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We require a fresh, strong logo applicable for the full range of business documents and, in a simplified version, for the smoke stacks of our transport vessels (boats).
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Bywater Marine operates several large vessels that supply materials to the offshore oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. We need a logo that can be incorporated throughout all aspects of our company operations, from business cards/letterhead to website layout to the smokestack emblem on our vessels. The logo should convey strength, reliability, efficiency. It might work in a wave or ocean theme, or perhaps emphasis the letter B, but neither are required. The vessels are dark blue and the smokestacks are generally all white or all black. The logo for the smokestacks would likely be a simplified version of the print applications and should be recognizable from afar. Our company is a young, dynamic operation in a business of stalwarts. We need to bridge the two for a feeling of dynamism and stability. We can post a couple of vessel pics if someone can explain to me how best to do it.
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Editor's note: Steven Cohen is executive director of The Earth Institute and professor in the practice of public affairs at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.
New York (CNN) -- On Tuesday night, Barack Obama looked back more than half a century to October 4, 1957, when Americans were shocked to discover that someone had sent a satellite into orbit around the Earth, and that someone wasn't us.
A little more than a decade after the triumph of World War II, the communist Soviet Union had beaten us in developing rockets powerful enough to leave the planet. The fear was that if they could do that, perhaps they could also use that same technology to bomb our cities. Making things even worse, in December of that year our own response to Sputnik, the Vanguard satellite, exploded on the launch pad.
The fear of losing this competition was a central theme of John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign. He asserted that there was a "missile gap" and the Soviets had more ICBMs than we did. While the gap was probably more imagined than real, Kennedy and his contemporaries believed it was true, and the fear of losing out in a global competition was a central part of their view of the world.
The challenge of Sputnik stimulated a major emphasis on scientific research in the United States. It led to the goal, set by Kennedy in a memorable speech to Congress on May 25, 1961, of sending humans to explore the moon by the end of the decade.
In the 2011 State of the Union address, President Obama called on Americans to respond to the challenge of our own "Sputnik moment":
"Half a century ago, the Soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite called Sputnik. We had no idea how we'd beat them to the moon. The science wasn't there yet. NASA didn't exist. But after investing in better research and education, we didn't just surpass the Soviets; we unleashed a wave of innovation that created new industries and millions of new jobs."
Obama clearly recognizes that most economic growth in the past hundred years has been the direct result of technological innovation that has materially increased our well being and quality of life: electric lights, the automobile, refrigeration, air conditioning, air travel, movies, television, cell phones, computers, the internet -- the list goes on.
Today, the primary technological challenge is the need to develop a fossil fuel-free economy. The nation that gets there first wins. Growing energy and environmental costs threaten our way of life. Technological innovation is the ultimate economic stimulus package.
America has long done very well in developing and implementing these new technologies. Now, how do we respond to the challenges of the global economy, and especially impressive challengers like China?
In the mid-20th century, the Soviet Union scared the daylights out of America, and those of us in elementary school back then found ourselves hiding under school desks or eating crackers and apple juice in nuclear fallout shelters during drills in school basements. Today, it is China that provides our national nightmare, with the presumed high-pressure child rearing practices of its "tiger mothers" and huge central government-directed investments in everything from bullet trains to solar power.
By recalling the challenge of Sputnik, the president is trying to summon America to a national effort to retool and revitalize our economy. America brings great resources and great difficulties to this newly competitive environment.
As he indicated, we have the best research universities in the world and remain a magnet for the best minds of every nation. That brings to mind our second great advantage: that we remain a nation of immigrants, and the most diverse nation in the world. An American in China will never become Chinese. After a generation or two here, anyone, including the son of a man from Kenya, can become an American.
We also have the advantage of a culture that supports entrepreneurship and innovation. On the downside, our education system is slipping at the same moment that others are improving. We know that the 21st century economy is going to be a brain-based economy, and today's version of the missile gap may well be an "education gap."
Our fundamental challenge is our inability to develop a sophisticated relationship between government and the private sector. John Kennedy's response to the challenge of his day was not to freeze domestic spending, as President Obama promised last night, but to increase spending on scientific research and space travel.
Government needed small computers for missiles and spaceships, and it paid for the R&D to develop them. Decades later, the internet started as a Defense Department project. Government and private industry worked together and we all benefited from their collaboration.
The anti-government ideology of many Americans today stands in contrast to the belief in our institutions during Kennedy's time.
Nevertheless, the members of Congress at least proved last night that they could sit together. Perhaps, as the president hopes, they will also learn to work together and respond to the technological challenge that we face.
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CHICAGO — When an interstate bridge between Springfield and Champaign began to sink three years ago, the cause was quickly identified: An old coal mine 220 feet below the surface was starting to give way. Engineers backfilled the mine to prevent the bridge from collapsing.
In 2009, a 7-year-old elementary school in southern Illinois that was built over an old mine developed large cracks and the floors buckled, displacing hundreds of students until a school could be built on another site — after tens of thousands of cubic yards of backfill was pumped hundreds of feet below the surface to ensure its stability.
The incidents underscore the potential — and literal — pitfalls of building in much of Illinois, where more than 100 years of coal mining carved out vast swaths underground.
Now the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is seeking the public's help to find old maps of long-closed and sometimes-forgotten mines to help prevent similar problems.
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The southern two-thirds of Illinois, about 75 of 102 counties, was mined for coal to various degrees starting in the mid-1800s. Almost all of have been closed or abandoned.
Over time, timbers that support mine roofs can decay and break or the pillars of remaining coal can get pushed into the mine floor, causing holes to form at the surface or the ground to sag — conditions known as "subsidence," said Robert Gibson, the emergency section supervisor at the DNR's Department of Mines and Minerals.
Pits are holes that form over shallow mines; usually they are no more than 6 to 12 feet deep and about the same width. Sags are bowl-shaped depressions 350 to 500 feet in diameter, often with the ground sinking 2 to 3 feet. That can cause houses and other structures to move toward the center of the sag, causing cracks to form or walls to bow.
"You can get homes that are extremely damaged and can be unstable," said Gibson, whose office investigates about 80 subsidence cases a year.
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Mine maps marked the locations of rooms, pillars and shafts — a necessity then and a valuable tool for state officials, homeowners and developers today.
But the DNR has about 2,000 maps for more than 4,000 mines, Gibson said, and each map may have multiple segments.
The state is digitizing those in its archives before they deteriorate and searching for missing maps. Some have been discovered in historical societies, libraries and mining company archives.
Many may be in people's homes.
"I have been called to look at subsidence where the homeowner had a mine map in their barn that was not in our collection," Gibson said. "Maybe their fathers or grandfathers worked there, and their descendants acquired them."
Gibson would like to borrow and scan the maps. If the owners don't want them anymore, the agency will keep them and give the owner a digital copy.
The most important task, though, is finding and scanning the deteriorating documents before it's too late.
"Some are over 100 years old, handled, dried and brittle," he said.
The Illinois State Geological Survey recently released an updated map collection that includes one in Springfield that officials didn't have; others still are missing. Officials know, for example, that there was a mine on the west side of the city because of subsidence over a 10-block area, "and I would love dearly to have that mine map," Gibson said.
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Once the DNR digitizes an old map, the new version can be paired with geographic information software to identify roads, buildings and other structures that might be at risk. It also can help determine where and how development occurs.
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Castor Oil : Who uses it?
It is thick, heavy and quite viscous. It also feels quite sticky once applied and sort of just sits there attracting lint. So before I throw this stuff out, can you give me a hint or tip on how you use it? I know that there are plenty of you who love this stuff!!
1. Do you use it straight out of the bottle and if so how do you overcome the viscous nature of it?
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Castor oil was one of my favorite oils before I found coconut oil. My hair is very thick and I found that the thickness of the oil acted as weather proofing in the colder months. I have used it directly from the bottle with no problems before, but I found that a 1:3 ratio of jojoba oil to castor oil lessened the viscosity of the oil. Hope this helps!ReplyDelete
I use this for my DIY scalp massaging oil. The mixture is: 1 Tbsp Castor oil, 1 Tbsp grapeseed oil, 1 Tbsp sesame oil, 3 drops essential lavendar oil, 3 drops essential rosemary oil and 2 drops eucalyptus oil.ReplyDelete
I massage this into my scalp before I wash my hair. The grapeseed and sesame oil thin down the castor oil nicely. I could never use just the plain castor oil.
I usually use it on my edges (scalp massages to help them grow back) or on my ends to seal ONLY. You only need a tiny amount or else it well get get oily and messy.ReplyDelete
I like to mix it with a deep conditioner as well and if you're trying to get rid of it, this is how to finish it really quickly!
- Anonymous8 September 2011 at 12:41
I mix it with jojoba oil 1:3 (castor:jojoba) ratio. This mix is also great for oil cleansing your face.ReplyDelete
You are right - it is super thick! I use it a few ways.I drop a teaspoon in my shampoo because it's supposed to lift dirt. Some use it to massage their scalp but I have yet to do that yet. I also use it as part of my cleanser I use for my face. Hope that helps!ReplyDelete
For one, if you have ever considered the Oil Cleansing Method for skin care, castor oil is the business. My personal mix is equal parts castor oil and jojoba oil, which by the way is one of my favorite oils to mix with castor oil. I also mainly use castor oil for oil rinsing, its viscuous nature coming in very handy then. I mix it with either an equal part olive oil, if I want to keep the mixture pretty thick or with an equal part jojoba oil if I want a thinner oil rinse. I also use castor oil to seal my ends when styling my hair. Again, that thickness comess in handy. Lastly, castor oil can be massaged into the scalp to help thicken hair, and again you can mix with another oil to thin in out. Other than jojoba oil, grapeseed oil is a great thinner for castor oil. Oh yeah, one more thing. Adding castor oil to conditioner gives it more of a moisture punch. Hope this helped.ReplyDelete
I've never used it straight out of the bottle, i mix it with any kind lighter oil i have at hand, almond, coconut or jojoba oil in 2:1 ratio...ReplyDelete
I actually love how castor oil softens my kinks and seals in moisture. I used it with Olive Oil or with Coconut Oil to 'dilute' it at a ratio of 1:3, 3 being Castor Oil and 1 any other oil... I just eyeball the quantities.ReplyDelete
I use it straight out of the bottle on damp hair to do my twists. I find that the water in the hair makes the oil much more easy to distribute, less sticky and it absorbs well. It's become my favorite twist oil.ReplyDelete
I mix it in with my shea butter whip with other oils i like. Just add like 2-3 tbsp and mix onReplyDelete
Ladies you are all amazing! I was struggling with this oil for ages when I should have just asked you for help already!!ReplyDelete
I have mixed it into my leave-in (small amt.), and I have mixed it with EVOO and used it for 'oil rinsing' my face. I just can't warm up to the smell or the feel though, so I won't be repurchasing now that it's all gone. (Oh! And I also tried using it alone in an attempt to thicken my brows - Don't laugh. Utter nonsense. KMT!)ReplyDelete
I wish I could say it did something more than any other oil I have used... but I can't.
I love castor oil! I use it mixed with coconut oil for cleaning my face, as an oil rinse in the Winter between shampooing and conditioning, and finally dab a bit in my hair before going into the shower to let it steam in during the mid-week. It makes my kinks very soft and keeps them well-moisturized. Doesn't hurt that it's as cheap as chips either!ReplyDelete
What Ronnie said.ReplyDelete
A dab'll do ya! I literally use a "dab" on a very large section. It's especially great in the winter. I sometimes dilute it in water sprays if I'm detangling, but I mostly use it out of the bottle or with olive oil.
I bought castor oil once and under my bathroom sink it sits today. When I did use it, I deduced that it is too heavy for my hair and I did not like how it made my hair feel after I used it. Sometimes, I will mix a little with my body lotion and rub it into my feet...smooooth!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8 September 2011 at 16:24
@Ruth ^Castor oil works very well on brows, really; I think the secret is leaving it on OVERNIGHT then rinsing in the morning. Same with eyelashes ;-) Castor Oil has the same thickening properties on all types of hair. So if you have a hairy face, CO will thicken that hair if you are using OCM for cleaning LOLReplyDelete
I use Castor Oil for OCM, oil rinsing, and sealing. Dont throw it out. If you have a belly ache, take a tsp! Haha.
I use JBCO on my scalp without mixing it with other oils. In order to make it easier to use, I put it into one of those conditioning bottles from Sally Beauty Supply with the long tip. This way the oil only gets to my scalp and not on my hair. HTH!ReplyDelete
I mix it with a conditioner, glycerin, aloe vera gel and water for my leave in. It works wonders with keeping my twists moisturized. I've used it directly out of the bottle for my hair in the winter. It can be a bit thick. When I travel I have a trial size bottle of it in my toiletry bag. I can mix it with the hotel conditioner and water for a leave in or mix it in with the conditioner for a DC. It is a mutli-tasker.ReplyDelete
We've always had castor oil around our home. I've used it on my body to get rid of dry patches and skin irritations. It clears my eczema. It is a great skin conditioner.
I know a lot of people add it to their shampoos and conditioners. I DC with it sometimes and I mix it with coconut and olive oil for pre-pooing. It might be a good oil to do an overnight treatment with and then wash out in the morning.ReplyDelete
I love castor oil! I mix a small amount (nickle size) in with my shampoo if I don't want it to be too "cleansing" but I want more than a co-wash.ReplyDelete
I also use it to seal when I style on wet hair, but I usually only do this in the WINTER. It keeps my hair soft and moisturized. I agree with Ronnie, the water makes it easier to use.
I also mix it with Aloe Vera Gel when I want to smooth my edges - I was given this tip by another natural :)
These are all great suggestions. When I first bought castor oil, I couldn't understand at all how so many ladies were able to use it straight out of the bottle! That doesn't work for me AT ALL. My hair breaks easily just from normal manipulation and mechanical damage, so the heaviness from applying the viscous castor oil to my fine strands was doing way more harm than good! Lots of little broken strands on my hands, after that.ReplyDelete
I agree with the suggestions to mix it with other oils (I like coconut, usually somewhere between a 2:1 and 4:1 ratio of coconut:castor), as well as the suggestion to add it to conditioner.
I also tried it for oil cleansing for a couple of months, but I found that my face started springing up with little hairs here and there! I was skeptical about it before, but after that experience, maybe there actually is some truth to the anecdotes about castor oil promoting cell division/growth. I stopped using it on my face, after that happened!
This comment is relevant if you mix shea butter. But I find it to work in my shea butter mixes. I hope this helps.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8 September 2011 at 19:53
I mix my JBCO with Argon oil. No frizzies and hair holds moisture better...imho.ReplyDelete
I LOVE CASTOR OIL! I agree with Ronnie, I apply it to my damp twists or hair. I never apply it without wetting my hair a bit first. I also like to use it as a sealant after I wash my hair. It is the only oil I use, and really holds moisture in my hair. Good luck!ReplyDelete
I bought some and gave it away at a product swap. It was just too thick to work into my regimen.ReplyDelete
I agree with Ronnie (although I only discovered that recently).ReplyDelete
I also use it on my edges and when I decide to use the oil cleansing method for my face.
- Anonymous8 September 2011 at 21:01
I use it, mix it with olive and coconut oil in a bottleReplyDelete
Super advice. Mine is sitting thick and sticky (and dusty) on the shelf. Will be mixing on Sunday. Thanks for the question and the answers!!ReplyDelete
Thank you all again!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9 September 2011 at 00:04
Love your blog! I find it too heavy for everyday but i usually mix it with almond, coconut, and olive oil and use it as a deep conditioning treatment. If you make lotions, you could use it in thatReplyDelete
I use it to seal and have been exclusively since starting my hair recovery. I rub it really fast until warm and ditribute it through my hair.It is thick but my hair like sit. It seals very well indeed.ReplyDelete
I felt the same way when I first tried castor oil until I tried it and noticed how much it smoothed out my frizzy ends. I think its one of the best oils for your ends to seal in moisture especially for twist and similar styles. It seems to act as some type of protective barrier from the outside elements being that its so very thick because it definitely coats my ends while keeping them very smooth and soft. It also blends really well with other products.ReplyDelete
I like to mix it with coconut oil or olive oil and put it on prior to shampooing. Sometimes I warm it up. If I have been bad with my hair in a particular month I will use straight castor oil from the bottle. I never leave it on my scalp though.ReplyDelete
Girl I love castor oil! It makes for such a great sealant. You just have to dilute it with another oil.ReplyDelete
I use a mix of 30% castor oil and 70% whatever-other-oils-I-feel-like-mixing.
I massage my scalp with JBCO and sit for at least 30 minutes before I shampoo. At times, I add a teaspoon or so to my deep conditioning mixes. I think I have seen less shedding or maybe I am just imagining it. I don't know.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9 September 2011 at 16:12
I bought Jamaican Black Castor Oil and used it on its own on my scalp. Resulted in a lot of itchiness. I don't know why. I later tried mixing it with Jojoba since I find it to be too light sometimes esp in winter and it helped some, I add some rosemary essential oil and that helps with itching. I'm still struggling to find something that will work 100%. I still have some left in my cabinet.ReplyDelete
I use it straight from the bottle on my scalp. My scalp does not itch - could be due to so many factors including drinking nettle/horsetail/rosemary/moringa tea.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12 September 2011 at 14:31
You need to mix castor oil with a light oil such as grapeseed or sweet almond oil. I use it as the base 25% of my home made scalp oil with coconut oil, jojoba and sweet almond oil I add lots of herbs like dried rosemary and peppermint and leave it to infuse for at least a month.ReplyDelete
This way you can enjoy castor oil.
I know people rave about JBCO but after obsessing for a few months about finding an economically priced sourced I eventually gave up on it as when I finally found it in the flesh it appeared to be no different from plain old castor oil.
I love castor oil!It seals in the moisture sooooo well. ^.^ReplyDelete
I must admit it can be off putting but it is sooo effective. I use it in my modified Kimmay Tube mix.(HEHH,Castor Oil,EVOO n Aloe Vera Gel).
I wash my hair weekly and it keeps my hair moist until my next wash which means i don't need a daily moisturizer and save money! yay....
i use it straight out of the bottle works great for defining my curls, which means i can skip the gel and it seals in moisture like no other. I also mix it in with my oilive oil for a normal use.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 October 2011 at 20:48
All the good things that the other ladies said!ReplyDelete
To clarify a point that another poster made: If you are constipated, a tablespoon or two of castor oil will put you back to rights. I wouödn't use it for any old belly ache, as this is some powerful stuff. When I was growing up, my gran used to give us Castor Oil as a 'wash out' before going back to school. And here in Germany, Castor Oil is used to gently induce labour for over-term babies.
- Anonymous26 October 2011 at 15:54
First i´ve to say: thank you so much for all!ReplyDelete
I use castor oil for all... hair, skin and body... I love it! It´s the best oil for wrinkles all the time... by the way!
- Anonymous2 November 2011 at 00:41
Isn't castor oil dangerous in the production stage to the people who work directly with the castor beans and the process of extracting the oil?ReplyDelete
Anon on castor oil production - You do not have to post the same question several times on different posts. I have never heard of any danger in the production process which could not be reduced with proper precautions (wearing protective clothing, mask etc). If you have evidence to the contrary, please state the source of informationReplyDelete
Awesome post. Thanks to everyone for the great suggestions.ReplyDelete
- mangomadness29 November 2011 at 10:42
I use use castor oil for my edges and ends. After moisturizing and braiding/twisting damp hair, I apply castor oil to my edges and ends. I keeps them smooth and soft. I also do a super moisturizing aloe vera gel/castor oil pre-poo.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7 February 2012 at 09:23
send it to me if you dont want it....you are sitting with gold in your hands in the form of oil. USE IT!!! the castor oil is thick, so I heat it for a few seconds in the microwave and heat thins it a bit...then its easily applied. People that see photos of me can't believe that its my own hair.My hair growth has exploaded. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm so glad I stumbled onto this site. I have added it to my shea mix, use it as a spritz for moisturizing (Jojoba & castor and aloe vera gel). Also use it mixed with rosemary, lavendar & jojoba and apply to edges and massage it directly on my scalp. I see a great change in my hair. Love it. Best keep secret.Delete
am using cocunut +olive+almond oil together for my hair.Can i add sesami oil and jojoba oil to it?. I afraid adding too many oil's may damage my hair.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1 June 2012 at 05:08
I mix some in with my body lotion. It is very moisturzing...ReplyDelete
I'd say your meant to use it on your scalp, I do it once a week as a hot oil treatment :) xReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 July 2012 at 15:55
How do you wash fhe castor oil out? Can you CO wash it out?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 July 2012 at 13:19
Guys does it matter which castor oil u use, i.e whether the black jamaican castor oil or the clear castor oil from the chemist, would you get the same results if u use either?ReplyDelete
Okay I felt the exact same way about castor oil as well, I was like why do people like this stuff? Then I realized that it is best used as a sealant. It can be mixed with another oil (preferably a lighter one like jojoba or coconut)and used to seal your ends in particular or to lock in a water based leave in. its so thick that it will significantly reduce the amount of times in the week you will need to reapply moisture. However I must state this with the caveat that your hair may just not like it, particularly if you have loose fine coils that are weighed down easily.ReplyDelete
is it possible to mix; coconut, castor, rosemary, sweet almond and olive oil together? or will it be damaging the scalp than helping it?ReplyDelete
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Hugh Jackman got a little support from his famous friends when he was honored by the Museum of the Moving Image in NYC last night. Hugh's Les Misérables costars Anne Hathaway and Eddie Redmayne were on the scene to help celebrate his honor. Their director, Tom Hooper, also turned out, as did Hugh's pal Liev Schreiber. The event happened on the eve of today's SAG Award nominations, where Hugh and his costars got lots of love. Their nods included including best ensemble, best actor for Hugh, and best supporting actress for Anne.
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This convenient 2-in-1 natural eye and face cream, formulated with anti-oxidant rich acai oil, provides good fatty acids for prime skin nutrition. A mid-weight cream versatile yet nourishing enough to use both day and night, this is a excellent all rounder with a subtle and delightful rose scent.
Why choose this moisturiser?
❯ A convenient 2-in-1 with a velvety feel suitable for all skin types.
❯ Mild sun protection factor from shea butter.
❯ With acai, rich in vitamin E for tissue regeneration, and phytosterols that protect the superficial layer of the skin from wearing away.
❯ With pure rose absolute, the queen of floral oils, for softening, rejuvenating and providing a divine rose scent.
❯ Plus sweet almond oil / Shea butter / gotu kola / colloidal silver for extra skin protection, repair & nourishment.
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The ingredients in our skin care are all natural, some organic and some wild harvested. However, we prize most of all the unique ingredients: acai, camu camu, copibia and tamanu oil which are authenticially organic and wild harvested.
- Acai harvest provides villagers with income. Wages are higher for harvesting acai than in other industries such as logging. Families who harvest acai keep some of the fruit to eat or use as garden fertilizer.
- Acai palms are preserved. It is more beneficial to harvest the berries than to cut the palm down.
- Approximately 30% of fruit harvested falls to the ground or is eaten by birds or wild animals, protecting diversity.
- In Peru, camu camu seedlings are available free of charge from the government to native peoples for them to plant.
- We pay a premium for our Amazonian ingredients so that we may support communities through the Amazon Friendly initiative.
Our coconut oil comes from a model farm in Fiji that utilizes natural resources to create work for local people. We do not use palm oil.
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It is deeply satisfying to create, use and then share products which have come from Mother Nature's basket, celebrating our connection with all living things. Ingredients are chosen for their nutritional and anti aging properties, as well for their fragrance and performance as gentle cleansers and moisturisers e.g, our body wash contains an incredible 10% of honey. Honey is known for its ability to fight infection, and boosting immunity. The two super fruits, acai and camu camu, used in our skin care items are unsurpassed in terms of anti-oxidant content and have unmatched healing and nutritional properties.
The skin preparations are made by herbalists with an intimate knowledge of the plant world, ensuring the very best outcomes in terms of quality and product integrity. Soaps are also are hand made and coconut oil cold pressed to retain natural properties.
The words love, forgiveness, compassion, tolerance and integrity are meaningfully printed on our labels to inspire and promote a sense of connection with others. Positive function is further enhanced by proceeds going towards Vision for Humanity Charitable Trust initiatives. Marketing and product sales are conducted via our website, keeping advertising and retail over heads to a minimum.
Summary: Our natural skin care range is a great example of a mutally beneficial relationship between the individual and the environment.
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Our skin care is supplied to you in eco packaging which is kept minimal and incorporates vegetable inks, biodegradable labels, recycled paper and comes in a recyclable glass jar, PP or PLA bottle. Our bottles come with a pump for re use as part of a refill purchase option, helping to reduce waste. Our self adhesive labels are made to be compostable and our printers participate in the Enviro Mark NZ Programme.
The supplier of our skin formulations is energy and environmentally conscious, winning a regional business sustainability award in 2009. All of their 'green' initiatives come under the umbrella of carefully written policies reflecting a commitment to recycling,energy conservation, emission free transport, toxin free products and a sustainable supply of raw ingredients.
Pure virgin coconut oil is made in Fiji using natural processes that do not involve refining or the use of chemicals. The natural New Zealand sea salt in our exfoliant is provided directly from the sea and the sun.
A lack of Eco Processes surrounding everyday logistical issues and the reliance on fossil fuels, represents an area for improvement. We look for such improvement to help raise our skin care range to a 2nd Generation Biospherically Correct product in the future.
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All of the ingredients in our skin care products are natural - i.e. non synthesisied and/or organic. Our nutrient rich ingredients have undergone minimal processing and resonate well within the body. We use a unique natural preservative system combining the anti aging, healing and preservative properties of citrus bioflavanoids and Totarol, extracted from old recycled bark from the NZ native totara tree.
Acai, our premier ingredient throughout the range, is wild harvested from the Amazon Rain Forest and cold pressed to yield the purest oil. It is a high yield, sustainable ingredient as the acai palm is not damaged during harvest and the seeds are used to propagate new trees. Our supplier of acai and camu camu guarantees that no harmful chemicals are employed in any processing of their products, and all fruits are sustainably (often 'wild') harvested and, where possible, certified organic.
Virtually all of our skin care is crafted in New Zealand on a specialised herbal farm where essential oils are used for scents, colours are derived from nature and herbal extracts are used for enhancing health and well-being. Many of these are supplied directly from our manufacturiers own garden. We use 100% pure New Zealand sea salt in our exfoliant, while our pure coconut oil is made naturally in Fiji.
Summary: Our natural, organic, wild havested ingredients are sustainable in nature making them ideal for our skin care.
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The ingredients in the Vision Products skin care range are 100% natural and specification sheets have been signed by suppliers confirming the authenticity and purity of the supplied ingredients and making their origin traceable.To the best of our knowledge the claims we make are accurate, reflecting the true capabilities of the product. Our pricing is fair, reflecting the quality and capabilities of the product.
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Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter
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Centella Asiatica (Gotu Kola) Extract
Rosa Damascena (Rose) Oil
Citrus Bioflavanoid Extract
Colloidal Silver.
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I am an iPhone Developer and promote some of my services and apps thru my website which runs a lot of people thru it each week (http://www.jbmjbm.com). As my app store business has grown, I have out grown my website. Now I just don't have the time to keep up with it and barely have enough time to update it with new apps. I have sold over 248,000 apps and have 95 applications currently on the iTunes App Store.
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"Mile-High Club" is the headline that accompanies a photo of the semi-clad couple in a provocative pose on the bed in their Denver area home.
The layout, shot in November by GQ photographer Ben Watts, shows the Denver Broncos wide receiver bare chested and in broken-in jeans, while his singer wife Jessie wears her skivvies and not much else (or in the bathtub shot, presumably just bubbles).
Her baby bump (it's a girl we learned a few months back on their E! reality TV show, "Eric and Jessie: Game On") is on full display as they cavort in the kitchen and what appears to be a study (bookshelves in the back and he has a football-shaped phone in his hands).
This being GQ, we expect some fashion, so there's a lot of expensive faded denim and also a shot of Decker behind the wheel of a vintage Mustang wearing a $4,400 Dior Homme leather jacket and faded Dior denim jeans that sell for $760. But that's not what you'll be reading this issue for anyway, is it?
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Harrison Pet Products Inc Genesis Adult Light with chicken & rice
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Tue January 1, 2008
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Feeding guideline:
A 25kg dog should be fed about 350g
Metabolizable Energy (kcal/kg): 3728
Rice, Chicken Meat Meal, Ground Spelt, Ground Barley, Chicken Fat, Dried Egg, Dried Tomato Pomace, Rice Bran, Fish Meal, Dried Yeast, Protein-Hydrolysate, Whole Ground Flax Seed, Dried Beet Pulp, Calcium Carbonate, Fish Oil, Dried Celery, Dried Peas, Dried Whole Carrots, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Dried Apples, Potassium Chloride, Dried Cranberries, Sodium Chloride, l-Lysine, Dried Blueberries, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chicory Powder, Dried Marigold Petals, Chondroitin Sulphate, Fructooligosaccharides, dl-Methionine, Mannanoligosaccharides, l-Carnitine, Lecithin, Zinc Sulphate, Zinc Proteinate, Vitamin E Supplement, Ferrous Sulphate, Ascorbic Acid (source of vitamin C), Manganese Sulphate, Inositol, Niacin Supplement, Iron Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Zinc Oxide, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of vitamin B1), Copper Sulphate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), Copper Proteinate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (source of vitamin B2), Calcium Pantothenate, Calcium Iodate (source of iodine), Manganous Oxide, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Menadione Dimethylpyrimidinol Bisulfite (source of vitamin K activity), Folic Acid.
Typical Analysis
Crude Protein 22.5%
Crude Fat 12.5%
Crude Fiber 2.5%
Moisture 9.0%
Ash 7.0%
Calcium 1.0%
Phosphorous 0.80%
Potassium 0.60%
Sodium 0.35%
Magnesium 0.10%
Vitamin A 15000 IU/kg
Vitamin D3 1000 IU/kg
Vitamin E 120 IU/kg
Vitamin K3 1.55 mg/kg
Vitamin C 18 mg/kg
Thiamine B1 12 mg/kg
Riboflavin B2 20 mg/kg
Pyridoxine B6 7.5 mg/kg
Vitamin B12 170 mcg/kg
Biotin 450 mcg/kg
Chloride 2000 mg/kg
Folic Acid 1.75 mg/kg
Niacin 55 mg/kg
Pantothenic Acid 30 mg/kg
Trace Minerals
Zinc 170 mg/kg
Copper (as copper sulphate) 7 mg/kg
Copper (as copper chelate of amino acids hydrate) 3mg/kg
Manganese 50 mg/kg
Iron 265 mg/kg
Iodine 1.95 mg/kg
Selenium 0.28 mg/kg
Glucosamine / Chondroitin Sulphate 771 mg/kg
Fructooligosaccharides 425 mg/kg
Omega 6 Fatty Acids 2.9%
Omega 3 Fatty Acids 0.50%
Omega 6:3 Fatty Acid Ratio 5.5:1
With antioxidants (extracts of tocopherols of natural origin, propyl gallate from plant extract)
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Second ingredient is a named meat product
Inadequate meat content, some low quality ingredients, controversial filler
The primary ingredient in this food is rice. Rice is a decent quality grain, but still a grain. Foods designed for canines should be based on meat.
The second ingredient in this food is a named meat product, in meal form. There is a further meat meal ingredient 9th on the ingredient list. This is far too far down to make any substantial contribution to the overall meat content of the food. We note it is a fish ingredient, but we find no sign on the manufacturer website of a guarantee that they use only ethoxyquin-free protein sources in the product (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish ingredients, but which is banned or heavily regulated in human food due to the belief that it is carcinogenic).
The next grains in the food are spelt and barley. Both are decent quality grains. Rice bran, however, is a grain fragment we consider to be primarily filler. We assume the egg ingredient in this food to be whole eggs, which is appreciated. Tomato pomace is filler, as is rice bran which is a grain fragment. The protein content of the food is boosted by hydrolysate, which is not a high quality ingredient.
Beet pulp is controversial filler which appears to be used in large quantities in this food. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
We appreciate the range of fruits/vegetables in the food but we note that this product includes synthetic vitamin K, a substance linked to liver problems and that is progressively being removed from better quality dog food products.
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Cost-effective business continuity
The first of a two-part series on business continuity, this article looks at disk mirroring and store and forward as approaches to keep your business running if disaster strikes.
- Marc Farley, Microsoft
There are no cookie-cutter business continuity implementations. If disaster strikes, each organization has its own unique requirements to make sure its business can continue.
|Outside the disaster horizon
A key requirement of business continuity is that there's sufficient distance between data storage locations so that a disaster that wipes out one site is unlikely to wipe out another site.
In fact, an organization should consider creating several types of business continuity solutions so it can respond to different types of risks. This article and a second one being published next month will look at some of the issues, technologies and products to keep your business afloat in case of a disaster.
Traditional disk mirroring offers a familiar method for business continuity that assumes low latency and high bandwidth connections. This can be done with dark fiber or dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM). DWDM is a technology that puts data from different sources together on an optical fiber, with each signal carried at the same time on its own separate light wavelength. Unfortunately, costs for those solutions may be higher than many budgets allow.
Alternatively, store-and-forward solutions in disk subsystems have been successful in providing both short- and long-distance business continuity. In all cases, synchronous acknowledgements should be considered over asynchronous until it's obvious that it will impact host system and/or application performance.
Local and remote storage
Spanning extended distances means that the assumptions about bandwidth and cost must be reevaluated. MAN and WAN networks used for business continuity are usually much slower and/or much more expensive than the buses and networks used for local storage. In addition, it's difficult to maintain low latency communications to remote storage. Depending on the distance involved and the application's latency requirements, there may be several compromises involved in building a business continuity solution.
In general, there are no hard rules for what distance qualifies as remote storage. One organization could consider remote storage to be five miles away, while another organization might consider it to be 100 miles away. In fact, it's highly likely that different applications and platforms could have different definitions for remote storage distances based on the relative importance of the data and bandwidth costs.
It's not necessary to dedicate a whole storage subsystem for remote storage. Selected resources--such as certain LUNs exported from a disk subsystem--can be used as remote storage. For example, an organization might have two data centers in two different geographies where some of the storage resources on disk subsystems in both locations would be used for remote storage by the other data center.
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mirroring for disaster recovery
Disk mirroring
There are essentially two different techniques for creating redundant copies of data for business continuity purposes. The first is host-based disk mirroring and the second is subsystems-based store and forward. Disk mirroring is one of the most basic and common forms of data redundancy protection. The concept of disk mirroring is simple: For every storage I/O created in a host system, two identical I/Os are sent to different disk targets. If one of the disks fails, the system can continue to work with the disk that's still functioning. Host-based disk mirroring has been implemented in several different kinds of products, including operating system software, volume management software, device driver software for host adapters, hardware chips on host adapters and in storage subsystem controllers.
Disk mirroring can provide performance benefits by reading overlapped I/O reads across both local disk targets. For example, a group of read I/Os can be sent to one disk target while another group of read I/Os could be sent to the other in such a way as to minimize the total seek time, and hence latency, on both drives. The benefits of overlapped read I/Os depend on low latency, short-distance local storage connections. While overlapping reads could be deployed in a business continuity environment, it would be counter-productive to send any reads to a slow remote connection with much higher latency. It may be possible to configure the disk mirroring product to not use overlapped reads, depending on the vendor and product.
Besides the possibility of overlapped reads impacting performance, there are two other primary problems with using disk mirroring for business continuity. The first problem is that disk mirroring typically has been implemented to work over fast, short links. When longer, slower links are used, host system performance will be adversely affected, and it's possible that disk timeouts could occur, resulting in the mirroring operator taking the remote disk target offline.
The other shortcoming of disk mirroring is that I/Os are sent to both disk targets, as opposed to just the writes. For many applications, the ratio of reads to writes is approximately three to one. That means disk mirroring takes up a fair amount of the available, expensive bandwidth. Not only that, but for the purposes of business continuity, the only I/Os of interest are writes because reads create no new data to copy to remote storage. The situation is upside down--reads dominate I/O activity and take most of the bandwidth, although there's no requirement to transmit them over a long-distance connection.
|Advantages of store and
forward for disaster recovery
You'd want to use disk mirroring for business continuity when the long-distance connection resembles a local connection--when it's fast and has low latency. One scenario is when the distance is short enough for dark fiber (private fiber optic cable) between local and remote storage. For example, people often quote Fibre Channel's (FC) 10 km-supported distances over single-mode fiber optic cables. There are many FC users who implement remote storage this way because the I/O performance problems discussed above are alleviated. Access to the remote disk target would be practically the same as to local disk targets.
In addition to using dark fiber, you can use DWDM optical networking technology to span the distance between local and remote storage. Business continuity traffic over DWDM is similar to dark fiber by virtue of being a high bandwidth, low latency connection. The main advantage of DWDM is its ability to span greater distances than dark fiber and use services provided by public network service providers.
In a nutshell, DWDM provides the underlying optical network transport for carrying virtually any kind of physical network, including FC, FICON and Gigabit Ethernet. Business continuity is one of the fastest growing applications that takes advantage of this incredible technology. (See "DWDM can connect distant Fibre Channel nets")
Another option for extending high bandwidth connectivity is to use special-purpose optical line drivers that support distances in excess of 30 km and can reach up to 100 km through the use of repeaters. This technology has ample bandwidth, but can be expensive to implement unless you happen to already own the right of way to string fiber cables over that distance. The latencies are higher due to the increased distances, but there are many applications that won't notice the impact of disk mirroring over this type of cable plant.
As high-speed optical networking capabilities are brought to the market along with improvements in switching latency, disk mirroring will become more viable for business continuity than it is today. Until then, most organizations will find it more advantageous to use a store-and-forward method.
|When two remote sites make sense
Distant remote sites protect against major catastrophes, but are awkward for more frequent local disasters, such as a building fire or flooding. A nearby mirrored site is better for that, and it can be copied asynchronously to a distant site for full protection.
Store and forward
Disk mirroring was designed to solve failures in local disk drives; store-and-forward storage was designed specifically for business continuity applications. The basic operation of store-and-forward storage is for a disk subsystem to receive a write command, write the data to disk and then retransmit the data to a remote disk target.
Most of the store-and-forward products are proprietary and sold by the major subsystem vendors. EMC has Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF), Hitachi Data Systems has TrueCopy, and IBM sells Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy. The market has placed a high value on these solutions--and with good reason, because they have done what was expected of them under the most adverse conditions. The amazing business continuity successes in the aftermath of Sept. 11 are a tremendous testimony to how well these products perform.
With store-and-forward solutions, the host system only generates a single write I/O and the subsystem does the rest of the work. For example, assume a specific LUN address on a given target address is the data access point for a mission critical line of business application. The subsystem commits write I/Os to its internal disk target and then creates an entry in a FIFO queue in memory or on reserved disk storage. The data is then forwarded from the local subsystem to the remote one in the order it was received. The sending subsystem manages the transmission details including acknowledgements and any error recovery. This error recovery involves maintaining detailed knowledge of its forwarding operations over an extended period of time during periods of communication failures.
With store-and-forward storage, there's usually another non-storage area network (SAN), MAN or WAN network. Gateway systems at both the local and remote sites connect the SAN storage equipment over the non-SAN network. The gateway serves two key purposes: It provides address transparency and performs detailed communication operations on the non-SAN network. Both storage subsystems use their native addressing and methods modes without needing to know anything about the foreign network's addressing and methods. Most store-and-forward implementations have used proprietary gateway technology, although it's expected that FC/IP will become a standard with widespread deployments for business continuity in the near future.
The interrelated issues of distance, bandwidth and cost apply equally to store-and-forward implementations as they do for disk mirroring. However, with store and forward, there's no problem with read I/Os taking the lion's share of the available MAN or WAN bandwidth. This means a store and forward solution can be accomplished with a small percentage of the bandwidth needed for disk mirroring. If the read to write ratio is 3:1, then store and forward only needs 25% of the bandwidth required for disk mirroring.
|DWDM can connect distant Fibre Channel nets
Dense wave-division multiplexing provides the same kind of distance capabilities as dark fiber. But it also provides a variety of public net services on top of that.
System performance
In general, storage I/O latency needs to be sufficiently low to maintain acceptable system performance levels. After a system issues an I/O command, it waits for an acknowledgement to be returned from storage before issuing the next I/O command. If there are delays in the transmission of the I/O command or its acknowledgement from storage, the performance of the system can suffer.
This obviously is an important consideration for business continuity solutions that have to balance cost, performance and data protection. Store-and-forward solutions deal with this by managing the acknowledgements of storage I/Os as either synchronous or asynchronous.
Synchronous acknowledgements are issued from remote storage after the copy of the original write data has been received and written to disk. The main benefit of synchronous acknowledgements is knowing precisely what data has been received by remote storage. As each and every write I/O is acknowledged, there's no ambiguity as to the state of data on remote storage. The primary disadvantage of synchronous acknowledgements is that they can be relatively slow and introduce significant latency into I/O processes.
Asynchronous acknowledgements are issued from local storage after the I/O has been committed to local storage. Asynchronous has the opposite set of characteristics from synchronous acknowledgements. The main benefit of asynchronous acknowledgements is the lowest possible latency. The primary disadvantage of asynchronous acknowledgements is not knowing what data made it safely to the remote storage subsystem. This means that there's likely to be some amount of repair work to do with the data on remote storage, if it ever needs to be called in to use after a disaster strikes the local site.
Creating multilevel solutions
To design a business continuity strategy, it may make sense to establish two different disaster radii. The first would be to recover from disasters that may take out a local site, but without impacting much of the surrounding area. The second would be a much larger radius that would place remote storage a large distance from local storage.
This approach of using two remote storage sites has been adopted by the financial services industry to meet their needs for responding to different types of disasters as quickly as possible. To differentiate between the remote storage sites, we'll refer to them as nearby remote storage and distant remote storage. The rational for having nearby remote storage is to be able to react to the disaster with the team that lives and works in the area. The logistics of transporting key skilled IT workers hundreds of miles following a major disaster has its own set of problems that can be avoided with nearby remote storage.
Let's assume a business wants to create a two-level business continuity solution. The company has two buildings that are located approximately five miles apart and are connected by dark fiber. They plan to use disk mirroring between systems in both buildings to keep a copy of the data on nearby remote storage in the other building. In one of their buildings, they employ store and forward technology over an existing T-3 WAN to send data to a remote storage subsystem. Synchronous acknowledgements are used between nearby storage and distant storage subsystems to ensure complete data transmissions to the distant remote storage subsystem. Asynchronous acknowledgements would also work in this case, depending on whether or not the bandwidth savings would justify the change (see "When two remote sites make sense").
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VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberals announced their controversial plan to spend $15 million to promote their jobs strategy in the budget speech, delivered in the legislature on Feb. 21 by then-finance minister Kevin Falcon.
"We will invest up to $15 million to support an aggressive campaign to promote our competitive advantages in key markets around the world," he declared. "We'll be telling B.C.'s story and inviting investors to be part of our success."
But within 24 hours of that pronouncement, the Liberals issued a caveat. Not all of the money would be spent "around the world," pitching to "investors."
There was a domestic component to the jobs-plan promotion as well, with the undisguised intention of boosting Liberal re-election chances.
"We've got a jobs strategy; that's what we're hanging our hats on," Jobs Minister Pat Bell told Jonathan Fowlie of The Vancouver Sun on Feb. 22.
"We believe strongly that is the position that our party has going forward and we're prepared to run on that."
Several millions had already been spent on the domestic campaign, Bell went on to disclose, and those dollars would be charged to the budget year ending March 31.
The remainder of the $15 million would be rolled out in the coming year, beginning April 1.
Notwithstanding Bell's clarification, the money proved to be hard to track through the detailed ministry spending estimates that were tabled in the legislature.
Bell's ministry had a $9.5-million allotment for "advertising and publication." But every penny of that was dedicated to tourism marketing, also part of his ministerial bailiwick. The government communications office had budgeted $3.5 million, but for other advertising campaigns.
Where had the Liberals secreted the money that they were proposing to spend promoting the jobs plan? Bell finally provided the explanation, such as it was, during debate in the legislature on his ministry spending estimates.
"The two-year budget for advertising the jobs strategy is $15 million," Bell advised Opposition critic Jenny Kwan, "and it's actually not held within the ministry. The actual budget is held elsewhere."
Elsewhere? Kwan wondered what this meant. Was the mystery repository in the ministry of finance? Or perhaps the office of the premier?
"The $15 million is held in the contingencies vote," Bell advised her.
Every year, the legislature approves an amount to be set aside for contingencies. Defined as "developments during the year that could not be reasonably anticipated when the budget was prepared, developments that could be anticipated but not with enough certainty to make a reasonable estimate of budget costs," and/or "natural disasters, emergency relief and assistance for those in need." Plus "new government programs."
The first instalment of spending on the jobs campaign could qualify under the heading of "new programs," the strategy having been launched in the fall of 2011, partway through the last budget year.
But the money set aside for this year's share of the campaign is neither unforeseen, nor unanticipated. Far from it. The Liberals were planning the expenditure in February, two months before the current budget year got underway on April 1.
The discrepancy did not escape Kwan's notice: "How is it, "she asked Bell, "that the announcement was in the budget speech but the dollars are still held in contingency? "
Nothing so odd about that, he replied. "I don't think that's an abnormal situation. The final approval is just subject to a review of the spending plan for those dollars."
Kwan tried another tack. "I'm not clear whether or not it's completed and submitted for approval and therefore subject to approval ... Maybe the minister can clarify for me."
He would not. "It would be inappropriate for me to identify the stage of documents as they move through the cabinet and Treasury Board processes."
Could the minister at least shed some light on how the first instalment was spent? Kwan ventured.
No again. "We don't have that level of information that the member opposite is requesting with us here today," Bell replied. "It will, of course, be available at public accounts."
The public accounts were made public in July. They showed that Bell's ministry had spent almost $4 million on the jobs plan campaign last year, $1.5 million to Cossette Communications for "creative and production services," and $2.4 million to Vizeum Canada for "advertising purchasing."
All part of a dramatic spike in advertising outlays by the Liberals. For the last year under Gordon Campbell, the government spent $17.5 million for all categories of advertising and publications. In Clark's first year, the tally was $34.5 million, a near doubling.
Looking to the current year's spending, the accounts won't be released until next summer after the election. The Liberals have refused to supply a split on how much is being spent domestically and internationally.
But based on what little the Liberals have disclosed so far, they could spend as much as $11 million as they see fit before exhausting the amount set aside from contingencies to promote the jobs strategy.
All part of what the public accounts inadvertently characterized as "B.C. Jobs Plan Campain Funding."
Yes, "campain." A typographical error, presumably. Or maybe a Freudian slip given, all the agony this program is causing the Liberals.


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By: Jack Moore
Each week we'll be providing you with insight into the best (and worst) baseball players to play in your fantasy baseball league.
It was a big week in baseball, with injuries and closer drama abound. Chances are you'll be needing to make some shuffles over the next few days, and here are some names to keep in mind as you wheel and deal.
1. Bryce Harper, OF, WAS: Earlier this year, I had Harper as one of the "5 Down" not because of his talent, but because I assumed an early season slump might dissuade the Nationals from calling him up early enough to make a big impact. Whoops. Now Harper is setting the world on fire, hitting .308/.424/.500. Even if he does cool down, the Nationals likely won't be able to send him down any time soon thanks to Jayson Werth's broken wrist sustained Sunday night. It looks like Harper is here to stay.
2. James McDonald, SP, PIT: McDonald's usefulness might be limited to deeper leagues, but he's making a case for the shallower, more standard leagues with his performance this past week: 14 IP, two wins, 17 strikeouts, a 2.57 ERA and a 1.21 WHIP. McDonald made a splash in 2010 after putting up a 3.52 ERA in 11 starts after the Pirates acquired him for Octavio Dotel. He's made good on his excellent prospect pedigree so far this season and could be worth a broader look if he continues to limit the walks (3.2 BB/9 so far).
3. Steve Cishek, RP, MIA: There's been a ton of closer overhauls this week, and of the relievers ascending to the top role, Cishek is my favorite (right up there with David Robertson). He was excellent for the Marlins in 54.2 innings last season (2.63 ERA, 2.46 FIP) and has continued on the same path this season, striking out over a batter per inning and allowing just one run in 14.1 innings. The only problem is that the Marlins have 27 million reasons to try and get Bell the job back, but any replacement closer starts the job as a temporary fill anyway. Cishek has the stuff necessary to earn the job permanently.
4. Chris Capuano, SP, LAD: Capuano was once a fantasy stud, back when he won 18 games with Milwaukee in 2005. Two teams and two Tommy John surgeries later and it looks like Capuano is back to relevance. Capuano is flashing excellent strikeout stuff – 36 in 36.2 innings – and has greatly benefited from pitching in pitcher-friendly parks like Dodger Stadium. As a relatively soft-tossing lefty, he's not the kind of guy worth a start at bandboxes like Coors Field or Great American Ballpark, but pick your matchups well and Capuano should be a nice find for your staff.
5. Jason Kipnis, 2B, CLE: Kipnis slugged his sixth home run of the season in Sunday's game and is the proud owner of a tremendous .304/.390/.569 line this season. The 25-year-old probably strikes out too much (16.7% of PAs this season, never better than 17.2% in any minor league campaign) to maintain that kind of batting average, but the power is real – he now has 11 homers in 262 plate appearances. He's a sneaky source of power in the middle infield and it looks like we should believe the hype on the former top-100 prospect.
1. Kevin Youkilis, 3B, BOS: Youkilis hit the DL this week with lower back tightness, the second year in a row his back has sent him to the disabled list. The hip got him to end 2011, and one has to wonder if Youkilis is physically breaking down. His less-than-perfect body was a reason many scouts avoided him early in his career. Even if his shape hasn't impacted his ability – he's clearly capable of great baseball feats – it may come into play with his stamina and longevity, particularly given his age. Youkilis turned 33 in spring training, and with injuries playing a bigger and bigger role in his career the past few years, we have no choice but to wonder if he can return to the form he was at in 2010 (.307/.411/.564, 19 HR) on a consistent basis.
2. Philip Humber, SP, CWS: It's very difficult to throw a perfect game in one of your first four starts and still manage a 4.62 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP, but Humber's done it. His two starts since? 11 innings, 12 earned runs, nine walks, 12 hits and four home runs. Don't be fooled by the perfecto – it was a great accomplishment, but it doesn't mean he's going to live up to that hype for the rest of the season.
3. Clay Buchholz, SP, BOS: It's May, and even though we're well into the season, statistical samples are small and we shouldn't be too quick to drop a promising player. In the case of Clay Buchholz, however, enough might just be enough. He has just one more strikeout than walk, he's allowed 10 home runs in just six starts, and he's now allowed 33 runs in 32 innings. The velocity isn't where it once was (down below 92 MPH average for the first time in his career) either, suggesting he may not be fully recovered from his back injury, or it's forced him to alter his mechanics in some detrimental fashion. Either way, Buchholz looks too far gone to keep active at this point.
4. Matt Thornton/Hector Santiago/Addison Reed, RP, CWS: Chris Sale's elbow can't handle the stress of starting, apparently, so he's back as the White Sox closer for the foreseeable future. What that means for his value is kind of nebulous and really depends on your team and your need for saves. For this trio of relievers, however, their value is tanked. I still think Reed is worth owning as one of the game's premier relievers, and Thornton puts up solid numbers as well. Santiago, on the other hand, is still raw and doesn't put up the kind of rates that hold up without saves.
5. Tony Campana, CF, CHC: Campana was a popular add in many leagues this past week because he can run like the wind. But look at the last seven days and what do we see? One stolen base. That's not because he isn't playing – he appeared in six games and took 21 plate appearances. Nope, the problem is he can't get on base. He hit .176 with a .300 on base percentage last week and has just a .321 career mark. If he isn't getting on base, he isn't going to steal bases, and if he isn't stealing bases, Campana is completely worthless.
Jack Moore is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with degrees in Mathematics and Economics. His work can also be found at FanGraphs.com, DisciplesOfUecker.com, RotoWire.com, AdvancedNFLStats.com and ESPN. Follow him on twitter at @jh_moore.


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When Lord Talib of Grey Gargoyles and Tree-Girt Sea saw the Pennsic calendar and then read the date of Chicago's American Cancer Society Relay For Life fundraising walk, he knew he'd have to doing some creative planning.
So he's going to do his fundraising on the fencing list at Pennsic instead.
Outside the SCA, Lord Talib is known as Leopold Lastre and works for the Office of the Circuit Court Clerk of Cook County's Criminal Division. For the last four years, he has joined the folks in his office in raising funds for cancer research through the walkathon held at Stagg Field at the University of Chicago.
Since this year's event is August 18th, Lord Talib will be taking on all comers on the fencing list between now and then. "I'll be up there every day," he said. Lord Talib is asking for a donation of 3 to 5 dollars for three passes against him, and he will wire the money to his office at the end of the war. His office is hoping to raise more than $4,000 – last year's mark – and donate more money than its dreaded rival, the Traffic Court.
Like many of those who raise money for the American Cancer Society, Lord Talib's quest is a personal one. His father died of cancer in 1998. "That's why the Cancer Relay resonates with a lot of people," he said. "My dad helped make everything happen for me. I do this for him.
Early Bird Tournament
Thursday's Early Bird fencing tournament was more about stories and schmoozing than about parries and thrusts.
"It's really more about 'meet and greet' than about 'meet and beat,' said Lord Martin Baxter of Hawksworth, who ran the tournament and drew 35 fencers from the East, Midrealm, Atlantia, Æthelmearc and Ealdormere. "I really liked the mix of people who came."
Prior to each bout, the fencers had to share an intriguing fact about themselves and about someone else in the tournament. The "winners" of the tournament included Neko Me of the Midlands, whose own fact was that he was once on all three champions' teams – fencing, fighting and archery – in the same year. "Actually, he had a lot of interesting facts about himself," Lord Martin said. "He also had the most interesting fact about someone else."
That other fact was about one of the other "winners," Gwyneth McCellan of Æthelmearc, who is one of 125 survivors from the fleet of Admiral Wolfgang. Queen Mary-Grace of Gleann Abhann was among those participating in the tournament.
Upcoming fencing
Today is the Battle of Tortuga, a boat-based melee that starts at noon, followed by a Known World open practice at 2 p.m., and the Baronial Champions "Meet and Beat" at 4 p.m.
Sunday, there is another melee, the Storming of LaRochelle, at noon, and the Rapier Prize Fighters' Tournament, with proceeds to go to the Chirurgeons. Sunday night, at dark, is the Known World Rapier Party at the Quatrefoil encampment.


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