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Posted on 01/31/2013 7:13:08 AM PST by bgill
Be sure to wash those foods or cook them thoroughly... About 1 in 5 illnesses were linked to leafy green vegetables more than any other type of food. And nearly half of all food poisonings were attributed to produce in general, when illnesses from other fruits and vegetables were added in... Many of the vegetable-related illnesses come from norovirus, which is often spread by cooks and food handlers. So contamination sometimes has more to do with the kitchen or restaurant it came from then the food itself...
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Nonsense. It comes from fecal splashing in the field when illegals do their business in the fields where they work.
When something tastes bad, your body is trying to tell you something. Humans should not be eating green vegetables.
The listeria outbreak a year or more ago was from illegals.
I am on my third season as an avid home gardener and going the GYO route is extremely difficult.
Most people dont even begin to have the time or willingness to commit to such a venture. I have a small backyard garden and, even with the small number of plants I had, it consumed hours of work each day. Personally I think everyone should at least try to garden once in their life so they understand exactly how difficult it is. I have a greater respect for farming because of my struggles.
My abstention from salads has proved to be wise after all!
>> It comes from [excrement deleted] in the field when illegals do their business in the fields where they work.
Johnny, I always appreciate your posts and usually find them educational or humorous — frequently both.
So, thanks. I think.
But there's something about "fecal splashing" and "big sip of morning coffee" that just don't fit together right...
"...I am on my third season as an avid home gardener and going the GYO route is extremely difficult...."
Yes Sir!!! You are correct. It is no easy task and once you have it grown, you've got to put it up to preserve it which is also a lot of work. I've not done a garden in a couple of years now, but before that, I've done one every year for about 5 years. I found as I gained experience, some tasks became little easier, but it's still a lot of work. And it does give you a deeper appreciation for the stuff you can just "pick up at the grocery store". However, my homegrown stuff tasted soooo much better, especially when it's freshly harvested.
There's as much, shall we say, "poor hygiene" among the illegals in the restaurants as in the fields. Remember that these are third-world peasants at all levels.
I was at a burger-and-fries joint in fancy-shmancy Palo some years ago. There was a garbage can beside the grill. Maybe that's ok in the health code, maybe not. But the cook put it there so he could use the edge as a hanger for his tongs.
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>> My abstention from salads has proved to be wise after all!
Yup, nothing but steak and french fries for ME from now on. I was ALMOST on the wagon before, but this cinches it.
>> going the GYO route is extremely difficult.
GYO? "Get Yourself Off"?
C'mon... it's not THAT difficult.
There's generally no problem with having a trash can beside the grill. There's a big darn problem with him hanging the tongs on it, even though in a normal restaurant, the liner in the trash can will be changed 3 or 4 times a day.
Lettuces, onions, carrots, turnips grow themselves LOL!
Little weeding or fertilizing or bug killing, soil prep or watering needed.
I just plant the seeds in my poor clay untilled soil and give them an hour a week of work and harvest twice what I can eat from about a 12 x 12 garden.
I began gardening with these easy species and thought I'd move on to more difficult plants but these have made me such a lazy gardener..
Jay Leno always jokes about not eating anything green.
You are correct-take a bit of time to grow your own greens, safe from any picker/processors' unwashed hands, or ditch water used for washing. I grow spring greens in this thin, rocky soil, peppers and tomatoes, too-it does take a game fence to keep the deer out, though...
Your post gives me a bit of hope and motivation. I really don't feel safe buying salad greens from the store anymore, but my thumb is all black——there isn't a plant I can't kill, lol.
Maybe I'll try something in a container.
bears sh!t in the woods. migrant workers sh!t in the meadow. buy them portapotties. problem solved!
Look for more of that activity to happen, thank-you Barrack Hussein Obama!
Really? Really....?
Then I think you may need to take a gardeners class or something. I have a really large garden: Raised Beds-6 2'x12'; 5 4'x12'; 2 4'x8' and 2 2'x8'...AND a tilled area that is 30'x35'....
And even with all of that, I do not spend "hours of work each day" even during peak harvest time. I currently have over 100 broccoli plants growing, dozens of garlic plants; spinach and lettuce/greens/kale...carrots and leeks...and I MAY spend 2-3 hours a WEEK. I also have 432 seedlings started.
In the summer I will have over 50 tomato plants and a whole plot of purple hull peas...not to mention all the other stuff...
And even THEN I won't spend (averaged) over an hour per day...and we are still eating the peas, tomatoes and carrots I canned LAST year...and the pickles.
I think you may need to recalculate or get a little more efficient.
There's a local grocery chain in DFW called Sproutt's, and their produce is superior to that of the big supermarkets.
Wow! I'm very impressed with your garden description.
***However, my homegrown stuff tasted soooo much better,***
Agreed! Unfortunately a garden product does not get ripe when YOU want it, and often too much gets ripe at once.
Maintaining a garden does take quite a lot of time especially with weeding and watering during a drought.
Last year I let half of my garden die as it was so dry here. I kept the tomatoes going, a couple of hills of squash. The squash soon died and finally the tomatoes.
Stories like these are intended to expand Obama's agricultural regs along with EPA.
More excuses for drones to circle overhead to inspect water sources.
***Yup, nothing but steak and french fries for ME from now on.***
Boiling anything in 350-450 hot oil will kill anything that will give you the runs. It also makes the food taste so much better!
Must take a low dose aspirin and an anti-coagulant now.
***Sorry. I used to teach food handling safety to young airmen,***
USAF I presume? The worst case of runs I ever saw was at Walker AFB in Roswell NM back in 1967.
We had two chow lines. One for the main dinner and one for fast food. One day I went in and the main dinner line was packed! I went to the fast food hamburger line.
The next day everyone who ate the main dinner had the runs bad! Those who went through the fast food line missed it.
The cause was traced to bad pork steaks in the main dinner line.
It was funny while working on a B-52 to see a top Sgt suddenly run like h#!! behind the blast fence, then beg one of the airmen to run and get him some toilet paper.
I might also add when you buy greens wash the sh!t out of them. literally.
Yep. I was USAF active the first time, reserve after 9/11. Services was the only job I could get after 9/11 because of hearing loss. Turns out I loved the kitchen.
I'm harsh on sanitation and dates/temps for foods. You can't fight a war sitting on a toilet.
in Texas you need to keep the feral hogs out...they can mess up water pretty fast
We have plenty of feral hogs here in the hill country-so far, the food in the woods, fields, etc keeps them happy-they don't bother gardens as long as there is a fence. If they try getting into my yard, they are on the menu-yummy lean, fresh pork...
Throw turnip, onion or lettuce seeds out every couple weeks and you'll have a good crop nearly all year- unless you mow them!
You can just tear off the greens of the turnips and lettuce (well, the 'open' lettuce like romaine) whenever you want, onions don't much care when they're picked either.
It's the ease and convenience of gardening that appeals to me.
On the subject of this post- I wash them outside under the spigot to keep from bringing bugs into the house. I learned that quick.
How do you keep the bears out of the port-a-potties?
(Just kidding!)
There's a book called "Weedless Gardening" that might help a lot.
I cut down on weeding by putting down heavy-duty landscape fabric, and planting in holes cut in it. There are a lot fewer weeds, and they're usually small. By about mid-summer the garden shades out new weeds pretty well.
Starting around June, most of my time in the garden is spent harvesting and hilling up. My strawberry patch is pretty small, but it still produces more than I can keep up with.
Growing your own is never as easy as buying it from the store, but it shouldn't be quite as hard as you describe.
The landscape fabric works very well for tomato and herb plants, as it holds much needed moisture in near the plant roots while the are just seedlings and prone to dry out.
I do much the same thing as Ellendra except I use newspaper, cereal boxes and other compostables covered with leaves, grass clippings, straw and hay.
I cover the area around the plants completely including walk paths with the newspapers/cardboard stuff to a depth of about 6 or 8 sheets of newspaper. Overlapping generously. Then cover and fill with about 4-6" of leaves/clippings/hay. I occasionally have a weed break through but it's a simple matter of pulling it, and covering that spot with some more paper/hay.
At the end of season it's all broken down and tills in to the garden to provide organic matter for next years garden.
It's a do it once and then just water and pick the produce. It's almost like free food. Be sure to do it as soon as you till though to eliminate any extra work. We don't even hill the garden anymore. It's like walking through landscaping. It holds water much more efficiently too which is a help in the swelter we have here in the SE lately. Just save your papers and flat your cereal boxes and rake your leaves to store in black garbage bags. Sometimes I spread extra mulching material on the walk paths toward the end of the season as it's already started to break down by the end of September.
Trust me. I do NOT weed my garden. That's for the birds.
I do the same with my strawberry patch only I use exclusively cardboard boxes there and cover them with pinestraw. It looks like a landscaping bed filled with groundcover. Which it is. Except I got 25G of strawberries out of that landscaping bed last spring and summer.
Newspaper, mulch, soaker hoses, timers. It's like the garden of 'eatin'. We pick bucket fulls of stuff every morning and the picking and putting up is pretty much the only 'work' we do after the middle of April.
I also like to give stuff away...especially the extra seedlings. I have a big give-away (the ones I don't use) in early April and all my friends and family get to take some plants home. I usually give away at least 100 tomato and pepper plants...so...I can indirectly provide food for many people.
AND I plant all heirloom...so I seed save. I've got a years worth of seeds saved and another 4 years of selected varieties vacuume sealed.
Anything that predates my kids food become food for the kids... (or chickens)
Just sayin'...
Thanks for the advice.
And I'm with you on no bugs in the house (shudder).
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: : : : : Hi,
: : : : : Is it OK to sweat a copper street elbow directly into a brass valve (for a shower) or is it better to sweat a short lenght of pipe into the valve and then sweat an elbow onto the pipe. The first option is obviously easier, I also worry about trying to sweat to joints that are going to be so close together (is there a recommended minimum distance between sweat joints?).
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: : : : Using a street fitting is okay. It is a good idea to sweat all fittings that are close together at the same time. Because heat rises, I start with the lowest fitting and work my way up. You will probably want to remove the insides of the valve--the cartridge, disc, stem--what ever it has.
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Within walking distance (10 minutes) to St. Peter's viewpoint, Bica, Bairro Alto, Baixa-Chiado, Crown Prince and served with all means of transport (metro 200m, bus) .
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House (4 guests).
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Burkina Faso survived the controversial late dismissal of Jonathan Pitroipa to book their first ever appearance in the African Nations Cup final with victory on penalties over Ghana in Nelspruit.
Ghana took the lead through a Mubarak Wakaso penalty in the first half but neither side could force a winner after Aristide Bance levelled on the hour.
In the shootout, Isaac Vorsah set the tone for Ghana with a terrible miss from 12 yards, the ball bobbling uselessly wide to the delight of the Burkina Faso faithful.
Another lamentable effort by Emmanuel Clottey had Ghana in even more trouble, and with Burkina Faso netting through Bakary Kone, Henri Traore and Bance, the shootout was settled when Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu's effort was saved by Daouda Diakite.
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Camp Shaw was established in 1956 and is the best kept secret in all of beautiful Kankakee County! Camp Shaw is also a wonderful place to hold a variety of outdoor and indoor events. It provides overnight accommodation; horseback riding, guided trail rides or group lessons and weekend packages are available. It is also an outdoor, environmental science education program encouraging interest and participation in the balanced management of natural resources.
This 94-acre farm features picnic and recreational areas, antique farm equipment, a petting zoo, pony rides and barrel train rides. In fall find a pumpkin patch, haunted barn and pig races.
Let's spend a day at the fair. Go to the time-honored livestock shows, play some games, enter contests, enjoy the exciting live entertainment, be brave and ride on the carnival rides, or feast on the fair food; but don't forget to see the demolition derby or rodeo.
Frank Lloyd Wright's B. Harley Bradley House
The B. Harley Bradley House Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1900 The B. Harley Bradley House in Kankakee, Illinois, is widely acknowledged as Wright's first Prairie Style design. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places individually and as part of the Riverview Historic District. Following an extensive restoration, the Bradley House now enjoys the opportunity to be appreciated by architecture fans from around the world. This Prairie Style house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright along with its neighboring home. The houses are acknowledged by the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy as Wright's first house designs that ushered in Wright's Prairie Style. The B. Harley Bradley House is open for 1 hour tours.
This year-round facility offers five basketball courts, eight volleyball courts, two soccer fields, a video game arcade, bumper cars, two mini-golf courses, softball batting cages, a go-kart track, climbing wall and paintball field.
Home to catfish, walleye, northern pike, bass, pan fish, picnic and recreation.
A 20th century Kankakee streetcar was moved to Gardner in 1932 to serve as a diner. In 1937, the streetcar became a cottage and playhouse. It was moved behind the Riviera in 1955 and is still there today. It was restored ty the Route 66 Association of Illinois and inducted into the Route 66 Hall of Fame in 2001.
The historic Two-Cell Jail was built in 1906. It has been restored by the community and holds a strong presence near Gardner's downtown area. Visitors are now encouraged to "go behind bars" and have their own photo taken.
The Kankakee County Museum is the home of the Kankakee County Historical Society. Founded in 1906, it is the oldest incorporated local historical society in Illinois. The Main Museum Building contains seven permanent and temporary exhibit galleries, the Museum Store, the Museum's Archival Research Library, the Museum's offices, and support facilities. The Museum Complex also encompasses the historic 1855 Dr. A. L. Small House, the 1904 Taylor One-Room Schoolhouse, Column Garden and Outdoor Exhibit Area. The museum boasts more than 85,000 artifacts in addition to 20,000 still images in the photo collection.
This site's 5,500 acres make up one of the largest and most used hunting and field trailing areas in the state. It also offers camping, picnicking, boating, fishing, two small natural areas and 12 miles of equestrian trails with cross-country jumps.
The Kankakee River takes a leisurely path from its origin to a point near Wilmington, Illinois, where it joins the DesPlaines River to form the Illinois River. Long acclaimed as one of the cleanest rivers in the Midwest, the Kankakee is a gentle Class I river ideal for first-time canoeists.
Brickstone Restaurant and Brewery
Relax in the warm, comfortable atmosphere and try beers made on-site at Brickstone. Their ample menu includes pub favorites and full meals. During the warmer months enjoy your brew on their outdoor patio.
An 18-hole championship course cut thru 10,000 oak trees, with water hazards on 9 of 18 holes, complete clubhouse bar and restaurant. Chicagoland Golf 5 Star rated facility.
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery
This cemetery was named after the 16th president of the United States, and was designed to serve approximately one million Chicago metropolitan area veterans. Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery has a memorial walk that commemorates soldiers of 20th century wars on 15 memorials.
Iroquois County State Wildlife Area
The area features some of the finest and most extensive prairie-marsh and sand dune vegetation remaining in Illinois. Primarily operated as a permit pheasant hunting area, hiking, picnicking, and snowmobiling opportunities are also available.
With over 16,000 square feet and space for over 110 vendors, Castle Antiques has something for everyone. From old fishing lures to dog-eared books, this is a one-stop place to find a host of treasures. Don't miss the furniture room in the back with items collected from numerous estate sales and auctions.
Essex Historical Society Museum
This historical site features a one-room schoolhouse and historical artifacts contained in an adjacent brick building. Learn about area strip mines that date back to the 1900's. This Kankakee museum is open by appointment and during special events.
Largest open space in northeast Illinois.
The 4,000-acre park extends along both sides of the Kankakee River offering unspoiled settings that are surrounded by scenic bluffs and woods. The park includes hiking trails, biking trails, canoeing, fishing, camping, cross-country skiing, snowmobile trails, picnic areas, hunting, boat launches, and much more! In addition there are several shelters available for picnic events.
Lincoln-Way North Performing Arts Center
Now in its 35th season, the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) is the largest performing arts organization in Chicago's Southland - providing professional orchestral music of beauty and excellence to the region. The IPO's repertoire ranges from Baroque and Classical masterpieces, to world premieres and modern favorites.
Scuba dive the spring-fed quarry of 12 acres in a park-like setting. Call for reservations.
Seasonal, monthly camping and full hook-up. Full hook-up sites to primitive tenting. Beach, fishing, fossil hunting, playground, showers. Near raceways. Shade. Open all year. Call for reservations and hours of operations.


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High Level Forum on Financing for Development
Overall Conference Theme: "Climate Change: Financing Opportunities and Challenges to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals in Africa"
Kigali, 21 May 2009 - Honorable Ministers, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Much of the discourse surrounding climate change and Africa is replete with negative rather than positive charges.
There are sound and solid reasons for this?the science is ever more sobering from more intense droughts and floods with perhaps up to 250 million people exposed to increased water stress in just over a decade.
- The spread into highland areas, including here in Rwanda as well as for example Ethiopia, Burundi and Kenya of diseases such as malaria that are currently malaria-free.
- Perhaps 70 million people and a third of Africa's coastline, infrastructure and crops such as mangoes and cashews at risk from sea level rise and storm surges.
- Agricultural yields of food staples generally could decrease by as much as 50 per cent by 2050.
- Twenty five per cent to 40 per cent of mammal species could become endangered or extinct by 2080 while 5,000 plant species could face a substantial contraction of their growing ranges by 2085
It is clear that the economic and social consequences are potentially profound and should in no way be diminished.
Managing climate risk is managing economic risk - Climate-Proofing
Urgent action is certainly needed to climate-proof vulnerable communities and economies and to assist in adapt ting key productive sectors.
Multi million dollar infrastructure investment decisions are being made right now on roads to reservoirs based
However these are largely based on historical rather than future climatic patterns- some of may already be being constructed in the wrong place or be the less than perfect option in a climate-constrained world.
The 2007 reports and forecasts of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, established by UNEP and the World Meteorological Organization, are not only being rapidly over taken by the latest science.
The scientific models tend to be global and regional rather than user-friendly at the level of national decision-making.
I have made it a key focus of UNEP's early warning and assessment work to boil down the climate science to a country-level.
This is assistance that environment ministers in Africa have asked for as key to improved investment choices that reflect the future rather than the certainties of the past.
So that a road with an anticipated life span of 20-30-40 years is not simply washed away in 15 years.
So that a decision to build a reservoir does not lead to a costly white elephant because the rainfalls and river flows of the next few decades are far less than the ones upon which the project was predicated.
Certainly adaptive measures can be taken which support not only climate-proofing economies but the development agenda and the MDGs.
I was delighted to Dr Baglis Osman of the Sudan as one of your speakers.
She is not only a UNEP Champion of the Earth award winner but a researcher at the centre of testing adaptive strategies in her native Sudan that have improved livelihoods and food security..
This was as part of a $9 million UNEP/ Global Environment Facility project- Assessment of Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change or AIACC-in which 350 scientists carried out 24 case studies eleven of which were in Africa.
The time has come to make a real and serious transformative step forward here.
UNEP is assisting to spearhead with partners a Global Adaptation Network with a key focus on Africa.
Support for this, along with serious funding for an adaptation fund that must be taken forward at the crucial UN climate convention meeting in Copenhagen in December, will be a litmus of the international communities determination to assist Africa.
Part of the response must be improved weather forecasting, and acting on that forecasting - investments are urgently needed here and Africa's finance ministers have a key stake in seeing this happen.
A recent study by the UK overseas development arm, DIFID, found that a country like Kenya on average experiences a flood costing about 5.5 per cent of GDP every seven years.
And a drought costing eight per cent of GDP every five years.
These do not just impact agriculture and livestock.
The 1999/2000 La Nina-related drought also hit the hydro-electric power generation, tourism and forestry sectors to name but a few with total costs estimated by the World Bank to have been around USD 3.2 billion.
So honourable ministers,
climate risk is an economic risk and minimizing that risk needs to be at the centre of Africa and the international community's strategies.
Climate Change as an Opportunity - Access to Energy, A Green Economy?
But as I alluded to in my opening remarks, I would like to focus as much on the opportunities as the challenges.
Climate change could seriously undermine attempts to meet the MDGs and beyond.
But could it also be the spark for a new kind of development path based on more resource efficient, low carbon strategies if only the market and market signals can be tuned?
Could climate change assist in accelerating a transition to a Green Economy in Africa?
One that deals with multiple challenges from boosting access to electricity to job creation and food security up to reducing desertification and boosting water supplies?
Let me turn to energy first.
Iceland may seem a long way from Africa, but it is worth mentioning that northern European state.
During the oil crisis of the late 1970s-early 1980s Iceland?totally dependent on oil imports having no oil of its own, no gas and very little biomass - made a deliberate decision to harness the resources it had in abundance, but which had up till then been largely ignored.
These honourable ministers are volcanoes - and today Iceland's electricity generation is not far from 100 per cent a mixture of geothermal and hydro-electricity.
Africa is a Continent blessed with renewables - from large quantities of solar radiation to wind.
We carry out such surveys - solar and wind energy resource assessments - as one way of overcoming the investment hurdles to renewable energy.
Some 300 MW of wind are currently being installed in northern Kenya.
New figures for Ghana for example estimate that there is 100 square Km of real good windy areas already within 25km of roads and transmission lines and outside protected areas.
500MW of turbines could be installed providing 10 per cent of the country's electricity - this is larger than previously thought.
Locally is could serve 500,000 homes for lighting and refrigeration.
Interestingly, the higher wind speeds have been linked with times of drought in the Volta River reservoir.
In other words developing wind would also be a key adaptation measures to climate change.
A similar phenomenon has been observed in Brazil, Central America, Eastern Africa and north east China.
The Great Rift Valley, which runs through Rwanda as far north as Yemen, along with other young geological formations in Africa has potentially 7,000MW of untapped energy.
Kenya has had a small geothermal power station operating there for over 20 years with over 90 per cent reliability.
As we speak, 35 Mw of new electricity is being added and Kenya has plans to generate 1,300MW of geothermal electricity by around 2020.
Instead of building a grid from a large thermal power plant out into the rural areas and urban conurbations, renewable offer a chance to build the grid up from the village out.
There are also jobs to consider.
UNEP, along with the International Labour Organization, trades unions and employers bodies, recently published its Green Jobs report.
Employment in alternative energies may rise to 2.1 million in wind and 6.3 million in solar Photo Voltaics by 2030.
Why could not a large number of these jobs be on this Continent?
12 million could be employed in biomass and biomass related industries.
In Nigeria, a biofuels industry based on cassava and sugar can crops might sustain and industry employing 200,000 says the study.
There has been some controversy surrounding biofuels in recent years - sustainability criteria are urgently needed.
But perhaps there is little controversy about harnessing wastes.
Currently Rwanda, Tanzania and Burundi are among the biggest banana producers yet more than 80 per cent of current energy needs are met by wood.
Scientists at Nottingham University in the UK have developed a simple way of turning waste banana skins into briquettes for cooking, lighting and heating which was inspired by a visit to Rwanda
There are many many more examples starting to emerge from projects to harness the methane gas in Lake Kivu to turning waste gases from rubbish tips, such as one in Durban, South Africa, into electricity.
Climate Change and the Carbon Markets - the Driver
The question is why it has taken so long.
The urgency of climate change is one of the key drivers here.
The need for the developed economies to cut emissions in part by offsetting the pollution via cleaner energy projects in developing economies.
Allied to the emergence of the facilitating UN-carbon markets and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
UNEP's Risoe energy centre in Denmark, which tracks CDM projects, now estimates that there are 100 of these approved or close to approval in Africa.
Until recently Africa was missing out.
Many of these wind power projects to ones that switch power stations from coal to say cleaner natural gas, were being backed in the rapidly developing economies: for example Brazil, China, India and Mexico.
Only South Africa was to an extent accessing these carbon markets and perhaps a few North African countries such as Egypt.
The latest figures show a total of 21 African countries are now involved ranging from a project to harvest the gases that in the past have been flared and wasted in an oil installation in the Democratic Republic of Congo at Libwa, Tshiala.
- A reforestation project using native species in Maringa-Lopori-Wamba region - known as the Bonobo Peace Forest.
- A run of river project - the Sahavinotry Hydro Plant - in Madagascar that could generate 15MW of electricity and save nearly 50 kilo-tonnes equivalent of CO2 annually.
- A 35MW sugar cane waste into energy project - so called biogases - in western Kenya.
- A 62 MW run of river hydro project in Mali, the Felou project in the Kayes region.
The UNEP survey estimates that carbon credit flows to Africa from all current schemes will eventually worth just under $300 million.
Africa-wide, some 260 CDM projects could be up and running or in the pipeline by 2012 triggering close to $1 billion in carbon credits.
The possibilities do not end there - Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
In December 2009, at the crucial UN climate convention meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, nations may decide to also pay to tropically-forested countries for maintaining standing forests under a scheme known as Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD).
This is because up to 20 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions linked with climate change is coming from deforestation?more than from cars, trucks, planes and ships combined.
UNEP, along with the Food and Agricultural Organization and the UN Development Programme, is working with nine developing nations including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea and Panama in preparation for the inclusion of REDD in a future agreement on climate change in Copenhagen.
By some estimates a country like Indonesia, for example, could earn $1 billion a year if it manages to reduce its rate of deforestation by one million hectares annually, with revenues calculated on the basis of the price per tonne on the carbon markets at the time.
If REDD is agreed as part of a post-2012 climate regime, this could open the door to carbon storage payments for other kinds of nature-based management covering 'ecosystems' such as grasslands, pasturelands, peatlands and mangroves.
Carbon Farming
We have just launched a project to take this forward.
Village communities in Western Kenya alongside ones in Niger, Nigeria and China could become the key to unlocking the multi-billion dollar carbon markets for millions of farmers, foresters and conservationists across the developing world.
They have been chosen as a test-bed for calculating how much carbon can be stored in trees and soils when the land is managed in a sustainable, climate-friendly ways.
The initiative, known as the Carbon Benefits Project, was launched today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Agroforestry Centre, along with a range of other key partners. The project is being funded by the Global Environment Facility.
Instead of developed economies investing billions in capturing and storing carbon from power stations in the ground, Africa's natural and nature-based assets could be doing the same job?with multiple benefits in terms of water supplies, biodiversity and conservation-related jobs.
Benefits too in terms of soil stabilization services provided by forests and vegetation?a country like Kenya loses in terms of economic value more soil every year into Lake Victoria or to the sea than it generates in tourism, its main foreign exchange earner.
The Catalyzing Roles of Africa's Finance Minister - the Role of the International Community
As finance ministers, the question perhaps to address is how these developments can be taken further and faster.
Meanwhile, the question before the international community, including the UN and its environment programme is how can we assist in ensuring that it is not just 21 countries in Africa that are accessing the CDM, but all countries.
Market Instruments
Firstly, smart market mechanisms and financial instruments - if you look at Germany or Spain, one decision among several sparked a dramatic boost of renewable energy and renewable energy industries including an export industry.
That was a feed-in tariff - essentially the governments required power companies to buy in clean energy including small-scale generation from households.
In India, UNEP worked with two banks and with funding from the UN Foundation and others, bought down the cost of solar loans.
Over just a couple of years, 100,000 rural Indians got solar power. The scheme is now self-financing over 20 banks involved.
Why cannot the international community, Africa finance ministers and banks on the Continent deliver a similar solar revolution?
Levies, Taxes and Subsidies
There is also a great deal that can be done with taxation?such as lower VAT on energy savings devices and clean energy equipment and subsidies- such as ones on fossil fuel.
Globally around $300 billion or 0.7 per cent of global GDP is being spent on energy subsidies annually much of which is in developing economies.
The lion's share is being used to artificially lower or reduce the real price of fuels like oil, coal and gas or electricity generated from such fossil fuels.
Cancelling these subsidies might reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as six per cent a year while contributing 0.1 per cent to global GDP.
The overwhelming evidence is that, while politically they may appear like pro-poor policies, the reality is different and is a cost rather than a benefit to the economy.
Indeed in many developing countries the real beneficiaries of such subsidies are neither the poor nor the environment but well off households; equipment manufacturers and the producers of the fuels.
Scrapping or phasing-out such subsidies would liberate funds for clean energy investments or ones in other MDG related areas such as water which have a high rate of return.
A recent UNEP-led policy brief on a Global Green New Deal says:-
An investment of $15 billion a year towards meeting the MDG of halving by 2015 the number of people without sustainable access to safe water and basic sanitation could generate global economic benefits worth $38 billion annually-$15 billion of which would be in sub-Saharan Africa alone.
If Africa's finance ministers consider fuel subsidies, then developed country finance ministers might consider a levy on oil.
If, for argument's sake, you were to put a five-year levy in OECD countries of $5 a barrel, you would generate $100 billion per annum?the kind of sums that might assist in bringing developed and developing economies together in Copenhagen.
Consumers would hardly notice this at the pumps especially after oil prices have jumped to close to $150 a barrel and are now in the $40 range.
Reforming the CDM is also something that is gaining a head of steam.
Too often large project in the bigger developing economies win through.
One step forward is to bundle projects so that, say a wind resource in Chad and one in Togo, is combined into a single large-scale one attractive to international investors.
There was once the absurdity that installing thousands of solar water heaters in South Africa informal settlements was considered as several thousand individual projects - that is changing: the international community is learning.
There is also the possibly of bundling projects city-wide in a city like say Kigali so that all the emissions savings linked with more sustainable transport, power, heating and air conditioning can be part of a single proposal.
Building the capacity of governments to write winning CDM proposals is also underway and needs accelerating.
Seal the Deal in Copenhagen
Crucial to any sharp rise in such projects, and the opportunities for using nature to sequestrate carbon, will be the sealing of a scientifically credible, decisive and equitable new deal when over 190 countries gather in Copenhagen, Denmark in December for the crucial UN climate Convention meeting.
It is clearly in Africa's interests. The more emissions developed economies have to cut, the more scope for CDM projects and the higher the price of carbon and thus financial flows.
Backed by market signals, enabling market conditions and in Copenhagen?support by finance ministers for Africa's environment ministers and national negotiators?I believe there is a chance for this Continent to glimpse a transition to a Green Economy.
According to some estimates, there is enough solar radiation hitting deserts over an area of 800 km by 800 km to power the entire planet.
Harnessing just a fraction of this could generate whole new economy.
A recent survey by UNEP and partners found that a country like Kenya has just over 32 Giga watts of wind power potential - that is wind with speeds of seven metres a second or more.
32 Giga watts is not only a domestic but an export opportunity.
Perhaps the next gold rush will be not in the American Klondike but in the Sahara or in the Rwanda's mountains and hills or in the DRC of Senegal.
Harvesting here not just precious metals.
But precious profits from solar, wind and farming carbon into Africa's abundant and rich vegetation as part of an international response to climate change - as part of Africa's national economic and sustainable development needs too.


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Let's face it: men also need options when it comes to jeans. While we agree that not every man should wear skinny jeans, some men can really rock a pair. And, for the slimmer men out there, a pair of skinnies are the only ones that will fit properly on their bodies. So, without further adieu, we rounded up nine pairs of skinny jeans that caught our eyes, both for the washes and treatments, and for the potential to flatter the various shapes of the male form. You'll be surprised how good you look in them. Whether you're a musician or a college professor, we think you'll find a wearable pair of jeans to wear this season.
1. Ksubi Van Winkle in Dull Metal ($245) – buy it at REVOLVE Clothing.
2. Levi's 511 Dark Indigo skinny ($90) – buy it at SSENSE.
3. Right: ASOS Carrot Fit skinny jeans in Khaki ($90) – buy it at ASOS.
1. Chambers Waxed Overdye Slim Straight Leg jeans in ($132) – buy it at REVOLVE Clothing.
2. Edwin Sen Japanese Red Selvage skinny jeans ($168.58) – buy it at ASOS.
3. Unbranded Skinny Selvedge jean ($78) – buy it at Urban Outfitters.
1. THEM Atelier Magma Distressed Skinny Jeans ($121) – buy it at REVOLVE Clothing.
2. Nudie Thin Finn Blue ($250) – buy it at SSENSE.
3. 1969 Skinny Fit Jeans in red ($69.95) – buy it at Gap.
What, red jeans? Read Denim Therapy staffer Eric Schmidt's review of his slim fit OPENMARKET jeans in red.
—Kathy Ng Hassan
Tags: 1969, ASOS, Chambers, drop crotch jeans, Edwin, Gap, Ksubi, Levi's Jeans, men's skinny jeans, men's slim jeans, Nudie, skinny jeans for men, slim jeans, Them Atelier, tight jeans for men, Unbranded
Eternal denim fave Ksubi kicked off its new flagship store on Chapel Street South Yarra in Melbourne, Australia with an anything-but-ordinary celebration. Guests partied between the grungy, exposed brick walls while slurping up snow cones and drinking from plastic bags filled with vibrantly-hued drinks lit up by glowsticks (great idea, right?). The store's aesthetic oozes the sort of chill surfer attitude that matches their clothing and, with a name like "The End of the Moon," it's only fitting that the centerpiece of the space is an American flag planted firmly into our most famous natural satellite. Blazing new horizons, indeed.
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—Brie Hiramine
Tags: Australian denim, Ksubi, ksubi australia stores, ksubi jeans, store launch parties
Australian brand Ksubi's latest lookbook, laid out on a backdrop of tv screen explosions, aerial views of city blocks, and snow mountain ranges, is all about urban warfare and survival fabrics. The army-green sportswear separates (like extra-long hooded jackets and patch pocket shorts) play alongside a spectrum of dark and light wash denim for both men and women. We especially love the drop-crotch boyfriend jeans for ladies and the contour studded denim jacket—you wouldn't mess around with a gal in these clothes! Hem zipper details and color blocking add interest to the looks, while jackets are tied around waists and an overall sense of function is key. Also featured, graphic t-shirts, two-toned size-zip knits, and leopard print accents where you might not expect they'd work (but they do).
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—Michelle Christina Larsen
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Just because its fall doesn't mean you have to throw color completely out the window! In fact, this season is all about color but with a big twist. Besides, with so many colored denim selections out there, how could you not get yourself into some bright hues? Okay, so we know you've heard of pattern clashing, but now its time to get into color clashing! Star by pairing two colors that normally wouldn't "go" together, echo one of them in an accessory or a non-focal garment to add a bit of cohesion, throw in a third color (make sure to make it bright) for an extra bit of interest and you're set! Sound complicated? No worries! We've put together two looks to give you some outfit inspiration! The key is to not go overboard—stick to one or two brights and throw in some vivid neutrals (not black and white) to keep things colorful.
1. Topshop nutmeg boyfriend blazer ($130) — buy it at Topshop.
2. Ksubi super skinny jeans ($170) — buy it at American Rag.
3. 3.1 Phillip Lim chiffon back tee ($325) — buy it at La Garçconne.
4. L.A.M.B. Evelyn multi-color leather heels ($265) — buy it at Heels.com.
5. Topshop suede ruched clutch ($66) — buy it at Topshop.
1. MTWTFSS Weekday champ sweater in neone ($40) — buy it at Weekday.com.
2. Miss Selfridge green dropback skirt ($56) — buy it at Miss Selfridge.
3. Modekungen denim vest ($100) — buy it at Modekungen.
4. ASOS suede belt ($35) — buy it at ASOS.
5. Ego & Greed Svan Lake two-tone wedge ($115) — buy it at Sole Struck.
—Sandoval Gomez
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Ethnic and tribal-inspired prints are at the forefront of what's in right now. From Mayan and Incan to Aztec and Navajo (sometimes even a cool hybrid of all of them) there's totally something for everyone. We know things can get a bit tricky when it comes to prints, so we've put together a couple of looks to give you some outfit direction. The key is to take one bold statement piece and style it with simple and updated basics like cropped tees and a good dose of denim for a bit of cool edge. Keep things fully on-trend by throwing in some western bits into the mix like a cool modern boot and accessories with an earthy bohemian flare.
1. H&M Navajo print poncho ($28) — buy it at H&M.
2. Vanessa Mooney Ayasha woven bead leather necklace ($62) — buy it at Pink Mascara.
3. T by Alexander Wang cropped pullover ($92) — buy it at Barney's.
4. KSUBI Alberceque cut-off denim shorts ($200) — buy it at Net -A-Porter.
5. Jeffrey Campbell Detention platform boot ($220) — buy it at Sole Struck.
1. Topshop Aztec print cropped tee ($36) — buy it at Topshop.
2. James Perse drawstring cotton-jersey maxi skirt ($165) — buy it at Net-A-Porter.
3. Mode Kungen acid wash denim jacket ($120) — buy it at Mode Kungen.
4. Alexander Wang Anabel ankle boot ($275) — buy it at Yoox.
5. Vanessa Mooney pixie brass leaf bracelet ($57) — buy it at Boutique To You.
—Sandoval Gomez
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We'll be honest, we wear denim cut-off's all year round. With a cute pair of tights and some fresh kicks, you have no excuse to push your jean shorts into a "summer" box and stuff them under your bed. But it's true that there's a certain magic that comes with the season of Daisy Duke's, and while there are still a few humid, sunny days left in the August-to-September transition, it's a good idea to get the most out of them. We've put together three outfits we adore for some summer denim inspiration. Go forth, and wear denim shorts!
Check out these three denim-shorts-loving looks below…
Look 1: Bohemian Babe
1. Zadig & Voltaire Cream Drama racer tank ($105) – buy it at My Wardrobe.
2. Willow under-wired corset ($495) – buy it at Net-A-Porter.
3. Siwy Alexa cut-off shorts ($195) – buy them at American Rag.
4. Kate Spade 'Cut To The Chase' bib necklace ($148) – buy it at Kate Spade.
5. Mia Limited Edition Spartan Sandal ($119.95) – buy them at DSW.
Look 2: Cafe Crawler
1. Helmut Lang cotton-blend chambray shorts ($110 on sale) – buy them at The Outnet.
2. Karen Walker Eyewear 'Patsy' sunglasses ($180) – buy them at La Garconne.
3. Coral pearl embellished crop top ($69) – buy it at Miss Selfridge.
4. Jeffrey Campbell 'Mariel' wedge sandal ($110) – buy them at Nordstrom.
5. CC Skye 'Natalie' bracelet in neon pink & yellow ($105) – buy it at Stefani Bags.
Look 3: Festival-Chic
1. Sam & Lavi pink 'Kelsie' tank ($55) – buy it at Les Pomettes.
2. Ksubi 'Alberceque' cut-off shorts ($169) – buy them at American Rag.
3. G by GUESS 'Bloom' lace bandeau top ($13) – buy it at Guess.
4. Gold cross double ring ($11) – buy it at Dorothy Perkins.
5. Diesel 'Exposure' High-top denim sneakers ($140) – buy them at Ssense.
—Michelle Christina Larsen
Tags: denim cut off shorts, Diesel, G by Guess, Helmut Lang, Jean Shorts, jeffrey campbell, Karen Walker, Kate Spade, Ksubi, short shorts, Siwy Denim, summer denim, vintage denim
If you're heading to Brooklyn this Sunday for the Brooklyn Ice Cream Takedown on National Ice Cream Day (where you can taste icy treats from 25 amateur ice-cream makers and vote on your favorite), you'll want to dress the part. We've rounded up our favorite tasty pastel & candy-colored denim for a day of summer fun. Just don't let anyone mistake you for dessert!
1. Ksubi Midnight Runner Shorts ($125) – buy it at Shopbob.
2. J Brand Bright Turquoise Cut-Off Shorts ($205) – buy it at Stylebop.
1. Topshop Moto pink cut-off hot pants ($55) – buy it at Topshop.
2. CURRENT/ELLIOTT Boyfriend Shorts ($148) – buy it at 25Park.
1. River Island Pale Green Distressed Skinny Jean ($77.56) – buy it at ASOS.
2. DIY pink studded cut off shorts ($152) – buy it at Runwaydreamz.
—Michelle Christina Larsen
Tags: colored denim, Current Elliott, dyed denim, ice cream, J Brand, Ksubi, mint denim, pastel denim, sorbet, Topshop
Here Ye, Here Ye! We are gathered here today to introduce to you New York City based, Court Shop very own label, Court Denim. They offer a range of washes in blues, black, white and gray in high-waisted style jeans (and only high-waisted but not too high). The fits for the skinny, straight, boot and belle cut are amazing for all hip fashionistas to the everyday moms looking for a bit of clean extra coverage– think good riddance to muffin top. Read on for our exclusive interview and we will let you give us your verdict.
Denim Therapy: Lets start from the beginning. How did you know you wanted to be a designer?
Court Denim: I always wanted to be a designer. I have a degree in fashion design and a background as a juniors & denim designer. As retailers since 2004, with our downtown store Circa Now and Court, specializing in vintage & designer denim, we saw a void in the market for affordable designer denim with an emphasis on clean, classic, natural waist styles.
DT: Are there other denim brands you consider your immediate competition? How do you differentiate yourself from the hundreds of popular denim brands afloat right now?
CD: We consider our competition to be Ksubi, J Brand, Acne. We are different as we specialize in hi waist fits. Most brands offer one hi waist style per season. We offer natural waist fits in skinny straight bell or boot in tons of washes every season. In both 5-pocket and novelty fits. Also, because we are partnered with our manufacturer, we are able to offer premium, designer denim at about half the price of our above named competitors.
DT: Do you have any pre-designing rituals?
CD: We do a lot of travelling throughout the year and gather inspiration everywhere from the streets of nyc and paris, to vintage ads and jeans, art, music, design and it all finds its way on to our seasonal inspiration board.
DT: Describe the person who represents your ideal target customer—the customer you have in mind when you're planning a collection.
CD: Cool, comfortable, confident. The downtown fashion girls love our hi waist styles, as do upper east side moms looking for a little more coverage.
DT: Can you give us hint about what's next?
CD: For spring 12 we will continue our classic Americana feel with modern take on 60's and 70's influence. Think Jane Birkin.
DT: What would be your dream collaboration? Any plans of that in the future?
CD: Our dream collaboration is Alexander Wang! For current spring 11 collection, we collaborated with LIPS Jeans re-releasing their cult favorite Zoe jean. For fall 11, we are working with organic dyer Audrey Louise Reynolds to offer one of a kind hand dyed denim in limited runs.
DT: What are the most popular washes/fits in the line? What are your favorites, and how would you style them?
CD: Our staple piece is the HI waist skinny. Most popular washes are Black OD, Blue OD and indigo rinse. We love seeing them with a feminine vintage inspired blouse or your favorite tee, with lots of Pam Love jewelry. We also love and have done extremely will with our hi waist bell. Bells are great with this seasons wedges (and we cut them long specially for this reason).
DT: Do you have any favorite/least favorite denim trends right now?
CD: We don't like over branding or too much "stuff" on our jeans. We like clean classic fits and washes. With us all the attention is in the fit and washes rather than any tricks. We are loving bells and straight legs, but always end up in our hi waist skinnies!
DT: Street style and style blogs are huge in the industry right now as a source of inspiration, influencing the high end labels rather than vice versa. How much does street style influence your designing?
CD: Very much so. NYC girls are a constant source of inspiration for design and style.
DT: How many pairs of denim do YOU own?
CD: Personally I own about 100 pairs of jeans. Lots of vintage archives, Judi Rosen, H&M, Deisel, J Brand, Grey Ant, Acne and lots of Court!
DT: Favorite celeb wearing your denim?
CD: Musician MNDR. She's been buying up every wash for her tours with Mark Ronson!
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You can "Like" their Facebook Page or visit the Court Boutique at 178 Mulberry St NY, NY
—Jackie Racer
Tags: Acne Jeans, Alexander Wang, circa boutique nyc, court denim, court denim high waited jeans, courtshop, Diesel, Fall 2011, fashion girls, Grey Ant, H&M, high-waisted jeans, J Brand, Judi Rosen, Ksubi, lips jeans, mark ronson, mndr, pam love jewelry, spring 2012, upper east side moms, vintage archives, vintage denim designer denim


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Thank god that's over
Ryan Lambert
April 12 2009 12:06PM
Finally we can concentrate on the offseason and.. oh they actually made the playoffs? Rats.
Regardless of where the Flames finished in the standings (fifth!), the last few weeks have made the season feel like a complete disaster.
The goaltending has been awful. No one can score. The power play stinks on ice. Everybody's hurt. There's not even enough cap space to ice a full team. And then a night like that against a bad and hopeless team rolls around and we're supposed to feel better about everything, apparently.
Well I'm all set, thanks.
This team is going nowhere in the playoffs. The Chicago Blackhawks? That's not going to end well. I'm too annoyed with this team to string together too many cogent thoughts about it right this second (and Easter dinner is calling my name), so let's get straight to it...
The Good
Curtis McElhinney — I thought he played very well, making 35 saves and finally picking up his first-ever NHL win. Congrats.
Mike Cammalleri — He went 2-1-3 for yet another big night.
The regular season is over — Hooray.
Craig Conroy — It always seems like if he has a good night, he drags someone else along for the ride.
Discipline — Calgary took just one penalty despite what had to be some incredibly tired legs.
Winning at all — What'd Calgary use? Something like 15 skaters? I don't care how bad the opponent is, you shouldn't win with a bench that short.
The Bad
Not too much.
The Ugly
The chances of the Flames doing anything of note in the playoffs — They're very slim indeed.
Call me a blind optimistic but i dont think the odds of them getting past chicago are that bad. That series comes down to them solving khabibulin. No easy feat but I believe it can be done. They will have a full line up and, word on the street is, sarich will be back at least. Im my humble oppinion I think the odds are 50/50 them doing it. They could get blown out but I can very easily see them taking it in 6. They need to play TOUGH hockey. Im not talking making a few innocent hits Im talking like knocking someone out in the first game (please oblige phaneuf).
Regardless, I dont think anyone can say so confidently columbus is an easier opponent. They scare me a little more to be honest with you. I would not like to be vancouver right now (unless St louis gets 6th spot, then its a cake walk)
To add to that I think this year is a little different too becuase calgarys success almost has nothing to do with the star players. ITs not "we shut down jarome and get a goal past kipper and we win" anymore. If they can turn it on (im looking at kipper in this one) they can steal a series (in an upset?). Is htis considered an upset situation?
The difference between Chicago and calgary this year is a lot closer than SJS and Detroit and Calgary in those respective years. Im a blind optimistic and biased fan so what do I know I just think they can do it, and will believe that until thye are out.
they absolutely cannot do it. this team is done like dinner.
April 12 2009, 02:37PM
Brent, where did u see sarich may be back?
And Khabibulin makes 37 saves for a shutout victory against the Wings. Just great... Lets just hope Olli is a monster in the playoffs, Phanuef (as said above) rolls over someone *cough* Khabibulin *cough*, secondary scoring from everyone, and most importantly... Kipper returns to his 03/04 Playoff form.
And yes... I am dreaming
So where is the redmile this year?
There are monster problems with this team. I agree TLP good article
Back in January or February, it was easy to see this team going far in the playoffs. Kipper wasn't playing great back then, but it didn't really matter because we had scoring coming from all over the place. Now . . . I'm with TLP. I don't really see how we win the series. Our injuries on defence are going to make us horribly exploitable. Quenville is going to have control of the matchups for the first two games. He's going to have the time and the preparation to find the weaknesses in our game. Add in the fact that Chicago has had our number this year, and Khabibulin has had our number for ages, I'm expecting it to be ugly.
Our only hope is for the stars to step up. With Regehr out, that's Iggy, Kipper, and Phaneuf. If they don't take the series in hand, it's not going to happen. The big problem with that is that it's no different from the last month or two, and we never saw what we wanted then, either.
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So where is the redmile this year?
sobbing in the fetal position on the bathroom floor
@ dustin timberlake: Conroy said so after hours after the game. I read it in an interview afterwords. Ive heard he only has a minor break in the foot. He will play again when the foot swelling goes down and he can bear the pain. Knowing sarich, the former iron man of the nhl, I can imagine he will be back for game one on thursday.
Thanks Sutter, we could have played St.Louis, I don't care how hot they were down the stretch, it's St.Louis. They are no where in the same league as Chicago. Blame Sutter.
Glad the regular season is over, Hawks in 6!!
Kipper to play on his head if Calgary has a chance in this. Chicago has the most underated Defense corps in the NHL. With all the injuries to The Flames, The Hawks have a definate advantage here. Fowards are about even, I'd give the slight edge to Calgary based on thier depth players like Moss and Glencross. To make things even worse, The Flames are just an average team when they play on the road. Flames fans, it's going to be a fun series, stop worrying and lose yourself in the excitment.
Wow. You got a bad attitude! Everyone! First off, blame Sutter? Why? Yes he put the team up against the cap, but how was he supposed to know they'd suffer so many injuries? It could happen to any team (close to the cap). Yes it was unfortunate, but I didn't hear anyone complaining on deadline day. From what I hear, both Phaneuf & Sarich will be back for game 1. Regehr on the other hand, looks to be out for the first round and that is definately cause for concern. But they have some youngsters that may be able to step up and ease the pain. So much has been made of Jokinen's lack of playoff experience. Perhaps he's a playoff horse. Kipper has had some pretty good stretches & some pretty bad stretches. All they need is for him to get on a roll. Hopefully the rest has served him well. With so many injuries in the 2nd half (not to mention playing short-handed the last few games), its hard to say how this team will play. But to count them out against a team that hasn't been to the dance for 7 years... well, I'm just not ready to do that (and I like the Hawks too). Chicago doesn't exactly have a lot of playoff experience, and their domination of the Flames in the regular season means diddly squat come playoff time. Is this a challenge for the Flames - yes. Is it a challenge that they cannot overcome - no. Mike Keenan's job could be on the line, and this team has the character to perservere. Will they win? I don't know. But if you think this thing is over before it starts, then get the F outta here. TLP, I'm gunnin for your job son (lol). Ooohhhhhhh Baby! Let the games begin.


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ShoeDazzle started out as one of the new generation of consumer startups centered around a monthly subscription model: Sign up for the service and you get a new pair of pumps (or wedges, or boots, or stilettos, or…) every month for a mere $39.95. And they were celebrity-endorsed, no less.
But today, after just three years in operation, ShoeDazzle is announcing it is jettisoning the subscriptions. Does that mean they were a bust? Or is there something more profound at work?
The latter, say ShoeDazzle executives and investors. The subscription angle certainly garnered the company signup-fueling coverage when it first opened its doors back in March 2009 (as did the fact that cofounder Kim Kardashian was helping curate the company's selection of proprietary footgear).
But ShoeDazzle's real insight, CEO Bill Strauss tells Fast Company, and the thing executives say will send it zooming ahead of its competitors, is something that has gotten a little less play: the site's personalization and pampering strategy that is perhaps the real key to the company's astronomic growth. Over the last year, the site's number of "members" has tripled from 3 million to 10 million.
(The company doesn't release revenue figures, but Strauss says the growth in those numbers is "following in a similar growth pattern" to the surge in users.)
Every month, the ShoeDazzle system culls its new inventory and drops a curated selection into each user's personal "Showroom." The curations are based, initially, on a survey the user fills out to establish their taste profile. Over time, the recommendation algorithm gets more sophisticated as it takes into account the user's actual purchases. The result is a collection of items users feel have been handpicked just for them.
Strauss calls this experience akin to one you'd receive at a high-end boutique, where salespeople know your name and your tastes. "If you walk into a boutique, and they say, 'These new shoes just came in, and they fit your style and personality,' you feel good about that, and you're more likely to buy," Strauss says.
Therein lies ShoeDazzle's real innovation. If Zappos got us all used to shopping online as easily as we would our local department store (with a wide selection of items and a free-returns policy that lets shoppers try items on risk-free), then ShoeDazzle believes consumers are ready for the more intimate shopping experience they get at real-world boutiques.
In fact, the idea for ShoeDazzle came out of an exchange between cofounder Brian Lee (a tax attorney who previously cofounded LegalZoom with O.J. Simpson attorney Robert Shapiro) and his wife. "She came home one day from the expensive showrooms in Beverly Hills, and he asked her, 'Why do you buy these expensive shoes? Why don't you go to Payless or DSW?'" Strauss says. "She replied, 'Brian, you don't understand. When women shop, they want to feel beautiful and pampered.'"
ShoeDazzle's stab at simulating the boutique experience doesn't end with the website. Its customer service agents are rigorously trained to answer customers' fashion and styling questions, as well as more prosaic inquiries about shipping and returns.
"Customers will call in and say, 'Look at these dresses. Which one do you think goes with those shoes?" Strauss says.
Questions like these have led to another decision ShoeDazzle is announcing today: It's expanding its inventory to lingerie and dresses. "Our customers want us to dress them from head to toe," Strauss says.
As with just about every successful consumer startup these days, ShoeDazzle has spawned a passel of imitators and competitors. Executives and investors say they're not worried. "It's relatively easy to get an e-commerce company to $15 or $20 million in revenue," Andreessen Horowitz partner John Farrell tells Fast Company. "But it's the ability to execute at a large scale that gets you to hundreds of millions of dollars."
Last year, Andreessen led a $40 million Series C round of investment in the company. It also helped lead the search for a replacement for Lee, who had declared his intention to step down from the CEO slot in order to start yet a third venture (The Honest Company, cofounded with actress Jessica Alba, which sells chemical-free baby products).
Strauss, the cofounder and former CEO of ProFlowers, was tapped for the top slot at ShoeDazzle because of his experience retaining high levels of customer satisfaction at a booming consumer Internet company. "He's very heads-down and focused on operational execution and delighting the customer at a large scale," Farrell says.
The decision to jettison the subscription model was one of Strauss's first major strategy decisions. The subscriptions were a clever way to get the company off the ground, but it turns out they don't match customers' real-world purchasing preferences. "Some people liked the model," Strauss says, "but a lot of customers told us they'd like to buy two or three times in one month and then maybe not for a few more months."
Opening up the purchasing model will allow the company to "capture as much of that demand as possible," Strauss says.
The practice of using celebrity stylists—of which Kardashian is just one (actress Denise Richards recently signed on to "create" a pair of high heels)—will persist. In an era where Hollywood stylists have become celebrities in their own right and the number of magazines and websites showcasing the latest trends has exploded, consumers are hungrier than ever before for a trusted, gilded source to guide them through the fashion wilderness.
But the key to busting out of the pack remains execution, Farrell and Strauss say—the ability to retain the "high touch" experience even as the company grows to tens of millions of customers. "Celebrities and subscription models are great ways to get a business going," Farrell says. "But what will differentiate ShoeDazzle in the next phase is building the company out to a gigantic scale."
E.B. Boyd is FastCompany.com's Silicon Valley reporter. Twitter | Google+ | Email
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by gwilson on Aug.29, 2009, under Uncategorized
This summer the Biomedical Science program was able to purchase several new pieces of equipment to support teaching of genetics and molecular biology courses. Most notable, our aging Bio-Rad MyCycler thermocycler has a new partner-in-crime, a Bio-Rad real-time PCR thermocycler that will add capability for teaching and research. Additionally, a new Bio Tek Ultra Microplate spectrophotometer and Nanodrop microvolume analyzer will help in analysis of samples. We have two additional tissue culture hoods on order which will replace one old biological safety cabinet and add capacity for additional student work. Chemistry was also able to purchase a gel documentation system. Add to those the Hermle centrifuge obtained in May and it is clear the capabilities of our faculty and students has been significantly upgraded over the past six months.
So how was this done during trying economic times by a university that is not wealthy? Several contributing factors made this possible. First, budget decisions are based on assessment results. BIMS faculty have been careful to document the weaknesses of students through the years and make a strong case for expenditures to improve teaching and learning. They also have demonstrated how the purchases have led to gains in student performance, both through gains in Major Field Test scores and also in student involvement in research opportunities. The research-rich curriculum of BIMS courses helps justify funding through departmental budget allocations and capital funds that have to be spent on capital items. Second, the curricular innovation provided by the BIMS major supports President Russell's Vision 2023 call for enhanced research for students and faculty, relevant programs, and attention to graduating students competitive for jobs of the next 20 years. Also, funds provided by generous donors to the Imagine – Shaping the Future Capital Campaign have helped supply some of the funding not provided by other means. When you are doing exciting things aligned with the vision and goals, and your efforts support the strategic plan, appreciative administrations are more likely to reward you!
Who wins? McMurry's students! Their success is why we are here!