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Sodexo’s Food Truck Concept Rolls into Rock Hill Schools

Street Eatz offers K-12 clients a high-impact alternate point of sale.

It’s hard to get teens to take school meals seriously even if they are on closed campuses. But the coolness factor associated with food trucks seems to be a good way to put a dent in that mindset and Sodexo is giving it the old high school try with a truck concept called Street Eatz.

The mobile eatery is being piloted at a number of client locations, including Rock Hill (S.C.) Schools, where the vehicle—actually a trailer towed behind a catering van—is rotating weekly through the district’s three high schools with different daily menus that are distinct from what is being served in the cafeteria.

The menu concepts range from barbecue (with a choice of three sauces) and chicken strips tossed with a choice of six sauces to pastas with four sauce choices. Each meal comes with a wide array of side items, including standards like baked beans to more exotic selections like a ginger carrot salad and a pineapple/cucumber/jalapeno salad. Each concept has its own unique sides such as cinnamon apple and an Asian broccoli salad. A “super salad” made with romaine lettuce, carrots, black beans, corn and diced tomatoes is served with all the concepts and can serve as a meal alternative for those who don’t want the day’s main entrée.

The object of the truck is to provide an attractive alternative to the standard daily choices, says Jeffrey Clarke, general manager for Sodexo at the district.

“The whole idea behind Street Eatz is that we can hit all the requirements of the traditional lunch in the week the truck is at a campus,” he says. “Plus, food trucks are very cool right now and Rock Hill has no food truck park so we don’t otherwise have a lot of this kind of food in the area.”

The Street Eatz menus are reimbursable, important in Rock Hill, where about 60 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. The onboard POS is tied to the main system and quickly tabulates sales and subsidized meal qualifications.

The menu items are all premade as the truck has no production equipment, just holding units like a steam table, warming box and refrigerator.

The truck rotates weekly to each of the three high schools, typically being open for three days (usually Tuesday to Thursday) at each location contingent on factors like weather. A different menu concept is served each day so there is variety.

The truck’s appearance is promoted through announcements, signage, cafeteria TV monitors and even Twitter.

So far, the results have been mixed as the first week saw mostly sales that were cannibalized from the cafeteria. However, at the second week’s appearance, there was an incremental bump up of 50 to 60 meals a day beyond typical daily sales. Clarke admits the nice weather that week may have been a factor as it drew more students outside (Rock Hill policy allows high schoolers to go outside during lunch periods but not to leave school grounds).

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Eating after exercise is a MUST for healthy muscles. Recover and refuel with regenerating foods like chicken, Greek yogurt or chocolate milk.
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Eating after exercise is a MUST for healthy muscles. Recover and refuel with these regenerating foods.

What and When?

The body craves both carbs and protein after exercise. Carbohydrates are required to replenish energy stores, while protein repairs tired muscle fibers.

To optimize results, you want to take in carbohydrate and protein in about a 3 to 1 ratio, that’s 3 grams of carbs for every one gram of protein. Depending on when you exercise, recovery food can be a snack or a meal; either way, look to these 5 recovery foods.

Chocolate Milk

Research studies continue to find that chocolate milk can benefit muscle recovery in athletes. One cup has 23 grams of carbs and 8 grams of protein – that’s just about 3:1.

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Lean protein like chicken is packed with muscle building amino acids. Three ounces of cooked chicken breast has about 24 grams of protein. Add to pasta or enjoy in a sandwich or wrap; add a piece of fruit or a low fat yogurt to up the carbs and complete the meal.

Greek Yogurt

Go Greek for extra protein – 1 cup has 23 grams – that’s more than double most regular varieties. Top with fresh or dried fruit and granola.

Occasionally your schedule may not allow for even the simplest meal prep. On those days opt for an energy bar. Look for one that has the proper ratio of carbs to protein like Clif or Luna Bars.

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You’ll find 7 grams of protein in a serving (2 tablespoons) of peanut butter. Spread on an apple, whole grain bread with jam or blend into smoothie for some super delicious (and budget-friendly) recovery fuel.

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Premier League stars face a hectic schedule to finish the league as quickly as possible

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Pep Guardiola believes his players are more likely to pick up injuries between now and the end of the season, due to the lack of recovery period between games, as well as usual recovery measures being banned.

After three months of no competition, the Premier League returns on Wednesday as Guardiola’s Manchester City side take on Arsenal - their first match of four in a hectic 12 day period.

The Spaniard doesn’t see the amount of games as a problem, but rather that players won’t have the same facilities to recover in between, which could lead to injuries.

“We cannot use the ice baths – it is not allowed!” Guardiola smirked when talking to the media before the Arsenal match.

“So, I don’t know now. We are going to do the best for them, take care of them, try to organise and do the best facilities for the players to be fit.

“But you know the other leagues, the last minutes, how they suffer, the players, to arrive in the last minute and how difficult it is to recover and play the other game.

“The problem is not to play one game, the first one, even the second one. It’s with the lack of recovery, you have to play another game with a lack of physical training or physical condition or being prepared.

“That is a problem. But we have to adapt so there is not another issue, pray a little bit and be lucky that our staff, me, myself as a head coach, try and take the right decisions about the players who believe they can play more minutes than the other one. That is the main target of this period.”

As for playing behind closed doors, Guardiola believes the players can channel the feeling of playing in front of no spectators when they were kids, and simply try to enjoy the football.

“When they were little kids, they play in the school, in the square, in the street without spectators, they play good in that period so that is what they have to do,” he suggested.

“It’s a football game – try to follow a little bit what we thought, what they know because we didn’t change much in these three weeks about what we have to do. That’s all. This is the idea to adapt in the situation and just play football.”

Man City are currently second in the Premier League, but are a huge 25 points adrift of Champions-elect Liverpool, who could be crowned champions this weekend if Guardiola’s men are defeated by Arsenal on Wednesday.

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have made a disappointing start to their title defence this season but the Spanish giants won’t let that hamper their confidence ahead of the high-octane Champions League clash with Dortmund on Tuesday night.

The Los Blancos have drawn huge criticism for their lack-lustre performances in the La Liga so far this season but boss is eyeing to prove his critics wrong by clinching a crucial win over Dortmund on Tuesday night.

Zidane’s men have failed to recreate their incredible form from last season and after a a stuttering start this campaign they are already seven points behind arch rivals after six La Liga games.

Real Madrid had clinched a comfortable 3-0 victory against Apoel Nicosia in their opening Champions League game but they are well aware that it will not be an easy to outplay Dortmund at the Signal Iduna Park.

Real Madrid haven’t won at the North Rhine-Westphalia stronghold despite visiting six times.

“We have never won here and that will be the challenge for us because we always go out and try to win,” Zidane told

“We want to play well and I want to see a good game.”

Zinedine Zidane says his side is comfortable with the pressure

“We want to try and get as far as possible. Now we are at the group stage and when we get out of it we will see what happens. Tomorrow is an important game and we want to win it.”

currently lead the German and defeated Borussia Monchengladbach 5-1 at the weekend to show they will be a true test of just where Zinedine Zidane’ s men are at this stage of the campaign.

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The Los Blancos have been declared favourites for Tuesday’s Group H clash despite Dortmund’s home dominance over the La Liga giants and their incredible form in the Bundesliga this season, and Zidane said: “We live with that pressure.

“In every single game we have to prove how good we are.”

Pundits have claimed that there is a lack of understanding between Zidane’s players, who succumbed to league draws with Valencia and Levante before suffering a shock defeat against Real Betis last week.

“I do not believe that because we trust in what we do,” the French coach said.

“It is true that there can always seem to be doubts, if you look from the outside, and this issue arises every three days.”

“That is the difficulty. Each year and every game is going to be more difficult and if we are not always at our scintillating best, things gets complicated.”

Defender Dani Carvajal added: “It’s a big, important game and everyone wants to play in it.

“The important thing is that we create chances because there will be goals.

“The team are confident and excited – we are all pushing in the same direction and are encouraged.”

Dortmund’s attacking midfielder Mario Gotze told a pre-match press conference: “There have been some great games against Real Madrid – both at home and away.

“Real have played very well for the last two years, but it’s a new season and we are also confident.

“Statistics will not help us but we know we are strong here at home.”

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Alan Wolk

As many had predicted, the new trend towards stricter privacy rules is starting to affect the connected TV market (CTV), or, to be more precise, the targeted advertising that runs on it.

Fortunately, there seem to be solid, privacy compliant solutions that can help the industry avoid the “cookie problem.”

Buying CTV

Because most CTV  advertising is run on-demand (versus a linear schedule) it’s sold on an audience basis: advertisers choose the audience segments they want to reach based on a variety of factors ranging from demographics to location to prior purchase habits.

Ads are then served to households in those audience segments during a specific time frame. Demand Side Platforms (DSPs) are traditionally used to represent the brand advertisers looking to buy CTV ads, while Supply Side Platforms (SSPs) represent the programmers who are looking to sell ad space. While some larger CTV brands like Hulu and CBS All Access maintain their own ad teams, the DSP/SSP framework is common throughout the bulk of the industry.

The Value of Incremental Reach

Brands have become more interested in CTV as of late for many reasons, but there are two that stand out in particular: CTV allows them to run ads in a brand-safe premium content environment, and it allows them to achieve something called “incremental reach” (sometimes also known as “incremental lift.”)

Incremental reach means that brands are able to use the targeting capabilities of CTV to reach those consumers their linear TV ads may have missed, and/or to heavy up on demographics or geographies that have proven to be especially fruitful.

Identifying Segments

Some CTV programmers operate on a subscription model and thus have data about their subscribers—email addresses, credit card numbers, IP addresses and the like. They’re able to use that data to create user segments. Similarly, brands with strong CRM (customer relationship management) programs are able to supply what’s known as “first party data” about their customers in order to target ads to their most valuable customers.

But it’s instances where first party data is light or lacking that things get tricky.

While CTV (connected TV) itself does not rely on cookies, the ability to identify audience segments has long depended on them: programmers had viewer IP addresses and then used cookies to track those IP addresses around the web, learning their habits and interests.

While much of that was done in a way that did not involve using PII (personally identifiable information) there has still been a strong privacy-related trend away from cookies—Google, for instance, has stopped using them—and every segment of the industry seems to be fleeing cookies as quickly as possible

In their place are new methods of creating viewer segments, methods that allow the data to be kept private and used without actually giving DSPs and SSPs access to the user data. This is especially important in these days of GDPR and CCPA, as advertisers make sure that the ability to serve up more targeted advertising doesn’t result in negative press about violating consumer privacy.

A Cookie-Free Solution

This trend towards greater privacy is the impetus behind a new three way deal struck between LiveRamp, Beeswax and Beachfront this month to use the former’s IdentityLink as a way to create segments for ad buyers without having to actually expose that data to buyers and sellers.

LiveRamp has been collecting data on viewers and on segments for some time now and their IdentityLink is considered to be the industry’s gold standard. That’s why they have a vested interest in keeping that data on their own servers, thus providing strong user privacy protections.

“The cookieless future presents the ecosystem with an incredible opportunity to build a better infrastructure for the open internet, and we’re looking forward to continuing to work with partners to move beyond the cookie,” said Travis Clinger, VP of global strategy and partnerships at LiveRamp.

The way the new system works, Beeswax, which represents buyers, will partner up with Beachfront, which represents sellers. Both parties will then rely on LiveRamp to help them identify audience segments.

“While in this particular instance we are working with Beeswax, the reality is we can use the LiveRamp data to transact with any demand side platform,” noted Daniel Church, director of programmatic at Beachfront. “This is going to have a very positive impact on the already booming connected TV industry.”

Ari Paparo, CEO of Beeswax, called the solution a “no-brainer” citing the ease of reaching viewers on CTV in a privacy-first manner. “CTV is a lean back experience,” he said. “So we know that viewers are giving the ads their full attention. That is why we’re excited to be able to offer our clients this opportunity.”

LiveRamp’s IdentityLink is an excellent solution because it’s able to match buyers and sellers to audiences without opening up its database. That leaves the company, and the adtech partners who work with them, in a great position to capitalize on the rapid shift of ad dollars to  CTV.

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Lush, recently opened its first packaging-free store in the U.K., offering customers the chance to buy its hair care, bath bombs, shower gels and skin care in a shop completely stripped of plastic.

The Manchester “Naked” shop joins others in Berlin and Milan as Lush experiments with how its consumers can buy products without harming the environment along the way.

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Already 100% vegetarian and against animal testing, these packaging-free stores are another way for the cosmetics chain to add to its ethical credentials.

But as plastic waste becomes an issue that consumers want to tackle, will other retailers take note and follow Lush’s example?

Why Lush’s packaging-free stores matter

Plastic-free shops are few and far between. For a conscious consumer, their options are shopping online or finding an independent packaging-free shop in their area if they’re lucky.

But that doesn’t mean that the demand isn’t there. Nine out of ten people would like to see a plastic-free aisle in supermarkets, according to one survey, and millions of people participate in Plastic Free July every year.

“Lush is recognizing that there is a demand and they are the first mass market retailer to do that,” explained Emily Salter, associate analyst at GlobalData Retail.

Although, Salter admitted, the cosmetics retailer has an easier job getting its customers on board with the idea of plastic-free shops.

“Lush has always been known for its strong ethical stance,” Salter said. “It has a solid base to work from and eliminating plastic is something that quite a lot of its customers will be interested in anyway, because of the type of retailer they are.”

The challenge is for other mass-market retailers whose customers may not be as conscious of the plastic problem to get on board and change their ways.

How other retailers can be persuaded to go plastic-free

The way that retailers will become plastic-free is through pressure. And that pressure will come from both consumers and competitors, Salter said.

Consumers have the power to change a retailer’s approach to packaging if they can demonstrate to the store just how strongly they feel about the issue.

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Reusable cups and bags, the huge audience and appetite for documentaries such as Blue Planet, and refusing plastic straws have all been successful ways of demonstrating that shoppers care about making a change.

Once one retailer reacts to consumer demand, it’s a matter of letting the pressure build on its competitors until the balance tips and they would be losing out on business if they didn’t join the rest of the market.

That’s the pattern that campaigners hope will play out for the reduction, and elimination, of plastic from the retail industry.

What other areas of retail should go packaging-free?

Lush’s Naked stores are a great example to other cosmetics businesses that packaging-free can be done in that product category.

But where else can be persuaded to reduce packaging? Food and groceries is another area of retail that desperately needs to cut down its reliance on plastic.

“In supermarkets and convenience shops, a lot of food is packaged with plastic. There’s almost nothing you can buy without it,” said Salter.

In the U.K., supermarkets are vowing to recycle plastic bottles and remove plastic bags, but there’s more work to be done to offer customers an alternative to plastic-wrapped products.

An experiment that should be closely followed by retailers is from Loop.

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The online store is working with giants of the FMCG world, such as Unilever, Procter & Gamble and Nestlé to test out how staple products can be put into reusable, eco-friendly packaging which consumers can send back to be refilled as many times as they like.

How soon will retailers go plastic-free?

As more plastic-free packaging options become available, and consumer pressure grows, the fewer excuses that retailers have not to act.

And most retailers have already made conscious efforts to lessen their environmental impact over the past couple of years.

Though don’t expect big changes to be made any time soon. Lush’s packaging-free stores are a leading example of how to cut out plastic from high street stores, but the chain said it was part of a decades-long sustainability journey.

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Over the past few years, content marketing has seen an explosive growth, and it shows no signs of slowing down. While the Internet abounds in reports and surveys that highlight this trend, I’m going to share with you two very insightful stats related to the boom:

With companies across every industry turning to content as a way to engage a new breed of buyers, we are starting to see a need for maturity and evolution in content marketing. While so many companies are now proclaiming to do content marketing, not everyone is doing it right. There’s less fresh and original content, and more rehashed stuff, which is making the online space reek of that same old regurgitated content.

Clearly, we have reached a point where the work we are doing needs to change. Change how? Various marketing gurus are prescribing various formulas for the coming year. But, I believe that change will be driven by something a handful of astute marketers are already doing: visual content. I think visual content will take center stage in content strategy, making it a critical component in 2015.

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Breaking the Mold with Visual Content

Plain, boring text is passé; visual is in. Science reports that we respond to visual stimulation much better then optical. In the case of reading, our brain decodes visual information 60,000X faster than text. It’s not surprising that YouTube has become the 2nd largest search engine next to Google . Sites like Pinterest and Instagram have risen to popularity, and storytelling as the most effective branding strategy is gaining momentum. All fingers are pointing at one direction – visual content is growing bigger, and that’s where the future of content marketing is headed.

In 2015, we are going to see:

More YouTube

The rise of video as a brand marketing channel will become bigger and better than ever in 2015. Brands will flock to YouTube. What’s more compelling is that with YouTube, brands have the option of taking their influencer campaigns to a whole new level. By getting people with YouTube clout to feature in their videos, brands are sure to grab more eyeballs than before.

More SlideShare

SlideShare will become your go-to destination for repurposing existing content that you may have created for blogs, eBooks, podcasts, and more. Turning that content into sleek presentations is a great way to breathe new life into them. Not only this, presentations will make visual storytelling so much more interesting, which will have brands spending quite a lot of time on SlideShare, creating and sharing presentations with their consumers.

More Infographics

Content like infographics and data visualizations will become great alternatives to data-rich text. With infographics, you can blast out stats and facts to your audience in fun and creative ways that will keep them engaged in a way that text cannot. These visual and sharable pieces are received well. When given a choice between reading pages of text or an infographic, the infographic is sure to win out.

More Memes and Imagery

These days memes are everywhere in social media. And the trend is only going to get better in 2015. As trending hashtags like: #BreakTheInternet, #AlexFromTarget, and #Bendgate sensationalized the web, memes pushed them over the top and into the category of Internet’s latest obsession. Consumers can’t seem to get enough; so we’re going to see more of these in the coming year.

While we all know these forms of visual content aren’t new, what will be new is seeing more companies utilizing them. If you go to many company websites today, you still find written content primarily. With more options to creatively present information and upcycle older content, brands are going to be giving viewers access to the information they want in the format that they want. I predict that this explosion of visual content will be the next big wave in content marketing.

What is your brand's strategy for embracing the rapid growth of content and the movement toward more visual content?

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Gossip Men

J. Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohn, and the Politics of Insinuation

In his informative, entertaining history book, Gossip Men, Christopher M. Elias tracks the surveillance state of the latter half of the twentieth century to its roots in both a culture of gossip and insinuation, and in a kind of performative masculinity practiced by some of the era’s key authoritarian figures.

Elias focuses on three men: J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Joseph McCarthy, the Republican Wisconsin senator whose name has become synonymous with red-baiting witch hunts; and Roy Cohn, the lawyer and McCarthy ally who made his name with the prosecution of the Rosenbergs. He walks through each man’s career, tying them to themes of gossip—both innuendo that they spread, and that was spread about them and their sexuality. He shows that each tried to present himself as an archetypal male authority and makes a compelling case that the trio’s own insecurities manifested in their need to reveal others’ secrets, or to use untrue rumors to ruin lives.

Elias addresses how Hoover’s upbringing influenced his rise to power: he witnessed the promotion of “G-man” to the status of a modern hero, and saw movies glorifying FBI agents, until he himself became a prominent persona in that world. He also details McCarthy’s use of innuendo in his political races: he tried to come across as a Midwestern tough guy, and used his nonexistent list of prominent communists as a tool to ruin numerous lives. He shows how Cohn hid his sexuality by cultivating an image based on his habit of dating famous women.

Though these men’s public images ultimately unraveled, they left the United States with a surveillance legacy because of their gossip-driven persecutions. Such revelations make Gossip Men an important, novel history text.

Reviewed by Jeff Fleischer

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# Change Log

Changes and improvements in FotoSketcher version 3.80

- Larger preview area (21% larger) with a new rotating "in progress" icon

- Painting 4 can now run without erasing the previous painting. This can be useful to mix effects or to start with broad brushtrokes and then load finer brushes and run the effect again. To run Painting 4 without erasing the previous image, RIGHT-CLICK on the Draw button instead of left-clicking.

- The scripting function (press F5 to open the window) can also run the Painting 4 effect without erasing the result image. Just add the line "Don't erase background" before adding a Painting 4 effect line in your script.

- Painting 4 now has an svg export (once the effect has finished, a SVG button will appear, below the HD button). This exports the basic rectangles, not the brushstrokes.

- Pencil Sketch 1 has been refined (less blurry)

- Custom transparent PNG frames are now supported, with 'autofit' and full preview

- In the "modify source image" dialog box (F9 function key), a new icon is displayed on the saturation line. It will automatically improve color vibrancy of the source image.

- Custom brush directory for Painting 4 is now saved between sessions

- A new language is now supported, Danish, thanks to the translation by Kenneth TOLLUND

- Lot's of small UI enhancements and bug fixes

- All versions (32bit, 64bit, portable and setup) are now digitally signed for added security

FotoSketcher is a freeware Windows® software that allows you to transform your digital photos into wonderful cartoons, drawings or paintings. It has many features: others are continually added to new versions.

You can use over 20 different styles such as pencil sketches, watercolor, oil paintings and many others.

If you need to improve your images, use one of his easy tools (example: contrast, simplify image, increase luminosity, saturation of colors).

You can also add simple frames and text to existing images. The program is 100% clean and has no toolbars/installers or anything else that can be identified as adware/spyware. It runs on most used Microsoft® Windows® versions such as 7, 8 and 10.

Trademark Note 1: Microsoft®, Windows® and other product names are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Trademark Note 2: Adobe® and Photoshop® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.

FotoSketcher Review

FotoSketcher is a free graphic application designed to be easy to use for newbies and advanced enough for people that worked before with other graphic software. I tested this software on a computer running Windows® 7 using both versions (installer and portable).

About the software…I can only think of something easy to use. I would like to say that all you have to do is to open an image, apply needed actions using one or more program features, save the picture and there you go - enjoy beautiful results.

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The Final Two Lions Arrived Tuesday Morning

Sandstone, Minn. – Sandstone now has seven African Lions, they’ve been re-homed inside the Wildcat Sanctuary. The big cats have come a long way, they’re from Argentina. The final two cats arrived Tuesday to start a new life after the country decided to close its government-funded zoos. The pair named Leo and Mansa made it through a 26-hour car trip…


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6 arrested after 7 paintball shootings reported within 24 hours in Little Village, Lawndale

The number of paintball attacks in Chicago has skyrocketed this fall, according to police records obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times.

There have been 208 paintball shootings reported across the city in September and October, the records show. That’s nearly five times the 42 attacks reported between January and August.

Though the shootings have been recorded all over the city, the South and West sides have seen the brunt of them. The Englewood and West Englewood community areas saw the most attacks, with 17 combined shootings reported in September. (CPD did not release specific data on where the shootings have taken place in October.)

Chatham — where a 44-year-old CTA bus driver was targeted on Monday — is next on the list with seven reported attacks last month, while Austin recorded six.

Six people were arrested Friday in connection with a string of paintball shootings in Little Village and Lawndale.

Seven different paintball attacks were reported from Thursday night to Friday night in the Chicago Police Department’s 10th District, which covers the Lawndale and Little Village neighborhoods. The attacks left seven people injured, including one man who lost his eye, according to Chicago police spokesman Tom Ahern.

Deputy Chief Ernest Cato said six people were arrested Friday after being found with paintball guns and assorted paraphernalia. Detectives are investigating whether those in custody carried out any of the seven latest shootings, Cato said at a news conference Friday at the 10th Police District station, 3315 Ogden Ave.

Paintball shootings across the city have skyrocketed this fall, with at least 208 attacks reported in September and October — nearly five times the 42 paintball shootings reported from January to August. The bulk of those shootings have happened on the South and West Sides.

Cato did not say what he believes is driving the increase in paintball shootings, but said the trend is new to Chicago.

“It’s something that has increased, but I want to put the word out there right now: We are focused on this. We’re going to treat these paint guns like they’re regular guns, like they’re shooting real bullets, and today was a great effort by the officers in the 10th District,” Cato said.

Ahern said detectives are looking for any connections between those arrested Friday and other paintball shootings in Chicago

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“The Chicago Police Department has seen an uptick in paintball incidents across the city in the weeks leading up to Halloween,” the department said in a statement noting that 120 of the attacks happened since Oct. 1. “Using a paintball gun on an unsuspecting person is not only reckless, but also extremely dangerous. The projectiles can cause serious injuries and the shooter can be charged with a felony. CPD urges residents to stay vigilant of your surroundings and report any suspicious activity to police.”

Chris Trani was hit in the forehead in a paintball attack. | Provided photo

Police didn’t respond to questions about what might be driving the attacks or whether any are related.

Ald. Ray Lopez (15th), whose ward covers parts of West Englewood, said residents have complained to his office about the spike in shootings, and that he has been in weekly communication with 7th District police in an attempt to identify the offenders responsible.

Citing a man “in his 40s or 50s” who is believed to be supplying paintball guns to his friends, Lopez said he thinks boredom is part of what is driving the attacks.

“The casualty of these paintball war games are the residents who are just trying to live peacefully despite the maelstrom swirling around them, with COVID and everything else. This is unneeded stupidity,” Lopez said.

“The fact that it’s across demographic, crossing age groups, shows me it’s individuals with access to these paintball guns and an over-abundance of free time,” Lopez said. “Especially if they see other people doing it, they get the idea they can play urban commando.”

Dr. Hassan Shah, assistant professor of ophthalmology and visual science at UChicago Medicine, says the University of Chicago Medical Center has seen the impact of the sharp rise in attacks, recalling a weekend earlier this month where the hospital treated eight patients for paintball-related injuries.

“We’ve seen the full spectrum of injuries, from bleeding inside the eye to severe damage where the eye is ruptured, where we cannot repair the eye and may even have to recommend removal of the eye,” Shah said.

RELATED: Man shot in the eye by paintball in South Loop

Northwestern Medical Center in Streeterville has seen an increase in cases as well, including two patients whose eyes were ruptured in paintball attacks in recent weeks. The victims will suffer permanent vision damage because of it, said Nicholas Volpe, chair of the ophthalmology department at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine.

The paintballs are so dangerous because they are like a “BB the size of a marble, going as fast as a BB, so it’s a very heavy object that if it hits your eye, it can be very destructive,” Volpe said.

“It might seem like an innocent way of getting attention or expressing yourself, or not thinking like you’re going to introduce injuries, but if one of these paintballs hits somebody in the eye, it is very likely that it can cause a severe and blinding injury,” Volpe said.

Ophthalmologists have been stressing eye safety in the paintball world for decades, Volpe said, but usually in the context of a competitive game.

Even if a paintball doesn’t cause lasting injuries, shootings can have a lingering traumatic effect. Chris Trani, of Lake View, said he doesn’t feel as comfortable going out at night since he was shot early Oct. 12 in Lincoln Park.

Trani was biking north on the sidewalk in the 2600 block of North Sheffield when he heard someone in a vehicle shout, “‘Hey, man!’” he recalled in an interview. When he turned to look, he was pelted with a barrage of paintballs, some missing his eyes by just inches, with at least one leaving a large welt on his forehead. By the time he was able to get up off the ground, the vehicle was long gone.

“There’s an element of surprise, it catches you off guard and you’re scared and frightened,” Trani said. “You don’t know if this is a drive-by, am I going to die, am I getting shot for real?”

Trani said he filed a police report the next day but hasn’t heard back from the department. Police said this week that no one was in custody for the shooting. The department also didn’t respond to questions about whether arrests had been made in the other paintball attacks around the city.

“I understand that [the police department] is under strain but I have to admit that’s been a pretty sad element of all this,” Trani said. “I haven’t gotten a call, I haven’t gotten an email, no one’s been in touch, which is a shame because it’s a missed opportunity.”


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Three suspected drug smugglers survived in shark-infested Pacific waters by clinging for hours to floating bales of cocaine, Colombia's navy said Tuesday.

The three Colombians are suspected of smuggling 1.2 tons of cocaine from Tumaco in Colombia when their boat was hit by a wave Saturday and capsized, Captain Jorge Maldonado of Colombia's Task Force Against Drug Trafficking told AFP.

By the time the men were picked up around 30 nautical miles from Tumaco by a Colombian coastguard vessel, they had been in the water for about seven hours, Maldonado said.

"The coastguard arrived and these three people were floating on a material that by its characteristics resembled drugs," said Maldonado.

The men were taken ashore along with the floating bales, which tested positive for cocaine hydrochloride.

The men were in good health and will face charges of drugs trafficking.

The search is continuing for a fourth man whom the men said was with them.

"Very possibly they were on their way to central America," Maldonado said.

The port of Tumaco is one of the main conduits for drugs exiting Colombia for Central America and the United States.

Colombia remains the world's largest producer of cocaine, and the United States its biggest consumer.


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Description of Organization

Veterans Outdoors Adventures is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the mental and emotional health of veterans through adventures that are designed to help heal.

Grant(s) Awarded

In 2019, A Women in Buddhism grant in the amount of $2,500 was awarded to support of the Women’s 2019 Retreat specially designed for female veterans whom have suffered from different forms of trauma such as PTSD, MST, anxiety, sexual harassment, and Close Combat Trauma. This retreat took place in The Black Hills of South Dakota where there are numerous activities set up for healing both physically and emotionally.

The retreat includes canvas painting, Buddhist meditation, equine therapy and trust therapy. The goal was to have participants take back with them a feeling of increased self-worth and the beginning of a healing process. Female veterans find ways to deal with trauma. Along the way, a comradery of trust is formed within their group and support system.

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Joe Jackson Fundraiser

Club members, one of our own Joe Jackson was seriously hurt in a skydiving accident earlier this summer.  Joe is currently in the VA rehab unit in Richmond VA.  where he is confined to a wheelchair as he currently has no use of his arms or legs.  Joe Jackson is a retired United States Marine and has served the community as a law enforcement officer, he also volunteers with Team Rubicon which goes all over the United States helping those who have lost everything due to natural disasters.

We are having a Fundraising event on October 18,2020 to help raise money so Joe and his wife can move him home after rehab.  Wheelchair ramps, bathroom renovations are just a few of their needs.  So please if you can, help us by buying a ticket and come to our event.

For tickets or information contact, Doug Belcher at 540-424-9632 or email at Imshootr@gmail.com

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Switch on any global news channel and you will be confronted with panels of experts discussing the forced closure of businesses around the world owing to the Covid-19 coronavirus and the free-fall of the global economy.

All signs point to a continued haemorrhaging of livelihoods, especially for the working class, even after the world finally gets the virus under control.

South Africa’s government will have to make brave and tough choices, including a natural stimulus package of income, VAT and corporate tax cuts, reduced government spending, as well as drastic deregulation of the labour regime.

This will get our economy back on track and provide long-term impetus for South Africa to become a prosperous and wealthy nation.

In the US, there is talk about getting money directly into the hands of Americans through a universal basic income-style cash transfer.

In South Africa, we already spend a hefty amount of the budget on cash transfers via social grants. With state-owned enterprise bailouts and the National Health Insurance’s seemingly unstoppable and unaffordable implementation on the horizon, we simply cannot hand out cash to thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, more people who will lose their jobs in the economic bloodbath.

We can, however, put money directly into the real economy and into people’s hands by cutting both income and VAT. We need to incentivise middle and upper-class South Africans to spend in the real economy and therefore spur demand and employment.

This will cut into government’s revenue collection streams, but President Cyril Ramaphosa will need to have courage, take on the powerful unions’ expected resistance and commit to not only cutting government spending in general, but also to cutting government salaries across the board in particular.

We need all hands on deck because whichever way we slice it, we will not come away unscathed when the dust settles.

South Africa needs to be made an attractive investment destination. This can be done by cutting the corporate tax rate. There are millions of young, low-skilled, unemployed people, and a continent that needs kettles, irons, blankets and other necessities.

Global firms will want to diversify their operations post the Covid-19, and we can capitalise on this as we have the labour force and the sophisticated banking infrastructure.

The minimum wage would need to be abandoned and the heavily regulated labour environment relaxed.

There are those who will object to this approach and regard it as the exploitation of workers. This is a valid concern, however, in free markets with low levels of labour regulation, labour is absorbed until supply is exhausted because wages are low in order to meet the oversupply of labour.

Demand then goes up as more workers are employed and a shortage of labour starts to develop.

This compels employers to improve their terms of employment and working conditions or lose out to the competition. Moreover, employed workers’ bargaining power increases owing to work experience and on-the-job training.

This happened in New Zealand in 1990 after the drastic deregulation of labour. Taiwan and Hong Kong in the 1960s had about 3% to 4% unemployment and incrementally rising wages. In the 1970s, manufacturing wages rose by 8% per year in real terms.

Given a conducive entrepreneurial environment, workers can even identify more opportunities to start their own small businesses, creating an even greater virtuous cycle of employment, especially given the large pool of labour available in the country. This could unlock the economic potential of our townships as well.

Furthermore, we have experienced what happens, even before the spread of Covid-19, when the government does not make tough choices around labour, policy and taxes. Industries are haemorrhaging jobs and losing their competitiveness. The sorry tale of the decline of South Africa’s textile industry is one example, as are the profound job losses in the mining industry.

Is South Africa in a position to disregard any possibility of growth, even with a low-wage environment to start with?

Before the virus, our unemployment rate sat at on par with that of the US during the Great Depression, and we can assume that it will get significantly worse as the virus continues to spread.

Government simply does not have the money to continue spending its way out of problems, and upper-tier taxpayers are dwindling as they leave for greener pastures. Government cannot redistribute an ever smaller wealth pie.

We need to do things differently and encourage value creation in the real economy, rather than mere redistribution. Wealth generation will be an effective long-term antidote to the terminal decline of the economy.

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Torchlight Frontiers horizontal progression aims to make the entire game fun

Torchlight Frontiers horizontal progression

Torchlight Frontiers developer Echtra Games doesn't want to solely focus on the endgame, as other MMOs do; for the third chapter in this action RPG series, they are looking at different ways to make the entire game feel enticing, even when new content is released further down the road. This is where the Torchlight Frontiers horizontal progression steps in.

The Torchlight Frontiers horizontal progression system is the key to this. Instead of leveling up your character and maxing out some important stats, in this game you'll still have the opportunity to play previous content and find it challenging. No more wiping out everything and everyone with your overpowered character; with the Torchlight Frontiers horizontal progression mechanics you get this dynamic gear scaling that Echtra admits it first saw in Guild Wars 2 and manages to keep the early levels interesting and rewarding. What this means is that you powerful equipment is scaled down to somewhere around the level of the zone, maintaining the challenge and making it worthwhile to play through and earn rewards – just don't expect to one-shot the enemies as you do in 99% of the other MMORPGs.

But there is more to it, as well as other intricacies that Echtra Games is yet to reveal. The Torchlight Frontiers horizontal progression also bases your power around the equipment set and zones where you are fighting. For example, if you have gear from the Goblin Frontier and you are fighting in that area, the system scales favorably to you in that frontier. However, use it in other zone such as the Hyvid Frontier and it will scale unfavorably.

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For example, in Torchlight Frontiers your character only moves through point and click. It seems that WASD control “introduces a surprising amount of problems”, so either the team will try to figure things out or leave it out of the equation. As for group size, the ideal number is four right now, so that the screen doesn't become too cluttered. In open world areas, the idea is to have eight players moving around.

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On March 23rd, 2016 the Ontario Media Development Corporation held an event at Toronto’s Mod Club to celebrate Ontario’s music industry. The evening was supported by the Ontario Music Fund and hosted by the venerable Jully Black.

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The most important part of the evening. by far, was when the Hon. Michael Coteau, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport took to the stage to acknowledge that music helps define who we are.   In direct recognition of the importance of the music industry the Hon. Michael Coteau announced that the funding for the Ontario Music Fund would be “PERMANENT!”  That had to have been the best tune the Mod Club heard all evening.

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Copper prices continued to rise in June 2021. Since 2020, copper prices have increased by more than 50%. From 450,000 RMB/ton in 2020 to 68000 RMB/ton now, it has reached the highest point of copper prices in recent years.

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Since the beginning of this year, with the impact of the COVID epidemic, in order to ensure the safety of workers, miners have postponed non-essential activities and reduced labor in the case of continuous output. The non-ferrous metal market is in short supply, resulting in high copper prices. Then Does the rise in copper prices have a big impact on electronic wire manufacturers?

For the rise in copper prices, most electronic wire manufacturers have been affected. The most direct raw materials for the production of electronic wires are rubber and copper wires. The rise in copper prices directly affects the cost of electronic wire production. For electronic wire manufacturers, the sudden increase in cost is undoubtedly a huge pressure.

When the price of copper wire was not high in the past, electronic wire manufacturers generally did not sell high prices. Coupled with the fierce competition among the same industry, the price of electronic wires could not rise according to the normal market conditions. Increasing material costs, but the price cannot rise. Some electronic wire manufacturers are experiencing operational difficulties, while other electronic wire manufacturers are forced to increase their prices. The price increase is about 5-10%.

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Tracy and I have been enjoying afternoon tea together for many years.  Since she no longer eats anything containing wheat (gluten), finding a suitable treat to go with the tea has become a challenge for me – mostly because I think that gluten-free translates to “tastes like bark mulch.”  However,  this week I had an inspiration – bananas!  I looked up Bananas Foster, but that requires rum, which meant a trip to the liquor store, and I didn’t have time.  So I did a little classic McFall Improvisation, which generally means eliminate all ingredients not already in the cupboard.  So the result is not quite “bananas flambe”, but it is warm and suitably gooey.  It’s also quick, it’s easy, and because it’s served warm it feels elegant.  Bonus – the ingredients gave me an opportunity to do a quick “still life” sketch – a win-win situation!

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