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Going Private
Store-brand candy and snacks surge in c-stores, complement national brands.
Peg boards and clip strips of private- label candy, chips and other snacks are joining national brands across c-stores nationwide. Punctuating the private-label trend is profit and value, essentials especially during a down economy, and arguably even more vital for a retail channel continuing to get past decades of perceived insult pricing.
Yet there's more to this private-label story: increased loyalty, opportunity, assortment and cementing a distinctive brand value.
About 46% of shoppers today buy private- label products in convenience stores, according to data from SymphonyIRI Group, Chicago. Though still a relatively small slice of total inside turns, sales of store-brand candy and snacks have grown, spurred in part by the recession and the introduction of private-label candy and snacks by the largest c-store chain, 7-Eleven. Share of store brands may be highest in the grocery channel, but private-label growth is strongest in convenience stores, according to the data.
National brands have earned their firm hold on categories and customer cravings; private label, while growing, faces formidable competition. This may be why some chains opt to enter subcategories not generally on the majorbrand radar screen.
Retailers considering adding private label sometimes wonder how this might affect contracts and spacing with national brands. However, among the category managers interviewed for this story, none had experienced any contract challenges or spacing issues with major candy or snack brands.
In fact, Chris Switzer, category manager for Corpus Christi, Texas-based Stripes convenience stores, a subsidiary of Susser Holdings, thinks his company's private-label program has actually enhanced his brand operations.
"The success of our private-label brand has caused major candy and snack suppliers to bring better programs to the table to grow their existing brands," he says. "We are bringing new customers to the category."
Some trends in the private-label movement:
Prices of private-label products must be at least 30% less than national brands to sway shoppers.
Peg bagged candy is a good option for private label because it rarely competes with national brand options and loyalty.
Gummies are the focus of baggedcandy sales due to continuing popularity and no real major brand competition. Store-brand snacks must have quality, taste and variety to attract and keep sales.
Let customers "taste test" privatelabel chips in foodservice combos.
Huge private-label margins are impressive, but only if the store-brand items make it into shoppers' baskets.
Private-label experts stress that retailers who consider adding storebrand snacks and candy must get their pricing right.
"Private-label prices in c-stores must be at least 30% less than national brands to convince shoppers that they are receiving an outstanding value," says Thom Blischok, president of innovation & strategy for SymphonyIRI. "Shoppers will hesitate to buy if there is only a 17% to 20% difference —30% will sway them."
Paving the industry path toward private label is easily 7-Eleven. The Dallasbased chain ended 2009 with more than 250 of its 7-Select items on shelves, and it plans to top 300 by year's end. Launched just a couple of years ago, the chain's 7-Select brand snack category includes bagged candy, nuts, potato chips, beef jerky and trail mix. Prices for the products are 10% to 20% lower than comparable national brands sold in 7-Eleven stores, according to company spokesperson Margaret Chabris.
Handee Marts, a licensed 7-Eleven operator, offers a range of 7-Select candy items, representing 3% of its total candy sales. "We have nine SKUs of bagged gummi worms, bears and orange slices, and they are selling really well," says Jim Monroe, director of foodservice and QA manager for the Gibsonia, Pa.-based chain. "The big advantage is that the bagged candy is cheap to get into. For example, we might buy six-packs at 57 to 58 cents a unit, then sell them for $1.19 each and make a 50% margin."
Monroe isn't concerned about contracts with major candy companies. "You can lose dollars by following the restrictions of national manufacturers," he says. "For example, you may not need their top 33 products and end up carrying dead inventory." Instead, Handee Mart manages its inventory store by store, item by item.
Convenience stores need value offerings, Monroe says, especially during the recession. "A price of $1.19 for a bag of candy is significantly lower than national brands," he says. Pricing is important. "Customers are not going to trade down for only 10 to 20 cents."
The 63-store chain carries almost 40 SKUs of 7-Select potato chips, which accounts for 2% of its total salty-snack sales; however, most stores carry only eight to 10 SKUs of chips and pretzels according to customer preferences. Handee Marts prices its take-home bag at $2.99, about $1 cheaper than national brands, while its single-serve bag sells for 79 cents. "This is a big enough difference in price to encourage a customer to try our brand," Monroe says.
Private-label crackers and cookies are also big sellers for Handee Marts. "We sell 3 SKUs of cheese crackers similar to [national brand] peanut butter on cheese crackers. We pay 14 to 15 cents a pack, sell them for 49 cents and reap a 67% gross profit," Monroe says. The chain also sells 10 SKUs of private-label cookie packs— 5% of its cookie category.
"At a price of 79 cents," he says, "we gain more gross profit than on national brands and the customer gets more cookies in the pack.
"We are making more gross profit dollars with private label, even though the retail is lower than national brands—that's what you take to the bank."
At Tedeschi Food Shops, the store is the brand. Established in 1923, the well-known store name is part of its privatelabel name. After testing products in other categories, the New England retailer decided to introduce a line of candy, according to Dan Powers, category manager for the Rockland, Mass.-based company. "We felt by introducing a private- label candy line we could grow the category and offer more value to our customers," he says.
Tedeschi Select Candy includes an extensive line of sweets in two sizes: 22 SKUs of a two-for-$1 size bag or 59 cents for one, and 16 SKUs of a 99-cent bag size. "We recently rolled out four flavors of private-label licorice at $1.99," Powers says. Candy selections vary from gummi items to butterscotch candies and caramel creams. "There's something for kids as well as adults."
And the returns are impressive. "Our Tedeschi Select Candy is 45% of the subcategory in sales and 70% in units," he says. Indeed, several varieties of the chain's bagged candies are some of the top sellers in the bagged category. Margins on the chain's private-label candy vary from the mid-40s to low 50s, he says, delivering healthy margins to complement the major brands.
For customers craving salty snacks, the 189-unit retailer offers private-label potato chips in a 5-ounce bag. A line of Tedeschi Select nuts, snacks and trail mixes recently debuted, with margins for its salty snacks maintaining the company's targeted range.
Stripes has opted not to use the company name for its private- label offering. Instead, the catchy Monkey Loco moniker is used for Stripes' bagged candy and is available in 11 varieties (the chain's slush drink also bears the "monkey" name). The candy includes traditional peppermints and caramels but focuses on gummies in all their squishy shapes because "that's where the growth is," Stripes' Switzer says.
The chain's private-label brands have higher transaction frequencies than their major supplier counterparts by two to one. "This is due to strategic pricing and merchandising initiatives we have implemented to grow our private label," he says.
Stripes' private-label candy margin is a healthy 50% and 3% of total candy sales. The line debuted in April 2009, with plans to expand during the second half of 2010 with one to two more SKUs and other possible additions. The chain chose not to offer a private-label chip, though it is currently investigating such options. "We are concerned about managing stales with chips (shorter shelf life) and offering a big enough value to our consumers at a lucrative price point," Switzer says.
Instead, Stripes offers private-label meat snacks. "Thunderstick is a value-brand meat stick comparable to Slim Jim, and we offer it at a great retail," he says. "Smokin' Barrel is our bagged jerky line that competes with [national brands]. It is marketed as a premium brand with value pricing." In all, Stripes' private-label snacks represent about 2% of total snack sales.
Not all retailers choose the peg-candy route. Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes, for example, in the spring launched a 2-ounce kettle chip and is working on a line of gourmet nuts and trail mixes, says Jared K. Sturtevant, director of category management for the Canastota, N.Y.- based chain.
"We introduced the Easy Street Gourmet Snacks Kettle Chips line as a natural product bundle with our Easy Street Eatery MTO subs and wraps, and also to free ourselves from the limitations of DSD," Sturtevant says.
The chips, 15.2% of total potato-chip sales, are available on off-shelf displays and in the foodservice area. New nuts and trail mixes will sell under the Easy Street Gourmet Snacks label as well. "This line will give us higher margin than even warehouse-delivered national brands. It is exciting for us to be able to offer premium products with our own label at a fair price," he says. Nice N Easy does not offer private-label candy. With these six SKUs, Sturtevant says, "We have doubled our margin, exceeded the quality of major brands and helped build our own brand." Indeed, he points out, private-label snacks "are going to be at least 20% more gross margin percentage than the national brands we offer."
Oil companies are embracing private label, too. "Our products are very competitive with national brands," says Bill Day, spokesperson for San Antoniobased Valero Energy Corp. "Space is at a premium, and major brands have to compete with our label because we offer shelf space based on what consumers want. Success of our label puts pressure on major brands." Valero offers bagged candy, kettle-cooked potato chips in take-home and single-serve bags and jerky under its Fresh Choices label.
Valero's store brand maximizes margin within limited store space, Day says. While no specifics were provided, Hal Adams, vice president for retail merchandising, says Valero "has a goal of penetrating a category or segment by a minimum of 20% when we enter the private-label space."
Many wholesalers and distributors, large and small, are offering c-stores the option of private-label products. "We can add variety to retailer's candy lines where larger branded programs can't," says Tom Haraske, owner of T&L Distributing Co., Northampton, Pa. The regional distributor covers parts of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Maryland and serves about 350 convenience stores, both independent and chain.
"Private-label or peg-bag candy is very competitive with the nationalbrand candy section in terms of sales and profit, foot for foot," he says. "If done right, both will fit in c-stores. Private- label candy deserves as much space as pegged [national brands] because they are equally profitable."
T&L offers Kelly's Gummy and Nostalgic Candies, which c-stores can sell under that label or under their own store brand; the distributor also offers its own beef jerky, Blackbeard, which can be store-branded. However, many stores prefer to use the Blackbeard name. "It's a local favorite," Haraske says. "Blackbeard was the first brand in the area before national brands, so it's very popular locally."
Heading west, AMCON Distributing Co., based in Omaha, Neb., operates in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions. While c-stores are a big component of its customer base, so are discount, drug and grocery stores. Private- label candy is one of its offerings.
"We carry 32 varieties of Eagle Premium bag candy, prepriced at 99 cents, eight varieties of Eagle Premium Chocolates prepriced at $1.89 and 10 different Snack Shoppe trail mixes and nuts," says Rick Vance, vice president of marketing for AMCON.
Vance does not view shelf space or contracts with major brands as an obstacle. "Very few of the major candy suppliers have much focus on the pegbag section," Vance says. "It is not a high-volume area for them. Peg-candy volume is dominated by nationalbrand gummi items and private label in our stores.
"Having a private label candy line allows us to offer our customers a true value on a variety of items to offer to their consumers," he continues. Margins on private label and nationalbrand items are about the same, he says. "It really comes down to the price point that is the difference—more for less."
C-store operators offering privatelabel products or considering the option must maintain a balance between national and store brands, SymphonyIRI's Blischok says. He says there will always be a national- and private- brand presence at retail: "I believe there will be a lot of changes over the next few years that will bring a better value equation to the shopper."
Is Control 'Private'?
Some convenience stores opt for control brands or labels instead of store brands. Although similar, control labels, distributed by wholesalers, retailers or stores that do not compete with each other, are exclusive to a certain geographic area, according to common definition.
Williamsville, N.Y.-based Wilson Farms Neighborhood Food Stores offers a control label for peg candy under the name Select Sweets. "Although private label has really come into focus with the current state of the economy, we have offered this control label for several years," says Rachel Montgomery, category manager.
Montgomery works Select Sweets items into plan-o-grams just as she does national brands. "As with all items in our set, they are evaluated using general category-management practices," she says. "They do not adversely affect any of our contracts with the 'big guys.' Select Sweets is only 2% of the total candy category."
Margin on the Wilson Farms' control label candy is about 15% higher than branded product, with a transaction rate of about two to one, compared to national brands.


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RICHMOND, Va. – The Colonial Athletic Association honored University of Delaware women's basketball freshman Erika Brown Monday as its Rookie of the Week.
Brown came off of the bench to record career-highs of 23 points and four assists in UD's 77-64 victory over Lehigh University Sunday to clinch the Christmas City Classic championship. For the weekend, Brown averaged 14.5 points, 2.5 assists, 2.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals in wins over the Mountain Hawks and Youngstown State.
The Haledon, N.J. native averages 9.9 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game for the Hens.
Brown was previously named the CAA Rookie of the Week for Nov. 25.
Delaware (8-2) closes out non-conference action Monday, Dec. 30 as the Blue Hens host St. John's at 5 p.m. at the Bob Carpenter Center.

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Seniors Victorious In Last Game At Reese Stadium
NEW HAVEN, Conn. –At the beginning of the season, conventional wisdom had the Yale women's soccer team as serious contenders in the Ivy League. Injuries and some bad breaks derailed the Bulldogs, but on Saturday night against Columbia they showed what might have been. Kristen Forster's goal late in the second half snapped a 1-1 tie and lifted Yale to a 2-1 victory over the Lions, who entered the night in a first-place tie.
Miyuki Hino also scored for the Bulldogs, and Ayana Sumiyasu made seven saves in goal to earn the victory.
Becky Brown made a terrific long pass to set up Hino, who got behind the defense and fired a shot that deflected off the left post and in at 17:11. It gave the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead, the first time this season that they scored first in an Ivy game.
"We didn't have to chase the game," said Yale head coach Rudy Meredith. "Even after they tied it, we were still able to play our normal game."
Yale's lead was shortlived. Ashlin Yahr deflected in a Lindsay Mushett's pass less than eight minutes after Hino's goal.
It stayed tied until 3:12 remained in the second half when Mary Kubiuk fed Forster, whose shot from 18 yards slipped through Columbia goalkeeper Lillian Klein's hands.
"Columbia is really good defensive team," Meredith said. "They make it really hard to score so getting two goals on them is a credit to our offense."
The Lions (9-4-3, 3-2-1 Ivy) nearly tied it less than a minute after Forster's goal. Mushett fired a shot that hit the post and deflected to Liz Crowe, who saw her shot saved by Sumiyasu. The rebound went to Marissa Schultz, but Sumiyasu denied her as well.
Columbia finished with an 11-9 edge in shots.
Yale's six seniors –Brown, Sumiyasu, Megan Ashforth, Kate Macauley, Lizz Reeves and Natalie Romine played their final game at Reese Stadium and were honored in a ceremony prior to kickoff.
The Bulldogs (7-8-1, 2-3-1 Ivy) close out the season next Saturday at Brown. Kickoff in Providence is slated for 4 p.m.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 18th Oct 2012 18:15 UTC
Ubuntu 12.10 has been released, sporting the rather... Interesting tagline 'Avoid the pain of Windows 8'. Two main features are that websites can now be treated as actual applications, integrating them into Unity. The divide between local and online content when searching has also been softened, which, they claim, makes it easier to find what you're looking for. On the server side, it includes the Folsom release of OpenStack, "Cinder, for block storage and Quantum, a virtual networking API. Ubuntu's Metal-as-a-Service bare-metal provisioning tool has been updated and now supports Calxeda hyperscale hardware based on ARM".
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Yeah, but then again the same can be said for Windows XP and Vista these days.
That's not my experience. I find that getting older devices to work on newer versions of Windows is generally more problematic than getting new hardware running on XP/Vista. Even the latest cutting edge gadgets still almost always include drivers for XP.
Windows drops support for hardware far quicker than Linux does.
Probably true, although it can be inconsistent, with things that work in one distribution not working in another. The main issue I find is that graphical configuration tools aren't updated. I used to be able to control a lot of my Thinkpad's features from the GUI, but those tools don't work in newer distributions and now they only be tweaked from config files.


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Violinist Joanna Kurkowicz currently serves as concertmaster of the Boston Philharmonic and Berkshire Symphony. She enjoys an active career as an award-winning soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician, praised by Gramophone Magazine for her "disciplined virtuosity." Kurkowicz's fluency and passion for new music has led her to premiere works by some of the most prominent composers today. Gloria Chien returns as pianist in a program entitled 'Voices of Eastern Europe.'
Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
Suite in the Old Style
Witold Lutoslawski (1913–1994)
Partita for violin and piano
Vytautas Barkauskas (b.1931)
Partita for violin solo
Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937)
Sonata for violin and piano in D minor, Op.9
Praised in Gramophone Magazine for her "disciplined virtuosity," violinist Joanna Kurkowicz enjoys an active and versatile career as an award-winning soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and concertmistress. She has performed on many of the great concert stages of the world, including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Jordan Hall, Boston and the Grosse Saal, Salzburg, and has appeared as a soloist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, the Jefferson Symphony, the San Luis Obispo Symphony, the New England String Ensemble, the Berkshire Symphony, the Poznan Philharmonic, the Polish National Radio Orchestra in Katowice and Warsaw, and others. She has received awards from the Samuel Chester, Presser, Saint Botolph, Kosciuszko, and Olevsky Foundations, the Harvard Musical Association, the Irving McKlein International Competition, the Carmel and Coleman Chamber Music Competitions, and in Poland, the Henryk Wieniawski and Tadeusz Wronski International Competitions. She was recently a recipient of the New England Conservatory Outstanding Alumni Award.
Kurkowicz currently serves as concertmaster of the Boston Philharmonic and the Berkshire Symphony Orchestra, and previously held the same post for the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and the Vermont Symphony. She was a member of the acclaimed Metamorphosen and Orpheus Chamber Orchestras. Since 2011 she has served on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music. An avid and sought-after chamber musician, she has collaborated with such eminent artists as Jaime Laredo, Charles Treger, Laurence Lesser and James Buswell. She is a founding member and artistic advisor of the Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston and the Plymouth Chamber Music Festival. As a guest artist, she has participated in the Mozarteum Festival in Salzburg, the Ravinia Festival, Barge Concert Series, the Asia Pacific Festival in Wellington, New Zealand, the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, the EuroSilesia International Music Festival, the Warsaw Music Gardens Festival and the Martha's Vineyard Chamber Music Society.
Kurkowicz is a strong advocate of contemporary music; she has premiered works by Gunther Schuller, Ralph Shapey, Poul Ruders, David Kechley and Grazyna Bacewicz. Her world premiere of Shirish Korde's Violin Concerto with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra met with enthusiastic response. Subsequent performances in Europe and New Zealand were equally well received, and the United States premiere with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra was a highlight of the 2007/2008 concert season.
A native of Lublin, Poland, Joanna Kurkowicz earned a master of music degree with distinction from the Paderewski Conservatory of Music in Poznan, Poland, in the studio of Jadwiga Kaliszewska. She came to the United States in 1992 to complete a second master of music degree as a student and teaching assistant of Charles Treger at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Kurkowicz completed the prestigious artist diploma program at the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Masuko Ushioda. Kurkowicz plays on a Petrus Guarnerius violin dated from 1699.
Picked by the Boston Globe as one of the Superior Pianists of the year, "… who appears to excel in everything," pianist Gloria Chien made her orchestral debut at the age of 16 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Since then she has appeared as a soloist under the batons of Sergiu Comissiona, Keith Lockhart, Thomas Dausgaard, and Irwin Hoffman. She has presented recitals at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Jordan Hall, Harvard Musical Association, Caramoor Musical Festival, Verbier Musical Festival, Salle Cortot in Paris, and the National Concert Hall in Taiwan. An avid chamber musician, she has been the resident pianist with the Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston since 2000. She has recorded for Chandos Records, and recently released a CD with clarinetist Anthony McGill. In 2009 she launched String Theory, a chamber music series at the Hunter Museum of American Art in downtown Chattanooga, as its founder and artistic director and the following year was appointed Director of the Chamber Music Institute at the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival. A native of Taiwan, Chien is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, where she was a student of Russell Sherman and Wha-Kyung Byun. She is an Associate Professor at Lee University in Cleveland, and is a member of Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society Two. Chien is a Steinway Artist.


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By "pugs" do you mean dogs...?
i've smelled kiehls musk and thought it was stinky enough but wearable. not exatly puggish but i will buy this if i find no better alternative.
By "pugs" do you mean dogs...?
try Royal English Leather by Creed. To me it smells like a wet dog/ urinal cake .
You can check out my fragrances at www.garnerjames.com
While I work on the website, you can email me for any inquiries at email@example.com
Prada Amber pour Homme smells like a freshly washed dog to me.... in the best way though. Sorry to all Prada fans, I mean this in the best way! It's seriously a fav of mine.
In terms of something that will really smell like your "pugs" you might wanna try Dzing, which smells like a circus full of horses, in the best way, of course!
Sales thread here
1. Eau Noire Cologne by Christian Dior
2. Lumière Noire pour Homme by Maison Francis Kurkdjian
3. New Haarlem by Bond No. 9
4. Chergui by Serge Lutens Les Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido
5. Francois Charles by Rance 1795
6. Puro Intense by Nejma
7. Usiku by Jo Wood Organics
8. New York by Parfums de Nicolai
9. Dia For Men by Amouage
10. Silver Mountain Water by Creed
Check out my huge niche swap list at http://community.basenotes.net/showthread.php?t=239240
L'instant Cologne by Guerlain smells like you put your nose in a fresh opened 5 lbs bag of dry dog food to me. When I first smelled it it took me back to when I was about three and had the inquiry on how dog food tasted.
I think Kiehl's is about as puggish as you're going to get, frankly.
May we see pics of your pugs?
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"It's not what you look like when you're doing what you're doing; it's what you're doing when you're doing what you look like you're doing."
yeah i mean my dogs. my fiance hates how they smell. i won't wear the stinky perfume around her though. thanks for the serious suggestions guys!
i don't think i'm looking for washed dog smell though since they start to stink again only after a few hours after bathing them. i've heard l'artisan merchant loup smells like a washed dog though i haven't smelled it myself. i think it was in turin's the guide.
Kiehl's Musk is great, but if you want more orientalish vanilla than flowers with your musk, then Bal a Versailles is fantastic.
I offer you perfume,
More for its pleasure than for yours;
You perfume perfume.
--Anonymous Ancient Greek Love Lyric
I've always thought that Jicky and especially Mouchoir de Monsieur had a 'wet dog' note in the heart.
Looking to swap/buy/receive for free () the following samples/decants:
Indult Tihota & Rêve en Cuir
Chant d'Aromes extrait
Vetiver pour Elle (5ml decant)
Versace The Dreamer 50ml (1.7oz) BNIB
"The Sunshine bores the daylights outta me!"
Yes, Mechant Loup has a hazelnut accord that can come across as damp fur. I traded my bottle after getting this association. You may want to seek some out if this is what your after.
I had to laugh at some of the responses on this thread! L'Instant and dog food? REL = wet dog and urinal cakes? Keep em coming LOL
And +1 on seeing photos of the pug dogs - they're adorable!


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Daily Trojan, Vol. 43, No. 120, April 24, 1952
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76 Seek ASSC Positions Da'il 0 rojan TAL APPLE" Chairman Virginia Lee prepares one of treats which will be sold by Troeds today at booths on pus. Merchandise prizes will be awarded to those who a candied apple with a green-tipped stick. (Photo by Earl O'Bar) m Opens Fatal Apples Doings Feature Troed r Seniors Event Today or week activities commence t with the showing of "My bn," Hriybock auditorium. 8 nd last-minute package plan are taking full advantage of jpportunitv to pick up their I two tickets for their reseats. Comoiimentary tick-also available to Senior ticket holders. adline for picking up reser-s is 4 p.flf today at the office, Sta<v Tomlinson, sen-president said. "After 8 omplimentary tickets will not snored and remaining seats filled by non-ticket holders, mors not on the package plan ish to see the preview should early at Hancock audito-d thereby assure themselves je of the few remaining seats." ided. Jnorrow afternoon's senior par-[11 send seniors hustling out to sv Oldfield's in the valley be-1 and 5 p.m. Tomlinson de-two routes to Oldfield's. Stansfcurv road. The first is h Laurel Canyon road to boulevard, left on V«i-o Stansbury. and left on ury. The other route is .Sepulveda boulevard to Ven-ooulevard, right on Ventura jnsbury, and right on Stans- Tryone's invited." Tomlinson 'However, only packace plan will be given a certain t of free refreshments. Oth-11 be charged a nominal fee." -ts for Saturday night's Sen-will. still be available at th in front of Pounders ay and tomorrow between . and 12:15 p.m. and 12:45 :15 p.m.. Chuck Kelly, prom an. said. cf the bid is $3 a couple, •s ol $7.C0 and $6 package may pick up their prom at the ticket office, second Student Union, between 9 nd 4 p.m. •dance will be held at the let Country club in Snnta ton Noble's orchestra will or the dance. The Fi rehouse ius Two. dixieland band, al-been obtained for intermis-1 entertainment. Kelley said, jang w«ll start at 9 p.m. and iue to 1 a.m. As in the tale of Snow White and the Seven ^warfs, today on campus during ''Fatal Apple Day" queens will be disused as witches and will proffer luscious apples to innocent passersby. Troeds will sell the tasty candied fruit lor 15 cents all day long in booths by the Student Union. Founders hall, and the annex. And it's okev to eat the apples in class, according to Bobette- Bentley. president. And if the tip of your r.pple stick is painted green you're in for one of the prizes offered by the Troeds From Phelps-Terkel there's a woman's t?e shirt or a man's sport shirt, from Silverwood's a man's sport shirt, from Tams a box of SC stationeVy and a Schaefer fine line pen. and from the College bookstore a Trojan horse and a beer mug with the choice of i the SC seal or Trojan head on it. Purpose of the apple-selling campaign is to send under-privileged girls to Troy Camp this summer. General chairman of the day's activities is Virginia Lee Holders of the "Fatal Apple" j sticks with the green tips must report their names, addresses, and phone numbers to the Student Union v booth bv 4 p.m. tomorrow to be ^eligible for the prizes, which will be deierminecUby numbers on the sticks. mk Vol. XLIII * Los Angeles, Calif., Thursday, Apr. 24, 1952 No. 120 Kickoff Set Trojan Chest Opens Fund Drive Monday Trojan Chest, SC's solo charity raising effort, kicks off its annual drive Monday, according to Ted Todd, chairman. The week long campaign will come to its climax Friday, May 2. w hen an unusual debate will be held at 1:15 in Bovard auditorium. The argument will be pro and con on the question. "Resolved, that the faculty of the University of Southern California should be done away with." Taking the affirmative will be Dean Pic'l and M. S. Bedi of the debate team. The negative side of the question will be taken by Ken Shanks, interfratemity coordinator, and W. Charles Redding, \arsity debate coach. There will be no admission charge but a collection will be taken for Trojan Chest. The Trojan Chest drive is SC's only campus charity campaign. The funds collected by the Trojan Chest are divided into proportional shares snd given to individual charities, including the YWCA. YMCA. World Student Service fund, the Red Cross, and Community Chest. The largest share goes to Troy Camp, the camp's sole means of support. Visit Classes "Tuesday and Wednesday classes at 10 can expect to be interrupted while Trojan Chest workers take a collection," Todd said. "We'll also make an appeal at night classes that evening." The Sophomore council will set up a penny pitching booth, with proceeds to Trojan Chest, according to Dick Duqar. class president. "Trojans with a mad urge to gamble may pitch their pennies for Trojan Chest," Dupar said. The sophomore booth will be set up in front of Bovard auditorium Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 to 3. Tne Greater University committee will set up a pie throwing booth on Wednesday. For 50 cents students can throw a pie in t.he face of their favorite campus leader. Student directories will be sold all w-eek by members of the Junior Class council. Price of the booklets will be 10 cents. Varsity Show Has Experienced Cast Parking Lots To Be Closed Two campus parking lots will be closed to students tonight and tomorrow night because ot a hot-rod show in the r.rmory. The Dental lot on Exposition* boulevard will be closed to student parking tonight at 5. University' college students will be admitted to the faculty lot beliind the Science building. Both the Do.ual and Bridge lots on Evpostion boulevard will be closed to student parking tomorrow night at 5. If past experience of the performers have anything to do with the success of r\ production, this year's Varsity Show, "Wide Horizon." should be a whopper. All lead performers in the show have been in other SC productions. snd manv of them have had professional experience outside of campus. Ed Earle, director of the show, who also plays the part of Freeman, a guy who invented a gambling equation, has been in at least 30 SC productions. Another Old Hand Laurel Bump, speech and drama major, appeared in "Dream Girl." and "Anna Christie." both SC productions. Miss Bump plays one of the singing leads Toni, a Las Vegas night club singer, w'ho steals many forlorn hearts. Busy Man Art Tookoian. voice major, has played in two Carl Ebert productions. besides being a soloist in SC's a cappela choir, and a major Veterans Notice Marriage Ritual To Be Hillel Topic Staff staff will meet at noon to-432 Student Union. "Jew ish . Marriage and Ritual." the fifth talk in the Panorama of Jewish Life series by the Hillel foundation, will 1* given by Rabbi Abraham N. Wirokur at noon today in the Hillel l^nge. 1029 West S6th street. ® Rabbi Winokur will explain the traditions and rituals of weddings. A discussion period will follow. Veteians attending SC under Public Law 246 who fall in cue or more of the following categories should contact C. S. Jameson in the campus Veterans Affairs office before May 14. Veterans plapnmg to: 1 Receive their degree at the end of the current spring semester and wish to continue for an additional degree. 2. Change their course or degree objective. 3. Change their major. 4. Transfer to another institution. C. S. Jameson. Assistant Registrar for Veterans Affairs performer in "Goodbye My Fancy." In "Wide Horizons," Tookoian plays Eddie, a male ringing lead. Ken Shanks, interfn'.ternity council coordinator. wfho is now work-kie for his Ph.D. in speech drama, has had parts in three SC productions — "Winterset." "Braggart Warrior." and "Fanny's First Play." Villain In ' Wide Horizon." Shanks plays the part of DeWitt Goodrich, a stuffy college professor, who won't let the sldents hr.ve funds for a college production. Courtna McMann. drama voice major, has been in the last two varsity shows, and has played in seven drama productions including "Harvey " "Christmas Carol," and "Long Way Home." Miss McMann plays a dancing lead as Linda, one of the college girls. Professional Robert Rue. tele-communicat.ions major, has had parts in off-campus productions of "All My Sons." and "Of Thee I Sing." He played in the recently-produced "Escape." and ; will appear ir. the forthcoming play. "Twelfth Night." His part in "Wide Horizon" is that of Stanley, a dumb con man, who is one-half of the comedy team of Stanley and Hilo. Hilo is played by Mort Miller. Had it Forming Jeaneal Crowley. Alpha Gam. plays the feminine comedienne. Coincidentally, the tw'o previous varsity show feminine comedy leads have be«vi played by Alpha Gams. Secondary ieads in the show are Lvle Bretz. Helene Oats. Sue Brown, and Chuck Charters, who has two I parts. Jack Colton is the show's chore-, ographer. Misses Bump and Bentley appeared yesterday afternoon on Johnny Grant's KMPC record pro-; gram. Tickets for the Varsity Show are on sale at the ticket office for 60 i cents. VIP s Named To Compete for Mr. Trojanality Twenty campus leaders have been named candidates for the Mr. Trojanality contest, according to John Witt, Trojanality chairman. The Trojanality committee has attempted to present a fair cross section of student leaders in the selection of Mr. Trojanality nominees, Witt said. Votes for both Mr. and Miss Trojanality contestants will cost a dime apiece. No limit has been set on the number of votes a single person may cast as long as a dime accompanies each vote. Proceeds will go to the Trojan Chest. The contest is scheduled to get under way Wednesday. A booth will start at 9 a.m. and run to 4 auditorium for balloting. Voting will be set up in front of Bovard p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday and from 9 until noon on Friday May 2. Get Trophies Winners of both the Mr. and Miss Trojanality contests will receive trophies at the Varsity Show on Friday evening May 2. Trojanality candidates are Glen Berry, Trojan Lettermans club; John F. Bradley, senator-at-large; A1 Carmichael, varsity football team; Jack Davis, varsity track team; Don DuBose, president of Trojan Knights; Vince Dundee, past secretary of Trojan Knights; Warren Ettinger, IFC; George Gottesman, vice-president of IFC; Dick Kappes, student handbook editor. Chuck Kelley, president of IFC: Ken Kruger, past president of Ball and Chain; Tow Lovrich, varsity baseball team; Herb McGregor, secretary of IFC; Harry Merrill, vice-president of Trojan Knights; Parry O'Brien, varsity track team; Jack Owen, past president of Trojan Knights. More Contestants Ken Shanks, interfratemity coordinator; Jack Tillar. Varsity Show writer; Don Underwood, captain of varsity basketball team; and Dick Van Laanen, veterans representative. Candidates for Miss Trojanality will be announced within the next few days. Witt said. Petitions Not Filled As Names Turned in by Nick Apple At least 76 Trojans will contest for student body offices in the annual elections scheduled for May 5 through 7. Elections c ommissioner Jim Schuck today turned the names of the potential office seekers over to the admissions office for verification of scholastic eligibility. As in the past, several students are expected to be disqualified. During the past week nomination petitions for 34 of 40 offices were deposited inji locked ballot box in the office of | ^ ■ Counsels Aloia to Open Camp Lectures Insight into the problems of underprivileged children will be one of f the points to be brought out at the first in a series of four lectures on camp counseling today at 2:15 p.m. at the YWCA by Dr. Alex Aloia. Dr. Aloia, student activities adviser and past camp counselor, will speak on "The Problems of Counseling." He will stress the need of sincerity in working with boys and girls and the usefulness of a camping and leadership background. These talks, sponsored by the YM and YW are especially for counselors of Troy camp, but anyone interested in counseling is invited. At Troy Camp this year, the girls' session will be from Aug. 18 to 25, and the boys' from Aug. 18 to Sept. 1. Students who counsel at Troy Camp will receive free room and board. It is not necessary to sign up forthe entire three weeks. Students who wish applications for counselors at Troy Camp may get them in 228 Student Union. Dr. Alex Aloia, activities adviser. Posts for which petitions were not filed include presidents of the music and medicine schools, veterans' representative, sophomore class vice-president, and independent men and women's representatives. Further nominations will be made at all-University assemblies Monday and Tuesday in Bovard. Floor Nominations Contestants may be nominated Monday for the offices of ASSC president, vice-president, and secretary, yell king, and AMS president. Other nominations will be accepted Tuesday only, said Schuck "Any candidate nominated from the floor must turn in a petition by 2 p.m. of the day nominated to insure his name appearing on the ballots. Petitions will be available at the assemblies," Schuck said. Heading the list of student politicians are fraternity men Wendell Casey and Bob Hitchcock, aspirants for student" body president. Casey is currently one of nine senators-at-large and Hitchcock is junior class president. Both are seeking the support of the Row and of Unity party. Last year, when 75 students filed peti tions, three men signaled their desires for the chief position. They were Allen A. Arthur (Unity), John Bradley <Free-Greeks# and Fred Harper, who said he was running "independently." For the first lame candidates this year will be allowed to place their party affiliations Rafter their names on tbe ballots..* Appearing for the first time will be Unity, Trojans for Representative Government (replacing the Free-Greeks tab), and All-University party. The majority of the candidates did not place their party affiliations on their petitions. Schuck said that since many are seeking the backing of more than one party, he will accept their affiliations at Monday's assembly. Unification Outgrowth The All-U party is the outgrowth of a campus unification move which originated in the IFC council. It will hold a meeting this evening from 7 to 9 in 229 Founders. Unity will interview' candidates seeking endorsement at 4 p.m. today in 418 Student Union. The Unity steering committee will meet tomorrow ,to make recommendations* on endorsements. The completed list of nominations follows: ASSC President—Wendell Casey and Bob Hitchcock. ASSC Vice-President — Joan Fields and Dot Fucci. ASSC Secretary — Anne Clem- i ents (TRG). BOB HITCHCOCK . . seeks presidency WENDELL CASEY . . after top spot mm *81 ,. V JOAN FIELDS . . . after veep chair Yell King—Allan Gallion 'TRG), Albert Pizzo, James Shipula, and Terry Taft (TRG). Senators Senators-at-Large—Ronald Bartholomew. Oscar Campbell (TRG), Jerry Carr, Bob Carleson 'TRG), Radmilia Gogo, Herbert Katz, Arne Lindgren <TRG», James Me Gregor, Lerae Moeller, Bill Mea-cham <All-U), James B. McDaniels, Howard Press. James Smith (Unity), Bill Sweet, and Dick Sewell (TRG). AMS President—George Gonzales (All-U), Jim Strode 'TRG>, I and Tony Ward. AMS Vice-President — Robert Curtis (IRG) and John Witt. AMS Secretary-Treasurer — Herbert Burstein. Senior Class President — Larry Spector. All-U Party Set to Fix Policy, Name Choices The reorganized all-University party will try to solidify its precarious position in SC politics tonight. Formulation of party policy and the selection of one candidate for each ASSC office for the rap- I idly-nearing spring elections. May j 5-6-7,. is scheduled for tonight. Larry Deutsch, Tau Epsilon Phi. was appointed chairman of the platform committee, whioh will try to bring the opposing campus forc- J es together under a non-partisan banner. An open meeting of the committee will be held today at 1 o'clock in 418 Student Union. Persons serving on the commit- j tee are Wendell Casey, Jack Owen, Larry Spector. Jim Paul. Harley Hartman, Herb Burnstein. Donna Meador, Sandra Turbaw, Lee Levin. Aileen Roth. Lenore Monosson* Barbf.r^Stuchen, and Carol Shaf- | fer. • John W Bradley. ASSC president, has been invited and other interested parties are imited to attend, according to Deutsch. Don DuBose. Sigma Phi E.JSilon, was elected chairman of tlie party at its first meeting Tuesday night and will conduct the second round of what promises to be a hectic session tonight at 7 o'clock in 335 FH. At their first meeting the party members basically set their aims at "cleaning up student government, take it out of partisan hands, and eliminate secrecy." Specific planks and goals of the party will be set up today by the platform committee. Deutsch sc.id. "All independents and organization members are invited to attend the meeting tonight and help formulate policy and a slate of candidates pledged to good government," DuBose said. ANNE CLEMENTS . . . secretary candidate Senior Class Vice-President — Harry Merrill and Sharon Swanton. Junior Glass President—Warren Clendening (TRG) and Judd Cushing (TRG*. More Solons Junior Class Vice-President — Janet Anderson and Ernest Schag. Sophomore Class President — Philip Marantz, Pat Patterson, and Sagar Michael. LAS President—Pat Carney and Bob Carter. LAS Vice-President — Alan Carpenter. LAS Treasurer — Stan Reichel (All-U). LAS Secretary—David PearLson. School of Education President— Harry Conover and George Rad-I da. Education Vice-I^esident — Jerome Schnedier. Education Secretary — Barbara i Fields and Jean Perrin. Education Treasurer — Shirley Stolinski. Commerce President—Tern- Gordon and Tom Taylor 'TRGi. Commerce Vice-President — Melvin Fenner. Engineering President — Rodney Lundin and Bob Morrell. And More Engineering Vice-President—Larry Maxwell and William Riddle. Engineering Secretary-Treasurer —Mamoru Kanda. International Relations President —Daryl Emerick and John Ray. IR Vice-President—James Bowen, Carl Davis, David Murray, and Elva Soper. Pharmacy President—Harry Pas-kiL Pharmacy Vice-President—Donald Tomasco. Pharmacy Secretary-Treasurer— Joyce Ishibashi. Music V i c e-President—Suzanna Hutchinson. Architecture President — Eugene Hougham, Richard Niblack. Kenneth Kruger, and James Sink. Architecture Vice-President—Ronald Eitinger. Robert McClellan, Robert Viauld. ovies r * I $Jmor * Contrast Russian, U.S. Propaganda Procedures ef: compa#K>n beween Russian and American psychological^-ar-m the form of two contrasting films was made yesterday assart Jjrorram delivered by Dr. Ross N. Berkes. Eh rector of IR Impart -to an overflow audience in 138 Pounders hall. The two films—one a Russian-made newsreel for East German con->tion and the other an American counter-propaganda piece sup-ng United Nations action in Koret^—graphically showed the dil-ices of approach between Soviet and U.S. propaganda* he Russian film—"The Truth About America —seemed humorous uch of the audience, although according to Dr. Eterkes it is a most late in the germ warfare charge. Dr. Berkes said. The American film told the story of the UN from World War II emphasizing thf continued American desire for peace and the mounting Russian opposition and obstruction in the UN. The film had none of the blaring American jazz shown in the Russian film (which was made up of old American newsreel clips) but was done on a higher level tracing the history of the allied fighting success. Yalu. Potsdam. San Francisco, the Berlin Blockade, and finally the attack on South Korea. Soviet propaganda is always not so blatant as that appearing in the film. Dr. Berkes said that the Russian efforts can at times be most Europe and East Germany with a program appealing to the national A great film program is also utilized by American counter-propa-pride of the Soviet satellite countries. ganda. There are some 400 million people reached each year by films He said that RAIS in Berlin (radio in American sector) has been distributed overseas through 2500 American libraries, which stock 250 ve piece of propaganda. The him painted America as a land ol subtle and elfective. lines and slums, ol depraved moral standards, and a country ding all its money to prepare for aggressive war. film, which found its way into the hands of the U.S. State de-nent. vividly bore out the tnree themes which Dr. Berkes said Russia is using in its 14-months-old "hate America" campaign. The les are that the UiS. is corrupt and run by big business, that Amis imperialistic, and that the UJ5. is a war-monger and out to de-the people's democracies. current anti-America drive by Ihe Russians has culminated od He noted that in Thailand American propaganda had been of a "follow u& and we 11 show you what should be done" mold. The Russians. on the other hand, had approached the Siamese by voicing a desire to study and learn Ironi ihe culture of the country, forcing an American retreat from its position of offering all the answers. Dr. Berkes divided American oounter-propaganda media into three types, radio, press and publications, and films. He said that the Voice of America is heard daily in 46 languages by some 300 million people. It is concentrating most strongly on Eastern very effective in speaking to East Germans. The station programs report on Communist actions, western versions of German history to be taught in the Communist schools, and even humor bits about the "200 per cent Communist." In West Europe the VOA buys time on local networks tor direct presentation to the people rather than depending upon short wave broadcasts. Dr. Berkes said that one of the most ellective programs was Mrs. Eieanor Roosevelt's Sunday night broadcasts to the French people over a French netwrork. Mrs. Roosevelt, speaking in French and in an informal lashion, did much to cement U.S.-French friendship among the French people. to 500 films <ach. Many of the films are educational in nature while some are direct counter-propaganda. Other programs underway include the town affiliation idea in which an American town will adopt as town in another country and establish strong bonds of friendship between the two. The leader program sends 2000 leaders from critical areas to the United States each year to see for themselves what really goes on in the U.S. Dr. Berkes said approximately one person each month visits SC under this program which is sponsored by the fctate department. Dr. Berkes concluded by reminding the audience that propaganda is no substitute for policy. He said the role of propaganda is sometimes overemphasized. He noted that a high State department official said Dr. Bakes said that it is impossible to estimate the effectiveness i recently that m foreign relation 90 per cent is policy and behavior and of the Voice of America, but he said that buying panics have been man- 10 per cent propaganda. ufaotured in Eastern Europe after VOA broadcasts about currency de- Exhibits of propaganda material are on display this week in thefjrst valuations. He said also that there are 1 million requests annually for VOA program schedules. and second floor foyer of Founders hall under the auspices of. ot International Relations. x>l
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"The F.E.A.R. 3 launch date will now be in May 2011, as we look to deliver the best possible game for our consumers," reads a WB statement provided to us today.
The third game in the fearsome shooter series will hit PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. While series creator Monolith isn't involved, Day 1 Studios has tapped a pair of horror veterans to provide backup; '30 Days of Night' writer Steve Niles co-wrote the script and 'The Thing' director John Carpenter helped out on in-game cinematics.
Rumours of another delay were first sparked last week by an e-mail from retailer Best Buy, received by a member of the official F.E.A.R. forum, stating that the game would launch on May 24. All Warner Bros. has to say for now is that it'll be some time in May.


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By Peter Fimrite for SF Gate:
Farmers planting strawberries and other crops in California will soon have to contend with cancer-causing poison instead of bugs, worms and fungus if regulators get their wish.
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation has proposed registering methyl iodide as a pesticide in California to the dismay of scientists and environmental groups, who say it is so toxic that even chemists are reluctant to handle it.
The chemical will become legal for growers to use after a 60-day comment period ending June 29 unless there is some kind of public outcry.
"This is one of the most egregious pesticides out there," said Sarah Aird, the state field organizer for Californians for Pesticide Reform, a coalition of watchdog groups opposed to the use of potentially harmful chemicals. "It is really, really toxic. It is actually used in the laboratory to induce cancer cells."
Methyl iodide was approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2007 for use as a fumigant over the protests of more than two dozen California legislators and 54 scientists, including five Nobel laureates, who signed a letter opposing registration of the chemical…
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Pacific Rim (US - DVD R1 | BD RA)
Guillermo del Toro's epic Kaiju smack-down is coming to Blu-ray and DVD...
Starring: Rinko Kikuchi
Released: 15th October 2013
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This October, Warner Bros. will be releasing Guillermo del Toro's
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Quote: When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
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Elite Physical Therapy has been named the winner in Excellence at a Mid-Size Level Company Award by Providence Business News. Elite is the first and only physical therapy group in Rhode Island to receive this recognition. The 2012 Business Excellence Awards competition was presented by Bank Rhode Island, and it is produced in partnership with Bryant University; Cox Business; LGC&D P.C., Champi & DeRienzo P.C.; Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP; Tufts Health Plan and University Medicine. "I am so proud and happy for our talented, professional group," said Elite Physical Therapy's founder and owner Dr. Michael Nula. "It's a great feeling when you love what you do and receive special recognition for it. Honestly, this award motivates us to continue to work hard and remain committed every day to providing the best possible physical therapy care and results to our communities." Pictured from left are: Jason Harvey, Melissa Petrarca, Beth Beach, Pattie Melkoun, Lisa Nula, Gene Valicenti of Channel 10 News, Elite Physical Therapy owner Michael Nula, Michelle Durette and Ryan Toher. (Submitted photo)


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Barcelona's Jordi Alba is confident the Catalunya outfit can overcome AC Milan in the second leg of their Champions League tie, despite being 2-0 down from the first leg.
The defender believes that if the Liga leaders can replicate the type of performances that they have been putting in for much of the season, then they will be able to overcome the Italian outfit.
The Spain international believes the leaue match against Deportivo La Coruna could help put the team back on track ahead of the crunch European encounter next week.
"We want to win at Deportivo then look at Milan. It will be difficult but if we recover the level of play we have shown all season, I am sure we will win," he told reporters at the Mediterranean International Cup.
Tito Vilanova's side are currently in a poor patch of form after the defeat at San Siro was followed by a close shave against Sevilla and then back-to-back defeats at the hands of great rivals Real Madrid, but the former Valencia full-back refuted claims of panic at Camp Nou.
Alba said: "It is true that we are not used to being in this situation, but we are calm. We look forward to scoring goals and winning again."


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There's not much of a church school left at Saint Ann — other than a heavenly way with comfort food
ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor
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OVERALL RATING: 3.5 Stars
Saint Ann, 2501 N. Harwood St. Open daily for lunch and dinner; Sunday brunch . 214-782-9807.
A hipster vibe in this converted schoolhouse undergirds some enjoyable American classics and thoughtful bar food. And the garden dining is great.
Food: 3 stars
Atmosphere: 4 stars
Service:3.5 stars
Price: Moderate
I went to Catholic school, so I can tell you from personal knowledge the food in the cafeteria there was nothing like it is at Saint Ann. Although located in a renovated church school opened in 1927 to serve Hispanic kids, it feels more hipster-chic than institutional drab. A Plexiglas floor reveals a gravel substrate two feet below; comfy stuffed chairs and sofas in the bar area make waiting for your table seem less like sitting outside the principal's office and more like Friday afternoon in the teacher's lounge. And a decent-if-unexceptional, but inexpensive, by-the-glass wine selection gives you more drinking options than we had hanging outside the senior's parking lot after class.
The vibe of the place has moved from whack-your-knuckles nuns to slap-yo'-mama good food. Saints preserve us!
At essence, Saint Ann is more sophisticated pub-grub with a cool atmosphere than schmancy fine dining destination. But it is a destination nonetheless: Nuzzling its front patio away from a one-way street and facing the distaff side of the Crescent, it takes a bit of navigating to find, but is well worth a trip.
The kitchen sexes up many of the dishes with indulgent ideas. The unmissable app is the grilled sizzlers ($8.50) —bacon-wrapped chicken nuggets that get a kick from jalapeño and garlic. Ignore the sports bar pedigree and revel only in the execution: potent, fatty, flavorful blackened nuggets dipped in a soothing ranch. The quesadillas ($8) are more like cheesy crepes with a pico-tang from the chipotle crema and cilantro.
The centerpieces of the menu, even at dinner, are sandwiches, soups and meal-sized salads (there are as many to choose from as dinner entrées). The onion soup ($5.50) was only average, but the diced vegetables floating around the lentil soup-du-jour imbued a hearty warmth that was especially welcome on the chilly day we sampled it.
The au jus ribeye French dip ($12), sliced thin and baked with cheese on a baguette scored with its bite from horseradish. But it's hard to resist ordering something called a "dirty burger" (that's where my mind goes), so I didn't. A half-pound gourmet patty dressed with thin, crisp planks of bacon and gooey white Vermont cheddar came on a bun that seemed tailor-made to hold all the flavor. (Over- or under-sized buns, or limp ones that break apart when you pick them up, are Kryptonite to a super burger.) The waffle fries outshone the sweet potato fries, which were underwhelming.
Spaghetti is the cuisine of the church school, and this version ($10.50), served with an oily Bolognese sauce, wasn't too traditional — it lacked comfort-food cred, even as I respect the effort. The bold flavor of pesto on the linguini ($14.50) was well to my liking, and the medallions of chicken conveyed an herbal freshness.
I wanted more of a sear on the scallops ($15), though they tasted great with cilantro lime crema, despite resting on a bed of slight undercooked grits. By the time I got to the dessert — a chocolate croissant bread pudding rich enough to run for president — all other minor sins were forgiven.
Saint Ann's charms carry it a long way, from the menu on lined grammar-school (complete with grade and corrected spelling), but I wouldn't go back if the food didn't draw me. School may almost be out for the summer, but Saint Ann has class to spare.
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Submission + - Patent Markings Lawsuits: $1 Trillion and Counting (bnet.com) 1
bizwriter writes: The latest legal bugaboo facing manufacturers is the false patent marking suit. Using what has been until recently an obscure type of legal action, individuals and enterprising law firms have targeted large manufacturers with lawsuits that can easily run million of dollars — in a case involving a drink cup manufacturer, over $10 trillion — for incorrectly including patent numbers on products.Some companies named in such suits are 3M, Cisco, Pfizer, Monster Cable, and Merck. Even expired patent numbers can cause a problem.


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Restaurant.com Selects Badgeville to Reward Customer Loyalty Using Gamification
Nation's largest dining deals site launches new rewards program powered by the #1 gamification platform to increase social loyalty
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Feb. 13, 2013 01:00 PM
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Badgeville, the #1 gamification platform, and Restaurant.com, the nation's largest dining deals site, today have announced the launch of a new rewards program geared towards engaging loyal customers and helping them discover thousands of new dining opportunities offered by the site.
The first program of its kind, Restaurant.com's new social loyalty program for the best dining deals employs Badgeville's Behavior Platform to recognize highly engaged and loyal customers through a gamified experience. Rewards program participants can earn points, badges, and advance on the Restaurant.com Rewards Leaderboard simply by shopping and sharing on social channels, as well as for repeat site visits.
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YAY! Forum finally up! And I get to post!
I've been waiting to say that I really like the art over here at SS.
My favorite drawing so far is February 16th. I think it shows much talent!
Geez, you wait a long time and then you foget all the cool things you wanted to say.
Something Soft is very cool! Keep it up, Psyca!


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That kanji pic is super cool!
Your are a mighty MIGHTY lucky man to have Mr. Broida down the road. Few of us are so lucky.
That kanji pic is super cool!
Your are a mighty MIGHTY lucky man to have Mr. Broida down the road. Few of us are so lucky.
I just want to say that it does get annoying sometimes when a dude is selling cool stuff and tells you not to buy it because you won't like it or don't need it.
True. At least for me it's no issue since I usually see kanji on its side: I put my knives down spine towards me, handle to the right
Haha, please. People around here argue in microns. You're good, buddy!I hope this doesn't come off as pedantic
The store is great, Jon is smart and helpful and first concerned with providing service and items that you need and preventing any buyer's remorse by steering you away from what you might otherwise spend money on for the "wrong" reasons.
We are fortunate around here to have nearly all of the best resources to feed this habit. Jon certainly contributes more than his fair share in all of this, from his willingness to share his vast knowledge, to he and Sarah's excellent commitment to customer service. They know how to make you feel good about a purchase, before, during, and after. You are lucky to have them so near to you.
-Enjoy the ride. *** All statements made herein are my personal opinion and nothing more, regardless of tone or context. ***
thanks guys... really appreciate all of the kind words


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Animal advocates differ on 'no kill' RI shelters
Could Rhode Island become a "no-kill" state? A bill heard by the House Judiciary committee last week could be the first step in making all shelters in the state "no-kill," which means roughly 90 percent of the animals would be saved from euthanasia. The bill is being held for further study, and is getting mixed reviews from the animal advocacy community.
The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) issued an informal statement saying it has "serious concerns regarding the logistic and management issues that would likely arise with passage of this legislation."
The bill suggests the creation of a registry between animal shelters that would allow the transfer of animals. When one shelter becomes too crowded, the animal, instead of being euthanized, would be transferred to another shelter with available space. The language of the bill allows for shelters and rescue leagues to specify which type of animal they are willing to take. This information would also be made public.
Dennis Tabella, founder of Defenders of Animals, said the state wouldn't need to create a database. Instead, shelters could use PetFinder.com, a free online service that many shelters are already using. By using a keyword like "emergency," Tabella said shelters could communicate the need to move an animal to another facility. Tabella said some animals are more likely to be adopted in a new location because it exposes them to a different demographic.
In addition to the creation of a registry, the bill states that animals would not be euthanized unless the holding period has expired, there are no empty cages available and all foster home possibilities have been exhausted.
Maureen Morse, member of Defenders of Animals, testified in favor of the bill at last week's hearing.
"In July 2010, the governor of Delaware signed the most sweeping and progressive companion animal protection legislation in the United States," she said at the hearing. "The Delaware Companion Animal Protection Act (CAPA) mandates collaboration between shelters and rescue groups, making the killing of an animal allowable only after all of the outlined measures have been exhausted, and upon approval of the shelter animal care or control manager."
The bill, she said, will help move Rhode Island toward becoming a no-kill state.
"This is not a new idea," said Morse in an interview this week. "It's going on across the country; it is succeeding. It's a growing movement."
Morse's testimony highlighted similar movements in places like California, New York, Texas and Nevada.
But Dr. E.J. Finocchio, president of the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RISPCA), said that Rhode Island doesn't have the same overcrowding problems that major cities in some of those states do. In Rhode Island, he said, the bulk of animals put to sleep are those that are aggressive or sick.
"The 'no-kill' moniker is nothing but a catch phrase to appeal to people," he said in an interview Monday.
He posed several hypothetical scenarios: what if someone brought him an 18-year-old cat with cancer that was suffering or a vicious dog that had killed a neighbor's pet and was unable to be rehabilitated?
"What should I do with those animals?" he asked. "I'm going to put that animal to sleep as fast as I can … and out of his misery."
Finocchio knows that not everyone agrees with his opinion on euthanasia.
"I had a woman spit in my face once," he said. "I posed the same questions to a woman once who said, 'Let them die on their own.' I would by law have to charge her with cruelty to animals."
But Finocchio is adamant he is right.
"It's 'tricky' to people that think everything has to be saved," said Finocchio.
Finocchio said that healthy, young and friendly animals are only euthanized in overcrowded shelters, and overcrowding is not a problem in Rhode Island.
"Who would possibly euthanize an animal like that?" he said. "We don't have that problem."
Tabella disagrees. DEM data said last year, roughly 148 dogs and 522 cats were euthanized in the state. The data, the DEM notes, is not complete or exact.
"Those couldn't have all been sick or aggressive animals," said Tabella.
According to Ann Corvin, director of the Warwick Animal Shelter, of the 38 animals she euthanized in 2011, none were put to sleep because of overcrowding. All animals euthanized were either sick or aggressive.
"We don't euthanize that much to begin with," said Corvin, who said the Warwick Animal Shelter is often mistaken as a no-kill shelter. "Here we try hard to not euthanize our animals."
The Warwick Animal Shelter is municipal, so it takes in strays, some of which are aggressive, or even feral. She said because of animals like this, her shelter "can't become no-kill."
Corvin said she wouldn't want to call another shelter to take on a dangerous or sick animal, and worries that the legislation would force her into such measures. However, the transferal of friendly, healthy animals due to overcrowding makes sense to her.
"It depends on the situation," she said.
Corvin said overcrowding is not an issue in Warwick, and the adoptable animals are never euthanized due to space constraints.
"I would have a problem euthanizing a healthy animal," she said. Some of the 38 animals put to sleep last year included a dog that had a viciousness hearing, several feral (wild and undomesticated) cats and a dog with mouth cancer.
The DEM's statement said they have "expressed the desire to meet with the sponsor [of the bill] and interested stakeholders to understand what their goals are, and how we can work together on a solution."


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July 5, 1930 - August 19, 2013
New Windsor, NY
June C. Leonard, a sixteen year resident of the area, passed away, Monday, August 19, 2013 at The Joe Raso Hospice Residence, New City, NY at the age of 83. Daughter of the late John and Catherine Steele Walsh, she was born July 5, 1930 in Bronx, NY. June was the widow of Robert J. Leonard.
Survivors include her son, Donald Roden of Wappingers Falls, NY; her daughters: Catherine Cronk of New Windsor, NY, Debbie Zenner of Harriman, NY; her sister, Mary Ruddy of Wayne, NJ and nine grandchildren. June was predeceased by her sons: Barry R. Leonard and George Roden.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, August 23rd at Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 515 Route 32, Highland Mills, NY. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Saturday, August 24th at St. Patrick's Church, 448 Route 32, Highland Mills, NY. Cremation will take place at Cedar Hill Crematory, Middle Hope, NY.
Memorial donations may be made to United Hospice of Rockland, 11 Stokum Lane, New City, NY 10956-3505.
Funeral arrangements made by Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 845-782-8185 or www.ssqfuneralhome.com.


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It is maddening that Boston's public schools must reach the precipice of collapse before they can use one of the most important tools of school reform — a longer school day.
This week, the School Department announced that it wants to turn the poorly performing Marshall Elementary in Dorchester into an in-district charter run by the education-management nonprofit Unlocking Potential. This change is entirely justified. In the simple act of converting from a regular public school to a charter, the school day would increase from six hours to eight. A year ago, Unlocking Potential took over the troubled Gavin Middle School in South Boston. Test scores soared, and the renamed UP Academy's longer day clearly helped.
The looming change at the Marshall will benefit students. Yet it's also a stark reminder of the mediocrity embedded into the latest Boston teachers' contract, which imposes substantial restrictions on how traditional public schools can operate. Despite years of wrangling with the union, no breakthrough was made for a longer school day, leaving Boston with one of the shortest school days and least total school-year hours in the nation. The average day in the Boston Public Schools is now an hour shorter than in cities like Charlotte, Nashville, and Austin. But because of the Boston union's stance, seeking charter status for a traditional school like the Marshall is the most practical way to substantially lengthen the day while making the staffing changes needed to make that longer day fruitful.
Nevertheless, the Boston Teachers Union now laments the change. Union president Richard Stutman said, "It was like a sudden death in the family, a punch in the stomach, and a sign of disrespect." But far worse disrespect is being shown to students deprived of the valuable teaching and tutoring time they need.


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Your Turn
Have you been following the news from Ferguson?
Have you been following the news from Ferguson?
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I live in STL...
yep and it's another circus
let's get this sorted before we all make the same mistake made in the Martin case
don't pre judge
Following, yes. Glued to every breathless report, no.
As with most news, only via Anonymous and Al-Jazeera
Yes. Via Twitter, from people who were there, in the crowd. The misinformation about what the crowd was doing (and what they were not actually doing) is staggering.
Yup and that is why this country is so fucked up
Last night, hundreds of unarmed people chanted "hands up, don't shoot," before police hit them with tear gas and rubber and wooden bullets. A St. Louis alderman, Antonio French, was reporting from the scene via social media. He was arrested.
Yep. And a militarized police force will behave like an occupying army sooner or later, anywhere.
Yes indeed, avidly. At the National Moment of Silence vigil last night in Minneapolis, Governor Mark Dayton marched with the people in disgust at the Ferguson PD and the murder of Michael Brown.
Yes. I was relieved to read this morning that the state troopers are getting along with the protestors *much* better than their predecessors.
Yes, following. Whatever happened to that young man aside, the police department completely and utterly fucked up what happened next.
I live about 10 miles away from "ground zero" so yes, I am following it very closely.
I can't believe I am commenting here. I have read this site daily for maybe 6 years? Anyway I know all of u I feel like.
To the point yes I started following yesterday.
I am appalled at the police state there. The weapons, the violence, the suppression of the press.
I think Brown may have talked trash and may have even acted like a punk. I do not think he went for the cop's gun. I think the cop got trigger happy. With the police response to the crowds it is not a stretch to see how violent these police have been trained.
Disclaimer-I am mid thirties, white, Texas, conservative..I am just not stupid and I don't believe the line of BS that Fox News tries to throw out there.
Avidly, via Reddit's live feed (http://www.reddit.com/live/tdrph3y49ftn/) and Al-Jazeera America.
In the UK, BBC news website has been balanced in its reportage and included a video made with Radley Balko, author of 'Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-28782308).
Sorry, I don't know how to create links.
Howdy, Kassie :)
Hi Kassie, and thanks for your post
Sending lotsa love to everyone in the area. Stay strong! XoXo
@LadyH - except, Anonymous doxxed the wrong guy. Again.
Hi Kassie. Hope u continue to comment. (-:
Continuing to watch. Just saw the video of Mike Brown and his buddy who talked about the shooting on camera robbing a convenience store here:
This never should have escalated to death. So much wrong with it all.
No. I follow the news from my house in the PIGS.
the initial response created the problem, a more experienced police department would have been on top of that shit long time, but they messed up by being too defensive and then for that one police guy to get caught by the media calling the protestors PIG, i knew shit would get out of hand quick.
I think he knew about the robbery BUT remember the role of the police isnt to kill but to apprehend and do so in a way that protects everyone, they should only kill when they realise that the suspect poses a danger to others
@ rajahcat...I concur
Yes. I never thought I would watch on TV armored tanks driving down a US street.. That makes me feel sick.. Sadly this is not the America I was raised in.
The almost all white police force has been harassing and trying to keep peace by intimidation and violence, everything the Ferguson PD has done publicly proves that. The fact is the kid was unarmed, shot multiple times, from the front and the back, the shooter cop was so afraid to do his job he chose violence and due to poor training in community policing and unarmed child died in a street. Whether he shoplifted or not. Which is what his crime was, I've seen security guards at stores get beaten by women who were caught shoplifting at Macy's more than a shove. Also, the cop never knew there was a robbery at the store or a description, what town of that size wouldn't put that out on a radio call? This is a bumpkin police force, and a dead child is the natural result of poor training and police being terrified of the people they police. Violence first from the chief of police down.
Heck no, I am not watching ANY of the coverage. When was the last time CNN gave overwhelming coverage to any of the BLACK dictators running Africa into the ground? They almost NEVER talk about THE FACT that most crime is BLACK ON BLACK, not white cop on black.
So the riots and looting helped the situation? Shouldn't the police be on guard? Public safety is their responsibility and if all hell breaks lose, again, then they get dinged for letting it happen.
I really don't think calling the victim a "child" is appropriate if he just boosted a convenience store.
If those details are inaccurate, excuse me, I'm not following the story, but just because someone is under 18 they are not necessarily a "child."
The other guys lawyer backtracking on cnn last night was interesting. He was arguing the difference between robbery and shoplifting and theft. And that his client didn't use force to shoplift so it's not robbery. Very entertaining with the back peddling
Angelicka- I take you weren't around for the Katrina coverage with the same behaviors x1000.
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BEREA, Ky. (WKYT) - Berea welcomes you, but not the drugs that are coming into the town, especially heroin.
"It's something that we really didn't see here, in Berea, but now we've had a handful of cases so far and we're afraid that it's going to be more of a problem," said Sgt. Jake Reed of the Berea Police Department.
Heroin is making a sudden rise in the area, and it's being blamed on trafficking out of Detroit.
"We're seeing more heroin being used in our county because it's cheaper and because it's much purer than it was years ago," described Jimmy Cornelison, the Madison County EMS Director and County Coroner.
Cornelison also thinks heroin is on the rise because the battle against the pill mill is making those drugs harder to obtain. Still, he's concerned about the number of heroin overdoses that he's seeing as both EMS and coroner.
"I think for the month of December, I had three or four (deaths) and we're, you know, being pretty constant with it. I mean it's not one of those things that comes and goes, and it seems to be maybe increasing as we go."
With the drug also comes other problems.
"Not only is it another drug on the street but more drugs on the street cause other crime," explained Sgt. Reed.
So Berea is standing up, and re-assembling their task force just a year after it was dissolved because of budgeting. Berea will team up with the Madison County Sheriff's Office, Jackson County Police Department, Irvine Police Department, and the Winchester Police Department.
"We work with those other agencies and we can get a lot more information," said Sgt. Reed, who adds that the Berea Police are expecting big things with the Drug Task Force.
"The added man power is really something that's a great benefit to all of the departments that are involved," he added.
"That's the only way they can combat it, there is no way to eliminate it," said Cornelison.
Sgt. Reed went on to say, "We're going to be out there and once we get going we're definitely going to be showing some results."
That's because these men believe if the task force can save even just one life, then it's well worth it!
Sgt. Reed said the department is hoping to have the Drug Task Force operational by this summer.


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Mine would be the away game against the Bears. Our rookie quarterback marched 174 yards through Soldier Field in their final two drives to come from behind and win in overtime against a top tier defense. That was not supposed to happen.
Even though we couldn't stop B. Marshall, we showed tremendous resiliency. Anything seemed possible after watching that game.


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I'm a fan of the comic strip The Boondocks, and last week, I couldn't help but be reminded of a strip I read years ago.
Granddad was talking to his grandsons. He thought they might have some questions in light of news reports about "gay marriage," and he wanted them to know how he felt.
"First off," he tells the boys, "all marriage is wrong."
Now before anyone gets upset, my parents have been married for close to 40 years, and I don't think they have done something wrong.
But I do think granddad had a point, at least as far as the government is concerned. I was reminded of this for two separate reasons last week.
Vice President Joe Biden recently appeared on a Sunday morning talk show and said he was "absolutely comfortable" with same sex marriage.
Biden's comments led President Barack Obama to give an interview to ABC News in which he said his views were evolving. In 2008, Obama said he opposed same sex marriage; now he says he is OK with it.
Also last week, voters made North Carolina the most recent state to outlaw same sex marriages.
Frankly, this should be a non-issue, or at least, it shouldn't be a political issue. Whether or not "gay marriage" is legal in any state or not, same sex couples are always going to exist.
I'm confident in saying that whether two men refer to one another as each other's husband or two women consider themselves to be each other's wife, it's not going to change how my mother and father feel about one another.
It won't change how my sister feels about her husband, either, and I suspect, if you are married, it won't make you love your spouse any less.
So, rather than continuing to waste time debating whether or not the government should be concerned with same sex marriage - and I predict a lot of time will be wasted on that subject during the 2012 campaign - let's just take government out of the marriage game all together.
Personally, I think if any two people want to get married they should be allowed to do so, but for some people, clearly the word "marriage" is creating a dilemma.
As an alternative, I suggest that the government only recognizes civil unions, no matter if they are between one man and one woman, two men or two women.
That way "marriage" can be left up to the individuals involved in the relationship and whatever minister may be involved with the ceremony.
If your church doesn't want to perform weddings for same sex couples, fine, that's your church's prerogative. At the same time, if the minister down the street wants to marry every same sex couple in town, that would be fine, too.
Honestly, I find it odd that people are still debating whether or not homosexuality is a choice (it's not). Enough research has been done to establish that people don't decide one day, "I'm going to be a homosexual." They really are born that way.
Many opponents of same sex marriage consider homosexuality "unnatural," but if that was the case, then you would expect that only humans would engage in homosexual behaviors. The truth is scientists have observed and documented homosexual behavior and relationships in thousands of animal species, including mammals, birds and reptiles, and even among insects.
Now, I'm not writing this column to debate what the Bible says about this issue or whether or not churches should be required to accept homosexuality any more than they should believe in evolution.
My only point is that the debate on "gay marriage" is being complicated by that fact that the government is involved. By making marriage a private matter, then we wouldn't have to listen to politicians wasting our time on the matter.
By limiting the government's involvement to civil unions, it would be easier for everyone to accept same sex partners receiving the same tax rules as heterosexual couples. It would also make it much easier for lifelong partners when dealing with things like health insurance and visitation in the hospital.
In my mind, this entire issue boils down to a semantic debate.
What is marriage? That's up to you to decide.
If you want to claim the Bible is your standard, go ahead.
But if you believe our understanding of the world has improved in the past 2,000 years, well, that's fine, too.
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Chicken chive, spinach burgers
Chicken chive and spinach burgers Preparation time: 15 minutes Total time: 35 minutes Serves: 4 Ingredients: 2 cups packed baby spinach leaves 16 ounces ground chicken breast 2 tablespoons honey Dijon mustard 1 small bunch fresh chives, snipped (about 1/3 cup snipped) 1 teaspoon Morton's Nature's Seasons Seasoning Blend (or favorite all-purpose seasoning) 1/4 cup panko (or regular) bread crumbs For serving: 3 tablespoons low-fat mayonnaise 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard 2 tablespoons snipped fresh chives Lettuce, cheese slices, tomato slices 4 thin sandwich buns such as Aunt Millie's 90-calorie Slimwiches Directions: Preheat or prepare the grill. Rinse the spinach leaves. Heat a small skillet over medium heat. Add the spinach leaves with water still clinging to the leaves. Saute the spinach until wilted. In a bowl, combine the ground chicken, honey Dijon, cooked spinach, chives, seasoning blend and bread crumbs. Mix well. Shape into 4 patties about 1/2-inch thick. Oil the grill grates and grill the burgers about 6-8 minutes per side or until thoroughly cooked. An instant-read thermometer should register 165 degrees. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, mustard and chives. To assemble burgers, toast the buns, if desired. Spread a dollop of the mayonnaise mixture on the inside of each bun. Place lettuce on the bottom. Top with the burger, cheese slice and tomato. Place the other bun half on top and serve. Nutrition information: 393 calories (24 percent from fat ), 10 grams fat (4 grams sat. fat ), 35 grams carbohydrates, 37 grams protein, 894 mg sodium, 84 mg cholesterol, 2 grams fiber.
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