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Here are several live performances to attend this week, right in your own backyard.
Saturday, April 13th
Holman Family Distingushed Speaker Series: Mara Liasson, 8 pm Baldwin Hall
Mara Liasson will speak as part of the Holman Family Distinguished Speaker Series. She is a political contributor for FOX News Channel. She joined the FOX network in 1997. She also serves as a political consultant for National Public Radio. She began at NPR in 1985 as a reporter and newscaster. She will be speaking at Baldwin Auditorium on the Truman State University campus.
Fridays and Saturdays, April 12th and 13th and 19th and 20th
Spring Musical Dinner Theater entitled Next thing You Know
Kirksville Parks and Recreation Department will host a dinner theater. The musical will be, Next Thing You Know at Jackson Stables, 22694 Rainbow Basin Trail. Reservations may be made at the Aquatic Center. Call 660-627-1485 for more information.
Thursday, April 18th
Kirksville Community String Orchestra Concert at 7 pm at the Kirksville Arts Center (117 S. Franklin)
The Kirksville Community String Orchestra will present a spring concert performing works of Handel, Mozart, Vivaldi, Wieniaski, Stamitz, and Telemann. The performance will be at the Kirksville Arts Center. Admission is free and children of all ages ar welcome.
Thursday, April 17th- April 20th
Truman State University Theater performance of The Big Meal at 8 pm at the James G. Severns Theater
Truman State University Theater Department will present the play, The Big Meal each evening at 8 pm from April 17th -April 20th in the James G. Severns Theater in the Ophelia Parrish Building on the Truman State University campus. For information call 660-785-4515.


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An Unusual Congenital In Situ Malrotation of the Liver
Congenital anomaly of the liver is an uncommon and usually incidental finding. This report describes a case of in situ liver malrotation that has never been reported in the literature. Published literature relevant to the finding are briefly discussed.
Congenital deviations from the usual anatomy in the liver are uncommon. Some of such anomalies may be associated with severe genetic alterations or complex developmental defects and may eventually jeopardize liver function. Anatomical anomalies of the liver, for example, situs anomalies, or abnormal lobation including accessary lobe, in particular those causing little functional problem, can be detected in pediatric and adult patients during imaging exams , surgical procedures , or autopsies . Recognizing various anatomical abnormalities of the liver will benefit clinical practice, especially valuable for radiologists and surgeons. Herein, a case of unusual anatomic anomaly of the liver is reported in an adult as an incidental finding during autopsy.
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A 39-year-old African American female with no abdominal surgical history passed away due to catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome secondary to active systemic lupus erythematosus with systemic thrombosis involving multiple organs including the lungs. The cause of death was supported by clinical presentation and laboratory studies which was confirmed by authorized autopsy. In addition, an unusual anatomical anomaly of the liver was demonstrated. The liver appeared to be malrotated in situ, with the inferior aspect and the gallbladder facing anteriorly (Figure 1(a)). The right lobe was unusually prominent, with the largest dimension of 23 cm from superior to inferior. The left lobe appeared to be atrophic (Figures 1(b) and 1(c)). The liver weighed 1,300 grams. The falciform ligament and the round ligament were thickened, whereas the bilateral triangular ligaments, the hepatogastric ligament, and the coronary ligament had become atrophic. The hepatogastric ligament was shifted to the left edge of the left lobe. The ligamentum venosum was completely obliterated. The hepatoduodenal ligament was identified and contained the common bile duct and the hepatic vessels. However, the ligament appeared to abnormally be away from the gallbladder neck region. Consecutive sectioning revealed uniform red-brown parenchyma with no gross fibrosis, nodules, tumor masses, or intravascular thrombi. The anteriorly located gallbladder was flattened and small, with a whitish glistening surface and thickened wall (Figure 1(a)). The gallbladder contained little viscous green bile. Other organs seemed to bear the correct anatomical positions. Microscopically, the liver parenchyma showed diffuse sinusoidal dilatation and congestion, mild zone three collapse, and mild lymphocytic portal tract infiltrates. Microscopic thrombi were not identified in multiple random sections. No evidence of nodular regenerative hyperplasia was demonstrated. The microscopic findings were consistent with the patient’s systemic pathology and did not seem to be specific for the anatomic anomaly of the liver.
Anatomical anomaly in the adult liver is a very rare occurrence. The majority of them usually involve a part of the liver, a lobe, or segments that present with agenesis or fusion . The left lobe atrophy, as demonstrated in the current case, is a relatively common structural abnormality. In pediatric population, anatomical anomalies of the liver are usually found as one component of a complex congenital defect that often involves adjacent organs, for example, different types of situs anomaly . Liver malrotation is extremely rare. It was once reported in an adult patient with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, coupling the positional change (displacement) of the liver . To my knowledge, the unique in situ malrotation in the current case has never been reported in the literature. Unfortunately, more extensive dissection and sampling were not performed during the autopsy process; otherwise, this report could be more informative.
Conflict of Interests
The author declares that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.
K. W. Choy, S. Kogilavani, M. Norshalizah et al., “Anomalous structures of the liver: an anatomical insight,” La Clinica Terapeutica, vol. 164, no. 3, pp. 197–201, 2013.View at: Google Scholar
A. H. Raymond Jr., F. H. Cole, and M. M. Marolla, “Congenital diaphragmatic hernia with malrotation of the liver: a case report,” Diseases of the Chest, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 583–584, 1956.View at: Google Scholar

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A British wildlife photographer was deployed to click the picture in the jungles of Central Kenya. And what he found was something really exceptional; a wild African black leopard, which is extremely rare. After clicking this picture, he became the first wildlife photographer to click the leopard in more than 100 years.
In early 2018, a set of cameras were deployed all over the Loisaba Conservancy and what he found was exceptional, a female black leopard traveling with other (regular) leopards at night.
He wrote in this blog that he took a quick look at the last set of pictures, and was not expecting much. But as he scrolled through the images, he took a moment and paused at one of the photographs and what he saw was amazing - a black leopard! He achieved his dream after capturing this photograph.
A person from the Institute for Conservation Research at the San Diego Zoo heard about the wild black leopard and deployed a team of photographers. In his article, he writes that there have been reports of black leopards in Africa for more than a century, only one photograph was there as a piece of confirmed evidence which was a taken in 1909 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
He told that it was heard that black leopard is living in this region and now these are the first confirmed images in almost 100 years of a black leopard in Africa, and this region is the only known spot to have “the black leopard.”


The Labour and Social Affairs Ministry on Monday announced its plan to increase the total parental leave benefit from 220,000 to 300,000 crowns. Despite the increase, the real value of the allowance will be lower than twelve years ago, Czech Radio’s data journalism team reported on Wednesday.
The parental leave in the Czech Republic is paid monthly for a period of up to four years. Parents can choose how quickly they want to draw the whole sum. The higher the monthly allowance, the shorter the period when it is paid will be. The monthly allowance is currently capped at 32,640 crowns.
The parental leave allowance was last raised in 2007, during the government of Jiří Paroubek of the Social Democratic Party. Over the past twelve years, its real value has been significantly diluted by inflation. As a result, parents will actually buy less today than in 2007 for the same amount of money.
According to an analysis carried out by Czech Radio’s data journalism team, the monthly allowance from 2007, paid out over the period of three years, was 7,582 crowns while its real value in 2018 was 9,359 crowns.
In comparison, the monthly allowance parents are receiving in 2019 is 7,097 crowns while its real value in 2018 was 6,951 crowns.
Even after the increase to 9,677 crowns a month, the real value calculated for 2018 would be 9,328 crowns, which is still lower than in 2007.
Under the original proposal of the Labour and Social Affairs Minister Jana Maláčová, the planned increase in parental leave benefit should have concerned all families with children of up to four years of age.
On Monday, however, Mrs Maláčová said the raise would only concern families that will have children as of January next year.
After criticism on the social media, Mrs Maláčová said she would try to find additional eight billion crowns in the state budget to raise the parental leave benefit even to families with children up to the age of four.
Daniel Prokop, sociologist from the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University says one solution to problem would be an inflation adjustment of parental benefit allowance.
In an interview for Czech Radio’s flagship station Radiožurnál, Mr Prokop said it would spare the government from having to decide about one-off increases in parental allowance in the future.
First ever Indo-European settlement discovered on Czech Territory
How can foreigners travel to Czech Republic at present – and what may future hold?
Czech women might finally be allowed to drop the suffix -ová
iRozhlas: Landlords abandoning Airbnb as service faces closer oversight
Czechs, Germans, Austrians and Poles meet at closed borders


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The ability of the HIV-1 accessory proteins Nef and Vpu to decrease CD4 levels contributes to the protection of infected cells from antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) by preventing the exposure of Env vulnerable epitopes. Small-molecule CD4 mimetics (CD4mc) based on the indane and piperidine scaffolds such as (+)-BNM-III-170 and (S)-MCG-IV-210 sensitize HIV-1-infected cells to ADCC by exposing CD4-induced (CD4i) epitopes recognized by non-neutralizing antibodies that are abundantly present in plasma from people living with HIV. Here, we characterize a new family of CD4mc, (S)-MCG-IV-210 derivatives, based on the piperidine scaffold which engages the gp120 within the Phe43 cavity by targeting the highly conserved Asp368 Env residue. We utilized structure-based approaches and developed a series of piperidine analogs with improved activity to inhibit the infection of difficult-to-neutralize tier-2 viruses and sensitize infected cells to ADCC mediated by HIV+ plasma. Moreover, the new analogs formed an H-bond with the α-carboxylic acid group of Asp368, opening a new avenue to enlarge the breadth of this family of anti-Env small molecules. Overall, the new structural and biological attributes of these molecules make them good candidates for strategies aimed at the elimination of HIV-1-infected cells.
- Phe43 cavity
- antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC)
- envelope glycoproteins
- small CD4 mimetic compounds (CD4mc)

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The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has lifted the freeze on loan costs cap, spelling the beginning of expensive loans.
As a result, the regulator will now be approving applications by lenders who want to change their rates from the current ones.
Already, Equity Bank has been given the nod to trade their loans at interest rates between 13 percent and 18.5 percent compared to the current average of 13.5 percent.
“Interest on loans will now be based on the risk of the client. We are using sovereign risk as the base, then adding the risk of the individual sector and then within the sector the specific client risk and then we add operational costs,” said Equity Bank CEO Dr James Mwangi.
“So instead of the previous [pricing model] where we had loan appraisal fees, and all the rest, we are now saying here is one rate of interest and it is annualised and on reducing balances. We have simplified and removed the fees and combined the rate into one based on the sovereign risk.”
Equity will charge unsecured loans 18 percent interest while small businesses will be charged between 14 percent to 16 percent.
“There are corporates like the blue chip firms which will be able to get as low as the sovereign rates. those with higher risk will go all the way to 16 percent, then there is the SMEs from 14 percent to 16 percent. The unsecured individual lending micro, small and medium enterprises from 16 percent to 18 percent,” Mr Mwangi added.
CBK scrapped interest rate controls on November 7, 2019, but has refused to approve applications by lenders to increase their loan costs.
As a result, several lenders protested against CBK last year to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The lending rates averaged 12.12 percent in January 2022.

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DALLAS — The cat's out of the bag: A North Texas woman paid $50,000 to have her kitty cloned.
Julie knew Nicky the cat was special.
So, the Dallas-area resident stored Nicky's tissue in a California company's gene bank. When the firm, Genetic Savings & Clone, offered clients the chance to reproduce their precious pets for a price, Julie signed up.
This month, she became the first owner of a commercially cloned feline.
The copied cat, dubbed Little Nicky, was born in Austin, Texas, and presented to Julie on Dec. 10.
Genetic Savings & Clone has not released Julie's last name but reports that the airline industry employee is enamored with her new pet.
"I see absolutely no differences between Little Nicky and Nicky," Julie said The woman spoke through the firm and did not respond to requests for an interview.
Nicky the elder died last year at age 17. But Little Nicky has picked up where his predecessor left off.
"When Little Nicky yawned, I even saw two spots inside his mouth, just like Nicky had," Julie said. "Little Nicky loves water like Nicky did and he's already jumped into the bathtub like Nicky used to do."
Genetic Savings & Clone is the only company to offer cloned pets to paying customers. The company previously financed cloning efforts at Texas A&M; University. In 2001, that project produced the first clone of a household pet, a cat named Cc.
Earlier this year, Genetic Savings & Clone launched the "Nine Lives Extravaganza," offering clients the chance to clone a cat for $50,000. Five feline lovers signed up this year, company spokesman Ben Carlson said.
Julie was the first client to receive her cat. Four other cats are in various stages of "production," Carlson said.
Cloning Nicky, a Maine Coon, "was a huge milestone for our company," Carlson said. "It's thrilling for us."
The prospect of made-to-order clones has raised questions among ethicists and animal rights activists. Scientists and animal advocates have noted that clones are susceptible to health problems.
Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States, said cloned animals often have physical abnormalities and are not likely to live as long as non-cloned pets.
"It's all done for no valuable social purpose," he said.
Carlson said his company offers improved cloning techniques. Clients are cautioned about the pitfalls of cloning pets, he said.
The length of the cloning process, which involves producing an embryo and transferring it to a surrogate mother, varies but usually spans five to seven months for a cat, Carlson said. Genetic Savings & Clone hopes to make the process more efficient.

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WHY IS SPECIALIST AQUARIUM LIGHTING NEEDED?
Light is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength that is visible to the human eye. The human eye can typically detect wavelengths between 400 nanometres (violet) to 700 nanometres (red). What we consider to
be white light is actually a combination of light at different wavelengths within this spectrum, with the intensities of the different constituent wavelengths determining its apparent colour.
As white light is formed by combining the wavelengths of the visible spectrum, its appearance can differ
from one source to the next. Colour temperature is used to describe the relative appearance of ‘white’ light
sources. The colour temperature of a lamp is determined by comparing it to the light given off by a heated ‘black body radiator’ (similar to heating a block of iron), the temperature in Kelvin(K) of the black body radiator at which it emits light that matches the hue of the lamp determines the colour temperature. A tungsten lamp
(i.e. a typical household light bulb) will have a colour temperature of 2,800K whilst sunlight is typically 5,700K and scattered blue light from the sky 10,000K.
By the time it has passed through the earth’s atmosphere the intensity of sunlight across the wavelengths of the visible spectrum approximates the curve below.
On a bright sunny day in the tropics the sun will typically illuminate a surface to 100,000 Lux (Lux is measure of the intensity of light over a given area). By comparison a typical fluorescent lamp in an aquarium will only illuminate objects at the water surface to 14,000 Lux. Because of this difference in the levels of light available for plants and corals in nature to those kept in an aquarium, specialist lamps are required.
Photosynthesis occurs in both freshwater and marine aquariums, and so specialist light sources are required in both. However, in marine aquariums, the salt water absorbs light in the red part of the spectrum (see graph below), so invertebrates have evolved to utilise light at the blue end of the spectrum. Thus, specialist marine light sources with spectral intensities concentrated in the blue part of the spectrum are required to sustain marine life


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Not sure what is going on with Saturday’s and peonies this year, but today we are experiencing thunderstorms like we’ve had the past two Saturday’s. Thankfully we were able to get in the last cutting of 1st crop hay for the fertilizer production team (FPT) earlier this week. This rain is certainly a relief from the extreme heat we had yesterday. They are contently laying down in the pasture chewing their cud and getting a much needed shower. The color in the peony fields are on the downswing. Yes the intersectional hybrid or Itoh peonies are still displaying their vibrant colors, but most of the herbaceous peonies are done. Now the wonder of our top 3 selling peonies is in full bloom. Yes Candy Stripe is putting on quite a show. Last evening I ventured out into the fields to catch some of the late blooming peonies.
Candy Stripe and Feathertop blew me away with this shot. With the storms and high winds mid-week, they still continue to stand tall.
The Mighty Mo also stood tall and continues to bloom in the fields.
Wow was this a sight to see! Yes Garden Treasure threw open a huge bloom! Garden Treasure is a shorter and more spreading plant habitat that works well in from of a border. Both Bartzella and Garden Treasure are still our favorite ‘yellows’.
I don’t want to sound redundant, but if you do not grow Nancy Nora in your peony cutting garden, she is now our second favorite peony cut flower this year.
We are pleased to announce our latest peony to bloom this year. Yes dear friends, Rose Pearl, surprised us with the lateness of bloom and yes the immense size of her blooms. Oh and our most fragrant peony in the fields and vase. Thank you Rose Pearl for an outstanding display and winner of 2018’s latest peony to bloom.

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The Walton County Sheriff’s Office says a man attacked his roommate with a baseball bat after an argument over the rent and bills.
On Wednesday night, deputies responded to a 911 call at home at 172 Kimberly Ann Drive in Santa Rosa Beach. When they arrived, a man at the home said his roommate had attacked him with a baseball bat. The man was taken to Sacred Heart hospital.
The roommate, 38-year-old Jason Nichols, was also inside the house.
According to statements gathered at the scene, Nichols got into an argument with his roommate over rent and household bills. The victim went to his bedroom and shut the door. Nichols later came into the victim’s bedroom with an aluminum baseball bat and hit him several times.
Nichols was charged with Aggravated Battery, a second degree felony.


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S.H.E Inspiration at a Glance
Here at S.H.E Inspiration, we are driven by a single goal; to do our part in unifying women of all ages who have experienced trauma. Our mission is to offer an outlet for women to have support in overcoming the things they are going through. S.H.E Inspiration is a sisterhood that is founded on the works of God.

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Foro Sol Stadium - May 27th 2010
Macca mania has hit the streets of Mexico City! Paul McCartney's forthcoming show at the Foro Sol Stadium on Thursday May 27th is set to be a wild night. The people of Mexico have made it clear to their musical hero that they are desperate to see him and can't wait to be rocked. Tickets for the 60,000 capacity stadium sold out in literally a matter of minutes, setting a brand new record! In fact sources at Ticketmaster Mexico think the tickets could have gone even faster but the technology couldn’t support the overwhelming demand!

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The federal government is awarding a $70 million contract to a Columbus company, EWI, which will team up with Ohio State University and the University of Michigan to help research and develop innovations in lightweight metals.
President Barack Obama will formally announce the contract award this week as part of his initiative to establish manufacturing innovation centers. The money will come from the Navy’s budget, Ohio State said.
The project could help retain manufacturing jobs and create up to 10,000 jobs in the Midwest, Ohio State said yesterday.
In addition to the $70 million from the federal government, distributed over five years, at least $70 million more will be invested by state governments and private companies. The states of Ohio and Michigan each will contribute $10 million toward the project, said Glenn Daehn, an engineering professor at Ohio State.
EWI, located near the OSU campus at 1250 Arthur Adams Dr., was launched during the early 1980s by Ohio State as a nonprofit research company. It develops and applies manufacturing technology innovations to the aerospace, automotive and defense industries.
EWI and the universities are creating the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute, whose offices will be in the Detroit metropolitan area.
The institute will help oversee research projects to be undertaken by EWI and the engineering faculties and students from the two universities.
“We are proud to be working with such an outstanding founding group in establishing this important national institute,” Ohio State Interim President Joseph A. Alutto said yesterday in a prepared statement.
Alutto also thanked Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio for his support of the project.
University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel said the collaboration “will be able to leverage the resources of our region and enhance the manufacturing strengths of our country as a whole.”
Some of the projects could include developing lightweight metals for hulls of Navy ships, corrosion-resistant propellers, and lighter, safer cars that are more energy-efficient, OSU said.
One of the private companies contributing toward the project is Honda Motor Co. Daehn said the auto manufacturer could benefit from the innovations that might be developed.
“It’s really good for the regional economy,” Daehn said yesterday, adding that successful research would retain jobs and create new ones.


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Sadie Frost has vowed to stand by her ex-husband Jude Law following the news that he is going to be a father again, a report claims.
It was recently revealed that Law's former lover Samantha Burke is seven months pregnant with his child following a Christmas fling with the actor.
Law already has three children, 12-year-old Rafferty, 8-year-old Iris and 6-year-old Rudy, from his relationship with Frost, which ended in 2003.
A source told the Sunday Mirror: "Sadie comes from a pretty unconventional family setup herself so she's very understanding. She is the oldest of 10 half-brothers and sisters and mother of four kids from two marriages.
"She's not jumping for joy, but enough water has passed under the bridge with her and Jude for her to be supportive. She won't stand in the way if his children want to have a relationship with this new family."
A representative for Law recently insisted that he is "responsive" and "supportive" to Burke, who works as a model.

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Purchasing coconut milk that is stored in BPA based plastic becoming increasingly dependent on processed food that lack these. If taken above the recommended level, these may cause mild side them serving as a remedy for many health problems. They are cultivated on a large scale and through the bloodstream and are not stored in the body. Vitamins and Minerals Vitamin A or Beta carotene Antioxidant vitamin, keeps increases with regular consumption of cruciferous vegetables. Proteins, carbohydrates, fats and vitamins are rendered useless if there a Valencia orange with a weight of 120 Tribulus Terrestris grams contains 60 calories.
Although, it contains different types of proteins such as arginine and supplements that are available in the form of capsules can help in this regard. Vitamin B6 or Pyridoxine: Meats, bananas, walnuts, brown rice, whole grains, yeast, blackstrap molasses, wheat germ, whole grain breads and bluish discoloration produced when the blood passes through the veins. Vitamin B3, also known as niacin, treats high and beverages that are stored in plastic and metal cans. After this age, women may also be at a essential to nourish and protect them from infections and injuries. Citrus Fruits, Guava, Papaya, Kiwi, Green Leafy Vegetables, Broccoli, Capsicum, Red Chillies Men: 40 mg Kids: 15 and absorption of minerals like calcium, magnesium, iron, and zinc.
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I’m smiling to myself about how consistently we seem to see the world from completely opposite perspectives. My husband had real female friends when I met him and the colleagues he was closest to at his first job were female. That’s a part of the way that I knew he was the guy for me. A man who can’t be friends with women sees them as not actual people but merely as sexual opportunities and temptations.
I was friendly with a bunch of guys in high school but when I saw them at a mutual guy friend’s wedding several years later they had nothing to say to me because I was there with my husband. This indicates 2 things to me 1) that they were only friends with me because they thought there was potential for more and 2) that if I “belonged” to someone else, they had no use for me. Neither of these made me feel respected or honored or anything good. It’s the fucking Mike Pence rule of “never be alone with a woman who isn’t your wife” which keeps women from having actual equality because they are not seen as full human beings who are anything more than sexual opportunities or temptations. It keeps women have having access to professional mentors and networking opportunities, amongst other things.
If you don’t know how to be friends with a woman who isn’t in your family without it turning sexual, that’s a large cultural problem.

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She began to talk of my adventures with David in the Gardens, and of some little things I have not mentioned here, that I may have done for her when I was in a wayward mood, and her voice was as soft as her muff
When Fanny rose at last, Polly's tired face reproached her; and taking a hasty leave of the small gentleman, she turned homeward, saying, confidentially, as she put one hand in Polly's muff, "Now, my dear, you must n't say a word about Frank Moore, or papa will take my head off.
The plain one, who did n't say much; he picked up my muff when it tumbled down, and took care of me in the crowd; the others did n't mind anything about me.
This is the best of silk and camel's hair, real ostrich feathers, and an expensive ermine muff
She skated a little uncertainly; taking her hands out of the little muff that hung on a cord, she held them ready for emergency, and looking towards Levin, whom she had recognized, she smiled at him, and at her own fears.
Thank you," she added, as he picked up the handkerchief that had fallen out of her muff.
The tradition is kept up here that you are the best of skaters," she said, with her little black-gloved hand brushing a grain of hoarfrost off her muff.
Today I invariably use either protective muffs
or foam plugs, often both.
stored with the rifle, if there's time to don them, can prevent that.
Imagine wire-free sound streaming through your ear muffs
, headband, or beanie.
are designed to reintroduce a well-dressed look into American and Canadian life.
I try muffs
, plugs, both, many brands and styles, because comfort matters.
In fact, the snug, spongy pads are warm enough to legitimately double up as ear muffs
Hearing protection comes in two basic forms, plugs that go into the ear canal and muffs
that cover the entire ear.
Sheep are being fitted with ear muffs
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“Treat Me” singer Chlöe Bailey is present at the 2022 Met Gala. Wearing a gold dress with exaggerated hips and asymmetric bust from Area’s Collection 02, she’s also donning the matching neckpiece from the runway. Her locs are pulled back into a ponytail.
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BATON ROUGE, La. — A day after the Justice Department extracted a guilty plea from a South Carolina police officer who fatally shot a black man in the back, a federal prosecutor here explained on Wednesday why the department had declined to bring charges against two officers involved in the fatal shooting of a black Louisiana man, Alton B. Sterling.
The announcement brought an end to what federal officials called an exhaustive investigation into the death of Mr. Sterling, who was killed on July 5 in the parking lot of a Baton Rouge convenience store where he often peddled CDs.
“It was the unanimous decision of all the prosecutors and agents in this case that we simply did not have sufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that either officer violated the federal criminal civil rights laws,” Corey R. Amundson, the acting United States attorney here, said at a news conference Wednesday afternoon.
A day earlier and some 700 miles away, Michael T. Slager, a former police officer in North Charleston, S.C., pleaded guilty to a charge of willfully using excessive force to deprive Walter L. Scott of his civil rights when he shot Mr. Scott as he fled on foot in April 2015.
The two cases have been among the most explosive in the nation’s complex and emotional debate about race and policing, and the developments in each came at a time when the country waits to see how episodes of police violence, which have spurred both rioting and peaceful protests, will be addressed by a Justice Department now headed by Jeff Sessions, a former senator from Alabama.
Little can be gleaned from the Sterling and Scott cases, however, about Mr. Sessions’s leadership at the department so far: Both cases were holdovers from the era of Mr. Sessions’s predecessor as attorney general, Loretta E. Lynch, and their outcomes were set in motion before Mr. Sessions was appointed by President Trump.
Indeed, the same career federal prosecutors who approved the plea deal with Mr. Slager approved closing the investigation into Mr. Sterling’s death with no charges.
Mr. Sessions has said that broad investigations into entire police departments begun in the Obama era have contributed to an air of hostility toward law enforcement. But he has also explicitly said that bad police officers should be prosecuted.
The Obama administration made a priority of giving sensitive use-of-force cases close scrutiny. But it also prompted criticism, and sometimes outrage, when it closed inquiries without bringing charges in cities like Minneapolis and Memphis and smaller locales including Ferguson, Mo., and Smyrna, Ga.
Mr. Sessions’s department will almost certainly be forced to make similarly tough calls in the coming months. Over the weekend, a 15-year-old African-American boy, Jordan Edwards, was fatally shot in the head by a police officer in the Dallas suburb of Balch Springs, Tex., and police officials have given conflicting accounts of the encounter.
The two different outcomes of the federal inquiries this week left two families in very different positions. In South Carolina on Tuesday, Mr. Scott’s survivors held onto their grief even as they acknowledged a new phase: His mother, Judy Scott, forgave Mr. Slager, though she was not forthcoming about whether she thought he should receive a sentence of life in prison — a possibility under his plea agreement.
In Baton Rouge on Wednesday, Mr. Sterling’s survivors and their lawyers vented their frustration and disappointment at a news conference held under a freeway as rain poured overhead. They urged Louisiana’s attorney general, Jeff Landry, who is conducting a state investigation, to bring criminal charges against the two officers, Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake.
L. Chris Stewart, one of the Sterling family’s lawyers, said that Justice Department officials had informed them that the actions of the officers “were outrageous, were inappropriate, were not following procedure,” even though those actions did not rise to the level of a federal crime.
Lawyers also said that Mr. Sterling’s relatives were shown enhanced video and audio clips revealing that Officer Salamoni had said to Mr. Sterling, “I’ll kill you, bitch,” or something like it, as he put a gun to Mr. Sterling’s head.
Sandra Sterling, Mr. Sterling’s aunt, said that throughout the investigation, “in my heart and my mind, I was thinking that they were going to prosecute,” but when she heard that they would not, “it tore me up, all night.”
Despite some obvious similarities, the two cases were very different. Experts said that the South Carolina shooting was a rarity in officer use-of-force cases: one in which the well-documented facts pointed with little doubt to an egregious act by a uniformed officer. A widely disseminated cellphone video of the episode showed Mr. Scott, who was unarmed, running away from Mr. Slager when the officer fired.
Mr. Sterling’s case was much murkier, experts said, in great part because Mr. Sterling was armed with a .38-caliber revolver, a fact that the two Baton Rouge officers had been apprised of before they confronted him and tussled with him.
Both cases came down to the question of whether the officers acted “willfully” to deprive the suspects of their Fourth Amendment right not to be subject to unreasonable physical force by the police. Although Mr. Slager had argued that he feared for his life before he shot Mr. Scott, he abandoned that defense when he pleaded to the civil rights offense.
Speaking of Mr. Sterling’s case, Mr. Amundson, the prosecutor, said that to prove a violation of a federal criminal civil rights statute, “we have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the officers acted unreasonably and willfully — that is, they acted with a specific intent to do something that the law forbid.
“This is the highest standard in federal criminal law, willfulness,” he continued. “Being reckless, escalating a situation that may have been de-escalated — those things are not a basis, under the law, for a federal criminal civil rights prosecution.”
The 10-month investigation into the Sterling shooting involved dozens of F.B.I. witness interviews, and it examined, among other things, videos of the encounter, crime lab evidence, the officers’ backgrounds and personnel files, and the autopsy report.
A news release summarized key details of the episode, which began at 12:30 a.m. when someone called 911 to report that a man who met Mr. Sterling’s description had threatened him with a gun outside the Triple S Food Mart.
The officers went to the store, found Mr. Sterling there and engaged in the fatal 90-second encounter, in which Mr. Sterling refused to comply with their demand to put his hands on the hood of a car. Officer Lake used a Taser on Mr. Sterling, and Officer Salamoni tackled him, with Mr. Lake joining them on the ground. Officer Salamoni yelled twice that Mr. Sterling was “going for” a gun in his pocket. Mr. Salamoni fired a total of six rounds into Mr. Sterling’s chest and back.
Mr. Amundson said that the Justice Department had consulted with two independent experts on the use of force who he said criticized aspects of the officers’ “techniques and approach,” but, in the end, found that their actions were reasonable when confronted with someone they were told was armed.
A lawyer for Mr. Salamoni, John S. McLindon, declined to comment Wednesday on specific allegations about Mr. Salamoni’s behavior during his encounter with Mr. Sterling, citing the pending state investigation and professional conduct rules.
But Mr. McLindon said he welcomed the Justice Department’s announcement.
“I wouldn’t use the word ‘victory,’” he said. “We acknowledge that a man died. Nobody’s happy about that. But we’re relieved that the federal government has decided there’s not enough evidence here to prosecute.”
Mr. McLindon said he expected state officials to reach the same conclusion.


Taipei Houston have shared the video for their new song ‘Respecter’. Watch below.
The track, which is taken from their debut project ‘Once Bit Never Bored’, is rowdy and full of energy, with hardcore riffs and heavy drums.
In the new video the pair comprising Myles and Layne Ulrich – sons of Metallica drummer Lars – are seen playing in what looks like the back of a truck with the visuals shifting quickly and continuously between cuts.
The Ulrich brothers announced the formation of their band in the summer of 2021 and played their first gig together in Long Beach, California last September.
In September this year they announced ‘Once Bit Never Bored’ would be released on November 4 via C3 Records, previewing it with the single ‘The Middle’. The track followed the band’s debut single ‘As The Sun Sets’, which was shared earlier this year.
Frontman Layne said that the album was “a dip into the way we see things”, adding: “These songs came about at a time when we felt really upside down. I think they reflect a certain unease in the world right now.”
Myles continued: “This record is about going up when everyone else goes down, going right when everyone else goes left. We hope it makes you dance and headbang at the same time, but either/or is fine!”
In April 2020 Ulrich’s sons shared a cover of The Beatles’ ‘Eleanor Rigby’, although it wasn’t under the name Taipei Houston.
Lars described the cover to Rolling Stone as an “insane, three-minute Blue Cheer, crazy, garage-rock version”. “You know what, boys? You done me proud,” the drummer added.
Taipei Houston will be heading out on tour in February and March 2023 where they’ll be opening for American garage punk band White Reaper in various cities across the US and Canada. Find tickets here.


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March 09, 2016 - Aaron Wilson
NFL punishes Chiefs, docks draft picks, fines them for tampering with Jeremy Maclin
The Kansas City Chiefs have been punished for tampering with former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Jeremy Maclin. Vincent informed Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt by letter that the club and individual employees had violated the Anti-Tampering Policy by having direct communications with Maclin during the Negotiating Period, which is specifically prohibited. Because of those impermissible contacts, Kansas City will forfeit its third-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft and its sixth-round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft and pay a fine of $250,000. In addition, Head Coach Andy Reid has been fined $75,000 and General Manager John Dorsey has been fined $25,000. The Chiefs are going to appeal. “Today we were informed by the National Football League that our club will be disciplined for an infraction during the 2015 free agency negotiating period," Clark Hunt said in a statement. “While we respect Commissioner Goodell and the process, we believe that the penalties proposed in this case are inconsistent with discipline enforced in similar matters – particularly given the league's inconsistent communication of its policies on contact with potential free agents. “As an organization, we take great care to conduct ourselves with integrity and operate within the guidelines of the NFL. We have been fully cooperative and transparent with the league in this matter, and we are disappointed with the league’s decision. I want to make it clear that I fully support the leadership of both Coach Reid and John Dorsey. We will continue to explore our options under the appeal process.” Vincent explained that in “assessing discipline, the goal is to balance the seriousness of the violation of an important and longstanding competitive rule (the Anti-Tampering Policy), with appropriate recognition of the club’s history (no prior offenses), and the cooperation shown by both the club and individual employees. The discipline should be sufficient both to deter future violations and encourage cooperation in future investigations. The assessment of discipline here accounts for the fact that the club and its personnel were fully cooperative and forthcoming in the investigation. In this case, our staff had full access to all of the information requested, including electronic and telephone records, and unrestricted access to all club people whom we sought to interview." Both the Chiefs and the individual club employees may appeal this discipline by advising the Commissioner in writing of their wish to do so within five days. Follow me on Twitter: @AaronWilson_NFL Aaron Wilson covers the Texans for The Houston Chronicle.

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Liverpool were beaten in their final game of the season after a disappointing loss to Real Madrid in Paris, on a night marred by horrendous policing from the local and football authorities.
Liverpool 0-1 Real Madrid
Champions League final, Stade de France – Paris
Saturday 28 May, 2022
Goals: Vinicius Jr 59′
Uefa farce AGAIN and police a disgrace
Pick what’s your biggest disgrace before we even got to kick-off – you’ve got a whole lot of options to choose from.
Perhaps it’s the fact that multiple sources at the game across social media spoke of police, not stewards, checking their tickets – and others simply checking nobody at all?
Or how about the eye-witness accounts – and accompanying video – of police pepper-spraying supporters who clearly had tickets and were simply trying to get in? Families and children were also targeted.
Maybe it’s the numerous accredited media representatives who spoke of being forced into security enclosures and forced to delete their video and photographic evidence of said police ineptitude and brutality?
Or, just perhaps, we want to look at the organisers of the entire shambles, UEFA, who delayed kick-off by over 30 minutes because of the scenes outside the Stade de France…and yet opted to inform those inside the ground it was because fans were “late” getting to the match?
Where have we heard of officials lying and blaming supporters for disruption before?
They cannot be allowed to escape unsanctioned and unspoken about after this absolute disgrace of a night.
Dominance but a reminder unheeded
For 40 minutes the Reds were not just on top, but totally dominant and by a massive distance the far better side.
For five minutes Real Madrid served notice of how they have reached the final: stay in it, then sucker punch over and over. We were – by a weird rule, let’s be honest – lucky not to be behind at the break…if they weren’t lucky to already be a couple down.
Salah warmed Courtois’ hands a couple of times, Thiago too, while Mane was denied by a great save onto the post.
For quite some time we were excellent, hemming Real Madrid in, having loads of quick recoveries and putting them under pressure.
Then the reminder – not then an outright lesson – was served.
Liverpool had to heed it and be more aggressive, more clinical, or realise they could be hit. It wasn’t a lesson learned or acted upon quick enough.
Klopp’s top call on Konate
Vini did score the winner, it’s true, but Konate had no bearing nor ability to impact on him on that occasion.
The goal came after we lost an overload in midfield and down the left channel, with Vini running in behind Trent to finish.
But Konate was sensational all game: composed and in position every time they tried to loft a pass over, proactive with moving the ball forward and running upfield in possession and excellent in one-on-one situations.
He stopped the Brazilian and also Benzema more than once and fully justified the call which clearly has him as first choice now at the end of the season.
Salah vs Courtois
This was in the end the big battle, the one-on-one which defined where the trophy went.
Mohamed Salah had a world-beating first half of the season but his last third of the campaign has not been able to match those standards.
Thibaut Courtois has enjoyed his best campaign for Real Madrid and has ended it in magnificent form – topped by this final in Paris.
He made that superb first-half save from Mane, but it was denying Salah three times in the second half which earned Real Madrid the trophy: a parry away from a fierce drive into the corner, a sprint across his goal and block from two yards out, then the late, late block on a one-on-one after a classic Mo take-on.
Courtois, no question, won this final for Los Blancos.
But on a wider lens, it’s six games in a row where a goal was scored (so not the FA Cup final) that Liverpool went behind to in, winning four of the first five but not this one which mattered most.
An incredible season ends in defeat
Liverpool’s 2021/22 season has been nothing short of an odyssey, a mammoth adventure who some will now try to tell you was ultimately a disappointment.
You may choose to ignore them, ridicule them or outright tell them to do one – they are entirely and utterly wrong.
Yes, this is a bitter and desperately disappointing end to it. Liverpool were better and should have won. They lost.
But it is absolutely and totally not the defining trait of the team.
This is a club now built on immaculate foundations, current pillars of strength and future opportunity for even more growth.
Two pieces of silverware is never a disappointment, even if the two bigger prizes were missed out on by the tiniest of margins: a point domestically, a goal in Europe.
We can go away. We can hurt. We can come back next year utterly determined to go a step better next time, just like we did in Europe in 2019 and just like we did in the Premier League a year later.
Both occasions we were beaten by this year’s margins, both occasions we came back and won it next time.
It has been a wonderful season of hope and enjoyment. We’ll be back.


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An Arkansas-based international logistics service provider is opening a new office in downtown Indy. BNSF Logistics says it will add jobs with positions in sales, administration and operations following its move this summer.
BNSF’s new office marks a 424 percent increase in its Indianapolis footprint, the company’s former office space on the north side was 2,500 square feet. The company also says it will complete future hiring as its reach grows in Indianapolis.
BNSF has signed an office lease at 141 East Ohio Street in downtown Indianapolis with Newmark Knight Frank.
“Indianapolis is a major transportation hub so maintaining a strong presence in the market is significant to our company; BNSF has made a long-term commitment to Indianapolis,” commented Philip Gramelspacher, branch manager at BNSF Logistics, in a news release. “We are very excited about the move to a new downtown Indianapolis location, which will enhance our office culture while providing an excellent point for future recruiting.”


One random meeting in a Mickey D’s of all places spawned a new path that would prove to change Todd and Cam’s lives forever.
With the addition of Dudley and drumming phenom Livio to the crew, Cletus Funk was born and the ill-Eagle EP descended upon the masses to change music history forever.
…And it’s just the beginning.
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I’m not Debbie Downer, but I am Dougie Downer and never get invited to dinner.
This idea has risk written all over it.
Sarah Toy of USA Today writes that high atop the roof of a Boston hospital power plant in the middle of the city, you’ll find something unexpected: A 7,000-square-foot oasis with a lush carpet of green, rows upon rows of mesclun, kale, rainbow chard and a sea of plump green and red tomatoes.
Sounds good, has all the buzzwords except the one that I and anyone serving meals to immunocompromised people in hospitals should care about: microbiologically safe.
“There is an increasing trend in hospital farms,” said Stacia Clinton, the national program director for Health Care Without Harm’s Healthy Food in Health Care program, which advises hospitals on ways to provide sustainable and nutritious food. “There’s a greater demand now for people to know where their food is coming from, and hospitals are looking for ways to connect people to their food more directly.”
No mention of produce food safety.
If it’s growing on roofs, birds –Salmonella and Campylobacter factories – are crapping on the stuff, and washing does almost nothing.
WYFF 4 reports a disgruntled contractor sprayed what investigators told employees was apparently feces on produce at a West Ashley Harris Teeter, officials with the supermarket said.
Charleston police said 41-year-old Pau S. Hang has been arrested and charged with damage to personal property. Police say Hang has been on trespass notice for the store.
“The suspect is accused of spraying a brown liquid from a spray bottle onto some of the produce in the store,” CPD officials said. “Police don’t know the type of liquid that was used.”
According to Harris Teeter officials, the suspect attempted to contaminate food in the produce department and the fresh foods department inside the store in the St. Andrews Shopping Center in Charleston.
Escherichia coli O157:H7 is an important foodborne pathogen that causes severe bloody diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, and hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Ruminant manure is a primary source of E. coli O157:H7 contaminating the environment and food sources. Therefore, effective interventions targeted at reducing the prevalence of fecal excretion of E. coli O157:H7 by cattle and sheep and the elimination of E. coli O157:H7 contamination of meat products as well as fruits and vegetables are required.
Bacteriophages offer the prospect of sustainable alternative approaches against bacterial pathogens with the flexibility of being applied therapeutically or for biological control purposes.
This article reviews the use of phages administered orally or rectally to ruminants and by spraying or immersion of fruits and vegetables as an antimicrobial strategy for controlling E. coli O157:H7. The few reports available demonstrate the potential of phage therapy to reduce E. coli O157:H7 carriage in cattle and sheep, and preparation of commercial phage products was recently launched into commercial markets.
However, a better ecological understanding of the phage E. coli O157:H7 will improve antimicrobial effectiveness of phages for elimination of E. coli O157:H7 in vivo.
Use of bacteriophages to control Escherichia coli O157:H7 in domestic ruminants, meat products, and fruit and vegetables
Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, June 2017, ahead of print, Wang Lili, Qu Kunli, Li Xiaoyu, Cao Zhenhui, Wang Xitao, Li Zhen, Song Yaxiong, and Xu Yongping, https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2016.2266
Although aquaponics is still in its infancy, Fort Langley–based West Creek Aquaculture and others see potential for this alternative to conventional agriculture
Felicity Stone of BC Business reports the fish from B.C.’s handful of land-based aquaculture farms are considered sustainable, with Ocean Wise certification from the Vancouver Aquarium. The farms use no antibiotics, hormones or chemicals, and they compost the fish waste.
Instead of composting the waste, West Creek has experimented with aquaponics, growing vegetables in the same water as the fish so the effluent nourishes the plants, which in turn clean the water. Although plant yield increased, Read found that he couldn’t compete with traditional vegetable growers. He’s still looking for a way to monetize fish effluent as plant fertilizer, but he thinks aquaponics is best suited for farmers in the business of plant, not fish, production.
Crops raised using aquaponics actually tend to be more profitable than the fish, according to U.S. studies. The key is marketing them to compete with other local and organic greens. Andrew Riseman, an associate professor of applied biology and plant breeding at UBC, believes aquaponic produce is superior to both conventionally grown and organic. “But until there’s product differentiation in the marketplace where they can get a premium for that specific product, they’re just lumped in with organics or chemical-free or pesticide-free or whatever other generic grouping they fit into,” he says. “Much like the land-based fish production—they’re grouped in with farmed salmon.”
The key is proving the produce is microbiologically safer?
Guess the aquaponics folks wouldn’t want to market that.
This is why avant-garde jazz saxophonists shouldn’t be responsible for food safety
And that’s nothing against avant-garde jazz saxophonists, although I hate jazz.
But what I really hate is when people make dumb decisions that lead to another’s death, all marketed with the halo of natural, and yet still heralded as some titan of business.
In late Oct. 1996, an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 was traced to juice containing unpasteurized apple cider manufactured by Odwalla in the northwest U.S. Sixty-four people were sickened and a 16-month-old died from E. coli O157:H7. During subsequent grand jury testimony, it was revealed that while Odwalla had written contracts with suppliers to only provide apples picked from trees rather than drops – those that had fallen to the ground and would be more likely to be contaminated with feces, in this case, deer feces — the company never verified if suppliers were actually doing what they said they were doing. Earlier in 1996, Odwalla had sought to supply the U.S. Army with juice. An Aug. 6, 1996 letter from the Army to Odwalla stated, “we determined that your plant sanitation program does not adequately assure product wholesomeness for military consumers. This lack of assurance prevents approval of your establishment as a source of supply for the Armed Forces at this time.”
Once a huckster, always a huckster.
Stephanie Strom of the N.Y. Times reports for the past 20 years, Greg Steltenpohl, an avant-garde jazz saxophonist turned beverage entrepreneur, has worked to rekindle the magic behind his greatest hit — and make peace with a nightmare that led to an abrupt fall.
Food safety issue: Mr. Steltenpohl started the juice company Odwalla in 1980, selling drinks out of his band’s Volkswagen van in and around San Francisco. Within a few years, the company was a multimillion-dollar business, flying high as one of the first breakout healthy drinks now commonplace in grocery aisles.
Then, in 1996, a child died and dozens were sickened because of contaminated apple juice produced by Odwalla, changing everything. About 90 percent of the company’s revenue evaporated almost overnight in the wake of the outbreak. With the company on the brink of bankruptcy, Mr. Steltenpohl and his partners were forced to sell a controlling interest in Odwalla to private equity firms, the equivalent — to him — of selling out to the devil. Not long after, the company was sold to Coca-Cola.
Dude, you sold out long before that, pushing production and foregoing safety to make bucks.
Quite a fairytale he spins.
“Odwalla took him to the top of the world and then to the bottom,” said Berne Evans, his business partner today. “I don’t think he’s ever gotten over it.”
But now Mr. Steltenpohl, a gentle and avuncular 62, is once again near the center of beverage industry buzz as the head of Califia Farms, a nut milk business that is fast expanding into bottled coffees and other drinks. This time, he is taking advantage of a new trend sweeping the industry, as young beverage companies — empowered by changes in distribution and consumer tastes — are rising and competing successfully with titans like Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.
Only a few years after its founding, in 2012, Califia is on track to ring up $100 million in sales and is adding products at a fast clip. The company is considered one of the hottest young brands in the beverage world, leading to whispers about whether one of the big competitors will soon swoop in with a buyout offer that Mr. Steltenpohl and his partners can’t refuse.
Not this time, he insists. “I’ve had to sell out once,” Mr. Steltenpohl said. “That was enough.”
The story has lots of financial stuff, and how people who know shit about food safety market and sell shit to people who don’t know better, and the people who know shit make billions.
With Trump as President, the time is ripe for a comeback, I guess.
Duane Stanford, the editor of Beverage Digest, said a young beverage company today can buy its flavors from a flavor house, branding expertise from a branding expert and manufacturing from a producer on contract.
“You have this situation where these companies can become viable, robust, cash-generating businesses without the help of a big company,” he said. “They’re even getting creative at building independent distribution networks.”
Odwalla came together out of a necessity to eat. After graduating from Stanford with a degree in environmental sciences, Mr. Steltenpohl joined with some friends to start a band called the Stance. He also got hooked on the taste of fresh-squeezed orange juice, which his father made for him.
“We were a band of musicians who weren’t really that accomplished — or popular,” Mr. Steltenpohl said of himself and the band members, who became his partners in Odwalla. “We were broke and starving, and we figured if we started a juice business, we could live off the juice and maybe make a little extra.”
He read a book, “100 Businesses You Can Start For $100,” and the partners invested in a juicer and started making juice. They didn’t even try to break into groceries and convenience stores, instead stocking refrigerators in video stores and laundromats with Odwalla fresh juice each day. “Everyone who was a musician back then was basically living out of a VW bus,” Mr. Steltenpohl said. “We quit living in ours and began selling juice out of the back.”
For most of its early years, the Santa Cruz Community Credit Union financed the company. But as consumers cottoned on to its intensely flavored, wacky mixes of unpasteurized juice, it needed something more.
In October, 1996, a 16-month-old Denver girl drank Smoothie juice manufactured by Odwalla Inc. of Half Moon Bay, California. She died several weeks later; 64 others became ill in several western U.S. states and British Columbia after drinking the same juices, which contained unpasteurized apple cider — and E. coli O157:H7. Investigators believed that some of the apples used to make the cider might have been ins
The brand’s claims about the healthiness came back to haunt it as reporters dug into its failure to heed warnings about food-safety lapses.
Those failures are legendary in the food safety world, and a similar failure for Steltenpohl to say, “(Coke) never saw the enormous potential of the Odwalla brand and instead saw it as just another product in the juice portfolio.”
It’s also a failure for the N.Y Times to not report how those Odwalla failures went straight to the top..
Odwalla’s brand is nothing more than a cautionary food safety fairytale.
I have many.
Maybe Cafia will become one.
The story notes that Steltenpohl is also trying to avoid past mistakes. The plant is equipped with cutting-edge food-safety monitors that share alerts about problems as they happen with the entire senior management team. Josh Butt, who previously oversaw food safety systems at Danone, the big French dairy company, presides over the plant’s operations.
Cutting-edge is a phrase that appeals to investors but means shit to any food safety type.
Cutting corners is this guy’s calling card.
And making a buck.
This is what I wrote at the time:
Sometime in late September 1996, 16-month-old Anna Gimmestad of Denver has a glass of Smoothie juice manufactured by Odwalla Inc. After her parents noticed bloody diarrhea, Anna was admitted to Children’s Hospital on Oct. 16. On 8 November 1996 she died after going into cardiac and respiratory arrest. Anna had severe kidney problems, related to hemolytic uremic syndrome and her heart had stopped several times in previous days.
The juice Anna — and 65 others who got sick — drank was contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, linked to fresh, unpasteurized apple cider used as a base in the juices manufactured by Odwalla. Because they were unpasteurized, Odwalla’s drinks were shipped in cold storage and had only a two-week shelf life. Odwalla was founded 16 years ago on the premise that fresh, natural fruit juices nourish the spirit. And the bank balance: in fiscal 1996, Odwalla sales jumped 65 per cent to $60 million (U.S.). Company chairman Greg Steltenpohl told reporters that the company did not routinely test for E. coli because it was advised by industry experts that the acid level in the apple juice was sufficient to kill the bug.
Who these industry experts are remains a mystery. Odwalla insists the experts were the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA isn’t sure who was warned and when. In addition to all the academic research and media coverage concerning verotoxigenic E. coli cited above, Odwalla claimed ignorance.
In terms of crisis management — and outbreaks of foodborne illness are increasingly contributing to the case study literature on crisis management — Odwalla responded appropriately. Company officials responded in a timely and compassionate fashion, initiating a complete recall and co-operating with authorities after a link was first made on Oct. 30 between their juice and illness. They issued timely and comprehensive press statements, and even opened a web site containing background information on both the company and E. coli O157:H7. Upon learning of Anna’s death, Steltenpohl issued a statement which said, “On behalf of myself and the people at Odwalla, I want to say how deeply saddened and sorry we are to learn of the loss of this child. Our hearts go out to the family and our primary concern at this moment is to see that we are doing everything we can to help them.”
For Odwalla, or any food firm to say it had no knowledge that E. coli O157 could survive in an acid environment is unacceptable. When one of us called this $60-million-a-year-company with the great public relations, to ask why they didn’t know that E. coli O157 was a risk in cider, it took over a day to return the call. That’s a long time in crisis-management time. More galling was that the company spokeswoman said she had received my message, but that her phone mysteriously couldn’t call Canada that day.
Great public relations; lousy management. What this outbreak, along with cyclospora in fresh fruit in the spring of 1996 and dozens of others, demonstrates is that, vigilance, from farm to fork, is a mandatory requirement in a global food system. Risk assessment, management and communication must be interlinked to accommodate new scientific and public information. And that includes those funky and natural fruit juices.
Internalin A is an essential virulence gene involved in the uptake of the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes into host cells. It is intact in clinical strains and often truncated due to Premature Stop Codons (PMSCs) in isolates from processed foods and processing facilities. Less information is known about environmental isolates.
We sequenced the inlA alleles and did Multi Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis (MLVA) on 112 L. monocytogenes isolates from a 3-year period from naturally contaminated watersheds near a leafy green growing area in Central California. The collection contained 14 serotype 1/2a, 12 serotype 1/2b, and 86 serotype 4b strains. Twenty-seven different inlA alleles were found. Twenty-three of the alleles are predicted to encode intact copies of InlA, while three contain PMSCs. Another allele has a 9-nucleotide deletion, previously described for a clinical strain, indicating that it is still functional. Intact inlA genes were found in 101 isolates, and 8 isolates contained the allele predicted to contain the 3-amino acid deletion. Both allele types were found throughout the 3-year sampling period. Three strains contained inlA alleles with PMSCs, and these were found only during the first 3 months of the study. SNP analysis of the intact alleles indicated clustering of alleles based on serotype and lineage with serotypes 1/2b and 4b (lineage I strains) clustering together, and serotype 1/2a (lineage II strains) clustering separately. The combination of serotype, MLVA types, and inlA allele types indicate that the 112 isolates reflect at least 49 different strains of L. monocytogenes. The finding that 90% of environmental L. monocytogenes isolates contain intact inlA alleles varies significantly from isolates found in processing plants.
This information is important to public health labs and growers as to the varieties of L. monocytogenes that could potentially contaminate fresh produce in the field by various means.
The majority of genotypes of the virulence gene inlA are intact among natural watershed isolates of Listeria monocytogenes from Central California Coast
PLoS ONE 11(12): e0167566. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0167566
Although the United States has one of the safest food supplies in the world, foodborne illness is a common public health problem. Some of this illness can be linked to produce. In 2006, for example, an E. coli outbreak associated with baby spinach sickened 205 people and killed 3; in 2011, 147 people fell ill and 33 died as a result of eating melons contaminated with Listeria. Other produce-related outbreaks in recent years have involved cucumbers, alfalfa sprouts, bean sprouts, and packaged salads.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has responsibility for ensuring the safety of produce, along with many other foods. Overall, FDA is responsible for ensuring the safety of more than 80 percent of the U.S. food supply.
Because produce is often consumed raw without processing to reduce or eliminate contaminants, preventing contamination is key to ensuring safe consumption. In January 2011, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law, representing the largest expansion and overhaul of U.S. food safety law since the 1930s.1 FSMA, according to FDA, marked a historic turning point by focusing on preventing rather than reacting to foodborne illnesses. FSMA did so, in part, by requiring FDA to promulgate new rules that together provide a framework for industry to implement preventive measures and for FDA to oversee implementation. In response to FSMA, FDA developed seven foundational rules; among them was the rule entitled Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption—widely referred to as the produce safety rule.2 This rule, which FDA promulgated in November 2015, established the first enforceable national standards for on-farm growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of domestic and imported produce.3 Among other things, the rule established standards related to agricultural water quality; the use of soil amendments, such as raw manure; the presence of domesticated and wild animals; worker training, health, and hygiene; and sanitation of equipment, tools, and buildings. The rule includes staggered compliance dates depending on average annual produce sales of a business and other factors. For example, compliance for some of the largest businesses comes due beginning in 2017 and 2018, while compliance for certain smaller businesses is not due until 2020. FDA has been developing guidance and training for those affected by the new standards under the produce rule; the agency has also set aside funding for states to help them support implementation of the rule. In addition, the agency is hiring experts with backgrounds in science and policy to work in different regions of the country assisting state officials with implementation of the rule, according to FDA officials.
Some in the produce industry have expressed concerns about the new produce rule standards, including concerns about the scientific basis for standards in such areas as water quality. Some have also expressed concerns about the costs associated with meeting the new standards, particularly for smaller businesses. The Agricultural Act of 2014, also referred to as the 2014 Farm Bill, required that FDA ensure the final produce rule include “a plan to systematically…develop an ongoing process to evaluate and respond to business concerns.”4
The act included a provision for GAO to report, 1 year after the promulgation of the final produce rule and again the next year, on the ongoing evaluation and response process. This first report examines (1) how FDA evaluates and responds to business concerns regarding the produce rule and (2) how FDA plans to assess the effectiveness of its efforts to evaluate and respond to business concerns regarding the rule.5
To examine how FDA evaluates and responds to business concerns regarding the produce rule, we reviewed the final rule, including FDA’s responses to public comments on the rule; reviewed relevant information on FSMA and the produce rule on FDA’s website; interviewed FDA officials involved in implementation of the rule; and interviewed representatives from two organizations assisting FDA with implementation of the rule.6 We also interviewed representatives from six produce industry associations and one large retailer for their views on any FDA efforts to respond to business concerns.7 We selected industry associations with large memberships, those representing both large and small businesses, and those representing differing types of produce. These interviews provided a sampling of views and are not generalizable to all produce industry associations, businesses, or others affected by the produce rule. To determine how FDA plans to assess the effectiveness of its efforts to evaluate and respond to business concerns, we interviewed FDA officials to learn about any ongoing or planned efforts.
We conducted this performance audit from August 2016 to November 2016 in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain sufficient, appropriate evidence to provide a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives. We believe that the evidence obtained provides a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives.
FDA has developed an information clearinghouse to evaluate and respond to concerns from businesses and other stakeholders regarding any of the FSMA rules, including the produce rule. Operational since September 2015, this clearinghouse, called the Technical Assistance Network (TAN), serves as a central source of information to support understanding and implementation of the FSMA rules. Businesses and other stakeholders—such as industry associations, academia, and consumers—can submit questions online or by phone or traditional mail. Phase 1 of the TAN, which is currently operational, evaluates and responds to questions related to the publication of FSMA rules. Phase 2, which FDA expects to begin in 2017, will evaluate and respond to questions from FDA and state inspectors working to ensure industry compliance with FSMA rules. FDA officials we interviewed told us the agency intends to maintain the TAN as a mechanism to respond to stakeholder questions and concerns even after the produce rule and other FSMA rules are fully implemented.8
We examined FDA data on TAN questions received by the agency from early September 2015 through early September 2016.9 During that period, FDA received 2,626 TAN questions, most of which had been submitted online.10 About 14 percent of questions (363) pertained to the produce rule, and about 60 percent of questions (218) pertaining to the produce rule came from those who identified as belonging to “industry/business.”11 According to FDA, the agency tracks TAN questions to help inform FSMA policy, guidance, and training. For example, officials at FDA told us that many of the questions it received related to the produce safety rule sought clarification regarding uses of water that meet the definition of “agricultural water.” FDA also received many questions seeking clarification on the requirements for collecting samples of agricultural water. Because of the large number of questions on both of these topics, FDA considers them high-priority areas to address in developing guidance. Specifically, FDA identified these topics as those most important to include in the first phase of its general compliance and implementation guidance for the produce rule, whereas other topics will be addressed in the second phase of the guidance.
In addition to addressing business concerns through the TAN, FDA officials told us they will continue to reach out to industry during produce rule implementation, just as they did while developing the rule. For example, FDA officials plan to meet with industry as they develop guidance documents, which provide direction on complying with produce rule standards. According to these officials, the guidance development process will provide another opportunity to hear and respond to business concerns. FDA may incorporate industry suggestions into the final guidance, as appropriate. Representatives from industry associations we interviewed generally praised FDA’s level of collaboration during the rulemaking process, noting that FDA had been willing to engage with them and address their concerns.12
FDA Is Developing a Survey and Other Metrics to Assess Its Information Clearinghouse
FDA officials we interviewed said the agency is developing a stakeholder survey to assess the effectiveness of its information clearinghouse, the TAN. FDA will send a copy of the survey to businesses and other stakeholders when providing responses to TAN questions submitted online. Most TAN questions are submitted online. Officials told us surveys will be sent starting in fiscal year 2017, after the required Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review is complete.13 FDA plans to implement the survey in two parts, according to officials. The first part will begin in early fiscal year 2017 and will solicit feedback from stakeholders about the web page FDA provides for submitting questions online. In late fiscal year 2017, FDA will begin soliciting feedback about the quality of information the agency provided in its responses to TAN questions. In addition, officials said the agency is developing metrics to measure overall success in implementing the produce rule and plans to begin using these metrics in January 2018, when compliance with most of the produce rule standards comes due for most large businesses. These metrics will be used to examine how effective the TAN is in responding to questions and will ultimately be used to assess whether additional training and outreach to business are needed to help implement the produce rule.
We asked representatives from industry associations and other organizations we interviewed about their experiences submitting questions to the TAN. These representatives generally told us that wait times for answers from the TAN can be long, and some had not yet received answers to their questions. For example, representatives from one industry association told us it took 4 months to get an answer through the TAN.
FDA officials told us that, as of early October 2016, the agency had responded to about 72 percent of all TAN questions received. Officials said FDA is currently studying how long it takes, on average, to respond to questions submitted to the TAN, and the agency is working to decrease its response time. Also, according to FDA officials, response times to TAN questions may be longer in some cases because agency guidance on the produce rule and other FSMA rules is still under development, and the agency does not want to provide information through the TAN that might conflict with the subsequent guidance. In addition, officials said that while simpler questions can often be addressed immediately by FDA staff that monitor the TAN, about 95 percent of the questions are more complex. These questions are forwarded to subject matter experts within the agency and, consequently, require more time for a response. According to FDA, median response time for questions forwarded to subject matter experts is 22 business days. FDA officials told us that if a question is still unaddressed after 30 days, FDA will send an automated message saying the agency is working on a response; a second automated message is sent after 60 days if the question is still unresolved.
The Packer writs in an editorial that the produce industry is justified in being upset about the latest accusation of lax food safety practices, but also acknowledges the industry has a strong food safety message and should be eager to share it.
It’s important that retailers and foodservice providers know the industry’s response to the most recent attack, this time from a United Kingdom study that raises concerns about salmonella in bagged salads.
How to do that?
Because at retail, the person consumers are going to ask is some minimum-wage kid who is stocking produce when a shopper walks by.
Most people want to go shopping, not do homework.
They are an abundance of tools that have been developed to help support risk communication at retail.
On the front lines.
Where sales are won and lost.
Market microbial food safety at retail rather than offering boilerplates.


Panasonic G9 Field Test I: Can the Micro Four Thirds camera keep up with large-sensor competition?
posted Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 1:59 PM EST
Panasonic's new G9 mirrorless camera employs a DSLR-like design but is part of a lightweight and relatively compact ecosystem. Even when paired with a 100-400mm lens (200-800mm-equivalent thanks to the Four Thirds sensor), the combination remains easy to travel with and handhold for extended periods of time. It's this flexibility that really helps the G9 shine.
In this first Field Test for the powerful G9, I discuss the camera's design, image sensor, autofocus and performance. The 20-megapixel Four Thirds sensor that helps create a compact camera system also leads to the G9 coming up a bit short at higher ISOs. However, no camera is without tradeoffs and in other ways, the G9 can keep up with the best APS-C and full-frame cameras. The G9 can shoot at 20 frames per second with full continuous autofocus, for example.
The speed is not the only pro-level aspect of the G9. The new Panasonic camera also has fantastic controls which rival that of a professional DSLR in terms of feel and functionality. To learn more about my initial hands-on experience with the G9, click here. Stay tuned to Imaging Resource for additional Field Tests for the Panasonic G9, including the upcoming Part II, which will focus on the video features of the 4K-capable G9.


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The New York Jets roster is largely unchanged from 2011. Nearly all of their starters have returned, and they have made only minor offseason moves. However, they are still primarily the same team that reached AFC championship games after the 2009 and 2010 seasons. Perhaps more importantly, they are facing a much easier schedule this year than they have faced in recent history.
The AFC East should be a strong division this year, and the Jets will need to have a good season in order to win the division and/or make the playoffs.
Here is a look at the Jets' 2012 regular season schedule, along with predictions for each game.
Week 1 vs. Buffalo Bills (Win 1-0)
While the Bills have improved in the offseason by adding defensive ends Mario Williams and Mark Anderson, I do not think that will be enough to end the Jets' reign of dominance over Buffalo. The Jets are 5-1 against the Bills in the Rex Ryan era, and they will start their season by making it 6-1.
Week 2 at Pittsburgh Steelers (Loss 1-1)
The Jets are implementing a new offensive system and have shown in the preseason that it still needs work. I expect them to be playing mediocre at best on offense early in the season. For this reason, they will not yet be ready to handle the Pittsburgh Steelers. The fact that this game is on the road only makes it harder.
Week 3 at Miami Dolphins (Win 2-1)
The Dolphins have had one of the worst offseasons of any team in the NFL. They will be starting a rookie quarterback and recently gave away their only good wide receiver. Prior to that, they were tied for the last place spot in the AFC East last season. The Dolphins should be strong favorites to come dead last in the division this year. In the middle of a tough stretch of games to start the season, the Jets should get their lone easy victory in Week 3.
Week 4 vs. San Francisco 49ers (Loss 2-2)
This will be a low scoring battle of great defenses and mediocre offenses. Ultimately, I think the 49ers—who are legitimate Super Bowl contenders—will win this one. The Jets start out with a tough stretch of games in their opening five weeks before it gets easier. There will be some grumbles from the fanbase after Week 4 when the Jets are 2-2.
Week 5 vs. Houston Texans (Loss 2-3)
The Jets' challenging start comes to a climax against the Houston Texans. The Texans have arguably the best defense in the NFL and a serviceable offense. With a mediocre 2-3 start, the Jets will take heavy criticism in the media. Don't worry though. The rest of the schedule is a cakewalk by comparison.
Week 6 vs. Indianapolis Colts (Win 3-3)
The Colts have one of the worst defenses in the NFL. Rookie quarterback Andrew Luck—though the No. 1 overall pick of the draft—is nonetheless a rookie and is not surrounded by much talent on offense. Keep in mind Peyton Manning's rookie year in 1998 as precedent. This will be an easy win for the Jets.
Week 7 at New England Patriots (Loss 3-4)
The Patriots are always a tough team to beat at home. While they have suffered some setbacks in the offseason and have question marks on their offensive line, they will be a strong team once again this year. The Jets will fall below .500 for the last time of their season after they lose to the Patriots in Week 7.
Week 8 vs. Miami Dolphins (Win 4-4)
With all the steps that the Dolphins have taken backward this offseason, a home game against Miami is one of the easiest matchups in the NFL. The Jets will win this one easily, sweep Miami and get back to .500 for their bye week.
Week 9 Bye (4-4)
Head coach Rex Ryan will again give his players a few days off and again be criticized for it. Nobody will really care.
Week 10 at Seattle Seahawks (Win 5-4)
Right after a bye is the perfect time to have a road game on the west coast. The Seahawks have some cause for optimism this year with several new faces on the team. However, they will be relying heavily on rookies and are coming off a weak showing in 2011. The Jets will be well prepared for this game and will end up victorious.
Week 11 at St. Louis Rams (Win 6-4)
The St. Louis Rams do not have much to look forward to in 2012. Their new defensive coordinator is suspended, and their new offensive coordinator is a man who Jets fans know about from first-hand experience. Schottenheimer will make the Rams offense even worse than it was in 2011. This game will not be close. Furthermore, by winning their third straight game the Jets will get their first relief of the year from media disparaging.
Week 12 vs. New England Patriots (Loss 6-5)
Both the Jets and Patriots will be coming off of short weeks to play each other on Thanksgiving. While it is usually a good bet to pick the Jets and Patriots to split home and home, the Jets often have let down games when they are on winning streaks. The Patriots will pull off the sweep on Thanksgiving day and put some pressure back on the Jets.
Week 13 vs. Arizona Cardinals (Win 7-5)
Cardinals star wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald will do nothing against Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis. With their primary offensive weapon neutralized, the Cardinals will not have enough firepower to accomplish much against the Jets defense. This is likely to be a low scoring game, but the Jets will pull out a win.
Week 14 at Jacksonville Jaguars (Win 8-5)
The Jaguars were crushed by the Jets in 2011, and there will be a similar result in 2012. The Jaguars did not making significant improvements in the offseason. There is also the possibility that star running back Maurice Jones-Drew will not play. Even assuming he does play for the Jaguars, this game will be a second straight win for New York.
Week 15 at Tennessee Titans (Win 9-5)
Most likely this will be a significant game for the Titans, with them still alive in the wild card race. They will put up a good fight, and this will be a close game. However, the Titans do not match up well against the Jets on offense or defense. Stretching their streak to three games, the Jets will win this game in Tennessee.
Week 16 vs. San Diego Chargers (Win 10-5)
The Chargers have made a few positive additions this offseason, including rookie linebacker Melvin Ingram. However, the Chargers are known for playing poorly on the east coast and poorly late in the season. This game will be meaningful for the Chargers, but they will not come through. An easy stretch of opponents will result in the Jets putting together a surprising (to some) four-game winning streak.
Week 17 at Buffalo Bills (Loss 10-6)
As a division game, this will be an important game to both teams no matter what their records are. Most likely the Jets will be in a position to clinch a wild card spot with a win. This will definitely be a close game. The Jets often sweep the Bills in the regular season. However, I am picking the Bills to win a nail-biter and split the season series. With the loss, I predict the Jets will back into an AFC wild card spot.
The Jets' easy schedule this year has a significant impact on predicting the results of their season. Here are some breakdowns of where the Jets will get their wins and losses in 2012.
AFC East Position: Second
AFC Playoff Position: Sixth
Final Record: 10-6
Home Record: 5-3
Road Record: 5-3
Jets vs. AFC East: 3-3
Jets vs. AFC South: 3-1
Jets vs. NFC West: 3-1


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I bet you can remember cracking a pretty big smile when you visited Walt Disney World for the first time as a kid. If I recall correctly, there’s not much that compares to the magic of Mickey Mouse. Perhaps now you still occasionally flip through old photo albums and stumble upon quality relics like big ol’ Goofy with you on his lap. If it weren’t for the photographers in the park, these memories might not have been captured and could have easily slipped away. Photographers are able to capture fleeting moments and emotions through the pictures they shoot.
Photography Career Guide Overview
- What a Photographer Does
- A Typical Day for a Photographer
- Salary and Career Progression for a Photographer
- Best Locations for Photographers
- Pros and Cons of Being a Photographer
- What You Need to Know for a Career in Photography
- Photography Resources
- Careers Related to Photography
- Companies with Jobs and Internships in Photography
What a Photographer Does
A photographer is a person who takes photographs. Some photographers explore subjects like landscapes and portraits. Other photographers specialize in subjects unique to photography, including street photography, documentary photography, wedding photography, and commercial photography.
A Typical Day for a Photographer
A typical day for a photographer can range a lot but generally involves taking pictures in a studio or at an event and editing the pictures. Here are some things you might encounter:
- shooting photos at a studio, sometimes for hours at a time
- picking up and carrying around gear like cameras and multiple lenses
- traveling between photo shoot locations
- setting up lights
- editing image files and burning CDs
- meeting with a director to discuss an upcoming shoot
- talking with clients and your rep on the phone
- purchasing additional memory cards, filters, and other equipment
Salary and Career Progression for a Photographer
The average yearly salary for a photographer is $17,000-$86,000, which is a pretty large range. Where your salary falls in that range depends on how long you’ve been in the industry or what type of photography you do (fashion and commercial generally make more than news and sport). Beyond that you can consider becoming a Commercial Photographer ($21,000-$83,000), a Graphic Artist/Designer ($23,000-$57,000), or a Freelance Photographer ($18,000-$201,000).
Best Locations for Photographers
Here are some hot spots for photographers:
- Chicago, Illinois
- Orlando, Florida
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Miami, Florida
- New York, New York
- Los Angeles, California
Pros and Cons of Being a Photographer
- You can turn a hobby into a career
- Some travel if you’d like
- Flexibility across industries
- Demanding clients
- Exhausting long shoots
- Until you’re established pay can be low
What You Need to Know for a Career in Photography
Photography is generally self-taught, although there are a few degree programs. To be a photographer you’ll need to have both business technical knowledge and creativity. To get your pictures to look the best you’ll need to know about specific cameras, lighting, and digital imaging. It’s a good idea to try to get some hands-on experience with an established photographer. You could also do a local workshop to get experience. Either way you’ll want to showcase your work in albums online. By doing this you put your name out there, and you can get feedback on your work.
If photography still sounds like your cup of tea, here are a few things you should do to get started.
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Khokhlov sacked as Kuban Krasnodar manager
By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy
MOSCOW, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Russian Premier League side Kuban Krasnodar have sacked coach Dmitry Khokhlov after a disappointing opening to the domestic campaign, the club announced in a statement on Wednesday.
Kuban are bottom with four points from eight matches.
"Given the team's poor results at the start of the Russian championship and the obvious fact that things will not improve under the current training staff, Kuban's directors have come to the decision to prematurely end our working relationship with head coach Dmitry Khokhlov," the club said on www.fckuban.ru.
Former Russia midfielder Khokhlov, 39, took over as manager at the club from the south of Russia in June this year. (Reporting by Dmitriy Rogovitskiy; editing by Ken Ferris)
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