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Cassie88 replied to Zurib19's topic in Cosmetics & groomingomg yes the coverage is amazing. But like you say it is drying and on the red patches it dries up which is pain in arse lol. What I do is moisturise the hell out of my skin and add a drop of oil to the foundation, but I might have to try your method its sounds a lot better!
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Mr Matthew Ebden
|Faculty or Division:
|Faculty of Health
|School of Health & Soc. Dev.
|Melbourne Burwood Campus
|+61 3 92446262 +61 3 92446262
- Bachelor of Occupational Therapy, La Trobe University, 1998
Member Australasian Society of Occupational Scientists,Member International Society of Occupational Scientists
International Association for Ecology and Health
World Federation of Occupational Therapists
OT Australia Australian Association of Occupational Therapists
International Society of Occupational Scientists
Australian Association of Occupational Scientists
Teaching Interests
Unit Chair HSH105 Understanding Families and Health (Burwood)
Lecturer and tutor HBS107 Understanding Health (Warrnambool)
Tutor HSH201 Health Promotion Principles and Planning (Warrnambool)
Conferences and seminars
Ebden, M. & Townsend, M. (2007). Feeling blue? Then touch green for better health and wellbeing. Paper presented at the OT Australia Victoria Conference Occupation, health and wellbeing: Mental health everybodys business. Eden on the Park, Melbourne, 2007. Ebden, M. & Townsend, M. (2006). Feeling blue? Then touch green. The mental health benefits of conservation groups. Paper presented at the International Landcare Conference, Melbourne Convention Centre.
Research projects
In addition to a wide range of Departmental, Faculty and University activities,
Matthew Ebden also serves on the board of Pathways Rehabilitation and Support
Services that services the mental health needs of people living in the south west
region of Victoria and the Cains region in Queensland. He also regularly reviews
articles for publication in journals such as the Australian Occupational Therapy
Research interests
Matthew Ebdens research is primarily concerned with understanding the
relationship between human health and environmental volunteering, that is:
The motivations and reasons why people volunteer in environmental activities
The outcomes and benefits of environmental volunteering for the volunteers,
organisations they represent, wider community and local ecology
Ways to better attract, encourage and support environmental volunteers
The research has included:
health and wellbeing outcomes of involving people with depression or
anxiety into a local conservation group in the Geelong and Surf Coast regions of
the motivations and benefits of environmental volunteering in Britain
the benefits of environmental volunteering for farming families affected by
drought in the Warrnambool region of Victoria
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30th October 2015, 17:41 at 5:41 pm #308087
Nonquestion, In my view you are comparing F1 today with it's worse decade, especially the latter half. I understand that we are comparing Turbo with Turbo but we're also comparing monopoly with monopoly.1st October 2015, 4:02 at 4:02 am #306451
Massa is the key to Brazilian viewership. In other words the Hulk reversal can't be applied. To his defence, the stewards are known to have a more lenient stance regarding starts.1st April 2015, 13:36 at 1:36 pm #295681
I agree with PorscheF1, although I should highlight that all of your hypothesis live under the same roof, even Porsche. Iestyn Red Bull has a long term sponsorship of the audi DTM of some drivers but the same happened last year with one BMW, Da Costa's, RBR have ruled out making their own engines, anything can change though, Ilmor is tagging along with Renault so who knows what twists lay ahead, I wouldn't bet on KTM, there a tech chasm ahead them.31st March 2015, 17:01 at 5:01 pm #295628
@craig-o As far as I know Honda are allowed to supply other teams in 2016.31st March 2015, 16:59 at 4:59 pm #295627
Renault has implied a possible drop out but they've also been eyeing either STR or SFI. Honda may not be in tip top shape right now but they've set themselves for the long haul besides there's history backing up my thesis. Honda re-entered F1 in the 80's with Spirit, proving their worth and moving up the grid to Williams to whom they were loyal, this is until Dennis poached Honda to McLaren.
I'm sure that if Honda is not satisfied with McLaren they'll join RBR, in the end the exclusivity clause is not indefinite @davids Honda pointed out in late 2014 and has since never mentioned this further. It's not even like Honda's base is in Milton Keynes, if anything Honda used McLaren to re-enter F1 with the long term interest of joining RBR, thankfully everything is falling apart with Renault but maybe the McLaren is not half bad and maybe the RBR is not what it was in the past, anyhow plenty of options open at the moment for Honda.31st March 2015, 14:18 at 2:18 pm #295623
Inconspicuous or a blatant move? Or nothing at all.6th November 2014, 2:25 at 2:25 am #283572
@fer-no65 Regarding the length I have no problem or whatsoever. If you look closely or if you just wait till tomorrow perhaps you'll understand what I mean with this solution being far more dangerous than the previous.5th November 2014, 18:21 at 6:21 pm #283562
@fastiesty The length of the pitlane isn't a problem in my opinion. My problem is not the placement itself, it's the fact that F1 cars need space to decelerate from 200kph at that stage and to swerve to the left, but that will happen on the racing line at the first kink of the straight rather than just past that where the entry is located. That section is the toughest part of that straight where famously Webber and Alonso crashed in damp conditions back in 2003. They've created a similar problem to Korea's original pitlane entry.
Also adding a bollard a kerb or anything like that is useless and would make that section very dangerous at 200 MPH.
In my view what they should had done is to have pushed the entry to the left of the exit of the last corner and make a parallel section of the track alongside the actual straight. As you can see in some pictures they have a real estate problem, they have had to build a suspended area of track already to accomodate the new changes that said, to definitely save the track they should have invested and explored that option further and as I said above make the entry of the pit lane from the outside of the last corner running parallel to the actual straight with armco or concrete as in SPA's pitlane entry. It would provide safety and a shorter pitlane time as despite having a longer entry the drivers won't need to slowdown just before the pitlane limiter.3rd November 2014, 23:07 at 11:07 pm #283387
Much more dangerous! I think Bernie will have to stomp his foot again. The cars used to pan to the left and cut the line but at least the cars were under little steering lock and far from the racing line as this cross section of the racing line with the straight was effectively the 2nd apex. What could make the old entry dangerous was the possibility of someone passing from the inside blocking the pits or if someone went too fast into the pits. Now it's much more dangerous because now drivers pitting will have to slow down at the 1st apex of the "straight" at the top of the climb a part usually run at full acceleration and the some lock, tricky in dry conditions deadly in the damp or wet.16th August 2014, 9:54 at 9:54 am #27053414th August 2014, 8:45 at 8:45 am #270470
It's here @Keithcollantine I sorry I googled this from a rival.
I can't seem to remember precisely where I heard about that, it was either from Peter Windsor or during FP from David Croft. I would go with the latter possibly by the time of the Spanish GP, I think that would explain why you haven't heard about this.13th August 2014, 3:20 at 3:20 am #270343
A couple months ago a Santander top man said that their company hadn't renewed their McLaren contract amidst the Hamilton departure because with Button alone they didn't think they would reach the audience they want. Since the last GP Santander is back on McLaren which is a blatant clue that Alonso is signing with McLaren, or else a desperate attempt to achieve such.4th May 2014, 1:53 at 1:53 am #258724
@dragoll For the record I assumed first that it was just bad insulation. It's expressed clearly above in the poorly written theory.
It's constant and throughout all the GP's yet and just in Ferrari powered cars, therefore it must not be a camera glitch and because there are 3 Ferrari teams I think it's unlikely to be how the cameras are wired up as all 3 teams must have different wiring, the power source though could be the same but the insulation should be similar.2nd May 2014, 18:07 at 6:07 pm #258689
Thanks, @keithedin. Do have any theory for the camera glitch seen in Ferrari powered cars?26th April 2014, 9:29 at 9:29 am #258222
No, not by a long way, nevertheless he wasn't that bad, sometimes British drivers get 2 more looks than they should but it's right to say that Davidson had the handle of Sato and Sato wasn't that much slower than Button, although it's unfair to compare drivers this way, I think it's the only way, besides it's not like Button is a top man in F1, he has lost out to many team-mates but he has his qualities and he always suffer from his larger stature.


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September 9, 1999
UW-River Falls Announces 1999 Wyman Series
The University of Wisconsin-River Falls will celebrate its 125th anniversary through a variety of performers and speakers in this year's Wyman Series, "An Ecletic Celebration." s
Grammy award winning pianist George Winston will start the series on Sept. 16, at 8 p.m. in the Abbott Concert Hall in the Kleinpell Fine Arts Building. Winston's pieces reflect his impressions of the changing seasons and come from a wide range of musical sources, such as rhythm and blues. UW-RF students may attend the event for $10 while non-students pay $15. Tickets may be purchased in advance at the Hagestad Student Center, or at the door on the night of the performance. A food drive will be held in conjuction with Winston's concert, and those attending are asked for bring a non-perishable food donation to the show.
Gaelic Storm, the "steerage band" from the movie Titanic will return to UW-RF for a repeat performance on Oct. 4, at 8 p.m. in the North Hall Auditorium. The concert includes tales of Irish lore and a unique blend of thundering rhythms and mesmerizing melodies. The admission is $2 for UW-RF students and $5 for non-students.
Award-winning author Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, a UW-RF alum, will read at the Chalmer Davee Library Breezeway at 7 p.m. on Oct. 5. Stuve-Bodeen was inspired to write her first children's book, "Elizabeti's Doll," after visiting Tanzania as a member of the Peace Corps. The book earned her the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award. There is no charge for the event.
Le Trio Gershwin, a three-person ensemble, will travel from Paris to perform masterpieces on cello, guitar, and piano. Their performances have earned praise in venues throughout North America and Europe. They are set to perform at 8 p.m. on Oct. 25, in the Abbott Concert Hall. There is no charge for UW-RF students; there is a $10 admission fee for all others.
The 33-voice Moscow Boys Choir will perform a holiday program at 8 p.m. in the North Hall Auditorium on Nov. 30. The choir was founded in 1957 and has since traveled the world, enchanting audiences with their tenor and bass parts. Admission is $5 for UW-RF students and $10 for non-students.
The comedy troupe Chicago City Limits will perform at 8 p.m. on April 11 in the North Hall Auditorium. The members perform comedy and inprovisational theater by creating scences on the spot from audience suggestions. The New York Times calls the group "hysterical and unpredicatable." UW-RF students can attend the event for $5 while non-students can attend for $10.
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Deviant Art
Movies LieThe truth is
I always watch those romance movies
expecting to be that beautiful girl he sees in a cafe
that he can't stop thinking about.
The truth is
I've had songs and songs written with my name
that he sang to my window
chocked full of 'forever is in my eyes.'
The truth is
I've been that girl that he held hands with
in the grocery store, that tumbled after him
in fields, that stroked his hair in the hospital.
The truth is
he and I were like a movie
even when he yelled and lost his temper
even when I got insecure and couldn't take it
even when he lied and made me leave him.
except the part where he didn't chase after me
and I didn't cry the day after.
Sometimes people need a lift.Love hurts.Sometimes people need a lift.6 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
I don't mean the stupid "you broke my heart"
kind of love that heals after you realize that loser
wasn't worth your tears in the first place.
I mean real love.
Honest, pure love. is so. painful.
I don't think everyone gets there honestly.
To give everything to someone.
I don't mean physically. I don't mean romantically.
Because in it's purest form, love can be felt with those who you give your entire being to.
Your pointless stories,
running errands together,
your insecurities,
sitting in silence for hours in the same room,
your time and effort,
your most shameful moments,
allowing yourself to become vulnerable,
getting little notes on your door,
crying in the car as you listen patiently in the passenger seat.
Love hurts not because this person could break your heart.
It's so far beyond that.
It rips my heart out when you curl into a ball because some jerk told you that you weren't good enough.
I feel helpless to see you miserable, trying to make ends meet.
I've seen you br
We're not beautifulWe're not beautiful6 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
The color red reminds me of two summers ago when this whole story finally began.
You would stand outside my house and wait for me to notice you existed.
You made me cry because you took the time to listen when I didn't want you to see.
you wrote my name. You spoke my name.
Those were the days I believed I was magic.
Street lights remind me of times I was scared to death, running away from my house
at 3 am for a boy I wasn't sure was worth the risk.
You were afraid too, but I needed you to be stronger.
I followed behind you down the street as you played your guitar to sleeping houses
and a foolish girl.
Scattered rocks remind me of the time I threw them at your window, cause I knew you were inside with her.
I screamed at the top of my lungs that I hated you both and then drove away.
Those were the days I knew I cared.
The dirt under my fingernails reminds me of the night you drew a heart in the ground
and you assumed I knew it was for me.
I remember those notes, one a day for
I started to think about youa.I started to think about you6 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
I don't think it's the loneliness
that gets me in the end.
Well I can play my own songs now
and you can listen to what I choose to strum.
Maybe you'll miss me for a moment
cause my voice once might have made you cry,
but you know we have plenty to keep us busy.
I'd be lying if I said that
you've disappeared after all this time,
because every boy I meet
turns into a beautiful monster
trying to ensnare me in his words.
Stay under my bed, cause I won't invite you in.
I'm stronger than anyone I know
(but I wish I didn't have to be) and
(I wish I didn't have to start over) and
(I wish I didn't hate everyone before I said hello) and
(I wish) ah, wishing never did me any good anyway.
You see,
I have discovered that it's a big world
and I was living in a dark cave.
I'm taking the exit,
and I am bathing in the light
and it hurts it hurts to drag myself
into this lonely landscape.
But god if I can make it up here
I need not worry about emptiness.
I don't think it's the l
How long have you been emptyThere is no beginning anymore, only an end.How long have you been empty6 years ago in Scraps More Like This
But what happens when the end never stops?
I once tried to dig for your memory, but instead I found open wounds that burned when touched. Why did you let me slip out of your mind so painlessly when you said you'd give up the world for me?
I'll carve my name under your eyelids till the blood stains your vision, and then you'll always see me. But you were blind all along, weren't you.
My own bleeding heart cried for months, but I've grown sick of looking at scars. So I finally erased you from my canvas, (though I really hoped it would end up beautifully.) There was nothing I could do to save it anymore.
Even so, you first gave up on me.
You simply found a new doll to play with and left me in the trash. It's such a shame you always break your dolls, but they are so fragile and you were never careful.
However, you were always good at putting a band-aid on the missing pieces until you found a repl
Magic in the StarsI tried to write a poem about the stars,Magic in the Stars6 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
or music, or even trees,
but all that came out were visions of you.
So I guess I'll just confess that
your face splatters across my mind in pieces,
because they don't all come together until
your fingers touch my lips.
I don't think I'm crazy,
but you are singing every song on the radio
and you are whispering in my ear
while you stare at me in the mirror.
You must be magic to be everywhere.
The kind of magic that
makes trees reach up for celestial beings
while we curl up between their gentle roots.
I've always wished on stars,
but I now have a reason to change my wish.
We're still too young to understand forever,
and I know the lights will dim for a while.
(I know of plenty of sad songs to keep me breathing.)
But you know where my star lives
so come back to me when you're ready
to tell me that I can stop wishing.
it doesn't matter what I try to write about,
because you are embedded
in every image
in every sound
in every word.
What They Don't Tell YouWhat they don't tell you about death is the phone call. They don't tell you that you can't tell the difference between a normal ring and one that brings bad news, that there's no warning and no time to get your bearings.What They Don't Tell You5 years ago in Stories & Vignettes More Like This
It's a couple days after Christmas, and I'm on vacation in Williamsburg, Virginia with my family exploring the Jamestown settlement and the recreations of The Mayflower. My best friend hasn't returned my calls for the last two days, but finally the phone rings. So I pick it up, expecting a conversation about Christmas presents or schoolyard gossip. Instead, the voice on the other line asks to speak to one of my parents. I hand the phone to my mother and watch her facial expression change: her eyebrows come together, her forehead crinkles, the corners of her mouth turn down. Her voice becomes low, hushed, and urgent.
Finally, she hangs up and sits down next to me on the bed. Then she tells me, carefully, as if divulging a secret. My classmate of nine years died in a fre
You're Always SorryI'm laying hereYou're Always Sorry4 years ago in Visual & Found Poetry More Like This
as everything i feel
The Endlife is fast and death is quickThe End5 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
hearts slow down and minds play tricks
bodies fade and souls lose hope
reaching for the past, hands grope
searching for what can't be grasped
words will weaken into gasps
broken thoughts and shattered dreams
bursting from us at the seams
fear takes hold, time slips away
we grow sicker day by day
the pain won't stop, the hurt stays strong
it's been inside us all along
but will it end when we all die?
and in the ground our carnage lies?
just rememberif i throw insults,just remember5 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
say "fuck you,"
just remember
it isn't true.
if i'm being selfish,
or a whore,
just remember
i love you more.
if i hate you,
leave you be,
just remember
come with me.
Home?She sat upon the porch stepHome?4 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
Wishing for passersby to notice
How much she needed help.
Her family screaming from inside;
A family fight had broken out,
And she was alone once more trying
To find ways to cope with every
Day life and the demands of such.
Not much made her smile
And not much made her happy
When she knew every day she would
Need to return to her home.
A house is hardly a home when
Love doesn't knock on the door
Even once in a while.
Fill my heart with stuffingHe called me beautifulFill my heart with stuffing7 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
but he never saw my insides.
I called you wonderful
but I have seen your smashed mind.
I stuffed my heart full
of cotton balls and empty time.
jarsofbones. he steals spines, i've seen them.jarsofbones.7 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
locked away in wooden jewelry boxes, the surfaces adorned with
seashells & teeth.
i've seen the skeleton key, hiding beneath his tongue.
i see my spleen in the reflection of his eyes, hidden away in a glass jar;
dusty, in the back of his closet.
the word "her" is written on the side in purple glitter.
i've seen the virginity he's stolen, kept in wine bottles, the corks pushed in tight.
he's scratched tortured faces on the side with his fingernails.
he collects molars and stores them in jam jars, the way
some people collect buttons.
he has the word "agony" glued onto the side with hair.
he has my heart in a vase
and i'm still gasping. for. air.
The Point of No Returnshe tells me that there's aThe Point of No Return4 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
difference- between jumping and
falling, even thirty one stories
I lace my fingers through her
coffee brown hair and tangle my legs
with hers like a safety rope.
she might just be thinking these
things, but thoughts are always more
dangerous than they appear. and
I don't want to search through
the crumbling layers of earth and cement
to find the last molecules of you.
the fingertips sliding over
my belly catch my mind wavering,
thirty one stories up. her brown eyes
dare me not to fall.
"what's the difference?" I whisper
into my pillow. her breath jerks in
her throat. "because," she answers,
if I jump, I'll find you."
the world watched the falling girl without a sound
EnoughWhen love isn't enough,Enough5 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
What is?
I guess it's that bottle of José Cuervo by your bed.
Or the twelve-pack in your fridge.
I guess it's the beer you bring to work in your pocket.
Because "it's a long drive home."
I need you.
I love you.
But your bottle's calling.
And I can't keep yelling over all the alcohol in your blood.
forgetfulnessit's easy to forget, to be in the moment and you just start laughing along with everyone else and then you get the hang of it, smiling and talking and giggling. you're having a good time, right? there's nothing wrong, your mind tells you. you aren't exhausted from another night of staring at the ceiling, imaginary ghosts terrorizing your thoughts. you are perfectly fine, just like you should be. and then you remember. your remember that everything is not okay and maybe it's because of something someone said, that you suddenly remember that you are really sad, falling off into the deep end.forgetfulness4 years ago in Flash Fiction & Vignettes More Like This
you know the feeling- it's like someone just stabbed a knife into your heart, deflating it like a balloon, all the air rushing out at once, leaving you breathless, lifeless. your breath falters for a moment, your eyes zeroing in on some random object, your mind flying to somewhere beyond outer space, beyond anyone's reach. your heart starts beating wildly in your ribcage, fighting against the bars, a
into a dark nothingMy only regret was crashinginto a dark nothing4 years ago in Urban & Spoken Word More Like This
. . .
Those Lovers All Keep SecretsI.Those Lovers All Keep Secrets5 years ago in Songs & Lyrics More Like This
I seem so cynical these days
only around you,
I want to live more every day
I remember you used to.
Those lovers all keep secrets
and make each other cry
but we're young and we all want to touch someone.
Your lips taste sugar sweet with words
that only make me ill
We learn lessons, we get burned
but pain is something real.
Those lovers all know heartbreak
and make each other cry
but we're young and we all want to love someone.
And I now understand the way you find yourself
always after empty comfort in everybody else,
and there are no more chances, the damage has been dealt
you can't give me
what I need.
You call me asking if I will
save you from this life
but I can't change the way you feel
my answers don't suffice.
The fire I throw at you
makes you feel alive
cause we're young and long for meaning from someone.
And I now understand you're only happy in your dreams
always after empty feelings that come from movie scenes,
and do you really think that love is eas
GoodbyeThis is me walking away.Goodbye5 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
This is me realizing that you'll never change.
you crossed the line from day one
This is me acknowledging that I deserve better.
than seeing you once a month
than worrying if you're driving after your tenth drink
than a drunken text message at two a.m.
This is me drawing the line.
why won't you let me help you?
This is the most painful thing I've ever had to do.
This is the end.
you, meI wish you would understand thatyou, me4 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
you're the only one for me, and I
used to dream about you falling
in love with me, but I can tell
from the way you look at her,
that I'll never be the right girl
for you.
Please?"You should go to bed. You have to get up early tomorrow and I don't like keeping you awake," She said, staring at the floor. He lifted her chin to meet her eyes.Please?4 years ago in Emotional More Like This
"What's wrong, Amybell?" He asked worriedly.
"Nothing, Chris. I'm fine. Go get some rest; you're going to need it." She said, urging him to lay down and go to sleep.
She sighed, knowing what was coming. She knew what was about to take over her mind and body in just a few moments, and she couldn't let him see. He didn't need to know how bad it was when he wasn't around; he didn't need to see how weak she became and how little control she had over herself.
He got into bed. "Amybell?" He said, when she didn't move to join him. "Amybell. Please tell me what's wrong."
She put her hand over her stomach; she was beginning to feel nauseous.
"Please, Amybell? I need to know what's wrong. Please tell me."
Her head started to spin. She fixed her gaze on a single spot and took a deep breath.
He got out of bed and cro
Don't you remember?we were addicted to each otherDon't you remember?4 years ago in Urban & Spoken Word More Like This
like an alcoholic is to alcohol
like water is to the ocean
like the stars are to the sky.
[we couldn't be without each other]
we all fall down sometimes,
but where are they when you need them most?
"I love you in bits and pieces"
he told me.
the alcoholic will stop drinking
the water will dry up
and the stars will fade away
just like you and me.
what could have been turned into doesn't matter.
the r i g h t one.find the boy who'll make you laugh,the r i g h t one.4 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
when everything feels like it's falling apart,
nothing's going right and you feel like ripping your hair out,
because anyone can be serious, but it takes real lovers to be silly.
find the boy who'll make you smile,
for absolutely no reason at the thought of him,
and who's the true secret behind it at all,
because you never know who just might fall in love with your smile.
find the boy who won't just send you a text on anniversaries,
but will surprise you by showing up unexpectedly,
and calls you up at 3 am on your birthday just to say 'i love you',
because for at least that one second, you'll know you've crossed his mind.
find the boy who'd do everything to be with you,
will fight tooth and nail to hold you in his arms,
and never thinks once of leaving you to face the world alone,
because he'll take your hand, and want to be there when things really suck.
find the boy who'll push you up a wall in the pouring rain,
won't hesitantly kiss you in front o
'Till the Last One DiesI remember when you gave me a bunch of wildflowers for my birthday,'Till the Last One Dies5 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
& You said, "I'll love you until the last one dies."
Soon after, I tried my very best to keep each one alive for as long as I could.
{But nothing lives forever}
It wasn't until weeks later when I found out that one of the flowers was fake;
A beautiful mix of plastic and fabric.
{I smiled, because it meant you'd love me forever.}
I kept the flower tuck
They ForgetFrom behind her mother's kneesThey Forget4 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
she told me:
"I like the sprinkles on your nose."
I didn't tell her then,
but I liked hers, too.
When she got brave enough to play,
we raced around the jungle gym
and pulled each other's hair.
They told me to be gentle with her.
I always was.
She was younger by a year.
I stood up for her when the bullies pushed her down.
how quickly they forgot.
On a hot summer day,
I took her with me to the creek.
I dared her to swim across
and back.
I watched the muddy waters
swallow her whole.
They forget that I loved her too.
I had it out for her in the beginning,
they said.
It was just a matter of time.
They hang their heads and mourn her,
they talk like I'm not there.
They forget that I loved her too.
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Who makes the best wood grips to replace the originals ?
You might try Marschalgrips.com
I have spent days looking for grips for my CZ 82 and I'll be dearn this site has plenty of them.
I found the black plastic replacement and a set of wood one's at Midway USA the wood ones were in the 70 dollar range.
I could'nt find prices at this site. Thank You Muddog...A.H
I have a set from Dennis for my P-64. He's easy to deal with and makes a good product. +1
No prob, CZ isn't the best when it comes to aftermarket products
Marschalgrips is a pain in the arse...took 28 days to get mine...then he sent light stained ones instead of dark like I asked...sold 'em on EBAY for what I paid.
I have a very nice pair of dark walnut grips for the CZ82 that I'm gonna sell...just a little thick on the sides...after going through all that I prefer the factory ones.
Anyone interested in the dark walnut checkered grips PM me.
how much? Will they fit cz 83 also? TY!
Already sold 'em yesterday...waiting for the funds.
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I own 3 CZ82 surplus pistols - purchased 2 at GunAuction,com & one a J&G sales, all cost about $195. Got C&R services on all.
All three underwent a complete tear down and sanding and repainting with dull black duracoat (Excellent product) All received Marschal checkered grips and their appearance is better than a Brand New CZ83.
I have a CCW license and when I do carry a weapon I carry 2 of my CZ82's Mechanically all three are in excellent shape and are 9x18 cal 12 rounders.
I mostly carry one in a shoulder holster and one in a leg holster.
In a incident last year I was in my truck stopped at a railroad crossing for a train and a gang of young punks in another truck pulled in behind me, Four of them jumped out of their truck bed with a couple bats and two hunting knives yelling and screaming for me to "Get out of the truck &*()_%%&^^&*!
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Marschalgrips.com make the absolut BEST grips for the CZ82. They fit when you get them with NO need to do and filing or sanding and really look GREAT! I prefer the Checkered Walnut with an oil finish, used them on all three of mine. At $45 shipped I doubt you can get a better deal or quallity grips for CZ82's. It may take him a couple weeks but they are worth the wait!
When I moved and had to put my business on hold, I was trying to decide whether the CZ-52's or 82\83's were going to be my next project. As it turns out, I've never even finished the Bubinga grips I started for my PA-63. Dennis is a nice guy but out philosophies differ a bit in grips as his are done mostly by machine.
^^^ I think by hand would be what I'd prefer if given the choice? ^^^
I Just Received Mine and They Are Very Impressive BUT...
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Our app no longer runs under XP after recompiling with SP1. Well, it DOES run immediately after installing if you don't reboot. After rebooting it fails with error 6301 "attempt to load CRT more than once; this indicates a bug in your app"! This never happened prior to SP1, the app works on macjines with dev studio installed and also on vista machines! I'm hoping that it's just that the new sp1 redist hasn't been used in the install, I'll try it on monday. Distressing that so much (mysterious) trouble is caused by installing the service pack.
This update blows! I'd rather have the 400 c++ bugs than this steaming pile. Whoever came up with the manifest system is a moron. It has given me nothing but grief from the beginning. Now that I have applications finally working, the latest upgrade ruins it again. The biggest BUG Microsoft needs to fix is this flawed system that makes it impossible to let other people run your own software.
By the way, I'm uninstalling the update ... hope it works.
On vista with SP1 and the Vista update for SP1 I have the following issues:
- No drag and drop from explorer. I can workaround this by running an elevated explorer but I shouldn't have to.
- Double clicking on a .CPP file opens VS2005 but no file opens in it! I have no solution to this problem.
What's wrong with 2005 and Vista? I got Vista on my new laptop (I wanted XP) and I must say, as far as VS2005 is concerned, it all but unusable.
Please make a signed vcredist_x86-SP1.exe available from Microsoft.com.
Otherwise, I'll be forced to convert all my projects to another solution such as gcc (Mingw32) or Borland Turbo C++ 2006 Explorer (free).
Hey, does anyone from Microsoft read these comments? Here's the short and sweet of it. I built applications that ran fine for months. Then I installed SP1. Applications won't run any more on client's machines (The application failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Re-installing the application may fix the problem.) Sound familiar?
SP1 should be renamed "Disservice Pack 1". I don't have the time to screw around trying to fix problems introduced by Microsoft. I removed SP1 and everything runs OK. I can live without it.
Microsoft appears to be more interested in promoting their C# than paying attention to C++ issues. Why does that not supprise me?
We are trying to convert our application from VC++ 6.0 to VC++ 8.0 (as recommended by Microsoft) for fixing thread safety issues in STL. Compilation of several modules fail with xutility errors (we do not explicitly include xutility in any of our files). These errors (C2988, C2059, C2143, C2447) persist even after applying SP1.
Can anyone help, please ?
very "funny" this problem. In MFC Application or DLL's I link now CRC and MFC with static options.
But when I build a C++.cli assembly a have no chance to do that. Why different MSCVRTxx, MFCxx DLL's have the same name ???, DirectX DLL's have very different names and different applications versions can life together.
WinSxs policies,manifests ... is not right way.
Can any body tell me how I can remove the stupid SP1 ? My customers waiting for solutions !
What the hell are they smoking at Microsoft. These manifests are more screwed up then the old way.
First off how could their own manifest tool embed two different versions of the same file. Which portion of my dll is going to know which version to use.
Secondly it looks like it isn't even smart enough to embed the versions that are currently in the toolkit folders. Hence if I wanted to use the non SP files wouldn't I just copy the old ones in there and it would pick up that those are the ones I want to use.
Thirdly how does this solve anything. If they update the files in the future and publish a new policy what says I know my program is going to work properly with the new files. I want it to still work with the ones I know it works on but they are going to force it to use the new one.
My original background is engineering and from that we learned about things called revisions. Why not put a revision line mfc80a.dll on the new files and let us link to those as it is. In our field you still keep the old ones around and if you're making a replacement part for a machine that used the Revision B or a part you grab that drawing and make the part from that. If you're building a new machine then you double check that everything is going to work and use the new revision.
I wish I never would have let you main programmer talk us into porting up to VS 2005.
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Any ideas? We have already reinstalled 3 times (it is a new machine anyway), without luck.
Solved the problem.
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This book responds to a resurgent interest in the way emotion1 interacts with thinking about politics and, as a result, the way citizens engage in or withdraw from political activity. We have come to conclude that there is indeed an affect effect, actually, numerous, diverse, and significant effects. Our explicit goal in this work is to draw focused attention to what had been a relatively neglected area in the study of mass political behavior.
We organize this introductory discussion around five spanning topics. The first is the varying centrality of emotional concepts in theorizing about political behavior. The second is the character of the phenomenon of emotion itself—in particular, the question of its structure. Third, and perhaps most important, is functionality—what role do human emotions play in a theory of political thinking and behavior, and how are affect and cognition structurally linked? Fourth, how is this phenomenon to be assessed—what are the available methodologies? And finally, we discuss praxis—a brief review of how what we know thus far of the dynamics of political affect might be applied in political practice and perhaps public policy.
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I just took a stablilizer class but all my notes are at home. I will try to see what I wrote down about this subject because it was #1 on my list of need to know/ask and reply to you as soon as possible.. What combination are you currently using?
Is the fabric puckering up or is the design shifting?
Use more layers of stablizer. And stitch a box around the design before stitching out the design.
I think quilting cotton should be easy to stabilize.
I'm not exactly sure what type of embroidery design you are using that's causing the problem. But I can say this: I have a 4x4 embroidery area and when I want to stabilize quilting cotton, as in the whole quilt--batting and all, I use (believe it or not) round coffee filters. They are durable enough until you tear them away, and when there's a little bit, it comes out in the wash. I hoop with the filter on the backside. I've hooped only once on the front, and that was a silk/cotton blend.
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The last time I embroidered on a quilting cotton it was for a new baby gift - a pillow with a birth announcement type design. I was very concerned with puckering so I fused the quilting cotton to a layer of Pellon shape flex (I believe it's #101), used a medium weight cutaway and it worked perfectly.
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fabric was puckering. But the canvas worked. I didn't spray as I don't have any. It really worked well. Cotton fabric, canvas, med weight cut away stabilizer. What I will do is cut away the canvas and stabilizer from the 1/4" seams for no bulk. So I will be doing some un sewing tonight. Will post a pic later.
To reduce the bulk associated with the canvas, could you spray starch the cotton with a very heavy duty starch and then hoop with double layer stabilizer? Turn the two pieces of stablizer so they lie at a 90 degree angle to each other....and then hoop all three layers. As a previous PR member suggested, stitch a basting box all around the perimeter of the design as the first part of your design. Bernina has a freed download at their site for basting boxes. I use them frequently and have found them very helpful in stabilizing a design.
For me quilter's cotton is soooooo much easier to handle when I use the heavy spray starch. Apply it to the back of your fabric, let it soak in and then iron.
I've tried the starch it was hit and miss. Since wall hangings aren't washed I may stick to the canvas method for dense designs. Usually I don't do dense with quilting cotton but this particular design was the centerpiece.
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Duke's Dirty Dollars: ALEC & the DNC
Post Written By: Michael Zytkow, member of Occupy Charlotte, crossposted from Quit Coal.
You may have recently noticed that Duke Energy, the nation's largest utility, launched a major advertising campaign. This includes airing their first television commercials in 15 years. In light of the controversy surrounding their merger with Progress energy, it comes as no surprise they would attempt to repair their public image.
The ads all begin with someone flipping a power switch. A narrator explains how we "don't think about what it's connected to or how the power gets there," but instead about what really matters in life, like family reunions, your son's basketball game, proposing to your wife... I think you get the idea. These ads try to illicit an emotional connection between us and Duke. Each ad ends with the line "You don't think about all that's going on behind that switch, because we do."
Well Duke, we actually do "think about all that's going on behind that switch." Last week, concerned members of the community came out to discuss the ways Duke works behind the scenes to maximize its bottom line. More importantly, we discussed what we as a community can do about it.
The meeting was held in Charlotte, NC, where Duke Energy has its headquarters. Greenpeace's NC field organizer, Monica Embrey, began by giving an overview of Duke's relationship with dirty energy. Duke owns dozens of coal-fired power plants, many just outside of Charlotte. Coal is the leading contributor to climate change, and releases harmful toxins into our water and air. This coal is obtained through a destructive strip-mining technique known as mountaintop removal . Embrey explained how we pay for dirty energy not only through out utility bills but ultimately through our healthcare costs.
Beth Henry, one of the leading experts on Duke, discussed how Duke uses our money to buy access to politicians in order to influence policy. Duke is on pace to become North Carolina's largest political spender after having recently merged with Progress Energy. In the 2009-2010 election cycle, the companies collectively spent over $19 million on lobbying and state and federal campaigns. The company has a number of links to members of the NC Utilities Commission, a group that is supposed to regulate the industry. Henry explained how Duke has a long history of influencing legislators and regulators in its favor. Duke truly epitomizes the idea of the revolving door.
Henry also highlighted Duke's relationship with universities and charities. Duke essentially purchases allies and good PR through their contributions. Many of these institutions are beholden to Duke for funding. She gave specific examples of organizations reluctant to act or speak out against Duke due to this relationship.
I spoke about the relationship between Duke and the Democratic National Convention, which will be held in Charlotte. Duke's CEO, Jim Rogers, has been intimately involved in the fundraising process. He is co-chair of the the convention host committee and has personally given $100,000 to the group. Rogers has paid out of his own pocket to hire a personal assistant to work full-time on DNC fundraising. In fact, Duke is providing $1 million worth of uptown office space, rent-free, for the entire host committee. The company has even guaranteed the host committee a $10 million line of credit in case their fundraising runs short. Duke is also one of the leading contributors to New American City, Inc., a fund setup by the host committee in order to accept corporate money.
Tony Ndege, of Occupy Winston-Salem, described the troubling relationship between Duke and the American Legislative Exchange Council. Ndege explained how ALEC is essentially a corporate bill mill where corporations and special interests help craft model legislation. Duke has helped create bills attacking environmental regulations and attempts to reduce greenhouse emmissions. Corporations like Duke fund most of ALEC's operations. They sponsored ALEC's 2012 spring meeting in Charlotte. Duke has given ALEC $116,000 since 2009, according to the Charlotte Business Journal.
Afterward, members of the community engaged in an open discussion. People suggested what we can do to fight back against the destructive effects of dirty energy. Updates were given about key actions taking place around the state and nation. People were energized, inspired, and ready to act.
Now more than ever, people in Charlotte know what's "going on behind that switch." No amount of Duke propaganda will hide the true facts of how they operate.
Missed the event but still want to hear what happened? Check out the video recorded live stream here.
When Frackers Write the Laws, Everyone Loses
When the oil and gas industry gets to write the rules supposed to govern them, public health and the public good are left by the wayside. Unfortunately that is exactly what is happening with the regulation of hydraulic fracturing in New York and other states.
In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration has been accused of conspiring with the fracking industry to develop regulations that limit the states ability to oversee fracking.
Documents recently uncovered by Environmental Working Group show that industry representatives were given drafts of the state's proposed regulations before they were released to the public. Industry representatives then used the privileged information to lobby against commonsense rules, like testing for radioactivity in waste-water.
In other states, like Ohio, fracking laws written by corporate front groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have already been passed.
Currently, the major federal environmental laws regulating hazardous waste, air pollution and water pollution all have significant loopholes and exemptions for fracking. This is because the fracking industry has fought hard to keep regulation at the state level, where it is easier to influence and harder to enforce. As a recent report by the OMB Watch illustrates, state laws, many of which may have been written by the fracking industry, have failed to protect public health.
For more on the environmental, public health, and community impacts of fracking, see Greenpeace's recently updated fracking page.
We don't want the oil and gas industry writing the laws that are supposed to regulate them.
Here's why:
The fracking industry does not have the health of the public in mind. As Josh Fox's latest video discusses, the oil and gas industry continues to publicly deny that fracking leads to poisoned water wells, though internal industry documents show that they have acknowledged and attempted to address the problem (unsuccessfully). The industry has even deployed military personnel and tactics against Pennsylvanians, which one company executive referred to as "insurgents." Frackers want cheap access to the hydrocarbons in the shale, which means externalizing environmental, public health, and community impacts.
The frackers don't care about American jobs, the economy, or "energy independence." One of the most popular talking points used by the oil and gas industry is summed up by the bumper sticker "drill here, drill now, pay less." The idea being if we allow oil and gas corporations to exploit our land and water to extract fossil fuels, it will benefit the average citizen by lowering energy prices, reducing independence of "foreign" energy supplies, etc. This is completely false, as Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil will tell you. Companies involved in fracking want to increase the price of natural gas by exporting it out of the country. They want to sell it on an open market, to the highest bidder, no matter who that is.
The fracking industry's short-sightedness hurts everyone involved, including themselves. When the fracking boom took off a few years ago, the oil and gas industry treated it like a gold rush. Companies like Chesapeake Energy put every dime they had into acquiring land and drilling wells, while taking out massive loans to finance the expansion. The frackers produced so much gas that gas prices dropped through the floor, to historically low prices. Right now, these companies are losing money and can't even afford complete the wells they have already drilled. In Pennsylvania there are 5,000 wells awaiting completion, sitting idle, as their well casings deteriorate. Like the bankers responsible for the financial collapse, the fracking industry's ravenous approach to drilling created a bubble, which the public will pay for with toxic water and a landscape ravaged by heavy industry.
Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson believes in science... when convenient
At a recent meeting of the Council on Foreign Relations, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson laid down some knowledge on the general public, which he referred to as "lazy" and "illiterate." Mr. Tillerson is supremely confident that technology will solve the problems of resource extraction and climate change, if those "problems" even exist. Here are some of the highlights:
Think the tar sands are destructive and dirty?
Tillerson says:
"There are always technological solutions to these challenges and the risk associated with resource development."
Worried about hydraulic fracturing ruining groundwater and damaging the environment?
Tillerson says:
"If you look at the technologies that are front and center today around the shale resources -- hydraulic fracturing, horizontal drilling, the integration of those technologies, how we drill these wells, how we protect fresh water zone, how we protect emissions -- we have all of that engineered."
"And the consequences of a misstep by any member of our industry -- and I'm speaking again about the shale revolution -- the consequences of a misstep in a well, while large to the immediate people that live around that well, in the great scheme of things are pretty small, and even to the immediate people around the well, they could be mitigated."
Well. Rex thinks the permanent poisoning of your water well is "in the great scheme of things are pretty small." Good to know.
Worried about Global climate change, rising seas, crippling drought?
Tillerson says:
"And as human beings as a -- as a -- as a species, that's why we're all still here. We have spent our entire existence adapting, OK? So we will adapt to this. Changes to weather patterns that move crop production areas around -- we'll adapt to that. It's an engineering problem, and it has engineering solutions. And so I don't -- the fear factor that people want to throw out there to say we just have to stop this, I do not accept."
So we'll just engineer ouselves out of heat waves, wildfires and superstorms. Simple enough I guess if you made $34.9 million in 2011.
Have high hopes for electric cars and renewable energy as a solution to the coming climate change related problems?
Tillerson says:
"No, I think we're not [going to use electric cars], which is why I'm not optimistic because it is a -- it's a very, very difficult science-physics problem to overcome."
So when it comes to pumping more oil and gas from the ground, the answer is "yes, we can," but when we talk about reducing carbon and the technologies required to do it, Tillerson sings a different tune.
Nucor CEO Dan DiMicco, Heartland Stooge or Calculated Climate Denier?
Dan DiMicco (picture right), CEO of Nucor, recently sent a letter to a concerned shareholder defending Nucor's support of the Heartland Institute. The letter contained numerous talking points commonly used by Heartland's campaign of climate science denial, and revealed DiMicco to be either pitifully ignorant of the state of climate change science, or a calculating executive willing to misinform his own shareholders.
From the letter:
"As you can see from Nucor's website, We take environmental issues very seriously, including the debate surrounding "climate change." (See http://www.nucor.com/responsibility/environment/issues/Warming/)"
Nucor doesn't take the realities of global climate change seriously if it's PowerPoint presentations on climate cite the Heartland Institute. Heartland is well known as a corporate front group that specializes in attacking science and confusing consumers, teachers and policymakers. Not long ago Heartland was denying the health effects of tobacco and opposing tobacco regulations, while being funded by the biggest tobacco corporations. As of last week, Heartland still claimed that the proven risks of smoking tobacco products are based on "junk science"....sound familiar? Now, Heartland denies the ill effects of carbon pollution, while on the payroll of major carbon polluters like Nucor. Note that the same PowerPoint also references the Institute for Energy Research, a group run by former Koch Industries lobbyist Tom Pyle with notable support from the Kochs and other vested interests (see Politico).
It is most likely that the information that formed the basis of your inquiry concerning the Heartland Institute ("Heartland") had its genesis with a group entitled "Forecast the Facts," whose activities are chronicled at http://fakegate.org/the-heartland-institute-replies-to-forecast-the-facts/.
Why would DiMicco cite "Fakegate," a website created by Heartland rather than a legitimate news source? The "fakegate" website was originally created to assault scientist Peter Gleick, who duped Heartland into releasing damaging internal funding and strategy documents. As Heartland's credibility slid from poor to nonexistent once their internal operations became transparent, they were desperate to shift focus away from the contents of the leaked information. Fakegate was the result.
As you can read from the webpage, much of the uproar is a result of stolen and fabricated documentation.
In this line, DiMicco is referring to a document leaked by scientist/activist Peter Gleick that Heartland claims is fabricated. There is no reason to believe the document in question is not genuine, and everything in the document is verifiable by Heartland's 2012 budget and 2012 fundraising plan, which Heartland does not dispute. In these documents, Nucor was outed as a direct supporter of Heartland's climate science denial program and the outrageous tactics associated with that campaign. Tactics paid for in part by Nucor include billboards asserting that only terrorists recognize climate science and an effort to teach climate science denial in K-12 school programs (Washington Post).
Heartland "does not 'deny the existence of climate change.'"
Actually, Heartland's position on climate change is even less consistent than Nucor's. Consider the following statements by Heartland president Joe Bast, which all link to Heartland sources through PolluterWatch.
- "Most scientists do not believe human activities threaten to disrupt the Earth's climate" (Eight Reasons Why 'Global Warming' Is a Scam, Heartland Institute, Feb. 1, 2003).
- "A modest amount of global warming, should it occur, would be beneficial to the natural world and to human civilization" (2003, same article).
- "The wind has gone out of the sails of the global warming scare" (Heartland President addresses Common-Sense Environmentalism, May 29, 2004).
Notable also are interviews with Joe Bast this year where he contradicts his own position from one day to the next:
- Feb 22, 2012: "We believe that climate has warmed in the second half of the 20th Century, we believe that there is probably a measurable human impact on climate but it's probably very small, we think that natural forces probably overwhelm any impact that human activity can have, that computer models are too unreliable to forecast what the future might hold for climate and finally that a modest amount of warming is probably going to be, on net, beneficial both to human beings and the ecosystem. We think that that's pretty much actually the consensus of working scientists in this area." (Wall Street Journal Digital Network interview)
- Feb 23, 2012: "I'm confident that the scientific basis behind the threat has pretty much melted away. So I talk about the global warming ... delusion and how it's gradually unwinding." (ClimateWire interview)
None of this is new. Back in 1997 when the Kyoto Protocol sparked massive oil and coal interest in financing climate denial groups like Heartland, the Heartland Institute claimed "Satellite Temperature Records Show No Global Warming" in a headline of its June edition of Environment News.
Joseph Bast, Heartland's president, frequently contradicts or denies his own outrageous commentary, as demonstrated by his recent response to Forecast the Facts' aggregation of Bast's quotes in defense of the tobacco industry. (UPDATE: Popular Science notes that Joe Bast says he has a raspy voice "from years of smoking.") Bast claimed that Forecast had no citations for his own quotes (a lie, check the linked dates for yourself on Forecast the Facts' page) but admits he's not keen on finding the truth: "I have not tried to confirm the authenticity of the quotations attributed to me, and won't."
Nucor and Pfizer continue to fund Heartland in the company of Altria and Reynolds American, major tobacco companies that are forced to turn to extreme groups like the Heartland Institute for their public relations campaigns.
The issues surrounding the "climate" debate are real and difficult questions to answer, but Nucor has been consistent in its support for scientific answers instead of political consensus. Heartland is just such an institution, "bringing together the world's leading scientists and economists to study the issue." It is entirely appropriate for Nucor and other like-minded companies and groups to fund The Heartland Institute. Working together we will find solutions, so that our best days are still ahead of us.
Perhaps if DiMicco recognized the contemporary scientific conclusions of 97% of working climate researchers around the world, NASA, NOAA, the American Geophysical Union, other major US scientific institutions and all of the National Academies of Sciences for every industrialized country on the planet, he wouldn't think that these are "difficult questions to answer."
However, it is important to realize that DiMicco stands to profit substantially as long as carbon emissions are not regulated and not addressed. Nucor makes and recycles steel, which requires tremendous amounts of electricity and releases substantial amounts of CO2. If people doubt the science of climate change and ignore scientists' pleas to reduce carbon emissions, DiMicco can continue to externalize the cost of CO2 pollution, which raises Nucor's profit margins.
In addition, Dan DiMicco sits on the Board of Directors for Duke Energy, a major coal-burning utility known for its repeated doublespeak on issues of pollution and climate change. By delaying meaningful cuts in carbon emissions, Duke and DiMicco can continue to burn coal, spew greenhouse gas pollution, and reap large profits.
Full text of the letter is available here.
Nucor CEO Dan Dimicco stands by the Heartland Institute and denies his climate denial
Climate change denial is a set of organized attempts to downplay, deny or dismiss the scientific consensus on the extent of global warming, its significance, and its connection to human behavior, especially for commercial or ideological reasons. Source: Wikipedia
In a bold and innovative new move for climate change deniers, Dan Dimicco, the CEO of Nucor - one of the largest steel companies in the U.S - has denied that the Heartland Institute is involved in climate change science denial.
For background, the Heartland Institute is a corporate front group, well known for attacking scientific findings that their corporate paymasters find inconvenient. Heartland has denied the health effects of tobacco smoke while taking millions of dollars from tobacco corporations, and currently denies the cause and effects of global climate change, while being paid by major carbon polluters like the oil and gas industry and Nucor.
Dimicco's denial of Heartland's climate denial came in the form of a letter to a concerned Nucor shareholder. The letter contains a number of outright fallacies, chronicled below:
"Heartland does not deny climate change"
Really? Then why has Heartland organized 7 conferences on climate denial? Why does Heartland president Joe Bast frequently say things like: "Most scientists do not believe human activities threaten to disrupt the Earth's climate."
See this blog by ThinkProgress for a longer list of Heartland's climate denial.
"[Heartland] supports research and scholarly debate on causes and effects of climate change"
An example of research and scholarly debate:
The Heartland Institute unveiled this banner in Chicago.
"It is entirely appropriate for Nucor and other like minded companies and groups to fund the Heartland Institute."
Because of Heartland's extreme climate stance and indefensible tactics, many major corporations have distanced themselves from Heartland. In 2007 ExxonMobil, a major funder of climate science attacks, stopped funding the Institute, saying they could no longer support groups that "serve as a distraction" to the climate issue. In the last six months, 19 other major corporations like GM, Pepsico, and Bayer have cut ties with Heartland over their climate stance. These major corporations don't think supporting Heartland is appropriate, why does Nucor?
Though it is tempting to find Dan Dimicco's (picture right) absurd comments on Heartland and the climate change "debate" laughable, it is a deadly serious issue.
If all people act responsibly, including Nucor and the rest of the steel industry, overcoming the threats of climate change will be an enormous task. If industry leaders like Nucor continue to sit on the sidelines - or worse, intentionally obstruct climate solutions, people and the planet will suffer immensely.
Tell Nucor to stop obstructing solutions to climate change and stop funding attacks on climate science. Nucor needs to create a coherent and fact based stance on climate and stand by it.
Sign this petition and tell denier Dan Dimicco to stop funding attacks on climate science.
The letter:
Nucor's Hypocrisy: Funding The Heartland Institute's Attacks on Climate Change Science
Nucor, the largest producer of steel in the U.S., takes great pains to present a "green" image. Nucor's website is full of oak trees and pastoral scenes next to the tag line "Nucor: It's Our Nature."
However, since 2010, Nucor has given at least $500,000 to the Heartland Institute, a right wing corporate front group that attacks climate change science and scientists. According to Heartland's own fundraising documents, Nucor's contributions were earmarked specifically for attacking climate science and environmental regulations. Heartland has recently made headlines for a billboard campaign featuring a picture of Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, next to the words "I still believe in Global Warming. Do you?"
The billboard campaign is the latest in Heartland's continuing battle against the scientific evidence of climate change. Heartland has also sponsored and organized six conferences on climate denial in the past 5 years, and they recently held a seventh that took place May 21-23 in Chicago. The "International Conferences on Climate Change," as Heartland calls them, provide a platform and meeting space for the small cadre of professional climate science deniers that have derailed meaningful solutions to the threats of global warming in the U.S.
This year's conference featured the usual self-contradictory climate denier arguments, which includes everything from outright denial that the earth temperature is going up, to admitting the globe is warming but denying that humans and CO2 are involved, to admitting the earth is warming, humans and CO2 are involved, but the warming will be beneficial. However, this year's meeting also delved in to other fanatical conspiracy theories, like the belief that President Barack Obama's Hawaiian birth certificate is not real.
Because of their outrageous attacks on climate science, 15 corporations have dropped the Heartland Institute. Send Nucor's CEO Dan Dimicco an email telling him to stop funding the Heartland Institute and climate denial.
The truth is, if Heartland's deceptive and dishonest talk about climate science was aimed at the few aging contrarians that attended the latest meeting, it wouldn't be that big of a deal. However, Heartland doesn't get paid by Nucor and other big carbon emitting corporations to mislead a fringe tribe of retired old white men (picture of conference at right). Heartland gets paid to derail solutions to climate change. This has meant creating anti-science curriculum for grade schools, paying spokespeople to deny climate science, and attacking the scientists that do real work on climate change.
Given that the $500,000 Nucor has given Heartland in the last 3 years was specifically for attacking climate science and environmental regulations, Nucor must be held accountable for Heartland's climate science denial.
Send Nucor CEO Dan Dimicco an email telling him to stop funding attacks on climate science and the Heartland Institute.
For updates on the Heartland Institute, see PolluterWatch's ongoing investigation.
More corporate funders drop the anti-science Heartland Institute, Including Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, Verizon, and CUNA
UPDATE: Statement from Forecast the Facts added below (click here to see)
Pharmaceutical giants Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline, along with Verizon, Wisconsin Insurance Alliance, and Credit Union National Association, have announced that they will not fund the climate change denying Heartland Institute in 2012. According to the Heartland Institute's own fundraising document, it hoped to receive $130,000 from these potential funders this year. Today's announcement brings the total number of corporate sponsors to drop Heartland to 15, representing $955,000 of Heartland's projected $7.7 million budget this year.
This announcement comes in response to a petition signed by over 150,000 people calling for Heartland's corporate funders to drop support of the organization, which recently ran a billboard campaign in Chicago comparing those that advocate for solutions to climate change to "murderers, tyrants, and madmen." The petition was organized by Forecast the Facts, Greenpeace, SumofUs, Sierra Club, the League of Conservation Voters, and 350.org.
The Heartland Institute just finished their 7th "International Conference on Climate Change" which ran from May21-23 in Chicago. The conferences, which provides a platform and meeting space for professional climate science deniers, are dedicated to attacking the climate scientists and the scientific consensus on climate change. This years conference also questioned the authenticity of President Obama's Hawaiian birth certificate. Because of the funding gaps brought on by the mass defection of corporate sponsors Heartland Institute president Joe Bast. Joe Bast said at the conference:
"I hope to see you at a future conference, but at this point we have no plans to do another ICCC."
Major corporations and trade groups like Nucor, Pfizer, Reynolds American Inc., and Phrma continue to fund the Heartland Institute.
Statement from Forecast the Facts on healthcare companies distancing themselves from the Heartland Institute:
"Forecast the Facts applauds the decision of pharmaceutical companies GlaxoSmithKline and Bayer to sever their relationship with the Heartland Institute and its denial of scientific fact. Unfortunately, corporations like Pfizer and United Healthcare have yet to follow suit, ignoring the concerns of more than 160,000 concerned citizens, customers, and shareholders. Health-care companies have a special responsibility to act, as climate pollution is the key public health threat of the 21st century." -- Brad Johnson, Campaign Manager, Forecast the Facts