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Pet Food Innovation Center: Grand Rapids, MI
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Baker Perkins offers facilities for customers to develop new products and processes, produce samples for test marketing, and conduct feasibility trials.
The Innovation Center at Grand Rapids, Michigan, contains a wide range of production and laboratory scale equipment dedicated to the biscuit, cookie, cracker and pet food industries. Customers are guaranteed total confidentiality, working with or without the help of Baker Perkins' experienced food technologists.
Companies from every part of the world find that thorough trials, often using their own local raw materials, provide a reliable basis for trouble-free commissioning of a new plant or the launch of a new product.
The wide variety of process technologies and equipment available in our Innovation Centers enables us to cross conventional process boundaries, and to offer a variety of process solutions for a single product.
This range of equipment is permanently available, and specialty units can be brought in if necessary to complete a process. Alternatively, customers are welcome to bring along their own technologies to integrate within our existing equipment.
- Available Facilities
Baker Perkins offers facilities for customers to develop new products and processes, produce samples for test marketing, and conduct feasibility trials.
The Grand Rapids Innovation Center has a pilot scale line capable of producing wirecut, rotary moulded, chewy / hard granola and co-extruded type products.
Our 60 foot long Multi-Media tunnel oven is able to simulate recirculating, impingement and Direct Gas Fired (DGF) modes of operation to meet most baking needs. This oven has both a band and a mesh for increased test flexibility. There is also a 12 foot long Enerjet oven available: this oven is capable of reducing bake time up to 40%.
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Fi has already blogged about our excursion to this tasting event, which is handy because in my uncharacteristic* tardiness in blogging, I've managed to delete all the photos I took of the evening. However I can tell you that it was delicious and fun and the owners are charming, answering all of my questions and allowing me to sample anything I wanted to, including the chocolate mousse,** and the vegan mayo, and the chilli poppers, which are breaded hot chillis stuffed with vegan cheese and basically the most delicious, most ridiculous things I've ever eaten. I love them.
Anyway, now I order the chilli poppers all the time, which is great because now I can order the potato cake and chilli popper munch box. And I was also furnished with this awesome VIP card, which lets me get a free cone with any sauce every month, and which I am using for the awesome experiment of trying every Sauce of the Month for the year of 2013 without depriving myself of the poutine in my LotF budget.
I think, in the three and a half years*** I have been living in Melbourne, I have tried LotF's Sauce of the Month once only. I know! So now I am living on the edge, trying them every time.
Today Fi and I had a midweek lunch picnic at Flagstaff Gardens, joined by Danni and E, and of course the Rocket. I baked orange and poppyseed biscuits (recipe tomorrow), but in my geniusness decided to scoot on over to visit the Lord at Melbourne Central and grab a cone of this month's sauce in my handy-dandy tupperware container.****
This sauce, the Yemen Skhug, is super delicious and this evening there has been much lamenting around the house that no sampling of this delicious sauce had occurred previously, and now the month is nearly over! The Yemen Skhug is based on skhug, or zhug, and the Lord's January newsletter tells me that it is a hot paste common in Middle Eastern and North African cuisines, and the Lord mixes chilli, tomato, garlic, olive oil, coriander, parsley, lemon, herbs and spices together.
I'm interested in learning more about skhug, in both its red and green forms, and the Yemeni cuisine it traditionally accompanies. That's how great I found this sauce.
Lord of the Fries
You know where to find it, it's everywhere. Except Brunswick and Southern Cross, where I really want it.
You know where to find it, it's everywhere. Except Brunswick and Southern Cross, where I really want it.
*this is a lie
**at this point in writing this review, I paused to go and buy the ingredients for chocolate mousse, which is now setting in the fridge
***TECHNICALLY two and a half years, because China
****this was a genius idea and I recommend it to you and all of your friends, especially when you're on your bike
****this was a genius idea and I recommend it to you and all of your friends, especially when you're on your bike

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Monday, February 07, 2011
I've seen some good films recently
Never Let Me Go (2010)
I liked this film much more than the book. It was visually soothing: I especially liked the greys and the taupes of the children's hand-knitted cardigans and the peeling walls of their school.
The Stepfather (2009)
Dreadful, dreadful film. Everything I hate: murder, shallow characters, Patrick Swayze lookalikes.
I watched this one with the children who asked if the colours in all films were dull like that back in the day when I was young. Well, yes I suppose they were.
Away We Go (2009)
Thoroughly enjoyed this story of a young couple expecting their first baby, and travelling from city to city to find the perfect place to settle down. The ending is rubbish but the rest is a great exploration of modern stereotypes we're all annoyed by, and I laughed a lot.
Get Low (2009)
This story of a reclusive old man who arranges his own funeral was good but it could have been much much better. Occasional whiffs of Little House on the Prairie.
Main Street (2010)
Colin Firth with a Texan accent. Hmmm. But Orlando Bloom wasn't too shabby.
Bright Star (2009)
I really liked this rather whimsical story Keats's last love affair. The costumes were lucious if a little too modern to be entirely believable.
Copie conforme (2010)
I've mentioned this one already. Juliette Binoche and an unknown (to me) English baritone act out a strange aftermath to their relationship (or maybe not) in gorgeous Tuscany. Definitely made me want to see more by the Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami.
The King's Speech (2010)
I enjoyed this, but who didn't? I particularly liked the scenes in the speech-therpist's Harley Street basement with peeling paint, the patina of grubbiness, faded carpets.
Somewhere (2010)
The story of an actor and his relationship with his young daughter. Nothing really happens but it is all rather diverting.
The Social Network (2010)
Yes, not bad but I thought the beginning was much stronger than the end.
Welcome to the Rileys (2010)
I like James Gandolfini and I loved this story of a couple in late middle age coping with loss.
Fargo (1996)
Hard to believe that this film is already fifteeen years old. I don't think I enjoyed it quite as much the second time round, but it's still classic cinema.
Finding Forrester (2000)
A film with lots of good intentions. Sean Connery plays an aging, reclusive author befriended by a young black kid who wants to write. There are some good lines. Like "The first key to writing is... to write, not to think! "
I Love You, Man (2009)
Amusing film. Starring Chandler.
It's Complicated (2009)
Silly story about a divorced couple that gets back together again. Meryl Streep and Alex Baldwin 's talents are underused.
L'homme de chevet (2009)
I abhor the simpering Sophie Marceau, but Christophe Lambert plays an interesting character in this story of a disabled woman who needs someone to look after her.
Burn After Reading (2008)
I totally missed the point of this film. I mean what was it about exactly?
Quiz Show (1994)
I quite enjoyed this story of corrupt morals - what about you?
There's a function on the IMDb My Movies page where I can create a ballot and you can go and rate the films on my list. Go on, humour me.
9 comments:
- nmj said...
I tried to read Never Let Me Go but could not get into it, I am not an Ishiguro fan - maybe will try & see it, your review makes me want to. Love the idea of soothing taupes.
I love Juliette Binoche - & Tuscan landscapes - but found this film so pretentious, though I read she was so happy to be working with the Iranian director, it was a dream for her.
I liked Social Network just for the background it gave to Facebook, but didn't love it. Was intrigued to learn later that the blonde twins are two actors with one actor's head, all very hi-tech.
Loved Fargo all thos years ago! Haven't seen anything else on your list. Have you seen Of Gods & Men? I thoroughly recommend it, I didn't know anything about these French monks in Algeria. I understand the film has done really well in France. A beautiful & bleak movie.
- 07 February, 2011 22:43
I went to the cinema about six times last year. Once with you Lesley. You forgot to add it to your list. Tamara Drew!
Perhaps it was further back ... or not worthy of comment. I found it entertaining but felt sorry for the actress who seemed to have swollen lips. The ageing author in the story was so lacking in sex appeal it was bizarre.
Every time there was a coupling it seemed to be hello, clothes off, bang bang ... also rather bizarre. Not really life like (IMHO).
- 07 February, 2011 22:44
- Moobs said...
Fargo is gem.
- 07 February, 2011 23:02
- Lesley said...
@nmj: Yes, I read the twins/one head thing too. I'm glad I read it after the film, otherwise I would have spent a lot of time looking for the technical subterfuge.
I haven't seen Of Gods and Men (yet?), thought it might be too harrowing.
@Deborah: Yes, I'd forgotten about that but didn't start keeping this list until just after Christmas anyway. The problem with Tamara Drew I think was that it was too self-consciously English - with all that cottagey, chintzy, deepest countryside stuff. One felt the director's eye wavering off towards the American market.
- 07 February, 2011 23:05
- Veronica said...
I'm not sure there was a point to Burn After Reading, except just fun. Brad Pitt was so great in that (and I'm not a fan of him otherwise). Nice to see George Clooney playing someone rather obnoxious too.
The best film I've seen this year is Même la pluie/También la lluvia by Spanish director Iciar Bollain. If it's still around in your area, do go and see it, it's excellent.
- 08 February, 2011 09:02
- Ms Mac said...
I know I've seen Burn After Reading and I know I laughed a bit at it but that's it.
The Social Network bored me after about 45 mins. Watching over-privileged, obnoxious, immature boys squabbling over money was all it said to me. And perhaps Zuckerberg has some form of autism?
I know I've seen Quiz Show but it was a long time ago. So long that I'm getting it mixed up with the William H Macey story in Magnolia (which I hated).
I love that you "abhor" Sophie Marceau. That amuses me.
- 08 February, 2011 11:28
- Andrea Knapp said...
I almost watched Never Let Me Go yesterday but then remembered how much I disliked the book - even though Stella bloody loves it *ducks* and I feel the same way about Ms Knightly as you do Ms Marceau!
Quite looking forward to The King's Speech at some point!
- 08 February, 2011 11:34
- Lesley said...
@Veronica Will definitely try to see También la lluvia
@MsMac Yes, perhaps he does have some sort of Asperger's thing going on. I did quite enjoye the first scene with his girlfriend though.
Anfrea: I don't think I actually managed to finish the novel - must be one of those you love it or you hate it books. But we're right and Stella is wrong. Obviously.
- 08 February, 2011 13:46
- Lesley said...
enjoye Anfrea really?
- 08 February, 2011 22:27
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FORKS OF ELKHORN, Ky. — Todd Lester, pastor of Forks of Elkhorn Baptist Church near Midway, Ky., knows people don't always come to church through the front door.
In fact, he understands the sentiment so well his congregation is investing millions of dollars in a recreational facility to rival many commercial gyms, hoping people who come to play will stay to pray in his rural Kentucky church.
The church is building a 61,300 square foot addition that will include an elevated walking track, two basketball courts, a workout room, weight rooms and all manner of classes and athletic leagues.
Lester said the new CROSS center — which stands for Christian Recreation Outreach Strengthening Souls — is an amped up version of a tool he's used for years in his ministry — the church basketball or softball league.
Lester hopes it will both be a service to, and an invitation for, the community.
"They might come in through the back door or side door," he said, "hopefully we will get them into the sanctuary."
Lester knows how to attract people to church, his church most specifically. When he started at Forks of Elkhorn about 15 years ago, the congregation had 35 members who meet in the same small building where it had begun services more than 200 years ago.
He built a sandwich board kind of sign to place out on U.S. 421 just to let people know the little chapel was in business down Duckers Lane, north of Midway, south of Frankfort, Ky., and surrounded by farm land.
Lester doubled the church's membership in the first few years. Since then, Forks of the Elkhorn Baptist Church has grown to 2,000 members and in 2003 the congregation moved into a new, modern church building.
The planning for the recreation center began about four years ago, Lester said. At the time, in the midst of the recession, the economy didn't seem ripe for a large building campaign. But, he and the congregation were rapidly outgrowing its current space and needed a larger area for children's ministry.
Church members agreed there was a recreational need to be met, too, and a way to reach out to the community.
"The body is the temple of God," Lester said. "When we give our lives to Christ, we have to try to take care of the temple."
The new church building — scheduled to open in late spring or early summer — has provided the church with some experience in tackling a big project. As a sign of commitment to the effort, the project, which cost $3.5 million in 2003, was paid off in six years, Lester said.
And, the church has hired a recreational director, Lee Rainwater, who worked in physical education at Asbury University for 16 years.
The center will have state of the art equipment but a decidedly different atmosphere than most gyms, Rainwater explained. A dress code with an eye toward modesty will be enforced and families will be encouraged to participate together.
"We don't want anybody to feel intimidated," Rainwater said, adding he plans to work with local schools, such as Georgetown and Midway colleges, to offer internships to students majoring in recreation or related fields.
Church members will be able to use the facilities for free, Lester said, and members of the community will pay a nominal fee, though the specifics haven't been determined.
There won't be a hard sell on gym membership, both men say. Instead, as people get to know each other while working out, it's possible an invitation to Sunday worship services might be extended, Lester said.
The theme of tending to body, mind and spirit will become more evident throughout the church as the opening of the center nears, Lester said. And even as the physical space occupied by the church grows, the small town heart of the church will be preserved, he added.
Plus, you're likely to see Lester out on the basketball court because he doesn't want to the guy "in a suit on Sunday morning at the pulpit."
"I still go out there and play," he said.


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[Editor's note: Crowd sourcing "id that crater". Check out my post, Race To The Moon with Richard Furno for the original effort 40 years ago to map the moon.]
Republished from National Public Radio.
We're seeing the most detailed images of the moon's surface ever captured from afar — thanks to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO. The space probe carries a super-powerful camera, which photographs every bit of the moon's surface for scientists to examine.
Only one problem: The LRO is doing such a good job that the scientists can't keep up.
Enter Oxford astrophysicist Chris Lintott. He's asking amateur astronomers to help review, measure and classify tens of thousands of moon photos streaming to Earth. He has set up the website MoonZoo.org, where anyone can log on, get trained and become a space explorer.
"We need anybody and everybody," Lintott tells NPR's Guy Raz on Weekend All Things Considered.
For example, "we ask people to count the craters that they can see … and that tells us all sorts of things about the history and the age of that bit of surface," Lintott explains.


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Italian Aircraft Carrier ITS Cavour Will Visit Marmaris
8 Feb 2013 1 Comment
Tomorrow, on 9th February 2013 the Italian aircraft carrier C-550 ITS Cavour will start a port visit in Marmaris, Muğla.
The Andrea Doria class destroyer D-554 ITS Calio Dulio and the fleet tanker A-5327 ITS Stromboli are escorting the aircraft carrier. The destroyer and the tanker are going to dock in Aksaz Naval Base adjacent to the town of Marmaris where as the aircraft carrier will dock to the pier reserved for large passenger ships in Marmaris town where she will be highly visible to everyone.
What's good is an aircraft carrier if you cannot show off with it? Right.


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Teen Births, by Race/Ethnicity
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- Definition: Number of births to women ages 15-19, by race/ethnicity (e.g., in 2016, there were 16,106 births to California Hispanic/Latina women ages 15-19).Number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19, by race/ethnicity (e.g., in 2016, there were 23.7 births per 1,000 California Hispanic/Latina women ages 15-19).
- Data Source: California Dept. of Public Health, Birth Statistical Master Files; California Dept. of Finance, Population Estimates and Projections, 2000-2009, 2010-2060; CDC WONDER, Natality Public-Use Data (Feb. 2019).
- Footnote: County-level data reflect the mother's county of residence, not the county in which the birth occurred. The notation S refers to data that have been suppressed because there were fewer than 20 teen births in that group. N/A means that data are not available. Race/ethnicity definitions changed for California in 2000 and for the U.S. in 2016; use caution when comparing data across time.
Learn More About Teen Births
- Measures of Teen Births on Kidsdata.org
On kidsdata.org, teen births data are available as numbers and rates per 1,000 young women overall, by age group (14 and under, 15-17, 18-19), and by mother's race/ethnicity.
- Teen Births
- Demographics
- Breastfeeding
- Low Birthweight and Preterm Births
- Prenatal Care
- Teen Sexual Health
- Why This Topic Is Important
Adolescent births are associated with serious challenges and negative outcomes for the parents, their children, and society overall. Teen mothers are more likely than mothers in their 20s and early 30s to have premature births, infants with low birthweight, and babies who die in infancy (1, 2). Children of teens also are at increased risk for physical, behavioral, cognitive, and academic challenges later in life (2, 3). Children born to teens are more likely to drop out of high school, enter the criminal justice system in adolescence, become teen parents themselves, and experience unemployment in adulthood compared with children born to older mothers (2, 3).
Giving birth as a teenager can create disadvantages for the mother and father as well. Teen mothers are more likely to become welfare dependent, and teen parenthood in general is associated with lower educational attainment and lower income levels (2, 3). Fiscal hardship can be compounded by the fact that teen mothers are less likely to be married, which may mean covering family expenses on their own (1). However, some teen parents are able to manage these challenges successfully, become competent parents, and reach their educational and career goals.
It is estimated that adolescent births cost society billions of dollars annually, due to lost productivity and costs related to health care, foster care, and incarceration (2, 3).See kidsdata.org's Research & Links section for more information about teen births.
Sources for this narrative:
1. Martin, J. A., et al. (2018). Births: Final data for 2017. National Vital Statistics Reports, 67(8). Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_08-508.pdf
2. Youth.gov. (n.d.). Pregnancy prevention: Adverse effects. Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs. Retrieved from: https://youth.gov/youth-topics/pregnancy-prevention/adverse-effects-teen-pregnancy
3. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). Healthy People 2020: Family planning. Retrieved from: https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/family-planning?topicid=13
- How Children Are Faring
The birth rate among California teens decreased by 75% between 1995 and 2016, from 62.9 births per 1,000 young women ages 15-19 to 15.7 per 1,000. This decline was evident at the county level as well, as teen birth rates dropped in all counties with data during this period. Despite these improvements, many counties continue to have high rates, with some exceeding 30 births per 1,000 teens in 2016. The majority of teen births statewide are to women ages 18-19, though rates have declined for all age groups (under 15, 15-17, and 18-19) since 1995.
Trends among California racial/ethnic groups can be compared beginning in 2000. Since then, teen birth rates have decreased for all groups with data. Nevertheless, large differences remain; e.g., in 2016, the teen birth rate among Hispanic/Latina teens was 23.7 per 1,000, compared with 17.8 for American Indian/Alaska Native, 17.6 for African American/black, 11.6 for multiracial, 6.2 for white, and 2.5 for Asian/Pacific Islander teens.
- Policy Implications
The birth rate among U.S. teens is at its lowest level on record, yet still is higher than rates in other developed nations (1). Adolescent childbearing puts teen mothers and their children at increased risk for negative health, social, academic, and economic outcomes (1, 2, 3). Societal costs related to teen births are estimated in the billions of dollars per year (1, 2). Policies to prevent teen pregnancy have been shown to have a positive return on investment, saving public costs in the long run (2).
California's teen birth rate also is at an historic low, though disparities persist by region and race/ethnicity (4). While the state has made significant progress, continued work is needed to maintain recent gains and eliminate inequities. Policymakers can play a role by creating and extending legislation—such as the California Healthy Youth Act—aimed at preventing teen births and promoting adolescent health, funding evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs in schools, clinics, and community settings, improving access to quality health care and family planning services, and addressing social determinants of health such as income inequality (1, 2, 5).
Government at all levels—including school districts—as well as the health care sector, community organizations, advocates, media, parents, and peers all can influence teen sexual activity and pregnancy. Strategies to prevent teen births can be strengthened by working collaboratively across sectors and tailoring approaches to fit the specific needs of groups at increased risk for teen pregnancy, such as youth in foster care, homeless youth, those living in rural or low-income areas, African American and Latino youth, and teens who already are parents, as almost 1 in 5 teen births are repeat births (2, 5, 6).
Policy and program options to prevent teen births and support teen parents and their children include:
For more information, see kidsdata.org's Research & Links section, or visit Power to Decide or the Guttmacher Institute. Also see Policy Implications on kidsdata.org under Teen Sexual Health and Low Birthweight and Preterm Births.
- Ensuring that the California Healthy Youth Act—which requires comprehensive, accurate, appropriate sexual education in middle school and high school—is implemented effectively throughout the state (7)
- Maintaining and expanding public investments in family planning services and in teen pregnancy prevention programs with demonstrated success, as well as in strategies focused on youth development and on strengthening relationships with parents, other adults, and peers (1, 2, 8, 9)
- Informing health care providers, youth, and parents about state confidentiality laws concerning reproductive health services and the option to keep sensitive service information confidential (10)
- Ensuring that all youth, particularly those in rural or underserved areas, have access to routine health care that is comprehensive, culturally-sensitive, and teen-friendly; because a healthy pregnancy begins before conception, and at least 80% of teen pregnancies are unplanned, this care should include sexual education and family planning services, and provide information on effective contraception such as long-acting reversible contraception (3, 5, 6)
- For pregnant teens, ensuring access to quality prenatal care in the first trimester, followed by quality infant care and comprehensive, youth-friendly support services for young parents; also, funding and evaluating interventions targeted at preventing subsequent pregnancies (2, 11)
- Promoting cross-sector efforts that address larger social and systems forces affecting teen sexual activity and pregnancy, such as media influences (including social media), neighborhood safety and resources, economic opportunities, and barriers to quality health care and family planning services, particularly for youth at higher risk of teen pregnancy (4, 6, 8, 12)
Sources for this narrative:
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019). About teen pregnancy. Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/teenpregnancy/about
2. Child Trends. (2017). Teen pregnancy prevention: Research-based policy recommendations for executive and legislative officials in 2017. Retrieved from: https://www.childtrends.org/publications/teen-pregnancy-prevention-research-based-policy-recommendations-executive-legislative-officials-2017
3. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). Healthy People 2020: Family planning. Retrieved from: https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/family-planning?topicid=13
4. California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program. (2016). California Adolescent Sexual Health Needs Index (CASHNI), 2014. Retrieved from: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CFH/DMCAH/CDPH%20Document%20Library/Data/Adolescent/CA-Adolescent-Sexual-Health-Needs-Index-2014.pdf
5. Barfield, W. D., et al. (2017). Why we need evidence-based, community-wide approaches for prevention of teen pregnancy. Journal of Adolescent Health, 60(3), S3-S6. Retrieved from: https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(16)30953-3/fulltext
6. Yarger, J., et al. (2017). Rural-urban differences in awareness and use of family planning services among adolescent women in California. Journal of Adolescent Health, 60(4), 395-401. Retrieved from: https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(16)30412-8/fulltext
7. Adolescent Sexual Health Work Group. (2017). Current and relevant resources to support local implementation of comprehensive sexual health education in California schools. Retrieved from: http://ashwg.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ASHWGResourceList-9.22.17.pdf
8. Plourde, K. F., et al. (2016). Improving the paradigm of approaches to adolescent sexual and reproductive health. Reproductive Health, 13(1), 72. Retrieved from: https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12978-016-0191-3
9. Power to Decide. (2019). Key information about California. Retrieved from: https://powertodecide.org/what-we-do/information/resource-library/key-information-about-us-states
10. National Center for Youth Law. (2018). California minor consent and confidentiality laws. Retrieved from: http://teenhealthlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/CaMinorConsentConfChartFull11-20-18.pdf
11. McCroskey, J., et al. (2017). Trends in timely prenatal care across Los Angeles County and why it matters. Children's Data Network. Retrieved from: https://www.datanetwork.org/cdn-apps/snapshots-of-child-well-being-in-los-angeles-county/index.php?data=prenatal
12. Collins, R. L., et al. (2017). Sexual media and childhood well-being and health. Pediatrics, 140(2), S162-S166. Retrieved from: https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/140/Supplement_2/S162
- Research & Links
- Websites with Related Information
- Adolescent and School Health: Sexual Risk Behaviors. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Adolescent Sexual Health Work Group
- Advocates for Youth
- California Dept. of Public Health: Information and Education Program
- Child Trends: Teen Pregnancy and Reproductive Health
- Guttmacher Institute: United States Teens
- Journal of Adolescent Health
- Power to Decide: The Campaign to Prevent Unplanned Pregnancy
- Reproductive Health: Teen Pregnancy. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Key Reports and Research
- "What if" You Earned a Diploma and Delayed Parenthood? Intergenerational Simulations of Delayed Childbearing and Increased Education. (2014). Child Trends. Moore, K. A., et al.
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in the United States. (2019). Guttmacher Institute.
- California Adolescent Sexual Health Needs Index, 2018. (2022). California Dept. of Public Health. Campa, M., et al.
- Care of Adolescent Parents and Their Children. (2021). Pediatrics. Powers, M. E., & Takagishi, J. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Adolescence.
- Exploring African-American and Latino Teens' Perceptions of Contraception and Access to Reproductive Health Care Services. (2017). Journal of Adolescent Health. Galloway, C. T., et al.
- How Increasing the Use of Effective Contraception Could Reduce Unintended Pregnancy and Public Health Care Costs. (2017). Child Trends. Welti, K., & Manlove, J.
- Improving the Paradigm of Approaches to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health. (2016). Reproductive Health. Plourde, K. F., et al.
- Race, Age, and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status in Low Birth Weight Disparities Among Adolescent Mothers: An Intersectional Inquiry. (2016). Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice. Coley, S. L., & Nichols, T. R.
- Sexuality Education for Children and Adolescents. (2016). Pediatrics. Breuner, C. C., et. al.
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Research-Based Policy Recommendations for Executive and Legislative Officials in 2017. Child Trends.
- U.S. Teenage Births Hit Record Lows—and Could Drop Further if Contraceptives Were More Accessible. (2021). Population Reference Bureau.
- What Works for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions. (2014). Child Trends. Wasik, H., et al.
- Why We Need Evidence-Based, Community-Wide Approaches for Prevention of Teen Pregnancy. (2017). Journal of Adolescent Health. Barfield, W. D., et al.
- County/Regional Reports
- Annual Report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County. Orange County Children's Partnership.
- Community Health Improvement Plan for Los Angeles County. Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health.
- Live Well San Diego Report Card on Children, Families, and Community. The Children's Initiative.
- San Mateo County All Together Better. San Mateo County Health.
- Santa Monica Youth Wellbeing Report Card. Santa Monica Cradle to Career.
- More Data Sources For Teen Births
- 2022 KIDS COUNT Data Book: State Trends in Child Well-Being. Annie E. Casey Foundation.
- Adolescent Health Data and Statistics. California Dept. of Public Health, Maternal.
- California Strong Start Index. First 5 Association of California & Children's Data Network.
- CDC WONDER. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- FastStats: Teen Births. National Center for Health Statistics.
- Power to Decide: National and State Data
- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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By Pam Benson and Elise Labott
A senior U.S. official is dismissing a report that says covert American drone strikes in Pakistan have killed 385 civilians, nearly half of them children, saying the findings by the London-based Bureau for Investigative Journalism are faulty and uncorroborated.
The response by the official late Thursday follows a report released this week by the nonprofit group, which includes British and Pakistani journalists, that found CIA covert drone strikes since 2004 killed at least 2,292 people. Of those killed in the strikes, the group said it had credible reports of at least 385 civilians, including 160 children.
"The numbers cited by this organization are way off the mark," the official told CNN. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the drone program.
According to the senior U.S. official, an estimated 2,000 militants and 50 civilians have been killed in strikes since 2001. Since May 2010, the strikes have killed 600 militants, the official said.
"In that same period of time, we can't confirm any noncombatant casualties," the official said.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism defended its report in a statement to CNN on Friday, calling it "the most accurate public record yet of the CIA's drone strikes."
"All of our sources are credible and transparent, and where contradictory information exists, we make that clear," its editor, Iain Overton, said. "It is unfortunate that instead of engaging with our work, the CIA sees fit to smear it."
The U.S. official's figures echo similar ones cited in June by White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan.
American drone strikes in Pakistan have inflamed tensions between the two countries, especially after attacks in which civilians were killed.
A drone strike March 17 reportedly hit a community council meeting in North Waziristan, one of the seven districts of Pakistan's volatile tribal region bordering Afghanistan. It killed 44 people - mostly civilians, two Pakistani sources have said. That strike prompted protests in Pakistan, and the United States temporarily suspended its drone attacks.
U.S. officials rarely discuss publicly the CIA's drone program in Pakistan, though privately, officials have said the covert strikes are legal and an effective tactic in the fights against extremists.
But the allegations by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism spurred reaction from U.S. officials, who are mindful of often violent reaction in the region to allegations of civilian casualties.
The State Department also disputed the group's findings, saying the United States goes to "enormous lengths to avoid killing or injuring innocent civilians."
"To that end, President (Barack) Obama has directed that we be exceptionally precise and surgical in addressing the terrorist threat, relying both on rigorous review procedures and all of the technological tools at our disposal to ensure that innocent civilians are protected," said Victoria Nuland, a State Department spokeswoman.
"We try to ensure that we only use force against those individuals who threaten us."
The Bureau for Investigative Journalism findings are published in a 22,000-word database that lists details of each drone strike as compiled from news reports, researchers and lawyers examining drone attacks and leaked U.S. intelligence reports and diplomatic cables. Among the group's findings: More than 1,100 people were injured in the 291 drone strikes known to have taken place since 2004.
The group also reported that of the 291 drone attacks, at least 236 have been ordered since Obama was named president. Of the at least 2,292 people reported killed, at least 1,842 were killed in strikes since Obama took office.
Based on a count by CNN's Islamabad bureau, there have been at least 238 drone strikes since 2008 - with 45 this year, 111 in 2010, 52 in 2009 and at least 30 in 2008.
Brennan, the counterterrorism adviser, has said the Obama administration wants to follow a strategy of drone strikes and targeted raids against terrorists to avoid prolonged wars.
But the senior U.S. official said the research was suspect in part because it relied on information from a questionable source.
"One of the loudest voices claiming all these civilian casualties is a Pakistani lawyer who's pushing a lawsuit to stop operations against some of the most dangerous terrorists on the planet," the official said.
"His evidence, if you can call it that, comes from a press release. His publicity is designed to put targets on the backs of Americans serving in Pakistan and Afghanistan. His agenda is crystal clear."
While the official did not name the Pakistani lawyer, it was believed to be Shahzad Akbar - who is suing the CIA to stop the drone strikes. But the journalism organization called Akbar "a single source among many on only 10 strikes of some 291 the Bureau examines."
"Where Mr. Akbar's information is contradicted by other sources, we make that overtly clear in our research," Overton said. "To suggest, as U.S. counterterrorism officials are, that he is a 'major source' for our data is simply untrue."
Akbar told CNN on Friday that he met three times with one of the group's journalists, who reached out to him to cross-check statistics on drone strikes. He dismissed allegations that his work was suspect.
"My complaint is not against Americans serving in Pakistan and Afghanistan. My concern is that we must have some accountability for civilian deaths," Akbar said.
"I am not saying that drone strikes must stop. My complaint is that you have to be accountable for civilian deaths. There are no checks on how many civilians are killed. This is what concerns me and other Pakistanis who want to end fundamentalism in Pakistan. Civilian deaths in drone strikes are fueling extremism."
Akbar drew the ire of U.S. officials in December when he released the name of the CIA's station chief in Pakistan, part of his campaign to end the drone strikes.
"I didn't do anything wrong by naming the CIA station chief in Islamabad," Akbar told CNN. "I don't care that the Pakistani government gave him consent to come here. They don't have the authority to give them consent."
CNN's Reza Sayah and Chelsea J. Carter contributed to this report
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Terrific article
When are the idiots in charge going to realize that we need to get out of this butt crack country, they are making us look like a bunch of nimrods.
The Islamic community should be outraged over the killing of over a thousand muslims by the jihadist faction!!!! But not one word about that? Instead focus only on the loss of life from drone strikes!!!! We love drones they keep us safe and out of the shit!!!! Any loss of civilians is regretable and all efforts are made to minimize civilian casualties.Unlike our muslim
foes who have no regrets detonating ied,s etc in civilian areas.All in the name of holy jihad!!!! No jihad no drone strikes real simple! Support jihad remain silent when these jihadists kill your fellow muslims!Harbour insurgent fighters in your villages and glorify their deeds as heroic and these strikes and the casualties will continue. Unfortunatly I see no end in sight!!!!!!! Wake up and see that jihad is no good for islam!!!! Killing and terror only begets more killing and terror!!!!!
Religious belief is an total barrier to knowledge.
YEAH and 1,437 innocent muslims killed by IED. attacks aimed at Afghan and coalition targets quoted from cnn,s page?
WTF over! I love drones!!!!!!!!!
I frankly am very skeptical about "High Civilian Death Toll's" from drone strikes. Unfortunately, we have very few "trusted allies" in the region and drone strikes keep US Servicemen out of harms way. I'm sure there is some collateral damage from drone strikes, but they have proven to be very effective. If we can't trust the folks in the region (for the most part) then keep up or even step up the drone strikes. When we don't know who "has our back", we need to do everything possible to mitigate the exposure of American troops and this is one very effective way to do it!
Study: CIA drones strikes have killed 168 children
Based on international and Pakistani news reports and research on the ground, the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism has issued a new study on civilians killed by American drones, concluding that at least 385 civilians have been killed in the past seven years, including at least 168 children.
Here's a taste of the report, which can be read in full here (warning: graphic images):
Pakistani father Din Mohammad had the misfortune to live next door to militants in Danda Darpakhel, North Waziristan. His neighbours were reportedly part of the Haqqani Network, a group fighting US forces in nearby Afghanistan.
On September 8 2010, the CIA's Reaper drones paid a visit. Hellfire missiles tore into the compound killing six alleged militants.
One of the Hellfires missed its target, and Din Mohammad's house was hit. He survived. But his son, his two daughters and his nephew all died. His eldest boy had been a student at a Waziristan military cadet college. The other three children were all below school age.
An Obama administration official told ABC that these numbers are "way off the mark" - but, tellingly, did so on the condition of anonymity, meaning he or she will be protected from any accountability.
Meanwhile, the New York Times' Scott Shane has an important article reviewing the same issue and in particular Obama counterterrorism adviser John Brennan's claim in June that for the previous year CIA drone strikes hadn't caused "a single collateral death because of the exceptional proficiency, precision of the capabilities we've been able to develop." Shane finds that basically every outside observer - including those of all ideological stripes - finds this claim to be preposterous:
Others who question the C.I.A. claim include strong supporters of the drone program like Bill Roggio, editor of The Long War Journal, who closely tracks the strikes.
"The Taliban don't go to a military base to build bombs or do training," Mr. Roggio said. "There are families and neighbors around. I believe the people conducting the strikes work hard to reduce civilian casualties. They could be 20 percent. They could be 5 percent. But I think the C.I.A.'s claim of zero civilian casualties in a year is absurd."
Brennan issued a new statement to the Times suggesting that the CIA has merely "not found credible evidence of collateral deaths" from the drone strikes:
"Fortunately, for more than a year, due to our discretion and precision, the U.S. government has not found credible evidence of collateral deaths resulting from U.S. counterterrorism operations outside of Afghanistan or Iraq, and we will continue to do our best to keep it that way," Mr. Brennan said.
Given that the drones are operated remotely, it's far from clear how the CIA even knows who is being killed in many of these strikes.
Want the truth???? Try Wikileaks, Assange and Manning. If you have the courage.
Fireside: CIA Lies About Civilian Drone Deaths
Obama's counterterrorism advisor, John Brennan recently made the claim that because of the exceptional proficiency, the precision of the capabilities that we've been able to develop, referring to use of unmanned drones, that there hasn't been a single collateral death for almost a year. But as the New York Times documented today, it doesn't seem to add up. And in response John Brennan then said that U.S. officials could not confirm any deaths.
Drone has an address and it never fails to deliver. Pakistan is demanding $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Pakistan is selecting drone targets. So Pakistani supported Talibans are immune.
How about a 'Noble Pig Prize' for those brave drone pilots??
better drone piolets then dead americans.
…"forty mon, or two metric tons, of opium once a month from the Afghan border town of Spin Boldak. The drugs were carried by a convoy…into Iran. Although the police in Afghanistan and Pakistan were bribed to give the convoy safe passage, the Iranian police were not….Sikander…was making $125,000 to $250,000 in profits each trip."
(6,900 tons of opium were being trafficked from Afghanistan in 2009)
(Matthieu Aikins, The Master of Spin Boldak, Harper's Magazine, Dec., 2009, p. 53)
See: Matthieu Aikins's shocking article in Harper's Magazine (Dec., 2009), about the multi-billion dollar opium trade in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and how the governments and militaries of these two countries tolerate, condone, assist, protect, and work for and with the opium traffickers.
(Matthieu Aikins, The Master of Spin Boldak, Harper's Magazine, Dec., 2009, p. 53)
…"forty mon, or two metric tons, of opium once a month from the Afghan border town of Spin Boldak. The drugs were carried by a convoy…into Iran. Although the police in Afghanistan and Pakistan were bribed to give the convoy safe passage, the Iranian police were not….Sikander…was making $125,000 to $250,000 in profits each trip."
(6,900 tons of opium were being trafficked from Afghanistan in 2009)
All those who justify the killing of civilians in the name of the so called war on terror are the worst creatures on earth. History will give them the same respect which it gives to Hitler and his Nazi supporters for killing jews. I dont believe there is any country that has killed more humans than the US has. It's time the world stand up against the american nazis of today.
The U.S. has gone to extraordinary lengths to avoid harming civilians.
We know that al Qaeda, the Taliban and other terrorist organizations would never go to such lengths to avoid harming the innocent, and we know that they do not employ the same humane and just standards as the U.S..
Are you serious?
Has anyone kept count of how many civilian lives were lost in Pakistani army operations in the Shia dominated tribal regions ?
how very eloquent, but why not a word for the "mujahadin" who kill moslems? who blow up mosques and deliberately kill teachers and school children?
americans apologize for accidentally hitting civilians – the taliban brag about it. your feigned indignation is tinged with hypocrisy!
if they had given up binladen when they had the chance they could have prevented this. But you also fail to realize, thiests are not people sorry to diapoint you. If a pack of wild rabid dogs was causing a problem, they would mow them down for the greater good. Same here, killing filth like the paks is not a shame, a sin, or a crime. Letting islam spread is a sin, a shame, and crime.
And what of ur people who kill in the name of ur god that has killed ore of those civilians than NATO and the war on terror is helping all countries to be more secure and prevent radical extremists!!!!!!
Thank you!! I too believe in global liberty equality, fraternity,peace and justice and I do not agree with these drones as a good way to achieve World Peace! They are now known to murder civilians.Stop the BS drones now!NO MORE DRONES!
Oh, I thought the drones killed people, but it looks like they were just moslems. So, call it a training opportunity and move on.
SAY IT AGAIN...WAR! Uh huh....What is it good for. .Absolutely nothing. Uh-huh. War, huh, yeah. What is it good for. Absolutely nothing. Say it again, y'all. War, huh, Good God What is it good for.. Absolutely nothing..SAY IT AGAIN!
.....Edwin Starr....Peace....
Big hit 70's..hoping for Vietnam war to end
By murdering innocents civilians('til proven guilty in court of laws)" by remote control" the US is a the terrorist state.. these drones strikes killing are murders, plain and simple there are no two ways about it, thus Odumba and his cronies should be brought before the ICC for crimes against humanity...
Thats why the US isnt part of the ICC. If they ever joined, Henry Kissinger would be indicted. So would GW jr, cheney rumsfeld, and wolfowitz.
Joe, you are a fool. 1) if there military wore uniforms, we would treat them as soulders. Since they do not, then ever single paki man woman and child is a paki soulder.
you need to rub your 2 digit iq and see it it makes some sparks,, ignorant f...
The State Department also disputed the group's findings, saying the United States goes to "enormous lengths to avoid killing or injuring innocent civilians."said Victoria F-uland, a State Department spokeswoman.
CIA drones controlled by a joystick thousands of kilometers away, on US Air Force bases in Nevada and elsewhere.
"There are just pieces of flesh lying around after a strike. You can't find bodies. So the locals pick up the flesh and curse America. They say that America is killing us inside our own country, inside our own homes and only because we are Muslims," he said. "The youth in the area surrounding a strike gets crazed. Hatred builds up inside those who have seen a drone attack. The Americans think it is working, but the damage they're doing is far greater."the strikes not only kill the innocent, but injure untold numbers and radicalize the population."For every 10 to 15 people killed, maybe they get one militant," he said. "I don't go to count how many Taliban are killed. I go to count how many children, women, innocent people, are killed."
exactly, why would we believe the lies of the paki government. They knew where obl was, they lied and said they didnt, there word mean exactly f**kle.
Your keeping count? Okay then, how many innocent children, women and men have been killed by the Taliban? What's the count of American soldiers using children to do their dirty work(i.e making them throw bombs at people
,making them step on mines?
Of course no one wants to look at the fact that these terrorist cowards use and abuse their own women and children on a dialy basis. Most of the so called civillian casualties are from them keeping them close or holding them hostage. If I was in a war I would want my loved ones to be in a safe place, I wouldn't put them in harms way. Don't worry if you attack us and cause us harm we will find you! Just ask Slappy Bin Laden.
Why is it when the USA murders innocent civilians in an illegal war, it's always defended by racist cowards on these boards as justified. You all like to claim the other side is using "human sheilds". You cannot, nor will GOD, justify what you, and the USA Military believe, and do. Your screenname is blasphemous, and does little to promote the teachings of the Bible. You apparently don't know which 'god' you are serving...But I do.
You do know that god (YHVH, tetragramaton, johova what ever) is a vengful spiteful being. Just read the bible, if he is real, then he is eating a bwol of popcorn, drinking a beer, and watching the US preform the greatist action flick he has ever seen.
Akbar is anti U.S. He is lying. Give our boys a little more credit than that.
If the cowardly muslim terroirists would stop hiding among the "innocent" people then this wouldn't happen nearly as much. IF in fact, it is even true. Until they come out and face us then the "innocent" people will always be in harm's way and subject to the possibility of collateral damage. Dats the fact jack !
Stop harboring terrorist!
pakistan is standing for commonwealth it is demonstrable
Everyone runs to make negative judgements about Pakistan forgetting thousands of soldiers who lost their life in this so called fight against terrorism besides the countless civilians. We are talking about a part of the world where there is usually a single person in a family who brings bread. The country's economy is down the tube, resources are overwhelmed, and things are falling apart. Every single person in the country has sacrificed. US – what a country of ungrateful people. They worry more about that miniscule financial aid and make big deal about it but I have yet to see a single high profile US official recognizing all the sacrifices Pakistan has made both now and when you were there stopping Russia from reaching warm waters of Indian ocean. The least degree of gratitude you can express is to accept it.
I would like to express my 'sincere' gratitude to Pakistan for hiding the biggest coward and terrorist of all , Oscuma Bin Laden. Glad he's gone and glad we got to see how much of a coward he really is, pushing his wives in front of him just before his brains were splattered eveywhere. They knew he was there the whole time and were to afraid to do anything about it. New name suggestions for Pakistan – Punkistan, Biotchistan, Cesspoolistan, Crapistan etc..
Mr. President you have lost my vote. If you are authorizing killing of innocent children than you are no batter than Casey Anthony. The extreme and shameful stubbornness is that you now call it legal. Would you accept such an operation for American children? Don't scream, just look in the mirror.
Don't be rediculous.
no such thing, inocent and paki are mutually exclusive terms.
mickey i am glad your inbred mind can actually type and can use internet keep spouting your filth and hate... you should be proud of yourself....
The US didn't kill those people just like Casey Anthony didn't kill her daughter....
Pakistan...worthless except for what we need from you, Pakistan is nothing but the US and worlds whore.....you even crap on your own people and offer nothing.
I would agree in general the credibility of Pakistan but the death of children and civilians is a serious issue, why is the US is fighting the real enemy is/was alqaida not the Taliban
Everyone runs to make negative judgements about Pakistan forgetting thousands of soldiers who lost their life in this so called fight against terrorism besides the countless civilians. We are talking about a part of the world where there is usually a single person in a family who brings bread. The country's economy is down the tube, resources are overwhelmed, and things are falling apart. Every single person in the country has sacrificed. US – what a country of ungrateful people. They worry more about that miniscule financial aid and make big deal about it but I have yet to see a single high profile US official recognizing all the sacrifices Pakistan has made both now and when you were there stopping Russia from reaching warm waters of Indian ocean. The least degree of gratitude you can express is to accept it.
Landlock Afghanistan needs a port. Pakistan is in to milk cow. $$$$$$$$$ They have not made any scrifice. They were hiding OBL. One Pakistani official gave out Bin Laden for 25 million $ reward and green cards for the family. Saudi were paying huge sum to ISI for sheltering Bin Laden.


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Welcome to the Pitshanger Poets Workshop Blog.
We hold a weekly workshop at the Questor's Theatre in Ealing to read and discuss our work; you are welcome to join us. This blog will keep you updated with news from the workshop, poetry events and examples from our membership, old and new.
We meet every Tuesday night from 8pm in The Library, Questor's Theatre, Mattock Lane, Ealing, London. Bring a poem, bring copies and be ready to discuss it in a friendly, enthusiastic group.


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Woman accused of trying to kill children may claim insanity
Prosecutors say Seabrook woman forced children to drink bleach
New court filings are shedding light on the direction the defense may take in the trial of a Seabrook mother accused of trying to kill her children by making them drink bleach.
In June, emergency crews were called to 15 True Road in Seabrook, where, according to prosecutors, Wendy Wright forced her 6- and 7-year-old children to drink bleach before drinking some herself.
All three were hospitalized, and the children are now doing fine.
Wright has been charged with attempted murder. New court documents filed by her attorney reveal that she may use renunciation as a defense. That term indicates that she voluntarily changed her mind in the course of the action, and so is not criminally responsible.
A different document, though, reveals another, almost contradictory defense.
"They filed a notice of insanity, which means we will be hiring an expert to evaluate her," said Rockingham County Attorney Jim Reams. "They may hire an expert to evaluate her, so it will take a lot longer to bring the case to trial."
The filing indicates that if Wright acted as she's accused of acting in the indictments, she was not criminally responsible because she was suffering from a mental illness. Reams said that will ultimately be something a jury will have to decide.
"New Hampshire's unique. We don't have a legal test," he said. "We just treat it as a question of fact for the jury to determine, unlike other states."
Reams said this would be the second or third insanity defense he has seen in 15 years.
"It's difficult to prove, and it's expensive and time-consuming," he said. "It just doesn't happen that often, and that's true in the entire state of New Hampshire."
Wright is free on bail. Her trial is scheduled for next September.


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Nike went to court Wednesday to prove that Reebok is no shoo-in to promote New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow on apparel.
Nike Inc. claimed in a lawsuit in U.S. District Court that Reebok International Ltd. has used Mr. Tebow's name on Jets-related apparel without permission since it was announced last week that Mr. Tebow was traded from the Denver Broncos to New York. The Tebow trade occurred just before Nike replaces Reebok on Sunday as the supplier of NFL team uniforms.
The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, claims that Reebok misappropriated publicity rights, interfered with business relationships and unjustly enriched itself because it failed to get Mr. Tebow's permission before launching the new products.
Reebok, based in Canton, Mass., did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment. The lawsuit said Reebok did not respond to demands to cease Tebow apparel sales after a Tebow representative sent a letter to the company on Friday.
Reebok is a subsidiary of Adidas AG.
According to the lawsuit, new Nike-supplied uniforms for all 32 NFL teams will be unveiled next week in New York City, kicking off a five-year deal for Nike to be the league's exclusive provider of on-field apparel, including game uniforms and sideline apparel. Reebok had been the supplier for the last decade.
The lawsuit said demands for Tebow-related Jets apparel was intense last week during a normally subdued time for NFL merchandise sales.
It said Nike, based in Beaverton, Ore., believes Reebok was shipping large volumes of Tebow-related apparel products to retailers for sale to the public this week, damaging Nike's ability to capitalize on a "unique and short-lived opportunity."
The lawsuit added that it was unlikely that a consumer who buys an unauthorized Tebow jersey or T-shirt from Reebok this week will purchase an authorized Tebow item from Nike next week.


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English soldier; born in London 1870; died at Spion Kop, Natal, Jan. 24, 1900; son of George C. Raphael; educated at Wellington College. Joining the Rifle Brigade (Militia Battalion) in 1889, he passed into the regular army in 1891, being assigned to the First Battalion South Lancashire Regiment. He was gazetted first lieutenant in that regiment in 1893, and in 1898 reached the rank of captain. He had qualified in signaling and in military topography, and had also acted as instructor in musketry and as adjutant to his regiment.
At the outset of the conflict between the English and Boer governments, Raphael was ordered with his regiment to South Africa (Nov., 1899). He was senior subaltern in his battalion and acting captain in charge of 130 men and a machine gun; he was killed in Warren's engagement with the Boers at Spion Kop.
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Here are 3 butterflies I've encountered in the last 3 years.¹
Butterfly in the butterfly garden at the Boston Museum of Science, Boston, MA. June, 2010.
Butterfly on a window, in The Butterfly Pavilion outside Denver, CO. April, 2011.
In the wild on the grounds of the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA. August, 2012.
¹ I don't come across butterflies in the wild nearly as often as YTSL of Webs of Significance, whose photos of her hikes around Hong Kong regularly include butterflies (among her other critter sightings).²
² I looked back at my photos from the hike we had together when I visited Hong Kong in August of 2011, but it would seem that I found no butterflies that day!


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Pastor Wilfredo De Jesus Credits Church Growth to Serving the Marginalized
Wilfredo "Choco" De Jesus, pastor of New Life Covenant Church in Chicago, shared Tuesday that he believes the massive growth his Illinois megachurch has experienced during his 13 years of leadership is due to an active and bold outreach to society's outcasts.
De Jesus, whose New Life Covenant Church is the largest Assemblies of God congregation in the U.S., is home to 18,000 global members (4,000 locally) due to its more than 135 outreach ministries that stretch all over the world.
The Chicago pastor, who appeared on "The 700 Club" on Tuesday, attributed the boost in New Life's congregation size, which numbered less than 70 when he and his wife took over leadership in 2000, to its decision to reach out to those in need and those "that nobody wants," such as the homeless, gang bangers, drug addicts.
"The Bible tells us that the eyes of God (are) looking to see whose heart is fully committed to Him. There are just so many hurting people during our time here, and in our nation, that New Life Covenant decided to stand in the midst of all the turmoil, all the pain and suffering, and become that true beacon of light, the Gospel."
Drawing on Stephen's life-costing decision to preach the Gospel as recorded in the Book of Acts, De Jesus added, "When Stephen stood up, Jesus stood up in the heavens."
"I think we all have that time and season in our lives where we have to be challenged to be standing up," he added.
De Jesus, 48, also serves as vice president of social justice for the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, which has 38,000 member churches, and is in a unique position to speak on the values and concerns of the Latino/Hispanic evangelical Christian community.
He mentioned that the major issues currently on the table are immigration, education and poverty.
"It's not only the pulpit that we preach (from), but we speak into these issues that are facing our people," he said.
"I think the Church is the largest institution, the greatest institution on the planet Earth. The Bible teaches us that we're the head and not the tail," he added. "Although we've been acting like the tail for so many years, this is the season for the Church to be the head, and so we're leading the way."
De Jesus, recently named one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People," has shared that his own experiences of being one of six children raised solely by their mother in the inner-city makes him acutely aware of the need to put what he believes as an evangelical into action.
"When you live in the inner city, it shapes you because you see the injustice and you can't just preach on Sunday and then ignore it like it doesn't happen. You have no other choice but to jump in the middle of that fight and speak for people," he has said previously.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia regards the involvement of Iran and Hezbollah in Syria's civil war as dangerous and believes the rebels must be offered military aid to defend themselves, the kingdom's foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a news conference with Secretary of State John Kerry in Jeddah, Prince Saud al-Faisal added that Saudi Arabia "cannot be silent" about Iranian intervention and called for a resolution to ban arms flows to the Syrian government.
"The kingdom calls for issuing an unequivocal international resolution to halt the provision of arms to the Syrian regime and states the illegitimacy of the regime," Prince Saud said.
Kerry has returned to the Middle East after a two-day visit to India, and will continue efforts to strengthen the Syrian opposition and revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
In Jeddah, Kerry is holding discussions with Prince Saud and Saudi Arabian intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who coordinates the kingdom's efforts to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The discussions include Washington's plans for providing direct military support to General Salim Idriss of the Supreme Military Council, the military wing of Syria's main civilian opposition group.
Prince Saud said the world's top oil exporter "cannot be silent" at the intervention of Iran and Hezbollah in the Syrian conflict and renewed calls to arm the opposition and bar weapons sales to President Bashar Assad.
"The most dangerous development is the foreign participation, represented by Hezbollah and other militias supported by the forces of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard," he said.
"There is no logic that allows Russia to publicly arm the Syrian regime and the foreign forces that support it," he added.
President Barack Obama has said he will arm the rebels but has not disclosed what type of assistance he will provide. Kerry is trying to ensure that the aid to the rebels is properly coordinated among the allies, in part out of concern that weapons could end up in the hands of extremist groups.
A meeting between Kerry and European and Arab counterparts in Doha last week agreed to increase support for Syria's rebels although there was no consensus among the foreign ministers over providing arms, with Germany and Italy strongly opposed to the move.
More than 93,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict, which began as a popular protest movement against President Bashar Assad but has descended into a civil war with sectarian overtones.
Nearly 1.7 million refugees have fled into neighboring countries, including Lebanon, where clashes between armed groups supporting opposing sides in Syria have fuelled fears of a lapse back into sectarian civil war.
Saudi Arabia has become more actively involved in the Syrian crisis in recent months, expanding the flow of weapons to the rebels to include anti-aircraft missiles.
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Solid October retail sales lift hopes for US economy
WASHINGTON — An increase in shopping last month during the partial government shutdown suggests that the U.S. economy may be more resilient than some have feared.
Retail sales increased 0.4 percent in October, the Commerce Department said Wednesday, after being flat the previous month. That jump shows that many consumers remain willing to spend as the all-important holiday shopping season nears.
At the same time, other data released Wednesday point to an economy that's still struggling to reach full health.
— Sales of existing homes fell 3.2 percent last month from September, the National Association of Realtors said. Higher mortgage rates and a shortage of homes on the market contributed to the drop-off. So did delays by potential homebuyers during the government shutdown.
— Businesses' inventories increased by 0.6 percent in September, the Commerce Department said. This caused several economists to bump up their growth forecasts for the previous June-September quarter but to downgrade their expectations for the current quarter. JPMorgan Chase economist Daniel Silver called the possible upcoming decline in business stockpiles a "significant drag on growth."
Analysts had speculated that retail sales would be unchanged in October, slowed by the 16-day partial government shutdown and by cheaper gasoline that would mean less money spent at the pump.
But what many consumers saved on gas they spent on other items. Excluding sales at service stations, retail spending rose 0.5 percent last month. Sales of furniture, electronics, appliances and clothing all showed solid gains.
Congress likely blunted some of the impact of the shutdown by guaranteeing back pay for 800,000 furloughed federal workers.
"There could be the possibility that all those furloughed workers knew they were going to be paid, so they may have taken the opportunity to take a mini-vacation and go shopping," said Jennifer Lee, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.
Because consumers fuel about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity, expectations have arisen that the better-than-expected retail sales last month could build momentum for November and December.
Before October's retail sales report, most analysts predicted that the overall economy would grow at a weak annual rate below 2 percent in the current quarter. But after the report was issued Wednesday, Paul Dales, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics, boosted his forecast: He thinks additional consumer spending will cause the overall economy to grow at an annual rate between 2 percent and 2.5 percent this quarter.
Coupled with the retail sales was a slight decline last month in consumer prices.
The consumer price index fell 0.1 percent in October, the Labor Department said. A sharp 2.9 percent drop in gasoline prices largely caused inflation to be held in check. Over the past 12 months, inflation has averaged 1 percent, well below the Federal Reserve's 2 percent target.
U.S. gasoline prices began falling in the spring and reached two-year lows earlier this month. The average price of a gallon of gas was $3.21, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report.
And just as clothing purchases rose in October, consumers benefited from declining apparel prices. They fell 0.5 percent for the second consecutive month.
But inflation rates this low are a double-edged sword: Lower prices tend to signal an economy struggling to grow at a healthy pace.
Inflation has been modest over the past four years, with prices held down by the weak recovery from the Great Recession. Unemployment remains high at 7.3 percent. And many Americans who do have jobs are not receiving pay increases. That's made it difficult for consumers to spend more and for retailers to charge more.
"Can spending hold up?" said Joel Naroff, president of Naroff Economic Advisors, in a client note. "That is not clear. Real earnings, which are adjusted for inflation, rose moderately but only because inflation fell. Not adjusted for inflation, compensation went essentially nowhere."


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[Editor's note: If you live in or visit Washington, DC, check out this exhibit in Arlington featuring Google's Streetview public art on Pittsburgh's Sampsonia Way. See related blog post.]
Republished from The Washington Post.
The morning last May when a Google Maps car — with a roof-mounted camera — came to record street-view images of Pittsburgh's Sampsonia Way, artists Ben Kinsley and Robin Hewlett were waiting.
They and more than a hundred community members had lined the one-way alley with a staged street parade (with marching band!), a mini-marathon and a dozen other bizarre scenarios.
Video of the resulting public art project, "Street With a View," and a Web terminal to check out the project are now on view as part of the Arlington Arts Center's new "Public/Private" exhibit. And the truth about it is, the little Google Maps "intervention" was a six-month undertaking — that required assistance from Google.
"They had already shot that street. Pittsburgh was already done," Kinsley tells us by phone from Iceland, where he now works. "In the end, they were willing to reshoot the area just for us. There wasn't any guarantee that what they shot would go live." But it did: Just Google "Sampsonia Way Pittsburgh," and there they are (though you'll have to scroll around to find all of the scenes).
When it launched the street-view scenes in November, Google even offered hints that a surprise was waiting, says Elaine Filadelfo, spokeswoman for Google Maps. In tech-speak, it's an "Easter egg." (For the record, Google gave no money to the artists; the street-view team just liked their idea.)
Kinsley says he and Hewlett (both Carnegie Mellon grads) hit upon the idea after seeing street views.
"We asked ourselves, 'What if we knew this car was coming down the street, what would we do? What could we do?' "
Free. "Street With a View" and the rest of "Public/Private" are up Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. through April 4. Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Blvd. 703-248-6800. For more about the project visit http://www.streetwithaview.com.


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MINISTER FOR JUSTICE Alan Shatter has condemned anti-abortion posters targeting him personally which have been erected in his constituency.
The Minister said the posters were obscene and insensitive and compared them to the 'fundamentalist bullyboy' tactics used during the divisive debates on abortion in the early 1980s.
The posters say: "Every child matters except to Alan Shatter" and along the bottom an additional slogan says "Stop Abortion". The Minister said the posters have an "entirely outrageous and entirely inappropriate bloodied photograph" on them.
"The persons or organisation responsible for these untruthful and illegal posters are apparently too cowardly to include their identity on the posters," said Shatter.
The posters were erected overnight and have been put up close to Wesley College school in Ballinteer and reportedly beside a creche in the area.
The debate on Ireland's abortion laws has intensified over the past six weeks over the death of Savita Halappanavar and Ireland's response to the ABC judgment in the European Court of Human Rights.
Minister Shatter said he had campaigned for years for greater protection for children, for reform of Ireland's child protection services, for a Minister for Children and for the children's rights referendum.
"It is regrettable that a minority of individuals are now reverting to the insensitive and disgraceful tactics deployed by the fundamentalist bullyboys who targeted both me and others in the early 1980s when, in advance of the 1983 referendum, I predicted many of the difficulties that have arisen as a result of the incorporation of Article 40.3.3 into our Constitution," Alan Shatter said in a statement this afternoon.
The lack of humanity, insight and compassion of those responsible for these posters is starkly illustrated by their positioning adjacent to Wesley College school, close to where I live, and their reported positioning outside at least one creche in my constituency.
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They [the people who erected the posters] have no concern for pregnant women who have tragically miscarried, experienced still births or a pregnancy with a child suffering a fatal foetal abnormality, nor have they any concern for any mother whose pregnancy had to be terminated where its continuation posed a real and substantial threat to her life.
Shatter said he appreciated that abortion is an emotional issue for many people. "However, obscene and targeted postering of this nature contributes nothing of value to considered public discussion and debate on an issue that for too long previous Governments have failed to comprehensively address," he said.
The Minister noted that that majority of people in the State want the government to act on the recommendations of the expert group on the ABC ruling.
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Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. Ida, but there he was raised by shepherds and loved by the nymph Oenone. Later he returned to Troy, where he was welcomed by Priam. Paris was chosen to settle a dispute among the goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite, all of whom claimed possession of the apple of discord, a golden fruit inscribed
to the fairest.It had been thrown among the guests at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis by Eris, who sought revenge because she had not been invited. Hera tried to bribe Paris with royal greatness and riches, and Athena offered him success in war, but Paris awarded the apple to Aphrodite, who promised him Helen, the most beautiful of women. With Aphrodite's help he abducted Helen from King Menelaus of Sparta; thus he brought on the Trojan War. In the war Paris killed Achilles, but was himself fatally wounded by Philoctetes.
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Deep learning is a powerful application of machine learning (ML) algorithms modeled after biological systems of information processing called artificial neural networks (ANN). Machine learning is an artificial intelligence (AI) technique that allows computers to automatically learn from data without explicit programming, and deep learning harnesses multiple layers of interconnected neural networks to generate more sophisticated insights.
While this field of computer science is quite new, it is already being used in a growing range of important applications. Deep learning excels at automated image recognition, also known as computer vision, which is used for creating accurate facial recognition systems and safely driving autonomous vehicles. This approach is also used for speech recognition and natural language processing (NLP) applications, which allow for computers to interact with human users via voice commands.
Machine learning algorithms such as logistic regression are key to creating deep learning applications, along with commonly used programming languages such as Tensorflow and Python. These programming languages are generally preferred for teaching and learning in this field due to their flexibility and relative accessibility - an important priority given the relevance of deep learning to a wide range of professionals without a computer science background.
A familiarity with the capabilities and development process for deep learning applications can be an asset in a growing number of careers. For example, the use of deep learning is being explored in healthcare for automatic reading of radiology images, as well as searching for patterns in genes and pharmaceutical interactions that can aid in the discovery of new types of medicines. In many fields, even a basic understanding of deep learning can help professionals identify new potential applications of this powerful technology.
Those with a deeper expertise in deep learning may become computer research scientists in this field, responsible for inventing new algorithms and finding new applications for these techniques. Given the wide range of uses for deep learning, computer scientists in this field are in high demand for jobs at private companies as well as government agencies and research universities. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, computer research scientists earned a median annual salary of $122,840 as of 2019, and these jobs are expected to grow much faster than average.
Certainly - in fact, Coursera is one of the best places to learn about deep learning. Through partnerships with deeplearning.ai and Stanford University, Coursera offers courses as well as Specializations taught by some of the pioneering thinkers and educators in this field. You can also learn via courses and Specializations from industry leaders such as Google Cloud and Intel, or get a professional certificate from IBM. Guided Projects also offer an opportunity to build skills in deep learning through hands-on tutorials led by experienced instructors, allowing you to learn with confidence.
The skills or experience you may need to have before studying deep learning, and which can help you better understand an advanced concept such as deep learning, can include sign language reading, music generation, and natural language processing (NLP), in addition to many others. If you have knowledge of Python 3 and understand the basic concepts of general machine-learning algorithms and deep learning, you may have the necessary skills to learn this specialization. You may also want to know about probability and statistics to study deep learning concepts. Basic math, such as algebra and calculus, is also an important prerequisite to deep learning because it relates to machine learning and data science. Also, if you have worked in the tech or artificial intelligence (AI) fields, you may have the necessary experience to study deep learning.
The type of person who is best suited to study deep learning is someone comfortable working with statistics, programming, advanced calculus, advanced algebra, and engineering. Deep learning benefits someone passionate about working in the AI fields which can create types of deep learning networks that help machines perform human functions. A person best suited to learn about deep learning has a vested interest in understanding how the intelligence is built to run everything from driverless cars, mobile devices, stock trading systems, and robotic surgery equipment, for example. Deep learning benefits someone with a goal of working with systems such as computer vision, speech recognition, NLP, audio recognition bioinformatics systems, and medical image analysis.
Deep learning may be right for you if you want to break into AI. The specialization may benefit you if you are a machine learning researcher or practitioner who is seeking to learn the next generation of machine learning, and you want to develop practical skills in the popular deep learning framework TensorFlow. Deep learning is one of the most highly sought-after skills in tech, and mastering it may lead you to many opportunities in the field of AI. It may also benefit you if you want to learn how to build neural networks and how to lead successful machine learning projects, and if you have a passion for learning about convolutional networks, RNNs, LSTM, Adam, Dropout, BatchNorm, Xavier/He initialization, and how to master concepts in Python and TensorFlow.