besides, "we didn't want Eden's life to be in vain," she adds. "It's actually Eden who's saving lives, and if that's her purpose, there's no more noble a life."
For more information, visit www.jewishgenescreen.org and www.ml4.org.


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Last Thursday's girls tennis match between host Germantown Friends School and neighboring Penn Charter took more than three hours to complete, but it didn't take that long to learn the outcome.
The GFS Tigers won each of the first five bouts to finish up, sweeping the singles flights and capturing the second and third doubles contests. The visiting Quakers felt a little better by the end of the affair, prevailing in the first and fourth doubles matches to fashion a final team score of 5-2 (in favor of Germantown Friends).
The Tigers, who had won their official season opener against Germantown Academy (3-2), improved to 2-0 with last Thursday's outcome, while Charter came away 2-1. Previously, PC had overwhelmed Archbishop Ryan, and had won a closer encounter against Abington Friends School, 4-3.
The Quakers have most of their top talent back from last year, but lost some depth with the graduation of five seniors back in June.
GFS only graduated two full-time starters, but suffered a much more significant loss when one star player who is still only a sophomore opted not to rejoin the school team. Joanna Booth, a highly-ranked player in the USTA Middle States section and the Friends Schools League individual champion last fall, is focusing on individual training and on participating in junior tournaments this year, so GFS lost a valuable number one player.
The Tigers were undefeated team champions in the FSL in 2011, and there is a lot of interest in the tennis program at the school. As host of last Thursday's clash, Germantown could've conducted the match in the FSL's three-singles, two-doubles format, but with a deep roster, the Tigers played PC in the three/four alignment used by the Girls Inter-Ac League and by the PIAA.
At the start of Penn Charter's 2011 season Margaux Losty, then a sophomore, was playing first singles and rising eighth-grade talent Danielle Yampolsky was in the second spot, but as the 2012 campaign gets underway these two athletes have switched places.
With Booth out of the line-up for GFS, former number two Olivia Fiechter has bumped up to first singles for her junior season. A member of the U.S. Junior National Team in squash, Feichter has received little formal training in tennis, but her hand-eye coordination, stamina, and overall athletic ability make her a formidable opponent.
In an encounter with many long points, she overcame PC's Yampolsky last week in a pair of 6-3 sets. At number two, PC's Losty was facing the Tigers' Anna Bezahler, a senior who has moved up from the third singles position she played in 2011. Bezahler prevailed, 6-4, 6-4, and a singles sweep for the home team was completed by junior Emma Clark, who won the third match, 6-2, 6-1, over Charter sophomore Rebecca John.
Germantown now needed just one win at doubles to clinch the team victory, and both the second and third tandems came through. The second doubles duo for the Tigers featured two players who are new to the varsity line-up this fall, junior Nicoline Arlet and freshman Sophie Bunson. They took the first set at 6-2, but had to work harder to capture the second stage, eventually grinding out a 7-5 win over Quakers sophomore Emily Barkann and freshman Paige Hodges.
Four seasoned players participated in third doubles action, where seniors Ameena McKnight and Savannah Smith of the host team topped PC senior Carly Stern and junior Liza Gendler, 6-3, 6-4.
The encounter ended with Penn Charter winning two long doubles contests to make the final team score a tad less lopsided.
In the top flight, seniors Erin Lo and Ryann Shaffer of the Quakers split sets with their hosts, senior Lauren Shinn and junior Hannah Ceisler. With the first hints of sunset starting to encroach on the courts, a super tiebreaker was played instead of a full third set, with Lo and Shaffer pulling out a 10-7 win to clinch the match.
A few minutes later, a fourth doubles bout involving four seniors wrapped up. Here, Penn Charter's Jess Drossner (best known as a softball pitcher) and Michelle Gross won 6-4, 6-2 over Eliza Daeschler and Anna Sacks of Germantown Friends.


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34 th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum Plymouth State University Plymouth, NH, USA Friday and Saturday April 19 -20, 2013 Call for Papers and Sessions "Travel, Contact, Exchange" Keynote speaker: David Simon, Art History, Colby College We invite abstracts in medieval and Early Modern studies that consider how travel, contact, and exchange functioned in personal, political, religious, and aesthetic realms. * How, when, where, and why did cultural exchange happen? * What are the roles of storytelling or souvenirs in experiences of pilgrimage or Crusade? * What is exchanged, lost, or left behind in moments of contact? * How do such moments of contact and exchange hold meaning today ? Papers need not be confined to the theme but may cover many aspects of medieval and Renaissance life, literature, languages, art, philosophy, theology, history and music. Students, faculty, and independent scholars are welcome. Undergraduate student papers or sessions require faculty sponsorship. This year's keynote speaker is David L. Simon. He is Jetté Professor of Art at Colby College, where he has received the Basset Award for excellence in teaching. He holds graduate degrees from Boston University and the Courtauld Institute of Art of the University of London. Among his publications are the catalogue of Spanish and southern French Romanesque sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cloisters and studies on Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Aragon and Navarra, Spain. He is co-author of recent editions of Janson's History of Art: The Western Tradition and Janson's Basic History of Western Art. Since 2007 he has co-directed an annual summer course and conference on Romanesque art for the University of Zaragoza, Spain. For more information visit www.plymouth.edu/medieval Please submit abstracts and full contact information to Dr. Karolyn Kinane, Director or Jini Rae Sparkman, Assistant Director: email@example.com . Abstract deadline: Monday January 14, 2013 Presenters and early registration: March 15, 2013 --
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Almost like a celebrity on a red carpet, food waste has begun to receive significant attention within the foodservice industry. This has occurred, in part, as a result of increased interest in foodservice sustainability and early regulatory requirements to remove food waste from landfills in places like Seattle and San Francisco.
With the spotlight shining bright, many foodservice operators feel motivated to implement solutions. However, just as any bright light can be temporarily blinding, our industry has developed several food waste blind spots. By focusing in the wrong areas, we miss major financial and environmental opportunities. Fortunately, these blind spots disappear quickly once your eyes adjust to the full range of strategies available to combat food waste.
A Global Problem of Breathtaking Scope
Just how large of a problem is food waste? There are numerous estimates, but they all suggest between 30 percent and 40 percent of the food we produce becomes waste somewhere in the supply chain from production to consumption. Globally, this represents 2.6 trillion pounds of food waste according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The respected global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company recently published a report identifying economic opportunities linked to more productive use of natural resources. McKinsey ranked 130 resource inefficiency areas and concluded food waste represents the third largest economic opportunity globally, amounting to $252 billion dollars. Focusing just on the U.S. out-of-home restaurant and foodservice industry, LeanPath estimates between $8 billion and $20 billion of waste occurs at the pre-consumer level — this includes losses before food ever reaches a guest, including overproduction, spoilage, expiration and trimmings.
The Food Cost Conundrum
Food costs have increased 42 percent during the last ten years according to the U.S. Producer Price Index for finished consumer foods. Much of this increase occurred in recent years, placing intense pressure on foodservice operators. While food costs will always fluctuate, we're likely to continue operating in a high food cost environment for the long-term. The reasons for this are vast, including the increasing global demand for protein-heavy American diets, deceleration of crop yield growth, high cost of petroleum inputs, scarcity in certain livestock populations, population growth and climate change impacts. Foodservice operators will have to find a way to not only survive but thrive in this high-cost environment.
Many foodservice operators may approach this problem by finding offsetting and painful cost reductions, raising prices despite a sluggish economy, or accepting lower profitability. None of these options are desirable, because they all involve a reduction in value to either the customer or the operator.
Which brings us to the first industry blind spot: food waste kills foodservice operators' bottom lines more than many recognize, and this destruction only increases as food costs rise. LeanPath data shows between 4 percent and 10 percent of the food operators purchase becomes pre-consumer food waste, which is highly preventable in many cases. Just imagine 4 percent to 10 percent of the gas you purchase leaking out onto the road before your car moves an inch. If operators reduce this pre-consumer food waste, they would pull dollars out of the garbage and put them back into their businesses in the form of cost offsets, higher profits, higher quality menu offerings, and promotional efforts to drive revenue. While this may be clear to many, the industry conversation about food cost control during these tough times focuses heavily on menu adjustments, purchasing contracts, portion sizes, and other painful actions.
Food waste represents one of the easiest areas to obtain savings because it provides a leveraged return: when we waste food, we pay three times for each item. First, we pay for the food itself: raw, processed or finished goods. We pay a second time with operating expenses on labor and utilities, all needed to receive, hold, prepare, cook, serve, clean up and pay bills linked to food waste. Finally, we pay a third time for a garbage or compost hauler to take the item away. Food waste is the lowest hanging fruit on the food cost control tree.
Right Problem, Flawed Solutions
Whether for reasons of sustainability, regulatory pressure or cost control, many operators want to do something about food waste. They often focus first on tangible and visible food waste options like composting and on-site processing equipment. Composting is a valuable activity which produces a useful soil amendment and closes the loop from farm to table back to the farm. On-site processing solutions can reduce hauling costs. Both of these activities divert food waste from landfills, but neither packs the most powerful punch. For that, we need to consult the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's food waste recovery hierarchy. It organizes and prioritizes various food waste strategies and clearly states that source reduction represents the most effective solution to eliminating food waste. Yet source reduction — which is synonymous with prevention, reduction and waste minimization — is neither visible nor tangible, and often overlooked.
Food waste prevention represents the second major industry blind spot. The enthusiasm about diversion activities has drawn attention from the most effective solution. Many operators deserve credit for working on the food waste challenge, but they may define diversion as success, which is a highly flawed solution. As the late environmental scientist Donella Meadows cautioned, "Be especially careful not to confuse effort with result or you will end up with a system that is producing effort, not result."
If we focus solely on diversion, it's a lot like ignoring a broken, gushing pipe in your kitchen while setting to work mopping up the water. We will never make progress with that approach, always dealing with the symptoms of food waste rather than the underlying causes. Worse, we only have room for a limited number of programs, so a diversion program can consume all the resources, leaving nothing for a higher-value prevention effort.
How to Win the Food Waste Battle
For those who see the value of food waste to control costs and for those who prioritize prevention above diversion, there remains a third blind spot to consider: waste prevention. Operators know they can resolve most food waste issues by working to change processes, people, products or equipment. These adjustments should positively influence future behavior. But how do we prevent food waste? What tools and methods exist beyond the chef "keeping a close eye" on the problem? Some operators will conclude there's no systemic answer, and they may consign themselves to a world with too much food waste. Fortunately, hope should not be lost. There are two major ways to prevent food waste.
The first waste prevention strategy involves culture change, since work culture can overwhelm and stymie even the most enlightened new idea. Many foodservice employees believe that food waste signifies poor performance or incompetence. They worry that food waste reflects poorly on them, and as a result the work culture suppresses discussion of waste out of fear. Without open and transparent discussion, it's impossible to reduce pre-consumer food waste. De-stigmatizing food waste represents the first step toward a more realistic and productive work culture. Publicly communicate that food waste is undesirable, but that every operation struggles with it and the best operations do so candidly. Reinforce that management understands that no employee wants to waste food and that anyone talking about food waste (even things they prepared) is part of an important improvement process. Keep it positive, and make sure all managers walk this talk. With this foundation, you can begin to dig deeper into the problem with support from your team.
The second waste prevention strategy involves data. Pre-consumer food waste reduction relies on data. With accurate, detailed information you can diagnose problems, set a baseline, compare your progress and engage your team in the effort. To get this data, you need to implement a daily pre-consumer food waste tracking protocol, using either automated food waste tracking systems or manual paper processes. Done correctly, this will not add labor costs and it will give you the power to manage food waste prevention efforts every day. The Basic Law of Food Waste Tracking is this: You must track sufficient detail to be able to drive behavior change. At a minimum, this usually means tracking 1) what food was discarded, 2) how much was lost, and 3) why it was lost (e.g. overproduction, spoilage, expiration, trim waste).
With that data in hand, you can raise awareness of the problem areas while setting very specific goals for improvement, e.g., we will reduce the number of wasted pizza slices by 75 percent within one week. For example, you may find a consistent gap between your forecasted pizza production and actual production. Perhaps a staff member pads production levels by five pizzas to avoid running out, never realizing the manager already included three extra pizzas in the forecast to be safe. Your ongoing tracking will help identify this issue, focus employee behavior on the correct action, and show how behavior changes as you work to meet the goal.
While many operators will be able to avoid these blind spots altogether, it's helpful to remember they exist and consciously build them into your plans. Target food waste as the first step toward food cost control. Always emphasize prevention above diversion. And confidently pursue prevention through a combination of culture change and data-driven problem solving. With these approaches, you will save significant dollars, help the environment and strengthen your operation.


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Posted by Smokey Stover on May 10, 2006
In Reply to: Lay of the land posted by Victoria S Dennis on May 10, 2006
: : lay of the land. What does it mean?
: Nothing. However, there is a phrase "the lie of the land", which means (literally) "the shape of the physical landscape" and (figuratively) "the situation"
And rightly or wrongly (I think rightly) people have been using "the lay of the land" to mean pretty much the same thing for a long time. Permit me to cite my favorite bedtime reading, the Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. lay. "7. a. The way, position, or direction in which something is laid or lies (esp. said of country); disposition or arrangement with respect to something. (Cf. LIE n.)
1819 Sporting Mag. V. 50 The correctness of their [dogs'] judgment on the lay of the country. 1851 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XII. II. 647 Where the corn has a decided lean in one direction, the machine, if worked against the lay of the straw, meets with the requisite resistance. 1864 THOREAU Maine W. iii. 163, I did not know the exact route myself, but steered by the lay of the land. . " SS
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Super Street Fighter 4 Character Strategies[edit]
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Fighter Overview
Bison's a tough fight for a lot of characters as he's got both a solid pressure game and good keep-away tactics. Solid pokes and a safe Double Knee Press are good up close, and his teleport and Devil Reverse are good for avoiding the opponent to either waste time or stop a momentum shift in favor of Bison's opponent. He does good damage, takes damage well, and has one of the biggest jumps in the game.
His best pressure moves are his s.MK and s.HK, both of which have good range and speed. Press forward with s.MK while also poking low. When you get just outside of s.MK's range, switch to s.HK which has a bit more reach on it and is almost just as fast. In fact. Bison's s.HK is outstandingly quick for such a strong, rangy move. Abuse it. It'll beat a lot of attacks that you'd think should be faster, and even connects with crouching opponents. And to further close the gap, use Bison's LK Double Knee Press ( charge + LK ) and deal some chip in the process. The move is basically safe and is quick enough to stuff a lot of counter attempts from the opponent.
When an opponent is zoning you out of poke range with projectiles, you've got some options. You can use Focus Attacks to absorb the shots and build your ultra meter, and then burn time with Devil Reverse ( charge + P ) attacks purposely whiffed at the far end of the screen to hop over projectiles. The Devil Reverse looks a lot like the Head Press ( charge + K ) on startup, and a lot of opponents will instinctively go for a mean anti-air as soon as they see Bison go airborne. Use the Devil Reverse to fake the Head Press stomp, bait the opponent into the big anti-air (like a Shoryuken), and you can attempt a counter. When you get ready for an offensive, take advantage of Bison's massive leap. He can jump pretty far and land a cross-up j.HK for an easy combo into a Knee Press or even super.
Use Bison's s.HK as an anti-air when you've got some space, but if the opponent is right above you you'll need to use an EX attack to gain some invincibility. Bison's EX Head Press is good for the job as you wake up, as you'll pass through any incoming meaty attacks and immediately stomp on the opponent's head for trying. His EX Psycho Crusher ( charge + PP ) is similarly good for escaping bad situations. And while his EX Knee Press doesn't have anti-air uses, it is good for passing through fireballs to shift momentum in Bison's favor.
j.HK ( cross up ) c.LP c.LP c.MK xx charge + MK
A good example of how to capitalize on Bison's excellent cross-up. The j.HK causes lots of hit stun for a cross-up, so comboing the c.LPs afterward isn't a challenge. Nail the three-hit link down and you can easily cancel into a Knee Press which can, in turn, even be canceled into a super combo if you've got the meter.
j.MP xx j.MP charge + KKK
This is the primary setup for Bison's ultra. Use his j.MP xx j.MP target combo as an anti-air, knocking the opponent out of a jump. Start charging immediately and you'll land first, letting Bison pull out the ultra and catch the falling opponent.
MP + MK s.HP xx charge + HK xx charge + K
A lot of the top Japanese players we've seen playing as Bison use lots of Focus Attacks and this is a solid, easy way to capitalize on a connected Focus Attack, provided you've got a full super meter. We won't blame you if you don't.
Moves List
( special )
charge + P
Psycho Crusher - It's fast and does good damage, but it leaves Bison pretty vulnerable when blocked. We suggest only using Psycho Crusher in combos when it's a guaranteed hit, or when using the EX version to get away from an aggressive opponent up close. It does do solid chip damage, so it's not a bad move near the end of a match for the final bit of health.
( special )
charge + K
Double Knee Press - Probably Bison's best move. Use the LK Knee Press as general pressure and it's largely safe. It acts similar to Psycho Crusher but doesn't have the massive vulnerability of the latter move.
( special )
charge + K
Head Press - It has surprisingly good priority in air-to-air clashes, beating out a lot of attacks you wouldn't think it'd beat (like Sagat's Tiger uppercut). The EX version is especially good as an anti-air, as Bison will pass through an incoming meaty jump-in and stomp the opponent for his/her trouble.
( special )
charge + P
Devil Reverse - Looks like the Head Press at the beginning, so you can bait opponents into trying to anti-air Bison and then immediately flip out of the forward jump and either retreat to the back of the screen or go for a hit. Can also use the jump to cross the screen and never activate the air punch in order to land next to the opponent and go for a grab.
( special )
or + PPP or KKK
Bison Warp - The invincibility on the teleport starts instantly, so it's good for dodging full screen fireballs, as well as for putting distance between you and an opponent who's got a momentum advantage. There's a lot of recovery time at the end of the teleport, though, so it's no good for offense. You should basically always be teleporting away from the opponent.
( super combo )
charge + K
Knee Press Nightmare - Has invincibility at startup so you can pass through fireballs and jump-ins. As well, it's easily comboed into. But since Bison sort of needs his EX attacks, it's a bit doubtful you'll get to use his super much.
( ultra combo )
charge + KKK
Nightmare Booster - Has a bit of invincibility at startup, but not much. It's best used after knocking the opponent out of the air with the j.MP xx j.MP target combo.
( ultra combo )
Pyscho Punisher - Bison's new ultra serves as a very effective mixup attack that's especially useful as a meaty. Bison hops a set distance and hits on either side of him. If the hop plants Bison on the back side of the opponent, it's effectively a cross-up. If Bison lands in front, the opponent has to guard normally. Find the specific distance that'll put Bison behind the opponent and execute the ultra in that range. Which way will the opponent have to guard? He'll have to guess.


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There are bonds between siblings, and there are bonds between teammates. Then there are those instances when the two come together.
In recent years the women's and men's tennis teams at Ithaca College have included two pairs of sibling athletes, each with different perspectives on competition. The Nunez sisters, Melissa '11 and Cristina '13, played together on the women's team between 2009 and 2011, and the Levine brothers, Dan '12 and Justin '15, shared two seasons on the men's team between 2011 and 2013. Despite their familial bonds, they each have their own way of navigating the waters between sibling and teammate.
For Cristina, becoming her sister's teammate had less to do with battling for a spot than with assimilating. She says she and Melissa have always been comfortable together, which made the transition to competing as teammates much easier.
"She helped me feel like a part of the team," Cristina says.
Soon after her arrival on campus, Cristina began playing doubles with her older sister, Melissa, an athletic training major, and the pair combined for 31 doubles wins. When Melissa's collegiate career ended, she held the record for the most wins as a doubles player in Ithaca women's tennis history, a distinction she still holds with 64 victories.
And Cristina, a sport management major, is now the all-time wins leader for the IC women's tennis team. She holds Ithaca's records in overall victories, singles victories, and winning percentage. She has been nationally ranked in singles by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
This past summer on the sidelines at the U.S. Open, Cristina worked as a line judge and a chair umpire. Her job consisted of calling lines, dealing with conflicts between players, and administering code violations.
For Dan and Justin, competition has always been a part of their relationship.
"Being the younger sibling, I always wanted to win everything, whether it was video games, Ping Pong, basketball, or anything else," says Justin, a business administration major.
Dan, a sport media major, was first to take up tennis and was ranked first on their high school team while Justin was second, but at some point they became more evenly matched.
"It was always tough to lose to Dan," he says. "But without him, it's hard to imagine where I'd be with my tennis."


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I have been to the National Shrine of St. Thérèse in Darien, Ill., several times, and each time there is always something new to see and learn about the Little Flower.
Relics of her life are on prominent display — everything from furniture and clothing to toys (a little teacup) and schoolwork (a well-drawn map of North America), as well as lovely handwritten notes in French. Her first Communion preparation book is also there for the faithful to see.
And now, there is a new addition: Visitors can see a replica of her convent room. The room, dedicated in June, includes originals from Lisieux's Carmelite convent, including the tiles outside Thérèse's door where she walked each day, the door frame and door from her room, plus the window from the chapter room where she professed her vows. The window in her room is also original: She looked out at the Carmel garden through this window more than 100 years ago.
This room was where she wrote her autobiography, Story of a Soul. A small stool with a copy of the manuscript illustrates this point. I was struck by its simplicity when I saw it recently. The space is simple and prayerful — just like its former occupant.
Daily Mass at the shrine is a lovely oasis in the midst of a busy work week; Mass on Thérèse's feast day, Oct. 1, is crowded with faithful coming to honor her.
I especially love the roses etched into the glass doors and rose-adorned windows in the shrine's chapel. They are a beautiful reminder of the saint's dying promise: "I feel that my mission is about to begin, my mission of making others love God as I love him, my mission of teaching my little way to souls. If God answers my requests, my heaven will be spent on earth up until the end of the world. Yes, I want to spend my heaven in doing good on earth."
Thérèse lived in 19th-century France, but her wisdom is so needed in 21st-century America. Serving God in her "little way," doing ordinary things with extraordinary love, is exactly what this world needs more of.
St. Thérèse is the epitome of a life lived out of love for others. She befriended a fellow nun who was often unkind to her because she recognized Christ in that woman. She always did even the littlest things with great love, an example we should all strive to follow. She was a beautiful witness of faith to her family and Carmelite sisters while she was alive, and, since her death in 1897 — 115 years ago this year — she has showered literal and spiritual roses upon many souls, including my family and friends, as well as myself.
Little Flower, pray for us!
Amy Smith is the Register's associate editor.
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Lemon Bars
This is a very delicious Lemon Bars recipe. It has a perfect balance of tart and sweetness. The tart's base is made with shortbread crust and the filling has lots of lemon juice and lemon zest. So, if you like lemon then you will probably want to make these easy lemon bars.
Recipe adapted from The Joy Of Baking
Lemon Bars
(Printable Recipe)
Shortbread Crust
½ Cup (1 Stick) (113 g) Unsalted Butter, room temperature
¼ Cup (25 g) Confectioner's Sugar
1 Cup (130 g) All Purpose Flour
1/8 tsp Sea Salt
Lemon Filling
1 Cup (200 g) Granulated Sugar (I used 180 g)
2 Large Eggs
1/3 Cup (80 ml) Fresh Lemon Juice (approximately 2 large lemons)
1 Tbsp (5 g) Lemon Zest
2 Tbsp (25 g) All Purpose Flour
Confectioner's Sugar
Preheat oven to 350˚F (177˚C) and place the oven rack in the center of the oven. Butter, or spray with a non-stick vegetable oil, an 8 x 8 inch (20 x 20 cm) pan.
Shortbread Crust: In the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the flour and salt and beat until the dough just comes together. Press onto the bottom of the prepared pan and bake for about 20 minutes, or until lightly browner. Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool while you make the filling.
Lemon Filling: In your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the sugar and eggs until nice and smooth. Add the lemon juice and zest and stir to combine. Fold in the flour. Pour the filling over the shortbread crust and bake for about 20 minutes, or until the filling has set. Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool.
To serve: Cut into squares and dust with confectioner's sugar. These are best eaten the day hey are made but can be covered and stored in the refrigerator for a day or two.
Makes 16 (2 inch-5 cm) Bars.
10 comments:
This looks really lemony and delicious! I wish I can have a piece now!ReplyDelete
oh I've tried this recipe before... & yes! they are great!!ReplyDelete
Ooo, yummy! I usually use the Better Homes & Garden (1979 or 1982) Cookie Cookbook recipe, but I'll have to try this one. Your presentation is positively exquisite!ReplyDelete
These look really good. I like lemon pastries that are really sour.ReplyDelete
Those lemons bars look so good! I like the lemon slices on top.ReplyDelete
How lovely! And I'm definitely a lemon fan :-)ReplyDelete
Great treat for spring!ReplyDelete
These? were absolutely delicious. I made a batch at a dinner party, and attempts at hoarding by various individuals were matched by outright thefts by others, and the whole pan was gone without 2 hours.ReplyDelete
I doubled the lemon zest--maybe tripled it, and used just under a cup of sugar. But I love, love, love the taste of tart lemons, and I have a Meyer lemon tree in my backyard. This may be my new favorite recipe for lemon bars. Thanks for sharing it!
I love these..whenever my friends mom makes them, I can't get enough of them.ReplyDelete
She even saves some for me if she knows I'll be coming late to the dinner/event or whatever. Delicious.........
These look yum! I've tried a similar recipe and it was delicious (the results of which can be seen on my blog at www.bakingmakesthingsbetter.com ).ReplyDelete
I love the touch of adding a slice of lemon on top of each piece - cute :)


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By Nathan Petrashek (@npetrashek)
It's been a interesting few days for the Brewers. Injuries to Ryan Braun (oblique), Aramis Ramirez (elbow), and Jean Segura (bat to the face) have left the team shorthanded on the bench, and heavy bullpen use has left it short on relievers, too.
Mercifully, Martin Maldonado returned from a 5-game suspension on Monday, only to find himself pitching on Wednesday in the final inning of a blowout loss to the Cardinals. After an abbreviated start from Matt Garza and another three-inning disaster for the seldom-used Wei-Chung Wang, there really weren't many better options. Most of the high-leverage players had been used the previous two days, and it made no sense to toss them in for mop-up duty. The Wang story has been fun, but instinct tells me it won't last the year.
Yesterday, the Brewers somewhat addressed their reliever crunch by adding Rob Wooten to the mix, but at the outfield's expense. Utility man Elian Herrera was optioned to Nashville, leaving Carlos Gomez and Khris Davis as the Brewers' only true outfielders. Mark Reynolds started in right field in the first game against Cincinnati. If you saw Herrera play right during the Cardinals series, you'll probably agree he wasn't missed much.
Wooten, for his part, was a mess yesterday. He inherited a bases-loaded jam from Jim Henderson, who also gave up a go-ahead two-run Great American shot before departing. Wooten walked the first batter, allowed a two-run single, and hit a batter before recording the final out of the inning. After the smoke cleared, the Reds had scored five in the frame.
Fortunately, Segura and Ramirez both returned to the lineup yesterday. Ramirez went 0-4, picking up right where he left off, but Segura had a pair of hits and a RBI. Braun remains out indefinitely, and my strong suspicion is that he will wind up on the DL tomorrow, when Logan Schafer is likely to be activated.
That doesn't help much for tonight, though, so this afternoon the Brewers placed Henderson on the DL with shoulder inflammation and called up OF Caleb Gindl, who is starting in right tonight. If that seems a little too convenient for you, Disciples of Uecker does note that Henderson was again struggling with his fastball velocity yesterday.
The outfield crunch won't be entirely solved when Schafer returns, as Gomez's appeal of his three-game suspension for the Pittsburgh brouhaha remains pending. Word is that will be heard on or around next Monday (UPDATE: The Brewers say it's Friday), so don't expect lineup consistency any time soon.


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Haskell Humor
Who says functional programmers never have any fun? Here's some of the hoaxes and other funny stuff that's passed over the Haskell mailing list over the years.
- Microsoft takes over Haskell
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According to an article in today's Victoria Times Colonist, the Juan de Fuca Velodrome built for the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria is again in jeopardy of being torn down.
The West Shore Parks and Recreation Society (WSPR) has revived its hopes of locating the stadium next to Bear Mountain Arena by filling in the 1994 Commonwealth Games velodrome.
That plan, however, is drawing criticism from the cycling community, including the Canadian Olympic coach for the 2008 Beijing Summer Games.
In a sense, it's back to the future. The original concept, presented two years ago by the West Shore Economic Development Association to WSPR, was for a soccer/rugby/football stadium where the velodrome now sits in the existing Juan de Fuca sporting complex. Read the entire article at the Times Colonist
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Using recycled materials, Ward Miner designed and constructed two 4-foot by 8-foot solar collectors that likely will cut his heating bill in half in March and April. During December through February, with fewer sunny days, he estimates the solar collectors saved between one-third and one-sixth of his heating bill. The main component of each unit is 300 recycled soda and beer cans.
Much of the push toward energy independence sees solutions through corporate models - from Cash for Clunkers and mega wind farms to incentives for nuclear and "clean" coal. But one lifelong science buff sees a solution in recycled cans.
That notion emerged from the problem-solving mind of Ward Miner, a laid-off tool and dye maker from East Peoria, Ill.
His wife, Niki Miner, said, "We're children of the '60s. We don't trust corporations. We're always looking for ways to be more independent."
By his own estimate, Ward Miner has come up with inventions or improvements that have earned his corporate employers millions.
After open-heart surgery and several strokes, Miner, 61, is currently on disability. He's home, thinking and tinkering. Lately, he's been thinking a lot about the back of his home's unobstructed southern exposure.
Using recycled materials, Miner designed and constructed two 4-foot by 8-foot solar collectors that likely will cut his heating bill in half in March and April. During December through February, with fewer sunny days, he estimates the solar collectors saved between one-third and one-sixth of his heating bill.
Total investment for each unit was about $200, Miner said.
The main component of each unit is 300 recycled soda and beer cans.
"Aluminum cans," his wife called from the next room.
Ward Miner doesn't drink enough beer to generate any significant BTUs, so he recruited beer-drinking friends to donate to the cause.
He cuts out the tops, punches three holes in the bottoms and spray paints the cans using flat black grill paint that withstands temperatures up to 1,200 degrees. The cans are stacked end-to-end forming a continuous 7-foot tube that builds solar heat as the air moves up the column of cans.
Miner, who earned a perfect score on the science portion of his ACT test at Illinois Valley Central High School, said lots of solar panels can get a temperature variance of 60 degrees. He can get a 140-degree variance.
His panels take in air from the basement, which is a constant 60 degrees. The air rises in the columns of aluminum cans as it is heated by the sun. When the air hits 110 degrees, two $30 vent fans kick on and blow heated air into the dining room.
"We've gotten temperatures of 180 degrees rolling into the dining room. I could get 200 degrees," Miner said. "If we know it's going to be a sunny day, we turn off the furnace. The house might get a little warm during the day and a little cool at night, but it's comfortable."
If the dining room is 72 degrees, the living room is about 71 degrees, he said.
Miner calculates that running two electric vent fans costs about $2 a month.
Aesthetically, the panels are not too obtrusive. The black recycled aluminum cans are covered with Plexiglas and mounted on a standard 4-foot by 8-foot sheet of particle board. The sides are covered in white vinyl fascia. The units are mounted on the south-facing rear of the house at a 57-degree angle.
On Dec. 21, the shortest day of the year, the units switched on at 10:30 a.m. and off at 3 p.m., Miner said, noting that by mid-March, the units are on at 8:30 a.m. and switch off at 4:15 p.m.
"The heat is really gentle. No draft," said Niki Miner. "I walk around in socks and a T-shirt, and it's comfortable."
Her husband said, "What really blows my mind is hearing people who purchase solar panels saying they'll get their investment back in 10 years. I got my money back in a couple of months. These units work great. It's free heat using recycled materials."
Equipping a home with commercially produced solar panels can cost thousands of dollars, but those panels generate electricity versus just heat. Federal incentives and reduced prices have shrunk payback time on many units from 22 years to 16 years, according to a recent article in The New York Times.
Miner said snow rarely accumulates on his panels because of the pitch. Since they are at ground level, it's easy to wipe off any snow that does happen to build up, but generally solar heat melts any accumulated snow, he said. He considers the panels virtually maintenance-free.
"Sometimes we go all day without using the furnace. Once this house heats up, it retains heat," Miner said. "On the coldest day, it was 7 degrees outside, and I was getting 145-degree air coming into the house."
Miner is pondering the coming hot days of summer.
"I think we can reverse this. We can pull cool air from the basement and blow it into the dining room," he said. "This thing really blows my mind. The crazy thing is, it's just old aluminum cans."
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The Flyers beat the Penguins in the first round of the playoffs last year, yet it wasn't as simple as that. The teams combined for 56 goals, hundreds of penalty minutes, and multiple suspensions. It was simultaneously the ugliest and most entertaining playoff series in recent member. But the Flyers did win it.
So why is NBC, in this promo for an opening day rematch, teasing that "the Flyers have their sights set on revenge for last season's playoff loss to Pitt?"
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., (March 26, 2011) – ABC Financial Services, the leading provider of software and billing in the Health and Fitness Industry, announced today several feature upgrades to its DataTrak software.
"ABC prides itself on being the industry leader in software. Our clients deserve the best and the latest in software and that is what ABC Financial provides, and these enhancements further solidify that position," said Steve Ayers, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
Software updates include:
1. Kiosks – A freestanding in-club kiosk makes membership registration easy. Members can sign themselves up or be guided by an employee. Mountable touch screen kiosks make it easy for members to check in for group classes with a direct key tag swipe or phone number.
2. Dashboard - Loss prevention, multi-club aggregation, plus all new graphs and charts for trend analysis and agreement sources. This is the fastest, most flexible, and most customizable dashboard on the market.
3. The Bioscrypt Biometric Device - Contains member information such as ID and fingerprint definition and is stored in a Bioscrypt template that can hold up to 3550 templates or members. A much safer door access solution, a biometric can't be stolen, misplaced, forgotten or copied. Biometric solutions use what a person is, rather than what they know or carry for identification purposes, making it more secure and convenient than other previous authentication methods. The fact that biometrics require the presence of the person being authenticated greatly reduces the risk of fraud. Plus, this means no more borrowed cards!
4. Smart Phone Check In – Using widely available phone apps, members can take a picture of their key tag and then use their phone to check in instead of keeping up with the actual key tag.
About ABC Financial Established in 1981, ABC Financial is the nation's premier provider of billing services, club management software and membership marketing solutions to the fitness club industry. Headquartered in the Little Rock, Arkansas area, ABC Financial serves approximately 3,000 fitness clubs with approximately two million members nationwide. The company's industry-leading club management software, DataTrak, is the most complete web-based software in the health and fitness industry. Contact us at abcfinancial.com or 800.551.9733


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After a while of waiting and watching and trying to think of a better bug report, one that might get a response, and failing, I got a response.
You can't install the module because File::Find can not recurse directories on the file system that is in use by Ubuntu on Windows. The solution is to edit Config.pm: sudo vi /usr/lib/perl/5.18.2/Config.pm Set dont_use_nlink to 'define': dont_use_nlink => 'define', Now it's possible to install all modules you want! (this is a dupliceate of #186)
I haven't made this change yet. I am loathe to change core modules like that, although I have done so in the past. Because I have done so in the past, and it ended up stupid. But I will likely do it.
I was mentally throwing it to the kernel, but was wrong, which is interesting. Makes me think that, rather than running Ubuntu on Windows, doing something with Vagrant might be the better plan.


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DENVER – Great Outdoors Colorado, which invests state lottery revenues in outdoor recreation, land conservation and wildlife, will bring its statewide listening tour to Lamar to gather input for its 2015 strategic plan.
The Lamar event — one of 14 interactive sessions planned in communities from Silverthorne and Pueblo and Sterling to Grand Junction — is set for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tue., Aug. 19 at Lamar Recreation Center.
There will be Spanish translation, refreshments and door prizes. For more information and to RSVP, visit goco.org/strategicplan.
The public is invited to help GOCO set funding priorities for the next five to 10 years for Colorado's parks, trails, wildlife, rivers, and open spaces.
Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) invests a portion of Colorado Lottery proceeds to help preserve and enhance the state's parks, trails, wildlife, rivers and open spaces. GOCO's independent board awards competitive grants to local governments and land trusts, and makes investments through Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
Created by voters in 1992, GOCO has funded more than 3,500 projects in all 64 counties without any tax dollar support. The grants are funded by GOCO's share of Colorado Lottery revenues, which are divided between GOCO, CPW, the Conservation Trust Fund and school construction.
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HistoryFulton County was formed from DeKalb County in 1853, and then consolidated with Milton and Campbell Counties in 1932. That's why it has such an unusual, elongated shape. Of Georgia's 159 counties, Fulton County was the 144th to be created.
The Fulton name honors Robert Fulton, the inventor who built the Clermont, the first commercially successful steamboat, in 1807.
Natural Resources Fulton County lies in north-central Georgia in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. The warm southern climate produces plentiful hardwood and pine forests, making the area a beautiful place to live.
Fulton County encompasses 528.7 square miles, and stretches over 70 miles from one end to the other. North Fulton includes the cities of Sandy Springs, Alpharetta, Roswell, and Mountain Park. South Fulton includes the suburban cities of College Park, East Point, Fairburn, Hapeville, Palmetto, City of South Fulton and Union City. The City of Atlanta lies between them.
The Chattahoochee River, the source of drinking water for most of Fulton County, is one of the smallest water sources in the country relative to the size of the population it supports. The "Hooch" runs out of the north Georgia mountains, bringing with it plentiful trout. For more information on Fulton County, click here.
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Fulton County Snapshot (Georgia Department of Community Affairs)
The New Georgia Encyclopedia: Fulton County
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Monopoly, the game that has ended friendships and started family feuds that last generations, is changing.
If you've ever played Monopoly at anyone else's house but your own, you know that every human has special rules when they play the board game, known as "house rules." When you go to your aunt's house, does she insist you can't collect rent from other players when you're on the jail square? Or maybe your best friend has a rule about rolling snake eyes that leads to a big cash payout. And if your neighbor makes you take off an article of clothing every time you pass Go, you should probably never go back there ever again.
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Well, after toy maker Hasbro did a survey that revealed that 68 percent of Monopoly players have never actually read the official rules and 49 percent make up their own for the game, they decided to add some of the more popular house rules to the official gameplay guide. Which ones will make it to the booklet? That, dear Monopoly players, is actually up to you.
Starting Wednesday and going through April 3, the Monopoly Facebook page will host an open debate over 10 house rules that are in the running to be added to the official rules. Fans can come to the page and argue over which gameplay rules should be added and which ones should be left out. The top house rules that everyone can agree on will go into effect this fall when Hasbro releases a special Monopoly: House Rules Edition board game. And in 2015, the new rules will be added to the classic Monopoly game.
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"The Monopoly brand has been has been a pop culture phenomenon for nearly 80 years and "House Rules" have become an important part of the story of the brand," Jonathan Berkowitz, vice president of marketing at Hasbro said in a statement. "We know Monopoly fans have been using House Rules for generations to make the game their own, so we wanted to give them the chance to help us identify the most popular 'House Rules' from around the world to incorporate into the game."
The house rules that will be up for debate are:
1. Free Parking, Fast Cash: All taxes and fees will be collected in the middle of the game board, if you land on Free Parking, it's your lucky day: collect all the money from the middle of the board.
2. Dash for the Cash: Landed on Go! Amazing, you get to double your salary - 400M dollars instead of 200M Dollars.
3. Frozen Assets Rule: When in jail, a player cannot collect any rent money from other players. Sorry about your luck.
4. Lucky Roller: Did you just Roll Snake Eyes (double one's)... odds are in your favor, collect 500M Dollars.
5. 3's a Crowd: Are there 3 players in a row on 3 unique properties? Well done, each player gets an extra 500M Dollars.
6. Cash Advance: Don't have enough to buy Boardwalk? With this House Rule, players can make loans between each other to co-own properties. Who collects rent money? That's determined amongst the new property owners!
7. Break The Bank: At the start of the game, leave half the money in the bank. Then mix up the other half of the money in the center of a board. On the count of 3 every player grabs what they can! Free For All!
8. Mum's the Word: Mum always gets out of jail free. Always. No questions asked. She's just that special.
9. See the Sights: Players must travel around the board one complete time before they can begin buying properties. Hurry up and get to GO before everyone else!
10. Property Boom: Anxious to begin building? We hear you- with this rule, players do not have to own a complete set of properties before they start to build houses.
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Morenci's police union contract is set to expire June 30, but talks between the city and the association have yet to begin.
Keith Pennington, chair of city council's Finance and Legal committee, told council members Monday that no action has started on negotiations.
"We have not been given any dates from their rep to negotiate the contract," he said.
Pennington said the city has tried to get activity underway for the past three months.
The union has now asked for a 30-day extension to the contract, but Pennington suggested it should be denied due to lack of activity. Council members unanimously agreed.
"Hopefully we'll see some correspondence," Pennington said.
He expects that full-time and part-time officers would continue to work without a contract but under the terms of the old contract after it expires.
TOWER—Pennington reported that SBA Communications reneged on an agreement to buy 0.75 acres of land from the city for $69,000.
The company currently leases the parcel in the industrial park where a 300-foot tower is located.
In March, SBA offered to buy the property for $67,000, but council made a counter offer of $75,000. The company agreed to increase the price to $69,000, but that offer was later rescinded.
Council voted unanimously Monday night to accept SBA's offer of $63,000.
STAFF—Councilors approved the promotion of Sheri Frost, a 10-year veteran of the Stair Public Library staff, to assistant director. She will replace Colleen Leddy who was named library director, effective July 1.
Janelle Thomas was hired as a new library assistant.
Council approved a library board request for the purchase of new chairs in the reading area, at a cost not to exceed $3,000.
Retiring library director Elizabeth Stella announced that this was her last meeting. She thanked council and former council members for helping the board accomplish what needed to be done at the library, and for giving her the pleasure of working there.
CONTRACTS—Contracts were unanimously approved for police chief Larry Weeks, city superintendent Lonnie Vanderpool and city administrator/clerk Renée Schroeder.
CLEAN-UP—Weeks commended Vanderpool and the DPW workers for their efforts in cleaning up after a series of storms in recent weeks.
"Sometimes we take them for granted," Morenci mayor Doug Erskin said, "but Barney's always there."


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