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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that it will offer schools an option between two types of ground meat to purchase for student meals. The move is in response to requests from districts amid a weeks-long firestorm of public outcry against the ammonia-treated cow product.
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BEEF' ISN'T EXACTLY BEEF
Schools aren't the only ones affected. According to an ABC News investigation, lean finely textured beef is mixed into 70 percent of ground beef sold in supermarkets across the country -- but meat-packers and grocery stores aren't required by law to include "lean finely textured beef" on package labels because the USDA categorizes it as meat.
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"They're calling this a meat; it's not. It's connective tissue and it is a much poorer quality protein even if they treat it, however they may treat it, to make it more digestible or more integrated," Sharon Akabas, associate director of Columbia University's Institute of Human Nutrition, told HuffPost.
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"It's economic disclosure; it's an economic fraud issue," Zernstein said. "It's really not so much food safety. Put as much ammonia in it as you want. I don't care. Kill it. It still ends up being low quality, but you at least need to label it so much percent lean finely textured beef ... so I can say, 'I'm broke; it's low quality, but I'll buy it because I'm hungry.' The USDA knows better. Their labeling people blew it."
A note for the tech-curious:
An originator can return to a closed thread and still delete a post.
der Brucer
Happy, happy to BK's DD JB.
I hope you enjoy "7 Brides." It was a favorite when I was a kid. I got to see the touring production with Howard Keel and Jane Powell when it rolled through Louisville way back when. I enjoyed that, too, though even I knew they were a bit long in the tooth by that time. Ah, the magic of wigs and makeup.
And the word of the day is: INIQUITOUS!
A librarian friend of mine saw the "new improved" PRGY AND BESS last night and just wrote me:
I don't ever want to see it again. It's horrible! Not the performance (which was, typical of today's direction, hyper-kinetic - the characters remade as lower but certainly middle class African Americans, and the revision made it seem like a recital of famous songs with most of the connective plot/character development removed) -
A librarian friend of mine saw the "new improved" PRGY AND BESS last night and just wrote me:
I don't ever want to see it again. It's horrible! Not the performance (which was, typical of today's direction, hyper-kinetic - the characters remade as lower but certainly middle class African Americans, and the revision made it seem like a recital of famous songs with most of the connective plot/character development removed) -
A librarian friend of mine saw the "new improved" PRGY AND BESS last night and just wrote me:
I don't ever want to see it again. It's horrible! Not the performance (which was, typical of today's direction, hyper-kinetic - the characters remade as lower but certainly middle class African Americans, and the revision made it seem like a recital of famous songs with most of the connective plot/character development removed) -
Friday morning greetings! I will be E & T this afternoon while helping at the Middletown AAUW's 56th Annual Used Book Sale. Apparently last night's preview sale ($5 admission) brought in $2600!
A librarian friend of mine saw the "new improved" PRGY AND BESS last night and just wrote me:
I don't ever want to see it again. It's horrible! Not the performance (which was, typical of today's direction, hyper-kinetic - the characters remade as lower but certainly middle class African Americans, and the revision made it seem like a recital of famous songs with most of the connective plot/character development removed) -
Was Audra on last night?
Friday morning greetings! I will be E & T this afternoon while helping at the Middletown AAUW's 56th Annual Used Book Sale. Apparently last night's preview sale ($5 admission) brought in $2600!
Do you suppose it's because, with there being no bookstores in Middletown, the populace is starved for something to read?
I don't think I have ever seen that movie. I couldn't watch the Trevor Nunn TV version because the dubbing was so horrible. I think I stopped it about 20 minutes into it.A librarian friend of mine saw the "new improved" PRGY AND BESS last night and just wrote me:
I don't ever want to see it again. It's horrible! Not the performance (which was, typical of today's direction, hyper-kinetic - the characters remade as lower but certainly middle class African Americans, and the revision made it seem like a recital of famous songs with most of the connective plot/character development removed) -
That got me thinking about the opera, and I sent him my thoughts on the piece:
I think the Goldwyn film was smart in setting it further back in time than 1934 - I think the play and novel are from the late 20s - because it deals with a poor uneducated ghetto-ized populace regarded as 3rd class citizens with little to no chance of upward mobility. The further back it's set, it's easier for contemporary black audiences and white audiences to regard it as a period piece about great-great grandparents before the civil rights movement ever improved things. For all I know, the Gullah population of Baltimore was similar to this until the civil rights movement.
DR Jane - to answer your question from last night Pinterest (http://pinterest.com) is a social media website that acts as a picture file or bulletin board for visual content. I've found it very useful for saving knitting and papercrafting ideas. Would you like an invitation? Anyone else?Isn't it for women only? Or is it just predominantly used by women?
I could insert a nasty comment about Middletown here and the reading habits of the populace I met during my year there, but since I left Middletown, I've met several wonderful -- and literate -- people from there, so I'll refrain from casting such aspersions.Friday morning greetings! I will be E & T this afternoon while helping at the Middletown AAUW's 56th Annual Used Book Sale. Apparently last night's preview sale ($5 admission) brought in $2600!
Do you suppose it's because, with there being no bookstores in Middletown, the populace is starved for something to read?
DR Jane - to answer your question from last night Pinterest (http://pinterest.com) is a social media website that acts as a picture file or bulletin board for visual content. I've found it very useful for saving knitting and papercrafting ideas. Would you like an invitation? Anyone else?Isn't it for women only? Or is it just predominantly used by women?
Can one of you well informed Catholics or Irish history scholars please explain today's Bizarro to me?:St. Pat. drove the snakes out of Ireland, so he must have driven them from her head, too. That's all I can think of. And if that's it, it's not all that funny.
Can one of you well informed Catholics or Irish history scholars please explain today's Bizarro to me?:St. Pat. drove the snakes out of Ireland, so he must have driven them from her head, too. That's all I can think of. And if that's it, it's not all that funny.
Sometimes I'm a little slow on the uptake. :)I'm surprised my mind is functioning most days. ;)
I could insert a nasty comment about Middletown here and the reading habits of the populace I met during my year there, but since I left Middletown, I've met several wonderful -- and literate -- people from there, so I'll refrain from casting such aspersions.Friday morning greetings! I will be E & T this afternoon while helping at the Middletown AAUW's 56th Annual Used Book Sale. Apparently last night's preview sale ($5 admission) brought in $2600!
Do you suppose it's because, with there being no bookstores in Middletown, the populace is starved for something to read?
Shayne, I won't delete it because however it was meant, everyone sees it for what it is.
I love 7 Brides for 7 Brothers - I first saw it when I was about 12 and watch it every couple of years - hmmmm time to take it off the shelf again
DR Jane - to answer your question from last night Pinterest (http://pinterest.com) is a social media website that acts as a picture file or bulletin board for visual content. I've found it very useful for saving knitting and papercrafting ideas. Would you like an invitation? Anyone else?
DR Jane - to answer your question from last night Pinterest (http://pinterest.com) is a social media website that acts as a picture file or bulletin board for visual content. I've found it very useful for saving knitting and papercrafting ideas. Would you like an invitation? Anyone else?Isn't it for women only? Or is it just predominantly used by women?
DR Jane - to answer your question from last night Pinterest (http://pinterest.com) is a social media website that acts as a picture file or bulletin board for visual content. I've found it very useful for saving knitting and papercrafting ideas. Would you like an invitation? Anyone else?Isn't it for women only? Or is it just predominantly used by women?
Predominantly women, DR John G, and there are a lot of wedding pins. But there's no "women only" restriction and I think anyone who wants to save a lot of visual content - artists, designers, landscapers, architects, etc. - would find it useful. There are also a lot of cooking pictures, some of which make me drool and some make me gag.
And a very happy haineshisway.com birthday to JB aka my darling daughter.
I much preferred a cartoon I saw a day or two ago with St. Patrick driving a car filled with snakes. He's exasperated because all of the snakes were whining and saying things like, "Are we there yet?" and "When's the next bathroom break?" And the tag was something like, "St. Patrick drives the snakes out of Ireland."
After all, St. Pat could have treated those snakes like Shamus and strapped them to the top of the car.
We got 7 Brides for 7 Brothers out of the library. Neither of us have ever seen it. I have heard clips from the OSR and seen clips from the movie but never the entire film.
"A Man and a Woman" and "The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown"/"A Breath of Scandal" have all arrived! ;D
Are any of you reader-persons familiar with this:
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/7d/9c/6916c060ada035fe4248a110.L.jpg)
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Even though Dover, our state capital and home of the University of Delaware has no gen eral purpose book stores, poor off-the beaten track tiny summer resort Dewey Beach has a very nice one, open even now in the off-season.
Thrifty soul that I am, whiloe standing in the store, I took advantage of my new Smart-Phone and ordered a copy from Amazxon (saving $1).
Nah - I'm lying - I bought the book and paid cash.
der Brucer
TOD
CD: It's Alive - Bernard Herrmann
How about a "dance of the day"Groovilicious.
The Watusi!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxYIgGB8o7w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxYIgGB8o7w)
"A Man and a Woman" and "The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown"/"A Breath of Scandal" have all arrived! ;D
I presume the "breath of scandal" involves the Man in the Fuzzy Pink Nightgown.
der Brucer
And a very happy haineshisway.com birthday to JB aka my darling daughter.
Although she met the height and weight requirements for the "Techno Jump ride" at RodeoHouston on Wednesday, a 3-year-old was thrown from her seat once the ride began, KHOU TV reports.
According to the station, the girl's mother reportedly decided she didn't want to ride along moments before it began-- and left her daughter strapped in with her brother.
Despite the lap bar and restraining belt, the girl slipped out of the moving chair and fell to the ride's platform -- suffering a contusion on the side of her head and abrasions, the station reports. Luckily a CAT scan and X-ray at the Texas Children's Hospital revealed no serious injuries.
I hope you enjoy "7 Brides." It was a favorite when I was a kid. I got to see the touring production with Howard Keel and Jane Powell when it rolled through Louisville way back when. I enjoyed that, too, though even I knew they were a bit long in the tooth by that time. Ah, the magic of wigs and makeup.
I see that the student responsible for the problems that led toTyler Clementi's suicide was found guilty today. While I think the verdict's right, I'm concerned about the sentencing.
...Carol Channing is already announcing plans for the 100th Anniversary Edition tour of HELLO, DOLLY!
[That is why Carol Channing is already announcing plans for the 100th Anniversary Edition tour of HELLO, DOLLY!
DR Jane - to answer your question from last night Pinterest (http://pinterest.com) is a social media website that acts as a picture file or bulletin board for visual content. I've found it very useful for saving knitting and papercrafting ideas. Would you like an invitation? Anyone else?
...this year's book sale...
Can one of you well informed Catholics or Irish history scholars please explain today's Bizarro to me?:St. Pat. drove the snakes out of Ireland, so he must have driven them from her head, too. That's all I can think of. And if that's it, it's not all that funny.
So, BK, did the songs that Andrea Marcovicci sang make you smile?
There are always exemplary exceptions to every rule, Elmore, and you can consider yourself one of them.
TOD:
DVR: Now that I finally have a dvd recorder that will bypass TCM's and other stations "non recording" system, I will be watching and recording to dvd many episodes of WAGON TRAIN, LAWMAN, and a few Bomba movies.
CD:Los Bravos (remember their hit song of the 60s BLACK IS BLACK?) If you don't remember it, this should help remind you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGeFf_rIAVQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGeFf_rIAVQ)
DVD:
I picked up a set of Universal-Internationa pirate movies awhile back...perhaps I will get around to watching those.
I do not like the announcement that Sasha Baron Cohen will be playing Threnadier in "Les Miz," the movie.
DR Jane - to answer your question from last night Pinterest (http://pinterest.com) is a social media website that acts as a picture file or bulletin board for visual content. I've found it very useful for saving knitting and papercrafting ideas. Would you like an invitation? Anyone else?
I don't knit. Yet.
I do not like the announcement that Sasha Baron Cohen will be playing Threnadier in "Les Miz," the movie.
I see that the student responsible for the problems that led toTyler Clementi's suicide was found guilty today. While I think the verdict's right, I'm concerned about the sentencing.
So, my copyist got the Finale files to work and we're down to five full scores to go! This is good.
We've been invited to a Muttini Mixer
der Brucer
...Carol Channing is already announcing plans for the 100th Anniversary Edition tour of HELLO, DOLLY!
Have you been asked to play Horace :)
der Brucer
Actually with Carol as Dolly, maybe you should play Barnaby.
DR Jane - to answer your question from last night Pinterest (http://pinterest.com) is a social media website that acts as a picture file or bulletin board for visual content. I've found it very useful for saving knitting and papercrafting ideas. Would you like an invitation? Anyone else?
I don't knit. Yet.
Well, there are other reasons to look just around (http://pinterest.com/echobase24/man-candy/) (and even some almost-not-safe-for-work reasons (http://pinterest.com/source/mostbeautifulman.com/))...such as:
;)
Neither do I...nor am I employed.
Thank you for the "at work" warning, George, but I am proud to say that I no longer work!
Thank you for the "at work" warning, George, but I am proud to say that I no longer work!
Are any of you reader-persons familiar with this:
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Even though Dover, our state capital and home of the University of Delaware has no gen eral purpose book stores, poor off-the beaten track tiny summer resort Dewey Beach has a very nice one, open even now in the off-season.
Thrifty soul that I am, whiloe standing in the store, I took advantage of my new Smart-Phone and ordered a copy from Amazxon (saving $1).
Nah - I'm lying - I bought the book and paid cash.
der Brucer
Book:
Just finished up the biography of MAVERICK'S Jack Kelly...and actor I have always liked.
I have now fulfilled 2/3 of my volunteer commitment to this year's book sale. Business was steady and really spiked after school let out for the day/week. Teachers love our book sale! Here are a couple of our members who were on duty when I got there:
...this year's book sale...
Books are so "yesterday" (Ask Brittanica).
Soon you'll only find them in antique shops.
Retired Librarians, however, will remain eternally vibrant and forever charming.
der Brucer
DR Jane - to answer your question from last night Pinterest (http://pinterest.com) is a social media website that acts as a picture file or bulletin board for visual content. I've found it very useful for saving knitting and papercrafting ideas. Would you like an invitation? Anyone else?
I don't knit. Yet.
Well, there are other reasons to look just around (http://pinterest.com/echobase24/man-candy/) (and even some almost-not-safe-for-work reasons (http://pinterest.com/source/mostbeautifulman.com/))...such as:
;)
Media check:
I'm also reading THE BOOK THIEF. Quite interesting.
Thank you for the "at work" warning, George, but I am proud to say that I no longer work!
Yes, there is that...but it was a warning just in case anyone else wanted to look around....just in case.
:-*
So, our first butterfly walk of the season is scheduled for tomorrow. Guess what? A severe storm bringing LOTS of rain is in the forecast.
It doesn't rain in the spring here.
I'm feeling somewhat sad that Bryan has to move to Cleveland while his wife has to stay in Chicago.
On the upside, Bryan will be doing his emergency medicine residency at Chase Western/Cleveland Clinic. :D
So, our first butterfly walk of the season is scheduled for tomorrow. Guess what? A severe storm bringing LOTS of rain is in the forecast.
It doesn't rain in the spring here.
I'm feeling somewhat sad that Bryan has to move to Cleveland while his wife has to stay in Chicago.
On the upside, Bryan will be doing his emergency medicine residency at Chase Western/Cleveland Clinic. :D
How did I miss this announcement?
I'm feeling somewhat sad that Bryan has to move to Cleveland while his wife has to stay in Chicago.
On the upside, Bryan will be doing his emergency medicine residency at Chase Western/Cleveland Clinic. :D
How did I miss this announcement?
You didn't miss it by much & are the first person to respond to it. ;)
The two boxes containing the little thing that some folks will be getting with their books have arrived.
The two boxes containing the little thing that some folks will be getting with their books have arrived.
I have now fulfilled 2/3 of my volunteer commitment to this year's book sale. Business was steady and really spiked after school let out for the day/week. Teachers love our book sale! Here are a couple of our members who were on duty when I got there:
:)
Were you wearing a matching sweat shirt?
I'm feeling somewhat sad that Bryan has to move to Cleveland while his wife has to stay in Chicago.
On the upside, Bryan will be doing his emergency medicine residency at Chase Western/Cleveland Clinic. :D
Just finished "Murder at the HHS" - the kindle version. Even though I own the hardcover, I guess I can't read books anymore, go figure. I purchased "Murder at the Masquers" - the kindle version today, even though I have the hardback. So, bk... two royalties from me.
OWN just canceled Rosie O'Donnell.
OWN just canceled Rosie O'Donnell.
Darn...I really liked her show. :(
Very nervously watching Michigan and Ohio U in the NCAA basketball tournament. Wolverines better get it together - Go, Blue!
Very nervously watching Michigan and Ohio U in the NCAA basketball tournament. Wolverines better get it together - Go, Blue!
What network is showing that game?
Very nervously watching Michigan and Ohio U in the NCAA basketball tournament. Wolverines better get it together - Go, Blue!
What network is showing that game?
TNT
So, DR TCB, did I see earlier that you accepted DR Danise's smart phone offer?
So, DR TCB, did I see earlier that you accepted DR Danise's smart phone offer?
Yes, I did.
Thank you DR Ginny. I don't know why I added the h to Case, not a good thing to be doing. I'm very excited he has such a great residency & think it is better than the ones in Chicago he had hoped for.
What can you tell me about Cleveland, that isn't "so" bad? Bryan hasn't a clue yet where to live. Are there even areas where he can walk to the shops, etc. that are conveniently located to the hospital & hopefully in a nice area. He did a quick search on Craig's list & said the rents seem reasonable. They will have two apartments to maintain now plus he has to begin paying back student loans soon. Kate has two or three years of school left.
Thank you DR Ginny. I don't know why I added the h to Case, not a good thing to be doing. I'm very excited he has such a great residency & think it is better than the ones in Chicago he had hoped for.
What can you tell me about Cleveland, that isn't "so" bad? Bryan hasn't a clue yet where to live. Are there even areas where he can walk to the shops, etc. that are conveniently located to the hospital & hopefully in a nice area. He did a quick search on Craig's list & said the rents seem reasonable. They will have two apartments to maintain now plus he has to begin paying back student loans soon. Kate has two or three years of school left.
Ginny, I don't want to see you and vixmom come to blows over this next game.
Please tell me I'm not getting a sore throat...
Since I am still living in the 20th Century (and will be until the arrival of my Smart Phone from Danise), I have a question for all of you, techies. There is a commercial that seems to play repeatedly. It shows a woman and her daughter sitting of the floor talking about the daughter being cast as a tree in the school play. Part way through the commercial, it shifts to show the mother is on an airplane, but still talking to her daughter. The commercial is for American Airlines. It leaves me with the impression that American Airlines is somehow unique in their technical abilities.
Is that so, or can you do the same thing on most airlines?
Thank you for the "at work" warning, George, but I am proud to say that I no longer work!
Yes, there is that...but it was a warning just in case anyone else wanted to look around....just in case.
:-*
Isn't this BK's landlord?
OWN just canceled Rosie O'Donnell.
Ginny, I don't want to see you and vixmom come to blows over this next game.
Ginny, I don't want to see you and vixmom come to blows over this next game.
It's only basketball, DR TCB...
Please tell me I'm not getting a sore throat...
NO SORE THROATS FOR ANYONE VIBES!!!!!!
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After his parents stopped for gas early Wednesday, the young boy scrambled out of his child seat, found a gun police say was left in the car by his father and fatally shot himself in the head.
Tacoma police said his father put his pistol under a seat and got out to pump gas while the mother went inside the convenience store.
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