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Kristen Stewart Biography
Brought up in the waterfront zone of Los Angeles, California, Kristen Stewart is the little girl of John Stewart, a stage chief and FOX's TV maker, who co-created the Ryan Seacrest Show, "On-Air". As a young lady, she spent some of her initial years in Colorado and has moved back to Los Angeles where she lived with her guardians. In the same way as other of L.A. adolescents, Kristen, who was conceived on April 19, 1990, spent the greater part of her life in the shoreline, surfing with companions at her age, to appreciate the test of ocean waves.
Kristen's execution in an evaluation school Christmas play got the attention of an operators in gathering of people work area. Their guardians dismisses the thought to acquire little Kristen front of cam, yet her interest won them over, and at eight years old, when her different companions still had their sheets in hands for skiing, she started auditioning for film and TV part.
In 2001, Kristen succeeded snatching a minor part as a non-talking part in the Disney TV creation film "The Thirteenth Year". Be that as it may, she didn't play before the cam again until after two years when she was decided to tune in "The Safety of Object" as a boyish girl of an agitated single parent played by Patricia Clarkson.
Kristen's vocation kept on rising when a movie producer recognized her striking similarity to youthful Jodie Foster and marked her to supplant Hayden Panettiere as Jodie's diabetic girl in a Hollywood major wide screen "Frenzy Room" (2002). Notwithstanding the vicinity of such enormous names as Jodie, Forest Whitaker, and Patrick Bachau, she held her own guaranteed execution that drove some positive faultfinders to contrast her and other youthful performers at her age.
Since the time that, Kristen reliably keeps awing groups of onlookers and commentators, both with her exhibitions and with her decision of ventures, which regularly strayed a long way from child arranged materials offered to performing artists in her age bunch. In 2003, she showed up in another intense undertaking "Chilly Creek Manor" (2003) as the little girl of Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone. Lamentably, the film didn't increase much consideration from motion picture mates.
Her first driving part was in "Catch That Kid" (2004), which give her a role as a youthful mountain-climber who was included in an innovative bank burglary to get some money for her evil father's operation. Her other real parts incorporated her contributions in mental show "Undertow", and TV motion picture "Talk", where she took care of the complexities of the character named Melinda Sordino who stops all verbal correspondence in the wake of being assaulted by an upperclassman, however holds a clear and frequently scornful running discourse in her mind.
Kristen entertaining aptitudes initially showed up when she joined the throws of Jon Favreau's underrated space dream "Zathura" (2005). A few commendations tended to the film yet like "Frosty Creek Manor", it lamentably filtered a poor ticket deals. The following year, she featured in film entitled "Furious People" (2005), a pitiful closure show about a grieved masseuse played by Diane Lane who attempted to improve life for her teen child.
After two years, Kristen was back in otherworldly film "The Messengers" (2007). After that, she took a shot at no under six photos including sentimental show "In the Land of Women" (2007), with Meg Ryan and Adam Brody, "Into The Wild" (2007), and "Jumper" where she had a cameo appearance. Also, she likewise discovered time for littler ventures like "The Cake Eaters" (2007), in which she played as a young lady with a weakening ailment. She likewise partook a mocking drama motion picture entitled "What Just Happened?", which is booked to be discharged in October 2008 and stars Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, and Sean Penn.
Kristen Stewart Profile
|Date of Birth
|9 April 1990, Los Angeles, California, USA
|Birth Name
|Kristen Jaymes Stewart
Kristen Stewart Body size/Measurements
Kristen Stewart Measurements: 32-24-32
Body Weight: 120lbs (54.5 kg)
Height: 5′ 6″ (168 cm)
Bra Size: 32B
Official Dress Size: 4
Official Shoe Size: 7.5
Natural Eye Color: Green
Natural Hair Color: Brown


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A busy week, I have now got without my lawn (less work) and had the back flagged, now I need to get new pots and a new table and chairs and I am almost ready for the sunshine..... that will be after the shed and fences have been painted lol..... hope you had a good week
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Zero Motorcycles Introduces Refined Lineup For 2014
Zero Motorcycles announced its 2014 model line, which this time consists of four base models – Zero S, Zero SR, Zero DS, and Zero FX .
While Zero SR is basically a modified Zero S, we see that there is no Zero MX off-road motorcycle, nor is there a Zero XU low-cost commuter motorcycle. Besides these civilian-use electric motorcycles, Zero offers police versions of Zero S and Zero DS called Zero SP and Zero DSP, and the military off-road motorcycle MMX.
The new lineup isn't much different than 2013, like 2013 vs. 2012.
The biggest new feature is new optional accessory Z-Force Power Tank for Zero S, SR and DS, that stores an additional 2.5 kWh of energy (nominal value). ZERO S with ZF11.4 battery pack +Power Tank (total 12.5 kWh of energy) can go up to 171 miles in city driving and 88 miles at a constant 70 mph.
The second big thing is the new Zero SR model – that has a 660 amp controller instead of 420 amp as found in the Zero S, and higher temperature magnets in Z-Force 75-7 passively air-cooled, radial flux, brushless motor. This change gives Zero SR 56% higher torque and 24% more power which translates to 0-60mph in just 3.3 second and a higher top speed.
The whole lineup has improved suspensions and a new dash:
"The new features of the 2014 model line largely revolve around refining general motorcycle componentry and design. The suspension of every model has been upgraded with more robust 43mm front forks and a completely reworked rear shock. The front forks of each motorcycle are now connected with wider triple clamps that are seamlessly integrated into the bodywork and front headlights. Facing the rider, an entirely new dash with a high contrast and cool- blue backlit LCD screen lists out useful riding information and motorcycle statistics. The display also indicates to the rider whether they are in the "eco," "sport," or the new "custom" riding mode. Using new right hand switch gear, riders can toggle between the different performance profiles. They can also set the custom performance profile using the Zero Motorcycles app, which now supports English, German, French, Spanish and Dutch."
"Riders will see and feel some of the difference this makes immediately with newly designed bodywork elements, neatly integrated componentry, improved braking and better handling on account of increased torsional rigidity in the chassis."
Abe Askenazi, CTO of Zero Motorcycles said:
"The 2014 model line is engineered around our guiding principle of sophisticated simplicity. Driven by the powersports industry's most advanced electric powertrain, each model delivers a thrilling experience that distills riding into its most enjoyable elements, while virtually eliminating all routine powertrain maintenance and peripheral distractions. Customers will be thrilled with the performance, quality and refinement that each model has to offer."
Richard Walker, CEO of Zero Motorcycles said:
"For 2014 we focused on evolving the features that customers appreciate most while also providing more value. The results include impressive options for increased range and improved performance at more competitive price points than ever before. Additionally we are excited to announce five year standard power pack warranties for every new model that cover up to 100,000 miles. As always, we invite consumers to discover the thrill of riding a Zero by contacting an authorized dealer to sign up for a test ride or to place an order. The new lineup arrives in January."
Yes. Zero S and Zero DS in 2014 will be around $1,000 cheaper against the 2013 lineup. The California company plans to deliver motorcycles from the 2014 lineup starting in January.
MSRP in USD:
|Zero S
|Zero SR
|Zero DS
|Zero FX
|Z-Force® Power Tank
**MSRP in USD. Prices vary by country and currency. Does not include local shipping, applicable taxes, PDI, or road registration fees.
Zero S
Zero SR
Zero DS
Zero FX
"Projector beam headlights illuminate the road for the Zero FX and are housed in aggressive black bodywork that beautifully ties into Zero's new dash. The Zero FX also features a new seat that provides a passenger area and owners can purchase passenger pegs as an aftermarket accessory. Overall, every component is designed with purpose and to create the riding experience of a premium electric motorcycle that is designed to thrill."
Zero SP, Zero DSP and MMX
"Zero Motorcycles is releasing three new fleet motorcycles for the 2014 model year. These models are the Zero SP, Zero DSP and a military spec motorcycle. With the ability to ride both on and off road, Zero's fleet program offers unique advantages over internal combustion driven machines. The 100% electric powertrain is nearly silent, exhaust free, produces minimal heat, has instant torque from zero rpm and is highly maneuverable. With a 'fuel' cost of a penny per mile and a maintenance-free powertrain, a Zero offers the ability for governments, agencies and organization to save money while also giving them a tactical advantage."
For a look at the full specs of these Model Year 2014 bikes, click here.
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3 Comments on "Zero Motorcycles Introduces Refined Lineup For 2014"
better than any other motorcycle but still wouldn't ride one would not feel safe at all
I think the Brammo Empulse is a much better looking motorcycle and its as expensive as the SR.
I don't know, I like the looks. I talked to a rep from Zero last Thursday and They have GIVI racks so I could mount my ladder and GIVI bags for work. It makes a lot of sense for me.
BTW, I own a Solar PV installation company.


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Laptop Lunches and Obentec, Inc.
June 27, 2010
How did you come to form Obentec, Inc./Laptop Lunches?
We came up with the Laptop Lunches concept when our kids were in preschool, and we noticed that most parents were packing highly processed, single-serve food items in their kids' lunchboxes. This was not only contributing to the soaring obesity rates, but resulted in lots of packaging and food waste being sent to the landfill. We felt that if parents had the tools they needed to pack nutritious, waste-free lunches easily and conveniently, then they would make the switch to packing fresh, whole foods. And they have – not only for their kids, but for themselves as well!
What is the connection between improving school lunchtime nutrition and building healthier communities?
Lunch is a very important meal. Children who eat well tend to perform better in school and are more energetic and can concentrate well. They're more likely to be engaged, learning, and better able to participate in their community in meaningful ways. Also, once parents start packing healthy, fresh meals for their kids, they can't help but look at their own lunches for opportunities to incorporate more nutritious options. With fresh fruits and vegetables in the house to choose from, families are less likely to stop for fast food when they need a meal on-the-go.
How have you been able to merge commerce with sustainable business practices?
We consider sustainability in every decision we make, which reflects who we are and what we believe in. It's clear to us that sustainable practices are not only good for the planet, but they help keep costs down and lead to employee and customer satisfaction. When we design our products, we look for ways to incorporate sustainable materials and practices. Our carriers, for example, are made with 100% recycled polypropylene fabric. Our bento sets contain 10% recycled material, and they are stamped with recycle codes for efficient materials sorting. Our company policy requires all paper products to be made from a minimum of 30% post-consumer recycled content, though 99% of our office paper comes from neighboring businesses who give it to us for "second side" use instead of sending it to the recycle bin. Our shipping boxes are made from 100% recycled content and we use salvaged newspapers for packing material. If you stopped by our office or warehouse, the first thing you'd notice is that nothing matches. That's because all of our furniture and most of our equipment has been purchased second-hand. Finally, we recycle and compost at the office and we even purchase shade-grown, fair trade coffee and organic milk. We wouldn't have it any other way!
It has been estimated that on average a school-age child using a disposable lunch generates 67 pounds of waste per school year. What are the benefits of providing waste-free lunches?
Packing waste-free lunches is good for schools, kids, parents, and the planet. Schools that implement waste-free lunch programs save money on waste-hauling fees when they reduce the amount of trash that gets hauled off to the landfill or incinerator. Kids learn the benefit of treading responsibly on the planet. Parents consume fewer natural resources and save money as well. An egg salad sandwich disposable lunch, for example, can run $4.02, compared to an egg salad sandwich waste-free lunch at $2.65. Waste-free lunches promote a mindset of recycling and reuse. The challenge is that many of us aren't used to packing meals this way, which is why we created the Laptop Lunches line.
What can retailers learn from your success, and how can they get involved in helping consumers reduce mealtime waste?
Considering the triple bottom line is good for business and good for the planet. Shoppers get excited when they discover a product that helps them live in line with their values, so retailers who offer these items benefit on many levels. Our bento boxes, which come with a book of creative meal ideas, create opportunities, not sacrifice, and we think that's one reason why they continue to be so popular. Preparing a waste-free meal isn't about "living without." It's about creating something that's wonderfully appetizing, visually appealing, and wholesomely delicious. Visitwww.wastefreelunches.org for information on educating parents, schools, and employees about where our trash ends up and how we, as individuals, can reduce the amount of trash we generate.
In upcoming issues, we will continue to feature interviews with companies that are taking innovative steps toward the creation of sustainable products and services. If you are interested in telling us more about what your company is doing please contact Allison Bloom at email@example.com.


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I more proud of another decade anniversary, that of my last DNF, when I was pulled from the race at mile 41 of the inaugural (PCTR) Diablo 50 Mile Endurance Run atop Mount Diablo by Wendell Doman the last Saturday of September in 2003. It was really really hot all day and I didn't know what a salt cap was. After a hellacious tortuous (as in winding) ride down to the start finish, I was transported to an emergency department where post normal saline infusion labs showed significant hyponatremia and rhabdomyolysis. I was released the next morning though had to walk 8 miles or so since I didn't have any money or a car or family or friends to impose upon to the BART.
|my first ascent of Mount Diablo ever
I have since accumulated less fashionably unpardonable running gear.
Since then, I have finished every single race I have started. This includes not dropping down to a shorter distance even when permitted, and even informal semi to non-competitive fat-ass events. Two close calls finishing "DFL"-- the inaugural Tahoe Rim Trail 100 mile in 2006 (a little over 30 minutes to spare) and HURT 100 a few years ago (less than 5 minutes). Since I am getting slower, the next DNF since the 2003 Diablo will inevitably come, but I am very proud of this streak and what it took me to make it.
One caveat: I disqualified myself from the results of the 2006 Whiskeytown 50k when I figured out (after the RD John Luaces awarded me with 2nd place overall schwag) that I had inadvertently missed a turn and cut the course. I had decided to run the race literally a day or two before and hadn't studies the map. As it turned out, there were no ribbons at the intersection, and the volunteers who was supposed to be pointing runners in the correct direction was peeing in the bushes at the time I passed through. RD Luaces was very embarrassed about what happened, and I had to email him several times to expunge my name from the results. So I am not counting Whiskeytown as a DNF-- since I finished, and the RD convinced me it wasn't my fault.
|results with me right under Hal, before I badgered the RD to revise them
Admittedly I have only entered one race with a set distance over 100 miles, and haven't gotten to try Hardrock yet.
(By the way, I hold that not finishing all 5 loops of the Barkley Marathons should not count as a DNF.)
I am not quite sure how many races I have completed during this streak, since I am too lazy to count. (I can't fathom the meticulous tenacity of the lifetime mileage counters out there, especially the trail ultrarunners-- You just ran your 50-thousandth lifetime mile, you are SURE-- really??!!!) My Ultrasignup profile has me at 120 finished. Realendurance.com tallies 141 results, undoubtedly there are duplicate and missing races (especially fat-ass runs).
Perhaps this indifference to knowing my exact stats is partially related to a change in a change in my attitude toward racing. My competitive edge has waned. I find myself much less concerned with how I finish at races. Maybe it is because I am resigned to the fact that I am getting slower, and there are so many more REALLY fast runners out there competing nowadays compared to when I started. Or maybe once you've completed 100-something ultras, it all starts to get blurred. I often can't remember my exact finish place or time just a week after finishing a race. I am more into enjoying the scenery, pushing myself (to push myself), enjoying occasional conversations with other runners and their pacers, and when I don't have to rush off to be somewhere, hanging out post-raced. But if some woman manages to chick me by a few minutes, or I don't make 13th place by a few seconds, I don't believe my dick will fall off, or a plague will strike already poor villagers in a small African hamlet.
|small portion of previously accrued age-group or overall place awards
given the lack of available space in our house, maybe not so bad I am winning fewer of these
In early July I fast-packed the John Muir Trail with 4 other ultrarunning buddies. Not as fast as Hal and Mike, but we were self supported, and my pack to body weight ratio was the largest in our group. (I actually was the only one in our group to start at the beginning at Happy Isles in Yosemite). It was very very very tough, and even more amazing. I am supposed to blog about this. Someday. I want to do more of this sort of quasi-endurance stuff. A race format is not needed to enjoy these places.
|Reds Meadow, near Mammoth Lakes
La Sportiva has renewed by contract as a team ambassador for my 6th year. Which is always great, as I love their shoes, and the other gear and perks from them and severeal associate sponsors, whom I will try to better recognize here as I better do on Facebook.
|some of my shoes
This upcoming year (2014) I have a lot of extra stuff on my plate. Aside from the usual demands of work and family-- I actually was slightly relieved not to get into Western States for the first time in the 2014 lottery held last month-- next spring won't offer the time for an optimal build-up, and I wouldn't even be able to guarantee more than 3 days off for the race. My hospital will be moving (early June), and work will most likely really suck for the weeks to months after that happens. I have several big multiple-of-5 birthdays or anniversaries to attempt to properly celebrate in my family. I have to study for and pass my board recertification exam in Emergency Medicine in the fall (this preempted my entering the lottery for the inaugural Tahoe 200 (mile). Therefore, maybe I will not run, uh, 2 or 3 races that I would otherwise. (!) I definitely won't even try to catch up on blogging. It is sort of disturbing and depressing how little of the information I am required to know for my field that I can review through (painfully) shortening a run by 1 to 2 hours. Many would-be runners have trouble mustering up the discipline to regularly run. Will I have the self-control NOT to run?
|neglected review aids taunting me
I probably know most of this stuff, but failing would be a very bad thing.
Hopefully there will significantly more snow and rain, to end this drought in the West, the worst in recorded California history. I am scare the whole state (particularly the forests) will burn down, starting in the spring.
I hope to see many of you on the trails. Run safely and run far!


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Recent research on Arctic sea ice revealed surprising news: despite downward trends in sea ice extent since the 1970s, total sea ice volume grew by 41 percent in 2013, suggesting it may be more "resilient" than believed.
The researchers said less ice melted near Greenland during 2013's unusually cool summer, during which temperatures were comparable to those of the late 1990s, and gains lasted through the fall of 2014, when sea ice volume fell slightly but remained above the five-year average.
"We now know it can recover by a significant amount if the melting season is cut short," the study's lead author Rachel Tilling, a researcher who studies satellite observations of the Arctic told The Wall Street Journal. "The sea ice might be a little more resilient than we thought."
However, Ms. Tilling and her fellow researchers warned in the paper, published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience, that if Arctic temperatures continue to rise as expected, variability as seen in 2013 will not prevent sea ice from diminishing overall. Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, also told The Washington Post the data does not mean sea ice is suddenly safe.
"These people are not making any claim that we're going to have some big recovery [in sea ice]," Dr. Serreze said. "But it's going to occur in fits and starts because the sea ice is highly variable – we're going to go up some years, down in others."
This study focused specifically on five years of data, Tilling qualified. In terms of drawing long-term conclusions about the direction in which sea ice will lean, she told the Post, "it's very difficult to say one way or the other."
"We do not want to suggest that this is a recovery in the long term," Tilling said. "If you look at the long-term temperature trend in the Arctic, it's upward, and if you look at the long-term volume trend, it's downward. If temperatures continue to rise, volume is going to continue to decrease."
Though conclusions from the study about sea ice resilience may be limited, Tilling wrote in the paper that the study went beyond previous research by measuring the volume of ice, not just the surface area. "Despite a well-documented decline in summer Arctic sea ice extent by about 40% since the late 1970s, it has been difficult to quantify trends in sea ice volume because detailed thickness observations have been lacking," she wrote.
"Sea ice is complex – it doesn't just grow in area, it grows in thickness," Tilling told the Post. "To see what's really happening, you need to look beneath the surface."


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Jeg fik så meget energi af at være i nordens vilde natur og af at opleve nye ting med mennesker jeg elsker. Det bedste var næsten de bittesmå oplevelser, som f.eks. pandekager med hjemmeplukkede blåbær lavet på hyttens lille, skæve kogeplade. Aftentur hånd i hånd med en nysgerrig dreng. Køligt fodbad i strømmen bag ved legepladsen.
Det føles dejligt, at komme hjem fra ferie, og for første gang være fyldt op af energi. Af strikketrang og nye ideer der pibler frem alle vegne fra.
I'm back!
The blog suddenly went very quiet for a long time, and maybe somebody out there has been wondering about it. In any case, it would feel very strange to start blogging again, without explaining a bit first.
The reason for my silence was that I went down with a mild depression in late winter. My desire or... impulse to knit was suddenly gone and so was all of my energy. I knew that it was no good, but I also knew that I had the resources to work my way out of it again. Unfortunately, it took much longer than I had imagined (hoped for ...), and in the meantime I set aside anything but my everyday life with my family and general obligations.
One of the things that helped me the most to get out of the funk I was in, was a wonderful vacation with my kids and my husband. We went to Sweden and Norway for 2 weeks, where we traveled around and did whatever we want whenever we wanted to. It was SO beautiful. I've never been to Norway before, which really is very strange. Norway is an amazing country and I am SO in love with it now.
I got so much energy from being in the wild nordic nature and from experiencing new things with the people I love. Almost the best part was the little experiences, such as pancakes with home-picked blueberries made on the hut's little, wonky hob. An evening walk hand in hand with a curious boy. A cool foot bath in the stream behind the playground.
It feels great to come home from vacation, and be full of energy for the first time in a long time. Great to have my knitting mojo back and have new ideas that trickle out from everywhere.
I'm back!


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Sprout Baby
June 28, 2009
How did you come to form SproutBaby.com?
Sproutbaby.com was born out of a desire to make healthy shopping a little bit easier on parents. The SproutBaby team is a small group of parents, aunts and uncles who saw a need within their own families for a single place that made it easy to make good, healthy choices; a place where all the products are authentically good and easy to access and where like-minded people could connect about being parents.
Have you been able to merge commerce with sustainable business practices?
Absolutely. From our shipping to our "meetings," we live up to our green philosophy. Most of our communications take place via email, conference calls and Skype, so we have reduced our potential footprint by limiting the amount of driving and flying it would take for us to meet "face-to-face" on a regular basis. We ship our inventory in boxes made from recycled cardboard or whenever possible, from recycled boxes. Also, our packing peanuts are biodegradable and recyclable. If our customers compost, we encourage the peanuts to be composted, but they can also be planted, recycled or reused. And most importantly, each member of the team practices sustainable living, and that is inevitably brought to the business through our group conscience.
What are the benefits of bridging the gap between healthy choices and easychoices?
Healthy choices are not often the most readily available options out there. So, we have to work very hard to make sure that we can offer authentically good products at reasonable prices and with ease. If the only products we offer are healthy, non-toxic and safe, then we are creating a space where healthy choices are easy choices. And an easy choice for a parent is a loaded experience. It means that healthy becomes convenient, preferred and repeated. We are helping consumers make the healthiest choices for their families without having to search twelve different places for five essential products.
As an e-store, where are you saving the most energy?
First, we don't have the physical footprint of a retail location, which means our use of resources is lower than a store. In addition, we try wherever possible to use service providers that offer the greenest solutions – from carbon neutral hosting providers to simple things like low wattage lighting in our offices.
How is your business unique from other organic baby operations?
We carry a brand new baby food that can only be found online at SproutBaby.com. Sprout Foods Baby Food, created by Tyler Florence of the Food Network, is a line that is exclusive to us. It is delicious, organic, and comes in an environmentally friendly, non-BPA plastic pouch instead of a glass jar. It takes less energy to create and ship, but most importantly, moms and their little ones love it. Not to mention, we sell other organic, sustainable, and healthy products. We are not limited to one or two categories of organic baby choices, and because we sell the food, we have already separated ourselves from other organic baby operations.
And, all of our products must pass a rigorous set of standards set forth by Healthy Child Healthy World (a non-profit organization that supports protective policies and engages communities to make responsible decisions while creating healthy environments for children and families), so only authentically good products are available on our site. Good enough will never make its way to our store – the products we offer must be eco-friendly through and through.
How can you serve as a model for other parenting sites?
We are trying to "walk the walk" every day by being mindful of the decisions we make as a company and as individuals. We take a portion of every sale we make and donate it to Healthy Child Healthy World. We only represent products which we believe to be of the highest quality and that we would use on ourselves and on our little ones. Additionally, we are reminded every day that we are only tenants of this planet, and we need to leave it in better shape than we found it. We have seen success in our proactive approach to customer service and product selection; moms are telling other moms that they can trust us. Our focus is on building a company that treats its customers, vendors, and employees as precious. Success to us will come from helping moms make better choices for their babies and families, connecting like-minded people, and seeing a positive impact of the combination of authentically great products, advocacy, and mindful living.
In upcoming issues, we will feature interviews with companies that are taking innovative steps toward the creation of sustainable products and services. If you are interested in telling us more about what your company is doing please contact Allison Bloom at email@example.com.


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Raise high the standard of spring!
Hold up the budded boughs,
As you stride through greening woods,
Your skirts lifted from a gold leaf floor.
See, dancing birds follow in your train,
While others circle overhead.
Hear grateful brooks herald your coming
And frogs sing a chorus of praise.
As you pass,
Bare branches still too proud to bow
Know that spring's sap will soon
Force them, clothed, to their knees.
So, lift high the standard!
Winter, lay down your frosted arms,
And earth, yield again with joy,
That all might see and
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Friday 1st May 2009,
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- NYS AIDS Hotline - (800) 541-2437
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- Know HIV/AIDS
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Condom Information:
HIV Counseling & Testing Sites:
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- NYS AIDS Hotline - (800) 541-2437
- NYC Department of Health - Bilingual # - (800) 825-5448
HIV Special Needs Plans (SNPs):
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- NYS Confidentiality Hotline - (800) 962-5065
- Legal Action Center: Bilingual # - (212) 243-1313
Human Rights/Discrimination:
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- NYS Division of Human Rights: Bilingual # - (800) 523-2437
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HIV Prevention Education:
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August 24, 2010
What is your favorite hair oil?
Mine is Coconut Oil. I love love love coconut oil. I love how it smells and how versatile it is. I mean, I can cook with it (haven't done that yet..but my mom made popcorn with it once..AWESOME!), use it on my skin and of course..my hair. I literally go from rubbing coconut oil in my hair to putting it on my legs in the same application. It leaves my skin feeling amazing and after I spray some perfume on…irresistible.
I usually apply it to my hair when it's wet daily. I rinse my hair in the shower every morning. Towel dry (but still damp..not dripping) and then apply Giovanni Leave-In Conditioner. After the leave in, I put the coconut oil (about a quarter size). Then I let it air dry. With living in FL, having a cool head feels great. Once dry, my hair doesn't feel greasy at all. It feel soft!
If you were stranded on a desert island and could only take one hair oil…which one would it be?
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A recent Knight Rider post here at The Retroist received a comment that suggested that KITT might be the first Cylon from the universe of Battlestar Galactica. This amused me enough to search the internet for more about this theory and I certainly found some interesting theories and fan-art but nothing to suggest the two were in any way linked.
And then I found the deviantArt website of Darren Rawlings and the image above. As it happens, I don't think the artist intended this image of KITT as a transformed robot to look like a cylon, but that red strip in its eyes sure does make it look the part!
Even if the intent was not there, the artwork is still amazing, and best of all, KITT isn't the only vehicle in the series.
The GMC van from The A-Team, Back to the Future's Delorean, Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters and General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard are all wonderful pieces of art and I would love to hang a series of these on a wall at home!
Take a look at the artist dA website for even more pieces including Herbie, Scooby Doo's Mystery Machine, the Starsky & Hutch Grand Torino, the Party Wagon from TMNT, the Mach 5 from Speed Racer… the list is amazing and continues to be added to!
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Is what I am. Behind on just about everything. Reading blogs (something like 100 posts), cleaning, laundry, guitar & piano practicing, baseboard and molding, etc. Why?
Well, this is why:
Yes, in a moment of weakness the Husband relented to my repeated requests for a second dog. And I ran with it, as I normally do (impetuous, much?). In the end, we wanted another miniature australian shepherd (and there are none available to rescue in California, or even Nevada or Arizona), so we went with a puppy. This little tank is 12 weeks (and 12.5 pounds - he is pretty big for a mini aussie at this stage).
He requires constant attention because he has yet to figure out that when we are yelling angry no's as he is peeing on the wood floor that he is, in fact, not supposed to pee on said floor. Compared to the female puppies we've had, he is learning at a much slower rate. By now (5 days since we got him), both Nikki and Savannah had figured it out. He is maybe 20% there. He is not crapping in the house, so I guess that's a bonus.
So, yeah, this little bugger has occupied any time I have at home. The only thing I am not letting slide is my running - I am in the peak week of my half marathon training, and by God, I am not sabotaging the hard work I put in. I don't have two black toenails because I like the ugly bruised foot look.
The other thing complicating matters is that is has been raining like crazy. Like, build an ark and collect two of each animal, crazy. We are on day 5. Last night it poured for 6 straight hours (on top of the pouring that happened during the day). I drove through hail on Monday evening. Also hyrdoplaned. The 5 North was also flooded. We lost power at the office Tuesday afternoon for more than 2 hours (in the midst of having entirely too much work to do), along with a tornado watch. Yes, tornado. In California. Seal Beach had one touch down that flipped several cars over. When it rains in So Cal it's ridiculous. It can't be normal rain it has to be extreme with 50-70 mph winds. So housebreaking a puppy when you have a veritable swamp in your back yard with high winds is a bit of a challenge.
But he is cute as all puppies are. How can you not love a soft furry playful puppy? (Except when they are chewing your shoes or peeing on your floor, then maybe you can not love them.) Anyway. I just wanted to give you guys an update as to why I am MIA on comments and everything. At least now the gender balance in the house is totally even.
Friday, January 22, 2010
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I know where you are right now~ puppies are SO much work! If you keep posting such cute pictures, I promise all of the mia blogging will be forgiven :).ReplyDelete
See....I wonder....wouldn't solid puppy poop be easier to clean up than pee? Let it harden and up it comes...pee? It just seeps into rugs and cracks and such. Blch.ReplyDelete
Thank goodness you got that tile sealed!ReplyDelete
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A Day For Africa Fundraiser
Mark June 18th on your calendars! Monica's annual A Day For Africa fundraiser has grown and will take place this year at the St John the Divine Church hall in Courtenay on 5th Street, starting at 11 am. Details TBA, but there will be a community drum circle (with Monica of Rhythm Spirit), followed by a Samba/Funk rhythm "appetizer" (with Robin Layne of Tambura Rasa -see next post!) and other surprises to round out the event by about 1 pm. This event is by donation and all proceeds will go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation (www.stephenlewisfoundation.org) via A Day For Africa (www.adayforafrica.com). Last year drummers and rhythm enthusiasts at the Wednesday Farmer's Market in Courtenay raised well over $300 in just one hour - this year's goal is to at least double that! Watch for more info in coming posts...
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Q: Where can I find out more about the status of any impact on SharePoint by the Daylight Saving Time change in 2007?
A: Please see http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/03/10/key-us-daylight-savings-time-information.aspx on the official blog of the SharePoint Product Group with more complete information from product support about the upcoming Daylight Saving Time change, and how it does or doesn't impact you.
All SharePoint products require that OS patch 931836 is applied to the server.
If other environments that SharePoint interacts with are not patched and SharePoint is—this could lead to issues with new data creation. Manual adjustments may be necessary in this scenario.
The primary SharePoint patch is WSS update 933738. The KB is at:
It points to the download to the needed patch:
The download page for the patch refers to both KB934000 and KB 933738. The actual patch is labeled: WSS2003-KB934000-GLB.exe
The KB934000 is what is known as a "Roll-up" KB. This will be automatically generated and will show all of the fixes that are included in this update.
In other words, there are not two separate updates and you can't get to one—there is only one.
There has been a high demand to identify what data is/will be wrong. Many administrators are trying to evaluate if they want to run the rebase tool or not.
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When to Fire Your Client
Dwight is of course free to disagree with me on this post. It's his site after all, but then again, he gave me the keys…
I read a lot of things outside of my specialty because I learn things from people smarter than me and let's face it, there are lots of those around. This time it was Search Engine Journal of all places. Yes, Search Engine Journal is nerdy even for accountants.
They've got an incredibly coherent article on When to Fire Your Client. There are times when you'll take cash flow, even if it's from folks who ultimately cost you money. 2008-2010 was like that for a lot of firms. Then there are times where you need to recommend some clients to your toughest competitor so that you can get unstuck and grow the business. Let the competition crow about the win, even as the life is slowly being sucked out of their organization.
Their five key indicators that it's time to fire your client are:
- They Stop Respecting You
- They Don't Value Your Time
- Questioning Your Time
- You are working for pennies
- Where did the ROI go?
If you hit three out of five they recommend that it's time to take a hard look. Item 1 is the roughest from my point of view. There's nothing like wondering why folks asked you to come down if they are going to hold up a counterpoint to every one of your recommendations.
Read the full article for the details behind the recommendations at Search Engine Journal.


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I love Harry Potter, I love my boyfriend, and I love giving gifts. This gift basket combines all of them! I honestly think I enjoy putting together packages and gifts better than my boyfriend likes to receive them. Which is saying a lot because he loves anything I do for him :) He's just great like that.
Contents of gift basket:
- Chocolate Wand
- Fizzing Wizzbees
- Ton Tongue Toffee
- Caramel Cobwebs
- Chocolate Frog
- Bertie Botts every flavor beans
- Lemon Drops (Dumbledore's favorite candy)
and to wash all that delicious candy down...
- Pumpkin Juice
Here is the basket I made for my brother. It doesn't have as much candy but it has a hat, scarf, and wand.
- Chocolate Wand
- Fizzing Wizzbees
- Exploding Bon Bons
- Bertie Bots Every Flavored Beans
- Gryfindor Scarf
- Gryfindor Hat
- Wand from Ollivanders!
Here are some pictures from the park!
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These Spiced Up Canvas Shoes from To Sew With Love are simply adorable!
Increasingly Domestic shared her Mug Rug Tutorial...very cute!
And I loved the Small Bits n' Pieces Bag Tutorial from A Bright Corner!
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This is Not a Cubs Podcast, Episode 4
In the fourth, yet regrettably delayed, episode of "This is Not a Cubs Podcast," Brad and Will examine:
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- The sabermetric book season, and Bill James's latest abstract.
- Some early Chicago Cubs action, and the impending Cubs Stats book, Looking for Mordecai.
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DescriptionTake over managing a European international football team in this budget game. An initial team of 11 players and 2 substitutes is selected automatically for you from the roster of 24 squad members and another 16 'hopefuls', but you can move these at will. You can choose your team's formation, playing style and tactics, to give you a fighting chance of qualifying from the 4-team groups to reach the major championships. Team training must also be organised.
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'Brainbelt' exhibition
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We are making ice. Cold temps around the North East and lots of places have skimmed over.
Vermont doesn't sound like she has much to offer. Big breeze has been an issue. Inner Malletts Bay is frozen but it sounds like there are some good sized open spots in the middle.
In New Hampshire Winni has started to lock up. I got a report of 2 inches of ice at levetts beach and they are going back tomorrow to scout and hopefully sail.
Similarly the guys in Maine are going to check the southern bay of Lake Sebago which had 1.5" of fresh ice today.
There looks to be some sort of snow event on Friday which could jam us up but we will see what reports come back tomorrow. Other than that it is shaping up to be a good weekend for ice boating. My intention is to pick a location for the Doc Fellows regatta based on tomorrow's scouting reports.
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I kept the weekend chill and focused on yummy foods and what better way to do that than in a comfy tshirt dress & my fav jeans right ? Not to mention the Adidas originals which I have failed to not wear for the past week .. Can you blame me? They go with everything! :P
For accessories I kept it light - and I mean it literally. I'm usually not a watch person since they can feel so binding but lately I discovered Premium Wood Watch by JORD and I absolutely adore their designs. & having the watch made out of wood making it's weight perfect to wear on casual day.
& when I do wear watches - I prefer the bigger watches and JORD provides a good variety of designs which can be worn by both male and female. So if you're on scout for a new watch def check them out ~!


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When I met with Asus in April to get an early look at its Haswell motherboards, I was briefly pulled into a separate meeting room to see something rather special. I was sworn to secrecy at the time, but Asus has finally let the cat out of the bag. Check out the first Mini-ITX motherboard in the ROG family.
The ROG brand is reserved for high-end models, and the Maximus VI Impact certainly looks the part. It also addresses one of my pet peeves with Mini-ITX mobos: sub-par integrated audio. Mini-ITX dimensions don't allow for multiple expansion slots, which means anyone running a discrete graphics card is stuck with onboard audio. On the Impact, that might not be such a bad thing. The board is equipped with a SupremeFX riser designed to improve analog output quality.
In addition to raising the audio components off the surface of the main circuit board, the riser boasts audio-specific ELNA capacitors and EMI shielding for the codec chip. There's a dedicated headphone amp, too, and Asus claims the complete solution has a 120 dB SNR. We're eager to hear it for ourselves.
There is more to the Impact than fancy integrated audio, of course. The board has a second riser card that contains its beefy 8+2 power delivery circuitry. Asus has also found room for its mPCIe Combo II card, which offers two additional expansion slots: one mini PCIe for wireless cards, and one NGFF.M2 for bite-sized SSDs.
While the Impact doesn't have quite as many SATA and USB ports as its full-sized peers, there should be enough connectivity for most systems. I like how Asus has put the two-digit POST code display and CMOS reset button in the rear cluster, too. Accessing those widgets inside a cramped Mini-ITX enclosure wouldn't be fun.
We don't have pricing or availability information on the Maximus VI Impact, but it probably won't be cheap. I think we might have to get one of these in-house for a closer look.


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Photo from Splash NewsKanye West was most likely not in his car as it crashed into the side of a house in Hawaii at 4 a.m. on Saturday morning.
But the superstar and infamous interrupter's car did crash, waking up the Honolulu neighborhood that was lucky enough to have intoxicated(?), irresponsible revelers driving around their streets.
Witnesses say there was a loud noise and a tremendous crash, and some report seeing three men fleeing the scene. Police are still investigating the hit and run.
Kanye is in Hawaii recording, and the Porsche that was smashed and left was registered in his name. The police are investigating the car as a stolen vehicle.
I've always wondered if you lived in a tourist destination if you just expected to be awoken by drunken out-of-towners at 4 a.m. Of course, no one expects a car to plow into their house. Even if you live in the middle of Orlando during spring break.


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Dear gang –
Yesterday, the Horror Writers Association (HWA) announced their nominees for the Bram Stoker Award. And amongst those selected for Superior Achievement in an Anthology (Editing), you'll find Demons: Encounters With the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed. Edited by yours truly.
Does this make me happy? Why, yes, it does!
The biggest happy-making ingredient, for me, is that it's testimony to how great these stories are. How lucky I was to get them and then weave them – like the spun gold they are – into a gamut-spanning showcase for everything astounding about the field.
These are 37 great fucking stories, flat-out. (Well, maybe except for mine. But we were eight pages short, and out of money. We had no other choice!)
Which means that, basically, my job was to a) find already-existing greatness, and b) instigate brand-new greatness. In other words, the "Good Taste" Award for Excellence in Recognizing Excellence.
So here are the true nominees, from Demons:
CHERUB – Adam-Troy Castro
THE DEVIL – Guy de Maupassant
THE BOOK – Margaret Irwin
THE MONKEY'S PAW – W.W. Jacobs
THE HOUND – H.P. Lovecraft
THE BLACK CAT – Edgar Allen Poe
THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER – Stephen Vincent Benet
NELLTHU – Anthony Boucher
THE HOWLING MAN – Charles Beaumont
THE EXORCIST (excerpt) – William Peter Blatty
HELL – Richard Christian Matheson
EMPATHY – John Skipp
VISITATION – David J. Schow
BEST FRIENDS – Robert R. McCammon
INTO WHOSE HANDS – Karl Edward Wagner
PILGRIMS TO THE CATHEDRAL – Mark Arnold
THE BESPELLED – Kim Harrison
NON QUIS, SED QUID – Maggie Stiefvater
DEMON GIRL – Athena Villaverde
HE WAITS – K.H. Koehler
HAPPY HOUR – Laura Lee Bahr
STAYING THE NIGHT – Amelia Beamer
DAISIES AND DEMONS – Mercedes M. Yardley
AND LOVE SHALL HAVE NO DOMINION – Livia Llewellyn
MOM – Bentley Little
20th LEVEL CHAOTIC EVIL ROGUE SEEKS WHOLE WIDE WORLD TO CONQUER – Weston Ochse
CONSUELA HATES A VACUUM – Cody Goodfellow
OUR BLOOD IN ITS BLIND CIRCUIT – J. David Osborne
EMPTY CHURCH – James Steele
ANGELOLOGY (excerpt) –Danielle Trussoni
THE CODA OF SOLOMON – Nick Mamatas
THE LAW OF RESONANCE – Zak Jarvis
STUPID FUCKING REASON TO SELL YOUR SOUL – Carlton Mellick III
HALT AND CATCH FIRE – Violet LeVoit
SCARS IN PROGRESS – Brian Hodge
THE UNICORN HUNTER – Alethea Kontis
OTHER PEOPLE – Neil Gaiman
The coolest thing, for me, is the chance to provoke so much fresh ass-kicking original fiction (well over half the book is new), then juxtapose it with time-honored classics: some well remembered, some tragically forgotten.
And show, very clearly, that some of the best short fiction ever written is being written right now. By masters in the making. By the legends to come.
Insofar as I'm concerned, these authors have already won the best award I can possibly give them: the "I Love Your Story!" Award. It's the award that every reader gives to every story they excitedly hand to a friend, going, "Omigod, you have to read this!"
The most coveted award on Earth.
THANKS, HWA! For honoring these writers: some new, some old, some so old they're 100 years dead. I think it's a sweet and wonderful thing, and totally hope we win.
CONGRATS TO ALL NOMINEES, IN ALL CATEGORIES! It's nice to be noticed, ain't it?
And to all you dreamers who remain unnoticed – or at least un-nominated -- just remember:
Every time someone authentically loves your story, you already won the one that counts.
Yer pal in the trenches,


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an excerpt from the nytimes of October 2007 also referenced at the National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case
A Spy's Path: Iowa to A-Bomb to Kremlin Honor
By WILLIAM J. BROAD
He had all-American cover: born in Iowa, college in Manhattan, Army buddies with whom he played baseball.
George Koval also had a secret. During World War II, he was a top Soviet spy, code named Delmar and trained by Stalin's ruthless bureau of military intelligence.
Atomic spies are old stuff. But historians say Dr. Koval, who died in his 90s last year in Moscow and whose name is just coming to light publicly, was probably one of the most important spies of the 20th century.
On Nov. 2, the Kremlin startled Western scholars by announcing that President Vladimir V. Putin had posthumously given the highest Russian award to a Soviet agent who penetrated the Manhattan Project to build the atom bomb.
The announcement hailed Dr. Koval as "the only Soviet intelligence officer" to infiltrate the project's secret plants, saying his work "helped speed up considerably the time it took for the Soviet Union to develop an atomic bomb of its own."
Since then, historians, scientists, federal officials and old friends have raced to tell Dr. Koval's story — the athlete, the guy everyone liked, the genius at technical studies. American intelligence agencies have known of his betrayal at least since the early 1950s, when investigators interviewed his fellow scientists and swore them to secrecy.
The spy's success hinged on an unusual family history of migration from Russia to Iowa and back. That gave him a strong commitment to Communism, a relaxed familiarity with American mores and no foreign accent.
"He was very friendly, compassionate and very smart," said Arnold Kramish, a retired physicist who studied with Dr. Koval at City College and later worked with him on the bomb project. "He never did homework."
Stewart D. Bloom, a senior physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, who also studied with Dr. Koval, called him a regular guy.
"He played baseball and played it well," usually as shortstop, Dr. Bloom recalled. "He didn't have a Russian accent. He spoke fluent English, American English. His credentials were perfect."
Once, Dr. Bloom added, "I saw him staring off in the distance and thinking about something else. Now I think I know what it was."
Over the years, scholars and federal agents have identified a half-dozen individuals who spied on the bomb project for the Soviets, especially at Los Alamos in New Mexico. All were "walk ins," spies by impulse and sympathetic leaning rather than rigorous training.
By contrast, Dr. Koval was a mole groomed in the Soviet Union by the feared G.R.U., the military intelligence agency. Moreover, he gained wide access to America's atomic plants, a feat unknown for any other Soviet spy. Nuclear experts say the secrets of bomb manufacturing can be more important than those of design.
Los Alamos devised the bomb, while its parts and fuel were made at secret plants in such places as Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Dayton, Ohio — sites Dr. Koval not only penetrated, but also assessed as an Army sergeant with wide responsibilities and authority.
"He had access to everything," said Dr. Kramish, who worked with Dr. Koval at Oak Ridge and now lives in Reston, Va. "He had his own Jeep. Very few of us had our own Jeeps. He was clever. He was a trained G.R.U. spy." That status, he added, made Dr. Koval unique in the history of atomic espionage, a judgment historians echo.
Washington has known about Dr. Koval's spying since he fled the United States shortly after the war but kept it secret.
"It would have been highly embarrassing for the U.S. government to have had this divulged," said Robert S. Norris, author of "Racing for the Bomb," a biography of the project's military leader.
Historians say Mr. Putin may have cited Dr. Koval's accomplishments as a way to rekindle Russian pride. As shown by a New York Public Library database search, the announcement has prompted detailed reports in the Russian press about Dr. Koval and his clandestine feats.
"It's very exciting to get this kind of break," said John Earl Haynes, a Library of Congress historian and an authority on atomic spying. "We know very little about G.R.U. operations in the United States."


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About Tenco
Tenco is one of New Zealand's largest exporters of forest products. We have built to this position since 1991 when the company was set up to export lumber to growing Asian export markets. Experience and reputation count; from small beginnings Tenco has become the largest independent exporter of New Zealand lumber and New Zealand's 4th largest log exporter. Tenco has a regular shipping program of their own log vessels and in combination with these and other ships currently calls at 7 New Zealand ports (5 North Island and 2 South Island).
Tenco buys standing forests. Tenco currently has a number of forests which they purchased at harvestable age to log over a number of years for export and domestic markets. Tenco also regularly buys smaller tracts of forest to harvest immediately or immature forests to hold until harvest time. Tenco is interested in broadening the base of owners from whom it purchases forests and stands of trees. A deal with Tenco is a certain transaction. The owner and Tenco will agree on a value of the tree crop and then Tenco will pay this amount to the owner either in a lump sum amount or on rate per volume unit out-turn from the forest depending on the nature of the tree crop.
Tenco knows there are a lot of farmers who have trees that are close or ready to harvest and will be asking themselves how they should proceed with the sale of their trees. For some farmers the kind of certain transaction with money in the bank could well be appealing. Tenco is actively interested in buying harvestable forests or trees from areas including all the North Island (except the Gisborne and East Coast districts) and Nelson & Marlborough in the South Island .
If you own a forest in this area (16 years and older) and are ready to enter into this kind of agreement Tenco is interested to develop something with you.
Please contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Work: +64 7 357 5356 Mobile: +64 21 921 595 www.tenco.co.nz
President's comment, November 2014
Ian Jackson, from New Zealand Tree Grower November 2014
Forest policy not important in the current government
The National government has once again signalled that forestry and forest policy is not important. In doing this, they are ignoring the fact that the forest industry is soon to become New Zealand's second largest export earner, responsible for employing a large number of people and is at the forefront of real sustainable land management and production. In the recently announced Cabinet line-up, forestry has once again been placed under an Associate Minister outside Cabinet, which in the past has resulted in, and will continue to mean, that forestry issues are not considered important.
There is a mishmash of departments responsible for forest policy − The Ministry for the Environment on the environmental aspects, MBIE on workplace law, ACC and Worksafe on implementation of health and safety, the Minister for Climate Change on the ETS, and MPI on actual forest production. Without a clear definitive lead from the government, there are very blurred lines in many aspects of forest policy.
Deciding that market forces should prevail in the industry may be the current option. But when the government dictates so many aspects of the industry, such as onerous environmental policy, an unjust ETS and minimal provision of funding for research, Associate Minister status outside Cabinet is not good enough. The new Minister for Environment, The Honourable Nick Smith, may be an advantage in moving the stalled National Environmental Standards legislation along. Nick Smith was responsible for getting the National Environmental Standards process started some years ago, before it got lost in Cabinet indecision. This is just one example where the lack of a strong forest voice within Cabinet has resulted in the very workable and beneficial forest legislation not being approved.
Independent health and safety review
This review was released on 31 October in Rotorua by the joint sponsors − the Forest Owners Association, the NZFFA and the Forest Industry Contractors Association. The review report is very long, but contains many very good and workable recommendations. Many of the recommendations will require effort from many sectors for implementation, as well as possible law changes and new law to be established. The contribution and enhancement of WorkSafe will be imperative if the recommendations in the report are to be realised. Currently WorkSafe is not well resourced to face the task ahead.
The NZFFA has contributed $10,000 to this review and has been active in all stages of its development. For this modest sum the NZFFA has gained considerable recognition and creditability as being the advocate for the small-scale forest grower. Along with many of the technical recommendations in the report, there is the major recommendation that a Forest Leadership Action Group be established to oversee and implement the initiatives detailed in the report.
You may say − what, another committee? However a group is needed to roll out the recommendations of the report. The review panel will be disbanded and the new group will take ownership of the report. This group a will be tripartite one with owners, foresters and contractors, government and workers around the table. This group will show the government that the industry is willing to take ownership of its problems and to carry out the necessary initiatives to improve the safety record within the entire forest industry.
The Forest Leadership Action Group, will most probably generally replace the work of the joint FOA/FFA Health and Safety Committee. The Forest Leadership Action Group will need to be funded, hopefully with some ACC and WorkSafe contributions as well as with levy money and will need a CEO to head the group.
Other recommendations in the review are centred around contractor certification, worker certification for safety critical roles, improved worker training, and improved accident data collection leading to better information flow to workers and owners. Accident records and details are very important for reducing future accidents and currently this all needs attention.(top)


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25 May 2012
Staindrop School in Co Durham is unusual among secondary schools in offering study for a BTec Extended Certificate in Horse Care (equivalent to two GCSE's A*-C). Staindrop is a very rural school – many students have their own horses and some have enjoyed success at HOYS and PC/RC championships.
Remarkably, 45 students in total follow the programme which has been running for four years, led by Assistant Head-teacher Alyson Carr. The students have visited Farnley Farm to cover the Clipping Horses element of the syllabus, ably coached by BHS Cleveland Chair Jill Horseman BHSAI.
Students are also encouraged to take their BHS Riding and Road Safety Test – they are trained by BHS Regional Road Safety Officer Margaret Hedley BHSII and have enjoyed a 100 percent pass rate.
The school is keen to secure work-placement opportunities for students – please contact Alyson firstname.lastname@example.com for more details
Tel: 01388 603960 / 07808 141005


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Prada SS14 Campaign by Steven Meisel
For directional designers like Miuccia Prada and Phoebe Philo, it's mostly about bold graphic art prints the coming season. If you haven't been able to embrace (still not convinced?) the colourful wave yet, you better either do so or shy away from the 30 first ad pages in magazines this spring, first ad out is Steven Meisel for Prada, stay tuned!


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From rhyme, rhythm, and real reason, Alan Ra'Jan's making an impact in today's music and entertainment world. The dedication's no less than the best and putting in the effort to make it to the majors won't be a surprise in this case. Don't forget that when you hear Alan Ra'Jan on the airwaves nationally or even internationally that we predicted the success.
The 21 year old from Houston, TX has lived in California and New York, two places that pushed him in the current direction he's in. "Rap came to me as a coping method for my childhood pain. I believe overcoming is the best independent experience of life. I will stop at nothing to reach my destiny," Alan reveals about what motivates him to succeed.
Alan's currently working on an EP and mixtape for a new era he's taking and has an upcoming show on December 5th that will be followed with a single release party. Tickets are currently on sale.
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He was a whistler and a whittler, and I miss him so.
Most nights, after we ate dinner, dad would sit in his chair, pick up a piece of wood and, depending on the point in its creation, would either sand or whittle with sharp as a razor knives. Whales. Birds. Strange objects. To my right on my desk is a interlinked set of ovals whittled out of some light wood. His knife strokes are right there for me to see.
These links are symbolic. I was born on my dad's 41st birthday.
He was a fisherman and a tinkerer. He taught me both. I can still picture in my mind all the different fishing holes we visited. Our neighborhood had Square Pond, arrived at after a walk through the Connecticut woods and across a simple, open meadow. While he would go fly fishing for Big Mama, the bass he was sure lurked in the deep, I would flit along the shore, trying to catch bullfrogs or successfully catching tennis ball-sized Sunnies. A longer car ride away was the place where we tried for carp, one from an overpass and another down by the river. When I grew to be in middle and high school, we would try for salmon in Washington State, a long windy drive out to Fox Island until the road dead ended, and then an equally long windy walk past the blackberry and raspberry bushes down to the huge dock overhanging the Narrows. Instead of the light poles with a red and white bobber, we used long, heavy salmon rods laden with herring that took all you had to whip it out there into the current. We'd catch dog fish (which I believe were a kind of shark) that the Vietnamese fisherman who squatted for hours while they fished would take home, and every so often we would land a salmon. On every fishing trip there was a lot of casting and reeling in. Casting and reeling in. "Something's out there, Sue," he'd say. "Just got to be patient." He was ever the optimist when it came to fishing.
He showed me the value of working hard. Of trying to fix things yourself. Of being creative in your down time. Of telling good stories. Of reading.
He could carve a beautiful turn down any ski hill, and perhaps his greatest gift to me, other than making me in the first place, was teaching me the same love for skiing. He started me at 4, as I have done with my son, first in between his legs going down the almost flat hills, then watching as I shusshed down the slopes and doing the inevitable sweep of the hill behind me.
He carved me a small wooden mouse with a tiny leather tail that was pinned to my jacket or hat when I skied. He told me it was a mogul mouse, that would help me navigate through a mogul field and not fall down. There was nothing, he admitted, to be done about the snow snakes. You just had to carve those turns and hope for the best.
We worked together to bring back to life a 1971 MGB-GT. That meant many evenings after school and on the weekend, after he had played his round of golf with his buddies, we would attack a certain part of the car with the Chilton's manual by our side and a whole heap of good intentions. I learned to gap spark plugs. Fiddle with duel carbs. The crazy make-up of a disk brake system with all it's little "shoes" and moving parts, and how to apply Bondo. I learned with him that the electrical system on a British car is a thing of mystery, no matter what the pages of the manual say. And that the simple touches, like the rear view mirror affixed to the right front fender, are both necessary and rakish.
He called me Chatterbox and Finella. And George, sometimes. You see, I was the son my dad never had. How I wish I could hug and kiss him today.


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Today, Maven Jeanne is sharing a lovely delicate card she created as a title card for her Mother's Day page. She flipped the sketch, used this delicate stunning paper, added some wooden hearts and just a pop of color....wow!!!!
Here is the page she created...lots of random family snapshot and those beautiful cards....this page is fabulous!
Sketch #36 by our amazing, Emma Pescott.....
Here is her complete page. Be sure to zoom to take in all the fun!
Happy Scrapping