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Vegan Yorkshire Pudding Recipes
Vegan Yorkshire Puddings. Another recipe is posted below.
One of the things I did miss when I first went vegan was Yorkshire Pudding.
Its taken some time but Ive played about until Ive got it right.
Different methods seem to work for different people so don't get too disheartened if your first attempt needs a little work.
Enough for 12 Small Vegan Yorkshire puddings.
8 oz Self-raising flour
1 Tea spoon of lemon juice - fresh if you can as often bottled lemon juice has non veggie sweeteners.
1/2 pt Vegan Soya Yogurt -unsweetened and plain
1/2 pt Vegan Soya Milk or rice milk - unsweetened
pinch of salt
Pinch of baking powder
Mix all the ingredients together well to make a runny batter.
Heat you yorkshire pudding tray with a little vegetable oil in advance, until hot.
Carefully spoon the mixture into the tray without over filling.
Cook the vegan yorkshire puddings at about 180 C for about 20 minutes or until golden brown on top.
Try adding some herbs to your Vegan Yorkshire pudding mix for extra flavour.
Here is another recipe for Vegan Yorkshire Puddings. Thanks to Kris Dawson for passig it on.
Although I have not had a chance to try this one yet. Im told they rise very well, almost like traditional yorkshire puddings.
Once I have a chance to try this recipe I will update this blog and post some photos for you all.
3oz vegan margarine (I used oil)
4oz self raising flour, sieved
1/2 pint soya milk
2oz whole egg replacer
2fl oz water
1tsp baking powder
Preheat the oven to 220c/425f/GM7.
Put 1tsp vegan margarine into each hole of a 9 hole bun tray - I used oil.
Mix the flour and salt well. Mix the egg replacer into a smooth paste
with the water then mix that in a jug with the soya milk.
Place the bun tray in the oven for 10mins so it gets very hot.
Add half the liquid containing egg replacer to the dry flour mix.
Whisk to a smooth paste then incorporate the rest of the liquid until
you have a smooth batter.
Remove the bun tin from the oven and very quickly spoon the batter
into each hole - it should sizzle. Return to the oven immediately and
bake for 15-20 mins.
I used a 4 hole YP tin, and made a further six in a silicone muffin
container. The 4 large ones did rise a little and were very crispy,
bit I used a bit too much oil in the tin.
The ones made in the muffin container, were small, about 3" height,
but were more cakey inside... I don't think vegan YPs will ever open
up like original ones.
Oh and it didn't mention in my recipe when to add the baking powder,
so I put it in with the flour and salt
"Thanks for this great recipe for the vegan yorkshires. Mine worked out pretty well but you do need to get the tray and oil very hot for best results."
Mar 01 2012, 14:55 PMby VEGAN YORKSHIRE PUDDING GURU
"Is this a picture of the puddings you made and do they really rise that much? I've got the flavour right with other recipes but never been able to get them to rise properly..."
Feb 28 2012, 22:12 PMby Small Bear


Even the Brainerd City Council wasn't immune to the hype surrounding Monday's Minnesota Vikings showdown with the Green Bay Packers.
Council president Kevin Goedker started the council meeting about two minutes early - joking that he didn't even like baseball (that's what he said) but understood others might - and even with a short agenda council members alluded to the football game throughout the meeting.
During his regular report the council Mayor Wallin updated the game score, with the Vikings leading 7-0.
The council meeting lasted about 40 minutes. Garnering the most discussion and time at Monday's meeting, almost a half hour, was a discussion concerning a fence on 15th Street Southeast that had been built in the city's right-of-way.
"But I do want to get to the football game so I hope we get enough for the motion and go," council member Bob Olson said toward the end of the fence discussion.
For the record, the council in a 4-3 vote allowed the fence to stay as long as a wooden portion is converted to chain link and the property owners agree that if the city needs to access the right-of-way that the fence be moved at the homeowners' expense. Voting against were council members Anne Nelson Fisher, Lucy Nesheim and Bonnie Cumberland.
In other action, the council:
Held a moment of silence for former council member Frank Asplund, who died Sept. 29. "He served our council and city well," Goedker said.
Wallin served on the council with Asplund for 14 years.
"He was very compassionate and congenial," Wallin said. "He had good common sense when came to anything he dealt with and he had a good sense of humor, a way of making you walk away with a smile on your face.
"He was friend and God truly blessed this community with him. He will be missed."
Set a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2 for proposed assessments for the South Eighth Street project, the downtown reconstruction project, sidewalk reconstruction, and northeast Brainerd street resurfacing projects.
Approved a two-way stop sign at G Street and 10th Avenue Northeast.
Adopted a resolution requesting a $1,305,000 advance of state aid construction funds.
Adjourned the Safety and Public Works Committee to 2 p.m. on Oct. 13 for the College Drive construction project.
Adjourned to a public meeting concerning the city's proposed hunting ordinance at 6 p.m. today at the Brainerd Police Department.
Was reminded that the next budget meeting would be 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 at city hall.
Was informed by Cumberland that downtown parking enforcement would be stepped up after business owners complained of people who should be parking in pay lots instead parking in front of businesses.
"People are going to have to get a few tickets first before they understand," Cumberland told the Safety and Public Works Committee.
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Tim Parks' NYRBlog post about the Charlie Hebdo affair, "The Limits of Satire," basically tries to analyze the situation from a utilitarian point of view. In other words he is more interested in the usefulness of satire than in questions of freedom of speech (or, for that matter, hate speech) that have occupied the mass media ever sense the attack on the Charlie Hebdo office. He argues that the utilitarian objective of satire is "to produce an enlightened perspective on events, not to start riots." While I do not question this position, I feel it overlooks the extent to which it has been undermined by the Internet. When Jonathan Swift wrote his "Modest Proposal" essay in 1729 (the case study behind Parks' analysis), he could reasonably assume that his readers would be members of an "enlightened" class of Englishmen, rather than either the starving Irish or a coven of insane gourmet chefs. American satirists, such as Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert, and Bill Maher, probably also take for granted that most of their regular viewers are similarly "enlightened" and thoughtful, looking for something other than having their opinions reinforced by Fox. The problem is that, thanks to the Internet's capacity for mass distribution of content to sites about which we know little if anything, such content is now encountered by less "enlightened" audiences; and, more often than not, the consequences are not good.
Parks gave another telling example. After it appeared, Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses was just another book, enjoyed by many readers and respected by many others. Then it got on the Booker shortlist, and the newspaper India Today decided that it was now worthy of attention. They ran an interview with Rushdie, after which a large swath of South Asian readers learned that the characters included prostitutes named after Muhammad's wives. That was the one small step that led to Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa, putting the author's life at risk.
I take the Rushdie story as a case study in pre-Internet mass communication. Charlie Hebdo, on the other hand, is a post-Internet story. Whatever benefits satire may provide for "enlightened" discussion, we can no longer assume that it is read only by those those respect such an enlightened stance.


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THE 2016 SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY BLUEPRINT
Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan / CCMP
Partnership in Action
The Estuary Partnership is currently updating the 2016 CCMP or Estuary Blueprint! We’re interested in your thoughts. What are your priorities for the future of the Estuary?
Visit https://www.sfestuary.org/estuary-blueprint-update for opportunities to get involved, or contact firstname.lastname@example.org or (415) 778-6673 to share your ideas and for more information.
In 1992, when the San Francisco Estuary Partnership produced its first Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP), the community of participants was looking largely backward in time to the 19th century before massive population growth and ensuing development occurred around the Estuary. At the time, the science of how the Estuary worked was in its infancy, and the politics of managing San Francisco Bay and the Delta were embroiled in various battles over water supply, dredging, fish, pollution, and other environmental ills.
The 1992 CCMP used new science and regional partnerships to begin resolving natural resource conflicts and fixing damage to habitats and species of the Estuary. Its framers crafted goals and actions with an eye toward restoring the landscapes and waterways of a less disturbed era. They cast restoration objectives with the intent of bringing the Estuary back to the health and vitality of an earlier time.
Twenty-five years later, we know that we can never recover that Estuary; it is too altered by human development, too invaded by alien species, and too changed from the way it used to function historically. We do know, however, that we can bring back vibrant, healthy habitats to some parts of the Estuary, and that they in turn help recover endangered species. We also know that despite population growth, we can still conserve water, grow wetlands, green cities, and protect some wildlife. With these successes in mind, and with access to so many new shorelines for recreation and personal enjoyment, those who live around the Estuary are more eager than ever to help sustain it.
So what is to be the future of the Estuary that sits at the heart of 12 Bay Area and Central Valley counties and serves all of California as the hub of a critical water supply system? How can the people and communities that surround the Estuary best protect this economic engine and ecological treasure? Can we sustain all the beneficial uses of its waters—for drinking, irrigation, shipping, fishing, recreation—while reducing stresses on its habitats and wildlife and restoring them to health? If climate change and population growth continue as projected, what will the Estuary look like in 50 years? How do we plan for both expected changes and those we cannot yet foresee? What actions can we take now to help ensure a thriving Estuary in 2050, 35 years in the future?
These are the pressing questions that the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, working with hundreds of partners over the last 20 years, has sought to answer. And it is these questions that shape the core of our new Estuary Blueprint (formerly the CCMP). The purpose of the 2016 Estuary Blueprint is to provide all of us who call this place home with a working blueprint for cleaner waters, enhanced habitats, and healthier fish and wildlife.
Estuary Blueprint History
The San Francisco Estuary Partnership’s Estuary Blueprint is a collaborative agreement about what should be done to protect and restore the Estuary — a road map for restoring the Estuary’s chemical, physical, and biological processes to health. The first CCMP, required under a reauthorization of the Clean Water Act in 1987, was produced in 1993 after several years of status assessments and policy discussions in which over 100 different stakeholder groups took part. It was the first plan to recognize that the Bay and the Delta should be managed as one Estuary, and remains the only plan of such scope to date. After 14 years of implementation, the CCMP was updated in 2007 to include new and revised actions while maintaining many actions from the original.
The 2016 Estuary Blueprint reflects the changing context of Estuary management over the last few decades. While this version incorporates many of the original CCMP goals, it has a new focus on the need to plan and adapt to climate change. In addition, the actions in the new Estuary Blueprint address the results of our 2015 State of the Estuary assessment. This assessment examined numerous science-based indicators of the health of five Estuary attributes: water, living resources, habitats, ecological processes, and people. This strong link between science and management will allow for a more direct evaluation of the outcome of our Estuary Blueprint actions.
The 2016 Estuary Blueprint revision represents a major overhaul of earlier documents. The 2007 CCMP included over 200 actions. The new structure includes 32 actions to be carried out over five years, connected to 35-year goals and objectives. By focusing on a more manageable number of priority actions, and updating priorities every five years, the Partnership expects to be more responsive and adaptable in the face of uncertain and changing environmental conditions.
2016 Estuary Blueprint Revision Process
The revision of the Estuary Blueprint took place over nearly three years and is the result of countless hours of effort from a broad range of organizations across the Estuary. The 2016 revision was guided by the following key objectives:
- Implement a focused and strategic revision process that results in less than 50 priority actions.
- Increase coordination and integration within the San Francisco.
- Estuary Partnership’s entire planning area, both within the Bay and the Delta.
- Acknowledge key regional plans and policy documents developed since publication of the first CCMP.
- Include measurements to track progress for all actions and develop a tracking tool.
- Integrate the State of the Estuary Report, State of the Estuary Conference, the Partnership’s Strategic Plan, and the Estuary Blueprint in an adaptive management framework for the Partnership.
Several governing bodies directed the efforts of the Estuary Blueprint revision:
- San Francisco Estuary Partnership Implementation Committee (IC): The 27-member IC is made up of partners who are engaged in implementing the Estuary Blueprint. The IC meets quarterly and provided overall guidance, interim input, and final review and approval of the revised Estuary Blueprint.
- IC Estuary Blueprint Steering Committee: Comprised of volunteers from IC. The 12-person Steering Committee met periodically to guide and direct the overall update as representatives of the IC, and served as content experts on Estuary Blueprint Program Area Subcommittees.
- Estuary Blueprint Topic Area Subcommittees: Three initial subcommittees were formed on topic areas corresponding to the attributes of a healthy ecosystem as described in the 2011 State of the Bay Report: Living Resources, Habitats, and Water. The subcommittees were composed of Steering Committee members, San Francisco Estuary Partnership staff, and 20 additional outside experts. The subcommittees were responsible for developing key content for the revised Estuary Blueprint. Initially, the subcommittees met separately to develop content. They later joined to review the entire suite of goals, objectives, and actions.
- San Francisco Estuary Partnership Staff Team: The staff team managed the overall Estuary Blueprint revision process, including: developing agendas for and facilitating Steering Committee meetings; providing guidance for, and participating directly on, Program Area Subcommittees; and compiling all content.
- San Francisco Estuary Partnership Partners and General Public: Interested parties not on the Steering Committee and Topic Area Subcommittees provided input on interim products throughout the development process. A public draft of the Estuary Blueprint was released in 2015, and the document was revised in response to written comments. In addition, staff engaged partners and the general public through various forums including presentations, meetings, the San Francisco Estuary Partnership website, and State of the Estuary Conferences in 2013 and 2015.
ESTUARY BLUEPRINT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Embedded below is the Executive Summary for the Estuary Blueprint. You may read it on-screen, print it, or download it for your own records or sharing with others.

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Bheng becomes a single mother to her daughter Joy when her boyfriend refuses to take responsibility for their child. When Joy grew older, Bheng is forced to work abroad to make ends meet for her family. She left Joy in the care of her grandparents. In the absence of her mother’s guidance, Joy started exploring her sexuality and ended up getting pregnant by her boyfriend, who eventually left her to raise their baby alone.
How hurtful is it for a single mother to learn that her beloved child will go through the same ordeal as she had in the past? What will a daughter do to make up for her mistakes?
Also part of the episode are Liz Alindogan, Bea Saw, Alyanna Angeles, Pen Medina, and Julian Estrada. It is directed by Garry Fernando and written by Jimuel Dela Cruz and Arah Jell Badayos. “MMK” is led by business unit head Malou Santos and creative manager Mel Mendoza-del Rosario.
Capturing the hearts of Filipino viewers all over the world for the past 23 years, “Maalaala Mo Kaya” has legions of fans from different generations who cried, laughed, fell in love, and got inspired through the real-life narratives of the show’s letter-senders.
Don’t miss the longest-running drama anthology in Asia, “MMK,” this Saturday (March 28), 7:15PM, after “Home Sweetie Home” on ABS-CBN. For more updates, log on to MMK.abs-cbn.com, follow @MMKOfficial on Twitter, and “like” Facebook.com/MMKOfficial. Tweet your thoughts about this Saturday’s episode by using the hashtag #MMKMothersLove.


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K&N FilterK&N Filter, Pacesetter Header and Flowmaster Muffler:
My camera was toast at the time we did the installations, but I took some post installation pics once I got a new camera:
The K&N (model RE-0810 - note that this is a off-road racing model with only a 1 year unlimited mileage warranty) was the easiest part of the install. We took off the stock air box, put a 1" long piece of 3" steel pipe inside the end of the K&N outlet to reinforce it, put it directly into the stock air tube and used the stock clamp to hold it in place. I built a bracket to support the front with sheet metal, bolted it to one of the stock air box mounting points and used a sheet metal screw to hold it to the K&N. Then we drilled a 1/2" hole in the side of the outlet to insert the vacuum tube into (later I siliconed it in).
These pics of the header don't show much. Its the Pacesetter header for a 90 or older 4.0L XJ. The only modifications we had to do were to plug the EGR valve fitting (boxed area in the first pic) using a piece of 3/4" round stock and mig welding it in, trim the new gasket around the intake ports and to cut off the flange where it meets the cat converter as the 91 and after XJs don't have a flange. It was recommended to me to weld the Y-pipe to the header, but we couldn't figure out an easy way to do it after it was installed, and didn't figure we could guarantee the angles (or even get it in easily) if we did it before.
The Flowmaster muffler (model 42442) was a relatively routine install, the 2 1/4" outlet fro the cat fit directly into the 2 1/2" inlet to the muffler, we used a piece of 2 1/4" pipe inside the outlet of the muffler to the 2" tailpipe (that's gotta be replaced one of these days with a 2 1/2" one).
Net result: a bit more power, roughly the same mileage I was getting with the busted up exhaust we replaced (23-24 MPG - imperial gallons), and a REALLY nice sound.

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By this June, the Supreme Court will likely issue a ruling on the future of race-conscious admissions in two cases brought against Harvard and the University of North Carolina by Students for Fair Admissions.
But the recent challenges are not novel: Including the Harvard and University of North Carolina cases, race-conscious admissions have faced scrutiny in over half a dozen Supreme Court lawsuits since the late 1970s. And since the 1960s, Brown community members have demonstrated longstanding support for race-conscious admissions, with administrators contributing to amicus briefs and students demanding change from the University while voicing their opinions in op-eds published in The Herald.
The Herald compiled a timeline of student engagement with affirmative action, using witness testimony, Herald news articles and opinions submissions and interviews with expert historians.
1960s: ‘We will leave the campus until Brown University commits itself to our demands’
The first nationwide initiative on affirmative action came in an executive order from President John F. Kennedy in 1961, which aimed to ensure “equal opportunity in employment” by the federal government. Over the next five years, institutions of higher education began to adapt the ideas from Kennedy’s executive order as “a form of recompense for shutting black people out of the economy and out of education,” said Stefan Bradley, professor of Black studies and history at Amherst College.
In December 1968, 65 Black students on Brown’s campus staged a walkout to protest the University’s lack of diversity in admissions, attracting more than 1,000 non-Black supporters, The Herald previously reported. With only 2.3% of Brown students at the time identifying as Black, community members demanded the University increase its Black student population to 11%, in order to reflect the demographics of the national population.
Glenn Dixon ’70, a leader of the movement, said at the time that Black students “cannot accept the evasive responses we have gotten and we will leave the campus until Brown University commits itself to our demands.”
After the students spent three days at Congdon Street Baptist Church following the walkout, the University pledged $1.2 million to recruit more Black students and work with the protestors towards reaching their proposed goals for the admission of Black students, The Herald reported at the time.
That night, 2,000 students signed a petition in support of the pro-affirmative action advocates — though representatives for the protestors said they were “in no way satisfied with these concessions,” which they called “racist in nature.”
The University saw an increase of roughly 300% in applications from Black students in the following admissions cycle — 450 in total. When admissions decisions were released in the spring of 1969, 270 of the 2,100 accepted applicants were Black.
1970s: Affirmative action sees first major legal challenge
The 1970s saw the first significant challenges to race-conscious admissions in the justice system. In the Supreme Court case against the University of California at Davis, a white student, Allan Bakke, claimed that he was denied admission to Davis’ medical school on account of a racial quota.
In May 1977, a Brown representative attended a conference in which attorneys from various Ivy League schools discussed filing an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of maintaining a “minority quota” in college admissions. But Brown did not ultimately file an amicus brief in support of UC Davis.
On campuses, student engagement with affirmative action advocacy was “becoming increasingly popular,” Bradley said.
On Oct. 8, 1977, hundreds of students from Brown and local universities — including the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College — gathered outside of Providence City Hall to express their support for affirmative action, according to an Oct. 11, 1977 article by The Herald.
And one month before the Bakke decision in June 1978, David Egilman ’74 MD ’78 published an op-ed while serving on the medical school admissions committee discussing the lack of diversity in the medical school applicant pool.
“The average person on an admissions committee (was) looking for the platonic ideal of themselves — white,” Egilman said in an interview with The Herald.
“I was … making the arguments (for minority students) from inside the room,” he said. “But we would (often) lose.”
The Supreme Court partially sided with UC Davis in 1978, permitting race to be used as a factor in admissions, but also ruled that using quotas in the admission of minority students was unconstitutional.
Following the decision, Brown reassessed its practices to ensure that it was not using quotas in its admissions process, according to the Center at Brown for the Study of Slavery and Justice.
By 1989, 8% of the admitted class identified as Black, lower than the goal the University set 20 years earlier, according to Encyclopedia Brunoniana.
2000s, 2010s: From on-campus advocacy to legal support
In 2003, two cases brought against the University of Michigan — Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger — reached the Supreme Court, challenging Michigan’s race-conscious admission practices. Brown and 7 other Ivy-plus institutions joined Michigan in an amicus brief, supporting the use of race as a factor in admissions.
Such legal involvement signified a pivot for affirmative action advocacy. According to Bradley, in the early 2000s, “litigation became the way of protesting.”
“Rather than protesting on campus, (advocacy) went to court,” he said. While demonstrations on Brown’s campus had subsided, the University’s commitment transformed into legal action.
Following these two decisions, the court upheld affirmative action but substantially narrowed its scope — eliminating the use of points systems for admissions that used race as a factor alone, but allowing schools to consider race in a “narrowly tailored” manner.
In 2007, a Herald poll found that a majority of students — 53% — supported race-conscious admission practices. In a follow-up article, then Dean of Admission James Miller ’73 said that “in the admissions process, we’re looking at a dozen or more variables for each applicant. (Race) is not ever the sole factor.”
Around this time, two students — Jason Carr ’09 and Neil Vangala ’09 — founded “Asian Equality in Admissions,” a student group on campus that aimed to investigate Brown’s admission policies out of concern that they discriminated against Asian applicants.
The response to AEA was cold from 26 students — many of whom led affinity groups for Asian and Asian-American students — who signed an op-ed that spring. The AEA “did not form organically as a response to community concerns,” the op-ed claimed, adding that it came as “no surprise that it has not received support from any Asian or Asian-American student groups at Brown.”
In 2013 and 2016, Brown continued to legally advocate for affirmative action. In two cases against the University of Texas, one decided in 2013 and the other in 2016, Brown filed additional amicus briefs along with other top-ranked colleges to affirm its commitment to race-conscious admissions. The Court maintained its precedent of supporting race as a factor in admissions.
Today: ‘Not just sitting on our hands waiting for the decision to come down’
As it did for cases in the 2000s, the University has filed amicus briefs alongside other top colleges to express its support for affirmative action in both current cases. With the current court’s conservative lean, the future of affirmative action in college admissions is uncertain.
Several students told The Herald they believe affirmative action should be maintained to account for the institutional inequality present in the broader education system.
“There have been many centuries of oppression and marginalization of communities of color,” Willow Stewart ’26 said. “There is nothing equal about the system as a whole.”
“Everyone has the potential to be where they want to be,” said Dawood Olaniyi ’26, a QuestBridge scholar. “But that doesn’t mean that everyone is at the same starting point.”
But student concerns about a potential ruling against affirmative action have not spurred them into action. “I don’t think there’s anyone actually advocating as much as there is normal conversation about it,” said Cannon Caspar ’25.
Student opinions also may not necessarily line up with the opinions of the broader American public — 73% of which believes that colleges should not consider race in admissions, according to a Pew Research Center poll.
Stewart added that more students should go “on offense” in describing how they benefit from affirmative action — while noting that the policy is still the “least” colleges and universities could have done for Black students after centuries of discrimination.
Bradley added that institutions of higher education that “seriously believe in diversity” should also go “on offense.”
“If they truly believe in racial diversity, then put things in motion to increase diversity and increase the retention of these students,” he said.
The University is preparing for a decision overturning affirmative action, The Herald previously reported. Logan Powell, associate provost for enrollment, said in this month’s faculty meeting that Brown is “not just sitting on our hands waiting for the decision to come down. We’re doing anything and everything that we possibly can.”
This includes expanded outreach to applicants of color: The University plans to go on a recruitment trip with Howard University, a historically Black university, by visiting 15 cities in the south and southwest, according to the article.
Affirmative action, Bradley noted, “has benefited white students, faculty, staff and institutions much more than people of color.”
Those groups, he said, “get the opportunity to learn from people that they wouldn't normally learn from,” he added. “In that way, diversity has worked to benefit them the most.”
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on affirmative action in June 2023.
Owen Dahlkamp is a Senior Staff Writer covering admissions, financial Aid and science & research. Hailing from San Diego, CA he is concentrating in political science and cognitive neuroscience with an interest in data analytics. In his free time, you can find him making spreadsheets at Dave’s Coffee.

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Regional Race to the Top?
New Jersey awards $1M to districts for improving special ed results.
Governor Chris Christie lavished praise, and cash, on 12 districts that have boosted test scores of their students with disabilities. The announcement also served as a preview of the state's growing ability to track and reward results throughout the system.
Acting DOE commissioner Chris Cerf, who joined Christie at the announcement, said: "We developed these awards to shine a spotlight on the needs of our students with disabilities, and to make sure that we as educators work tirelessly to improve their performance."
The state's K-12 districts were divided into five groupings, from wealthiest to most impoverished; two winners were selected from each group, and two high school districts as well.
Districts received up to $100,000. The money came from federal funds allocated through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
The DOE looked at proficiency rates in math and language arts and growth on the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge and the Alternative Proficiency Assessment (APA) in grades 4-8. High school districts were judged by their APA and the High School Proficiency Assessment results.
In this first year, the state DOE simply chose the winners; next year schools and districts will have to apply.
Cerf said he hopes the competition spurs both innovation and best practices that other districts and schools can follow.


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Mayor Matt Doherty wasn't really joking when he said the standing-room only crowd at Monday's Belmar Borough Council meeting was "All here for you, Gladys."
Longtime Belmar resident Gladys Meccia was honored with a special resolution, celebrating her 90th birthday, and recognizing her commitment and love of the borough during Monday's packed meeting that focused on a boardwalk reconstruction project.
But the standing-room only crowd saw the meeting kick off with the mayor awarding special resolutions, including one celebrating the longtime volunteer's recent 90th birthday. The borough council meeting for a moment turned into a belated birthday party.
Meccia is an active volunteer in Belmar, participating in several civic groups and showing her deep love of the borough through the decades. Born in Newark, Meccia vacationed in Belmar throughout the years and later moved to the borough.
The borough showed its love for Meccia by offering multiple rounds of applause to the longtime resident, as well as impromptu song.
After the resolution was read into the record by Doherty, the council chambers erupted into a round of "Happy Birthday to You," and then chants of "Gladys! Gladys!"
Meccia was accompanied by a friend and a granddaughter, one of several in her family.
The mayor greeted her with a celebratory hug, and during the recognition Meccia stood smiling, clasping her hands open and close in surprise.
"Oh goodness," she said.

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£50m Kingmoor Park plan unveiled
The public have been given their first glimpse of a £50m plan to expand a Carlisle industrial estate.
Environmental consultant Elizabeth Lees and Kingmoor Park chief executive Tony Goddard with the plans
The proposal, to develop a 90-acre patch of land at Kingmoor Park, could eventually create 3,500 jobs. Kingmoor Park chief executive Tony Goddard was at the exhibition to talk people through the plans. The development would see offices and warehouses built on a patch of land known as the Brunthill estate.
It will take between 15 and 20 years to fully complete and will eventually house just short of one million sq ft of warehousing and 400,000 sq ft of office space. The units will be offered to light industrial, distribution and warehousing companies.
Once complete it will link the existing Kingmoor North and Kingmoor Central developments to create one of the biggest industrial estates in the north west and Cumbria’s only strategic investment site. It will eventually be served by the Carlisle Northern Development Route (CNDR), although it is not dependent on it.
It is hoped permission will be secured by next March. Work on site infrastructure like roads, water and power supplies would then be started.
Mr Goddard said: “This is a tremendously exciting project and we are absolutely thrilled with it. This is a fantastic opportunity for Kingmoor Park, Carlisle and north Cumbria.
“When we kicked off the site in 1999, owner Brian Scowcroft had the intention of creating up to 5,000 jobs. We have created 1,500 already and it’s not unrealistic to say we’ll create the other 3,500 in the next 15 years, with this project a key part of that expansion.”
Kingmoor chiefs have worked on the expansion plans since the Brunthill site was added to the Kingmoor Park portfolio in 2003.The threat of recession has not dampened their enthusiasm. Mr Goddard added: “It has started before and will finish after the recession; it’s a long term development that will ride through the ups and downs of the economic cycle. We are fortunate to have bucked the economic trend.”

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Volkswagen AG’s new chief executive, Matthias Mueller, on Monday, called upon the vehicle maker’s executives to help change the corporate culture, as Volkswagen addresses the biggest challenge in its 78-year-old history following revelations of its large-scale cheating in emissions tests.
This means that Porsche AG, along with its Volkswagen Group parent company, may likely see a lot more executive shuffling in the near future – even after Blume takes the helm.
The Supervisory Board designated the Executive Board Member for Finance, Lutz Meschke (49), as the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board.
Matthias Müller will continue to be the chairman of Porsche AG until they find someone to take his position.
In the aftermath of the scandal, Porsche also lost its global sales boss Bernhard Maier, who was tapped to run VW’s Czech subsidiary Skoda, after that divison’s boss was moved to a new post overseeing North America.
“The 1-2 finish at the legendary Le Mans race with our 919 Hybrid technology platform was the icing on the cake”, said Dr. Porsche.
Volkswagen also said all of its affected brands would set up national websites to keep customers informed on developments.
“I am certain that Oliver Blume is the right choice for successfully continuing and further developing what we have built up together with Matthias Müller”.
German automaker Porsche is seeing increased growth this year with more than 20,000 vehicles delivered in the month of July.


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Bhubaneswar: Amid reports of attack on Kashmiris in various parts of the country after the death of 49 CRPF troopers in a suicide attack in Pulwama by a Jaish-e-Mohammad militant, the Odisha Police has assured to provide protection to Kashmiris in the state.
Stating that no incident of violence/harassment against Kashmiris has taken place in the state, Odisha Police has advised that in case of any trouble, people from Kashmir visiting/staying in Odisha can contact local police station or dial 100 from their phones for help.
No incident of violence/harassment against #Kashmiris reported in #Odisha. However, we are alert. In case of any trouble, people from Kashmir staying/visiting Odisha can contact local P.S or dial 100.
All help will be provided forthwith. We are duty bound to protect all of you! pic.twitter.com/RY42yW4vRr
— Odisha Police (@odisha_police) February 17, 2019
Yesterday, Srinagar Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu had urged everyone to make Kashmiris “feel safe and protected” after reports of targeted violence against Kashmiris in the country.
Targeted violence against Kashmiris in various parts of the country only helps the perpetrators of terror and division. Kashmiris have rendered innumerable sacrifices fighting terrorism and violence. Reach out – make them feel safe and protected. The Mayor’s appeal. Pls RT pic.twitter.com/DK4C3iqYZP
— Mayor of Srinagar (@MayorofS) February 16, 2019
Thousands of Kashmiris have laid down their lives fighting the scourge of violence, terror. To target and harass innocent Kashmiris outside Kashmir is a great disservice to the spirit of their sacrifices. These acts help the perpetrators of such attacks. Appeal for sanity, peace!
— Mayor of Srinagar (@MayorofS) February 15, 2019


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The new Louis Vuitton spring/summer 2010 campaign says bye bye to Madonna (Dolce & Gabbana's new girl) and makes room for a more sensible choice, (rolls out red carpet) super model Lara Stone. Who was only thought to be perfect when Marc Jacobs decided that he wanted more of a modern,iconic model who was still very sexy and beautiful. While continuing the Louis Vuitton theme of the New Traveler, Marc Jacobs decided to throw in a little peace and love vibe into the mix. I love it. When I daydream and Fantasize about fashion it totally looks like this, doves flying about and beautiful models lying around in grassy meadows.

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Anything’s a screen for the Pico Projector
Texas Instruments’s Pico Projector is small enough to fit in a cellphone (albeit a chunky one, if the prototype we saw is any indication) but bright enough to shine a 15-inch-wide image even in a well-lit room. TI first showed the device at last year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and it’s made only one public appearance since then, said TI representatives who busted it out during a small reception in New York last night.
Seeing really is believing with this tech. Point the Pico at any even vaguely flat surface—a wall, someone’s back, the palm of your hand—and it’s movie time. The model I tried works by shining red, green, and blue lasers on a tiny digital micromirror device—the same kind of chip that powers DLP movie-theater and living room projectors and rear-projection TVs. A new version in development uses light emitting diodes to save money, power and heat. Good thing, too, because the Pico I held last year made a loud whirring sound, courtesy of the cooling fan.
So when can you have your own Pico? It will likely first appear in a cellphone, and probably next year, said TI representative Kateri Gemperle. Will the first cellphone maker break the news at CES in early January? “We don’t think a manufacturer would let CES go by without announcing something,” said Gemperle. —Sean Captain


Barwani (Madhya Pradesh): An increase in viral fever cases has led to the Barwani district hospital getting overwhelmed with patients, with more than 54 children undergoing treatment on mattresses laid on the ground.
This comes at a time when there is a spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Speaking to ANI, Anita Singare, Chief Medical Health Officer (CMHO), Barwani said: "We are making arrangements for more Oxygen beds. There are also Newborn Stabilization Units (NBSU) at health centres where children can be admitted. We currently have 380 Oxygen beds, progress is being currently made on setting up 120 beds out of these. Work is ongoing on the 50 ICU beds that we have. There are 10 old Covid ICU beds in it, 6 general ICUs and 4 SDUs in clinics for women."
On the budget allocation, she added: "We get the budget under different heads for COVID. We used to get a budget for the Covid care centres, which is not being given, for now, there is the budget for mobility, IT, drugs and supplies, Oxygen, diagnostics and sampling."
"I got to know about the district hospitals and I talked to the civil surgeon about it. There is a training centre with 30 beds, we have given instructions for shifting a wing of our hospital there and it will happen within the next 1-2 days. There are children having viral infections coming to the district hospital."
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The voice of the farmer is the core of any ag marketing strategy. But it’s easy for that voice to get lost amid all the noise, especially during this past year.
That’s why early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, Farm Market iD, in partnership with DTN, conducted a survey of farmers to better understand their concerns and challenges. That survey provided us with detailed insights on how farmers were responding to the crisis, and how agribusiness partners could best support them.
But a lot changes in a year. Industries have adapted, vaccines have been rolling out for months, and it’s starting to look like things are getting back to normal.
However, one thing hasn’t changed: the voice of the farmer must remain front and center.
We recently conducted an additional survey to update our findings from last year. With nearly 350 respondents, we were able to identify new areas of concern for farmers, which include both the COVID-19 pandemic, changes in policy brought on by a new Administration and general attitudes about the current crop year.
Read on to learn more about farmers’ outlook on the recovery from COVID-19, as well as the 2021 Crop Year as a whole.
Shifting concerns about the virus.
From last year’s survey, we found that 42.8% of farmers were concerned about the impact of the virus on themselves personally, and 55.7% of farmers were worried about the impact on their business.
That concern has shifted in 2021.
According to our more recent survey, only 27.5% of farmers are extremely or very worried about the impact of the virus on themselves personally (a 35.8% decrease). 33.3% were extremely or very worried about the impact on their business (a 40.2% decrease).
The decrease can be attributed to a number of factors. One of them is likely the vaccine. We found that 72.9% of farmers are willing to take the vaccine once it becomes available.
However, there is still some concern about the handling of the virus going forward. 41.0% of farmers said they were pessimistic about the federal government’s plans to get the virus under control, with only 30.0% saying they were optimistic.
In terms of precautions, 51.0% of farmers say they are more conservative in their farming decisions. So there does seem to be some concern about the instability of the industry and the impact it could have on the business.
It’s also important to note that these more conservative farming decisions come in the middle of record high commodity prices. So even with a favorable market, farmers still are playing it somewhat safe.
Relationships with agribusiness.
When it comes to the relationship between farmers and their agribusiness partners, just over half of farmers (51.9%) expect business as usual going forward.
For those that still want to take COVID-19 precautions, here is the breakdown of how they want their partners to communicate with them:
- 30.3% prefer a phone call
- 23.9% prefer in-person visits with proper safety precautions
- 19.6% prefer email
- 16.4% prefer text messaging
- 11.2% prefer Zoom or other video chat
It’s clear from this data that different farmers have different expectations as to how their partners communicate with them. This is where it’s important to know your farmer, the challenges they may be facing, and what the best, personalized approach is to communicate with them.
2021 Crop Year outlook.
In addition to information on the COVID-19 situation, we also asked farmers to share their outlook on the 2021 Crop Year generally. This included a series of questions on the Biden Administration, expected policy changes, favorable interest rates & crop prices, and environmental programs.
According to our survey, when asked to rate the coming season on a scale of 1 to 10, the average result was 5.
In terms of specific policy impacts, 42.0% of farmers said they were neutral on the appointment of Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture. 34.5% were concerned or very concerned, and less than a quarter of farmers, 23.5%, were confident in that particular appointment.
In terms of specific policy issues that were most concerning to farmers:
- 67.9% of farmers said policy & trade
- 63.1% of farmers said taxes
- 59.7% of farmers said regulations
- 40.0% of farmers said climate change initiatives
Only 5.1% of farmers said they had no major concerns about the incoming administration’s policies.
We asked a few questions about farmers’ desire to participate in carbon credit programs. Nearly half of the farmers we surveyed (49.7%) said they were not interested, and 28.9% said that there were either participating or interested in participating only if they received compensation.
Finally, asked about how farmers were responding to favorable interest rates and commodity prices, and how that would impact their farm finances. 45.2% said that they were not planning on making any major purchases as a result of favorable conditions.
The ones who planned on making purchase prioritized the following items:
- 19.3% are purchasing new land
- 17.9% are purchasing a new automotive vehicle
- 16.6% are purchasing a new tractor
- 10.7% are purchasing a new machine shed or shop
Based on current commodity prices, 61.7% of farmers are considering forward contracting opportunities for the 2021 crop year.
For a number of reasons, both COVID-related and not, the market is in a much more favorable position than this time last year. That said, farmers still have concerns that all of us should be attentive to.
The more you know about the farmer or group of farmers you’re working with, the more attuned to their particular situation you’ll be. That way, you’ll be able to provide solutions directly applicable to them, increasing the likelihood of doing business.
To access the full report of the survey results, click here.

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The Berkeley Lab Waste Management policy is to:
This chapter provides general information on the management of the following kinds of wastes:
This chapter does not apply to solid or liquid sanitary wastes.
This chapter also provides guidance on how to find more specific information on selected waste management topics and how to contact Waste Management personnel for consultations on specific topics.
Hazardous, radioactive, mixed, and medical/biohazardous wastes are generated during routine research and support activities at Berkeley Lab. Waste generators are responsible for accurate and complete characterization of their wastes, for compliant management of them within their workplaces, and for minimizing the amount of waste generated. Consult the following publications and your Generator Assistant for additional information:
The first step in waste disposal is to determine if your waste is hazardous, radioactive, mixed, or medical/biohazardous.
It is vitally important that wastes be accurately and completely characterized. Doing this properly is the generator's responsibility. If waste is characterized improperly, it may be shipped to an inappropriate facility, compromising the public health and safety.
Nitric acid waste solutions that would normally be collected in an SAA must be handled following the rules below. These requirements below are in addition to any rules that apply to the use of these chemicals, such as segregation, PPE requirements, safe work practices, and work authorizations.
Waste that contains organic constituents must never be added to a nitric acid waste container, and waste that contains nitric acid must never be added to an organic solvent waste container. These mixtures can generate significant amounts of gaseous products that have caused pressure explosions in closed containers.
It is the responsibility of the waste generator to ensure that there are no ongoing reactions in any waste container that result in a pressure buildup within the container. Where reactions of any type generate pressure, appropriate quenching steps must be incorporated to terminate such reactions. In no case can a vented cap be used as a control mechanism to relieve pressure buildup in a waste container.
Nitric Acid (HNO3) Waste Solutions (Including Aqua Regia Mixtures)
Solutions with organic matter or metallic impurities. Any waste solution that results from a process requiring the mixing of nitric acid and organic chemicals or that contains nitric acid and metallic impurities from a process such as cleaning or etching may not be stored in an SAA. Waste mixtures of this type must be neutralized using a Waste Management Group (WMG) approved benchhtop treatment procedure. The neutralization step must be completed immediately upon completion of the experimental procedure. The benchtop treatment requirements and a procedure template are located at http://www.lbl.gov/ehs/waste/wm_benchtop.shtml. The neutralization step must be completed immediately upon completion of the experimental procedure. In general, this means that the waste must be treated before leaving for the day. Contact your Waste Generator Assistant for guidance.
Solutions with no organics or metal impurities. Reaction mixtures that contain nitric acid or aqueous nitric acid solutions without metallic or organic impurities and have been declared as waste and contain greater than 5% nitric acid by weight (0.8 M) may not be stored as a waste in any SAA. In the absence of actual concentration information, the waste may not be stored in an SAA if the pH is less than 1 as determined by a pH meter or narrow range pH paper.
Waste of this type must either be carefully diluted to reduce the concentration of the nitric acid to 5% or, in the absence of actual concentration information, neutralized using a WMG approved-benchtop treatment procedure. Contact your Waste Generator Assistant for guidance.
An example procedure is located at http://www.lbl.gov/ehs/waste/doc/Benchtop_Nitric_Kisielowski.pdf.
Surplus unused nitric acid purchased and kept in the original, manufacturer’s container and declared as waste is the only exception to the above rules. In this case, the bottle must be tightly closed, sealed with tape to prevent the addition of any other substances, and have a completed Hazardous Waste label. These solutions must be stored in an SAA that is totally separate from an SAA that stores organic waste mixtures such as spent solvents. Separate secondary containment trays for these waste types stored in the same SAA do not meet the required separation criteria.
Note: Acid dilution/neutralization is exothermic and potentially hazardous. The hazards and controls of these processes are described in the Waste Management Group Benchtop Treatment Requirements.
All generators are required to set up special waste storage areas and follow all regulations while the waste is in the generator area, including:
Specific waste storage areas include:
Medical/biohazardous wastes are transferred by the generator from the generator's laboratory to an approved medical waste pickup site, where they are picked up by an outside contractor. Regulated medical waste, stored in red biohazardous bags, must be transferred from the generator’s laboratory weekly. Unregulated biohazardous waste, stored in clear biohazardous bags, does not need to be transferred weekly; it should be transferred when the container is full or if there is a noxious odor.
EH&S's Waste Management personnel at Berkeley Lab are responsible for:
The following training is required for generators of hazardous, radioactive, mixed, and medical/biohazardous wastes.
Acutely hazardous waste is any waste that is listed in 22 CCR, Chapter 11, Article 4, as an EPA-defined "P-listed" hazardous waste. These wastes typically are toxic or reactive. Acutely hazardous waste is a federal definition, whereas extremely hazardous waste (see definition below) is a State of California definition.
Biohazardous waste is waste that requires biological inactivation in an approved manner prior to final disposal, and includes, but is not limited to, the following discarded items:
More information can be found at the Medical/Biohazardous Waste Generator Guidelines located on EH&S's Waste Management Web site.
Characterization is the detailed documentation of the waste constituents such that the appropriate treatment, storage, and disposal decisions can be made. Characterization can include process knowledge (see definition below), required analyses, or written documentation (log books, formulas, etc.).
Extremely hazardous waste is any hazardous waste or mixture of hazardous wastes that, if human exposure should occur, may likely result in death, disabling personal injury, or serious illness because of its quantity, concentration, or chemical characteristics. (From 22 CCR 66260.10.)
Hazardous waste is defined as:
Process knowledge means the ability of the generator to characterize waste based on the chemical materials from which the waste was derived or the process by which the waste was generated. It also means being able to verify the characterization with the documented procedures used and data accumulated during the waste-generation process.
Low-level waste is waste containing radioactivity distinguishable from background levels that is not classified as high-level waste, transuranic waste, spent nuclear fuel, or byproduct material, as defined in DOE Order 435.1. At LBNL, low-level waste is divided into several different categories, described in LBNL/PUB-3092, Guidelines for Generators to Meet HWHF Acceptance Requirements for Hazardous, Radioactive, and Mixed Wastes at Berkeley Lab.
Medical waste, according to federal and California laws, refers to waste that is generated or produced as a result of the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of humans or animals; in research pertaining to the treatment, diagnosis, or immunization of humans or animals; or in the production or testing of biologicals (medicinal preparations made from living organisms and their products including serums, vaccines, and anti-toxins) and is either:
Mixed medical waste is any mixture of medical and nonmedical waste, with the following exceptions:
Mixed waste is any radioactive waste that is also a hazardous waste.
Pathological waste is defined at Berkeley Lab as any recognizable human or animal body part and tissue. The most common pathological waste found at Berkeley Lab is animal carcasses.
No path to disposal waste (NDP) is any waste for which no disposal facility currently exists.
A Radioactive Materials Area (RMA) is an area where the potential exists for contamination due to the presence of unencapsulated or unconfined radioactive materials or an area that is exposed to beams or other sources of particles (neutrons, protons, etc.) capable of causing activation.
A Satellite Accumulation Area (SAA) is an area in an individual laboratory, shop, or other facility designated by the generator for the accumulation of waste, not to exceed 208 liters (55 gallons) of hazardous waste or 0.95 liter (1 quart) of extremely or acutely hazardous waste. The area must be at or near the point of waste generation and under control of the person generating the waste.
Sharps are devices having acute rigid corners, edges, or projections capable of piercing or cutting the skin. These include both regulated (contaminated with biohazardous waste) and sharps that pose a safety hazard.
Transuranic wastes are any wastes that, without regard to source or form, are contaminated with alpha-emitting transuranium radionuclides (elements 93 and higher) with half-lives greater than 20 years and concentrations greater than 100 nCi/g at the time of assay. Radium sources and U-233 are also considered to be transuranic wastes. Radioactive waste with quantities of transuranic radionuclides in concentrations of 100 nCi/g of waste or less is considered to be low-level waste.
A Waste Accumulation Area (WAA) is an officially designated area for the accumulation and storage of large quantities of hazardous waste.
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YOUNGSVILLE — Town commissioners decided they needed more information before deciding whether or not to approve a Sweepstakes cafe operation that would be the town’s second and its biggest.
There is one Sweepstakes Internet Cafe within the town’s limits, but the proprietor of that operation only had to secure a business permit because it only has two computer terminals — which is within the town’s already existing allowances.
STILL STANDING. John May cleared the first hurdle Wednesday night in his bid to fill the soon-to-be vacated House District 49 post.
Officials within the Franklin County Democratic Party agreed to cast their lot with John May to replace Lucy Allen as its House District 49 representative.
May received the informal Party nod, beating out challenges from Economic Development Director Ronnie Goswick and Bennie Ray Gupton, who withdrew his name from consideration before the Democratic Party took a straw poll to see who they would support.
An appellate court ruled this week that a former Franklin County medical examiner is beyond the touch of a state lawsuit that alleged he was partly responsible for mistakenly declaring a man dead.
The family of Larry Green filed a lawsuit in Franklin County Superior Court in December 2007, claiming that Dr. J.B. Perdue, Franklin County and a host of firefighters and paramedics were responsible for poor health care which resulted in Green’s crippled state.
A former department of social services employee filed a lawsuit, accusing the department, Franklin County and others of wrongful termination.
Attorneys for Lynda Collins filed a lawsuit on March 4, alleging that Franklin County, County Manager Angela Harris, DSS Director Nicki Perry and County Commission Chairwoman Penny McGhee were responsible for discriminatory and retaliatory acts that led to her termination in 2009.
Franklin County’s free clinic operators have prepared a host of events this month to recognize the plight of those who are either uninsured or underinsured.
The biggest deal is the addition of staff at the health department who will be able to see free clinic patients, giving them a medical home for acute and long-term care as part of the Franklin County Health Care Collaborative Clinic.
Would an Entrepreneurial Fair help create jobs in Franklin County?
That idea was floated Thursday morning by Mark McArn, chairman of the Franklin County Economic Development Commission.
The goal, he explained, would be to “help start-ups and new businesses in Franklin County become successful.”
Louisburg resident Jake Murphy
An idea floated at the Thursday meeting of the Franklin County Economic Development Commission not only has promise, it’s a challenge for those who say not enough is being done to create jobs in Franklin County.
The EDC chairman, Mark McArn, suggested that the board consider holding what he tentatively called an Entrepreneurial Fair to help local folks who think they have a great idea for a new business get started.
Ever seen 5,000 Easter Eggs all in one place.
A week ago, I did!
It was a combination “work” assignment and a trip with my better half and our 5-year-old to Bunn for the annual egg hunt sponsored by the Fire Department.
As usual, the Bunn Firemen (and their many supporters) know kids and candy. Or, maybe it’s candy and kids.
GOOD MORNING: According to TheDude on 4/3/10: Thomas Jefferson once said, ”The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.”
So what’s your problem, Dude? No sympathies here.
The article in the Saturday, April 03, 2010, Franklin Times relating to a student suspended for not complying with established rules is thought provoking. The reasons for these rules are very clear: to protect students, faculty, and promote good order and discipline. The student clearly understood the rules, was warned repeatedly of the consequences, and chose not to comply. Now he and his supporters want to be excused for it.
RALEIGH - Robert Lee Jennings, 81, died Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at the Durham VA Medical Center in Durham. A memorial service was held Saturday, April 3, 2010 at the Cremation Society of the Carolinas in Raleigh.
SCIOTA, Pa. - Russell Paul Pursell Sr., 51, formerly of Franklinton, died Wednesday, March 24, 2010.
ZEBULON - Helen Louise Strickland, 75, died Monday, April 5, 2010. A graveside service was conducted Thursday, April 8, at the Murray family cemetery.
WENDELL - Lilly Flood Carlyle of Robinwood died Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Funeral services were held Friday, April 9, at Pilot Baptist Church. Burial followed in the Bunn Alford Upchurch cemetery.
FRANKLINTON- Robert MacDonald “Baldy” Greene Sr., 63, died Thursday, April 1, 2010 at Wake Medical Hospital in Cary. A celebration of life was held Tuesday, April 6, at Mitchiner’s Grove Baptist Church, Franklinton, with the Rev. Melvin Jackson officiating. Interment was in Concord Missionary Baptist Church cemetery, Kittrell.
ZEBULON - James Leo Parrish Sr., 86, died Monday, April 5, 2010. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. today (Saturday, April 10) at Strickland Funeral Home, 211 W. Third St., Wendell. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at Baptist Tabernacle Church cemetery.
YOUNGSVILLE —Douglas Joseph Sykora, 67, died Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at Duke University Hospital. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 11, at Fuller Chapel United Church of Christ, with the Rev. Tammy Ayscue officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
LOUISBURG – Elmer Cary Griffin, Jr., 59, of Louisburg, died Tuesday evening.
BUNN – Dorothy Nell Alford Batton, 83, of Bunn, passed away Thursday at her home. She was the loving mother of seven children that she cherished very much.
OUT AT THIRD. Pitt Community College’s Kristen Garner (left) is tagged out by Louisburg College third baseman Amber Weaver during Wednesday’s Region X fast-pitch softball doubleheader at Sheilah R. Cotten Field on the LC campus.
LOUISBURG -- Pitt Community College wasn’t in a charitable mood during Wednesday’s key Region X doubleheader at Louisburg College.
Instead, the Lady Bulldogs, coached by veteran mentor Junior Bailey, would sweep Louisburg in a league showdown at Sheilah R. Cotten Field on the LC campus.
BEST IN THE NCC. Bunn High School’s Whitney Bunn has been selected as the Northern Carolina Conference Girls Basketball Player of the Year for the 2009-10 season.
BUNN -- And she’s only a freshman.
That was usually the phrase that followed anyone’s description of Whitney Bunn’s heroics for the Bunn High School girls basketball squad during the 2009-10 season.
While observers were amazed at Bunn’s quick transition to the prep level, they also hinted that the best was yet to come for BHS’ talented, ninth-grade guard.
LOUISBURG -- Grant Madison typified the phrase ‘senior leader’ during his final campaign as a member of the Louisburg High School football squad.
Madison switched positions on offense and saw his playing time decrease on defense, as LHS head coach Chris Lee sought to two-platoon his roster more.
It took Rachel Cowley just three minutes to fill out her bracket for the annual The Franklin Times NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Pool.
But needing Duke to win the championship, the closing few moments of Monday’s final game must have seemed to last a lifetime for Cowley.
Or did they?
LOUISBURG -- The Louisburg College baseball squad stepped out of league action and came away with a pair of mid-week victories against area foes.
Tuesday, the Hurricanes hit the road for Wentworth and came away with a 7-1 victory against the Eagles in a nine-inning contest.
RALEIGH -- The National Hockey League and the Carolina Hurricanes have announced that the Hurricanes and the city of Raleigh will host the 2011 NHL All-Star Celebration.
The 58th NHL All-Star Game will take place on Sunday, Jan. 30, at the RBC Center, and the Honda NHL SuperSkills competition will be held on Saturday, Jan. 29.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. -- Sean Henry homered and drove in three runs to lead the Carolina Mudcats past Birmingham in the Class AA Southern League baseball season opener on Thursday night.
Henry swatted a two-run shot over the left field wall in the second inning off of Barons starter Matt Long (L, 0-1), then singled home another run in the sixth inning to give the Mudcats (1-0) a 4-0 advantage.
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Roanoke Rapids at Louisburg 7 p.m.
Franklinton at Warren County 6 p.m.
Louisburg College shortstop Marjorie Pettitt (left) tags out a Pitt CC runner at second base during Wednesday’s Region X twinbill at Sheilah R. Cotten Field.
Pitt Community College leadoff master Melissa Avent fouls off a pitch during Wednesday evening’s Region X softball doubleheader against the Louisburg College Lady Hurricanes.
Bailey Nelms recently caught her first big fish of the season -- a three-pound bass. Bailey, who is four years old, brought in the haul at a private pond with the help of her uncle, Rex Foster. Bailey is the daughter of Kelly and Allen Nelms.
Local multi-sport legend Wayne Champion threw out the first ball before Monday night’s title game of the Verizon Wireless of Louisburg Invitational Baseball Tournament, which was held at picturesque Frazier Field on the campus of Louisburg College.
There are many and various ways to celebrate Women’s History Month, and one of the ways that the Louisburg area chose to do so is with a women’s art show. This is the third annual juried art competition celebrated in Louisburg focusing on the amazing talents of women artists in our area.
Springtime days and hours for the DeHart Botanical Gardens have been extended every day from April 4 to May 15, and from sunrise to sunset.
Because of the early hot weather, many flowers are blooming early. The peak of azalea blooming may be between April 10 to April l8, but there are other azaleas that bloom in late April and through May. The Gardens have a variety of other flowers and colorful shrubs for something to see each month.
The Morehead Planetarium and Science Center has worked with the Franklin County Libraries for the past two summers to bring the GlaxoSmithKline Summer Science Camp to our libraries. The Camp will be available to library patrons again this coming summer at the Bunn and Youngsville branches. Online registration will be available this year on May 1.
In addition to the many springtime festivities and celebrations in and around the Franklin County area this time of year, Louisburg College is pleased to announce an exciting weekend of events open to all alumni and members of the community.
During Alumni Weekend, April 16 and 17, the college will install Dr. Mark La Branche as the 27th president of this historic institution. The college has organized two fun-filled days of festivities and events surrounding the theme of “Strong Foundations for Great Futures.”
The Franklin County Republican Party held its annual County Convention at the Hamilton Hobgood Courthouse Annex in Louisburg last month, giving candidates for Congress, the legislature and board of commissioners a chance to address delegates and guests about local, regional and federal issues.
A Franklin County man was charged with assaulting a female prior to leaving town with her vehicle.
Rowan County authorities arrested James Anthony Torrence a day later — on April 2 — citing him with moving violations in the swiped vehicle.
The Franklin County Solid Waste Department and Solid Waste Task Force will again sponsor the annual Great American Clean-up event on Thursday, April 15.
Volunteers from all over the county will be participating in this national event in the hopes of not only making Franklin County cleaner and more beautiful, but also stimulating interest among our citizens in keeping our highways clean and free of trash and debris. Pre-selected highways will be targeted by our dedicated “litter-getters” and should be clean and beautiful by day’s end.
Franklin Regional Medical Center has contracted with Wake Radiology Consultants to perform inpatient and outpatient Diagnostic Radiology and Medical Imaging.
“The same high quality and trustworthy service that is consistently provided to patients in the heart of the Triangle will now be available in Franklin County’s backyard,” said Jason Proctor, president of Franklin Regional.
Franklinton staff is working to modify its grass cutting contract so cuts coincide with holidays.
A number of residents complained to Town Hall after the Easter Holiday that the grounds at Fairview Cemetery had not been mowed.
Town Manager Larry Carver said Simple Cuts Lawn Care was contracted last year to cut town property, including the cemetery, on or about the 15th of each month.


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Ifvod TV - One Of The Most Popular Live Streaming Apps For Chinese TV Shows, Movies And More
What makes Ifvod TV the best option for watching Chinese materials, and what other options are available?
Streaming services have been the most effective method of consuming material over the last decade.
Netflix, for example, has grown at a breakneck pace throughout this time, attracting millions of new subscribers every day.
People may now easily consume material thanks to these sites.
You won't have to set up a cable connection or spend a lot of money on television.
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Simply purchase a membership and begin viewing on your computer, console, or mobile device.
As a result, consuming media has become quite straightforward.
Netflix, for example, has thousands of series and movies in its library.
You may watch these programs in any sequence you wish.
Despite its vast collection, Netflix lacks regional programming.
Shows and movies from these specific locations must be found elsewhere.
Likewise, with Chinese material.
While several streaming services feature Chinese episodes and movies, their catalogs are lacking.
Luckily, IFVOD TV offers a huge collection of thousands of Chinese movies and TV series. But first, let's define IFVOD TV.
If you enjoy watching television series and movies, you should check out IFVOD TV.
This new service is accessible in a number of countries and offers a large selection of television shows.
Users will also get access to over 900 television series from across the world.
Furthermore, the videos users watch on IFVOD are of excellent quality, and they can be seen on a number of devices.
Content is a crucial aspect when selecting a television station.
Make sure the material is engaging if you want to attract more customers.
IFVOD TV has a reputation for providing the most interesting and engaging programming.
The more interesting the material, the more likely it will attract more viewers.
IFVOD TV is still a favorite of many people around the world, even though there isn't a lot of good content.
Ifvod is a well-known Chinese website with a global following.
Over 900 Chinese television series are available on the internet.
It does not require a subscription and is completely free to use.
English, French, and Spanish are among the languages supported.
As a result, IFVOD is worth checking out if you're a fan of this series.
IFvod TV App is a famous live TV app that includes Chinese TV shows, movies, web series, live sports, and 1000+ more channels.
Popular Chinese movies and TV shows are available in 720p, 1080p, and 4K. All you need is an Android device or a smart TV with access to the internet or wifi.
The IFvod TV App is one of the greatest Android apps for Chinese users who want to watch free TV and movies.
This application was created for current, high-end mobile use and does not have any specific prerequisites.
Widgets are little pieces of software that take up very little space on your device and don't require constant RAM.
Users can just go to the menu and choose the channels, which can be changed with normal controllers or voice commands.
Here are the main features of Ifvod tv app. On it, you may watch all Chinese television series.
All you have to do is know the name of the television show, and it will be shown immediately.
All prominent TV networks, including satellite TV, are synchronized with over 1000 Chinese TV shows.
Individual TV shows may be seen in HD, 1080p, or even 4K resolution. Copyright Pirate's TV Live is stable, and there is no delay for Chinese TV Live.
The IFvod TV App program has more than just entertainment.
It also has live updates and news that changes quickly.
Above, we went through some of the specifics of the IFVOD TV platform.
It includes a number of features that make it one of the greatest platforms for watching Chinese movies and television series online.
However, it has numerous flaws that may discourage users from using it.
There are a variety of options accessible in this instance.
Popular Chinese movies and series are also available as options.
They also provide other services to help them compete with IFVOD TV in the fight to become China's most popular streaming platform.
These are a few of the best alternatives:
- IYF TV
- Tencent Video
When it comes to streaming Chinese entertainment, IFVOD TV is the global leader. Their platform is quite simple to use.
It's available on televisions, desktops, laptops, consoles, and even mobile phones.
Furthermore, the layout of this platform is basic and easy to grasp, making it simple to utilize.
There are more advantages to utilizing IFVOD TV that make it a good choice for the whole family.


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MEXICO CITY, Oct 25 2011 (IPS) - “We have a duty to show what the reality is, and we will do so with complete independence,” said French judge Philippe Texier, a member of the Permanent People’s Tribunal, which has opened a chapter in Mexico.
“Traditionally judges keep silent, but we have to clarify why we are here and why we accepted the request of the Mexican organisations” to set up the new branch of the PPT, which will investigate possible state crimes against humanity in this country, he said Friday.
“Mexico has a relatively good international human rights image, because it has signed all of the treaties and conventions, and the role of the PPT will be to demonstrate whether or not that image reflects reality,” said Texier, who sits on France’s Court of Cassation and is a former chair of the U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
The PPT, an international opinion tribunal, was founded in 1979 in Bologna, Italy at the initiative of late Senator Lelio Basso to investigate and try crimes against humanity around the world.
It is the successor to the Russell Tribunal, which in the 1960s investigated war crimes committed during the 1965-1975 Vietnam War, and in the 1970s investigated crimes against humanity committed by U.S.-backed dictatorships in Latin America. Also known as the International War Crimes Tribunal, the Russell Tribunal was named for its organiser, British philosopher, activist and pacifist Bertrand Russell.
Although the PPT’s verdicts are non-binding, they are based on international law and legal precedent and take into account the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. It has held sessions in some 40 countries.
Over the next two years, the PPT will hold a series of hearings on seven broad areas of human rights that are concerns in Mexico today, where drug-related violence has spiralled since the “war on drugs” began to be militarised in 2007.
The areas are: the dirty war, violence, impunity and lack of access to justice; migration, refugees and forced displacement; femicide (gender-related murders) and gender violence; violence against workers; violence against maize, food sovereignty and autonomy; environmental devastation and the rights of native peoples; and misinformation, censorship and violence against media workers.
The organisers say the hearings, which will take place at the Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM) with the participation of PPT secretary general Gianni Tognoni and two international judges who will sit on the jury – Texier and Ippolito Franco from Italy – will run through early 2014.
“It is an important step in unifying all of the struggles and in systematically analysing global abuses,” said Mexican indigenous rights activist Magdalena Gómez, a member of the PPT Mexico chapter’s committee of guarantors.
“As the experts said, the PPT will be essential for drawing international attention to human rights violations committed in this country,” she told IPS.
Franco, a former president of the Italian Association of Democratic Lawyers (IDL), told IPS that the PPT’s main contribution, besides helping to make “the painful situation in Mexico visible,” will be to generate a new dynamic of citizen participation, through the hearings.
That participation, he explained, “is more important than the trials themselves held by the Tribunal.”
Raúl Vera, the Catholic bishop of the city of Saltillo in northern Mexico and a staunch defender of human rights, thanked the PPT judges and members who agreed to open a chapter in Mexico.
“We know you have come to help us, because the responsibility to bring about justice in our country is ours. Thank you so much, because it gives us hope to know that the PPT will be working here,” said the priest, after listing human rights violations committed in this country.
Addressing a packed auditorium on Friday, Vera mentioned the “criminalisation of young people who are hired by criminal economic groups because the institutions do not give them work,” the emergence of paramilitary groups, “which are a sign of the breakdown of the social order we are experiencing,” and the militarisation of the fight against drugs.
“The army has the authority to inflict the death penalty; it kills and no one punishes it,” he said. “These are actions imposed by a state whose leaders are full of ambition, and where it is not political proposals that count, but business and theft, which open the door to the posts to which they aspire.”
Later, in a brief interview with IPS, Vera said the presence of the PPT in Mexico “will help people find out what is really happening here.”
According to the PPT’s working method, pre-hearings and thematic hearings will be held in 2012 and 2013, to the extent of the financial and organisational capacity of each committee. And in early 2014, the jury will hand down its rulings.
Andrés Barreda, an economics professor at UNAM, one of the driving forces behind the establishment of a Mexican chapter of the PPT, told IPS that the aim is to explicitly distance the process from the 2012 presidential elections.
“If there are members of the political parties involved, it will be in a personal capacity, but no party will be involved in the hearings,” he said.
Franco explained that the PPT is based on the legal principle that all peoples have a right to an identity, traditions and paths to development, and on the concept that human rights come before the property rights of the powerful and economic freedom.
“Victims (of abuses) and society have a right to know the truth, and to full reparations,” he said.
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Despite the fact that your dental wellbeing has a significant impact in your overall wellbeing in your regular day to day existence; it is particularly significant during pregnancy when you are progressively defenseless against oral issues. Pregnancy can prompt dental issues in certain ladies including gum ailments and expanded tooth rot. This is caused because of expanded flood in hormones making your gums increasingly touchy to aggravations in plaque which can cause gum disease. This may prompt irritation and seeping of gums.
Oral Problems during Pregnancy
A portion of the regular oral issues experienced by pregnant ladies are oral sores, dental caries, gum disease, pregnancy oral tumor and the issue of free teeth. Gum disease is the commonest dental issue that influences almost 60 to 70 percent of pregnant ladies. It is caused because of irregularity in estrogen and progesterone hormones joined with vacillations in oral greenery. Expanded female hormones can likewise influence the periodontium which may additionally bring about slackening of teeth even without periodontal infection.
Dental Health Care during Pregnancy
Great oral wellbeing and sustenance are significant during pregnancy. Thinking about your teeth during pregnancy is basic to guarantee great wellbeing all through pregnancy.
- Dental consideration tips – brushing, cleaning and flossing are significant parts of dental cleanliness which should be followed in any event, during pregnancy. Keep away from inordinate utilization of sweet nourishments and beverages. Use toothbrush with delicate fibers to dodge finish harm. Pregnant ladies are encouraged to brush multiple times in a day with a fluoride toothbrush. This will diminish the danger of caries.
- Standard dental registration – in the event that you are arranging or have as of late become pregnant, it is encouraged to counsel your dental specialist and calendar a normal Zwangerschapsbox arrangement with the goal that you can accomplish great oral wellbeing which will be simpler to keep up during pregnancy. Proficient cleaning is done to address the issue of gum disease in pregnant ladies.
- Dental medicines – in a perfect world, your dental specialist would not do any significant dental treatment during the pregnancy time frame. Nonetheless if there should be an occurrence of circumstances where dental treatment is basic, the methodology is normally completed during the subsequent trimester.
- Diet – eating an even eating routine will likewise help in maintaining a strategic distance from certain oral medical issues during pregnancy. You ought to remember nourishments rich for calcium and protein to guarantee that great advancement of your child’s teeth. Increment your admission of eggs, milk, cheddar, yogurt, greasy fish and margarine in your eating routine. On the off chance that you have desires, substitute them with sound tidbits. In the wake of taking mid dinner snacks, wash your mouth completely with plain faucet water.

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While Democrats are, unsurprisingly, far more likely to support the change, Republicans are evenly split on the issue.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans would like to see marijuana legalized, a recent poll shows.
In the new survey, conducted by YouGov using a nationally representative sample of 1,000 U.S. adult citizens interviewed online from April 1-5, 57% would support expunging marijuana-related convictions, while 51% back allowing banks to provide services to marijuana businesses.
On the other side of the spectrum, 27% of those surveyed oppose the federal legalization of cannabis.
While Democrats are, unsurprisingly, far more likely to support the change, with 72% of them voting for cannabis legalization, Republicans are evenly split on the issue, with 46% supporting, and 46% opposing it.
However, it seems that Americans are mainly divided over the legal age of a person who can legally buy cannabis: 42% said the age should be 21 and 36% leaned toward 18.
The newest data confirm the results of the Gallup poll released late last year, which showed that as many as 68% of U.S. residents support cannabis legalization. Growing support for cannabis legalization was demonstrated recently with the U.S. House of Representatives passing legislation that would legalize and tax marijuana nationwide.
Alcohol vs. Marijuana
Nevertheless, evidence of the plant’s popularity is demonstrated by another YouGov survey showing that nearly one-third of over 10 000 Americans think it would be ideal if people used more marijuana and less liquor. What’s more, the majority of U.S. adults view alcohol to be more harmful to a person’s health than marijuana.
RELATED: Americans Are Choosing Marijuana Over Alcohol
Cannabis sales data only confirm this trend as Illinois took in more tax dollars from cannabis receipts than alcohol in 2021, according to an update released by the Illinois Department of Revenue. Recreational cannabis taxes in the Prairie State exceeded liquor taxes by nearly $100 million for the whole year after outpacing it for the first time in February 2021.
Massachusetts followed suit by bringing in $74.2 million from marijuana taxes, compared to $51.3 million from alcohol in half of the fiscal year.
Cannabis Bong Smoking Four Times More Toxic For Non-Smokers Than Tobacco Fumes
However, on the health side, there is evidence that secondhand marijuana smoke is more harmful than secondhand tobacco smoke.
Unfortunately, the list of health conditions and serious illnesses tobacco triggers in smokers, as well as non-smokers is long.
RELATED: Secondhand Bong Smoke Way More Toxic Than Tobacco — Here’s Why
The data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that over 8,000 stroke deaths can be attributed to secondhand smoke, 7,300 deaths from lung cancer, and nearly 34,000 premature deaths from heart disease annually in the United States among non-smokers.
The study, published in the JAMA Network Open by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, found that non-smokers may be exposed to air pollutants at concentrations equal to twice federal air quality limits.
This article originally appeared on Benzinga and has been reposted with permission.


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Wixon, a manufacturer of seasonings, flavors, and technologies for the food, beverage, and meat industry, will showcase its proprietary Wix-Fresh technologies in the form of healthy snack bites and other meat products at the Annual Meat Conference, February 24-26, at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville. Visitors to Wixon’s booth will be served samples of the Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Sausage Breakfast Stick, as well as the Reduced Sodium Pork and Beef Marinara & Asiago Meatballs.
The Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Sausage Breakfast Stick is ideal for “on-the go” and health-conscious appetites. Featuring 80% lean pork and made with real eggs that you can actually see in the stick, the snack is developed using Wix-Fresh technologies. Wix-Fresh OatMax increases moisture retention, shelf-life, and overall savory notes, while reducing the warmed-over flavor often found in pre-cooked meats. Wix-Fresh MinerMax provides antioxidant benefits, enhances savory notes, and masks metallic flavors. Wixon’s Country-Style Breakfast flavor gives the snack stick a traditional taste.
The Reduced Sodium Pork and Beef Marinara & Asiago Meatball is formulated with the all-natural Wix-Fresh Reduced Sodium System (RSS) for a classic salty taste. RSS has been specifically designed for the meat and poultry industry and positively impacts flavor without compromising on functionality. Sodium is reduced by nearly 40% from that of standard ready-to-eat meatballs. The meatball also features Wixon’s Zesti Marinara & Asiago flavor system.
“We look forward to showcasing Wixon’s protein and flavor technology expertise at the Annual Meat Conference,” says Ron Ratz, director of protein development for Wixon. “This is an opportunity for industry visitors to sample new, healthy, and on-trend flavors, including technologies that they can apply to their own protein products.”
The new products were developed in Wixon’s Meat and Poultry Pilot Plant by the company’s Protein division. Staffed by meat scientists, flavor chemists, food technologists, and analytical and quality experts, the team is adept at everything from ideation and R&D to flavor mapping and product prototypes. Wixon’s customized protein seasonings and flavor systems can be used in a variety of meat products, including rubs, marinades, breadings and batters, gravies, dipping sauces, and more.
The Pilot Plant includes processing equipment, which enables production of finished products for immediate prototyping and testing, including tumblers, automated injector system, grinders, stuffers, patty makers, steam kettle, vacuum packaging, retail tray overwrap unit, breading and batter capabilities, walk-in freezers/coolers, chilled processing room, smokehouse, and linear cook capabilities. An in-house regulatory department counsels on appropriate adherence from label requirements to nutritional content.
Founded in 1907, Wixon is a fully integrated food and beverage ingredient leader providing flavor technologies, spices, blended seasonings, protein expertise, foodservice and menu solutions, and consumer products and packaging. Wixon’s brand promise of Service Driven Culinary Science gives customers the added benefit of food technology enhanced by the creativity of culinary arts. With its advanced scientific and culinary capabilities combined with a passion for service, Wixon drives innovation and provides solutions for its customers. Besides custom flavor formulations, Wixon offers R&D, product development, packaging options, inventory management, and just-in-time delivery. Located in St. Francis, Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee, Wixon is GFSI Certified to FSSC 22000, ISO9001 Certified, and QAI Organic Certified. More information on Wixon or any of its products may be obtained at www.wixon.com or by calling (414) 769-3000.

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