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The purpose of this wiki is to document the HTML WG's Real Work Modes including: Participation and Communication, Meetings, Consensus, Mail List usage, links to important resources, etc.
Note the WG's Charter formally defines the general framework of the group's working mode. In all cases, the Charter and/or the W3C Process Document overrides the information in this wiki. Nevertheless, this wiki contains additional information about how the group really works and as such, this information may be particularly useful to new members of the WG.
This document is a Living Document and as such will change. Members of the WG are encouraged to edit (e.g. to update, correct, etc.) the information in this document.
- 1 Participation and Communication
- 2 The Technical Reports Process (What is an Editor's Draft?)
- 3 Editors
- 4 Bugs, Issues and Actions
- 5 Patent Policy
- 6 Meetings? What Meetings?
- 7 Consensus and Call for Consensus
- 8 Mail List Policy, Usage, Etiquette, etc.
- 9 Off-Topic Discussion Policy
- 11 Testing
- 12 Git, Mercurial and CVS
- 13 Links to Group Resources
- 14 Relationship to the WebApps WorkMode
- 15 See Also
Participation and Communication
The HTML WG's formal Participation and Communication models are documented in the Participation and Communications sections of its Charter, respectively.
Strictly speaking, only the Chairs and Editors have firm participation requirements. However, all WG members are strongly encouraged to participate in all of the specifications in progress.
A WG member may participate in various ways including:
- Participating in discussions on the WG's mail lists (see below)
- Participate in discussions on the group's #html-wg IRC channel
- Being an Editor of one or more of the group's active specifications
- Participating in the W3C HTML5 test suite effort
- Attending one of the group's formal meetings
Participation from the Public (i.e. non group members), via our Public mail lists is also welcome, provided comments, contributions, etc. are consistent with the W3C Patent Policy and the Working group's Discussion Guidelines. The group uses the following mail lists:
- public-html (latest)
Technical mailing list for the group.
- public-html-admin (latest)
Administrative mailing list for the group.
- public-html-wg-announce (latest) [unsubscribe]
Announcements of surveys, drafts, formal proposals, and other important business.
- public-html-bugzilla (latest) [subscribe] [unsubscribe]
For distributing and archiving all messages generated for the "HTML WG" product in the public W3C bugzilla instance.
- public-html-comments (latest) [subscribe] [unsubscribe]
Public comments on the HTML 5 specification(s) and responses from the editors and the group.
- commits (latest) [subscribe] [unsubscribe]
Automated notifications of commits to the group's repository for draft documents
- public-html-issue-tracking (latest)
Notifications and discussions related to HTML WG issue-tracking.
Additionally, the following HTML WG Topic Mailing Lists are provided:
- public-html-media (latest)
Discussion list for the Media Source and Encrypted Media.
- public-html-a11y (latest)
Discussion list for the HTML Accessibility Task Force, a joint task force of the HTML WG and the PFWG. People not in the task force may bring issues up for consideration by mailing email@example.com.
- public-canvas-api (latest) [subscribe] [unsubscribe]
Public discussion of the Canvas API, for use in the HTML, SVG, and other Web languages
- public-html-ig-jp (latest) [subscribe] [unsubscribe]
The mailing list for the HTML5 Japanese Interest Group.
- public-html-testsuite (latest) [subscribe] [unsubscribe]
Development of test suites for the group's specifications.
- www-dom (latest) [subscribe] [unsubscribe]
Discussions about the group's DOM specs
The htmlwg Twitter account is used to make public announcements about the group's Specifications.
The Technical Reports Process (What is an Editor's Draft?)
The W3C Process Document formally defines the Technical Report Process this group follows.
This group uses Editor's Drafts (ED) which, as the name indicates, is simply the latest version of a specification an Editor maintains. An ED should be thought of as the tip of the tree i.e. a work in progress that may change at any point in time.
EDs are not formal publications by the W3C and as such, the W3C Process Document does not explicitly define their requirements (f.ex. there are no specific rules for references or style).
Those with a vested interest in a specification e.g. implementers and application developers, should use a spec's Editor's Draft and not a dated version of the ED that was published as a Working Draft in the W3C's Technical Reports repository.
The W3C Process Document defines a so-called Publication "Heart Beat" Requirement that states a WG should publish each spec as a Technical Report (TR) every 3 months. Such documents do not require the consensus of the working group to be published. Work that fails to consistently produce heartbeat documents without a suitable rationale be published as a Note. One reason for this to occur is when the active editor count for the document drops to zero.
To start work on a extension specification requires a proposal. Modularity is encouraged. Proposal need to suggest one or more editors, be able to identify independent support, be within the scope of the working group. For best results, the proposal should identify a draft schedule and thoughts towards what exit criteria should be used. Proposals are adopted and published as a FPWD via a Call for Consensus.
Editors in this Working Group may draw from a number of sources (e.g., other specifications, bug reports, and even discussions both on W3C mailing lists and elsewhere) and have wide freedom to update (add, change, delete) text in Editor's Drafts without prior explicit consensus from the group. This method is referred to as Edit First and Review Later and is contrary to other WGs that follow a Review First and Edit Later editing model. Despite this policy, when a substantive change is made to a specification (for example, adding or removing a feature, creating a new willful violation, adding a normative reference, etc.), Editors are expected to create a paper trail for the change by creating a bug report and/or notifying the appropriate e-mail list.
Additionally, the W3C has asked the editors of the HTML specification to track differences with the WHATWG HTML document. All differences are to have a description or link to the rationale for the divergence. Editors of documents that have an independent existence outside of the working group SHOULD strive, within reason and only so far as it is applicable, to minimise divergence with the original document.
Does this editing work mode mean WG members' input is not taken into account? No. Editors are expected to consider all inputs and to reflect that input in the Editor's Drafts.
Note: before the WG formally publishes a specification as a First Public Working Draft, Last Call Working Draft, Candidate Recommendation or Proposed Recommendation, (i.e. a copy of the spec is placed in the Technical Reports repository), WG members will be asked if there is consensus to publish and advance the specification (as described in this document's Call for Consensus section).
New editors to existing documents are appointed by the chairs. Editors may be removed by the chairs when they aren't being responsive to the group or observing consensus.
Editors are expected to produce quarterly heartbeat documents. Such documents do not require the consensus of the working group to be published. Work that fails to consistently produce heartbeat documents without an acceptable rationale will be published as a Working Group Note. One reason for this to occur is when the active editor count for the document drops to zero.
Documents may also involuntarily (as in: over the wishes of the editors for that document) be published as Note by a 3/4 majority vote cast by members of the working group.
Related resource:
- WebApps' SpecEditing wiki includes information about spec editing, including Editor roles and responsibilities.
Bugs, Issues and Actions
The WG uses Tracker to record and track Actions. Additionally, there are trackers for the A11y and media task forces.
The WG has no single mechanism to record and track bugs and issues. However, the recommended and preferred mechanism is to use W3C's Bugzilla. Github Issues may be used for the specs that use Github..
(Tracker does have a nice feature that it scans all of the group's mail lists for the patterns "ISSUE-NNN" and "ACTION-NNN" (where NNN is an issue or action number). If that pattern is found, the URI of the e-mail in mail list archive will automatically be included in the database record for that issue or action.)
Patent Policy
The WG's Charter defines the Patent Policy for this group:
- This Working Group operates under the W3C Patent Policy (5 February 2004 Version). To promote the widest adoption of Web standards, W3C seeks to issue Recommendations that can be implemented, according to this policy, on a Royalty-Free basis.
For more information about disclosure obligations for this group, please see the W3C Patent Policy Implementation.
See the W3C Patent Policy FAQ titled How should Working Groups handle contributions from non-participants (e.g., meeting guests or on public lists)? for more information about contributions from non-WG participants.
Meetings? What Meetings?
Most of the WG's specification work progresses without formal meetings. Instead, all decisions are made via the group's various mail lists, IRC and Bug databases.
The consortium usually has an annual All Working Group f2f meeting week (aka TPAC) around October and November and this group typically has a f2f meeting during that week. A second annual F2F is generally conducted around April or May.
Consensus and Call for Consensus
Consensus is a very important part of the W3C process and is formally codified in the Process Document as follows:
- Consensus is a core value of the W3C. To promote consensus, the W3C process requires Chairs to ensure that groups consider all legitimate views and objections, and endeavor to resolve them, whether these views and objections are expressed by the active participants of the group or by others (e.g., another W3C group, a group in another organization, or the general public).
Since most of the WG's work is done without formal meetings, the group uses a Call for Consensus (aka CfC) mechanism (typically email) to formally gather input on a specific question such as Is spec X ready to publish as a Last Call Working Draft?. When a CfC is issued, an explicit response from WG members is preferred and note that the lack of a response will always be considered assent i.e. agreement with the proposal.
Most CfCs are conducted on the public-html-admin mail list and the comment period is typically one week.
The A11y and Media Task Forces also use Calls for Consensus. For calls that require attention by both a Task Force and the Working Group as a whole, generally the Call for Consensus at the Task Force level precede the one done at the Working Group level.
Mail List Policy, Usage, Etiquette, etc.
The Consortium has formal Mail List policies and procedures yet also accommodates some flexibility on how mail lists are used:
- Each W3C mailing list has its own policies regarding who may post to the list. Those subscribed to each list are generally able to post directly to the list without delay; those who are not may be subject to manual moderation (at least the first time they post.)
See W3C Mailing List and Archive Info and W3C Guidelines for Email Attachment Formats for more information.
The group's members appreciate and encourage frank technical discussions on our mail lists but all discussions must be done in a respectful manner. Please note this respect requirement is codified in the Process Document via the following participation criteria "Social competence in one's role". Additionally, see Positive Work Environment Task Force and if you did not attend Kindergarten, we expect our list participants to adhere to the basic principles in All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten.
We expect our mail list participants to adhere to the Working Group's Discussion Guidelines.
We also suggest that our mail list participants to observe the following email etiquette:
- Messages should be encoded using plain text. Anything in rich text will be lost by the mail list archives and appear poorly formatted to many readers before they get that far.
- Messages should not use top-posting. See the WHATWG's top-posting guidelines for more information and this email from Tobie Langel for information about top-posting and Outlook and Outlook Express.
- Subjects should be prefaced with the name of the spec (for example: [DOM4] Blah, Blah, Blah)
- When you reply to a message, please use ">" as your quotation character.
- Do not prefix your content with something like "[myname]". Your content will be visible to everyone because it will *not* be prefixed by the quotation character (">").
- Do not write at the top "comments inline". People will know your comments are inline.
- Do strip quoted text which is not relevant to your reply.
- Do not write in ALL CAPS. It is considered bad form. If you need to _underscore_ something, you can do so as such, if you wanted to *strengthen* something you can similarly, and if you want to provide a certain /italic/ style, you may do that as well.
- Your messages are archived. If you need to include links within your message, please use [x] notation inline, and include the relevant links at the end of the message.
- Attachments must follow the W3C Guidelines for Email Attachment Formats, in particular:
- Avoid unnecessary email attachments.
- Use an attachment only when it is likely to benefit to recipients. Otherwise, place the information (in plain text format) in the body of your message.
- If an attachment is necessary, avoid formats that are virus prone, proprietary or platform dependent. For example, whenever possible you should use HTML instead of MS Word, PowerPoint or PDF.
- Follow Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Off-Topic Discussion Policy
The WG's mail lists are only to be used for technical discussions of the group's specifications and related resources such as test cases.
Discussions related to general W3C-wide processes and policies are not appropriate for any of the WG's mail lists and as such, discussions on those subjects are considered "off-topic".
Here is a list of documents and topics that are explicitly off-topic for the WG's mail lists, including one or more appropriate discussion forums that may be used:
- W3C Document License and Copyright issues: the Revising W3C Process Community Group; the W3C Advisory Board; the W3C Advisory Committee
- W3C Process Document: the Revising W3C Process Community Group; the W3C Advisory Board; the W3C Advisory Committee
- W3C Patent Policy: the Revising W3C Process Community Group; the Patent and Standards Interest Group
- Technical Report Publication Pules (Pubrules): the Revising W3C Process Community Group
We expect everyone using HTML WG's mail lists to please respect this policy.
The group uses a number of channels on the W3C's IRC system (irc.w3.org; port 6667):
- #html-wg - for Public technical discussions; this channel is continuously logged/archive
- #html-a11y - for discussion related to accessibility.
- #html-media - for discussions related to the media task force.
- #testing - for discussions related to the testing effort.
An HTML interface to the W3C's IRC system is available at http://irc.w3.org/. See Meeting Resources for more information about the W3C's IRC system.
The Test Task Force is managing the W3C HTML5 test suite effort.
- Testing Wiki - describes the group's testing process
- public-html-testsuite - archive of the group's testing mail list
- Test Repository
Git, Mercurial and CVS
Git resources:
- W3C's Github account: https://github.com/w3c
- Spec Editing Cheatsheet
Mercurial resources:
- W3C's Mercurial Root: http://dvcs.w3.org/hg
- See: Mercurial Information - a Quick User's Guide and download information; short Mercurial Blog by Anne van Kesteren
CVS resources and its usage in the W3C:
Links to Group Resources
- Public wiki: https://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/Main_Page
- Charter: http://www.w3.org/2013/09/html-charter.html
- Publication status http://www.w3.org/wiki/HTML/Publications
- WG participants list: https://www.w3.org/2000/09/dbwg/details?group=40318
- Public mail list archives (see Participation and Communication)
- Actions, Issues and Bugs ...
- W3C's Bugzilla Database: https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/describecomponents.cgi?product=HTML%20WG; used by all specs
- Action and Issues database: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/
- Telcon/Voice Conference info: https://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/Teleconferences
Relationship to the WebApps WorkMode
This page is based on the WebApps WorkMode page as of 1 April 2014. In addition to links being changed to point to the HTML WG equivalents, and the addition of the HTML WG Task Forces, the following changes/additions were made:
- Add link to Discussion Guidelines; mark mail etiquette rules as a suggestion.
- Describe how proposals for new (modular) specifications and the involuntary termination of a specifications are handled.
- Cover the nomination and removal of editors.
- Explicitly note that editors may draw from sources outside the working group; and that differences from the WHATWG are tracked.
- Identify editors as the ones responsible for heartbeats; and that work that fails to consistently produce heartbeat documents without a suitable rationale be terminated as a Note.
See Also
- HTML/wg - HTML WG wiki home page


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Lost in Translation 2!
We had good fun with our first Lost in Translation competition, so here's another one.
It's a simple challenge.
We've taken a common web design term and run it through Google Translate multiple times until unrecognizable. All you have to do is work out what the original words were!
The first to answer correctly will win a free SitePoint ebook! You can answer as many times as you like.
If someone doesn't get it right away, I'll start to drop clues, so keep tabs on this thread.
The original term will probably be familiar to you, and is between one and three words long. Here are two resulting translations that the translator tool produced:
reserve meetsatisfaction
See if you can work out what the original words were by "untranslating" the above.
Good luck!
Don't be afraid to have a stab at it, guys! I've added the first clue above. (And yes, I am a lousy speler. )
Accessibility?Content Management?Content Cache!
Search Engine Optimization
Good guesses, guys. Not yet, though.
Responsive Web Design?
Nice guess, but see my second clue above ... (which I've just added).
Responsive Design
Graceful degradation or Progressive Enhancement perhaps?
Media queries
minimalist design?
Device sniffing?Fluid grids?Flexible images?
User experience?
application cache?cache manifest?
Book Mark.Browser Bookmarks.
Great work, everyone! I should have expected this one to fall pretty quickly, as it's a common term, and indeed it has. And to think, I had so many cheesy clues up my sleeve.
The answer was indeed "responsive design", and I think, to be fair, I should declare two winners here, firstly @stautem, for getting it (but with the extra word), and also @micreate, who got the exact term I was looking for.
So congratulations to you both! We will be in touch shortly.
Thanks to everyone for your entries. "reserve meet" and "satisfaction" were indeed two translations that appeared after jumping through multiple languages. Who'd be a translator, eh? Anyhow, I'll try to post another one of these soon.
Awesome! These things are a ton of fun!
Aww, thought for sure I had it with "content cache", since 'satisfaction' and 'meet' are synonyms of 'content' (think adjective not noun), and 'reserve' is a synonym of 'cache' (think noun not verb).
Nevertheless, a fun little contest!
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BP Agrees to Plead Guilty to Crimes in Gulf Oil Spill
The Justice Department indicts three BP managers for their roles in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and its aftermath. The company also will pay a $4.5 billion fine, the largest ever levied on a corporation.
BP agreed to plead guilty today to charges of manslaughter, environmental crimes, and lying to Congress in connection with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion, which killed 11 workers and sent as much as 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
As part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the company will pay $4.5 billion in what is the largest fine ever levied on a corporation in the United States.
The charges against the company stem from BP engineers' decision to ignore a critically important pressure test on the Macondo well structure that could have prevented the deadly blowout and explosion, and for misrepresenting the amount of oil leaking from the open well head after the mammoth drilling rig sank in nearly 5,000 feet of water.
In a separate and unexpected set of charges, three BP managers were indicted for their roles in operating the rig and for misrepresenting facts to Congress, marking the first time that any senior BP personnel have been criminally charged for their roles in the disaster.
According to a statement issued by the Department of Justice, Robert Kaluza and Donald Vidrine — the highest-ranking BP supervisors on board the Deepwater Horizon at the time of the accident — have been charged with gross negligence in their oversight of the safety tests being conducted on the Macondo well the night of the disaster.
Kaluza and Vidrine "observed clear indications that the Macondo well was not secure and that oil and gas were flowing into the well," the statement said, and then "chose not to take obvious and appropriate steps to prevent the blowout."
Each man has been charged with 11 counts of manslaughter, 11 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one violation of the Clean Water Act. The manslaughter counts each carry a maximum penalty of up to 10 years in prison.
In addition, BP's former deputy incident commander and the company's second-highest ranking person during the spill response, David Rainey, was charged with obstruction of Congress and making false statements to law enforcement officials.
According to the Department of Justice's statement, Rainey manipulated internal estimates to understate the amount of oil flowing from the well and withheld data that contradicted BP's public estimate of 5,000 barrels of oil per day, even though the company's internal calculations suggested a much higher amount.
Rainey could face up to 10 years in prison.
None of the men charged were available for comment, but lawyers for Kaluza and Vidrine told Bloomberg that their clients were innocent.
The Justice Department previously filed charges against a former BP employee, engineer Kurt Mix, alleging that he destroyed evidence in the early days of the disaster, but today's charges targeted higher-level employees with supervisory responsibility.
As part of the corporate agreement, BP pleaded guilty to 11 felony counts of misconduct or neglect relating to the 11 deaths and one felony count of obstruction of Congress, according to a statement issued by the company. It also pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts, one under the Clean Water Act, the other under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
"All of us at BP deeply regret the tragic loss of life caused by the Deepwater Horizon accident as well as the impact of the spill on the Gulf coast region," said Bob Dudley, BP's Group Chief Executive, in a statement issued by the company. "We apologize for our role in the accident, and as today's resolution with the U.S. government further reflects, we have accepted responsibility for our actions."
The criminal settlement is separate from the $7.8 billion agreement BP reached with Gulf plaintiffs earlier this year. It also does not resolve the outstanding civil suits brought against the company by states and the federal government, which could cost the company as much as additional $22 billion.
The charges for negligent interpretation of engineering tests on the ill-fated Macondo well set up the next battle for the company, as it prepares to defend against civil lawsuits and an assessment of fines under the Oil Pollution Control Act. A trial on that matter is expected to begin in February. It was not immediately clear whether today's settlement would trigger dramatically higher environmental fines — depending on the degree of negligence, BP could have to pay the government as much as $4,300 for each barrel of oil spilled in the Gulf.
The settlement also opens the door to debarment proceedings against the company — a possible ban on government contracts, including new leases, that is triggered by a criminal conviction. The Environmental Protection Agency has been evaluating BP for debarment since its deadly 2005 refinery explosion in Texas City, followed by an oil spill in Alaska in 2006. ProPublica reported extensively on the possibility of BP's debarment in 2010.
The agency had been awaiting a resolution in the Gulf matter before reaching a decision, sources tell ProPublica.
There was no immediate comment from EPA officials about debarment following today's announcement. In its statement, BP acknowledged the potential debarment consequences and said that it had not received word on whether debarment was still being considered.
The largest portion of BP's fine, almost $2.4 billion, will be paid to the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation over a period of five years, according to BP's statement. The National Academy of Sciences will receive $350 million. The rest will go mostly to cover criminal penalties, with another $525 million to go to the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle securities claims.
"We specifically structured this resolution to ensure that more than half of the proceeds directly benefit the Gulf Coast region so that residents can continue to recover and rebuild," said Attorney General Eric Holder, in a statement.
Abrahm Lustgarten, who reported on the BP oil spill for ProPublica, is the author of Run to Failure: BP and the Making of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster.
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So, they sacrifice a few managers (what's their history with the company, I wonder?) and pay a small fraction of their record profits, and they got to do it essentially on their terms.
Hooray for the Department of Justice. Hip-hip…
No takers…? Oh, well.
Wait, the SEC!? Huh??
Why does it take someone getting killed to get action?
Here i blew the whistle on my employer Trico Lift and was fired for it 6 weeks later and get this even on that day 4/20/09 exactley one year before deepwater disaster Trico Lift sent into a SUNOCO refinery a 5 ton machine i just locked out unsafe with a major steering problem where the manufacturer even has a recall out on with an upgrade kit to properly repair this.Trico Lift did not stock this kit and was in a rush to get that machine in that refinery! The steering cylinder was already 90% out of it's retaining channel and was going to come out at any moment while in operation!You lose control of the steering at any moment!!! The manufacturer even stated that the truck driver loading it was in danger let alone the men using it and of all places to be put in a refinery is nuts! -JLG
This is just the tip of the iceberg of what i blew the whistle on and yes i warned them for quite sometime before i made that call.
Here is another point of what money can buy your way out of like the CEO of Trico Lift Kenny Pisitizzi did where an OSHA area director risked his career to provide me inside OSHA documentation because he knew that Trico Lift Lied to their investigators and he even helped me expose this crime of lying to federal investigators and yes it worked perfectly! Did our government step up?of course not! When that area director provided that documentation it was like a scene out of a movie like the insider i kid you not!
There were even 2 more coworkers who steped forward and lost their jobs.Too much to list here about our case but there is no justice for the little guy anymore.Trico Lift lied to U.S Federal investigators and they were allowed to walk away,Here i am losing everything i worked for my whole life for doing the right thing.
Gregg S
Just one note on that machine that Trico Lift knowingly sent out on rent unsafe on 4/20/09 if i had missed that steering cylinder problem during the safety inspection i was conducting on it i would have been fired on the f'n spot!!!!!!
Obama give BP (and all of the other oil companies) a free pass to make the Gulf their own private cesspool.
$4.5 billion fine to be paid over 6 years for a company with annual revenues of $375 billion, profits of $25 billion and pays no corporate taxes…
after reneging on their original $20 billion "fund" for reparations (which never actually existed), after the irreparable damage done to the food chain in the Gulf, after the thousands of Gulf residents who have contracted all sorts of cancer and diseases from being subjected to the petrochemicals in their water and air and beaches.
Interesting that he reached this agreement one week AFTER his election, because if he had reached it before the election there would have been an outcry.
This is Obama's first signal that the next four years are going to be 100% service to the 1%. No Rethuglican could have gotten away with this, but Obama supporters call it an 'historic settlement.' Pathetic.
This is a travesty of justice! Little different from the officer hung out for the Mei Lai massacre! No high ranking staff held accountable and speaking of accountability,who is watching the disbursement of the monies supposedly put forth by BP to reiomburse those who lost their livelyhood supposedly administered by the same attourney that oversaw the 9/11 fund and how much is he getting?
Good points those. It's a slap on the corporate wrist, and I would bet those guys taking the fall are getting free legal services and are set for life, financially.
I want you to know I'm in no way connected to Greg Palast, but he is the preeminent journalist in this field. If you have not read his book you are not fully informed.
Mike W: Which Palast book is best, or speaks most directly to this issue in your opinion?
Consider the connection to;
Environmental Communications CTC1 [KNOWLEDGE]
The more KNOWLEDGE we have the more connections we make.
its been awhile since i have been on here and the H&H WILDLIFE RESCUE has FILED the MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT criminal CHARGES on BP OIL & TRI STATE BIRD RESCUE
sad day when BP OIL inc. HIRED a ILLEGAL TRI STATE BIRD RESCUE to do the WILDLIFE RESCUE of the oil spill, they show how they still kept VIOLATING FEDERAL REGULATIONS even after the SPILL, and thats the TOP CEO & BOARD MEMBERS , i have their LICENSE , PROPUBLICA if ya want info email me i will give you the INFO to do a story on it
the next CRIMINAL FAZE will start in FEB of 2013 against the TOP CEO"S of BP OIL inc.
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The BP oil disaster in the Gulf has had untold health, economic and environmental effects.


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I have a few Addis food boxes / clip containers which we all use from time to time, primarily for packed lunches. I used to use mine more often, but nowadays I just buy a pack of sandwiches from the shop next to where I work. My daughter likes her own 'novelty' lunch box so I suppose it's my husband who uses these boxes more than any of us.
They are made from strong and durable and hard wearing plastic and mine are opaque on the bottom and have green lids (unlike the illustration, which has blue lids). Size-wise , they are great because it means I can jam inside four sandwiches, a piece of fruit and a yogurt in one. Mine is the 1.2 litre sized box but they do come in a range of different sizes. I paid about £3 for each of mine though lately I have seen them in Home Bargains for about half of that price.
They are easy to keep clean and they are certainly air tight as they do keep food fresh for ages. Those we don't use for lunch boxes, my daughter has claimed as her own and she keeps some of her stationery inside one of them. I love the fact that the lids clip on nice and easily and also they are easy to remove and I never risk snapping a finger nail, as I do whenever I have used the cheaper alternative to Addis.
I also use these to store left over food in my fridge and though the bottom and sides of the boxes will stain eventually (especially if you use tomato based foods) it actually takes quite some time before this happens. I wash mine by hand though I know that my husband has popped them into our dishwasher from time to time, and they don't seem to be any worse off for it.
Overall, they do represent vale for money. They are handy to have around, they are practical and they last for ages and keep food airtight and fresh.
~*~ The Purchase ~*~
I cook a majority of mine and my family's meals from scratch, so food storage containers always come in handy for freezing leftovers. I bought three of these containers quite recently after seeing that they were on offer in Homebase.
~*~ Price ~*~
I paid just £1.00 for each of the 300ml containers that I bought, however this was a sale price and the recommended retail price is around £3.00 per box. While I do think that this is quite pricey for a basic plastic food container, it is still an affordable price and I think that the retail price reflects the quality as the containers are very sturdy and durable.
~*~ Available Sizes ~*~
These food containers are available in a few different sizes inclding 240ml, 330ml, 1.3 litres and 1.9 litres. There are also some much larger ones available, but these are best suited to storing paperwork, clothes, shoes etc rather than food.
~*~ My Opinion ~*~
I firstly like that the design of these containers is nice and simple, yet they still look good quality rather than cheap and flimsy. The containers are a simple square shape and they don't take up very much room in my kitchen cupboard as they can be stacked up. Although I am able to stack them up, they're not easily stackable and it takes a little time because of the bulky clips which overlap onto the edge of the lid on each one, making them balance a little when stacked on top of each other.
The containers are made from a good quality feeling plastic which is very sturdy and durable. I like that the plastic is completely transparent as this means that I am easily and clearly able to see what each container has in it when they have food in them. Each lid has a blue silicone strip on the corners which makes the box air tight and I like the fact that they decided to make this part coloured as it adds a little detail and makes these containers easy to distinguish from the many other food containers that I have in my kitchen cupboard.
The clips on the lid are easy to use and although there's quite a loud noise when I put the lid on and close each clip, this just reassures me that I've put it on properly and that it is completely sealed. The containers are air tight, so they keep food fresh and protected from any germs and bacteria. My boyfriend is a meat eater so I usually use one of the containers to marinade his chicken or prawns etc in and they're really handy for mixing food up because I can shake the container and there's no worry that the lid will fly off because of the secure clips.
I also marinade my tofu and vegetables in one of them as it keeps all of the flavours and fragrance locked in, and I sometimes use them to store any defrosting meat in because I like to keep meat contained and away from the rest of the food in the fridge. I also use these to store any left over food eg soup or stir fry and I find it particularly handy that the containers can be stored in the freezer. I also like that they are microwave safe as I am able to eat warmed up soup directly out of the container rather than getting a bowl out, which saves on washing up! When microwaving though it is important to remember to remove the lid.
The containers are very durable and they don't stain or anything. They are easy to hand wash and I've washed them in the dishwasher a few times too when they've had tomato soup in them and they washed up well with no stains or marks and the plastic hasn't changed texture or become less sturdy feeling or anything. Although I use these mainly for storing food or marinating food, a slightly larger one would be ideal to use as a lunch box as the secure lid means that the container will not come open in a school/work rucksack.
~*~ Overall ~*~
I highly recommend these food storage containers as they're really handy, good value for money and durable.
Five out of five stars.
Our massive sandwich lunchbox.
According to their website, Addis say, "Food should always be fresh - the fresher the better as if it had just been picked, baked or bought. I definitely agree with that statement and definitely think their products help with this.
The lunchbox we have is the 2.4L deep rectangle one. I know this because it says it on the bottom of the container. It also say that you can get 81.2fl oz of liquid into this container. The container also shows 4 little symbols which tell you that it is safe for the dishwasher, microwave, freezing and for use as a lunchbox. I always put this box in the dishwasher and have had no problems with it getting out of shape or anything like that. I also freeze spaghetti sauce in it occasionally and again suffer no problems from doing that.
The container is made of a see through clear plastic so you can see what is inside which is nice. This lunchbox is quite deep so you can get a lot in it. We tend to put all our sandwiches in it when we go out for a day trip and can get about 8 sandwiches in it nicely. If there is only the kids I will put fruit and snacks in it too and it holds all that perfectly.
The top of this box is really clever and fits better than Tupperware in my opinion. You place the lid on the top and then snap down the four sides of the box. There are two plastic little slats on each side which clip underneath the ridge on the bottom of the box. The clips shut very tight so you do need to give them a bit of a push to make sure you clip them in. Then when you come to open them you need to give it quite a pull to release it but its fairly easy once you've done it a few times.
There is a blue silicone seal around the lid which means once you clip it down it is 100% airtight and so this is why you can also carry liquids in it. I like the way it keeps my food fresh and think these are really good containers.
We've had this lunchbox for years now so I can't quite remember where we got it but it was probably Wilkinson's or the like. Its still in perfect condition, no stains even though I've frozen spaghetti sauce in it. I've wanted to get a few more of these and I've had a little look on their website and they have them in so many different sizes so that makes it really convenient.
Good storage boxes.
All shapes and sizes
Before I begin this review I should mention that the containers I have seem a bit different to that in the main picture here. Mine are more of a flat rectangular shape measuring about 15cm by 10cm. I bought a set of three of these in Sainburys a while back for around £8.
These containers are available in just about every shape and size imaginable, including circular containers, but all have the same basic look to them. They are made of see-through plastic with a blue strip round the edge. And what really sets them apart from other plastic storage containers is that on each side of the container is a special clip that securely fastens the lid to the main container. Looking online, they tend to cost about £3 each, or you can buy them in sets as I did.
Tricky clips
So to open the container, you lift the clips and lift the lid off. Sounds simple but the clips are not that easy to open, and I can imagine you may have problems opening these if you have problems with your hands, and it may also be difficult for young children to open these if you use them as a lunch box. However, what the clips do ensure is that the contents of the box stay completely fresh as the clips make the boxes completely airtight.
Stinky fridge?
I use these boxes for general food storage, and I like that you can store food in these confident that the contents won't get spoiled or spill out. You can also put strong smelling food in these and it won't stink the fridge out! They are really easy to use and I do prefer them to other plastic containers I have that have fiddly lids or don't shut properly.
These containers are also easy to keep clean and despite a lot of use I haven't noticed any wear or tear on my set.
Good buy
All in all these are a good buy. They are not the cheapest storage containers around but the clips do set them a cut above the rest. However, they may be difficult for some people to open as the clips do close so securely.
Ever since my son started school he has taken a packed lunch to school for his dinner. He has managed to get through so many different Tupperware boxes that I have actually lost count exactly how many. However in the last couple of years I have been using these '''Addis Clip Storage Containers'''. They last so much longer than any of the other boxes I've sent him off to school with.
~Addis Clip Storage Containers~
These storage boxes are different to others in a way that they actually close tight and remain that way until such time they need to be opened. The quality of these boxes is really good, they are white semi transparent tough plastic with a blue rubber seal around the top, the lid is clicked into place and fastened with four little plastic clips that are attached to the lid. This is such a great idea, I have had endless occasions when Tupperware boxes that I thought were sealed tight, have come open and spilled contents all over the place. My son has had this happen so many times with various lunch boxes and it's not much fun for him as now he's older, he doesn't take a separate little lunch bag like the little ones do, instead he likes to put his box, along with his drink straight into his school bag. This has resulted in his lunch spilling out into his bag many times, not only has this made his lunch less appetizing but it has also resulted in school books getting marked and damaged. Not a good thing!
So when I found these Addis Clip Storage Containers, I just had to give them the benefit of the doubt and try one out with my son's lunch enclosed. They come in lots of different sizes so I bought a couple about the size I thought he would need to hold his lunch each day. I was quite optimistic about these boxes as I packed up my sons lunch for the day, everything fit neatly inside and the reassuring sound of the clips fastening on the box was a good sign as far as I was concerned. The tough plastic was sturdy enough I thought, to be knocked around in my sons school bag all day. I had very high hopes for this new lunch box container.
I wasn't disappointed at all!
Excellent! as soon as my son came home from school, I asked him how he had got on with the box, he was pleased to report that all his lunch had remained intact inside the box until such time he wanted to get into it, he told me how easy the box was to open and how crisp and fresh everything inside the box was, then when he had finished his lunch he managed to clip the lid back on the box easily and securely. Needless to say I was very pleased and I haven't used any other sort of box since. I highly recommend these boxes, they just do what you want them to and by that I mean they keep whatever's inside "inside" without it falling out all over the place.
I now use these boxes for everything, I have a cupboard practically full of them, they are so useful for so many different things and I am so pleased I found them. I can't imagine ever having to go back to using an average storage box again, especially for my sons lunch!
So all's well and good for his sandwiches, I now have to find a drinks container that doesn't leak all over his school books!
~Other information~
I buy my Addis Clip Storage Containers from Wilkinson's and they vary in price depending on what size I buy, they range anything from £1.99 upwards and in my opinion are worth every penny.
5 Stars awarded to these Addis Clip Storage Containers, they are the best I've ever come across.
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I bought a set of three of these Addis Clip storage containers from Matalan last year as I almost always take my own food to work and I was looking for something to carry it in. I actually have a lunch bag, but I needed some small containers to keep things like fruit salad in, without the juices spilling into my bag.
The set cost me £5 and in the set you get three containers - two small ones and a slightly larger one. All three of the containers are around 10cm by 5 cm in size and the two smaller ones are about 3cm deep whilst the bigger one is around 6cm deep. By no means are they big enough to carry sandwiches or salads in, but that isn't what I bought them for.
They have clips on the lids that are lined on the inside with a rubber seal to keep them airtight and this was the main reason for me buying them - because I was tired of getting fruit juice all over the inside of my lunch bag. So do they work? Well, almost, would be the honest answer. I have carried alsorts of liquids in them and they get tossed around quite roughly in my bag. I have found that things like yoghurt and other thicker liquids are absolutely fine and there is no leakage at all. But, unfortunately the pesky fruit juice still seems to be able to seep through the seal. If you keep them as upright as possible, then you are fine, but that isn't always possible and so they aren't perfect.
I also use them for storing things in the fridge, such as tinned stuff that I haven't used in one go. They are ideal for this and I think they are pretty good here because they keep the smell of the thing they are storing inside them. Even things that usually smell quite strong when you have them in the fridge are not noticeable when you keep them in these containers. Two examples are sweetcorn and coconut milk - odd examples I know, but they are the two things that I currently have stored in the containers in my fridge!
The best way to wash them is by hand, but it can be a little tricky because of the seal around the lid. I find that food and bits get stuck under the seal and it is a pain to get them out. I have actually now mastered the art of removing the seals to wash them. I say mastered the art, because it is no mean feat getting the seal back on afterwards!
Overall I'd probably recommend the containers because they are pretty handy and they do keep smells in, but they aren't perfect and they certainly aren't juice proof, so just three stars from me.
We have a number of these in the home, some for packed lunches, some for storing Rice, Quinoa and other dry produce which can be then kept in bulk and also for cooking microwaved foods or storing leftovers in the fridge.
Addis Storage containers are easy to use with a rectangular or square shape and a lid which clips onto either side of the container with clear clips, the containers are fairly recognisable being entirely clear but for a blue rim edge.
These are an incredibly handy tool in my kitchen, especially when I make myself a packed lunch for reheating in the microwave at work, these allow my food to stay in one place in the fridge until required and then once it is heating I can just take the lid off and allow the food to heat up.
Products range from 180ml to 8.3l in size, we have a couple of 300ml boxes for packed lunches and storing rice and a couple of litre boxes for storing pasta and cereals, all are easy to open and close with the clipped storage mechanism which is simple and very child resistant.
These products look good, are easy to clean by hand or in a dishwasher and offer easy storage for picnics, work or simply for days out.
The products are available in most decent supermarkets as well as John Lewis, Debenhams and other department stores, the prices can vary but our 300ml boxes cost £6.99 for 2, which I think is decent value as with good care these should last us at least ten years.
They are easy to pile up and store and perfect for making good use of space in an attractive manner without breaking the bank. There are cheaper and more expensive options on the market but these are reliable, look good and have never let me down.
I recently started a new job at a bakery - the early starts are a bit of a bummer, but on the plus side I get to eat as many cakes, sausage rolls, and filled sandwiches as I like!
That would be a plus side were I not on a diet anyway . Knowing that I really wouldn't be easily able to resist temptation, especially if I got hungry on longer shifts, I decided the best plan would be to have a large healthy breakfast before I left for work, and to take my own food and snacks in with me.
I needed a lunchbox, and settled on buying a set of three Clip and Close boxes. The set contained one each of 2.4 litre, 900ml and 450ml containers, which were able to be stored neatly inside each other, taking up very little space in my cupboard.
Clearly, I'm not so greedy as to need all three boxes at once - but I do like that they vary in size, as I can take a smaller box if I only need a small snack on a short shift, or the larger container if I'm working the whole day and need a substantial meal.
The bozes are a translucent white, with a blue trim. On each side of the box is a small sticky out bit, and there are corresponding holes on each of the flaps on the lid . Pushing the flaps firmly over the sticky out bits seals the box really tightly - making it airtight, and secure enough to be picked up by the lid without opening.
I've found the seals incredibly secure on these boxes - I have even taken soup to work in one of these, and despite being bashed about in my bag on the way, I've never had a leak yet . They are incredibly easy to wash with hot soapy water, and even when using them for colourful soups I've yet to see any staining of the plastic . They have no scratches as yet either, so they certainly seem well made, and as though they will last me a fair while.
I paid around £10 for my set of three .This is perhaps a little expensive, and I certainly saw many similar products that were a lot cheaper - however, they didn't seem as sturdy, and I'm happy to spend a little more for something that will last .
These boxes are excellent for packed lunches, or just for storing leftovers in the fridge or freezer. They've helped me take a packed lunch to work, enabling me to resist the cakes and pastries, and I recommend them!
Addis Clip & Close are a brand of food storage containers available from various places, including Sainsbury's. They are sold individually or in sets of various sizes and are often on special offer in store. These containers are freezer and dishwasher safe (take care to remove the stickers from them first though, or they'll gunk up the bottom of the dishwasher) and they also have the microwave symbol on the bottom, although I've never tried this.
The various sizes these containers come in are extremely useful, from the large ones which take a packed lunch or a whole open packet of food down to the tiny ones. As I live on my own, I often find myself using the smallest containers to store half a tin of chopped tomatoes or whatever that I haven't used up in one go, and it keeps them fresh and moist.
I also use the big container designed for liquids, I like to decant cheap apple juice into it and keep it chilled in the fridge instead of storing it in those tetrapak boxes. I've shaken the container up and the seal works perfectly, no juice spills out at all.
The sticker on the lid claims "100% air and liquid tight - keeps food fresh". The mechanism by which this is attained are heavy duty clips on each of the four sides which, when closed, compress the sides of the container into a blue rubber seal which runs around the inside of the lid. I have found these containers to be highly successful at keeping food and liquid sealed inside and they also seal in the smell which helps to keep the fridge odour-free. The containers, even the small ones, also stack securely in the fridge without wobbling which is helpful for those of us with perpetually packed fridges!
I've been using these containers for three years now and the rubber seal has just started to come off two of the containers when I take them out of the dishwasher. However, it doesn't look worn and pushing it back into place seems to fix it, so this is not too big a complaint. The only other problems I've had with these are the clips, sometimes they don't close very easily and it takes brute force to clip them shut. The resounding "clunk" with which they then close is satisfying though, and the fact that they can be so tight reassures me that the seal is properly airtight. Be careful though- several times now I have shut these with my finger too close to the clip and given myself a blood blister in the process!
If you're careful with the occasionally violent clips I heartily recommend these, they definitely have the best seal of any of the food containers I own.
I brought these storage containers as part of a set from Sainsbury's for the very good value price of £8.99 for about 6 pieces if I remember rightly. They do still stock this as part of a set like I mentioned and I think it is well worth the money.
The basic premise of these containers is their tight clip on either side of the lid. Once you have placed the lid on the container, there are small plastic clips on either side of the box that snap up into place, locking the lid to the container. The lock is very secure and you will hear an audible snap as it gets into its right position. It is a simple case of unsnapping it from its locking position by pulling down on the clips and this can be a little stiff at times, especially for little fingers, but it is manageable and only adds to the security of the lid and container and it's ingredients.
Alongside the inside rim of the lid, where it nestles on to the top of the container, there is a continuous rubber ring that goes all the way round. This keeps the containers airtight and spill proof, helping to prolong the life of whatever is stored inside it. I have put mine through the dishwasher many, many times and they are showing no signs of corrosion or wear at all.
The pots themselves, as the lids, are see-through so you can see exactly what you have in there. This is useful for fridge storage as you can see in an instance if it has baked beans or sweetcorn in it and you don't have to open the lid to find out.
These storage containers are so versatile and I use them for many different reasons around the kitchen and for food storage and lunches. As they can be frozen, microwaved and put in the top drawer of the dishwasher there is nothing I can think of that you can't use them for and here are a few ideas for things I have done.
Food storage: I have used these for storing pasta and sauces that had been cooked and not eaten. I let it go cold and then pop in the fridge all sealed up in one of these boxes. It keeps it really well and stops the sauce going dry, which is great for dishes where the sauce is not very liberal.
Other food that is good stored in these are onions or any smelly food. If I have had a cheese and onion sandwich, I can put the half an onion in one of the smaller pots, clip the lid on and the smell does not escape and waft round the fridge. These are very good at keeping in smells and stopping your fridge smelling gross every time you open it.
The largest container has been used to store salad in. Sometimes if the whole family is having salad as a side dish, I will chop up loads and serve it in a large bowl. If it is not all eaten, I will store it in one of these and it helps keep it fresh and crisp until the next day or two when it can be eaten up.
Ingredients container: My middleish son has to take ingredients to school for when they do cooking and quite often it will be small quantities of something, where taking a large packet would be silly just to use a small amount. I use these containers as I know they are strong enough in their lid, due to the clip system to keep the ingredients where they are meant to be until he is ready to use them. They also do a liquid container in this range that I have and it really is spill proof, although the rectangular ones seem to do a pretty good job of keeping everything in as well.
Overall, these little pots are fabulous, and I use them all the time in my daily life. In addition to food storage, I chop up fruit so my kids or I can take a small fruit salad to work/school and the airtight seal helps to prevent the fruit from browning. I love my little storage containers and think it was a wise buy at £8.99.
They do sell them separately but I would plump for the set as I have used every single sized container in it and none have been left redundant in the cupboard, from the largest through to the smallest.
Highly recommended.


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Walter (Wally) Grove was a friend in the truest sense of the word.
As teenagers, we don't always appreciate that, but as adults, we hopefully have come to value that as much as life itself.
Wally was always willing to give; he gave all he had to his country, and I will remember him like that.
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You were a great friend growing up in Tower Lakes and going through grade school and high school together. We had some real adventures. Friends are very precious to me. After 40 years the Injectors still keep in touch with each other. Art, Jim, Jeff, Jay, Fred, Bob, Lee, and I still have you in our hearts --
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We were friends. We were hot-rodders. We were soldiers -- cogs in a powerful machine. I prayed long and hard that if I had a son he would not have to do what we did in Vietnam. I was blessed, and Mike and his friends were spared what you and I and our friends faced. We fought hard. The world today, somehow, is a better place today because of what we did. Memories of the good times young men have together live on, and in them is love.
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THIS is Indonesian author Andrea Hirata's first novel (he has now written six). Originally published in 2005, and only in Indonesia, it was a sensation.
Officially, it sold a national record-breaking five million copies. Unofficially, an estimated 15 million contraband copies have also been sold. Indonesian police reportedly confiscated truckloads of counterfeit copies.
It has also spawned three sequels and a 2008 Indonesian-made movie.
As a debut novel -- it has just been released now in Canada -- it has some merit. But its literary worth is divorced from its astonishing sales figures.
The main character and narrator is a boy named Ikal, a student at Muhammadiyah Elementary school. He and his classmates -- nicknamed the Rainbow Troops of the title because they liked to climb a filicium tree beside their school after rainstorms to better search for rainbows -- revere their two teachers, and desperately want an education.
But they face obstacles from within (grinding poverty, long daily journeys to and from school, lack of supplies and textbooks) and without (hostile government officials, greedy corporations and an indifferent educational bureaucracy).
Both teachers and most of the 11 students who make up the Rainbow Troops are slightly offbeat. They have to be to yearn for and pursue an education that the world seems to want to deny them.
Yet there's a mysterious glue that keeps them together, keeps them returning to their school year after year, and keeps them succeeding academically.
And when their little school does the unimaginable and defeats all the uniformed, bigger, and rich-kid elementary schools in a public competition to win their island's annual Academic Challenge trophy, even they are astonished.
Hirata nicely evokes the simplicity and joy of village life and the kids' dilapidated school. And their story is often heartwarming and charming.
But there are chapters that lack texture and nuance. What's sometimes missing is a good eye for the small details of place and personality.
It's billed as an autobiographical novel. And it frequently reads like a memoir, part of its problem as a work of fiction.
The young narrator seems like Hirata's alter ego. Time and again -- intentionally or not -- it lulls you into a sense this is the author's life story. It's even set in a village that invokes the place and circumstances in which Hirata was born and raised, the Indonesian island of Belitong.
Nor do you sense Hirata's rearranged some of his life events for maximum narrative effect. The ratio of fact to fiction appears unusually large for what's ostensibly a novel.
Only the novel's too contrived resolution seems altogether fictional. It's a Disneyesque, feel-good ending that strains credibility -- in which the kids' 15-year-old-girl teacher confronts the male CEO of a state-owned tin-mining corporation.
The children's story eventually plays out, only to be followed by a couple of chapters that feature the narrator as an adult. But they don't really work, and constitute an awkward postscript to the main story.
The Rainbow Troops is a sometimes engaging little tale. But its rampant success in Hirata's native Indonesia notwithstanding, it doesn't measure up as top-drawer fiction.
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LAST November Clare Lindop was quietly excited that she'd found a smart two-year-old who could have a promising career. Lindop, one of South Australia's premier jockeys, has always been a hard marker and has trained herself not to become overwhelmed by a one-off gallop.
But this time the youngster gave her the right feel and the two-year-old was entered for a barrier trial at Morphettville to get a guide on the depth of her talent.
But Lindop admits to being astounded after another filly raced past her in the middle stages to win the trial comfortably.
When they had pulled up, Lindop couldn't help herself and leant over to Lauren Stojakovic, quizzing the mature-age apprentice about the nuggety but brilliant two-year-old.
''With a broad smile, Lauren said to me, 'This is a filly called Miracles Of Life and, yes, she is very good,' and I said, 'You're not wrong,' '' Lindop said.
But Lindop was convinced the Morphettville trial wasn't the first hint that Miracles Of Life had ability. The two-time premiership winner in Adelaide knew plenty of work had gone into Miracles Of Life before that day.
At Caulfield on Saturday, Miracles Of Life is the $2.90 favourite to win Victoria's most important two-year-old race, the $1 million Blue Diamond Stakes (1200 metres).
It is no secret that argument rages on whether a two-kilogram apprentice at the age of 29 is capable of taking on the best jockeys in Australia in a group 1 event.
Lindop, a tough judge at the best of times and who sees Stojakovic in action every Saturday at Morphettville, is convinced connections have made the right decision.
''It's funny. Whenever a good horse comes from Adelaide … the call is to put a Melbourne jockey on when you're going to Melbourne, and perhaps in some cases that is correct but not this time,'' she said.
''Lauren has a perfect and complete feel for Miracles Of Life. She's been with her every day and understands every little quirky part of her make-up.
''In the case of major two-year-old races like this, connections have made the right decision. It's a two-year-old race where horses can be erratic because basically they're very new to what they are doing and an intimate understanding of a horse's habits is just vital, whereas tactics aren't as important.
''It's a different story if you're coming over for a race like the Caulfield Cup. That's when you're riding a seasoned racehorse and you've got to plan tactics and perhaps have a 'B' plan if things don't go right. But in a Blue Diamond, it's over 1200 metres and your main job as a jockey is to make your horse comfortable and relaxed more than other races when they get older.''
Each week Lindop sits opposite Stojakovic and believes the challenge that awaits her is an exciting one, not a daunting one.
Lindop points out that, like herself, Stojakovic is meticulous in her form study and believes she will know where each rival will be when the race is on.
''She sometimes outdoes me on studying the form. Actually, I'm really excited for her,'' Lindop said.
Asked if she had given Stojakovic any advice, Lindop said: ''I think she's had more than enough advice. You can get too much information. I've just said, 'You know your filly and enjoy the moment.'
''OK, there are some big stables involved in the Blue Diamond and they'll pull a few sneaky gear changes, which happens every year, but as an outsider she can use her barrier one to glide up and just sit on the pace. OK, she'll need a little luck on the turn into the straight to get a run, but again we can't forget they're two-year-olds who more than likely will roll or fan off the track. That's why the importance of having them relaxed and happy for you is more important than what the ones around you are doing.''
Lindop, as usual, has a full and exciting book of rides at Morphettville on Saturday. She has notched four group 1 victories and has won nearly every major race on the South Australian calendar, so she knows what she's talking about.
Lindop is hoping Stojakovic keeps her feet on the ground and enjoys the moment.
''I've got great confidence in her. Sure, things can go wrong but things go wrong for the very best jockeys in Australia at times, so full credit to all those involved keeping Lauren on in such a race,'' she said.
At 4pm on Saturday, Lindop will be glued to coverage of the race at Morphettville. She will be hoping that not only can another woman bring a major race trophy home to South Australia but that it is also her good friend who has worked hard for this day.


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