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CHICAGO (AP) – McDonald’s is moving back to Chicago and into the old home of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
The world’s biggest hamburger chain said Monday that it signed a lease to move its corporate headquarters in 2018 from the leafy suburbs of Oak Brook, Illinois, to downtown Chicago. McDonald’s was based in the city from 1955 to 1971.
McDonald’s is taking over the space that once housed Harpo Studios, where filming of The Oprah Winfrey Show took place until 2011. Harpo Studios sold the site to developers in 2014 for more than $30 million.
The fast-food company said the move is a way for it to attract workers who want to live in cities. Other companies have announced moves from the suburbs to cities, including Kraft Heinz and General Electric.
McDonald’s Corp. CEO Steve Easterbrook said the new site will encourage innovation and ensure that “great talent is excited about where they work.”
The company said it plans to turn the space into a “modern setting that fosters collaboration and connectivity.” Its new headquarters will also house a Hamburger University, a learning center for future executives and other employees.
The move will put McDonald’s in the fast-growing West Loop neighborhood. Its corporate neighbors will include Google owner Alphabet Inc., which opened its Chicago offices there last year.
NEW YORK – Protesters calling for pay of $15 an hour and a union were at McDonald’s restaurants around the country and overseas Thursday as part of an ongoing push targeting the world’s biggest hamburger chain.
The “Fight for $15” campaign says low-wage employees including airport workers, adjunct professors and home care workers turned out to show their solidarity with fast-food workers. They say they’re targeting McDonald’s because of its ability to influence pay practices throughout the economy.
The push is being backed by the Service Employees International Union and began in late 2012, with striking fast-food workers in New York City. Since then, the growing demonstrations have helped make hourly pay a major political issue.
The success has prompted organizers to expand their push to energize new swaths of workers to fight for higher pay and unionization.
Organizers said strikes and protests were planned for cities including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami. In Paris, about 100 people waving red union flags protested outside a McDonald’s restaurant at Disneyland.
In New York, demonstrators were planning to march crosstown to a Republican gala in the early evening.
The campaign is taking place as McDonald’s Corp. tries to reinvigorate its business and win back customers. This week, executives met with franchisees in Florida for a biannual convention and discussed plans for a rebound.
Lisa McComb, a McDonald’s representative, said the company gives workers access to programs that help them earn high school and college degrees. She noted McDonald’s raised pay last year at company-owned stores in the U.S., which account for about 10 percent of its more than 14,000 locations. The hike for starting pay was for $1 above the local minimum wage.
“We proudly invest in the future of those who work in McDonald’s restaurants,” McComb said.
McDonald’s workers called those measures a publicity stunt that failed to address the difficulties they face.
Sepia Rasheen Coleman, a home care worker in Memphis, Tennessee, said she became involved in the Fight for $15 campaign after an organizer reached out to her on Facebook. She said she was initially dismissive, but was later awed by the support for workers she felt at her first demonstration.
Since then, Coleman said she has been to Washington, D.C., for training on organizing protests.
“This is a mission, this is something I need to do,” she said.
TULSA (AP) – McDonald’s is trying to extend the fanfare over its all-day breakfast menu by adding the McGriddle at another 1,000 locations.
The chain said some restaurants in Southern states will start offering the breakfast sandwich made with syrupy pancake buns around the clock starting Monday. McDonald’s had already been testing the addition of the McGriddle in Tulsa and executives have said the company is looking at the feasibility of offering a full breakfast menu all day.
When all-day breakfast was launched nationally in October, restaurants offered only select items since breakfast foods require their own equipment and grill space. Offering a full breakfast menu all day would mean “looking at what needs to come off the menu” to maintain operational simplicity, McDonald’s Chief Financial Officer Kevin Ozan has said.
A McDonald’s spokeswoman, Becca Hary, said the company will “continue to evolve the all-day breakfast menu,” but that there were no confirmed plans to expand all-day breakfast across its more than 14,000 U.S. locations. She said select stores in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina were adding the McGriddle next week.
McDonald’s Corp. is fighting to turn around its business under CEO Steve Easterbrook, who took over a little more than a year ago. For the fourth quarter, the chain said sales jumped 5.7 percent at established U.S. locations, marking its best showing since early 2012.
Still, the chain has a long way to go. For 2015, customer visits in the U.S. slipped 3 percent at established locations. That followed a 4.1-percent drop the previous year.
The rollout of all-day breakfast, which McDonald’s says was the top customer request in recent years, has been the highest-profile move under Easterbrook. The Oak Brook, Illinois-based company has said the move helped bring back customers who hadn’t been to a McDonald’s in a while. Others were tacking on breakfast items onto their lunch orders, Ozan said during the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Consumer & Retail Tech Conference this month.
“So, believe it or not, you may find some people ordering a lunch entree and ordering an Egg McMuffin sandwich as an add-on,” he said.
NEW YORK – McDonald’s has been fighting to win back customers, but its franchisees weren’t so sure about the comeback plans ahead of the chain’s launch of an all-day breakfast menu back in October.
An internal annual survey of franchisees around that time found only 14 percent of U.S. franchisees agreed or strongly agreed that the company’s turnaround agenda was working. And only 35 percent said they felt confident about McDonald’s success over the long term, down from 46 percent the previous year, according to survey results provided to The Associated Press.
Less than half – 48 percent – said they had a clear understanding of the company’s vision of becoming a “modern progressive burger and breakfast company.” The percentage who said they were “proud to be a McDonald’s Owner/Operator” also fell to 77 percent, down from 84 percent the previous year.
McDonald’s Corp. is working to refresh its image and combat slumping sales, with the chain facing changing eating preferences and intense competition. CEO Steve Easterbrook, who took over last March, has been trying to engineer a comeback with bigger moves, such as the introduction of an all-day breakfast menu in the U.S. that has generated positive headlines for the chain.
Lisa McComb, a McDonald’s representative, said in a statement that the results of the franchisee survey were “hardly surprising” since it was conducted between Sept. 18 and Oct. 4, ahead of the Oct. 6 launch of all-day breakfast and “before McDonald’s ended the year with momentum.”
She said the company was starting 2016 “in a better place than where we were 12 months ago.”
In January, McDonald’s said U.S. sales jumped 5.7 percent in the final three months of 2015, marking the best showing in four years. But the company declined to disclose how much of the increase, if any, was driven by an uptick in customers, versus other factors such as price hikes or customers trading up to items that cost more.
The survey of franchisees last year also gave indicators about employees, with 55 percent of franchisees saying “satisfaction is high” among workers in their restaurants. That was down from 68 percent the previous year. But 85 percent of franchisees agreed or strongly agreed that they pay employees “fairly for the work that they do.”
There was no year-ago comparison for that question, suggesting McDonald’s did not ask it before. McComb did not respond when asked if 2015 was the first time McDonald’s posed the question.
The company has been the subject of protests calling for wages of $15 an hour and a union.
McDonald’s, based in Oak Brook, Illinois, ended last year with 14,259 locations in the U.S., down from 14,350 in 2014. That marked the first decline since at least 1970, according to an AP review of archived filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Susan Nelson, senior director of communications for McDonald’s USA, will speak at the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Association for Women in Communications’ monthly professional program luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 12 at Deep Fork Grill.
Nelson, who lives in Edmond, has been with McDonald’s USA for 12 years. Before joining McDonald’s, she worked for the American Heart Association as director of communications for Oklahoma and for Jordan Associates. She is a graduate of Oklahoma Christian University.
Registration information for the luncheon is available at www.awcokc.org.
NEW YORK – Another price fight is breaking out among the country’s biggest burger chains, this time with meal combos designed to make people forget about the once ubiquitous dollar menus.
The new “bundled offers” show how hungry McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s are to win over deal seekers, and how quickly a popular idea gets copied in the fast-food industry. The latest trend on the value front popped up in late 2015 after Wendy’s rolled out a “4 for $4 deal,” which includes a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, chicken nuggets, small fries and a small drink.
This week, Burger King followed with a similar “5 for $4” deal, and McDonald’s introduced a “McPick 2 for $2” deal to kick off the new year.
“People look at what other folks are doing, and if they think they’re getting traction, they say we need to do a version of that,” said Tony Pace, former chief marketing officer at Subway who now runs a marketing consulting firm.
Though typically not big profit generators, promotional deals can steer people in the door who might not have stopped in otherwise. And chains do their best to make sure regulars stick to the pricier meals they usually order. At a New York City McDonald’s, an employee said she was told not to suggest the $2-for-2 deal, but wait for people to order it on their own.
The additional food tacked onto those bundled orders helps drive up sales as well. That’s what happened when Burger King tested its “5 for $4” deal in recent months, said Alex Macedo, who heads the chain’s North America business.
“We believe it’s going to be very profitable for franchisees,” Macedo said in a phone interview.
The new deals come after fast-food chains struggled to raise prices on value menus without scaring off customers, even as commodity costs rise. McDonald’s shifted from its hugely popular Dollar Menu to a “Dollar Menu and More” that featured a range of prices. Steve Easterbrook, who took over as CEO this past March, conceded the company’s failure to come up with an adequate replacement for the Dollar Menu has hurt sales.
The company has said deal seekers still make up about 15 percent of the industry.
For now, McDonald’s said the “McPick 2 for $2” will run for five weeks, and that the details of the McPick offer will evolve over time. Burger King and Wendy’s haven’t said when their limited-time offers will end.
McDonald’s hopes it has a catchy, new deal that will be as hugely popular as its Dollar Menu. Starting Jan. 4, the fast-food chain will launch the “McPick 2” menu, which will let customers pick two of the following items for $2: a McDouble, a McChicken, small fries and mozzarella sticks.
The offering has gained the necessary votes from franchisees to make it onto the national menu, and will be available in U.S. restaurants for a five-week run starting Jan. 4. After that, McDonald’s said it may change the details of the offering, but that it plans to stick with the “McPick” concept and name.
It’s just the latest effort by McDonald’s to revive slumping sales with bigger moves, such as making breakfast items like Egg McMuffins available all day. The chain has also been trying to find a new way to attract deal seekers after moving away from the Dollar Menu, which was introduced more than a decade ago.
“As we moved away from the Dollar Menu, we didn’t replace it with offers of an equivalent form of value. And customers have voted with their feet,” CEO Steve Easterbrook said in July.
Whether the McPick menu catches on remains to be seen.
In an attempt to wean customers off the Dollar Menu in 2012, McDonald’s rolled out an “Extra Value Menu” that offered items for a range of prices. After that failed to take hold, the company turned to the “Dollar Menu & More,” which channeled a proven name but may have confused people with its range of prices.
McDonald’s isn’t alone in struggling to get customers to let go of the $1 price. Wendy’s tried replacing its 99-cent menu with a “Right Price Right Size” menu, but acknowledged the switch wasn’t doing the job. Last month, it began promoting a limited-time “4 for
$4” deal that includes a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, chicken nuggets, fries and a drink.
Deborah Wahl, senior vice president of marketing for the U.S., said the McPick platform was designed to give people options.
“Customers are looking for choice and flexibility. That’s sort of the new definition of value,” she said.
While deals remain a staple in fast-food industry, striking on the right one can be tricky. Franchises pay for ingredients like beef and cheese and have to think about whether they can charge low prices and still make money. Companies, meanwhile, get a percentage of sales in royalty fees no matter what.
That can lead to tensions over pricing. In 2009, for instance, Burger King franchisees sued the company over a $1 double cheeseburger they said they were losing money on. The lawsuit was later settled.
As for the McPick menu, McDonald’s noted that it has wide support and gained a “high majority” of franchisee votes, although it declined to provide details. When asked whether franchisees in regions with higher costs such as New York might lose money on the offer, Wahl said the deal is designed to drive customer traffic into stores.
McDonald’s Corp., based in Oak Brook, Illinois, said votes from franchisees on the McPick menu were finalized Monday, although it secured the needed votes for approval earlier.
WASHINGTON – Tracking calories at chain restaurants is supposed to become easier next year, but new studies raise questions about whether the counts actually make a difference for diners and eateries.
Some restaurants already post calorie counts. New York City was first in the country to require it, and six years later researchers say seeing the caloric consequences didn’t automatically lead to leaner choices.
New York University researchers used receipts and surveys at McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC and Wendy’s to track customer purchases. In New York City where menus were labeled, calories averaged between 804 and 839 per meal, essentially the same as the 802 to 857 calories at fast-food locations in New Jersey that didn’t post calorie content.
Beginning in December 2016, chain restaurants and certain other retailers that sell prepared food will have to list calorie content on their menus.
As to whether consumers will take notice, researchers reported Monday that just over a third of customers noticed calorie counts on the chains’ menus last year, compared with about half when the law took effect in 2008, and 9 percent claimed to use them to order fewer calories.
There may be greater effect at different kinds of restaurants, cautioned associate professor Brian Elbel of NYU Langone Medical Center.
A second study, also in the journal Health Affairs, raises the possibility that menu labeling might have more of an effect on what restaurants offer than on customer ordering habits.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University used a database that collects calorie content from 66 large U.S. chains to compare menus from restaurants that voluntarily list calorie counts in all their locations around the country – McDonald’s, Chick-Fil-A, Panera Bread, Starbucks and Jamba Juice – with the rest.
Menus of the voluntarily posting chains averaged nearly 140 fewer calories per item, researchers reported.
While these restaurants do boast calorie-packed products, “there are more healthier options on those menus” that bring down the per-item average, said study co-author Julia Wolfson, a fellow at Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
She couldn’t tell whether those chains had more lower-calorie items all along or introduced them ahead of menu labeling. But new items they introduced in 2014 had nearly 110 fewer calories on average than competitors’ new menu items, she said.
Calorie counts aside, a third study shows parents will order healthier kids’ options. Tufts University researchers examined purchases at 13 Silver Diner locations after the regional chain changed its kids menu in 2012, adding healthier entrees and sides and removing fries and soda, which could be substituted upon request.
More than half of kids’ orders contained fries before the menu change. That dropped to 21 percent over the past year, while nearly two-thirds instead came with strawberries.
NEW YORK (AP) – McDonald’s sales edged up at established U.S. locations during the third quarter, snapping a streak of about two years of quarterly declines.
The world’s largest burger chain also said sales rose 4 percent on a global basis at established locations. In the U.S., the figure rose 0.9 percent. The last time the figure rose in the U.S. was for the third quarter of 2013.
The company also said it expects the sales figure to rise globally for the final three months of the year, including in the U.S.
McDonald’s attributed the U.S. sales uptick in the period to improved service and menu changes as it works on reversing declining customer visits. Tweaks to food preparation included toasting buns longer and searing burgers to make them juicier. For its Egg McMuffins, the company switched back to butter and regular English muffins, instead of margarine and whole grain muffins.
A new buttermilk chicken sandwich, which is positioned as a premium offering, is supposed to boost perceptions about food quality – and fetch a little more money. The company has also been simplifying its menu to speed up service and improve order accuracy.
“Customers are noticing the differences,” said CEO Steve Easterbrook, who took the helm in March.
In hopes of sparking a turnaround, Easterbrook is presiding over bigger changes too. Earlier this month, the company introduced “all-day breakfast” in the U.S., meaning people can get an Egg McMuffin whenever the craving strikes.
Easterbrook was reluctant to give details on the early performance for all-day breakfast. But in his trips around the country, he said it seemed to be “cult-ish” among students.
Other changes are in store, too. McDonald’s is evaluating options to replace its Dollar Menu, which the company moved away from it amid rising costs for ingredients like beef. The company said it is working with franchisees to determine a new national value strategy.
McDonald’s needs to make up lost ground. In the year ago period, sales declined 3.3 percent at established U.S. locations as customer visits dropped. Despite the sales bump and encouraging signs in the U.S., Easterbrook said Thursday that getting guest counts back up would be a “top priority.”
Easterbrook has repeatedly said he wants to transform McDonald’s into a “modern, progressive burger company.” That has included a pay bump for workers at company-owned locations amid protests calling on McDonald’s and others to give fast-food workers $15 an hour.
McDonald’s said its operating income dipped during the quarter as a result of its pay hike and other benefits, but that the move would pay off with better service.
For 2015, the company is expected to reduce its store count in the U.S. for the first time since at least 1970, according to an Associated Press review of regulatory filings. The company, based in Oak Brook, Illinois, has more than 36,000 locations around the world.
For the three months ended Sept. 30, the company said Australia and the United Kingdom delivered a strong performance. In China, where it was hit with supplier problems, McDonald’s said its sales performance was “very strong.”
For the quarter, it earned $1.31 billion, or $1.40 per share, topping the $1.27 per share analysts expected.
Revenue was $6.62 billion, also above the $6.41 Wall Street expected, according to FactSet.
NEW YORK (AP) – McDonald’s has started rolling out its new mobile app in the U.S., and one of the main features is a loyalty program for the chain’s drinks.
The app, which was made available recently for people in the San Diego area, lets people earn a free beverage after five purchases of McCafe drinks like coffees and shakes. The company said it plans to make the mobile app available nationally by October, after tinkering with variations in tests.
McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook, who is trying to revive the chain’s slumping sales, has conceded that the company has been a “little behind some others” with its app. As fast-food chains try to court younger customers, mobile apps have increasingly been seen as a way to offer convenience and build customer loyalty.
Starbucks Corp., for instance, has underscored the importance of its mobile app in boosting business. Last month, the coffee chain said that about 20 percent of purchases in the U.S. are now made through its app. And later this year, it plans to let customers in the U.S. use its app to place orders before getting to the store.
The McDonald’s app made available in San Diego this week is still fairly limited. It has a store locator and lets people scroll through the chain’s menu and see the nutritional information for various items. A Quarter Pounder with Cheese, for instance, has 520 calories, while a Cheeseburger has 290 calories. Customers can’t order or pay for food through the app.
Becca Hary, a McDonald’s Corp. spokeswoman, said franchisees will also be able to promote the local deals in their respective regions through the new app. In the San Diego area, McDonald’s said initial offers include a buy one, get one free coupon for Big Macs.
Hary said the company will continue refining the app and that promotional offers will become more tailored over time. She said the app is launching in New York City this week as well.
The McCafe loyalty program is set to expire at year-end and the company will determine then whether to continue it, she said.
NEW YORK – McDonald’s is looking at a variety of changes to win back customers in the U.S.: a new value message to replace the Dollar Menu, breakfast all day, and nips and tucks to improve the taste of its burgers.
“There is no silver bullet. No one move will turn a business that has been in decline for nearly three years,” CEO Steve Easterbrook said Thursday during a conference call with analysts and investors.
The remarks came after the company reported a 2-percent drop in sales at established U.S. stores for the three-month period ended June 30, marking the seventh straight quarterly decline in its flagship market.
McDonald’s said customer visits slipped as promotions failed to live up to expectations. Among the offerings during the period were sirloin burgers, which were featured in ads with a revamped Hamburglar character.
Overseas, McDonald’s Corp. said the sales figure rose 1.2 percent in Europe. It fell 4.5 percent in the segment including Asia, the Middle East and Africa, as China continued to recover from a supplier issue.
On a global basis, the figure dipped 0.7 percent. Looking ahead, Easterbrook said the company expects improvement in major international markets to help turn global sales positive in the third quarter.
But he noted that the U.S. remains a “little bit of a drag.” He said the company has been particularly hurt by its move away from the Dollar Menu, since it wasn’t replaced with anything as compelling.
To help fill that void, McDonald’s started promoting a $2.50 deal for a double cheeseburger and fries in June. But Easterbrook said during the call that the offer wouldn’t satisfy the need for a national replacement for the Dollar Menu, and that the company is exploring options on that front.
David Palmer, an RBC Capital Markets analyst, noted that the company’s move away from the Dollar Menu has diminished the impact of its national advertising without a value message.
Still, Palmer said in a note to investors that he thinks change is happening at McDonald’s at a faster pace than in the past.
In the meantime, Easterbrook stressed the importance of the small changes the company is making to improve the taste of its food, such as toasting buns longer and searing burgers to lock in flavor.
“That gets noticed by customers,” he said.
Another sales driver in the longer-term could be making popular breakfast items like the Egg McMuffin available all day. The idea is being tested in San Diego, and Easterbrook said the company is looking at how to simplify other parts of restaurant operations to ensure the offering would work more broadly.
McDonald’s, which has more than 36,000 locations around the world, is trying to regain its footing after seeing its profit sink 15 percent last year.
In the U.S., the company is up against changing eating habits and intense competition. Last week, Yum Brands said Taco Bell sales at established locations rose 6 percent for the quarter. The same figure rose 4.3 percent at burrito chain Chipotle and 2.9 percent at Dunkin’ Donuts.
McDonald’s has admitted it created some of its own problems, such as letting its menu get too complicated. That affected wait times and order accuracy.
For the second quarter, the company earned $1.2 billion, or $1.26 per share. Analysts on average expected $1.23 per share, according to Zacks Investment Research.
A year ago, the company earned $1.39 billion, or $1.40 per share.
Total revenue was $6.5 billion, ahead of the $6.45 billion Wall Street expected.
NEW YORK (AP) – McDonald’s is tweaking how it cooks its burgers in hopes of winning back customers.
To improve the taste of its food, the chain is toasting its buns longer so sandwiches will be warmer, said McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook at the Bernstein’s Strategic Decisions Conference in New York. He also said the company is changing the way it sears and grills its beef so that the patties are juicier.
“It’s these little things that add up to big differences for our customers,” he said.
Easterbrook, who stepped into his role March 1, said the changes are part of the company’s recommitment to “tastier food across the menu.” The remarks come after Easterbrook laid out the initial steps for turning around the company’s performance earlier this month. Those plans include a restructuring of the company intended to strip away layers of bureaucracy, and an acceleration of refranchising restaurants around the world.
During the presentation, Easterbrook also said the company will stop reporting monthly sales results.
McDonald’s Corp., based in Oak Brook, Illinois, said June will be the last month for which it reports sales at established locations. Those results will be reported with its second-quarter earnings results. Heidi Barker Sa Shekhem, a McDonald’s spokeswoman, said the company started reporting monthly sales results in 2003.
Other major restaurant chains, including Burger King’s parent company, Restaurant Brands International, and Yum Brands, which owns Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut, do not report sales figures on a monthly basis.
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Our neighbors to the north have awesome taste in music.
Earlier in the year, I was smitten with one of my new assignments; the debut album Creesus Crisis by a Calgary avant-garde trio called No More Shapes. I loved the shambolic nature of this certain music that didn't seem to have a name. And not because its creators where trying to be esoteric, but because it just seemed to fall out of the sky that way. It was naturally weird.
I ran down the rabbit-hole with that one. Their label, Drip Audio, has some truly special talent on their roster including Peggy Lee (the cellist, not Ms. Fever), Butcher/Müller/van der Schyff, and my new personal favorite Inhabitants. Their latest album A Vacant Lot is so indescribably rich and odd, so very startlingly... ah, hell, I'll just say it... original, that I easily would have given it at least an eight if it were one of my assignments. In a few words, this quartet is able to push their sound to wherever their muse fancies, making cascading trumpets and billowy guitar feedback sound like mere child's play.
Many thanks to the Drip Audio rep who directed my attention to Inhabitants. Hopefully I can bring more people to their attention.

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Glad they are turning a profit at the expense of its customer base. Happy Leafy hasn't bought a plane ticket with them in 2 years and would rather drive than line their greedy pockets.
1) Charge reasonable airfares (why is it more expensive to fly from Memphis to New Orleans than Little Rock to Las Vegas anyways)
2) Eliminate baggage fees.
3) Stop nickel and diming customers for seats, snacks, ticket transfers and everything else.
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I promised to write about 10 cities on Cuba we explored, but today I’m more in a mood to reminisce about Cuban beaches with turquoise water. We’ve been to five of them and they are all very different and worth a visit.
After solving the problem with accommodation on Cuba (I wrote about it in my previous post), the second question arises: “How to get from A to B possibly quick, cheap and comfortable?” First, these three notions cannot be combined on Cuba (yet, who knows what it will look like there in 10 years). Second, transport on Cuba is a very special story. Therefore, the second part of my Cuba post series is entirely dedicated to the travelling around, Cuba transport and, certainly, couple of tips and tricks how to make your travelling experience as easy as possible. Jump in!
Cuba was one of the most spontaneous and still very desirable and expected destinations. Our friend asked us in the middle of January if we like to fly with him to Cuba next month. We weighted the options, pros and contras and decided to book – literally, to run away from rainy and cloudy Berlin to a sunny island. Besides, the touristic flow to Cuba is expected to grow and winter is the best time to escape from cold Germany.

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A Kenyan mother, identified as Jacintah Akinyi together with her family is in tears as she gave birth to extremely rare naturally-conceived quintuplets and lost all five babies in just a day.
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The 30-year old mother, who wasn’t aware that she has conceived five babies went into labor on Sunday and gave birth locally to two babies at home, who both died, before being transferred to the Kisii Teaching and Referral hospital.
Nurse Manager who was on duty, Florence Ogero narrated that a third baby died that night, due to the condition of underweight and a suffering stipulation caused by low levels of blood platelets.
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Tyler Posey stars in the film Alone
, coming to Digital and On Demand from Lionsgate October 16th and Blu-ray and DVD October 20th. The thriller follows Aidan (Posey), who awakens to find a global pandemic has hit and almost everyone around him has turned into zombies. His apartment overrun and not able to connect with his family, Aidan starts to give up hope until he sees that his neighbor across the courtyard, Eva (Summer Spiro), is alive and still human. They eventually communicate and become “socially distant friends.” Aidan attempts a rescue, but can he get to her in time?
The film also features Donald Sutherland as his strange neighbor in this timely film.
Posey recently talked to SciFi Vision in an exclusive Zoom interview about working on the movie, doing stunts, his love of tattoos, and more.
Be sure to check out the film. You can read the full transcript below the video.
September 24, 2020
Jamie, I have a question for you. How are you in space without a helmet?
SCIFI VISION: That I don't know. [laughs] I don’t know, I started using that a while ago and I just kind of kept using it, I guesss.
I love it. It reminds me of Gravity
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All right, so, first, this was done filming way before any of the pandemic hit?
Yeah. I thought so. I just wanted to ask that first.
So, how did you get involved in the movie?
They reached out to the producers, and the director reached out to me. I read the script, and I fell in love with the script. And the character, I really, really, really loved it, partly because I hadn't had an action movie that was based around my character, and I really wanted to be, you know, like exhausted and worked mentally and physically. I really wanted to have that experience.
I was in Australia, when I got the offer for it, and they wanted to shoot in the Philippines…I was scheduling a bunch of different things that were based around Los Angeles, and I was like, “If you guys can get it to shoot in Los Angeles, then that's perfect, and I would love to have that happen.” Obviously, that's always an awesome thing to have. As much as I wanted to go to the Philippines, I just couldn't do it with my schedule. And they were like, “Okay, we'll do it.” I was like, “Really? It was that easy?”
So, we got to do it in Los Angeles, and I just dug in. I wanted to repay the favor of them bringing it to Los Angeles in my work, in my work ethic, and all the physicals, like stunts that I had to do. I just really wanted to be onboard and go all in on this movie. It was really good movie. I really enjoyed it.
Thank you. Freaked me out at parts, but I really enjoyed it. [laughs]
It’s pretty creepy. Yeah it was.
So, I was going to ask you what you were attracted to, but you already said that. So, was there any special preparation or anything you did beforehand? I don't know, maybe even watching zombie movies? [laughs] Anything?
Well, I’ve been a fan of zombie movies since the beginning. I even have a zombie tattoo on my calf. It's a zombie arm that's cut off. There’s bone and blood and weird arm guts hanging from it. So, I'm a huge fan of zombies, and so that was already exciting for me. But [for] my preparation, my character has to grow this huge beard. That was all real, and I've never grown a beard that big before, so that was really my only preparation.
Then, you know, I didn't want to hurt myself for these stunts. So, I was kind of working out, stretching a little bit, but my character, he's supposed to be emaciated, because he hasn't had much food in forty days. So, I couldn't be like really buff. That's my excuse to not work out [laughs]
, but yeah, I had to grow this massive, massive, massive beard. And before I even got the word that I was doing the movie, I just started growing the beard and putting it out in the universe. I'm like, “Okay, I'm growing this beard. I'm going to do this movie,” and it worked out. So, that was really my only preparation.
Then, you know, the character’s very, in depth and deep. There're a lot of layers to him that I related to. So, I dug deep in myself and kind of pulled some stuff out to play him. So, there was definitely some preparation. Now, you mentioned the stunts and kind of the the action part of it. Can you talk a bit about that and any training you had? I mean, I know you've done that kind of thing before, but...
Yeah. What was really cool is that our director is a big stunt guy. He's been in the stunt world forever, Johnny Martin. He's the greatest dude in the world. We really collaborated with a lot of the stunts and tried to make them look really good, but also a little sloppy, because my character is not trained in anything.
He hired the stunt guys that I knew from Teen Wolf
, and they had been with me for years. That adds this comfortability, because I knew that they were going to protect me no matter what, when I'm just jumping sixty feet down, jumping from one balcony to another and there's just nothing underneath me, and I'm like in a harness. So, I was really comfortable on the set, thank God, because I knew the stunt guys, and that really makes a big difference. So, the stunts, as scary as they were, they were definitely awesome in every aspect, because I felt that I could trust my stunt guys, which is huge. I trusted that our director, Johnny, was going to capture the best moments, because he's a huge stunt guy himself. I just went all in, and I was like, “Okay, I'm even going to hurt myself.” I was bruised like crazy. I just I wanted to give it my all. Oh God, it was so much fun. I miss it. It seems like it would be a fun one to do.
For, well, most of the movie, but definitely the beginning part, it's just you. How is that, just being on your own with all the monologues? Was that difficult to carry it all yourself that way? Or did you enjoy that more?
Oh, I loved it. Yeah, I really, really, really wanted to dig into that part of the movie. I related a lot to it. I had kind of isolated myself.
Growing up in the industry, you're not very private. So, I think that my body was just like, “You need some privacy.” So, I kind of reclused myself for a little while, and amidst some bouts of depression, and I really kind of used that as recalling for my character. I just put myself back into that place a little bit, and it was just so much fun.
I love working alone on a set, no pun intended, because I just love the crew, and I'm a producer also, and I've directed a bunch of stuff, and I love being a part of the crew, not just an actor. So, working alone with the crew, no pun intended, [laughs]
I just really find that to be my place. We were able to do things really smoothly and keep the day going and just keep the morale up also, which is very important, especially in quote, close quarters, that we had on the set of Alone
So, I loved that part. I loved filming alone, but then we got to have these awesome guest stars too that came in and alleviated some of the depressing times of me being alone, and it just made everything - it was just a perfect scenario. I loved it. I loved working with Donald [Sutherland] and Summer [Spiro]. It was so cool. It was so cool.
Now after all this pandemic has happened here in real life, has it made you think about your character or about the film differently?
Not so much differently, no. It's just bizarre how synchronized it is with the world. None of us expected [laughs]
that this pandemic was going to happen when we were filming a pandemic movie. Right, right.
It's so bizarre, because in a lot of zombie movies, they go out into the world, and they try to fight for survival. My character doesn't do that. He's very much quarantining himself, which is so bizarre how much it aligns with what's happening nowadays. I kind of see it as symbolism for the world, my character kind of going through this really crazy stuff, but he tries to learn to deal with it. I feel like the world is kind of doing that right now. As messed up as everything is, it feels like there's regrowth happening, which is really interesting, but I don't really feel - I mean, maybe I kind of feel his position a little deeper and a little more real, because there was no such thing as a pandemic back then when we were filming this. So, now I'm able to be like, “Oh my God, my poor character; he really had nothing and no one and had to be stuck in his own head.” A lot of people were kind of worried about being stuck alone in our quarantine time of COVID. A lot of people have had some growth, a lot of people had been broken down from it, and I can't even imagine - my character started going crazy, but then learned to kind of love himself and be okay with everything that's going on. So, it's pretty intense, the symbolism. Right. Speaking of symbolism, and this is a little off track here, but I was originally going to ask you about the makeup department applying all those tattoos, and then I realized they weren't just applied; they're real. Do you have one that has a specific story behind it or anything like that? And also, just out of curiosity, why all American Traditional?
Oh, I love that you know the genre. I watch Ink Master. [laughs]
Yes! That's my favorite show; I love Ink Master
. American Traditional - so, I just love - the artwork just holds up forever. I love the classic-ness of the artwork. It's been around since tattooing first got really popular in America, and it still is really popular to this day. I just really fell in love with with the artwork. I don't know, what's really cool is that it looks kind of almost like a kid drew everything, but the way that it's tattooed, you'd need to be pretty pretty damn good at tattooing to make it look this good. So, I just fell in love with the artwork.
I don't really have too many tattoos that really are symbolic to me…Just the artwork itself is symbolic. Like I find artists that I really really love, and I will go to their tattoo shop and just basically say, “Tattoo whatever you want on me,” you know, that's like in their flash, in all their their artwork. So, I kind of stopped trying to find tattoos that meant something, because I knew I wanted to be covered in tattoos. I'm like, “That's a lot of meaning. That’s a lot of symbolism I have to kind of dig out of my butt,” [laughs]
but I just I love being able to travel across the world and find these artists that really mean something to me, who are great and are respected in their line of profession.
Now whenever I get tattooed by a tattoo artist, they see my arm, and they're like, “Wow, who did that? Who did that?” They know all the artists, and they're like, “Wow, I’m kind of intimidated to tattoo this arm, because there's so much great work that I've idolized forever on your arm.” So, that's kind of a cool thing, that tattoo artists I admire are a little afraid to tattoo me, because there's so much other legendary work on there. Yeah, you've got a lot. I have a couple, but not that many. [laughs]
It hurts. Yeah.
So, this being sort of a horror movie, a thriller, what scares you, just in general?
Oh, man, I've never liked flying. [laughs] [laughs]
Flying has always scared me. I know turbulence is safe. There's nothing happening, but it just feels awful. [laughs]
I don't like being alone. Or sorry, well, that's kind of true, but I don't like being without my puppies.
Where is he? There's one in here somewhere. [uncovers his dog] Aww.
I don’t know if you can see him. [laughs] Somewhere in there.
He’s right there, his little head, and then I got another one over here; she's asleep. So, I don't like being without my puppies.
And I'm afraid of the world imploding on itself. Not like a star, like actually the world like killing itself.
So, that's pretty much it. I'm not really afraid of monsters. I've just been around horror stuff my whole entire acting career, basically, so it's kind of made me less afraid of monsters.
Also, people. Sometimes people are kind of scary. That's true. That's true.
All right, I think we have time for one more. Let me ask you, getting back to the movie again, can you talk a bit about the blood effects? I know you didn't have a whole lot on you, but that still has to not feel great. [laughs]
Yeah, it's always a little bizarre. I mean, I definitely got used to it on Teen Wolf
. I was covered in blood and black guts or whatever every single day on Teen Wolf
, and I missed it. I really missed it when the show got canceled. I just loved being covered in blood.
Towards the end of the movie, I've just got blood coming from my head, from my stomach. I'm all covered in other people's blood, and I loved it. The showers are always weird, because your hair is like stuck to you, and it hurts, like trying to pull it off, and you're all sticky and weird, but other than that, I love being covered in fake blood. You can't eat it, though. I mean, you can sometimes, but - It doesn’t taste so great.
...it’s not as cool as you’d think it would be. Okay, really quick, if it's okay if I ask one more?
Sure. Can you talk about working with Donald Sutherland?
Oh my god. So, okay, I don't really get starstruck too often anymore, or like nervous working, but that dude is such a legend in every aspect, and I've grown up watching him. It was awesome. You know, it's been a long time since I've had that sort of feeling on set, where like, “Okay, I really have to give it my all.” Not that I wouldn't give it my all, but I wanted to impress him, and I think I did.
We definitely found a respect for one another working on set, and we started joking around with each other and doing little pranks and just messing with each other. Then, also when the cameras were rolling and we said “action,” we were so professional and just dug into the scene work. We really played off of each other. Like, I remember when the camera was on him, I would give him all of my emotion and sometimes cry, and I think he really just respected that. We walked away really respecting one another from that set. I loved working with him. He's such a good actor, and his choices are stuff that I would never think of, and it was just really inspiring for me, and I took a lot from that. We just bounced off of each other, and it was it was really cool. We both grew - I don't know if he grew from the movie, but I’d like to think that he did. I gave him some really crazy stuff, and he gave me some crazy stuff too, and we just had a lot of fun. We felt like the cameras weren't even there, and we were just having fun.

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Looking for an easy Christmas morning breakfast? This Cranberry Eggnog French Toast Bake can be made the night before or the day of, and is loaded with flavor.
The only time I'm a morning person is on Christmas Day. I make sure I'm up early and get the coffee going so that my husband and I can enjoy a cup while we watch our son open his gifts.
After the gifts are opened, then we sit down for breakfast. Breakfast is always something special, because after all, it's Christmas! At the same time, the recipe needs to be easy, because I don't want to be prepping and miss out on the gift-opening.
What is a French Toast Bake?
I call it a French toast bake, but it's just a breakfast casserole, or even a breakfast-y bread pudding. The egg/milk mixture that French toast is typically soaked in is perfect for a baked casserole.
I love the combination of eggnog and cranberries, so since this is a Christmas dish, I used eggnog instead of milk. I added a little vanilla extract and cinnamon for extra flavor.
Q: Can I make this ahead of time?
A: Yes! Make the recipe through Step 5, including covering with tinfoil, and place the dish in the refrigerator overnight. In the morning, place the covered baking pan on the counter at room temperature 30 minutes before baking. Continue with Step 6 as written.
Q: I don't like eggnog. Can I use regular milk?
A: Yes, you can use regular milk (whole, 2% or 1%), or a non-dairy milk like almond milk. You can add 1 tablespoon of fresh orange zest, too.
Q: How do I serve this casserole?
A: After slicing and plating, you can dust the plate with powdered sugar, or pour on some maple syrup, just like traditional French toast.
Bacon or breakfast sausage would make a great savory side, and can be cooked on the stove while the French toast bakes in the oven.
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 cup fresh cranberries, divided
- 1 lb thick-sliced brioche bread, stale, cubed
- 2 cups eggnog (see Note 1)
- 6 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- powdered sugar, for serving
- Line a 9x13 baking pan with tinfoil.
- Combine the maple syrup and melted butter. Spread in the bottom of the baking pan.
- Spread half of the cranberries over the syrup mixture. Sprinkle the cubed bread, then add the remaining cranberries.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the eggnog, eggs, vanilla and cinnamon.
- Pour over the bread cubes. Use a spatula to press down on the bread cubes to ensure all of them soak up some of the liquid. Cover the baking dish with tinfoil and let sit at room temperature for one hour (see Note 2).
- Halfway through the soaking time, preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
- Bake the covered french toast bake for 30 minutes. Remove the tinfoil and bake another 15 to 20 minutes, until the top is lightly browned.
- Let the dish sit for 10 minutes, then cut into 8 slices, dust with powdered sugar and serve.
Note 1: Not an eggnog fan? Substitute 2 cups of milk instead.
Note 2: You can make this recipe through Step 5, and place the dish in the refrigerator overnight. Set the dish on the counter at room temperature 30 minutes before baking. Continue with Step 6 as written.
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Nutrition Information:Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 437Total Fat: 16gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 253mgSodium: 303mgCarbohydrates: 62gFiber: 1gSugar: 42gProtein: 12g
I am not a certified nutritionist. This nutrition information is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only.
Welcome to #ChristmasSweetsWeek 2020! Co-hosted by Terri from Love and Confections and Christie from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures! What better way to celebrate the holidays than with food and fun? 21 bloggers from around the country have come together to share some of their favorite sweet Christmas recipes!! Deck the halls and get ready for very merry sweet treats, like fudge, cookies, Christmas morning breakfasts, layer cakes, cocoa, and more! Follow along on social media with our #ChristmasSweetsWeek hashtag. Happy Holidays!
Enjoy these #ChristmasSweetsWeek recipes from our bloggers:
Homemade Dark Hot Chocolate Mix by Bear & Bug Eats
Breakfast and Baked Goods Recipes
Cherry Croissant Breakfast Bake by Making Miracles
Classic Cinnamon Rolls by The Nifty Foodie
Cranberry Eggnog French Toast Bake by The Redhead Baker (recipe above)
Spiced Pear Quick Bread by Simply Inspired Meals
Star Bread by House of Nash Eats
Candy and Fudge Recipes
3 Ingredient Old Fashioned Potato Candy by Blogghetti
Bourbon Caramels with Chocolate and Vanilla by Christmas Tree Lane
Chocolate Peppermint Graham Crackers by Kathryn's Kitchen Blog
Spiced Sugared Pecans by Love & Confections
Pastry and Dessert Recipes
Banana Cake by Palatable Pastime
Blue Curaco Velvet Cake by Magical Ingredients
Cranberry Orange Sugar Cookie Bars by Sweet Beginnings
Egg Nog Ice Cream by A Day in the Life on the Farm
Hazelnut & Raspberry Balsamic Brownie Cookies by The Spiffy Cookie
Hot Chocolate Sweet Rolls by Kate's Recipe Box
Lemon Ricotta Cookies by A Little Fish in the Kitchen Lemon
Peanut Butter Cut Outs by A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures
Pecan Crusted Pecan Pie by The Mandatory Mooch
Peppermint Dipped Chocolate Chip Cookies by An Affair from the Heart
Pioneer Woman’s Nantucket Cranberry Pecan Pie by For the Love of Food


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Fear is potent risk of Japanese nuclear crisis
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
When it comes to the nuclear power disaster unfolding in Japan, there is far more to fear than fear itself. But fear is one of the biggest - and could turn out to be the most potent - dangers.
Although radiation escaping from a nuclear power plant catastrophe can increase the risk of many cancers and other health problems, stress, anxiety and fear ended up in many ways being much greater long-term threats to health and well-being after Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and other nuclear accidents, experts said Monday.
"The psychological effects were the biggest health effects of all - by far," said Fred Mettler, a University of New Mexico professor emeritus and one of the world's leading authorities on radiation, who studied Chernobyl for the World Health Organization. "In the end, that's really what affected the most people."
Fears of contamination and anxiety about the health of those exposed and their children led to significantly elevated rates of suicidal thinking and anxiety disorders, and rates of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression about doubled, Mettler and others said.
"The effect on mental health was hugely important," said Evelyn Bromet, a professor of psychiatry at Stony Brook University who studied the aftermath of Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. "People's fears about getting cancer, or their children getting cancer, and family and friends dying from radiation exposure were very intense."
In the unprecedented disaster in Japan, where an earthquake triggered a tsunami that was followed by a major nuclear power plant emergency, all those negative psychological effects are being magnified in ways that no one can predict.
"You can imagine: There was an earthquake, and I survived that. And then here comes a tsunami, and I survived that. And then comes a nuclear reactor," said Mettler, the U.S. representative to the United Nations who studied Chernobyl. "With that kind of triple whammy, you can only imagine someone is going to be saying, 'What did I do? What's wrong with me?' "
Survivors of the bombings at Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945, Chernobyl and other nuclear accidents in Japan and Brazil were stigmatized by their societies, which caused discrimination that intensified emotional distress.
"After almost every radiological emergency, anyone or anything seen as or perceived as associated with the emergency came to be seen by others as tainted or something to be feared and even the object of discrimination," said Steven Becker of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Such stigmatization can interfere with victims receiving care and recovering from the event, said Becker, who studied the psychological and social impact of a much less severe nuclear accident in 1999 in Tokaimura, Japan. In that case, people in other parts of Japan refused to buy products from that region, and travelers were turned away from hotels and asked not to use public baths and swimming pools. Similar discrimination occurred after a 1987 radiation exposure event in Goiania, Brazil.
In the long run, such incidents can negatively transform entire cultures. In the areas affected by the 1986 Chernobyl accident, a crippling sense of hopelessness set in and was passed down through generations.
"What we know from experience is the psychological footprint from a nuclear disaster can not only be massive but in many ways greater than the effect of radiation," Becker said. "On an individual level, these range all the way from anxiety disorders, depression and substance abuse to a kind of culture of fatalism and hopelessness that has gripped the population in many areas, and it continues today, decades later."

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Did you know that approximately 23% of Goldendoodle owners report spending over $1,000 on their puppy in the first year?
If you’re considering bringing one of these adorable, intelligent and friendly dogs into your home, it’s essential to understand the costs involved. Beyond the initial purchase price, there are other expenses like feeding and nutrition, training and socialisation, health care and grooming that can add up significantly.
This isn’t just about dollars; it’s also a serious time commitment. So before you fall in love with those soulful eyes and fluffy coat, make sure you’re prepared for all aspects of Goldendoodle ownership.
In this article we’ll break down each cost category so that you have a clear idea on what it really means to bring home a Goldendoodle puppy.
Initial Purchase Price
You’ll likely shell out anywhere from $1,000 to $2,500 for your adorable little Goldendoodle puppy, but remember, that’s just the initial purchase price. This cost varies based on factors such as breeder reputation, pedigree of the parents, location, and whether the pup is destined to be a pet or show dog.
Highly reputable breeders who invest in genetic health testing and offer a solid health guarantee may charge more. If you’re hoping to provide service or therapy work with your Goldendoodle, you might consider investing in a puppy from proven lines of successful service dogs. This could potentially increase your upfront costs but can pay off in terms of the dog’s temperament and trainability.
Remember, it’s not just about getting a good deal upfront – quality breeding and care matter too!
Cost of Feeding and Nutrition
Feeding your fluffy friend won’t break the bank, but it’s important to budget for quality nutrition to keep them healthy and happy.
On average, you can expect to spend about $30-$60 per month on high-quality dry dog food for a Goldendoodle puppy. However, there are also additional costs that you should consider:
- Many vets recommend adding omega-3 fatty acids, which support coat health and cost around $10-$20 per month.
Probiotics can assist with digestion and usually range from $10-$30 monthly.
- Training treats will run about $5-$15 a month.
- Dental chews for maintaining oral health may add another $10-$20.
Remember, investing in your pet’s nutrition now helps prevent costly vet bills later. Always consult with your vet before making any changes to your puppy’s diet.
Investment in Training and Socialisation
Training your canine companion isn’t just about teaching them to sit or stay; it’s like building the foundation for a house. Without proper socialisation and training from an early age, problems can develop that are as difficult to fix as trying to repair a shaky foundation after the house is already built.
According to the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior, puppies should start socialization classes as early as 7-8 weeks old – illustrating how crucial this early investment in their mental well-being really is.
Professional trainers typically charge between $30 and $50 per group class, with private lessons costing considerably more. In addition, you may choose to invest in puppy school which often runs around $100-$300 for a four-week course.
This essential step ensures your Goldendoodle develops into a confident, well-behaved adult dog.
Health Care and Vet Bills
Caring for your furry friend’s health doesn’t come cheap, and vet bills can quickly stack up. Just like humans, Goldendoodles need regular check-ups to ensure they’re in top shape. However, these routine visits aren’t the only costs you’ll encounter.
- Unexpected illnesses or accidents can lead to costly surgeries or treatments that may not be covered by pet insurance.
- Preventive medications for heartworms, fleas, and ticks are necessary expenses that add up over a year.
- Aging brings its own set of health issues requiring special care and potentially expensive medications.
Goldendoodle puppies are an investment beyond just the initial purchase price. Remember, your commitment is to their lifetime wellbeing. Prioritize budgeting for their healthcare; it’s part of serving their needs best and ensuring they live a happy life with you.
Factoring in Grooming Expenses
Maintaining your fluffy friend’s coat isn’t a one-time deal, it’s an ongoing expense that can sneak up on you. For instance, imagine the surprise when Marley, a lovable doodle rescue from Boston, required professional grooming every 6-8 weeks to keep his coat healthy and mat-free – an unforeseen cost his new owners hadn’t anticipated.
Let’s break down the potential grooming expenses:
|Bath & Brush
These costs can certainly add up over time. Regular brushing at home helps reduce these fees but doesn’t replace them entirely. Remember, proper grooming is key to maintaining your Goldendoodle puppy’s health and happiness.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average lifespan of a Goldendoodle puppy?
The average lifespan of a Goldendoodle puppy is typically around 10 to 15 years. However, with proper care, love and attention, some can live even longer. They’re wonderful companions for those committed to their wellbeing.
How much exercise does a Goldendoodle puppy require daily?
Imagine a ball of energy, that’s your Goldendoodle puppy. They need about 5 minutes of exercise per month of age, up to twice a day. In the early months, play and short walks will do until they mature.
Are Goldendoodle puppies prone to any specific behavioral issues?
Goldendoodles are generally well-behaved, but they can develop separation anxiety if left alone too often. They’re also high-energy dogs, so without adequate exercise, they may exhibit destructive behavior out of boredom.
What is the temperament of a Goldendoodle puppy like?
Goldendoodle puppies are known for their friendly, affectionate nature. They’re highly social, intelligent, and eager to please, making them great for families or as therapy dogs. However, they require regular interaction and mental stimulation.
How quickly do Goldendoodle puppies grow and reach their full adult size?
Like a blink of an eye, your Goldendoodle puppy will reach its full size in about 12-18 months. They grow rapidly in their first year, but the growth slows during their second year. It’s quite a journey!
Like investing in a diamond, having a Goldendoodle puppy isn’t cheap. The initial price might stun you, but remember it’s just the beginning.
You’ll also be spending on their food, training, healthcare, and grooming.
But don’t worry! With proper planning and budgeting, this adorable bundle of joy could become an affordable addition to your family without breaking the bank.

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A five-year-old house needs major repairs and the builder won’t do anything to help. Mike Holmes and his team of pros step in to give the family the safe home they need and make up for the shortcomings of minimum code.
Hollywood takes sides and speaks out on the Ellen Degeneres controversy. Then, details on how Meghan Markle is celebrating amid the royal book backlash. Plus, our exclusive with Angelina Jolie about her movie 'The One and Only Ivan.'
Noah Cappe starts at the Delaware State Fair, where he'll eat the very stately Delaware Dog, a hot dog loaded with scrapple. Then, he'll try to tackle the funnel cake-filled Frankenfunnel Burger and the octopus-loaded Octotaco.
After her grandfather dies, a successful career women heads back to the small town she grew up in and learns that her grandfather was in serious debt. Desperate for a way to pay back the money, she enters a pumpkin growing competition.


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February 27, 2019
Montana Business Owner Pleads Guilty To Violating the Clean Air Act
On February 27, 2019, Mark Hurst, owner of Custom Carbon Processing, Inc. (CCP), a slop-oil processing/recycling company based near Wilbaux, Montana, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, District of Montana, to a violation of the Clean Air Act—Negligent Endangerment. Hurst was charged due to his involvement in the release of a hazardous air pollutant and other extremely hazardous substances.
On December 29, 2012, a driver for Woody’s Trucking, located in Baker, Montana, arrived at CCP to offload natural gas condensate (“drip gas”) from a pipeline station that transports products from the North Dakota Bakken oil fields. The drip gas was hauled to CCP from Watford City, North Dakota. The bill of lading that accompanied the shipment identified the product as “slop oil and water,” a nonhazardous substance. Drip gas is a hazardous material, and trucks that transport drip gas are required to bear a “flammable liquid” placard. In this case, while the driver was filling the front tank of the truck with the drip gas, a fire ignited, injuring three CCP employees. The tanks on the truck burned for 8 days until the local fire department determined that the tanks held drip gas and not the slop oil and water indicated on the bill of lading. The fraudulent bill of lading was also submitted to the Department of Labor–Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Great West Casualty Company to conceal the contents of the shipment.
DOT-OIG is conducting this investigation with EPA-CID.

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Getting interested is a very specialized and life changing event. It is a time for the future wedding couple to reflect on previous times and look toward the future. There are different proposal traditions in most cultures. These customs include traditions, events and ceremonies to mark the occasion. Some couples even add a little essence to their engagement ceremony.
Eastern Orthodox weddings feature several traditions and events, and they generally include an elaborately decorated table, which symbolizes happiness and fertility. The table is additionally used to provide food to the guests. Beyond the table, the bride and groom may acquire gifts, which are twisted in red paper. Gift ideas are also put into a reddish tin bag known as Mam Qua.
Prior to actual involvement, the bride and groom have to meet 3 times. Once they are together, the groom asks the bride for her hand. After the bride’s dad agrees, the marriage contract is usually signed. Following your contract is normally signed, the bridegroom kisses the bride plus the bride improvements into a dress up. At this point, the groom’s family group presents the couple with gifts.
In some Africa civilizations, there is a ritual known as “Lobola. inches This formal process is applied in many countries, which include South Africa. Throughout this ceremony, the groom’s family presents gift ideas to the few, and the couple exchanges their jewelry. Guests are then invited to get involved. They may offer prayers and blessings to the couple.
Another classic way of obtaining operating is through a henna wedding ceremony. Usually, this really is performed together with the Radwa. Henna is normally applied on the hands belonging to the bride and the groom. During the ceremony, the bride and groom as well lift tresses for the sky. Different engagement traditions can be found in additional cultures, too. Besides the traditional wedding, there are a number of different traditions, such as individuals found in the Agikuyu community.
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The UK is targeting 600,000 heat pump installations a year by 2028 as part of wider efforts to decarbonise the economy. Unlocking investment through deals like this will help rapidly grow the country’s heat pump industry, meet net zero targets and deliver jobs. Kensa expects its growth to create over 7,000 green jobs in the UK by 2030.
By harnessing freely available heat energy in the ground or water, electrically powered ground source heat pumps work like a fridge in reverse. They produce around four units of clean heat for every one unit of electricity they consume, making them much more efficient than gas boilers. They’re recognised by the Government as a key solution to tackling heating emissions and weaning the country off gas.
This investment will make heat pumps even more accessible to more properties, including retrofits for social housing, terraced housing and non-domestic buildings. Finance will also be provided for Kensa to offer house builders, housing associations and non-domestic customers their ‘Networked Heat Pumps’ solution at a lower cost. This effectively creates a new renewable asset class, kick-starting a sector that could exceed £1 billion by 2030.
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Deploring what it called ‘the gross and systematic violation of human rights’ in strife-torn Libya, on 26 February the Security Council adopted Resolution 1970 (2011), where it demanded an end to the violence and decided to refer the situation to the International Criminal Court while imposing an arms embargo on the country and a travel ban and assets freeze on the family of Muammar Al-Qadhafi and certain Government officials.
This resolution was adopted unanimously under Chapter VII of the UN Charter (Article 41). The Council authorized all Member States to seize and dispose of military-related materiel banned by the text and adopt ‘all measures necessary’ to secure the prompt and safe delivery of humanitarian assistance to those in need.
Through this binding resolution, the Council also decided to establish a new committee to monitor sanctions, to liaison with Member States on compliance and to respond to violations and to designate the individuals subject to the targeted measures. Individuals and entities immediately subjected to the targeted sanctions of travel bans and assets freezing were listed in the two annexes to the resolution. Many countries have already taken steps to freeze the assets of Qadhafi and his associates.
Regarding its referral of the situation in Libya since 15 February 2011 to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, the Council recognized that States not party to the Rome Statute that established the Court had no obligations to it, but urged all States and concerned organizations to cooperate fully with the Court and the Prosecutor.
Finally, the Council affirmed that it would keep the actions of the Libyan authorities under continuous review and would be prepared to strengthen, modify, suspend or lift the prescribed measures in light of compliance or non-compliance with the resolution. This might well be the fastest the Security Council has moved with regard to a situation. The general agreement among its members might partly be due to the fact that under Article 41 the Security Council decides what measures, not involving the use of force, can be employed to give effect to its decisions.
Besides these measures ordered by the Security Council, talks are under way between the US, and European and allied governments to impose a no-fly zone over Libya in order to prevent further killings of civilians by forces loyal to Qadaffi.


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Описание: Presents a theoretical foundation of data-mining and provides important directions for data-mining research.
Автор: Tsau Young Lin; Setsuo Ohsuga; Churn-Jung Liau; Xi Название: Foundations of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery ISBN: 364243228X ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642432286 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18232 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: "Foundations of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery" contains the latest results and new directions in data mining research.
Автор: Tsau Young Lin; Setsuo Ohsuga; Churn-Jung Liau; Xi Название: Foundations and Novel Approaches in Data Mining ISBN: 364206650X ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642066504 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20477 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Data-mining has become a popular research topic in recent years for the treatment of the "data rich and information poor" syndrome. In this volume, we hope to remedy problems by (1) presenting a theoretical foundation of data-mining, and (2) providing important new directions for data-mining research.
Автор: Jiawei Han Название: Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques, ISBN: 0123814790 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780123814791 Издательство: Elsevier Science Рейтинг: Цена: 5937 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques provides the concepts and techniques in processing gathered data or information, which will be used in various applications. Specifically, it explains data mining and the tools used in discovering knowledge from the collected data. This book is referred as the knowledge discovery from data (KDD). It focuses on the feasibility, usefulness, effectiveness, and scalability of techniques of large data sets. After describing data mining, this edition explains the methods of knowing, preprocessing, processing, and warehousing data. It then presents information about data warehouses, online analytical processing (OLAP), and data cube technology. Then, the methods involved in mining frequent patterns, associations, and correlations for large data sets are described. The book details the methods for data classification and introduces the concepts and methods for data clustering. The remaining chapters discuss the outlier detection and the trends, applications, and research frontiers in data mining. This book is intended for Computer Science students, application developers, business professionals, and researchers who seek information on data mining.
Описание: Like the popular second edition, Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques offers a thorough grounding in machine learning concepts as well as practical advice on applying machine learning tools and techniques in real-world data mining situations. Inside, you'll learn all you need to know about preparing inputs, interpreting outputs, evaluating results, and the algorithmic methods at the heart of successful data mining?including both tried-and-true techniques of today as well as methods at the leading edge of contemporary research.

Complementing the book is a fully functional platform-independent open source Weka software for machine learning, available for free download.

The book is a major revision of the second edition that appeared in 2005. While the basic core remains the same, it has been updated to reflect the changes that have taken place over the last four or five years. The highlights for the updated new edition include completely revised technique sections; new chapter on Data Transformations, new chapter on Ensemble Learning, new chapter on Massive Data Sets, a new ?book release? version of the popular Weka machine learning open source software (developed by the authors and specific to the Third Edition); new material on ?multi-instance learning?; new information on ranking the classification, plus comprehensive updates and modernization throughout. All in all, approximately 100 pages of new material.

* Thorough grounding in machine learning concepts as well as practical advice on applying the tools and techniques

* Algorithmic methods at the heart of successful data mining?including tired and true methods as well as leading edge methods

* Performance improvement techniques that work by transforming the input or output

* Downloadable Weka, a collection of machine learning algorithms for data mining tasks, including tools for data pre-processing, classification, regression, clustering, association rules, and visualization?in an updated, interactive interface.

Описание: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF FRAUD THROUGH DATA ANALYTICS Catch fraud early! Fraud Analytics Using Descriptive, Predictive, and Social Network Techniques shows you how with a thorough overview of how to prevent losses and recov
Описание: The widespread use of web-based communities, social media, and social networking sites has brought a rapid change to the interaction between computers and users as well as the digital experience as a whole.

Social Media Mining and Social Network Analysis: Emerging Research highlights the advancements made in social network analysis and social web mining and its influence in the fields of computer science, information systems, sociology, organisation science discipline and much more. This collection of perspectives on developmental practice is useful for industrial practitioners as well as researchers and scholars.
Описание: In recent years, social network research has advanced significantly with the development of sophisticated techniques for Social Network Analysis and Mining (SNAM). This book traces parallels between new social media and similar social patterns.
This book focuses on applications of social network analysis in predictive policing. Data science is used to identify potential criminal activity by analyzing the relationships between offenders to fully understand criminal collaboration patterns. Co-offending networks—networks of offenders who have committed crimes together—have long been recognized by law enforcement and intelligence agencies as a major factor in the design of crime prevention and intervention strategies. Despite the importance of co-offending network analysis for public safety, computational methods for analyzing large-scale criminal networks are rather premature. This book extensively and systematically studies co-offending network analysis as effective tool for predictive policing. The formal representation of criminological concepts presented here allow computer scientists to think about algorithmic and computational solutions to problems long discussed in the criminology literature. For each of the studied problems, we start with well-founded concepts and theories in criminology, then propose a computational method and finally provide a thorough experimental evaluation, along with a discussion of the results. In this way, the reader will be able to study the complete process of solving real-world multidisciplinary problems.
Автор: Berry Michael J Название: Data Mining Techniques ISBN: 0470650931 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780470650936 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3970 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The leading introductory book on data mining, fully updated and revised! When Berry and Linoff wrote the first edition of Data Mining Techniques in the late 1990s, data mining was just starting to move out of the lab and into the office and has since grown to become an indispensable tool of modern business. This new editionmore than 50% new and revised is a significant update from the previous one, and shows you how to harness the newest data mining methods and techniques to solve common business problems. The duo of unparalleled authors share invaluable advice for improving response rates to direct marketing campaigns, identifying new customer segments, and estimating credit risk. In addition, they cover more advanced topics such as preparing data for analysis and creating the necessary infrastructure for data mining at your company. Features significant updates since the previous edition and updates you on best practices for using data mining methods and techniques for solving common business problems Covers a new data mining technique in every chapter along with clear, concise explanations on how to apply each technique immediately Touches on core data mining techniques, including decision trees, neural networks, collaborative filtering, association rules, link analysis, survival analysis, and more Provides best practices for performing data mining using simple tools such as Excel Data Mining Techniques, Third Edition covers a new data mining technique with each successive chapter and then demonstrates how you can apply that technique for improved marketing, sales, and customer support to get immediate results.
Автор: Olson Название: Advanced Data Mining Techniques ISBN: 3540769161 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783540769163 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13089 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Covers the fundamental concepts of data mining, to demonstrate the potential of gathering large sets of data, and analyzing these data sets to gain useful business understanding. This book describes and demonstrates basic data mining algorithms. It contains chapters on a number of different techniques often used in data mining.
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After we got to know that Samsung is ditching the charging adapter from the box of its S21 series phones, Xiaomi has now announced that the company won’t ship the Mi 11 with the charger in the box. Apple ditched the adapter from the box of iPhone 12 series, and the company said they did this to help reduce carbon emission, and by the year 2030, the company wants to be carbon-neutral. Since the charger won’t be included in the box, the box is smaller in size, and lighter so at a time, more boxes can be shipped. Well, same is the justification from Xiaomi on ditching the charger from Mi 11’s box.
Apple was bashed for making this change because, in the box, the iPhone 12 series comes with a Type-C to lightning cable, but most of the users having older iPhones have the adapter having the Type-A port. So not including a Type-C adapter in the box meant those customers still have to buy an adapter separately.
But as we know, all the Android flagships now come with a Type-C port & we see this port even on the budget phones. So it is not that big of a deal that Xiaomi is not offering a charger in the box because if someone is going to buy a high-end flagship phone like the Mi 11, that person most probably already has an Android phone with him with a Type-C port and hence a charger. What’s funny is the fact that Xiaomi mocked Apple when the company removed the charger from the box of the iPhone 12 series. Now, Xiaomi is doing the same by giving the same reason as Apple.
This is not the first time Android phone makers have done this. In fact, when Apple removed the headphone jack from its iPhone, many companies such as Samsung, Google, Xiaomi etc. mocked Apple. But as we know, now the flagships from these brands don’t come with a headphone jack.
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Annuals: Say hello to some much-needed pops of color back into your landscape! Early spring is the right season to plant cooler weather annuals such as; dianthus, pansy, snapdragon, violas, and osteospermums.
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