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Hilary Duff is officially engaged to her hockey player boyfriend Mike Comrie! Rumors arose earlier this week when Hil was spotted wearing a HUGE rock and her reps have finally confirmed the happy news!
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Shortlisted for Nursery Chain of the Year!posted 2 years ago
We are delighted to announce that First Steps Children's Nursery group has been shortlisted in the national Nursery World Awards.
Said our owners Debbi and Andy Gould: "We are absolutely thrilled to bits to win a place in the finals of these awards, which are seen as the "Oscars" of the early years sector. This was the first year we have entered these awards and we think it's amazing to be shortlisted. We are a family run business and family is at the heart of everything we do."
Our sister nursery, Rathvilly School, in Northfield, has also been shortlisted for the title of Nursery of the Year. An individual accolade also goes to Kate Reed, our group's Operations Director, who is a finalist in the category for best regional manager. She was nominated for her dedicated work for the group and her unstinting support and leadership.
Added Debbi: "Our staff all work incredibly hard to provide the best possible experience for children from 0-5 years. Feedback from our children and their parents shows us we are doing a really good job. Being a finalist in these national awards is the icing on the cake!"
The winners will be announced at a glittering ceremony in London on September 26th.
The awards are organised by Nursery World magazine, the early years sector's main publication, with award entries assessed by independent early years leaders, who also visit settings to assess the quality of their work.


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text: Facebook marketing for dummies Part 1 Loki Ong November 4, 2015 Facebook Marketing, Uncategorized Facebook marketing for dummies Part 1 You probably know that Facebook is the number one social media platform, which most people use. Apart from the fact that we are using it for chatting with our friends or sharing the things we love such as photos, videos, or even document files, some people especially business owners use it as their number one source of traffic and sales and a spot for branding.So today I like to share some free ways that you can leverage on Facebook Traffic to bring in free leads to your business with this post Facebook marketing for dummies Part 1. Usage 1: Create a event You can use eventbrite or eventbee to create awareness for you upcoming event. (Seminar, roadshows and etc..) All you have to do is to login to eventbrite or eventbee and create an event and once you are done with the event simply share the link provided on your Faceboook and once people click on the link they will be brought to the event site which they can register a slot for your events. (Sample event: http://affiliateshinobi.com/eCommerce) Usage 2: Leverage on the Post you share I am pretty sure you guys are sharing articles on Facebook everyone. So from now on I like you guys to do this extra steps to leverage on the post you guys shared. Steps 1: Register for a sniply account Steps 2: Follow the instruction Steps 3: Click on snip Steps 4: Share the sniply short link provided on your facebook. (Sample link: http://snip.ly/Fojq) So basically what this does is, it will add a pop up bubble that enable people viewing the article to click on it and to be brought to your website. Usage 3: Leverage on Hashtag. I like to introduce you to this cool website trendsmap.com simply enter the country that you wished to target at the top left hand corner and you will be able to find the most trending Hashtag that is being used in that country. Simply adding a few relevant Hashtag to your post will optimize the chances of more people seeing your posts. I also included a video to further explain on how to use the 3 ways that I mentioned earlier in this blog post: Facebook marketing for dummies Part 1.


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|Waste recycled/re-used/external
waste consumed (million tonnes)
|NOx (tonnes)
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|Dust (PM10) (tonnes)
1 In Boral's 2008 Sustainability Report, Boral's 2007/08 GHG emissions were reported
as 3.79 million tonnes. This restated figure reflects new reporting methodologies
in Australia and the USA, enhanced data collection and review processes.
2 NOx, SOx and dust data is for 83 sites which account for over 80% of Boral's
total greenhouse gas emissions. Boral's remaining sites are below the NPI and
TRI thresholds.
Boral's approach to managing the environment is detailed in the Managing Sustainability section.
Environmental performance
An important part of Boral's environmental strategy is to ensure that our people have the right knowledge and capabilities to perform their job and protect the environment. During 2008/09, Boral's employees continued to receive the latest internal environmental training via 16 business-specific environmental awareness training sessions (to 107 employees), one session on sustainable development (to 27 managers) and 11 environmental management sessions (to 89 employees). Numerous sessions were held with senior management teams on the continually developing area of energy and climate change. Business-specific environmental training takes place across the organisation; Australian Construction Materials has begun the roll-out it's Environmental Management System.
In 2008/09, the corporate Environmental Services team carried out its fifth annual internal environment conference in five states. This year the conference highlighted state-specific issues, best practice sustainability management and shared learnings across the organisation. A total of 75 employees from across Boral's businesses attended.
Audit and assurance programs are an important part of Boral's EMS. In 2008/09, Environmental Services undertook 43 compliance and/or systems corporate audits, and nine acquisition and divestment audits. Business-specific auditing takes place across the Company. For example, Australian Construction Materials completed 283 internal environmental short-form and 49 third party audits. In the USA, Environmental Management System audits were conducted at 33 locations; this is part of the three year re-audit program for some 70 operating sites. To date, 61 locations have been audited and 1,260 issues identified, of which 72% have been completed.
In our Thailand and Indonesian businesses, best practice standards, auditing protocols and hazard/action registers to monitor closing out of actions are maintained. Our Indonesian business has continued to conduct an internal HSE audit program, auditing 14 plants during the year.
During 2008/09, Boral incurred nine Penalty Infringement Notices (PINs) in Australia (resulting in $19,921 in fines) for environmental contraventions. Six PINs were issued for minor or technical non-compliances including: contraventions of development approvals relating to polluting of waters; the release of high pH waters and sediments into the stormwater drainage system; a concrete spill which resulted in the pollution of waters; and dumping of concrete wastes as fill.
Three PINs were for issues detected in early 2007 at BCSC Berrima cement works, which resulted in extensive audits by the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change and the NSW Department of Planning and agreed corrective action plans.
Boral Australian Gypsum Ltd was convicted in March 2009 in the NSW Land and Environment Court for a water pollution offence. A fine of $58,500 was imposed and $23,000 paid for prosecution costs for the likely polluting of the Parramatta River with low hazard surfactant. An electronic level sensor probe failed to switch off supply from an external bulk tank, overflowing a smaller batching tank and containment bund. There has been extensive re-engineering of the process at the site to prevent any possible recurrence, and more aggressive hazardous liquids risk assessments are being applied across the division.
There were no fines or prosecutions in the USA or Asia for environmental contraventions in 2008/09.
Energy use and GHG emissions
Boral's operations consume a significant amount of energy and some businesses are particularly energy intensive. In 2008/09, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Boral's fully owned businesses in Australia, the USA and Asia totalled 3.62 million tonnes of CO2. In addition, approximately 0.18 million tonnes of CO2 were emitted from Boral's equity share of joint venture businesses.
In 2008/09, there were an additional 122,000 tonnes of CO2 as a result of: increased reporting scope, including additional contractor data required under NGERS; landfill gas emissions that were previously unreported; and emissions from the Oklahoma construction materials business which was acquired during 2007/08. Excluding the increased reporting scope, Boral's absolute GHG emissions in 2008/09 decreased by 8% year on year. This decrease in emissions largely reflects lower production resulting from the significant housing market downturns in the USA and Australia. Emissions from Boral's US operations were down by around 41% on a comparable basis or around 147,000 tonnes of CO2. In Australia, emissions were down 150,000 tonnes of CO2 or around 4%. And in Asia, Boral's GHG emissions were down 22% or around 16,000 tonnes of CO2.
All divisions, with the exception of Plasterboard, reduced their absolute emissions during the year largely as a result of the market downturn. Plasterboard's emissions increased marginally due to the commissioning of the new Pinkenba plant, which for a period of time required two plants to be operating in Queensland before the Northgate plant was decommissioned.
During the year, most of Boral's plants were operating well below capacity and a program of rolling plant shutdowns was implemented in most businesses to manage inventory levels and reduce production to match lower demand levels. Alternative fuel and energy efficiency improvements that have been implemented across the business will deliver greater benefits as market volumes recover and production lifts.
In Boral's Quarry business in Australia, efficiency gains of 2% were delivered during the year, reflecting continued energy audits and energy efficiency programs.
The distribution of Boral's energy use and related GHG emissions across Boral's businesses is summarised in Figure 16. In 2008/09, around two thirds of Boral's emissions were from the Blue Circle Southern Cement business (BCSC). Approximately half of BCSC's emissions were from calcination, the chemical process of forming clinker from limestone at high temperatures. In addition to GHG emissions from calcination of limestone, some 2.2 million tonnes of emissions per annum result from Boral's electricity, gas, coal and diesel consumption.
To achieve an industry-specific best practice score of 3.0, Boral's businesses taken together should be able to demonstrate that the following goals have been achieved:
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In 2008/09, GHG emissions from cement clinker production per tonne of cementitious material sold declined by 1% and remain around 10% below 1990 levels. Emissions per tonne of clinker production was steady reflecting fuel efficiency gains offsetting inefficiencies associated with lower production, Refer Review of Operating Divisions - Cement and Construction Related Businesses. The reduction in emissions per tonne of cementitious material sold reflects increasing use of cement substitute materials such as fly ash and slag and kiln efficiency gains over a longer timeframe.
Divisional performance provides more detailed energy and emissions efficiency data specific to Boral's businesses.
In 2007, we set a climate change target to at least hold Boral's absolute greenhouse gas emissions steady and to offset any increase in emissions associated with market demand growth by reducing emissions per tonne of production. On a comparative basis, Boral's emissions in 2008/09 were 8% below 2006/07 emissions.
Boral's cross-divisional and cross-functional Energy and Climate Change Technical Working Group (ECCTWG) has been in place since January 2007. The ECCTWG reports to Boral's Management Committee and continues to manage a range of activities to prepare the business for future climate change impacts and an emissions trading environment.
Boral's businesses have undertaken a broad range of projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and we have identified abatement opportunities in the areas of energy efficiency, renewable energy, alternate fuels and alternate materials. These potential projects have been consolidated into an overarching abatement cost curve to assist in prioritising opportunities and capital investments. The implementation of these abatement opportunities is dependent on the anticipated cost of carbon in a trading environment, the costs to Boral for implementing identified abatement initiatives and available technologies.
were reported as 3.79 million tonnes. This restated figure reflects new
reporting methodologies inAustralia and the USA, enhanced data
collection and review processes.
2 In 2008/09 reporting scope was increased to align with NGERS. Additional
scope includes emissions from Boral's Deer Park Landfill operation, and
previously unreported transport contractors and non-operating sites.
3 Restated 2006/07 and 2007/08 GHG emissions is based on the inclusion
of additional NGERS reporting scope and methodology updates as used
for 2008/09 data.
For a longer-term solution, we need to see the development of new technologies and fuel options. We are actively engaged in trials to develop such technologies. For example:
- During the year we doubled the number of concrete agitator vehicles from five to 10, in our trial to use compressed natural gas (CNG) rather than diesel. Results continue to indicate a significant cost reduction opportunity and a reduction of around 7% in GHG emissions per tonne of concrete delivered.
- In July 2009, through BCSC we signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work with Greenearth to explore geothermal energy opportunities at our Waurn Ponds cement works. The Waurn Ponds region is the most favourable prospect for hot sedimentary aquifer geothermal exploration in Victoria due to the proximity of the inferred resource to market. Whilst it is early days, it is possible that the project has potential to provide baseload renewable energy, low electricity distribution costs and carbon geological sequestration.
- Geological sequestration or carbon capture and storage has a number of location-specific constraints that may make it unworkable at many cement manufacturing works. There may be more potential in algal "biosequestration", which is an area of focus for the global cement industry. Through the Cement Industry Federation, Boral is actively involved in global benchmarking and sharing of knowledge in this area at an international level.
Boral has been an active participant in voluntary energy efficiency and emission reduction schemes for more than a decade, including:
- Greenhouse Challenge Plus (member since 1997).
- NSW SEDA Energy Smart Business Program.
- DRET's Energy Efficiency Opportunities (EEO) Program (covering 18 sites representing 80% of Boral's emissions in Australia).
- NSW Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scheme (NSW GGAS).
- EPA Victoria Greenhouse Program (now Environment and Resource Efficiency Plans).
- NSW Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability's (DEUS) (now DECC) Energy Saving Action Plans.
- Californian Climate Action Registry (covering US Tiles).
Participation in these schemes generally requires Boral's businesses to establish improvement targets and develop action plans, which are audited as part of the program.
Boral is one of only seven elective benchmark participants in the NSW GGAS scheme that receives Large User Abatement Certificates (LUACs) for reducing GHG. Boral has created more than 637,000 LUACs since 2005, saving more than 163,000 tonnes of CO2 in 2008. Under the NSW GGAS Scheme, Boral also created around 62,500 NGACs in 2008 for reducing electricity consumption at Berrima and generating renewable electricity at our landfill operations (Boral Waste Solutions) in Victoria, avoiding the production of around 62,500 tonnes of CO2.
Boral Waste Solutions commissioned its third "Biogas to Energy" module at Deer Park in April 2009. This facility uses landfill gas to produce renewable electricity which is exported into the national grid. Commissioning of the third 1.1 MW generating module brings total electricity export capacity to 3.3 MW, which is sufficient to provide the electricity needs of around 3,000 homes.
For more details on Boral's GHG emission targets and a discussion of the impacts of the Government's proposed CPRS and EITE assistance, refer to the Message from the Managing Director.
In addition to reporting in this Sustainability Report, Boral reports externally on climate change risks through the Carbon Disclosure Project. Refer to CDP7 at www.cdproject.net. Also see the Cement Industry Federation's website: www.cement.org.au.
"Harmony 9" - Melbourne's 9 Star House
Working with partners to build energy efficient housing
Boral supplied Envirocrete, ENVIRO plasterboard and Boral Silkwood engineered hardwood flooring into Australia's first 9-star energy rated house named Harmony 9. Harmony 9, designed by Australian company Mirvac Design, is estimated to reduce energy use by nearly 85% relative to a 5-star house.
Boral worked with Mirvac to trial and develop a unique recycled concrete slab floor incorporating 100% recycled aggregates and 60% cement substitutes. ENVIRO plasterboard was selected as it incorporates a minimum of 10% recycled material and has been independently accredited under the Australian Ecolabel Program. Boral Silkwood was selected on the basis of its Australian Forestry Standard certification ensuring the timber is sustainably sourced from certified and legal forestry. The use of recycled and sustainable construction materials decreases the embodied energy in the construction materials.
In 2008 Midland Brick, in collaboration with Think Brick, Jade Projects and other industry participants, built a display home with an energy efficiency rating of 8-stars. The double-brick house design reduces energy use by nearly 50% relative to a 5-star house, the current minimum standard for homes constructed in Western Australia. The house is readily available in Western Australia at an affordable price range of $210,000 to $250,000.
Other emissions
Data on pollutant emissions for 69 of Boral's Australian facilities is reported to the National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) annually, as required under the NPI National Environmental Protection Measure. This data is available at www.npi.gov.au. In the USA, 16 Boral sites report their releases and transfers of hazardous and toxic chemicals on the annual Toxic Release Inventory as required under The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) 1986 and the Pollution Prevention Act (1990). This data is available at www.epa.gov/tri. For more information see "At a glance" table above .
Water management
Boral recognises the need to manage our valuable water resources. Throughout our operations we rely on water for our manufacturing and maintenance processes, to suppress dust, for cleaning and for sanitation.
We use water from a range of sources, including mains/town water, ground/bore water, surface water (including rainwater) and on-site recycled water (as shown in the Sustainability Data Table). Mains/town water usage is material to Boral.
A total of 2,285 million litres of mains water was used by Boral's 100% owned and controlled businesses in Australia, the USA and Asia in 2008/09. Mains water use was down 22% on a comparative basis on the prior year (Figure 19) due to the increased use of rainwater, lower production volumes and water efficiency gains. Approximately 81 million litres of mains water was consumed by Boral's equity share of joint venture businesses in Australia.
A breakdown of mains water usage by division is shown in Figure 20. Details of divisional water usage and improvements is provided in the divisional performance pages.
Since 2007, numerous Boral sites in Australia have participated in formal water conservation programs in partnership with governments and/or water authorities. For example, in New South Wales Boral Plasterboard is classified as a high water user (>50 megalitres per year) by DECC and was required to submit a Water Savings Action Plan during the year, which is currently under review. Plasterboard's Port Melbourne plant has incorporated water savings initiative into its Environment Resource Efficiency Plan (EREP). Port Melbourne's water savings initiatives have been installed and are scheduled to be commissioned; the initiatives are estimated to reduce the site's mains water consumption by 10%.
In Western Australia, Midland Brick has been a voluntary participant in the Water Corporation's Water Achievers program for a number of years and was one of the first businesses to submit and have approved its Water Efficiency Management Plan. However, due to lower than average rain fall in the area and increased demand on water in 2008/09 for a major construction project at the Middle Swan site, no change on prior year's usage was achieved. Midland Brick continues to target a further 10% reduction per tonne of standard brick equivalent by 2012 in addition to the 20% reduction already achieved in 2006/07 and 2007/08.
Waste, recycling and re-use
Boral Waste Solutions' landfill site at Deer Park in Victoria is one of the largest landfill sites in Australia. Deer Park received more than 500,000 tonnes of commercial and municipal waste in 2008/09. Of this, around 4% was green waste which was recycled or composted to produce manufactured topsoil.
Throughout Boral, an estimated total of 4.62 million tonnes
of waste and by-products was re-used or recycled in 2008/09,
down 17% year on year reflecting lower production volumes.
We measure waste from our production processes based
on a combination of quantitative waste data where available,
mass balance calculations or estimations through sampling.
We also measure the proportion of this waste that is re-used
or recycled and, in general, Boral's businesses re-use or recycle between 38% and 114% of the production waste that they generate in the year (ie some businesses consume more waste than they produce in a year by reducing stockpiles).
Our own returned waste materials re-used to produce the same product include concrete washout slurry, recycled asphalt pavement (RAP), plasterboard waste from production and building sites, brick bats and bricks from customers' sites, and green and cured masonry product. External waste products or secondary resources that we use to manufacture our products include: cementitious waste materials and byproducts in cement, crushed demolition concrete in new concrete ("Envirocrete™") and granulated used tyres in LoNoise™ Asphalt. Information on some of Boral's sustainable products can be found on Marketplace & Supply Chain and www.boral.com.au/buildsustainable.
Boral's businesses only deal with very minor amounts of hazardous waste and this is managed in accordance with government regulations. Similarly, we only use relatively small amounts of packaging, as the vast majority of our products are delivered in bulk.
Two types of Boral's businesses are based primarily on
the utilisation of other people's waste – Boral Recycling in
Australia and our fly ash operations in the USA and Australia
– BMTI and Blue Circle Ash through Fly Ash Australia
(50% Boral-owned) respectively. The fly ash businesses
process coal-fired power station waste to provide fly ash
as a supplementary cementitious material in cement and in concrete, and bottom ash as drainage, filter and fill materials (eg "EnviroAgg®").
The Boral Recycling business processes construction and building waste in combination with concrete washout, RAP and natural rock, and markets a variety of products including road bases, pipe-bedding, backfill and aggregates.
More information about the amount of waste produced and recycled by Boral's businesses is provided in the divisional performance pages and included in the Sustainability Data Table.
Examples of waste recycling and re-use
At Blue Circle Southern Cement's Marulan lime kiln, a kiln dust automated pneumatic conveying system was installed in 2008, allowing the recycling of kiln dust into lime products. The Marulan kiln loses about 7% of its production volume as kiln dust generated by lime crushing into lime products. The project has resulted in a decrease in lime manufacturing costs; a 7% decrease in greenhouse gases from lime manufacturing activity; and a saving of $100,000 per annum in lime dumping costs.
The cement kiln at Blue Circle Southern Cement's Waurn Ponds site is using at least 10,000 tonnes of contaminated foundry sand, salvaged from automotive manufacturing facilities, as a direct replacement for freshly quarried sand. This sand is usually disposed to landfill each year. The project received EPA approval following trials which demonstrate that the resin contaminant present in the sand is destroyed in the manufacturing process and results in no increase in emissions.
In the USA, the small Best Block masonry business has initiated a program that recovers production waste previously directed to landfill. Block rejects are now recovered by an independent contractor, who crushes and screens the rejects which are then re-used in the production of concrete block. This has eliminated over 4,500 tonnes of landfill waste and resulted in savings from recycling of over $64,000.
During the year, Midland Brick, through its Midland Magpies recycling program, returned ~14,000 tonnes of surplus building materials from off-site to be recycled back into brick products; this is equivalent to 5.4 million bricks, which is enough to build around 250 average size double brick houses. Since 2007, Boral has returned ~36,000 tonnes that would have otherwise gone to landfill (equivalent of 13 million bricks).
Making significant savings in mains water use
At our new Pinkenba plasterboard plant in Queensland, rainwater harvesting has reduced the sites' reliance on mains water by around 50% over the last year, equivalent to 48 million litres. A retention pond was constructed to collect rainwater from some 34,000 square metres of roof area of the new facility. Water is drawn from the retention pond and used in the manufacturing process in lieu of mains water. Waste process water is also recycled and re-used within the manufacturing process.
At Boral's Darra brick site, mains water consumption has reduced by more than 45% compared to last year1. This has been achieved by investing in a rainwater tank system and establishing a pumping and filtration system to use surface water from the sediment pond for the manufacturing of clay products.
Australian Construction Materials has recently implemented a range of water efficiency projects including installation of rainwater tanks at all metropolitan concrete batching plants in Western Australia. Water efficiency projects in Western Australia's concrete business have resulted in the saving of over 11 million litres of mains water compared to the previous year, equivalent to a reduction of over 15%.
1 Adjusted for plant non-operating periods.
Land management and biodiversity
Responsible land management starts with environmental due diligence before acquisition of new land assets or businesses, and continues through to divesting sites only when they are "fit for purpose". Key aspects of our land management activities are: complying with environmental and planning regulatory requirements; minimising Boral's "environmental footprint"; progressively rehabilitating our extraction sites; and maximising the sustainability and financial end use of our extraction sites.
Where practicable, Boral progressively rehabilitates its extractive operations on an ongoing basis. Landscape rehabilitation works improve the visual amenity of our quarry sites, enhance biodiversity and minimise erosion through planting of native trees and revegetation. Examples of Boral's rehabilitation in 2008/09 include: shaping, contouring and hydro-seeding, the large southern overburden mound at the Linwood Quarry in South Australia; planting 2,000 local native trees and shrubs at Stonyfell Quarry, South Australia; and planting 3,000 endemic trees and shrubs at Yallourn Quarry, Victoria.
In addition to the already developed or proposed nature reserves at various Boral locations, Boral continues to develop quarry rehabilitation plans in greater alignment with current thinking regarding biodiversity, such as re-establishment of natural ecosystems relevant to the local area, rather than just addressing visual impact.
Boral's efforts in biodiversity enhancement and land management generally involve long-term commitments. Ongoing efforts which include protecting the Western Swamp Tortoise in the Swan Valley in Western Australia, the Striped Legless Lizard and Spiny Riceflower on the Basalt Plains west of Melbourne and the Grey-headed Flying Fox in New South Wales.
Boral undertakes all required biodiversity assessments under the federal Environment Protection Biodiversity and Conservation Act, and equivalent state level legislation, and implements resulting management plans. The same approach applies for heritage values, in particular Aboriginal heritage. In carrying out heritage assessments, Boral appoints appropriate heritage experts and follows government guidelines. For example, Boral recently relocated a scar tree, that would otherwise have been destroyed, from our Culcairn Quarry to the Albury and District Local Aboriginal Land Council, where it is planned to be displayed at its new health centre which is under construction.
Some Boral locations are subject to Native Title claims and these are dealt with according to local statutory requirements. Boral is committed to working cooperatively with traditional land owners and where necessary Boral's businesses draw on the expertise of Boral's Indigenous Employment Coordinator who assists with indigenous cultural issues. There is currently ongoing dialogue with claimants with respect to one quarry site, in Western Australia.
When acquiring or divesting properties, or commencing or ceasing leases, all due diligence is undertaken and, where necessary, supplementary work to assess and remediate any site contamination is undertaken. An active Boral-wide contaminated site assessment program is no longer necessary. However continually more demanding legislation and standards will result in reassessment programs in some jurisdictions under the guidance of Boral's Legal and Environmental Services.
Through the Boral Living Green initiative, in partnership with Conservation Volunteers Australia, we have continued to support several projects to enhance the habitat of threatened species including:
- maintaining the habitat of the Western Swamp Tortoise (a nationally threatened species currently classed as "critically endangered") at Ellen Brook Nature Reserve in Western Australia.
- maintaining walking tracks and protecting remnant habitats for the Brushed-tailed Phascogale (marsupial) and Powerful Owl along the Great Dividing Trail around Daylesford, Victoria.
- managing the infestation of Cats Claw creeper which is damaging the rainforests at Bells Scrub, Dayboro, Queensland. This area is recognised as one of the most valuable rainforest remnants in south east Queensland.


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The U.S. Census Bureau has a Data Visualization Gallery where they post weekly "explorations of Census data." Some of these strike me as unnecessary (does adding animation to the map of population density around Interstate 5 add any value to the data?), but strangely cool; (I will never be able to drive north from San Diego again without remembering this map!). At the very least, the site is a showcase for the data and (I hope) an inspiration to budding data visualizers!
Hat tip to LAist, a website about Los Angeles, that has a brief story (4 Cool Ways Of Visualizing Local Census Data) that links to some of their favorites that show how the population has been changing in Los Angeles and California relative to the rest of the country.


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Fifty-six students participated on the Princeton Tigers Archery team during the 2013 season (January through March) in order to participate in the Minnesota State NASP tournament. Each student had to place within the top five individual spots at state in order to qualify for nationals.
Six students from the Princeton team qualified for nationals in Louisville, Ky.: Kayla Gave (third place), Jake Whitcomb (first place), Lexi Wallace (fifth place), Noah Miller (third place), Anna Whitcomb (first place) and Hunter Backlund (third place).
Five students from Princeton advanced to nationals (Hunter Backlund qualified but was unable to make the trip). A total of 9,426 students participated in the meet, which set a new Guinness Book of World Records' mark for the largest gathering at an archery event.
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Jake Whitcomb– 1st out of 460 fourth grade boys with a score of 283.
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Lexi Wallace– 97th out of 470 fifth grade girls with a score of 256.
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to the other parent? Child turned 18, but is still full time high school student. DCSE will not enforce, even though it says till 19, if in high school. I know the other parent failed to disclose income and claimed health insurance expense; which is free through the military. DCSE took him at his word. He came to court w/ no documentation at all, not even a pay stub. I believe he has been making way more than he reported and he also receives military retirement pay.
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Between May 1818 and May 1819, Charles-Frédéric Soehnée filled three albums with an extraordinary series of watercolour paintings and sketches. These, together with a single lithograph, 'as far as we know, […] make up the bulk, if not the entirety of Soehnée's œuvre.' Some details from these watercolours, scanned from the catalogue of his work published last year, follow below.
Soehnée had been born in 1789 in the Rhineland town of Landau, which at that time was part of France: his odd-looking surname is the Gallicized equivalent of Söhne. His family moved to Paris before the turn of the nineteenth century. From about 1810, Soehnée was a pupil of the Neoclassical painter and illustrator Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson. The best likeness we have of him is that painted by his friend and fellow-pupil Pierre-Louis de Laval (or Delaval), in 1812.
Excepting a few conventional landscapes, Soehnée's paintings are almost entirely devoted to fantastical and grotesque subjects: groups of faceless figures are juxtaposed with variously ratlike and batlike creatures, or skeletal birds; and there is a strange preponderance of stilts, whips and fishing-rods. The titles that Soehnée gave to some of his pictures are further suggestive of a 'gothic' sensibility: 'Journey to Hell;' 'Cradle of Death;' 'A Place of Silence;' and 'The Winds, Grouped around Plague and Death, Cover the Earth with Tombs…'
At the time these works were executed, it is likely that Soehnee was already engaged in research that would culminate, in 1822, with the publication of a technical treatise in which he disputed the traditional account of Van Eyck's having invented oil-painting, arguing instead 'for the existence, since antiquity, of a form of oil painting, or a mixture of encaustic and varnish, which in his view, could be the only explanation for the durability and preservation of ancient paintings.' Thereafter, Soehnée seems to have abandoned art, and to have 'become a technician, and a dealer; [and] not content with theorising, he perfected a varnish which was extremely successful—Delacroix mentions it several times in his journal—and which is still in use today.'
The present images were scanned from Patrick Mauriès' catalogue Charles-Frédéric Soehnée (1789-1878): Un voyage en Enfer which was published by Le Promeneur in association with the Galerie Jean-Marie Le Fell, to coincide with an exhibition there last summer. Mauriès' article Soehnée's Capriccios: The Paradox in Art, (translated into English by Judith Landry), which appeared in issue 17 of FMR magazine, was my source for the information quoted and paraphrased above.
Addendum (02/07/08): the first, second, fourth, seventh and eighth of the images above are reproductions of photographs of Soehnée's paintings taken by François Doury and copyright © Galerie Jean-Marie Le Fell; the third and sixth of the photos are copyright © Christie's Images Limited; and the fifth photograph is by Photo RMN, and is copyright © Thierry Le Mage. All of the above images been reproduced here only for as long as no-one objects to their presence on this site.Posted by misteraitch at March 25, 2007 01:27 PM
Truly bizarre. A sort of Rhenanian Kubin, except this guy's earlier and far superior... a real discovery. Thanks.Posted by: E.B. on March 26, 2007 03:55 AM
Month of the hanging men at Giornale Nuovo! Another fine discovery, Misteraitch.Posted by: C. Rancio on March 26, 2007 08:47 AM
After reading the recipe for his varnish (chloroform! Ether!) I wonder if the fumes played a part in conjuring these visions, just like metal poisoning (according to some authors) deserves some of the credit for Messerschmidt's wildest creations. Of course these medical explanations explain nothing, but they're fun to entertain.Posted by: Michelangelo on March 26, 2007 03:07 PM
How very strange.
And there's not a good face among the people, either; all is haggard and scruffy, rotted and retted.
Oh, you silly machine!
Sorry to be a double. But perhaps it was inevitable, given the material.Posted by: marly on March 26, 2007 07:55 PM
Michelangelo—that toxic recipe is for 'amber varnish:' Soehnée's just calls for 'gum-lac white' and alcohol, but, like you say, those fumes could've gone to his head…
Marly—I deleted one of the pair before seeing your third (now second) comment.Posted by: misteraitch on March 26, 2007 08:02 PM
Thanks for these great scans. Really incredible work, the surreal and nightmarish imagery is very inspiring. There's something really horrifying about a slug as large as that with a crowd of people riding on its back. I can imagine the disgusting wet sounds it would make traveling across the landscape.Posted by: Aeron on March 28, 2007 12:58 AM
Thanks very much. Marvellously dark imaginings. I have a strong sense of déjà vu but I can't quite place it.
[I now have "prawn ride" (to the tune of "warm ride") c(o)ursing through my head.]
He may have acquired practical skills from Girodet but their respective works could hardly be more different. Is that very usual or indeed of any particular significance in art history I wonder?Posted by: peacay on March 28, 2007 02:53 PM
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Viral Video: What Are the Chances?
Going viral, a phrase that in recent years has taken on an entirely new and positive spin, describing the phenomenon of an idea, image or video rapidly spreading across the web. And while marketers and laymen alike have tirelessly tried to ascertain the secret formula to unlocking its guarantee of success or at the very least, recognition, it's more likely that the process is merely a perfect storm of uncontrollable forces like timing and luck. Still, what are your chances?
Chris Wilson over at Slate recently explored the possibility of a video reaching 1 million views on YouTube and the odds aren't good. Wilson explains his methodology and results:
On Friday, May 22, I used Web-crawling software to capture the URLs of more than 10,000 YouTube videos as soon as they were uploaded. Over the next month, I checked in regularly to see how many views each video had gotten. After 31 days, only 250 of my YouTube hatchlings had more than 1,000 views—that comes out to 3.1 percent after you exclude the videos that were taken down before the month was up. A mere 25, 0.3 percent, had more than 10,000 views. Meanwhile, 65 percent of videos failed to break 50 views; 2.8 percent had zero views. That's the good news: Your video is slightly more likely to get more than 1,000 views than it is to get none at all.
Of his original trial, only one entrant – a German music video – broke 100,000 views. As of today, that number sits at 367, 372. Wilson's article includes a graph that plots the day-to-day statistics of total views, along with a link to download his raw data. He admits that the short time frame of the experiment eliminates the potential for a video to blow-up months or years down the line, but the numbers remain fairly telling.
One of the most staggering figures to arise from the test is the amount of videos being uploaded to YouTube. According to a company spokesman, the site's content has grown at a steady rate – "it's now up to about 20 hours of footage a minute from 15 hours at the beginning of 2009." A fact that goes a long way towards explaining the crowded playing field competing for our already fractured attention spans.
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YATE TOWN'S 14-game unbeaten league run was ended last night by a Sholing side who appear to be replicating their climb up the table.
This game was originally due to take place in November when these two sides were in the bottom two, but Yate hadn't lost a game in the meantime to become genuine play-off contenders, while this victory lifted Sholing to a comfortable mid-table position with games in hand on teams above them.
Karim Rendall was handed his debut and the Roman Glass St George striker, who has signed on a dual registration, took just two minutes to make his mark by giving Yate the lead.
However, Byron Mason equalised on 11 minutes for Sholing and Tyrone Bowers gave them the lead from the penalty spot six minutes later.
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Stars want YOU to register to vote
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Celebrities have lots of choices when getting involved in voting registration campaigns. USA TODAY's Cindy Clark breaks down a few of the many groups on the ballot.
Declare Yourself
Founded by television producer and philanthropist Norman Lear, Declare Yourself was launched in 2003 as the culmination of the Declaration of Independence Road Trip, which took an original copy of the historic document on a national tour.
Celebrity ties:High School Musical 3 stars Zac Efron, Monique Coleman, Matt Prokop and Olyesia Rubin; Ugly Betty's America Ferrera; singer Sean Kingston; Heroes' Hayden Panettiere; Greek stars Spencer Grammer, Jacob Zachar and Scott Michael Foster.
On filming PSAs on the set ofHSM in Utah: "We worked closely with the film's director, Kenny Ortega. He's so passionate about the cause, and a lot of the kids were excited about it. When we got there, a lot of them were champing at the bit" to participate, says Diana Nguyen, associate director of Declare Yourself and producer of the HSM PSAs. "You won't see Vanessa (Hudgens) and Ashley (Tisdale) because they were dancing on the set and filming the movie the whole time."
Website: declareyourself.com
Created in 2004 by a group of artists, music industry professionals and fans, HeadCount sends volunteer teams to more than 1,000 concerts and festivals with a goal of registering 100,000 voters this year.
Celebrity ties: Performers including Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, Jack Johnson and John Mayer donate funds to support teams that set up voter registration areas at their concerts.
On influencing music fans: "Musicians in particular have this deep connection with their audience on an emotional level that really gets to the identity of the individuals," says executive director Andy Bernstein. "Young people really define themselves with the music that they listen to. When someone like Dave Matthews steps to the microphone and urges people to vote, you can't even measure the impact. Fans are very, very engaged and they're not just feeding off of the musicians, but they're communicating with each other."
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One of the first youth groups combining politics and pop culture, Rock the Vote was founded in 1990 after conflicts over artistic expression and freedom of speech.
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On its history: "Rock the Vote has been around for 18 years, and since we've started, we've used artists and celebrities as a way to engage young people in the conversation," says deputy director Chrissy Faessen. "Coupled with other organizing tactics, it's been a proven good way to reach them."
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France and Britain, indispensable allies in two world wars, remember and forget their shared history in contrasting ways. The book examines key episodes in the relationship between the two countries, including the outbreak of war in 1914, the battles of the Somme and Verdun, the Fall of France in 1940, Dunkirk, and British involvement in the French Resistance and the 1944 Liberation. The contributors discuss how the two countries tend to forget what they owe to each other, and have a distorted view of history which still colours and prejudices their relationship today, despite government efforts to build a close political and military partnership.
General Introduction: Robert Tombs Part I - The First World War Introduction: Gary Sheffield 1. Why Allies: Necessity or Folly? John Keiger2. Sacrifice and Slaughter: Two Armies, Two Wars? William Philpott3. The Push to Victory, 1918: The Allied Contributions, Elizabeth Greenhalgh Part II - The Second World WarIntroduction: Emile Chabal and Akhila Yechury 4. 1940: The French Army and the BEF, Martin Alexander 5. The British, the Free French, and Resistance, Sebastien Albertelli 6. Liberation: The British Contribution, Olivier WieviorkaPart III - Remembering and ForgettingIntroduction: Philip Bell 7. The First World War, Jay Winter8. The Second World War, Robert Frank 9. An Overview, David ReynoldsIndex
"The contributions offer a vivid illustration of how the same event can yield sharply divergent memories in two neighbouring countries." – Robert Boyce,
"These essays are an excellent advertisement for comparative history: this approach sheds further light on the relationship between war and memory in both countries ... This collection demonstrates that approaches in military and diplomatic history can effectively incorporate elements of cultural history, and vice versa." – Vincent Trott,
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"These essays penned by experts in the field comprise a compelling whole, reminding us that the interaction between truth, myth and memory is complex and fascinating - and even more so when the Franco-British relationship is involved." – James E. Connolly,
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"Robert Tombs is an expert on Franco-British relations both academically and personally ... he and research fellow Emile Chabal brought a Premier League Franco-British team to St John's College Cambridge to discuss the 'Truth, Myth and Memory' of the complex relationship between Britain and France in two world wars ... Britain and France is a good example how a group of historians can write good comparative history." – Robert Gildea,
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A DAIRY cow which produced nearly 18 tonnes of milk in just over 300 days has won its owners the top yield prize in the third annual Cumbria Milk Records competition.
Lowhouse Sprite Torch, owned by BE and JC Harrison, of Low House Farm, Armathwaite, near Carlisle, took the Highest Yield trophy at the awards night after giving 17,836 kg of milk in her latest 305 day lactation.
Meanwhile, the Harrison and Hetherington Perpetual Cup, awarded for particularly notable achievements in milk hygeine and butter fat content, went to KJ and CS Wilson, whose herd of Holsteins is kept at Wood Farm, Thursby, near Carlisle.
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Blackstone LaunchPad presents "Art of Business", a seminar aimed at helping creative entrepreneurs manage their venture effectively. With a panel of visual artists, we'll answer your questions about making your artistic mark without losing sight of profits.
Learn about keeping taxes, assessing venues, business planning, and budgeting. A free business kit will be available for attendants to take away.
Art of Business will take place on March 18th, 2013, in Wayne State University's Bernath Auditorium (first floor of the Undergraduate Library). Catering will be provided.
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Hotel Santa Marta
- Free WiFi and free parking
Main amenities
- 78 guestrooms
- Near the beach
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
- Full-service spa
- Outdoor pool
- Rooftop terrace
- Breakfast available
- 2 outdoor tennis courts
- Business center
- Area shuttle
- In-room childcare
- 24-hour front desk
- Free WiFi and free parking
For families
- Free cribs/infant beds
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Private bathroom
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- Lloret de Mar Beach (2.2 mi / 3.6 km)
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- Gnomo Park (0.5 mi / 0.8 km)
- Cala Boadella Beach (0.6 mi / 1 km)
- Santa Cristina's Shrine (0.6 mi / 1 km)
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- This hotel has 78 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 2 floors
- Check-in time starts at 3 PM
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- Rollaway beds available, charges may apply*
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Free self parking
- Area shuttle *
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- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Breakfast (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Beach bar
- 24-hour room service
- Outdoor pool
- Pool sun loungers
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Outdoor tennis courts - 2
- Full-service spa
- Sauna
- Pool umbrellas
- Business center
- Number of meeting rooms - 5
- Meeting rooms 5
- Conference space size (feet) - 4907
- Conference space size (meters) - 456
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Limo or Town Car service available
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- Laundry facilities
- Hair salon
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
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- Number of buildings/towers - 2
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- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Rooftop terrace
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- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
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- Soundproofed rooms
- Turndown service
- In-room massage available
- Balcony or patio
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Bidet
- Designer toiletries
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- Satellite TV channels
- Desk
- Free newspaper
- Free WiFi
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa, SPA Hotel Santa Marta. Services include Thai massages, massages, facials, and body treatments. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a spa tub, and Turkish bath/hammam. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including Ayurvedic.
DiningOnsite venue - Overlooking the ocean and pool, this buffet restaurant specializes in regional cuisine and serves breakfast and lunch.
On Site
- Outdoor tennis courts - 2
- Sauna
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
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- Water skiing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
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Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
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You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 2.46 per person, per night, up to 7 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 17 years of age.
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Breakfast is offered for an extra charge of EUR 18 per person (approximately)
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
Pets are allowed for an extra charge of EUR 16 per pet, per day
Area shuttle service is offered for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Hotel registry number: HG00218
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Track Name: Mistah Write - Evolution (beat by Eclipse tha Producer)
every night we die and each morning reborn
every night we die and each morning reborn
every night we die and each morning reborn
Save your heart for someone who's worth dying for
life as I understand it is based in DNA
carbon chains protected by telomeres on the ends
of the double helix strands one thing i can say
is that it's well accepted it has mutations
one thing that does this is actually a virus
thru infections or technological injections
whatever DNA that happens to be implanted
in the virus which scientists can modify or examine
installs itself into the structure of the life form
i'm pretty sure that's why there's no cure for them
and why there'll never be one for things like the common cold
but then again i don't know, i'm just repeating what i was told
essentially, our genes continue to change
while each one of us is alive every day
and then when we mate, half of them are exchanged
it's kind of crazy to think of how we're made
I want to say that every cell of our body is replaced
every 7 years or so, I think that's amazing
we're no longer the same person we were yesterday
i guess that's why I stop to consider what I ate
you are what you eat, what gives life and takes it away?
I have to think of tomorrow as I'm constantly reshaped
while focusing on today because what I do now
leads me to my next stage where I can either take a bow
or fall flat on my face, so keep your steps in pace
but we're all in God's grace, it's up to everyone
what kind of world we create because we're all one
so that trash on the street in front of my neighbor's place
is just as much mine, but if I see you throw it
I would like to spend some time and make sure you know that
all life has to pay for each individual's mistakes
I'd rather be cleaning and fixing than making things break
stress and relaxation are a naturally part of life
each can strengthen or weaken our information pipes
how much can one person handle in a single night?
what's an appropriate balance for both at one time?
too much stress and wakefulness your genes develop cancer
too much relaxation and it seems like nothing gets done here
but the more we push the limits of how far we've been
the stronger the caps on our genes tend to form
I think we can relax and become stressed more than average
but you might prepare and get ready for blast off
because in 4, 3, 2, 1 I'm flying to the rings of Saturn
before you even witness my disappearance I'll be back here
the body's a vessel traveling thru space and time
emitting biomagnetic fields from the heart and mind
memories regulate horomones in the hippocampus
for stress released by the amygdala, others the pineal gland
Track Name: Monstah Write - These Problems Seem To Follow
Lyrics for "These Problems Seem To Follow"
by Chad Harrington (aka Monstah Write)
Where ever I go, Whatever I do
These problems seem to follow
These noises in my head is driving me mad
so I slug another bottle
Life on a downward spiral feels like things just getting worse
or I could go viral/ and have a Benz parked on my curb
this song would be worth it if only one of you heard it
cuz right now i feel so worthless. it seems i've been cursed
like someone's getting checks from monster corporations
maybe a gas company that wants to break my face in
because they hate the truth behind the words I'm saying
luckily i have these great friends to my amazement
their love and support reignited my flame of motivation
maintaining my sanity despite no stable occupation
someone's doing work digging up dirt to throw on my name again
if i had to guess they're placin bets and getting paid and shit
by a record label who knows LAVA is competition
and so they tryin' to make me bleed slow and stop my mission
that's why i'm gonna have to takeover corporations
let my ganesh love smash begin the purification
I ain't ever callin the po-po, that's a big no-no
cuz I did once./ now I wonder where'd all my dough go
before I repeat it i'll feed this 44 and put to sleep these bozos
jack the clown's wallet and ask someone to snap our photo
cuz the code on those robots so botched its only a loop of NO-OPS/
i thought this game was co-op but I'm the only one to go off
you think I'm makin bank but I can no longer pay for the dojo
when my power gets cut off it'll be too late to say no don't go
you all done messed with me enough in your inbred town
treated you like nothing but a friend, felt like you threw me out
your party must be the ones desperate to maintain control
and market all the work i've put in as your very own
of course, that's probably after you planned to murk me
from the sounds of it the unit's all topsy turvy
a bunch of zombies who need brains cuz no one's working
sinkin the fangs like a giant mosquito on Earth's energy
you bring out the worst in me, but the masses are on my side
I declare peace here, there never was a reason to fight.
Do you want to live, or do you want to die?
i'll leave that choice up to you to decide
but don't try to control me with fear. Your reign is refused
I am free to do any mother fucking thing I want to
Get it? If you don't like it and get offended. Good. Fuck you!
Kings and Queens are stripped of their power and become of no use
When they play the role of God when they're not supposed to
It might seem odd of anyone that he could choose
he'd turn the hookers and users into Saints but it's true
Look at Mary Magdalene. a lowly prostitute
so how do we evolve socially? think globally, act locally
when will our economy move on to land and grow the feet?
as the captain of the ship I apologize for the turbulence
growing up i was a loner no one talked to cuz i was the nerdiest/
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Track Name: Just Like You (Produced by DJ Blacksheep)
Lyrics for "Just Like You"
by Chad Harrington (aka Mistah Write)
This is me, like a king, shinin' bright with understanding
guide you through the night with a warm and safe landing
handing out love, leaving none stranded
Love is always in my hands, you just have to grasp it
I'm asking you, it's passing too, it's my teaching
It's love, it's love, it's love which I'm preaching
Love is my light, like a light house shinin' bright
giving sight to danger zones and safe places in your life
young children of God, I'm here as your guide
so follow me on this trip as we effortlessly glide
Don't go nowhere, instead let's look inside
allow your hearts to be free and like an Eagle take flight
Share this awareness, share it, share it
with no limits on our love it becomes apparent
we shouldn't be discriminitive who we givin' it, instead more careless
developing dexterity where we used to have impairments
are you stupid acting this way, or you must be thinking I am
Acting like an actress who just wants to waste my life again
now that I think about it you're obviously just a dumbass
if you knew the pricetag on my fame you wouldn't have done that/
everyone for years told me I should just leave you
now that I'm catching up with reality I can see it's true
evolution is waiting, don't worry I'll push you further
but don't fucking lie to me again or I might just have to hurt ya/
actually I blame myself, and that's why I forgave you
at one time in my life, I used to be just like you/
Celebrate every day and night, each and every morning
make it a ritual but don't do it for me
Do it for yourself, and never do it poorly
always do your best without a solitary worry/
serving those who serve me, a vagrant still I'm worthy
please provide with jobs, even if our clothes are dirty
maybe you'll feel wrong, but it could take some time to help me
not be such a bum, learning to be clean and healthy/
you'll receive my blessings no matter if you curse me
so endlessly forgiving that you'll never wanna hurt me
don't treat me as an asshole unless it's obvious I deserve it
save me the hassle otherwise I'll get back to workin/
who can be really trusted in this world of peasantry
always tryin' to make a buck or atleast get one free
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An MP's extraordinary bribery allegation must be fully and quickly tested by the police.
As political bombshells go, an allegation that a member of the Federal Parliament was offered a bribe not to stand for re-election is about as explosive as it gets - especially when the Deputy Prime Minister is said to be directly involved. Such a detonation all but blew away the Coalition's post-election triumphalism when Parliament resumed this week. The independent member for the northern NSW seat of New England, Tony Windsor, first suggested that he had been offered an inducement during the recent federal election campaign. On Wednesday, under the protection of parliamentary privilege, he named those allegedly involved: Mr Anderson, NSW National Party senator Sandy Macdonald and Tamworth businessman Greg Maguire. Mr Windsor said Mr Maguire was the emissary. "Mr Anderson and Senator Macdonald asked Mr Maguire what it would take for me not to stand for re-election and indicated that there could be another career for me outside politics such as a diplomatic post or trade appointment," Mr Windsor told Parliament.
It is an extraordinary allegation. Mr Windsor, an MP in the NSW Parliament for 10 years, is a former National Party member. He fell out with the party and Mr Anderson many years ago. In 2001, he won the federal seat of New England from the Nationals and held it again on October 9. This is National Party heartland - the seat was held for 25 years by former leader Ian Sinclair. Mr Windsor has been a strident critic of what he sees as the National Party's subservience to the Liberals, especially over the sale of Telstra, competition policy and taxation. But there is nothing in his background to suggest that he is either a dishonest or malicious man. Similarly, Mr Anderson is held in high esteem by his colleagues. Prime Minister John Howard yesterday was steadfast in his support: "I retain full confidence in John Anderson, and I haven't met a more honest, faithful person in public life." The actions alleged do seem completely out of character. Mr Anderson has flatly denied both the substance and detail of Mr Windsor's claims. Yet he does not hide the fact that he and Mr Windsor do not get on, nor his disdain for independent rural MPs.
These allegations are of a most serious nature. Under the Electoral Act, offering such an inducement is an offence carrying a prison term. The allegations must be fully and expeditiously investigated. Federal police have already begun this process at the behest of the Australian Electoral Commission. Perhaps Mr Windsor has resorted to parliamentary privilege because he does not believe that the investigation is progressing with due vigour. He may have acted precipitously. However, the police do not yet appear to have interviewed Mr Anderson or Senator Macdonald. They should do so immediately. Reports that Mr Maguire will give his version of events today are welcome. Until the claims are properly tested, Mr Anderson - and indeed the whole Howard Government - remain under a cloud.


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Responses of female lizards, Lacerta monticola, to males' chemical cues reflect their mating preference for older males
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Female mate choice based on visual traits appears to be rare in lizards. Field observations suggest that females of the lizard Lacerta monticola preferred to mate with larger/older males. Although older males are usually green and larger, and younger males brown and smaller, there is some overlap in size and coloration between age classes. Thus, visual cues may not always be reliable indicators of a male's age. We hypothesized that female mate-choice preferences may be based on males' pheromones, which might transmit information about characteristics such as age. In a laboratory experiment, we analyzed the effect of age of males on attractiveness of their scents to females. When we offered scents of two males of different age, females associated preferentially with scents of older males. This suggested that females were able to assess the age of males by chemical signals alone, and that females preferred to be in areas scent-marked by older males. Thus, females may increase their opportunities to mate with males of high quality, or may avoid harassment by sneaking young males. This result agreed with field observations on females mating with old males, and rejection of advances by young males. Our results also suggested that female preference for older males may depend on their own body size. Large females showed a strong preference for older males, whereas smaller females were not so selective. This, together with males' preference for large females, might lead to size-assortative matings. We suggest that the quality and/or quantity of male pheromones could communicate to the female heritable male genetic quality (i.e. age) and thereby serve as the basis of adaptive female choice in lizards.


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The DWTS rumor mill is at it again! This time, it's Lindsay Lohan! According to Radar Online, Lohan may be Dancing her way back into our lives. Radar reports that numerous sources have told them that Lohan is in Secret talks with Dancing with the Stars Production to appear on the upcoming season. Both sides believe having Lindsay on the show would be most beneficial. Even Lindsay's treatment team thinks it would be a good move for her, thinking that it would get her back to work, on a set schedule, and being productive.
However, just a rumor it is. According the the website Gossip Cop, the story is completely fabricated. They report that they have gotten word direct from a Lohan Rep that there are no talks, and that the rumor is completely false. I guess time will only tell?
Other rumored contestants include Sig Hansen of Deadliest Catch fame, and Todd Palin, husband to Sarah, father of last seasons 3rd place finisher Bristol.
My personal feelings on the above? I still think Lindsay is very talented, and could go far if she could get her act together, making DWTS beneath her… however, she can't seem to do the whole "get it together" thing, so Reality Shows may be her only avenue. As far as another Palin being on the show? Blech.


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RE: Protection against some Fr
I would rather be more conservative and use: $ManyBytes=50000;
reallyBig[x_] := If[ByteCount[x] >$ManyBytes, "Too Large", x];
$Post = reallyBig;
I can always temporarily change $ManyBytes to a larger number if I want
Now suppose ByteCount[x] is far bigger than 50000 ( ie. on the order of
10^7 ). The code above will not finish until it computes the exact
value of ByteCount[x]. It would be nice if I could let the test come
out False as soon as the kernel counts 50001 bytes in (x). That
would make $Post run a lot faster when the output expression is very
large. How can I do what I want?
Ted Ersek
|As mentionned in a few messages recently it is not uncommon to make a
|mistake and then get a huge output to be generated. When that happens,
|one is either stuck for a long time or crashes. |
|A while back, support at Wolfram gave me this trick that I now have at
|the top of any notebook manipulating large amount of data: |
|reallyBig[x_] := If[ByteCount[x] > 200000, "Too Large", x]; | $Post =
|It will replace any "large" output by the string "Too Large". I cannot
|count how many times this saved me. Hope it helps you too. |
|Experience as shown that 200000 enabled me to always see what I want. |
|Luc Barthelet
|GM at day, Mayor at Night


text: Kerala South Indian Meat Keema ------------------------------ 1 kg Meat cut into pieces (beef or chicken) 3 tbsp oil 3 big onion 1 cup celery (leaves and stem) 2 tsp ginger cut into small pieces 1/2 tsp garlic 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 2 green chilli Fry the beef in the oil. Add onion pieces. Then add remaining ingredients. Stir well. Heat it for 45 minutes at 375°F in a preheated oven. Take it out. Decorate with coriander leaves and serve. From: Kerala Recipes


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Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 05, 2010
Internationally noted artist Robert McCall died last Friday in Scottsdale, Ariz. The 90-year-old artist and Paradise Valley resident whose works are included in the University of Arizona Museum of Art, won decades of acclaim for his depiction of space and human space travel.
As much as anyone outside the scientific community, McCall popularized the U.S. space program with his fanciful, and often prescient, scenes of astronauts, their spacecrafts and operations on other worlds beyond Earth.
His works include a six-story high mural covering a wall at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. and the poster for the Oscar-winning 1968 Stanley Kubrick film, "2001: A Space Odyssey."
UAMA currently holds more than 200 of McCall's artwork, a sample of which were on exhibit for several months in 2008, coinciding with the UA-led NASA Phoenix Mars Mission.
Peter Wehinger, a staff astronomer and development officer at the UA Steward Observatory, said McCall followed in the footsteps of Chesley Bonestell, the artist whose work during the early and middle 20th century inspired science fiction and fueled public interest in space exploration.
Wehinger, a longtime friend of McCall and his wife, Louise, said McCall was a founding member of the astronomy board at Steward and helped fund a number of financially struggling students through the UA.
"About five or six years ago, he began to think about his work and we had many discussions about how and where they might go," Wehinger said. UAMA Director Charles Guerin, he said, gave McCall a warm and enthusiastic reception.
After several meetings at McCall's Paradise Valley studio they worked out an agreement to transfer the bulk of his work to UAMA. That included not only his paintings, but sketches, slides and even designs for the patches that NASA astronauts wore on their missions in space.
Guerin described McCall as a visionary as well as an exceptionally gifted artist.
"Bob was America's preeminent illustrator of the history of aviation, the NASA program and space flight in general. He had entree to some of the most remarkable aspects of American aviation history, including landing man on the Moon and the launch of the space shuttle.
"Much of his work was his interpretation of where we were going as a people. I don't even like to refer to it as science fiction. Bob saw the world in terms of what it would be and could be. He was an extraordinary individual."
Guerin said McCall's archives are a gift that "will allow young students to study his creative efforts, his remarkable artistic career."
McCall also spearheaded the creation of the Archive of Visual Arts at the museum. The Robert T. and Louise H. McCall Gallery at UAMA was named for the artist and his wife.
"He was the guy who would never stop working," said Wehinger. "When I visited him six months ago he had just completed a portrait of (Apollo 11 commander) Neil Armstrong for NASA and was starting on a painting for the U.S. Navy SEALS headquarters in Virginia."
"He had a marvelous way of describing things scientifically and looking to what might be next, and that takes a special talent in addition to making brush strokes of a painting," he said.
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