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How to build a winner - take two
Yesterday I wrote a fairly long post on this topic, only to witness it disappear to the etherealms. Basically, there are a lot of ways to build a winning team - certainly more than the three-or-so I mentioned in yesterday's post. But to outline them a bit...
The Yankee Method: Throw as much cash at it as possible. With apologies to Jason, I don't think this one really works so well. The Yankees have spent more money on free agents just this year alone than what most third world countries spend in a fiscal year. I'm sure they are playoff bound - or at least, they'll be in competition to be for a long time - but throwing mounds of cash around has been proven to not always be the most successful way to win. Lucky for them, the Yankees also have a good farm system despite their decade-plus of winning. With players like Cano and Joba developing well and delivering at the Major League Level, it's not always about the biggest contracts for the Yankees.
The Red Sox Method: Similar to the Yankees, the Red Sox have mounds of money and they use it well. Also similar to the Yankees, the Red Sox have a strong farm system - again, despite being competitive for better than a decade now - and they have developed their fair share of talent. But something the Sox are doing that the Yankees don't is signing Risk Players... guys like John Smoltz, who are relatively affordable and, if even half of them pan out, then the Sox will be in the plus column.
The Rays Method: They are a poor team who play in the same division as some of the wealthiest in baseball, and yet it was the Rays who reached the World Series last year, beating the Red Sox in the ALCS to do it. They've benefited from prime draft slots, but their method has been admirable - they've grown a ton of talent while signing low-risk high-reward players on the free agent market. It will be hard for the Rays to repeat as AL East Champs in 2009, but I wouldn't be too surprised to see these guys make the playoffs again.
The Cubs Method: The problem with the Cubs situation is that Jim Hendry has been general managing with a sense of urgency ever since he should've been fired at the end of the 2006 season. Because he wants to keep his job, Jim Hendry has not afforded the Cubs time to take chances on home-grown talent like Felix Pie. Consequently, the Cubs have filled most of their biggest vacancies with expensive free agents like Soriano, Fukudome, Bradley, and Lilly. It's worked - the Cubs are back-to-back central champs, but the farm system remains in shambles. Luckily for Hendry, nobody seems to care.
There are a lot of ways to get to the playoffs, and that appears to be as much as anybody can ask for. Once a team is in, anything can happen. It's just been the misfortune of the Cubs that "anything" has so far consisted of "get swept in the first round."
My problem with The Cubs Method is pretty simple - it's not cost effective and it doesn't take advantage of the system. Probably the best way to win, at least in this jay-brone's opinion, is to learn the system and exploit it. Unfortunately for the Cubs, they're still treating their farm system like it was the 80's - they're drafting toolsy players with a ton of athletic ability, and they're hoping that these guys grow into their potential.
The only problem is that they aren't taking advantage of the wide array of statistical tools out there which can help outline the cheapest way to get the most wins, the best way to get the most from your hitters. He's still stuck in this old school way of thinking, and the problem is that old school is not always the best school. When it comes to developing talent, the Cubs are playing the game with their hands over their eyes and ears, ignoring modern ways of evaluation.
And that's why the Cubs are playing at a disadvantage. It hasn't stopped them from competing, and they are likely to three-peat, but as a Cub fan the frustrating thing is knowing that with this franchise, and with their money, they could do so much more and be so much better, which leads us back to this roulette game of finding a new owner. Will the next guy be modern? Will he have any clue about winning baseball? Or will he continue this cycle of overspending for immediate results while ignoring the need to create a foundation of future success?
Lots of questions, no answers so far.
I'm not quite sure what
I'm not quite sure what Yankees farm system you're looking at. Joba has been the only even mildly consistent player to come out of that system since the Jeter/Mariano/Posada surge. They've got lots of young guys with potential to be either incredibly middling or very disappointing at the major league level, without much on the horizon as a result of their consistent lack of regard for whether or not they will lose draft picks for the people they sign. They've started to turn things around a bit, but it'll be a good long while before anything of any real value comes out of their farm system again in my opinion.
Red Sox farm is way better.
Red Sox farm is way better. That's why they're my #1 organizational pick.
Robinson Cano?
Robinson Cano?
Sucked last year if I
Sucked last year if I remember correctly. Which I might not be doing, admittedly.
Lester > Joba, Pedroia > Cano, then there's Ellsbury, Youk (right?), Masterson, Buchholz, Jed Lowrie.
There isn't
just one way to have a productive farm system and there are a couple of things to note when clubs take different approaches. The minor league system is designed to help the big club and the players they develop can either grow into roles on the big club or they can be traded for complimentary pieces to add to the big club.
It has often frustrated me to see so few position players drafted by the Cubs develop in to quality MLB players on the team or when traded. Still I think Hendry's plan has been to draft pithcers when in doubt, based on the assumption that their future value will always be in greater demand.
If the Cubs were a small market team, they would most certainly need to change the way they identify talent in the draft and may very well need to replace some in charge of development. But as of now, our biggest concern should be the owners willingness to continue spending, down economy or not.
twins method
What about the Twins method? They have exhibited a pretty decent amount of success the past decade or so. The Twins have won four division titles in the last seven years, and have had only one losing season over that span. That organization has smart development, and seems to be managed with a focused and balanced philosophy. I'd say the Cubs should be looking at them and the Red Sox as two organizations that can simultaneously compete now and develop for the future.
The twins drafting and player development is top-notch, and I agree with the Red Sox as a great example too. The only other element I would add to what you got here is increasing the team's international reach, much like the White Sox have done in recently signing the Cuban players they boast on their roster (Ramirez & Vicaedo).
I think the Twins method is
I think the Twins method is probably very similar to the Rays method.
If the Cubs could adapt the same method as the Red Sox, not just in how they spend their money but how they evaluate and develop talent, then we might be following one of the best franchises of the early 21st century.
But it's a big if ... especially with a new owner coming in.
difference between rays and twins
The Twins remained competitive while they have developed new talent. The Rays have been in the gutter for their entire history, stocking up on high draft picks garnered through losing. Now, in the more recent past, the Rays have used their high draft picks intelligently; however they weren't even remotely competitive for a long time. The Cubs could certainly learn from the recent scouting and development abilities of the Rays, but I sure hope I don't have to watch a decade of awful baseball in order to have future success.
I think that you're
I think that you're overestimating the degree to which the high draft picks served the Rays. The Rays are where they are now because of the way their front office has built the team around their successful draftees via smart free agent signings and used those who didn't pan out to make trades that greatly benefited the team. This is especially evident in the signings of Iwamura and Pena and the trades for Scott Kazmir, Matt Garza, JP Howell, Dan Wheeler and Jason Bartlett. All of those moves were ABSOLUTE STEALS, and I think it's unfair to their front office to say that their team is successful now because of having high draft picks. The situation their team is in now is a result of a long, well thought out plan of player development, trades and free agent signings, most of which has nothing to do with the lack of success the Rays saw in their first ten years of existence.
yes and no
I'll grant you that Kazmir was an absolute steal. Wheeler and Howell were certainly very useful bullpen pieces that were acquired at low cost. However, I think it's worth pointing out that Garza and Bartlett came over to the Rays (ironically, in a trade with the generally respectable Minnesota Twins) when number 1 draft pick Delmon Young was included in the deal.
Interesting side notes on the Garza/Bartlett/Young trade- Brendan Harris went from the Rays to the Twins in the trade. He was also involved in the 4 team trade of July 31, 2004 that landed Nomar on the Cubs. And Jason Pridie, originally drafted by the Rays, bounced between the Rays and Twins organizations before finally hitting the big leagues in a Twins uni as a September call up in 2008.
totally agree on this.
totally agree on this.
farm system
Didn't the Cub's try the Twins system when they hired Mc Fail? That just shows how bad the farm system is. There is something totally lacking and I don't know what the answer is.
At this point, the twins are
At this point, the twins are 13 years removed from McPhail ... any success they've had isn't from him
That's the first time I have ever seen the 2 words "McPhail" & "success" used purposely together in the same sentence.
I still don't see how anyone can argue with the Yankee's method, whatever you want to consider their method to be. They have, like, half the total championships in history. How can you argue with that?
Lets see
No one is arguing with their previous success. However, its pretty simple, no team in baseball has the resources that are available to the Yankees and I don't see any team catching up to them anytime soon.
What about the A's?
If Billy Beane had the half the piles of money that any of the upper teams had, I'd pick Oakland.
Be smarter than everyone else?
Definitely not a bad method. I'd have to agree with that.
Which make me wonder...
Why doesn't a team like the Cubs, try and get a guy like that? Seems his talents are squandered since he's handcuffed.
The Red Sox try to get him (and almost succeed)? Maybe he likes the Bay Area. Maybe he likes the challenge of finding the next market inefficiency and exploiting it.
Mc Fail
Kurt,that is my point. If you double check the press releases when the Cub's hired Mc Fail it was because of his work with the Twin's farm system. I think we just proved both of our points. Mc Fail could not repeat the sucess in Chicago and the Twins have continued to keep rolling along. The Cub's farm system is rotten to the core. The Cub's best course of action would be to sell/trade the farm system to whoever is on a hot streak now.


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After Nick Clegg's temper tantrum, how long can the Coalition last?
One of Nick Clegg's most interesting characteristics is that he seems utterly unable to understand those who disagree with him. Take his press conference earlier today. To him, it is blatantly obvious that a non-elected House of Lords is an affront to democracy: those Tory MPs who dared to oppose his proposals had "manipulated" the House of Commons to get what they wanted.
He seemed incapable of processing the fact that, for many of us, his Bill is a shoddily drafted measure that would rip up much of the British constitution, challenging the primacy of the Commons and jeopardising centuries of custom and practice, and that those who opposed him did so in large part out of principle.
As Iain Martin wrote in a great blog, Clegg seems to feel it's his misfortune to "live amongst so many vulgar idiots who do not grasp the brilliance of his vision for turning Britain into a lesser Belgium". Even the measures proposed to make the Lords work better were described in his press conference yesterday as "wheezes by which you dignify an illegitimate House". Presumably, he'll even manage to find some contorted internal reasoning that squares his vengeful torpedoing of the boundary review with his earlier claim that equalising constituency sizes was "a great progressive cause".
Westminster being Westminster, those who have managed to tear their gaze away from the Olympics have been speculating about what Clegg's temper tantrum means for the Coalition. The general theme has been "things fall apart, the centre cannot hold" – foreseeing a future of rebellions, contretemps and an acrimonious divorce sooner rather than later.
The forces keeping the Coalition together, however, shouldn't be underestimated. Once they've vented their fury at Clegg, the Tories are going to realise that without the boundary review, an overall majority at the next election is massively unlikely, even with a bounce to pre-election levels in the polls. The Lib Dems know that an election means disaster with their current levels of support. That gives both an incentive to plough on together and hope, John Major style, that something will turn up – even if they can't agree on much of anything. And if it gives Michael Gove and Iain Duncan Smith a chance to bed in their reforms, it might not even be such a bad option.
The alternative – given the mutual desire to delay a vote – would be a move to a more distant confidence-and-supply arrangement ahead of 2015, and the replacement of Nick with a new leader, almost certainly Vince. But the Lib Dems would still actually need an excuse to storm out – and given the abuse they've suffered already on tuition fees, AV, Lords reform etc it's hard to see what would qualify. (Certainly, "I just can't work with these people any more!" might not go down well with the voters.)
The areas where you can really see precipitating a divorce are a crisis or moment of truth on the economy and Europe – but in that case, the country (and the Government) would probably have more urgent matters to attend to. Plus, you can never underestimate the allure of a red box and all the perks that go with it. In short, there's a fighting chance that the Coalition will limp on for far longer than many of its members might like.
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Kinks fans would love to see the band back together on tour, but the historically contentious relationship between the group's founding brothers, Ray and Dave Davies , has made a reunion highly improbable. However, in recent separate interviews, both leave open the possibility of a new Kinks trek.
In an interview with Rolling Stone , Dave has a few choice words for his brother, including some four-letter ones, while noting that the chances of the band re-forming for a 50th anniversary tour next year "are 50/50." He adds, "The ball is very much in Ray's court."
The guitar legend reveals that he and Ray met three times during the summer to discuss a potential trek, with mixed results.
"The first two meetings were great," he explains. "We talked about the old days and maybe doing something next year. I thought to myself, 'Oh s**t, maybe we could actually do something before we fall down dead.'"
However, Dave reports that things turned sour shortly before he headed to the U.S. for his first solo tour since suffering a debilitating stroke in 2004.
"We had tea right before I came over to America, and he was so negative, grumpy and just mean," he laments. "It was like he fell into a black hole." Dave surmises that his brother's change of mood was a reaction the guitarist's solo touring plans. "I think it's because I'm happy and I was doing something without his approval…He's a really troubled man."
Meanwhile, Ray confirms to U.K. magazine Uncut that he met with Dave and the guitarist "mentioned the idea of doing a tour." But, Ray says, it's Dave who has repeatedly said such a tour would never happen.
On the positive side, Ray calls Dave "a great player" and admits that when he writes a song he thinks about "how it could be improved by having him on it, and what his power chords would bring to it."
Regarding a reunion trek, Ray tells Uncut , "I don't know what next year will bring. Let's see if [Dave's] polite to me the next time we meet."
Even if the Davies brothers can put aside their differences, Dave tells Rolling Stone that he wouldn't want to record a new Kinks album.
"I can't face the concept of days and days in the studio with Ray," he says. "That said, I really do want to do something with Ray before we both decay and decompose."
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Emily loses her vision for a short time, thanks to being poisoned; she tries to make pottery friends with Jenna but Jenna calls her a wannabe hipster who's just going blind to seem cool. Mike Montgomery blows absolutely everybody to Hell and everybody loses their office pool because 80% of everybody assumed it would be Lucas that ended up gunning everybody down and the rest assumed it would be Mona Vanderwaal. Including, it must be said, Mona Vanderwaal.


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Connextions announced they are looking to fill 300 positions for its new Jeffersonville complex.
Tuesday, the company gave a tour of the building. One of the guests, Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore, spoke about the company's impact on the city's economy.
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Whenever somebody makes fun of my fandom I think of Dido's song White Flag. I WILL GO DOWN WITH MY SHIP
In ways I never thought possible…and in life-changing ways I cannot disclose. But I will thank them for the rest of my days.
If I told you I actually didn't know how to draw men before Sherlock, would you believe me? Sherlock was very important to me in the sense that it made me want to learn how to draw masculine figures and etc
Not even the tiniest bit sorry
Ever eat Chick-fil-A? The fast food company gave almost $2 million to anti-gay groups in 2009.
Hannah and I stopped eating there last year because of this.
Yeah. This place is not even ashamed to admit how much they hate the gays. Their entire business is like a Rick Perry ad.
Guess where I'm not eating anymore? So glad I decided against buying a milkshake from them.
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Look for these symptoms
Symptoms of varicose veins include heavy, tired, achy and painful feelings in the legs that worsen after standing or sitting for long periods of time. "Varicose veins can also cause skin color changes; dry, thinned skin; inflammation; and open sores or bleeding after a minor injury," explains
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Getting rid of unsightly varicose veins
In some cases, varicose veins can be treated with lifestyle modifications or compression stockings. However, when these treatments don't work, surgery may be necessary. There are various surgical procedures for treating varicose veins. "The veins can either be injected with a chemical or treated with a laser that causes the vein to collapse," says
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While a lot of automakers these days have been struggling and scrambling to get their footing back in the industry, Hyundai has been one of the few bright exceptions. Continuing on its rapid ascent to the top of the industry, Hyundai's momentum doesn't appear to be slowing down - and probably won't anytime soon.
At the Chicago Auto Show , the Korean automaker will be bringing a couple of new vehicles, including the new Genesis R-Spec version. As a 2012MY, the Genesis R-Spec is the latest in a long line of new variants of Hyundai's Genesis family.
The 2012 Hyundai Genesis R-Spec comes baring a few aesthetic modifications, as well as a choice of three exterior colors: Black Noir, Platinum Metallic, and Titanium Gray. Being a sportier version of the Genesis, the new model should be available towards the tail end of March 2011 at a price that we are guessing will be similar - albeit a bit higher - to the current base model.
UPDATE 08/08/2011: Check out our review of the 2012 HYundai Genesis R-Spec by clicking here!
Details on the Hyundai Genesis R-Spec after the jump.
Exterior and Interior
Representing a subtle restyled aesthetic body, the Genesis R-Spec comes with a more aggressive grille and front fascia design, a new headlight design with LED accents and daytime running lights, dark chrome headlamp inserts, folding mirrors with integrated puddle lamps, a brushed aluminum finish window surround, a redesigned rear fascia with integrated dual asymmetrical exhaust tips, redesigned rear taillights, and a new set of 19" alloy wheels with premium machined finish. Likewise, the Genesis R-Spec will be offered in a choice of three colors, including Black Noir, Platinum Metallic, and Titanium Gray. Over at the interior, the Genesis R-Spec receives a choice of new interior woodgrain colors for Black, Beige, and Saddle leather interiors with a unique all-black leather steering wheel.
Powering the Genesis R-Spec model is a 5.0-liter Tau V8 engine that produces 429 horsepower at 6,400 RPM and 376 lb/ft of torque at 5,000 RPM and mated to the company's in-house eight-speed automatic transmission. This particular engine represents the most powerful Hyundai engine in the company's history and has been named as one of the Ward's Ten Best Engines for the third successive year.
Fuel economy for the R-Spec is only a tad bit lower than the 4.6L V8 engine found in the Genesis. The R-Spec will be pulling 16 mpg city and 25 mpg highway compared to the 17 mpg city and 26 mpg highway of the base Genesis.
Safety features are always a necessity for vehicles, but more so when a bigger engine is outfitted under the hood. The Genesis R-Spec will carry electronic stability control, eight airbags, electronic active head restraints, a lane departure warning system, parking sensors, and a backup camera to keep everyone safe and sound.
There's no word yet on pricing, but if you use the price for the 2010 Genesis as a peg - $33,800 - then you can guesstimate that the 5.0-liter R-Spec version will go for somewhere around $40,000, give or take a few grand.
With the release of the Genesis 5.0-liter R-Spec, the car now jumps ahead of the pack in the upscale sedan market against its competitors in the performance department. Among the rivals the Genesis R-Spec will have include the Lexus GS460 (4.6-liter V8), the Infiniti M56 (5.6-liter V8), and the Mercedes-Benz E550 (5.5-liter V8).
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Despite the bigger engines of the M56 and the E550, the Genesis R-Spec still comes with a higher performance output compared to its competitors. The Genesis' performance figures translate to 85.8 horsepower per liter, compared to 74.3 hp/l for the GS460, 75.0 hp/l for the M56, and 69.5 hp/l for the E550.
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Working on a chamber piece with piano right now – there's an extended passage in the piano part in which one hand is playing a fast, metronomic staccato pattern while the other plays rich, freely rolled chords. Like one hand is channeling Steve Reich while the other conjures Franz Liszt.
Technically, each hand is only modestly challenging, and I'm guessing that professional pianists will have no trouble putting them together. But I'm finding my token keyboard skills completely befuddled by this particular blend. Can't seem to get even a slight fingerhold on coordinating the two styles. And that befuddlement makes me wonder if it might not be as effective as I imagine.
I really should put a page or two in front of a pianist to see what reaction I get. But part of me is afraid to being told it won't work, because I can hear how cool it would sound if it did work. If someone told me to forget about it, could I really?
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Will ruling spur more suits over hybrids?
A small-claims court rules that the carmaker misled the owner of a hybrid Honda Civic about fuel economy -- possibly setting a precedent for other disgruntled consumers.
Honda owner Heather Peters has won her David-vs.-Goliath lawsuit against the automaker in a California small claims court. Her suit charged that the carmaker misled her about the expected gas mileage of her 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid -- and the judge agreed.
Opting out of a class-action lawsuit against Honda over the hybrid's less-than-advertised fuel efficiency, Peters instead filed a claim for $10,000 (the maximum allowed in small claims court under California law) in Torrance, Calif., where American Honda Motor Co. has its West Coast headquarters. Post continues below.
The well-publicized Jan. 3 trial was followed by a second court appearance Jan. 25, where dozens of Honda owners packed the small courtroom, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Peters said Honda advertised that her car would get about 50 miles per gallon, but it never got more than 42 mpg -- and that dropped to less than 30 mpg after a software update. In court, Honda representative Neil Schmidt countered that mileage estimates posted in the windows at car lots are not invented by carmakers but come from the Environmental Protection Agency -- and that dealers are required to post them by law.
At the second hearing, Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Douglas Carnahan said he would issue his judgment, possibly in a week. The Associated Press broke the news to Peters on Wednesday that she had been awarded $9,867.
"Wow! Fantastic. I am absolutely thrilled," she responded.
"At a bare minimum Honda was aware . . . that by the time Peters bought her car there were problems with its living up to its advertised mileage," Carnahan wrote in his judgment. The judge said Honda did not commit "intentional fraud" but awarded the settlement for extra fuel costs, the decreased value of the car and the cost of its battery, the AP reported.
"It is a victory for Civic Hybrid owners and consumers everywhere," Peters told the Los Angeles Times.
Small case with big implications
Although Peters had said at one point that $10,000 was far less than actual damages in the case, her win has implications beyond the financial settlement. Her case could set a precedent for dissatisfied consumers to use a small claims court to get around class-action lawsuits.
The proposed class-action lawsuit settlement (which Peters opted out of) over the vehicle's fuel economy would give owners of 2003-2008 Civic hybrids up to $200 (or as little as $100) each, in addition to rebate coupons should they opt to purchase a new car, and would give trial lawyers $8.5 million.
Peters' case could also cost Honda a lot of money, the AP said.
Peters had hoped to inspire a flood of small-claims lawsuits by the other 200,000 people whose Honda Civic hybrids are covered by the proposed settlement. If all 200,000 owners sued and won in small claims court, she said, it could Honda Motor Co. $2 billion.Peters said she has been contacted by hundreds of other hybrid owners. Her website, DontSettleWithHonda, details her case and offers step-by-step advice for other owners to opt out of the class-action suit and take the small-claims route. There, 352 comments have been posted, mostly from other Honda owners and supporters.
She also has 258 followers on her dontsettlewithH Twitter account, where she tweeted this morning, "It's official -- I won $9,867.19! Big justice comes in small packages!"
A Honda representative said today that the company would file an appeal. A former attorney, Peters told the Times she is planning to reactivate her California law license so she can represent other Honda owners.
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Excellent free NAS software! :)
Thank you for the Raspberry Pi images !!
I cannot yet "review", but I wanted to congratulate on the September project of the month. I watched the project for the first three years, then lost sight. I am so happy to see the project is alive and finally released and using my favorite distro (Debian). Any chance of an ARM release? Do you think this can be possibly deployed to replace a Synology NAS OS?
After a month of using OMV on my N54L I am amazed by the versatility and performance. Easy to install, easy to update, easy to expand storage, easy to add and remove features. EasyMediaVault would be more a fitting name. I am using it for NFS, MySQL SMB and a few other tasks. The devs and users in the IRC channel (freenode > #openmediavault) are extremely welcoming, helpful along with being very funny at times. Forums are spot on, loads of info available and the wiki pretty comprehensive.
I tried several alternatives and was just not satisfied with their maturity or feature set. This opproach is just what I was looking for easy to use, flexible, stable. Just love it! The chief itself sums it up very well in this interview: news.dice.com/2014/09/03/sourceforge-interview-openmediavault-omv/


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Microfinance and Poverty Reduction: The Nigerian Experience
Poverty has been one of the major problems of mankind and its reduction/alleviation is imperative for societal progress. Poverty is viewed largely as a problem of the poor earning too little income, consuming too little to attain a socially acceptable standard of living. Microfinance is a key development strategy for promoting poverty reduction and economic empowerment. The paper revealed that microfinance has the potential to effectively address material poverty, that is, the physical deprivation of goods and services and the income to attain them by granting financial services to households who are not served by the formal banking sector. The paper also revealed that in Nigeria, poverty alleviation has spawn a broad array of initiatives, including the Green Revolution, Operation Feed the Nation, Sectoral Allocation of Credits, National Poverty Eradication Programme and host of others. In spite of all these lofty initiatives, the paper revealed that rural poverty has remained unabated. The study found out that most of the microfinance banks tend to concentrate their operations in urban and semi-urban towns instead of the rural areas where the poorest of the poor are concentrated. It was the finding of this study too that there is a need for capacity building as more of the managing Directors of these banks are ill-equipped for the services they are meant to provide, thereby leading them to miss their target market. The paper recommended therefore that capacity building for stakeholders and proper supervision should be put in place by the regulatory agencies to avoid them losing their focus. The paper concluded by emphasizing the need for the three tiers of government to be encouraged to actualize their commitment of 1 percent of their annual budget in form of agency participation to strengthen the financial capability of microfinance banks.
Key words: Poverty alleviation; Microfinance and bank
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Provides guidance for reducing the level of dangerous microorganisms through good gardening and harvesting practices in a school garden.
Food Safety in the School Garden
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Covers a variety of potential school garden food safety issues and offers tips and resources to reduce risks.
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Ensure the best results by using simple food safety practices when harvesting, preparing and eating the food produced by school gardens.
Produce Safety Resources
National Food Service Management Institute.
A series of resources on produce safety that describe best practices for receiving, storing, handling, and purchasing fresh and fresh-cut produce through videos, fact sheets, and PowerPoint presentations. Relevant resources include:
Safety in the Garden
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Welcome to CheapSupreme, your home for learning all the cool tricks and ways to losing weight and getting healthy!
Losing Weight
Losing weight seems to be a Herculean task. With all the unnecessary hype that surrounds it the publicity makes a huge percentage of the people skeptical about their decision of losing weight. You can be slim and fit by just getting some discipline into your lifestyle by encouraging healthy eating habits. There are many methods to lose weight but what is always left to do is to implement them. One should start by light exercising and always keep in mind that for losing weight or dieting, hardcore exercise is not required. Exercise can really bring about the required changes in your life.
Plan out your daily routine and try not to ignore or avoid the time you have allocated as your exercise time. When you go out for shopping try parking your car far away from the shopping mall and also use stairs instead of elevators, it will lead to more exercise and enable you to lose weight. These practices are very helpful and only take few minutes of your life. So don't lag behind in doing them.
Taking a walk daily and having a healthy diet by completely avoiding junk and fatty food would help you for sure. Another useful method that could aid you in losing the excess weight is adding antioxidants in your diet. Antioxidants help in getting rid of toxins and free radicals from your body which causes damage to your body cells.
There are many foods available in the market that are high in antioxidant content and some of them are labeled as super foods because of this property. Fruits, nuts and vegetables are included in all healthy diets that make you fit and active. Maqui berry is a super fruit and is grown in the rainforests of Chile and Argentina.
It helps in improving the metabolism rate of your body, gives you energy and helps in oxidizing fat. Include this fruit to your diet to see some favorable changes. Adding maqui berry to your diet will ensure a healthy lifestyle.
Stay clear of junk foods like pizzas and burgers and eliminate them from your diet for a while. Eat healthy food frequently as it speeds up the metabolism process. Have six small meals in place of the usual three large ones full of oily and fatty food. This way you could control your appetite and will not go for binge eating as starvation will be out of question for you due to constant intake.
Overweight people are suffering from many misconceptions and one of them is skipping breakfast to lose weight. They think that eating no food at the start of the day will make them slimmer. Well it just another myth as skipping breakfast makes your metabolism process slower. Moreover, sometimes people have a cold drink or same beverage that is high in sugar content, and it adds up to your daily calorie intake, thereby making you fatter.
While shopping for the grocery items for your home, read the ingredient of the food that you are going to buy. If it has more fat and less protein, it is advisable not to buy them and look for a healthier substitute.
Getting Healthy
There are a lot of different ways for you to be healthy. Diet, exercise, getting enough sleep and more all contribute to your overall healthy. But, if you want to know How to be healthy physically, then a primary source of this type of health is going to need to come from physical exercise.
There are many different ways to get in shape, and you should use a combination of different physical workouts to achieve a well rounded and healthy body. This means that you're going to want to include both aerobic and anaerobic exercises to your daily routine.
Before you start exercising, you should see your doctor to ensure that you are psychically ready and capable for the level of exercise that you're attempting.
Your doctor may recommend that you start off slower than you initially want due to physical or health problems. It's unlikely, however, that your doctor will prevent you from exercising at all unless something is very wrong.
Prior to exercising, you need to stretch your muscles. Your stretches should include stretching your neck, back, calves, hamstrings, hips, and quads. Not only does stretching loosen your muscles, but it can prevent damage to your muscles while exercising.
Now you need to decide how you want your exercises to work. Most medical professionals recommend getting at least 20 minutes of aerobic exercise every day. Aerobic exercises include:
- Dance
- Walking
- Running
- Bike riding
You can exercise while having fun by including your aerobic activities in sports such as football or basketball. There are also a number of machines at the gym that are targeted to people with a focus on aerobics.
Anaerobic exercises are typically associated with weight lifting. The premise behind this type of exercise is to build strength and muscle. If you lift weight for longer than a couple of minutes for any type of movement then your body will start burning fat and there will less of a focus on muscle development. There are weightlifting routines that focus on combining aerobic and anaerobic together so that you can get your whole workout with one routine, but as a beginner, you need to start out slow.
If you aren't sure How to be healthy through exercise, try applying these tips to your life. If you have more questions, talk to your doctor or to a personal trainer to get the extended help that you need.
Why You Ought to Watch Body Building Videos To Burn Fat
In 1977, Hollywood released a documentary that pushed the world of physical body structure into the public awareness. The movie was "Pumping Iron", and it's youthful celebrity was the recently unidentified Arnold Schwarzenegger. With the flick's launch, the sporting activity delighted in an enter popularity, making way for what would certainly later be called the "Golden age" of body building. Ever since, lots of professional physical body contractors have produced their own body building video clips, creating a wide range of resources for those that that are planning to end up being more severe concerning physical body structure. Another really good source to find these videos is on youtube itself. You can learn a lot by visiting the site and seeing what other people are sharing. Of course, just because it's on the internet doesn't mean you can put your whole trust in it. Do your due diligence to see what's what, especially when it comes to bodybuilding. You don't want your calf 6 times the size of your arm, for example!
One of the primary steps to getting major concerning physical body building is to find out all that you could about it. There are several methods that you could educate on your own on the sport, yet one of the best means to do so is discover physical body building video clips that are suited to optimizing your exercise regular and aiding you create the physical body that you wish. In addition, these body building videos could help keep you inspired and on the right track with maintaining your work out program and reaching your goals.
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There are authorized to be appropriated for allotments under this subchapter, $19,500,000 for fiscal year 1992, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1993 through 2003.
Source(Pub. L. 99–319, title I, § 117,May 23, 1986, 100 Stat. 485; Pub. L. 100–509, § 7(f),Oct. 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 2546; Pub. L. 102–173, § 8,Nov. 27, 1991, 105 Stat. 1219; Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXII, § 3206(f),Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1195.)
2000—Pub. L. 106–310substituted "2003" for "1995".
1991—Pub. L. 102–173amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: "For allotments under this subchapter, there are authorized to be appropriated $14,300,000 for fiscal year 1989, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1990 and fiscal year 1991."
1988—Pub. L. 100–509amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: "For allotments under this subchapter, there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1986, $10,500,000 for fiscal year 1987, and $11,025,000 for fiscal year 1988."
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Pub. L. 100–509, § 8,Oct. 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 2546, provided that:
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