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Foreign textile mills prefer cotton bales wrapped in cotton bagging, while domestic mills prefer theirs secured with PE (polyethylene) film, according to surveys conducted in 2008 with the help of the National Cotton Council, Cotton Council International and the National Council of Textile Organizations.
According to the NCC's Dale Thompson, foreign mills participating in the 2008 Bale Packaging and Lint Contamination Survey ranged from small in size to large corporate operations and some were large users of U.S. cotton. Most domestic mills surveyed were large users of U.S. cotton, and about half of them used U.S. cotton exclusively. All domestic users responded to the survey. Eighty-one Chinese mills responded to the survey.
Mills were asked to rate their answers on a scale of 0 to 4, with 0 being poor and 4 being superior. Mills were asked to rate bale ties, bagging material and answer questions on internal (inside the bale) sources of contamination.
The mills were asked to rate three types of bale ties — PET straps (made from thermoplastic polymer resins) steel and wire — relative to contamination risk, recycling potential and safety. Thompson noted that less than 1 percent of U.S. cotton is tied with steel straps, "but it's still used in other parts of the world, so we included it."
Foreign mills did not report significant differences between the three bale ties, with most rating them all between above average and superior. Foreign mills said rust was the primary contaminant they encountered with steel straps and wire. "With plastics, it's more small particles of plastic becoming entwined in the bale."
Domestic mills rated PET straps favorably above all others for contamination, recycling potential and safety, while rating them average for breakage.
Four types of cotton bagging were evaluated in the surveys — burlap, cotton, PE film and woven polypropylene — for durability, contamination risk, recycling potential and cleanliness.
Foreign mills rated cotton bagging the highest, and rated burlap between poor and average. Surprisingly, foreign mills rated burlap very favorably for contamination risk. "Despite what we hear from foreign mills in their interviews that burlap is a big issue for contamination, they said in the surveys that burlap was better than other materials. Maybe, there were some miscommunications on that particular question."
Cotton bagging also came out on top in foreign mill surveys for cleanliness and recycling potential.
Domestic mills rated PE film and woven polypropylene more favorably for contamination risk and durability than other materials. Domestic mills were asked an additional survey question on moisture transfer and rated the natural fibers, burlap and cotton, considerably below the other packaging materials.
All factors considered for ties, domestic mills and foreign mills rated PET straps the highest. For bagging material, all factors considered, both domestic and foreign mills gave burlap their lowest rating. Foreign mills rated cotton as the best bagging material, while domestic mills preferred PE film.
The surveys revealed that domestic mills dealt with somewhat less internal contamination than foreign mills over the last 12 months. On average, domestic mills and foreign mills had fairly low occurrences of internal contamination.
However, Thompson said, CCI recently received a complaint from a mill in Thailand that uses a lot of U.S. cotton, "saying they were seeing more plastic contamination from U.S. growths of cotton. Looking at those contaminated samples, it looks like foreign matter that's getting in those bales.
"The take-home message is to please work with growers and around the gins to make sure you're doing everything you can to keep those contaminants out of the seedcotton so they don't get into the lint stream."
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|1900 U.S. Federal Census
Pet Peeve time...with a solution...
I love that Ancestry.com (and other sites) have blank copies of U.S. Census forms that you can print out and transcribe the results of your search in. What I don't like is that I've found very few where you can actually type in the information and save it to your computer.
I was trolling the National Archives site checking out the info on the 1940 census last week and saw that they had a .pdf that you could input data into...but only for the 1940 census. I checked a couple other years and found no others like this. The down-side (apart from the 1940 census still being just under a year away)? You can't save the data on the form. So I conducted a quick Google search on blank census forms, got loads of hits, but nothing I found was what I wanted so I decided to make my own.
Sunday was my birthday and we have a tradition in our family. Whoever's birthday it is gets to be "king" or "queen" for the day. We adjust and take the Saturday closest to our birthday so we can make the most of that day. You can have cake and ice cream for breakfast, sleep in, stay up late and pretty much do whatever you want as long as it's not dangerous or outrageously expensive. As a mom who adores her children, what I wanted to do was have time to myself with a computer and coffee...so I went to Barnes and Noble. This is where I started working on my version of the 1900 U.S. Census form that you can input and save your data to. Yes, I know...this is what I chose to do on my birthday, but it's not all I did! :)
You can download the Excel spreadsheet, save it and use it as many times as your heart's content (as long as you rename the file, but we all knew that, right?). Remember that if you save the spreadsheet and image of the census as the same name they'll be right next to each other in the folder you save them to...convenient!
You can print them out or not. It doesn't matter because now that you can save the transcribed data on the form, you've got it on your computer for when you need it. As long as you make sure to back up your data and ensure that you change/convert file-types with the times!
This is my first form and while it is very similar to the one on Ancestry.com I made sure that the information on the form is what the census asks, not what may have been abbreviated on the form or on their website (although they really didn't change too much). The top of the form, is exactly (or as close to exact as I could get) to what is on the census as well. I really don't like how the top of the Ancestry.com form looks at all. I want to know the data at the top of the original census...period.
There's enough room on one form for 10 inhabitants. I know that some families were larger than that, but most weren't and I didn't want to make the lines too small. You can just fill in another form and specify in the "Comments" section of the sheet if it's not the only page. Don't worry about accidentally typing into the header boxes either. I've locked the sheet so you can only input in areas that you need to.
One drawback that I could not figure out...when typing in the data for an individual, when you hit the "tab" key to advance to the next box it won't go from #15 on the top of the form to #16 on the bottom so you can continue to input for that person. You have to manually go there. If anyone knows how to link the boxes on an Excel spreadsheet so that it will jump to that top box on the bottom set of data, please let me know!
NOTE: When you open up the spreadsheet in Google Documents it has a blank page #1. This will not be there when you download it. No idea why this happens, but perhaps I'll figure it out when I work with Google Docs more.
DOWNLOADING ISSUES?There were some readers experiencing issues downloading the census form and were getting an error message while others aren't having any problems. I made some changes, i.e. - reconnected the link, opened permissions more, and changed the file to an older version of Excel. If you still can't get the document to download, just send me an email and I'll be more than happy to send you a copy!
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The week in review
Worst downward trend: The water level of local reservoirs, despite last weekend's rain, continues to fall.
Best NIMBY story of the week: John Grisham, keynote speaker at a September 14 Piedmont Environmental Council meeting, says it was a mobile-home dealership that sprang up next door to his Oxford, Mississippi, house that sent him scurrying to buy property in Albemarle and spurred him and his wife into environmental activism, according to a Kate Andrews report in the Daily Progress.
Worst capitalizing on post-9/11 goodwill: Local firefighters block cars on 250 West and slow traffic on other public roads to solicit funds from passersby on September 14.
Best carpenter for Habitat for Humanity: Mary Chapin Carpenter lends her name and expertise with a hammer to Habitat's "Woman Build" project near Esmont.
Next best public university: U.S. News and World Report names UVA the second best public university after University of California-Berkeley. Overall, UVA ranks 23 among the nation's top 50 universities, down from number 21 last year.
Best accumulation of wealth: Among Forbes magazine's 400 richest Americans are Albemarle property owner John Kluge, number 12, and Darden benefactor Frank Batten Sr., number 209.
Best defense of Albemarle County public schools: In a September 16 letter to the editor, school board members Diantha McKeel and Gordon Walker complain that the Daily Progress' education section in its August 23 Welcome Edition focused almost entirely on private schools and ignored the strengths of the county system.
Worst appeal of a firing: Former detective K.W. Robinson, who's been fired twice from the Albemarle County police department for excessive use of force, contests his latest dismissal, despite a videotape that captures him punching a suspect and earning an assault and battery conviction from a Lynchburg judge.
Best news for Superman actor: Christopher Reeve, who's been paralyzed from the neck down since he fell from a horse at a show near Culpeper in 1995, reports regaining some movement and physical sensation, according to the Washington Post.
Best photo of a city planner in a wedding dress: The September 14 nuptials of Sarah Tarpley Vest and William Scott Gillespie are announced in the Progress.
Worst break for Adelphia Communications founder John Rigas: Adelphia is withholding Rigas' three-year, $1.4 million-a-year severance pay. Rigas was indicted in July for taking $2.3 billion in off-the-books loans and using the company as his "personal piggybank."
Best invention to meet demand for dog treats: Pamela Peterson, founder of Sammy Snacks, invents a new machine that will triple production of the fancy, all-natural dog biscuits.
Best accolades for local public access show: Inside Charlottesville, the City of Charlottesville's television newsmagazine, wins a Savvy Award from the City-County Communications and Marketing Association, whatever that is.


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Companies are getting more data; in fact, the typical company doubles the amount of data it stores every two years. But more data isn't necessarily a good thing.
Data, after all, is inherently dumb. Getting more of it often seems to compound its lack of intellect.
Plus, data brings with it some significant baggage.
"All that data can be a bother, an unwise expense," said Jeanne Ross, director and principal research scientist at MIT's Center for Information Systems Research, speaking recently to a group of executives gathered for a recent Sloan School of Management Executive Education program, "Revitalizing Your Digital Business."
Large volumes of data present security and reputation risks, given how often data ends up in compromising positions. The challenge for executives, she said, is to change the business culture to make the expense and risk of data worth it.
"Think about every single person who takes action in your company. In other words, pretty much everyone. The big opportunity is at the operational level," Ross said. She pointed to Seven-Eleven Japan, which has pushed decision-making down to the store level — in fact, to the level of clerks. Store clerks decide what goes on the shelves in their individual Seven-Elevens. These clerks push incredible inventory turns; some 70% of the products on the shelves are new to stores each year. This might sound like a recipe for disaster to anyone who's seen the movie Clerks, but Seven-Eleven Japan has been the most profitable Japanese retailer for 30 years running.
Ross said there are three main cultures companies adopt around data:
- A culture of heroics. In the culture of heroics, individuals respond to requests and take on extra tasks, like finding an item a customer wants when inventory says it's out of stock. To the customer in the front of the store, the person who found the item is a hero — but it may be that the item brought out to satisfy that customer had already been sold online or over the phone, and simply hadn't been shipped yet. That means some other customer is going to be unhappy unless steps are taken to expedite restocking and shipping. Still, Ross says such a culture can work well in small businesses, where employees tend to see across all channels.
- A culture that emphasizes discipline around processes. A disciplined process culture uses template approaches to data — with common processes, reuse of components, and a single face presented to customers and the general public alike. Employees must consistently follow standard procedures, which can be a challenge for many employees. Companies that cannot develop such consistency will not gain benefits of ERP or CRM systems. Companies that succeed in developing disciplined processes destroy the culture of heroics in the process. It's a scalable model, but employees in a disciplined process culture can feel like they've lost personal authority. Ross noted that it's difficult to build such a culture that is both successful and lasting.
- A data-smart culture. A culture that routinely handles data in an intelligent way demands evidence-based management. It builds on the disciplined process culture, but instead of being centralized, decision-making gets pushed out to the ranks. Seven-Eleven Japan, with its empowered sales clerks, provides a good example of evidence-based management.
To make data-smart cultures work, Ross said companies need to incorporate several key practices:
- Establish a single source of truth. People need to know what's expected of them, and how they will be measured. It sounds simple, but it can be tricky; Ross cited a case where, after a year where Aetna had lost money, every business unit head had spreadsheets showing that their part of the business made money. Each unit had their own financial truths, which they defined — even when their definitions didn't hold up against the overarching truth of the company's losses.
- Use scorecards. In the Aetna example, a new president had his IT department develop a scorecard that showed daily performance. It started out with mediocre data, but over time, scorecarding worked, not least because the act of measuring made department heads turn in better data. Ross likes scorecards, especially daily ones, as a way to motivate employees across the board — with the caveat that scorecards don't work well if they contain too many measures. Scorecarding also may not work in some cultures; one of the European managers attending the course said European business culture would bristle at scorecards.
- Create ownership of business rules. Businesses run by rules, Ross said. For example, Allstate Insurance had a rule that it must wait 30 days to pay out a policy when a car was stolen. The company realized this policy was costing it customer goodwill and a lot in rental car fees. When they looked at the policy more closely, they found that there were certain parts of the country where stolen cars simply weren't retrieved. Allstate modified its business rules so that in these parts of the U.S., an automated process cuts the insurance check within 24 hours of the car being reported stolen. Making such changes in the business means that someone must "own the process" of business rules, and be able to set new rules.
- Cultivate your talent. Companies also must develop their people, coaching them to work effectively with data and giving them regular feedback (with or without a scorecard). Key to this development is having managers act almost as coaches, engaging consistently in one-on-one interactions to help each employee perform better.
By putting these cultures and practices into play, businesses can use data to run smarter. It doesn't require rocket science, but it does demand a culture that's shaped to work with data, at all levels.


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|Dev: Bethesda
|Pub: Bethesda
|Release: June 26, 2012
|Players: 1
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol
by Josh Wirtanen
I have a confession to make: I never finished the main quest line in Skyrim. Now, this doesn't mean I'm not a Skyrim veteran; I finished the Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild quest lines, as well as the Companions and the College of Winterhold. And that's not to mention the insane amount of exploration and random side questing I've done. In fact, just last weekend, my Skyrim play time was at about 115 hours.
Still, I feel weird about actually being excited for Skyrim's Dawnguard DLC, with that main quest line still unfinished in my log. I mean, does a game this large legitimately need to get any larger? Well, when the new content contains so many great new features, it's hard to turn it down.
On top of adding a brand new story quest line to the game, Dawnguard brings in some features that we've been waiting a long time for. Like skill trees for werewolves and vampires. In the base game, it was difficult to justify the transition into creatures of the night, because the benefits never seemed to outweigh the cost. Dawnguard changes that. And adds crossbows.
But let's talk about the real meat of the expansion, the new quest line.
To initiate the Dawnguard quest line, just speak with guards in any major city (once getting your character above level 10) and be on the lookout for people antsy to talk about the Dawnguard. The first person I talked to in Riften pointed me in the right direction. Of course, this is where we encounter the DLC's first bug, as the quest arrow will lead you astray. Don't try to find the Dawnguard based on either the quest arrow or the physical location of Fort Dawnguard—both are mislabeled on the map.
But another bug—a much worse one—presents itself just a bit further into the content. There's a character you'll have to rescue and take back to Fort Dawnguard, but he has a tendency of being aggressive toward the other NPCs, attempting to murder them violently every chance he gets. There's nothing you can do about this; you just need to watch this whole scenario go down. This becomes especially problematic when you need him to read an Elder Scroll for you. See, instead of reading the thing, he's busy slicing up your friends. You can bring his health down low enough to stagger him, but then he's trapped in this state where you're unable to interact with him. It's hopelessly frustrating, and a quick Google search showed me I wasn't the only one experiencing this problem.
In order to fix this problem, I had to reload an earlier save, which caused me to lose about an hour and a half of progress. (Yeah, I tend to wander a lot. I had gotten distracted by some other side things in the meantime, and had to wipe all the progress I had made in that time, including completing some side quests and murdering a dragon.)
Well, this is definitely a Bethesda game.
Anyway, I decided to side with the Dawnguard rather than the vampires, mainly because I wasn't ready to give up my werewolf form before I maxed out the skill tree. Unfortunately, the werewolf skills aren't half as cool as the vampire ones, which I eventually got to toy around with about halfway through the Dawnguard quest line. I mean, bat swarm? What's cooler than that?


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"The United States does not have a King's army. President Obama's unilateral choice to use U.S. military force in Libya is an affront to our Constitution." – Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Maryland.
Barack Obama has gotten away with subjecting a wide swath of national life to unelected czars, bankrupting the country through unconstitutional spending, ignoring judge's orders, and running roughshod over states rights. Now, the Czar-in-Chief has decided he wants the full royal treatment. He has sent U.S. soldiers to fight in the Libyan civil war without asking for Congressional authorization, as required by the U.S. Constitution. King Obama's undeclared war on Libya is the logical extension of his decision to rule by decree on the homefront – lawless, destructive, unconstitutional,
Illegal, and Impeachable.
The U.S. Constitution restricts the warmaking power to Congress. Article I, Section 8 gives the legislative branch alone ability to "declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal" and "calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions."
This is as the Founding Fathers intended. "The father of the Constitution," James Madison, praised "the fundamental doctrine of the constitution, that the power to declare war including the power of judging of the causes of war is fully and exclusively vested in the legislature: that the executive has no right, in any case to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war…In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." Madison declared the reason this is true: "the trust and the temptation would be too great for any one man."
It is certainly too much temptation for our president, who has launched
King Obama's War.
When it became clear last fall that Democrats would lose control of the House, White House aides began floating word that Obama would rule through executive orders, regulations, and federal fiats after the elections. The Center for American Progress drafted a blueprint for Obama to rule by decree. The Huffington Post reported matter-of-factly Obama "will use executive authority when blocked by Congress," and Politico virtually begged him to do so. Even in the middle of the lame duck power grab, he made good on his word. The FCC passed Net Neutrality, although it lacks Congressional authorization to do so. Now Obama is taking his power grab overseas.
Over the weekend, Obama ordered U.S. troops to launch Operation Odyssey Dawn, raining more than 100 Tomahawk missiles onto Libya.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates insists Americans will "hand-off" our role in Libya "in a matter of days." However, a "hand-off" does not mean we will be free from this humanitarian diversion. Gates assured after those few days, "we will have a military role in the coalition, but we will not have the preeminent role." American soldiers will kill and die; they just won't call the shots. This raises the question of command structure, including whether U.S. soldiers will serve under foreign command.
Obama stated he was acting because, "in response to a call for action by the Libyan people and the Arab League, the UN Security Council passed a strong resolution that demands an end to the violence against citizens." He did not ask Congress for any form of authorization, and waited until after the body went into recess to launch the attack.
In a typically gratuitous insult, Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough hosted a conference call with Congressional leaders, reassuring them of Barack Obama's "deep respect for Congress in all of these matters." Republican Congressman Mike Rogers of Michigan recounted, "I wouldn't call it consultation as much as laying it out."
Obama wrote a more detailed letter to Congress yesterday, insisting his actions are "consistent with the War Powers Resolution. I appreciate the support of the Congress in this action."
The 1973 War Powers Resolution, passed in the wake of Vietnam, allows the president to place troops into harm's way for up to 60 days before getting Congressional authorization. However, many legal scholars believe the War Powers Resolution is unconstitutional, as it plainly appears to contradict the Constitutional system. Its provisions have not been fully vetted.
Hypocrisy, Thy Middle Name is Hussein
It might be different if these facts were unknown to Obama. However, in 2007 candidate Obama said:
The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.
As commander-in-chief, the president does have a duty to protect and defend the United States. In instances of self-defense, the president would be within his constitutional authority to act before advising Congress or seeking its consent.
He knows and does not care he is overstepping his authority. The New York Times asked national security adviser Tom Donilon about Obama's 2007 criteria on Monday. Donilon sidestepped, saying Obama "welcomes the support of Congress in whatever form that they want to express that support." The Times continued, "Donilon added, Mr. Obama could authorize the operation on his own."
Thankfully, a growing number of Congressmen in both parties not only reject Obama's power grab but agree
This War is an Impeachable Offense.
No one has been as forthright as Dennis Kucinich, D-OH, who told Raw Story, "It would appear on its face to be an impeachable offense." He added, "Now, it doesn't necessarily follow that simply because a president has committed an impeachable offense that the process should start to impeach and remove him. That's a whole separate question. But we have to clearly understand what this Constitution is about." Ralph Nader has similarly said, "Obama should be impeached."
Kucinich is not the only Democrat to oppose his president. When the bombs began to fall, the media reported strong objections from Congressmen Jerrold Nadler, Donna Edwards, Mike Capuano, Dennis Kucinich, Maxine Waters, Rob Andrews, Sheila Jackson Lee, and Barbara Lee.
On the other side of the aisle, John Boehner released a weak statement pestering Obama to "define for the American people, the Congress, and our troops what the mission in Libya is, better explain what America's role is in achieving that mission." With his letter today, Obama can claim he has done so.
However, Rep. Ron Paul has called the action "unconstitutional," saying it "needs to stop." Walter Jones, Roscoe Bartlett and others have expressed reservations. Rep. Justin Amash, R-MI, wrote on his FaceBook page, "No United Nations resolution or Congressional act permits the president to circumvent the Constitution."
It is hardly all Granola-crunching left-wingers and Tea Party Republicans who acknowledge this. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-IN, has declared, "if the Obama administration decides to impose a no-fly zone or take other significant military action in Libya, I believe it should first seek a Congressional debate on a declaration of war under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution."
Sen. John Cornyn, by no means a Tea Party favorite, has tweeted, "On Libya, is Congress going to assert its constitutional role or be a potted plant?"
Even Virginia's retiring Democratic Senator, Jim Webb, has said, "This isn't the way our system is supposed to work." Indeed, it is possible this war is not only unconstitutional but
Illegal Under the UN Charter, Too.
The Washington Times noted in an editorial:
Article 2 section 7 of the UN charter states that, "Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter." Chapter VII of the charter, which enumerates UN intervention powers, applies only to international breaches of the peace. The December 1981 UN "Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention and Interference in the Internal Affairs of States" reaffirmed this principle with its solemn declaration that, "No State or group of States has the right to intervene or interfere in any form or for any reason whatsoever in the internal and external affairs of other States."
This may explain why so many other nations are working against this action, including those who initially invited us in.
The True Meaning of "Isolationism"
Barack Obama fancies himself a multilateralist, one who passively waits for "the international community" to move before he acts. This, he believes, will improve America's image after eight years of Bush unilateralism (the war in Iraq, waged pursuant to more than a dozen UN resolutions). Libya should show the bankruptcy of this way of thinking.
The UN Security Council adopted the Resolution 1973 last Thursday. However, Russia, China, Germany, India, and Brazil did not vote on the resolution.
Five days later, all of those nations except Germany have demand a ceasefire. China warns of a U.S.-created "humanitarian disaster." Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov humiliated visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates by accusing coalition troops of killing civilians, then voicing Russia's "opposition" to its mission. The Voice of Russia reports today the UN Security Council will "discuss" the resolution on Thursday, focusing "on the way this resolution has been implemented and whether it is truly aimed at protecting the civilians in Libya."
Well, at least this time we have the support of the Arab League, right? Amr Mussa, secretary of the Arab League, told reporters Sunday, "What has happened in Libya differs from the goal of imposing a no-fly zone, and what we want is the protection of civilians and not bombing other civilians. From the start we requested only that a no-fly zone be set up to protect Libyan civilians and avert any other developments or additional measures." Mussa's musings are not off-point. After all, a "no fly zone" does not require bombing Qaddafi's private residence or demanding regime change.
The African League also called for an "immediate stop" to the bombardment of Libya.
The only thing worse than alienating the "international community" over a war that was perceived to be in our national interest is alienating the international community over a war that benefits the United States in no discernable way. Yet the United States is waging
A Destructive War
in Libya. Much like Bill Clinton's intervention in Kosovo, Barack Obama has chosen to fight from the air without first gaining Congressional approval. Clinton succeeded in bombing innocent civilians, Orthodox Christian churches, and the Chinese embassy in the process. He, too, promised the war would be a short affair, and all troops would be home by Christmas…1995. Ultimately, Clinton helped establish an al-Qaeda affiliate in charge of Kosovo.
Now Barack Obama is acting on "humanitarian" motives. In the midst of two additional wars in the Muslim world, and facing trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see, the United States has taken sides in a civil war that has nothing to do with our security or well-being.
No one seems to know who the "rebels" America is aiding are or what they want. However, they refer to themselves as "mujahedin," or "devout" Muslim holy warriors.
For this, the United States is paying richly. The National Journal reports, "the cost for the first day alone of the operation was well over $100 million with the total price tag expected to grow much higher." Moreover, "Maintaining a coastal no-fly-zone after those first strikes would cost in the range of $30 million to $100 million per week" which is "far less than the $100 million to $300 million estimated weekly cost for patrolling the skies above the entire 680,000-square-mile country." For this reason, Sen. Lugar has stated, "if American forces go to war in Libya, we should ask Arab League governments and other governments advocating for American military action to pledge resources necessary to pay for it."
With this kind of "leadership," it is no wonder politicians are seriously talking about impeachment. Professional pols know this could be serious. This is why some in the Establishment have launched
against Kucinich, Paul, and the Constitution. Sen. Carl Levin, R-MI, has already said he opposes impeachment. Sen. Mark Udall, D-CO, insisted, "Colonel Qaddafi…gave the international community no choice but to act." And Earl Ofari Hutchinson of the heavily Soros-financed Huffington Post has written, "Impeach Obama Over Libya? You've Got to be Kidding." (He added "Obama's UN no fly zone" is "cheap, easy, and ultimately effective.")
Even some conservatives are defending the legality of Obama's war…by citing the UN Charter, no less.
Obama has launched an unnecessary, unconstitutional, destructive, and costly war on behalf of fundamentalist Muslims and in defiance of Congress, our Founding Fathers, and the American people. It is time for impeachment proceedings to move forward.


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School safety tools
School safety is important, not just for employees, but for students who live and study in the environment
Division of Safety & Hygiene School Tools
This site provides resources, tools and templates that will help school districts maintain a safe and healthy environment.
School publications
- Safety Manual for Public Schools
- Best Practices for Public Schools
- Public Employer Risk Reduction Program (PERRP) poster
Web resources:
- Safer Schools Ohio – focuses on school climate, safety, security and emergency management concerns in the K-12 and higher education environments.
- Safety Checklist Program for Schools – from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
- Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Program – From the U.S. EPA. Assists school districts in identifying the actions they can take to successfully plan and implement an effective indoor air quality management program.
- School Bus Safety Program – from the National Highway Safety Administration. Links to relevant publications and resources as well as a lengthy list of other organizations' Web sites.
- School Transportation Safety – from the Ohio Dept of Education. Offers information on training, rules and requirements, safety, etc.
- Clean School Bus USA – from the U.S. EPA. Promotes anti-idling as a way to save fuel and promote clean air.
- School Chemistry Laboratory Safety Guide – from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
- Flinn Scientific – a vendor of science supplies and safety and health information on chemistry and biology in schools. Although BWC does not endorse or promote any particular vendor, this Web site provides many resources to assist science teachers and school districts with their chemical management programs. Flinn's Chemical and Biological Catalog is available at no cost to science teachers and is a highly recommended resource.
- Ohio Department of Health's School Environmental Health and Safety Program Web page – This Web page provides recommendations for establishing a safe and healthy school environment. You will find a link to an assessment tool on the left side of this page in addition to other helpful resources for a school environmental health and safety program.
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Projects Abroad Human Rights Office – Cape Town, South Africa – Monthly Reports
Projects Abroad Human Rights Office - Cape town - Monthly reports - April 2011
Bonnytoun – This month volunteers have been getting to know the boys and learning what works with them and what they respond to. The first few workshops resulted in a fair amount of trial and error, sourcing out the boys' strengths and weaknesses. There are some of the boys who are unable to speak English and so it was arranged for a translator to sit in on the workshops to translate English to Afrikaans. It was also found that some of them are unable to read or write and so this was something that needed to be encompassed into future workshops. Some of the boys suffer with lack of concentration due to psychological problems and dealing with this was also a learning curve for our volunteers. The boys however seem to react well to music and so this has become a focal point with workshops this month focusing on both the positive and negative messages that are portrayed through hip hop. There is a plan in the coming months to incorporate drama and dance into the workshops with the result of organising a show for relatives of the boys. This will give the boys something positive to focus on and work towards and allow them to show off their talents.
The Women's Shelters: Sisters Incorporated and St' Anne's – The women we work with in these shelters have very little self esteem and do not believe they deserve such things we would perhaps take for granted, such as an education. This month it has been important for volunteers to change this perception and empower these women. This will not happen in a day but this month volunteers focused on informing them of the courses available to them and the ways that education can improve their lives and that of their children's lives. Volunteers noticed a slight shift in the attitude of these women and aim to continue to empower them to want more for themselves. There has also been a focus on music this month, showing them different types of music from different countries and the power and effect it has on people.
Khayelitsha (Sex Education Workshops) – This project is currently on hold and being rethought out. It was decided that after the couple of trial sessions that took place and after consulting with the school, changes needed to be made and re strategising of the workshops was needed. We are hoping to get the project back up and running in May as sex education is so important and with such a high rate of HIV/AIDS here in South Africa, it is crucial that children be informed about safe sex.
Khayelitsha – Siya Khathala – Volunteers have spent a lot of time working in Khayelitsha this month in partnership with Siya Khathala, an organisation which assists vulnerable families and child-headed households within Khayelitsha. This month volunteers decided to spend a day making home visits with the organisation to those homes where there was thought to be a vulnerable child and follow up on case files. However the process didn't seem to be very successful, with disorganisation and a lot of time being wasted. By shadowing the volunteers from Siya Khathala for the day, it enabled PAHRO volunteers to see where there were problems and allow them to see where we, as an organisation, can complement the work that they already do. Volunteers helped to create a new data capturing set to organise the files of all of the cases which are opened at Siya Khathala. It was decided that the best way we can efficiently assist Siya Khathala is to read through the case files they have opened and with the expertise we have here in the office, decide upon the appropriate referrals for each individual case. This will offload some of the burden on the organisation and free up some of their time. The community desperately needs access to and knowledge of, the social services in their area and we are hopeful that by assisting in this way it will encourage Siya Khathala to grow to become the gateway to such information and assistance.
Lavender Hill – Trips to Lavender Hill this month have resulted in the opening of more case files as word spreads of the assistance we offer. This is such an important lifeline for the women of this community and also gives our volunteers the chance to get involved in some family law cases including maintenance issues, divorce and child custody.
Manenberg Boys – The boys were taken on a trip to Parliament and the National Archives this month. They were given an official tour of Parliament and were able to ask questions and learn about the way things operate within the South African Parliament. There is a plan to arrange for future visits to the National Archives with the Manenberg boys at a later date to do some research with them there.
Manenberg Girls – This project focuses on school leavers and the group ranges between 18-25 year olds. This is a new project and so to begin with PAHRO volunteers took the group on a day trip; similar to that of the boys however they visited the District Six museum and the National Gallery. This gave the girls the opportunity to get away from their usual routine and learn something about the history of their country. It also gave volunteers the chance to get to know the girls, gain their trust and find out what issues are prevalent in their lives. This has given volunteers ideas of how to structure future workshops so that they will be beneficial to the group


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(CNN) -- My participation in the British Invasion came as a total surprise to me.
I am indeed British, with an English dad and a Welsh mum. In the mid-1960s, having married a Frenchman, I was living in Paris with two small children and enjoying a highly successful career in Europe, singing in French and other languages.
But despite all that, when Tony Hatch, also a Brit, presented me with a song called "Downtown," I knew I wanted to record it. So we went into the studio in London and came out with a hit. It was rapidly picked up by Warner Brothers in the United States, and without any promotion from me, took off to the prized No. 1 spot.
And so I was propelled into this amazing and exciting "love in" with America. Of course, it changed my life. Suddenly, I was juggling two careers and a family.
It was exhilarating, too. I loved performing to American audiences, and I still do. They are the most generous in the world.
I was spending more and more time in the States, working with some of the best American musicians and certainly listening to the great American bands of the day: The Beach Boys, The Mamas and the Papas and more. It was wonderful to feel I was in some way part all that was happening at that iconic moment.
The spearhead of the "Invasion" was of course the Beatles.
They opened the floodgates, and the world became aware of British talent almost overnight. Americans seemed to embrace us Brits with something close to a passion. How could we resist?
Of course "Downtown" was only the beginning.
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Those days were pretty hectic. I seemed to be constantly bouncing around between the United States and Europe and was jet-lagged most of the time!
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When seconds matter, and there's a motorcycle crash, emergency responders have to know what to do, such as when, and how, to remove the helmet to lifting a 1,000-pound bike off someone.
Greenfield firefighter Jeremy Holm said after responding to a motorcycle crash just over a month ago near Highway 100, he realized they needed to bring in accident scene experts.
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Does Jesus Really Have Nail Pierced Hands?
Does Jesus Really Have Nail Pierced Hands?
As a Christian, I accept the Bible as true and without question. As a human, however, I am prone to allow non-biblical ideas creep in as well. Unfortunately, this can be just as bad as denying the Bible. The fact is, the devil does not care if we read the Bible as long as we let him interpret it for us. That being said, I am going to tell you about a misconception I held for a while regarding the crucifixion of Christ.
For years I had been under the impression that Jesus was nailed to the cross thru His wrists and not His hands. After hearing several different preachers give an account of the crucifixion I accepted their reasons without really thinking about it (the devil is so subtle). They say that your delicate hands would be ripped apart if hung by a tiny nail.
But Christians who read their Bible immediately encounter a problem with the nails-through-the-wrists scenario. They remember how Thomas refused to believe that Jesus had risen from the dead. He said, "Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails…I will not believe." (John 20:25) Thomas expected to see a nail print in Jesus' hands – not His wrists. Not long after Thomas made that remark, Jesus showed up: "Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing." (John 20:27)
The fact that the Bible says "hands" should be enough to convince us that Jesus really did have nails driven through His hands. But we are gullible people and the devil has more than one trick up his sleeve. I have heard preachers go so far as to say, "In Greek, the word for "hand" includes the wrist and much of the forearm." Whether or not this is true I do not know. I do know, however, that the Old Testament was primarily written in Hebrew. And Psalm 22:16, being an Old Testament prophecy concerning Christ says, "…they pierced my hands and my feet."
I suppose I am criticizing preachers who teach the nails were driven thru Christ's wrists, but only mildly. Perhaps they do so out of ignorance. As stated before, I had been under this mistaken impression myself. But a few years ago I was watching an episode of the Discovery Channel (or National Geographic or something…) where they unearthed the remains of a crucifixion victim. Strangely enough, this guy was still attached to his cross. What got my attention was that each "hand" was nailed using a piece of wood as a washer. The combination, for lack of a better word, "stapled" the poor guy to the cross. I thought to myself, "Wow, the Discovery Channel actually taught me something useful!"
Another point worth pondering was made by another gentleman on the internet. I have provided his web address below, since I do not know how to cite the author correctly. He says,
The conjunctive tissue of the body of humans and animals is stronger than a rope… It is not true that Christ was pierced from the wrists. This lie was introduced into Christianity by its enemies, especially by the Russellites…
You may think that your delicate hands would be ripped apart if they were hung. What you need to remember is that Christ's hands were carpenter hands [I like that!]. Today, you can get an idea about how strong Christ hands were by looking at the hands of any 33 year old carpenter who has been in building houses since he was a teenager.
Hey, you may think the whole issue is a minor thing but "a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump…" (1Cor 5:6) Has the devil made you swallow a lie lately? If you think you're beyond being duped by the devil then you've already been had. Ask God to search you and try you and see if there be any wicked way in you. If you purpose in your heart to deal with it ahead of time, I believe the Lord will show you.
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Keith Keogh was a friend of mine. He died in November, aged 80.
Keith was a member of the church my wife and I attended when we first got married. At the time, we lived in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Keith's farm was in the middle of nowhere, in a place called Tjolotjo, in Matabeleland. If I remember correctly, Keith had 9,000 hectares, over 22,000 acres. His farm was about 60 miles one side of Bulawayo, while we lived 30 miles in the opposite direction. We met with others for a monthly church Bible Study in Bulawayo, the country's second biggest city.
I went out to his farm on one occasion to join a small group of people hunting on his land. I wasn't too successful but I have one lasting memory of that day. Keith's employees had just killed an elephant. Elephants were royal game, protected by law. Farm hands could only kill one if it was a "rogue elephant" – in other words, if it was destroying crops or homes or killing people. This was one that had been a problem for some time.
I remember watching them cut up the elephant after it was killed. The meat from the huge animal would keep them all fed for some time. They even cut open the stomach and turned its contents into some sort of stew. The elephant's feet were to be sold to make tables for foreign tourists, the tusks for ivory artifacts. It's hide likely ended up making purses and briefcases. When we left Rhodesia in May 1978 for Ghana, the local church presented me with an elephant skin briefcase, an item I still have as a memento of the country and the Salisbury church (we lived in the capital for over a year after moving from the Bulawayo area).
At the time we visited Keith's farm, the country was in the midst of a civil war and Tjolotjo was in the thick of it. In fact, Ian Fyffe, who had taught me my job in Essexvale where I worked for the District Commissioner, was transferred there after I took over his job in Umzingwane. Ian was younger than me. He was attacked by terrorists and seriously injured. After two months in the hospital, he was back at work, only to be killed some time later by terrorists. His wife Linda remarried a farmer who, in turn, was also murdered by terrorists.
At about the same time, Keith gave refuge to a couple we remember well and loved dearly – Martin and Cobi Visser. The Vissers had left Holland after World War II to farm in Africa. They were dairy farmers. We often visited them and loved the raw milk they gave us on each visit. I've forgotten why, but they lost their farm and were then invited to live and work on Keith's farm. Mrs. Visser looked after the farm store, which sold food and other essential items to the workers there. On one occasion the farm was raided by terrorists and Cobi, together with Keith's wife Winnie, scared them off with a loud car horn.
After seven years, the war ended in December 1979. The whites, under incredible pressure from liberals and socialists in the US, UK and South Africa, lost and saw their country become Zimbabwe. As the last white leader, Ian Smith, had predicted, Zimbabwe would have "one man, one vote," meaning that the new leader Robert Mugabe had the only vote that mattered. Theoretically, there's universal suffrage, but President Mugabe has had dictatorial power for 37 years.
One of the worst things he did was expel the white farmers. Keith lost his farm with no compensation in 2002. He left everything behind him and moved to Botswana, a neighboring country with better race relations and better government. I lost touch with him at about this time, but I have learned since that he was very successful there in helping local people to improve their farms and build for the future.
A few years ago, we returned to Zimbabwe and visited Essexvale, where we went to see the farm of a friend, Colin Martin, who had lived there. He fled the country with his wife and dogs and nothing else about the same time Keith left. A brief visit to his farm was heart-breaking – it lay in ruins. It was not being used to produce food. Africans are subsistence farmers, not commercial farmers like Keith and Colin.
Keith, Colin and others like them are part of central Africa's story. They helped make Rhodesia the breadbasket of Africa and gave it the second most developed economy on the continent. Since independence, the country they loved has become the basket-case of Africa.
The white liberals in the West who helped destroy the country are now silent. Zimbabwe has created thousands of jobs for western aid agencies who try to feed the people with hand-outs. In hindsight, it would have been better to keep the white farmers and ensure there would be enough food for everybody. Neighboring countries, like Botswana, Mozambique and Zambia have taken in some of the farmers, who have boosted food production in their countries.
Instead of forking out endless aid to help peoples in Africa, it would be better to send in just one highly productive white farmer. Given 99-year leases, as in Zambia, they can make the land very productive.
Sadly, South Africa seems likely to follow Zimbabwe. Militant voices are calling for the confiscation of white-owned farms. A friend of mine related to me on Friday how his cousin and wife were murdered on their farm by African militants, members of the governing ANC's "youth wing." Julius Melema, their leader, is one voice wanting all the land seized. South Africa's commercial farmers have helped feed Zimbabweans and others; if the farmers lose their land, where will the food come from?
It was the great Scottish missionary, David Livingstone, who first opened up the interior of Africa in his zeal to end the slave trade on the continent and to bring light into darkness, preaching the gospel to people who had never heard it. Muslims were raiding central Africa and taking slaves back to the Middle East.
Others from Britain went out to central Africa and farmed. They did not steal the land as is popularly believed today – the land they farmed was mostly un-used. They saw themselves as bringing civilization into the area. Some believed they were fulfilling Old Testament prophecies about the modern descendants of Israel being a blessing to the world (Genesis 12:3); the colonies they settled were forming the "multitude of nations" promised in Genesis 48:19. The Victorians had a mission to save the Africans from ignorance, poverty and slavery.
Sadly, the end of the British Empire in Africa has seen slavery returning in every single country in Africa. It is estimated there are more slaves today than there ever were at the height of the 18th century slave trade. This is a direct consequence of today's white liberals who succeeded in destroying the empire.
This can also be said about Africa's food problems. Again, it's western liberals who have set back African food production.
Keith Keogh was one of the men who helped boost food production on the continent during the colonial era. Right up until he died, he remained dedicated to helping improve farms and the lives of farmers.
It's time to honor the work of men like Keith and to speak out about the African leaders who have done so much harm to the continent.
Footnote: African countries are planning a mass exodus from the International Criminal Court (ICC). They claim bias by the court, which has highlighted atrocities committed by African leaders, including genocide perpetrated by some presidents against tribes other than their own. Rather than risk prosecution by an international court, they are withdrawing from the jurisdiction of the court. This decision is not unexpected – South Africa, Burundi and the Gambia withdrew last year.
I was saddened and troubled this morning upon hearing the news that the new American President, Donald Trump, yelled at the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, during a phone call that reportedly lasted 25 minutes. The US president apparently was so angry he slammed the phone down, cutting off the prime minister. The PM has since denied this.
The issue they were discussing was an agreement between the Obama Administration and the Australian government, whereby the US promised to take in 1,250 Muslim migrants that Australia did not want to accept.
The real problem here is the migrants themselves. This situation has been going on for years and has led to extreme violence by Muslim immigrants in both the US and Australia. Why is it governments still have not come up with a solution?
Why is it that thousands of migrants cross dozens of countries to get to Australia, the US, Canada and the nations of Western Europe when they could quite easily go to a neighboring Muslim country?
Just as disturbing is the question: why did President Trump get so angry with a vital American ally? Australia has done a great deal to help the United States in recent decades, in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. It works both ways – the US is pledged to defend Australia in times of war. But Australia has fought in American wars that were not in their own interests.
Additionally, the US has a large trade imbalance with Australia, to America's advantage. Aussies buy far more American products than the other way round. (I do my bit to buy goods from Australia, but one can only eat so many Tim Tams!) Australians are already disappointed at the US backing out of the TPP.
Hopefully, the president will learn quickly who America's friends are, friends who themselves have often put "America First."
Frank Luntz, a Republican strategist and regular CBS contributor, expressed grave concern this morning following the riot at the University of Southern California, Berkeley. The riot was intended to stop a conservative speaker who had been invited to speak on the campus. As so often happens nowadays, whenever a conservative is asked to speak, a "rent-a-mob" turns up to stop them. Whether or not these were all university students is a matter of speculation. But what's going on threatens the historic freedom of speech that has been a hall-mark of American democracy going right back to colonial times.
Mr. Luntz said he feels the country is unraveling, adding that "we have 1968 all over again." Prior to the latest election, 1968 witnessed the most tumultuous election in recent times, with riots and assassinations against a backdrop of war.
Mr. Luntz is correct when he notes that there is "nothing that binds Republicans and Democrats together" any more.
He also observed that Donald Trump is keeping his promises, that people had plenty of warning of what he intended to do in America.


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Laurent ten Dam of the Netherlands ate it on a descent in Saturday's stage, flipping over his handlebars and going face-first into a ditch. Of course, he finished the stage with a bandage keeping his face from sliding off, saying "You don't quit the Tour because of a thick lip." I think we know how he crashed - he must have run over his enormous balls.
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The only complaint we have with the Optimus Maximus display-changing OLED keyboard is its price, which is why this news of United Keys and Foxconn teaming up to build their own keyboards is exciting.
Foxconn, if you remember, manufactures many of Apple's iPods while at the same time breaking Chinese labor laws—which to us screams low, low prices. The team-up will bear fruit "as early as summer," bringing keyboards with OLED keys like the one pictured. It's still unclear which name brand company will be contracting Foxconn and United Keys for their technology, but our guess is that all the major keyboard manufacturers (Microsoft, Logitech, Apple and Razor) will get in on their party. Well, maybe not Apple. Either way, expect a keyboard that's slightly less than $1500.


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Wood energy accounts for 3% of the total primary energy supply (TPES) and 47% of the renewable energy supply (RES) in the UNECE region[1] in 2009, confirming its role as the leading source of renewable energy. Wood covered almost 20% of the total energy demands of Sweden, Finland and Estonia and accounted for well over half the renewable energy supply in the Nordic and Baltic states as well as in Serbia and the Czech Republic. Around 44% of all mobilised woody biomass supply is used for energy purposes. Despite the increasing rate of wood consumption for energy, the region's forests are increasing in area as well as standing volumes.
These are the main conclusions of the UNECE/FAO Joint Wood Energy Enquiry (JWEE), a biennial questionnaire that aims to shed light on the real role of wood energy within the region by promoting cross-sectoral communication and cooperation between the energy and forestry sectors. Now in its third round since 2005, the JWEE has become a reference source of information on wood energy, drawing responses from an increasing number of countries.
Sources of wood energy
The main sources of wood energy are:
- Co-products and residues[2] from forest-based industries, including processed wood fuels with improved energy content such as wood pellets, briquettes and charcoal (also called indirect sources) contributing 57%
- woody biomass from forests and other wooded land (also known as direct sources) such as logging residues, thinnings and clearings, which represent 40% of consumption.
- recovered waste wood (mainly waste from construction, but also packaging and old furniture) which accounts for 3% of wood energy supply.
However, the proportion of these three sources varies among countries, with Serbia, Italy, France, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Norway and Russia relying heavily on direct supplies of wood fibres whereas countries such as the United States, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Slovakia, Austria and Ireland rely mainly on wood supply from indirect sources. Finland, Sweden, Slovakia and the United States have large shares of energy generated from black liquor reflecting the relative importance of the pulp and paper industries in the forest sector. Waste wood is reported as a significant source of wood energy in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Switzerland where it is mainly consumed in power applications and waste to energy plants. In general, however, data on recovered wood is difficult to obtain and often not discernible from generic waste statistics.
Uses of wood energy
Wood energy is consumed in roughly equal measure (approximately 39% each) by forest-based industries and households. The highest shares of industrial use are in the United States, Ireland, Slovakia, Belgium, Finland and Sweden. The forest products industry typically consumes energy generated from the solid and liquid co-products of its manufacturing processes. Countries with important forest industries, such as Finland, Sweden and the United States, therefore, have a higher level of industrial consumption.
Residential use, mainly dependent on direct supplies of firewood, is prevalent in Southern and Central Europe with Serbia, France, the Czech Republic, Italy, Lithuania, Germany, Austria and Switzerland reporting this category as their primary use. Wood energy use by private households is often higher than anticipated as it may not be fully accounted for.
The power and heat sector is the most important consumer of wood energy in the United Kingdom, and has relatively large shares in Germany, Sweden and the Baltic region. Overall it represents 20% of wood energy use.
Main Trends
It was possible to identify trends in the use of wood energy and to provide a comparison based on a subset of countries that have responded to previous rounds of the enquiry. Between 2005 and 2009, the amount of wood used for energy purposes grew annually by 2.7%. One of the biggest movers, in relative terms, is the United Kingdom where wood now accounts for 16.3% of renewable energy supply (up from 8.2% in 2005) and 0.52% of total primary energy supply (up from 0.15% in 2005).
The role of wood in total primary energy supply grew whereas a slight decline in the role of wood energy among renewables was recorded. This, perhaps, reflects a faster rate of growth by other sources of renewable energy such as wind and solar. The structure of sources for wood energy has been relatively stable whereas there has been a growing trend to use wood for power and heat combined with a decrease in the use of wood energy in the residential sector.
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Black liquor is the liquid material remaining from pulpwood cooking in the papermaking process.
[1] The Enquiry was sent out all the UNECE member states (except Andorra, Monaco and San Marino). Overall 27 countries replied to the enquiry representing 75% of UNECE region's population: 21 countries provided sufficiently detailed replies (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States).
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WOW!!! I realized that I haven't blogged in almost a year! I have been one busy baker!! With teaching full time and baking pretty much when I am not teaching, I slacked off on my blogging. I am going to try to blog again but I can't promise anything. However, if you need to reach me, email me at email@example.com or check out my site http://firehousesweets.webs.com where you can find more information. As always, find me on Facebook, where you can see ALL of my yummy sweets I have been baking and decorating lately!
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Friday, September 2, 2011
Very often I feel inadequate. When I look at the jobs I have to do, they seem like huge mountains to scale and for my Everest assault I'm equipped with only a fork, a paper bag, some dental floss, and I'm wearing shorts, a tank top, and flip flops.
Then I make the mistake of looking to my side. There are herds of other women, sure-footed as mountain goats, decked out in climbing gear from REI, managing to make it look as easy as a walk in the park as they nimbly navigate life's hazards, leaping from rock to rock, ascending at a dizzying pace.
My biggest personal mountains are in the areas of my job (homemaking) and the raising, training, and teaching of my children. I meet amazing women, or read their blogs, and think, "My gosh, where does she find the extra 36 hours per day to be in a book club, do inventive crafts with her children, redecorate her bedroom, learn Italian, run marathons, publish a book, raise all their own food in the garden, play an instrument beautifully, can everything that grows, cook delightful, inventive, and healthful dinners every night, sew her own designer wardrobe, and still keep her home immaculately clean?"
I compare myself to that and I just want to crawl onto the couch with a bowl of pudding, pull a blanket over my head, and give up. I'm not ever going to be that amazing, so why bother trying?
I used to have hope that one day I'd be amazing, that one magical day it would all come together. My house would be spotless, my children would be on track in their schoolwork and would start reading the encyclopedia, just for fun. Since everything at home was under control, I could shed the stained sweat pants, put on a cute outfit, and go out with girlfriends, not dreading the inevitable phone call of "When are you coming home? They're trying to kill each other and if they don't succeed, I'll do it for them!!"
But I've come to the conclusion that's not going to happen. I once had a friend (one of the amazing kind with perfect, mannered, homeschooled children and a spotless home) come over to my house for the first time. In shock she surveyed the debris of toys, socks, books, projects, shoes, dress-ups, and dog hair coating the living room and she said, "You must be really good in bed. My husband would never put up with this!"
So I started a blog. A happy little corner of life where I could feel amazing. But I'll let you in on a secret. Just in case I might have you fooled, I'm still not amazing. Did you ever wonder why almost all of my pictures are close-ups of the food? Yes, partly it's to show the tantalizing texture of the food. But mainly it's because It's a chore to find more than 2 square feet of table or counter that's clear of stuff.
And the food? Some of it is original, but most of it I just copy. I hang onto the coattails of someone who's truly amazing and hope some of it will rub off on me. Like today's recipe. It is amazing and comes from a woman who is also amazing, Janelle. She has a beautiful blog where she chronicles her life and cooking adventures, Talk of Tomatoes. Fabulous photos, wonderful recipes, and lovely writing. Sigh. (Oh, sorry, just comparing myself again.)
I met Janelle at the food blogger's dinner I attended in the spring. We were each to bring something to share and she brought some red pepper jelly. Ohmygosh, it was love at first bite. Spread on a cracker with some chèvre, it was addictively good. My husband, after his third cracker, said, "You have got to get this recipe!"
Janelle, being an amazing person, already had it posted on her blog, making it super easy for me to copy her. And my family loves me for it. I didn't have any chèvre cheese, so I used cream cheese on flatbread crackers. Oh, heavens, it's good! Hot, sweet, salty, creamy, crunchy - it's a sensation overload for the mouth. You barely finish the first cracker before you're reaching for the next.
I put off making this jelly for months, thinking it would be really difficult and time consuming. It's not. It's super easy. In fact, next time I make it (which will be soon), I'm going to make up a big batch. I think jars of this will be my new favorite Christmas present to give!
The next time you want to appear like you have it all together, use a snow shovel to get all the junk out of the living room, vacuum (vacuum tracks are important, they make it look like you clean regularly), and then serve this jelly with cream cheese on crackers. After the first bite, no one will care that you're only faking it.
Spicy Red Pepper Jelly
- from Talk of Tomatoes
makes about 2 small jam jars
1 cup finely chopped (OR quickly pureed) bell red pepper
1 tsp red pepper flakes
1 1/3 cup white vinegar
2 tsp calcium water from POMONA PECTIN*
1 1/2 tsp pectin from POMONA PECTIN*
2 1/3 cup white sugar
*(I found Pomona Pectin at Whole Foods. It's pricier than standard pectin, but each box makes 2 to 4 recipes, and it's a natural citrus pectin that allows you to use less sugar in your jams and jellies. I love it! The calcium water is included in the packet; it's not something you have to buy separately.)
1. Wash and rinse jars; let stand in hot water. Bring lids to boil; let stand in hot water. Read through the insert with the pectin, if you haven't used this brand before.
2. Either mince or puree peppers in a food processor. Place in medium saucepan with vinegar and red pepper flakes. Bring to boil, stirring occasionally, then let simmer 5 minutes.
3. Add calcium water to pan. Stir well.
4. In small bowl, combine pectin powder with 1/2 cup sugar (scoop the sugar out of the 2-1/3 cups sugar you already measured).
5. Bring pepper mixture back to a boil, stir in pectin-sugar blend to dissolve. Then add remaining sugar. Stir vigorously to dissolve, once it boils, remove from heat.
6. Fill jars to 1/4inch from top. Wipe rims clean. Screw on lids. Boil 10 minutes in hot water bath. Remove and let cool. Label.
For gift giving, tie red ribbons around the neck of the jar, add a pretty piece of cloth under the ring, or make a gift basket with crackers, chèvre or cream cheese, and a bottle of wine. (Just a few ideas I picked up from other people.)
15 comments:
- Mindy said...
Hey, AMAZING WOMAN, thanks for the recipe! I always buy pepper jelly from the Jelly Girl at Pike's Place Market. As much as I love it, as much as I always look for it and never find it in the stores, it didn't occur to me to .....um....make it myself. Think I know what I want to do for Christmas presents! Thanks!
- September 2, 2011 at 7:29 AM
- hobby baker Kelly said...
Oh wow, my dad would LOVE this. Yay, I know what his Christmas present will be now, and I love using Pomona's! And hey, I currently have about 4" of counter space and barely enough room to eat at the kitchen table. I'm doing well to keep it at ankle deep and I don't even homeschool. *sigh* Life is more than cleaning 24/7. While I may have dreams of an immaculate home, until I get rich and have a housekeeper, we will live around the mess! ☺
- September 2, 2011 at 9:01 AM
- Heidi's Copper Kettle said...
I felt a twinge of sadness reading your post because I can relate on so many levels. Then I was like.....hey, wait a minute, I'm not alone! So yeah for not being alone!! Thanks for passing along the recipe, it looks wonderful.
- September 2, 2011 at 11:59 AM
You are so much amazing with a side order of awesome! This is something we would love - can't wait to try it, unless we happen to get some for Christmas. ;-)
Fun running in to your cute hubby this morning!
- September 2, 2011 at 2:06 PM
- Karen Baking Soda said...
Oh honey.. I am so there right with you! (Can I please switch out that bowl of pudding for potato chips please? Thank you and scoot over so we both have a piece of that blanket to hide under!)
You are Fabulous! As a matter of fact I thought you were one of those women that I see when I glance sideways... Love your way of putting that all too familiar feeling.
- September 2, 2011 at 2:10 PM
- Jennifer Jo said...
You ARE Miss Amazing, m'dear.
And I'm sorely disappointed to learn that the kids continue to kill each other as they get older. Why do I even try....
- September 2, 2011 at 4:12 PM
- Elle said...
Amazing is over-rated. After all, Martha Stewart ended up in jail, so being the perfect domestic goddess might not be such a good thing. So now that we understand each other please ignore the stack of newspapers waiting to be recycled, the shoes under the table, those stacks of catalogs with sticky notes, the unfolded laundry, the cat hair in the corners...need I continue?
LOVE the pepper jelly and all your amazing recipes, copies or no. BTW that cooking camp you did...bet there were sideways looks toward you from moms who could never contemplate doing that...and enjoying it, too. Bravo Lynn!
- September 2, 2011 at 8:02 PM
- Abby said...
My FIL loves this kind of jelly, but I've never had any homemade!
Is that woman still your friend?!
Until I lost my job and was at home FT I never realized how hard it would be. Now with two kids I'm lucky to shower! But we're still well-fed. Even if we're a little dirty. :)
- September 3, 2011 at 1:57 PM
- Cerulean Bill said...
"You must be really good in bed?"
I'm really good in bed. I hardly ever fall out.....
- September 4, 2011 at 7:41 AM
- Sheila said...
I don't LOL very often, but this post did it for me! I can totally relate, and thanks for the awesome recipe!
- September 4, 2011 at 10:52 PM
- Barbara said...
You ARE amazing! Those women you think are amazing are not...there's always something. I learned years ago.
I've always wanted to make pepper jelly...don't know why I haven't. Such a great gift too.
- September 5, 2011 at 5:31 AM
- grace said...
pepper jelly is my favorite condiment right now, perhaps of all time. i hate making jams and jellies for some reason, but pepper jelly is always worth it. i especially like it when someone else makes it and gives it to me. :)
- September 6, 2011 at 1:11 PM
- Hallie Fae said...
Looks so yummy!
- September 25, 2011 at 12:11 PM
- John Green said...
This makes such a great snack, we use cream cheese with it and it is delicous....
- September 27, 2011 at 4:37 AM
OMG! I made this over the weekend and it is already a huge hit!!! Love it!
Keep up the good word.
- November 15, 2011 at 11:36 AM


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In fact, the lemmings have more sense than to leap off a cliff unprompted. MMO players? Well, we'll do anything for a lark. So if anyone's mother asks, "Well if all of your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?" the answer is apparently, "Well, if we're in GW2, then yes."


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This module introduces the statistical techniques of Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) is used to uncover the latent structure (dimensions) of a set of variables. It reduces the attribute space from a larger number of variables to a smaller number of factors. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) examines whether collected data correspond to a model of what the data are meant to measure. STATA will be introduced as a powerful tool to conduct confirmatory factor analysis. A brief introduction will be given to confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling.
- Session 1: Exploratory Factor Analysis Introduction
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- Bartholomew, D. J., Steele, F., & Moustaki, I. (2008). Analysis of Multivariate Social Science Data (2nd ed ed.). New York, NY: Chapman & Hall/CRC Press.
- Long, J. S. (1983). Confirmatory Factor Analysis: A Preface to LISREL. SAGE Publications.
- Kim, J. O., & Mueller, C. W. (1978). Factor Analysis: Statistical Methods and Practical Issues. SAGE Publications.
- LP., S., Hamilton, L. C., & Corporation, S. (2011). Stata Structural Equation Modeling Reference Manual-Release 12. StataCorp LP.
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