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America is the land of impulse shopping and if you don't know what you want, you'll end up buying a lot of things you don't need. In the case of personal care products, if you don't know what you need, you can end up buying products with a laundry list of chemicals that you don't want.
The variety of personal care products and cosmetics available is quite stunning and Americans buy 11 billion every year. While it would be nice if you could trust marketer's claims and make purchases based on which products you liked the smell of or that had the most attractive container, it's not that easy. If you want the safest products, you have to know what you need and want.
Luckily, the internet provides a wealth of information right at your finger tips. Two places to begin your search for the safest products are GoodGuide.com and CosmeticsDatabase.com. These two sources detail the health and environmental performance of thousands of products. You can refer to these in order to create your own personal shopping list, so you know exactly what to look for at the store.
Still, the best products you find in these databases are not always the ones you'll find on your local store shelves. In that case, turn to the internet again and shop on-line. There are a growing number of mindful manufacturers offering pure personal care products that don't use chemicals, fillers, or preservatives. A few of Healthy Child Healthy World's favorites are: Perfect Organics, Weleda, California Baby, Earth Mama Angel Baby, Aubrey Organics, Dr. Bronner's, and Dr. Hauschka. And as for cosmetics for mom, my wife tells me Josie Maran Cosmetics and CARE Cosmetics are outstanding.
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All the gardens in front of the big houses on Wilbrod Street east of Chapel Street look terrific in the sunshine after a couple of days of heavy rain.
If Sandy Hill's embassies could talk
All the gardens in front of the big houses on Wilbrod Street east of Chapel Street look terrific in the sunshine after a couple of days of heavy rain.
Several of the mansions are embassies and their attendant residencies, including the beige Brazilian embassy where a man is quietly harvesting grass cuttings at the side while the staff within are perhaps still weeping into their keyboards over the last World Cup result.
After a small detour down Augusta to give a nod to the house where Lester Pearson lived and was attempting to make Canada one of the world's grown-up countries, I return to Wilbrod. I can hear chattering but the only other person on the street is the mail deliverer, who I realize is on on of those phone-in-the-ear things. This is obviously a well-worn route for her. She slips through the gate of a sedate home with an iron railing fence backed up by a hedge, to be greeted by a madly barking dog. "Hello, Daisy" she says and the dog goes quiet. How much longer they will be greeting each other is a moot, Canada Post executive decision.
Next door to a house undergoing renovation, where a workman has the radio up to bird-stunning volume, is a relatively plain grey house set well back. A plaque tells me that General Charles de Gaulle visited here on July 14, 1944. The house was then the Canadian HQ of the provisional government of the Republic of France, awaiting liberation. On one of then President de Gaulle's later visits in 1960, he was not so warmly greeted in Ottawa, though he was in Quebec.
More big houses, more embassies, and then I am at Charlotte Street. To my right, the Russian Embassy is quiet on the outside and no doubt busy processing mega data on the inside.
The other side of Charlotte consists of a tidy row of town houses on the north side, and one heck of a home on the other at number 500. It's a terracotta masterpiece of turrets and tiling and fancy brickwork. Though it is now the Algerian Embassy, this palatial place has been the repository of quite a chunk of Ottawa history. The long-lived lumber baron, J.R. Booth, had the house built for his daughter and her husband, like you do, and got the Ottawa architect and artist John Watts to design it. It took two years to build and was completed in 1903. The lumber guys liked to have their houses built with a river view (as Bronson did at the end of Wellington). The husband, Andrew Fleck, who managed some of Booth's mills and his railway, the Canadian Atlantic, no doubt enjoyed a few cigars with the view. Fleck became a major local philanthropist in his later years —you'll recognize the Andrew Fleck Child Care Services.
Gertrude Fleck stayed in the house till 1940, then sold to a senator, Norman Paterson, who was in there until his death in 1983, aged 99. A couple of developers took a go at doing something with it, but then the Maharishi Heaven on Earth development corporation picked it up and spirited a lot of money into it before giving up and it went into its present incarnation. The selling price to the Algerians was a local real estate record, but then what's money.
A retirement home stands in what were once the Fleck/Paterson grounds. I envy the residents their view, and consider sneaking into a gazebo for an eyeful across the Rideau into Vanier, when I hear the mail deliverer again and see that she has paused by a gated set of steps leading down to a small patio overlooking the river. A sign on the other side of the gate says this is public access, but a passing member of the home's staff doesn't think it is, any more. Down I go anyway, to this journey's end down the river of history.
Phil Jenkins is an Ottawa writer. Email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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LIBERTY, Mo. -- People who live in the neighborhood near Liberty Plaza woke up to a sign advertising "Slaves 4 Sale" hanging over a Confederate battle flag at Richard Geisenheyner's home.
Geisneheyner says the sign is a reaction to being treated like a racist because he flies the flag in front of his home.
"If people actually believe that a Confederate flag stands for slavery, well, I might as well be just as stupid as they are,"said Geisenheyner, who has mixed-race grandchildren.
He says he flies the Confederate battle flag to make a political statement: "It is for people that are tired of the government telling them what to do and what to think. That is what a Southern rebel is."
"His rebel flag don't have a damn thing to do with me, wave it all you want," said a man who asked not to be identified. "This idiot with his slaves for sale, are you fricking kidding me?"
Some of Geisenheyner's neighbors are highly offended by his sign.
"I am going to tell you why it is offensive to me. I remember the signs on the wall that says 'white only.' I am that old. I remember the signs on the wall that says 'negros only entrance here.'"
Geisenheyner took his sign down Tuesday afternoon because he believes his point has been made. His neighbors hope that next time Geisneheyner want to make a statement, he chooses another way to express himself.
"If people called him a racist because he was flying the rebel flag and he wanted to make a statement and put up slaves for sale, well, I didn't offend you, I haven't called you a racist so you have got to think about the other people in the community," said a woman who lives nearby. She also asked not to be identified.
So the sign is down and the folks FOX 4 talked to Tuesday hope that Giesenhyner might choose a different way to vent his frustrations in the future.


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February 2014 – What Makes Your Heart Beat Faster?
When you meet another person who shares the same values as you, does it make your heart beat faster? Someone you can talk to for hours about the future of our planet, animals and people. Or are you looking for someone who will enjoy the same food as you do and love spending time in the kitchen creating delicious, healthy and compassionate meals together?
Or could it be the feeling that together you could make a real difference in the world? Because you can. And you do!
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{toby didn't think I packed down the soil well enough in the back left pot}
One of the many things I was excited about in regards to our first home was having land that I owned so I could put plants into the actual ground. What a concept, right? We grew peppers in pots last year and got a decent crop, but I was excited about expanding that.
This year we have jalapenos, gypsy peppers, basil, parsley, rosemary and a few varieties of tomatoes.
{the first of our tomato crop}
Well, turns out that digging up perfectly good grass and planting things permanently into the ground is a little intimidating. What if I pick the wrong spot?
I also got a late start. The wedding might have taken up the first part of our summer, and the second half has flown by. I recently transplanted tomato plants into larger pots. Remember that fear of digging up the grass? Well, I picked a spot on the back {east side} of the house to put the pots to test for a permanent raised bed. It gets good morning sun, then the house shades the plants all afternoon. I originally thought I would put two or three on the south side of the house, but I'm worried it will get too much sun and everything will fry. Garden pros - will you weigh in?
{early morning watering session}
Next spring I will get brave and get my hands dirty digging up grass and start planting things into the actual ground. No more pots lined up on the patio.
So, gardeners, any recommendations for bed locations?? What are staples in your garden?
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Author : Thornly Montgomery.
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Once your free business plan template is downloaded, take your time to look it over so you understand it. Keep your business information handy so that you are not searching for it when you need to input information. A sample template will cover all of the different areas in which you should prepare your business plan. You will need to create a strategy and marketing plan. Then you must account for profit and loss. You will need a balance sheet and a cash flow statement. A cash balance graph clearly shows your financial status while operating ratios allow you to make good comparisons of your business efficiency. Finally you need an executive summary to tie it all together.
Some of the benefits of software like Business Plan Pro include, but are not limited to, getting instant access to over five hundred sample templates that can be edited directly, allowing you to create the best business plan template for your particular business. It is a software program that provides step-by-step guidance throughout the process of planning and provides clear instructions and sound advice, along with resources for any additional help that may be required. It provides easily generated financials that are based on an underlying built-in financial model that is integrated with visual forecasting, and financial wizards to fill in the numbers in the pre-designed format of the business template. It includes the best and the latest technologies to stay current with new trends in business innovation and planning. It provides expert help from professionals who have valuable years of experience. It also contains real market research data, along with industry profiles on a number of industry verticals, that allow matching the numbers of your business or company with these pre fed and automatically integrated industry ratios that enhance the accuracy of the business plan.
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The American Allen Systems Group is to open a £3.6m centre in Belfast which, they say, will generate 168 jobs over the next three years.
It is the biggest hi-tech investment in the province in five years.
The investment by the Florida based firm, at Lanyon Place in the city centre, is considered to be further proof that confidence is returning to the IT sector.
Recruitment at the centre is expected to begin immediately while the development of software at the plant is due to commence in the new year.
It is estimated that the jobs will result in salaries of more than £3.7m per year for the economy in the province.
ASG president Arthur Allen said the company had looked at possible sites for the centre as far away as China, Russia and India, but chose Northern Ireland
because of the "abundant availability of high quality graduates" in the
disciplines they needed.
"We were attracted to the Northern Ireland location because of the efficient accessibility and open door approach to industry by the centres of excellence in software, informatics and electronics at Queen's University and the University of Ulster," he said.
He added that the province's two universities had a long standing track record of working closely with companies in the development of new technologies.
"Since R&D is an essential feature of our business model, we intend to
develop close relationships with both universities to facilitate fruitful and
productive two-way technology transfer benefits," he added.
The company employs more than 900 staff in 45 offices around the world and generates revenues of about £100m.


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Winning the War: Poverty from the Great Society to the Great Recession
62 Pages Posted: 18 Jan 2013 Last revised: 20 Aug 2014
Date Written: January 2013
This paper considers the long-run patterns of poverty in the United States from the early 1960s to 2010. Our results contradict previous studies that have argued that poverty has shown little improvement over time or that anti-poverty efforts have been ineffective. We find that moving from traditional income-based measures of poverty to a consumption-based measure (which we argue is superior on both theoretical and practical grounds) and, crucially, adjusting for bias in price indices leads to the conclusion that the poverty rate declined by 26.4 percentage points between 1960 and 2010, with 8.5 percentage points of that decline occurring since 1980. Consumption poverty suggests considerably greater improvement than income poverty for single parent families and the aged, but relatively less improvement for married parent families. Our analyses of the proximate causes of these patterns indicate that changes in tax policy explain a substantial part of the decline in poverty and that social security has been important, but that the roles of other transfer programs have been small. Changes in education have contributed to the decline, while other demographic trends have played a small role. Measurement error in income is likely to explain some of the most noticeable differences between changes in income and consumption poverty, but saving and dissaving do not appear to play a large role for most demographic groups.
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CVS Make War on Easter Eggs
CVS Makes War on Easter
Don't be surprised when you walk down the Easter aisle of your local CVS to find that the company has decided to do its part for America's war effort. Amongst the usual pastel-colored eggs, chocolate bunnies and bright-yellow chicks, there's a new egg in town for America's children to discover during their Easter egg hunts this year: the war egg. For $3.99, you can buy a package of camouflage-colored eggs, with matching green and white armed plastic soldiers—the "toy prizes," that, just like the jellybeans of Easters past, are, according to CVS, "Perfect for Easter egg hunts."
Shocking? Perhaps. Surprising? Well, not really, given the increasing militarization of every aspect of American culture and society, and the aggressive 'targeting' of young people. What is particularly alarming, however, is that it appears that promoting and normalizing war to high school and middle school-age children is no longer enough; it seems that we have to start reaching out to toddlers, too; or rather, children between the ages of 6-12, especially young boys. While war toys and playing war are nothing new, what is new about this particular toy is that it was manufactured specifically for Easter, a time of year when Christians around the world celebrate life, rebirth and renewal. There is nothing in the Easter story, as far as I remember, that even remotely embraces death, destruction and war—except, that is, for corporate America in 2011, and its war-for-profit version of the story and mass marketing of it.
That the CVS Corporation deemed it appropriate to produce and sell militarized Easter eggs to our nation's youngest children shows a serious lack of judgment, sensitivity and decency, which would be the generous reading of the situation. What is more likely is that it is yet another example of a laissez-faire corporate mind-set that operates within the (il)logic that anything goes if a company can make a buck. We may never know the truth behind the decision to associate war with Easter (what's next drone Reindeer?): was it due to the ignorance and insensitivity 'of a few bad eggs,' who saw the product as 'just another cool toy'; or was it, in fact, a more deliberate and informed decision on the part of the higher ups in the company's chain of command? What we do know, however, is that CVS either lacks, or chooses to ignore, a coherent policy of what is and is not appropriate to sell to children, not to mention a clue about what might, furthermore, be highly offensive to its adult customers. (And while it is true that the chain sells lots of products that are not good for children, this particular item is both dangerous and disturbing for all that it represents,)
It is imperative that CVS be held accountable for its decision to endorse the sale of these "Easter" eggs, which specifically target the youngest, most vulnerable and impressionable members of our citizenry who are growing up in an increasingly militarized and militaristic society.
I, therefore, urge CD readers to go to their local CVS store and ask the manager to pull this insensitive and inappropriate product from the shelves. You can also call CVS's corporate headquarters and file a complaint with them. If enough of us act, then maybe CVS will get the message, and think twice before it decides to market and sell war to America's children.
Now, assuming CVS does do the right thing, there are going to be an awful lot of unsold war eggs in warehouses across the country. But I have a solution for that, too: we can give the Obamas a call, and ask if they would be interested in using tax-payer dollars to buy them for the White House's annual Easter Egg Roll. It would even be easy to integrate the new eggs into this year's theme: all you have to do is change the slogan "Get up and Go!" to "Get up and Go to War!"—which I'm sure the Commander in Chief wouldn't have a problem with.


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Subscribe To Donald Trump Named Time Magazine's Person Of The Year 2016 Updates
Time Magazine revealed its selection for the publication's annual "Person of the Year" issue for 2016 on Wednesday morning as the recent President-Elect Donald Trump. The selection comes as unsurprising to some, given that Trump has been one of the most widely discussed public figures of the year, but of course, his name brings with it a slew of controversy and dissent.
Get your look at the new Time cover below.
Though Donald Trump's selection for the "Person of the Year" cover is inciting anger among his many detractors, it's important to remember that Time Magazine does not consider this cover to be an "honor," but rather an arbitrary presentation of the most newsworthy person of the year. The publication defines the selected person as the man or woman who "for better or for worse...has done the most to influence the events of the year," so it is not necessarily meant to have any positive spin. To illustrate this point, readers have pointed to the fact that reviled political leaders including Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Vladimir Putin have all graced the cover in the past, since they had also inarguable conquered the news cycles of their respective years.
Donald Trump's selection also lines up with Time Magazine's tendency to feature U.S. Presidents in the year that they were elected. The magazine has selected every U.S. President as its "Person of the Year" since it began the issue in 1927, with Calvin Coolidge as the sole exception to that rule.
But although the feature is meant to be arbitrary, the issue's subtitle brings up the heated controversy surrounding Donald Trump's election by calling him "President of the Divided States of America." In an interview with TODAY after the cover was unveiled, Trump said that he is not a fan of that title.
Interestingly enough, Donald Trump actually tied for second in the public poll that Time sets up for its readers before each "Person of the Year" issue. Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, actually won that poll in a landslide with 19 percent of reader votes. Trump came in with only 7 percent, which tied him with Julian Assange and Barack Obama. But Trump was the only of these top performers to be featured in the new issue of Time. The "Person of the Year" issue also features several runners-up, which this year include Trump's opponent in the presidential election Hillary Clinton, computer hackers in general, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdo, the scientists that developed CRISPR, and finally, Beyoncé.
You can check out Donald Trump's full "Person of the Year" cover story here.


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Cute Pics! Heidi Klum Has A Playdate In The Park With Her Kids!
Heidi knows how important it is to spend as much time as possible with her kids — because it won't be long until they're all grown up!
What a good mommy! Supermodel Heidi Klum, 37, just loves playtime with her kids. Heidi spent the day on Sunday (Sept. 19), taking her kiddies — daughters Leni, 6, and Lou, 11 months, and sons Henry, 5, and Johan, 3 — to Coldwater Park in Beverly Hills, CA, where the family enjoyed an action-packed afternoon together! She read a storybook to the little ones, held Lou's hand as she took her first steps and the older kids played with their dog and kicked a soccer ball around.
Heidi is getting in as much family time as possible while her kids are still young — as she knows that time flies and it won't be long until they are all grown up. Her 6-year-old is already picking out her own outfits to wear each day!
"There are certain stages in life that they have to start doing things for themselves," Heidi recently explained to HollywoodLife.com. "I think that [it's good] that she [Leni] gets dressed by herself!"


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The Bishop of Clifton has reiterated his call for the Church to work for the complete abolition of the death penalty.
Bishop Declan Lang, who head the English and Welsh bishops' department for international affairs said that while he welcomed the news that worldwide use of the death penalty had decreased, there was still "much more progress to be made."
In a statement released today he said: "More than 1,000 people were executed last year – they are not just statistics. Every execution is a violation of the innate dignity of the human person and we must continue to heed Pope Francis' call to work for complete global abolition.
"I am encouraged by the UK government's continued opposition to the death penalty in all circumstances, as recently reiterated at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Now is a critical moment for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to actively prioritise its work in this area and help continue the trend towards a world without executions.
"As the UK establishes new economic relationships outside the EU, it is also more important than ever that we use trade agreements as an opportunity to promote human rights, including abolition of this inhumane and indefensible punishment."
In an article for The Universe last year, Bishop Declan Lang said that during the Year of Mercy Catholics should commit themselves to seeking an end to executions everywhere.
Throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis has also repeated his plea for a world free from capital punishment.
In a message to a world conference against the death penalty last year in Oslo, Pope Francis said capital punishment "contradicts God's plan for individuals and society, and his merciful justice" and said that growing opposition to the practice is a "sign of hope."


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Here you will find out about the role of the Junior Road Safety Officer, along with lots of advice to help you make everyone aware of the dangers on the road.
What is a Junior Road Safety Officer (JRSO) ?
Junior Road Safety Officers help their local Road Safety Officer to promote road safety issues within the school and the local community. Each primary school is encouraged to appoint two JRSO's from Year 5 .
Being a JRSO is a very important job, but it's also really good fun.
Throughout the year you could be involved in lots of activities.
- Maintaining a notice board and making sure the road safety information is up to date
- Talking in an Assembly or in Class on road safety themes
- Arranging competitions
- Awarding certificates
- Using the JRSO website
- Helping to appoint next year's JRSO
Are you a JRSO?
Information for JRSO Scheme 2019 – 2020
- JRSO Calendar
- JRSO's WANTED!
- JRSO Guide for Schools
- JRSO Handbook
- JRSO Info and Tips
- Road Safety Websites
- Walk To School Week Newsletter 2019
- Autumn Poetry Competition
- Autumn Poetry Competition Writing Template
JRSO Modeshift and STARS
Seat Belt Sheriff campaign
The Seat Belt Sheriff encourages all children to fasten their seat belts. As Junior Road Safety Officer you are the seat belt sheriff for your school, and you have the power to appoint your own Road Safety Deputies.
You will need to work with Road Safety Officers from North Yorkshire County Council, who will provide you with a pack to help you with your seat belt sheriff challenge.
You can request the Seat Belt Sheriff to appear at your school and ask for badges for your deputies.
For more information call 08458 727374 and ask to speak to the road safety team.
Get creative and produce your own activities to help other children learn about road safety.
You could produce:
- Wordsearches
- Crosswords
- Anagrams
- Spot the differences
Contact the road safety team for further information on 01609 780780


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This is the first novel I've read by Susan Meissner, a former Minnesotan! Lauren Durough is a young woman living in the present day who takes a job transcribing the diary of Mercy Hayworth, a victim of the Salem witch trials. The novel splits its time between the present day and the late 1600's, with almost every chapter containing diary entries of Mercy's. They progress from the start of the accusations in January of 1692 to the end of September, when she dies. Lauren's story focuses on her family , a young man named Raul, and her roommate, with her trying to figure out her place in the world, and how her family's wealth affects that. An overall theme seems to be about perceptions and making snap judgments without all the facts.
The diary entries were very well done, providing insight into Mercy and the circumstances surrounding the trials. While Mercy is fictional, most of the other characters were real people, which made it even more fascinating. The Crucible was mentioned and I had never read it, so I ended up reading that for more insight into the trials. Lauren's life seems dull by comparison and I couldn't wait to get through her parts and back to Mercy. The book felt a little off balance because of that. I did like how Lauren got to know Abigail, the relative of Mercy's who hired her, and ultimately, how she tried to right a wrong from Abigail's past. I did have a problem with where the author decided to go with Mercy's story. I can understand why she did it, but it didn't feel like a fitting conclusion for her. Overall, I liked the book because the diary entries were fascinating and because of a few other plot points, but I was disappointed in the ending.
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From cheese rolling to worm charming and just about everything in between, England has its fair share of unusual events.Read more...
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4 Easter Snacks That Share the Gospel
Here are four snacks to make for Easter with family, friends, or your Sunday School class that share the Gospel.
Crown of Thorns Snack
As you make these three ingredient treats, discuss the meaning and significance of the crown of thorns. Get the recipe here.
Empty Tomb Treat
Who would have thought you could get a lesson about Jesus' death and resurrection out of some mini donuts, oyster crackers, graham crackers, peanut butter (or frosting), coconut, and graham crackers! Read through Luke 24 and get excited that Jesus conquered death! Get the recipe here.
Resurrection Rolls (AKA Empty Tomb Rolls)
Resurrection Rolls are a fun, hands on way for your children to learn the story of the Resurrection. All you need to make them are four basic ingredients (you may already have them in your kitchen!) and a Bible. Get the recipe here.
Resurrection Cookies
Make these Saturday evening and they will be ready Easter morning. Each ingredient tells a part of the Resurrection story. We've included step-by-step photos and Bible verses for you. Get the recipe here.