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Two girls say they're raped in small town Missouri. Felony charges are leveled against a high school football player, then dropped. Under what influence? One juvenile offender is convicted on a lesser charge. The social media bullying begins. Local authorities shrug as the victim is run out of town. Or attempts suicide. Months later, the whole rotten story appears in the Kansas City Star, and under even greater political pressure those authorities are forced to consider taking the matter up again. Sound familiar?
As it is in Annapolis, where two football players face court-martial. As it is in Nashville, where a football player pleads guilty to covering up the gang rape allegedly committed by his teammates. As it is in Steubenville, where two football players commit rape and the community harasses the victims. So it is in Maryville. Is football culture rape culture?
The news here might be that this is not news. Rather, it's an antique pattern of behavior played out in every corner of this country and at every station of money and class and social standing. Rich or poor, highborn or low. Nothing new. Just worse and worse and worse. And not only among football players, but among their coaches and fans and boosters, the zealots and true believers on whom the fantasy of Football as Character Builder depends. How many more girls are we willing to sacrifice to jock entitlement, to misbegotten hero worship, to "clear eyes, full heart, can't lose" cliché?
Reporting more of these stories more honestly is a start. Holding authorities -- and authority figures -- to account is a beginning. But the vast majority of sexual assaults still go unreported. Because victims understand they'll be victimized again by the very system in which they seek justice. The recent scandal at the Naval Academy made that point all too graphically.
Nothing will change until we make the reporting of rape easier and safer for victims. Until we de-stigmatize victims and stigmatize offenders, no matter how popular and no matter how far they can throw a football. Nothing will change until we hold institutions and individuals completely accountable for what they do. And for what they cover up.
Blaming the victim, unsubtle slut-shaming masquerading as advice, is as American as apple pie. So this was a very big week for told-you-so paternalism and boilerplate schoolmarms. Ladies, stay away from jazz and liquor!
But the problem with rape culture isn't alcohol.
The problem with rape culture is rape.
Does anyone anywhere honestly think the subtle philosophical and critical jiu jitsu of Fifth Wave Feminism and personal responsibility being written at places like Slate is being read by the mouth-breathing rape culture knuckleheads who need most to read it? Or by their moms? Or their pops? Or even by their interviewers on the network morning shows?
Instead, we find new ways to lock up our daughters because if we send our children out into a world of bad appetite and violence with an empty head and a mouth full of no-means-no pieties, armed with nothing but our own fear and ignorance, what can we expect? No amount of well-meant moralizing or earnest finger-pointing will change a thing. No hand-wringing will keep anyone safe. No call to the better angels of human nature will prevent a single rape.
So maybe it's a further truth to say that the culture of male entitlement and institutional spinelessness isn't exclusive to football. Or even to sports. Or America. After all, the only Stop Snitchin' culture tighter than that of a football team might be a street gang. Or the cops. Or the mob. Or the military. Or the BBC. Or the Catholic Church. Every one of these cases is shot through with Bronze Age sexism and bureaucratic self-preservation. Choosing sides can only be a fool's game. Rape culture is rape culture, and it doesn't matter who had how much to drink. Or who wore a surplice or a captain's bars. Rape is a rape is a rape.
The answer to which is the same in every case at every level, from the Vatican to the service academies to every jerkwater high school in America. Aptly or ironically it comes from the Executive Summary of last May's Pentagon report on the Pentagon's own failure to address the sharp rise in sexual assault in the military.
Nothing will change until we make the reporting of rape easier and safer for victims. Until we de-stigmatize victims and stigmatize offenders, no matter how popular and no matter how far they can throw a football. Nothing will change until we hold institutions and individuals completely accountable for what they do. And for what they cover up.
All of which seems obvious, self-evident. And yet here we are. Still. Again. And now we're arguing over what's funnier to a high school football team, a skit about gang rape, or a skit about "consensual" group sex. Maybe the parents can sort it out.
These are your sons and these are your daughters and these are your sisters and brothers. We've known what to do for a long time. We've known how to stop it. Our ongoing failure, yours and mine, in football and out of it, is our cowardice.
The investigation in Missouri should be reopened. Only the truth will save us.


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NOSB 2006 Research Project: Ecosystem-based management of a local Alaskan marine resource
The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, the Pew Oceans Commission, the U.S. Ocean Action Plan, and the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) Reauthorization Bill all call on the United States to adopt "ecosystem-based management." This will require an integrated approach to management that considers all ecosystem components, including humans, and the linkages between physical (climate and habitat) forcing factors (such as currents, ice cover, substrates, contaminants), and exploited and nontarget biological species. The goal of ecosystem-based management is to maintain a healthy, productive, and resilient ecosystem that supports the services that humans want and need. Implementing an ecosystem-based approach will require balancing ecosystem knowledge with uncertainties in the context of multiple external influences (both natural and human-induced). This will require place-based, regional management that may transcend traditional political boundaries.
The Research Project
This project will count as 50 percent of the 2005 Alaska Region NOSB competition. The document will be worth 25 percent and the oral presentation of the project will count as 25 percent toward the 50-percent total.
The Topic
The research project for the 2006 Tsunami Bowl will be to:
Develop a plan for implementing an ecosystem-based approach to management of a local marine resource.
Teams must choose a specific commercial, sport, or subsistence resource that needs to be managed for sustainability within an ecosystem approach.
Teams will describe their ecosystem and their target species' role in it, develop a multispecies management plan, and then prioritize what research is needed.
Specifically, teams should address:
- What are the ecosystem boundaries, key biological components, and the physical environmental features whose interactions and linkages need to be considered in development of an ecosystem-based management plan?
- How do oceanographic variables (such as currents, upwelling, and eddies) within your ecosystem affect your target species and other species within its food web? How will your management plan deal with unanticipated changes in the physical driving factors?
- What physical or biological indicators will you utilize to adapt your management plan to changing conditions within your ecosystem?
- What ecosystem variables will you use for monitoring ecosystem health?
- What means will you use for managing human activities to ensure that your resource will be sustainable over the long term?
General writing, research, and presentation resources
Basic steps in the research process
General writing concerns (planning/writing/revising)
Hints for giving oral presentations using PowerPoint [PDF; 2.7 MB]
Finding information on the Internet (Univ. of California Berkeley)
Search the Internet and find Websites (UC Berkeley)
Internet tutorials (University at Albany, State Univ. of New York)
Fisheries management links of interest
For state management
For fisheries within territorial waters (3 miles), all shellfish to 200 m (except Bering Sea/Aleutian Island (BS/AI) crab and scallops), herring, and all other fisheries not covered under Fishery Management Plans (FMP)
Alaska Department of Fish & Game Division of Commercial Fisheries: http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/
Alaska Board of Fisheries: http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/index.php
Subsistence research conducted by ADF&G: http://www.subsistence.adfg.state.ak.us/TechPap/tp284Twentyfiveyears.pdf
For cooperative state-federal management
Salmon (Salmon FMP) under Pacific Salmon Treaty (US/Canada) is implemented by the Pacific Salmon Commission: http://www.psc.org/
Halibut under International Pacific Halibut Commission: http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/default.htm
For federal management
Most groundfish fisheries in Exclusive Economic Zone, 3–200 nm offshore (Gulf of Alaska Groundfish FMP, BS/AI Groundfish FMP)
North Pacific Fishery Management Council: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/default.htm
National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/
Endangered species: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/
Sharks: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sharks/index.htm
Recreational fisheries: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ocs/recfish/
Alaska Fisheries Science Center: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/
Federal subsistence management: http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/index.cfm
Background resources (HTML)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website for its Ecosystem goal (with lots of links to other related agency websites): http://ecosystems.noaa.gov/links.htm
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) website on Marine Ecosystems: http://www.epa.gov/bioindicators/aquatic/marine.html
NOAA web page on the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/msa2005/
NOAA website on Arctic Change in Marine Ecosystems: http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/detect/marine-overview.shtml
Bering Sea Climate and Ecosystem (a NOAA fisheries web page): http://www.beringclimate.noaa.gov/essays_livingston.html
U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy Report: http://www.oceancommission.gov/
Pew Ocean Commission Report: http://www.pewoceans.org/
U.S. Ocean Action Plan: http://ocean.ceq.gov/
Perry, R.I. and McKinnell, S.M. (Eds.) 2005. Marine Life in the North Pacific Ocean: the known, unknown, and unknowable. PICES special Publication 2, 46 p. http://www.pices.int/publications/special_publications/CoML/CoML_default.aspx
PICES. 2004. Marine Ecosystems of the North Pacific. PICES Special Publication No. 1, 280 p. http://www.pices.int/publications/special_publications/NPESR/2005/npesr_2005.aspx
State of Alaska's response (and announcement of stakeholder meetings) to the federal Ocean Policy: http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/special/oceans/policy.php
Background resources (PDF)
PICES. 2005. PICES advisory report Fisheries & Ecosystem Responses to Recent Regime Shifts. North Pacific Marine Science Organization, Sidney, Canada. 12 p. http://www.pices.int/publications/brochures/PICES%20Advisory%20Report.pdf [PDF; 6.9 MB]
Mailing and physical addresses for submitting papers
Mailing address
Susan Sugai
Center for Global Change
University of Alaska Fairbanks
PO Box 757740
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7740
Physical address
Susan Sugai
Center for Global Change
305 IARC (International Arctic Research Center)
West Ridge
University of Alaska Fairbanks

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Newsweek and The Daily Beast's Increasingly Stormy Marriage
It hasn't stopped raining on the Newsweek-Daily Beast comeback parade, and a new Adweek report suggests the dark clouds might take years to lift.
It hasn't stopped raining on the Newsweek-Daily Beast comeback parade, and a new Adweek report suggests the dark clouds might take years to lift. According to Lucia Moses's estimates, the company lost about $30 million dollars last year, web traffic is soggy at best and Newsweek's circulation numbers as well as the margins they make from subscription sales are going down the drain. It's the latest on a growing list of dour reports about Tina Brown's latest adventure, a high-profile, big-budget gamble with great expectations by IAC's Barry Diller and the late Sidney Harman. But after a rocky year of layoffs and buy-outs, Moses writes, "Those expectations are not being met."
Let's start with the stats. Moses compiles a condemning collection of shrinking subscription, traffic, and revenue numbers that she sources to "an investigation into the company's finances and revenue drivers, based on interviews with people with direct knowledge of the situation, income statements, circulation and advertising figures, and press report." Although The Daily Beast and Newsweek are now joined at the hip, sharing the same space in IAC's Frank Gerry-designed sailboat of an office building in Chelsea, it makes sense to go through each publication's numbers separately:
Print Circulation Revenue Decline: $16 million (from 2009 to 2010 "using Q1 figures as a guide")
Print Advertising Revenue Decline: 34 percent (2010 information via Publishers Information Bureau)
Total Paid Subscription Decline: 8 percent (1.4 million subscriptions)
Newsstand Sales Increase: 30 percent (in first three month's after Tina's redesign — worth $2 million per year)
Web Traffic Decrease: 3.8 million in September 2009 to 58,000 in September 2011 (However, As a Newsweek spokesperson told The Atlantic Wire, "Newsweek.com no longer exists as a standalone URL, rather as a channel on The Daily Beast's toolbar — so her numbers dont actually make sense." Moses said she used Compete.com, which shows a steep drop to September as the Newsweek.com URL has been phased out.
The Daily Beast
Total Revenue: $8 million (according to "informed sources")
Total Traffic: 2.6 million unique monthly visitors
TOTAL Combined Losses: $30 million last year (equal to Newsweek's losses in 2009)
The Newsweek Daily Beast Company offers a very different version of some of the above stats. "In just six months we have, across every variable, improved Newsweek's performance," CEO Stephen Colvin told The Atlantic Wire. "The numbers Adweek cites are fabricated."
The company sent us a screenshot of their Omniture figures and indeed it shows that the company — like many news sites — had a good month in August, rising to 10.3 million uniques, but traffic fell again in September 2011 to 9.8 million uniques. Moses used Compete.com for her figures, which tends to count lower than other services. (Newsweek Daily Beast spokesman Andrew Kirk said, "No one in the industry uses as a credible data source.") Quantcast, which tends to show lower numbers than publisher-friendly Omniture but higher than Compete, shows about 5 million uniques in September which has steadily declined in recent months to 3.8 million uniques. Kirk told us, however, "Our traffic is trending consistent growth."
We also asked the Newsweek Daily Beast Company about the reported revenue figures, but they referred us to IAC's corporate communications department, who didn't reply in time for this post. Update: They declined to provide revenue figures. "Thanks for reaching out. IAC does not break out that information." As it's privately held, the company doesn't have to disclose these numbers, though Moses reports: "Brown said the Beast was on track to be profitable this year, but even if that happens, the company still has to find a way to deal with the losses at Newsweek, which are estimated to have hit $20 million last year."
Moses's dizzying calculations stop short of mentioning the presumably high cost of the many buy-outs earlier this year. In April, Adweek reported that 16 of the 30 employees offered buy-outs took them. We're guessing that would cost the company a six- or seven-figure sum over the next few years, but those numbers haven't been disclosed.
This is all to say, things aren't looking good for the NewsBeasties. Even if Moses's figures don't match the internal figures, third party traffic sites show that traffic stats are trending down. We don't know where the revenue stands. Based on a few of her covers so far this year, however, Tina Brown's ability to shock and awe is rock-steady.


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Welding more than 16,000 parts per week is a big order for any company. But that was the situation Luitink Manufacturing Co. of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, faced after accepting a new project as a supplier of shock caps for the Ford Ranger light duty truck line. Using manual welding methods, this was an impossible task, but with the help of automation equipment Luitink was able to meet this challenge. Now the company is able to weld at a rate of two shock caps every 15 seconds.
"The speed and accuracy of the robots are incredible," says Mike Krajna, Process Improvement Manager for Luitink. "Since robotic welding is new to us, when we first started investigating the process we thought our operators would have to wait for the robots to do their job, but it is actually the other way around. We are able to meet our production requirements and will even increase our volume to 20,000 parts per week in the near future."
The robotic cell at this 110-year-old job shop and metal stamping company uses six plug welds to attach a .176" thick carbon steel, ring-shaped reinforcement bracket to the bottom half of .156" thick shock caps. The total circumference of the shock cap is 7 ½", while the size of the hole being plug welded is 5/16". Luitink, which manufactures both the shock caps and reinforcement parts, provides a value-added service of welding them together for its customer, a Ford Q1 Supplier.
According to Krajna, Luitink is very pleased with the robotic system purchased from The Lincoln Electric Company. "The quality of the welded parts is wonderful," states Krajna. "We check four parts each shift to make sure the robot is maintaining penetration and overall consistency of the weld and what we are finding is that there is very little variation. Because the robot produces minimal smoke and spatter, we don't have to do any grinding or clean up. We couldn't keep up with the required quantities any other way."
Initial PurchasePrior to receiving the Ford shock cap project in August 1997, Luitink had never used robotics. But because of the large volume of shock caps required per week, the company felt that automation was the only option. Based on a recommendation, Luitink contacted Gayle Roofe of local distributor Bentley Welding Supply and Lincoln Electric's Milwaukee area representative, Rob Stinson.
"We were impressed with the presentation that Lincoln gave us," notes Ernie Muehlenberg, Maintenance Supervisor at Luitink. "We told them the type of parts we had to weld and with the help of a software program, they were able to simulate visually on the computer screen how the robot would be able to weld our parts. We felt comfortable with Lincoln right from the beginning."
In addition to providing a package that could weld within the parameters required for this job, Lincoln was able to deliver in the tight timeframe required. The initial time from project investigation to purchase of the cell was two weeks with an additional 10 weeks for delivery and installation.
"We built all the tooling and fixtures at our plant," comments Muehlenberg. "We then shipped them to Lincoln's Cleveland headquarters where the Automation engineers mounted the robots directly to our tables. They then programmed the robots to weld our plug welds."
Automation SystemLuitink's system includes two FANUC ArcMate robots with R-J2 controllers and two Lincoln Power Wave® 450 power sources and accompanying wire feeders. The robotic cell utilizes .045" diameter Lincoln L-50™ wire and a shielding gas mixture of 85 percent argon and 15 percent C02. Luitink's customer dictates most of the parameters.
The robots simultaneously weld two parts at one time. During the cycle, the robot arms move to the first fixture where two right shock caps are positioned. Once the right parts are welded, the robot arms move to the second fixture to weld the left parts that are positioned and waiting. In this way, there is no downtime, and when the process is complete, four parts are ready - two right parts and two left parts. Only one operator is needed to man the robotic cell.
Shock caps are then put through a gauge to check for height, burrs, weld build-up among other factors and if they pass the test, they are counted and dropped into a holding basket.
Luitink has a safety feature to the cell – a safety mat that will automatically shut the robots off if someone gets too close to them.
In addition, Luitink's robots have other features built-in. "After an established number of cycles, the robots will automatically move to a torch cleaning station where the nozzles are cleaned and antispatter spray is applied to the nozzles and torch tips," explains Muehlenberg. "We have also programmed in an automatic tip check and the robots recalibrate themselves automatically with the help of Lincoln's TorchMate program."
Another feature is a crash prevention program that will automatically stop the motion of the robots if one arm should happen to move the wrong way. In addition, sensors show if parts are loaded correctly onto the fixtures. By customer request, Luitink also programmed in a repeatability test so that after a certain number of cycles the robot arms will land on sensors that supply an accuracy report.
According to Muehlenberg, both the robots and the power sources are easy to program. "I admit that I have a hard time with computers, but programming is very easy with the hand-held teach pendant that walks you through set-up step by step."
Luitink believes the service that Lincoln has provided during all phases of the project has been outstanding. "Rob Stinson did a great job of helping to get us up and running in only two days after delivery. If we have a problem, we know we can call him and he will be right here. At one point we needed to have a minor repair to one of the power sources. Rob had another power source in our building three hours later," says Muehlenberg.
Luitink has also been impressed with the training offered by Lincoln Electric. "We were provided some hands-on training while the robots were being installed, but for more formal training we sent four employees including myself to Cleveland. The training program was outstanding. I had never even worked with robots before, and I left feeling confident that I can do any type of programming," notes Krajna.
The robots at Luitink run 52 weeks a year for 20 hours each day and require very little maintenance.
Not only is Luitink pleased, but its customer is as well. "We will definitely use Lincoln and FANUC the next time we put a cell together," says Muehlenberg.
Twelve plug welds in 15 seconds and high quality in addition... Luitink has met and even exceeded the challenge!
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOMENSENEWS)–Politicians in every state want to encourage parents on welfare to get married, but here in West Virginia, one of the poorest states, they have literally put their money where their mouths are.
Since federal welfare overhaul was adopted by state lawmakers in 1996, West Virginia has offered a monthly cash incentive to married couples who receive welfare checks. It's the only state in the country to offer money as an inducement to matrimony, according to the National Governors Association.
West Virginia's $1.2 million annual program aims to promote marriage and stable, two-parent families.
Advocates say the program appears to be successful, but national welfare experts say it's too soon to tell whether any of the handful of state marriage incentive programs, including West Virginia's cash incentive, are a success. Women's advocates say cash incentives may coerce and co-opt low-income women into remaining in abusive relationships.
"I've never heard of any public opposition to, or criticism of, the program," says Rita Dobrich, program manager for the state's Office of Family Support. "I think most people are like one legislator I remember, when the marriage incentive was being discussed. He just said, 'Give it to 'em.'"
But does the carrot of an extra $100 each month really convince welfare recipients to tie the knot? And if it does, could the lure of the cash be trapping women and children in potentially abusive relationships?
Sue Julian, a team leader with the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, says she's concerned the incentive acts as an "additional barrier" to women struggling to leave bad relationships.
Advocates Say Incentives Can Trap Women in Violent Marriages
"When financial stress and domestic violence coexist in the same relationship, an additional $100 per month can easily be used as leverage by batterers to keep women living in poverty committed to the marriage," Julian says. "Safety and lethality issues are at stake."
How effective is a cash marriage bonus? That's hard to say, especially since West Virginia politicians didn't demand much statistical evidence to ensure it was working. Even figures for the most basic yardstick of success–how many couples have been receiving the incentive since it began in 1996–are not available.
"We just weren't tracking it at the beginning," Dobrich says.
The only numbers available start in January 2001, when 1,615 couples were receiving the marriage incentive. That number reached 1,678 couples in April, and fell back to 1,633 in June. That's a small percentage of the 14,000 welfare cases in West Virginia, most of them headed up by single mothers, who make up 70 percent to 80 percent of all welfare recipients in the state. With so little knowledge available, it is impossible to know whether the couples would marry regardless of the incentive, or if the incentive is a factor in the marriage continuing.
To get the $100 each month, the recipient couple must be married, live in the same household and both must be named on the monthly assistance check. If they divorce, or even separate, the bonus stops.
State Gives $100 Bonus, but No Marriage Education, Counseling
But while the state checks its caseloads each month to see who is still married and who isn't, the incentive program doesn't come with the type of education and counseling offered by the few other states with marriage incentive programs. Only Oklahoma and Arizona have actual programs, while Maryland and a couple of other states appear to be assembling incentive programs, according to the governors association.
Oklahoma's Marriage Initiative, started by Gov. Frank Keating, is spending $10 million to provide marriage education for couples receiving welfare, in an effort to cut the state's divorce rate by one-third by 2010.
Meanwhile, Arizona spends more than a million dollars annually to offer marriage skills courses to welfare recipients, most of them single mothers and a small percentage of couples. It has produced a "healthy marriage handbook" and created a state Commission on Marriage and Communication Skills.
Even when marriage education and counseling are offered to parents receiving benefits, the jury is still out on the incentive programs' effectiveness.
The uncertainty over what's working and what isn't may be reflected in the governors association's recent request to Congress and the Bush Administration. At their annual meeting this past weekend in Providence, R.I., governors urged no reductions in funding or flexibility for state welfare programs. Susan Golanka, a welfare expert with the National Governors Association, says it's far too early to say that any marriage incentive programs are a success.
"A lot of these incentives are very new, and there's been no real evaluation yet," Golanka said in an interview. "We just don't know yet whether they work."
No Major Objections to Cash Bonus When West Virginia Passed Law
When West Virginia Works, the state's version of the work-driven federal welfare law, was enacted in 1996, marriage incentive passed without serious debate. In fact, no one recalls who proposed offering cash to married welfare recipients.
What they do remember is that there was plenty of federal welfare money available–$550 million over five years–and it had to be spent, or it would be lost.
"That was the best way to spend that money, to give it to the people who could use it the most," says Senate Minority Leader Vic Sprouse, a conservative Republican. "It's something that can help out in raising children and in helping create two-income families."
So lawmakers approved a 10 percent bonus in cash assistance for married couples receiving Temporary Aid to Needy Families, or TANF, benefits. Then, in the election year of 2000, things changed.
The state Department of Health and Human Resources asked lawmakers to increase the marriage incentive to a flat $100 a month. Dobrich, from the state Office of Family Support, says one of the major reasons was that the average welfare case receives less than $300 a month and a 10 percent marriage bonus "didn't seem like much of an incentive." And round numbers simplified paperwork. That also meant that a single parent with two children would receive substantially less than a married couple with one child, although they would all be families of three.
Federal Welfare Funds Had to Be Spent or Lost: Ergo, $100 Bonus
But a major political factor was the drive to spend unspent federal welfare funds earmarked for the states.
As the state's five-year welfare overhaul plan drew to a close, some officials became concerned about the amount of unspent federal welfare dollars designated for West Virginia. When Democratic Congressman Bob Wise successfully battled last fall to unseat Republican Cecil Underwood in the governor's race, unspent federal funds became a campaign issue.
Sprouse, the senate minority leader, remembers it simply: "They were hammering the governor over the head." The marriage incentive increase to $100 was approved, along with a variety of other programs designed to spend down federal welfare funds.
But the welfare spending spree has come back to haunt state officials. Spending for West Virginia Works is projected to be $209 million during the current budget year–almost double the state's annual allotment from the federal government. And next year's budget looks even worse.
State Now Seeks to Cut Welfare Spending; Bonus May Be a Target
Secretary Paul Nussbaum of the Department of Health and Human Resources has asked Gov. Wise to appoint a "crisis panel" to help cut welfare spending. Given the scant statistical evidence that it's working, might the marriage incentive program get the ax?
Perhaps not. State lawmakers would have to vote to remove the program, since it's written into state law. But Sprouse, for one, says he'd be willing to consider it. Although he likes the idea of the marriage incentive, he's troubled by the lack of hard numbers to demonstrate effectiveness.
"We need to take a look at these incentives, every single one of them," Sprouse says. "And if they're not working, we need to get rid of them."
Though the marriage incentive hasn't created a public outcry, there are skeptics both inside and outside the state.
"I think it's quite a cause for concern," says Stephanie Coontz, professor of history and family studies at Evergreen State College in Washington, and the national co-chair of the Council on American Families.
Cash Bonus May Co-opt Vulnerable Women With Scant Resources
"You're targeting women who have the least resources to escape a bad relationship. They're so vulnerable, so desperate, and it may be very tempting, if you offer them $100, to say 'Boy, we really need the money,' even if the guy is abusive."
Coontz, the author of several books, including "The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap," also points out that children suffer in households where there is high conflict.
"Anything we do that increases conflict is bad for these kids," she said in an interview. "On average, we know that people who are married fare better, but I don't think offering cash is the way to help."
Dr. Waldo Johnson of the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration agrees, saying government starts down the proverbial "slippery slope" when it rewards "one type of commitment over another."
Johnson was an investigator for the national Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study, which looked at children raised by unmarried parents. He notes that the marriage incentive goal of improving children's lives by adding a second income to their household doesn't always pan out.
"Many poor men are equally as poor as these unwed mothers, and they often have low skills and education that make it difficult for them to find work or advance," Johnson said in an interview.
Critics: $100 a Month Doesn't Offset Emotional, Physical Stress
But while they fear the effects of trying to promote marriages with cash, both Johnson and Coontz also question whether West Virginia's bait is sufficient.
"The $100 could be the difference between somebody eating at the end of the month. I don't mean to pooh-pooh it," Johnson says. "But for a lot of people, is that enough to offset the emotional or even physical stress of being in a bad relationship? I'm not certain."
Coontz says she'd rather see states "get rid of all disincentives" to marriage, through reworking tax laws and welfare restrictions that favor single-parent households. In an about-face, Wade Horn, President Bush's nominee for assistant secretary of the federal Office of Family Support, said he no longer favored measures that put unmarried women and others at a disadvantage.
Johnson expects more states will look at West Virginia's marriage incentive program after the second round of federal welfare reauthorization next year. He wonders if lawmakers will also consider the growth of nontraditional families.
"What do we do to help those for whom marriage no longer seems to be an option?" asks Johnson. "That becomes the real question."
Dan LeRoy, a free-lance writer from Morgantown, W.Va., has covered West Virginia politics and welfare reform for the Charleston Daily Mail.


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Uber Eats slims down its onboarding process and nurtures their restaurant partners
"With Marketo Engage and BluprintX, we've moved from a shoestring operational approach to communications to one that's much more robust and considered."
-Connor Sinclair, Uber Eats' Senior Restaurant Experience Manager for Australia and New Zealand
At a time when convenience is everything, Uber Eats leads in the food delivery category, especially in Australia. Since launching in 2016, they've signed up over 320,000 restaurants to the platform, satisfying hungry bellies nationally with their meal of choice. Australians enjoy the convenience of dining on their favourite multicultural cuisines, so it's no surprise the app's uptake was rapid. As a result, Uber Eats Australia grew ahead of much of the world. The account management and marketing teams worked hard to keep up. However, they quickly needed to rely on their own initiatives to drive continued growth while still servicing their customers: restaurants on the platform.
When a restaurant signs up to the service, they become a business partner as well as a customer. Uber Eats invests in the success of each restaurant partner, providing support through data analytics, marketing opportunities and onboarding. Each new account requires heavy lifting from Uber Eats' sales and account management teams in Australia. Over time, handling this fast pace resulted in ad hoc communications, with a complex tech stack in the background.
"Everything in the Uber world is at breakneck speed. We lean quite heavily on our email communication channels as are our main source of information," says Connor Sinclair, Uber Eats' Senior Restaurant Experience Manager for Australia and New Zealand.
To realign communications with company strategy, Connor was charged with developing a clearer way of communicating and reporting engagements between Uber Eats and their restaurant partners. Uber Eats were already using Marketo Engage, integrated with their Salesforce CRM, but lacked internal resources to harness its potential. Connor turned to partner agency, BluprintX to identify the best execution of Marketo Engage. He aimed to deliver a more measured, strategic voice to communications, refine the onboarding process and identify further opportunities to improve sales and account management outcomes.
Driving a centralised, considered voice
Connor saw Marketo Engage as a primary resource to help eliminate the increased incidence of arbitrary communications happening across different teams. He wanted to leverage the platform to introduce a centralised model that delivered a more considered and uniform voice to interactions with partner restaurants. "We needed to move at a quicker pace: the advantage of having BluprintX was their expertise and understanding of the data structure and its relationship with our CRM via Salesforce," Connor says.
The first stage of work involved six months of in-depth analysis for BluprintX and Uber Eats. This 'triage' approach helped develop rules around the transfer of business knowledge and identify strategic opportunities, with Connor working closely with Mina Saleeb, Account Manager at BluprintX to understand Uber Eats' inner-workings. "It's no understatement that our data structure is really complicated," says Connor. "There's a lot of nuances, in terms of how we communicate with different segments. We work with small family-run restaurants, and then we have strategic partnerships with companies like McDonald's." It's critical that each email connects to the needs of each restaurant partner and ties back to Uber Eats' overall strategy. "Data structure and depth into the data warehouse was definitely a learning curve for me; a restaurant partner's journey morphed depending on where they were up to in their journey and this needed to be factored in and mapped appropriately to ensure seamless communication," says Mina.
Together, Uber Eats and BluprintX worked through cleansing and re-cataloguing the data. From there, Connor developed a plan to create a consistent voice for communications with restaurant partners that would support the sales and account management team by automating emails they previously wrote on a case-by-case basis. "Mina was really exemplary in creating an understanding that we're not simply contacting a restaurant. There's a person behind it who's opening our emails. We have to think about who we're communicating to and when they should receive it."
Marketo Engage now powers the automation behind several nurture programs across their early and mid-life sales funnel. An essential part of the process involved reassessing and defining the lifecycle stages within Uber Eats, and how that reflected their sales funnel and segmentation. The result helped build a cohesive strategy focused on improving engagement.
Email marketing plays a critical role across different lifecycle stages, starting with onboarding new restaurant partners. "We see open rates anywhere from 60 to 70 per cent in the acquisition and early lifecycle. It's crucial that they're timely, relevant and correct," says Connor.
Introducing an appetising workflow
When a restaurant signs up with Uber Eats, a number of steps must be completed before their account becomes operational: from filling forms with business information, activating the agreement, creating their menu and organising a professional photoshoot. Before Marketo Engage, the process involved phone calls and heavy lifting by the sales team. Now, it's a more streamlined process. Personalised and carefully timed emails help walk new acquisitions through the set-up process and free up resources for the sales reps and account managers.
Increased adoption of Marketo Engage, synced with Uber Eats' CRM platform, has strengthened alignment between marketing, account management and sales. The account management teams now have the capacity to improve upselling and the roll-out of new programs, such as Uber Eats' Virtual Restaurant, which offers partners the opportunity to diversify and add different menus. The marketing team perform the upfront work: designing campaigns and email flows intended to educate or upsell. Next, the sales team populates the campaign through their CRM. Marketo Engage takes care of the execution. Backed with Marketo Advanced Business Intelligence Analytics, Connor's team can measure opportunities and closures to assess the campaign's success. If it's successful, it's scaled-up and repeated. "We've developed a good feedback loop that helps us identify gaps in data as well as programs."
Faster service, smooth delivery
Since engaging with BluprintX and redesigning their use of Marketo Engage, Uber Eats can activate a new partner restaurant in five days, a process that used to take two weeks. By introducing a strategic approach to communications with partners, Uber Eats reduced the number of ad hoc emails generated by the account management and sales teams by 95 per cent. And during the downtime over Christmas in Australia, they leveraged Marketo Engage tool to drive pre-booked consultations for account managers when they hit their desks in January. This led to 100% usage of inbound sales for the month.
"It's been a trailblazing 18 months. We've performed foundational work that we really needed. Next, we're going to develop a nuanced and personalised experience for each customer, using analytics to make better decisions for an even more considered approach to how we communicate at scale," Connor concludes.


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In an effort to eat healthier, I developed this recipe for a snack that is flavourful, crunchy and delivers a bit of protein and vitamins! The almond flour helps with the crunch as does the coconut flour, the dehydrated onion and garlic give the flavour this healthy snack delivers.
Kale Chips
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Serves 2 to 4
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- 120 g kale, washed, dried and cut into medium-sized pieces
- 30 g almond flour
- 20 g coconut flour
- 10 g dehydrated onion
- 5 g dehydrated garlic
- 30 mL olive oil
- salt to taste
- Pre-heat the oven to 93° C (200°F )(I used my convection (fan) setting).
- In a dedicated spice/coffee mill, grind the almond flour, coconut flour, onion and garlic until a fine powder. Set aside.
- Wash kale and dry as well as possible. Remove thick ribs. Cut into bite-sized pieces keeping in mind that they will shrink to about half their raw size.
- Drizzle olive oil over kale and toss to coat evenly. I gave them a quick, light massage to evenly coat each leaf.
- Spread kale on a cookie sheet so they are on one layer and not overlapping. Sprinkle lightly with about 7 g of almond flour mixture (I found it easier to sprinkle through a fine sieve).
- Bake for 15-20 minutes tossing occasionally until crisp. Sprinkle with salt.
- Serve immediately.
- Spice up the finished kale chips with a little cayenne pepper.
- Instead of olive oil, use chili oil to coat raw chips.
- Spread the oil-coated chips evenly on a cookie sheet to dry quickly and evenly.
- A medium to larger cut leaf will dehydrate to a bite-sized chip.
- Store the leftover coconut flour mix in an air-tight container for future kale chips.


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"These figures must be seen as slightly alarming," said Maria Larsson, minister for children and elderly, to daily Dagens Nyheter.
The survey, carried out by the foundation Allmänna Barnhuset, which works to safeguard children in society, shows that the number of parents handling their children roughly has increased from 12 percent in 2000 to 30 percent in 2011.
Swedish-born parents are more likely to grab or shake their children than parent born outside of Sweden, according to the survey.
Among the Swedish-born parents, the majority of such punishments are carried out by men.
Almost 42 percent of Swedish-born fathers said that they had on occasion used such methods, while 34 percent of Swedish-born women had done the same.
For men born outside of Sweden the corresponding figure was 16.7 percent and women 24 percent.
However, no parents in the survey said they had shaken a child younger than one year old, which the authors of the report saw as a positive sign.
Neither had any child under two years of age been subjected to corporal punishment.
Despite the rise in the general rough handling of children, the study showed no significant changes to parents' attitudes about corporal punishment.
92 percent of parents in Sweden didn't think that it was acceptable to beat children.
Men and women from outside of Sweden and parents with a lower level of education were on average more positive to corporal punishment than the others.
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If you find yourself wanting to try CBD, but don't where to start, one of the easiest ways to introduce this powerful phytonutrient into your wellness routine is with, well … candy! Vaping has been a popular choice for many CBD consumers, but with the scary health implications you've been reading about in the news (or maybe even experiencing firsthand), you'll want something safer.
And while the best CBD oil and tinctures are an excellent way of delivering this plant-based medicinal supplement, it might not be as appealing to first-time users as, say, a sour gummy worm.
Keep in mind, you may feel lighter or delayed effects when you opt for an edible form of CBD rather than a sublingual (under-the-tongue) delivery. This is because medicine taken sublingually is able to get to the bloodstream more directly. In the digestive process (such as when you eat a gummy), things tend to move a little more slowly. So, if you don't feel relief at first, hang on for a bit and let your digestive tract do its thing. Hot tip: this can be a great tactic if you have issues with night waking or staying asleep. Take a CBD gummy before bed and let the slow-releasing effects work for you overnight.
Regardless of what you're taking CBD gummies for, you're going to have tons of choices at your fingertips — but which should you choose? Here are 25 of the best CBD gummies you can find in the U.S., meeting the highest standards of production, transparency, safety testing and, of course, flavor. If you're going to turn your daily "vitamin" into a treat, it has to taste good! And whether you're into tropical frogs, sour worms, peach rings or gourmet gumdrops, there's something out there for every CBD fan (especially those with a sweet tooth).
1. Verma Farms Maui Melon Gummy Rings
A jar of Verma Farms Maui Melon Gummy Rings
Milligrams: 21 per gummy
Gummies per package: 24
Price: $45
Ready for a bite of an island vacation? We're heading to the Pacific island of Maui for some tasty treats and relaxation. If sour watermelon is your thing, you're going to want to drop everything and get yourself some Verma Farms Maui Melon CBD gummies. Coated in sweet-and-sour sugar crystals and exploding with tangy watermelon flavor, these small-but-mighty rings pack more than 20 milligrams of CBD and are just over 10 calories each.
Not a watermelon person? Try their Peachy Pau Hana (apparently it tastes like a Maui peach smoothie), Blueberry Wave, Beary Beach, Wahoo Worm, Hawaiian Rainbow, Tropical Cherry, Island Apple or Sugar-Free gummies — or get one of their bundles and try multiple flavors. U.S.-grown hemp (from Maui) is the source of their GMO-free, pesticide-free CBD.
2. Penguin CBD Gummies Sour Worms
A bottle of Penguin CBD Gummies Sour Worms
Milligrams: 10 per gummy
Gummies per package: 30
If you're looking for a nostalgic throwback to your favorite childhood movie theater treat (or, if we're being realistic, current favorite movie theater treat), try Penguin CBD's sour gummies. Of course, these aren't the same sugar-stuffed chewy candies you grew up on; that said, they definitely taste like those chewy candies. While "treats" and "health" are sometimes mutually exclusive, they're brought together in a safe, health-focused gummy thanks to 10 milligrams of CBD isolate. Why isolate? Separating the compound from the rest of the cannabis plant ensures there is zero THC and allows your gummy to taste like … well, a sour gummy worm. By using the isolate ingredient, the candy doesn't have any kind of herbal flavor, just sweet and sour sugar, as the Lord intended.
You can also feel safe about your candy choice thanks to the Oregon-grown hemp from a farm that uses no chemical fertilizers and no pesticides. Why is this so important? Because hemp is a bioaccumulator and can suck up all the chemicals from the soil it's planted in. By keeping the soil clean and free from harmful solutions and toxins, you ensure that nothing but clean, hemp-based medicine is getting into your food, and thus your body.
3. Not Pot Vegan CBD Gummies
A bottle of Not Pot
Milligrams: 10 per gummy
Gummies per package: 30
Price: $40
With five flavors to choose from — pineapple, blue raspberry, watermelon, green apple and grape — Not Pot's CBD experience is customizable to your tastes and preferences. These 10 milligram chewy rounds are vegan (no gelatin!) and use CBD isolate so you won't get any additional cannabinoids, including THC.
They're made in the USA with hemp sourced from Oregon, and they're third-party lab tested, so they're as clean and safe as they are fruity, colorful and fun. Profits from Not Pot sales help pay for someone's bail every month through the Not Pot Bail Fund, a project that helps to reverse the cannabis-centered damage the criminal justice system has inflicted on marginalized communities.
4. Charlotte's Web
A jar of Charlotte's Web
Milligrams: 10 per gummy
Gummies per package: 60 (180 total in the three-pack)
Price: $132
One of the most storied brands in the CBD space, Charlotte's Web is a business with products you can trust, and that includes their CBD gummy candy. The Stanley brothers founded the company (which would soon become Charlotte's Web) in 2011 with their Colorado-grown hemp, initially focusing their efforts on saving Charlotte Figi, a five-year-old girl who had 300 grand mal seizures a week.
Today, the brand offers three types of gummies that come in a three-pack with one of each of the following: Recovery (ginger flavor), Calm (lemon-lime flavor) and Sleep (raspberry flavor). Each blend uses unique botanicals aimed at a specific health goal. For Recovery, ginger and turmeric work with CBD to reduce inflammation. The Calm blend uses L-theanine and lemon balm, two compounds known to help with stress relief and relaxation.
Finally, the Sleep gummy includes melatonin, which is a sleep supplement that our body naturally makes. Charlotte's Web harnesses not only the power of the hemp plants, but other complementary plants that support CBD's seemingly magical powers to help heal and relax the body.
5. Lord Jones
A box of Lord Jones
Milligrams: 20 per gummy
Gummies per package: 9
Price: $45
The experience of eating a Lord Jones gummy is akin to taking a stroll down the Champs-Élysées. For starters, the box these gumdrops come in looks like an orange Hermès box — the epitome of luxury. The sophisticated sweet has a pâte de fruit texture, and the flavor is truly artisanal. Don't let the decadence fool you, though: at 20 milligrams per morsel, these treats pack a potent punch.
They're said to be "made by hand in small batches," which totally makes sense; however, these gumdrops are not made from CBD isolate, but broad-spectrum CBD, sourced from U.S.-grown hemp. The fact that the CBD is broad-spectrum (meaning there are more plant compounds than just the CBD isolate) would typically leave you with a treat that tastes earthy and herbal, but this is not the case with Lord Jones, as they've fine-tuned the recipe to simply taste like an exquisite fruit dessert straight out of Paris.
6. Joy Organics Premium CBD Gummies
A jar of Joy Organics Premium CBD gummies
Milligrams: 10 per gummy
Gummies per package: 30
Price: $40
Is there anything better than a strawberry lemonade on a summer day? Perhaps a strawberry lemonade CBD gummy. Joy Organics has crafted a delectable soft chew that fans have described as "not hempy," and this is some of the highest-quality stuff you can find.
Board members of the US Hemp Round Table, the Joy brand was founded by the Joy Smith. The Colorado-cultivated hemp the brand uses is meticulously processed in a GMP-compliant facility using CO2 extraction. This is so they can conserve the phytocannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids while ensuring no THC makes it into the mix; they say "even the most minute traces of THC" are removed. It is then third-party lab tested before making it into your BPA-free container. As if that weren't enough, every month the company chooses a nonprofit or charitable organization to donate a portion of all revenue to.
7. Sunday Scaries
A bottle of Sunday Scaries
Milligrams: 10 per gummy
Gummies per package: 20
Price: $39-44
San Diego brand Sunday Scaries wants to make your life "a little more chill." With both classic (a sweet bear-shaped gummy) and vegan (a sour gumdrop shape) versions of their popular CBD product, the company has created a new take on gummy vitamins. Vitamins D3 and B12 are used in the Sunday Scaries supplement, two micronutrients that aim to fortify your immune system and support healthy nervous system function.
This could even replace your old daily vitamin. At 10 milligrams per bite, they recommend two to three pieces per serving each time you're feeling on edge — so you could run through your bottle of 20 quite quickly during tax season. Want to mix up your CBD delivery? They've got "unicorn jerky" sour strips as well, and a dollar of each unicorn jerky sale helps fund The Trevor Project.
Though Sunday Scaries is headquartered in sunny San Diego, they source their hemp in Colorado, and ensure that all raw materials going into these candies are processed in a lab that is GMP-certified (this means "good manufacturing practices") and kosher-certified, ISO 9001 audited (a way of regulating quality), licensed by Farm Products Dealer, and licensed to operate by the CDPHE (Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment).
8. Kanibi Organi Gummies
A bottle of Kanibi Organi Gummies
Milligrams: 10 per gummy
Gummies per package: 30
Price: $44
Ten calories, 10 milligrams, lots of flavor. The Organi Gummies from Kanibi are a fruity mix of sugar-coated, stress-relieving treats made with "completely organic ingredients." This is part of their commitment to a natural and safe product; they refuse to use fake dyes, artificial sweeteners or chemicals in their edible products.
Instead of using CBD isolate, Kanibi uses a high-quality CBD distillate in their recipe (domestically sourced hemp from Kentucky) to harness the other supporting terpenes and plant compounds that may potentially enhance therapeutic effects of hemp. Kanibi is consistently a fan favorite when it comes to flavor, and they provide transparency with their testing reports on their website.
9. CBDFX CBD Gummies With Melatonin
A bottle of CBDFX CBD Gummies With Melatonin
Milligrams: 5 per gummy
Gummies per package: 60
Price: $50
Ready to hit the hay? If you're in need of a nod-off nudge, you'll be counting sheep in no time thanks to the naturopathic combo of CBD and melatonin. These two natural powerhouses of relaxation will help your body slip into a sweet slumber, and they might work better together than they would apart. CBDFX makes a number of gummies, but these juicy lemon bites are some of the best.
The vegan, non-GMO gummies contain zero artificial sweeteners or corn syrup, and have five milligrams of CBD and five milligrams of melatonin per unit (so one before bedtime will probably suffice). They're tested in a lab in California to ensure they're safe and effective.
10. Neurogan CBD Gummy Bears
A bottle of Neurogan CBD Gummy Bears
Milligrams: 40 per gummy
Gummies per package: 25
Price: $60
While many brands opt for the safety of U.S.-grown hemp, you'll definitely want to check out the Scandinavian-sourced hemp products from Neurogan. Though the company is headquartered in San Diego, their farm is in Denmark, where hemp grows in the gorgeous Nordic countryside. Neurogan makes a number of products, but the sour apple gummy bears are not to be missed.
Go for their high-dose 40 milligram bears; you'll get 25 potent chewy candies, created with fine Danish hemp that's been crafted in a GMP-certified facility and third-party tested in a lab in the U.S. These gummies use full-spectrum hemp, meaning you'll get more of the plant's phytonutrients and terpenes, but the lab test will ensure you're not getting any THC.
11. Infinite CBD Asteroids
A bag of Infinite CBD Asteroids
Milligrams: 25 per gummy
Gummies per package: 20
Price: $36
The Asteroids from Infinite CBD are seriously effective. Using only natural fruit flavors and pectin, a plant-based alternative to gelatin, they offer 25 milligrams of CBD in every star-shaped chew.
Though they come standard in an array of fruit flavors (and a rainbow of colors), they have apple-pie flavor seasonally, which straight up tastes like a bite of apple pie in gummy form (it's beyond delicious). Like many of the top CBD gummy brands, you can find Infinite CBD's certificate of analysis (COA) from a third-party independent lab in Colorado, posted on their website.
12. CBDistillery Vegan Gummy Combo Pack
A bottle of CBDistillery Vegan Gummy Combo Pack
Milligrams: 30 per gummy
Gummies per package: 50
Price: $90
CBDistillery makes excellent CBD products across the board, and that includes their daytime and nighttime gummy supplements. The brand touts impressive labels for dietary restrictions, including vegan, gluten-free, allergen-free and kosher. You'll crave the three fruity flavors — raspberry, raspberry lemon, and strawberry — while the 30 milligrams of CBD (with zero THC) make them a healthy daily supplement.
The nighttime version carries 1.5 milligrams of melatonin per gummy, so you can melt into dreamland the second your head hits the pillow. CBDistillery's set of two jars comes with a total of 50 gummies (25 of each kind) so you can get yourself nearly a month's worth of your daily dose. With ISO 9001 certification, natural farming practices, U.S.-sourced hemp and third-party lab testing, you can be sure you're buying from a safe and transparent CBD brand.
13. FAB CBD Chews
A jar of FAB CBD Chews
Milligrams: 25 per gummy
Gummies per package: 30
Price: $59
Fabulous! The THC-free CBD gummies from FAB are packed with non-GMO, all-natural vegan ingredients. Using only seven (super clean) ingredients, including "organic concentrated apple, organic carrot, [and] organic black currant" for the coloring (yes, they use real food to color their gummies), these are some of the purest sweets you can find. Even the cane sugar is organic!
This is true to their green Colorado roots (which is where they source the hemp). And while they're working on the science and innovation behind cannabis medicine, they're also doing their part to give back via partnerships and donations to organizations like Make-A-Wish. So, while your body and brain feel good from the CBD, your heart can feel good too, knowing that your purchase is going toward something great.
14. Seabedee CBD Infused Peach Rings
A bag of Seabedee CBD Infused Peach Rings
Milligrams: 10 per gummy
Gummies per package: 10
Price: $15
Can you remember the last time you had a peach ring? Summertime in a bite, right? These sweet, soft and fruity gummies are made in San Diego, and contain zero THC. And because they're so flavorful (thanks to natural peach flavor) you won't taste the medicinal part of your gummy supplement: the CBD. They're 10 calories apiece, with under two grams of sugar per ring.
Seabedee prides itself on transparency, sharing an easy-to-access certificate of analysis from a third-party lab on their site for all their products. The CBD is also extracted with CO2, meaning solvents weren't used (lessening the chances that the CBD is contaminated). What's more, this company donates 3 percent of all sales to the American Cancer Society.
15. CBDMD Gummies
A bottle CBDMD Gummies
Milligrams: 50 per gummy
Gummies per package: 30
Price: $100
These soft and chewy cubes come in an array of tropical flavors ("tropical mix"), and the U.S.-sourced CBD is third-party, ISO-certified lab tested to ensure that your sweet treat is both safe and effective. While these gummies come in different dosage levels, we'd point you toward the "more bang for your buck" option with the 50 milligram cubes if you're have more serious needs. The higher dose of CBD may be exactly what you need to relax your body and brain. Like several of the top CBD gummies, this brand provides THC-free doses of cannabidiol, with organic ingredients used for its gummy candy delivery. Another great thing about CBDMD is that they frequently update their site with the certificate of analysis for the current batch they're selling (you'll want to have the COA by batch number so you can match the lab test to the exact product you're consuming).
16. Winged Relaxation CBD Gummies
A box of Winged Relaxation CBD Gummies
Milligrams: 10 per gummy
Gummies per package: 21
Price: $35
What makes Winged so different is that they've been specifically formulated for women. Winged has reported that (1) women experience anxiety, depression and PTSD at twice the rate of men, and (2) women are more likely than men to have a difficult time falling and staying asleep (resulting in numerous health issues). Based on these statistics, Winged has crafted a female-focused line using American hemp.
The non-drowsy, relaxation recipe for CBD gummies aims to help reduce stress and anxiety, using not just hemp-derived CBD and other cannabinoids (they use full-spectrum, organically grown hemp), but evening primrose oil (which may help with hormonal support), chamomile, lemon-balm extract and L-theanine (all of which are used for mental relaxation). This unique combination of botanicals, in addition to tension-melting CBD, comes together in a natural fruit gummy with herbaceous superpowers.
17. Balance CBD Gummies
A bag of Balance CBD Gummies
Milligrams: 10 per gummy
Gummies per package: 30
Price: $35
Founded by a trainer/athlete and a doctor, and with super-creative flavors like cotton candy, orange dreamsicle and wildberry, Balance is one of the most unique CBD gummy brands out on the market. When cofounder Cara Thien was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, menopause and severe anxiety, she decided to take matters into her own hands. With the help of Dr. Manpreet Bajwa, Balance was born.
Grab the variety pack to try all five of the flavors on offer (they're crafted by food scientists and chemists). The ingredients are all organic, down to the purified spring water, and use pectin to keep them vegan. The sugared squishy cubes come in a resealable bag, making them easy to take on the go. Speaking of those bags, there's a QR code on each of them so you can access the lab and testing information from your phone. Talk about transparency! And you can rest easy knowing that all Balance's products contain less than 0.3 percent THC, so it's all legal and safe.
18. +PlusCBD Oil Gummy Wedges
A jar of +PlusCBD Oil Gummy Wedges
Milligrams: 5 per gummy
Gummies per package: 30
Price: $30
With flavors like cherry mango and citrus punch, you can't help but start salivating when you see these little wedge-shaped gummies from +PlusCBD Oil, a brand that's been in the CBD space since 2012. This jar of goodies has a lower dose of hemp, with five milligrams per bite, and uses full-spectrum CBD oil from European-grown hemp grown from EU certified hemp seeds, with no artificial ingredients. +PlusCBD Oil prides itself on using naturally occurring phytonutrients, including fatty acids, terpenes and vitamin E.
Not only do these gummies taste delicious, but the quality is reliable and the CBD is potent, even though the dose is low. The company offers traceability, meaning you can see exactly where the CBD came from, starting with the seed (and you can find a lot of this information using the QR code on the packaging). And if these little cannabidiol treats don't work for you, the brand offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.
19. Pure Relief Gummy Bears
A bag of Pure Relief Gummy Bears
Milligrams: 30 per gummy
Gummies per package: 30
Price: $60
Get ready for some serious relief with seriously pure ingredients, thanks to Pure Relief gummy bears. Their daytime hemp gummies were created (along with the rest of the Pure Relief brand) as a response to the opioid epidemic in North Carolina. Founder Michael Melton was searching for safer, healthier pain relief, especially for those close to him who were struggling with drug addiction. Thus, Pure Relief was born.
The assorted fruit-flavored gummy bears are coated with a sugary finish, and are made with vegan and non-GMO ingredients, including natural fruit extracts. Need help sleeping? Their nighttime blend has a little melatonin to help you get some shuteye.
20. HempBombs
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Milligrams: 15 per gummy
Gummies per package: 60
Price: $100
The Florida-based company HempBombs creates their herbally powered super gummies with products from an organic farm in the USA. To guarantee quality, you can find all the lab results by batch number on their website.
The 15 milligrams of CBD isolate (again, zero THC) in their Sleep Gummies is supported by other plant-based relaxants, including L-theanine, scutellaria and passiflora. Add in five milligrams of melatonin, and you're good to go … to bed. Because of its efficacy, fans have consistently rated HempBombs as a top CBD product.
21. Remedi CBD Remedi Plus Boost Gummies
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Milligrams: 25 per gummy
Gummies per package: 10
Price: $40
Remedi CBD has created a popular CBD gummy in berry and mixed citrus flavors. Their 25 milligram CBD gummies are infused with additional vitamins, like B1, B3, B8 and B12, as well as vitamin C, making this a veritable multivitamin. Taking a daily supplement in a delicious star-shaped gummy treat? Yes, please! Bonus: these have a little caffeine in them, so they're definitely intended for daytime.
Think: a double shot of espresso, without the jitters. This Colorado-based brand uses only certified organic ingredients, so you know your energizing vitamin is also pretty darn clean, and free of pesticides. What's more, the hemp used in the products is certified by the Colorado Department of Agriculture.
22. Blue Moon Hemp CBD Gummies
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Milligrams: 250 per package
Gummies per package: 2 ounces
Price: $25
As you may have noticed, Blue Moon Hemp is a little different because they measure the CBD per ounces of gummies, not by individual gummy. Using strawberry, orange and pineapple for flavoring, these sweet and sour gummy rings are a nod to your favorite smoothie, and with 0 percent THC, you won't have to worry about taking one of these before heading to work or driving a car.
Blue Moon offers by-the-batch test results in easily accessible places, so the consumer can always know exactly what's in their bag of treats. The USA-grown hemp is processed in a third-party lab to create the CBD isolate that makes these candies so potent.
23. Highland Pharms
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Milligrams: 20 per gummy
Gummies per package: 20
Price: $70
Full-spectrum, all-natural, potent CBD gummies can be yours thanks to widely loved Highland Pharms. These chewy bears are dusted in a sugar coating, and can be cut in half to adjust your dose. The brand is headquartered in Texas, and was founded to help give consumers a health option outside of big pharma. The cofounder, Luke, passed away from cancer in 2016, but used CBD to ease the pain of both the disease and treatment. Using "ultra high grade" Colorado hemp, Highland honors Luke's memory while delivering a delicious and healing product to those who need it.
Though the FDA prohibits CBD companies from making health claims, fans of Highland Pharms come to this brand for help with anything from fibromyalgia to anxiety and insomnia to what Luke came to CBD for: cancer. Another great factor about Highland Pharms? They use pharmaceutical-grade hemp, a type of hemp bred for a high cannabinoid content and additional qualities that are well suited for medicinal use.
24. Royal CBD
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Milligrams: 25 per gummy
Gummies per package: 30
Price: $100
Round gummies in strawberry, orange and grape flavors offer you 25 milligrams of CBD in every vegan-friendly soft candy. Like the rest of the products on this list, they're non-psychoactive thanks to being THC-free. As for the CBD, it's an isolated compound, sourced from American-grown hemp, and uses CO2 extraction before being tested by an independent third-party lab.
Royal CBD prides itself on strict quality control to ensure that every consumer gets a safe cannabis product. The gummies themselves are designed by scientists, herbalists and nutritionists who work with the Royal CBD brand and ensure they're of the highest standard.
25. Green Roads Relief Toads
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Milligrams: 10 per gummy
Gummies per package: 40
Price: $43
Green toads may sound like a traditional French frog dish (and perhaps not particularly appetizing), but we assure you these tropically tinged green gummies are delicious. The Relief Toads from Green Roads CBD are little frog-shaped chews in assorted tropical flavors, carrying 10 milligrams of CO2-extracted CBD.
Green Roads uses industrial hemp grown on American farms, and is headquartered in Florida, using pharmacists to create the formulas in all of their products. Want to try one little amphibian-inspired treat at a time? They also have "CBD Froggies," which are individually wrapped, single-dose gummies with either a 25 milligram or a 50 milligram option.


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Hotel Introduction
Dalian Jinbai International Hotel is located in central Dalian, close to Zhongshan Square and LaoDong Park. Additional area points of interest include Dalian Forest Zoo and Xinghai Square.
Hotel Features.
Dalian Jinbai International Hotel's restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The hotel serves hot/cold buffet breakfasts each morning in the restaurant (surcharges apply). This hotel has a business center and offers audiovisual equipment and business services. Complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access is available in public areas and the hotel has an Internet point. Complimentary guest parking is limited, and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Additional property amenities include multilingual staff, tour/ticket assistance, and gift shops/newsstands.
130 air-conditioned guestrooms at Dalian Jinbai International Hotel feature coffee/tea makers and safes. Accommodations offer city views. Bathrooms feature showers with rainfall showerheads. They also offer makeup/shaving mirrors, slippers, and complimentary toiletries. Wired high-speed Internet access is complimentary. In addition to desks, guestrooms offer direct-dial phones. LCD televisions are available in guestrooms. Windows that open, blackout drapes/curtains, and hair dryers are also provided. Guests may request refrigerators, irons/ironing boards, and wake-up calls. Housekeeping is available daily.
Amenities and Services
Hotel Amenities
Business services, Air-conditioned public areas, Breakfast available (surcharge), Free parking, Safe-deposit box at front desk, 24-hour front desk, Business center, Elevator/lift, Restaurant, Gift shops or newsstand, Total number of rooms -, Number of floors -, Number of buildings/towers -, Multiple large conference rooms, Audiovisual equipment, Free guest parking during stay, Grocery/convenience store, Tours/ticket assistance, Free wired high-speed Internet, Multilingual staff, Umbrellas, Free parking (limited spaces), Internet point, Computer station, Luggage storage, Year Built
Air conditioning, Shower only, Refrigerator (on request), Speakerphone, Rollaway/extra beds available, Soundproofed rooms, Iron/ironing board (on request), Digital TV service, HDTV, Free wired high-speed Internet, ESPN, HBO, LCD TV, City view, Rainfall showerhead, Wake-up calls, Coffee/tea maker, Daily housekeeping, Phone, Private bathroom, Complimentary toiletries, Hair dryer, In-room safe, Direct-dial phone, Blackout drapes/curtains, Electronic/magnetic keys, Makeup/shaving mirror, Sewing kit, Slippers, Desk, Window opens
Recreation Description
Area Attraction
The preferred airport for Dalian Jinbai International Hotel is Dalian (DLC-Dalian Intl.) - 10.7 km / 6.7 mi.
Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance.
Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometre.
Dining Description
Chinese Restaurant - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Policy Description
Notifications and Fees:
- All guests staying in hotel guestrooms must be registered with the hotel.
- No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Hot and cold buffet breakfast fee: CNY 28 per person (approximately)
- Rollaway bed fee: CNY 200 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
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The EU is a union in name only. The transfer of sovereignty to Brussels was never total, and member states are independent countries… each with their own interests at stake.
Here are the major forces at work.
The Italian Crisis
Italy's banking crisis has played a key role in the destabilization of its domestic politics. The main problem is the Italian banking sector's high rate of non-performing loans (NPLs). Approximately 17% of all loans from Italian banks are NPLs, according to the European Banking Authority. The bank currently making headlines, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, had 45 billion euros ($47.4 billion) worth of NPLs and other doubtful loans when its problems came to light in 2016.
But the issue here is not simply money. The balance sheets of Italian banks don't exist in a vacuum. If the European Central Bank were to bail out Italy, it would mean, in effect, that all of Europe would be paying for the bailout.
Greece, which had austerity forced upon it, would cry foul. The German public would object, and Chancellor Angela Merkel's position would be severely weakened.
Declining German Exports
The major economic issue we expect to see in 2017 is a decline in German exports. The latest World Bank data shows that Germany's exports-to-GDP ratio is 46.8%.
Neither China nor Russia will be increasing demand for German goods due to their own economic woes. And while Germany has managed to survive thus far by increasing exports to the UK and the US, this is not sustainable. This affects not just Germany, but all of Europe.
The EU is built around a massive exporter: Germany. That makes the EU vulnerable to drops in demand for German exports. It also creates a particular kind of political relationship between Germany and the rest of the EU. This is especially true for countries that are markets for German goods and those that are in the German supply chain.
This dependency and economic architecture has worked in the past. But now, it faces two key challenges. The first is how to increase demand for the products in question (which is not in any single country's control). The second is that many of Europe's economies are still struggling due to the 2008 financial crisis.
The EU's growing socio-economic problems, in turn, are leading to increased nationalism. We saw this manifest in Brexit in 2016. In 2017, this dynamic already is affecting elections in France and Germany. The conversation has shifted from an internationalist position to a nationalist one—even for those who historically have been most committed to the EU (like Merkel).
The Security Question
Security will be an issue for the EU… and here, too, member states' interests diverge. Some countries are more concerned with refugees than others, and Brussels is still unable to present a universally accepted plan for dealing with the refugee crisis.
There is also the question of Eastern Europe. It wants its security prioritized as it faces an increasingly aggressive Russia. Western Europe is less concerned with Russia on a daily basis and more concerned about Islamic terrorism.
Meanwhile, a Trump presidency is about to shine a very bright light on the future of NATO. This will mean hard choices for many European countries.
The security issues are not as serious as the economic and political issues for Europe right now. But they loom in the background and feed the strain on the EU rather than unite member states in common cause.
The Weakening of the EU
When we look at Europe today, we see less of a move toward EU dissolution than the gradual ignoring of EU directives. At the beginning of last year, George wrote the following, and it remains the general frame through which we view events in Europe:
The EU will survive, and one day you will be able to visit a dusty office in Brussels, much like the European Free Trade Association's offices in Switzerland, where it still exists. [The EFTA was a British-led alternative to the European Community in the late 1950s and '60s that is irrelevant today despite the continued existence of its offices.] I am sure the staff will be doing something, writing directives that no one will follow, or even care to object to. I once expected 'Götterdämmerung,' the 'Twilight of the Gods,' to move the EU. Today I became convinced, not that the EU couldn't continue this way, but that it really isn't continuing in any significant way.
Italian banks, German exports, nationalism affecting domestic elections, and divergences on security issues will be the main issues in 2017. But these are really just small parts of a much larger forecast that is slowly hulking toward fruition.
See the latest EUR-USD movements here.


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Maureen Malloy Recommends...
Giacomo Gates: The Revolution Will Be Jazz - The Songs of Gil Scott-Heron
The ever-witty vocalist Giacomo Gates is usually compared to Eddie Jefferson or Jon Hendricks when it comes to style. If not those artists, he's compared to instrumentalists due to his mastery of Vocalese. That being said, I'm sure you're wondering how the art of the late Gil Scott-Heron can even be associated with Gates.
The Revolution Will Be Jazz (recorded before Gil's passing on May 27th of this year) was not meant to mimic the spoken-word style of the revolutionary activist; it was meant to reach out to his innovative thoughts and relationship with jazz.
Gates chose pieces from Gil Scott-Heron's repertoire that were easily relatable. His own attachments to the messages are valiantly expressed in a manner that any listener could match to a recent event or headline. From over-exposure to advertisements in "Madison Avenue," to paying homage to jazz greats in "Lady Day and John Coltrane," Gates insures that Scott-Heron's revolutionary words are clear, but, in this case, not televised.
This album is easy to listen to. It holds very strong messages, but they're not forced down your throat...they're delivered by a crooner in a straight-ahead way.--Maureen


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Live Steam Wilesco D8 Stationary Engine Plant Model Toy. Runs well on compressed air. Some minor wear and tear in places, and some rust on the chimney as you will see in the photo. The item "Live Steam Wilesco D8 Stationary Engine Plant Model Toy" is in sale since Saturday, April 3, 2021.This item is in the category "Toys & Games\Steam". The seller is "oac_steam" and is located in Exeter.
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Serves 12
1 cup orange juice
1 10 1/2-ounce package miniature marshmallows
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 pint whipping cream
1 prepared graham cracker crust in 8-by-8-inch pan
2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs
Pour orange juice in heavy, large pot. Add marshmallows and melt. Add lemon juice. Cool. Whip the cream, then fold into orange juice mixture. Pour over prepared graham cracker crust. Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs on top. (If doubling the recipe, a 9-by-13-inch baking dish can be used.) Refrigerate until ready to serve.
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Items where Year is 1944
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Webb, Sidney and Webb, Beatrice (1944) Soviet Communism: a new civilisation. Longmans, Green and Co., London.
Webb, Sidney and Webb, Beatrice and Shaw, George Bernard (1944) The truth about Soviet Russia ... With an essay on the Webbs by Bernard Shaw and a summary of the constitution and working of Soviet communism: a new civilisation by Beatrice Webb. Longmans, Green, New York.


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Technical Information Site of Power Supply Design
2016.10.20 Transfer Function
Before actually determining transfer functions block-by-block, two important laws for deriving transfer functions are first checked.
One is Kirchhoff's current law. This is a law that states that "at an arbitrary junction, the sum of the currents is zero". In considering this law, it is vital to pay attention to the directions of the currents.
The other is Kirchhoff's voltage law. This law states that "over an arbitrary closed circuit, the voltage change is zero." These two laws can be illustrated as in Fig. 3
The above two laws are used in order to derive a transfer function, but there is one other matter that must be studied. That is the matter of how to represent impedance. As indicated in Fig. 4 below, when a DC power supply V is connected to a resistor R, and a capacitor C and a coil L, each behaves differently. The voltage across the resistor R does not change even as time passes. The voltage across the capacitor gradually rises, finally reaching the voltage of the power supply after a certain time has elapsed. The voltage across the coil immediately reaches the voltage of the power supply, but then gradually declines.
From the characteristics shown in Fig. 4, when considering capacitors and coils as resistances, the resistance value (impedance) must be considered as a function of time (phase). This, including resistance that changes with time in this way, is called impedance notation. We say that the impedance of a capacitor rises as time passes as the step response to an input voltage. The behavior of a coil is the opposite of this. In an electrical circuit, an angular velocity ω which is the reciprocal of the time is used, and so the impedance is represented as in Fig. 5.
Finally, the reason for the appearance of complex numbers is explained. In electrical circuits, complex numbers are used to represent phases, as parameters related to response times. In this case, they represent the response times of power supplies. In the case of capacitors, there is a lag before reaching the power supply voltage V; in the case of coils, it is the opposite. This situation can be represented as in Fig. 5.


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By Joanne Von Furstenburg | Posted on June 01, 2018 10:17 AM
Three Tall Women will close on June 24, 2018 after a nine-performance week, as an additional show has been added on the final show day.
Excellent Reviews for Celebrated Revival
On March 1, 2018, Three Tall Women began previews at the John Golden Theatre, ahead of its opening night on March 29, 2018. Upon opening, the show garnered excellent reviews, and was declared a New York Times Critics' Pick. Jesse Green from The New York Times stated that Glenda Jackson finally found "a role that's big enough to need her," and that the play, "despite its frailties and wrinkles has aged beautifully, into a burning, raving classic." David Rooney from The Hollywood Reporter stated that "stage acting doesn't get any better" than Glenda Jackson's in this piece, and Greg Evans from Deadline praised Joe Mantello's "superb staging," stating that "Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning late-career masterpiece has been given the loving, impeccable production that Albee apparently thought was beyond Broadway's reach." Marilyn Stasio from Variety says that watching Glenda on that stage was like "looking straight into the sun," because "it's the voice that really thrills." The play stars Glenda Jackson (The Persecution and Assassination of Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade; Rose; Strange Interlude; Macbeth), the role of "B" is played by Laurie Metcalf (A Doll's House Part 2, Misery, The Other Place, Brighton Beach Memoirs, November, My Thing of Love), and the role of "C" is played by Alison Pill (The House of Blue Leaves, The Miracle Worker, Mauritius, The Lieutenant of Inishmore).
Run Will End With 9-Performance Week on June 24th
This revival of Three Tall Women is nominated for six Tony Awards, which will be awarded next weekend on June 10, 2018. These are the nominations for Best Revival of a Play, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for Glenda Jackson, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for Laurie Metcalf, Best Scenic Design of a Play for Miriam Buether, Best Costume Design of a Play for Ann Roth, and Best Direction of a Play for Joe Mantello. With such a positive reception, the show elected to add a ninth performance to the final week ending Sunday, June 24, 2018. On that day, the show will play both a matinee and an evening performance. This is a strong pledge of endurance for the entire cast, and especially for 82 year-old Glenda Jackson, whose first Broadway performance was in 1965. This additional performance is the mark of a successful production, which will most likely be recognized with Tony Awards to ensure the historic significance of this production will be unforgotten.