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Last week, I wrote about the Barron's Roundtable, commenting that its members rarely agree on anything. I want to point out again that this is precisely why I enjoy reading the Roundtable comments every year. Right or wrong, its members are anything if not independent, and this, in my opinion is what makes them so valuable.
In the second installment of the Roundtable, released last weekend, the comments were ... well ... a little too conventional for my taste. The loss of the wildly eccentric Marc Faber to the panel was to its detriment. Still, there are plenty of years where the conventional proves to be more popular than the eccentric. We shall see if 2013 is one of those years.
With that as an introduction, let us see what Abby Joseph Cohen of Goldman Sachs, Scott Black of Delphi Management, Oscar Schafer of OSS Capital Management and Brian Rogers of T Rowe Price have to say.
Cohen takes a somewhat contrary view with respect to the broader market. While most seem to expect the market to have a great first half of the year, Cohen sees a stronger second half with a lackluster first half. She also happens to be bullish on Asia and on American trade with Asia, recommending Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD) and South Korean tire company Hankook Tire Worldwide.
I share Cohen's enthusiasm for Asia, but Expeditors is too expensive for my liking and I believe Hankook is too difficult to invest in for most readers.
Moving on, I share Brian Rogers' general market outlook — that 2013 will bring decent if not exceptional profit growth and that dividend growth will be strong — but I find his picks uninspiring. Rogers likes PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), also-ran retailer Kohl's (KSS) and cosmetics firm Avon Products (AVP), among others.
Rogers' one pick that might be worth a second look in my view is energy company Apache Corp (APA). If gas prices rebound, Apache could have a good year. Though considering that 20% of its production is in crisis-plagued Egypt, this stock is not for widows and orphans.
Oscar Schafer's picks tend toward the conventional this year as well, though he had one that caught my eye — money transfer chain Western Union (WU). Western Union got completely obliterated in 2012 on fears that its business model was failing to contend with cheaper online competition, falling from just shy of $20 to below $12. But since November, the stock has enjoyed a nice rally. In Schafer's words, "Western Union's growth is driven by global migration trends. The typical customer for a money transfer might be a migrant worker, usually unbanked or underbanked, who is sending money back to his family in his home country."
Western Union is an "old economy" way to play the continued rise of globalization. At nine times earnings and with a dividend of nearly 4% (as of Jan. 28), the company's competition with newer economy rivals should already be factored into the share price.
Finally, we come to Scott Black. Black chooses what I find to be a "safe" pick in Qualcomm (QCOM). I say safe because Qualcomm is a convenient way to get exposure to the smartphone boom without betting on a single high-profile consumer brand, like Apple (AAPL) or Samsung. There is a little bit of Qualcomm in pretty much every smartphone, so I believe the company should do fairly well no matter who comes out on top.
I also liked Black's recommendation of Medical Properties Trust (MPW), a REIT that invests in hospitals and other health-related real estate. Medical Properties yields a mouth-watering 6.1% (as of Jan. 28), and Black contends that the dividend is safe, with the dividend accounting for only 75% of funds from operations.
Medical Properties has not raised its dividend since 2006 — and in fact, it cut its dividend substantially during the 2008 crisis. Still, if you believe that demand for medical facilities will increase over time, then Medical Properties is in my view not a bad way to play that trend.
This commentary does not constitute individualized investment advice. The opinions offered herein are not personalized recommendations to buy, sell or hold securities.


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Prayer Service for Slain Oikos Students: 'Only God Can Create Something Good Out of This'
"Only God can create something good out of this" was the message that over 800 members of the Oakland community gathered at a memorial service Tuesday evening prayed as they remember the victims killed in Monday's shooting at Oikos University, a private Christian school which specializes in integrating Korean students into American life.
Students, family members, and members of the community gathered at Allen Temple Baptist Church in East Oakland Tuesday evening to pray for the departed and their families. Many carried candles, while others hugged each other and cried, mourning over the six students and one receptionist who were killed Monday morning at around 10:40 a.m.
A moment of silence was also held during the memorial service, the sermon of which echoed the theme of community support.
"Only God knows the meaning of the suffering we endure," the university's vice president, Dr. Woo Nam Soo, said in Korean during the memorial church service, according to CBS News.
"In this unbearable tragedy and suffering, only God can create something good out of it," he added.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the multi-ethnic crowd which gathered for the memorial service included immigrants from Korea, Nigeria, and Nepal.
At a press conference held before the service, the Rev. J. Alfred Smith, Jr. of Allen Temple Baptist Church told reporters that violence in Oakland needs to stop, and the community needs to come together for prayer and reflection.
"The city of Oakland is a multi-cultural interracial city," Smith said, as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle.
"If any member bleeds, all of us bleed. If any member weeps, all of us weep. We feel the hurt and pain of the community," he added.
One L. Goh, a 43-year-old former student of the university, opened fire at students and administrators at the school Monday morning, killing six students and one receptionist in an execution style attack, telling them "I'm going to kill you all."
Police authorities say Goh was seeking revenge on one female administrator, as he was upset for being expelled from the university earlier that year.
After opening fire on the students in a classroom, Goh fled the scene and was apprehended by authorities at a grocery store three miles from the school.
He was allegedly made fun of for his poor English skills, and felt that he was disrespected as an older student at the small, one story university.
As Oakland City Police Chief Howard Jordan told CNN News, Goh "does not appear to be remorseful at all" regarding the shooting.
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To the cheers of the punters, the heavily backed favourite Assimilate charged home from second last on the turn to defeat Primitivo by three-quarters of a length in the 1400 metre feature.
A winner at Kembla Grange and Randwick, the Peter and Paul Snowden trained colt looked on target for a major race when second to Addictive Nature in the Group III ATC Ming Dynasty Stakes at Rosehill Gardens before finishing fifth in Trapeze Artist's Group 1 ATC Golden Rose Stakes back in the spring.
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Fast Food Forward: 'Civil Rights Movement of Our Era' Gains Momentum
At the Flatbush Reform Church in Brooklyn, religious leaders added their voices to the cause.
The specific goals of the movement are simple: to raise the pay of fast food workers to $15 per hour and to give workers the right to unionize. In a bigger sense, the campaign aims to fight the growing disparity between the rich and the poor in America, which is illustrated poignantly in the gap between the pay of workers and executives at major companies like McDonald's (NYSE:MCD), Yum Brands (NYSE:YUM), Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN), Burger King (NYSE:BKW), and others. The current average annual salary for a fast food workers in NYC is $11,000 (the NYC poverty line is set at $11,500), for example. Don Thompson, the CEO of McDonald's has a base salary of $1.1 million, with a yearly bonus that can reach as high as $1.65 million and a cash bonus as high as $8 million.
The Fast Food Forward movement was launched last November and quickly became the largest attempt ever made to unionize fast food workers in the US. With protests and rallies across the city, the movement attracted wide press coverage, from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and others, including Minyanville. However, since the initial protests at the end of November and beginning of December 2012, media coverage has waned.
The movement seeks to stand up for human dignity, to stop the oppression of hard-working people who don't make enough money to live and support their families. As Tabitha Verges, an employee of Burger King in Harlem said, "Faith leaders know that low-wage work is the civil rights movement of our era, and they're not going to stand by and watch as the $200 billion fast food industry pays workers so little we're forced to rely on food stamps."
I spoke with one of the workers, Kelvyn, a tall, outgoing man in his early 20s and an employee of Burger King in Bay Ridge, to get his take on the movement. His passion for the mission was obvious, though he admitted to being initially skeptical of Fast Food Forward and its goals. He has since taken up the cause, trying to bring it to his coworkers and beyond. But he also admitted how difficult it is to ask for more money, how many of his coworkers have been discouraged upon asking for and failing to receive a higher wage. As he said, "My friend was trying to quit. You know how much he meant to them? $.50. After working there for six years, he was offered a $.50 raise [if he would stay]. He had trained people to become general manager."
I asked Kelvyn how realistic the goal of $15 per hour was and got a sense for what workers expect from this movement:
To be honest, I'm a little bit doubtful that we'll get $15, but it's a good starting place. You want to aim high so you can mediate. I want all these franchises owners to meet us and have a mediation. Now, it is not 100% we'll get $15, but then again, not every war you go into is 100% your win. But when you have a solid group of people behind you, we should be making $11 or $12 at least. $10.50 would be the lowest I would go. $12 or $13 would be great. I mean, $15 would be amazing, I think I would cry.
I asked him how $15 per hour would change his life. He replied, "I think I could put myself through school."
The next event hosted by religious leaders in support of Fast Food Forward will be a screening of At the River I Stand, a documentary about the last day's of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and the Memphis sanitation workers strike he was supporting when he was assassinated. It will be held on April 2, 2013 at the Queens Education Opportunity Center at 158-29 Archer Avenue, Jamaica, NY. Doors open at 6 p.m. EDT. For a reservation, email email@example.com.
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I am looking to have the "above the fold" marketing section of our homepage redesigned to be more catchy to users. It must fit into our web 2.0 template design and incorporate several specific content elements
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I am interested in applying a fresh look or a different approach to our marketing section which is located below the header and above the general homepage content. The website targets two specific groups at the same time. 1) art galleries and organizations for submitting their art event announcements (content publisher) , and artists and photographers who are searching for these events to enter (viewers). For the artists, there are both free and premium paid ($29/yr) membership levels not currently reflected in the existing site. I am looking for a clean, concise display of the message that will entice both types of users to sign up on the site.
The existing site design is: http://www.theartlist.com
one approach that we were working on but only in concept: http://www.theartlist.com/images/design1.jpg
Here is a psd that I was working on: http://www.theartlist.com/images/ho…design.psd
- clean, crisp, light web 2.0 design elements that incorporate colors and layouts of content to compliment the existing website template design. I think that the existing marketing section is too blocky and design and marketing message is too confusing.
- Design must include the following elements: A brief keyword statement about what TheArtList.com is/does
- Section for Artists - explaining about searching for art opportunities - entice to join the site
- Section for Art Galleries about submitting their announcements to artists
- An Artist of the Month showcase, image, name, location, link to AOM page - entice to join the site
- Listing of current awards amounts.
- Maybe add in a testimonial or two
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This weekend saw a disturbing hashtag trend made in promotion of the newest movie in "The Purge" franchise (you know, the movie that sets its premise on the idea that people would turn into violent Freudian monsters if crime was legal for a day rather than just like... deal with their problems like adults). The idea was to promote users to go wild and free on the social media network for a day, which inevitably led to jerks exposing graphically violent content - or even worse, nude photos of (often underage) ex-girlfriends.
This led some to parody the whole event outright:
Meanwhile, others got right to the heart of the matter:
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SOA Big on SAP and IBM AgendasBy Mel Duvall | Posted 2006-10-19 Print
Enterprise software giant SAP is looking to bolster its position in the service-oriented architecture (SOA) arena, by launching a variety of consulting services aimed at helping customers transition to SOA.
Enterprise software giant SAP is looking to bolster its position in the service-oriented architecture (SOA) arena, by launching a variety of consulting services aimed at helping customers transition to SOA.
The new consulting services will help customers develop a road map to transition their enterprise systems to SOA, according to Bernd-Michael Rumpf, head of SAS's Global Field Services group and chief executive of the software company's systems integration division. The services will also help companies roll out SOA-based systems, leveraging the vendor's NetWeaver technology.
"We are providing customers with the clear services that will enable their successful transition to enterprise SOA," Rumpf said in making the announcement at the company's TechEd conference this week in Amsterdam.
Included in the list of new consulting services is SAP Business Strategy for Enterprise SOA, which essentially helps customers define an SOA strategy for their business and technology requirements. An SAP Modeling service similarly helps customers build an implementation design based on their specific business processes.
Most of the large enterprise software players have been making announcements in recent months related to their SOA offerings and consulting services, as the technology continues to gain momentum. IBM's latest earnings gave some indication of just how big a role SOA is playing in its future growth plans.
In its third quarter results, released Oct. 17, IBM said revenue for its WebSphere family of software products, which is a key plank in its SOA application integration strategy, increased 30% over the same period a year earlier. It didn't break out WebSphere's specific revenue, but said revenue for IBM's middleware brands, which include WebSphere, Tivoli, Lotus and Rational products, was $3.4 billion, a 12% increase over the third quarter of 2005. IBM software revenue overall was $4.4 billion in the quarter, a 9% increase.
IBM had a big quarter, posting a profit of $2.2 billion, or $1.45 a share, up from $1.52 billion, or 94 cents a share, a year earlier.
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March 30, 2007
Wabash men have often been known for fighting the good fight – and winning.
Scott Dreher '82, a San Diego attorney who does pro bono work representing the city's homeless, recently had a big win. Dreher filed a class-action suit against the city in the fall of 2004 on behalf of nine homeless people who were issued illegal-lodging tickets for sleeping on city streets.
In February of this year a court-approved settlement allowed homeless people to sleep on public property from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m.
A story ran in Thursday (March 29) edition of the San Diego Union-Tribune that brought the saga to a close. Dreher's suit represented nine homeless people, but he and the other lawyers working the case had to find one of the nine original homeless plaintiffs to sign legal documents to finalize the case.
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Fast-food salt content varies by country, study says
Fast food may often be high in salt, but the exact levels seem to vary based on the country you live in, according to a new study.
Looking at fast-food menu information in six countries, researchers found that the same item sometimes had different salt levels in different countries.
In general, certain foods had less salt in the UK than in the U.S. or Canada -- like McDonald's chicken nuggets and some chain-restaurant pizzas.
One serving of Chicken McNuggets, for example, came with 1.5 grams of salt (or 600 milligrams of sodium) in the U.S. and 1.7 grams of salt (680 mg of sodium) in Canada. That compared with just 0.6 grams of salt (240 mg of sodium) in the UK.
The chicken nuggets served up in Australia, France and New Zealand had salt levels that fell somewhere in between.
Salt was pervasive regardless of location, however. Overall, fast-food burgers served up an average of 1.3 grams of salt (or 520 grams of sodium) across all countries, with only small national differences.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), people should get less than 2,000 mg of sodium over a whole day.
It's not clear why salt content in some fast-food items varied by country, said Dr. Norman Campbell of the University of Calgary in Canada, who worked on the study. He and a few of his co-authors are members of the World Action on Salt and Health, which according to its website "works to encourage multi-national food companies to reduce salt in their products and with Governments in different countries highlighting the need for a population wide salt reduction strategy."
One factor in the country differences could be UK government efforts, the researchers write in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The UK has set voluntary salt-reduction "targets" for the packaged food industry.
The targets do not yet extend to fast food. But some fast-food companies were part of the "roundtable discussion" that helped set the goals, noted Elizabeth Dunford, a researcher at the George Institute for Global Health in Australia who led the study.
The bottom line, the researchers say in their report, is that salt reduction does appear feasible for fast food. The food industry has argued in the past that salt reduction is difficult because it requires new processes and technologies.
And a McDonald's spokesperson pointed out that the study used data from 2010.
"We have already reduced sodium by 10 percent in the majority of our national chicken menu offerings in the U.S. -- most recently Chicken McNuggets -- a Happy Meal favorite," the spokesperson said. "Sodium reductions will continue across the menu and by 2015, we will reduce sodium an average of 15 percent across our national menu of food choices."
Sodium high in all foods
But Campbell said the study is not an attack on the fast-food industry.
Country-to-country variations are seen in packaged food, too. And heavy salt use is not unique to fast food, Campbell noted.
"Yes, salt in fast food is very high," he said. "But if you went to an expensive restaurant, the sodium levels would be very high. If you buy packaged foods, the levels would often be very high."
In the U.S., it's estimated that almost 80 percent of people's sodium intake comes not from their saltshakers, but from the salt that foodmakers add to their products.
Campbell argued that it's up to governments to rein in sodium levels in the food supply.
Companies, he said, answer to shareholders, and they are out to make the most profitable products. "The big issue here is not the companies. The big issue is the governments."
A "structured, voluntary approach" -- where the government works with industry to set lower salt targets -- is probably the most feasible, Campbell said.
That's the approach that's been taken in the UK. In the U.S., New York City has led the way, coordinating the National Salt Reduction Initiative.
The NSRI is a coalition of local and state governments and health groups working with industry to cut sodium in packaged foods and restaurants. More than two dozen food companies, including Heinz, Kraft Foods and Starbucks, have signed on to meet certain salt-reduction targets.
"The (NSRI) has set targets for restaurant foods and we hope that other countries will follow a similar path," Dunford said in an email.
Exactly what such efforts will do for public health is not clear yet.
Cutting down on salt is known to help lower blood pressure. And many experts believe that wide-scale cutbacks on salt in the food supply will lower rates of heart disease and stroke. The WHO lists salt reduction as one of its top 10 "best buys" for lowering rates of chronic disease.
Is lowering salt always good?
Not everyone is convinced, though. A recent research review of 167 studies found that while salt reduction helped lower people's blood pressure, it may also boost levels of certain hormones and blood fats that could be harmful to the heart.
None of the studies had long-term information on whether salt reduction actually prevented, or contributed to, heart attacks or strokes.
The review was published by the Cochrane Collaboration, an independent, international organization that evaluates medical research.
But Campbell pointed to some other figures.
A 2010 study in the New England Journal of Medicine estimated that if Americans cut 3 grams of salt out of their daily diets -- or 1,200 mg of sodium -- it would save up to 92,000 lives each year. The typical U.S. man downs more than 10 grams of salt per day, while women average about 7 grams.
According to Dunford, the message for individuals is to eat fewer high-sodium foods -- not only fast food, but the many processed foods that harbor added salt, from breads and cereals, to processed meats, to soups and sauces.
But both Campbell and Dunford said that consumers should not bear all the responsibility.
"We've been badgering people about salt for years, and it's not working," Campbell said. "They are out there in a sea of fast food and processed foods."
"We really need to tackle this at a societal level."


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The historic trip includes visits to 13 towns and cities and 45 separate engagements
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After a brief stop in Sydney to catch a connecting flight to Wellington, Prince William, Kate and Prince George have arrived in New Zealand for the start of the three-week tour that will also take them to Australia.
They landed just after 8 p.m. Sunday New York time – around 12:05 p.m. Monday in Wellington. The historic trip includes visits to 13 towns and cities and 45 separate engagements.
Within 10 minutes of the New Zealand Air Force plane's landing came the first glimpse of Kate, holding baby George just inside the cabin. She and William then left the aircraft from the back of the plane into the blustery, light rain.
After being met by Prime Minister John Key, they walked across the tarmac at Wellington Airport. George, in a cream-colored outfit, didn't seem bothered by the weather or the attention of the 100 members of the media – flapping his arms as they walked across the tarmac.
Kate was wearing a scarlet Catherine Walker coat and Gina Foster hat – accessorized by a diamond and platinum brooch in the form of a silver fern, the emblem of New Zealand.
The piece was given to Queen Elizabeth by the "Women of Auckland" as a Christmas present in 1953, during the then-new Queen's Commonwealth tour to mark her Coronation.
As she held George in her right arm, Kate waved at some well-wishers pressed against the fence around the airport perimeter.
Despite the long flight from London that began Saturday evening, the young family looked happy and relaxed. William, in a suit, acknowledged the welcome from the top of the steps as they emerged from the plane.
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Meet Mercy Morganfield, New DC State President
Meet Mercy Morganfield, the new DC State President. She is founder and director of operations for the learning and business solutions company RightHands Resources, Inc. She is a seasoned corporate trainer. She is an avid volunteer. Now she is also DC State President.
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Morganfield's management and corporate training experience span more than two decades with companies like Exxon Mobil, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and Ernst & Young. She has used her skills in the workplace and in volunteer settings.
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A short history of economic thought
Routledge, Sep 12, 2008 - Business & Economics - 118 pages
This book provides an elementary introduction to the history of economic thought and has been considerably overhauled and updated since the appearance of the first edition in 2002. A chapter is devoted to each of the major developments in the history of the discipline, with a brand new introduction setting the scene. This short history of economic thinking covers large ground by outlining the main schools of thought and paradigm shifts in the field. Greater coverage is allowed to the major Anglo-American trends while retaining the innovative coverage of mainland European thinking so characteristic of the original. in the final chapter, the authors draw together some of the key strands and comment on some major works and textbooks in the history of economic ideas. The book concludes by reflecting on the changes in economic thinking within the general context of the philosophy of science
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As we were driving to pick up the kids from my Ex's house yesterday, Keoni commented that he always has a knot in his stomach at pick-up and drop-off times, wondering if the Ex (or his wife) will kick up a fuss of some sort. I get the same knot. And sure enough—yesterday we got another taste of pointless puerility.
We had reminded the kids to bring their sleeping bags because we're planning a camping trip this week. They each have a nice down sleeping bag (I know this because I bought them, back when I was still married to their dad), and the arrangement is supposed to be that the kids can bring their own things back and forth between the households, regardless of which parent might have bought the items in question. The kids' things are the KIDS' things, and they're supposed to be able to have their things with them.
However, instead of the down-filled sleeping bags, my Ex brought out a pair of old flannel bags that he and I had bought when we were college undergrads. They would be fine for a living-room slumber party, but in the Idaho mountains these weren't warm enough when they were new—and that was almost twenty years ago. So I asked if the kids could please bring their warm sleeping bags, since we're heading into the mountains.
"They're in the trailer," he answered evasively, clearly intending that retort to close the topic.
Can they please bring them?
"They're in the trailer," he repeated. (The tent-trailer in question was not ten feet from where I stood, and takes all of three minutes to open.)
Can they please bring them?
"They shouldn't need—it's July—they shouldn't need them," he blustered. (As if it hadn't been a July-in-Idaho-mountains when HE got too cold in one of these same bags. They've served as picnic blankets ever since.)
In the mountains they might. Can they please bring their own sleeping bags?
(…reluctant pause…) "Okay… But I need to talk to you over here." I followed him to the other side of the driveway, away from the kids, where he put on his most put-upon face and demanded to know: "How do I know they're going to come back in any kind of decent condition?"
(Wait, what?? Seriously, where did that come from?)
What's the productive thing to do at this point? He already said the kids can take their sleeping bags; but he wants me to have this "talk" with him first… If he truly had reason for concern, I don't know what I could say that would reassure him. As it is, there's no history or habit or past incident that would render this question applicable, or even explicable.
I learned a while back not to get diverted into pointless pissing matches with him, and I can't imagine this "talk" fitting any other description. He still feels a need to take (or create) any opportunity to deprecate and disparage. Yes, I gave him a brand new High Horse to ride with my alcoholic relapse nineteen months ago, but he doesn't seem to realize that his nag hasn't had anything to feed on for a year and a half. (Maybe that's why he's grasping at straws? No, wait—horses eat hay.)
Bottom line? Never mind beating a dead horse—he's still trying to ride it.
And I choose not to serve as his saddle any more. I chose not to engage in his inquisition about the imminent danger to the sleeping bags being released into my custody. If you're not going to let the kids take their bags, say so and let me leave; if they can take their bags, let's get them out so I can leave. I didn't say that out loud, though; I just repeated myself… Can the kids please bring their sleeping bags?
Keoni stepped over to join us. The Ex told him to walk away. Keoni didn't argue, but also didn't move. I repeated my own question yet again.
How ridiculous does this get? Only one thing derailed the Ex from his desired discussion of the doubtlessly-doomed bags: namely, his stronger desire to deliver his diatribe to me alone. When Keoni declined to skedaddle, the Ex puffed up and tried again:
"Sir, you need to step away. This is between me and my wi— …me and my ex-wife."
The almost-"wife" slip made me chuckle afterward (given that I've been Keoni's wife for several years now, and that the Ex himself remarried just a few weeks ago), but at the time I just had one response: "I don't have to talk to you alone."
He did get the sleeping bags out of the trailer, for which I'm grateful—truly, I would have been worried about the kids keeping warm in those other bags. And I confess he did manage to strike a nerve as he grumbled while he got them out. He was complaining about Christian bringing his (expensive) ear protection for shooting, and both of them taking their (expensive) sleeping bags, and he said he's "tired of buying all the expensive stuff because you won't." If he wanted to hit home with derision, that one did it—the difference between "won't" versus "can't" buy expensive things. As if I were blowing off the kids. And at the same time, frustration that he'd send them with inadequate equipment rather than focus on what's best for them. And that he'd try to blame me for that (he's worried I'd damage the sleeping bags? Oh please…) Why would he balk at letting the kids take their own (sufficiently warm) sleeping bags or their own ear protection?—it's not as though I'M using his "expensive" stuff, so what's the problem?
This is why I don't talk to him alone. This is why I need a little time for prayer-assisted emotional recalibration after I do have to talk with him. His muddied view of our simple and joyful life can temporarily sully my own view of it until I manage to shake off his disagreeable influence. So here I am recalibrating, and looking forward to the camping all of us are excited about.
When Christian called earlier in the week with questions about his packing-list for camping, I told him we'll be heading up to Silver City, a mining ghost-town that Keoni & I visited last summer when I wrote the cover-story for a travel magazine. On that trip we stayed in the 150-year-old hotel, but this time we'll be pitching tents… And not in the established campground nearby, but somewhere along the river—REAL Idaho camping, for the first time in the kids' memory. They've been out regularly with their dad and his wife, but the trailer (with its heater, stove, and running water) disqualifies those travels from the Camping-category, in my [snobbish-outdoorswoman] opinion.
They'll have a lot of new experiences mixed in with some old-and-familiar ones. Setting up a campsite with tents, digging a latrine, panning for gold below the old mines, starting a fire with flint and steel, cooking in the campfire coals, target-shooting with the Desert Eagle handgun, exploring the ghost town and its cemetery, bait-fishing (and fish-cleaning, and fish-frying over a campfire), working on carving our walking sticks, some hiking-exploring, campfire sing-along, some reading aloud from my favorite Idaho-outdoors-author Patrick McManus… And I'll be interested to see the photojournalism-perspective of each of the kids, now that they're taking pictures.
There, see? I just needed to realign my mind. And no, I wouldn't trade our joyful, rich-in-experience life for the Ex's agitated, rich-in-trinkets existence.


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Here's a quick look at what we learned from the first day of practice and conversation at the Final Four in San Antonio.
Larry Brown won't play favorites
At least that's according to Kansas coach Bill Self, who still gets starry-eyed when talking about his mentor.
Self leans on Brown — who took the Jayhawks to the 1988 title behind star Danny Manning — but he isn't the only coach who does so.
Loyola's Aundre Jackson wanted to be player of the year
After coming off the bench last year — and earning the first Sixth Man of the Year award in the history of his school — the Texas native was hoping to become the Missouri Valley Conference's marquee player.
Instead, he's reverted back to a bench role, but he certainly hasn't sulked about it. Click here to read more about Jackson's season, which has included 20 games of 10 points or more.
Expect more mid-majors to reach the Final Four
That's the word from Michigan coach John Beilein, who previously worked as smaller schools like Canisius College and the University of Richmond. Beilein said the college game is as much about culture as it is talent. Click here to read more.
Jalen Brunson heard all the hype about Trae Young
After he was announced as the Associated Press' player of the year. Villanova's Jalen Brunson was asked if he'd heard the rumblings earlier in the season about Oklahoma's Trae Young, who had the inside track.
Brunson was honest, and humble:
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"And Trae Young, just a comment on that: He's a great player. Obviously, their team lost at the end of the year, but that doesn't take away what he did all year. He still led the country in scoring and still led in assists as well. He's put himself in a position to be very successful for his future.
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Kansas' Azubuike might have mom at Saturday's game
It's possible that Udoka Azubuike could see his mother for the first time in six years on Friday — the NCAA is helping her fly from Nigeria. She has never previously seen him play.
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A major center for insurance, financial services and publishing, Des Moines has a lot to offer, such as affordable housing, short commute times, a diverse population, and was also recently named one of the best places to live on the Silicon Prairie.
Gray's Lake Park features the 1,400 foot-long Kruidenier Trail pedestrian bridge and a 1.9 mile trail around the lake. "...Residents can walk, bike, boat or fish -- right in the very heart of downtown," said Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie.
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The Iowa State Capitol is among the most beautiful state capitols in the country with its 275-foot, 23-karat gold leafed dome anchoring the east end of downtown Des Moines.
Historic East Village is an eclectic neighborhood of restored historic properties, beautiful streetscapes, and urban living at the foot of the State Capitol.
DSM has been designated a "World Festival and Event City" by the International Festivals and Events Association.
The City of Des Moines is in the process of a multi-year performance measurement program. This program is designed to gauge citizen expectations and satisfaction with governmental services and to measure the City of Des Moines' effectiveness. These programs help to illustrate the City of Des Moines' progress in attaining the 12 goals by the City Council.
There are four components to the program:
Performance Report
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The Center for Performance Measurement (CPM) is available to subscribing local governments. The service provides performance data templates that allow local governments to share data about their programs, benchmark their work against similar jurisdictions, and as a result, improve service through application of best management practices.
The 2011 Performance Report outlines the City of Des Moines' service efforts and accomplishments for 2011. The sections of the report are based on the City of Des Moines Goal Statements. The report includes performance measures, benchmarks, census data, spending levels, and the results of the a resident and business survey to reach a general understanding of the City's performance.
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Every two years the City of Des Moines hires a private party to administer a survey to allow residents an opportunity to provide feedback about the services they receive from the City of Des Moines. The input assists the City in making critical decisions about the allocation of City resources and helps set the direction for the future of our community.
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We aspire to be the city of choice for ourselves and future generations - beautiful, clean and safe.
We will achieve our vision through a healthy economy, strong businesses, vital neighborhoods, excellent schools, a vibrant
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We will preserve our City's friendly, hometown atmosphere and celebrate the diversity of its people.
We require innovative governance that is accessible, accountable, and efficient with a system of funding that is fair, affordable, and stable.
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Email has become an important part of life these days. More and more web applications are expected to be capable of using email to communicate. Online stores in particular need a way of confirming orders, sending gifts certificates and distributing information about specials among other things. You may want to send an HTML formatted greeting to the registered visitors of your blog, publish a newsletter in an automated fashion or even code a custom email application for your own use on a personal web server. You may even want to provide basic web email services to users of a small web community.
Sending plain text email is pretty easy in most web application environments. Within a PHP application you can use the "mail()" function. Where things get more interesting is when your requirements extend to other content such as images, HTML, PDF, RTF, CSV or other document formats
This article outlines the design of a PHP class for sending email with attachments. Everything you need to do this is supplied by the core PHP system, so nothing additional (such as non-bundled extensions) should be needed save for the required set up and connection between PHP and a SMTP mail package such as Sendmail or Postfix. For details on setting up Sendmail and PHP, read through the appropriate section of the PHP manual. If you are already using the mail() function in PHP, you are ready to go right now.
The Benefits of the Design
Of late I have had my fill of code written with a single application and purpose in mind. The kind of code I mean is long procedural code, hardcoded with names and string values specific to that project, and almost always spread out over multiple documents. Want to modify it? Good luck! Want to use it somewhere else? Yeah right! Many times it might seem quicker to write something in this way, but when it comes time to alter it in any way you've got a problem. If you didn't write it in the first place, it makes it that much worse.
This class was designed based on the functionality of some code written in that very way. Rather than labor for hours trying to modify this code I decided to encapsulate the operation in a class. What I ended up with is a piece of code that can be used in any project and never has to be written again. For those that haven't used classes, coding in this manner allows you to assemble larger applications out of smaller widgets. How simple or complex in function you make your classes are up to you, but you may find that keeping it simple is the best approach. The PHP language may not have all of the features of a completely object oriented language such as Java or C# but what it does have can save you hours of frustration if you let it.
The mime_mailer class has three methods (including the constructor) that can be considered "public" and is all you need to reliably send email with attachments from a PHP application. You could easily extend this class with other classes that produce files of various types, provide shopping, checkout and payment services, process input from forms, work with the local file system and a long list of other useful functions.
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The first order of business is to initialize some variables and provide a constructor for the class.
class mime_mailer
var $from;
var $to;
var $subject;
var $body = "";
var $headers;
var $files = array();
var $header_set = false;
var $body_set = false;
Some of these are pretty self explanatory. It's easy to see who the email is from, who it goes to, the subject and the body of the message. Other variables are provided for headers, an array is for file contents and two boolean values are intended as checks to determine that we have everything before sending the mail. It might be useful in some situations to employ email address validation before sending to help ensure that nothing goes wrong. Next is the constructor method.
function mime_mailer($to,$from,$subject,$body)
if($to != "" && $from != "" && $subject != "")
$this->to = $to;
$this->from = $from;
$this->subject = $subject;
if($body != "")
$this->body = $this->set_body($body);
echo("Some constructor arguments are blank: mime_mailer");
As long as all the necessary values are valid, several variables are set with the constructor. In addition the "set_body()" method is called in order to place the body of the message inside the proper mime content. The "MIME_BOUNDRY" marks individual sections of the mail. Use two line returns before and after each content block (this goes for the attachment content as well).
function set_body($body)
$body_str = "–MIME_BOUNDRYn";
$body_str .= "Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1″n";
$body_str .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printablen";
$body_str .= "nn";
$body_str .= "$body";
$body_str .= "nn";
$this->body_set = true;
return $body_str;
The "set_headers()" method is also called to set some necessary mail headers. Values for email "from", "Reply-To" "X-Sender" and "Return-Path" are set from the "from" variable we set earlier.
function set_headers()
$this->headers = "From: ".$this->from." rn";
$this->headers .= "Reply-To: ".$this->from." rn";
$this->headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0rn";
$this->headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
$this->headers .= "X-Sender: ".$this->from."n";
$this->headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP4n";
$this->headers .= "X-Priority: 3n";
$this->headers .= "Return-Path: <".$this->from.">n";
$this->headers .= "This is a multi-part message in MIME
$this->header_set = true;
Both of the above utility methods set a variable to true to indicate that the information has been set.
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function add_attachment($file_path)
if($file_path != "")
$this->files[] = $this->set_file_section($file_path);
function set_file_section($file_path)
if($str = file_get_contents($file_path))
$str = file_get_contents($file_path);
$bname = basename($file_path);
$str = chunk_split(base64_encode($str));
$section .= "–MIME_BOUNDRYn";
$section .= "Content-Type: ".$this->determine_mime($file_path)."; name="$bname"n";
$section .= "Content-disposition: attachmentn";
$section .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64";
$section .= "nn";
$section .= "$str";
$section .= "nn";
return $section;
$problem = "";
$problem = "File could not be found";
echo("unable to load specified file $file_path in set_file_section method
$problem");
The "add_attachment()" method is pretty simple. It accepts the string path to a file to attach as an argument. It calls the "set_file_section()" method which loads the file, encodes it and places it in the proper mime content. In order to insert the proper mime type for the file into the string, we need to send the file name to a function that determines the mime type based on the file extension. There are a lot of these functions available on various sites and more complex classes that use the mime types file that is used by Apache.
For this class I have written a basic mime type function that supports the formats I most commonly encounter in my work. If you have additional ones that you wish to support, adding mime types to this function is as simple as adding to the switch construct.
function determine_mime($name)
$str = basename($name);
$name_arr = explode(".",$str);
$len = count($name_arr) – 1;
$name_arr[$len] = strtolower($name_arr[$len]);
case "jpg":
$type = "image/jpeg";
case "jpeg":
$type = "image/jpeg";
case "gif":
$type = "image/gif";
case "txt":
$type = "text/plain";
case "pdf":
$type = "application/pdf";
case "csv";
$type = "text/csv";
case "html":
$type = "text/html";
case "htm":
$type = "text/html";
case "xml":
$type = "text/xml";
return $type;
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The final two methods send the mail. If the proper headers and body information is set, the mail message is assembled from all the information previously gathered. The "assemble()" method is called to assemble the attachment data and put it together with the body of the message.
function send()
if($this->header_set && $this->body_set)
$message = $this->assemble();
$headers = $this->headers;
$to_address = $this->to;
$mail_subject = $this->subject;
return true;
return false;
function assemble()
$str = $this->body;
if(count($this->files) > 0)
$str = implode($this->files);
$str .= "–MIME_BOUNDRY–n";
return $str;
Formatting can be important to the success of the mailing. Attachments can fail to appear or be corrupted if the output is not correct. If you have any trouble while modifying or adding to this class, consult documentation about mime formatting to determine what might have gone wrong.
The Code in Use
Using the mime_mailer class is a simple matter. The first line you will need is to include the file in your application. You then initialize an instance of the class, add your attachments and send the mail. Use as many instances as you need. The to, from, subject and body information can come from any source in your application you need it to.
$to = "email@example.com";
$from = "firstname.lastname@example.com";
$subject = "Season's Greetings";
$body = "Here's some xmas cards just for you!";
$mailer = new mime_mailer($to,$from,$subject,$body);
No Stamps to Lick
There are quite a few applications where this basic functionality would be indispensable. Wrapping it all up into just a few lines can save a lot of time and effort. Experiment with the code, use it in your applications, and if you have any modifications that you think will be useful to others, please share them, and please email responsibly.


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Buddhism, one of the world's major religions, began over 2,500 years ago with the birth of a prince by the name of Siddhartha Gautama, or the Buddha as we simply know him today. Gautama was born in a small kingdom of Kapilavastu to father King Suddhodana and mother Queen Maya. Upon his birth many sages predicted his likelihood of becoming a Buddha. When the King heard word of this he vowed to do everything in his power to keep his son within his palace so that he may never venture away.
By the time Gautama reached the mature age of sixteen he was married off to a gorgeous princess and showered in expensive gifts and palaces by his father. But Gautama dreamed about life on the outside, dissatisfied with life inside his confinement. He proceeded to sneak out of the confines of the greater palace on multiple occasions and it was on these ventures outward that he witnessed four things that would change his life forever.
When he ventured out the first few times, Gautama saw for the first time to effects of old age, sickness, and death. His lavish lifestyle in his princely world began to disgust him as he realized all the suffering happening elsewhere. On his fourth trip out he came across an aesthetic monk who had renounced all his worldly possessions in favor of learning the secrets and meaning to life. Siddhartha Gautama decided he wanted to do the same. He left his kingdom walls one final time in order to become a wandering monk himself.


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Congratulations, Class of 2014!
31 May 2014 • On-Campus • Commencement
View the photo gallery by Leanne Parrott Photography
Listen to the audio on Ancent Faith Radio's podcast, Voices From St. Vladimir's
At its Commencement Exercises Saturday, May 31, 2014, St. Vladimir's Seminary awarded diplomas in three programs to 21 graduates: 4 Master of Theology, 8 Master of Divinity, and 9 Master of Arts degrees. Among the graduates were five priests and one deacon, who will join the ranks of alumni clergy serving the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches in the U.S. and around the world. Five of the ordinations to Holy Orders occurred in May 2014.
On Saturday morning, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon (Mollard), primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), and His Grace Nicholas (Ozone), auxiliary bishop for Brooklyn of the Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (AOCANA), presided over the Prayer of Supplication (Molieben) in Three Hierarchs Chapel, on behalf of the graduates. Metropolitan Tikhon, president and chair of the seminary Board of Trustees, opened and closed the Commencement Exercises.
In his remarks, Commencement speaker Archbishop Job (Getcha) exhorted the graduates to be mindful of "the one thing needful" mentioned in the gospel story of Martha and Mary (Luke 10.38–42).
"Young pastors are often preoccupied by many things, and most of these things are rather practical—what should I live on, what do I preach about?" His Eminence began, "But the one thing needful, the most essential part, is prayer and worship, the heart of church life.
"We will find amazing and unexpected solutions as long as we pray and accept God's will," encouraged Archbishop Job. "Always have hope in God and entrust your whole lives to God in prayer."
The archbishop was elected to lead The Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe in 2013. Formerly Dean of the Institut Saint-Serge in Paris and professor there of Liturgy and Church History and Senior Scholar at the Institut Catholique de Paris, Archbishop Job is on the faculty at the Institute of Postgraduate Studies in Orthodox Theology at the Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambesy, Switzerland. He also authored the recently released SVS Press book The Typikon Decoded.
Other hierarchs present at the Commencement were: His Eminence Silouan, metropolitan of Buenos Aires and all Argentina and Patriarchal Vicar of New York and all North America; and His Grace David, bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of New York and New England. Other special guests included The Very Rev. Dr. Steven Voytovich, dean of St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary, South Canaan, PA; and The Rev. Mardiros Chevian, dean of St. Nersess Armenian Theological Seminary, Armonk, NY.
Special recognition was given to Valedictorians The Rev. Nicholas Eric Roth and The Rev. Kyle Parrott; and Salutatorians Seminarian John Bradley Vien and Luke Bullock. Also, Student Council President The Rev. Alessandro Margheritino presented the St. Macrina Award for Excellence in Teaching, selected by student vote, to Dr. Paul Meyendorff, The Father Alexander Schmemann Professor of Liturgical Theology.
As well, The Very Rev. Dr. John Behr, dean of St. Vladimir's, read a special resolution from the Board of Trustees with regard to the retirement of seminary professor The Very Rev. Dr. Paul Nadim Tarazi, recognizing his 40 years of dedicated service to his students and thanking him for his unwavering commitment to Jesus Christ and His Holy Church. Father Paul, a priest in the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese, taught Old Testament and biblical studies to generations of seminarians.
Additionally, the seminary Board of Trustees awarded an honorary Doctor of Sacred Music degree to famed Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The Consul General of Estonia, Sten Schwede; The Honorable Urve Tiidus, Estonian Minister of Culture; and Her Excellency Marina Kaljurand, Estonian Ambassador to the United States, attended the academic ceremony.
After the Commencement Exercises Maestro Pärt and his wife, Nora, were honored by the St. Vladimir's Seminary Children's Choir, led by Khouria Danielle Miller. The choir sang the Orthodox Christian Vespers service, with music especially arranged for them by composer Ivan Moody. The children's choir will be publishing a recording of the vespers in fall 2014.
Dr. Pärt was the guest of honor at a Carnegie Hall concert that same evening, sponsored by the Arvo Pärt Project at St. Vladimir's Seminary and featuring his music, performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste.
The entire St. Vladimir's community wishes the Class of 2014 many years!


text: Immigration Reform: Landscape of California Agriculture at Stake May 22, 2013 01:19 PM Tweet California is home to more than 350 different crops. As Immigration Reform looms, the state's farmers and ranchers fear labor shortages could ultimately force them to switch to less labor intensive crops. © Tyne Morgan TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Tyne Morgan US Farm Report Host Email The Senate Judiciary Committee passed its version of Immigration Reform late last night. American Farm Bureau told AgDay while several amendments were passed; the 844-page bill remains largely untouched. Even though the bill still has battles ahead, making it out of Committee signifies progress for California farmers desperate for workers. Asparagus grower Barb Cecchini fears labor shortages could ultimately change the landscapes of California agriculture today. "Labor ranks as my problem as number one, two and three," she says. "I believe I'm probably going to be getting out of the industry in the next five years. I don't have any plans to plant new asparagus, and you have to have new asparagus coming in all the time." California Farm Bureau says she's not alone. Last year, 61 percent of surveyed growers in the state reported labor shortages. A case study published jointly with Partnership for a New American Economy and the Center for Global Development shows the impact lack of labor is having on North Carolina farmers, as well. The study concluded: The number of guest worker visas should remain uncapped and not depend on local or national unemployment rates. In 2011, out of 6,500 available farm jobs available in the state, only 268 out of the 500,000 unemployed North Carolina residents applied for these jobs. Of those applicants, more than 90% were hired, and only 7% remained at the end of the season. Meanwhile, California Farm Bureau says with not enough workers, farmers are forced to make a difficult decision. "Do I let acres go fallow, do I sell my land, do I go into other crops," says Rayne Pegg, Manager of Federal Policy for California Farm Bureau. "And it's really a question of who can survive under that model." Lodi, California grape grower Wendy Moore has similar concerns. "What I want, as an individual farmer, is I want to know there is a skilled workforce that is available, at the time the work needs to be done." Last year, Moore says that didn't happen. And there are fears shortages could be worse this fall. "We extended our harvest about three days, which doesn't seem like much, but when you have a perishable product, the quality of that product deteriorates as time goes on," says Moore. She says the current H-2A Visa program doesn't work, as it's not flexible enough to meet her needs. In fact, a survey shows only 2 percent of farmers actually the current program today. That's why she's extremely pleased the new piece of legislation does away with a program she views as broken. "It has become increasingly difficult, and the old immigration that allowed for guest worker programs worked very, very well," says Moore. "So, a reestablishment of something along those lines would be very helpful." As it sits today, the Senate version of Immigration Reform replaces the H-2A Visas program with a Nonimmigrant Agricultural Visa and Blue Card program. While the bill on the table is a compromise, Mar Grossman with United Farm Workers of America says in an ideal world, there are still pieces each side would like to see changed. "I think the 50 year old American law that gives first choice to domestic workers and makes sure foreign workers do not undercut the pay of domestic workers, those are critical for us," says Grossman. Grossman says UFW also wanted higher wages for farm workers. The California farmers AgDay talked to say while they can't speak for all employers, they currently pay above minimum wage for the labor intensive jobs. Wendy Moore says she pays part-time employees $1.50 above minimum wage. Full-time employees receive full health care benefits. Cecchini says they also pay their employees well above minimum wage, and says they can't afford to pay more without driving up prices at the store. "How much is somebody going to pay for a pound of asparagus," Cecchini asks. "We have found the person from town won't stay with us. They may come out and try it for a day usually they don't make it Both women say that's why a stable flow of workers into the country is imperative to American agriculture. "I personally do not believe that these are a drain on the American economy," Moore says. "I do not believe coming across in order to access welfare benefits. I believe they are coming here to work and to provide a service that we as Americans need." Many legislators supportive of the Immigration Reform measure say it's designed to boost the economy, not drain it. Moore hopes that support is enough and an Immigration Reform bill will be passed this year. After all, she says without it, California agriculture is at stake, and so are consumers. "It could impact them with price, with availability, of the diversity of crops, and also where their sourcing," says Pegg She fears other countries, like Mexico and China, will be able to produce the fresh products cheaper, meaning "Made in the USA" could become a lost trademark. Back to news


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Bluffton Bobcats baseball begins with a preseason meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday in the school auditorium for players and parents.
While the meeting is mainly for organizational purposes, it also will feature guest speakers, according to Head Coach Bryant Kitty Sr.
The keynote speaker will be Renaldo Jenkins II, a Milwaukee Brewers middle infield prospect. Jenkins, of Whitewater High School in Fayetteville, Ga., was picked by the Brewers in the 19th round of the 2011 amateur draft and played in the Arizona Instructional League last summer.
Other speakers will include Bryan Lewallyn, head baseball coach of the University of South Carolina Beaufort Sand Sharks; Kim Hallman of Powerhouse Gym; and Doug Brien of C-Prime.
The prospective Bobcats and their parents will meet with coaches to discuss expectations, planning objectives and other baseball season details.
New and transfer students who have not participated in sports at BHS are asked to bring their original birth certificate, according to Kitty.
For more information, call Kitty at 706-8946 or 247-6905.
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"We need to have an Indian coach and I am dead sure we have enough talent in the country to find an Indian coach," Ganguly said
"It is not about individuals but I feel time has come for an Indian coach to take over," Ganguly said at a panel discussion after the launch of inaugural Wisden India Almanack magazine here Saturday night.
Fletcher's two-year tenure ends in March next year and it is widely believed that his contract will not be extended by the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) given the team's string of poor performances under him.
Under Fletcher, India had lost Test series away and home against England besides also being whitewashed in Australia.
The first copy of the inaugural edition, which features batting great Rahul Dravid on the cover, alongside current India star Virat Kohli, was presented to BCCI president N Srinivasan. The magazine is being published by Fidelis World.
Kohli received a copy of the Wisden India Almanack from Ganguly, currently president of the Wisden India Editorial Board.
"To feature on the cover of the Wisden India Almanack that too alongside a great player like Rahul is an honour," said Kohli.
Also present were current India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravichandran Ashwin.(PTI)