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The recall of romaine lettuce sold under the Freshway and Imperial Sysco names across the US points to the need for better food safety regulations and new legislation, but it is also focusing attention on America's strong record.
An E. coli outbreak possibly linked to tainted lettuce has reportedly sickened 19 in Ohio, New York, and Michigan, with cases reported on three college campuses. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is focusing investigation on lettuce grown in Arizona, according to the food safety advocacy group Safe Tables our Priority.
The outbreak – and the resulting concern about what is and isn't safe to eat – has some focusing on the progress made in food safety, rather than on fears.
"When you consider the macro view – the amount of food we process from farms to stores to stomachs daily to over 300 million people – I am frankly amazed at the limited number of recalls and sickness," says Greg Bonner, chair of the department of marketing and business law at the Villanova School of Business. "That is the reason why these outbreaks get so much attention when they do happen," he says.
A lot of progress has been achieved since the last reports of salmonella and E coli in 2007, say other experts. Farm groups, agricultural collectives, transportation firms, and processing plants have implemented voluntary regulations on cleanliness.
More progress could be on the way. A House bill passed in July calls on food processors to register with the government periodically, implement food safety plans, meet FDA performance standards, and verify that the food they import complies with US law. Known as the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, a Senate version sponsored by Senators Richard Durbin (D) of Illinois, and Tom Harkin (D) of Iowa, was passed unanimously by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee in November. The bill was scheduled to head to the floor of the Senate this summer, but has been delayed by health-care reform and now financial reform.
The bill "is just the nudge that is needed," says Caroline Smith DeWaal, Food and Safety Director for the Center For Science in the Public Interest. "It gives [the] FDA needed new authorities to manage food safety from farm to table, through improved standards and more frequent inspections," she says.
Under the current system, food manufacturing facilities might only receive visits from an FDA inspector once every five or 10 years. The House and Senate bills also give the FDA authority to issue mandatory recalls of contaminated foods.
Another notch of progress came in 2007 when California farmers created the California Leafy Green Products Handler Marketing Agreement (LGMA). Over 100 produce handlers, representing approximately 99 percent of the volume of California leafy greens, are LGMA members. LGMA monitors compliance with accepted food safety practices through mandatory government audits. Because of the program, California leafy greens are now grown under a unique system that has become a model for growers in other states.
"There is now a program underway based on the California model to create a national leafy green association," says Dave Kranz, spokesman for the California Farm Bureau Federation. "As in California, this will help on two fronts. One is to insure that farmers and processors adhere to the standards for leafy green crops," says Mr. Kranz. The other is focused on research and "gathering new information to hone the regulations and make them as effective as they can be."
This week's recall also sends an important message that no matter how many new regulations mandating inspections come out, no system can achieve 100 percent perfection, food safety experts say.
"No system can exhaustively inspect the food chain from farm to dinner table," says Manual Cunha Jr., President of the Nisei Farmers League. "Everyone seems to think these contaminants occurred in the field because of animals or unclean farm workers," he says. "No one seems to want to look at conveyor belts and check out counters in grocery stores, which handle meat and chicken as well as vegetables."
Mr. Cunha points out that farm fields can't be fenced in solidly enough to keep out mice or birds, and the alternative – using greenhouses for everything – would be prohibitively expensive.
Some would tell consumers that simply switching to local foods is the solution to quality and safety concerns. But that isn't enough, experts say. "Consumer confidence in food safety is falling, but consumer diligence with food safety practice is declining as well," says Nancy Childs, a professor of food marketing at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. "Turning to local food as a solution is to not understand the sources of contamination and the need to cleanse all food."


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Long Term Care Insurance - Innovations And Increasing CostsIn 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services projections estimated that 70 percent of Americans who reach the age of 65 will need some form of long term care in their lives for an average of three years. 1
Given the incredible rise in Health Care costs, it is easy to see how three years of long term care could deplete retirement funds, so the need for coverage is clear. Yet many Americans continue to underestimate their risk and the costs involved. Rates for care vary widely across service categories, facilities, and states, but the 2017 Annual Genworth Cost Of Care Survey shows National Average Annual costs as follows:
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In 2016, the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance (AALTCI) noted that married 60-year-olds would pay between $2,000-3,500 annually in premiums for a standalone LTC policy. Major insurers are raising premiums and limiting options for traditional LTC policies sold in this country. New policy sales fell from 750,000 in 2000 to 105,000 in 2015.2
LTC Coverage Options:Medicare has severe limits in its long term care coverage, and Medicaid will only pay for long term care after your income and assets fall below State and Federal thresholds. Hybrid LTC products are rolling out to fill the coverage gap.
- ... Some insurers offer "cash rich" permanent life insurance policies that let you tap part of the death benefit to pay for long-term care.
- ... Other insurance products such as annuities feature similar potential benefits.
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- ... The death benefit, coverage amount, and cash value are usually guaranteed.
Hybrid LTC policies provide a death benefit, a percentage of which will go to your heirs. Do traditional LTC policies offer a death benefit? No. If you buy a discrete LTC policy, but die without needing long-term care, all those LTC policy premiums you paid will not return to you.3
The earlier in life you arrange for coverage, the lower your premiums will likely be. If you are not healthy enough to qualify for a standalone LTC insurance policy, you might qualify for a hybrid policy – sometimes no medical exam is required. 4
Additional considerations:Funding up front with a single premium payment is not always a requirement with new hybrid policies. You will not contend with potential premium increases over time, as owners of stand alone LTC policies often do. However, the return on the insurance product may be locked into today's low interest rates. In addition, middle-class seniors may not need to buy a life insurance policy because their estates will not exceed the federal estate tax exemption. A large death benefit for these heirs must be weighed against the significant cost of paying life insurance premiums. Large or complex estates will have tax benefits from these vehicles, however, and if some of the death benefit is directed toward long-term care for the policyholder, it may prove even more useful.
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Passion and precision, authenticity and diversity: these are the hallmarks of Ireland's traditional music quintet, The Brock Mcguire Band. They are steeped in tradition and perform it with abiding respect and rousing creativity. The band's tight, tenacious blend of instruments often reaches fever pitch on stage, and their repertoire runs wide and deep, emphasizing mostly Irish music but also sprinkling in exciting arrangements of Shetland, French-Canadian, and other Celtic traditions.
Founding members button accordionist Paul Brock and fiddler Manus McGuire are two of Ireland's most celebrated traditional musicians, and have been at the forefront of Irish music for many years through their joint work with the group Moving Cloud. Manus is also a founding member of Buttons & Bows, and both bands, ranking among Ireland's finest, have helped to introduce international audiences to the virtuosity of their playing.
A multiple All-Ireland champion born in Athlone, County Westmeath, and now residing in Ennis, County Clare, Paul has many albums to his credit, including the classic Omós do Joe Cooley with fiddler Frankie Gavin, and his solo album Mo Cairdín called "a master piece of accordion playing" by the Rough Guide to Irish music, 2001. Manus was raised in Sligo Town and now lives in East Clare. His solo album Saffron and Blue was placed in many overseas top-ten music polls and was also named best album of 2000-and Manus, best male musician of the same year-by the Irish American News.
Performing with the Brock McGuire Band are two highly-rated musicians on the traditional music scene: young Galway player Enda Scahill, a five-time All-Ireland champion on tenor banjo and a senior All-Ireland champion on mandolin, and his brother Fergal Scahill, a superb multi- instrumentalist who has an all-Ireland senior fiddle title to his credit and who drives the rhythm section of the band on guitar and keyboards.
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Growing up in Sligo in the 1960s when fiddle music had regained popularity in its native home, the Northwest of Ireland, Manus McGuire was ideally placed to carry on a tradition made legend by fiddlers Michael Coleman, James Morrison, and Paddy Killoran thirty years previously. From an early age, he learned various dance tunes by his father's knee and followed his older brother, Seamus, into the national traditional music arena that was steadily gathering momentum. In 1970, at the young age of 14, Manus won Sligo's prestigious Fiddler of Dooney competition. Since then, he has toured extensively in North America and Canada.
Manus has recorded eight albums, including The Humours of Lisadell (Folk Legacy, 1980), and Carousel (Gael Linn, 1984),with Seamus; Buttons & Bows (Green Linnet, 1983), First month of Summer (Green Linnet, 1987) and Grace Notes (Gael Linn, 1991), all with the group Buttons & Bows; Moving Cloud (Green Linnet, 1994) and Foxglove (Green Linnet, 1997), with the group Moving Cloud; and a solo debut, Saffron & Blue (Green Linnet, 2000) This last recording was placed in the Top Ten polls of the Boston Globe and Irish Echo newspapers. It was also named Best Album of 2000–and Manus, Best Male Musician of the same year–by the Irish American News.


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Massachusetts' lead in the reform of labor took a huge leap in the 1880s. Although the commonwealth had taken important steps to reform labor in the 1840s to 1870s, conditions for workers remained awful by modern standards. The Knights of Labor, a labor reform group, initiated more than 300 strikes in Massachusetts in 1886 alone. In response the Democratic Party pushed through a number of new laws regulating the amount of time worked and other work conditions. All workers would eventually benefit from these regulations, but they were controversial. Thus the party concentrated on reforming the work conditions of women and children, the groups in society viewed as vulnerable and in need of protection.
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(Reuters) - The Korea Open finished in bizarre circumstances on Sunday with Kang Sung-hoon celebrating a one-shot victory after a controversial penalty for Kim Hyung-tae and poor putting by Rory McIlroy ended their title hopes.
Overnight leader Kim was on course for victory standing on the 17th tee but was told by an official he had been penalized two strokes for grounding a club in an area deemed to be a hazard on the 13th hole.
The South Korean then bogeyed the 17th and could only par the 18th to miss out on the OneAsia title.
Kim then decided to go back to the scene of the crime on the 13th and argued for two hours that he had not grounded his club before finally accepting his penalty and signing his card for a six-over-par 77.
That left compatriot Kang Sung-hoon, who carded a final round 69, to bag the title as Kim finished tied second on three-under with McIlroy and South Korean trio of Lee Sang-hee, Mo Joong-kyung and amateur Lee Chang-woo.
The 26-year-old Kang, who also won the Asian Tour's CJ Invitational last week, felt terrible for Kim.
"I'm a really good friend of his so at the moment it doesn't feel great. Even though I won the tournament, I just feel really sorry for him," he said.
"I was actually out there to celebrate for him, but... I don't know... I don't know what to say. It's horrible."
Former world number one McIlroy only had himself to blame for not ending his title drought on the demanding Woo Jeong Hills Country Club course, near Cheonan, south of Seoul.
Starting the day 10 strokes back, McIlroy put on a masterclass tee-to-green but endured another difficult day on the greens as he signed for a four-under-par 67 and was left wondering what might have been.
"I could have shot anything, absolutely anything. I only missed two greens and had so many chances, but it was like the story of yesterday - I just didn't hole enough putts," the 24-year-old Northern Irishman told reporters.
"I created so many more chances today that it could have been 61, 62. It just wasn't to be.
"I didn't birdie any of the par fives which was disappointing. It was tough. I felt like it could have been so much lower the last couple of days."
The twice Major winner, who won the Order of Merits on both sides of the Atlantic last year, has slipped to sixth in the rankings after a disappointing season on and off the course.
The search for the season's first title continued for McIlroy, who played the Korean event after a four-week break, but his approach play gave him confidence.
"A little frustrating, but I'm happy with how I hit it. I hit the ball really well off the tee and my iron play was very solid as well," said McIlroy, who was the top draw at the one billion Korean won ($940,300) event.
"I feel like my game is in good shape going into the next few weeks, and that's a good thing."
A bit of work on the greens was all he needed before heading to Shanghai for next week's BMW Masters.
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Chicago Bears offensive line coach Mike Tice hinted that changes could be on the way following a putrid performance Monday night against the San Francisco 49ers.
Tice followed through with the switch and has benched 2011 first-round draft pick Gabe Carimi in favor of Jonathan Scott at right tackle. According to Sean Jensen of the Chicago Sun-Times, Scott was working with the first-team offensive line during the portion of practice opened to the media on Thursday.
"This isn't the first time in my career people doubt me and it won't be the last," Carimi said via Jensen. "I just got to keep working hard. My opportunity will come.
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Tice said that in the end, the Bears need better results.
"Gabe works hard and is a very good professional for a young player," Tice said. "But at the end of the day, we all have to have better results, starting with me, because I'm the coordinator. I have to have better results. The players have to have better results. It's a business. That's the way it is. That's what it's about."
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There's an old saying that if you want something done you should ask a busy person to do it.
That certainly applies to a Glendale resident named Alice James, who in 1939 brought together a group of people who then went on to form the Foothill Service Club for the Blind.
James was a very involved community volunteer, donating her time to the local humane society and presenting animal-related programs in elementary schools. She also served as a driver for a Los Angeles club for the blind.
James often drove Walter Dorrance and his guide dog, Judy, to meetings.
Soon, she invited the duo to visit classrooms with her.
On the way home from one of these visits, James and Dorrance discussed forming a club for the blind in Glendale. Dorrance suggested they meet with Chester Parish, a Glendale osteopath who was also blind.
Parish offered to have a meeting in his home and invited Harry Hill and John Heitz, also blind, to attend. When James noted that they needed a secretary, Dorrance suggested asking Frances Brown, also blind, who could read Braille and type. (It was Brown who went on to compile this history of the club's early years.) Within a week, James picked everyone up and drove them to Parish's home.
First item on the agenda was contacting potential members. They agreed to approach the Lions Club, which already had the welfare of the blind as a project. With James driving, Hill called on George Hammond, then chair of the Lions committee for the blind, who gave them a list of potential members.
James concentrated on finding a meeting place, finally selecting a building on South Glendale Avenue near Broadway. When one of the founding members mentioned that they would like to own their own place, James replied, "well, that takes a lot of money," according to the club history.
After James and Hill presented their ideas, the Lions (later known as Glendale Host Lions) voted to support the project by assessing their members a certain amount; the funds were to be used for the new Foothill Service Club for the Blind. The name was proposed by James.
The Glendale Avenue building was soon modified to meet their needs, furniture was donated by members of the Lions and the La Cañada Delta Gamma Alumnae Sorority came to assist. By early 1940 the club was ready.
As the members of the blind club organized, they decided that the Lions should always be represented at board meetings. They also decided to have one more blind person on the board of directors than sighted and also that the president of the club would always be a blind member. At the time this was unusual, as Los Angeles club meetings were conducted by sighted people.
Mary Daniels, a current volunteer at the club, provided the history quoted here. She also shared several albums filled with photos and newspaper clippings. Although many of the clippings are undated, they paint a clear picture of the club's early years.
For instance, there's a clipping about their annual picnic — held in James' backyard on Los Encinos Avenue until the crowd got so big that they moved to Fremont Park.
Another clipping notes that James headed up Brotherhood Day, a day when artificial flowers were sold to raise funds for the blind or for shut-ins.
Carroll W. Parcher, in his regular column for the Glendale News-Press, noted that James devoted her time as a labor of love.
Other clippings detail the programs she lined up. C. Bradley Ward, writer of "Over the Back Fence," described the time James invited Mentley F. Still, a member of the club and a mechanic for 30 years, to illustrate that a mechanic could be blind and still do his work. Still took out, repaired and then reinstalled the bearings in James' car as his audience watched.
Bradley wrote, "if you get blue and discouraged, it will help to meet Alice. She will have a story or present you to a student, resulting in the decision that your troubles are not so difficult after all."
Readers Write:
Steve Vilarino writes that his neighbor Pauline Wagner, of Glendale, will be a special guest at a screening of "King Kong" on June 15 as part of the Los Angeles Conservancy's "Last Remaining Seats" movie series. Wagner, who will be 101 years old in August, was the stunt double for Fay Wray in the 1933 RKO classic. At the time, her part in the movie was kept a secret, Vilarino wrote, but now Wagner will tell her stories regarding the movie.
Tickets are still available for the screening of "King Kong," filmed on location with then state-of-the-art special effects. The movie will be shown at the Los Angeles Theatre, constructed in 1931 at an estimated cost of more than $1 million, according to the conservancy's website. For more information on other movies in the series, tickets and theater locations, visit www.laconservancy.org.
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Dr. Melvin D. Levine, a nationally known pediatrician who was found dead last week, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the medical examiner said on Friday.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2011
Dr. Melvin D. Levine, a pediatrician, was one of the most prominent voices in the field of learning disabilities until sexual molestation charges surfaced in 2008. His books and lectures were widely acclaimed by both teachers and parents.
Dr. Levine died in February 2011, at 71, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Dr. Levine was found in the woods near his Rougemont, N.C., home with a gunshot wound to his forehead. His death was reported a day after a class-action sexual abuse and malpractice suit was filed against him in Boston.
The suit alleged that while a doctor at Children's Hospital Boston from 1966 to 1985, he "stroked, massaged and manipulated the genitals of his patients in a manner which was not medically necessary."
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There had been complaints, including a civil lawsuit, against Dr. Levine dating back more than two decades. None of the complaints were proved in court.
Alan Schneider, a lawyer who represented Dr. Levine, said the pediatrician agreed to the consent order because the medical board proceeding "has been and would continue to be a major distraction from Dr. Levine's primary mission to help individuals with serious learning difficulties and developmental problems."
Until the sexual abuse charges, Dr. Levine was a leading advocate for children with learning disabilities whose fame spread through his books, including "A Mind at a Time," as well as through a PBS documentary, "Misunderstood Minds," and a nationwide schedule of lectures.
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My name is Lee Ede and I'm a Trading Standards Officer for East Sussex County Council. Part of my role is to support victims of fraud including doorstep crime and scams. The work is interesting and at times challenging but it is amazing to know that on a daily basis my colleagues and I can make a difference. That is a great feeling and a real motivator to spread the word about scams amongst my family and friends. I became a Friend Against Scams after completing the online training course.
Outside of work I've made a lot of friends by being a member of the WI. No calendars from me but spending time with like-minded women has really improved my knowledge of a wide range of matters and I really enjoy the social time as well. A gin tasting session was memorable as was a talk about chocolate.
My Federation in East Sussex asked me to become a trainee WI Adviser last year. This role is key within the organisation as only a WI Adviser can open a new WI. With the popularity of the WI being at an all-time high; membership is currently 225,000 with about 35,000 new members every year, lots of requests for new WIs are received.
The training course was quite intensive and included a practical exercise, a training session for me to deliver to a minimum of 15 people. As the East Sussex Federation of WIs had recently signed up to be a Charter Partner in the East Sussex Against Scams Partnership group, the Friends Against Scams presentation was an obvious choice.
I used the Federation Headquarters for the presentation and the audience were extremely interested and I think at times very shocked by the information they heard during the presentation. They were pleased with their certificates at the end of the evening and I've had several enquiries since my presentation. One WI member contacted her local Police station the next day and had a personal visit from two Police officers, on the same day to deliver some promotional material to be used at her WI.
The WI in East Sussex are now including scam advice and guidance in every copy of their Federation newsletter and I have more presentations planned for later in the year.
Friends Against Scams and WI go together really well and I would urge any WI member to consider becoming a Friend Against Scams. SCAMchampions do make contact with your local Federation WI HQ, details can be found on the following webpage https://www.thewi.org.uk/contact-us
You will find a friendly welcome from the WI, a great cup of tea and you never know maybe even a piece of really amazing cake. Lime & Pistachio has been on the side as I've written this article. Not made by me I hasten to add, it was made by one of my WI friends.


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Most people who have heard anything about the Florida Keys have heard only about Key West.
We love Key West, which is tropical, full of eccentric characters and has a well-deserved reputation as party central. Chickens are protected by law so the streets have a healthy population that meander the stores and byways, stalking tourists for edible droppings.
The southern tip of Key West is just 140 kilometres from Cuba and is a way station for Cuban refugees.
The island is the home of The Mel Fisher Maritime Museum ( melfisher.org), one of our favourite places in all of the Keys. It is dedicated to the Fisher family, who searched for the sunken Spanish treasure ship, Atocha.
The story of their disasters and successes and the treasure on display is mesmerizing.
If you find the museum thrilling, they have weeklong packages that allow you to dive the Atocha. One diver we heard of uncovered jew-elry worth a fortune on the last dive of his vacation.
Although Key West has the largest slice of the population of the Keys, it is only one of many islands that make up the coral cay archipelago. Every island has a different character, all offbeat.
Some of the islands are tiny out-crops of limestone that support just one house and a boat slip. The Keys are one of the few places where it is still possible to buy an island to live on.
The chain starts just 24 km south of Miami and curves westward to the Dry Tortugas National Park, 109 km west of Key West. The Dry Tortugas, at the end of the island chain, consist of 11 small islands and this solitary outpost of the United States has the largest masonry structure in the Western Hemisphere, Fort Jefferson.
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Are you self-employed? Are you about to tweet a complaint about working on a Bank Holiday when "everyone else" on your timeline is enjoying a 3 day weekend? Hold off pressing that send button for a moment, and let me explain something to you.
You are not the only person working on a Bank Holiday Monday.
We took a trip to That London over the long June Bank Holiday, and spent the Monday drifting around the city. Here is a list of all the people we met that day who were working:
- 3 hotel receptionists
- 3 hotel catering/cleaning staff
- 1 TfL bus driver
- 1 British Museum security guard (I think he was on a ciggie break but he helped us anyway)
- 3 cafe waiters/waitresses
- 3 people in Gosh! comics
- 2 barista in Soho
- 1 Tube driver
- 1 train driver
- 1 train guard (sorry, "customer service person")
- 1 buffet steward
- 1 supermarket checkout person
- 1 pizza delivery person
That's 22 people who were all working on the Bank Holiday. More importantly, they are 22 employed people who will have had to have a discussion with their manager over whether they have the day off, or if they come into work. And if the manager is short of staff for a rota, some of them may not have had much choice. And they may not have got extra money or time off in lieu for giving up that Holiday.
You don't have an automatic right to paid leave on bank and public holidays, though many people receive the day off work. Any right to time off or extra pay for working on a bank holiday depends on the terms of your contract of employment.
So if you are self-employed and are going to work the Bank Holiday Monday, either:
- Get on with it, and accept your decision to work,
- Have a word with your boss self about whether you need to be working the day.
You have the power here. You can give yourself the day off. Or you can make yourself work.
But don't act the martyr if you do decide to work. You are not, in fact, the only person working on a Bank Holiday Monday. Millions of others are. But maybe you're not aware of them because they're in the hospitality trade, or retail, or transport, or any of the many other service industry jobs where fannying around on social media is not possible in the workplace?


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Hardly Maxed out: Scherzer better than ever
DETROIT -- The question has come up a couple times to Max Scherzer, whose American League Cy Young Award-winning season last year was downright dominant. And after he threw eight shutout innings and had a season-high 14 strikeouts on Thursday against the Pirates, the question came up again.
After going 21-3 with a 2.90 ERA and 240 strikeouts last year, is Scherzer actually better this year?
DETROIT -- The question has come up a couple times to Max Scherzer, whose American League Cy Young Award-winning season last year was downright dominant. And after he threw eight shutout innings and had a season-high 14 strikeouts on Thursday against the Pirates, the question came up again.
After going 21-3 with a 2.90 ERA and 240 strikeouts last year, is Scherzer actually better this year?
"Coming off these last two starts and where I'm at, I'm a better pitcher than I was last year," Scherzer said. "That was my mindset coming into this year: I was going to be a better pitcher than I was last year. Take all the numbers, throw them out. I'm not referencing wins and losses or anything. If you look at how I'm pitching and what I'm able to execute, I'm executing all my pitches at a higher level right now.
"That's something I strive for, and really it's taken to the second half to kind of get everything in sync to be at that level. But I feel like I'm at a level where I'm better than I was last year. That's my goal, to keep getting better."
As Scherzer prepares to face the Rays on Tuesday at Tropicana Field, he is statistically pretty close to 2013. His Fielding Independent Pitching is nearly identical -- 2.76 this year, compared to 2.74 last season.
That, however, simply deals with the results. In terms of pure pitching, Scherzer has a better argument. The transition he made away from being a fastball-slider pitcher to a four-pitch pitcher has not only continued this year, but it has picked up momentum.
Scherzer's fastball, which comprised 60 percent of his pitches two years ago, was down to 53.5 percent entering this season, according to Fangraphs and STATS LLC. His slider usage has dropped from 15.2 percent to 14 percent.
Scherzer's curveball and changeup usage, in turn, have risen. The curveball, a pitch he didn't use in games until about two years ago, now comprises 11 percent of his pitches.
That mix was on display Thursday, though with a couple fewer curveballs than the season rates. According to data MLB.com's Gameday and brooksbaseball.net, Scherzer threw 60 fastballs among his 115 pitches.
Fifty-four of those were Scherzer's traditional power four-seamers, drawing nine swings-and-misses out of 23 total swings. The data, however, suggested six other fastballs were the two-seamer he has been honing this season and keeping in his pocket for certain situations.
Scherzer threw more changeups (24) than sliders (22), threw nearly all of each for strikes, and drew a dozen swings-and-misses between the two. The nine curveballs he threw were effective, including two whiffs.
"His fastball has generally always been good," manager Brad Ausmus said after the game. "His changeup was very good. But his curveball, he threw a couple curveballs harder than normal down and in on left-handed hitters, and he got a strikeout on one. Usually his curveball's more of an off-speed pitch on the outer half of the plate, and he's been working on it a little bit, throwing it harder on the inside part of the plate to lefties."
Scherzer said he's not throwing one or the other curveball different, he's just throwing them with a different amount of pressure.
For the season, data from STATS suggests those secondary pitches are better now. Scherzer is throwing his slider, curveball and changeup for a higher percentage of strikes, getting a higher percentage of swings-and-misses from the changeup and curveball, and getting hitters to chase the changeup out of the zone 40 percent of the time.
Scherzer's fastball and slider are both getting hit harder. His curveball is getting hit at a slightly higher rate. The changeup is a better pitch all around.
"The fastball maintains a finish through the zone," Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said. "The two-seamer, four-seamer [and] breaking ball play extremely well against the right-handers. The changeup for the left-handers. He's a horse out there. The volume of pitches he can throw and maintain velocity and command is impressive."
When the Bucs put pitches in play Thursday, they tended to hit them well. Two of the three hits against Scherzer were doubles, the other a line-drive single. All three were off the four-seam fastball.
But the Pirates didn't make contact often enough Thursday. Scherzer has gone five starts without allowing a home run, one shy of his longest such string from around the same time last year. If he can keep the ball away from catwalks at Tropicana Field on Tuesday, he'll get it.
But there's plenty more to like about the way Scherzer is throwing right now -- and the way he's feeling about the team around him.
"I feel great," he said. "Arm's healthy, especially now. We're going to get a couple of off-days, which will kind of give me a chance to freshen up. We've got playoff baseball. These games are huge for the rest of the season. We're in a fight right now, but that doesn't change what I believe, that if we come to play we're going to win this.
"I completely respect the other teams in our division -- the Royals, Indians. It's just that I believe in everybody in this clubhouse. I believe we have the talent to get it done. We just need to go out there and do it. We just need to play our game, bring our best every single day, bring our 'A' game, and let's go win the American League Central."
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Credit Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos for bringing drones into the public consciousness with his December 13, 2013, 60 Minutes interview. In what many skeptics viewed as a masterful piece of marketing, he predicted that in the next 5 years, drones would further revolutionize the online retail industry. Suddenly, drones were on the national radar screen, even though only a few test models were actually flying.


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Women's Missionary and Service Monthly (Periodical)
Women's Missionary and Service Monthly was an eight-page magazine, 6 x 9 inches, published by the Women's Missionary and Service Auxiliary of the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities (Mennonite Church) to promote interest in missions and relief. It was printed by the Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and in the late 1950s had a circulation of approximately 12,000. At this time Alice Ruth (Kauffman) Gingerich was the editor. As in the first copy, published in 1919, the magazine reported work done, gave information of work to be done, told of places where money and personnel were needed, and offered spiritual messages witnessing to God's faithfulness and love.
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Shank, Mrs. Charles S. "Women's Missionary and Service Monthly (Periodical)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 19 Mar 2019. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Women%27s_Missionary_and_Service_Monthly_(Periodical)&oldid=141458.
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Shank, Mrs. Charles S. (1959). Women's Missionary and Service Monthly (Periodical). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 March 2019, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Women%27s_Missionary_and_Service_Monthly_(Periodical)&oldid=141458.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 975. All rights reserved.
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Greensboro Launches Web Site to Track Stimulusby GDN Shared Post November 30, 2009
GREENSBORO (NNPA) – Tracking stimulus funding received by the City has gotten a little bit easier for Greensboro residents. Funds received as a part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) can now be tracked on http://greensbororecovery-nc.net.
"Go on the Web site. I think we're the first in this area that has done something this extensive outside the federal and state levels to track the funding and to make it easier for people to track the funding," said Denise Turner, assistant city manager for community affairs and communications.
Turner is correct. Even Obama Administration officials have said there is need for greater levels of monitoring and tracking stimulus funds on the state and local levels; even as it pertains to minority participaton in contracting. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, chair of the Democratic National Committee, has said his state has an "abysmal" record at spending with African-Americans and that tracking could be the key.
The Greensboro web site features graphics that show overall stimulus spending. Through ARRA, the Greensboro area received more than $38.4 million. The City of Greensboro received more than $23 million. Funds will go toward economic and community development, environmental protection, public safety, and transportation.
According to Turner, the city has only expended about four percent of the total funds that the city has received. These funds went to the Workforce Investment Act funding, which was used for adult training and employment and youth employment, and the Transit Infrastructure Investment, which was used for the construction of the Greensboro Transit Authority operations and maintenance facility.
As city programs are implemented and developed, reports will be posted on the Web site. Turner explained, "The way funds are being spent is what we're trying to detail on our site. On the site it has a "Stimulus Funds at a Glance" page and it has a "Funds Spent" page and it shows a bar graph and a pie chart."
For other grants where funds are remaining, interested parties can post applications. "These are for non-profits, businesses, not individuals. And it depends on the services that the grant seeks. For the Work Force Development Fund, they sometimes seek people to do training in certain areas. If they needed to train people in word processing, they could subcontract with a small business to do that training," shared Turner.
On the "Apply for Funds" page is information about historically underutilized business (HUBs). The Web site states that "Through the Minority and Women's Business Enterprise program, the City of Greensboro provides HUBs equal opportunity to participate in all aspects of City contracting and purchasing programs, and prohibits discrimination against a person or business in pursuit of these opportunities on the basis of race, color, sex, religion or national origin."
These businesses are wanted to participate on Amtrak projects nationwide. The North Carolina Office of Economic Recovery and Investment launched an awareness campaign targeting HUBs. More information is listed on the Web site. Turner said, "This Web site is probably one of the easiest ones in the state to figure out what's going on with stimulus money and how to get access to it."
NNPA Editor-in-Chief Hazel Trice Edney contributed to this article.


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50 Years Ago: The Beatles Hold The Top Five Positions On Billboard's Hot 100
It's possible that one day another band could come along and have every bit of an impact on the world as the Beatles did. However, there is one mark the "Fab Four" set 50 years ago today that, in all likelihood, will never be topped.
On April 4, 1964, the Beatles held the Nos. 1-5 spots on the Billboard Hot 100. In its second week on the charts, 'Can't Buy Me Love' shot up from No. 27 to the top. The other four songs, in order, were 'Twist and Shout,' 'She Loves You,' 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' and 'Please Please Me.' On top of that, they had seven other songs in the Top 100: 'I Saw Her Standing There,' (No. 31), 'From Me To You" (No. 41), 'Do You Want To Know A Secret ' (No. 46), 'All My Loving' (No. 58), 'You Can't Do That' (No. 65), 'Roll Over Beethoven' (No. 68) and 'Thank You Girl' (No. 79).
Beatles Bible also states that the chart that week also included two novelty records about the Beatles: 'We Love You Beatles' by the Carefrees (No. 42) and 'A Letter to the Beatles' by the Four Preps (No. 85. And the next week's chart saw the debut of two other Beatles tunes: 'There's a Place' (No. 74) and 'Love Me Do' (No. 81), giving them 14 of the Top 100 songs in America.
There were a couple of reasons why the market was flooded like this. The Beatles hit America a little more than a year after they broke in England. Capitol responded by issuing as much of their back catalog — as well as their singles from 'A Hard Day's Night' — as possible. In addition, there was an ongoing legal dispute with Vee-Jay Records as to who owned the rights to the songs on 'Please Please Me' (read more about that here). Knowing that they had a limited amount of time to make as much money as possible, Vee-Jay put out as many singles as they could afford. Two of the Top Five songs, and five of the Top 100 songs, were released either on Vee-Jay or their subsidiary, Tollie.
Billboard says that the closest any other artist has come to getting near the Beatles record was a two-week spell in 2005 when rapper 50 Cent held the No. 1 and No. 5 slot with 'Candy Shop' and Disco Inferno,' respectively. And he was a guest on the Game's track 'How We Go,' which was at No. 4.


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The path to college football wasn't exactly an easy route for Jevric Blocker.
He's had to overcome obstacles all along the way, but the star weapon from this past season's Florida Class 8A state champion Apopka Blue Darters has finally found his home at the next level.
Blocker, the the 5-foot-4, 142-pound running back — in pads we assume — has signed to play at Benedict College, an historically black liberal arts college in Columbia, S.C. The Tigers compete at the NCAA Division II level.
"This is a big stress relief," Blocker said of finally making his college choice. "We went and visited and I did a lot of research on the head coach [James Woody] and the academics. I plan to major in business and they had all of the intangibles for me to be successful."
Blocker was the fourth-leading rusher among Central Florida running backs this past season, running for 1,704 yards. He also scored 27 touchdowns and played a vital role in the Darters run to the state crown.
His size, however, became his drawback when it came to looking for a college.
"I really tried not to think about it. I just worked hard and gave all the glory to God and just hoped and believed and prayed every night that my dream would come true, and eventually it did," Blocker said.
Being able to band together with a group of guys he will never forget helped deflect any thoughts about what might have been if he were just a little bit bigger.
"It was a thrill. Just being able to bond with my teammates and coaches and being able to have that quality time and working hard and knowing that I always had a brother to protect my back was a great experience that I wouldn't trade for anything," Blocker said.
Not even a couple more inches in height.
"The college coaches knew that I could play ball and it was up to them to make the choice of whether they wanted me or not," Blocker said.
And finally, Benedict College put out the welcome mat.
Chris Hays is the Sentinel's recruiting coverage coordinator and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow us on Twitter at @Os_Recruiting and Facebook at Orlando Sentinel Recruiting and now on Pinterest at Orlando Recruiting.


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Angel Pagan appeared in last night's game and said his right side feels a lot better and he expects to be in the lineup tonight at Washington. Pagan batted left handed and felt no discomfort.
Meanwhile, Jose Reyes in being treated for a strained oblique muscle and believes he might be ready for Sunday's game.


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A Point Park University dance ensemble was named one of the top 12 dance ensembles at the Youth America Grand Prix International Student Ballet and Contemporary Dance Scholarship Competition (YAGP) in New York City. The ensemble Interconnect, choreographed by jazz faculty member Kiesha Lalama-White, received the honor after competing at the competition March 17-23.
Two Point Park ensembles earned the chance to compete in the prestigious event after receiving top honors at the YAGP Regional Semi-Finals in Philadelphia in late January.
At the semi-finals, Interconnect was named first place ensemble, the first Point Park ensemble to receive the high honor in the three years the University has been participating. It is the third consecutive ensemble to place in the top 12 and be invited to the finals in New York. The second ensemble, Solstice, choreographed by ballet faculty member Peter LeBreton Merz, also placed in the top 12 and was invited to compete at the finals, as well.
Merz was named outstanding choreographer, the second Point Park University faculty member to receive such a prestigious honor. Last year Lalama-White was awarded this honor. Also for the first time, a Point Park University dancer, Lauren Blakeney, placed third overall in the contemporary category.
"These accomplishments make this our most successful year so far," said Merz, assistant professor and head of ballet at Point Park.
According to Merz, the Youth America Grand Prix is one of the world's largest classically ballet-based scholarship competitions. Now in its 11th year, it has grown from a small national competition to one that is international, attracting dance ensembles from around the world, including cities from all over the United States to Brazil, Japan and Europe.
"The competition attracts thousands of dancers every year. The final-round audiences tend to be artistic directors and the top coaches and teachers from Moscow, Paris, Tokyo, Korea — everywhere that ballet is taught. They come to New York in the spring just for the finals," said Merz.
For Blakeney, a freshman dance major with a concentration in jazz, the experience of competing at such a prestigious event is exciting and challenging.
"I have some really great teachers at Point Park, and they helped me so much. I feel that without their help and direction I would not have done as well as I did," said Blakeney. "Just getting the chance to compete on stage and to meet and connect with the high-caliber dancers that compete at this level in New York is amazing."
"I am extremely proud of our dancers here at Point Park," said Merz. "To be named outstanding choreographer (at the semi-finals) just blew me away. I was not expecting it. It really surprised me. It was an incredibly fulfilling achievement."
As an additional part of the New York competition, Point Park also participated in a university audition event, where 39 high school students from around the world competed for scholarships to attend Point Park University and six other area schools for dance. According to Merz, Point Park was able to offer eight scholarships to prospective students. In the past two years the University has participated in the auditions, five dancers have matriculated to Point Park University.
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Not even chemistry would make Todd Hundley the player he was supposed to be. On this date in 1996, Hundley homered from both sides of the plate and drove in a career-high seven runs in a 14-5 victory at San Francisco.
Hundley would hit 41 homers that season, but never again had a year that approached those numbers. According to the Mitchell Report, Hundley started using steroids that season after never hitting more than 16 prior to that year.
Hundley, the son of former major league catcher Randy Hundley, hit 124 homers in nine seasons with the Mets, and after stints with the Dodgers and Cubs, finished with 202 career homers when he retired after the 2003 season.
Former Mets manager Bobby Valentine and Hundley feuded after the manager suggested his catcher needed more sleep, in reference to his late-night party image.
After Mike Piazza was acquired in May of 1998, it was apparent Hundley was done with the Mets and was traded to the Dodgers after that season.
Four years after his retirement, Hundley was named in the Mitchell Report along with another Mets catcher, Paul Lo Duca, for using performance enhancing drugs.


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I have had this week off from work and had the oppurtunity to find a few caches in the general area of greater Bangor. I had a few that I couldnt find and a few that the hint just didnt make sense.
I think that what we need to remember as responsible geocache placers is that the hint should be brief since some folks still have to decode by hand and we need to make sure the hint is correct and clear. I would rather have no hint than a bad hint. Remember that a hint is used for what ever you want it to be. Some choose to read it right away while others prefer to look around a bit.
I would also like to mention that it would hurt to check on your caches on a regular basis, and not wait till someone has a problem with it. It gives you a chance to restock and get ride of the trash. I check on my caches when ever I am around them. Some will say well good for you Dave, my caches are to far for me to go and just check on them. Well you knew you would have to check on them when you placed them. I went to a couple the other day that folks had reported dnfs on and the owner never even went to check on them. Not you JAke. I am refering to others.
Please folks stay on top of the maintenance of your caches other wise they are just geotrash.


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Milk Pail Market owner Steve Rasmussen and developer Merlone Geier announced Tuesday night that they had reached a last-minute deal to save the Milk Pail, before City Council members ultimately decided to delay the second phase of Merlone Geier's Village at San Antonio Center development in order to replace half the office space in the project with housing.
Addressing a major community concern while bolstering support for a controversial project, Mike Grehl of Merlone Geier said it was his pleasure to invite Rasmussen to the podium to announce the agreement in front of those who packed the City Council chambers Tuesday, July 1. The agreement grants Milk Pail customers access to 11 parking spaces in a nearby parking garage, enough to meet city requirements for the Milk Pail market to stay in business past 2016, when its current parking agreement expires.
"For the past several days my team has been working furiously on an agreement to allow the Milk Pail to remain in business where we have always been," Rasmussen said, adding that it would apply only "if and when phase two is approved."
Merlone Geier's second phase of development at the San Antonio shopping center is slated to replace Ross and BevMo at San Antonio Road and California Street. It includes a 167-room hotel, a large public square, 109,000 square feet of retail space, a 50,000-square-foot movie theater and a six-level parking garage with just over 1,300 parking spaces, and an office garage with 1,174 spaces.
"The length of the term is substantial and that would allow us to be around for quite a long time," Rasmussen said.
Grehl had previously said any further delays would kill the project, but was amenable when members voted 6-0 to delay the project and to study a compromise for more housing. It would remove one of two proposed six-story office buildings and replace it with what city staff said might be 115 housing units within the same footprint.
Inks can't vote
Council member John Inks had to leave the dais the California Fair Political Practices Commission said that, even under new conflict of interest rules, Inks must continue to recuse himself from the project. Inks owns property within 500 feet of the San Antonio precise plan area, but Merlone Geier representatives sought a clarification of the rules in hopes that Inks could vote on the project. The FPPC determination was made just an hour before the meeting, clearing up confusion and concern that Inks would be a swing vote to approve an unpopular iteration of the project.
Housing needs
Residents of the 330 apartments in the first phase of Merlone Geier's development spoke in favor of phase two, but most people who packed the meeting called attention to the area's housing shortage and how adding as many as 2,500 office workers to the city in the two proposed office buildings would speed up the area's gentrification.
"There are a lot of beautiful things about this project, then there's this jobs-housing imbalance thing, and I can't not think about that," said Edie Keating of Peninsula Interfaith Action. "The jobs-housing imbalance distorts so many things in our community. It creates traffic jams and it breaks up families. In our church we see young folks and retirees leave our area. Communities are being broken up by this jobs-housing imbalance. It affects everyone, whether you are a renter or a homeowner. You've got a great project, you need to make it morally right by substituting the office for housing."
The group leading the effort to remove office space and add housing to the project isn't satisfied with the compromise proposed by Mayor Chris Clark to replace only half of the office space with housing. Merlone Geier said that removing all of the office space and replacing it with housing would trigger a lengthy delay to study the impacts and comply with the California Environmental Quality Act.
"We would like more than the compromise offers," said Lenny Siegel of the Campaign for a Balanced Mountain View. "There are still too many jobs proposed."
Referendum threat
Siegel said that the group has yet to decide on a way forward, but said in an email that it seemed "unlikely" that a referendum petition would be circulated to gather over 3,400 signatures to put the project up for a public vote. The group had planned to put a referendum on the ballot if the project is approved before the San Antonio precise plan comes up for discussion to consider housing and other needs for the San Antonio area.
Grehl touted the $7 million in public benefits that would come with the Merlone Geier project, including a protected bike lane along California Street, a $300,000 monument to the birthplace of Silicon Valley at 391 San Antonio Road, new bike lanes on San Antonio Road and $750,000 toward a pedestrian tunnel under Central Expressway at the San Antonio train station, to which other developers in the area would contribute, according to Planning Director Randy Tsuda.
Grehl added that the project would bring $2.5 million to the city in the form of property taxes and sales tax revenue. An estimate of how much revenue would be created if the project were killed was not included; Merlone Geier has said it would alternatively build a two-story, 175,000-square-foot retail project along the southern half of the site, which the council had already approved with phase one several years ago. There would also be $5.3 million in below-market-rate housing fees, which council members said would pay for only about six subsidized homes for low-income residents.
"I want Mountain View to stay a diverse community," said resident Joan Bradovsky. "The only way to increase housing is to build it. Even if you build more and it's not affordable, at least it would take some pressure off (older housing stock). I hope you do that, you have the authority to do so."
"While I benefit from the housing-jobs imbalance on paper, I just think it's wrong," said longtime resident and homeowner Paul Davis, referring to how his property value is rising. "I agree it's a moral issue. The city has failed to address the housing-jobs imbalance and that's something I urge you to do ... so that our community can be whole."
Council members said they wished residents had been such advocates for controversial housing projects that they scaled back or killed in the past following public opposition, and they encouraged the public to continue their advocacy for housing. They said they would finish making most major decisions on the San Antonio precise plan including whether to make housing a higher priority at a July 8 study session to be held at the Senior Center.


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Officials At Yellowstone Warn Grizzlies Emerging
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Officials at Yellowstone National Park say grizzly bears are emerging from their dens.
Park officials say that as grizzlies come out of hibernation, hikers, skiers and people on snowshoes should stay in groups of three of more, make noise on the trail and carry bear spray.
Bears look for food as soon as they emerge from their dens. Park officials say bears are attracted to elk and bison that have died during the winter. The bears can react aggressively if they're surprised while feeding on the carcasses.
Yellowstone imposes seasonal closures in areas where there are many elk and bison carcasses to try to reduce conflicts between bears and people. Visitors to the park must stay at least 100 yards from black and grizzly bears at all times.


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