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Phillips was born in Madison, Indiana. After graduating high school Phillips entered Asbury College following which he degreed from College of New Jersey in 1887.
After completing his education, Phillips worked as a newspaper reporter in Cincinnati, Ohio before moving on to New York City where he was employed as a columnist and editor with the New York World until 1902. In his spare time, he wrote a novel, The Great God Success that was published in 1901. The book sold well enough that his royalty income was sufficient enough to allow him to work as a freelance journalist while dedicating himself to writing fiction. Writing articles for various prominent magazines, he began to develop a reputation as a competent investigative journalist. Considered a progressive, Phillips' novels often commented on social issues of the day and frequently chronicled events based on his real-life journalistic experiences.
Phillips wrote an article in Cosmopolitan in April 1906, called "The Treason of the Senate", exposing campaign contributors being rewarded by certain members of the Senate. The story launched a scathing attack on Rhode Island senator Nelson W. Aldrich, and brought Phillips a great deal of national exposure. This and other similar articles led to the creation of the 17th Amendment.
However, Phillips' reputation as a muckraker cost him his life when, in January 1911, he was shot and killed outside the Princeton Club in New York City. His assassin was a deranged musician who believed that Phillips' novel, The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig, had cast literary aspersions on his family. A 1992 novel by Daniel D. Victor, "The Seventh Bullet," imagines an investigation into Phillips' murder by Sherlock Holmes.
Following Phillips' death, his sister Carolyn organized his final manuscript for posthumous publication as Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise. In 1931, that book would be made into an MGM motion picture of the same name starring Greta Garbo and Clark Gable.
He is interred in the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.
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"I had the money in my account," Dillon said. "If it had been before Christmas it might have knocked me out of the water."
About 150 people who ordered from the food chain were mistakenly charged, but a spokesman with Del Taco said all charges will be refunded.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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This chapter describes authentication of Oracle Database users with Windows operating systems.
This chapter contains these topics:
Oracle Database can use Windows user login credentials to authenticate database users. Benefits include:
Enabling users to connect to Oracle Database without supplying a username or password
Centralizing Oracle Database user authentication and role authorization information in Windows, which frees Oracle Database from storing or managing user passwords or role information
The Windows native authentication adapter (automatically installed with Oracle Net Services) enables database user authentication through Windows. This enables client computers to make secure connections to Oracle Database on a Windows server. The server then permits the user to perform database actions on the server.
Note:Current user database links are not supported with Windows native authentication.
Note:This chapter describes using Windows native authentication methods with Windows 2000 and later. For information on Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol and Oracle Internet Directory, see Oracle Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide and Oracle Internet Directory Administrator's Guide.
The Windows native authentication adapter works with Windows authentication protocols to enable access to Oracle Database.
If the user is logged on as a Windows 2000 domain user from a Windows 2000 computer, then Kerberos is the authentication mechanism used by the NTS adapter. For all other users, NTLM is the authentication mechanism used by the NTS adapter.
If authentication is set to NTS on a standalone Windows computer, ensure that Windows service NTLM Security Support Provider is started. If this service is not started on a standalone Windows computer, then NTS authentication fails. This issue is applicable only if you are running Windows 2000 in standalone mode.
Client computers do not need to specify an authentication protocol when attempting a connection to Oracle Database. Instead, Oracle Database determines the protocol to use, completely transparent to the user. The only Oracle Database requirement is to ensure that parameter
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES contains
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This is the default setting for both after installation. For Oracle8 release 8.0.x releases, you must manually set this value.
If typical, your Oracle Database network includes client computers and database servers, and computers on this network may use different Oracle Database software releases on different Windows operating systems on different domains. This combination of different releases means that the authentication protocol being used can vary.
Table 9-1 lists Oracle Database software and Windows operating system releases required to enable Kerberos as the default authentication protocol:
Table 9-1 Software Requirements to Enable Kerberos Authentication Protocol
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Client Computer
Windows 2000
Oracle8i Client or later
Database Computer
Windows 2000
Oracle8i Database or later
Windows 2000
For all other combinations of Windows operating system and Oracle Database software releases used in your network, the authentication protocol used is NTLM.
See Also:Your operating system documentation for more information on each authentication protocol
This section describes how user login credentials are authenticated and database roles are authorized in Windows 2000 domains. User authentication and role authorization are defined in Table 9-2.
Table 9-2 User Authentication and Role Authorization Defined
|More Information
User authentication
Process by which the database uses the user's Windows login credentials to authenticate the user.
Role authorization
Process of granting an assigned set of roles to authenticated users.
Oracle Database supports user authentication and role authorization in Windows 2000 domains. Table 9-3 provides descriptions of these basic features.
Table 9-3 Basic Features of User Authentication and Role Authorization
Authentication of external users
Users are authenticated by the database using the user's Windows login credentials enabling them to access Oracle Database without being prompted for additional login credentials.
Authorization of external roles
Roles are authorized using Windows local groups. Once an external role is created, you can grant or revoke that role to a database user. Initialization parameter
Table 9–4 describes user authentication and role authorization methods to use based on your Oracle Database environment:
Table 9-4 User Authentication and Role Authorization Methods
|Database Environment
Enterprise users and roles
You have many users connecting to multiple databases.
Enterprise users have the same identity across multiple databases. Enterprise users require use of a directory server.
Use enterprise roles in environments where enterprise users assigned to these roles are located in many geographic regions and must access multiple databases. Each enterprise role can be assigned to more than one enterprise user in the directory. If you do not use enterprise roles, then you have to assign database roles manually to each database user. Enterprise roles require use of a directory server.
External users and roles
You have a smaller number of users accessing a limited number of databases. External users must be created individually in each database and do not require use of a directory server.
External roles must also be created individually in each database, and do not require use of a directory server. External roles are authorized using group membership of the users in local groups on the system.
See Also:Oracle Database Enterprise User Security Administrator's Guide for more information on Enterprise users and roles
When you install Oracle Database, a special Windows local group called
ORA_DBA is created (if it does not already exist from an earlier Oracle Database installation), and your Windows username is automatically added to it. Members of local group
ORA_DBA automatically receive the SYSDBA privilege.
Membership in
ORA_DBA enables you to:
Connect to local Oracle Database servers without a password with the command
Connect to remote Oracle Database servers without a password with the command
CONNECT /@net_service_name AS SYSDBA
net_service_name is the net service name of the remote Oracle Database server
Perform database administration procedures such as starting and shutting down local databases
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Has anyone received an evaluation copy or looked at the website?This book provides a general introduction to the grammar and syntax of Hellenistic, or New Testament, Greek. Comprised of 24 chapters, it is suitable for a two-semester course. Each lesson is structured around equipping students to read passages drawn directly from the Greek New Testament. In addition to the traditional Erasmian system, students are offered the option of using a historical Greek system of pronunciation similar to that used in early Christian preaching and prayer. The book includes extensive reference tools, including paradigms for memorization, grammatical appendices, and illustrations. The text is accompanied by a Web site that offers a workbook of passages for translation. Each chapter of the grammar concludes with a vocabulary list of Greek terms that appear in that lesson's assigned passage for translation, found in the online workbook. Audio recordings of all vocabulary words and translation passages, using the historical Greek system of pronunciation, are provided online. • provides the instructor and students the choice of using the historical Greek pronunciation system, or, the traditional Erasmian system. Audio recordings are provided online of all vocabulary and passages for translation. • Students will read continuous sections of Greek New Testament (John 1-6, Matt 9:9-13) rather than artificial classroom sentences, and the online workbook includes additional translation passages as well as syntactical and parsing questions. • includes an exhaustive summary of all grammatical paradigms in the appendices.


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Epidemic? Half of US teens 'meet criteria for mental disorder'
Epidemic? Half of US teens meet criteria for mental disorder. — Around half of US teens meet the criteria for a mental disorder and nearly one in four report having a mood, behavior or anxiety disorder that interferes with daily life, American researchers say. Fifty-one percent of boys and 49 percent of girls aged 13-19 have a mood, behavior, anxiety or substance use disorder, according to the study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
In 22.2 percent of teens, the disorder was so severe it impaired their daily activities and caused great distress, says the study led by Kathleen Merikangas of the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH). "The prevalence of severe emotional and behavior disorders is even higher than the most frequent major physical conditions in adolescence, including asthma or diabetes," the study says. Mental problems do not get the same attention from public health authorities even though they cost US families around a quarter of a trillion dollars a year, according to the study. Story continues below… Around nine percent of all US children have asthma and less than a quarter of one percent of all people under the age of 20 have diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Merikangas and a team of researchers analyzed data from the National Comorbidity Study-Adolescent Supplement, which surveyed more than 10,000 US teens. The study is the first to track the prevalence of a broad range of mental disorders in a nationally representative sample of US teens. They found that nearly a third of the teens met the criteria for the most common mental disorder among US youth, anxiety disorders, which include social phobia and panic "attacks". This class of disorder also had the earliest median onset age, occurring in children as young as six years old. Behavior disorders, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, were the next most common condition (19.1 percent), followed by mood disorders (14.3 percent) such as depression. Eleven percent of teens with a mood disorder, 10 percent with behavior disorders and eight percent who had anxiety disorders, especially social phobics, met the criteria for severe impairment, meaning their condition affected their day-to-day life and caused them great distress. Teen mental disorder rates mirror those seen in adults, suggesting that most adults develop a mental disorder before adulthood, say the researchers, calling for earlier intervention and prevention, and more research to determine what the risk factors are for mental disorders in youth.


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"See now that I myself am he! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.
—Deuteronomy 32:39 (NIV)
January 17 will remain a vivid memory in the mind of forty-six-year-old Ali Moses for a very long time. The almost fatal attack on Ali's life in central Nigeria turned out to be a powerful testimony destined to touch many more lives.
On the afternoon of that day, Ali was heading home to his family after a long day's work. He got paid that day and like many previous pay-days had something special planned for the family.
On his way home Ali heard gunshots. Panic made him turn around with an urgency to get back to his working place as quickly as possible. But before Ali could make it back there, he ran into a group of irate jihadists. The incited protesters were proclaiming the name of Allah in Arabic, shouting profane slogans, insulting the Christian governor of Jos and called on the killing of Christians as infidels.
Within seconds Ali found himself surrounded by the violent mob. Brutal blows were raining down on him. More than eighteen hours later, Ali woke up in the hospital. His swollen body was throbbing and covered with bruises. Open Doors representative, Isaac, went to visit Ali in the hospital shortly after the incident to bring encouragement and assistance and learned about his near-death encounter with the Muslim radicals. Considering the course of events, it appears the assailants buried Ali alive while in a state of unconsciousness.
Ali refers to the person who came to his aid as the "Samaritan."
On the morning following the incident, Ado was passing by what looked like a new grave. He noticed movement in the pile of sand and went closer to inspect. To his astonishment, he could tell from the motion that it was, in fact, a person. The man immediately called for help.
Military police dug Ali from the shallow grave and rushed him to the hospital. At first, the medical staff found it very hard to believe that he could still be alive after his eighteen-hour ordeal. But hearing Ali's testimony gave skeptics food for thought. After spending some time in hospital he made a complete recovery.
"I am grateful to God Almighty for saving my life from the hole, it is a miracle. God rescued me in a special way…Now I believe that the power of life and death lies in no-one's hand but the Lord's. All thanks belong to Him," shared Ali from his hospital bed.
RESPONSE: Today I will live victoriously in the realization that my life and my death are in the hands of my loving Lord.
PRAYER: Pray for many Christians in hot spots of the world—like central Nigeria—who face death and death threats on a regular basis. Pray they will have the same assurance as Ali about God's power and protection.
Standing Strong Through The Storm (SSTS), a daily devotional message by SSTS author Paul Estabrooks. © 2011 Open Doors International. Used by permission.


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Moms can attest: There's nothing more wonderful than having your family make you a special breakfast on Mother's Day.
Pssst. Here's a dark secret that Mom will never share: It would be just the very slightest, little-bittiest, most infinitesimal speck more wonderful if the breakfast tasted good.
Here's how to make her just that tad happier: Start with some truly fresh eggs. Lucky for you, both the Boulder and Longmont farmers' markets have some — as do several local farms.
To test freshness: Hold the egg to your ear and gently shake it. If you can hear distinctive movement, then the egg should not be eaten because that means there is a large air pocket inside the egg. This also means there is a loss of moisture from the egg which is another reason it will float in water.How to tell if it's bad: Crack the egg open in a container. First check for blood spots. Then look at the yolk, make sure it globe-like or rounded and is vibrant in color. If the yolk seeps into the white and is flat, don't eat it!
How eggs leaven: Whipped egg whites will produce air bubbles and an almost foamy mixture which is very strong in composition. This creates a rise in baked products or used as a meringue.
How to store: In refrigerator, store eggs in there carton at 40 degrees for approximately 3-4 weeks. The carton prevents moisture loss, and absorption of odors and other flavors. Raw whole eggs can be stored out of shell for 2 days while only the whites can be stored for 4 days.
To freeze: Place them in air tight freezer containers and label with the date. The eggs should defrost overnight in the fridge. Egg yolks thicken and become gel like when frozen. To prevent a thickened yolk, beat in either 1/8 teaspoon salt or 11/2 teaspoons sugar per 1/4 cup yolks, approximately 4 eggs before freezing; indicate on label if it's been salted or sugared.
— Michelle Dubis
Cooking with eggs
Soft boiled vs. hard boiled Bring a pot of water to boil and gently place the egg into the water using a ladle. Cook for approximately 6 minutes. Make sure the boil is gentle. While the egg is cooking away, get an ice bath ready by filling up a small bowl with cold water and some ice. Once the 6 minutes are up, remove the eggs from the boiling water and submerge them into the ice water for approximately a minute. This should stop the cooking process. Then you should have a nice gooey yolk.
For hard-boiled eggs: Start the eggs in cold water, once it comes to a boil, cover and take the eggs off of the heat. Let sit for 12 minutes.
Butter: When cooking eggs, it is best to use clarified butter instead of whole because the whites will be less likely to brown.
Whipping eggs: Whipping the eggs in a copper bowl will give you light and fluffy egg whites. A stainless steel bowl will give you the same effect, but add an acidic component such as lemon juice to help make a fluffier egg white. Never ever use an aluminum bowl, because it will cause the whites to discolor.
— Michelle Dubis
Eggs at the farmers' market
Jodar Farms: hen and duck eggs, jodarfarms.com
Wisdom's Natural Poultry: hen eggs, wisdomsnaturalpoultry.com
Windsor Dairy: hen eggs, windsordairy.com
"Most store-bought eggs, in my understanding, are at least a month old," says Farmers Market Executive Director Shanan Olson.
She adds that in addition to the short time elapsed between farm and market, local eggs from chickens with that have space to roam and a variety of bugs and plants to peck at and consume have better nutritional quality. And most important on a special day — they taste so good.
From the first crack of the shell, the difference is clear. Out comes an egg with a thicker white and a more vibrant-colored orange-y yolk.
Now, for a dish that's perfect for sous chefs who may not yet have started elementary school: a frittata.
Not to put too fine a point on it: "You won't mess it up," says Michelle Dubis, Home Cook Outreach Coordinator for the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts.
The frittata she has created and will demonstrate at the Boulder Farmers' Market on Saturday is filled with spinach, mushrooms and goat cheese, all local. To erase the possibility of a big flop — literally — when it's time to remove the frittata from the pan, Dubis suggests baking mini-frittatas in a well-greased (don't forget this part!) muffin tin.
She offers these tips:
Make the filling first and let it cool.
Squeeze the blanched spinach to remove as much moisture as possible.
Crack the eggs one-by-one into a bowl before pouring into the mixing bowl. This allows a chance to snag any errant shells.
For the fluffiest frittata, make sure the eggs are well-whipped. This can be accomplished with energetic whisking, a.k.a. parental elbow grease as a back up to the efforts of tiny hands. Or you can put the eggs in the blender, which works a treat. Just make sure not to overblend; you can tell because the eggs start to turn thinner after being thick.
If Mom isn't a fan of spinach, mushrooms and goat cheese, try a different filling, say, bacon and blue cheese.
If it quacks
If the kids are budding Top Chefs, you might try preparing duck eggs. You may have noticed the eggs — which are larger and richer tasting than hen eggs — on a few menus around town, among them The Kitchen in Boulder. There they make an appearance on a flatbread with very thinly sliced lardo, a cured pork fat, and chopped tarragon.
Kyle Mendenhall, executive chef for all the Kitchen's restaurants, says duck eggs are popular with chefs because of their more intense flavor. He says when you crack a duck egg, the white comes in almost two different parts, one thinner than the more viscous part near the yolk. When frying a duck egg, sunny-side up, as the Kitchen does for its flatbread, it's important not to overcook it. The secret to keeping it tender, according to Mendenhall, is to fry it gently and then cut away the thinner part of the white, which forms the outer circle of the fried egg.
Likewise, if the egg is hard boiled, he peels off the outer white before making deviled eggs — which he says are fabulous — or for other uses.
For those who don't plan to arise at 4 a.m. to make flatbread for Mother's Day breakfast, he suggests making a simple fried duck egg with toast from a high quality bread and sprinkling it with fresh herbs such as chives, tarragon or fennel fronds. If you have leftover duck eggs, he says, they make great pasta dough.
Paul Cure, who owns Cure Organic Farm with his wife, Anne, sells duck eggs to the Kitchen, Frasca and other restaurants around town. He says pastry chefs are particularly fond of them because they add more structure to baked goods. One of his favorite dishes from Chef Ashley Hook at the Kitchen is a soft-boiled duck egg atop noodles, also made with duck eggs.
Cure, whose mother is a counselor to cancer patients, says some people who undergo therapy for breast cancer become allergic to hen eggs, but are generally able to eat duck eggs.
At the farm, the Cures' daughter, Georgia, 5, gathers the duck eggs as one of her chores. Cure says that since ducks are less domesticated than chickens, they bury their eggs, so Georgia likes to hunt for them.
While most people won't have to hunt for the eggs they're cooking for Mother's Day, Olson of the farmers' market says a farm fresh egg has a way of touching something deeper. She recalls bringing her 94-year-old grandmother a box of fresh produce, including eggs, from her farm.
Her grandmother had questioned Olson's choice to go into farming with her husband, arguing that the work was hard and the income chancy, something she knew from her own experience growing up on a farm. When Olson brought the box, her grandmother teased her about the eggs, saying she could get eggs anytime at the store.
Later, Olson got a call. Her grandmother said, "These are special eggs. I thought you were crazy, but you were right. They really are different."
For Olson, the experience brought home the way in which food ties people together.
"How … precious that moment was," she says. "Security, flavor, family tradition, wholeness, all of those things. It was all about an egg."
Spinach, Goat Cheese and Mushroom Mini-Frittatas
8 eggs
1/4 cup sour cream
4 cups spinach, preferably local, blanched and shocked
2 cups mushrooms, preferably Hazel Dell, sliced
1/2 cup crumbled goat cheese, preferably Haystack Mountain
1/2 onion, diced
1 tablespoon oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions: Pre-heat oven to 350.
Grease muffin tins.
Boil a pot of water on the stove. Fill a large bowl with ice water. Once water is boiling, submerge the spinach in the pot for approximately 20-30 seconds. Then take the spinach out and shock it in the ice bath. Take spinach out using tongs and then squeeze out the as much liquid as possible. Chop into smaller pieces spread out to dry further. Blot with a paper towel.
Heat up a medium cast iron skillet with oil. Toss in the onion and mushrooms. Sauté for approximately 10 minutes or until mushrooms are very tender and onions are translucent.
While mushrooms and onions are sautéing, crack eggs into a bowl, one at a time, then add to the blender. Once all 8 eggs are in the blender, add sour cream. Blend for approximately 15 seconds. Eggs will appear light and fluffy.
Remove the sautéed veggies from the skillet and put in a bowl to cool. Add spinach at this point. After about 4 to 5 minutes, pour egg mixture into mushrooms mixture.
Mix with a spatula and pour the mixture into the muffin tins about 3/4 full per mold.
Crumble cheese on top and bake for approximately 15 minutes.
The eggs will rise like a soufflé when they are almost finished cooking. They will deflate shortly after.
Remove and let cool for about 5 minutes. Take a small, angled metal spatula and separate the edges from the pan and gently lift the mini frittata away from the mold.
Serves 12.
Source: Michelle Dubis, Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts


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Eggnog. It's a "love it or hate it" thing, but I'm squarely on the side of the "love it" crowd. This is probably bad for my goal of zero holiday weight gain, but I'm sure it's 100% good for my holiday spirits.
If you're a lover like me, I'll let you in on a secret: eggnog isn't for sissies. This drink's silky-sweet combination of egg yolks, cream, sugar and nutmeg (preferably with a jaunty shot of dark spirits) hides a long run of fame and notoriety. Eggnog is the scandalous rock star of the holiday treats world….


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In this new post to his site Stephan Hochdörfer covers some of his own thoughts about the recently proposed application structure from Paul Jones, the "Action-Domain-Response" pattern. In this post Stephan compares the typical controller classes with an action class.
First of all I do have the feeling that controller classes make it harder to structure your logic. I have seen a lot of "God Controllers" that do a shitload of stuff. Stuff that is not really related to each other. [...] action classes tend to be rather small, typically less than 100 loc for us. That also helps a lot when trying to understand what`s going on. I am aware that there are developers out there who are afraid when it comes to dealing with a lot of classes. [...] That`s another bonus point for action classes: It is easier to search for a class name than a method name in most IDEs.
He goes on to talk more about "God controller" classes, their dependencies and how that compares to action classes only taking in what they need. He touches on the reusability of action classes as opposed to controllers and how they come in handy for storing common logic.


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May everyone have a great Labor Day. I know there are jobs that don't have holidays off. These include hospital, nursing home/home care, law enforcement, retail, and technical suppoort. I feel for you guys. My "summer job" didn't allow holidays off and I have since learned to really appreciate my paid holidays.
May we all have jobs that bring out the best in us and enable us to support ourselves, family, and church spiritually and financially.


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Red Sox announce roster moves
The Boston Red Sox announced the following roster moves today:
- Infielder John McDonald was added to the active major league roster.
- Outfielder Quintin Berry was selected to the active major league roster from Triple-A Pawtucket. To make room for him on the 40-man roster, right-handed pitcher Daniel Bard was designated for assignment.
- Right-handed pitcher Rubby De La Rosa and catcher Ryan Lavarnway were recalled from Pawtucket. Additionally, catcher Christian Vazquez had his option transferred from Double-A Portland to Pawtucket.
- Infielder Brandon Snyder was activated from the 15-day disabled list.
McDonald, Berry, De La Rosa, Lavarnway, and Snyder will be active for today's 1:35 p.m. game against the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park.
Executive Vice President/General Manager Ben Cherington made the announcements.
McDonald, a 15-year major league veteran, will wear No. 10. The 38-year-old was acquired yesterday from the Philadelphia Phillies, along with cash considerations, in exchange for minor league right-handed pitcher Nefi Ogando. He has appeared in 45 games this season between the Pittsburgh Pirates (16), Cleveland Indians (8), and Philadelphia Phillies (21). Between the three clubs, he combined to hit .098 (6-for-61) with one double, one home run, and four RBI. Defensively, the native of New London, CT and current Scituate, MA resident has appeared primarily as a shortstop in his career with 575 games (429 starts) at the position. He has posted a career .972 fielding percentage at shortstop, which includes 19 games (11 starts) in 2013. In addition, he has played 210 games at second base (142 starts), 143 games at third base (66 starts), seven games in the outfield (4 starts) and pitched in one for Philadelphia this season.
Berry, 28, will wear No. 50. He was acquired from the Royals in a minor league trade on Tuesday in exchange for right-hander Clayton Mortensen. The left-handed hitter has appeared in 99 games this season, all at the Triple-A level, between Detroit's Toledo affiliate (49 games), Kansas City's Omaha affiliate (48 games), and Pawtucket (two games). Between those clubs he is 61-for-316 (.193) with 10 doubles, a triple, three homers, 31 RBI, and 50 walks. He has combined to steal 30 bases in 34 attempts this season for an 88.2% success rate. Berry made his major league debut with the Tigers last year, batting .258 (75-for-291) with 10 doubles, six triples, two homers, and 29 RBI in 94 games. He was successful in all 21 stolen base attempts with Tigers in 2012 and was named the club's Rookie of the Year by the Detroit Broadcasters Association. The Royals claimed him off waivers from Detroit on June 4.
De La Rosa, 24, has made five relief appearances for the Red Sox in 2013, his first season in the organization. With Boston he has no record, a 4.76 ERA (3 ER/5.2 IP), and three strikeouts compared to one walk allowed while working out of the bullpen. He has primarily pitched for Pawtucket this season, where he was named a mid-season International League All-Star. In 24 outings for the PawSox this year, including 20 starts to begin the year, he has gone 3-3 with a 4.26 ERA (38 ER/80.1 IP) and 76 strikeouts.
Lavarnway, 26, has appeared in 19 games for the Red Sox this season, including 15 starts beghind the plate. For Boston he has hit .283 (17-for-60) with six doubles, eight RBI, and two walks. Over his last six big league games, the right-handed hitter is 8-for-20 (.400) with two doubles and four RBI. In 49 games for Pawtucket this season, he has hit .250 (44-for-176) with nine doubles, three home runs, 24 RBI, and 25 walks, and has thrown out 18 of 42 attempted base stealers (42.9%).
Snyder, 26, was placed on the 15-day disabled list on August 10 (retroactive to August 8) with right elbow ulnar neuritis. He went 2-for-13 (.154) in four rehab games for Pawtucket this week and is batting .261 (65-for-249) with 16 doubles, one triple, 10 home runs, 37 RBI, 37 runs, and 20 walks in 68 games with the PawSox in 2013 overall. Snyder has appeared in 21 games for the Red Sox this season, including 10 starts, all at third base. He is 9-for-43 (.209) with three doubles, two home runs, and seven RBI for Boston.
Bard pitched in two games for the Red Sox in April, allowing one run in 1.0 inning. The 28-year-old is 10-19 with five saves and a 3.67 ERA (105 ER/257.1 IP) in 211 career major league games, including 10 starts, all with the Red Sox from 2009-13.
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Tribe easing slowed Smith into camp
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The Indians held their first workout for pitchers and catchers on Tuesday, but it quickly became clear that setup man Joe Smith was on a different program.
Cleveland manager Terry Francona indicated that Smith is currently working through a minor left oblique issue, and the team is being cautious out of the gates. According to Francona, Smith is likely a week or two behind the rest of the team's pitchers.
"We do not want this to become a big abdominal strain," Francona said. "We will slow play it, because of the length of Spring Training. It's nothing serious, but we are not going to let this be something serious."
Smith was able to play catch on flat ground on Tuesday.
Over the past two years, the 28-year-old sidearmer has been one of Cleveland's most reliable options out of the bullpen. Smith has worked in 143 games over that period, going 10-7 with a 2.49 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP across 134 innings. Last year, he went 7-4 with a 2.96 ERA in 72 appearances.
This past offseason, Smith avoided arbitration with a one-year, $3.15 million contract that includes a $25,000 bonus for pitching in 65 games.
Francona emphasized that the Indians will take every precaution to make sure Smith is ready for the regular season.
"With those types of injuries," Francona said, "when they say they're OK, you usually probably wait a couple days. Because when they come back, they can come back with a vengeance, and we really don't need to do that."


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Functional nanostructured interfaces and polymer systems
Prof. Dr. Brigitte Voit
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fery
Prof. Dr. Carsten Werner
Highly integrated new technologies in the fields of communication, transportation, medicine, microelectronics and micro system technology as well as for efficient power generation, storage, and utilization require materials with novel, precisely defined properties and adjusted functionalities. Functional nanostructured polymers offer a great potential in this respect as they may be tailored for a large number of applications and can take over specific functions. Research activities at the IPF are focussed on exploiting this potential by development of functional polymers and nanostructured (hybrid) materials. Efforts aim at precise adjustment of architecture, functionalities, self-assembly, and nanostructure of polymers by novel and improved synthesis strategies as well as by control of physical interactions and interface properties. In addition, better understanding of correlations between molecular structure, nanomorphology, interface functionality, and the macroscopic material and end-use properties are to be achieved.
For integration of functions it is necessary that polymer materials with desired functionality and morphology can be combined with other materials and integrated into complex systems with high reproducibility and long-term stability. This concerns design of novel functions, while, at the same time, environmentally-friendly and cost-efficient procedures are required. Application of macromolecules as nanoscale functional elements is achieved by adjustment of chemical constitution and architecture, but also by control of positioning and manipulation of single molecules. The required chemical and structural nanoscale analysis is performed by top-level characterization techniques.


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Location: Widnes. Cheshire
Number of groups of rats: 1
Group number: 1
Number of rats in group: 1
Gender: Doe
Age(s): 4 - 6 weeks
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Colours/varieties: Hooded or capped, don't recall colors
Neutered: No
Reason for rehoming: Just found outside in a shoebox, looked for others, no signs other than another box with adult poos in, other rat was not located.
Temperament: Curious, bur understandabally afraid.
Medical problems: Sarcoptic mange mites (Easily treatable!)
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Small Plant News: Volume 2, Number 5 (May 2008)
|Small Plant News Archive Page. This is an archive page. No new content is being added. While these newsletters remain available for reference purposes, the documents do not reflect changes to Agency policy that may have been instituted since the newsletters were published. Also note that resources and websites mentioned in older issues may have moved or may no longer be available. Points of contact for various initiatives may have changed.
In This Issue:
- What to Do if Your Product Needs to be Recalled
- Food Safety Resources
- Commonly Asked Question & Answer
- Briefs
- FSIS Examines Communication Methods
What to Do if Your Product Needs to be Recalled
By Jeff Tarrant, LCDR, U.S. Public Health Service
In the last issue of Small Plant News, we provided steps that you can take to develop your own facility's food recall plan. This month we go one step further—what to do if your product needs to be recalled.
Before we start, we need to determine how a recall is initiated. Generally speaking, most recalls are identified by the facility, U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) or other sources. In this scenario, let's assume you identified the problem.
So, in the event you are involved in a food recall, what should you do? First, FSIS recommends you read FSIS Directive 8080.1, Revision 4, Attachment 1, Product Recall Guidelines for Firms (PDF Only). It provides step-by-step actions FSIS "expects a firm to take to ensure that the maximum amount of product is recovered in the shortest amount of time." In addition, the directive provides valuable communication information including model press releases and recall notification letters.
Get the Facts
Next, you need to collect information that will allow you to characterize the issue properly and communicate with FSIS, consignees and the public in a timely manner. FSIS' inspector-in-charge, district office and Recall Management Staff will need clear and concise documentation including the following:
- Complete and accurate product identity, including product labels (e.g., digital images);
- Reason for recall and details about the time and discovery of the defect or deficiency;
- Your determination and risk assessment of product consumption;
- Timeframe and volume of the product's production;
- Estimate of how much product is in distribution and for how long;
- Area of geographical distribution of product by state and/or country;
- Distributor and customer information;
- Copies of any firm correspondence with distributors, brokers or consignees related to recall actions and a copy of any proposed press release; and
- The name, title and telephone number of your facility's recall coordinator.
Initially this information may be provided orally. However, FSIS recommends you submit confirmation information on a data sheet to the recall management staff once it's collected. Shortly thereafter, FSIS will typically send one of its employees to your facility to review and verify the information.
Communicate Early and Regularly
Once you have the facts, contact your consignees, distributors or brokers (if you haven't yet) by telephone, FAX, e-mail or special delivery and provide them the following information:
- The suspect product subject to a recall;
- The immediate cessation of distribution or use of any remaining product;
- Notification of your consignees of the recall; and
- Your contact information (e.g., name and number).
If your facility provides notice of the recall by telephone or personal contact, FSIS expects you to document it and follow up with a written communication. Furthermore, follow up communications should be sent to those who did not respond to the initial product removal communication within a specified timeframe.
Next, you need to notify the public. Typically, FSIS develops press releases for class I and II recalls. The agency will develop the recall press release based on information you previously provided them. They, in turn, will give you 30 minutes to review and comment on it for accuracy. Then, they will distribute the release to the media, interested constituents and finally post it to FSIS' Web site. According to Lisa Volk, director of FSIS' recall management staff, plants are encouraged to issue their press releases in conjunction with FSIS.
In addition, your facility is expected to report regularly, and in a timely manner, ongoing efforts to retrieve recalled product to FSIS in a recall status report. The frequency of updates is determined by the degree of public health hazard. The recall status report should include:
- Number of consignees notified of the recall;
- Dates notifications were made and the method used;
- Number of consignees responding to recall communications;
- Quantity of product each customer had on hand when communication was received;
- Number and identity of consignees who did not respond;
- Quantity of product returned or held by each customer; and
- Estimated time of recall completion.
Effectiveness Checks
FSIS also plays a strong role in the conduct of effectiveness checks. This is a process where the agency verifies the effectiveness of the establishment in carrying out its recall by statistically sampling a percentage of consignees throughout the distribution chain.
Recall Termination
A recall is terminated when FSIS has completed its effectiveness checks and determined that the firm has made all reasonable efforts to recall the product, and that it has either disposed of the recovered product or it is under documented control. In addition, FSIS expects that the firm will notify the agency when the recall is complete through a closeout memorandum containing a list of consignees, the amount of product retrieved and actions taken.
Once a recall action has been completed, you should notify your consignees, thank them for their assistance and provide assurances that the problem has been corrected. In addition, your recall team should evaluate the recall process and determine if changes should be made to your recall plan. In a future issue of Small Plant News, we'll address different food products and the other Federal agencies that may be involved in a recall. For more information on food recalls, visit the FSIS Web site at www.fsis.usda.gov/Fsis_Recalls/index.asp or call (202) 690-6520 if you need assistance in obtaining FSIS Directive 8080.1, Revision 4, Attachment 1, Product Recall Guidelines for Firms.
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Food Safety Resources
By Mary Gioglio
Are you setting up a new plant and need guidance to comply with Federal regulations? Or do you want to find a unique way to orient new managers and employees at your plant?
Turn to the New Plant Orientation: Safe and Easy, a DVD designed to introduce Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs) and the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system to owners and operators of new meat plants. This informative DVD, developed by New Mexico State University in partnership with FSIS, describes daily activities that occur in meat plants including pre-operational, processing, monitoring and verification procedures. Not only is this a good resource for new plant owners and operators but it can also be used as an orientation for newly hired employees.
To request this item or any other food safety resource, fax the order form found on FSIS' Food Safety Resources Brochure to (202) 690-6519, or complete an online version of the form and send it to email@example.com. The online form can be found at www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/HACCP_Resources_Order_Form/index.asp .
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Commonly Asked Question & Answer
Q. Can a noncompliance report be issued for failing to label product "For export only" when required?
A. Yes, "For Export Only" or a similar term is a statement of limited distribution required when the labeling does not fully meet FSIS labeling regulations but has been determined to meet the labeling regulations of the receiving country. It's required when a deviation is approved under Title 9 Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 317.7 or 381.128 and when generic approval of a direct translation is exercised under Parts 317.5 or 381.133. The term "For Export Only" or a similar term may not be used when the container bears no other label other than an English-only label that meets all domestic requirements.
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By Sheila Johnson
Public Meetings
FSIS held a public meeting titled E. coli 0157:H7 - Addressing the Challenges, Moving Forward with Solutions on April 9 and 10 in Washington, DC Presentations and the transcript from this meeting are now available at www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/index.asp. To obtain information on any other public meetings, visit FSIS' Web site at www.fsis.usda.gov or call (202) 690-6520.
Web Seminars
As part of FSIS' initiative to enhance outreach to assist small and very small plants outlined in the FSIS Strategic Implementation Plan for Strengthening Small and Very Small Outreach, the agency is holding a series of regulatory education workshops. The workshops include a walk-through of a variety of topics, which may include HACCP system, Sanitation Performance Standards, SSOPs, Rules of Practice, food defense strategies, E. coli O157:H7 workshops and FSIS Notices 65-07, 66-07 and 68-07. Online registration forms are provided. Pre-registration helps FSIS plan for the meetings, but is not required.
An upcoming workshop will focus on E. coli O157:H7, and the sessions will cover prerequisite programs and FSIS Notices 65-07, 66-07 and 68-07. The workshop will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina, on July 15 from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Crabtree Valley, located at 4100 Glenwood Avenue. For more information and assistance in registering, call FSIS' Office of Outreach, Employee Education and Training at (800) 336-3747.
Small Plant News is also posted on FSIS' Web site at www.fsis.usda.gov. If you or your colleagues would like to receive an electronic copy, visit FSIS' Web site today and sign up for a complimentary e-mail subscription. Please continue to submit your comments to email@example.com or call (202) 690-6389. We look forward to hearing from you on how we can provide the resources you need.
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Measuring Your Needs: FSIS Examines Communication Methods
By Jeff Tarrant, LCDR, U.S. Public Health Service
For over 25 years, FSIS has been searching for ways to communicate better with meat, poultry and processed egg products establishments under its regulatory purview. During that time, industry demographics have changed tremendously.
In an effort to keep up with the ever-changing industry landscape, the agency participated in an informal study in 2005 to help it find more effective ways to communicate with underserved owners, operators and employees of small and very small meat, poultry and processed egg products facilities, in particular African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, American Indians/Alaska Natives, or Asians/Pacific Islanders.
The informal study was based on interviews of 22 subject matter experts from around the country. These included trade association representatives, government officials, academics and extension agents with experience in getting food safety and regulatory messages across to small and very small plants in communities with special language or cultural needs. The subject matter experts were asked a series of questions about the effectiveness of different vehicles that may be used for FSIS communication. The responses were informative. A sampling of these includes:
How do you think small and very small businesses become aware of FSIS messages related to new regulations and other food safety initiatives?
- FSIS inspection program personnel (55%)
- Rural Development/University Extension programs (45%)
- Trade associations (28%)
- State inspection programs (23%)
- Postal mail/Fax (18%)
What do you think are the best ways for FSIS to get information to small and very small businesses?
- Postal mail (50%)
- E-mail (41%)
- Direct contact between FSIS inspectors and plant owners/operators (41%)
- Fax (36%)
- Regional workshops (32%)
- Workshop webcasts (27%)
- University Extension Service (18%)
- FSIS Web site (18%)
A number of respondents expressed concerns with FSIS' reliance on computer-based communication methods (e.g., e-mail, webcasts, etc.). One interviewee stated, "Many small and very small operators don't have computers and are small family-owned businesses. Direct contact is still the best way to communicate with them." A commonly conveyed phrase was, "All the examples are important, because there is no one-size-fits-all approach to reach the businesses."
Any comments on the best ways for FSIS to communicate?
Fifty percent of interviewees stated that they would like FSIS to develop and foster positive working relationships between its inspectors and the owners and operators of small and very small plants.
One respondent stated, "Since industry is a non-homogeneous population, there is no one-size-fits-all approach for communicating with operators. For some, seminars work well. For others, face-to-face interaction is necessary. Combination methods work best."
Another interviewee commented, "Some of these plants are the primary source of income in their communities. We need to find a way to help them out. The local community and economy depends on it."
FSIS could not agree more. In keeping with the goals set out in the FSIS Strategic Implementation Plan for Strengthening Small and Very Small Outreach released in May 2006, the agency is committed to listening to, identifying and addressing the needs of small and very small plant owners and operators across the country. And, that's a promise we plan to keep.
For more information on FSIS small and very small plant outreach efforts, visit FSIS' Web site at: www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/
Small_Very_Small_Plant_Outreach/index.asp#plan or call FSIS' Office of Outreach, Employee Education and Training at (800) 336-3747.
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