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It's not just a wedding-it's an opportunity to reward sustainable and local businesses…
At heart, a wedding should be a reflection of the couple getting married. Some weddings are religious events, some are big parties, and some are demonstrations of wealth and prestige. But increasingly these days, a new kind of wedding is emerging.
The green wedding.
As more people try to reduce their ecological footprints, couples are using their weddings as opportunities to demonstrate a devotion to the earth-and to each other. After all, the average cost of a wedding in the U.S. is around $28,000. With that kind of price tag, a wedding has considerable purchasing power. Some are looking at it as an opportunity to reward sustainable and local businesses.
"We're finding that people who are choosing to have a green wedding see it as a sign of their values," says Eric Fenster of Back To Earth Organic Catering in Berkeley, which does about 15 percent of its business in Marin. "Our clients say again and again that they feel really good about their wedding. It's just as elegant as other weddings, but behind it, they are creating something healthy and wonderful, and something that is not destructive to the earth."
A green wedding might go something like this: You pick a central location in a 100-year-old building to reduce travel distance and carbon emissions. On top of that, you hire a biodiesel shuttle to take guests to and from their hotel, a hybrid limousine for the bride and groom, and purchase carbon offsets to make up for other air and car transportation. You use organic and local food, alcohol, cake and flowers. For favors, you give guests redwood saplings that they can plant. You use electronic invitations (no paper) and digital photography (no film processing). Your rings are conflict free and the rest of your jewelry are antiques. At the reception, you make sure your guests are aware of the choices you've made.
At least, that's how Emily Hagopian chose to have her Mill Valley wedding last year. At first Hagopian, a photographer who works with green builders, and Michael Heacock, a green architect, were unexcited about planning their wedding. While they wanted to celebrate their union with friends and family, the idea of spending so much money on one day seemed excessive. Then Hagopian thought of centering the ceremony on an environmental theme.
"I got really energized," she says. "I got excited about all the things I wanted to do and how they could be shared with our guests. It was really an educational event as well as something we are passionate about."
Hagopian was not alone. In a 2006 survey conducted by Brides.com, 60 percent of respondents said that the environment was an important factor in their wedding planning. Another 33 percent said they wanted to have a green wedding.
Locally, event planners are seeing more interest in green weddings as well, particularly when it comes to the food. Customers are asking where caterers get their food, how the food is farmed, and whether or not it's local.
"There is more interest in locally grown foods," says Moira Gubbins, event planner and owner of Parties, Parties, Parties in Mill Valley. "Organic has always been important to a lot of our clients, but now they are asking about sustainable farms and local food. People are more attuned to the fact that food grown closer to them is fresher and uses less energy."
Of course, interest in organic food in the Bay Area goes much deeper than weddings, but other types of companies are seeing increased business from green weddings as well. OrganicBouquet.com, an online retailer of organic flowers in San Rafael, plans to ship roughly 20 million stems of eco-certified flowers this year. Of that, 20 percent will go to green weddings.
"We get calls every day from florists and brides who are asking for organic flowers for their weddings," says OrganicBouquet.com's Gerald Prolman. "Awareness of the environment is at an all time high. People today are making conscientious purchase decisions. They want to know how the farm workers are treated and want assurance that the earth was not contaminated in the process."
For many brides, organic flowers are a symbol of their choice not to support the fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides and other chemicals used in mass flower farming. Some 70 percent of flowers sold in the U.S. have been imported, increasing carbon emissions, according to Prolman.
But even in the Bay Area, planning a green wedding can be difficult. Hagopian found that she had to thoroughly investigate vendors for her wedding to find ones she considered truly sustainable. With the help of her wedding planner, Mary Lou Sanders, she managed to find vendors who could give her what she wanted, or who were willing to change the way they did things for her business. Her photographer, for example, switched to digital film just for Hagopian's wedding.
Oddly enough, one of the most difficult things for her to find was a sustainable caterer. While Hagopian interviewed several caterers, her standards went beyond a few organic ingredients. She wanted everything, even the oils and spices, to be organic. On top of that, she wanted to know how the company was run. Did they compost their waste? How did they wash their dishes? What transportation methods did they use?
Finally, Hagopian discovered Back to Earth, which lived up to her standards.
"I went in there and asked, so what are you washing your dishes with?" says Hagopian, laughing. "They said, oh that's weird, no one has ever asked that question before. I was being anal. But they came through 100 percent. And they had the most amazing food, too."
But even a company as earnest about the environment as Back to Earth can have trouble being completely sustainable. Although Back to Earth tries to use all local food, it can run into problems when key ingredients are not grown in the Bay Area, such as coffee or chocolate.
"If we didn't serve chocolate and coffee, we wouldn't do very well as a catering company," says Fenster. "We try to balance that by cutting out things that are unnecessary, things like tropical fruit or produce from far away."
Surprisingly, a green wedding can end up costing more than a regular wedding because organic food, flowers and alcohol can be more expensive than their non-organic counterparts. However, couples can always go the anti-consumerism route by cutting the guest list to 20-50 people, scaling back on extras and enjoying low-key activities. By doing so, they can save money and ease pressure on the earth.
Either way, the goal is to add meaning to the wedding by making it more than just about the people getting married.
"It's eye-opening," says Hagopian. "This amazing event celebrating love can become extremely wasteful and harmful to other people. Everything we do has an effect one way or another. So we wanted to start our relationship out with a clean slate. We wanted to cause no harm."
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Living with 'Difference': Growing up 'Chinese' in White Australia
Tan, Carole A. (2003) Living with 'Difference': Growing up 'Chinese' in White Australia. Journal of Australian Studies, pp. 101-108.
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While much of what has been written regarding the history of Chinese migrants in Australia centres around Chinese exclusion under the White Australia policy, there has been little exploration of the struggles encountered by the descendants of Chinese migrant families who grew up under the White Australia policy due to their precarious position as 'undesirable Other' within white Australian society. Using an interdisciplinary approach and drawing from the personal narratives of multi-generational Chinese Australians, this paper seeks to address this gap by focusing on the childhood experiences of Chinese Australians who grew up in white Australia - a time when for many Chinese Australians being Chinese represented a distinct handicap or liability. This paper looks closely at the inscription of 'difference' in the lives of Chinese Australians that occurred in through social encounters that took place at the interface of mundane everyday life and the wider (white) Australian community, analysing this differential process in relation to the societal meanings with which 'Chineseness' was commonly imbued, and demonstrating the diverse ways that 'Chineseness' became inscribed in the lives of multi-generational Chinese Australians whether they saw themselves as 'Chinese' or not.
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Floor space: 60 m²
Next village/town: Center Maria de la Salut in approx. 1.1 km, Palma in approx. 43 km, Sineu in approx. 6 km
Number of persons: 2-4
No pets allowed
Pool, shared use
Room/s: 2
Type of property: Property on a manor, apartment
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Feature: Property on a manor (max. 2 floor(s), 3 building(s) in total).
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Access/parking: parking on the estate.
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Outdoor facilities: (shared use): terrace, furnishing provided, brick barbecue.
Pool: (shared use): 10.0 x 5.0 m, open throughout the entire season. Pool area: tiled, sun loungers, sunshades, external shower, WC.
Situation: suburbian area.
Sports facilities/ leisure time: shared use (against payment): bikes (depending on availability). shared use (free of charge): children's playground.
Arrival: Airport Palma in approx. 40 km
Beach/waters: Sandy beach in approx. 16 km (Ca'n Picafort)
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Here is AJ Styles' promo from last night's TNA iMPACT! broadcast:
An styles, you're good. But better than cm punk….. I don't think so
Days ago on RAW the Divas champ AJ tore the Divas apart for taking the easy way (Total Divas reality show). Similar to the CM Punk interview from a few years ago.
I hope this A.J. Styles interview wasn't done just because the WWE did it.
BREAKING NEWS: AJ Styles signed a short term contract extension for less money. All done with hopes TNA will lock him up long term.
I swear if They lose him they are in deep deep shit
It pisses me off when a wrestler is cutting a great promo and the crowd starts up with the cliche WWE chants and boring chants. I thought that was one of his better promos. And AJ IS better than Punk. I've never been a fan of Punk's and I think AJ is right when he says he's better than him. Hell, even The Miz is better than Punk.
Ok Lets not get crazy….Miz blows. Just cuz he's in WWE doesn't mean Punk sucks.
As a wrestler AJ Styles is miles ahead of Punk. In terms of promos, Aries and Bully Ray are miles ahead in that. CM Punk is a fake, he's a corporate player who turns up weekly to do his job, and if we are talking about copying promos – CM Punk copied Samoa Joe's promo (the night Scott Hall decided not to show up) – want a good shot, watch that!
??? Miles ahead? I'd put them on even playing field but definitely not miles ahead. Each has their own unique talents and Punk did the pipe bomb promo in varients in roh before joe so no no no. ANd As fantastic as aries is, again I put them all in my favorite bin together as equals, but his tna promos are fairly weak AT Times no knock to him sometimes their VERY good.
I would honestly say The Miz has mic skills that can rival Punk's.
The reaction the TNA crowd has got in a long time.
very good promo
That crowd sucked…
I think many people here are too TNA Biased. WWE is not the land of evil, you gota wade thru the stupid shit but trust me the good stuff is currently putting tna to shame. TNA is very weak storyline wise, obviously great wrestlers but the terrible lack of creative behind the scenes is killing them. OBSESS OVER PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING NOT ONE SPECIFIC COMPANY.
Great promo. This what WWE has in its locker every week. TNA has the better technically gifted wrestlers, but the E makes the better shows/storylines. TNA needs to address that. What I think that needs to happen, is for TNA to break some boundaries, like the E did with the attitude era. I know that no wrestling promotion can ever better that period, but they can come close to matching it. With the talent on the roster at TNA, there is no reason they cant come close. AJ can be their Stone Cold, AA being their Rock, Joe their Kane, Sting their Undertaker. But what TNA needs most of all, is a Vincent Kennedy McMahon. I hate what WWE have done to themselves in recent years (Cena the biggest mistake) and I want TNA to succeed, but it needs that ruthless owner, who gets people believing the hype. Whatever you think of Vince, he was the best thing that ever happened to Pro Wrestling. TNA need a player like that on their team


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After the game the Swiss defender spoke exclusively to Arsenal TV Online. Johan discussed:
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Posted by Gordon Barnett on October 25, 2012
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It is that dreaded time of year again where we have to report via the performance management system (PMS) on our individual performance and the value we bring to the organization. I say dreaded, because we all know that in reality the goals and objectives were set some time ago in the past, maybe a year ago, and a lot has happened since that time. The person you report to may have changed, you were redirected to other tasks, and so on. Everything seemed possible at the time of the objective setting, but now the reality hits that you were or may have been far too optimistic about your own capability. The self-assessment is difficult as you are not sure whether your manager has the same view as you. You believe you met the objective, but does their expectation meet your actual delivery? If a good performance relates to more money, the pressure and stress builds.
So whilst I was preparing for my Orlando Business Architecture Forum presentation I started to think about how business architecture teams measure and manage their performance. One of my next reports for Forrester's business architecture playbook addresses BA performance. It was also a hot topic for the EA Council members in Orlando. I had a number of 1-on-1's with clients who particularly asked about BA metrics and performance — in particular, "What do other business architecture teams do?"
I started listing the questions that, when answered by clients, would lead to a very valuable report for all BA leaders:
Do you measure your BA's performance? Clients often advise me that they have fairly mature BA practices. However, very few can articulate how they measure their performance, and often comment that the business asks them to demonstrate how BA adds value. So, it would be useful to understand whether BA leaders measure their team's performance and why they do or don't.
Who sets the BA team goals and objectives? Now in individual performance management systems it is common for the individual and manager to discuss, define, and agree on the goals and objectives for the year or performance period. It is also common for these goals and objectives to be SMART based. More advanced organizations will have team goals, and therefore the discussion will align the individual goals and objectives to the team's goals and objectives. So, BA leaders, who sets your goals and objectives: you, your manager, both of you, or someone else?
How does the structure of your program affect performance objectives? In some organizations the BA team is a dedicated team of individuals. In others it is a virtual or extended team comprising a core BA team and subject matter experts. Does your BA performance system include all contributors or is it specific to the core BA team?
What is the focus of the BA goals and objectives? In today's world it is often said that the customer is king, and therefore the focus of any business unit should be related to the customer. This could be in terms of customer experience, satisfaction, and so on. Initial discussions on BA suggest that BA teams focus inwardly on the development of the business architecture and thus its artifacts, rather than on the use of business architecture that is measured. This is analogous in my mind to past I&O teams measuring server uptime as the five 9's. What is your focus and what metrics do you use?
How frequently do BA efforts get measured? Is the measurement of BA efforts a single event, for example annually, or does it occurs more frequently? Again, how often are BA efforts measured and why?
If you are currently measuring, or are in the process of defining, your BA PMS, please share your metrics, methods, experience, and thoughts by commenting on this blog post.
Aligning Team, Individuals, and Business with Strategic Goals?
Comment from Shirley Sartin on Tue, 10/30/2012 - 04:51
I am curious to know if team goals are aligned with strategic goals in the Enterprise. If so, what is the process for abstracting from the enterprise strategic goals down to those areas where first the BA team and secondly the BA individual are provided with direction or assistance in participating and achieving Enterprise strategic goals?
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Rare twin giraffes are born at Texas nature preserve
By Jim Forsyth
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Rare twin giraffes were born this month at a nature preserve in Texas, marking only the second time that living twin giraffes have been born in the United States, the preserve said on Wednesday.
The babies were born on May 10 at the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch outside of New Braunfels, but the announcement was delayed because twins often do not survive, said Tiffany Soechting, the ranch's marketing director.
The giraffes - a female named Wasswa and a male named Nakato - are the only living twin giraffes in the United States, she said.
"This is an extreme honor," Soechting said. "There is a lot of pressure involved making sure mother and babies are healthy."
The twins are reticulated giraffes, a subspecies of giraffe common in zoos and characterized by large brown spots separated by white lines.
Wasswa was born first at 95 pounds (43 kg) and was 4.5 feet tall, Soechting said. Nakato weighed 125 pounds (57 kg) and was 5.5 feet tall at birth. In the East African language of Luganda, Wasswa and Nakato mean the first- and second-born twins.
Three-quarters of twin giraffe pregnancies abort early in the 15-month gestation or are stillborn, according to the ranch, which is 30 miles (48 kg) north of San Antonio. It bills itself as an "African Safari, Texas Style," where visitors can drive past free-ranging zebras, antelopes and giraffes.
Just nine sets of twins have ever been born alive at zoos worldwide, said Laurie Bingaman Lackey, who keeps statistics on giraffes for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. That's out of more than 8,000 recorded giraffe births in zoos worldwide since the 1820s. Continued...


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Saffron buckwheat (Eriogonum crocatum)
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How do I paint Cabinet Trim to Match Stained Doors?
I want to stain my old kitchen cabinets a dark cherry color. The cabinet doors are varnished so the wood color shows through; all trim surrounding the doors is painted with a white latex paint. I want to sand the doors and stain them a dark cherry wood and install new handles. What can I do to the painted surfaces of the surrounding trim on the cabinets to somehow match the stained doors? I do not want to strip off paint, etc....can I somehow paint the trim to give it the dark cherry wood-look stain? Thanks for your ideas and help!
What you're asking is if you can wood grain the cabinet bodies. The answer is yes, if you have the skillset or money to pay someone who does. It's not easy, and since those who have the skill (to do it justice) are few and far between, it's not cheap either. Another option would be to simply take a finished stained door to the paint store and find a color that blends well, or contrasts, with the doors. Though it may not be exactly how you want it to look, it could look very sharp and very acceptable, solid body cabinets with stained doors, fine. I have a customer who has solid black cab bodies with tiger maple stained/clearcoated doors, looks beautiful, and she paid mega bucks for them, just as they are.
You can try faux wood grain tools. You will need to match base and glaze colors to your chosen stain. I will express a bias that I find most faux finishes tacky, out of character and irrelevant to the home. However, there are some people out there I used to hire that do amazing faux work. There are very expensive though. I guess part of it is I don't have the patience real, nice faux finishing takes.
You will have fun playing with wood grain tools and one like the white one in the second little picture--that does end and heart grains--will only set you back $20. You can always paint over your mistakes. Paint is wonderful in that way which is a reason I was in the business. Near immediate gratification was nice too. And next to drip irrigation, nothing is more exciting than watching paint dry.
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So on the frozen sidewalks here, and the ones that aren't frozen are snow covered because many people do not shovel their sidewalks I slipped and stumbled along with my dogs. We had not walked the day before-and my dogs pawprints-heck my footprints were the only ones out there and I realized that none of my neighbors walk their dogs in the cold and snow. I try to take them on walks in the winter but we get out there much less frequently than our daily summer walks. I wonder how many people on this forum actually walk their dogs in adverse weather?
We walk 3 to 5 miles every day, no matter how hot, cold or wet it is outside. I have the gear for it and Rafi has the coat for it. This winter his winter coat is the biggest I've ever seen! He is starting to look less like a malinut and more like a lion!
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My boys get out. Whether for a walk or just playtime romping in the snow and chasing balls depends on the weather and the sidewalk conditions.
Like the postman....rain, snow, hail, sleet....we go out. Maybe not as long in severe weather but out we go.....
Depends on the actual temp, as Echo can be a bit of a pansy. Moderately cold temps and rain/sleet/snow, though, you bet we're outside. Once it drops below 5 F or so he refuses to go outside for walks or play. So then, he torments me in the house...
Take both my boys for walks everyday just about. But if wind chill gets below zero then we just play in the yard a little.
Yes, I have snowshoes so it's not really an issue. Sometimes if it's raining too much we only go for a short walk. It only got really cold once so far this year, and it was helpful to run around and play tag rather than walking.
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MUSCAT. On March 12, at Mater Dei Hospital, MARIA CONCETTA of Tarxien. She leaves to mourn her loss her children Moira, Margaret, Joyce and Oscar, their spouses, her grandchildren, nephews, nieces and cousins. The funeral leaves Mater Dei Hospital tomorrow at 8am for Marija Annunzjata parish church, Tarxien, where Mass will be celebrated at 8.30am, followed by interment at Tarxien cemetery. No flowers by request but donations to Id-Dar tal-Providenza, Siġġiewi, or Hospice Malta, Balzan, will be appreciated. Lord, grant her eternal rest.
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CASSAR. In loving memory of RITA who passed away on March 14, 2002. Sadly missed by her husband Carmel, her daughters Frances, wife of Denis Camilleri, Josephine, wife of Albert Farrugia, Anna, and Mariella, and grandsons Nigel, Ian, David and Adrian. Please remember him in your prayers.
CUTUGNO. In loving memory of ARTHUR on the fifth anniversary of his death. Lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his wife Violet, his children and their families.
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FALZON SANT MANDUCA – ALBERT. On the 32nd anniversary of his demise. Fondly remembered by his son-in-law John and his grandchildren Philip, Julian and Mary Ann. Lord, grant him eternal peace.
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Monday, 16 September, 2002, 19:44 GMT 20:44 UK
Oil prices slip back from highs
Oil prices slipped back from their highest level in 18 months amidst market speculation that members of the Opec oil producers' cartel would increase production in the event of a second Gulf War.
Close talks on military issues between the US and Opec's leading producer, Saudi Arabia, were seen by some as a sign that the cartel could comply for calls for higher production levels.
"If Saudi cooperates in military issues, then there is no reason to suspect it will not do the same in economic matters," Lawrence Eagles of oil brokers GNI Research wrote in a research note.
"That reduces considerably the risk of a shortage of oil if an attack on Iraq takes place."
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But some brokers said market forces, rather than international politics, had driven prices lower on Monday.
So far this year the price of a barrel of oil has risen about 40%.
So many traders have been tempted to cash in the profits and sell, some brokers said.
Indeed, Opec's own view suggested that Saudi Arabia would go along with the majority of Opec and stick to its lowest production quotas in a decade.
Opec Secretary-General Alvaro Silva said that enough oil is being supplied to the market and said the recent price surges were solely caused by concerns about a war with the Opec member Iraq rather than by real shortages.
Many market watchers were left scratching their heads.
"We have been expecting Opec to raise [production] quotas," said Deutsche Bank's Adam Sieminski.
"But the political base for Saudi's resolve appears vulnerable, and the Kingdom's commitment seems fragile."
US crude prices hit an 18-month high of $29.77 a barrel early on Monday before slipping back 13 cents to end at $29.68.
International benchmark Brent crude oil dropped 15 cents to $28.52 per barrel in London, down from its one-year high of $29.02 last week.
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Lewis acid catalysts are well-established for numerous synthetic procedures at the laboratory or industrial scale. Strategies for the increase of the strength of these Lewis acid catalysts include the decrease of the coordination number, the employment of electronegative substituents, the introduction of a positive charge, the generation of a strained geometry at the metal center or a combination of these. This project focuses on the synthesis of low-coordinate cationic organometallic aluminum compounds [R2Al]+. This can be achieved by the use of halogenated carborane counterions such as [CHB11Cl11]-, which combine a very low basicity with a high chemical stability. The substituents on the aluminum center range from simple alkyls such as ethyl or isobutyl to large and bulky m-terphenyls allowing to fine-tune the catalytic activities and selectivities. Unlike many common Lewis acids these compounds are soluble in aromatic solvents.
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