The Chili Station in Ludlow announced Thursday that it is recalling 3,800 pounds worth of products, including five-gallon containers and one-gallon bags of beef chili with beans; as well as five-gallon containers and one-pound bags of turkey chili.

The packaging may carry the code numbers EST 6380 or P-6380 inside the inspection mark.

The products were sold only in Massachusetts.

After reading the recent newspapers stories about the working conditions in Apple-related factories in China, I just cannot bring myself to personally buy or use Apple products. In my opinion each dollar spent in purchasing Apple-related technology is an implicit vote that the purchaser approves of the Apple business practices, which these stories highlighted.

Those practices include working conditions and environmental degradation in China that in America we would not tolerate and would be against the law. Apple has grown to be the No. 1 company (by market capitalization) in the world. It does employ 40,000 workers in America – but it and its contractors employ 700,000 workers in China! By exporting jobs to other countries this American company has saved enough money to have amassed $100 billion in cash – great for Apple stockholders, lousy for American workers.

iPhone and iPads may be the cool and in things – but I would respectfully suggest that we in America need to look past simply being cool and in and start linking our purchasing decisions to the working conditions and philosophies that go into the making of the products we purchase. Every dollar spent purchasing a product that is produced outside this country using practices and methods that would be against our laws is casting a vote that you as an American approve of these type of practices.

There is nothing inherently wrong with being cool and in – but I would suggest there is a larger picture to consider. How do our individual actions collectively bundled together impact society and humanity as a whole? As most religious faiths teach, life is not solely about us and our self-gratification, it is also about how our actions impact those around us. Could our collective purchasing decisions be a part of this reason behind the stagnant job growth in our country and therefore could we be our own worst enemy in causing the economic problems with which we are dealing?

G. Herbert Pritchett

Henderson

The incident happened on Saturday, and according to the LA Times, the US State Department says that theyre worried about Moores well-being. In a statement, the department said:

We are aware of news reports that a US citizen has been kidnapped in northern Somalia and we are concerned about the individuals safety…We have been in contact with the individuals family and we are working with contacts in Kenya and Somalia to ascertain further information.

Moore was traveling in an SUV to the airport when his attackers descended on him. HuffPo reports that they beat his Somali associate, and the Times adds that the pirates think Moore is a spy.

Moore is in fact a local writer whos the author of two books about surfing — Sweetness And Blood and Too Much of Nothing — and has written for The Atlantic Monthly, Slate and the Los Angeles Times.

His captors have refused to talk about releasing him until a ransom is paid.

NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Action Products International, Inc. (otc pink:APII) reports that the company has filed its 2011 unaudited financial statements with OTC Markets. Copies of these documents can be obtained from
www.otcmarkets.com , or for additional information please visit the APII website at
http://www.actionproductsinternational.com .

2011 Results

For the year end, December 31, 2011, total assets increased to $939,481 compared to $639,533 December 31, 2010, while total liabilities decreased to $1,526,688 compared to $1,852,926 in the same period.

Our total income decreased to $712,230 compared to $1,481,421; Gross profit decreased to $312,915 compared to $433,349, and Net loss increased to $(651,325) compared to $(422,125.64) in 2010.

Operations:

We finished 2011 with lower than expected income that can be directly attributed to a change in Department of Transportation laws that resulted in NEEL running at approximately 50% of normal trucking capacity for most of 2011. We are expecting that trucking capacity will once again return to 100% in 2012, which will return NEEL income to that of prior years. Even though NEEL income was 50% lower than in 2010, NEEL produced a net profit of $11,309.

Profit margins within NEEL fell slightly due to the cost of fuel and other transportation surcharges.

We finished 2011 with an increased net loss compared to the 2010 fiscal year. This is attributed to several factors. First we saw a reduction in NEEL income. Then there were the contingency funds that were set aside for default judgments issued against APII in lawsuits filed by former employees of the toy company in 2008. Lastly APII encountered additional costs related to business operations, such as preparations for the acquisitions of NEEL and Core Wafer Systems, Inc., as well as in the establishment of new business practices.

Commentary:

Teresa McWilliams, CFO for APII, states, “We have uncovered many difficult financial issues as we have examined company records from the past few years. I believe we can now move forward in paying down old debt, and in returning profitability to the company. NEEL financial data has been included in our 2011 financials, but CWS will only be included in the financial statements issued starting in 2012. CWS income should greatly improve the financial position of the company. ”

Teresa McWilliams continues, “During 2009 to 2011, had the company chosen bankruptcy over working through known debt issues, shareholder equity would likely have been eliminated. We uphold our decision to retain shareholder equity by settling owed debt, and are proud of this milestone. We are beginning the new year with two active subsidiaries whom, I expect, will contribute significantly to the bottom line in 2012.”

About Action Products International, Inc.

Action Products International, Inc. (otc pink:APII.PK) is the parent company of North East Expedite Logistics, a Transportation company; and Core Wafer Systems, inc., a technology leader with their propriety parallel measurement schema for physical phenomena of semiconductor structures. Additional company information can be obtained on the company website at.
http://www.actionproductsinternational.com .

Please refer all shareholder inquiries to info.apii@yahoo.com.

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SOURCE Action Products International, Inc.

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Szekely cast the lone dissenting vote.

Pleased with the past performance of the Delta Development Group, the Mechanicsburg-based consulting firm hired last year to help develop the boroughs Madison Parking Lot, borough Manager Timi Kirchner endorsed the firms submitted outline for researching an as-yet-undefined Lansdale Business Improvement District.

If approved, over the course of 10 months, Delta would define the area, compare it with other BIDs, create a steering committee, conduct a community survey, and develop a BID plan, Kirchner told the committee.

Delta is a firm that has been vetted … through the parking authority of the borough as a strong economic development firm. And we knew that Delta has experience with business improvement districts of all forms in different communities, Kirchner said, noting that the administration and finance committee gave them a thumbs-up.

The project is budgeted at a maximum of $40,000, plus a maximum of $3,000 for additional reasonable and ordinary expenses. The cost would be offset by the $150,000 earmarked for seeding the Discover Lansdale 501(c)3, as well as hiring a BID coordinator.

This is probably the biggest project for Lansdale to come around in 50 years, said Szekely, citing a conversation he had with administration and finance chairman Dan Dunigan who also chairs the parking authority.

Lets not rush through it, Szekely said, wanting to allow three months for additional proposals.

Dunigan, however, likened Delta to somebody hitting home runs and warned against analysis paralysis. Continued…

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- Graffiti, litter and vandalism all tend to discourage childrens physical activities and their use of playgrounds and parks, so these latter services should be adequately resourced.

- Consider offering after-school activities on a subsidised basis to allow children from all social groups to participate.

- All children should have access to up-to-date computer technology in the classroom, including internet access.

- Teachers should receive the ongoing training necessary to ensure that their students benefit fully from such technologies.

- Schools should be encouraged to make greater use of their facilities outside school hours by offering a range of after-school programmes in areas such as drama, arts and crafts, organised sports, debating clubs and homework clubs.

- The role of parents in promoting

their childrens use of technology for learning purposes should be fostered.

- School principals and teachers should encourage childrens learning in the broadest sense, giving them access to activities that move beyond a narrow academic focus.

Source:
Growing Up in Ireland Influences on Nine-Year-Olds Learning: Home, School and Community.The report is available at
tinyurl.com/7jp9jmf

SAL is a non-profit. Itdepends on volunteers and donations to keep the program going. At the special dinner, those whohelp got to meet many of the kids who are benefiting from their efforts.

Photographs of the kids at events and doing community services filled the banquet hall. It was for the many who have given their time and money to see how they are helping.

Most of our kids are at-risk kids, explained John Money, former director of the Lamont SAL. They come from bad neighborhoods so they are trying to do good so they enjoy the fact that they can get out and get to do stuff. And, we do fun stuff too.

Or on this night, take home an award, like 11-year-old Mercedes Flores did, for Outstanding Girl of the Year in the Lamont SAL program.

It does many things because it makes me look from a different point of view, and it also helps me learn like what not to do and why its wrong, saidFlores about the SAL program.

Oh, its phenomenal, said Wendy Dohner, owner of B amp; B Barbecue in Kernville. The kids are amazing. My niece alone, when she does something in school her concern is now not that daddy knows, its does Deputy Levick know? Is Deputy Garcia going to find out?

Wendy Dohner won Sponsor of the Year for the Kern Valley SAL program. She and her business raisedmore than$5,000 for the program in 2011.

Oh, I definitely think these kids would be doing who knows what, you know, in the nighttime or whatever, but theyve got something to look forward to, said Dohner.

The kids give back through community service, like picking up litter and removing graffiti. They learn respect, something volunteers and sponsors consider priceless.

Its rewarding to see what they can accomplish with a little bit of help, said Money.

Wendy Dohner says this was her first year as a sponsor. Shes already planning a car wash to raise money for this year.

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Although Nike invented a few years ago the idea of a device that monitors physical activity using Nike + SportBand, after the competition in the electronic bracelets industry has increased, it’s the time to reinvent this concept.

The new device is called Nike+ Fuel Band and is one of the most simple and attractive solutions for monitoring, recording and stimulating physical activities. Nike Fuelband comes with a screen made by LEDs to display information about time spent in a certain activity, calories lost, steps taken and, the most important fact, the Nike fuel accumulated – Nike Fuel.

Nike fuel is a unit invented by Nike in which any type of effort is reflected equally, besides the fact that, if you a set to obtain an amount of Nike Fuel in one day, a 20-LED band lights up from red to green in proportion to the fuel amount to achieve.

Ample evidence shows that in RTW states, not only is the income gap between the upper and middle classes greater, but there is correspondingly more crime.

Furthermore, in right-to-work states, fewer employers offer health care insurance or co-funded pensions.

In RTW Florida, where I lived half the year for 15 years, the zeitgeist is so extremely right of center that towering condos usually block the ocean views from the majority of citizens who call Florida home.

Florida is a favorite go-to land for the uber-rich, because its infamous welfare for the wealthy shines brighter than its sun.

Personally, I can hardly wait until our democracy takes a similar sharp right turn toward inheritocracy.

For the most of us who run the engine of America, our lifestyle, our dignity, our health care continue to diminish, while those who primarily bet on its success become rich beyond belief.