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What do bicycles have to do with sharks?
Back in April, we received a post from 1% for the Planet member Caletti Cycles that impressed us not only for its inspired understanding of responsible business practice within the cycling industry but also for its reference to an unexpected topic– sharks. Intrigued, we caught up with John Caletti, owner and builder at Caletti Cycles, to dive a little deeper into his business and philanthropic strategy.
Caletti sees the value of a holistic approach to philanthropy. A member of 1% for the Planet since 2010, Caletti Cycles has carefully balanced its giving between the kinds of organizations you might anticipate, given its business—the Alliance for Climate Protection and the Bikes Belong Foundation (People for Bikes), for example—and, less predictably, wildlife/marine conservation groups like Shark Savers and the World Wildlife Fund.
Supporting marine-based organizations also shows Caletti's customers that his philanthropic values are aligned with those of his local community of Santa Cruz, California, whose singular coastal ecosystem inevitably plays a role in all types of philanthropy. For Caletti, "build-buy-ride local" is the expression of a business model and an ethic that, in taking account of the total life cycle of his product, necessarily considers that coastal environment. Handmade is about as energy-friendly as manufacturing gets. Locally made means minimal overseas shipping.
So, a bicycle company can have much to do with shark conservation. 1% for the Planet facilitates partnership so that our member businesses may engage deeply in issues that inspire them, and activate their employees and customers to do the same. An inspired approach to philanthropy is essential. Current environmental crises like climate change affect marine life in warming oceans just as they pose great threats to humanity.The more bike builders with shark fascinations, the greater our capacity for collaboration across industries, and the deeper our understanding of interconnectivity.
Caletti believes it can be too easy to sit comfortably with the assumption that cycling, as an alternative to petroleum-powered transportation, and its associated industries are inherently eco-friendly. "Mountain bikers often drive to a destination where they are going to ride," noted Caletti, as he ran down some common practices worth examining if the cycling world is to continue to lessen its environmental impact.
Diligent consideration of environmental impact also informs bike design at Caletti Cycles. Caletti favors steel and titanium over carbon fiber and aluminum, for their durability, ride quality, recyclability and their substantially cleaner manufacturing processes. The manufacture of carbon fiber emits five to twenty times more greenhouse gasses than that of steel (source:SmartPlanet). In a competitive industry in which carbon fiber holds a special allure for its lightweight, high-performance durability, Caletti's passing over the material speaks forcefully of his commitment to sustainable sourcing. Caletti's favorites among his designs are the most versatile. Both his Cross and Adventure Road bikes are meant for a range of terrains and distances, thus encouraging both an expansion of available pathways for the commuter and a reduction in the equipment deemed necessary to an avid cyclist.
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It is important to put the issues of employee entitlement and loss of entitlements in their proper context.
In any one financial year, according to current data from a Productivity Commission Research Paper of December 2000, less than one half of one percent of businesses go into bankruptcy or liquidation, and around one tenth of one percent of all employees lose their employment due to enterprise failure. The proportion of employees who lose any of their entitlements would be less than that.
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We have an exciting announcement! The research and development department here at the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy has been hard at work for the past several years developing a device so stunning that it will set the political world on its ear.
The device is highly technical and complicated. And the contents are clearly proprietary — although some may claim that its simply a shoe box with an old TV set "bunny ears" antennae glued to the top.
But that's just a cunning disguise for what lies inside. This ingenious device can translate political speech into what a politician actually means to say.
Think about it — we now have a way to blow through the smoke and lies that a politician says and find out what he or she really means!
We have named the machine the Wiz-bang Organizational Personal Electronic Responder, or WOPER for short.
To validate the WOPER, we started with an easy one. We took former president Bill Clinton's infamous "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Monica Lewinsky" statement and fed it into the device.
After a few whirs and clicks, a piece of paper was emitted from the slit near the bunny ears that said "I like chunky girls and what Hillary doesn't know won't hurt her — or me."
This startling success got us thinking. What if we fed in a truthful statement? We selected Ronald Reagan's famous "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" declaration and fed it into the WOPER. Out came "Mr. Gorbachev, we have broken the back of your evil empire. Time to free the world from Soviet tyranny."
Astounding. The WOPER was proven 100 percent accurate in political translation. Time to put the device into action using current-day political statements.
With the recent events in Egypt, the WOPER may prove useful in interpreting the statements of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Mubarak recently declared that he was "adamant to continue to shoulder my responsibility to protect the constitution and safeguard the interests of the people."
With a few clicks and a whir, the WOPER had the translation. "I intend to hold onto power as long as I can, regardless of the cost to my nation or people. I have no understanding that the risk to the Egyptian people due to my obstinance could result in the emergence of another radical Islamic state."
On the American side, President Obama has said that "it was not clear that an immediate and meaningful transition to democracy was taking place, and too many Egyptians are not convinced that the government is serious about making genuine change."
The WOPER went to work immediately. The output read "Where is Egypt, anyway? I know it's somewhere near those pesky Israelites but I'm not sure. What is a Mubarak? Sounds like a trendy drinking place in Los Angeles."
Hmm. We decided to try something a bit closer to home for the president.
When preparing the nation for his health care "reform" package, Mr. Obama declared "The cost of health care has weighed down our economy and our conscience long enough. So let there be no doubt, health care reform cannot wait, it must not wait and it will not wait another year."
The WOPER had to work extra-hard on this one. Five minutes later, out came the answer. "I will seize control of your health care insurance and redistribute it as I see fit. The free market does not apply in health care so I want the government to control it. I do not care if you don't want insurance; I will make you pay for it whether you like it or not."
On the topic of illegal immigration, Obama declared: "As we continue to strengthen our economy and jump-start job creation, we need to do so with an immigration system that works, not the broken system we have now."
Once again, the WOPER went to work. The paper read: "The only jobs that I intend to create are low-income minimum wage jobs that only illegals will take. I am not concerned about the many people that try to do it the right way. I'm going to put illegals ahead of them and enjoy the political benefits of pandering to this segment of the population."
Success! The WOPER has proven more than capable of evaluating political statements.
With champagne corks flying we toast the success of our latest project. Rest assured, the VRWC will continue to develop the tools needed to navigate today's tricky political waters.
Steve Lunetta is a resident of Santa Clarita and helped develop the WOPER by testing it on his kids. This column represents his own opinions and not necessarily those of the Signal.


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'Win It' Wednesday: 'Save the Seals' T-Shirt and Water Bottle
With the seal slaughter just a few weeks away, PETA has brought in our buxom bombshell, launched our pietition, and delivered a sweet message to the masses. Now we'd like to celebrate what you have done to try saving thousands of baby seals. That's why we're giving away our "Save the Seals" T-shirt and water bottle to three lucky winners:
Ready to sport this compassionate gear? After you've signed our Facebook petition, tell us how you've stepped up to raise awareness of the plight of seals. The three readers with the seal-saving achievements that rouse us the most will each get a T-shirt and a water bottle.
Enter by posting your one-of-a-kind stories of kindness in the comments section. The contest ends on March 17, 2010, and we'll pick the winners on March 19, 2010. Be sure to read our privacy policy and terms and conditions, as you're agreeing to both by commenting. Good luck!
Written by Logan Scherer
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Yon said story of act of kindness now I am not trying to take away from the issue at hand I have signed petitions and I love seals but my act of kindness was savind a very cool puppy that we have named Milky Way she was about to be run over this happend last week and she has blended right in.
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Awesome blog and thanks for the giveaway!….would love love LOVE to win this!….
How disgusting that these poor adorable creatures are put to death in such a violent manner. As if there could ever be any good reason to end their lives… but seriously? in such a brutal way. The seal poachers are equal to sadistic torturers.. should be prosecuted and jailed for this behaviour not paid. I am grateful every day that I was enlightened and do not eat meat.
I will sign any petition for the animals this seal hunting has got to stop No one has the right to hurt any animals. they are heavens Angels.
Spring is supposed to bring new life but after hearing about the seal hunt all i see it bringing now is death! and the need for Canada to make a great change. My heart goes out the the millions of seals that have already been taking and the ones that will lose there lives in the future if this is not stopped!! Only we can save them! they cant speak or save themselves! I am a Canadian citizen and i just recently became aware of the seal hunts. I am very outraged and offended that the Canadian government lets this happen!! I would like to do whatever i can to help stop the seal hunts and make them a part of history. I go to Conestoga college and am writing and argumentative essay on the seal hunts hoping that make it will make it into my school paper and raise awareness to the school. Also on march 15th i intend on handing out flyer's to members of my school community to help raise awareness and maybe find some more concerned Canadians who want to help end the seal slaughter. i want to do whatever i can to make a difference and i think that i can make people see in my area that they should step up and do the right thing by singing the petition to help save the seals and protect them for years to come. save the seals!! 3 keep the hopes of change alive!! I know i will!!
Spring used to be my favorite time of year and since I learned of the hunt I now dread it. It's so hard to go about with your daily life with this going on and it's got to stop. I've downloaded Nigel Barker's seal photos on my computer at work and lots of people inquire about them. I sport the "Make a Fashion Statement Save the Seals" tshirt every time it's clean. I recently added a bumper sticker to my car "Protect the Seals" depicting a white fluffy baby. I've submitted a request to my local grocery store to boycott Canadian seafood until the hunt ends as well as encouraged people not to watch the Olympics which I did not because it was hosted in Canada. I've signed this petition as well as those from Care2 and posted this information to my Facebook page in addition to emailing friends to do the same. I can't imagine how people that do this can sleep at night because my empathy for these poor creatures keeps me up. It's abhorrent and I find it difficult to have a good day once it's crossed my mind. Today's shot now.
This is horrible..My heart aches for these poor seals and not only for them but for all other animals too. No one has ever been able to answer my question on what type of person it takes to be able to treat something living so badly for their own personal gain. I dont understand it. It goes to show how our world has become full of barbaric selfish people that dont care about anything. I to spread the word and people quickly change the subject. Ive written to news stations and people of Canada. And all thats ever on the news is stupid stuff about the governor or something about hockey and football. Ive started a group on facebook in which not one single person has joined but if it has something to do with farmville scams and stupid groups like "i bet this pickle gets a millions fans" they jump right on it to join it. yes…a pickle but not an animal that gets brutally killed in front of their mothers every year. What have we become? While most people are selfish i feel useless I dont know what else to do
I live in a town called Scottsdale. It's considered the "Beverly Hills" of the desert. Everybody here loves their murderous fashions they love the leather they love the fur even though it's too hot here for it! and the love their cashmere. In all my classes I eventually get an assigned seat to sit next to one of these people. I keep a picture of a baby seal in my binder cover and whenever one of those lovely furwearers ask me about it I tell them about it. I also tell them how mother seals mourn and cry over their baby seal's dead bodies. Most of these people drop the fur and the cashmere and the leather and I'm so happy to make some kind of difference!
I got my friend to make 'save the seal' tshirts at a discounted rate and sell them at her stall i then donated the money to the save the seal charity. I started a group on facebook where kind people donate moeny to save the seals and i have also put some posters up in my hometown. STOP THE BRUTAL MURDER OF SEALS! xxxx 3 3 3
Short and blunt For being a member of PETA I get bullied at school. I get laughed at and people shout stuff at me or make stupid jokes about meat and fur. Even some of my teachers join in the taunting. However I hold my head high in the corridors and carry "Save the Seals" leaflets and petition forms around with me. I have left over 100 in various places such as dentists coffee shops and I even dared to dart into the staff room when no one was about!! I think I later saw it in the bin… so I'll stick another one in soon. It's not much but I'm proud to say I support the seals. I'm proud to ask people to sign. I'm proud to say "I'm a member of PETA."
On Thanksgiving Day ten years ago it was exceptionally cold. I had been feeding some poor strays and knew they would not be fed even though they hid near restaurants that were closed that day. I went out that day in search of "my" poor orphans and found the cats. The two were huddling together. It was brutally cold. I decided to just pick up "Buddy" as I had named him and put him in the car. The girl cat escaped me I would rescue her later. I got Buddy neutered bathed and paid big dollars to have him boarded. I visited him every day brushed him and played with him. He was adopted two days before Christmas. From a skeletal cat to a loved companion Buddy had made it out of hell.
WE NOT WEAR FUR. ENCOURAGE OTHERS NOT TO WEAR FUR. WE DO LOVE TO WEAR IMITATION FUR AND LEATHER. CRUELTY HAS NO RIGHTFUL MORAL ETHICAL OR WORTHWHILE VALUE AND UNTIL WE STOP BUYING THESE ITEMS THE UNTHINCABLE WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN WITH OUR SUPPORT. The Roots of Violence Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Knowledge without character Commerce without morality Science without humanity Worship without sacrifice Politics without principles. The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated You may never know what results come of your action but if you do nothing there will be no result. Mahatma Gandhi
This is torturous treatment of animals. Would hate to be these people when the day comes they have to answer to God!
I am currently doing a petition I only need three more signatures!! for anti seal slaughter! I read Cleveland Amory's book "Mankind?" and got all the information I could about Seal Slaughter and Animal Cruelty so I can spread the word!
My friend bri and I have devoted this week to the seal slaughter because it's about to take place though there is still time! I have passed out all my little leaflets and filled out over 4 petitions D All I gotta do is send 'em in! But I saw this humane society commercial on tv yesterday and I saw the seal about to be clubbed that always gets me. I had to change the channel and then I called the number on the flyers I was handing out. No animals deserves this seals are cute and cuddly but you can't cuddle a coat!!!
after all these years this sick killing is still going onI first became aware of baby seals being clubbed to death for their fur in 1970 when I was 15! 40 years imagine how many of these babies have died in those 40 years!
i sign petitions that come to me from various agencies concerning the slaughter of seals esp. in canada. there were more as the winter olympics came. i hope to continue by providing this great looking shirt to a niece to help spread awareness. signed petition too.
After becoming aware of the plight of these beautiful little critters because of a show Larry King had on I have never stopped fighting to end this pathetic slaughter. Some of the things I have done to raise awareness are I had a 6 foot sign made which pictures a stop sign the words BABY SEAL HUNT. I display this in front of my store.On it I have a smaller sign saying "sign the petition inside" and pictures of sealers killing seals.Inside the store I also have brochures about the seal slaughter. I have sent petitions to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. I have also sent personal letters to the PM as well as Trade Minister. I have sent emails to the Dept. of Fisheries and called them as well. I have sent emails to the EU. I have enlisted the help of a coworker who has also sent dozens of emails and is spreading the word. I proudly wear my Olympic Shame pin and save the seals tshirt. I put on all of my letters Seal Stickers that I have ordered. I use my Boycott Canadian Seafood tote when grocery shopping and when I go to work. I have started debates with coworkers and circulated a petition at work as well.I comment on a news blog whenever there are stories on the seal hunt. I have signed online petitions as well.I am not on facebook so I am unable to sign.
I tell everyone about it! I don't buy maple syrup or support companies that buy fish from canadian fishing companies.
I actually don't think I have done ENOUGH. I do avoid buying anything made in Canada. I also have handed out "Club sandwiches Not SEALS" stickers to friends. Being vegan I also had a problem with the club sandwich too though.
The Canadian seal hunt is a dispicable display by humanity. It disgusts me to the fullest extent of the word. It is a senseless and extremely cruel slaughter of baby seals and for that reason I have tried my hardest every year to try to help end it through PETA's efforts as well as my own. I have leafletted going house to house handing out pamphlets and stickers spread the word verbally about the indecency and inhumanity that is the Canadian seal hunt written to the Canadian Prime Minister and the Senator of CT where I used to live about this issue reached out to politically driven Canadian band Propagandhi about this issue and asked them for any informationactivist groups they can recommend in Canada to get involved against the sealers I have also written to many grocery stores asking them to reconsider buying Canadian seafood and pointed out the connection between sealers and the fact they are also fisherman and that by not purchasing Canadian seafood it might help send the message to these sealers that we are serious about saving the baby seals and that the only way to get our point across is to hit them where it hurts their pockets!! I believe that with hard work and activism we can end the Canadian seal hunt hopefully sooner than later. We need to be the voice for those who don't have one and do everything within our power to help end this cruel and inhumane slaughter of baby seals…thank you!
In school our whole class wrote letters to primer Gordon Campbell in response to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic athletes wearing seal fur on their uniforms. In these letters we included our thoughts and feelings of how slaughtering seals is an unjust manner to support our athletes as proud Canadians. Our whole class or 32 students put our true feelings in about how awful clubbing is. In the end the uniforms did not include seal fur!
I try to make every day dedicated to animals some how some way I try to make the world a better place for wonderful animals They have no voice so I will speak for them I became vegan was vegetarian for 9 years..became vegan 2 years ago and now I have talked my family into having "Meatless Mondays" Thanks Sir Paul and what I call Vegan Fridays! Its been a big hit and my mom has gone to being "part time vegan" Im pushing for the full time! I cook all the meals! So many animals are being saved and our health is improving…thats called winwin people! I pass out flyers at my college and ever since the "Tilly incident" I have taken time from a few classes to talk about my feeling on Sea World and other 'slave trades' how these incredibly intelligent animals are being forced to live in bathtubs do stupid tricks what a waste of an animal. It brings tears to my eyes even thinking of it but I got through to a lot of kids and now I have a lot of people boycotting Sea World and the Circus thanks teachers for letting me talk! I adopted a almost blind German Shepherd about 5 years ago Shes my constant companion and I love her dearly. Her eyesight may be almost gone but Im amazed how smart she is…and how she uses that sniffer to find the kitty in the house! Thoes are just a few! Like I said every day I make an effort to do something nice for animals. They value their life just as much as we value ours!
I joined Peta 2's Street Team and ordered some flyers about the seal slaughter and petitions.During my school's annual Earthstock a festival to promote being environmentally friendly I handed them out to everyone and collect more than 75 signatures. I wanted to do something different since we never had an animal rights booth before. I put flyers around the school on lockers bathroom mirrors and in classrooms. It turns out many people at my school never knew what was happening before.
I have been appalled by the seal hunt for YEARS so during an International Environmental Law Class I had to get special permission to make mine about an internationl ANIMAL issue the seal slaughter. 50 pages and an "A" later I got to present it to the entire Environmental Law department of the school which I embellished with disturbing enlarged photos of the slaughter. Quite a change from the other environmental issues that were usually discussed and I definitely got their attention!! Encouraged by my professor I also submitted the paper for national publication in a legal journal. Was advised that it wasnt chosen bc it was not "environmental enough" but it was an opportunity to get even more people to read it and look at those pictures!!!
I am happy to have signed the petition! While recently researching seals for a class assignment on an animal of choice one of my students asked me about some disturbing info she found the seal hunt. Since I am not supposed to teach my opinions just facts and I didn't want to upset a 10 year old I let her take the lead in the conversation. She was obviously upset by the reserach she did at home and wanted to know why it would be allowed. I explained to her in simplified terms the Canadians' side of the story. Of course she disagreed most children would see it's wrong to kill innocent animals. Why can't adults see that so clearly?! So she asked what could be done. I turned the question around on her and asked her what she thought could be done to Canada. Obviously the Olympics was a big deal and it has been talked about in my classroom and I was just waiting for her to put the pieces together. Well she did! She didn't think it was right that Canada got to host the Olympics because "that's like telling them it's OK to hurt the seals their country has an honor of hosting the Olympics." She couldn't understand why countries and people from all over the world would travel to Canada and spend money there when something so bad was happening there. I told her MANY people agreed with her. She told me she wouldn't watch the Olympics anymore and she wanted to write a letter to "some important official" to tell them they were wrong. I encouraged her to speak with her parents whenever she discovered something upsetting and to talk through what differences she could make. Well apparently she lobbied all her friends and family to stop watching the Olympics spreading the word about the plight of the seals! Who knows maybe I just inspired the next Ingrid! But the best part was that she put 2 + 2 together on her own independent thinking at its best!
Well I write a lot of articles for my school paper as editor in chief and i convinced my advisors to have an 'animal rights page' for most issues. Anyways I address a lot of animal liberation issues in my article including seal clubbing. I also have one of you shirts that I parade around my high school a lot. anyways the newspaper gets out to a lot of people they love it at my school. a lot of people have come up to me after reading my articles and promise to never go to the circus of mail lawmakers in canada. lol. im really i could make a difference!
I don't have a facebook so I'm really sorry but I can't sign your petition. I would if I had one! I recently boycotted the Canada olympics to help stop the seal slaughter there. I got my family and most of my friends to do the same. I even convinced my sports team not to watch it at the hotel this weekend! It's appalling that people club seals for sport and I want to do anything I can to stop it.
"Why do you think that you can make a difference? not only one person can make a difference!" My brother always says that to me everytime I bring up animal cruelty. I just say "one person CAN make a difference just by becoming a vegan I can always save an animals life." When I wear my "Mcruelty" stickers My I show my teachers Aome of them get disappointed and some of them like it The ones that dont approve of this sticker I wear Eat Meat and go to Mcdonalds. Although they dont like it I share my awarness of animal cruelty is wrong when I walk in the halls! The people who hunt seals have NO hearts Appearantly they dont get what pain the go through when the slaughter is happening I wish that the people that slaughter them were able to experience the pain they cause to the seals! I always Try to do whatever I can to help out ALL the animals that Are being slaughtered For their fur and for their meat! Lets Help Stop Animal Cruelty Claudia Contreras
I have handed out literature on boycotting CDN seafood and literature on seal FACTS in the Vancouver airport and in restaurants and grocery stores. I made my own very tight "Boycott Canadian Seafood Save the Seals" tanktop and have worn it on my 36D chest to various locations on and off for more than 4 years. In fact… it's time to get it out and on my body for this hunt season… Each March I begin my friendly email bombardment to everyone for which I have an email address updating them on the slaughter ways to help reminder to not eat CDN seafood etc. OH! And I had a baby seal face tattooed on my back next to the maple leaf I got when I left Canada so everyone will ask my why and I can tell them about the hunt.
i received a olympic seal slaughter pin from a peta contest on twitter. i literally wear it every where i go! i am constantly asked about it. even though its a small deed it bring great awareness!!
My story I hope is not one of a kind. I live everyday thinking of animals. I have resuced 100's of animals over my life and I currently have 6 rescues living with me now.in addition to my own personal 6 rescues There's always room for more. I am new to the area where I am living. I have already compiled a data base of "kill" shelters near me and I am doing weekly checks to see if there are any animals that I can rescue from them. I have called each given my name and information to them and requested that they contact me if any animal comes in with exceptional needs or abilities that they feel is worthy of a second chance. At the same time I contact them weekly to check in and inquire about the status of various aniamls. I just took in a litter of six kittens that someone dumped on my doorstep. I am happy to report that each of these babies already have forever homes to go to when they are old enough. It only takes 15 minutes a week to save a life from a kill shelter. Make contact check in inquire thank. Done! I am going this weekend to actually "find" these places and see about making regular visits. If nothing else maybe I can make my presence known and make there aware that there are people out here who care. Just call they will listen.
This really breaks my heart. I can never bring myself to hurt any animal.This needs to stop. These innocent animals deserve to live.
So agree with you
I have got my PETA2 Olympic Shame stickers flyers and petition yesterday and I am going all over my school and college campus ti get signatures to send in. I want to try to get 100!
I would first like to thank peta for bringing this issue to my attention. I never really knew the details. After reading this petition I decided to do some research on the topic and I now know why it is so important. Now I understand that for 4000 years the First Nations people hunted seals as a rite of passage for food and warmth. There is a circle a continuous flow to life that requires one species kill another for survival. The commercial slaughter of these animals however is different and can be stop by a lack of market for the product these murderers are pushing. Boycotting all Canadian sea food will not do it. We must boycott the companies or products that are or include seal in them. If no one is buying it there is no reason for these hunts. I feel for this movement to be more effective the tshirt design should include the word boycott and the names of the products that are made from seal. If the tshirts are available for purchase peta would have additional funds for the cause and there will be more of them out there for people like me to see to learn and do something. For my part in this I am educated which of course is the first step in many. I will look out for those products and avoid them. I will inform the people around me. I can only hope that little part will help.
I think it is a terrible crime and it should be illegal. The best thing we can do is make people aware and be careful of what products we use do they test on animals? do they use animal biproducts? Many many terrible discustig things happen to all animals we need to make a stand and keep fighting!
Canadian here! I've signed petitions written emails sent letters to the government and prime minister joined protest groups and organizations donated to causes to stop the slaughter and last year went to a demo in my city that PETA hosted. I let everyone I know how to do something to help stop the seal hunt.
I belive that people who do this to these baby seals deseave to be treated back the same way its unfair what they do and they need to learn there leason that instead of hurting them or killing them they could be saving them and enjoy there beauty and kindness …
I immediately signed the petition and repost all of peta's articles related to the cruelty of the seal slaughter on facebook. I try and get as many of my friends to learn about it as possible. Their is strength in knowledge!
I don't believe in hurting an ant.Any slaughter depresses me a lotand worst of all you cannot turn to people who fill their bottomless pit with flesh.Soi have initiated an awareness program.i have been working on some articles for our local newspaper about the cruelty people carry out everyday.I am trying my best to tell people to go vegetarian.i have been collecting videos on animal abuse so that people can realize where they are goingbecause we are losing the identity of a human and turning into monsters.
stop all seal slaughter
While it might not seem like much I sign every sealsaving petition and I forward them to all my contacts and post on facebook twitter. My friends must be sick of hearing from me all the time but I don't care!
I got all my classmates to sign it and start petitions of their own by making small presentations in my classes and convincing people why it is wrong and showing them pictures. i also got some of my teachers to join in too! SAVE THE SEALS!
This senseless slaughter has to stop!!..this is my annual passion!! to stop it!
I wear my 'Club Soda Not Seals' shirt very frequently to school. It seems like every time I do someone new notices it. I keep leaflets and my petition sheets with me at all times so that I can teach them about the seal slaughter and have them sign the petition so they can be contacted with more information. I also have a Canada's Shame pin on my purse and get a lot of questions that way. I have taught a lot of people about the seal slaughter and all of them agree it is completely unnecessary!
I HAD A DREAM! I had a dream that one day seal slaughter will be illegal all together and the hunters will be punished accordingly! But sadly we have a long way to go till that happens. So until then im am going to fight for the voices that cant be heard. As long as they are being brutally murdered and robbed then I will fight for them! March 15 will not go unnoticed at my school! I am making a deal with the kids at my school if they go to peta and sign the seal petition then I will make them a "club soda not seals tshirt! Im setting up a table at lunch and every break in between classes to try to educate my school about the wrong doings in Canada! I am writing an article in my school newspaper informing them once again! Canada you are making a massive mistake! Think about what youre doing for the price of making an extra buck on the side. Many seals have not yet eaten their first solid meal or learned how to swim before they are beaten and skinned for a product that no one needs. Fur is dead! Its not ours to take. We are not cavemen! So why do we stoop to this level of brutally murdering these innocent animals. They feel like we do. They have the same urged to live as us. Yes we are on the top of the food chain and yes we do have the power to take their lives away. But why! So we can have a coat that every time gets wet will smell like death. And isnt that what a coats for is to protect us from the wind rain and snow? But yet we cant wear it for what its supposed to be used for. So now we have a murdered seal a useless nasty fur coat and we are still cold! We take gods creatures and rob them of their rightful skin. There skin is not ours! Please think about what youre doing! Just a ruff draft Im going to add more facts and maybe even a pic. Leaflets will be on every business window in town and the halls of my school will be decorated with them too. I often get this question from many people. "you wont make a difference" and right there I know there dead wrong because I will then explain the stupid reasons for the seal slaughter what Im going to do about it and I will tell them that every life deserves a life worth living and I know that they at least once during that day will think about what I said and if we continue to do that then we are bound to make a difference. As long as you and I are in this fight we can and will make my dream come true!
Well i hate the fact that people club seals for sport so i got a seal costume and ran around the streets of my city while my brother chased me around with a canadian flag tshirt and he was holding a bat with a hook on it. we also passed out flyers that talked about the seal slaughter to all the people that we passed. save the seals! 3


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SATURDAY's state visit by Senor Nicolas Maduro, of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, coming after almost five months since the passing of his predecessor, the indomitable Senor Hugo Chavez, is another indication of the continuously growing, warm and mutual friendship that has underpinned relations between the two neighbouring states. This change has especially been ushered in, with the ascension of Chavez to the Presidency.
The stage for this détente began when Chavez made his first visit to Guyana in the early 2000s. Of course, not only did he blame the United States for being responsible for the tensions between his country and Guyana, but signalled that new strategies will have to be employed for the settling of border disputes. He further reiterated that his visit was about strengthening ties with Guyana, and assured that his country was not about the hindering of development within the disputed area that would benefit Guyanese.
Absolutely, this was a ground breaking declaration since it was to have removed the two South American States from a state of frosty relations to what can be described as the warmest clime of good neighbourly relations ever. The rest is now history.
In this new clime of improved diplomatic relations, Guyana has benefitted very much from the Petro Caribe deal. This is an arrangement that includes Guyana and several Caribbean and Latin American countries, whereby oil and diesel are purchased at reduced prices. It allows for deferred payments, and for borrowers to pay on a barter system with goods such as sugar, rice and bananas.
But it is the rice deal between the two states that has epitomized the value and importance of this era of diplomatic tranquility. In accordance with negotiated arrangements, local rice farmers have been selling rice at lucrative prices to this South American country. From a package that started at $18.8M in 2009 for a shipment of 10,000 tonnes of rice, has grown exponentially to $140M for 200,000 tonnes, currently.
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There is no doubt that President Maduro's visit has further strengthened and advanced the platform of excellent ties that has grown since the beginning of the millennium, and made possible by the late visionary, Hugo Chavez.


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Snowboarding Forum - Snowboard Enthusiast Forums (http://www.snowboardingforum.com/forum.php)
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I have 400$ for snowboarding equipment and I need help!
I fell in love with snowboarding. I want to get my own gear and I only have 400$ I need a board, bindings, gloves, and goggles. I want something that won't break/rip on me as far as bindings and gloves and for the board I would like one that doesn't scratch, or where the scratches aren't that noticeable.
I don't understand what kind of boards there are so I can't really tell you what I'm looking for in that.
Im 16 years old, 5'9", and about 130 lbs.
Any websites or stores I should look at/go to?
Hey, not to be a jerk or anything, but it'd be a lot easier to buy a setup on a smaller budget if you didn't really mind about cosmetics as much as you seem to. So keep that in mind. Also, I'm not the best at setting people up as I'm no veteran to this forum as you can tell, but sooner or later someone is going to ask anyways.
What's your height, weight, experience so far? What kind of riding are you looking into getting most involved in/do you want an all mountain designed board? Do you already have a preference for camber profile?
EDIT: Do you already have boots that work really, really well for you?
Do you need it now, because tent sales at the end of the season or right before the start of next season is when you get sweet discounts on gear.
try to get past what stuff looks like especially if you're on a budget. if you take a look at the mountain and mostly the park, the best riders don't care what they're wearing.....it's about snowboarding. i don't even like what my favorite snowboards look like but i bought them because they were meant for my kind of riding.
for outerwear, check places like Marshall's, TJ Maxx, Burlington Coat Factory. or online at whiskeymilitia.com or even ebay and craigslist.
I just seen Technine snowboards being sold at Ocean State Job Lot for $125 new
end of season sales are the best though if you can wait
I've been shopping around a lot lately and could find you a package real quick even cheaper than that and with pretty decent quality stuff for a beginner. But you don't specify what type of board you're looking for or anything. Weight, boot size, where do you ride, experience level...etc? Colors/designs should be a low priority when you're on a tight budget.
Here is an example of a setup from one of the sites I've been shopping from lately:
Ride Snowboards Revolt Snowboard Bindings
K2 Lifelike Snowboard
Dragon Optical DX Snowsport Goggles
DaKine Charger Gloves - Insulated (For Men)
$327 shipped (possible free shipping if you download their app/checkout with it and save $17)
Could probably even add a set of boots, or some other stuff you might need and keep the price right at $400. Just need to know what you're looking for and shop around a few minutes.
Relax. You don't need poseur gear. For $400 you'll be able to get on the mountain. You won't get laid because of your steeze, but you'll be riding...while you're saving up money to upgrade.
There is so much stuff on sale all over the place at ridiculous prices. Actually, on that site I was looking at you could get a Forum manual board, ride bindings, goggles, gloves, jacket, pants and new and pretty nice stuff for under $400. Everything you need to get started. Sizes are limited and colors might not be exactly what you want, but damn you could get started real cheap these days.
I think I paid almost $400 for my first used Board, binding, boot package from the local surf/skate shop back in 91'. My first board was awesome, it was one of those things from the 80s with a big ol square tail and pointy nose. I was so excited when I upgraded to my first brand new board ever, the 92' or 93' Burton Twin 58. That thing was a hell of a board and helped me progress a lot.
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King stood for education for all
February 1, 2014
Fifty years, Dr.Martin Luther King J....
We don't "have to" talk about anything. Just like we all have the right to free speech, we also have the right to remain silent.
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TopGun; as God says, some do not have eyes to see and ears to hear. Maybe when the elect are teaching in the millenium those who have been deceived by false teachers will see and hear the truth and accept it. After all, during that time satan is bound and there's none of satans' wicked influence. Being in the spiritual body at that time, we will 'know the real Christ.' Sadly, Bible says some will still follow satan when he's released to test them as we are tested on earth today. Don't believe that? Just state you're a christian and see. Everyone must be tested as fence-straddlers and unfaithful that follow satan are forever destroyed and we won't remember them ever having existed in heaven. Everyone has a choice to make. Whichever; enjoy your trip. There's no rapture out of here. That is satans little lie that's spread like wildfire since the inception of it in 1832 by a very ill woman that even stated 'it felt evil' when she went into her illness that would last days.
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Those christians who claim the earth is only 6000 years old are sadly, ignorant of Genesis. Get a Strong's Concordance (mainly an earlier version from 80's or before) because the anti-christians have been 'making their little changes' to everything. Take it back to the 'original manuscript' meanings. You must remember English words don't have same meanings as earlier Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek. Hebrew doesnt even have a 'j' in their alphabet. Earth was void....manuscripts say 'became' void; not 'was.' BIG difference! It became void due to satan and a third of God's children turning aside from God; instead of killing all His children; he created us in flesh bodies to come here to His creation on Earth to make up our minds 'once and for all' who we will serve. All evil will be wiped out at His return at 7th Trump (satan returns pretending to be real CHrist at 6th trump). Which will you believe? Studying God's Word instead of listening to men who give their own interpretations is sad.
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It's kind of a usless venture to memorialize MLK and then ignore the principles some say he stood for. As I said before, there are a lot of black people who would have been a much better choice than King. Maybe this was one of those spurr of the moment choices that are usually not very well though out, but then again, we praise Alexander Hamilton even though he did everything in his power to undermine the founding fathers and the constitution. Aaron Burr did us a great service when he caused Hamilton's death after shooting him in a duel. I find it ironic that Hamilton's son Philip was killed in a November 23, 1801 duel with George Eacker. Just goes to show you how misguided we can be when choosing a hero of sorts.
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Maj, he does live outside our idea of time. And the bible does cover the dinosaurs, but we will leave it at that since I don't think you have an understanding of biblical numerics or what the term Behemoth means. I know some say it's a hippo and an aligator, but that is not accurate. I've seen the new translations and they were clearly translated by the Kenites, not a biblical scholar. But, I'll leave it at that and get back to Martin.
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Maj, study the "Catabo" in the Bible. It is mentioned in Genesis, the war between God and Satan in the 1st earth age. Job 40 covers the Dinosaurs, or Behemoth. Some of their fossils date back billions of years. You have to remember that a day in Gods time is a thousand years in ours.
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You can't stop people from using drugs or alcohol by locking "other" people up you might stop that person from using, but not their buddies. We can't afford ( as as a society ) to just keep locking people up for doing drugs that only harm themselves I know it harms their families to if they have any that cares about them. It costs money to keep them locked up. The worst part about it is the children that are affected.
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Major, carbon dating has shown that the earth is billions of years old, not 6000 years. The Dinosaurs predate the 6000 year theory. Maybe fool was a bit strong. Maybe uninformed would have been better. Actually, most scientist will tell you that the earth is much older than 6000 years, and even though they will not try to put an exact time on it, they will agree that billions of years is an accurate theory. The Bible even states that it is billions of years old. We have no way to accurately determine how many years the Dinosaurs were around before they went extinct, but I can imagine they were here several million, or even billions of years before man.
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Dave, I don't know who's been saying that the earth is only 6000 years old, but it's no one in here. Only a fool would think that, and actually, the Bible and science are on the same page about it being billions of years old. The part real christians don't buy is the part about cave men and evolution.
If man evolved from an ape, there would still be examples in every stage of evolution walking around, since it is an ongoing process. I've been around a lot of years, and I haveyet to see a half man, half ape walking the streets. There are no exmples to support evolution, but the proof of creation is everywhere. And by the way, the give a man a fish thing is from the Bible, not a Chinese proverb.
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So what do you recommend we do about it? You can't stop people from using drugs or alchohol by locking other users or alcoholics up. It starts with the enviroment in which they are brought up some parents don't know how to be parents. And for you you comment on me reminiscing to the days of yesteryear, isn't that what republicans want? Family values it yesteryear?
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turning their life around. I will not be held 'accountable' on judgment day for 'supporting' through 'cash' donations, addicts. That would make me a 'contributor' to their demise. People confuse compassion. Sometimes real compassion and love is allowing them to hit rock bottom so they can get enough to force them to 'want' help; real help that turns them around and not help them to their permanent demise. "Tough love" is painful but necessary sometimes!
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2Cents:Heard of give a man a fish he eats for a day ? I posted it a week ago about the colossal cabbage article. you should check it out some time. Actually I don't think that is from the bible I believe it was a Chinese philosopher
I wasn't stating that quote was from the Bible. I just was telling everyone that God doesn't want us being 'enablers' to people. Say, for example, you have a relative on drugs...if you give him/her money you are 'enabling' that person to continue in his/her drug problem as you know they're going to spend it on drugs and not their bills, their kids food, etc... Just saying, a lot of folks 'enable' these people. You can still help them, but until they want to help themselves and seek help for their problem, you become an enabler to their problem thus NOT helping at all. Some folks have to hit rock bottom before wanting any help for themselves. But as long as bleeding heart liberals keep 'coddling' these types of folks...they have NO intentions of...
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Heard of give a man a fish he eats for a day ? I posted it a week ago about the colossal cabbage article. you should check it out some time. Actually I don't think that is from the bible I believe it was a Chinese philosopher
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2cents, if you read the bible, you will find that it tells us not be an enabler, which means funneling money to lazy people who will not work. Every hear of give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach him to fish and he eats for life? God never meant for us to keep lazy people who refuse to work. A lot of poor people keep themselves poor by living off the system rather than going out and finding a job.
Sadly, the DHHR helps them by explaining how to get around new regulations, or how to collect more money by acting stupid. They test them to see what skills they have and they have been told how to answer so they appear incompetent so they can collect more money. I know it happens because some of them near where I live bragged about being told how to do it, and they in turn told their friends ane relatives. Let them go hungry for a while, they'll get out and find a job. Hunger is a great incentive to go to work.
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Proverbs 14:21 Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.
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THIS black man would have been a better choice for the left to stand in 'awe' of:
One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them. ------- Thomas Sowell
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My favorite:
Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric. ------Thomas Sowell
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Here: What's worse than teaching someone that doesn't know anything? Trying to teach someone who thinks they know everything.
Whoa...did you figure that out all by yourself?
We know! We keep trying to 'educate' people on here but all they do is attack us personally and get irate because we have differing religious, political and moral ethics.
Now on that note...here's another learning experience. Take it or leave it. Your choice. Libs like 'choice' right? Careful now...
When you exercise your freedom to express yourself at the lowest level, you ultimately condemn yourself to live at that level. What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mind. Some people find fault like there's a reward for it.
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What's worse than teaching someone that doesn't know anything? Trying to teach someone who thinks they know everything.
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Stupid auto correct!
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Trthseker says: No wonder the left is so angry all the time about nearly everything; negativity is all they have and the world is tired of hearing them whine and cry. I hear nothing from them about fixing problems that they keep creating" Well like I said before if that was the case than rush Limbaugh would not have a three hour show.
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So it's time for the "job creators" to do their part and create some jobs. It's time to " take one for the team" Right?
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Trthseker says: No wonder the left is so angry all the time about nearly everything; negativity is all they have and the world is tired of hearing them whine and cry. I hear nothing from them about fixing problems that they keep creating. It's estimated that 3.5 percent of the US population is gay and they want to change everything. They're not just coming out of the closet these days. It seems as though they are trying to get everyone else in the closet. So if they not anywhere close to a majority than lawmakers should not change the laws to cater to them. On the same token. Millionaires and billionaires have been estimated to be about 1 percent. Right? We've all heard about the 99 percent. So why would the republicans or democrats for that matter see fit to cater to the wealthy and create loopholes, or provide subsidies to the richest one percent. I keep hearing that the wealthy are the job creators. I agree with that 100 percent. I never got hired by a poor person.
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That's one of the problems with republicans they think they know everything, but don't want to reaveal there " "secrets" if that's the case, that democrats could steal your ideas than that means that democrats ideas would not be that different . from republicans. Right? Something as simple as education ( which i believe was one of the questions you are referring to) if you can't contribute new ideas than whats the point of arguing? If you have such great ideas than maybe you should run for office. And on the issue of campaign donations. I would most likely be in favor of that to avoid large contributions from "Pacs" or lobbyists. That's not a bad thing. Money has no place in politics. That's a conflict of interest. And for you to think that the previous administrations policy's have no effect on the current administration than you better think again. I already proved that theory wrong ie the Tomblin pay raise controversy. Any more questions?
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Agree with you Maj. 2cents and others in here only ask us questions they don't know answers and think we'll be stupid enough to help the lefties out. They're losing elections and support. Pelosi is attempting to 'force' taxpayers to contribute to campaining because they're support is dwindling significantly because of Obama and his anti-gun; anti-constitution, anti-work, anti-insurance, anti-business, ANTI-EVERYTHING!
No wonder the left is so angry all the time about nearly everything; negativity is all they have and the world is tired of hearing them whine and cry. I hear nothing from them about fixing problems that they keep creating. Everytime Obama says he's going to 'help' with a certain group; he makes it worse. Then when asked why unemployment must keep getting extended....he liberally continues blaming other people, networks, reporters, whites, conservatives, tea party, Bush, previous administration, rich people (as he 'pretends' he's not one of them!).lol.
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CHAMPION - Norma J. Moody, 86, passed in peace Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, at Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren surrounded by her loving family.
She was born Jan. 14, 1927, in Champion, the daughter of John and Clara Belle Wyndham, and she was a lifelong resident of Trumbull County.
Norma was a member of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church of Cortland and the Eastern Star Opal Lodge and found great pleasure in clowning with her husband as a member of the Ali Baba Grotto organization, participating in many benefits for disabled children in the area.
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She leaves a very large family in her six children, Judith A. Kereszturi of Ruskin, Fla., Janet (Richard) Gibson of Cortland, Robert (Kathy) Moody of Warren, Benjamin (Jan) Moody of Cortland, Kent Moody of Warren and Jeff (Debbie) Moody of Howland. She is the proud Nana to 18 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
She is reunited with her late husband, Benjamin H. Moody Jr., and was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Mary Wyndham and Louise Read; a brother, Charles Robert Wyndham; and a son-in-law, Steve Keresturi.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Crown Hill Memorial Chapel, 3966 Warren Sharon Road, Vienna, where a service by the Eastern Star will precede at 2:45 p.m. The family will receive friends one hour before services. Burial will be at Crown Hill following the service.
The family would like to thank all at Lake Vista Care facilities and the many fine employees at Trumbull Memorial.
"We know you and Dad are now dancing again."
The family asks any material contributions be made to The Mission Endowment Fund at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 490 N. High St., Cortland, OH 44410.
Selby Funeral Home handled the arrangements.
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PERC Senior Fellow Wally Thurman talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the world of bees, beekeepers, and the market for pollination.
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Are bees really vanishing? Watch as PERC's Wally Thurman busts the myth with John Stossel on the FOX Business Network. As Thurman explains, market forces have kept honey bees buzzing.
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Wally Thurman talks bees with John Batchelor. He discusses colony collapse disorder and the state of the bee industry.
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This policy series on Colony Collapse Disorder, a mysterious phenomenon affecting honey bees, shows how real people resolve environmental problems.
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This workshop will consider the potential for contracting for ecosystem services by focusing on the transaction costs of such contracting, other impediments to contracting, and public policies that could promote market transactions. Specific focal areas include: water quality and quantity, wildlife...
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Environmentalists, politicians, and scholars express concern about a "race to the bottom" in environmental policy. Yet economic theory indicates that a race to the bottom in environmental policy is highly unlikely, and there is little evidence that such races have, in fact, occurred.
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The authors explore the history of eminent domain in the United States—a history characterized by periodic public backlash.
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PERC scholars compare the Conservation and Wetland Reserves, both federal programs, with two private land trusts,The Nature Conservancy and the Land Trust Alliance,to determine their influence on each other.
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by Wally ThurmanTyler Cowen has recently promoted the idea that parking in America is costly and inappropriately provided mostly for free. Summarizing a recent book by Donald Shoup, The High Cost of Free Parking, he argues that at zero price, Americans park their cars a lot and generate congestion...


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A woman struck a parked car with a car she stole from a crossing guard Wednesday morning, police said.
The crossing guard tried to stop the woman, 26-year-old Vanessa Gonzalez, from stealing his car but Gonzalez pushed him to the ground, according to Las Vegas police.
She then hit a parked car near Antelope Way and Pinedale Avenue, and tried to flee the scene on foot but neighborhood residents stopped her, Las Vegas police spokeswoman Laura Meltzer said.
The crossing guard was transported to Mountain View Hospital, with minor injuries.
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Authors are invited to submit abstracts and participate in the 63rd International Council for Educational Media (ICEM) Conference that will be held in Singapore from 1 – 4 October 2013.
The late 1990s saw the emergence of e-Learning. Many schools and institutions have embarked on campus-wide initiatives that comprised content-driven and technology-enhanced pedagogy until the advent of Web 2.0. Now, however, the educational model is undergoing a complete change of approach and both the blended learning model and participative learning have become more possible and meaningful, especially when combined with the changing profile of Gen Y students.
The conference theme 'we-Learning: Content, Community and Collaboration' recognises these pervasive and rapid changes that are having a profound impact on education and society. Education at all levels plays a central role in shaping the way these changes affect the economy, society and a new generation of knowledge workers. Knowledge and content are now a touch away and the new classroom has no physical boundaries. People and resources are linked across borders allowing for new types of collaboration. What does this mean for learning and teaching in tertiary education? This conference explores the paradigm shift from e-Learning to we-Learning, and the broad consequences for education in a changing world.
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The Basque skipper Amaiur Alfaro aims to compete in the 2016 Vendée Globe
According to the French daily newspaper, Sud-Ouest, Amaiur Alfaro is hoping to compete in the next Vendée Globe. Last summer, the Basque skipper finished in 39th place in the Solitaire du Figaro, after suffering a lot of damage. "I realize today that if you want to do well in a race like the Solitaire, it requires a lot of funding. You can't just get up and go, as you have to struggle to find sponsors and find the time to train. A top class sportsman can't be a salesman at the same time." The sailor from Hendaye has learnt a lot from this experience, which was tough, but enriching, and this should help him take up his next challenge: to make it to the start of the next non-stop, solo round the world race. We should add that his best performance to date was his third place in the 2009 Transat Jacques Vabre, when he raced aboard a Multi 50 alongside Lalou Roucayrol.


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At first glance, this book appears to add little to the growing number of volumes published in the past decade dealing with handicapped children. We have already had Kershaw's "classic" from the United Kingdom and several American texts that have attempted to cover much the same field. What need is there for yet another book that attempts to strike the delicate balance between superficiality and the extensive medical details offered in any standard pediatrie text? The fact is that none of the other contenders have succeeded as well as Grace Woods in doing so. Her approach combines the style and lucidity of an Illingworth or MacKeith, with the authority drawn from extensive experience that characterized Kershaw's important contribution.
Accordingly, this volume is deceptive. Although there are no tables of "data" as such, there are numerous photographs and tables of other kinds. And, while the treatment may first appear to be
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