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Nutrisystem also shows me how to plan what to eat for the day. When I emailed a counselor they said that was normal and I was doing well. Glad it was helpful! I loved your post — thanks for the well-written review! I am a very picky eater, so I thought the food was going to be questionable, but it is surprisingly good.
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When I was on the plan my wife and children would eat their food while I ate my Nutrisystem food. Her food was hard to resist; however, I stuck to the Nutrisystem plan because their food also tastes good. I ate good food every day. Foods such as blueberry pancakes, blueberry muffins, honey mustard pretzel sticks, beef stew and broiled beef patties.
Nutrisystem truly does go to great lengths to help make losing weight easy. I wanted to lose 20 pounds, but ended up shaving off 30 pounds thanks to Nutrisystem.
Nutrisystem is the best diet plan I have ever tried. I have tried to diet a few other times in my life but I could not stick to the diet.
With Nutrisystem I do not have to learn recipes. I do not have to learn to eat better foods. I do not have to count calories. I do not have to weigh food. With Nutrisystem all I have to do is follow the instructions and eat the foods Nutrisystem supplies. When I joined Nutrisystem I was afraid the food would taste terrible as I had read a review online saying so. Of course there are a few foods that do not suit my taste such as the eggs frittata; however, most of the foods are delicious.
For breakfast I can eat pancakes, blueberry pancakes, cinnamon buns or oatmeal. There are many other breakfast foods to choose from also. For lunch I can eat hearty minestrone soup or choose from many other menu items.
Nutrisystem also offers great dinners, snacks and desserts. Following the Nutrisystem plan is easy and I am seeing results. I wish the weight melted off easier, but it took a while putting it on and so I expect it'll take time getting it off too.
I had tried losing weight on my own a few times but it was too hard to count calories and weigh out all of my food what a time sucker! I always got discouraged about losing the weight. With Nutrisystem I have not became discouraged because Nutrisystem makes the plan so simple to follow. While it's not fresh food the meals are frozen , it still just as great tasting.
Speaking frankly, I was really afraid that I would hate the Nutrisystem food. I gave the food a try thinking it would taste like cardboard. However, I was completely wrong, the Nutrisystem food is delicious. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert and all my snacks provided by Nutrisystem are tasty. My wife loves me being on the Nutrisystem diet too. She is very impressed with the progress I have made losing weight. She just makes dinner for the family and I eat my Nutrisystem meal. Nutrisystem is a great diet plan that I personally think can help anyone lose weight.
Let's be honest here, does any man like to cook? Not only do I not like to cook, I just don't have the time to cook. That's why Nutrisystem really appealed to me when my doctor recommended it. I am a busy man who works 80 hours a week. I am also single. I just don't know how to cook, so I eat fast food quite often. I also eat at restaurants often too. The reason I go out to eat so often is because I am single, busy and do not know how to cook.
Going out to eat is just easier than learning how to cook. But eating out is expensive and has caused me to quickly add on 30 pounds that I no longer wanted. I thought if I pay to go out to eat everyday I might as well pay to eat this healthy food and lose some weight.
The best part of the Nutrisystem plan is that I do not have to prepare the food and it still tastes great. I am losing weight eating healthy delicious foods. I'm happy and so is my doctor who was telling me I needed to lose weight. I have lost nine pounds since I started the diet. With Nutrisystem you get to chose from many foods that are already prepared for you. You also get a daily menu planner and a diary to log your success in. Nutrisystem also provides a website that includes articles, weight loss stories, blogs, chat rooms and a live counselor who is available 24 hours a day for support.
With the Nutrisystem plan I go online everyday and log onto Nutrisystem's website to see my progress. I also check the discussion group forums and talk to other men who are trying to lose weight.
I enjoy using the Nutrisystem web site. The Nutrisystem plan is so simple to follow. I really can not think of any other diet plan that is as simple to use as Nutrisystem. The food Nutrisystem offers is also excellent. My favorite food from Nutrisystem is the beef stew. I love beef stew and I would not want to give it up for a diet. However, with Nutrisystem I do not have to give up beef stew because Nutrisystem offers a beef stew dinner.
I have been on the plan for about one month now and have already lost seven pounds which wasn't happening with Bistro MD.
I'm happy to say that losing weight has never been easier. The Nutrisystem plan is very easy to follow and simple to understand. I get to eat three meals a day plus a snack and a dessert. As soon as I start to feel hungry I get to eat again. With Nutrisystem I get access to the Nutrisystem website tools too.
The website is wonderful. I can log on and talk to other people from all over the world who are trying to lose weight. The other people on the website inspire me to want to lose more weight and become even healthier. The people on the website inspire to me to stick with the plan until I reach my goal. It's a great support group. The Nutrisystem website also provides me with access to a counselor who is available 24 hours a day to chat with if I have any questions.
It's working for me and I know it will work for you too. Now if I can only get my wife on it. I need more support! I have been using Nutrisystem's plan for about two months now. I thought for sure when I started the plan that I would probably have at least one thing to complain about it; however, I was wrong.
Nutrisystem truly is a great plan. Any problems that you may read about online are obviously one off items and not a consistent trend. The basic plan is extremely easy to follow. It comes with specific instructions on how to follow it. It also comes with some great dieting tools. The best part of the plan is that it comes with healthy foods that are already prepared for me to eat.
Food wise, I love the vegetable beef soup; it is one of my favorite things to eat for lunch. I love to eat the chili with beans for dinner. So far, I love all of the foods I've tried. I haven't found one that wasn't edible. Even the desserts and snacks taste darn good. And unlike other diets, with Nutrisystem I don't crave junk food because I get a treat everyday in the meal plan: I have needed to lose weight for quite awhile and am just glad that I'm finally doing something about it.
I am very satisfied with the basic plan. Like most guys I know, I love to eat! I was always afraid of going on a hard core diet plan because I did not want to give up great tasting foods. With the Nutrisystem plan I have not had to give up any of my usual great tasting foods. Hats off to Nutrisystem for figuring out how to get great tasting food in a small package that is so easy to prepare - just stick it in the microwave and you're eating in 5 minutes.
So far, my favorite is the mushroom risotto, the chicken with dumplings, and the chili with beans, the flame broiled beef patty, the barbecue sauce pork wrap, the chocolate chocolate chip pudding, the chocolate crunch bar, the chocolate chip cookie, the creamy tomato sauce, the blueberry pancakes and the blueberry muffins. I could go on and on about the rest of Nutrisystem's dishes but I'm making myself hungry ;- I enjoy eating all of Nutrisystem's foods.
I do not think I have found a food that I did not like yet. Do not be afraid of having to give up eating great food because you're still going to get great food with Nutrisystem. Nutrisystem is a great diet plan for anyone - especially men. I get to eat great food that is already prepared for me everyday. All I have to do is follow the basic directions for following the plan and eat the Nutrisystem foods.
The best part about the Nutrisystem plan is that I lost seven pounds since I started it a month ago. Nutrisystem also supplies its members with a member website. The website helps individuals on the plan stay motivated. The website is a place where anyone who is on the plan can go for support. I enjoy logging onto the website and seeing the progress that I have made. I also enjoy reading inspiring stories from others on the Nutrisystem plan that have lost weight.
Luckily though, Nutrisystem offers many different foods to choose from. Plans for both men and women. Nutrisystem Arguably the lowest price delivered diet available. Food quality is lower than other plans. Low glycemic index carbs.
South Beach Diet Very easy to follow. Medifast Meal replacement program. Only suitable if you are very overweight. Personal Trainer Food day program. Food is superior to Nutrisystem. One of the top-rated delivery programs on Amazon.
See more at Amazon. Body Chef Healthy Choice Delivers fresh, calorie controlled diet plans directly to your door twice weekly.
Dieters in the UK can choose from 8 varied diets Fully customizable to suit their tastes, needs, and objectives. By Mizpah Matus B. The influence of food portion size and energy density on energy intake: In my case, once I reached my weight loss goal, I had established a routine for how much I needed to eat each day, so I was comfortable developing a plan of my own. As someone who has lost more than 30 pounds using the Nutrisystem program, I can tell you that it absolutely works.
I highly recommend it to anyone who has 10 or pounds to lose. Nutrisystem Turbo 13 is one of the most effective ways to lose weight, and is a great fit for anyone who wants an easy plan to follow. I've used their plan now several times over the years, and it's one of our highest rated weight loss products here on the site. I really liked your story. I am in day 2 of my Turbo Program.
My history with NS is in I had my 3rd child, 12 months and one day after my 2nd. My weight on delivery date was My normal weight was I went down to Lowest in my life, and I felt good. I did feel healthier at which I managed to maintain for 20 something years. In 3 years I graduated a size I weighed when I graduated. I still weigh 10 years later and feel awful. I too started to eat out and drink wine.
I only hope I have the will power to succeed this time. I feel I have to become a hermit and say no to going out with my friends, neighbors and family. But now I am older and I dread the fact it may take me years to lose all this fat.
But I have only myself to blame. Reading your story has given me some inspiration. I am going to make 10 weight loss increments only as to not get discouraged. Thank you for sharing your story. Hi Cheryl- Thanks for reading, and sharing…What an inspiring story! I still have a drink occasionally, but try to keep it limited to social gatherings and not an everyday thing. In any case, best of luck with your weight loss journey! Norman, you seem to know the NS diet very well. I have been on this diet around 7 years ago and I see a few new changes this time.
My order has arrived and I unpacked my Turbo Box yet did not keep that food separate, and now i am really unsure of what was in it for my first week…. Best of luck with the program. Hope that helps -NS. You want to be at your goal weight then, not wishing you did something about it yrs ago. No, you cannot pound them back, but I am not sure why you would want to anyway. Co-workers always ask me to go out for a drink and they order whatever and I order a diet coke.
You could blame it on medication if you want. When I go out to eat or go to cookouts, etc. I order a meat and a vegetable with a diet soda. No potato or anything. At a cookout it would be a burger or chicken with no bread, and a tossed salad or veggie. You CAN do it. You just have to order carefully. I wish you luck. You can do, I know you can. It is so nice to read a positive article about Nutrisystem. You are so right about your body becoming used to the smaller portions. Like anything, your body goes through an adjustment period, but after a few days, it is quite easy.
With frequent snacks between meals, as well as plenty of fluids, you are eating pretty much whenever you feel hungry. Hi, thanks for the great review! Thanks for the nice comment: Excited to hear how Nutrisystem goes for you — let us know! Hi Ellen — You definitely need to talk with your doctor before trying Nutrisystem or any weight loss plan with your health issues, but they do offer a plan for people with diabetes. I would recommend checking out their site to learn more about the different plans they offer.
They also offer snacks and shakes as options over the course of the day, so that helps with the extra cravings too. Hope that helps, and best of luck with your weight loss journey! Someone in my Myspace group shared this website with us so I came to give it a look.
Exceptional blog and brilliant design and style. Thanks for the kind words and for visiting the site — let me know your Twitter handle so I can return the favor! Those first 2 weeks i dropped 13 lbs, but that third week i lost maybe 1 lb. I was only eating the provided meals the first two weeks usually around only calories per day obviously that was unhealthy, so i added in a few snacks to put me right around calories per day.
But unfortunately that has resulted in minimal weight loss. Did you have plateaus like this? And how did you over come these stalls?
I did just purchase an elliptical and also a stationary bike, but only on day 2 with those. Your review was wonderful and very well written, so thank you! Hi Julie- Thank you so much for sharing your story, and way to go for making it through your first month! I think the calorie restriction is the hardest part about Nutrisystem, and why now I typically only do the diet for a month or two and then really focus on just eating right and getting enough exercise after that.
For me, the approach after Nutrisystem has been intermittent fasting IF. That said, I have had a lot of success with it, and find that I can maintain a healthy weight for long stretches of time when using it. I started with the turbo charge and continued now for almost 3 weeks. I have only lost 3 lbs. When I emailed a counselor they said that was normal and I was doing well. Big hope very disappointed.
In any case, hope the rest of your month goes well, and best of luck moving forward. I just started Nutrisystem. I always lost weight on the low carb diet when I was younger. But the fat intake was not good.
Just to avoid all the carbs… Did you or anyone else have a issue with how many carbs are in each meal? Is this ok lol… Please someone assure me all the carbs are ok! Thanks for visting, and best of luck with your first month!
Thanks for the excellent review and videos. Excited to see what kind of progress I can make. Hi Krystal — thanks for visiting the site, and taking the time to read my review and watch the videos. Always happy to hear that it helped! Thanks for the great info and for sharing your story! Thanks for the kind words, June! Congrats on taking the first step and best of luck with Nutrisystem — hope it goes well! I mastered more new things on this fat reduction issue. An enormous reduction in junk food, sugary foods, fried foods, sugary foods, beef, and white flour products may perhaps be necessary.
Holding wastes unwanted organisms, and wastes may prevent ambitions for fat-loss. While specific drugs for the short term solve the situation, the unpleasant side effects are certainly not worth it, plus they never present more than a short-term solution.
Many thanks sharing your thinking on this weblog. Thanks for the input Saul. Have you ever considered creating an ebook or guest authoring about Nutrisystem on other sites? I know my readers would appreciate your work.
If you are even remotely interested, feel free to send me an email. Hi Lance — I actually do have an eBook in the works, so stay tuned for that! I just wanted to say that this post is awesome, well written and lots of useful Nutrisystem info.
Looking forward to my first shipment. Hi Corburt — Thanks for the kind words, and best of luck with your first month — hope it goes well! I just wanted to offer you a huge thumbs up for the great information you have right here on this post. I will be returning to your site for more soon! This blog looks exactly like my old one! Great choice of colors!
Really inspired by your story — thanks for sharing! I am planning to start Nutrisystem after the New Year. Hi Erin — Thanks so much for the positive feedback. The first time I ever used Nutrisytem, which was many years ago at this point, I think I was one it for 4 months. I had a lot more weight to lose then; now when I sign up, I usually use it for a month, maybe two at the most.
To lock in the auto delivery deal, you have to commit to two months, so if you hit your weight loss goals after month 1, I recommend switching your order to just the Turbo Shakes — that will ensure you lock in the most savings, and also helps to keep you on track once you start transitioning off the program.
As I have said before, you have to be committed to the program to get results, but as long as you follow their plan you will lose weight! Anyways, best of luck and please let us know how it goes: Thanks for sharing your story. Drinking over ounces and eating tons of leafy greens.
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This Week at State: March 10, 2017
By DipNote Bloggers on March 10, 2017
Concerned you missed key foreign policy coverage over the last week? Don't worry. We've got you covered. In our This Week at State posts, we'll distill -- all in one place -- the latest State Department highlights covering a wide range of global issues, events, and initiatives.
Here are a few things you should know from this week at the U.S. Department of State:
President Trump signed Executive Order Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States
On March 6, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States. Following this action, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson joined Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly to deliver remarks about this Executive Order's importance to our national security.
Secretary Tillerson to Travel to Japan, the Republic of Korea, and China
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Japan, the Republic of Korea (R.O.K.), and China March 15-19, his first visit as Secretary to the East Asia and Pacific region. In each country, Secretary Tillerson will meet with senior officials to discuss bilateral and multilateral issues, including strategic coordination to address the advancing nuclear and missile threat from the D.P.R.K., and reaffirm the Administration's commitment to further broaden and enhance U.S. economic and security interests in the Asia-Pacific region.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to travel to Japan, Republic of Korea, and China on March 15-19, 2017. pic.twitter.com/Da8igb9GQO— Department of State (@StateDept) March 7, 2017
Follow Secretary Tillerson's travel to Tokyo, Seoul, and Beijing via @StateDept on Twitter, Facebook, and visit the Department's Flickr account for the latest trip photos.
International Women's Day
On International Women's Day, the U.S. Department of State joined other Federal Government agencies and the international community to celebrate the critical progress made toward securing a brighter future of adolescent girls and young women around the globe, and to focus on expanding their access to education, healthcare, and jobs.
"Women's empowerment is a strategic investment in our future. In order to realize the full return on this investment, women and girls must have the tools they need to succeed. That means ensuring that girls grow up safe, educated, and healthy, and that women and girls are free from violence in the home, in their communities, at school, and at work."
- State Department Acting Spokesperson Mark Toner, Statement on International Women's Day
State Department Announced 2017 Global Partnerships Week
The U.S. Department of State announced the launch of Global Partnerships Week 2017 which runs March 6-12, 2017 and celebrates the critical role public-private partnerships play in promoting diplomacy and development around the world. The week is an effort led by the Secretary's Office of Global Partnerships, U.S. Global Development Lab at the U.S. Agency for International Development, Concordia, and PeaceTech Lab.
.@GPatState releases State of Global Partnerships Report to show how public-partnerships advance #SDGs. https://t.co/Rk5vGxWqta #GPW2017 pic.twitter.com/GevOOGYCSO— Department of State (@StateDept) March 10, 2017
Follow the State Department on Twitter and Facebook for additional information and updates.
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I recall first coming across Steve on Twitter, and though I was initially skeptical about falling into share-housing in Brisbane, let alone sharing with a couple, he suggested I contact Nicole Jensen about a room available in her home, and also introduced me to BTUB, aka Brisbane Twitter Underground Brigade, a gathering of Twitter users from Brisbane and surrounds on the first Friday of each month at Greystone Bar in the Southbank area of Brisbane. These two things led to me feeling a much stronger sense of belonging in Brisbane in the relatively short period I was there than I ever expected possible.
Steve and I have a common interest in photography and lecherous observations about women. But mainly the photography.
Steve is a gentle giant. You can't tell from this portrait I took of him at the Abbey Medieval Festival in 2010, but he is actually very tall; from memory, about 6'3". He occasionally takes extremely creepy self-portraits, but really, he is a big softy at heart.
He works in a museum, is completing a degree in Creative Industries at QUT, and has been heavily involved in the volunteer photography side of both the Abbey Medieval Festival and the Caloundra Music Festival.
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Police in the tropical Indian Ocean resort archipelago of the Maldives arrested former President Mohamed Nasheed on Tuesday, 10 days after he left the Indian High Commission where he had taken refuge to avoid detention.
A court had ordered police to arrest Nasheed after he missed a Feb. 10 court appearance in a case relating to accusations that he illegally detained a judge during the last days of his rule.
"We have received a court order to arrest him and produce to the court," Maldives police spokesman Hassan Haneef told Reuters. "...We have him in police custody. He will be produced in court tomorrow."
Nasheed, the Maldives' first democratically elected leader, left office last year in contested circumstances. He entered the Indian High Commission, or embassy, on Feb. 13 and left 10 days later on the understanding that he would be able to conduct "peaceful political activity".
His supporters say he was ousted last February in a coup in the Maldives, a major tourist destination. They have clashed with police outside the diplomatic mission.
Soon after Nasheed's arrest, minor scuffles broke out in Male.
Supporters of the detained president threw the brother of the current president,Mohamed Waheed, off his motorcycle and attacked a parked military vehicle.
Some gathered outside the former president's home and blocked nearby roads.
The U.S. Embassy in nearby Sri Lanka called for calm in the Maldives and said Nasheed "must be accorded due process under the law regarding his pending court cases".
If Nasheed is found guilty in the case, he could be barred from standing in a presidential election on Sept. 7.
Nasheed's Maldivian Democratic Party denounced his detention as politically motivated, carried out by "numerous armed and masked police officers who did not...produce an arrest warrant or court summons."
The party says any trial is part of efforts to exclude him from the contest and has challenged the court's legitimacy.
A spokesman for President Waheed said no deal had been struck with the Indian government in connection with the former president's decision to leave the high commission.
"There is no deal between us and the judiciary on Nasheed's judgement," said spokesman Imad Masood. "It is totally up to the judiciary. We will have no interference with court."
Nasheed says he was forced from power at gunpoint after opposition protests and a police mutiny. A national commission last August said the toppling of his government was not a coup, but a transfer of power that followed the constitution, a ruling that triggered several days of demonstrations.
The Maldives held its first free elections in 2008. Nasheed defeated Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who had ruled for 30 years and was accused by opponents and international human rights groups of running the country as a dictator.
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Animal-rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is calling on "The Hobbit" director to use only computer-generated animals in his future work, following reports that more than two dozen animals, including horses, died due to negligence during the filming of the J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation.
In the latest volley in the back-and-forth over the reported animal deaths, PETA said, "Jackson should be giving a firm assurance that this will never happen again. He is the CGI master and has the ability to make the animals and other interesting creatures in his movies 100 percent CGI, and PETA calls on him again to do so."
The call came in a statement issued by the animal-rights organization late Tuesday.
Also read: "The Hobbit" Animal-Death Story: New Line, Warner Bros. Back Peter Jackson
Jackson has stated that more than 55 percent of the "Hobbit" shots using animals were computer-generated, out of concern for the animals' safety.
Since PETA first reported that more than two dozen animals died during the New Zealand production of film, which is scheduled for a Dec. 14 release, Jackson and the producers of the film have fired back at the allegations.
"The producers completely reject the accusations that twenty seven animals died due to mistreatment during the making of the films," a statement from Jackson and the "Hobbit" producers issued earlier this week stated. "The production regrets that PETA has chosen to make such a serious accusation, which has distressed many of the dedicated Kiwis who worked with animals on the films — including trainers, wranglers, care-givers, farm workers and animal health care professionals — without properly vetting the source from which they received this information."
Also read: "Hobbit" Animal Deaths: Peter Jackson Slams PETA Accusations
Jackson and the producers also maintain that any reports of animal mistreatment were addressed swiftly, and that appropriate action was taken.
The film's studio, New Line Cinema, and distributor, Warner Bros. Pictures, also question the motives of the accusers, who they identify as four animal wranglers who were fired with cause from the production of the film more than a year ago.
"Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema join Peter Jackson and the producers of 'The Hobbit' in vigorously refuting and condemning accusations of animal abuse on the films. The production acted swiftly and responsibly in addressing any incidents involving animals in its care throughout the long filming process, and in fact, measures were taken to protect all farm animals, including those uninvolved with the films," a statement issued by Warner and New Line reads in part. (Read the full statement here.)
The alleged animal injuries included two horses dying while going over steep embankments; sheep breaking their legs in sinkholes, and chickens being mauled by dogs, PETA charges.
The majority of the alleged animal injuries and deaths didn't occur during filming but, rather, as a result of conditions on a farm where the animals were being housed. (PETA claims that a horse was hobbled because he was "too energetic" for its rider, but Jackson said an investigation was conducted and no evidence of the hobbling was found.)
However, PETA is unswayed by the fact that the incidents occurred when the cameras weren't rolling. The organization says that multiple whistleblowers repeatedly raised concerns about unsafe housing conditions for the animals with the head animal wrangler and the head of production, to no avail.
New Line Cinema has not yet responded to TheWrap's request for comment on PETA's latest statement.


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Poll shows Murphy may be regaining his early lead
Editor's note: The Day corrected the year in which McMahon paid her Greenwich tax bill.
Greenwich — Amid more revelations and accusations Wednesday concerning the two U.S. Senate candidates' personal finances, a new opinion poll showed Democrat Chris Murphy regaining some of his early lead on Republican Linda McMahon, but losing overall popularity.
The latest survey by Public Policy Polling had Murphy ahead of McMahon by 6 points — 48 percent to 42 percent — with a 3.5 percent margin of error.
The polling firm's last survey in August, also done via land line phones, gave Murphy a 4-point edge on McMahon. However, a separate Quinnipiac University poll that month showed McMahon as the race's frontrunner by 3 percentage points.
"The more Connecticut voters learn about (McMahon's) troubling past at the WWE and right-wing Republican policies, the less they like her," said Eli Zupnick, a Murphy campaign spokesman.
McMahon's campaign downplayed the new numbers and pointed to media reports describing Public Policy Polling as a "Democratic-leaning" firm.
"Nothing will change the fact that Chris Murphy is a dishonest, career politician who is continuing to cover up his growing ethics scandal and has no plan to put Connecticut back to work," said McMahon's campaign manager, Corry Bliss.
The new poll also shows Murphy's unfavorable ratings among voters rising to 44 percent from last month's 31 percent. McMahon's unfavorable numbers are about the same: up 1 percent to 49 percent.
Despite Murphy's recent call for a more issues-focused race between now and Nov. 6, the past few weeks have been defined by the candidates' tit-for-tat negative campaign ads, including McMahon's "Connect The Dots" TV spots that suggest Murphy obtained preferential loan treatment from a bank that overlooked his checkered financial history of overdue mortgage and rent bills. He also missed car payments between 1998 and 2005 during his years as a state legislator.
"There's no doubt Murphy's image has taken a hit over the course of this campaign," the new poll concludes. "McMahon's done a good job of hitting Murphy, but she hasn't done anything to prop herself up, and in a race between an unpopular Democratic candidate and an unpopular Republican candidate in a state like Connecticut, the Democrat is going to win."
Also Wednesday, The Day obtained municipal records that show McMahon was once five-months late in paying the second half of her 2002 property taxes on a $1.9 million gated townhouse in Greenwich that she bought for her mother. McMahon paid the unit's $14,510 tax bill in full in January 2003, including $723 in accrued interest.
Murphy's campaign again called McMahon a hypocrite for the missed payment, noting how she and her husband, Vince, were a month-and-a-half late last week paying taxes on their $4.1 million penthouse in a Stamford high-rise.
Earlier this week, the Hartford Courant disclosed how McMahon was late paying property taxes on her own Greenwich home four times between 1984 and 1995.
"It is bizarre that she would base her entire campaign on flimsy attacks against Chris Murphy when she is the one who declared bankruptcy, stiffed her creditors even after making hundreds of millions of dollars, only paid them back when it was politically expedient, and can't seem to pay her property taxes on time on her mansions and luxury apartments," Zupnick said.
In response to the latest disclosure about late taxes, McMahon campaign spokesman Todd Abrajano said:
"If Chris Murphy wants to criticize Linda McMahon for one late property tax payment from 10 years ago on the house she bought for her mother, then so be it, but that doesn't change the fact that Congressman Murphy is hiding documents and refusing to be honest about his swirling ethics scandal."
Earlier in the day, former Connecticut Republican Party Chairman Chris Healy strolled into Murphy's Rocky Hill campaign headquarters to deliver a petition with more than 1,000 signatures. Organized by McMahon's campaign, the petition calls on Murphy to release several personal documents, including a credit report and details of his missed mortgage payments, to clear up for voters whether he enjoyed any preferential treatment from Webster Bank in July 2008 when he obtained a $43,000 home equity line of credit for his previous house in Cheshire that once briefly faced foreclosure.
Murphy, the current 5th Congressional District representative, was then a member of the House Financial Services Committee. He received $1,350 in campaign contributions that year from Webster's political action committee.
Bank representatives have strongly deny all allegations, and have said the 4.99 percent interest rate on Murphy's credit line was middle-of-the-road.
Moreover, Murphy's campaign claims the petition Healy dropped off had only 306 valid signatures.
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The next 2 weeks of Baltimore football could be 2 of the best ever, perhaps second only to the AFC Championship – Super Bowl wins in early 2001. Why so much potential? Well, over the next 12 days, the two teams that the majority of Ravens fans absolutely HATE the most are not only on B'More's schedule back-to-back, but they are both coming here, to Charm City, to get their asses handed to them in consecutive games.
On top of that, the Ravens could land a brutal 1-2 punch to "Warshington" and "Pissburgh." A win over the 7-5 Redskins this week will pretty much end their playoff hopes in the NFC. Then, if the Dallas Cowboys can do us a solid and take out the Steelers prior to Ravens-Skins kickoff this Sunday, then the aforementioned Ravens win will set up what will in all liklihood be the defining game of the AFC North in 2008, when Baby Ben & Co. come to town on December 14 and both teams sport equal 9-4 records.
Not much could be better for us football fans here in B'More than knocking the Skins out of the playoff picture, then taking first place from the Squealers all in the span of 8 glorious days.
Sure, we're getting a little ahead of ourselves, but as fans, that's pretty much our M.O. A scenario this sweet may literally never come around again, so we need to take the time to savor it.
It begs the question, though, which team do you hate more? The Redskins or the Steelers? I decided to break down the hate into 4 categories and give scores to figure out the answer, at least for one Ravens fan.
Steelers vs. Redskins: The Hating Game
Category 1: Past History
The football history between Baltimore and Washington goes back to well before the Ravens were around, so I thought it best to break history into 2 categories. This first history lesson begins back when the Baltimore Colts were still the darlings of Charm City. Any Colts fan who was forced to work in an area of the great state of Maryland that was heavy with 'Skins fans was subject to endless ribbing, especially in the later years when our Horseshoes absolutely stunk. Now, I wasn't around for any of this, but the men in my family were, and as a result I was raised with a deep hatred of all things burgundy. I was around, however, in the ensuing years when Baltimore was devoid of an NFL franchise (I have the Baltimore Stallions CFL Championship T-Shirt to prove it), and NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke, and basically anybody living south of Anne Arundel County thought that I and all other Baltimore-area football fans should just get over it and adopt the team with the closest geography, the damn Redskins. The problem was, anyone who was originally a Colts fan, or who was raised by someone who was, would have rather taken a swim in the disgustingly polluted Anacostia River. No way we were ever going to be caught dead cheering for the Redskins.
Adding to my own personal hatred was that one of the teachers in my elementary school, a woman who was loud and obnoxious by nature, was even more loud and obnoxious when it came to professing her love of her dear "Ray-ed skiyuns." It was an annoyance that had my pre-pubescent self hating her long before I had the great fortune of having her as MY teacher the year the "Ray-ed skiyuns" last won a Super Bowl, 1992. As evidence, I can probably name more players from that team than from any other early-90's era Super Bowl Champion (Gary Clark, Mark Rypien, Gary Sanders, Darryl Green…ugh, STUPID BUFFALO BILLS!) It doesn't take much to get a 9-year-old boy to hate something, and this Redskin hate was now something that would be engrained for life.
As far as the Steelers back in the day, I was told that "they used to kick our asses," all the time, but for the most part, Baltimoreans didn't carry over any Steeler-hating from our old team to our new one. (If any of you disagree, please, let me know in the comments).
Category 2: Recent History
Redskins-Ravens is quite a bare history, actually. The two teams have played only 3 times, with the Ravens winning in 1997 and 2004, and the 'Skins beating the eventual Super Bowl Champs in 2000. As a matter of fact, due to odd scheduling idiosyncrasies, this is the VERY FIRST time Washington will make their shortest-possible road trip for a (real) game against the Ravens, making them the final NFL team to play the purple-and-black here. Weird.
Do we really even need to go over recent Steeler history? Baltimore-Pittsburgh has evolved into one of the fiercest rivalries in the league over the past decade, but especially since the latest realignment made them half of the AFC North. While the Bengals are always the Bungles except for a glimmer of hope here and there, and the new edition of the Cleveland Browns can't get a firm grip on anything, it's been up to the Ravens and Steelers to keep the division respectable. Either B'More or 'Burgh has won the division in 5 of the 6 years it has been in existence, and this year will obviously see more of the same. The two teams are constantly in the top 5 defenses in the league. Pittsburgh denied the Ravens a chance to defend their Super Bowl title, outing them in the Divisional Round in 2001. Since 2003, the season series has been the ultimate back-and-forth, with the Ravens winning 6 to the Steelers 5, with the only sweep over that time coming in 2006, when the Ravens throttled Pittsburgh 27-0, and 31-7. There is absolutely no love lost between these division rivals.
Category 3: Team Itself
I don't know about you, but I really can't say I HATE anybody on the 2008 Redskins. Hell, I can probably only name as many of them as I could of that '92 Super Bowl squad. Clinton Portis cracks me up on those "Eastern Motors" commercials, Jason Campbell seems like a nice enough guy, and Jim Zorn makes me giggle with his 2nd-grader's haircut and stupid "hip-hip-horray" chants. I guess I hate that they signed DeAngelo Hall and we didn't. I definitely hate the egg they laid against the Steelers a few weeks back.
Do I hate the Steelers' personnel? Wow, who don't I hate? My hate of all things Baby Ben Roethlisberger, from his big, dumb, meathead personality to his drama queen "I'm soooo hurt, but watch me play anyway" act to football announcers fawning all over him on a first-name basis like he is their own son is the stuff of legend. Of course there is Hines "Cheap Shot" Ward, who would probably tackle me as I looked at the screen typing this if given the chance, and who is hated pretty much universally throughout the league. Troy Polamalu, bouncing around like a little sprite, makes my blood boil, especially when people are dumb enough to try to compare him to Ed Reed. I hate Santonio Holmes for stealing from his grandmother. I hate Dick LeBeau for not going off to be a head coach somewhere (again). I hate Mike Tomlin for inheriting a really good team and acting like he has something to do with it. Former Coach Bill "Spittle" Cowher was always incredibly easy to hate, and if reports surrounding the Cleveland Browns are accurate, we may soon get another chance. I hated Jerome Bettis (did you know he was from Detroit?). I hated Joey Porter. I hate them all the way to their stupid, gay mascot.
Category 4: Fans
While the Washington team may not be that easy to hate, that certainly does not go for their fans, whom I can think of several reasons to despise. Many Redskins fans live in the affluent suburbs of D.C., and look down their noses at Ravens' fans, whom they see as blue-collar, beer-swilling hillbillies. Note that I said "many," not "all," but I'm sorry, when I think of a Redskins "tailgate party," I think of red wine, cheese, and caviar. Of course, I could be wrong (Ed: Thanks to Chop for finding that video for us). Also, there is this: Many, many 'Skins fans are our kindred spirits during the Summer months, our brothers and sisters in the misery that has become the Baltimore Orioles. But then, once the leaves turn, we go our separate ways as they shun B'More's football team. To me, that's unacceptable. Either you are a Baltimore (Orioles AND Ravens) fan, or you aren't. Sure, you didn't have a team for a long time and we let you borrow ours. Fine. But now that Peter Angelos has failed in his bid to keep the MLB out of D.C. (like Cooke before him trying to keep the NFL from Baltimore – hey, maybe our hate would be better directed to rich white men in general, but that's another can of worms), if you want to root for the Redskins, you get the Nationals and that's that. Keep your damn Clinton Portis jerseys the hell out of Oriole Park.
As for Steeler fans, there isn't a group of people on this earth on whom I would more willingly wish a collective non-anesthesia aided root canal. They are truly the cockroaches of the sports world. "Oooooh, they travel soooo well," the stupid ass announcers tell us as we watch another stadium become inexplicably swamped by ugly piss-yellow retard rags. Apparently, as we have gone over here before, all it takes is for your entire city to lose their jobs just as the football team is really good to produce a national infestation of 'yins (You blew your chance, Detroit Lions. Hard.)
And is it just me, or do there seem to be even MORE of these towel-waving idiots since the
refs Steelers won Super Bowl XL? The networks gladly bow to their mind-bogglingly large fan base, shoving Pissburgh games down our throats with Nationally-broadcast games at a rate rivaled only by the Dallas Cowboys. Steeler fans seem to think it is their birth right to win not only the division every single year, but the conference and Super Bowl as well. Read any message board and marvel at the shock and outrage spewing from Squealer fans at anybody who dare say their team isn't the absolute best. Man, I can't wait for another towel-burning festival in the parking lot after the Ravens stomp them on the 14th…
Well, there you have it. According to the ratings, I have to say that I hate the Steelers more. Please, share your thoughts in the comments. Do you hate the Steelers more too? Or are you still too bitter about being told you should be a 'Skins fan to let it go? Or, do you just think I need some anger-management therapy?


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Ken Hoagland from Fair Tax.org. He wants to nuke the Federal Income Tax and replace it with a national sales tax. Carole Martin and Dick Fredericks don't want Linn and Johnson Counties to approve a SILO tax. Bruce Stone peace-nik from the Progressive Coalition of Central Iowa wants to promote a anti-war rally. Then, an Iowa woman in the Iowa National Guard gets killed. Outrageous?
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Hillary Clinton's Legacy at State Dept.: A Hawk With Clipped Wings
As secretary of state, Clinton was more hawkish than the White House, and at key moments was ineffectual at swinging policy her way.
In her final weeks as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton wrote a private memo to President Barack Obama warning that relations with Russia had hit a low point and the heralded "reset" in relations was over, according to people who saw the document.
Inside the White House, some officials were loath to ditch a cornerstone of Mr. Obama's Russia policy. Months passed before Russian President Vladimir Putin gave sanctuary to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, prompting Mr. Obama to cancel a planned summit...


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Hit TV show Glee is to end next year after six seasons.
Series co-creator Ryan Murphy confirmed the news during a Paley Center event honoring the FX Networks in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, explaining that the recent death of Cory Monteith has altered his plans for the finale.
Monteith died from a drug overdose in July and was memorialised during a special episode which aired last week.
Murphy said, "The final year of the show, which will be next year, was designed around Rachel and Cory/Finn's story. I always knew that, I always knew how it would end. I knew what the last shot was – he was in it. I knew what the last line was – she said it to him.
"So when a tragedy like that happens, you sort of have to pause and figure out what you want to do, so we're figuring that out now."
But he revealed he does have "a good idea" for the finale, adding, "I'm going to tell the studio and the network how, after Cory's unfortunate passing, we can end the show that I think is very satisfactory. And kind of in his honor, which I love."
Hit TV show Glee is to end next year after six seasons.


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ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, Florence, KY, has signed an agreement with MegaStir giving Esab worldwide license to manufacture and distribute friction stir-welding machines using MegaStir technology. MegaStir technology expands the use of friction stir welding to higher-melting-point alloys such as ferritic and duplex stainless steels and nickel-phase alloys. MegaStir is a strategic alliance between SII Megadiamond, Inc., North Provo, UT, and Advanced Metal Products, West Bountiful, UT.
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It has been five years since the coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee, when a billion gallons of toxic sludge poured onto farmland and into the Emory and Clinch rivers. And just this month, the people of Eden, North Carolina watched as millions of gallons of coal ash and contaminated water flooded the Dan River -- a spill that will take weeks to clean up.The EPA must move forward with a strong safeguard against coal ash -- one that ensures no more coal ash ponds like this are built in the future, and also cleans up and closes the existing ones.Along with all 2.1 million Sierra Club members and supporters, I call on you to finalize robust rules both under the Clean Water Act and under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to deal with the dangerous water pollution from coal plants, like coal ash. These rules must be finalized by the end of this year, and must reject weak options in favor of strong and federally enforceable measures.
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Ash from coal-burning power plants is full of toxic heavy metals like arsenic, lead, and mercury -- and coal companies just dump it in pits and ponds with no plan for safe disposal or cleanup.


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Great White Snark's Top 5 Awful Dalek Cakes
One of the few blogs I keep up with these days is Great White Snark, a geek entertainment blog. Since Mike of GWS seems to enjoy skewering sci-fi cake wrecks there from time to time, I invited him to share the snark with us over here on Wrecks. I also (rather selfishly) suggested he do a feature on Dalek cakes, since I was raised a proper Doctor Who fan and love to stay in touch with my geek roots. (If that last sentence made no sense to you, then you're just going to have to bear with the rest of us geeks for today's post. Sorry.)
Now, Mike doesn't usually concern himself with our "professional-only" rule, but for this feature he did obtain permissions from the bakers in question - just so you can have all the guilt-free chuckles you like. So, enjoy!
In cakery--as in many things--good intentions and earnestness can only get you so far. And then you need good looks. Right? Imagine a world where Ross Perot has his own reality dating show on Fox and then tell me I'm wrong.
So when I swing a callous word or ten at these cakes based on the, uh... "likeness" of Daleks (mechanical mutant aliens) from the BBC TV series Dr. Who, remember that I'm a shallow, shallow man fixated merely on appearances. My words do not reflect upon the care, goodwill, and love that went into these cakes.
(Although, for my money, "love" means giving someone at least a halfway-decent-looking cake. C'mon, people.)
For the record, this is what an actual, honest-to-goodness Dalek looks like, for you non-adherents of esoteric British sci-fi TV shows:
And now... won't you join me in my callousness? (Or in my shallowness. Reader's choice.)
This bloated bastard is the Dalek cake that ate the Dalek cake that had been recently chastised by its doctor for its dangerously unhealthy weight gain.
Kind of a sad little guy, isn't he? I look at this and think, "The perfect 40th birthday cake for the man who's given up on his dreams."
This started down the road for "Dalek cake," but took an unexpected detour at "Nah, let's just cover a banana with whipped cream and stick some chocolate balls on it, because I've got a wicked case of the munchies after that bong hit I just had."
I'm sad to report this Dalek looked perfectly respectable before an ugly incident with an angry, runaway microwave.
Is it just me, or does the top half of this "Dalek" remind you of the giant, asteroid-dwelling creature from The Empire Strikes Back that tried to eat the Millennium Falcon?
Bad space snake. Bad.
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GOP tries to cope with tax hike reality
With three weeks to go before the Bush tax rates expire and the Pentagon and other federal agencies face tens of billions of dollars in spending cuts, a reality for Republicans has set in: Tax rates are going up, and the only real question is by how much and for whom.
From Capitol Hill to K Street, many Republicans are discussing a small boost in marginal tax rates that would be coupled with raising the threshold for wealthy Americans facing tax increases from $250,000 to $500,000 or higher in annual income.
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Of course, any rate increase for Republicans — one that rank-and-file lawmakers could back and defend — would have to come with serious cuts to entitlement programs. And there's no evidence President Barack Obama and Democrats have given in on any specific entitlement cuts in closed-door negotiations — especially enough to offset a rate change and an increase in the threshold for the rich.
"Both sides have to hold hands and jump on this one," said a top Senate aide.
Yet if House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) are unable to come to an agreement with Obama, the highest marginal tax rate will jump from 35 percent to 39.6 percent on Jan. 1, the same as it was under former President Bill Clinton. Tax rates on estates will soar, and nearly 30 million more Americans will get hit with the alternative minimum tax, originally aimed at making sure wealthier individuals and families couldn't completely avoid federal taxes.
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There are numerous problems with the modest tax hikes for entitlement cuts trade off, which GOP Hill aides stressed has not been formally offered yet.
First, Democrats believe they are dealing from a place of strength in these negotiations and are unlikely to give up concessions on entitlement programs without big moves by Boehner.
"We are winning," said a top Hill Democratic staffer. "We don't have to give up on anything yet."
Boehner also faces pressure from his right and is concerned whether House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will support him. He has so far refused to agree to any increase in tax rates even though many in his party are already acknowledging such an outcome is unavoidable. The best Republicans can do, these lawmakers say, is limit the size of the increases while working to shift the political blame to Democrats.
"The speaker is opposed to raising tax rates, because raising tax rates costs jobs," said Michael Steel, spokesman for Boehner.
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On top of that, any suggestion Republicans could back a tax increase faces some stiff opposition in the Senate.
"That doesn't really help solve the problem," Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said of increasing the tax threshold for the wealthy. Hatch is ranking member of the powerful Finance Committee. "I'm against raising tax rates. We know that if we raise those tax rates and we don't have corresponding reductions in spending, we'll get the tax rates and no spending reductions. That's just a game that the Democrats play over and over and over, and the American people let them get away with it sometimes."


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Forget about wearing a coonskin cap or killin' a "bar" with a flintlock rifle. No, we're talking about a different Webster's definition of "frontier," namely "the farthermost limits of knowledge and achievement." Despite low market prices, some producers still push ahead with plans to stay competitive. We call their hardy operations the "Frontier Farms of the Future," where new technology and new thinking pay off. We've located several operators who fulfill this ideal, and they've shared their visions with us. We hope you can use their experiences as signposts to blaze your own trail to profitability.
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If you want to see what a crop operation will look like in the future, just check out Ron Sloan's family farm near Assumption, IL.
Before planting, Sloan writes a computerized "prescription" for each field that indicates where seeding rates must change. He uses a yield map to help write the plan. Then he loads the prescription onto a small disk, takes it to his tractor and drops it into the computerized GPS equipment that automatically adjusts the planter.
Sloan does the same with nitrogen application. And he feeds yield information back into the computerized system from his combine's high-tech yield monitor and mapping programs. Next, he says, he will test variable seeding with different hybrids and varieties.
In his late 50s, Sloan is not afraid to try new technology to keep the family business on the cutting edge of the ag industry. For years, he and his four sons have tested experimental equipment before it has been made available to consumers, so they know what is ahead.
"Fencerow to fencerow farming is almost a thing of the past," Sloan states. "Nearly all fields have four to seven different soil types. So variable seeding and fertilizing is the future. We've seen a lot of benefits in changing seed population by soil productivity and fertility."
The Sloans farm 5,700 acres for 18 different management firms and landlords, including the University of Illinois. Their agreement for farming the university's 288-acre farm requires the use of yield monitors, GPS maps and intense soil tests.
Aggressive trader
Sloan's desire to try new technology applies to farm machinery, also. "I've been pretty aggressive about trading," he says. Every year, he trades a one-year-old combine for a new one in a John Deere rollover program. He takes the new combine after harvest and doesn't pay interest until September 1. He calculates the cost at less than $20,000 a year. The Sloans usually put 350 to 400 hours on it during one harvest. This fall they traded a JD 9650 STS for a 2002 version of the same model.
Because one combine can't handle all the farm ground, the Sloans lease another new combine, which usually receives 250 hours of use. Sloan notes that the leasing cost of $100 an hour is tax deductible.
The family has considered going to a larger, 12-row combine and using only one. "But we have the manpower," Sloan notes.
The Sloans use one 1,000-bu. grain cart to load on the go. In 2000, they purchased two semitrailers with short hoppers to replace single-axle trucks for hauling the grain from the field. Sloan says he wishes they had made this switch a few years earlier because it has cut trucking time.
The Sloans need four 4-wd tractors to handle farm work. They bought a new JD 9100 last fall, a new 9400 in 2000, and a 9300 in 1999. They purchased their oldest tractor, a 4-wd JD 8640, in 1982 and repowered it from 250 to 400 hp in 1992. In addition, they own a JD 8410 front-wheel assist to handle the grain cart and planting.
Hefty storage
Sloan also isn't afraid to spend money on grain storage. The farm has 54 grain bins to handle 75% of its crop production. "I like to have control of the grain and go to whatever market presents the most profit," Sloan says. "I want control of my destiny." He says the storage has paid for itself in higher market prices for the grain.
Although a big proponent of new machinery, Sloan says the key to making it all work is still old-fashioned service. "If you can't get your equipment serviced, you don't have a thing," he maintains. "All farming, from planting to harvesting, has to be done in little windows of time. So we have to rely on a lot of service people to take care of us. When we're doing this experimental stuff, we can't break down and have someone say maybe they'll be here next week. You have to surround yourself with good people."
Sloan's best asset, however, is his four sons, ranging in age from 29 to 37, who are partners in the farm business. "There are not many situations like this where you farm with four sons who all get along," he says.
Labor efficiency
In an age when hog buildings are constructed to last 10 years, putting up facilities to last longer is rare. But Bob Zeysing just spent $2 million to build a state-of-the-art sow facility that should last for several decades. Equipped with the latest technology and most durable materials available, the 2,400-sow farm located near Marshall, MO, exemplifies one of the most modern hog units built today. It will take this independent hog producer well into the future.
Zeysing sunk his money into the buildings to make hog production easier for his employees. "We live and die by human resources," he says. "We can buy all the concrete, steel and equipment we want, but without human resources, this place will not run. It will quickly be substandard if the people here aren't on task and doing a good job. So we must make it easier for them so they can spend their time on management rather than in manual labor."
This new facility drastically cuts employee workloads. As a result, only six employees are needed to do everything from breeding and farrowing to weaning and cleaning. And only two employees oversee the 57,000-sq.-ft. facility on weekends.
The change in work is most evident in breeding. Only one person handles the 45 matings/day to reach the necessary 140 sows bred/week. In contrast, Manager Ed Schneider says 10 years ago he needed six employees to conduct the same numbers of breedings in another 2,400-sow unit.
Here's a rundown on the equipment Zeysing uses to make the unit one of the most labor efficient today.
DiCam monitoring system
Every morning, a production person dials up the Internet and downloads room and outdoor temperatures, water consumption data and feed information from the past 24 hours. Any information that is out of a certain range is immediately checked. A spike in water usage, for example, indicates a leak. "This oversight is one of the most useful technologies coming. Via the Internet, it is efficient and cost effective," Zeysing says.
The DiCam system coordinates heaters, evaporative coolers and fans with outside temperatures to operate the most efficiently. And it does this while keeping a room temperature at the correct level for the age of the animals housed there. When outside temperatures drop, the system lowers inside temperatures to a minimum of 62° and cuts fans. The opposite occurs when the weather turns hot. The system triggers an alarm service if a parameter is too far from normal. The service phones people until it reaches someone personally to handle the problem.
Boar Bot
A small, heavy machine with a collar and short leash slowly leads a boar down aisles in the gestation unit every day. Trolling for gilts and sows in heat, the boar hooked to the robotic Boar Bot quickly pinpoints females that need breeding. An employee then artificially inseminates the animals. Through a remote control device, the Boar Bot moves a few feet further to let the boar check for more sows in heat. Records show this system produces 86 to 88% conception, excellent for any hog unit.
"The Boar Bot is here every day and goes anywhere employees want it to go," Zeysing says. "Without it, one or two people must work the boar down the aisle and that is very dangerous because the boar is not very happy. This is where a lot of workman's comp claims come from."
Automatic feed system
A new Cablevey feed system automatically feeds every animal in the building. The system allows for feeding different rations and amounts to individual sows. Anyone who has walked up and down aisles of sows with a cart knows this system replaces a considerable amount of labor.
Simplified cleaning
A ceiling sprinkling system cleans and disinfects farrowing rooms between groups of sows. A sow holding area also is equipped with sprinklers to clean sows before they are moved into farrowing rooms. Some cleaning by hand is still required, but not with a portable hot water sprayer. Instead, hoses hooked into an overhead water line are used to finish the cleaning.
Hog-proof materials
Anything a hog touches in the facility is made of concrete or PVC or is treated with a powder-coated paint. Zeysing invested in 40-in. concrete walls throughout the facility to increase its life and durability. PVC and powder-coated paint on steel reduce the rust problems rampant in hog buildings.
Never one to stop looking at new technology, Zeysing says if and when he needs to build another unit, he will consider upgrading to bar-coded eartags and Palm Pilots for recording animal data. Right now that technology is too expensive, he says. But if it comes down in price, he's ready to try it.
Flexible storage
Catlin Farms of Danville, IL, has a storage system that rolls with the punches.
The 200,000-bu.-capacity system gives the farm the flexibility to deliver grain at any time. Grain can be quickly loaded and unloaded and can be blended to the quality and moisture the end user requests. The system also allows Catlin Farms to dry grain gently — a trait that will become more important in the future if the farm pursues production of food-grade grain.
Catlin Farms officials met with Illinois FS experts to design its storage system after a pneumatic system blew corn across the site in 1994.
"We now have the KISS system: keep it simple, stupid," jokes Chip Barnett, interim farm manager.
Eleven bins
Grain first enters the system via a 500-bu. dump pit equipped with two 8-in. augers. It then travels through a 110-ft.-high grain leg that dispenses grain to one of the system's 11 bins.
Four 16,000-bu.-capacity bins on the site's western side store soybeans. Four 18,000-bu.-capacity bins and one 24,000-bu.-capacity bin on the site's east side store corn. An 8,000-bu.-capacity bin that is part of the farm's original storage package can store either corn or soybeans.
Rounding out the storage is a 26,000-bu.-capacity wet holding bin that can house corn. Corn is also unloaded from this bin for shipping to end users. "That way, you don't tie up the driveway when grain is being dumped into the pit," Barnett explains.
Dryer control
Corn that needs to be dried passes through a GSI 3626 dryer. "The great thing about this dryer is its infinite flexibility," says Jeff Harshbarger, an Illinois FS certified professional builder.
The dryer contains six burners and fans. An operator may apply full heat by turning on each fan and burner setting at the desired temperatures. The operator also may dry and cool grain by heating the dryer's upper part while cooling the grain in its lower portion. This gives an almost infinite choice of drying combinations of airflow and temperature settings.
A GSI dryer control panel starts, stops and controls dryer operation. A DMC Calc-U-Dry unit monitors and adjusts the dryer so that grain may emerge from the dryer at the desired preset moisture content. The unit also controls the speed of the metering rolls that regulate how quickly the grain passes through the dryer.
The system also contains a Sentry Pac unit that establishes a predetermined combination of air temperature and humidity for stored grain moisture content. This enables the farm to sell grain at the moisture desired by the elevator or processor.
Barnett claims that the system is well worth the $600,000 to $700,000 the farm invested in it.
"We spend a lot of time trying to improve the bottom line," he says. "This gives us the flexibility to do it."
Year-round shop sense
It's the end of November near Cosmos, MN, and though there's snow outside, Don Hartung's heated farm shop is still busy. He and his employees do contract work for a local seed company, vacuvating soybean seed out of bins and into one of their semitrailer rigs for transport to a seed conditioning plant. "We'll run our trucks and additional contracted rigs every day except Sunday," Hartung says. "Next week we're scheduled for 138 semi loads."
Long after unloading at the seed plant has ended, Hartung's guys still need to service their equipment. As one semi pulls up, Hartung flips the shop door switch to let the rig pull in. The engine shuts down, and Lee Pearson, one of the farm's employees, immediately hops onto his creeper to begin greasing and lubricating. "Sure beats crawling around out in the snow," he laughs.
For Hartung, who's first and foremost a farmer, seed hauling started out as a sideline. Now it's one of his full-time seasonal businesses. A second business takes over during the summer, when Hartung opens his shop to repair and service John Deere combines for farmers who come from as far as South Dakota. "With low grain prices, you really need to think creatively to keep the wolf away from the door," Hartung says. "Having a good farm shop helped open up ways to keep us productive during the off season."
Keeping an eye out for other business opportunities will ensure Hartung's success in agriculture's future. For some growers, expanding their farm services like the shop will be necessary to maintain a farm business. It will be a different type of diversification.
So how much shop is enough if you're interested in setting up your own? Hartung takes a commonsense approach. "It's important to decide what you really need before you go spending a lot of money," he says. "For example, I think radiant floor heat would be nice, but do I really need to spend thousands of dollars on it when my conventional space heater does the job? I'd rather invest the money in other things that will make my employees and me safer and more efficient."
Here are six of Hartung's commonsense shop philosophies.
Get good help
"All the high-tech equipment money can buy is worthless without people qualified to use it. I tend to invest in people and buy only the tools we need. When we've needed a specialty tool for combine or grain vac work, one of my employees, Charles Nichols, has been very good at building what we need out of scrap metal. Creative thinking and dedication to the job is a huge asset. Guys like Charles, Jeff Kinzler, Lee Pearson, Ralph Pearson, Marv Kinzler and Merle Miller are vital to my business."
Stay organized
"We're 20 miles away from a hardware store and don't have time to drive to town or dig through a 5-gal. pail looking for the right size part, nut or bolt. So we keep everything sorted and labeled in cabinets and shelves we built ourselves. Nowadays if we had to do it, we'd probably save time and spend the money on ready-made plastic sorting trays."
Stay mobile
"The shop never moves, but sometimes the tools and parts have to. All of our tool benches are on heavy-duty caster wheels, so we can roll them out to the job at hand. We also built our labeled parts drawers so we can pull one out and bring it to the job, then replace it when we're done. When it's vacuvating season, each pickup truck has a mobile toolbox that we can slide out for easy access."
Save your back, fingers and toes
"Working in a farm shop usually requires moving heavy stuff. So we have a full complement of hoists and cherry pickers ready to roll anywhere in the shop. Everyone knows how to use them, and we use them a lot."
Use more air tools
"We've run 1¼-in. black pipe all the way around the shop. Not only does this make it easier to use air tools where we need them, it also adds significant capacity to complement the 80-gal. pressure tank. This means the 5-hp motor doesn't have to constantly run. And when it does, it's still fairly quiet because we've enclosed it in a plywood cabinet to dampen the noise."
Stay secure
"Tools are expensive, so anyone with a farm shop needs to protect it with adequate locks and an electronic security system that stays active even when the power goes out."


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After seeing most of May in cooler temperatures and sporadic downpours, it feels like New York has been suddenly thrown into the middle of summer. It's been in the high 80s and low 90s for the past few days, and even hotter in my apartment. I'm refilling the ice cube trays about 5 times a day. I fantasize about seeing some blockbuster in the theater just to spend 2 hours in a cool room. I'm trying to hold off on turning on the AC for as long as possible, but it's likely my resolve will break soon.
A few days ago I had bought a bunch of asparagus and radishes, fully intent on roasting them for a nice spring side dish. But it was way too hot to turn on the oven. Instead, I decided to do something similar to a Japanese dish of blanched green beans with sesame-miso dressing. The asparagus was easy enough, since you just blanch it for 2 minutes or less. As for the radishes, I'm used to eating them raw, but sautéing them on the stove with butter for a mere 5 minutes gives them a nice tenderness without being overly softened.
For the dressing, I just mixed some red miso paste with mirin and sugar and heated the dressing up just until thickened. (You can also use sake and add about 1/2 teaspoon more sugar to match for the sweetness in the mirin.) The total time in front of the stove was about 10 minutes. So if it's already super hot where you live, and you're still trying to hold on to spring and want a new way to cook asparagus and radishes, try out this recipe and let me know how it goes!
Asparagus and Radishes with Sesame-Miso Dressing
Serves 4 as a side
- 1 pound asparagus, trimmed
- 1/2 pound radishes, trimmed and quartered
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 tablespoons red miso paste
- 1/4 cup mirin
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon white sesame seeds
- Cook the asparagus: Bring a large pot of water to boil. Cook the asparagus for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes, then immediately remove, drain, and rinse under cold water. Drain well and transfer to a serving dish.
- Cook the radishes: Heat a large pan over medium heat. Add the butter. Once the butter has melted and has started to foam, add the radishes. Lower the heat to medium-low. Sauté the radishes for about 5 minutes, until sides have begun to brown and a fork pierces easily through. Transfer the radishes to the serving plate.
- Prepare the dressing: In a small saucepan, combine the miso paste and mirin. Heat over low to medium heat and stir with a spoon just until the texture is smooth and the dressing is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Turn off the heat and stir in the sugar and sesame oil.
- Drizzle the sesame-miso dressing over the vegetables. Sprinkle white sesame seeds on top and serve.


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Photographer kicked by Douglas Bruce wins awards for overseas work
Apparently being kicked by Republican Douglas Bruce was a good learning experience for photographer Javier Manzano, who now is winning awards for his pictures in war-torn Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
You might remember that 2008 hubbub. Bruce, who was appointed to a fill a vacancy in the House, was trying to delay his swearing in as a state representative. Newspaper photographers and TV cameramen were focused on him when the legendary Colorado Springs anti-tax man let loose against Manzano, a photographer for the Rocky Mountain News.
I lost track of Manzano after the Rocky closed in 2009, but yesterday I was looking at the photo blog on the Denver Post's web site of the World Press Photo Contest winners. I couldn't believe it when I read the cutline for the fourth photo:
World Press Photo 3rd prize stories Spot News, Javier Manzano. Two Syrian rebels take sniper positions at the heavily contested neighborhood of Karmal Jabl in central Aleppo on October 18, 2012, … AFP PHOTO/JAVIER Manzano/AFP/Getty Images
Manzano's built up quite the résumé since his days taking pictures of Colorado lawmakers, of Bruce on that day and for the Rocky's Citizen Legislator series.
In many ways, Bruce's kick turned out to be the beginning of the end for him. His fellow Republicans openly criticized him. Bruce lost his primary bid that August. The "Big Three" ballot measures that he tried to pretend he had nothing do with failed in the 2010 election. And last year, he did time at the Denver Jail after being convicted of tax evasion.


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On Moving, Home Renovations and other Natural Disasters
Last week I was without Internet.
Compared to the people who have been without a home over the past several months through floods, earthquakes, tsunamis and tornados, it sounds rather trivial. I was only dealing with some renovations which involved moving my home office and waiting for the cable guy.
Still, to my 7 and 9 year old, not being able to connect to Moshi Monsters and Club Penguin was a big deal. As for me, I managed to get by, tethering to my iPhone and physically going into the office more than usual.
But it got me thinking about our reliance on the physical and what that means in the context of the cloud.
Following the floods up in Queensland, Australia, I heard a story about a cloud-based managed service provider. As the floodwaters receded, they hired a bunch of sales folks who went around to every small office and retailer in the region and told them to call before they spent their insurance money buying new computers. Why buy a bunch of servers to run MYOB or Quicken and risk floods, fire and theft, when you can run everything including your POS out of the cloud?
But when you don't have an Internet connection, the cloud is of little use.
Google is facing this exact dilemma with its upcoming Chromebook release, and is providing offline support for Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Docs—something they apparently have been running internally for the past several months. Interestingly though, based on both the Cr-48 pilot release and earlier internal conversations, it would seem that there is a view within Google that begins with the assumption of always-on connectivity to the cloud. "When people use our Google Docs, there are no more files. You just start editing in the cloud, and there's never a file." And so offline support becomes the exception, instead of the rule.
Of course, when you hit that exception, knowing exactly how your business will continue to run is crucial.
Clearly, there are trade-offs to be made. Without an Internet connection, I can't access my cloud based applications and data, but neither can I send and receive email or verify credit card transactions. What do I need to be able to do even in an offline state, and what applications are useless to me unless I'm online?
What are the options for WAN redundancy? When I learned about the Japanese earthquakes and tsunamis, I knew my friend was safe was from his Facebook postings. While he didn't have power, his phone still worked. For individuals, perhaps tethering is the right solution; for a small branch, 3G backhaul as a failover option in the router may be more cost effective.
Ultimately, the answer will be that there is no single answer. Not only is every business different, but each application and its use will be different. It's only when you take stock of those applications that you understand where your own requirements lie.
I needed to stay connected to do my job while the renovation work was being done. But my kids… they read a book instead.
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Remodeling. What a pain and what disruption if you lose your connection. That said, it's interesting how Cisco and Canadian remodeling superstar Mike Holmes are collaborating.
With the cloud, bandwidth is the main issue – What's the point of having an 35 Mbps high speed broadband connection with a download limit of 2 Gbps? Only the folks behind Internet Leased Lines with Unlimited browsing can take advantage of clouds.
Cloud storage has clearly its advantages, but I think that people are more afraid of someone taking their personal info than floods or fire.


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Far from the sea, Montreal is an unusual island. At the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa rivers, it is both a geographical and a cultural intersection, where river meets river, French meets English, and waves of cultural riches overlap.
Montreal takes its name from Mount Royal, which is the hill at the heart of the city. The park on the hill is the city's largest green space and it was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed New York City's Central Park. The park's Kondiaronk Belvedere offers a postcard view of downtown Montreal, with its skyscrapers, bright lights, and lattice of roads. Take eye-catching pictures of this view and more on the Montreal photography tour.
Some like it cool
How you spend your time in Montreal may be determined by the weather. The city gets colder than Moscow in winter and weather forecasts include wind chill, which might convince you to view the winter wonderland from a cozy bar with a roaring fire. If you want to brave the cold, put on your warmest clothes and join the Montrealians as they indulge in wintery pleasures. During La Fête des Neiges (the snow festival), the Parc Jean-Drapeau is transformed into a vast snow and ice playground, and you can ski through the Mount Royal Park or ice skate at the Bonsecours Basin in the Old Port. Arctic temperatures are also a good reason to go shopping in Montreal's underground city, which contains over 2,000 shops.
Some like it hot
With Montreal's busy festival calendar, there's always a unique time to visit the city. When the weather heats up in June and July, so does the music at Montreal's legendary jazz festival. The city becomes a living, breathing jazz machine, with outdoor concerts, world-class musicians, and over two million enthusiastic listeners. July is also the time to secure a fountain-side spot for the Just for Laughs comedy festival.
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The multinational fabric of Montreal's communities means that there's a huge array of cuisines to try, but you can't leave without tasting Quebec's famed concoction of chips, gravy, and cheese (or 'poutine', as it's known locally). It might not be a recipe you'll take home, but memories of this and all that you've seen in the city will be worth holding on to.