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Definitions for navy bean
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
na′vy bean`(n.)
a small, white kidney bean, dried for prolonged storage.
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Origin of navy bean:
1885–60, Amer.; so called from wide use in the U.S. Navy
Princeton's WordNet
navy bean, pea bean, white bean(noun)
white-seeded bean; usually dried
navy bean(Noun)
A white bean of a variety of common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris,
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Does anyone really think last year they did not throw him in to do anything but quiet the crowd and cancel the billboards.
They expected him to fail. When he did not they were stuck and had to redesign the offense to his strengths.
There is little doubt in my mind that they had every intention of Quinn finishing out the season once Tebow lost a game or two. But the Tebow raised all boats and they were stuck.
Yep, and 1 year later history repeated itself. Rex Ryan had NO intention of starting Tebow once Sanchez had crapped the bed. God forbid that Tebow should win a game or two, or maybe even lead the Jets to playoff win...or two.
What really amazes me is that Ryan (and to a lesser extent Fox & Elway) was prepared to sacrifice a playoff run just to prove that Tebow *WASN'T* the answer.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post7702532563283804582..comments2014-12-21T20:26:11.872-08:00Comments on VERY SHANNON: quilting 911 - creative blissVery Shannonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-1252417628288492722012-11-07T12:41:52.048-08:002012-11-07T12:41:52.048-08:00I'm plugging away at my vintage sheet twin siz...I'm plugging away at my vintage sheet twin size quilts (onw wonky star and one dresden plate) whilst dreaming of the very thing you are doing- dropping it all and cutting into my stash of Lotta's gorgeous fabrics! I haven't decided what pattern I'm going to use, so I'm anxious for your tutorial. I was leaning towards a swoon, with fussy cut trees in the center. Mindelicioushttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-34112975738664905332012-11-06T18:28:58.344-08:002012-11-06T18:28:58.344-08:00I have a problem. I have the patchwork sewing par...I have a problem. I have the patchwork sewing part figured out. I attempted free motion quilting for the first time, and need to bind a quilt for my MIL and am super nervous because I have never done it before. In procrastinating I have 4 other quilt tops and backings ready to be quilted, 30 blocks for a new log cabin quilt, and stacks for 5 other quilts... I need to quit being terrified of the quilting and binding parts and just do them! :o). And did I mention I am trying to do some garment sewing for myself. I am tying to limit my knitting projects so AI don't end up with the same problems there. :o)i'm beccy.http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-71966301430237674212012-11-06T11:23:44.848-08:002012-11-06T11:23:44.848-08:00I usually try to stick with the "one quilt at...I usually try to stick with the "one quilt at a time" rule, too, to make sure I don't just sew the top and not finish it. But right now I'm working on 2 quilts for my friend, who is having twin girls. Unfortunately I just found out she's being induced tomorrow, instead of next week! I just have the binding to go, but since we live almost 2000 miles apart, I guess it'll be late. I don't think anyone will notice :)Bethhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-5151251535944315362012-11-06T06:08:48.568-08:002012-11-06T06:08:48.568-08:00here's one for you :o) http://www.nap-timecrea...here's one for you :o) http://www.nap-timecreations.com/2012/10/baby-blankets-and-binding-tutorial.htmlEmilyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-84706488036777992002012-11-05T18:22:32.254-08:002012-11-05T18:22:32.254-08:00Oh my! I cannot wait to see this!!! Sounds gorgeou...Oh my! I cannot wait to see this!!! Sounds gorgeous! I admit I would miss sewing a longer line as well. This quilt was super fast and quick to put together and was greatly appreciated after doing my zig zag quilt.luvinthemommyhoodhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-39846184144524874492012-11-05T18:21:27.394-08:002012-11-05T18:21:27.394-08:00I agree. I've tried so many different methods ...I agree. I've tried so many different methods and this is the one that works best for me for an even and lovely finish. luvinthemommyhoodhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-71877153217017153122012-11-05T18:20:45.921-08:002012-11-05T18:20:45.921-08:00I love making those kinds of blankets too! so fun!...I love making those kinds of blankets too! so fun!luvinthemommyhoodhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-852694608535185462012-11-05T18:20:25.203-08:002012-11-05T18:20:25.203-08:00Awww...poor cute preggers. Rest m'dear. Rest. ...Awww...poor cute preggers. Rest m'dear. Rest. They should all be making you gifts this year while you put your feet up :) luvinthemommyhoodhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-59323789514447773232012-11-05T18:19:46.883-08:002012-11-05T18:19:46.883-08:00I really like having the extension table for both ...I really like having the extension table for both quilting and general sewing. Keeps everything nice and flat when I'm working. I enjoy it.

Can't wait to see your quilt too. I hope you get lots of time to work on it this weekend.luvinthemommyhoodhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-17873893823304358302012-11-05T18:18:55.499-08:002012-11-05T18:18:55.499-08:00Don't be scared....just jump in. What's th...Don't be scared....just jump in. What's the worst that could happen? You just rip it out. No biggie..I promise :)luvinthemommyhoodhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-82209246002122671432012-11-05T14:15:01.355-08:002012-11-05T14:15:01.355-08:00I wish I had your discipline to (usually) have onl...I wish I had your discipline to (usually) have only one quilt on the go at a time! I'm working on 2 quilts in matching fabrics for my girls - one top done, the other half way through. Then there's my pick up put down (insert months in between those actions) family stitchery quilt project, still hand embroidering the blocks. There's the sample quilt blocks from the beginners quilt class I'm taking - at least I'm ready for sashing here! And a teddy bear applique quilt started for my 1st baby in utero - she's 4 now! And I've completely gone off the appliqued teddy bear thing!!! Love those fabrics tho, maybe there's a new project calling me lolshellebellehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-73490429847362099652012-11-05T12:18:27.812-08:002012-11-05T12:18:27.812-08:00Love Bella, can't wait to see your quilt! I l...Love Bella, can't wait to see your quilt! I love binding, I even like making it, totally weird. Right now I'm in t-shirt quilt hell, but it is a year overdue, so I have to get through it to be able to get back to fun, pretty stuff.Jennyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-14148344734974043582012-11-05T11:42:41.957-08:002012-11-05T11:42:41.957-08:00I'm working on my first quilt! Just a little e...I'm working on my first quilt! Just a little each day [knitting will always trump] but I'm so in love with the process. I've cut a gazillion pieces, and half way into sewing those little pieces to one another and so that next I will sew them to create 39 blocks... I have a feeling when I hit that stage I am going to struggle trying to over plan everything, but I'll take it as it comes. One thing I doooo miss right now though is sewing a line more than a few inches long... argh!by Annie Clairehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-7963679823596298862012-11-05T11:39:04.490-08:002012-11-05T11:39:04.490-08:00I am in love with this quilt already! the prints a...I am in love with this quilt already! the prints are so lovely!!! my fav part is hand sewing the binding too. it's the first snuggle under the quilt and it's not completely done yet. I love that all those hand stitches are what make it looks so finished off and perfect. My friend machine sews her binding and i keep thinking that she spent all that time quilting and she just wrecked it with a sloppy binding. Hand sewing just really adds that extra touch.Kris @ everywhereorange.comhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-54335413456398994682012-11-05T11:20:11.574-08:002012-11-05T11:20:11.574-08:00LOVE those prints! I can see why you were inspired...LOVE those prints! I can see why you were inspired to start something new.
I'm going to work on a couple of i-spy quilt(ish) blankets for my kiddos. Except there won't be any batting...so does that still count? Maybe not.
Can't wait for your tutorial!Cerisehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-39858889171832644782012-11-05T10:17:22.346-08:002012-11-05T10:17:22.346-08:00I'm making a quilt for my in-laws for Christma...I'm making a quilt for my in-laws for Christmas. My MIL bought all the fabric when they went on a cruise to Alaska a few years ago. She always intended to make it herself but has gotten bogged down with other projects (mostly for her grandchildren). Since we're not spending money for Christmas she suggested that I finish it for her. I have all the blocks done, now to the sashing and finally the quilting. I'm rather excited. I think I'll prolly bind it the way you do too. If I had time I'd prolly hand quilt the whole thing (though I just might since this pregnancy has knocked me off my feet)...I love how much control handiwork gives you.

Can't wait to see your tute and quilt!Passionate Designhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-2937292970081150582012-11-05T10:17:12.289-08:002012-11-05T10:17:12.289-08:00I love piecing a top and binding! But I really don...I love piecing a top and binding! But I really don't like the quilting process. Palakhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-106148013541061702012-11-05T10:07:22.475-08:002012-11-05T10:07:22.475-08:00Ooh, looking forward to seeing your quilt, I love ...Ooh, looking forward to seeing your quilt, I love that line and saw a gorgeous quilt using the echo prints. I've just got all the supplies together for my first quilt. Can't wait to get started. I'm hoping to finish it in time to give it to my eldest son for Christmas. I usually avoid hand sewing but I'm kind of looking forward to the binding as it means it'll be nearly done. Fingers crossed I'll get some time this weekend to start.

Is the extension table really handy for quilting by the way? I also have an ambition.Laurahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-34921997138511500392012-11-05T09:54:11.884-08:002012-11-05T09:54:11.884-08:00I am so scared of the quilting process. I'm fi...I am so scared of the quilting process. I'm finally just going to admit it... I'm just chicken! It's ticking me off a bit b/c I generally just jump into everything with both feet, but I have had Olivia's quilt top done since she was a baby and I had such a list of excuses... waiting to see what gender the baby would be so they could have matching backings, waiting on ordering the backing, yadda yadda. No excuses at this point and I'm just chicken. Bah! As for binding, I don't mind it at all! I do it the same way, hand binding the back. I've done it on my faux-chenille quilts. Easy bo breezy. The first hour or so I decided I was insane and never again, and then it was done before I knew it and a great way to pass time while watching shows. Laura @ ON{thelaundry}LINEhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-13975139582818407472012-11-05T09:52:43.401-08:002012-11-05T09:52:43.401-08:00Hahah...sorry...lol. Can't wait to see the cro...Hahah...sorry...lol. Can't wait to see the crochet blanket though! At least those are usually quick and then when my tutorial is done you can whip up the quilt as a reward for finishing your crochet? :)luvinthemommyhoodhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751134547507237.post-63262352473296084982012-11-05T09:49:42.748-08:002012-11-05T09:49:42.748-08:00this. this is why i'm desperate to start my fi...this. this is why i'm desperate to start my first major quilting project. but i've forced myself to finish my first major crochet blanket before tackling the quilt.
i think maybe you're a bad influence. ;)the momma (aka Shannon)http://email@example.com


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Explanation of the various elements of the marketing process
The elements of the marketing process are referred to as "a set of controllable tools that the firm blends to produce the response it wants in the target market, so it consists of everything the firm can do to influence the demand for its product"( Kotler and Armstrong, Principles of Marketing 2004, Tenth Edition, New Jersey Pearson Education Inc.). The Elements of Marketing or Marketing mix which is famously known as the "4P's of Marketing"( stated by McCarthy in 1960) which include Product, Price, Placement or Place and Promotion. When these elements of marketing are analysed with the Easyjet case study, it gives a good example as how the 4P's help an organization scale to new heights with increased sales and customer base. They are;
Product:- In the respective case study as Easyjet is a airline industry, its main fleet consists of Airbus A320-200, Airbus A319 and Boeing 737-700. Easyjet is a budget airliner and intended to attract business customers and leisure travelers spending lesser time travelling between destinations. The company does not provide complimentary meals or refreshments on board to reduce costs and increase space to accommodate more customers, whereas customers can buy items on board by using Easyjet Bistro (buy on board programme). The onboard programme also helped the airliner to increase its revenue.
Easyjet has also got other value added services like Eastcars, Eastjet holidays and Easyjet Hotels. With these services Easyjet can provide one stop shop for its customers, both Business customers as well as travelers on holiday.
Price: In generally it is a conception that if a company lowers the price of its product, the organization would have expanded sales. Practically it is an invalid argument as the customers do not decide on price; they do look for other components such as quality, cost effectiveness, time, easy accessibility and value added services with also keeping in mind the customer relation management of a firm. The element "Price" of marketing mix could be divided into two categories, such as price determination and price administration respectively.
Easyjet whose business model is similar to the Southeast airlines of US has kept its prices lower than that of other airlines. Easyjet reduced its prices to accommodate more passengers and to fill out empty seats on the flight. The reduced prices by cost cutting in various areas such as airport charges, direct sales to the customer and also reducing their advertisement costs. The per seat cost was cut down by 16% by increasing the seating density and no business class. Easyjet saved 64% of cost per seat by these strategies, which helped them to reduce their overall prices to the customer.
Figure 1.a (Referred www.corporate.easyjet.com)
"Placement or Place under marketing mix involves all company activities that make the product available to targeted customers"(Kotler and Armstrong, 2004).
The Easyjet strategy has to serve all big continental European destinations such as Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, London and many more cities. They are also targeting the Asia Pacific market as there is a potential to grow business.
Figure 1.b
Promotion is nothing but the means in which a company communicates to its customers about their product, values and benefits of a product. Easyjet used various strategies to communicate to their customers. They are:
The company has mentioned its website address where ever it can. They have literally put the address on its Boeing 737's.
Easyjet also runs internet promotions on newspapers. Its first promotion was in "The Times" in February 1999. The result of this promotion ended up with Easyjet selling 20,000 out of its 50,000 seats in the first day and all other seats were sold in next 3 days. Using this strategy the company was able to cut down 250 jobs and saved money.
Easyjet also follows first come first serve basis, the following table gives a clear indication.
Figure 1.c
The website was also used as a tool instead of paying the PR companies. Captions such as "The web's favourite airline", "Battle with Swissair" and the latest "come let's fly".
Easyjet became a house hold name in the United Kingdom as it was listed in a Airline TV series which was aired on TV during 1999 to 2007.
(b) Evaluate benefits and costs of marketing orientation for the case organization.
Marketing Orientation means how a company develops new product considering the two approaches of orientation, which are product oriented and marketing oriented.
"Product Orientated" approach means a firm develops product based on its choice or what the company is good at delivering to the customer rather than keeping the customer in mind. This approach is not appreciated in competitive markets and may often lead to unsuccessful venture.
"Marketing Orientated", in this the businesses analyses the needs and wants of the customer in developing a product. The product revolves round the information and data provided by research on the customer's needs and wants and developing a right product. This type of orientation often leads to successful business.
Easyjet uses marketing orientated strategy towards its customers into its business. The have researched and came to a conclusion that a business customer or a leisure customer do not like to spend more time in traveling and waiting at the airports. They also used the cost cutting strategy to reduce its cost and their cost expenditure per customer is about 15£ per person whereas other competitors spend about 25£ on each passenger. This strategy is very successful in the airline industry as there is another example of a similar airliner that operates in the US, called as the South West Airlines. The company is making a gross profit of 15 to 20% annually. The achieve this, they have hollowed various strategies.
No refreshments served onboard except for snacks for which the customer has to pay.
The above mentioned concept leads towards fewer cabin crews.
Business class seats were removed to accommodate more passengers onboard
Regional airports were used to reduce airport charges.
Direct marketing, use of the internet, and saving commission by selling the tickets directly to the customer.
2. (A) Describe macro and micro environmental factors which influence marketing decisions.
The "Micro Environment", in these factors influences the business directly. This factor includes suppliers, employers, caterers, Financers and any other stake holders who directly influence the business. The Micro Environmental factors are relationship between the driving forces and the business that controls the above mentioned relationship. The management of the firm controls the relationship between the stake holders and the business.
When Easyjet is taken into consideration, the micro environmental factors that influence its business are:
Assets: Easyjet owns all of its planes and has complete control over it. They do not take any property or asset on rental basis. They go for 100% ownership. Hence complete control over assets.
Employees: Easyjet has fewer staff due to no-flinch strategy onboard.
Agents and vendors: Easyjet uses direct selling strategy and does not out source its ticketing or customer service to any other organization which means they have control over marketing and customer relation management.
The "Macro-Environment", these factors that indirectly influence the business and the company do not have a direct control over these factors. The company need to resolve round these as the company should be in a position to adapt to these factors. The factors include such as Political, environmental, social and technological factors.
Easyjet has adapted to these macro factors. By keeping themselves advanced enough in technological factor by consistently upgrading there planes. They also use the internet technology to sell there products to the end users. When it comes to environmental factor, they have adapted a new process called the "Ecojet" in which they are using new engines which are environmental friendly which would be introduced in 2015. They are well ahead of there competitors like the BA and Ryanair.
2. (B) Propose Segmentation criteria to be used products in different markets.
Marketing segmentation is nothing but to target specific customers in the market who give more value to the business. In business market segmentation there are 3 types:
Geographic: Includes customer orientation, regional growth rate and macro economic factors.
Demographic: "Includes age, gender, ethnicity, education, occupation, income and family status".
Psychographic: includes values, attitudes, factors such as loyalty and order size.
According to the owner of the Easyjet who says that he wants only 6 million customers in a year rather than targeting all 56 million people in Europe to keep his airline seats occupied. Easy marketing segmentation is targeted towards business customer and leisure travelers in Europe. Easyjet flies to all major tourist and business destinations in Europe. Easyjet has segmented or concentrated more on business customer who's tickets are normally paid by the companies and leisure travelers who fly to major European destinations with travel packages, which include easycar and easyhotel value added services.
2. (c) Choose and explain targeting strategy for the product/service in the case organization.
Targeting strategy may be influenced with the following factors:
Maturity of the market.
Buyer's needs and choices.
Number of sales required for profit.
In the case study of Easyjet, if you use the above template: When Easyjet entered market it was quiet mature as they had stiff competition with Biritish Airways and Ryanair but Easyjet understood the users needs and wants by research. In which they came to a conclusion which notes that business customers prefer cheaper flights for shorter destinations and value added services if customer is looking for leisure travel.
Competition was stiff from Ryanair and British Airways, to a get better of these competitors Easyjet user various promotional campaigns using the internet and newspapers. They also used direct selling strategy to have control over there sales and eventually improved the sales. They worked towards having there airline seats filled up on any given day and ensured they pay as less a charge in the airports.
2. (D) Demonstrate how buyer behaviour affects marketing activities in different buying situation.
Consumer or End user buying behaviour is influenced by the following factors:
Social factors.
Psychological Factors.
Personal factors.
Social factors: These are the factors wherein a customer is influenced by other people in the market or other social factors that influence on the customer to accept or decline the product.
In the above case study, Easyjet used some of the captions like "Battle with Swissair" or "Low fares needn't BA con!" on their website. This influenced lot of customer's visiting Easyjet website. The more customers visited the website the more Easyjet became an household name.
Psychological Factor: This factor depends on the individual customer who is influenced by motives, perception, learning, personality and attitude.
When Easyjet had majority of users coming to their website, they introduced trivia's, luck dips and questionnaires on their website which influenced the customer and made kept the users visiting back to the site. In 2002, Five thousand customers won 2000£ each using the Easyjet website, but the company had sales over 2 million pounds from the customers who visited during this period.
Personal Factors: This factor includes situational, life style and demographic factors.
Easyjet entered the market as a low budget airline, which means its main target will be business customers by providing customers with good quality, affordable and quick service. They successfully achieved the above motive.
2. (E) Propose New market positioning for a selected product/service.
Easyjet has started its venture in Asia-pacific market. There is a lot of potential in North America and in India. As Business customer in these mentioned countries are frequent flyers and use airways a median of transport for short destinations.
Easyjet also has sister companies such as Easycar and Easyhotels which it can utilize in the new markets to stabilize its hold and attract new customers. They could also start a new venture for road transport or have a Joint venture with road transport and railway companies to offer a complete package to both its business and leisure customers.
(A) Explain how products are developed to sustain competitive advantage.
When a company sets standards and bench marks in a particular business over its competitors, is known as competitive advantage. All the companies work towards having a competitive advantage in the market. According to Michael Porter there are two types of competitive advantage, cost advantage and differentiation advantage.
Cost Advantage: This advantage is gained by a company when it delivers similar products or services as their rivals at a lower cost. Easyjet attained this advantage by flying to the same destinations but at a lower cost as it is a budget airliner when compared with other airlines such as British Airways, Lufthansa and Air France.
Differentiation Advantage: When a company provides value added services and a better overall package to the end users at the same price as provided by the competitors in the market. Easyjet has always aimed at providing value for money for its customers by punctual flights and flexibility to the customers. Easyjet and Ryanair have similar price tags on their tickets but Easyjet flies to major European destinations whereas Ryanair lands at airports of smaller cities.
(B) Explain how distribution is arranged to provide customer service.
Distribution is a important part of marketing strategy. Distribution is the channel in which the company supplies or provides its products or services to its customers.
The main functions of Distribution are Information (Market planning), Promotion (Spreading information and offers about the product), Contact (Communicating with buyers), Matching (Adjusting offers to fit customers' needs and wants), Negotiation, Physical distribution (transportation) and financing.
Easyjet uses a distribution channel called "Direct marketing", as the company wants to reduce its costs by avoiding resellers and distribution partners. This approach of Easyjet has ensured that their ticket selling price to the customers is reduced and they also have a direct control over sales. The company also handles its own customer service.
3. (c) Explain how prices are set to reflect an organisation's objectives and market conditions.
Easyjet follows penetrating price strategy, wherein they have reduced the price towards the customers needs and wants. Here leaser the price the more demand for the product or service. Easy jet have also reduced their costs to gain more profits, hence lesser they spend the more profit they have.
3. (d) Illustrate how promotional activity is integrated to achieve marketing objectives.
There are two main kinds of promotional strategy named a push strategy and pull strategy. Push strategy is a form of promotional activity wherein the company promotes the products to wholesalers and retailers. Whereas in pull strategy the company promotes the products or services directly to the customers.
Easyjet is a service industry and also believed in direct marketing uses the pull strategy to communicate with its customers. The various forms of communications they followed were:
The company has mentioned its website address and phone number where ever it can. They have literally put the address on its Boeing 737's.Easyjet also runs internet promotions on newspapers. Its first promotion was in "The Times" in February 1999. The result of this promotion ended up with Easyjet selling 20,000 out of its 50,000 seats in the first day and all other seats were sold in next 3 days. Using this strategy the company was able to cut down 250 jobs and saved money. Easyjet also follows first come first serve basis, the following table gives a clear indication. The website was also used as a tool instead of paying the PR companies. Captions such as "The web's favourite airline", "Battle with Swissair" and the latest "come let's fly". Easyjet became a house hold name in the United Kingdom as it was listed in an Airline TV series which was aired on TV during 1999 to 2007.
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The Walking Dead
Steven Yeun as Glenn from The Walking Dead.
The sketch:
I made a video of the painting process. It's extremely sped up (the painting took well over 6 hours to complete) but aside from that there's no editing so bad decisions, mistakes and moments of doubt are all included.
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Despite an uncertain economy, the market for green building is exploding. The US green building market has expanded dramatically since 2008 and is projected to double in size by 2015 (from $42 billion in construction starts to $135 billion). But green-building pioneer Sim Van der Ryn says, "greening" our buildings is not enough. He advocates for "empathic design", in which a designer not only works in concert with nature, but with an understanding of and empathy for the end user and for ones self. It is not just one of these connections, but all three that are necessary to design for a future that is more humane, equitable, and resilient.
In Design for an Empathic World: Reconnecting People, Nature, and Self ($35.00) Van der Ryn shares his thoughts and experience about the design of our world today. With a focus on the strengths and weaknesses in our approach to the design of our communities, regions, and buildings he looks at promising trends and projects that demonstrate how we can help create a better world for others and ourselves. Architects, urban designers, and students of architecture will all enjoy this beautifully illustrated book drawing on a rich and revered career of a noted leader in their field. The journey described in Design for an Empathic World will help to inspire change and foster the collaboration and thoughtfulness necessary to achieve a more empathic future.
Sim Van der Ryn is President of The Ecological Design Collaborative, a design and consulting practice providing comprehensive services though the non-profit Ecological Design Institute established in 1969. Sim has served as California's first energy-conscious State Architect, authored seven influential books, including Ecological Design, and won numerous honors and awards for his leadership and innovation in architecture and planning. He is an adjunct architecture faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley.
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My Promised Land ($28.00) tells the story of Israel as it has never been told before. Facing unprecedented internal and external pressures, Israel today is at a moment of existential crisis. Through revealing stories of significant events and of ordinary individuals -- pioneers, immigrants, entrepreneurs, scientists, army generals, peaceniks, settlers, and Palestinians -- Israeli journalist Ari Shavit illuminates many of the pivotal moments of the Zionist century that led Israel to where it is today. We meet the youth group leader who recognized the potential of Masada as a powerful symbol for Zionism; the young farmer who bought an orange grove from his Arab neighbor in the 1920s, and with the Jaffa orange helped to create a booming economy in Palestine; the engineer who was instrumental in developing Israel's nuclear program; the religious Zionists who started the settler movement. Over an illustrious career that has spanned almost thirty years, Shavit has had rare access to people from across the Israeli political, economic, and social spectrum, and in this ambitious work he tells a riveting story that is both deeply human and of profound historical dimension.
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Raw: A Love Story ($14.00) is Mark Haskell Smith at his best, dangerously sexy and wickedly funny. Reality TV hunk and People magazine's "sexiest man alive", Sepp Gregory goes on a book tour to promote his debut novel, a thinly veiled autobiography. Not that Sepp has actually read the book, he doesn't have to, he lived it! The book becomes a sensation, a New York Times bestseller, and, surprisingly, it even gets rave reviews from serious critics. Aside from Harriet Post, that is.
One of the blogosphere's most respected critics, Harriet hears the host of her favorite, high-brow, radio show gush about Sepp's abdominal muscles on-air and fears the end of civilization is upon us. She takes matters into her own hands and sets off to reveal the truth behind the bestseller and to show Sepp as the buff fraud he really is. But then Harriet reads Totally Reality, Sepp's novel, and it's totally great. Now she needs to find Sepp's ghostwriter and find out why he's wasting his talent. She finds him, appropriately enough, at the Playboy Mansion, where he's supposed to be interviewing Sepp's former television love Roxy Sandoval for his next, highly lucrative, project. Reality and "reality" collide, and a tragic accident sends Sepp and Harriet off on a sex-fueled roadtrip through the southwest. The mind meets the body, and both will be changed forever.
Mark Haskell Smith is the author of five novels including, Moist, Delicious, Salty, and Baked, as well as the non-fiction book Heart of Dankness: Underground Botanists, Outlaw Farmers, and the Race for the Cannabis Cup. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books, National Post, and Vulture. He is an assistant professor in the MFA program for Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California Riverside, Palm Desert Graduate Center.
Start: 7:00 pm
This month's salon speaker is Douglas Cruickshank, journalist, travel writer, essayist and author of numerous opinion pieces for magazines, newspapers and websites. Doug has worked in radio, television and film-making. He's been a photographer for more than four decades, a columnist, and an editor for Salon.com. He was also the co-founder and editor of The Fessenden Review, the noisiest book review in the known world. Later, he was features editor for The Readerville Journal and editor of Edutopia.com, the website of the George Lucas Educational Foundation. In 1965, his sheep, Lambchop, was awarded the Grand Champion ribbon at the Alameda County Fair.
Book Passage hosts monthly meetings of Left Coast Writers® at our Corte Madera store. The monthly meetings provide an evening of literary connections, support, counsel, readings, writing tips, literary chat, unabashed networking, and great fun. Each meeting also features a presentation by one of several Bay Area literary figures. LCW has its own lively newsletter and website at www.leftcoastwriters.com/.
Start: 6:00 pm
In conversation with Kamla Bhatt
When the Big Apple no longer felt big enough, Dave Prager and his wife Jenny Steeves moved to a city of sixteen million people-and, seemingly, twice that many horns honking at once.
Dave Prager was a typical copywriter working at a typical Madison Avenue advertising agency until fate (and human resources) offered the opportunity of a lifetime: to spend a year-and-a-half working at the agency's office in Gurgaon. While many Americans would recoil with visions of mosquito Armageddon and monkey pickpockets, Dave and Jenny leaped to spend the next 18 months immersed in the cuisine of their dreams. They currently live in the San Francisco Bay Area, where they're anxiously awaiting their daughter Georgiana to be old enough to sit through a 20-hour flight to India.
Start: 7:30 pm
In his new book Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy, Social World ($29.99), the social media expert, entrepreneur, and New York Times bestselling author Gary Vaynerchuk explains why the battle for customers now depends not just on "poking" people using social media, but on delivering a knockout punch through compelling storytelling. Media platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Pinterest are not merely channels for distributing corporate banner ads -- each are particular forms of media, and each operate by their own particular set of rules and thus require different approaches to content generation and storytelling.
Gary Vaynerchuk's first bestseller Crush It! showed aspiring entrepreneurs how to turn their passions into full-fledged businesses using the tools of the Internet. His second bestseller, The Thank You Economy, showed more established firms how to use social media to transform their relationships with customers. Now, in his new book Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook, Vaynerchuk taps into an even more profound and urgent need that is being felt by large companies and entrepreneurs alike: the need to truly engage customers not by shouting at them over social media, but by creating compelling content, through new narrative forms particular to each of the different kinds of media platforms that have sprung up in the last five years. As increasing numbers of consumers turn first to their Smartphones and other mobile devices, business leaders will need to learn how to connect with customers in 1-2 seconds using "micro-storytelling."
Gary Vaynerchuk is a self-trained wine and social-media expert who has revolutionized the wine industry. His cult-like following is the result of his unconventional, often irreverent commentary on wine, combined with his business acumen and foresight to use social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to reach an untapped audience. Through his company, VaynerMedia, he has worked with various Fortune 500 companies on digital and social media strategy. Askmen.com named Gary to its list of the 69 Most Influential Men of 2009 and he was included in Business Week's list of the top twenty people every entrepreneur should follow.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Wine, beer, and other refreshments available for purchase
Please join A Band of Women for a very special author spotlight happy hour featuring Beate Chelette, founder of The Women's Code and author of the book Happy Woman Happy World.
A Band of Women is the premier private social network for all women. It is about women being there for each other. Our motto is "no woman left behind." For more information, visit abandofwives.ning.com.
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What happens when work is no longer a place but a state of mind: when the trappings that have defined the economy as we knew it are stripped away and we start from the bare essence of what it means to make a living? From corner coffee shops to Fortune 500 companies, workers from all different backgrounds are creating a new reality and prosperity. The Rise of the Naked Economy: How to Benefit from the Changing Workplace ($28.00) shows readers how to achieve both personal and professional success in an economy that does not guarantee lifetime employment. Pioneers Ryan Coonerty and Jeremy Neuner report from the front lines on the future of work. From the recently graduated to the recently laid off, this book covers how the rise in non-traditional employment calls for a new infrastructure, strategy, and attitude for workers, companies, and communities alike. Through interviews with the people, companies, and policymakers who are leading the change and already profiting from it, The Rise of the Naked Economy provides an optimistic, humorous, and inspirational vision for readers who want reclaim their lives and livelihoods.
Ryan Coonerty is the co-founder and Chief Strategist for NextSpace. He served two terms as the Mayor of Santa Cruz, California and was selected by the Aspen Institute as "one of the nation's most promising young leaders." Ryan teaches constitutional law at the University of California, Santa Cruz and is the author of Etched in Stone: Enduring Words from Our Nation's Monuments.
Jeremy Neuner is the co-founder and CEO of NextSpace, where he and his team are leading the charge in the future of work. Before that, he was a Navy pilot, a management consultant, and a local government official. Jeremy spent time as a fellow at the Aspen Institute's Business and Society program where he studied the future of work with leaders of Fortune 500 companies.
Start: 6:00 pm
Greg Kihn continues to pioneer the Rock Thriller Genre with Rubber Soul ($16.99), a murder mystery and an action packed ride through Beatlemania, featuring The Beatles themselves.
Dust Bin Bob runs a second hand shop at the Flea Market on Penny Lane. He has an extensive collection of American R&B singles that he gets from Merchant Marines returning from Baltimore and New York. The action starts when he befriends some blokes by the name of John, Paul, George, and Ringo and becomes their lifelong friend sharing the vinyl that will start a revolution. From then on, it's a rocket ride from the Beatles earliest days in Liverpool to six shows a night in Hamburg to the Cavern Club and to full-fledged Beatlemania. Along the way, Dust Bin Bob thwarts a plot by Marcos loyalists to assassinate the Beatles in Manila after they snub Imelda Marcos, blowing off a reception at the palace and narrowly avoiding an international incident. It could have happened!
NBC called Greg Kihn "Rock's True Renaissance Man." His career stretches from the dawn of punk and indie rock to the discos of the 80's to the glory days of MTV. As a pioneer with the legendary Beserkley Records, he helped write the book on revolutionary west coast rock and roll. He's toured the world, had hit records, appeared on Saturday Night Live and American Bandstand, opened for the Rolling Stones, jammed with Bruce Springsteen, and so much more.
In the 90's Greg turned his attention to writing fiction. He published four novels, a handful of short stories in various anthologies, and edited a compilation of original fiction by famous musicians. Horrow Show was nominated for the prestigious Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. It was also in the 90's that he began his radio career at a little classic rock station in San Jose, which grew to become the most powerful music station in Northern California.
Start: 7:00 pm
Called "one of the finest spiritual guides of our time" (Parker Palmer, author of A Hidden Wholeness), Mark Nepo has inspired millions of people with his #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Awakening.
In Reduced to Joy ($15.95), Nepo explores the places where pain and joy are stitched to resilience, uncovering them with deep wisdom, poetic passages and personal revelations. Nepo reminds us all of the secret and sacred places within, forgotten in the noise and chatter of our busy distracted 21st Century lives. Reduced to Joy is a lesson in stillness, in standing in the mystery and, above all, in the work of love.
Mark Nepo is a poet, philosopher, and author of fourteen books, including the New York Times bestseller The Book of Awakening. Mark has appeared with Oprah Winfrey on her Super Soul Sunday program (OWN TV) and has been interviewed by Robin Roberts on Good Morning America. He lives in southwest Michigan.
Start: 1:00 pm
Tickets: $12 (or purchase of a Rick Steves' item from Book Passage)
In his lecture, travel writer and public television host Rick Steves takes us on a journey of discovery to better understand this perplexing nation whose government so exasperates America, and to better understand the 70 million people who call Iran home. Steves captures Persian culture vividly: from Friday prayer in a mosque to non-conformist teen fashions at the mall; from anti-American murals to the hospitality of a family dinner; and from the tranquility of rural life to the crazy traffic of modern Tehran. And most importantly, Steves helps us understand the fears and passions of the Iranian people—to humanize a proud and ancient nation that has been a leader in its corner of the world for 2,500 years and will continue to make headlines.
Start: 6:00 pm
3 Minute Reads
from San Francisco Grotto Writers
50+ Writers, 3 Minutes Each!
Joins us for a fast-paced and irreverent evening, showcasing new work from the students of the San Francisco Writer's Grotto writing classes. On December 6th, both fiction and nonfiction writers will read their work — but only for 3 minutes each! Their instructors (Grotto authors) will enforce the time limit. Join us for wine, fun, and fresh new writing.
Start: 6:30 pm
Reese and David are not normal teens--not since they were adapted with alien DNA by the Imria, an extraterrestrial race that has been secretly visiting Earth for decades. Now everyone is trying to get to them: the government, the Imria, and a mysterious corporation that would do anything for the upper hand against the aliens.
Beyond the web of conspiracies, Reese can't reconcile her love for David with her feelings for her ex-girlfriend Amber, an Imrian. But her choice between two worlds will play a critical role in determining the future of humanity, the Imria's place in it, and the inheritance she and David will bring to the universe.
In Inheritance ($18.00), a gripping sequel to Adaptation, Malinda Lo brings a thoughtful exploration of adolescence, sexuality, and "the other" to a science fiction thriller that is impossible to put down.
Malinda Lo is the author of several young adult novels, including Ash, a retelling of the Cinderella story with a lesbian twist, which was a finalist for the William C. Morris YA Debut Award, the Andre Norton Award for YA Fantasy and Science Fiction, and the Lambda Literary Award. Before she became a novelist, she was an economics major, an editorial assistant, a graduate student, and an entertainment reporter. She lives in Northern California with her partner and their dog.
Start: 7:00 pm
The New York Times bestselling authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Me share the stories behind the five infamous, tragic days surrounding JFK's assassination—alongside revealing and iconic photographs—published in remembrance of the beloved president on the fiftieth anniversary of his death.
Clint Hill is a retired United States Secret Service agent who will forever be remembered for his courageous actions in the presidential motorcade during the John F. Kennedy assassination. Assigned to protect Jacqueline Kennedy, Hill remained with Mrs. Kennedy and the children for one year after the tragedy. Proudly and humbly serving five presidents—Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford—Hill rose through the ranks of the most elite protective force in the world, during the tumultuous time that encompassed the Vietnam War, the assassinations of JFK, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy, and Watergate. He retired in 1975 as Assistant Director, United States Secret Service, responsible for all protective forces. In 2012, he penned his remarkable memoir, Mrs. Kennedy and Me, which became a #1 New York Times bestseller.
Start: 9:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
Sat., Dec. 7 • 9:00-1:00pm • $60
48-hour advance registration • Limit of six
You've written a brilliant story and can't wait to hear what others think. You're stuck and need a critique. What to do? Bring your manuscript, or even just an idea, to this on-thespot workshop, and we'll critique it. Amy Novesky is a children's book editor, author, and experienced workshop leader.
Start: 12:30 pm
This definitive baking guide is the much-anticipated cookbook from the Model Bakery, a mother-daughter–run baking destination with a huge local following that's been wowing the Wine Country for years. And this book of sensational artisan baked goods makes clear why there are lines out the door! Featuring 75 recipes and 60 photos, The Model Bakery Cookbook ($35.00) is as luscious to look at as their most-requested breads, classic desserts, and fresh pastries—all arrayed here—are to eat. Pain au Levain, Sticky Buns, Peach Streusel Pie, Ginger Molasses Cookies, and many more glorious recipes make this a mouthwatering read and a reference gem for lovers of bread and pastry, cakes and cookies, and, of course, the Model Bakery!
Karen Mitchell opened the Model Bakery in 1984 and lives in Napa Valley, California. Sarah Mitchell Hansen expanded the bakery to the Oxbow Public Market in 2008 and lives in Napa Valley, California.
Start: 1:00 pm
In Intuition and Dreams ($14.95), David F. Sowerby follows the guidance of his own intuition and dreams, sharing with readers his path to realizing one's healing potential in all areas of life.
David F. Sowerby, Ph.D. is a Consultant and an Adjunct Faculty Member in the Psychology Departments at Sonoma State University and Dominican University of California.
Start: 4:00 pm
Look out pests! Ed Rosenthal loves plants and wants your garden to thrive . . .
Once the problem is identified, Protect Your Garden shows you how to solve it, while keeping your garden safe for you, your family, and the planet. Solutions include commercial products, homemade recipes, minerals, and herbal oils. The guide also covers beneficial biologicals, such as bacteria, fungi, and predatory insects.
Ed Rosenthal has been writing about safe and resourceful gardening for over 40 years. Recognized worldwide as a leading botanist, he was recently featured in The Art of Doing alongside "superachievers" including Yogi Berra, Martina Navratilova, and George Clinton. Rosenthal continues to research plants and new gardening techniques. His books include: Protect your Garden, Marijuana Grower's Handbook, Marijuana Pest & Disease Control, Medical Marijuana Handbook, The Big Book of Buds Series, and Why Marijuana Should be Legal.
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm
Join us for a reception with artist Tom Killion to celebrate his year-long residency in the Book Passage gallery on December 7 from 4:30 - 6:30pm.
Book Passage is thrilled to welcome back Tom Killion to our Gallery for a year-long exhibition of his original prints and hand-crafted books. Killion was born and raised in Marin County, where the rugged scenery inspired him from an early age to create spectacular landscape prints. His work has been inspired by the landscape prints of early 19th century Japan as well as early 20th century European/American wood-engraving and book illustration techniques.
Start: 7:00 pm
In conversation with Elaine Petrocelli
Shanghai, 1905: Violet Minturn is the young daughter of the American mistress of the city's most exclusive courtesan house. But when revolution arrives in the city, she will be separated from her mother in a cruel act of chicanery and forced to become a "virgin courtesan." Half-Chinese and half-American, Violet moves effortlessly between the cultural worlds of East and West, quickly becoming a shrewd business woman who deals in seduction and illusion. But her successes belie her private struggle to understand who she really is and her search for a home in the world. Lucia, Violet's mother, nurses wounds of her own, first sustained when, as a teenager, she fell blindly in love with a Chinese painter and followed him from San Francisco to Shanghai, only to be confronted with the shocking reality of the vast cultural differences between them. Violet's need for answers will propel both her and her mother on separate quests of discovery: journeys to make sense of their lives, of the men-fathers, lovers, sons-who have shaped them, and of the ways we fail each other and our children despite our best attempts to love and be loved.


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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Bandicoot-Rat
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|1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 3
|Bandiera, Attilio and Emilio→
|See also Greater bandicoot rat and Lesser bandicoot rat on Wikipedia; and our 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica disclaimer.
BANDICOOT-RAT, the Anglo-Indian name for a large rat (Nesocia bandicota), inhabiting India and Ceylon, which measures from 12 to 15 in. to the root of the tail, while the tail itself measures from 11 to 13 in. The name is said to be a corruption of the Telegu pandi-koku. It differs from typical rats of the genus Mus by its broader incisors, and the less distinct cusps on the molars. Other species of the genus are found from Palestine to Formosa, as well as in central Asia. The typical species frequents villages, towns and cultivated grounds all over India and Ceylon, but is specially common in the south of the peninsula. (See Rodentia.)


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Ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance
This appendix comprises the department's report on its ecologically sustainable development and environmental performance as required by section 516A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
How the activities of the department, and the administration of legislation by the department, accorded with the principles of ecologically sustainable development (ESD)
In pursuing the interests of Australia and Australians internationally, the department sought to the extent possible to ensure its policy activities and other operations accorded with and contributed to ESD principles. Relevant activities are found across a wide range of policy issues from multilateral environment agreements and international legal frameworks, to development assistance, public diplomacy and trade (see sub-output 1.1.9 for more information). The department's commitment to these principles was also demonstrated by achieving certification of the department's Environmental Management System (EMS) to the relevant international standard—ISO 14001:2004.
How the department's outcomes contributed to ESD
The department's four outcomes are:
- Australia's national interests protected and advanced through contributions to international security, national economic and trade performance and global cooperation
- Australians informed about and provided access to consular and passport services in Australia and overseas
- Public understanding in Australia and overseas of Australia's foreign and trade policy and a positive image of Australia internationally
- Efficient management of the Commonwealth overseas owned estate.
Outcome 1
The department contributed to ESD through participation in international negotiations across a range of policy areas related to the environment.
Outcome 2
Activities under this outcome do not directly contribute to ESD.
Outcome 3
The department's Direct Aid Program supported modest, practical aid programs overseas, some of which contributed to ESD. We supported Clean up the World campaigns in a number of overseas locations through the public diplomacy programs of our posts.
Outcome 4
The department contributed directly to ESD in its management of the construction activity and maintenance of the overseas estate.
Effect of the department's activities on the environment
The department's operations in Canberra, our overseas posts and state and territory offices have a range of impacts on the environment. Measures to address these impacts are outlined below.
Measures being taken by the department to minimise the impact of its activities on the environment
In June 2006 the department received ISO14001:2004 accreditation for its Environmental Management System (EMS) covering activities in its central office, the R G Casey Building in Canberra. A certification compliance audit was undertaken in April 2007 which confirmed our compliance with the requirements of the international environmental management system standard.
The department's EMS Committee manages, monitors, audits and reviews the EMS to maintain compliance with the international standard and to ensure continuous improvement in environmental performance. The committee comprises representatives from all divisions within the department as well as the Domestic Property and Services Section and the Environment Branch.
The EMS has been effective in raising awareness of recycling and energy conservation, which has been demonstrated in reduced landfill waste and a modest reduction in energy consumption in the R G Casey Building over the previous year. We are soon to trial a new waste system aimed at reducing landfill waste by a further 50 per cent. Work is underway with the landlord to gain further energy efficiencies through the Building Management System. An audit of electrical appliances in use throughout the building has been undertaken with a view to removing non-essential items and ensuring that appliances in use have high energy efficiency ratings.
The department continued to receive strong EMS support from Café Brindabella, located in the R G Casey Building. The café continued its 20 cents levy on takeaway cups, aimed at reducing waste. A total of $45 500 has been raised by the levy since 2004 and the moneys donated to Greening Australia for the planting of Australian native trees in areas affected by the Canberra bushfires. Volunteers from the department and members of Café Brindabella staff, in partnership with Greening Australia, again participated in a planting of native trees and shrubs to celebrate World Environment Day. Altogether, 15 000 trees have now been planted at these events.
The department conducts its overseas property design and management in accordance with the requirements of the Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines. As part of the tendering and evaluation process for project development and construction in the overseas estate, consultants are required to provide environmental management and waste management plans to enable evaluation panels to assess their management of these issues. As a part of project development, project designers prepare a concept design report covering ecological aspects of the project, including energy use targets and energy design concepts. The department aims to achieve best environmental practice in its projects, and not simply to meet local regulatory requirements.
Mechanisms for reviewing and increasing the effectiveness of these measures
The EMS measures the effectiveness of the department's efforts to minimise the negative impact of its operations on the environment. Regular meetings of the EMS Committee are held. Internal and external EMS audits are undertaken and regular monitoring of waste is conducted. Waste audits are performed annually. Improvements in recycling have resulted in the department reducing the number of its landfill skips. Comparisons of annual energy consumption are undertaken to ensure continuous improvement in this area.


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Chirp's innovative package of stories, puzzles, and activities is designed for 3- to 6-year-old children. The pages of Chirp are filled with lively illustrations and colourful photographs that encourage readers to laugh and learn. Illustrated stories and poems by Canada's most talented authors and artists entertain our readers while preparing them to read independently.
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For thirty years, OWL has rocked the world of Canadian kids ages 9 to 13-years old! OWL provides readers with timely, reliable, and relevant information on the topics and issues that concern them everything from sports and the environment, to pop culture and peer relationships. OWL is packed with lively text, bold designs, and tons of fun with original comics, quirky facts, and mind-boggling puzzles, designed to nurture a lifelong love of reading.
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The name game
"Shirley, Shirley, Bo Birley, Banana Fana Fo Firley." When Shirley Ellis sang the song back in the 60s, it was called "The Name Game." But when people buy products containing fur, the name is no game.
The FTC's Fur Rules require manufacturers and retailers to label fur products with certain information, like the name of the animal and the garment's country of origin. The Fur Products Name Guide gives the English name for fur-producing animals and lists them by genus-species.
In March 2011, the FTC announced it was reviewing the Guide and asked for feedback on the Fur Rules. The next step: a half-day public hearing on Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at the FTC's Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., in Washington, D.C., to get input on whether to amend the Guide. Should the agency continue with the current naming system? Should it modify, add or delete names for certain species?
The hearing, required by Congress under the Truth in Fur Labeling Act of 2010, is part of the FTC's systematic review of its rules and guides.
For more information, read In-FUR-mation: How to Comply with the Fur Products Labeling Act. If you have clients in the industry, how about brushing up on the Fur Rules?
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At first glance, some shapes look like 2-D shapes but are really 1-D shapes. And vice versa. To avoid any confusion, always select the shape, and Visio will tell you what type it is.
For example, the arrow shape at the top of this illustration appears to be two dimensional because it has thickness. But if you selected it, you would see its beginning point and its ending point, so it is 1-D for sure. Instead of just representing a concept or an object, this arrow is used to connect other shapes.
On the other hand, the curve shape appears to be 1-D. After all, it looks like just a line. But if you selected it, you would see the eight selection handles that tell you, it's 2-D. So this curve represents the concept of a bell-shaped curve of data. On the other hand, this line cannot connect other shapes.
To many people, "1-D" describes a shape with one dimension, and "2-D" describes a shape with two dimensions. These are familiar definitions of 1-D and 2-D. However, as you can see from these examples, Visio's definitions depend on how shapes behave, not on how they look.


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- 36 1/3-inch-thick baguette slices
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/3 cup chopped shallots
- 2 1/4 cups chopped oyster mushrooms
- 2 1/4 cups chopped stemmed shiitake mushrooms (about 6 ounces)
- 1 1/4 cups chopped chanterelle mushrooms (about 4 ounces)
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/4 cup whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1 cup grated Fontina cheese
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese (about 1 3/4 ounces)
Preheat oven to 375°F. Arrange baguette slices on rimmed baking sheet. Toast in oven until golden, about 9 minutes. Cool. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Store in airtight container at room temperature.)
Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add shallots; sauté 1 minute. Add all mushrooms; sauté until beginning to brown, about 6 minutes. Stir in garlic; sauté 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir in cream, rosemary, and lemon peel. Season with salt and pepper. Cool. Mix in both cheeses. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
Preheat broiler. Top each toast with about 1 tablespoon mushroom topping. Place on 2 rimmed baking sheets. Working in batches, broil until cheese is melted and begins to brown, watching closely to prevent burning, about 3 minutes. Transfer to serving platter. Serve warm.
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Nutrition Informationper serving (36 servings) POWERED BY Edamam
- Calories38
- Carbohydrates1 g (0%)
- Fat3 g (4%)
- Protein2 g (4%)
- Saturated Fat1 g (7%)
- Sodium55 mg (2%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat0 g
- Fiber0 g (2%)
- Monounsaturated Fat1 g
- Cholesterol7 mg (2%)
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type: Vegetable
main ingredients: Mushroom, Parmesan, Fontina, Milk/Cream, Shallot, Bread
cuisine: Italian
dietary considerations: Vegetarian
holiday/celebration: Summer


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Yesterday, representatives from women's organizations, social justice groups and labour unions held a press conference to denounce the Harper government's record on women's rights and accused the Conservatives of seeking to undermine access to abortion "by stealth."
On Sunday, women will be holding rallies across Canada to tell election candidates not to "play with women's rights." Here's a excerpt from their statement:
Before the federal election campaign began, a series of private member's bills were introduced that sought to chip away at a woman's right to choose. Last spring, all of the Conservative MPs (except four) voted in support of Bill C-484, the Unborn Victims of Crime Act, which would have moved us toward the re-criminalization of abortion.
What did the Conservatives do in response?
They proposed dead-end solutions to violence against women.
They did not protect women's right to access to quality public abortion services
On Sunday, September 28, defend women's equality and reproductive rights! Educate, lobby, mobilize and demonstrate.
Stand up for women's rights and equality:
Ottawa: 12:00 p.m., Women's Monument at Minto Park (corner of Elgin and Gilmour)
Montreal: 1:30 p.m., Parc Lahaie (St-Joseph, corner of St-Laurent; métro Laurier), www.contrec484.qc.ca
Toronto: 12:00 p.m., Bloor Parkette (south east corner of Bloor and Spadina)
Vancouver: 12:00 p.m., Vancouver Art Gallery, Robson Street side
For more information, visit the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada's website.
— Ariel Troster


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American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA) Annual Meeting and Luncheon – Bob Carter
January 28, 2014 by Toyota Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., Senior Vice President of Automotive Operations Bob Carter speaks at the American International Automobile Dealers Associate (AIADA) Annual Meeting and Luncheon on Monday, January 27, 2014.
Honda scores big in Automobile Advertising of the Year Awards [w/videos]
January 16, 2014 by Toyota Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Detroit Auto Show , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , BMW , Honda , Hyundai , Toyota , Fiat This year the Detroit Auto Show didn't just celebrate the automobile, it celebrated how we find out about the automobile, too. Partnering The One Club, this year introduced the 2014 One Show Automobile Advertising of the Year Award to Cobo Hall, celebrating winners in five different categories of advertising: broadcast television, online, interactive, experiential, and print/outdoor. Winners in those categories were judged by 50 creative directors and journalists, while a Public Choice category was chosen from among nearly 20,000 online votes. Honda walked off with three of the six awards, its Hands spot taking Broadcast honors, its Sound of Honda getting the Online category and Illusions winning Public Choice. Hyundai made the grade in Interactive with Driveway Decision Maker , Fiat captured Print/Outdoor with its " Letters " ad, and Toyota's Tundra Endeavor Campaign spot and BMW's A Window into the Near Future were co-winners for Experiential. You can watch all of the press release and winning videos below or check out all of the finalists, announced last month , for a refresher. Continue reading Honda scores big in Automobile Advertising of the Year Awards [w/videos] Honda scores big in Automobile Advertising of the Year Awards [w/videos] originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Society of Automobile Engineers Global Leadership Conference 2013 – Jim Lentz
October 12, 2013 by Toyota Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Toyota North America Region CEO Jim Lentz speaks about consumer demand for safer, more fuel efficient vehicles and the future of the automotive industry at the Society of Automobile Engineers Global Leadership Conference, Oct. 11, 2013.
Toyota Motor Sales Dominates Auto Club Green Car List
September 27, 2013 by Toyota Bloggers · Leave a Comment
TORRANCE, Calif. (Sept. 26, 2013) – California drivers looking for a green vehicle at a good value need look no further. Toyota, Lexus and Scion took top honors in the 2013 Green Car Guide, published today by the Automobile Club of Southern California. Six of the top ten overall green vehicle and "best value" scores are held by the Toyota family.
Automobile Magazine names its 2013 All-Stars
May 22, 2013 by Toyota Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Convertible , Coupe , Sedan , Performance , Truck , Etc. , Crossover , Hatchback , Audi , BMW , Chevrolet , Ford , Honda , Mazda , Porsche , Subaru , Toyota , Volkswagen , Electric , Luxury , Ram Employing complex scientific formulas and methodologies probably best described as "Whatever we felt like choosing," Automobile has named its All-Stars for the 2013 model year. The 11 vehicles earned their trophies for being "the best and most significant" offerings to the mag's staff and contributors, and while we were surprised to see a couple of them on the list, none of them were shocking. In no particular order, they are: Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 (seen above) Porsche Boxster Subaru BRZ / Scion FR-S Audi A7 Ram 1500 Honda Accord Mazda CX-5 Ford Focus BMW 3 Series Volkswagen GTI Random notes: The least expensive vehicle on the list was the Ford Focus at $16,995 however, it was the $24,495 Focus ST that was actually driven; the least expensive vehicle as-tested, when such indication was given, was the $28,265 BRZ; the most expensive vehicle as-tested was the $75,615 Porsche Boxster S, hurdling the price of the A7 by nearly $4,000; the greatest disparity between base and as-tested price was the Ram , from the $24,395 skin-and-bones truck to the $54,335 Laramie Longhorn Crew Cab; the GTI was viewed through the history of its birthplace, Wolfsburg. There you have it. Head on over to Automobile for the full story and the adventures they created to test each winner. Automobile Magazine names its 2013 All-Stars originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 22 May 2013 11:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Toyota and Wyland Foundation Partner to Encourage Resource Conservation Throughout Earth Month
March 31, 2012 by Toyota Bloggers · Leave a Comment
TORRANCE, Calif. (March 30, 2012) – Toyota kicks off Earth Month by expanding its partnership with the Wyland Foundation to encourage residents nationwide to preserve our natural resources by taking an online pledge to conserve water. Toyota's support of the Wyland Foundation, a non-profit founded by renowned environmental, marine artist Wyland, is part of the automobile company's long-standing commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship.
Toyota to Participate in FIA World Endurance Championship in 2012
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Tokyo, Japan, October 14, 2011—Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that it will participate in the FIA (Federation Internationale de l'Automobile) World Endurance Championship in 2012, the first year of the international endurance race series created through a partnership between the FIA and the ACO (the Automobile Club de l'Ouest).


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Thunder Over Louisville at Slugger Field
Baseball fans got more bang for their buck on April 12 as the Louisville Bats defeated the Columbus Clippers in a 12-4 blowout, and fans took to the field after the game to enjoy the Thunder Over Louisville festivities.
Thunder Over Louisville Excitement At Eye Level And Above
For the 25th Thunder Over Louisville, thrillseekers should be looking for excitement in the air … and on the ground.
Tim Laird's Thunder Vision Cocktails
The Mint Julep is practically synonymous with Derby; the Grey Goose Oaks Lily made its mark on the Kentucky Oaks, of course. But, yet to be determined is the drink of choice for Thunder Over Louisville – the official kickoff to the Kentucky Derby Festival.
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What better way to kick off the Derby Festival than with the nation's largest fireworks show? The air show is one of the tops in the county too! What started as a so-so fireworks display has become the pinnacle of pyrotechnics.
Thunder Over Louisville at The Frazier
The University of Louisville hosted a Thunder Over Louisville rooftop party on April 16 at The Frazier History Museum.


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The Airport
You are interested in Sheffield as well as its City Airport? You want to find out more about this small airport – strictly speaking you are searching for some historical facts considering both its opening and closure? Just have a look at this article which comprehensively treats the subject of 'Sheffield City Airport'.
Fact is that Sheffield City Airport was a small airport in Sheffield (South Yorkshire, England). The airport was opened in 1997 and officially closed eleven years later – strictly speaking on 30 April 2008. In return, Sheffield got a new airport named Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield Airport.
Considering the general subject of airports it has to be said that high and profound airport security has turned out to be very important in the last few years. This is the reason why so-called airport employee background checks are always becoming more and more intense. Fact is that background checks have proven to be obligatory because of the development and successful implementation of stricter guidelines. Although the Sheffield City Airport represents a very small airport, both airport employee and general airport background checks were also carried out there. If you are interested in the topic of so-called background checks you can also have a look at the website free-backgroundchecks.us, which will inform you about a wide range of different types of background checks.
In former times it was not necessary and strictly speaking not common to do employment background screening within airports. Nowadays, however, security standards have intensified and widely tightened. Especially the general airline industry requires high security – this because of the fact that aircraft are often 'victims' of kidnappings. In other words: Job candidates within the airline industry, strictly speaking those that are seeking a position of trust or a position that requires high security, have to undergo a background check. In this context it has to be mentioned that background checks are actually administered and carried out by a government agency. In other cases it can also be a private company that assumes the implementation of background checks. The results of background check do generally include interesting facts and data considering aspects such as past employment verification, criminal history, employment qualifications, know-how and skills, potential, personal character and experiences.
By the way: Personal data including know-how, essential skills and profound experiences within the airline industry are not as important as the general criminal background check. Furthermore it has to be mentioned that if you want to work for an airport or an airline industry in the United States of America you will be asked to submit or hand in a police as well as an FBI background check. Sometimes they will also request an employment background screening.